2008/10/14 Richard Danter [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
2008/10/13 Rob Malpass [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Forgive the ignorance - I'm a bit tired (young child teething these last few
nights). Trying to work out whether I did install a 64 bit kernel on a box
I've not played with in months. I've done uname -a
2008/12/2 Lisi [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I am thinking of getting my husband one of these (1) for Christmas and would
welcome all comments, both as to whether it would play nicely with Linux (I
gather that it runs on Linux, but that is clearly not the same thing), and as
to how good it is.
Would
Hi,
I have a MS USB keyboard, that when used with Linux gets all the
UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT etc keys wrong.
For example, Pressing UP causes it to Print screen
I have found out how to correct this.
xmodmap -e keycode 98 = Up
xmodmap -e keycode 104 = Down
xmodmap -e keycode 102 = Right
xmodmap
Hi,
I would like to get a list of all the filenames on a remote ftp server.
I tried wget, but this does not seem to have a more to only get
listing files, and not the actual data.
Can anyone help?
Kind Regards
James
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2008/12/29 Mark Johnson m...@barrenfrozenwasteland.com:
I'm having trouble reading audio CDs (both pressed and burned) with my optical
drive. It reads data CDs and all types of DVDs fine, but when I insert an
audio
CD, nothing happens. This appears in dmesg:
[12659.538392] Buffer I/O error
Hi,
I have been asked to apply to a Linux box the same password policy as
they are currently using on Windows.
I have been through the long list of various requirements. Linux can
do most of them but I do not know how to do the following in Linux:
All the following need to be on a per user basis,
2009/1/23 John Wesley bluemo...@gmail.com:
pam_tally for the unlock time =
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/sag-pam_tally.html
pam_password for the reuse time =
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-linux-prevent-the-reuse-of-old-passwords.html
jonh
Great, thanks.
2009/1/26 Andy Smith a...@lug.org.uk:
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:52:52AM +, Russell Gadd wrote:
I've had good experience with Steve Gibson's Spinrite. There's a ton of
testimonials here
http://www.grc.com/sr/testimonials.htm
This guy is one of the best, I would trust everything he
Hi,
I have a problem that I was hoping someone could help me with.
Example setup.
Windows Client PCs.
Linux Server.
Is it possible to get the windows client PCs to authenticate logins,
so the the Linux server holds the usernames/passwords etc. and the
Windows Client authenticates the start up
2009/2/16 Rob Malpass l...@getiton.myzen.co.uk:
Hi all
Anybody know anything about video senders? I want to watch my Sky+ box in
the study and I'm not prepared to pay for the multiroom package. I have a
40 quid video sender but that's never worked at all well - apparently
cordless
2009/2/24 Alan Pope a...@popey.com:
That said I have it running on my daily use laptop.
Which CD did you try to install from? An alpha or a daily image? Or
did you try an in place upgrade?
Cheers,
Al.
I did an in place upgrade. I wanted the ext4 feature for a new HD I was adding.
2009/3/10 Damian Brasher l...@interlinux.co.uk:
Damian Brasher wrote:
]#nc -l -p 9000 | dd of=/dev/sd$ (replace /dev/sd$ with the drive on your
machine, i.e. sda)
You may not need to use the -p switch, i.e. ]#nc -l 9000|dd of=img
Although I did not specify in the email.
The only options
2009/4/4 Victor Churchill victorchurch...@gmail.com:
Hi, this is a freshly downloaded x86_64 installation of Ubuntu Server 8.04LTS.
q...@pe2950:~$ uname -a
Linux pe2950 2.6.24-23-server #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 01:36:05 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux
Running on a Dell pe2950 (imaginative host naming,
2009/4/13 Lisi hants...@googlemail.com:
I have looked at the thread last year about which router people recommended,
but would be grateful if people felt able to comment on these - or add any
others that I ought to have included. I would be grateful for both
favourable and unfavourable
2009/4/15 B STEVENS b.stevens...@btinternet.com:
hi all
can anyone recommend a modern linux distrubution to install on the above
mentioned laptop? i've tried slax, redhat and knoppix to no avail and ended
up using mandriva 8.1, which installs but won't recognise my network cards.
regards
2009/4/29 Alan Pope a...@popey.com:
We have a job come up that I thought I'd post to the list.
Title: Audio content distribution agent
Location: Work from home
Terms: Regular work with considerable holidays
Note: Home or work internet connection required
Rate: Negotiable
The role
Hi,
Is there any file system that does de-dupe?
