pids
August 17, 2000 by Eric Richardson
I just ran a process on the o2 I do audio on and noticed that it was given pid 359261. That tells you something about the uptime on that box. Right now it's at 84 days, 10 hours and 27 minutes. I think I had to move it or something then... The box NEVER crashes, and I run it hard.
That is why I love UNIX.
fs
August 17, 2000 by Eric Richardson
I really hope SGI's xfs port gets usable soon. I spent a good hour fsck'ing today after a really hard crash (two partitions had to be manually fsck'ed... yuck). Journaled file system... Mmmmm...
On the bright side, I now have everything (expect for the NVidia GL drivers) working under 2.4.0-test6. That's fun.
gar... webcam
August 17, 2000 by Eric Richardson
Ok, so today I bite the bullet and dive full-force into doing some much needed system work. I compiled a 2.4.0-test6 kernel, merged my SCSI devices onto one controller, and got my old capture card working again. All fine and dandy so far.
So now I figure I'll hook up a camera and use this machine for webcam stuff again, right? Heh. Click for info. — Continue Reading...
Atlanta
August 16, 2000 by Eric Richardson
I didn't get those PCMCIA issues resolved before I left, but I got here fine none-the-less (and managed to get the PCMCIA stuff working yesterday), and am now hanging out in Atlanta. Right now I'm at IntelliNet, making use of their network to get some work done. — Continue Reading...