Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Joerg Schilling wrote: >This is interestingas some mkisofs users report that there are DVDs that look >as if there is a need to introduce negative padding between some files. There's DVDs that look (to e.g. lsdvd) as if there were ~60 Tracks of various sizes used, wit

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Stroller wrote: >On 16 December 2011, at 17:25, Mark Knecht wrote: >> ... >> I have no interest in tearing apart the DVD in any way. It was more >> about the idea of a fire causing the loss of maybe $15K-$20K >> investment over the years. I can rip all the CDs, keep the

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: extending volume groups and logical volumes

2011-12-16 Thread Dale
Allan Gottlieb wrote: I had 13GB left on /var when it died at which point /var had zero. I made a new partition (/mnt/junk) with nothing else on it and built libreoffice there. In another terminal I ran while true do df -h /mnt/junk | grep junk sleep 300 done df began at 0GB and grew to

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: extending volume groups and logical volumes

2011-12-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Fri, Dec 16 2011, Dale wrote: > Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 16 2011, Dale wrote: >> >>> Allan Gottlieb wrote: One more thing. Some readers were suggesting I need 8 or so GB for libreoffice. The failures occurred with 13GB. Today's /mnt/junk success required 16GB. For

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: extending volume groups and logical volumes

2011-12-16 Thread Dale
Allan Gottlieb wrote: On Fri, Dec 16 2011, Dale wrote: Allan Gottlieb wrote: One more thing. Some readers were suggesting I need 8 or so GB for libreoffice. The failures occurred with 13GB. Today's /mnt/junk success required 16GB. Fortunately sda8 has 50GB. Dang !! pkg_pretend() { i

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: extending volume groups and logical volumes

2011-12-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Fri, Dec 16 2011, Dale wrote: > Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> >> One more thing. Some readers were suggesting I need 8 or so GB for >> libreoffice. The failures occurred with 13GB. Today's /mnt/junk >> success required 16GB. Fortunately sda8 has 50GB. > > Dang !! > > pkg_pretend() { > if [[

Re: [gentoo-user] DBI connect dbname=template1 failed Permission denied

2011-12-16 Thread Joseph
On 12/16/11 18:57, Stroller wrote: On 16 December 2011, at 03:20, Joseph wrote: … The SQL-Ledger developer was helping me out on this and he can not figure it out either. I'm sure it is not SQL-ledger as it is working perfectly on my other computers. It could be apache configuration, but I do

Re: [gentoo-user] DBI connect dbname=template1 failed Permission denied

2011-12-16 Thread Joseph
On 12/16/11 18:57, Stroller wrote: On 16 December 2011, at 03:20, Joseph wrote: … The SQL-Ledger developer was helping me out on this and he can not figure it out either. I'm sure it is not SQL-ledger as it is working perfectly on my other computers. It could be apache configuration, but I do

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: extending volume groups and logical volumes

2011-12-16 Thread Dale
Allan Gottlieb wrote: On Thu, Dec 15 2011, Allan Gottlieb wrote: I need to add space to /var (thank you, libreoffice), which is on lvm. Since my one volume group vg is getting low, I thought this would be a good time to extend it as well. Alan (McKinnon) has posted very helpful lvm bits (repri

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: extending volume groups and logical volumes

2011-12-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Thu, Dec 15 2011, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I need to add space to /var (thank you, libreoffice), which is on lvm. > Since my one volume group vg is getting low, I thought this would be a > good time to extend it as well. > > Alan (McKinnon) has posted very helpful lvm bits (reprinted below). > F

Re: [gentoo-user] Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:13:14AM -0500, Michael Mol wrote > Use any nVidia card capable of full, in-hardware decoding of full > h.264 AVC. I've got two GeForce 210s which I purchased because A) they > were $50/pc two years ago, and B) they did exactly this. > > Then enable vdpau. (But that mean

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 01:57:58PM +, James wrote > Find the minimal flags and the optimum CFLAGS settings for > your needs. Refine by testing. USE a fast hard drive. > Avoid apps that soak up ram. Some video apps are ram_hogs... > > I'd be curious to learn what you finally figure out.

