Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

[Catalin Soare]

Thanks for the hints, however, I am trying to learn how to setup an iPXE
boot menu with Debian, some utilities (maybe some .ISO) and possibly
windows.
To be honest, I've only setup a simple PXE server which worked before, but
this seems very much uncharted territory for me.
Pretty hard to find all things I need in one place, and in a readable form
for beginners.

Any suggestions are very appreciated.

Best regards,

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 12:37 AM, deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Catalin Soare wrote:
>
> > However, I can still not test to get a file, even with the tftp-hpa
> client
> > on the machine where I'm hosting the VM.
> > Anyway, thank you guys very much! Maybe with time and experiments I'll
> > figure it out :)
>
> I use few virtual and physical machines diskless and they boot via PXE -
> see
> the links below.
>
> 1. You have to configure at least dhcp and nfs properly.
>
> dhcp
>
>  host vmware3 {
> hardware ethernet 00:50:;
> fixed-address 192.168..;
> option host-name "vmware3";
> filename "pxelinux.0";
> #tftp server
> next-server 192.168.xxx.xxx;
> option
> root-path "192.168.xxx.xxx:/opt/remote/nfsroot/stretch-amd64,retry=3,
> rsize=8192,wsize=8192";
>  }
>
> 2. you need to setup the kernel boot parameters
>
> 3. and of course have a usable initram disk image
>
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Diskless_system
> https://www.gadgetdaily.xyz/use-css3-transforms-and-
> transitions-to-create-subtle-image-zooms/
>
>
> good luck
>
>


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Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

[Catalin Soare]

Thank you for that!
Now I can indeed see the files requested by my tests.

Now the funny part is that I've decided to try a VM again, and boot a
netboot.xyz.kpxe file. And that worked!

However, I can still not test to get a file, even with the tftp-hpa client
on the machine where I'm hosting the VM.
Anyway, thank you guys very much! Maybe with time and experiments I'll
figure it out :)

Regards,
Catalin Soare

On Nov 22, 2017 23:15, "Ulf Volmer" <u.vol...@u-v.de> wrote:

> On 22.11.2017 22:03, Catalin Soare wrote:
> > However, this means that even though tftpd-hpa is running, it's not
> > bound to the port 69? Or at least it's not "listening"; this seems to be
> > what the netstat output is saying (there's no "listening" on the line
> > with tftpd).
>
> That's normal behavior for netstat and UDP ports. My nameserver for
> example:
>
> tcp0  0 172.17.170.1:53 0.0.0.0:*
>LISTEN  25 13544  3208/named
> udp0  0 172.17.170.1:53 0.0.0.0:*
>25 13543  3208/named
>
> > Any ideas if I might have to do any additional configuration for
> > tftpd-hpa? Or maybe use another tftpd server that has some logging that
> > I could rely on?
>
> You can add (multiple) -v switches to TFTP_OPTIONS for turning on more
> verbose logging.
>
> best regards
> Ulf
>
>
>

Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

[Catalin Soare]

On Nov 22, 2017 22:42, "Ulf Volmer" <u.vol...@u-v.de> wrote:

On 22.11.2017 21:24, Catalin Soare wrote:

> udp0  0 0.0.0.0:69 <http://0.0.0.0:69>
> 0.0.0.0:*   1117/in.tftpd

> :~$ nc -vz lab 69
> lab.home.org <http://lab.home.org> [192.168.1.179] 69 (?) : Connection
> refused

As you can see in the netstat output, tftpd is using UDP but your netcat
tool tries to connect to 69/tcp. add -u to your nc args.

best regards
Ulf


Ah, yes you're right! Thanks!
I wasn't checking it correctly!

Now it says the port is open. This rules out the firewall.

However, this means that even though tftpd-hpa is running, it's not bound
to the port 69? Or at least it's not "listening"; this seems to be what the
netstat output is saying (there's no "listening" on the line with tftpd).

Any ideas if I might have to do any additional configuration for tftpd-hpa?
Or maybe use another tftpd server that has some logging that I could rely
on?

Regards,
Catalin Soare

Debian 9 tftp issue

[Catalin Soare]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to setup a PXE server on a computer on which I've just
installed Debian 9.2.

So I've installed tftpd-hpa, and left the configuration as it was:
TFTP_USERNAME="tftp"
TFTP_DIRECTORY="/srv/tftp"
TFTP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0:69"
TFTP_OPTIONS="--secure"

But, I can't connect to port 69, from other computers. I'm getting a timeout

This seems very strange, since I can see the tftp service in netstat:

:~$ sudo netstat -tulpn
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address   Foreign Address State
 PID/Program name
tcp0  0 0.0.0.0:22  0.0.0.0:*   LISTEN
488/sshd
tcp0  0 127.0.0.1:250.0.0.0:*   LISTEN
922/exim4
tcp6   0  0 :::22   :::*LISTEN
488/sshd
tcp6   0  0 ::1:25  :::*LISTEN
922/exim4
udp0  0 0.0.0.0:68  0.0.0.0:*
 535/dhclient
udp0  0 0.0.0.0:69  0.0.0.0:*
 1117/in.tftpd
udp0  0 0.0.0.0:53530.0.0.0:*
 465/avahi-daemon: r
udp0  0 0.0.0.0:19000.0.0.0:*
 664/minissdpd
udp0  0 0.0.0.0:51554   0.0.0.0:*
 465/avahi-daemon: r
udp6   0  0 :::52077:::*
465/avahi-daemon: r
udp6   0  0 :::5353 :::*
465/avahi-daemon: r

The firewall was left with its defaults on this computer:

:~$ sudo iptables -L -nv
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 968 packets, 96829 bytes)
 pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
 destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
 destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 525 packets, 129K bytes)
 pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
 destination


However, if I check the ports from other computers, it seems that nothing's
listening there:

:~$ nc -vz lab 69
lab.home.org [192.168.1.179] 69 (?) : Connection refused
:~$ nc -vz lab 22
lab.home.org [192.168.1.179] 22 (ssh) open

But, if I try to connect from localhost, I can get a test file that I've
created in /srv/tftp/:

:~$ echo "get hello.txt" | tftp 192.168.1.179
tftp> Received 7 bytes in 0.0 seconds
tftp>

Does anybody know what's happening here? What I should check?
Please help me with any suggestions or ideas you might have.

