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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2278

Today's Topics: 

  Re: Garmin GPS on USB port            [ "Douglas A. Tutty"  ]
  Re: Garmin GPS on USB port            [ Bernard  ]
  Re: Garmin GPS on USB port            [ steve  ]
  Re: software suspend and system clon  [ Ron Peterson  ]
  Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with  [ Paul Scott  ]
  Better iptables firewall              [ Michael Pobega  ]
  Re: Garmin GPS on USB port            [ Philippe Marzouk  ]
  xen 3.1 - stable?                     [ Frank  ]
  Re: Better iptables firewall          [ ndemou@gmail.com ]
  Re: make or preprocessor error - ddr  [ "=?GB2312?B?06a4u8P5?="  ]
  Re: xen or xen-vserver - difference?  [ Sylvain Le Gall  ]
  hdparm configuration help             [ Joris Huizer 

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:42:42 +0000


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


Subject: Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

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On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote:

> 
> I try to communicate with my GPS via a USB port but without success.  I used
> to do it with a serial connection without problem.  Eventually, I will have
> to plug my GPS on a laptop with USB port only so I have to find a solution.
> According to a few things read on the web I have to load the garmin_gps
> module.  I did it with succes but the documentation found said to use
> /dev/ttyUSB? which device I don't have.  Maybe I still have a few things to
> understand about the USB devices and udev!
> 
> I would like to know if someone have been able to communicate with a Garmin
> GPS via a USB port and how you did it.  Or maybe someone with a good
> understanding of USB and udev could help me understand what is going on and
> what I should do to make it work.

Your documentation may not have taken udev into account.  Assuming that
you're using standard Etch, run tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plug in
the gps and see if a message appears that tells you what device it
connects to.  I've never hooked my GPS up to the computer.  However, for
comparison, my Palm comes up as something like /dev/pilot.



Doug.


Do you need help?X

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:05:57 +1000


From: Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Ping my modem........


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On Wednesday 29 August 2007 23:31, Ron Johnson shared this with us all:

>--} Thanks Ron,
>--} >
>--} > I am still learning to use it.
>--}
>--} Either I'm a Unix wizard, or it's really pathetically simple to use.
>--}
>--} =A0 $ mtr www.cox.net
>--}
>--} =A0 $ mtr -r www.cox.net
>--}
>--} =A0 $ mtr -n www.cox.net
>--}
>--} =A0 $ mtr 70.168.47.91
>--}
>--} There's more, but that'll do 99.5% of what you'll ever need it to do

Do you need more help?X

>--} for you.
>--}
>--} --
>--} Ron Johnson, Jr.
>--} Jefferson LA =A0USA


Thanks Ron,



You are and I am pathetically simple and uneducated to boot. :-)



What you posted is what I used.



I hadn't tried the -n switch though. I don't think I need it for my modem=20
address.



Practicing a bit of pinging and mtring now. Just in case I require it for=20
future use.


Can we help you?X

Thanks again.


Charlie


=2D-=20


Registered Linux User:- 329524

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++



Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large=20
family -- he is silent poor indeed.=20

=2E......................................Henry David Thoreau
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Debian - Just the best way to do magic.



Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:57:45 -0400


From: Bernard <bernard.fay@gmail.com>


To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Garmin GPS on USB port


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On 8/29/07, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:

>


> On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote:
> >
> > I try to communicate with my GPS via a USB port but without success.  I
> used
> > to do it with a serial connection without problem.  Eventually, I will
> have
> > to plug my GPS on a laptop with USB port only so I have to find a
> solution.
> > According to a few things read on the web I have to load the garmin_gps
> > module.  I did it with succes but the documentation found said to use
> > /dev/ttyUSB? which device I don't have.  Maybe I still have a few things
> to
> > understand about the USB devices and udev!
> >
> > I would like to know if someone have been able to communicate with a
> Garmin
> > GPS via a USB port and how you did it.  Or maybe someone with a good
> > understanding of USB and udev could help me understand what is going on
> and
> > what I should do to make it work.
>


> Your documentation may not have taken udev into account.  Assuming that
> you're using standard Etch, run tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plug in
> the gps and see if a message appears that tells you what device it
> connects to.  I've never hooked my GPS up to the computer.  However, for
> comparison, my Palm comes up as something like /dev/pilot.

>

> Doug.

Ok, here is what I got from syslog:



Aug 29 21:53:15 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3
Aug 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using
uhci_hcd and address 4


Aug 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice


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

Do you seen something useful from this?



