Re: Console resolution

2011-02-17 Thread Tim Clewlow
> I am not new to the linux way of things but I am new to the debain > way of things and I have some questions that need to be answered. To > start, I need to ket rid of nouveau as it's screwing with uvesafb > (produces an 'Error -22'). I added it to > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf but it's stil

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-29 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On 01/29/2011 12:01 AM, elbbit wrote: >> On 28/01/11 19:16, Chris Brennan wrote: >>> Off-list, BCC to postmaster@freebsd and debian lists >> Unfortunately, I think it is best if people see what you are >> saying. >> Read on for further understanding. >> >>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:56 PM, elbb

Re: (OT) Re: Unidentified subject!

2010-09-23 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:28:35 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: >> The Matrix, coming for us :-) >> >> Greetings, >> > > Quick, check for dead pixels! > > -- . I checked, and all the red pixies have disappeared -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a su

Re: need native app to listen to internet radios

2010-08-01 Thread Tim Clewlow
> 2010/7/30 Madhurya Kakati > >> >> Is there any good native linux app for streaming online radio? I >> prefer shoutcast. >> Thanks >> vlc is good for both listening to streams and sending streams. Listening is incredibly easy, the following command will do it vlc -I dummy "$url" where $url =

Re: ALAC: decompressing to .wav.

2010-07-14 Thread Tim Clewlow
can also do mplayer -vo null -vc dummy -ao pcm:waveheader:file="output.wav" "input.m4a" Cheers, Tim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/90c2935f3d5d88

Re: Torrents killing my conection

2010-06-21 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Tim Clewlow > wrote: > >> >> I would still like to know the answer to one simple question. >> >> Does restarting the modem/router bring the network back up? >> >> If the answer is yes, then the problem is on the m

Re: Torrents killing my conection

2010-06-21 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:24 AM, ABS Doug wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Mark wrote: >> >> > Exactly. I'm hoping his dvd download via Iceweasel fails, since >> that >> would >> > point directly to a driver issue. If it succeeds, that means >> the >> problemo >> > is with the to

Re: Torrents killing my connection

2010-06-19 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Andrew Reid > wrote: >>  Is this only true of torrents, or is it also true of large >> downloads?  What happens if you try to pull a few megs of >> something? > > Usenet seems to work fine. But there I'm downloading in pieces of > course. Is the anything else

Re: Torrents killing my connection

2010-06-19 Thread Tim Clewlow
> at some point, minutes, hours, > I'll loose my internet connection. . What do you have to do to get the connection back? Restart networking on the torrent client computer, or, restart the modem/router, or perhaps you have a separate firewall that requires a (networking) restart. The answer to th

Re: Questions about RAID 6

2010-05-01 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On 4/30/2010 6:39 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 04/26/2010 09:29 AM, Tim Clewlow wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I'm getting ready to build a RAID 6 with 4 x 2TB drives to start, >> >> Since two of the drives (yes, I know the parity is striped a

Re: Questions about RAID 6

2010-04-26 Thread Tim Clewlow
> I don't know what your requirements / levels of paranoia are, but > RAID 5 is > probably better than RAID 6 until you are up to 6 or 7 drives; the > chance of a > double failure in a 5 (or less) drive array is minuscule. > . I currently have 3 TB of data with another 1TB on its way fairly soon,

Re: Questions about RAID 6

2010-04-26 Thread Tim Clewlow
> I'm afraid that opinions of RAID vary widely on this list (no > surprise) > but you may be interested to note that we agree (a consensus) that > software-RAID 6 is an unfortunate choice. > . Is this for performance reasons or potential data loss. I can live with slow writes, reads should not be

Re: Questions about RAID 6

2010-04-26 Thread Tim Clewlow
Ok, I found the answer to my second question - it fails the entire disk. So the first question remains. Does ext3 (and relevent utilities, particularly resize2fs and e2fsck) on 32 bit i386 arch support 16TB volumes? Regards, Tim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Questions about RAID 6

2010-04-26 Thread Tim Clewlow
Hi there, I'm getting ready to build a RAID 6 with 4 x 2TB drives to start, but the intention is to add more drives as storage requirements increase. My research/googling suggests ext3 supports 16TB volumes if block size is 4096 bytes, but some sites suggest the 32 bit arch means it is restricted

Re: debian on a raid5 (4TB) issues

2010-04-16 Thread Tim Clewlow
> Hi, maybe OT but, I\m trying to install debian lenny on a raid5 with > 4TB. OS sees one big sda with 4TB, I can particion /boot, / and swap > but it only recognize 78GB instead the 4TB available. Is this > because > the partition in booteable? Can I install debian OS on this hdd > with > these

Re: Which Simple Video Design Application?

2010-03-15 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 15:30 -0700, Hugo Wau wrote: >> >> >> --- On Mon, 3/15/10, John A. Sullivan III >> wrote: >> >> From: John A. Sullivan III >> Subject: Re: Which Simple Video Design Application? >> To: "Hugo Wau" >> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >>

Re: this table in html how

2010-03-07 Thread Tim Clewlow
I just had to - its probably a disorder :-D http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> body { margin:0px; } .left_column_50 { width:50%; float:left; text-align:center; margin:0px; } .right_column_50 { width:50%; float:right; text-align:center; margin:0px; } .left_column_

RE: netstat ?