Thank you,


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Disable search as you type in Nautilus

[Catalin Soare]

Hello everyone,

I've installed a fresh instance of Debian 9.1, and I would say I am pretty
happy with it, with one exception that is getting to me, the more I use the
"Files" application.

I was used, in any file manager, to be able to select a file/directory by
simply typing part of its name. Personally, I believe that it's intuitive,
and smarter than search-as-you-type. I mean.. imagine you're in /mnt, and
you've got several 2 TB drives mounted there!

Sorry about the rant. I want to ask if anybody has found a way to disable
this feature for nautilus ( version 3.22.3) that seems to come with Debian
9.1.

Or, an alternative -- is there anyone who has successfully replaced
nautilus with a capable filesystem browser that integrates well with this
version of Gnome?

Thanks for any input or suggestions,

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Re: Differences Between ThinkPad Models

[Catalin Soare]

On Dec 4, 2015 8:35 PM, "Jape Person"  wrote:
>
> On 12/04/2015 01:07 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>>
>> On Friday 04 December 2015 17:46:52 Bob Holtzman wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 09:36:59AM +0100, mourik jan heupink wrote:

 On 12/04/2015 05:28 AM, Erick Ocrospoma wrote:
>
> I currently have one T440p Lenovo. It's a rock solid, with a nice
> keyboard. In depends mostly on
> your needs, T series are for long usage (uptime). Supported on Linux,
> I've played here with Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora.


 I currently have a t430s, but it will be my last lenovo. I agree on
 compatibility: no issues there. But I strongly disagree on build
 quality. Mine is NOT rock solid at all. During the first months the
 two front corners already broke, with cracks running towards the
 keyboard.

 Plus: it was not covered by the warranty. (note: it's a rather
 expensive laptop (euro 1400) and you'd expect a but better (less
 plastic) build quality.

 Previously i had dell latitude 4300, and it lasted much longer,
 without any damage, and generally felt much sturdier. The lenovo
 feels very plastic, and also sounds like that if you tap it with
 your fingernails.

 So first and last lenovo for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> My exact thoughts. My T420 is so flexible that you have to be careful
>>> when you pick it up so as not to pop the cd drive open. Too bad. I'm
>>> told the earlier ones, when IBM was still in the picture, were rock
>>> solid. Maybe if I cxould find a used T60..
>>
>>
>> I think they do two grades now.  The more expensive ones are reputed
still to
>> be good.
>>
>> Lisi
>>
>>
> Interesting how perceptions on physical build quality of computer systems
differ.
>
> I've not particularly cared for plastic cases on laptops/notebooks since
the *early* Toshibas. Those things were indestructible. I actually fell on
top of a T1200 in a mud puddle and continued to use it for years afterward.
(Don't ask. Let it suffice to say I am a master of face planting.)
>
> I've had two Dell Inspirons which actually decayed into pieces over a
short time (never dropped). Thinking I'd have better luck with Dell's
business grade stuff, I bought a Dell Precision laptop (metal casing and
frame) which was absolute junk. The casing and frame were fine, but it
experienced multiple motherboard and drive failures. I tossed it in the
recycle bin 2 years after I purchased it.
>
> My Lenovo T520i is plastic. Yeah, it sounds like plastic when you tap the
hand rest of lid with your fingernails, but the frame doesn't flex at all
when I carry it. I've had it twice as long as the Dell Precision. It cost
about 1/5th as much as the Dell, and it's had one failure -- a mechanical
failure of a key. Lenovo sent me a replacement keyboard and instructions
two years after purchase, no questions asked.
>
> It was also easy to buy the Lenovo with no OS installed. I've never found
a way to get Dell to cooperate on that matter -- at least not on any of the
models I wanted to buy.
>
> The IBM IdeaPads and/or R models always seemed to exhibit a lower grade
of construction quality than the ThinkPads. I think the lines between the
Lenovo consumer grade and business grade equipment may have become a little
blurred since then. My observation only. No data to back this up other than
what I've witnessed directly in stores and at the publishing company where
I used to work, which is obviously not anything like an industry-wide
reliability survey.
>
> The only problem I see with the plan outlined in the OP is that flashing
the free BIOS can brick the system. I see a lot of caveats at that site.
Still might be worth the risk. I've been thinking of buying one of the
gluglug refurbished units. But maybe I'll try this instead.
>
>

Hi,

I have a Lenovo T540p and while I was able to install Debian, then Ubuntu
and Mint, I have to say this:
Wireless doesn't work! I mean it does, at lower speeds and eventually you
have to turn the adapter off and rescan and reconnect. Couldn't get more
than 400KB/s with Linux. On Windows it's a different story..
Try to avoid this model if you plan to use Linux also as apparently it's
part of a series which seems doomed from this point of view.

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

[Catalin Soare]

On Nov 25, 2015 11:12 PM, "Mauro Condarelli"  wrote:
>
>
>
> Il 25/11/2015 21:28, Lisi Reisz ha scritto:
>>
>> On Wednesday 25 November 2015 20:14:04 Mauro Condarelli wrote:
>>>
>>> Pretty Please,
>>> tell me this isn't true:
>>> The only sensible answer I got from debian list boils down to: "use
>>> proprietary driver".
>>>
>>> This is truly sad, especially since I *know* Linux Mint (which is a
debian
>>> derivative, through ubuntu parentage) does indeed work out-of-the-box
with
>>> *no* configuration at all.
>>
>> Presumably with a proprietary driver.  Mint makes no claims to be
entirely
>> Free.
>
> You should (!) not presume too much.
> I am not used to speak without checking.
> Linux Mint uses nouveau for NVidia.
> If You would have bothered checking lsmod I sent a few days ago you would
have known.
>
> Regards
> Mauro
>
>
>>
>> Lisi
>>>
>>> A desolate
>>> Mauro
>>>
>>> Il 23/11/2015 14:40, Ric Moore ha scritto:

 On 11/22/2015 10:44 AM, Mauro Condarelli wrote:
>
> Thanks Ric,
> care to share details on how You managed such a marvel?
> How did You disable the internal (intel) "video card" (actually inside
> the CPU chip)? From BIOS?
> What other configuration did You do?

 I just disabled the video feature in the bios. Then I loaded the nvidia
 driver. Then I used nvidia-settings to use xinerama and to configure
the
 order of the monitors. When you "save to X configuration file", save it
 in your home directory as you are "user" and not able to save directly
to
 /etc/X11. Open a terminal and "sudo cp xorg.conf /etc/X11" to put it
 there. If you have monitors of differing size, the X Server Display
 Configuration will allow you to play tricks, like panning to a smaller
 screen to be bigger through scrolling. Slick! Ric
>
>

Hello there,

Maybe it is as you said earlier, an option in the kernel. Namely, the no
multicard support you mentioned earlier, is it possible that was comming
from the kernel itself or was it noveau?

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

[Catalin Soare]

On Nov 25, 2015 11:54 PM, "Mauro Condarelli" <mc5...@mclink.it> wrote:
>
>
> Il 25/11/2015 22:23, Catalin Soare ha scritto:
>>
>> Hello there,
>>
>> Maybe it is as you said earlier, an option in the kernel. Namely, the no
multicard support you mentioned earlier, is it possible that was comming
from the kernel itself or was it noveau?
>>
> Thanks Catalin.
>
> Context of said error is:
> ...
> [ 7.708] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
> [ 7.708] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
> [ 7.708] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
> [ 7.709] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> [ 7.709] compiled for 1.17.2, module version = 0.0.2
> [ 7.709] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
> [ 7.709] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
> [ 7.709] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card
support
> [ 7.709] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
> [ 7.709] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
> [ 7.709] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
> [ 7.709] (--) NOUVEAU(0): Chipset: "NVIDIA NVE4"
> [ 7.709] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Creating default Display subsection in
Screen section
> "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
> [ 7.709] (==) NOUVEAU(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> [ 7.709] (==) NOUVEAU(0): RGB weight 888
> ...
>
> I do not know where it comes from (if You want I can post or pastebin the
whole log again).
> I tried googling, but never found an explanation, only cited in threads
"solved" by other means.
> VGAarbiter is a kernel module but AFAIK it deals with "legacy VGA
devices" which do not "allow relocation of such (I/O or memory space)
ranges"; it is unclear to me if this applies to my case.
>
> I am willing to experiment, but I need help because I have no experience
with video drivers.
>
> Regards
> Mauro

No need to upload again, I admit I didn't bother to check since apparently
others have already and I don't have experience with Linux drivers.

Personally, what I would do in this case is save the dmesg for debian
somewhere; go back to Mint and check dmesg over there too. Also check if
Mint has blacklisted any modules, such as, for example fbdevhw? Either way,
there should be something that you will find by matching the 2 OSs.

Re: Virtual box

[Catalin Soare]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:33 AM, Mitch Nuss <mitchsa...@hamilton.net> wrote:

> I am wanting to install Debian into a pic tower I have and want to use it
> as a headless server and use a tight VNC so I can access it anywhere. Do
> you have any advice for me and will I need to install virtual box? Amy info
> you have for me would be great thanks.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>


Hello,

If you want some virtualization, then yes, you'll have to install some
virtualization software, out of which I guess Virtualbox is the easiest to
setup.
But you don't really need VNC, unless you plan to install many VMs and then
remove them, and then install others (so unless you really need a GUI).

The way I do this: I setup my VMs (webserver / other servers), then:
1. I turn on my PC with wakeonlan from another device;
2. I ssh into my PC
3. I turn on the VMs that I want to work on from the ssh session:
vboxmanage startvm "VM_name" --type headless.

The name of the VMs can be found by "vboxmanage list vms".

Good luck!

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Re: whatsapp on Debian?

[Catalin Soare]

There is BlueStacks, however I think it's only available for Windoze and
OSX, not sure if it will run on Linux.
Maybe you might have a chance to find something similar to it

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:16 AM, Eike Lantzsch <zp6...@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Sunday 18 October 2015 13:55:06 foster2cbran...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > If you check out WhatsApp's website, or the wikipedia page:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp The only supported operating
> systems
> > are on phones. Since it's a mobile phone app, I would guess there is no
> PC
> > port of this.
> > > On Oct 18, 2015, at 12:36, Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> writes:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >>> On 17/10/2015 9:52 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> > >>> I've found several how-to's about installing whatsapp on Linux and
> > >>> Debian but none of them was useful to me.  Anyone out there who was
> > >>> successful with the issue and can report how to do?
> > >>
> > >> I'm not sure what you need, but the secure messaging part (when it is
> > >> done right) is being handled with code from the TextSecure project.
> > >> If that is what you are after, then you might want to consider looking
> > >> at that project -- Android TextSecure / Red Phone  iOS Signal is
> > >> the equivalent, but in one app.  The Android apps are expected to
> > >> become one app too, but not sure when.
> > >>
> > >> https://whispersystems.org/
> > >>
> > >> The apps on github:
> > >> https://github.com/whispersystems/
> > >
> > > Thanks.  But, as far as I understand, that's not for PCs, only for
> > > phones... What I want is instead to use whatsapp from my PC.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Rodolfo
>
> Open https://web.whatsapp.com/
> Take a picture of the QR-code from out of WhatsApp on your phone and voilá
> WhatsApp in a (any) browser. But you still need the phone to do that. Don't
> know if that suits your need.
> Cheers
> Eike
>
> --
> Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE
>
> It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it
> is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It
> isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs.
>  -- Oxford University Press, Edpress New
>
>


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Re: Upgrading clients using rsync

[Catalin Soare]

On Mar 4, 2015 12:24 PM, Paul van der Vlis p...@vandervlis.nl wrote:

 Hello,

 I have successfully upgraded clients from Debian7 to Debian8 using rysnc.

