Re: [SLUG] Re: aptitude removal problem - no space left on device

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Robert Collins robe...@robertcollins.net wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 15:56 +1000, Denis Crowdy wrote: cp: cannot copy a directory, `/', into itself, `/tmp/mkinitramfs_C18636/' This is extremely odd - looks like a maintainer script problem. [backports tends

Re: [SLUG] Re: aptitude removal problem - no space left on device

User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies, Macquarie University +61 2 9850 6787 http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au http://motekulo.blogspot.com/ http://www.melanesianmusic.org

[SLUG] aptitude removal problem - no space left on device

be installed. Any advice as to what we might try? One suggestion has been to reinstall Intrepid, but given the nightmares we've had getting this machine to work so far, I think we might lose a potential new linux user through sheer frustration and that would be a bummer. Cheers, Denis -- Denis Crowdy

[SLUG] Re: aptitude removal problem - no space left on device

I should add that I'm removing that package because we actually boot from an earlier kernel... Denis On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Denis Crowdy denis.cro...@mq.edu.au wrote: Hi all, Have been helping a student migrate to linux (ubuntu) lately - hp dv4 laptop so all sorts of sound troubles

Re: [SLUG] That LaTeX problem: something's still funny.

bibtex on Trial.aux as per TLC, page 688. Could someone tell me where I'm going wrong, please?? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Denis Crowdy Department

Re: [SLUG] The LaTeX Problem revisited.

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Re: [SLUG] Suspenseful laptops

James Dumay wrote: I find my Apple Macbook really excellent. Me too - mine is a 13 basic white model (Core 2 duo) about a year old (which is old now I guess...) and have suspend to ram and disk working under feisty. Audio could be better - fine with alsa alone, but needs tweaking for jack

Re: [SLUG] Removing a snd module

Amos Shapira wrote: On 05/08/07, Denis Crowdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure this has worked for me in the past (distant though), but now I just get a long list of module is in use messages, despite trying to shut down everything that might be using the card. I have tried fuser

[SLUG] Removing a snd module

Hi, I would like to be able to remove the module for my soundcard (snd_hda_intel) to be able to add it again, but with modified parameters. I have been using a script from the alsa site that looks like: awk '/^snd/||/^sound/($3==0){system(rmmod $1)}' /proc/modules /proc/modules

Re: [SLUG] PowerPC, and Sound

Have any powerpc users ever managed to get jack working to any reasonable degree? Have had no success on several machines (powerbook, imac and G4 box) - internal and USB sound. Denis Crowdy James Dumay wrote: In Ubuntu 7.04, snd-powermac is a bit screwed up - seems they changed something

Re: [SLUG] Sky2 module errors

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. -- Hunter S. Thompson Well said Hunter - vale Hunter I believe? Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie

Re: [SLUG] Sky2 module errors

Solved - they have just packaged a 2.6.19 kernel and the module works fine. Internal sound happening too. Denis On 09/01/2007, at 7:21 PM, Denis Crowdy wrote: On 09/01/2007, at 2:41 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: sky2: :01:00:0: cannot assign irq 233 sky2: probe of :01:00:0

[SLUG] Sky2 module errors

worked fine with sky2, and another realtime patched kernel from another distribution (musix running 2.6.15) also worked. Thanks, Denis Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2109, Australia +61 2 9850 6787 http://www.motekulo.net http

Re: [SLUG] Installing Studio 64 on a macbook

during the install. dmesg shows: sky2: :01:00:0: cannot assign irq 233 sky2: probe of :01:00:0 failed with error -38 lsmod shows sky2 is there, but then I run out of skills/knowledge. Any clues as to what I could try? Thanks, Denis On 21/12/2006, at 1:42 PM, Denis Crowdy wrote: Hi

[SLUG] Installing Studio 64 on a macbook

unbootable (a good thing some might say but I have also just received a metric halo 2882 mobile audio interface and _need_ to play). Long post sorry - next step is to ask the 64 studio devel list of course. Cheers, Denis Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie

[SLUG] Installing Studio 64 on a macbook

unbootable (a good thing some might say but I have also just received a metric halo 2882 mobile audio interface and _need_ to play). Long post sorry - next step is to ask the 64 studio devel list of course. Cheers, Denis Dr Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie

Re: [SLUG] SB Live (EMU10K1) configuration.

