Monitor Blanking When Starting X; atombios stuck
Hello, I have a system running Debian Testing. It was freshly installed from the stable net-installer image then immediately upgraded to testing. I then installed xfce4 and configured it to start from console as per these[1] instructions. However, when I run `startx`, I get some output from it (the usual xserver messages), but then the monitor goes blank. Here's my kern.log from booting to the blank screen, then forcing a reboot again after that. http://dpaste.com/16R30GF.txt The relevant portion is here in the event the paste disappears: kernel: [ 22.631932] [drm:atom_op_jump [radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting kernel: [ 22.631947] [drm:atom_execute_table_locked [radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CB32 (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCB4E kernel: [ 27.636246] [drm:atom_op_jump [radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting kernel: [ 27.636277] [drm:atom_execute_table_locked [radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CB32 (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCB4E kernel: [ 27.636307] [drm:atom_execute_table_locked [radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing C1DC (len 1136, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xC576 kernel: [ 378.768505] sysrq: SysRq : SAK kernel: [ 378.768579] tty tty1: SAK: killed process 557 (bash): by session kernel: [ 378.768586] tty tty1: SAK: killed process 483 (login): by session kernel: [ 378.768651] tty tty1: SAK: killed process 483 (login): by controlling tty kernel: [ 378.768659] tty tty1: SAK: killed process 557 (bash): by controlling tty I have the following relevant packages installed: xserver-xorg-video-radeon firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-amd-graphics intel-microcode lspci shows my video card to be: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Turks LE [Radeon HD 5570/6510/7510/8510] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: VISIONTEK Turks LE [Radeon HD 5570/6510/7510/8510] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 34 Memory at e000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at f7de (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] I/O ports at dc00 [size=256] Expansion ROM at f7e0 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 Capabilities: [150] Advanced Error Reporting Kernel driver in use: radeon Kernel modules: radeon I would appreciate any help in tracking this issue down. Thank you, Steve [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Xfce#From_the_console
Re: Mousepad Not Saving Prefs
On Mon, 18 May 2015 11:31:50 -0400 Stephen R Guglielmo srguglie...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list, I'm running Debian Stretch/testing (updated daily). I use Xfce4 and Mousepad as my GUI text editor. It seems that Mousepad is no longer saving my preferences. If I open a text document (either by File-Open or double-clicking a file from the desktop), make changes to the preferences, close Mousepad, and reopen it, the preferences revert back to the default settings. For example, if I set the color scheme to Cobalt then close Mousepad, when I open it again, the color scheme will be back to the default None. This happens for all the preferences, not just the color scheme. I don't use Mousepad often. The last time I used it, this problem didn't occur. It's been maybe a week or two since I've last used it. If I recall correctly, I did install an update to it since then. Any ideas on how to investigate this? Thanks! For any future reader: `sudo apt-get install dconf-gsettings-backend` solved it for me. pgpyItmQ1Qe5g.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Mousepad Not Saving Prefs
On Mon, 18 May 2015 17:52:47 +0200 Sven Arvidsson s...@whiz.se wrote: On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 11:31 -0400, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: Hi list, I'm running Debian Stretch/testing (updated daily). I use Xfce4 and Mousepad as my GUI text editor. It seems that Mousepad is no longer saving my preferences. [...] Any ideas on how to investigate this? Looks like mousepad uses dconf for settings, so it could be a problem with that. I've been unable to figure out why this is happening. I've tried to investigate myself, but I don't know anything about the dconf system. I've filed a bug report. pgptbjUcOqpm2.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Mousepad Not Saving Prefs
Hi list, I'm running Debian Stretch/testing (updated daily). I use Xfce4 and Mousepad as my GUI text editor. It seems that Mousepad is no longer saving my preferences. If I open a text document (either by File-Open or double-clicking a file from the desktop), make changes to the preferences, close Mousepad, and reopen it, the preferences revert back to the default settings. For example, if I set the color scheme to Cobalt then close Mousepad, when I open it again, the color scheme will be back to the default None. This happens for all the preferences, not just the color scheme. I don't use Mousepad often. The last time I used it, this problem didn't occur. It's been maybe a week or two since I've last used it. If I recall correctly, I did install an update to it since then. Any ideas on how to investigate this? Thanks! pgpw6DCfCOq1q.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Strong hashing/ciphers for LUKS; was Encrypting an External HDD
