Re: orphan link linux-kbuild-N.N.N in /usr/local/src

2011-08-11 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-08-11 21:10 +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > On my Debian (Wheezy) boxes, the /usr/src is a link to /usr/local/src , > /usr and /usr/local being mounted on different partitions. > I guess it is a common practice. It might be common, but it is not a good practice since /usr/src is distributio

Re: Unable to create either bootable USB flashdrive or CD/DVDrom

2011-08-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/08/11 13:33, Christian Jaeger wrote: Many of your answers are rather aggressive, I won't reply to those. Bah humbug, and bully for you. Your questions were answered, any remaining issues are your own. It (the .iso) is a single file. Recursive does not apply. This is how I read it,

Re: Hdd recipes for preseeding d-i

2011-08-11 Thread Diederik de Haas
On Friday 12 August 2011 00:34:10 Diederik de Haas wrote: > On Thursday 11 August 2011 14:26:39 Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: > > You ask for help and ask people to do additional step to help you. > > Shouldn't you rather subscribe to the list? > > My time is limited and I've chosen to subscribe

Wireless problem with Thinkpad X220

2011-08-11 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Hi! I've been trying to help a friend out with wireless on his Thinkpad X220. The identifier is: 03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01) Now, according to http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x the drivers should work for the kernel (2.6.3

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Robert Blair Mason writes: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:48:02 -0600 >> sulogin is easy enough to bypass. >> * Boot Live CD >> * Mount / >> * Edit /etc/inittab >> * Comment out si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS >> * Reboot into single user mode >> Much easer than chroots, or any of the ot

Gmane (was: Re: Hdd recipes for preseeding d-i)

2011-08-11 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Diederik de Haas writes: > On Thursday 11 August 2011 14:26:39 Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: >> You ask for help and ask people to do additional step to help you. >> Shouldn't you rather subscribe to the list? > My time is limited and I've chosen to subscribe to other (lower > vol

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:48:02 -0600 Aaron Toponce wrote: > > sulogin is easy enough to bypass. > > * Boot Live CD > * Mount / > * Edit /etc/inittab > * Comment out si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS > * Reboot into single user mode > > Much easer than chroots, or any of the other pr

Re: Unable to create either bootable USB flashdrive or CD/DVDrom

2011-08-11 Thread Christian Jaeger
Many of your answers are rather aggressive, I won't reply to those. > It (the .iso) is a single file. Recursive does not apply. This is how I read it, too, but unetbootin does it different, it copies the *contents* of the iso (like mounting the iso then cp -r). When I say that the Ubuntu questio

Re: Hdd recipes for preseeding d-i

2011-08-11 Thread Diederik de Haas
On Friday 12 August 2011 00:34:10 Diederik de Haas wrote: > On Thursday 11 August 2011 14:26:39 Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: > > You ask for help and ask people to do additional step to help you. > > Shouldn't you rather subscribe to the list? > > My time is limited and I've chosen to subscribe

Re: Unable to create either bootable USB flashdrive or CD/DVDrom

2011-08-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/08/11 08:53, Christian Jaeger wrote: 2011/8/9 Wolodja Wentland: Why don't you follow the method outlined in the installation guide? http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en I'm trying to follow "4.3.3. Manually copying files to the USB stick � the flexible way". Here

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-11 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 11 August 2011 00:01, Camaleón wrote: > > >> then point your web browser to "http://192.168.1.254";. > > > > > > With two separate browsers, the same message - "Network is unreachable" > > Restarted the modem, same result. > > (...) > > That's very weird... can you access to that same IP (19

Re: Hdd recipes for preseeding d-i

2011-08-11 Thread Walter Hurry
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:34:10 +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote: > On Thursday 11 August 2011 14:26:39 Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: >> You ask for help and ask people to do additional step to help you. >> Shouldn't you rather subscribe to the list? > > My time is limited and I've chosen to subscribe

Re: rhythmbox converting files to ogg

2011-08-11 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 05:28:56PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 02:59:34PM +, Camaleón wrote: > > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:26:11 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > > > > I have a bunch of music in encoded in flac. When I drag the files in > > > rhythmbox to my Sansa Clip player, r

Re: Unable to create either bootable USB flashdrive or CD/DVDrom

2011-08-11 Thread Christian Jaeger
2011/8/9 Wolodja Wentland : > Why don't you follow the method > outlined in the installation guide? > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en I'm trying to follow "4.3.3. Manually copying files to the USB stick — the flexible way". Here are the questions not answered by this

Re: Hdd recipes for preseeding d-i

2011-08-11 Thread Diederik de Haas
On Thursday 11 August 2011 14:26:39 Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: > You ask for help and ask people to do additional step to help you. > Shouldn't you rather subscribe to the list? My time is limited and I've chosen to subscribe to other (lower volume) lists from which I expect to get more and/

