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Re: [Wlug] WLUG BBQ

by E Johnson

We might be able to host this year. I am near WPI near Elm Park. We have one propane grill here now. Have backyard, would need chairs & prob. table or 2 (bring yours) Note > I am a Tenant not Owner. owner would not mind low-key geekly club. Clloers for drinks & ice & grill meats would be needed. I can turn on the wireless and/or throw down a long ethernet cable with/without 2nd wireless router, for use during the event. Facilities (including B-room) in my place are small but certainly usable. These are on 3rd Floor, but obviously yard is on ground level. We have been rather bug-free so far this season. Shoot for late July / early Aug if this sounds good, & commit for supplies/details if you want to use this venue. I will make a nice tomato salad and some other compliments to carnivoer fare. If all else fails, TechPizza is onlt a phone call away. Liz J More anchovies please On 6 July 2011 14:21, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > Who wants to have a WLUG BBQ? Traditionally, we have one in July or > August. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 6, 2011

Re: [Wlug] WLUG BBQ

by David Glaser

I'm interested. On 7/6/2011 2:21 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote: > Who wants to have a WLUG BBQ? Traditionally, we have one in July or > August. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 6, 2011

Re: [Wlug] WLUG BBQ

by Jason Couture

I'm game. I may even be able to bring some food. On Jul 6, 2011 2:22 PM, "Chuck Anderson" <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > Who wants to have a WLUG BBQ? Traditionally, we have one in July or > August. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 6, 2011

WLUG BBQ

by Chuck Anderson

Who wants to have a WLUG BBQ? Traditionally, we have one in July or August.

July 6, 2011

Invitación a conectarnos en LinkedIn

by Nicolas Ardison

LinkedIn ------------ Worcester, Me gustaría añadirte a mi red profesional en LinkedIn. -Nicolas Nicolas Ardison Tecnico en Caipe Automatización Argentina Confirma que conoces a Nicolas Ardison https://www.linkedin.com/e/-guplyd-gpsjdxoe-14/isd/3451526616/0mFq9NjV/ -- (c) 2011, LinkedIn Corporation

July 6, 2011

Looking for a partner for a project

by Aljerin Butler,Jr.

Hi Jason, I would be interested in giving you a hand. I have experience with HTML, some with CSS. Haven't tried my hand at Javascript yet but have checked out a few tutorials and online learning. Have some past experience with SQL/MySQL along with Perl/CGI/DBI. It would be a great opportunity for me, as I'm seeking a transition over to web development. Here are some of the best samples of my handiwork:http://customlinux.tripod.com/ http://customlinux.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/career_center/source/sourc… Al Butler

