Re: convert rm files to wav files

2006-08-09 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-08-08, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How can I convert a .rm (RealMedia) file to a .wav file so that I curn burn >> it in an audio CD? Using Etch/testing. > Thanks for the replies. I finally managed to do it by vsound. I used the > command > > vsound -f output.wav re

Re: convert rm files to wav files

2006-08-08 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-08-08, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I convert a .rm (RealMedia) file to a .wav file so that I curn burn > it > in an audio CD? Using Etch/testing. If you have mplayer (from Marillat's multimedia repository, for example) mplayer -ao pcm:file=foo.wav foo.rm

Re: Mapping between *.wav files and cdrecord -audio tracks?

2006-07-12 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-07-11, Alec Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How good is the inverse function (ripping the CD tracks back to WAV)? > > If your disks scratch, then you may lose information; also take into > consideration the expected life of your media. I think backup copies are the solution then.

Re: Mapping between *.wav files and cdrecord -audio tracks?

2006-07-12 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-07-11, Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: > >>I made digital copies of an old record by connecting my hi-fi line >>output to my sound input and using Audacity to record the tracks (and >>edit them slightly) and save them as "RIFF

Mapping between *.wav files and cdrecord -audio tracks?

2006-07-11 Thread Adam Funk
I made digital copies of an old record by connecting my hi-fi line output to my sound input and using Audacity to record the tracks (and edit them slightly) and save them as "RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, stereo 44100 Hz" files, which I then burnt to a CD with `cdrec

Re: "netlink_lookup: write failed: Connection refused"

2006-07-10 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-07-05, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I added tcp_diag to the list of modules getting loaded at boot time. > That is the module it is looking for. I added it with modprobe and that seems to have fixed the problem. I'll add it to the boot configuration too. Thanks, Adam -- To

Re: "netlink_lookup: write failed: Connection refused"

2006-07-06 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-07-05, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> identd[12299]: netlink_lookup: write failed: Connection refused > I added tcp_diag to the list of modules getting loaded at boot time. > That is the module it is looking for. Thanks, I'll try that and see if goes away. Having googled a

"netlink_lookup: write failed: Connection refused"

2006-07-05 Thread Adam Funk
Since I upgraded to a 2.6 kernel a few months ago, I've been getting this message from logcheck (from syslog) identd[12299]: netlink_lookup: write failed: Connection refused at irregular intervals (sometimes several times in an hours, sometimes not for a few days). I've googled for it but have

Re: Making a mixed audio and data CD with cdrecord? (CDplus)

2006-07-05 Thread Adam Funk
Kevin Buhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What you're trying to create is sometimes called a "CDplus" or "CD+" > disc. ... Such discs need to be written in two "cdrecord" passes, > using something like this: >cdrecord -v dev=/dev/hdd -multi -pad -audio track1.wav track2.wav > track3.wav >

Re: Comparison of aptitude hold and pinning?

2006-06-19 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-05-26, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As with Keep, any action that was to be performed on the package is > cancelled. In addition, the package will not be automatically upgraded > [a] until the hold is removed. You may cancel a hold by issuing the > Install command. >

Re: Making a mixed audio and data CD with cdrecord?

2006-06-09 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-06-08, Kevin Buhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Googling for <> and < may > help, too. In particular, there's a "README.cdplus" floating around > that gives instructions on creating these kinds of discs. It's always easier to google for something when you know what it's really called! Th

Re: Why does Firefox's middlemouse.contentLoadURL keep getting reset?

2006-06-09 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-06-08, René Seindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The bizarre thing is that this is (as far as I can tell) the *only* >> customized behaviour that gets reset to the default. > > Add this to your user.js file in the profile directory: > > user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL",true); Thank

Making a mixed audio and data CD with cdrecord?

2006-06-08 Thread Adam Funk
I'd like to make a mixed audio and data CD that can be played in a normal audio CD player or mounted on a GNU/Linux or Windows box. Is this the correct way to do it? $ mkisofs -r -J -o foo.iso data/ $ cdrecord -v -pad dev=/dev/hdd speed=24 -audio track1.wav \ track2.wav track3.wav -data foo.is

Re: Why does Firefox's middlemouse.contentLoadURL keep getting reset?

