Re: [LUAU] Using SED to extract song, artist, and album from my iTunes Music List Export
> I am wanting to generate a human-readable list of my > iTunes library. The export from iTunes creates a very > busy file as seen below. Is anyone familiar enough with > SED to share how to extract name, artist, and album from > the exported file? > i think the file is in a type of csv format, so anyone can open it in a spreadsheet program. Have you tried changing the extension to csv and opening it with OpenOffice.org Calc? -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com
Re: [LUAU] after e2fsck, system reverts to 2005
Thanks for the suggestions, Julian and Vince. It's a RAID-1 system after all. Using a live CD i was able to mount one of the hard drives and I saw that the 2006 files were still there. Next I tried taking the hard drives and attaching them to a system running Ubuntu. I installed one as the secondary slave, and edited the /etc/fstab file. But when I tried to mount it, I got the message "/dev/hdd2 already mounted or /mnt/hdd2 busy." I tried attaching the other drive and got the same message. I tried searching on the web and saw some refernces to evms and lvm. Finally I found a suggestion to look at /dev/evms. I ran ls -la /dev/evms/md: total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root disk100 2006-07-20 15:06 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root140 2006-07-20 15:06 .. brw-r- 1 root disk 9, 0 2006-07-20 15:06 md0 brw-r- 1 root disk 9, 1 2006-07-20 15:06 md1 brw-r- 1 root disk 9, 255 2006-07-20 15:06 md255 After editing /etc/fstab i was able to mount md1 and copy the files I needed to another drive. > - Original Message - > From: "Vince Hoang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: LUAU > Subject: Re: [LUAU] after e2fsck, system reverts to 2005 > Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:33:26 -1000 > > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 09:14:57PM -1000, David Imai wrote: > > I was working on a file server that I obtained from HOSEF about > > 2 years ago. It runs Fedora Core 2.6.7, and has two hard drives > > in a RAID system (I think RAID-0). > > > I don't think the system date and time were changed. Does > > anyone have any ideas on what happened? > > I am inclined to say that you actually created a RAID 1 volume, > where the mirror broke back in 2005, and you recovered the > submirror that had not been updated since that time. This is the > simplest explanation to me. > > -Vince > ___ > LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau > -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/
[LUAU] after e2fsck, system reverts to 2005
I was working on a file server that I obtained from HOSEF about 2 years ago. It runs Fedora Core 2.6.7, and has two hard drives in a RAID system (I think RAID-0). Using a live CD I ran the command e2fsck -ckv /dev/md0. It seemed to work, but there was a message that said something like "date of superblock is in future." Later I noticed that some recent files were missing. Actually it looks like the system was restored to the state it was in in December 2005. The configuration files like /etc/samba/smb.conf and /etc/passwd are there, but they are in their 2005 versions. They don't reflect recent changes. Log files in /var/log look like they did in 2005. Files created in 2006 are missing. I don't think the system date and time were changed. Does anyone have any ideas on what happened? Can the missing files be recovered? -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/
Re: [LUAU] Slow internet response with different nameservers
> The RR servers are in Orange County CA and Oakland CA. The others are local. Even if this is the case, what is causing the slowness? Windows and Mac systems don't seem to suffer from the problem. Is it a problem with the way the nameservers are configured? or is it a problem with Linux or Ubuntu? I think if people who try to use Linux with RR experience this problem, they will probably blame Linux. HOSEF is planning to distribute desktop machines to people. It wouldn't be good if everyone who used RR ran into this problem. so what would be the best way to fix it before the user runs into it? -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/
[LUAU] Slow internet response with different nameservers
On Ubuntu and Mepis systems I was getting slow internet response using Roadrunner. The name resolution seemed to take nearly a minute. I tried changing the default nameservers and that made a difference. It was faster with the lava.net, hawaiiantel.net and flex.com nameservers, and slower with rr.com and aol.com nameservers. Why is that? -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/
[LUAU] hawaiian tel internet and e-mail
I forgot to mention that the connection works fine out of the box. The setup is only to get an e-mail account and space on the web server. -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/
[LUAU] hawaiiantel internet and e-mail
I recently signed up for DSL service and found that the setup CD only works under Windows. The solution is to visit mac.hawaiiantel.net and sign up for an account there. It works with any operating system. This should also work for anyone who had a verizon account and can't access their webspace. -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/
[LUAU] Re: Kernel panic?
