Re: Debian versions

Hi, > Outside Debian there are companies producing operating systems based on > Debian and providing commercial support for those operating systems, > probably the biggest example is Ubuntu provided by Canonical: > > https://ubuntu.com/ > https://canonical.com/ Yet, if at all possible, you should

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

>Excuse me, but I am drawing a Blank, when searching for information on a >Package called "Wyland". Are you, by any chance referring to Wayland, the >alternative to Xorg? Congratulations. Not even I am that obsessed with pointing out the mistakes of others. -nik

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

Hi, >Thank you - how do I let Gnome run in X11 session? I am afraid the user >would stick to Gnome. > Set UseWayland=false in /etc/gdm3/*.conf -nik

Re: Zoom- best practice?

>> Family is using Zoom, International. >> They will use Zoom, and I need to participate. > >Seems straightforward. Just get on with it. Don't. Zoom is not necessary to stay in touch with family. If you cannot get another video conferencing provider, use a phone. But do not prove to providers su

Re: FOSS-compatible smartwatch?

Hi, >Is there such a thing as a Free Software API for smartwatches/personal >fitness devices? With maybe a FOSS app, and a way to use them with a >Linux-based PC? At FOSDEM, I learned about Bangle.JS. -nik

Re: pass simple readline frontend

Hi, >I want to use the pass password urtility on Linux, in my Emacs eterm. > >The TERM environment variable seems to be ignored, the ncurses utility >starts and this is totally unusable. >Is there any option, beside recompiling the software to have it working pass does not have an ncurses fronte

Re: pdftk

Hi, >is there a simple commandline command to get pdftk so kind to merge a >couple of pdf-files? look at pdfjoin. -nik

Re: A followup on github discussion

>Export regulations do not apply to Open Source software (Debian is an >example). Source? -nik

Re: please stop breaking threads (was: Problem Installing DiscoveryStudio2019 in Buster

>What's the idea behind references and in-reply-to? Which or both are >the >right way to go? > >Found this old link, sounds complicated. >http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/changing_from/ > >In the meantime, tell Markos @ >https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/07/msg00573.html >about b

libvirt - Problem with encrypted QEMU-VM after upgrade to buster

After upgrading to busters, my VMs fail to start:  virsh --connect qemu:///system start Feigenbaum error: Failed to start domain Feigenbaum error: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2019-07-08T11:32:00.290494Z qemu-system-x86_64: --object secret,id=sec0,file=/etc/libvir

Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github

>Yes, it does. Despite what others have said, there is a beneficial >patent >exhaustion effect. If software with patented algorithms is >distributed by the >patent owner, for example by Microsoft via GitHub, the patent is >exhausted. >https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/patent_exhaustion/ Ye

Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github

Hi, >Why do these restrictions exist? The reason most social media services >use an >age limit of 13 or over is in part because of a law in the USA. The >COPPA law >or Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act states that any >organisations or >people operating online services (including social me

Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github

No. I, for one, do not care much who owns GitHub. Most of what's wrong there can be explained by stupidity or lack of care rather than being evil. And most companies seem to make one common mistake when it comes to diversity: They mistake diversity for caring for certain groups of people, often

Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github

>Can you give sources for your claim about their discrimination?  That >one is new to me. I did. Please read my mails in this thread. -nik

Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github

>Does putting software on GitHub give them any kind of claim on the >intellectual property of the software? No.

Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github

>> please do*never* use GitHub for free software > >Please explain, in detail, why. If discrimination against parts of the community is not enough for you, here's why: https://mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tools.html https://www.adamhyde.net/another-good-reason-not-to-use-github/ https://www.mirb

Re: Age Ranges for contributors was: Salsa vs Github

Hi, >Further to the comments by nik on the Salsa vs Github thread.  > >Am I right in thinking that you can be _any_ age to contribute to >projects hosted on Salsa and contribute to the Debian project in >general? Yes. This results from the fact that in Debian, noone cares whether you are old, yo

Re: Salsa vs Github

Hi, >I am creating levels for the Rocks and Diamonds game ( >https://www.artsoft.org/ ) these are being uploaded to my project >repository on salsa > >https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/rocksndiamondslevels > >I am in the process of updating the README.md files so, hopefully >others >can also be

Openvpn with brainpoolP256r1 works for debian clients only

resolv.conf up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf script-security 2 Greetings Dominik