Re: [gentoo-user] Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:20:44PM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote > You could try to install a recent kernel (3.1.5 for me) and enable > the CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y (it's a staging driver, just search for it > by entering / in the make menuconfig environment). > > Then re-emerge the x11-drivers/xf86

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Stroller wrote: > I have found writing dual-layer DVDs practically impossible. The failure rate > is way too high - even disks which burned "successfully" are unreadable on > another PC / player. Dual layer DVDs will only work, if the layer break is at the right place. I so far have not been

Re: [gentoo-user] apache2 not running (no pid file)

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 12/16/2011 03:31 PM, Grant wrote: Thanks fellas, that makes perfect sense. Would it make sense for me to request a change to the initscript that waits until all threads have stopped before starting during a restart? Right now it's dumb in one direction, and I have a feeling that if it ge

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-12-16, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > > >> No; you'll have to decrypt, or do without the encrypted bits. > >> > >> dvdbackup is probably the closest to what you want. > > > > Interesting. So even something that just co

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Michael Mol wrote: > dvdbackup can recreate the ISO images, IIRC. No, dvdbackup just creates a readable mirror copy from the directory tree on the DVD. You need to use mkisofs -dvd-video to create a new ISO image that can be written to DVD. > If you run a simple 'dd' on a DVD with encrypted p

Re: [gentoo-user] apache2 not running (no pid file)

2011-12-16 Thread Grant
>> > Has anyone else noticed this sort of behavior from apache-2.2.21-r1: >> > >> > # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart >> > >> >  * Stopping apache2 ... [ ok ] >> >  * Starting apache2 ... >> >  * start-stop-daemon: /usr/sbin/apache2 is already running [ ok ] >> > >> > # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Stroller wrote: > > On 16 December 2011, at 17:25, Mark Knecht wrote: >> ... >> I have no interest in tearing apart the DVD in any way. It was more >> about the idea of a fire causing the loss of maybe $15K-$20K >> investment over the years. I can rip all the CDs,

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Stroller wrote: > I'm in the process of trying media-tv/xbmc instead - I believe it handles > menus, but haven't got far enough to test that It does, I've been using it on my xbox for years. :)

[gentoo-user] Re: DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread James
Mark Knecht gmail.com> writes: > For archive purposes is there a simple way for me to make a > bit-for-bit copy retail DVDs I've purchased? Some time back, I was almost ready to do something big on my 1000+ dvd collection. I did a lot of research. I got stuck on the raid servers and then aband

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-12-16, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > >>> No; you'll have to decrypt, or do without the encrypted bits. >>> >>> dvdbackup is probably the closest to what you want. >> >> Interesting. So

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 December 2011, at 17:25, Mark Knecht wrote: > ... > I have no interest in tearing apart the DVD in any way. It was more > about the idea of a fire causing the loss of maybe $15K-$20K > investment over the years. I can rip all the CDs, keep the ripped > version here to watch on the computer,

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Mark Knecht wrote: >On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Michael Mol wrote: >> No; you'll have to decrypt, or do without the encrypted bits. >> dvdbackup is probably the closest to what you want. [..] >Interesting. So even something that just copies blocks of data, like >d

[gentoo-user] Re: DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2011-12-16, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Michael Mol wrote: >> No; you'll have to decrypt, or do without the encrypted bits. >> >> dvdbackup is probably the closest to what you want. > > Interesting. So even something that just copies blocks of data, like > dd, can't

Re: [gentoo-user] Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 December 2011, at 14:27, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/16/2011 04:13 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> With an (old) $50 card, you can get an old Core 2 desktop system to >> serve as an HTPC. > > Core 2 can be an HTPC even with a crap card. You can play 1080p on the 2 CPUs > just fine. > > A

Re: [gentoo-user] DBI connect dbname=template1 failed Permission denied

2011-12-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 December 2011, at 03:20, Joseph wrote: > … > The SQL-Ledger developer was helping me out on this and he can not figure it > out either. > I'm sure it is not SQL-ledger as it is working perfectly on my other > computers. It could be apache configuration, but I don't see how? Wait. Stop. Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Please ignore above email; I hit send by mistake

2011-12-16 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 14 Dec 2011 17:55:14 pk wrote: > On 2011-12-14 07:32, Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 01:12:10AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > > > >Please ignore the above email. I hit send by mistake. Long story > > > > short... the R200 is not supported under Mesa Gallium. So a

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Michael Mol wrote: >>> No; you'll have to decrypt, or do without the encrypted bits. >>> >>> dvdbackup is probably the closest to what you want. >>> >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] apache2 not running (no pid file)

2011-12-16 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 13 Dec 2011 19:20:57 Todd Goodman wrote: > * Grant [111213 14:07]: > > Has anyone else noticed this sort of behavior from apache-2.2.21-r1: > > > > # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart > > > > * Stopping apache2 ... [ ok ] > > * Starting apache2 ... > > * start-stop-daemon: /usr/sbin/apac