/screenshots.php?group_id=117802ssid=12917 before I read your message. Probably not very helpful - especially as I can't see any jack/DVB things from Googling. Denis Crowdy On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:31:02 +1100 Chris Johns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have one of the cards in the subject line plus a DVB

Re: [SLUG] How to set runlevel in Breezy

at Polypaudio (thanks Jeff) is _very_ encouraging. Oh - needed to add /usr/local/lib to ld.so.conf to get it going but that's another thread isn't it! That was a bit of a rant wasn't it - done now... Denis -- Dr Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109

Re: [SLUG] Software recommendations sought: jukebox

-- Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109, Australia +61 2 9850 6787; http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: ocaml vs python/ruby/perl etc. was [SLUG] Why not C

wouldn't it? Denis -- Dr Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109, Australia +61 2 9850 6787; http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

[SLUG] Mail madness

, but the university seems to have taken an extreme policy on mail that has effectively shut me out from using the mail dream team I'm used to... Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109, Australia +61 2 9850 6787; http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] usb audio device for kernel 2.4

, but it is less than ideal. Mark - does the UA-20 do sensible audio formats that jack likes? Denis -- Dr Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109, Australia +61 2 9850 6787; http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

[SLUG] /etc/resolv.conf and dhcp

my.dns.whatever Tried this and restarting networking to no avail. File is still wiped to point to the ADSL router (which runs the DHCP server). Running ubuntu and dhcp3-client. Any suggestions? Updating my /etc/resolv.conf file every 5 minutes is really becoming old. Denis Denis Crowdy Department

Re: [SLUG] /etc/resolv.conf and dhcp

Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies North Ryde NSW 2109, Australia +61 2 9850 6787 http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au James Purser [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/09/05 10:22 AM What sort of options do you have on the router, are you able to set a default DNS server for the DHCP server to send

Re: [SLUG] /etc/resolv.conf and dhcp

Done - both supersede and prepend work now- left out the semicolon previously... cowers Thanks for the help, Denis Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies North Ryde NSW 2109, Australia +61 2 9850 6787 http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au Peter Chubb [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/09/05 10:53 AM

[SLUG] mail for root

foolishness have I configured this time? Thanks, Denis -- Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109, Australia +61 2 9850 6787; http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] mail for root

On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:12:05PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Hi Denis, In /etc/aliases you will need: root:your_user_name postmaster:your_user_name and then run: /usr/sbin/postalias as root. Thanks, Tried this, plus various combinations in dpkg-reconfigure

Re: [SLUG] Open Source EndNote equivalent

for these tools, but it might be worth reading over the Wikipedia entry to begin with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BibTeX -- Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Dr Denis

[SLUG] Informal (very...) audio/music gathering

Hi all, Just to confirm a very informal gathering of anyone interested in audio/music this Saturday at Macquarie Uni. Meeting of SLUGAMuSIG - Audio/ Music Special Interest Group When: Saturday, August 18th; 10:30am - 4:00pm Where: Macquarie University, Department of Contemporary Music Studies,

[SLUG] Installing ubuntu from an external CD drive

on an outrageously old machine with very little hard disk space. Bit wary of trying the DHCP thing from my office box on the university network. Freaking out at the prospect of using OS X until a new hard drive is ordered... That's weak I know. TIA, Denis -- Denis Crowdy Department

Re: [SLUG] Installing ubuntu from an external CD drive

Ryan Verner wrote: On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 18:15 +1000, Denis Crowdy wrote: Hi all, I am trying to install ubuntu on a G4 powerbook from an external firewire CD/DVD drive. The internal drive has had it. Basically I have access to two powerbooks - lucky me but here's the catch - one has

Re: [SLUG] Annodex

On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:42:37AM +1000, Peter Rundle wrote: The colours on the video window display are all messed up I just get green pink bars like some physco test pattern. :-( I can hear the sound track and see the static images properly however :-) Welcome to alpha software land...

