systemctl can not start X, but startx can.
Hi. During a recent update to xorg 1:7.7+19 my graphical environment stopped initializing on reboot. sudo systemctl isolate graphical.target fails to initialize the graphics card with these messages: [ 340.372] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:5:0:0. Please [ 340.372] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): check your system's kernel log for additional error [ 340.372] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the [ 340.372] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): README for additional information. [ 340.372] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device! [ 340.372] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0 on the other hand: startx initializes it with no problems. [ 150.685] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GPU-0 at PCI:5:0:0 [ 150.685] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0 [ 150.685] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1 [ 150.685] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0 (boot) [ 150.685] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1 [ 150.685] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2 [ 150.687] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GT 430 (GF108) at PCI:5:0:0 (GPU-0) [ 150.687] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1048576 kBytes [ 150.687] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.08.29.00.30 [ 150.687] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X I haven't been able to find additional info on what the problem is. Attached are the two complete Xorg.log files. Can anyone help? Thanks. Xorg.0.log.isolate Description: Binary data Xorg.0.log.startx Description: Binary data
Re: Authentication required keeps popping up
On 2013-06-17 17:51, Bob Proulx wrote: Chris Capon wrote: Since upgrading to Debian Stable (Wheezy), the Gnome desktop has a popup which occurs at least once a day asking for authentication. The exact message is: Authentication is required to update packages This sounds like Bug#708548. This thread on debian-devel is concerning this problem. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/06/msg00341.html No resolution yet. But it is a big problem because it is training people to fall prey to phishing attacks. Bob I agree with the bug report. When a user initiates an action (like launching Synaptic) having a security prompt request credentials is fine because its intuitive. For system generated actions which just show up at arbitrary times, there should be a clear way of letting the user know which software package is making the request. Otherwise, the security is pointless because the user is simply going to have to guess one way or the other in the end. For those with the same problem, I found a solution: - From the Gnome desktop, go to Activities, Applications, System Tools. - Launch the icon called Software Settings. - Select the Update Settings tab. - Set the Check for updates setting to Never. - Set the Automatically install setting to Nothing. Each of the two settings seem to work independently from the other, so they were both responsible for one security prompt each. Be aware, this will disable some sort of software update checking by Gnome. The Gnome update process may possibly be using the PackageKit and PolicyKit infrastructure, and is also different from update-manager (which doesn't do these security prompts). Very confusing. Personally, I use a shell script which calls apt-get to keep things simple. Anyway, thanks to all who helped point me in the right direction. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51c46c5c.4000...@gmail.com
Authentication required keeps popping up
Hi all. Since upgrading to Debian Stable (Wheezy), the Gnome desktop has a popup which occurs at least once a day asking for authentication. The exact message is: Authentication is required to update packages It always pops up twice in a row whether I type in a password or just cancel the dialog. I've uninstalled the gnome update manager but this still shows up. Does anyone know what might be causing this or how to get rid of it? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51bf3d44.4010...@gmail.com
Re: Authentication required keeps popping up
Thanks for letting me know about the message headers. I wasn't aware they were there. PackageKit is installed on my system. When I try to remove gnome-packagekit-data, though, the dependencies also want to remove gnome, gnome-core and gnome-desktop-environment. Maybe there is a way to disable it instead? On 2013-06-17 13:28, green wrote: Chris Capon wrote at 2013-06-17 11:45 -0500: Since upgrading to Debian Stable (Wheezy), the Gnome desktop has a popup which occurs at least once a day asking for authentication. The exact message is: Authentication is required to update packages It always pops up twice in a row whether I type in a password or just cancel the dialog. I've uninstalled the gnome update manager but this still shows up. Does anyone know what might be causing this or how to get rid of it? Check for any PackageKit packages that are installed. But I have had some trouble like this too (I think the message is the same, it is on a system that I do not use personally) and do not see any PackageKit packages installed. Let me know what you find. It would be better to start a new thread with a new message to the list rather than replying to another. I chose to not follow the Openvpn, network manager and resolv.conf thread and your message consequently did not appear in my inbox. This is called thread-killing or -muting and is possible with many email clients due to the Message-Id and References headers. More information here: http://content.reviveyourinbox.com/16-how-to-mute-a-thread-conversation-outlook-gmail-thunderbird.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51bf5853.2090...@gmail.com
