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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2735

Today's Topics: 

  Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles -  [ Sjoerd Hiemstra  ]
  Re: Could not adjust time             [ Gerard Robin  ]
  Which browser is better, firefox?     [ hce  ]
  Re: Could not adjust time             [ hce  ]
  Re: Which browser is better, firefox  [ Claudius Hubig  ]
  Re: Which browser is better, firefox  [ "Dotan Cohen"  ]
  Re: Programmers Text Editor           [ Eric Brooks  ]
  Re: firewall installation question    [ Paul E Condon  ]
  Re: home network behind a firewall/r  [ "Douglas A. Tutty"  ]

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 00:46:45 +0100
From: Sjoerd Hiemstra <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles - revisited 

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Op Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:23:11 -0400 Celejar wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:10:48 +0100 Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> > Following the directions at [2], the entry for wifi0
> > in /etc/network/interfaces now looks like this:
> >
> > iface wifi0 inet dhcp
> > wireless-essid <....>
> > wireless-key <....>
> > auto wifi0
> > allow-hotplug wifi0
> >
> > If I do an 'iwlist wifi0 scan' then my AP is detected correctly (as
> > well as two neighbouring APs - interesting).
> >
> > There is only one remaining obstacle.
> > The following messages appear if I do an 'ifup wifi0'.
> > They also appear after '/etc/init.d/networking stop' and then
> > '/etc/init.d/networking start'.
> > And they also appear if I do a 'dhclient wifi0'.
> >
> > wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
> > wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
> > Listening on LPF/wifi0/
> > Sending on LPF/wifi0/
> > Sending on Socket/fallback
> > DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
> > DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
> > DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
> > DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
> > DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
> > DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
> > No DHCPOFFERS received.
> > No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
> >
> > Something wrong with DHCP on the AP? My main computer works well
> > with it, through a wired ethernet connection.
>
> This can also indicate that the card isn't properly associating with
> the AP. What does 'iwconfig wifi0' give?

# iwconfig wifi0
wifi0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"SX551559148" 

        Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.432 GHz  Access Point:00:01:E3:55:91:48
        Bit Rate:11 Mb/s  Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535
        Retry limit:16  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off
        Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-** [4] Security mode:open

Do you need help?X

        Power Management:off
        Link Quality=80/100  Signal level=-55 dBm  Noise level=-98 dBm
        Rx invalid nvid:614  Rx invalid crypt:437  Rx invalid frag:0
        Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:12986  Missed beacon:0

The output of 'dmesg | grep airo' is: 

    airo(): Probing for PCI adapters
    airo(eth0): Found an MPI350 card
    airo(eth0): WPA is supported.
    airo(eth0): MAC enabled 0:2:8a:dd:a6:b7
    airo(): Finished probing for PCI adapters
Do you need more help?X

So I am under the impression that I should use the eth0 interface instead. But then 'iwconfig eth0' gives hardly any difference:

# iwconfig eth0
eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"SX551559148" 

        Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.432 GHz  Access Point:00:01:E3:55:91:48
        Bit Rate:11 Mb/s  Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535
        Retry limit:16  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off
        Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-** [4] Security mode:open
        Power Management:off
        Link Quality=72/100  Signal level=-59 dBm  Noise level=-98 dBm
        Rx invalid nvid:94  Rx invalid crypt:341  Rx invalid frag:0
        Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:4709  Missed beacon:0

And still there's the error message 'No DHCPOFFERS received'. And there is some difference with the output of 'iwlist eth0 scan':

# iwlist eth0 scan
....
Cell 03 - Address: 00:01:E3:55:91:48 

          ESSID:"SX551559148"
          Mode:Master
          Frequency:2.432 GHz (channel 5)
          Quality=88/100  Signal level=-51 dBm  Noise level:-98 dBm
          Encryption key:on
          Bit rates: 1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6Mb/s
                     12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
          Extra:bcn_int=100
          IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
              Group Cipher : TKIP
              Pairwise Ciphers (1) : PSK
              Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
              Preauthentication Supported
          IE: WPA Version 1
              Group Cipher : TKIP
              Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP COMP
              Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:50:56 +1100
From: hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: How to set up postfix logfile 

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Hi,

I sent emails from mutt, but does not seem work. Where can I check postfix logfile? The postfix is called from booting, I could not find config file from postfix?

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

Thank you.

