[Solved] new multilib repo question

hi I dont understand the new multilib repo. I use i686 and it seems from reading the news that they are pulling packages from all other repos that are 32bit and making those exclusively 64bi. I dont see any packages in multilib other than 64bit.
Did I miss read? shouldnt all of the packages in multilib be for i686 (32bit?)
Thanks.
Last edited by splippity (2010-08-28 06:27:03)

there should be no need for me to switch to 64bit I would assume since I have only 2gb of ram. I do have a core2duo and can do 64bit but was under the impression it wasnt going to benefit me any. Correct???
thanks.

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[Solved] installation and setup question - gummiboot and EFI

Hi,
This is the first time i'm installing arch. i hit the below issues. hope someone can help me out. my understanding of uefi is just about an hour worth of reading or less..
(the wiki didn't mention the kernel requirement when I started installing it... now it does and i updated the beginner's guide wiki post.)
Problem
Gummiboot#Installing says that "If you are still running kernel 3.7 or have not booted in EFI mode, creating the boot entry will fail. You should however still be able to boot gummiboot as it copies the binary to the default EFI binary location on your ESP (/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI on x64 systems). "
the gummiboot part fails. gummiboot gives this error at install saying file system is not FAT EFI, so first I got gummiboot and gummiboot-efi both using pacman. then, I provided the --path to install and now it coughs up because the latest iso isn't 3.8 yet.
Failed to access EFI variables. Is the "efivarfs" filesystem mounted?
I can see efivars but this is asking for efivarfs.
so instead I did,
# cp /usr/lib/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/gummiboot/gummiboot.efi
# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 1 -w -L "Gummiboot" -l '\EFI\gummiboot\gummiboot.efi'
how do I set this up? I'm afraid if I overwrite /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI windows might not boot.
after the installation (of course without gummiboot stuff) now when I reboot, I don't see any gummiboot menu at all because i didn't copy it to EFI/BOOT. it goes straight to windows 8 boot. during boot if I press F12 and see the menu option on thinkpad, I see gummiboot as the first entry(must be because of efibootmgr) followed by windows boot manager. When I select the gummiboot and enter, it just circles back to the same menu. I have setup the loader.conf and arch.conf as described in the wiki.
how do I set gummiboot to work? i dont mind pressing F12 and then going to gumiboot-> arch until 3.8 is out.
If this isn't possible, can I install rEFInd without messing gummiboot? looking at the dir structure of FAT EFI I think it should be possible but not 100% sure until i try it out. Also, to get rid of gummiboot, i should delete the directories, uninstall using pacman and get rid of the efibootmgr change I made, right?
Last edited by lobo2 (2013-03-15 04:07:47)

