Rotate palette (or otherwise redefine colors) in X

is packaged as part of Debian. -- Emanuel Berg, programmer-for-rent. CV, projects, etc at uXu underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Rotate palette (or otherwise redefine colors) in X

. And it was *this* easy! But I learned so much in the process so I'm not complaining. But thank you so, so much! *sob* -- Emanuel Berg, programmer-for-rent. CV, projects, etc at uXu underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

rsync: on remote machine: --info=NAME: unknown option

In an alias, I setup the following command to copy files: rsync -Lprtu --info=name --delete-excluded --exclude=*~ It works on my local Debian but when I try to use it (instead of scp) to copy files to a remote SunOS/Solaris system, it says: rsync: on remote machine: --info=NAME: unknown

Re: rsync: on remote machine: --info=NAME: unknown option

un...@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh) writes: I see no such option in my version of rsync (3.0.9) No, that was the case - while I had 3.1.0 on my local Debian, on the remote Solaris, the version 3.0.9 did not support the '--info' option. If you had it the wrong options or course it will

setup the PMU to generate an interrupt on x number of LLC misses

I have heard this is possible but not seen any examples. It doesn't matter if I have to change the kernel to get it. I have written a program [1] in C++ that uses polling, but I was told that wasn't good enough so now I search for a preemptive or interrupt-based solution. Any help very much

setup the PMU to generate an interrupt on x number of LLC misses

I have heard this is possible but not seen any examples. It doesn't matter if I have to change the kernel to get it. I have written a program [1] in C++ that uses polling, but I was told that wasn't good enough so now I search for a preemptive or interrupt-based solution. Any help very much

Re: setup the PMU to generate an interrupt on x number of LLC misses

Devrin Talen dc...@cornell.edu writes: To block on accesses to a file until it actually has data for you try reading up on the `select` call: % man 2 select That would be great because that is exactly what I need. However I didn't get it to work. I always get No data. for the below

xpdf(1) doesn't read ~/.xpdfrc

What I can see, xpdf(1) doesn't read ~/.xpdfrc I also tried with xpdf.real - /usr/bin/xpdf.real - though I don't know what that is (xpdf.real refers to xpdf(1) as well) - same result. uname -a: Linux debian 3.16-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.3-2 (2014-09-20) x86_64 GNU/Linux xpdf -v:

Re: xpdf(1) doesn't read ~/.xpdfrc

Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk writes: What I can see, xpdf(1) doesn't read ~/.xpdfrc I also tried with xpdf.real - /usr/bin/xpdf.real - though I don't know what that is (xpdf.real refers to xpdf(1) as well) - same result. uname -a: Linux debian 3.16-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.3-2

Re: xpdf(1) doesn't read ~/.xpdfrc

Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk writes: By desktop environment I meant GNOME, KDE etc. Yes, I know that GNOME and KDE are DEs but I don't know what I use. The only thing process-wise I have is this $ ps -e | egrep -i '(gnome|kde)' 17 ?00:00:00 kdevtmpfs which I don't think is KDE

Re: xpdf(1) doesn't read ~/.xpdfrc

Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk writes: It isn't important in the context of xpdf's behaviour ... That's what I thought :) But you asked, and by all means it could be interesting to find out... ... and it doesn't appear you have any of them. But you could try 'dpkg - | grep -i xfce', for

'aptitude install' reports problem with emacs24-nox: cl-macroexpand-all

When I use aptitude to install something, it reports errors on emacs and emacs24-nox. I says: systemtap-mode.el:62:1:Error: Symbol's function definition is void: cl-macroexpand-all $ sudo aptitude install iamerican-insane ... The following NEW packages will be installed:

option to favor GNU tools instead of SunOS binaries?

On my school's SunOS there are a lot of tools that sound the same but aren't exactly the same as the GNU tools that I'm accustomed with from Debian. This is confusing and error-prone. For example du isn't GNU du(1) but a binary on the SunOS system: /usr/bin/du and there is also

Re: option to favor GNU tools instead of SunOS binaries?

