Re: packages status

[Diogene Laerce]

Is there a simple way to get the list of packages installed since the fresh
installation of deby ?

How long ago was your fresh installation?  There are backups of the
dpkg package status kept in /var/backups that go back a week.  And if
you have a system backup you could retrieve older copies going back as
far as your backups.  Those files list what is installed on the
machine and could be used to make this deduction.

   $ zcat /var/backups/dpkg.status.6.gz | grep-dctrl -s Package -n "install ok 
installed" | sort > /tmp/list.prev

   $ grep-status -s Package -n "install ok installed" | sort > /tmp/list.now

   $ comm -3 /tmp/list.prev /tmp/list.now

Thanks a lot Mister Bob, it worked like a charm ! The install was nearly
fresh, just 6 or 7 days and I didn't know those dctrl-tools commands so
double thanks again. ;)

I start a script with those right now. :)

Better to separate out the top level packages and install those (which
marks them as manual) and let them automatically installed their
dependencies (which marks them as automatic) rather than install
everything (which marks the libs as manual too).  Meaning that those
libraries will never be offered for "autoremove" later when they are
no longer needed due to upgrades.

You can use the 'apt-mark' command to list and change these.

   apt-mark showmanual
   apt-mark showauto
   apt-mark auto libfoopackagename


Thanks for the explanation. ;)

I didn't think of that the first time but thanks to you I have now the final
list of manually installed packages.

Though, I had a few packages in the list which I did remove manually cos
I don't use them : swat, rpcbind, nfs-common, nfs-kernel-server and 
minissdpd

and that still appeared in the list so I used : "comm -1 -3" instead. :)


You didn't say so I don't know why you wanted to know the package
differences.


I would like to automate the installation process from scratch to a django
development platform. But forgot to note every modification from the
very beginning. ^^ :)


   I wanted to mention the above so that if possible you
could still track packages installed manually versus packages
installed automatically as a dependency.  It will keep the
"autoremove" functionality working for later as the system is upgraded
and keep things cleaner.


Thanks for that and for all again, it will definitely help for the 
future developments.


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SteamOS: Derived from Debian 7

[David Guntner]

For the benefit of those here who might not be on the "news"
announcement list

 Original Message 
Subject: Debian Project News - January 6th, 2014
Resent-Date: Mon,  6 Jan 2014 23:22:33 + (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-n...@lists.debian.org
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The Debian Projecthttp://www.debian.org/
Debian Project Newsdebian-public...@lists.debian.org
January 6th, 2014 http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2014/01/


[...]

SteamOS, a game oriented Debian derivative
--

Valve Software [1] has made available images for SteamOS [2], a Debian
derivative aimed at providing a gaming experience built for the big
screen. This gaming operating system is based on Debian 7 (codename
"Wheezy"). Installation instructions are available from the the SteamOs
website [3]. A dedicated page in the Debian wiki [4] lists additional
information about this Debian derivative.

1: http://www.valvesoftware.com
2: http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/
3: http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown
4: https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/SteamOS

[...]



Anyone else here think this is awesome news? :-)

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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Doug]

On 01/06/2014 09:58 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:

On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 06:50:28PM -0500, Long Wind wrote:

On 1/5/14, Stan Hoeppner  wrote:

To grub config add the mem parameter, e.g.

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.X ro root=/dev/sdXX mem=1024M

--
Stan


I have tested "mem=" option with 2 Linux Install CD
one CD is for 64 bit Linux
the other CD is Mandrake 9.2,
both don't help

64 bit?
Could you post the "exact" text error messages displayed when it fails,
the wording is important.

If I remember correctly, this is an old machine with either 512K or 1GB 
of ram.
I think it's unlikely that it would run a 64-bit system. Does it have a 
64-bit CPU?
(I know that the mobo model number was mentioned here, but I've lost 
that email.)


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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Long Wind]

On 1/6/14, Chris Bannister  wrote:

>> On 1/5/14, Stan Hoeppner  wrote:
>> >
>> > To grub config add the mem parameter, e.g.
>> >
>> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.X ro root=/dev/sdXX mem=1024M
>> >
>> > --
>> > Stan
>> >
>>
>
> 64 bit?
> Could you post the "exact" text error messages displayed when it fails,
> the wording is important.
>
> --

there are no text msg
sometime it reboot, other times it stop

this morning, trying loadlin.exe,  it seems that linux loading is successful,
when control passed to linux, problem arise
I see "Uncompressing Linux(image?) OK, booting Linux"
(I can't remember exact words)
after showing these words, it stops,
I have to press power button of front panel of computer case to shutdown

it seems that kernel options, rather than grub/lilo option, holds key
to my problem


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Re: [Ann] dbab, The Best-Ad-Blocking Method in a Package

[Chris Bannister]

On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 10:27:42PM +, T o n g wrote:
> First of all, let’s recap why this is the best method for ad blocking. 

Are you sure you sent this to the correct list?

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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Chris Bannister]

On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 06:50:28PM -0500, Long Wind wrote:
> On 1/5/14, Stan Hoeppner  wrote:
> >
> > To grub config add the mem parameter, e.g.
> >
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.X ro root=/dev/sdXX mem=1024M
> >
> > --
> > Stan
> >
> 
> I have tested "mem=" option with 2 Linux Install CD
> one CD is for 64 bit Linux
> the other CD is Mandrake 9.2,
> both don't help

64 bit?
Could you post the "exact" text error messages displayed when it fails,
the wording is important.

