/home partition filling immediately after recent sid upgrade
Hi, I recently upgraded a system that uses sid and the /home partition filled. I then adjusted tune2fs -m 3 /dev/md1 to give myself 20 G of space. Did nothing and next day already filled /home 100% again. Same thing happened when i did -m2. Ok how to find the culprit ? A long long time ago, this happened when my .xsession-error file grew without bounds. Does not seem to be this file. Any one else seen this. How to find the monster space eater. And please no snarky "don't use sid" remarks. It is fun to play with the latest software. tried du -sh on /home/username /* etc. ls -ltr tail Thanks
further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
So far at least, I have not had the same repeated keypresses. I wil continue to monitor. Thank you. A look at the bios shows a spot to shut off pnp in the bios. I will consider that as well. I was wrong and spoke too soon. Indeed the bios command i8042.nonpnp ___helped___ to decrease the frequency of the keyboard issues which were 1. maniacal multiple typing of space and carrige return or indeed many other keys until I hit another key. 2. dropped keys (just didnt type a key until i retyped it) However it did not get rid of the problem. So what did I do. Did a lot of reading. I noticed that there is no longer a xserver-xorg-input-kbd on my system. Seems that evdev is the new way of capturing events from the keyboard and mouse so I guessed perhaps that was the problem. So I installed xserver-xorg-input-kbd then I changed the xorg.conf to add this stanza Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver kbd Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules base Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us,il Option XkbVariant,lyx Option XkbOptions grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:switch,grp_led:scroll EndSection then I restarted the server Now then I noticed within the Xorg.0.log this happens [ 111.503] (==) ModulePath set to /usr/lib/xorg/modules [ 111.503] (==) |--Input Device Generic Keyboard [ 111.503] (==) No Layout section. Using the first core keyboard device. [ 111.503] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices. [ 111.503] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. [ 111.503] (WW) Disabling Generic Keyboard [ 111.503] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f6c75087d00 [ 111.503] (II) Module ABI versions: So Hotplugging did not alow it to be on. So I added the following section to the xorg.conf Section ServerFlags Option AutoAddDevicesoff EndSection Now when i start Xorg again [ 1861.880] (==) ModulePath set to /usr/lib/xorg/modules [ 1861.880] (==) |--Input Device default pointer [ 1861.880] (==) |--Input Device Generic Keyboard [ 1861.880] (==) No Layout section. Using the default mouse configuration. [ 1861.880] (==) No Layout section. Using the first core keyboard device. [ 1861.880] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fb38c0e6d00 [ 1861.880] (II) Module ABI versions: [ 1861.880]X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 [ 1861.880]X.Org Video Driver: 14.1 [ 1861.880]X.Org XInput driver : 19.1 [ 1861.880]X.Org Server Extension : 7.0 [ 1861.880] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0) Ok now I am checking and so far, I have not had repeat of the problems of either dropped keys or spontaneous maniacal repeated keyboard presses So where do I send the but report. Clearly the autoconfiguration of ps2 keyboard via xorg is not working and I had to revert to the older kbd drivers... Thanks Mitchell Laks -- 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/20140109164054.ga8...@earthlink.net
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
It just happened again. look at my last search on google debian kernel log My last fix has not solved the problem. Any other ideas??? Mitchell -- 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/20140109180245.ga10...@earthlink.net
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 19:51 Thu 09 Jan , David Christensen wrote: Mitchell Laks wrote on Sun, 8 Dec 2013 15:20:22 -0500 I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. Of course this is a machine running wheezy, but was installed some many previous debian versions time ago. On 01/09/2014 10:02 AM, Mitchell Laks wrote: Any other ideas??? 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install of the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ etc. thoroughly. If/ when you're satisfied, you're done. If not, wipe the system drive and try something else. ?? I haven't had to reinstall debian on my main machine in years. It would be silly Of course I am currently running debian on 25 workstations and servers at multiple sites. And I have upgraded most of them over the years with no problem. You advise me give up too easily, David. The sense I am getting is that linux is moving away from support of ps2 hardware. I saw a lot of bellyaching on the web from this bug on multiple sites. On windows as well. I walked into microcenter today and payed $12 for a cheap usb m$ft keyboard to see if it had a reasonable feel. Not bad, and with it the bug is gone for now. I will report back. I also bought a usb-to-ps2 connector for $15. I will try that too. I just feel bad about the end of a hardware era, and I still have a cache of msft internet ps2 keyboards with their good feel. 2. STFW for Linux and/or Debian support for your motherboard. Search. Read. Join. Post. What do you think my posts are about? I have researched and posted. I have even tried reverting to the kbd input driver. You have to give credit for my having found that on some combination of threads somewhere https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8t=55373sid=4c138a3bac92266f8464b4a9814350d4start=60 https://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7t=79756 I suppose I can try a second clean install to see if it still has the problem. Or else just do it with a debian live distro. but my sense is that we are not just dealing with a corrupted install. Mitchell HTH, David -- 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/52cf6e59.8090...@holgerdanske.com -- 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/20140110055213.ga24...@earthlink.net
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 22:12 Thu 09 Jan , John Hasler wrote: David Christensen writes: 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install of the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ etc. thoroughly. If/ when you're satisfied, you're done. Filling the drive with zeros is a waste of time. Just tell the installer to take over the entire drive. Doesn't matter what's on it. I agree. Just follow the installer instructions and erase the partitions. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- 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/87txdc5vbo@thumper.dhh.gt.org -- 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/20140110055549.ga25...@earthlink.net
Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new one. My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboards keep maniacally repeating keys. occasionally it seems almost spontaneous but likely i hit one return and it keeps typing return until i hit another key then it stops. when I try with another ps2 keyboard, same problem no problem with a usb keyboard. it started when I moved to a new motherboard with 6 core processor. any ideas? references https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2t=15055 Keyboard's maniacal repeating http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=196 http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=9331f=28 Keyboard repeating characters any ideas what to do. I may go buy a nice usb keyboard istead of this terrible one i would rather not use... Mitchell -- 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/20140105134323.ga13...@earthlink.net
Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 19:57 Sun 05 Jan , Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 05 ian 14, 08:43:23, Mitchell Laks wrote: I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new one. My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboards keep maniacally repeating keys. occasionally it seems almost spontaneous but likely i hit one return and it keeps typing return until i hit another key then it stops. when I try with another ps2 keyboard, same problem no problem with a usb keyboard. it started when I moved to a new motherboard with 6 core processor. any ideas? Hmm, I remember I had some trouble with the PS/2 keyboard when I dist-upgraded (to squeeze?) an old box of mine and the fix was some kernel parameter. Let's see... aha, it was i8042.nopnp. Can't remember what it does though. very interesting I see the following mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg|grep i8042 [1.220710] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [1.220711] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp [1.220830] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [1.239536] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0 mlaks@Rashi:~$ You might also want to look into BIOS settings and/or upgrades, or using a USB-to-PS/2 adapter if you want to keep the keyboard. I have already upgraded to teh latest bios. However I can both 1. reboot with the kernel parameter 2. look at the bios setting to see what it means thank you very much Andrei! Kind regards, Andrei I will report back. It costs about the same for a new keyboard or the converter :) -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt -- 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/20140105205441.ga11...@earthlink.net
Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 15:54 Sun 05 Jan , Mitchell Laks wrote: very interesting I see the following mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg|grep i8042 [1.220710] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [1.220711] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp [1.220830] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [1.239536] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0 mlaks@Rashi:~$ with the new kernel parameter fix I get mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg |grep i8042 [0.00] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12-1-amd64 root=UUID=a13e781b-8a7f-42f9-a7d2-20a1682a81eb ro quiet i8042.nopnp [0.00] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12-1-amd64 root=UUID=a13e781b-8a7f-42f9-a7d2-20a1682a81eb ro quiet i8042.nopnp [1.219983] i8042: PNP detection disabled [1.220346] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [1.220353] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 [1.240007] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0 mlaks@Rashi:~$ So far at least, I have not had the same repeated keypresses. I wil continue to monitor. Thank you. A look at the bios shows a spot to shut off pnp in the bios. I will consider that as well. Thanks Mitchell You might also want to look into BIOS settings and/or upgrades, or using a USB-to-PS/2 adapter if you want to keep the keyboard. I have already upgraded to teh latest bios. However I can both 1. reboot with the kernel parameter 2. look at the bios setting to see what it means thank you very much Andrei! Kind regards, Andrei I will report back. It costs about the same for a new keyboard or the converter :) -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt -- 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/20140105205441.ga11...@earthlink.net -- 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/20140106043322.gb17...@earthlink.net
Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card
On 09:58 Sat 04 Jan , Klaus wrote: On 03/01/14 20:50, Mitchell Laks wrote: ok so now we are ok vlc file.wmv works immediately Anyway, now no problem!!! I get beautiful sound right up when I start the So I guess I could have just turned off speech-dispacher in rc2.d I guess the myseql thing is weird, but does seem to affect sound.. what is your take on this matter? Mitchell Mitchell, that was quite a radical cure, removing most of (?) KDE. I like to have fun with my box. Even though it is my main computer. However, i should be more careful: debian weather has been down for a week or two so I have no idea how badly broken sid is these days and I may be boxing myself in to a corner Anyway, if it now works for you... Here are a couple of bugreports against speech-dispatcher that match your issues: #625235 speech-dispatcher: Combined with pulseaudio breaks ALSA #670740 speech-dispatcher: Prevents existing pulseaudio instance from working correct that is the exact behavior Briefly to the mysql stuff: this time the 125 is the group id, not the user id. Have you confirmed that group id 29 belongs to group audio? yep mlaks@Rashi:~$ id uid=1000(mlaks) gid=1000(mlaks) groups=1000(mlaks),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),40(src),44(video),46(plugdev),122(fuse) So that seems to have solved it! Thank you very much Now (you are really on the ball so I would love to ask you another question ...) I will start another thread about a problem with my keyboard It intermittently is typing unstopping repeated letters when I enter just one letter. It is not a keyboard problem as it persists with a change to another keyboard. Seems (perhaps) to have started with my switch to a new motherboard with 6 multicore processer/ faster amd chip. here are similar bug reports https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2t=15055 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/39315 A friend suggested trying a USB keyboard instead of a ps2 one. Or putting a PS2-USB dongle in between. I will try to substitute a usb keyboad to see, but it is very irritatting and I am used to this keyboard for a while. Any ideas? I will start a new thread though. Mitchell -- Klaus -- 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/52c7db4d.4060...@gmail.com -- 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/20140105015438.ga6...@earthlink.net
Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card
We might be getting there. See the two different users running pulseaudio, uid '125' and 'mlaks'. Who is this '125' anyway? I'd accuse them of hogging the audio sink, making it unavailable to 'mlaks'. Here is a similar report: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2143157p=12650610#post12650610 $ grep 125 /etc/passwd $ grep audio /etc/group ok so i did mlaks@Rashi:~$ grep 125 /etc/passwd mysql:x:119:125:MySQL Server,,,:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false speech-dispatcher:x:125:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/var/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/sh strange so lets get rd of speech dispatcher i dont have a speech-reading-hearing problem anyway so Rashi:~# apt-get remove speech-dispatcher The following packages will be REMOVED: akonadiconsole akregator amarok amor ark blinken blogilo bomber bovo calligraplan calligrasheets calligrastage calligrawords cantor cantor-backend-kalgebra cervisia cvsservice dolphin filelight granatier gwenview jovie juk k3b kaccessible kaddressbook kajongg kalarm kalgebra kalzium kanagram kapman kapptemplate karbon kate kate-plugins katomic kbattleship kblackbox kblocks kbounce kbreakout kbruch kbugbuster kcachegrind kcalc kcharselect kchmviewer kcolorchooser kde-baseapps kde-baseapps-bin kde-plasma-desktop kde-plasma-netbook kde-runtime kde-style-oxygen kde-window-manager kde-workspace kde-workspace-bin kdeaccessibility kdeadmin kdeartwork kdebase kdebase-apps kdebase-bin kdebase-runtime kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin kdeedu kdegames kdegraphics kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-plugins kdelirc kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork kdepasswd kdepim kdepim-groupware kdepim-kresources kdepim-runtime kdepim-strigi-plugins kdepim-wizards kdeplasma-addons kdesdk kdesdk-dolphin-plugins kdesdk-kio-plugins kdesdk-misc kdetoys kdeutils kdewebdev kdf kdiamond kdm kexi kfilereplace kfind kfloppy kfourinline kgeography kget kgoldrunner kgpg khangman kig kigo kile kile-l10n killbots kimagemapeditor kinfocenter kiriki kiten kjots kjumpingcube kleopatra klettres klickety klines klinkstatus klipper kmag kmahjongg kmail kmenuedit kmines kmix kmousetool kmouth kmplot kmtrace knetwalk knode knotes kolf kollision kolourpaint4 kommander kompare konq-plugins konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konquest konsole konsolekalendar kontact kopete korganizer kpartloader kpat kplato kplayer kppp kpresenter krdc kremotecontrol krename kreversi krfb krita kruler ksame kscd kscreensaver kscreensaver-xsavers kshisen ksirk ksnapshot kspaceduel kspread ksquares kstars ksudoku ksysguard ksystemlog kteatime kthesaurus ktimer ktimetracker ktouch ktron kttsd ktuberling kturtle kubrick kuiviewer kuser kwalletmanager kweather kword kwordquiz kwrite libkateinterfaces4 libkdepim4 libkopete4 libmessagelist4 libplasmaclock4abi3 libsmokekdecore4-3 libsmokekdeui4-3 libsmokekfile3 libsmokekhtml3 libsmokekio3 libsmokeknewstuff2-3 libsmokeknewstuff3-3 libsmokekparts3 libsmokektexteditor3 libsmokekutils3 libsmokeplasma3 libtaskmanager4abi3 lokalize lskat marble mplayerthumbs okteta okular palapeli parley plasma-dataengines-workspace plasma-desktop plasma-netbook plasma-runners-addons plasma-scriptengine-python plasma-scriptengine-ruby plasma-scriptengine-superkaramba plasma-scriptengines plasma-widget-lancelot plasma-widgets-addons plasma-widgets-workspace polkit-kde-1 python-kde4 rocs ruby-kde4 ruby-plasma speech-dispatcher step sweeper systemsettings umbrello The following NEW packages will be installed: oops! well I have been 1/2 sid since I moved to the kernel 3.12.1 to get the radeon driver to work nicely with xrandr so some changes are in store ok lets go for it. we only live once I can always install something again if I need it, dont recognize any of the kde stuff as useful on my stumpwm setup anyway... :) ok so now we are ok vlc file.wmv works immediately Anyway, now no problem!!! I get beautiful sound right up when I start the So I guess I could have just turned off speech-dispacher in rc2.d I guess the myseql thing is weird, but does seem to affect sound.. what is your take on this matter? Mitchell Here's a snipped I found on the ArchWiki Alsa pages: Membership in the audio group also allows direct access to devices, which can lead to applications grabbing exclusive output (breaking software mixing) (snip) Therefore, adding a user to the audio group is not recommended, unless you specifically need to[1]. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/TheAudioGroup; So, once you find out who '125' is, let's see whether you can then stop that process monopolising the audio card0. BTW, killing and restarting the current user's PA process should be much easier than what you do: $ pulseaudio -k The default behaviour is to automatically respawn a process. $ grep spawn /etc/pulse/client.conf ; autospawn = yes -- Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact
Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card
On 22:53 Wed 01 Jan , Klaus wrote: So, even just after reboot and as it would be expected, the two cards are listed by alsa, and yet, first time round PA doesn't find them both. When you restart PA, they are correctly identified and subsequently functional through PA. How odd. I don't really know now: I'd probably try whether card0 is functional in alsa before you restart PA: $ aplay -D front sound-file.wav Before I kill pa the first time: mlaks@Rashi:~$ aplay -D front piano2.wav aplay: main:682: audio open error: Device or resource busy then I do: mlaks@Rashi:~$ ps aux|grep pulse 125 5074 14.4 0.0 457064 7192 ?Sl 21:13 1:07 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog 125 5570 0.0 0.0 117148 3204 ?S21:13 0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper mlaks 6601 0.0 0.0 311224 6432 ?Sl 21:20 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog mlaks 6608 0.0 0.0 117120 3172 ?S21:20 0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper mlaks 6629 0.0 0.0 8528 876 pts/2S+ 21:21 0:00 grep pulse then as root I kill 5074 and and 6601 After I kill pa mlaks@Rashi:~$ aplay -D front piano2.wav aplay: main:682: audio open error: Device or resource busy (there are some files under /usr/share/sounds/ ) AFAIK udev should have initiated loading the sound modules, and if the above aplay cmd doesn't work, I'd check $ lsmod | grep snd I did this after restarting pa and it says Rashi:/home/mlaks# lsmod |grep snd snd_hda_codec_hdmi 35722 1 snd_hda_codec_via 22798 1 snd_hda_intel 39672 4 snd_hda_codec 146743 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13148 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss44847 0 snd_mixer_oss 22042 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm84096 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel snd_page_alloc 17114 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel snd_seq_midi 12848 0 snd_seq_midi_event 13316 1 snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi26805 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq48834 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_device 13132 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi snd_timer 26614 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd60869 20 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss Are there any pulseaudio related messages in syslog? $ grep -i pulse /var/log/syslog Rashi:/home/mlaks# grep -i pulse /var/log/syslog Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] module-jackdbus-detect.c: Unable to contact D-Bus session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module module-jackdbus-detect (argument: channels=2): initialization failed. Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed. Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] server-lookup.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] bluetooth-util.c: org.bluez.Manager.GetProperties() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type=method_call, sender=:1.67 (uid=125 pid=9010 comm=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog ) interface=org.bluez.Manager member=GetProperties error name=(unset) requested_reply=0 destination=org.bluez (uid=0 pid=4606 comm=/usr/sbin/bluetoothd ) Jan 1 08:47:37 Rashi pulseaudio[8196]: [alsa-sink-VT1708S Analog] alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy Jan 1 08:48:21 Rashi rtkit-daemon[4852]: Successfully made thread 15287 of process 15287 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11. Jan 1 08:48:21 Rashi rtkit-daemon[4852]: Successfully made thread 15289 of process 15287 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5. Jan 1 08:48:21 Rashi rtkit-daemon[4852]: Successfully made thread 15290 of process 15287 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5. Jan 1 21:13:56 Rashi pulseaudio[5074]: [pulseaudio] module-jackdbus-detect.c: Unable to contact D-Bus session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 21:13:56 Rashi pulseaudio[5074]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module module-jackdbus-detect (argument: channels=2): initialization failed. Jan 1 21:13:56 Rashi pulseaudio[5074]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load
Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card
On 08:01 Tue 31 Dec , Paul Cartwright wrote: On 12/31/2013 12:33 AM, Mitchell Laks wrote: My problem is: When I boot up I can't hear sound from vlc application nor iceweasel via my speakers connected to the motherboard (nor even via the HDMI cable to my monitor - but I prefer the speakers and not the monitor HDMI). everytime I install PulseAudio it reverts to the wrong ( motherboard?) audio card for every application. Everytime I start to play sound from something new, browser, VLC I have to pull up PulseAudio and change it to my Soundblaster card, then I get sound. It freaked me out the first time, but know I know.. Paul, I am glad that I am crazy, and unfortunately not the only one suffering. However 1. My situation, on bootup pulseaudio only recognizes the bad card 2. I have to kill it then I can select correct one, either by pacmd or gnome-control-center if I have a desire to run a gui. 3. Surely we have someone on the list who knows what we can do to configure the pulseaudio startup to select the correct devices? Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131231145328.ga19...@earthlink.net
Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card
Ok here is the data. I Did a fresh reboot of machine mlaks@Rashi:~$ aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) pulse PulseAudio Sound Server default Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server sysdefault:CARD=SB HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0 HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1 HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1 HDMI Audio Output hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=2 HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 2 HDMI Audio Output hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3 HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 3 HDMI Audio Output mlaks@Rashi:~$ aplay -l List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: VT1708S Digital [VT1708S Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 mlaks@Rashi:~$ -- Then tried to run a sound application (vlc ) no sound then I did pacmd mlaks@Rashi:~$ pacmd Welcome to PulseAudio! Use help for usage information. list-sinks 1 sink(s) available. * index: 0 name: alsa_output.pci-_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo driver: module-alsa-card.c flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: SUSPENDED suspend cause: IDLE priority: 9050 volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% 0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB balance 0.00 base volume: 100% 0.00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0.00 ms max request: 0 KiB max rewind: 0 KiB monitor source: 0 sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 0 configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 341.33 ms card: 0 alsa_card.pci-_01_00.1 module: 5 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = 16 device.api = alsa device.class = sound alsa.class = generic alsa.subclass = generic-mix alsa.name = HDMI 0 alsa.id = HDMI 0 alsa.subdevice = 0 alsa.subdevice_name = subdevice #0 alsa.device = 3 alsa.card = 1 alsa.card_name = HDA ATI HDMI alsa.long_card_name = HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfbe9c000 irq 44 alsa.driver_name = snd_hda_intel device.bus_path = pci-:01:00.1 sysfs.path = /devices/pci:00/:00:02.0/:01:00.1/sound/card1 device.bus = pci device.vendor.id = 1002 device.string = hdmi:1 device.buffering.buffer_size = 65536 device.buffering.fragment_size = 32768 device.access_mode = mmap+timer device.profile.name = hdmi-stereo device.profile.description = Digital Stereo (HDMI) device.description = HDA ATI HDMI Digital Stereo (HDMI) alsa.mixer_name = ATI R6xx HDMI alsa.components = HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100300 module-udev-detect.discovered = 1 device.icon_name = audio-card-pci ports: hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes) properties: device.icon_name = video-display active port: hdmi-output-0
how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card
Hi, On my machine, which was installed long ago, and recently upgraded with new motherboard and new video card which has an HDMI interface, I am having difficulities with pulseaudio. My problem is: When I boot up I can't hear sound from vlc application nor iceweasel via my speakers connected to the motherboard (nor even via the HDMI cable to my monitor - but I prefer the speakers and not the monitor HDMI). When I boot, my machine pulseaudio selects a HDMI sound device (on the video card I guess) while I would like it to select the analog sound card on the motherboard. Additonally pulseaudio seems not to recognize the analog sink on the motherboard initially at all. Thus: After I startup X and then run mlaks@Rashi:~$ pacmd No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. So I run mlaks@Rashi:~$ start-pulseaudio-x11 mlaks@Rashi:~$ pacmd Welcome to PulseAudio! Use help for usage information. list-sinks 1 sink(s) available. * index: 0 name: alsa_output.pci-_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo driver: module-alsa-card.c flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: SUSPENDED suspend cause: IDLE priority: 9050 volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% 0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB balance 0.00 base volume: 100% 0.00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0.00 ms max request: 0 KiB max rewind: 0 KiB monitor source: 0 sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 0 configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 371.52 ms card: 0 alsa_card.pci-_01_00.1 module: 5 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = 16 device.api = alsa device.class = sound alsa.class = generic alsa.subclass = generic-mix alsa.name = HDMI 0 alsa.id = HDMI 0 alsa.subdevice = 0 alsa.subdevice_name = subdevice #0 alsa.device = 3 alsa.card = 1 alsa.card_name = HDA ATI HDMI alsa.long_card_name = HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfbe9c000 irq 44 alsa.driver_name = snd_hda_intel device.bus_path = pci-:01:00.1 sysfs.path = /devices/pci:00/:00:02.0/:01:00.1/sound/card1 device.bus = pci device.vendor.id = 1002 device.string = hdmi:1 device.buffering.buffer_size = 65536 device.buffering.fragment_size = 32768 device.access_mode = mmap+timer device.profile.name = hdmi-stereo device.profile.description = Digital Stereo (HDMI) device.description = HDA ATI HDMI Digital Stereo (HDMI) alsa.mixer_name = ATI R6xx HDMI alsa.components = HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100300 module-udev-detect.discovered = 1 device.icon_name = audio-card-pci ports: hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes) properties: device.icon_name = video-display active port: hdmi-output-0 list-cards 1 card(s) available. index: 0 name: alsa_card.pci-_01_00.1 driver: module-alsa-card.c owner module: 5 properties: alsa.card = 1 alsa.card_name = HDA ATI HDMI alsa.long_card_name = HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfbe9c000 irq 44 alsa.driver_name = snd_hda_intel device.bus_path = pci-:01:00.1 sysfs.path = /devices/pci:00/:00:02.0/:01:00.1/sound/card1 device.bus = pci device.vendor.id = 1002 device.string = 1 device.description = HDA ATI HDMI module-udev-detect.discovered = 1 device.icon_name = audio-card-pci profiles: output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5400, available: unknown) off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown) active profile: output:hdmi-stereo sinks: alsa_output.pci-_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo/#0: HDA ATI HDMI Digital Stereo (HDMI) sources: alsa_output.pci-_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor/#0: Monitor of HDA ATI HDMI Digital Stereo (HDMI) ports: hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes) properties: device.icon_name = video-display Then I do the following I run this script: #!/bin/bash for i in
new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
Hi, I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. I am not sure when this problem developed, but it may be related to the above. Frequently when I type now, and i use the key b or d (for instance many other letters such as space etc as well) i get an endless stream of repetition of that key thus dd and it will just keep on typing until I hit any key and then it stops. This happens multiple times every few minutes and is quite annoying. I tried setting xset -r and this was very annoying because you sometimes want repetition. I tried directly to xset r rate 500 30 or xse r rate 1000 30 but still I get this annoying repetition which i very irritatimg with say the conkeror browser as b keeps trying to back up the browser and filling in web forms gives me endless spaces or endless carriage returns at the commond line in a console. I tried to dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-input-evdev as well dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-input-all any other ideas to try? It seems related to these problems http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=467040 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/599316 Of course this is a machine running wheezy, but was installed some many previous debian versions time ago. Thank you, Mitchell Laks -- 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/20131208202022.ga17...@earthlink.net
Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 21:32 Sun 08 Dec , Claudius Hubig wrote: Dear Mitchell, Mitchell Laks wrote: I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. dd As a starting point, you could try to switch to one of the pseudoterminals (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and check whether it also happens there. If it does, try to boot from a live CD and check there – if it also happens there, it might well be some hardware issue. If it doesn’t, we know that it’s a software problem. 1. The buggy behavior continues even in spite of a change to a new keyboard. So it isnt a keyboard hardware issue. 2. As to whether it is a true motherboard hardware issue vs X windows configuration and thus potentially solved by a switch to a pseudoterminal? I agree that working in the pseudoterminals may help sort this out, but I am in a bind here. (While writing this letter it just happened again!!! keyboard kept typing spaces. many lines worth, till i hit any key and it stopped.) If you google you will see this is reported by many people, likely X related it is not a n unheard of problem, and different explanations are offfered. However I can't just shift to a pseudoterminal, because If I work in a pseudoterminal I can edit with emacs of course, but I can't read pdf files and surf the web etc and moreover with my modern ATI radeon type card, when I tried to use the the open source radeon driver it fails to to recognize my dual monitor setup, So I must use the propriatary ati/amd video drivers and then these ban the radeon module so I get no nice framebuffer so when i go to a pseudoterminal I get only a large ugly font (think Dos 3.1 days) with 20-25 lines per screen. :) So to satisfy your curiousity I opened emacs and typed some lines in tty2 , and and manical repetivive letters did not happen in the pseudoterminal. So I think it is an x configuration thing. There are all these settings like xset r sticky keys If I google linux annoying keys repetition I come with many others complaining of a similar / identical problem: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=467040 xserver-xorg-input-kbd: Lag problem on my keyboard - keys repetition https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/599316 keyboard starts repeating the last pressed key Thus I am looking for an idea what to try to get rid of the problem, presuming it is an X configuration issue or perhaps as suggested a problem with Sticky Keys Thanks, Mitchell -- 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/20131209030159.ga8...@earthlink.net
Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 20:35 Sun 08 Dec , Ron Leach wrote: On 08/12/2013 20:20, Mitchell Laks wrote: Frequently when I type now, and i use the key b or d (for instance many other letters such as space etc as well) i get an endless stream of repetition of that key thus dd and it will just keep on typing until I hit any key and then it stops. [snip] any other ideas to try? I had this on a recent Wheezy install. In my case it was unrelated to our also-simultaneous hardware change, it seemed that a desktop function named 'Sticky Keys' had been invoked. I wasn't sure how, but I had used the keyboard while reaching awkwardly for something, and must have triggered the function. Though it asked for confirmation, I didn't see the dialog, and must have 'accepted' its offer. Fortunately, the dialog came up again later, and I declined it; things have been fine, since. I don't know what the function is or how it is controlled, but it might be worth checking, if you can find some info somewhere. regards, Ron according to wikipedia: Sticky Keys is an accessibility feature to help computer users who have physical disabilities, but it is also used by others as a means to reduce repetitive strain injury (or a syndrome called the Emacs Pinky). It essentially serializes keystrokes instead of pressing multiple keys at a time: StickyKeys allows the user to press and release a modifier key, such as Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or the Windows key, and have it remain active until any other key is pressed. History Microsoft first introduced StickyKeys with Windows 95. The feature is also used in later versions of Windows. Enabling To enable this shortcut, the ⇧Shift key must be pressed 5 times in short succession. This feature can also be turned on and off via the Accessibility icon in the Windows Control Panel. To turn off once enabled, just simply press 3 or more of the Sticky Keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Windows Button) at the same time. Ok i have pressed ctl-alt-shift at the same time and let us see what happens (i then did ctl-alt again to get cancel my switch to a secondary language keyboard :) ) Let us see what happens now. Who knows what is going on Mitchell -- 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/20131209031728.gb8...@earthlink.net
new radeon R7770 wont give double monitor with wheezy. stuck using proprietary drivers how to get nice font console on bootup?
