Re: posting

On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 21:49 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:18:44 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > > > And I would add evolution to the blacklist (top posting) > > How is that? Evolution is preventing you from moving the cursor to start > writing where you want? > > Top-posting (when

Re: LVM and LUKS boot order incorrect in initrd image.

> I see this, at least at startup. It's been reported here: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=544651 > > Celejar > That's almost 2 yrs old. From the limited experience I have with this setup, I don't think this should cause any trouble what so ever. I might generate a new initr

Re: LVM and LUKS boot order incorrect in initrd image.

On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:46:10 +1000 yudi v wrote: > Installed Debain i386 twice and both times the order of LVM and LUKS is not > correct. > > I have one LUKS container with LVM on top. At boot time, LVM logical volumes > try to load first before I get prompted with the LUKS passphrase and at > s

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Virtualbox.. hogging resources?

I've just installed a guest OS of openindiana-151 (Solaris) and on first boot after install I'm seeing VirtualBox pegged at around 95 % for minutes on end. I don't recal seeing anything like that some time ago installing the same OS on a windows 7 HOST. Can any VB users here confirm that this dam

LVM and LUKS boot order incorrect in initrd image.

Installed Debain i386 twice and both times the order of LVM and LUKS is not correct. I have one LUKS container with LVM on top. At boot time, LVM logical volumes try to load first before I get prompted with the LUKS passphrase and at shutdown, the order is in reverse, tries to close LVM volumes af

Re: alternatives to aircrack-ng

On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:02:48 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Mon 17 Oct 2011 at 15:22:57 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > aircrack-ng has been removed from Debian, and part of the justification > > for the request for removal is that "Better alternatives exist.": > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugre

Re: alternatives to aircrack-ng

On Mon 17 Oct 2011 at 15:22:57 -0400, Celejar wrote: > aircrack-ng has been removed from Debian, and part of the justification > for the request for removal is that "Better alternatives exist.": > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642934 The reason for its removal appears to be

Re: OT: harddrive addition for RAID

On 10/17/2011 5:09 PM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 06:12:00PM BST, Camaleón wrote: >>> 1. does the HD need to be exactly the same as the one its being paired >>> with ? >> >> Not necessarily, but you will lose the remainder difference space between >> the smallest and the bigger o

Re: PXE installing Debian Squeeze on a 64-bit machine

On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:45:37 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 18/10/11 09:13, Léa Massiot wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Thank you for reading my post. >> My problem is about PXE installing Debian Squeeze on a 64-bit machine. >> >> 1) So, I've got a 64-bit machine. >> >> 2) I first downloaded and

Re: OT: harddrive addition for RAID

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:12:00 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:39:34 +0100, Richard wrote: > > > I'm thinking about adding another 500 GB HD to use RAID. > > Hardware RAID or software RAID? If the latter, what kind of RAID, "md" or > "dm?" And what kind of raid level: 0, 1,

Re: PXE installing Debian Squeeze on a 64-bit machine

On 18/10/11 09:13, Léa Massiot wrote: > > Hello, > > Thank you for reading my post. > My problem is about PXE installing Debian Squeeze on a 64-bit machine. > > 1) So, I've got a 64-bit machine. > > 2) I first downloaded and burnt "debian-6.0.2.1-ia64-netinst.iso" on a > CDROM. > The CDROM

Re: Graphical interface for downloading files to a server

On 18/10/11 03:18, Jesus arteche wrote: > Hey guys, > > > > Do you know how can I download a file to a Debian server from a webpage > wich has Javascript??? I don't have graphical interface and I would like > to avoid install it. > > thanks Two ways I can think of (probably many more but it's

Re: OT: harddrive addition for RAID

Hi, firstly: this is only offtopic if you're not running Debian. Richard (richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk on 2011-10-17 17:39 +0100): > Hi, > I'm thinking about adding another 500 GB HD to use RAID. > 2 questions:- > > 1. does the HD need to be exactly the same as the one its being > paired with ?

