Re: Problem updating debian 6

2012-05-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 08:52:49AM +0200, David Seira wrote: > 2012/5/23 Chris Bannister : > > What does "ls -al /var/lib/apt/lists/" show now? > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31488757 may 18 00:56 > ftp.es.debian.org_debian_dists_squeeze_main_binary-amd64_Packages > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1964287

Re: Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 26/05/12 04:11, Peter Easthope wrote: > peter@armada:~$ dpkg -l iceweasel | grep ice rc iceweasel 3.5.16-15 > Web browser based on Firefox . > aptitude declines to update iceweasel claiming that the source is > untrusted. @armada:~# wget -O- -q http://mozilla.debian.net/archive.asc | gp

Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/05/12 22:32, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:37:45 +1000 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 25/05/12 17:00, Markus Schönhaber wrote: >> >> >>> man ssh-keygen >>> | -R hostname >>> |Removes all keys belonging to hostname from a known_hosts >>> |file. This option is useful to d

Re: Configure sudo

2012-05-25 Thread Richard Hector
On 26/05/12 01:43, Tom H wrote: >> * apt-get install but not remove > > IMO this is possible by setting whole command "apt-get options *" in > sudoers, but i never tried this. I have on one my server this: > > User_AliasEJABBER = snmp, www-data > ... > EJABBER ALL=(ejabberd) NOPASSWD:

Less responsive input, 3-second freezes & blind-typing

2012-05-25 Thread John Magolske
Hello, For a while now I've been experiencing a strange behavior where there are frequent and regular "freezes" when typing or issuing commands in the shell. All of a sudden I'll find myself "blind-typing" for 3 seconds or so before a backlog of characters burst onto the screen. I seem to notice

Re: new tab or new terminal

2012-05-25 Thread Jochen Spieker
BG: > > Is it better from a security standpoint to su - in a tab as I have > been doing or should I open another terminal for this user? Following the principle of running few processes as root, su-ing is the way to go. That way, the terminal still runs as your primary user, you have only one roo

OT: useless pedantic argumentative noise: aptitude changelog gives "You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list"

2012-05-25 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:17 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message : > On Wed, 23 May 2012 20:59:43 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 May 2012 17:41:06 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message > > : > > >> > ..that probably depends on the usefulness of your definition of > >> > "$subje

Re: Help identifying an old wireless card

2012-05-25 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:21 -0800, Greg wrote in message <201205250900.21839.gomadtr...@gci.net>: > > > On Friday 25 May 2012 7:34:07 am Brian wrote: > > On Fri 25 May 2012 at 10:46:29 -0400, Michael Mehrazar wrote: > > > Andrei, > > > > > > Thank you. It's attached. > > > > Still no wireless

Re: Broken cups.

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 16:09:23 -0500, Ed Siefker wrote: > I am unable to print on my HP 1300n. I have cups installed, along > with hpijs and hplip. I will append an actual list of packages to > this email. My user is a member of both groups 'lp' and 'lpadmin'. > Dmesg identifies my printer as

Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-25 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 09:59:03PM +0200, Slavko wrote: > then i see only one solution - delete/rename whole file and collect them > from start. Well, yes - or resolve them one by one when you hit a host that has changed. In this situation, ssh will tell you which lines are troublesome. > Please,

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 02:17:35PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > "things" for your current install might be /home only. Perhaps xorg.conf > and some other files, using cp -pr while you're root. But in the future > completely backup using e.g. tar. Note, if you sync, you anyway might > lose data, sin

Re: OT Seach for Elaborate Address Book Program

2012-05-25 Thread J.A. de Vries
On 2012-05-25 17:39, Thomas H. George wrote: > I am planning to put a vast array of handwritten notes into some kind of > order. Notes include names and associated information - addresses, > phone numbers, email addresses, spouse's name, childrens' names, boat > names, birthdays, misc information.

new tab or new terminal

2012-05-25 Thread BG
To monitor my system I usually open a terminal and run htop and then open another tab and run gkrellm. This is as a user without sudo privileges. I recently began using tcpspy and then tail syslog | grep tcpspy in yet another tab. However my user doesn't have sudo privileges so I have to su - t

Broken cups.

