Subject:
Re: Problems with debian install
From:
Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net>
Date:
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:56:38 -0600
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:00:21AM +0530, Vikas Rawal wrote:
But Sarge seems to be available only for netinstall. I am going to have
to install debian (if it succeeds) on a number of machines in a computer
lab. Netinstall is no good for that. I want to do it with the full set
of CDs.
You probably will never need much of the stuff on the seven CDs. Debian
contains many pre-compiled packages of user software which fill most of
the space. For Sarge, the number of CDs will be even larger once it is
released.
If you are intending to set up a computer lab, do you have plans to network
the computers and give them any access to the internet? If you plan to
network them, you should consider the following approach:
1. Do a netinstall of Sarge on the computer that will be the administrator/
instructor workstation.
2. Install apt-proxy on this computer. Set it up to get packages from a
nearby Debian repository (i.e. not half way around the World).
3. Adjust /etc/apt/sources.list to get Debian packages through this proxy.
3a. Install some more packages to ensure that your proxy is working properly.
4. For the next machine, make netinstall address its requests for downloads
to the local apt-proxy. The proxy will retain copies of everything that
is needed for all subsequent machines.
5. Continue to do netinstall on all subsequent machines. These installs will
procede at local area network (LAN) speed, which is almost as fast as reading
from a CD, and does not involve any delays as you switch from one CD to the
next.
If this doesn't make sense, ask questions and I will attempt to clarify.
HTH
I downloaded the CD ISO images from the website of debian
(http://www.debian.org/distrib/cd). The website does not say that they
are distributing "woody". I know about the stable, testing, unstable
versions of debian. But this particular page does not even mention which
is the one that I got. In fact, I was under the impression that in 7
huge isos that I had to download, I would have pretty much gotten
everything. That is obviously not true.
Vikas
Clive Menzies wrote:
On (13/10/04 16:16), Vikas Rawal wrote:
I am new to debian but have some experience with Redhat 9.
I would like to install debian on a Compaq PIII machine. I have the 7
CDs (downloaded ISOs and burnt CDs without trouble). But when I try to
install, pretty soon it gives a message to the effect that debootstrap
returned an error (1) and brings me back to a menu from where there is
nowhere to go.
This obviously does not look like enough information to be able to say
very much on the issue. But may be somebody will be able to give me a
lead to follow and tell me where to look for the solution.
Vikas
Hi Vikas
It sounds as though you are installing "woody" which is the current
stable version. You might have better luck with "sarge" which is the
current testing release soon to go stable.
Have a look at:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
Regards
Clive
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Subject:
Re: Bad Request
From:
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Date:
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:41:22 -0600
To:
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Subject:
Re: where do I download Unstable from?
From:
Olle Eriksson <pt00oer@student.bth.se>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:12:33 +0200
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Thursday 14 October 2004 06.27, H. S. wrote:
Apparently, _Jeff Golden_, on 10/14/04 00:23,typed:
When I installed unstable I couldn't find a way to do it directly
either. I ended up suing the sarge install business card iso and
doing a dist-upgrade after a minimal sarge install. This may not
work if you are not on broadband but if you aren't on broadband it
probably isn't a great idea to use SID anyway because of the
frequent updates.
I am on broadband. And I used a similar method. Started installation
from Testing CD I got with jidgo, then changed the distribution and
sources.list file to do dist-upgrade to Unstable.
sigh ... no CD images of Sid.
It's probably because unstable keeps changing all the time (ie no real
releases) that there are no CD images available. They would never be
up-to-date if there were.
Olle
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Subject:
Re: compile src or make .deb pkg?
From:
John L Fjellstad <john-debian@fjellstad.org>
Date:
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:41:37 -0700
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
"Steve" <ekco9595@rogers.com> writes:
So what do you on debian if you want a newer version of a program or a
program that isnt in apt-get's list at all, just go get the src and
compile it?
I would probably check if it's in something like backports.org.
Otherwise, I might add the src for Sid, and download, compile and
install that that.
Lastly, I just get the original package and compile and install that
(but only if there are no other packages depending on it, like I used to
do it with Gaim). If there are other packages that depends on it, I
might create an equivs-debian package.
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Subject:
Re: Firewall in Sarge
From:
csdgp@eiu.edu (Douglas G. Phillips)
Date:
14 Oct 2004 23:43:41 -0500
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca> writes:
In Debian/Sarge, where is the appropriate place for some iptables rules to
deny access to some local ports?
