Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disk Full (or nearly full) alert
Forgot to say thank you for the suggestions regarding disk space alerts. I went with the roll your own option of df, cron and Zenity for a GUI alert. Works really well. - Chris 2009/9/29 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: 2009/9/29 Chris Weaver ch...@resonancefm.com: Does anyone have a system or app in place where they get the Windows style disk is nearly full alerts? I realise it's an old bug/idea http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17590/ but there doesn't (to my limited knowledge) seem to be a viable solution. The latest version of Ubuntu (9.10) which is in development and due out at the end of next month already has this. I have had popup alerts to tell me that my built in and usb disks/sticks are getting full. Quite handy :) One revealed a bug in the printing system which causes many GB of logs to be written to /var/log. So very useful. It easy enough to manually check the disks with du but we have many here at the studio. Another option for remote monitoring is something like gkrellm. I used to use this although many now prefer tools like conky. With gkrellm you run gkrellmd on each machine you want to monitor and gkrellm (gui app) on the central machine. It can connect to the remote machines and alert you of all kinds of things - disk space included. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Disk Full (or nearly full) alert
Dear All, Does anyone have a system or app in place where they get the Windows style disk is nearly full alerts? I realise it's an old bug/idea http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17590/ but there doesn't (to my limited knowledge) seem to be a viable solution. It easy enough to manually check the disks with du but we have many here at the studio. Incidentally, a quick Google search threw up a script tutorial http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mac-osx-unix-get-an-alert-when-my-disk-is-full/ - Chris -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote start torrents
I've been following a tutorial on rtorent ( http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/howto-use-rtorrent-like-a-pro/) which has the ability to watch a folder and then automaticaly star downloading. - CW 2009/7/21 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com I would like to remote start torrents on my main ubuntu machine. To that effect which torrent client is the best (and easiest) to set up. i dont know how to set up the webui's for these clients. Im currently using ktorrent!. Transmission has never been that good for me. I can never get the speed that i get with ktorrent. Over to you. -- Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux in an Audio Environment
Thanks for all the pointers. Maybe I'm just unlucky with Audacity. Weirdly, enough a circular email has gone round announcing the release of Audacity 1.3.8. I'm downloading a copy of 64studio to have a look at. cheers, Chris 2009/7/17 Ian Pascoe softy.lofty@btinternet.com Chris Have a look see at a Linux Weekly News of about two weeks ago about the Low Latency issues that Rob mentions. It also refers to an article at a site that I can't remember at the moment written by Dave Phillips, I think, who is always looking at linux audio. Might give you some pointers. Ian -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 17 July 2009 18:44 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux in an Audio Environment Chris Weaver wrote: Do you get satisfactory performance from Audacity? It always seems to crash at the critical moment! Seems to work okay for basic stuff that I do and I've found for simple recording, basic editing (cutting bits out) and exporting it seems to work fine. I haven't really tried it for anything more advanced (well I did try a bit of noise reduction which seemed to work okay). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasts was:Linux in an Audio Environment
Thanks for the links. I'll download the torrent and have a watch. I think the real issue is the numerous audio frameworks on Linux such as ALSA, OSS, Pulseaudio etc etc each with their own advantages and disadvantages, hence making tweaking a system problematic. - chris 2009/7/17 Alan Pope a...@popey.com 2009/7/17 Chris Weaver ch...@resonancefm.com: Wow that sounds incredibly opportune! I'm down in London sadly but would certainly appreciate a video link. A while ago Tony Whitmore made some screencasts showing how we edit and mix the audio for the podcast using free software on Ubuntu. It shows how we get from audio recorded in Tonys lounge to a fully edited and mixed podcast. If you ever wondered how we do it, this shows it. Probably best to watch the editing series first then the mixing one to get them chronologically right, but of course you can pick and choose which ones to watch yourself. There are 21 videos in total, 8 on editing and 13 on mixing. They're in freedom loving Ogg Vorbis/Theora format. Some are recorded at quite a high resolution due to Tony showing lots of stuff on screen at once. I've uploaded them to blip.tv and have made a torrent file (because all-told they weigh in at 1.2GB). Here's the link to the torrent file:- http://popey.com/~alan/screencasts.5008235.TPB.torrenthttp://popey.com/%7Ealan/screencasts.5008235.TPB.torrent Simply stuff that into your torrent client of choice and start downloading. This is the first time I've created a torrent file myself, so apologies if it's not exactly as you expect. If you want to save them directly via http rather than use bittorrent then grab this file which has all the URLs to the videos in it. http://popey.com/~alan/screencast_urlshttp://popey.com/%7Ealan/screencast_urls Hope that helps. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Linux in an Audio Environment
