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thenameseli: Sep 6, 2006

Furd_Terguson posted:

I had made a dd image of my / directory which I would like to restore. My thoughts are to boot the machine using knoppix and then type:
code:
dd if=/home/chawkins/backup.img of=/dev/hda3
(I realize this will probably change when the drives are mounted in knoppix but I want to know if the syntax is sound.)

Will this work? Is there a better way to do this? I assume I can't but is it possbile to do this operation within my Debian system? Thanks guys.

This should work, but you will have to make sure your hda3 is AT LEAST as big as the original source. If you don't have the same partition layout as before, you will also probably have to edit config files. /etc/fstab at the very least. And no, you won't be able to write to a mounted device in this manner. Perhaps it would start, but it would royally hose your system.

# ? May 26, 2007 04:47

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 17:50

A Pinball Wizard: Mar 23, 2005; I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands; College Slice

Here's a repost from my thread in HOTS (that noone answered

Sister Miyagi posted:

Problem description: I'm running Fedora Core 3, and trying to install things with apt-get, which I just installed. However, just about every package gives me an error like this:
code:
You might want to run `apt-get --fix-broken install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  glibc-common#2.3.3-74: Conflicts: glibc (> 2.3.3)
  glibc-common#2.3.6-0.fc3.1: Conflicts: glibc (< 2.3.6)
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Attempted fixes: I tried the --fix-broken install thing, and got this:
code:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  glibc-common#2.3.3-74: Conflicts: glibc (> 2.3.3)
  glibc-common#2.3.6-0.fc3.1: Conflicts: glibc (< 2.3.6)
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
running apt-get update glibc gives me
code:
E: Sources list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/glibc.list doesn't exist
I thought about downloading an RPM of the latest glibc, but Googling showed some consider this a bad move, because since everything relies on glibc, you can break a lot of stuff.
Recent changes: nope

# ? May 26, 2007 17:05

b0lt: Apr 29, 2005

Sister Miyagi posted:

Here's a repost from my thread in HOTS (that noone answered ):

It appears that you have two versions of glibc installed at the same time. Try apt-get -f --nodeps install <whatever>

# ? May 26, 2007 17:08

JoeNotCharles: Mar 3, 2005; Yet beyond each tree there are only more trees.

First off, I don't know if "aptitude" is available for Fedora Core, but for Debian and Ubuntu systems you should use it instead of apt-get. It's just a wrapper that tracks some extra state and dependencies, so you use the exact same commands except type "aptitude" instead.

Second, "apt-get update" just updates the list of packages available, it doesn't actually upgrade anything. I believe you want "apt-get upgrade glibc", but I'm not at a computer with apt right now so I can't doublecheck.

# ? May 26, 2007 19:43

Twlight: Feb 18, 2005; I brag about getting free drinks from my boss to make myself feel superior; Fun Shoe

Try using yum (fedoras version of apt-get) to install what ever dependiences you might need. Of course you can bring up the yum man page and check certin flags if you want to install things with no dependencies.

# ? May 26, 2007 22:37

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Sister Miyagi posted:

Here's a repost from my thread in HOTS (that noone answered ):

1. Why do you use Fedora Core 3? This is three releases and 2.5 yeard behind.
2. Why do you use apt to manage packages on Fedora?

# ? May 26, 2007 23:44

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Jo posted:

I saw someone ask this, but no reply. What is a good image viewer for Linux (Debian) that supports animated gifs, lots of image formats, and fit to screen/center capabilities?
I'm not liking Eye Of Gnome. (I use KDE.)
KView isn't great, either.
QuikShow does what it's supposed to, but I need more.

Edit: Cornice and ximg don't work too well, though they seem well suited.

GQview does not understand animated gifs, but everything else is better in it.

teapot fucked around with this message at 00:09 on May 27, 2007

# ? May 27, 2007 00:00

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Jo posted:

Will it show (in animated form) anigifs?

I usually pass animated gifs to Firefox from the viewer.

# ? May 27, 2007 00:19

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Toiletbrush posted:

Is it possible to selectively change/remove window borders in X11?

Basically, I'd like everything as it's supposed to be, except on the terminal window, where I want thin or no borders apart from the title bar.