Re: openvpn fails to run a learn-address script

On 27.02.19 14:37, Curt wrote: On 2019-02-27, Dominik wrote: I'm looking for help related to three questions: 1) How do I get additional information about what is causing the error? Why is systemd blocking sudo despite the modifications in the override.conf 2) More generally: How can

openvpn fails to run a learn-address script

rt against systemd at this stage? Thanks in advance, kind regards Dominik

Re: Stop insulting users

>The OP posted to each and every user PLUS the list. That is a huge no >no. Consider yourself advised that us old timers don't go for that and >never have. Ric I never saw a mail where they did that. Plonk.

Stop insulting users (was: Re: APT candidate does not match package on Debian repo)

Den 16. januar 2019 23:43:04 CET, skrev Ric Moore : >On 1/16/19 5:04 AM, plataleas plataleas wrote: >> Indeed the mirror was not updated correctly. Sorry for that. > >PLEASE stop spamming me and the entire list, who you have CC'd to >everyone personally. Jerk Please get yourself removed from Deb

Re: APT candidate does not match package on Debian repo

Hi, > With rmadison we can see that 4.9.144 is available on the mirrors, but not > yet „active“ in the stable > distribution: > > $ rmadison linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64 > linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64 | 4.9.130-2 | stable | amd64 > linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64 | 4.9.144-1 | proposed-upda

Re: APT candidate does not match package on Debian repo

Hi, > Thanks for your reply. Is it possible to extract this information from the > mirror server (CentOS based)? > > Where the information is stored on the repository server specifying a > package as stable? http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz -nik signa

Re: APT candidate does not match package on Debian repo

Hi, On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:18:55AM +0100, plataleas plataleas wrote: > Hello, > > We are upgrading our Debian servers (AMD64). We found that the following > kernels are available on public Debian mirrors: > > kernel-image-4.9.0-8-amd64-di_4.9.130-2_amd64.udeb >

Re: internet outages

> >Here is a script that you can run from a cron job which will log >Internet status and store >the results into a file in your home folder called net-test.txt: > >#! /bin/bash > >date >> ~/net-test.txt >ping -c 1 google.com >> ~/net-test.txt > >#end of file smokeping is a tool made for this. -

Re: Malicious command and Ubuntu Forums

> [...] So, this is not an Ubuntu mailing list, right? >[quote] Ubuntu Forums has a strict zero-tolerance policy when it comes >to >posting dangerous commands. Oh... Aren't that the people who have $ sudo chmod 777 /etc/passwd; gedit /etc/passwd all over their Wiki :D? -nik

Re: basilisk-browser

>> > [1] https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86 Seriously? They forbid linking against libraries if their code is not shipped with their sources? That also seems like a security nightmare in the making. Mozilla themselves weren't even *that* ridiculous, were they? -nik

Re: WPA error: TLS Alert write:fatal:protocol version

Hi, >I tried to add "phase1="tls_disable_tlsv1_2=1"" (see below the complete >wpa_supplicant configuration. That leaves you with only TLS 1.3, then ;). You probably want to set tls_disable_tlsv1_1=0 instead, but I did not try (because please update the RADIUS server). Cheers, Nik

Re: WPA error: TLS Alert write:fatal:protocol version

Hi, On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:08:41PM +0200, Pétùr wrote: > On debian sid, I have the following error when trying to connect to a WPA2 > Entreprise network (PEAP + MSCHAPv2) with : > > Tue Oct 2 14:07:43 2018 : Error: TLS Alert write:fatal:protocol version > Tue Oct 2 14:07:43 2018 : Error: r

Re: Can't install Debian without dedicated /boot partition

> AFAICS you did not write anything about /boot/grub. I did not mention it by name, I only said there are two parts and I do not see why the mere installation to the MBR or to the EFI area should fail ;). > > Can you explain why this fails on installation, where /boot/grub can be > > written? >

Re: Can't install Debian without dedicated /boot partition

>*cough* >You should get some information about how GRUB is installed and works. >GRUB comes in two main parts : >- the core image in various locations (+ boot image in some boot sector > >for GRUB BIOS) >- the /boot/grub directory Yep. I basically said that (in paragraphs you removed from the quo

