Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap

>  My response to any company which doesn't want to do business with me > is to give them what they want. > >  I don't need TV to survive. I don't need internet to survive either. :-D But we digress. Their lack of ability to stream live baseball games lies with the problems with broadcast T

Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap

I pretty heavily use Netflix instant watch and my higher months barely break 200GB, but I think most of that is downloading media from alternative sources rather than Netflix itself because the ligher months where I'm not doing much alternative downloading (but my Netflix watching is about the same

Re: rc script running twice ???

Drew Van Zandt writes: > /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start > root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 \_ > /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start > root 500 0.1 0.9 1676 576 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 \_ > sed s/ttyname=// . > # Barcode > ln

Re: rc script running twice ???

I've never used the ps f view (yes, I know...how odd); handy. root 470 1.1 2.4 2992 1516 ttyS0Ss+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/rc 2 root 496 0.1 1.9 2808 1232 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504

Re: rc script running twice ???

Drew Van Zandt writes: > > Debian Linux (embedded), I'm in runlevel 2, and I'm seeing this when I run ps > aux: > > root       496  0.0  1.9   2808  1232 ttyS0    S+   00:00   0:00 /bin/sh /etc/ > rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start > root       498  0.0  0.8   2808   504 ttyS0    S+   00:00   0:00 /bin/s

Re: rc script running twice ???

Two distinct copies; when I run it from the command line, it backgrounds the services I'm trying to start, and works quite well. I do know that if one runs the script twice in parallel (e.g. start a second copy before the first finishes) that they both hang and never finish. (There are also two i

Re: rc script running twice ???

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Drew Van Zandt wrote: > Debian Linux (embedded), I'm in runlevel 2, and I'm seeing this when I run > ps aux: > > root 496 0.0 1.9 2808 1232 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh > /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start > root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0

rc script running twice ???

Debian Linux (embedded), I'm in runlevel 2, and I'm seeing this when I run ps aux: root 496 0.0 1.9 2808 1232 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start S40i

Re: Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]

Dan Jenkins writes: > On 1/26/2011 11:07 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: >> Benjamin Scott writes: >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. >>>I canceled cable TV and watch all m

Re: APT/dpkg system within a system

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Depending on how many packages you pulled in from sid, you may > actually be able to just downgrade them by specifying, e.g.: > >    apt-get install $pkgname/lenny Well, it installed a few hundred packages (which I was expecting), i

Re: APT/dpkg system within a system (was: Ubuntu... downgrade?)

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Randy Edwards wrote: >  > Be warned that it would appear APT does not pass it's root directory >  > setting on to dpkg. > >   Please make sure you file a bug against that with Debian's "reportbug" > command/package or via the Debian.org web site >

Re: Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Dan Jenkins wrote: >>  http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection >>  Use the "Watch Instantly" box in the lower left to limit to diskless >>  content. > > FYI, the above only works if you are not logged in to a Netflix account. > If you are logged in, it redirects to

Re: APT/dpkg system within a system (was: Ubuntu... downgrade?)

> Be warned that it would appear APT does not pass it's root directory > setting on to dpkg. Please make sure you file a bug against that with Debian's "reportbug" command/package or via the Debian.org web site . That should be addressed, doubly so wit