Re: What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 25Dec2019 00:22, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2019-12-25 at 08:51 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: Histbackup is here: https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/src/tip/bin/histbackup There are plenty of other similar tools. I use rsnapshot, which seems quite similar. Any thoughts o

Re: What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Tim via users
On Wed, 2019-12-25 at 08:51 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > if you have multiple external drives (eg multiple backup drives > for space reasons, or both the 1 and 2 copies plugged in at once) I > recommend doing the backups in series, not in parallel; I've a little > 4 port USB4 hub and have had

Re: windows 10 virtual machine sound?

2019-12-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2019-12-25 09:25, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 09:18:32 +0800 > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> A trivial workaround that I always use is that I start Windows 10 from the >> Virt-Manager, wait a bit, >> then open the display.  I've done this to avoid the frustration of trying to >> fix this

Re: windows 10 virtual machine sound?

2019-12-24 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 09:18:32 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > A trivial workaround that I always use is that I start Windows 10 from the > Virt-Manager, wait a bit, > then open the display.  I've done this to avoid the frustration of trying to > fix this trivial issue.  :-) I just found the sound cont

Re: windows 10 virtual machine sound?

2019-12-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2019-12-25 08:57, Tom Horsley wrote: > This trivial issue has bugged me since I first ran a windows VM: > > When windows starts up and plays the silly startup sound. it > sounds absolutely dreadful like it is being clipped and bursts > of static introduced at random times. > > Is there any way t

windows 10 virtual machine sound?

2019-12-24 Thread Tom Horsley
This trivial issue has bugged me since I first ran a windows VM: When windows starts up and plays the silly startup sound. it sounds absolutely dreadful like it is being clipped and bursts of static introduced at random times. Is there any way to get more reliable audio while windows is busy star

Re: 24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2019-12-25 08:26, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > On 12/24/2019 06:58 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >> On 2019-12-24 18:40, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> What is LC_TYPE?. >> >> Something from my subconscious apparently ... >> >> LC_TIME="C" works and I get 24 hour time after rebooting. >> >> Thank you >> >

Re: 24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 12/24/2019 06:58 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 2019-12-24 18:40, Ed Greshko wrote: What is LC_TYPE?. Something from my subconscious apparently ... LC_TIME="C" works and I get 24 hour time after rebooting. Thank you I'd like to have 24 hour time also but this theme has confused me. If

Re: What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2019-12-25 at 08:51 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > Histbackup is here: > > https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/src/tip/bin/histbackup > > There are plenty of other similar tools. I use rsnapshot, which seems quite similar. Any thoughts on pros/cons versus histbackup? poc __

Re: 24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2019-12-25 08:07, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 12/24/19 3:40 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> OK, why did you not enter the command as I typed it?  It would have avoided >> any issues of what the PID is. >> >> Anyway, the PID is 1652 but your next command is wrong >> >> It should have been >> >> cat

Re: 24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 12/24/19 3:40 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: OK, why did you not enter the command as I typed it?  It would have avoided any issues of what the PID is. Anyway, the PID is 1652 but your next command is wrong It should have been cat /proc1652/environ | grep "LC_TIME=[Cc]" ; echo $? You drop

Re: 24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 12/24/19 3:24 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: [bobg@Workstation-2 ~]$ ps ax  | grep thunderbird    1652 ?    Sl 0:50 /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird    2431 pts/1    S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto thunderbird [bobg@Workstation-2 ~]$ cat /proc/$1652/environ | grep "LC_TIME=[Cc]" ; echo $?