I.e. I want to have the same pic in 10 different directories, but if I
edit one, I don't want all the other 9 to be changed.
James
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2009/5/10 Paul Stimpson p...@stimpsonfamily.co.uk:
Hi,
I'm just about to try installing a virtualised server system (Linux host with
multiple Windows XP guests). The reason for the change is that we currently
have 10 windows desktops racked and we would like to consolidate them as they
2009/5/9 Damian Brasher l...@interlinux.co.uk:
I am writing subroutine to generate a Linux compatible password for the
command useradd executed from within a Perl script, where useradd can be
supplied a compatible encrytped password as with crypt(3) generated
passwords. I need something like
2009/6/7 Hugo Mills h...@carfax.org.uk:
If you were writing a function with a fast path and a slow path,
which style would you use to write the function?
Style A:
if can_use_fast_path:
return fast path result
# do slow stuff
return slow path result
Style B:
result = fast
2009/6/6 Chris. Aubrey-Smith cas...@gmail.com:
I haven't used W*nd*ws for years, but I'm obliged to set up a machine for a
friend who steadfastly refuses to use anything else.
I have taken the precaution, from time to time, of backing up files from her
Dell notebook (XP Home Edition) to a USB
2009/6/15 Roger Munford rogermunf...@parussoftware.co.uk:
I have a PC (6 months old) which dual boots windows XP with Ubuntu which
is used by the family. My son switched off the power before Windows shut
down and it doesn't boot anymore. Ubuntu is unaffected and so I don't
believe that any
Hi,
I tried downloading and installing Chrome on a Windows XP machine from
within firefox.
The interesting point is that it seems to bypass the save to folder
X and the run are you sure dialog boxes that firefox normally
produces. So, simply clicking on the google web site to download
Chrome also
2009/6/18 Vic l...@beer.org.uk:
You can get DIY circular saws with built in soft start [1] but not stand
alone starters for older tools. After lining up the saw guide on the
workpiece I want to slot the saw into the guide, then switch on without
it jolting out of alignment. It might be time
2009/6/19 Rob Malpass l...@getiton.myzen.co.uk:
I think I heard somewhere that the radio signals that come over Freeview
(DVB is it) are of higher quality (bit rate) than DAB and with DVB mobile
devices becoming move prevalent (saw it on the Gadget show IIRC) I suspect
someone will bring out
2009/6/17 trotter m.nutt...@ukonline.co.uk:
Its 50p on each landline
so you can guess what happens next ..we all switch to mobile only to
avoid it!
I don't really understand the reason why everyone has to have a 2Mbps
internet connection.
It is really not necessary and I cannot see
2009/6/24 James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com:
From reading the DAB standards, European Standard 201 980, it seems
quite clear that the audio quality of DAB, or DAB+ for that matter is
worse than the old FM.
It uses 12kHz or 24kHz sampling when we are all used to 44.1kHz CDs
2009/6/23 trotter m.nutt...@ukonline.co.uk:
Feedback has continually ignored the fact that
there's a problem with DAB's sound quality over
the last few years, either because they don't
realise that the poor audio quality is an
entirely separate issue to that of having poor
reception quality, or
2009/6/24 The Holy ettlz theholyet...@googlemail.com:
On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 12:36 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
From reading the DAB standards, European Standard 201 980, it seems
quite clear that the audio quality of DAB, or DAB+ for that matter is
worse than the old FM.
It uses 12kHz
2009/6/30 Steve Kemp st...@steve.org.uk:
On Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 17:34:48 +0100, Stephen Rowles wrote:
I'm wondering if it might be a faulty PSU?
I think its a tie between PSU and overheating.
It behaves the same regardless of which kernel I select so I don't think
it is related to any
2009/7/1 john lewis johnle...@hantslug.org.uk:
Hi Alan
regrettably I still got an error when I tried booting the 2.6.30
kernel this morning
failed to load image advansys/mcode.bin err-2
Bit of a shame that the kernel does not output the full path in that message!
I seem to remember that
2009/7/10 Lisi hants...@googlemail.com:
My new toy has just arrived and I have been unpacking it and trying it out.
I have told it to its satisfaction what language and keyboard I want, and it
is asking me to choose a password between 6 and 12 characters long. I have
chosen a password of 11
Hi,
Take an example of a SSD
Manufacturer quotes:
OCZ-120GB-Solid-State-Drive: MTBF 1.5 million hours.
To me that means and MTBF of 171 years abouts.