2006-06-07 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-06-07, Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same thing happens to me, and just did yesterday when I updated. It IS > annoying, but, as you say, easily fixable (although I do it through Edit, > Preferences rather than in about:config). You mean "Preferences -> Tabbed Browsing ->

Re: Why does Firefox's middlemouse.contentLoadURL keep getting reset?

2006-06-07 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-06-05, Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/5/06, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I know how to use about:config to set middlemouse.contentLoadURL to >> true in order to enable pasting links directly in. But why does this >> customized va

Why does Firefox's middlemouse.contentLoadURL keep getting reset?

2006-06-05 Thread Adam Funk
I know how to use about:config to sett middlemouse.contentLoadURL to true in order to enable pasting links directly in. But why does this customized value get annoyingly reset to false with every upgrade? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: mplayer error: undefined symbol: faacDecOpen

2006-05-31 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-05-16, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-05-15, Jérôme Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think the problem is here : libavcodec1 and libavcodec2 are not >> official and not in the Marillat's repositry ! I think you must remove

Comparison of aptitude hold and pinning?

2006-05-25 Thread Adam Funk
I recently used the `aptitude hold` command. It seems to be doing what I expected but I'm curious -- what are the differences between this and pinning a package in /etc/apt/preferences, and where does aptitude hold store the information? (`grep -r PACKAGENAME /etc/apt/` turns up nothing.) -- T

Re: Getting KMail to let me encrypt to an unsigned key?

2006-05-19 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-05-14, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running the Debian kmail 3.3.2-3 package. > > As far as I can tell, it flatly refuses to let me encrypt a message to > any key that doesn't have a signature chain back to a trusted key. I > can see the usef

Re: mplayer error: undefined symbol: faacDecOpen

2006-05-16 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-05-15, Jérôme Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the problem is here : libavcodec1 and libavcodec2 are not > official and not in the Marillat's repositry ! I think you must remove > them and it will work. I've purged them, then purged libabcodeccvs and libavcodeccvs51, then re

Re: mplayer error: undefined symbol: faacDecOpen

2006-05-15 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-05-15, Jérôme Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > aptitude show libavcodeccvs51 > aptitude show libfaad2-0 Of course! (Apologies for the wide lines.) $ aptitude show libavcodeccvs51 Package: libavcodeccvs51 New: yes State: installed Automatically installed: yes Version: 3:20060430-0.3

mplayer error: undefined symbol: faacDecOpen

2006-05-15 Thread Adam Funk
I've been using Christian Marillat's mplayer packages for quite a while, mostly successfully. But recently it started failing with this error: $ mplayer mplayer: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.51: undefined symbol: faacDecOpen regardless of the arguments after mplayer. I've looke

Getting KMail to let me encrypt to an unsigned key?

2006-05-14 Thread Adam Funk
I'm running the Debian kmail 3.3.2-3 package. As far as I can tell, it flatly refuses to let me encrypt a message to any key that doesn't have a signature chain back to a trusted key. I can see the usefulness of a warning about doing this, but I've accidentally sent a message unencrypted while tr

Re: Effect of `export PATH' not pemanent?

2006-05-12 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-05-12, Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ export PATH="$PATH:/sbin" > $ echo $PATH > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/sbin > > and everything all right; but the effect of `export PATH' > is not permanent: after a while, or in another terminal, again: > > $ e

Re: UTF-8 to ISO 8859-1 tool

2006-05-04 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-05-04, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Adam! iconv -f UTF-8 -t ISO_8859-15 chikung.txt > > chikung.converted.txt does the ticket. > > I don't print html pages with a2ps because it uses too much ink + paper: > > iconv -f UTF-8 -t ISO_8859-15 chikung.txt | a2ps --medium=

Re: UTF-8 to ISO 8859-1 tool

2006-05-04 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-05-04, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What editor can change UTF-8 to ISO 8859-1? > Running Debian Sarge. Oo doesn't seem to. MC doesn't know what's what. > Who? $ iconv -f UTF-8 -t ISO8859-1 foo.html >foo.latin1.html You could do the conversion with emacs, but the above

Rough aide upgrade: aide.conf.autogenerated and DNSDOMAINNAME?

