cups: Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb does not exist! [solved]

2017-08-03 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi everybody, it took me quite a while to figure this out so I thought I post this here for someone else in need to find this. I wanted to reinstall my printer Brother HL-3040CN after I upgraded to stretch. That didn't work at first. The installer failed with "Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb do

Unable to connect to higher wifi channels with Broadcom BCM4360

2016-02-23 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi everyone, I have a Broadcom BCM4360 wireless card (Archer T8E), which uses the wl module (version 6.30.223.248 on jessie). I am unable to connect to channel 100 or higher on the 5GHz band. The problem seems to be: `iwlist wlan0 chan` returns: wlan0 32 channels in total; available freque

Re: Security in our local network

2015-08-15 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On 08/15/2015 12:00 PM, B. M. wrote: > - WLAN: SSID hidden, strong password, but I can't really trust the router, > can I ? Hidden SSID probably just gives you a wrong sense of security. See here [1] for example. Cheers, Simon [1] http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/28653/debunking-myths-is-hi

Re: IP address

2015-07-17 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On 07/17/2015 07:50 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: > None of these solutions work. ifconfig is not available on Jessie. ip > seems to be inapropriate. dig produces nothing. I have used ifconfig on > other distros. ifconfig is available if you install net-tools. And what do you mean with "ip seems

Re: nfs problems

2015-05-08 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On 05/08/2015 09:00 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: > On Fri, 8 May 2015 00:50:24 -0400 > Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Friday 08 May 2015 00:36:51 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: >>> On Fri, 8 May 2015 00:03:22 -0400 >>> Gene Heskett wrote: >>> >>> i just finished wrestling with NFS set-up problems myself. >

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-06 Thread Simon Brandmair
On 01/06/2015 09:10 AM, Danny wrote: [...] > However, prior to this breakin, in early December 2014, I noticed my network > behaving strangely especially through wireless connections. [...] I can't give you any input on your specific problem. But here is a pointer from the Securing Debian Manual (

aa-logprof/aa-genprof not working after jessie upgrade

2014-11-27 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi everyone, I recently upgrade to jessie. I noticed now that aa-logprof/aa-genprof (for apparmor) stopped working. When I try to create a new profile with aa-genprof it doesn't add any rules while I see them in the logs. Same with aa-logprof (both worked just fine in wheezy) . I don't know how to

Re: Possible comprommission, what to do ?

2014-11-13 Thread Simon Brandmair
On 11/13/2014 10:00 AM, Erwan David wrote: [...] > However, I'd prefer be sure my server was not compromised, and at the > lower possibe cost (in time and work). Is there a way to check the > packages/installed files from outside sources (I may boot a fresh live > system in order to have clean util

Re: Ctrl-Alt-F12 to show Kernel messages

2014-11-13 Thread Simon Brandmair
On 11/13/2014 11:50 AM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > In a distribution I used long ago (Slackware 96 ? Mandrake 6.0 ?) > Ctrl-Alt-F12 would take you to a screen displaying in real time the kernel > messages. > > Is that possible in Debian ? Yes. With syslog-ng, you can use "destination d_con

Re: UEFI install

2012-11-27 Thread Simon Brandmair
On 27/11/2012 20:50 Erwan David wrote: > I got a new Lenovo T530, I added a SSD as second disk, and now have a > win7, UEFI boot on MBR partitionned sdb disk. > > I tried latest beta installer for wheezy (beta4), but it could not boot > in UEFI mode > > (I got a text menu writtent on the right of

squid on other box than iptables NAT?

2012-09-17 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi group, I thought I could run squid (3.1.20) on one box, and iptables with DNAT on another box with iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -i $LOCIF ! -s $squidbox ! -d $localnet -j DNAT --to-destination $squidbox:3128 squid.conf snip: http_port 192.x.x.x:3128 intercept But on the sq

Re: Backup2l config

2012-05-11 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On 11/5/2012 11:30 Bastien Rocheron wrote: > I'm trying to backup a directory with backup2l and I don't understand the > 'Backup parameters'. I don't understand the levels, max full backups... > because with the current settings I end up with my disk filled very > quickly. The directory is 1GB

Re: When will Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x be Released?

