[SLUG] scp -c null ??
Is it possible to have a null cipher for ssh/scp? On occasion I'm on my LAN, behind a firewall/router etc, and need to copy a few hundred megs or gigs between boxes. In this environment, I simply want maximum xfer rate, and minimum CPU use. I simply want to copy the files across, and have no desire to hide them, and have no one that I'm aware of on my LAN who would sniff them anyway. So I imagine there should be a -c null option to scp. But there does not seem to be. So the next question, which cipher has the lowest CPU overhead? DES? TIA Zen -- Homepage: www.SoulSound.net -- Free Australia: www.UPMART.org Please respect the confidentiality of this email as sensibly warranted. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] scp -c null ??
This one time, at band camp, Zenaan Harkness wrote: So the next question, which cipher has the lowest CPU overhead? DES? From the ssh man page: blowfish is a fast block cipher; it appears very secure and is much faster than 3des. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Impact: Non-privileged primitive users can cause the total destruction of your entire invasion fleet and gain unauthorized access to files. - CERT Advisory CA-96.13 - Alien/OS Vulnerability -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] scp -c null ??
There is such a cipher, but netcat will be a much much faster way to do what you want. google 'netcat tar' for many examples. not really resumable, so you may need to rsync it afterwards, but perfect for that first bulk speedy transfer dave Zenaan Harkness wrote: Is it possible to have a null cipher for ssh/scp? On occasion I'm on my LAN, behind a firewall/router etc, and need to copy a few hundred megs or gigs between boxes. In this environment, I simply want maximum xfer rate, and minimum CPU use. I simply want to copy the files across, and have no desire to hide them, and have no one that I'm aware of on my LAN who would sniff them anyway. So I imagine there should be a -c null option to scp. But there does not seem to be. So the next question, which cipher has the lowest CPU overhead? DES? TIA Zen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re:Widescreen Monitor, ATI Radeon and desktop positioning problem
Thanks to Heracles, James and Amos. Gave up on ATI as didn't want hassle of installing proprietory driver with every new kernel ( or installing it at all really). Bought an Nvidea GForce card today. Installed it on PC running Kubuntu 6.10, booted, entered Sys Setup/Display and set to 16:9 ( everything else was automatic). Works 100%, desktop located properly on screen. Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] scp -c null ??
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/08/2007 04:15:32 PM: Is it possible to have a null cipher for ssh/scp? On occasion I'm on my LAN, behind a firewall/router etc, and need to copy a few hundred megs or gigs between boxes. In this environment, I simply want maximum xfer rate, and minimum CPU use. I simply want to copy the files across, and have no desire to hide them, and have no one that I'm aware of on my LAN who would sniff them anyway. So I imagine there should be a -c null option to scp. But there does not seem to be. Try using -c none. Its undocumented, and may not exist for you, but works on my debian system. Regards, Scott -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Engineers without Borders
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Re: [SLUG] PCI bus oddity
OK I resolved this by getting a beta version of the BIOS for the board, not the best solution but the only one open to us. Thanks Phil wrote: Hi We are running a dual opteron setup, with a Tyan n6650 motherboard. We need to power 4 screens so we installed dual GeForce 8600 GT cards. Apart from nvidia driver issues we are also seeing that the PCI bus ID changes between reboots for each of the graphic cards or both. Has anyone seen this behaviour before? If so how do we fix it? Thanks Phil. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Monitor problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, If you change monitors on a Ubuntu 7.04 machine do you have to reinstall to get the system to use it or is there a simpler way? I searched the help forums and this seemed to be the only available option that was offered. If so this certainly makes Ubuntu unusable as a desktop/workstation option. I can find no simple hardware tool to change anything in either of my installs. Any suggestions appreciated. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGxDutybPcBAs9CE8RArccAJ9u4Y+VeuHp2nwY9r0JikFeXkeseQCfX/Ic 0T2cUKL/h17/ks+yEA7dC1Q= =gukQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Engineers without Borders
