Re: Setting up a DHCP connection
On Wednesday 17 April 2002 07:19 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be very grateful if anyone could give me some pointers as to how to set-up DHCP or a good source of information on the subject. http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=linux+dhcp+client First result displayed: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/DHCP/ hth --kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using apt To Kill MSFT
On Monday 15 April 2002 08:01 pm, Robert Tilley wrote: Yes, such tools exist separately ... and can all be downloaded individually and configured individually. I seek the creation of a defined set of applications with the appropriate options preset so as to render any Debian box the equivalent of a Windows machine with Office 2000. Why? What did Debian ever do to you to deserve such cruelty? (sorry -- couldn't resist) Seriously, though -- Linux != Windows. Trying to turn one into a clone of the other is doing either one a great disservice. Additionally, the tools *don't* exist today to provide the same functionality of Office 2000. MS Access and MS Outlook (incl. native Exchange connections) are two tools on Windows that do not have peers on Linux. (There are tools similar to Access, but none that can open, manipulate and save in the Access .mdb format) Additionally, tools that open, manipulate and save in Word or Excel format are rudimentary at best. They'll handle basic files, but throw anything difficult at them and they fall apart. One thing that I had to learn when switching from Windows 2000 to Linux is that they're very different beasts. Linux does not try to be like Mike(rosoft) and I'm not sure we should force it to be. --kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone know of a good debian mailing list?
Hey -- This sure is a great PoliSci list. Anyone know of a similarly good list for discussions about Debian? Thanks. --kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video card support
On Saturday 06 April 2002 10:41 am, Neal Lippman wrote: My present monitor is a 19 CRT, but I am strongly considering a move to one, maybe two LCD panels - so a card that supports dual monitors would be great, but at the least whatever i use needs to work well with a second card if need be to add the second monitor. I use a Leadtek GeForce2MX DH -- the DH stands for Dual-head and means that you can hook two monitors up to it. Currently, I only have on 19 LCD screen, so I can't speak to how well two monitors will work w/ this card and linux, but the 2d performance is excellent on the card -- I'm very happy with it. --kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hardware recommendations for a linux-based PVR
I'm looking to build a near-silent, linux-based PVR. (TiVo-like device) Because of my desire for silence, I'd like to use a low power CPU, such as a VIA C3 or even a Transmeta Crusoe that will allow me to cool it passively. This means I need a hardware encoder and decoder. That's where things get fuzzy -- I've done research and discovered there are capture cards, such as a Pinnacle WinTV. Then, there are DVB-cards, which appear to be for a specific standard predominantly used in Europe. And finally, there are MPEG2 and MJPEG cards. I'm very confused as to the difference between all these, and which one is appropriate for what Im trying to do. Not to mention what company might make a hardware-based encoding/decoding device that will work with linux. (and doesn't cost several thousand dollars) Because the video input is going to come from a digital cable box, I don't need a tuner on the card --- just something that has S-Video in/out. Also, (obviously) the card needs to support linux. Can anyone provide some clarification here? Thanks. --kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: getting unstable non-us?
On Saturday 30 March 2002 10:29 pm, Michael D. Crawford wrote: What do I need to put in my /etc/apt/sources.list to get unstable non-us packages? Is there such a thing? This is the line that I use -- works fine for me: (beware line wrap) deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
using windows key to pop-up KDE menu?
By default, KDE uses the windows key on keyboards as a meta key, but you don't seem to be able to use it by itself as an action key. Is there any way to use it as a regular key? What I'd like to do is duplicate the functionality of the windows key in windows -- i.e. have it pop up the main KDE window. Thoughts? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SquirrelMail help
On Wednesday 20 March 2002 07:54 pm, Jonas Björck wrote: Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /usr/share/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php on line 87 That's actually most likely a php problem, not a squirrelmail problem. I'm guessing you have a lot of mail or subfolders and squirrelmail can't read them all before the script times out. Assuming you have control over your server (i.e. it's not hosted on an ISP's server) check the max_execution_time value in your php.ini file. (/etc/php4/apache/php.ini by default in debian) You can increase that to 60 or even higher to see if that helps. If it doesn't, then I'd recommend posing this question on one of the squirrelmail mailing lists (www.squirrelmail.org) I've always had great luck in getting fast responses there. --kurt
Re: php4 session problems
On Friday 15 March 2002 03:10 pm, Kurc, Marcin A. wrote: it appears that for some reason php4-4.1.2-1 doesn't keep session variables or does not start session (session_start()). Is it known problem or am I missing something? It works fine on my system. Check your php.ini file and make sure your session.save_path is correct and that the UID that apache starts under (nobody, by default) can read/write to that directory. Also, check session.auto_start, though that shouldn't cause the problem you're describing. --kurt
Re: Best Email Web Application
On Friday 15 March 2002 03:45 pm, Dave Scott wrote: Anyone have any ideas on what is the best Web Based email application. Check out squirrelmail (squirrelmail.org) It's very stable and I consider it to be feature-rich. Additionally, it has a plugin interface with several third-party plugins available for things like calendaring, etc. Best of all, it's free. --kurt
Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material
On Wednesday 13 March 2002 04:50 pm, Warren Stramiello wrote: If there is no dissent on that particular joke being racist, then the course is fairly obvious- fix the matter. The course is by no means obvious. Not to sound reactionary, but once we start down the slippery slope of censorship, where does it stop? sarcasm Do we start editing the kernel sources to remove all the swear words in there? Do we start auditing the code of *all* packages to make sure there are no potentially offensive words/phrases/ASCII art/etc? Should we start auditing all the dict files to remove potentially offensive words in there? While we're at it, we'd better contact the author of bitchx and get him/her to change their program name or just summarily dump it from Debian. Or perhaps your suggestion was that *racist* words or jokes were somehow *more offensive* than just plain old cuss words. What if there are ethnic jokes in some of the Debian packages? Should we leave those? How about fat jokes/ugly jokes/old people jokes/smelly people jokes/etc? Uh oh -- what if there are religious terms in Debian packages, such as the dreaded Christmas word or even Jewish. Wow -- those could certainly offend. Better chuck those too. Phew -- this is getting complicated. I know, we should establish a chart that maps potentially offensive terminology to a censor line so people can clearly see at what point Debian will step in and bitchslap you to bring you back in line. /sarcasm Or, do we just accept the fact that everyone has a right to their own opinions and those opinions aren't always going to nicely coincide with your own? --kurt
Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material
Lazarus Long said: Again, there is no excuse for racism in Debian. Other packages have elided the inappropriate material in the past, as they should. No, they shouldn't. Debian is not about censorship. I personally find the quoted joke offensive, but I'm not about to say he doesn't have a right to include it if he so chooses to. If you don't have a thick enough skin to deal with the fact that the world is a big place, and not everyone thinks alike, then perhaps you should roll your own distribution. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ Similar to what another poster said, the day Debian starts censoring is the day I stop advocating Debian as a distro. I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. Voltaire. --kurt
why can I upgrade SSH via SSH?
I was ssh'd in to a remote machine doing an apt-get upgrade and watched patiently as it upgraded ssh to the latest patched version. I also watched as it restarted the sshd daemon without terminating my existing ssh connection. How is that possible? Wouldn't restarting the daemon kill all existing instances of that daemon? --kurt
Professional video editing for linux?
