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Re: [ALUG] QX3 microscope
by Edenyard 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

Adam wrote: > I was just doing some digging looking for a few > bits about the QX3 and found http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtx3/ I think that that particular project just petered out a couple of years ago. I downloaded it a couple of days ago but couldn't get it to run. In addition to TVtime, I've tried Xawtv (which gave correctly-dimensioned pictures on screen but the image capture just gives a technicolour snowstorm effect when the file is viewed) and Mplayer (advertised as being able to view USB webcams or whatever but was far too complicated for me to be able to work out how). In contrast, getting the 'system' side of things in place seemed easy, even for me. Select the correct bits in the kernel .config, recompile & install kernel, plug QX3 into the USB port and off it all went. Amazing! > What was the price? Farnell seems to be having a clear-out at the moment and had it for £35 (and no delivery charges for account holders), whereas I'd previously seen it all over the place for quite a bit more than that. > although i recall that maybe intel > advertised it as doing 640x480 but in reality the sensor only could > capture 320x240 and the upsampling was done in software. Its resolution is 352x288 - I believe that might be quarter-CIF? The luminance resolution is double the chrominance. I wouldn't say that it was exactly broadcast-quality but it's good enough at the price to have a closer gander at some small items. Truly it's a bit cheap and plastic-y, but, at the price, what else could one expect? Cheers, Gerald.

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Re: [ALUG] Where do I put source files?
by Matt Parker 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 13:51, Chris Walker wrote: > On Sat 13 Mar, MJ Ray wrote: > > > > On 2004-03-13 10:20:01 +0000 Chris Walker > > <linux(a)wymondham.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > I've never compiled anything > > > before, I don't know where to put this stuff. > > > > Generally, whereever you want. > > OK. > > > Unpack it (tar xzf filename.tar.gz usually) and read the INSTALL file. (If > > it doesn't have one, report a bug.) Some people like to put it under > > /opt/src, some under /usr/local/src or /usr/src and some in a subdirectory > > of their home. I've even got one system with sources in > > /Depot/Compile/Sources... > > It does have an INSTALL file but it didn't give the location that I wanted. In which case the common practice is to set a prefix in the configure command to compile it where you want. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mynewprog make su - make install This will put your compiled program in /usr/local/mynewprog. If it doesn't, file a bug... Matt -- http://www.mpcontracting.co.uk Experts in Java development and website design

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Kernel 2.6 again
by bjsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

I now have kernel 2.6.3 source from Debian Testing/Sarge and am still having some problems. The ohci-hcd module is not being loaded automatically and in consequence my mouse doesn't work until the module is loaded with Modprobe. Can anyone tell me what I need to put into /etc/modprobe.d or /etc/modprobe.conf to make the loading automatic? Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

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Norwich evening meeting: 11th March 2004
by Syd Hancock 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

The monthly Norwich 'second thursday' evening social meet will take place next week, 11th March from 8 pm in the 'City Gate' pub, Dereham Road. Full address, photo, link to map etc here: http://www.norwichpubs.info/norwichpubs/pubpages/citygate.htm If you have not attended one of these meets before, they are informal and unstructured and general chat covers many topics as well as the obvious linux-related stuff. There may or may not be a penguin on the table :-) === directions etc === The City Gate pub is just off the inner ring road at the junction of Grapes Hill and Barn Road. Dereham Road is the A1074 - take the Costessey junction on the A47 if coming from west of Norwich. Otherwise, when going clockwise around the inner ring road, Dereham road is the left turn at the traffic lights at the bottom of Grapes Hill (but see parking info below). There is a very large Cane Furniture shop on the corner and this is probably the best landmark from either direction. The pub, which has a large glass frontage (see link to picture above), is next to the cane furniture shop. There is ample parking nearby, including possible free parking on the forecourt of a wine warehouse next to the pub or on side roads off Dereham Road. There is also Pay-and-Display parking ( £1.40 for the evening) on the other side of the ring road off St Swithin's road. Coming down Grapes Hill turn right at the lights (St Benedict's Street) and then left into the entrance to the car park which is behind Toys-R-Us. Syd

