Re: ssh -X authentication with sudo

2022-10-05 Thread martin f krafft
I really didn't mean to kick this off ;) Original poster: instead of the GUI programm, I recommend you try cfdisk. It's not "graphical", but it has a nice UI, and it can do everything you need. `sudo cfdisk /dev/device` and you're going to be much happier. -- .''`. martin

Re: ssh -X authentication with sudo

2022-10-04 Thread martin f krafft
Regarding the following, written by "debian-u...@howorth.org.uk" on 2022-10-04 at 13:52 Uhr +0100: PS as you surmised, I don't really want root ssh access. But you are running GUIs as root?? -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `.

Re: Pipewire for multiple users

2021-08-19 Thread martin f krafft
k, confirm that "u" can use Pulse when logged in with a regular desktop session, i.e. at the graphical login screen. Hope this helps, -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have bett

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-27 Thread martin f krafft
Management. -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "cs class at 8:30am. ugly. if you can wake up early enough to get good grades here, you

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-23 Thread martin f krafft
Semih, Maybe I can provide a quick and easy solution, depending on what happens when you type ``` $ sudo lvs ``` into a terminal. Could you let us know what that spits out? Thanks, -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org

Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server

2020-08-10 Thread martin f krafft
This may be of interest to the OP: https://github.com/noffle/airpipe -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems stupidity management

Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server

2020-08-02 Thread martin f krafft
also take into account how active the maintainer is, and how old the code base. -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems an egg has the shortest sex-l

Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server

2020-08-01 Thread martin f krafft
lticast groups, and manage the namespace. -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems now I lay me back to sleep. the speaker's dull; the subject's deep. if he sh

Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server

2020-08-01 Thread martin f krafft
s needs, but I don't know of any implementation for SSH. -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "we did rate the microsoft security re

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-14 Thread martin f krafft
ess the issue of having keys labeled physically. I can touch type, but there are times when I really appreciate to just being able to hit the key as advertised without having to first position, gain my bearing, and then move… -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> @martinkrafft : :' : pr

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-13 Thread martin f krafft
f that's still the case. I liked the keyboard, but using it for coding, Vim, etc. just wasn't very easy. The F-keys are unusably small, and to use keys like Insert/End/Home etc. always requires you to move your hands as I found it not doable with just the thumbs. Hth, -- .''`. martin f. k

systemd-modules-load inserting modules I didn't ask it to insert

2015-12-25 Thread martin f krafft
/modules /etc/initramfs-tools/modules || echo none found none found So, where is systemd getting the idea from that it ought to load these modules? Thanks for any insights! -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debi

Re: systemd-modules-load inserting modules I didn't ask it to insert

2015-12-25 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <madd...@debian.org> [2015-12-26 09:14 +1300]: > systemd-modules-load[136]: Inserted module 'ipmi_devintf' > systemd-modules-load[136]: Inserted module 'ipmi_poweroff' > systemd-modules-load[136]: Failed to insert 'ipmi_si': No such device > sy

Xorg reconfigure on keyboard/VGA screen connect with systemd?

2015-11-11 Thread martin f krafft
Hello, Can I use systemd to automatically run scripts as the owner of an X session when a USB keyboard or a VGA screen are connected to the local machine? Or what other mechanism would you use? In the past, doing so automatically would involve some sort of hook in /etc (invoked as root), which

xdg-open pain, how to use run-mailcap

2015-07-09 Thread martin f krafft
/xdg-open.orig --local --rename /usr/bin/xdg-open ln -s run-mailcap /usr/bin/xdg-open will work, but that seems a bit intrusive. Any ideas? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you

Re: xdg-open pain, how to use run-mailcap

2015-07-09 Thread martin f krafft
to preview files. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems time flies like an arrow. fruit flies like a banana

Re: Enforcing g+rwX permissions on shared files

2015-04-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft madd...@debian.org [2015-04-20 15:32 +0200]: g+s on the directory (as well as the Samba force directory mode setting) do not affect existing files moved into the tree, which is what happens most of the time actually. ACLs also don't work, since they are ultimately

Enforcing g+rwX permissions on shared files

2015-04-20 Thread martin f krafft
they happen, I am at a loss. And I'd like to avoid both those hacks because they are just ugly and spell trouble sooner or later, I am sure. How do solve this? Thanks for any insights, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http

Re: Enforcing g+rwX permissions on shared files

2015-04-20 Thread martin f krafft
in Debian). Interesting pointer, but a quick test and http://www.redbottledesign.com/blog/mirroring-files-different-places-links-bind-mounts-and-bindfs don't really instill much confidence in the performance aspect of things… -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian

Random reboots, maybe related to BMC watchdog?

