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USB Driver: Where to start?
by Bill Smith May 30, 2002

May 30, 2002

Folks, I've got this idiot little USB camera that I got as part of a promotion. (Specifically, it's a QuickVideo weeCam USB from Alaris that I got a couple years back from Earthlink.) Near as I can figure, there are no drivers for this fool thing for Linux. IF I were to attack the problem, where should I start? I've noticed in the logs that the system sees it when it is connected and disconnected, so I suppose that's a Good Thing, but I don't know where to go from there. Bear in mind that I've never had to write anything like this before, so I'll be starting with a clean slate, as it were... 8\ Any assistance would be appreciated. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Wherever you go, there you are. * TAG! v3.0 *

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FORSALE: DEC 3000 model 900
by Phillip G Deneault May 29, 2002

May 29, 2002

Full size DEC 3000 model 900 275mhz Alpha 128 megs of RAM 7 internal drive bays 50-pin SCSI, 2 bus chains 1 4 gig hard drive, 1 dual speed caddy CD-ROM built in ethernet RGB video card w/21 inch RGB monitor cables, mice, keyboards, etc Works well, provided as is...$300 obo I run Tru64 on it and I am not sure if Linux will run on it. Any questions e-mail me Phil -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Phil Deneault "We work in the dark, We do what we can, deneault(a)wpi.edu We give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, WPI NetOps and our passion is our task. The rest is the OpenVMS Guy maddness of art." - Henry James -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Another auction
by Theo Van Dinter May 29, 2002

May 29, 2002

This looks like it's got some good stuff in it. Anyone need an E10k? ;) http://www.dovebid.com/Auctions/AuctionDetail.asp?auctionID=1141 -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, it displays a dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first." - Arno Schaefer's .sig

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Sendmail
by Joe Riopel May 27, 2002

May 27, 2002

I have sendmail set up here at work, and everyone can send email fine, except when I try to send using the good old mail command.. it tells me "Can't create transcript file ./xfg4OGa2S21960: Permission denied queueup: cannot create queue temp file ./tfg4OGa2S21960, uid=500: Permission denied" I have tried doing chmod 777 on the "/var/spool/mqueue" and it still fails. However when I use pine and set my smtp server to box.domain.com ( the localhosts name ) I am able to send fine. This problem is preventing a webmail client I wrote from sending mail... Any ideas? Thanks, Joe

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D-Link Fast ethernet adapter
by Joe Riopel May 27, 2002

May 27, 2002

Hi all, I got mdk 7.2 installed on a Toshiba Satellite, everything works great except the networking =[ I have a D-Link Fast Ethernet PCMCIA adapter. Model no: DFE-670TXD. I can't seem to get Linuux to recognize it :( Has anyone got one of these successfully working?? If so please let me know how. Thanks

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SCSI reset error
by Chuck Homic May 26, 2002

May 26, 2002

Hey guys... from my syslog: May 22 17:05:28 biznatch kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 5591, scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 61 01 11 00 00 80 00 May 22 17:05:28 biznatch kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) SCSISIGI 0x44, SEQADDR 0x110, SSTAT0 0x0, SSTAT1 0x3 May 22 17:05:28 biznatch kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) SG_CACHEPTR 0x0, SSTAT2 0xf, STCNT 0xe8 May 22 17:05:29 biznatch kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 5591) timed out - resetting May 22 17:05:29 biznatch kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. May 22 17:05:30 biznatch kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. Can anyone who knows more about SCSI tell me what can cause a command timeout, etc... Do I need a terminator or something? I thought my configuration was right, since I can transfer hundreds of megabytes between errors. Can a problem with terminator configuration even be that subtle? (Forgive a SCSI newbie!) So, the error resolves itself in 7 seconds, and no data is lost, so maybe I don't care. ;) Really, the problem is that it muddies up the console when it happens, and I have to press ^a l. The system is a decade-old experimental dual Pentium-133 running 2.2.21 SMP, with an onboard AIC-7870 (with a BIOS that says "EVALUATION VERSION. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE.") and a 4GB Western Digital Enterprise that someone told me was dead. Heh... okay that sounds pretty bad. So, I guess only pay attention to the terminator question. ;) Thanks. -Chuck