2006-05-04 Thread Adam Funk
Yesterday I upgraded aide to 0.11a-3 and I've had a heck of a time getting it to run. I eventually pinned the problem down to a syntax error in this line in /var/lib/aide.conf.autogenerated : @@define DNSDOMAINNAME and figured out that the problem was coming from this line in /etc/aide/aide.conf

Re: Canon Ixus 55 on GNU/Linux?

2006-04-28 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-04-28, chris roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Recent Canons usually use a special protocol, called PTP (picture transfer protocol) to communicate with a computer. AFAIK, this is also true for Ixus 55. Install gphoto2 to download pictures from your camera. >>> Interestin

Re: Canon Ixus 55 on GNU/Linux?

2006-04-28 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-04-28, Dmitri Minaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recent Canons usually use a special protocol, called PTP (picture > transfer protocol) to communicate with a computer. AFAIK, this is also > true for Ixus 55. Install gphoto2 to download pictures from your > camera. Interesting. Does gphot

Canon Ixus 55 on GNU/Linux?

2006-04-28 Thread Adam Funk
Recently I tried to attach a friend's Canon Ixus 55 to my Debian box to copy some photos from it (I don't have a card reader for that type of memory card). The /dev/sda1 flatly refused to show up, although I had no trouble using my Olympus camera later the same day. (I've listed below the package

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

2006-04-17 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-04-17, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ich bin hier um Linux zu gesprechen gekommen. Aber ich auch ziehe >> gern Kräuter... >> >> (Trotz meines Namens bin ich nicht deutscher.) > > Man hat es geraten, ohne Sie es zu sagen! Oh weh mir! ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

2006-04-16 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-04-15, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 2006-03-31 16:14:05, schrieb Adam Funk: >> On 2006-03-31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > How do you grow brocolli? >> >> If you really want to upset a few

Re: Telling aptitude dist-upgrade it can add but not remove packages?

2006-04-12 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-04-11, Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: >> Is there any set of command-line options that will let me `aptitude >> dist-upgrade` so that it will add any packages necessary to upgrade >> existing packages, but not remove any c

Help with timezones (values of TZ) and summer (daylight savings) time.

2006-04-11 Thread Adam Funk
I'm working on a script to record some radio shows broadcast on the east coast of the USA and I want the filenames to contain the local time when the recording started. The script worked fine during the winter: TIMESTAMP=`TZ=EST date +%Y%m%d-%H%M-%Z` but I wanted to modify it for the summer.

Telling aptitude dist-upgrade it can add but not remove packages?

2006-04-11 Thread Adam Funk
Is there any set of command-line options that will let me `aptitude dist-upgrade` so that it will add any packages necessary to upgrade existing packages, but not remove any currently installed packages? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

2006-04-03 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-04-03, Hodgins Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Phillipe: > > One issue that comes up is the way Ubuntu uses the sudo command. > During installation, newcomers (with prior experience in Linux) are > caught off guard when they are not asked to set up a root account and > password. It

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

2006-04-03 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-04-03, Björn Lindström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I'm getting a new computer at work with Ubuntu on it, but I'm used >> to using Debian (at home and at my previous job). I understand that >> they ha

Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

2006-04-03 Thread Adam Funk
I'm getting a new computer at work with Ubuntu on it, but I'm used to using Debian (at home and at my previous job). I understand that they have some similarities. I'd appreciate any suggestions about common pitfalls when making this transition, things that will catch me by surprise, etc. Thanks

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

2006-03-31 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-03-31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you grow brocolli? If you really want to upset a few people, post gardening questions in non-English languages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Help with find command: seeking *.log files not under hidden directories.

2006-03-29 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-03-29, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> find . -maxdepth $DEPTH -name "$.log" -ok rm '{}' ';'; "$.log" was of course a type for "*.log". >> so that it doesn't look in directories or subdirectories that start >> with a "." -- any suggestions? > > You could try -regex instead o

Help with find command: seeking *.log files not under hidden directories.

