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by LarryJB
December 10th, 2013, 10:10 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: Have the issues with Ubuntu 12.04LTS been resolved?
Replies: 0
Views: 17144

Have the issues with Ubuntu 12.04LTS been resolved?

I am considering upgrading from 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS, but have been reading about issues with VPN and others. Have these issues been resolved?
by LarryJB
July 3rd, 2012, 1:23 pm
Forum: Everything Hardware Related
Topic: Recommendations for set top/media device
Replies: 2
Views: 16275

Re: Recommendations for set top/media device

I have a boxee box and absolutely love it. It will play just about anything you can throw at it. I had been trying to use an LG Bluray player, but it had trouble with about every file format out there. However when I add another one, I think I will be looking at one of the small media PCs. They are ...
by LarryJB
August 29th, 2011, 4:27 am
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"
Replies: 23
Views: 11999

Re: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"

Hi Larry, Rather than change the hdparm.conf file try issuing the "hdparm -S 4 /dev/sdb" command in a Putty session. It's possible the process is not being run at boot. Does it make a difference? Ian. Yeah, that did make a difference. I now shows standby. Must be the process. I will check...
by LarryJB
August 23rd, 2011, 10:53 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: MakeMKV
Replies: 5
Views: 4047

Re: MakeMKV

Andy, As it turns out I sprung for a Boxee Box about a month or 2 ago. I really like it, I can stream just about anything I throw at it. Plus it has just about every internet app you could ask for (with a few exceptions). It has the ones I am most interested in anyway (Netflix, VUDU, MLB).I believe ...
by LarryJB
August 21st, 2011, 7:00 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"
Replies: 23
Views: 11999

Re: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"

Does the drive spin down but then spin back up again or does it never spin down? sorry I have not been working on this lately, but I have been very busy and have not had the time. I changed the hdparm.conf to say hdparm -S 4 /dev/sdb Which I believe should cause the drive to spin down after 20 seco...
by LarryJB
August 17th, 2011, 6:51 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: Accessing samba share from WinXP Home
Replies: 2
Views: 1411

Re: Accessing samba share from WinXP Home

have you tried accessing the server via the IP address rather than the host name?
by LarryJB
August 14th, 2011, 1:06 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"
Replies: 23
Views: 11999

Re: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"

Here is what that command produced: What could it be? UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/init root 2 0 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:00 [kthreadd] root 3 2 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:00 [migration/0] root 4 2 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 5 2 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:00 [watchdog/0] root 6 2 ...
by LarryJB
August 13th, 2011, 1:57 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"
Replies: 23
Views: 11999

Re: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"

I am not running anything that would keep it spinning that I know of. I was running serviio, but gave up on it and removed it. I am using the hdparm command described in your guide. And yes, I did reboot after adding the command to hdparm.conf. I guess I will need to review what is actually running....
by LarryJB
August 13th, 2011, 12:26 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"
Replies: 23
Views: 11999

Re: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"

Thanks for the info.
Well, I guess either the command did not work, or there is something running that keeps it active. How do I go about figuring this out?
by LarryJB
August 11th, 2011, 5:27 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: How to verify my drive is "spinning down"
Replies: 23
Views: 11999

How to verify my drive is "spinning down"

I implemented the drive spin down procedure the other day. But am suspicious that it is not working. I don't notice a delay when accessing that drive from windows explorer. Is there some way of verifying that the drive has actually spun down?