Re: Trouble with remote rsyslog

2011-11-30 Thread vr
On 30.11.2011 12:49, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:03:26 -0500, vr wrote: (...) SENDING SERVER (99.30.25.3, Squeeze, up to date) /etc/rsyslog.conf $ModLoad imudp $UDPServerRun 514 main.info @99.30.25.3 ^^^ (...) Just thinking out loud

Working bootable USB boot stick, can bootable ISO be created from it?

2011-12-09 Thread vr
As the title says; can a bootable ISO be created easily somehow off a working bootable USB stick that is formatted FAT? I tried dd if=/dev/sdb of=/tmp/myboot.iso but probably that won't ever work since they're a different media structure. Any suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Working bootable USB boot stick, can bootable ISO be created from it?

2011-12-09 Thread vr
On 09.12.2011 19:10, Brian wrote: On Fri 09 Dec 2011 at 17:30:18 -0500, vr wrote: As the title says; can a bootable ISO be created easily somehow off a working bootable USB stick that is formatted FAT? I would have thought so. dd gives you an exact copy of everything on the stick. I

Looking for newbie friendly Howto Debian 6 + spamassassin 3.3.1

2011-06-13 Thread vr
As the subject says. Findings in Google are dated, talk about creating lots of the config manually and seem wrong based on what I'm seeing on a new installed system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Looking for newbie friendly Howto Debian 6 + spamassassin 3.3.1

2011-06-13 Thread vr
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:50:08 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote: SpamAssassin configuration varies a lot depending on the partner application in will run with (meaning the smtp server, antimalware and any kind of proxy in between, like Amavisd-new). In addition to this, you also need to deploy a

Re: Looking for newbie friendly Howto Debian 6 + spamassassin 3.3.1

2011-06-13 Thread vr
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:29:25 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote: Amavisd-new is used as the glue when you run postfix+SA (or any other anti-spam service)+clamAV (or any other antivirus service). For something a bit more serious I would recommend running amavisd-new -it allows to escalate to a

Re: Looking for newbie friendly Howto Debian 6 + spamassassin 3.3.1

2011-06-13 Thread vr
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:08:06 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote: Good. Now you can follow with this: /usr/share/doc/amavisd-new/README.postfix.html Had found that and been reading. Looks to be similar saying master.cf changes need to be done even though services are already on those ports. --

Re: Looking for newbie friendly Howto Debian 6 + spamassassin 3.3.1

2011-06-13 Thread vr
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:59:17 -0400, vr wrote: OK, I went ahead and installed amavisd-new and netstat shows listeners even though I haven't changed anything yet. [...] tcp0 0 127.0.0.1:10025 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5467/perl Thanks Andreas, I had installed the spampd

Scanner recommendations

2010-12-30 Thread vr
Can anyone recommend a current shipping quality scanner they've bought and used with Squeeze? My Google searches return articles from 2000 and 2003. I'd like to scan 35mm negatives, slides, some photos and regular paper documents. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Scanner recommendations

2010-12-30 Thread vr
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:25:29 +, Chris Davies wrote: Have you checked http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html ? In terms of recommendations, my Epson 2480 is good but it's been superceded long since. I get good results from current HP multifunction devices at work (network

Got recursion not available from...

2011-01-05 Thread vr
I'm using a Lenny system to host Postfix and Windows 2003 for name resolution. More frequently than I probably should, I will see NOQUEUE in /var/log/mail.log related to DNS lookups. I've not yet narrowed it down to forward lookups, reverse lookups or both. I originally suspected the

Re: Got recursion not available from...

2011-01-05 Thread vr
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:03:36 -0800, Mike Bird wrote: On Wed January 5 2011 09:11:50 vr wrote: nslookup X.X.X.X ;; Got recursion not available from x.x.x.x, trying next server ;; Got recursion not available from x.x.x.x, trying next server Please cat /etc/resolv.conf and post the result here

Re: Got recursion not available from...

