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chizad: Jul 9, 2001; 'Cus we find ourselves in the same old mess
Singin' drunken lullabies

How the hell does one go about getting Xubuntu (8.10) to go through the X.org autoconfiguration routine again? I've tried the two tricks I used to be able to use in the past (`dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg` and booting into recovery mode and running `xfix`) and neither one is making a bit of difference. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree to find a solution for my problem though. Basically, I suspected another system here (with very similar hardware to the linux box in question) was having hardware issues, so I swapped drives between the two to test that theory. Result of this experiment? The other system (Windows) is running fine on the hardware from the linux box, and the Linux box is happily running on what I thought was suspect hardware from the Windows box. Well, happily other than the fact that it's stuck at 800x600. Both systems were running the same chipsets and similar processors and all that jazz, but had different video cards; Linux was originally an old-rear end Nvidia something or other, and now it's got a Matrox G400. As far as I can tell the G400 is being detected in so far as the Matrox drivers are being loaded into the kernel and all that, but X doesn't seem to think the card can do anything other than 800x600, which is obviously BS. I guess worst case I could go old school and hand edit xorg.conf to fix it, but surely there's got to be an easy way to tell Xubuntu "hey, there's a new video card here now, why don't you go find what it's capable of and reconfigure X for me?", right?

# ? Mar 25, 2009 00:10

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 08:14

ynef: Jun 12, 2002

Try to move the current xorg.conf file to another location (such as "sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-original") and then running the reconfiguration programs. If you get a new file, at least you know the reconfiguration script attempted to do something.

If that also fails, post your xorg.conf somewhere so we can look at it.

# ? Mar 25, 2009 07:54

ShoulderDaemon: Oct 9, 2003; support goon fund; Taco Defender

Alternatively, try removing the xorg.conf, then starting X and posting xrandr output.

# ? Mar 25, 2009 07:57

chizad: Jul 9, 2001; 'Cus we find ourselves in the same old mess
Singin' drunken lullabies

Original xorg.conf:

code:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Monitor         "Configured Monitor"
        Device          "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Neither of those made a difference. Deleting xorg.conf and running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (or xfix from the recovery menu) just created the exact same xorg.conf as above. This system has been through a few ubuntu upgrades and still had the old xorg.conf laying around from before I upgraded it to 8.10. I took a look at that and it was a proper xorg.conf with the drivers and modes and all that specified in the file, instead of all this "Configured Device" nonsense. I tried starting X with that, knowing full well it'd fail because it wasn't loading the right driver; at least that would bring up the failsafe X mode and hopefully allow me to regenerate a new xorg.conf that actually worked. No such luck. The generic one was the same what I posted above, and telling it to generate a new one for the current hardware just failed with a nondescript "could not generate config for hardware" error.

What I finally ended up doing is just copying over that old 8.04 xorg.conf and changing the driver from "nv" to "mga" and it's working fine. And in the past, with an old-school xorg.conf, that's exactly what I would've done. Maybe it's just a fluke/bug due to the two or three dist-upgrades this system has been through, but I can't believe there's not an easy way to generate a new X config when you upgrade/replace the video card.

edit: Looks like I left out/glossed over the results of the deleting xorg.conf test. X started up fine (even after a full reboot), and the system was still stuck at 800x600 like it was with the above xorg.conf. I forgot to copy down the xrandr output, but it basically just said the max/current screen sizes were both 800x600, the default screen size was 800x600, and that 800x600 was the highest resolution it would run.

chizad fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Mar 25, 2009

# ? Mar 25, 2009 23:01

ShoulderDaemon: Oct 9, 2003; support goon fund; Taco Defender

chizad posted:

What I finally ended up doing is just copying over that old 8.04 xorg.conf and changing the driver from "nv" to "mga" and it's working fine. And in the past, with an old-school xorg.conf, that's exactly what I would've done. Maybe it's just a fluke/bug due to the two or three dist-upgrades this system has been through, but I can't believe there's not an easy way to generate a new X config when you upgrade/replace the video card.

It is a bug that your system did not work with no xorg.conf or with the xorg.conf that you specified, and you may want to report it, as in the future xorg.conf will probably go away entirely.