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KDE 3.0.1
by Andy Stewart May 24, 2002

May 24, 2002

HI gang, I had installed KDE 3.0 as part of my upgrade to SuSE 8.0 and was quite unhappy with the frequency of crashes with Konqueror (multiple times nightly). Well, I've just upgraded to KDE 3.0.1 and have been using Konqueror for over an hour without a crash. Things are looking up! If you are a KDE 3.0 user, I'd recommend upgrading to version 3.0.1. -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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RE: [Wlug] Flat panel monitor for sale!
by Keller, Tim May 23, 2002

May 23, 2002

I thought it was brand new, but its not. so change that to used. Though I bought a dvd player of this same person and he had all the original packaging, etc. So, I can vouch and say his "used" is about 3 times nicer that what I would consider "Brand new"... Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 15:19 PM To: 'wlug(a)wlug.org' Subject: [Wlug] Flat panel monitor for sale! Hey Everybody, One of my co-workers is selling a brand new 17" Mag Innovision LCD Monitor. He's asking $425.00 and has all the original packaging materials for it. Here's more info on the monitor: http://www.maginnovision.com/Products/LT765.asp Let me know if your interesting, I'll forward all responses on to him. Thanks, Tim. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Flat panel monitor for sale!
by Keller, Tim May 23, 2002

May 23, 2002

Hey Everybody, One of my co-workers is selling a brand new 17" Mag Innovision LCD Monitor. He's asking $425.00 and has all the original packaging materials for it. Here's more info on the monitor: http://www.maginnovision.com/Products/LT765.asp Let me know if your interesting, I'll forward all responses on to him. Thanks, Tim.

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RE: [Wlug] Considering Linux for Recording Studio
by luke macneil May 23, 2002

May 23, 2002

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Re: [Wlug] Considering Linux for Recording Studio
by luke macneil May 23, 2002

May 23, 2002

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RE: [Wlug] Considering Linux for Recording Studio
by Keller, Tim May 23, 2002

May 23, 2002

definity check out "ultramaster"! Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Sands Fish [mailto:fishsands@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:06 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Considering Linux for Recording Studio Hey guys, I'm about to acquire an Intel 1U PIII-650 256MB 10gig server, used (racked & left) for $250, (*cheer*), and I had intended to use it for my audio recording purposes. My first idea was ProTools and Win2K on it, but as I'd always love a reason to go full Linux, I wondered if there was a quality, (hopefully free), recording/audio editing software option out there. Suggestions would be appreciated! :) -Sands _______________________________________________ "daddy, what does 'formatting hard disk' mean?" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Streaming audio from sound card...
by RB May 18, 2002

May 18, 2002

Any recommendations on what to use as a server app to stream audio from a sound card input? I'm looking to send an MP3-encoded stream from a police scanner radio over an internal network. I need to be able to use WinAmp and XMMS as clients. Been searching around and see lots of choices but looking for recommendations on a simple and stable solution. Would prefer a non-GUI server app so I can use a low-end machine but that's not absolutely necessary. Thanks! -- Rob -= rb(a)millbury.net =-

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REMINDER: Meeting Wed, May 15th
by Andy Stewart May 16, 2002

May 16, 2002

HI everybody, This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting to be held this Wednesday evening, May 15th, at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI campus. At this meeting, Andy Stewart will give a short presentation about his recent experiences with PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol). The Linux PLIP software allows the user to connect two computers together via their printer ports. A network is run between the parallel interfaces. If you ever wanted to build a cheap, quick (as in rapid setup), and dirty point-to-point network that actually functions, this is it. If two people would like to bring their laptops, I'll bring the cable and we can try a live demo. Be sure you have parport, parport_pc, and plip compiled as modules. My cable has male DB25 connectors. As I don't expect the PLIP presentation to be lengthy, if there are others who would like to do a quick presentation, please let me know. Afterwards, we'll visit the Boynton Restaurant for pizza and beer. All are invited to attend. See ya later! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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driftnet
by Bill Mills-Curran May 16, 2002