PXE installing Debian Squeeze on a 64-bit machine

Hello, Thank you for reading my post. My problem is about PXE installing Debian Squeeze on a 64-bit machine. 1) So, I've got a 64-bit machine. 2) I first downloaded and burnt "debian-6.0.2.1-ia64-netinst.iso" on a CDROM. The CDROM doesn't boot on this machine. 3) So, I thought about PXE bo

Re: Virtualize Debian Lenny to VMware

On 18/10/11 02:11, Gorka wrote: > > > Excuse me. > > > > How could I virtualize a Debian Lenny physical machine to run in VMware. > Converter Standalone crashed on 4%. I need a free way to virtualize it > in order to avoid disasters. By the way, it must be virtualized while it > runs, can’t

Re: alternatives to aircrack-ng

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:30:27 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:22:57 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > aircrack-ng has been removed from Debian, and part of the justification > > for the request for removal is that "Better alternatives exist.": > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bi

[Solved (kinda)]Re: nvidia driver performance drop?

I got my performance back, thanks to the links Sven provided. I ended up having to roll back xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse from backports.d.o. I put these packages on hold. However, I found that apticron gives me the message "E: Unmet

Re: OT: harddrive addition for RAID

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 06:12:00PM BST, Camaleón wrote: > > 1. does the HD need to be exactly the same as the one its being paired > > with ? > > Not necessarily, but you will lose the remainder difference space between > the smallest and the bigger of the disks. If you were referring to the > b

Re: posting

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:18:44 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > On 16/10/11 23:03, Celejar wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:22:00 + (UTC) Camaleón >> wrote: >> >> ... >> >>> - MUAs. I would add another section about good e-mails clients to use >>> when dealing with mailing lists (this is my small

Re: Configuring Gnome fallback

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:24:37 -0400, Frank wrote: > On 17/10/11 03:08 PM, Joe wrote: (...) >> How to win friends and influence people... I'll be spending the rest of >> the evening trying to make this heap of junk functional again. >> >> >Well it has been 4 or is it 5 days since the switch to

Re: alternatives to aircrack-ng

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:22:57 -0400, Celejar wrote: > aircrack-ng has been removed from Debian, and part of the justification > for the request for removal is that "Better alternatives exist.": > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642934 > > I have no idea what these alternatives

Re: [OT] Re: unsuscribe

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:17:43 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 17 Oct 2011 at 16:38:31 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > >> On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:45:25 +, Camaleón wrote: >> >> > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:38:30 +0200, Diego Martínez Castañeda wrote: >> > >> > Nope, wrong recipient ;-P >> >> And wrong

Re: upgrading to gnome3

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 5:20 PM, David Roguin wrote: > >> David, I followed that and this is what I get: >> >> root@HDBB:/etc/apt/**preferences.d# apt-get dist-upgrade >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> Calculating upgrade... Don

Re: upgrading to gnome3

> > > David, I followed that and this is what I get: > > root@HDBB:/etc/apt/**preferences.d# apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > brasero deskba

Re: upgrading to gnome3

David Roguin wrote: On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom > wrote: Hi, I found a site that describes upgrading to gnome3: http://raphaelhertzog.com/__2011/06/16/installing-gnome-3-__on-debian-6-0-squeeze-no-__sorry/

Re: [OT] Re: unsuscribe

On Mon 17 Oct 2011 at 16:38:31 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:45:25 +, Camaleón wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:38:30 +0200, Diego Martínez Castañeda wrote: > > > > Nope, wrong recipient ;-P > > And wrong spelling. Mails pointing out speling mistaikes and misdirect

Re: Configuring Gnome fallback

On 17/10/11 03:08 PM, Joe wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:02:51 -0400 Frank wrote: On 16/10/11 03:43 PM, Joe wrote: It begins to look as if someone has managed to reinvent Windows... I shouldn't laugh, my particular sid has eight bugs stopping the Gnome upgrade, so my joy is yet to come.

