Questions tagged [debian-wheezy]

Debian is a popular Linux distribution. The codename Wheezy stands for version 7.0 which is now EOL. It was released on 2013-05-04.

is a popular Linux distribution. The codename Wheezy stands for version 7.0 which is now EOL. It was released on 2013-05-04.

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Setting up a local mirror

Specifically for Wheezy, does anyone know if some of the existing mirror scripts still work or can point me in the right direction to start? For example, will Debmirror work with archive.debian.org? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Debmirror I've…
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Finding a specific package

I have a very old system: # uname -a Linux [REMOVED] 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.96-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux I need to update it to the latest available kernel version. For example, I'm trying to find 3.2.101-1 or newer. Shouldn't this be the…
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Find the process PID that rebooted my system

I have a debian server and last week it 'magicaly' restarted, and since then it keeps restarting at certain time, usually at 00:00am or 5:00am. So I'm trying to find out what process is causing this issue. I checked the syslog, and…
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How to prevent the boot-stopper: Give root password for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue):

I would like to prevent a server from hanging at reboot prompting for root password or ctrl+D in case of a disk event. The below guide appears outdated, since on my Debian Wheezy don't have a /boot/grub/menu.lst file, but then…
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dpkg outputs "Version" meaning

I'm either not very good at searching or not very good (in general). What's the meaning of "Version" here? The version of GCC used to build the package? # dpkg -s linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64|grep Version Version: 3.2.96-2
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Server on blacklist

I have a Debian Wheezy server with several websites with separate domains. Some of these websites uses Wordpress and in turn uses PHP's mail function to send mail. I installed "sendmail" to be able for the server to send mail from PHP. We use Google…
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Debian Wheezy (testing) df reported volume size

I am a bit confused about the /dev/sda* references since I installed Wheezy instead of Squeeze on a testing box. fdisk -l returns: Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168…