This could be a problem with the way the cable is hooked up. Here are things you can try. When you turn on the computer, before lilo starts, you should see a message that says "Press F1 for setup" or something like that. Press the appropriate key and wait for the setup screen to appear. Then look for information about the hard drive. If you don't see your hard drive, there is a hardware problem. Do this every time you change a drive or cable. There is a jumper on the hard drive that can be set for Master, Slave or Cable Select. there might be a diagram on the hard drive that shows you how to set the jumper. If you have a cable select type cable, you have to put the jumper on Cable Select. If not, if you have only one drive on the cable it should be on Master or Single. If you have two drives on the cable, one is master and the other is slave. Check to see if the cable is plugged into the correct part of the motherboard and that it's facing the correct direction. You can also try a different cable. - Original Message - > Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:39:09 -1000 (HST) > From: Karen Lofstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LUAU] Kernel panic? > To: HOSEF management discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Linux/Unix Advocates/Users Hawaiian community discussion list > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > I had assembled my Frankensteined system unit, installed Mandrake, and had > my new Linux box working successfully. BUT ... I didn't have IDE cables > long enough to connect to the drive drawer. So I got and installed new > cables, booted up the machine, and got an error message. The system starts > lilo, chugs along until it gets to mounting root, fails, flails around a > bit, and then gives me a kernel panic message. > > It can't be the hard drive isn't working, or it wouldn't get as far as it > does. I'm sure that this is something simple and obvious, but flipping > through my Linux books doesn't help. Any advice for a confused Linux > newbie? > > -- > Karen Lofstrom > > yes, newbie, because this is the first time I've built a Linux system from > scratch > -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
Re: [LUAU] Helping the Schools
I can be there from about 10 to 2 and help with loading and disassembing. I see that Computers for Kids only takes 17 inch monitors. I'd be interested in smaller monitors for USH if some can be salvaged. I'll ask James Jones if he can bring the car. David Imai - Original Message - From: "R. Scott Belford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linux/Unix Advocates/Users Hawaiian community discussion list , [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LUAU] Helping the Schools Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:29:53 -1000 > > This Saturday at CompUSA, HOSEF will be assisting our schools by testing > and loading the equipment being donated by the public as part of the > Computers for Kids recycling day. With a generator, two tables, and 14 > power cables, we will make sure that the equipment powers on. For those > of you who have volunteered time at this event, you can appreciate how > hectic it can be to select and load stuff. > > We would love your help by: > > 1. Facilitating the contact between Ken Goldstein of CFK and the > school's representative > 2. Helping the school to sort, select, test, and load equipment that is > a. Not Junk and > b. Meets some minimum criteria > 3. Help Schools by stripping NICS, ram, etc. from equipment > 4. Help CompUSA and Computers for Kids to load excess equipment on the > Lenox Metals trucks for future recycling. > > Your assistance can be that of brute force, it can be wielder of the > electric screwdriver (bring your own), it can that of tester, or any > other creative way that you can suggest or that Computers for Kids requests. > > While we are interested in seeing every computer there running Free and > Open Source applications, this is more a day to help the schools and > less a day of advocacy. We are certainly on hand to advise what can be > used in what way to run Linux on the Desktop or as a thin-client, but > the school's representative knows best, and we defer to their expertise. > > Please reply in thread if you intend to come. If you intend to help, > but your lurker status is too powerful, just show up. > > --scott > ___ > LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau > -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
Re: [LUAU] Automatic mounting of floppy and CDROM
Problem solved. I just changed the umask=002 in the /etc/auto.misc file to umask=000. I think that should be OK for a desktop machine in someone's home. Now I can read and write to floppy and read the CD from Kword without a mount command. - Original Message - From: "David Imai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LUAU Subject: [LUAU] Automatic mounting of floppy and CDROM Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:08:44 -1000 > > I had given up on autofs, but since you said it should work I took another > look and was able to get it working. The problem was in /etc/default/autofs. > It contains a line that says AUTOFS_ENABLED=false. When I changed it to > AUTOFS_ENABLED=true it worked. I don't know why it was set up like this. When > you install something, shouldn't it be enabled by default? and if not, there > should be clear instructions as to how to enable it. > > This is the auto.misc file: > kernel-ro > ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux > boot -fstype=ext2:/dev/hda1 > removable -fstype=ext2,sync,nodev,nosuid :/dev/hdd > cd-fstype=iso9660,ro,sync,nodev,nosuid:/dev/hdc > floppy-fstype=auto,sync,nodev,nosuid,umask=002 > :/dev/fd0 > > I'm trying to create symbolic links to /var/autofs/misc/floppy and > /var/autofs/misc/cdrom. There are different files for the floppy drive, > /floppy, /dev/floppy, /dev/fd0, /dev/fd. Where can I find more information > about all these special files, and how KDE programs like Kword access the > floppy and CD-ROM? Thanks for your help. > -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
