Re: Xeon 64-bit?

On 7/9/07, Mark Komarinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As others have said, you want the amd64 version. The kernels are > unified now, so the same kernel will work on an amd64 or em64t system. > Same as all other applications. They unified the em64 and amd64 *kernel*? Last I'd checked, they

Re: Xeon 64-bit?

On 7/9/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Linux Those links aren't really clear as to answer the question, tho. ;-) -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing li

Re: Xeon 64-bit?

On 7/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I have a bunch of fairly high-end servers, all with dual dual-core Xeon > processors. Xeon's > are supposed to be 64-bit processors, but they are all running i386 kernels. > I want to > download the appropriate Debian distributio

Re: Petition against OOXML

On 7/8/07, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For those of us in the US, ANSI [2] is the organization you'll want to > > contact. > > [1] http://www.noooxml.org/delegations > Interesting... did anyone else notice that this site doesn't display the > same in IE or Firefox? As a matter-of-f

Re: cpp replaced by m4?

On 7/3/07, Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, Jul 3rd 2007 at 09:52 -0400, quoth Thomas Charron: > =>On 7/2/07, Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > =>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:34:45 -0400 (EDT) > =>> "Steven W. Orr" <[EM

Re: cpp replaced by m4?

On 7/2/07, Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:34:45 -0400 (EDT) > "Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got that part. What I want to know is if anyone else has satisfied a > need for a more featureful preprocessor in their C code, whether it be via > use of m

Re: VPN recommendations?

On 6/29/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 28, 2007, at 15:45, Ted Roche wrote: > I just replaced my DD-WRT box with a pfSense (FreeBSD/m0n0wall- > derived) box last night to accomplish a similar task. I've installed > several for commercial accounts. It even does hot failover

Re: [gnhlug-jobs] [NH Jobs List] Job: Network/Database Administrator - Manchester

On 6/29/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Why does their ignorance of file formats constiture them as being a > > goof? Can you explain the difference between the EFA and the MSCI > > EAFE ? If not, does that make you a goof? Just because someone is > > ignorant of something is n

Re: VPN recommendations?

On 6/28/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Linksys actually sells a VERY nice VPN router which handles both > NATing *AND* active intrusion detection. It also has the horsepower > to actually route gigabit ethernet AND have VPN connections, PLUS it > can actually

Re: VPN recommendations?

On 6/28/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A client of mine, Windows-centric,computer-phobic (or at least not > -friendly) just wants to be able to access his office network from his > home, whatever magick that requires. The office is on DSL, static IP, > simple network router/firewall, NA

Re: Solaris/x86 rant (was: Any advice on Solaris laptops?)

On 6/25/07, Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 18:33 -0400, Ben Scott wrote: > > On 6/25/07, Henry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks to BUoD ... this appears not to have made it out. > > I always liked "PICNIC" (Problem In Chair, Not In Computer). > *laugh

Re: Application-accessible nvram/cache for Linux?

On 6/22/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was taking about using it with a flash device. If you utilize > > O_DIRECT, your write will occur directly to the device, in this > > case, written to flash. > (sigh) I have to get back to work, so one last try: >You're confused abo

Re: Application-accessible nvram/cache for Linux?

On 6/22/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Worst case, you can open using O_DIRECT, which specifies direct > > read/right access. The only limitation really is the reads/writes > > need to be aligned to the block size of the device. > > Better would be to tell the OS it's OK to ca

Re: Application-accessible nvram/cache for Linux?

On 22 Jun 2007 11:21:40 -0400, Kevin D. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael ODonnell writes: > > You could programmatically force > > a flush after every write, but if you're willing to do that > > then there's probably a lot better approaches than this one... > There are better solutions th

Re: Application-accessible nvram/cache for Linux?

On 6/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:01:46 -0400 > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Jun 21, 2007, at 16:38, Paul Lussier wrote: > > > I don't think they want a drive, they want something like a > > > batter

Re: Solaris/x86 rant (was: Any advice on Solaris laptops?)