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Re: something triggering my screensaver timeout (login dialog) - sid, xfce

[Chris Bannister]

On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 12:17:37AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> OK, time for some cannons:
> 
> I wrote a brief wrapper script for xscreensaver and
> xscreensaver-command, and redirected the /usr/bin/ versions to my
> versions which output two lines to a log file. Heres some output:
> 
> /home/justa/bin/xscreensaver-command -version
> Monday 6 January 00:11:15 EST 2014
> /home/justa/bin/xscreensaver-command -version
> Monday 6 January 00:11:45 EST 2014
> /home/justa/bin/xscreensaver-command -version
> Monday 6 January 00:12:15 EST 2014
> /home/justa/bin/xscreensaver-command -version
> 
> SO! Every 30 seconds, /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -version is being
> called by SOMETHING, which is causing xscreensaver to wake up, it
> seems!

What about lsof(1)¹
man lsof
[...]

+|-r [t[m]]
puts lsof in repeat mode.  There lsof lists open files as
selected  by  other  options,  delays  t  seconds (default
fifteen), then repeats the listing, delaying and listing
repetitively until stopped by a condition.
[...]

Good luck with actually getting it working. :)

> Any ideas how I might debug this further?
> Eg, is it possible to determine what's calling  xscreensaver-command ?

Hopefully, you'll soon find out. :)

¹ For debugging, not that lsof could be the cause.

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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Long Wind]

On 1/6/14, Scott Ferguson  wrote:
> LiveCDs (and non-live, install CDs) do not use lilo. The "mem=xM" in
> this instance is used by syslinux.
>
> Make sure "mem" is followed by a real figure seen by the system in the
> POST. That figure must be followed by "M". Any variation will *not* have
> an effect.
>
>
>
> Shared?
>
> I though you had removed the AGP card which had *built-in* video RAM and
> are using the on-board video which uses System RAM (??)
>
> Note also that the amount of RAM used by an AGP video card and the size
> of the aperture are different. The aperture must be at least as large as
> the amount of video RAM (*if* your BIOS has an AGP aperture setting).
>
>
>
>
>> Can I run dmidecode from woody?
>
> I don't know. I suspect you have an "install" CD for Woody, so you'd
> have to do an installation before dmidecode would be available - which
> is why I suggested using a live CD instead (boot and use instead of boot
> -> install -> reboot -> use).
>
>
> Should you install Woody?
> IMO no.
> You *will* have problems with Woody.
> It probably *won't* support your hardware.
> Stick to Wheezy.
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> --


I have entered the "mem=" option correctly
The motherboard have not build-in video card

I have been trying  loadlin.exe this morning,
after several hours of efforts,  no success

it seems a waste of time

liveCD will help?
how does it differ from plugging a hard disk with wheezy?

maybe I shall give up


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Re: How to assign a persistent device name to an infra-red receiver?

[Scott Ferguson]

On 06/01/14 23:53, Ernest Adrogué wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I have configured lirc to use /dev/input/event4 but it turns out this device
> name is assigned to a different input device every time the computer boots,
> thus preventing lirc from working properly.
> 
> For example, right now the receiver is on /dev/input/event5.  I guess I have
> to write a udev rule for this but when I look at
> /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-input.rules I am a little confused.  Do I
> have to modify this file directly, copy it to /etc/ and edit that copy, run
> some script...?
> 
> Regards.
> 
> 


*-persistent*.rules should *not* be modified because changes may create
problems with upgrades (or later package install (they are automagically
created by *-generator scripts). Instead create a rule that is processed
before /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-input.rules and targets that
exact device (the IR device).
udev rules are processed in lexical order and /etc/udev/rules.d/ have
precedence over rules in /lib/udev/rules.d (which has precedence over
rules in /run/udev/rules.d)

e.g. /etc/udev/rules.d/59-irda-custom.rules

(I like to put "custom" into the name of customized rules and config
files to make it easier to backup the modifications).

Useful refs:-
;man udev
;http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

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Re: unable to install stardict

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2014-01-05 21:58:12 -0600, green wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre wrote at 2014-01-05 14:13 -0600:
> > On 2014-01-05 19:11:23 +0100, François Patte wrote:
> > > I want stardict because goldendict is not nice too much: mant accented
> > > characters or characters with diacritical marks are not well displayed
> > > and sometimes not displayed at all: I can see a question mark instead...
> > 
> > FYI, there's no such problem with the "dict" command. However,
> > AFAIK, there are no French dictionaries (unless someone knows
> > a way to convert a StarDict dictionary to a dict one).
> 
> I recommend "sdcv", which is the StarDict equivalent of "dict", but
> requiring no dictd server.

Thanks. I've reported the following bugs:

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734408
stardict-xmlittre: should recommend sdcv as an alternative
to stardict and stardict-gtk

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734409
sdcv: doesn't word-wrap

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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Scott Ferguson]

On 06/01/14 16:24, Long Wind wrote:
> On 1/5/14, Scott Ferguson  wrote:
>>



>>
> 
> I have said "mem=" option doesn't work
> Its result is nearly the same as I don't enter boot option "mem="
> After reading (loading) kernel, the machine reboot
> (apparently it has memory problem)
> 
> according lili.conf manual, "mem=" is passed to kernel by lilo


LiveCDs (and non-live, install CDs) do not use lilo. The "mem=xM" in
this instance is used by syslinux.

Make sure "mem" is followed by a real figure seen by the system in the
POST. That figure must be followed by "M". Any variation will *not* have
an effect.

> 
> I have tested "mem=" with 2 Linux installation CD
> Will Live CD make difference?
> 
> I can't boot Linux, so I can't run dmidecode
> 
> I use a AGP card, so I have not thought shared video memory might cause 
> trouble
> I will check now


Shared?

I though you had removed the AGP card which had *built-in* video RAM and
are using the on-board video which uses System RAM (??)

Note also that the amount of RAM used by an AGP video card and the size
of the aperture are different. The aperture must be at least as large as
the amount of video RAM (*if* your BIOS has an AGP aperture setting).


> 
> 


> Can I run dmidecode from woody?

I don't know. I suspect you have an "install" CD for Woody, so you'd
have to do an installation before dmidecode would be available - which
is why I suggested using a live CD instead (boot and use instead of boot
-> install -> reboot -> use).