2011-01-05 Thread vr
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:42:07 +0100, (François TOURDE) wrote: Le 14979ième jour après Epoch, vr écrivait: On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:03:36 -0800, Mike Bird wrote: On Wed January 5 2011 09:11:50 vr wrote: nslookup X.X.X.X ;; Got recursion not available from x.x.x.x, trying next server ;; Got

Re: Got recursion not available from...

2011-01-05 Thread vr
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:57:25 -0800, Mike Bird wrote: On Wed January 5 2011 10:24:25 vr wrote: On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:03:36 -0800, Mike Bird wrote: On Wed January 5 2011 09:11:50 vr wrote: nslookup X.X.X.X ;; Got recursion not available from x.x.x.x, trying next server ;; Got recursion

Did I find a bug? If so, where to file?

2011-01-21 Thread vr
Using Debian unstable and did an update last night, hit a snag. dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 2483 package 'gstreamer0.10-nice': `Depends' field, reference to `libc6': version contains ` ' E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) Line 2483 of

Error for wireless request Set Mode (8B06)

2011-01-29 Thread vr
I'm playing with a laptop that has an Atheros AR2413 based (badged as Dynex DG-WGNBC) pcmcia card and a wired NIC using Debian Unstable, current as of a few hours ago. I'd like to make an access point. lspci | grep -i atheros 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413

Re: Error for wireless request Set Mode (8B06)

2011-01-29 Thread vr
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:38:32 -0500, Celejar wrote: Using hostapd (I think): http://blog.dmaggot.org/2010/05/setting-up-an-atheros-based-ap-using-ath5k-and-hostapd/ Excellent link. A few minor tweaks and I can see the AP from a wireless device now. thank you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

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Re: Roman Gelfand has invited you to open a Google mail account

2010-01-05 Thread vr
On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:55:09 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: This is total crap, and should be beneath a company of Google's stature. -- Stan It's said a portion of Googloidians are former Microsoft employees so this wouldn't seem outlandish to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Debian Lenny, apache2, ldaps to active directory

2010-02-19 Thread vr
Hello, I'm trying to get SSL enabled between apache2 and ldap communication to a Microsoft active directory so passwords are not sent in clear text in their next hop during authentication. I've got my Debian i386 system up and apache2, ldap, ssl-cert all installed and also: * enabled apache2

Reinstalling original package maintainers conf file

2010-03-23 Thread VR
Hello, I apt-get dist-upgrade 'ed a system to Lenny and selected to not use the package maintainers .conf file for syslog during that install. After documenting the changes from the old syslog.conf I'm now trying to reinstall sysklogd to acquire the package maintainers /etc/sysklogd.conf.

Lenny in less than 32 MB of drive space?

2010-03-26 Thread VR
Hello, I'm poking at a Wyse 3150SE and have the 180 MB netinst booting from USB but would ideally want the operating system inside this unit instead of attaching a permanent USB flash for storage. I'm wondering if anyone lurking here has successfully gotten Debian to install into less than

Re: Lenny in less than 32 MB of drive space?

2010-03-26 Thread VR
On 3/26/2010 12:09 PM, VR wrote: Hello, I'm poking at a Wyse 3150SE and have the 180 MB netinst booting from USB but would ideally want the operating system inside this unit instead of attaching a permanent USB flash for storage. I'm wondering if anyone lurking here has successfully gotten

ATI Radeon HD 5600?

2010-04-10 Thread vr
I just picked up a laptop that has that display adapter. lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series] The highest resolution I've been able to get so far is 1400x1040 but using the VESA driver. xrandr: Screen 0: minimum 800 x 600, current 1400 x

Re: ATI Radeon HD 5600?

2010-04-10 Thread vr
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:37:55 -0400, Dave Witbrodt wrote: On 04/10/2010 10:37 AM, vr wrote: I just picked up a laptop that has that display adapter. lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series] The highest resolution I've been able to get

Migrate OS to smaller drive?

2010-04-10 Thread vr
What's the best mechanism to migrate a working bootable system from one drive to a smaller capacity drive? e.g. take this 226G filesystem df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 226G 4.1G 210G 2% / tmpfs 3.0G 0 3.0G 0%

Re: Migrate OS to smaller drive?