On 6/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:42:47 -0400 > > From: "Thomas Charron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Disposition: inline > > Cc: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > > > As a desktop, I th

Re: Stupid server semantic argument (was: Non Linux but network tech question)

On 6/21/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 19, 2007, at 13:05, Thomas Charron wrote: > > No, it isn't. It isn't a client either. It's a 'collaborative' > > application, where there isn't a client or a server, just peers

Re: Solaris/x86 rant (was: Any advice on Solaris laptops?)

On 6/21/07, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An easy one to target is the fact that every few years, Sun decides > > to phase out Solaris x86, then rekindle it once again. > They tried to phase out Solaris 9. Solaris 10 was actively developed on AMD > chips. Solaris 11 is being activel

Re: Solaris/x86 rant (was: Any advice on Solaris laptops?)

On 6/21/07, Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 09:52 -0400, Thomas Charron wrote: > > So one has to ask. What's the point? :-) > ZFS? :) ZFS is nice, yes. But does it offer a large enough benefit to justify a shift to an entirely dif

Re: Solaris/x86 rant (was: Any advice on Solaris laptops?)

On 6/21/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/21/07, Shawn K. O'Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Without going on my typical rant about Solaris/x86 ... > Okay, I'm curious, and this list has been starved for *nix-related > discussion lately. What's your typical rant? :-) An easy

MythTV takes a HUGE hit.

http://labs.zap2it.com/ztvws/ztvws_login/1,1059,TMS01-1,00.html "For several years we have offered a free TV listings service to hobbyists for their own personal, noncommercial use. In October of 2004 we posted here an open letter saying the future of Zap2it Labs was at risk because of certain gro

Re: Stupid server semantic argument (was: Non Linux but network tech question)

On 6/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess to take any ambiguity or semantics out of it, Comcast does not > > want you to do the following: > > run programs, equipment, or servers from the Premises that provide > > network content or any other services to anyone outside of

Re: Non Linux but network tech question

On 6/19/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 17, 2007, at 21:05, Ben Scott wrote: > > For about the brazilianth time, it's not about listening on a > > particular port, it's about acting as server rather than a consumer. > > I'm really getting tired of listening to this particul

Re: Does the White Russian 0.9 DynDNS client suck just as much?

On 6/15/07, Stephen Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, that gives the IP address of this machine, not the IP address > of the router, which, given that it's IP address might change, is quite > likely doing address translation before hitting the public internet. In > the case of my home ne

Re: ADMIN - http://mail.gnhlug.org/ b0rken?

On 6/10/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When my browser asks for anything from http://mail.gnhlug.org/ > all I get is this: > > Bad Request > > Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. > Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server po

Re: Inexpensive Linux Laptop

On 6/6/07, Kjel Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just picked up an Everex xT5000T (Made by FIC). I'm running Kubuntu > Feisty. Everything worked from the git go with the exception of the internal > speakers. I have headphones but no internal speakers. Since I almost never > use the built in

Re: Opinions about LaCie wanted

On 6/5/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody here ever done enough business with > LaCie that you have a well-founded opinion > about the company or their storage products? Recently, there where GPL complaints against them as they claimed many of their products where propieta

Re: Windoze laptop address allocation :-(

On 5/31/07, Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As incredibly knowledgable as I am in linux I'm a total dolt in windoze. > For reasons that just horrify me I have to take posession of a winblose > laptop which when used at home will be NATing out through my server. Any > computers I have in

Re: [Humor] Installing Vista in 2 minutes

On 5/29/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only way to install it: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwno I dunno, I installed Vista Business into my laptop bag, and it installed in like 5 seconds flat. No problems with the bag which are obvious. Been pondering taking a look

Re: DNLA streaming?

On 5/28/07, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 27, 2007, at 23:47, Thomas Charron wrote: > > MythTV doesn't HAVE to use MPEG2. > I'm quite well aware of that, however... True. In my case, I'm not using an encoder card, merely a capture card. >

Re: DNLA streaming?

