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Re: my ip was previously banned at http://forums.debian.net/

2008-07-24T19:21:23Z

On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 18:20 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 14:57 흍㒲횛漨꺋帢ᚯ禫⵪

Paul,

is your client hosed, or mine, or something else? The last two emails
you sent only showed what is quoted above. On my screen it looks like
asian writting and some block char and has one line.
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Re: my ip was previously banned at http://forums.debian.net/

2008-07-24T18:20:56Z

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 14:57 +1000, stabbyjones wrote:
> I have a static ip from my new isp and apparently it's been banned
> from http://forums.debian.net/
>
> Is there any way to get it unbanned? because it's banned i can't find
> any admin to contact and i can't browse posts. it also can't be
> changed without paying.

And if it's the entire netblock that's banned, that might not even help.
Why bother with some unofficial forum when you've got the official
mailing list right here anyway? Way easier to use and manage than a
forum, and always accessable.

> alternatively a way to cut debian forums out of google search results
> would stop me getting my hopes up.

Append the string on the next line to the ends of searches to avoid
hitting that forum:

-site:forums.debian.net

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Re: Motherboard for desktops with preinstalled Debian

2008-07-24T18:12:34Z

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 13:09 +0300, Shachar Or wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 July 2008 12:12, Jonathan Kaye wrote:
> > Yes, Shachar. I was running Etch on this motherboard when Etch
> > was "testing". Since I'm tracking "testing" and not Etch, my "testing"
> > automatically became "Lenny". But Etch did run with no problems then so I
> > don't see why it wouldn't run now.
>
> Did you ever try the RAID controller, please?

My experience with RAID on Linux is that 99 times out of 100, it just
works. Linux is way ahead of Windows in terms of hardware support, as
long as you avoid nVidia's video cards...

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Re: The (New?) xorg configuration system

2008-07-24T16:57:15Z

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:28:37 -0500
"Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@...> wrote:

> On 07/22/2008 07:05 PM, Celejar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
>
> Hello Celejar.
>
> > My xorg.conf files used to have sections such as these:
> > [... sections snipped ...]
> > My current xorg.conf doesn't. I seem to recall reading on this list
> > that current xorg.conf's are simpler, but where did all the
> > configuration options go? Am I supposed to add back the sections that
> > I need manually, in order to set the options that I need? E.g.,
> > currently my Synaptics touchpad's scrollbar is inoperable.
> >
>
> Yes, you'll need to add those sections back. Your current xorg.conf
> might actually work. X allows for alternate configuration files under
> /etc/X11, so your "old" xorg.conf can be named xorg-old.conf, and you
> could start it like so:
>
> startx -- :1 -config xorg-old.conf
>
> If that works, you have a good candidate for the real xorg.conf; if not,
> you can continue adjusting the file till it does work.
>
> Someone was nice enough to post this link for me:
> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12

Thanks. I'll be playing with this stuff next time I start X, as per my
other messages in this thread.

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Re: The (New?) xorg configuration system

2008-07-24T16:55:30Z

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:17:27 -0400
"Damon L. Chesser" <damon@...> wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 10:18 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> > On 2008-07-23 20:06, Damon L. Chesser wrote:

...

> > > Once you KNOW to look under xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (really
> > > intuitive, that, it should just be /usr/share/doc/synaptics, how are
> > > you supposed to know to look for xserver-xorg-input-synaptics?)
> >
> > $ aptitude search synaptics
> > i gsynaptics - configuration tool for Synaptics
> > touchpad
> > p libsynaptics-dev - library to access the synaptics
> > touch pad
> > p libsynaptics0 - library to access the synaptics
> > touch pad
> > p xfree86-driver-synaptics - dummy package to upgrade to X.Org
> > new mod
> > v xorg-driver-synaptics -
> > i A xserver-xorg-input-synaptics - Synaptics TouchPad driver for
> > X.Org/XFree
> >
> > gives you the hint.

I knew about the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package; I was just
thrown by the new style of xorg.conf. I really should have
checked /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.

> > gsynaptics, by the way, is a graphical configuration tool to configure
> > the touchpad 'on the fly'. I don't know if it can be used to disable the
> > touchpad while typing thing, but you already found a solution.

I've played with it in the past, but I've never done much
experimentation with synaptics options. We'll soon change that.

> > Another handy tool I use is unclutter, which hides the mouse curser
> > after some time, so it doesn't get into the way while you're just reading.

