Re: No localhost - I'm stumped [SOLVED]

2014-08-27 Thread John
On 27/08/14, Reco (recovery...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:12:05 +0100 > "Karl E. Jorgensen" wrote: > > > > > 4) sysctl --system > > > sysctl --system > > > * Applying /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf ... > > > net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 0 > > > net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcast

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-27 Thread John
On 26/08/14, Karl E. Jorgensen (k...@jorgensen.org.uk) wrote: > > sysctl --system > > * Applying /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf ... > > net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 0 > > net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 0 > > These caught my eye: Ignore all ICMP ? That would stop ping > (a.k.a. ICMP echo)

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-27 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:27:24 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Wed 27 Aug 2014 at 02:01:14 +0400, Reco wrote: > > > And, by the way, ipv6 has nothing to do with this problem, although the > > output of ipv6 routing tables looks abnormal to me too. > > You could very well be correct. But, should the

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-27 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:12:05 +0100 "Karl E. Jorgensen" wrote: > > > 4) sysctl --system > > sysctl --system > > * Applying /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf ... > > net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 0 > > net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 0 > > These caught my eye: Ignore all ICMP ? That woul

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-26 Thread Brian
On Wed 27 Aug 2014 at 02:01:14 +0400, Reco wrote: > And, by the way, ipv6 has nothing to do with this problem, although the > output of ipv6 routing tables looks abnormal to me too. You could very well be correct. But, should the OP decide to continue without ipv6, he may find systemd to be unfor

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-26 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Hi On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 03:50:25PM -0400, John wrote: > On 25/08/14, Reco (recovery...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:13:41 +0400 > > From: Reco > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: No localhost - I'm stumped > > X-

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-26 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:50:25 -0400 John wrote: > -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE This is the source of your trouble. You're redirecting packets intended to go via loopback to nat with this rule, which is obviously wrong. I suggest you to try this rule instead: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-26 Thread Brian
On Tue 26 Aug 2014 at 15:50:25 -0400, John wrote: > On 25/08/14, Reco (recovery...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > 3) strace ping6 -c2 ip6-localhost > > I've left this one out, since I recompiled the kernel without ip6 > support. "ping6 localhost" had produced a result and my thinking was > to force

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-26 Thread John
On 25/08/14, Reco (recovery...@gmail.com) wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:13:41 +0400 > From: Reco > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: No localhost - I'm stumped > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.2 required=4.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, > DKIM

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-25 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:09:59 -0400 John wrote: > Thanks for the help and the link; it's useful. But alas, nothing from it s= > olved my problem. I think next I'll try reinstalling stuff -- cups, hplip,= > anything else that comes to mind -- and see if I blunder into a fix. Probably won'

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-25 Thread Catalin Soare
On Aug 25, 2014 7:30 PM, "John" wrote: > > On 24/08/14, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > > On 2014-08-24, John wrote: > > > > > > I've tried everything I can think of, and hints regarding what to try next > > > would be higholy welcome. > > > > Some things to try here: > > > > http://unix.stackexcha

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-25 Thread John
On 24/08/14, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > On 2014-08-24, John wrote: > > > > I've tried everything I can think of, and hints regarding what to try next > > would be higholy welcome. > > Some things to try here: > > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/26487/can-ping-any-hosts-but-localhost-w

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-24 Thread Brian
On Sun 24 Aug 2014 at 13:43:25 -0400, John wrote: > For some days now, localhost has not responded to anything. I've tried > everything, and am stumped. Here are a few indications: > > netstat -an |grep 631 > tcp0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:*

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-24 Thread Curt
On 2014-08-24, John wrote: > > > I've tried everything I can think of, and hints regarding what to try next > would be higholy welcome. > Some things to try here: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/26487/can-ping-any-hosts-but-localhost-whats-wrong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

No localhost - I'm stumped

2014-08-24 Thread John
For some days now, localhost has not responded to anything. I've tried everything, and am stumped. Here are a few indications: ifconfig shows lo is working: loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 8/14/14, Harry Putnam wrote: > Brian writes: > >> On Mon 11 Aug 2014 at 14:50:30 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >>> The oldhost is running exim4 light, while newhost is running >>> exim4-heavy. >> >> Exim is only involved after the mail is collected. >> >>> But still the configuration files loo

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Brian writes: > On Mon 11 Aug 2014 at 14:50:30 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> The oldhost is running exim4 light, while newhost is running >> exim4-heavy. > > Exim is only involved after the mail is collected. > >> But still the configuration files look the same.. I'm not seeing a >> reason why