 First I did a fresh new install with Debian8 on a client.
 Then I used rsync to make a backup of that to the server.

 After that I used rsync again to sync this backup to a Debian7 client,
 with some excludes. Rsync did not give errors, SSH did still work after
 the sync.

 It was neccessary to do an update-grub (for the UUID of the root
 partition), and a grub-install, because of the new grub version in
 Debian 8.

 After a reboot of the client everything worked fine.

 This are the scripts I used on the server:
 https://vandervlis.nl/files/backup-client8
 https://vandervlis.nl/files/sync-client8

 I think this is interesting for upgrading, but it's also interesting to
 keep clients identical after bigger changes. Maybe even as an
 alternative for Puppet.

 With regards,
 Paul van der Vlis.



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Thank you for sharing Paul!

May I trouble you with some details about this? I am curious about the
disks setup on your clients, I suppose they're partitioned in a similar
manner. Also what directories did you have to exclude?

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Re: Image cloning software

[Catalin Soare]

On Nov 30, 2014 1:26 AM, Scott Ferguson 
scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 30 November 2014 at 04:39, Miroslav Skoric sko...@eunet.rs wrote:
  Is there a good software for Debian 7.7 as well as for Debian 6.10 that
is
  capable to produce a multi DVD/CD image of a working system, in a way
that
  such image can be used later as a DVD/CD installation media for
'cloning' on
  the other comps (or on itself, in case of an irreparable failure of a
  working machine)? Thanks.

 The Live-CD project? Packages are in the Debian repositories:-
 http://mklivecd.sourceforge.net/
 http://live.debian.net/
 I haven't used it in recent years, but I suspect with some tinkering
 it could do what you want - rescue cd, with a backup of your
 customisations, configurations, and home, an archive of main packages
 (space providing), and a copy of dpkg --get-selections  selection
 which could be scripted to rebuild and/or clone a box.

 aptoncd

 AFAIK not in the Debian repositories - but you could try mkCDrec:-
 http://mkcdrec.sourceforge.net/
 ...and it's successor - http://relax-and-recover.org/

 There is also Debian-based Live CD, it's name escapes me, which is
 kind-of Norton Ghost and it includes the ability to clone to DVD.

 A simple clone (dd) would limit you to reinstalls on disks the same
 size or larger - whereas cp (with the appropriate switches) will, in
 most cases, work fine - if you first partition and format the new
 disk. You'd need to change the UUIDs in GRUB. I've used that method
 and dpkg --set-selections  selections and customised /etc/skel to
 do what you describe but only from disks not optical media. A little
 bash scripting and bashburn or similar should make it possible to put
 that onto optical media. Start the restore/clone process with a tiny
 rescue cd booted toram?

 Generally the process you describe is done with something like
 puppet/chef etc, or preseeding PXE installs, on a larger scale (SOE
 deployment).


 
  M.
 
 


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Re: Gigabyte BRIX with (Debian) Linux

[Catalin Soare]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Dan Ritter d...@randomstring.org wrote:

 On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 05:19:43PM +0200, Catalin Soare wrote:
  Hi everyone,
 
  I am thinking of buying one of these devices, and I was wondering if
  someone on the list has been successful in installing Debian on any BRIX
  device, and if they could share impressions.
 
  Here is one that I have in mind:
 
 
 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/gigabyte-brix-desktop-computer/1309084555.p?id=mp1309084555skuId=1309084555
 

 I bought one, added RAM, an internal SSD and an external USB3 HD. Wifi
 needs a kernel from wheezy-backports; for install, the wired ethernet
 will work just fine.

 -dsr-




Sounds great!

Thank you!

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Gigabyte BRIX with (Debian) Linux

[Catalin Soare]

Hi everyone,

I am thinking of buying one of these devices, and I was wondering if
someone on the list has been successful in installing Debian on any BRIX
device, and if they could share impressions.

Here is one that I have in mind:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/gigabyte-brix-desktop-computer/1309084555.p?id=mp1309084555skuId=1309084555

Thanks for any input


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Re: WLAN router doesn't provide fix IP addresses

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On Oct 31, 2014 11:24 AM, B. M. b-m...@gmx.ch wrote:

 Thanks a lot for the answer, I think I'll look deeper into avahi.


 Le 31 oct. 2014 à 09:45, Karl E. Jorgensen k...@jorgensen.org.uk a
écrit :

  Hi
 
  On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 09:28:33AM +0100, B. M. wrote:
  Hi list,
 
  I have a problem with my (w)lan setup.  We use telephone and
  internet over the cable network and the company gives us a wlan
  modem for free. Unfortunately this modem doesn't allow me to specify
  fix IPs in the internal network for all of our machines.
 
  Well - even if it doesn't, surely it allows you to specify which
  *range* of IP addresses should be used for DHCP?
 
  There is nothing wrong with configuring a server with a fixed IP
  address (=not use DHCP client), as long as you use the correct
  network, netmask and default gateway.
 
  Nevertheless I setup an owncloud server on one machine (which is
  somehow our server but not always running), including SSL
  encryption with a self-signed certificate for its IP address. That
  worked well for a couple of months because the IP addresses didn't
  change (although they were not fixed).
 
  Oh. certificates for IP addresses is a new one on me :-)
 
  Now due to a technical problem our modem got replaced all of the IP
  addresses changed. (I did expect that for sometime in the
  future... but not so early...)
 
