- apache2.2-bin aptdaemon at-spi baobab binfmt-support
- browser-plugin-gnash cheese-common cli-common cpp-4.3 cups-pk-helper
- dmz-cursor-theme empathy empathy-common finger
- freedesktop-sound-theme freeglut3 gconf-defaults-service gdm-themes
- gedit-plugins geoclue geoclue-hostip geoclue-localnet geoclue-manual
- geoclue-yahoo gnash gnash-common gnome gnome-backgrounds
- gnome-cards-data gnome-codec-install gnome-core
- gnome-desktop-environment gnome-disk-utility gnome-screenshot
- gnome-search-tool gnome-session-canberra gnome-spell
- gnome-system-log gnome-themes-extras gnome-themes-more
- gnome-user-share gs-common gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
- gstreamer0.10-tools gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-pixbuf
- gtk2-engines-smooth hal-info hamster-applet libapache2-mod-dnssd
- libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap
- libart2.0-cil libatspi1.0-0 libboost-date-time1.42.0
- libboost-python1.42.0 libboost-thread1.42.0 libchamplain-0.4-0
- libchamplain-gtk-0.4-0 libcheese-gtk18 libclutter-gtk-0.10-0
- libcryptui0 libcupsys2 libdiscid0 libeel2-data libelf1 libepc-1.0-2
- libepc-common libepc-ui-1.0-2 libfreerdp-plugins-standard
- libfreerdp0 libgail-common libgconf2.0-cil libgdata-common libgdata7
- libgdl-1-common libgdu-gtk0 libgee2 libgeoclue0 libgexiv2-0 libgif4
- libglade2.0-cil libglib2.0-cil libgmime2.4-cil libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
- libgnome2.24-cil libgnomepanel2.24-cil libgnomeprint2.2-data
- libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomevfs2-bin libgpod-common libgpod4
- libgtk2.0-cil libgtkglext1 libgtksourceview-common
- libgtksourceview2.0-common libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil
- libmono-addins0.2-cil libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil
- libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil libmono-posix2.0-cil
- libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil
- libmono-system2.0-cil libmtp8 libmusicbrainz3-6
- libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil libndesk-dbus1.0-cil libopal3.6.8
- libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa
- libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libpt2.6.7 libpython2.6 librpm1 librpmio1
- libsdl1.2debian libservlet2.4-java libsrtp0 libssh-4
- libtelepathy-farsight0 libtelepathy-glib0 libtidy-0.99-0
- libxalan2-java libxerces2-java media-player-info mesa-utils
- mono-2.0-gac mono-gac mono-runtime nautilus-sendto
- nautilus-sendto-empathy openoffice.org-writer2latex
- openssl-blacklist p7zip p7zip-full pkg-config python-4suite-xml
- python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon-gtk python-axiom
- python-beautifulsoup python-bugbuddy python-clientform
- python-coherence python-configobj python-crypto python-cupshelpers
- python-cupsutils python-eggtrayicon python-elementtree
+ apache2.2-bin
+ aptdaemon
+ baobab
+ binfmt-support
+ browser-plugin-gnash
+ cheese-common
+ cli-common
+ cups-pk-helper
+ dmz-cursor-theme
+ empathy
+ empathy-common
+ freedesktop-sound-theme
+ freeglut3
+ gconf-defaults-service
+ gdm-themes
+ gedit-plugins
+ geoclue
+ geoclue-hostip
+ geoclue-localnet
+ geoclue-manual
+ geoclue-yahoo
+ gnash
+ gnash-common
+ gnome
+ gnome-backgrounds
+ gnome-cards-data
+ gnome-codec-install
+ gnome-core
+ gnome-desktop-environment
+ gnome-disk-utility
+ gnome-screenshot
+ gnome-search-tool
+ gnome-session-canberra
+ gnome-system-log
+ gnome-themes-extras
+ gnome-themes-more
+ gnome-user-share
+ gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
+ gstreamer0.10-tools
+ gtk2-engines
+ gtk2-engines-pixbuf
+ gtk2-engines-smooth
+ hamster-applet
+ libapache2-mod-dnssd