srs5694 wrote:
sidneyk wrote:Maybe not, I use rEFInd and mount ESP on /boot/efi and copy over updated kernels and initramfs. Maybe if you are mounting ESP at /boot the kernel and initramfs get written to both places at once, I don't know. I also don't know if /boot is where gummiboot expects them to be.
I realize this has been at least partially addressed by others, but I want to make two points very explicit:
In Linux, partitions (or more precisely, the filesystems that most of them contain) are accessed by mounting them at a mount point (a directory). Thus, when you mount the ESP at /boot, the contents of /boot are the ESP. Put another way, mounting the ESP at /boot means that to read or write the ESP, you read or write files and directories under /boot. You can test this yourself by mounting and unmounting a partition that's not basic to the minute-to-minute functioning of the computer. The ESP will actually work fine for this. Unmount it from /boot or /boot/efi and then issue a mount command to mount it elsewhere (say, "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt"). Then check the files under your temporary mount point, and even copy a file there. You can then unmount it and mount it back where you normally do and look for the file you copied -- it should be there. Play with this until you fully grok it.
Gummiboot runs before Linux, and it has no conception of Linux mount points. Thus, whether you mount the ESP at /boot, at /boot/efi, at /home/fred/abadmountpointforanesp is irrelevant, so long as the files on the ESP are laid out in the way that gummiboot expects. The trickiest aspect of this for those unfamiliar with the Linux mount system is that you do not include the Linux mount point in filename references for pre-boot programs like gummiboot. That is, if you mount the ESP at /boot and place the kernel at /boot/vmlinuz, then in gummiboot, the kernel would be \vmlinuz.
Yeah, I figured this out based on the OP's response to that and thinking it through, I just never really thought about it much before now. But I will argue that the mount point /boot and the EFI partition are indeed 2 different locations. I know that once the ESP is mounted at /boot that this distinction disappears until it is umounted and something written to /boot, but while mounted as such, /boot and ESP are virtually the same, at least to the Linux system. I realize the EFI programs are ran before any OS and therefore don't really care about any OS specifics.
I wonder if the OP has confused the info between gummiboot and rEFInd (possibly from the Beginners Guide) because to me, after reading the gummiboot wiki, it just seems that it would be much simpler to just give gummiboot what it wants, i.e. ESP mounted at /boot, whether it's a separate partion or not. I'll have to take a look again at the Beginners Guide to see again the order of things there, but if it isn't, maybe it should be having the user ensure that pacman has completely updated the new system and then go on to the boot loader specifics. I was just thinking though, that the way the install medium is now, that it was automatically pulling the latest stuff down as part of the install process. I know it's not pulling testing or multilib without user intervention, but the core, stable stuff it is. That seems to be part of the confusion here maybe, 2 different versions of gummiboot with gummiboot changing some things between the 2 and maybe the kernels, too.
[EDIT] I took another look at the Beginner's Guide and it says that most users will probably want to use the [core], [extra], and [community] repos, which are enabled by default. It goes on to recommend that [multilib] be enabled for users wanting to run 32 bit programs and then reminds you to run #pacman -Sy to update the package lists, but not #pacman -Syu which would apply any changes from the repos since starting the install. Shouldn't matter much, even if the [multilib] repo was enabled because at that point no 32 bit libs have been installed, but it would matter if a user decided to enable the testing repos.
I wouldn't ordinarily recommend it, but in this case, if the OP is comfortable with the risk, then it might be useful to, at least temporarily, enable the [testing] repo and do #pacman -Syu to pull in the 3.8 kernel. Note that this is likely to also pull in other packages from [testing], but if you haven't installed X yet or any desktop environment, then what is pulled in shouldn't be too overwhelming. He can then immediately go back and disable [testing] if desired. I'm currently using testing without any issues, but there are risks to doing so.
Last edited by sidneyk (2013-03-14 18:13:43)

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Hello brjdunn,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
You are able to change your Apple ID by following the instructions below. That way you will still have access to all of your previous purchases:
Change your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5621
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Presenter 8 -- need help with proper settings to allow quiz retake (with a NEW set of questions from a random pool)

We are publishing a Presenter 8 quiz to an LMS in a SCORM format. I am having trouble with the following: the quiz is built with multiple question groups, and a limited number of questions are being selected from each group. E.g. we have 80+ questions in total, and 25 are presented to a user on a given attempt.
When a user fails the quiz and exits the quiz normally, we want them to study and try again. I set the quiz settings to allow infinite attempts, and set the LMS settings to make sure the quiz is not presented in "review mode". When I test this quiz by failing it the first time, when I reenter the quiz, I am taken to the last slide in the quiz (which is the last one I viewed), and I can retake the quiz by navigating back to the first question.
Here's the problem: I am presented with the SAME set of questions, rather than a NEW set of random questions. This will facilitate cheating (all a user has to do is take the quiz once, review the answers, and then take it again to pass it).
How do I insure that the user is presented with a NEW set of questions when I retake the quiz?
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Local version newer than repo version.

I got sick of using Enlightenment 16.7.1 (newest in the repo) so I altered the PKGBUILD and made 16.7.2-1 and now I get this whenever I use pacman..
:: enlightenment: local version (0.16.7.2-1) is newer than repo version (0.16.7.1-2
Is there a "right" way to make that just.. go away?

Yes, it is very easy.
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/var/abs/local/
/var/abs/local/amavisd-new
/var/abs/local/ltsp-utils
/var/abs/local/mod_ruby
/var/abs/local/php
/var/abs/local/postfix
/var/abs/local/webalizer
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2. Move the binary packages that are resultant from building the packages to a folder of your choosing. Like /home/eliott/public_html/archlinux/binary-packages/ for example.
3.
gensync /var/abs/local/ /home/eliott/public_html/archlinux/binary-packages/cactus_repo.db.tar.gz
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4. Put rule in pacman.conf
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[cactus_repo]
Server = file:///home/eliott/public_html/archlinux/binary-packages
#Server = http://cactuswax.net/~eliott/archlinux/binary-packages
The first server is if the repo is on the same machine. The second one, commented out, is if it is on a different machine. This is very useful if you have alot of servers, and want to centrally manage package deployment.
Now, everytime you update a package or add a new one, you can just rerun the gensync command above, and it will rebuild the repo list for you.