2015-01-27 Thread martin f krafft
a cure. If asking here yields no result, I will take this to the freeipmi people… Any input appreciated! Thanks, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than

No Google bubble? (was: systemd for administrators, printable version.)

2014-11-19 Thread martin f krafft
in your browser history, or your Google profile (if you login to a Google account) does *not* affect results. Can you please back this up with evidence? I would love to be proven misinformed. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http

Re: No Google bubble?

2014-11-19 Thread martin f krafft
don't want to be reconfirmed in the bias and prejudices I already have. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems perhaps debian is concerned

Re: No Google bubble? (was: systemd for administrators, printable version.)

2014-11-19 Thread martin f krafft
or a login token, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems everyone has a little secret he keeps, i like the fires when the city sleeps

Re: Preventing the computer from shutting down.

2014-10-31 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Karl E. Jorgensen k...@jorgensen.org.uk [2014-10-31 09:21 +0100]: Personally, I would have preferred molly-guard to use dpkg-divert, but it works as it is. It does, since 0.5-1, but that needs to be uploaded still. I am checking… -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o

Re: debian-advocacy?

2014-10-16 Thread martin f krafft
by systemd. And most alternatives also (will have to) incorporate systemd, so the only thing you can argue is that systemd is currently weighing down the quality of Linux in general. But it's open-source and we can make it ours and better. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft

Re: debian-advocacy?

2014-10-16 Thread martin f krafft
this with all the *Kit software, while it was mostly optional. Systemd currently isn't optional. I hate that. But maybe this is what's required for us to assume the steering wheel again? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http

Re: systemd and server use (was: Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream)

2014-09-26 Thread martin f krafft
;) -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the word yellow wandered through his mind in search of something to connect

Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream

2014-09-25 Thread martin f krafft
. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems aus der kriegsschule des lebens - was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich härter

Re: boot from raid1 mdadm version 1.2 partition

2012-01-12 Thread martin f krafft
always provide version information for the software with which you are having problems. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org

Re: grub-pc mdadm root

2012-01-10 Thread martin f krafft
familiar yet. Later, however, it doesn't matter, i.e. Debian installer rescue mode or grml can easily give you access to a system, and Super Grub Disk can boot such a system too, should you ever need it. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-30 Thread martin f krafft
-mails, right? And this is when the Procmail recipe comes into play, I guess, to close the cycle. Sounds about right: http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-debian-bugs-i-file/ -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze

2011-09-24 Thread martin f krafft
to figure out what to do now. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems i

Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze

2011-09-24 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au [2011.09.24.1109 +0200]: root@micro ~ # mdadm --add /dev/md2 /dev/sdb3 Try like this instead: mdadm /dev/md2 --add /dev/sdb3 That's the same to mdadm. -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ i never go

Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze

2011-09-24 Thread martin f krafft
time smartd sent me a mail stating that the ATA error count has jumped from 0 to 800 or so. You need to give the exact errors. But it sounds like your disk is about to die. I'd get a new one ASAP. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze

2011-09-24 Thread martin f krafft
. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems it is dangerous to be right

Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze

2011-09-24 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Milos Negovanovic milos.negovano...@gmail.com [2011.09.24.1143 +0200]: Hmmm this line looks suspicious: /dev/sdb3: LABEL=home UUID=4030e91a-c6fa-4640-81eb-654e2ad8c180 TYPE=ext4 Where is blkid getting its info from? fdisk sees /dev/sdb3 as linux RAID partition. From the

Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze

2011-09-24 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Milos Negovanovic milos.negovano...@gmail.com [2011.09.24.1305 +0200]: If the disk is failing as it appears from the smartctl message ... then I also concur that you should look at replacing the disk ASAP. Ill try to fix the RAID first, Ive seen crappy drives going into

Re: booting from the other disk of a RAID-1 (was: Needed: a grub2 expert)

2011-06-28 Thread martin f krafft
the filesystem on that array and passes control to the kernel… -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better