On my system I put a firewall script in /etc/init.d and have it loaded on startup.
But this is on a LAN. You may want to do things differently for dial-up.
-Doug
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Subject:
Re: Secure Password Storage
From:
Dave Thayer <X0428821.lists.dmthayer@spamgourmet.com>
Date:
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:37:12 -0600
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 02:55:15PM -0500, Jacob S wrote:
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:37:00 -0600
Torrin <torrin@torrin.net> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 12:28:35PM -0400, Icebiker wrote:
This isn't a linux or open license solution, but FWIW I've been very
happy using password vault software on my Palm to hold ~100
passwords and magic numbers. I'm using Dataviz's Password Plus, but
there are lots of them out there, and they're relatively cheap.
How about Keyring for Palm OS. That's about as cheap as you can get
(free).
http://gnukeyring.sourceforge.net
hmm... This looks interesting. Any way to run something like this from
a desktop? Even better if it has both a Linux and a Windows version, but
since I can boot off the usb key to get into Linux, a Linux-only program
would be fine too.
I'll second the recommendation for keyring.
Jpilot gives you full editing access to the keyring under linux. There are a
couple of read-only viewers for windows, but nothing r/w. It should be noted
that in order to use these 'conduits' you have to hotsync your palm with the
computer, which means that palm desktop software would have to be installed
on each machine and the contents of your palm would be backed up to their
HDs. This is probably not something that you want to do casually on machines
you ocassionally use. If you can pull off the usb-linux trick this could be
avoided.
dt
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Subject:
Re: Linux gamers with Matrox cards, speak up please!
From:
Clemens Schwaighofer <cs@tequila.co.jp>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:57:49 +0900
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
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On 10/06/2004 04:45 PM, Dave Thayer wrote:
| I still don't think I should be rushing out to buy Doom 3, though.
well according to linuxhardware.org
[http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/12/1725246&mode=thread]
ATi isn't supported by the Doom III Linux port right now anyway.
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Subject:
Re: Linux gamers with Matrox cards, speak up please!
From:
Clemens Schwaighofer <cs@tequila.co.jp>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:59:24 +0900
To:
Debian User ML <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
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On 10/04/2004 11:30 AM, Paul Johnson wrote:
| So can we hear from Matrox users about their experiences?
| Particularly, from Linux gamers?
I have got a Matrox G400 (sadly only one head) on a PIII 650Mhz.
Although the OpenGL Screensavers work much better and smoother than on
my work PC (P4 1.6Ghz with a NV6 nVidia onboard card) I doubt I can play
tuxracer or anything on there :)
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Subject:
Re: Firewall in Sarge
From:
Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:06:35 -0500
To:
"Douglas G. Phillips" <csdgp@eiu.edu>
On my system I put a firewall script in /etc/init.d and have it loaded on startup.
But this is on a LAN. You may want to do things differently for dial-up.
It's on a LAN. Sounds like everyone just rolls their own then, no standard
place to stick iptables rules.
Adi
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Subject:
Re: RE: Mail Delivery (failure jobs@1stsearch.com) [Qurb #362224]
From:
EriknSF@aol.com
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 01:52:09 EDT
To:
betsy@1stsearch.com
Hi!
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Subject:
Re: Firewall in Sarge
From:
"s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:20:55 -0600
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
Incoming from Adi Linden:
On my system I put a firewall script in /etc/init.d and have it loaded on startup.
But this is on a LAN. You may want to do things differently for dial-up.
It's on a LAN. Sounds like everyone just rolls their own then, no standard
place to stick iptables rules.
What did I just say?!? On a LAN, you use something in
/etc/network/if-up.d. When the network comes up, anything in there
will be run, including your firewall script.
Geez!
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Subject:
Re: Kernel 2.6.8.1
From:
Ritesh Raj Sarraf <riteshsarraf@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:59:07 +0530
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
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On Monday 11 October 2004 07:39 pm, Raymond A. Meijer wrote:
This means -i think- that it can't *see* the ext3 partition but i
configured it to load in the kernel??
Have you enabled Ext2 as well (built-in, not as a module)?
I think it needs that in order to be able to boot from Ext3.
