Re: Wiping hard drives

2011-09-15 Thread yudi v
> I think it is the ATA Security Erase I wrote about. Tough it seems it may > refer to different ways of doing the erase. > > Not sure how this works but I used Secure-erase-enhance option. It trashed my HDD for 133min. So I am guessing this completely overwrote the drive. This is the best option I

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Hore
Hi again -- Hmm... no replies. I take it then that NOBODY is running Debian on one of this year's iMacs?? Maybe I should just go away and try again in a few months? Cheers, Mike. Hi all, It's been a few weeks now, so I'm wondering if there's been any progress on this. I think the rele

VMware templates and Disk UUID in Squeeze

2011-09-15 Thread Patrick Zaloum
Hello We are currently upgrading our Lenny machines to Squeeze. We use VMware almost exclusively. In the upgrade, Squeeze prefers using UUID in the fstab file. Initially I saw nothing wrong with this, until I installed my new template VM's. For fun I provisioned 2 VM's and to my annoyance they have

Re: nvidia driver strangeness

2011-09-15 Thread Dave Thayer
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 07:37:58PM -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: > Has anyone seen any odd behavior out of the nvidia drivers of late? I > upgraded my sid workstation tonight, and got the following updates: > I'm getting similar wierdness with my sid, additionaly I can crash X by running libreoffi

Re: Worst Admin Mistake? was --> Re: /usr broken, will the machine reboot ?

2011-09-15 Thread D G Teed
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:34:38 -0300, D G Teed wrote: > > > I was hunting for the disk hog using the curses based ncdu utility. I > > found a large tar file which could be deleted without issue. It was in > > an oracle production directory area.

Re: Encoder for linux

2011-09-15 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 09:26:48AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Anyway - upon perusal it's not powerful by Linux standards knowing > your chosen desktop whould simplify things. > > $ apt-cache search encoder > will give you an idea of the staggering list of choices, whereas the > reference

[OT] Signed download from sourceforge

2011-09-15 Thread Dan
Hi, I was wondering how to download a binary in a secured way from sourceforge. With debian it is very straightforward, you download it, check the md5sum or sha1 and then check the signature. In sourceforge I see that you can find the md5 and the sha1 but they are both transmited with http and n

Re: Worst Admin Mistake? was --> Re: /usr broken, will the machine reboot ?

2011-09-15 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:34:38 -0300, D G Teed wrote: > I was hunting for the disk hog using the curses based ncdu utility. I > found a large tar file which could be deleted without issue. It was in > an oracle production directory area. Due to a bug in ncdu, ( > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/? fu

Re: Free drivers for AMD Radeon (Vaio S)

2011-09-15 Thread Dan
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:05:06 -0400, Dan wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > Has anybody a good experience with switchable graphic cards? >>> >>> I can't tell for this, sorry ;-( >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> I went

nvidia driver strangeness

2011-09-15 Thread Brad Alexander
Has anyone seen any odd behavior out of the nvidia drivers of late? I upgraded my sid workstation tonight, and got the following updates: glx-alternative-nvidia0.1.94 libgl1-nvidia-alternatives280.13.really.275.28-1 libgl1-nvidia-glx280.13.really.275.28-1 libglx-nvidia-alternatives

Re: Worst Admin Mistake? was --> Re: /usr broken, will the machine reboot ?

2011-09-15 Thread D G Teed
> > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > > jacques wrote: > >> by error most of the binaries in /usr are erased (killing rm :-( > > > > Everyone has made that mistake at some point. I know I have! > > I was hunting for the disk hog using the curses based ncdu utility. I found a lar

Re: Encoder for linux

2011-09-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/09/11 22:31, co...@esid.gecgr.co.cu wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:06:56 -0400, cosme wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I'm looking for something similar to Windows Media Encoder Series 9 ES >>> in Linux. >>> >>> I'm use Debian squeeze Desktop?? >> > > Windows Media Encoder � Microsoft � 9 Serie

Re: USB ACM vs USB memory device conflict-Update

2011-09-15 Thread Thomas H. George
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 06:06:40PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I purchased a Verizon Samsung SHU-u370 cell phone and installed a > microSD card. When connected to a usb port the phone registers as an > ACM device, specifically as ttyACM0. The settins on the phone allow a > choice between Med

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread Jochen Spieker
lina: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > > but the situation is a bit different, > here we have .txt file and also .log files > and only .txt files are expected to convert, It would help if you didn't change the specifications. :) Nevertheless, you can just use "for f in

Re: 3D.rendering became slow since moved to wheezy.