Craig Warner wrote: Engineers without Borders has a number of jobs In Nepal and India. ICT in Education Specialist India - Uluru Childrens Home EWB is now looking to recruit an ICT Curriculum Development specialist to continue our work at the Home. Is this for you? http://www.ewb.org.au/volunteer/?vid=65 [SNIP] Very interesting site. Thanks for posting the links to volunteer work for geeks :) I am a bit puzzled by the copyright notice in the HTML: Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Mazar.com.au cheers rickw -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
quote who=Heracles If you change monitors on a Ubuntu 7.04 machine do you have to reinstall to get the system to use it or is there a simpler way? This is long-term suckage. The easiest way to do it now is plug in your new monitor and (probably at a console) run: dpkg-reconfigure --priority=high xserver-xorg When xorg.conf is banished forever (probably within a couple of upstream cycles, such that you only need it if you have a really odd config), it is unlikely that this will continue to be a problem. :-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australiahttp://lca2008.linux.org.au/ It's all a blur of a bunch of people having battles on different plants (sic).- Mary Gardiner on Star Wars -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Jeff, I did that and screwed everything. I now get no X at all. I think it may be to do with the nvidia GeForce 6200. The site says that it is supported in nvidia-glx-new but after installing I have screwed everything. I guess I will try a vesa driver and make a backup of her home directory and then reinstall. Heracles Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Heracles If you change monitors on a Ubuntu 7.04 machine do you have to reinstall to get the system to use it or is there a simpler way? This is long-term suckage. The easiest way to do it now is plug in your new monitor and (probably at a console) run: dpkg-reconfigure --priority=high xserver-xorg When xorg.conf is banished forever (probably within a couple of upstream cycles, such that you only need it if you have a really odd config), it is unlikely that this will continue to be a problem. :-) - Jeff -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGxErfybPcBAs9CE8RAlZKAJ9d6ouW+o/4D7PXvL26cCIQwGwmvQCgtCqz LNr6cyEjGcQRS79wzpYkunc= =2+Kj -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
quote who=Heracles I did that and screwed everything. I now get no X at all. I think it may be to do with the nvidia GeForce 6200. The site says that it is supported in nvidia-glx-new but after installing I have screwed everything. I guess I will try a vesa driver and make a backup of her home directory and then reinstall. Hrm, that doesn't sound right. Get rid of nvidia-glx-new and try again. Make sure you have the nvidia kernel driver loaded (not the new one). Best bet is to just rmmod all the nvidia drivers before you reconfigure and/or start X. - Jeff -- Open Source in Mobile 2007: Madrid, Spain http://www.osimconference.com/ Acts of random. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Jeff, Got the screen back using the vesa driver. Resolution is fair but I can't seem to get any nvidia drivers to work. I must be doing something wrong. The card is a Galaxy NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (0x0222) which the nvidia site claims is covered by the new nvidia driver. I've tried both nvidia drivers using the add/remove software graphical interface and both apt-get and downloading the driver package. The last system worked well on my machine with a GeForce 6200 3D card. Both cards have 256Mb of RAM. Heracles Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Heracles I did that and screwed everything. I now get no X at all. I think it may be to do with the nvidia GeForce 6200. The site says that it is supported in nvidia-glx-new but after installing I have screwed everything. I guess I will try a vesa driver and make a backup of her home directory and then reinstall. Hrm, that doesn't sound right. Get rid of nvidia-glx-new and try again. Make sure you have the nvidia kernel driver loaded (not the new one). Best bet is to just rmmod all the nvidia drivers before you reconfigure and/or start X. - Jeff -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGxFTmybPcBAs9CE8RAiQZAJ9juUtNxtWSaPPIn3PBm8Fve+DvPACfUR1y jQdWlK69TEEodAXfKfEB5ho= =Yq/q -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