2010-02-23 Thread Tim Clewlow
>> >> tcpdump host 172.16.4.1 -XX >> >> if you want to save the data in a file for later analysis >> >> tcpdump host 172.16.4.1 -XX >> somefile >> >> ** >> >> if you want to know why you are doing this >> >> man tcpdump >> >> Regards, Tim. >> >> >> > > Thank you for your reply . Sorry , Is this

RE: netstat ?

2010-02-23 Thread Tim Clewlow
>> >> In , Hadi Motamedi >> wrote: >> >My Debian server is at @172.16.128.1 and the remote network >> element is at >> > @172.16.4.1 , > > Thank you for your reply . Sorry , you mean the tcpdump can be used > to monitor the exchanged packets toward an spesific ip address ? I > thought that it can j

Re: how to convince that debian is one the three major choices for a stable server environment?

2010-02-22 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On 22/02/2010 13:01, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: >> (it is, isn't it? :-) ) >> >> So, yes, we are moving on from our 10year experience with gentoo, >> and >> are searching for our new environment. From my personal experience >> I >> would say debian stable - any hard evidence to support t

RE: Decompiler?

2010-02-22 Thread Tim Clewlow
>> >> > Dear All >> >> > >> >> > I have disassembled the object file on my Debian server , by >> the >> >> following : >> >> > >> >> > #objdump wmain >> >> > >> >> > In the output , I have recognized the intended subroutine >> that I >> >> need to >> >> > find the exact command syntax that it send

RE: Decompiler?

2010-02-21 Thread Tim Clewlow
> > > > >> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:28:01 -0500 >> From: zlinux...@wowway.com >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Decompiler? >> >> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:06:21 -0500 (EST), Hadi Motamedi wrote: >> > >> > Dear All >> > >> > I have disassembled the object file on my Debian server ,

Re: Any Linux CAD tools?

2010-01-17 Thread Tim Clewlow
> > Hi All, > > I am looking for a CAD tool to draw among other things contours. I > have tried to use the spline feature of QCAD. The issue is that I > don't seem to find any way of joining two splines together or > extending an open spline. > > I have also looked at PythonCAD but it does not see

Re: Video conversion

2010-01-05 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 05:32:10PM +, Tim Frink wrote: >> I would like to convert an old video file using the >> Intel indeo codec into a video format that is supported >> by nowadays video players. What software could I use >> for the conversion under Debian Lenny? >> > There's a handy GUI

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-12 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: >> Hi debian gurus, >> >> I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video >> camera >> onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire >> only. >> >> When I plug it in, I see the following in the lo

Re: starting Idesk automatically in IceWM on Lenny

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Clewlow
> Is it? > Let's look at /etc/X11/Xsession > $ grep HOME /etc/X11/Xsession > USRRESOURCES=$HOME/.Xresources > USERXSESSION=$HOME/.xsession > USERXSESSIONRC=$HOME/.xsessionrc > ALTUSERXSESSION=$HOME/.Xsession > ERRFILE=$HOME/.xsession-errors > $ grep USERXSESSION /etc/X11/Xsession /etc/X11/Xsession.

Re: starting Idesk automatically in IceWM on Lenny

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Friday 16 October 2009 13:42:25 Tim Clewlow wrote: >> Ok, I found out that there is an error in the .xsession file, the >> correct version is below, note the line 'icewm &' has now become >> 'icewm-session &' - this should bring back the c

Re: starting Idesk automatically in IceWM on Lenny

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Clewlow
Ok, I found out that there is an error in the .xsession file, the correct version is below, note the line 'icewm &' has now become 'icewm-session &' - this should bring back the correct background and hopefully the mouse will behave noremally again :-) #!/bin/sh xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults & icewm-se

Re: starting Idesk automatically in IceWM on Lenny

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Friday 16 October 2009 11:10:04 Tim Clewlow wrote: >> lol - that error makes quite a difference. It means pretty much what >> it says, ie X is already running, or, the combination of config files means the system ends up trying to start X twice. > Yes, I am very sorry.

Re: starting Idesk automatically in IceWM on Lenny

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Friday 16 October 2009 01:33:17 Tim Clewlow wrote: >> It sounds like your system is not using the xsession method of >> managing an X session, which means it is using the native xinit method. That's ok, and just as easy to work with. First check if you >> have a fi

Re: starting Idesk automatically in IceWM on Lenny

2009-10-15 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Wednesday 14 October 2009 00:34:57 Tim Clewlow wrote: >> > On Tuesday 13 October 2009 10:43:21 Tim Clewlow wrote: >> >> You can rearrange the order in which things are started in your >> >> .xsession file, ie you dont have to start the window manager >&g

Re: starting Idesk automatically in IceWM on Lenny

2009-10-13 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Tuesday 13 October 2009 10:43:21 Tim Clewlow wrote: >> You can rearrange the order in which things are started in your >> .xsession file, ie you dont have to start the window manager last. > [snip] >> Basically, when the script finishes, X will close - so dont let

Re: starting Idesk automatically in IceWM on Lenny

2009-10-13 Thread Tim Clewlow
> I don't run the xserver by entering startx in the console. I have it starting > and running automatically via an entry in ~/.bash_profile. >> All entries in your .Xsession or similar must end with &, so >> they'll >> run in the background, except the last one. This last one should be >> your win

Re: How much RAM can debian support?

2009-10-10 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Saturday 10 October 2009 05:23:45 Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: >> 2009/10/10 Marc Shapiro >> >> > My first computer (a TRS-80 Model III) had 16K (that kilobites) >> of RAM >> > and 16k of ROM, then I quickly upgraded to its maximum of 48K. >> > >> > The times, they are a-changin'. >> >> 80's, 70'