2011-09-15 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:10:11 +0700, Sthu wrote in message <4e71a4dd.87c9e30a.36a8.b...@mx.google.com>: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Arnt: > > >> I have slow 3D rendering on ATI card after full upgrading to > >> wheezy. > >> > >> Is there any strategy how I can investigate the bottl

Re: USB ACM vs USB memory device conflict

2011-09-15 Thread Thomas H. George
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 02:44:28PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:06:40 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > I purchased a Verizon Samsung SHU-u370 cell phone and installed a > > microSD card. When connected to a usb port the phone registers as an > > ACM device, specifically as

Bugreport system down?

2011-09-15 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hi all, do yoi know, if the bugreporting system is down? I wanted to send a bugreport, but I get no response. Two mails came back (could not be delivered), the last one I sent over another way, but still no response. So I send two mails to debian-devel, look at the headline "konqueror is sta

Re: Logitech K360 keyboard NumLock behavior gets turned on by Shift keys!

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:35:35 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 09/15/2011 10:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:58:45 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: >> >> (...) >> >>> This is the first time I've encountered a keyboard that activates the >>> NumLock when either Shift key is depress

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-09-15 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Andrei Popescu writes: > On Lu, 11 iul 11, 14:51:48, William Hopkins wrote: > Old thread, but still... >> Absolutely! Easy to find examples with apt-cache rdepends dbus. I >> would posit that nearly all packages that depend on DBUS should >> actually depend on libdbus{,-c++,-java,-

Will need another haircut

2011-09-15 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Daniel, Hope you can visit in another week or so, as I need a haircut and also another of your expert fucks! We will be away from Monday 19 to 22 September. Hugs and kisses! Ken -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Com

Re: Worst Admin Mistake?

2011-09-15 Thread green
These worst-admin-mistake stories are great reminders to help me avoid similar experiences; thanks! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Logitech K360 keyboard NumLock behavior gets turned on by Shift keys!

2011-09-15 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/15/2011 10:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:58:45 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: (...) This is the first time I've encountered a keyboard that activates the NumLock when either Shift key is depressed. So, when I press Shift-End, instead of selecting text to the end of the li

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Axel Freyn writes: […] > So you should try e.g. > for FILE in *.txt; do mv "$FILE" "`basename \"$FILE\" .txt`".pdf; done Backticks are obsolete for a long time, and that's precisely the reason. Consider how much cleaner is the following: for FILE in *.txt; do mv "$

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-09-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
Old thread, but still... On Lu, 11 iul 11, 14:51:48, William Hopkins wrote: > > Absolutely! Easy to find examples with apt-cache rdepends dbus. I would posit > that nearly all packages that depend on DBUS should actually depend on > libdbus{,-c++,-java,-ruby}. Do these packages (such as rhythmbox

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Jochen Spieker writes: > lina: >> for i in a b c >> do >> txt2pdf -input i.txt -out i.pdf >> done > You almost nailed it: > for i in a b c ; do > txt2pdf -input ${i}.txt -out ${i}.pdf > done > Instead of listing the files manually, you can use '*' as a wildcard. > But tha

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-09-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 12 iul 11, 00:33:18, shawn wilson wrote: > i'm not the op (obviously) however, would it be possible to override a > package's dependancies using apt-file with specific prerequisites? ie, > if i wanted to tell every package that required libc6 to go ahead and > install ignoring libc6 (knowing

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread Axel Freyn
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:47:11AM +0800, lina wrote: > > > You have options. > > Just some additional remarks: > > a) the for-loop won't work, as "FILE" is expanded to the name including > > the .txt, so if you have a file "a.txt" this loop will execute > > mv a.txt.txt a.txt.pdf > >

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread lina
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Axel Freyn wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:07:16AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:03:40AM +0800, lina wrote: > > > mv *.txt *.pdf > > > > > > can it be done * way? > > > > > > all the *.txt in current directory? > > > > Yes. Check

