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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2691

Today's Topics: 

  Re: SMTP smart host authentication f  [ "Douglas A. Tutty"  ]
  Re: Fresh Etch netinstall problems..  [ "Douglas A. Tutty"  ]
  gateway with one interface            [ "meekaaku kaaku" 

Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:19:53 -0400


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


Subject: Re: SMTP smart host authentication fails

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On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 08:46:40PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote:

> "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca> writes:
> 
>  > 1. In /etc/exim4/passwd.client I inserted this line (where "<PW>" is
> > >    my plain test password):
> > > 
> > >     mymail.myregisteredsite.com:hartford-hwp.com:<PW>
> > 
> > Yeah, redirects sort of mess up exim. That's why I would use:
> > 
> > 	*:[username]:[PW]
> > 
> > Is your login user-name really hartford-hwp.com?
> 
> Yes, that is my username. So you are recommending: 
> 
>         *:hartford-hwp.com:<PW>
> 
> But can a wildcard replace the name of the server like this?

Yes.  No matter what host asks exim for auth, it will give this username
and password.  That _could_ be a problem but I'd sugggest that you at
least start with this to make sure it works.  Then if you like, you
could add a few discreet entries for the names of systems that try to
auth.


>  
> > > 2. In exim4 configuration, I have to specify the smtp server. In
> > >    /etc/exim4/update.exim.conf.conf I have the line:
> > > 
> > >     dc_smarthost='mymail.myregisteredsite.com'
> > > 
> > 
> > I would stick to the name they gave you.  Otherwise, exim will try to
> > contact that box directly and that box is likely configured to only
> > acccept stuff from smtp.hardford-hwp.com
> 
> OK, I'll revert as you suggest. 
> 
> > > 3. I have not specified the authentication method. After speaking with
> > >    my tech support supervisor's supervisor, all I could get was that
> > >    the authentication method is "basic", "ordinary". Only later one
> > >    person suggested that "basic" is really plain
> > >    authentication. Assuming this is correct, I did not make any
> > >    changes to the /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template file, which
> > >    apparently defaults to the plain text authentication method. I have
> > >    no trouble accessing the POP server.
> > 
> > Is your pop-server username hartford-hwp.com as well?
> 
> Pop sercver is pop.hartford-hwp.com; smtp server is smtp.hartford-hwp.com
Do you need help?X

They look like server names not user names for a login session.


> 
> > inetd.conf is for incoming ports.  Opening a port in the sense they mean
> > is opening a port in your own firewall to let exim call out on port 587.
> > The standard port per /etc/services would be 465.
> 
> I reverted to port 25, but no luck
> 
> > So, do you have a firewall?
> 
> This may be my problem: I have a hardware firewall. However, if I'm
> using port 25 for smtp, wouldn't my firewall let it through? Is the
> fact that it's now SSL require a change in my hardware firewall?
> 

YES.  Absolutley.  You've told exim to contact smtp on port 587 but if
your firewall is blocking connections on port 587 then nothing will get
through.


> > > I know that whenever I make changes to exim configuration or to the
> > > inetd.conf file, I must restart. Will both of these commands do it
> > > (I'm using debian Etch)? That is, does reconfiguring Exim also restart
> > > inetd, and does restarting inetd also rescan Exim4 configuration? 
> > > 
> > >   # dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
> > >   # /usr/sbin/initd restart
> > >    
> > 
> > There is no such file as /usr/sbin/initd to restart.
> > 
> > However, there is /etc/init.d/exim4 restart.
> 
> Ouch. I was led astray here. Running the command didn't have cause
> feedback, which I took as good news. I'm now using # invoke-rc.d exim4
> restart , which I assume does the same as #  /etc/init.d/exim4 restart
> 


invoke-rc.d is for package scripts to use so that they follow any
local-administrator set policies.  Your _are_ the local administrator
and you don't want somebody else's magic from keeping the script from
running.  You want the script to run so just directly tell the script to
run with /etc/init.d/exim4 restart.


> My problem may be my hardware firewall, not so much the port, but the
> protocol for SSL SMTP smtp or smtps?). 

according to /etc/services that's ssmtp.  But who cares?  You tell the
firewall what port to open.  Your ISP told you what port to use so you
tell the firewall and you tell exim.



Doug.


Do you need more help?X

Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:20:40 -0400


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


Subject: Re: Best Kernel?

