Recurring warning when updating: AGAIN!
Below is a snip from the update of my Debian 'testing' system. I see that there are again warnings that seem to be unresolved regarding gconf2. I have been pondering if this should be filed as a bug report as it is recurring though it does seem to be relative to some specific upgrade & I'm not sure which one as I haven't kept records. Both gconf2 & shared -mime-info seem to be the culprits. I know "it's testing" but does anyone know how to fix this or any recommendations on filing a bug report. -snip Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for gconf2 ... WARNING: node not understood below WARNING: node not understood below WARNING: node not understood below WARNING: node not understood below WARNING: node not understood below WARNING: node not understood below WARNING: node not understood below WARNING: node not understood below Processing triggers for fontconfig ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ... Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-alchemy' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cache' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cactvs-ascii' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cactvs-binary' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cactvs-table' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cdx' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cdxml' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-chem3d' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cif' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cml' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-daylight-smiles' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-dmol' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gamess-input' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gamess-output' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gaussian-input' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gaussian-log' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-genbank' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gulp' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-hin' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-inchi' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-inchi-xml' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-jcamp-dx' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-macromodel-input' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-molfile' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-rdfile' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-rxnfile' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-sdfile' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-tgf' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mmcif' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mol2' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mopac-graph' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mopac-input' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mopac-out' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-car' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-hessian' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-mdf' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-msi' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-ncbi-asn1' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-ncbi-asn1-binary' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-ncbi-asn1-xml' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-pdb' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-shelx' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-vmd' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-xyz' Processing triggers for gnome-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 1 changed doc-base file(s)... -end-snip -- 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/1275229672.2910.7.ca...@brutus
Evony Age II does lot load: why?
Evony Age II does lot load on Iceweasel. It stalls at 27% every time. when I first started playing there was no issue. However when I tried to use the Facebook connect (which did not work) it started freezing the loading process at 27%. Anyone playing this game? Any tips. It does work fine on a Windows box. Thanks! John -- 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/1274880176.15657.4.ca...@brutus
Trunk version of linux-image ISSUE
I', sent this previously but so far no reply. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of this issue. I did an update & the trunk version of linux-image was installed as the upgraded version. A few weeks later I tried to install the newer regular version & after a few attempts it finally installed & grub configured it. However it is not properly configured according to the installer as it keeps trying to configure the non-trunk version every time I do an update. Now I've been able to select the non-trunk version & have my system running it, even though it's not properly configured. I tried to then remove the trunk ver. & this is the error message I get. - (Reading database ... 431717 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 ... Running postrm hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub. Generating grub.cfg ... Found background image: moreblue-orbit-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 File descriptor 11 (pipe:[29311]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 15623: /bin/sh File descriptor 12 (pipe:[29311]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 15623: /bin/sh No volume groups found Found Debian GNU/Linux (5.0.1) on /dev/hdb1 Found Debian GNU/Linux (4.0) on /dev/hdc1 done Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux 2.6.32-trunk-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux exited with return code 1 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686.postrm line 265. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (--purge): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 (2.6.32-9) ... Running depmod. Running update-initramfs. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl8168d-1.fw for module r8169 initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 ) points to /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-3-686.postinst line 400. vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-3-686.postinst line 400. Running update-grub. Generating grub.cfg ... Found background image: moreblue-orbit-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 File descriptor 5 (pipe:[16719]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 6 (pipe:[16719]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 7 (/dev/ptmx) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 9 (pipe:[16659]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 10 (pipe:[16659]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 16 (pipe:[30124]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 17 (pipe:[30124]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 23 (/root/.synaptic/selections.proceed) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 26 (/tmp/vteSQ5EBV (deleted)) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 28 (/tmp/vte3T5EBV (deleted)) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh File descriptor 29 (pipe:[29090]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 21163: /bin/sh No volume groups found Found Debian GNU/Linux (5.0.1) on /dev/hdb1 Found Debian GNU/Linux (4.0) on /dev/hdc1 done Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/extlinux 2.6.32-3-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/extlinux exited with return code 1 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-3-686.postinst line 868. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 -- Can anyone please shed some light on this. Thanks John Foster -- 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/1271511450.21791.6.ca...@brutus
testing upgrade issues with OpneOffice
I,m getting this error message for several days now. E: Couldn't configure pre-depend openoffice.org-java-common for openoffice.org-report-builder, probably a dependency cycle. -- 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/1270083281.5109.9.ca...@brutus
