On 13/10/24 08:36, William Torrez Corea wrote:
I configure a file for example /etc/network/interfaces.d
Configure the file, save and exit but the changes are not made. I need
to make a second configuration.
For me it is a waste of time.
What happened?
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On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:36:34 -0600
William Torrez Corea wrote:
> I configure a file for example /etc/network/interfaces.d
/etc/network/interfaces.d is a directory; I suspect you mean you write
a configuration file in /etc/network/interfaces.d.
>
> Configure the file, save and exit but the chan
William Torrez Corea wrote:
> I configure a file for example /etc/network/interfaces.d
>
> Configure the file, save and exit but the changes are not made. I need to
> make a second configuration.
Do you mean that the file was not saved to disk, or were you
expecting something else to happen?
Mo
On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 18:36:34 -0600, William Torrez Corea wrote:
> I configure a file for example /etc/network/interfaces.d
That's a directory, not a file.
> Configure the file, save and exit but the changes are not made. I need to
> make a second configuration.
>
> For me it is a waste of ti
Dňa 24.05.2013 18:39 peasth...@shaw.ca wrote / napísal(a):
> Googling "site:debian.org openssl.cnf" yields bug reports and
> complaints.
>
> Is openssl.cnf documented?
try this http://www.eclectica.ca/howto/ssl-cert-howto.php/
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r...@aarden.us wrote:
> just to assure that I can get a stable, usable system up and running,
> please see the list below.
A lot of what you've listed below should have been handled
semi-automatically during installation. It's a steep learning curve,
though, I'll agree with that.
What is wrong wi
I am sorry, I don't know why this did not post in-thread. So here is
another try.
Chris,
I wish I knew all the configuration topics. But just to assure that I
can get a stable, usable system up and running, please see the list
below. One important aspect is that I do not know everything that
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:02:09 -0700, ray wrote:
(now better, thanks for removing the annoying html)
> I would like to learn if there is a tool or method to help define what
> values configuration parameters should have.
Can you rephrase that stanza? I don't get it :-?
> I have seen short descr
Chris,
I wish I knew all the configuration topics. But just to assure that I can get a stable, usable system up and running, please see the list below. One important aspect is that I do not know everything that can be configured; while reading posts I keep seeing things I have never heard of.
r...@aarden.us wrote:
> I would like to learn if there is a tool or method to help define what
> values configuration parameters should have.
To which configuration parameters are you referring? Can you provide
some examples?
Chris
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On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:30:15 -0700, ray wrote:
(...)
Ray, please, no html formatted postings.. this one of yours it renders
like a pure gibberish.
Greetings,
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 01:24:01PM +, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:57:47PM GMT, Thomas H. George wrote:
> > I have never been able to mount my ipod as a block device. When
> > connected to a usb port the message "configuration #1 chosen from 4
> > choices" appears. What are
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:57:47PM GMT, Thomas H. George wrote:
> I have never been able to mount my ipod as a block device. When
> connected to a usb port the message "configuration #1 chosen from 4
> choices" appears. What are the other three choices? Are they of any
> use?
Which version of i
thanks for the replies. replying to Karl's message so that it goes
into the list archive.
so, my thoughts so far:
wikipedia needs updating on this front.
cdist looks pretty simple - i think i could have it up for what i'm
using in a matter of minutes.
cfengine looks pretty old school and it probab
On 07/05/11 00:56, shawn wilson wrote:
i'd prefer the system have some sort of ajax, soap, xml, syslog, or
snmp v3 output (in order of preference - can ya tell how i feel about
snmp?). but, i suppose i can parse and spit out pretty much any output
if need be.
What information are you looking to
I have used cfengine2 and cfengine3, and I am currently learning puppet.
These are roughly equivalent functionalities, with cfengine being the
grandfather of all of them (circa 1993, iirc). One thing I have found is
your programming preferences could help make the decision for you. cfengine
is vagu
it's the reason relevant to remove
something in the /tmp.
Thanks again and best regards,
lina
From: Jerome BENOIT [g62993...@rezozer.net]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 4:47 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Configuration for firefo
I logged in another user name, it worked,
and after I reboot the computer, it worked.
Thanks,
lina
From: Jerome BENOIT [g62993...@rezozer.net]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 4:47 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Configuration for firefox
Hello There,
have you just tried to restart your Gnome session ?
hth,
Jerome
On 15/10/10 16:35, Klistvud wrote:
Dne, 15. 10. 2010 10:05:43 je #ZHAO LINA# napisal(a):
As a first troubleshooting step, try creating another user account and
seeing if the problems persists there (or simply log int
Dne, 15. 10. 2010 10:05:43 je #ZHAO LINA# napisal(a):
As a first troubleshooting step, try creating another user account and
seeing if the problems persists there (or simply log into another user
account if you already have several).
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From: #ZHAO LINA# [zhao0...@e.ntu.edu.sg]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:07 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Configuration for firefox-bin
Much more further,
It showed bunches of those warnings, is it normal even though I felt acceptable
as long as I can still use
): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead
Thanks,
lina
From: #ZHAO LINA# [zhao0...@e.ntu.edu.sg]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:01 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Configuration for firefox-bin
Further question,
when I used, dbus
-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Configuration for firefox-bin
$ ps -eo user,cmd | grep dbus
101 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
lina /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session
/usr/bin/seahorse-agent --execute x-session-manager
lina /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with
, October 14, 2010 11:11 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Configuration for firefox-bin
#ZHAO LINA# writes:
> I met one problem during start the iceweasel, but I do not know how to check
> it by a simple way,
Please run
ps -eo user,cmd | grep dbus
ps -eo user,cmd | grep gconf
an
Yeah,
with dbus-launch icewease
it works well. I used to click the icon of it before.
Thanks,
lina
From: Camaleón [noela...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:20 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Configuration for firefox-bin
On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:03:19 +, #ZHAO LINA# wrote:
> I met one problem during start the iceweasel, but I do not know how to
> check it by a simple way,
>
> An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information for
> firefox-bin. Some of your configuration settings may not work p
#ZHAO LINA# writes:
> I met one problem during start the iceweasel, but I do not know how to check
> it by a simple way,
Please run
ps -eo user,cmd | grep dbus
ps -eo user,cmd | grep gconf
and tell us the output. My guess is that your are not running
dbus-daemon or gconfd.
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On Friday 17 September 2010 19:08:20 peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> * From: "Jesús M. Navarro"
> * Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 23:47:48 +0200
>
> > There's neither "carnot" nor "Allied Telesis 3612TR" in your provided
> > diagram ...
>
> For now I can't find the original to edit and scan.
> If
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > So dalton has address 172.24.2.1 in the RFC1918 private address space.
>
> Dalton has external address 142.103.107.137 and several internal addresses
> including 172.24.2.1.
>
> Here is an old sketch. Dalton is on the left. We're not concerned w
From: Bob Proulx
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:20 -0600
> So dalton has address 172.24.2.1 in the RFC1918 private address space.
Dalton has external address 142.103.107.137 and several internal addresses
including 172.24.2.1.
Here is an old sketch. Dalton is on the left. We're not concerne
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Given linux router dalton, eth 3, connected to a local machine
> carnot, eth0, with a cross-over cable, I need some help to set
> the configurations properly.
>
> #dalton:/etc/network/interfaces
>...
> iface eth3 inet static
> address 172.24.2.1
> up
On 16/05/10 22:13, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
On Sun, 16 May 2010 07:52:06 -0400, Snood wrote:
On 05/16/2010 11:34 AM, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
On Sun, 16 May 2010 08:35:29 +0100, AG wrote:
Dear all
On an up-to-date testing machine, I am using Iceweasel + tor + privoxy.
Florian helped
On Sun, 16 May 2010 21:13:23 +, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> But I
> also believe that they are based on the actual application virtues and
> value.
Sorry for a typo. Read this passage as follows instead:
"But I also believe that they are NOT based on the actual application
virtues and value."
On Sun, 16 May 2010 07:52:06 -0400, Snood wrote:
On 05/16/2010 11:34 AM, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> On Sun, 16 May 2010 08:35:29 +0100, AG wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> On an up-to-date testing machine, I am using Iceweasel + tor + privoxy.
>> Florian helped me with an issue like this sometime back, b
On Sun, 16 May 2010 08:35:29 +0100, AG wrote:
> Dear all
>
> On an up-to-date testing machine, I am using Iceweasel + tor + privoxy.
> Florian helped me with an issue like this sometime back, but revisiting
> his helpful advice has not helped on this occasion.
>
> The situation is as follows:
>
On 05/16/2010 03:35 AM, AG wrote:
Using Iceweasel, I enable the tor button and receive a warning message
"Tor proxy test: local HTTP proxy is unreachable. Is polipo running
properly?"
Well, no because polipo wasn't installed - why and when this suddenly
became a necessity I don't know, but anywa
On Tue,22.Dec.09, 13:02:48, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Searches for pertinent strings in file names and
> in file content hasn't found a configuration text
> for "Automatically Started Applications" in the
> "Desktop Session Settings" gadget in LXDE. Has
> anyone found a way to add an automati
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:48:02 -0800, Arif tuhin wrote:
> I have two NIC. one is connected to a private network. and ip of that
> network is determined by dhcp.
