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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2263

Today's Topics:

  Re: Ping my modem........             [ Jeff D  ]
  Re: Ping my modem...                  [ "Octavio Alvarez"  ]
  Re: Ping my modem...                  [ Charlie  ]
  Re: Ping my modem...                  [ Ron Johnson  ]
  Re: Ping my modem...                  [ Charlie  ]
  Re: Ping my modem...                  [ Charlie  ]
  Re: xterm won't start                 [ Paul Scott  ]
  Re: xterm won't start                 [ Paul Scott  ]
  Re: OFF TOPIC--Free software based d  [ Glen Pfeiffer  ]
  Re: docBook or latex                  [ Chris Lale  ]
  Re: Ping my modem...                  [ Charlie  ]
  Re: Wireless card for emachine?       [ Chris Lale  ]

Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:49:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>
To: debian user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Ping my modem........
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iOn Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Charlie wrote:

> On Tuesday 28 August 2007 13:33, Ron Johnson shared this with us all:
>> --} On 08/27/07 22:21, Charlie wrote:
>> --} > Never having used ping, and not really understanding the man page for
>> it:- --} >
>> --} > When I ping my modem:
>> --} >
>> --} > what command/option/s should I use?
>> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to ping:-
>> --} >
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --}
>> --} What's a *satellite* modem?
>> --}
>> --} Are you referring to POTS modem, cable modem or ADSL modem?
>> --}
>> --} Broadband *modems* do not have IP addresses. (But they do have MAC
>> --} addresses.) Only if it is a combo modem-router will it have an IP
>> --} address.
>
> A modem that connects to the Ipstar satellite for the Internet connection,
> through a satellite dish on my roof. I suppose the don't have these sort of
> things other than in the bush of Australia.
>
> But thanks anyway.
> Charlie
>
> --

It sounds like your ping command is not setuid root. You can check by doing a ls -la /bin/ping , normally the permissions will be -rwsr-xr-x owned by root:root. The s in there stands for setuid and since its owned by root, it gets executed as root, which you need to send out pings as a normal user. To change it you can :
sudo chmod 4755 /bin/ping
after that you should be able to use ping as a normal user.

Do you need help?

hth
jeff

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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:50:32 -0700
From: "Octavio Alvarez" <alvarezp@alvarezp.ods.org> To: Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au>, debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Ping my modem...

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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> wrote:

>> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to ping:-
>> --} >
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted

Your iptables firewall is blocking ICMP.

-- 
Octavio.

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:13:32 +1000 From: Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Ping my modem........ Message-Id: <200708281513.32903.ariestao@clearmail.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:49, Jeff D shared this with us all:
>--} iOn Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Charlie wrote:
>--}
>--} > On Tuesday 28 August 2007 13:33, Ron Johnson shared this with us all:
>--} >> --} On 08/27/07 22:21, Charlie wrote:
>--} >> --} > Never having used ping, and not really understanding the man
> page for --} >> it:- --} >
>--} >> --} > When I ping my modem:
>--} >> --} >
>--} >> --} > what command/option/s should I use?
>--} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to
> ping:- --} >> --} >
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --}
>--} >> --} What's a *satellite* modem?
>--} >> --}
>--} >> --} Are you referring to POTS modem, cable modem or ADSL modem?
>--} >> --}
>--} >> --} Broadband *modems* do not have IP addresses. (But they do have
> MAC --} >> --} addresses.) Only if it is a combo modem-router will it have
> an IP --} >> --} address.
>--} >
>--} > A modem that connects to the Ipstar satellite for the Internet
> connection, --} > through a satellite dish on my roof. I suppose the don't
> have these sort of --} > things other than in the bush of Australia.
>--} >
>--} > But thanks anyway.
>--} > Charlie
>--} >
>--} > --
>--}
>--} It sounds like your ping command is not setuid root. You can check by
>--} doing a ls -la /bin/ping , normally the permissions will be -rwsr-xr-x
>--} owned by root:root. The s in there stands for setuid and since its
> owned --} by root, it gets executed as root, which you need to send out
> pings as a --} normal user. To change it you can :
>--} sudo chmod 4755 /bin/ping
>--} after that you should be able to use ping as a normal user.
>--}
>--} hth
>--} jeff
Thank you for your reply This command showed:- $ ls -la /bin/ping -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30788 2007-07-17 02:00 /bin/ping Used your command as suggested:- # chmod 4755 /bin/ping Then to check: # chmod -v 4755 /bin/ping mode of `/bin/ping' retained as 4755 (rwsr-xr-x) Then pinged again and received: ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted But it might require a reboot to make ping work properly? Thank you, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Getting bored is not allowed. -------------------- ELOISE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Debian - Just the best way to do magic.

