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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 1831

Today's Topics: 

  Re: Epiphany crashes                  [ Liam O'Toole  ]
  Re: which program can read M$ Access  [ Matus UHLAR - fantomas  ]
  Re: compatible UPS - solved           [ Colin  ]
  Re: Debian default ssh configuration  [ - Tong -  ]
  Re: firefox slows system              [ "Jason Dunsmore"  ]
  Re: help with "apt-get purge"         [ Christopher Nelson 

Date:  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:13:20 +0100


From: Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject:  Re: Epiphany crashes

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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:28:00 +0530


Kumar Appaiah <akumar@iitm.ac.in> wrote:


> On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 08:28:00AM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > > Any suggestions? Anything I should remove?
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > Kumar
> > 
> > Doesn't epiphany store its user preferences under ~/.gconf? You
> > could use gconf-editor to reset epiphany's entries.
> 
> Well, a removal of .gconf also didn't help. Anything else which could
> be wrong?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Kumar

An strace session will allow you to identify other files in your
home directory which might be significant.


-- 

Liam


Date:  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:14:41 -0500
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: OT: Say NO to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard
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Manon Metten wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This urgent request was posted on users@openoffice.org 
> <mailto:user@openoffice.org> by Hagar de l'Est
> < hagar_de_lest@openoffice.org <mailto:hagar_de_lest@openoffice.org>>.
> Is not exactly Debian, but I think also of great importance for all of us.
> 
> Please sign the petition here: http://www.noooxml.org/petition.
> (Cookies have to be enabled for this site.)
> 
> Thanks, Manon.
> 


Good show. Done

Hugo



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:57:35 +0100
From: Barry Samuels <barry@realbritain.f2s.com>
To: Debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: mplayer permissions?
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I posted very recently about a problem I was having with mplayer =20
starting and immediately stopping on one of our machines.

I have noticed another poster in this list with, apparently, the same =20
problem.

I have discovered that root can run mplayer without problems so it =20
seems to be a permissions thing. The user is already in the video group.

Can anyone suggest what permissions might be wrong?

--=20
Barry Samuels
http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk
The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain



Date:  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:02:24 +0200
From: pol <linux_milano@yahoo.it>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  xterm hanging
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Launching /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm from a terminal yields the following lines:

 
  Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name:  XF86Paste
  Warning: ... found while parsing '<KeyPress>       
XF86Paste:insert-selection(SELECT, CUT_BUFFER0) '
  Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors


xterm window cannot accept any input. Any ideas?

thank you 

--
Pol
   



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:32:15 +0200
From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: which program can read M$ Access file (.mdb)
Message-ID: <20070623123215.GA16184@fantomas.sk>
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On 22.06.07 19:18, Serena Cantor wrote:

> So many software I have never heard of!


you've heard now...

use "dpkg -p mdbtools" etc.


> I'd rather install a pirated version of M$ Office
> Thanks anyway!
> 
> --- Andrew Perrin <clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
> 
> > kexi-mdb-plugin - MS Access (MDB) driver for Kexi
> > libhk-classes-mdb - MS Access driver plugin for hk_classes
> > libmdbodbc - MDB tools ODBC module
> > libmdbtools - mdbtools libraries
> > mdbtools - JET / MS Access database (MDB) tools
> > mdbtools-dev - mdbtools development files
> > mdbtools-gmdb - JET / MS Access database (MDB) file viewer


-- 
Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uhlar(at)fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/
Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address.
Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu.
Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains? 



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:05:17 +0530
From: arijit sarkar <arijit.2612@gmail.com>
To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: my DVD is'nt recognized or automounted but k3b detects it perfectly
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Hi,

I am facing a peculiar problem. one of my DVD is not recognized when
inserted into DVD drive.
I've LG GSA-H10N DVD-RW. 
When double-clicking on drive icon from nautilus, i get this error
message:

mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,
       missing codepage or other error
       in some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

this is the output of "dmesg | tail"
----------------------------------------------------
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume 'Movies', timestamp
2007/02/25 22:31 (114a)
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume 'Movies', timestamp
2007/02/25 22:31 (114a)
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
------------------------------------------------------

Now, if I start k3b and try to read the disk-info from software
interface, the DVD got mounted and I can now browse the contents, copy
from it, play mp3/movies etc.
But if i eject it/restarts the system, same problem persists, until i
mount it again through k3b.

can anybody solve this problem? I can provide more information if
required.

