On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 20:58 -0700, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 13:20 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > They're great devices - you can often
> > buy a multimeter (every geek should have one :) with a current clamp (or
> > transducer) thrown in. That way you
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 03:08 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> I like that of the two replies, one was "hub" and one was "no hub" :)
Go not to gentoo-user for council, for they will say both hub and no
hub.
;)
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Indifference will certainly be the downfall of
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-enc-libavcodec.html
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-mpeg.html
thanks.)
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led, and for some I see the character, some I don't.
But then some, like courier 10 Pitch, appear fine.
I checked my xorg logs, and I can't see any helpful messages - no font
issues at least.
What now? This is a bit ugly and annoying obviously! What can I look
at next to see where the
> >
> > Section "ServerFlags"
> >
> > Option "BlankTime" "2"
> > Option"standby time""5"
> > Option"suspend time""5"
> > Option"off time""5"
> >
> >
> > Section "Files"
[snip]
don't forget the EndSection (for ServerFlags) before you open Section
"Files".
cya,
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ith one of the other
machines, or with a fresh set of RAM if you can get some - if the
symptoms follow the RAM from server to server then you know what the
problem is :)
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On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying out mencoder to try a few different codecs and formats for 1.
> > dvd authoring and 2. just compressing to keep on my HD.
>
>
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 22:09 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm trying out mencoder to try a few different codecs and forma
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 14:16 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On 28 August 2006 13:39, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > > On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I&#
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 22:09 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm trying out mencoder to try a few different codecs and forma
not.
[1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143201
[2] http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/
[3] http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/
HTH,
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Incest, prostitution, fanaticism, software.
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68" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
then restart xdm and see how that goes...
HTH,
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ilization bug request along with the emerge
> --info and some system specs.
done. I've never submitted a stabilisation bug before, but FTFE (first
time for everything :)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146333
cya,
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Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has nev
fo on non-standard resolutions, but I haven't
tried that part of the instructions, as my 1680x1050 is now "standard"!
[1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash
HTH,
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rwrote
them anyway (D'oh).
What can I do?
all google shows me is people with DVD problems... can anyone shed any
light?
Huge thanks if you can help!
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://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash
> Iain - I had missed that - the copy of the wiki article I have was
> printed some time ago, so It may have been added later or (quite
> possibly) I just plain missed it - thanks
so for the record, does that mean you got it to work, or you didn't
hat any more stable? (I have a good deal on a 3200, and
am wondering whether I should buy it...)
thanks,
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hich package kdestart comes from, but if
someone could provide the output from
equery belongs kdestart
then you can make sure you have that package installed.
Hope this is one step towards a working system :)
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_Celeron_microprocessors
[2] http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1264&p=6
HTH, and is accurate!
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On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 21:40 -0400, Statux wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > All responses off list please. Thanks.
>
> [snip]
>
> Just pointing that one out as 2 people have missed it already :)
what about everyone else who might be interested in the answer?
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that,
but change it back if you prefer it the other way.
HTH,
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don't forget to try out
emerge --newuse -p world
to see what happens after you make global USE flag changes.
HTH,
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> Does anyone know of a way to set the FSB in software?
Not me! My best recommendation would be to buy a really good
overclocking motherboard - one with all these features in the bios. You
should be able to get S370 mbs on ebay for cheap.
[1]
http://www.tomshardware.com/2000/07/28/intel_celeron
On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 12:13 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On 29 August 2006 11:55, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 14:16 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
>
> > > === begin script ===
> > > #! /bin/sh
> > >
> > > BITRATE="730"
> &
forgive those who break ebuilds against us.
Lead us not into dependency frustration,
But deliver us from rpm evil.
For thine is the make.conf, the USE flags,
And the profile forever...
Gentoo.
Full article here:
http://www.gentoo-portage.com/
:)
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Well, you know, no matter where you
> After menuconfig
> make
> terminates due to a shell syntax error.
> Are the gentoo kernel patches buggy?
>
> Many thanks for hint,
hint: posting an exact copy of the output from your terminal would
probably get you more help ;)
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Does the name
5
suspend2 sources 2.6.17-r5, with alsa built as a module (snd_intel8x0).
Can anyone shed any light on the issue?
many thanks,
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On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 15:53 -0700, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > [...]
>
> mmm. I'm rather fuzzy on exactly how it's done, but what you're going
> to have to do is set up a ~/.asoundrc that sets spdif as the default
> output device.
really?
ago). Then you need ACPI compiled into your
kernel, as well as `emerge acpid`.
Finally, if it still doesn't work, post what you see from
tail -f /var/log/messages
or whatever your syslog is, when you press the power button.
post back if that doesn't work!
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If you fail to
On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 18:53 -0700, David Grant wrote:
>
>
> On 9/14/06, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 18:35 -0700, David Grant wrote:
> > It seems the list should be set up in such a way that every
> user
>
On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 11:29 +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 08:49 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 18:01 +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > When I logout of gnome it no longer asks me if I wish to save the
ing this is that the wife never turns the
> server off. If I have a Big Red Switch, I can say "But it has a big red
> switch, how can you miss it"
you could try some "reNedufication", or perhaps a script that detects
how many users are logged in and for how long, a
he OP is suggesting this:
Script A startsprint nothing
Script B startsprint nothing
Script B succeeds print "script B [ok]"
Script A succeeds print "script A [ok]"
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28.exe.part.ZIP.
>
hey, I just jumped in on this thread - your file called
"SP27128.exe.part" sounds like mozilla or some other download manager
never finished downloading it, so it's probably incomplete...
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On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 12:28 +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 14:23 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > hmmm, what version of gnome are you using? gnome-light or gnome?
> >
> > This sounds like gnome 2.10/2.12 (can't remember) behaviour...
>
> The
t of media apps are
still quite heavily developed, and so you will get useful updates by
using ~x86. And if it crashes then no big deal!
Your media PC can be regularly updated with the latest hardware if you
wish, but your firewall can stay on the same PII for years (like mine :)
HTH,
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large hard
drive? I would rather not go through two steps - eg. dvd recorder to
dvd to computer; or dvd recorder to usb hd, to computer.
Or alternatively, are there any recorders with a usb "uplink"?
thanks heaps!
[1] http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget/
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On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 22:18 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking at digital dvd/hard drive recorders for dvb, and I noticed
> that a lot of them are coming out with usb nowadays. However, all I can
> find out about the usb port is that it is for usb _devices_ lik
;t rsync it, but most
of the time, this makes rsync just exit, and the script continues.
All I can get from google and docs is that code 23 is a "general" error,
meaning some read / write / delete failed. I'm not out of disk space.
can anyone shed light on this issue? thanks!
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do this, it was like
> this:
[snip]
> Honestly. How could I pass up such a splendid opportunity?
*lol* you can't let an opportunity like that pass by...
HTH.
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x27;s
not a password problem.
The rsync is all coming from one machine, so I don't know why it's only
failing some of the time - I would guess if it's a password problem, it
would fail all the time!
thanks,
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Goto, n.:
A programming tool that ex
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