On 5/27/07, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 26, 2007, at 14:40, Thomas Charron wrote: > > Some interoperation. Problem is, getting it all to work together, > > including transcoding to supported formats. The PS3 can just see the > > MythTV box, bu

Re: DNLA streaming?

On 5/26/07, Jeff Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After looking at the up and coming 1.8 firmware for the PS3, they > > will now allow users to stream media via 'DNLA' enabled devices. > >

Re: [OT] Re: Request: Take Off-Topic Off-List

On 5/25/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/25/07, mike ledoux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Obviously, the take it offlist conversation needs to be taken offlist. > >> :-P > > Can we take the requests to take these conversations offlist offlist please? > Can we take ... > Stack

[OT] Re: Request: Take Off-Topic Off-List

On 5/25/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DISCLAIMER: Opinions expressed in the below are the personal opinions of the > author, and do not necessarily represent the views or policy of GNHLUG. > On 5/25/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... I don't think there's anything wrong w

PS3, MythTV, and Windows Media Player..

Well, the update was released, and *pout* The PS3 kinda sees the MythTV box, and you can see some of the files, but besides strait MPEG2 data, you can't play them. *pout* Hopefully, they'll get the MythStream stuff working a bit better to work with the PS3 stuff. On the other hand, much bet

Re: DNLA streaming?

On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MythTV is listed! I wonder if this means in some strange way, PS3's > > will now be able to out of the box use MythTV boxes?? > I forgot to add,

Re: DNLA streaming?

On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MythTV is listed! I wonder if this means in some strange way, PS3's > will now be able to out of the box use MythTV boxes?? I forgot to add, I also found: http://www.dlna.org/en/industry/about/dlna_white_paper_2006.pdf P

Re: DNLA streaming?

On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/23/07, Chip Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 23, 2007, Ben Scott sent me the following: > > > I searched for "DLNA", and Google suggested I might mean "DLNA" > &g

Re: DNLA streaming?

On 5/23/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any idea exactly what this means directly? Is there a way for say, > > a MythTV box to be 'DNLA enabled'? Data on the net points to it being > &

Re: DNLA streaming?

On 5/23/07, Chip Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 23, 2007, Ben Scott sent me the following: > > I searched for "DLNA", and Google suggested I might mean "DLNA" > > (Digital Living Network Alliance) instead. A quick Google for "PS3 > > DLNA" seemed to indicate Google was right. > >

DNLA streaming?

After looking at the up and coming 1.8 firmware for the PS3, they will now allow users to stream media via 'DNLA' enabled devices. Any idea exactly what this means directly? Is there a way for say, a MythTV box to be 'DNLA enabled'? Data on the net points to it being some sort of UPnP device

Re: WICKED OT: TV delivery alternatives

On 5/23/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OMG, Ben! > > http://smartflix.com/store/video/300/How-To-Construct-Mines > > How to blow yourself up in one simply instructional video! :-) > Is having a link showing you how to get something that describes how > to make a mine better or

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

On 5/23/07, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I quit is 1987. I don't know how I would find time to fit it back > into my schedule now. It is such a waste of time. Statement of fact, instead of opinion apperently. :-P >Try this some time. Record the sound of your favorite "ed

Re: WICKED OT: TV delivery alternatives

On 5/23/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Make sure you check availability, not just a hit for a show. > > Mythbusters, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, and Ask This Old House have a > > very poor showing on Netflix, though there are some hits. T

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

On 5/23/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > How about a more EO (equal offense) quote: "Opinions are like > > assholes: Everybody has one, and they almost always stink!" > Not that I have, or care to perform a proper and scientifically > contr

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Dan Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Of course, voting with your wallet, when no one knows, isn't that > > effective. > Hmmm. > /me ponders getting selected for a Nielsen TV survey but never > watching anything... Might confu

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

On 5/22/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 22, 2007, at 12:12, Ben Scott wrote: > > I'm seriously considering dropping my cable TV service and just > > using NetFlix or the Internet for everything. I was checking > > recently, and most of what I watch on TV now is available

Re: Last word not yet in on software patents.

