Re: Looking for a backup to CD-R(W) program

2002-11-26 Thread Joe Nahmias
playing russian rulette with their backups. It's not at all guaranteed to get the right results - you may end up having stale data in the buffer cache that ends up being "backed up". Joe > Gerald Livingston wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:08:53 -0500 (EST) [EM

Re: Looking for a backup to CD-R(W) program

2002-11-25 Thread Joe Nahmias
Chris, Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Linus himself said that using dump on live (mounted) filesystems was a bad idea. I'll see if I can dig up a reference to it... Thanks for your help! Joe > Chris Lale wrote: > > > > > > Incremental daily backup: > > dump -3u -z -M -B 65 -f /bkp

Looking for a backup to CD-R(W) program

2002-11-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
. I'm just looking for something that can do full and incremental backups of selected filesystems to CD in a quick and simple manner. Thanks for your help! Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - Please cc me on replies, as I am not subscribed to the list. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gn

Problem using joystick after upgrading to kernel 2.4

2002-10-07 Thread Joe Nahmias
msg05847/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP message # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_ISA=y # CONFIG_SBUS is not set CONFIG_UID16=y # # Code maturity level options # # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVER

Re: Problem using ps2 mouse in X

2002-01-24 Thread Joe Nahmias
> > > I had this. I removed gpm (apt-get remove gpm) and symlinked /dev/mouse to > > > /dev/psaux, and the problem went away. But that means no mouse on the > > > console (boo hoo). > > Well, I used to be able to have gpm and X co-exist -- I just can't remember > > how... Can anyone else help?? > W

Re: Problem using ps2 mouse in X

2002-01-24 Thread Joe Nahmias
> > I am having trouble using my Micro$oft PS/2 wheel mouse under X. > > When I run startx (as either a regular user or root), the desktop appears > > normal, but moving the mouse causes random buttons to be pressed, and the > > pointer moves in random directions. > I had this. I removed gpm (a

Problem using ps2 mouse in X

2002-01-24 Thread Joe Nahmias
2.2 (potato), and have /dev/mouse symlinked to /dev/gpmdata. Here is my Pointer section from /etc/X11/XF86Config: Section "Pointer" Protocol"PS/2" Device "/dev/mouse" Buttons 3 ZAxisMappingX EndSection Any help woul

Recovering reformatted ext2 partition

2002-01-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
just plain mounting it on /home)... Does anyone know of a way to recover this partition?? In particular, there was a large ~85MB file on this partition that I would very much like to have back, is there any way to do this?? Thanks in advance for all your help! Joe Nahmias PS - Please cc me, as

Need help setting up SB PCI 128 sound card on potato system

2001-04-03 Thread Joe Nahmias
c question, but as I have read the Sound-HOWTO about 13 times already, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask here... I am enclosing the appropriate parts of /proc/pci and dmesg output to help troubleshooting. Thanks in advance for your help, Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - Please cc me