Hi, I have used nvidia cards before. I decided to try radeon because reputed better support :( I tried the radeon driver. in X got only duplicate copies of the same screen on both monitors. xrandr only reported a single Screen stanza. However what is nice is that with radeon during boot up to console mode before starting startx I get nice small fonts similar to framebuffer on bootup into old nvidia using nouveau module. thus with the radeon driver using the stock 3.2.0-4 kernel only get duplicate data on my two monitors which is awful, also very slow glxgears, and nice framebuffer on console so now using the fglrx module I get nice hardware acceleration ie glxgears goes 40x faster than on radeon driver i get nice dual monitor setup using expanded virtual screen and using xrandr to place the two screen stanzas DFP5 and DFP7 however when I do alt-ctl F2 i have really ugly console with ugly fonts because the radeon driver is banned. what to do to get a nice console framebuffer on the tty's??? thanks mitchell -- 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/20131117023420.ga10...@earthlink.net
debian weather not giving weather for sid last couple of days?
Hi, Last couple of days, the debian weather page http://edos.debian.net/weather/ has not given the weather for unstable, with no explanation. Does anyone know what is going on? Sounds ominous. Thanks Mitchell -- 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/20131010132130.ga7...@earthlink.net
Re: dpkg --clear-selections seems to empty most of the packages on my system ugh
I'd probably have just reinstalled. I am doing it now. So, 1) minimal install. My plan. Then 2) add packages. And here's where for you, by the sound of it, it's been a few years, it might take a few hours of trying to run the things you want on your server, and discovering what you have to install to do that. Keep that list of names of things you've installed. Now you have _your_ personal-server-minimum-install (pretty much). I guess I will do that. I guess I was looking for a up to date tutorial on how dpkg --get-selections dpkg --set-selections and apt-get dselect-upgrade is supposed to work and in particular what is the role of clear-selections which when i did it and then looked at the output of dpkg --get-selections see-what-is-set-now showed me most of my packages ready to be zapped. I then converted all of the remove to install and it still removed the whole system which i found amusing. in the past i used this http://panuganty.tripod.com/debiantips/packaging.htm but it seems out of date Thanks Mitchell -- 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/20130403043646.ga6...@earthlink.net
dpkg --clear-selections seems to empty most of the packages on my system ugh
Hi I am setting up a server. I have done it in the past using dpkg --set-selections server_install_list apt-get dselect-upgrade where server_install_list is a list of packages described below after first doing a regular insinstall of the full desktop packages (i really dont need the whole desktop). Now my server_install_list was made many years ago from packages on old versions of debian perhaps it was sarge or etch. So I was playing around and looking at the many packages that were renamed or no longer exist and i got the messages like dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 1: aalib-bin which made sense cause now it is called libaa-bin ( and even more important there is no reason for that package, it is just there because i created the list server_install_list from all the packages of my old sarge system, dpkg --get-selections server_install_list many years ago and I didn't care to limit what junk was there long ago when I did that. ) Now I also got messages like dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 1: gpm but clearly there still is a packages gpm. So I googled around and found this page http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17t=79006 and so I installed the dselect package, which seems to be a new thing. Then I googled and saw that I had to do dselect access dselect update which seems to be new from old days. Now, I was playing around and I did dpkg --clear-selections then dpkg --set-selections fixed_server_install_list then apt-get dselect_upgrade took out much of my system. That was quite unpleasant. I saved the kernal :) So then to rescue myself I installed tasksel and I installed the desktop system again. Ok what is the approved method to add a bunch of packages to the system without getting munged?? Thanks Mitcell -- 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/20130331221355.ga31...@earthlink.net
Re: [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: use a 3TB WD Mybook on old etch system kernel 2.6.18-6-486. parted 1.7.1 has bugs. can I use modern parted on other system and move over drive
ok so I will try it tomorrow. Thank you very much I will report back Mitchell And the answer is: The drive was not recognized as partitioned and formated as two ext3 partitions of size 1.5T. even after I partitioned it on a modern sid system. The old debian kernel 2.6-18-2 recognized the gpt identity, but would not mount the drive. Oh well, I will have to take the machine down and update before backup. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130322215938.ga6...@earthlink.net
Re: [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: use a 3TB WD Mybook on old etch system kernel 2.6.18-6-486. parted 1.7.1 has bugs. can I use modern parted on other system and move over drive
On 23:32 Fri 15 Mar , Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Should work... Looking at the code for 2.6.18.6 it does have support for EFI partition scheme (GPT). To confirm if your kernel has support for it search EFI_PARTITION in /proc/config.gz or /boot/config to see if EFI partition is defined. cat /boot/config-2.6.18-6-486 |grep EFI CONFIG_EFI_VARS=m CONFIG_EFI=y CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y A1:~# q ok so I will try it tomorrow. Thank you very much I will report back Mitchell -- 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/20130317033211.ga8...@earthlink.net
use a 3TB WD Mybook on old etch system kernel 2.6.18-6-486. parted 1.7.1 has bugs. can I use modern parted on other system and move over drive
Hi, I need to back up a lot of data from old etch system running kernel 2.6.18-6#1 System is remote from where I am. I had them connect a 3Terabyte mybook from wd. unfortunately I am running into the fdisk doesnt work with 3T drives problem, so i installed parted, and old parted on this legacy system (etch) which is 1.7.1 failed to create the partitions and confessed to me * You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do: Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data. Help us to fix this bug by doing the following: Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/ Please check this version prior to bug reporting. If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check, please visit the GNU Parted website: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted for further information. Your report should contain the version of this release (1.7.1) along with the error message below, the output of parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print and additional information about your setup you consider important. Error: A general SIGSEGV signal was encountered.Aborted *** So I had the remote people take the drive to a more modern sid machine and using parted version 2.3 I was able to create a gpt partition table and partition into two 1.5TB partitions with ext3. So my question is, will the two partitions be mountable and usable on the original ext3 system? I am hoping the answer is yes. It will take a few long drives back and forth to find out :) Thanks Mitchell -- 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/20130315211109.ga26...@earthlink.net
lvm2 size of logical volume after lvcreate --size 348g after mkfs.ext3 -m 0 is only 343 gigabytes?
Hi I am trying to backup a volume which has size 347G. So I thought to use lvm2. So I created a volumeby lvcreate -n test --size 348G my-volume I thought I would be giving myself an extra Gigabyte there :). then i did mkfs.ext3 -m0 /dev/my-volume/test then when I mounted the device mount /dev/my-volume/test /mnt then df -h only shows 343G instead of 348G. Note that tune2fs shows that I have indeed have 0 reserved blocks (ie mkfs.ext3 -mo /dev/my-volume/test is equivalent to tune2fs -m0 /dev/my-volume/test So my question is where have those extra 5G gone to? I need to back up a 347. So I had tp set it up with 353G to have the correct size. Can anyone explain this to me? What kind of formula to use to calculate how much space I will need in advance for creating the ext3 or in the future ext4 file system? 5G seems like a lot. Thanks, Mitchell Laks -- 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/20130214191533.ga19...@earthlink.net
Re: lvm2 size of logical volume after lvcreate --size 348g after mkfs.ext3 -m 0 is only 343 gigabytes?
On 20:34 Thu 14 Feb , emmanuel segura wrote: man tune2fs -r reserved-blocks-count Set the number of reserved filesystem blocks. be careful with filesystem reserved block, one time i had a production server with / corrupted I have a very specific use here. I am using this partition only for 1 time backup of static data, on a backup machine. I am confused. I had set the reseved block count to 0 with the tune2fs -m0 option. This is because I dont use this device for system or root. Just data storage. However I see on the system currently (after only doing tune2fs -m0) 1. File system features of resize_inode 2. Reserved block count 0 3. Reserved GDT blocks 1002 what is the idea here of tune2fs -r? It says currently that reserved block count is 0. Should I want to get rid f the GDT blocks? Are they the only culprit remaining? Are they only used for resizing? I will not need to resize once I do my full data backup to this partition. I am confused because I don't understand the -r option vs the -m 0 option. According to the following comment from Theodore Tso author of ext2/3/4 http://www.redhat.com/archives/ext3-users/2006-May/msg8.html 1) what does the Reserved GDT blocks mean? and what are its functions and purposes? It means that blocks have been reserved in order to allow on-line resizing. The filesystem will also have resize_inode in the filesystem features line reported by dumpe2fs. This is most useful if the filesystem has been created on a Logical Volume managed by an LVM system so that when the LV is expanded, the filesystem can take advantage of the new disk space without needing to unmount the filesystem first. Filesystems that don't have this set can of course still be resized off-line using resize2fs. I want to understand. Does the -r option turn off the reside_inode reserved space?? what number to put after -r? Is that what I want to do? Are there any good online references to the next step to get back space, if it is safe to do? Thanks Mitchell -- 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/20130214203617.gb19...@earthlink.net
Re: lvm2 size of logical volume after lvcreate --size 348g after mkfs.ext3 -m 0 is only 343 gigabytes?
