John on S8

[John]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:

>On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 06:49:43AM +0800, John wrote:
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>>Matt Zimmerman wrote:
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>>>Not sure if we can do anything about this; it does try.  I assume that
>>>eject(1) doesn't work after installation either?  Is the hardware capable 
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>>>ejecting the CD?
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>>Stage 1 did it. Eject on Sarge worked. I've been using the box for a 
>>year or two, I'd know if that was the problem. Eject works now.
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>I now notice that you were talking about stage 2.  Stage 2 doesn't require
>the CD at all, and if you inserted it independently, there's no reason for
>the install process to spontaneously eject it.
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Perhaps we differ in terminology. I am referring to what happens after 
rebooting as "stage 2."

It asked for the CD, so it should eject it.


>>>[smartmontools]
>>>I've added this to the list of potential features for Hoary; it's something
>>>we should look into.
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>>You also need to provide a means of updating it regularly; at present 
>>adding new drives entails changing source and rebuilding.
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>It certainly doesn't sound that way from the smartd.conf man page.  Are you
>sure?
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I am. It's what I had to do in order to test it with a drive not in the 
database.

A lot of stuff is manufacturer dependant, and they change their minds - 
legitimately- as they add new features. New features mean monitoring 
software needs changing.

I speculate that sometimes it's just that the software doesn't recognise 
drive fingerprints. A drive I had that smartmontools didn't recongnise 
is quite old - 3.2 Gb.

>>>>While many (all?) system config tools interact with sudo, I've not found 
>>>>a purely GUI way of (eg) changing /etc/apt/source.list.
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>>>Computer->System Configuration->Synaptic Package
>>>Manager->Preferences->Repositories
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>>I did say "eg." There are lots more text files.
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>I'm afraid I don't see your point, then.  Did you mean to point out that
>there exist text configuration files on the system for which there is no GUI
>configuration tool?
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Some of the configuration tools -  eg Synaptic - invoke sudo to validate 
the users.

In other cases where there is no such configuration tool, there is no 
GUI way to edit config files. If I open them in gedit, it's read-only 
(and it took me a while to figure why it was behaving oddly).

Perhaps I've assumed you're trying to do more than you are.