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread lina
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:07:16AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:03:40AM +0800, lina wrote: > > > mv *.txt *.pdf > > > > > > can it be done * way? > > > > > > all the *.txt in current directory? > > > > Yes. Che

Re: (SOLVED) Debian Testing usb device permission only root

2011-09-15 Thread Johnny
Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:53:17 -0500, Johnny wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) Just to be sure... run: ls -la /media/usb0 And send us the result (you can omit/hide sensitive filenames, if any :-P). johnny@xxx:~$ ls -la /media/usb0 ls: cannot access /me

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread Axel Freyn
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:07:16AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:03:40AM +0800, lina wrote: > > mv *.txt *.pdf > > > > can it be done * way? > > > > all the *.txt in current directory? > > Yes. Checkout the rename(1) command. It comes from Perl, and can be used > for ex

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread lina
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > lina: > > > > for i in a b c > > do > > txt2pdf -input i.txt -out i.pdf > > done > > You almost nailed it: > > for i in a b c ; do > txt2pdf -input ${i}.txt -out ${i}.pdf > done > > > Instead of listing the files manually, you can use '*'

Re: Worst Admin Mistake? was --> Re: /usr broken, will the machine reboot ?

2011-09-15 Thread Peter Beck
Aaron Toponce quatschte am Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 09:53:24AM -0600: > > I blogged about it here: http://pthree.org/?p=2007 Hi Aaron, thanks for sharing this link. I am using molly-guard since some years, but the colored shell looks just great. I love it! ;-) Cheers Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-15 Thread John Foster
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > John Foster wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > John Foster wrote: > > > > Any idea what I need to edit to get my system back to what I like. I > > > > will probably figure it out sooner or later, but sooner will be > > > > better. > > > > > > P

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread Jochen Spieker
lina: > > for i in a b c > do > txt2pdf -input i.txt -out i.pdf > done You almost nailed it: for i in a b c ; do txt2pdf -input ${i}.txt -out ${i}.pdf done Instead of listing the files manually, you can use '*' as a wildcard. But that only works if your filenames don't contain whitespace. A

Re: Debian Testing usb device permission only root

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:53:17 -0500, Johnny wrote: > Camaleón wrote: (...) >> Just to be sure... run: >> >> ls -la /media/usb0 >> >> And send us the result (you can omit/hide sensitive filenames, if any >> :-P). >> >> > > johnny@xxx:~$ ls -la /media/usb0 > ls: cannot access /media/us

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread lina
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:03:40AM +0800, lina wrote: > > mv *.txt *.pdf > > > > can it be done * way? > > > > all the *.txt in current directory? > > Yes. Checkout the rename(1) command. It comes from Perl, and can be used > for exactly th

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread lina
Sorry for so many trivial description before. the Q can be simplified as: mv *.txt *.pdf can it be done * way? all the *.txt in current directory? Thanks, On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:58 PM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > in some directory it has some files, let's say: > > a.txt b.txt c.txt d.txt >

A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread lina
Hi, in some directory it has some files, let's say: a.txt b.txt c.txt d.txt I want to run a command, suppose it's txt2pdf -input a.txt -output a.pdf what if I want to do like txt2pdf -input *.txt -output *.txt I tried in bash, use for i in a b c do txt2pdf -input i.txt -out i.pdf done my q

Re: Debian Testing usb device permission only root

2011-09-15 Thread Johnny
Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:54:30 -0500, Johnny wrote: Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:13:49 -0500, Johnny wrote: I am using Debian Testing, my mp3 player mounts but i can't transfer any file to it, because i don't have permission to add any files. How do

Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:08:48 +0300, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote: Your "sister" reboots herself? Amazing (just kidding) ;-P > In my debian squeeze system with mobo intel D945GCLF shutdown -h will > reboot my computer! What could be the reason ? It seems to happen also on a windows environment: D9

Re: Wiping hard drives

2011-09-15 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Tue, 9/13/11, yudi v wrote: >> I would do:  dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdX (Note there is no partition >> number.) > > I only use  sdX# for partitions that are unencrypted. It's redundant to > write over a LUKS container. I prefer security over expediency: Just wipe the whole drive, en

Re: Debian Testing usb device permission only root

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:54:30 -0500, Johnny wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:13:49 -0500, Johnny wrote: >> >> >>> I am using Debian Testing, my mp3 player mounts but i can't transfer >>> any file to it, because i don't have permission to add any files. How >>> do I fix this, so i