Linux-image testing
Can anyone tell me the difference between the trunk version & the other version. I installed the trunk version & it seems to be running well but the last update tried to install the other version in testing. Why? & it does not install, craps out with a lot of errors.?? -- 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/1270065727.15493.2.ca...@brutus
Testing upgrade Failures:
I just tried to do an upgrade on testing & I,m getting several errors. First snip of output is regarding unknown types. I have no idea what this is but I seen it before. SNIP- Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ... Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-alchemy' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cache' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cactvs-ascii' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cactvs-binary' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cactvs-table' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cdx' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cdxml' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-chem3d' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cif' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-cml' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-daylight-smiles' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-dmol' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gamess-input' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gamess-output' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gaussian-input' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gaussian-log' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-genbank' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-gulp' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-hin' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-inchi' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-inchi-xml' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-jcamp-dx' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-macromodel-input' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-molfile' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-rdfile' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-rxnfile' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-sdfile' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mdl-tgf' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mmcif' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mol2' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mopac-graph' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mopac-input' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-mopac-out' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-car' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-hessian' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-mdf' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-msi' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-ncbi-asn1' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-ncbi-asn1-binary' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-ncbi-asn1-xml' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-pdb' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-shelx' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-vmd' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-xyz' Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for install-info ... SNIP--- second issue is: SNIP--- Running depmod. Running update-initramfs. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl8168d-1.fw for module r8169 initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 ) points to /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-3-686.postinst line 400. vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-3-686.postinst line 400. SNIP--- I have all the firmware drivers installed at least every package the says it has anything to do with firmware. third issue is: SNIP--- Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 File descriptor 11 (pipe:[279156]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 32356: /bin/sh File descriptor 12 (pipe:[279156]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 32356: /bin/sh SNIP--- I have no idea what this is??? Leaks cant be good or OK can they?? Last issue is with kernel image upgrade; this has failed twice: SNIP--- Running update-grub. Generating grub.cfg ... Found background image: moreblue-orbit-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 File descriptor 11 (pipe:[279156]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 32356: /bin/sh File descriptor 12 (pipe:[279156]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 32356: /bin/sh Found Debian GNU/Linux (5.0.1) on /dev/hdb1 Found Debian GNU/Linux (4.0) on /dev/hdc1 done Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/extlinux 2.6.32-3-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/extlinux exited with return code 1 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-3-686.postinst line 868. dpkg: error p
Unknown media type error message????
I get these with most every installation using any installer. Running testing latest update & this has been going on for some time. Anyone know how to get rid of the errors? Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-hessian' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-mdf' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-msi-msi' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-ncbi-asn1' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-ncbi-asn1-binary' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-ncbi-asn1-xml' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-pdb' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-shelx' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-vmd' Unknown media type in type 'chemical/x-xyz' Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Installation is successful just dont like the errors. Thanks John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Google Earth kills system
I built Google Earth as instructed in the installer. It starts OK then as soon as the browser pops open both the mouse & my keyboard freeze up & I have to reboot. It seems to open the browser & a popup with tips. I,m able to kill the tips,if I leave the curser in the browser screen, but in seconds the mouse dies & keyboard freezes up. Both are completely unresponsive. Any tips? Thanks John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Linux kernel image & udev updates in testing
I'm getting this error message when I try to update udev in my testing system. --- Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 423096 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace udev 149-2 (using .../archives/udev_150-2_i386.deb) ... Since release 150, udev requires that support for the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED feature is disabled in the running kernel. Please upgrade your kernel before or while upgrading udev. AT YOUR OWN RISK, you can force the installation of this version of udev WHICH DOES NOT WORK WITH YOUR RUNNING KERNEL AND WILL BREAK YOUR SYSTEM AT THE NEXT REBOOT by creating the /etc/udev/kernel-upgrade file. There is always a safer way to upgrade, do not try this unless you understand what you are doing! dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_150-2_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_150-2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: --- At this point it errors out & though I have installed the updated kernel image it does not work. Seems to load until it gets to the video stuff then crashes. The kernel images I have installed is: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (this one works but gives a boot error message similar to above.) Linux 2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (this one stops loading when it is about to load video drivers.) Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs Installation of second one also says there is missing firmware drivers /lib/firmware/rtl8168dxxx & indeed it is not there. Anyone have any suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
ATI All-In-Wonder Cards: work with Linux?