Re: Can't install Debian without dedicated /boot partition

Hi, > I'm trying to install Debian Stretch with full disk encryption > (LVM-on-LUKS). But when the installer is trying to install Grub in crashes > with the following error message: > > ``` > Unable to install GRUB in dummy > Executing 'grub-install dummy' failed. > > This is a fatal error. > ``

Re: Getting rid of Wilber

> Maybe I'm overly sensitive, but that creepy critter constantly peeping > at me grates on my nerves. Good thing it's not a boggart[0]! -nik [0] https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/boggart signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Losing video output when hibernating with HDMI plugged

Hi, > I've got a Dell Latitude E6220 (with "Intel Corporation 2nd Generation > Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)" > according to lspci) running Debian stretch, with the Xfce4 desktop. > After a fresh boot, when I plug an external monitor into its HDMI > port, the intern

Re: Webmail?

Hi, On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 09:04:16PM +0100, Joe wrote: > Anyone know of a webmail that works on stretch? > > I've just spent half an afternoon trying first roundcube then prayer. > > Roundcube works (allegedly) with apache. I'm not an expert on apache2, > but as far as I can see, there is an a

Re: Mirror not responding (was: getting too old for this)

Hi, On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 04:27:31PM +0100, mick crane wrote: > apt update seems to have stopped working > # > > # apt update > Err:1 http://debian.heanet.ie/debian buster InRelease > Could not connect to debian.heanet.ie:80 (193.1.193.65). - connect (111: > Connection refused) Cannot initiat

Re: how do you send mail to another user on a local debian machine

Hi, >So . . . if you want to send mail to another user on your box, and >you do not want it to get bounced around on the internet but only >to go into some spool queue somewhere strictly on your local machine, >how do you do it? Sounds very much like an emacs anti-feature. $ mail -s Spammedyspam

Re: Debian 9 rocks, really

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 10:31:11PM +, Andre Rodier wrote: > […] Yeah! I've not come such a long way yet, considering I am only 27 years old, but I have been using Linux systems for 14 years now. Started with SuSE 7.2 (with a short visit to 5.3 for fun), switched to Ubuntu later and the nto Gen

Re: Debian 9 sucks really badly

Hi, > I guess its one of those brain fucked idiots Although I realy agree with you, I don't think your tone is by any means better, and you should instead lead by example and not insult anyone on a Debian mailing list even if you are angry. Cheers, Nik signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian 9 sucks really badly

> In the Free Software world, the response to something not > working is generally: > 1)If you know how, fix it and send the fix to the project so > it helps everyone, or, > 2)If you don't know how to fix it, report the problem in a > useful way, so someone else can fix it and help everyone. I thi

Re: OT: dovecot with letsencrypt, K9 mail fails?

Hi, >Today, though - which may be unrelated - it prompted me to check the >certificate, which weirdly seemed to belong to my VPS provider; it >wasn't the one configured in dovecot. > >Has anyone else seen either of these issues? My VPS provider hasn't >come >up with any ideas yet. They have a ver

Re: flame,troll,spam was : ... for cracking a wireless password

> > Stop abusing children as an “example” for stupidity! > > > > Thanks. > > > ? > what do you mean ? > - that children must not follow the "example" of wilco (speaking about > that you do not know/have is a troll lol) : 90% of idiots thinks that the > others are idiots but not themselves ? is

Re: flame,troll,spam was : ... for cracking a wireless password

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Is it appropriate to file this as a bug against php7.0-common?

apache2 2.4.25-3+deb9u3 Versions of packages libapache2-mod-php7.0 suggests: pn php-pear -- no debconf information As a side question: Why did my bug-report not make it to the bug tracking system? Greetings, Thanks Dominik

Re: Sync two disks and hot swap

> what is the goal in having an identical copy of the disk? It's not even so much that. It's that the person who will be changing the disks will be hardly capable of just that, and will not get anything close to root access to the machine. And I am afraid that all that complexity around automoun

Re: Sync two disks and hot swap

Hi, > Instead, if you just want a disk that has a readable copy of the files, you > may find that rsync is more straightforward and can be a lot faster after > the first time if the volume of changes is a small percentage of the total. Yes, of course. But that would not lead to an identical copy

Sync two disks and hot swap

Hi, I have the following scenario: * A server with two hard drives in removable cases * A backup process writes data to both disks, making up a live backup server * A third disk is to be kept off-site * On a ergular basis, I want to hot-swap one of the disks, as in, remove one of the two s

