make-jpkg cannot create packages for Java 6 update 10 or newer, to fix this, edit /usr/share/java-package/sun-j2sdk.sh.

Add this stanza:

       "jdk-6u"[0-9][0-9]"-linux-x64.bin") # SUPPORTED
            j2se_version=1.6.0+update${archive_name:6:2}${revision}
            j2se_expected_min_size=130
            found=true
            ;;

right after

        "jdk-6u"[0-9]"-linux-x64.bin") # SUPPORTED
            j2se_version=1.6.0+update${archive_name:6:1}${revision}
            j2se_expected_min_size=130
            found=true
            ;;

Then try again, should be golden.

My wife however found a nice deal a few weeks ago: if you buy the 2 year subscription to Linux+ magazine (for 49.99 EUR) you get a Tuxdroid as a welcome gift! That’s essentially a Tuxdroid for 50 euro with free shipping and with a free 2 year magazine as well Mine’s on the way, thanks to my wife who gave it to me as a gift – already received 2 issues and they’re interesting (read a chapter about forensics cd’s today).

ERROR: fping (‘/usr/bin/fping -C 1 localhost’) could not be run: localhost address not found

After digging around somewhat (this worked fine when run on the commandline) turns out my /etc/hosts was chmodded 700 instead of 744. Weird, but this meant only root could resolve it. What I don’t understand is why this did not work – my resolvers also return 127.0.0.1 for the “localhost” query.

Anyway, if you get this error, check if the smokeping user can resolve localhost too

As Kris would say, it was some sort of DNS problem…

# echo “- – -” > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan

If one of the volumes was still initializing when you did that, it will have been detected by the driver, but not assigned a device node. In that case, performing the above ritual after it has been initialized will not help. You first have to remove the device again, then rescan again:

# dmesg|grep 0:0:
scsi 0:0:0:3: Direct-Access Areca ARC-1260-VOL#03 R001 PQ: 1 ANSI: 3
scsi 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
# echo “scsi remove-single-device 0:0:0:3″ > /proc/scsi/scsi
# echo “- – -” > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan
# dmesg|grep 0:0:
scsi 0:0:0:3: Direct-Access Areca ARC-1260-VOL#03 R001 PQ: 1 ANSI: 3
scsi 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
scsi 0:0:0:3: Direct-Access Areca ARC-1260-VOL#03 R001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 3
sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi disk sdd
sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0

Next to that, I logged into KDE only to find the main panel missing. Having no clue how to fix this nor feeling like googling (especially since at that point my wifi did not work), I moved my old .kde out of the way and had it create a new one, so it worked again. Copied over some rc files for frequently used apps so most config could be saved, luckily.

When I “unplug” (turn off) my internal bluetooth adapter, or the laptop goes into suspend meaning the bluetooth sleeps too, the “KDE4 Bluetooth Framework” crashes. Somehow the bluetooth system tray icon still works though, it’s just odd.

I get most notifications a few times now, once in a tooltip popup from the system tray icon, and once in a generic yellow rectangle from KDE, containing the exact same text. How’s that for thoroughness!

The network manager icon no longer shows wifi strengh, it’s now a very ugly icon with some kind of antenna with radio wave circles around. Uergh.

KDE4′s battery manager icon is really fugly, and I mean “FUGLY could have done it better myself in mspaint in 20 seconds FUGLY”. Luckily, apt-get install kpowersave gets me the old power icon back with a way more useful hover tooltip, so I could remove the battery monitor applet.

# /etc/init.d/xend start 
Restarting XEN control daemon: xendTraceback (most recent call last): 
File "/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/bin/xend", line 40, in <module> 
from xen.xend.server import SrvDaemon 
File "/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/lib/python/xen/xend/server/SrvDaemon.py", line 17, in <module>
 import xen.lowlevel.xc 
ImportError: /usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/bin/../lib/python/xen/lowlevel/xc.so: undefined symbol: Py_InitModule4 

You can solve this in 2 ways. First, the silly way:

rm /usr/bin/python; ln -s /usr/bin/python2.4 /usr/bin/python

Or, the way you’re supposed to:

apt-get install xen-utils-3.2-1  

gpgv: Signature made Sun Mar  1 16:27:33 2009 CET using DSA key ID 1F41B907
[GNUPG:] ERRSIG 07DC563D1F41B907 17 2 00 1235921253 9
[GNUPG:] NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907
gpgv: Can’t check signature: public key not found

This error turned up when I tried to mirror debian-multimedia.org after upgrading debmirror. Apparently the new version looks for the keys in ~/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg. If you installed the debian-multimedia-keyring package, you can use the following:

 gpg –no-default-keyring -a –keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-multimedia-keyring.gpg –export 07DC563D1F41B907 | gpg –no-default-keyring –keyring ~/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg –import -

This imports the current key into the new file.

Feb 21 14:03:22 ftp sshd[18392]: error writing /proc/self/oom_adj: Permission denied

Adjust /etc/default/ssh ‘s SSHD_OOM_ADJUST=-17 into SSHD_OOM_ADJUST= then restart ssh to get rid of it.