Re: ACPID stuck in an endless loop - prevents login
On 2012-09-14 13:28, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:48:11 -0400, Chris Capon wrote: On 2012-09-13 13:07, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:54:20 -0400, Chris Capon wrote: After a recent Debian update, I've been unable to log in to my Debian/Linux server using the console and GDM3 won't start - X.org crashes part way through the startup. What can be read from X server error logs? The mga driver is not loading because it thinks a kernel module is already using it. (thanks for sending the log) [ 1223.466] (EE) mga: The PCI device 0x525 at 01@00:00:0 has a kernel module claiming it. [ 1223.466] (EE) mga: This driver cannot operate until it has been unloaded. Is there a way to find out what is using it? Did some more digging and found out that one of the Matrox kernel modules was blocking the X.org mga X server from starting. The module causing the problem is called matrox_w1. Don't know what it is used for, but as soon as it was blacklisted, X started cleanly and the endless loop problem seems to have stopped. I think I'll file a bug with Debian about it. This must be a recent problem. Thanks for your help, Camaleón. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50552ff7.3010...@gmail.com
Re: ACPID stuck in an endless loop - prevents login
On 2012-09-13 13:07, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:54:20 -0400, Chris Capon wrote: After a recent Debian update, I've been unable to log in to my Debian/Linux server using the console and GDM3 won't start - X.org crashes part way through the startup. What can be read from X server error logs? The mga driver is not loading because it thinks a kernel module is already using it. [ 1223.466] (EE) mga: The PCI device 0x525 at 01@00:00:0 has a kernel module claiming it. [ 1223.466] (EE) mga: This driver cannot operate until it has been unloaded. Is there a way to find out what is using it? Thanks. [ 1223.417] X.Org X Server 1.12.3 Release Date: 2012-07-09 [ 1223.418] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 1223.418] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem i686 Debian [ 1223.418] Current Operating System: Linux cczip 3.2.0-3-686-pae #1 SMP Mon Jul 23 03:50:34 UTC 2012 i686 [ 1223.418] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-686-pae root=UUID=ea1106bd-afdd-4b04-849a-91b7e8ba0029 ro [ 1223.418] Build Date: 18 July 2012 09:27:53AM [ 1223.418] xorg-server 2:1.12.3-1 (Julien Cristau jcris...@debian.org) [ 1223.418] Current version of pixman: 0.26.0 [ 1223.419] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. [ 1223.419] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [ 1223.420] (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Fri Sep 14 08:40:10 2012 [ 1223.420] (==) Using system config directory /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d [ 1223.420] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. [ 1223.420] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults. [ 1223.421] (**) |--Screen Default Screen Section (0) [ 1223.421] (**) | |--Monitor default monitor [ 1223.421] (==) No monitor specified for screen Default Screen Section. Using a default monitor configuration. [ 1223.421] (==) Automatically adding devices [ 1223.421] (==) Automatically enabling devices [ 1223.421] (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic does not exist. [ 1223.421] Entry deleted from font path. [ 1223.421] (==) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, built-ins [ 1223.421] (==) ModulePath set to /usr/lib/xorg/modules [ 1223.421] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices. [ 1223.421] (II) Loader magic: 0xb77285a0 [ 1223.421] (II) Module ABI versions: [ 1223.421] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 [ 1223.421] X.Org Video Driver: 12.0 [ 1223.421] X.Org XInput driver : 16.0 [ 1223.421] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0 [ 1223.422] (--) PCI: (0:0:11:0) 14f1:5b7a:0070:7444 rev 0, Mem @ 0xec00/67108864 [ 1223.422] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 102b:0525:102b:0641 rev 130, Mem @ 0xfc00/33554432, 0xf380/16384, 0xf300/8388608, BIOS @ 0x/131072 [ 1223.423] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket) [ 1223.423] (II) LoadModule: extmod [ 1223.424] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so [ 1223.425] (II) Module extmod: vendor=X.Org Foundation [ 1223.425] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 1.0.0 [ 1223.425] Module class: X.Org Server Extension [ 1223.425] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0 [ 1223.425] (II) Loading