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debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #2033

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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2033

Today's Topics: 

  Weird partition arrangements and bro  [ "Hamza Saglam"  ]
  Re: Sarge: Lost # of failed logins    [ Wayne Topa  ]
  Re: DHCPD giving IP to wrong machine  [ Wayne Topa  ]
  Re: output from nmap                  [ Jeff D  ]
  Re: saving package selections (Stabi  [ Owen Heisler  ]
  Re: dir command                       [ "Agricolae Maximus" 

Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:38:08 +0100


From: "Hamza Saglam" <hamzasaglam@googlemail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Weird partition arrangements and broken GRUB

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Hi,



After reading dozens of GRUB tutorials for a good few hours and not
getting anywhere, I've decided to post on this mailing list regarding
my problem. If it has been covered before please pardon me, I really
can't see it :(



Now before I start, I'd like to point out that we are both debian
users both due to the nature of our work, we have to have a windows
installation on our machines. Sad but true :(


Do you need help?X

A friend of mine brought in his laptop after he said he couldn't get
'windows booting', and when I had a look at the partition table using
gparted, I was presented with the following monstrosity:



screenshot:

http://***image.***bayimg.***com/oaeikaabk.jpg
(please get rid of the 9 stars, the mailing list wouldn't accept my
message without these)




(for the text based readers), it looks a bit like:
 /dev/sda1    fat32    (boot)


 /dev/sda2    extended    (lba)


    /dev/sda5    ntfs    (boot)


    /dev/sda6    linux-swap


 /dev/sda3    ext3



The first fat32 partition is the recovery files that came with the
laptop, the rest is a bit of mess really :)



Relevant bits from /boot/grub/menu.lst:


    title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-686
    root        (hd0,2)
    kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/sda3 ro
    initrd        /boot/initrd.img- 2.6.18-4-686


    savedefault


    title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-686 (single-user mode)
    root        (hd0,2)
    kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/sda3 ro single
    initrd        /boot/initrd.img- 2.6.18-4-686


    savedefault


    title        Microsoft Windows XP
    root        (hd0,3)



    savedefault


    makeactive


    chainloader    +1


    title           Acer eRecovery Management
      root            (hd0,0)



    savedefault


    makeactive


    chainloader     +1




I've tried all the possible combinations for the root directive of the
Windows section, but it doesn't want to load windows.



Is there any way I can address the ntfs partition within that extended
partition, or do I need to modify the structure. (I'd very much prefer
not changing the structure, even though it is quite messy)



Do you need more help?X

 I am stuck so any help would be much appreciated.



Many thanks.


Hamza



Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:48:40 -0400


From: Mike Robinson <mike@robinsonhome.org>
To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Stability issues

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> Mike Robinson wrote:
>> I'm almost to the point of blowing the system away and installing 

Can we help you?X

>> Etch.  Anyone with insight would be appreciated.


> 
> Well, I've decided to throw in the towel and install Etch.  I think I'd 
> like to boot with an Etch install CD, keep my partitions, but blow away 
> the Debian Testing installation with Etch.  I have one large partition 
> with all of the data I need to save; the rest can go away.  I've never 
> done anything like this before, so any warnings/advice is welcome.

Okay, dumb question.  It's been a while and I want to get it right.  I plan on
downloading the minimal install CD and do a network install.  My processor is an
Athlon 64 3200+, but I want the 32-bit distribution with the 'k7' kernel.  Which
install image to I burn?  I *think* it's the i386 image, and hopefully it'll let
me choose the kernel architecture during the install.  Is this correct?