>
> another NIC is connected to another network. for that network, ip is
> specifically assigned by the network administrator of that netw
Andrew & others,
At Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:42:41 -0700 A.S-W. wrote,
"that does not mean that a rule for POP3 is not needed. I don't
remember if shorewall is case sensitive, but I bet it is in the
context of defining a rule. maybe post the actual config line to
produces the error?"
My /etc/sho
Paul & others,
At Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:33:50 -0700 Paul Johnson wrote,
"... the FTP server connects to the client: Two
connections are maintained ..."
As I am aware, ssh uses only one connection but it
also gets ACCEPT rules. So I still don't understand why
some protocols, dns, ftp and ssh, ne
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 04:01:39PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Folk,
>
> At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote,
> "... if you want to really understand it use
> shorewall after reading shorewall-doc."
>
> ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall.
>
> I wonder why rules
Folk,
At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote,
"... if you want to really understand it use
shorewall after reading shorewall-doc."
ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall.
I wonder why rules are needed for FTP but
a rule for POP3 produces a complaint about
"... unknown pro
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 16:01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Folk,
>
> At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote,
> "... if you want to really understand it use
> shorewall after reading shorewall-doc."
>
> ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall.
>
> I wonder why rules are nee
Folk,
At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote,
"... if you want to really understand it use
shorewall after reading shorewall-doc."
ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall.
I wonder why rules are needed for FTP but not
for POP3. In fact, a rule for POP3 produces a
complaint
Folk,
At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote,
"... if you want to really understand it use
shorewall after reading shorewall-doc."
ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall.
I wonder why rules are needed for FTP but not
for POP3. In fact, a rule for POP3 produces a
complaint
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 08:08:25PM -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote:
> There is a configuration file for Mousepad but the man page
> contains only the name of the author. Can anyone tell whether
> the default starting directory can be recorded; if so, how.
>
> Sorry for the meaningless subject line
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:07:32AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> dt> Now you're using shaw.ca for your home domain. Do you own that? Would
> you like to e.g. relay mail for all of shaw.ca?
>
> Not really.
Didn't think so :)
>
> OK, I've invented the domain name petershouse;
> the curre
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:07:32AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Douglas,
>
> dt> Now you're using shaw.ca for your home domain. Do you own that? Would
> you like to e.g. relay mail for all of shaw.ca?
>
> Not really.
>
> OK, I've invented the domain name petershouse;
> the current host
Douglas,
dt> Now you're using shaw.ca for your home domain. Do you own that? Would
you like to e.g. relay mail for all of shaw.ca?
Not really.
OK, I've invented the domain name petershouse;
the current hosts file follows. Please let me know of any
remaining errors.
Isn't there a place to
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:20:24AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> dt> if you don't own peasthope.yi.org, then I wouldn't use it even locally.
>
> But I do own the machine and the name.
OK
I, personally, for the 127.0.0.1 would only use localhost and
localhost.localdomain
> yi.org is a dynamic
Douglas,
dt> if you don't own peasthope.yi.org, then I wouldn't use it even locally.
But I do own the machine and the name.
yi.org is a dynamic dns service. Not
already being allocated is a precondition
to assigning "peasthope.yi.org" to my computer.
dt> It is a valid name.
So ... I miss
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 08:12:44PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 04:38:36PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > # /etc/hosts file
> > 127.0.0.1 peasthope.yi.orgjoule localhost
> ^^
> this should be: localho
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 04:38:36PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Douglas & others,
>
> dt> Now you will have three networks. ...
> ... You shouldn't have to add routes like this ...
>
> Right oh.
>
> dt> change this to 172.23.5.1, and change heaviside's to 172.23.5.2
>
> The revised config
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 02:40:22PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Folk,
>
> My LAN has a Debian router, joule, and two subordinate
> machines, curie and heaviside. The three connect to an
> old Linksys 10Base-T hub. joule connects to a
> cable modem through a second NIC and runs
> ipmasq.
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 02:40:22PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My LAN has a Debian router, joule, and two subordinate
> machines, curie and heaviside. The three connect to an
> old Linksys 10Base-T hub. joule connects to a
> cable modem through a second NIC and runs
> ipmasq.
>
> Curre
On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 15:59 +0200, Johann Horwath wrote:
> hello,
>
> is there something like a gui-configuration-center (bootloader, network,
> software-(de)installation,...) in debian?
>
AFAIK there is no such thing as a "gui-configuration-center". There are,
however, gui-tools for system manag
2007/8/30, Johann Horwath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> hello,
>
> is there something like a gui-configuration-center (bootloader, network,
> software-(de)installation,...) in debian?