I use Sawfish insteas of Metacity because of its much better configurability (including that feature), however it needs a special configuration to avoid breaking Nautilus. This is what I have added to .sawfish/custom :

code:

(custom-set-typed-variable (quote match-window-profile)
 (quote ((((WM_CLASS . "^Nautilus/desktop_window$")) (depth . -16) (ignored . #t))
 (((WM_CLASS . "^Xfdesktop/xfdesktop$")) (depth . -16) (ignored . #t))
 (((WM_CLASS . "^Pager/pager$")) (position 895 . 26) (depth . -15) (frame-type . none) (sticky . #t) (sticky-viewport . #t) (cycle-skip . #t) (window-list-skip . #t) (task-list-skip . #t))))
 (quote match-window) (quote sawfish.wm.ext.match-window))

teapot fucked around with this message at 01:04 on May 27, 2007

# ? May 27, 2007 00:35

Jorenko: Jun 6, 2004; I think you're just mad 'cause you're single.

How do I force X to try a resolution? I've added it to Xorg.conf, but it won't show up in the resoultion changer gui. This is on Feisty, using an All-in-Wonder 9800pro with a Mitsubishi HD1000U projector via VGA. It will do all of the 4:3 resolutions fine, but I can't get it to do 720p (1280x720), which is actually the projector's native resolution. I've tried running dpkg-reconfigure on X as well, and I end up with no change.

# ? May 27, 2007 01:27

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Jorenko posted:

How do I force X to try a resolution? I've added it to Xorg.conf, but it won't show up in the resoultion changer gui. This is on Feisty, using an All-in-Wonder 9800pro with a Mitsubishi HD1000U projector via VGA. It will do all of the 4:3 resolutions fine, but I can't get it to do 720p (1280x720), which is actually the projector's native resolution. I've tried running dpkg-reconfigure on X as well, and I end up with no change.

You have to restart X -- log out, then press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. You can cycle through resolutions with Ctrl-Alt-<+> and Ctrl-Alt-<->, however the logical screen size will stay the same, larger screen will scroll behind a monitor.

Also you have to add a resolution that is actually supported -- /var/log/Xorg*.log files may record errors that explain why some resolution is seen as unsupported, often because of the wrong range of frequencies configured for the monitor.

# ? May 27, 2007 02:13

Jorenko: Jun 6, 2004; I think you're just mad 'cause you're single.

teapot posted:

You have to restart X -- log out, then press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. You can cycle through resolutions with Ctrl-Alt-<+> and Ctrl-Alt-<->, however the logical screen size will stay the same, larger screen will scroll behind a monitor.

Also you have to add a resolution that is actually supported -- /var/log/Xorg*.log files may record errors that explain why some resolution is seen as unsupported, often because of the wrong range of frequencies configured for the monitor.

ctrl-alt-+/- just seems to scroll through the same resolutions that are in the gui. I've restarted X many times.
Here's the relevant parts of xorg.conf:

code:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R350 NH [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
        Driver          "ati"
        BusID           "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Mitsubishi"
        Option          "DPMS"
        HorizSync       15-80
        VertRefresh     50-85
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R350 NH [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
        Monitor         "Mitsubishi"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1280x720" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1280x720" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1280x720" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1280x720" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1280x720" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x720" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

The odd thing is that the resolution changer has resolutions that aren't listed here, like 1280x800 and 1280x768.

And Xorg.0.log:

code:

(II) RADEON(0): Not using mode "1280x720" (no mode of this name)

This is the source I used to get the hsync/vsync numbers.

Oh, here's my ddcprobe for good measure:

code:

vbe: VESA 2.0 detected.
oem: ATI R350
memory: 16384kb
mode: 800x600x16
mode: 1024x768x16
mode: 320x200x32k
mode: 320x200x64k
mode: 320x200x16m
mode: 1600x1200x256
mode: 640x400x256
mode: 640x480x256
mode: 640x480x32k
mode: 640x480x64k
mode: 640x480x16m
mode: 1600x1200x32k
mode: 800x600x256
mode: 800x600x32k
mode: 800x600x64k
mode: 800x600x16m
mode: 1600x1200x64k
mode: 1024x768x256
mode: 1024x768x32k
mode: 1024x768x64k
mode: 1024x768x16m
mode: 1280x1024x256
mode: 1280x1024x32k
mode: 1280x1024x64k
mode: 1280x1024x16m
mode: 132x25 (text)
mode: 132x43 (text)
edid: 
edid: 1 3
id: 30ba
eisa: MEL30ba
serial: 00000e3e
manufacture: 35 2006
input: separate sync, composite sync, sync on green, digital signal.
screensize: 0 0
gamma: 2.200000
dpms: RGB, no active off, no suspend, no standby
timing: 720x400@70 Hz (VGA 640x400, IBM)
timing: 720x400@88 Hz (XGA2)
timing: 640x480@60 Hz (VGA)
timing: 640x480@67 Hz (Mac II, Apple)
timing: 640x480@72 Hz (VESA)
timing: 640x480@75 Hz (VESA)
timing: 800x600@75 Hz (VESA)
timing: 832x624@75 Hz (Mac II)
timing: 1024x768@87 Hz Interlaced (8514A)
timing: 1024x768@70 Hz (VESA)
timing: 1024x768@75 Hz (VESA)
timing: 1280x1024@75 (VESA)
ctiming: 640x480@85
ctiming: 800x600@85
ctiming: 1024x768@85
ctiming: 1152x864@75
ctiming: 1152x864@70
ctiming: 1280x960@60
ctiming: 1280x1024@60
dtiming: 1024x768@74
monitorrange: 15-80, 50-85
monitorname: Mitsubishi
monitorname: HD1000

And of course, my it seems the drat device doesn't know what its own advertised resolution is. Yeargh. This worked right away in windows.

# ? May 27, 2007 02:52

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Jorenko posted:

ctrl-alt-+/- just seems to scroll through the same resolutions that are in the gui. I've restarted X many times.
Here's the relevant parts of xorg.conf:
code:
        Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R350 NH [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
        Driver          "ati"

Install fglrx driver.

quote:

And of course, my it seems the drat device doesn't know what its own advertised resolution is. Yeargh. This worked right away in windows.

In Windows it used a driver from ATI, not a fallback.

# ? May 27, 2007 06:00

dfn_doe: Apr 12, 2005; I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR NEW STUPID FUCKING CATCHPHRASE OVERLORDS

Jorenko posted:

And of course, my it seems the drat device doesn't know what its own advertised resolution is. Yeargh. This worked right away in windows.

Complain to ATI... The Nvidia drivers are head and shoulders above what ATI has offered to the linux community. I finally replaced all my ATI cards with high-end nvidia equipment. I won't even bother with ATI anymore; they go right into my "crap hardware" drawer.

# ? May 27, 2007 06:39

Leathal: Oct 29, 2004; wanna be like gucci?
lil buddy eat your vegetables

Leathal posted:

I'm running uTorrent under WINE since I couldn't find a Linux torrent program with comparable features that wasn't Azureus.

It worked great for about a week. Recently, for some reason, uTorrent has started acting as if the main program window has been dragged offscreen somewhere. There's no icon in the Gnome taskbar and I can't get to the program at all. It's definitely still running though, it shows up in System Monitor and I can open new torrents from Firefox and the Add New Torrent dialog box pops up.

Is there any way I can have WINE reset window positions or something like that?

I fixed this by running wine taskmgr, right clicking on the uTorrent process, and selecting maximize. :downs:

Oh well, at least it's fixed.

# ? May 27, 2007 14:21

Jorenko: Jun 6, 2004; I think you're just mad 'cause you're single.

teapot posted:

Install fglrx driver.

code:

(EE) Module ABI major version (0) doesn't match the server's version (1)
(EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(EE) No drivers available

I've got the latest restricted drivers package installed, and the fglrx package as well:

code:

$ dpkg -l | grep fglrx
ii  fglrx-control                          8.34.8+2.6.20.5-16.28                  Control panel for the ATI graphics accelerat
ii  xorg-driver-fglrx                      8.25.18-1                              Video driver for the ATI graphics accelerato
$ dpkg -l | grep restricted
ii  linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-18-386 2.6.15.7-1                             Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
ii  linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-386 2.6.15.11-1                            Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
ii  linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-26-386 2.6.15.11-4                            Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
ii  linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-386 2.6.15.12-28.1                         Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
ii  linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-386 2.6.17.7-11.2                          Non-free Linux 2.6.17 modules on 386
ii  linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-15-386 2.6.20.5-15.20                         Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on 386
ii  linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-386 2.6.20.5-16.28                         Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on 386
ii  linux-restricted-modules-386           2.6.20.15.14                           Restricted Linux modules on 386.
ii  linux-restricted-modules-common        2.6.20.5-16.28                         Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules helper script
ii  restricted-manager                     0.20                                   manage non-free hardware drivers
$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image
ii  linux-image-2.6.15-18-386              2.6.15-18.27                           Linux kernel image for version 2.6.15 on 386
ii  linux-image-2.6.15-23-386              2.6.15-23.39                           Linux kernel image for version 2.6.15 on 386
ii  linux-image-2.6.15-26-386              2.6.15-26.47                           Linux kernel image for version 2.6.15 on 386
ii  linux-image-2.6.15-28-386              2.6.15-28.53                           Linux kernel image for version 2.6.15 on 386
ii  linux-image-2.6.17-11-386              2.6.17.1-11.37                         Linux kernel image for version 2.6.17 on i38
ii  linux-image-2.6.20-15-386              2.6.20-15.27                           Linux kernel image for version 2.6.20 on i38
ii  linux-image-2.6.20-16-386              2.6.20-16.28                           Linux kernel image for version 2.6.20 on i38
ii  linux-image-386                        2.6.20.15.14                           Linux kernel image on 386.

dfn_doe posted:

Complain to ATI... The Nvidia drivers are head and shoulders above what ATI has offered to the linux community. I finally replaced all my ATI cards with high-end nvidia equipment. I won't even bother with ATI anymore; they go right into my "crap hardware" drawer.

I agree, but this was just the computer we had lying around. Every computer I build I put an Nvidia card in.

# ? May 27, 2007 15:11

covener: Jan 10, 2004; You know, for kids!

Jorenko posted:

code:
(EE) Module ABI major version (0) doesn't match the server's version (1)
(EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(EE) No drivers available
I've got the latest restricted drivers package installed, and the fglrx package as well:[

Maybe an ubuntu cousin of http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=420174 if you move up to xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.*

edit: Bug suggests taking the time to register and vote for the bug here:
http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609

covener fucked around with this message at 20:46 on May 27, 2007

# ? May 27, 2007 20:42

DjLizard: Aug 8, 2005; What wozatar?

Distro: Slackware 11
Kernel: 2.6.21.1
Shell: bash 3.2.17(1)-release
/etc/inittab strings for agetty:
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:etc, etc.

My problem is probably with agetty. I have a customized /etc/issue which uses backslash sequences to print the name of the terminal, kernel version, and other info, etc. It works fine as long as you don't enter an invalid password at a terminal. As soon as you do that, the /etc/issue prints again (as expected) but without any proper formatting at all. All of the \x sequences show up as \x instead of being interpreted. What the gently caress?

How do I fix this mundane feature?

Edit: Okay, I just found out that /bin/login is the one re-catting issue without agetty's consent. Now I just need to get login to ONLY re-print the "Login:" line and leave /etc/issue alone until /bin/login times out, which will cause agetty to come back and re-print /etc/issue correctly. Why is /bin/login catting /etc/issue :argh:

DjLizard fucked around with this message at 23:55 on May 27, 2007

# ? May 27, 2007 21:48

covener: Jan 10, 2004; You know, for kids!

DjLizard posted:

(/bin/login vs. getty)

Have you checked this setting:

code:

$ grep -r /etc/issue /etc/pam.d/
/etc/pam.d/login:# auth       required   pam_issue.so issue=/etc/issue

# ? May 28, 2007 03:46

DjLizard: Aug 8, 2005; What wozatar?

covener posted:

Have you checked this setting:

code:

$ grep -r /etc/issue /etc/pam.d/
/etc/pam.d/login:# auth       required   pam_issue.so issue=/etc/issue

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

I don't have pam, so I ran grep -r /etc/issue /etc/
I didn't think of something simple like grep -r /etc/ before because I'm a Windows loser who is not yet fully in Linux mode.
I found it in login.defs... I somehow overlooked this setting when I looked at login.defs before :blush:

ISSUE_FILE /etc/issue

Durr.

So it's a feature - /bin/login can have its own issue file. I commented it out and it works as expected. When /bin/login times out, agetty kicks in and clears the screen (I put ANSI in the issue file) and re-paints /etc/issue. :pwn:

Edit: I get it now. I had thought ISSUE_FILE meant where "the Linux" was going to find it. I didn't learn about agetty and login until way later, and now I see that agetty always looks for /etc/issue, but /bin/login can have its own issue (minus escaped sequences) which can be anywhere login.defs tells it to be.