-Mike


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

Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:55:52 +0000 (UTC)
From: Oleg Verych <for.gmane@flower.upol.cz>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject:  adduser


Message-ID:  <slrnfaihek.anq.for.gmane@flower.upol.cz>



  •   Bob Proulx
>

    > Oleg Verych wrote:
    
>> I'm just a user, but developers seem to have some problems in the
>> past: #208848.
>

    > But Bug#208848 says that cron needed a dependency upon adduser, which
    > it now has because of that bug.  Reading that bug this was
    > specifically for build daemons with a minimum system without adduser
    > otherwise installed.  I don't see anything about adduser misbehaving.
    > That bug in particular was filed against cron not adduser.
  •   Bob Proulx
>
>> As i said, i will try to do a simple solution. If i will fail, so be it.
>

    > The original poster Rick Spillane seemed to be having trouble with
    > /etc/group becoming corrupted.  Are you having similar problems?
    
>

    > What are you trying to do?
    
>




Getting rid of adduser. Misbehaving is one thing, bloated perl code is
another (see below).


>> One thing i can't see so far, why exim4 allocates dynamic UID. E.g. in
>> situation, when i will have same "/etc/", "/var/spool/exim4" but
>> different (re)installation sequence, UID may change, adding unneeded
>> troubles.
>


> What trouble does it cause you when an installation on different
> systems in a different order or on the same system after purging and
> reinstalling system packages in a different order uses different
> system ids?

Ids may change and i will end up with /var/spool/exim4 owned by
different user in case /etc/passwd is new.


> There are a few globally reserved ids.  But all of those must be
> between 2 and 99 because traditionally other ids started at uid 100.
> Additionally room must be left for the local admin to create system
> ids.  All globally allocated ids for all of Debian must fit between
> 2-99 and are coordinated through the base-passwd maintainer.

If i have /etc/passwd set up, i don't want to install adduser. If there
will be setup option or prompt: "Do you want to add Debian-exim4 (with
random UID)?" I want to say no. I don't want global ID. I want not
random one.


> Most systems, not just Debian, use dynamically assigned ids at package
> installation time.  This is a very common practice.  It is sometimes
> inconvenient but rarely causes serious enough problems to cause a move
> to globally allocated ids.
>
>> olecom@flower:$ du -hs adduser deluser ../share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm
>> 32K     adduser
>> 16K     deluser
>> 8.0K    ../share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm
>> olecom@flower:$
>> 
>> 56K just for random UID/GID or similar functionality is too much (IMHO,
>> of course). Also it pulls "passwd" anyway.
>


> Hmm...  We have completely different ideas of scale.  That seems
> pretty small to me.  I ran perl-source-stats (from perl monks) on
> those perl scripts and this is what it turned up.
>


>   /usr/sbin/adduser
>   Found 745 LOC
>   Found 142 comment lines
>


>   /usr/sbin/deluser
>   Found 348 LOC
>   Found 63 comment lines
>


>   /usr/share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm
>   Found 166 LOC
>   Found 31 comment lines

I have not yet published aggressive cleaner of disk space, and it reports
48K of pure perl, i.e. no comments and redundant whitespace. And i care
about every additional 4097 bytes, actually (for various reasons).


> That is only 1053 lines of perl code in total across all three of
> those files.  I consider that quite reasonable.  I am against the
> practice of "perl golf" where the smallest number of strokes wins.
> I much prefer verbose over terse if it improves readability.

>


Don't know where to look next?X

For such functionality it's too much. So we just disagree :)


Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:59:01 -0400


From: Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Stability issues

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On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:48:40PM -0400, Mike Robinson wrote:

> >Mike Robinson wrote:
> >>I'm almost to the point of blowing the system away and installing
> >>Etch.  Anyone with insight would be appreciated.
> >
> >Well, I've decided to throw in the towel and install Etch.  I think
> >I'd like to boot with an Etch install CD, keep my partitions, but
> >blow away the Debian Testing installation with Etch.  I have one
> >large partition with all of the data I need to save; the rest can go
> >away.  I've never done anything like this before, so any
> >warnings/advice is welcome.
> 
> Okay, dumb question.  It's been a while and I want to get it right.  I
> plan on downloading the minimal install CD and do a network install.
> My processor is an Athlon 64 3200+, but I want the 32-bit distribution
> with the 'k7' kernel.  Which install image to I burn?  I *think* it's
> the i386 image, and hopefully it'll let me choose the kernel
> architecture during the install.  Is this correct?
> 

Yes, you want the i386 netinst.iso.  The installer will present you with
two sets of kernel choices.  One is an actual kernel version the other
is a kernel meta-package that depends on the most recent version.
Other than that, I don't know if it will give you the whole list.  