2006-03-29 Thread Adam Funk
I want to modify the following command find . -maxdepth $DEPTH -name "$.log" -ok rm '{}' ';'; so that it doesn't look in directories or subdirectories that start with a "." -- any suggestions? -- Thanks, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: [OT] How to subscribe to this list but disasble receiving the mail?

2006-03-28 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-03-28, Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Adam! The stapler is behind you! It really is behind me RIGHT NOW! > I heard something about you need to have a valid address for bofh.it > to propogate. That or needing to subscribe with a valid address > somewhere on bofh.it? Dun

Re: [OT] How to subscribe to this list but disasble receiving the mail?

2006-03-27 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-03-25, S. Keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > to the linux.debian.user newsgroup. I told him to subscribe to the >> > debian-user mailing list, then disable mail delivery, in order to get >> > his posts through the newsgroup -> mailing list gateway. > > I asked this of the list master

[OT] How to subscribe to this list but disasble receiving the mail?

2006-03-24 Thread Adam Funk
Someone on news.nntp.readers asked [1] about how to get posts through to the linux.debian.user newsgroup. I told him to subscribe to the debian-user mailing list, then disable mail delivery, in order to get his posts through the newsgroup -> mailing list gateway. I'm sure this is what I did a few

Re: what kernel modules am I really using?

2006-03-24 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-03-24, Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The third column of lsmod's output tells you if a module is being used. > Take a look in /proc to find out what process is using a particular module. > > Get info. about the lsmod command and proc filesystem; > $ man

Re: Hacking Scribe for Firefox 1.5.0.1.

2006-03-15 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-03-15, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: >> Have I done something stupid or clever? > > I'd say even if it didn't work perfectly that it would be something > clever. Since you say that it does appear to work, go for clever.

Hacking Scribe for Firefox 1.5.0.1.

2006-03-15 Thread Adam Funk
Since upgrading Firefox I seriously missed the Scribe extension. I discovered this page with some extensions hacked for 1.5 http://www.beatnikpad.com/archives/2005/09/09/firefox-15-beta-compatible-extensions but Scribe wouldn't install on 1.5.0.1. So I downloaded the .xpi file, unzipped it, ed

Re: I missed the kernel-image to linux-image thing!

2006-03-07 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-03-07, Linas Zvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot speak for how transparent it is or it is not, but you should > have uninstalled kernel-image-2.4.27 before installing > linux-image-2.4.27, and not let it overwrite things. Now if you > uninstall one of them, it will take part of

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.15-1-k7 kernel --> "eth0: Corrupted packet received..." in syslog.

2006-02-28 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-27, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last night I upgraded from 2.6.8-2-k7 to 2.6.15-1-k7. Now I'm getting > the following about 24 times an hour in /var/log/syslog: > > kernel: eth0: Corrupted packet received, buffer status = 0x90c005ee. Now I'm conv

Upgrade to 2.6.15-1-k7 kernel --> "eth0: Corrupted packet received..." in syslog.

2006-02-27 Thread Adam Funk
Last night I upgraded from 2.6.8-2-k7 to 2.6.15-1-k7. Now I'm getting the following about 24 times an hour in /var/log/syslog: kernel: eth0: Corrupted packet received, buffer status = 0x90c005ee. Is this anything to be concerned about, or just I should suppress it in logcheck's ignore files? Th

Re: Getting Ensoniq 5880 soundcard to work again after 2.4 to 2.6 kernel upgrade.

2006-02-27 Thread Adam Funk
OK, I think I've got this sorted now. I added snd_pcm_oss to /etc/modules and commented out a bunch of old stuff, then rebooted. Then X wouldn't start. I'm not sure, but I think that might be because I was trying to run udev on kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7. (This was the first reboot since installin

Re: Getting Ensoniq 5880 soundcard to work again after 2.4 to 2.6 kernel upgrade.

