FYI - Update to kernel 4.18.5-200 breaks some mice

2018-09-11 Thread Ed Greshko
This is just an FYI.    Update to kernel 4.18.5-200 breaks some mice.  In particular it does break my Kensington Trackball. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200847 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200849 to name a few places where this has been reported. I'm also going to

Re: [OFF LIST] Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/11/2018 08:58 AM, JD wrote: Hi Todd and Margo, I have not been able to use k3b because it did not make use of libdvdcss, so it always terminated in error. Are you saying that it has been fixed I never knew it was broken. Use it all the time __

Re: [OFF LIST] Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 9/12/18 7:55 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 12Sep2018 07:13, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 9/11/18 11:58 PM, JD wrote: >>> I have not been able to use k3b because it did not >>> make use of libdvdcss, so it always terminated in error. >>> >>> Are you saying that it has been fixed >> >> It isn't

Re: [OFF LIST] Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 12Sep2018 07:13, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/11/18 11:58 PM, JD wrote: I have not been able to use k3b because it did not make use of libdvdcss, so it always terminated in error. Are you saying that it has been fixed It isn't clear to me if your initial problem was related to reading or wr

Re: [OFF LIST] Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 9/11/18 11:58 PM, JD wrote: > I have not been able to use k3b because it did not > make use of libdvdcss, so it always terminated in error. > > Are you saying that it has been fixed It isn't clear to me if your initial problem was related to reading or writing a DVD. That said, in another

Re: OT: fastest way to copy one drive to another

2018-09-11 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 11Sep2018 15:11, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I wanted to mention that as I mentioned earlier, I used ddrescue and was able to copy the drive. However, the old (source) drive was found to have a few blocks that were bad. From what I understand from reading online, one can find these files. However,

Re: OT: fastest way to copy one drive to another

2018-09-11 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, I wanted to mention that as I mentioned earlier, I used ddrescue and was able to copy the drive. However, the old (source) drive was found to have a few blocks that were bad. From what I understand from reading online, one can find these files. However, my filesystems for these two drives a

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread JD
On 09/11/2018 04:14 AM, Dave Mitchell wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:19:44AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: Are you using only "dd" or are you also using "tar"? I only ask since I've not seen the message coming from "dd" but recall seeing it from "tar". To expand on that: $ strings `whi

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread JD
On 09/11/2018 04:04 AM, Tony Nelson wrote: On 18-09-10 22:27:00, ToddAndMargo wrote: ... "dd" does not work on DVD's. Use K3b instead: dd is fine for /reading/ DVDs. Something more (K3b or wodim or growisofs) is needed to /write/ them. Yes. Wodim works just fine. ___

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread JD
On 09/10/2018 08:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/11/18 8:53 AM, JD wrote: Using dd to back up a DVD (for in case dvd gets damaged), I am getting frequent messages like . File shrank by 1069672448 bytes; padding with zeros So, the .VOB file copied to HD is all messed up I do not know yet

[OFF LIST] Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread JD
Hi Todd and Margo, I have not been able to use k3b because it did not make use of libdvdcss, so it always terminated in error. Are you saying that it has been fixed Thanx!! JD On 09/10/2018 08:27 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 09/10/2018 05:53 PM, JD wrote: Using dd to back up a DVD (for in

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread fred roller
On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 8:41 AM fred roller wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 4:31 AM ToddAndMargo > wrote: > >> On 09/11/2018 03:04 AM, Tony Nelson wrote: >> > On 18-09-10 22:27:00, ToddAndMargo wrote: >> > ... >> >> "dd" does not work on DVD's. Use K3b instead: >> > >> > dd is fine for /

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread fred roller
On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 4:31 AM ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 09/11/2018 03:04 AM, Tony Nelson wrote: > > On 18-09-10 22:27:00, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > ... > >> "dd" does not work on DVD's. Use K3b instead: > > > > dd is fine for /reading/ DVDs. Something more (K3b or wodim or > > growisofs) is ne

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/11/2018 03:04 AM, Tony Nelson wrote: On 18-09-10 22:27:00, ToddAndMargo wrote:  ... "dd" does not work on DVD's.  Use K3b instead: dd is fine for /reading/ DVDs.  Something more (K3b or wodim or growisofs) is needed to /write/ them. dd is great to make an iso out of a dvd. _

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:19:44AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Are you using only "dd" or are you also using "tar"?  I only ask since I've > not seen > the message coming from "dd" but recall seeing it from "tar". To expand on that: $ strings `which dd` | grep shrank $ strings `which ta

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread Tony Nelson
On 18-09-10 22:27:00, ToddAndMargo wrote: ... "dd" does not work on DVD's. Use K3b instead: dd is fine for /reading/ DVDs. Something more (K3b or wodim or growisofs) is needed to /write/ them. -- TonyN.:'

Re: OT: fastest way to copy one drive to another

2018-09-11 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
On 10 Sep 2018 at 19:05, wwp wrote: Date sent: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 19:05:13 +0200 From: wwp To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject:Re: OT: fastest way to copy one drive to another Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users > Hello Michael, > > > On Fri, 07 Sep 2018