Prompted by a comment by Rob Beard, I'd be interested to see if anyone is running Ubuntu in a audio environment (work, hobbyist or whatever) and more specific peoples experiences with it. - Chris -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux in an Audio Environment
Do you get satisfactory performance from Audacity? It always seems to crash at the critical moment! Have been looking a Rezound but the last update was way back in 2008. - Chris 2009/7/17 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk Chris Weaver wrote: Prompted by a comment by Rob Beard, I'd be interested to see if anyone is running Ubuntu in a audio environment (work, hobbyist or whatever) and more specific peoples experiences with it. - Chris Nearest I got was running the open source Rivendell radio playout system on Ubuntu (7.10 I think) although I have been given the task of setting up a laptop for one of my clients so they can take it out on the road and record news stories to send back to the station. This machine will be running Ubuntu 9.04 with a 3G dongle and probably something like Audacity for basic editing. The audio will then be converted into Flac (or maybe high quality OGG to save space) and then sent to the station via SFTP where it will be converted back into linear WAV audio (although the news system they use does actually have native support for OGG and FLAC despite being a proprietary Windows application). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux in an Audio Environment
Wow that sounds incredibly opportune! I'm down in London sadly but would certainly appreciate a video link. cheers, Chris 2009/7/17 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com 2009/7/17 Chris Weaver ch...@resonancefm.com: Prompted by a comment by Rob Beard, I'd be interested to see if anyone is running Ubuntu in a audio environment (work, hobbyist or whatever) and more specific peoples experiences with it. - Chris I don't suppose you live near Manchester at all? Dan Lynch, a podcaster, producer and musician is doing a talk at Manchester Free Software called 'Professional Audio Production with Free Software'. It's next Tuesday, 21st July and the full details are on the website at: http://preview.tinyurl.com/lzxgvj Dan is promising to give a live demo of audio editing under Linux! I'll post a link to the video when it's available in case you can't make it (remind me in a week or so if I forget). I've heard that it's not easy and Audacity is known for crashing. However, it's not really a field I know anything about.. Best wishes Lucy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where Ubuntu falls short
It been about 3 months since I switched the machines from XP to ubuntu here in the radio station I work at. I have asked the 30+ volunteers earlier today, what they like and dislike about Ubuntu so we'll see how they compare. - Chris Weaver -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] to upgrade or not (Macbook 3,1 on Ibex)
Two days now of using Jaunty and pretty happy. No huge changes or problems to write home about. I use the Growl notification system on OSX so was pleased that a similar feature had been implementation on Ubuntu. Upgrade was very smooth and the asked everytime it wanted to overwrite any user configs Only one problem currently. The Print dialogue hangs if it cannot find the default printer (I use a network printer at work) bring whatever app down with it. Chris P.S The third speaker issue still hasn't been resolved https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/234165 2009/5/1 Ciarán Mooney general.moo...@googlemail.com: I'm curious, what's a Macbook 3.1? I haven't heard a Macbook referred to like that before. As apple announce new products others get changed in some way, motherboards, ram size etc. So they get given a version number. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] to upgrade or not (Macbook 3,1 on Ibex)
I have a Macbook 3.1 and I'm nearly about to press the upgrade button (I'm upgrading a test PC to see how it affects sound and Samba in particular). I have it dual booting with leopard so I'm perhaps in a better position if it goes wrong. I'll report back how it goes. Chris -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 2009/4/28 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk doug livesey wrote: My discipline says leave it, as there was a bunch of stuff to do before I got my system working (mostly) as I like it, and I really don't have time to be mucking about configuring a new system that I use for *everything*, personal stuff, work, everything. But I'm hearing all over the place that Jaunty is amazing, and it's a new toy, and I wanna play! What do those on the list who need to be rather more conservative with upgrades do? Should I leave it a bit for the more adventurous to write tutorials on