Re: List stats

2010-01-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 17:07 +1300, Robert Fisher wrote: > steve wrote: > > Personally, I'd try Fedora 12 first, but then I'm not into KDE at all, > > which may affect my perception. > > > > I just detest YaST(2) ): > > > > Hope you haven't got a Gigabyte mobo > > > > Steve > > > Well yes I

Re: List stats

2010-01-05 Thread Robert Fisher
steve wrote: Personally, I'd try Fedora 12 first, but then I'm not into KDE at all, which may affect my perception. I just detest YaST(2) ): Hope you haven't got a Gigabyte mobo Steve Well yes I have. Why do you ask? Rob

Re: List stats

2010-01-05 Thread steve
On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 16:04 +1300, Robert Fisher wrote: > Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > That's not to say Shuttleworth isn't appreciated, but it puts his > > "millions" a bit into perspective. > > > > Volker > > > Volker, you will be pleased to know that as I type I am burning an > OpenSuse 11.2 D

Re: List stats

2010-01-05 Thread Robert Fisher
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: That's not to say Shuttleworth isn't appreciated, but it puts his "millions" a bit into perspective. Volker Volker, you will be pleased to know that as I type I am burning an OpenSuse 11.2 DVD. I have been running Kubuntu satisfactorily for quite a while but recentl

Re: Backup wierdnesses...

2010-01-05 Thread steve
On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 11:59 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > On Wed 06 Jan 2010 11:39:17 NZDT +1300, steve wrote: > Bug in ntfs-3g? Yup. Max files the released version of ntfs-3g can handle on a mounted volume is about 54,000,000. Installing latest stable from source fixed it. > > Volker > Cheers

Re: Backup wierdnesses...

2010-01-05 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Wed 06 Jan 2010 11:39:17 NZDT +1300, steve wrote: Not backup wierdness, but a problem with the filesystem in use. > mkdir: cannot create directory: `/backup/Wednesday/user/projects/YEAR > 10/01/06 Jan 2010': Operation not supported Some things to check: Is there any encryption on the NTFS? I

Re: Backup wierdnesses...

2010-01-05 Thread steve
Ugh... missed the relevant line! Not enough space to extended mft data: Operation not supported Looks like I hit the file limit. Installing the latest stable drivers from source has fixed the problem. Cheers, Steve On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 11:47 +1300, Craig Falconer wrote: > steve wrote, On 0

Re: List stats

2010-01-05 Thread yuri
Christopher Sawtell wrote: >> He was thrilled, despite the fact that wireless stopped working an >> hour after starting to use Kubuntu due to a stuff-up in the firmware >> that came with the Linux driver and I haven't been able to fix that >> yet. > > A few more details would be appreciated. His l

Re: Backup wierdnesses...

2010-01-05 Thread Craig Falconer
steve wrote, On 06/01/10 11:39: I've got an external backup disk that I use for backup. As it's living in a primarily Microsoft desktop environment, it's formatted NTFS for easy retrieval in case of failure. /etc/fstab entry: /dev/sdc1/backupntfs-3g defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,n

Re: List stats

2010-01-05 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Tue 05 Jan 2010 11:19:18 NZDT +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > Even though I think some of the more idiotic posters have caused many > of the more knowledgable to leave the list as the S/N ratio fell > heavily. Lately I don't see all that many serious linux questions on > this list, I am more likely t

Re: List stats

2010-01-05 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Tue 05 Jan 2010 10:56:52 NZDT +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >>> Is this a sign that linux is becoming more mature, and fewer problems > >>> arise? > Without doubt. The umpteen Shuttleworth millions have made a real > difference. Your new life giving you the pink glasses, is it...? ;-)

Re: List stats

2010-01-05 Thread Christopher Sawtell
2010/1/5 yuri > > He was thrilled, despite the fact that wireless stopped working an > hour after starting to use Kubuntu due to a stuff-up in the firmware > that came with the Linux driver and I haven't been able to fix that > yet. > A few more details would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Sincer