Re: gcalcli - commandline for google calendar

2013-03-08 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 01:21:56AM -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 02:29:18AM +, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I've just installed gcalcli and have sussed out?the?syntax, but am unable to > > contact my goggle calendar via the oauth interface. i have entered my user > > name and

Re: gcalcli - commandline for google calendar

2013-03-08 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 02:29:18AM +, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I've just installed gcalcli and have sussed out�the�syntax, but am unable to > contact my goggle calendar via the oauth interface. i have entered my user > name and password into .gcalclirc and have proved that gcalcli is reading > it

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Lisi Reisz wrote: > In case anyone wishes to point out to Bob that this information is > on the end of every email, it was not at the end of Bob's email, so > give him the benefit of the doubt and spare him - please? I know what you meant and I agree. Confusingly there are also two Bobs in that t

Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Brian wrote: > On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote: >> >> netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country string USd-i > > The first post at > >http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1601750 > > is your situation. The second post gives a

Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:04 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote: >> >> Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file. > > It is. > # ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488 Mar 8 14:00 preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg > # more preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg > #d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60 > #

Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread Brian
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote: > netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country string USd-i The first post at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1601750 is your situation. The second post gives a solution which is discussed further at https://bugs.lau

RE: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread keshav prabhakar
> Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file. It is. # ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488 Mar 8 14:00 preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg# more preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg #d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60#d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US#d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap

RE: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread keshav prabhakar
> Back to square one... > > Can you wget your preseed file from a d-i console? yes, the preseed file downloads successfully with wget. This was the next thing I tried after `wget http://www.debian.org` but missed mentioning before.

create chroot for armhf - creating tty fails

2013-03-08 Thread Sladjan Ri
Hi, I want to create an image for a Nexus7 Android device. I am following this wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/EmDebian/CrossDebootstrap#Generating_cross_images_as_root_user and this command does not work: chroot /armelfs_debian sh -c "cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV ttyS0" Instead it says: /bin/sh: 1: ./MAKEDE

Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote: >> >> Thanks for responding. >> >>> When you define "interface=eth1" in your "append" statement, the >>> entire installation's meant to be done via this NIC. I doubt that you >>> can switch the

Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote: > > Thanks for responding. > >> When you define "interface=eth1" in your "append" statement, the >> entire installation's meant to be done via this NIC. I doubt that you >> can switch the NICs around via your preseed file as you're trying to

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 08 March 2013 16:40:50 Robert McKittrick wrote: > Somehow, I got on the debian help list. Pleas get me (mckitt1...@gmail.com) > off. I think my problems were due to bad sectors on my hard drive. I will > try again when I get a new one. I have the debian 1-8 i386 iso's burned to > dvds. W

Re: Further to mirrors..........

2013-03-08 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:27:52 +0100 "David Sastre Medina d.sastre.med...@gmail.com" sent this: >Have you tried pinging those hosts? or tracerouting them? name >resolution problems? do you use a proxy? Thank you David, I did try ping and received a no host could be found, but thank you

Re: Are the Debian mirrors working............

2013-03-08 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:27:01 -0500 "Wayne Topa linux...@gmail.com" sent this: >On 03/08/2013 08:29 AM, Charlie wrote: >> >> I can't seem to update or upgrade? Are the Debian mirrors >> working? >> >> I have tried: >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free cont

Re: How often to reboot a production Web server?

2013-03-08 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, In article <327621362615...@web6f.yandex.ru>, Victor Porton wrote: > Should I reboot my production Web server? If yes, how often? Generally, the only time you need to reboot is when there's a kernel upgrade. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

RE: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread keshav prabhakar
Thanks for responding. > When you define "interface=eth1" in your "append" statement, the > entire installation's meant to be done via this NIC. I doubt that you > can switch the NICs around via your preseed file as you're trying to > do - as is evidenced by the fact that d-i tries to contact deb

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-08 Thread Robert McKittrick
Somehow, I got on the debian help list. Pleas get me (mckitt1...@gmail.com) off. I think my problems were due to bad sectors on my hard drive. I will try again when I get a new one. I have the debian 1-8 i386 iso's burned to dvds. best of luck bob On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Bob Proulx wrote

Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 9:21 AM, David Sastre Medina wrote: > On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 06:21:39AM -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote: >> >> append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd.gz interface=eth1 >> domain=mydomain netcfg/get_nameservers=x.x.x.x >> netcfg/get_hostname=myhostname locale=en_US

Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 7:21 AM, keshav prabhakar wrote: > > Networking is setup by the kernel boot parameters that are on the 'append' > line. It looks like this: > > append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd.gz interface=eth1 > domain=mydomain netcfg/get_nameservers=x.x.x.x > netcfg/ge

Re: Further to mirrors..........

