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Recover lost partitions ( or partition table) after fdisk in debian
I am running Debian Squeeze in my laptop. I did a big mistake. Instead of doing fdisk /dev/sdb (which is my usb pendrive), I fdisk-ed /dev/sda, which is my primary hdd.
When prompted, I chose options ...
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Can't connect from outside of my LAN
I am running a Debian Squeeze linux server on my Dlink DNS-320 NAS. I signed up for a DNS service, so I could access it from anywhere. I installed lighttpd, and created a very simple page to test. To ...
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Manually Installed monit on debian squeeze
I am running Debian squeeze and I want to install monit, the problem is that the version in the repository is old and doesn't have some options that I need.
I downloaded the source and compiled it ...
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Xen startup failed
I've installed Xen4.0 on Debian Sqeeze. When I choosed "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 and XEN 4.0-amd64" after displaying some messages, it stucked at a black screen. Is there any ...
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Excessive resource usage from /usr/sbin/atd?
I've been getting excessive resource usage notification from ConfigServerFirewall about this. Is it safe to disable /usr/sbin/atd, or should I just let it be and ignore it?
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(osd_cat) Cyrillic character output
All been great with my Cyrillic character output in osd_cat until I created ~/.fonts.conf (at least this is the most obvious reason I'd think) with such settings (as seen on debian forum):
<?xml ...
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How to change language in a command-line software on debian
i'm using ‘exif’ on a server (Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 (squeeze)) and unlike on my dev computer (Mac OS X through MacPort) it runs in french :
exif -h
Utilisation: exif [OPTION...] fichier
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How to keep Debian Squeeze's size to bare minimum? [closed]
Sometime ago I bought a VM and it had Debian Squeeze minimum installation, it was only using 2.8GB space.
Now I bought again from another provider but the OS they installed used 6.8GB.
My question ...
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PHP from Lenny Repository
Can someone tell me if it's possible to find a PHP 5.2.16 .deb package somewhere in the net?
I've already updated /etc/apt/sources.list on Debian Squeeze, to the archive of Debian, but still no luck.
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configuring exim4 to use smart host but retain local delivery
I have some scripts which need to send mail. Initially I just sent to a local mailbox on the machine, and the mail would show up in /var/mail/$user. I also occasionally see e-mail sent to this ...
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Transmission - 'Growing' files
I have noticed when using the Transmission WebUI on my Debian server that when a download begins, Transmission downloads about 5MB, and then stalls for a few minutes before continuing. On closer ...
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Can I extend RAID 1 on Debian Squeeze?
I have Debian Squeeze in a RAID 1 on 2 physical 2 TB disks. Is it possible in the future to add two physical disks and extend the RAID 1?
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Who creates /home/<user>/Public every (boot) time?
I have a debian squeeze machine on which, after every boot, there is an empty directory "Public" (yes, capital P) in all the /home-Folders.
It obviously looks SMB- or FTP-related, but I can't figure ...
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Broken Apache after upgrade from squeeze to wheezy
I have spent a good while searching and haven't been able to fix this problem.
I had a working chroot of Debian squeeze on my arm machine. I followed the guide to upgrading from squeeze to wheezy I ...
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Windows installed on second partition, how to add it to boot menu?
I'm using Debian 6.0.6 Squeeze at the moment, I installed it over Windows XP.
It's just one hard drive where I first installed Windows XP and than used some Windows tool to make partition where I ...
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The Chrome Web Store doesn't support Chromium on Debian “Squeeze” or other very old Chrome versions. What's the workaround?
I'm running Debian Linux "Squeeze" 6.0.6. Squeeze is stable but changes very slowly. It includes Chromium (similar to Google Chrome) 6.0. The Chrome Web Store doesn't show the "Add to Chrome" button ...
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How to change default pdf viewer for all users in command line
I'm using Debian squeeze with Gnome Desktop for all my users. I have a group of machines to set up so that all users should use xpdf as a default viewer (rather than evince).
I want this set up to be ...
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How to update glx 1.3 version on Debian with ATI RV280 GPU?
My GPU is ATI RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01), and I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.5 (squeeze). How can I update to glx 1.3?
What I've tried so far:
I used the command aptitude install ...
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Reset rc.d so software starts at boot again
I ran the following 2 commands on my VPS box and now it boots without starting any software at all. According to rcconf it's still supposed to start my chosen software (ssh etc.) but it doesn't.
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Linux AMD-FX 8350 temperature monitoring
I’m trying to get the CPU temperature for my AMD-FX8350 on Debian Squeeze. I ran sensors-detect and then sensors, but I only get my motherboard sensors (it8720-isa-0228). There are three temperature ...
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Debian user keeps getting killed
I keep getting booted out of one of the user account on my Debian Squeeze server. At first I thought that it had something to do with SSH, but it still happens even if I log into another account and ...
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Changes to talk/ytalk or alternative chat in the Linux terminal [closed]
While looking for a piece of software that provides chat between 2 Linux server users logged in the terminal, I tried talk/ytalk. Unfortuntaley it provides chat between users on separate walls (each ...
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postfix mail queue - get bottleneck - Debian squeeze
I have a problem with Postfix 2.7.1, Debian Squeeze:
send and receive mail with no problem working locally,
send e-mail outside work without a problem,
the problem is when someone sends a large ...
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What is a good partitioning design/scheme for a multi-boot *nix system?
I'm planning to install Debian on my server. I would like to design the partitioning scheme in such a way, that I could install one or more other *nix distributives on that. So, reading many articles ...