2012-05-25 Thread Ed Siefker
I am unable to print on my HP 1300n. I have cups installed, along with hpijs and hplip. I will append an actual list of packages to this email. My user is a member of both groups 'lp' and 'lpadmin'. Dmesg identifies my printer as "usb 5-2", and the device entry looks like this: crw-rw-r-T+ 1

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Lisi
On Friday 25 May 2012 18:23:37 Tom H wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Mika Suomalainen > > wrote: > > On 25.05.2012 15:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:37 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > >>> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main > >>> deb-src http

Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-25 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Fri, 25 May 2012 15:37:12 -0400 Celejar napísal: > Well, the whole point of the hash is to prevent anyone with access to > the file from learning the hosts / ip addresses, so I imagine that > figuring them out yourself is a non-trivial task. For any name / > address you think might be in

Re: Dual head Intel i7-2600S and DQ67SWB3

2012-05-25 Thread Claudius Hubig
Hello David, David Christensen wrote: > My goal is at least one monitor displaying during POST, GRUB, boot, and > login, I think you already achieved that? > and then span mode 2 x 1600x1200 on the desktop. The Nokia 445Xi > can do 75 Hz and the 445XiPlus can do 87 Hz at that resolution, but

Re: OT Seach for Elaborate Address Book Program

2012-05-25 Thread Thomas H. George
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 04:17:52PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:39:08 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > I am planning to put a vast array of handwritten notes into some kind of > > order. Notes include names and associated information - addresses, > > phone numbers, email ad

Re: Dual head Intel i7-2600S and DQ67SWB3

2012-05-25 Thread David Christensen
On 05/25/2012 12:06 PM, Claudius Hubig wrote: I am a bit confused about your actual aim: Do you want both screens in clone mode all the time, or in clone mode during boot and span mode within Gnome? Thanks for the reply. :-) My goal is at least one monitor displaying during POST, GRUB, boot,

Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:46:53 +0200 Slavko wrote: > Hi, > > Dňa Thu, 24 May 2012 23:47:21 -0400 Celejar napísal: > > > > > Issue 'ssh-keygen -R your_hostname_or_ip_address' > > > > perhaps OT, but, please, how i can know for which "names_or_ips" are > keys stored in known_hosts? They are not

Re: OT Seach for Elaborate Address Book Program

2012-05-25 Thread keith
On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:39:08 -0400 "Thomas H. George" wrote: > I am planning to put a vast array of handwritten notes into some kind of > order. Notes include names and associated information - addresses, > phone numbers, email addresses, spouse's name, childrens' names, boat > names, birthdays,

Re: Dual head Intel i7-2600S and DQ67SWB3

2012-05-25 Thread Claudius Hubig
Hello David, I am a bit confused about your actual aim: Do you want both screens in clone mode all the time, or in clone mode during boot and span mode within Gnome? Frankly, I wouldn’t care about grub or early boot and then use David Christensen wrote: > # cat /home/dpchrist/xrandr.out > Scree

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread keith
On Fri, 25 May 2012 19:38:31 +0100 keith wrote: > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free My apologies, I somehow missed that, as someone else has pointed out. Use squeeze not stable. (I know it

Dual head Intel i7-2600S and DQ67SWB3

2012-05-25 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I'm attempting to get a dual head setup working using an Intel i7-2600S processor, Intel DQ67SWB3 motherboard, and Debian GNU/Linux. (See end for console session.) The DVI (Blue) Analog port is configured as primary in CMOS setup, and connects via an Intel DVI/ VGA adapter (fu

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 17:17:53 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 19:02:36 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > > > It fails on all PDFs > > That sounds very strange... But important, do you not think, because the result is consistent. > > and I run the short test by printing page 1 of

Re: [Bulk] Re: ssh error - Write failed: Broken pipe

2012-05-25 Thread Gary Dale
On 24/05/12 04:24 AM, elbbit wrote: On 23/05/12 22:45, Gary Dale wrote: On 23/05/12 04:53 PM, elbbit wrote: On your server put this line in your sshd_config after "Port 22": Port 443 Do a "service ssh restart" or "/etc/init.d/ssh restart". Connect using: ssh -p 443 user@host That has the

