ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 47, Issue 141

Tue Jul 15 12:53:16 UTC 2008

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>   1. RE: hash sum mismatch when trying to upgrade (Michael P. Varre)
>   2. Re: Need help using Lynx on Ubuntu Server (Robert Dailey)
>   3. Edubuntu Install Issue (Matt Georgetti)
>   4. Re: How to find out why packages are "held back"
>      (John L Fjellstad)
>   5. screen freezing (Sevil Sen)
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> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:50:05 -0400
> From: "Michael P. Varre" <mvarre at kishmish.com>
> Subject: RE: hash sum mismatch when trying to upgrade
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
>> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Kim Goldenberg
>> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 4:22 PM
>> To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
>> Subject: Re: hash sum mismatch when trying to upgrade
>>
>> Michael P. Varre wrote:
>> > Anyone have any thoughts?  This is killing me that I cant get this
>> resolved.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> >
>> > From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> > [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Michael
>> P.
>> > Varre
>> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:48 AM
>> > To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> > Subject: hash sum mismatch when trying to upgrade
>> >
>> > Hello everyone.  I'm trying to upgrade from 6.06 to 8.04 and I keep
>> getting:
>> >
>> > http://en.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-
>> backports/multiverse/s
>> > ource/Sources.bz2
>> > Hash Sum mismatch
>> > , E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or
>> > old ones used instead.
>> >
>> >
>> > Getting a bunch of these when trying to run do-release-upgrade -d.
>> Last week when I did a test run of the update on a dev machine it was
>> working fine, now nothing.  I am getting the same results on all my
>> machines that I'm trying it on now.  I've tried to wipe out
>> /var/lib/apt/lists/ like some lists had suggested, I've tried normal
>> updates, I've tried cleaning and -fix-missing to no avail.  Been trying
>> for the last 24 hours.
>> >
>> > Is this a problem with the mirrors or did something magically go
>> wrong on all my 6.06 ubuntu machines?
>> >
>> > Thanks!

>> >
>> If you have medibuntu.org in your sources list, it appears to have
>> disappeared. I wasn't sure it was a problem here at work, or a generic
>> problem, so I was going to wait until I got home. I do know it was
>> working last night (US-EDT), as the same updates worked at home.
> [Michael P. Varre]

Hi Michael:
If this is not relevant please just chalk it up to my being brand new both 
to Linux and 8.04.
Like I say maybe the wubi installer is only being used for initial install 
and not upgrade.
But my experience was just great. My only decision was a password and the 
installer did
the rest from a unpartitioned HD.
Hope this helps someone

Allen
> Thanks for the reply Kim.  No I have all the standard mirrors that LTS
> Server comes with.  Its been 3 days and still the same result.
>
>
>>
>> Kim
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:54:10 -0500
> From: "Robert Dailey" <rcdailey at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Need help using Lynx on Ubuntu Server
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:40 AM, Markus Sch?nhaber <
> ubuntu-users at list-post.mks-mail.de> wrote:
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>> Robert Dailey wrote:
>>
>> > This is a really awesome idea! I had no idea this could be done! Is 
>> > there
>> a
>> > way I can setup my server to accept HTTP requests on a certain port and
>> > forward those to my router's firmware as the result?
>>
>> Yes, several. For example you could create netfilter rules that do this,
>> or you could set up Xinetd which comes with a redirect service.
>>
>> > For example, an apache2
>> > server that treats the router's main page as the document root, if that
>> > makes sense.
>>
>> Yes, httpd's mod_proxy can do that too.
>> But: installing, configuring and taking care of a full fledged web
>> server just to be able to access your router's web interface?
>>
>> > I guess it would be like using my linux server as a DNS
>> > forwarding service? Not sure how to say it, but if I could avoid having
>> to
>> > open an SSH tunnel on my remote (windows) machine, that would be one 
>> > step
>> > closer to greatness!
>>
>> Well, this "greatness" could also be "openness" - if you don't take
>> additional measures. Do you think that's really worth the trouble (and
>> danger)?
>>
>> Using a ssh tunnel, OTOH, gives you authentication on the fly by using
>> measures that are already there. Only someone who is able to log into
>> your server will be able to create and use this tunnel.
>> If it's too much typing you're worried about: ssh from the openssh
>> package (also available for Cygwin) can be configured that a simple
>> ssh myserver
>> connects to the correct server with the correct username creating the
>> desired tunnel. If I'm not completely mistaken, similar things should be
>> possible with putty.
>
>
> Well I wasn't looking to make this more complicated than it needed to be, 
> I
> was just throwing ideas out there to see if any would be a good choice. My
> server is a private server in that I use it for my own personal use and I
> don't publicly advertise it. Security isn't a huge concern of mine, mainly
> just convenience. Using Apache2 would be the same as enabling remote
> management on my router itself, however I can't do this because the 
> firmware
> feature for this is broken at the moment. I was simply seeking a 
> convenient
> alternative for now.
>
> I'll look into the advice you gave me and see if I can't figure this out!
> Thanks a lot!
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> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:07:12 -0500
> From: "Matt Georgetti" <mgeorgetti at mvsd.net>
> Subject: Edubuntu Install Issue
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> I am the IT Tech at a small K-12 school district. While we are, I guess 
> you
> could say, a Windows school, I have been experimenting with various 
> versions
> of Linux for a possible roll-out on some of our machines. Anyway, I have
> found the Edubuntu product and was going to give it a try but when I go to
> install it on a PC it tells me that the software I am using is for X86
> machines and that I am running a machine with an i1586 processor. Both of
> the machines that I have tried (A Dell GX240 and AcerPower F2) have P4
> processors. To my understanding, these should be considered an X86
> architecture. Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>
>
> Matt Georgetti
>
> IT Technician
>
> Mountain View School District
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> (570) 434-2501 X 556
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> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:22:38 +0200
> From: John L Fjellstad <john-ubuntu at fjellstad.org>
> Subject: Re: How to find out why packages are "held back"
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Markus Sch?nhaber <ubuntu-users at list-post.mks-mail.de> writes:
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>> Generally, packages are kept back if updating them would require other
>> packages to be installed/uninstalled. Do something like
>> aptitude -s dist-upgrade
>> to see what would be done additionally on updating the above packages.
>
> FYI, dist-upgrade has been renamed to full-upgrade (upgrade has been
> renamed to safe-upgrade).  Ubuntu have been using the new name for the
> options for awhile now (at least since Gibbon)
>
>
> -- 
> John L. Fjellstad
> web: http://www.fjellstad.org/          Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:13:01 +0100
> From: "Sevil Sen" <sevilsen at gmail.com>
> Subject: screen freezing
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Hi,
> I've installed ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop (dell inspiron 700m). Everthing
> seems working all right. However, the screen sometimes freezes and  i 
> cannot
> do anything more than pressing turn-off. i had a similar problem before 
> when
> i was trying to turn off/restart the computer. I've solved it by adding 
> the
> line  -Option "ForceEnablePipeA" "true"- to the xorg.conf under the 
> Section
> "Device". Thank you for your reply in advance.
>
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier "Configured Video Device"
>        Driver "intel"
>        Option "ForceEnablePipeA" "true"
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