On 17:31 Thu 14 Feb , Bob Proulx wrote: Times change so this info may be out of date with the newer filesystems but at one time journal filesystems needed filesystem space for the journal and also space needs to be allocated for the inodes. (See 'df -i' output.) I assume LVM will need some space too. There is always overhead. Bob I agree Bob. I was just suprised at how much space 5-6GB is eaten up by the overhead. I have several 8G USB drives and remember using 5 1/4 inch drives. To throw away 5 gb even though it is only 1.42% of the drive as formated seems like alot. I am being silly I guess. For the record: I formated the partition wih mkfs.ext3 -m0 -O ^resize_inode /dev/mypartions it did not save any significant space compared with mkfs.ext3 -m0 /dev/mypartions so I left it the way it was earlier. I guess I am resigned to wasting 5G on a 354G partition. So it goes. Thanks! Mitchell -- 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/20130215061917.ga25...@earthlink.net
added second /dev/md1 to system by hand into /etc/fstab and system won't boot cause udev doesnt create device /dev/md1
Dear Gurus, I have copied over my home directory to a new drive which is a raid 1 software raid. I added the corresponding correct information to /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf. ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=1 UUID=69547109-c527-6986-fab9-5ff707241177 and i replaced the old drive entry in /etc/fstab with the new information /dev/md1 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 however the boot from grub fails and drops me into a partial state because the device /dev/md1 is not existent. I can manually create mknod /dev/md1 b 9 1 and then mdadm -A /dev/md1 and then mount it but this is clearly wrong. What do I do to enable my system to boot normally with this new configuration?? ie what tells the boot process to create /dev/md1 and assemble the raid? thanks Mitchell -- 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/20121021044308.ga6...@earthlink.net
Re: mutt messed up. colors black on black cant read any messages
Do you source config files from somewhere else? What happens when you comment out _all_ color statements? That didnt change anything. However I noticed that the /tmp file system was full (some pulse_* files) . So I rebooted :( then all the temp files went away and mutt returned to normal functioning and I am writing this in mutt! thank you as well as Cameleon for your interest in my problem! -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com -- 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/20120627180302.ga18...@newton.itcfollmann.com -- 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/20120629035533.ga8...@earthlink.net
Re: mutt messed up. colors black on black cant read any messages
solved thank you for your help /tmp was full. Mitchell -- 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/20120629040401.ga10...@earthlink.net
how to figure out what is doing power management on my fresh sid laptop
Hi, I have a fresh install of debian rapidly upgraded to sid on a lenovo x220. I noticed it was not doing proper power management and battery was rapidly going to zero. I have tried googling and looked at such places as wiki.debian.org/Suspend but I see no design documents for the power management. I see the statement This page gathers bits of information about getting software suspend to work in Debian. Because the core system components change rapidly among Debian versions, software suspend works differently on different versions of Debians. This page is divided according to Debian versions from new to old. I have pm-utils installed which nicely suspends when I invoke pm-suspend. However if I leave the laptop alone it will blank the screen after a period of time but I dont know what has happened - is is just a screen blanking but the full system is still active or has it actually suspended? How to find out what happened? I have no idea what is going on. Moreover on my older ibook g4 running sid the laptop takes care of all issues by itself. It really does nicely suspend and when I hit a key I see messages from the kernel about the modules being reloaded etc. What a pleasure. I am not sure what is going on there - suspect it has to do with pbbuttonsd or something. Bless the author of that. What do I do to see what is happening? What is the right way to configure it so that it will work? Does the team responsible for debian power management such as suspend and hibernate have a design document or a web site or mailing list that I can read to find out about how things work now that hal is deprecated. I figure I must use some kind of combination of acpid and pm-utils and cpufreqd and uswsusp. I see a gentoo power management guide. I wish I could tell what is going on, what is already configured and what to fix to make my system use power proportionaly to my needs and sleep when I am reading a book. Note that I run sid to keep up with the latest and am more than willing to tinker. I just wish I had more information to use to figure out what is happening. Thanks Mitchell Laks -- 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/20120304153041.ga16...@earthlink.net
Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible
Because PAGER isn't set by default. You can set it in /etc/environment or ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile. ok i put the line export PAGER=less -q in the .bash_aliases file (or in .bashrc) and that worked. however putting PAGER=less -q alone seemed to set the variable (ie echo $PAGER responded less -q) but it did not change the behavior of say man pdl Yes, this all the result of the alternatives system. Is it /usr/bin/pager or /usr/pager? yes it is /usr/bin/pager /usr/pager does not exist on my systems You could create a /bin/lessq wrapper (and incur an extra cost) and use update-alternatives to default to /bin/lessq. how would one add any alternative to the alternatives system after creating the /bin/lessq file (containing the line something line less -q $1 i guess) It's export PAGER... not export $PAGER thank you that helped! Mitchell -- 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/20120301143249.ga23...@earthlink.net
Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible
On 18:02 Thu 01 Mar , Claudius Hubig wrote: That’s because you only set this variable to your shell and did not export it. Observe: that was what i wanted to know. now i see that export makes it available to programs. would then contain something like: - #!/bin/sh /bin/less -q $* - i use perl more than shell. that was very helpful as well. i have to delve more into man bash ... To then install this (after making it executable) as an alternative for pager, one would have to: # update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/pager pager /usr/local/bin/lessq 100 which should automagically select /u/l/b/lessq as the default pager. If you want to change that, try # update-alternatives --config pager or, to get more information: # update-alternatives --query pager Of course, $ man update-alternatives is always a good starting point for such things. thank you. I did not know that we could make our own additions with update-alternatives... i thought it was just a chose and select program Thank you very much Mitchell -- 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/20120301173501.ga28...@earthlink.net
not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible
Dear Gurus, I like silence. While running a tty console (no X running) I include in .inputrc the line set bell-style visible this is clearly respected by say the tab command on an empty line (no beep, just a flash) however when i do man anything say man bash and then reach the end of the buffer and then space bar through the buffer then hitting space at the end of the buffer gives me a beep how to get rid of this? thanks Mitchell -- 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/20120229172929.ga8...@earthlink.net
Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible
On 19:01 Wed 29 Feb , Sven Joachim wrote: This is because .inputrc is only honored by programs that use readline, and the standard pager does not use that. how to get rid of this? Make sure that less (the standard pager) is invoked with the -q option. E.g. set PAGER=/usr/bin/less -q in the environment. Thank you that explains the problem to me. I see now that unless less is invoked with the -q option i will get the sound. I see references on google to the fact that the pager is set via the PAGER variable but when I do echo $PAGER I get nothing. 1) I see that there is a pager and that 2) man pager gives me man less and that 3) which pager is /usr/bin/pager which is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/pager which is a link to /bin/less (this chain i find amusing). 3) so my system does not seem to use the PAGER variable ?? so how to make pager link to /bin/less -q instead of linking to /bin/less. Do I use the alias abiltiy? I tried to edit the .bash_aliases file and created the entries pager='less -q' less='less -q' within that file and that successfully shut up sound on less and pager but it did not shut up sound for man. I still have a beepy noisy man. I tried export $PAGER=less -q and that seemed not work either. Thanks Mitchell -- 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/20120301003148.ga12...@earthlink.net
how to get out of recursive Error pkgProblemResolver::Resolve problems
Hi, I recently upgraded a laptop using sid and then did upgrade and dist upgrade and i got into a terrible pickle where it could not upgrade and kept telling me certain packages were not able to be installed ... secondary to messages such as so if i do apt-get install -f i get the message Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Correcting dependencies... failed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: bluez-alsa: Depends: libasound2 ( 1.0.24.1) cheese: Depends: libcanberra-gtk3-0 (= 0.25) but it is not installed Depends: libcheese-gtk20 (= 3.0.1) but it is not installed Depends: libcheese1 (= 3.2.0) but it is not installed Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (= 2.22.0) but it is not installed Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 (= 0.10.32) but 0.10.28-1 is installed cmake: Depends: cmake-data (= 2.8.1-2) but 2.8.5-1 is installed epiphany-browser: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (= 2.22.0) but it is not instal led epiphany-extensions: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (= 2.22.0) but it is not ins talled gir1.2-atk-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-clutter-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-cogl-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-coglpango-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0: Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (= 2.23.0) but it is not in stalled gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-gtk-3.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-json-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 (= 0.9.12) but it is not installed gnome-bluetooth: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (= 2.22.0) but it is not install ed Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gnome-control-center: Depends: libcanberra-gtk3-0 (= 0.25) but it is not inst alled Depends: libcheese-gtk20 (= 3.0.1) but it is not instal led Depends: libcheese1 (= 3.0.1) but it is not installed Depends: libcolord1 (= 0.1.13) but it is not installed Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (= 2.23.0) but it is not in stalled Depends: libgnome-control-center1 (= 1:3.2.2-2) but it i s not installed Depends: libgnome-menu-3-0 (= 3.2.0.1) but it is not in stalled Depends: libgnomekbd7 (= 2.91.91) but it is not install ed Depends: libgoa-1.0-0 (= 3.1.1) but it is not installed Depends: libnm-glib4 (= 0.8.998) but it is not installe d Depends: libnm-gtk0 (= 0.9.1.95) but it is not installe d Depends: libnm-util2 (= 0.8.998) but it is not installe d Depends: libpulse-mainloop-glib0 (= 0.99.1) but 0.9.21- 1.2+b1 is installed Depends: libpulse0 (= 0.99.1) but 0.9.21-1.2+b1 is inst alled Depends: libsocialweb-client2 (= 0.25.3) but it is not installed etc... libnotify4: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (= 2.22.0) but it is not installed E: Error pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks. this may be caused by hel d packages E: Unable to correct dependencies. Any way to resolve this short of a reinstall? I have tried to make a script with all those packages to the left of Depends an d do apt-get remove all those packages but each time I do that the list grows exponentially in length. Is there another apt-get magic incantation or else Is there a way to cut back to a small size and build up again? Thanks Mitchell -- 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/20120212043527.ga14...@earthlink.net
sid upgrade texlive-base wont configure - solution
I had persistent problems errors were encountered while processing: texlive-base texlive-latex-base feynmf texlive-latex-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended pdfjam texlive texlive-generic-recommended texlive-luatex texlive-metapost texlive-pictures texmacs ie the following Reading database ... 642501 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace texlive-latex-base 2009-14 (using .../texlive-latex-base_2009-15_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement texlive-latex-base ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up texlive-base (2009-15) ... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done. Building format(s) --all --cnffile /etc/texmf/fmt.d/10texlive-base.cnf. This may take some time... fmtutil-sys failed. Output has been stored in /tmp/fmtutil.QRFBRZLF Please include this file if you report a bug. dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 configured to not write apport reports dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-base: texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-base (= 2009-1); however: Package texlive-base is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-base (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured configured to not write apport reports dpkg: dependency problems prevent confi --- so so what i did was read the bug report http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648278 see the remark there about installing all the texlive-base dependencies at the same time as installing texlive-base - Holger Levsen wrote: during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install. As per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for a release, thus the severity. Thank you, I found the reason - both bug reports seem to point to the same problem. It does not show up when all dependencies of texlive-base are installed in the same aptitude or dpkg run, only when they are configured first and texlive-base is unpacked afterwards. And of course it is in my new libpaper'ing code... A fix is in svn, I'll upload soon. Regards, Frank --- so that idea fixes it so I did this apt-get remove --purge texlive-base texlive-common texlive-binaries texlive-doc-base tex-common luatex (copied down all the stuff being purged and then did) apt-get install texlive-base texlive-common texlive-binaries texlive-doc-base tex-common luatex and then we were ok next step is to reinstall whole batch of files that were removed :) -- 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/2024190951.ga22...@earthlink.net
Re: how to fix dpkg error about
The answer to how to fix dpkg errors caused by faulty entries in the available file is the following see this url for the solution http://www.bitsbythepound.com/fix-dpkg-available-file-in-ubuntu-364.html Symptom: Every time an apt-get command is run, some sort of error or warning is reported stating that an available package has a corrupt version number. Cause: The ‘available’ file used by dpkg contains erroneous information or is corrupted. Solution: Rebuild the ‘available’ file. Recipe: 1. Back up current file as root do the following cp /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available.broken 2. Delete current ‘available’ file dpgk --clear-avail 3. Rebuild ‘available’ file apt-get update then it will be ok -- 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/20111028124556.ga3...@earthlink.net
How to listen to abel prize lectures of 2007 in iceweasel. lectures are in mp4 format but are not opening even with vlc installed
I am trying to listen to some Abel Prize math lectures the urls are located on these pages http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2004/index.html I cannot listen to the lectures by atiyah, bismut singer or witten or http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2007/index.html or http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2005/index.html# on the pages it says All videos are MPEG4 (mp4) viewable by means of the free QuickTime (v.6.5) application. Most videos are available in three qualities: double ISDN (112kbs), ADSL1 (384kbs) og ADSL2 (768kbs). note the more recent lectures such as 2011 are available and fully watchable on the web page. I have vlc installed but when i click on the lecture i get a black box in the left upper quadrant of the screen and no video. when i right click and say show controls then it shows the controls and says idle but does not give me a forward button to play it. thanks Mitchell Laks -- 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/20111028135732.gb3...@earthlink.net
Re: How to listen to abel prize lectures of 2007 in iceweasel. lectures are in mp4 format but are not opening even with vlc installed
On 10:26 Fri 28 Oct , John L. Cunningham wrote: It looks like the problem is on the server side. Can you confirm that these specific videos can be viewed in Quicktime? I actually never thought of that! Oops - I dont run windows or mac! I will try to ask friends what they see. Thank you Mitchell -- 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/20111028153424.gc3...@earthlink.net
problem upgrading texlive-base in sid missing modes file which is input by /usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini
Hi, I am running sid and I am trying to upgrade and it wants to instal texlive-base which is version number 2009-14 and i have troubles with texlive-base texlive-latex-base feynmf texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-recommended texlive texlive-generic-recommended texlive-luatex texlive-metapost texlive-pictures thus i get messages Errors were encountered while processing: texlive-base texlive-latex-base feynmf texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-recommended texlive texlive-generic-recommended texlive-luatex texlive-metapost texlive-pictures the essential problem is getting texlive-base to install Setting up texlive-base (2009-14) ... Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done. Building format(s) --all --cnffile /etc/texmf/fmt.d/10texlive-base.cnf. This may take some time... fmtutil-sys failed. Output has been stored in /tmp/fmtutil.YlE9vwqh Please include this file if you report a bug. --- so here is the end of that file Transcript written on pdftex.log. fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdftex.fmt installed. fmtutil: running `mf-nowin -ini -jobname=mf -progname=mf -translate-file=cp227.tcx mf.ini' ... This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) (INIMF) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c/cp227.tcx) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/base/plain.mf Preloading the plain base, version 2.71: preliminaries, basic constants and mathematical macros, macros for converting from device-independent units to pixels, macros and tables for various modes of operation, macros for drawing and filling, macros for proof labels and rules, macros for character and font administration, and a few last-minute items.) kpathsea: Running mktexmf modes ! I can't find file `modes'. l.3 \input modes Please type another input file name: ! Emergency stop. l.3 \input modes Transcript written on mf.log. --- and then here is the corresponding contents of the fmutils.3878/mf.log file --- This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) (INIMF) 28 OCT 2011 14:39 (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c/cp227.tcx) **mf.ini (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/base/plain.mf Preloading the plain base, version 2.71: preliminaries, basic constants and mathematical macros, macros for converting from device-independent units to pixels, macros and tables for various modes of operation, macros for drawing and filling, macros for proof labels and rules, macros for character and font administration, and a few last-minute items.) ! I can't find file `modes'. l.3 \input modes Please type another input file name: ! Emergency stop. l.3 \input modes End of file on the terminal! /tmp/fmtutil.3878/mf.log (END) --- so there is a modes file missing which is input by the file /usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini which has content % Thomas Esser, 1998. public domain. \input plain \input modes \dump \endinput so what to do to solve this problem thanks mitchell laks -- 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/20111028190313.gb30...@earthlink.net
how to fix dpkg error about
I get errors when using apt-get that are not fatal but are annoying. I made my own kernel a while ago and used the wrong syntax. I have already removed this old kernel but the error messages keep hanging around. dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 25351 pack age 'linux-image-2.6.20': error in Version string 'custon.1.0': version number does not start with digit /etc/cron.daily/man-db: dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 25351 pack age 'linux-image-2.6.20': error in Version string 'custon.1.0': version number does not start with digit Should i simply edit that file /var/lib/dpkg/available and delete the lines Package: linux-image-2.6.20 Priority: optional Section: base Installed-Size: 62588 Maintainer: Unknown Kernel Package Maintainer unkn...@unconfigured.in.etc.kernel-pkg.conf Architecture: amd64 Source: linux-source-2.6.20 Version: custon.1.0 Provides: linux-image, linux-image-2.6 Depends: coreutils (= 5.2.1) Pre-Depends: debconf (= 0.2.17) | debconf-2.0 Suggests: lilo (= 19.1) | grub, fdutils, linux-doc-2.6.20 | linux-source-2.6.20 Size: 16788016 Description: Linux kernel binary image for version 2.6.20 This package contains the Linux kernel image for version 2.6.20. . It also contains the corresponding System.map file, and the modules built by the packager. It also contains scripts that try to ensure that the system is not left in a unbootable state after an update. . Kernel image packages are generally produced using kernel-package, and it is suggested that you install that package if you wish to create a custom kernel from the sources. Please look at kernel-img.conf(5), and /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz from the package kernel-package for details on how to tailor the installation of this or any other kernel image package the package was already removed i think Rashi:/home/mlaks# dpkg -l|grep linux-image ii linux-image-2.6-amd643.0.0+39 Linux for 64-bit PCs (dummy package) ii linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic2.6.18+6 Linux 2.6 image on all x86-64 - transition package ii linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64 2.6.32-9 Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs ii linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 2.6.32-30 Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs ii linux-image-2.6.39.4-meshul 1 Linux kernel binary image for version 2.6.39.4-meshul ii linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd643.0.0-3 Linux 3.0.0 for 64-bit PCs ii linux-image-3.0.4-meshul 1 Linux kernel binary image for version 3.0.4-meshul ii linux-image-amd643.0.0+39 Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) Rashi:/home/mlaks# thanks MItchell Laks -- 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/20111027221649.ga16...@earthlink.net
what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0
i have switched to the noveau drivers from nvidia binary drivers and therefore my old xorg.conf for the dual monitor setup with different dimensions of the 2 monitors wont work as the nvidia drivers used a Twinhead stanza. what should my xorg.conf look like for my nouveau drivers. I am currently running xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0 which dynamically sets me up. what is the static stanza corresponding? Mitchell Laks -- 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/20110925015820.ga3...@earthlink.net
Re: what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0
On 12:36 Sun 25 Sep , Scott Ferguson wrote: A non-DE way of achieving the same thing is to create:- /etc/X11/Xsession.d/45custom_xrandr-settings I tried it and put my xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0 line in that file and did chmod 755 to the file and it did not work. I did the following for the xorg.conf and it works Section Device Identifier Card0 Driver nouveau Option DVI-I-1 DVI-I-1 Option DVI-I-2 DVI-I-2 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier DVI-I-1 # Option PrimaryTrue Option PreferredMode 1900x1200 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier DVI-I-2 Option RightOf DVI-I-1 Option PreferredMode 1900x1080 # Option PrimaryFalse EndSection so I am happy. Thank you. I dont know why the directory file entry did not get used. maybe because i had another xorg.conf file it overrode that setting? I have to tell it to use nouveau somewhere? Mitchell and put your settings there Cheers -- People say, “Don’t be hard on the New Kids [on the Block], Bill. They’re good kids. They’re role models.” When did banality and mediocrity become good examples for your children? They are demons sent to the earth to LOWER THE STANDARD. — Bill Hicks -- 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/4e7e939e.80...@gmail.com -- 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/20110925032424.ga6...@earthlink.net
nvidia binary drivers to get glx and xorg 1.11.0 on sid
Hi I have been using the nvidia binary drivers NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.25-pkg2.run NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.30-pkg2.run NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.31-pkg2.run on my desktop running sid. Recently with the upgrade to linux kernel linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64 I found that I had difficulty compiling nvidia drivers against 3.x kernels and additionally I found that the current stable and beta nvidia drivers wont run with the current sid xorg version 1.11 I have tried to go back to the older stable kernel linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 but when I try to compile I find that the gcc-4.3 that was used to compile the kernel which is neccessary to compile the nvidia drivers against the linux-headers linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common has been removed from sid since it conflicts with libgcc1. I guess I have to compile my own kernel 2.6.32 kernel from source using a more recent gcc. but what to do about the xorg version and not running against 1.11? unfortunately kernel.org is down. where can i get the older kernel sources. any other ideas? Mitchell -- 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/20110923201638.ga6...@earthlink.net
Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?