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread keith
On Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:29 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > ok found a website for which generates source.list > > http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/ > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb

Re: Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-25 Thread Peter Easthope
On 25/05/12 09:49 AM, Camaleón wrote: Running testing is not a guaratee for having the latest versions of the programs, you have to check by your own, for instance, Wheezy has Icewasel 10.0 while Firefox is now 12 (so you can still test with Firefox 12 -download and run- and see what happens) and

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 18:40:52 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > On vr, 2012-05-25 at 16:52 +0100, Brian wrote: > > What do you mean by 'machine-dependent file'? > > A file that is generated install-time, that adapts an installation to > the machine. E.g. whether a certain machine has or has not

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 16:56:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:22:11 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > I suggest you have a look at how CUPS works. This statement is exactly > > the opposite of what happens when a PostScript job is submitted. > > How is that? Both, printer and driver, sh

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Tom H
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 25.05.2012 15:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:37 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >>> >>> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >>> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >>> deb h

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 19:02:36 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > On vr, 2012-05-25 at 16:56 +, Camaleón wrote: >> Running the test won't hurt and anyway, he still did not say if the >> file is the same in both computers nor if all the PDFs are failing, or >> maybe I missed that reply. > It fail

Re: dhclient does not recognize config file

2012-05-25 Thread Tom H
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2012 15:13:13 -0700, Paul Zimmerman wrote: >> Camaleón wrote: >>>On Thu, 24 May 2012 07:33:21 -0700, Paul Zimmerman wrote: dhclient in Squeeze pays no attention to the config file at/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf

Re: Help identifying an old wireless card

2012-05-25 Thread Greg Madden
On Friday 25 May 2012 7:34:07 am Brian wrote: > On Fri 25 May 2012 at 10:46:29 -0400, Michael Mehrazar wrote: > > Andrei, > > > > Thank you. It's attached. > > Still no wireless card in there. 'lsusb' if it is a USB device. If the a card is broken somehow, , ls* won't show the device, modules wi

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
On vr, 2012-05-25 at 16:56 +, Camaleón wrote: > Running the test won't hurt and anyway, he still did not say if the file > is the same in both computers nor if all the PDFs are failing, or maybe I > missed that reply. It fails on all PDFs and I run the short test by printing page 1 of the Ad

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:22:11 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 25 May 2012 at 15:59:55 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 16:45:06 +0100, Brian wrote: >> >> > The native language of the printer is PCL but it also has a >> > PostScript interpreter. It is happy to be given a file in either

Re: Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 09:17:08 -0700, Peter Easthope wrote: > On 25/05/12 06:36 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> This one? >> https://login.skype.com/intl/es/account/signup-form > > It was a long ugly thing containing unpronounceable strings. The Armada > is about 40 km away and I can't reproduce the URI imm

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
On vr, 2012-05-25 at 16:52 +0100, Brian wrote: > What do you mean by 'machine-dependent file'? A file that is generated install-time, that adapts an installation to the machine. E.g. whether a certain machine has or has not installed packages. Although the packages on the machines are the same, t

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-05-25 17:53 +0200, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > Is it safe to use "stable" instead of "squeeze"? No, this is very much not recommended. > Are there usually any conflicts or anything what would need > "full-upgrade" whenever new "stable" is named? Yes, about every two years when a new major

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 15:59:55 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 16:45:06 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > The native language of the printer is PCL but it also has a PostScript > > interpreter. It is happy to be given a file in either language. > > PostScript is a raw language, no conversio

Re: OT Seach for Elaborate Address Book Program

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:39:08 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I am planning to put a vast array of handwritten notes into some kind of > order. Notes include names and associated information - addresses, > phone numbers, email addresses, spouse's name, childrens' names, boat > names, birthdays, m

Re: Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-25 Thread Peter Easthope
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:19:38 +1000 Scott Ferguson wrote, > I can't duplicate your problem... why don't you bypass the monkey and go to:- https://login.skype.com/account/signup-form > no ffflash required there > no long URL either. That works; but other pages also crashed iceweasel and the

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 16:45:06 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 25 May 2012 at 15:18:50 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:05:15 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: >> >> > And I am not sure, but I seem to remember that it used to be PS that >> > was the default. >> >> A postscript printe

