Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?
by John Stoffel
Hi,
Anyone on here using Charter Telephone VOIP service? I've currently
got Verizon, but the wife hates it because our phone lines get flaky
all the time, esp when it rains.
So I'm thinking to save money and combine all my stuff onto Charter.
I've already got High Speed internet and regular old cable. Not wild
about Digital Cable since I'm happy with Tivo and I don't want yet
another set top box to have to deal with...
So, any horror stories about Charter Phone VOIP quality and service?
Thanks,
John
2 months, 1 week
Question about dpkg
by Randall Mason
Sometimes it only compiles for the currently running kernel. Are you
running the old one outside of the chroot jail? When you are in the chroot
jail, and run uname -a, what do you get?
Randall Mason
randall(a)mason.ch
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net>wrote:
> works great for my needs (older computers and software insisting upon
>
7 years, 1 month
Question about dpkg
by Andy Stewart
HI guys,
I have a bunch of files in a chroot jail which are used to create my
remastered Ubuntu CD with ham radio applications.
I installed oss-linux from its .deb package downloaded directly from
opensound.com. I did this because OSS worked with this package but not
the packages in the Ubuntu repository. I have removed alsa, pulse
audio, and any other non-OSS sound software I could find. The result
works great for my needs (older computers and software insisting upon
access to /dev/dsp).
Now, here's the interesting issue. In that chroot jail, I upgraded the
kernel from 2.6.38-11 to 2.6.38-12 via the Ubuntu repositories. Doing
this somehow wiped out my installation of oss-linux-<ver>.deb, so I
attempted to reinstall it via "dpkg -i oss-linux-<ver>.deb".
The error that I received indicated that it wanted to see the kernel
sources for 2.6.38-11 (the old kernel). I can't get it to look at the
new kernel sources 2.6.38-12.
There some crufty file laying around somewhere and I can't find it. I
even tried "dpkg -r" (to remove it), and "dpkg --purge", both to no avail.
Does anybody have any idea where I should look?
Thanks,
Andy
--
Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ)
Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group
Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group
President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)
7 years, 1 month
Myth Box Resources and HD DVR Info?
by joel d
Hi,
I am re-working our TV to HDTV currently and trying to decide on a DVR.
Currently I use Charter's DVR and not impressed with their DVR layout/features.
Currently I am looking at either the DirectTV whole house DVR option
or building a Myth DVR box(s).
Not sure I want to bite off the Myth though due to needing 2 machines,
tuner card, and chunks of my time (vs turnkey for an "appliance").
I have read the docs at MythTV website but am asking current Myth users:
1) Others are running for Myth hardware (front and back end specs)
2) Any estimates on install startup hours and monthly maintenance hours.
3) Any tips for a quick & smooth Myth install in late 2011
My current plans include a video source of HD via satellite from Dish
or DirectTV and am leaning towards a Samsung 55" LCD/LED set.
I got the impression around three years ago that Myth was a "techie
time intensive" thing to setup and run.
I could be all wet on that impression or it may have changed.
Thank you,
Joel
7 years, 1 month
Thanks everybody, Fedora it shall be
by Ken Jones
Originally I worked with SUNsparc work stations using Aurora. About 2003 I added Fedora Red Hat to a dual booted Windows machine. My two SUN's got reduced to one virtue of hardware issues. Then I turned it off. The Red Hat part of my big disk became sick in 2005.
I've been Windows XP 2004 Professional ever since. Recently I rebuilt a Fedora machine and am appalled at how much I have forgotten.. Sigh......
Thanks, Ken
7 years, 1 month
New computer - dual boot - question
by Ken Jones
WLUGers,
I have purchased a new DELL desktop. I want to refamiliarize myself with X. I intend to dual boot the machine. Would my best selection for Linux be Fedora 16 (or whatever they are up to now)? If not, which do you suggest?
Ken Jones
7 years, 2 months
wlug/MeeGo tonite wed oct12
by Doug Mildram
doug> all confirmed and the oct5 quote below still accurate!...I'll be
hosting:
cra> ..WLUG meeting is Wednesday, October 12 at 7:00 PM at the WPI
campus in Worcester, MA USA. The meeting room is in WPI's Morgan Hall
(building 'H' on the campus map [1]), down the hallway to the right of
the dining hall entrance.
[1] http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf
This month, Andy Stewart will be giving a talk & demo of MeeGo, a
Linux distribution designed for Netbooks, Tablets, and other smaller
devices.
After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza. ----
doug> bring $1,$5's! for cash pizza/drinks..usually ~$6.
7 years, 2 months
Announce: WLUG Meeting Wednesday 10/12 7PM: MeeGo
by Chuck Anderson
Hi folks,
Our next WLUG meeting is Wednesday, October 12 at 7:00 PM at the WPI
campus in Worcester, MA USA. The meeting room is in WPI's Morgan Hall
(building 'H' on the campus map [1]), down the hallway to the right of
the dining hall entrance.
[1] http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf
This month, Andy Stewart will be giving a talk & demo of MeeGo, a
Linux distribution designed for Netbooks, Tablets, and other smaller
devices.
After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the October meeting.
Doug Mildram has agreed to run the meeting for us this month--thanks
Doug!
Chuck
President, Worcester Linux Users' Group
7 years, 2 months