quote who=Heracles Got the screen back using the vesa driver. Resolution is fair but I can't seem to get any nvidia drivers to work. I must be doing something wrong. The card is a Galaxy NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (0x0222) which the nvidia site claims is covered by the new nvidia driver. I've tried both nvidia drivers using the add/remove software graphical interface and both apt-get and downloading the driver package. Have you rebooted and/or rmmod-ed the driver before configuring and running X? If you have the 'new' kernel driver loaded and attempt to run X with the old driver, it'll bork (and vice versa). GetchaselfsomeIntelFreedom! :-) - Jeff -- GNOME.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australia http://live.gnome.org/Melbourne2008 chown -R us:us yourbase -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Mac Mini (hardware) alternative
Hi All, This evening I was given a demonstration of the (intel) Mac Mini. Very impressive price point for quite a bit of hardware. Has anyone purchased an equivalent system in regards to size and price? My initial thinking was that there would be a truck load of Mac Mini clones with similar specs, but the mini-itx and shuttle systems float around $1000. -- Simon Males -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
Heracles wrote: I did that and screwed everything. I now get no X at all. I think it may be to do with the nvidia GeForce 6200. The site says that it is supported in nvidia-glx-new but after installing I have screwed everything. I guess I will try a vesa driver and make a backup of her home directory and then reinstall. I have had a GeForce 6200 that has worked beautifully in Ubuntu for over a year. One thing, though. If you installed the nvidia-glx-new package, then wanted to revert back to nvidia-glx, be aware that due to a bug in the package, it leaves behind an empty file which is used as a switch to tell Ubuntu what kernel module to load. If you want nvidia-glx-new uninstalled, then type this after you do it: $ sudo rm /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia.new.installed I struggled with that for hours and hours before finally figuring out my problem. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] scp -c null ??
On Thursday 16 August 2007 21:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to have a null cipher for ssh/scp? On occasion I'm on my LAN, behind a firewall/router etc, and need to copy a few hundred megs or gigs between boxes. In this environment, I simply want maximum xfer rate, and minimum CPU use. I simply want to copy the files across, and have no desire to hide them, and have no one that I'm aware of on my LAN who would sniff them anyway. So I imagine there should be a -c null option to scp. But there does not seem to be. So the next question, which cipher has the lowest CPU overhead? DES? From Celeron 1.8G and up my transfers (out the box RSA) on ssh hold my 100Mb LAN on the stop pin. I get late 9.x MB/sec over DVD sizes (4.5G) Are you solving a thought-problem? James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
My knoppix/grup startup reports a couple of errors, which I have been happy to live with until now... however, I would like to look into them but am not sure how to capture the error messages before they fly by and KDE starts up. Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz http://www.ramin.com.au Phone: 0414 869202 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
On Thursday 16 August 2007 21:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you change monitors on a Ubuntu 7.04 machine do you have to reinstall to get the system to use it or is there a simpler way? I searched the help forums and this seemed to be the only available option that was offered. If so this certainly makes Ubuntu unusable as a desktop/workstation option. I can find no simple hardware tool to change anything in either of my installs. Any suggestions appreciated. dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
$quoted_author = Marghanita da Cruz ; My knoppix/grup startup reports a couple of errors, which I have been happy to live with until now... however, I would like to look into them but am not sure how to capture the error messages before they fly by and KDE starts up. /var/log/dmesg keeps the most recent boot dmesg | less will show what would go to the console but has a limited buffer and may not have the actual boot if the server has been up for some time cheers marty -- It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning. -- Calvin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
