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Announce: WLUG Meeting Wed 9/12 7PM: Raspberry Pi
by Chuck Anderson Aug. 31, 2012

Aug. 31, 2012

Hi folks, The next Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 12, at 7PM. The location will be WPI Higgns Labs, room 230 (computer lab). Wednesday, September 12, 7:00 - 9:00 PM WPI Higgins Labs, room 230 (computer lab) WLUG member Karl Lind will be giving a presentation and demonstration of two Raspberry Pi "credit-card sized" computers that run on the ARM processor architecture. Others are welcome to bring their own Raspberry Pi or other similar devices to join in the fun. Afterwards, we will go out for pizza and continue our discussions. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group http://www.wlug.org/

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Help with water level problems
by Eric Martin Aug. 20, 2012

Aug. 20, 2012

Hey all, I had a close call with my hot water heater this afternoon. I heard on odd noise in the pipes and it turned out that my hot water heater was dumping water out of the overflow valve. Luckily, I found it quick enough, and I'm pretty sure I got it handled for < $150. There's a 1 Gal bucket under the overflow valve, and if I had a water level detector emailing me that water is in the bucket, I could have caught this earlier. I was looking at buying an Arduino and setting up a simple circuit. I know a few people have played with Arduinos, any suggestions on which one to get and how to go about it? I don't need to know how much water is in the bucket, I was thinking about a float type device or even two wires that trip a relay. I just want a heads up that water is in the bucket so I can stop before my basement floods. Thanks in advance, -- Eric Martin

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A question about KMS API's
by Jason Couture Aug. 17, 2012

Aug. 17, 2012

Anyone know anything about the KMS API? From userland? I'm working on a project and would like to use KMS/FB directly, as at boot there will be no binaries available except ours, No libc even. Just a few static binaries. if anyone could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated it. I can't seem to find anything on it on google, and I really don't have the time to go pouring over the kernel source.

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 106, Issue 5
by Karl Lind Aug. 16, 2012

Aug. 16, 2012

Hi Chuck, It doesn't have to be 2 HDMI compatible outputs. It just came to me that the Pi has a composite video and a stereo audio out port too. One of each would be super as I have power supplies, keyboards and mice for both my Pi's. The four OS's (which might be overkill for time) that I plan to bring for the demo are Raspian (a Debian distro that is running a web server), Gentoo, Fedora and OpenELEC (an XBMC type distro). Also if possible Ethernet access? Karl On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> wrote: > Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. September talk (Karl Lind) > 2. Re: September talk (Steve Pelland) > 3. Re: September talk (Chuck Anderson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:56:44 -0400 > From: Karl Lind <electrolind(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wlug] September talk > To: Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: > <CAD3a= > eDBaeqHvAXisgYRk-3zENk9gZKZkLC6xd3TkhREhqFCbg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yep, still up for it. Is there a way to connect two HDMI sources up to > projector/tv/video in the room? Reason I have two Pi's and I thought after > the talk can have two running for demo purposes. > > Karl > > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:51:25 -0400 > From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] September meeting topic? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <5029308D.3090301(a)wpi.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > Hi Karl, > > are you still up for giving a talk on the Pi for the September meeting? > So > far as I know it's open for topics, and that sounds like a great one. > > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution > that > Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. > Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken > > On 07/13/2012 08:43 PM, Karl Lind wrote: > > Howdy all, > > > > I would like to give a talk on the Raspberry Pi project and I have two > > of them to demonstrate various OS's (I have worked with the Debian and > > Fedora implementations and look forward to the others as they come > > out.). I have four SD cards, so that's the number of OS's I can bring > > with me. > > > > Have a great summer! > > > > Karl > > ______________________________ > _________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20120816/623c6308/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:46:45 -0400 > From: Steve Pelland <steve.pelland(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] September talk > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <CAMmWueRGFZ2LYnrnsTQv=j=8uWW6rD= > yoDvufRi19VMYZO-dyg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Karl, > This meeting will be at the usual place? This will be the first one I get > to attend. I also have a Pi and wanted to chat with others that have Pi's > so this will be a great start. > > Steve > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Karl Lind <electrolind(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yep, still up for it. Is there a way to connect two HDMI sources up to > > projector/tv/video in the room? Reason I have two Pi's and I thought > after > > the talk can have two running for demo purposes. > > > > Karl > > > > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:51:25 -0400 > > From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > > Subject: Re: [Wlug] September meeting topic? > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > Message-ID: <5029308D.3090301(a)wpi.edu> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > Hi Karl, > > > > are you still up for giving a talk on the Pi for the September meeting? > > So > > far as I know it's open for topics, and that sounds like a great one. > > > > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a > solution > > that > > Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. > > Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken > > > > On 07/13/2012 08:43 PM, Karl Lind wrote: > > > Howdy all, > > > > > > I would like to give a talk on the Raspberry Pi project and I have two > > > of them to demonstrate various OS's (I have worked with the Debian and > > > Fedora implementations and look forward to the others as they come > > > out.). I have four SD cards, so that's the number of OS's I can bring > > > with me. > > > > > > Have a great summer! > > > > > > Karl > > > ______________________________ > > _________________ > > > 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 > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20120816/a136e845/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:15:10 -0400 > From: Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] September talk > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <20120816151510.GA6563(a)angus.ind.WPI.EDU> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > The meeting room is still TBD. I can find out about connecting 2 HDMI > sources--we should be able to come up with something. > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:46:45AM -0400, Steve Pelland wrote: > > Karl, > > This meeting will be at the usual place? This will be the first one I > get > > to attend. I also have a Pi and wanted to chat with others that have Pi's > > so this will be a great start. > > > > Steve > > > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Karl Lind <electrolind(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Yep, still up for it. Is there a way to connect two HDMI sources up to > > > projector/tv/video in the room? Reason I have two Pi's and I thought > after > > > the talk can have two running for demo purposes. > > > > > > Karl > > > > > > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:51:25 -0400 > > > From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > > > Subject: Re: [Wlug] September meeting topic? > > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > Message-ID: <5029308D.3090301(a)wpi.edu> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > > Hi Karl, > > > > > > are you still up for giving a talk on the Pi for the September > meeting? > > > So > > > far as I know it's open for topics, and that sounds like a great one. > > > > > > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a > solution > > > that > > > Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. > > > Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken > > > > > > On 07/13/2012 08:43 PM, Karl Lind wrote: > > > > Howdy all, > > > > > > > > I would like to give a talk on the Raspberry Pi project and I have > two > > > > of them to demonstrate various OS's (I have worked with the Debian > and > > > > Fedora implementations and look forward to the others as they come > > > > out.). I have four SD cards, so that's the number of OS's I can bring > > > > with me. > > > > > > > > Have a great summer! > > > > > > > > Karl > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 106, Issue 5 > ************************************ >