# ? Mar 25, 2009 23:07

Grigori Rasputin: Aug 21, 2000; WE DON'T NEED ROME TELLING US WHAT TO DO

How do I get a daemon to run on startup?

# ? Mar 25, 2009 23:31

Lucien: May 2, 2007; check it out i'm a samurai ^_^

Grigori Rasputin posted:

How do I get a daemon to run on startup?

Depends on your distro, but assuming you're on debian / Ubuntu:

Make your demon script executable and move it into your /etc/init.d/ directory. Then run

code:

update-rc.d your-demon-script-name defaults

# ? Mar 26, 2009 02:19

Hughmoris: Apr 21, 2007; Let's go to the abyss!

This might seem like a vague or ignorant question, but I'm new to all this so bear with me...

I have a ubuntu server setup on my home network with a samba share. I can access files stored on the server just fine from the Windows XP computers in the house. My question is, how do I access shared files on the Windows computers if I SSH into the server? I'm aware its probably a lot easier just to move files from a Windows machine, but I'd like to learn how to view/access/manipulate files on other machines from the a linux command line.

# ? Mar 26, 2009 03:23

Lucien: May 2, 2007; check it out i'm a samurai ^_^

Hughmoris posted:

This might seem like a vague or ignorant question, but I'm new to all this so bear with me...

I have a ubuntu server setup on my home network with a samba share. I can access files stored on the server just fine from the Windows XP computers in the house. My question is, how do I access shared files on the Windows computers if I SSH into the server? I'm aware its probably a lot easier just to move files from a Windows machine, but I'd like to learn how to view/access/manipulate files on other machines from the a linux command line.

You can either use

code:

$ smbclient -U username //host/share

for ftp-like access, or you can mount it to a directory on your linux box like so:

code:

# mkdir /mnt/windows
# mount -t smbfs -o username=myusername,password=mypassword //host/share /mnt/windows

# ? Mar 26, 2009 04:08

Harokey: Jun 12, 2003; Memory is RAM! Oh dear!

Can anyone comment on the use of docking stations in linux? How easy is it for the display to change from my laptop screen to docking station screen, to laptop + docking station? This works fairly easily in windows (automatically) but found I'd have to restart X before when I did it in linux. Is this still the case? Is there some software or guide that I should look at?

# ? Mar 26, 2009 16:30

zeekner: Jul 14, 2007

Harokey posted:

Can anyone comment on the use of docking stations in linux? How easy is it for the display to change from my laptop screen to docking station screen, to laptop + docking station? This works fairly easily in windows (automatically) but found I'd have to restart X before when I did it in linux. Is this still the case? Is there some software or guide that I should look at?

Most laptops treat the VGA out port as a second monitor, so you might be able to set up some kind of clone view to that output. What kind of notebook and video chipset do you have?

# ? Mar 26, 2009 17:02

Pile Of Garbage: May 28, 2007

cheese-cube posted:

MySQL issue

I have resolved the issue I was having with MySQL. To fix it I had to purge mysql-common and then reinstall mysql-server. However because apache2 depended on mysql-common I said "gently caress it", backed up my Apache and PHP config files and then removed the whole LAMP stack. Following that I just reinstalled Apache, PHP and MySQL in that order. Now it is all working fine and dandy!

# ? Mar 26, 2009 17:25

zeekner: Jul 14, 2007

I have an unusual issue. I have an old Dell Poweredge running ArchLinux as my router/fileserver at home. For the most part, it works perfectly. I have dnsmasq/shorewall running the DHCP and routing aspects, and they work well over ethernet. I also run a wireless AP using an Atheros PCI card (MadWifi drivers). The ethernet and AP interfaces are bridged together, and dnsmasq/shorewall refer to the bridge interface.

The wireless AP worked well for quite a while, but for the last few months it would occasionally hardlock the server. If I leave the wireless interface up, it would eventually lockup the whole computer. If I take down just the wireless, everything works fine. I can't switch to the Ath5k driver yet, last I checked it will not support AP mode.

I can't tell if there's a driver bug, hardware failure, or my 1.1ghz PIII can't handle the load. Supposedly the newest kernel version supports wireless AP mode, so Ath5k might support that soon.

Any suggestions?

