[Hampshire] Compiling Fortran code in 32-bit and 64-bit on the same machine

2014-01-21 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi, I seem to have run into an issue with some Fortran code that I'm compiling where the results are different (quite significantly so) on different computers. I'm trying to narrow down why the results are different, and one difference between the executables that I'm running on these

Re: [Hampshire] Compiling Fortran code in 32-bit and 64-bit on the same machine

2014-01-21 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi Alex, Thanks - that plus installing gcc-multilib (apt-get install gcc-multilib) made it all work for me. Cheers, Robin On 21 Jan 2014, at 13:23, Alex Dicks a...@dixie.me.uk wrote: On 21/01/14 12:59, Robin Wilson wrote: I really don't want to screw up my GCC install, but is there a way

Re: [Hampshire] 'Killed' response when running program from command-line

2014-01-17 Thread Robin Wilson
On 17 Jan 2014, at 08:56, Bob Dunlop bob.dun...@xyzzy.org.uk wrote: I wonder what valgrind tells you. valgrind command will run the command and give you a summary of dynamic memory allocated and freed. Also worth running size command as I've seen Fortan programs with huge static memory

[Hampshire] 'Killed' response when running program from command-line

2014-01-16 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi, I've just got access to a new cloud server, and am trying to setup various things on it for my work. One of these is a legacy Fortran program that I have compiled, and am trying to run. However, whenever I run it I get the output: robintw@test:~/Py6S/6S/6SV1.1$ ./sixsV1.1 Killed

Re: [Hampshire] 'Killed' response when running program from command-line

2014-01-16 Thread Robin Wilson
that it has killed something? I find the fact that I can't find anything in the logs anywhere very suspicious. Cheers, Robin On 16 Jan 2014, at 20:15, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 16 January 2014 19:30, Robin Wilson ro...@rtwilson.com wrote: robintw@test:~/Py6S/6S/6SV1.1$ ./sixsV1.1 Killed

Re: [Hampshire] 'Killed' response when running program from command-line

2014-01-16 Thread Robin Wilson
I don't have chance to do anything like that - is there something I can run the program with that will tell me the total memory usage once the program has exited? Cheers, Robin On 16 Jan 2014, at 20:19, Robin Wilson ro...@rtwilson.com wrote: Thanks Al. That gives: execve(./sixsV1.1

Re: [Hampshire] Python sorting

2012-09-01 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi Leo, You can do this fairly easily using the 'key' keyword argument for the 'sorted' function. Sorting a normal list can be done easily as: s = sorted(test) But if you want to tell it how to generate the value to sort on, you can use the key keyword, for example: s = sorted(test,

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Old HP Printers offered

2012-03-11 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi Peter, I would be very interested in either of these - though particularly the colour laser jet. Are they still available? I am a student at the university and find I need to do a lot of printing at home! Where are you located? I could pick up this afternoon if you wanted to get rid of

[Hampshire] Error with apt-get upgrade on Debian

2011-11-06 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi, I have been trying to upgrade packages on my Debian installation using apt-get upgrade. When I ran that the first time it downloaded all of the packages and installed a number of them, before crashing saying that dpkg returned an error code (1). Whenever I try and run apt-get upgrade again

Re: [Hampshire] Error with apt-get upgrade on Debian

2011-11-06 Thread Robin Wilson
and it seems to be fine. Not sure why it happened - but thanks for the help, Robin On 6 Nov 2011, at 14:36, Simon Huggins wrote: On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 02:14:43PM +, Robin Wilson wrote: I have been trying to upgrade packages on my Debian installation using apt-get upgrade. When I ran

[Hampshire] Ctrl-Alt-F* doesn't work - what to check?

2011-11-06 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi all, Sorry for the number of messages today - I'm finally trying to get round to sorting out my server. I'm sure last time I used the server I could get to a text-console by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F* - F1, F2 etc, and then back to the GUI by using Ctrl-Alt-F7. However, I can't seem to do that

Re: [Hampshire] Ctrl-Alt-F* doesn't work - what to check?

2011-11-06 Thread Robin Wilson
On 6 Nov 2011, at 15:39, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 15:22:48 +, ro...@rtwilson.com said: I'm finally trying to get round to sorting out my server. What's it running? Debian 6.0.3 I'm sure last time I used the server I could get to a text-console by pressing

Re: [Hampshire] Analytics packages

2011-10-30 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi Rob, I'd recommend going for R. Yes, it's fairly complicated, but it is incredibly powerful and very good at dealing with large datasets. Depending on your needs, RStudio (http://rstudio.org/) may be useful as an Integrated Development Environment for R - very lightweight, but helps a lot.