July 5, 2011

Re: [Wlug] MP3 playback in Fedora

by Chuck Anderson

Flash on Fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash Not as helpful, but MP3: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia/MP3 Third Party Repositories: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Third_party_repositories rpmfusion.org and livna are "safe" to mix/enable with Fedora, as they are designed to co-exist. I use repos.fedorapeople.org for Chromium (the open source version of Google Chrome), but in general these repos are less vetted. Any Fedora developer can create a personal repo there. On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 08:40:40PM -0400, Eric Martin wrote: > gstreamer-ugly and gstreamer-bad took care of videos, gstreamer-ffmpeg was > the final requirement for mp3s (I had libmad and ffmpeg, but I needed the > gstreamer plugin. As for flash, I'm running 64bit so it's not as simple as > downloading the file. I know how to put the plugin in the correct directory > and make sure via about:plugins, but the nswrapper program isn't wrapping it > correctly. Oh well, I have homework to do so I shouldn't be messing with > this, although audio is nice to have. > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Gregory Avedissian <avedis.dc(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > > It's been a long time since I've used Fedora, so I don't know the official > > way to do stuff, but for flash, you should be able to just download the > > linux flash plugin from Adobe, unpack the tarball and copy > > libflashplayer.so to your firefox/plugins directory for a system install, > > or to your user's .mozilla/plugins directory for a single user. (Create > > the plugins directory if it doesn't exist.) > > > > Doing it this way might cause you to miss any automatic updates to flash, > > but you can just check periodically for newer versions from Adobe. > > > > For mp3, I think I used to add libmad, but for the past couple of years > > (and in Debian) I just add ffmpeg, and everything works. > > > > Greg > > > > > > On 07/01/2011 12:04 PM, Eric Martin wrote: > > > I added fusion but i didn't know what packages to add. The sites that I > > > looked at didn't specify for some reason. Thanks. > > > > > > Eric Martin > > > > > > On Jul 1, 2011 12:02 PM, "Justin St. Marie" <stmariejw(a)gmail.com > > > <mailto:stmariejw@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Eric Martin > > >> <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com <mailto:eric.joshua.martin@gmail.com > > >>wrote: > > >> > > >>> I'm thinking about switch over to CentOS from Gentoo at work for a few > > >>> reasons, two of which are the compile time and the ability to check > > > packages > > >>> against GPG signatures. That being the case, I decided to convert my > > >>> desktop to Fedora so I can get my chops up on yum and the RedHat style > > >>> distros. it's going ok and I'm getting pretty good at figuring out > > > where to > > >>> find things, and I'm even looking at writing an RPM or two where I need > > >>> stuff. However, I can't seem to get MP3, Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 playback > > working, > > >>> and I can't get adobe-flash to install via the nspluginwrapper. I've > > >>> googled, installed a bunch of packages that people suggested and even > > >>> checked what packages I have on my Gentoo system and installed some > > > of those > > >>> but I'm stuck. > > >>> > > >>> I have Adobe-Flash installed as well as nspluginwrapper, but the > > > commands I > > >>> find online aren't wrapping the plugin. I installed libmpeg2 and > > libmpeg3 > > >>> but I still can't play movies or mp3s. Any suggestions?

July 3, 2011

Re: [Wlug] MP3 playback in Fedora

by Eric Martin

gstreamer-ugly and gstreamer-bad took care of videos, gstreamer-ffmpeg was the final requirement for mp3s (I had libmad and ffmpeg, but I needed the gstreamer plugin. As for flash, I'm running 64bit so it's not as simple as downloading the file. I know how to put the plugin in the correct directory and make sure via about:plugins, but the nswrapper program isn't wrapping it correctly. Oh well, I have homework to do so I shouldn't be messing with this, although audio is nice to have. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Gregory Avedissian <avedis.dc(a)gmail.com>wrote: > It's been a long time since I've used Fedora, so I don't know the official > way to do stuff, but for flash, you should be able to just download the > linux flash plugin from Adobe, unpack the tarball and copy > libflashplayer.so to your firefox/plugins directory for a system install, > or to your user's .mozilla/plugins directory for a single user. (Create > the plugins directory if it doesn't exist.) > > Doing it this way might cause you to miss any automatic updates to flash, > but you can just check periodically for newer versions from Adobe. > > For mp3, I think I used to add libmad, but for the past couple of years > (and in Debian) I just add ffmpeg, and everything works. > > Greg > > > On 07/01/2011 12:04 PM, Eric Martin wrote: > > I added fusion but i didn't know what packages to add. The sites that I > > looked at didn't specify for some reason. Thanks. > > > > Eric Martin > > > > On Jul 1, 2011 12:02 PM, "Justin St. Marie" <stmariejw(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:stmariejw@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Eric Martin > >> <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com <mailto:eric.joshua.martin@gmail.com > >>wrote: > >> > >>> I'm thinking about switch over to CentOS from Gentoo at work for a few > >>> reasons, two of which are the compile time and the ability to check > > packages > >>> against GPG signatures. That being the case, I decided to convert my > >>> desktop to Fedora so I can get my chops up on yum and the RedHat style > >>> distros. it's going ok and I'm getting pretty good at figuring out > > where to > >>> find things, and I'm even looking at writing an RPM or two where I need > >>> stuff. However, I can't seem to get MP3, Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 playback > working, > >>> and I can't get adobe-flash to install via the nspluginwrapper. I've > >>> googled, installed a bunch of packages that people suggested and even > >>> checked what packages I have on my Gentoo system and installed some > > of those > >>> but I'm stuck. > >>> > >>> I have Adobe-Flash installed as well as nspluginwrapper, but the > > commands I > >>> find online aren't wrapping the plugin. I installed libmpeg2 and > libmpeg3 > >>> but I still can't play movies or mp3s. Any suggestions? > >>> > >>> thanks, > >>> -- > >>> Eric Martin > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wlug mailing list > >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> > >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >>> > >>> > >> You will need to add the RPM Fusion repositories. It has a ton of > packages > >> that can't get into the Fedora repos due to licensing/proprietary/etc... > >> > >> Here's the link: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration > >> > >> After you add the repo, I believe the package names are > >> gstreamer-plugins-ugly and gstreamer-plugins-bad. yum search mp3 should > >> also bring these up. > >> > >> Also feel free to pop into #fedora on freenode. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Eric Martin

