Re: Buffers VS Page Cache

2011-02-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
George Shuklin put forth on 2/12/2011 7:46 PM: > Good day. > > I'm trying to understand difference between Buffers and Page Cache in Linux, > but > found almost no documentation. > > As far as I understand buffers and Page Cache serves same purpose: they save > recent reed/written pages and allo

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:25 AM, steef wrote: > Tom H schreef: >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:46 PM, steef  wrote: >>> >>> steef@squeeze:~$ sudo os-prober >>> [sudo] password for steef: >>> Sorry, try again. >>> [sudo] password for steef: >>> /dev/sdb1:Debian GNU/Linux (6.0):Debian:linux >>> /dev/sd

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Bret Busby put forth on 2/9/2011 11:32 AM: > If my memory is correct, for a computer to include 8GB of RAM, that is > addressable by the CPU, the CPU would necessarily be a 64 bit CPU, to be able > to > address that much RAM. 32 bit Intel and AMD CPUs have been capable of addressing up to 64GB o

3ware 9650SE-8LPML degrading every day

2011-02-13 Thread Michael Kress
Hi, my 3ware 9650SE-8LPML is degrading exactly ONE drive every day at exactly 2:08:49 AM in the morning (at exactly THAT second even) Feb 14 02:08:49 lenny03 kernel: [1519448.525199] 3w-9xxx: scsi0: AEN: ERROR (0x04:0x0009): Drive timeout detected:port=0. Feb 14 02:08:49 lenny03 kernel: [1519449.28

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2011-02-13 Thread Vaccus Spurcamen
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Re: Fwd: Re: Buffers VS Page Cache

2011-02-13 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 15:21 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4d58173b.7050...@gmail.com>, George Shuklin wrote: > >What data stored in Buffers area, and what data a stored in Cached area? > >And what difference between them? > > > >If you know at least one article in kernels sources/Docum

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Andrei Popescu put forth on 2/9/2011 9:32 AM: > On Mi, 09 feb 11, 16:01:32, Boblitz John wrote: >> We are running a ProReliant server and it will be used to host the a > > You probably meant ProLiant, which seems to be a brand of servers that > exists since Compaq still existed. ProLiant is the

Re: What does ${distro} and ${distro-codename} in apt.conf mean?

2011-02-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <201102141301.00481.mikl...@gmail.com>, Michael Tsang wrote: >The meaning of these expansions in apt.conf seems to be undocumented in >apt.conf(5). What do these mean? Also, is there a variable that expands to >"stable", "testing", "unstable", etc? That's because they aren't handled by APT inte

Re: Configuring QLogic QLA4010c on Debian on Sparc

2011-02-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
RR put forth on 2/9/2011 9:00 AM: > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> No. What I'm saying is that Qlogic never shipped, and does not ship, a >> SPARC/Linux binary of its utility package. And they don't ship the source. >> If >> that package is required to program that HB

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What does ${distro} and ${distro-codename} in apt.conf mean?

2011-02-13 Thread Michael Tsang
Hi all, The meaning of these expansions in apt.conf seems to be undocumented in apt.conf(5). What do these mean? Also, is there a variable that expands to "stable", "testing", "unstable", etc? Regards, Michael -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/ph

Re: Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> Joe Riel wrote: >> > >> > $ grep -v '^\#' /etc/network/interfaces >> > >> > auto lo >> > iface lo inet loopback >> > allow-hotplug eth0 >> >> Your "/etc/network/interfaces" is incorrect. >> If you're using NM, "allow-hotplug eth0

Re: nouveau tv-out on squeeze?

2011-02-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 01:14:30AM +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 13 Feb 2011 at 20:00:10 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > > Thanks, I'll work on it tomorrow. If anybody has a time-saving > > step-by-step tutorial, don't be shy... > > For my Radeon 9200: > > xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600 > > xrand

Re: nouveau tv-out on squeeze?