I don't think that's necessary. The original poster just needs initrd image if
he's configured ext3 as a module
rrs
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Subject:
hdparm -U
From:
"pir aa" <pir@austromail.at>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:22:16 +0200
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
I now know, what I missed:
if (ioctl(fd, HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF, hwif))
Just the little ioctl() ;-)
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Subject:
Re: Read AAC (.m4a) with xmms
From:
Andrea Vettorello <andrea.vettorello@gmail.com>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:38:54 +0200
To:
Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:10:09 +0200, Christophe Courtois
<christophe@courtois.cc> wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to know if there is a way to play AAC file (.m4a from CDs
ripped on a Mac for example) with XMMS. Is something already packaged ?
(This is already possible with mplayer and the packages from Marillat,
but I prefer xmms).
Google is your friend: http://www.xmms.org/plugins.php?category=input
Andrea
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Subject:
Re: PHP not including
From:
Andrea Vettorello <andrea.vettorello@gmail.com>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:44:15 +0200
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:12:26 -0500, Michael Satterwhite
<michael@weblore.com> wrote:
I have a new installation of Debian Sid with Apache2 / PHP 4. PHP seems to be
working fine - except that include() and require() are failing. The script
that I'm trying to include is in the same directory as the page that is
executing. When it hits the include statement, I get the error message:
Warning: main(): Failed opening 'connectDB.php' for inclusion
(include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear')
Never tried apache2 but if this is the exact error message, the
'.:/usr/share/php:' part are suspicious, especially the initial dot
("."), i suggest you to try in your include statement to put the full
path of the file, and to have a peek to the apache log.
in /var/www/apache2-default/lonestar/internetspecials.php on line 26
The owner and group of the included item is the same as the php script
containing the include statement. Can anyone suggest what I'm missing in the
config?
Andrea
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Subject:
Evolution newsfeeds links don't work in Sarge
From:
Matthew Harris <matthewh@herriots.com.au>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:53:12 +1000
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
Incoming newbie!
I have been working in Debian (Sarge) for a week, coming from Fedora.
I have found that the newsfeed links in Evolution summary page don't
work.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem?
Regards,
Matthew Harris
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Subject:
Re: compile src or make .deb pkg?
From:
"Nikita V. Youshchenko" <yoush@cs.msu.su>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:40:44 +0400
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
Hey,
So what do you on debian if you want a newer version of a program or a
program that isnt in apt-get's list at all, just go get the src and
compile it? and it should be fine or would this makes things unstable?
If at all possible, you should not install anything in non-deb format,
unless you exactly know what you are doing and how to do it without
breaking consistency of your system.
In most cases a deb may be obtained. If you don't know yet how to create
debs, educate yourself. It's not difficult. Just read new maintainer's
guide :).
If you really have to install in non-deb format, install to some directories
that are not under dpkg control (/usr/local/ or /opt or better your home
directory).
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Subject:
sendmail problem
From:
Sebastian Wild <sw@cronon.org>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:08:33 +0200
To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org
Hi List,
I got a little sendmail problem.
Set up a sarge box for a customer. Installed sendmail onto it.
Now usually I could send mails from the console with it without
configuring anything (except network of course *g*)
Now on this box it keeps failing :(
Error message is:
Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 67
In /var/log/mail.log it says:
Oct 15 07:59:40 povoden sendmail[5532]: i9F5xe3s005532: from=root,
size=57, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200410150559.i9F5x
e3s005532@povoden.cronon.org>, relay=root@localhost
Oct 15 07:59:41 povoden sm-mta[5533]: i9F5xe0p005533:
<sw@cronon.org>... Unrecognized host name cronon.org.
Oct 15 07:59:41 povoden sendmail[5532]: i9F5xe3s005532:
to=sw@cronon.org, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:
00:01, mailer=relay, pri=30057, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1],
dsn=5.1.2, stat=User unknown
Oct 15 07:59:41 povoden sm-mta[5533]: i9F5xe0p005533:
from=<root@povoden.cronon.org>, size=57, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=
ESMTP, daemon=MSP-v4, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
Oct 15 07:59:41 povoden sendmail[5532]: i9F5xe3s005532:
i9F5xe3t005532: DSN: User unknown
Now the hostname cronon.org does exist and is resolvable from this box
(if u do host on it it will give u the ip).
Also the user sw@cronon.org exists - its the mailaddress I use to
reeive mails and post on this list ;)
Also the hostname povoden.cronon.org is resolvable forwards and reverse.
And Sendmail Errorcode 67 don't tell me anything - nor does google :(
Does anyone in here know what could be wrong?
cheers
Sebastian