Re: DVDs under Linux

2003-11-11 Thread Keith McGavin
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:42:45PM +1300, CF wrote: > Yes - I can read the udf filesystem, and the disks work in a regular dvd > player. gui programmes such as xine,mplayer usually use the soft link /dev/dvd to read the disk so check the link exists. 'ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/dvd' also have you inst

Re: Laptop NIC help

2003-11-11 Thread David Mann
Matthew Gregan wrote: > It's quite likely that the laptop doesn't have a network card at all. > > Five seconds with Google turns this up: [snip massive URL] Thanks for the info. My Google searching didn't turn this one up but I didn't specifically search the newsgroups. I'll try Chris's sugge

Re: Linux based FAT defragger?

2003-11-11 Thread Philip Charles
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Yuri de Groot wrote: > > do i take it windows has left the building, but the data > > is still there? > > > > if so, and given the size of the data, backing up and > > reformatting/repartitioning is by far the best option > > IMHO. Its less than one cd if you are short on hd s

Re: remove .htaccess auth from directory

2003-11-11 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:03:14PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > I have a directory below (or above?) it eg. edit/images/ that I do not > want to be password protected. Is this possible without altering the > edit/.htaccess? There are probably other ways to do it, but since you didn't give us much

Re: OT - quality media (Verbatim?)

2003-11-11 Thread Huan Yee Chew
I vote for the Verbatim too. I usually use those white printable surface (Part No. 94366). I've burnt around 300 of those and virtually no failure rate. Many friends I've recommended to this particular one had no complain either. In fact, they continued using it. Though, the downside is it'

Re: OT - quality media (Verbatim?)

2003-11-11 Thread Philip Charles
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Yuri de Groot wrote: > Hi all, > > Back in the days of 5.25" floppies my father worked in IT > and he always used nothing but Verbatim, swearing they're > the best brand. > > Now I see Verbatim 3.5" disks and CD-Rs for sale, and I > wonder if this still holds. > I ran 'mcheck

remove .htaccess auth from directory

2003-11-11 Thread Paul William
Hi all, I have a directory protected by a .htaccess and password file eg. edit/.htaccess I have a directory below (or above?) it eg. edit/images/ that I do not want to be password protected. Is this possible without altering the edit/.htaccess? The web server is running Apache/1.3.27. Cheers

Re: DVDs under Linux

2003-11-11 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Yep - this problem is repeated a lot, and no answers are listed. Asking the obvious (and without wanting to do a large web search myself) - exactly what is the problem? Or is everyone so far only describing symptoms? You said kernel 2.6? That could be part of the problem of course. > Yes - I'l

Re: DVDs under Linux

2003-11-11 Thread CF
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 14:13, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Most errors look similar to this, so I suspect the problem lies with > > libdvdcss and friends. > > Entirely possible. Can you try a few other disks and see whether at least > one of them works? Yes - I'll hire a couple and see if that help

Re: DVDs under Linux

2003-11-11 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/cd > 7.7G 7.7G 0 100% /dvd Obviously a double-layered disk. > Most errors look similar to this, so I suspect the problem lies with > libdvdcss and friends. Entirely possible. Can you try a few other disks and see whether at least one

Re: DVDs under Linux]

2003-11-11 Thread Chris Bayley
I first got mplayer going in console with framebuffer and then worked my way through the X players. Play with the switches in mplayer and try playing the audio only or the video only... CF wrote: On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 13:45, Chris Bayley wrote: Try first a no-region (or Region 0) disc first

Re: DVDs under Linux]

2003-11-11 Thread CF
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 13:45, Chris Bayley wrote: > Try first a no-region (or Region 0) disc first - that will eliminate > that problem for now. Most documentatries and 'adult' films are Region 0. Thanks - haven't got any, so I'll have to hire one. I have only Matrix, Highlander, and Harry Potter2

Re: DVDs under Linux]

2003-11-11 Thread Chris Bayley
Try first a no-region (or Region 0) disc first - that will eliminate that problem for now. Most documentatries and 'adult' films are Region 0. Make sure you have DMA enabled on that drive, although you should already have jerky video if that where your only issue. Check gentoo forums for some of

Re: DVDs under Linux

2003-11-11 Thread CF
BTW - its kernel 2.6.0-test9 and the dmesg output is here http://criggie.dyndns.org/network/tramadol1-dmesg.txt

Re: DVDs under Linux

2003-11-11 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:25, you wrote: > Yes - its a nasty can of worms. > > I've got a standard IDE DVDROM drive (cos it was about $15 more > expensive than a new CDROM drive) and I can't get it to play DVDs. > > The machine is a celeron 1Ghz with a budget motherboard, via chipset, > and trident gr