alternatives to aircrack-ng

aircrack-ng has been removed from Debian, and part of the justification for the request for removal is that "Better alternatives exist.": http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642934 I have no idea what these alternatives might be, and I have been unable to find anything remotely as ca

Re: package management help

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:07:10 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 10/16/2011 5:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > > Which is fine. What problem are you seeing here? > > > > "php5" is a metapackage that requires to install *one of these* packages: > > > > a) libapache2-mod-php5 (or) > > b) libapache2-mod-ph

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

On 16/10/11 05:47 PM, Andrew Wood wrote: > Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the 'Mail > Server' option is not selected during installation? Does it actually > serve any purpose on an out of the box basic installation? > > Andrew > > Exim4 is installed by default in Debia

Re: Configuring Gnome fallback

On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:02:51 -0400 Frank wrote: > On 16/10/11 03:43 PM, Joe wrote: > >> > > > > It begins to look as if someone has managed to reinvent Windows... > > > > I shouldn't laugh, my particular sid has eight bugs stopping the > > Gnome upgrade, so my joy is yet to come. > > > > Goo

Re: new to pacemaker and heartbeat on debian...getting error..

Le Monday 17 October 2011 04:02:47 Joey L, vous avez écrit : > Hi - New to heartbeat and pacemaker on debian. > Followed a tutorial online at: > http://www.clusterlabs.org/wiki/Debian_Lenny_HowTo > > > and now getting this error - > > > root@deb2:/home/mjh# sudo crm_mon --one-shot > ===

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

yudi v (yudi@gmail.com on 2011-10-18 00:09 +1000): > > But the drive in question was 600GB (iirc). Too large for an SSD and > > too small for advanced format... > > > It's an Advance format, check the fdisk output posted above. I stand corrected. Then your sector alignment should be a multiple

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

On Mon 17 Oct 2011 at 13:03:05 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: > Because Im interested and I dont want to remove it if it does something > important. This is a good attitude to take. As part of a standard install we get exim4. The Mail Server task probably installs more mail related packages such as s

Re: posting

Hi, > Yes, why not, they can enter to the whitelist if they operate right ;-) > > Ahh, I forget about smartphones! All of these devices (specially iPhones > and Blackberries) should go to the "blacklist" unless they can be > configured to avoid the top-posting style >:-) KMail works fine, as far

Re: trying to get the compiz cube

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:56:39 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:38:17 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> >>> Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:31:38 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > I installed compiz and am trying to see the famed cube: it's

Re: package management help

On Sun 16 Oct 2011 at 22:23:59 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I'm no package management expert. I only install packages when I need > new capabilities, or when doing security updates. I discovered during > this apache2 troubleshooting that I had 1.6GB of .deb files in the apt > package cache. I

Re: What to make of this apt-get update output.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 02:52:59PM +, Camale�n wrote: > On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:44:50 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 06:54:41PM +, Camale�n wrote: > > > snip... > > Of course. That's the message "apt-get update" gives. > > Yes :-) > >

Re: upgrading to gnome3

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I found a site that describes upgrading to gnome3: > http://raphaelhertzog.com/**2011/06/16/installing-gnome-3-** > on-debian-6-0-squeeze-no-**sorry/

Re: OT: harddrive addition for RAID

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:39:34 +0100, Richard wrote: > I'm thinking about adding another 500 GB HD to use RAID. Hardware RAID or software RAID? If the latter, what kind of RAID, "md" or "dm?" And what kind of raid level: 0, 1, 1+0...? ;-P > 2 questions:- > > 1. does the HD need to be exactly th

Re: trying to get the compiz cube

Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:38:17 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:31:38 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I installed compiz and am trying to see the famed cube: it's nowhere. So I googled and found: http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/25/enabling-the-cu

Re: Graphical interface for downloading files to a server

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:18:41 +0100, Jesus arteche wrote: > Do you know how can I download a file to a Debian server from a webpage > wich has Javascript??? I don't have graphical interface and I would like > to avoid install it. Review the html code of the page and try to find out the URI. Maybe

Re: Reducing HDD writing affect on whole system.