[LUAU] Automatic mounting of floppy and CDROM
I had given up on autofs, but since you said it should work I took another look and was able to get it working. The problem was in /etc/default/autofs. It contains a line that says AUTOFS_ENABLED=false. When I changed it to AUTOFS_ENABLED=true it worked. I don't know why it was set up like this. When you install something, shouldn't it be enabled by default? and if not, there should be clear instructions as to how to enable it. This is the auto.misc file: kernel -ro ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux boot-fstype=ext2:/dev/hda1 removable -fstype=ext2,sync,nodev,nosuid :/dev/hdd cd -fstype=iso9660,ro,sync,nodev,nosuid:/dev/hdc floppy -fstype=auto,sync,nodev,nosuid,umask=002:/dev/fd0 I'm trying to create symbolic links to /var/autofs/misc/floppy and /var/autofs/misc/cdrom. There are different files for the floppy drive, /floppy, /dev/floppy, /dev/fd0, /dev/fd. Where can I find more information about all these special files, and how KDE programs like Kword access the floppy and CD-ROM? Thanks for your help. - Original Message - From: Vince Hoang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LUAU Subject: Re: [LUAU] Automatic mounting of floppy and CDROM Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:28:32 -1000 > > On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:58:45 -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David Imai wrote: > > > I am currently preparing a number of used computers for home users who > > > are mostly beginners. Most of them are Pentium II with 128MB or less RAM > > > and 4GB hard drives. The computers currently have Skolelinux Debian and > > > KDE installed on them. > > > > Installed autofs: "apt-get install autofs" > > > I did not recompile the kernel. > > > Restarted computer. > > > Looked at /proc/filesystems but autofs was not listed there. > > > Looked at /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.misc. They seem OK. > > > Made symbolic links to /var/autofs/misc/floppy and /var/autofs/misc/cd: > > > ln -s /var/autofs/misc/floppy /floppy > > > ln -s /var/autofs/misc/cd /cdrom > > > (I'm not sure if I did this correctly). > > Looks right. The default Debian kernel and autofs packages just work > the way they should. I would be suprised if Skolelinux moved too far > away from that. > > Send `grep cdrom /proc/ide/*/media` and `cat /etc/auto.misc`. > > > I'm not sure about Linux but ... > > Under FreeBSD you can set the "noauto" to "auto" to mount under > > /etc/fstab file. Try this. > > That option tells which filesystems should be mounted at startup, not > when the directory is accessed. > > -Vince > ___ > LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau > -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
[LUAU] Automatic mounting of floppy and CDROM
I am currently preparing a number of used computers for home users who are mostly beginners. Most of them are Pentium II with 128MB or less RAM and 4GB hard drives. The computers currently have Skolelinux Debian and KDE installed on them. I've been trying to get the floppy and cdrom to automatically mount whenever they are accessed, but so far I haven't been able to do it. I've been tring to use autofs. According to one of the articles listed below it works better than amd with floppy drives. Is it necessary to recompile the kernel to get it to work? If so, is there another Linux distribution that would better fit the users requirements? What I've tried so far: Added the user to the groups floppy and cdrom. This enables the KDE CD Player program to run, but does not enable KWord to save to floppy or open a CD file. Found some information on autofs: http://www.kryogenix.org/writings/tech/autofs http://freespace.sourceforge.net/guidod/howto/autofs.html http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue42/nielsen.html Installed autofs: "apt-get install autofs" I did not recompile the kernel. Restarted computer. Looked at /proc/filesystems but autofs was not listed there. Looked at /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.misc. They seem OK. Made symbolic links to /var/autofs/misc/floppy and /var/autofs/misc/cd: ln -s /var/autofs/misc/floppy /floppy ln -s /var/autofs/misc/cd /cdrom (I'm not sure if I did this correctly). This still does not enable KWord to save to floppy or open a CD file. The commands "mount /cd" and "mount /floppy" work OK from the console. Edited /etc/auto.misc Added the "user" option to the entries for cd and floppy. Restarted. This still does not enable KWord to save to floppy or open a CD file. I haven't changed the /etc/fstab file, and I haven't recompiled the kernel. -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