The Wanderer wande...@fastmail.fm writes: Modify your shell config file to prepend /it/sw/gnutools/bin/ to PATH, then launch a new instance of the shell. I don't know the filename or appropriate syntax for that file for zsh, but with bash it would be ~/.bashrc (or /etc/profile, or any file

combine key to output char with xmodmap

How can I change this line xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=0xe2' # rebind key: CAPS (66) - â (0xe2) so that doesn't happen on CAPS alone (66), but instead (and only) on M-CAPS (here, M == Alt_L)? xev tells me M/Alt_L has has keycode 64. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Iceweasel: GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed

When I start Iceweasel it says: (process:3437): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed It don't know what it means, what it does, or how to fix it (if needed). -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: mpsyt (mps-youtube) can't reach YT (no search hits)

Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com writes: $ cat /etc/debian_version 8.1 I have that: $ cat /etc/debian_version 8.0 It looks that your system with 8.0 and not 8.1 is behind by the one point release which was released earlier this month. https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150606 It

Re: mpsyt (mps-youtube) can't reach YT (no search hits)

Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com writes: Update and upgrade. That might solve your problem. I just did and it did. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: mpsyt (mps-youtube) can't reach YT (no search hits)

Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com writes: You didn't say what version of Debian you are using. How do I check this? 'lsb_release -a' says: No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description:Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie) Release:8.0 Codename: jessie

Re: combine key to output char with xmodmap

Sven Arvidsson s...@whiz.se writes: How can I change this line xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=0xe2' # rebind key: CAPS (66) - â (0xe2) so that doesn't happen on CAPS alone (66), but instead (and only) on M-CAPS (here, M == Alt_L)? xev tells me M/Alt_L has has keycode 64. I'm not sure

Re: combine key to output char with xmodmap

Sven Arvidsson s...@whiz.se writes: Maybe this combination of xdotools and xbindkeys might work? http://superuser.com/questions/469004/remap-superarrow-key-to-home-end Again, 'xdotool key 0xe2' works in xterm but not if put in .xbindkeysrc and then invoked with the keystroke. I have xbindkeys

Re: combine key to output char with xmodmap

Petter Adsen pet...@synth.no writes: A guess: String 0xe2 Sorry, that outputs the literal string as well. Ha, what a silly problem... -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: CLI download interface/tool for Google Images?

Mihamina Rakotomandimby mihamina.rakotomandi...@rktmb.org writes: Feel free to mature it and show us what you call a mature piece of code. I don't have to show a lamer like you anything. The reason I call it immature as a program is that it outputs it logo using Unicode chars for no reason

CLI download interface/tool for Google Images?

I like to use Google Images as a way to get images but I don't like the interface which involves looking at hundreds of tiny thumbs and clicking on numerous links to download a single image. I wonder, did anyone do a tool so you can just type, e.g. $ google-img-dl -s 1024x768 -n 100 jungle

Re: CLI download interface/tool for Google Images?

Sven Arvidsson s...@whiz.se writes: I have seen a couple of different scripts that scrape the image search, for example: https://github.com/tytek2012/givemepics That didn't work, and the style of the program including the documentation tells me it isn't mature in more than one sense of the

convert jpeg to size suitable for printing the image on an A4 with lpr

I wrote this zsh wrapper to `convert' to do it. With the 72 PPI resolution, the image get smaller! With the 200 PPI resolution, the image gets bigger, and it looks good when viewed with feh, but when I print (with lpr) the increased-size image gets split up in two parts on the paper with a black

Re: convert jpeg to size suitable for printing the image on an A4 with lpr

Emanuel Berg embe8...@student.uu.se writes: This zsh works most of the time: then print the PDF. I say most of the time as sometimes the image gets cut in the edges - I don't know why ... This hack still hasn't failed me. First, I do a PDF that is A5 (i.e., smaller than A4). Then I print

Re: convert jpeg to size suitable for printing the image on an A4 with lpr

This zsh works most of the time: then print the PDF. I say most of the time as sometimes the image gets cut in the edges - I don't know why. jpeg2pdf () { local pic=$1 local pdf=${pic:r}.pdf gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ -sPAPERSIZE=a4 \ -o $pdf

Re: mplayer Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file

I managed to solve this with the help of the people on gmane.comp.video.mplayer.user - with the option '-vo xv' to mplayer (mplayer1) the error message disappears with no loss of functionality or undesired side-effects to it. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To

normalize-audio and video files

Is there a program like normalize-audio only it works on mp4 (video) files as well? And .webm etc. But still what is to be normalized is the audio. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: normalize-audio and video files

