Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-10 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hi Lisi, > > What kernel version are you running? > > 2.6.32-5-686 > > Thanks for your reply, > Lisi there is also another bugreport by me from earlier times. But I guess, this reason might be in older kernels, too. At the moment I am running kernek 3.5 from experimental with no errors at all

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Valery Mamonov
2012/10/11 houkensjtu > Thanks Joe, Brian, Murphy > > As I post above, I forgot to say all these experiments were done in my > home on my laptop... > Now I am in my office and re-do all this experiment. > To be short, now all experiment which is done with ip address works well, > while if I do ss

Re: DVB-T tuning problem

2012-10-10 Thread José Luis Segura Lucas
Thanks linuxlover. I investigated it a bit deeper, and I found several problems and only one little advance. First, I used gnome-dvb-setup and tried to find channels. As I already stated, my region/antenna is not listed on its lists, so I put no information about my country or antenna and it, the

any status monitor for epson tx 121 ?

2012-10-10 Thread J. B
Hello list, I have configured Epson tx 121 all-in-one printer with the help of the drivers as suggested at http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/ But no status monitor is available. I have tried with qink and ink. No luck. Any thing else I am missing ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-u

Re: [OT] dhcpd and always-broadcast

2012-10-10 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hey, > > I have an OT question about the always-broadcast option of the dhcpd server. > > Based on the Wikipedia article, all DHCP messages to the client are sent > to the broadcast address. This makes sense, since the UDP protocol us

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread houkensjtu
Thanks Joe, Brian, Murphy As I post above, I forgot to say all these experiments were done in my home on my laptop... Now I am in my office and re-do all this experiment. To be short, now all experiment which is done with ip address works well, while if I do ssh USER@DEBIAN, it will say: ssh: C

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Wally Lepore
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:43 AM, lee wrote: > Wally Lepore writes: > >> In order to be sure that Debian installs successfully, I also have a >> USB stick that has the required debian firmware files loaded in the >> event the debian installer asks for it during set-up. > > I needed that once and f

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 08:19:25 PM houkensjtu wrote: > Thanks for great reply!! > I have to apologize for sth... I forgot to say that all these experiments > were done in home on my laptop...omg So, now I solved the problem with > echo "1">/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > What is this fil

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Wally Lepore
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:42 AM, lee wrote: > Wally Lepore writes: > >> I forgot to add this additional information. I am installing Debian >> netinst file titled: debian-6.0.6-i386-netinst.iso (32 bit) > > Isn't it better to go 64bit and to use the life installer CD? It might > make more sense

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Wally Lepore
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:38 AM, lee wrote: > Wally Lepore writes: > > Thank you for putting up your questions in such a well made way! I appreciate that. Takes me forever to reply to all posts because I need to make sure my questions are 'somewhat' clear. :-) >> An interesting side note: Bot

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread houkensjtu
Brian於 2012年10月11日星期四UTC+9上午8時00分04秒寫道: > On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 08:35:13 -0700, houkensjtu wrote: > > > > > I am a newbie both of debian and networking... Recently I am trying > > > to connect my home laptop(I have a router in my home) from office. I > > > read several articles on port forwar

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread houkensjtu
Hi Joe! Thank you for detailed reply! Actually I found a switch which solved my problem and now all my experiments works perfectly. The command is: echo "1">/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward but...What is it?! Is there any other way to check and configure my laptop's status without writing directly

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Brian
On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 17:24:16 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Brian wrote: > > > Nice planning. There is sufficient room on /. I'd do without the boot > > partition but it does no harm. > > I must use the boot partition. I will be dual booting windows and > debian

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Brian
On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 19:44:27 +0100, Joe wrote: [Some good advice snipped] > However you resolve the initial problem, the ssh server is very heavily > targeted by the bad guys, using password checking bots. A quick and > dirty security measure is to forward a non-standard high numbered > externa

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Brian
On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 08:35:13 -0700, houkensjtu wrote: > I am a newbie both of debian and networking... Recently I am trying > to connect my home laptop(I have a router in my home) from office. I > read several articles on port forwarding. And I succeeded in opening > an 22 port on my router, al

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Wally Lepore
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 5:01 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 10 October 2012 09:41:28 Brian wrote: >> For the use you will put the OS to I'd stick to your plan. > > Sorry, Wally. I had obviously forgotten something you had said. My bad! no problem :-) Thank you wally -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Wally Lepore
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:57 AM, Lisi wrote: > Directories usually have subdirectories. Let's take /usr/local. There are > three directories specified here. / , usr and mail. That is: root (not to > be confused with root's home directory), the "root" of the directory "tree"; > usr which is a s

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Wally Lepore
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Brian wrote: > You will want to be sure you are partitioning the correct drive. Usually > it is easy to distinguish between them because the drive containing > Windows will probably have an NTFS filesystem on it. You should also > double-check what the drive design

Re: Re: Util-linux package was removed and the system is not bootable.