Thanks for all the replies in the previous thread! I've been doing some reading and have another question. It seems the default for LUKS (as displayed by `cryptsetup --help`) is: aes-xts-plain64, Key: 256 bits LUKS header hashing: sha1 RNG: /dev/urandom I would like to have a high level of security. Can I use /dev/random instead of /dev/urandom to have a more cryptographically-secure RNG? Or will I run out of entropy and start blocking? Is the RNG used for everyday use of the encrypted volume, or just the initial format? If the latter, I can deal with some blocking as I generate additional entropy. I checked /proc/crypto, and I don't see anything stronger than sha1. sha1 was beginning to be considered insecure in roughly 2005. Can I somehow get support for sha512? As for the cipher, I'm not too familiar on such things. cryptsetup(8) says I can optionally set a key size of 512 bits with the -s option. I do see options in /proc/crypto about xts-aes-aesni. Would this be faster/better since it's using the AESNI instruction set on my CPU? I have a (never-expiring) paste of my /proc/crypto at https://paste.debian.net/167171/ Thank you all! pgpVUpmq0lQCG.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Strong hashing/ciphers for LUKS; was Encrypting an External HDD
Hi all, After I sent the post below, I stumbled upon the cryptsetup FAQ page[1]. It answered a lot of my concerns, including the SHA1 and the cipher (plain, plain64, xts, essiv) issues. [1] https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Thanks! On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:07:25 -0400 Stephen R Guglielmo srguglie...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for all the replies in the previous thread! I've been doing some reading and have another question. It seems the default for LUKS (as displayed by `cryptsetup --help`) is: aes-xts-plain64, Key: 256 bits LUKS header hashing: sha1 RNG: /dev/urandom I would like to have a high level of security. Can I use /dev/random instead of /dev/urandom to have a more cryptographically-secure RNG? Or will I run out of entropy and start blocking? Is the RNG used for everyday use of the encrypted volume, or just the initial format? If the latter, I can deal with some blocking as I generate additional entropy. I checked /proc/crypto, and I don't see anything stronger than sha1. sha1 was beginning to be considered insecure in roughly 2005. Can I somehow get support for sha512? As for the cipher, I'm not too familiar on such things. cryptsetup(8) says I can optionally set a key size of 512 bits with the -s option. I do see options in /proc/crypto about xts-aes-aesni. Would this be faster/better since it's using the AESNI instruction set on my CPU? I have a (never-expiring) paste of my /proc/crypto at https://paste.debian.net/167171/ Thank you all! pgpuaO16yUVyb.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Encrypting an External HDD
Hi list, I have a USB external HDD that I would like to encrypt with a passphrase. After looking into filesystems, I decided to go with Ext4. What's the recommended way of encrypting a drive? Do I partition it first, then encrypt that partition? Internet searches lead me to LUKS cryptsetup. However, the blog and forum posts I've read are a bit old. I'm running Jessie. Thank you! pgp6YupcK1LZU.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Purge by Default
Hi all, Is there a way to --purge by default when using apt-get or aptitude? I often browse the apt repo and install various things I find (mostly games) to discover it, then remove them in a few hours/days/weeks. I'm afraid of leaving tons of config files laying on my system. Thanks, Steve pgpJq2i2cGeZK.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Cool things to do with server
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 16:11:13 -0700 Joris Bolsens jo...@linux.com wrote: Mail server, I thought about this, but from what i understand, mail servers are notoriously difficult to secure properly. Nah, I definitely wouldn't say notoriously difficult. There's some out there that are generally annoying, but Postfix and Exim aren't too bad. There's plenty of guides out there to help you learn. It's a large experience of just reading documentation and figuring out minor things to get it right. I have a guide on my website[1] for setting up Postfix that is secure. If you google, you'll find many more for different configurations[2]. Use them as guides and review the documentation on the proper Postfix/Exim/etc websites and man pages. My next steps with that guide is to setup Maildrop as my MDA and add in SpamAssassin into the mix with DKIM. I suppose, TL;DR would be: It's not THAT hard. You just gotta find it interesting, heh. [1] https://guglielmo.us/cs/postfix.html [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Exim4 pgpVRbPH1826q.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
What happened to my mail log?