My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

2011-09-15 Thread Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος
In my debian squeeze system with mobo intel D945GCLF shutdown -h will reboot my computer! What could be the reason ? chomwitt http://librebytes.gr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Ar

Re: Debian Testing usb device permission only root

2011-09-15 Thread Johnny
Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:13:49 -0500, Johnny wrote: I am using Debian Testing, my mp3 player mounts but i can't transfer any file to it, because i don't have permission to add any files. How do I fix this, so i have permission as a user to add file to usb devices. It sh

Re: broadcast the signal over a network [was: Encoder for linux]

2011-09-15 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
15/09/2011 16:14, co...@esid.gecgr.co.cu: > Hi again > > I will be more precise, what I want is a program that allows me from a > radio or tv card sent to a server to broadcast the signal over a network. > > O sea, es lo que hace el Codificador de Windows Media. > > "vlc" seems like the perfe

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

2011-09-15 Thread Greg Farough
From: RiverWind Subject: RAR/ apt-get Question Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:00:53 -0400 (EDT) > > Hey There, > > Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility, > I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this > file is either obsolete and hence no longer supp

Re: After upgrade to squeeze OS will not accept passphrase to unlock disk

2011-09-15 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Walter Hurry wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:20:03 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > >> Walter Hurry wrote: >>> I don't know what finnix is, but if it allows you to mount and access >>> the Debian filesystem, then here is one way: >>> >>> Boot into finnix. >

Re: USB ACM vs USB memory device conflict

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:06:40 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I purchased a Verizon Samsung SHU-u370 cell phone and installed a > microSD card. When connected to a usb port the phone registers as an > ACM device, specifically as ttyACM0. The settins on the phone allow a > choice between Media Sy

Re: Worst Admin Mistake? was --> Re: /usr broken, will the machine reboot ?

2011-09-15 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hello Aaron, Needless to say, it was a valuable lesson, one I'll never forget. In fact, it prompted me to use LocalCommand in my ~/.ssh/config, and echo colored prompts, depending on whether or not I'm on a production (blinking bold red), staging (bold yellow) or development (bold green) server.

Re: Debian Testing usb device permission only root

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:13:49 -0500, Johnny wrote: > I am using Debian Testing, my mp3 player mounts but i can't transfer any > file to it, because i don't have permission to add any files. How do I > fix this, so i have permission as a user to add file to usb devices. It should be "automagically"

Re: Logitech K360 keyboard NumLock behavior gets turned on by Shift keys!

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:58:45 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: (...) > This is the first time I've encountered a keyboard that activates the > NumLock when either Shift key is depressed. So, when I press Shift-End, > instead of selecting text to the end of the line, the numeral "1" is > entered! (.

broadcast the signal over a network

2011-09-15 Thread cosme
Hi again I will be more precise, what I want is a program that allows me from a radio or tv card sent to a server to broadcast the signal over a network. O sea, es lo que hace el Codificador de Windows Media. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject o

Debian Testing usb device permission only root

2011-09-15 Thread Johnny
I am using Debian Testing, my mp3 player mounts but i can't transfer any file to it, because i don't have permission to add any files. How do I fix this, so i have permission as a user to add file to usb devices. Johnny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: autodiscover of a samba share

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
El 2011-09-15 a las 14:28 +0200, tadziu escribió: (resending to the list) > > Yes, but I don't see many key differences between the two processes, just > > one or two additional clicks :-? > > > > i'll put it another way, i guess linux philosophy and open source > is about giving the user possib

Re: Encoder for linux

2011-09-15 Thread Jeffrin Jose
> I'm looking for something similar to Windows Media Encoder Series 9 ES in > Linux. I do not know typically about WME.. but will Acidrip help ? + http://sourceforge.net/projects/acidrip/ + apt-get install acidrip software engineer department of computer science rajagiri school of engineering

Re: Are openssh-server, vim-full and gcc available in debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-1.iso?