2011-02-13 Thread Brian
On Sun 13 Feb 2011 at 20:00:10 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > Thanks, I'll work on it tomorrow. If anybody has a time-saving > step-by-step tutorial, don't be shy... For my Radeon 9200: xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600 xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600 --crtc 1 xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 1 Does th

shorewall & IMAP

2011-02-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
I was having a problem today, trying my laptop & IMAP from my debian desktop. I looked in the rules file, & figured out why my web server wasn't working. It only showed port 80, but I had changed apache to port 81, forgetting about shorewall! When I saw the port 80 in there, I changed it to 81

Re: Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Tom H wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > $ grep -v '^\#' /etc/network/interfaces > > > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > allow-hotplug eth0 > > > > Should I then do > > > > sudo ifdown eth0 > > sudo ifup etho0 > > > > Hmm. That doesn't work: > > > > $ sudo ifdown eth0 > > ifdown: interface eth0 n

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 13, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Tixy wrote: (I don't discount me getting something horribly wrong, this setup is only a few weeks old and my first foray into firewalls and routing.) Computer security is so much fun! /-; As others have pointed out, it is *possible* for an attacker to get dir

Re: nouveau tv-out on squeeze?

2011-02-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:07:37AM +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 13 Feb 2011 at 15:57:31 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > > I'm upgrading my MythTV systems and was wondering what the status is of > > TV-out on Squeeze, using the nouveau driver. I've got a GeForce FX 5200 > > outputting to a standard-de

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread John Hasler
Chris writes: > Unless there's something strange about your configuration, I don't see > how the firewall can firewall in this instance. Can you give me a good > reason why "Other system(s)" shouldn't be able to access the Internet > directly via the modem? If the modem is configured as a bridge i

Re: nouveau tv-out on squeeze?

2011-02-13 Thread Brian
On Sun 13 Feb 2011 at 15:57:31 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm upgrading my MythTV systems and was wondering what the status is of > TV-out on Squeeze, using the nouveau driver. I've got a GeForce FX 5200 > outputting to a standard-definition television. > > I'll use the proprietary driver if I ha

Re: Apt Crippled

2011-02-13 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 14 February 2011 05:37, David Baron wrote: > On Sunday 13 February 2011 01:04:00 you wrote: > > Hello David, > > > > On 13 February 2011 03:49, David Baron wrote: > > > For several days (after squeeze release), I have been getting the > > > following error and can no longer run anything in ap

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Chris Davies
Tixy wrote: > Would another option not be to just get a switch and not bother with a > second Ethernet card in the server? This is the setup I run, i.e. > Modem <-> ++ > Firewall/Server <---> | Switch | > Other system(s) <---> ++ Unless there's something strang

Re: route table behind router

2011-02-13 Thread Mike McClain
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 02:18:37AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > To get this done automatically at boot, edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the > line: > net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0 Done and thank you, Mike -- Satisfied user of Linux since 1997. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.a

Re: route table behind router [ solved ]

2011-02-13 Thread Mike McClain
To recap: It started with me thinking I had a problem with my routing table. The setup is like so: cox cable-NetGear routerWindows box \--Debian box I can access the windows box through the router via smbclient. Even with IPtables that ar

Re: checking for changes in file size/permissions since installation?

2011-02-13 Thread Carl Johnson
Lev Lvovsky writes: > Brian, > > -lev > > On Feb 13, 2011, at 3:09 AM, Brian wrote: > >> On Sat 12 Feb 2011 at 23:17:12 -0800, Lev Lvovsky wrote: >> >>> Does apt/dpkg keep track of permissions and file sizes of the files which >>> belong to a package? If so, how can this information be retriev

Re: Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread consul tores
2011/2/13 Joe Riel : > Occasionally I need reset the external cable modem/router that connects > our home machines to the internet.   After doing so, I frequently have > to reboot my machine to establish a connection.  Occasionally I've > been successful just doing Hello Joe I usually do not do a