Should you install Woody?
IMO no.
You *will* have problems with Woody.
It probably *won't* support your hardware.
Stick to Wheezy.

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Re: USB keyboard: what driver(s)?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

Hi,

I have a Bus 004 Device 002: ID 047b:0011 Silitek Corp. SK-1688U 
Keyboard that works perfectly.
But not with the mondorescue DVD. So I need to find out what modules are 
needed for that keyboard to function. How do I do that?

Thanks!



when I do a 'lsusb -t' I see for that device:

:  Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci-pci/6p, 12M
|__ Port 3: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, 
Driver=usbhid, 1.5M


So the modules needed are ohci-pci and usbhid. Is that right?

Hugo



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USB keyboard: what driver(s)?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

Hi,

I have a Bus 004 Device 002: ID 047b:0011 Silitek Corp. SK-1688U 
Keyboard that works perfectly.
But not with the mondorescue DVD. So I need to find out what modules are 
needed for that keyboard to function. How do I do that?

Thanks!

Hugo


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Re: Vuescan not working as - SOLVED

[Rodney D. Myers]

This was not working for me, but I followed a few other links, and this
is the link that I was able to get it working with



On Mon, 6 Jan 2014 14:15:06 -0500
"Rodney D. Myers"  wrote:

> Not exactly the answer I needed. But gave me more info to find the
> answer on the brother support page
> 
> Thank you
> 
> On Mon, 06 Jan 2014 08:19:24 +0100
> Petr Voralek  wrote:
> 
>  [...]  
>  [...]  
>  [...]  

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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Scott Ferguson]

On 06/01/14 17:59, Long Wind wrote:
> I am downloading  KNOPPIX_V7.2.0CD-2013-06-16-EN.iso
> It will take a few hours
> 
> Should I download other KNOPPIX CD images instead?

No.,

> 
> I will burn it
> shall I replace wheezy with it?
> 
> 

No. While you 'can' "install" it to a Hard Drive it's best used as a
Live CD. NOTE: it's Debian "derived", not Debian.

When I suggested Knoppix:-
;you'd been asked about the details of your mb and BIOS settings but
hadn't replied. Having since provided that information dmidecode
information is unnecessary.
;it was just an example of a Live CD, pretty much any Live CD will do
the same job if it has dmidecode installed


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Re: since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2014-01-06 05:28:54 -0600, Selim T. Erdogan wrote:
> Actually, after looking at 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734256,
> what you could do is to remove apt-listbugs, install ruby1.9.1, and then
> reinstall apt-listbugs.

You also need to make sure that the right alternative is used for
/usr/bin/ruby.

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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Scott Ferguson]

On 06/01/14 23:48, Long Wind wrote:
> knoppix CD doesn't seem to be able to boot

If Knoppix can't boot I'd be very surprised.
Is the Knoppix CD corrupted? (do an md5sum check)
Which boot parameters did you use? (don't just hit Enter and pray).

If "knoppix 2 mem=xM" doesn't work try "knoppix 2 mem=xM no=acpi" or
"knoppix 2 mem=xM acpi=force".  Use the F1 - F4 keys at the boot screen
to read all the Knoppix boot parameters.

Make sure that "x" is an actual real value in MB as shown by POST.

> 
> as I can boot woody,

Woody does not support PAE or 64-bit so will probably *not* work with
your memory hole problem.
http://madduck.net/blog/2009.11.18:ram-reclaimed-mystery-solved/


> 
> is there any dmidecode equivalence in woody?

I don't know. Woody might have had dmidecode, you'll have to install it
and find out.
I would never have suggested you installed in the first place. It's
probably too old to support your mb, you'll have a lot of problems with
the packages as it hasn't been maintained for years - and you'll have to
change sources.list to point at the archived repository.


It's possible you don't understand the difference between a Live CD and
a "non-live" installation CD.  A Live CD just boots and runs - you don't
even need a hard drive.
Woody is an install CD. You would need to spend at least half-an-hour
(trying to) install it before you could use dmidecode. IMO that would be
a waste of time.

Kind regards


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Connot load Wheezy in a "virgin" desktop -- long

[Ken Heard]

I apologize in advance for the length of this post.  Since however I do not
know what information is necessary to determine why this installation
failed I am including everything which I have the least suspicion may be
contributing to the failure.

To begin I describe the essentials of my recently purchased custom designed
desktop.  It consists of a Gigabyte GA-Z87N mainboard, the Z87N being one
of Intel's latest Haswell chipsets.  Integrated in that processor is
Intel's HD graphics 4600, the mainboard having the required graphics
outputs.  Two 2 terabyte hard drives are designated as a RAID1.

I started out with the intention of  installing only the basic system,
thereby shortening  reinstalment processes if for any reason I needed to
start the installer over again -- such as to change the partitioning.  At
this stage for example I tried to install UEFI.  Since I was unsuccessful I
reverted to the standard BIOS.  My experience trying to install UEFI will
be the subject of another thread.

Since Dec 31 when I started this process I have lost count of the number of
false starts.  My guess is that since then I ended up initiating the
installer about fifteen times.

When I thought everything was ready to install the desktop environment (DE)
and other things I tried to do so manually by installing xserver-xorg and
xfce meta packages.  This method was unsuccessful. Examination of log files
indicated that much was missing, including whatever package contains
startx.  (Running startx in a virtual terminal returned the message
"command not found".)

I then decided to allow the installer to install the DE and other selected
tasks; to do so however required initiating the installer once again -- in
fact twice.  First I set up in the partition section of the installer with
xfs file type in most of my partitions with lilo as the boot loader, but
the installer would not install lilo.  (Does xfs still require lilo instead
of grub?)

The second time I used the ext4 file type with grub as the boot loader.
The boot process aborted with a  "failed" message.  To see what would
happen  I typed Control-D to resume the boot.  In due course the xfce login
window appeared.  After entering my user name and password the monitor went
blank.  At this point the computer was totally unresponsive to any input.
I had to reboot.

