On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, at 17:49, Colin Law wrote:
> On 19 September 2016 at 17:18, Robert McWilliam wrote:
> Is not the partition table in the space before the first partition? So
> in the example I posted where I had
>
> Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
> /dev
seeing when
sizes aren't the same and it means you're writing more to the cards than
you need to. I think you'd be better to mount the image file and copy
the files across to the card.
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Apparently, thre
ther than systemd so putting in configuration that would work
with upstart (if that had been what your system were using).
I'd look at what other functions are in the systemd.sh script, search
the other scripts for places they're called and make sure the logic
around that will pick the s
ou can
get the same effect by redirecting to a file and then opening with the
editor of your choice [1].
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[1] If that choice isn't emacs you're doing it wrong ;)
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;s input to a file and
standard output, so if you want to run a command and both see it's
output in your terminal and capture it in a file:
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you run it again and put the output into a
pastebin [1] I'll have a look and see if I can spot anything.
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./rt2860sta.ko will work.
There probably wont be a built module in the driver package you
downloaded though - it's likely to be source that you need to build.
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The opinion
#x27;ll then
(probably) be asked for your password and then you get gedit.
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pt-get install aptitude or use the GUI of your choice.
If you've used aptitude since originally installing this machine then it
shouldn't have gone away: something else is broken if that's the case.
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oftware Centre or the Update Manager.
If an upgrade between releases didn't help then I think there is
probably a file gotten left from an older version that's masking the
right one.
What's in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/ ?
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uspect it'll be a package that ubuntu-desktop depends on: if you have
to remove it (and possibly others) as well take note of what's being
removed and remember to put it/them back too.
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VPS (I'd second Alan's
recommendation of Bitfolk) for experimenting and anything I want to keep
running without the risk of my playing around breaking it gets moved to
webfaction.
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[1] webfaction.com
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the time for
me to get further than that...
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re is probably more wrong than this but if
we get to the next error hopefully that has some clues...
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e power lines will be
shut down with the logic or not. Normally power management for attached
devices would be done with stuff on the device.
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that
to work but it would require your users to remove the link and make a
normal file before they could make changes.
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he graphical login (ctrl-alt-F7) login
and then in the gap waiting for the panels to appear switch back to the
tty where top is running and see what the computer is doing.
Hopefully finding out what's taking the time will give enough of a clue
to figure out why it's taking so much l
r them.
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hould set that up.
I don't know if that'll help though, as I don't know if the Nexus One
supports bluetooth DUN where it's the one doing the dialing.
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ally seeing it in the paper.
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enough people to make it worth the eff
when you try to
play something?
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Engineering : "How will this work?"
Science : "Why will this work?"
Management : "When will this work?"
Liberal Arts : "Do you want fries wit
he device till some time later. Unmounting
flushes the cache to the device, but if you remove the device without
unmounting the data might not have made it to the device yet.
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s anymore.
If you want the cable to survive for a while then getting a cable
designed to be outside has a far better chance of success than
modifying a normal cable.
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sult in the plastic dissolving.
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ure others here would also be
willing to try it if we can't find a time when we're both available (or
do but my way of explaining things makes no sense to you...)
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. You then refer to things on the local machine with normal
paths and stuff on the remote machine with paths with the server
address prepended.
Hopefully that'll help some, if anythings not clear: ask.
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with the
signature. If your mail client is set up to prefer the text part when
there are options then you only get the signature. This is one reason
why sending HTML email can be annoying.
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ng your own" route, I'd be happy to help.
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ayed or step up a level in the directory
hierarchy (to home/) and then copy the folder for your user.
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Let's make better mistakes tomorro
things I think). Did you actually get the new kernel
as an option when you rebooted?
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Hard work never killed anyone. But why cha
grub is having.
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The Romans didn't find algebra very challenging, because X was always
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m and have only a vague
grasp of how grub works. Using this config is at your own risk and
might render your system unbootable and/or kill kittens through my
lack of understanding and/or typos.
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e if that's the
problem.
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ring "nm-applet" then press enter (or click Run).
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The downside of being better than everyone else is that people
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de any indication of the fact. I
seem to remember it was Fn-space (might have been a different
modifier).
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Occam's Razor: th
aemo unless the app will be doing a lot of processing.
Maemo development site:
http://maemo.org/development/
PyMaemo tutorial:
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of similar apps.
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same here but
wired and wireless networking work fine. For wireless connections that
column lists how long ago the computer has connected to that network.
Sorry I can't offer any help on what might actually be wrong though.
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ghtning isn't spelt with an e.
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about the Google calendar provider though.
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ms of data without too much
branching or random data access) but the code needs tweaking (or
completely rewriting) to get that performance and it requires thinking
a bit differently compare to current processors.
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On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 06:10:17PM +0100, Mac wrote:
> Robert McWilliam wrote:
> > Do you get any error messages if you run firefox from a terminal?
>
> None: it runs with no errors...
>
Helpful. I've had a quick look for how to get more debug output from
firefox and
sync
them.
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Q: What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
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Instructions should be read first, or not at all.
Anything else is admitting defeat...
