Hi,
I have installed buster an an old FSC Primergy Econel 50. The GNOME
desktop works, I can open applications without freezing the machine (as
opposed to stretch), but all cursors are stretched by a factor of four.
Between each line of the cursor image, there are three background lines.
The
Am 21.09.2016 um 06:04 schrieb kamaraju kusumanchi:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Malte Forkel <malte.for...@berlin.de> wrote:
>> Am 20.09.2016 um 07:33 schrieb kamaraju kusumanchi:
>>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Malte Forkel <malte.for...@b
Am 20.09.2016 um 07:33 schrieb kamaraju kusumanchi:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Malte Forkel <malte.for...@berlin.de>
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> according to the man page, dpkg-source -b takes an argument that is "the
>> name of the directory
Hi,
according to the man page, dpkg-source -b takes an argument that is "the
name of the directory containing the debianized source tree". But that
does not work for me if the directory is not the current working directory.
When is execute dpkg-source in the package's source directory, i.e.
Hi,
how can I find all packages that will install files in a specific directory?
dpkg-query (dpkg -S) only searches installed packages. apt-file will
only search filenames, not directory names.
Thanks
Malte
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Am 24.10.2014 um 13:08 schrieb Darac Marjal:
Actually, apt-file will search the whole path (try 'apt-file search
bin'). If you like, try the -x option to apt-file to specify a
perl-compatible regex.
You're right! Thanks for pointing that out. I was mislead by the man
page auf apt-file 2.5.1
Hi,
I have three directories that I'd like to combine into one and export
via NFS. I managed to achieve that with mhddfs.
The problem is: There are symbolic links from within dir0 to files in
dir1 and dir2. mhddfs does not seem to resolve those links internally by
default. I have tried to put
Am 19.03.2014 00:39, schrieb John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell:
With the current version, apt would always try to install the newest
version of a package which usually comes from unstable or testing -
this could lead to a messed-up system. With apt-pinning, we can
define priorities so that
Hi,
Is there any support for pinning by architecture? I've only found bug
report #687255 [1].
Thanks,
Malte
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=687255
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Am 14.01.2014 10:44, schrieb Alex Mestiashvili:
I am also interested in possible solutions, but I would use git with 2
branches - one for debian package, and one for the modified version.
This way by switching between branches you can build packages you need.
Using git is probably a good
Am 14.01.2014 10:47, schrieb Jonathan Dowland:
Is the package in question maintained in a version control repository
(apt-cache showsrc pkgname | grep ^Vcs might help to determine this).
If so, you could record the debian-specific changes in a commit and
either mail the commit to a bug number
Hello,
I'm testing some changes to an existing package which is using format
3.0 (quilt). I have split my changes into two patches: One modifies the
original source, one adapts files in the debian directory.
This approach fails when I build the package due to the way dpkg-source
build the source
Am 14.01.2014 00:32, schrieb Gregory Nowak:
There may be a better way, but I've used apt-build in the past to do
something similar. I ran
apt-build source pkg-name
to download the sources. Then I modified them how I wanted, and then
ran
apt-build install pkg-name
This is from
Hello,
I have a question regarding the handling of locally modified conffiles
on package upgrades.
When I installed a new version of a self-written native package, I
noticed that I was not asked whether I wanted to keep or replace a
configuration file that I had modified locally. After the
Am 11.01.2014 11:53, schrieb Dominique Dumont:
Did you change the content of the conffile in the package ?
(i.e. the content of the *delivered* configuration file between package
version n and version n-1)
No. The configuration file did not change between versions.
Is dpkg smart enough to
Am 11.01.2014 12:02, schrieb Brian:
Ckeck that the file in question is a conffile:
dpkg --status package_name
It's a conffile.
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Am 11.01.2014 14:15, schrieb Brian:
You could do
apt-get --reinstall install -o Dpkg::Options::--force-confask package
to force a conffile prompt.
What happens?
I'm being asked which version of the configuration file I would like to
see used. Great. Your suggestion also helped me to
Am 02.10.2012 22:05, schrieb Stefan Swerk:
Hi Malte,
I am not able to help you with the NFS problem, however, one reason
mhddfs is complaining during the boot sequence is because the 'fuse'
kernel module is not loaded automatically during startup.
To fix it, edit the file '/etc/modules',
Hi,
I'm trying to use mhddfs to combine two directories mounted via NFS.
With the proper line in /etc/fstab, this works fine when I issue the
mhddfs command manually. It does not work during boot, seemingly because
mhddfs is run before NFS is up. What am I doing wrong?
From /var/log/boot:
Mon
Hello!
I have written a little script to download a package from a repository
specified on the command line. E.g. the following will download the
package debian-archive-keyring_2010.08.28_all.deb on an Ubuntu system:
$ apt-getfrom -s deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main \
download
Am 14.08.2012 17:20, schrieb Dom:
I suspect that fakeroot is interpreting the -s option.