I've been using it for a while; one of the many great things I learned
from this list.

> > Johannes

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Re: The (New?) xorg configuration system

2008-07-24T16:50:47Z

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:48:45 +0200
Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@...> wrote:

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> On 2008-07-23 16:50, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Synaptics_Touchpad
> >
> > http://johnny.chadda.se/2007/08/12/speed-up-your-synaptics-touchpad-in-ubuntu/
> >
> > http://johnny.chadda.se/2007/08/12/disable-the-synaptics-touchpad-when-typing/
> >
> > Really, the first is enough to get your touchpad working with some advanced
> > options.
>
> or just look at
> /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/README.Debian
>
> which should be sufficient to get you going^^^^^^^scrolling.
>
> 8-D

Thanks. I should be okay now, as per my other messages on this thread;
I'll certainly return if I'm not :)

> Johannes

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Re: The (New?) xorg configuration system

2008-07-24T16:48:21Z

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:50:45 -0400
"Damon L. Chesser" <damon@...> wrote:

...

> After sleeping I pulled out my laptop and got these links:
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Synaptics_Touchpad
>
> http://johnny.chadda.se/2007/08/12/speed-up-your-synaptics-touchpad-in-ubuntu/
>
> http://johnny.chadda.se/2007/08/12/disable-the-synaptics-touchpad-when-typing/
>
> Really, the first is enough to get your touchpad working with some advanced
> options.

Thanks again. Now that I understand that I'll just have to add the
sections back to xorg.conf, I think I'll be okay; the disappearance of
my previously existing sections just confused me.

> Damon L. Chesser

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Re: The (New?) xorg configuration system

2008-07-24T16:46:12Z

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:29:59 -0400
"Damon L. Chesser" <damon@...> wrote:

> On Tuesday 22 July 2008 08:05:12 pm Celejar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My xorg.conf files used to have sections such as these:

...

> > My current xorg.conf doesn't. I seem to recall reading on this list
> > that current xorg.conf's are simpler, but where did all the
> > configuration options go? Am I supposed to add back the sections that
> > I need manually, in order to set the options that I need? E.g.,
> > currently my Synaptics touchpad's scrollbar is inoperable.
> >
> > Celejar

> In a word, Yes.
>
> For an example you can see /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and the
> ever present/cryptic man synaptics.

...

> http://wiki.zenwalk.org/index.php?title=Synaptics_Touchpad
>
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics
>
> HTH

Thanks. I'll be giving this stuff a try next time I restart X.

> Damon L. Chesser

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Re: [OT] iw page scroll speed

2008-07-24T16:39:11Z

Le vendredi 25 juillet 2008, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> I want to make the page scroll speed in iceweasel 3 with my
> mousewheel more responsive. It's way too slow now. I sit twiddling
> the wheel and nothing happens.
>
> Browsing the forums brings no solution.
>
> Anyone have a suggestion?
>
> Hugo

There was an extension in iceweasel 2 which did that, I don't know if it
still exists in iceweasel 3. I think the name was smoothwheel.

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[OT] iw page scroll speed

2008-07-24T16:30:56Z

Hi,

I want to make the page scroll speed in iceweasel 3 with my mousewheel
more responsive. It's way too slow now. I sit twiddling the wheel and
nothing happens.

Browsing the forums brings no solution.

Anyone have a suggestion?

Hugo

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Re: How to fix resolv.conf?

2008-07-24T14:36:04Z

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 07:34:14AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 04:35:59PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> > When connecting to internet with a certain provider, I have problems with
> > browsing. Then I want to fill the file /etc/resolv.conf with the proper dns
> > servers but the file changes automatically during the connection being filled
> > with values different from the ones I want.
> >
> > Googling around I experimented many possible solutions but none worked
> > (e.g. edit the file /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf).
> > Even putting off the write permissions over resolv.conf did not work: it must
> > be created every time.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience about a real solution?
>
> sounds more like a problem with your provider, they normally provide
> these details in the connection

forget about this, later email it seems like you are getting the

information its just not being written to the file

>
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> > Rodolfo
> >
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Will Lenny stable have gnome-panel 2.22 or 2.20

2008-07-24T14:34:26Z

Gnome-panel, will it be 2.22 or 2.20 when Lenny is released.

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Re: How to fix resolv.conf?