2010-04-11 Thread vr
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:30:14 -0500, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 2010-04-11 18:49, thib wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Yes, wire is slang for network cables, but SATA cables are actual wires too and orders of magnitude slower than CPU/RAM transfer. This is true, but isn't

Re: Different ways of creating a USB-install stick

2010-05-12 Thread VR
Does anyone know where debian keeps the boot.img.gz files necessary for creating the stick? By going to www.debian.org, clicking getting debian, scrolling down to Tiny CDs, floppy disks, USB sticks, etc then selecting your architecture, then clicking hd-media. E.g.

Put date on log file names?

2010-05-17 Thread vr
Due to message volume, I'm considering rotating my mail logs daily at my local time midnight and retaining about 30 days worth of files on disk. I'd like to have the date in the file names so visually I'll know what span is in each file. Can this be done? (put dates into the file name)

Odd name resolution

2010-05-28 Thread vr
On my host I'm not sure why I'm able to ping hostname.local and get a reply from my local IP. For example, the hosts name in question is sager.mydomain.tld. nslookup sager.mydomain.tld works as I'd expect. nslookup sager.local returns NXDOMAIN. I have my own DNS server and I don't have a .local

Re: Odd name resolution

2010-05-30 Thread vr
On Sat, 29 May 2010 08:57:28 + (UTC), Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have avahi daemon running in that host? Evidently I do. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Cloning

2009-09-18 Thread VR
I have a desktop system I want to clone. It is currently 4 physical 500 GB disks striped RAID0. /dev/md0 = /boot /dev/md1 = / and of course swap. I want to get md0, md1 and swap on to /dev/sde (disk 5 @ 2 TB). What would be the best way to get there while retaining boot records? The goal is

lenny 503 amd64 w/ Intel DP55WB NIC not detected

2009-09-25 Thread VR
This onboard network card is not being detected during installation. Intel's Windows driver download page lists this NIC in the same download as the DX38BT. I've been using a DX38BT without issue for about a year. Is it likely the DP55WB NIC is different? Or does anyone have a suggestion to

Re: lenny 503 amd64 w/ Intel DP55WB NIC not detected

2009-09-28 Thread VR
VR wrote: This (Intel DP55WB) onboard network card is not being detected during installation. Intel's Windows driver download page lists this NIC in the same download as the DX38BT. I've been using a DX38BT without issue for about a year. Is it likely the DP55WB NIC is different? Or does

gtk2 environment, what controls it?

2009-10-22 Thread vr
I'm currently using openbox and I've been using an app called PCMan File Manager which was working well up until a recent aptitude dist-upgrade. Before the upgrade I was able to associate file types, jpg, , etc., with default applications like qiv and then double click on a JPG to view the file.

Re: gtk2 environment, what controls it?

2009-10-27 Thread vr
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:24:14 -0600, green greenfreedo...@gmail.com wrote: vr wrote at 2009-10-22 23:23 -0600: Before the upgrade I was able to associate file types, jpg, , etc., with default applications like qiv and then double click on a JPG to view the file. Same with pdf, mpg, etc. Now

Depends overkill, how do you weed out the packages

2009-11-05 Thread vr
I have a fresh install of Debian Lenny 503 amd64 via a netinst CDROM. I've only installed a couple of packages like openbox because I want to run as lean a desktop I can to try out virtualbox-3.0. I figured openbox would be enough to handle the GUI needed for virtualbox-3.0 but after adding the

Log rotation time?

2009-11-09 Thread vr
It looks like the stock logs rotate at 6:24 AM my time? This seems like a strange time to do it to me, is this typical? Or is something not set local correctly my system? Is doing it at the stroke of midnight an unwise practice? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Log rotation time?