Note: That DVD is burnt using Nero7 from Windows XP long ago before I
switched to linux. It worked in windows perfectly.

----------------------------------------- 
Arijit Sarkar
Kolkata, India
'Debian Testing' GNU/LINUX
-----------------------------------------

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Hi,<BR>
<BR>
I am facing a peculiar problem. one of my DVD is not recognized when inserted into DVD drive.<BR>
I've LG GSA-H10N DVD-RW. <BR>
When double-clicking on drive icon from nautilus, i get this error message:<BR>
<BR>
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only<BR>
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; missing codepage or other error<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in some cases useful info is found in syslog - try<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dmesg | tail&nbsp; or so<BR>
<BR>
this is the output of &quot;dmesg | tail&quot;<BR>
----------------------------------------------------<BR>
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!<BR>
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!<BR>
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!<BR>
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.<BR>
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.<BR>
UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume 'Movies', timestamp 2007/02/25 22:31 (114a)<BR>
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.<BR>
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.<BR>
UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume 'Movies', timestamp 2007/02/25 22:31 (114a)<BR>
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.<BR>
------------------------------------------------------<BR>
<BR>
Now, if I start k3b and try to read the disk-info from software interface, the DVD got mounted and I can now browse the contents, copy from it, play mp3/movies etc.<BR>
But if i eject it/restarts the system, same problem persists, until i mount it again through k3b.<BR>
<BR>
can anybody solve this problem? I can provide more information if required.<BR>
<BR>
Note: That DVD is burnt using Nero7 from Windows XP long ago before I switched to linux. It worked in windows perfectly.<BR>
<BR>
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----------------------------------------- <BR>
Arijit Sarkar<BR>
Kolkata, India<BR>
'Debian Testing' GNU/LINUX<BR>
-----------------------------------------
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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:48:49 +0100
From: Barry Samuels <barry@realbritain.f2s.com>
To: Debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: mplayer permissions?
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Further to my previous post I discovered that by deleting the mplayer =20
configuration in the user's home directory I could then get mlayer to =20
start from the command line although it would still have the same =20
problem with videos on the web.

I realised that on the machine that did work it did have a load of =20
codecs in /usr/lib/codecs which the problem machine didn't have so I =20
installed the w32codecs package and now it all works after a fashion.

I say that because after starting, stopping and relaoding a webcam =20
about 2-3 times it goes back to it's old behaviour until the browser is =20
closed and re-started.

Anyone with ideas on that please?

--=20
Barry Samuels
http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk
The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:33:10 +0200
From: Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: my DVD is'nt recognized or automounted but k3b detects it
	perfectly
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On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 18:05:17 +0530, arijit sarkar wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am facing a peculiar problem. one of my DVD is not recognized when
> inserted into DVD drive.
> I've LG GSA-H10N DVD-RW. 
> When double-clicking on drive icon from nautilus, i get this error
> message:
> 
> mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,
>        missing codepage or other error
>        in some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail  or so
> 
> this is the output of "dmesg | tail"
> ----------------------------------------------------
> cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
> cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
> cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
> Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
> Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
> UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume 'Movies', timestamp
> 2007/02/25 22:31 (114a)
> Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
> Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
> UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume 'Movies', timestamp
> 2007/02/25 22:31 (114a)
> Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Now, if I start k3b and try to read the disk-info from software
> interface, the DVD got mounted and I can now browse the contents, copy
> from it, play mp3/movies etc.
> But if i eject it/restarts the system, same problem persists, until i
> mount it again through k3b.


Make the DVD accessible again with k3b, then run "mount" without
arguments. Hopefully this will give you a hint how to mount the DVD
yourself. (filesystem type, what options were used, etc.)