+ libapr1
+ libaprutil1
+ libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
+ libaprutil1-ldap
+ libart2.0-cil
+ libboost-date-time1.42.0
+ libboost-python1.42.0
+ libboost-thread1.42.0
+ libchamplain-0.4-0
+ libchamplain-gtk-0.4-0
+ libcheese-gtk18
+ libclutter-gtk-0.10-0
+ libcryptui0
+ libdiscid0
+ libelf1
+ libepc-1.0-2
+ libepc-common
+ libepc-ui-1.0-2
+ libfreerdp-plugins-standard
+ libfreerdp0
+ libgconf2.0-cil
+ libgdata-common
+ libgdata7
+ libgdu-gtk0
+ libgee2
+ libgeoclue0
+ libgexiv2-0
+ libgif4
+ libglade2.0-cil
+ libglib2.0-cil
+ libgmime2.4-cil
+ libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
+ libgnome2.24-cil
+ libgnomepanel2.24-cil
+ libgpod-common
+ libgpod4
+ libgtk2.0-cil
+ libgtkglext1
+ libgtksourceview2.0-common
+ libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil
+ libmono-addins0.2-cil
+ libmono-cairo2.0-cil
+ libmono-corlib2.0-cil
+ libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil
+ libmono-posix2.0-cil
+ libmono-security2.0-cil
+ libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil
+ libmono-system2.0-cil
+ libmtp8
+ libmusicbrainz3-6
+ libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil
+ libndesk-dbus1.0-cil
+ libopal3.6.8
+ libpolkit-gtk-1-0
+ libpt2.6.7
+ libpython2.6
+ librpm1
+ librpmio1
+ libsdl1.2debian
+ libsrtp0
+ libssh-4
+ libtelepathy-farsight0
+ libtelepathy-glib0
+ libtidy-0.99-0
+ media-player-info
+ mesa-utils
+ mono-2.0-gac
+ mono-gac
+ mono-runtime
+ nautilus-sendto
+ nautilus-sendto-empathy
+ p7zip-full
+ pkg-config
+ python-aptdaemon
+ python-aptdaemon-gtk
+ python-axiom
+ python-beautifulsoup
+ python-bugbuddy
+ python-clientform
+ python-coherence
+ python-configobj
+ python-crypto
+ python-cupshelpers
+ python-elementtree
+ python-epsilon
+ python-evolution
+ python-feedparser
+ python-gdata
+ python-gdbm
+ python-gst0.10
+ python-gtkglext1
+ python-gtksourceview2
+ python-httplib2
+ python-louie
+ python-mako
+ python-markupsafe
+ python-mechanize
+ python-nevow
+ python-notify
+ python-opengl
+ python-openssl
+ python-pam
+ python-pkg-resources
+ python-pyasn1
+ python-pysqlite2
+ python-rdflib
+ python-serial
+ python-tagpy
+ python-twisted-bin
+ python-twisted-conch
+ python-twisted-core
+ python-twisted-web
+ python-utidylib
+ python-webkit
+ python-xdg
+ python-zope.interface
+ remmina
+ remmina-plugin-data
+ remmina-plugin-rdp
+ remmina-plugin-vnc
+ rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder
+ rhythmbox-plugins
+ rpm-common
+ rpm2cpio
+ seahorse-plugins
+ shotwell
+ software-center
+ system-config-printer-udev
+ telepathy-gabble
+ telepathy-mission-control-5
+ telepathy-salut
+ tomboy
+ totem
+ totem-coherence
+ totem-mozilla
+ totem-plugins
+ transmission-common
+ xdg-user-dirs
+ xdg-user-dirs-gtk
+ xserver-xephyr
+</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>Installed using apt-get, removed with aptitude</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+ cheese
+ ekiga
+ eog
+ epiphany-extensions
+ evolution-exchange
+ fast-user-switch-applet
+ file-roller
+ gcalctool
+ gconf-editor
+ gdm
+ gedit
+ gedit-common
+ gnome-games
+ gnome-games-data
+ gnome-nettool
+ gnome-system-tools
+ gnome-themes
+ gnuchess
+ gucharmap
+ guile-1.8-libs
+ libavahi-ui0
+ libdmx1
+ libgalago3
+ libgtk-vnc-1.0-0
+ libgtksourceview2.0-0
+ liblircclient0
+ libsdl1.2debian-alsa
+ libspeexdsp1
+ libsvga1
+ rhythmbox
+ seahorse
+ sound-juicer
+ system-config-printer
+ totem-common
+ transmission-gtk
+ vinagre
+ vino
+</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>Installed using aptitude, missing with apt-get</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+ gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs
+</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>Installed using aptitude, removed with apt-get</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+[nothing]
+</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>This is for KDE:</p>
+
+<p>Installed using apt-get, missing with aptitude</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+ ksmserver
+</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>Installed using apt-get, removed with aptitude</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+ kwin
+ network-manager-kde
+</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>Installed using aptitude, missing with apt-get</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+ arts
+ dolphin
+ freespacenotifier
+ google-gadgets-gst
+ google-gadgets-xul
+ kappfinder
+ kcalc
+ kcharselect
+ kde-core
+ kde-plasma-desktop
+ kde-standard
+ kde-window-manager
+ kdeartwork
+ kdeartwork-emoticons
+ kdeartwork-style
+ kdeartwork-theme-icon
+ kdebase
+ kdebase-apps
+ kdebase-workspace
+ kdebase-workspace-bin
+ kdebase-workspace-data
+ kdeeject
+ kdelibs
+ kdeplasma-addons
+ kdeutils
+ kdewallpapers
+ kdf
+ kfloppy
+ kgpg
+ khelpcenter4
+ kinfocenter
+ konq-plugins-l10n
+ konqueror-nsplugins
+ kscreensaver
+ kscreensaver-xsavers
+ ktimer
+ kwrite
+ libgle3
+ libkde4-ruby1.8
+ libkonq5
+ libkonq5-templates
+ libnetpbm10
+ libplasma-ruby
+ libplasma-ruby1.8
+ libqt4-ruby1.8
+ marble-data
+ marble-plugins
+ netpbm
+ nuvola-icon-theme
+ plasma-dataengines-workspace
+ plasma-desktop
+ plasma-desktopthemes-artwork
+ plasma-runners-addons
+ plasma-scriptengine-googlegadgets
+ plasma-scriptengine-python
+ plasma-scriptengine-qedje
+ plasma-scriptengine-ruby
+ plasma-scriptengine-webkit
+ plasma-scriptengines
+ plasma-wallpapers-addons
+ plasma-widget-folderview
+ plasma-widget-networkmanagement
+ ruby
+ sweeper
+ update-notifier-kde
+ xscreensaver-data-extra
+ xscreensaver-gl
+ xscreensaver-gl-extra
+ xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod
+</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>Installed using aptitude, removed with apt-get</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+ ark
+ google-gadgets-common
+ google-gadgets-qt
+ htdig
+ kate
+ kdebase-bin
+ kdebase-data
+ kdepasswd
+ kfind
+ klipper
+ konq-plugins
+ konqueror
+ ksysguard
+ ksysguardd
+ libarchive1
+ libcln6
+ libeet1
+ libeina-svn-06
+ libggadget-1.0-0b
+ libggadget-qt-1.0-0b
+ libgps19
+ libkdecorations4
+ libkephal4
+ libkonq4
+ libkonqsidebarplugin4a
+ libkscreensaver5
+ libksgrd4
+ libksignalplotter4
+ libkunitconversion4
+ libkwineffects1a
+ libmarblewidget4
+ libntrack-qt4-1
+ libntrack0
+ libplasma-geolocation-interface4
+ libplasmaclock4a
+ libplasmagenericshell4
+ libprocesscore4a
+ libprocessui4a
+ libqalculate5
+ libqedje0a
+ libqtruby4shared2
+ libqzion0a
+ libruby1.8
+ libscim8c2a
+ libsmokekdecore4-3
+ libsmokekdeui4-3
+ libsmokekfile3
+ libsmokekhtml3
+ libsmokekio3
+ libsmokeknewstuff2-3
+ libsmokeknewstuff3-3
+ libsmokekparts3
+ libsmokektexteditor3
+ libsmokekutils3
+ libsmokenepomuk3
+ libsmokephonon3
+ libsmokeplasma3
+ libsmokeqtcore4-3
+ libsmokeqtdbus4-3
+ libsmokeqtgui4-3
+ libsmokeqtnetwork4-3
+ libsmokeqtopengl4-3
+ libsmokeqtscript4-3
+ libsmokeqtsql4-3
+ libsmokeqtsvg4-3
+ libsmokeqttest4-3
+ libsmokeqtuitools4-3
+ libsmokeqtwebkit4-3
+ libsmokeqtxml4-3
+ libsmokesolid3
+ libsmokesoprano3
+ libtaskmanager4a
+ libtidy-0.99-0
+ libweather-ion4a
+ libxklavier16
+ libxxf86misc1
+ okteta
+ oxygencursors
+ plasma-dataengines-addons
+ plasma-scriptengine-superkaramba
+ plasma-widget-lancelot
+ plasma-widgets-addons
+ plasma-widgets-workspace
+ polkit-kde-1
+ ruby1.8
+ systemsettings
+ update-notifier-common