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Mandrake 9.2 ADSL Network
by Martin John Collins 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Thanks for all your replies to "Groupware for the Home". I did read them but was switching over to ADSL (lucky me) at the time and the 'switch over' really hasn't finished yet as you'll understand from my plight below! I have gone over to ADSL with Pipex. The Speedtouch 330 USB modem they sent was a nightmare and I tried and tried to get it to work with Linux but to no avail (tried all the drivers and even started installing new distro's!!). Finally I had enough and purchased a modem router - ethernet (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X…). I had it up and running in 10 minutes and it is a very good, cheap, little gizmo. However now I am using Mandrake 9.2 and I am having connection problems. The modem holds the connection but Mandrake seems to lose the connection to the modem and in order to get things running again I have to enter the command /etc/init.d/network restart - as root. So much so that this command is now a shortcut on my desktop. Can anyone help here please? I went from Suse 8.2 to Fedora to Suse 9.0 to Slackware 9.0 to Mandrake 9.2 over a four day period and I don't think I can stand another re-install. In the customer reviews for the product link above it mentions a firmware upgrade - done it - no difference. I don't think there's any point in e-mailing Pipex as the modem keeps the connection. Could this be a problem with DrakFirewall?? Help please. Rgds, Martin

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Late March Meeting: opinions wanted
by MJ Ray 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Hi all, There's no meeting planned yet for late March, as far as I know, so shall we arrange one in the west part? Besides your other lovely comments, can you send a quick reply to put up to ten numbers in the following, please? Send it to me or the list and I'll summarise/act/ask on Wednesday some time. ---- CUT A. Time: Rank preferences 1 2 3 4 (1 is favourite, 4 least): [ ] I want a Wednesday meeting [ ] I want a Saturday meeting [ ] I want a Sunday meeting [ ] I won't come to a meeting B. Manner: Rank preferences 1 2 3: [ ] I want a meeting with desktop computers [ ] I want a meeting with portables only [ ] I want a meeting without computers C. Place: Rank preferences 1 2 3: [ ] I want a meeting in Lynn [ ] I want a meeting in Ely [ ] I won't come to the meeting D. Beer: Rank preferences 1 2 3: [ ] I want a meeting with a bar [ ] I want a meeting without a bar [ ] I won't come to the meeting E. Complete the blank: I would bring [ ] to the meeting. ---- CUT -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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Anyone want Mandrake 10 ISOs?
by Joe Button 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Hi. I downloaded the Mandrake 10 community edition ISOs today, so if anyone's in Norwich and would like a copy let me know and I'll burn some CDs for you. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/10.0/features/ Joe

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Library request
by Kirsten Naylor 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Hi :) Apparently a copy "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" changed hands yesterday at the City Gate meeting. BJ has it now, I'm told, but we have two copies which are both out so I don't know who it was that returned it. It was either David Crease or John Atkinson. Can someone let me know who it was please? /Kirsten (librarian of sorts)

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Re: [ALUG] QX3 microscope
by Edenyard 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Adam wrote: > As far as I can tell it appears as a standard video for linux device so > anything that will work with v4l will work with the cam. I am currently using > "tvtime" to watch tele with and I am pretty sure that it will work very nicely > with the QX3 :) Thanks for that, Adam. I picked up a copy of tvtime 0.9.12 and installed it and I get pictures. Unfortunately, I get vertically compressed images with a large green patch underneath. I've read the documentation over and over and I've tried experimenting with all sorts of settings, to no avail. Strangely, though, the captured images are the correct aspect ratio, but still with a large area of green under. Presumably it works better than that with your telly pictures? > I was thinking about getting a QX3 at some point, but then I found out that the > zoom wasn't optical or something like that which put me off but if you can get From what I can tell, the magnification (x10, x60, x200) is all done optically. For the price, it seems not too bad. I found an addition prog 'cpia-control' (uses Python) which is useful for setting the camera's parameters and also for controlling the object lamps. Cheers, Gerald.

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City Gate transport, A146
by Richard Bensley 11 Mar '04

11 Mar '04

Anyone attending tonight going along the A146/A143 to ge there tonight? I would really appreciate a lift. Email me with some contact details and I will get in touch, I am willing to help pay for petrol/taxi/beer!

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