how to avoid the frustration they went through? Will there be any advantage to letting a few weeks a number of update fixes pass? Or should I man up? Doug. There is not need to upgrade at the moment unless you want to. Ubuntu 8.10 is supported until April 2010 so you have at least a year until support runs out (technically you could run it past this date but I would assume it would no longer be supported with security updates). Now if I'm correct LTS releases come out every 2 years (going on 6.06 coming out in 2006 and 8.04 coming out in 2008) so presumably the next LTS release will be Ubuntu 10.04 which should be supported on the Desktop until 2013 (going on the three year support length on desktop systems). You could look at running Jaunty in a virtual machine or maybe even look at installing it alongside 8.10 (and presumably MacOS X too). I presume you have an Intel Mac and that it supports booting from more than 2 operating systems? (I've got an old PPC Mac and haven't looked at Boot Camp). Hope this helps. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[Bug 344840] Re: Non working sound on HDA Intel - Dell Vostro 420 Desktop
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: alsa-base (Version 1.0.17.dfsg-2ubuntu1) + Binary package hint: alsa-base + + Driver: alsa-driver-1.0.19 + Library: alsa-lib-1.0.19 + Plugins: alsa-plugins-1.0.19 + Utils: alsa-utils-1.0.19 + Firmware: alsa-firmware-1.0.19 + OSS: alsa-oss-1.0. gstreamer pipeline error when attempting to test sound output - Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel 1 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDMI Modules being loaded: ATI Technologies - snd-hda-intel Intel HDA audio Controller - snd-hda-intel ATI Technologies in RV635 audio device (Radeon HD) is most likely conflicting with the onboard Intel HDA audio. No audio output from this setup. System Preferences Sound Test gives the standard gstreamer pipeline error. Problem was fixed by following the ALSA upgrade instructions/script here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1046137 'lspci -vvnn' shows these two devices, not changed from before/after the ALSA upgrade. Both of them are handled by snd-hda-intel. Any ideas what may be the root cause of this bug? 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:3a3e] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0282] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast TAbort- TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22 Region 0: Memory at fe7f8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: access denied Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RV635 Audio device [Radeon HD 3600 Series] [1002:aa20] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:aa20] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast TAbort- TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at fe8ec000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: access denied Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel -- Non working sound on HDA Intel - Dell Vostro 420 Desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344840 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 344840] Re: Non working sound on HDA Intel - Dell Vostro 420 Desktop
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: alsa-base + Binary package hint: alsa-base (Version 1.0.17.dfsg-2ubuntu1) gstreamer pipeline error when attempting to test sound output - Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel 1 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDMI Modules being loaded: ATI Technologies - snd-hda-intel Intel HDA audio Controller - snd-hda-intel ATI Technologies in RV635 audio device (Radeon HD) is most likely conflicting with the onboard Intel HDA audio. No audio output from this setup. System Preferences Sound Test gives the standard gstreamer pipeline error. Problem was fixed by following the ALSA upgrade instructions/script here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1046137 'lspci -vvnn' shows these two devices, not changed from before/after the ALSA upgrade. Both of them are handled by snd-hda-intel. Any ideas what may be the root cause of this bug? 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:3a3e] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0282] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast TAbort- TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22 Region 0: Memory at fe7f8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: access denied Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RV635 Audio device [Radeon HD 3600 Series] [1002:aa20] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:aa20] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast TAbort- TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at fe8ec000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: access denied Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel -- Non working sound on HDA Intel - Dell Vostro 420 Desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344840 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sound unlistenably quiet on Macbook 3, 1 with Intrepid
