Re: debconf: how to configure non-interactive install
Hi, Do you want to go in and change defaults in the database? Yes, that's doable, though there is no well-polished program to do it as of yet. yes, that's what I want to do. My aim is to use FAI (Fully automated installation, cf. http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/) for the installation of potato. Currently FAI tries to install the packages non-interactively with the default values (using various heuristics such as '(yes | dpkg --configure -a') and configures the system with cfengine. It would be nice to supply a native debconf method for configuration. I will be absent for a couple of weeks in the near future, so don't bother if I do not reply to emails. Thanks, Thomas
debconf: how to configure non-interactive install
Hi, is there a way to provide the configuration (i.e., to manipulate the debconf backend database) for a package prior to installing the package? Afterwards it should be possible to install the package with the non-interactive frontend. Thanks for any help, Thomas
Re: Package to give away/orphan: GNU acct
Hi, GNU acct is still broken for 2.2 kernels. I thought a recompile would fix it, but it doesn't. The upstream author, with whom I generally had very good (albeit sporadic) contact is MIA. AFAICT the other dists don't distribute acct. I am still using an acct_6.3.2-2_i386.deb package that I compiled on a 2.1.96 kernel. It works fine with the 2.2 kernel series for me. Regards, Thomas
libg[dt]k-1.1.so.13? (was gnome-apt)
Hi, when I tried to have a look at gnome-apt_0.3_i386.deb I found that it depends on several potato packages. I tried to install as much as needed (well, as the deb dependencies indicate) but still get some missing so dependencies: # gnome-apt gnome-apt: error in loading shared libraries libgtk-1.1.so.13: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory # dpkg --list libgtk* | grep ii ii libgtk-dev 1.0.6-2Header files and static libraries for the GI ii libgtk-doc 1.0.6-2Documentation and example code for the GIMP ii libgtk1 1.0.6-2The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets for X ii libgtk1.1 1.1.2-2The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets for X, unsta ii libgtk1.1.131.1.14-1 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets for X, unsta The last line seems to be strange, so I tried # ln -s libgtk-1.1.so.14.0.0 libgtk-1.1.so.13 in /usr/bin, but now got # gnome-apt gnome-apt: error in loading shared libraries libgdk-1.1.so.13: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory # dpkg --list *gdk* | grep ii ii gdk-imlib1 1.9.2-1Gdk-Imlib is an imaging library for use with gdk-imlib1 does not contain anything like libgdk-1.1.so.13 and a grep on the current Packages file doesn't show that I have missed something obvious: $ grep Package Packages | grep gdk Package: gdk-imlib-dev Package: gdk-imlib1 Package: python-gdk-imlib Could someone who is familiar with gtk please give me a hint? Thanks, Thomas
mark bug #31824 (html2ps: can't execute) as critical?
Hi, shouldn't we mark #31824 (html2ps: can't execute) as critical? html2ps does not work at all with this bug. Fortunately the bug can be fixed by deleting an erroneous character in the script. Cheers, Thomas
Re: nfs security problem, debian missing
Hi, 'got a mail about this mountd bug today. you see the list of vendors - but as you can see: debian is missing. why? how can we get on this list next time? - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Appendix A - Vendor Information Below is a list of the vendors who have provided information for this advisory. We will update this appendix as we receive additional information. If you do not see your vendor's name, the CERT/CC did not hear from that vendor. Please contact the vendor directly. I am not quite sure, but it seems that this mountd bug had been fixed in the latest netstd release (http://www.de.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-security-announce-9809/msg0 .html) Obviously there is some need to improve the efficiency of information spreading about security issues. The debian security web page is also outdated. Cheers, Thomas
Re: dpkg config files in /etc ?
Hi, My general rule of thinking about it is: state is an opion within the program which can be changed and should be remembered next time. esp something which reasonably could change every time the program is used (it is concievable I have a CD today...in a month I am FTP upgrading) this is not something which is meant to be changed by hand besides... There are several packages that supply a package-config script to manipulate their config files because their config files are rather complex (e.g., sendmail). The config files are, however, located in /etc. the main rational for /var is to allow other partitions to be mounted read only... if this were stored in /etc/etc would HAVE to be mounted read-write (though I supose given the nature of deslect you could argue everything excpet /home and /usr/local should be read-write...) Yes, when I change the access method or the list of selected packages I am almost certainly going to upgrade the system and therefore /etc and /usr have to be mounted r/w anyhow. My point is that the list of selected packages belongs to the *basic* configuration of a debian system and it should be stored on /etc. We have a whole bunch of different desktop debian machines and I want to be shure that I can restore the state of each machine after a disk crash. To rebuild a single system I need * the knowledge of the physical disk layout * a backup copy of /etc and /home * a debian archive * some information hidden in /var/lib/dpkg It would be fine and consistent, if I could omit the last point. Cheers, Thomas
dpkg config files in /etc ?
