Re: Jessie & Fixed IP Address

On 9/9/2016 4:26 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: You know what, though, I did have two entries in there the other day. And I found that tip because I was getting the "RTNETLINK answers: File exists" error that led to that tip (k/t Raspberry Pi @ StackExchange). My firsthand experience is that tip lea

Re: SSH Connection Behind A Router/Firewall

On 9/8/2016 1:42 PM, Joe wrote: On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 12:49:56 -0500 Tim McDonough wrote: I have a very straightforward Debian Jessie machine on my network. For SSH it uses the standard/default Port 22 and accessing it via ssh works just fine from anywhere on the local network. I also have a

SSH Connection Behind A Router/Firewall

I have a very straightforward Debian Jessie machine on my network. For SSH it uses the standard/default Port 22 and accessing it via ssh works just fine from anywhere on the local network. I also have a NetGear router configured so that a connection from the outside world using Port 1024 gets

Re: Jessie & Fixed IP Address

On 9/8/2016 12:08 PM, David wrote: I am working with a Raspberry PI running Jessie and I'm not happy about the solutions I found to change it from DHCP to a fixed IP address. Editing the file /etc/dhcpcd.conf does not seem to work correctly. Can I go back to the old method of editing /etc/netwo

Re: Security Updates

Your Raspberry Pi is most likely running Raspbian and not Debian. Raspbian's updates must be ported by their development team when Debian releases them. At one time they claimed the lag was about a half day to a day behind being released by Debian. Tim On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Larry Dighe

Re: A minimalist network

On 8/18/2016 10:07 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Because I learned one thing here already (Gigabit ethernet usually doesn't require crossover cables), I'll see if I can learn something else ;-) Back in the "good ole days" there used to be a minimum segment / cable length for an Ethernet cable--

systemd Information

Anyone have a recommendation for a good reference/tutorial on systemd as it applies to Debian Jessie? It's very frustrating to work on configuring static IPs, SSHD ports, etc. and never knowing which files are the correct ones to edit. For that matter, with systemd now in place why the heck

Re: I need help

Always good ideas for asking for help... T

Re: I need help

On 2/10/2016 6:01 PM, Ghaith Etaiwi wrote: Hello, I'm starting in linux I used Ubuntu and didn't like it and I have read that many people that used Debian had a better experience, I have a MacBook Pro 4GB ram/ 500HDD/Intel HD 3000/ i5 2nd generation, can it run Debian?. Also, I want to know wha

Re: Welcome to emergency mode!

On 1/10/2016 6:15 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: After solving all my mount problems and changing from dynamic to static addressing by editing /etc/network/interfaces, I reboot the system and was greeted with: Welcome to emergency mode. "systemctl default", "systemctl reboot" to try again, or press Co

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

Perhaps there is a way to do this with a CD/DVD boot parameter and I'm not aware of it... I wish there was a way to be presented with a more complete list of options at install time. On some installations with small disks I really don't need all of the documentation, utilities, etc. Is there an

Re: Suitable USB WiFi Adapter

On 10/29/2015 11:32 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: Just a thought, have you considered just replacing the internal wireless card? As far as I can tell, it's a regular Mini-PCI-E card and should be accessible under a flap on the bottom of the laptop. Something like an Intel 7260 should work nicely. 802

Re: Suitable USB WiFi Adapter

On 10/29/2015 11:21 AM, Doug wrote: I don't know why you'd spend anything extra for USB3--your old Dell doesn't support that, and if you get a new laptop, the wifi will be built-in and working. The little $6 adapter that I mentioned earlier worked fine with PCLinuxOS for the short distance that

Re: Suitable USB WiFi Adapter

On 10/28/2015 8:22 PM, Doug wrote: Are you sure you can't get a replacement part for your laptop? Taking it apart and replacing the WIFI unit would be a pain, but would probably work the best, assuming that you can get the proper driver for it. I eventually got a driver to work with my old Dell

Re: Suitable USB WiFi Adapter

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Suitable USB WiFi Adapter

The older Dell laptop that I use for my mobile work has a broken internal WiFi adapter. I'd like to get a recommendation on a USB "stick" type adapter that plays well with Debian and Linux in general. Since I have nothing now I'd just as soon get one that covers as many WiFi modes as is pract

Re: Debian Desktop Environment

I agree with several other comments with regards to security not being necessarily related to a specific desktop environment. In my opinion I think the best security comes from using both a Linux distribution and a desktop environment that you (or the admin) is very familiar with and understand

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

On 10/11/2015 1:06 PM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:55:56 +0300 moxalt wrote: Basically, don't use GDM with KDE, and don't run KDE on systems that are short of RAM. Or at all. Yes, better use XFCE or LXDE, which are not bloated messes like KDE or Gnome. Cheers, Ron

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

On 10/9/2015 6:47 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Tim McDonough composed on 2015-10-09 17:05 (UTC-0500): I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it a

Debian 8, KDE Lockup

I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always locks up once the third one appears. I have additional memory on order but presently the system

Re: RAID 1 System Installation Question

onfigure-software-raid1-during-installation-process/ is what I followed. Thanks, Edmund On 18 September 2015 at 22:11, Tim McDonough wrote: I've used Debian Linux for a number of years but up until now always with a single hard drive. I want to build a new system that will have a pair

RAID 1 System Installation Question

I've used Debian Linux for a number of years but up until now always with a single hard drive. I want to build a new system that will have a pair of 1TB drives configured as a RAID-1 mirror. In reading the mdadm Wiki the discussion begins with installing mdadm. My goal is to have a system wh

Re: which websites are running debian

The extent of the report seems to be site specific. I tried several other sites and some just simply say "Linux". Tim 明覺 wrote: If they can report the distribution of linux, that will be more interesting. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Tim McDonough wrote: I

Re: which websites are running debian

I know http://uptime.netcraft.com keeps some statistics of which sites run which operating systems, but I'm not really sure if they also track different GNU/Linux Distributions, or even if it's feasible to detect their differences. They report the following for a site I'm involved with: Linux

Re: WinBlow$ Home Server equivalent

Phillipus Gunawan wrote: My friend told me about Home Server, and when I have a read about it, wow The only feature that interest me is "Drive Extender" (taken from Windows Home Server Technical Brief - Drive Extender.docx) " As you add more hard drives to your home server, they are treated

Re: Big Database Server General Question

Henri Salo wrote: On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 11:07:10PM -0500, Tim McDonough wrote: "distributed database", "database replication" Thank you to all. Now that I am looking down the right path I have plenty of material to read. Tim This is very good book o

Re: Big Database Server General Question

"distributed database", "database replication" Thank you to all. Now that I am looking down the right path I have plenty of material to read. Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Big Database Server General Question

I'm asking this question to find out what keywords to search for, not really looking for a specific answer here. When there is a huge database involved with a lot of users and lots of data it isn't done all with one computer and a fast connection. I'm generally interested in how requests direc

Console Video Mode / Text Size

I have a fairly new Debian install with no GUI. How do I configure (what command or file) the console to have higher resolution and greater than an 80-column width for the text? Thank you, Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe".

How to completely reinstall a package?

I'm running Debian (Sarge) and had used X-Windows very little on what's primarily a file server when I got a larger, nicer monitor for the system. It was not obvious to me how to reconfigure the system for the better capabilities of the monitor so I, perhaps unwisely, decided I could simply uni

Checking Filesystems

I have a fairly new Debian 3.1 system running Samba that I use as a home fileserver. The machine has a 30GB drive set up with / and swap partitions. Recently when running backups from Windows machines I've started getting errors that say one or more files don't verify correctly. They are not