On 10:52 Mon 19 Sep , Julien Claassen wrote: Hello Mitchell! You still have ALSA. I don't know, when you last looked through your kernel modules, but I never had a module named ALSA. The snd and soundcore modules are what you need. Interesting. I never actually looked to see what modules were created by alsa in the past. I guess now alsa-base is more integrated into the debian dpkg system. When you say speaker-test, of which speaker-test are we talking? speaker-test 1.0.24.2 mlaks@Rashi:~$ dpkg -S speaker-test alsa-utils: /usr/share/alsa/speaker-test alsa-utils: /usr/share/man/man1/speaker-test.1.gz alsa-utils: /usr/bin/speaker-test alsa-utils: /usr/share/alsa/speaker-test/sample_map.csv To me the whole problem looks to be a KDE one. If I remember correctly, KDE uses PulseAudio, which has noted to be a problem at times. Well amongst musicians at least. :-) Me only once having used a GUI before and now just restarting, but with GNOME, I could't tell you about the exact nature of problems you can expect. I'm not even sure if PulseAudio is capable of blocking an ALSA device in a normal system. (you might circumvent such things in any case with .asoundrc files, but that a totally different pocket full of rats). Intersting is that I was running stumpwm at the time, in my own compiled version. However I do run okular cause I like it better than evince at times. I have a bunch of kde apps and gnome installed on the system as well, gnome was the default if I don't use my .xinitrc to start stumpwm or occasionaly xmonad. When I went to gnome to try to fix the problem with a gui, I could not see how to do it. Then I went to kde after getting that message, and also did not see what to do, until I just ran okular on a sound file again :) , which seems moronic :) and then I got that pop up message again KDE detected that one or more internal sound devices were removed. Do you want KDE to permanently forget about these devices? This is the list of devices KDE thinks can be removed: Capture: VIA 8237 with ALC850 (VIA 8237) Capture: VIA 8237 with ALC850 (VIA 8237) #1 Output: VIA 8237 with ALC850 (VIA 8237) Output: VIA 8237 with ALC850 (VIA 8237) #1 do no ask again for these devices yes no manage devices And as soon as I chose manage devices, I was able to hear sound out of my speakers running speaker-test from the command line, and all sound applications worked again. Thus: 1. I have no idea what that KDE control is, and where it comes from. If there were a linux equivalent to autohotkey Window Spy for Windows, I could identify what KDE control it was ... 2. I have no idea how pulse-audio is involved but have been googling a bit 3. I am puzzled as to where I can see directly, in a configuration file on my system what was changed and what was changed back... 4. In the past if I had sound problems, I would just recompile and reinstall alsa module and then run alsaconfig and speaker-test and gamix or kmix and now when I tried to do those usual steps, none worked. alsa-module would not compile, they got rid of alsaconfig completely and kmix seemed to be set up to non mute status and still no sound. No update to usual debian sound sites that I used in the past to inform me on how to set up sound on debian. I guess it is supposed to just work, but no information on how. Very odd. Mitchell Laks Still I hope, that all this might go somewhat towards explaining your problem or at least getting some light into the darkness. Kind regards Julien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable; Frightening Absence Just Arriving, Reigns Disappeared, Ornate - flowers! == Find my music at == http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html . If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you. (Winnie the Pooh) -- 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/alpine.deb.2.00.1109191047540.1...@britney.spears.net -- 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/20110919122704.ga10...@earthlink.net
Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?
Unfortunately I did not follow this thread from the beginning. I sometimes get a situation that (mostly after Firefox used some sound file) my normal music player like Banshee does not make any sound. That is exactly what happened to me, it was after firefox was using the sound application. I have, with help from this list and elsewhere put the following script in ~/bin: -- #!/bin/bash for i in /dev/snd/*; do echo $i; sudo lsof $i; done -- This identifies for me the process that keep the sound device busy. Killing those processes - usually the ones where pulseaudio is involved - restores my sound. I had seen your thread, but did not understand what to do, as even after I rebooted my system, suppossedly killing all processes that were keeping the sound device busy, I still had the problem... If it happens again, I will try your strategy as well. I hope someone can clarify how the new alsa configuration works Thanks Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110919123144.gb10...@earthlink.net
sound stopped and now working. what happened?
Hi I recently upgraded my sid system. Sound had been working nicely. Then we were upgraded to the 3.0.0-1-amd64 kernel and for some reason I had no sound. When i ran lsmod i got mlaks@Rashi:~$ lsmod |grep snd snd_via82xx23098 2 snd_via82xx_modem 17693 0 gameport 13649 1 snd_via82xx snd_ac97_codec106837 2 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem snd_pcm_oss41257 0 snd_mixer_oss 17969 1 snd_pcm_oss ac97_bus 12510 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm68104 4 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_mpu401_uart13507 1 snd_via82xx snd_seq_midi 12848 0 snd_rawmidi23297 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 13316 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq45208 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 22581 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 13137 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd52823 15 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 13152 1 snd snd_page_alloc 13043 3 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_pcm now if i try this mlaks@Rashi:~$ lsmod |grep alsa mlaks@Rashi:~$ so looks like no alsa. so i tried to compile alsa using m-a and compilation failed for some reason (something about missing versions.h file in the sound directory even though i have the kernel headers set up well) I tried running speaker-test and I still could not hear anything I ran gamix and everying seems to be ok in settings. Still no sound out of speakers. Speakers work fine with an external mp3 player Just no sound heard. In fact now that I think about it, I had lost sound even before I did the apt-get update/ upgrade, infact it happened while I was playing some video on youtube. In fact I did the sid upgrade to try to restore sound. Anyway, I then did something strange. I was trying to listen to mp3 and i did something strange, instead of opening it with rhythmbox, which did not work, i tried opening it with okular (stupidly), accidentally. then a screen opened up and said KDE detected that one or more internal sound devices were removed. Do you want KDE to permanently forget about these devices? This is the list of devices KDE thinks can be removed: Capture: VIA 8237 with ALC850 (VIA 8237) Capture: VIA 8237 with ALC850 (VIA 8237) #1 Output: VIA 8237 with ALC850 (VIA 8237) Output: VIA 8237 with ALC850 (VIA 8237) #1 do no ask again for these devices yes no manage devices So I clicked manage devices and then i can hear sound again in all applications. 1. what is going on? 2. what is now substituted for alsa? 3. I always had to use alsa to get sound working in my system. mlaks@Rashi:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) 00:0c.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20518/PDC40518 (SATAII 150 TX4) (rev 02) 00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) 00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2) mlaks@Rashi:~$ thanks Mitchell Laks
problem that ext3 not recognized on 4G usb external drive freshly formated. only ext2
Has anyone seen something like this?
Here is the log of creating an ext3 partition on a device and lack of
recognition as ext3 just ext2. very strange.
Rashi:/home/mlaks# fdisk /dev/sdd
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF
disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x63528f63.
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.
Warning: invalid flag 0x of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
sectors (command 'u').
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdd: 17.0 GB, 17022582784 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 16234 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x63528f63
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-16234, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-16234, default 16234):
Using default value 16234
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdd: 17.0 GB, 17022582784 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 16234 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x63528f63
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 1623416623600 83 Linux
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
Rashi:/home/mlaks# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdd1
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
1040384 inodes, 4155900 blocks
207795 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=4257218560
127 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632,
2654208,
4096000
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 39 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
Rashi:/home/mlaks# mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdd1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Rashi:/home/mlaks# mount -t ext2 /dev/sdd1 /mnt
here is the relevant dmesg output:
[1073854.224034] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address
10
[1073854.408037] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0011, idProduct=7788
[1073854.408042] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=3
[1073854.408045] usb 1-6: Product: Mass Storage
[1073854.408047] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Generic
[1073854.408050] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 0E5C5CFF
[1073854.408178] usb 1-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[1073854.408444] scsi13 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[1073854.408542] usb-storage: device found at 10
[1073854.408544] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[1073859.404200] usb-storage: device scan complete
[1073859.405039] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic Flash Disk
8.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[1073859.405710] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[1073859.407397] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] 33247232 512-byte logical blocks: (17.0
GB/15.8 GiB)
[1073859.407890] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
[1073859.407893] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[1073859.407896] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[1073859.410014] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[1073859.410018] sdd: unknown partition table
[1073859.672005] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[1073859.672011] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[1073921.167000] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[1073921.167005] sdd: sdd1
[1074110.584687] JBD: no valid journal superblock found
[1074110.584691] EXT3-fs: error loading journal.
[1074126.668836] EXT2-fs warning (device sdd1): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3
filesystem as ext2
strange. it must be something strange about this usb drive. i got another one
similar to it from a friend and it had same problem
Mitchell
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what program is running find that is taking up so much of my cpu time this morning?
Dear Gurus, this morning my computer is very sluggish and top says find is running. I did ps aux|grep find with this output root 25307 0.0 0.0 11132 652 ?SN 07:42 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/updatedb.findutils root 25315 0.0 0.0 11136 352 ?SN 07:42 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/updatedb.findutils nobody 25342 0.0 0.0 56292 904 ?SN 07:42 0:00 su nobody -s /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/find / -ignore_readdir_race \( -fstype NFS -o -fstype nfs -o -fstype nfs4 -o -fstype afs -o -fstype binfmt_misc -o -fstype proc -o -fstype smbfs -o -fstype autofs -o -fstype iso9660 -o -fstype ncpfs -o -fstype coda -o -fstype devpts -o -fstype ftpfs -o -fstype devfs -o -fstype mfs -o -fstype shfs -o -fstype sysfs -o -fstype cifs -o -fstype lustre_lite -o -fstype tmpfs -o -fstype usbfs -o -fstype udf -o -fstype ocfs2 -o -type d -regex '\(^/tmp$\)\|\(^/usr/tmp$\)\|\(^/var/tmp$\)\|\(^/afs$\)\|\(^/amd$\)\|\(^/alex$\)\|\(^/var/spool$\)\|\(^/sfs$\)\|\(^/media$\)\|\(^/var/lib/schroot/mount$\)' \) -prune -o -print0 nobody 25354 3.6 0.0 13300 1340 ?DN 07:42 0:17 /usr/bin/find / -ignore_readdir_race ( -fstype NFS -o -fstype nfs -o -fstype nfs4 -o -fstype afs -o -fstype binfmt_misc -o -fstype proc -o -fstype smbfs -o -fstype autofs -o -fstype iso9660 -o -fstype ncpfs -o -fstype coda -o -fstype devpts -o -fstype ftpfs -o -fstype devfs -o -fstype mfs -o -fstype shfs -o -fstype sysfs -o -fstype cifs -o -fstype lustre_lite -o -fstype tmpfs -o -fstype usbfs -o -fstype udf -o -fstype ocfs2 -o -type d -regex \(^/tmp$\)\|\(^/usr/tmp$\)\|\(^/var/tmp$\)\|\(^/afs$\)\|\(^/amd$\)\|\(^/alex$\)\|\(^/var/spool$\)\|\(^/sfs$\)\|\(^/media$\)\|\(^/var/lib/schroot/mount$\) ) -prune -o -print0 what utility is doing this find? thanks, Mitchell Laks -- 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/20110708121128.ga26...@earthlink.net
Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop
I hope that you all realize I am not replying to this correspondent, but rather following up the thread. I am __not__ using dhcp. This is not a dhcp problem. I use static IP addresses on all of my ethernet cabled networks. I have approximately 100 different debian machines in multiple locations. They all have auto etho in them. I usually install from an old script that writes /etc/network/interfaces. Just this laptop still had allow-hotplug in it since it was a recent reinstall... There would something wrong with allow-hotplug if it requires you to manually intervene to bring down and then up an interface after you plug in and you are already configured for a static address (or dhcp for that matter) in /etc/network/interfaces. Or after a reawaken from hibernation. I notice that I must do ifdown eth0 then ifup eth0 ifup eth0 alone will not work. (weird?). I now seem to recall having a problem (perhaps this?) with allow-hotplug many years ago and I switched to auto eth0 at that time. I have to say that I dont know (and sadly no one here has told us) how this affects the system in /etc/network/interfaces. And what really differentiates the different directives. What program brings up eth0 after I plug in with the auto eth0 directive. For those who still want the information: Here is a typical appearance of a /etc/network/interfaces file. # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces. # They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem. #mapping eth0 #script grep #map eth0 # The primary network interface #allow-hotplug eth0 auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.10.151 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.10.0 broadcast 192.168.10.255 gateway 192.168.10.2 Mitchell -- 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/20110610025537.ga4...@earthlink.net
Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop
On 11:39 Tue 07 Jun , Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attached. (...) Maybe you just need to tweak some options in your interfaces file (e.g., allow-hotplug?): That was it! I replaced allow-hotplug eth0 at the top of the stanza by auto eth0 and now it works fine! thank you very much. (don't understand why though ...) http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#list-of-stanzas-in-eni refers to man 5 interfaces which doesn't seem to explain what software is doing the work after the plugin of the ethernet cord... and only if auto and not allow-hotplug eth0 does anyone know? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#list-of-stanzas-in-eni Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.06.07.11.39...@gmail.com -- 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/20110607230328.ga29...@earthlink.net
laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop
Hi, The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attached. I have an ibook laptop (it is a powerpc system running squeeze) and when i plug in the ethernet cord I find that I have to log into a terminal or console and become superuser and run ifdown eth0; ifup eth0 to get connectivity to my local lan. I have a stanza in the /etc/network/interfaces that configures the eth0. Now I have many desktop machines and there whenever I plug in an ethernet card it automatically starts and configures eth0 without any manual intervention. Magically my kernel puts a message to my console for instance skge eth0: Link is down or a message skge eth0: Link is up at 100Mbps. full duplex, flow control both Now the Laptop seems to be having assigning control of this to pm-utils on the laptop. How to configure it to automatically connect via eth0 if i plug it in, or if it is connected and the machine is reawoken from hibernation? This is on laptops I try that I have this problem. Thanks Mitchell Laks -- 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/20110607041048.ga22...@earthlink.net
sid printing from cups and gutenprint v 5.2.5 and it drops the first page
for some time the first page of each document has been messed up (usually blank or skipped) in printing from cups + gutenprint v5.2.5 on laserjet 1200 printer i will upgrade my sid completely today but this has been going on for a while lately... thanks mitchell -- 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/20101112203625.gb25...@earthlink.net
Re: map '-' to '_' and '_' to '-'
On 03:02 Fri 12 Nov , Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
While working on my Debian box (which btw is a mix of Lenny and Squeeze), I
find that I type the underscore character ('_') more often than the dash
character ('-'). It could be file names, variable names while writing code
etc.,
i have noticed the same thing. now if we all programmed in lisp this would not
be a problem :)
I considered switching to common lisp from perl and C and C++ for this reason :)
Mitchell
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new cpu amd 810 Quad core (with 900 pins) some pins are bent any idea how to fix?