# ? Mar 26, 2009 18:18

NZAmoeba: Feb 14, 2005; It turns out it's MAN!; Hair Elf

Not sure if this counts as a simple question, but here goes.

We run a test environment with a bunch of different hardware. Nothing we use is mission critical, but in the event of a hardware failure it can mean a few weeks work lost.

We're looking to set up a backup system where we have a server with a whole bunch of hard drives (probably a NAS) that pulls data off of the windows/linux/solaris boxes on a regular schedule with pre-set credentials. The sticking point seems to be solaris compatibility however.

We have another environment where something similar happens, but that's controlled by a fairly expensive piece of software, we're seeing if it can be done cheaply, possibly even with just a bunch of cron jobs, but I really don't know enough about solaris apart from the fact that it makes everything around it incredibly expensive.

Is the solaris file system capable of being copied over onto a linux (probably redhat) box without complication?

# ? Mar 26, 2009 21:47

yippee cahier: Mar 28, 2005

Harokey posted:

Can anyone comment on the use of docking stations in linux? How easy is it for the display to change from my laptop screen to docking station screen, to laptop + docking station? This works fairly easily in windows (automatically) but found I'd have to restart X before when I did it in linux. Is this still the case? Is there some software or guide that I should look at?

Read up on randr. Should work without problems.

# ? Mar 26, 2009 23:44

LiquidRain: May 21, 2007; Watch the madness!

sund posted:

Read up on randr. Should work without problems.

Yup. I keep a dualmon.sh and singlemon.sh handy for my Thinkpad dock station.

Dualmon for me:

code:

xrandr --output VGA  --auto --mode 1280x1024 --rate 75
xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1024x768 --right-of VGA

Singlemon for me:

code:

xrandr --output VGA --off

I would like it to work automagically (supposedly XFCE 4.6 supports that - I think) but right now, it doesn't for me. :/

# ? Mar 27, 2009 04:13

Harokey: Jun 12, 2003; Memory is RAM! Oh dear!

LiquidRain posted:

Yup. I keep a dualmon.sh and singlemon.sh handy for my Thinkpad dock station.

Dualmon for me:
code:
xrandr --output VGA  --auto --mode 1280x1024 --rate 75
xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1024x768 --right-of VGA
Singlemon for me:
code:
xrandr --output VGA --off
I would like it to work automagically (supposedly XFCE 4.6 supports that - I think) but right now, it doesn't for me. :/

Thanks this looks helpful. (And thanks to sund too)

I have a Dell D620 with an Nvidia Quadro NVS 110.

I'll look into the docking station stuff when I'm back at work w/ my docking station, thanks.

# ? Mar 27, 2009 06:26

Accipiter: Jan 24, 2004; SINATRA.

NZAmoeba posted:

Not sure if this counts as a simple question, but here goes.

We run a test environment with a bunch of different hardware. Nothing we use is mission critical, but in the event of a hardware failure it can mean a few weeks work lost.

We're looking to set up a backup system where we have a server with a whole bunch of hard drives (probably a NAS) that pulls data off of the windows/linux/solaris boxes on a regular schedule with pre-set credentials. The sticking point seems to be solaris compatibility however.

We have another environment where something similar happens, but that's controlled by a fairly expensive piece of software, we're seeing if it can be done cheaply, possibly even with just a bunch of cron jobs, but I really don't know enough about solaris apart from the fact that it makes everything around it incredibly expensive.

Is the solaris file system capable of being copied over onto a linux (probably redhat) box without complication?

Set up SCP via crontab and pre-installed certificates?

# ? Mar 27, 2009 15:19

Mr. Eric Praline: Aug 13, 2004; I didn't like the others, they were all too flat.

NZAmoeba posted:

Is the solaris file system capable of being copied over onto a linux (probably redhat) box without complication?

This is one of those "what exactly are you trying to do" questions. Do you need a bare-metal restore? Do you just need the working files? Are you archiving your backups? There are a ton of options in Solaris.

For the free-but-complex-but-works-well solution, I'd say install AMANDA, and run with that. AMANDA is a pain in the rear end with tape libs, but if you're just copying to disk, it's not too bad.

