Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux (was: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?)

2023-11-07 Thread Paul Duncan
od old System V and BSD 4.3) have mkfile and mkdir - so surely that means that everything (stored on a bit of rotating rust) is *not* a file :-) Cheers! -- *Paul Duncan* Lead Marine Technician, RV Falkor(too) SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE mobile +1 650 387 4151 VOIP +1 954 672 4943 www.schmidto

Re: Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full

2021-08-01 Thread Paul Duncan
> -rw--- 1 root root 5,7M heinä 9 20:42 System.map-5.11.0-25-generic > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 heinä 23 06:04 vmlinuz -> > vmlinuz-5.11.0-25-generic > -rw--- 1 root root 15M kesä 17 01:55 vmlinuz-5.11.0-22-generic > -rw--- 1 root root 15M heinä 9 21:04 v

Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full

2021-08-01 Thread Paul Duncan
gest that apt-get/dpkg handles upgrading outside /boot. Two kernels > seem to fit there if the updating is done cleverly. Or if only one kernel > fits, then keep only on kernel in /boot. > > Thanks, > Ilkka > -- *Paul Duncan* Lead Marine Technician, RV Falkor SCHMIDT OCEAN

Re: Missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs

2021-02-22 Thread Paul Duncan
e do I go from > > here? > > Try fixing the real problem first (whatever is making your BIOS set > these incorrectly). Your system might become quite unpredictable > otherwise, depending on the reason these MTRRs are set like that. > > -- > Henrique Holschuh > > -- *

Re: cifs mount

2019-11-05 Thread Paul Duncan
y from a Windows box. Any ideas on how > to get this working again? > > -Chris > > -- *Paul Duncan* Lead Marine Technician, RV Falkor SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE mobile +1 650 387 4151 VOIP +1 954 672 4943 www.schmidtocean.org Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ *This ema

Re: Debian Installer, Manual Partitioning is a Joke

2019-10-14 Thread Paul Duncan
aps you have found a bug. > I don't have an optical drive, I use USB, but that should not matter. > > > > > 10.1.0 Live? > Let's be more precise. > > looking in > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/10.1.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ > I find 8 different versions (desktops) ... Which

Re: Cannot connect to HP printer

2019-09-08 Thread Paul Duncan
Have you tried using HPLIP? The only thing that I have not managed to get working using that is a DesignJet T120. On Sun, 8 Sep 2019, 10:14 Brian, wrote: > On Sat 07 Sep 2019 at 23:20:03 +0200, deloptes wrote: > > > Brian wrote: > > > > > Every printer that exists employs lpadmin with whatever

problems using PBIS-Open for AD authentication

2017-04-02 Thread Paul Duncan
Hello, Just wondering if anyone on here is using PBIS-Open (the successor to Likewise-Open) in order to authenticate with an AD domain controller. I have managed to install it on several machines. I can run the domainjoin-cli program, join the domain, but not login using AD credentials. I

SCSI rescan (Mint 17.3)

2017-02-02 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi, I'm updating wiki documentation for one of our systems, which has an LTO tape drive hooked up to an HP P411 SAS RAID controller. In the good old days of the cciss driver we could issue the following command to get the drive recognised if the system had been booted without it being

netcat udp to two IP addresses?

2016-10-01 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi All, Not strictly speaking an OS dependent question, but I figured someone on this list would probably have an answer :-) I have a program generating output to standard out, which I am then piping to netcat -u IP Port This works fine, but I'm wondering what the best way is to send it to two

Re: RECOMMEND: Wireless Home Router with VPN Built-In

2016-04-24 Thread Paul Duncan
of continuous use, I'm getting nervous about my old router > anyway, and want to replace it.) > > What routers would you all recommend? And why? > > Thanks. > > B > > -- *Paul Duncan* Marine Technician, RV Falkor SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE mobile +1 650 387 4151 VOIP +1

Re: Differences Between ThinkPad Models

2015-12-05 Thread Paul Duncan
I'm typing this on a Thinpad T520, which I have had as my work machine since the middle of 2012. It has spent almost its entire life on the ship I serve on, and is still working perfectly. Dual-boots between Win7 and Linux Mint (currently 17.2). It is a pleasure to type on, and there are only

Slow LTO-5 tape.

2015-07-08 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi All, We are experiencing extremely slow LTO-5 tape access. The basic info is: OS: Debian GNU Linux 7 Hardware: HP Proliant DL160G6 (with both P410 and P411 cards installed) Tape drive: Tandberg SAS LTO-5 I note that the system is using the hpsa module now. In the past (on older

Re: Linux based cellphones?

2015-01-29 Thread Paul Duncan
There is also Puzzlephone (www.puzzlephone.com). Nothing actually out yet, but its on the way. The idea (if I understand it correctly) is that you can put either Android, Sailfish, or any OS you want on here. And you can upgrade bits of it as needed. I think its certainly something to watch the

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-29 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi Don, Only just seen this! On 27/10/14 15:31, Don Armstrong wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Paul Duncan wrote: Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a complete apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) For the record, you don't need to purge and reinstall to get back

Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Paul Duncan
Hello, I'm having a problem which stems from me accidentally deleting the /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template file. I figured it would be a simple matter of removing and re-installing the package, but it does not seem to be. I have even tried purging. Currently, if I try to do a purge of exim4,

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi Brad, Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a complete apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) Cheers, Paul. On 27/10/14 11:12, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:54:38 + Paul Duncan pau...@soi-team.org wrote: Hello Paul, Currently, if I try