Re: on non-running OS find all installed pkgs

> # chroot /path/to/mount dpkg -l Even… # dpkg --root=/path/to/mount -l …that one exists. -ingrid -- PGP-Fingerprint: 3C9D 54A4 7575 C026 FB17 FD26 B79A 3C16 A0C4 F296 Dominik George · Hundeshagenstr. 26 · 53225 Bonn Phone: +49 228 92934581 · https://www.dominik-george.de/ Teckids

Re: on non-running OS find all installed pkgs

# chroot /path/to/mount dpkg -l ;)? -nik -- PGP-Fingerprint: 3C9D 54A4 7575 C026 FB17 FD26 B79A 3C16 A0C4 F296 Dominik George · Hundeshagenstr. 26 · 53225 Bonn Phone: +49 228 92934581 · https://www.dominik-george.de/ Teckids e.V. · FrOSCon e.V. Fellowship of the FSFE · Piratenpartei Deuts

Re: Q: systemd is restarting demons?

Hi, >I am wondering, if it is normal, that systemd is restarting a service, >which I as root did >stop. In may case it is laptools-mode. > >See the output of syslog: >Jul 20 12:16:47 localhost laptop-mode: enabled, not active > > >I know, I can force systemd, not to start demons at boot, but th

Re: so much for your ascii only emails and 80 char lines :)

it? Thanks! topic and stop gone horribly off- that this thread has all just agree So, can we Sent from my very colourful mailer which encodes as it pleases.

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

Hi, >​If this is true and it is a doddle to convert an ordinary debian >install >with systemd running on it to the old sysvinit format then why is there >all >this sturm und drang and spam on this subject...?? Because DDs are listening, but users aren't :D. -nik

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

Hi, >A while ago, I initiated the "If Linux Is About Choice ..." thread >about why there is no choice of inits during an initial install. > >Since that time, I've tested several systemd-less distros[1] as well as >Stretch as replacements for my aging Wheezy system. With Stretch my >plan was to se

Re: Update Notifier

or cinnamon-desktop-environment, please file a wishlist bug (in a more helpful tone). -nik -- PGP-Fingerprint: 3C9D 54A4 7575 C026 FB17 FD26 B79A 3C16 A0C4 F296 Dominik George · Hundeshagenstr. 26 · 53225 Bonn Phone: +49 228 92934581 · https://www.dominik-george.de/ Teckids e.V. · FrOSCon e.V.

Re: MATE in /usr AND in /usr/local

>I'm interested in tinkering with components of MATE and testing them >while >leaving the APT-installed versions alone. I've built and installed the >components from the Github repos and installed them to /usr/local/. I >can't figure out how to load applets from /usr/local. In particular, >can

Re: April's fool

>* It should be easy to make it working in some minutes (half an hour of >configuration at most). >* It should be harmless and reversible (of course) >* It should last the whole day, people trying to figure that out. # apt install sl # ln -s /bin/ls /usr/local/bin/sl # ln -s /usr/games/sl /usr/loc

Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies)

> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 02:07:54PM +0200, Dominik George wrote: > > That's how w^Hsomeone rooted Dreamhost. > > Are you referring to the 2012 incident, or something more recent? > > I thought the former was an issue with lax filesystem permissions. (This is getting s

Re: strange problem with chromium

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Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies)

>Well, not without getting root first. > >And making something listen that spawns a shell usable to gain further >access is a big win. Keeping uploading PHP code to some vulnerable >webserver will at some point be noticed. Uploading something spawning a >shell once probably not. > When $someone ha

Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies)

>If someone unauthorised is on your machine can they not just as well >remove firewall rules? Well, not without getting root first. And making something listen that spawns a shell usable to gain further access is a big win. Keeping uploading PHP code to some vulnerable webserver will at some p

Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies)

>My understanding is that if there are no services listening on a port >then >it cannot be accessed. Well, if nothing is listening on a port, then something can start doing so unconditionally. That's how w^Hsomeone rooted Dreamhost. -nik

Re: aptitude is dangerous - any replacement?

>> apt also uses apt-listbugs... > >Yes, but one can't exclude a package listed by apt-listbugs. >With aptitude, one just goes to the package and hits ":". Sure. Just press h on the package. -nik

Re: aptitude is dangerous - any replacement?