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On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 09:12:21PM -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:

> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 02:18:39PM -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> >> Kelly Clowers wrote:
> >>> The cpuid program should be able to tell you if you have a 32 bit
> >>> Sempron or a 64 bit Sempron. Even if you have a Sempron64, I
> >>> am not sure if you can/should run a 64 bit kernel while using
> >>> Debian's i386 arch.
> >> No, you need to use a complete 64bit userland for using amd64,
> >> translation: You have to reinstall your machine.
> > 
> > No, I believe that the 64-bit kernel + 32-bit userland is a valid option
> > in Debian.  That's why there's a 64-bit kernel in i386.
> > 
> > Doug.
> > 
> > 
> Well, if you install the 32bit userland + 64bit kernel + X.Org it wont
> work. :-)

Huh?  Perhaps you should send the message to the amd64 list.  Someone
there is probably doing this.



Doug.



Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:09:32 +0000


From: Digby Tarvin <digbyt@acm.org>


To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Fresh 7.10 netinstall problems...

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On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:40:27PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 05:30:49PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote:
> > I hope there are some experts out there that can offer some suggestions
> > regarding a problem I am having installing Debian Etch (40r1-386-netinst
> > downloaded on 23/10/07) on a Dell Precision 410 MT...
> > 
> > Everything goes fine through the initial install, up to the point
> > where I have to reboot using the freshly installed kernel on the
> > hard drive.
> > 
> > I can log in after the reboot, and everything looks ok, but when I
> > then proceed to try and complete the install by adding other packages
> > like 'xorg', things start going wrong...
> > 
> > Either the package transfer fails after a few minutes with messages like
> > 	E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
> > 	segmentation fault
> > or dpkg falls over during the installation of the package, eg
> > 	/bin/sh: line 1: 2284 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/dpkg_preconfigure...
> > 
> > I tried doing an 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' but the system did
> > not survive long enough to get the updated kernel installed.
> > 
> > It seems that the kernel used during the initial install was stable,
> > but the kernel it installed on the hard disk is not.
> > 
> > I tried adding 'nosmp' to the command line in case there were problems
> > with that, but it made no difference.
> > 
> > For anyone who has read this far - here are some more details about
> > the target hardware:
> > 	Model: Dell Precision Workstation 410 MT
> > 	BIOS revision A08
> > 	CPU: 2xPIII 450MHz
> > 	Video card: 3DLabs Oxygen GVX1
> > 	Ram: 1024MB
> > 	Adaptec AIC-7890 BIOS DELL-V2.01.05
> > 		SCSI ID 0	COMPAQ  DDRS-34560W ULTRA2-SE

> > 		SCSI ID 1	SEAGATE ST173404LW  ULTRA2-SE

> > 	Adaptec AIC-7880 BIOS DELL-V2.01.05
> > 		SCSI ID 1   MATSHITA DVD-RAM LF-200

> > 	Primary IDE1    ZIP drive
> 
> What kernel was installed?  
> 
> As soon as you login, type
> $ uname -a
> 
> If the system is still up, send us:
> 
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> You could use the install CD as a rescue system, choose "run a command
> on the rootfs" (or whatever it says); it runs your command chrooted to
> the system.  Try aptitude there (thus with the installer's kernel).  If
> that works, do a uname -a there and notice any difference.
> 
> Needless to say, what you're experiencing shouldn't happen under any
> circumstances with Etch (stable).
> 
> Doug.

Hi Doug,


Can we help you?X

Thanks for responding. Here are some more details I forgot to mention
in my initial post:



The initial install seems to require the 'aic7xxx.aic7xxx=no_probe' to
complete properly. If I omit that then I get no error but the install
completes much sooner and I assume was truncated by an unreported error,
as much less software ends up being installed.



After rebooting the system comes up with initd.rc aborting at some
random place with a 'segmentation fault'. But I usually end up with
a login prompt and can log in and execute commands. Errors are sporadic
and unpredictable, and usually involve a command failing with a
segmentation fault. But eventually I get a system lockup that requires
a hard reset to recover from (CTL-ALT-DEL ignored, no key echo etc).



Uname -a returns:


 Linux precision 2.6.18-5-686 #1 SMP Fri Jun 1 00:47:00 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux



and /etc/apt/sources.list contains:


 # 


 # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070820-20:21]/ etch contrib main
 


 deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070820-20:21]/ etch contrib main
 


 deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main
 deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main
 


 deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
 deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib


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

I have also tried adding the aic7xxx.aic7xxx=no_probe kernel option
to /boot/grub/menu.lst as follows:

 title       Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686
 root        (hd1,0)
 kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sdb1 ro aic7xxx.aic7xxx=no_probe
 initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686


 savedefault



But that produced no appreciable change. Is there anything wrong with the
way I am doing it?