I'm on dialup and I just do a base install (don't have it look to the
net for anything) to get a working system fast.  Then I run aptitude and
get the packages that I want.  You could do this too since the -486
kernel will run on the athlon, then update to your kernel-of-choice.



Just curious: why not amd64?  I'm running it on my Athlon64 3800+.  The
_only_ thing I need 32-bit for is adobe flashplayer, for which I run a
chroot for the browser.  That problem is fixed in Lenny/Sid but I didn't
want to go that route.  After having done it, setting up the chroot was
rather simple and schroot makes running it a breeze.



Good luck with the install.


Confused? Frustrated?X

Doug.



Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:06:51 -0700


From: PETER EASTHOPE <peasthope@shaw.ca>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: output from nmap

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Folk,



I can use a little help to understand the following output 
from nmap.  



As far as I can discern, IOD = Initial Object Descriptor
and EID = Endpoint Identifier.  So does this show that 
the UDP packet is getting past IOD #1?  What about 
IOD #2? 


What are EID 8, EID 18 & etc.? 



Thanks,             ... Peter E.



newton:~# nmap -sU -p1194 --packet-trace peasthope.yi.org


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Starting Nmap 4.11 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2007-07-25 08:18 PDT

SENT (5.1360s) ICMP 137.82.26.91 > 139.142.97.80 Echo request (type=8/code=0) ttl=59 id=24449 iplen=28
SENT (5.1360s) TCP 137.82.26.91:43568 > 139.142.97.80:80 A ttl=43 id=18482 iplen=40 seq=4225371038 win=4096 ack=324668318
RCVD (5.1380s) TCP 139.142.97.80:80 > 137.82.26.91:43568 RA ttl=255 id=54305 iplen=40 seq=324668318 win=4096 ack=4225371038
NSOCK (5.2490s) UDP connection requested to 137.82.1.1:53 (IOD #1) EID 8
NSOCK (5.2490s) Read request from IOD #1 [137.82.1.1:53] (timeout: -1ms) EID 18
NSOCK (5.2500s) UDP connection requested to 137.82.26.240:53 (IOD #2) EID 24
NSOCK (5.2500s) Read request from IOD #2 [137.82.26.240:53] (timeout: -1ms) EID 34
NSOCK (5.2500s) Write request for 44 bytes to IOD #1 EID 43 [137.82.1.1:53]: .............80.97.142.139.in-addr.arpa.....
NSOCK (5.2510s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 5 events pending

Do you need help?X

NSOCK (5.2520s) Callback: CONNECT SUCCESS for EID 24 [137.82.26.240:53]
NSOCK (5.2520s) Callback: CONNECT SUCCESS for EID 8 [137.82.1.1:53]
NSOCK (5.2520s) Callback: WRITE SUCCESS for EID 43 [137.82.1.1:53]
NSOCK (5.7540s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 2 events pending
NSOCK (6.2540s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 2 events pending
NSOCK (6.7540s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 2 events pending
NSOCK (7.2540s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=495ms). 2 events pending
NSOCK (7.7500s) Write request for 44 bytes to IOD #1 EID 51 [137.82.1.1:53]: .............80.97.142.139.in-addr.arpa.....
NSOCK (7.7510s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 3 events pending
NSOCK (7.7510s) Callback: WRITE SUCCESS for EID 51 [137.82.1.1:53]


NSOCK (7.8210s) Callback: READ SUCCESS for EID 18 [137.82.1.1:53] (123 bytes)