On Thursday 16 August 2007 21:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did that and screwed everything. I now get no X at all. I think it may be to do with the nvidia GeForce 6200. The site says that it is supported in nvidia-glx-new but after installing I have screwed everything. I guess I will try a vesa driver and make a backup of her home directory and then reinstall. Heracles Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Heracles If you change monitors on a Ubuntu 7.04 machine do you have to reinstall to get the system to use it or is there a simpler way? This is long-term suckage. The easiest way to do it now is plug in your new monitor and (probably at a console) run: dpkg-reconfigure --priority=high xserver-xorg When xorg.conf is banished forever (probably within a couple of upstream cycles, such that you only need it if you have a really odd config), it is unlikely that this will continue to be a problem. Do it again! I've had it work lots eg asus m2n?-vmx asus m2npv-vm etc. Did you check nvidia? vs nv or vesa Is your monitor properley interrogated? ensure decent hsync and vsync options James PS re-installing will not help you! vesa driver is installed AND one of my monitors (Viewmaster 1280x1024 LCD) installs 640x480 and its nearly impossible to install blind! Toolbar to side and some guesses! YMMV -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 23:02 +1000, Heracles wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Jeff, I did that and screwed everything. I now get no X at all. I think it may be to do with the nvidia GeForce 6200. The site says that it is supported in nvidia-glx-new but after installing I have screwed everything. I guess I will try a vesa driver and make a backup of her home directory and then reinstall. Heracles Not sure if this is related, but I had success with Envy for installing nVidia drivers - https://launchpad.net/envy I got myself into a serious tangle before I discovered this. Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Heracles If you change monitors on a Ubuntu 7.04 machine do you have to reinstall to get the system to use it or is there a simpler way? This is long-term suckage. The easiest way to do it now is plug in your new monitor and (probably at a console) run: dpkg-reconfigure --priority=high xserver-xorg When xorg.conf is banished forever (probably within a couple of upstream cycles, such that you only need it if you have a really odd config), it is unlikely that this will continue to be a problem. :-) - Jeff -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGxErfybPcBAs9CE8RAlZKAJ9d6ouW+o/4D7PXvL26cCIQwGwmvQCgtCqz LNr6cyEjGcQRS79wzpYkunc= =2+Kj -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
Martin Barry wrote: $quoted_author = Marghanita da Cruz ; My knoppix/grup startup reports a couple of errors, which I have been happy to live with until now... however, I would like to look into them but am not sure how to capture the error messages before they fly by and KDE starts up. /var/log/dmesg keeps the most recent boot dmesg | less will show what would go to the console but has a limited buffer and may not have the actual boot if the server has been up for some time Thanks Dazza and Marty...checked that file, however, it seems I asked the wrong question. It seems I need the log of the next bit of the startup. Knoppix is running on my laptop. Any other suggestions? Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz http://www.ramin.com.au Phone: 0414 869202 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
On 8/17/07, Marghanita da Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Martin Barry wrote:
$quoted_author = Marghanita da Cruz ;
My knoppix/grup startup reports a couple of errors, which I have been happy
to live with until now... however, I would like to look into them but am
not sure how to capture the error messages before they fly by and KDE
starts up.
/var/log/dmesg
keeps the most recent boot
dmesg | less
will show what would go to the console but has a limited buffer and may not
have the actual boot if the server has been up for some time
Thanks Dazza and Marty...checked that file, however, it seems I asked the
wrong
question. It seems I need the log of the next bit of the startup. Knoppix is
running on my laptop.
Any other suggestions?
Change the default run level so it doesn't boot into X but rather
remains in command line mode. Not sure what you need the run level to
be - never used that distro. It could be 2 or 3 to boot it to command
line mode, 5 to get to graphical mode.
Logon as root once the boot is finished, and you can scroll back up
through the boot process by holding SHIFT and PGUP.
Note that this ONLY works if you don't toggle VC's - once you switch
to a new VC {I.E. by hitting ALT F2, for example}, this buffer will be
lost.
Again, this is a limited buffer, so if what you need to see is too far
back you might not be able to find it.
DaZZa
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[SLUG] video for websites.