2006-02-26 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-26, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: >> Hang on. A few weeks ago when I was asking about preparations for >> switching from 2.4 to 2.6, you said to move customizations from >> /etc/modutils/ to /etc/modprobe.d/ -- does that mean that 2.6 d

Re: Getting Ensoniq 5880 soundcard to work again after 2.4 to 2.6 kernel upgrade.

2006-02-25 Thread Adam Funk
Some more potential diagnostic information. While I was messing with modprobe, the following appeared in syslog: Feb 25 17:23:52 garcia kernel: usbaudio: dma timed out?? Feb 25 17:43:29 garcia kernel: unable to register OSS mixer device 0:0 Feb 25 17:43:29 garcia kernel: unable to register OSS PC

Re: Getting Ensoniq 5880 soundcard to work again after 2.4 to 2.6 kernel upgrade.

2006-02-25 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-24, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I haven't tampered with anything in /etc/modutils/ yet -- should I >> edit modutils/sndconfig and replace es1371 with snd_ens1371. > > Yes, do this Hang on. A few weeks ago when I was asking about preparations for switching from 2.4 to 2.6, you

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-25 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have a wide range of choices. You can go pure 32 bit and install the > standard i386 Debian, you can go mixed and have a 64 bit kernel an 32 bit > user space or you can go pure 64 bit. I've never tried a mixed system but > apparently

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-23 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-23, Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It gives the information -- but not in a dumbed-down enough format for >> me. For example, nowhere on that page is the word "Xeon" mentioned, >> so if I bought a Xeon computer, for example, I wouldn't know from that >> page alone to insta

Re: Getting Ensoniq 5880 soundcard to work again after 2.4 to 2.6 kernel upgrade.

2006-02-23 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-23, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: >> lsmod includes the following: >> >> es1371 36864 0 >> snd_ens137125252 0 > > You're loading both the OSS and ALSA versions of the sound module. You

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-23 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-23, Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is there a table anywhere that lists processors by their common names >> and tells which kernels will work on which ones? > I hope the list on http://www.debian.org/ports/ gives you the information > you seek. If not, what is missing?

Getting Ensoniq 5880 soundcard to work again after 2.4 to 2.6 kernel upgrade.

2006-02-22 Thread Adam Funk
I'm now running a 2.6.8 kernel and my sound card, which worked find with 2.4.*, no longer works. (The XFCE4 volume control won't adjust above 0, and when I run XMMS it runs through the sound files at very high speed and produces no sound.) `lscpi` describes the card thus: :00:0c.0 Multimedia

pmount + hal + dbus work, but generate too many syslog entries for card reader.

2006-02-22 Thread Adam Funk
I've installed pmount, dbus and hal and they seem to work fine, although I noticed last night that my syslog file was over 2MB! As long as my camera memory card reader is plugged in -- but with no card in it -- /dev/sda is present (as I think it should be) but every two or three seconds the follow

Re: Upgraded 2.4 to 2.6 kernel: how to get pmount to work?

2006-02-21 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-21, Linas Zvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: > >> I had assumed that pmount's dependencies would be sufficient for it to >> work, so I'm curious: why aren't they? > > Well, it is possible to use pmount without HAL if

Re: Upgraded 2.4 to 2.6 kernel: how to get pmount to work?

2006-02-21 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-21, Linas Zvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: > >> $ pmount-hal /dev/sdb1 >> Error: could not connect to dbus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: No >> reply within specified time > > Are DBus (package dbus) and HAL (package hal)

Re: Upgraded 2.4 to 2.6 kernel: how to get pmount to work?

2006-02-21 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-21, Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Are DBus (package dbus) and HAL (package hal) installed and running? They are now... > Is your user in the plugdev group? and these are now... Everything's working fine now. Thanks to both of you. The reason I asked what might seem

Upgraded 2.4 to 2.6 kernel: how to get pmount to work?