2009-11-10 Thread vr
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:48:21 +0800, Jerome BENOIT jgmben...@mailsnare.net wrote: Hello VR, actually it is configured in `/etc/crontab' , see crontab(1) crontab(5) cron(8) with man for further details: Thanks for this. Based on an earlier list reply I was able to set it before midnight my

Using ICH10R or ICH9R created volumes

2009-11-17 Thread vr
Is using volumes created in chipset RAID utilities supported? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

apache2 directory protection

2009-12-04 Thread vr
I am having trouble getting apache2 recognizing directory protection. I've created a directory /var/www/mydir and created .htaccess .htpasswd files in there but am never prompted for login. .htaccess AuthUserFile /var/www/mydir/.htpasswd AuthType Basic AuthName test require valid-user

Re: apache2 directory protection

2009-12-04 Thread vr
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:14:38 -0500, vr debian-u...@iotk.net wrote: I understand that .htpasswd should reside someplace else and even moved it to rule this out but is the above not enough on a default installation of apache2 under lenny to protect a directory? I managed to find my answer

Configure Lenny client respond to snmp queries

2009-12-23 Thread vr
Hello list, I tried to get a lenny based box to respond to snmp queries a few months ago but failed. This time around I am using a VirtualBox with netinst-x86 lenny installed as my client. The system that I will have poll lenny is using Cacti (but does not have too). Upon issuing aptitude search

Re: Configure Lenny client respond to snmp queries

2009-12-23 Thread vr
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:26:58 +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: http://gameornot.net/umarzuki/?p=157 use google translate if you're not familiar with malay language Excellent! This got me a working config and I am on my way. Thank you everyone who replied! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Completely USB media based system?

2009-12-24 Thread vr
Is there an installer mechanism to push Debian's boot info to a USB flash drive and then the rest of the system to a different USB hard drive, easily? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Completely USB media based system?

2009-12-24 Thread vr
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:19:53 -0500, Pobega wrote: Is there any reason why you can't do this with the standard installer? Seems like it would be pretty simple to do in partman. That's what I've been trying but after I reboot the installed system I get: root (hd1,0) Filesystem type unknown,

Debian as an SSL VPN server or gateway?

2010-06-21 Thread vr
Hi, Assuming there is even such a server software available today... Is anyone running Debian as an SSL VPN gateway for Windows 7 64-bit clients and if so, can you discuss your configuration or pitfalls to beware of when just getting started? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Using gparted GUI to make GPT partition tables

2010-06-25 Thread vr
Is the GUI for gparted effective enough for dummies to get properly aligned partitions via mindless clicking? Or do you still have to do some math to get things just right? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Using gparted GUI to make GPT partition tables

2010-06-25 Thread vr
On 6/25/2010 12:08 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 25. 06. 2010 17:37:39 je vr napisal(a): Is the GUI for gparted effective enough for dummies to get properly aligned partitions via mindless clicking? Or do you still have to do some math to get things just right? It's as dummy-proof as it gets

Re: Understanding my recurrent network connectivity problems

2010-06-25 Thread vr
On 6/25/2010 5:57 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi, For one week now, I sometimes `loose' any access to the LAN and the WAN. Here is the way I am connected to the Internet: ISP (house's wall) - ISP modem (RJ-45) - D-Link DIR-635 router (RJ-45) - Switch (RJ-45) - 192.168.0.101 (this computer).

Re: Understanding my recurrent network connectivity problems

2010-06-25 Thread vr
On 6/25/2010 3:27 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Might be that, but how could my ISP guess that I'm using a router? The first few characters of a MAC address are registered to a company. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Using gparted GUI to make GPT partition tables

2010-06-25 Thread vr
On 6/25/2010 3:29 PM, Celejar wrote: I'm not sure what exactly we mean here by special alignment, but if all that's required is partitions that start at the beginning of the disk, end at the end, and each begin where the previous one leaves off, then the GUI is fine, and no math is required,

Re: Understanding my recurrent network connectivity problems

2010-06-25 Thread vr
On 6/25/2010 3:53 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: vr wrote: On 6/25/2010 3:27 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: The first few characters of a MAC address are registered to a company. Sure, but are you sure that they can know the router's MAC address? Yes, your device is physically attached

Loop device is read only

2010-07-16 Thread vr
I can't seem to write to an image I downloaded and mounted as a loop device? # ls -l /opt | grep floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 18 10:08 floppy # mount -o loop fdbasecd.iso /opt/floppy/ # # grep loop /etc/mtab /dev/loop0 /opt/floppy iso9660 rw 0 0 # mount | grep loop /dev/loop0 on