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 25.05.2012 15:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:37 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >> deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main >>

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 17:05:15 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 14:53 +, Camaleón wrote: > > > > Are you sure that's the recommended driver for your device? The printer > > seems to support PS as well as PCL6 so using lj5gray can make the job > > output slower and has

Re: dhclient does not recognize config file

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 24 May 2012 15:13:13 -0700, Paul Zimmerman wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >>On Thu, 24 May 2012 07:33:21 -0700, Paul Zimmerman wrote: > >>> dhclient in Squeeze pays no attention to the config file >>> at/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf > >>How does the file look like? Also, did you restart dhclient

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 15:18:50 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:05:15 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > > > And I am not sure, but I seem to remember that it used to be PS that > > was the default. > > A postscript printer will be happier with a postcript driver though in > linux

OT Seach for Elaborate Address Book Program

2012-05-25 Thread Thomas H. George
I am planning to put a vast array of handwritten notes into some kind of order. Notes include names and associated information - addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, spouse's name, childrens' names, boat names, birthdays, misc information. An elaborate address book? An apt-cache search add

Re: Help identifying an old wireless card

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 10:46:29 -0400, Michael Mehrazar wrote: > Andrei, > > Thank you. It's attached. Still no wireless card in there. 'lsusb' if it is a USB device. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Re: Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Clive Standbridge
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free > deb htt

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:05:15 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 14:53 +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:39:01 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: >> >> > I have 2 identical Wheezy machines: they both have the same packages >> > and the same versions for those packa

Re: Word Perfect 5.1 under Free Dos

2012-05-25 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 01:01:55AM -0500, Charles Kroeger wrote: I take it this isn't about using DOSMU but a virtual machine with a FAT16 file system like going back to 1987. How can I do that? You can install virtualbox for example. Within the program you create a harddrive and configure the

Re: glibc2-14

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 24 May 2012 15:22:23 -0600, Shane Johnson wrote: > I have just run into a issue where the driver for a ASPEED video card > worked in wheezy, and now is complaining about glibc not being at 2.14. > When I look to see the version installed, it is 2.13. Does anyone know > if > there was a

MySQL upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5

2012-05-25 Thread Brad Alexander
I did an upgrade on my mediawiki box the other day to fix some security issues. Well, in the mix, mysql-common was upgraded from mysql-common_5.1.62-1 to mysql-common 5.5.23+dfsg-1. Nothing happened until last night when we took a power hit due to a storm, and when it rebooted, I got May 25 09:49:

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 14:53 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:39:01 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > > > I have 2 identical Wheezy machines: they both have the same packages and > > the same versions for those packages Wheezy, up to date as of this > > morning). The configuration fi

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:39:01 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > I have 2 identical Wheezy machines: they both have the same packages and > the same versions for those packages Wheezy, up to date as of this > morning). The configuration files in /etc/cups and /etc/foomatic are > exactly identical. B

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Indulekha
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 06:42:53AM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 03:57:28PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > in a testing environment I was trying to upgrade the security patches > > and I run the command > > apt-get upgrade. > > It ran fine, but at the end it upgraded

Re: Help identifying an old wireless card

2012-05-25 Thread Michael Mehrazar
Andrei, Thank you. It's attached. Michael Mehrazar On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 25 mai 12, 10:00:33, Michael Mehrazar wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I apologize for perhaps this very simplistic question, but unfortunately > > I have been unable to figure

Re: [OT] non-www to www redirect works with a little issue

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:05:44 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: > I have place the following in my .htaccess to redirect non-www to www > redirection > > ` > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ > RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301] > > ``` > > The redirect work

Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 05/25/2012 12:37 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 25/05/12 17:00, Markus Schönhaber wrote: But I consider ssh-keygen -R to be the safer method. And I agree. And thanks for reminding me to read the man - I'd simply confirmed that the quoted command didn't work without realising it was just wron

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:57:28 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > well, I have questions about upgrading Linux. since i have been using > Microsoft for years the concept of upgrade I think is different from > Linux upgrade. > > in a testing environment I was trying to upgrade the security patches