Do you need more help?

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:15:09 +1000 From: Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Ping my modem... Message-Id: <200708281515.09811.ariestao@clearmail.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us all:
>--} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au>
>--} wrote:
>--}
>--} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to
> ping:- --} >> --} >
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--}
>--} Your iptables firewall is blocking ICMP.
>--}
>--} --
>--} Octavio.
Thank you Octavio will try to correct that. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest. .............................Henry David Thoreau <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Debian - Just the best way to do magic.

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:16:28 -0500 From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Ping my modem... Message-ID: <46D3AFAC.3080505@cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/28/07 00:15, Charlie wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us all:
>> --} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au>
>> --} wrote:
>> --}
>> --} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to
>> ping:- --} >> --} >
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --}
>> --} Your iptables firewall is blocking ICMP.
>> --}
>> --} --
>> --} Octavio.
> Thank you Octavio will try to correct that.
Try "mtr-tiny" instead. - -- 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! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG06+sS9HxQb37XmcRAprcAJ41+NMtTC/vG1CeQ1YczAFOCnDglACeI9zl bsZVhB6GUcC699W61MdnH0o= =aoBT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:30:49 +1000 From: Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> To: "Debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Ping my modem... Message-Id: <200708281530.49186.ariestao@clearmail.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us all:
>--} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au>
>--} wrote:
>--}
>--} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to
> ping:- --} >> --} >
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--}
>--} Your iptables firewall is blocking ICMP.
>--}
I use the guarddog firewall and allowed ICMP - Redirect and ICMP - Source Quench on local and Internet DMZ and tried a combination of all and still get the same message. It must just be something otherwise I reckon, and will get round it eventually. I just thought that someone had come across this before. Thanks anyway for your help Octavio. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day. .............................Henry David Thoreau <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Debian - Just the best way to do magic.

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:46:39 +1000 From: Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Ping my modem... Message-Id: <200708281546.39750.ariestao@clearmail.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 28 August 2007 15:16, Ron Johnson shared this with us all:
>--} On 08/28/07 00:15, Charlie wrote:
>--} > On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us
> all: --} >> --} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie
> <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> --} >> --} wrote:
>--} >> --}
>--} >> --} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem
> to --} >> ping:- --} >> --} >
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --}
>--} >> --} Your iptables firewall is blocking ICMP.
>--} >> --}
>--} >> --} --
>--} >> --} Octavio.
>--} > Thank you Octavio will try to correct that.
>--}
>--} Try "mtr-tiny" instead.
>--}
>--} --
>--} Ron Johnson, Jr.
>--} Jefferson LA USA
Thank you, installed mtr-tiny and will now have to learn how to use it. What I have tried with the -r and -a option haven't given me any more joy than ping. These things don't work so good upside down I think? :-) But thanks for giving me another tool to use. I will get to it eventually. Charlie. -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I want to go soon and live away by the pond, where I shall hear only the wind whispering among the reeds. It will be a success if I shall have left myself behind. -------------- HENRY DAVID THOREAU <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Debian - Just the best way to do magic.

Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:06:53 -0700 From: Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: xterm won't start Message-ID: <46D3BB7D.40502@ultrasw.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2007-08-27 10:28:48 -0000, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
>> Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I've had a pty-related error with xterm on PowerPC in the past. I had
>>> to use the following workaround in my app-defaults file for XTerm:
>>>
>> I don't think it is related (it's a different error code).
>>
>
> I confirm. I've installed a 2.6.22 kernel (with CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS
> unset) on my x86 machine with eightBitInput set to false, and I've
> no problems with xterm (229-1).
>
I should have made it clear that I am using a (the latest package) stock 2.6.22 (486) kernel. It would seem that I must have made some kind of install mistake to lead to: xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys Paul

Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:34:08 -0700 From: Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com> To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: xterm won't start Message-ID: <46D3C1E0.3050703@ultrasw.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sent from unsubscribed address again. Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2007-08-27 10:28:48 -0000, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
>> Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I've had a pty-related error with xterm on PowerPC in the past. I had
>>> to use the following workaround in my app-defaults file for XTerm:
>>>
>> I don't think it is related (it's a different error code).
>>
>
> I confirm. I've installed a 2.6.22 kernel (with CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS
> unset) on my x86 machine with eightBitInput set to false, and I've
> no problems with xterm (229-1).
>
I should have made it clear that I am using a (the latest package) stock 2.6.22 (486) kernel. It would seem that I must have made some kind of install mistake to lead to: xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys Paul

Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:38:38 -0700 From: Glen Pfeiffer <glen@thepfeiffers.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC--Free software based domain hosting? Message-ID: <aN-dndibjvByX07bnZ2dnUVZ_r_inZ2d@comcast.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 08/27/2007 10:50 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> So, is there a reasonably priced hoster/registrar based solely
> on Free Software? Or, are all of these traits mutually
> exclusive?
I use www.dreamhost.com which runs Debian on all their servers. They also offer registration, but I don't know anything about it. -- Glen

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:24:50 +0100 From: Tim Day <timday@bottlenose.demon.co.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: MSI nVidia NX7600GT-T2D256E Message-Id: <1188285890.27707.18.camel@basecamp.bottlenose.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 02:17 +0000, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> You mean that the system has totally hung and you can't ssh into it (its
> not just the keyboard and display that's frozen)?
Yes that's right. No ssh, no response to pings. System is completely unresponsive to anything but hard power down or reset button.
> ...Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO...
Thanks that's exactly the info I was looking for. I have a serial cable somewhere (once networked an old 486 over it via PPP or SLIP or something 'cos I couldn't get hold of an ISA ethernet card). Will see if it yields any useful info next crash (although still no problems with the "nv" driver). Tim

Can we help you?

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:26:45 +0200 From: Dan H <dunno@stoptrick.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: SATA vs PATA Message-ID: <20070828092645.73a2538c@kir.physnet.uni-hamburg.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:41:38 +0000 "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote: [...]
> In any event, if you're choosing between PATA and SATA, go with SATA
[...] Thanks everybody. This is an easy decicion, seeing that opinions don't vary at all. One more question though: This mobo has 2 free SATA connections. If I get 2 identical disks, could I set them up as striped RAID without a dedicated controller, and could I expect a performance boost with a pretty low-end motherboard (I think it's a 2800MHz Sempron)? Thanks, --D.

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:40:35 +0100 From: Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: docBook or latex Message-ID: <46D3D173.5060507@untrammelled.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit abdelkader belahcene wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to write big document (say reports) ( sometimes with math
> symboles and functions, not always).
> Which is better and in which cases, I have to use docbook or latex??
>
> thanks for help
>
>
>
Have a look at LyX [1] which is a great front end GUI for Latex. It has an excellent maths editor [2]. You probably want to install the lyx-qt package. [1] http://www.lyx.org [2] http://www.lyx.org/LGT/math.php -- Chris.

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:51:26 -0500 From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> To: ML Debian-User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Ping my modem... Message-ID: <46D3D3FE.4020407@cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/28/07 00:30, Charlie wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us all:
>> --} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au>
>> --} wrote:
>> --}
>> --} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to
>> ping:- --} >> --} >
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>> --}
>> --} Your iptables firewall is blocking ICMP.
>> --}
>
> I use the guarddog firewall and allowed ICMP - Redirect and ICMP - Source
> Quench on local and Internet DMZ and tried a combination of all and still get
> the same message.
>
> It must just be something otherwise I reckon, and will get round it
> eventually. I just thought that someone had come across this before.
Are you *sure* that your sat-modem actually does have an IP address? - -- 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! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG09P+S9HxQb37XmcRAqO8AJ9SCsajwnC+i7zsr7pXALdBN/sgTwCeLW5U O9zCEPzMAMSKq6zm8PMzsCg= =+5/L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:05:52 +1000 From: Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Ping my modem... Message-Id: <200708281805.52215.ariestao@clearmail.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 28 August 2007 17:51, Ron Johnson shared this with us all:
>--} On 08/28/07 00:30, Charlie wrote:
>--} > On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us
> all: --} >> --} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie
> <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> --} >> --} wrote:
>--} >> --}
>--} >> --} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem
> to --} >> ping:- --} >> --} >
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >> --}
>--} >> --} Your iptables firewall is blocking ICMP.
>--} >> --}
>--} >
>--} > I use the guarddog firewall and allowed ICMP - Redirect and ICMP -
> Source --} > Quench on local and Internet DMZ and tried a combination of
> all and still get --} > the same message.
>--} >
>--} > It must just be something otherwise I reckon, and will get round it
>--} > eventually. I just thought that someone had come across this before.
>--}
>--} Are you *sure* that your sat-modem actually does have an IP address?
>--}
>--} --
>--} Ron Johnson, Jr.
>--} Jefferson LA USA
Yes according to the tech that installed the dish and the provider. The tech actually pinged the modem in windows after he installed the latest firmware. The supplier of all these magical things says it can be pinged. So I just have to see how I can do this in Linux. I will get there but am not there just yet. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories and understanding becomes orderly. ....................Confucius <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Debian - Just the best way to do magic.