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Michael Mol wrote: >> No; you'll have to decrypt, or do without the encrypted bits. >> >> dvdbackup is probably the closest to what you want. >> >> On Dec 16, 2011 11:09 AM, "Mark Knecht" wrote: >>> >>> For a

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > > No; you'll have to decrypt, or do without the encrypted bits. > > > > dvdbackup is probably the closest to what you want. > > > > On Dec 16, 2011 11:09 AM, "Mark Knecht" wrote: > >> > >> For archive purposes is there a

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > No; you'll have to decrypt, or do without the encrypted bits. > > dvdbackup is probably the closest to what you want. > > On Dec 16, 2011 11:09 AM, "Mark Knecht" wrote: >> >> For archive purposes is there a simple way for me to make a >> bit-f

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Mol
No; you'll have to decrypt, or do without the encrypted bits. dvdbackup is probably the closest to what you want. On Dec 16, 2011 11:09 AM, "Mark Knecht" wrote: > For archive purposes is there a simple way for me to make a > bit-for-bit copy retail DVDs I've purchased? > > Assume that I've got

Re: [gentoo-user] Need help getting portage to email me emerge logs using ssmtp...

2011-12-16 Thread Indi
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 04:40:01PM +0100, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Hope someone has an idea... You could try esmtp; Always seems to work for me when the others fail. Haven't tried what you're pursuing, but surely it can be made to work fairly easily... -- caveat utilitor ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤

[gentoo-user] DVD Movie backups

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
For archive purposes is there a simple way for me to make a bit-for-bit copy retail DVDs I've purchased? Assume that I've got the right sort of DVD drive, I guess something capable of writing dual-layer DVDs. Thanks, Mark

[gentoo-user] iptables question...

2011-12-16 Thread Tanstaafl
Hi all, I was reading up on some iptables rules in the gentoo security handbook: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/security-handbook.xml?part=1&chap=12&style=printable It mentions DROPing packets with an INVALID state. It sounded/sounds like a good idea, so I added the following rule: -A

[gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 12/16/2011 04:13 PM, Michael Mol wrote: With an (old) $50 card, you can get an old Core 2 desktop system to serve as an HTPC. Core 2 can be an HTPC even with a crap card. You can play 1080p on the 2 CPUs just fine. A Core 2 desktop system is certainly not "old".

Re: [gentoo-user] Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: >  I'm trying to make an older PC display high-def streaming video.  It's > a Dell Inspiron Desktop 530, with 2 gigs of ram, assembled and shipped > August 2007.  It has an Intel dual core (*NOT* a "Core Duo") cpu like so > (from /proc/cpuinfo).

[gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread James
Helmut Jarausch igpm.rwth-aachen.de> writes: > > I'm trying to make an older PC display high-def streaming video. > You could try to install a recent kernel (3.1.5 for me) and enable > the CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y (it's a staging driver, just search for it > by entering / in the make menuconf

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: extending volume groups and logical volumes

2011-12-16 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Dec 16, 2011 5:05 PM, "Neil Bothwick" wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:41:07 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > On Friday 16 December 2011 03:18:16 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > > I need to add space to /var (thank you, libreoffice), which is on lvm. > > > Since my one volume group vg is getting low

Re: [gentoo-user] Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 12/16/2011 12:11:34 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > I'm trying to make an older PC display high-def streaming video. > It's > a Dell Inspiron Desktop 530, with 2 gigs of ram, assembled and > shipped > August 2007. It has an Intel dual core (*NOT* a "Core Duo") cpu like > so > (from /proc/cpuinfo).

[gentoo-user] Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Walter Dnes
I'm trying to make an older PC display high-def streaming video. It's a Dell Inspiron Desktop 530, with 2 gigs of ram, assembled and shipped August 2007. It has an Intel dual core (*NOT* a "Core Duo") cpu like so (from /proc/cpuinfo). vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: extending volume groups and logical volumes

2011-12-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:41:07 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Friday 16 December 2011 03:18:16 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > I need to add space to /var (thank you, libreoffice), which is on lvm. > > Since my one volume group vg is getting low, I thought this would be a > > good time to extend it as we

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: extending volume groups and logical volumes

2011-12-16 Thread Philip Webb
111215 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I need to add space to /var -- thank you, libreoffice -- , > which is on lvm. Since my one volume group vg is getting low, > I thought this would be a good time to extend it as well ... > phy vol:pvcreate /dev/sda8 > ... I have long had my own extra var-type d