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:57:56 +0530, Susam Pal wrote: > I am going to install Debian from DVD-1 at > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.2.1/i386/iso-dvd/ into a > computer with no connectivity to the internet. > > It would be handy to know if I can install certain packages I need from > DVD-1

R: Re: GTK weirdness after upgrade on wheezy

2011-09-15 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
>Da: noela...@gmail.com >Data: 15/09/2011 15.14 >A: >Ogg: Re: GTK weirdness after upgrade on wheezy > >On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:31:20 +0200, lsutton wrote: > >> After a dist-upgrade on wheezy (amd64( only some gtk applications have a >> weird look different from the system default, e.g. gnome-termin

Are openssh-server, vim-full and gcc available in debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-1.iso?

2011-09-15 Thread Susam Pal
I am going to install Debian from DVD-1 at http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.2.1/i386/iso-dvd/ into a computer with no connectivity to the internet. It would be handy to know if I can install certain packages I need from DVD-1 itself. For example, I need to install openssh-server, vim-full

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:59:35 -0500, John Foster wrote: > I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production > server. Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are > different since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting > ctrl,alt, delete. I reca

Re: GTK weirdness after upgrade on wheezy

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:31:20 +0200, lsutton wrote: > After a dist-upgrade on wheezy (amd64( only some gtk applications have a > weird look different from the system default, e.g. gnome-terminal (the > preferences menu), gcalctool, empathy browser. (...) This has been already discussed here: ht

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:17:14 +1000, yudi v wrote: > Got a reply back from WD asking me to return the drive, I wiped the > drive and tested the drive to see if it will throw up errors. > > Again, both the WD tool and the Debian disk utility do not report any > bad sectors. > > Can anyone explain

Re: Worst Admin Mistake? was --> Re: /usr broken, will the machine reboot ?

2011-09-15 Thread Brad Alexander
Thanks Andrew. I started using colored prompts to give visual cues as to whether I am on a local or remote machine. This was many years ago that this happened. --b On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Andrew Reid wrote: > > I had a case where it had snowed, and instead of driving 50 miles in snow >

Re: Encoder for linux

2011-09-15 Thread cosme
> On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:06:56 -0400, cosme wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I'm looking for something similar to Windows Media Encoder Series 9 ES >> in Linux. >> >> I'm use Debian squeeze > > Can't help you, since I neither know nor care what "Windows Media Encoder > Series 9 ES" is or does. > > Now if you w

Re: Encoder for linux

2011-09-15 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:12:13 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >>15/09/2011 13:21, Rob Owens: >>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:47:24AM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 06:08:30PM +, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:06:56 -0400, cosme wrote: >

Re: Free drivers for AMD Radeon (Vaio S)

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:05:06 -0400, Dan wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> Has anybody a good experience with switchable graphic cards? >> >> I can't tell for this, sorry ;-( >> > > Hi, > > I went to the shop and tested a live ubuntu CD and it worked! The > wi

Re: Encoder for linux

2011-09-15 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>15/09/2011 13:21, Rob Owens: >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:47:24AM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 06:08:30PM +, Walter Hurry wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:06:56 -0400, cosme wrote: >>> Hi I'm looking for something similar to Windows Media Encoder Ser

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

2011-09-15 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:58:39 -0600 Bob Proulx wrote: > RiverWind wrote: > > Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility, > > I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this > > file is either obsolete and hence no longer supported by Linux, or > > somethi

Re: linux-kbuild-3.1.0 ?

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:16:32 +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 04:14:31PM +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Well, then who/what is the target of "linux-headers-3.1.0-rc4-amd64" >> package? I mean, if it is not installable -on purpose- because of the >> broken dependency, what is it a

Re: autodiscover of a samba share

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:56:19 +0200, tadziu wrote: >> When using "smb://" you don't "mount" the shares, you "access" the >> shares. And you can bookmark your network shares for an easy access, >> they will appear listed in the left side panel. >> >> yes i know, i've also experimented with adding sh

Re: Encoder for linux

2011-09-15 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:47:24AM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 06:08:30PM +, Walter Hurry wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:06:56 -0400, cosme wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I'm looking for something similar to Windows Media Encoder Series 9 ES > > > in Linux. > > >

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-15 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 08:39:24PM -0500, John Foster wrote: >On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Bob Proulx <[1]b...@proulx.com> wrote: > > John Foster wrote: > > Well I use it as an application server for a lot of video content so > > I need the X-windows for editing and viewing.