I want to use my Linux box as a set top box to watch TV & to watch streaming videos off the internet as well. I want to use the cards ATI All-In-Wonder or the VisionTek cards with same chipset. the one I have interest in is the HD 3650. Is there anyone successfully using these cards with Debian Linux, Ubuntu Any linux. I know I can run them with windows, but prefer to not do that. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
MySQL server from backports.org issue
Maybe I can get a response with more info. I upgraded to MySQL-server 5.1.1 from stable using the backports.org apps in my sources.list & pinning them . I also upgraded all of MySql as well. I did not realize there was any difference until I tried to upgrade the backports installation & I can not do it. I have discovered several things. 1. the database mysql seems to be screwed up some way. 2. I can not edit it or even open it from Webmin or MySqladmin or from any other app. I get this error: "SQL show index from `event` failed : Can't find file: './mysql/event.frm' (errno: 13)" 3. I also can not change the password for the 'required' user 'debian-system-maint' ( why is there a required user) (was not needed b/4?) 4. Basic global install requires my.cnf for it to be effective. I did as normal taking the dist file, editing it & changing the name to my.cnf. I noticed it shows the user as mysql. which I have enabled. I also see that the 'required' user 'debian-system-maint' is enabled using webmin to view this. 5. The debian-start requires the debian.cnf file and it says to NOT edit it. I did see the it indicates the user as debian-system-maint with what appears to be an obscured password. 6. I rarely have any gripes with the developers, however this just seems to be unnecessary over engineering in order to debianize the server install. 7. My question is how do I fix this? The debian readme does NOT supply an answer. Somehow the server is running and my apps seem to be running OK, but I just do not like the mess the debian developers have made of this. I also can not uninstall the server to go back to the stable version. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
MySql-sever 5.1.3 from BPO ISSUES
I have recently installed the 5.1 versions from back-ports Lenny & since the installation the systems works from a reboot but I can not manually stop or start the server, therefore I cant do the updates as they are posted from BPO. I read the installation material in regards to the new users debian-system-maint about reseting the passwords & flushing priviledges. That does not work. I tried from MySqlAdmin & from Webmin. it errors out. Aslso I cant get synaptic to install the upgrade to 5.1.3 for this reason. Tips are appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Evolution mail; Dumb question but I need answer
I want to be able to "forward" some e-mails from evolution in Debian Lenny: WITH the images in them as inline: Is there a way to do this? I get some pretty funny stuff from my friends & want to send it to other friends, but every way I try the images get scragged out of the nessage. Yes most of them use Windows & this is not an issue with "outlook express" why evolution. I,ve checked my settings & tried every possible combination. Any ideas? John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Does anyone else consider this a bug?
There's a new "feature" of Lenny that keeps catching me off guard. I might be wrong but I don't remember Etch ever doing this to me. It goes like this: 1. Perform a new Lenny install of the "standard package set" (no Xorg) (I always use net installs but I assume it's the same no matter what) 2. Immediately install ssh and configure a static IP address 3. Restart networking: /etc/init.d/networking restart 4. Start some services and and jobs on the server that make use of the network (start an scp or rsync of a large data set over the network is an especially good example ;-) ) 5. Walk away assuming the server will continue performing those tasks 6. Come back later to check on the server and discover that you can't log in via ssh. 7. Log into the console to see what's going on and discover that your scp/rsync and other network tasks have failed because dhcpclient is still running from the initial install's automatic DHCP network detect and had moved the server BACK to a DHCP address after the static network config. Mind you, the install does not ASK if you want DHCP or static addressing during setup. Work around: Either kill dhcpclient or restart the server to get rid of it. Problem is I keep forgetting this aspect :-) I find it extremely annoying but before I file a report I want to make sure other folks don't consider this a "feature" JW -- -- System Administrator - Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Need an Etch compatible eSATA PCI card
Does anyone know of a brand/model of eSATA card (PCI-Express, or at least PCI) that works with Etch? I'm having trouble finding documentation since almost everything focuses on internal SATA and RAID. I don't need RAID - just an eSATA connector for external drives. JW -- -- System Administrator - Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fwd: ssh-keygen
On Tuesday 19 August 2008 15:22:37 Jeff Soules wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Chris Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ssh-keygen -t rsa # Does anyone know whether dsa or rsa is better? > > I had understood that RSA is cryptographically superior to DSA, at > least unless the DSA implementation is done very carefully (or so says > the PuTTY website). http://neubia.com/archives/000191.html confirms > that security claim, and shows that DSA is faster for key generation > (100x) and signing (4x), while RSA is around 3x faster for key > verification. I am not an expert, however over the years I have gathered the following information (someone who knows better please correct me): 1. RSA is a really good algorithm. 2. Seems like a lot of people used to use DSA while the RSA algorithm was patented. Now that the RSA is in the public domain (and the patent expired anyway), there's no reason not to use it (that I'm aware of). 3. Various OS implementations of ssh-keygen (on Mac OS X and SuSE Linux, for example) will no longer allow you to create large DSA keys. The reason for this is that some US government agency (I think it was NIST?) has specified 1024 as the "official" keylength. 4. The O'Reilly ssh book (which I don't have with me right now, so I can't verify this) made some statements that indicated the DSA was originally designed for signing, not encryption (as its name indicates). I'm not sure about the fine details. It seemed (to me) to indicate that DSA was weaker. 5. The same O'Reilly book also claims that DSA was designed for NIST by the NSA (other sources read "a former NSA employee"). It claims - without reference or sources - that "subliminal channels" have been detected in DSA. Again it seemed to be indicating that this was something to be concerned about - I'm sure you can understand the implications. Based on all of the above information, I have decided I don't want to use DSA keys. JW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt: "The following packages have been kept back:"
I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages back. For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was "keeping back" openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was not requiring any packages to be removed, it wasn't causing any major packages to be upgraded. How can I find out the *reason* why a package is kept back? This is all on a default Etch system - nothing peculiar about it, no unstable or backported or third party repos used, no special pinnings setup. Thanks, JW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CAD software for PCB engineering and routing
On Saturday 21 June 2008 02:50:32 am Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/6/21 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 20/06/2008, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Motivate the people that you know to let the software houses know that > >> we want their software. > > > > And we want it with freedom. > > Write to them and tell them that if that is what is important to you. > I personally would be satisfied paying thousands of dollars for > Solidworks and not having access to the source code so long as it runs > on my OS. But if you demand more, than by all means let them know. If you're willing to pay thousands of dollars, why don't you find a n existing FOSS program that's as close as possible to what you need, and pay someone - rent-a-coder, if all else fails - to make the program do what you want? JW -- -- System Administrator - Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
correct "Debian" way to log iptables to seperate file
Hello, Iptables is annoying me by: 1) printing logs to the console 2) filling my /var/log/messages up with the same logs, which then get picked up and uselessly emailed to me by logcheck and logwatch. Of course all the logging is controlled by syslog, not iptables. What I really want is for those logs (which are not worthy of their "kernel.warning" status) to go to their own file. Google searching has turned up dozens of possible options, all of which seem like rather untidy hacks. What's the "right" way to do it? JW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Commercial support for Debian?