Re: bug in the install

2011-02-13 Thread consul tores
2011/2/13 Wolodja Wentland : > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 04:39 -0500, Travis wrote: >> any ways, do an install with  b43 wireless card and don't feed it >> firmware.  this breaks the network and then the updates and then the >> voltial line in apt sources.  in other words if someone attempts to >> in

SOLVED was (Re: squeeze-proposed-updates contains lenny packages)

2011-02-13 Thread Thilo Six
Thilo Six wrote the following on 11.02.2011 17:41 > Hello > > i am wondering why squeeze-proposed-updates contains lenny packages like e.g.: > > $ apt-cache policy linux-headers-2.6.26-2-amd64 > linux-headers-2.6.26-2-amd64: > Installed: (none) > Candidate: 2.6.26-26lenny2 > Version table:

Re: Fwd: Re: Buffers VS Page Cache

2011-02-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <201102131521.18065@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >Both types of memory are effectively free. Cache can be dropped >willy-nilly. Buffers can be reclaimed by waiting for their I/O to complete. > Both of these actions are done automatically by the kernel when >application

Re: Chrome somehow gets started as "standard browser" -- how do I get Iceweasel instead?

2011-02-13 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 08:16:41PM +, Sven Marnach wrote: > How can I get rid of this behaviour? I somehow consider this a bug, > but I don't know which package I should report it to. Maybe this one? (Still unsolved though) http://bugs.debian.org/612876 HTH Sven -- I don't know much, but I

Re: Fwd: Re: Buffers VS Page Cache

2011-02-13 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Chris Jones wrote: > Well http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+meminfo gives 137,000 results. > > Are you suggesting I do your research for you? This is not an easy question to answer, a search won't help if the person has no clue about the Linux VM. This is a question for t

d-i fails to create a file system (squeeze kfreebsd amd64)

2011-02-13 Thread ZeWaren / Erwan Martin
Hi. I'm trying to install the latest debian on my DELL Latitude E4300. The version I'm trying to use is: debian-6.0.0-kfreebsd-amd64 using the DVD #1, but I had the same problem booting from the network (PXE). Everything works well until I try to partition

Re: nouveau tv-out on squeeze?

2011-02-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:11:47PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-13 21:57 +0100, Rob Owens wrote: > > > I'm upgrading my MythTV systems and was wondering what the status is of > > TV-out on Squeeze, using the nouveau driver. I've got a GeForce FX 5200 > > outputting to a standard-defini

Re: Fwd: Re: Buffers VS Page Cache

2011-02-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d58173b.7050...@gmail.com>, George Shuklin wrote: >What data stored in Buffers area, and what data a stored in Cached area? >And what difference between them? > >If you know at least one article in kernels sources/Documentation >folder, or anywhere in Internet, I'll read it gladly. http://www

Re: nouveau tv-out on squeeze?

2011-02-13 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-13 21:57 +0100, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm upgrading my MythTV systems and was wondering what the status is of > TV-out on Squeeze, using the nouveau driver. I've got a GeForce FX 5200 > outputting to a standard-definition television. The Nouveau wiki says "Done" since December 2009¹ for

nouveau tv-out on squeeze?

2011-02-13 Thread Rob Owens
I'm upgrading my MythTV systems and was wondering what the status is of TV-out on Squeeze, using the nouveau driver. I've got a GeForce FX 5200 outputting to a standard-definition television. I'll use the proprietary driver if I have to, but I'd like to give the free drivers a try. -Rob -- To

no menu-files in "/usr/share/menu" for most KDE programs

2011-02-13 Thread Rieker Flaik
Hi, why are there no menu-files in "/usr/share/menu" for most KDE programs (e.g. konqueror)? thanks, rieker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1297629

Chrome somehow gets started as "standard browser" -- how do I get Iceweasel instead?