NSOCK (7.8210s) Read request from IOD #1 [137.82.1.1:53] (timeout: -1ms) EID 58
SENT (7.8390s) UDP 137.82.26.91:43548 > 139.142.97.80:1194 ttl=59 id=39917 iplen=28
SENT (7.9440s) UDP 137.82.26.91:43549 > 139.142.97.80:1194 ttl=42 id=61356 iplen=28
Interesting ports on 139.142.97.80:
PORT     STATE         SERVICE



1194/udp open|filtered unknown



Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 8.165 seconds
newton:~# 





 http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/

Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:17:25 -0400


From: Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Sarge: Lost # of failed logins

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Florian Kulzer(florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es) is reported to have said:

> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 13:51:27 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Mumia W.. wrote:
> > > I'm using Sarge. When I log in, I no longer get a message telling me the 
> > > # of failed logins.
> > > 
> > > For example, if I try to login but use a wrong password, when I try 
> > > again using the real password, I should see a message saying "1 failed 
> > > login attempts." I no longer get that message.
> > 
> > I personally have never seen such a message.  You must have previously
> > installed or configured something that added that functionality.
> 
> I have been using Debian for about 5 years now. As far as I remember, it
> always had the "n failure(s) since last login" message (if n was greater
> than zero). I never had to do anything to set it up, therefore I
> unfortunately don't know exactly how it works. My best guess is that it
> involves some PAM modules which parse /var/log/faillog and/or use the
> "faillog" command. Maybe this link helps to track it down:
> 
> http://linux.sys-con.com/read/49058.htm
> 
> (search for "faillog" on that page)

Florian



I still have the results you 'had'.  I tried logging in, twice, with
a bad passwd.  Got the following.


Do you need more help?X

    Last login: Thu Jul 26 21:01:03 2007 on tty6
    Linux dj 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Fri May 4 00:37:33 UTC 2007 x86_64



    The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
    the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
    individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.



    Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
    permitted by applicable law.


    No mail.

    1 failure since last login.                        <<<<  BUT I failed twice!


    Last was Thu 26 Jul 2007 09:06:23 PM EDT on tty5.



I seems to be coming from something after the motd but before the .bash_profile 
and .bashrc.  Running etch on a new system and just noticed I had not enabled
the boot log, so can't check that right now.  Sorry.



Wayne


-- 
There were computers in Biblical times. Eve had an Apple.
_______________________________________________________


Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:30:15 -0400
From: Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: DHCPD giving IP to wrong machine
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Clarence W. Robison(robison@kimberly.uidaho.edu) is reported to have said:
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> On 26 Jul 2007 at 16:05, Clarence W. Robison wrote:
> 
> > I have an entry in my dhcp3 dhcpd.conf which says that host xyz with
> > certain MAC address should receive a fixed ip address. The server does
> > not respect that entry and gives the IP address to another host with a
> > different MAC address. I don't quite understand why it, dhcpd, should do
> > that. Is normal behavior?
> > 
> 
> OPPS, the message left before I could paste snippets of the conf file.
> ------------ dhcpd.conf ---------------------------------------------- # #
> Global Options pid-file-name "/var/run/dhcpd.pid"; lease-file-name
> "/var/lib/dhcp3/dhcpd.leases"; log-facility local1; ignore client-updates;
> ddns-update-style none; option domain-name-servers      XXX.XXX.XXX.3,
> XXX.XXX.XXX.223; default-lease-time              3600; max-lease-time     
>             14400; authoritative; subnet XXX.XXX.XXX.0 netmask
> 255.255.255.192 { # Default Options
>   option routers                XXX.XXX.XXX.1;
>   option subnet-mask            255.255.255.192;
>   option domain-name            "XXXXXXXX.XXXXXX.XXX";  
>   option time-offset            -25200; # Mountain Standard Time
>   option ntp-servers            XXX.XXX.XXX.3, XXX.XXX.XXX.58;
> 
>   range dynamic-bootp           XXX.XXX.XXX.22 XXX.XXX.XXX.60;
> 
>   host xxx {  
>                 hardware ethernet 00:13:20:2d:31:d1;
>                 fixed-address XXX.XXX.XXX.22;
>          }
> 

