Re: [gentoo-user] BACKUPS
On 10/09/2014 07:32, Joseph wrote: Thank you again. On a different subject. Do you have a good pointer on how to backup a system. Did it even occur to you at all to type that exact question into a search engine and see what comes back? Come on dude, we aren't here to do ALL your thinking for you. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] BACKUPS
Alan McKinnon wrote: On 10/09/2014 07:32, Joseph wrote: Thank you again. On a different subject. Do you have a good pointer on how to backup a system. Did it even occur to you at all to type that exact question into a search engine and see what comes back? Come on dude, we aren't here to do ALL your thinking for you. Even easier, eix backup ;-) Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] BACKUPS
On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 02:47:26 AM Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On 10/09/2014 07:32, Joseph wrote: Thank you again. On a different subject. Do you have a good pointer on how to backup a system. Did it even occur to you at all to type that exact question into a search engine and see what comes back? Come on dude, we aren't here to do ALL your thinking for you. Even easier, eix backup That only returns 18 packages and you're missing most of the ones in app- backup/. Try: eix app-backup/ That gives you 44 to choose from. Alternatively, copy every file to a usb-disk and manually confirm they are all identical? -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] BACKUPS
J. Roeleveld wrote: On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 02:47:26 AM Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On 10/09/2014 07:32, Joseph wrote: Thank you again. On a different subject. Do you have a good pointer on how to backup a system. Did it even occur to you at all to type that exact question into a search engine and see what comes back? Come on dude, we aren't here to do ALL your thinking for you. Even easier, eix backup That only returns 18 packages and you're missing most of the ones in app-backup/. Try: eix app-backup/ That gives you 44 to choose from. Alternatively, copy every file to a usb-disk and manually confirm they are all identical? -- Joost Well, I first used eix backup. My thinking was this, if one searches first for something with backup in it, they should notice a lot of apps in the app-backup category even tho they might not know it existed before that. At that point, pot of gold with this: eix app-backup/* Thing is, he may not have eix installed. :/ Either way works tho. :-D Me, I just use rsync and call it a day. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] BACKUPS
On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:14:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Thank you again. On a different subject. Do you have a good pointer on how to backup a system. Did it even occur to you at all to type that exact question into a search engine and see what comes back? And if you then need to ask a question on a different subject, please start a new thread. It's still thread-jacking if the thread you hijack is one you started. -- Neil Bothwick I am Flatulus of Borg. You will be asphixiated. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] BACKUPS
On 10/09/2014 10:03, Dale wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 02:47:26 AM Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On 10/09/2014 07:32, Joseph wrote: Thank you again. On a different subject. Do you have a good pointer on how to backup a system. Did it even occur to you at all to type that exact question into a search engine and see what comes back? Come on dude, we aren't here to do ALL your thinking for you. Even easier, eix backup That only returns 18 packages and you're missing most of the ones in app-backup/. Try: eix app-backup/ That gives you 44 to choose from. Alternatively, copy every file to a usb-disk and manually confirm they are all identical? -- Joost Well, I first used eix backup. My thinking was this, if one searches first for something with backup in it, they should notice a lot of apps in the app-backup category even tho they might not know it existed before that. At that point, pot of gold with this: eix app-backup/* Thing is, he may not have eix installed. :/ that's why we have emerge -s :-) Either way works tho. :-D Me, I just use rsync and call it a day. Dale :-) :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] BACKUPS
On 10/09/2014 06:32, Joseph wrote: On 09/10/14 06:10, Kerin Millar wrote: snip Thank you again. On a different subject. Do you have a good pointer on how to backup a system. I just had a HD crash so I selected a replacement SSD and I'm re installing the software. I had backup of /etc/ and /home but I've missed all other settings eg: /boot/ kernel config and other files and are not in /etc directory like: hylafax setting etc. Is there a way to keep backup of all those configuration files that are manually edited? As suggested by Neil, please begin a new thread. --Kerin
