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Meeting Topic Idea - MythTV

by joel d

WLUG'ers, I have a meeting topic idea but very little knowledge of the proposed topic, MythTV. I have a DVR through my cable provider, Charter, but am unhappy with it's features and capacity. I am ready to buy a capture card, re-dedicate some PC hardware and commit to building a Myth box. I know this was covered back in 2003 by Tim Keller, but my lack of recall has me missing details of his excellent presentation. Any others think this is a good idea for a meeting topic? If so, would anyone indulge by presenting Myth with their knowledge, hardware info (PC spec and video spec) and setup & install details? Joel

May 6, 2008

Re: [Wlug] free computer recycling

by Stephen Daukas

Where did you say you live? ;-) Steve -- Stephen C. Daukas Engineer, Geoscientist, Environmental Analyst, MassDEP ________________________________________________ - Please, before printing, think about the environment - On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Mike Peckar <fog(a)fognet.com> wrote: > Thanks for the tip. I went last year with a mini-van chock full to the > brim. There was a line of cars literally a mile long and police were > checking ID's to confirm you are a resident of Worcester. I knew I > wouldn't make in before closing. Since then, the huge pile of e-trash > sitting in my back yard is leaching who-knows-what directly into the > watershed. > > Mike > > Andre Lehovich wrote: > > Noticed this while I was looking for something else on the city website: > > > > Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM > > http://www.ci.worcester.ma.us/dpw/seasonal/electronic_recycling.htm > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >

May 6, 2008

Re: [Wlug] free computer recycling

by Brett Russ

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Mike Peckar wrote: > > Thanks for the tip. I went last year with a mini-van chock full to the > > brim. There was a line of cars literally a mile long and police were > > checking ID's to confirm you are a resident of Worcester. I knew I > > wouldn't make in before closing. Since then, the huge pile of e-trash > > sitting in my back yard is leaching who-knows-what directly into the > > watershed. > > Yeah, we have something similar in Chelmsford, and the line is always > very long. You need to get in line at least 30 minutes before it opens, > or forget it. Even at that, you'll be waiting at least an hour. Its a > nice idea, I just wish they had more bandwidth. When you consider the value of your time and the stress of lines, it makes the $15 I paid to drop off 150 pounds of e-waste at www.eastcoastrecycling.com seem cheap. -BR

May 6, 2008

Re: [Wlug] free computer recycling

by McDonald, Melissa

This is great. Thanks for the information! Melissa McDonald System Administrator Central One Federal Credit Union 774.275.4449 -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org on behalf of Andre Lehovich Sent: Mon 5/5/2008 4:58 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Cc: Subject: [Wlug] free computer recycling Noticed this while I was looking for something else on the city website: Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM http://www.ci.worcester.ma.us/dpw/seasonal/electronic_recycling.htm ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 6, 2008

Re: [Wlug] free computer recycling

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike Peckar wrote: > Thanks for the tip. I went last year with a mini-van chock full to the > brim. There was a line of cars literally a mile long and police were > checking ID's to confirm you are a resident of Worcester. I knew I > wouldn't make in before closing. Since then, the huge pile of e-trash > sitting in my back yard is leaching who-knows-what directly into the > watershed. > > Mike Yeah, we have something similar in Chelmsford, and the line is always very long. You need to get in line at least 30 minutes before it opens, or forget it. Even at that, you'll be waiting at least an hour. Its a nice idea, I just wish they had more bandwidth. 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 iD8DBQFIH4diHl0iXDssISsRApe1AJ9ZIDhQLkHvdmh7JXEMvQVi3aUGAACfUYY5 xMFPl4NIp2V0H/X8Nuz7QLs= =1vxk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

May 5, 2008

Re: [Wlug] free computer recycling

by Mike Peckar

Thanks for the tip. I went last year with a mini-van chock full to the brim. There was a line of cars literally a mile long and police were checking ID's to confirm you are a resident of Worcester. I knew I wouldn't make in before closing. Since then, the huge pile of e-trash sitting in my back yard is leaching who-knows-what directly into the watershed. Mike Andre Lehovich wrote: > Noticed this while I was looking for something else on the city website: > > Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM > http://www.ci.worcester.ma.us/dpw/seasonal/electronic_recycling.htm > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 5, 2008

free computer recycling

by Andre Lehovich

Noticed this while I was looking for something else on the city website: Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM http://www.ci.worcester.ma.us/dpw/seasonal/electronic_recycling.htm ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

May 5, 2008

Re: [Wlug] usb errors.

by bkn＠ithryn.net

> Otherwise I think it's a usb > problem. That's easily detectable by using a jump drive in the same > ports and check /var/log/messages or dmesg. Also, if it is bad usb hw > on your myth box the hub won't fix it (which is more reason to try one). > I finally tried my usb flash drive from work and i saw the same behavior. a mouse and keyboard appear to work fine through usb, but block devices don't. Thanks for you help. -brad

April 24, 2008

tuning network performance

by Chuck Anderson

We had a discussion on network tuning after the last meeting. Here are some interesting docs on how to enable high performance data transfers: http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/tcptune/ http://www.web100.org/

April 22, 2008

Re: [Wlug] usb errors.

by brad

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:22:23AM -0400, Clint Moyer wrote: > 2.5" external drives are usually powered off the USB bus. If that were the problem, I wouldn't expect linux to see the drive as sda1 at all. Are the laptops that it does work with both linux? Is it formatted as NTFS? > It is a 2.5" drive. It does not have an external power source, to answer eric's question. I got a hold of a Y cable, but that didn't seem to help at all. One labtop is linux and the other labtop is OS X. They both were able to see the drive fine and mount it with the single USB cable, not the Y cable. Currently the drive is formated hfs since i was testing it with the OS X labtop. I find it strange that it can half see the drive. fdisk can see the drive and partition it, but if you try to format the drive you get nothing by read errors on just about every sector on the hard drive. When i get back to my apartment, i will try Eric's suggestion on seeing if a jump drive (which i assume is the same thing as a usb flash drive) can be read by my mythtv box. Thanks for you suggestions, - Brad

April 21, 2008