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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2331

Today's Topics: 

  Re: Always falling to grub prompt     [ Wayne Topa  ]
  Re: need deb package help             [ PhxVyper  ]
  etc/X11/xorg.conf format change?      [ "Michael M."  ]
  Re: Always falling to grub prompt     [ Victor Munoz  ]
  The current status of tetex -> texli  [ Wei Chen  ]
  Re: text consoles 8-12 and german um  [ Robert Epprecht  ]
  Re: read/write compressed fs          [ Ron Johnson  ]
  Where to find missing documentation   [ Raj Kiran Grandhi  ]

Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 22:53:20 -0400
From: Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Always falling to grub prompt 

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Victor Munoz(vmunoz@macul.ciencias.uchile.cl) is reported to have said:
> Hello. It's been about a week that I've been unable to boot normally.
> Every time I get the grub prompt, and then I have to go through the
> sequence of commands "root/kernel/initrd/boot". I understand that this
> may occur due to some defective file, but I can't see anything
> abnormal in menu.lst, device.map, or fstab.
>
> This is a dual boot box, Windows in /dev/hdc [(hd0,0) for grub], Sid
> in /dev/hdd [(hd1,0)]. I have several kernels installed: 2.6.18-4-686,
> 2.6.21-2-686, 2.6.22-1-686, 2.6.22-2-686. 21-2 and 22-1 can't
> boot, saying something about BIOS being unable to handle the number of
> cylinders. I don't know if this suggests something's wrong with my
> system, but 18 and 22-2 boot just fine (except for the fact that I
> always get the grub prompt), and the boot process was
> normal until a couple of weeks ago.
>
> Any help will be appreciated. I have included below the files
> menu.lst, devide.map, fstab, in case someone is interested. Regards,
>
> Victor

It's late and I'm tired but something looks wrong to me. Do you have 4 hard drives or is this one (1) HD with

You say /dev/hdd [(hd1,0)] 

But to me /dev/hda -> (hd0,0)
              /hdb -> (hd1,0)
              /hdc -> (hd2,0)
              /hdd -> (hd3,0)

but you have 

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.21-2-amd64 Default
root            (hd0,4) -------------<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 ro vga=0x31a
initrd          /boot/initrd.img

savedefault
Do you need help?X

so you say that root is on hda1 partition 3 And the kernel is on root=/dev/sda5

I'm confused. How many HD's do you have, 1 or 2 or ?

I don't get this either

> # kopt=root=/dev/hdd1 ro

If it really is on hd1 partition d, that should be hda4 not hdd1.

I hope I'm wrong but I think you are confusing grub as much as me.