Otherwise, you could use NFS and do a simple copy or tarball or whatever. v4 supports encryption and kerberos authentication and is actually quite secure.

Someone suggested SCP already.

You could also use Solaris's fssnap tools. They're designed for tape backups, but can work well enough for filesystem backups.

Since your on a developer network, you can also go the other way if your NAS supports it. You can boot your solaris (and linux) machines from NFS exports, so they essentially become diskless. Have a baseline snapshot for each exported filesystem, and roll back to the snaps whenever the devs are done with any specific task/project/fuckup. I've got a client that this works great for, but the NAS has a separate backup system of it's own.

Edit: Guess I got a little off track. The simple answer to your question is yes, it'll copy just fine, and even retain permissions and such depending on how you do the copy. You won't retain your RBAC configurations though.

# ? Mar 27, 2009 16:39

some kinda jackal: Feb 25, 2003; �
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Bear with me, I'm kind of new to LVM and maybe I'm not understanding how it works or I'm explaining it wrong, but here's my scenario:

I'd like to convert my Vista HTPC to just a Linux file server. I have three 320 NTFS SATA drives with various media right now. While it's not critical data I don't really want to bother having to re-rip all my CDs and DVDs.

My understanding is that LVM will allow me to grow my logical drive by adding drives one at a time. I'm not concerned with redundancy but I'd like to concantenate all 320GB drives together into one large logical volume. I'm not interested in RAIDing at the moment.

I will be installing Ubuntu's root physically on a 40GB PATA

What I'd essentially like to do is use Vista to essentially free up one of my 320gb drives by consolidating data to the other two, then:

1. Install Ubuntu to the 40GB root
2. Create a LVM volume on the now-free 320GB drive.
3. Copy all the data from one of the NTFS 320GB drives to the new LVM
4. Erase the 320GB NTFS drive I just copied data from, add it to the LVM logical array.
5. Repeat 3/4 with the other 320GB NTFS drive.

Will LVM let me do what I'm looking for? I'm more familiar with ZFS and that wouldn't be a problem, but I'd like some input before I go ahead and start wiping stuff. If anyone has any suggestions for configuration and setup as well, that would be great. Most of my media is between 200MB and 10GB, the only exception is my MP3 library. Not sure whether I should be optimizing the filesystem accordingly or what.

# ? Mar 27, 2009 20:38

JHVH-1: Jun 28, 2002

NZAmoeba posted:

Not sure if this counts as a simple question, but here goes.

We run a test environment with a bunch of different hardware. Nothing we use is mission critical, but in the event of a hardware failure it can mean a few weeks work lost.

We're looking to set up a backup system where we have a server with a whole bunch of hard drives (probably a NAS) that pulls data off of the windows/linux/solaris boxes on a regular schedule with pre-set credentials. The sticking point seems to be solaris compatibility however.

We have another environment where something similar happens, but that's controlled by a fairly expensive piece of software, we're seeing if it can be done cheaply, possibly even with just a bunch of cron jobs, but I really don't know enough about solaris apart from the fact that it makes everything around it incredibly expensive.

Is the solaris file system capable of being copied over onto a linux (probably redhat) box without complication?

If you are just backing up data from a specific location (and not the whole drat machine):
http://troy.jdmz.net/rsync/index.html

# ? Mar 28, 2009 02:59

I Hate Admin !!: Jan 19, 2007; by Nutt Hogg

Any reason Ubuntu is pretending my USB hard drive doesn't exist? It worked, I shut down my computer, now it doesn't mount it. It works fine in Windows.

# ? Mar 29, 2009 00:39

crab avatar: Mar 15, 2006; iÅ§ KÃ«3Å, cÄ§ gÃ¸Ã i- <Ecl8

I Hate Admin !! posted:

Any reason Ubuntu is pretending my USB hard drive doesn't exist? It worked, I shut down my computer, now it doesn't mount it. It works fine in Windows.

Try sudo mount -t ntfs-3g <device> <mount point> to see what the problem is, though I'm 99% sure it has the dirty bit set, which means somehow it wasn't unmounted cleanly. You can either do a clean shutdown from Windows (NOT a hibernation) or grab the ntfsprogs package and do a ntfsfix <device>.