Re: 24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2019-12-24 18:40, Ed Greshko wrote: What is LC_TYPE?. Something from my subconscious apparently ... LC_TIME="C" works and I get 24 hour time after rebooting. Thank you -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, Fedora Linux-31 XFCE ___ users mailing

Re: 24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2019-12-25 07:24, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > On 2019-12-24 17:56, Ed Greshko wrote: >> It sounds as if you're not running with the environment variable LC_TIME=C. >> >> What does the followng LONG command string return? >> >> xx=`pidof thunderbird` ; cat/proc/$xx/environ | grep "LC_TIME=[Cc]" ; echo

Re: 24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2019-12-24 17:56, Ed Greshko wrote: It sounds as if you're not running with the environment variable LC_TIME=C. What does the followng LONG command string return? xx=`pidof thunderbird` ; cat/proc/$xx/environ | grep "LC_TIME=[Cc]" ; echo $? - . Well I do have this which I hope runs afte

Re: 24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2019-12-25 04:22, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On a new fedora 31 installed this week and updated i am unable to get > Thunderbird-68.3.1 to display a message list using 24 hour time. > > The Date and  Time Regional setting can not be changed from US English to und > as expected. I've tried downgradin

Re: What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Javier Perez
Thanks ! On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 16:56 Cameron Simpson wrote: > Oh yes, one more thing. If you do the RAID1 thing: either make a shiny > new RAID1 and copy to it, or practice the transition with test drives. > Do not risk your high value data by trying to "in place RAID1" it. > > Cheers, > Cameron

su vs logut/login (was: character display quality difference)

2019-12-24 Thread Cameron Simpson
between users. [SOLVED] Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <2d98c6ff-5924-9b60-d2d8-2b0899cd6...@comcast.net> On 21Dec2019 10:53, home user wrote: In the testing for this thread, I mostly fully signed off one account and fully logged in to the other rather than using "su".  For renaming and "ls" kinds of

Re: Adding a disk to existing BTRFS

2019-12-24 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 23Dec2019 11:45, Chris Murphy wrote: On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 12:52 AM Javier Perez wrote: Also, before I add a new device, do I have to partition the drive or does btrfs take over all these duties (partitioning, formating) when it adds the device to the filesystem? Partitioning is option

Re: What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Cameron Simpson
Oh yes, one more thing. If you do the RAID1 thing: either make a shiny new RAID1 and copy to it, or practice the transition with test drives. Do not risk your high value data by trying to "in place RAID1" it. Cheers, Cameron Simpson ___ users mailin

Re: What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 24Dec2019 14:47, Javier Perez wrote: I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be doing regular backups but not in the habit. What is better? A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for backup purposes. If case B, should

Re: What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Javier Perez
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 15:29 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2019-12-24 at 14:47 -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > > Hi > > I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be > > doing regular backups but not in the habit. > > > > What is better? > > A. Purchase a second 2TB t

Re: What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 12/24/19 11:47 AM, Javier Perez wrote: I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be doing regular backups but not in the habit. What is better? A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for backup purposes. That depends

After upgrade or fresh install to Fedora 31, long time to login, then grey srceen after login, system unusable

2019-12-24 Thread Mr Brian Domenick
Hi, i have been having problems upgrading or installing Fedora 31 on an HP 360 Spectre Laptop. Description of problem: After an upgrade or fresh install to fc31 I get long delay to X login, then after login I get grey screen. On my original attempt, it started properly once, I was going to F

Re: What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2019-12-24 at 14:47 -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > Hi > I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be > doing regular backups but not in the habit. > > What is better? > A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or > B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for backup

Re: module load failure on boot

2019-12-24 Thread Frank McCormick
On 12/24/19 2:36 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 12/24/19 11:20 AM, Frank McCormick wrote: BTW, systemd-modules-load.service doe not make any mention of directories with lists of kernel modules?? # cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-modules-load.service [...snip...] [Unit] Description=Load Kern

24 hour time again -

2019-12-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On a new fedora 31 installed this week and updated i am unable to get Thunderbird-68.3.1 to display a message list using 24 hour time. The Date and  Time Regional setting can not be changed from US English to und as expected. I've tried downgrading Thunderbird, and rebooted the system, nothing

What is better a 2nd drive for Raid 1 or a backup one?