I should also add that the Windows 2000 which was already installed when I
got he system seems to run reliably, as does the obsolete Ubuntu 5.04.
Newer versions of Ubuntu wont install - some giving me a blank screen
after trying to boot the install media, others (including the latest 7.10
release) freeze if the adaptec AIC-7890 is not disabled in the BIOS (which
prevents the install getting very far.



Regards,


DigbyT



p.s. ignore the reference to "7.10" in the subject line. I meant "Etch".
I was getting confused with the most recent Ubuntu which I had also
tried.

-- 
Digby R. S. Tarvin                                          digbyt(at)digbyt.com
http://www.digbyt.com

Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:55:39 -0400
From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Fresh Etch netinstall problems...
Message-ID: <20071028015539.GA9819@titan.hooton>
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Hi Digby, 

I've moved your comments around to intersperse them for easier reading.

On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 01:09:32AM +0000, Digby Tarvin wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:40:27PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 05:30:49PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote:
> > > I hope there are some experts out there that can offer some suggestions
> > > regarding a problem I am having installing Debian Etch (40r1-386-netinst
> > > downloaded on 23/10/07) on a Dell Precision 410 MT...
> > > 
> > > Everything goes fine through the initial install, up to the point
> > > where I have to reboot using the freshly installed kernel on the
> > > hard drive.

> > > Either the package transfer fails after a few minutes with messages like
> > > 	E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
> > > 	segmentation fault
> > > or dpkg falls over during the installation of the package, eg
> > > 	/bin/sh: line 1: 2284 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/dpkg_preconfigure...

> > > It seems that the kernel used during the initial install was stable,
> > > but the kernel it installed on the hard disk is not.

> > > 	Model: Dell Precision Workstation 410 MT
> > > 	BIOS revision A08
> > > 	CPU: 2xPIII 450MHz
> > > 	Video card: 3DLabs Oxygen GVX1
> > > 	Ram: 1024MB
> > > 	Adaptec AIC-7890 BIOS DELL-V2.01.05
> > > 		SCSI ID 0	COMPAQ  DDRS-34560W ULTRA2-SE
> > > 		SCSI ID 1	SEAGATE ST173404LW  ULTRA2-SE
> > > 	Adaptec AIC-7880 BIOS DELL-V2.01.05
> > > 		SCSI ID 1   MATSHITA DVD-RAM LF-200
> > > 	Primary IDE1    ZIP drive
> > 

> Uname -a returns:
>  Linux precision 2.6.18-5-686 #1 SMP Fri Jun 1 00:47:00 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux


looks OK.
 

> and /etc/apt/sources.list contains:
>  # 
>  # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070820-20:21]/ etch contrib main
>  
>  deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070820-20:21]/ etch contrib main
>  
>  deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main
>  deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main
>  
>  deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
>  deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

>

looks OK.



> > 
> > You could use the install CD as a rescue system, choose "run a command
> > on the rootfs" (or whatever it says); it runs your command chrooted to
> > the system.  Try aptitude there (thus with the installer's kernel).  If
> > that works, do a uname -a there and notice any difference.
> > 
> > Needless to say, what you're experiencing shouldn't happen under any
> > circumstances with Etch (stable).

> 
> The initial install seems to require the 'aic7xxx.aic7xxx=no_probe' to
> complete properly. If I omit that then I get no error but the install
> completes much sooner and I assume was truncated by an unreported error,
> as much less software ends up being installed.

>

/usr/share/doc/linux-doc-2.6.18/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt.gz
says that probing is disabled by default.  Perhaps somehow your's is
being probed.  The question is, is it happening in the initrd or on
a module insertion.  

If its happing in the regular filesystem boot (after initrd) then you
can add in /etc/modprobe.conf a line:

options aic7xxx aic7xxx=no_probe

if its happening in the initrd, then you have to get the module
parameters set there.  I've never tinkered with initramfs, so the first
thing to do is to copy your initrd to something like initrd-works.
Then, since /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf likely has a line:

MODULES=most

which means that all hard drive modules will be loaded, including
presumabley the aic7xxx, try adding the module to 
/etc/initramfs-tools/modules with the parameter

aic7xxx no_probe

Then you'll need to re-run update-initramfs (possibly from a rescue CD).




> After rebooting the system comes up with initd.rc aborting at some
> random place with a 'segmentation fault'. But I usually end up with
> a login prompt and can log in and execute commands. Errors are sporadic
> and unpredictable, and usually involve a command failing with a
> segmentation fault. But eventually I get a system lockup that requires
> a hard reset to recover from (CTL-ALT-DEL ignored, no key echo etc).