I'm going to have to do some short (30-60 second?) videos for websites soon. They will be edited versions of material shot on camcorders.. pretty standard stuff really. The last time I did it I used iMovie to create quicktime, but I would like to use FOSS this time. Does anyone have any thoughts about what's the best format/software? thanks.. David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
$quoted_author = Marghanita da Cruz ; Thanks Dazza and Marty...checked that file, however, it seems I asked the wrong question. It seems I need the log of the next bit of the startup. Knoppix is running on my laptop. you many need the the X logs, the KDE logs or something else. what's the exact problem you're trying to diagnose? cheers marty -- Life's Little Mysteries. Noel Hunter of Chippendale is one of many to be confused, and amused, by the pair of professionally produced No Regrets street signs near the corner of Greens Road and Albion Avenue, Paddington. Printed in the same style as No Standing signs, their proximity to the College of Fine Arts may give a clue to their origins. Whatever, having regrets while between the signs is subject to a $144 fine from the NSW Dept of Second Thoughts. [1] [1] - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544560873.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Monitor problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Jeremy, Jeff and everyone, I have followed the suggestions and succeeded in installing the new drivers but now I have run into a silly problem. I installed the drivers and then went to tty2, logged in and ran startx. Everything works perfectly, Good video acceleration, great resolution, everything great. HOWEVER, if I reboot I get no video (ie. X crashes) with the silly message that the kernel module does not match the kernel - this is strange as the only module I can find is the one that the installer of the drivers compiled (dated August 17). Does the system do something to the modules on the reboot or am I missing something? NOTE: If I go through the install procedure again - X works perfectly in tty2 before but on reboot the same thing happens. Heracles Jeremy Visser wrote: Heracles wrote: I did that and screwed everything. I now get no X at all. I think it may be to do with the nvidia GeForce 6200. The site says that it is supported in nvidia-glx-new but after installing I have screwed everything. I guess I will try a vesa driver and make a backup of her home directory and then reinstall. I have had a GeForce 6200 that has worked beautifully in Ubuntu for over a year. One thing, though. If you installed the nvidia-glx-new package, then wanted to revert back to nvidia-glx, be aware that due to a bug in the package, it leaves behind an empty file which is used as a switch to tell Ubuntu what kernel module to load. If you want nvidia-glx-new uninstalled, then type this after you do it: $ sudo rm /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia.new.installed I struggled with that for hours and hours before finally figuring out my problem. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGxPnBybPcBAs9CE8RAhivAJ9UPIt7BeW4SqO5DggZ2xdG/4kuIQCggJp3 FdXOeFWB057zzBm4SPN1fwg= =Tr/J -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
Martin Barry wrote: $quoted_author = Marghanita da Cruz ; Thanks Dazza and Marty...checked that file, however, it seems I asked the wrong question. It seems I need the log of the next bit of the startup. Knoppix is running on my laptop. you many need the the X logs, the KDE logs or something else. what's the exact problem you're trying to diagnose? snip There are no symptoms that I can tell - just the error messages that flash past. containing something about *DMA not enabled *ude..3958 at startup *ude.3957 at shutdown Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz http://www.ramin.com.au Phone: 0414 869202 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] video for websites.
david wrote: I'm going to have to do some short (30-60 second?) videos for websites soon. They will be edited versions of material shot on camcorders.. pretty standard stuff really. The last time I did it I used iMovie to create quicktime, but I would like to use FOSS this time. Does anyone have any thoughts about what's the best format/software? thanks.. David. my thoughts are at http://www.ramin.com.au/linux/acs-os-sig.html Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz http://www.ramin.com.au Phone: 0414 869202 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 10:17 +1000, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: My knoppix/grup startup reports a couple of errors, which I have been happy to live with until now... however, I would like to look into them but am not sure how to capture the error messages before they fly by and KDE starts up. It varies by distribution, but /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog are likely candidates. Quite a few services also log to their own files under /var/log/ . Just generally poking around in there should prove enlightening. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Mac Mini (hardware) alternative