This boot ran to the point where the line containing Control-D appeared.
This time I entered the root password in order to examine the output of the
dmesg command, various log files and the information which scrolls by on
the monitor while the OS is loading -- and perhaps glean some idea of why
the DE would not load.

The first problem encountered was that something was detecting and enabling
the Logitech USB optical mouse many times, even to the point of
interrupting other commands and their outputs.  I solved that problem -- at
least temporarily -- by disconnecting it.  In a virtual terminal it is
anyway not needed.

The first part of the dmesg output which scares me reads as follows.
-
[0.00] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64
root=/dev/mapper/TG1-root ro single
[0.00] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[0.00] xsave/xrstor: enabled xstate_bv 0x7, cntxt size 0x340
[0.00] Checking aperture...
[0.00] No AGP bridge found
[0.00] Calgary: detecting Calgary via BIOS EBDA area
[0.00] Calgary: Unable to locate Rio Grande table in EBDA - bailing!
[0.00] [ cut here ]
[0.00] WARNING: at
/build/linux-rrsxby/linux-3.2.51/drivers/iommu/dmar.c:492
warn_invalid_dmar+0x77/0x85()
[0.00] Hardware name: Z87N-WIFI
[0.00] Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address 0!
[0.00] BIOS vendor: American Megatrends Inc.; Ver: F4; Product
Version: To be filled by O.E.M.
[0.00] Modules linked in:
[0.00] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 Debian
3.2.51-1
[0.00] Call Trace:
[0.00]  [] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x78/0x8c
[0.00]  [] ? warn_slowpath_fmt_taint+0x3d/0x42
[0.00]  [] ? __pte+0x7/0x8
[0.00]  [] ? __early_set_fixmap+0x89/0x8d
[0.00]  [] ? warn_invalid_dmar+0x77/0x85
[0.00]  [] ? check_zero_address+0xad/0xdc
[0.00]  [] ? bad_to_user+0x620/0x620
[0.00]  [] ? detect_intel_iommu+0x11/0xaf
[0.00]  [] ? pci_iommu_alloc+0x3f/0x67
[0.00]  [] ? mem_init+0x14/0xe5
[0.00]  [] ? start_kernel+0x1d0/0x3c3
[0.00]  [] ? early_idt_handlers+0x140/0x140
[0.00]  [] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x104/0x111
[0.00] ---[ end trace 01021c3814caad1d ]---

The first thing that scares me is the line: " Your BIOS is broken; DMAR
reported at address 0!"  After some online research I discovered that this
phenomenon also occur

Fwd: Cannot load Wheezy in a "virgin" desktop -- long

[Ken Heard]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "Ken Heard" 
Date: Jan 6, 2014 8:35 PM
Subject: Cannot load Wheezy in a "virgin" desktop -- long
To: 
Cc:

> I apologize in advance for the length of this post.  Since however I do
not know what information is necessary to determine why this installation
failed I am including everything which I have the least suspicion may be
contributing to the failure.
>
> To begin I describe the essentials of my recently purchased custom
designed desktop.  It consists of a Gigabyte GA-Z87N mainboard, the Z87N
being one of Intel's latest Haswell chipsets.  Integrated in that processor
is Intel's HD graphics 4600, the mainboard having the required graphics
outputs.  Two 2 terabyte hard drives are designated as a RAID1.
>
> I started out with the intention of  installing only the basic system,
thereby shortening  reinstalment processes if for any reason I needed to
start the installer over again -- such as to change the partitioning.  At
this stage for example I tried to install UEFI.  Since I was unsuccessful I
reverted to the standard BIOS.  My experience trying to install UEFI will
be the subject of another thread.
>
> Since Dec 31 when I started this process I have lost count of the number
of false starts.  My guess is that since then I ended up initiating the
installer about fifteen times.
>
> When I thought everything was ready to install the desktop environment
(DE) and other things I tried to do so manually by installing xserver-xorg
and xfce meta packages.  This method was unsuccessful. Examination of log
files indicated that much was missing, including whatever package contains
startx.  (Running startx in a virtual terminal returned the message
"command not found".)
>
> I then decided to allow the installer to install the DE and other
selected tasks; to do so however required initiating the installer once
again -- in fact twice.  First I set up in the partition section of the
installer with xfs file type in most of my partitions with lilo as the boot
loader, but  the installer would not install lilo.  (Does xfs still require
lilo instead of grub?)
>
> The second time I used the ext4 file type with grub as the boot loader.
The boot process aborted with a  "failed" message.  To see what would
happen  I typed Control-D to resume the boot.  In due course the xfce login
window appeared.  After entering my user name and password the monitor went
blank.  At this point the computer was totally unresponsive to any input.
I had to reboot.
>
> This boot ran to the point where the line containing Control-D appeared.
This time I entered the root password in order to examine the output of the
dmesg command, various log files and the information which scrolls by on
the monitor while the OS is loading -- and perhaps glean some idea of why
the DE would not load.
>
> The first problem encountered was that something was detecting and
enabling the Logitech USB optical mouse many times, even to the point of
interrupting other commands and their outputs.  I solved that problem -- at
least temporarily -- by disconnecting it.  In a virtual terminal it is
anyway not needed.
>
> The first part of the dmesg output which scares me reads as follows.
> -
> [0.00] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64
root=/dev/mapper/TG1-root ro single
> [0.00] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
> [0.00] xsave/xrstor: enabled xstate_bv 0x7, cntxt size 0x340
> [0.00] Checking aperture...
> [0.00] No AGP bridge found
> [0.00] Calgary: detecting Calgary via BIOS EBDA area
> [0.00] Calgary: Unable to locate Rio Grande table in EBDA -
bailing!
> [0.00] [ cut here ]
> [0.00] WARNING: at
/build/linux-rrsxby/linux-3.2.51/drivers/iommu/dmar.c:492
warn_invalid_dmar+0x77/0x85()
> [0.00] Hardware name: Z87N-WIFI
> [0.00] Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address 0!
> [0.00] BIOS vendor: American Megatrends Inc.; Ver: F4; Product
Version: To be filled by O.E.M.
> [0.00] Modules linked in:
> [0.00] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 Debian
3.2.51-1
> [0.00] Call Trace:
> [0.00]  [] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x78/0x8c
> [0.00]  [] ? warn_slowpath_fmt_taint+0x3d/0x42
> [0.00]  [] ? __pte+0x7/0x8
> [0.00]  [] ? __early_set_fixmap+0x89/0x8d
> [0.00]  [] ? warn_invalid_dmar+0x77/0x85
> [0.00]  [] ? check_zero_address+0xad/0xdc
> [0.00]  [] ? bad_to_user+0x620/0x620
> [0.00]  [] ? detect_intel_iommu+0x11/0xaf
> [0.00]  [] ? pci_iommu_alloc+0x3f/0x67
> [0.00]  [] ? mem_init+0x14/0xe5
> [0.00]  [] ? start_kernel+0x1d0/0x3c3
> [0.00]  [] ? early_idt_handlers+0x140/0x140
> [0.00]  [] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x104/0x111
> [0.00] ---[ end trace 01021c3814caad1d ]---
>