I have Postfix and Dovecot running on my Debian Jessie/testing system. When I first setup the system a few months ago, I know that Postfix and Dovecot were both logging to /var/log/mail.log through syslog because I was using it to diagnose issues. I can also view entries in the old rotated files (/var/log/mail.log.4.gz). It seems that they are not logging [there] anymore. My Postfix configuration has no options set regarding logs, which leaves everything at default (using the mail facility of syslog). Dovecot is also set to log to the mail facility of syslog. Postfix is, in fact, working. I'm monitoring the logs with `sudo tail -F /var/log/mail.log` while sending mail, receiving mail, and even restarting Postfix. Nothing shows up in the log. This is the same for Dovecot. I have enabled verbose connection logging, and while monitoring mail.log, nothing shows up. I've even restarted Dovecot as well, with no results in the log file. I have not installed any type of non-default syslog, nor have I touched the syslog config or any log rotation daemon's config. I'm quite stumped here. Thanks! pgp0gVOmqYzjv.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: What happened to my mail log?
On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:51:06 +0100 Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote: On 2015-03-13 21:12 +0100, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: I have Postfix and Dovecot running on my Debian Jessie/testing system. When I first setup the system a few months ago, I know that Postfix and Dovecot were both logging to /var/log/mail.log through syslog because I was using it to diagnose issues. I can also view entries in the old rotated files (/var/log/mail.log.4.gz). It seems that they are not logging [there] anymore. My Postfix configuration has no options set regarding logs, which leaves everything at default (using the mail facility of syslog). Dovecot is also set to log to the mail facility of syslog. Is your syslog daemon actually running? I have not installed any type of non-default syslog, nor have I touched the syslog config or any log rotation daemon's config. So I assume you use rsyslog. What does service rsyslog status say? It seems this system has syslog-ng. This is a month-old Jessie install on a laptop. $ ps aux | grep syslog root 252 0.0 0.3 77928 3404 ?Ss Feb20 0:07 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F $ sudo systemctl status syslog-ng syslog-ng.service - System Logger Daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2015-02-20 21:42:58 EST; 2 weeks 6 days ago Docs: man:syslog-ng(8) Main PID: 252 (syslog-ng) Status: Error parsing new configuration, using the old config (Fri Mar 13 01:42:05 2015 CGroup: /system.slice/syslog-ng.service └─252 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F I read that error in the status, which lead me to: $ sudo syslog-ng --syntax-only syslog-ng: Error setting capabilities, capability management disabled; error='Operation not permitted' I looked through the [several] configuration files (/etc/syslog-ng/) for the string capabilities, but didn't find anything. These software systems are getting more and more complex. I've been using linux and bsd for many years and it seems that I don't even know where to look to solve problems anymore with all these new systems with linux. Maybe it would be better if I installed a plain old simple syslog daemon. Is there an alternative one to syslog-ng? pgpS3M3k7boiu.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Xfce Not Closing
On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 15:11:59 +1100 David bouncingc...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 March 2015 at 01:32, Stephen R Guglielmo srguglie...@gmail.com wrote: I'm running Xfce 4.10 on Jessie. After booting, I log into the console with my user account, start my network interface, then run startx to run Xfce. When I select the Logout menu option, I get prompted with a list of choices (Logout, Reboot, Shutdown), none of which seem to do anything. It acts as everything is working properly, but nothing ever happens. As in, the system never logs out, shutsdown, or reboots. I have to open a terminal and killall xinit to get back to my logged-in console prompt. Does anyone have tips on to how to solve this? On 9 March 2015 at 07:33, Stephen R Guglielmo srguglie...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 20:03:32 + Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: Mine is a new Jessie install. What about yours? Pretty much the same. I installed Jessie from the testing CD image. I was running LXDE previously, but recently switched to Xfce. I'm not really running anything odd; It's mostly a minimal system with most things left at defaults. The only suspicion I have is that since it's a minimal system (I tend to avoid the meta-packages and install things individually), I might be missing a package that is causing this logout behavior. I was able to get the Logout, Reboot, Shutdown features to work (in LXDE not XFCE) by following the hint in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDE and installing the upower package. upower needs dbus too I guess. I checked and I do have upower installed. I think my next step is to go through the recommended packages manually and see if anything would solve this problem. I'll update this thread if/when I find it! Thanks pgpkQWxRnTXHI.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Xfce Not Closing