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 00:29 +1000, Simon Males wrote: This evening I was given a demonstration of the (intel) Mac Mini. Very impressive price point for quite a bit of hardware. Has anyone purchased an equivalent system in regards to size and price? My initial thinking was that there would be a truck load of Mac Mini clones with similar specs, but the mini-itx and shuttle systems float around $1000. I had a look about when I was considering a Mac Mini. The AOpen Mini PC Duo MP965-DR with Intel Core 2 Duo is what you are looking for. But when I looked I couldn't find a AU company that had put it in a box for less than the Apple edu pricing. The Shuttle XPC mini X200 was released after I looked. I'd stay away from the VIA EPIA machines for a desktop unless you know exactly what you are getting. They are a bit underpowered, which is fine if that is what you want. They do make very fine home servers, if that is what you were shopping for. You are better off not getting a Mac Mini if you are going to run Linux. The Mac needs a special utility that does BIOS emulation (well, at least until X.org gets away from using the BIOS for mode switching) and that utility will only allow 50% of the disk to be used for the non-MacOS operating system. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Mac Mini (hardware) alternative
I have looked long and hard for a machine that matches the mac mini, in terms of both features, power and size. You are paying the apple toll somewhat, but its still a very cheap machine (although you get nothing but a small box) its amazing that a very usable computer is $1000 these days, i remember paying a few thousand for a tandy 1000 ;) the shuttle XPC's arent bad, they are expandable (unlike macmini), but they are quite a lot larger and werent cheaper. Apple has really found itself a niche, i would buy one for my parents or grandparent any day. Dean Glen Turner wrote: On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 00:29 +1000, Simon Males wrote: This evening I was given a demonstration of the (intel) Mac Mini. Very impressive price point for quite a bit of hardware. Has anyone purchased an equivalent system in regards to size and price? My initial thinking was that there would be a truck load of Mac Mini clones with similar specs, but the mini-itx and shuttle systems float around $1000. I had a look about when I was considering a Mac Mini. The AOpen Mini PC Duo MP965-DR with Intel Core 2 Duo is what you are looking for. But when I looked I couldn't find a AU company that had put it in a box for less than the Apple edu pricing. The Shuttle XPC mini X200 was released after I looked. I'd stay away from the VIA EPIA machines for a desktop unless you know exactly what you are getting. They are a bit underpowered, which is fine if that is what you want. They do make very fine home servers, if that is what you were shopping for. You are better off not getting a Mac Mini if you are going to run Linux. The Mac needs a special utility that does BIOS emulation (well, at least until X.org gets away from using the BIOS for mode switching) and that utility will only allow 50% of the disk to be used for the non-MacOS operating system. -- http://fragfest.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] video for websites.
David, I use Kino to capture and edit the SLUG videos, it is basic but honestly, it was the only one I could get to work/make sense. Kino also has a great exporting section and it allows you to choose what sort of video you want. Also, there is a great tut on the kino website. Hope this helps On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 11:08 +1000, david wrote: I'm going to have to do some short (30-60 second?) videos for websites soon. They will be edited versions of material shot on camcorders.. pretty standard stuff really. The last time I did it I used iMovie to create quicktime, but I would like to use FOSS this time. Does anyone have any thoughts about what's the best format/software? thanks.. David. Scott Waller E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] M. 0439 168 103 F.02 9838 1782 W. www.wallers.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: Monitor problem
Amusing and it explains the differant answers to the same question. http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/14/what-does-your-favorite-text-editor-say-about-you/ James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] video for websites.
On Friday 17 August 2007 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to have to do some short (30-60 second?) videos for websites soon. They will be edited versions of material shot on camcorders.. pretty standard stuff really. The last time I did it I used iMovie to create quicktime, but I would like to use FOSS this time. Does anyone have any thoughts about what's the best format/software? David, when you find the path, would you post a short howto please. The thoughts and wonderous-tools-etc (TM) are nice, but they don't address how it's done (as opposed to how you could tackle the task) Thanks James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
* On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 11:29:40AM +1000, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: Martin Barry wrote: $quoted_author = Marghanita da Cruz ; Thanks Dazza and Marty...checked that file, however, it seems I asked the wrong question. It seems I need the log of the next bit of the startup. Knoppix is running on my laptop. you many need the the X logs, the KDE logs or something else. what's the exact problem you're trying to diagnose? snip There are no symptoms that I can tell - just the error messages that flash past. containing something about *DMA not enabled *ude..3958 at startup *ude.3957 at shutdown M, as someone says in a subsequent post, almost all things will log in files in /var/log You could try this to try and find out more: cd /var/log sudo grep -H not enabled * | less sudo grep -H at startup * | less ...etc... -- Sonia Hamilton | GNU/Linux - 'free' as in .| free speech, not free beer. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
