August 2005 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Sorry for the dup, playing w/mutt settings

by Jeff Kinz

Sorry for the dup, playing w/mutt settings -- speech recognition software was used in the composition of this e-mail Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. Â¡Ya no mas!

Aug. 12, 2005

Re: [Wlug] MythTV vs. Tivo

by Jeff Kinz

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 10:27:03AM -0400, Marc Hughes wrote: > So I've been thinking about picking up a PVR card and turning an old machine > I have lying around into a MythTV box to replace my tivo to get rid of that > nasty monthly fee. Does anyone have any comments on the comparisons between > the two? Will I miss my tivo? > Does mythtv have equivelant options for season > passes or recommentations? It seems likely - see: http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythFeatures A few lines from that page: <http://www.mythtv.org/dot.png> Electronic Program Guide that lets you change channels and select programs to record. <http://www.mythtv.org/dot.png> Program Finder to quickly and easily find the shows you want to record. <http://www.mythtv.org/dot.png> Scheduled recordings of TV programs, and playback and deletion of those programs, all through a themeable UI. (The first two screenshots are the default theme, the third is iulius.4) <http://www.mythtv.org/dot.png> Browse and resolve recording conflicts. PS. You are sending two copies of the same email, one in text, one in html. Why not just send one? (Most gmail I get comes in text only which I prefer because most html email I get is spam and my filters score it that way.) Just a thought. -- speech recognition software was used in the composition of this e-mail Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. Â¡Ya no mas!

Aug. 12, 2005

MythTV vs. Tivo

by Marc Hughes

So I've been thinking about picking up a PVR card and turning an old machine I have lying around into a MythTV box to replace my tivo to get rid of that nasty monthly fee. Does anyone have any comments on the comparisons between the two? Will I miss my tivo? Does mythtv have equivelant options for season passes or recommentations? Thanks, -Marc

Aug. 12, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Its Meeting time !

by Matt Higgins

A little late and I'm not really a public speaker but... I have recently configured a fairly complex directory which backs a number of applications Unix/Linux accounts , SAMBA domain, Open Exchange Groupware, Jive Messenger (a jabber server), postfix, VPN Concentrator 3500. All user / group account information is managed through smbldap scripts from IDELX which I patched to also support the Open Exchange attributes and some convenience stuff for bulk adding users and keeping passwords in sync across all applications. This is an attempt to rid my network of Microsoft and it's working well so far, for a company of 63 people. If someone is looking for some uses for LDAP out side of just an email directory I may be able to help. Or if you just have any questions. I would not consider my self an LDAP authority but it took quite a bit of work/research to get this working. -Matt On 8/8/05, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > I wish I could make the meetings, since I'd like to talk with people > about getting udev to work with these MP3 players, since it's a semi > black art. Though there is a good writeup on the net about how to use > udevinfo to help setup things. > > Someone needs to write a tool to scan the bus, ask you to insert the > device, then re-scans the bus and suggests the udev rule(s) to make > the device do what you want. > > Then, in the futire, it would just work! > > As it is, writing udev rules is a bit of a hit or miss, though once > you get your mind wrapped around using udevinfo, it' isn't too bad to > figure out what to do. > > John > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Aug. 10, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Its Meeting time !

by John Stoffel

I wish I could make the meetings, since I'd like to talk with people about getting udev to work with these MP3 players, since it's a semi black art. Though there is a good writeup on the net about how to use udevinfo to help setup things. Someone needs to write a tool to scan the bus, ask you to insert the device, then re-scans the bus and suggests the udev rule(s) to make the device do what you want. Then, in the futire, it would just work! As it is, writing udev rules is a bit of a hit or miss, though once you get your mind wrapped around using udevinfo, it' isn't too bad to figure out what to do. John

Aug. 9, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Its Meeting time !

by Mike Leo

If anyone was looking for my input on authentication, I am NOT going to make this weeks meeting...sorry. See ya'll next month. mike --- Eric Martin <freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > so are we doing ldap or mp3 players? I have an ipod > but I need to bring in > my desktop (no 1394 on the laptop). I don't mind > bringing them in though.... > > On 8/8/05, Bill Smith <wsmith(a)chezsmith.com> wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Le Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:50:49 -0400 > > > > > Re: Possible LDAP talk sometime soon... > > > > > > I agree, which is why I proposed it. :-) > However, I can't give this > > > talk since I don't know anything about it. I'm > still hoping for a > > > volunteer from the audience. Any takers? If not > for this meeting, > > > some future meeting? > > > > If I knew anything about it, I'd volunteer. I > don't, so I won't. ;) > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com > > Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com > > > > "Americans should select and prefer Christians as > their > > rulers." -- John Jay, the first US Supreme Court > > Justice > > * TAG! v3.1a * > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > iD8DBQFC91pDz+l4y7Xx77MRAgfbAKCC74p3l5asfTICTrKfO9QFjGduhQCfW5jr > > KznNSAXjTScYuE95YkAbt6M= > > =H7A4 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Aug. 8, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Its Meeting time !