On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 19:44:30 + Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sun 08 Mar 2015 at 10:32:52 -0400, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: I'm running Xfce 4.10 on Jessie. After booting, I log into the console with my user account, start my network interface, then run startx to run Xfce. When I select the Logout menu option, I get prompted with a list of choices (Logout, Reboot, Shutdown), none of which seem to do anything. It acts as everything is working properly, but nothing ever happens. As in, the system never logs out, shutsdown, or reboots. I have to open a terminal and killall xinit to get back to my logged-in console prompt. Does anyone have tips on to how to solve this? From a terminal in X: loginctl -a Then post the output of loginctl show session n srg@lapsdeb:~$ loginctl -a SESSIONUID USER SEAT 1 1000 srg seat0 1 sessions listed. srg@lapsdeb:~$ loginctl show-session 1 Id=1 Name=srg Timestamp=Sun 2015-03-08 09:55:11 EDT TimestampMonotonic=36271728 VTNr=1 TTY=/dev/tty1 Remote=no Service=login Scope=session-1.scope Leader=782 Audit=1 Type=tty Class=user Active=yes State=active IdleHint=yes IdleSinceHint=1425822920526692 IdleSinceHintMonotonic=41312974 pgpqnAcESGW8D.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Xfce Not Closing
On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 20:03:32 + Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: Essentially, I do the same as you and have no problem. Your output is the same as mine. In particular, you have 'Active=yes'. Mine is a new Jessie install. What about yours? Pretty much the same. I installed Jessie from the testing CD image. I was running LXDE previously, but recently switched to Xfce. I'm not really running anything odd; It's mostly a minimal system with most things left at defaults. The only suspicion I have is that since it's a minimal system (I tend to avoid the meta-packages and install things individually), I might be missing a package that is causing this logout behavior. Is there a way to trace the logout command somehow to see what is happening? pgpwaaq1Y9nne.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Xfce Not Closing
Greetings, I'm running Xfce 4.10 on Jessie. After booting, I log into the console with my user account, start my network interface, then run startx to run Xfce. When I select the Logout menu option, I get prompted with a list of choices (Logout, Reboot, Shutdown), none of which seem to do anything. It acts as everything is working properly, but nothing ever happens. As in, the system never logs out, shutsdown, or reboots. I have to open a terminal and killall xinit to get back to my logged-in console prompt. Does anyone have tips on to how to solve this? Thanks! pgp1jIqvswdnQ.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: My Friends Make Fun of My UI
On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 16:08:49 -0500 Dan Ritter d...@randomstring.org wrote: On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 04:03:30PM -0500, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: I did a bit of reading and would prefer the Gnome Classic interface. Is there a way to install this type of minimal gnome without breaking it too much? Is it even possible to do, or does it all depend on one another? I bet you'd be pretty happy with XFCE. Lots of responses! I was snowed in today and decided to install Xfce4. I must say, it is worlds apart from lxde and exactly what I wanted. I want to thank everyone for their suggestions! P. S. Yes, I think I'll tell my friends to mind their own business ;-) pgpe8MuNDqQ5Q.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
My Friends Make Fun of My UI
Hi list, I use LXDE on my Jessie laptop. I chose this desktop environment because I don't want a lot of stuff on my system. Everything there is essentially installed by me. I have Iceweasel, Claws-Mail, another GUI program or two, but that's it. Everything else, I do in a terminal. I even use Iceweasel to open the occasional PDF I come across (eliminating the need for another PDF viewer). I suppose I'm a minimalist in this sense. I would like to upgrade to Gnome so my desktop looks/feels a bit nicer and gain a few extra features I'm missing in LXDE. However, I don't want all the stuff that normally comes with Gnome. I have no use for: -GUI login screen/session manager -NetworkManager -GUI package manager -GUI text editor -Chat/Contacts/Keyring manager -Photo manager I think you get the idea by now. I did a bit of reading and would prefer the Gnome Classic interface. Is there a way to install this type of minimal gnome without breaking it too much? Is it even possible to do, or does it all depend on one another? pgpQRYFTrGslF.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Upgrading Kernel on VPS - Failed?