Re: [SLUG] Annodex

On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 12:21:25PM +1000, Denis Crowdy wrote: I also know Conrad and Claudia so I'm biased, but that makes it fun too. Silvia Silvia - obviously don't know her that well... Denis -- Lecturer in Music Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109

Re: [SLUG] 2 questions - mail smarthost network changes

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 04:38:05PM +1100, Denis Crowdy wrote: Two problems/questions I have at the moment: 1. I use a laptop between home and work. Static IP at home and a dhcp connection to an ipcop firewall at home. I'd like to be able to type something like ifup eth0-home or if-up

[SLUG] 2 questions - mail smarthost network changes

/exim4 and run the update-exim4.conf script, but is there an easier way? Thanks, Denis -- Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

[SLUG] USB device question

with mknod and I get palm sync nirvana until the device disconnects and my devices disappear from /dev. Given that I've had this working before I can only assume I am missing an appropriate package of some sort. Any ideas? Thanks, Denis -- Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies

Re: [SLUG] USB device question

to see log messages from udev in /var/log/messages which I'm not. The product name seems to match up with what appears in /sys/bus/usb/devices/devicethingy/product so I'm still confused... Denis Cheers, --Amos On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 10:14:35 +1100, Denis Crowdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am

Re: [SLUG] USB device question

Denis Crowdy wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I don't run unstable (I use testing) but I'd expect that you'll have to teach udev to recognize the USB devices and create the right device files for them. Start with udev(8) and work from there. Look in the files under /etc/udev/. Also lsusb -v

Re: [SLUG] USB device question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm guessing here but if you use udev then you shouldn't create device nodes manually, I can imagine how this might confuse udev. OK - my ignorance of kernel stuff really showing here - I might try living without udev for a while. /etc/init.d/udev stop or apt-get remove

Re: [SLUG] Suggestions for a soundcard, please.

for this. Conclusion - USB not ideal for audio, but works well enough for everyday use. Have used a PCMCIA device under MacOS9 on the same laptop and it was fine; if not a bit fragile from the cable break-out point. I'll find out its name on Monday. Denis -- Denis Crowdy Department

[SLUG] Evolution and sending mail

, and have set up exim (using dpkg-reconfigure exim) as option 2 (the dialup system) with the ISPs server as the outgoing mail machine. When I set up evolution at work, using the uni's outgoing mail server, I have no problem. Any ideas? Something stupid and simple I've missed I'm positive. Denis Crowdy

Re: [SLUG] Evolution and sending mail

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 10:21 +1100, Denis Crowdy wrote: I read mail from an imap server and have my ISP's smtp server set as the outgoing server. When I send mail, however, I get blocked by the MAPS(?) service refused by blackhole site yada yada yada. Have contacted the support people

Re: [SLUG] Making cron work around public holidays

People don't respond to email on a public holiday? What madness is this? Change your users... Denis Crowdy On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 06:15:16PM +1100, Peter Hardy wrote: Thought I might share my new favourite utility, wday. So I've got a script that's launched by cron every Monday

[SLUG] SLUGAMuSIG meeting tomorrow

) Then maybe perform a -very- short piece in real-time using a patch we've created. We thought it would be a great way to see how musicians use this technology, with the aim of mapping existing and future open source possibilities. Denis Crowdy http://www.slug.org.au/ for more

[SLUG] SLUGAMuSIG meeting - 4 September

walk. For people arriving at various times through the day, the front door might be locked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802. Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http

Re: [SLUG] Archival storage

On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 12:33:29PM +1000, Kevin Waterson wrote: What systems are available these days for archival storage of info. Optical storage is not really archival. foolishness Wax cylinders rock for audio - there are recordings from the Torres Strait in 1898 still around. /foolishness

Re: [SLUG] (walkman) device that plays ogg files?

(NOT free). I have a 128mb SD card in mine which makes it just usable. Probably not the cheapest way to go about things though... Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au

[SLUG] Next meeting of Audio/Music SIG

for the whole day. For people arriving at various times through the day, the front door may be locked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call Denis on 0408 478 802. Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593

[SLUG] Next SLUGAMuSIG meeting - Linux audio/ music

keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802. Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

Re: [SLUG] music composition

Russell Davie wrote: I'm looking for music composition software that runs in linux any thoughts on this much apreaciated so far found UltiMusE-LX on freshmeat Noteedit seems good, although I have yet to test it out for anything useful beyond half an hour of fiddling.

Re: [SLUG] music composition

Russell Davie wrote: I'm looking for music composition software that runs in linux any thoughts on this much apreaciated so far found UltiMusE-LX on freshmeat Noteedit seems good, although I have yet to test it out for anything useful beyond half an hour of fiddling.