> I have also tried adding the aic7xxx.aic7xxx=no_probe kernel option
> to /boot/grub/menu.lst as follows:
>  title       Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686
>  root        (hd1,0)
>  kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sdb1 ro aic7xxx.aic7xxx=no_probe
>  initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
>  savedefault
> 
> But that produced no appreciable change. Is there anything wrong with the
> way I am doing it?


kernel options would only work if the module was actually built into the
kernel.  Its not, its a separate module inserted by the initrd.


> 
> I should also add that the Windows 2000 which was already installed when I
> got he system seems to run reliably, as does the obsolete Ubuntu 5.04.
> Newer versions of Ubuntu wont install - some giving me a blank screen
> after trying to boot the install media, others (including the latest 7.10
> release) freeze if the adaptec AIC-7890 is not disabled in the BIOS (which
> prevents the install getting very far.



In case its not obvious, I had loadable kernel modules for the reasons
you're experiencing.  If you ever give up on Etch, try OpenBSD.

Doug.



Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:07:08 -0700
From: Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net>
To: Debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Joomla
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Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:

> Freddy Freeloader wrote:
>   

>> Well, that is one reason I guess.  Do you happen to know why security
>> updates to Joomla would take any longer than security updates to any
>> other Debian package in stable?  I'm just curious as Debian has Zope,
>> Plone, Drupal, several wiki's, egroupware, and phpgroupware packages in
>> stable.  What is so different about Joomla?
>> I don't know anything about it other than I from what I read on their
>> website today, but it seems to me that most GPL'ed software is in Debian
>> so my curiosity has been piqued.  Joomla and webmin are two rather stark
>> exceptions to the inclusiveness that I find in the Debian repositories,
>> and I have read the reasoning behind why Debian dropped webmin.
>>     
>

> Well, drupal in stable is old, normally you want the newest and stable,
> you can find in etch the stable but not the new. That's maybe, and maybe
> there've not been anyone taking care good enough of the package.

>

> Regards,
> Jose Luis.
>   

Thanks for your reply.  I was just really curious as to why there aren't 
any Joomla packages. 



Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:24:37 -0700
From: Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net>
To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: all video players dropping frames when playing dvd's
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Hi all,

I hadn't played a movie on any of my computers for 2 or 3 months, and 
tried to play one today as I had enough time to watch one.  What I found 
is that movies that used to play very well on my laptop and my 
workstations will not play at all anymore.  They drop frames so badly 
that the players, vlc, totem, and mplayer, all crash.  The audio plays 
at varying speeds and drops frames/skips too. 

The other thing I found was that dvd's that I had copied to disk no 
longer play.  Totem used to read .iso files and play them just as if it 
was reading off a dvd disk.  Now Totem says it is missing a plugin and 
can't read them.  VLC and Mplayer used to read those same .iso files and 
play back the movies very smoothly.  Now they crash trying to play them. 

I used to play movies with 2-3% cpu usage at full screen, and the 
picture was crystal clear and the sound great.   Now cpu usage is at 
30-40%, and as I said, nothing plays worth a damn. 

What has happened to the ability to play movies in the last couple of 
months?  If it was only one of my computers I'd be thinking it had a 
problem, but it's not.  It's all of my computers.  I haven't done 
anything to them other than just keep on updating them as I run Sid on 
all them. 

Is anyone else experiencing this same thing?  It looks to me as if 
something has undergone a major change, but what? 


Don't know where to look next?X

Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:51:49 +0800
From: Wei Chen <wchenhk@gmail.com>
To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: all video players dropping frames when playing dvd's
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Freddy Freeloader wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I hadn't played a movie on any of my computers for 2 or 3 months, and
> tried to play one today as I had enough time to watch one.  What I found
> is that movies that used to play very well on my laptop and my
> workstations will not play at all anymore.  They drop frames so badly
> that the players, vlc, totem, and mplayer, all crash.  The audio plays
> at varying speeds and drops frames/skips too.
> The other thing I found was that dvd's that I had copied to disk no
> longer play.  Totem used to read .iso files and play them just as if it
> was reading off a dvd disk.  Now Totem says it is missing a plugin and
> can't read them.  VLC and Mplayer used to read those same .iso files and
> play back the movies very smoothly.  Now they crash trying to play them.
> I used to play movies with 2-3% cpu usage at full screen, and the
> picture was crystal clear and the sound great.   Now cpu usage is at
> 30-40%, and as I said, nothing plays worth a damn.
> What has happened to the ability to play movies in the last couple of
> months?  If it was only one of my computers I'd be thinking it had a
> problem, but it's not.  It's all of my computers.  I haven't done
> anything to them other than just keep on updating them as I run Sid on
> all them.
> Is anyone else experiencing this same thing?  It looks to me as if
> something has undergone a major change, but what?
> 


Hi, I play DVD ISO images using xine, since it has support for DVD
interactive menu. It works well and the CPU usage is around 10%. I do
not know the difference but I have debian-multimedia.org in my
sources.list. I do not know whether that matters.