Re: [Ann] dbab, The Best-Ad-Blocking Method in a Package

[T o n g]

On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:39:44 -0600, John Hasler wrote:

>>  the time it takes for someone to setup the best ad blocking method
>> has been hatched down from the previously over an hour to just a few
>> minutes this time ...
> 
> "apt-get install privoxy" works for me.

Yeah, that’s the beauty of Linux, everyone can freely choose their tools. 
I did cover why privoxy is not ideal in my blog though (and why it 
causing hurdles to me specifically). 


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Re: Problems while using Tor Browser on Debian 7

[André Nunes Batista]

On Sat, 2014-01-04 at 01:21 +0600, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> Hi,
> I have installed Tor on Debian 7 but couldn't use it. Viladia is showing 
> the following errors:
> /*[Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Cannot assign requested 
> address*//*
> *//*[Warning] /var/run/tor is not owned by this user (tranjeeshan, 1000) 
> but by debian-tor (115). Perhaps you are running Tor as the wrong user?*//*
> *//*[Warning] Before Tor can create a control socket in 
> "/var/run/tor/control", the directory "/var/run/tor" needs to exist, and 
> to be accessible only by the user account that is running Tor.  (On some 
> Unix systems, anybody who can list a socket can connect to it, so Tor is 
> being careful.)*//*
> *//*[Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the 
> listener ports.*/
> 
> Now how can I make Tor work?
> Thanking you,
> Muntasim-Ul-haque

Hello Muntasim!

From your description I'm guessing this might be a port collision
problem. "debian-tor" is a special user you can create to run the tor
process and it defaults the socks host to port 9050. Vidalia is a
different software which AFAIK has been discontinued and runs its own
tor instance. If both are running and configured to use the same socks
host, the second one wouldn't be able to handle the port which is in use
by a different process.

So the question is, how did you install tor?

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Re: Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

[Bob Goldberg]

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Sven Hoexter  wrote:

> I'm not sure how the OpenSSH implementation handles ACLs, maybe that's
> an option but I did not test it.


my first problem is successfully logging in with sftp-only and chroot'ing
in place. AFAIK - ACL's would only come into play afterward.


> Then there is Proftpd which has a mod_sftp extension.
>
> And there are still the solutions which predate the chroot() and
> sftp-internal
> implementation possible with OpenSSH like
> - scponly
> - rssh
> - rush
>
> All of them have a somewhat mixed security record and have some cost in
> terms of chroot setup and mainting them properly.
>

Sven, TX much for your reply...

proftpd:
1) wheezy does not have an sftp module
2) proftpd appears to rely on openssh for sftp, so appears to add no value.
3) IF proftpd did provide working sftp - appears that it can not share port
22 w/ openssh (which i do still need for full-access users unrelated to
SFTP).

scponly:  does not appear to be provided in wheezy !?!? can't find out
why

rssh/rush:
1) not sure what is: diff rssh rush  (searches come up worthless to answer
this)
2) i haven't used rssh in a very long time - i guess i have to dig into it
again to see if it will allow chroot'ing with group "w" perms.
3) "mixed security record" is a big concern.

Uninstalled fglrx drivers. Now laptop heats and fan is always noisy.

[Anubhav Yadav]

I updated some packages on my debian wheezy 7 (64 bit) using the command
apt-get -u upgrade and after a reboot, I was on a blank screen. So I booted
into recovery and ran startx, which was again a blank screen.

So I uninstalled the fglrx drivers and I was able to boot back on gnome.
But now the laptop is getting heated and its fan is always noise. The same
does not happens on my windows partition.

The laptop is Dell Latitude N5010 with ati Raedon HD 5400 graphics card.

Uname -r gives me: 3.2.0-4-amd64

Can somebody help me in this case? Should I upgrade my kernel and install
fglrx again? Or is there something I am missing with open source drivers?