>1. When I want to exclude some buggy packages. I often do this with > aptitude, where major bugs can be reported by apt-listbugs. apt also uses apt-listbugs... -nik

Re: aptitude is dangerous - any replacement?

>I meant a replacement with a text UI. I never had any situation where this would have helped me instead of being clumsy and painful within 12 years of systems administration. What's your use case? -nik

Re: aptitude is dangerous - any replacement?

>Is there any replacement? Yes, apt. -nik

Re: TTL expired in transit to qemu virtual machine.

Hi, > >iptables -L FORWARD -nv >Chain FORWARD (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) >pkts bytes target prot opt in out source >destination >XX ACCEPT all -- br0br0 0.0.0.0/0 >0.0.0.0/0 What is that supposed to do? Forwarding on the IP layer,

Re: programmatically determining the desktop environment of a system

Hi, >Is there a programmatic way that a piece of software can learn what >desktop environment it is executing in? Short answer: No. Long answer: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/116539/how-to-detect-the-desktop-environment-in-a-bash-script Cheers, Nik

Re: How do you disable / enable services from starting in systemd

>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+you+disable+%2F+enable+services+from+starting+in+systemd%3F Well, the most exciting thing about this kind of questions is that you can actually just go on using update-rc.d... -nik

Re: [Clarification?] Re: Testing CDs for GNOME3, KDE and LXDE are missing from the download page

>I hope that applies only to pre-release versions. >I am bandwidth limited and depend on purchased DVD sets of >released versions. >TIA The different *CD* sets are vanishing, not the general *DVD* sets. -nik

Re: BIOS Settings for Fake-RAID

>So my question: If I don't want to use the BIOS's Fake RAID, and want >to >use only the Linux kernel's software RAID, do I want to turn RAID off >in >the BIOS Yes. Also, always prefer dmraid over some fake RAID. -nik

Re: wlan0 hw address changes

Hi, > How do I check the systemd-networkd thing? ps aux… ;) The MAC changing would also have to be configured in /etc/systemd/network . -nik -- PGP-Fingerprint: 3C9D 54A4 7575 C026 FB17 FD26 B79A 3C16 A0C4 F296 Dominik George · Hundeshagenstr. 26 · 53225 Bonn Mobile: +49-1520-1981

Re: wlan0 hw address changes

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Re: confusion in /etc/network/interfaces

>> "ifconfig" can not handle multiple IPv4 addresses on one interface >and >> needs this kind of crutch. >> >> The far more modern command "ip" has no such limitations. > >I've found my own brain to have a similar limitation, and find >interface >aliases useful for clarity even when I have ip(8)

Re: confusion in /etc/network/interfaces

Hi, >I need to know that what is the difference b/w eth1.0101 and eth:1. >actually i need to know what is the main difference in "." and ":". >any suggestion will be highly appreciated. : denotes an alias (second address on same interface), . denotes a VLAN, and eth:1 is nonsense. Cheers, Nik

Re: CD Audio - sometimes provided as vfs by the kernel?

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Re: CD Audio - sometimes provided as vfs by the kernel?

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CD Audio - sometimes provided as vfs by the kernel?

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Logout from ISCSI Target hangs permanently

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[solved] Re: Question on pam_access cron configuration

pam_access.so Regards Dominik 2012/8/1 Dominik Klein : > Well thank you for this delightful answer. > > Yes, one could configure something like > > + : nobody : crond > > But that is something I would like to avoid (which I stated in the > first email) since that would imply h

Re: Question on pam_access cron configuration

pam way to achieve this. Thanks Dominik 2012/8/1 emmanuel segura : > man access.conf > > 2012/8/1 Dominik Klein >> >> Hi >> >> I included pam_access in common-account in order to manage access to >> my machines. >> >> Now, cronjobs running as w

Question on pam_access cron configuration

count from /etc/pam.d/cron, but I still get CRON[pid]: pam_access(cron:account) access diened for user "nobody" from "cron" What's the correct (debian) way to deal with this situation? Regards Dominik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Question regarding Mutt

orally) sign the key for encryption in mutt to work. Kind regards, Dominik Pluemacher PS: please CC me since I am not subscribed to this list (yet). signature.asc Description: Digital signature

