[reposted from debian-user]

Subject: defoma how to
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:20:02 +0200

Hi

Can you recommend a good defoma how to guide please?

Specifically,
- how to add a truetype font path for defoma to manage?

- If all X-fonts are managed by defoma, theoretically, is it true that I
can leave only the following two FontPath in the "Files" section, while
removing all the rest of FontPath(s)?

FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" FontPath
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

Thanks

A collection of mail forwarding options, ranging from simplest satellite systems to normal mail forwarding via exim, qmail, and sendmail, and to the advanced topics like using Postfix to relay email to SMTP server that enforces TLS (eg. nowadays ISP and/or gmail).

If you control satellite systems and you're not expecting to send much mail, and you don't need much processing then running a full mailserver is probably overkill. Perhaps the simplest software to use is the nullmailer program
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/397

Setting up mail forwarding for exim, qmail, and sendmail
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/63

how to make postfix to use SMTP auth for sending mail to a smarthost or a
transport map relay server.
http://www.k2.on.lk/fourm/viewtopic.php?t=30

Gmail on Home Linux Box using Postfix
http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/postfix_tutorial.html


Having read all above, I am still not able to setup my Postfix to relay my mails through my ISP (with TLS required). I had tried many times but all failed. I've also been trying to raise the question at every possible place. But so far respond answers the question.

I really appreciate if anyone can give me a hint. Thanks a lot.

The reason that I need the mail relay is because my ISP has blocked my 25 mail port. So it is impossible for me to file bug reports, use my mail to backup my save-config, etc ... Now that nearly 90% of people are suffering from this mail port block, this feature would be requested again and again.

[The following message is reposted from gmane.linux.debian.user, which has been sittng there for a while...]

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:19:48 -0400, Tong wrote:

> I got the "pre-installation script returned error" during package
> installation. Is there any solution / workaround? What else should I
> check?
>
> thanks
>
> Tong
>
> PS. here is the full info:
>
> Installing linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 under etch failed:
>
> % apt-get install linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 Suggested packages:
> linux-doc-2.6.15 linux-source-2.6.15 lilo grub fdutils
> Recommended packages:
> libc6-i686
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 52510 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 (from
> .../linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7_2.6.15-8_i386.deb) ... Ok, Aborting dpkg:
> error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7_2.6.15-8_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7_2.6.15-8_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I just format the disk and did a clean base system installation then tried
again. Same error.

Installing linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 is broken too:

The following extra packages will be installed:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-686
Suggested packages:
linux-doc-2.6.15 linux-source-2.6.15 lilo grub fdutils
Recommended packages:
libc6-i686
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-686
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully
installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/15.8MB of archives.
After unpacking 45.1MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want
to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 7356 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 (from
.../linux-image-2.6.15-1-686_2.6.15-8_i386.deb) ... Ok, Aborting
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.15-1-686_2.6.15-8_i386.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.15-1-686_2.6.15-8_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Will "nice"d background tasks interfere (slow down) normal foreground
task? I used to amaze my Windoze-using friends by burning CD/DVDs while
carrying out my normal work. I normally point to the "top" output,
which says something like "Tasks: 133 total", and say to my astonished
friend, "I can burn my CD/DVDs while there are over a hundred task running
at the same time" -- just enjoy looking at their
astonished faces. However, there is one thing that really make me
question how Linux schedule its tasks.

There is this special case, which will let me make coasters every time
-- when nget is updating it headers. I'm using a not-so-monster news
server, which can't compete with supper-monster news server like
giganews, etc. However, whenever nget updates it headers, my computer is
brought down to its knees. I run my nget with "nice -n 12", and my growisofs
(for DVD burning) with "nice -n -2", even so I make coasters from time
to time.

I think it must related with kswapd0 -- the kernel page fault swap
daemon. Shouldn't page faults caused by "nice -n 12" tasks have much lower
priorities then that from "nice -n -2"? I think it should, but why I
make coasters from time to time then?

My box's memory is 768M. I don't think it is too small.

tong

PS.