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While trying to install lighttpd on debian squeeze I get: 'Some packages could not be installed.'
I am trying to install lighttpd on my (virtual) Debian 6.0.4 64 bit system but after trying to use this command :
sudo apt-get install lighttpd
I get this error :
Reading package lists... Done
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Slack partition invisible at boot time after install Debian
I have Debian 6 _86 installed on sda4 and on sda5 Slackware ( Slackware has installed LILO on the beginning of sda5). Where and what to add so I can see Slack option at the boot time ( at the moment ...
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nVidia Quadro 600 on Debian (stable) Twinview
I want to run Debian stable on a 64-Bit (amd64) system and enable twinview on the graphics boaard nVidia Quadro 600.
The default installed driver works for one screen. After installing the nvidia* ...
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Apple Magic Trackpad (bluetooth) on Debian Squeeze
What do I have to do to get an Apple Magic Trackpad to "work" on a standard Debian Squeeze system?
Right now, the trackpad is connected to the machine over Bluetooth, and functions like a mouse: ...
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Anyway to verify updates were installed? [migrated]
I have vmware workstation installed and there's a bug in the installer that causes it to not use LSB headers for the scripts on Debian (debian run level scripts require lsb headers). This means that ...
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kernel update vs distro version?
Is there a difference between kernel version and distro version?
For an example, I'm using Debian Squeeze and the kernel version by default is 2.6.32-5-amd64.
Does this mean that Squeeze only uses ...
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hook into displayport events
I have a triple monitor setup where I do not use the third monitor most of the time. The third monitor is connected to a receiver which is connected to the PC using HDMI.
The problem is that ...
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Installing 32bit gcc on Debian squeeze x64
I need to install the 32bit gcc because i get this error:
libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work Aborted
I try this:
apt-get install lib32gcc1
Does not find the package
I ...
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hide gnome panel using gconftool-2? (not autohide)
How do I hide the gnome panel completely? (not autohide)
Basically, I have a triple monitor setup but only use dual monitor most of the time. Because the third monitor is off and is hdmi/displayport, ...
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Black screen when installing debian
After choosing an option at the installation menu, the screen turns lack. It doesn't matter if I choose "Install" "Graphic install" or "Expert install".
I,m using a Macbook5,2 and I am trying to ...
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How to install experimental packages?
I am running debian squeeze and would like to install the wine experimental package of sid.
My Questions:
Where do I find the package?
Is there a way to include the package into the software ...
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Router sees different host names
I'm trying to ping my linux machines by host name and the pings are failing (can ping by ip just fine).
I then logged into the router which is the DNS server and see that the router sees the linux ...
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run script on shutdown
I have the following script, how do I run it on shutdown in debian linux? (don't want to use GUI)
#!/bin/bash
vms=$(vmrun list | grep '/');
for vm in ${vms}
do
echo 'suspending ' $vm
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Installed ATI Proprietary driver, can't get 3d acceleration
Using the guide: http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary
I did the following steps:
1) aptitude install --without-recommends linux-headers-$(uname -r)
2) aptitude install fglrx-control fglrx-driver
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How do I tell aptitude or apt to offer a particular version of lpr?
I seem to have a weird version of lpr installed (one that doesn't cope with -o, see also this question). On all my other machines that run the same debian squeeze, the proper version of lpr is ...
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No GUI and python-aptdaemon-gtk package error after upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy
Yesterday I was installing some packages on a Debian Squeeze server we have for testing, the OS showed me a list of updates before I can download/install my new packages, and I agreed to update the ...
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Updating grub2 in a Debian VM
I am running a series of debian server VMs under Xen. I am using pygrub, so the kernels and initrds are within the VM itself.
I would like to continue using the automatic grub.cfg generation ...
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Which virtualization technology for old linux box
I have old PIV 1.8ghz, 512MB memory, 40GB HDD, computer with Debian squeeze on it. I currently work on it by connecting to it over SSH. I'm interested in testing/learning/trying out/playing with ...
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Do I have to care about hosts.allow or hosts.deny when I can't reach postfix?
I am using postfix for outgoing mails (collection from machines on 192.168.1.0/24 and forwarding to my ISP's mail machine) and I have trouble accessing postfix for sending mails. The machine I use for ...
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Logitech USB headphones detected and selected in Debian Squeeze but sound still coming from speakers
I have a pair of Logitech wireless USB headphones that work with Ubuntu Natty but aren't working in Debian Squeeze. When they are selected as the default audio output, the sound comes out of the ...
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LMDE detects a wireless card, but can't use it
LMDE can see my wireless card, and correctly identifies it, but it refuses to let me turn it on through the shiny graphical interface. Is there a way to use the non-shiny terminal to turn on my ...
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murmurd doesn't accept SuperUser password
just installed a mumble-server (murmurd) under Debian Squeeze. I set the SuperUser password using the murmurd -subw <newpassword> command, then restarted the service. When I try to connect as a ...
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After installing debian 6 on my laptop along with windows 7 64bit , my laptop only boots to debian what should I do?
I've installed Debian 6 32bit on the same HDD but different partition along with Windows 7 64bit, and now my laptop only boots to Debian 6 where I want both Windows / Debian.
How can I edit GRUB to ...
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Add default gateway while installing Debian
I have in my virtual infrastructure static ip addresses and have to set the gateway which following commands:
post-up route add x.x.x.254 dev eth0
post-up route add default gw x.x.x.254
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Getting my USB wifi stick to work on Debian (squeeze)?
Hi, i recently installed Debian-squeeze to multi-boot with vista on a hp desktop.
so i have the netgear WNA3100 wifi stick i use on Vista and am trying to get working with debian. i followed the ...