Nicolas George geo...@nsup.org writes: If using that kind tool, then better use a real recent FFmpeg (either using the one from Sid or building from source), because it has the following filters that allow to do more work directly: I'm not getting into FFmpeg vs. avconv. For the solution

Re: normalize-audio and video files

Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk writes: You could try stripping the audio from the MPEG file, normalising it and then recombining it. I know I can do it but it is such a basic thing so I suspected someone had already automatized it and put it into a nice little tool. But OK. --

Re: normalize-audio and video files

Nicolas George geo...@nsup.org writes: At both steps, you are transcoding. That means you are paying the MP3 toll twice, including CPU time and quality loss. I do not know how normalize-audio operates. It is theoretically possible to adjust the volume without transcoding, but I suppose

Re: normalize-audio and video files

This zsh, using ffmpeg and normalize-audio, seems to do it. But it is slow. Remember normalize-audio is lightning fast so time is spent getting and putting together the audio with the movie. Perhaps it can be optimized somehow - do tell, if you know... The file:

Re: mplayer Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file

The Wanderer wande...@fastmail.fm writes: Where did you get this mplayer from? I compile MPlayer myself, and I'd expect this to happen when the copy of MPlayer in question was compiled against libvdpau_nvidia but that library has been uninstalled (or when the compiled mplayer binary has

mplayer Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file

mplayer (mplayer1) says: Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [vdpau] and: Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1 Do I even have nvidia? $ lspci | grep -i vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller:

Re: mplayer Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file

The Wanderer wande...@fastmail.fm writes: If you have problems with a package obtained from there, you probably need to contact the person who maintains that site and builds its packages. If you're lucky, you might find someone here who also uses that repository and knows its ins and outs,

mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

When I boot, it says: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically What does that mean and how do I fix it? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net writes: Run the update-initramfs first then run update-grub. OK: $ sudo update-initramfs -u update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64 W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays. W: mdadm: no arrays defined in

Re: mplayer Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file

Sven Arvidsson s...@whiz.se writes: At least with mpv you can use -vo vaapi for accelerated video on Intel (with the right vaapi driver of course) mpv doesn't complain without that option - with it it says: libva info: VA-API version 0.36.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0

Re: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net writes: run mdadm --detail --scan /etc/mdadm.conf after you have your arrays running. Then do: update-initramfs -u update-grub It says, weirdly, Invalid argument for option -k. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To

Re: mplayer Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file

Emanuel Berg embe8...@student.uu.se writes: Can I simply disable the attempts at optimization somehow? With mplayer*, I mean. The reason I don't want to switch to mpv is I have configs (keys etc.) for mplayer* and I don't want to loose it over this silly issue. Oh, I didn't know mpv

Re: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

Pascal Hambourg pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org writes: If you don't have any software RAID arrays, that's perfectly normal and you may uninstall mdadm (unless reverse dependencies exist). However if you think you have software RAID arrays, what's the output of the following command ? mdadm

Re: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

Gary Dale garyd...@torfree.net writes: Were your arrays running when you ran mdadm --detail --scan /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf ? If they weren't then mdadm can't find them to add them to mdadm.conf. At this point, I don't know if I even have arrays. It is nothing I put there or ever mucked

Re: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

Pascal Hambourg pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org writes: mdadm --examine --scan --verbose No output. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

Arno Schuring aelschur...@hotmail.com writes: Assuming all your disks are online, just run blkid (as root). $ sudo blkid /dev/sda1: UUID=e3dc978c-2ee3-4db8-a0cf-0a216a76930e TYPE=ext4 PARTUUID=0006dea8-01 /dev/sda5: UUID=abb7084e-c4da-4b9e-9477-3ae4aca56be8 TYPE=swap PARTUUID=0006dea8-05 --

Re: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

Pascal Hambourg pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org writes: Well, it seems that you don't have any software RAID. Otherwise, you should know you do. So the message is normal, and you can uninstall mdadm if it bothers you so much. OK :) Thank you! -- underground experts united

Re: after sudo aptitude dist-upgrade lost Unicode in ttys and xterm

Anders Andersson writes: After I did sudo aptitude dist-upgrade I lost support for Unicode chars in the ttys as well as xterm. Instead I get '?'. Ideas? >>> >>> One idea would be to post a list of packages which >>> were upgraded. :) >> >> My intuition tells me

after sudo aptitude dist-upgrade lost Unicode in ttys and xterm

After I did sudo aptitude dist-upgrade I lost support for Unicode chars in the ttys as well as xterm. Instead I get '?'. Ideas? Linux debian 3.17.1 #9 SMP Fri Nov 7 23:05:01 CET 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description:

Re: after sudo aptitude dist-upgrade lost Unicode in ttys and xterm

Anders Andersson writes: >> After I did sudo aptitude dist-upgrade I lost >> support for Unicode chars in the ttys as well as >> xterm. Instead I get '?'. Ideas? > > One idea would be to post a list of packages which > were upgraded. :) My intuition tells me you know a good

Re: suddenly no sound on Raspbian (Raspberry Pi 2)

Emanuel Berg <embe8...@student.uu.se> writes: > On my Raspberry Pi 2, I suddenly have no HDMI > sound and no headphone sound either save for > the hello_audio.bin test, which works for the > headphones but not the HDMI. I have this wrapper for the omxplayer - note the line

Re: suddenly no sound on Raspbian (Raspberry Pi 2)

What I did was dist-upgrade, and now it works, with pulseaudio installed. I don't know if pulseaudio is what did it, but it seems reasonable... -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 Emacs Gnus Blogomatic . http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/blogomatic

suddenly no sound on Raspbian (Raspberry Pi 2)

On my Raspberry Pi 2, I suddenly have no HDMI sound and no headphone sound either save for the hello_audio.bin test, which works for the headphones but not the HDMI. I have tried this: test-sound () { sudo modprobe snd_bcm2835 for output in 0..2; do sudo amixer -c

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Or I suppose a Splix PPD could work, as it > apparently did for this user: > > I managed to get my Samsung M2022W working > with Splix by pretening it was an ML-2160. > . > >https://sourceforge.net/p/splix/discussion/605558/thread/a0f66cb8/ > >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > 1. Get the Samsung_M2020_Series.ppd from the > ULD tarball > > 2. Edit the *cupsFilters line in it to read > > *cupsFilters: > "application.vnd.cups-raster 0 rastertoqpdl > >or > > *cupsFilters: > "application.vnd.cups-postscript 0 pstoqpdl >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Dan Purgert writes: > Seems the input (or output) filter failed. > You'll likely need to check if it's trying to > call any 32-bit libraries (my brother does > this), and add the relevant i386 support > for them. The architecture is 32 bit but I installed the PPD file from

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > You read the wiki and learn how to install > a print queue. Here is a list [1] what printers work with Linux and Splix - mine, ML-2026W, isn't on that list, so I guess it won't work? [1] http://splix.ap2c.org/ -- underground experts united

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Early this morning you had an M202x series > printer; this afternoon you have an ML-2026W. > Not only is the ML-2026W not mentioned at the > Splix site but Samsung's site doesn't believe > it exists and says "We're sorry, your search > "ml-2026W" didn't

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > printer-driver-splix ULD might work but > I suspect a splix PPD would need adapting to > provide what the M202x expects to receive. OK, I installed that - do I need to tell CUPS to use it? How do I do that? -- underground experts united

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > But it will give you something to do for the > rest of the afternoon! I wrote this to automatize it: # try all PPDs on the system: # # $ test-ppd **/*.ppd # # and, in another pane: # # $ watch -t -n 0.1 lpstat -p test-ppd () { local -a ppds

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > To automatise what? The testing of all configurations. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 Emacs Gnus Blogomatic . http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/blogomatic - so far: 55 Blogomatic articles -

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Ralph Katz writes: >> $ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w >> >> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet >> Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin >> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd HP LaserJet >>

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Ralph Katz writes: > CUPS just recognizes it automagically after you > install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which maybe you > did. I installed the printer simply from the > cups browser interface. > http://localhost:631/admin --> add printer, > scroll thru choices and select

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Ralph Katz writes: > CUPS just recognizes it automagically after > you install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which > maybe you did. I installed the printer simply > from the cups browser interface. > http://localhost:631/admin --> add printer, > scroll thru choices and select

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Similarily glad but recording for the > archives that foomatic-db-compressed-ppds is > not required to set up and use a print queue > with printer-driver-foo2zjs. Right, the turn of events was this line foo2zjs:0/ppd/foo2zjs/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Ralph Katz writes: > I use the standard cups foomatic driver for > your P1102w printer on my very similar (or > identical) HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on > my stable/Jessie system. I found some foomatic stuff in the repos but no PPD files. However this file

