Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 04/20/2011 07:38 AM, Borden Rhodes wrote: Thank you for your reply and your consolation that other people are equally miffed with Eclipse. My question, though, is about Linux control systems. Is one of the kernel's design goals to manage system resources to prevent a buggy program from cripp

Re: best practice to use newer cpan modules on squeeze

2011-04-20 Thread adris
Hi, Am Dienstag, den 19.04.2011, 23:55 -0400 schrieb Jim Green: > what should be the best practice here right now? I use cpan command to > install some modules that are not available in debian. but how about > those not up-to-date ones? I'm using CPAN at work and at home whenever a module is requ

Re: best practice to use newer cpan modules on squeeze

2011-04-20 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 04/20/2011 05:55 AM, Jim Green wrote: Hello! in squeeze most perl modules are not up-to-date. for example libmoose-perl. In this case I include the sid repo and attempt to upgrade to sid version of libmoose but a hell of dependency begins. I am afraid if insist on upgrading this module, lots

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Jochen Schulz
Klistvud: > And here's what I need advice for: > > I'm planning to purchase a wired (consumer grade) switch since I've > heard they're inherently more robust than (consumer grade) routers, > and I'm planning to connect it *directly* to our cable broadband > modem. Then, the two families would conn

Re: file systems

2011-04-20 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Heddle Weaver put forth on 4/19/2011 6:58 PM: > XFS is excellent for large file sizes - graphics, music, videos, etc, but > ext3/4 are better for a range of file sizes and therefore better for a This is simply not true. Modern XFS is just as performant with small files as EXT3/4, especially with

Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:57:19PM -0400, Borden Rhodes wrote: > Good evening, > > I do mean this earnestly and, despite my frustration, I am not trying > to flame the good people of Debian, GNU or Linux. Nevertheless, I > have to ask: why is it that in 2011, the world's greatest operating >

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 20. 04. 2011 11:25:27 je Jochen Schulz napisal(a): Klistvud: > And here's what I need advice for: > > I'm planning to purchase a wired (consumer grade) switch since I've > heard they're inherently more robust than (consumer grade) routers, > and I'm planning to connect it *directly* to our c

Re: best practice to use newer cpan modules on squeeze

2011-04-20 Thread Leonardo Ruoso
2011/4/20 Jim Green > Hello! > what should be the best practice here right now? I use cpan command to > install some modules that are not available in debian. but how about > those not up-to-date ones? > What about using locallib+cpan or a chrooted+(cpan|sid) enviromment for your perl applicatio

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Jochen Schulz [110420 05:48]: > Klistvud: > > And here's what I need advice for: > You are looking for a router (OSI layer 3), not a switch (OSI layer 2). > It needs to have three distinct interfaces (1xWAN, 2xLAN). If it runs ... > I think even a simple Linksys WRT54GL would suffice. AFAIK you

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Jochen Schulz
Klistvud: > Dne, 20. 04. 2011 11:25:27 je Jochen Schulz napisal(a): >> Klistvud: >>> >>> I'm planning to purchase a wired (consumer grade) switch since I've >>> heard they're inherently more robust than (consumer grade) routers, >>> and I'm planning to connect it *directly* to our cable broadband

Re: Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 01:38 Wed 20 Apr, Borden Rhodes (j...@bordenrhodes.com) wrote: > Thank you for your reply and your consolation that other people are > equally miffed with Eclipse. My question, though, is about Linux > control systems. Is one of the kernel's design goals to manage system > resources to preven

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 01:08:22PM +0200, Klistvud wrote: > Unfortunately, there are many posts on the Internet affirming that > such a configuration can't and won't work, because a switch can't > give out two IP's if your ISP just gives you one. So, in doubt, I This is the crucial point. If your

Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Miles Fidelman
Apropos this discussion: The original poster does have a point: resource allocation and process isolation are core o/s functions. I've never really given a lot of thought to the details - for most of the servers I've set up over the years, everything has pretty much just worked (under Solar

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Klistvud wrote: I'm planning to purchase a wired (consumer grade) switch since I've heard they're inherently more robust than (consumer grade) routers, and I'm planning to connect it *directly* to our cable broadband modem. Then, the two families would connect their respective routers (we

pbuilder and CONCURRENCY_LEVEL

2011-04-20 Thread Niccolò Belli
How can I set CONCURRENCY_LEVEL when using pbuilder? CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=9 pbuilder build file.dsc doesn't work. Thank you, Darkbasic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lis