2008-07-24T14:34:14Z

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 04:35:59PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> When connecting to internet with a certain provider, I have problems with
> browsing. Then I want to fill the file /etc/resolv.conf with the proper dns
> servers but the file changes automatically during the connection being filled
> with values different from the ones I want.
>
> Googling around I experimented many possible solutions but none worked
> (e.g. edit the file /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf).
> Even putting off the write permissions over resolv.conf did not work: it must
> be created every time.
>
> Does anyone have any experience about a real solution?

sounds more like a problem with your provider, they normally provide
these details in the connection

>
> Thanks for any help
> Rodolfo
>
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Re: usb2 port gets very slow on 2-gig Flash Drive.

2008-07-24T14:32:27Z

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 08:27:01AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> I needed to reload the flash drive on a Zenstone 2-gig mp3
> player. I have noticed that when the drive is full, operations
> all still work, but take much longer than one might expect which
> probably has something to do with the fat32 file system and size
> of the FAT table.

[snip]

> I plan to let this tar command run its natural course to see
> what happens, but is there anything I can do with the existing
> system to optimise the performance?

I usually load my usb stick with async and have found this to improve
performance greatly, but you must use sync to flush the buffers

>
> Thanks.
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
> Systems Engineer
> OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group
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Re: Can't start X-Server as normal user

2008-07-24T14:17:52Z

>> # startx ...works
>> $ startx ...does not
> I would start by looking in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config and making sure the
> "allowed_users" line equals "console".

less /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
# Xwrapper.config (Debian X Window System server wrapper configuration
file)
#
# This file was generated by the post-installation script of the x11-common
# package using values from the debconf database.
#
# See the Xwrapper.config(5) manual page for more information.
#
# This file is automatically updated on upgrades of the x11-common package
# *only* if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of that
package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
updated
# again, run the following command as root:
# dpkg-reconfigure x11-common
allowed_users=console
nice_value=0

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Re: Can't start X-Server as normal user

2008-07-24T14:13:21Z

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Re: Cron jobs and root account locked on Lenny

2008-07-24T14:13:17Z

On Thu,24.Jul.08, 22:35:01, Thilo Six wrote:

> Andrei Popescu wrote the following on 24.07.2008 22:04
>
>
> >> well here it does. Tested with both Debian lenny and Ubuntu hardy.
> >> Which version do you use?
> >
> > I'm not the OP.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andrei
>
> I think that doesn't matter in this regard. You have said your passwd doesn't
> behave as mentioned in the manpage, which would be clearly a bug.

I never said *my* passwd doesn't lock, but the OP confirmed that his
doesn't but usermod does. I just tested and on my machine 'passwd -l'
and 'usermod -L' have the same effect, at least in the /etc/shadow file.

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Re: Cron jobs and root account locked on Lenny

2008-07-24T14:09:19Z

On Jul 24, 6:50 pm, Thilo Six <T....@...> wrote:
> well here it does. Tested with both Debian lenny and Ubuntu hardy.
> Which version do you use?
>
> If you have a locked account without that expiry and use either of the above
> just 'lock' that account again and then take a look at /etc/shadow.

I'm on Lenny:
klingon:/home/alieno# dpkg -l *passwd*|grep ^ii
ii base-passwd 3.5.17
ii passwd 1:4.1.1-2

I previously fixed it using "usermod -L" as suggested by
Sven Joachim, and it was working fine:

alieno@klingon:~$ sudo su
klingon:/home/alieno# passwd -S root
root L 07/23/2008 0 99999 7 -1
(no warnings and cronjobs ok)

klingon:/home/alieno# passwd -l root
Password changed.
klingon:/home/alieno# passwd -S root
root L 07/23/2008 0 99999 7 -1
klingon:/home/alieno# head -1 /etc/shadow
root:!$1$MwKDBs6O$H.ZfnYq7C.xzVUdHRmwL31:14084:0:99999:7::1:

So the "passwd -S" output is the same. But:

klingon:/home/alieno# exit
alieno@klingon:~$ sudo su
Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator
su: User account has expired
(Ignored)
klingon:/home/alieno# head -1 /etc/shadow
root:!$1$MwKDBs6O$H.ZfnYq7C.xzVUdHRmwL31:14084:0:99999:7::1:

and from syslog:
Jul 24 22:44:01 klingon CRON[4998]: User account has expired

klingon:/home/alieno# passwd
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
klingon:/home/alieno# passwd -S root
root P 07/24/2008 0 99999 7 -1
#klingon:/home/alieno# head -1 /etc/shadow
root:$1$0pbophfn$B3EpqcFkcezuOYY1D6mNr/:14084:0:99999:7::1:
klingon:/home/alieno# exit
alieno@klingon:~$ sudo su
Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator
su: User account has expired
(Ignored)