2006-02-20 Thread Adam Funk
I just upgraded from 2.4.27-2-k7 to 2.6.8-2-k7 and booted successfully. I then did `aptitude install pmount` but it isn't working. When I connect and disconnect USB devices, the /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb1 (for example) appear and disappear, but I have a pmount-hal command instead of pmount and it doe

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-20 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. The Althon 64 fully supports i386 through some fancy on chip emulation > that is as fast as a native 32 bit chip (I think all the 64 bit processors > you mention do this but don't quite me on that). So I could do that by booting a no

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-17 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having said that there is not really any advantage to running the 64 bit port > as there isn't any software that makes use of the extra features and the > Althon 64 in 32 bit mode is just as fast. Does that mean I can just install Debian

Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-17 Thread Adam Funk
I'm planning to buy a new home computer soon and am considering Xeon, Athlon 64 and Opteron 64, but I'm not sure about the relevant Debian architectures, ia64 and amd64. Which one applies to which of those processors? I'm also concerned about the potential shortage of 64-bit software for a genera

slrn/unstable, libslang2, unicode?

2006-02-06 Thread Adam Funk
The slrn.sourceforge.net documentation says Unicode support is dependent on Slang 2, and that you can compile late version against that library to get Unicode support. The unstable version of slrn, however, requires libslang2 but does support UTF-8. Anyone know why? $ slrn --version Slrn 0.9.8.1

Re: use stable/unstable source at the same time

2006-02-03 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-03, John Halton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My understanding was that if you have more than two repositories then > it is better to use pinning, using /etc/apt/preferences, so you can > set different priorities for each of the non-default releases. > > The exact configuration then depe

Re: use stable/unstable source at the same time

2006-02-03 Thread Adam Funk
> could I use stable and unstable sources list at the same time as this in > /etc/apt/sources.list? > > deb ftp://ftp.linuxforum.net/debian/ stable main > deb ftp://ftp.linuxforum.net/debian/ unstable main Yes. I think you should include testing as well. Then you need to put *one* of the followi

Re: How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?

2006-02-03 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-03, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can actually remove the hdd=ide-scsi option altogether and write to > your CD Writer directly. ie. instead of: > > cdrecord dev=0,0,0 ... > > you use: > > cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd ... You mean with the 2.6.* kernel, right? > If you haven't alre

Re: How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?

2006-02-02 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-02, David Kirchner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/2/06, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've got a Debian testing/unstable system running a 2.4.27-2-386 or >> 2.4.27-2-386 kernel, booted from LILO, and I'm thinking of upgrading >>

How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?

2006-02-02 Thread Adam Funk
I've got a Debian testing/unstable system running a 2.4.27-2-386 or 2.4.27-2-386 kernel, booted from LILO, and I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.6.something. I had originally planned to wait until I had a new computer but I haven't got around to picking one out yet. If I just use aptitude to install

Re: Firefox 1.5: middle-clicking URLs doesn't work now.

2006-01-29 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-01-29, Noah Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/29/06, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I just upgraded to package firefox 1.5.dfsg-4. I used to be able to >> select URLs in another window and middle-click in Firefox to load >> them, but it has s

Firefox 1.5: middle-clicking URLs doesn't work now.

2006-01-29 Thread Adam Funk
I just upgraded to package firefox 1.5.dfsg-4. I used to be able to select URLs in another window and middle-click in Firefox to load them, but it has stopped working and I can't find a configuration option to reinstate this function. Could anyone tell me how to get it back? -- Thanks, Adam -

Re: Trying to upgrade libc6: aptitute wants to remove the kernel.

2006-01-23 Thread Adam Funk
On Monday 23 January 2006 01:20, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> I've got a mixed stable/testing system which I've been trying to >> upgrade >> and dist-upgrade for a while. Whenever I try to `aptitude install >> libc6` to testing or unstable, with various options, I get this >> ominous warning:

Trying to upgrade libc6: aptitute wants to remove the kernel.

2006-01-21 Thread Adam Funk
I've got a mixed stable/testing system which I've been trying to upgrade and dist-upgrade for a while. Whenever I try to `aptitude install libc6` to testing or unstable, with various options, I get this ominous warning: The following packages will be REMOVED: base-config initrd-tools kernel-ima

Re: SSH on two ports

2006-01-14 Thread Adam Funk
On Saturday 14 January 2006 13:00, Michael Przysucha wrote: > Hello, > > I want to use ssh on two ports, 22 (standart) and 666. Can anybody > tell how to configure it? My first thought was to simply add the > second port nubmer in the configuration but did not work. Second was > to set up iptable

Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?