Does anyone know of a reasonable, trustworthy company that provides tech support for Debian (pure regular Genuine Debian - not some customized version) in the U.S.? I'm talking about high-level consultants that an experienced System Administrator / technician can call or email to get help with things he can't figure out and needs fixed quickly. Looking for per-incident support, not a yearly/monthly contract. I'm *not* talking about newbie support (though there are days my mental capacity seems to fall mighty low . . .). I would sell my own services to a newbie but I would not try to sell myself as an uber-geek to work for another admin. So I don't want to hire someone like myself - I need a real expert. FYI I already know about http://www.debian.org/consultants/#US - I am hoping for a referral. JW -- -- System Administrator - Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on Sun LDoms?
On Friday 04 April 2008 13:40:14 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/04/08 11:59, JW wrote: > > I'm testing out a Sun T1000 with LDoms and want to try running Debian in > > a guest domain. I'm not able to find any information about running Debian > > under LDoms with google, although I did find some pages talking about > > running Ubuntu in an LDom - Sun only specifies that "Linux" can be used. > > > > Has anyone tried this with Debian? > > > > Anyone know if it's possible, or have any other information about it? > > Shouldn't the same info about Ubuntu apply to Debian? That depends (I think the answer is "No") - exactly what info are you referring to? At this time, as best I can tell the Linux distro that is going to be installed needs to have some specific features (I guess at the kernel level) in order to run inside the LDom host. It's not like VMWare, where the host can run any generic PC OS because it's a full emulator. The client OS has to have the support for the Sun virtual hardware, at the very least. Sun specifically says that Ubuntu and Gento are able to run as an LDoms guest. I found some references to the fact that Ubuntu "Gusty" is able to run in the guest -- apparently "out of the box". I haven't read maybe Ubuntu-specific details yet. Again, my question is; has anyone done this with Debian? Thanks, JW -- -- System Administrator - Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian on Sun LDoms?
I asked this on the SPAC list and didn't get an answer: I'm testing out a Sun T1000 with LDoms and want to try running Debian in a guest domain. I'm not able to find any information about running Debian under LDoms with google, although I did find some pages talking about running Ubuntu in an LDom - Sun only specifies that "Linux" can be used. Has anyone tried this with Debian? Anyone know if it's possible, or have any other information about it? Thanks, JW -- -- System Administrator - Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: about wireless card installation
Antonio Rafael C. Paiva wrote: >jw wrote: > > >>I have a problem to setup my wireless card(Zyxel Zyair G-220). Below are >>the steps I have done following the driver manual and research from >>Internet: >> >>1. download kernel source code(I used 2.6.16) >>2. download driver and firmware, zd1211 >>3. compile and install driver and firmware. >>4. switch on the wireless card: ifconfig wlan0 on >>5. scan for available AP: iwlist scanning >>6. join AP: iwconfig wlan0 ESSID "" >>7. give password(ascii): iwconfig wlan0 key s:abcd >>8. I can see the wireless is existed under "/proc/net/wireless" >> >>If I run "iwconfig" I can see the ESSID, MAC address, channel, bit rate >>of the AP I have joined. It all looked good. >> >>However, I don't get IP from "dhclient wlan0" which said no DHCP offers >>received. I have tried to setup IP manually but not working still. >> >>>From the log of the AP it could see my wireless card though it didn't >>allocate an IP to it. I have tried static dhcp but not working. >> >> > >This may sound ridiculous but have you tried to do >$ ifup >once you are associated with the AP, instead of using the dhclient >command directly? >Some time ago I experienced a similar problem and this approach solved >it, incredibly enough! > > > I put these under /etc/network/interfaces and run "ifup wlan0" iface wlan0 inet manual address 192.168.0.200 network 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 gateway 192.168.0.10 wireless-essid baby wireless-mode managed wireless-key s: But I still couldn't see any IP with "ifconfig" wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:6 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:4 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1668 (1.6 KiB) TX bytes:1344 (1.3 KiB) However, with "iwconfig" it looked like the card is associated with my AP wlan0 802.11b/g NIC ESSID:"baby" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Retry:off RTS thr=2432 B Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=20/100 Signal level=-128 dBm Noise level=-256 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:4 Missed beacon:0 Just now I found that there is no "Tx-power" from the result of running "iwconfig". Is that normal? Also, I got such thing from "dmesg" just after I run "ifup wlan0" Just Update WEP key HashInsert macAddr = data [6]: 00 0f 3d 29 2e b3 zd1211:STA_ASSOCIATED with 00:00:00:00:00:00 <<-- this is exactly what I copy Bf RF ON: 9561911 After RF ON: 9561911 zd1211:Switch to Infra mode zd1211:Mixed Mode keybuf data [5]: 00 00 00 00 00 zd1211:WEP64 Mode Update CardSetting zd1211:Mixed Mode zd1211:Mixed Mode zd1211:STA_ASSOCIATED with <<> zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b03 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b09 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b1d zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b27 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b03 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b09 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b1d << aren't they repeating "03" "09" "1d" "27" zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b27 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b03 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b09 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b1d zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b27 zd1211:Mixed Mode zd1211:STA_ASSOCIATED with <> << this line returned periodically zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b03 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b09 zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b1d zd1211:zd1205: cmd = 8b27 jw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
