Questions tagged [debian-squeeze]
Squeeze is the development codename for Debian 6.0. This tag should be used in preference to [Debian] if the question is specific to this version.
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How to disable sound modules in debian squeeze (solved)
The scenario, I have a debian squeeze xen virtual machine, only doing server tasks. On boot it autoloads sound modules despite blacklisting.
I know about modprobe -r, however ideally I'd prefer to ...
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Is there a way to use 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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How do I install Firefox 12 on Debian Squeeze?
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I am trying to install Firefox 12 on Debian Squeeze x86_64. I have extracted the contents of the compressed Firefox downloadable into the /opt directory and have marked the files /opt/...
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How to get memory speed when dmidecode says "Speed: Unknown" and lshw just hangs
I'd like to get memory speed information, but dmidecode -t memory says Speed: Unknown and lshw prints out string DMI and then does nothing until I kill it.
Is there other way to get this information? ...
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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 get ...
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Startup Disk Creator tool for Debian [closed]
I was trying to create a USB bootable in Debian to install my new system. I couldn't 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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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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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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How can partman partition more than one disk in a Debian installer preseed file?
Making partman partition a single disk is easy enough:
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/xvda
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
boot-swap :: \
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python2.7: can't open file '/usr/lib/python2.7/py_compile.py'
I'm getting lot's of error with apt-get. I've tried to install package manualy but everything seems stucked.
mio@vm:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall python2.7-minimal
Reading package lists... Done
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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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"developer-stable" packages in debian?
Some of the packages are pretty old in debian stable. For example, the version of iceweasel (firefox) included is 3.5.
But I don't want the version of firefox debian says is stable, I want the ...
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How do I install KDE in my Debian installation?
How do I install KDE in my Debian installation? I have a Debian Squeeze 6.0.7, which was installed from a DVD. I would like to install kde-full package into it.
How do I install KDE in my current ...
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Debian squeeze keyboard and touchpad not working / detected on laptop
They work before gdm3 starts. a connected mouse also stops working, but functions after removal and re-plug. no xorg.conf.
log doesn't show any loading of drivers for kbd/touchpad
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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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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 sources ...
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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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Sharing Pi's internet with a router
I've got the following setup:
Pi3 connected to my ISP's router via eth0 and assigned a static IP of 192.168.69.89
There is OpenVPN client configured and running on Pi. This bit is
working fine.
There ...
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System image backup and restore on two different servers
I am still new to the system administration in Linux. So I need your help on the following case:
We have a debian 6 server which was installed long time ago. It has different partitions that are ...
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logrotate configuration file syntax - multiple wildcard entries possible?
Since the man page doesn't answer my question and I don't want to force a rotation cycle, I decided to ask the question here.
The man page for logrotate gives the following example:
"/var/log/...
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Unable to mount cifs share
Debian squeeze.
# mount //192.168.2.6/Pub/ m -o guest
mount error(1): Operation not permitted
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
I test it on clear system (Debian squeeze ...
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Debian Squeeze + dist-upgrade + how to rollback
Recently, I have dist-upgrade on Debian Squeeze which runs my Proliant DL360 G5. After this, when the OS boots up I can see that there is a problem with udev - it's failing. Also, there is no network ...
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mrtg errors after upgrading to Debian Squeeze
Since upgrading from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, I've had the following problem with mrtg:
root@turtle:~# env LANG=C /usr/bin/mrtg
Constant subroutine SNMP_Session::AF_INET6 redefined at /usr/share/perl/...
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Debian Squeeze 6.0.1 - configuration files missing after ssh installation
I had installed ssh but something went wrong and I uninstalled it. I removed the SSH configuration files by hand (I deleted all /etc/ssh folder).
After ssh installation (I mean apt-get install ssh) I ...
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.deb package shows a different dependency when the system has already been updated
I want to install emesene2 on Debian Squeeze, but it shows some dependency problemes like Python, which needs >=2.6.6-7 and python-papyon0.5.
