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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 1856

Today's Topics:

  Re: backports                         [ Chris Lale  ]
  Re: Problems using subcommander: No   [ Till Wimmer  ]
  Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6         [ =?utf-8?B?QW5kcsOp?= Berger  ]
  Eaccelerator package, where?          [ Arnau  ]
  Re: Eaccelerator package, where?      [ Orestes leal  ]
  Re: Nameserver update                 [ Till Wimmer  ]
  Re: how to exclude the packges in di  [ Wayne Topa  ]
  Re: Nameserver update                 [ martin f krafft 

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:27:15 +0100
From: Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: backports

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Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 08:54:05 +0100, Chris Lale wrote:

>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>> [...]
>>> An even better approach would be to download the Backports.org Archiv=
e
>>> Key manually and to check the signature before adding the new key to >>> apt's keyring. (Installing the debian-backports-keyring package direc= tly
>>> means that an unverified post-installation script has root on your
>>> computer, therefore you cannot really trust anything after that,
>>> including the keys on the Debian keyring.)
>>>
>>> P.S. The same goes for the debian-multimedia-keyring package.
Do you need help?X
>>> >> Yes, Florian, you must be right! I wonder why they offer the keyring p=
ackage?
>=20

> The keyring package allows automatic installation of new signing keys,
> just like debian-archive-keyring for the normal Debian pool. This is
> safe - or at least as "safe" as your basic trust in Debian is - provide=
d
> that you perform the initial check. From the on, each new key can be
> verified (automatically) with the old key during a transition period an=
d
> the chain of trust remains intact. (I don't know how often they will
> issue a new key for the backports archive, though; the normal Debian
> archive keys get updated at least once a year.)
>=20
>> The instructions page does give instructions about how to install the = key -
>> and no mention of the debian-backports-keyring package:
>>
>> 	... you can import backports.org archive=E2=80=99s key into apt:
>>
>> 	gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 16BA136C
>> 	gpg --export | apt-key add -
>>
>> 	or
>>
>> 	wget -O - 
http://backports.org/debian/archive.key | apt-key add -
>>
>> No mention of how to check it though. Can you check the sig before ins=
talling
>> the key?
>=20

> Yes, you can: Just run the "gpg ... --recv-keys ..." command as your
> normal user and the new key will be added (as untrusted) to your normal
> user's public keyring. Then you can perform the check:
>=20
> $ gpg --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg --check-sigs 16B=
A136C
>=20

> and make sure that Joerg Jaspert's signature (key 7E7B8AC9) is valid.
> After that you can feed the key to apt
>=20

> $ gpg -a --export 16BA136C | sudo apt-key add -
>=20

> and you are all set. If you do not want to use sudo then you can export
> the key to a file before you become root:
>=20

> $ gpg -a --export 16BA136C > backports-archive-key.txt
> # apt-key add backports-archive-key.txt
>=20

> If you have problems with the keyserver then you can use the wget
> command to add the key to your public keyring:
>=20

> $ wget -O - http://backports.org/debian/archive.key | gpg --import -
>=20

> Then you can perform the same check before you tell apt to trust the
> key. I would avoid running anything as root except for the apt-key
> command.

>=20

How to you check the output of "gpg --check-sigs"? I Googled a bit and it=  seems
that an exclamation mark ("!") indicates a successful check. Is that true= ?
eg
$ gpg --check-sigs --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-backports-keyring= .gpg

/usr/share/keyrings/debian-backports-keyring.gpg



pub 1024D/16BA136C 2005-08-21
uid                  Backports.org Archive Key 
sig!3        16BA136C 2005-08-21  Backports.org Archive Key

sig!3        16BA136C 2005-08-21  Backports.org Archive Key
<ftp-master@backports.org>
sub 2048g/5B82CECE 2005-08-21
sig! 16BA136C 2005-08-21 Backports.org Archive Key <ftp-master@backports.org>
Do you need more help?X

I wanted to find a generic method of importing and checking keys for a nu= mber of
unofficial deb sites. It is difficult to find the key ids on some of the websites. One thing they all had in common was having a keyring package. = I tried
backports.org, debian-multimedia.org and debian-unofficial.org. So, here = is my
generic method:

  1. Add the appropriate line to /etc/apt/sources.list.
  2. Update with apt-get or aptitude.
  3. Install the appropriate keyring package (eg debian-multimedia-keyring)= . The keyrings all end up in /etc/share/keyrings/${package-name}.gpg
  4. Check the signatures IMMEDIATELY eg $ gpg --check-sigs --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-multimedia-keyrin= g.gpg
  5. If the check fails,

a.purge the keyring package and check that the keyring subdirectory has b= een
removed from /etc/share/keyrings/.

b. You can still install packages from the suspect repository, but there = will be
a warning. To be safe, remove the repository line from /etc/apt/sources.l= ist.

--=20
Chris.

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:34:34 -0400
From: Orestes leal <orestesleal13022@cha.jovenclub.cu> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: The Perfect Linux gaming Box

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Hi Folks,

I want that some of the members of the group comments something about hard core gaming boxes under Linux, what kind of configuration I need to play *ALL* Titles and *ALL* forms of games, 3d games like Doom3, etc in linux with a performance closely like win32 and DirectX.

Can we help you?X

NOTE: CPU, VGA, MEMORY, etc.

Best,
Orestes.

-- 
Orestes 

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:42:11 -0400 From: Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: kernel modification and CONFIG_HIGHMEM issue Message-ID: <20070627164211.GA10666@buddy.mtntop.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Wackojacko(wackojacko32@ntlworld.com) is reported to have said:
> Wayne Topa wrote:
> >P Kapat(kap4lin@gmail.com) is reported to have said:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I am running Debian unstable on an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor and a
> >>MSI K8N Neo4 Mobo.
> >>
> >
> >When I asked the amd-64 list I was told that CPU is a K8, not a K7.
> >
> >WT
> >
> That's correct but it uses a lot of the same features as the k7 with a
> few extra so the k7 is the best fit on a 32 bit install. There was a
> -k8 kernel on i386 ( and it was reinstated for a while so may still be
> available ) but, you can run into problems with compiling modules, for
> example, as the compiler expects a 64-bit os and bombs out.
Ahh. That I didn't know! Thanks. I should have my amd64 system soon and will need that nugget. WT -- Never say "OOPS!" always say "Ah, Interesting!" _______________________________________________________

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:05:59 +0200 From: Till Wimmer <g4-lisz@tonarchiv.ch> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Problems using subcommander: No working files displayed Message-ID: <468298F7.3000500@tonarchiv.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Martin, thanks a lot, now i can see my files! But the behavior is a little bit strange. Maybe its a caching issue. Without the 'All' option i couldn't see any files. After checking the option, the files where there. Then i unchecked the option again, but the files remain... Well that's better than the other way round ;) Bye, Till Martin Hauner wrote: > Hi, > > you wrote on debian-user@lists.debian.org >> today i tried to use "subcommander" for a subversion project. I'm very >> frustrated: After an hour i was still unable to see the content of a >> working copy folder. >> >> Somebody out there who can help me? >> [..] >> The right part in the subcommander window only shows a dot '.' and >> that's it. Double click didn't do anything. Non idea what to change in >> the project settings to make it work :( >> >> Any help would be much appreciated! > > It is working. In the default view subcommander displays the equivalent > information to "svn status" of your working copy. > > If nothing is changed in the working copy, there is nothing to show and > you only see then "." entry. > > If you change something in the wc and refresh the view in subcommander > you will see your changes. > > You can also switch to "all" (toolbar) to see all items, changed or not. > >

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:14:29 +0200 From: =?utf-8?B?QW5kcsOp?= Berger <andre.berger@web.de> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6 Message-ID: <20070627161428.GA3631@hvk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Qnick (2007-06-27):
> I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0
> "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel .
> I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it.
> I installed kernel package 2.6.18 from Debian distribution but after
> reboot accured "kernel panic" (don't detect scsi megaraid).
> After I compiled new kernel. I installed necessary package: udev,
> yaird , initramfs-tools.
You also need module-init-tools -Andr=C3=A9 --=20 May as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb! Linux Kernel 2.6/PPC for Linkstation/KuroBox/HG/HS from http://hvkls.dynd= ns.org

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:09:49 -0400 From: Orestes leal <orestesleal13022@cha.jovenclub.cu> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6 Message-Id: <20070627130949.a9e8aec9.orestesleal13022@cha.jovenclub.cu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:14:29 +0200 Andr=E9 Berger <andre.berger@web.de> wrote:
> * Qnick (2007-06-27):
> > I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0
> > "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel .
> > I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it.
> > I installed kernel package 2.6.18 from Debian distribution but after
> > reboot accured "kernel panic" (don't detect scsi megaraid).
> > After I compiled new kernel. I installed necessary package: udev,
> > yaird , initramfs-tools.
>=20
> You also need module-init-tools
>=20
> -Andr=E9
>=20
> --=20
> May as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb!
> Linux Kernel 2.6/PPC for Linkstation/KuroBox/HG/HS from http://hvkls.dynd=
ns.org All the stuff needed it's at $KERNELSOURCE/Documentation/CHANGES Best, Orestes. --=20 Orestes <orestesleal13022@cha.jovenclub.cu>

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:44:02 +0530 From: Bhasker C V <bhasker@unixindia.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: how to exclude the packges in dist-upgrade Message-Id: <1182964442.5608.2.camel@h1.unixindia.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, I tried on the apt-get manual. But could not get to my requirement. I have some of the packages in my deb box which i do not want to upgrade/remove/uninstall during an apt-get dist-uprade. How do i specify the exclude list ? thanks -- Bhasker C V Registered Linux user: #306349 (counter.li.org) The box said "Requires Windows 95, NT, or better", so I installed Linux.

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:18:49 +0200 From: Arnau <arnaulist@andromeiberica.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Eaccelerator package, where? Message-ID: <46829BF9.1000201@andromeiberica.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all!! Does anybody know where I can find a packaged version of eaccelerator? I tried to install it some weeks ago following the http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/eaccelerator.htm instruccions and it gave me a segmentation fault. Cheers!! -- Arnau

Can't find what you're looking for?X

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:27:22 -0400 From: Tod Detre <tdetre@pantek.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6 Message-ID: <46829DFA.5060402@pantek.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Qnick wrote:
> I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0
> "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel .
> I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it.
> I installed kernel package 2.6.18 from Debian distribution but after
> reboot accured "kernel panic" (don't detect scsi megaraid).
At some point in the kernel development the megaraid module got renamed from something like megaraid2 to megaraid(something like that). You may have to force the new module to be included in the initrd. I did this by adding megaraid and megaraid2 to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules. Regards, Tod Detre - -- Pantek, Inc. - http://www.pantek.com/ - info(at)pantek.com +1-877-LINUX-FIX - Expert Open Source Software IT Services. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGgp36IP3eD7Sc0oYRAmHKAKCbYhRUHpyGxhKgaqXDq8M1RJUcCACgrJkl 0gBlJ1oZDfA1hiHuc/mZibQ= =jgHu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:29:25 -0400 From: Orestes leal <orestesleal13022@cha.jovenclub.cu> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: arnaulist@andromeiberica.com Subject: Re: Eaccelerator package, where? Message-Id: <20070627132925.783335b7.orestesleal13022@cha.jovenclub.cu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:18:49 +0200 Arnau <arnaulist@andromeiberica.com> wrote:
> Hi all!!
>
> Does anybody know where I can find a packaged version of
> eaccelerator? I tried to install it some weeks ago following the
> http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/eaccelerator.htm instruccions and it gave me
> a segmentation fault.
>
>
> Cheers!!
> --
> Arnau
Well, you don't have to be attached always to a packaged version, if you want, find a source package and build for your own, I've already compiled eaccelerator this way and has no problem at all. Best, Orestes

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:29:45 -0300 From: "Gustavo Franco" <stratus@debian.org> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Eaccelerator package, where? Message-ID: <5fabd6fd0706271029w6247744dwa1e8fe4bdbeeed3c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 6/27/07, Arnau <arnaulist@andromeiberica.com> wrote:
> Hi all!!
>
> Does anybody know where I can find a packaged version of
> eaccelerator? I tried to install it some weeks ago following the
> http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/eaccelerator.htm instruccions and it gave me
> a segmentation fault.
> What about the unofficial packages (with source) available at: http://opensource.creativ-it.net/ ? regards, -- stratus http://stratusandtheswirl.blogspot.com get debian @ http://get.debian.net/

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:32:41 -0300 From: "Gustavo Franco" <stratus@debian.org> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: how to exclude the packges in dist-upgrade Message-ID: <5fabd6fd0706271032y55db663co9268c13584d7c0fc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 6/27/07, Bhasker C V <bhasker@unixindia.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I tried on the apt-get manual. But could not get to my requirement.
> I have some of the packages in my deb box which i do not want to
> upgrade/remove/uninstall during an apt-get dist-uprade.
> How do i specify the exclude list ?
You need to put such packages in 'hold' state, using aptitude or through the CLI running for example: echo "package hold" | dpkg --set-selections To check a package state, run: dpkg --get-selections package package is of course the package name. ;) regards, -- stratus http://stratusandtheswirl.blogspot.com get debian @ http://get.debian.net/