2011-02-13 Thread Sven Marnach
(I'm not subscribed to debian-user.) Hi, I'm running Debian testing, and since a few days, Google Chrome gets started in several situations where I would like to get Iceweasel. I use an XFCE desktop. In the "Preferred Applications", I selected "Debian Sensible Browser". The commands sensible-b

Re: Fwd: Re: Buffers VS Page Cache

2011-02-13 Thread Chris Jones
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:39:07PM EST, George Shuklin wrote: > I have started my post from sentence 'almost no documentation'. > > Ok, I repeat my question in most simple form: > > cat /proc/meminfo > MemTotal:8197852 kB > MemFree: 89764 kB > Buffers: 16436 kB > Cached

Fwd: Relocating Squeeze partition

2011-02-13 Thread Russell Gadd
On 13 February 2011 10:54, Klistvud wrote: >> With Lenny I am able to take an image of a partition with an external >> imaging tool and rewrite it to a different location on the (first) >> hard drive. In this configuration I have a proprietary bootloader >> (BootitNG) in the MBR with Grub in the L

Re: Local debian repository producing additional packages with version mismatches

2011-02-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Ravi Roy wrote: >All indexes for these packages in the pool have been created by me using : > >dpkg-scanpackages pool/main /dev/null | gzip -9c > absolute path to >package.gz > >Same for all three sections main, contrib and non-free. That's wrong for the official repositories, or basical

Re: checking for changes in file size/permissions since installation?

2011-02-13 Thread Lev Lvovsky
Brian, -lev On Feb 13, 2011, at 3:09 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 12 Feb 2011 at 23:17:12 -0800, Lev Lvovsky wrote: > >> Does apt/dpkg keep track of permissions and file sizes of the files which >> belong to a package? If so, how can this information be retrieved so as to >> compare to existing

Re: Relocating Squeeze partition

2011-02-13 Thread Russell Gadd
I noticed this in /etc/default/grub: # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true Perhaps uncommenting this as well as not using UUIDs in fstab might do it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a su

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 09:17 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Andrei writes: > > You seem to assume it is impossible for a packet to reach one of the > > other internal computers without taking the detour via the server (and > > it's firewall). Maybe I'm paranoid, but I wouldn't base the security > > of

Re: Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Joe Riel wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:10:08 +0200 > Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> On Du, 13 feb 11, 08:39:06, Joe Riel wrote: >> > >> > may be the proper way, however that was unclear.  I haven't tried >> > that yet.   Is there a recommended method?  Is there a D

Re: Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Joe Riel wrote: > > Occasionally I need reset the external cable modem/router that connects > our home machines to the internet.   After doing so, I frequently have > to reboot my machine to establish a connection.  Occasionally I've > been successful just doing >

Fwd: Re: Buffers VS Page Cache

2011-02-13 Thread George Shuklin
I have started my post from sentence 'almost no documentation'. Ok, I repeat my question in most simple form: cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal:8197852 kB MemFree: 89764 kB Buffers: 16436 kB Cached: 3782336 kB What data stored in Buffers area, and what data a store

Re: Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:10:08 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 13 feb 11, 08:39:06, Joe Riel wrote: > > > > may be the proper way, however that was unclear. I haven't tried > > that yet. Is there a recommended method? Is there a Debian howto > > that recommends what should be done? > > A

Re: Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 13 feb 11, 08:39:06, Joe Riel wrote: > > may be the proper way, however that was unclear. I haven't tried that > yet. Is there a recommended method? Is there a Debian howto that > recommends what should be done? Assuming your network is configured via /etc/network/interfaces (you didn

Re: Buffers VS Page Cache

2011-02-13 Thread Chris Jones
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 08:46:40PM EST, George Shuklin wrote: > Good day. > > I'm trying to understand difference between Buffers and Page Cache in > Linux, but found almost no documentation. Where ‘in Linux’..? What exactly are you looking at..? > As far as I understand buffers and Page Cach

Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread Joe Riel
Occasionally I need reset the external cable modem/router that connects our home machines to the internet. After doing so, I frequently have to reboot my machine to establish a connection. Occasionally I've been successful just doing $ sudo dhclient -r $ sudo dhclient However, that frequently

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread John Hasler
Andrei writes: > You seem to assume it is impossible for a packet to reach one of the > other internal computers without taking the detour via the server (and > it's firewall). Maybe I'm paranoid, but I wouldn't base the security > of my internal network on this assumption. If I understand correct

Local debian repository producing additional packages with version mismatches

2011-02-13 Thread Ravi Roy
Hello, I have setup a local debian repository and serving the same using VSFTPD ftp server. I can use apt-get to install the packages from this repository on another linux machine... No problems... I have custom scripts to generate DVD for my product which uses official debian repositories to res

Re: checking for changes in file size/permissions since installation?

2011-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 13 feb 11, 08:31:55, Andrew Reid wrote: > > > > What I actually was looking for was a Debian-aware intrusion > detection system -- I had a problem where, when I did package updates > on all our workstations, the IDS would report all these file changes, > and there didn't seem to be an a

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:09:12 +, Tixy wrote: > On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 15:02 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but this means you have two IPs on the same >> interface, one is public and one is RFC 1918 and all your internal >> computers are connected directly to the big b

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 13 feb 11, 14:09:12, Tixy wrote: > > It's not like that, my server's Ethernet interface only has one, > private, IP address. > > The server uses PPPoE to talk to the modem, which translates this into > PPPoA to get to my IPSs equipment. So once my server has 'dialled' my > ISP the ppp inte

Re: checking for changes in file size/permissions since installation?

2011-02-13 Thread Andrew Reid
> Does apt/dpkg keep track of permissions and file sizes of the files which > belong to a package? If so, how can this information be retrieved so as > to compare to existing files on the file system? I looked into a similar issue a while ago, and as far as I can tell, apt does not do this.

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 15:02 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 13 feb 11, 11:35:12, Tixy wrote: > > > I couldn't see any practical reason for a second Ethernet interface > > anyway. There's performance issues when input and output traffic share a > > single interfaces, but as my ADSL speed is <

Re: bug in the install

2011-02-13 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 04:39 -0500, Travis wrote: > any ways, do an install with  b43 wireless card and don't feed it > firmware. this breaks the network and then the updates and then the > voltial line in apt sources. in other words if someone attempts to > install debian on a laptop its going

Re: The PREROUTING or the INPUT (iptables)

2011-02-13 Thread Steven
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 00:08 +, Bhasker C V wrote: > Thanks Steven for the reply. > > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Steven wrote: > > > Hi > > [...] > > > > What I do is use the PREROUTING table to set up the general forwarding, > > and use the FORWARDING and INPUT tables to actually allow or block >

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 13 feb 11, 11:35:12, Tixy wrote: > I couldn't see any practical reason for a second Ethernet interface > anyway. There's performance issues when input and output traffic share a > single interfaces, but as my ADSL speed is <2% of that of the servers > Gigabit Ethernet adaptor, that doesn't

Re: bug in the install

2011-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:39:20 -0500, Travis wrote: > sorry for using this email but i stopped helping linux years ago(i still > donate tho) when the bug systems got outta wack super-geek only > usability ... (...) And the bug you are referring to is...? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:35:22 +0100, steef wrote: > Camaleón schreef: >> "Mounting" is different than "booting", so, what kind of error are you >> experiencing that involves GRUB2 and mounting? Moreover, how can a >> bootloader interfere in mounting a partition? :-? >> > >> >> > hi camaleón >

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:12:05 -0500, Jim Green wrote: > On 12 February 2011 14:03, Camaleón wrote: >>> it shows no ouput so I think pcspkr is not loaded. >> >> Then the problem comes from a different source... Do you have >> "snd_pcsp" module loaded? :-? > > this is all I got.. (...) So none of