Doing some research for a friend of mine... Are there any professional video editing tools out there for linux, similar to Adobe Premiere? I've done a bit of googling, and have come up with a half-dozen or so linux video editing products, including Kino, Crow and MainActor (Broadcast 2000 was another, but it seems to have been removed) However, none of these are professional-quality tools and, except for MainActor, none are even in a 1.0 released stage. There seems to be at least a few professional linux products for 3D modeling, such as Maya, but I haven't found equivalent video editing products. Thanks. --kurt
Re: a grep question
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 03:52 pm, justin cunningham wrote: I want to search for the 10.ip in the files from the site's root directory. cd to the root directory and type: grep -r 'your grep search term here' ./* the '-r' flag tells grep to search directories recursively. --kurt
Re: archiving/deleting old messages in kmail
On Saturday 23 February 2002 05:38 pm, Dougie Nisbet wrote: This is kmail 1.2 It might be a new option as of kmail 1.3, which is in unstable. You might consider upgrading -- I've found unstable to be much more stable than woody is/was.
what USB kernel module for Viking flash reader
I am trying to get my VIking Intelliflash flash memory reader to work under linux. I've got all the generic USB kernel options, including mass storage, but I don't know what specific USB mass storage module to use. (i.e. Datafab, Microtech, SanDisk, Lexar, etc.) Googling around didn't turn up anything. Thanks. --kurt
Re: Partitioning a working NTFS drive
On Thursday 14 February 2002 08:09 pm, D. wrote: I was in the same position except I had WINME on the drive. Do a search on www.google.com and search for FIPS . That is a non-distructive partitioner. Unless FIPS has changed very recently, it doesn't support NTFS. Neither does GNU Parted, which is another free partitioning tool. --kurt
xawtv/bttv not receiving signal
I'm trying to get my new TV tuner card working. I've installed bttv and xawtv, but am unable to receive any sort of signal -- the best I can get is some snow on the top 20% of the xawtv screen, with the remainder being solid black. If I do xawtv -hwscan, I get the following --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xawtv -hwscan This is xawtv-3.70, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.17) looking for available devices port 58-58 type : Xvideo, image scaler name : NV10 Video Overlay port 59-90 type : Xvideo, image scaler name : NV05 Video Blitter /dev/video0: OK [ -device /dev/video0 ] type : v4l name : BT878(Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Ra) flags: overlay capture tuner --- which tells me that xawtv is seeing the tuner card correctly. Additionally lsmod shows the following: --- tuner 8356 1 (autoclean) tvaudio11200 0 (autoclean) (unused) bttv 65472 0 i2c-algo-bit7148 1 [bttv] i2c-core 12992 0 [tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit] videodev4672 2 [bttv] --- which I believe are all the required kernel modules. The tuner card is hooked up to a digital cable box (TimeWarner service) and I've verified that a TV hooked into the same box can receive signal. What the heck am I doing wrong? --kurt
Re: make-kpkg modules_image question
On Sunday 20 January 2002 02:03 am, Brian Nelson wrote: No. Do 'make-kpkg kernel_image' instead. modules_image is for modules external to the kernel source, like ALSA. OK, so I went ahead and recompiled the kernel using make-kpkg kernel_image Assuming so, what do I then need to do to make the module loadable into my existing kernel? # modconf modconf seems to only show the options for my existing (installed) kernel, rather than the one I just compiled (that includes PPP support) I have some external modules in my kernel already -- vmware and nvidia drivers. I'd like to avoid installing a new kernel and hassling with getting the external modules in place again. Is there a way to get the newly-compiled PPP kernel module into my existing kernel?
make-kpkg modules_image question
I just compiled a new kernel and realized that I forgot to include ppp support in the kernel. Rather than recompiling a new custom kernel, can I just make-kpkg clean, make menuconfig and make-kpkg modules_image to compile ppp kernel support as a module? Assuming so, what do I then need to do to make the module loadable into my existing kernel? Sorry if this is an obvious question -- I've looked at various howto docs, but they deal mostly with kernel compiles from start to finish, rather than oops, I forgot something situations. Thanks. --kurt
debian-friendly DSL/cable ISP in NYC area?
I'm moving to NYC in the next couple of weeks to start a new job. Can anyone provide recommendations for ISPs that will allow me to run a few debian boxes (and one iMac) with a minimum of hassle? I'm looking to avoid ISPs that require proprietary software or funky configs just to get them to work on their network. Also, I googled around for this without much luck, but if anyone knows of some web sites that will help in my search, please let me know. Thanks. --kurt
CUPS, Samba and printers
There's another thread going on regarding printing problems from a windows client to a linux host running CUPS and Samba. I am having almost the exact same problem, though my windows client is an instance of VMWare running Windows as a guest OS with linux (sid) as the host OS. Like the other poster, I can see the printers in the browse list, but receive an access denied message when trying to actually use it. I can print fine from linux and can browse samba shares just fine from windows. Looking at my samba logs, it's complaining that I don't have an smbpasswd file, so I created one which stopped the log messages, but still doesn't allow me to print from my windows client. Two questions: First, anyone have any suggestions on how to solve this problem? Second, this is for my home network, where I don't care about internal security. If there's a file or three that I can simply chmod 777 and be done with it, that's an acceptable (though not preferable) solution as well. Can this be done? Thanks. --kurt
where's the ieee 1394 option in menuconfig
I'm trying to compile a new 2.4.17 kernel with ieee 1394 support. Only problem is I can't the kernel options to enable it using menuconfig. It used to be (IIRC) a top level option, right under the SCSI option. I verified the 2.4.17 deb package has the drivers: /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.17/drivers/ieee1394/ but I can't find the options to enable them. Any help? --kurt
Re: where's the ieee 1394 option in menuconfig
On Wednesday 02 January 2002 03:56 pm, Tony Green wrote: Ensure you've turned on the 'Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers' option. That solved it -- thanks for the help. --kurt
cannot add printers w/ CUPS
Just installed cupsys and related packages and am trying to add my first printer, an HP LaserJet 6L. I've tried using the PPDs available through linuxprinting.org as well as the generic laserjet.ppd included with CUPS. Nothing seems to work -- here is the command syntax I'm using, as well as the error message I always get: (beware line wrapping) M3:/usr/share/cups/model# lpadmin -p laserjet -m laserjet.ppd -v parallel:/dev/lp0 -E lpadmin: add-printer failed: client-error-not-possible Any ideas? --kurt
Re: cannot add printers w/ CUPS
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 06:58 pm, dman wrote: Does the web interface work? (http://localhost:631) It works in that I can display the page and navigate around, but it doesn't successfully add a printer. Also, when I try to use the add printer feature, it doesn't display my parallel port in the drop down list, so perhaps it isn't detecting it??? How can I tell whether or not my parallel port is active and detected by linux? ls /dev shows par0, 1 and 2 as well as parport0, 16, 32 and 48. --kurt
Re: cannot add printers w/ CUPS
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 07:15 pm, dman wrote: Are you using devfs? (if you don't know, then you aren't) nope -- just plain ext2 Do you have the 'lp' kernel module loaded? Does echo hello world /dev/lp0 cause anything to happen? I don't know if I have the lp kernel module loaded. (If I do, it's compiled into the kernel -- lsmod doesn't show anything lp-related) echo hello world /dev/lp0 results in: bash: /dev/lp0: No such device --kurt
kupdated bdflush hogging CPU
I'm running sid w/ 2.4.17 on an Athlon XP 1700 w/ 512MB RAM. When I try to copy a large number of files across an nfs share (~1000 files ~7GB) bdflush and kupdated start consuming massive amounts of CPU cycles, to the point where the entire system is extremely sluggish and unresponsive. (the mouse will remain frozen for ~10 seconds at a time) top shows that kupdated and bdflush are in contention for CPU usage. It also shows that there are no other processes that are consuming unusual amounts of CPU cycles or memory. This is not just related to copying across nfs -- it also happens sporadically at other times, usually in periods of high I/O but I can always trigger it via the above method. From doing some googling, this appears to be a problem that others have experienced in earlier 2.4.x kernels (such as 2.4.3) but I couldn't find a solution to the problem. When I compiled the 2.4.17 kernel, I was a little more thorough with defining kernel options than I usually am, so it's quite possible that I toggled (or didn't toggle) something that I should/shouldn't have. However, I went back through my config and didn't see any glaring omissions. Any suggestions? --kurt
kupdated bdflush hogging CPU
I'm running sid w/ 2.4.17 on an Athlon XP 1700 w/ 512MB RAM. When I try to copy a large number of files across an nfs share (~1000 files ~7GB) bdflush and kupdated start consuming massive amounts of CPU cycles, to the point where the entire system is extremely sluggish and unresponsive. (the mouse will remain frozen for ~10 seconds at a time) Top shows that kupdated and bdflush are in contention for CPU usage. It also shows that there are no other processes that are consuming unusual amounts of CPU cycles or memory. This is not just related to copying across nfs -- it also happens sporadically at other times, but I can always trigger it via the above method. From doing some googling, this appears to be a problem that others have experienced in earlier 2.4.x kernels (such as 2.4.3) but I couldn't find a solution to the problem. When I compiled the 2.4.17 kernel, I was a little more thorough with defining kernel options than I usually am, so it's quite possible that I toggled (or didn't toggle) something that I should/shouldn't have. However, I went back through my config and didn't see any glaring omissions. Any suggestions? --kurt
how experimental is 1394 these days?