[Hampshire] Sharing printers with OS X from CUPS

2011-05-18 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi all, Is there anyone on this list with particular experience in sharing printers from CUPS, particularly with OS X machines but also to Windows clients? I'm trying to set up printer sharing on my home server, and it isn't going very well. I've got printing working fine on the server itself,

[Hampshire] HERE files and output redirection

2011-05-16 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi all, I have the following code in a batch script: mpirun -np 6 ./laplace END 100 100 100 0.01 100 3 2 1 END | tail -n 1 output What I want it to do is to use the HERE file as input to the mpirun command, and then pipe the output of the mpirun command to the tail command. However, I think

Re: [Hampshire] Setting up ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 in Debian

2011-05-06 Thread Robin Wilson
Hiya, Thanks for the ideas you sent. I tried running modprobe fglrx and got an error saying that module couldn't be found. I googled this error and found this site: http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-install-ati-fglrx-driver-in-debian.html I've tried following the instructions there to take the

Re: [Hampshire] Setting up ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 in Debian

2011-05-06 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi all, It turns out that build-essentials doesn't bring in debhelper, but installing it by itself fixed that error. The only problem is that now I have another error: Generating package: Debian/unstable cp: cannot stat `/root/Downloads/fglrx-install.r1t4YG/x710_64a/*': No such file or

Re: [Hampshire] Setting up ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 in Debian

2011-05-06 Thread Robin Wilson
, but I've got things working now - so I'm pleased. Cheers, Robin On 6 May 2011, at 22:54, Robin Wilson wrote: Hi all, It turns out that build-essentials doesn't bring in debhelper, but installing it by itself fixed that error. The only problem is that now I have another error

[Hampshire] Setting up ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 in Debian

2011-05-05 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi all, It's a long time since I've done significant hardware setting up in Linux, and I'm a bit stuck with dealing with this problem. I've got a computer which I've installed the latest version of Debian on. It didn't automatically configure proper video drivers for me - video playback was

[Hampshire] How to make linux server accessible via hostname on home LAN

2011-03-19 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi everyone, Thanks to the useful replies I got from this mailing list about setting up a home server, I now have a nice new server that I've been configuring today :-) Everything is going really well, I just have one question. I have a home network running from an off-the-shelf broadband

[Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home

2011-03-11 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi all, I've recently moved into a flat and am starting to get my computer setup there sorted. I'd like to set up a low-power server, running in a cupboard somewhere (the equivalent of 'under the stairs' in my one-floor flat). The main purpose of this server will be to store files (both for

Re: [Hampshire] [sort-of-OT] Advice for (geeky) broadband provider

2011-01-12 Thread Robin Wilson
suggestions? Doesn't necessarily have to be a hugely geeky supplier, but just one that is reliable, and preferably unlimited downloads. Cheers, Robin On 12 Jan 2011, at 09:00, Bob Dunlop wrote: On Tue, Jan 11 at 08:55, Robin Wilson wrote: ... I guess the key criteria for me are unlimited downloads

[Hampshire] [sort-of-OT] Advice for (geeky) broadband provider

2011-01-11 Thread Robin Wilson
Hi all, I will be moving to a new flat in Southampton fairly soon and will need to set up broadband. Does anyone have any particular recommendations for good broadband providers? Compatability with Linux is obviously not a problem, as any broadband provided by a router should be fine, but I

Re: [Hampshire] Cable coverage

2011-01-09 Thread Robin Wilson
Alternatively, you can get it free and legally (although subject to some terms and conditions) from the Ordnance Survey OpenData initiative. See Code Point Open on this page: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html Robin On 9 Jan 2011, at 10:37, Benjie Gillam wrote:

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Wireless Access Point

2010-11-07 Thread Robin Wilson
Famous last words, eh? I would suggest that he very carefully examines his university's IT policy. I know that the University of Southampton policy expressly forbids connecting hubs or wireless access points to ethernet sockets in halls of residence. A friend of mine at Southampton had his

Re: [Hampshire] banks and home use of card readers

2009-01-09 Thread Robin Wilson
Hugo Mills wrote: As far as I know, they're stand-alone units. Hugo. Yes I can confirm this. I have one for my Natwest account and they are completely standalone units. They look a little like a calculator, and you just put your card in it and it displays various numbers which you

Re: [Hampshire] Problems changing boot order in Ubuntu

2009-01-05 Thread Robin Wilson
for the help everyone, Robin James Ogden wrote: 2009/1/5 Robin Wilson r.t.wil...@rmplc.co.uk mailto:r.t.wil...@rmplc.co.uk I'm editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. The contents of that file is as below. I've posted the whole file as there is a large commented section called