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this via
restricting access to the dropbox nautilus extension:
http://forums.getdropbox.com/topic.php?id=2852&replies=5
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On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 12:15:53AM +0100, Philip Wyett wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 22:46 +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote:
> > That's kind of missing the whole point of open source.
>
> Well... I'll skip the first sentence as such a thing should be never
> said on a
esenting
things to the new user not an argument for limiting the choices
available.
OK, I'll stop ranting now :)
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from a macro in the document, does it only
happen when you've got one particular file (or files from the same
source) open? What do you do to trigger it?
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Estimated a
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[1] A quick google came up with Pydar, but I haven't used it so can't
say how well (or even if) it works.
http://www.redfelineninja.dsl.pipex.com/software/pydar.html
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be worth the extra bit.
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edibly varied so the software
is rarely interchangeable). Rockbox is software that has been ported
to a range of audio players but yours doesn't appear on the list.
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org/faq.html#q5
Which suggests lots of possible problems with locking stuff over
networks, and it doesn't look easy to fix.
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Instructions should be read first, or
st the permissions).
I don't have a network drive handy to test with but I think it should
still work there. Could you try running liferea from a terminal with
the profile on the network drive and see if it outputs any clues about
what is going wrong?
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it back if it doesn't work.
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to help you through writing and hooking up such a script off
list (save annoying anyone with a long thread) if you want. Once it's
working it could go in your howto for anyone else wanting to the same
thing.
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t probably depends on the files
you're working with.
Hopefully some of that will help,
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People who think they know what they are doing are especially anno
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On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 07:54:02PM +, Alan Pope wrote:
> Anyone else interested?
Not sure how much free time I'll have that week but I'm certainly
interested.
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On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:44:36AM +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> Can someone advise as to how i can put this back on a dvd. i.e so that the
> menus become clickable.?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DVDAuthoring
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etc/X11/xorg.conf: Permission denied
Sorry, I should have explained better. xorg.conf isn't an application that you
run, it is a text file that stores the configuration X uses. Doesn't really
matter if everything is working though :)
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On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:12:17 +, "Robert McWilliam"
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> /etc/xorg.conf
Actually i think i've missed a level in that path. It should be
/etc/X11/xorg.conf or something similar, sorry i'm not at an
What is the native resolution of your display?
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the monitor to see what it supports stuff that
doesn't always work.
If you run "xrandr" in a terminal what resolution does it report is being
used, and does it list any other options?
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what it's native resolution is? If not it can usually be found by googling the
model number.
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s probably easier to make sure that does point at your CD drive rather than
trying to find the right option to tell mplayer to look somewhere else (the
mplayer man page can be interesting reading though).
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up over however many processors you've got.
It might be useful if you had hetrogenious processors and some processes
ran faster on some of the processors? Or is it an attempt to get round
the task switching delay when processes start by keeping cores clear for
them?
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http://web2.murraystate.edu/andy.batts/ps/powersupply.htm
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On 19/12/07 03:08:51, Robert McWilliam wrote:
> - You can then change the options in the gstreamer pipeline to whatever you
> want.
Just realised that I didn't actually say what to change in the gstreamer
pipeline :)
For vorbis there will be a section of the pipeline something like:
a quality option rather than a bit rate,
for mp3 you can use either a quality number similar to the one for vorbis and
get variable bit rate output with the bit rate adjusted to meet that quality
level or give a constant bit rate.
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rised if you can't set away status from the dbus interface).
If you prefer bash to python the dbus-send program can be used.
I use "gnome-screensaver-command -l" bound to a key combo to lock the screen,
that can be added to your script.
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> On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 18:30 +0000, Robert McWilliam wrote:
> >
> > Doesn't look like dpkg is trying to do anything with kdelibs-data
> > then. Looking pack at the error messages I have a new theory. The
> > problem might be with reading /var/libs/dpkg/info/kd
pack at the error messages I have a new theory. The problem
might be with reading /var/libs/dpkg/info/kdelibs-data.list Can you
check if other apps can read that file (e.g. run
'wc /var/libs/dpkg/info/kdelibs-data.list')?
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ooks to be partially
processed so is being looked at every time dpkg is asked to do
anything.
'dpkg -s kdelibs-data' ought to give more info on what dpkg is trying to
do with it. 'dpkg -C' might also give some useful info.
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t to encourage my laziness in not going
looking for previous threads: what is the output from aptitude when you
ask it to install stuff (or remove mythTV)?
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vi vi vi - Editor of the beast.
e of your laptop is that is stopping aptitude
working this might not work either. Post what the problem is with
aptitude and someone might be able to offer advice on fixing it.
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ming more at video so is bigger, has worse battery
life and costs more than an ipod. If it plays FLAC and/or ogg it gets
bonus points.
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Geeks are for life, not just
7;m sticking to it :)
[2] Usually a B means byte and a b means bit but that convention is
broken often enough that you can't really rely on it.
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Cynicism is an unpleasant
r - I'd forgotten that because I
tend to use the command line tools to control the networking (I have
scripts that do that and other things I want changed when I change
locations).
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noyed me. I've seen
mentioned in a few of the sites talking about putting linux on this
machine, so it might be something you'd want to do. I don't know how
the default behaviour under linux compares to that on windows as I
never had windows installed.
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