Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-14 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4afd57ba.7080...@googlemail.com>, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >> Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: >>> What does 'watch' deliver that 'tail -f' does not? 'tail -f' is even >>> realtime, something that watch is not. >> Nothing I guess, thanks for pointing this bashism. T

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Chris Davies
tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" Urg. Consider one of these instead: tail -f /var/log/kern.log less +F /var/log/kern.log # Ctrl/C to pause; F to resume Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4afd57ba.7080...@googlemail.com>, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: >> What does 'watch' deliver that 'tail -f' does not? 'tail -f' is even >> realtime, something that watch is not. > >Nothing I guess, thanks for pointing this bashism. Time for a "man tail" >(that's intere

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2009-11-12, Michael Peek wrote: > Hi debian gurus, > > I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video camera > onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire only. > > When I plug it in, I see the following in the log files: > > kernel: [89405.861315]: iee

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > tv.deb...@googlemail.com schreef: >> Alex Samad wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com >>> wrote: Alex Samad wrote: >>> [snip] watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" >>> OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail >>> >

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
tv.deb...@googlemail.com schreef: Alex Samad wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Alex Samad wrote: [snip] watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail [snip] Yes, I use it regularly, but it require

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Alex Samad wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >> Alex Samad wrote: > [snip] >> watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" > > OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail > > > [snip] > Yes, I use it regularly, but it requires separate install

OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: [snip] > > watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail > > in a console while plugging the camera to see which driver is loaded > automatically. > [snip]

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Alex Samad schreef: When I plug it in, I see the following in the log files: kernel: [89405.861315]: ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0800460103dcd08d] kernel: [89405.861846]: ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 kernel: [89406.985364]: ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 devic

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Alex Samad wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: >> Hi debian gurus, >> >> I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video >> camera onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and >> firewire only. >> >> When I plug it in, I see the follo

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-12 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: >> Hi debian gurus, >> >> I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video >> camera >> onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire >> only. >> >> When I plug it in, I see the following in the lo

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-12 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: > Hi debian gurus, > > I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video camera > onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire only. > > When I plug it in, I see the following in the log files: > >

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-12 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: > Hi debian gurus, > > I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video > camera onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and > firewire only. > > When I plug it in, I see the following in the log files: >

Connecting a video camera

2009-11-12 Thread Michael Peek
Hi debian gurus, I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video camera onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire only. When I plug it in, I see the following in the log files: kernel: [89405.861315]: ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0800