Re: How to disable USB automounts

2011-09-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/09/11 19:37, Brian wrote: > On Thu 15 Sep 2011 at 16:04:09 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> Have you looked at /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi?? >> What about "Device Notifier Settings" ?? >> >> Why bark when you've got a dog? ;-p > > This particular canine is in the process of being p

Re: How to disable USB automounts

2011-09-15 Thread Brian
On Thu 15 Sep 2011 at 16:04:09 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Have you looked at /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi?? > What about "Device Notifier Settings" ?? > > Why bark when you've got a dog? ;-p This particular canine is in the process of being put out of its misery. :) http://wiki.de

Re: Encoder for linux

2011-09-15 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 06:08:30PM +, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:06:56 -0400, cosme wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I'm looking for something similar to Windows Media Encoder Series 9 ES > > in Linux. > > > > I'm use Debian squeeze > > Can't help you, since I neither know nor care

Re: Re: GTK weirdness after upgrade on wheezy

2011-09-15 Thread lsutton
Miles, On 15/09/2011 09:57, Miles Bader wrote: > lsut...@libero.it writes: >> After a dist-upgrade on wheezy (amd64( only some gtk applications have a >> weird look different from the system default, e.g. gnome-terminal (the >> preferences menu), gcalctool, empathy browser. On the other hand some

Re: Wiping hard drives

2011-09-15 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Mittwoch, 14. September 2011 schrieb yudi v: > > I used an external USB/eSATA case hooked up via eSATA and then bootet > > GRML. The BIOS did not protect the external drive and I was able to > > transfer the ATA Secure Command via eSATA. I bet it might not work > > via USB tough. > > > > Booted

Re: Swap does not mount [swapon failed: Device or resource busy]

2011-09-15 Thread Jochen Spieker
Param: > > The swap partition did not mount post-installation (Debian "Squeeze" > (Xfce)). > Created a 2nd swap partition, & planned to delete the earlier swap > partition. The 2nd swap partition doesn't mount either. Strange. Did you set up encryption as well? What might help is the output of p

Re: GTK weirdness after upgrade on wheezy

2011-09-15 Thread Miles Bader
lsut...@libero.it writes: > After a dist-upgrade on wheezy (amd64( only some gtk applications have a > weird look different from the system default, e.g. gnome-terminal (the > preferences menu), gcalctool, empathy browser. On the other hand some > other GTK applications are just fine and as expecte

Re: CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator

2011-09-15 Thread Geoff Simmons
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 09:28:09AM -0400, co...@esid.gecgr.co.cu wrote: > i'm trying to get my sound card pci: > > 06:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 > [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) > > but is not possible the kernel dos not support > > i use

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

2011-09-15 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2011/9/15 Greg Madden > > > On Wednesday 14 September 2011 07:03:54 pm Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > > 2011/9/15 Greg Madden > > > > > It is in non-free. > > > > > > > > > aptitude install unrar > > That said, a default install of Squeeze only has 'main' in the > sources.list. You > have to add 'no

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

2011-09-15 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 14 September 2011 07:03:54 pm Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > 2011/9/15 Greg Madden > > > It is in non-free. > > > > > > aptitude install unrar That said, a default install of Squeeze only has 'main' in the sources.list. You have to add 'non-free', and 'contrib' if you want that one a

GTK weirdness after upgrade on wheezy

2011-09-15 Thread lsutton
After a dist-upgrade on wheezy (amd64( only some gtk applications have a weird look different from the system default, e.g. gnome-terminal (the preferences menu), gcalctool, empathy browser. On the other hand some other GTK applications are just fine and as expected such as gedit, nautilus, simp

Re: 3D.rendering became slow since moved to wheezy.

2011-09-15 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Arnt: >> I have slow 3D rendering on ATI card after full upgrading to wheezy. >> >> Is there any strategy how I can investigate the bottle neck so that I >> might file a bug report against it? >> >..chk that you have linux-firmware-free and -non-free installe

Re: Encoder for linux

2011-09-15 Thread George
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:06 PM, wrote: > > Hi > > I'm looking for something similar to Windows Media Encoder Series 9 ES in > Linux. > > I'm use Debian squeeze > I don't know exactly how WME works, but I suspect it's similar to Virtualdub. If so, you can try the software listed here: http://alte