BTW, I am using lenny.

HTH

- --
Cheers,

Wei Chen
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:54:57 +0500
From: "meekaaku kaaku" <meekaaku@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: gateway with one interface
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hi,

I have a small LAN with about 3 windows machiens, 1 debian server
(etch), and adsl router with 4 ports.
Currently, I am using the router as a gateway (192.168.0.1), and the
debian server is 192.168.0.254. The client machiens are configured to
use 192.168.0.1 as a gateway.

What i need to do is to use the linux server 192.168.0.254 as a
gateway for all the client machines, thereby i can monitor traffic and
gives me more control. But the problem is the debian machine has only
one interface and it is not directly connected to internet. It is also
using the router  as the gateway to internet (just like the other
client machines).

So my question is, can this be done? if so any pointers is
appreciated. I have checked routing/iptables info on the web, but in
all the cases, the linux machine is directly connected to the net and
has two interfaces.


thanks,
meekaaku

ps:
I could do squid as an http proxy, but i need to do for all types of traffic.



Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:16:04 +0000
From: Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: gateway with one interface
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On Sunday 28 Oct 2007, meekaaku kaaku wrote:

> hi,

>

> I have a small LAN with about 3 windows machiens, 1 debian server
> (etch), and adsl router with 4 ports.
> Currently, I am using the router as a gateway (192.168.0.1), and the
> debian server is 192.168.0.254. The client machiens are configured to
> use 192.168.0.1 as a gateway.

>

> What i need to do is to use the linux server 192.168.0.254 as a
> gateway for all the client machines, thereby i can monitor traffic
> and gives me more control. But the problem is the debian machine has
> only one interface and it is not directly connected to internet. It
> is also using the router  as the gateway to internet (just like the
> other client machines).

>

> So my question is, can this be done? if so any pointers is
> appreciated. I have checked routing/iptables info on the web, but in
> all the cases, the linux machine is directly connected to the net and
> has two interfaces.


Why don't you declare two interfaces on the one interface of your 
machine in /etc/network/interfaces

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.254
        netmask 255.255.255.0
(and possibly something like this)
        pre-up /etc/firewall $IFACE
        pre-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

iface eth0:0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
(and possibly - but I am not sure)
	gateway 192.168.1.254


and reprogram your router to sit on the 192.168.1 subnet




-- 
Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk

Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:47:55 +0000
From: Bogdan Marian <mendingo84@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: going from etch to unstable (sid)
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Hey,

The title says it all :). How do i proceed if i want to upgrade from 
Etch to Sid? Of course, burning a Sid image and doing a from scratch 
install is out of the question... I'm looking for another way

Bogdan



Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:15:00 +0100
From: Nyizsnyik Ferenc <nyizsa@bluebottle.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: going from etch to unstable (sid)
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:47:55 +0000
Bogdan Marian <mendingo84@gmail.com> wrote:


> Hey,
> 
> The title says it all :). How do i proceed if i want to upgrade from 
> Etch to Sid? Of course, burning a Sid image and doing a from scratch 
> install is out of the question... I'm looking for another way
> 
> Bogdan
> 
> 


That's good, since as far as I know, there is no Sid image out there.
Check http://www.debian.org/releases/unstable/
The only way to get Sid is to upgrade from a previous release via
# aptitude dist-upgrade.

So your dilemma simplifies to this question: do the upgrade from Etch,
or upgrade to Lenny and then to Sid. I would go along the second path,
but I usually play it safe.

-- 
Szia:
		Nyizsa.

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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:49:46 +0000
From: Pantor <pantor@painter-decorator.eu>
To: "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Open Office 2.0 Writer craks
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Sorry, of course, I'm not.

H.S. wrote:

> Pantor wrote:

>> Installed strace and the same shit:
>>> 89-125-103-244:/home/andrius# Gtk-Message: Failed to load module
>>> "atk-bridge": libatk-bridge.so: cannot open shared object file: No
>>> such file or directory
>>> GTK Accessibility Module initialized

> 
> Did you answer the question Davide asked you (see below)?
> 
> 

>>>     Anyway, apt-file shows that this libatk-bridge.so is included in
>>> package at-spi. Is it installed?
>>>
>>>     And by the way, you're not really running ooffice as root, are you?
>>>
>>> Davide
>>>
>>

> 
> 


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