Re: Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Borden Rhodes
Thank you for your reply, Axel; perfect answer. Now that I know that these features of Linux exist I can go hunt them down and figure out how to use them and stop this from happening again (like it did after I sent my original e-mail). With thanks again, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed [question]

2011-04-20 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110421_003957, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi, > > Klistvud wrote: > >I'm planning to purchase a wired (consumer grade) switch since I've > >heard they're inherently more robust than (consumer grade) routers, > >and I'm planning to connect it *directly* to our cable broadband > >modem. Then, th

Re: Re: Troubleshooting boot

2011-04-20 Thread Michael Grünewald
Hi Jochen, thank you for your input Jochen Schulz wrote: > Not a kernel option, but you can edit /etc/default/rcS and set > CONCURRENCY=none. That should prevent init scripts from being run in > parallel. it will unluckily be of little help there, since the kernel is not able to run init. --

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed [question]

2011-04-20 Thread PaulNM
Paul E Condon wrote: > > Andrew, > > I'm lurking here, looking to better understand a problem that I've never > had to confront: NAT, I understand requires translation tables, one entry > for each active tcp connection. This takes RAM. It also takes enough > CPU cycles to maintain this table --

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/20/2011 06:08 AM, Klistvud wrote: [snip] What I had in mind is something like this: http://www.ehow.com/how_6823201_use-switch-hub-instead-router.html . Unfortunately, there are many posts on the Internet affirming that such a configuration can't and won't work, because a switch can't give

Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/19/2011 09:57 PM, Borden Rhodes wrote: Good evening, I do mean this earnestly and, despite my frustration, I am not trying to flame the good people of Debian, GNU or Linux. Nevertheless, I have to ask: why is it that in 2011, the world's greatest operating system lets Eclipse seize contro

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Dom
On 20/04/11 18:52, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/20/2011 06:08 AM, Klistvud wrote: [snip] What I had in mind is something like this: http://www.ehow.com/how_6823201_use-switch-hub-instead-router.html . Unfortunately, there are many posts on the Internet affirming that such a configuration can't and

Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4dae819c.8020...@biotec.tu-dresden.de>, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: >just a simple forkbomb will make your OS unusable ... It shouldn't. When I first got my current hardware up and running, I fork bombed myself and then recovered just to prove the OS and hardware could handle it. I was able t

Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi, I made the mistake of purchasing an external HDD enclosure without researching first. The enclosure wouldn't be recognized in Debian Squeeze or Wheezy with errors that are not relevant since I've returned it to the shop. The drive I want to ...enclose is a 3.5 inch PATA HDD. Acceptable interf

powerdown harddisk

2011-04-20 Thread geertsky
Hello group, I want to powerdown my ide harddisk completly.  I'm booting from a usb stick so the IDE disk is CONSUMING... I have an old laptop so I'd like to preserver as much as possible. I tried hdparm -Y /dev/sda but hdparm -C /dev/sda reports it's only in standby... And actually I can hear it

Re: Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-20 Thread Mark
Hi, I've been using this one with Debian Lenny for a while. Have a 250 GB IDE hdd in it currently. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182154&cm_re=hdd_enclosure-_-17-182-154-_-Product HTH. Mark On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hi, > > I ma

Re: powerdown harddisk

2011-04-20 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 20. 04. 2011 21:06:33 je geertsky napisal(a): Any ideas? IIRC (it's been some time) the combination of -B and -S parameters used to work for my IDE drives. Of course, you must first make sure that *nothing whatsoever* (such as the Gnome automounter and the like) is accessing the drive

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2011-04-20 Thread Leonardo Cuyar Morales
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Re: web page image alignment

2011-04-20 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Wayne and Weaver: On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 08:02:43PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > On 04/19/2011 07:47 PM, Heddle Weaver wrote: > >On 20 April 2011 07:33, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.< > >provi...@telusplanet.net> wrote: > > > >>Hello: > >> > >>I'm trying to use the Writer program to put a web page

Problem with udev device identification

2011-04-20 Thread Sebastian Lara
Hi everyone, I have three different serial devices connected to three usb-serial converters (FTDI USB-RS232). If I connect them, I get the generic device names /dev/ttyUSBx as expected. When I try to write some udev rules, udevadm shows me the same output for the three devices except in some devic

Re: pbuilder and CONCURRENCY_LEVEL

2011-04-20 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il 20/04/2011 17:30, Niccolò Belli ha scritto: > How can I set CONCURRENCY_LEVEL when using pbuilder? > CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=9 pbuilder build file.dsc doesn't work. Found it, there is an option to pass parameters to dpkg-buildpackage: --debbuildopts "-j9" Darkbasic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Anyone using a StarTech PCI420USB card? (USB 2.0, 4-port, PCI card)

