On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Robert Collins
wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 15:56 +1000, Denis Crowdy wrote:
>>
>> cp: cannot copy a directory, `/', into itself,
>> `/tmp/mkinitramfs_C18636/'
>
> This is extremely odd - looks like a maintainer script pro
nel initramfs' are built
> and saved. These can add up to quite a bit of space.
>
> -Rob
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I should add that I'm removing that package because we actually boot
from an earlier kernel...
Denis
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Denis Crowdy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Have been helping a student migrate to linux (ubuntu) lately - hp dv4
> laptop so all sorts of sound troubles u
s can't be installed.
Any advice as to what we might try? One suggestion has been to
reinstall Intrepid, but given the nightmares we've had getting this
machine to work so far, I think we might lose a potential new linux
user through sheer frustration and that would be a bummer.
Cheer
gt; bibtex on Trial.aux as per TLC, page 688.
>
> Could someone tell me where I'm going wrong, please??
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Bennett.
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James Dumay wrote:
I find my Apple Macbook really excellent.
Me too - mine is a 13" basic white model (Core 2 duo) about a year old
(which is old now I guess...) and have suspend to ram and disk working
under feisty.
Audio could be better - fine with alsa alone, but needs tweaking for
jack a
Amos Shapira wrote:
On 05/08/07, Denis Crowdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm sure this has worked for me in the past (distant though), but now I
just get a long list of "module is in use" messages, despite trying to
shut down everything that might be using the card. I have
Hi,
I would like to be able to remove the module for my soundcard
(snd_hda_intel) to be able to add it again, but with modified
parameters. I have been using a script from the alsa site that looks like:
awk '/^snd/||/^sound/&&($3==0){system("rmmod " $1)}' /proc/modules
/proc/modules /proc/m
Have any powerpc users ever managed to get jack working to any
reasonable degree? Have had no success on several machines (powerbook,
imac and G4 box) - internal and USB sound.
Denis Crowdy
James Dumay wrote:
In Ubuntu 7.04, snd-powermac is a bit screwed up - seems they changed
something
Solved - they have just packaged a 2.6.19 kernel and the module works
fine. Internal sound happening too.
Denis
On 09/01/2007, at 7:21 PM, Denis Crowdy wrote:
On 09/01/2007, at 2:41 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
sky2: :01:00:0: cannot assign irq 233
sky2: probe of :01:00:0
suppose...
Thanks Erik,
Denis
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long
plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men
die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
-- Hunter S. Thompson
Well said Hunter - vale Hunter I believe?
nstall
kernel worked fine with sky2, and another realtime patched kernel
from another distribution (musix running 2.6.15) also worked.
Thanks,
Denis
Denis Crowdy
Department of Contemporary Music Studies
Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2109, Australia
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rking during the install. dmesg shows:
sky2: :01:00:0: cannot assign irq 233
sky2: probe of :01:00:0 failed with error -38
lsmod shows sky2 is there, but then I run out of skills/knowledge.
Any clues as to what I could try?
Thanks,
Denis
On 21/12/2006, at 1:42 PM, Denis Crowdy wrote:
Thought I'd ask before going any further to avoid making OSX
unbootable (a good thing some might say but I have also just received
a metric halo 2882 mobile audio interface and _need_ to play).
Long post sorry - next step is to ask the 64 studio devel list of
course.
Cheers,
Denis
Thought I'd ask before going any further to avoid making OSX
unbootable (a good thing some might say but I have also just received
a metric halo 2882 mobile audio interface and _need_ to play).
Long post sorry - next step is to ask the 64 studio devel list of
course.
Cheers,
Den
et/project/screenshots.php?group_id=117802&ssid=12917
before I read your message.
Probably not very helpful - especially as I can't see any jack/DVB
things from Googling.
Denis Crowdy
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:31:02 +1100
Chris Johns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have one of
on the spot. The current two
card thing is a PITA, I'll agree, but a first look at Polypaudio (thanks
Jeff) is _very_ encouraging. Oh - needed to add /usr/local/lib to
ld.so.conf to get it going but that's another thread isn't it!
That was a bit of a rant wasn't it - done now...
perhaps). Worth looking at
though methinks.
Denis
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finitions, are
constructed through analysis of usage. That would throw a spanner in
the works for compiler writers wouldn't it?
Denis
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engths, but the university
seems to have taken an extreme policy on mail that has effectively shut
me out from using the mail dream team I'm used to...
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recommend something else. I have a working .asoundrc which works with
jack, but it is less than ideal.
Mark - does the UA-20 do sensible audio formats that jack likes?
Denis
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Done - both supersede and prepend work now- left out the semicolon
previously...
Thanks for the help,
Denis
Denis Crowdy
Department of Contemporary Music Studies
North Ryde NSW 2109, Australia
+61 2 9850 6787 http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au
>>> Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09
Denis Crowdy
Department of Contemporary Music Studies
North Ryde NSW 2109, Australia
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>>> James Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/09/05 10:22 AM >>>
What sort of options do you have on the router, are you able to set a
default DNS se
my.dns.whatever
Tried this and restarting networking to no avail. File is still wiped
to point to the ADSL router (which runs the DHCP server).