At the moment there is no fix. By the way, this only affects the sound coming through the internal speakers if you plug something into the headphone socket it sounds fine (I have the same issue) - CW 2009/2/22 Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com doug livesey wrote: sound is incredibly quiet Make sure all the volume controls are up, and not just the speaker volume, or headset volume, or master volume etc. -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rolling back Updates
We only a small community station so there are about ten machines to move otver. We've never used the commercial systems such as Myriad. Our playout system is something slightly more modest, iTunes! Moving over software wise is pretty simple. Wine can handle the must have Windows apps. - Chris 2009/2/12 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: On 12/02/2009 12:31, Chris Weaver wrote: Hi All, I'm working through the rather painful process of moving our radio stations (Resonance104.4FM) computers from XP to Ubuntu Intrepid. snip Hi Chris, Out of interest are you just moving over some of the PCs (such as Sales, Admin staff, Presenters e-mail desktops) or the whole lot (such as Playout systems, News PCs etc)? I provide IT for a couple of radio stations in the South West and I'm looking at moving some of their PCs over to Ubuntu but due to the fact that they use Scoop and Myriad from P-Squared I have a feeling I'll have to keep some installs of XP. (I haven't shown them Rivendell yet). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rolling back Updates
I'm starting to look at Rivendale. I found a dissertation examining the various open source playout systems. - Chris 2009/2/13 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: On 13/02/2009 10:57, Chris Weaver wrote: We only a small community station so there are about ten machines to move otver. We've never used the commercial systems such as Myriad. Our playout system is something slightly more modest, iTunes! Moving over software wise is pretty simple. Wine can handle the must have Windows apps. - Chris Ahh I see. Well if you're moving over to Ubuntu you might be interested in Rivendell, it's a full featured open source radio playout system. It's not the easiest thing to get up and running but it's all free software. I used it as a radio playout system for another commercial station I was working for (they were at a county show and wanted to setup a working radio studio and as we couldn't really take the commercial kit out of the station this was the best solution). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] M-Audio 2496
Hi all, Just before I give up all hope of sound. I thought I'd ask if any one is using this card successfully - I'm going blind reading all the forum posts. kind regards, Chris -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Rolling back Updates
Hi All, I'm working through the rather painful process of moving our radio stations (Resonance104.4FM) computers from XP to Ubuntu Intrepid. I won't bore you with multiple problems I'm facing, mainly through Linux ignorance and a little bit of Ubuntu crazyness, but I wondered two things: 1) Is it possible to roll back an update? I broke a perfectly functioning machine but allowing it to update (the kernal is now xx-23) and now no sound. 2) Does any one have experience with the paid for support offered by Canonical? Is it worth the cost? kind regards, Chris Weaver P.S Anyone a member of the London LUG? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rolling back Updates
Thanks for the prompt reply! The machine in question is a Dell Vostro 420, the built in sound card as I recall took alot of fiddling (I'm still learning about OSS/PulseAudio/ALSA phew!) it is a HDA Intel model. Wasn't aware of the Dell forum. Thanks for the link - CW 2009/2/12 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk: Quoting Chris Weaver ch...@resonancefm.com: Hi All, I'm working through the rather painful process of moving our radio stations (Resonance104.4FM) computers from XP to Ubuntu Intrepid. I won't bore you with multiple problems I'm facing, mainly through Linux ignorance and a little bit of Ubuntu crazyness, but I wondered two things: 1) Is it possible to roll back an update? I broke a perfectly functioning machine but allowing it to update (the kernal is now xx-23) and now no sound. When you boot the machine, you should be able to press ESC which will allow you to choose the kernel to boot from. If you can specify the machine/hardware etc then we may be able to help. There is a known issue with certain hardware and kernels that mean that you have to run a script after the kernel upgrade. Check out http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_8.04/Issues/No_Sound_After_Distribution_Or_Kernel_Upgrade and execute the actions required at the bottom of the page for if you are already running Ubuntu_8.04. 2) Does any one have experience with the paid for support offered by Canonical? Is it worth the cost? Nope, sorry. :o( P.S Anyone a member of the London LUG? Popey will be, that man gets everywhere... :oP M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rolling back Updates
I've just joined Lonix - The London Linux User Group and wondered what the meet ups were like. - Chris 2009/2/12 John Levin j...@technolalia.org: Chris Weaver wrote: P.S Anyone a member of the London LUG? (Greater London) GLLUG? Why yes, I am! Why do you ask? John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB sound device for recording line-in to a laptop?