Re: [gentoo-user] i965 (Valley View) video acceleration
No luck. Weird. It's working in xbmc so I can't be far off. What could I be missing? Sorry I've been crazy busy. I hope tomorrow I'll have some time to power up the NUC and check some settings. I'll get the USE flags and my /etc/portage/package.use if I have one, the profile I'm using and perhaps some versions of software I have installed. It turns out xbmc and vlc support both vdpau and vaapi. mplayer supports vdpau and also vaapi via libvdpau-va-gl (x11 overlay). I haven't installed mplayer2 but it sounds like it supports vaapi. Are all the smart people switching from mplayer to mplayer2? For me: xbmc accelerates, vlc does not, mplayer claims it's accelerating via vdpau in the console output but all I get is a black window. Have you tried vlc? Just got mplayer accelerating. I needed to upgrade from libvdpau-va-gl-0.3.4 to libvdpau-va-gl-. vlc is still a mystery. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] i965 (Valley View) video acceleration
No luck. Weird. It's working in xbmc so I can't be far off. What could I be missing? Sorry I've been crazy busy. I hope tomorrow I'll have some time to power up the NUC and check some settings. I'll get the USE flags and my /etc/portage/package.use if I have one, the profile I'm using and perhaps some versions of software I have installed. It turns out xbmc and vlc support both vdpau and vaapi. mplayer supports vdpau and also vaapi via libvdpau-va-gl (x11 overlay). I haven't installed mplayer2 but it sounds like it supports vaapi. Are all the smart people switching from mplayer to mplayer2? For me: xbmc accelerates, vlc does not, mplayer claims it's accelerating via vdpau in the console output but all I get is a black window. Have you tried vlc? Just got mplayer accelerating. I needed to upgrade from libvdpau-va-gl-0.3.4 to libvdpau-va-gl-. vlc is still a mystery. Daniel, no rush, but I'm still curious how you got mplayer2 accelerating. I tried everything up to mplayer2- with -vo gl but no accel. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] i965 (Valley View) video acceleration
On 09/10/2014 11:28 AM, Grant wrote: Daniel, no rush, but I'm still curious how you got mplayer2 accelerating. I tried everything up to mplayer2- with -vo gl but no accel. Hi Grant, Now that I think about it, I think that maybe mplayer2 wasn't accelerating. If it was, it was because opengl was built with vaapi/vdpau support. It's possible that the N2820 in the NUC is powerful enough to do 1080p on the CPU without acceleration, and now that I think about it, i believe CPU usage was 80-90% - but I am also certain that the N2820 is an integrated CPU/GPU... I have to run off again. Hopefully tomorrow or Friday for sure I can look into it. Sorry for the delay... Work is hell right now :-( Dan
[gentoo-user] clone XP-Virtual to a file
How to close virtualbox machine (windows xp) to a file? I need to transfer it to another box. I made some notes but they are old so I'm not sure if they are applicable or there is an easier way. === 1) Shut down the virtual machine you would like to copy 2) In File Virtual Media Manager, select the virtual machine disk image you would like to copy, and press the Release button 3) In a terminal window, issue following command (see virtualbox user manual): VBoxManage clonehd (complete-path)/directory/image1.vdi (complete_path)/directory/image2.vdi VBoxManage clonehd /home/thelma/.VirtualBox/HardDisk/xp-clinic.vdi /home/thelma/xp-clinic.vdi 4) In File Virtualdiskmanager, add the new disk image you've created in step 3. 5) In the main virtualbox window, press the New button to create a new virtual machine, and link it to the new disk image you've created. To re-attache the vdi: Next we have to undo the Release we did before so that we can continue using our Virtual Machine. In VirtualBox main Window select the Virtual Machine (1) and press the Settings button (2). Go to Storage (3) IDE Controller (left window - empty); right click on IDE Controller and press the Add Hard Disk button (in the left window (4). Here select your initial .vdi file (5) and your Virtual Machine will be ok. I've noticed there is a Clone menu. Do I use it and just tar.gz entire folder to a new machine? -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] clone XP-Virtual to a file