Re: bug in the install

2011-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 13. 02. 2011 10:39:20 je Travis napisal(a): >> >> any ways, do an install with  b43 wireless card and don't feed it >> firmware. >> this breaks the network and then the updates and then the voltial line in >> apt sources. > > The move towards

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 12:55 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 13 feb 11, 09:22:56, Tixy wrote: > > On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 03:01 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 18:18:24, Tixy wrote: > > > > > > > > Would another option not be to just get a switch and not bother with a > > >

Re: checking for changes in file size/permissions since installation?

2011-02-13 Thread Brian
On Sat 12 Feb 2011 at 23:17:12 -0800, Lev Lvovsky wrote: > Does apt/dpkg keep track of permissions and file sizes of the files which > belong to a package? If so, how can this information be retrieved so as to > compare to existing files on the file system? Is dpkg -c of any use? -- To

Re: Relocating Squeeze partition

2011-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 13 feb 11, 10:15:04, Russell Gadd wrote: > With Lenny I am able to take an image of a partition with an external > imaging tool and rewrite it to a different location on the (first) > hard drive. In this configuration I have a proprietary bootloader > (BootitNG) in the MBR with Grub in the L

Re: bug in the install

2011-02-13 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-13 11:44 +0100, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 13. 02. 2011 10:39:20 je Travis napisal(a): >> any ways, do an install with b43 wireless card and don't feed it >> firmware. >> this breaks the network and then the updates and then the voltial >> line in >> apt sources. > > The move towards a

Re: Lenny-to-Squeeze: missing mounts, and no net.

2011-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 20:43:55, armst...@eskimo.com wrote: > Hi List. > > In the midst of upgrading Lenny to Squeeze - specifically, upon reboot after > installing the new kernel and udev - I find that: > > 1) My external hard drive, whose partitions Lenny had always happily mounted >with fstab l

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 13 feb 11, 09:22:56, Tixy wrote: > On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 03:01 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 18:18:24, Tixy wrote: > > > > > > Would another option not be to just get a switch and not bother with a > > > second Ethernet card in the server? This is the setup I run, i.e.

Re: Relocating Squeeze partition

2011-02-13 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 13. 02. 2011 11:15:04 je Russell Gadd napisal(a): With Lenny I am able to take an image of a partition with an external imaging tool and rewrite it to a different location on the (first) hard drive. In this configuration I have a proprietary bootloader (BootitNG) in the MBR with Grub in the

Re: route table behind router

2011-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 23:04:59, Mike McClain wrote: > > root@/deb40a:~> echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > now fetchmail works and I can get urls in firefox According to a quick search seems to imply that a firewall or a router along the way is the culprit. If you are lucky it's the router an

Re: bug in the install

2011-02-13 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 13. 02. 2011 10:39:20 je Travis napisal(a): sorry for using this email but i stopped helping linux years ago(i still donate tho) when the bug systems got outta wack super-geek only usability ... The Reportbug utility you get with a stock Debian/Gnome install is absolutely newbie-frie

Relocating Squeeze partition

2011-02-13 Thread Russell Gadd
With Lenny I am able to take an image of a partition with an external imaging tool and rewrite it to a different location on the (first) hard drive. In this configuration I have a proprietary bootloader (BootitNG) in the MBR with Grub in the Lenny partition. My main objective is to clone a new inst

Re: Show why package is being installed or show which installed package depends on it.