extension SELinux [ 1223.425] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER [ 1223.425] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension [ 1223.425] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA [ 1223.425] (II) Loading extension DPMS [ 1223.425] (II) Loading extension XVideo [ 1223.425] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation [ 1223.425] (II) Loading extension X-Resource [ 1223.425] (II) LoadModule: dbe [ 1223.426] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so [ 1223.426] (II) Module dbe: vendor=X.Org Foundation [ 1223.426] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 1.0.0 [ 1223.426] Module class: X.Org Server Extension [ 1223.426] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0 [ 1223.426] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER [ 1223.426] (II) LoadModule: glx [ 1223.427] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [ 1223.427] (II) Module glx: vendor=X.Org Foundation [ 1223.427] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 1.0.0 [ 1223.427] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0 [ 1223.427] (==) AIGLX enabled [ 1223.427] (II) Loading extension GLX [ 1223.427] (II) LoadModule: record [ 1223.428] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so [ 1223.428] (II
ACPID stuck in an endless loop - prevents login
Hi all. After a recent Debian update, I've been unable to log in to my Debian/Linux server using the console and GDM3 won't start - X.org crashes part way through the startup. I think ACPID may be the cause because in syslog there is an endless repetition of the same messages every few seconds. Below is a sample. Login through SSH still works. If I stop the ACPID daemon, the messages go away and the machine settles down. Logins work again but GDM3 is still messed up - it is trying to start over 100 X sessions repeatedly and as each fails, it tries again. Anyone have any idea what is going on here? Thanks. Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28379[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28381[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28387[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28386[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28390[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28380[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28388[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28385[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28384[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28389[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28521[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client 28521[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28538[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28526[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28530[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28532[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28528[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28531[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28529[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28527[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28539[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: client connected from 28540[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:06 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28538[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28526[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28530[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28532[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28528[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28531[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28529[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28527[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28539[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client 28540[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: client connected from 28565[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:08 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: client connected from 28572[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: client connected from 28566[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: client connected from 28568[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: client connected from 28575[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: client connected from 28569[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: client connected from 28574[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: client connected from 28573[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:09 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client 28565[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client 28572[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client 28566[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client 28568[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client 28575[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client 28569[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client 28574[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client 28573[0:0] has disconnected Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client connected from 28605[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client connected from 28604[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client connected from 28606[0:0] Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: 1 client rule loaded Sep 12 06:36:11 cczip acpid: client connected