July 3, 2011

Looking for a partner for a project

by Jason Couture

Would anyone at all be interested in helping build a new website? I can't share too many details, as it will be commercial, but i need someone who has experience with HTML/CSS/Javascript/PHP/AJAX/MySql and preferably experience setting up a version control system (server). Parts of this project will end up being open source (the chat server for the web site already is). If anyone knows any of this, or even if they feel they can lend a hand with part of it, It would be much appreciated. More details will be given in direct emails, provided a good faith non-disclosure agreement is acceptable. No signing anything, just an email stating you agree not to disclose the details of this project, prior to its release. This project will benefit the open source community if it is successful. Thanks in advance, Jason Couture

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] MP3 playback in Fedora

by Gregory Avedissian

It's been a long time since I've used Fedora, so I don't know the official way to do stuff, but for flash, you should be able to just download the linux flash plugin from Adobe, unpack the tarball and copy libflashplayer.so to your firefox/plugins directory for a system install, or to your user's .mozilla/plugins directory for a single user. (Create the plugins directory if it doesn't exist.) Doing it this way might cause you to miss any automatic updates to flash, but you can just check periodically for newer versions from Adobe. For mp3, I think I used to add libmad, but for the past couple of years (and in Debian) I just add ffmpeg, and everything works. Greg On 07/01/2011 12:04 PM, Eric Martin wrote: > I added fusion but i didn't know what packages to add. The sites that I > looked at didn't specify for some reason. Thanks. > > Eric Martin > > On Jul 1, 2011 12:02 PM, "Justin St. Marie" <stmariejw(a)gmail.com > <mailto:stmariejw@gmail.com>> wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Eric Martin >> <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com <mailto:eric.joshua.martin@gmail.com>>wrote: >> >>> I'm thinking about switch over to CentOS from Gentoo at work for a few >>> reasons, two of which are the compile time and the ability to check > packages >>> against GPG signatures. That being the case, I decided to convert my >>> desktop to Fedora so I can get my chops up on yum and the RedHat style >>> distros. it's going ok and I'm getting pretty good at figuring out > where to >>> find things, and I'm even looking at writing an RPM or two where I need >>> stuff. However, I can't seem to get MP3, Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 playback working, >>> and I can't get adobe-flash to install via the nspluginwrapper. I've >>> googled, installed a bunch of packages that people suggested and even >>> checked what packages I have on my Gentoo system and installed some > of those >>> but I'm stuck. >>> >>> I have Adobe-Flash installed as well as nspluginwrapper, but the > commands I >>> find online aren't wrapping the plugin. I installed libmpeg2 and libmpeg3 >>> but I still can't play movies or mp3s. Any suggestions? >>> >>> thanks, >>> -- >>> Eric Martin >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> >> You will need to add the RPM Fusion repositories. It has a ton of packages >> that can't get into the Fedora repos due to licensing/proprietary/etc... >> >> Here's the link: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration >> >> After you add the repo, I believe the package names are >> gstreamer-plugins-ugly and gstreamer-plugins-bad. yum search mp3 should >> also bring these up. >> >> Also feel free to pop into #fedora on freenode. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by E Johnson