Jim

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 00:54:08 +0100
From: Gerard Robin <g.robin3@free.fr>
To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Could not adjust time 

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On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:20:06AM +1100, hce wrote:
>From: hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com>
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Could not adjust time
>X-Spam-Status: No, score=3D-5.647 tagged_above=3D3.6 required=3D5.3
> tests=3D[AWL=3D0.717, BAYES_00=3D-2, LDO_WHITELIST=3D-5,
> SARE_MSGID_LONG40=3D0.637, SPF_PASS=3D-0.001]
 >X-Spam-Level:=20
>
>Hi,
>
>I press the right button of the mouse to the clock time on the panel,
>but there is not adjust time to change the time. What is missing ...

You can use date: 

sudo date --set=3D'+2 minutes'
sudo date --set=3D'-3 minutes'
sudo date --set=3D'+1 hour'

=2E......

hth
--=20
G=E9rard

Don't know where to look next?X

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:59:23 +1100
From: hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Which browser is better, firefox? 

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Hi,

Is the firefox the best browser?

When I installed the Debian, it automatically included iceweasel. I removed it and tryed to install firefox by "apt-get install firefox", but it it got iceweasel gain. How can I install the firefox?

Thank you.

Jim

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:03:31 +1100
From: hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com>
To: "Gerard Robin" <g.robin3@free.fr>
Cc: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Could not adjust time 

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Confused? Frustrated?X

Thanks G=E9rard, that works.

Jim

On 11/4/07, Gerard Robin <g.robin3@free.fr> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:20:06AM +1100, hce wrote:
> >From: hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com>
> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >Subject: Could not adjust time
> >X-Spam-Status: No, score=3D-5.647 tagged_above=3D3.6 required=3D5.3
> > tests=3D[AWL=3D0.717, BAYES_00=3D-2, LDO_WHITELIST=3D-5,
> > SARE_MSGID_LONG40=3D0.637, SPF_PASS=3D-0.001]
 > >X-Spam-Level:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I press the right button of the mouse to the clock time on the panel,
> >but there is not adjust time to change the time. What is missing ...
>
> You can use date:
>
> sudo date --set=3D'+2 minutes'
> sudo date --set=3D'-3 minutes'
> sudo date --set=3D'+1 hour'
> .......
>
> hth
> --
> G=E9rard
>
>

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 01:03:41 +0100
From: Claudius Hubig <nfs_2007@chubig.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Which browser is better, firefox? 

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hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com> wrote:
>Is the firefox the best browser?

Nope, the best browser is Opera!111111oneeleven!!!11

>When I installed the Debian, it automatically included iceweasel. I
>removed it and tryed to install firefox by "apt-get install firefox",
>but it it got iceweasel gain. How can I install the firefox?

Call Pantek today for Open Source Technical Support at 1-877-546-8934 - 24/7/365X

Debian just "re-branded" the Firefox because the name and the logo are not accepted as "free" by Debian. (or something like this...)

This means, Iceweasel *is* Firefox just with another name.

Greetings,

Claudius 

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Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 01:03:24 +0100 From: Gerard Robin <g.robin3@free.fr> To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: How to set up postfix logfile Message-ID: <20071104000324.GA17346@free.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:50:56AM +1100, hce wrote:
>From: hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com>
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: How to set up postfix logfile
>X-Spam-Status: No, score=3D-5.75 tagged_above=3D3.6 required=3D5.3 tests=
=3D[AWL=3D0.614,
> BAYES_00=3D-2, LDO_WHITELIST=3D-5, SARE_MSGID_LONG40=3D0.637,
> SPF_PASS=3D-0.001]
>X-Spam-Level:=20
>
>Hi,
>
>I sent emails from mutt, but does not seem work. Where can I check
>postfix logfile? The postfix is called from booting, I could not find
>config file from postfix?
Try: sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix hth --=20 G=E9rard

