Re: XenServer 5.5 is out

2009-06-20 Thread Joseph Sinclair
Francis Earl wrote: On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 08:51 -0700, Stephen wrote: Citrix Announcement: http://citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=1690242 or right to download: http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_1688615.asp I thought people were more interested in KVM these days? Why is

Re: XenServer 5.5 is out

2009-06-20 Thread Eric Shubert
Joseph Sinclair wrote: Francis Earl wrote: On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 08:51 -0700, Stephen wrote: Citrix Announcement: http://citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=1690242 or right to download: http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_1688615.asp I thought people were more interested in

Re: Motherboard question.

2009-06-20 Thread fouldragon
Personally, I'd shy away from Abit because they recently left the motherboard business. Long-term support may be an issue. You should think about memory a bit more-- if you want ECC memory, you really have to pick a suitable board -- there are, for example, dozens of LGA775 boards, but only a

MythTV and Cox HD Digital TV

2009-06-20 Thread Joe
Is anyone recording HD from their Cox digital converter box? If so, what hardware works for you. I can record the un-encrypted channels, but I would like to records from the converter box since there are more HD channels there. Also friends keep asking me if Myth will work with DirectTV and I

Re: XenServer 5.5 is out

2009-06-20 Thread Stephen
Agreed, for me this would be interesting, as there are a number of these solutions i have only barely heard of. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Eric Shuberte...@shubes.net wrote: Joseph Sinclair wrote: Francis Earl wrote: On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 08:51 -0700, Stephen wrote: Citrix Announcement:

Re: Motherboard question.

2009-06-20 Thread Stephen
The 775 Xeon are basically a premium Core 2 counterpart (picked from the best lots) and submitted to the Xeon testing array. aside from that they are the same. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:25 AM, fouldra...@aol.com wrote: Personally, I'd shy away from Abit because they recently left the

Re: Motherboard question.

2009-06-20 Thread Stephen
and give the failure rates of processors in general i have several servers using little Pentium dual cores because they just didn't need anything more powerful. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Stephencryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: The 775 Xeon are basically a premium Core 2 counterpart (picked

Re: MythTV and Cox HD Digital TV

2009-06-20 Thread Stephen
all the ports on a cable box are essentially dead from the factory and only there because some vendors actually use them for things. but most do not. your best bet is something like a TV encoder that is Linux friendly to take the data in. I have only found one HDMI input card but it is

Re: XenServer 5.5 is out

2009-06-20 Thread Joseph Sinclair
I'm hoping to be able to put one together in a couple months (perhaps September?). I'm actually working through a bunch of virtualization stuff at work, and I'm thinking I can coalesce the stuff I'm learning about Open Source virtualization technologies (and lightweight Linux to run as a VM

Re: XenServer 5.5 is out

2009-06-20 Thread Eric Shubert
Thanks. I'll be eager to see it! Joseph Sinclair wrote: I'm hoping to be able to put one together in a couple months (perhaps September?). I'm actually working through a bunch of virtualization stuff at work, and I'm thinking I can coalesce the stuff I'm learning about Open Source

OT: Sanity

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
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Re: OT: Sanity

2009-06-20 Thread Stephen
cute... but they are some po damn penguins cause i have no sanity left to steal On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Lisa Kacholdlisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: http://twitpic.com/1bazy -- (503)754-4452 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LisaKachold

Re: OT: Sanity

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
http://tinyurl.com/44zfgx On 6/20/09, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: cute... but they are some po damn penguins cause i have no sanity left to steal On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Lisa Kacholdlisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: http://twitpic.com/1bazy -- (503)754-4452

OT: Carpet Bombing Pranksters TARGET YouTube for PornDay

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
YouTube is the latest target for pranksters looking to amuse themselves. Today, May 20, has been deemed Porn Day by denizens of 4chan and eBaum's World, with an organized group of users from the sites uploading video clips of explicit, adult content en masse in an attempt to overwhelm the search

Re: OT: Sanity

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
Anonymous http://tinyurl.com/cuq23w on Fox News On 6/20/09, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: http://tinyurl.com/44zfgx On 6/20/09, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: cute... but they are some po damn penguins cause i have no sanity left to steal On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at

Re: OT: Sanity

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
http://digitallyevolved.net/img/motivational/failingfail.jpg You Fail at Failing On 6/20/09, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: Anonymous http://tinyurl.com/cuq23w on Fox News On 6/20/09, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: http://tinyurl.com/44zfgx On 6/20/09, Stephen

Re: OT: Sanity

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
http://digitallyevolved.net/img/motivational/53.jpg Come on ! Click it - there's penguins! On 6/20/09, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: http://digitallyevolved.net/img/motivational/failingfail.jpg You Fail at Failing On 6/20/09, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote:

Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!

2009-06-20 Thread Mark Phillips
I am running Debian testing on my laptop. Just completed a routine apt-get update apt-get upgrade, and now all my desktop icons are gone and every time I access the menus (Applications, Places, System) the upper and lower menu bars disappear and then come back. I am writing this email in a browser

Re: Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
On 6/20/09, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: I am running Debian testing on my laptop. Just completed a routine apt-get update apt-get upgrade, and now all my desktop icons are gone and every time I access the menus (Applications, Places, System) the upper and lower menu bars

Re: Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
Oh Sorry: http://digitallyevolved.net/img/motivational/linux.jpg On 6/20/09, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: On 6/20/09, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: I am running Debian testing on my laptop. Just completed a routine apt-get update apt-get upgrade, and now all

Re: Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!

2009-06-20 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2009-06-20 at 17:48 -0700, Mark Phillips wrote: I am running Debian testing on my laptop. Just completed a routine apt-get update apt-get upgrade, and now all my desktop icons are gone and every time I access the menus (Applications, Places, System) the upper and lower menu bars

Re: Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!

2009-06-20 Thread Mark Phillips
Craig, Thanks. I actually rebooted the machine after apt-get upgrade and that is when the problem occurred. I then shutdown the machine and started it up again and the problem persisted. I looked in /var/log for a gnome log, but I don't see anything. Dmesg doesn't show any errors that I can see.

Re: Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!

2009-06-20 Thread James Mcphee
Toast your gnome and gconf directories and let them rebuild? On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote: Craig, Thanks. I actually rebooted the machine after apt-get upgrade and that is when the problem occurred. I then shutdown the machine and started it

Re: Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!

2009-06-20 Thread Joseph Sinclair
From the sound of it Nautilus is not starting or failing on startup. Have you looked at .xsession-errors? There may be something there about a dbus failure. Try (from a command-line if you can get a terminal started) running nautilus directly, if that fixes the problem, then you know for

Opera as a Server

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
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OT: Gift for the Hacker Dad

2009-06-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
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Re: Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!

2009-06-20 Thread Mark Phillips
Joseph, This is in .xsession-errors: /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... SESSION_MANAGER=local/narwhale:@ /tmp/.ICE-unix/4168,unix/narwhale:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4168 1245556817.745420 Session manager: disconnected... Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206 Warning: