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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 1880

Today's Topics:

  Re: Media Wiki 1.7 - Set-up / Instal  [ Ken Irving  ]
  Re: help with php config in debian    [ Kushal Kumaran  ]
  Re: Automounting USB drive on GNOME   [ Ron Johnson  ]
  Re: static IP                         [ Douglas Allan Tutty  ]

  [SOLVED] Re: Configuring for skype [ andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com> ]   Re: Automounting USB drive on GNOME [ Cassiano Bertol Leal <cassianoleal@ ]

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 09:04:08 -0800
From: Ken Irving <fnkci@uaf.edu>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Media Wiki 1.7 - Set-up / Install Help

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On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:19:15AM +0100, Nick Adie wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have installed MediaWiki 1.7 from the archive.
>
> The read me file is very confusing as it talks about a file that does not exist and a symbolic link
> that appears to have no relevence.
>
> Has anyone experience of the installation/set-up of MediaWiki, and if so could I have a few
> pointers please.

I installed MediaWiki last week on a stable/etch system, and didn't seem to have those problems. I did have some trouble with apache v1.3, ended up removing it and installing apache v2; I'm not certain now that that was really related to MediaWiki, though. My main confusion was in getting mysql installed and (minimally) configured, but once I set the mysql root password -- and gave it to the mediawiki installer -- the mediawiki installation completed without more headaches.

There's a note to the effect that (for some reason...) mediawiki has to install under /var/lib/mediawiki1.7/, and that's where the wiki repository is.

There's a config/ directory in the repository, and that's where the installation web page sits; once the installation is done that directory can be deleted.

I was a bit taken aback by a particular sentence in the install page, related to the mysql configuration:

    This account will not be created if it pre-exists. If this is the     case, ensure that it has SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE permissions     on the MediaWiki database.

"Pre-exists"? Is that different from "exists"? I think the "pre-" could be omitted for the intended purpose. In any case, this refers to having the mediawiki installer set up the database, for which it needs the db's root password; if so inclined & able, you could "pre-" set this up and so not need to hand over that root password.

Maybe the confusion is here:

    To complete the installation, please do the following:

1. Move /var/lib/mediawiki1.7/config/LocalSettings.php to /var/lib/mediawiki1.7/LocalSettings.php for normal install, root of your install for multisite, with rights 640

There's presumably somem reason this isn't done automatically by the installer, but here you're just relocating the setup script generated by the installer. Somewhere else there's a suggestion to create a symlink to this setup script into /etc/mediawiki1.7/; this just puts the script into the more conventional /etc/ tree, which makes sense -- not sure why this isn't done automatically, but maybe it has to do with single- or multi-wiki sites...

Hope this helps...

Ken

-- 
Ken Irving, fnkci@uaf.edu

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 22:36:52 +0530 From: Kushal Kumaran <kushal@it.iitb.ac.in> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: help with php config in debian Message-ID: <20070702170652.GA2381@it.iitb.ac.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 01:58:23PM -0000, Xinhao Zheng wrote:
> On 7 1 , 10 20 , Kushal Kumaran <kus...@it.iitb.ac.in> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 12:32:45PM -0000, Xinhao Zheng wrote:
> > > hi all,
> > > I was a fresh man to debian linux.Is there anyone who can tell me
> > > where to find the php's config file?I install php5 with following cmd:
> >
> > > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --
> > > with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2
> > > /bin/apxs2
> > > make
> > > make install
> >
> > Is there any reason why the php5 packaged for debian is not sufficient
> > for your purposes? See the libapache2-mod-php5 and php5-mysql
> > packages.
> >
> > > And,is there a cache in debian linux?I run phpinfo and it told me the
> > > php.ini was located in /usr/local/php/lib,however,there is no such
> > > file.Although i use cmd find / -name php.ini and then rm every php.ini
> > > it found.the php can still work well.So my question is:
> >
> > php works just fine without a php.ini available. It will simply use
> > the compiled in defaults for all those settings.
> >
> > > where is php config file stored?
> > > How many config file it used?
> > > Is debian use cache for config file?
> >
>
> Thanks!!Did you mean that now i can not change php's config unless i
> configure it again.I just want to change the upload file max size.
>
See the php installation instructions in the manual: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php The instructions suggest that the default location of php.ini is /usr/local/lib/php.ini. You can change that with the --with-config-file-path configure option.
> Yes,apt-get can install apache with php.However,i had a problem when i
> remove apache manually by rm cmd.Then i can not use apt-get ,aptitude
> to install apache again.How to deal with this problem.
>
If you have accidentally deleted some files from the package, you can reinstall using the command "aptitude reinstall packagename" or "apt-get reinstall packagename". -- Kushal Kumaran kushal@it.iitb.ac.in

Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:09:59 -0500 From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Packages who requires restart computer Message-ID: <46893167.5030100@cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 07/02/07 11:47, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:42:15AM -0700, Alan Ianson wrote:
>> On Mon July 2 2007 09:25:50 am Josep wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> I use etch and would like know what packages will require a full >>> restart of the computer, if there is any tool for do this >>> automatically, and if not, I will do an script for do this myself. >> The kernel. When the kernel is updated you need to restart your box to >> get the new kernel up and running. All the services on your box can be >> stopped or restarted from /etc/init.d/whatever as needed.
>
> What about libc? I have seen anomolies when some programs are using the
> new version and some are still using the old.
/usr/sbin/checkrestart in package debian-goodies will list out for you all the currently-running PIDs that are using "old" files, and give you a list of commands that will fix most of the problems. The rest of the issues are left as an exercise for the reader. But if I can figure out which pids to kill and jobs to restart, so can you. So, installing a new kernel really is the only reason you ever need to reboot. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:12:52 -0500 From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Automounting USB drive on GNOME stopped working... Message-ID: <46893214.8030204@cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 07/02/07 09:35, Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote:
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> Hi
>
> I have been having problems with automounting USB drives in GNOME. It
> used to work flawlessly, but suddenly stopped (I know that 'suddenly
> stopped' is a bit too vague, but that's what I've got...).
>
> I am not in front of my home computer right now, so I will give details
> as they come to memory, sorry about that.
>
> CDs get automounted perfectly. USB drives used to work as well. The two
> drives that I have tested were a Kingston 1GB pendrive and an HDD MP3
> player from Cowon, which acts as an external HDD when plugged in the USB
> port. They are both behaving the same way: when I plug the device in the
> USB, it will load the drivers and assign a /dev/sd* node. They both work
> ok if I manually mount them.
>
> I have checked if gnome-volume-manager is running, and it is. I have
> killed it and re-run it with -no-daemon and watched the output.
>
> It will detect the drive, but then it says something like 'not a
> mountable volume' and remove it from automounting... I am running a mix
> system of lenny and sid, and have tried packages from both, notably
> udev, hal and gnome-volume-manager and no success..
>
> Any ideas?
Have you updated any packages lately? Have you run "tail -n40 -f /var/log/syslog" while plugging in the pen drives? Or is that what you mean by "it will load the drivers and assign a /dev/sd* node"? -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:15:54 -0400 From: Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: static IP Message-ID: <20070702171554.GA11441@titan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 11:21:57AM -0300, Iuri Sampaio wrote: >=20
> I=E2=80=99m trying to set up a internal static IP to my machine.=20
>=20
> My /etc/init.d/interfaces is:
You mean /etc/network/interfaces. >=20
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>=20
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>=20
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth1
> # Static IP
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 192.168.1.10
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 192.168.1.255
> gateway 192.168.1.1
>=20
> I set the IP but when I restarted the machine to the changes make effec=
t I
> loose internet connection.=20
>=20
> I already tried other final number to the ip such as 192.168.1.105. but=
it
> didn=E2=80=99t work out
>=20
> Is there anything I=E2=80=99m doing wrong?
>=20 Hi iuri That depends. How are you connecting to the internet? You've told the system that you only have one network interface card (but then why is it eth1?) and that to get to the internet it should default route to the gateway at 192.168.1.1. What exactly do you mean that you loose the internet connection? Is it a connectivity thing or that the name doesn't resolve? Give us the exact error message you get when you enter: ping debian.org Doug.

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:39:26 -0700 From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: rock solid Message-ID: <20070702173925.GK12665@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zPXeIxDajdrcF2en" Content-Disposition: inline --zPXeIxDajdrcF2en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 02:17:55PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> typical debian server--
>=20
> i logged in, connected to an old, neglected SCREEN session, and this
> was still on the screen:
>=20
> # uptime
> 20:30:17 up 15 days, 6:11, 2 users, load average: 0.76, 0.24, 0.08
> will@tp2fi:/etc
> Fri Jan 05 20:30:17
>=20
> and then just for symmetry i added:
>=20
> # uptime
> 15:42:12 up 190 days, 23:42, 2 users, load average: 1.05, 1.05, 1.00
> will@tp2fi:/etc
> Sat Jun 30 15:42:12
> #
>=20
> ho hum, serves files, backs up, yada yada, all in a year's work.
its almost boring... A --zPXeIxDajdrcF2en Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGiThNaIeIEqwil4YRAqsyAJ9rJYrHdRJBBH2obREnPyXiJBI3NwCgutB7 R6GZnJgtL68Ar3EQ3N/dk6o= =5Ls4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zPXeIxDajdrcF2en--

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:32:20 -0400 From: Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: weird aptitude behavior Message-ID: <20070702173220.GA11710@titan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 11:07:29AM -0400, Matt Miller wrote:
> I just installed Etch on an old Mac G3 to act as a multi-purpose
> server for my house. I'm having trouble with aptitude though. When I
> wanted to install postfix, aptitude wanted to install something like
> 109 packages! Many of them x11 related... I used apt-get instead.
> Now when I go to install MediaWiki, I get different results depending
> on if i install mediawiki or mediawiki1.7. When installing mediawiki,
> aptitude wants to install x11-common and mozilla-browser? What's up
> with that? Do I have something configured incorrectly?
Run aptitude interactively (no parameters) and choose options. It sounds like you have the default aptitude behaviour of assuming that 'recommends' are hard dependancies. I always turn that off. Run interactively, when you tell it to 'g'o ahead, it presents a list of what it wants to do; also a list of packages recommended by packages you are installing, from which you can choose if you wish. Doug.

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 19:16:15 +0200 From: Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Iceweasel and Icedove not showing main window Message-ID: <20070702171614.GA3415@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:46:31 +0300, Fabrice Colliot wrote: >> >> Do you see any error messages if you run icedove from an X terminal? You >> should also check ~/.xsession-errors. >
> Nothing in the terminal or in the .xsession-errors
[...]
> n75:/home/fabrice# apt-cache policy icedove
> icedove:
> Installed: 2.0.0.4.dfsg1-1
> Candidate: 2.0.0.4.dfsg1-1
> Version table:
> *** 2.0.0.4.dfsg1-1 0
> 500 http://ftp.fi.debian.org unstable/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> I tried to display the window on another computer (with
> DISPLAY=other:0.0icedove) and everything works correctly.
> Can it be something with the configuration of xorg?
I would try to create a new user: If icedove works normally for that user then you know the problem is somewhere in your regular user's configuration. I would also try to use the "-safe-mode" option to disable all extensions, and maybe to set "--display", "-height" and "-width" to reasonable values explicitly on the command line. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian |

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 11:00:19 -0700 From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Continuing saga of xorg restarts Message-ID: <20070702180018.GL12665@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gwtGiOGliFx8mAnm" Content-Disposition: inline --gwtGiOGliFx8mAnm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 08:33:43PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
> I tried switching to VLC. I was resetting the hotkeys, clicked Save, and
> xorg restarted.
how are you start X?=20 have you looked in .Xsession-errors?=20 anything showing in the VT from which X was started (usually VT-1 if using *dm). =2EXsession-errors gets re-written when you log in so, don't log back in. instead switch to a VT and see what you can find.=20 or start X with startx so you can keep it from re-starting (you'll just drop back to the shell when X dies). Then you can examine the onscreen messages and the logs. you might want to use tee with your startx to capture stuff that might otherwise scroll off the screen during your session. >=20
> I'm utterly unfamiliar with the internals of X. What would VLC have been
> doing when I clicked Save that would cause a xorg restart?
who knows, but I've seen it happen a few times in sid with various things. Usually there is some kind of trail in the logs. A --gwtGiOGliFx8mAnm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGiT0yaIeIEqwil4YRAtDTAJ0XCV5z6xCOn0Bmim+UIe/r7V/wRACgtLNq P1T7oz1TG92NAAnAU6bRLDg= =Th+a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gwtGiOGliFx8mAnm--

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:43:46 +0000 From: "Oscar Blanco" <orblancog@gmail.com> To: andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Configuring for skype Message-ID: <dc461920707021043q17a40f05ybc00314e61e65262@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_56441_28608577.1183398226479" ------=_Part_56441_28608577.1183398226479 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi! I was checking the Skype website and I saw that Skype-1.4.0.74.deb is for Debian ETCH. You have said that you are using Lenny (me as well). I also have installed Skype, but I did it using Synaptic Package Manager instead o= f downloading it from the Skype downloads website. In Synaptic you will find Skype also, in my case it is Skype 1.3.0.53_API, and it works pretty well. I'm not sure, but this could be part of the problem. Have you got any experience using Synaptic Package Manager? Whether you do or not, try to install it from any repository. About me, I'm using an ACER notebook, TravelMate 2301LM. Have you got any problem with your sound configuration before? Kind regards. --=20 Oscar Blanco Garc=EDa Ingeniero Electr=F3nico - Universidad Nacional de Colombia Tel=E9fono: Casa: +57 1 687 0019 Celular: +57 3133890451 Carrera 123B # 131-66 Bloque 55 Apartamento 402 Bogot=E1, Colombia ------=_Part_56441_28608577.1183398226479 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi!<br><br>I was checking the Skype website and I saw that Skype-1.4.0.74.d= eb is for Debian ETCH. You have said that you are using Lenny (me as well).= I also have installed Skype, but I did it using Synaptic Package Manager i= nstead of downloading it from the Skype downloads website. <br><br>In Synaptic you will find Skype also, in my case it is Skype 1.3.0.= 53_API, and it works pretty well. I&#39;m not sure, but this could be part = of the problem.<br><br>Have you got any experience using Synaptic Package M= anager? <br>Whether you do or not, try to install it from any repository.<br><br>Ab= out me, I&#39;m using an ACER notebook, TravelMate 2301LM. Have you got any= problem with your sound configuration before?<br><br>Kind regards.<br> -- <br>Oscar Blanco Garc=EDa<br>Ingeniero Electr=F3nico - Universidad Nacio= nal de Colombia<br>Tel=E9fono: Casa: +57 1 687 0019<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n= bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Celular: +5= 7 3133890451<br>Carrera 123B # 131-66 Bloque 55 Apartamento 402<br>Bogot=E1= , Colombia ------=_Part_56441_28608577.1183398226479--

Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:28:43 -0400 From: "A. Ben Hmeda" <abh@canada.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Configuring for skype Message-ID: <468935CB.9060609@canada.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit andy wrote:
> A. Ben Hmeda wrote:
>> andy wrote: >>> Hi all >>> >>> I have recently downloaded and installed Skype onto my lenny system >>> and when I am configuring it by making a test call, apparently there >>> is a problem with my sound system. I have gone through the various >>> options in the Skype settings, but am wondering if there is something >>> that I should be doing with respect to my soundcard. >>> >>> Has anyone any experience with Skype to let me know what I am >>> overlooking? >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> A >>> >> check alsamixer >>F4 >> mark your capture device (mic) by >> highlighting, using arrows, then spacebar. >> what version of skype? what type of soundcard? some versions did not >> like my OSS soundcard, I'm using the latest static version. >> >>
>
> Dear all
>
> Thanks to those who replied. Sorry - it would have been useful for me to
> have supplied more info with my original post.
>
> My soundcard is an EMU10K1-SBLive5.1 and I am attempting to use
> Skype-1.4.0.74.deb from the Skype download site.
> When I go and test the connection, the error message I get is: "Call
> failed: problem with audio playback" - nothing more.
>
> This is some data I captured from running KControl/Sound &
> Multimedia/Sound System/Test Sound from the konsole:
>
> server status: running, will suspend in 58 s
> real-time status: not real-time
> server buffer time: 46.4399 ms
> buffer size multiplier: 1
> minimum stream buffer time: 46.4399 ms
> auto suspend time: 60 s
> audio method: alsa
> sampling rate: 44100
> channels: 2
> sample size: 16 bits
> duplex: full
> device: default
> fragments: 2
> fragment size: 4096
>
> I have attempted to capture the mic in alsamixer, and still the same
> error. The online info I have found hasn't been very useful, effectively
> suggesting I try:
>
> modprobe snd-mixer-oss and modprobe snd-pcm-oss
>
> Any other tips or suggestions please?
>
> many thanks
>
> A
>
In Skype, what is listed under Options>>Sound Devices>> sound in/sound out/ringing? does sound work otherwise? I realise that the required libs are in Lenny but have you tried the static version as opposed to the one packaged for Etch?

Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:08:29 +0100 From: andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: [SOLVED] Re: Configuring for skype Message-ID: <46893F1D.9020602@dsl.pipex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oscar Blanco wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I was checking the Skype website and I saw that Skype-1.4.0.74.deb is
> for Debian ETCH. You have said that you are using Lenny (me as well).
> I also have installed Skype, but I did it using Synaptic Package
> Manager instead of downloading it from the Skype downloads website.
>
> In Synaptic you will find Skype also, in my case it is Skype
> 1.3.0.53_API, and it works pretty well. I'm not sure, but this could
> be part of the problem.
>
> Have you got any experience using Synaptic Package Manager?
> Whether you do or not, try to install it from any repository.
>
> About me, I'm using an ACER notebook, TravelMate 2301LM. Have you got
> any problem with your sound configuration before?
> Dear all Thanks for your suggestions. The problem is fixed. There were three steps to it: 1. Options - I had to manually play around to select a device for it to use rather than to rely on "default" and ditto for the mic. Oh well. No biggie really. 2. Ensuring that the mic was plugged into the right input. Again, no biggie but something that one can only eliminate by trial and error when the sound card output/input panel at the back of one's box is nigh on inaccessible to look at directly! 3. Playing around with the mixer to ensure that the devices were configured correctly. My difficulty was that each of the next steps to configuration relied on the preceding one being resolved correctly. Anyway - all is fixed and there was nothing mysterious to it. ;-) Thanks A -- "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"

Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:51:55 -0300 From: Cassiano Bertol Leal <cassianoleal@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Automounting USB drive on GNOME stopped working... Message-ID: <46893B3B.7000109@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson escreveu:
> On 07/02/07 09:35, Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote:
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi >> >> I have been having problems with automounting USB drives in GNOME. It >> used to work flawlessly, but suddenly stopped (I know that 'suddenly >> stopped' is a bit too vague, but that's what I've got...). >> >> I am not in front of my home computer right now, so I will give details >> as they come to memory, sorry about that. >> >> CDs get automounted perfectly. USB drives used to work as well. The two >> drives that I have tested were a Kingston 1GB pendrive and an HDD MP3 >> player from Cowon, which acts as an external HDD when plugged in the USB >> port. They are both behaving the same way: when I plug the device in the >> USB, it will load the drivers and assign a /dev/sd* node. They both work >> ok if I manually mount them. >> >> I have checked if gnome-volume-manager is running, and it is. I have >> killed it and re-run it with -no-daemon and watched the output. >> >> It will detect the drive, but then it says something like 'not a >> mountable volume' and remove it from automounting... I am running a mix >> system of lenny and sid, and have tried packages from both, notably >> udev, hal and gnome-volume-manager and no success.. >> >> Any ideas?
>
> Have you updated any packages lately?
>
> Have you run "tail -n40 -f /var/log/syslog" while plugging in the pen
> drives? Or is that what you mean by "it will load the drivers and
> assign a /dev/sd* node"?
>
I will have a look at syslog when I get back home. I have monitored /var/log/messages and that's where I watched the pendrive and the MP3 being recognized and and the /dev/sd* being assigned to them. Also, there's the fact that a simple 'pmount /dev/sda1' (for example) or a 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/whatever' will mount the drives with no problems whatsoever. I have definitely updated packages, and even fiddled around with downgrading some from sid to lenny to try and make it work as before, to no avail. I also use a compiled 2.6.21 kernel, but I have tried the latest stock one (2.6.18, IIRC) and had the same results. Thanks! Cassiano Leal -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGiTs7q4Bz51JiUuERAjYCAJ4soLEYG+VEeVSZSnc6wRCz3SR/aQCgvc5Q YeLyN4+g0J4RAK9d1sF+rmM= =4WpN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #1880 ************************************************** Received on Mon Jul 2 14:31:20 2007