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*Imperial College of Engineering and Research,*
*Pune.*

Re: Vuescan not working as

[Rodney D. Myers]

Not exactly the answer I needed. But gave me more info to find the
answer on the brother support page

Thank you

On Mon, 06 Jan 2014 08:19:24 +0100
Petr Voralek  wrote:

>Hello!
> 
>   On 01/06/2014 04:00 AM, *Rodney D. Myers* wrote, and I quote (in
> part):
> 
> > I'm having trouble getting Vuescan working with testing x86. I
> > worked under Linux Mint.
> > 
> > I have my name in the scanner and saned "group"
> > 
> > scanner:x:105:saned,rodney
> > saned:x:118:rodney
> > 
> > As my own account, I am unbable to get it to recognize the scanner.
> 
>   From vuescan web http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#linux
> 
>  -(Cut)-
> If you're using a newer Linux distribution that's LSB compliant, edit
> "/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules", find the line that begins
> with "libusb device access" and change 0644 to 0666. (It might be in
> "/lib/udev/rules.d")
>  -(Cut)-
> 
>   For my old scanner I created a custom udev rules file (symlinked as
> /etc/udev/rules/55-scanmakerx12usl.rules
> 
>   You can try to modify it for your purpose (change idVendor and
> idProduct attributes)...
> 


-- 
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Miles Fidelman]

Long Wind wrote:

knoppix CD doesn't seem to be able to boot

as I can boot woody,

is there any dmidecode equivalence in woody?




I think it's part of the standard distribution - try typing "dmidecode" 
and see what you get.  If you're not root, then "sudo dmidecode"


Miles Fidelman

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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Long Wind]

On 1/6/14, Miles Fidelman  wrote:
>>
> That's a pretty ancient chip set, and it looks like your motherboard
> won't hold more than 2G.  I expect the memory hole is NOT your problem,
> as it would restrict you from seeing the top 1G of 4G, I don't think it
> would keep you from using all 1G, but then again, I'm just a little
> foggy on whether there are situations where the bottom of your address
> space would be shadowed.
>
> I'd follow Scott Ferguson's advice, try to get Knoppix to boot and then
> see what dmidecode tells you.  Or maybe burn a copy of SystemRescueCD
> (http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage) and see if you can
> boot from it, then start poking around with some of the tools on it
> (e.g., hwreport).
>
> Miles Fidelman
>
>


I have some good and bad news to report

I plug a disk that has Windows 98 to update BIOS
the disk happen to have Linux, so I boot it
and it boots OK, it's woody and use kernel 2.2
I run the top command , it correctly reports about 1 G memory
and I also starts X window

bad news is woody no longer has practical use for me

Can I run dmidecode from woody?


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How to assign a persistent device name to an infra-red receiver?

[Ernest Adrogué]

Hi there

I have configured lirc to use /dev/input/event4 but it turns out this device
name is assigned to a different input device every time the computer boots,
thus preventing lirc from working properly.

For example, right now the receiver is on /dev/input/event5.  I guess I have
to write a udev rule for this but when I look at
/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-input.rules I am a little confused.  Do I
have to modify this file directly, copy it to /etc/ and edit that copy, run
some script...?

Regards.


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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Long Wind]

knoppix CD doesn't seem to be able to boot

as I can boot woody,

is there any dmidecode equivalence in woody?


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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Long Wind]

On 1/5/14, Scott Ferguson  wrote:
>
>
> shadowing(??)
>
>
> dmidecode will give you the information Miles (and others) need if you
> can get a Live CD to boot.
> Most of the Debian/Debian-based ones will take the kernel parameter
> "mem=$amountM" as mentioned elsewhere in this thread (where $amount is
> megabytes found during POST and "M" must be upper-case)
>
> e.g. for Knoppix:-
> knoppix mem=1024M   (gives W.I.M.P. requires minimum of 120MB of RAM)
>
> or:-
> knoppix 2 mem=1024M (gives you runlevel 2, text-mode, single-user root,
> runs in <50MB RAM)
>
> dmidecode needs to be run by root, it's output is lengthy so best post
> it to a pastebin and link to it in your post.
>
> If you use Knoppix in run-level 2 you can setup networking with:-
> knoppix-networkmanager
>
> Email the dmidecode report to yourself (as root):-
> dmidecode | mail longwind2...@gmail.com -s "dmidecode report"
>
>
>
> Also - check your BIOS to see how much RAM is being allocated to the
> built-in video card (aperture is different and doesn't rob the system of
> RAM).
>
>

I have said "mem=" option doesn't work
Its result is nearly the same as I don't enter boot option "mem="
After reading (loading) kernel, the machine reboot
(apparently it has memory problem)

according lili.conf manual, "mem=" is passed to kernel by lilo

I have tested "mem=" with 2 Linux installation CD
Will Live CD make difference?

I can't boot Linux, so I can't run dmidecode

I use a AGP card, so I have not thought shared video memory might cause trouble
I will check now


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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Long Wind]

I am downloading  KNOPPIX_V7.2.0CD-2013-06-16-EN.iso
It will take a few hours

Should I download other KNOPPIX CD images instead?

I will burn it
shall I replace wheezy with it?


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Re: since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[Selim T. Erdogan]

François Patte,  6.01.2014:
> Le 06/01/2014 11:38, Selim T. Erdogan a écrit :
> > Erwan David,  6.01.2014:
> >> On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:24:44AM CET, François Patte 
> >>  said:
> >>> Bonjour,
> >>>
> >>> Since the last upgrade, I am unable to run any apt command (install,
> >>> upgrade...) all end like this:
> >>>
> >>> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to
> >>> load -- debian_version (LoadError)
> >>>   from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24
> >>>   from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require'
> >>>   from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269
> >>> E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
> >>> code (10)
> >>> E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> file debian_version is on my system.
> >>>
> >>> What to do?
> >>
> >> Bug is in ruby-debian which does not provide debian_version.so for ruby 1.8
> >>
> >> You may comment out everything in /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs until it 
> >> is fixed.
> > 
> > Another option would be to remove the apt-listbugs package (temporarily)...
> 
> and install bugged upgrade without any warning?

That's what I would do, though you might want to check bug reports for 
"critical" packages, to be on the safe side.  Hopefully the bug will be 
fixed soon and you can reinstall apt-listbugs.

Actually, after looking at 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734256,
what you could do is to remove apt-listbugs, install ruby1.9.1, and then
reinstall apt-listbugs.


