When working with files that have been transferred from Windows to Linux ^M characters may show at the end of each line, making the file useless. Here’s how to fix that..

A small how to enable the modules with Apache2 in debian. (source: debuntu.org)

Finally took some time in the weekend to rebuild my debian webserver using Etch this time. Off course as an IT-guy I didn’t read the release notes and found out some stuff the hard way when I tried to install the VMWare tools in Etch without having X installed.

Yep, decided to pay attention to the debian Security Advisory 1103 :
DSA-1103-1 kernel-source-2.6.8 — several vulnerabilities
Well I tried doing my usual apt-get upgrade, but the update didn’t show up. I must have had a hole in my head or something…I asked around on IRC what the correct syntax was for installing this update because I forgot:
apt-get [...]

Uhhhh…that’s what I thought when I tried to patch my mysql package with security updates.
I did a apt-get upgrade as usual and this was the full error I received:
Setting up mysql-client (4.0.24-10sarge2) …
Setting up mysql-server (4.0.24-10sarge2) …
Stopping MySQL database server:
mysqld.dpkg: error processing mysql-server (–configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Starting MySQL database server: [...]

I run a debian Mailserver with Postfix..(the best MTA available in my opinion!) within my debian box, I use the apt-get upgrade functions for security updates. for a little while I kept seeing this message when upgrading:
The following packages have been kept back
Well Google is your best friend and helped find this article which explains [...]