Old External to New MBP cable question (Time sensitive)

I have a new MBP (purchased late january 2011). New external drives all connected properly and working. However, I need to access some old files for tax purposes (and that is why this is a time sensitive question.) These files were kept on a 60GB, small, portable drive: SmartDisk FireLite Model #FWFL60-N. This drive connected to my old MBP with a 4-pin firewire cable (wire has IEEE 1394 printed on it.) Obviously that cable is outdated for my new MBP. Question: Is there some type of wire (or conversion adaptor) I can purchase that will allow me to connect this old drive to the new computer? I never thought I'd need those old files -- but tax season has me scrambling for help or advice. Thanks!

You need a 9-pin to 4-pin cable or adapter. For example this one from Macsales.
[http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/1394B94036/|http://eshop.macs ales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/1394B94036>
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[SOLVED] New initscript question

is it normal that no etc/locale.conf file exist after the update?
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OK, I just want to be sure! So us English don't require it!

Oracle Sesame Adaptater - missing template for creation of a new SAIL repo.

Hi,
I'm trying to deploy the Sesame Adaptater on my TOMCAT server.
At the point 8.9 of the doc ( http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18283_01/appdev.112/e11828/sem_sesame.htm#BABFFEFA) I'm suppose to type in the sesame console the following comand :
"create oracle."
I got this error :
ERROR : No template called Oracle found in C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Aduna\OpenRDF Sesame Console\templates
By reading the Sesame doc and according to this page (http://www.openrdf.org/doc/sesame2/users/ch07.html) I suppose that I have to add in the "C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Aduna\OpenRDF Sesame Console\templates" directory a file based on this template :
# Sesame configuration template for a main-memory repository
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>.
@prefix rep: <http://www.openrdf.org/config/repository#>.
@prefix sr: <http://www.openrdf.org/config/repository/sail#>.
@prefix sail: <http://www.openrdf.org/config/sail#>.
@prefix ms: <http://www.openrdf.org/config/sail/memory#>.
[] a rep:Repository ;
rep:repositoryID "{%Repository ID|memory%}" ;
rdfs:label "{%Repository title|Memory store%}" ;
rep:repositoryImpl [
rep:repositoryType "openrdf:SailRepository" ;
sr:sailImpl [
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ms:syncDelay {%Sync delay|0%}
Do anyone have the correct template ?
I didn't find any other thread about this problem, so I supose it's an easy issue to solve, but the Semantic Technologies are totally new for me.
Arthur

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After adding the "oracle.ttl" to the correct directory, it's work fine.
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Solved: New iPod nano 8g not seen in My Computer/iTunes after Apple Support

I received this iPod as a Christmas gift and it has taken months to get it working but I am happy to say I finally did. I wanted to post what I did to solve the problem in case anyone else is having the same issue.
Background Information:
- Windows XP operating system (I had to upgrade to SP 2 just for this iPod)
- Computer works fine with an older iPod nano
- New iPod nano would simply bring up the "Install Hardware Wizard" and always resulted in "Cannot Install Hardware"
- Nothing would show up in My Computer
- iPod would say "Connected, Eject before disconnecting" when it was connected
- Under "Services" iPod service was running & Started
- Under "Device Manager" iPod showed up under "Other Devices" with an exclamation/question mark for "iPod" (note: this did not show up under USB controllers)
What I Have Tried That Didn't Work:
- Downloading new iTunes. I did this a few times and ended up with 7.6.1.9
- Uninstall and reinstall iTunes and Quicktime
- Tried Install Hardware Wizard option to search for drivers in c:\WINNT\inf (or c:\windows\inf if that's what you have)
- Restarted computer several times and tried creating a new user in Windows XP
- Tried going to "Right-click-My Computer"-"Manage"-"Device Manager" and uninstalled any instance of iPod (under "Other Devices") and tried refreshing / re-installing
- Tried stopping and restarting the iPod service in "Services"
- Tried restarting iPod, resetting it, all those 5 R's and other Apple support docs online
- Tried finding answers in forums
- Finally today I spent a few hours on the phone with Apple Support, and after repeating everything in their self-help documents online, and it still didn't work, they said "Call Microsoft and tell them you have a driver issue" and that my new iPod needed some additional driver (which is why old iPod works but not new)
So that's where I left off this afternoon. I think I've seen people who haven't had much luck getting Microsoft support to help with iPod issues, so I continued searching online. I tried updating my Video driver from the Gateway.com website and that didn't work.
On the microsoft.com website, the best I could find was a registry change which told me to delete registry keys for UpperFilters and LowerFilters, which I didn't even have so I couldn't try.
Finally, here is the solution to what worked:
I searched for iPod - specific drivers, and on some random help forum - http://www.computing.net/hardware/wwwboard/forum/43267.html
You'll see they mention "usbstor.inf" which needs to be in c:\winnt\inf (or c:\windows\inf). I checked my computer and it was missing. Luckily, it was there on my work laptop which was also recently upgraded to Windows XP so I e-mailed it to myself (glad I didn't have to trust some one online).
I also followed his directions to add "usbstor.sys" from c:\winnt\servicepack files\i386\ to c:\winnt\system32\drivers.
Lastly, I saw some other usb*.inf and usb*.pnf files on my laptop so I decided what-the-heck, I'll grab them all since I only had usbvideo.inf, and thus I extracted the following into my c:\winnt\inf directory: usb.inf, usb.pnf, usbport.inf, usbport.pnf, usbprint.pnf, usbprint.inf, usbstor.pnf, usbtor.inf.
I restarted my computer and right away my iPod magically appeared in MyComputer and when I opened iTunes, it was also successfully there. Funny thing is, Windows Install Hardware Wizard popped up and I pointed it to that directory -- guess what, it didn't work. Apparently that doesn't matter. Every time I plug in my iPod now, I will just skip the "Install New Hardware Wizard" and go straight to iTunes.
I know this was lengthy but I thought I could save some one else hours of checking around--- just go look in your "inf" directory and make sure you have the usbstor.inf file!
Good luck!!!!

Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1410

I can't purchase any app in my new devices "security questions issue"

Im soo sad and angry from apple support ..
i have thisproblem since 4 months now and the support wont solve it ..
i got ipad 3 few months ago .. when i try to purches new apps for it the account ask me to answer the seucrity questions , even the answers are right it says it wrong !!! but when i purches and app with my old ipad or macbook pro its fine...
now i got macbook air and the problem become bigger to me .. i dont want to purchas in my old devies and go back to the new once to download them !!!
yaa , when i try to change the security question !! i couldnt find the option !!
i hope someone can help me
Amira

 Account Security Team (AST) 
Check the AppleCare number for your country here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
Call them up, and let them know you would like to be transferred to the Account Security Team.

Current/Extra repo question

I have got a question about those repos (excuse my stupidity).
I always thought that current provides the stable stuff and extra is just additional, presumably newer. Now, there are two different mesa versions, the one in current being the newer one. Same holds true for xvidcore. Is there any way of telling what the difference is, except looking at the PKGBUILDs? What is the reason for them being there under the same name?
Cheers,
Blind

Blind wrote:
Hey iphitus,
yeah, you are right, I shouldn't worry too much 'bout it.
As for the mirror:
testing and extra: ftp.archlinux.org
Shouldn't that be up-to-date?
there's a secret mirror before that. :twisted: :twisted:
And also, if I enter 'kernel26beyond' into the package search field at Arch's main page, it shows:
Extra kernels kernel26beyond 2.6.16.beyond3-1 The Linux Kernel and modules, with the Beyond patchset. 2006-04-29
Testing kernels kernel26beyond 2.6.16.beyond2-1 The Linux Kernel and modules, with the Beyond patchset. 2006-04-11
But as you said, not that much of a worry, just for consistency.
Cheers,
Blind
what are you talking about? look again
James