DjLizard fucked around with this message at 05:06 on May 28, 2007

# ? May 28, 2007 05:02

Smegmatron: Apr 23, 2003; I hate to advocate emptyquoting or shitposting to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

Can someone please explain the licensing of RedHat enterprise to me?

I'm at a loss here. Do you actually need to be licensed for the OS itself, or can it be freely distributed?

My understanding is that you can run and distribute the stuff all you like, but not for profit, and all you actually pay them for is support. They also don't offer the OS for download to anyone who doesn't subscribe.

Am I close or way off?

The fact that the only place other than redhat offering downloads of RHEL are :filez:

type places leads me to believe I may not be getting the full picture here.

Smegmatron fucked around with this message at 05:37 on May 28, 2007

# ? May 28, 2007 05:34

waffle iron: Jan 16, 2004

Smegmatron posted:

Can someone please explain the licensing of RedHat enterprise to me?

I'm at a loss here. Do you actually need to be licensed for the OS itself, or can it be freely distributed?

My understanding is that you can run and distribute the stuff all you like, but not for profit, and all you actually pay them for is support. They also don't offer the OS for download to anyone who doesn't subscribe.

Am I close or way off?

The fact that the only place other than redhat offering downloads of RHEL are type places leads me to believe I may not be getting the full picture here.

When you buy a license of RHEL, you get support through Redhat for a set number of computers, the right to use their binaries and the source (in source RPM format) to all the system packages. The source packages are freely redistributable under the various open source licenses with the exception of things that have Redhat's trademarked name and logos.

So an organization like CentOS takes the source RPMs, builds their own binaries and replaces the Redhat stuff with their name and logo and are free to distribute it. Redhat actually encourages this more or less because it means more people to QA their software and increases the number of people with RHEL skills in the market. A lot of medium sized businesses will have RHEL licenses for their core systems and CentOS for all their other servers.

# ? May 28, 2007 05:47

Vivian Darkbloom: Jul 14, 2004

Smegmatron posted:

Can someone please explain the licensing of RedHat enterprise to me?

I'm at a loss here. Do you actually need to be licensed for the OS itself, or can it be freely distributed?

My understanding is that you can run and distribute the stuff all you like, but not for profit, and all you actually pay them for is support. They also don't offer the OS for download to anyone who doesn't subscribe.

Am I close or way off?

The fact that the only place other than redhat offering downloads of RHEL are type places leads me to believe I may not be getting the full picture here.

You can get the whole thing free off Red Hat's FTP, and because it's open-source you're not bound by any licensing stuff. But they're aggressive about their trademarks, so other distributors have to sell it without the Red Hat brand. Even CentOS refers to "a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor" as their source.

# ? May 28, 2007 05:48

A Pinball Wizard: Mar 23, 2005; I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands; College Slice

teapot posted:

1. Why do you use Fedora Core 3? This is three releases and 2.5 yeard behind.
2. Why do you use apt to manage packages on Fedora?

Well holy poo poo... I've been using Linux on and off for a while, not full time, and I've been so busy trying to get FC3 to work I never realized they'd come out with loving 6 by now. So used to the "four years to release a product that will be stable in another two" Windows development cycle :sigh:

so tell me then, should I pick up FC6 or wait for 7?

# ? May 28, 2007 06:46

Smegmatron: Apr 23, 2003; I hate to advocate emptyquoting or shitposting to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

Twinxor posted:

You can get the whole thing free off Red Hat's FTP, and because it's open-source you're not bound by any licensing stuff. But they're aggressive about their trademarks, so other distributors have to sell it without the Red Hat brand. Even CentOS refers to "a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor" as their source.

See, this is what confused me.

I figured if it was a free-for-all that they'd have ISOs up on their FTP. All I can find on ftp.redhat.com as far as downloads go are the SRPMs for RHEL and a link to the archive FTP which has the pre-RHEL distributions stored on it.

Do they actually offer ISOs of the enterprise stuff?

# ? May 28, 2007 06:54

razamataza: Jan 2, 2006

Getting issues I've never had before with apt-get update

code:

99% [4 Packages gzip 0]            
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] feisty/universe Packages
  Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Fetched 4B in 0s (5B/s)
Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz[/url]  Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Because of this - I think - apt-cache search um let's say amsn returns no results, do I have to change my /etc/apt/sources.list or something? Thanks for any help.