-- 
Regards,            | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
          Florian   |



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:38:37 -0400
From: Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: hddtemp value
Message-ID: <467D306D.7020300@rcn.com>
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On 06/22/2007 05:03 PM, michael@estone.ca wrote:

> Quoting Pol Hallen <debianen@fuckaround.org>:
> 

>> Hi folks :-)
>>
>> Which value hddtemp show? (about my ata disks, between 45-55 C)
>>
>> Is it correct? Or I should worry?
>>

> 
> 45-55 C seems a little hot. They will probalby work for you but your
> drives will probably die sooner than later. Either they are too close
> together and/or you need more direct fans on your drives.
> I think normal operating temps for drives is between 35 and 40 C.
> perhaps check with your drive manufacturer and check the recommended
> operating temps.
> 
> Mike


If Pol should worry, then my drive must have more than 9 lives. ;)

Perhaps this old drive doesn't really have a sensor, but this is typical
 of entries in /var/log/daemon.log:

Jun 23 08:21:47 localhost smartd[2616]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Usage
Attribute: 231 Temperature_Celsius changed from 239 to 166
Jun 23 08:51:47 localhost smartd[2616]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Usage
Attribute: 231 Temperature_Celsius changed from 166 to 157
Jun 23 09:21:48 localhost smartd[2616]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Usage
Attribute: 231 Temperature_Celsius changed from 157 to 144

Maybe it gives new meaning to the phrase, "really smokin'!"  This
desktop PIII has been reliably running debian for 3 1/2 years.

Ralph


Do you need more help?X

Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:48:38 -0400
From: Colin <cwvca_SPAMNOT@hotmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: compatible UPS - solved
Message-ID: <467D24B6.7010305@hotmail.com>
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csanyipal wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 11:32:32AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

>> csanyipal wrote:
>>> http://www.apcupsd.org/
>>>
>> And that site says that apcupsd supports an Inform Guard 600A?

> 
> No, I actually haven't an Inform Guard 600A, but will to by some UPS. 
> On that site I find that, that an APC Back-UPS is supported by apcupsd. 
> So I decide that, that I should to by such an UPS. :)


I have two of them (ES 750 and CS 500) and apcupsd works like a charm.



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:39:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: - Tong - <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: Debian default ssh configuration problem with public/private
 key checking
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Thanks for the respond Andrew,

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:50:17 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:

>> I'm trying to setup Debian to accept my remote ssh
>> login. No problem with that, but I'm facing a
>> configuration problem:=20
>>=20
>> It doesn't seem to be able to handle/accept the public/private key
>> checking, i.e.,what sourceforge.net is doing [1], but insists on check=
ing
>> login password [2], which is not a recommended practice.
>>=20
>> This is a vanilla sshd configuration. I.e., everything from Debian def=
ault.=20
>> What changes should I make to enable the public/private key Authentica=
tion?
>=20

> from /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

>=20

> RSAAuthentication yes
> PubkeyAuthentication yes

>=20

> [....]

>=20

> # To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED)
> PermitEmptyPasswords no

>=20

> # Change to no to disable s/key passwords
> ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

>=20

> # Change to yes to enable tunnelled clear text passwords
> PasswordAuthentication no


I didn't have the PubkeyAuthentication, the man page says it is yes by
default. But I added all the same. Here is my current config, without
disabling the PasswordAuthentication yet:

-------------------------------------------------
% grep -E1
'^RSAAuthentication|PubkeyAuthentication|PermitEmptyPasswords|ChallengeRe=
sponseAuthentication|^PasswordAuthentication'
/etc/ssh/sshd_config #
RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes

# To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here!
PasswordAuthentication yes
PermitEmptyPasswords no

# Uncomment to disable s/key passwords=20
#ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
-------------------------------------------------

Here is how I tested:=20
(would testing locally be ok?)

