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VLC no longer plays *.wmv video format
Up until a few days ago, VLC used to play *.wmv format video files just fine. Now, for some unknown (to me) reason, it no longer does so. I have tried other video players (e.g. xine) and they work fine, so I believe that it isn't the lack of a codec, even though that is the error message VLC gives me when I a... 17 Jun 2010 16:45

Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots
Use smartctl from the smartmontools package. If mdadm says that /dev/sdc (or cat /proc/mdstat) is at fault then use "smartctl -a /dev/sdc" and it will print out all kinds of info on the drive including its serial number which should be on a sticker on the case of the drive. The programs included with smartm... 17 Jun 2010 04:36

Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots
On Wed, June 16, 2010 15:47, Michal wrote: One way is to label the disks themselves so you simply do; cat /proc/mdstat which might say /dev/sd3 is down. Open the case, look for the disk labled /dev/sde and replace it. If you have LED's like servers have (probably not) they can be a fiddle to get wor... 16 Jun 2010 12:09

Request for CD
Please send me a Debian CD at the following address as I do not have the financial capacity to buy it and as I am using a mobile internet connection so its impossible for me download. Address Jnanadarshan nayak C/O-Mardaraj Mishra Old Jagannatha Road Madhupatana-II Cuttack 753010 Orissa India ... 17 Jun 2010 06:46

Printing on lp through usb.
Good day. I try to install anew my matrix printer. And not able to specify the device I use that is /dev/usb/lp1. If I try to send directly to the device - it prints, but when I run system-config-printer, I do not know which connection to use of the following: usb serial port #*, appsocket, internet ..., lpd/l... 17 Jun 2010 04:36

flashplayer-mozilla update from debian-multimedia.org
Hi, Just noticed that doing "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" on Debian Lenny now wants to pull in "ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk ia32-libs-libcurl3 ia32-libs-libidn11 ia32-libs-libnspr4 ia32-libs-libnss3 ia32-libs-libssh2 lib32asound2 lib32gcc1 lib32ncurses5 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1" fischer:~# apt-cache sh... 16 Jun 2010 17:43

Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:48 PM, martin f krafft <madduck(a)debian.org> wrote: also sprach Siju George <sgeorge.ml(a)gmail.com> [2010.06.16.1313 +0200]: 2) Create identical partitions on the new disk using 'fdisk'. sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb oh thanks :-) I did it manually using fdisk --S... 20 Jun 2010 05:54

Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots
Hope some one finds this helpful :-) --Siju Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault. ========================================================================= ** Actual screen shot from terminal of steps taken during rebuild on 10-June-2010 on Debian Lenny ( Linux )** 1)... 16 Jun 2010 07:45

problems with dell poweredge server R140 (rack) [solved]
Looks like problem is on iDrac, because it is connected as scsi device. solution was: deattach iDrac after boot and fix the root device on grub commandline. -- Eero -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debi... 16 Jun 2010 04:31

Triple boot with MS XP
If this isn't on topic, sorry ahead of time & perhaps you can point me in the right place? I've been reading up on having a separate partition for your /home files. For quite some time, I've been using a ntfs partition named "storage" as it makes re-install or fresh install of OS much easier. While it's WAAAAAY neat... 19 Jun 2010 17:49