Thanks for the help,


Bernard



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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Douglas A. Tutty</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:dtutty@porchlight.ca">dtutty@porchlight.ca</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; I try to communicate with my GPS via a USB port but without success.&nbsp;&nbsp;I used<br>&gt; to do it with a serial connection without problem.&nbsp;&nbsp;Eventually, I will have


> to plug my GPS on a laptop with USB port only so I have to find a solution.
> According to a few things read on the web I have to load the garmin_gps
> module.  I did it with succes but the documentation found said to use

> /dev/ttyUSB? which device I don't have.  Maybe I still have a few things to
> understand about the USB devices and udev!
>
> I would like to know if someone have been able to communicate with a Garmin

> GPS via a USB port and how you did it.  Or maybe someone with a good
> understanding of USB and udev could help me understand what is going on and
> what I should do to make it work.

Your documentation may not have taken udev into account.  Assuming that

you're using standard Etch, run tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plug in
the gps and see if a message appears that tells you what device it
connects to.  I've never hooked my GPS up to the computer.  However, for

comparison, my Palm comes up as something like /dev/pilot.

Doug.

Ok, here is what I got from syslog:

Aug 29 21:53:15 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3
Aug 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4

Don't know where to look next?X


Aug 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

Do you seen something useful from this?

Thanks for the help,
Bernard

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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:28:34 -0400
From: steve <sfreilly@roadrunner.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Garmin GPS on USB port 

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Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote:
> 

>> I try to communicate with my GPS via a USB port but without success.  I used
>> to do it with a serial connection without problem.  Eventually, I will have
>> to plug my GPS on a laptop with USB port only so I have to find a solution.
>> According to a few things read on the web I have to load the garmin_gps
>> module.  I did it with succes but the documentation found said to use
>> /dev/ttyUSB? which device I don't have.  Maybe I still have a few things to
>> understand about the USB devices and udev!
>>
>> I would like to know if someone have been able to communicate with a Garmin
>> GPS via a USB port and how you did it.  Or maybe someone with a good
>> understanding of USB and udev could help me understand what is going on and
>> what I should do to make it work.
>>     
>

> Your documentation may not have taken udev into account. Assuming that
> you're using standard Etch, run tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plug in
> the gps and see if a message appears that tells you what device it
> connects to. I've never hooked my GPS up to the computer. However, for
> comparison, my Palm comes up as something like /dev/pilot.
>

> Doug.
>
>

>

I use a usb to serial cable into my garmin etrex. works great.
Confused? Frustrated?X

Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:58:07 -0400
From: Ron Peterson <rpeterso@mtholyoke.edu> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: software suspend and system cloning 

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2007-08-29_20:50:49-0400 Ron Peterson <debian-user@lists.debian.org>:

> I was cloning a software raid system to a hardware raid system (Dell
> 2650 to 2850). I took out the mdadm startup scripts, but apparently
> software suspend was somehow trying to restore some kind of state
> information about the system that was no longer valid.

BTW, this is the where the boot process stops: 

Begin: running /scripts/local-premount
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/md8) = md8(9,8)
kinit: trying to resume from /dev/md8

Attempting manual resume
I/O error reading swsusp image

Of course there is no swsusp image on my swap partition, because this is a newly cloned system.

The new machine also has more memory, so I booted, with 'noresume', and installed a bigmem kernel, but that really crapped out. I went home after that, so I don't have much more detail, but from what I'm reading, it sounds possible that my filesystems were corrupted by what I was doing.

This is starting to remind me of how tightly coupled Windows is to the hardware it's installed on. Yuck. 

-- 
Ron Peterson
Network & Systems Manager
Mount Holyoke College
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rpeterso

Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:16:59 -0700 From: Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel Message-ID: <46D636AB.6020208@ultrasw.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wayne Topa wrote:
> Paul Scott(waterhorse@ultrasw.com) is reported to have said:
>
>> Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid >> >> xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 >> >> with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: >> >> xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory >> Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys >> >> I have upgraded almost anything that needed it that would have come after >> the 2.6.17-2-486 kernels. Any of that upgrading may have caused the xterm >> problem. >> >> >
> Sorry, I see you posted it in one of the other threads.
>
Sorry. There's only one other thread which I thought had died. I don't know if any problem is caused when I accidentally post from an unsubscribed address.
> Might try fixing up the threading on your mail program.
>
I'ts Icedove. See above. Thanks, Paul
> Wayne
>
>

Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:40:28 -0700 From: Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel Message-ID: <46D63C2C.5030103@ultrasw.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wayne Topa wrote:
> Paul Scott(waterhorse@ultrasw.com) is reported to have said:
>
>> Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid >> >> xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 >> >> with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: >> >> xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory >> Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys >> >> I have upgraded almost anything that needed it that would have come after >> the 2.6.17-2-486 kernels. Any of that upgrading may have caused the xterm >> problem. >> >> TIA for any more ideas. >> >>
> Paul
>
> What do you get from
>
> grep -i pty /boot/config-$(uname -r)
>
So have I been missing the main point? Is the recent change in CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS the problem? I thought xterm's were working for others so I didn't go far enough with that investigation. Paul

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:25:25 -0400 From: Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Better iptables firewall Message-ID: <20070830042525.GA22858@digital-haze.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Currently I'm using iptables as my main firewall, and I'm having no trouble with it whatsoever. But lately (Since college has started) I've been connecting to a lot more networks, with more peers connected. I'm worried about somebody breaking through the security on my laptop and doing something malicious. I'm hoping some seasoned Debian sysadmins out there can help me by advising me on how to better setup iptables...My current setup is: # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.6 on Mon Jun 18 09:55:18 2007 *filter :INPUT DROP [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [35639:3072343] - -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT - -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT - -A INPUT -p icmp -m limit --limit 1/sec -j ACCEPT - -A INPUT -p icmp -j DROP #-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5030 -j ACCEPT #-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT #-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 15000 -j ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Mon Jun 18 09:55:18 2007 The commented rules are uncommented in my ruleset for home (I only have those ports forwarded on my home router, so opening them outside is a potential security hazard) - -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG1ka1g6qL2BGnx4QRAqiAAJ9ga+7x+ShT64BWbZ/59BYTJ+eCgQCfQo5O ZLlBxl1aLfm3tlaDOO75GU0= =CYxy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:37:25 +0200 From: Philippe Marzouk <phil-antispam@ozigo.org> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Garmin GPS on USB port Message-ID: <20070830043725.GA31033@ozigo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I try to communicate with my GPS via a USB port but without success. I used
> to do it with a serial connection without problem. Eventually, I will have
> to plug my GPS on a laptop with USB port only so I have to find a solution.
> According to a few things read on the web I have to load the garmin_gps
> module. I did it with succes but the documentation found said to use
> /dev/ttyUSB? which device I don't have. Maybe I still have a few things to
> understand about the USB devices and udev!
>
> I would like to know if someone have been able to communicate with a Garmin
> GPS via a USB port and how you did it. Or maybe someone with a good
> understanding of USB and udev could help me understand what is going on and
> what I should do to make it work.
>
What does 'lsusb' tells you ? How do you try to communicate with your GPS, with gpsbabel ? Philippe

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:57:38 +0530 From: "Sudev Barar" <sbarar@gmail.com> To: Bernard <bernard.fay@gmail.com> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Garmin GPS on USB port Message-ID: <774593a20708292227y7ca27326r7a6e1ad8fb30f685@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 30/08/2007, Bernard <bernard.fay@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, here is what I got from syslog:
>
> Aug 29 21:53:15 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3
> Aug 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using
> uhci_hcd and address 4
> Aug 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>
> Do you seen something useful from this?
Seems incomplete. This is when you disconnect. Output from when you connect is needed. Secondly do you have any other usb-serial cables like camera etc? what happens when you connect those? -- Regards, Sudev Barar See you at 'Freed.in - freedom in technology & software' - India's leading free and open source community event. 28- 29 September 2007, New Delhi. Entry free, on first come basis. Register at http://Freed.in

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:05:01 +0200 From: Frank <josephbeuys@gmx.de> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: xen 3.1 - stable? Message-ID: <46D66C1D.2020302@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What's the problem whith xen 3.1? Does it run not stable? Does sombody use xen 3.1 productive? The install scirpt seems to be better than from 3.0.3.1 the xen etch installer because it recognices software raid devices and does'nt change them as the xen 3.0.3.1 installer does.