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:28:33 +0100, Dom wrote: > On 11/08/11 19:46, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:23:17 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, abdelkader belahcene >>> wrote: Hi, I ve forgotten my root passwd on centos 6 (red hat based)

Re: rhythmbox converting files to ogg

2011-08-11 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 02:59:34PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:26:11 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > > I have a bunch of music in encoded in flac. When I drag the files in > > rhythmbox to my Sansa Clip player, rhythmbox converts them to mp3. I > > want them to be converted to og

Re: Best linux Distro 2011

2011-08-11 Thread D G Teed
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Anirudh Parui > wrote: > > Hi Friends, > > > > The comparison between Linux Distros is a big matter of discussion. > > And when it comes to finding out what is the best everyone has his own > > point of vi

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Dom
On 11/08/11 19:46, Walter Hurry wrote: On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:23:17 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, abdelkader belahcene wrote: Hi, I ve forgotten my root passwd on centos 6 (red hat based), I tried to change it as I used in debian (in debian it works perfe

orphan link linux-kbuild-N.N.N in /usr/local/src

2011-08-11 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List: On my Debian (Wheezy) boxes, the /usr/src is a link to /usr/local/src , /usr and /usr/local being mounted on different partitions. I guess it is a common practice. Whatever, I have noticed that in my /usr/src (-> /usr/local/src) an orphaned link was created linux-kbuild-3.0.0 -> ../l

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:23:17 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, abdelkader belahcene > wrote: >> Hi, >> I ve forgotten my root passwd on centos 6 (red hat based), >> >> I tried to change it as I used in debian (in debian it works perfectly) >> , that is: >> >> use

RE: Receiving fatal flex scanner error

2011-08-11 Thread Harpreet Singh Anand
Hi All, To add more, I have debugged this more, the problem come because during yylex END_OF_BUFFER is handled differently where a BUFFER_NEW is checked and some global are changed. But, in yyinput there is no such specific handling. Also, what is happening is that: >From yyinput, yywrap gets

Re: network devices have vanished on Dell D600

2011-08-11 Thread Mark Grieveson
I think I've figured out a possible solution to my issues. I noticed a bunch of errors when running dmesg, and I centred on these errors with the command "dmesg | grep BAR". From this, I searched the internet, and found a site where a whack of people were complaining of similar issues. The site

Doc for configuration RAID

2011-08-11 Thread abdelkader belahcene
HI, *I want to add to my working system, disks using RAID. I found doc for Fedora , the packages used are not the same in debian ( it seems to me, for example on fedora there are commands like mkraid and raidstart I didn't find them in debaian package : I installed mdadm dmraid ), please s

sound device or resource busy

2011-08-11 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Running Sid. Which just upgraded libaudio2, libaudio-dev and nas from 1.9.2-7 to 1.9.2-8. I run 2 sound apps: mplayer(sound nly) and a nas app, that uses nas and libaudio2 and liaudio-dev. Since the upgrade I can only run 1: either the nas app or mplayer, and for the other I get: [A

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:14:23 + (GMT) Francois Cerbelle wrote: > Le Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:10:02 +0200, Thierry Chatelet a écrit : > > On Wednesday 10 August 2011 17:53:26 Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > >> if i'm not mistaken you can just go to single user mode on centos > >> by appending "1" or "sing

Re: [SOLVED] GLX Missing

2011-08-11 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
I figured out my issue. I was playing with OpenCL and it pulled in a bunch of nvidia stuff because it was selecting nvidia-libopencl1 by default. Then, when I was googling how to fix the video drivers I was blindly filtering all of the instructions through s/apt-get/aptitude/ and aptitude wasn't

Re: cups on wheezy problem

2011-08-11 Thread Wayne Topa
On 08/10/2011 02:09 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 08/10/2011 01:38 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:57:13 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: On 08/10/2011 10:27 AM, Camaleón wrote: <> I don't usually go to the bugs page on debian.org directly but by the Google links when I am searching for the

Re: restoring GRUB after windows 7 install along side Debian set-up with LUKS+LVM

2011-08-11 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Thursday 11 August 2011 13:41:18 yudi v wrote: > Hi > > I will be installing Windows7 along side Debian on a 4 KB sector hard > drive. Debian's configured with LVM on top of LUKS. > > >From what I understand I can restore GRUB using the Debian install disk by > > going in to the advanced opti

Re: Problem with preseed

2011-08-11 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: > > I've been trying to write a preseed config file from some time. It's nearly > ready. The last obstacle is partitioning. Autoconfig fails in two places: > - first I have to select and confirm  'Guided - use entire disk and set up >

Re: Hdd recipes for preseeding d-i

2011-08-11 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: > On 08/10/11 12:09, Diederik de Haas wrote: > > PS: please CC me in your reply since I'm not subscribed to this list > > You ask for help and ask people to do additional step to help you. Shouldn't > you rather subscribe to the list?