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 02:50:30PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > >+OK Pop server at jorel.newsguy.com signing off. > >Connection closed by foreign host. > > > > At a successfull login you can use commands like "list", "retr 1", "dele 3". > > I'm afraid I have been screeching wolf when its o

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 8/12/14, Harry Putnam wrote: > Zenaan Harkness writes: >> Use getmail. >> >> I have used mpop. getmail maintainer lurks around here, so that's what >> I'm planning to use when I next stop pop DLing. > > No thanks. Fetchmail should be working. I really doubt that > fetchmail itself is the pro

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread Brian
On Mon 11 Aug 2014 at 14:50:30 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > The oldhost is running exim4 light, while newhost is running > exim4-heavy. Exim is only involved after the mail is collected. > But still the configuration files look the same.. I'm not seeing a > reason why one is more verbose than th

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread AW
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:25:52 -0400 Harry Putnam wrote: > And yet something seems to be causing the verbose setting to produce > insufficient output on the new host. > harry > fetchmail -vvvac > fetchmail: Old UID list from pop.newsguy.com: > fetchmail: Old UID list from pop.newsguy.c

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Brian writes: > On Mon 11 Aug 2014 at 11:25:52 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> AW writes: >> >> > On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:01:07 -0400 >> > Harry Putnam wrote: >> > >> > > Fetchmail is never a problem... and yet: >> > > I've been moving my main work host, (Debian jessie), to a vm running on >

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread Brian
On Mon 11 Aug 2014 at 11:25:52 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > AW writes: > > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:01:07 -0400 > > Harry Putnam wrote: > > > > > Fetchmail is never a problem... and yet: > > > I've been moving my main work host, (Debian jessie), to a vm running on a > > > windows hosts. > >

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Zenaan Harkness writes: > Use getmail. > > I have used mpop. getmail maintainer lurks around here, so that's what > I'm planning to use when I next stop pop DLing. No thanks. Fetchmail should be working. I really doubt that fetchmail itself is the problem. And just for the record.. its a bit

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread Harry Putnam
AW writes: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:01:07 -0400 > Harry Putnam wrote: > > > Fetchmail is never a problem... and yet: > > I've been moving my main work host, (Debian jessie), to a vm running on a > > windows hosts. > > Did you ensure the fetchmail daemon is running? > > ps -A |grep fetchmail >

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread AW
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:24:06 -0400 AW wrote: > It's possible you will need to enable the service daemon... > > sudo systemctl enable fetchmail > > in order for it to start on host boot. And I forgot about the /etc/default/fetchmail Make sure START_DAEMON=yes --Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread AW
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:01:07 -0400 Harry Putnam wrote: > Fetchmail is never a problem... and yet: > I've been moving my main work host, (Debian jessie), to a vm running on a > windows hosts. Did you ensure the fetchmail daemon is running? ps -A |grep fetchmail It's possible you will need to

Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Use getmail. I have used mpop. getmail maintainer lurks around here, so that's what I'm planning to use when I next stop pop DLing. They are incredibly faster. Good luck :) Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Egad stumped by fetchmail ...

2014-08-11 Thread Harry Putnam
I'm having a problem with fetchmail. Something that has not arisen in some 15 yrs of linux use. This post is a tad bit verbose... but it seemed necessary to make it clear why I am somewhat flummoxed. Fetchmail is never a problem... and yet: I've been moving my main work host, (Debian jessie), t

Cisco switch issue -- after Debian updates had me stumped...

2012-08-11 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, I just wanted to report that I did some updates on my Debian VM (web/mail/dns server) which runs under Xen, also a Debian server and which I also installed updates. When I rebooted the Xen server I couldn't get to my VM from any machine on my network other than the Xen server itself. So netw

Re: i stumped

2006-07-24 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:25:36 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: < my problem removed> > Do you have the "zeroconf" package installed? It is known to cause this > kind of [expletive deleted]. If you uninstall it everything should come > back to normal (after "ifdown eth0" followed by

Re: i stumped

2006-07-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 19:58:29 -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > I'm running debian etch, with all current updates. > > After a thunderstorm dropped power a few times, I have been back on the > net, obviously. > > For some reason, the /etc/network/interfaces file is not being > read, or not being

i stumped

2006-07-23 Thread Rodney D. Myers
I'm running debian etch, with all current updates. After a thunderstorm dropped power a few times, I have been back on the net, obviously. For some reason, the /etc/network/interfaces file is not being read, or not being read properly. cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the networ

