Re: Blu-ray status in Linux

2010-09-18 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Mark Allums schrieb: > AACS is broken, but few discs are protected using it. All recent discs > ad BD+, AFAIK. Decrypting BD+ works when you have a key, but every time > a BD+ key becomes known, they just switch to a new key. It's a losing > game. Perhaps we should start a massive distri

Re: What tool would convert map coordinates ?

2010-09-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Wayne Topa wrote: On 09/18/2010 01:02 PM, Bernard wrote: I need to convert map coordinates from Lambert II + to decimal degrees. May I suggest you try apt-cache search coordinates libgeo-coordinates-utm-perl - Perl extension for Latitiude Longitude conversions libgeo-helmerttransform-perl - T

Re: Re: Can't locate ndiswrapper module!

2010-09-18 Thread Bruce Ward
Thanks for all the replies. Yes, I'm running Lenny with standard Debian kernel 2.6.26-2-486, and in doing so was hoping to avoid having to compile ndiswrapper. However, I have now done so. (It was not fast!) Chris Bannister's comment about PCcard v. Cardbus may be an issue - the card is Car

Re: Iomega 2TB USB drive

2010-09-18 Thread Mark Allums
On 9/18/2010 4:50 PM, John Lindsay wrote: Secondly when I tried to follow the advice give to me by previous respondents I 'lost' Kingston USB stick display. The only way I can get it to show up is to select an earlier boot option. How do I 'delete' the first boot option or at least move the last

Iomega 2TB USB drive

2010-09-18 Thread John Lindsay
Hi All I am still trying to get this USB drive to show up as an icon on the desktop and to show up under the toolbar 'Places' like my 8GB USB memory stick and my /new-disk hdb (115GB internal drive). I am using Debian Lenny with Gnome as a desktop. Here is my 'mount' display /dev/sda1 on /

Re: Mini system...What image to use?

2010-09-18 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:53:13PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 18/09/10 21:31, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm looking at buying a mini system with a VIA 1.5 GHz C7 processor (VIA > > CN700 > > northbridge VIA VT8237RP high bandwith vlink client southbridge). The > > debian > >

Re: Blu-ray status in Linux

2010-09-18 Thread Mark Allums
On 9/18/2010 1:39 PM, Kevin Ross wrote: On 9/18/2010 7:39 AM, Camaleón wrote: Or just to put it in other words, what is the current status of the Blu- ray technology in Linux? It seems there is a project¹ that allows viewing such media type, but does it work nice, has any drawbacks...? ¹ http:

Re: Does the HDCP crack have any implications for Debian?

2010-09-18 Thread Mark Allums
On 9/18/2010 4:55 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: I'm very happy with the performance I get by simply copying the bluerays I buy to hard drive, and I prefer keep my media on hdd. This bears some explanation. Are you watching stuff from Blu-Ray on a Debian machine? How? What is the process? --

Re: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

2010-09-18 Thread Doug
On 9/17/2010 1:19 AM, Brian Ryans wrote: Quoting Doug on 2010-09-16 21:52:00, in Message-Id <4c92d7d0.4000...@optonline.net> I have a medium-age Fry's computer that I bought new but on the cheap with Lindows, or something like that instead of Win. It was a real Linux without any aps, and you

[Resolved] badblocks: No such file or directory while trying to determine device size

2010-09-18 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:09:22 +, T o n g wrote: >> $ badblocks -p 99 -c 9 -wv /dev/$tdev badblocks: No such file or >> directory while trying to determine device size The keyword here is "newly created" partition. > that was lenny, rebooted into squeeze and all are fine: The key here is

Re: Blu-ray status in Linux

2010-09-18 Thread Kevin Ross
On 9/18/2010 7:39 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:29:49 +0100, Angus Hedger wrote: On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:12:47 -0500 Mark Allums wrote: (...) I'm not interested in that, but I wondered if that meant that we would eventually be able to play Blu-Ray on Debian machines. Do you su

Re: Printing Long Edge (Standard) with HP DeskJet 990C - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2 does not work

2010-09-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
Gary Roach wrote: > I assume that you are using an Xwindows system and have a web browser > installed. Try http://localhost:631/ to pull up the Cups aministration > page. Set your printer defaults there and lp will follow. I find lp > too arcane for my tastes being lazy. At the main page select: A

Re: What tool would convert map coordinates ?