DVDs under Linux

2003-11-11 Thread CF
Yes - its a nasty can of worms. I've got a standard IDE DVDROM drive (cos it was about $15 more expensive than a new CDROM drive) and I can't get it to play DVDs. The machine is a celeron 1Ghz with a budget motherboard, via chipset, and trident graphics. The DVD is slave on the second IDE bus (/

Re: dns, bind site urls wanted

2003-11-11 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> For a small home or office network the above is severe overkill and I'd True, which is why I didn't run it, but installed it when Verisign broke the internet because there's an "Anti-Verislime"-patch available for it, which turns unknown domains back into "unknown". It works reasonably well. Al

Re: dns, bind site urls wanted

2003-11-11 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:10, you wrote: > I need some of the sites - I've got some questions I want to pose. The canonical source of BIND knowledge. http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind9.html The BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual is included with the source distribution in DocBook XML and HTML

Re: Rehash of old argument (Was: reply-to munging)

2003-11-11 Thread G. M. Bodnar
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:21:25AM NZDT, Yuri de Groot wrote: > > It was discussed and voted on previously on this list. > The anti-munging article was refered to at that time, as > was a pro-munging article. > > At the time I voted against munging, but I no longer care. > Rather than start this

Rehash of old argument (Was: reply-to munging)

2003-11-11 Thread Yuri de Groot
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 07:57, G. M. Bodnar wrote: > I just ran across this argument against reply-to rewriting, and thought > it might be an interesting read here. It was discussed and voted on previously on this list. The anti-munging article was refered to at that time, as was a pro-munging article

Re: reply-to munging

2003-11-11 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 07:57, G. M. Bodnar wrote: > I just ran across this argument against reply-to rewriting, and thought > it might be an interesting read here. > > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html The arguments in both directions are interesting (I won't recap them all here) but

reply-to munging

2003-11-11 Thread G. M. Bodnar
I just ran across this argument against reply-to rewriting, and thought it might be an interesting read here. http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html I know that I've had a few cases where I've sent personal responses rather than list responses, and it can be frustrating. However, fixing

deleting...(was: Linux based FAT defragger?)

2003-11-11 Thread Martin Baehr
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 03:11:53PM +1300, Yuri de Groot wrote: > It's taking bl--dy ages because I have to double check > each item that there's nothing useful before I delete it. which is why i never delete mails. the time saved that way is much more valuable than the few bits an individual email

Re: dns, bind site urls wanted

2003-11-11 Thread Chris Hellyar
www.tldp.org ? google... What questions do you have, I'm sure there are enough folks on this list with named.conf syntax tattooed on their eyelids to answer most questions... :-). On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 23:10, Wesley Parish wrote: > I need some of the sites - I've got some questions I want to p

Re: dns, bind site urls wanted

2003-11-11 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 11:10:03PM +1300, Wesley Parish wrote: > I need some of the sites - I've got some questions I want to pose. Is Google broken? -mjg -- Matthew Gregan |/ /|[EMAIL PROTECTED]

dns, bind site urls wanted

2003-11-11 Thread Wesley Parish
I need some of the sites - I've got some questions I want to pose. Any help gratefully received. Wesley Parish -- Clinesterton Beademung - in all of love. Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is

Re: FEDORA (RH Yarrow)

2003-11-11 Thread Wesley Parish
I must confess to an interesting experience with it on my old machine, a 486 with 8 MB - having a neighbour's kid playing around while I was trying to do something with it, and I got distracted by something he was doing around my desk, and the next thing I knew, I had about twenty desktops all l

Re: Laptop NIC help

2003-11-11 Thread Chris Noel
It will be an intel PRO/100 VE, so try this : http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=493364&moid=null&BV_SessionID=0396622358.1068536802&BV_EngineID=ccchadcjlhieglgcgfkceghdgngdglk.0&ct=DL cheers, Chris On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:44, you wrote: > Hi all, > > A

Re: Laptop NIC help

2003-11-11 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 08:44:34PM +1300, David Mann wrote: > When I plugged it into my switch nothing happened. The lights didn't > even come on. It seems that Win2k can't see the laptop's built-in NIC. It's quite likely that the laptop doesn't have a network card at all. Five seconds with

Laptop NIC help

2003-11-11 Thread David Mann
Hi all, A friend needs to get his mp3 collection written onto CD to free up some drive space. I figured I could just hook his laptop onto the network here and copy the files off to burn them on one of my machines. When I plugged it into my switch nothing happened. The lights didn't even come