No expert here, but as mine works, and differs from your config I'll
show ehat I had to do.

in my /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf  (not the /etc/dhcpd.conf) I have

host classy {
    hardware ethernet XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX;
    fixed-address 192.168.1.5;
    option host-name "classy.mtntop.home";
}

HTH
Wayne

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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:37:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>
To: debian user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: output from nmap
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, PETER EASTHOPE wrote:


> Folk,

>

> I can use a little help to understand the following output
> from nmap.

>

> As far as I can discern, IOD = Initial Object Descriptor
> and EID = Endpoint Identifier.  So does this show that
> the UDP packet is getting past IOD #1?  What about
> IOD #2?

>

> What are EID 8, EID 18 & etc.?

>

> Thanks,             ... Peter E.

>

> newton:~# nmap -sU -p1194 --packet-trace peasthope.yi.org

>

> Starting Nmap 4.11 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2007-07-25 08:18 PDT
> SENT (5.1360s) ICMP 137.82.26.91 > 139.142.97.80 Echo request (type=8/code=0) ttl=59 id=24449 iplen=28
> SENT (5.1360s) TCP 137.82.26.91:43568 > 139.142.97.80:80 A ttl=43 id=18482 iplen=40 seq=4225371038 win=4096 ack=324668318
> RCVD (5.1380s) TCP 139.142.97.80:80 > 137.82.26.91:43568 RA ttl=255 id=54305 iplen=40 seq=324668318 win=4096 ack=4225371038
> NSOCK (5.2490s) UDP connection requested to 137.82.1.1:53 (IOD #1) EID 8
> NSOCK (5.2490s) Read request from IOD #1 [137.82.1.1:53] (timeout: -1ms) EID 18
> NSOCK (5.2500s) UDP connection requested to 137.82.26.240:53 (IOD #2) EID 24
> NSOCK (5.2500s) Read request from IOD #2 [137.82.26.240:53] (timeout: -1ms) EID 34
> NSOCK (5.2500s) Write request for 44 bytes to IOD #1 EID 43 [137.82.1.1:53]: .............80.97.142.139.in-addr.arpa.....
> NSOCK (5.2510s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 5 events pending
> NSOCK (5.2520s) Callback: CONNECT SUCCESS for EID 24 [137.82.26.240:53]
> NSOCK (5.2520s) Callback: CONNECT SUCCESS for EID 8 [137.82.1.1:53]
> NSOCK (5.2520s) Callback: WRITE SUCCESS for EID 43 [137.82.1.1:53]
> NSOCK (5.7540s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 2 events pending
> NSOCK (6.2540s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 2 events pending
> NSOCK (6.7540s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 2 events pending
> NSOCK (7.2540s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=495ms). 2 events pending
> NSOCK (7.7500s) Write request for 44 bytes to IOD #1 EID 51 [137.82.1.1:53]: .............80.97.142.139.in-addr.arpa.....
> NSOCK (7.7510s) nsock_loop() started (timeout=500ms). 3 events pending
> NSOCK (7.7510s) Callback: WRITE SUCCESS for EID 51 [137.82.1.1:53]
> NSOCK (7.8210s) Callback: READ SUCCESS for EID 18 [137.82.1.1:53] (123 bytes)
> NSOCK (7.8210s) Read request from IOD #1 [137.82.1.1:53] (timeout: -1ms) EID 58
> SENT (7.8390s) UDP 137.82.26.91:43548 > 139.142.97.80:1194 ttl=59 id=39917 iplen=28
> SENT (7.9440s) UDP 137.82.26.91:43549 > 139.142.97.80:1194 ttl=42 id=61356 iplen=28
> Interesting ports on 139.142.97.80:
> PORT     STATE         SERVICE
> 1194/udp open|filtered unknown

>

> Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 8.165 seconds
> newton:~#

>
>
>

> http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/

>


Looks like nmap made a dns request ..

