Re: Re: aptitude safe-upgrade stops with a timeout.

It may be due to dbus request for packagekit. From 'apt-config dump | grep 'DPkg::Post-Invoke': * snip * DPkg::Post-Invoke:: /usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket /usr/bin/gdbus call --system

Autofs auto.smb needs hack to not list print$

The distro version of auto.smb gets a list of shares and tries to extract the disk shares with the following code: $SMBCLIENT $smbclientopts -gL $key 2/dev/null| awk -v key=$key -v opts=$mountopts -F'|' -- ' BEGIN { ORS=; first=1 } /Disk/ { if (first) { print opts; first=0 };

Re: Is it OK to remove alsa-base after Kernel 2.6.8?

Addendum: The PCM volume setting in gnome-volume-control was not retained after each clip after removing alsa-base and alsa-utils. It was necessary to reinstall those packages in order to get alsactl, which saves the state of the sound card. :-( But, a fresh install after purge got rid of the

Re: Firestarter Blocks NetBIOS broadcasts on local LAN

This behavior occurs on boxes behind a router with only one interface. The problem is in the firestarter control script (/etc/firestarter/firestarter.sh) and fixed by fixing up the $BCAST variable after testing some other variables to make a best guess about whether or not the machine is behind a

Re: Is it OK to remove alsa-base after Kernel 2.6.8?

I have alsa as module in the kernel and selected Crystal Logic CS46XX as the driver in the .config. I think it is OK, I purged alsa-base and alsa-utils but was able to play streaming audio. I had read that Alsa was included in the 2.6.8 kernel so I think this is OK to do. Thanks. -- To

Samba logs for both IP address and Hostname

I have a home LAN with 2 WinXP and 2 Win98 machines, and see log files generated for both IP address and hostnames of the Windows machines. I only want the log.hostname format, and have specified the default for logfile in the smb.conf: /var/log/samba/log.%m Is this a bug? If not, then why

Firestarter Blocks NetBIOS broadcasts on local LAN

With the default setting of Block broadcasts from external network, machines on the local net (using SAMBA) never get NetBIOS broadcasts answered for the local network, so the other machines and even the Linux machine itself cannot find the Linux host. On Linux nmblookup fails to find itself.

Is it OK to remove alsa-base after Kernel 2.6.8?

I'm trying to get rid of modprobe error messages (FATAL: Error trying to install sound_slot_1) and think it has to do with the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. I configured a custom-built 2.6.8 kernel to have modular alsa support and have it working correctly with the one sound card I have