Great suggestion Jerry! Never knew they could do that! Thanks very much. Will call the elex co after the 4th. Liz J iris.gates(a)gmail.com no clue why you don't see it but Thank you. On 1 July 2011 22:15, jerry baillie <jebaill52(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If you call and explain the dimming to electric company they will come out > and put a monitoring device on your meter. They leave it for ~ 1 week. They > did this for my house and found a bad connection out in the street. My > neighbor was pissed cause they tore up his driveway to fix it. Sorry this is > going out to all but for some reason I don't see Liz's email address.. > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:47 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also compounded >> by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who thinks >> this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." >> >> Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on a >> tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. >> >> Proibem: >> Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix >> 40 minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. >> >> I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power >> supplies, modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer >> already fried when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the >> process of replacing one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him >> again, he's not a bright bulb. >> >> Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several >> days and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring >> device that could be loaned and set up to do this? >> >> I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent >> chairs & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or >> lunch if needed during setup period. >> >> Thanks mightily, >> Liz J >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by jerry baillie

If you call and explain the dimming to electric company they will come out and put a monitoring device on your meter. They leave it for ~ 1 week. They did this for my house and found a bad connection out in the street. My neighbor was pissed cause they tore up his driveway to fix it. Sorry this is going out to all but for some reason I don't see Liz's email address.. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:47 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also compounded > by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who thinks > this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." > > Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on a > tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. > > Proibem: > Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix > 40 minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. > > I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power > supplies, modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer > already fried when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the > process of replacing one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him > again, he's not a bright bulb. > > Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several days > and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring device > that could be loaned and set up to do this? > > I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent chairs > & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or lunch > if needed during setup period. > > Thanks mightily, > Liz J > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by E Johnson

I knew the UPS thing would come up. That's on our Santa list. Maybe sooner. If my power supplies are not new (couple of years old), do I need the Square wave UPCs, or the Sine wave type? Recommendations for specific UPS with the appropriate software (link to newegg?) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Liz J On 1 July 2011 22:05, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > A smart UPS with monitoring software will do exactly what you're looking > for. Small ones can run $100 new, big rack ones run >$1000 new (I'm updating > my server room so i have those numbers in the forefront of my mind. ) > > Eric Martin > On Jul 1, 2011 9:48 PM, "E Johnson" <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also > compounded > > by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who > thinks > > this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." > > > > Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on > a > > tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. > > > > Proibem: > > Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix > 40 > > minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. > > > > I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power > supplies, > > modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer already fried > > when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the process of > replacing > > one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him again, he's not a > bright > > bulb. > > > > Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several > days > > and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring device > > that could be loaned and set up to do this? > > > > I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent > chairs > > & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or > lunch > > if needed during setup period. > > > > Thanks mightily, > > Liz J > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by Eric Martin

A smart UPS with monitoring software will do exactly what you're looking for. Small ones can run $100 new, big rack ones run >$1000 new (I'm updating my server room so i have those numbers in the forefront of my mind. ) Eric Martin On Jul 1, 2011 9:48 PM, "E Johnson" <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also compounded > by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who thinks > this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." > > Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on a > tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. > > Proibem: > Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix 40 > minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. > > I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power supplies, > modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer already fried > when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the process of replacing > one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him again, he's not a bright > bulb. > > Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several days > and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring device > that could be loaned and set up to do this? > > I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent chairs > & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or lunch > if needed during setup period. > > Thanks mightily, > Liz J