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric Martin wrote: > so are we doing ldap or mp3 players? I have an ipod but I need to bring > in my desktop (no 1394 on the laptop). I don't mind bringing them in > though.... HI Eric et al, Many people have indicated an interest in LDAP, but as yet, nobody has volunteered to do an LDAP presentation. If/when this happens, it will be at some future WLUG meeting (not Aug 2005). I would like to see this happen! In an earlier email, Frank Moody said that he would see about setting up his iRiver with his laptop. With that, I think the meeting would then be about MP3 players. Eric, please bring your ipod and whatever you need to do a demo of it. If anybody has a different type of MP3 player that works with Linux, bring it along, (the more, the merrier). I had hoped to have my new MP3 player for the meeting, but the dude on eBay from whom I purchased this player is taking his time shipping it to me (auction closed 02-aug, not shipped yet...). Thanks! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC99aoHl0iXDssISsRAn6AAJ9l/5Fco+6LjE3RjDLlH0Qqnlek7wCfe1/p pw8aJdgDpzpV1BdH2Sq37OA= =8ed3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Aug. 8, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Its Meeting time !

by Eric Martin

so are we doing ldap or mp3 players? I have an ipod but I need to bring in my desktop (no 1394 on the laptop). I don't mind bringing them in though.... On 8/8/05, Bill Smith <wsmith(a)chezsmith.com> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Le Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:50:49 -0400 > > > Re: Possible LDAP talk sometime soon... > > > > I agree, which is why I proposed it. :-) However, I can't give this > > talk since I don't know anything about it. I'm still hoping for a > > volunteer from the audience. Any takers? If not for this meeting, > > some future meeting? > > If I knew anything about it, I'd volunteer. I don't, so I won't. ;) > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com > Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com > > "Americans should select and prefer Christians as their > rulers." -- John Jay, the first US Supreme Court > Justice > * TAG! v3.1a * > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFC91pDz+l4y7Xx77MRAgfbAKCC74p3l5asfTICTrKfO9QFjGduhQCfW5jr > KznNSAXjTScYuE95YkAbt6M= > =H7A4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Aug. 8, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Its Meeting time !

by Bill Smith

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Le Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:50:49 -0400 > Re: Possible LDAP talk sometime soon... > > I agree, which is why I proposed it. :-) However, I can't give this > talk since I don't know anything about it. I'm still hoping for a > volunteer from the audience. Any takers? If not for this meeting, > some future meeting? If I knew anything about it, I'd volunteer. I don't, so I won't. ;) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers." -- John Jay, the first US Supreme Court Justice * TAG! v3.1a * -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC91pDz+l4y7Xx77MRAgfbAKCC74p3l5asfTICTrKfO9QFjGduhQCfW5jr KznNSAXjTScYuE95YkAbt6M= =H7A4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Aug. 8, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Its Meeting time !

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bill Smith wrote: > Le Sun, 7 Aug 2005 16:25:48 -0700 (PDT) > >>Well, as usual, I have something to say on this >>matter....whether or not I have something to actual >>ADD, ill leave up to you! >> >>We use MS Active Directory to authenticate users onto >>our linux servers. >> >>Altho I am no expert, I can share with ya'll my config >>files and experiance. >> >>I am also interested in hearing about LDAP as well. > > THIS looks promising.... :D Re: Possible LDAP talk sometime soon... I agree, which is why I proposed it. :-) However, I can't give this talk since I don't know anything about it. I'm still hoping for a volunteer from the audience. Any takers? If not for this meeting, some future meeting? Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC9qxpHl0iXDssISsRAi2tAJ9mwM01FWR/GFLNZiLo03I2emW9HwCfXixs srHf3jV1g//XvkUvsYwdH0k= =NkDt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Aug. 8, 2005