March 2007 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Upcoming meeting topic(s)

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, We appear to have a choice of meeting topics for April: 1) PGP Key signing party 2) My talk about the USB Delcom driver that goes with this piece of hardware: http://www.delcom-eng.com/productdetails.asp?productnum=802004 I'd rather move my talk out to May, but I could do it for April if that what folks desire. If we do the key signing party, I am wondering if Eric and Chuck would like to team up to run it. If so, does the April meeting work for you? Thoughts? Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGCIrEHl0iXDssISsRAo1MAJ9X8rVpCxpQXSsF/TQwH2Jzv9HRBgCeMzzS WgmcOYfMRxy61ULEEkQHmMo= =oCZq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

March 27, 2007

Re: [Wlug] GPS on Linux

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Richard Klein wrote: > Andy, > I think you were talking about using a GPS receiver with Linux after > the last meeting. The receiver I had mentioned came in a couple days > ago. It's a Navibe SP611 > (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=NAVIBE-ORN) and it does indeed output NMEA 0183. > The Navibe website is easy enough to find (http://www.navibe.com/) but > it doesn't even acknowledge the existence of the SP611. > > Linux seems to recognize the serial/USB bridge in the GPS as a Prolific PL-2303: > dmesg says: > usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 > pl2303 2-1:1.0: pl2303 converter detected > usb 2-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 > > But I can't get GPSMan or GPSDrive to recognize it. "cat /dev/ttyUSB0" gets no response, and I have to hit CTRL-C to get the command prompt back. > > Per this page (http://koti.mbnet.fi/lonnberg/pl2303x.html) I found that bMaxPacketSize0 = 64, which suggests the bridge is a PL-2303X rather than a plain vanilla PL-2303. Apparently this used to require a patch, but only up to kernel 2.6.8. uname -r says I'm at 2.6.15-1-686, so this shouldn't be an issue. > > What should I try now? > > Oh, the GPS receiver did send a stream of NMEA data to my Windows computer at work with GPSDiag, so the reciever doesn't seem to be defective. > HI Rich, I would do the following: 1) Get the kernel sources for your kernel rev and double check that the required patch is indeed included. I agree that it shouldn't be an issue, but for the 10 minutes it would take to double check, I think it is time well spent. 2) I would use (x)minicom and aim it a /dev/ttyUSB0. Then, plug in the device. If it sends anything to the computer, it should show up on the screen for (x)minicom (yes, assuming that it sends something that is a printable character). Let us know the results of these two experiments. Hopefully, that will bring us closer to a solution. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGBYbIHl0iXDssISsRArAjAJoDz7wsiYpTSiIk0o+Si0pqN+XfXgCfXbej R3UmuSyyCROPKaQkBkUdhdw= =67/W -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

March 24, 2007

GPS on Linux

by Richard Klein

Andy, I think you were talking about using a GPS receiver with Linux after the last meeting. The receiver I had mentioned came in a couple days ago. It's a Navibe SP611 (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=NAVIBE-ORN) and it does indeed output NMEA 0183. The Navibe website is easy enough to find (http://www.navibe.com/) but it doesn't even acknowledge the existence of the SP611. Linux seems to recognize the serial/USB bridge in the GPS as a Prolific PL-2303: dmesg says: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 pl2303 2-1:1.0: pl2303 converter detected usb 2-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 But I can't get GPSMan or GPSDrive to recognize it. "cat /dev/ttyUSB0" gets no response, and I have to hit CTRL-C to get the command prompt back. Per this page (http://koti.mbnet.fi/lonnberg/pl2303x.html) I found that bMaxPacketSize0 = 64, which suggests the bridge is a PL-2303X rather than a plain vanilla PL-2303. Apparently this used to require a patch, but only up to kernel 2.6.8. uname -r says I'm at 2.6.15-1-686, so this shouldn't be an issue. What should I try now? Oh, the GPS receiver did send a stream of NMEA data to my Windows computer at work with GPSDiag, so the reciever doesn't seem to be defective. -- Rich

March 24, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Meeting idea

by Chuck Anderson

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:39:24PM -0400, Eric Martin wrote: > I know I've said this at a few meetings, but is anybody up for having a > key signing one night? We had one a while back that I missed. I've > never run one but I have read a few docs on it. Any people interested? Sure, I did one last time and would be happy to help run one again.

March 24, 2007

Meeting idea

by Eric Martin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I know I've said this at a few meetings, but is anybody up for having a key signing one night? We had one a while back that I missed. I've never run one but I have read a few docs on it. Any people interested? Eric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGBHM8aI8VEtSi4H8RAv3jAJ9oa0Fh4TkNNyPl6FDwx2gjhVNwQgCfYjXy j32HL5TsSg2y19EW1Yv4En8= =qK8i -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

March 24, 2007

An amusing background screen...

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ...or at least I thought so... http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/images/windowsvistaballmerpiraxz7.jpg - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGBGSBHl0iXDssISsRAn3NAJ4iJAeiS33R4IOBXmNNKbBh0QwnngCeONLN tnWAhKuMnuzQX54yP2qErtI= =U2BM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

March 23, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Hello from new member. April topics?

by Desdinova

On 3/23/07, Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com> wrote: > <SNIP> > The rubber shoes on the paper picker had dried up. <SNIP> To keep the rollers and pickers working well, or to try and revitalize ones that aren't, you can also try typewriter platen cleaner. It's a little hard to find a typewriter shop these days, but I use it on my old HP4MV and it works great. > > -Jamie Take care, James

March 23, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Hello from new member. April topics?