>
> greetings
> hans
>
>
>
>
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>
> I have a problem after installing Debian 4.0 on my Powerbook G4 (you
> can find in this link all the specs
> h
On 10/01/2006 07:28 PM, Peter Easthope wrote:
At the end of a message in lists.debian.org
is something such as this.
Reply to:
* debian-user@lists.debian.org
* Peter (on-list)
* Peter (off-list)
A click on one of these lines, temporarily
produces a mailto string in the strip at the
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 17:28:00 -0700, Peter Easthope wrote:
> At the end of a message in lists.debian.org
> is something such as this.
>
> Reply to:
>
> * debian-user@lists.debian.org
> * Peter (on-list)
> * Peter (off-list)
>
> A click on one of these lines, temporarily
> produces
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 12:30:11PM -0400, Jila Zakizadeh wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using Debian linux and I am moving my computer to another city. I
> want to keep the previous connection that I had with other machines. How
> would I reconfigure my network to do so?
That would depend on the exact detail
Hi,
I am using Debian linux and I am moving my computer to another city. I
want to keep the previous connection that I had with other machines. How
would I reconfigure my network to do so?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards,
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I had the same problem after upgrading [login (1:4.0.3-35) to
1:4.0.12-6 I would assume] :
mypc:~# su
configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'NOLOGIN_STR' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_HZ'
Hi,
I've run into the same problem this morning. I'm using debian testing
and, right now, all packages are up to date (kernel 2.6.12).
Though i'm not 100% sure, I also think that the problem is related with
the login package, since it is one of the few packages I updated this
morning.
Sear
Harv Nelson wrote:
Hi Chris,
Just did a Google on "QUOTAS_ENAB" error and ran into your post of
03 October 2005 on the Debian users list.
I just ran into exactly the same problem this morning. Have you found
a solution yet?
My solution is as follows:
Open a root terminal session and
I have met the same problem too. I am using debian sid. After upgrade,
the problem is not solved.
On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 08:39:56AM +0100, Chris Lale wrote:
> Since upgrading unstable a week or two ago, running su from a terminal
> reports these errors:
>
> configuration error - unknown item 'QU
On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 05:49:21PM +0100, Maximillian Murphy wrote:
> Whoops - sorry - forgot to change the subject line (cringe)!
>
> Regards, Max
Changing the subject line doesn't help either if you are replying,
because your message will still be inserted in the thread. It is
usually better to
Whoops - sorry - forgot to change the subject line (cringe)!
Regards, Max
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Dear All,
Purchased the "Linux Device Drivers" 2nd edition book. First bit of
code: A hello world module. Won't compile on my system. Instead it
comes back with a stream of errors complaining about code in the
_main_linux_source_tree_ .. so there's evidently something wrong with my
setup.
Howard Roberts wrote:
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 11:03 +0100, Chris Lale wrote:
Howard Roberts wrote:
Chris,
Today I did an apt-get update on my debian unstable system and began
experiencing the same problems you mentioned in the debian mailing list
with su.
I wondered if you've made any h
Howard Roberts wrote:
Chris,
Today I did an apt-get update on my debian unstable system and began
experiencing the same problems you mentioned in the debian mailing list
with su.
I wondered if you've made any headway?
Thanks,
Howard
Hello Howard.
Thanks for your reply. I am keeping this o
On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 09:43, Matthias Eichler wrote:
> - I read that right that its not a nscd-bug or something
> but a bug in the glibc which doesnt handle the nsswitch.conf
> the correct way?
The Debian maintainers seem to regard it as a feature of glibc
rather than as a bug.
> - The bug
Hi
On Di, 2004-08-24 at 09:47 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> The Debian maintainers seem to regard it as a feature of glibc
> rather than as a bug.
[...]
> They regard it as a feature, so the behavior probably will
> not be changed.
How can it be a feature when I make some configuration to
nsswitch
Hi Thomas,
On Mo, 2004-08-23 at 18:59 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> > I've the problem that on all debian systems (Woody, Sid) it
> > seems that some configuration changes of the nsswitch.conf
> > are ignored by the system.
> See #160596 and those merged with it.
As I am not the "over-geek" I have
> I've the problem that on all debian systems (Woody, Sid) it
> seems that some configuration changes of the nsswitch.conf
> are ignored by the system.
See #160596 and those merged with it.
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John Hasler wrote:
>Tong writes:
>> The '--get-selections' and '--set-selections' only give your the list
>> of
>> packages, they won't save configuration for you.
>
>All the configuration data is in files under /etc. Back it up.
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Once upon a time Paul E Condon said...