Can you try:
$ fakeroot -- apt-getfrom -s deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable \
main download debian-archive-keyring
The -- should make fakeroot pass the -s through to your apt-getfrom
Am 12.04.2012 19:00, schrieb Bob Proulx:
Malte Forkel wrote:
Dir::Etc::SourceList $cnf_dir/sources.list;
Dir::State::Lists $cache_dir/lists;
Dir::Cache $cache_dir/cache;
In lieu of a specialized tool, that's a very clever idea. I just wonder:
How can I make sure nothing strange
Am 11.04.2012 15:59, schrieb Camaleón:
If the repository does not follow Debian mirror rules nor package naming,
it's almost impossible to decipher the URI from a given .dsc file, it
can be hosted anywhere in the server.
Otherwise, if it uses conventional Debian packaging rules, you can
Am 11.04.2012 22:31, schrieb Bob Proulx:
You could create a second sources.list with the repository listed in
it. Then point to that configuration file on the command line. You
could use this secondary configuration for downloading the file.
See the 'apt-get --config-file' option. It
Am 06.04.2012 19:03, schrieb Andrei POPESCU:
Not what you're asking for, but debcheckout (in package devscripts) may
be useful for you.
Thanks, Andrei. Not quite what I need, unfortenately.
I'm still looking for a tool that will determine the URI of the source
package's .dsc file, given a
Hi,
In order to rebuild or patch a package, I sometimes have to download its
source from a repository which is not on my APT sources list. I'm
looking for a tool to make retrieving the source as easy as possible.
Until now, I have been using dget (from the devscripts package). With
the URI of a
Am 14.12.2011 22:22, schrieb Andrei Popescu:
Your problem is not unique, see the recent thread on debian-devel
triggered by an announcement about changes in archive sections. You
could take the initiative and drive the required changes to have apt
handle transitional packages specially ;)
Am 14.12.2011 01:33, schrieb Bob Proulx:
Malte Forkel wrote:
Can I safely modify /var/lib/apt/extended_states in a postinst skript,
that is while aptitude | apt-get | ... is running?
Ew... That could be scary! The short answer is that I don't know.
Certainly an official package would
Hi,
How can I mark a package as being not auto(matically installed)? I know
about aptitude and apt-mark, but both come from non-essential packages.
I'm looking for a way to unmark a package that should always be available.
Thanks,
Malte
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Am 13.12.2011 23:56, schrieb Bob Proulx:
To unmark a package as automatically installed.
# editor /var/lib/apt/extended_states
Then find the package that you wish to change and take one of two
actions:
1) If the package is already listed in the file then modify the
Auto-Installed:
Hello,
I'm looking for a tool that can display multiple log files and scroll
them based on their timestamps in a synchronized fashion.
I have three interacting applications, each writing its own log file. I
would like to be able to look at corresponding time intervals in each of
those log files
Hello,
I would like to write a udev rule that manages it own device numbering
scheme and creates symlinks with continuous numbers.
I already know how to write a udev rule that selects devices, e.g. based
on manufacturer and product attributes, and creates a symlink for each
matching device.
Hi,
In a bash script, I ran into a problem using ps. It seems to me, that it
takes some time before a newly created process is detected by ps.
Here is what I do: In a bash script, I start a programm using su,
something like
nice su myuser -c mycommand
SUPID=$!
Because I might have to
Bob,
Thanks for your great explanation!
Malte
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Am 07.01.2011 04:15, schrieb Simon Hollenbach:
Another thought - Followup on my own last message in thread: Does the
same happen when trying to get your local repo from a late snapshot?
Snapshot.debian.org someone just mentioned it. These are not changing
and I would suggest u can ignore the
Hello,
I would like to use reprepro to build a local repository based on the
Debian squeeze archive. The initial download will take some time and
will be interrupted irregularly because my machine is not up 24/7.
Before, when I was using simple mirroring software, that was not a
problem. The
Am 15.09.2010 10:51, schrieb Camaleón:
Anacron or cron? It seems they are two different packages :-?
Yes, they are. As far as I understand it, anacron makes sure that cron
jobs are run even if the machine is not up 24/7.
Those bug reports are for cron and should be already fixed.
I
Am 16.09.2010 10:54, schrieb Camaleón:
But the interesting part should be in the e-mail header not the body
of the message (I would like to see Content-Type: and Content-Transfer-
Encoding: part). Better if you send (or upload to pastebin¹) the whole
message intact, just delete delicated
Am 16.09.2010 13:00, schrieb Camaleón:
As per man 5 crontab:
***
(...)