On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > See http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/1224259 (Microsoft > > will not sue over Linux patents) > Hmmm. From the actual article: > "If we wanted to go down that road we could hav

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But by me not purchasing DirecTV, I'm ALSO affecting the Discovery > > Channel. And our explosively minded friends. > http://shopping.discovery.com/sto

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You where dumb enough to WATCH it? :-) I thought you said > > you vote with your wallet... > I used to be proud to say that I had never seen an e

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Personally, there are many programs that I enjoy tremendously that > > are quite fun and informative. > Moi aussi. But if I don't find the overall de

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Either I'm a really boring person or TV is getting much better. > Or we've seen so many years of "Survivor: Vermont" crap that our > standards have been lowered to the point where even desc

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

On 5/22/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The S3 has two CableCard slots and works fine with digital cable, > > including high def. However, satellite TV is not as heavily regulated > > as cable T

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yah, that's really it.. What are your choices? Continue to get only a > > few HD channels for who knows how long then be forced to upgrade > > (probably without the discount) or switch to anothe

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > S3 will probably work with DirecTV with an IR blaster, but you won't > > get HD. Similar to the older SA TiVos > The S3 has two CableCard slots and works fine with digital cable, > including hi

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

On 5/22/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Anyone know if I'm getting ripped off? Should I really be paying > >> for a > >> new DVR when my old DVR is only 2 years old? > > I think the resounding answer will be yes, you're getting ripped > > off, but unfortunately, what can you do. W

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

On 5/22/07, Richard Soule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My 11 year old TV crapped out yesterday so I ended up picking up a 50" > 1080p Plasma (Panasonic TH50PZ700U). > Wow! HDTV is really good. Blu-ray through the PS3 is pretty amazing. The > BBC version of Planet Earth on Blu-ray is one of the mos

Re: A little Microsoft humor...

On 5/19/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > over-subscribing them). Overall, we consumers who have such > connections have really won out. 10 years ago that 256K connection > cost about $50/month. Today, we have 1Mbps+ connections at about > $50/month! And the people in the area of

Re: A little Microsoft humor...

On 5/18/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Joseph Schelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I read that quickly, but couldn't get to a point. What difference does the > > semantic definition of broadband mean anyway? I get 1Mbps SDSL to my home > > with reliable bandwidth available,

[OT] Re: Private in-house domain

On 5/18/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Thomas Charron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What you're doing could potentially cause headaches up the whazoo. > Is that the correct spelling ? I've always spelled it > 'wazoo'

Re: Private in-house domain

On 5/17/07, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is not a work environment. All of the machines here are used for > testing (demos, samples, lab exercise, etc.). They actually assume the > machines will be messed around with and rebuilt on a regular basis. So why not simply use the ex

Re: Private in-house domain

On 5/17/07, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did this in my own home network environment. But when it's working, I > will be duplicating it on a couple of machines in the training lab. If > someone can think of a better way that this could have been implemented, I'm > always open to sug

Re: Nashua to offer "free" WiFi

On 5/9/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "The Chamber intends to launch this new service in June of 2007" > http://www.nashuachamber.com/Services/wifi.htm > ...no technical details are provided. I wonder if we'll > be able to stream the GNHLUG meetings from Martha's live... ;-

Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

On 4/26/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Look for siblings : 2 in the cpuinfo. If it has the HT flag, but siblings is 1, it answers the question. Think of it as a matrix question. 'Just remember, there is no spoon, err, HT.' As an addendum, the lack of a si

Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

On 4/25/07, Bob King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/25/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right, 'ht' just reports whether the CPU knows it has hyperthreading > or knows it doesn't have hyperthreading. This tripped me up for a > good hour once! > I have a 2.5GHz P4 here without hyp

Re: Enabling the use of system() function in php on RHEL 4

I believe this is the safe_mode setting in the php.ini file. http://us2.php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php On 4/26/07, Dan Coutu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When installing a system for a client I accepted the new default setting for PHP configuration that disable functions system as exec

Re: dual-core vs. HyperThreading

On 4/25/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can definitely confirm that my core 2 quad system has no HT > available to turn on in the bios (but does show ht in the cpuflags, > which aligns with other comments in the thread). I've heard it suggested several times now that features

Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

On 4/25/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: also, the table on page 18 of a good review of the D 805 on Tom's Hardware shows the D 805 has no HT implementation, but comments on the equivalency of dual-core. Find it at:

Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

On 4/25/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering if anyone had heard anything about this? If the cpu really > supports hyperthreading then I might want to invest in a new mobo for that > box. The differences between Dualcore and Hyperthreading are d

Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

On 4/25/07, Bob King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: During the Xen discussion at MerriLUG, it was mentioned that the Xen implementation on FC6 required PAE on the cpu. I knew that my two Linux boxen at home did not support VT, so I checked the processors for the PAE flag. My Xeon system had PAE and

Re: auto-rebuild RAID mirrors

On 4/18/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/17/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm just having trouble with the premise that nobody's tried this > yet, as it doesn't seem all that awful hard and it does seem awful > useful.

Re: auto-rebuild RAID mirrors

On 4/17/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm just having trouble with the premise that nobody's tried this yet, as it doesn't seem all that awful hard and it does seem awful useful. So, usually that means I'm missing something (often obvious) and that it's a Bad Idea. But I haven't

Re: slow last 128MB of RAM in a 2GB system?

On 4/12/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Long story short: I put 2GB in my soho "server" and if I use the last 128MB or RAM or so the machine is murderously slow. If I boot the machine mem=1920M it's just fine. Obvious question, but are you sure there isn't a problem with the phys

Re: Making Debian ignore a drive

On 4/11/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/11/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Call me silly, but isn't IPMI connected to the SCSI backplane? Um... I don't think so. I've certainly never seen it show up on the actual SCSI bus. I th

Re: Making Debian ignore a drive

On 4/11/07, Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 22:18 -0400, Paul Lussier wrote: > IPMI can usually be disabled in the BIOS. If FC5 installs "correctly" > you might want to see how they're figuring it out, or ask on the FC > forums/mailinglists, etc. I don't want

[OT] Vista Upgrade 'promotion'

. You should receive your Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Office Vista software within 4-6 weeks. Regards, The Upgrade Redemption Center From: Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> And these messages are obviously being sent from th

Re: Making Debian ignore a drive

On 4/10/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does the BIOS config screen offer the option of disabling that USB device? It sounds like the motherboard has the ability to boot USB drives and has them emulate an IDE and/or SCSI drive. Chances are, there is a BIOS option to turn off t

Re: SPDIF support

On 4/7/07, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In my book, I'd consider amps in the $500 and up range, speakers in the $300ea per front channel speaker ballpark, etc. to be considerably better than crap-level (but not audiophile -- that's reserved for the multi-thousand dollar amp, $5k per sp

Re: SPDIF support

On 4/6/07, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 12:46:43 Thomas Charron wrote: > On 4/6/07, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 06 April 2007 12:05:39 brk wrote: > That OTA HDTV? In my case, no, not at the moment, but that

Re: SPDIF support

On 4/6/07, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 12:05:39 brk wrote: > For general 2-channel listening it's not worth it, IMO. There's at least one more reason for it. If you're doing spdif, you're probably handing off the raw digital audio stream to a device that has a

Re: I have no words to describe this...

On 4/4/07, Mark Komarinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 04/04/2007 10:24 AM, Paul Lussier wrote: Studio version sounded better than the youtube version, but Weird Al still takes the cake for being able to rap about tech (see White and Nerdy and It's all about the Pentiums). No way. Kill -9.