about wireless card installation
I have a problem to setup my wireless card(Zyxel Zyair G-220). Below are the steps I have done following the driver manual and research from Internet: 1. download kernel source code(I used 2.6.16) 2. download driver and firmware, zd1211 3. compile and install driver and firmware. 4. switch on the wireless card: ifconfig wlan0 on 5. scan for available AP: iwlist scanning 6. join AP: iwconfig wlan0 ESSID "" 7. give password(ascii): iwconfig wlan0 key s:abcd 8. I can see the wireless is existed under "/proc/net/wireless" If I run "iwconfig" I can see the ESSID, MAC address, channel, bit rate of the AP I have joined. It all looked good. However, I don't get IP from "dhclient wlan0" which said no DHCP offers received. I have tried to setup IP manually but not working still. >From the log of the AP it could see my wireless card though it didn't allocate an IP to it. I have tried static dhcp but not working. If I run "iwevent" it reported the following periodically: "03:53:24.412160 wlan0 New Access Point/Cell address:Not-Associated" Please give me a hand jw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?
DR >> If anyone has advise on how to keep a Testing system secure, DR >> I'd really like to hear it. DR > DR >If security is really an issue to you: lots of websites exist on how to make DR >a linux system secure, involving very strict SSH settings, firewalls, etc. DR > DR >For the average user (such as myself) though, I think it should be enough to DR >update your programs (packages) regularly, in order to not be harmed by DR >script kiddies exploiting recent security leaks. Thanks for the advise. Just to clarify: When I wrote that I was specifically thinking of the fact that the security team doesn't put out updates for stable -- I didn't mean securing as in settings and configuration. My fault, I wasn't clear. So what I meant was, what method do people using Testing use to stay up to date when a security patch is released for Stable and not for Testing. Reading some old Debian Sec Advisories makes me think that updates really are released with some regularity for Testing. But the official Security FAQ says that the Security Team does not really stay on top of making sure patches are available for "Testing". Thanks again. -- Jonathan Wilson Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?
Hello, Sorry to bother everyone with newbie questions, but I'm struggling to understand the entire Debian environment and need a little advise. I have been using SuSE for a long time but recently my job has required me to start administrating a Debian server that was set up with 3.1/Sarge/Testing by the co (server is actually in another state, so I'm stuck with what the co-lo put on it. I like Debian and I'm sure with time I'll figure it all out, but in the short run I need a little help. We are planning on keeping the server for quite a long time, it will be used for part of a billing system (perl/web based). I was reading the security FAQ and am somewhat alarmed to find (if I understand correctly) that Testing is not actively supported by the security team. Youch. If I could put stable on it I would, but for the reasons stated above I can't. It seems to me that the best thing for me to do is keep all the installed software up to date. For one thing, new packages are more likely to contain security fixes (even if they aren't official security patches), and also, I'm hoping that some day in the future Sage will be declared stable and I'll be able to hop on the security train. I am wondering what the best way is to go about staying up to date. If I run apt-get -s upgrade I'm told that apt wants to upgrade about 15 packages, most of which seem to be related to X (we won't ever be using X on this server. it wasn't originally installed and I"d like to get rid of it but some other package I installed had a dependancy on some gtk thing that had one on X. Oh well). Could anyone confirm that "upgrade" is the right way to stay up to date. I'm not going to run it automatically, and I'll always do a test run first to make sure nothing disastrous is going to happen. Is running upgrade on a regular basis a bad idea for any reason? It just seems like I'll need to be as up to date as possible when Sarge is declared stable in order to make a smooth transition to Sarge/Stable. Correct me if I'm wrong. I've always found it better to update packages a little at a time rather than wait till there's dozens of updates to install. If anyone has advise on how to keep a Testing system secure, I'd really like to hear it. Thanks for your time, JW P.S. If anyone has a link to some favorite documentation on Debian package handling for newbies, please send it on. I've read a lot of man pages and docs on the web site, and I'll keep reading till I get it all. But the abundance of package handling tools and front ends is quite bewildering to someone who's used to RPM and only RPM. TIA. -- Jonathan Wilson Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone have a copy of /etc/mailname?
