apt-get install linux-source vs apt-get source linux

2012-10-10 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Hello, I'd like to add a patch to the stock Debian wheezy kernel. According to http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html, there are two ways to do this. Either I can install the linux-source package (apt-get install linux-source), unzip the .tar.bz, apply my patch and run

Re: apt-get install linux-source vs apt-get source linux

2012-10-10 Thread Nikolaus Rath
On 10/10/2012 10:51 AM, Nikolaus Rath wrote: Hello, I'd like to add a patch to the stock Debian wheezy kernel. According to http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html, there are two ways to do this. Either I can install the linux-source package (apt-get install linux

udev device mapper rules for early boot?

2012-12-11 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Hello, I have created a udev rule to set the owner of a specific block device: SUBSYSTEM==block, ENV{DM_UUID}==LVM-yYuoI8k05GWxZnz9BeEIwPUGGeojzF3dZZmXTYRqC051Tllj76OHdDlzYhKZUu7u, OWNER=1000 If I disable and re-enable this logical volume with lvchange, it gets created with the correct owner.

Re: udev device mapper rules for early boot?

2012-12-13 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org writes: On 11.12.2012 19:00, Nikolaus Rath wrote: Hello, I have created a udev rule to set the owner of a specific block device: SUBSYSTEM==block, ENV{DM_UUID}==LVM-yYuoI8k05GWxZnz9BeEIwPUGGeojzF3dZZmXTYRqC051Tllj76OHdDlzYhKZUu7u, OWNER=1000 [..] I have

Idle TCP connections freeze

2012-12-14 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Hi, I'm having trouble with an internet connection that seems to randomly freeze arbitrary tcp connections when they have not been used for a while. The connections stay established, but no data is coming through. When this happens, netstat still shows the connection status as `ESTABLISHED` on

Re: Idle TCP connections freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Pascal Hambourg pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org writes: Hello, Nikolaus Rath a écrit : I'm having trouble with an internet connection that seems to randomly freeze arbitrary tcp connections when they have not been used for a while. The connections stay established, but no data is coming through

Re: Idle TCP connections freeze

2012-12-24 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com writes: Nikolaus Rath wrote: Pascal Hambourg writes: Nikolaus Rath a écrit : It appears that the client has a private addresse and the server has a public address. So I guess that there is a NAT device between them, and its stateful NAT engine may be the cause

Automatically purging non-official packages

2012-03-11 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Hello, Ubuntu has a ppa-purge script that not just removes Launchpad PPAs from sources.list, but also automatically reverts any packages installed from that PPA to the versions available in the official archives. Has anyone ever written something similar for Debian? I'm thinking of a script that

Re: Automatically purging non-official packages

2012-03-11 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:31:11 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote: Ubuntu has a ppa-purge script that not just removes Launchpad PPAs from sources.list, but also automatically reverts any packages installed from that PPA to the versions available in the official

Re: Automatically purging non-official packages

2012-03-11 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:19:26 -0400, Tom H wrote: On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:31:11 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote: Ubuntu has a ppa-purge script that not just removes Launchpad PPAs from

Re: Automatically purging non-official packages

2012-03-12 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:03:14 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote: Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:31:11 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote: Ubuntu has a ppa-purge script that not just removes Launchpad PPAs from sources.list, but also

Detecting a compromised system

2009-02-15 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Hello, I recently though about the least sophisticated way to introduce a backdoor into a system if a already had a root shell. My naive approach would be to a) create a setuid root shell somewhere in the fs, or b) modify an existing setuid binary to grant me root access (e.g. when

Re: Detecting a compromised system

2009-02-15 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net writes: On Sunday 15 February 2009 13:06:29 Nikolaus Rath wrote: I expected that it would be pretty easy to spot these modifications. So I did exactly the above and then tried to detect my changes. I first looked for any additional packages

Trouble entering composed characters

2011-04-29 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Hello, I have trouble entering keyboard compositions in many, but not all applications. For example, when entering dead_iota + a (which I have configured to give adiaresis in ~/.XCompose) gnome terminal just beeps and does nothing. Other affected applications are gedit, icedove and LibreOffice.

Re: Trouble entering composed characters

2011-04-29 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:14:55 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote: I have trouble entering keyboard compositions in many, but not all applications. For example, when entering dead_iota + a (which I have configured to give adiaresis in ~/.XCompose) gnome terminal just

How to globally change GTK2 input method (was: Trouble entering composed characters)

2011-04-29 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: I have trouble entering keyboard compositions in many, but not all applications. For example, when entering dead_iota + a (which I have configured to give adiaresis in ~/.XCompose) gnome terminal just beeps and does nothing. Other affected applications are