Re: [SLUG] music composition

Peter Chubb wrote: I compose in my head... but use lilypond for notation. http://www.lilypond.org/ as it produces the best typesetting for music that I know of. There was a front end to this as well - denemo? I gave up on all of the pre-processors (abc, pm-something) when the going

[SLUG] Reminder - fourth meeting of SLUGAMuSIG - audio/ music group

at various times through the day, the front door might be locked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802. Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] *debian* on ibook

on a machine bought earlier this year, with list help from Jamie Wilkinson. It was a while ago now (May) but this is the message that helped me from memory (Google radeon + Crowdy): This one time, at band camp, Denis Crowdy wrote: Going in a slightly different direction here, but has anyone

[SLUG] (Almost) Monthly Meeting of SLUGAMuSIG - Audio/ Music SpecialInterest Group

at various times through the day, the front door might be locked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802. Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG

[SLUG] SLUGAMuSIG - Next meeting announcement

, the front door might be lo cked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802. Denis Crowdy -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] oroborosx or Apples X11

Not that I particularly need anything quick, I ended up going for the boot into Linux then use Mac-on-Linux for any OSX needs. Doesn't solve the ipod connection, but OSX under MOL is more responsive than X on OSX for me. Using a G4 powerbook. Main gripe is lack of audio input (what the hell

[SLUG] Video projector, X, and a powerbook

and it'd be great to get a display going. X forwarding is the fallback I guess. Cheers, Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http

Re: [SLUG] Video projector, X, and a powerbook

On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:23:57AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day This is a hardware issue, not really a X/Linux issue... (I think) I believe the answer is simple and straightforward (as per other notebooks): * Take the video cable and connect it between the

Re: [SLUG] Video projector, X, and a powerbook

On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 11:13:44AM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: what model powerbook? what video card? PowerMac motherboard: PowerBook Titanium II radeonfb: ATI Radeon M6 LY DDR SGRAM 16 MB Denis -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61

[SLUG] SLUGAMuSIG reminder - audio/ music group

, and costs $6.00 for the whole day. For people arriving at various times through the day, the front door might be locked, but we'll keep an eye out, or call me on 0408 478 802. Denis Crowdy For a report of the first meeting see: http://www.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Sectionsfile

[SLUG] Date change - losing the plot

Ag - wrong date - should be Saturday June 14 - what the hell was I thinking? Several years behind smirks my wife... So SLUGAMuSIG message - same detail, but different date. Apologies, Denis -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2

Re: [SLUG] Audio Mastering Tools/Suites

Sweep is great and definitely worth a look at, but beware of the addicitve scrubby... http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/ There are certainly lots of filters and other processing plug-ins (ladspa - http://www.ladspa.org/). Denis Crowdy On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 01:03:03PM +1100, Craig Mead

[SLUG] tarring dot files and directories only

to no avail... Thanks, Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Software Query.

?) - worth trying though methinks. DAP is good as well and has been around for ages. Good luck getting out a piano pedal squeak. Unless it's all by itself editing might not be all that effective... Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia

[SLUG] Missing my.cnf for mysql

doing reinstall mysql-server amongst other things)? Or can I extract the file out of the package somehow and manually stick it back in (prepares for shivers and head-shaking from the apt/ dpkg gurus...)? Thanks, Denis Crowdy -- Department for Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109

Re: [SLUG] Missing my.cnf for mysql

Ah - solved methinks. I read TFM - examples in /usr/doc/mysql-server/examples Denis On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 10:26:40AM +1000, I wrote: I have lost (well, I think I foolishly removed it during a reinstall) the mysql file /etc/my.cnf. I use Debian woody, so it would seem to be in the

Re: [SLUG] right click on an iBook

as I gotta get back to the studio. Denis Crowdy On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 08:28:39AM +1000, David wrote: I've installed Debian on my iBook... now I need to know how to right click on a single button mouse. Suggestions welcome. While on the subject... X windows knows the trackpad/USB

[SLUG] gcc problem

release of gcc even? Although some might suggest I go back to doing what I actually know about, one of the developers in particular is keen to know whether the software compiles on something other than intel machines. Thanks, Denis Crowdy -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http