The M-Audio transit is very good in this respect. Simply a small box on the end of a USB cable with line in and Line / optical Out. I've used one at the Radio station I work for years (although I cannot say what the situation is like under Ubuntu - other M-Audio products seem to be supported) Price should be around £60 - chris Weaver 2008/9/8 Adam Funk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Would anyone like to recommend an external USB sound-device with a line-in input, suitable for recording from a hi-fi line-level connection using Audacity? I have no idea what to search for or what the price ranges are like. A 3.5 mm or 2.5 mm stereo jack would be fine, or even a pair of RCA jacks. This is for a laptop running Ubuntu that has a mono microphone jack but no line-in. Thanks, Adam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Radio Software
Dear All, Thanks for the wide range of useful answers. As Rob has mentioned it is a legal requirement by the radio regulator in the U.K , to have 42 days of audio available to hand over at a moments notice. Many options to look over but (and I'm sure you've heard this line before...) I'd prefer something with a GUI as I'm a relative newbie with Ubuntu (although plenty of experience with OSX and Windows) and it's usefull to visually montior the audio input levels. Darklog looks like it has an excellent front end to retrieve the data. The cron job solution could do the trick. I'm a right in thinking alas mixer has a GUI? Again thanks for the answers. - Chris 2008/8/21 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Robert McWilliam wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:50:22PM +0100, Chris Weaver wrote: Our legal logger - this is simply a application that records an mp3 file from a live input creating a new file every 24 hours. Currently we use http://www.cooolsoft.com/mp3rec.htm but searching the linux-audio pages I'm unable to find a similar application. The legal part of legal recorder has me a bit worried though: is this system something needed by law? If so, exactly what is required? What kind of reliability do you need? With a custom FOSS solution you don't have a vendor to shift the blame on to if it all breaks horribly Robert If it's anything like radio stations that broadcast on air (DAB, FM, AM) then it'll be a legal requirement from Ofcom to record output and keep copies for 42 days. They tend to get a bit funny if you can't give them the audio they ask for and they can ask for any audio from any time in the day or night. Sometimes it can get so bad that the station gets fined. When I worked at GCap we had our own in house logging software which kept copies on the local station site on the dedicated logging machine and also send copies back to the data centre for storage/retrieval with a disaster recovery option being a standard 4 hr VHS tape on long play. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] WTB: Ubuntu Laptop
Dear All, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but... I work at a small community-radio station in London called Resonance104.4FM. I'm slowly reducing our dependence on Windows and moving to Ubuntu for our editing and day to day needs. I'm stuck on application at the moment. Our legal logger - this is simply a application that records an mp3 file from a live input creating a new file every 24 hours. Currently we use http://www.cooolsoft.com/mp3rec.htm but searching the linux-audio pages I'm unable to find a similar application. Any ideas? cheers, - Chris Weaver 2008/8/21 Jai Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey all, University starts in about a month and I'm *still* without a new laptop. I figure I ought to buy one that's bundled with Ubuntu so that: 1) I don't pay Windows tax 2) I don't falsisfy statistics by making it look like I use/support Windows I have looked at what Dell has to offer in the UK but they currently offer only 1 laptop in the UK (the XPS M1330 (UBUNTU)). What I'm after is a decent laptop with Ubuntu pre-installed and full hardware support (no non-working SD card readers, Wireless, etc.) Please, fire your suggestions and experience in this to me. Jai Venko Harrison -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Radio Software
(apologies forgot the subject line) Dear All, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but... I work at a small community-radio station in London called Resonance104.4FM. I'm slowly reducing our dependence on Windows and moving to Ubuntu for our editing and day to day needs. I'm stuck on application at the moment. Our legal logger - this is simply a application that records an mp3 file from a live input creating a new file every 24 hours. Currently we use http://www.cooolsoft.com/mp3rec.htm but searching the linux-audio pages I'm unable to find a similar application. Any ideas? cheers, - Chris Weaver -- Chris Weaver Production Manager Resonance104.4FM resonancefm.com +44 (0)207 407 1210 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
