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Video cards (or Names and topics)
by Edenyard 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Thanks to Adam, Anthony and MJR for the thoughts on video cards. Adam wrote: > > to make your own VGA to Scart/RGB cable and use custom refresh rates to drive > the TV, you could possibly kill your tv doing this :) As far as I know there > are no consumer gfx cards that do RGB out (they either do composite or > s-video) > if anyone can prove me wrong then that would be fantastic. > RGB out was only a preference - I'd happily accept composite PAL or even YUV. But I suppose YUV is even more unlikely than RGB? Anthony Anson wrote: > > Did you say why you wanted a different card and what constitutes 'good'? > Yes, I did. I want something that plays DVDs well and something that gives composite, RGB or YUV video signals (in addition to the standard VGA socket). What constitutes 'good' is being well supported by Linux, i.e., having stable drivers that make all of the card's functions work. MJR wrote: > > Most likely, your question wasn't precise enough > Well - fair enough, if it wasn't. However (and with all due respect), I'd have thought that "I want well-supported video card for Linux that plays DVDs with video out" might have been specific enough to get something going? > > (seen ESR's paper about "smart questions"?) > No! What's that all about, then? Thanks for the input! Gerald.

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wxWindows
by Vasko Tomanov 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Do anyone use wxWidows ? I juts thinking to base my staff on it or to use the standard way - GTKor KDE ? Some suggestion ? Cheers Vasko

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cups server problem
by Jenny Hopkins 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hi List, Are there any CUPS experts out there? I tried to set up cups printing system last night, but when I try and print a test page from the webadmin page on the localhost it prints the first top half-inch of "This is a test page" in inch-high letters then grinds to a halt and just sits there. Thanks, jenny

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Playing DVDs with Linux using Ogle
by Ian Douglas 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hi folks, I thought I would have a go at trying to get my PC to play DVDs this weekend so I done an apt-get install ogle-mmx ogle-gui then ran install-css.sh and linked /dev/dvd to /dev/hdc. If I type "ogle" I get the ogle gui appear and I get the following console errors: Note[ogle_ctrl]: ogle 0.8.2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_gui with pid 4483 warning: failed to load external entity "/home/ian/.oglerc" WARNING[ogle_gui]: Couldn't load config file WARNING[ogle_gui]: interpret_config(): Couldn't read '/home/ian/.oglerc' Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_nav with pid 4484 warning: failed to load external entity "/home/ian/.oglerc" WARNING[ogle_nav]: Couldn't load config file WARNING[ogle_nav]: interpret_config(): Couldn't read '/home/ian/.oglerc' Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_mpeg_ps with pid 4485 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_vout with pid 4486 However if I then click on FILE and OPEN DSC the following appears: libdvdcss error: failed opening device libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading. vm: faild to open/read the DVD Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 4484 exited with 1 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 4484 exited with status: 1 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 4486 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 4486 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 4485 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 4485 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 4483 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 4483 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: removing shmid: 10616832 Note[ogle_ctrl]: exiting ian@rhino:~$ I am confused.... why is ogle unable to open /dev/dvd? Ian.

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Given the talk of lurkers...
by Owain Sutton 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

....thought I'd introduce myself New to Linux, arriving here for various reasons, but the main one is being unable to trust MS with anything remotely secure.... Desperatly wishing I could claim that OpenOffice is better than MS Office, but I can't, sorry. Internet Explorer, on the other hand, deserved retirement a long time ago. In short, I guess I'm hoping that a dual boot box will give me the best of both worlds in the short and medium term (yes, unfortunately there's some software I need which is Windows-only). Anyway, that's my ambivalent position stated :D ....btw count me out of most meetings, because Woodbridge without a car is not fun :S

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