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:01:54 +0300 From: ndemou@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Better iptables firewall Message-ID: <cc703c350708300001h6c3dc515l8a10e3e249635544@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 8/30/07, Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
> I'm hoping some seasoned Debian sysadmins out there can help me by
> advising me on how to better setup iptables...My current setup is:
quite some info you can find here Securing Debian howto http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:46:26 +0800 From: "=?GB2312?B?06a4u8P5?=" <fmying@gmail.com> To: "Adam W" <adam.ckdvwwzz@gmail.com> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: make or preprocessor error - ddrescue-1.5 Message-ID: <a7ac44010708300046v1add0816gffddd9f1bafd9161@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Can you tell us the version of your Debian? Mine is Lenny(testing). I tried to compile ddrescue-1.5. My information is below: fmying@QC225:~/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.5$ ./configure creating config.status creating Makefile VPATH = . prefix = /usr/local exec_prefix = $(prefix) bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin datadir = $(prefix)/share infodir = $(datadir)/info mandir = $(datadir)/man sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc CC = gcc CXX = g++ CPPFLAGS = CFLAGS = -Wall -W -O2 CXXFLAGS = -Wall -W -O2 LDFLAGS = OK. Now you can run make. fmying@QC225:~/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.5$ make g++ -Wall -W -O2 -c -o arg_parser.o arg_parser.cc g++ -Wall -W -O2 -c -o block.o block.cc g++ -Wall -W -O2 -c -o ddrescue.o ddrescue.cc g++ -Wall -W -O2 -c -o logbook.o logbook.cc g++ -Wall -W -O2 -DPROGVERSION=\"1.5\" -c -o main.o main.cc g++ -o ddrescue arg_parser.o block.o ddrescue.o logbook.o main.o It succeeded. Could you install g++ and try again? On 8/29/07, Adam W <adam.ckdvwwzz@gmail.com> wrote:
> For the recovery I am trying to do the direct disc accrss ability of
> ddrescue-1.[4|5] is recomended. I have the same problems when I try
> 1.4. The stable / testing / unstabe only have ddrescue-1.2x. So, I got
> ddrescue-1.5 from GNU.
>
> Thanks.
>
> I extract the archive and cd to the directory.
>
> $ ./configure
>
> creating config.status
> creating Makefile
> VPATH = .
> prefix = /usr/local
> exec_prefix = $(prefix)
> bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin
> datadir = $(prefix)/share
> infodir = $(datadir)/info
> mandir = $(datadir)/man
> sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc
> CC = gcc
> CXX = c++
> CPPFLAGS =
> CFLAGS = -Wall -W -O2
> CXXFLAGS = -Wall -W -O2
> LDFLAGS =
> OK. Now you can run make.
> $ make
> c++ -Wall -W -O2 -c -o arg_parser.o arg_parser.cc
> make: c++: Command not found
> make: *** [arg_parser.o] Error 127
> $
>
> apt-cache serch c++ didn't help me
> I have cpp and gcc installed in /usr/bin/
> So, I try linking them with c++
>
> $ su
> # ln -T /usr/bin/cpp /usr/bin/c++ && make && install
> c++ -Wall -W -O2 -c -o arg_parser.o arg_parser.cc
> c++: "-c" is not a valid option to the preprocessor
> make: *** [arg_parser.o] Error 1
> # rm /usr/bin/c++ && ln -T /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/c++ && make && install
> c++ -Wall -W -O2 -c -o arg_parser.o arg_parser.cc
> c++: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory
> make: *** [arg_parser.o] Error 1
> #
> >
> --
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Do you need help?X

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:26:04 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg-Volker_Peetz?= <peetz@scai.fraunhofer.de> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: i686 Port Message-ID: <fb5uus$th6$1@sea.gmane.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gregory Seidman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 04:06:10PM +0100, Richard Thompson wrote:
>> I was wondering why debian doesn't have a port of packages optimised f= or >> i686, I realise they have support for i386, which obviously incudes >> everything from an intel 386 to the latest and greatest intel and amd >> processors (running in 32bit), ultimatley the i686 already has 'suppor= t' >> however I just thought it would be great if a port was available where >> the packages had been compiled specifically for i686 as I have noticed >> that when I use i686 optimised distro's such as arch, or even slackwar= e >> there is a noticable performance difference. >=20
> This comes up on the list from time to time. The general answer is that
> packages that benefit from processor-specific compilation (e.g. the ker=
nel,
> Marillat's mplayer "unofficial" packages, etc.) do exist in
> processor-specific forms. The vast majority of packages, however, do no=
t
> benefit sufficiently from processor-specific compilation to justify the
> complication of supporting extra versions of the packages, much less th=
e
> infrastructure to automatically select the correct package for your
> processor when using apt.
>=20 >> Richard Thompson
> --Greg
The installation manual (http://www.de.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.html.en) says that the "i386" architecture packages support *i486* processors and later= . There is also a libc6-686 package optimized for i686. --=20 Regards, J=F6rg-Volker.