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September talk
by Karl Lind Aug. 16, 2012

Aug. 16, 2012

Yep, still up for it. Is there a way to connect two HDMI sources up to projector/tv/video in the room? Reason I have two Pi's and I thought after the talk can have two running for demo purposes. Karl Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:51:25 -0400 From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> Subject: Re: [Wlug] September meeting topic? To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <5029308D.3090301(a)wpi.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Karl, are you still up for giving a talk on the Pi for the September meeting? So far as I know it's open for topics, and that sounds like a great one. Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken On 07/13/2012 08:43 PM, Karl Lind wrote: > Howdy all, > > I would like to give a talk on the Raspberry Pi project and I have two > of them to demonstrate various OS's (I have worked with the Debian and > Fedora implementations and look forward to the others as they come > out.). I have four SD cards, so that's the number of OS's I can bring > with me. > > Have a great summer! > > Karl > ______________________________ _________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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BBQ interest survey: aug14/aug15 ?
by Doug Mildram Aug. 13, 2012

Aug. 13, 2012

Sum sum summatime.... ...and it's crunch time, do-or-die for our annual summer WLUG bbq. I'm looking at hosting ..... REAL SOON, e.g. tues/wed aug14/15, now that I see the weather (tuesday looking like the best sunny day next week). My rough location: boylston (near berlin+Clinton, 10min from 495/hudson, 20min or less from worcester via 290 east...) Timing: loose....6-8pm or later; Challenges: my grill is half-gone (2 of 4 burners work OK) and my motivation depends on some feedback. Reply to me ..........whether you'd (want to)(be able to) attend with or w/o SO's,pets,kids,anyone! Usually I provide beef/sausages/buns/etc, a few soda choices, and leave the rest to fate or better. Here's your form letter for a reply (just to me, dmildram(a)gmail.com) --Possible #humans: _____ (opt: dogs?) _____ --Tues aug 14: ok? -- Wed aug 15: ok? -------(opt) I'd be curious what town you're coming from. Vegetarian, anyone? My wife will help me attempt healthy choices... ----------------------------- I hope to post some (anonymized) results, and hopefully choose/announce,,,,,,,,,,, perhaps by sunday eve or monday morning. --doug

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September meeting topic?
by Karl Lind Aug. 13, 2012

Aug. 13, 2012

Howdy all, I would like to give a talk on the Raspberry Pi project and I have two of them to demonstrate various OS's (I have worked with the Debian and Fedora implementations and look forward to the others as they come out.). I have four SD cards, so that's the number of OS's I can bring with me. Have a great summer! Karl

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BBQ tues aug14 6pm Boylston,MA (addr,directions...)
by Doug Mildram Aug. 13, 2012

Aug. 13, 2012

Sorry if the last-minute planning was inadequate for anyone. Few replies so far == small turnout == could be good anyways! You and even friends/family are invited to my house, roughly aug14 6pm-8pm, 540 Linden St Boylston MA (red house on corner of Mile Hill Rd, probably enough room in my driveway for all to park, then street is OK) I've got ample burgers,sausages,cheese,peppers,onions,buns,tortilla chips,salsa; less beverages. If you like old-fashioned verbose directions, choose one of: http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_auburn_worc_29… http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_495+62.txt http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_rte2_lancaster…

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Cross-compiling for Windows
by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com Aug. 6, 2012

Aug. 6, 2012

I cross compile a program for windows on my linux box. After doing so I grab all the dlls and package them up. Typically this involves grabbing what I knew was needed and then testing on a windows box to determine if anything is missing. Is their some program in wine that can output what dlls are needed (like ldd) so I can write a script to package up everything? Obviously it doesn't generally change except when I upgrade to a new Fedora version but it would be nice to automate packaging everything. Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

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x86 Android VM
by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com July 20, 2012

July 20, 2012

Has anyone played with the x86 android images? I've tried running it under kvm but can't seem to get networking to work. I tried 4.0 rc1 a while ago. Looks like I may have found my answers on the release notes. It says ethernet doesn't work. Looks like 2.2 is the last version with working ethernet. That's disappointing. Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

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