  Since it's impossible to manually define the IP addresses, I've a
  problem. Of course I could create a new certificate, put it on all
  other machines and adjust all settings (owncloud server address...);
  but that's quite an hassle.
 
  Do the machines use avahi (or mdns? I'm actually not sure of the name,
  but having libnss-mdns installed and mdns4 mentioned in
  /etc/nsswitch.conf would indicate so).
 
  If so, you should be able to use ${hostname}.local instead of an IP
  address, and the multicast DNS resolution would sort things out.
 
  So I wanted to ask if there are other possibilities? I can define
  one or two DNS server in the modem's config. Would it work to setup
  my main machine (which is not always running) as an internal DNS
  server and use the hostnames instead of the IP addresses?
 
  That is also a possibility. But if it is only for facilitating a
  single server, then it's overkill.  And it adds a single point of
  failure too: you would not be able to resolve IP addresses while the
  machine is down.
 
  If you already own/run a domain, you can also add a A record in the
  DNS for this to point to it - e.g. owncloud.example.com IN A
  192.168.0.45.
 
  Using an entry in /etc/hosts is also an option.
 
  Hope this helps
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You could also look into building your own dns+dhcp server. I have a
Raspberry pi, which is always on and runs isc-dhcp-server and bind9.

Or you could try dnsmask, might prove easier to setup/maintain.

The list will assist with any of these.

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Re: Screen doesn't turn off

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On Oct 26, 2014 6:08 PM, Alan Greenberger ala...@ptd.net wrote:

 On 2014-10-23, Catalin Soare lolinux.so...@gmail.com wrote:
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  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
  Hi,
 
  I've got 2 computera, both running Debian Wheezy, all updates applied.
One
  of them seems to ignore the Brightness and lock setting which should
make
  the screen turn off after 30 minutes.
  It simply remains on all day or night.
 
  Anyone have a clue what additional setting I should check?

 type xset q.  If it reports that DPMS is not enabled,
 type xset +dpms


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I think that did it.

Thank you.

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Screen doesn't turn off

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Hi,

I've got 2 computera, both running Debian Wheezy, all updates applied. One
of them seems to ignore the Brightness and lock setting which should make
the screen turn off after 30 minutes.
It simply remains on all day or night.

Anyone have a clue what additional setting I should check?

Thank you for your time.

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Re: logrotate problem

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On Oct 6, 2014 11:00 PM, Michael Grant mgr...@grant.org wrote:

 I think I've tracked this down to rsyslogd being updated a few days ago
and it not restarting.

 So I tried to restart it by hand with /etc/init.d/rsyslogd restart but it
failed to stop.  So trying to understand why it didn't stop, I tried
running start-stop-daemon manually and here's what I see:

 # start-stop-daemon -v --stop --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile
/var/run/rsyslogd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/rsyslogd
 No /usr/sbin/rsyslogd found running; none killed.
 # ps ax | grep /usr/sbin/rsyslogd
  3401 ?Sl 2:36 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -c5
  9922 pts/3S+ 0:00 grep -i --color /usr/sbin/rsyslogd
 # more /var/run/rsyslogd.pid
 3401

 Why would start-stop-daemon not be able to find /usr/sbin/rsysogd?  It's
spelled properly, it's pid is properly in the pid file.  (Sure, I can kill
it by hand but I really want to know why start-stop-daemon can't kill it
because there is probably some underlying problem that needs solving!)

 On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Joe j...@jretrading.com wrote:

 On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 19:51:38 +0100
 Michael Grant mgr...@grant.org wrote:

  When logrotate fired this month, almost all of my logs remain at zero
  length and the .1 log continues to grow.  For example:
 
  ls -l /var/log
  ...
  -rw-r- 1 root adm 0 Oct  5 06:25 messages
  -rw-r- 1 root adm  4938 Oct  6 06:56 messages.1
  ...
  -rw-r- 1 root adm 0 Oct  1 06:25 syslog
  -rw-r- 1 root adm  15767734 Oct  6 13:17 syslog.1
 
  I'm running debian wheezy 7.6 on two separate systems.
 
  I'm guessing that logrotate didn't complete to restart the daemons.
  When I run logrotate -dv, I see no errors.
 
  I update both with cron-apt and I would not be surprised if one of the
  updates caused this but I'm not sure.
 
  Has anyone else seen this?  Any idea how to fix it so this works next
  month?

 Mine rotate every day, and seem to be doing so quite happily, but they
 are on a server and it's run by the default cron system.

 Have you tried running logrotate manually without -d? It's possible an
 update has caused a permissions issue somewhere, and you may get clues
 from the console.

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Hi Michael,

If I understood correctly, the only issue was actually that the daemon
wasn't running at all; so when it tried to stop it, there wasn't anything
to stop.

Hopefully it is running by now :-)

Fwd: Upgrade issue

[Catalin Soare]

Forwarding to the list, I believe Björn meant for it to go there.

Anyone know what could have caused this?
Or how to fix this?

Björn, are there any programs that you might need that do not work with
debian wheezy? Before any more troubleshooting goes into this I would
recommend you backup the important stuff in your home directory and
anywhere you might have them and go with a fresh install.