Santa brought us a MiniDV camcorder for Christmas, and I'm interested in using linux to do some basic digital video editing (home videos, soccer games, stupid stuff like that) I know IEEE 1394 support is still experimental, but my question is, how experimental? Is anyone using it (especially for digital video capture/transfer) and, if so, how successful have you been? I don't mind a few application crashes, and even the occasional system crash but I'd like to avoid things along the lines of file corruption, kernel corruptions, etc. Also, if anyone has had particularly good luck with a PCI 1394 card, please post the brand/model that you're using. Thanks. --kurt
Re: Problem with libqt2?
On Friday 28 December 2001 06:34 pm, Oliver Johns wrote: After the latest sid apt-get upgrade, I found that KDE suddenly wasn't able to find its icons, among other things. Downgrading libqt2_3%3a2.3.1-18_i386.deb to libqt2_3%3a2.3.1-17_i386.deb apparently fixed the problem. I just had the exact same problem on a fresh install of sid. Following your suggestion and downgrading to the previous version fixed it for me as well. So, sounds like you might want to file a bug report. Thanks for the tip on how to fix the problem, btw. --kurt
Re: 3c905c
On Thursday 27 December 2001 08:17 am, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: I will install potato in a machine which have the 3c905c-tx NIC installed. The Debian install program (for 2.2.r2 in my case) doesn't suppot it. It doesn't? Are you sure? I haven't used a 3c905 w/ Potato in a while, but I'm pretty sure the 3c509 driver works just fine with it. --kurt
Re: moving to Debian
On Wednesday 12 December 2001 11:08 pm, Matt Greer wrote: If I did decide on woody, how exactly would I install it? I know that question has been asked many times, but I'm confused about the optimal way to do it. Most seem to suggest installing a very minimal potato (although what minimal means I'm not exactly sure, kernel, modules, bash, apt?), then do apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade. This would require unstable sources in my source.list file, right? No -- you'd need testing sources in your sources.list file. Debian has three different versions: stable, testing and unstable. Minimal generally means a base install, with things like a kernel, MTA, basic libs, etc. but nothing like apache, X, Perl, etc. Then, you apt-get your way to Woody (or Sid -- see below) and start installing all the extras that you want. Does this upgrade the kernel and/or lilo? Just reboot and there's woody? It upgrades everything except the kernel. That you have to do manually, though you can still use the debian package management tools to help you. Sorry if I'm being too vague. I no longer have Debian installed. My computer is the gateway/NAT for my LAN, and people weren't willing to have their net connection go up and down so I could play :) (I'm looking into getting a dedicated server for that). Honestly, I'd recommend skipping testing and going straight to unstable. Despite the name, unstable is quite acceptable as a desktop machine. I wouldn't run it as a server, but I wouldn't run testing on a server, either. Testing has too many dependency conflicts that don't get resolved in a timely fashion because of the way testing works. Testing really isn't meant for human consumption, IMO. When unstable has problems, they're generally resolved within a day or two. I had more problems running testing than I've had since I've moved to Sid. YMMV, however. hth --kurt
central repository of changelogs for debian packages?
I'm running unstable and am trying to balance the constant flow of updates with conserviing bandwidth. Typically, I do an apt-get update once a week and see what packages have been changed. Is there a way to easily and quickly tell what has changed from debian package to debian package? (i.e. short of downloading the source of each package and reading the changelog.) I'm looking for something like the packages search page on debian.org, but that also includes changelogs for debian-specific revisions. (such as going from xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-9 to 4.1.0-10) Does such a beast exist? --kurt
Re: Fwd: beta software in debian releases?
On Wednesday 05 December 2001 09:51 am, Noah Meyerhans wrote: Possibly, if the bugs are deemed important enough (i.e. release critical). One would hope that's the case with PHP. Plenty of pre-release software has made it in to stable Debian releases. Just look at mozilla in potato (m18) or GNOME in slink (version 0.30). But in both of those circumstances, there wasn't a previous, stable release version that they could have chosen instead. With PHP, there is. Again, Im not familiar with the freeze process at all -- if it's possible to get the final version of PHP 4.1.0 even after woody has been frozen, then I'm all for it. However, if Woody gets released with a beta version of PHP, then I'd question that decision. Are there any sort of guidelines or documents for this? I'm sure most of my trepidation is simply due to a lack of understanding about the freeze process.
Re: Slanderous articles
Did you even bother to read the article? 90% chance this guy is a troll. 10% chance he's a complete idiot. --kurt On Wednesday 05 December 2001 05:46 pm, Dillo wrote: would you be interested in an article that lists you OS as a program tooled to hel teens become hackers? http://home.dal.net/shrub/Adequacy_org%20%20Is%20Your%20Son%20a%20Computer% 20Hacker.htm
chess program recommendations?
I'm looking for a good chess program for Debian. I've done apt-cache search chess, so I know the options out there. I'm looking for recommendations from people that have played some/all of them. Something that has a reasonably intelligent AI so I can play the computer. Also, I'd prefer a GUI-based program so I don't have to worry about knight 6, king 8 and all that stuff. And, though this may be far-fetched, a program that supported 2-person games over the internet would be ideal. Any recommendations? Thanks. --kurt
beta software in debian releases?
I did an apt-get upgrade the other day on one of my woody boxes and was surprised to see that PHP has been upgraded to 4.1.0RC2. Is it normal behavior to include beta software in testing? What happens if Woody gets frozen before 4.1.0 is released? Will Woody then be stuck with an RC version of PHP at release? --kurt
Fwd: beta software in debian releases?