2006-01-07 Thread Adam Funk
On Friday 30 December 2005 16:50, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Bryan G wrote: >> i found this, I haven't installed it yet but it claims to replace >> realplayer without the problems of realplayer taking over your PC >> http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm > > I find that mplayer is a far bette

Re: Help with syslog.conf syntax and structure?

2005-12-13 Thread Adam Funk
On Friday 09 December 2005 01:00, Almut Behrens wrote: > On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 11:01:53AM +0000, Adam Funk wrote: >> I've been running leafnode, which generates a lot of news.info syslog >> entries -- making up over 95% of /var/log/syslog -- so I want to stop >> log

Help with syslog.conf syntax and structure?

2005-12-08 Thread Adam Funk
I have what I think is a fairly standard syslog.conf (in other words, I haven't tinkered with it yet), the non-commented parts of which I've pasted below. I've been running leafnode, which generates a lot of news.info syslog entries -- making up over 95% of /var/log/syslog -- so I want to stop log

How to figure out why a computer rebooted?

2005-11-16 Thread Adam Funk
I'm disturbed that I've received a "Reboot" logcheck report from a computer to which I don't have physical access right now. I logged in by ssh and looked at /var/log/syslog, which shows routine stuff, then a 3-minute gap, then the restart log entries. Nov 16 08:02:01 argon /USR/SBIN/CRON[16445]:

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Adam Funk
Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 22:31 -0500, C Shore wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:49:03PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: >> > Edward J. Shornock wrote: >> > > I beg to differ. I, at least, am trying to avoid ending up living in >> > > a cardboard box or milking social services. >> >

[Spam?] Re: Anyone know how to do a "timed program" with mplayer

2005-11-15 Thread Adam Funk
> and I've successfully recorded (using scripts and at) fixed-duration > RealPlayer radio shows to .wav to listen to them later. But I'd > like to record a specific show tonight from the continuous live ogg > stream. In case anyone else cares, here's what I developed. $ at 16:00 > record-wuvt

Re: Can't get grip to normalize before encoding.

2005-11-14 Thread Adam Funk
Adam Funk wrote: > I think that was wrong. I've removed the filename from that box in the > configuration and now have: > > Options: Wav filter command: >/usr/bin/normalize-audio -a -20dB > > but it still isn't doing anything. The files are coming out aroun

Re: player for wav

2005-11-11 Thread Adam Funk
roberto wrote: > $ file 1.wav > 1.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, MPEG Layer 3, stereo 48000 > Hz > > so according to > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/03/msg04680.html > > it should be correct, and file is played but at a higher rate so > voices are reproduced too fast and

Re: CHM to html ?

2005-11-07 Thread Adam Funk
On Monday 07 November 2005 13:30, Armin ranjbar wrote: > anyone known a way to convert CHM files into plain html or pdf files ? I don't know of any "ready-made" way to do it, but this might be useful if you know python. Package: python-chm State: not installed Version: 0.8.2-3 Priority: optional

Re: player for wav

2005-11-04 Thread Adam Funk
roberto wrote: > hello > which is the right audio player for .wav files according to you? > i tried real 10, kaffeine, xmms but nothing :( If XMMS won't play some foo.wav, type "file foo.wav" and see what details you get. I discovered a while back http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/03/

Problem running "normalize-mp3 --tmpdir /tmp ...".

2005-11-01 Thread Adam Funk
(This refers to the normalize-mp3 command provided by package normalize-audio, version 0.7.6-7.) As I think is normal, /tmp has permissions "rwxrwxrwt", which is supposed to let me rename and unlink files that I own within in. But normalize-mp3 has problems using it: $ normalize-mp3 --tmpdir /t

Re: marillat false alarm?

