program for backing up data

2003-05-18 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi.. is there a free program for backing up specific folders on the hard disk onto a CD or external hard disk? I mean something that doesn't overwrite files that haven't changed etc. and only makes the necessary addition/deletion/replacement... would be even better if there was something that creat

yaboot

2003-05-18 Thread emorfin
Hi! I have a tibook, so i don't have any floppy drive. If i reinstall osX, i need to run ybin to recover the boot control? but how can i acces linux to run ybin? Thanks.

Re: DRM/DRI crashes X server

2003-05-18 Thread P Oscar Boykin
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 01:32:17PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 03:04, P Oscar Boykin wrote: > > I *believe* I finally I have DRM and DRI set up properly. The problem > > is, now if I do any GL operation, the Xserver crashes immediately. > > > > If I run glxinfo, or glxgear

Re: m4a/aac pmeg4 audio encoding

2003-05-18 Thread Clemens Mangler
hi! many mac people will use aac in the future, since it is included in apples new iTunes4. so many will use iTunes4 to encode aac files. I dont know it there is a linux encoder but take a look at http://www.ics.uci.edu/~jyeung/geek/aac/ for a player i also dont know if there are anny plugins for x

Apple May News!

2003-05-18 Thread Kobe Lau
Dear All,   May News Product: Screen Protector US$12.00.- only - Shields notebooks from oils, dirt and abrasions.- Expressly designed to clean LCD Displays - never buy another wet wipe! Clean CDs/DVDs, too.- Removes prior LCD screen abrasion (keycap marks).- Ultra-tough and light cloth

Re: m4a/aac pmeg4 audio encoding

2003-05-18 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 13:07, Joss Winn wrote: > A (Mac OSX) friend kindly sent me some .m4a audio files yesterday. I can play > them with xine but was wondering what people are using to encode aac > mpeg 4 files with. For Linux, we have the MPEG4 encoders (in ffmpeg, xvid, etc.), the aac encoder

m4a/aac pmeg4 audio encoding

2003-05-18 Thread Joss Winn
A (Mac OSX) friend kindly sent me some .m4a audio files yesterday. I can play them with xine but was wondering what people are using to encode aac mpeg 4 files with. cheers Joss --

Re: keymaps question

2003-05-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 15:01, Frank Murphy wrote: > I have an older clamshell iBook with a US keyboard. From the documentation on > Apple's website[1], the Apple logo/command key should be the windows key when > the special 'fn' key is held down. However, in both the console and XFree86, > the fn

Re: DRM/DRI crashes X server

2003-05-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 03:04, P Oscar Boykin wrote: > I *believe* I finally I have DRM and DRI set up properly. The problem > is, now if I do any GL operation, the Xserver crashes immediately. > > If I run glxinfo, or glxgears, etc... the Xserver crashes at once. By crash do you mean it locks up

ibook 2000 kernel config, install config

2003-05-18 Thread Torben Brosten
Hi, I'm installing Debian 3.0r1 ppc from CDs onto a year 2000 ibook. The supplied 2.14 kernel boots okay, but includes some modules for devices unavailable (such as pmcia). I want to modify the default kernel configuration. After searching the lists here, and trying these urls: http://penguinp

Re: SYSTEM CRASH

2003-05-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: Sorry : Then do : e2fsck -b _other_superblock_ Of course, I will say : e2fsck -b _other_superblock_ /dev/bad_partition This, with a _non_mounted_partition_ Excuse me for the error Best regards -- eric b

Re: SYSTEM CRASH

2003-05-18 Thread Christian Jaeger
At 1:32 Uhr -0400 18.05.2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something about the superblock and some magic number being messed up and so running e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/sda didn't help either! Should (unless you didn't partition your hd at all) be something like e2fsck /dev/sda4 (some number!).

Re: SYSTEM CRASH

2003-05-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: Hi all, My attempts to get debian running smoothly on my Beige G3 have hit another fault. After a successful install, I was in X Windows and running KPackage to add some extra appsthen during the installing of the packages from the cd the computer hung (i guess

SYSTEM CRASH

2003-05-18 Thread mushis
Hi all, My attempts to get debian running smoothly on my Beige G3 have hit another fault. After a successful install, I was in X Windows and running KPackage to add some extra appsthen during the installing of the packages from the cd the computer hung (i guess maybe cos my cd was slightly