Right after I sent this I realized the answer was probably on debian.org. Specifically, the Debian Developer's Reference Guide, section 5.6 http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-archive.en.html#s5.6 If I'm reading it correctly, once Woody is frozen, that only means that new packages (or new major versions of the same package) cannot be added, but that bugfixes to the existing package can be added. So, with PHP, new RC versions can be added as needed. Please let me know if that's an incorrect assumption. --kurt -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: beta software in debian releases? Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 16:01:58 -0800 From: Kurt Lieber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org I did an apt-get upgrade the other day on one of my woody boxes and was surprised to see that PHP has been upgraded to 4.1.0RC2. Is it normal behavior to include beta software in testing? What happens if Woody gets frozen before 4.1.0 is released? Will Woody then be stuck with an RC version of PHP at release? --kurt ---
REPOST: unable to load ssh2 protocol
I sent this last Friday, but didn't receive any replies. Since then, I haven't had any luck resolving the issue, so I'm trying again. If anyone has any ideas on how I can get SSH2 to start working again, I'd appreciate it. --kurt -- Reposted Message -- After a recent apt-get upgrade on a woody box, I am unable to use version 2 of ssh. (v1 and 1.5 seem to work fine) When starting sshd, I get the following error message: Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key Googling suggests that I need to recreate ssh_host_*_key, so, I did: ssh-keygen -t dsa and ssh-keygen -t rsa making sure that both of the resulting key pairs now reside in: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa/dsa_key and ensured that the permission are correct. (all files are root r/w. .pub files are world readable.) However, i still get this problem. I've tried explicitly entering the path ot the keys in the sshd_config file: HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key (and the corresponding entry for dsa) but that doesn't help, either. My daemon.log and syslog don't show any pertinent entries. Starting /usr/sbin/sshd -d -d results in the following: debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.9p2 debug1: private host key: #0 type 0 RSA1 Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key debug1: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0. Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Generating 768 bit RSA key. RSA key generation complete. I'm not terribly familiar with the inner workings of ssh, so I'm assuming I'm doing something obviously wrong. Can anyone help? --kurt ---
Re: REPOST: unable to load ssh2 protocol
Thanks for the response. I tried that, but it's still not working. However, now I get a different error message when I execute /usr/sbin/sshd -d -d: debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.9p2 debug1: private host key: #0 type 0 RSA1 debug1: PEM_read_PrivateKey failed debug1: read PEM private key done: type unknown Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key debug1: PEM_read_PrivateKey failed debug1: read PEM private key done: type unknown Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key Now I'm wondering if I've generated the rsa and/or dsa key pairs incorrectly. The syntax I used is: ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key and ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key And I've verified that /etc/ssh/sshd_config contains: HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key I've also ensured that root has rw permissions on the private key. (the public key is world-readable) Any other ideas? Thanks. --kurt On Monday 03 December 2001 04:21 pm, Cassandra Lynette Ludwig wrote: Kurt - I just signed up this week to the mailing list, so I wasn't around to respond last week. The problem you are having is due to the new implementation of SSHD for woody. What you need to do is modify the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file to include the dsa key... to do this the following needs to be done to sshd_config Where you have the line :- HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key Add after it the following two lines :- HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key This will fix the problem when you restart sshd. The update script does not modify the sshd_config file for a variety of good reasons, and I cannot remember if it even includes the new config file or not. The latest implementation uses one keyfile for both protocols, but at the moment as far as I know, the latest version is yet to hit even unstable in Debian. (Good choice in my opinion... let's see how it works before adding extra hassles). Regards, Cassandra
Re: REPOST: unable to load ssh2 protocol
On Monday 03 December 2001 05:06 pm, Cassandra Lynette Ludwig wrote: Okay, that looks like there is a problem with permissions or some such on the files... I'll check my file permissions... Okay, here is the permission list from my /etc/ssh directory [snip] Yep -- those match my permissions as well. Okay, the command I used to generate the private keys was :- ssh-keygen -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key OK, so you're doing RSA authentication using SSH v1? I'm hoping to disable the v1 protocol altogether. Also, I'm assuming the ssh_host_rsa_key in the second line should really be ssh_host_dsa_key :) If that doesn't help, can you message me directly with a copy of your sshd_config file? I can diff it to mine and see if there is anything else that might be causing the problem... Sure -- I'll email it to you separately. Thanks again. --kurt
Re: REPOST: unable to load ssh2 protocol
On Monday 03 December 2001 05:35 pm, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: Kurt, check your ssh_config (not sshd_config) and see if you have Protocol line in it. We had an ssh client on one of our DeadRat boxen that wouldn't connect to anything until I removed the Protocol 2,1 line (repeat, this is in client config, not server). Thanks for the reply -- no such line in my /etc/ssh/ssh_config file. --kurt
SOLVED: unable to load ssh2 protocol
Well, sort of solved. I ended up purging ssh and reinstalling it. (I had to do dpkg --purge, not just dpkg -r, so I must have had something wrong in one of the config files.) Now, all is working well. Thanks for all who replied -- I'm posting this in the hopes that it will help someone down the road. --kurt -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: unable to load ssh2 protocol Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:42:31 -0800 From: Kurt Lieber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org After a recent apt-get upgrade on a woody box, I am unable to use version 2 of ssh. (v1 and 1.5 seem to work fine) When starting sshd, I get the following error message: Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key Googling suggests that I need to recreate ssh_host_*_key, so, I did: ssh-keygen -t dsa and ssh-keygen -t rsa making sure that both of the resulting key pairs now reside in: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa/dsa_key and ensured that the permission are correct. (all files are root r/w. .pub files are world readable.) However, i still get this problem. I've tried explicitly entering the path ot the keys in the sshd_config file: HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key (and the corresponding entry for dsa) but that doesn't help, either. My daemon.log and syslog don't show any pertinent entries. Starting /usr/sbin/sshd -d -d results in the following: debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.9p2 debug1: private host key: #0 type 0 RSA1 Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key debug1: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0. Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Generating 768 bit RSA key. RSA key generation complete. I'm not terribly familiar with the inner workings of ssh, so I'm assuming I'm doing something obviously wrong. Can anyone help? --kurt ---
Re: galeon
On Saturday 01 December 2001 03:56 pm, ben wrote: i tried that using apt-get install galeon and got an error : not found. apt-get -s install galeon works fine on my unstable system. (-s is the dry-run option so it doesn't actually install anything) I'm guessing either your /etc/apt/sources.list is incorrect or you need to apt-get update first. Here's my apt sources.list: (watch line wrapping) # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
Re: exim: misleading package description?
On Thursday 29 November 2001 10:03 pm, cmasters wrote: Well now I'm confused yet again. All the documentation that I've read states that some sort of mail-transport-agent is required in order to send/receive mail. Sendmail was ornery in setup, so I installed exim (which in turn removed sendmail). Are you saying that I don't ~need~ a mail-transport-agent? I have several users (roommates) on this box and still need to get my syslogs sent to me - as they are now. Please clarify. No -- you don't have to use exim. I don't. However, if several people are collecting mail off the same box, then it's probably easier and smarter to use exim instead of procmail. My setup is as follows: ISP -- fetchmail -- procmail -- mbox -- kmail folders Note that procmail (with the formail option) is essentially behaving as an MTA replacement. It's not an elegant solution, especially for multiple users on the same box, but it works fine for me since I'm on a single-user box. So, my advice is to pick one way that seems to make the most sense and stick with it. Once you get more comfortable with linux, you can go back and change things if you want. But if you keep jumping around to different configuration options, then you'll continue to spin your wheels and never get anything done. Again, you don't have to do it the way I do. There are multiple ways of achieving the same objective. If you're already fairly far down the exim path, then by all means, stay the course and get it working. Just because this is how I collect my mail doesn't mean it's the right (or wrong) way to do it. --kurt
Re: exim: misleading package description?
On Friday 30 November 2001 12:24 am, Glyn Millington wrote: Fetchmail can use procmail as the MDA -- just put: mda procmail If your mta is exim then I don't think you need t tell fetchmail _anything_ about procmail, exim takes care of that. Try scrubbing the procmail reference in .fetchmailrc That's correct. If you're using exim, you don't have to tell fetchmail about procmail. However, putting the above line in your .fetchmailrc file, along with a couple of mods to procmail allows you to remove exim from the equation entirely. That was my original point. --kurt
unable to load ssh2 protocol
After a recent apt-get upgrade on a woody box, I am unable to use version 2 of ssh. (v1 and 1.5 seem to work fine) When starting sshd, I get the following error message: Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key Googling suggests that I need to recreate ssh_host_*_key, so, I did: ssh-keygen -t dsa and ssh-keygen -t rsa making sure that both of the resulting key pairs now reside in: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa/dsa_key and ensured that the permission are correct. (all files are root r/w. .pub files are world readable.) However, i still get this problem. I've tried explicitly entering the path ot the keys in the sshd_config file: HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key (and the corresponding entry for dsa) but that doesn't help, either. My daemon.log and syslog don't show any pertinent entries. Starting /usr/sbin/sshd -d -d results in the following: debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.9p2 debug1: private host key: #0 type 0 RSA1 Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key debug1: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0. Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Generating 768 bit RSA key. RSA key generation complete. I'm not terribly familiar with the inner workings of ssh, so I'm assuming I'm doing something obviously wrong. Can anyone help? --kurt
Re: Yahoo messenger
I use gaim, personally. On Friday 30 November 2001 10:49 am, Bill Wohler wrote: What tool do Debian folks use that interoperates with Yahoo! IM?