By default, cron will send mail using the mail Content-Type: header
oftext/plain with the charset= parameter set to the charmap /
codeset ofthe locale in which crond(8) is started up - ie. either the
Am 16.09.2010 15:28, schrieb Sven Joachim:
Indeed you can't, you would have to write the code to insert the
Content-* headers in the first place. Look at the launch_job function
in runjob.c in the anacron source.
That looks just like the right spot. Thanks, Sven!
I wrote to anacron's
Hi,
I'm using anacron for some tasks on a machine running Lenny. Error
output from those jobs send by email looks strange in Thunderbird.
Mails send by cron supposedly respect the locale and include a content
type header, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=405335
(cron does not
Am 01.08.2010 16:03, schrieb Malte Forkel:
The example init script init.d.lsb.ex provided by dh-make 0.46 contains
this call to start_daemon:
start_daemon -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
This always passes -- as first argument to my daemon. Wouldn't
start_daemon -p $PIDFILE
Am 01.08.2010 16:26, schrieb Jordon Bedwell:
On 8/1/2010 9:03 AM, Malte Forkel wrote:
Hi,
The example init script init.d.lsb.ex provided by dh-make 0.46 contains
this call to start_daemon:
start_daemon -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
This always passes -- as first argument to my
Hi,
The example init script init.d.lsb.ex provided by dh-make 0.46 contains
this call to start_daemon:
start_daemon -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
This always passes -- as first argument to my daemon. Wouldn't
start_daemon -p $PIDFILE -- $DAEMON $DAEMON_OPTS
be the proper call?
I
I can use
apt-get source pkg-name[=version]
to fetch and extract a source package, given its name (and optionally,
its version).
But is there any equivalent for binary packages? I.e., is there a tool
that downloads a binary package, given the package's name (and
optionally its version)?
Am 25.07.2010 20:01, schrieb Sven Joachim:
Yes, aptitude can do that. Here's an example fetching the experimental
version of xserver-xorg-core:
,
| % LANG=C aptitude download xserver-xorg-core=2:1.8.99.905-1
| Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main xserver-xorg-core
Hi,
Given a file name (e.g. /etc/dhclient.conf) and a distribution name
(e.g. etch), I would like to programmatically retrieve the file's
latest version for that distribution.
If the local machine is running the distribution in question, the start
is probably relatively simple. I can find out
Sven Joachim schrieb:
On 2010-01-05 17:48 +0100, Malte Forkel wrote:
When upgrading a package, the user can specify how a configuration file
should be handled that has been modified on the local systems.
Depending on the user's choice, a file with the extension dpkg-old,
dpkg-new or dpkg
Hi,
When upgrading a package, the user can specify how a configuration file
should be handled that has been modified on the local systems.
Depending on the user's choice, a file with the extension dpkg-old,
dpkg-new or dpkg-dist might be created besides the configuration file.
Could someone
Tzafrir Cohen und Osamu Aoki schrieben:
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:29:40AM +0200, Malte Forkel wrote:
Hello,
I would like to search a local mirror and a local repository with
apt-file. How can I generate the Contents-arch.gz files needed?
If you happent to use reprepro to create
Hello,
I would like to search a local mirror and a local repository with
apt-file. How can I generate the Contents-arch.gz files needed?
Thanks,
Malte
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Hi,
I recently noticed that when I'm packaging software sometimes a
i386.changes file gets created, and sometimes a source.changes file gets
created.
I couldn't find an explanation in the New Maintainer's Guide or in the
Policy Manual. I guess its something to do with the setup or type of the
Harry Rickards schrieb:
Malte Forkel wrote:
Andrei Popescu schrieb:
On Sun,03.May.09, 14:00:34, Malte Forkel wrote:
Hi,
is there a package that provides the functionality of the Debian package
search, i.e.
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.en.html#search_packages? I would
like
Andrei Popescu schrieb:
On Sun,03.May.09, 14:00:34, Malte Forkel wrote:
Hi,
is there a package that provides the functionality of the Debian package
search, i.e.
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.en.html#search_packages? I would
like to search a local mirror of the Debian repository
Hi,
is there a package that provides the functionality of the Debian package
search, i.e.
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.en.html#search_packages? I would
like to search a local mirror of the Debian repository for packages and
their contents.
Thanks,
Malte
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Malte Forkel schrieb:
Hello list,
after switching to a new controller card, the attached disk is not set
into standby mode anymore as configured in /etc/hdparm.conf.
I recently installed a Delock 89143 PCI Express to SATA II x2 and PATA
Host Controller
(http://www.delock.com/produkte
Hello list,
after switching to a new controller card, the attached disk is not set
into standby mode anymore as configured in /etc/hdparm.conf.
I recently installed a Delock 89143 PCI Express to SATA II x2 and PATA
Host Controller
Hello,
for testing (and fun) I have a system with three Linux distributions
installed in parallel: Debian Etch, Debian Lenny, and Ubuntu 8.10.