Hi list, I have a VPS with a company. The image I initially chose was Debian Wheezy. I immediately upgraded to Jessie. I updated the kernel and rebooted. However, it seems I can't use iptables: $ sudo iptables --list modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:557 kmod_search_moddep() could not open moddep file '/lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/modules.dep.bin' iptables v1.4.21: can't initialize iptables table `filter': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?) Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded. 3.2.0-4-amd64 is from Wheezy. It seems that the system is still looking for the previous kernel. Does anyone have information about this? Thanks! pgpIWzJ9U8IEk.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Upgrading Kernel - Out of Disk Space
On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:46:35 +0100 Jochen Spieker m...@well-adjusted.de wrote: Stephen R Guglielmo: I'm not sure why the automatic partitioner didn't provide for enough space for future updates. See below for the relevant logs. There's been several complaints about similar issues on this list. I am not sure whether there were any recent changes in debian-installer to solve that. Now there's still time to report bugs before jessie is released. So it's recommended that I file a bug report regarding this? It's obviously an issue to anyone who uses the encrypted auto-partition option in d-i. pgpbRmd81CEWB.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Upgrading Kernel - Out of Disk Space
Hi list, I updated my apt repo and there was a kernel update. I ran the update, and received an error claiming no space left on device. Normally, I would do a force-uninstall for the currently running kernel (freeing space), then install the new kernel and reboot. However, this is an update, not a replacement. I'm not sure how to proceed. When I installed this system, I selected automatic partitioning with an encrypted LVM, so I imagine resizing the partition would prove difficult. I'm not sure why the automatic partitioner didn't provide for enough space for future updates. See below for the relevant logs. This is on Debian Jessie. Thanks! --- Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64_3.16.7-ckt4-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 (3.16.7-ckt4-3) over (3.16.7-ckt2-1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64_3.16.7-ckt4-3_amd64.deb (--unpack): cannot copy extracted data for './lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.ko' to '/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.ko.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device) dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64_3.16.7-ckt4-3_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) --- $ df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/lapsdeb-root 314M 237M 57M 81% / udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 776M 8.8M 767M 2% /run tmpfs 1.9G 4.0K 1.9G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/mapper/lapsdeb-var 2.7G 318M 2.3G 13% /var /dev/mapper/lapsdeb-usr 8.2G 2.6G 5.2G 34% /usr /dev/mapper/lapsdeb-tmp 360M 2.1M 335M 1% /tmp /dev/sda1 228M 21M 196M 10% /boot /dev/mapper/lapsdeb-home 274G 8.5G 252G 4% /home tmpfs 388M 4.0K 388M 1% /run/user/1000 pgp52wKvwjpV4.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Upgrading Iceweasel; Other Packages from Experimental?
