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08 Oct '01

> > Where did you buy them from? > www.advantech.com - they've got a UK center. > > > I see no prices, thanks :) > Look, and you'll see why I made do with 16M :-( > I've been using the PC104 board with a DOC2000, rather than one of the > IDE/SCSI units. Not bad prices for machines I need to be reliable esp when they will be a an hours drive away Thanks Darren

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Re: [Alug] new graphics card
by MJ Ray 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com writes: > >If you are prepared to face the possibility that X may refuser to > >work and that you'd have to come back for more help, I would install > >this new package (xserver-s3) and say yes when it asks you if you > >want to make it the default. > I'd be surprised if the outcome was any different... Why? You have an s3, install an s3 xserver package. apt-get install xserver-s3 That will hopefully do the trick... if not, I'll try to be on IRC this evening to figure out more. -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Re: [Alug] Replys (video digitising)
by MJ Ray 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

"Lincoln, Michael C" <mclinc(a)essex.ac.uk> writes: > What the alug list needs is a replyto: in the header... No, it does not. We've been here before. A quick refresher: 1/ If alug doesn't set a reply-to, people just need to remember to use "reply to all" when they want to reply to all. This seems a reasonable requirement to me. 2/ If alug sets a reply-to, people pressing "reply to author" actually "reply to all", which is clearly broken. 3/ If alug sets a reply-to, the original value of the reply-to header is lost for all time, which may be bad. 4/ Some people (including me) like to get a copy of replies to my message faster than the list server passes them on. If you don't it's fairly easy to filter off things which have a list in the cc. 5/ There's also the wooly point that many of us are using Linux because we like something which follows reasonable standards and don't want to see it become another gaggle of conflicting closed shops. Therefore, alug will not break standards and screw the headers. PS - main(a)lists.alug.org.uk is where this list now lives. alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk will "go away" soon. Please update yourself. -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Test- is this in HTML?
by Ricardo Campos 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

If this damned account only sends in HTML, I'll be quite annoyed. Does anyone on this list have a non-HTML supporting e-mail client? I spose there would have been the same problem with my hotmail acct.... Ricardo <<-- formerly of corez23(a)hotmail.com Now using another multinational corporate mail system. But this one's cuter. :P -->> -- Love Ricardo, "Surely this monstrous hybrid comes not from a mother's womb but from an Ephialtes, an Incubus, or some other horrendous demon, as though spawned in a putrid and venemous fungus, son of Fauns and Nymphs, more Devil than man." -Athanasius Kircher, Mundus Subtarraneus, Amsterdam, 1665, pp.279-280 http://www.rscampos.net Get your @hellokitty.com FREE e-mail account at http://www.sanriotown.com Sanrio Town - Your Ultimate Community to meet Sanrio character & friends. Powered by Outblaze

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video digitising
by Syd Hancock 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

Does anyone here have any experience of digitising analogue video in linux? I am looking for advice on what capture card (mid-range e.g. Pinnacle DC10plus) to use and possibly a tv tuner card. In particular, if anyone does use a DC10plus I'd be very interested to make contact as I'd like to see one in use if possible. Also can anyone comment on the current state of play with ATI graphic cards and linux? Some of their cards seem to do all that I want but... Thanks Syd

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re:Libraries
by Ricardo Campos 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

Hey, I can answer my own question. Luckily the boss isn't in! Surfing for me! ;) ... This has to be done by root, and is only necessary for MDK 8.x >ld --whole-archive -shared-o /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1 >/usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.a >rpm -Uvh xine-lib-xv-*.rpm --nodeps >ldconfig Other Redhatters merely have to: >rpm -Uvh *.rpm >ldconfig there seems to be about 5 million libraries and extra packages you need to d/l. Well, actually 4.9 million. Darn this CSS business. (Not that I would use the De-CSS plugin, of course. ;) Ricardo _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Libraries.
by Ricardo Campos 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

a question about those ever-present (or not as the case is) libraries. I'm trying to get xine up and running. First I did it via the RPM for my distro. It said it needed "LibXv.so.1", but I forced the install. Obviously it said "I need LibXv.so.1" when I tried to run it. So then I uninstalled it, and compiled the Xine src file, the Xine GUI, and the Xine libs. Same problem. In /X11R6/libs there is a file called LibXv.a, opening it in Konqueror invokes the archiver program, and contained within is LibXv.o . Now is this a precursor to LibXv.so.1 ? If so, how can I alter it? Obviously the Xine libs doesn't contain all the libs I need- I suppose that it is an Xfree86 server library. I'm using a fairly current version of X, although not the newest available on my MDK system (the newer version, for some reason, wouldn't allow my computer to boot properly) so it should be more-or-less up to date. I have the most up-to-date stable source for Xfree86, but I'm really not sure whether I should try installing that, incase it hangs on bootup again. Ricardo _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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WWW Patents & Royalties
by John Seago 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

The deadline for public comments on the above matter hasbeen extended to the 11th of October. All those wo havenowish to contribute to Bill Gates personal fortune, should at least see to it that their opinions are aired. See: http://www.eff.org/alerts/20011004_eff_w3c_patent_alert.html and nodoubt other comments on the matter in the Register and other fora. John seago

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

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.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" 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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Re: [Alug] Test - please ignore
by MJ Ray 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

Ashley <ash(a)blueskyresearch.net> writes: > Just testing to make sure headers are set to come through to list ok Please use the social list if you want to play. Technical test messages to the main list may result in one of the following undesirable results: - being held for approval in future - being booted - a free subscription to the clueless list - me making sarky comments to the list - nothing ...depending on the moods of the list admins ;-) -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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