Re: new pc and swap

2016-11-01 Thread Richard Hector
On 01/11/16 19:04, Johann Spies wrote: > LVM has bitten me more than once in the past and I will not use it > again. In both situations it spanned more than one disk and one of the > disks failed - leaving you with unrecoverable data. I don't think I've ever used it like that, and probably wouldn

Re: terminate unwanted bug mail how?

2016-11-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 21:08:08 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Brian composed on 2016-10-31 22:27 (UTC): > > >But we are still in the dark. And it does not appear you have > >investigated what mailfilter can do if your bandwidth is contrained > > Another mistake. I supposed you meant mail filter rat

Re: new pc and swap

2016-11-01 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 01/11/2016 à 09:25, Richard Hector a écrit : On 01/11/16 19:04, Johann Spies wrote: LVM has bitten me more than once in the past and I will not use it again. In both situations it spanned more than one disk and one of the disks failed - leaving you with unrecoverable data. I don't think I'

Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone?

2016-11-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 23:38:36 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 31 October 2016 20:34:32 Brian wrote: > > I _do_ > > > > > get offered the chance to switch landscape to portrait. > > > > You final sentence is what interests me. > > > > What would expect to happen if you chose "portrait" over "

Re: new pc and swap

2016-11-01 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> LVM has bitten me more than once in the past and I will not use it >> again. In both situations it spanned more than one disk and one of the >> disks failed - leaving you with unrecoverable data. > I don't think I've ever used it like that, and probably wouldn't. At > least not unless the under

how to turn off backlight in console (without any X server)

2016-11-01 Thread Laurent Debian
Hi all, I would like to turn off the backlight completly on a mac book pro 2008 (sid). I don't have any x server. Does it explains this error ? > xbacklight -set 10 > RANDR Query Version returned error -1 > the graphic card is 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce

Re: how to turn off backlight in console (without any X server)

2016-11-01 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 02:22:46PM +0100, Laurent Debian wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to turn off the backlight completly on a mac book pro 2008 > (sid). > I don't have any x server. Does it explains this error ? Most probably yes. "Xbacklight

Re: new pc and swap

2016-11-01 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 01/11/2016 à 14:07, Stefan Monnier a écrit : The only times I put several PVs in a VG is when moving data between disks: Several PVs does not mean several disks. A use case of multiple PVs per VG on one disk is when you want to create several VGs (for whatever reason) and be able to exten

Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone?

2016-11-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 01 November 2016 10:30:54 Brian wrote: > On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 23:38:36 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 31 October 2016 20:34:32 Brian wrote: > > > I _do_ > > > > > > > get offered the chance to switch landscape to portrait. > > > > > > You final sentence is what interests me. > >

Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone?

2016-11-01 Thread Brian
On Tue 01 Nov 2016 at 14:56:04 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 01 November 2016 10:30:54 Brian wrote: > > On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 23:38:36 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Monday 31 October 2016 20:34:32 Brian wrote: > > > > I _do_ > > > > > > > > > get offered the chance to switch landscape

Re: terminate unwanted bug mail how?

2016-11-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 01 November 2016 05:45:39 Brian wrote: > On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 21:08:08 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > Brian composed on 2016-10-31 22:27 (UTC): > > >But we are still in the dark. And it does not appear you have > > >investigated what mailfilter can do if your bandwidth is contrained > >

Re: terminate unwanted bug mail how?

2016-11-01 Thread Brian
On Tue 01 Nov 2016 at 11:52:50 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 01 November 2016 05:45:39 Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 21:08:08 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > > Brian composed on 2016-10-31 22:27 (UTC): > > > >But we are still in the dark. And it does not appear you have > > > >

Re: new pc and swap

2016-11-01 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 01/11/16 19:04, Johann Spies wrote: LVM has bitten me more than once in the past and I will not use it again. In both situations it spanned more than one disk and one of the disks failed - leaving you with unrecoverable data. I use LVM inside LUKS on a single device. This configuration is gr

Re: new pc and swap

2016-11-01 Thread Richard Hector
On 01/11/16 22:57, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >> Spanning devices seems to me to be more or less the same as RAID0 >> (striping), and just as risky > > The default is to concatenate PVs like RAID "linear" (JBOD), although > LVM can do striping too. True, but either way, removing one disk may damage a