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:33:44 +0200 From: Frank <josephbeuys@gmx.de> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: xen or xen-vserver - difference? Message-ID: <46D680E8.30403@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What the differece between this packages? xen-linux-system-2.6.18-5-xen-686 - XEN system with Linux 2.6.18 image on i686 xen-linux-system-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-686 - XEN system with Linux 2.6.18 image on i686

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:04:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Sylvain Le Gall <gildor@debian.org> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: xen or xen-vserver - difference? Message-ID: <slrnfdd216.6qn.gildor@gallu.homelinux.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 30-08-2007, Frank <josephbeuys@gmx.de> wrote:
> What the differece between this packages?
>
> xen-linux-system-2.6.18-5-xen-686 - XEN system with Linux 2.6.18 image
> on i686
> xen-linux-system-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-686 - XEN system with Linux 2.6.18
> image on i686
> > XEN is a patch on the linux kernel to enable running linux as domX vserver is a patch on the linux kernel to create vserver in linux (sort of super chroot). -xen-686 is a package with only the first patch -xen-vserver-686 is a package with the two patches Have a look at : http://linux-vserver.org/ http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/ (in fact xen+vserver is a proof of concept that you can build a kernel with this two patches) Regards, Sylvain Le Gall

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:08:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Joris Huizer <joris_huizer@yahoo.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: hdparm configuration help Message-ID: <185760.38102.qm@web52701.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, After the recent udev + hdparm problems, I'm thinking of reconfiguring hdparm (hdparm currently is not configured, just reinstalled, so I'm assuming it's currently using default settings) This is the output of `hdparm -v -i /dev/hda`: /dev/hda: multcount =3D 0 (off) IO_support =3D 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq =3D 1 (on) using_dma =3D 0 (off) keepsettings =3D 0 (off) readonly =3D 0 (off) readahead =3D 256 (on) geometry =3D 65535/16/63, sectors =3D 78165360, start =3D 0 Model=3DIC35L040AVER07-0, FwRev=3DER4OA46A, SerialNo=3DSXPTX283824 Config=3D{ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } RawCHS=3D16383/16/63, TrkSize=3D0, SectSize=3D0, ECCbytes=3D40 BuffType=3DDualPortCache, BuffSize=3D1916kB, MaxMultSect=3D16, MultSect=3Doff CurCHS=3D4047/16/255, CurSects=3D16511760, LBA=3Dyes, LBAsects=3D78165360 IORDY=3Don/off, tPIO=3D{min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA=3D{min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4=20 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2=20 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma3 udma4 *udma5=20 AdvancedPM=3Dyes: disabled (255) WriteCache=3Denabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1:=20 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 * signifies the current active mode /dev/hdb: multcount =3D 0 (off) IO_support =3D 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq =3D 1 (on) using_dma =3D 0 (off) keepsettings =3D 0 (off) readonly =3D 0 (off) readahead =3D 256 (on) geometry =3D 65535/16/63, sectors =3D 80293248, start =3D 0 Model=3DMaxtor 2F040J0, FwRev=3DVAM51JJ0, SerialNo=3DF10SPCNE Config=3D{ Fixed } RawCHS=3D16383/16/63, TrkSize=3D0, SectSize=3D0, ECCbytes=3D57 BuffType=3DDualPortCache, BuffSize=3D2048kB, MaxMultSect=3D16, MultSect=3Doff CurCHS=3D4047/16/255, CurSects=3D16511760, LBA=3Dyes, LBAsects=3D80293248 IORDY=3Don/off, tPIO=3D{min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA=3D{min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4=20 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2=20 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6=20 AdvancedPM=3Dyes: disabled (255) WriteCache=3Denabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0:=20 ATA/ATAPI-1 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6 ATA/ATAPI-7 * signifies the current active mode Could someone tell me what settings are appropiate for my hard discs? I tried before with, what didn't really seem to push things, but problems with modules not loading reappeared Thanks, Joris =20 _________________________________________________________________________= ___________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you al= l the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting=20 End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #2278 ************************************************** Received on Thu Aug 30 05:40:25 2007

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