New BlackBerry User Questions, with Corporate BlackBerry

I just got a Blackberry Curve 9330 from my work, and I am trying to get used to it. I have never used a blackberry before, I use a Moto Droid as a personal phone, so it is pretty different.
Any links to good resources for tips on using this phone for business uses would be good as well, I have some more specific Q's I will post here.
One of my main questions is if there is any other navigation besides the touchpad. It is pretty weird to use, I am playing around with the sensitivity, but it just seems unresponsive a lot of the time, and not easy to use for the general email and phone naviagtion
Is there any way (Maybe App?) to bind the volume keys on the right side to be used to scroll through email, and other things? They seem perfectly postioned to be used to scroll. Also is there anyway to rebind the left voice command key, to use as a enter key? Again it seems perfectly positioned to be used like this. (It seems like a huge waste of a big side button if it can only be used for the voice navigation.)
Or maybe you can bind just keys on the keyboard to function as arrow keys?
I also have some questions about the email. It setup to connect to a blackberry server and Exchange for outlook etc as in a standard company (It's from a big company), and it gets some policies etc im sure. I don't know exactly the policies but I'm sure theres some things that may be locked down for me.
I have all my Outlook email folders stored on my Exchange Maibox (On the desktop side), and I can see them when I go to "View Folder" on the blackberry, however only the inbox and sent items seem to have the messages in them. On my desktop outlook, I have filters that move the email to these folders. Maybe those filters only run when a desktop outlook client (2003 right now) interacts wtih exchange? Still right now I have messages in these folders, and my blackberry can see the folders, and I can into them, but they say no messages. So It seems like I should be able to view the messages in them.
I'm also wondering if there is a refresh button, to refresh the exchange connection? Especially to refresh like the read status of email, so after I read 20 email on my desktop outlook, then I can refresh on my blackberry, and those 20 will appear as read messages
I'm also wondering how I can make shortcuts on the desktop? Like can you make a direct call ,or direct email shortcut to someone in your contacts? And is it possible to make a shorcut to directly open a folder in your exchange mailbox?(Assumeing theres a way to get the messages to show up in them)

endoftheline2 wrote:
I just got a Blackberry Curve 9330 from my work, and I am trying to get used to it. I have never used a blackberry before, I use a Moto Droid as a personal phone, so it is pretty different.
Any links to good resources for tips on using this phone for business uses would be good as well, I have some more specific Q's I will post here.
One of my main questions is if there is any other navigation besides the touchpad. It is pretty weird to use, I am playing around with the sensitivity, but it just seems unresponsive a lot of the time, and not easy to use for the general email and phone naviagtion
Is there any way (Maybe App?) to bind the volume keys on the right side to be used to scroll through email, and other things? They seem perfectly postioned to be used to scroll. Also is there anyway to rebind the left voice command key, to use as a enter key? Again it seems perfectly positioned to be used like this. (It seems like a huge waste of a big side button if it can only be used for the voice navigation.)
Or maybe you can bind just keys on the keyboard to function as arrow keys?
great tips here
http://www.stinsonddog.com/
I also have some questions about the email. It setup to connect to a blackberry server and Exchange for outlook etc as in a standard company (It's from a big company), and it gets some policies etc im sure. I don't know exactly the policies but I'm sure theres some things that may be locked down for me.
ask your admin
I have all my Outlook email folders stored on my Exchange Maibox (On the desktop side), and I can see them when I go to "View Folder" on the blackberry, however only the inbox and sent items seem to have the messages in them. On my desktop outlook, I have filters that move the email to these folders. Maybe those filters only run when a desktop outlook client (2003 right now) interacts wtih exchange? Still right now I have messages in these folders, and my blackberry can see the folders, and I can into them, but they say no messages. So It seems like I should be able to view the messages in them.
only new items will show up, show this to you BESAdmin maybe?
KB04713 - Enable message prepopulation for all users on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server
KB11434 - No messages are displayed in subfolders following enterprise activation
I'm also wondering if there is a refresh button, to refresh the exchange connection? Especially to refresh like the read status of email, so after I read 20 email on my desktop outlook, then I can refresh on my blackberry, and those 20 will appear as read messages
Reconcile is a slow process, but there is a reconcile now option if it is enabled on the BES server.
more info for you and you admin
This will explain a lot about reconcile and hard deletes
KB04863 - Permanent deletion of email messages in Microsoft Outlook does not reconcile to the BlackB...
link in above KB in case you missed it
KB04853 - How to enable hard deletes on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
I have also changed the messages state size to 1000 and it cured 99% of our issues.
The performance hit and RAM increase is almost nil on the BES box.
On Device also double check:
Make sure that Wireless Reconcile is set to On. Sometimes toggling that to off, saving it, then turning it back on.
Messages Options - Email reconciliation -
Delete on Mailbox and handheld,
wireless reconcile = Yes
On conflicts = Mailbox wins.
If still not working and you moved a user mailbox.
KB20770 Email reconciliation does not work after moving a mailbox
Is the user over quota?
I'm also wondering how I can make shortcuts on the desktop? Like can you make a direct call ,or direct email shortcut to someone in your contacts? And is it possible to make a shorcut to directly open a folder in your exchange mailbox?(Assumeing theres a way to get the messages to show up in them)
hope the above helps you out.
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New Calculated field question. Complicated I think.