Running ubuntu and dhcp3-client.
Any suggestions? Updating my /etc/resolv.conf file every 5 minutes is
really becoming old.
Denis
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Department of
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:12:05PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> Hi Denis,
>
> In /etc/aliases you will need:
>
> root:your_user_name
> postmaster:your_user_name
>
> and then run:
>
> /usr/sbin/postalias
>
> as root.
Thanks,
Tried this, plus various combinations in dpkg-rec
ess. What foolishness have I configured this time?
Thanks,
Denis
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As I try plugging the sound plug into each successive sound port
> I hear the speakers "crackling" so can't be a speaker problem.
>
> Can anyone suggest a remedy?
>
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Hi all,
Just to confirm a very informal gathering of anyone interested in
audio/music this Saturday at Macquarie Uni.
Meeting of SLUGAMuSIG - Audio/ Music Special Interest Group
When: Saturday, August 18th; 10:30am - 4:00pm
Where: Macquarie University, Department of Contemporary Music
Studies,
Ryan Verner wrote:
On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 18:15 +1000, Denis Crowdy wrote:
Hi all,
I am trying to install ubuntu on a G4 powerbook from an external
firewire CD/DVD drive. The internal drive has had it. Basically I have
access to two powerbooks - lucky me but here's the catch - one
p
firewall at home on an outrageously old machine with very little hard
disk space. Bit wary of trying the DHCP thing from my office box on the
university network.
Freaking out at the prospect of using OS X until a new hard drive is
ordered... That's weak I know.
TIA,
Denis
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 12:21:25PM +1000, Denis Crowdy wrote:
> I also know Conrad and Claudia so I'm biased, but that makes it fun too.
Silvia Silvia - obviously don't know her that well...
Denis
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On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:42:37AM +1000, Peter Rundle wrote:
> The colours on the video window display are all messed up I just get
> green & pink bars like some physco test pattern. :-( I can hear the
> sound track and see the static images properly however :-) Welcome to
> alpha software land.
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 04:38:05PM +1100, Denis Crowdy wrote:
>
> Two problems/questions I have at the moment:
>
> 1. I use a laptop between home and work. Static IP at home and a dhcp
> connection to an ipcop firewall at home. I'd like to be able to type
> something l
can change the config
files in /etc/exim4 and run the update-exim4.conf script, but is there
an easier way?
Thanks,
Denis
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm guessing here but if you use udev then you shouldn't create device
nodes manually, I can imagine how this might confuse udev.
OK - my ignorance of kernel stuff really showing here - I might try
living without udev for a while. /etc/init.d/udev stop or apt-get remove
u
Denis Crowdy wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I don't run "unstable" (I use "testing") but I'd expect that you'll have
to teach udev to recognize the USB devices and create the right device
files for them. Start with udev(8) and work from there. Look in the
lm Handheld*",
SYMLINK="pilot"
From the bit of googling I've done, I should be able to see log
messages from udev in /var/log/messages which I'm not. The product name
seems to match up with what appears in
/sys/bus/usb/devices/devicethingy/product so I'm still
;em myself
with mknod and I get palm sync nirvana until the device disconnects and
my devices disappear from /dev. Given that I've had this working before
I can only assume I am missing an appropriate package of some sort.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Denis
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ound server) doesn't like, but there is a kludgy work around for this.
Conclusion - USB not ideal for audio, but works well enough for everyday
use. Have used a PCMCIA device under MacOS9 on the same laptop and it
was fine; if not a bit fragile from the cable break-out point. I'll find
o
On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 10:21 +1100, Denis Crowdy wrote:
>
> I read mail from an imap server and have my ISP's smtp server set as the
> outgoing server. When I send mail, however, I get blocked by the
> MAPS(?) service "refused by blackhole site yada yada yada". H
from mutt, and have set up exim (using dpkg-reconfigure
exim) as option 2 (the dialup system) with the ISPs server as the
outgoing mail machine.
When I set up evolution at work, using the uni's outgoing mail server, I
have no problem.
Any ideas? Something stupid and simple I've mi
People don't respond to email on a public holiday? What madness is
this? Change your users...
Denis Crowdy
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 06:15:16PM +1100, Peter Hardy wrote:
> Thought I might share my new favourite utility, wday.
>
> So I've got a script that's launched
ithms)
Then maybe perform a -very- short piece in real-time using a patch we've
created.
We thought it would be a great way to see how musicians use this
technology, with the aim of mapping existing and future open source
possibilities.
Denis Crowdy
http://www.slug.org.au
but it's a
longer walk.
For people arriving at various times through the day, the front door
might be locked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802.
Denis Crowdy
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 12:33:29PM +1000, Kevin Waterson wrote:
> What systems are available these days for archival storage of info.
> Optical storage is not really archival.