2011-02-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , James Robertson wrote: >> aptitude why $package-name >> OR >> aptitude why $search-term-for-root-pkgs $package-name >> >> aptitude why $package-name == aptitude why '~i' $package-name > >Thanks, is there an equivalent of this using apt. I can of course use >aptitude but I am curious about a

Re: priority in apt-get

2011-02-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , abdelkader belahcene wrote: >I have a local repository, and declare also a remote one, I want to tell >to apt-get to install a package from a local repo, if it exists. it seems >that it begins from the remote . here is my sources: > >deb file:/home/CD1 squeeze main >deb file:/home/extra6

Update aufs-module for support direct io

2011-02-13 Thread Андрей Василишин
Hi! I have latest Debian: # cat /etc/debian_version 6.0 # uname -a Linux host-22 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 03:40:32 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux I need aufs with Direct I/O support Now version of aufs module is # modinfo aufs filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/fs/aufs/aufs.

bug in the install

2011-02-13 Thread Travis
sorry for using this email but i stopped helping linux years ago(i still donate tho) when the bug systems got outta wack super-geek only usability ... any ways, do an install with b43 wireless card and don't feed it firmware. this breaks the network and then the updates and then the voltial line

Re: Show why package is being installed or show which installed package depends on it.

2011-02-13 Thread James Robertson
> > aptitude why $package-name > OR > aptitude why $search-term-for-root-pkgs $package-name > > aptitude why $package-name == aptitude why '~i' $package-name > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > > Thanks, is there an equivalent of this using apt. I can of course use aptitu

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-13 Thread Bernard
I am adding below a few more details to my last post, especially since I carried a few more tests : Bernard wrote: Roger Leigh wrote: On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:28:22AM +0100, Bernard wrote: Roger Leigh wrote: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 09:32:42AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On

Re: apt-get upgrade message in sid

2011-02-13 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-13 05:08 +0100, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <8roudpfga...@mid.individual.net>, Charles Kroeger wrote: >>apt (0.8.11) unstable; urgency=low >> >> * apt-get install pkg/experimental will now not only switch the >>candidate of package pkg to the version from the release >>e

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:38:17 -0800 Kelly Clowers wrote: Hello Kelly, > Why would want a list email in your inbox anyway? > Folders and rules exist for a reason. I meant the google inbox, not that of your/my MUA. The default set up at google is to stick echoed mail in All Mail, not even allowin

Empty ext3 filesystem after swap starvation

2011-02-13 Thread Benjamin Maisonnas
Hi there, Using Sid, I recently did an aptitude upgrade which went into a crazy dependency resolving process (maybe because of squeeze being released and me not doing a full-upgrade). It ate all of my 1.5go of ram, then started eating my 2go of swap. By the time I had only 50mo of ram left (c

priority in apt-get

2011-02-13 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, I have a local repository, and declare also a remote one, I want to tell to apt-get to install a package from a local repo, if it exists. it seems that it begins from the remote . here is my sources: deb file:/home/CD1 squeeze main deb file:/home/extra6 / deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debi

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-13 Thread steef
Tom H schreef: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:46 PM, steef wrote: Tom H schreef: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote: for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware and/or

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-13 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 03:01 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 18:18:24, Tixy wrote: > > > > Would another option not be to just get a switch and not bother with a > > second Ethernet card in the server? This is the setup I run, i.e. > > > > Modem <-> ++ > > F

Re: Show why package is being installed or show which installed package depends on it.

2011-02-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , James Robertson wrote: >I would like to know why a certain package is going to be installed or at >least find out which package installed on my system is depending on it. aptitude why $package-name OR aptitude why $search-term-for-root-pkgs $package-name aptitude why $package-name == aptitu

Show why package is being installed or show which installed package depends on it.

2011-02-13 Thread James Robertson
I would like to know why a certain package is going to be installed or at least find out which package installed on my system is depending on it. This came about as I was upgrading my Sid Laptop and noticed that it wanted to install Hal during an apt-get dist-upgrade. I am using consolekit and po

Re: route table behind router

2011-02-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110213070459.GA4674@playground>, Mike McClain wrote: >root@/deb40a:~> echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn >now fetchmail works and I can get urls in firefox To get this done automatically at boot, edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the line: net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0 -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.