ALSA problems after kernel update

2007-10-13 Thread Sean Zimmermann
Hello everyone. I have a question regarding ALSA and the kernel. I recently updated my Debian system's kernel from 2.6.18.4 to 2.6.22.2. When I began using my new kernel, I noticed that anything that worked with ALSA locked up (mplayer, gnome sound, etc). I used module-assistant to build new alsa

Re: Regarding tar and split

2007-10-12 Thread Sean Zimmermann
Paul E Condon mesanetworks.net> writes: > > The difference is that afio compresses each input file individually, so > if there is a read/write error, only one file is lost from the archive. > (Actually, there are a lot more differences - to start with the options > are totally different syntax an

Re: Regarding tar and split

2007-10-11 Thread Sean Zimmermann
Douglas A. Tutty porchlight.ca> writes: > Tar archive isn't designed for this, since its designed for sequential > devices. Have you considered using another archive format? Perhaps > iso? You can split and join iso files, mount them with loop mount, > compress, burn, whatever. > > Doug. If

Regarding tar and split

2007-10-10 Thread Sean Zimmermann
Hello. I frequently work with large tar archives that often need to be split into smaller pieces. Up until now, I've used tar -m to create multi-part archives. I recently read that I can use split to do the same thing. Is there an advantage or disadvantage to using split over tar -m? Also, is th

dpkg not changing files in /boot after kernel upgrade

2007-10-05 Thread Sean Zimmermann
Hello. I have been using the 2.6.18-4-powerpc kernel on my system for a while now because, when the 2.6.21 kernel came out, it introduced a few bugs that significantly diminished the performance of the system. I wanted to see if the newer 2.6.21 still has this problem of if it has been repaired.

Re: Iceweasel Display Problem

2007-06-14 Thread Sean Zimmermann
Ron Johnson cox.net> writes: > > On 06/14/07 20:46, Sean Zimmermann wrote: > >> Create a virgin account, log in from it and see if you still have > >> the same problem. > > > > I created a new account, but Iceweasel had the same problem. > > Hmmm

Re: Iceweasel Display Problem

2007-06-14 Thread Sean Zimmermann
> Create a virgin account, log in from it and see if you still have > the same problem. I created a new account, but Iceweasel had the same problem. Sean -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Iceweasel Display Problem

2007-06-14 Thread Sean Zimmermann
Hugo Vanwoerkom care2.com> writes: > > I just went to http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html and it looks > > fine to me. A blackish background with light grey-brown letters. > > > > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070310 > > Iceweasel/2.0.0.3 (Debian-2.0.0.3-2)

Re: Iceweasel Display Problem

2007-06-13 Thread Sean Zimmermann
Here's what Iceweasel says on my about: page: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux ppc; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/2007031001 Iceweasel/2.0.0.3 (Debian-2.0.0.3-1) I'm running this on a ppc system; could that have something to do with the problem? Sean Zimmermann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email