Re: Stumped with a Posix/Perl Question

2004-04-01 Thread Ken Irving
On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 02:10:46PM -0800, William Ballard wrote: > Given: > > A - 1 > A - 2 > B - 1 > B - 2 > > what's the simplest command or perl script to print it as: > > A (1, 2) > B (1, 2) > > or something equivalent. Hmm, one of the zillions of ways of doing something equivalent, with t

Re: Stumped with a Posix/Perl Question

2004-04-01 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * William Ballard wrote (2004-04-02 00:10): >Given: > >A - 1 >A - 2 >B - 1 >B - 2 > >what's the simplest command or perl script to print it as: > >A (1, 2) >B (1, 2) > >or something equivalent. Is that an array? Depending on the size and whether it's fixed I would use either printf or somet

Stumped with a Posix/Perl Question

2004-04-01 Thread William Ballard
Given: A - 1 A - 2 B - 1 B - 2 what's the simplest command or perl script to print it as: A (1, 2) B (1, 2) or something equivalent. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie, stumped, pls help!

2004-03-14 Thread Brian Walker
jeffkiss wrote: snip I have debian disks, (and also SUSE, from the box). I plan to install both distributions, thinking the Suse will be more beginner friendly, but eventially I hope to spend more time with Debian. Presently, I am using Knoppix cd to operate my system, and it works fine, but,

Re: Newbie, stumped, pls help!

2004-03-14 Thread Pedro M.
jeffkiss escribió: Can anyone help me figure this out? I am trying to install Linux. ix86 my hard drive is wiped clean. I'm not even really sure how (or if) it is formatted. I have a cd cdr drive and a cdrw. (plus floppy and zip) I have debian disks, (and also SUSE, from the box). I plan t

Re: Newbie, stumped, pls help!

2004-03-12 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello jeffkiss (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > [trying to install Linux] > > -same thing with the boot option at the beginning of Knoppix boot > process. (it boots automatically after about 10 seconds. but I thing > you are supposed to be able to butt in at this point if you want, > right? It sa

Newbie, stumped, pls help!

2004-03-12 Thread jeffkiss
Can anyone help me figure this out? I am trying to install Linux. ix86 my hard drive is wiped clean. I'm not even really sure how (or if) it is formatted. I have a cd cdr drive and a cdrw. (plus floppy and zip) I have debian disks, (and also SUSE, from the box). I plan to install both distr

Stumped: openAFS client "Connection Timed Out"

2003-02-16 Thread Andrew Perrin
I have a home network that includes a linux machine using iptables to NAT packets from three user machines: a laptop (debian 3.0, 2.4.18 kernel), a desktop (debian 3.0, 2.4.20 kernel) and a windows machine. The two debian machines run openAFS clients to connect to UNC's AFS servers. This setup has

Re: stumped on xfonts-terminus

2002-05-02 Thread Dan Christensen
A reply to several people at once: Peter De Wachter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 05:16:24PM -0400, Dan Christensen wrote: >> But on a 14 inch 1600x1200 screen it's too small. Can anyone >> recommend any good fixed-width fonts which are available in >> large sizes? (tru

Re: stumped on xfonts-terminus

2002-04-28 Thread Dave Thayer
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 05:16:24PM -0400, Dan Christensen wrote: > But on a 14 inch 1600x1200 screen it's too small. Can anyone > recommend any good fixed-width fonts which are available in > large sizes? (truetype/bitmap/whatever) I've searched and > searched and can't find something I like.

Re: stumped on xfonts-terminus

2002-04-27 Thread Gary Turner
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 17:16:24 -0400, Dan Christensen wrote: >Tim locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: snip >But on a 14 inch 1600x1200 screen it's too small. Can anyone >recommend any good fixed-width fonts which are available in >large sizes? (truetype/bitmap/whatever) I've searched and >searche

Re: stumped on xfonts-terminus

2002-04-27 Thread Peter De Wachter
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 05:16:24PM -0400, Dan Christensen wrote: > But on a 14 inch 1600x1200 screen it's too small. Can anyone > recommend any good fixed-width fonts which are available in > large sizes? (truetype/bitmap/whatever) I've searched and > searched and can't find something I like.