2011-04-20 Thread Rick Thomas
I just bought and installed a StarTech PCI420USB card for use in my PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics running Debian Lenny. It's a PCI card that has 4 external USB 2.0 ports and one internal port. When I try to plug a hub or a USB flash stick into it, I get the following messages in syslog: kerne

Re: Anyone using a StarTech PCI420USB card? (USB 2.0, 4-port, PCI card)

2011-04-20 Thread Rick Thomas
On Apr 20, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: The StarTech sales page says it works with Linux (and MacOS, and Windows, for what that's worth) but that probably means RedHat and x86, not Debian and PowerPC. Anybody got any clues? Thanks! Rick In case it matters, StarTech's web pa

Mediawiki extensions for Debian

2011-04-20 Thread John W Foster
I'm looking for more Mediawiki extensions packaged for Debian..stable Mediawiki 1.1xxx Any suggestions? And of course I know I can install them myself, just lazy & want to keep the system all Debian. TIA: John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Dom put forth on 4/20/2011 1:25 PM: > I run Smoothwall on an old Athlon (K6) system that I was given. I The K7 is the original Athlon. The K6 series chips had no marketing name other than "K6", i.e. K6, K6-2, K6-2+, K6-3, K6-3+, etc. > The only issue I have is that the latest upgrade to Smoothw

Ideas for mapping users to specific uids

2011-04-20 Thread Brad Alexander
I know the answer is going to be LDAP, but that's not really an option for me. I have, at work, a number of boxes with various users spread across our network. And I have encountered this on several different jobs. In essence, say you have four users, e.g. user1, user2, user3 and user4...and for t

Re: Cannot mount floppy drive in Squeeze

2011-04-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:56:47 -0800, Peter Easthope wrote: > Bob, Camaleon, Dom, Stephen, Tom & others, > > I am replying to the last message I found in the thread. If there > is one later, I didn't ignore it deliberately. > > * From: Stephen Powell > * Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:21:13 -0

Re: Ideas for mapping users to specific uids

2011-04-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/20/2011 09:16 PM, Brad Alexander wrote: I know the answer is going to be LDAP, but that's not really an option for me. I have, at work, a number of boxes with various users spread across our network. And I have encountered this on several different jobs. In essence, say you have four users

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed [question]

2011-04-20 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi Paul, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm lurking here, looking to better understand a problem that I've never had to confront: NAT, I understand requires translation tables, one entry for each active tcp connection. This takes RAM. It also takes enough CPU cycles to maintain this table --- set up n

X EDID reads fail after recent sid update

2011-04-20 Thread Joe Neal
Hello. I recently upgraded my sid box with a Gforce 8600. Following a reboot the binary nvidia drivers would only give me a screen resolution so small it was unusable and nouveau failed to find any usable resolutions at all. Analysis of recent X logs indicated that in the case of both drivers, E

Re: file systems

2011-04-20 Thread prad
Stan Hoeppner writes: > you left out the best, most mature, highest performance Linux > filesystem of them all: XFS > that i did stan! i'd completely forgotten about it ever since i heard it was good only for big files many years ago (i never really investigated it either back then). we don't h

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Zoran Kolic
Howdy! I already found good advice in one of the posts on your question. Personally, I'd stick with pair of linksys wrt54gl, putting dd-wrt on both or three of them and ma- king it do the work. The site has tutorials for all of situations one might experience. For another approach, there is better

Re: X EDID reads fail after recent sid update

2011-04-20 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-04-21 05:54 +0200, Joe Neal wrote: > I recently upgraded my sid box with a Gforce 8600. Following a reboot > the binary nvidia drivers would only give me a screen resolution so > small it was unusable and nouveau failed to find any usable resolutions > at all. Analysis of recent X logs i

Re: file systems

2011-04-20 Thread Stan Hoeppner
prad put forth on 4/20/2011 11:43 PM: > we want to run our servers through virtual box off usb drives which is a > total departure from what we've done over the years. so might as well > throw in a new fs too. :D Why USB? -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Dom
On 21/04/11 02:56, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Dom put forth on 4/20/2011 1:25 PM: I run Smoothwall on an old Athlon (K6) system that I was given. I The K7 is the original Athlon. The K6 series chips had no marketing name other than "K6", i.e. K6, K6-2, K6-2+, K6-3, K6-3+, etc. The only issue I h