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From: Björn Djisktra amailuser...@gmail.com
Date: Sep 13, 2014 2:10 AM
Subject: Upgrade issue
To: lolinux.so...@gmail.com
Cc:

 Hi,

 When I upgraded my system from lenny to squeezy with apt-get upgrade,
 this happened:

 Fetched 135MB in 19min29s (126.2kB/s)
 Extracting templates from packages: 100%
 Preconfiguring packages ...
 Can't locate object method new via package
 Debconf::Element::Noninteractive::Note (perhaps you forgot to load
 Debconf::Element::Noninteractive::Note?) at
 /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd.pm line 68, GEN110 line 5.
 /bin/tar: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `'
 /bin/tar: line 1: `w1.0-0 (= 1.7.2), libgtop2-7 (= 2.20.0), libhal1
 (= 0.5.8.1), libice6 (= 1:1.0.0), libmetacity0 (= 1:2.22.0),
 libnautilus-burn4, liborbit2 (= 1:2.14.10), libpanel-applet2-0 (=
 2.19.3), libpango1.0-0 (= 1.20.3), libpopt0 (= 1.14), librsvg2-2 (=
 2.18.1), libsm6, libstartup-notification0 (= 0.8-1),
 libtotem-plparser10 (= 2.21.92), libwnck22 (= 2.22.0), libxml2 (=
 2.6.27), zlib1g (= 1:1.1.4), librsvg2-common'
 dpkg-deb: subprocess tar returned error exit status 2
 dpkg: error processing
 /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_6.0squeeze10_i386.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
 Errors were encountered while processing:
  /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_6.0squeeze10_i386.deb
 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

 Can you help me?

Re: No localhost - I'm stumped

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On Aug 25, 2014 7:30 PM, John johnrchamp...@wowway.com wrote:

 On 24/08/14, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote:
  On 2014-08-24, John johnrchamp...@wowway.com 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

 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.

 Still, it would be nice to _understand_ ...

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Hello there,

This may not be much of an answer to your problem but anyway:

On windoze systems, when you don't get a reply from 127.0.0.1, you've got a
problem with your tcp/ip stack network driver.
You should then try to reset it (on windoze you will have to do it with
netsh and then reconfigure the nic) or/and reinstall the nic driver.

You may also try reinstalling packages like the ones you mentioned, since
there are just so many dependencies, but keep your backups close and warm.

Cheers!

Re: Cloning hdds of different sizes

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On May 29, 2014 7:50 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:

 On Wed, 28 May 2014 21:34:12 +0100
 Philip Ashmore cont...@philipashmore.com wrote:

  On 28/05/14 21:02, Steve Litt wrote:

   If you want to expand a partition to include the unallocated space,
   I think you have to use whatever partition butts up against the
   unallocated space to make bigger. If there's a tool to enlarge a
   different partition and move the others to compensate, Im not
   aware of it.
  gparted can do this.

 Cool! Everything the OP asked for, in two simple steps.

 SteveT

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Awesome!

Thank everyone for your responses. And sorry for not replying sooner. The
thing is, I forgot to mention that I had one more partition. Some
/mnt/data0 drive where I was keeping some backups and photos.

I used dd from an older Knoppix 7.0 I found at hand when I started.
dd was running like so: dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda.

In another lxterm tab, I left a while true kill -SIGUSR1 (PID_of_dd) and
sleep 300 to see its progress.

However, when I woke up (was getting ready to leave for my parents place),
I saw that the lxterminal window was gone, and so was the lxde taskbar,
buttons. As I was in a rush, I didn't think much of that, pressed
ctrl+alt+f1, turned off, removed 250gb drive and turned on the computer to
see the result.
As pointed, Debian did boot, however I noticed that the data partition was
not imaged completely (lxde/lxterm crash). This is because when I did an ls
/mnt/data0 I got the following:

ls: cannot access /mnt/data0/backup: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /mnt/data0/hdd mic: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /mnt/data0/iso_library: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /mnt/data0/download: Input/output error

I wasn't able to identify any other issues, however this looks bad enough.

So again, thank everyone for the valuable suggestions, however I will now
have to redo the process again, and this time I think I will use ddrescue.
(I do get the second chance since, in a rush, I removed the hdd, closed the
computer case, booted, etc; when I grabbed the hdd I took an older 80 GB
ATA drive that was on my desk instead of the 250 GB SATA.)

Best regards,

Re: Cloning hdds of different sizes

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On May 29, 2014 10:50 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:

 On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 22:05 +0300, Catalin Soare wrote:
  dd was running like so: dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda.

 #!/bin/sh
 dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda
 echo dd exit status: $?  dd.log
 exit

 Assumed the exit status isn't 0, there was an error.


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Yes, didn't think of this.

Thank you Ralf

Cloning hdds of different sizes

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Hello,

In one of my computers I have 2 HDDs. One of them is a 250 GB drive
(debian) and the other is a 300 GB (data).

I've decided to give one of them to my parents because the one they have
right now makes some strange noises. So I've backed up and cleaned up the
drive, and as we speak I am cloning my debian install (from the 250 GB
disk) onto the other drive.

My fstab contains blkids to identify the root, swap, and home partitions.
Will the new clone just boot as if it was on the old drive?

Also is there a simple method to resize the future home partition and move
the root partition so that I don't end up with unallocated space on the
drive?
Basically I'd like to have a bootable system while also being able to use
the entire space on the disk.

Thank you for any suggestions,

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Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

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On Nov 25, 2013 12:58 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:

 On Mon, 2013-11-25 at 23:32 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
  On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 11:04:27PM +0530, AP wrote:
   I want to use Linux in my daily works which are simple like office
   works (documentation) and web surfing because I
   am in the job which is no more related with computers..So this is
   just my hobby part.
 
  You can use libreoffice. Just be aware that there can be formatting
  issues between the two systems. Using the .rtf type can be used instead,
  but there are plenty of Save As ... choices.

 _Like_ office works etc., so what's the etc.? Multimedia? Distros
 have different policies regarding to used libraries, regarding to
 non-free codecs, regarding to follow or not to follow current stable
 releases from upstream. All this could have advantages and drawbacks,
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Hello there!

May I recommend a path that many of us took before sticking to Debian?

Just as prerequisites, if you have another hdd or some 30 gb of disk space
on the existing disk, you should be fine.

Try RedHat's Fedora!
That is one of the cutting edge OSes.
Try OpenSuSE.
Both are rpm-based distributions. However, if you don't notice that as a
user, then that is a good thing!