> quote
> _
> Rationale
>
> The existence of a separate directory for cached data allows system
> administrators to set different disk and backup policies from other
> directories in /var.
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 01:01:34PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 12:28:42PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 08:43:04AM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> > > Once upon a time Jason Rennie said...
> > > > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian N
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 12:28:42PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 08:43:04AM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> > Once upon a time Jason Rennie said...
> > > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> > > > The debconf database is nothing more than a tempo
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 08:43:04AM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> Once upon a time Jason Rennie said...
> > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> > > The debconf database is nothing more than a temporary cache of answers
> > > gotten from the user. Debconf will regener
Cameron Hutchison writes:
> As I see it, if debconf is asking you the questions again, *it* is not
> regenerating the data, but *you* are.
Debconf is not a registry. /etc is the configuration data repository.
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Once upon a time Jason Rennie said...
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> > The debconf database is nothing more than a temporary cache of answers
> > gotten from the user. Debconf will regenerate this data by asking any
> > questions it needs to.
>
> If the Debian d
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 08:05:53PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 12:51:23PM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> > It is not enough to simply backup /etc, as some packages automatically
> > generate config files from the debconf info (xfree86 being one).
>
> Any package that ove
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> The debconf database is nothing more than a temporary cache of answers
> gotten from the user. Debconf will regenerate this data by asking any
> questions it needs to.
If the Debian designers had this attitude, everything would go in
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 12:51:23PM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> Once upon a time John Hasler said...
> > Cameron Hutchison writes:
> > > Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
> >
> > So you mean restore, not reinstall.
>
> Well, both. I restored my system b
on Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 02:42:32PM -0400, Tong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 13:02:36 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 15:09, Tong wrote:
> >> Yes, that is my question -- is there any way to avoid those hard and
> >> tedious questions, since I've answered the
On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 13:02:36 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 15:09, Tong wrote:
>> Yes, that is my question -- is there any way to avoid those hard and
>> tedious questions, since I've answered them once, and the system should
>> have kept the answer somewhere, or, Debian just f
On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 15:09, Tong wrote:
> Yes, that is my question -- is there any way to avoid those hard and
> tedious questions, since I've answered them once, and the system should
> have kept the answer somewhere, or, Debian just forgets those answers
> right away? then how do you do reconfig
Cameron Hutchison wrote:
Once upon a time John Hasler said...
Tong writes:
Thanks, John, that's something I am thinking of as the last resort.
Why as a last resort?
Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 12:51:23PM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> Once upon a time John Hasler said...
> > Cameron Hutchison writes:
> > > Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
> >
> > So you mean restore, not reinstall.
>
> Well, both. I restored my system b
Once upon a time John Hasler said...
> Cameron Hutchison writes:
> > Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
>
> So you mean restore, not reinstall.
Well, both. I restored my system by reinstalling it.
> Any package that overwrites your changes to config files an
Cameron Hutchison writes:
> Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
So you mean restore, not reinstall.
> It is not enough to simply backup /etc, as some packages automatically
> generate config files from the debconf info (xfree86 being one).
Any package that ov
Once upon a time John Hasler said...
> Tong writes:
> > Thanks, John, that's something I am thinking of as the last resort.
>
> Why as a last resort?
Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
It is not enough to simply backup /etc, as some packages automatically
ge
Tong writes:
> Thanks, John, that's something I am thinking of as the last resort.
Why as a last resort?
> I don't have man for debconf in section 7. Which package contains it?
debconf-doc.
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:06:17 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Setting the debconf priority to "critical" will eliminate most, if not all,
> questions. Answer the remaining ones with anything. Restore /etc after
> doing "dpkg --set-selections < package-list", overwriting the default
> configuration.
Alec Berryman writes:
> Pipe the output of `dpkg --get-selections` to a file, copy that over to
> the new computer, and pipe it into `dpkg --set-selections`. Then run
> apt-get -f install; it'll attempt to install all packages on the first
> computer. You'll still have to answer configuration que
On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:31:41 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:
> begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:51:16 -0400:
>
>> On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:15:17 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:
>>
>> > begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400:
>> >
>> >> I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps al
begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:51:16 -0400:
> On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:15:17 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:
>
> > begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400:
> >
> >> I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps all configuration data in
> >> a DB. Is there a way to backup this c
Tong writes:
> The '--get-selections' and '--set-selections' only give your the list of
> packages, they won't save configuration for you.
All the configuration data is in files under /etc. Back it up.
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:15:17 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:
> begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400:
>
>> I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps all configuration data in
>> a DB. Is there a way to backup this configuration data, so that
>> next time when I have to reinstall Deb
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