Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-26 Thread Bob Proulx
S Mathias wrote: > perfect! thank you Oliver Grawert! :) made my day :) it's working! : > > ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& > /dev/null || echo "no internet connection" The ping documentation says: -c count Stop after sending count

Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-26 Thread Bob Proulx
S Mathias wrote: > $ true && true || echo hi Both true commands invoked. This satisfied the left hand side of the or and so echo was not invoked. > $ true && false || echo hi > hi Both true and false invoked, and then the echo. > $ false && true || echo hi > hi Only the first false invoked, a

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Sunday 26 December 2010 06:46 pm, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Mark Neidorff [101226 22:56]: > > Well OK. So, this seems to me to be a memory problem. I'm guessing the > > video ram. Whatever memory the 80X25 mode is mapping into has become > > flaky. When you start X, you are using differe

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Hugo Vanwoerkom [101226 22:56]: > No Asus? Too bad. I really like my Asus M4N98TD EVO. First mobo I bought > that worked out-of-the-box. Hi, Hugo, Thanks for the recommendation. I suppose that I should look again at Asus, now that Squeeze has X working on the M3A78-T. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-26 Thread Chris Davies
S Mathias wrote: > ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" > ping -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" > both sides "false", because they have no output, because google.com > and www.yahoo.com is reachable. Or because your local system is so off

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Doug [101226 22:56]: > Maybe it's time to buy tantalum capacitors. More expensive, > slightly smaller, and (I believe) less likely to blow up. Available > with parallel wires or in surface mount configurations. Military > equipment has been using tantalum caps for years, so they must be > reli

matching udev attribute keys

2010-12-26 Thread briand
Hi all, how do I know that "SerialNumber" is a valid udev key other than the fact that it is listed in dmesg when the device is plugged in. I cannot for the life of me get a udev rule for a device to match on the serial number, even though the number is in the dmesg file. I know that my rule wor

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Mark Neidorff [101226 22:56]: > Well OK. So, this seems to me to be a memory problem. I'm guessing the > video > ram. Whatever memory the 80X25 mode is mapping into has become flaky. When > you start X, you are using different memory, so no problem. Why didn't ASUS > solve the problem?

Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-26 Thread ceduard0
2010/12/26 S Mathias : > $ true && true || echo hi > $ true && false || echo hi > hi > $ false && true || echo hi > hi > $ false && false || echo hi > hi Hi I was trying with this logic of the internet connection checker script. If $ true && true || echo hi <<< All right if $ true && false ||

whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-26 Thread S Mathias
perfect! thank you Oliver Grawert! :) made my day :) it's working! : ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null || echo "no internet connection" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-26 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, S Mathias writes: > $ ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null | grep -q "100% packet loss" && ping > -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null | grep -q "100% packet loss" || echo "no > internet connection" > no internet connection > > ...both sides "false", because they have no o

whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-26 Thread S Mathias
$ true && true || echo hi $ true && false || echo hi hi $ false && true || echo hi hi $ false && false || echo hi hi $ ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null | grep -q "100% packet loss" && ping -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null | grep -q "100% packet loss" || echo "no internet connection" no

Re: Removing mktmp and diff

2010-12-26 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-12-26 22:03 +0100, Slicky Johnson wrote: > Is it safe to remove these from Squeeze? > > $ deborphan > mktemp > diff Yes, those are empty transitional packages in squeeze, so you can safely remove them. > # aptitude purge diff mktemp > The following packages will be REMOVED: > diff{

Removing mktmp and diff

2010-12-26 Thread Slicky Johnson
Is it safe to remove these from Squeeze? $ deborphan mktemp diff $ aptitude why diff Unable to find a reason to install diff. aptitude why mktemp Unable to find a reason to install mktemp. # aptitude purge diff mktemp The following packages will be REMOVED: diff{p} mktemp{p} 0 packages u

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Doug
On 12/26/2010 11:19 AM, Joe wrote: On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:12:17 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of video problems. I purchased the boards because of the long-l

[OT] Re: lenny squeeze etc etc

2010-12-26 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:30:33AM EST, John Hasler wrote: [..] > I have not seen a movie in more than twenty years and probably never > will see one again. > I find the entire entertainment industry and everyone associated with > it faintly disgusting, and, in any case, like popular music, movi

Re: o/t ipod

2010-12-26 Thread Simon Hollenbach
ol- Original message - > My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can > transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on my > machines but can get access to a Winbox at a neighbours... Hi Ted, i dont know if u use KDE and neither do i know if it

Re: o/t ipod

2010-12-26 Thread briand
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:32:46 -0800 John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:32:34 -0600 > Ted Wager dijo: > > >My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can > >transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on > >my machines but can get access