Hi, I was making some pcs and after showing him how in another machine, I assigned someone to put in a cpu and they bent some of the pins. there are about 900 !!! (around 30 rows of 30). Now it wont install into the socket AM3. I have tried straighting them by using a credit card (or thin new york metrocard) as a group lineup as well as using a lead pencil 5mm holder to straighten the indiviual tines (pins) as well as a thin mending needle. however it still resists putting into the socket on the asus motherboard. any other ideas on how to ease it in? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101112204906.gd25...@earthlink.net
insserv: Starting 'something' depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility $all
Dear Gurus, Hi i have a script in /etc/init.d/ctnscript with a symlink in /etc/rc2.d/S99ctnscript when i tried to install gpm then i got a series of errors insserv: Starting ctnscript depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true! repeated over and over now clearly something has started scanning /etc/init.d for private scripts and it does not like this script and it borks my apt-get. i removed it from there and and all worked. i would like to leave it there. What to do? I also now have warnings from inserv about other scripts such as inserv: warning: script 'S54whatever' missing LSB tags and overrides. how to fix that? Thanks Mitchell Laks -- 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/20100728142201.ga15...@earthlink.net
Re: Kernel update includes nouveau module that clobbers nVidia drivers
On 23:35 Wed 16 Jun , AG wrote: I pass this along and hope that this helps anyone who finds themselves similarly disposed. this also bit a number of others on the list. If you see my post, I banned the nouveau module from my kernel as well as the nouveau packages from xxorg-* and then build my binary nvidia kernel and it worked as well. Mitchell -- 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/20100617042728.ga2...@earthlink.net
Re: dist-upgrade to testing killed dual-monitors
another option is to ban the entire new nouveau driver from your system which should restore some sanity. it will get rid of the framebuffer use/ here is one thing to try. add the following line to the file /etc/modpobe.d/blacklist.conf blacklist nouveau then reboot. that is what i did. Mitchell Laks -- 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/20100604180944.ga19...@earthlink.net
Re: Where is the Xorg.conf - to setup XKB layouts on Squeeze?
On 14:52 Fri 04 Jun , Kelly Clowers wrote: /etc/default/keyboard I agree. This is new and replaces the xorg.conf location. also look at /etc/default/console-setup for your tty consoles. Mitchell Laks Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- 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/aanlktil2dchynxtfdxux4vt5bosqrmbiqfgg7rbvg...@mail.gmail.com -- 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/20100604225302.gb19...@earthlink.net
Re: dist-upgrade to testing killed dual-monitors
On 20:17 Fri 04 Jun , Sven Joachim wrote: On 2010-06-04 20:09 +0200, Mitchell Laks wrote: another option is to ban the entire new nouveau driver from your system which should restore some sanity. Except that kent got a black display without it. it will get rid of the framebuffer use/ here is one thing to try. add the following line to the file /etc/modpobe.d/blacklist.conf blacklist nouveau Note that this is not sufficient with the latest xserver-xorg-core, you also need to specify a video driver in xorg.conf lest X will cause the module to be loaded. Or remove the xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package. You are right I had done that too! I needed to ban nouveau from the kernel, otherwise I could not compile my binary Nvidia drivers... Mitchell Sven -- 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/87vd9yslwf@turtle.gmx.de -- 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/20100604225642.gc19...@earthlink.net
Re: xorg.conf for nvidia binary drivers interfering with xorg.conf for vnc4server
On 11:20 Tue 01 Jun , Camaleón wrote: It's weird that vnc4server cannot work with nvidia drivers. Maybe just conflicts with a setting in the xorg.conf file and quits when you try to run it. Well, after all the vnc4server is not working off the physical video card is it? it is displaying a virtual video image, so to speak, as there is no display :2 or :3 on my physical nvidia video card. It does not use the nvidia drivers __at all__! Or am I misunderstanding the situation with vnc4servers? this is not x11vnc which uses the physical :0 display, it is vnc4server. So obviously the vnc4server is looking in the /etc/X11 directory for xorg.conf because it is not finding it somewhere else. Where should I put a (blank) xorg.conf for the purposes of the vnc4server? I would look first at the origin of the failure, I mean, why vnc4server cannot run with your current xorg.conf file. Logs will tell. When I read my Xorg logs all I saw were remarks about not finding some fonts which often occur but dont impair the display on the screen or in vcn. The key here is that the vnc4server is using an xorg.conf that is set up for the physical nvidia drivers with the dual display on 2 monitors using twinview. now clearly my vnc4server is not 1) dual headed or 2) using the nvidia module. For instance, if I simply move the xorg.conf into another location and create a empty file (touch xorg.conf in /etc/X11/ ) then lo and behold the vnc4server starts up fine. Q: Can one xorg.conf have configuration for the physical nvidia drivers and the virtual vnc4server at the same time? what stanzas to set up for vnc4server in the same xorg.conf? Now I can easily set up init.d scripts to play the game of removing the xorg.conf then starting vnc4server then reinstall xorg.conf then start x :) and be done with it as I start up my vnc4servers once on bootup and then use them later. However, I suspect that the vnc4server is compiled with multiple locations to look for xorg.conf that have higher priority than /etc/X11, as I am not the first person to use vnc4server and binary nvidia drivers on the same machine. Note the following recent (yeterday) bug report on vnc4server http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583913 vnc4server: breaks if /etc/X11/xorg.conf generated by X -configure is present this is exactly my problem. Now he is being mislead (in my opinion) because he thinks that the random error message about some font is the cause, instead of being a regular feature of Xorg logs, that I have learned to ignore (at my peril?). The main error is as he stated vnc4server: breaks if /etc/X11/xorg.conf generated by X -configure is present not the rest of his bug report Mitchell -- 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/20100601163028.ga31...@earthlink.net
Re: xorg.conf for nvidia binary drivers interfering with xorg.conf for vnc4server
On 17:26 Tue 01 Jun , Camaleón wrote: I'm not sure. It could be that vnc4server just erroneously quits when finds something it doesn't like in the the xorg.conf file. indeed I did have those exact same messages in my log as well. i can try this. I will be at work to try this tomorrow night... Meanswhile another tack will be: I will also try to use a /etc/vnc.conf file as described in the /usr/share/doc/vnc4server/examples/vnc.conf.gz which can point to a file # $XFConfigPath can be set to the global XF86Config file. This will be # parsed to gain default values for $fontPath and $colorPath. # If you want to disable this feature, point it to an # invalid file, /foo for example. # $XFConfigPath = /etc/X11/XF86Config-4; which should also solve the problem as I mentioned. i can point it at a null file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vnc4server which will be empty... i will try this too... Mitchell -- 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/20100601183909.ga...@earthlink.net
xorg.conf for nvidia binary drivers interfering with xorg.conf for vnc4server
Hi, I recently set up binary nvidia drivers on my machine and set up the Xorg to use the twinhead setup. Now when I run the vnc4server to set up a vnc instance to log in to my machine from another machine, the vnc4server does not start up. If I move the xorg.conf file that is set up for the binary drivers (nvidia kernel etc), and replace it with a null file then vnc4server starts up fine. So obviously the vnc4server is looking in the /etc/X11 directory for xorg.conf because it is not finding it somewhere else. Where should I put a (blank) xorg.conf for the purposes of the vnc4server? thanks! Mitchell Laks -- 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/20100601022544.ga27...@earthlink.net
Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system: Solved!
Thank you all for your gracious help. You were right. The default entry in grub (modified in /etc/default/grub and then running upgrade-grub) had shifted down one entry to the single user mode entry. restoring the correct default entry in /etc/default/grub and running upgrade-grub solved my problem. Thank you all again!!! Mitchell Laks -- 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/20100524145142.ga3...@earthlink.net
Re: Tiny terminal text after kernel update
On 16:28 Sun 23 May , Todd A. Jacobs wrote: After a recent kernel update, my linux terminal is now displaying teeny-tiny text. How do I set the default terminal back to 80x25? I had this on my system as well. I also had trouuble when tried to reinstall the binary nvidia driver for my nvidia card. It would not work. I mucked around and discovered that there is default install of the nouveau driver in the new kernel. So the solution to both of the problems (tiny font on boot + failure to install non-free binary nvidia kernel using the NVIDIA non free linux drivers) is to ban the nouveau kernel module. The way to do this is put the line blacklist nouveau in the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf then when you boot you will be in good shape. The nouveau kernel module sets up a framebuffer for nvidia graphics cards like ours. Mitchell Laks -- Oh, look: rocks! -- Doctor Who, Destiny of the Daleks -- 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/20100523232855.gb26...@penguin.codegnome.org -- 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/20100524145905.gb3...@earthlink.net
Give root password for maintence during every boot of system
Hi, I run debian sid. Sometime ago my system began to give me the message Give root password for maintainance or type Control_D to continue during reboot of the system. It would occur after the boot messages starting NFS (... etc) ... starting sessions setting console screen modes initilizing random number generation setting up X server setting up ice socket directory then I would get that cryptic root password mesage stuff mentioned above Then, if I hit C-d the systen continues to boot with some messages about needing to add .conf suffix to some configuration files for kvm or something then INIT: Entering runlevel 2 starting system log daemon etc. So what is causing my system to need to enter Control D? It is not a failure is fsck checking. So what is going on? Thanks, Mitchell Laks -- 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/20100523040832.ga6...@earthlink.net
emacs22-nox emacs23-nox how to run with X and without X on same machine?
hi I installed a new debian and I see that emacs23-nox conflicts with with emacs23. So what if I am trying to run emacs in a console in a machine withe emacs23 and not emacs23-nox installed? How can I get to use both emacs23-nox and emacs with gtk BOTH on the same machine, sometimes with X and sometimes without? thanks mitchell -- 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/20100513041314.ga10...@earthlink.net
Re: [SOLVED] How to reduce a debian system to a base system
On 23:37 Fri 19 Mar , Mike Viau wrote:
My output with the suggestion above.
debian:~# dpkg --dry-run --purge $(join -v2 (awk '{if ($2==install)
print $1}' debian-5.04-base-selections | sort) (dpkg --get-selections |
awk '{if ($2==install) print $1}' | sort)) bash: command substitution:
I like your idea.
Would you post the file debian-5.04-base-selections or give us a reference?