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:12:08 +0530 From: Bhasker C V <bhasker@unixindia.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: how to exclude the packges in dist-upgrade Message-Id: <1182966128.7943.3.camel@h1.unixindia.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Thanks all, Setting '=' in deselect works. But the selection does not perculate to apt-get program. I tried echo "hal hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections This worked. This also solves the dependencies once the top level package is selected to hold then the other packages dependent are automatically put on hold ! As usual ! debian's apt-get is the top package manager i have worked with ! On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 14:32 -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote:
> On 6/27/07, Bhasker C V <bhasker@unixindia.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I tried on the apt-get manual. But could not get to my requirement.
> > I have some of the packages in my deb box which i do not want to
> > upgrade/remove/uninstall during an apt-get dist-uprade.
> > How do i specify the exclude list ?
>
> You need to put such packages in 'hold' state, using aptitude or
> through the CLI running for example:
>
> echo "package hold" | dpkg --set-selections
>
> To check a package state, run:
> dpkg --get-selections package
>
> package is of course the package name. ;)
>
> regards,
> -- stratus
> http://stratusandtheswirl.blogspot.com
> get debian @ http://get.debian.net/
>
>
-- Bhasker C V Registered Linux user: #306349 (counter.li.org) The box said "Requires Windows 95, NT, or better", so I installed Linux.

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:25:33 +0200 From: Till Wimmer <t.wimmer@tonarchiv.ch> To: Martin Marcher <martin.marcher@gmail.com> Cc: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Nameserver update Message-ID: <46829D8D.4070204@tonarchiv.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Martin, actually this is not a debian related question... If you post your zone file and tell us what version, ip etc. your server is using, we could help you a little bit more... bye Till Martin Marcher wrote:
> hello,
>
> i needed to update our nameserver, now maintaining my own nameserver
> is fine but I don't know what procedure to follow if i need to point
> our ns a new IP. Having blindly trusted our dns provider to tell me
> about eventualities i just told them to update the ip address for the
> nameserver and tell me about possible problems. what can i say he told
> me everything is fine and now dnsreport.com tells me about mismatched
> glue for our nameservers
>
> http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?%26domain%3Dopenforce.com
>
> Do I just have to wait for the parent servers until propagation is
> finished or did something go horribly wrong?
>
> thanks
> martin
> >

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:26:17 -0400 From: Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: how to exclude the packges in dist-upgrade Message-ID: <20070627182617.GB13807@buddy.mtntop.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Bhasker C V(bhasker@unixindia.com) is reported to have said:
> Hi all,
>
> I tried on the apt-get manual. But could not get to my requirement.
> I have some of the packages in my deb box which i do not want to
> upgrade/remove/uninstall during an apt-get dist-uprade.
> How do i specify the exclude list ?
>
> thanks
Someone, sorry I forget who, on this list posted the a few years ago. It's what I use. ~# less bin/dhold --------------- #! /bin/sh PRG=`basename $0` if [ `id -u` != 0 ] ; then echo "you're not root, go away." exit 1 elif [ $# != 1 ] ; then echo "Usage: $PRG <packagename>" exit 1 else echo $1 hold | dpkg --set-selections fi ----------------------- So in your case, as root: ~# dhold apt-howto WT -- Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N) _______________________________________________________

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:54:37 +0200 From: martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Nameserver update Message-ID: <20070627185437.GA31335@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3" Content-Disposition: inline --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable also sprach Martin Marcher <martin.marcher@gmail.com> [2007.06.27.2042 +020= 0]:
> details below, long story short: Is it normal that when I change the
> IP of my nameserver the parent nameservers aren't updated immediately
> (after my zone expires)?
I note that your NS entries have TTL of 172800. That's two days and you may just have to wait that long or even longer for changes to propagate. Otherwise I can't find a problem with your data. --=20 Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! =20 .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems =20 "doesn't he know who i think i am?" -- phil collins --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature (GPG/PGP) Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGgrJtIgvIgzMMSnURAv3nAKCs8wMbIf2LE6yIaLgDXUiFks4CHACgjLEt xOjda/85D9Hj67mafIoa0bs= =MJxk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3-- End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #1856 ************************************************** Received on Wed Jun 27 15:08:35 2007

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