July 2, 2011

Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by E Johnson

Hi all, I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also compounded by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who thinks this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on a tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. Proibem: Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix 40 minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power supplies, modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer already fried when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the process of replacing one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him again, he's not a bright bulb. Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several days and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring device that could be loaned and set up to do this? I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent chairs & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or lunch if needed during setup period. Thanks mightily, Liz J

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] MP3 playback in Fedora

by Eric Martin

I added fusion but i didn't know what packages to add. The sites that I looked at didn't specify for some reason. Thanks. Eric Martin On Jul 1, 2011 12:02 PM, "Justin St. Marie" <stmariejw(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Eric Martin > <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> I'm thinking about switch over to CentOS from Gentoo at work for a few >> reasons, two of which are the compile time and the ability to check packages >> against GPG signatures. That being the case, I decided to convert my >> desktop to Fedora so I can get my chops up on yum and the RedHat style >> distros. it's going ok and I'm getting pretty good at figuring out where to >> find things, and I'm even looking at writing an RPM or two where I need >> stuff. However, I can't seem to get MP3, Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 playback working, >> and I can't get adobe-flash to install via the nspluginwrapper. I've >> googled, installed a bunch of packages that people suggested and even >> checked what packages I have on my Gentoo system and installed some of those >> but I'm stuck. >> >> I have Adobe-Flash installed as well as nspluginwrapper, but the commands I >> find online aren't wrapping the plugin. I installed libmpeg2 and libmpeg3 >> but I still can't play movies or mp3s. Any suggestions? >> >> thanks, >> -- >> Eric Martin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > You will need to add the RPM Fusion repositories. It has a ton of packages > that can't get into the Fedora repos due to licensing/proprietary/etc... > > Here's the link: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration > > After you add the repo, I believe the package names are > gstreamer-plugins-ugly and gstreamer-plugins-bad. yum search mp3 should > also bring these up. > > Also feel free to pop into #fedora on freenode.

July 1, 2011

Re: [Wlug] MP3 playback in Fedora

by Justin St. Marie

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com>wrote: > I'm thinking about switch over to CentOS from Gentoo at work for a few > reasons, two of which are the compile time and the ability to check packages > against GPG signatures. That being the case, I decided to convert my > desktop to Fedora so I can get my chops up on yum and the RedHat style > distros. it's going ok and I'm getting pretty good at figuring out where to > find things, and I'm even looking at writing an RPM or two where I need > stuff. However, I can't seem to get MP3, Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 playback working, > and I can't get adobe-flash to install via the nspluginwrapper. I've > googled, installed a bunch of packages that people suggested and even > checked what packages I have on my Gentoo system and installed some of those > but I'm stuck. > > I have Adobe-Flash installed as well as nspluginwrapper, but the commands I > find online aren't wrapping the plugin. I installed libmpeg2 and libmpeg3 > but I still can't play movies or mp3s. Any suggestions? > > thanks, > -- > Eric Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > You will need to add the RPM Fusion repositories. It has a ton of packages that can't get into the Fedora repos due to licensing/proprietary/etc... Here's the link: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration After you add the repo, I believe the package names are gstreamer-plugins-ugly and gstreamer-plugins-bad. yum search mp3 should also bring these up. Also feel free to pop into #fedora on freenode.