Re: Help identifying an old wireless card

2012-05-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 25 mai 12, 10:00:33, Michael Mehrazar wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I apologize for perhaps this very simplistic question, but unfortunately > I have been unable to figure out what is the wireless card on an old > laptop. I've failed at the Google. > > Here is the pastebin commands of lspci

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 16:45 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > - one will not be aware of any possibly security related updates Good point -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://

Help identifying an old wireless card

2012-05-25 Thread Michael Mehrazar
Hello everyone, I apologize for perhaps this very simplistic question, but unfortunately I have been unable to figure out what is the wireless card on an old laptop. I've failed at the Google. Here is the pastebin commands of lspci -v. http://paste.debian.net/171147/ Thank you, I appreciate any

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread rjc
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 02:46:50PM BST, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Ralf Mardorf > > You're issue is related to the sid repository. If you need something > > from sid, then uncomment it and after that comment it. Don't feel secure > > using pinning. > > > > You can name the repo

RE: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, >> Instead of e.g. >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main non-free contrib use >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib >> >> Than you'll get stable, what ever it's named. > > ... but it might catch you unprepared if you don't follow release > announc

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 25 mai 12, 15:45:30, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 18:36 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > > A history provides information this way: > > >package_name (1.11.4) to 1.12.0 > > > > do you know any CLI work in same way. i am not using GUI. > > A script using apt, ap

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 16:50 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 25 mai 12, 15:16:04, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > Instead of e.g. > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main non-free contrib > > use > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib > > > > Than you'll

Re: Configure sudo

2012-05-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 25 mai 12, 09:43:07, Tom H wrote: > > They'll also need to use "apt-get update". On a stable machine updates triggered by cron-apt (or friends) might be enough. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinf

Re: mp280

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 24 May 2012 22:18:26 +0200, steef wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 23 May 2012 15:15:46 -0400, Celejar wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 23 May 2012 17:11:58 + (UTC) Camaleón >>> wrote: >> >> (...) >> I always avoid Canon devices as much as I can but if there's no option... >>> >>> I'

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 25 mai 12, 15:16:04, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Instead of e.g. > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main non-free contrib > use > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib > > Than you'll get stable, what ever it's named. ... but it might catch you unprepared

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 18:36 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > A history provides information this way: > >package_name (1.11.4) to 1.12.0 > > do you know any CLI work in same way. i am not using GUI. A script using apt, aptitude or dpkg might be able to generate a history too. I once

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Tom H
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:37 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> >> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >> deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-b

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 25 mai 12, 14:49:26, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:37 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main > > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main > > deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backpor

Re: Fwd: Switching between modes in mutt.

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 24 May 2012 11:35:36 -0700, Peter Easthope wrote: > This morning I skimmed through > http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-2.html#ss2.3 . Section 2.3 > describes index mode and pager mode. In index mode, typing a message > number opens the message in the pager. That's the switch from in

Re: Configure sudo

2012-05-25 Thread Tom H
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Slavko wrote: > Dňa Fri, 25 May 2012 10:13:05 +0200 Denis Witt > napísal: >> * editing of php.ini > > it is possible to set in /etc/sudoers whole command line (with file name), > but see bellow. Try tweak unix group memberships for this. >> >> * some editors > >

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 18:28 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > In conclusion i found out that i should stick to stable and should not > play with the source list until unless it is necessary. even if i add > a repo then i must comment it after installing the "whatever package" Yesno. I'll say y

Re: Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:41 -0700, Peter Easthope wrote: > Two systems here with current Squeeze. One is a Compaq Armada E500; the > other a generic desktop machine with a Foxconn board. Try this in each. > In iceweasel, google "site:skype.com create account" and attempt to > open the account

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > PS: > > I like Synaptic, a GUI for the package management. It automatically set > up an upgrade history. You manually can set up a history when using apt, > however, Synaptic is very comfortable. > > A history provides information this way: >

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 14:06 +0100, rjc wrote: > Lenny to squeeze upgrade is somewhat different, you need to have > entries for both of these releases in you sources.list file(s). On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:58 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > ok ill comment the sid repo. but would you please give

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
ok found a website for which generates source.list http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/ deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb-src ht