May 16, 2002

I just installed driftnet (http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/driftnet/) on a whim, but I can't seem to get it to show me any graphics, and I'm fairly sure there is some going by. I'm running RedHat 7.1. Here's the command I'm running as root: ./driftnet -v -i eth0 I get a blank pop-up, and the command window shows that it's seeing traffic. TIA, Bill

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RE: [Wlug] Locked up
by dibb_jim＠emc.com May 15, 2002

May 15, 2002

Regarding the IDE hard drive going bad... can you elaborate more on the symptoms? I've been trying to track down system instability on one of my systems which is running *cough* XP pro. I think I've traced it down to a bad hard drive, but I'm curious what symptoms you were seeing. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Andy Stewart [mailto:andystewart@attbi.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 8:14 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org; Gregory Avedissian Subject: Re: [Wlug] Locked up On Tuesday 14 May 2002 01:05, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > Still? I don't know, as I've never logged in remotely. Can I do this > from a friend's house next time it locks up? I'm not set up as a server, > and I don't really know what I'd need to change to do that. > > Could I do it with the parallel port connection that Andy is going to > talk about on Wednesday? > > Greg HI Greg, If you setup the parallel port connection between two computers (A and B) and insure that its working, when computer A locks up, you could try logging in over the parallel port connection from computer B to see if it really locked up or simply not responding to keyboard/mouse input. Lockups really stink. It took me several weeks to finally figure out my problem (an IDE hard drive slowly going bad). Memtest is great - definitely try it out. I would also recommend the Cerberus Test Control System program (ctcs). It is the program used by VA Linux to burn in their hardware. It does some *really* stressful things to the hardware and will find anything that is flaky (supposedly). Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed, May 15th
by Andy Stewart May 15, 2002

May 15, 2002

HI gang, I have one person who has confirmed that he will bring his laptop to the meeting for a PLIP demonstration. Is there one other person who will do the same? Now, keep in mind that although one group member who shall remain nameless is notorious for yanking on power cords (most especially while they are still in use), it should be safe to be tethered to his laptop with my LapLink cable for the demo at the meeting. You have been warned! :-) Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Locked up
by Gregory Avedissian May 14, 2002

May 14, 2002

Sometimes my computer locks up completely, so that neither the mouse nor the keyboard will work. I'm running SuSE 7.2 on an Athlon 1.2GHz/Shuttle Spacewalker AK12A, 256M memory. It seems to happen when I'm in a chat room. Running Mozilla 0.9.9 with recent Java plugin, also running Yahoo Instant Messenger, and it seems like things were loading very slowly in the chatroom all the times this had happened. I'm on a dialup line, so when I say slow, I mean like go-and-make-tea slow. Otherwise, the connection is ok (46.6K) when loading other pages. ctrl-alt-backspace does nothing, alt-F2,3 etc. does nothing, same for ctrl-D, ctrl-C, ctrl-Z, ctrl-alt-Fx. I had to hit the kill switch. This last time, it wasn't too bad, but the time before this, rebooting to linux was pretty scary. This only happens once every couple of weeks. I'm suspicious of the keyboard, because it persisted once when I rebooted to win98, then it cleared when I rebooted once more, first wiggling the wire where it goes into the keyboard. Does it sound at all like a software problem, or should I just ignore it and replace the keyboard? And is there some other way to bail out that I haven't tried? Thanks, Greg

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Compaq auction
by Michelle Vadeboncoeur May 11, 2002

May 11, 2002

http://www.dovebid.com/Auctions/AuctionDetail.asp?AuctionID=1260 Compaq out of Houston, TX is having a webcast auction on 5/14 of a bunch of their stuff (check the equipment catalog), ranging from the office TVs and video projectors, to monitors, servers, storage arrays, desktops, individual cards, etc. Looks like some nice stuff. 8) I thought that you guys might be interested in perhaps picking up something, hopefully on the inexpensive side. Sorry for the late notice, though. -- --==*==-- --==*==-- Michelle R. Vadeboncoeur --==*==-- --==*==-- mrv(a)kluge.net: http://www.kluge.net/~mrv/