2010-09-18 Thread Wayne Topa
On 09/18/2010 01:02 PM, Bernard wrote: Hi to Everyone, I need to convert map coordinates from Lambert II + to decimal degrees. I found a tool which works online on a web site, but the results lack precision : it gives degrees, minutes and integer seconds (no decimal after the seconds, while one

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:12:48 -0700, S D wrote: > --- On Sat, 9/18/10, Camaleón wrote: > >> Before you throw out your adapater :-), just be sure you cannot even >> communicate with minicom. > > I recalled that there was a way to send a command to the modem without > minicom, so I tried: > > # ec

Re: Printing Long Edge (Standard) with HP DeskJet 990C - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2 does not work

2010-09-18 Thread Gary Roach
I assume that you are using an Xwindows system and have a web browser installed. Try http://localhost:631/ to pull up the Cups aministration page. Set your printer defaults there and lp will follow. I find lp too arcane for my tastes being lazy. At the main page select: Add printer classes>man

What tool would convert map coordinates ?

2010-09-18 Thread Bernard
Hi to Everyone, I need to convert map coordinates from Lambert II + to decimal degrees. I found a tool which works online on a web site, but the results lack precision : it gives degrees, minutes and integer seconds (no decimal after the seconds, while one second is about 30 meters of distance

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-18 Thread S D
--- On Sat, 9/18/10, Camaleón wrote: > Before you throw out your adapater :-), just be sure you > cannot even > communicate with minicom. I recalled that there was a way to send a command to the modem without minicom, so I tried: # echo ATDTtest-phone-number-here > /dev/ttyUSB0 The modem doe

Re: wireless quits every few hours

2010-09-18 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
John wrote: > I wonder why the linux driver for one of the oldest standard wifi > cards (Cisco aironet) doesn't work properly, but Windows does. Don't > see that too often. > > John If there is room for experimentation, I'd install a newer kernel and see if the problem goes away. -- Kamaraju

Re: Debian VServer in Germany

2010-09-18 Thread John Hasler
Adam Hardy writes: > I received a manual virus recently. It told me to delete all the files > on my harddrive, and then forward it to all my contacts. Fortunately I > realised, and didn't do it. Wouldn't have worked anyway as it contains an obvious bug. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: searching inside files with find, cat and grep as a oneliner ...

2010-09-18 Thread Alexander Batischev
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:07:53PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Albretch Mueller wrote: > But newer POSIX standard find can use a {} + to launch grep once and > to pass as many files on the command line as the system allows. That > is faster since grep is launched only as many times as needed. > Us

ANSWERED Re: Mini system...What image to use?

2010-09-18 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Saturday 18 September 2010 07:53 am, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > I'm looking at buying a mini system with a VIA 1.5 GHz C7 processor (VIA > > CN700 northbridge VIA VT8237RP high bandwith vlink client southbridge). > > The debian site doesn't mention this processor. What image would I use > > to

Blu-ray status in Linux (was: Does the HDCP crack have any implications for Debian?)

2010-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:29:49 +0100, Angus Hedger wrote: > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:12:47 -0500 Mark Allums wrote: (...) >> I'm not interested in that, but I wondered if that meant that we would >> eventually be able to play Blu-Ray on Debian machines. Do you suppose >> we will see Blu-Ray suppor

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Camaleón wrote: Before you throw out your adapater :-), just be sure you cannot even communicate with minicom. It's years since I've not played with minicom, but IIRC, it required to be properly setup before running commands ("minicom -s"). Take a look into this manual and if you still fail to d

Re: wireless quits every few hours

2010-09-18 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat September 18 2010, John wrote: > Sure.  I figured out what the module is called by doing: > > lsmod > > For my wireless card, the module is called "airo" > > Remove the module, add the module back, and (re)start the network: > > modprobe -r airo > modprobe -a airo > /etc/init.d/networking st

Re: Proposed Fluxbox style for Debian

2010-09-18 Thread Dale
Hi All, I have done some more work and now have 2 styles going so people can choose either the light or the dark. All can be found on the wiki[1] at the the usual place. Comments and/or suggestions more than welcome :-) Regards Dale [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Debian_LibStick O

Re: test

2010-09-18 Thread dan
On 18.09.2010 13:53, Nuno Magalhães wrote: On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:33, Paul Wise wrote: test -- bye, pabs http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct - point 4. What if he was not determining if the client was working ? Maybe a change in that point ( #6 ) is required. d --