Re: kmail setup
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 11:26 pm, Kari Ruohonen wrote: KMail manual says that the accounts can be set under the network tab. However, I can't find this tab. Where is it located? In the settings menu under configure kmail... --kurt
Re: exim: misleading package description?
On Thursday 29 November 2001 10:41 am, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: exim doesn't have a spam reject file that i can drop IP addresses into. It doesn't? Then what is host_reject for? Or the ability to use local rbl-type files? what exactly are some of these advanced features then? Did you even bother looking at the exim documentation? It's very comprehensive and answers all of your questions. Some of the advanced spam features that you asked about are: * callback verification * filtering (it would be cruel to liken it to procmail filtering, but it's in the same general ballpark in that you can reject/drop/delete/forward based on header information) * ability to write custom headers for suspect email that users can then use in their own filtering and others that I'm sure I've overlooked. Is there a reason you decided to jump all over exim today? Your message came across as quite hostile and sarcastic Perhaps it wasn't intended that way. --kurt (who's hoping he's not feeding trolls)
Re: exim: misleading package description?
On Thursday 29 November 2001 11:22 am, Dave Sherohman wrote: That's something I've wondered about for a while... I've found exim's .forward filtering to be more than adequate for anything I've ever wanted to do (and a lot more human-readable to boot), but you seem to be implying that it's less capable than procmail. What can procmail do that exim can't? I meant cruel in the sense that exim's filtering syntax is Shakespeare compared to procmail's butchery. I'm not sure I understand all the differences between exim and procmail filtering, but here's my limited understanding: * exim allows you to filter without changing the envelope sender -- not sure if procmail can do this. * exim filtering is better at detecting (and preventing) duplicate messages among multiple users * procmail can pipe messages to other programs and use the return code to do futher filtering. Exim can pipe to external programs as well, but can't (AFAIK) use the return code in any way. Basically, exim is set up to deliver messages, so its filtering is designed with message delivery as the ultimate goal. Procmail is more of a swiss army knife and has a bit more flexibility. The two are certainly not mutually exclusive -- one can augment the other. BTW, I highly recommend the O'Reilly exim book if you're at all interested in learning more about exim. I use it most/all of the time when I have exim questions. hth --kurt
list all task packages
I know this question was answered just a few days ago, but I cannot find it in the archives. I also checked the man page for dpkg and apt-get but didn't see anything there, either. What is the command to select from the available debian task packages? (it's not dselect -- this was an option that brought up a curses-type screen where you could select invidual debian tasks to install.) Thanks. --kurt
Re: Thoughts on RTFM
On Thursday 29 November 2001 06:46 pm, cmasters wrote: Last words (for now) ... in order for Open Source to have continued and increasing validity, it ~has~ to mean more than just change at will. It must include if I've written the application, I will include ~clear~ instructions. There definitely is a strong elitist mentality among many linux folks, but not all of them. There are also some strong newbie documentation projects that are underway as well: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/ http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ http://www.debianhelp.com/ are a few that spring to mind. The newbiedoc project on sourceforge helped me immensely as I was learning how to compile a new kernel the debian way. You're absolutely right -- the bar needs to be lowered a couple notches, at least on the documentation side of things. The great thing is that you can pick up your cause and run with it. Join one of the projects above and help them make newbie documentation that much better. Or, if you feel so inclined, start your own. (I personally discourage this since I feel another problem with linux documentation it that it's scattered across the four winds) Also, rest assured that, with a little determination and perseverance, you *can* learn this stuff. It's not as easy to learn as windows, no, but it's also far, far more flexible, so it's a tradeoff. Anyway, my $.02. --kurt P.S. I can't imagine learning linux in the pre-internet days. I think it would be almost impossible unless you had a pre-existing group of linux-geek-buddies.
Re: exim: misleading package description?
On Thursday 29 November 2001 07:05 pm, cmasters wrote: Hope you don't mind the interruption. You may have noticed my slew of postings about difficulties with sorting mail. I read your reponse to mean that I may not even require the services of procmail, as I ~am~ using exim as my MTA. Is this correct? I just want fairly simple pre-sorting of mail before I read it with mutt. Um -- I haven't followed the other threads too closely, so I'm not intimately familiar with your predicament. However, my recommendation is to use fetchmail, procmail and mutt together and cut exim out of the picture. Procmail has a nasty, ugly, horrible syntax, but it's a more flexible filtering program than exim. Also, once you get up to speed with fetchmail/procmail/mutt, you'll likely want to improve upon your filtering capabilities to cull spam and other niceties. That's where you probably want to have procmail. Fetchmail can use procmail as the MDA -- just put: mda procmail in your .fetchmailrc file and exim should be completely removed from the equation. You'll also want to modify your .procmailrc file to use formail, which will regenerate the From field so you don't lose your mail. (see man procmail for more info -- look for the -f option) Note: that's just my opinion on how I would do things It's worth about as much as the e-paper this is printed on. No doubt a very helpful book. Unfortunately this capital city on the east caost of Canada has just discovered that M$ is ~not~ the only OS. I'd have to order said book, and wait 4 - 6 weeks for delivery of it. Not sure I can go through another few weeks of this dilemma. One thing that I've learned in my time with linux is that there are always 472 different ways of doing the exact same damn thing. I cannot tell you how frustrating and wonderful that is, all at the same time. There is no one right answer for whatever you're trying to do. So, my advice is to pick one way that seems to make the most sense and stick with it. Once you get more comfortable with linux, you can go back and change things if you want. But if you keep jumping around to different configuration options, then you'll continue to spin your wheels and never get anything done. --kurt
upgrading unstable -- 44 packages held back?
I'm running unstable and when I do an apt-get upgrade, it tells me it's holding back 44 packages. (a lot of which are related to kde, which I'm assuming is because I'm still running 2.2.1) If I do dpkg --get-selections |grep hold, I see the only thing with a hold on it is my kernel-image. So, I'm assuming this is expected behavior, but can anyone explain how the determination is made to hold back certain packages? If it's not the hold flag, what else does it look for? Also, how do I upgrade those packages? Thanks.
Re: mouse freezes in X
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 05:53 pm, joey tsai wrote: Hi, I have a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical, and I'm currently using it via ps/2 port. I had no problems with it for nearly a year, but now in X it will simply freeze on the screen and won't respond. Restarting X will usually restore it, but eventually it will freeze again. Is anyone else having this problem? Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, I've experienced similar behavior when switching between computers on a KVM switch. Resolved the problem by flashing the firmware on the KVM switch. Also, gpm seems to always cause problems with X, so make sure you're not running that when you launch X. --kurt
Re: konqueror does not open text files
On Sunday 25 November 2001 09:29 am, Eugene Tyurin wrote: During one of the recent KDE upgrades, konqueror (.deb 2.2.1.0-6) stopped opening plain text files or even document source - instead it prompts for an application. What should I do to restore the old behaviour? In the Control Center, look for File Browsing. Under there is an option called File Associations that will let you reassociate text files with Konqueror. (or whatever other app you might prefer) --kurt
Re: Debian TVIO like PVR
On Friday 23 November 2001 07:38 am, Stan Brown wrote: What hardware (in addition to the basic computer) will I need? WinTV card? Special Video car dor TV out? Obviosly I will need a failry fast machine, I'm Planing somehting like a 1.2GHZ Athalon, and lots (40 - 120G) of disk space. I would like to use IDE disks, if they are fast enough. What software packages do I need? There's a package over at sourceforge that may be of interest to you: http://dvr.sourceforge.net I haven't used it, but it's listed as 5-production/stable and has some screenshots to look at. There's also the LinuxTV project, which is worth a look: http://linuxtv.org Regarding IDE disks, my TiVo uses 5400RPM IDE disks, so I would assume that's plenty fast. (I would look at the new Seagate Barracuda IV drives, simply because they run at 2 bels and are quieter than any other IDE drive out on the market place) Also, assuming you get a capture card that does onboard encoding, you may not need such a fast computer since it will simply be a file server at that point. Please let us know how this project goes -- I'd be interested in a project summary once you have it up and running. --kurt
docs for booting linux from flash?