Locking back with usermod doesn't work anymore!
klingon:/home/alieno# usermod -L root
klingon:/home/alieno# head -1 /etc/shadow
root:!$1$b/Xw.zn6$qMfTmi6zbxeM2nWIDqgMR.:14084:0:99999:7::1:
klingon:/home/alieno# passwd -S root
root L 07/24/2008 0 99999 7 -1
klingon:/home/alieno# exit
alieno@klingon:~$ sudo su
Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator
su: User account has expired
(Ignored)

(and of course root cronjobs not working anymore)

It works if i do
klingon:/home/alieno# passwd -u root
klingon:/home/alieno# passwd -S
root P 07/24/2008 0 99999 7 -1
klingon:/home/alieno# head -1 /etc/shadow
root:$1$b/Xw.zn6$qMfTmi6zbxeM2nWIDqgMR.:14084:0:99999:7:::
klingon:/home/alieno# usermod -L root
klingon:/home/alieno# passwd -S
root L 07/24/2008 0 99999 7 -1
klingon:/home/alieno# head -1 /etc/shadow
root:!$1$b/Xw.zn6$qMfTmi6zbxeM2nWIDqgMR.:14084:0:99999:7:::
klingon:/home/alieno# exit
alieno@klingon:~$ sudo su
klingon:/home/alieno#

and cronjobs are running ok

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Re: Can't start X-Server as normal user

2008-07-24T14:05:32Z

On Thu,24.Jul.08, 19:49:23, web32p2@... wrote:

> # startx ...works
> $ startx ...does not

It would be useful to see the error messages on that one. Also
/var/log/Xorg.0.log might have some clues.

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Re: How to fix resolv.conf?

2008-07-24T13:45:22Z

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 04:35:59PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> When connecting to internet with a certain provider, I have problems with
>> browsing. Then I want to fill the file /etc/resolv.conf with the proper dns
>> servers but the file changes automatically during the connection being filled
>> with values different from the ones I want.
>>
>> Googling around I experimented many possible solutions but none worked
>> (e.g. edit the file /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf).
>> Even putting off the write permissions over resolv.conf did not work: it must
>> be created every time.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience about a real solution?

p_pavlos@... (Pavlos Parissis) writes:

> man resolvconf, should help you out

Osamu Aoki <osamu@...> writes:

> Install resolvconf

Thanks. I installed resolvconf and, as suggested at:

http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration

, I added the following line:

dns-nameservers 193.70.152.25 193.70.192.25

to the file /etc/network/interfaces. Now I can browse, but still the ppp
connection log shows the following values:

primary DNS address 10.11.12.13
secondary DNS address 10.11.12.14

, that are not the ones I want. It may be important because the connection is
slower than it's supposed to be, and this may be related to the matter.

Thanks for further hints.
Rodolfo

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Re: Can't start X-Server as normal user

2008-07-24T13:44:19Z

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On 07/24/08 14:49, web32p2@... wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
>
> # startx ...works
> $ startx ...does not
>
> The last thing I can remember I was doing before
> the problem started was
>
> $ xauth extract mykey :0
> # xauth merge mykey
> # fooprogramm &

Why?

> What I already tryed to solve the problem:
>
> (I)
> # aptitude --purge <my-xserver>
> # aptitude --purge <my-windowmanager>
> # aptitude --purge <my-display-manager>
>
> ...and after reinstalled it.
>
> (II)
> Removed .Xauthority-file of the normal user and
> of root.
>
> Maybe the problem lies somewhere else. Looking
> forward to your inputs.

Does /var/log/Xorg.0.log have anything useful in it?

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Re: Can't start X-Server as normal user

2008-07-24T13:42:34Z

web32p2@... wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
>
> # startx ...works
> $ startx ...does not
I would start by looking in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config and making sure the
"allowed_users" line equals "console".

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Re: Cron jobs and root account locked on Lenny

2008-07-24T13:35:01Z

Andrei Popescu wrote the following on 24.07.2008 22:04

>> well here it does. Tested with both Debian lenny and Ubuntu hardy.
>> Which version do you use?
>
> I'm not the OP.
>
> Regards,
> Andrei

I think that doesn't matter in this regard. You have said your passwd doesn't
behave as mentioned in the manpage, which would be clearly a bug.
I said i can reproduce exactly the behaviour mentioned in manpage and
therefore seeking for an explanation of that divergence which resulted in the
question which version you use.