No monitor (was Re: Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650)

nse (everything is working fine there), I'll try Debian again in a month or so.. with better luck maybe :) I just wanted to finish some work on packages I was co-maintaining before leaving Debian :/ Regards Dominik Smatana xorg.conf.new.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650

Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:56, Dominik Smatana wrote: >> Kelly Clowers wrote: >>> I don't really know what to do, but have you tried the vesa driver? >> I'm not sure what do you mean. What's vesa driver? > > A generic driver tha

Re: Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650

7;t able to solve this problem anyway. Any ideas please? Thanks a lot. Regards Dominik Smatana signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650

Hello, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 01:34, Dominik Smatana wrote: Dominik, do any errors show up in /var/log/Xorg.0.log? I deleted all Xorg logs, I thought system will recreate it after next boot, but it wasn't recreated yet... should i create it manualy p

Re: Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650

bout as good, quality-wise, > as Nvidia drivers nowadays. Of course there can still be individual > problems with either one. I completely agree, free drivers are my #1 priority... > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:03, thveillon.debian > wrote: >> Ubuntu tends to make the use of

Re: Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650

Brent Clark wrote: On 24/09/2009 15:12, Dominik Smatana wrote: Ubuntu 9.04 kernel 2.6.27-14-generic = OK (strange) Close your eyes, save yourself time and effort and just use Ubuntu. Hey, thanks for the advice, but Debian is my #1 priority... I'd rather buy a new card if needed =)

Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650

ATI Technologies Inc RV535 [Radeon X1650 Series] rev 158. Debian Lenny = fail Debian Squeeze kernel 2.2.26-1-686 = fail Debian Squeeze kernel 2.6.26-2-686 = fail Ubuntu 9.04 kernel 2.6.27-14-generic = OK (strange) Ubuntu 9.04 kernel 2.6.27-15-generic = fail Any ideas please? Thanks Dom

Re: Re: Sid: Grub2 faling to boot: Unknown device UUID

Charlie Kroeger wrote: Ok, another in the continuing saga. When I upgrade Grub2 which is frequently, I get the following error message when I reboot: Booting 'Debian Gnu/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-686 error: unknown argument '--no-floppy' failed to boot default entries. press any key to cont

Re: 8139cp 0000:03:08.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 10:00:49PM +, Jamin Davis wrote: >> stephane lepain wrote: >> >> For your problem you could try placing 8139too into /etc/modules That might see that your 8139too driver gets loaded first. Incidentally comment

Where to report bug? sparc64 crashes probably from mysqld

. Based on /var/log/syslog (see attachment) I suspect mysqld causes these problems. Any help would be appreciated -- Dominik Reusser Dec 10 10:11:44 libdb mysqld[3524]: InnoDB: Database page corruption on disk or a failed Dec 10 10:11:44 libdb mysqld[3524]: InnoDB: file read of page 1672847. Dec 10

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Hi! I want to install Debian testing from HDD. I can't install it from CD/DVD because my DVD-ROM isn't working properly. For this unusual installing I need to download: 1. installation image 2. files hd-media/initr.gz and hd-media/vmlinuz . I've downloaded the installation medium to the root direct

HOWTO: Install 2.6.14 (or newer) on Sarge

-administration.org (http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/291), but I extended it a little. I provide this here in the hope that it may be helpful to someone, and suggestions and enhancements are welcome. Regards, Dominik. -- PGP Public Key and contact information available at http://www.tphys.physik.uni

ways to prevent certain programs accesing the internet in Linux

ernet etc.) Under Debian how can I stop wine from accessing the internet resources? Do I have to use selinux? Dominik

ways in preventing a particular program to access the internet

ernet etc.) Under Debian how can I stop wine from accessing the internet resources? Do I have to use selinux? Dominik

Re: Securing NFS

ss to their files, if the other user has previously authenticated himself on the same machine and gotten access to his files. So, you would need to make sure that every user has only root access on his own machine and that no other user is working there. Try to read and understand how kerberos and

Re: Linux and Solaris Mail playing nicely

Hi, On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 07:48:41PM +0100, Pete Clarke wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just added a few Solaris boxen to my (nearly) all Linux (Debian) > network, and would like to get each one to deliver *all* mail to my current > mailserver. > Basically, I don't want *any* mail delivered locally

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