I installed Python 2.7 and used update-alternatives to ...
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How to set grub password?
How to set grub password in Debian Squeeze?
How to configure the grup entries in Squeeze, I saw few entries in /etc/default/grub
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newer version of Iceweasel on Debian Squeeze
I'd like to install as recent Firefox/Iceweasel as possible (for instance one that supports SVG images) on Debian Squeeze (stable). I don't mind installing testing packages if that's what it takes.
I ...
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Apache2 won't load css files on Debian 6 (Squeeze)
After using nginx for a few months, which worked pretty well, I decided to switch back to Apache.
Now, I have just installed apache2, but it seems like it won't load my CSS files. I've been struggling ...
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Migrate Debian to 64 bit and preserve home partition
I am currently on Debian Squeeze 32 bit and I want to install Wheezy 64 bit, preserving my /home partition
I know that compiled files will not work unless configuring multiarch, but can I find other ...
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Wrong libc6 version in Debian Squeeze -- can I go back?
Attempting to make some ruby gems work, I discovered I needed to install the dev ruby package, which apparently required the dev libc6. When I tried to install it (using the approved squeeze apt-...
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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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How to autorun wpa_supplicant on Debian startup
I'd like to run wpa_supplicant -D wext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf on Debian startup (runlevels 2-5). I found some vague instructions from a related question that said to put a script in /etc/...
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How do I write files to a USB without being root?
I have a 4GB USB stick which I partitioned using sudo cfdisk /dev/sdb and formatted using sudo mkfs /dev/sdb1. It's currently set to ID 83 with System Linux when I run sudo fdisk -l on my Debian ...
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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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Getting my USB wifi stick to work on Debian (squeeze)?
I recently installed Debian-squeeze to multi-boot with vista on a HP desktop.
I have an Netgear WNA3100 wifi stick I use on Vista and am trying to get working with Debian. I followed the instructions ...
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Installing Intel 82579 drivers on Debian 6.01a without any issues, but the NIC disappears after reboot
I'm currently working with Debian 6.01a and the 1.2.20 and 1.3.10a drivers from the Intel site for the 82579 NIC. I modprobe -r e1000e and then insmod /filepath/e1000e.ko. After running ifconfig -a, ...
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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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How do I use my Brother MFC-7440N from Debian or Ubuntu?
I have a Brother MFC-7440N. I would like to print to it from Debian Squeeze over the network without installing Brother's official driver, which I know for sure to be out of date and non-functional ...
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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 board nVidia Quadro 600.
The default installed driver works for one screen. After installing the Nvidia* ...
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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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gcc path not valid when installing VMWare Tools from VMWare Workstation 7.1.1 build-282343 on Debian squeeze
I am trying to install VMWare tools on Debian Squeeze.
My error:
Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed...
make
gcc
kernel headers of the running kernel
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Compile iptables from source make error
I'm trying to compile latest iptables 1.6, but I receive the following error:
(./configure it's OK)
then I call make and:
xtables-config-parser.y:20:28: error: libnftnl/table.h: No such file or ...
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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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APT repository for old debian squeeze ARM
I have ARM based board with debian squeeze with kernel 3.3.3. I have been using it with
deb http://www.emdebian.org/grip squeeze main dev
It stopped working couple months ago, so I switched 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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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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Linux server is running out of memory and swap
I guess there is some memory leakage and memory is not being freed. Is there some good ways to find out which process and why is leaking memory?
The only temporary solution is to restart server. But ...
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How to update the kernel from 2.6.16 on Debian squeeze?
I just did an update of my Debian system on my vserver from lenny to squeeze as described here.
I got some errors during the install, saying that glibc couldn't be updated.
I did an apt-get -f ...
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Debian Squeeze character encoding issue
I'm running Debian 6.0.7 (Squeeze). Normally, to get the euro symbol, I would type altgr-$ and this works fine on Ubuntu but with Squeeze when I hit those keys the cursor jumps back to the beginning ...
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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 ...