Hi, the configuration files of all debian packages are located in /etc. That's really fine. But the package manager stores its configuration (access method, list of selected packages, ...) somewhere in /var/lib/dpkg. Why? If these items would be stored in /etc, one could rebuild the system from scratch solely from a backup copy of /etc and a debian mirror. BTW: /etc/debian_version is not a configurable item (it would be fine to upgrade the system by editing /etc/debian_version :-) Cheers, Thomas -- Th. Gebhardt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- HRZ, Hans Meerwein Strasse,Phone: +49-6421/28-3572 D-35032 Marburg, Germany Fax :-6994
Re: dpkg config files in /etc ?
Hi, But the package manager stores its configuration (access method, list of selected packages, ...) somewhere in /var/lib/dpkg. Why? Configuration goes in /etc, state goes in /var. Ok. So the information about the configured access method and the list of selected packages should be stored in /etc. The information about the packages that are actually installed/available should be found in /var. And debian_version should go to /var. Am I right? Thomas
Could we automate downgrade possibility by dpkg-repack?
Hi, when I install a package from unstable it sometimes happens that something is seriously broken and I'd like downgrade the package again. But the last recent version of the package has already disappeared from all the ftp mirrors and it is not easy to go back again. Could one include the option in dselect (and/or apt) to make a backup copy of a package before replacing it with the new one? This could be done by dpkg-repack. When I am sure that the new package works well, I could remove the backup copy of the last version. There are packaging systems that call this procedure to apply a patch (make a backup copy and replace something) and to commit (remove the backup copy). Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fonts messed up in emacs after last hamm update
Hi, after the last upgrade from a hamm mirror the X font metrics in emacs are completely messed up such that any text becomes unreadable and the characters seem to be placed in the window randomly. Since this problem occurs also when displaying a remote emacs on the local X server, it might be a problem with the X11 server or the fonts. Has anybody experienced the same problem and/or knows a solution? (Sorry if that topic has already been discussed, and I have missed it) Thanks, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unidentified subject!
Hi Austin, Incidentally, simply rebuilding the acct package against the new header files is a little tricky, since the ./configure script uses sys/acct.h in preference to linux/acct.h Did you manage to build a acct package for 2.1.96? If so, could I get it from you? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: acct: process accounting and 2.1.96
(Please excuse me for omitting the subject line in my previous mail) Hi Austin, Incidentally, simply rebuilding the acct package against the new header files is a little tricky, since the ./configure script uses sys/acct.h in preference to linux/acct.h Did you manage to build a acct package for 2.1.96? If so, could I get it from you? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bsdutils_4.2.deb and bsdmainutils_4.2.deb
Hi, for some reason I am unable to install bsdutils_4.2.deb and bsdmainutils_4.2.deb (and only these package) on one of my debian systems. dselect stops here: Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to `/pub/Linux/debian'... getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/bsdutils_4.2.deb (26374) getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/utils/bsdmainutils_4.2.deb (121664) Processing downloaded files...(for corrupt/old/partial) dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/bsdutils_4.2.deb when I press ^C, I get could not get package info from file this error seems to be caused by Bug #20799 Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bsdutils_4.2.deb and bsdmainutils_4.2.deb
Hi, for some reason I am unable to install bsdutils_4.2.deb and bsdmainutils_4.2.deb (and only these package) on one of my debian systems. dselect stops here: Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to `/pub/Linux/debian'... getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/bsdutils_4.2.deb (26374) getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/utils/bsdmainutils_4.2.deb (121664) Processing downloaded files...(for corrupt/old/partial) dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/bsdutils_4.2.deb when I press ^C, I get could not get package info from file I have another debian box where exactly these files get installed without problems. Any hints? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Donald Becker's ethernet drivers
Any chance of getting the ethernet drivers listed as supported in the ethernet howto, but stored at cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov instead of in the main linux kernel, included in the base debian kernel distribution? The Boomerang driver (updated Vortex driver) has already been included in the latest kernel-source (2.0.20-6) and the kernel images of the boot disks. Are there other drivers that need to be included? Cheers, Thomas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: 1.3 installation report.
Hi, Presumably, you installed xdm after installing shadow. shadowconfig edits /etc/init.d/xdm to switch between using xdm and xdm-shadow, so all you need to do is: shadowconfig off shadowconfig on and all should be well. Yes, thank you! But I think, the xbase package should manage this by itself. (I think, the most recent xbase does so) P.S. I have a feeling the NIS problem appears under 2.0.30 kernels and downgrading to 2.0.29 should fix it --- don't know why though. I am running 2.0.27 and also have problems with NIS. I guess, it is a libc problem ( cf. bug 9843) Cheers, Thomas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: 1.3 installation report.
Hi, 2. I installed shadowing as it suggested - started installing packages merrily. I also installed and configured NIS - however, I cannot log in any in my personal account - though I can finger anyone without trouble. I deinstalled shadow by doing a shadowconfig off and that still didn't fix the problem. I'm not sure what to put this down to, any suggestions? (I can log in as root via ssh fine). I have got a similiar problem but have not yet got the time to look at it closely. I can log in at the text console but but at the xdm login screen. I don't have NIS installed but shadowed passwords. Cheers, Thomas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