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Re: Unable to run 'evernote-mode'

[Selim T. Erdogan]

Sharon Kimble, 22.12.2013:
> Has anyone got emacs 'evernote-mode' to work on debian please? Every
> time that I try I'm left with this error message which I don’t
> understand - 
> 
> error in process sentinel: enclient.rb exited abnormally with code 1
> -e:1: syntax error, unexpected tINTEGER, expecting tSTRING_CONTENT or
> tSTRING_DBEG or tSTRING_DVAR or tSTRING_END :1: Use RbConfig instead of
> obsolete and deprecated Config. ^
> 
> enutil-aget: Wrong type argument: listp, -e:1:
> 
> If I try to run 'RbConfig' then it says 'Command not found'.
> 
> So whats the next step forward in getting it to run please?

I've never used evernote-mode and I don't use Ruby, but
"apt-file search RbConfig" leads me to suggest that you might try 
installing a newer version of Ruby.  (e.g. ruby1.9.1)


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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Long Wind]

On 1/6/14, Miles Fidelman  wrote:
>>
> That's a pretty ancient chip set, and it looks like your motherboard
> won't hold more than 2G.  I expect the memory hole is NOT your problem,
> as it would restrict you from seeing the top 1G of 4G, I don't think it
> would keep you from using all 1G, but then again, I'm just a little
> foggy on whether there are situations where the bottom of your address
> space would be shadowed.
>
> I'd follow Scott Ferguson's advice, try to get Knoppix to boot and then
> see what dmidecode tells you.  Or maybe burn a copy of SystemRescueCD
> (http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage) and see if you can
> boot from it, then start poking around with some of the tools on it
> (e.g., hwreport).
>
> Miles Fidelman
>
>
>


I will rest for a while and
then I will try Knoppix

for the last few days nearly all my energy is put to get it to work
(and many nice guys help a lot)
sometime I consider whether it's worthy
the machine costs me about 30 US dollars (plus a lot of labor)


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Re: since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[François Patte]

Le 06/01/2014 12:21, Selim T. Erdogan a écrit :
> Erwan David,  6.01.2014:
>> On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:56:35AM CET, François Patte 
>>  said:
>>> Le 06/01/2014 11:30, Erwan David a écrit :
 On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:24:44AM CET, François Patte 
  said:
> Bonjour,
>
> Since the last upgrade, I am unable to run any apt command (install,
> upgrade...) all end like this:
>
> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to
> load -- debian_version (LoadError)
>   from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24
>   from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require'
>   from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269
> E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
> code (10)
> E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
>
>
> file debian_version is on my system.
>
> What to do?

 Bug is in ruby-debian which does not provide debian_version.so for ruby 1.8

 You may comment out everything in /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs until it 
 is fixed.
>>>
>>> # ls /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbug
>>> /bin/ls: cannot access /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbug: No such file or
>>> directory
>>>
>>> # ls /etc/apt.conf.d/
>>> /bin/ls: cannot access /etc/apt.conf.d/: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> hum!
>>
>> Maybe it differs for you but that's where my jessie stores the fact
>> that apt* should launch apt-listbugs before install
>>
>> Maybe in apt.conf for you ?
> 
> Mine was in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs
>  ^
>  (note extra "apt/", and final "s")

OK thanks, I found it...

Any idea how long this bug will last? Or how to have any info when it
will be corrected?


Thank you

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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Alex S.]

Wheezy has no problem whatsoever with Socket 478 chipset in general (speking 
from experience). Particular motherboard model, though, may be incompatible in 
some way, but that's a far shot.

Atle Solbakken  wrote:
>It might be that the chipset isn't supported in woody because the
>kernel
>is too old, and not in wheezy because the kernel is to new.
>
>What if you try to boot a Sarge install?
>
>http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r8/i386/iso-cd/
>
>Atle.
>
>Den 05. jan. 2014 13:24, skrev Long Wind:
>> BIOS see all memory and Windows XP can run
>> Yes, memory test OK after the memtest probe method
>>
>> I have a woody install CD
>> I try to boot bf24, if fails (the default kernel also fail)
>>
>> I have no live CD, but I have plug a hard disk with wheezy
>> I don't believe it make difference
>>
>> On 1/5/14, Chris Bannister  wrote:
>>> Have you tried a live CD?
>>> Does the BIOS see all the memory?
>>> What 'grub/kernel option' are you talking about?
>>>
>>> I am not familiar with the memtest probe method, but maybe that is a
>>> clue.
>>>
>>> Does the memory test OK after the memtest probe method?
>>>
>>> Have you googled the issue?
>>> e.g googling on 'P4 memtest' (without the quotes.) has some
>interesting
>>> results - are any of those helpful?
>>>
>>> You could download an old version of a Debian Installer CD from
>about
>>> the time your PC was popular and see if it boots.
>>>
>>> --
>>

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Re: since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[Selim T. Erdogan]

Erwan David,  6.01.2014:
> On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:56:35AM CET, François Patte 
>  said:
> > Le 06/01/2014 11:30, Erwan David a écrit :
> > > On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:24:44AM CET, François Patte 
> > >  said:
> > >> Bonjour,
> > >>
> > >> Since the last upgrade, I am unable to run any apt command (install,
> > >> upgrade...) all end like this:
> > >>
> > >> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to
> > >> load -- debian_version (LoadError)
> > >>  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24
> > >>  from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require'
> > >>  from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269
> > >> E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
> > >> code (10)
> > >> E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> file debian_version is on my system.
> > >>
> > >> What to do?
> > > 
> > > Bug is in ruby-debian which does not provide debian_version.so for ruby 
> > > 1.8
> > > 
> > > You may comment out everything in /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs until it 
> > > is fixed.
> > 
> > # ls /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbug
> > /bin/ls: cannot access /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbug: No such file or
> > directory
> > 
> > # ls /etc/apt.conf.d/
> > /bin/ls: cannot access /etc/apt.conf.d/: No such file or directory
> > 
> > hum!
> 
> Maybe it differs for you but that's where my jessie stores the fact
> that apt* should launch apt-listbugs before install
> 
> Maybe in apt.conf for you ?

