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ZFS send/receive
by Russell Coker 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

http://etbe.coker.com.au/2012/08/08/hard-drives-backup/ I've just written the above blog post about my future backup plans. This includes a server that has about 400G of data in the US that I have been backing up via rsync. If I transition that to ZFS then is there any way of starting a send/receive backup process that doesn't involve initially transferring 400G of data? My ADSL plan only allows 150G per month and I can't have a 3 month period of no good backups... -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Repairer suggestions for Thinkpad Laptop W510
by Andrew Voumard 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I wanted to know if anyone had any good experiences with laptop repairers in Melbourne, and specifically, I need to get the trackpoint mouse pointer replaced on a Lenovo/IBM W51- ThinkPad. Thanks Andrew

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Re: Repairer suggestions for Thinkpad Laptop W510
by andrewv＠melbpc.org.au 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hi, Many thanks for all the suggestions, I'll them a go :) Andrew Message sent using MelbPC WebMail Server

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Re: Repairer suggestions for Thinkpad Laptop W510
by Andrew Voumard 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hi Bianca, It's mainly the ribbon cable to the keyboard (which doesn't appear to be available separately), and possibly the trackpoint mechanism. Yes, I also saw those little red rubber cover replacements. Thanks :) Andrew At 12:45 AM 8/08/2012, Bianca Gibson wrote: >Is it just the cap that's the problem? If it is, buy new ones off lenovo: ><http://shop.lenovo.com/us/itemdetails/73P2698/460/46F05D50885846638F1DA2170…>http://shop.lenovo.com/us/itemdetails/73P2698/460/46F05D50885846638F1DA2170… >That's the US site, but just punch in 'trackpoint cap' and you'll find it. > >On 7 August 2012 23:16, Andrew Voumard ><<mailto:andrewv@melbpc.org.au>andrewv(a)melbpc.org.au> wrote: >Hi, > >I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I wanted to know >if anyone had any good experiences with laptop repairers in >Melbourne, and specifically, I need to get the trackpoint mouse >pointer replaced on a Lenovo/IBM W51- ThinkPad. > >Thanks >Andrew > >_______________________________________________ >luv-main mailing list ><mailto:luv-main@luv.asn.au>luv-main(a)luv.asn.au >http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main > > >_______________________________________________ >luv-main mailing list >luv-main(a)luv.asn.au >http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main

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Entangle and crashed display
by Andrew Greig 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

I could not load the Gnome Terminal in my Suse 2.1 64 bit box after loading Entangle from the Suse repositories. This has prevented my running Evolution from the console to try and get some error messages. I rebooted my box in the hope of sanity returning, but now I get no display at all. Ctrl+Alt+F2 and tried to startx but got these messages: xauth: file /home/andrew/.serverauth.2041 does not exist xauth: file /home/andrew/.Xauthority does not exist xauth: file /home/andrew/.Xauthority does not exist Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again So I did that and things looked encouraging until it failed with a message Failed to load session"(null)" and offered a Logout button. The mouse was working but the button did not log me out and the box returned with the same message. How would I repair this so that the Gnome desktop would create new authority files? Andrew Greig

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debian - how to reinstall a package
by James Harper 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

I always thought that apt-get install --reinstall would reinstall a package, but it doesn't seem to work. I broke a file that belongs to a package (/etc/xen/scripts/vscsi) and want it reinstalled from the package source but it doesn't work - even if I delete the file, --reinstall doesn't put it back again. The man page doesn't tell me anything immediately obvious, although the solution will probably come to me as soon as I've hit send here. Any suggestions? Thanks James

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Firing a flash gun in synch with webcam shutter
by Andrew Greig 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

Hi All, Could someone direct me to a place or project where requests for ideas are canvassed? I would like to see a way to synchronise a flashgun with a web-cam. This could lead to a much better result from web-cam photography in low light situations. I know that the Digital camera manufacturers of DSLRs have (Win/Mac) software to fire the camera from a computer, so something in the Open Source realm could be a real boon. Andrew Greig

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IOgear network USB hub
by Anne Bainbridge 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

G'day All, Anybody had any experience with either of these: IOGear Wireless 4-Port USB Sharing Station IOGear 4-Port USB Sharing Hub Both come with installation CD which raises concerns. Or any suggestions on similar devices? Thanks Keith Bainbridge PO Box 324 BELMONT Vic 3216 Australia +61 (0)408 522 706 keith.bainbridge.3216(a)gmail.com