# ? Mar 29, 2009 01:15

I Hate Admin !!: Jan 19, 2007; by Nutt Hogg

The name of the drive is Bison, how do I figure out the mount point?!

# ? Mar 29, 2009 01:35

JHVH-1: Jun 28, 2002

I Hate Admin !! posted:

The name of the drive is Bison, how do I figure out the mount point?!

It can be any empty directory anywhere you want. Was it auto-mounting the drive before or something? If you mount the drive on windows you have to remember to properly eject it too or else ntfs-3g will spit an error and not mount.

# ? Mar 29, 2009 01:38

I Hate Admin !!: Jan 19, 2007; by Nutt Hogg

Is there any equivalent to the Disk Management in Windows where I can see if this thing is even being read?

# ? Mar 29, 2009 01:40

crab avatar: Mar 15, 2006; iÅ§ KÃ«3Å, cÄ§ gÃ¸Ã i- <Ecl8

I Hate Admin !! posted:

Is there any equivalent to the Disk Management in Windows where I can see if this thing is even being read?

System > Administration > System Log > messages will have several lines info on the device as soon as you plug it in and turn it on unless something is really hosed up hardware-wise.

# ? Mar 29, 2009 02:16

I Hate Admin !!: Jan 19, 2007; by Nutt Hogg

Welp, Ubuntu has now decided that my Desktop is not a valid location. I can't right click on it, or save anything to it, or even view it. Awesome.

# ? Mar 29, 2009 03:43

JHVH-1: Jun 28, 2002

I Hate Admin !! posted:

Welp, Ubuntu has now decided that my Desktop is not a valid location. I can't right click on it, or save anything to it, or even view it. Awesome.

I guess linux really isn't ready for the Desktop :rimshot:

If you mean location to mount the drive to, you probably have to make a new directory on your desktop. I assume you are used to it showing up automatically like an icon somewhere, and now its not doing it. Something with NTFS-3g might have gotten hosed. Heres some words and pictures: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions/ThirdPartyNTFS3G

# ? Mar 29, 2009 07:25

I Hate Admin !!: Jan 19, 2007; by Nutt Hogg

Thanks for trying guys.

Anyhow, is there any way once I get my config working I can back it up to a 4GB USB stick in case it happens again?

# ? Mar 29, 2009 22:13

RBC: Nov 23, 2007; IM STILL SPENDING MONEY FROM 1888

I Hate Admin !! posted:

Welp, Ubuntu has now decided that my Desktop is not a valid location. I can't right click on it, or save anything to it, or even view it. Awesome.

Desktop drawing is handled by the file manager, you probably want tot check out if everythings okay with nautalis.

# ? Mar 30, 2009 01:32

NZAmoeba: Feb 14, 2005; It turns out it's MAN!; Hair Elf

chryst posted:

This is one of those "what exactly are you trying to do" questions. Do you need a bare-metal restore? Do you just need the working files? Are you archiving your backups? There are a ton of options in Solaris.

For the free-but-complex-but-works-well solution, I'd say install AMANDA, and run with that. AMANDA is a pain in the rear end with tape libs, but if you're just copying to disk, it's not too bad.

Otherwise, you could use NFS and do a simple copy or tarball or whatever. v4 supports encryption and kerberos authentication and is actually quite secure.

Someone suggested SCP already.

You could also use Solaris's fssnap tools. They're designed for tape backups, but can work well enough for filesystem backups.

Since your on a developer network, you can also go the other way if your NAS supports it. You can boot your solaris (and linux) machines from NFS exports, so they essentially become diskless. Have a baseline snapshot for each exported filesystem, and roll back to the snaps whenever the devs are done with any specific task/project/fuckup. I've got a client that this works great for, but the NAS has a separate backup system of it's own.

Edit: Guess I got a little off track. The simple answer to your question is yes, it'll copy just fine, and even retain permissions and such depending on how you do the copy. You won't retain your RBAC configurations though.

Some related follow up questions to this

Is it possible to set up different max folder sizes for particular users? We have a thing in mind where different projects will be charged depending on how much space they want to use up, so we envision a network accessible storage area that they authenticate to and are then restricted to their allotted space.