Re: booting from the other disk of a RAID-1

2011-06-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2011.06.28.1642 +0200]: How do you make such an USB key? It would be nice to have in case anything fails, yet it shouldn't be needed. search for super grub disk -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian

Re: booting from the other disk of a RAID-1

2011-06-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2011.06.28.1636 +0200]: It doesn't work as it's supposed to. How can I fix it? Reinstall grub to all devices, dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http

Re: mdadm and UUIDs for its component drives

2011-06-27 Thread martin f krafft
Device UUID : ed7cb6d2:32f8dda4:bdd22f74:c4ef720b -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things

Re: Needed: a grub2 expert

2011-06-26 Thread martin f krafft
in the BIOS. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems anyone who

Re: mdadm and UUIDs for its component drives

2011-06-26 Thread martin f krafft
prominently? Search manpage for partitions. Please suggest patches if you find the information insufficient. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp

Re: mdadm and UUIDs for its component drives

2011-06-26 Thread martin f krafft
getting in the way, but i'll do my best. I'll try my best to provide feedback. Thanks, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org

Re: mdadm and UUIDs for its component drives

2011-06-26 Thread martin f krafft
a partition? Would it make any sense?!) Partitions do not have UUIDs. What you are seeing are the MD UUIDs stored in the superblock of the sda1 device. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http

Re: Needed: a grub2 expert

2011-06-25 Thread martin f krafft
initialised and takes one of the x (usually 4) slots of drives provided by the BIOS. When your internal drives initialise, one does not get a slot. Hence grub2 hangs. Not much you can do I think. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-08 Thread martin f krafft
on the information in the superblocks. Sure: it scans all the devices listed with DEVICE in mdadm.conf, or in /proc/partitions if there are no DEVICEs listed. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net [2011.06.07.1747 +0200]: So it's md that can't find them? What's in /proc/partitions? What happens if you list the DEVICES specifically in mdadm.conf (and rebuild the initramfs)? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects

Re: Software RAID on external USB disk: boot problems after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-23 Thread martin f krafft
and the problem has regressed. Any insight appreciated! You will need to provide a lot more information. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org

Re: RAID start at boot

2011-02-21 Thread martin f krafft
command line in lilo.conf, provided you are using a recent initramfs. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have

Re: RAID start at boot

2011-02-21 Thread martin f krafft
not matter; it gives the initramfs 10 additional seconds to initialise hardware, which should solve your problem. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-03 Thread martin f krafft
of the root array report 3.1.2, which is the version supported in the distro. Squeeze has had 3.1.4-something for several months. I suggest you upgrade. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info

Re: Squeeze installation fdisk bug

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Siju George sgeorge...@gmail.com [2011.02.02.0521 +0100]: to create identical partitions on sdb and then added it to the RAID device by #mdadm -a /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 #mdadm -a /dev/md1 /dev/sdb2 #mdadm -a /dev/md2 /dev/sdb3 #mdadm -a /dev/md3 /dev/sdb4 Why not just create one

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the wonderful thing about

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
logs, I'm stuck. Fair enough, although I doubt that it actually hangs. It just doesn't know how to deal with your keyboard. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
* /dev/sd* Thanks, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
version of mdadm are you using? Which package? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-01 Thread martin f krafft
manually. And provide me with a lot more information, e.g. ls -l /dev/md* /dev/[sh]d* cat /proc/mdstat mdadm -Es dmesg It would really help if you could also enable initramfs debugging (http://wiki.debian.org/InitramfsDebug) and provide us with the output file. -- .''`. martin f. krafft

Re: mdadm without initramfs

2010-08-16 Thread martin f krafft
?? That sounds like you got your priorities wrong. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things

Re: mdadm without initramfs

2010-08-16 Thread martin f krafft
as you. I wonder why you even bother to write in about mdadm. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better

Re: mdadm without initramfs

2010-08-16 Thread martin f krafft
as the md drivers aren't built as modules. But it might stop one day. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have

Re: mdadm without initramfs

2010-08-15 Thread martin f krafft
for the deprecated v0.9 superblocks and requires the partitions to be marked with type 0xFD. The whole method is deprecated. Use an initramfs. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http

Re: Status of RAID (md)