by Jamie Guinan

Some time ago I fixed an HP6L with a kit from these guys, http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/ The rubber shoes on the paper picker had dried up. They sent me a kit with new parts and an mpeg movie showing how to disassemble/fix/reassemble the printer. $39 as I recall. -Jamie On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Terry S wrote: > Well, it was a while ago... > > ...in a nutshell, I was rebuilding base system and the portage tree a > few months after install, following instructions posted and detailed > reasoning explained by a senior Gentoo developer. > > After a few problems problems, the error that blocked me from fixing > anything else was that the rsync server I chose at install time was no > longer valid, which I verified by looking at the list again. But no one > seemed to know how to change it, and I just couldn't deal with > re-installing the whole thing at that time (I did a Stage 2, which took > 2 days). > > I still have Gentoo installed on that computer, but I just don't have > time to deal with it right now. Maybe in the summer, then again, maybe > not. Slackware may be more appropriate, considering time constraints. I > have it installed (dual-boot) on the Windows box I'm using right now, > but I barely have time to touch it...hope to change that in the next > couple of weeks! > > Actually, the first thing I want to do is install Slackware on my > laptop. I might do that in the next week. > > Several things going on right now. Like needing to get a used network > printer with "tabloid-size" capability installed on my Windows box, then > (fingers crossed) getting it installed under Linux, too -- oh, joy > [sarcasm]! *But first* there's this mechanism that I didn't realize > needs replacing about every 6 years -- and it's $180 to buy -- and first > I have to figure out how to get the darn mechanism apart and cleaned, > because sometimes that can be the problem...I wonder if I should just > give up and shell out the $180 bucks! > > Thanks Eric and Eric for your offers of help. > > Sincerely, > Terry S > > > Eric Martin wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Why yes I did teach a Worcester Nightlife course on linux. Like Eric > > Stein said, I'd be happy to help you out with gentoo's portage. If you > > don't mind my asking, what sort of problems did you have with it? > > Eric > > > > Terry S wrote: > > > >> - Avoiding problems with package-management systems (I had a nightmare > >> with rsync on Gentoo). > >> > > > >> (p.s. to Eric Martin -- I think I know you. Did you teach a Night Life > >> course on Linux?) > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wlug mailing list > >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >> > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFGAoVmaI8VEtSi4H8RAj7cAJ42rqpKjjuBpLQD0zmNM7QvY5qpXwCeIn2l > > ENOUycXi3oiX77TnZbeFszk= > > =JtnG > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 23, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Hello from new member. April topics?

by Christian Roy

This is in fact specified in /etc/make.conf. The configuration line is SYNC="<SERVER>" - Christian Roy Eric Stein wrote: > That is probably specified in /etc/make.conf. > > Eric > > Terry S wrote: >> Well, it was a while ago... >> >> ...in a nutshell, I was rebuilding base system and the portage tree a >> few months after install, following instructions posted and detailed >> reasoning explained by a senior Gentoo developer. >> >> After a few problems problems, the error that blocked me from fixing >> anything else was that the rsync server I chose at install time was no >> longer valid, which I verified by looking at the list again. But no >> one seemed to know how to change it, and I just couldn't deal with >> re-installing the whole thing at that time (I did a Stage 2, which >> took 2 days). >> >> I still have Gentoo installed on that computer, but I just don't have >> time to deal with it right now. Maybe in the summer, then again, maybe >> not. Slackware may be more appropriate, considering time constraints. >> I have it installed (dual-boot) on the Windows box I'm using right >> now, but I barely have time to touch it...hope to change that in the >> next couple of weeks! >> >> Actually, the first thing I want to do is install Slackware on my >> laptop. I might do that in the next week. >> >> Several things going on right now. Like needing to get a used network >> printer with "tabloid-size" capability installed on my Windows box, >> then (fingers crossed) getting it installed under Linux, too -- oh, >> joy [sarcasm]! *But first* there's this mechanism that I didn't >> realize needs replacing about every 6 years -- and it's $180 to buy -- >> and first I have to figure out how to get the darn mechanism apart and >> cleaned, because sometimes that can be the problem...I wonder if I >> should just give up and shell out the $180 bucks! >> >> Thanks Eric and Eric for your offers of help. >> >> Sincerely, >> Terry S > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 23, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Hello from new member. April topics?

by Eric Stein

That is probably specified in /etc/make.conf. Eric Terry S wrote: > Well, it was a while ago... > > ...in a nutshell, I was rebuilding base system and the portage tree a > few months after install, following instructions posted and detailed > reasoning explained by a senior Gentoo developer. > > After a few problems problems, the error that blocked me from fixing > anything else was that the rsync server I chose at install time was no > longer valid, which I verified by looking at the list again. But no > one seemed to know how to change it, and I just couldn't deal with > re-installing the whole thing at that time (I did a Stage 2, which > took 2 days). > > I still have Gentoo installed on that computer, but I just don't have > time to deal with it right now. Maybe in the summer, then again, maybe > not. Slackware may be more appropriate, considering time constraints. > I have it installed (dual-boot) on the Windows box I'm using right > now, but I barely have time to touch it...hope to change that in the > next couple of weeks! > > Actually, the first thing I want to do is install Slackware on my > laptop. I might do that in the next week. > > Several things going on right now. Like needing to get a used network > printer with "tabloid-size" capability installed on my Windows box, > then (fingers crossed) getting it installed under Linux, too -- oh, > joy [sarcasm]! *But first* there's this mechanism that I didn't > realize needs replacing about every 6 years -- and it's $180 to buy -- > and first I have to figure out how to get the darn mechanism apart and > cleaned, because sometimes that can be the problem...I wonder if I > should just give up and shell out the $180 bucks! > > Thanks Eric and Eric for your offers of help. > > Sincerely, > Terry S

March 23, 2007