So, why do OCZ only guarantee it for 2 years?
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Hi,
Is there any way to access hotmail using the MS deltasync protocol in Linux?
Kind Regards
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2009/7/18 Andy Smith a...@strugglers.net:
Hi James,
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:44:49PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
Take an example of a SSD
Manufacturer quotes:
OCZ-120GB-Solid-State-Drive: MTBF 1.5 million hours.
To me that means and MTBF of 171 years abouts.
So, why do OCZ only
2009/7/19 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk:
2009/7/19 James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com:
To get a MTBF figure:
Approx MTBF = ( Number of Devices tested * Test time ) / Number of failures.
As ever, that is not always the case. I used to work for an aerospace
company
2009/7/19 James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com:
2009/7/19 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk:
2009/7/19 James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com:
To get a MTBF figure:
Approx MTBF = ( Number of Devices tested * Test time ) / Number of failures.
As ever, that is not always
2009/7/20 Stephen Rowles step...@rowles.org.uk:
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
I think people don't seem to realize that HDs have very low resistance
to shock while switched on, and this is the main cause of HD failures.
Most (all?) modern HDDs have a whole raft of sensors and store life time
2009/7/24 Adam Sweet a...@adamsweet.org:
Richard Danter wrote:
Hi all,
I have an old Compaq laptop with a built-in W200 network card. It
seems this is not supported by Linux any longer and though it is
possible to get the old driver to work with newer kernels it supports
only WEP.
So I
2009/7/27 James Ashburner hants...@servertude.co.uk:
Alan Pope wrote:
2009/7/27 Paul Stimpson p...@stimpsonfamily.co.uk:
I'm pretty sure I've got a spare Intel IPW2200 mini-PCI card if it fits and
the BIOS in the machine will recognise it.
A friend of mine has an HP laptop which had a
Hi,
All I wish to run is a DNS bind server and an Apache J2EE application server.
What real benefits will a virtual machine have over a chroot environment.
I am on the side that says that chroot should be good enough.
chroot makes much more effective use of filespace between multiple
chroot
2009/7/28 Hugo Mills h...@carfax.org.uk:
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:56:52AM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
All I wish to run is a DNS bind server and an Apache J2EE application server.
What real benefits will a virtual machine have over a chroot environment.
I am on the side that says
2009/7/28 Tony Whitmore t...@tonywhitmore.co.uk:
Another idea
crossover cable.
start up snoop on the PC's interface
switch on camera
see if any traffic is logged.
It looks as if the cameras start OK (green light!) with the cable unplugged
and then go to a fault status within a minute of
Hi,
An interesting story. More to highlight the un-expected result of
getting a tiscali phone and broadband bundle. Useful to know if one
wishes to be kept ex-directory.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/30/tiscali_directory/page2.html
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2009/7/30 Stephen Davies stephen.dav...@ultraconsulting.co.uk:
If the software being used is Gallery V1 then it can be upgraded to V2.
AFAIK, V1 is not being actively developed any more
I used Gallery 2 when constructing the Aldershot Farnham Camera Club
site. I was able to customize the
2009/8/4 Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com:
Hello folks
Can anyone recommend a supplier and/or installer of armoured ethernet cable?
My client (www.lotusflowertrust.org) needs a network connection to their
outside office about 30m from the main house.
cheers
Chris
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2009/8/7 Stephen Davies stephen.dav...@ultraconsulting.co.uk:
There is an interesting article on infoworld
http://infoworld.com/t/software-licensing/watch-out-developers-here-come-lawyers-436
about proposals to make developers liable for damages if they are caught
shipping software with bugs
2009/8/8 Stephen Davies stephen.dav...@ultraconsulting.co.uk:
James,
You make some good points however having the known bugs listed in Bugzilla
is IMHO not going to be enough. In this increasingly ligitious age, I think
it is imperative for everyone involved in FOSS to have some form of
Hi,
I have a problem with using Citrix Xen.
The user opens firefox and selects the citrix server to link to.
This gives the user a web based login prompt for username, password, domain.
Once entered, the user then sees their Windows XP desktop. The Citrix
is in passthrough mode, so the user does
2009/8/13 Paul Stimpson p...@stimpsonfamily.co.uk:
Hi,
One of my customers runs Metaframe and had a similar problem. It was great
fun. All you had to do was visit the studio after a show and you'd find
reconnect prompts on 80% of the terminals. I once found the Executive
Producer's login
Hi,
I wish to test QoS.