Try Ubuntu. Deb-based, derived from Debian, if you've used Debian before
you might notice that some things appear to be easier to setup or already
setup.
There are just soo many other Linux distributions out there that you can
try and many of them offer live cds. (Burn iso on cd, and at boot select
livecd instead of install. You get a feel of the OS without having to
install it. Best example is probably Knoppix.)

Then, come back to Debian. Unless you choose any testing or non-stable
variants, you will notice that it truly is stable and once setup, things
Just Work (TM).

Just get your feet wet a bit! It'll be fun!
Good luck!

P.S.: One of the nice things of the non-Windows world is that you have
choice. If you don't like one distro, you end up reading about many others
which you might like.

Re: problem installing win 7 on debian machine

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On Sep 15, 2013 12:36 AM, Johan Thallauer lunaradru...@hotmail.com
wrote:


 Hi im trying to install windows 7 from my usb drive on a mchine that
already has debian only installed on it and I keep getting 
 invalid partition table so is there something that I have to do in
debian to fix this?
 (I love it when copy-paste also copies thte dont styles, so stupid)

 see my question here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/installing-win-7-invalid-partition-table/f55a3ef7-2db4-42cf-aa32-bd2ca316037c?tm=1379103513024

 thanks for reading!

Hello Johan,

First, you need to know that if you install Windows (any version) from a
dvd on a computer that already has Linux installed, the Windows installer
will overwrite the bootsector, and you will omly be able to boot Windows
from there on.

The error you get is probably because your partitions are already Linux's
partitions which Windows is unable to read.
You will have to boot Debian, and make some backups of stuff you may need.
Then install a partition editing tool. I would recommend GParted. With
GParted you will be able to resize one of the existing partitions which
will host Windows. Resize them so that you end up with a minimum of 50 GB
free space.
After having done that, you should be able to install Windows.
Once you've succeeded with the install when you will want to boot Debian,
you will need the Linux install disc (or almost any Linux install or boot
disc, chroot to your initial debian installation, and do a grub-install on
your current boot partition).

That should be about it, I think. If it sounds like much, you may want to
read a bit for these thigs. It's not hard.

Good luck!

Re: tri-boot debian, debian-without-dm, and windows with newer debian using partitions from older debian?

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On Sep 4, 2013 11:41 PM, Kim Christensen kchr+deb...@technopragmatics.org
wrote:

 On 09/04/2013 09:53 PM, Kim Christensen wrote:
  On 09/04/2013 07:58 PM, Anubhav Yadav wrote:
  Can I install debian again on my machine (without any desktop manager)
  on a separate partition for / and use the /home, /usr, /var and /temp
  from my current debian installation?
 
  I would recommend installing separate Debian systems using Linux
  Containers (LXC)[1], or similar chrooting/virtual Linux solution.

 And I actually managed to forget the footnote... Shame on me.

 [1] https://wiki.debian.org/LXC
 http://wiki.openvz.org/Category:Debian
 http://openvz.org/Installation_on_Debian

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There would be another option for this, if you want to 'force' yourself
(and you don't need another separate install)..
I actually forgot which runlevel actually starts X and the DM, but anyway:
boot Debian into textmode (no X) and learn to start X manually. Find the
commands needed to switch the runlevels or to start X, then GDM manually
and  see what happens.
Save the commands you discover and add them inside a script. Anytime you
will need X you can just switch to it because it's already installed.
Install a console-based (ncurse) browser so you will be able to browse the
web while you're in console mode.
And, yet another way would be to leave the system as is again, and simply
enter a virtual terminal (press CTRL+ALT+F1 or CTRL+ALT+F2,... you get up
to 5 of them, or was it 6?.. anyway that's customizable too :-) )

I hope I got your imagination running!

Welcome to Debian and..  Enjoy!

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Re: Hotspot script not working

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On Sep 3, 2013 7:01 AM, Anubhav Yadav anub...@icoer.in wrote:

 On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 10:33 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:

  I suspect this is coming from line 253 (ifconfig mon.$INTERFACE_WLAN
  down). I believe that the . has a special meaning in interface names
  inasmuch as it indicates a VLAN (virtual LAN) device. So mon.wlan0
  would be the VLAN wlan0 running over physical interface mon. Now, as
  VLAN IDs can only be numeric and I don't think you've got a mon
  interface, that's why it's failing.
 
  I *also* can't find any other mention of mon. in that file. It's
  possible one of the commands it calls creates such an interface (I'm not
  familiar with hostapd or dnsmasq), so check how they work first. But you
  might get away with just commenting out line 253 :)

 I commented out the line, the error won't come, but still the hotspot is
 not detected on my mobile!
  
   Any help will be appreciated.
  
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   Regards,
   Anubhav Yadav,
   Computer Engineering Final Year Student,
   Imperial College of Engineering and Research,
   Pune.
  
  
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Hello
May I suggest trying to google for using debian as an ad-hoc wifi /
hotspot / whatever you want to call it, since it may just be easier to do
that rather than porting/debugging that script?

I was able to find quite a few guides, even on wiki.debian.org.

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Re: What's the easiest and/or simplest part of Linux Kernel?

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On Aug 24, 2013 7:40 PM, guojzzz rush@gmail.com wrote:

 Recently I have a interest in Linux Kernel, but I don't think my C
programming skill is able to handle it, I'm just going to read the code in
Github.

 So any of you have ever involved in the dev of Linux Kernel? I've been
kernelnewbies.org, it's a great website.


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Hello Guo,

Not meant to dissapoint you but this is a distribution-specific user
support list. This question would probably better answered in the kernel
mailing list(s).

Cheers!

P.S. You could start here: http://vger.kernel.org and then see the availble
lists for the different modules of the kernel:
http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html.
I am sure they will appreciate volunteering effort especially if you have
to have some experience with C and are eager to learn the industry
standards.
Best luck, and I hope I will read your name in the credits section!!! :-)

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Re: What if I choose install text-based mode than X?

