October 2012 - luv-main

Sound troubles on Toshiba laptop
by Robert Parker 14 Oct '12

14 Oct '12

A friend of mine has a Toshiba laptop which has been running Ubuntu 10.04 successfully. We have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on it, 32 bit version, and we cannot get sound functioning. The machine is a Toshiba M115-S1064. Have already tried alsamixer with no luck. Where to from here? Bob Parker

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Modern OpenWRT / ddwrt compatible router?
by Paul Dwerryhouse 14 Oct '12

14 Oct '12

Does anyone have recommendations for a modern wifi-router that is compatible with OpenWRT or ddwrt? I've had it with one particular WRT54-GL that I've been maintaining. There's a bug in the b43 driver which causes the wifi to die whenever there's high load, and the suggested workaround[1] doesn't seem to work. Furthermore, the next release of OpenWRT isn't going to work on devices with 16Mb of RAM or less, anyway. Basically, I'm after some sort of wifi router with at least four ethernet ports + one uplink port, that is well supported by OpenWRT, doesn't use b43 for its wifi interface, 64Mb RAM, preferably a lot of flash and is readily available in Australia. Cheers, Paul [1] https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/7552 -- Paul Dwerryhouse | PGP Key ID: 0x6B91B584 http://weblog.leapster.org/

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mod_pagespeed
by Russell Coker 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/mod I've just downloaded and installed the Debian AMD64 package of the Google Apache Pagespeed module. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights#url=etbe.coker.com.a… https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights#url=etbe.coker.com.a… According to the above URLs the web performance scores for my blog were 93 for non-mobile and 88 for mobile both before and after installing mod_pagespeed. It appears that Pagespeed isn't doing any good according to Google's analysis! etbe.coker.com.au 10.0.151.178 - - [13/Oct/2012:05:22:31 +0000] "GET /wp- content/plugins/openid/f/W.openid.css,qver=519.pagespeed.cf.Bbu1gxRjUE.css HTTP/1.0" 200 2165 "http://etbe.coker.com.au/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1" 0 etbe.coker.com.au 10.0.151.178 - - [13/Oct/2012:05:22:31 +0000] "GET /wp- content/themes/atahualpa/js/DD_roundies.js,qver=0.0.2a.pagespeed.jm.4gw5yluag0.js HTTP/1.0" 200 3679 "http://etbe.coker.com.au/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1" 0 etbe.coker.com.au 10.0.151.178 - - [13/Oct/2012:05:22:31 +0000] "GET /wp- includes/js/jquery/jquery.js,qver=1.7.2.pagespeed.jm.XZwfunyK-6.js HTTP/1.0" 200 33587 "http://etbe.coker.com.au/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1" 0 etbe.coker.com.au 10.0.151.178 - - [13/Oct/2012:05:22:33 +0000] "GET /wp- content/themes/atahualpa/images/xlogo.png.pagespeed.ic.ICWmaHBME5.png HTTP/1.0" 200 2267 "http://etbe.coker.com.au/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1" 0 The above sample of web logs shows that the string "pagespeed" is appeneded to some URLs with a hash of the file contents which apparently allows much longer cache times without making it difficult to change content. So Pagespeed is obviously doing something. Is Google analysis expected to say that there is no change? Note that my speed scores are 93% and 88% so my site is was apparently quite good before mod_pagespeed was installed - maybe the analysis would report a difference on a site that didn't perform so well. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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RE: modem hangup (SIGHUP) on connection
by zlinw＠mcmedia.com.au 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

No problem now, Works OK, Optus must have been asleep. Just a minor question where was the origin of the SIGHUP, its not real clear from the syslog. Previous similiar occurances in the past the origin of the SIGHUP being the ISP. This appears to be the case here Lindsay

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modem hangup (SIGHUP) on connection
by Lindsay Sprinter 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

I have radio broadband via Virgin who uses the Optus network, This morning immediately on connection it hangs up. Below is the syslog entry for an attempt. Any one have any idea on why the (SIGHUP) appears at the end.... The system was rebooted same thing occurs, the old reliable phone line dialup still works though so the basic pppd operation and networking on the system works OK. Will a packet sniffer tell me anything. I am inclined to leave it till tomorrow to debug the issue as I have found this service is not the most reliable on the planet. Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: -- got it Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: send (ATE1^M) Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: timeout set to 60 seconds Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: send (ATD*99#^M) Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: expect (CONNECT) Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: ^M Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: ATE1^M^M Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: OK^M Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: ATD*99#^M^M Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: CONNECT Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: -- got it Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 chat[3527]: send () Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: Serial connection established. Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: using channel 4 Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 11 04:41:22 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0 Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5b40ae5> <pcomp> <accomp>] Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xf <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <magic 0x125526b> <pcomp> <accomp>] Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: sent [LCP ConfNak id=0xf <auth chap MS-v2>] Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5b40ae5> <pcomp> <accomp>] Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x10 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0x125526b> <pcomp> <accomp>] Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x10 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0x125526b> <pcomp> <accomp>] Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="irrelevant" password=<hidden>] Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: rcvd [LCP DiscReq id=0x11 magic=0x125526b] Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ""] Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: PAP authentication succeeded Oct 11 04:41:23 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0>] Oct 11 04:41:24 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>] Oct 11 04:41:24 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0>] Oct 11 04:41:24 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Oct 11 04:41:24 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: Modem hangup Oct 11 04:41:24 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: Connection terminated. Oct 11 04:41:25 wolfdualp3 pppd[3526]: Exit. Lindsay Linux now for 19 years, how time flies.................