2012-10-10 Thread ozhan fenerci
I appreciate your advises. I was seriously warned by apt-get not to remove util-linux. But it was late and I have made a blunder mistake (I was not able to update my system due to util-linux. Util-linux was giving an error. So I tried to remove and reinstall again by apt-get) I will try live-c

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/10/2012 01:33 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: On 10/10/2012 03:22 AM, Wally Lepore wrote: Based on the above, can a directory/partition be named /usr/local ? and /var/mail ? I thought a directory can have only one name (i.e. /usr -or- /local -or- /var -or- /mail). On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-10 Thread Lisi
Hi, Hans! On Wednesday 10 October 2012 17:35:56 Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > When I try to connect I get the message that no wireless connection is > > available. There are in fact 7 within easy wireless reach, one of them > > my own, and my wireless router is currently about 9 inches away from the

Re: OT: man in the middle attack ?

2012-10-10 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 03:14:23 PM Joe wrote: > > And finally, there are a few people who are just plain prickly... but > one of the most important of all freedoms is the freedom to offend. As is the freedom to choose to brush off offenses--be they real or perceived-- or to take them per

Re: Adding user to dual boot laptop

2012-10-10 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 10/10/2012 20:55, Gary Roach wrote: On 10/09/2012 04:53 PM, Gary Roach wrote: I have a Toshiba Qosmio with 2 60 GB hard drives, one with Windows XP and the other with Debian Squeeze. I just decided to add my wife as a user to the linux side. For some reason the login screen won't work. I set

Re: OT: man in the middle attack ?

2012-10-10 Thread Joe
On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:12:08 +0300 Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > > Yes, sure. I am not sure how this fits with the rest of the gnu/linux > "ideology", which is about freedom and community. I think the problem > is exacerbated by the nature of internet communication, where it is > both easier to

Re: Adding user to dual boot laptop

2012-10-10 Thread Gary Roach
On 10/09/2012 04:53 PM, Gary Roach wrote: I have a Toshiba Qosmio with 2 60 GB hard drives, one with Windows XP and the other with Debian Squeeze. I just decided to add my wife as a user to the linux side. For some reason the login screen won't work. I set up her account in passwd and group an

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Joe
On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:35:13 -0700 (PDT) houkensjtu wrote: > Hi debianer! > I am a newbie both of debian and networking... > Recently I am trying to connect my home laptop(I have a router in my > home) from office. I read several articles on port forwarding. And I > succeeded in opening an 22 por

Re: Util-linux package was removed and the system is not bootable.

2012-10-10 Thread Mike O
ozhan fenerci yahoo.com.tr> writes: > > Dear List,I know I am not supposed to delete util-linux but it was removed by the command " apt-get remove util-linux'. After I rebooted the computer, the grub shows no linux boot disk. I wonder how I can recover my system back. I am using debian testing/3

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Linux-Fan
On 10/10/2012 07:33 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > On 10/10/2012 03:22 AM, Wally Lepore wrote: >>> Based on the above, can a directory/partition be named /usr/local ? >>> and /var/mail ? I thought a directory can have only one name (i.e. >>> /usr -or- /local -or- /var -or- /mail). > > On Wed, Oct

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-10 Thread Luiz L. Marins
Please, see here: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/all/firmware-linux-nonfree/download and here: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/ Good Luck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Wally Lepore
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 09 October 2012 23:41:40 Wally Lepore wrote: >> An interesting side note: Both identical drives are 'Enhanced IDE' >> drives (EIDE). However for some reason during the debian set-up, the >> installer identified them as SCSI drives and label

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Wally Lepore
On 10/10/2012 03:22 AM, Wally Lepore wrote: >> Based on the above, can a directory/partition be named /usr/local ? >> and /var/mail ? I thought a directory can have only one name (i.e. >> /usr -or- /local -or- /var -or- /mail). On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: > You can hav

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Nuno Magalhães
http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html A bit of searching the net on port-forwarding oughta give you the answer. You probably forgot to forward port 22 on the router to whichever ip adress your DEBIAN has. Search around for stuff on your router/ISP combo as they're almost always blocked

Re: wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-10 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> When I try to connect I get the message that no wireless connection is > available. There are in fact 7 within easy wireless reach, one of them my > own, and my wireless router is currently about 9 inches away from the > netbook on the same desk. > > Where do I go next?? > > Thanks, > Lisi H

wi-fi connection and wicd

2012-10-10 Thread Lisi
I have a newly installed Debian 6.0.6 on my netbook. I cannot get wi-fi going. I have checked the wi-fi card itself by booting a Live DVD. It connects fine on Ubuntu 12.04. I have run various tests with the following results: root@Cronos:/home/lisi# iwconfig lono wireless extensions.