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Find slow network nodes between two data centers
I've got a problem with syncing big amount of data between two data centers. Both machines have got a gigabit connection and are not fully occupied but the fastest that I am able to get is something ...
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X freeze with proprietary fglrx driver on radeon HD 5970
I can't get to install the proprietary driver "fglrx" with ATI Radeon HD 5970 on Debian Squeeze.
After the installation with ATI Catalyst 12-8 and a reboot, from the stage of GDM, the screen is ...
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How do I permanently reset the time zone in Debian?
Dreamhost seems to think that we like PDT, despite being in the Midwest. How do I change the timezone?
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What is the preferred way to set the path for library directories?
I installed a binary and its dependencies to a non-standard location. When I run the binary, I need to specify the library locations of all its dependencies. I know one way of doing this is to do:
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Debian 6 Internet connection sharing aka IP masquerade not working
The problem: the computers [Xbox 360 and a Kubuntu 12.04.1 laptop] can't access Internet through a recently-installed desktopless Debian 6 laptop (which is wirelessly connected to a WLAN station) but ...
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How to reset xen hyperviser clock
I have a low cost server running Debian Squeeze stable, using the Xen hyperviser. After a very long uptime the clocks of the unprivileged domains will deviate. Restarting the domains will not fix the ...
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sensors-detect does not detect
I am trying to run sensors-detect in Debian6 64 bits and I get:
Sorry, no sensors were detected. Either your system has no sensors, or they are not supported, or they are connected to an I2C or SMBus ...
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VirtualBox: Unable to access “USB subsystem”
I have a VirtualBox running inside a Debian Squeezy 64 bit machine. For some reason, none of my virtual machines can use the USB ports of the host machine. This error is popping up:
Cant load Host ...
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Startup Disk Creator tool for Debian
I was trying to create a USB bootable in Debian to install my new system. I couldnt find any easy to use tool in Debian. I tried downloading the hybrid iso image from the Debian site and copied it to ...
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Eclipse version in Debian package directories too old
Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian, has commented that package management is "the single biggest advancement Linux has brought to the industry". (Wikipedia)
But for some reason I'm forced to install ...
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Migrate mdadm raid array from 32bit to 64bit debian squeeze
I have a raid5 array running on Debian Squeeze 32bit (x86) and I plan to upgrade to Debian Squeeze 64bit (amd64).
To keep my raid5 array and ext4 filesystem I simply keep a copy of my mdadm.conf ...
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Linux Subversion configuration file
I've moved my SVN repo from one host to another. The new host requires I commit by using svn+ssh:// instead of https:// like my previous host did.
One issue I can't escape is no matter what I do I ...
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GRUB can't boot xen 4.2 kernel
I've just built and installed the release candidate of xen 4.2 (which seemed to go fine) along with all dependencies required on debian-squeeze, and for the life of my I can't get grub to boot the xen ...
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Debian: Activate network connection on powerup
Is there a way to force the network connection to be active before logging in?
I have a debian (squeeze 6.0.5 64 bit) workstation, and I would like the network connection to be activated directly on ...
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DomU debian based OS failed to boot on XenServer and Xen
I see the following on the console while boot up. The OS is debian squeeze based. The following is the error on HVM.
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root (hd0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, using whole disk
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dual monitor: move all windows from 1st monitor to 2nd monitor
Is there a way to move all windows from the 1st monitor to the 2nd monitor while the 1st monitor is turned off? This is on gnome 2.
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Only 3.2GB of 4GB RAM detected on 64-bit Debian
I'm running Debian Squeeze (x64):
# uname -srvmo
Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 16 16:22:28 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have 2 compatible 2 GB sticks of DDR2 in my G31M-S motherboard. It ...
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Why do password entries over ssh take so long?
When I'm ssh'd into my server, any time I enter my password, there's a 40 second delay before the server responds.
This occurs when logging in, as well as whenever I run a command via sudo. The delay ...
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numeric keyboard does not work in debian
I use a standard keyboard with debian 6.0.5. until now everything were fine. Now the numeric part of the keyboard does not work. numlock is on. if I press some random keys it does right click or opens ...
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zfs create / delete hang on Debian Squeeze
I installed ZFS from source (configure, make deb, dpkg -i) on Debian Squeeze without any error messages.
I created a pool with zpool create tank raidz ...
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Install Firefox 13.0.1 on Debian Squeeze
I have some problem installing Firefox 13.0.1 (latest from official site) on my fresh Debian 6.0.5 installation.
What i did:
Removed iceweasel, unzipped firefox*.tar.bz2 into /opt/
Created symlink ...
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How Do I Shrink the Visible Area of the X11 Root Window?
I would like to make the visible workspace of my desktop fill up less space than the entire monitor while keeping image fidelity constant. Presumably, any solution would leave a black border around ...
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Mountpoint permissions messed up after user mount
On a freshly installed Debian squeeze amd64,
$ ls /media -l
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 13 12:13 usb0
But after mounting,
$ mount /dev/sdb1
$ ls /media -l
drwx------ 1 root root 4096 Jun 12 ...
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Should I install new software in Debian? [closed]
I know Debian is very stable because it used old kernel, packages and so on. Of course, it make Debian more security. So should I install new software/package in Debian, for examples Java 7? Thanks!
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Network fails when under heavy load
I am running a Windows 7-64bit host with a Debian-Squeeze guest. I am transferring alot of files to the guest via SSH using filezilla (using local IP of course). After some time, the network on the ...
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Build debian package of Django 1.4 for squeeze
I need to build a debian package for Squeeze of Django 1.4 to add to our local aptitude repository. I found a package here under Download Source Package python-django: ...