Everything works fine, but there is one small nuisance: The horizontal
position of the screen display changes between distributions. E.g., when
I switch
I recently came across the following example for switching time zones:
$ date
Fr 6. Jun 12:49:30 CEST 2008
$ TZ=UTC date
Fr 6. Jun 10:49:35 UTC 2008
Could someone please explain to me the general shell syntax involved here? I
did not know that I could put an assignment and a command on one
Alfredo Finelli schrieb:
The 'date' command runs in a child process for which the bash shell has
to determine the environment. Parameter assignments are inherited in
that environment (i.e. the 'date' command sees them) in two cases:
either when the variable is not only declared but also
Hi,
I use a very trivial repository, i.e. a flat directory, for a couple of
self-written packages. Its entry in sources.list looks like this:
deb ftp://pub/linux/debository ./
Whenever I add something to the repository, its release file is updated by
apt-ftparchive -c ~/.ftparchive.conf
Hi,
I have written a small utility that monitors upcoming fscks and attempts to
reschedule them, so they don't happen at an unexpected or inconvenient time.
Part of my scheme is an option to force the fscks to be performed after the
next reboot and then reboot the system instead of just
Douglas A. Tutty schrieb:
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 05:22:50PM +0100, Malte Forkel wrote:
I have a data file collection on three hard disks, each with just one
partition. The 'primary' partition has the complete directory structure.
The two 'secondary' partitions partially mirror that directory
Hello,
I have a data file collection on three hard disks, each with just one partition. The 'primary' partition has the complete directory structure. The two 'secondary' partitions partially mirror that directory structure. There are some data files on the primary partition. For each data file
Bob schrieb:
Malte Forkel wrote:
bUg. wrote:
for example
deb file:///home/debian/security lenny/updates main contrib non-free
Malte Forkel пишет:
I recently installed Etch by booting a machine from the net using
PXE and specifying a local mirror of ftp.debian.de to the installer.
All went
Gilles Mocellin schrieb:
Le Saturday 15 September 2007 15:21:19 bUg., vous avez écrit :
for example
deb file:///home/debian/security lenny/updates main contrib non-free
Malte Forkel пишет:
I recently installed Etch by booting a machine from the net using PXE
and specifying a local mirror
Celejar schrieb:
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:22:14 +0300
Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 04:56:29PM +0200, Malte Forkel wrote:
[snip]
Could it be that cron ignores its daily tasks if the machine is down at the
time specified for cron.daily in /etc/crontab? I.e
The root partition of a machine running Debian Etch has filled up because log
files like /var/log/syslog are not rotated and have become huge.
As far as I understand, the script that rotates the system logs is
/etc/cron.daily/sysklogd, which should be triggered by the entry
25 6* * *
I recently installed Etch by booting a machine from the net using PXE and
specifying a local mirror of ftp.debian.de to the installer. All went well but
I noticed that during the installation security.debian.org was accessed for
updates. As I also have a local mirror of that: How do I tell the
bUg. wrote:
for example
deb file:///home/debian/security lenny/updates main contrib non-free
Malte Forkel пишет:
I recently installed Etch by booting a machine from the net using PXE
and specifying a local mirror of ftp.debian.de to the installer. All
went well but I noticed that during
parameters for 'wget'?
Would you recommand any other mirroring software?
Thanks,
Malte Forkel
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Hi,
I use a couple of LVM volumes on a MD RAID1 array for backup. These volumes are
rarely accessed, so I use hdparm to switch the RAID disks into standby mode.
I noticed that the disks are forced to spin up whenever the the system shuts
down. What is causing the spin up? Is there a way to
Nate Duehr schrieb:
On Aug 8, 2007, at 2:54 AM, Gilles Mocellin wrote:
Le Wednesday 08 August 2007 09:44:16 Malte Forkel, vous avez écrit :
Hi,
I use a couple of LVM volumes on a MD RAID1 array for backup. These
volumes
are rarely accessed, so I use hdparm to switch the RAID disks
Bob Proulx schrieb:
This is probably related:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-sysvinit-commits/2006-November/000923.html
I agree. Unfortenately, ASYNCMOUNTNFS=no does not give me quite the old
init.d/mountnfs.sh behaviour as advertised in the changelog.
Using sync versus
Bob Proulx schrieb:
This might help. Are you aware of the NFS mount option 'bg'?
bg
If the first NFS mount attempt times out, retry the mount in the
background. After a mount operation is backgrounded, all
subsequent mounts on the same NFS server will be backgrounded
Because my server is not running all the time, clients that want to
mount NFS volumes use a small initscript during boot to wake up the
server if necessary. After upgrading the clients from sarge to etch,
mounting NFS volumes does not work anymore if the server wasn't up already.
The
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