-------------------------------------------------
# make changes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config, adding PubkeyAuthentication
/etc/init.d/ssh restart

ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub tong@localhost

$ ssh -v localhost
OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9, OpenSSL 0.9.8c 05 Sep 2006
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_4.3=
p2 Debian-9
debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9
[...]
debug1: Host 'localhost' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/tong/.ssh/known_hosts:19
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-in=
teractive
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering public key: /home/tong/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-in=
teractive
debug1: Offering public key: /home/tong/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-in=
teractive
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
Password:=20
-------------------------------------------------

Anything else is wrong?=20
hmm, why "Remote protocol version 1.99", instead of 2? Ah, never mind,
sourceforge.net says the same thing too. BTW, it is still using v3.9p1.


--=20
Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)
  http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/
  http://xpt.sf.net/tools/

Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:29:07 -0700
From: "Jason Dunsmore" <jason.public@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: firefox slows system
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On 6/18/07, Rico Secada <coolzone@it.dk> wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:14:35 -0500
> "Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net> wrote:

>

> > Over the past few weeks, all the tasks on my desktop machine (Debian
> > Etch, Gnome desktop, typically booted twice daily) have been getting
> > ever more sluggish.
> >
> > I typically keep open several instances of Firefox/Iceweasel.  The
> > utility "top" showed Firefox consuming most of the CPU cycles, even
> > after I closed all the Firefox windows.
> >
> > After rebooting the machine, I started Epiphany instead of Firefox,
> > and now it is like having a new, fast computer.  Other tasks
> > (and specifically, latex) run much faster.
> >
> > Is there a fix for Firefox, or should I learn to like Epiphany?

>

> The problem lies with Firefox itself. No there is no fix, it has just
> grown to become a bloated peace of software. The problem is also very
> known in the world of BSD.

>

The problem is with Firefox for Linux.  It's frustrating that the
Windows version of Firefox runs so much faster on the same hardware.



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:24 -0600
From: bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx)
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: backports
Message-ID: <20070623160324.GA14166@dementia.proulx.com>
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Chris Lale wrote:

> Francesco Pietra wrote:
> > deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free

>

> The above line works for me (giving only a GPG error) with both "aptitude
> update" and "apt-get update".


Install the debian-backports-keyring package from backports.

In backports-users Alexander Wirt wrote:

> I have uploaded the bpo keyring to the archive which makes it
> possible to add the bpo archive signing key via apt-get install
> debian-backports-keyring to you apt keyring. I hope I haven't missed
> anything but please test it.


  apt-cache show debian-backports-keyring

  Description: GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository
   The backports repository digitally signs its Release files. This package
   contains the repository key used for that.

Bob



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:28:19 +0100
From: Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: backports
Message-ID: <467D4A23.1080002@untrammelled.co.uk>
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Bob Proulx wrote:

> Chris Lale wrote:

>> Francesco Pietra wrote:
>>> deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free
>> The above line works for me (giving only a GPG error) with both "aptitude
>> update" and "apt-get update".

> 
> Install the debian-backports-keyring package from backports.
> 
> In backports-users Alexander Wirt wrote:

>> I have uploaded the bpo keyring to the archive which makes it
>> possible to add the bpo archive signing key via apt-get install
>> debian-backports-keyring to you apt keyring. I hope I haven't missed
>> anything but please test it.

> 
>   apt-cache show debian-backports-keyring
> 
>   Description: GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository
>    The backports repository digitally signs its Release files. This package
>    contains the repository key used for that.

>

Thanks Bob! You learn something new every day. :)

I might add that this package comes from the debian-backports repository itself,
so you need to add the repository to /etc/apt/sources.list, "aptitude update",
ignore the GPG error and "aptitude install debian-backports-keyring" to avoid
GPG errors in future.

-- 
Chris.



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:31:44 -0700
From: Ross Boylan <ross@biostat.ucsf.edu>
To: Francesco Pietra <chiendarret@yahoo.com>
Cc: ross@biostat.ucsf.edu,
	debian-users <debian-user@lists.debian.org>,
	debian64 <debian-amd64@lists.debian.org>,
	debian-science <debian-science@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: checkinstall lacking on stable
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On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 00:32 -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote:

> I am now at such cases for amd64 (dual core opterons)
> with OpenMPI (a parallelization support) and Amber (a
> molecular dynamics package), which I wish to compile
> with my installed intel fortran and c. 