Thank You for Your time and answer, Martin: >How do you copy the file? Maybe the method you use for copying uses >small buffers and thus needlessly generated disk seeks. You might try >using dd with bs=1M ;). I do this w/ mc. But w/ dd it is the same. >> I ran OpenArena that freezed from time t

Re: Reducing HDD writing affect on whole system.

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:00:26 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: > >>> For system that I'm speaking now is a Dell's laptop w/ AMD Tutorion64 >>> 2.4 GHz, 2G RAM, w/ Hitachi SATA 750G in it. >> >>If memory serves me right, Turion64 sounds like an "old" CPU, righ

OT: harddrive addition for RAID

Hi, I'm thinking about adding another 500 GB HD to use RAID. 2 questions:- 1. does the HD need to be exactly the same as the one its being paired with ? 2. how easy is it to change from a non RAID config to a RAID config. ie. can I just put in the second HD and run something to automagically

Re: [OT] Re: unsuscribe

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:45:25 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:38:30 +0200, Diego Martínez Castañeda wrote: > > Nope, wrong recipient ;-P And wrong spelling. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote: > I've often wondered why Postfix is not the default MTA. There are a few > benefits that Postfix brings to the table over Exim, such as security, > modularity and ease of configuration. Sorry, but for me exim4 config is far much more easier t

upgrading to gnome3

Hi, I found a site that describes upgrading to gnome3: http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/06/16/installing-gnome-3-on-debian-6-0-squeeze-no-sorry/ It involves pinning to experimental. I did just that, but dist-upgrade did not upgrade gnome-session. Is the method described correct? Hugo -- To UN

Re: Graphical interface for downloading files to a server

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:18:41 +0100 Jesus arteche wrote: > Hey guys, > > > > Do you know how can I download a file to a Debian server from a webpage wich > has Javascript??? I don't have graphical interface and I would like to avoid > install it. JavaScript support from the CLI / TUI is a majo

Re: posting

On 16/10/11 23:03, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:22:00 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: > > ... > >> - MUAs. I would add another section about good e-mails clients to use >> when dealing with mailing lists (this is my small "whitelist" input: >> mutt, (al)pine, thunderbird/icedove, evol

Graphical interface for downloading files to a server

Hey guys, Do you know how can I download a file to a Debian server from a webpage wich has Javascript??? I don't have graphical interface and I would like to avoid install it. thanks

Re: posting

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:24:32 -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 05:22:00PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> - MUAs. I would add another section about good e-mails clients to use >> when dealing with mailing lists (this is my small "whitelist" input: >> mutt, (al)pine, thunderbird/icedo

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

Am Montag, 17. Oktober 2011 schrieb Arno Schuring: > Virgo Pärna (virgo.pa...@mail.ee on 2011-10-17 08:50 +): > > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:16:02 +0200, Arno Schuring > > > > wrote: > > > yudi v (yudi@gmail.com on 2011-10-16 15:20 +1000): > > >> Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boun

[OT] Re: unsuscribe

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:38:30 +0200, Diego Martínez Castañeda wrote: Nope, wrong recipient ;-P Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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.or

Virtualize Debian Lenny to VMware

Excuse me. How could I virtualize a Debian Lenny physical machine to run in VMware. Converter Standalone crashed on 4%. I need a free way to virtualize it in order to avoid disasters. By the way, it must be virtualized while it runs, can't stop it. Any idea?

Re: package management help

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:07:10 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 10/16/2011 5:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> No need to be a jedi, just put care in what the installer is telling >> you. >> >> When you run apt-get or aptitude to install "roundcube-core" and you >> see a set of packages named "apac

Re: Reducing HDD writing affect on whole system.