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:38:28 -0500 Stephen R Guglielmo srguglie...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I found the Debian Mozilla team webpage[1], which tells you how to get a more recent version of iceweasel. I am running testing/jessie, and want the release version of Iceweasel. Thus, I added the two corresponding lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list. When I synced the package index in apt, I suddenly had many package upgrades. I didn't want this, I wanted my system to run all testing/jessie packages, with only Iceweasel upgraded. Thus, I removed one line from my /etc/apt/sources.list and now have the following: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian experimental main Following the instructions, I installed Iceweasel with the -t option to pin it from the 'experimental' repository. However, now that I've installed some more software, I've noticed that a few packages are also being installed from experimental, which is not what I want. Is there a way to pin everything from the experimental repository to be a low priority? I only want an updated Iceweasel and wish to avoid any dependency problems in the future. Thanks! [1] http://mozilla.debian.net/ Hi list, Just updating my own thread with the solution. I ended up following the instructions on http://mozilla.debian.net verbatim (previously I only added the 'experimental' repo line), then adding the following to my /etc/apt/preferences file: Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 1 This solved the problem of apt automatically trying to upgrade packages to unstable or experimental. I manually installed Iceweasel using the -t experimental flag to pin it. This solution seems to be working fine! pgpaekzN110pO.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Overflow of RX/TX Bytes on AMD64
On Mon, 9 Feb 2015 13:02:23 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: John L. Ries wrote: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: In Linux, you should never use ifconfig for anything... I wouldn't go that far. I think ifconfig is just fine for quickie diagnostics; but I would never use it as a network interface configuration tool if I could help it. The problem is that the Linux kernel has changed internally how it does networking. Some of these changes have been incompatible with the old ifconfig program. That can cause people using only ifconfig to be blind to various kernel network state. Hey if an old school dog like me can learn to deal with 'ip' instead of 'ifconfig' then you can too. Most useful information is provided with these commands: ip addr show ip route show The counters are not printed with those but since I think those should be accessed using /proc (or /sys) I am not going to contribute to pulling those from a command. Thanks for the tips! I was modeling my script after another script that used ifconfig. I realize this isn't such a good idea, so I'll look into changing it to use /proc or /sys. pgpsfuEEMazIm.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Overflow of RX/TX Bytes on AMD64
Hi list, I'm running Debian Jessie AMD64. I'm using RRDTool to create graphs of my network activity. Do the byte counters in the `ifconfig` output overflow? I imagine they have to at some point. What's the value at which they overflow? Is it 2^64 bytes? Also, is there a better way to access this information instead of parsing the `ifconfig` output? Maybe somewhere in /proc? Thanks! pgpH023nBarFM.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Upgrading Iceweasel; Other Packages from Experimental?
Hi, I found the Debian Mozilla team webpage[1], which tells you how to get a more recent version of iceweasel. I am running testing/jessie, and want the release version of Iceweasel. Thus, I added the two corresponding lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list. When I synced the package index in apt, I suddenly had many package upgrades. I didn't want this, I wanted my system to run all testing/jessie packages, with only Iceweasel upgraded. Thus, I removed one line from my /etc/apt/sources.list and now have the following: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian experimental main Following the instructions, I installed Iceweasel with the -t option to pin it from the 'experimental' repository. However, now that I've installed some more software, I've noticed that a few packages are also being installed from experimental, which is not what I want. Is there a way to pin everything from the experimental repository to be a low priority? I only want an updated Iceweasel and wish to avoid any dependency problems in the future. Thanks! [1] http://mozilla.debian.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CADfK3RVqmr1tR=yd6w-otni+3_y-93fvpicl9u16ddanzsj...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Linux based cellphones?
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: hi All, If this is not the best place for such a question, direct me elsewhere. Still I am wondering if there are open source /Linux based mobile devices? If so who manufactures them? thanks, Karen There are a few projects to run Debian on an Android phone. Lil' Debi: https://github.com/guardianproject/lildebi Debian Kit: http://sven-ola.dyndns.org/repo/debian-kit-en.html Both are available from the F-Droid repository. https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=debian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cadfk3rw1mfs7u_xzrj--h+5uu5dwaggt9r-5+yxjyt7pdev...@mail.gmail.com
Connecting to Wireless 802.1x EAP
Hi guys, I have a debian laptop running jessie using the iwlwifi driver. I can connect to WPA2-PSK networks just fine. However, my campus has a wireless network that uses WPA-EAP/PEAP authentication. I have read the Debian wiki page[1] on the subject and it claims I need to provide a certificate. I have an android phone that can connect to the network using my user/pass. It does not require any type of certificate. In fact, for the 'Certificate' setting, it defaults to (none) and that works. Why is it that I still need a certificate? Is there a way I can get it from the wireless network itself? I've searched and my university does not provide a certificate anywhere for download. This network is similar to the EduRoam[2] network, if you've heard of or used it. I am not using a GUI program to manage my network, only /etc/network/interfaces. I have eth0_home for home, eth0_hotspot for my cell phone hotspot, and I want to add a eth0_uni for this network. Thank you! [1] https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#WPA-EAP [2] https://www.eduroam.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CADfK3RXSGi=Tw6nPv+=zje7xdu6ttitxyx++pwqfx1juody...@mail.gmail.com