If I have two traffic streams, one low priority and one high priority,
the packets should be re-ordered so that high priority ones get
through first.
Is there any Linux tool that could detect this re-ordering of packets.
I wish to verify that high priority packets are
2009/8/16 Alan Pope a...@popey.com:
2009/8/16 James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com:
Is there any Linux tool that could detect this re-ordering of packets.
I wish to verify that high priority packets are jumping the queue.
tcpdump? :)
Hehe, I wish to automate the test, and my eyes
2009/9/16 Chris Simmonds ch...@2net.co.uk:
Hugo Mills wrote:
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 02:13:45PM +0100, Chris Simmonds wrote:
Hi and thanks to everyone who replied. I'm busy researching some
possibilities at the moment. However, just to clarify, the issue is high
availability among the 50 or
2009/9/17 Graeme Hilton graeme.hil...@fishter.org.uk:
Hi,
This is one for the kernel hackers amongst you.
I've got a system [1] on which I have installed CentOS 5.2.
Everything I need to use works out of the box with kernel 2.6.18-92.
However, I've recently been asked to add the ability to
2009/9/25 Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com:
One question, somewhat off-topic: how well do these high-tech phones
manage with accessing the internet over GPRS rather than 3G? Vodafone's
3G coverage is pretty much absent out here in the frontier-land of the
Hampshire/Dorset border: will
2009/9/26 Damian Brasher l...@interlinux.co.uk:
The Google security team announcement on the 13th September will have had a
negative impact on Open Source communities, like any accident does, but it
seems that lessons ought to be learnt.
A simple model could be:
1) Security vulnerability
2009/9/29 Stephen Pelc step...@mpeforth.com:
Thank you for answering a question I didn't ask! The current
version of vfxlin has changed! The question is how do I
determine if a program is running in a terminal session or is
detached in some way, e.g. by using at the end of the command
line?
Hi,
Does anyone know of any Linux tools to test TCP/IP networks.
If I have a redundant network, and I pull a cable, I wish to test the
time it takes to automatically fail over and network traffic resumes.
I wish to take these measurements on a per direction basis. I.e.
traffic might resume in one
2009/9/30 Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk:
Hi Al,
You might want to consider an old-fashioned letter (with envelopes and
stamps and everything!) to the head honcho at Dell first, detailing your
position in the world of Ubuntu* and the implications such poor service
has with regards to
Hi,
Are there any mail thread readers out there that do processing on the emails.
What I would like is some tool that takes all the email in, works out
if someone is top or bottom posting, merges them all together into a
single easy to follow document.
I.e. removes all the duplicated stuff,
2009/10/5 Vic l...@beer.org.uk:
Hi All.
I've upgraded my Kubuntu laptop. I was running 8.10 successfully. I
upgraded to 9.04, but that crashed hard every few minutes, so I've now
upgraded again to 9.10.
It's taken me most of the day to sort out the .deb hell that
update-manager left for
2009/10/28 Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com:
Hello folks
Does anyone have experience of recovering data from a 'dead' USB stick
-- i.e. one that is silently ignored by every computer it's been tried on?
Try this site:
http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/288.html
One possible problem is
Hi,
On facebook one can highlight an area of a picture and add a tag to
it. I.e. Highlight a persons head and add their name.
Is there any open source tool that could do this to my pictures on my hard disk.
I am looking for a tool that would have a file, e.g. picture.jpg and
creates a file
2009/11/6 Nick Chalk n...@linuxetc.co.uk:
One for the network gurus.
I have a Linux device that's monitoring two SIP
servers. The health check method is to connect to
port 5060/udp on each server, issue an OPTIONS
command, then listen for a successful response.
These health checks always
2009/11/16 Rob Malpass l...@getiton.myzen.co.uk:
Hi all
I need some advice on video editing software for Linux. Can anybody
recommend a good package? I think I've spoken before on this list about a
huge library of VHS I'm getting digitised. Thankfully I've now managed to
find a working
2009/11/16 Hugo Mills h...@carfax.org.uk:
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 04:27:33PM +, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
2009/11/16 Rob Malpass l...@getiton.myzen.co.uk:
I need some advice on video editing software for Linux. Can anybody
recommend a good package? I think I've spoken before
2009/12/13 Andy Smith a...@strugglers.net:
Hi Dee,
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 06:22:06PM +, Dee Earley wrote:
And after all my faffing before hand to sort out my keys, i forgot to
get them signed :)
Ah well, I'm trying to make more time for things like LUG meetings
so I should be able to
2009/12/30 Rob Malpass l...@getiton.myzen.co.uk:
Hi all
Season's greetings.