I have managed to create this table from a MySQL database: http://ppbm5.com/DB-PPBM5.php
The field 'Total' is a calculated field using this SQL query:
$query_Recordset1 = 'SELECT *, `Disk I/O`+`MPEG2-DVD`+`H264-BR`+IFNULL(`MPE On`,`MPE Off`) As Total, `CPU`*`Cores` As Phys_Cores FROM `Personal_data` WHERE 1 ORDER BY (`Disk I/O`+`MPEG2-DVD`+`H264-BR`+IFNULL(`MPE On`,`MPE Off`)), `Date & Time` ASC';
So far, so good, but as you may have noticed, there is a next field called 'Rel. Perf.' which only contains blanks. And that is where my problems start.
The table is sorted by 'Total' and the first record shows these figures and field names that are relevant for my question:
Fields: 'Total' 'Disk I/O' 'MPEG2-DVD' 'H.264-BR' 'MPE On' 'MPE Off'
Values: 131, 67, 21, 37, 6, 64
In addition, I use four 'weight' figures, let's say these are 0.27 , 0.30 , 0.20 and 0.23 denoted as W1, W2, W3, W4.
First step is to calculate four temp values, using a formula like this resulting in T1, T2, T3 and T4:
T1 = W1 x Total /Disk I/O; T2 = W2 x Total/MPEG2-DVD ; T3 = W3 x Total/H.264-BR ; T4 = W4 x Total/(IFNULL(MPE On, MPE Off)
Note that this only applies to the top record and here the SUM(T1, T2, T3, T4) results in 131, equal to the Total.
The result of 100 x SUM(T1, T2, T3, T4)/ Total = 100 should be the 'Rel.Perf.' result for the top record.
Now is gets difficult. Let me call the records R1, R2, R3, ..., Rx. Now, in the previous step we have established that the figure 100 should into R1.
For R2 the result of the 'Rel.Perf.' is 100 x SUM(T1 x Disk I/O(2), T2 x MPEG2-DVD(2), T3 x (H.264-BR(2), T4 x (IFNULL(MPE on, MPE Off)))/ Total(2)
For R3 the result of the 'Rel.Perf.' is 100 x SUM(T1 x Disk I/O(3), T2 x MPEG2-DVD(3), T3 x (H.264-BR(3), T4 x (IFNULL(MPE on, MPE Off)))/ Total(3)
etcetera for all the rest of the records in the table.
A complicating factor is that the reference point of the top machine should remain fixed at 100, but when doing queries, the top machine may not be in the query results, but all the query results for the Rel.Perf. should be derived from these scores. Life would be infinitely easier if one would be certain that the top machine is fixed, but that is not the case.
Sorry to make this such a long and complicated post, but for those who have struggled through this long message, if you have any suggestions on how to make this work, I would appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
Harm, while non is intended.
PS. I have been trying to generate a SQL query, using the following code:
$query_Recordset1 = 'SELECT *, FORMAT(`Disk I/O`+`MPEG2-DVD`+`H264-BR`+IFNULL(`MPE On`,`MPE Off`),0) As Total, FORMAT((54.661*`Disk I/O`+161.25*`MPEG2-DVD`+71.66666*`H264-BR`+645*IFNULL(`MPE On`,`MPE Off`))/129,1) As RPI,`CPU`*`Cores` As Phys_Cores FROM `Personal_data` WHERE 1 ORDER BY 54.661*`Disk I/O`+161.25*`MPEG2-DVD`+71.66666*`H264-BR`+645*IFNULL(`MPE On`,`MPE Off`), `Disk I/O`+`MPEG2-DVD`+`H264-BR`+IFNULL(`MPE On`,`MPE Off`) ASC';
For static work it is OK, but not when a new top performer submits his data.

Hi William,
Per my understanding that you want to count the number of the value in the field wait which is smaller then 15, right?
I have tested on my local environment and that you can add the calculated field (Count) using the expression as below:
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Insert an outside group row and then get the total count by using below expression:
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Preview you will get the result like below:
If your problem stil exists, please try to provide some sample data and the exprect count result you want.
Any problem, please feel free to ask.
Regards
Vicky Liu
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billy-bones wrote:
karol wrote:
billy-bones wrote:He is not going to do any heavy gaming and such.
So why do you need 1 GB RAM card?
He want's do edit video's and work more intensively with multimedia.
I would suggest getting some more RAM.
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