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 02:11:43 +0200 From: "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@gmail.com> To: hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Which browser is better, firefox? Message-ID: <880dece00711031711i62f06625v7e35b8c6178f5d90@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline T24gMDQvMTEvMjAwNywgaGNlIDx3ZWJtYWlsLmhjZUBnbWFpbC5jb20+IHdyb3RlOgo+IEhpLAo+ Cj4gSXMgdGhlIGZpcmVmb3ggdGhlIGJlc3QgYnJvd3Nlcj8KPgo+IFdoZW4gSSBpbnN0YWxsZWQg dGhlIERlYmlhbiwgaXQgYXV0b21hdGljYWxseSBpbmNsdWRlZCBpY2V3ZWFzZWwuIEkKPiByZW1v dmVkIGl0IGFuZCB0cnllZCB0byBpbnN0YWxsIGZpcmVmb3ggYnkgImFwdC1nZXQgaW5zdGFsbCBm aXJlZm94IiwKPiBidXQgaXQgaXQgZ290IGljZXdlYXNlbCBnYWluLiBIb3cgY2FuIEkgaW5zdGFs bCB0aGUgZmlyZWZveD8KPgoKSWNld2Vhc2VsIGlzIHRoZSBEZWJpYW4gbmFtZSBmb3IgRmlyZWZv eC4gU2FtZSBwcm9ncmFtLgoKSXMgaXQgdGhlIGJlc3QgYnJvd3Nlcj8gSSdkIHNheSB0aGF0IEtv bnF1ZXJvciBvciBPcGVyYSBpcyB0aGUgYmVzdApicm93c2VyLCBldmVuIHRob3VnaCBJIGRvbid0 IHVzZSBlaXRoZXIgb2YgdGhlbS4gS29ucWkgYW5kIE9wZXJhIGFyZQpib3RoIHZlcnkgc3RhbmRh cmRzIGNvbXBsaWFudCwgbW9yZSBzbyB0aGFuIEZpcmVmb3guIEx5bnggaXMgYSBncmVhdAp0ZXh0 IGJyb3dzZXIgYW5kIEkgZmluZCBteXNlbGYgdXNpbmcgaXQgbW9yZSBhbmQgbW9yZS4gSG93ZXZl ciwgSSBhbSBhCnNsYXZlIHRvIGNlcnRhaW4gRnggZXh0ZW5zaW9ucyBzbyBJIGNvbnRpbnVlIHRv IHVzZSBpdC4gQmFzaWNhbGx5LCBpZgp5b3VyIGJyb3dzZXIgd29ya3Mgd2l0aCB0aGUgc2l0ZXMg dGhhdCB5b3UgbmVlZCBhbmQgaXMgY29tZm9ydGFibGUgZm9yCnlvdSB0byB1c2UsIHRoZW4gdGhh dCdzIGFsbCB5b3UgbmVlZC4KCkRvdGFuIENvaGVuCgpodHRwOi8vd2hhdC1pcy13aGF0LmNvbQpo dHRwOi8vZ2liYmVyaXNoLmNvLmlsCteQLdeRLdeSLdeTLdeULdeVLdeWLdeXLdeYLdeZLdeaLdeb LdecLdedLdeeLdefLdegLdehLdeiLdejLdekLdelLdemLdenLdeoLdepLdeqCgpBOiBCZWNhdXNl IGl0IG1lc3NlcyB1cCB0aGUgb3JkZXIgaW4gd2hpY2ggcGVvcGxlIG5vcm1hbGx5IHJlYWQgdGV4 dC4KUTogV2h5IGlzIHRvcC1wb3N0aW5nIHN1Y2ggYSBiYWQgdGhpbmc/Cg==

Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:06:30 -0500 From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> To: hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Which browser is better, firefox? Message-ID: <472D0D06.90700@cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/03/07 18:59, hce wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is the firefox the best browser?
>
> When I installed the Debian, it automatically included iceweasel. I
> removed it and tryed to install firefox by "apt-get install firefox",
> but it it got iceweasel gain. How can I install the firefox?
Google knows all, sees all, tells all. The question you just asked has been asked -- and answered -- by 45,000 other people who also neglected to do the most rudimentary research before asking your question. - -- 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) iD8DBQFHLQ0GS9HxQb37XmcRArqhAJoCQrgtZypOkTUmo4Mqlurp5ntIKACghjkK 4E07rpVOZyEWDFZwTO8OO+w= =WjNi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 20:22:13 -0400 From: Eric Brooks <eric@digitalexplorations.org> To: Richard <cms0009@gmail.com>, debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Programmers Text Editor Message-ID: <20071104002213.GA6308@digitalexplorations.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Debian I think Eclipse is the best bet for Java development. It is available as a standard Debian package. I found that I like to use the Sun Java platform more than the alternatives mostly because the stuff I write has to run on a number of platforms all of which run the Sun virtual machine. The Sun SDK is available as standard Debian packages too. Eric On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 05:02:46PM -0400, Richard wrote:
> Looking to get into programming for linux,
> would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp
>
> What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work
> or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too.
>
> (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps)
>
> wanting something that would be better than xcode on the mac,
> which contain all libraries, and syntax for dozen of languages,
> it just made it easier to type and see a drop down command choice,
> from the contextual menu. with a built-in debugger..neat.
>
> TIA -
> Richard
>
>
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Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:26:44 +0900 From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> To: Claudius Hubig <nfs_2007@chubig.net> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Which browser is better, firefox? Message-ID: <87bqaa3inf.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Claudius Hubig <nfs_2007@chubig.net> writes:
> Debian just "re-branded" the Firefox because the name and the logo
> are not accepted as "free" by Debian. (or something like this...)
The mozilla corp would not let them use the firefox name/logo without (unacceptable) restrictions. -Miles -- "Though they may have different meanings, the cries of 'Yeeeee-haw!' and 'Allahu akbar!' are, in spirit, not actually all that different."

Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:49:40 -0600 From: Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: firewall installation question Message-ID: <20071104014940.GB5997@big.lan.gnu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 10:32:29PM +0100, P=E1l Cs=E1nyi wrote:
> 2007/11/3, Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net>:
> > I use Etch. I want to install a firewall script. I found one in
> > www.debian-administration.org that establishes a transparent proxy fo=
r
> > web browsing. It is a script that seems to do what I want when I run
> > it manually. debadmin article says to put it in /etc/network/if-up.d/
> > and it will be run automatically as part of boot, but that is not tru=
e
> > on my machine. Is my machine malfunction or is there a different plac=
e
> > that such boot scripts should be placed?
>=20
> You must chmod +x this script:
> # chmod +x script_name
>=20
Thanks, but I was forced to +x the script in order to run it manually. Something else is the problem.=20 --=20 Paul E Condon =20 pecondon@mesanetworks.net

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 01:53:57 +0000 From: Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: firewall installation question Message-ID: <20071104015357.GA10789@steve.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat Nov 03, 2007 at 19:49:40 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > You must chmod +x this script:
> > # chmod +x script_name
> >
>
> Thanks, but I was forced to +x the script in order to run it manually.
> Something else is the problem.
Files in that directory are executed by 'run-parts'. That has some restrictions upon the filenames you may use. See 'man run-parts' for details. My suggestion: 1. Name the script 'firewall'. 2. Make sure it is executable. 3. Make sure your firewall is flushed/off. 4. Run /etc/init.d/networking restart, or reboot. 5. Now list rules. Steve -- Debian GNU/Linux System Administration http://www.debian-administration.org/

Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:07:40 -0400 From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: home network behind a firewall/router Message-ID: <20071104020740.GD7626@titan.hooton> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 07:46:20PM +0100, P?l Cs?nyi wrote:
>
> I have a Cable Modem connection to my ISP.
>
> my ISP
> |
> Cable Modem connection to my ISP
> |
> PC box-1 firewall/gateway
> =========================
> | |
> LAN DMZ
> | |
> PC box-2 PC box-3
> desktop server
> Debian Etch Debian Etch
>
> I can connect from the PC box-1 to the internet,
> but can't connect from LAN & from DMZ to the internet.
>
> I use shorewall on all boxes, but even when I do
> shorewall clear on all boxes, I still can't to connect to the
> internet from LAN & DMZ.
>
> On the firewall/gateway I have dhcp server which give
> IP addresses to box-2 & box-3.
>
> I set up on both box-2 & box-3 the dhcp client to get the
> domain-name-servers, and have these servers in resolv.conf.
>
> What is missing here to get the connection to the internet
> from LAN & DMZ?
Did you enable packet forwarding on box 1? Is shorewall masquerading for you? Add IP numbers to your diagram. Test by pinging by IP number and worry about DNS once IP works. Doug.

Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:55:49 -0400 From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Installer stops (freezes) when scanning hardware Message-ID: <20071104015549.GA7626@titan.hooton> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 10:02:20AM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> As Kamaraju suggests, a LiveCD such as Knoppix will go a long way toward
> indicating if the hardware is at fault or not. I suspect you do have a
> hardware problem, since you're having trouble with both Mandriva and the
> Debian installer. And as he suggests, the solution might just be to
> start replacing things, which nowadays can be expensive, since you can't
> replace a mobo without it being a match for your CPU and RAM, which
> means you might need to replace those too. Ouch. But you might can
> replace the video card (disabling on-board video if necessary), and a
> few other things.
I'm on dialup and like to get small things if I can. Something I've found very helpful to have when working with flaky hardware is a totally different kernel to boot. I have had good luck with the OpenBSD boot floppy (an actual floppy, their current floppy42.fs) or cdrom42.fs (a 2.88 MB file). The BSD dmesg boot messages are _very_ informative and are used in BSD land the way lspci is used on debian-boot. If this boots you'll at least know that the hardware should be fine. If not, perhaps you'll get a different error message that could help to track down the problem. Doug.

Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:57:02 -0400 From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude Message-ID: <20071104015702.GB7626@titan.hooton> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 06:38:36AM -0700, Michael M. Moore wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 19:02 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:33:00PM -0000, BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> >
> > > So exercising an abundance of caution I usually stick with synaptic.
> > > Maybe on my next install I'll look into Aptitude.
> >
> > What do you do when X dies or needs changing?
>
>
> I don't understand the question. Aptitude doesn't need X. It's an
> ncurses/command-line app. Usually, I run it (curses interface) from a
> VT when I'm logged out of X.
He said that he's exercising an abundance of caution by running synaptic. Hense my question about X dying. Doug.

Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:21:29 -0700 From: Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Intel Deluxe PC Camera Message-ID: <472D2CA9.3000209@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have just become the proud owner of an unused, still in box, Intel Deluxe PC Camera. This camera is dated 2001 and claims it requires Windows 98, 98SE, or Millennium Edition. Does anyone know if there are currently Linux drivers for this? I am running Etch with a 2.6.16-2-k7 stock Debian kernel and udev. This is a USB camera. I plugged it in and dmesg added the following lines: usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Can I assume that it has loaded any necessary drivers? What should I look for in the lsmod listing. In fact, here is the output from lsmod with the camera plugged in: :~$ lsmod Module Size Used by ipv6 218912 14 ppdev 8324 0 lp 10496 0 it87 19172 0 hwmon_vid 2432 1 it87 i2c_isa 4608 1 it87 i2c_core 19536 2 it87,i2c_isa mousedev 10496 1 tsdev 7296 0 snd_intel8x0 29532 3 snd_ac97_codec 82848 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_bus 2112 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 44128 0 snd_mixer_oss 15744 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 74504 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 3588 0 snd_seq_oss 27812 0 snd_seq_midi 8096 0 snd_rawmidi 22496 1 snd_seq_midi usblp 12224 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6592 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi parport_pc 31728 1 parport 32008 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc floppy 55916 0 snd_seq 43852 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 20420 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 8332 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 46400 14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 8736 1 snd snd_page_alloc 9864 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm rtc 11444 1 shpchp 39424 0 pci_hotplug 24308 1 shpchp psmouse 34504 0 pcspkr 3012 0 serio_raw 6532 0 amd64_agp 11652 0 sis_agp 8196 1 agpgart 29296 2 amd64_agp,sis_agp evdev 8832 0 ext3 117064 5 jbd 47316 1 ext3 mbcache 7684 1 ext3 dm_mirror 17460 0 dm_snapshot 15388 0 dm_mod 48180 8 dm_mirror,dm_snapshot ide_generic 1216 0 [permanent] ide_cd 35680 0 cdrom 32240 1 ide_cd ide_disk 14720 4 sis900 20992 0 mii 5248 1 sis900 ehci_hcd 26952 0 ohci_hcd 17348 0 usbcore 111136 4 usblp,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd sis5513 12108 0 [permanent] generic 4228 0 [permanent] ide_core 111536 5 ide_generic,ide_cd,ide_disk,sis5513,generic thermal 13064 0 processor 21760 1 thermal fan 4548 0 If the drivers have been loaded, what do I need to do next? I may actually use this as a webcam, but my primary purpose for it is to capture images to be processed to allow a robot to use the data for navigation. I have not yet decided on a programming language for this, though it is likely to be C/C++ for compiled speed, unless someone has some other suggestions for me. Any ideas? I have libcv0.9.7-0 installed, as well as python-opencv. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of stuff? -- Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42@yahoo.com

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 02:45:44 +0000 From: Andy Smith <andy@lug.org.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Quota Headache Message-ID: <20071104024544.GE4325@bitfolk.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4Kq+wHeKEs1nwG7z" Content-Disposition: inline --4Kq+wHeKEs1nwG7z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Brian, On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 09:22:41AM +0000, Brian Platt wrote:
> I'm having bit of a nightmare trying to get quota to work with
> directadmin and debian sarge.... Server is VPS /etc/fstab
> shows/dev/xvda1 / ext3 rw,noatime 0 1/dev/xvdb1 none swap defaults
> 0 0I tried adding usrquota,grpquota but it didn't work. Is it
> meant to go after noatime? ie rw,noatime,usrquota,grpquota I've
> installed quota via apt-get. dmesg shows VFS: Disk quotas
> dquot_6.5.1 Any help ie a quick idiots guide would be appriciated.
What is the output of the "mount" command for you right now? Cheers, Andy --=20 http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB --4Kq+wHeKEs1nwG7z 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) iD8DBQFHLTJYIJm2TL8VSQsRAiodAJ9D6Bj+AoS3t/GceozAEFVYdJYgigCgyssa nqN0AtZUkNhXrtHMvdg/2nM= =fdpA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Kq+wHeKEs1nwG7z-- End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #2735 ************************************************** Received on Sat Nov 3 22:46:13 2007

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