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I ve forgotten my root passwd on centos 6 (red hat based), > > I tried to change it as I used in debian (in debian it works perfectly) , > that is: > > use a cd live (or installation cd1), to access the hd, > I mount  my root pa

Unidentified subject!

2011-08-11 Thread gnubayonne-debian...@yahoo.com
I'm trying to do a fresh install of 6.0.2.1, but there is a glitch bringing up the wireless network on my 1420N Inspiron laptop. It uses the iwl3945 driver: 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) I boot with with the first i386 CD

Re: Best linux Distro 2011

2011-08-11 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 8/11/2011 2:12 AM, Johann Spies wrote: > * It was a HPC-cluster that I was administrating. Normal updating of >packages was a lot slower than on Debian servers. Cluster nodes should be booting via bootp or PXE, and NFS mounts, and their IP addresses and hostnames assigned statically via

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Wawrzek Niewodniczanski
On 08/11/11 00:35, abdelkader belahcene wrote: On 8/10/11, Lucas Lima wrote: the passwords are stored in /etc/shadow and you deleted the file, you should restore it. I just removed the second field , the password for th root. no more things You can copy a password from other user or even fro

Re: How to install non-free firmware after installing Debian

2011-08-11 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:21:37PM +1000, yudi v wrote: >I need to install [1]Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection >driver for Linux > >I downloaded the non-free firmware files and was looking for good >documentation on how to install non-free firmware. So far* I did

Re: Hdd recipes for preseeding d-i

2011-08-11 Thread Wawrzek Niewodniczanski
On 08/10/11 12:09, Diederik de Haas wrote: Hi, I'm trying to create my own preseed file for automating debian installations (inside VirtualBox). But for the life of me I can't figure out how to construct the recipe for hdd-partitioning. What are symptoms? PS: please CC me in your reply sin

How to install non-free firmware after installing Debian

2011-08-11 Thread yudi v
I installed Debian on a laptop and did not install the non-free firmware while installing Debian as I did not have the firmware files. During initial install, the installer detected the wireless card and prompted me to make the firmware available. I need to install* Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/B

Re: Kernel messages during startup

2011-08-11 Thread Ralf Jung
Hi, > In the old days when we all used command line style screens and when all > output was appended at the bottom of the screen.. I joined the Unix/Linux train in 2007, so I never saw those times ;-) > The scrool lock key still has a function when using spreadsheets. Normaly > when you press

restoring GRUB after windows 7 install along side Debian set-up with LUKS+LVM

2011-08-11 Thread yudi v
Hi I will be installing Windows7 along side Debian on a 4 KB sector hard drive. Debian's configured with LVM on top of LUKS. >From what I understand I can restore GRUB using the Debian install disk by going in to the advanced options and choosing rescue mode. What are the potential issues I need t

Problem with preseed

2011-08-11 Thread Wawrzek Niewodniczanski
Hi, I've been trying to write a preseed config file from some time. It's nearly ready. The last obstacle is partitioning. Autoconfig fails in two places: - first I have to select and confirm 'Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM', - later also 'Finish partitioning and write changes to dis

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Francois Cerbelle writes: > Le Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:10:02 +0200, Thierry Chatelet a écrit: > On Wednesday 10 August 2011 17:53:26 Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: >>> if i'm not mistaken you can just go to single user mode on centos >>> by appending "1" or "single" (without quotes) on boot

Re: Kernel messages during startup

2011-08-11 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi Ralf, The Scroll Lock key. wow, you finally solved the something that puzzled me for some years now: What the heck is the point of that key! Thanks :D In the old days when we all used command line style screens and when all output was appended at the bottom of the screen.. The scroo

Re: System crash when swithing to text-console

2011-08-11 Thread Martin Lorenz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OI! this is what I got over netconsole: [ 32.910913] [ 32.910914] HARDWARE ERROR [ 32.910922] CPU 2: Machine Check Exception:5 Bank 4: b20011000402 [ 32.910925] RIP !INEXACT! 10: {native_safe_halt+0x2/0x3} [ 32.910934]

Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

2011-08-11 Thread Francois Cerbelle
Le Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:10:02 +0200, Thierry Chatelet a écrit : > On Wednesday 10 August 2011 17:53:26 Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: >> if i'm not mistaken you can just go to single user mode on centos by >> appending "1" or "single" (without quotes) on boot parameter, no need >> for any live cd >> > Not

Re: Best linux Distro 2011

2011-08-11 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 03:58:54PM +0200, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:49:17 +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 05:26:47PM +0200, Camaleón wrote: > >> > > >> > And Well Debian wins over all the Distros :) > >> > >> Nice! > >> > >> But openSUSE is far better tha