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I wish to install Skype and other downloaded programs on Linux, specifically Debian, AMD64 LXDE
With Linux I have functioned up to now just using apt-get and modifying /etc/apt/sources.list . I followed the instructions in this blog. I added "deb h ttp://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ ...
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Debian VM requires manually running “ifconfig eth0 up” to start network after reboot
I have a new guest install of Debian 6.0.2.1 i386 as a VM in VMware Server 2 Windows XP host. I selected only the "standard System Utilities." After that I installed SSH and VIM. I then changed the ...
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apxs, apxs2 is nowhere to be found in Debian
I was told i have to apt-get install apache2-dev but i get:
apt-get install apache2-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting ...
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Can't find wireless networks on Debian
I am new to Debian (previously using Ubuntu, which is also Debian based). When I installed it on my Lenovo G450 laptop, I skipped the wireless configuration (I really didn't know how to do that).
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Debian Squeeze, linux-image-2.6.32-5-486: Boot process halts with [<c1003997>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
I just upgraded an old box from Debian Etch to Lenny, and then from Lenny to Squeeze. Upon getting the system up to Squeeze, I installed the latest 2.6 kernel, linux-image-2.6.32-5-486. When I ...
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Switch audio output device in Debian Squeeze
If there are multiple audio card in the system (i.e. internal audio and USB), how to switch the output device easily?
The volume applet in Ubuntu (10.04 or 10.10) provide this feature directly, while ...
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Unique network for each user?
I want to use a guest OS via VMware Player. In that OS I run a Cisco VPN client.
My resources are located in two different networks. I need access to them at the same time - but not necessarily in ...
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Debian 6 with Smart Array 5i
I have a HP (Compaq) DL 380 G3 which I want to install Debian 6 on. It has been running Debian 5 for a long time without any problems, but now when I want to reinstall the machine to Debian 6 it can't ...
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PuTTY to guest in VMWare workstation: Connection refused
I have the SSH server listening on my IP address in the guest machine (debian2)
edarabos@debian2:~$ telnet 172.16.100.128 22
Trying 172.16.100.128...
Connected to 172.16.100.128.
Escape character is ...
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Debian Squeeze doesn't have sound
Newly installed Debian squeeze doesn't have sound. I have pulseaudio installed and other thing. But not able to get the sound.
My Bad..I should have provide this info before..
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Which program modified /etc/resolv.conf?
I'm using Network Manager to auto connect to wireless network. I have setup my personal DNS server using BIND 9.
After connected, it seems just fine:
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by ...
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“top” like utility for AMD GPUs on a headless machine
For monitoring CPU usage, there is top (well, I use htop). Is there a top-like utility for GPUs?
I have an ATI Radeon HD 4650 in a computer running Debian Squeeze (x86). Thing is, it's running ...
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Inconsistency with Debian filesystem, shows no free space even when I have 145 GB space free
I have a 200+GB HDD. I have set up Debian Squeeze 6 in following manner:
I have been seeing an error message saying I have run out of disk space. I used disk usage analyzer and I found that out of ...
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Automounting a USB (spinning) disk over /var, /home, and /tmp
I'd like to configure an Asus eee PC as a little server. Apache with WebDav to accept and serve files in a private TCP/IP network. The device has an 8 GB SSD and is currently running debian Linux.
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How do I know whether my Debian is being hacked/infected?
My laptop seems to be acting rather weird - saying that another person is logged in when I try to shut it down (or maybe it likes being turned on).
So how do I know whether my Debian laptop is being ...
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Force logging firewall messages to another file
I want to log every package handled by the firewall into a specific file. For this, I added those lines to my firewall tables via iptables:
-A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES INPUT : " ...
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Services running multiple times?
I've installed a postgres db on my debian squeeze. There's a /etc/init.d/postresql to control the database. When I type pstree -c, I get two traces with postgresql. After /etc/init.d/postgresl stop I ...
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Debian Squeeze - auto mounting USB/pen drive not working
On my Debian Squeeze laptop I am unable to auto mount pen drive or external hard drive. Here is the content of my /etc/fstab
#commented following line to just support vfat
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Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
Once Debian booted up and able to login(put username and password) ..but the cursor shows watch..means waiting for something..switch to vc like Atl-ctrl-f1 and tail to /var/log/xorg.0.log saying that ...
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(II) RADEON(0): GPU accel disabled or not working, using shadowfb for KMS
Have a 5850 on squeeze and using the open source drivers installed with apt. DRM works but GLX defaults to sofware rendering.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:
X.Org X Server 1.7.7
Release Date: 2010-05-04
X ...
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Firefox 5 on Debian
I have downloaded the tarball for linux and unpacked it. But when I try to run the firefox script it just gives me an error message and dies.
exec: 392: firefox/firefox-bin: not found
It does not ...
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Why is syslog so much slower than file IO?
I wrote a simple test program to measure the performance of the syslog function. This are the results of my test system: (Debian 6.0.2 with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64)
Test Case Calls ...
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Chromium browser on Debian stable (squeeze)
Is there a repository for Debian stable (squeeze) with latest Chromium browser (Debian has an outdated version 6.x in official stable repository)? So far I have not found any. It is pity that Ubuntu ...
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Problem while installing tzdata-java package (unmet dependencies)
I got a Debian 6.0 at home, upgrade from Lenny. I need to install the tzdata-java package but when I do an apt-get install I receive this message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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Configure exim in debian 6
I am trying to configure exim with gmail in my debian 6 system as per this tutorial http://www.manu-j.com/blog/wordpress-exim4-ubuntu-gmail-smtp/75/.After configuring,
When i run update-exim4.conf i ...