# ? May 28, 2007 14:26

covener: Jan 10, 2004; You know, for kids!

twinxor posted:

and because it's open-source you're not bound by any licensing stuff.

Oh come on...

Smegmatron posted:

Do they actually offer ISOs of the enterprise stuff?

I don't believe these are offered for free.

# ? May 28, 2007 14:49

Vivian Darkbloom: Jul 14, 2004

covener posted:

Oh come on...

Fine, you're not restricted in modifying and redistributing the code, beyond the terms of the GPL? You know what I mean.

# ? May 28, 2007 19:30

radarwolf: May 7, 2007; by Lowtax

My distro is ArchLinux. It works perfectly on my hardware, and it is the fastest one I've used. It installed in about 10 minutes, and after that all I had to do was pacman -Syu and pacman -Sy nvidia ndiswrapper fluxbox slim rox ntfs-3g, edit my rc.conf, wpa_supplicant and xorg, and I have a fully working system in under 45 minutes. I like Fluxbox because of its simplicity and speed, and the fact that it can be used in conjunction with Xcompmgr to provide true transparency, fade in/out, and menu themability.

Also, CS:Source and HL2:Dm run flawlessly under Wine. I get around 124 FPS on highest settings @ 1024x768 with my 8800gts and C2D e6600. Maya 7 Unlimited runs great, too.

Why use Windows ever again?

# ? May 28, 2007 22:06

Ferg: May 6, 2007; Lipstick Apathy

radarwolf posted:

My distro is ArchLinux. It works perfectly on my hardware, and it is the fastest one I've used. It installed in about 10 minutes, and after that all I had to do was pacman -Syu and pacman -Sy nvidia ndiswrapper fluxbox slim rox ntfs-3g, edit my rc.conf, wpa_supplicant and xorg, and I have a fully working system in under 45 minutes. I like Fluxbox because of its simplicity and speed, and the fact that it can be used in conjunction with Xcompmgr to provide true transparency, fade in/out, and menu themability.

Arch is a great distro. Back when I used the dirtier distros, that was my ultimate pick. My college roommate and I actually set up a local repository right in our apartment. It made those occasional 400mb updates way faster.

radarwolf posted:

Why use Windows ever again?

Not going there

# ? May 28, 2007 23:06

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razamataza posted:

Getting issues I've never had before with apt-get update
code:
99% [4 Packages gzip 0]            
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] feisty/universe Packages
  Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Fetched 4B in 0s (5B/s)
Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz[/url]  Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Because of this - I think - apt-cache search um let's say amsn returns no results, do I have to change my /etc/apt/sources.list or something? Thanks for any help.

It could be the repo is broken, you're out of disk space or apt is seriously munged. Try editting /etc/apt/source.list and replace every instance of gb.archive with uk.archive and try apt-get update again

# ? May 29, 2007 00:14

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Sister Miyagi posted:

Well holy poo poo... I've been using Linux on and off for a while, not full time, and I've been so busy trying to get FC3 to work I never realized they'd come out with loving 6 by now. So used to the "four years to release a product that will be stable in another two" Windows development cycle

so tell me then, should I pick up FC6 or wait for 7?

Get FC6, then upgrade to 7.

Personally I prefer Debian (Stable for servers, Unstable for desktops) or Ubuntu (I only use it on desktops and laptops), however Fedora is usable, too.

# ? May 29, 2007 03:03

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Smegmatron posted:

See, this is what confused me.

I figured if it was a free-for-all that they'd have ISOs up on their FTP. All I can find on ftp.redhat.com as far as downloads go are the SRPMs for RHEL and a link to the archive FTP which has the pre-RHEL distributions stored on it.

Do they actually offer ISOs of the enterprise stuff?

No, but CentOS gives the closest thing possible (Red Hat sources, CentOS compilation and name). SA runs on that.

# ? May 29, 2007 03:08

kyuss: Nov 6, 2004

I spent the last three days installing Ubuntu Lite and setting up a video recording machine for my dad, and so far it has been a great experience. Linux support on the internet seems to have greatly improved in the last few years.

However I have a problem:

I want to use mencoder to encode analog TV from a Hauppauge WinTV PCI FM card. Watching TV with tvtime, xawtv or mplayer works flawlessly, but I'm not getting any sound when I try to record into a file:

code:

sudo mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=320:height=240:norm=PAL:channel=E7:chanlist=europe-west:outfmt=yuy2:audioid=0
-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=900 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64 -o output-mp4-audio0.avi tv://

When I open the file in Windows Media Player (on another machine) it tells me:

video codec: ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder
audio codec: -

The internet told me to make sure that the recording device should be set to "line" (as that is the input the TV card is connected with), but no dice.