Everytime I start emacs I get the following annoying warning: No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default... What is this file -- could someone mail me a copy? Thanks. JW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fakeroot and lilo errors (was: Re: Installing packages as a non-root user)
On Sunday 09 June 2002 03:02 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.06.09.2155 +0200]: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-get install python2.2 > > try: > > fakeroot apt-get install python2.2 Thanks, that works great with a little PATH modification, which I needed to do anyway. Now the only thing is I get these weird lilo errors: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fakeroot apt-get install wget Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following NEW packages will be installed: wget 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. 1 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/353kB of archives. After unpacking 1356kB will be used. Selecting previously deselected package wget. (Reading database ... 12137 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking wget (from .../archives/wget_1.8.2-3_i386.deb) ... Setting up lilo (22.2-3.1) ... ln: `/boot/boot.b': File exists dpkg: error processing lilo (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up wget (1.8.2-3) ... Errors were encountered while processing: lilo E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I'm not the least bit supprised that lilo fails (in fact I'm rather glad it fails :-D ), because lilo can't -- and shouldn't -- be run from the chroot environment. The question then is why is lilo being tweaked at all -- I haven't touched it, and I don't see that python2.2 or wget have anything to do with lilo. They are installed despite the errors, too. Any idea how to make the lilo thing go away? Thanks, JW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing packages as a non-root user (yes, I have permissions)
11864 close(7) = 0 11864 close(6) = 0 11864 close(5) = 0 11864 munmap(0x40596000, 294912)= 0 11864 munmap(0x40572000, 147456)= 0 11864 munmap(0x40276000, 3128807) = 0 11864 write(2, "E: ", 3)= 3 11864 write(2, "Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)", 52) = 52 11864 write(2, "\n", 1) = 1 11864 close(3) = 0 11864 munmap(0x40014000, 4096) = 0 11864 _exit(100) = ? (END) Does anyone have any idea how I can get around this? Yes, it really is necessary for the user to be able to use dpkg, in my particular case. Thanks. JW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Install emacs without install X?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I'm trying to install emacs on a server and I get the following: jw:/# apt-get install emacs21 Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following extra packages will be installed: emacsen-common libfreetype6 libjpeg62 libpng2 libtiff3g xaw3dg xfree86-common xlibs zlib1g The following NEW packages will be installed: emacs21 emacsen-common libfreetype6 libjpeg62 libpng2 libtiff3g xaw3dg xfree86-common xlibs zlib1g 0 packages upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 15.3MB of archives. After unpacking 49.3MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n I do _not_ want all that XFree86 stuff on my server. Other distros have an emacs-nox package, but I can't seem to find that. Does Debian not have an independant emacs package that doesn't depend on X? - -- - Jonathan Wilson System Administrator Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE89PQ8Q5u80xXOLBcRAiiJAKDUz3jszxUo0Xav/uaKa48nSE7E/gCfauzE 03/DMIU6so/W5koDph+UH+8= =6baY -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt giving locale errors from perl
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ANy time apt runs I get error message from perl about locale settings, for
example the following:
Setting up console-tools (0.2.3-23.3) ...
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_CTYPE = "en_US",
LANG = "C"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
Looking for keymap to install:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_CTYPE = "en_US",
LANG = "C"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
NONE
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_CTYPE = "en_US",
LANG = "C"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
Can anyone explain the proper way to get rid of these error messages?
Thanks
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Could someone send me /etc/apt/source.list from sid?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I'm using debotostrap in a chroot environtment and for some reason apt-setup installs a sources.list for stable instead of sid (and does the same for woody too). When I convert it to sid I get a whole bunch of 404 errors. I don't currently have a *real* sid installation anywhere, could someone with a working sid installation email me thier /etc/apt/source.list? Thanks. - -- - Jonathan Wilson System Administrator Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE888RMQ5u80xXOLBcRAnmkAJ9f+qYc+5oHXUUx1hOPfF1JQF38BACfcppq KhX42mg9JCJ5ecXangscJD8= =P7o+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 05:05:39 +, you wrote: >On Tuesday, June 08, 1999 at 23:26:35 -0600, Craig McPherson wrote: > > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: BE MORE SIMPLE > > X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.02b14) > > X-UIDL: d2077d16c3127d4bf73a47a47027a8d9 > > > As one Debian newbie to another, > >As a non-newbie ... > > > Thirty minutes is NOT that long to spend on a Linux problem. ummm if you are working on a project 16 hours a day 7 days a week for last 2 months, 30 minutes not having to spend on OS install problem means having time to take a bath.