2012-03-28 Thread Simon Brandmair
On 27/3/2012 07:10 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: > When will Debian 7.0 be released? When it's done. SCNR. Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: usb failure

2011-09-11 Thread Simon Brandmair
On 10/9/2011 17:30 Gareth de Vaux wrote: > Hi guys, I've been having usb issues on and off for about 2 years with > my SUN W1100z workstation. The keyboard, mouse, flash stick etc. are all > currently unresponsive. (The machine only has usb ports, all of which I've > tried). Maybe related to: htt

Re: Repository keys (was: (none))

2011-07-22 Thread Simon Brandmair
On 22/7/2011 16:40 co...@esid.gecgr.co.cu wrote: > I have copied a local repository they with squeeze that a friend > facilitated me now I want to upgrade it of internet. > > the question is that i gives me error when verifying the keys. > > with which commands can be requested and did to install t

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On 3/6/2011 19:50 Axel Freyn wrote: [...] > For NFSv4 this has changed. You can use NFSv4 in different modes. The > easy one has the same problem. > However, you can switch on strong authentification (based on Kerberos), > then it's safe (the server verifies that the client has the correct > K

Re: Multiple instances of udev daemon?

2011-05-06 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hello, On 6/5/2011 15:00 Christopher Judd wrote: > Is it normal to have multiple instances of udev daemon running? I don't know if it is "normal". But on my system, I have three instances of udev daemon as well. Cheers, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.

Re: Problem with Debian 6

2011-03-09 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:40:01 +0100 Juan Germán Arrieta Martínez wrote: > Hi, I'm German from Mexico. > I have a problem when I install Debian in my laptop. When I reboot my > computer after the installation, and choose Debian in the grub, the > screen turns off and the hard disc stop working. > My

Re: How to manage iPod and keep it in sync

2011-03-05 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Friday 04.03.2011 16:29, Manu Krishnan T.V wrote: > On Monday 28 February 2011 12:11 AM, Simon Brandmair wrote: > > I am looking for a program to properly manage my iPod. > Try gtkpod. I have used it earlier with my iPod nano and it does all > the stuffs you mentioned. Thanks

Re: Amarok crashing on launch

2011-03-01 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:30:02 +0100 AG wrote: > However, attempting to capture this output via amarok --debug > > amarok.txt (or | amarok.txt) doesn't capture anything at all in a text > format that I can copy and paste as part of this request for help. > > Two questions, then: > > (1) how do I

How to manage iPod and keep it in sync

2011-02-27 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi group, I am looking for a program to properly manage my iPod. I am aware of some programs to add and delete songs (like amarok), but I am looking for a program which * displays missing files on iPod, which are in local music collection * syncs by prompting to add them to iPod or delete them

Re: Skype

2011-02-08 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:20:02 +0100 Raffaele Morelli wrote: > I wonder if anyone of you is currently using skype on debian amd64 and > which app are you using. I am successfully running the Ubuntu 8.10+ 64-bit version on debian squeeze 64bit. Cheers, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

[SELinux] Wildcard for object classes?

2011-02-03 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, I posted this to linux.debian.security but didn't get any reply. Maybe someone can help me out here. I just started looking into SELinux. I am wondering if there is a way to have wildcards in avc rules like: auditallow source_t target_t : * * ; which audits all access from source_t

Re: Making /tmp noexec

2010-11-13 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:40:02 +0100 James Allsopp wrote: > I was reading this page about making tmp non-executable > (http://pario.no/2007/10/04/making-tmp-non-executable/) but it seems a > little out of date as I'm using Squeeze. > > I changed fstab, and edited by 70debconf to > > DPkg::Pre-Insta