July 1, 2011

MP3 playback in Fedora

by Eric Martin

I'm thinking about switch over to CentOS from Gentoo at work for a few reasons, two of which are the compile time and the ability to check packages against GPG signatures. That being the case, I decided to convert my desktop to Fedora so I can get my chops up on yum and the RedHat style distros. it's going ok and I'm getting pretty good at figuring out where to find things, and I'm even looking at writing an RPM or two where I need stuff. However, I can't seem to get MP3, Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 playback working, and I can't get adobe-flash to install via the nspluginwrapper. I've googled, installed a bunch of packages that people suggested and even checked what packages I have on my Gentoo system and installed some of those but I'm stuck. I have Adobe-Flash installed as well as nspluginwrapper, but the commands I find online aren't wrapping the plugin. I installed libmpeg2 and libmpeg3 but I still can't play movies or mp3s. Any suggestions? thanks, -- Eric Martin

July 1, 2011

Re: [Wlug] RHEL cluster question...

by John Stoffel

David> Ran into a little situation today where we need to cycle David> power/reboot a bunch of nodes that are down and out, by telnet David> to the relevant terminal server ports and the advanced David> management module. This involves multiple consoles, windows, David> command line, GUI, the works, as follows: David> Subject: RHEL cluster, 4.0 through 5.3. David> Issue: How to find IP addresses of terminal server ports which David> service individual nodes which are down and out. (need to David> telnet to them for troubleshooting/maintenance/rebooting) I use 'conserver' (http://www.conserver.org) to manage a bunch of serial console ports. Works great to map the hostname to it's console. It supports telnet/ipmi access too, but I haven't used that feature yet. So I just do 'console <hostname>' and I get connected to the terminal server which holds the serial port without me having to remember anything. David> And: IP address and/or hostname of advanced management module David> which runs on the clusters . Some clusters have a "magic David> decoder ring" file that gives this information; most don't. Why don't you stuff this info into DNS? <hostname>-ilom/ilo/rlm/mgt is how we do things here, so I don't have to remember IPs, I just goto the right hostname. David> Any thoughts? Workaround so far has been via eyeballing racks David> of blades and doing various arithmetic problems in our heads. Yuck. Be lazy. Write it out once on install and stuff the info in DNS. Even if it's just an internal sub-domain which does the management interfaces. host.mgt.work.com would be one way. More details on how you do things now would be helpful too. John

June 14, 2011

RHEL cluster question...

by David Hardy

Greetings, fellow Linux lovers; Ran into a little situation today where we need to cycle power/reboot a bunch of nodes that are down and out, by telnet to the relevant terminal server ports and the advanced management module. This involves multiple consoles, windows, command line, GUI, the works, as follows: Subject: RHEL cluster, 4.0 through 5.3. Issue: How to find IP addresses of terminal server ports which service individual nodes which are down and out. (need to telnet to them for troubleshooting/maintenance/rebooting) And: IP address and/or hostname of advanced management module which runs on the clusters . Some clusters have a "magic decoder ring" file that gives this information; most don't. Any thoughts? Workaround so far has been via eyeballing racks of blades and doing various arithmetic problems in our heads.

June 13, 2011

Announce: WLUG Meeting tonight 7pm

by Chuck Anderson

Hi folks, At tonight's meeting we'll have a discussion of current events in the Linux/OSS world, Questions and Answers, etc. followed by our traditional outing @ Tech Pizza. 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 See you all there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

June 8, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Looking for DDR 333 (PC2700) 512mb or 1gb mem

by John Stoffel

David> I might have some in my big box o' memory, pretty sure I do David> actually. I can take a look later tonight when I get home from David> work, will let you know. How many DIMMs can you fit in the David> system/how many do you want? That would be awesome! I can fit a max of three, 1Gb DIMMs into this motherboard. It's really not worth spending money on the system, but it's just for the kids and they don't know better. :] David> Given all the content that is in HD these days, just might be a David> better choice to get a Premiere, unless you don't have HD David> capability on the device connected to the TV. You could always David> search a goodwill or salvation army for a series 2 to pillage a David> PS from. I'm still using my 32" JVC tube TV, around 13 years old and still going strong. No rush to replace it. I like the Goodwill/Salvation army idea too. Maybe there's one out there on craigslist as well... Anyone got a deadish Series 2 they want to give me? *grin* John