Re: wireless quits every few hours

2010-09-18 Thread John
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat September 18 2010, John wrote: >> Ok, Andrei, I finally get it now.  I just removed the module called >> airo from the kernel (networking died), and replaced it, and did the >> "networking start" thing and, indeed, the networking cam

Re: Debian VServer in Germany

2010-09-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/09/10 21:59, Adam Hardy wrote: > Andrei Popescu on 18/09/10 07:17, wrote: >> On Sb, 18 sep 10, 01:21:32, Klistvud wrote: >>> Dne, 17. 09. 2010 23:12:29 je Andrei Popescu napisal(a): Just out of curiosity, how would you tell you haven't lost e-mail? Assumptions that the sender will

Re: Debian VServer in Germany

2010-09-18 Thread Adam Hardy
Andrei Popescu on 18/09/10 07:17, wrote: On Sb, 18 sep 10, 01:21:32, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 17. 09. 2010 23:12:29 je Andrei Popescu napisal(a): Just out of curiosity, how would you tell you haven't lost e-mail? Assumptions that the sender will retry do not count[1] ;) Dead simple -- accompany e

Re: test

2010-09-18 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:33, Paul Wise wrote: > test > > -- > bye, > pabs http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct - point 4. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Re: Mini system...What image to use?

2010-09-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/09/10 21:31, Mark Neidorff wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking at buying a mini system with a VIA 1.5 GHz C7 processor (VIA > CN700 > northbridge VIA VT8237RP high bandwith vlink client southbridge). The debian > site doesn't mention this processor. What image would I use to install > debian

Re: Mini system...What image to use?

2010-09-18 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, The debian site mentions i386, the net mentions the Via C7 is an x86. Try netinst, or maybe DamnSmallLinux or another microdistro. Bye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: h

test

2010-09-18 Thread Paul Wise
test -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1284809607.7334.35.ca...@chianamo

Mini system...What image to use?

2010-09-18 Thread Mark Neidorff
Hi, I'm looking at buying a mini system with a VIA 1.5 GHz C7 processor (VIA CN700 northbridge VIA VT8237RP high bandwith vlink client southbridge). The debian site doesn't mention this processor. What image would I use to install debian on this system? Thanks, Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: Printing Long Edge (Standard) with HP DeskJet 990C - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2 does not work

2010-09-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:20:39 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> Amongst two printers, I've got an Hp Deskjet 990Cxi, and I use >> `CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2' as a driver for this printer. I would like to >> print both sides, e.g. using long edge mode (standard). The problem is >>

Re: wireless quits every few hours

2010-09-18 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat September 18 2010, John wrote: > Ok, Andrei, I finally get it now.  I just removed the module called > airo from the kernel (networking died), and replaced it, and did the > "networking start" thing and, indeed, the networking came back to > life. I have had a similar problem in the past.. b

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:28:52 -0700, S D wrote: > --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Camaleón wrote: >> Nonthing special. Well, just that you can establish a dialog with your >> modem by sending AT commands and even place calls. And minicom is >> perfect >> for that :-) > > (...) > Tried minicom. Minicom do

Re: Does the HDCP crack have any implications for Debian?

2010-09-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/09/10 19:10, Angus Hedger wrote: > On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:51:21 +1000 > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> The key is legitimate (confirmed by Intel) - what has been >> misreported is that the key is used for encrypting the contents of >> the disk... the disks are encrypted using AACS, it's the str

Re: Printing Long Edge (Standard) with HP DeskJet 990C - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2 does not work

2010-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:20:39 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Amongst two printers, I've got an Hp Deskjet 990Cxi, and I use > `CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2' as a driver for this printer. I would like to > print both sides, e.g. using long edge mode (standard). The problem is > that this seems not to be c

Re: Does the HDCP crack have any implications for Debian?

2010-09-18 Thread Angus Hedger
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:51:21 +1000 Scott Ferguson wrote: > The key is legitimate (confirmed by Intel) - what has been > misreported is that the key is used for encrypting the contents of > the disk... the disks are encrypted using AACS, it's the stream from > the player to the screen that is enc

Re: wireless quits every few hours

2010-09-18 Thread John
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:25 AM, John wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: >> Please post the relevant line from 'lspci' > > At the moment, it's still working, but here's the line from lspci: > > 02:02.0 Network controller: AIRONET Wireless Communications Cisco > Airo

wireless quits every few hours

2010-09-18 Thread John
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Please post the relevant line from 'lspci' At the moment, it's still working, but here's the line from lspci: 02:02.0 Network controller: AIRONET Wireless Communications Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-