Trouble getting apt-get Default-Release to work
This problem occurs on a Debian install predominantly intended to follow the Stable release. Some packages on the system need to be upgraded to Testing. A file has been added to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d called 88ccc $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/88ccc // APT::Default-Release stable; // And /etc/apt/sources.list set to: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free #deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free #deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free When the two testing lines in sources.list above are uncommented, a whole bunch of updates from testing show up when running: sudo apt-get upgrade I would have expected those packages to stay at the Stable release. Is this intended? Will some or all packages be upgraded to Testing regardless of the Default-Release setting? Thanks, Chris. $ sudo apt-config dump APT ; APT::Architecture i386; APT::Build-Essential ; APT::Build-Essential:: build-essential; APT::Install-Recommends true; APT::Install-Suggests 0; APT::Authentication ; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM true; APT::NeverAutoRemove ; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: ^firmware-linux.*; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: ^linux-firmware$; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: ^linux-image.*; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: ^kfreebsd-image.*; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: ^linux-restricted-modules.*; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: ^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: ^gnumach$; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: ^gnumach-image.*; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: metapackages; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: restricted/metapackages; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: universe/metapackages; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: multiverse/metapackages; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: oldlibs; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: restricted/oldlibs; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: universe/oldlibs; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: multiverse/oldlibs; APT::Periodic ; APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists 1; APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages 0; APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval 0; APT::Update ; APT::Update::Post-Invoke ; APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2/dev/null || true; APT::Archives ; APT::Archives::MaxAge 30; APT::Archives::MinAge 2; APT::Archives::MaxSize 500; APT::Default-Release stable; APT::Architectures ; APT::Architectures:: i386; Dir /; Dir::State var/lib/apt/; Dir::State::lists lists/; Dir::State::cdroms cdroms.list; Dir::State::mirrors mirrors/; Dir::State::extended_states extended_states; Dir::State::status /var/lib/dpkg/status; Dir::Cache var/cache/apt/; Dir::Cache::archives archives/; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache srcpkgcache.bin; Dir::Cache::pkgcache pkgcache.bin; Dir::Etc etc/apt/; Dir::Etc::sourcelist sources.list; Dir::Etc::sourceparts sources.list.d; Dir::Etc::vendorlist vendors.list; Dir::Etc::vendorparts vendors.list.d; Dir::Etc::main apt.conf; Dir::Etc::netrc auth.conf; Dir::Etc::parts apt.conf.d; Dir::Etc::preferences preferences; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts preferences.d; Dir::Etc::trusted trusted.gpg; Dir::Etc::trustedparts trusted.gpg.d; Dir::Bin ; Dir::Bin::methods /usr/lib/apt/methods; Dir::Bin::dpkg /usr/bin/dpkg; Dir::Media ; Dir::Media::MountPath /media/apt; Dir::Log var/log/apt; Dir::Log::Terminal term.log; Dir::Log::History history.log; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently ; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: ~$; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: \.disabled$; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: \.bak$; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: \.dpkg-[a-z]+$; Acquire ; Acquire::cdrom ; Acquire::cdrom::mount /media/cdrom/; Acquire::Languages ; Acquire::Languages:: en_CA; Acquire::Languages:: en; Acquire::Languages:: none; Unattended-Upgrade ; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern ; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: origin=Debian,label=Debian-Security,archive=stable; DPkg ; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true; DPkg::Post-Invoke ; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: if [ -x /usr/bin/rkhunter ] grep -qiE '^APT_AUTOGEN=.?(true|yes)' /etc/default/rkhunter; then /usr/share/rkhunter/scripts/rkhupd.sh; fi; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi ; CommandLine ; CommandLine::AsString apt-config dump; -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAHdBuG3JJjfwjSB-=ksiFBJKyAa=dskr7_dmpdn+tp2jquk...@mail.gmail.com