+</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>Running apt-get autoremove made the results using apt-get and
+aptitude a bit more similar, but there are still quite a lott of
+differences. I have no idea what packages should be installed after
+the upgrade, but hope those that do can have a look.</p>
+
+ </div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title">
+ <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Migrating_Xen_virtual_machines_using_LVM_to_KVM_using_disk_images.html">Migrating Xen virtual machines using LVM to KVM using disk images</a>
+ </div>
+ <div class="date">
+ 22nd November 2010
+ </div>
+ <div class="body">
+ <p>Most of the computers in use by the
+<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu/Skolelinux project</a>
+are virtual machines. And they have been Xen machines running on a
+fairly old IBM eserver xseries 345 machine, and we wanted to migrate
+them to KVM on a newer Dell PowerEdge 2950 host machine. This was a
+bit harder that it could have been, because we set up the Xen virtual
+machines to get the virtual partitions from LVM, which as far as I
+know is not supported by KVM. So to migrate, we had to convert
+several LVM logical volumes to partitions on a virtual disk file.</p>
+
+<p>I found
+<a href="http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com.au/articles/35011-Six-steps-for-migrating-Xen-virtual-machines-to-KVM">a
+nice recipe</a> to do this, and wrote the following script to do the
+migration. It uses qemu-img from the qemu package to make the disk
+image, parted to partition it, losetup and kpartx to present the disk
+image partions as devices, and dd to copy the data. I NFS mounted the
+new servers storage area on the old server to do the migration.</p>
+
+<pre>
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Based on
+# http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com.au/articles/35011-Six-steps-for-migrating-Xen-virtual-machines-to-KVM
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+ echo "Usage: $0 <hostname>"
+ exit 1
+else
+ host="$1"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e /dev/vg_data/$host-disk ] ; then
+ echo "error: unable to find LVM volume for $host"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+# Partitions need to be a bit bigger than the LVM LVs. not sure why.
+disksize=$( lvs --units m | grep $host-disk | awk '{sum = sum + $4} END { print int(sum * 1.05) }')
+swapsize=$( lvs --units m | grep $host-swap | awk '{sum = sum + $4} END { print int(sum * 1.05) }')
+totalsize=$(( ( $disksize + $swapsize ) ))
+
+img=$host.img
+#dd if=/dev/zero of=$img bs=1M count=$(( $disksize + $swapsize ))
+qemu-img create $img ${totalsize}MMaking room on the Debian Edu/Sqeeze DVD
+
+parted $img mklabel msdos
+parted $img mkpart primary linux-swap 0 $disksize
+parted $img mkpart primary ext2 $disksize $totalsize
+parted $img set 1 boot on
+
+modprobe dm-mod
+losetup /dev/loop0 $img
+kpartx -a /dev/loop0
+
+dd if=/dev/vg_data/$host-disk of=/dev/mapper/loop0p1 bs=1M
+fsck.ext3 -f /dev/mapper/loop0p1 || true
+mkswap /dev/mapper/loop0p2
+
+kpartx -d /dev/loop0
+losetup -d /dev/loop0
+</pre>
+
+<p>The script is perhaps so simple that it is not copyrightable, but
+if it is, it is licenced using GPL v2 or later at your discretion.</p>
+
+<p>After doing this, I booted a Debian CD in rescue mode in KVM with
+the new disk image attached, installed grub-pc and linux-image-686 and
+set up grub to boot from the disk image. After this, the KVM machines
+seem to work just fine.</p>
+
+ </div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title">