Can anyone help fill (one of many) gaps in my networking knowhow?
I got a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo for Christmas and performance has been really
slow. It seems the MTU is the culprit. Two problems:
1) Should the
2010/1/2 Rob Malpass l...@getiton.myzen.co.uk:
You do not make it clear what devices are on the network and how are
they connected together. Is a network switch involved or not etc.
There are no switches involved and all of the hubs are quite old. The
connection goes
from NAS to hub a then
2010/1/3 Rob Malpass l...@getiton.myzen.co.uk:
- Original Message -
From: James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com
To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] NAS devices and MTU
Do you know
2010/1/14 Stephen Pelc step...@mpeforth.com:
rant
Linux is getting more like Windows. A development box was
upgraded from Kubuntu 9.04 to 9.10, and now our rpm packaging
scripts are broken.
Packaging under Linux is a complete shambles. We haven't
had packaging issues for Windows software
2010/1/15 Stephen Pelc step...@mpeforth.com:
Our users don't want to have to edit repository lists. They want
download, install, run. We try to provide what real users want.
Sysadmins are not real users.
It is not an admin task. You just put the download url in a different
place. In the
2010/1/17 Stephen Pelc step...@mpeforth.com:
I would have said that I don't have the skill set for this - I'm
not, and don't want to be, a Linux kernel guru. However, I have
talked to a number of people who produce proprietary Linux apps
in niche markeys, and they all agree that packaging is
On 22 January 2010 17:08, Tony Whitmore t...@tonywhitmore.co.uk wrote:
We have a Windows 2003 Server running as a DHCP server at work. (I know, I
know!) The network is divided into two VLANs, with a frame switch
configured to act as a DHCP relay between the two VLANs. Consequently
requests
On 2 February 2010 22:31, Lisi hants...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Tuesday 02 February 2010 20:41:11 Clive Woodfine wrote:
On 2 February 2010 17:01, Lisi hants...@googlemail.com wrote:
This has suddenly become urgent, so I am asking for help at an earlier
stage than I intended. :-( And you
Hi,
After the power supply to my house destroying the PSUs of my computers
three times now, I would like to get a UPS.
Does anyone have a UPS (Uninterruptible Power supply) that is surplus
to their requirements?
Kind Regards
James
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On 7 February 2010 21:05, Stephen Rowles step...@rowles.org.uk wrote:
Yeah, I know there are only 4 resets available.. but seeing as I was
unable to watch the dvd at all, and I only own region 2 dvd's, it seemed
like a good idea to me :).
Try to find RPC1 firmware for your DVD-ROM. This will
On 16 February 2010 22:31, Charlie de Courcy charles.de-cou...@sun.com wrote:
I'm going round in circles and banging my head against a brick wall so
it's time to call in the experts :)
To set the scene I'm running Fedora 12 with 2.6.31.5-127
I've bought a shiny new samsung laptop. Problem is
Hi,
I am trying to recover a friends laptop hard disk.
It is a windows machine.
I have booted from a Linux CD and recovered all the files the user
wanted me to. Basically all their photos.
The laptop is a windows Vista laptop. It does not boot and using
smartctl I can see that is it about to
On 31 March 2010 00:15, Isaac Close isaaccl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hello,
Sometimes I am confronted with a computer that refuses to install or run
windows without crashing badly at every attempt, yet the machine will happily
run linux without problems.
Which version of windows are you
On 31 March 2010 17:53, trotter m.nutt...@ukonline.co.uk wrote:
At 10:11 31/03/2010, you wrote:
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:17:41AM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
The laptop has the Vista license key on the bottom, so I am figuring
that if I can obtain some install media, I could still
On 31 March 2010 17:56, trotter m.nutt...@ukonline.co.uk wrote:
At 09:21 31/03/2010, you wrote:
On 31 March 2010 00:15, Isaac Close isaaccl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hello,
Sometimes I am confronted with a computer that refuses to install
or run windows without crashing badly at every attempt,
Hi,
I don't know if this is of interest to anyone here but...
I have managed to put a smart card reader and the DVB card on a Linux
box and if I insert my Sky TV smart card, I can view all the channels
I have subscribed to!!!
What is even better is that the smart card reader software is open
On 11 April 2010 22:22, Roger Munford rogermunf...@parussoftware.co.uk wrote:
Will have to learn from scratch but I hope to be able to quickly produce
a simple 2D plan of my roof showing position of rafters, rooflights etc.