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Re: Cron jobs and root account locked on Lenny

2008-07-24T13:04:30Z

On Thu,24.Jul.08, 18:47:20, Thilo Six wrote:

> well here it does. Tested with both Debian lenny and Ubuntu hardy.
> Which version do you use?

I'm not the OP.

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Can't start X-Server as normal user

2008-07-24T12:49:23Z

Hi everyone

# startx ...works
$ startx ...does not

The last thing I can remember I was doing before
the problem started was

$ xauth extract mykey :0
# xauth merge mykey
# fooprogramm &

What I already tryed to solve the problem:

(I)
# aptitude --purge <my-xserver>
# aptitude --purge <my-windowmanager>
# aptitude --purge <my-display-manager>

...and after reinstalled it.

(II)
Removed .Xauthority-file of the normal user and
of root.

Maybe the problem lies somewhere else. Looking
forward to your inputs.

Cheers

Sam

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Re: How to fix resolv.conf?

2008-07-24T12:37:03Z

On 07/24/2008 01:42 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> [...]
> . Now, suppose I want the following ppp connection log output:
>
> local IP address 151.82.24.152
> remote IP address 10.6.6.6
> primary DNS address 193.70.152.25
> secondary DNS address 193.70.192.25
>
> . In /etc/resolv.conf I suppose I have to put the lines:
>
> nameserver 193.70.152.25
> nameserver 193.70.192.25
>
> . How do you suggest I should edit /etc/network/interface?
>
> Thanks
> Rodolfo
>
>

If you use pppd, removing the "usepeerdns" option from /etc/ppp/options
should work; however, on my Etch system, pppd writes its file to
/etc/ppp/resolv.conf, and the script /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0000userpeerdns
merges the data into /etc/resolv.conf, so I would remove execute
permissions on /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0000usepeerdns.

You probably only need to do one of those things--not both.

What OS/distribution are you using?

P.S.
I'm using dialup, and my /etc/resolv.conf is unchanged from when I last
set it up.

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Re: How to fix resolv.conf?

2008-07-24T10:56:13Z

On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 19:42 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

SNIP

>
>
>
> Thanks. My `/etc/network/interface' is very poor:
>
>
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
>
> . Now, suppose I want the following ppp connection log output:
>
> local IP address 151.82.24.152
> remote IP address 10.6.6.6
> primary DNS address 193.70.152.25
> secondary DNS address 193.70.192.25
>
> . In /etc/resolv.conf I suppose I have to put the lines:
>
> nameserver 193.70.152.25
> nameserver 193.70.192.25
>
> . How do you suggest I should edit /etc/network/interface?
>
> Thanks
> Rodolfo

Rodolfo,

I do not know what you need for PPP and we will have to wait for someone
who knows to respond.

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Re: How to fix resolv.conf?

2008-07-24T10:42:43Z

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 04:35:59PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

"Damon L. Chesser" <damon@...> writes:

> Rodolfo,
>
> I don't understand your issue. Are you using dhcp, you must be, and as
> a result, your resolve.conf changes with input from the dhcp server.
> Use static IP in /etc/network/interfaces, edit resolv.conf, you are
> done.
>
> Here is a copy of my files:
>
> cat /etc/resolv.conf
> domain damtek.org
> search damtek.org
> nameserver 68.87.68.162
> nameserver 68.87.74.162
> nameserver 192.168.200.1
>
> cat /etc/network/interfaces
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> # address 192.168.200.15
> # netmask 255.255.255.0
> # network 192.168.200.0
> # broadcast 192.168.200.255
> # gateway 192.168.200.1
> # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
> dns-nameservers 192.168.200.1
> dns-search damtek.org
> address 192.168.200.15
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.200.1
>
>
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 192.168.200.16
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.200.1
>
>
> My dns servers do not now change as a result. If you use dhcp (and have
> to use it) then in my case the name servers are given to me by my
> router/dns server which gets it from the ISP. I do not have resolveconf
> package installed. Does this help?

