1 Mar 2006 13:57
1 Mar 2006 21:20
thinking about MythTV, looking for a sound card.
Thomas Johnson <tommyj27 <at> gmail.com>
2006-03-01 20:20:07 GMT
2006-03-01 20:20:07 GMT
I'm thinking about turning my desktop into a MythTV box to play DVD images straight from the harddrive. I want to hook it up into my home theater system, which means i'm going to need a new sound card, something with a digital output. I would prefer a TOSLINK output, but SPDIF would grudgingly accepted. Does anyone have any recommendations for cards that are relatively problem free as far as linux compatibility, particularly with digital output, DTS passthrough, etc.? I would also like to find a video card that has good component video output and linux compatibility. Any recommendations there? I've read the MythTV docs and they seem to stop short of saying "xyz product works really well and is what you should buy." -t
2 Mar 2006 00:20
Off Topic - Volunteers
<j_wrocky <at> comcast.net>
2006-03-01 23:20:24 GMT
2006-03-01 23:20:24 GMT
Looking for volunteers to help at a senior computer learning center. We provide free help with computer learning. Most of the time is how do I open or send attachments on email. Pretty basic computer tasks for the most part. We have six Compaq 1.2 G computers with Windows XP Pro and a bunch of Microsoft software and other software and fiber optic connection to the Internet. The center is located in West St Paul, MN at Thompson Park off Highway 52 and Butler one quarter mile west, 1200 Stassen Lane. The help is provided 9 AM to 11:30 AM Monday and Wednesday mornings. These seniors are not ready for Linux, so Windows is what we help with. email me if you know someone who could help. j_wrocky at comcast dot net Thanks Jerry
2 Mar 2006 03:39
Re: Off Topic - Volunteers
Mark Mitchell <markmit <at> mn.rr.com>
2006-03-02 02:39:21 GMT
2006-03-02 02:39:21 GMT
I would've loved to help. I'm trying to get back into IT and this kind of support experience would be helpful. But the location isn't great (I'm in S Mpls), and the hours are a deal-breaker (I work 1st shift). If anyone else knows about anything similar on weekends or evening, please let me know. Mark Mitchell On Wednesday 01 March 2006 17:20, j_wrocky <at> comcast.net wrote: > Looking for volunteers to help at a senior computer learning center. > > We provide free help with computer learning. Most of the time is how do I > open or send attachments on email. Pretty basic computer tasks for the > most part. We have six Compaq 1.2 G computers with Windows XP Pro and a > bunch of Microsoft software and other software and fiber optic connection > to the Internet. > > The center is located in West St Paul, MN at Thompson Park off Highway 52 > and Butler one quarter mile west, 1200 Stassen Lane. The help is provided > 9 AM to 11:30 AM Monday and Wednesday mornings. > > These seniors are not ready for Linux, so Windows is what we help with. > > email me if you know someone who could help. > > j_wrocky at comcast dot net > > Thanks >(Continue reading)
2 Mar 2006 03:51
Need to mirror X session on remote Linux box
John Reese <jwreese0 <at> comcast.net>
2006-03-02 02:51:33 GMT
2006-03-02 02:51:33 GMT
At work we have a large number of wall monitors streaming data to our production floor workers. What workers see is just an X session running from a Linux box in the next room. We have had a problem with these X sessions locking. We need a way to remotely capture and mirror the X sessions that users see on the wall monitor. VNC would not appear to be the way to do this; can this be done with the 'screen' command? I have used screen with xterm sessions -- has anyone used this to capture and entire X session? John Reese
2 Mar 2006 04:34
Re: Need to mirror X session on remote Linux box
Donovan Niesen <dniesen <at> gmail.com>
2006-03-02 03:34:57 GMT
2006-03-02 03:34:57 GMT
On 3/1/06, John Reese <jwreese0 <at> comcast.net> wrote: > At work we have a large number of wall monitors streaming data to our > production floor workers. What workers see is just an X session running > from a Linux box in the next room. > > We have had a problem with these X sessions locking. We need a way to > remotely capture and mirror the X sessions that users see on the wall > monitor. VNC would not appear to be the way to do this; can this be done > with the 'screen' command? I have used screen with xterm sessions -- has > anyone used this to capture and entire X session? > > John Reese > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list <at> mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > Screen is really only for manipulating terminal sessions. Why do you feel that VNC is not a viable option? Seems like it's exactly what you're looking for. -- Donovan Niesen
2 Mar 2006 13:20
Downloading yum update content?
Ben Bargabus <ben_b <at> ppdonline.com>
2006-03-02 12:20:13 GMT
2006-03-02 12:20:13 GMT
Hello, Is it possible to just download but not run the packages from 'yum update'? I'm thinking about the installfest (assuming it happens, any word?) and want to have most of the updates for my system ready to go on cd or dvd prior to the event (there are about 730 MB worth so I don't want to spend an hour and half waiting for downloads there). Any ideas? Thanks, Ben.
2 Mar 2006 15:24
New TCLUG Classified Ad
TCLUG Classifieds <webmaster <at> mn-linux.org>
2006-03-02 14:24:05 GMT
2006-03-02 14:24:05 GMT
New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: Want for Free Subject: computer donations for small school Need 20 donated PC's for small, start up school. PII's with 128 Mb of ram or better. No OS needed. Will pick up. Raymond Norton admin <at> lctn.org Seller Email address: admin at lctn dot org http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi
2 Mar 2006 16:57
Re: Downloading yum update content?
Ed Wilts <ewilts <at> ewilts.org>
2006-03-02 15:57:50 GMT
2006-03-02 15:57:50 GMT
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 06:20:13AM -0600, Ben Bargabus wrote: > Is it possible to just download but not run the packages from 'yum > update'? I'm thinking about the installfest (assuming it happens, any > word?) and want to have most of the updates for my system ready to go on > cd or dvd prior to the event (there are about 730 MB worth so I don't > want to spend an hour and half waiting for downloads there). Any ideas? $ yum --version 2.0.7 yum --download-only This option doesn't seem to be available for even a newer version of yum so check your version carefully. -- -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts <at> ewilts.org Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program
2 Mar 2006 17:37
Re: Need to mirror X session on remote Linux box
Donovan Niesen <dniesen <at> gmail.com>
2006-03-02 16:37:24 GMT
2006-03-02 16:37:24 GMT
On 3/2/06, Jon Schewe <jpschewe <at> mtu.net> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 21:34 -0600, Donovan Niesen wrote: > > Screen is really only for manipulating terminal sessions. Why do you > > feel that VNC is not a viable option? Seems like it's exactly what > > you're looking for. > Probably because it doesn't capture the console screen, only a new > display that the VNC server starts up. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Jon Schewe | http://www.mtu.net/~jpschewe > If you see a signature.asc file attached to the message this is my > digital signature. > See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. > > For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels > nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any > powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all > creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that > is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQBEBxtbyWh1lXh/lFURAkNjAKCdSQH68QRtDmJ+OEjONt8WeO4HmQCeMdmI > kxh3lzIJeK+3Tm7zpmuGqI4= > =cGPI > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >(Continue reading)
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