I found sweet home 3d useful when doing my house.
On 14 April 2010 11:11, Roger Munford rogermunf...@parussoftware.co.uk wrote:
John, you will be pleased to know that the command line is there and you
do use it a lot when entering exact measurements. If you need an
interesting project to get stuck into, think about putting solar PV
panels on
On 16 April 2010 12:06, Roger Munford rogermunf...@parussoftware.co.uk wrote:
When I eventually get my PV panels, I want to do some serious domestic
monitoring of energy in and out to see for myself whether this is a
viable contribution to the climate problem. This would probably be based
on
On 23 April 2010 16:32, Benjamin Ashton benashtonlakel...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hmmm
I'm afraid my love affair with Linux is beginning to wane.
After finding that the spellcheck in OpenOffice was failing to work (despite
Hunspell being apparently installed), and that the OoHelp was giving
On 4 May 2010 13:08, Victor Churchill victorchurch...@gmail.com wrote:
I did have to jump through a couple of hoops (*) just recently running
an AMD-64 system, when installing mysql-server(+) which seems to only
come in 32-bit form, and grumbled about some missing libraries. Other
than that
On 5 May 2010 13:04, john lewis johnle...@hantslug.org.uk wrote:
I don't understand the DNS system at all other than a need to put some
nameservers into /etc/resolv.conf (or equivalent) and didn't realise
until this problem came up that startx.co.uk needed the *.myth.co.uk
servers
The DNS
On 18 May 2010 23:20, trotter m.nutt...@ukonline.co.uk wrote:
In the desktop arena with 3.5 the experience of my last 2 drives would
bare out your thinking. The western digital blue 640GB has 2 error sectors
reallocated as soon as i installed it. The 1.5TB Seagate has had 3 sectors
go bad
On 19 May 2010 11:14, Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote:
I would like it if Linux would at least tell me which files got hit by
the reallocation.
It probably can't tell.
Reallocation happens by way of the drive controller; the main OS is not
involved, nor even informed unless it specifically
On 19 May 2010 11:46, Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote:
reallocations appear in the Linux syslog
Really? I've only ever seen summary information from smartmontools there.
I've also been unable to find anything in Google to support the idea that
actual reallocation map data goes into syslog;
On 19 May 2010 12:03, James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 May 2010 11:46, Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote:
reallocations appear in the Linux syslog
Really? I've only ever seen summary information from smartmontools there.
I've also been unable to find anything in Google
On 19 May 2010 12:22, Hugo Mills h...@carfax.org.uk wrote:
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:58:14AM +0100, Vic wrote:
Yes, if data is actually unrecoverable (as happened in my notebook's
hard disc: 3 bad sectors at the time of replacement, lost a video) the
drive will kick up a fuss-load of ATA
On 19 May 2010 12:45, Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote:
In the event of an ECC failure, the sector will not be reallocated - it is
already failed.
This is the crux of the difference between your and my point of view.
You say the sector will not be reallocated.
I say it will and I believe Hugo also
On 23 May 2010 01:36, trotter m.nutt...@ukonline.co.uk wrote:
At 23:22 22/05/2010, you wrote:
At 11:18 22/05/2010, you wrote:
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote:
Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer.
Essentially I've lost about half the
On 24 May 2010 18:08, Jacqui Caren-home jacqui.ca...@ntlworld.com wrote:
NOte sure if skype can use a bluetooth heandfree indended for a mobile
but if so then all you need is a bluetooth dongle such as this
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Networking-Wired/Bluetooth/Novatech/M688.html
Hi,
In Linux, I would like to be able to mount a partition and then
install software into that partition.
The problem is that I do not wish to run any of the executables in the
partion so chroot is not an option.
I.e.
aptitude install firefox --destination_root=/mnt/sdc1
So, this should update
Hi,
I am looking for a STB that I can install Linux onto.
I need:
1) Net boot.
2) Wake on USB (for the remote control. I want the STB to be in a
cupboard, with just the remote control eye outside, so a USB attached
remote sensor.)
3) HDMI output
4) Able to decode MPEG4.
5) Fanless
6) Small, so
On 8 July 2010 22:10, John Cooper l...@discoverlinux.co.uk wrote:
My normal backup routine is to tar up my home directory files daily and
then every month or so do a full disc clone using DD
dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=32M
This has worked for years but now fails to copy all files on Fedora
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