Wax cylinders rock for audio - there are recordings from the Torres
Strait in 1898 still around.
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called
Aeroplayer (NOT free). I have a 128mb SD card in mine which makes it
just usable. Probably not the cheapest way to go about things though...
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osts $8.00 for the whole
day. For people arriving at various times through the day, the front
door may be locked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call Denis on 0408
478 802.
Denis Crowdy
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but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802.
Denis Crowdy
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Peter Chubb wrote:
I compose in my head... but use lilypond for notation.
http://www.lilypond.org/
as it produces the best typesetting for music that I know of.
There was a front end to this as well - denemo? I gave up on all of the
pre-processors (abc, pm-something) when the going got
Russell Davie wrote:
I'm looking for music composition software that runs in linux
any thoughts on this much apreaciated
so far found UltiMusE-LX on freshmeat
Noteedit seems good, although I have yet to test it out for anything
useful beyond half an hour of fiddling.
http://tan.informatik.tu-che
Russell Davie wrote:
I'm looking for music composition software that runs in linux
any thoughts on this much apreaciated
so far found UltiMusE-LX on freshmeat
Noteedit seems good, although I have yet to test it out for anything
useful beyond half an hour of fiddling.
http://tan.informatik.tu-che
e arriving at various times through the day, the front door
might be locked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802.
Denis Crowdy
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ng on a machine bought earlier this year,
with list help from Jamie Wilkinson. It was a while ago now (May) but
this is the message that helped me from memory (Google radeon + Crowdy):
This one time, at band camp, Denis Crowdy wrote:
>Going in a slightly different direction here, but ha
e arriving at various times through the day, the front door
might be locked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802.
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lved the
process of co-authoring stuff with people who use word processors.
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hrough the day, the front door
might be lo
cked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802.
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Not that I particularly need anything quick, I ended up going for the
boot into Linux then use Mac-on-Linux for any OSX needs. Doesn't solve
the ipod connection, but OSX under MOL is more responsive than X on OSX
for me. Using a G4 powerbook. Main gripe is lack of audio input (what
the hell were
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 11:13:44AM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> what model powerbook? what video card?
PowerMac motherboard: PowerBook Titanium II
radeonfb: ATI Radeon M6 LY DDR SGRAM 16 MB
Denis
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On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:23:57AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> G'day
>
> This is a hardware issue, not really a X/Linux issue... (I think)
>
> I believe the answer is simple and straightforward (as per other
> notebooks):
>
> * Take the video cable and connect it between the
usic composition tomorrow and it'd be great to get a display
going.
X forwarding is the fallback I guess.
Cheers,
Denis Crowdy
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ot;W4",
and costs $6.00 for the whole day.
For people arriving at various times through the day, the front door might be locked,
but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802.
Denis Crowdy
For a report of the first meeting see:
http://www.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&
Ag - wrong date - should be Saturday June 14 - what the hell was I
thinking? Several years behind smirks my wife...
So SLUGAMuSIG message - same detail, but different date.
Apologies,
Denis
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A correction to the announcement of the audio/ music group - it should
be Saturday June 14, not June 12.
Apologies,
Denis Crowdy
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 04:26:20PM +1000, Denis Crowdy wrote:
> Second Meeting of SLUGAMuSIG - Audio/ Music Special Interest Group
>
> When: Saturday, June
gh the day, the front door might be locked,
but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802.
Denis Crowdy
For a report of the first meeting see:
http://www.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=152&page=1
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Sweep is great and definitely worth a look at, but beware of the addicitve
scrubby...
http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/
There are certainly lots of filters and other processing plug-ins
(ladspa - http://www.ladspa.org/).
Denis Crowdy
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 01:03:03PM +1100, Craig Mead
ckly to
no avail...
Thanks,
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y imac (an endian
issue perhaps?) - worth trying though methinks. DAP is good as well and
has been around for ages. Good luck getting out a piano pedal squeak.
Unless it's all by itself editing might not be all that effective...
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Ah - solved methinks. I read TFM - examples in
/usr/doc/mysql-server/examples
Denis
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 10:26:40AM +1000, I wrote:
> I have lost (well, I think I foolishly removed it during a reinstall)
> the mysql file /etc/my.cnf. I use Debian woody, so it would seem to be
> in the mysql
package then reinstall
(and in so doing reinstall mysql-server amongst other things)? Or can I
extract the file out of the package somehow and manually stick it back in (prepares
for shivers and head-shaking from the apt/ dpkg gurus...)?
Thanks,
Denis Crowdy
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t one as I gotta get back to the studio.
Denis Crowdy
On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 08:28:39AM +1000, David wrote:
>
> I've installed Debian on my iBook... now I need to know how to right click
> on a single button mouse.
>
> Suggestions welcome.
>
> While on the subject.
for an earlier release of
gcc even?
Although some might suggest I go back to doing what I actually know about, one of the
developers in particular is keen to know whether the software compiles on something
other than intel machines.
Thanks,
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