Re: stumped on xfonts-terminus

2002-04-27 Thread Dan Christensen
Tim locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > uh, how can I make use of xfonts-terminus? I've > installed it but there was no readme or man page to > help out... There's a readme in /usr/share/doc/xfonts-terminus. % xterm -fn terminus-20 works for me. But on a 14 inch 1600x1200 screen it's too small

stumped on xfonts-terminus

2002-04-26 Thread Tim locke
uh, how can I make use of xfonts-terminus? I've installed it but there was no readme or man page to help out... I'd like to use it for my reading xterm text.. thanks __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://game

very close, stumped though... (was moving floppy system to hard drive)

2000-02-19 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, Since my last message, I am actually able to boot up, in single user mode, if I specify "rescue single" at the lilo prompt. So I think I am getting closer. Now I am stumped, df says the root file system is "/dev/ram" but appears to actually be my 17 Meg hard disk pa

Stumped! Where find resources for web hosting on apache?

1999-08-22 Thread André Bell
I've spent over 30 hours searching the internet for resources for hosting web sites on my server and have come up empty. I've found well over 100,000 sites which are resellers of web hosting services and products on their servers. Unfortunately I cannot find more than four companies which sell sof

RE: Stumped!! Cdrom not a valid block dev.

1999-03-18 Thread Person, Roderick
-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Stumped!! Cdrom not a valid block dev. > > > > > My cdrom has worked fine for months - after i figure out it was a > > goldstar. Now Debian claims it is not a valid block device. > > > > On boot, I get the cdrom detected, h

Re: Stumped!! Cdrom not a valid block dev.

1999-03-18 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > My cdrom has worked fine for months - after i figure out it was a > goldstar. Now Debian claims it is not a valid block device. > > On boot, I get the cdrom detected, happy goldstar message. which is good. > I try to mount it and I get not a valid block dev. I tried to MAKEDEV and > it seem t

Re: Stumped!! Cdrom not a valid block dev.

1999-03-18 Thread Ed Slocomb
ser@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 6:21 PM Subject: Stumped!! Cdrom not a valid block dev. >My cdrom has worked fine for months - after i figure out it was a >goldstar. Now Debian claims it is not a valid block device. > >On boot, I get the cdrom detected, happy goldstar mess

Stumped!! Cdrom not a valid block dev.

1999-03-18 Thread Roddie Rod
My cdrom has worked fine for months - after i figure out it was a goldstar. Now Debian claims it is not a valid block device. On boot, I get the cdrom detected, happy goldstar message. which is good. I try to mount it and I get not a valid block dev. I tried to MAKEDEV and it seem to compile but s

Re: stumped

1998-06-28 Thread Bjorn Isaksson
On 28 Jun 1998, Ole J. Tetlie wrote: > * Matt Pittaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > | 1)How do I learn the commands? When I first got DOS I just typed help > | and learned from there. > > You can try the debian tutorial (at www.debian.org/~hp/ IIRC). It's not > complete, but the beginning is there.

Re: stumped

1998-06-28 Thread Ed Cogburn
Matt Pittaway wrote: > > Hi Ig, > I downloaded and, after some trials, installed Linux to a 2nd hard > drive. > 1)How do I learn the commands? When I first got DOS I just typed help > and learned from there. > 2) What files do I need to install the "x" gui? Are there instructions > to do this

Re: stumped

1998-06-28 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
* Matt Pittaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | 1)How do I learn the commands? When I first got DOS I just typed help | and learned from there. You can try the debian tutorial (at www.debian.org/~hp/ IIRC). It's not complete, but the beginning is there. | 2) What files do I need to install the "x" gui? A

stumped

1998-06-27 Thread Matt Pittaway
Hi Ig, I downloaded and, after some trials, installed Linux to a 2nd hard drive. 1)How do I learn the commands? When I first got DOS I just typed help and learned from there. 2) What files do I need to install the "x" gui? Are there instructions to do this? Thanks, Matt Pittaway Clar

Re: Dependency problem got me stumped....

1997-07-07 Thread Igor Grobman
> > I want to compile the kernel-29 or kernel-30 source and I want to be able > to use "make menuconfig". The problem is: > > kernel-source-2.0.29 suggests ncurses-dev (for menuconfig) > kernel-source-2.0.29 recommends gcc > ncurses-dev depends on libc5-dev > gcc conflicts with libc5-dev

Dependency problem got me stumped....

1997-07-07 Thread Joe Emenaker
I want to compile the kernel-29 or kernel-30 source and I want to be able to use "make menuconfig". The problem is: kernel-source-2.0.29 suggests ncurses-dev (for menuconfig) kernel-source-2.0.29 recommends gcc ncurses-dev depends on libc5-dev gcc conflicts with libc5-dev Now, I suppose