I'm considering building a couple of appliance-type devices running Linux and utilizing a flash device instead of a hard drive or CD. I've never delved into read/writing to flash before -- can anyone recommend some reading to learn more about it? Either hardware-specific (such as what hardware will write to a flash device) or Linux-specific, such as getting linux to boot from a flash device. A howto would be perfect, but I didn't see any on linuxdoc.org. Thanks! --kurt
experiences with Intel Dual Port NICs (i82558 controller)
I've been doing some research on Intel Dual Port NICs. From what I've found, there may have been some past issues with the NICs that use the i82558 controller running on linux. I'm just wondering if these issues have since been resolved? Is anyone using a dual port NIC with this controller that can attest to how well it does/doesn't work on Debian? Thanks. --kurt
Re: ssh without password for secvpn
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 10:27 am, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: On both boxes, I did a 'ssh-keygen' which created my '.ssh/identity' and '.ssh/indentity.pub'. I swapped the '.ssh/indentity.pub' to '.ssh/authorized_keys' to each machine. Are you using ssh v2? If so, your authorized_keys file needs to be named authorized_keys2. I'm assuming this is to allow v1 and v2 to run side by side. man ssh for more info. search for authorized_keys --kurt
Re: Reconfiguring sendmail?
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 01:00 pm, Stan Brown wrote: How can I force debain to re-offer me the install time config options for this package? dpkg --configure sendmail From the dpkg man page: dpkg --configure package ... | -a | --pending Reconfigure an unpacked package. If -a or --pending is given instead of package, all unpacked but unconfigured packages are configured.
Re: galeon
Ummm...let's see: z8:/# apt-cache search galeon galeon - Mozilla based web browser with GNOME look and feel z8:/# Looks like it's in the galeon package. --kurt On Monday 19 November 2001 05:55 am, ben wrote: which package is galeon stored in?
Xstartup error
I have been running Woody with KDE and xfree86 from Sid. I did an apt-get upgrade tonight without first checking to see what would be upgraded. So, stupid mistake, I know. Now, however, I cannot start KDE. I can get the kdm login screen, but if I enter a user/password, I get the following error: Startup program /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/kdm/Xstartup exited with a non-zero status. Please contact your system administrator. There are no unusual entries in the XFree86 log, nor do I see any odd messages if I hit ctrl-alt-f1 to see the console. When I did the apt upgrade, I noticed that xserver-xfree86 was updated from 4.1.0-7 (I think) to 4.1.0-9. AFAIK, no kde-related package was updated. Was there a change in one of the xfree86 config files that might have caused this problem? Can anyone offer any suggestions on how to resolve this problem? --kurt attachment: winmail.dat
Re: Which mail user agent do you use?
On Wednesday 14 November 2001 09:04 am, Tim Dijkstra wrote: I think I prefer something graphical, and able of using multiple accounts. I know this was discussed extensively a few months back -- you should probably check the archives. That said, I use and really like KMail. Version 1.2 (potato woody?) was a little limited, but version 1.3 (sid) has some great filtering capabilities, can handle multiple accounts and has proven to be very stable for me. IMAP support is there, but not very feature-rich. --kurt
Re: HD spin down with hdparm : HD always wakes up !!!
On Wednesday 14 November 2001 12:46 pm, Dominique Deleris wrote: Everything is fine with /dev/hdc (/home), but /dev/hda will always wake up after a few seconds of sleep ! I can't figure out what's provoking this behaviour? My guess would be a cron job, such as exim looking at the outgoing mail queue. Or, something getting logged to the syslog.
Re: What's with the bounces from sprintpcs.com?
Um...did anyone bother to contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this issue? That's what they're there for. :) ([EMAIL PROTECTED] cc'd on this message. List in question is debian-user) --kurt On Tuesday 13 November 2001 05:21 am, Richard Cobbe wrote: Over the last few days, everything I've posted to the list has generated a bounce message indicating an error in delivering to the address [EMAIL PROTECTED]. The messages do make it to the list, but I'm getting a little tired of the bounces. Is anyone else getting these? If this is a bad address subscribed to the list, why aren't the bounces going to the list administrators, rather than to the original poster? (I used to administer a LISTSERV list, and this was the behavior on that system.) Richard
Re: bastille deb
I've used it and it worked fine. The package installed without any problem and I was able to run through the configuration script without a hitch. I'm using woody with a dash of sid. --kurt On Monday 12 November 2001 12:23 pm, Charles Baker wrote: Has anyone used the Bastille deb package? If so, what were the results? I have used Bastille on Redhat and Mandrake systems, but haven't seen anything about using it on Debian systems.
Re: gvim in Debian
I had to install vim-gtk in addition to vim in order to get gvim to work. vim in console works just fine, however. --kurt On Sunday 11 November 2001 09:29 pm, Jason Machacek wrote: I install the Vim package, and gvim shows up in the man pages after that, but gvim doesn't get installed. Is there a more advanced Vim package I have to install to take advantage of this program? Thanks, Jason Machacek
trying to verify contents of my tar archive
I've been using Karsten Self's sample backup script available in the Linux Backup mini-FAQ at: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html This script basically uses tar to archive a list of directories to tape and then verifies the backup as well. When I run the script, the output is the following: z8:~/backup# ./full.script tar: Removing leading `/' from member names [snip 8 more lines of this] /etc: verified /root: verified /boot: verified /home: verified /usr/local: verified /var/backups: verified /var/lib: verified /var/log: verified /var/www: verified Which leads me to believe all the data has been backed up and is good to go. However, if I do tar tvf /dev/st0 to list the contents of the tape, all I get is the following: z8:~/backup# tar -tvf /dev/st0 drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-10-18 19:59:23 var/www/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 4100 2001-03-22 17:39:29 var/www/index.html -rw-r--r-- root/root 1195 2001-10-18 19:59:23 var/www/search.html I suspect this is more user error than anything, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I've tried rewinding the tape as well as doing a mt -f /dev/st0 asf 1 to position the tape at the beginning, but I still get the same output when I tar tvf. Any help is appreciated. --kurt
Re: tape drive problems
I discovered the problem -- it turned out to be the SCSI chain wasn't correctly terminated. (or it may have been because I was using passive termination -- I'm not sure) I purchased a new internal SCSI cable with an active terminator and now it works fine. Posting this here in the hopes it may help someone down the road. --kurt On Monday 05 November 2001 04:50 pm, Kurt Lieber wrote: I just installed an internal SCSI HP DDS3 drive and am having trouble getting it to work. If I put in a new tape and try to erase it receive the following error: z8:~/backup# mt -f /dev/st0 erase /dev/st0: Input/output error and the following shows up in the syslog: Nov 5 16:30:35 z8 kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: sns = 70 3 Nov 5 16:30:35 z8 kernel: ASC=3b ASCQ= 0 Nov 5 16:30:35 z8 kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0e 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3b 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0xee 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Re: How do I configure eth1 on bootup?