Re: PCI modem
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:11:32 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > >On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: >[snip] >> there are several PCI modems usable under linux, i believe. >> Find below how to do it >> >>***INSTALLATION OF V90 PCI LUCENT VENUS BASED MODEM*** >> >[snip] > >I am delighted to have this information. > >Would you please name other PCI modems that can be made usable >under Linux? I have been told that only Multitech has a PCI modem >that is not a WinModem, (i.e., a modem where the details of >critical functionality are kept propriatary.) Is this REALLY true? A communication saleman engineer from Lucent told me that, even though there's a license agreement that you have to sign, it's not overly restrictive and there's actually no license fees involved for just getting the hardware programming information. What is protected is the modem s/w written by Lucent and various protocol technology it implements(V.90 etc). He thinks cleanroom implementation is possible, even though it won't be an easy task. > >--David >David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, > useful, technically accurate, and friendly. >(Thanks guys!)
Re: Disk geommetry, was Re: Kernel Upgrade: Why?
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:57:35 -0500 (CDT), sombody wrote: >> And the data on the outer side passes the heads much faster than the >> data on the inner side. But then, there is much more data on the outer >> side, and a piece of data on the outer side will go round in the same >> amount of time as a piece of data on the inner side.. > >I am not aware of any disks that use a higher density recording format for >the outer tracks than they do for the inner tracks. ever heard of ZBR(zone bit recording)? I think most modern HDD packs more bits on the outer tracks. The density increases in steps, hence 'zone', not contineously like CDs. I have seen number of HDD service manuals and most of them seem to use 5 zones.
Re: IRQ and PS/2
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:51:23 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >*- On 28 Apr, Lazar Fleysher wrote about "IRQ and PS/2" >> Hi everybody, >> >> I have run out of IRQs. >> Well, actually I have one left (IRQ12), but it is reserved for PS/2 bus. >> I do not have a manual for my motherboard, so I do not know how to disable >> the ps/2 bus. I have a regular serial mouse and AT-type (5-pin) keyboard. >> The motherboard also has something called PS/2 mouse header pins. So I >> thought, since I can not disable the ps/2 bus (no manual) I could connect >> somehow a PS-mouse to the computer and free an IRQ from a serial port. >> >> Could some one suggest how to connect the mouse to these pins, if it is >> possilble. Where can I get the correct adapter? >> > >Well you can buy serial->ps/2 and ps/2->serial converters for you mouse >at most computer and office supply stores. But your mouse has to be >able to support both interfaces. I don't know how to check if it >supports it or not. Most newer MS and Logitech mice to I think. I >don't know about other brands. Most cheapo mouse does NOT seem to support 'dual' interface. I would also avoid Kensington if I am going to use it with ASUS m/b. System behave much more erratic with it, even under Linux. JW
Re: question regarding hardware conflict and linux
On 10 Apr 1999 08:02:58 -0500, you wrote: My modem is ActionTec ISA x2. You can download firmware upgrade from their web site to V.90 or something like that. Only $60 u if you can actually find one.
Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 10:42:58 -0700, you wrote: >Gary Singleton wrote: > >[..] >> As an aside, this person sends .doc files regularly too; luckily >> we're not susceptible to their evils. > >Don't get mad: get even. I think public needs to be educated on the issue but the marketing effort has been weak thus far. And I don't think the usual linux dogmatism is such a good idea. hmmm I think I have solution. Creat a buzz word like "RFC 824 ( or whatever the number) Compliance" or something like that and give the moniker to compliant linux mailer, list it as a feature etc. Generally make an issue out of it. Then some 2 bit twee so-called-journalist sees it and starts parroting it in maggotzines. All of sudden, every 2 bit luser, IT (blow-)heads, and CEOs (= Cheap Excretion Offspring) who read the said maggotsines seriously and will want to be compliant! So the first step is creating is a buzz word that sounds important/cool, and easy to memorize ( remember we are dealing with hoards of idiots). Any ideas?
Re: Convert FAT32 to FAT16 with windows 98.
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 22:48:21 -0800, you wrote: > >One responder asked why would you not want to leave it fat32. My >experience is that lilo will not work on the mbr of a fat32 drive, huh??? Then I must be hallucinating right now. LILO do work with mbr of hdd with fat32 partition.
Re: No LILO Boot after Re-Install Windoze95
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:34:04 -0500, you wrote: >It seems like I remember reading somewhere once that the solution was to boot >using the Windows Rescue/Reboot disk and go to command prompt and do an "fdisk >/mbr" and then re-install lilo. You have to reinstall LILO but at different place. Look at your lilo.config and find the line that starts with "boot=". Change it to "boot=/dev/hda" You probably have /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2 or something like that. Then do lilo again. >But I've caused myself some extreme pain >mucking with the mbr on a guess. I've ran Linux servers for a couple of years >now, but setting up a dual-boot and making a desktop system is almost another >world. heh, I am having devil of time setting up a server. But I can set up quad-boot(english,korean,japanese win95/NT, and linux) machine blind folded.