+ <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lenny__Squeeze_upgrades__apt_vs_aptitude_with_the_Gnome_and_KDE_desktop.html">Lenny->Squeeze upgrades, apt vs aptitude with the Gnome and KDE desktop</a>
+ </div>
+ <div class="date">
+ 20th November 2010
+ </div>
+ <div class="body">
+ <p>I'm still running upgrade testing of the
+<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/~pere/debian-upgrade-testing/">Lenny
+Gnome and KDE Desktop</a>, but have not had time to spend on reporting the
+status. Here is a short update based on a test I ran 20101118.</p>
+
+<p>I still do not know what a correct migration should look like, so I
+report any differences between apt and aptitude and hope someone else
+can see if anything should be changed.</p>
+
+<p>This is for Gnome:</p>
+
+<p>Installed using apt-get, missing with aptitude</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+ apache2.2-bin aptdaemon at-spi baobab binfmt-support
+ browser-plugin-gnash cheese-common cli-common cpp-4.3 cups-pk-helper
+ dmz-cursor-theme empathy empathy-common finger
+ freedesktop-sound-theme freeglut3 gconf-defaults-service gdm-themes
+ gedit-plugins geoclue geoclue-hostip geoclue-localnet geoclue-manual
+ geoclue-yahoo gnash gnash-common gnome gnome-backgrounds
+ gnome-cards-data gnome-codec-install gnome-core
+ gnome-desktop-environment gnome-disk-utility gnome-screenshot
+ gnome-search-tool gnome-session-canberra gnome-spell
+ gnome-system-log gnome-themes-extras gnome-themes-more
+ gnome-user-share gs-common gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
+ gstreamer0.10-tools gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-pixbuf
+ gtk2-engines-smooth hal-info hamster-applet libapache2-mod-dnssd
+ libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap
+ libart2.0-cil libatspi1.0-0 libboost-date-time1.42.0
+ libboost-python1.42.0 libboost-thread1.42.0 libchamplain-0.4-0
+ libchamplain-gtk-0.4-0 libcheese-gtk18 libclutter-gtk-0.10-0
+ libcryptui0 libcupsys2 libdiscid0 libeel2-data libelf1 libepc-1.0-2
+ libepc-common libepc-ui-1.0-2 libfreerdp-plugins-standard
+ libfreerdp0 libgail-common libgconf2.0-cil libgdata-common libgdata7
+ libgdl-1-common libgdu-gtk0 libgee2 libgeoclue0 libgexiv2-0 libgif4
+ libglade2.0-cil libglib2.0-cil libgmime2.4-cil libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
+ libgnome2.24-cil libgnomepanel2.24-cil libgnomeprint2.2-data
+ libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomevfs2-bin libgpod-common libgpod4
+ libgtk2.0-cil libgtkglext1 libgtksourceview-common
+ libgtksourceview2.0-common libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil
+ libmono-addins0.2-cil libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil
+ libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil libmono-posix2.0-cil
+ libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil
+ libmono-system2.0-cil libmtp8 libmusicbrainz3-6
+ libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil libndesk-dbus1.0-cil libopal3.6.8
+ libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa
+ libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libpt2.6.7 libpython2.6 librpm1 librpmio1
+ libsdl1.2debian libservlet2.4-java libsrtp0 libssh-4
+ libtelepathy-farsight0 libtelepathy-glib0 libtidy-0.99-0
+ libxalan2-java libxerces2-java media-player-info mesa-utils
+ mono-2.0-gac mono-gac mono-runtime nautilus-sendto
+ nautilus-sendto-empathy openoffice.org-writer2latex
+ openssl-blacklist p7zip p7zip-full pkg-config python-4suite-xml
+ python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon-gtk python-axiom
+ python-beautifulsoup python-bugbuddy python-clientform
+ python-coherence python-configobj python-crypto python-cupshelpers
+ python-cupsutils python-eggtrayicon python-elementtree