2013-03-08 Thread David Sastre Medina
On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 12:48:54AM +1100, Charlie wrote: > >This is the speed test I just completed. Not brilliant but abot as >good as it gets for me here: Have you tried pinging those hosts? or tracerouting them? name resolution problems? do you use a proxy? Something like: # ping -c1

Re: Are the Debian mirrors working............

2013-03-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/08/2013 08:29 AM, Charlie wrote: I can't seem to update or upgrade? Are the Debian mirrors working? I have tried: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib also: deb http://ftp.au.debian.org

Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread David Sastre Medina
On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 06:21:39AM -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote: > > > This would imply preseeding might have set up networking. Has it? > Networking is setup by the kernel boot parameters that are on the 'append' > line. It looks like this: > append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd

Getting these sort of errors and posts not getting through to list...........

2013-03-08 Thread Charlie
Err http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg Connection failed [IP: 150.203.164.38 80] Err http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg Connection failed [IP: 64.50.233.100 80] Seems like there may be a problem? Maybe with my system? Though I can send and receive elsewhere an

Are the Debian mirrors working............

2013-03-08 Thread Charlie
I can't seem to update or upgrade? Are the Debian mirrors working? I have tried: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib also: deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib deb-

RE: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread keshav prabhakar
> This would imply preseeding might have set up networking. Has it? Networking is setup by the kernel boot parameters that are on the 'append' line. It looks like this: append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd.gz interface=eth1 domain=mydomain netcfg/get_nameservers=x.x.x.x netcfg/ge

Re: can't mount USB thumb drive

2013-03-08 Thread Brian
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 10:54:56 +, Brian wrote: > What is the output of > >hexdump -C /dev/sdc | head -n 40 ? ^ ^ sdb, of course. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: can't mount USB thumb drive

2013-03-08 Thread Brian
On Thu 07 Mar 2013 at 20:53:23 -0500, Joe Zien wrote: > I am using mepis 12, a debian distro, on my ThinkPad T60 and can't > mount my thumb drive. > It is 4GIG fat32 and 90% filled with important files. > Below is all the info I have on this drive /dev/sdb1: [Snip] What is 'FS Type' using /

Re: Fixing /proc/mtab

2013-03-08 Thread David
On 08/03/2013, David wrote: > On 08/03/2013, Maroš Žilka wrote: >> >> when we list mounts with mount it shows is it but when we want to >> umount it says path (dir) not found or doesnt exist. > > I would try, instead of mount, run > cat /proc/mounts > to see what is mounted. > Then umount anyth

Re: Fixing /proc/mtab

2013-03-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 10:19:36AM +0100, Maroš Žilka wrote: > Hi, > > we have problem and its bit complicated to explain but i will try. > There are two servers on same LAN (let's say server A and server B) on > both is mounted same storage(S1) on /apps/ . We created dir on that > storage /test s

Re: Fixing /proc/mtab

2013-03-08 Thread David
On 08/03/2013, Maroš Žilka wrote: > > when we list mounts with mount it shows is it but when we want to > umount it says path (dir) not found or doesnt exist. I would try, instead of mount, run cat /proc/mounts to see what is mounted. Then umount anything you see there that is related. Might he

Re: Fixing /proc/mtab

2013-03-08 Thread David Sastre Medina
On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 10:19:36AM +0100, Maroš Žilka wrote: > Hi, > > we have problem and its bit complicated to explain but i will try. > There are two servers on same LAN (let's say server A and server B) on > both is mounted same storage(S1) on /apps/ . We created dir on that > storage /test s

Fixing /proc/mtab

2013-03-08 Thread Maroš Žilka
Hi, we have problem and its bit complicated to explain but i will try. There are two servers on same LAN (let's say server A and server B) on both is mounted same storage(S1) on /apps/ . We created dir on that storage /test so on server A and server B it shoes as /apps/test but on server A we moun

Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg

2013-03-08 Thread Brian
On Thu 07 Mar 2013 at 16:45:08 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote: > I am trying to understand an issue i'm having with preseed'ing over > the network. wondering if anyone has experienced this in the past > and/or have a solution to it. > > My pxeboot server (running on centos 6.3) runs dhcpd and tftp