Re: o/t ipod

2010-12-26 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:32:34 -0600 Ted Wager dijo: >My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can >transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on >my machines but can get access to a Winbox at a neighbours... I use gtkpod. Works like a champ. You'd h

potential debian GPL violation needs investigating

2010-12-26 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
http://www.limefree.org/download/TWR-MPC5125-Recovering-File-System.rar http://www.limefree.org/down.asp not entirely sure whom should be notified but this needs to be investigated. has anyone encountered any LimeOS products at actual retail stores in Copyright-enforcing countries? whilst i know

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread shawn wilson
On Dec 26, 2010 12:11 PM, "Mark Neidorff" wrote: > > On Sunday 26 December 2010 09:00 am, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > * Stan Hoeppner [101226 13:35]: > > > Russell L. Harris put forth on 12/26/2010 5:12 AM: > > > > I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I > > > > purchase

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Russell L. Harris wrote: I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of video problems. I purchased the boards because of the long-life solid capacitors. (Motherboard life typically is limited by deteriorat

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Sunday 26 December 2010 09:00 am, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Stan Hoeppner [101226 13:35]: > > Russell L. Harris put forth on 12/26/2010 5:12 AM: > > > I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I > > > purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Joe
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:12:17 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I > purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of > video problems. I purchased the boards because of the long-life solid > capacitors. (Mother

Re: o/t ipod

2010-12-26 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:10:27 +0100 Peter Beck wrote: > On Sun, 2010-12-26 at 06:32 -0600, Ted Wager wrote: > > My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can > > transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on my > > machines but can get access to a Wi

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner [101226 13:35]: > Russell L. Harris put forth on 12/26/2010 5:12 AM: > > I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I > > purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of > > video problems. > > Two? Hi, Stan. It really isn't so odd; aft

Re: o/t ipod

2010-12-26 Thread Jerome BENOIT
have you tried to share your iTune stuff ? On 26/12/10 21:24, shawn wilson wrote: On Dec 26, 2010 7:57 AM, "Ted Wager" mailto:t...@trufflesdad.plus.com>> wrote: > > My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can > transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only h

Re: 2 Ethernet cabling question

2010-12-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Mark Neidorff put forth on 12/25/2010 10:47 AM: > Please explain what you are trying to accomplish and at what network speeds. > Off the top of my head, 10baseT networks used 4 wires and 100baseT used all 8 > wires. If you are trying for 100baseT speeds, you have to use all 8 wires. If memory

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Russell L. Harris put forth on 12/26/2010 5:12 AM: > I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I > purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of > video problems. Two? > With the M3A78-T, the POST screen displayed a cross-hatch pattern of > horizontal

Re: o/t ipod

2010-12-26 Thread shawn wilson
On Dec 26, 2010 7:57 AM, "Ted Wager" wrote: > > My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can > transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on my > machines but can get access to a Winbox at a neighbours... > > IIRC, there is no real good answer for li

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* shawn wilson [101226 12:28]: > I don't think that brand or manufacturing process are the issue here > unless you bought cheap asus boards Cheap boards generally do not have solid capacitors exclusively. > > purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) > So, assuming a decent

Re: o/t ipod

2010-12-26 Thread Peter Beck
On Sun, 2010-12-26 at 06:32 -0600, Ted Wager wrote: > My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can > transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on my > machines but can get access to a Winbox at a neighbours... on windows it's not possible to attach

o/t ipod

2010-12-26 Thread Ted Wager
My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on my machines but can get access to a Winbox at a neighbours... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread shawn wilson
On Dec 26, 2010 6:12 AM, "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > > I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I > purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of > video problems. I purchased the boards because of the long-life solid > capacitors. (Motherboard lif

need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of video problems. I purchased the boards because of the long-life solid capacitors. (Motherboard life typically is limited by deterioration of conventional electro

Re: Tool to perform same task over several hosts at same time.

2010-12-26 Thread François TOURDE
Le 14968ième jour après Epoch, Bob Proulx écrivait: > Not to knock cssh, I am familiar with it and use it too for a small > number of hosts, but how do you handle 300 open terminal windows on > the display all at once? (Before it gets to that point I start > scripting things.) Maybe with groupin

Re: Power-down/halt problem in Debian Squeeze

2010-12-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 22 dec 10, 00:46:44, Неумник Некий wrote: > > Please reproduce as accurate as you can the last 4-5 lines on screen. > > Sorry for delay. > > There is: > > [ ... ] ACPI: preparing to enter system sleep state S5 > [ ... ] Disabling non-boot CPUs > [ ... ] CPU 1 now offline > [ ... ] SMP alt

Re: weired issues of debian squeeze (base system)

2010-12-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 14 dec 10, 06:51:53, Geronimo wrote: > Hello, > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > The question is certainly in the installer, I checked the translation > > files (.po), but it is probably shown only on expert installs. > > Ok, I tried several installations, but the question about utc settings is