Re: CD-R/RW Question
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:39:29 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > >I have also been told that the 2x and 4x drives only will write ONCE at >that speed without powering down the computer (and therefore the drive) >to let it cool down. But you can burn forever at 1x. Anyone had this >problem? 4x ? maybe, but I never heard of it. I have 2x SCSI and I regularly burn 2,3 CD in a row without rebooting or powering down. Even for IDE I kinda doubt it. If you have to, it should be considered defective, IMHO. Even a freshly burned CD is barely worm to touch.
Re: CD-R/RW Question
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:44:25 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >> Also, does linux handle the cd-rw's? If so, are they worth the extra money >> to get? > >IMO, no. A CD-RW blank costs upwards of 30$ while a CD-R blank costs 1$ >to 1.80$ so you would need to blank a disc about 30 times before it's >worthwhile cost-wise (and that's not taking into account the added cost of >the drive). For my purposes, if I want to delete a disc, I'll just break >it over my knee or use it as a coaster. > I beg to differ. CD-RW already came down in price, and you can find $10 ones even at CompUSA and $5 ones through mail order. Also you might heard that CD-RW can be 'reburned' 'only' 700 times or so. As it turned out many will last over 1000 burns. CD-RW adds much more flexibility to your setup: 1) you can use it as temporary collection 'bin' before you commit to CD-R. a place to dump, you know. You can organize files better. 2) you can make your temporary 'distribution' of debian. for example I got hamm CD from cheapbytes, but I only use maybe 500 packages out of 2000+, and for somethings, such as LILO*, I use my own binary. So I copy only the ones I need and replace stuffs that needs replacing. The service packages that gets downloaded can be put in later. once hamm came out I start over again from scratch saving a disk. actually something like this is much more ehh.. useful for Win95, 95a, 98, 98 second edition etc... 3) you can use it as a backup device. cd-rw is not the most ideal one but it works and media is cheaper than many tapes. 4) you can try all sort of medieval stuffs with your CD-RW ^_^ without worring about making a coaster. I had rather exceptional luck, so far anyway, with my Nomai 680RW which is just rebadged Ricoh 1600S. I got it for $300 last January 1998! Since than Nomai stopped operation in USA and if this thing breaks down I will have to return it to France to get fixed, but so far it's working just fine. I can honestly say that I got my money's worth out of this thing already. Others who bought CD-RW at the time will take a bit more time to recoup the cost, but I think most will eventually. I think you can get genuine richo 1600s for $350 or less now... get SCSI one especially if you already have IDE CD-ROM >HTH. > >-Dano
Re: german distributors of Debian 1.3 CD-ROM?
On 8 Jul 1997, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > I read in a thread here I dont find now something about a bookstore > called Lehmann which distributes it with a printed manual. Anyone got > the address of that bookstore or an ISBN-number of the thing? There will be a CD a soone as the 1.3.1 Version is ready, and testing has finished. It will include german instructions. Here the url: http://www.jfl.de/ an then frame or not to frame an Linux-Preisausschreiben: Klick on Debian-CD Regards Philipp -- - Ph. Grau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technische FH Wildau Wildau, Brandenburg, Germany -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: mgetty & pppd dialin
On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Stephen Davey wrote: > There is an entry in the /etc/mgetty/login.config for /AutoPPP/ but it just > seems to be ignoring it AFAIK there must be an Define in the Makefile, but I am not familiar with mgetty as a Debian package >From the Makefile: # If you want to auto-detect incoming PPP calls (with PAP authorization), # add -DAUTO_PPP. Not needed if PPP callers want to get a real "login:" # prompt first. Don't forget to activate the /AutoPPP/ line in login.config! Have a close look on the docs of the Debian package, or perhaps fetch the source an make your own mgetty... ;-) Hope it helps Philipp -- - Ph. Grau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technische FH Wildau Wildau, Brandenburg, Germany -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: KDE/KDM
On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Kevin J Poorman wrote: > hello > > Does anyone have kde/kdm working on there computer ... I downloaded the > red hat package and tryed to install it but it errored out ... if any one > has kde working I would appreciate info on how you got it working... Yes i got it running, what I needed was: - libqt, a lib from Troll-Systems (is that right), is a debian package - libqt-dev - libkde the main lib for the kde project - khtmlw, a www/html widget set - lib_gif, or something like that - liblpeg jpeg libary and some fiddeling with the path entry in Makefiles and *.h files and some nice things like that For me the kdm is a nice replacement for xdm. Phillip -- - Ph. Grau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technische FH Wildau Wildau, Brandenburg, Germany
Re: Netscape Communicator 4.0b3 status (fwd)
On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Gary Lee wrote: > Where can I find the 4.0b3 Netscape? home.netscape.com and its mirrors... I suppose ;-) cu philipp -- - Ph. Grau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technische FH Wildau Wildau, Brandenburg, Germany
Re: How do they burn CD's?
If you are locking for a nice GUI to burn your own CD's you can use X-CD-Roast, it has a lot of options, I found it very usefull for me! http://www.rz.fh-muenchen.de/home/ze/rz/services/projects/xcdroast/e_overview.html It's a really long URL, isn't it? su philipp -- - Ph. Grau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technische FH Wildau Wildau, Brandenburg, Germany -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