I can't help with your problem, but your mail raises a couple of
questions.  I heard a couple years ago that Intel had made some changes
to their compilers that made them not work (or maybe not work well) with
chips from other vendors.  Is that information inaccurate?

Also, some of us are working on getting R and OpenMPI working together.
If anyone has done that, or would like to help, just speak up.

Ross Boylan



Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:20:56 +0000 (UTC)
From: Christopher Nelson <chris@cavein.org>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: help with "apt-get purge"
Message-ID:  <slrnf7qld2.dtc.chris@witts-end.cavein.org>

On 2007-06-23, Zach <netrek@gmail.com> wrote:
  [rearranging for legibility]

> On 6/22/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@gmail.com> wrote:

>> On 6/21/07, Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> wrote:
>> > Hi.
>> >
>> > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 21.06.2007 15:55:
>> > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me
>> > > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an
>> > > invalid operation.
>> >
>> > Dunno if you didn't see it but the last mail in this report says that the patch
>> > providing the "purge" operation was not applied correctly. Either wait for an
>> > update or get the source and fix it yourself.
>>
>> thanks for it now works and yes I didn't see it
>

> also you can always do: dpkg --purge


The problem with this solution being that you have to work out
dependancy chains by yourself, where an apt-get/aptitude purge will work
them out for you.

To see for yourself, try it on any "-data" package.

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Date:  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:15:41 +0200
From: Malte Forkel <malte.forkel@berlin.de>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: Waking up server during boot prevents NFS mounts after upgrade
 to etch
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Bob Proulx schrieb:

> This might help.  Are you aware of the NFS mount option 'bg'?
> 
>   bg
>     If the first NFS mount attempt times out, retry the mount in the
>     background.  After a mount operation is backgrounded, all
>     subsequent mounts on the same NFS server will be backgrounded
>     immediately, without first attempting the mount.  A missing mount
>     point is treated as a timeout, to allow for nested NFS mounts.


No, I wasn't. Thanks! After adding the 'bg' option, the NFS mounts work 
again. Results depend on ASYNCMOUNTNFS. With ASYNCMOUNTNFS=no, I get

    13:26:08 2007: Starting portmap daemon....
    13:26:09 2007: mount to NFS server 'spiro' failed.
    13:26:09 2007: mount: backgrounding "spiro:/var/lib/video.00"
    13:26:09 2007: mount: backgrounding "spiro:/var/lib/video.01"
    13:26:09 2007: mount: backgrounding "spiro:/var/lib/video.02"

The volumes get mounted eventually, but too late for a program that is 
started later during the init process and wants to scan the mounted volumes.

With ASYNCMOUNTNFS=yes, the etch default, I get

    13:48:54 2007: Starting portmap daemon...Already running..
    13:48:54 2007: Waiting for /var/lib/video.00...done.
    13:49:13 2007: Waiting for /var/lib/video.01...done.
    13:49:15 2007: Waiting for /var/lib/video.02...done.

and the volumes are mounted right away. So this is what I do now.


> Using sync versus async is completely different and unrelated.  That
> has to do with the protocol used after the clients have mounted.


I guess you are talking about something other than the value of 
ASYNCMOUNTNFS, which is what I meant? Sorry, I probably used the wrong 
terms.

I'm not quite sure whether to file a big report. In the end its my 
initscript that causes the problem. On the other hand, without waking up 
server there wouldn't be any mounts at all :-)

Malte


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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:41:58 -0000
From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@saltmine.radix.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: xterm hanging
Message-ID: <137qmr6cukudk0f@corp.supernews.com>

pol <linux_milano@yahoo.it> wrote:

> Launching /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm from a terminal yields the following lines:


odd - that moved to /usr/bin last year.
Is this from the updated Debian package?


>   Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name:  XF86Paste
>   Warning: ... found while parsing '<KeyPress>       
> XF86Paste:insert-selection(SELECT, CUT_BUFFER0) '
>   Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors

> xterm window cannot accept any input. Any ideas?


oops - see

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=422521

It's an optional compile-time feature, so the packager could disable it.
I'll look into a less failure-prone way to supply the feature...

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