Thanks,
Mitchell Laks
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Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 11:40 Tue 16 Mar , Camaleón wrote: I'm not a CUPS guru, but what I understand for a backend is a method used to connect the printer, a kind of virtual interface that allows the communication between your printer and CUPS. Mmmm, better man backend to get detailed info :-) Cool!!! 1/ A backend connection method: a) local: usb, lpt b) remote/networked: socket, ipp, samba c) virtual: fax, pdf, etc... this is the first step on the web page where it 'searchs' for possible printers and usually gives me 2 or 3 different copies of my hp printers. never understood that till now. 2/ A driver (PostScript printers are just fine with PPD description files but others need drivers to work) now i guess you are saying that the backends are failing me. I always avoid using hplip as backend and drivers on my HP laserjet printers because I find PPD files a cleaner way to handle them. Hplip adds many fancy options (toner and paper status) that I do not really need (networked HP printers have their own embedded web server to see detailed information on the printer). So, I would try with another backend (if usb is available in the wizard when adding a new printer, or by direct input using lpadmin). i will look to see what comes up at work this morning and at Dad and Mom's tonight Have you tried with usb backend? Type lpinfo -v to see the available backends for your system. Put here the output. Rashi:/home/mlaks# lpinfo -v network ipp network http network beh network lpd direct scsi direct hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_1200?device=/dev/parport0 direct hal network socket direct parallel:/dev/lp0 serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 network smb direct hpfax I see not direct hal :-? what is direct hal? this is currently on the machine that I reverted to direct connection by parport parallel port. I will try to do it on the other machines tomorrow. So, if using parallel port it just works? Then that means the error comes from the hp bakend :-? /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb here is the output /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices_libusb DEBUG: usb_find_busses=5 DEBUG: usb_find_devices=6 (recall I switched on this machine to the parallel port for a while) Then the output seems normal as the printer cannot be detected on USB port. lpq here is the output HP_LaserJet_1200 is ready no entries O.K. Also, the recommended driver for your printer is pxlmono: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1200 So why does cups on my machine say Postscript en ? Because you can select any available driver for your printer, that is, you can use pxlmono, hplip or standard postscript. In fact, different drivers provide different quality and speed printinting output so many people have several printers added using different drivers in each of them (one hp 1200 printer instance with PostScript driver, another hp 1200 instance with hplip driver and so on...) :-) Is hplip a backend or a driver??? so which is 'better' or 'faster' the postscript or pxlmono? I guess some for some stuff and some for others. Any discussion that you have found anywhere I notice that my printer is slow at times for printing pdfs Any references that you can share? Greetings, -- Camaleón You are very helpful! Thank you for any more light you can share! Mitchell -- 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/pan.2010.03.16.11.40...@gmail.com -- 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/20100316120621.ga20...@earthlink.net
linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 causing grub problems: alphabetical
I notice that others had problems with grub not updating the kernel from linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 to linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64 and I had this same problem. I suspect that this is because the heuristic that dpkg or apt or aptitude update is using finds that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 is greater than linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd 64 alphabetically even though it is the older kernel and this is breaking all of your automatic grub updates done by debian packaging . that is the reason we are all suffering Mitchell -- 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/20100316122640.ga21...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 10:49 Mon 15 Mar , Camaleón wrote: It seems you are using the hp backend and failed what left the printer in a paused status. Thank you. Can you explain what you mean by 'backend' vs 'driver'? I don't know what I am using. I have loaded many many cups packages, including hplip and I have no idea what I am using. I made a list of all the debian packages and included it in one of my mails. I am just blindly following 'cargo cult of cups' and setting options to control access in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and chosing Postscript recommended in localhost:631 because I know that my hp1200 or hp1300 is a postscript printer. Have you tried with usb backend? Type lpinfo -v to see the available backends for your system. Put here the output. Rashi:/home/mlaks# lpinfo -v network ipp network http network beh network lpd direct scsi direct hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_1200?device=/dev/parport0 direct hal network socket direct parallel:/dev/lp0 serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 network smb direct hpfax this is currently on the machine that I reverted to direct connection by parport parallel port. I will try to do it on the other machines tomorrow. Then, query the printer to see if it is detected in that port. As root, type: /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb here is the output /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices_libusb DEBUG: usb_find_busses=5 DEBUG: usb_find_devices=6 (recall I switched on this machine to the parallel port for a while) lpq here is the output HP_LaserJet_1200 is ready no entries And put here the output. Also, the recommended driver for your printer is pxlmono: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1200 So why does cups on my machine say Postscript en ? [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.fontconfig - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm! E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this about Kyocera? That message comes from cups-driverd a daemon that is run when you add or modify any aprinter. Do not care about that, it seems not related to the main problem. I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, If it's USB 1.1 you will get lower bandwith, but if there is no other choice... Side note: if you don't like the web interface, you can always add and manage your printers via command line (lpadmin, lpstast...). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.03.15.10.49...@gmail.com -- 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/20100316025945.ga16...@earthlink.net
hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
Hi, I have a Hp laserjet printer connected through a usb backend. I am plagued by repeated episodes of failure of the printer to print. It works for a while and then it spontaneously stops working. I reinstall the driver via the localhost:631 interface and it prints and a day later it stops working. D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details. D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] End of messages D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state=5(stopped) D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-reasons=paused E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.fontconfig - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm! E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this about Kyocera? I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, Mitchell -- 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/20100314164452.ga4...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 16:36 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: Dumb question: what does the error_log file say? !!! That is from the error_log :) ls /var/log/cups/ access_log access_log.5.gz error_log.1.gz error_log.6.gz page_log.3.gz access_log.1.gz access_log.6.gz error_log.2.gz error_log.7.gz page_log.4.gz access_log.2.gz access_log.7.gz error_log.3.gz page_log page_log.5.gz access_log.3.gz access_log.O error_log.4.gz page_log.1.gz page_log.6.gz access_log.4.gz error_logerror_log.5.gz page_log.2.gz page_log.7.gz the info i quoted was the info content in the error_log E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! from another line in the log. Note that I never owned any other printer than the HP 1200 (at work a 1300). I never had this problem with the lp0 connection. Only with the USB connection. Trouble is I have 3 machines (hp 1200 or 1300) - work/home/my parents 3 are now with usb connections. I only have one parallel connector for home, to revert to. i have the same failing driver in each place. Cups stops printing every few days and I have to reinstall the driver whenever I want to print. It is annoying to my dad who cannot print when I am not there... Bad news. strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this about Kyocera? I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, Mitchell -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. Mike Ditka -- 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/4b9d56e3.7060...@cox.net -- 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/20100315021217.gb4...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
libcupsmime1 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - MIME library ii libcupsppdc1 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD manipula ii libcupsys2 1.3.11-2 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional pack ii libcupsys2-dev 1.3.11-2 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional pack ii libgnomecups1.0-10.2.3-3+b1 GNOME library for CUPS interaction ii libgnomecupsui1.0-1c2a 0.31-3+b1 UI extensions to libgnomecups ii python-cups 1.9.48-1 Python bindings for CUPS ii python-cupsutils 1.0.0-6 Python utility modules around the CUPS printin I chose the Postscript recommended option in the hp drivers section in cups... Thank you for your interest Ron, you have been very helpful in the past too! Mitchell Laks -- 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/20100315025229.gc4...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 22:45 Sun 14 Mar , Wayne wrote: Upgraded cups for the last time today. It great when it works but a real pain when it doesn't. Going back to lpr/magicfilter which always worked. If you would post about that, or give me a reference I would be grateful. I have not used anything other than cups in 8 years... Thanks Mitchell Good luck - you are not alone anyway, if that matters. Wayne -- 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/4b9d9f4a.5030...@gmail.com -- 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/20100315030950.gd4...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 22:05 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: 3 PCs or 3 printers? Three different pcs, each with a hp printer directly connected to it via a usb cable using cups printing. Note that cups has always been flakey for me. So I have not infrequently had to reinstall the printer driver to get it working over the years. I have used debian since 2002 or so. Before that redhat 7.3. My guess about usb is only that, a guess . I reverted at home to the parport connection today in frustration. It may simply be accidentally that I switched to the usb version when I thought I might get greater throughput and faster printing than with the 'older' parport approach. My family is up in arms about this printing so I will need to explore this idea over the next week or so. So today after the switch my computer prints, but that is not a victory. Let me see if it keeps on printing tomorrow etc. The usb connection method printed the first day also, it just forgets how to in a day or so... I will also check to see if it is a problem caused by rebooting, Dad keeps rebooting his machine, while I do not reboot nor at work. *Anything* physically, literally common? Even something that seems minor and inconsequential? Maybe going through a hub? Especially an un-powered or cheap hub. nope. direct usb connect. If there's nothing there, and it really does consistently work though the parport, then next step is to go to a cups-dedicated list. yeah i guess so. but googling i find random notes that sound similar all over the web. I have always had a love hate thing with cups. Nice when it works, but so finicky and difficult when it doesn't. Blame apple :). Appreciate that. Keep up the good work! -- 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/20100315032845.ge4...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated ... (part 2)
On 23:19 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: Presumably you've tried simply bouncing the cups daemon with: /etc/init.d/cups restart of course, to no avail. You could also do something mind-blowingly crude like adding code to /etc/rc.local to reinstall the packages(s) at (for your father) boot-time or (for your work PC) to root's crontab at 3AM. it isnt a package install issue. In fact this is one of my main issues with cups. Cups is the ONLY package on my computer that requires any gui action at all. It is anti linux! I need to log in to an apache server on localhost:631 to choose the driver for my (usb) connected printer and answer stupid questions. This is really annoying to me. I do everything else on the command line. I can't find any decent documentation to use any simple file editing to control this!!! I know what to edit in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to run the server but nothing about choosing the driver and installing it for a printer connected directly to the machine __without__ using the web interface. If you know how to that would be helpful. I am willing to have it reinstall the printer hourly or even every 5 minutes if necessary via cron :). Mitchell That might work around the problem long enough to hear something from the hplip or cups people. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. Mike Ditka -- 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/4b9db546.7060...@cox.net -- 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/20100315045528.gf4...@earthlink.net
extra 1~ added into front of middle button capture on ibook using Xorg not in gpm
Hi, I noticed recently when i try to copy paste using F10 to emulate the middle mouse on my ibook g4 running debian sid that if I am in the standard terminal all is ok. However under Xorg in any application even though I have set # from http://pierre.baudu.in/ibook/ dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation=1 # F10 dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode=68 # F11 dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode=87 in /etc/sysct.conf when i push F10 after highlighting date it prints out 1~date while if i push F11 I get it to print out 3~ something. what is the 1~ comming from and how can i get rid of it. Interesting, if i use a usb mouse on the machine then the middle button works fine there.. Thus it seems only to be a Xorg problem. Anyone know a solution? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100309170842.ga29...@earthlink.net
Re: amd64 flash setup not working on youtube?
On 18:28 Thu 18 Feb , Camaleón wrote: Another thing you can try is renaming your current ~/.mozilla folder and start over again with a clean profile. Note I took out all of the swfdec or other libraries, it is clean with apt-get remove --purge O.k. :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.02.18.18.28...@gmail.com I tried that as well. To summarize, I got some functionality from using swf (libswfdec-0.8-0), but not all the video I wanted (for instance the video on using the stumpwm window manager by male did not work). The amd64 adobe download does not work - no matter what i tried some google videos would crash the browser. When I ran icweasel from the console I got an error message Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead This occured with the 'nv' driver for the video card, installed by the debian installer. I also tried using the nvidia binary from their website with the same result. Mitchell -- 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/20100221152314.ga13...@earthlink.net
Re: amd64 flash setup not working on youtube?
On 10:23 Sun 21 Feb , Mitchell Laks wrote: Some more information I found on line. My machine that is crashing is an older AMD64 machine Athlon 64 3000+ (socket 754) which lacks the lahf instruction. see this discussing --- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273718 Comment #17 From Maks Verver 2009-07-20 12:40:53 [reply] --- I'm using an Athlon 64 3000+ (socket 754) which lacks the lahf instruction and I've had this problem for months, but I never really understood what the problem was, until the latest ebuild update spelled it out for me (thanks for that!) Understanding the problem, it was relatively easy to hack together a workaround that works by trapping the illegal instruction signal and then emulating its effects. This can be implemented as a small dynamic library that is placed in the plugin directory (so it's loaded whenever the Flash plug-in is loaded) or forced to load by adding it to LD_PRELOAD. I have attached the source in the hope that it might be useful to other users. The downside of the current ebuild is that it prevents the 64-bit plugin from being installed through portage at all. Would you consider bundling my workaround for 64-bit users who lack the lafh instruction or at least change the error into a warning? or http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268336 Looking around i think that lahf_lm instruction isn't set in AMD 64 cpu family 15. Could anyone confirm this? Maybe we could consider this as a USE flag? Well this is only an idea... Thanks again to the people involved in solving this bug... Comment #20 From Maik Nijhuis 2009-08-03 09:06:42 [reply] --- The lahf workaround works perfectly! I tried both adobe-flash-10.0.22.87 and adobe-flash-10.0.32.18, on my non-lahf AMD64 machine. Thanks everybody! - so there is a download on their forum of a library to compile and install in the .mozilla/plugins/ directory to avoid the crashes I will have to look into this to try it. Mitchell -- 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/20100221155906.ga8...@earthlink.net
amd64 flash setup not working on youtube?
Hi I had a old hard drive begin to fail, so I did a fresh debian-installer testing install and then did a quick upgrade to sid. I installed amd64 version of debian. I had used i386 version on that machine before. I would like to view google and youtube videos on that machine. I enabled the multimedia archive http://debian-multimedia.org/ When i tried and installed swfdec-mozilla - Mozilla plugin for SWF files (Macromedia Flash) libswfdec-0.8-0-dbg - SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library libswfdec-0.8-0 - SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library libswfdec-0.8-dev i was able to watch some stuff on youtube, but not others: for instance practical common lisp video (from google videos) is not watchable on youtube nor for instance is Galois Theory and Representation Theory I however How to solve a Rubicks's cube part one can be viewed, while 3 year old solved Rubicks cube in 114 seconds cannot? I also tried the flashplugin-nonfree as well as gnash-common-opengl - free SWF movie player - common files/libraries gnash-common - free SWF movie player - common files/libraries gnash-cygnal - free SWF movie player - Media server gnash-opengl - free SWF movie player gnash-tools - free SWF movie player - Command-line Tools gnash - free SWF movie player mozilla-plugin-gnash I also tried to use the library from adobe libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz as well as flashplayer10_1_p2_linux_121709.tar.gz putting the .so files in .mozilla/plugins/ directory and all that happens is youtube crashes as well as even the NY Times homepage crashes ... Thanks for any pointers! Mitchel Laks -- 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/20100218161051.ga4...@earthlink.net
Re: amd64 flash setup not working on youtube?