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > It would also have found hpcups and hpijs > PPDs, unless the packages had been removed. > Given the extra step of having to install > a non-free plugin and seeing foo2zjs is > recommended would be a good enough reason for > choosing foo2zjs: > > lpadmin -p

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Shame! The result would have good to have > known. You don't fancy returning to the store > with your ARM device and persuading them to > let you do a quick test, do you? You do that in the UK? :O Wonderful! But no, they wouldn't do that. > Any Debian

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Emanuel Berg <embe8...@student.uu.se> writes: > I have a USB printer installed with CUPS and it > seems to check out but when I print it stalls! > > $ lpstat -p > > printer laser is idle. enabled since Tue 21 > Jun 2016 01:14:56 CEST Sending data to printer. It

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Emanuel Berg <embe8...@student.uu.se> writes: > File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not > available: No such file or directory I found rastertospl it in the ULD archive, the i386 directory. Now when I do print it first says "... is now printing ...",

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Lisi Reisz writes: > I find that going into printer maintenance, > deleting all jobs for that printer, pausing > the printer, then starting it again, solves > this particular problem. But I do it at the > web interface. 'cancel -a' deletes all jobs so if I could just pause

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Do you mean this?: A user has or intends to > buy, for example, an HP LaserJet P1102w. > How does she determine whether Debian has > a PPD and driver for it and what package to > install to get them? Yes. Also: a driver for the particular architecture. --

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: >>> A guaranteed technique is to install all >>> printing related packages. >> >> Unless there are conflicts... > > When you have installed the packages > I mentioned you can come back and tell us > what the conflicts are. Meanwhile, the advice > is good and

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > A guaranteed technique is to install all > printing related packages. Unless there are conflicts... > I thought all drivers were built for > all architectures. We just saw the Samsung ULD for the Xpress M2026W - it was compiled for i386 and x86_64, but

wodim "Cannot open SCSI driver!"

When I try to burn with wodim, it says Errno: 5 (Input/output error), test unit ready scsi sendcmd: no error and $ wodim --devices I get "Cannot open SCSI driver!" Ideas? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Re: wodim "Cannot open SCSI driver!"

Gene Heskett writes: > Point being Lisi, that its without a doubt of > Chinese manufacture and the price on your store > shelf should be comparable +- shipping and of course > any resttrictive tarrifs your government may have in > place one way or the other. Some call it a

Re: wodim "Cannot open SCSI driver!"

"Thomas Schmitt" writes: > Bad news is that you will probably have to get > a new burner. I have suspected a hardware error as well. Is there any way to confirm this? Strange thing tho I recently burned an ISO DVD movie to a DVD with no problem. I'm used to things in the

Re: wodim "Cannot open SCSI driver!"

"Thomas Schmitt" writes: > wodim -V ...your.wodim.options... 2>&1 | tee -i > /tmp/wodim_log http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/wodim_log > What wodim options did you use, exactly ? zsh: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/conf/.zsh/dvd burn-iso-to-cd () { local

Re: wodim "Cannot open SCSI driver!"

Emanuel Berg <embe8...@student.uu.se> writes: > The disc is a CD-R I have tried two CD-Rs brand new from the (same) box - same thing. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Re: wodim "Cannot open SCSI driver!"

"Thomas Schmitt" writes: > wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 -toc > > If i run this on an empty drive, i get > > ... Current: 0x (Reserved/Unknown) ... Sense > Code: 0x3A Qual 0x01 (medium not present - tray > closed) Fru 0x0 ... wodim: No disk / Wrong disk! I get the same, only:

Re: Linux CLI gnuplot-ish program to do maps?

I have now learned that: The old gmt-help list is no longer active. Please use the User forum on gmt.soest.hawaii.edu Bad move, but what the heck. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 Emacs Gnus Blogomatic . http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/blogomatic

Re: Linux CLI gnuplot-ish program to do maps?

Richard Hector writes: > I think gmt (Generic Mapping Tools) will do that > kind of thing. I suspect it has a tough learning > curve (but then I've never put in the effort to > learn gnuplot, either). I have now found gmane.comp.gis.gmt.user, God willing they will be the

Re: Linux CLI gnuplot-ish program to do maps?