Synaptic - debconf: TERM not set
After a recent upgrade (testing distribution), Synaptic started showing this message: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline for every package or upgrade being installed. I do not get this message when running something like dpkg-reconfigure from a terminal window. Synaptic creates its own console window so I don't know how to set the TERM environment variable. Is there some way to set it or is Synaptic broken? This happens on two different systems. Thanks, Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bugzilla: can not log on to default web site
This problem relates to a new clean install of Bugzilla. After installing, it is not possible to log on to the default Bugzilla site. I have read the documentation in /usr/share/docs/bugzilla, on the bugzilla web site and in the debian knowledge base but haven't found any solutions. Others have reported similar problems but none of the suggested solutions seem to work. Bugzilla was installed using aptitude, all recommended and suggested software were also added: bugzilla 2.22-1 bugzilla-doc 2.22-1 Apache2 was previously installed and is currently serving other pages: apache2 2.0.55-4.12.0.55-4.1 Other software versions: mysql-server 5.0.22-4 python 2.3.5-11 ruby 1.8.2-1 perl 5.8.8-6.1 Bugzilla has a module to check the install, no problems are reported other than PatchReader (an optional module): --- cczip:/usr/share/bugzilla/lib# ./checksetup.pl Checking perl modules ... Checking for AppConfig (v1.52) ok: found v1.56 Checking for CGI (v2.93) ok: found v3.15 Checking forData::Dumper (any) ok: found v2.121_08 Checking forDate::Format (v2.21) ok: found v2.22 Checking for DBI (v1.38) ok: found v1.51 Checking for File::Spec (v0.84) ok: found v3.12 Checking for File::Temp (any) ok: found v0.16 Checking forTemplate (v2.08) ok: found v2.14 Checking for Text::Wrap (v2001.0131) ok: found v2005.082401 Checking forMail::Mailer (v1.67) ok: found v1.74 Checking forMIME::Base64 (v3.01) ok: found v3.07 Checking forMIME::Parser (v5.406) ok: found v5.420 Checking forStorable (any) ok: found v2.15 The following Perl modules are optional: Checking for GD (v1.20) ok: found v2.30 Checking for Chart::Base (v1.0)ok: found v2.4.1 Checking for XML::Twig (any) ok: found v3.25 Checking for GD::Graph (any) ok: found v1.4308 Checking for GD::Text::Align (any) ok: found v1.18 Checking for PatchReader (v0.9.4) not found Checking for Image::Magick (any) ok: found v6.2.4 If you want to see pretty HTML views of patches, you should install the PatchReader module: PatchReader: /usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install PatchReader' Checking user setup ... Removing existing compiled templates ... Precompiling templates ... Checking for DBD::mysql (v2.9003) ok: found v3.0006 Checking for MySQL (v4.0.14) ok: found v5.0.22-Debian_4-log Populating duplicates table... cczip:/usr/share/bugzilla/lib# --- Bugzilla also has a tool to test the WEB site, as you can see there are problems: --- cczip:/usr/share/bugzilla/lib# ./testserver.pl http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi TEST-OK Webserver is running under group id in $webservergroup. TEST-OK Got front picture. TEST-FAILED Webserver is not executing CGI files. TEST-FAILED Webserver is permitting fetch of http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi//etc/bugzilla/localconfig. This is a serious security problem. Check your webserver configuration. cczip:/usr/share/bugzilla/lib# --- Apache2 produces this error: --- [Tue Aug 22 13:20:51 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Tue Aug 22 13:20:51 2006] index.cgi: Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at (eval 58) line 44. --- When browsing the site with Firefox at: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi these errors occur in Apache2: --- [Tue Aug 22 13:24:17 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /var/www/bugzilla/skins/custom, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi [Tue Aug 22 13:24:17 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] script not found or unable to stat: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/bugzilla/skins, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi [Tue Aug 22 13:24:17 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] script not found or unable to stat: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/bugzilla/skins, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi --- When attempting to log in using the E-Mail address set up for administrator in the debconfig scripts, Firefox returns: --- Not Found The requested URL /cgi-bin/bugzilla/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi was not found on this server. Apache/2.0.55 (Debian) DAV/2 SVN/1.3.2 PHP/5.1.4-0.1 mod_ssl/2.0.55 OpenSSL/0.9.8b Server at localhost Port 80 --- and Apache2 returns this error: --- [Tue Aug 22 13:26:08 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] script not found or unable to stat: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/bugzilla/cgi-bin, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi --- Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chris.