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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:45:27 -0500
From: Owen Heisler <owenh000@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: saving package selections (Stability issues)
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On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:14:23PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 04:07:59PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > if you are only installing the tasksel selections and not adding
> > additional software, then there is no reason to do this. I just know
> > that if I had to reinstall my current machine, I'd want to pull a list
> > of what was installed as I've got a couple years of built-up stuff on
> > here and wouldn't want to hassle with trying to remember it all. 
> 
> I use aptitude which keeps track of packages that I requested for
> install vs those installed to meet dependancies.  In my backups, I keep
> both the dpkg --get-selections but also aptitude search '~i!~M' which
> gives me the names of packages that are installed (~i) that are not (!)
> automatically installed (~M).


I prefer to add a few more steps in order to:
a. save versions, like for mixed stable/testing/unstable systems, yet be
   friendly to version changes
b. install exactly the packages I have selected as auto-installed
   (recommends makes this a bit more tricky, when used)
c. keep all essential-marked packages


== Saving the package selections ==
1. Save list of all installed packages:
# aptitude -F "%?p" search \~i >| aptitude-installed

2. Same as previous but with versions:
# aptitude -F "%?p=%?V" search \~i | sed 's/ //g' >| aptitude-installed-ver

3. Save list of the packages that have been automatically installed:
# aptitude -F "%?p" search \~i\~M >| aptitude-autoinstalled


== Applying package selections ==
1. Make sure /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/preferences are correct
   and update the lists:
# aptitude update

2. Select essential packages for installation, unmarkauto them, and
   markauto non-essential packages:
# aptitude -R --schedule-only install `aptitude -F "%?p" search \~E`
# aptitude -R --schedule-only unmarkauto `aptitude -F "%?p" search \~E`
# aptitude -R --schedule-only markauto `aptitude -F "%?p" search \~i\!\~E`

3. Select packages for installation, then apply versions:
# aptitude -R --schedule-only install `cat aptitude-installed`
# aptitude -R --schedule-only install `cat aptitude-installed-ver`

4. Mark auto-installed packages as such:
# aptitude -R --schedule-only markauto `cat aptitude-autoinstalled`

5. Run aptitude interactively, make sure it is doing what it ought, then
   apply either with 'g' or:
# aptitude -y install


There are probably better ways to do some of this.  ...Let me know how I
can improve it.

This is obviously overkill for a lot of people.


Can we help you?X

Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:29:17 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Agricolae Maximus" <amax@mail15.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: dir command
Message-ID: <f8bhpc$50c$1@aioe.org>

 Ron Johnson(ron.l.johnson@cox.net) is reported to have said:
 > On 07/15/07 09:50, Manon Metten wrote:
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > Is there a bash command available that shows the contents of the
 > > given dir recursively, telling me how many files are in there and
 > > the byte size occupied?
 <--<snip>-->
 >

Hey Ron! 
 > This is what I wrote to solve a similar problem:
 > 
 > http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/pydir
 > 
 This is pretty slick.  Sure saves a few keystrokes - thanks!
 
   ~A~

-- 



Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:50:02 -0400
From: Mike Robinson <mike@robinsonhome.org>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Stability issues
Message-ID: <46A94F4A.8090702@robinsonhome.org>
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Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:

> Just curious: why not amd64?  I'm running it on my Athlon64 3800+.  The
> _only_ thing I need 32-bit for is adobe flashplayer, for which I run a
> chroot for the browser.  That problem is fixed in Lenny/Sid but I didn't
> want to go that route.  After having done it, setting up the chroot was
> rather simple and schroot makes running it a breeze.


Can the binary nVidia video driver still be used in the 64-bit distribution?  If
so, I may try the amd64 route.  The only thing I'd have to investigate is if there
are any issues compiling MythTV for 64-bit.

-Mike

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