Am Sonntag, 16. Oktober 2011 schrieb Sthu Deus: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Martin: > >Huh? Well compared to SSD they are dog slow with small size random > >read/write operations - typical refered to as IOPS - but I cannot > >confirm that they are slower than PATA drives. They might not b

Re: Reducing HDD writing affect on whole system.

Am Montag, 17. Oktober 2011 schrieb Sthu Deus: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: > >> For system that I'm speaking now is a Dell's laptop w/ AMD > >> Tutorion64 2.4 GHz, 2G RAM, w/ Hitachi SATA 750G in it. > > > >If memory serves me right, Turion64 sounds like an "old" CPU, right? > >

Re: What to make of this apt-get update output.

On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:44:50 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 06:54:41PM +, Camale�n wrote: (...) >> > I must be more of a noob than I thought. "Follow the points"...what >> > points? If you mean the debian.org and wiki URLs, they just point to >> > the kernel.org site

Re: Reducing HDD writing affect on whole system.

Am Sonntag, 16. Oktober 2011 schrieb Sthu Deus: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Martin: > >There has been significant improvements with recent kernels. After > >installing 2.6.37 - AFAIR - on my ThinkPad T42 which uses Ext4 I > >actually thought I bought a new notebook. And there have been >

Re: Reducing HDD writing affect on whole system.

Am Sonntag, 16. Oktober 2011 schrieb Sthu Deus: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Martin: > >Thats a typical workload where certain kernels have lots of problems > >with interactivity. I think its best to use at least kernel 2.6.37. At > >some kernel version CFQ gained a low_latency mode which

unsuscribe

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Re: Why is exim installed by default?

On 2011-10-17 15:54 +0200, Lisi wrote: > On Monday 17 October 2011 13:07:01 Andrew Wood wrote: >> I see. thanks for the replies. if I was to install postfix in the future >> as a 'proper' mail server would it conflict? > > I usually install nullmailer. Whilst installing itself, it removes exim.

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

> Or alternatively, install wicd. It seems to be far less temperamental. > Thanks. > I will need to install the network tool from the ISO image I got, I should be able to mount it and install software from there, right? I remember doing exactly the same with Fedora once.

Re: dist-upgrade wants to remove gdm

Jochen Spieker wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom: I run Sid. I installed gdm instead of gdm3. But now dist-upgrade wants to remove gdm and gdm-themes. … How do I find out why? aptitude why-not gdm aptitude why gdm3 Probably Gnome3 is trickling in and some package you have installed depends on gdm3 (wh

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

Certainly, you are correct :) > As general advice, 8 sectors is better because of advanced format. But > then you also have to account for modern SSDs, which have erase block > sizes between 128 and 512kB (256 or 1024 sectors), and for partitioning > hw-raid devices you need to know the stripe siz

Wireless USB webcam for Debian?

Hi, I'm looking for a webcam that does not have a cable so I can move it around the room, but can still can be connected to a PC over USB (i.e. NOT a standalone WiFi/ethernet webcam). Does anyone know any that works with Linux, preferrably Debian stable? I've managed to find this one - Konig elec

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

On Monday 17 October 2011 14:46:55 Ralf Jung wrote: > As for network-manager, just install it with apt - alongside with the gnome > applet or the KDE plasma widget or whatever frontend you plan to use. Or alternatively, install wicd. It seems to be far less temperamental. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

On Monday 17 October 2011 13:07:01 Andrew Wood wrote: > I see. thanks for the replies. if I was to install postfix in the future > as a 'proper' mail server would it conflict? I usually install nullmailer. Whilst installing itself, it removes exim. I imagine other MTAs would do the same. Lisi