Mine was in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs
 ^
 (note extra "apt/", and final "s")


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Re: since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[Erwan David]

On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:56:35AM CET, François Patte 
 said:
> Le 06/01/2014 11:30, Erwan David a écrit :
> > On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:24:44AM CET, François Patte 
> >  said:
> >> Bonjour,
> >>
> >> Since the last upgrade, I am unable to run any apt command (install,
> >> upgrade...) all end like this:
> >>
> >> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to
> >> load -- debian_version (LoadError)
> >>from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24
> >>from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require'
> >>from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269
> >> E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
> >> code (10)
> >> E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
> >>
> >>
> >> file debian_version is on my system.
> >>
> >> What to do?
> > 
> > Bug is in ruby-debian which does not provide debian_version.so for ruby 1.8
> > 
> > You may comment out everything in /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs until it 
> > is fixed.
> 
> # ls /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbug
> /bin/ls: cannot access /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbug: No such file or
> directory
> 
> # ls /etc/apt.conf.d/
> /bin/ls: cannot access /etc/apt.conf.d/: No such file or directory
> 
> hum!

Maybe it differs for you but that's where my jessie stores the fact
that apt* should launch apt-listbugs before install

Maybe in apt.conf for you ?




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Re: since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[François Patte]

Le 06/01/2014 11:38, Selim T. Erdogan a écrit :
> Erwan David,  6.01.2014:
>> On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:24:44AM CET, François Patte 
>>  said:
>>> Bonjour,
>>>
>>> Since the last upgrade, I am unable to run any apt command (install,
>>> upgrade...) all end like this:
>>>
>>> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to
>>> load -- debian_version (LoadError)
>>> from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24
>>> from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require'
>>> from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269
>>> E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
>>> code (10)
>>> E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
>>>
>>>
>>> file debian_version is on my system.
>>>
>>> What to do?
>>
>> Bug is in ruby-debian which does not provide debian_version.so for ruby 1.8
>>
>> You may comment out everything in /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs until it is 
>> fixed.
> 
> Another option would be to remove the apt-listbugs package (temporarily)...

and install bugged upgrade without any warning?

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Re: since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[François Patte]

Le 06/01/2014 11:30, Erwan David a écrit :
> On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:24:44AM CET, François Patte 
>  said:
>> Bonjour,
>>
>> Since the last upgrade, I am unable to run any apt command (install,
>> upgrade...) all end like this:
>>
>> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to
>> load -- debian_version (LoadError)
>>  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24
>>  from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require'
>>  from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269
>> E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
>> code (10)
>> E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
>>
>>
>> file debian_version is on my system.
>>
>> What to do?
> 
> Bug is in ruby-debian which does not provide debian_version.so for ruby 1.8
> 
> You may comment out everything in /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs until it is 
> fixed.

# ls /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbug
/bin/ls: cannot access /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbug: No such file or
directory

# ls /etc/apt.conf.d/
/bin/ls: cannot access /etc/apt.conf.d/: No such file or directory

hum!



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Re: since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[Selim T. Erdogan]

Erwan David,  6.01.2014:
> On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:24:44AM CET, François Patte 
>  said:
> > Bonjour,
> > 
> > Since the last upgrade, I am unable to run any apt command (install,
> > upgrade...) all end like this:
> > 
> > /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to
> > load -- debian_version (LoadError)
> > from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24
> > from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require'
> > from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269
> > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
> > code (10)
> > E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
> > 
> > 
> > file debian_version is on my system.
> > 
> > What to do?
> 
> Bug is in ruby-debian which does not provide debian_version.so for ruby 1.8
> 
> You may comment out everything in /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs until it is 
> fixed.

Another option would be to remove the apt-listbugs package (temporarily)...


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Re: since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[Erwan David]

On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:24:44AM CET, François Patte 
 said:
> Bonjour,
> 
> Since the last upgrade, I am unable to run any apt command (install,
> upgrade...) all end like this:
> 
> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to
> load -- debian_version (LoadError)
>   from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24
>   from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require'
>   from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269
> E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
> code (10)
> E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
> 
> 
> file debian_version is on my system.
> 
> What to do?

Bug is in ruby-debian which does not provide debian_version.so for ruby 1.8

You may comment out everything in /etc/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs until it is 
fixed.



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since last upgrade unable to upgrade, install whatever...

[François Patte]

Bonjour,

Since the last upgrade, I am unable to run any apt command (install,
upgrade...) all end like this:

/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to
load -- debian_version (LoadError)
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24
from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require'
from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269
E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
code (10)
E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10


file debian_version is on my system.

What to do?

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Re: why linux can't see my memory

[Atle Solbakken]

It might be that the chipset isn't supported in woody because the kernel 
is too old, and not in wheezy because the kernel is to new.


What if you try to boot a Sarge install?

http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r8/i386/iso-cd/

Atle.

Den 05. jan. 2014 13:24, skrev Long Wind:

BIOS see all memory and Windows XP can run
Yes, memory test OK after the memtest probe method

I have a woody install CD
I try to boot bf24, if fails (the default kernel also fail)

I have no live CD, but I have plug a hard disk with wheezy
I don't believe it make difference

On 1/5/14, Chris Bannister  wrote:

Have you tried a live CD?
Does the BIOS see all the memory?
What 'grub/kernel option' are you talking about?

I am not familiar with the memtest probe method, but maybe that is a
clue.

Does the memory test OK after the memtest probe method?

Have you googled the issue?
e.g googling on 'P4 memtest' (without the quotes.) has some interesting
results - are any of those helpful?

You could download an old version of a Debian Installer CD from about
the time your PC was popular and see if it boots.

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