Re: Software RAID10 - which two disks can fail?

2014-04-07 Thread Gary Dale
On 07/04/14 03:48 PM, Rafał Radecki wrote: Hi All. I have a server which uses RAID10 made of 4 partitions for / and boots from it. It looks like so: mdadm -D /dev/md1 /dev/md1: Version : 00.90 Creation Time : Mon Apr 27 09:25:05 2009 Raid Level : raid10 Array Size : 973827968 (928.71 GiB 997.20

Re: missing devel pkgs for emacs build

2014-04-07 Thread Tom Furie
On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 09:19:25PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > Ah, I tested with wheezy. I'll load up a jessie vm and test again. In > theory it shouldn't make any difference, but that's the difference > between theory and practice :) With a fresh install of Jessie plus xorg-dev, libgif-dev, libtif

Re: insserv: warning: script ... missing LSB tags and overrides

2014-04-07 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 11:44:28PM -0700, John Magolske wrote: > Hi, > > After a recent `aptitude dist-upgrade` I'm getting a long string of > error messages about scripts "...missing LSB tags and overrides" (some > of the output is pasted below). I've been searching around, but not > figuring out

Re: USB Webcam Grabs ALSA Card Index 0

2014-04-07 Thread Rainer Dorsch
On Sunday 06 April 2014 22:39:28 Elimar Riesebieter wrote: [...] > > Please leave me a note whether you are happy now. So I can close > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742412 I will look into it next weekend again, and then update the bugreport. Thanks, Rainer -- Rainer Dorsc

How to find/install all debug symbols for an installed package?

2014-04-07 Thread Michael Schuerig
I'm currently trying to get a useful backtrace for an application and, of course, I've installed its corresponding -dbg package. Is there a way to find and install all debug packages for a package *and* its (transitive) dependencies? Michael -- Michael Schuerig mailto:mich...@schuerig.de htt

[SOLVED] Re: systemd question

2014-04-07 Thread Hans
Hi folks, thaks to your fast responses. I now know, how things are correct. I installed system-sysv and removed the line in grub, as I am happy with systemd. Thanks for all the help. Best Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: missing devel pkgs for emacs build

2014-04-07 Thread Tom Furie
On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 03:25:57PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > Tom Furie writes: > > What version of Debian are you on? > > Much of what I mentioned about falling behind has been corrected in > the course of this problem. > > jessie Ah, I tested with wheezy. I'll load up a jessie vm and test a

Software RAID10 - which two disks can fail?

2014-04-07 Thread Rafał Radecki
Hi All. I have a server which uses RAID10 made of 4 partitions for / and boots from it. It looks like so: mdadm -D /dev/md1 /dev/md1: Version : 00.90 Creation Time : Mon Apr 27 09:25:05 2009 Raid Level : raid10 Array Size : 973827968 (928.71 GiB 997.20 GB) Used Dev Size : 48

Re: missing devel pkgs for emacs build

2014-04-07 Thread Harry Putnam
Tom Furie writes: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 12:35:39PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> One thing should be mentioned... I've allowed my debian system to fall >> badly behind in updates and general maintenance. Now face a bit of a >> job getting back on track. But doubt that is the cause of my t

Re: systemd question

2014-04-07 Thread Jean-Marc
Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:38:45 +0200 Hans écrivait : > > Hi folks, hi Hans, > > just an understanding question. In README.debian stand this sentence: > > --- > To test systemd, add: > > init=/bin/systemd > > to the kernel command line and then rebooting, or install the > systemd-sysv packag

Re: system question

2014-04-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Apr 2014 at 20:38:45 +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > just an understanding question. In README.debian stand this sentence: > > --- > To test systemd, add: > > init=/bin/systemd > > to the kernel command line and then rebooting, or install the > systemd-sysv package. > -- >

Re: aptitude search says "package will be installed"

2014-04-07 Thread Dalios
On 04/07/2014 03:51 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: A quick look through aptitude's bugs found this, but there may be others https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648313 Kind regards, Andrei It's always a relief when it's not my fault! Thank you all for you replies. Dalios -- To UNS

systemd question

2014-04-07 Thread Hans
Hi folks, just an understanding question. In README.debian stand this sentence: --- To test systemd, add: init=/bin/systemd to the kernel command line and then rebooting, or install the systemd-sysv package. -- What does this mean? I am a little bit confused. Options I interpreted: O