So far I'm unsure if this is a mixer problem or a codec problem. Any ideas?

kyuss fucked around with this message at 08:18 on May 29, 2007

# ? May 29, 2007 08:15

Get this: Aug 23, 2004; by Lowtax

I'm having trouble getting remote desktop working.

I set up remote desktop as per this site:

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_configure_remote_desktop_.28not_secure.29

Port 5900 is forwarded. I got my public IP address and tried to connect to my machine from my WinXP one at work by both tightvnc and realvnc, I could not connect.

The realvnc website has a network test at http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi

It gives me this output

code:

The IP address requesting this web page is ***.***.***.*** (REMOTE_ADDR)

Connecting to port 5900 ... succeeded.

Waiting for server to send version string...

Unknown server (RFB 003.007)

So I'm guessing here that Ubuntu is not acting as a vnc server even though remote desktop is turned on. Is there another way for me to check this locally and could it be a router setting?

# ? May 29, 2007 09:28

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

kyuss posted:

I spent the last three days installing Ubuntu Lite and setting up a video recording machine for my dad, and so far it has been a great experience. Linux support on the internet seems to have greatly improved in the last few years.

However I have a problem:

I want to use mencoder to encode analog TV from a Hauppauge WinTV PCI FM card. Watching TV with tvtime, xawtv or mplayer works flawlessly, but I'm not getting any sound when I try to record into a file:
code:
sudo mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=320:height=240:norm=PAL:channel=E7:chanlist=europe-west:outfmt=yuy2:audioid=0
-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=900 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64 -o output-mp4-audio0.avi tv://
When I open the file in Windows Media Player (on another machine) it tells me:

video codec: ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder
audio codec: -

The internet told me to make sure that the recording device should be set to "line" (as that is the input the TV card is connected with), but no dice.

So far I'm unsure if this is a mixer problem or a codec problem. Any ideas?

1. Does the file produced that way play correctly with mplayer? If so, what does it report as audio codec?
2. If it doesn't play sound with mplayer, check the output of mencoder -- mp3lame may be missing, so you may have to use lavc for audio, too. Ex:

code:

-oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp3:abitrate=32

(shown -lavcopts for audio should be merged with video-related options).

# ? May 29, 2007 13:50

kyuss: Nov 6, 2004

It works!

I was about to post the whole output of mencoder, when I saw

code:

=================================================================
 WARNING: YOU ARE USING V4L DEMUXER WITH V4L2 DRIVERS!!!
 As the V4L1 compatibility layer is broken, this may not work.
 If you encounter any problems, use driver=v4l2 instead.
 Bugreports on driver=v4l with v4l2 drivers will be ignored.
=================================================================

So I changed the command line accordingly to

code:

oliver@ubuntu:~/video-test$ sudo mencoder -tv
driver=v4l2:width=320:height=240:norm=PAL-BG:channel=E7:chanlist=europe-west:outfmt=yuy2
-ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=900:acodec=mp3:abitrate=32 -o output-mp4-audio0.avi tv://

and I have both sound and video now. Apparently the old driver version didn't even try to include the sound part in the .avi file.

Seems all I needed was a final push in the right direction - thanks teapot

# ? May 29, 2007 15:24

Twlight: Feb 18, 2005; I brag about getting free drinks from my boss to make myself feel superior; Fun Shoe

Twlight fucked around with this message at 18:12 on May 29, 2007

# ? May 29, 2007 17:52

Ferg: May 6, 2007; Lipstick Apathy

Twlight posted:

Is there a way to show in Fedora 5 what directories are taking up what space on the hard drive? I've got a syslog server thats at 100% Use, even after clearning up some of the older logs.

Try using the "du" command. It's similar to df in usage.

# ? May 29, 2007 18:12

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 17:50

MC Fruit Stripe: Nov 26, 2002; around and around we go

I tried it with Gentoo a while back but it poo poo out because it needed exact and precise access to the system, but how about Linux in VMware? Is there anything keeping me from slapping Ubuntu, Mandriva, Debian etc on a virtual machine? Is it going to work as intended, or is it going to have too many bugs?

# ? May 29, 2007 18:34

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