2010-08-12 Thread martin f krafft
, and during it, the second disk would have failed. I cannot analyse this further from remote. If you are still experiencing problems, I'd be prepared to have a look, but I'd need root or sudo access to the host. Contact me off-list if you want that. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o

Re: Status of RAID (md)

2010-08-02 Thread martin f krafft
](F) sdc3[2] 2136170880 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/2] [U_U_] This is indeed a bit strange, but the array might start syncing in the new disk (called a spare) as soon as you remove sdd3 (see above). -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud

Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots

2010-06-17 Thread martin f krafft
serial number, especially if it's hard to read and you'd need to take each HDD out to check :) Instead, I suggest you stop using /dev/sdX everywhere and only use /dev/disk/by-id/*. And/or file a bug against the kernel to request that /proc/mdstat should list the ID. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd

Re: LVM

2010-06-16 Thread martin f krafft
/RAID5_versus_RAID10.txt;hb=refs/heads/contrib/docs/raid5-vs-raid10 http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD#l106 -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http

Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots

2010-06-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Siju George sgeorge...@gmail.com [2010.06.16.1313 +0200]: 2) Create identical partitions on the new disk using 'fdisk'. sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http

Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots

2010-06-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Siju George sgeorge...@gmail.com [2010.06.16.1322 +0200]: sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb oh thanks :-) I did it manually using fdisk Manually is for Mac users. ;) -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots

2010-06-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Siju George sgeorge...@gmail.com [2010.06.16.1402 +0200]: Manually is for Mac users. ;) these days every one has left windows and are picking on Mac ? :-) Reinstalling is for Windows users. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian

Re: LVM

2010-06-15 Thread martin f krafft
;a=blob;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD#l272 -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems

Re: LVM

2010-06-15 Thread martin f krafft
less about performance. Use LVM without RAID if you need space (and/or performance) and have the data mirrored elsewhere. I fail to see the advantage of RAID0 in this scenario, as LVM is more flexible. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian

Re: MD subsystem is not loaded

2010-05-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com [2010.05.14.1603 +0200]: How does one load the MD subsystem? You use it. Unless you use it, you don't need mdadm installed. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread martin f krafft
information about what you are trying to do, what you did, what you are expecting, and what exactly you are seeing. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jozsi Vadkan jozsi.avad...@gmail.com [2010.05.07.1538 +0200]: rootdelay=15 worked!!! http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD#l560 -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot

2010-05-07 Thread martin f krafft
Correction: the md metadata comes after the filesystem. That's why Grub1 doesn't see it. Grub2 (grub-pc) can interpret md arrays and is the preferred method. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info

Re: md does a monthly resync?? (was Re: Questions about RAID 6)

2010-05-04 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com [2010.05.04.1808 +0200]: I forget your specifics, but you do RAID *and* backup regularly to an external lvm2? RAID is not a backup solution, it's an availability measure. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects

Re: md does a monthly resync?? (was Re: Questions about RAID 6)

2010-05-03 Thread martin f krafft
is not a resync, check the FAQ. 2. You were asked upon mdadm installation whether you wanted it, and you chose to accept yes. dpkg-reconfigure mdadm if you don't believe in this feature. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http

Re: md does a monthly resync?? (was Re: Questions about RAID 6)

2010-05-03 Thread martin f krafft
if you don't believe in this feature. Well, not me, since I don't have a soft array... Then you probably have much more annoying problems, or will have. ;) Good luck, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http

Re: Why are there no latest books written for Debian systems?

2010-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
, Is this widely understood? The image came to me as I was dozing off to sleep. The history of the Super-Cow in Debian is long and secret. I am afraid I cannot spill the details. ;) But given that Debian has Super-Cow Powers, I figured my book might let you surf properly. That's why. -- .''`. martin f

Re: Why are there no latest books written for Debian systems?

2010-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
computing tasks, because that's documented elsewhere. It is true that in the last 5 years, some parts have been obsoleted, but I'd say most of it still applies. Regardless, there's a need for a new edition. I am working on it. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects

Re: Why are there no latest books written for Debian systems?

2010-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
, which was copyrighted in 2001. Ha! But you did quote a sentence on my book and then started with This. I didn't actually read much further. ;) No harm done. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info

Re: Why are there no latest books written for Debian systems?