Re: Util-linux package was removed and the system is not bootable.

2012-10-10 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 04:44:20PM +0100, ozhan fenerci wrote: >Dear List, > >I know I am not supposed to delete util-linux but it was removed by the >command " apt-get remove util-linux'. After I rebooted the computer, the >grub shows no linux boot disk. > >I wonder how I can

Re: OT: man in the middle attack ?

2012-10-10 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 10/05/2012 11:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 15:07 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> And... Debian is notorious for mistreating newcomers! I have had a >> friend swear to never ask a question on Debian forums again, after the >> reply to his first question. > > I agree

Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-10 Thread Alan Chandler
On 10/10/12 09:49, Chris Davies wrote: 4. Failure (bounce) message to root@avalon is being lost - and this is the issue at stake Absolutely correct. I think I have discovered - at least part of the problem - maybe the whole thing. The inaddr.arpa address for the IP address of my virtual ser

Util-linux package was removed and the system is not bootable.

2012-10-10 Thread ozhan fenerci
Dear List, I know I am not supposed to delete util-linux but it was removed by the command " apt-get remove util-linux'. After I rebooted the computer, the grub shows no linux boot disk. I wonder how I can recover my system back. I am using debian testing/386. Best Regards, Ozhan

newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread houkensjtu
Hi debianer! I am a newbie both of debian and networking... Recently I am trying to connect my home laptop(I have a router in my home) from office. I read several articles on port forwarding. And I succeeded in opening an 22 port on my router, also I started ssh server on my home laptop. (suppos

[OT] dhcpd and always-broadcast

2012-10-10 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hey, I have an OT question about the always-broadcast option of the dhcpd server. Based on the Wikipedia article, all DHCP messages to the client are sent to the broadcast address. This makes sense, since the UDP protocol used by DHCP runs on top of the IP protocol, and the client does not have a

Re: does iceweasel have java plugin?

2012-10-10 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 04/10/12 Steve Kleene said: > Using iceweasel, I am failing to connect to my university's VPN website. > This was working a few years ago. There's a point when the site tries to > install Jupiter Network Connect. All I get at that point now is an error: > "JRE not installed/Java is disabled".

Re: apt-get install linux-source vs apt-get source linux

2012-10-10 Thread Nikolaus Rath
On 10/10/2012 10:51 AM, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to add a patch to the stock Debian wheezy kernel. According to > http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html, there are > two ways to do this. > > Either I can install the linux-source package (apt-get install >

apt-get install linux-source vs apt-get source linux

2012-10-10 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Hello, I'd like to add a patch to the stock Debian wheezy kernel. According to http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html, there are two ways to do this. Either I can install the linux-source package (apt-get install linux-source), unzip the .tar.bz, apply my patch and run 'ma

Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Alan Chandler writes: > I'll try and be more specific > > The domain in question is virginiaparkinson.com and I am having , [ dig -t mx virginiaparkinson.com ] | | ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> -t mx virginiaparkinson.com | ;; global options: +cmd | ;; Got answer: | ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUE

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Lisi writes: > Wally, I really do think that you should just stop worrying and install. It > doesn't matter if you make mistakes, you can just reinstall. That's probably what he is trying to avoid. Having to re-install isn't really fun; it's a waste of time and shouldn't be needed, so why enc

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Wally Lepore writes: > space I have allocated to each partition? As you can see I have an 80 > gig drive (total) that I'm installing debian too. Should I leave some > 'free space' in the event I want to add another directory in the > future? Sooner or later, you might add more disks and then you

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Wally Lepore writes: > I have 1 gig of DDR RAM. Thus your suggesting I make the swap 2 gigs? > I do let my system hibernate. Also, if I set the swap to 2 gigs, then > the Appendix section 'C3' says, > > On some 32-bit architectures (m68k and PowerPC), the maximum size of a > swap partition is 2GB

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Wally Lepore writes: > In order to be sure that Debian installs successfully, I also have a > USB stick that has the required debian firmware files loaded in the > event the debian installer asks for it during set-up. I needed that once and found I had to unpack these drivers on the stick. With

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Wally Lepore writes: > I forgot to add this additional information. I am installing Debian > netinst file titled: debian-6.0.6-i386-netinst.iso (32 bit) Isn't it better to go 64bit and to use the life installer CD? It might make more sense to go 64bit when you do programming. And I've seen Int

Re: Running 32bit OpenGL program with amd64

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Alberto Luaces writes: > lee writes: > >> Francesco Pietra writes: >> >>> Hello: >>> I would like to continue to use a 32bit graphical program based on >>> OpenGL. It worked well on i386, requiring libXm.so.3 (from libmotif3). >>> >>> Is it conceivable to simply add libXm.so.3 (taken from my dism