Thanks. My `/etc/network/interface' is very poor:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

. Now, suppose I want the following ppp connection log output:

local IP address 151.82.24.152
remote IP address 10.6.6.6
primary DNS address 193.70.152.25
secondary DNS address 193.70.192.25

. In /etc/resolv.conf I suppose I have to put the lines:

nameserver 193.70.152.25
nameserver 193.70.192.25

. How do you suggest I should edit /etc/network/interface?

Thanks
Rodolfo

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Re: Greetings and question

2008-07-24T09:57:19Z

Mumia W.. escribió:

> On 07/23/2008 06:37 PM, Juan Ignacio wrote:
>> Hi [...]
>
> Hi Juan.
>
>> Why isn't [gtk-qt-engine] in the repositories? I want this package
>> because Firefox looks so awful.
>> [...]
>
> Others showed you how to grab gtk-qt-engine from Sid. However, it's much
> less risky to just install a theme into Firefox. Almost any theme will
> look better than the default (system theme).
>
>
>
>

The fact is that I'm using Firefox 3.0 and Thunderbird with the binaries
I downloaded at Mozilla webpage. I installed them in /opt

If you could suggest me a good theme that goes well with kde, I'd
appreciate it very much.

Thank you.

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Re: networking crash suddenly in my home LAN

2008-07-24T09:52:24Z

Alex Samad <alex@...> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 09:52:22AM +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>> Alex Samad <alex@...> writes:
>>
>> > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 08:02:58PM +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>> >> Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@...> writes:

> I presume 91.102.227.98 is your public Internet address (eth2 on the
> gateway), you don't see any return packets, which is strange ? If you
> do the same test on the gateway you see the return packets ?

I asked today my ISP whether has changed anything and they say they
changed my public IP Address. They send to me e-mail back two days but
that e-mail I can't to open then to see this information.

So I cleared in the /etc/shorewall/masq file the ADDRESS column to be
empty. That solve my problem!

Thank you all for replies and for the help! :)

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Re: Cron jobs and root account locked on Lenny

2008-07-24T09:47:20Z

Andrei Popescu wrote the following on 24.07.2008 18:28

</snip>

<--------------- man 1 passwd -------------
-l, --lock
Lock the named account. This option disables an account by changing
the password to a value which matches no possible encrypted value,
and by setting the account expiry field to 1.
--------------------------------------------->

> Interesting, the manpage passwd(1) says that 'passwd -l' should also set
> account expiry to 1, but it doesn't. Either passwd or the manpage is
> wrong, so I think this should be reported against the package passwd.
>
> Regards,
> Andrei

well here it does. Tested with both Debian lenny and Ubuntu hardy.
Which version do you use?

If you have a locked account without that expiry and use either of the above
just 'lock' that account again and then take a look at /etc/shadow.

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Re: Cron jobs and root account locked on Lenny

2008-07-24T09:43:01Z

Hi,

Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@...> writes:

> Interesting, the manpage passwd(1) says that 'passwd -l' should also set
> account expiry to 1, but it doesn't. Either passwd or the manpage is
> wrong, so I think this should be reported against the package passwd.

It sets a value to "1" in my /etc/shadow when I last used it. I assume
that would be the expiry field?

I've got passwd 1:4.1.1-2 installed (from testing).

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Re: apt-get new package management capability

2008-07-24T09:36:27Z

On Thu,24.Jul.08, 07:10:15, Daniel Burrows wrote:

> You do need to run aptitude once to transfer the information. It
> should move the automatic flags to the apt database and clear them from
> its own when you start it (run it without any arguments).

Will this be documented in the release notes?

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Re: Greetings and question

2008-07-24T09:35:12Z

On Thu,24.Jul.08, 10:42:21, Thomas Preud'homme wrote:

> http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gtk-qt-engine.html
>
> It should be available in 7 days but we are in the freezing phase for the next
> Debian stable so maybe you'll have to wait more. I think it's just libraries
> which are getting frozen now so it should be good.

The full freeze should happen next week, but packages already in
unstable will migrate as usual.

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Re: Cron jobs and root account locked on Lenny

2008-07-24T09:28:02Z

On Thu,24.Jul.08, 11:06:47, Thilo Six wrote:
> Alexander Fortin wrote the following on 24.07.2008 10:03
>
> </snip>
>
> > Yep, using usermod instead of passwd seems to work fine!
> > So, to report a bug or not to? Which mailing list?
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=389183

Interesting, the manpage passwd(1) says that 'passwd -l' should also set
account expiry to 1, but it doesn't. Either passwd or the manpage is
wrong, so I think this should be reported against the package passwd.

Regards,
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