Internet filtering

2010-07-26 Thread vr
What is a good utility to block outbound traffic on the home network? Ideally it will not need to be set in a browsers proxy setting to be effective. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Internet filtering

2010-07-26 Thread vr
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:26:29 -0400, H.S. wrote: On 26/07/10 07:38 PM, vr wrote: What is a good utility to block outbound traffic on the home network? Ideally it will not need to be set in a browsers proxy setting to be effective. You need to describe your network and the desired control

Re: Internet filtering

2010-07-26 Thread vr
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:09:44 -0400, H.S. wrote: I am not familiar with ATT. Is your service ADSL or cable? They call it VDSL. If your router does not have the features you desire, than you probably need to replace it. It may be replaced with a Debian machine working as a router. This

Send an email on . . .

2010-08-19 Thread vr
I have a few systems spread out geographically and would like to know what might be the best way, in real time, to fire off email alerts or text messages when a particular logon happens or some text is written to syslog at the local system? I've read about swatch and logwatch so far but the

New sound card on amd64

2010-09-25 Thread vr
I'm using Debian unstable amd64 with an Intel DP55WB motherboard with on-board audio. I bought a replacement HT Omega Claro+ sound card with a CMI8788 chipset because I'm after optical output to hook to a surround receiver. I powered off my Debian system, inserted the new card, powered on and

[SOLVED] Re: New sound card on amd64

2010-09-25 Thread vr
Setting the S/PDIF Loopback in alsamixer [Off] seems to do the trick. On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:24:51 -0400, vr debian-u...@iotk.net wrote: I'm using Debian unstable amd64 with an Intel DP55WB motherboard with on-board audio. I bought a replacement HT Omega Claro+ sound card with a CMI8788

What controls font settings?

2010-10-03 Thread vr
I was using wmaker on Debian unstable. During my netinst installation I did not use tasksel to pick desktop or base system. I've manually installed xserver-xorg, etc., to get my desktop going. Eventually I installed emelfm and its fonts appeared small and tight. After a few days I did an

Bonded NIC's did not come up at boot?

2010-11-22 Thread vr
I have a lenny system. My goal is to have two interfaces, 1 NIC active and 1 NIC in standby on a second switch, so this host will have switch port fault tolerance. I found and followed this guide: http://www.howtoforge.com/nic-bonding-on-debian-lenny and all seemed to be working correctly

Re: Bonded NIC's did not come up at boot?

2010-11-22 Thread vr
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:30:28 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote: I followed these instructions for setting up bonding (active backup) in lenny: http://wiki.debian.org/Bonding They worked like a charm :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón Thanks for that URL. I see auto bond0 in that doc which

Re: Bonded NIC's did not come up at boot?

2010-11-22 Thread vr
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:20:30 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: vr put forth on 11/22/2010 5:32 PM: mii-tool is showing: eth0: negotiated 1000baseT-HD flow-control, link ok eth1: negotiated 1000baseT-HD flow-control, link ok but mii-tool bond0 shows: bond0 10 Mbit, half duplex, link ok My

Re: Bonded NIC's did not come up at boot?

2010-11-25 Thread vr
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:13:18 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Camaleón put forth on 11/24/2010 8:29 AM: If you know a better tool for this then just tell and take our poor minds from our big ignorance but let me to complain about something I consider it should be warned or better yet, corrected.

Postfix backport?

2011-05-02 Thread vr
Hello, In Squeeze I'm seeing Postfix 2.7.1-1 is the latest stable version. On the Postfix website 2.8.2 is listed as stable so it seems like a big gap. I've heard about the concept of backport but searching returns results for Ubuntu. Can anyone recommend one for Debian, assuming it exists?

Re: Postfix backport?

2011-05-02 Thread vr
Are there any reasons why you'd need postfix 2.8? Are there any features you require that are not available in 2.7? Would like to utilize Zombie blocker which became available in 2.8. http://backports.debian.org Thank you for this. Unfortunately no results returned so it must not be