Re: missing devel pkgs for emacs build

2014-04-07 Thread Tom Furie
On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 12:35:39PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > One thing should be mentioned... I've allowed my debian system to fall > badly behind in updates and general maintenance. Now face a bit of a > job getting back on track. But doubt that is the cause of my troubles. What version of

Re: Re: Help with network topology/setup

2014-04-07 Thread Diogo Martins Silva
Hi, Ron, thanks for the input. I'll look into those packages. Let me elaborate a little further about my setup. I'm designing a remote vehicle. I'm foreseeing 2 streams between the server (a Raspi) and my laptop (debian ftw): 1 - Control: low bandwith (fits the ppp), low latency (as low as possi

Re: missing devel pkgs for emacs build

2014-04-07 Thread Harry Putnam
Tom Furie writes: >> Fine is a bit strong since I am still having problems getting some of >> the emacsclient code to compile but does not appear to be related >> to xorg at all. > > It builds without trouble here. Are you building on an X system? Are you > passing any arguments to configure?

Re: pool to dists assocation?

2014-04-07 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 05 Apr 2014, Peter Michaux wrote: > Another option I saw in the man page for apt-ftparchive is the > FileList option to specify exactly which files are included in each > distribution. I had it working but the idea of maintaining extra lists > of files seems like more work than I'd like and

Re: Help with network topology/setup

2014-04-07 Thread Ron Leach
On 07/04/2014 14:04, Diogo Martins Silva wrote: I'll have a remote server, with 2 radio connections: 1 wifi (probably a ubuiquity bullet) and one ppp through usb2ttl adapter and RFD900. I'd like to setup an openvpn link between my laptop (which will also have both radios) and the server that ca

Re: Problem Installing Debian Testng/Jessie VMware Tools

2014-04-07 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 4/7/2014 12:17 AM, Mr Queue wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 22:20:19 -0400 Jerry Stuckle wrote: Which does not solve the problem YOU are causing. And once again you refuse to copy the relevant information when replying. Jerry Sorry Jerry. We do our best to incorporate all levels of users her

Help with network topology/setup

2014-04-07 Thread Diogo Martins Silva
Hello all. I'm asking for suggestions for my setup. I'll have a remote server, with 2 radio connections: 1 wifi (probably a ubuiquity bullet) and one ppp through usb2ttl adapter and RFD900. I'd like to setup an openvpn link between my laptop (which will also have both radios) and the server that

Re: missing devel pkgs for emacs build

2014-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 06 apr 14, 22:04:31, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Fine is a bit strong since I am still having problems getting some of > the emacsclient code to compile but does not appear to be related > to xorg at all. > > You can see a list of the deps here: > > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/ma

Re: mbox files - can they be "compacted"?

2014-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 06 apr 14, 14:10:09, Rafał Radecki wrote: > Hi All ;) > > Is there an option to compact large mbox files from the shell? I did not > find anything in google, I have some very large constantly updated mbox > files and would like to know if they can be made smaller with any tool. > AFAIK mutt

Re: Puzzled: synaptic wants to install 'unauthenticated' ssh (and others)

2014-04-07 Thread David Edmondson
On Mon, Apr 07 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 07 apr 14, 11:02:29, David Edmondson wrote: >> >> Whenever this happens to me it's because my clock is a long way from >> being correct, perhaps that is worth checking? > > 'apt-get install ntp'? Indeed, that's always the solution (last week for

Re: Puzzled: synaptic wants to install 'unauthenticated' ssh (and others)

2014-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 07 apr 14, 11:02:29, David Edmondson wrote: > > Whenever this happens to me it's because my clock is a long way from > being correct, perhaps that is worth checking? 'apt-get install ntp'? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian

Re: aptitude search says "package will be installed"