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

Virgo Pärna (virgo.pa...@mail.ee on 2011-10-17 08:50 +): > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:16:02 +0200, Arno Schuring > wrote: > > yudi v (yudi@gmail.com on 2011-10-16 15:20 +1000): > >> Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries > > This is not necessary. Menu X, D will allow you to chan

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

Hi, > I unwittingly went for the bare bones install as last time I installed lot > of junk checking quite a few options, now some of the essential tools I am > used to are missing, I cannot connect to the internet as network manager is > not installed, is there any other way I can connect to mobi

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

Hi, On 17/10/2011 11:07 PM, Andrew Wood wrote: I see. thanks for the replies. if I was to install postfix in the future as a 'proper' mail server would it conflict? You seem to be implying that exim4 is not a 'proper' mail server. it sure is, but there are 'lite and heavy' versions. ;-)

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

Installed Debian i386, will leave 64bit for the next time. Once again, at boot and shut down, the order in which it looks for LVM volumes is incorrect. At boot time, it looks for LVM volumes before opening up the LUKS container. and at shut down, the order is in reverse. I unwittingly went for th

LDAP: Switch to SHA512 Hash Lenny/Squeeze

hi, we want switch from old DES crypt to SHA512 on our Lenny and Squeeze images. It works for local accounts, but I'm not sure, if it works also in LDAP. If I change the password from a LDAP user, than I expecting a longer string: local user: foobar:$6$rounds=65536$7NJOqSFw $UDB6zSUxHiFwnTs/cZv

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

I see. thanks for the replies. if I was to install postfix in the future as a 'proper' mail server would it conflict? -- 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

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

Because Im interested and I dont want to remove it if it does something important. On 17/10/11 00:15, Walter Hurry wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:47:44 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the 'Mail Server' option is not selected during instal

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 22:16 +1000, yudi v wrote: > > By default Squeeze installs grub2 > > > > Cool, I always get confused with GRUB and GNOME. > > Is it worth trying amd64 install. I tried this long ago and wasted lot of > time trying to get it working. Whats the current status? Yes, it works fi

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

> By default Squeeze installs grub2 > > Cool, I always get confused with GRUB and GNOME. Is it worth trying amd64 install. I tried this long ago and wasted lot of time trying to get it working. Whats the current status?

Re: deleting user account

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:18:54AM BST, Zachary Uram wrote: > Thanks Raf! No worries. Just to recap, what was it in the end? Was the account still in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow? Were you logged on with the account name and used sudo to remove it by any chance? Regards, -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

On 17/10/11 22:16, yudi v wrote: > > > > Also Sqeeze only installs GRUB legacy by default By default Squeeze installs grub2 > -- > Kind regards, > Yudi > $ dpkg --get-selections | grep grub grub-common install grub-pc

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

> > > Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries > This is not necessary. Menu X, D will allow you to change this to 1. > The 2048 value is just wasteful (an overly safe default). Whether you > care about losing that 2MB is your call... > True I can start at 8, not a big deal. > > > To

Re: Reducing HDD writing affect on whole system.

Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: >> For system that I'm speaking now is a Dell's laptop w/ AMD Tutorion64 >> 2.4 GHz, 2G RAM, w/ Hitachi SATA 750G in it. > >If memory serves me right, Turion64 sounds like an "old" CPU, right? > >("old" for today CPU's rhythms of life means a mactufact

Re: deleting user account

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Re: dist-upgrade wants to remove gdm

Hugo Vanwoerkom: > > I run Sid. I installed gdm instead of gdm3. But now dist-upgrade > wants to remove gdm and gdm-themes. … > How do I find out why? aptitude why-not gdm aptitude why gdm3 Probably Gnome3 is trickling in and some package you have installed depends on gdm3 (which conflicts with

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:16:02 +0200, Arno Schuring wrote: > yudi v (yudi@gmail.com on 2011-10-16 15:20 +1000): >> Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries > This is not necessary. Menu X, D will allow you to change this to 1. > The 2048 value is just wasteful (an overly safe defaul