bugzilla: can not log on to default web site
This problem relates to a new clean install of Bugzilla. After installing, it is not possible to log on to the default Bugzilla site. I have read the documentation in /usr/share/docs/bugzilla, on the bugzilla web site and in the debian knowledge base but haven't found any solutions. Others have reported similar problems but none of the suggested solutions seem to work. Bugzilla was installed using aptitude, all recommended and suggested software were also added: bugzilla 2.22-1 bugzilla-doc 2.22-1 Apache2 was previously installed and is currently serving other pages: apache2 2.0.55-4.12.0.55-4.1 Other software versions: mysql-server 5.0.22-4 python 2.3.5-11 ruby 1.8.2-1 perl 5.8.8-6.1 Bugzilla has a module to check the install, no problems are reported other than PatchReader (an optional module): --- cczip:/usr/share/bugzilla/lib# ./checksetup.pl Checking perl modules ... Checking for AppConfig (v1.52) ok: found v1.56 Checking for CGI (v2.93) ok: found v3.15 Checking forData::Dumper (any) ok: found v2.121_08 Checking forDate::Format (v2.21) ok: found v2.22 Checking for DBI (v1.38) ok: found v1.51 Checking for File::Spec (v0.84) ok: found v3.12 Checking for File::Temp (any) ok: found v0.16 Checking forTemplate (v2.08) ok: found v2.14 Checking for Text::Wrap (v2001.0131) ok: found v2005.082401 Checking forMail::Mailer (v1.67) ok: found v1.74 Checking forMIME::Base64 (v3.01) ok: found v3.07 Checking forMIME::Parser (v5.406) ok: found v5.420 Checking forStorable (any) ok: found v2.15 The following Perl modules are optional: Checking for GD (v1.20) ok: found v2.30 Checking for Chart::Base (v1.0)ok: found v2.4.1 Checking for XML::Twig (any) ok: found v3.25 Checking for GD::Graph (any) ok: found v1.4308 Checking for GD::Text::Align (any) ok: found v1.18 Checking for PatchReader (v0.9.4) not found Checking for Image::Magick (any) ok: found v6.2.4 If you want to see pretty HTML views of patches, you should install the PatchReader module: PatchReader: /usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install PatchReader' Checking user setup ... Removing existing compiled templates ... Precompiling templates ... Checking for DBD::mysql (v2.9003) ok: found v3.0006 Checking for MySQL (v4.0.14) ok: found v5.0.22-Debian_4-log Populating duplicates table... cczip:/usr/share/bugzilla/lib# --- Bugzilla also has a tool to test the WEB site, as you can see there are problems: --- cczip:/usr/share/bugzilla/lib# ./testserver.pl http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi TEST-OK Webserver is running under group id in $webservergroup. TEST-OK Got front picture. TEST-FAILED Webserver is not executing CGI files. TEST-FAILED Webserver is permitting fetch of http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi//etc/bugzilla/localconfig. This is a serious security problem. Check your webserver configuration. cczip:/usr/share/bugzilla/lib# --- Apache2 produces this error: --- [Tue Aug 22 13:20:51 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Tue Aug 22 13:20:51 2006] index.cgi: Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at (eval 58) line 44. --- When browsing the site with Firefox at: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi these errors occur in Apache2: --- [Tue Aug 22 13:24:17 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /var/www/bugzilla/skins/custom, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi [Tue Aug 22 13:24:17 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] script not found or unable to stat: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/bugzilla/skins, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi [Tue Aug 22 13:24:17 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] script not found or unable to stat: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/bugzilla/skins, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi --- When attempting to log in using the E-Mail address set up for administrator in the debconfig scripts, Firefox returns: --- Not Found The requested URL /cgi-bin/bugzilla/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi was not found on this server. Apache/2.0.55 (Debian) DAV/2 SVN/1.3.2 PHP/5.1.4-0.1 mod_ssl/2.0.55 OpenSSL/0.9.8b Server at localhost Port 80 --- and Apache2 returns this error: --- [Tue Aug 22 13:26:08 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] script not found or unable to stat: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/bugzilla/cgi-bin, referer: http://localhost/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi --- Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chris.
Rebuilt kernel and CD-ROM problem.
Hi all: A laptop installed with slink and the 2.0.36 kernel was upgraded to potato with no problems. The upgraded system continued to use the original 2.0.36 kernel. Everything worked fine. I decided to upgrade to the 2.2.15 kernel, so I installed the source, ran menuconfig and went through the process of compiling and installing the kernel along with the modules. I included support for ide-atapi CD-ROM, ISO9660, and Microsoft Jouliet extensions. The new kernel loads and appears to run fine with the exception that dselect doesn't recognize the Debian Install CD set. I can mount and umount /cdrom and can access the files and directories with no problems, just dselect won't work. I've tried removing the Microsoft Jouliet extensions and the automount module with no effect. If I reboot under the old 2.0.36 kernel, dselect works fine. Same CD-ROM, same drive, same parameters. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks in advance, Chris.