Tom Browder writes: > Take a look at the BRL-CAD DSP tutorial here: > > http://brlcad.org/wiki/DSP > > Is that anywhere near what you want? Not what I can see :) No, I'm talking simple maps of the physical, human world. Like the ones you would find in a Jules Verne

Re: Linux CLI gnuplot-ish program to do maps?

Richard Hector writes: > I think gmt (Generic Mapping Tools) will do that > kind of thing. I suspect it has a tough learning > curve (but then I've never put in the effort to > learn gnuplot, either). gtm seems to be exactly what I seek and a *wonderful* program! Only

Linux CLI gnuplot-ish program to do maps?

Is there a Linux CLI gnuplot-ish program to do maps? For example, one puts in a file that one wants a black and white PNG not bigger than some size, showing the Pacific Ocean including Hawaii and Easter Island? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Re: Linux CLI gnuplot-ish program to do maps?

I did it! :) Here is the command to get Fatu Hiva! gmt pscoast -R-138.75/-138.55/-10.6/-10.4 -JM6i -Pc \ -Ba0.33/a0.33/WeSn -S0/100/200 -Ggray -Dh \ -W0.1 > fatu-hiva.ps The result (the PNG after convert(1)): http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/pics/fatu-hiva.png

Sopcast (Olympics) on OMX?

Anyone had any luck watching the Olympics on RPi3/Raspbian/OMX? I found this site with Sopcast and Ace streams http://livetv.sx/en/eventinfo/433241_olympic_games/ This tutorial https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46342 seems to be the way but I can't get it to work. I

USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

I have a USB printer installed with CUPS and it seems to check out but when I print it stalls! $ lpstat -p printer laser is idle. enabled since Tue 21 Jun 2016 01:14:56 CEST Sending data to printer. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 Emacs Gnus

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

Dejan Jocic wrote: > Well, you should have write down what was > missing during installation, those messages > you get for reason. Also, when you have > firmware and you get note that it is missing, > it is best to abort installation and download > needed firmware and put in USB you can insert >

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

Dejan Jocic wrote: > Also, you mentioned that you need your > ethernet to work, these b43 packages are for > Broadcom wireless cards. Yes, that is what I meant in my OP, the lacking firmware for wireless should not influence Ethernet not working, right? Anyway, to manually install it seems

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

Doug wrote: > I am primarily a PCLOS user, and I also have > Mint 17 LTS. I can tell you that it is very > tricky to get a Broadcom wireless interface > to work on PCLOS, but on the Mint system it > works "out of the box" with no installation > whatever. So what I can say is that you may > need

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

Dejan Jocic wrote: > Also, once, for reason unknown to me, > firmware from usb did not work, but installer > with firmware on it did. Could be that it was > USB fault, though not sure about it. > Was using that USB without problem > after that. What should I do with the installer? Do you mean

no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

I installed a 32-bit Debian on an HP laptop the other day, and during installation it said non-free components were not installed as not on the disc, for political reasons I suppose, and then the network couldn't be set up correctly despite the cable in place. When done, I couldn't get Internet

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Is this what you are looking for: > https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-b43-installer Can I download that package with another computer, install Debian without network support, bring the installer over, and manually install it without Internet? If so, how? --

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

Jimmy Johnson wrote: > You will need to download the depends too and > then cd to the directory that holds the files > and #dpkg -i (the package name) to install. Or do you mean install the depends the same way? I hope they don't depend on too much as well :) -- underground experts united

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

Jimmy Johnson wrote: > https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-b43-installer The installer (the Debian installer on the laptop) says I can insert a USB stick with the missing firmware to patch the installation. However it doesn't say in what form it should come. Just having the files on

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

Brian wrote: > https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx Thanks, however the installation guide says use the Internet to get it, and the reason that isn't working is the missing firmware! -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

Jimmy Johnson wrote: > You will need to download the depends too and > then cd to the directory that holds the files > and #dpkg -i (the package name) to install. OK. How should the depends be organized? I.e., the dir structure? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

Jimmy Johnson wrote: > You will need to download the depends too and > then cd to the directory that holds the files > and #dpkg -i (the package name) to install. Do I abort the OS installation to do this or do I "complete" it without network support and then patch it later? That probably makes

non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

First I downloaded this ISO: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/i386/iso-cd/firmware-9.2.0-i386-netinst.iso Then I burned it onto a CD-R, and booted into the installer. The computer is a HP Compaq 6720s laptop. However the installer

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