2005-11-01 Thread Adam Funk
Marty wrote: > Since the Oct 29 update of realplayer: > > # chkrootkit -q > > /usr/lib/realplay-10.0.6/share/default/.realplayerrc > > Besides having no idea what chkrootkit is complaining about, > what really bothers me is having no way to validate marillat > packages, since I'm running stable

Re: Can't get grip to normalize before encoding.

2005-10-31 Thread Adam Funk
On Saturday 29 October 2005 12:40, Adam Funk wrote: > I have grip 3.3.1-4 installed and configured as follows: > > Ripper: grip (cdparanoia) > > Rip file format: /home/MISC/grip/%A--%d--%t--%n.wav > > Options: Wav filter command: /usr/bin/normalize-audio -a > -20dB /h

Re: Can't get grip to normalize before encoding.

2005-10-30 Thread Adam Funk
On Sunday 30 October 2005 00:40, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Not knowing much about sound other than I listen to KUSC all the > time... Is this related perhaps to the note in the man page for > normalize: ... > Unfortunately, many MP3 players do not support v2.4 > tags (including xmms, as of

Re: Can't get grip to normalize before encoding.

2005-10-29 Thread Adam Funk
On Saturday 29 October 2005 17:30, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>>Did you check if you have the normalize-audio package installed? >> >> Yes (normalize-audio 0.7.6-7). For a while I've been using >> normalize-audio and normalize-mp3 from the command-line with no >> problems at all. Sorry, that was a

Re: Can't get grip to normalize before encoding.

2005-10-29 Thread Adam Funk
On Saturday 29 October 2005 13:00, Bruno Buys wrote: >>It produces properly named and tagged wav and mp3 files, but >>normalization does not take place. All the files of both types have a >>much higher volume than I want (for my MP3 player). >> >>Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? > Did you

Can't get grip to normalize before encoding.

2005-10-29 Thread Adam Funk
I have grip 3.3.1-4 installed and configured as follows: Ripper: grip (cdparanoia) Rip file format: /home/MISC/grip/%A--%d--%t--%n.wav Options: Wav filter command: /usr/bin/normalize-audio -a -20dB /home/MISC/grip/%A--%d--%t--%n.wav Encoder: lame etc. It produces properly named and tagged wa

Re: Add which package to get mplayer to play an ogg stream?

2005-10-21 Thread Adam Funk
j j wrote: > I *think* mplayer plays oggs without the need of extra codec. That's what I thought. > but try vlc > to see if your ogg file is in good shape. I know the stream itself is OK because xmms plays it with no trouble on both machines, and mplayer plays it on one machine while at the s

Add which package to get mplayer to play an ogg stream?

2005-10-20 Thread Adam Funk
On my Debian testing system at work, this works (using Marillat's mplayer-i586 package): $ mplayer http://engine.collegemedia.vt.edu:8000/wuvt.ogg On my Debian testing system at home (using Marillat's mplayer-k7 package), however, it caches then fails thus: $ mplayer http://engine.collegemedia.

Re: Anyone know how to do a "timed program" with mplayer?

2005-10-19 Thread Adam Funk
On Wednesday 19 October 2005 12:30, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > But there is a big difference between realplay and mplayer. Mplayer > has much cleaner sound. With vsound you get sound AND recording, can > you do that with mplayer? With mplayer, you can record sound from a stream as part of a batch j

Re: Anyone know how to do a "timed program" with mplayer?

2005-10-18 Thread Adam Funk
On Monday 17 October 2005 17:50, Oliver Lupton wrote: > I guess this isn't the neatest either, but how about using mplayer's > slave mode (-slave), so it reads for commands from stdin. And have a > simple script which sleeps for 1:30 and then prints whatever mplayer's > stop command is to mplayer?

Anyone know how to do a "timed program" with mplayer?

2005-10-17 Thread Adam Funk
I can listen to a continuously ogg-streaming radio station with this command: mplayer http://engine.collegemedia.vt.edu:8000/wuvt.ogg and I've successfully recorded (using scripts and at) fixed-duration RealPlayer radio shows to .wav to listen to them later. But I'd like to record a specific sho

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