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2 month + Linux Kernel consulting job
by Greg Donovan May 9, 2002

May 9, 2002

Dear WLUG, Thank you for allowing me to send this communication to your members. Optimal Engineering Partners provides embedded software and hardware development expertise within the communications, wireless, storage, and medical industries. Cumulatively the founding employees of Optimal Engineering possess many years of knowledge and contacts within these sectors, and the extent of our expertise within this space will be evident in the quality and responsiveness of the services we provide. We are seeking a consultant to perform some work for a customer of ours leveraging Linux kernel and SCSI skills. It is a two month+ assignment with a customer here in the Boston area. The work would be performed full time on our customer's site. Here is a brief description of the work: Our client is completing a port of Linux 2.42 to their fault tolerant platform and need assistance in finishing the effort. Must have strong debugging skills, storage SCSI or Fiber Channel and Linux kernel experience. Linux SCSI is a major plus. Please feel free to contact me if you or someone you know might be a match for this role. We pay a generous referral fee. Thank you. -Greg Greg Donovan OPTIMAL ENGINEERING PARTNERS "Resources and Expertise for Embedded Systems Development" (978) 256-1113 ext 103 gdonovan(a)optimaleng.com

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stderr v. stdout
by Bill Mills-Curran May 9, 2002

May 9, 2002

I can't believe I'm revisiting this yet again... I'm struggling with identifying "standard practice" for deciding when to write to stdout v. stderr. In particular, I'm working with processes associated with software maintenance (building, copying, SCM, etc.). I'd love to find a definitive whitepaper on the subject. Does anyone have any pointers? TIA, Bill

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timezone
by Baris Hasdemir May 8, 2002

May 8, 2002

hi, I have a strange-for-me problem. I am one of those paranoid guys, who has added "ntpdate time.nist.gov" to the crontab to be executed every day. the problem is that, every night the system time is set 1 hour earlier of the actual time. i.e it is executed at 23:00 and is set to 22:00 after ntpdate, as far as I could observe. I am pretty confused about the subject. Tried different timezone names, etc, hence more confused. I also have a problem with the name of the timezone. which timezone name do you choose guys? US/Eastern? America/Newyork? GMT+5? EST? EDT? or any other? I am using slackware-current. set the timezone to America/New_York and whenever I send a mail, sylpheed shows my timezone as GMT-4 and #date shows my timezone as EDT. any comments. other than removing the crontab job? :) thanks, baris

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PowerMac CD-ROM
by Jeremy May 8, 2002

May 8, 2002

Does anyone have a SCSI cdrom that I can borrow/buy for an old 7500? My linux box is such a hackjob of software that I want to reinstall it with YDL. Low and behold I try it last week and the damn CDROM drive doesnt seem to work! Some files copy, some dont... I will just assume its the drive due to age/heat. So I was hoping someone (near WPI) had a CDROM drive i could borrow (external would be good). The drive i think would have to work in MacOS too (to install BOOTX files). Such a PITA some times. Beside CDROM, what other PPC install options still exisit? The boot floppies over network from linuxppc.org use to work but i am not sure they are still around. YDL seemed like a good choice for now. -Jeremy ===== - __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

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nvidia drivers, re-visited and working
by Brad Noyes May 8, 2002

May 8, 2002

Hi All, You may remember that earlier this year i was having difficulty in getting the nvidia drivers to work with my TNT card. Today i figured out the problem. I needed to enable 'Assign IRQ to VGA' in my BIOS. Things seem to work, except some re-draws are slow for X-term, and konsole. --brad

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Cheap colo!
by Adam Keck May 7, 2002

May 7, 2002

It's not linux, but it is reasonable, finally. http://www.johncompanies.com/collocation/ -Adam "lingua machinationis creo, ergo sum" _____________________________________________ Adam Keck The Mathworks 508-647-7298 Natick, Ma www.mathworks.com FreeNIX/Backup/Unix Administrator _____________________________________________

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