2014-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 06 apr 14, 00:20:34, Dalios wrote: > > Is this a problem because of using gdebi? Is this because I used apt-get to > uninstall and aptitude didn't get the memo? A quick look through aptitude's bugs found this, but there may be others https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648313

Re: Puzzled: synaptic wants to install 'unauthenticated' ssh (and others)

2014-04-07 Thread Ron Leach
On 07/04/2014 10:53, Joel Rees wrote: I understand that every now and then, less well managed mirrors (or perhaps less well-funded?) get cross-wise of their updates. In the meantime, you might clear your cache and try again? It seems to work fine this morning, so it may have been a cache pro

RE: Problem Installing Debian Testng/Jessie VMware Tools

2014-04-07 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
Here is my original message: I have installed Debian Testing/Jessie on my 64 bit Laptop in VMware Player v- 6.0.1-1379776. vmhgfs failed the build process. The relevant portion of the build log is (complete log is attached): Using 2.6.x kernel buildInstalling VMware Tools. make: Entering direct

Re: no eth0 connection-redux

2014-04-07 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:47:18 -0400 (EDT), Chris Bannister wrote: > > TBH, I didn't see any evidence of a broken thread. Mutt shows a broken > thread with an asterisk in the arrow symbol. > > A poster shouldn't have to jump through hoops to make the archives look > good, IMHO. > > IOW, how the ar

Re: Boot up is not Completing, it is Cycling

2014-04-07 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 06 April 2014 06:54:53 Chris Bannister wrote: > > $ man dmesg > > $ man dmesg > text.txt > > You will get a text file that you can read properly, and even change > the font if you want to. > > If you want to be able to use gedit to alt

Re: Puzzled: synaptic wants to install 'unauthenticated' ssh (and others)

2014-04-07 Thread David Edmondson
On Sun, Apr 06 2014, Ron Leach wrote: > List, I must have done something odd or, maybe, missed a Debian > release certificate change, or something. But I'm not sure how to > reinstate security for software upgrades or installations. > > Wheezy 64, using synaptic, on a laptop with a pretty normal s

Re: Boot up is not Completing, it is Cycling

2014-04-07 Thread Joel Rees
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 9:47 AM, ray wrote: > My recent and first build of Debian 7.4 has just started cycling during > the boot. It has been doing this for an hour. It does it each time I > start up. When it first started, it was going almost too fast to read, > after an hour, it is much slowe

Re: Puzzled: synaptic wants to install 'unauthenticated' ssh (and others)

2014-04-07 Thread Joel Rees
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Ron Leach wrote: > List, I must have done something odd or, maybe, missed a Debian release > certificate change, or something. But I'm not sure how to reinstate > security for software upgrades or installations. > > Wheezy 64, using synaptic, on a laptop with a pr

Correction (again)Re: Boot up is not Completing, it is Cycling

2014-04-07 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 07 April 2014 09:19:37 Lisi Reisz wrote: > I didn't mean man dmesg, I meant dmesg.  And because I am > practically sleep-walking I sent the correction (which I sent > *immendiately* after this one) to myself. :-(  I benerally read mad > pages in Konqueror. Correction: I didn't mean man d

Re: Boot up is not Completing, it is Cycling

2014-04-07 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 07 April 2014 06:16:33 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 05:47:31PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Sunday 06 April 2014 06:54:53 Chris Bannister wrote: > > > $ man dmesg > > > > $ man dmesg > text.txt > > That produces the same result. IOW 'man dmesg' and 'man dmesg > > te

ERRATUM: Re: Boot up is not Completing, it is Cycling

2014-04-07 Thread Lisi Reisz
It just wasn't my day (week? And to think taht I used tio love silver birches!). I sent this immediatel;y after the other, and managed ot send it to myself. :-( Sorry, Ray. :-( On Sunday 06 April 2014 17:47:31 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 06 April 2014 06:54:53 Chris Bannister wrote: > > $ m

Re: missing devel pkgs for emacs build

2014-04-07 Thread Tom Furie
On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 10:04:31PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > Tom Furie writes: > > > On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 05:12:00PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > > > >> ./configure returns the error below concerning not finding certain > >> pkgs installed concerning X. > >> > >> Tail of output: > >> [.