June 8, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Looking for DDR 333 (PC2700) 512mb or 1gb mem

by David Coutu

I might have some in my big box o' memory, pretty sure I do actually. I can take a look later tonight when I get home from work, will let you know. How many DIMMs can you fit in the system/how many do you want? Given all the content that is in HD these days, just might be a better choice to get a Premiere, unless you don't have HD capability on the device connected to the TV. You could always search a goodwill or salvation army for a series 2 to pillage a PS from. Thanks! Dave > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:19:57 -0400 > From: john(a)stoffel.org > To: wlug(a)wlug.org > Subject: [Wlug] Looking for DDR 333 (PC2700) 512mb or 1gb mem > > > Guys, > > I've got an old home system for the kids. Works fine, but I've only > got 768Mb of RAM in it. Anyone got any 512Mb or 1Gb DIMMS they want > to sell? DDR, PC2700 is what I need. > > It's around $30/ea for 1Gb Dimms on newegg, which just isn't > justified. It's almost more cost effective to get a new > motherboard/cpu/RAM for this system instead. > > Thanks! > John > > P.S. My Tivo, Series 2 has died finally, after 8+ years. I can't get > my original 40Gb disk and mfstools 2.0 backup image to boot. > Sigh... could be a power supply issue, but again, is it worth the > money to fix or should I just get a premiere instead? > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 7, 2011

Looking for DDR 333 (PC2700) 512mb or 1gb mem

by John Stoffel

Guys, I've got an old home system for the kids. Works fine, but I've only got 768Mb of RAM in it. Anyone got any 512Mb or 1Gb DIMMS they want to sell? DDR, PC2700 is what I need. It's around $30/ea for 1Gb Dimms on newegg, which just isn't justified. It's almost more cost effective to get a new motherboard/cpu/RAM for this system instead. Thanks! John P.S. My Tivo, Series 2 has died finally, after 8+ years. I can't get my original 40Gb disk and mfstools 2.0 backup image to boot. Sigh... could be a power supply issue, but again, is it worth the money to fix or should I just get a premiere instead? --

June 7, 2011

Linux Ham Radio CD available for download

by Andy Stewart

Hi Everybody, I have created a remastered Linux CD of Ubuntu 10.10 which contains a selection of Amateur Radio software. Several of you were kind enough to beta test this CD and offer feedback, for which I thank you. This CD has been released and is now available for download from SourceForge: http://kb1oiq-andysham.sourceforge.net/ The software selection is optimized for older x86 32-bit computers that have at least a 1GHz processor and 256MB of memory, but naturally, if you have more than that, the software will work just fine. It uses the icewm window manager, and contains a web browser, graphical file manager, text editor, and other related tools. A short(!) list of the available Amateur Radio related software: aa-analyzer.pl - used with RigExpert AA-xxx antenna analyzers cqrlog - a full featured QSO logging program fldigi - digital modes such as PSK31 flmsg - companion to fldigi, a simple forms management editor for standard message formats flrig - rig control flwkey - modem program for the K1EL Winkeyer series flwrap - companion to fldigi, file encapsulation / compression Fl Moxgen - Moxon Rectangle antenna design program gpredict - satellite tracking grig - rig control software hamlib - radio control library ibp - HF beacons pskmail - send email via PSK31 qrq - CW callsig practice qsstv - SSTV sunclock - track day/night line on Earth svxlink - Echolink client (qtel) TQSL - used with ARRL Logbook of the World TQSL Cert - used with ARRL Logbook of the World wsjt - weak signal communication wspr - weak signal communication xastir - APRS mapping xcwcp - CW code practice xdx - DX cluster TCP/IP client xlog - simpler QSO logging program xnec2c - antenna modeling software xwxapt - display APT images from weather satellites FL_Moxgen and aa-analyzer.pl were written by yours truly and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 3). Please feel free to pass this along to other interested parties. Thanks, and 73, Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

May 13, 2011