On 17:30 Thu 18 Feb , Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:10:52 -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: (...) I also tried to use the library from adobe libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz as well as flashplayer10_1_p2_linux_121709.tar.gz putting the .so files in .mozilla/plugins/ directory and all that happens is youtube crashes as well as even the NY Times homepage crashes ... For Iceweasel, you can: 1/ Create a folder ~/.mozilla/plugins 2/ (Re)move any previous flash*.so file(s) in there 3/ Download libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz¹ and extract libflashplayer.so under ~/.mozilla/plugins 4/ Restart Iceweasel 5/ Enjoy... ¹ http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_64bit.html Greetings, -- Camaleón Dear Camaleon, I thought I indicated that I had done exactly that (as I mentioned in the above excerpt that you quoted). I put the .so file exactly there. /home/mlaks/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so Now the iceweasel (or conkeror) crashes even to visit the NY Times web site, as well as youtube. The abdobe library crashes my iceweasel when invoked by youtube or nytimes. Note I took out all of the swfdec or other libraries, it is clean with apt-get remove --purge mitchell -- 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/20100218180027.gb4...@earthlink.net
Re: looking for digital pen/tablet on Debian Squeeze
Another thing to consider is a fujitsu lifebook tablet t4010d which comes with a built in wacom tablet and can be made to work with debian. i followed instructions on several web sites and it runs nicely with sid. thus on ebay one can buy one for approximately $250 including 1.2g and a 40G hard drive http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40_trksid=m38_nkw=Fujitsu+T4010d these were 1-2000 laptops a few years ago. i picked one up myself and it is a great wacom tablet and laptop and works with debian. i installed debian via a pxe boot as it came without a cdrom drive. mitchell laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Postgresql wont restart. Can I clear shared memmory segments without rebooting?
On 02:39 Tue 05 Jan , Stan Hoeppner wrote: Try these: To free pagecache: # echo 1 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches To free dentries and inodes: # echo 2 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches To free pagecache, dentries and inodes: echo 3 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches this was very helpful. Exactly what I was looking for. I was able to read more about this and hopefully next time it happens, I will understand how to proceed. I was able to look this info about pagecache and shared memory up and learn about it! Thank you very much! Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Postgresql wont restart. Can I clear shared memmory segments without rebooting?
On 09:36 Tue 05 Jan , Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: These commands should help: ipcmk (1) - create various ipc resources ipcrm (1) - remove a message queue, semaphore set or shared memory id ipcs (1) - provide information on ipc facilities They are from the util-linux package. Dear Stephen, Your help and that of Stan Hoeppner were amazing! I was able to look it all up in google once I used your ipcs and ipcrm in my search. The best sites included http://markmail.org/search/?q=postgresql+ipcrm which gave lots of hits that gave information on why postgresql wasnt starting again and how to proceed. You guys are amazing!!! Thanks again! Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Postgresql wont restart. Can I clear shared memmory segments without rebooting?
On 15:30 Wed 06 Jan , Kun Niu wrote: Before you execute echo 3 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches, you'd better run sync first.:D Thank you, a good point. I was mostly interested as a matter of knowledge, as I did not go into linux to become a 'cargo culter' and reboot without knowing what it did. Rebooting will close everything safely as well as free the unfreed shared memory segments. I wanted to know for knowledge sake... ! On the other hand, ipcs look for postgresql owned shared memory and ipcrm -s ID of those would seem to be ok as long as no postgresql process is goind on in the background. After reading about the different ways of doing this, which include rebooting, at the postgresql mailing list, I would likely proceed in order of choice 1. reboot or else if I am feeling really bold and adventurous, and have everything backed up nicely, 2. ipcs, then ipcrm -s ID Thank you again! Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Postgresql wont restart. Can I clear shared memmory segments without rebooting?
Hi I have a remote server running debian etch, that has only 1G of ram, (that i cannot easily add ram to), that runs a large postgresql 7.4 database and it occasionally runs out of enough shared memory. The database is static and I no longer add data to it. The machine sits on the network and is just for serving up data. When it runs out of memory, the postgresl database shuts down and the postgresql server will not restart. I get a message about not enough shared memory when I try to restart postgresql. While this is happening, when I ran top I saw that the swap space was utilized extensively while the was some free regular memory (i dont have the output to show). However i did run and saved the output of the program vmstat and got this data procs ---memory-- ---swap-- -io -system-- cpu r b swpd free buff cache si sobibo in cs us sy id wa 0 0 1951552 208876 28340 42528 14 111311 10 13 2 1 59 39 Now ordinarily when I run the server, (the postgresql crashing happens about once every 3 or 4 weeks) and I typically reboot the machine and all is fine. In ordinary use there is no problem, I typically have the following output from top. top: Tasks: 96 total, 2 running, 93 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem:906784k total, 897804k used, 8980k free, 5428k buffers Swap: 1951856k total, 132k used, 1951724k free, 761704k cached Now what I usually do is simply reboot the machine and everything is fine. While I can continue to do this, but it goes against the grain. Is there some system command to free the shared memory so that postgresql will start again without rebooting? The only significant application that runs on the machine is essentially this postgresql database... Rebooting is so 'windows(c)'... Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
vpnc times out after about 30 minutes i think
Hi I need to connect via a cisco router from a debian machine to a debian machine. after i run vpnc and after I am connected, suddenlym after about 30 minutes (i think), i find myself disconnected, even in the middle of active interaction. I tried including the line DPD idle timeout (our side) 0 in my default.conf file but this did not help. Any other ideas... The administrator of the cisco router says the problem is at my end, he still sees me connected it must be my client that is not working... Thanks, Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: debian ibook auto suspends to ram on nonuse. [Solved]
On 10:11 Mon 09 Nov , green wrote: I use sleepd for that. Thank you very much. That works nicely. I need to play with it to get the right behaviour. Here is how it works on my ibook G4 running sid. There are 2 packages which work in synergy. there is 1. pbbuttonsd provides the daemon which controls the powersave routines. I see that there is a directory /etc/power/ controlled by the pbbuttonsd daemon which controls the settings but the main configuration file seems to be in /etc/pbbuttons.conf 2. powerprefs provides a gui to control it there is a nice gtk gui to set the policies for suspend to ram and batttery and dimming of the monitor and EMA (emergency action on low battery). the web site for both packages is pbbuttons.berlios.de by matthias grimm. -- now for an amd/intel processor with acpi we can use pm-utils (pm-powersave pm-hibernate pm-suspend), which i guess must be setup to run with a daemon such as sleepd. It would be nice to have a nice directory and control structure such as set up by pbbuttonsd. Although he hints that powerprefs gui can be used for other than powerpc, i dont see any debian packages for using powerprefs gui with the 386 processor. Not that the gui is so very important to us debianers. :). Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
debian ibook auto suspends to ram on nonuse. how to set up for other notebooks?
Hi, I have an ibook G4 laptop that has run debian powerpc sid for years. The battery really lasts a long time. I can leave it for days and it will retain its charge. I assumed it was the hardware initially. However upon reflection, I credit this, at least in part to the aggressive memory saving features that it uses. However they just appeared on the laptop when I did my install and I have no idea which software I installed is responsible. I notice that 1. it very agressively dims the display when i don't hit keys 2. It suspends the display to ram very very quickly when it is not used. I have installed debian on multiple other laptops and I have never had the same luck. As soon as I disconnect from the power supply they rapidly run down in a short while. I am trying to reproduce the suspend to ram on lack of keyboard and mouse interaction. I don't want to use gnome or kde. I use stumpwm. I have read many articles on suspend to ram. Now I am working with one laptop, an old fujitsu lifebook t4010d tablet pc that i picked up for $200. It would really be nice to use this off the power cord. If I do echo -n mem /sys/power/state I can suspend to ram If I do echo -n disk /sys/power/state I can suspend to disk. I am hopeful. I see on the fujitsu, If I do suspend to ram the machine will last for many hours. If I don't suspend to ram it dies in 1-2 hours. Suspend to ram is the key. So how do I set up the fujitsu analgous to the way the debian ibook is setup so that it will check for lack of keyboard or mouse activty and suspend to ram. What do I monitor? I can write a script in bash or shell or else I can use a debian package. Which package is it on the debian powerpc that does this? I see on the ibook pm-utils, powermgmt-base, powerprefs, powersaved powerpc-utils powertop I suspect that pm-utils is involved, but which script is setting the automatic suspend to ram feature on lack of keyboard and mouse motion? Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: initramfs-tools does not add dm-mod.ko to initrd for kernels 2.6.30-2-686 and kernels 2.6.30-2-686-bigmem
On 15:47 Thu 15 Oct , Jack Schneider wrote: Hi, Mitchell FWIW I have exactly the same problem... Whew !!! I didn't cause this messI hope!!! Thanks more that you know... BTW I haven't fix mine yet... But getting some help. Jack I have identified the problem. dist-upgrade was the problem: 1. lvm2 requires dmsetup 2. devicekit-disks conflicts with dmsetup 3. gnome-control-center and other gnome crap need devicekit-disks 4. so lvm2 and dmsetup get kicked out to rc status 5. then you can't boot with your kernel if / is on lvm2 :) so apt-get install dmsetup lvm2 will kick out lots of gnome stuff but i use stumpwm anyway :) I will start a new thread to publicize this information. Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
sid dist-upgrade: lvm2 conflicts with devicekit-disks so systems with / on lvm2 killed
Hi, I recently did a sid dist-upgrade, and could no longer boot using linux-image-2.6.30-2-686-bigmem kernel and had to boot off an old 2.6.26 kernel. The reason is that gnome-control-center and other gnome stuff bring in devicekit-disks and 1. lvm2 requires dmsetup 2. devicekit-disks conflicts with dmsetup 3. gnome-control-center and other gnome crap need devicekit-disks 4. so lvm2 and dmsetup get kicked out to rc status 5. then you can't boot with your kernel if / is on lvm2 and / on lvm2 is a prominent choice in the standard debian lenny install disk. I got /dev/sda1 as ext2 /boot and the rest of the install on /dev/sda2 as physical volume. First I thought the problem was initramfs-tools, but it is not. Even if I force the the initrd-img to contain the dm_mod modules with entries in /etc/mkinitrd/modules the system still does not boot. This is a problem. To solve it temporarily: apt-get install dmsetup lvm2 will kick out lots of gnome stuff but i use stumpwm anyway :) Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: xsession errors
On 15:44 Thu 15 Oct , Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: I think I had this problem many years ago. I dont remember if it was in my old redhat days or after I moved to debian in ?2003 or so. I remember I had a 50G or 100G .xsession-errors file or something like that. The solution is simple. You must change your logging for X. This is controlled by the file /etc/X11/Xsession you will see the variable ERRFILE=$HOME/.xsession-errors and you should see the line exec $ERRFILE 21 now this says it keeps adding to the file exec $ERRFILE 21 if you change it to exec $ERRFILE 21 then when you restart X it is wiped out. or else you can just do ERRFILE=/dev/null and never collect errors at all ... But that is not wise... Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
sid gnome is now incompatible with / on lvm2 media
This is just to publicize the fact that many gnome packages depend upon devicekit-disks devicekit-disks is incompatible with dmsetup and therefore lvm2. If your / is on a lvm2 group you will not be able to boot. here is a debian bug reference: http://bugs.debian.org/550434 if you have gnome installed and do apt-get dist-upgrade and don't see the warnings, you will not be able to boot. Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
initramfs-tools does not add dm-mod.ko to initrd for kernels 2.6.30-2-686 and kernels 2.6.30-2-686-bigmem
Hi, I just upgraded my lvm based system to the latest debian kernels and it will not boot from grub with the 2.6.30 kernels which cannot find the /dev/mapper/debian-root partition on /dev/sda2 because the dm-mod and other dm kernel modules are not in the initrd-2.6.30-2-bigmem archive. Of course they are in my older initrd-2.6.26-2-686 from the 2.26 kernels. This is standard debian isntall- I follow the choices in the debian-installer and get root on lvm physical device /dev/sda2 with a separate /boot on /dev/sda1, How can I work around this and what to do? My old kernel 2.6.26 works fine How to force initrd to load the dm-mod and other device-mapper kernel modules? Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: initramfs-tools does not add dm-mod.ko to initrd for kernels 2.6.30-2-686 and kernels 2.6.30-2-686-bigmem
On 00:05 Thu 15 Oct , Mitchell Laks wrote: How can I work around this and what to do? My old kernel 2.6.26 works fine How to force initrd to load the dm-mod and other device-mapper kernel modules? I have added dm_mod dm_log dm_snapshot dm_mirror to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file and then did dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.30-2-686-bigmen and it regenerated the initrd.img file but then when I selected this kernel in grub2 it still could not find the /dev/mapper/debian-root device. I was dumped by grub2 into Busybox (initramfs) and when I ran (initramfs) cat /proc/modules sure enough these modules were now in the kernel. However when I did ls /dev/mapper all I see is /dev/mapper/control and I cannot find the /dev/mapper/debian-root directory which exists when I boot into the vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 kernel. So why is grub2 failing to boot in the 2.6.30-2-686 kernel? Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
gnome - all windows dont move and cant change size or max or min windows
hi, I am running sid and I decided to try using gnome instead of kde. I did update-alternatives --config x-session-manager and picked gnome (there were two auto and manual mode). I tried both and I tried them with multiple window-managers including kwin and xfce and others. The weird thing is that the windows dont move. They only have one decoration in the right upper corner, and no max or min buttons. Moreover I could not move the darn windows, i tried grabbing them with control left button, meta left button and start left button. every window was stuck and i could only open new windows which covered the windows already there. very very odd any ideas. i moved to icewm, but what is wrong with my gnome installation? mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
sid upgrade: could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl
hi, I am doing a sid upgrade and I got this message E: Internal error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl. Any ideas on how to procede... :) Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: sid upgrade: could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl
On 07:45 Tue 29 Sep , Kelly Harding wrote: 2009/9/29 Mitchell Laks ml...@post.harvard.edu: hi, I am doing a sid upgrade and I got this message E: Internal error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl. Any ideas on how to procede... :) I just got this too. Not sure what cause/solution is. i played around and now it works. i went to the /var/cache/apt directory and did dpkg -i perl-5.10.1-3.deb and there was a conflict with perl-docs-5.10.0 so i removed that apt-get remove perl-docs-5.10.0 then there was something about needing perl-base-5.10.1-3 it had already been downloaded in this directory: so i installed that dpkg -i perl-base-5.10.1-3.deb (or something).deb then i tried to install latest perl-modules and latest perl package in same directory dpkg -i perl-modules-5-1-.1-3 and dpkg-i perl-5.10.1-3 it gave errors about dependecy being messed up. then i went and simply did apt-get install -f and it fixed itself miraculously! then i did apt-get upgrade and now all is ok DO NOT DO THIS. it may hose your computer and you will have broken parts!!! :) of course i did it and it worked beautifully:) good luck. i love sid. Kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