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread keith
On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:39:01 +0200 Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: [...] > use the same printer). The problematic machine prints a PDF file as an > almost empty pages with the following text: > "PCL CL error > Subsystem: IMAGE > Error: ExtraData > Operator: ReadImage > Position:

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread keith
On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:37:16 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: [...] > > > > [0] It seems like you had several entries in your sources.list file(s) > > - post the content of your file here. > > deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/upda

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 14:39:01 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > I have 2 identical Wheezy machines: they both have the same packages and > the same versions for those packages Wheezy, up to date as of this > morning). The configuration files in /etc/cups and /etc/foomatic are > exactly identical.

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread rjc
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 01:37:16PM BST, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > >> 1. how to upgrade only the security patches? > > > > aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade [1] > > ok it will only update the security patches, no matter if what ever i > write in source.list? No, this will upgrade any "u

OT: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 14:53 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > And for those thinking about sacrificing a goat: done that already. It > made the first machine work, not the second one. Two machines, but one goat only? A second goat? A virgin? At a special time, e.g. at full moon only? And so on and

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:37 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >> deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-back

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 14:48 +0200, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > Hi, > > I had a similar problem long time ago I don't remember if the error > message was the same > > But I solved it stopping and unplugging the printer for a while > (30 sec should be enough) > > Its sound silly but it worke

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:37 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main > deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
2012/5/25 Joost Kraaijeveld : > Hi, > > I have 2 identical Wheezy machines: they both have the same packages and > the same versions for those packages Wheezy, up to date as of this > morning). The configuration files in /etc/cups and /etc/foomatic are > exactly identical. Both machines should prin

Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-25 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Thu, 24 May 2012 23:47:21 -0400 Celejar napísal: > > Issue 'ssh-keygen -R your_hostname_or_ip_address' > perhaps OT, but, please, how i can know for which "names_or_ips" are keys stored in known_hosts? They are not in clear text: |1|zBsxW5sD94+nlvCxtCXY/WjYONg=|M6w3sl+hXd+VRGkCqye4Bv

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 15:57:28 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > So the question are > > 1. how to upgrade only the security patches? Install stable and stick with it. Do not be tempted to alter sources.list in /etc/apt/ > 2. if the upgrade patch trigger any critical issue. Like any service

Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
Hi, I have 2 identical Wheezy machines: they both have the same packages and the same versions for those packages Wheezy, up to date as of this morning). The configuration files in /etc/cups and /etc/foomatic are exactly identical. Both machines should print to a network printer (HP2200 DTN). I us

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:54 PM, rjc wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:57:28AM BST, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> well, I have questions about upgrading Linux. since i have been using >> Microsoft for years the concept of upgrade I think is different from >> Linux upgrade. >> >> in a testing en

Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:37:45 +1000 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 25/05/12 17:00, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > > > > man ssh-keygen > > | -R hostname > > |Removes all keys belonging to hostname from a known_hosts > > |file. This option is useful to delete hashed hosts (see the -H > > option

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:19 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > cd /path/to/debian_stable > > tar czf backup_name.tar.gz * > > will clonezilla live CD work in this case? as i am using it very often > and a bit useto with it. AFAIK yes, Clonezilla should be ok. > now this snapshots point rais

Re: (Almost Solved) Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-25 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 24 May 2012 22:10:15 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 5/24/12, Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 24 May 2012 20:24:49 -0700 > > Marc Shapiro wrote: > > >> How do I manually enter the rsa key, or get ssh to do so, so that I > >> can connect again? > > > > Issue 'ssh-keygen -R your_hostname_or_i

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 03:57:28PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> in a testing environment I was trying to upgrade the security patches >> and I run the command >> apt-get upgrade. >> It ran fine, but at the end it upgraded my whole OS

Re: Mounting local filesystem failed on boot

2012-05-25 Thread Roger Leigh
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:07:51AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 19:57 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > Kindly check this also > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425199 > > there is some thing with proc mount > > Subject: Re: Bug#425199: Mounting local

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 15:57 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> 3. how to revert back to old OS, for example, in my case i upgraded my >> system from 6.0.4 to Wheezy/SID now want to revert things back. > > If your repositories are explicit f

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