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On Aug 22, 2013 5:24 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:



 Le 22.08.2013 15:22, 郭靖 a écrit :

 在 2013年8月22日星期四UTC+8下午6时50分01秒，Ralf Mardorf写道：

 On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 19:41 -0700, 郭靖 wrote:

  I've burned a Live CD, and I tried it on VirtualBox, it looked fine

  but I chose the wrong place for GRUB, at last it didn't run well.



 More information is needed to comment this.



  is Synaptic different from apt-get? Which of them has more softwares?



 Both use the same list of repositories, so the same software is

 available.



  mc looks fine and I may tried out.



 mcedit is the command to access it's editor directly and

 mcedit /path/to/file/foo will open the editor and a file directly. nano

 is another easy to use editor, but you should know the basics how to use

 vi, or vim, since those are the editors that usually are separated from

 the rest of the userspace and available if everything should be broken

 on UNIX like systems.



 If you want to learn Linux this way I would recommend to use another

 distro, but this are only my 2 cents. I for example prefer Arch over

 Debian. Beside the repositories that provide binaries Arch comes with a

 build system similar to FreeBSD ports, packages neither for this build

 system, nor for the binaries are split, as they are for Debian. Arch

 packages follow upstream, IOW a lib will not get a separated package,

 headers don't get separated packages too. Building packages for Arch is

 much easier than doing it for Debian. The _real_ rolling release model

 of Arch does provide latest _stable_ software, so if you want to develop

 using a lot of new stuff from git, svn etc., you wouldn't run that easy

 into issues, as you'll do when using Debian.



  If I dual-boot Debian on my MBP, then install rEFIt, would it be fine?



 I don't know.



 Debian:

 https://wiki.debian.org/MacBook/DebianInstallTutorial

 https://wiki.debian.org/MacBookPro



 Arch:

 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBook

 http://codylittlewood.com/arch-linux-on-macbook-pro-installation/



  And can I send and/or receive mailing list or emails, and talk on IRC

  channels?



 You are already doing it ;), but yes you can do it using Linux too :).



 Regards,

 Ralf









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 I think you misunderstood, mc here means Midnight Commander, a file
manager.

 Arch has been considered before, but I don't have a great knowledge
 on Linux, hence I don't think it a nice idea to do so.

 BTW, I mean can I use IRC on text-based OS?


 Yes, and you can even browse the web if you want: you just need a ncurse
client to do that.

 To find one that will suit your needs, I can only give an advice: run
aptitude, install debtags, then open a debtab consultation ( in views ), go
to protocol-irc tree, and search for one which have the debtab
interface::commandline or interface::text-mode.

 Aptitude with debtags is my favorite method to search for softwares which
would fit my needs: it can filter stuff by many things, like programming
language, interface (x11, ncurses...), library (gtk, qt), desktop
environment... very useful when you try to keep a system as lightweight as
possible (I avoid stuff related to DE, and try to avoid any thing with many
dependencies, like python softwares usually.)



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Hello,

I recommend you install debian with a GUI at first, because things will get
messy and hard to do since (no offense here) you have no experience with
Linux. Just select a desktop environment when you are prompted for the
server selection previously mentioned.

The reason for that is: if you want to learn Linux commands, you need a
terminal emulator. That can be a Gnome-Terminal, Konsole (if you chose
KDE), xterm or tens more. In the mean time, you will find it more
confortable to learn from a GUI.

Tip: for console browsers, you can try apt-get install links or lynx.
They are so great, both of them.

You might want to try an introductory guide to Linux to get you started
using it. I have.. many times :-)

Good luck and exercise your google-fu!

Re: Thinkpad T61 Critical temperature reached (103 C), shutting down

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On Aug 13, 2013 8:42 PM, green greenfreedo...@gmail.com wrote:

 Alphonse Ogulla wrote at 2013-08-13 04:02 -0500:
  Aug 10 23:05:57 curiosity kernel: [ 3601.433022] thinkpad_acpi:
  THERMAL EMERGENCY: a sensor reports something is extremely hot!
  Aug 10 23:05:57 curiosity kernel: [ 3601.434875] thinkpad_acpi:
  temperatures (Celsius): 87 42 33 62 50 N/A 34 N/A 40 46 56 N/A N/A N/A
  N/A N/A
  Aug 10 23:05:57 curiosity kernel: [ 3601.435288] Critical temperature
  reached (103 C), shutting down.
  Aug 10 23:05:57 curiosity shutdown[4494]: shutting down for system halt

 Hm, why does the list of temperatures not include the cited 103 degC?

  After a lot of googling, I decided to tear down the laptop, expose the
  cooling fan and give it a good vacuum job to get rid of any dust that
  might have accumulated and was possibly interfering with the CPU
  cooling.  I assembled all the pieces, rebooted and re-run the rsync
  copy command which this time ran to completion without overheating.

 Assuming that the processor is actually overheating, perhaps it would
 help to remove the heatsink and replace the thermal compound (Arctic
 Silver seems to be the recommended replacement).

Hi Alphonse,

You said you installed wheezy, and a new hdd. I want to ask you if you
previously had squeeze? Maybe wheezy isn't behaving as well for your
laptop? I'd backup as much as possible and try the same operations with
squeeze too.

Hope you get your answers soon!
Good luck!

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Dual boot Jessie and Windows on EFI

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Dear Debian fans and supporters,

I want to ask if somebody on this list has found and was able to follow
some guide on the internet for how to setup partitioning when dual-booting
Windows 7 and Debian 7.

I tried yesterday, and after the partitioning step, I created a 300 MB EFI
boot partition, because the installer complained about it, but at the end
of the installation, grub was unable to boot. All I had was the error
error invalid arch independent elf magic entering rescue mode.

Rebooted and entered into the installer's rescue mode and attempted to
install grub on both my hdds. No change.

Eventually I restored wheezy from a backup and everything is back to how it
was before.

Does anyone have any ideas to what I may have done wrong, or how it should
have been done?

Thank you for any input,

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