Re: nfs shares not mounted on boot

2010-10-26 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:00:03 +0200 Denis Laxalde wrote: > Recently nfs shares stopped being automatically mounted on 2 of my > machines. These are up-to-date squeeze systems and the nfs server runs > lenny. This used to work fine until one or two months ago. I cannot see > any relevant message in l

Re: Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:00:02 +0200 Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 04. 10. 2010 10:39:00 je Lisi napisal(a): [...] >> >> If I set up a computer to dual boot Windows and Linux (specifically >> Debian >> Lenny) does the fact that Windows is sharing the computer in any way >> jeopardise the security of the L

Re: Strange behaviour in Debian Lenny

2010-09-22 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:40:02 +0200 polloxx wrote: > > I have a strange behaviour in Debian Lenny. In /etc/rc2.d (default > runlevel), some startup scripts run tice when booting. > > I've made a test script in /etc/init.d/echo.sh like: [...] > > So, the script runs twice. Any explanation for that

Re: grub2: VFS: Unable to mount root fs

2010-08-14 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:20:02 +0200 Tom H wrote: > > Please post the output of "blkid -c /dev/null" and the working grub2 > "menuentry ... { ... }". blkid -c /dev/null: /dev/sda2: LABEL="root" UUID="d8f9ae65-2e4f-4b20-aaac-9c5b6e7c6be7" TYPE="ext3" /dev/sda5: LABEL="var" UUID="1e30fe16-85e9-4c48

grub2: VFS: Unable to mount root fs

2010-08-13 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi everyone, I upgraded grub to grub2 (squeeze) and at first I couldn't boot my linux kernel (2.6.32), which work fine with the old grub. The boot process stopped with the following messages: "VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)". After some research, I figured that the root fs

Re: exim bug

2008-05-13 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Tue, 13 May 2008 14:30:15 +0200 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 01:06:26AM +0200, Sia Neriman wrote: >> hi >> i use lenny and have this error >> The following partially installed packages will be configured: >> exim4-daemon-light >> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 t

Re: Debian crash randomly

2008-04-27 Thread Simon Brandmair
Good morning, On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:10:12 +0200 mond wrote: > On Apr 26, 11:30 pm, "Kim N. Lesmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:50:09 -0700 (PDT) >> >> mond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > However, recently my Debian(sid) crash randomly and frequently. >> >> > The problem

Re: als root kein KDE-Programm startbar

2007-09-09 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:40:05 +0200 Matthias Meyer wrote: > > In einem Terminal in KDE kann ich zwar mit su root werden, aber ich kann > keine KDE-Programme starten. Beispiel: Das ist eine englischsprachige Liste, postet das nochmal nach linux.debian.user.german. Cheers, Simon -- To UNSUB

Re: System freeze in Lenny

2007-09-04 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:30:09 +0200 Matthew Lennig wrote: > > The system boots normally. With very low load, it can run for several > hours (e.g., if I just run top). However, when I start to put any > substantial load on the system it dies. > > I tried changing the motherboard, CPU, and memo

Re: (solved) Re: how to (dis)allow some users from using wireless router?

2007-08-11 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi! On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:10:07 +0200 Serena Cantor wrote: > Thanks! I'll try MAC filter later on. > > --- steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Serena Cantor wrote: >> > I knew WEP can do it. but the password is the same, any user can let >> > others use the router by >> > giving them the pa

Re: Security newbie?

2007-07-19 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:10:14 +0200 Art Edwards wrote: > I've been running debian @ home and @ work, for years, had no indication > of attacks. Over the last few days, my iptables firewall seemed simply > to stop. I checked my auth log file to find many, many attempts to break > in. [...] > 3. A

Re: start-stop-daemon: how to pass environment variables to the daemon

2007-07-13 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:20:09 +0200 Dallas Clement wrote: > On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 11:13 +0800, Yuwen Dai wrote: >> >> A daemon invoked by start-stop-daemon needs some extra enviroment >> variables. How to pass them to the daemon? Thanks in advance. > > I'm not sure if you meant environment