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: How to close virtualbox machine (windows xp) to a file? I need to transfer it to another box. I made some notes but they are old so I'm not sure if they are applicable or there is an easier way. === 1) Shut down the virtual machine you would like to copy 2) In File Virtual Media Manager, select the virtual machine disk image you would like to copy, and press the Release button 3) In a terminal window, issue following command (see virtualbox user manual): VBoxManage clonehd (complete-path)/directory/image1.vdi (complete_path)/directory/image2.vdi VBoxManage clonehd /home/thelma/.VirtualBox/HardDisk/xp-clinic.vdi /home/thelma/xp-clinic.vdi 4) In File Virtualdiskmanager, add the new disk image you've created in step 3. 5) In the main virtualbox window, press the New button to create a new virtual machine, and link it to the new disk image you've created. To re-attache the vdi: Next we have to undo the Release we did before so that we can continue using our Virtual Machine. In VirtualBox main Window select the Virtual Machine (1) and press the Settings button (2). Go to Storage (3) IDE Controller (left window - empty); right click on IDE Controller and press the Add Hard Disk button (in the left window (4). Here select your initial .vdi file (5) and your Virtual Machine will be ok. I've noticed there is a Clone menu. Do I use it and just tar.gz entire folder to a new machine? -- Joseph File - Export Appliance copy to the new system File - Import Appliance verify that settings carried over right It should carry the configuration over fairly completely, though it's been a long while since I last used it, and I've not tested it between overly diverse host hardware. -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy
Re: [gentoo-user] clone XP-Virtual to a file
On 11 September 2014 04:47:31 CEST, Poison BL. poiso...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: How to close virtualbox machine (windows xp) to a file? I need to transfer it to another box. I made some notes but they are old so I'm not sure if they are applicable or there is an easier way. === 1) Shut down the virtual machine you would like to copy 2) In File Virtual Media Manager, select the virtual machine disk image you would like to copy, and press the Release button 3) In a terminal window, issue following command (see virtualbox user manual): VBoxManage clonehd (complete-path)/directory/image1.vdi (complete_path)/directory/image2.vdi VBoxManage clonehd /home/thelma/.VirtualBox/HardDisk/xp-clinic.vdi /home/thelma/xp-clinic.vdi 4) In File Virtualdiskmanager, add the new disk image you've created in step 3. 5) In the main virtualbox window, press the New button to create a new virtual machine, and link it to the new disk image you've created. To re-attache the vdi: Next we have to undo the Release we did before so that we can continue using our Virtual Machine. In VirtualBox main Window select the Virtual Machine (1) and press the Settings button (2). Go to Storage (3) IDE Controller (left window - empty); right click on IDE Controller and press the Add Hard Disk button (in the left window (4). Here select your initial .vdi file (5) and your Virtual Machine will be ok. I've noticed there is a Clone menu. Do I use it and just tar.gz entire folder to a new machine? -- Joseph File - Export Appliance copy to the new system File - Import Appliance verify that settings carried over right It should carry the configuration over fairly completely, though it's been a long while since I last used it, and I've not tested it between overly diverse host hardware. This works. Done it myself with 20+ VMs when switching laptops beginning of this year. I would advise against the steps Joseph has. Those are outdated and can easily lead to errors. The Host hardware does not matter. As long as the target host has (at least) the same virtualisation support as the source host. If it doesn't, you might not be able to start 64bit VMs. If the VM has devices assigned to it from the Host. Ensure those get moved along or replaced with similar devices. I also have serious concerns over the continued use of Windows XP as this is ancient technology that has, finally, been dumped by its creator. But that is not relecant to the question. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: [gentoo-user] clone XP-Virtual to a file
On 09/10/14 22:47, Poison BL. wrote: [snip] I've noticed there is a Clone menu. Do I use it and just tar.gz entire folder to a new machine? -- Joseph File - Export Appliance copy to the new system File - Import Appliance verify that settings carried over right It should carry the configuration over fairly completely, though it's been a long while since I last used it, and I've not tested it between overly diverse host hardware. -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy Yes, it worked perfectly; thank you! -- Joseph
