Relay Not Permitted

2007-05-01 Thread d_baron
Most all email I send out is now rejected with such a message. Even sent to myself! Is this an exim4 bug? Workaround? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2.6.34 Will Not Boot

2010-08-25 Thread d_baron
I made changes recommended by replies to my original message since I have no idea what the drive's /dev files will be called on the new system. Low and behold, I get the error on booting both older 2.6.32 and new 2.6.34 kernels! It starts to boot up just fine but then panics at the root device

Re: Now lost boot dir

2010-08-26 Thread d_baron
Dead in the water. What to do keeping data in lvm partitions? Best reply off list also. Thanks for any help! As I said before, I have no experience with LVMs and therefore can't be of much help on a recovery.  Sorry.All of the data (except for the boot dir which was not in LVM) should

Re: 2.6.34 Will Not Boot

2010-08-26 Thread d_baron
You should be able to install lvm on Knoppix. If you can't and have access to the net, you can download a Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu live cd, install lvm, and mount your LVslvm is on Knoppix. However, support for it is not build into the kernel so it cannot mount them. I also cannot chroot--it

Re: Now lost boot dir

2010-08-29 Thread d_baron
Progress: Using Debian Live rescue, was able to mount my volumes, reinstall the kernel, run update-initramfs and lilo. (Only thing lost was the debian.bmp which looked gosh-awful on my screen anyway--works without it.)Results, back to where I was:  2.6.34 Will Not Boot. It loads up, begins the

Debian Live Rocks!

2010-08-29 Thread d_baron
Comes up automatically with a gorgeous (but empty) kde4 desktop using the nouveau driver for my nvidia and this rocks!I said to a friend of mine: Who needs disks? Use this and each user can plug in a USB disk on key and go to town :-)Knoppix (until version 5, at least), however is more

Re: Now lost boot dir

2010-08-30 Thread d_baron
David Baron wrote:Diagnostics failed in attemts to reach you, trying emial with .comYour e-mail arrived as one continuous long line.  There were no line breaks whatsoever.  I don't know what tool you used, but please try to fine a more user-friendly tool next time.  I had to

Re: Now lost boot dir

2010-08-30 Thread d_baron
defaults    1 2 /dev/DB- LVM/LV_HOME /home       ext3    defaults    1 2 #/dev/DB- LVM2/LV_AUX    /mnt/aux   ext3    defaults    1 2 I'm really confused.  As I've said before, I don't know anything about LVMs, so that may be part of the

Re: Now lost boot dir

2010-09-01 Thread d_baron
Using the Debian rescue CD, I built a 2.6.34 kernel compiling in more. However, locale issues prevented me from installing it and running lilo. Funny--worked fine last week.I am wondering whether to bite the bullet and simply install a stock kernel. Since I need Nouveau, it would need to be a

Re: Now lost boot dir

2010-09-02 Thread d_baron
Using the Debian rescue CD, I built a 2.6.34 kernel compiling in more. However, locale issues prevented me from installing it and running lilo. Funny--worked fine last week. I got it to work today. Kernel will still not boot. I am wondering whether to bite the bullet and

New 64bit install. More problems.

2014-07-06 Thread d_baron
1. /var/mail/usermail very large, containing hundreds of messages. Should only have 10-20. This file serves a dovecot imap server and messages have been read and deleted. What is going on here? Especially since the installer gives a very (too) small /var partition. (Looks as if /opt, /usr/local

Re: System Dorked -- Help!

2015-10-21 Thread d_baron
- Original Message -From: d_ba...@012.net.ilDate: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 11:18 amSubject: Re: System Dorked -- Help!To: debian-user@lists.debian.org> - Original Message -> From: d_ba...@012.net.il> Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:24 am> Subject: System Dorked --

Re: System Dorked -- Help!

2015-10-22 Thread d_baron
- Original Message - From: Joel Rees Date: Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:34 am Subject: Re: System Dorked -- Help! To: d_ba...@012.net.il Cc: debian-user > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 10:32 PM,  wrote: > > > > -

Re: System Dorked -- Help

2015-10-21 Thread d_baron
Version without any markup-interpreted markings- Original Message -From: Renaud OLGIATI (Ron)Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 4:58 pmSubject: Re: System Dorked -- Help!To: debian-user@lists.debian.orgOn Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:32:40

Re: System Dorked -- Help!

2015-10-21 Thread d_baron
Version without any markup-interpreted markings and should!! be formatted as plain text. Mail site composer box highlights the alternative rather than actual option as it is a link (to a script?). Sorry for any inconvenience. - Original Message - From: Renaud OLGIATI

Re: Thread dorked. (was: Re: System Dorked -- Help!)

2015-10-21 Thread d_baron
I apologize for any unreadable gibberish. It does not look like that here, only in quoted replies from the thread. Due to the system dorked problem, I am stuck on the live distro. I can only sensibly due email from the provider's mail site. Those gt signs which are really what is fowling

Re: System Dorked -- Help!

2015-10-21 Thread d_baron
- Original Message - From: Thomas Schmitt Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:31 pm Subject: Re: System Dorked -- Help! To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Hi, > > Disclaimer: I am much more programmer than sysadmin. > > d_ba...@012.net.il wrote: > > I had been

System Dorked, Redux

2015-10-26 Thread d_baron
How I got it back up: 1. mounted partition on older disk 2. mounted --bind the live's /dev with the partition's 3. chroot to partition folder 4. mount fstab entries, i.e. var, tmp, etc. 5 run update-initramfs -u, which ran without complaint, runs lilo as well, without complaint The question is:

Re: System Dorked -- Help!

2015-10-22 Thread d_baron
- Original Message - From: Thomas Schmitt Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 11:53 pm Subject: Re: System Dorked -- Help! To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Hi, > > > Hope all those >'s do not foul this up. > > No danger. > The only problem with ">" is the dreaded

System Dorked -- Help!

2015-10-21 Thread d_baron
After being warned of impending failure of my oldie but goodie 80gig disk -- I had placed my root directory there because the installation's partition was too small and did this successfully -- I moved the root directory to a partition on another disk, edited files, ran lilo, seemingly

Re: System Dorked -- Help!

2015-10-21 Thread d_baron
- Original Message -From: d_ba...@012.net.ilDate: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:24 amSubject: System Dorked -- Help!To: debian-user@lists.debian.org> After being warned of impending failure of my oldie but goodie 80gig disk -- I had placed my root directory there because the