Re: LinuxMCE install

On 3/30/07, Seth Cohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/What_To_Expect lists exactly what he has equipmentwise and setup to generate the video. Ends with "Hopefully in the next release, which will be for Ubuntu 7.04, the integration within Ubuntu will be improved, the

Re: LinuxMCE install

On 3/29/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Thomas Charron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Shouldn't be. But LinuxMCE pretty much takes control of your entire > install, and changes 'everything' to it's own view of the world. Fwiw, a f

Re: Configuring Linux firewalls and routers for vsftp on a non-standard port

On 3/29/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: # Added 29-Mar-2007 to put vsftpd on a non-standard port listen_port=8021 pasv_address=aa.bbb.cc.dd pasv_max_port=8029 pasv_min_port=8023 I also changed the hardware router to forward ports 8023-8029 to the machine, and IPTables to allow them throu

Re: LinuxMCE install

On 3/28/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, my first reaction to LinuxMCE is it's a great way to spend a day in an idiot proof install, only to have nothing happen. :-) Take II. Since I did the install in a VMWare box, I believe it went screwy trying to change

Re: LinuxMCE install

On 3/28/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After reboot, asked me a few questions about video and sound. > Answered. Just curious.. Does it ask about using a PVR-350 out? That's how my MythTV box is setup, and due to my current hardware and TV setup in the house, requires that. It would

Re: LinuxMCE install

On 3/28/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shouldn't be. But LinuxMCE pretty much takes control of your entire > install, and changes 'everything' to it's own view of the world. Interesting enough, does anybody know what the license is for LinuxMCE. Doing a wiki search on their page fo

Re: LinuxMCE install

On 3/28/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Thomas Charron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's worse, I can't access a console to try to figure out myself > what's going on. Errr, why not? Is there a serial consonle? Did they disable C

LinuxMCE install

Well, my first reaction to LinuxMCE is it's a great way to spend a day in an idiot proof install, only to have nothing happen. :-) Installed stock Ubuntu, and installed the LinuxMCE installer. This added an icon to my desktop to install. Ran install. After reboot, asked me a few questions

Re: List policy

On 3/28/07, Charles G Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This system may not be used to facilitate any activity which is > considered illegal under US or NH law. "facilitate" ? Doesn't advice on effective usage of grep facilitate the usage of grep for illegal purposes? Disclaimer: This qu

Re: off-topic - What happened to the TV series season?

QQ 200*8*? On 3/26/07, Jeff Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just watched Battlestar Galactica, which turned out to be the last one for the season. The next one won't be till 200 8. Ugh! The networks are giving me less and less reason to watch this stuff when it's aired (or in my case, w

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

On 3/26/07, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/25/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/25/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is, someone needs to stand up and say 'this ain't > > right'. > This he

Re: Capturing component video (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

On 3/25/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/25/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just thought of something. Are there any HD video capture cards > which can take composite inputs? You mean component video input (three cables, typically colore

Re: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center

On 3/25/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a feeling that much of the stream decryption > will happen in Windows. A, "Winmodems", I almost forgot about them! Some nightmares we can just never erase from our minds. > > Then Microsoft started "producing" Microsoft mi

Re: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center

On 3/25/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Analog is the word there. :-) I was referring to HD TV via > DirecTV. And unfortionatly, the only solution which is coming out for > this is lead by Microsoft in a Microsoft/DirecTV partnership. Many years ago I told a friend of mine

Re: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center

On 3/25/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 01:26 -0400, Thomas Charron wrote: > If only that applied to Sat TV such as DirecTV. *pout* I have never had "Sat TV", but it seems to me that if you could get the timing information of

Re: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center

If only that applied to Sat TV such as DirecTV. *pout* On 3/24/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.linuxmce.com Make sure you watch the video, it is a scream. md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.or

Re: Problem build initrd file

On 3/23/07, Don Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thomas Charron wrote: > On 3/22/07, Don Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have a RHEL3 system which boots from scsi disk . >> # grub.conf generated by anaconda >> # >> # Note that you do not have to rer

Re: Problem build initrd file

You're misunderstanding what I'm asking. Is the initrd that works IN the root of the drive, in /, or is it in /boot? On 3/23/07, Don Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thomas Charron wrote: > > But is that where the files are physically located? in / vs /boot? &

Re: "New Login in a nested Window" and a month of aggravation...

On 3/22/07, Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay, this one has finally beaten me... any thoughts? And no, Tom, i will not switch to KDE ;-) You need to switch to kd. Oh... GDI! -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss

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