2010-04-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach surreal firewal...@gmail.com [2010.04.21.0715 +0200]: I wanted to buy a book about Debian, I found that the last book written was way back in 2005 by Martin F. Kraffthttp://www.amazon.com/Martin-F.-Krafft/e/B001K892PK/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?_encoding=UTF8qid=1271826559sr=8-1 After

Re: xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
--query it certainly did think it was there. Are you sure it's not VGA0, VGA-0 or VGA1/VGA-1? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org

Re: xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu

2010-03-15 Thread martin f krafft
=(2680,1050), minimum=(320, 200), maximum=(1400, 1400). Does the following work? xrandr --output VGA --mode 1280x1024 --left-of LVDS What is the output of xrandr --query ? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http

Re: Use RAID1 mirror as backup during dist-upgrade?

2010-02-07 Thread martin f krafft
are necessary other than making both/all mirrors bootable? Use grub-pc. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you

Re: raid on mixed ide/sata drives (/dev/hda /dev/sda) not assembled at boot with initramfs

2010-02-06 Thread martin f krafft
be assembled)? Try passing rootdelay=10 to the kernel via Grub. Or give the 3.1.1-1+incremental+4 package in experimental a shot! -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org

Re: raid on mixed ide/sata drives (/dev/hda /dev/sda) not assembled at boot with initramfs

2010-02-06 Thread martin f krafft
? Appending 'break=mount' to the kernel command line has the same effect, but the benefit of having the initramfs available, and the ability to continue by exiting the shell. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http

Re: Problems with insserv during upgrade

2009-11-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Todd A. Jacobs nos...@codegnome.org [2009.11.20.0623 +0100]: insserv: There is a loop between service mountall and hibernate-cleanup if started #554905 -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http

Re: Raid disk delimma

2009-09-21 Thread martin f krafft
to make the disks available, and they do not properly convey to the kernel when they're ready. Cheers, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs

Re: Raid disk delimma

2009-09-20 Thread martin f krafft
to find /dev/md1 and contents..it seems to me... df -h finds /md0 but not /md1 Have a look at the output of mdadm -Es and compare that to the ARRAY lines /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf. Anything different? What do you see when you run mdadm -Asayes vgchange -a ? -- .''`. martin f. krafft

Re: how to set up iceweasel 3.5 to use mutt as mailer for link sendto

2009-09-09 Thread martin f krafft
understand. mutt has no business with $@ or $[0-9], but I think you are probably hit by #545876. Does the patch fix it for you? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck

Re: how to set up iceweasel 3.5 to use mutt as mailer for link sendto

2009-09-09 Thread martin f krafft
line passed to mailto-mutt (e.g. mailto:f...@bar.com?cc=a@b.comsubject=bla…) and let me know? The best way to get that is probably by substituting a script that just calls echo $@ /tmp/file -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: raid1 / mdadm issues on reboot - /dev/md* not showing up

2009-08-26 Thread martin f krafft
get mounted, hence the array is not written and thus stays auto-read-only. The real issue is why the node doesn't get renamed like it should. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http

Re: RAID probs

2009-07-23 Thread martin f krafft
are stored at the end of the disk. Sorry. ;) I'm sure it's going to be obvious in retrospect, but what's the --nuke_from_orbit switch for mdadm? mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdbX -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http

Re: RAID probs

2009-07-23 Thread martin f krafft
, which only happens if md is compiled into the kernel (rather than loaded from initrd as a module), which is not the case in vanilla Debian, so feel free to set your partition types to /anything/ else. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: Debian+LVM+RAID

2009-07-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2009.07.12.0057 +0200]: Well, I gave the RAID a name, but that name got lost ... and it still has p designation, with kernel 2.6.30. If you're asking a question, you should include all relevant details. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o

Re: Debian+LVM+RAID

2009-07-10 Thread martin f krafft
. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems geld ist das brecheisen der macht

Re: Debian+LVM+RAID

2009-07-09 Thread martin f krafft
f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems driving with a destination is like having sex

Re: Debian+LVM+RAID

2009-07-09 Thread martin f krafft
the default is for the partitionability of the RAID. mdadm has, uh, conservative maintenance. mdp is no longer needed. non-partitionable arrays will be partitionable with newer kernels. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer

Re: Debian+LVM+RAID

2009-07-09 Thread martin f krafft
(to be double-checked anyway). grub2 can boot LVM just as well as it can boot RAID1 or RAID5. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian

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