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Whom do I complain about from this traceroute
by Mark Trickett 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Hello All, I subscribe to Linux Journal, which as gone digital only. When I go to get the digital copy, things time out with a connection closed message when I use wget. It can be anywhere from less than 1% to somewhere below 20%, and currently not doing partial downloads to continue, having to restart from scratch. I ran traceroute, and attach the results. Some of the times appear way out of whack. I am on the Telstra BigPond Ultimate Dial Up Plan, so each time I "connect", it is a local call fee, and a maximum of ten hours before being disconnected, along with the limitations of an _external_ 56K hardware modem. Just to put the lie to some of my experience, the current invocation is past 22%, but the traceroute was running concurrently. That should not have an effect, but then I think that some of the systems are badly misconfigured. It would be good to put a suitable "explosive" under the irresponsible sysadmins, and the incompetent management. Regards, Mark Trickett

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Dead USB key
by stripes theotoky 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Dear Group, I have an apparently dead USB key. This was last used on a windows box (xp or newer) at Victoria University. It was correctly unmounted but now appears to be dead. Plug it in and the light flashes for ever but won't mount on two Linux systems Ubuntu (Natty and Precise) or a windows 7 box. The following is the best I can find are there any other suggestions on how to recover this. Most if not all of the files are backed up I just want to learn more about how to recover files or format the key so I can reuse it. stripes@stripes-desktop:~$ lsusb Bus 008 Device 004: ID 413c:2011 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard Bus 008 Device 003: ID 413c:1005 Dell Computer Corp. Multimedia Pro Keyboard Hub Bus 008 Device 002: ID 046d:c063 Logitech, Inc. Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 004: ID 048d:1168 Integrated Technology Express, Inc. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0924:3cf0 Xerox Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub stripes@stripes-desktop:~$ tail -f /var/log/messages Aug 3 14:09:36 joanna-desktop gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [joanna] Aug 3 14:09:36 joanna-desktop gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_sm_authenticate: /home/joanna is already mounted Aug 3 14:10:00 joanna-desktop kernel: [ 9693.808014] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Aug 3 14:10:00 joanna-desktop kernel: [ 9693.987092] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Aug 3 14:10:00 joanna-desktop kernel: [ 9693.987197] scsi4 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0 Aug 3 14:10:00 joanna-desktop kernel: [ 9693.987388] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Aug 3 14:10:00 joanna-desktop kernel: [ 9693.987389] USB Mass Storage support registered. Aug 3 14:10:01 joanna-desktop kernel: [ 9694.988476] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access XXXXXXXX U168CONTROLLER 0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Aug 3 14:10:01 joanna-desktop kernel: [ 9694.988914] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Aug 3 14:10:01 joanna-desktop kernel: [ 9694.991332] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk stripes@stripes-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for joanna: Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00087384 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 7305 58670012+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 7305 19458 97618945 5 Extended /dev/sda5 7305 18958 93604864 83 Linux /dev/sda6 18958 19458 4013056 82 Linux swap / Solaris stripes@stripes-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep usb [ 4.199275] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs [ 4.199275] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub [ 4.199275] usbcore: registered new device driver usb [ 5.102585] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 5.644015] usb 8-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 [ 5.830254] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev [ 5.845557] input: DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/8-1/8-1:1.0/input/input2 [ 5.845636] generic-usb 0003:046D:C063.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1/input0 [ 5.845652] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid [ 5.845653] usbhid: USB HID core driver [ 6.060043] usb 8-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [ 6.525105] usb 8-2.1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 [ 6.707479] input: Dell Dell Multimedia Pro Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/8-2/8-2.1/8-2.1:1.0/input/input3 [ 6.707526] generic-usb 0003:413C:2011.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Dell Dell Multimedia Pro Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2.1/input0 [ 6.758162] input: Dell Dell Multimedia Pro Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/8-2/8-2.1/8-2.1:1.1/input/input4 [ 6.758224] generic-usb 0003:413C:2011.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Device [Dell Dell Multimedia Pro Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2.1/input1 [ 15.703664] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x0924 pid 0x3CF0 [ 15.703856] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp [ 16.942996] usb 1-4: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1 [ 9693.808014] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 [ 9693.987197] scsi4 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0 [ 9693.987388] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Thanks in advance for any suggestions. All the best Stripes

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