Wayne

>
> ----menu.lst------------------------------------------------
>
> # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
> # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
> # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
> # and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
>
> ## default num
> # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
> # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
> #
> # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
> # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
> # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
> # array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
> default 0
>
> ## timeout sec
> # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
> # (normally the first entry defined).
> timeout 5
>
> # Pretty colours
> color cyan/blue white/blue
>
> ## password ['--md5'] passwd
> # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
> # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
> # command 'lock'
> # e.g. password topsecret
> # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
> # password topsecret
>
> #
> # examples
> #
> # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
> # root (hd0,0)
> # makeactive
> # chainloader +1
> #
> # title Linux
> # root (hd0,1)
> # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
> #
>
> #
> # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
>
> ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
 > ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
> ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
>
> ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
>
> ## ## Start Default Options ##
> ## default kernel options
> ## default kernel options for automagic boot options
> ## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
> ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
> ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
> ## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
> ## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
> # kopt=root=/dev/hdd1 ro
>
> ## default grub root device
> ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
> # groot=(hd1,0)
>
> ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
> ## e.g. alternative=true
> ## alternative=false
> # alternative=true
>
> ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
> ## e.g. lockalternative=true
> ## lockalternative=false
> # lockalternative=false
>
> ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
> ## alternatives
> ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
> # defoptions=
>
> ## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
> ## e.g. lockold=false
> ## lockold=true
> # lockold=false
>
> ## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
> # xenhopt=
>
> ## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
> # xenkopt=console=tty0
>
> ## altoption boot targets option
> ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
> ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
> ## altoptions=(single-user) single
> # altoptions=(single-user mode) single
>
> ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
> ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
> ## alternative kernel options
> ## e.g. howmany=all
> ## howmany=7
> # howmany=all
>
> ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
> ## e.g. memtest86=true
> ## memtest86=false
> # memtest86=true
>
> ## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
> ## can be true or false
> # updatedefaultentry=false
>
> ## ## End Default Options ##
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.22-2-686
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-2-686 root=/dev/hdd1 ro
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-2-686
> savedefault
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.22-2-686 (single-user mode)
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-2-686 root=/dev/hdd1 ro single
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-2-686
> savedefault
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.22-1-686
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-1-686 root=/dev/hdd1 ro
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-1-686
> savedefault
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.22-1-686 (single-user mode)
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-1-686 root=/dev/hdd1 ro single
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-1-686
> savedefault
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.21-2-686
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-2-686 root=/dev/hdd1 ro
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.21-2-686
> savedefault
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.21-2-686 (single-user mode)
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-2-686 root=/dev/hdd1 ro single
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.21-2-686
> savedefault
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-686
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/hdd1 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 (hd1,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/hdd1 ro single
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686
> savedefault
>
> ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
 >
> # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
> # ones.
> title Other operating systems:
> root
>
>
> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
> # on /dev/hdc1
> title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> root (hd0,0)
> #savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> -----device.map----------------------------------------------------
>
> (hd0) /dev/hdc
> (hd1) /dev/hdd
>
> -----fstab---------------------------------------------------------
>
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hdd1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/hdd2 none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
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Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:37:50 -0000 From: PhxVyper <chad.horton@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: need deb package help Message-ID: <1189309070.997555.109130@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >
> try "apt-cache search php mcrypt"
> Hi, All this does is show me what I already know - that php5-mcrypt is installed (which I did yesterday). What I need to know is how do I take a deb package libapache2-mod-php5 that I have installed and get it to work with php5-mcrypt? The PHP site says that PHP has to be installed with the --with-mcrypt in order to get it to work, but if that is the case, why would there be a separate php5-mcrypt package that can be installed? % apt-cache search php mcrypt libgringotts2 - encapsulate data in an encrypted and compressed file php5-mcrypt - MCrypt module for php5

Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:37:58 -0700 From: "Michael M." <mcubed@slashmail.org> To: debian-user mailing list <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: etc/X11/xorg.conf format change? Message-Id: <1189312678.19221.15.camel@drifter.domain.actdsltmp> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I recently reinstalled Debian Lenny and have just realized that my new /etc/X11/xorg.conf has some substantial differences from the version I had previously. (I was also using Lenny previously, upgraded from Etch rather than installed from scratch.) Gone are the "Files" and "Modules" sections. Yet, at least so far, everything seems to be working fine. The log indicates that numerous modules are loaded and contains a line: (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" I don't have any logs from my previous install to compare, but I did save the old xorg.conf. I guess, as long as there are no problems going forward, it's nothing to worry about. I just thought I would've seen some discussion about a change like that -- big chunks of the file going away -- since historically configuring XFree86/Xorg has often given users headaches and there has always been a lot of discussion about the conf file. When did this happen? And funnily enough, this is the first time any Linux install has configured the correct optimal resolution & refresh rate for this machine & monitor from the get-go. Previously I have had always to edit the conf file to add it in. -- Michael M.

Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 00:40:56 -0400 From: Victor Munoz <vmunoz@macul.ciencias.uchile.cl> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Always falling to grub prompt Message-ID: <20070909044056.GB30749@llacolen.ciencias.uchile.cl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 10:53:20PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> It's late and I'm tired but something looks wrong to me.
> Do you have 4 hard drives or is this one (1) HD with
>
> You say /dev/hdd [(hd1,0)]
>
> But to me /dev/hda -> (hd0,0)
> /hdb -> (hd1,0)
> /hdc -> (hd2,0)
> /hdd -> (hd3,0)
That would be the logical order, but here hda and hdb have to do with the cdrom. I get this from dmesg: dmesg | grep hda ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio hda: HL-DT-ST GCE-8320B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hda: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 8192kB Cache, DMA Then hdc is the 10G disk for Windows, and hdd the 160G disk for sid. If I type "root hd(" at the boot prompt, it only gives me 0 and 1 as options, and a later "kernel" command actually finds vmlinuz in (hd1,0)/boot. So I guess this is ok.
> I'm confused. How many HD's do you have, 1 or 2 or ?
>
2, as I said, and a cdrom, recognized as hda.
>
> I hope I'm wrong but I think you are confusing grub as much as me.
>
Well, it was not me anyway :-). grub decided it was time to get confused last week, after months of normal operation. Victor

Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:38:36 +0530 From: arijit sarkar <arijit.2612@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Vote for Debian on Lenovo Message-Id: <200709091038.36447.arijit.2612@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 09 Sep 2007 3:55:21 am Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 12:20:29AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=98
>
> thanks for the head up. vote cast, interesting to note that Untunbu is
> leading the pack by a lot with deb a distant second (something like
> 900+ for U with 200+ for deb) and then the rest are way down the
> line. If the poll is any indicator of what they choose (and we all
> know its not), then we can be assured of some flavor of
> debian/deriv...
>
> :)
>
> too bad I just bought a linuxcertified.com lappy. oh well.
>
> A
voted for debian. thanks for the information. -- Arijit Sarkar Kolkata, India

Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:36:05 +1000 From: Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: read/write compressed fs Message-ID: <20070909053605.GB29858@samad.com.au> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu" Content-Disposition: inline --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 08:34:54PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote:
> On 09/08/2007 06:53 PM, Alex Samad wrote:
>> Hi >> I have a separate lvm for my /usr/share/doc, I would like to have this o= n=20 >> a compressed fs, just recently loaded libgcj-doc which took up ~500Mb fo= r=20 >> a 45M deb file mainly text files. >> is there a debian way of doing that ? >> Alex >
> Although it relates to encryption, some of the ideas in this document may=
=20
> help you with your disk compression quest. Install doc-linux-nonfree-text=
=20
> from Sarge and read /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Disk-Encryption-HOWTO.gz
Interesting read and at first I thought this might be a solution, but does= =20 encryption also mean compression ? > > >
> --=20
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Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:07:10 +0800 From: Wei Chen <wchenhk@gmail.com> To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: The current status of tetex -> texlive transition? Message-id: <46E38D8E.8080100@gmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I am running up-to-date Etch on my desktop. I would like to upgrade to Lenny recently. I wonder the current status of tetex -> texlive transition. Is there going to be any known problem during the upgrade? Do I need to purge some related packages in advance? Thank you. $ aptitude search ~i~ntetex i A tetex-base - Basic TeX input files of teTeX i A tetex-bin - The teTeX programs i A tetex-doc - The documentation component of the i tetex-extra - Additional TeX input files of teTeX - -- Cheers, Wei Chen http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG442OCIqXQV6BF28RAp9BAJ4ppJjGY5TZG0Nzfzhgyh3llnLW5QCdFhmO qETQoKPtRpjRCHQZLf/mRqw= =R3tO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:33:18 +0200 From: Robert Epprecht <epprecht@solnet.ch> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts Message-ID: <86lkbgfivl.fsf@muz.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mumia, thanks a lot for taking your time. "Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net> writes:
> On 09/08/2007 10:49 AM, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> "Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net> writes: >> >>> I don't know exactly the function of APP_CHARSET_MAP in >>> /etc/console-tools/config, but you could try setting it for the >>> VC's in questions, e.g. >>> >>> APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc8=3Diso05 >>> Iso05 may be wrong for your system. Use what you think is most appropri= ate. >> >> Where can I find out what other possibilities I have, and what they mean? >
> dpkg -L console-tools | grep man
That's quite a lot to study, and not so easy to understand. I'm not through yet... >> What could be appropriate on ordinary PC hardware for english and >> german? How could I find out what consoles 1-6 use (which seems >> right)? >>
> Try iso01 through iso06.
Noone of them gave me german umlauts on consoles 8 through 12 (like I do have them on console 1 through 6). >> BTW: I have no idea which program uses /etc/console-tools/config and >> where it is called in the boot process and under which name.
> It looks like it's /etc/rcS.d/S48console-screen.sh.
Yes I had seen this one, but I thought it would only be called in single user mode. There is no such link in the other /etc/rcS.n directories. Probably I do not understand that right.
> It might also be a good idea to do "dpkg-reconfigure locales"; that
> might set up your consoles for your default locale.
Tried that, no change.
> How do you attempt to enter German umlauts? How would you enter "=C3=B6" =
at
> the console?
I press the key right of 'l' which gives me '=C3=B6' on consoles 1 through 6 but garbage on 8-12. Robert Epprecht

Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:07:44 +0300 From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: need deb package help Message-ID: <20070909070744.GG6686@think.homenet> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gvF4niNJ+uBMJnEh" Content-Disposition: inline --gvF4niNJ+uBMJnEh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 03:37:50AM -0000, PhxVyper wrote:
> What I need to know is how do I take a deb package libapache2-mod-php5
> that I have installed and get it to work with php5-mcrypt? The PHP
> site says that PHP has to be installed with the --with-mcrypt in order
> to get it to work, but if that is the case, why would there be a
> separate php5-mcrypt package that can be installed?
Upstream (the PHP site) always talks about compiling stuff, because this=20 is the only way that should work on any platform. If you want to do it=20 The Debian Way (tm) (which I strongly recommend) then you probably need=20 to do some configuration change. Debian specific stuff can always be=20 found in /usr/share/doc/<packagename/README.Debian Regards, Andrei --=20 If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) --gvF4niNJ+uBMJnEh 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) iD8DBQFG45vAqJyztHCFm9kRAp28AKCmqGgbZGQPmMD3XJ/ncuKS8S21PACfUMEi /gATg6+foYE8yLzgDcyxLL0= =0GEh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gvF4niNJ+uBMJnEh--

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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 07:22:58 +0000 From: Andy Smith <andy@lug.org.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: how to compile a xen dom0 kernel the debian way Message-ID: <20070909072258.GV18805@bitfolk.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qbMflEfCDtvLFj4S" Content-Disposition: inline --qbMflEfCDtvLFj4S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jonas, On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 04:33:43AM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote: >=20
> hello,
>=20
> i would like to give xen a try, but i didn't manage to compile a dom0
> host kernel yet.
Do you need to? What is wrong with Debian's xen kernels?
> that's because i would like to use a recent linux kernel (2.6.20 at
> least), build it the debian way (with make-kpkg), and as well build
> some external modules (nvidia-legacy-96xx, ivtv) with module-assistent
> for it.
You can't use a kernel.org kernel, as the xen feature is a patch developed external to the mainline kernel. You can use the normal Debian kernel source and compile like you would normally, making sure to select the xen patch. This will result in a kernel you can use with module-assistant. But you can use module-assistant with the stock debian xen kernel so I am not clear as tp why you need to do this.
> so how do you compile a xen dom0 host-kernel? is it possible with recent=
=20
> kernel sources, and where do i find the corresponding xen patches?
They come with Debian's kernel source. Cheers, Andy --=20 http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB --qbMflEfCDtvLFj4S 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) iD8DBQFG459SIJm2TL8VSQsRAhqtAKDi81M48sF7J8nnBCqcH6/7NIlYlgCfb91o ZoeNwforUdXounjfrC6mefo= =561E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qbMflEfCDtvLFj4S--

Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:09:02 -0500 From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: read/write compressed fs Message-ID: <46E39C0E.1050405@cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/09/07 00:36, Alex Samad wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 08:34:54PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote:
>> On 09/08/2007 06:53 PM, Alex Samad wrote: >>> Hi >>> I have a separate lvm for my /usr/share/doc, I would like to have this on >>> a compressed fs, just recently loaded libgcj-doc which took up ~500Mb for >>> a 45M deb file mainly text files. >>> is there a debian way of doing that ? >>> Alex >> Although it relates to encryption, some of the ideas in this document may >> help you with your disk compression quest. Install doc-linux-nonfree-text >> from Sarge and read /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Disk-Encryption-HOWTO.gz
> Interesting read and at first I thought this might be a solution, but does
> encryption also mean compression ?
What? Don't you want to encrypt all your Java docs? Secret stuff!!! The DHS might break your door down and take your computer. Seriously, though: Google has some info on a compressed FUSE. That may help you. - -- 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) iD8DBQFG45wOS9HxQb37XmcRArcfAKChQdRf6j0r5QWT1FdOT8s/Os1TjgCgoqDE 5JN7m2AcQM2XyrmwEnClgNk= =T6Pq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:13:30 +0530 From: Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Where to find missing documentation Message-ID: <46E3A422.6040404@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Is there any way to get most of the documentation that has been removed from the debian repositories? I can always get the documentation manually from the respective project sites, but then, I would be losing the functionality of 'apt' and manually updating and maintaining the documentation is a major pain. Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks, Rajkiran

Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:45:27 +0200 From: Robert Epprecht <epprecht@solnet.ch> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts Message-ID: <86abrwi8o8.fsf@muz.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Robert Epprecht <epprecht@solnet.ch> writes:
> "Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net> writes:
>>> BTW: I have no idea which program uses /etc/console-tools/config and >>> where it is called in the boot process and under which name. > >> It looks like it's /etc/rcS.d/S48console-screen.sh. >
> Yes I had seen this one, but I thought it would only be called in
> single user mode. There is no such link in the other /etc/rcS.n
> directories. ^^^^^^^^^^
Sorry, I meant rc1.d rc2.d rc3.d rc4.d rc5.d rc6.d Still searching... Robert Epprecht

Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:49:25 +0200 From: Robert Epprecht <epprecht@solnet.ch> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts Message-ID: <86642ki8hm.fsf@muz.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Robert Epprecht <epprecht@solnet.ch> writes: >>> BTW: I have no idea which program uses /etc/console-tools/config and >>> where it is called in the boot process and under which name. > >> It looks like it's /etc/rcS.d/S48console-screen.sh. >
> I thought it would only be called in single user mode.
Before somebody takes his time to explain my error: 'man init' showed me that my assumption was wrong: /etc/rcS.d/ skripts are called at boot time (not for single user mode). Sorry for the noise! Robert Epprecht

Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 13:31:22 +0530 From: Kumar Appaiah <akumar@iitm.ac.in> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Where to find missing documentation Message-ID: <20070909080122.GA31537@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 01:13:30PM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to get most of the documentation that has been removed
> from the debian repositories? I can always get the documentation manually
> from the respective project sites, but then, I would be losing the
> functionality of 'apt' and manually updating and maintaining the
> documentation is a major pain. Is there an easy way to do this?
I think many docs have been moved to non-free, though you are not being clear about which documentation. For example, the ConTeXt typesetting package has it's doc in context-doc-nonfree, which is in pool/non-free/c/context-doc-nonfree/ So, you might want to add non-free to your sources.list, if you already haven't done so. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #2331 ************************************************** Received on Sun Sep 9 04:57:50 2007

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