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:02:14 +0100 From: Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Wireless card for emachine? Message-ID: <46D3D686.6010405@untrammelled.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Celejar wrote:
> [...]
>
> The first question is, what wireless card is in the machine? Do lspci,
> and find the entry corresponding to the wireless card.
>
Then find the chipset of the wireless card and install the appropriate kernel module driver. Alternatively, use Ndiswrapper and the Windows driver. Test the card with tools from the wireless-tools package. There are examples for the RaLink chipset [1] and for Ndiswrapper [2] on the NewbieDOC wiki [1]. [1] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/How_to_set_up_a_wireless_network_card_using_drivers_from_Debian_packages [2] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Installing_Ndiswrapper_in_Debian -- Chris.

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:51:01 +0200 From: Vladimir Strycek <vladoportos@vladoportos.sk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Profile for user and root ( locales ) Message-ID: <46D3E1F5.8090106@vladoportos.sk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Douglas A. Tutty wrote / nap=EDsal(a):
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:35:33PM +0200, Vladimir Strycek wrote:
> =20
>> any idea where alse is setting for each user in bash ? i have small=20
>> problem that when i log in to my debian box as user everything works=20
>> great especialy the special character of Slovak language also MC looks=
=20
>> fine etc... but when i su to root the special characters do not work=20
>> anymore... when i turn on MC its has some wird characters insted of=20
>> lines on borders etc... i look in /etc/profile but nothing there to=20
>> explain it also in .bashrc and .bash_profile to find out why in user i=
t=20
>> works fine and at root it doesnt diplay correctly.
>>
>> Any idea where else could be som config file which determine what=20
>> localles are used for user ?
>> =20
>
> As the working user and as root run env and compare so you know exactly
> what differences you're looking for.
>
> Then check both the user's and root's .bash*, but also check the
> /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/provfile in case there's any logic in those
> that looks at the user (as it does to set the prompt). The system's
> default locale is set under /etc/default.
>
> Doug.
>
>
> =20
Hi i copied .bash_profile and .bashrc to my root account to get it to be=20 the same now its working fine i can nicely write special characters in=20 console but the MC still look wird so i copied the MC config from user=20 to root but result is the same :( Thanks and regards Vlad

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:52:57 -0400 From: Roby <ElectricalSciences@Adelphia.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: fstab and removable usb drives Message-ID: <fb0npa$9qm$1@sea.gmane.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Celejar wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:51:04 -0700 (PDT)
> Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Celejar wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm experimenting with fstab lines to streamline mounting my removable
>> > usb drives (flash and HDD). I have tried 'UUID-xxxx', 'LABEL-xxxx',
>> > and '/dev/disk/by-label/xxxx', but with any of these the system refuses
>> > to boot without manual intervention when the drive isn't attached (I am
>> > told to hit <ctrl>-D and something about maintenance mode). This
>> > occurs even when I set 'noauto'. Am I missing something, or are such
>> > fstab lines really illegal for setups where the volume may not be
>> > attached at boot?
>> >
>> > Celejar
>> > --
>>
>> Hm, noauto should skip it at boot. On one of my laptops I have this:
>> /dev/disk/by-id/xxxxxx /mnt/flash vfat user,noauto 0 0
>>
>> Boots up just fine..
>
> Thanks; I don't know what could be different about my setup (I'm
> running uptodate Sid), but it doesn't work for me, as above.
>
> Celejar
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If the sixth field (fs_passno) is non-zero, fsck will attempt to check the filesystem regardless of noauto... always failing on a not-plugged-in usb device with the error message reported. It is VERY early in the morning. A lunar eclipse is just beginning. Really sharpens up the mental processes. I wish they'd schedule these at a more reasonable hour!

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:05:59 +0700 From: Technocrook <technocrook@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC--Free software based domain hosting? Message-ID: <fdcedef60708280205k491fcb04i4b5e6f0b8498fdba@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 8/28/07, Glen Pfeiffer <glen@thepfeiffers.net> wrote:
>
> I use www.dreamhost.com which runs Debian on all their servers.
> They also offer registration, but I don't know anything about it.
webmin+virtualmin can be choosed for web hosting solutions *-technocrook End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #2263 ************************************************** Received on Tue Aug 28 07:51:26 2007

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