Do I need to worry at all about different file systems? Windows devices will also be included in this, but I take it samba just handles that for me? No special partitions or anything like that?

We won't be doing any bare-metal recovery or anything like that, ultimately we just get too many different devices and not that much of a hardware turnover.

# ? Mar 30, 2009 03:43

Dance Party!: Jul 28, 2003; I wear pink 'cause the girls do. How about you?

I have a damaged drive that is throwing input/output errors all over the place, but I want to copy whatever I can to an external.

Is there a way to force rsync or cp to ignore files that error, because right now it kills the whole process as soon as it encounters a single error.

# ? Mar 30, 2009 16:01

Lucien: May 2, 2007; check it out i'm a samurai ^_^

NZAmoeba posted:

Is it possible to set up different max folder sizes for particular users? We have a thing in mind where different projects will be charged depending on how much space they want to use up, so we envision a network accessible storage area that they authenticate to and are then restricted to their allotted space.

Yeah, just restrict them to their home folders and make use of the quota tool: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Quota.html

NZAmoeba posted:

Do I need to worry at all about different file systems? Windows devices will also be included in this, but I take it samba just handles that for me? No special partitions or anything like that?

Right, the protocols should handle that for you.

Dance Party! posted:

I have a damaged drive that is throwing input/output errors all over the place, but I want to copy whatever I can to an external.

Is there a way to force rsync or cp to ignore files that error, because right now it kills the whole process as soon as it encounters a single error.

You could try

code:

$ rsync -a --force --ignore-errors

although from the man page it sounds like it only affects file deletion.

Lucien fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Mar 30, 2009

# ? Mar 30, 2009 16:32

Dance Party!: Jul 28, 2003; I wear pink 'cause the girls do. How about you?

yeah that only affects deletion :sad:

# ? Mar 30, 2009 16:58

Lucien: May 2, 2007; check it out i'm a samurai ^_^

code:

$ tar --ignore-failed-read

maybe?

# ? Mar 30, 2009 17:06

Prince John: Jun 20, 2006; Oh, poppycock! Female bandits?

Dance Party! posted:

I have a damaged drive that is throwing input/output errors all over the place, but I want to copy whatever I can to an external.

Is there a way to force rsync or cp to ignore files that error, because right now it kills the whole process as soon as it encounters a single error.

Give gnu ddrescue a shot perhaps? (not to be confused with another programme also called ddrescue)

http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Data_Recovery#ddrescue

# ? Mar 30, 2009 20:30

Hughmoris: Apr 21, 2007; Let's go to the abyss!

This is sort of a Linux question...

I have an ubuntu server setup with some movies that I stream wireless to a laptop in a separate room. I use VLC to play these movies on my laptop. My question is, is all of the heavy processing occuring on my laptop, or on the server with the information just being displayed on the laptop?

# ? Mar 31, 2009 00:10

ShoulderDaemon: Oct 9, 2003; support goon fund; Taco Defender

Hughmoris posted:

This is sort of a Linux question...

I have an ubuntu server setup with some movies that I stream wireless to a laptop in a separate room. I use VLC to play these movies on my laptop. My question is, is all of the heavy processing occuring on my laptop, or on the server with the information just being displayed on the laptop?

If you are streaming the movies with a filesharing protocol like SMB or NFS, then the processing is happening on the laptop. If you are streaming the movies with X forwarding, then the processing is happening on the ~~laptop~~server. If you are streaming the movies with RTP or some other multimedia streaming protocol, then processing is happening on both systems, and the balance depends on how much reencoding you're asking for.

Edit: Whoops, I made a bad typo.

ShoulderDaemon fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Mar 31, 2009

# ? Mar 31, 2009 02:42

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 08:14

Hughmoris: Apr 21, 2007; Let's go to the abyss!

ShoulderDaemon posted:

If you are streaming the movies with a filesharing protocol like SMB or NFS, then the processing is happening on the laptop. If you are streaming the movies with X forwarding, then the processing is happening on the laptop. If you are streaming the movies with RTP or some other multimedia streaming protocol, then processing is happening on both systems, and the balance depends on how much reencoding you're asking for.

Thats the answer I'm looking for. Thank you.

# ? Mar 31, 2009 03:05

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