2019-12-24 Thread Javier Perez
Hi I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be doing regular backups but not in the habit. What is better? A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for backup purposes. If case B, should I get a USB3.0 adapter or similar so th

Re: Adding a disk to existing BTRFS

2019-12-24 Thread Javier Perez
Thanks! On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 1:45 PM Chris Murphy wrote: > On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 12:52 AM Javier Perez wrote: > > > > Hi > > My home partition is on a 2T HDD using btrfs > > > > I am reading the material at > > http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Using_Btrfs_with_Multiple_Devices > > bu

Re: module load failure on boot

2019-12-24 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 12/24/19 11:20 AM, Frank McCormick wrote: BTW, systemd-modules-load.service doe not make any mention of directories with lists of kernel modules?? # cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-modules-load.service [...snip...] [Unit] Description=Load Kernel Modules Documentation=man:systemd-module

Re: module load failure on boot

2019-12-24 Thread Frank McCormick
On 12/24/19 12:57 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 12/24/19 8:02 AM, Frank wrote: I am running a freshly updated Fedora 31. I noticed this morning that the systemd-modules-load.service failed. I saw it on boot and later in the journal log. There is no explanation why it failed, just the notificati

Re: grub.cfg and kernel video resolution

2019-12-24 Thread stan via users
On Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:32:48 -0500 Robert McBroom via users wrote: > With the deprecating of the "vga=791" specification, what is the > method of passing the video resolution to the kernel in a text mode > boot?  The setting in grub.cfg gives the grub menu resolution but the > kernel drops back t

Re: module load failure on boot

2019-12-24 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 12/24/19 8:02 AM, Frank wrote: I am running a freshly updated Fedora 31. I noticed this morning that the systemd-modules-load.service failed. I saw it on boot and later in the journal log. There is no explanation why it failed, just the notification. I've seen this for a long time on mult

Re: Attribute 2xDP on video cards, can't find a description

2019-12-24 Thread Robert McBroom via users
On 12/23/19 11:39 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2019-12-24 12:22, Robert McBroom via users wrote: Subject says it.  Google just gives devices no discussion. I have no idea what you're asking. You want to find a Video card with 2 Display Port outputs? Just getting lost in the abbreviations.  Looki

module load failure on boot

2019-12-24 Thread Frank
I am running a freshly updated Fedora 31. I noticed this morning that the systemd-modules-load.service failed. I saw it on boot and later in the journal log. There is no explanation why it failed, just the notification. [frank@franklin ~]$ systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service ● syste

grub.cfg and kernel video resolution

2019-12-24 Thread Robert McBroom via users
With the deprecating of the "vga=791" specification, what is the method of passing the video resolution to the kernel in a text mode boot?  The setting in grub.cfg gives the grub menu resolution but the kernel drops back to 640x480 when it starts unless the vga specification is added to the com

Re: OT: help conditioning on multiple fields using procmail

2019-12-24 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Thank you all for your suggestions. I am a little lost because none of them have done what I want to do. So, let me explain what I am trying to do. I am getting all my e-mail forwarded from u...@outlook.com to another e-mail address, say: u...@gmail.com. I send myself outgoing e-mails (BCc'ed).

Re: Attribute 2xDP on video cards, can't find a description

2019-12-24 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, 24 Dec 2019 at 00:40, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2019-12-24 12:22, Robert McBroom via users wrote: > > Subject says it. Google just gives devices no discussion. > > > > I have no idea what you're asking. > > You want to find a Video card with 2 Display Port outputs? > If you want to drive t

Re: How to fix "dnf autoremove" on my system?

2019-12-24 Thread Manuel Reimer
On 23.12.19 22:52, Samuel Sieb wrote: Why do you think your package database is corrupted?  If it's because of this autoremove issue, then you don't really have a problem. What I want to do is to clean up my installed packages. I want to get rid of packages that have been left in the past whil