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python-iview
by Russell Coker 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

http://theconversation.edu.au/python-iview-copyright-crusader-or-vigilante- operative-9763 I'm sure that many people here are aware of Jeremy Visser’s good work in creating the python-iview program to allow those of us who don't use Flash to access ABC TV content over the Internet. Unfortunately the ABC has threatened legal action against him in regard to this issue and he has taken down the repository of the source code. https://jeremy.visser.name/2012/09/python-iview-press-qanda/ Jeremy has published a FAQ at the above URL. It's interesting that the ABC apparently have a TOS hidden away somewhere that tells us not to download episodes. If the ABC had asked Jeremy to make his program stream programs instead of downloading them they could also have asked him to display the TOS. Anyway I just noticed this because the "iview-cli -p" command has started to fail repeatedly with the following error and I went looking for a newer version of the source. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/iview-cli", line 179, in <module> programme() File "/usr/bin/iview-cli", line 44, in programme items = iview.comm.get_series_items(series['id']) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/iview/comm.py", line 93, in get_series_items return parser.parse_series_items(series_json, get_meta) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/iview/parser.py", line 105, in parse_series_items for item in series_json[0]['f']: IndexError: list index out of range I wondered if the ABC had changed something to make it fail. I don't imagine that they would deliberately try to make iview-cli crash, but I can imagine them putting in a hack to abort the connection in a way that iview-cli doesn't expect. I've just tried iview-gtk and that works well enough, so maybe it's just a bug in the cli version of the software. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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CUPS problem on upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy
by Russell Coker 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

I have a workstation with a Brother_MFC-7362N printer running with CUPS. It was working fine running Debian/Squeeze on i386 but now that I've replaced it with Debian/Wheezy on amd64 it's not working. It says that everything works and claims that jobs are printed but nothing comes out of the printer. Any suggestions on how to debug it? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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PostgreSQL and indexing with json types
by Toby Corkindale 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Hi, Just something interesting I noticed today.. As you've probably already seen, PostgreSQL 9.2 added support for storing JSON documents in a 'json' type field. It also adds the V8 javascript engine as a first-class procedural language. Initially I thought that you'd probably end up with a lot of tables with key metadata separated out into your int/char/etc types so you could index it.. but someone has pointed out that you can index into the json data using the v8 engine and Postgres' functional indexes. That is reasonably nifty. Currently you need to write a couple of helper functions yourself, but I suspect we'll see more of this brought into the built-in functions by 9.3. For examples, see: http://people.planetpostgresql.org/andrew/index.php?/archives/249-Using-PLV… Cheers, Toby

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test post
by trentbuck＠gmail.com 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

This is test to see if gmane.org.user-groups.linux.luv.general works bidirectionally. If it does, I can move LUV from mutt ("personal; deal with immediately") into gnus ("lists; when I get around to it"), where it belongs. Yay! PS: yes, I know that gnus can do IMAP, and that it's allegedly much faster in Emacs 24. It's a workflow decision, not a technical support decision.

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debian stable vulnerabilities
by Andrew Worsley 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

1. Apparently there are *LOTS* of vulnerabilities which are unpatched vulnerabilities in debian stable but presumably people just live with it or am I missing some part of the picture? - See below 2. Is there a version of java plugin that I can run under iceweasel/firefox that I can install in debian stable? My firefox warns me that Java Plug-in 1.6.0_26 (disabled) is known to cause security or stability issues... If there is a better mailing list for these debian specific questions - please let me know but there may be others who are might interested in these answers as well. Item 1: install the debsecan package and scan your box .... On an up to date debian squeeze system I have: debsecan | grep iceweasel CVE-2011-1187 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, low urgency) CVE-2011-1202 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, medium urgency) CVE-2011-3658 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) CVE-2012-0475 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, low urgency) CVE-2012-1939 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) CVE-2012-1941 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) CVE-2012-1945 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, low urgency) CVE-2012-1946 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) CVE-2012-1951 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) CVE-2012-1952 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) CVE-2012-1953 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) CVE-2012-1955 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, medium urgency) CVE-2012-1957 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, medium urgency) CVE-2012-1958 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) CVE-2012-1959 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, medium urgency) CVE-2012-1961 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, medium urgency) CVE-2012-1962 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) CVE-2012-1964 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, medium urgency) CVE-2012-1965 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, medium urgency) CVE-2012-3105 iceweasel (remotely exploitable, high urgency) iceweasel is up to date apt-show-versions -a iceweasel iceweasel 3.5.16-18 install ok installed iceweasel 3.5.16-17 squeeze ftp.au.debian.org iceweasel 3.5.16-18 squeeze security.debian.org iceweasel/squeeze uptodate 3.5.16-18 Looking at the first CVE via debian security tracker shows squeeze is still vulnerable... - See http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3658 Item 2: Under plugins on my iceweasel it has Java plugin disabled for security / stability issues. I believe I have the latest jre/plugins installed apt-show-versions -a sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jre 6.26-0squeeze1 install ok installed sun-java6-jre 6.26-0squeeze1 squeeze ftp.au.debian.org sun-java6-jre 6.26-0squeeze1 unknown ftp.tw.debian.org sun-java6-jre 6.26-0squeeze1 unknown http.debian.net sun-java6-jre/squeeze uptodate 6.26-0squeeze1 Do the debian people just expect me to not run java in the browser (too dangerous?) Am I suppose to switch to java7 (no package for debian squeeze) and manually install it? If so is there any guidance on manual installation? I notice in wheezy we have java-package (see http://wiki.debian.org/JavaPackage) which lets you install the Oracle binary distributions by putting it into a .deb for you (e.g. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=84672) Searching around on the debian web site didn't find any obvious guidance on these issues and numerous old looking Wiki pages. Thanks in advance for any help. Andrew

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