If you're using static IP addressing, you need to define the netmask, network, broadcast and gateway addresses as well. Here's an example form one of my machines: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.1.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 10.1.1.0 broadcast 10.1.1.255 gateway 10.1.1.1 Obviously, you need to change this information to suit your particular network, but the example should at least get you going. --kurt On Monday 05 November 2001 01:22 pm, Phillip Deackes wrote: auto lo eth0 auto eth1 # The loopback interface iface lo inet loopback # The ethernet interface iface eth0 inet dhcp hostname scgf01 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.1.1 Have I missed something? Many thanks indeed
Re: abcde and cddb
I don't use abcde (but it has a really cool name!) however, from the error message you listed, my guess is that they're not a registered CDDB user. There's apparently some very unfavorable terms that Gracenote/CDDB forces software writers to adhere to if they're going to use the cddb. You can change over to the freedb, (www.freedb.org), which is free as in beer as well as speech. In Grip, the settings are: DB Server: freedb.freedb.org CGI Path: ~cddb/cddb.cgi Hopefully that provides enough information for you to get abcde configured. --kurt On Monday 05 November 2001 12:12 pm, Deedra Waters wrote: I'm trying to use abcde to turn songs into mp3 format, but am having a problem. my problem is this. Getting CD track info... Grabbing entire CD - tracks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12Looking up CD nameGetting CD info...got it. cddb-tool: CDDB error: 433 Unauthorized client: cddb-tool 0.1.2.1 Creating template...done. I don't exactly understand what this means, but was told that I need to change something so that it goes to a different website to find the information for the cd. if someone could help me with this I'd appreciate it.
tape drive problems
I just installed an internal SCSI HP DDS3 drive and am having trouble getting it to work. If I put in a new tape and try to erase it receive the following error: z8:~/backup# mt -f /dev/st0 erase /dev/st0: Input/output error and the following shows up in the syslog: Nov 5 16:30:35 z8 kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: sns = 70 3 Nov 5 16:30:35 z8 kernel: ASC=3b ASCQ= 0 Nov 5 16:30:35 z8 kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0e 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3b 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0xee 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 I'm able to eject tapes just fine, so I know that mt is communicating with the drive on some level. The other device on the SCSI change (CD-R) works fine -- I'm able to rip CDs, listen to music and do all kinds of other things, so I'm hesitant to suspect a termination problem. I've checked the IDs to ensure each is unique. (st0 is ID2 and scd0 is ID4) I've also checked the cable to make sure it's plugged in snugly and also swapped it out with another cable, just to make sure. I've used four different DAT tapes and have also cleaned the drive with a fresh, brand new cleaning tape. Any suggestions? --kurt
Re: tape drive problems
On Monday 05 November 2001 05:16 pm, nate wrote: is the scsi cable terminated ? try mt -f /dev/st0 status This is the output I get. Not sure how to decipher it: z8:/home/kurtl/tmp# mt -f /dev/st0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x25 (DDS-3). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (4101): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN Regarding the card/drive/kernel/etc, it's an HP Surestore DAT 24 internal drive connected to an adaptec 2940UW SCSI card on a computer running Woody w/ 2.4.12 kernel with SCSI support compiled as a module. Still beating my head against the wall trying to figure this out, so any help is certainly appreciated. --kurt
Re: ssh works from windows not from linux; protocol version difference?
On Sunday 04 November 2001 12:20 pm, Gianguido Cianci wrote: first o fall which ssh should I install? ssh or Openssh? any practical difference? as oppoesed to ideological difference??? From what it sounds like you're trying to do, I'd say OpenSSH is a better choice. I believe the other ssh package is non-free and doesn't support v 2. (don't know that for sure, though) So what is the story ?? I would have imagined protocol 2.0 would have been backward compatible... maybe increasing security meant decreasing retro-compatibility??? Depending on the ssh server, it certainly can be backwards-compatible, but it has to be configured as such. SSH v1 had some fairly serious security holes, which is why most folks try to use v2. (and why some servers might be configured to disallow v1 protocol) Anyway, my problem remains, I cannot connect to the remote host from Linux... Try changing over to OpenSSH if you're running Woody or Sid. I know that supports v2. If you're running potato, you may want to verify what version of ssh that package supports since I'm not sure. If at all possible, you want to use ssh v2 because of the aforementioned security problems with v1. --kurt
adding second SCSI card of same type -- any problems?
I'm going to be adding a second SCSI card in my server today -- they're both Adaptec 2940UW. Is there anything special I need to do to get the second one recognized or should it simply show up on boot? (the kernel obviously already has support for this card compiled in) This is the first time I've added hardware to an existing linux system, so I'm just being extra-cautious. Thanks. --kurt
Re: [debian-user] I'm coming on board
On Friday 02 November 2001 09:28 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am attempting to get into Linux/Debian in a big way. I have decided that M$ WinXP is the last straw for my personal computing. Yep -- me too. Exact same reason. (a) It seems that much of www.debian.org is not responding, so I have been using one of the [nation].debian.org sites. But these do not seem to have access to the bugs. I'm having trouble connecting as well. Must be a temporary problem as www.debian.org is usually very realiable. (b) I cannot seem to find the FAQ for the various mailing lists, to make sure my questions have not been asked 1K times. Where are they located? The archive and search both seem fairly good. Try lists.debian.org. There are searchable archives there, good for checking to see if your question has been asked 1K times. :) (c) I am looking for the debian newbie or new user mailing list. Does one not exist? Not that I'm aware of -- I remember some discussion on this topic a while back, though I don't remember the context. You might check the list archives. (e) Anyway to automatically have the subject line identify the mailing list. A few of my other mailing lists have that, example Subject: [debian-user]: a big problem !!! Subject: Re: [debian-user]: a big problem !!! Subject: Re:[debian-user]: a big problem !!! ** ick, I dislike when mail clients don't include the space after Re: Not sure what you're asking for here. This list (debian-user) already identifies itself in the subject line as you can see above. You just have to create a filter in your MUA based on [debian-user]. You can also filter on the list address, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
emacs20 requires xlibs and xfree86-common?
I've always been a vim user, so I've never installed emacs on my machines. However, I have a need for it now and when I went to install it, discovered that it has all kinds of x-related dependencies (xfree86-common, xlibs, libxaw7) Does anyone know what the correlation is between text-based emacs and x? (this is the emacs20 package from woody -- NOT xemacs21) Is this something I can safely override (probably not) or work around and still use the debian package system? Suggestions welcome. --kurt
user profile script confusion
I'm fairly new to linux in general and am confused about all the different login scripts. I would like to have a single ssh command started when I login, be it to the console or to KDE. If I put the command in .bash_profile, KDE doesn't execute it. If I put it in .xinitrc, then bash won't execute it. Then there's .xsession and .kderc which only add to my confusion. So, two questions: 1. If I want a command executed whenever (and however) I log in, is there one userland file I can put this in? 2. Can anyone recommend a site that discusses all the different userland login/profile scripts and when to use one over the other to achieve whatever result you're trying for? Thanks. --kurt
Re: Network config tool
www.webmin.com/webmin On Tuesday 30 October 2001 08:50 am, Will Newton wrote: Is there such a thing?
Re: Being cracked? (need help on apache log files)
On Monday 29 October 2001 07:55 am, Ole Sebastian Stein wrote: and so on. To me it looks as if 213.145.168.244 is trying to execute some file giving him root access. Are someone trying to crack my machine? What should I do? These are all remnants of the Code Red/Nimda worms. You only have to worry if you're running IIS on a windows box -- otherwise, it's just an annoyance that clutters up your apache logs (and minor bandwidth drain) --kurt
Re: IMAP...