Evdev Wheel Emulation Button Toggle

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Hi, I'm using a Logitech Trackman Marble FX which I have configured to emulate a scroll wheel as shown below[2]. Now I would like to be able to toggle the scrolling function like described on [1]. I have tried this with xinput -set-prop "PS2++ Logitech TrackMan" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Button T

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Wally Lepore writes: Thank you for putting up your questions in such a well made way! > An interesting side note: Both identical drives are 'Enhanced IDE' > drives (EIDE). However for some reason during the debian set-up, the > installer identified them as SCSI drives and labeled them as follows

Re: Adding user to dual boot laptop

2012-10-10 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 04:53:14PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I have a Toshiba Qosmio with 2 60 GB hard drives, one with Windows > XP and the other with Debian Squeeze. I just decided to add my wife > as a user to the linux side. For some reason the login screen won't > work. I set up her account

Re: fglrx driver

2012-10-10 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 09:43:32PM +0400, Roman V.Leon. wrote: > Gents and Ladies :-) please advise. > > I have an HP notebook with Ati Radeon 4200 GPU on board and > sometimes i like to play old good windows games with help of "wine" > while my little daughter is sleeping. But recently a real dis

Re: Fwd: Re: Adding user to dual boot laptop

2012-10-10 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Apologies to the OP, sent it directly to him by mistake, resending to the list. On 10/10/2012 06:30, Gary Roach wrote: On 10/09/2012 07:11 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:53:14 -0700 Gary writes: I have a Toshiba Qosmio with 2 60 GB hard drives, one with Windows XP and th

Re: Adding user to dual boot laptop

2012-10-10 Thread Helgi Örn Helgason
On 10 October 2012 01:53, Gary Roach wrote: > I set up her account in passwd and group and I set up her home directory. This is something I don't quite get; how did you create the account? With commands in a terminal? Did you create her home directory manually as root with a command? Have you che

Can DVD isos be converted to use h264?

2012-10-10 Thread Philip Ashmore
Hi there. I'm one of those people who think that the DVD menu is part of the movie experience - otherwise I'd just convert the VOB files and be done with it. Yeah, I know - the DVD standard mandates mpeg-1 or mpeg-2, but in a recent test, xbmc 3:11.0-0.1 appeared to want to at least try to de

Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-10 Thread Chris Davies
Alan Chandler wrote: > The domain in question is virginiaparkinson.com [..] The one you're trying to deliver to (i.e. mynewdomain.com in the original posting)? > The virtual machine is a standard squeeze setup with my > update-exim4.conf.conf > dc_other_hostnames='' > (77.96.120.60 is my hom

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 10 October 2012 09:41:28 Brian wrote: > For the use you will put the OS to I'd stick to your plan. Sorry, Wally. I had obviously forgotten something you had said. My bad! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Lisi
Hi, Wally! On Wednesday 10 October 2012 02:22:38 Wally Lepore wrote: > Based on the above, can a directory/partition be named  /usr/local  ? > and  /var/mail ? I thought a directory can have only one name (i.e. > /usr -or-  /local -or-  /var -or-  /mail). Directories usually have subdirectories.

Re: USB boot creator

2012-10-10 Thread Brian
On Tue 09 Oct 2012 at 20:17:21 -0400, Mike O wrote: > If you already have a linux machine you can write the iso to a usb drive > with 'dd' or 'cat'. Check out the documentation on the debian web site > for more details. This is a good idea but whether the ISO is an isohybrid one should be checked

Re: Re: Adding user to dual boot laptop

2012-10-10 Thread linuxlover
Op woensdag 10 oktober 2012 06:40:03 UTC+2 schreef Gary Roach het volgende: > Thanks for the reply. I read the reference but no joy. My login problem > is happening at the kdm level before the OS is even started (I think). > How does one activate /deactivate the initial login screen. I know this

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Brian
On Tue 09 Oct 2012 at 18:41:40 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: [Snip] > I will also be utilizing this set-up for dual boot utilizing two > separate hard disks: > page 1: > http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/07/23/dual-boot-ubuntu-12-04-and-windows-7-on-a-computer-with-2-hard-drives/ > page 2: > http://w

Re: DVB-T tuning problem

2012-10-10 Thread linuxlover
I think that this page can be of help: http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Dvbscan -- 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/c00665dd-8933-4d84-94ff-bd3f2095c...@

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 09 October 2012 23:41:40 Wally Lepore wrote: > An interesting side note: Both identical drives are 'Enhanced IDE' > drives (EIDE). However for some reason during the debian set-up, the > installer identified them as SCSI drives and labeled them as follows > > SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) -80.0 GB