On Monday 29 October 2001 11:19 am, Alexander Wallace wrote: I understand Imap encripts passwords right? and I should use it instead of pop? IMAP does NOT encrypt passwords. It has one (minor) security advantage over POP3 in that it only sends your password once to establish a connection, and then maintains that connection until you break it (usually by closing your mail client) where POP3 sends your password each and every time you check mail. However, both send passwords in clear text. If you want to encrypt your mail password, you can tunnel POP3 and/or IMAP over SSH and obtain end-to-end encryption that way. If you're interested (or anyone else, for that matter), I've written a short document that discusses how to do this. It's geared towards the ISP I use (pair.com) but it should be enough to get you going in most situations. Email me off list if you want a copy. There's also another miniHOWTO out there that discusses getting email over ssh. Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO by Manish Singh hth --kurt
Re: Shift-Return
On Friday 26 October 2001 12:02, Walter Hofmann wrote: This is annoying because to search for a string in a file, I need to press / + RETURN repeatedly to cycle through the places where the string was found. or you could just hit n
Re: invoice program
Appgen makes one called MyBooks. Supposed to be comparable to quickbooks, though I have no direct experience with it. Not free, though -- $100 for a 5-user version. --kurt On Wednesday 24 October 2001 19:34, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: Anyone know of a deb can does invoicing. I have started doing some consulting work and would rather use some sort of invoicing program than a spreadsheet. lance
Re: help
It's a long shot, but you might try www.debian.org ;) Specifically, the user documentation page (http://www.debian.org/doc/) has a couple of installation guides. --kurt On Thursday 25 October 2001 17:01, Daniel J Salvat wrote: hey...i need to get a version of linux on floppies...people have told me that debian will do the trick...how would i go about getting it? Make a difference, help support the relief efforts in the U.S. http://clubs.lycos.com/live/events/september11.asp
Apache segfaults upon receiving first hit
I'm running woody, php4.0.5-2 and Apache 1.3.19-1. I made one small change to my php.ini file (adjusting the include_path variable) and now every time I start apache, it segfaults when it receives the first hit. This is the error I get in my error.log [Wed Oct 24 09:50:21 2001] [notice] Apache/1.3.19 (Unix) Debian/GNU configured -- resuming normal operations [Wed Oct 24 09:50:21 2001] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/lib/apache/suexec) [Wed Oct 24 09:50:27 2001] [notice] child pid 314 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) I restored the php.ini file from backup, thinking that must have messed something up, but that didn't solve the problem. I'm not sure what troubleshooting steps to take as I've never faced this problem on a linux box before. Any suggestions? --kurt
Re: tape backup...
Not a direct answer to your question, but check out http://www.linux-backup.net. They have some great linux backup resources there including several example backup scripts. --kurt On Wednesday 24 October 2001 08:01, Alexander Wallace wrote: Hello there! I have a 2 gb dat drive and I would like to backup my server periodicaly. It works, it's /dev/st0... I know I can use mt to do stuff with the drive and tar to backup stuff... But is there a better way???
Re: What's apt-get doing to me?
On Wednesday 24 October 2001 16:26, Peter Hutnick wrote: (why do you have to lie to the website to get ISOs?) Because bandwidth isn't free and Debian is. Thus, they want to minimize the use of their bandwidth as much as possible. If you download all three ISO images, you'll end up using a minor fraction of that since you'll likely not install *every* *single* program on the 3 cds. So, in effect, you just probably wasted over a GB of bandwidth that someone now has to pay for. Why didn't you follow the website suggestions of alternatives to downloading ISOs instead of lying? Or order from cheapbytes.com if you really *must* have ISOs? --kurt
Re: removing beeps
This identical topic was covered a few days ago on the list. Check the archives. --kurt On Tuesday 23 October 2001 09:33, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: Hi, Everytime I enter something wrong into bash it sounds beep out of my computer. Can i remove that? cheers, Raffaele
Re: I need Exim skills!
On Sunday 21 October 2001 08:56, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: What is the difference between using multiple local domains or using several virtual domains? Virtual domains have no real mailboxes associated with them -- you have to alias all accounts associated with a virtual domain. Local domains do have real mailboxes associated with them. So, if you want users to pick up their mail from your potato box, you'll want to use local domains. (or at least have one local domain) If you're going to forward all the mail to other email addresses or other servers, then you can use virtual domains. Using virtual domains allows you to give all your users [EMAIL PROTECTED] addresses, but you can have mail delivered across multiple servers using [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc. One server acts as the receiving hub for all internet mail, and uses virtual domains to send it along to the correct final destination. (note that's only one use for a virtual domain -- there are many others) --kurt
Re: Cron
AFAIK, you can't run a single crontab entry more than once per minute. In fact, cron only scans crontab once per minute, so I doubt very much that you can get per-second control over cron scheduling. --kurt On Sunday 21 October 2001 13:10, Theo Wribe wrote: How do I create a crontab that run's #ping IP every 10 seconds? Tried crontab -e 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * */bin/ping -s 8 -c 1 www.sunet.se 1 /dev/null 2 /dev/null But it doesn't seem to work. Thanks Theo
Re: exim startup fails
Do you have a link to /etc/init.d/exim in your default runlevel directory? (probably rc2) Check /etc/rc2.d and see if there's a symlink in there called: Ssomenumberexim. On my computer, it's S20exim. That should point to ../init.d/exim which should then start exim whenever you switch to that runlevel. (such as when you boot the computer.) hth --kurt On Sunday 21 October 2001 13:05, Nikolai Hlubek wrote: Hi there, I recently installed Debian testing using my old home directory. My problem is that my e-mails only get delivered when I start exim -bd manually as root. But the startup script in init.d/ exists. Has anybody an idea what I'm missing? Thanks so far, Nikolai.
Re: virtual newbie needs help with lib (?)
Have you tried using dselect and/or dpkg and/or apt-get instead of compiling things manually? Those will handle dependencies for you so if you don't have the correct lib file, it will download it automatically for you. Much, much easier than trying to compile everything yourself from source. Debian's package manager solution is one of the key strengths of Debian as a distro -- you're missing out if you're not using it. --kurt On Saturday 20 October 2001 11:49, sam rosenfeld wrote: The problem: After downloading files from the net (just about any files, any URLs), I cannot compile the programs.
x starts in failsafe mode, but not regular mode
I've set up xfree86-4 on my debian woody box using the nvidia binary drivers and KDE. Now, when I run the kdm, I get to the KDE login screen, but when I log in in default mode, the screen blanks for a minute, then a simple blue background displays with a black bar at the top, and then I am returned ot the login screen. If I log in in failsafe mode, I get in far enough to see konsole and I'm assuming that's all failsafe mode is designed to provide. I'm not familiar enough with linux to know if this is a KDE problem, xfree86 problem or nvidia driver problem -- can anyone offer some suggestions on what might be causing this problem? Thanks.
Re: XDM starting when not wanted
cd /etc/rc2.d and either delete or rename S99kdm. (you can rename it to anything you want as long as it doesn't start with a capital S or capital K -- I usuallly rename mine to _S99kdm which works fine.) --kurt On Friday 19 October 2001 h:22 am, Barbara Pfieffer wrote: I setup potato on an older Dell laptop. It worked great and I just kept updating everything, X windows and so on. It had uptime of 38 days when I finally decided to reboot. Somewhere along the way, xdm get set up to start on bootup for a graphical login. I do not want this, I want to boot to a console login. I don't use X much on the computer and startx works fine when I want to go to X. How can I stop XDM from starting on bootup? Thanks Barbara
Re: Help needed getting mail working.
is '/var/spool/mail/stuart file not found' so where is my mail By default (at least on Woody) exim puts mail in /var/mail/username (note the absence of /spool/) You might check to see if your mail is in there. If so, just point mutt to the correct location. hth --kurt
bastille compatible with Debian?
I noticed that bastille-linux is an optional package in dselect. Yet the bastille-linux home page (www.bastille-linux.org) says that it's only compatible with RedHat and Mandrake. Has anyone used Bastille on a Debian box (preferably Woody) that can attest to how well it does/doesn't work on Debian? Thanks. --kurt
