[GNHLUG] MerriLUG Nashua, Thur 18 January, Jarod Wilson Expounds MythTV
Who : Jarod Wilson, Red Hat, Author Hacking MythTV (ExtremeTech) What : MythTV review, tips, questions answered, books autographed. Where: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 18 January **Tomorrow** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion :: Overview First and foremost, MythTV is a digital video recorder (DVR), not unlike TiVo -- both even run on top of Linux. But if you're not too keen on the idea of a monthly fee, dislike encumbered access to content you've legitimately recorded, or want the freedom to tinker with and expand the capabilities of your DVR without limitation, a TiVo may not be for you. For most Linux users, chances are, Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition (or anything that runs on Windows) isn't the ticket either. Ever heard of someone exporting video from their DVR to a video iPod with only two button presses on a remote? How about watching high definition television recordings without having to lift a finger to skip commercials? Want to have multiple televisions in your house all able to watch the same pool of recorded content? Want to watch that same content on the deck, streamed wirelessly to your laptop? MythTV can do all that and more. Come find out how! RSVP to Jim Kuzdrall for dinner to assure adequate seating. !!! If you are a Regular Attendee, let me know and I will put you on said list. Then, just let me know if you are NOT coming. !!! Driving directions: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/PlaceMarthasExchange Thanks, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-announce@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Vonage vs. Verizon [was: Anyone had experience with Comcast SMC modem/router? ]
Dan Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Comcast service has been exemplary though, as long as we haven't needed to call them. We finally replaced all our Verizon lines with Vonage, as Vonage had far better sound quality and reliability than Verizon's voice wires could provide (at less cost). How long have you had Vonage? I've had them for over a year now. In general, I'm satisfied, but there seem to be some annoying quirks with them. The most frequent problem is the echo. It's not there all the time, but it's there quite often. The other problems I've had are: - Making a call and the recipient can't hear me, but they're loud and clear. - Dropped calls where suddenly I'm talking to a dead line Of course, for $27/month, they certainly beat the same feature set from Verizon for $75/month! I certainly won't go back to Verizon and spend almost $50 more per month. Oh, and I have had occasion to use 9-1-1 from my Vonage line and had emergency response within 10 minutes of the call. So, no worries there either! -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: TIP: yum hangs on futex()
Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To fix, this or any general case of BerkeleyDB corruption: kill any processes that look like they're waiting on the rpm database cd /var/lib/rpm db_recover This is also how you can fix your subversion repository if you ever get into that bind. Svn originally used a berkleydb back-end and occasionally would suffer from a similar problem. -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
CD/DVD writer woes
(Using debian, 2.4.34 kernel) Has anyone else had problems with the newer versions of cdrecord (aka: wodim) ? I have 2 different CD writers in my system, one of which also does DVD writing. The system definitely sees both of these drives, one of which is also a SCSI drive. I can place media (at least CDs) into either drive and mount the file systems on them, but neither of then can be written to. I know I've written to at least one of them in the past and created both iso9660 and audio CDs on it. An older version of cdrecord sees both drives, but can't write to it (there is good, writable media currently in both drives). $ sudo cdrecord -scanbus Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25 Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J�rg Schilling NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version. Please send bug reports and support requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. The original author should not be bothered with problems of this version. Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) * 1,1,0 101) * 1,2,0 102) * 1,3,0 103) 'HP ' 'HP35470A' '1009' Removable Tape 1,4,0 104) 'HP ' 'C4324/C4325 ' '1.27' Removable CD-ROM 1,5,0 105) * 1,6,0 106) * 1,7,0 107) * Yet, when I actually try to write: $ sudo cdrecord dev=1,4,0 -dummy speed=52 edubuntu-6.10-install-i386.iso Password: cdrecord: No write mode specified. cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode. cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults. cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds... Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J�rg Schilling NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version. Please send bug reports and support requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. The original author should not be bothered with problems of this version. scsidev: '1,4,0' scsibus: 1 target: 4 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 2 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info: 'HP ' Identifikation : 'C4324/C4325 ' Revision : '1.27' Device seems to be: Philips CDD-2000. Using driver for Philips CDD-522 (philips_cdd522). Driver flags : Supported modes: TAO cdrecord: Warning: controller returns zero sized Speed/Dummy information page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for Speed/Dummy information page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong page 0 for Speed/Dummy information page (23). cdrecord: Cannot init drive. I've tried upgrading to the latest version of cdrecord/wodim with similar disappointing results. Ideas, suggestions? -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CD/DVD writer woes
Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Using debian, 2.4.34 kernel) Has anyone else had problems with the newer versions of cdrecord (aka: wodim) ? I have 2 different CD writers in my system, one of which also does DVD writing. The system definitely sees both of these drives, one of which is also a SCSI drive. I can place media (at least CDs) into either drive and mount the file systems on them, but neither of then can be written to. [snip] I've tried upgrading to the latest version of cdrecord/wodim with similar disappointing results. Ideas, suggestions? Does this invocation work? sudo cdrecord -dao edubuntu-6.10-install-i386.iso (the -dao was suggested to me by Ben Scott a Long Time Ago and really has nothing to do with this problem...it helped me get the Fedora media check thing to work, that's all) I have noticed that recent versions of cdrecord seem to figure out the device numbers automagically, that's all. Record speed too. In fact, a while ago I noticed that when I tried to specify these things, the process died somehow. So, try *not* specifying these things. Hope this helps, --kevin -- GnuPG ID: B280F24E Never could stand that dog. alumni.unh.edu!kdc -- Tom Waits ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: TIP: yum hangs on futex()
On Jan 17, 2007, at 09:07, Paul Lussier wrote: This is also how you can fix your subversion repository if you ever get into that bind. Svn originally used a berkleydb back-end and occasionally would suffer from a similar problem. I'm curious - does anybody know what's up with the BerkeleyDB? It's been around for a long while, and I've seen corruption before, but rarely. It seems to be becoming much more common. Maybe some key employees left? Maybe more projects have just recently switched to using it for a backend? Maybe the programmers don't use the proper functions to ensure consistency? Maybe it's just bad luck (mine or Oracle's karma)? -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon
Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just thought I'd drop in my 2 cents on this. I use Broadvoice over Vonage for one reason, that I would think would be important for people on this list. It uses SIP and you can bring your own device, including an Asterisk server. I use Vonage over Broadvoice for one reason: I don't want to admin a phone system. I want something I can easily tell my wife how to deal with: Go pull the plug on the LinkSys box, count to 10, plug it back in. I'm all for open standards, but there are only so many hours in the day. I admin systems all day long, I don't want to be bothered at work by calls from home to admin more :) -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: TIP: yum hangs on futex()
Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm curious - does anybody know what's up with the BerkeleyDB? It's been around for a long while, and I've seen corruption before, but rarely. It seems to be becoming much more common. Possibly more things using it? Maybe some key employees left? Maybe more projects have just recently switched to using it for a backend? Maybe the programmers don't use the proper functions to ensure consistency? Maybe it's just bad luck (mine or Oracle's karma)? Oracle :) Seriously, I don't know. I've seen no particular increase in problems recently. There was a lot more when svn first came on the scene. So many people wanted to leave CVS behind for what svn offered, but other than that I haven't noticed anything in particular. -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon
On January 17, 2007, Paul Lussier sent me the following: I use Vonage over Broadvoice for one reason: I don't want to admin a phone system. I want something I can easily tell my wife how to deal with: Go pull the plug on the LinkSys box, count to 10, plug it back in. As I understand it, you can do things that way while still using an open standard. Just because it gives you the option of rolling your own Asterisk PBX doesn't mean it excludes you from the option of using an off the shelf Linksys box to do it for you. Personally, I might never setup my own * box, but I'd pick something like BroadVoice over Vonage simply because they offer choice, rather than a locked down proprietary system. -- Chip Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kyzoku.2bithacker.net/ GCM/IT d+(-) s+:++ a25? C++ UB$ P+++$ L- E--- W++ N@ o K- w O M+ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t+@ R@ tv@ b++@ DI D+(-) G++ e++ h++ r-- y? pgpeNDt4kRATY.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CD/DVD writer woes
Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin D. Clark) writes: Does this invocation work? sudo cdrecord -dao edubuntu-6.10-install-i386.iso Nope, at least not with the version I currently have installed. I get: Supported modes: TAO cdrecord: Drive does not support SAO recording. cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive. So, what happens if you just remove -dao? Regards, --kevin -- GnuPG ID: B280F24E Never could stand that dog. alumni.unh.edu!kdc -- Tom Waits ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CD/DVD writer woes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin D. Clark) writes: So, what happens if you just remove -dao? Same thing as before: cdrecord: Warning: controller returns zero sized Speed/Dummy information page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for Speed/Dummy information page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong page 0 for Speed/Dummy information page (23). cdrecord: Cannot init drive. -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon
I use Vonage over Broadvoice for one reason: I don't want to admin a phone system. I want something I can easily tell my wife how to deal with: Go pull the plug on the LinkSys box, count to 10, plug it back in. and Broadvoice has that. They have a plan that's about the same price as Vonage, where they give you a box and tou plug it in. Or, you can buy your own and they send you the settings to get it to connect initially and then it gets it's updates from them (This is what I do, I have an HT-286). I did the initial setup and that was it. But, with Broadvoice, I have a choice. With Vonage, I don't. --Travis ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: TIP: yum hangs on futex()
On 1/17/07, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm curious - does anybody know what's up with the BerkeleyDB? It's been around for a long while, and I've seen corruption before, but rarely. It seems to be becoming much more common. I'd guess that things are becoming more multi-tasked/multi-threaded. Writing good single-task code is hard enough; mutli-tasking is really hard, and multi-threading (re-entrant code) is, like, really, really hard. (I sprained my vocabulary this morning.) This isn't based on anything more than a gut feeling, but hey, that works for management. ;-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon [was: Anyone had experience with Comcast SMC modem/router? ]
On 1/17/07, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, and I have had occasion to use 9-1-1 from my Vonage line and had emergency response within 10 minutes of the call. So, no worries there either! In fairness, the 911concerns (well, the real ones) are not about *if* calls can go through, but whether calls will *always* go through, and properly. I'm sure I don't need to tell you, Paul, about the differences between seems to work and trusted to always work. :) That said, I believe most of the 911 concerns are about protecting ILEC profits, not people. FWIW, I don't even have a landline; I just my mobile. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CD/DVD writer woes
On 1/17/07, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else had problems with the newer versions of cdrecord (aka: wodim) ? Yes. But they were the same problems as I had before. :) An older version of cdrecord sees both drives, but can't write to it ... So what does it being a newer version of cdrecord/wodim have to do with the problem? Not being a smart-ass; trying to understand the problem. If it did work, do you still have a copy of that software (when it worked) around that you could test with? If not, do you remember what version worked? $ sudo cdrecord dev=1,4,0 -dummy speed=52 edubuntu-6.10-install-i386.iso What does 1,4,0 equate to. You mentioned one is SCSI; which is what, and what's the other one attached via? If ATA/IDE, are you using native support, or ide-scsi? Either way, try switching to the other one. Device seems to be: Philips CDD-2000. Holy crap, is that accurate? Are you sure it hasn't just died of old age? :-) If it's *not* accurate, try forcing the appropriate cdrecord driver. I forget the details, but I'm sure the man page remembers. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon
Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But, with Broadvoice, I have a choice. With Vonage, I don't. I suppose, though I don't feel I need a choice at this point. -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CD/DVD writer woes
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: An older version of cdrecord sees both drives, but can't write to it ... So what does it being a newer version of cdrecord/wodim have to do with the problem? I can only find 2 versions of the software in the debian archives, the one in stable and the one in testing (I haven't looked in unstable). The older (stable) version can see one of the drives but not write to it. The newer (testing) version can't do either. Not being a smart-ass; trying to understand the problem. If it did work, do you still have a copy of that software (when it worked) around that you could test with? If not, do you remember what version worked? The version that did work is evidently long since gone from my system, probably when I upgraded something-or-other to testing a long time ago. I have no recollection of what that was. $ sudo cdrecord dev=1,4,0 -dummy speed=52 edubuntu-6.10-install-i386.iso What does 1,4,0 equate to. That's the scsi drive. dev=scsibus,target,lun You mentioned one is SCSI; which is what, and what's the other one attached via? If ATA/IDE, are you using native support, or ide-scsi? Either way, try switching to the other one. The other one is ATA/IDE, and I can't figure out how to get cdrecord to 'see' the ATA drives. Device seems to be: Philips CDD-2000. Holy crap, is that accurate? Are you sure it hasn't just died of old age? :-) This has to be incorrect. Both drives are HP and are a lot newer than that. Well, the SCSI drive might be that old actually, it's only a 4x drive. If it's *not* accurate, try forcing the appropriate cdrecord driver. I forget the details, but I'm sure the man page remembers. Perhaps. I haven't found the man page overly enlightening... -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In fairness, the 911concerns (well, the real ones) are not about *if* calls can go through, but whether calls will *always* go through, and properly. I'm sure I don't need to tell you, Paul, about the differences between seems to work and trusted to always work. :) True. And my data sample is one call... But there was a public perception (I'm sure perpetrated by the tradition telcos) that VoIP-based systems are unreliable and they used the 911 service as a well known example. That said, I believe most of the 911 concerns are about protecting ILEC profits, not people. Right. FWIW, I don't even have a landline; I just my mobile. Mobiles are our COUGH*COUGH backup... -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon [was: Anyone had experience with Comcast SMC modem/router? ]
the 911 concerns are not about *if* calls can go through, but whether calls will *always* go through, and properly It probably doesn't pay to be too arch about it - even the conventional land lines can have their problems. One icy night in southern Chelmsford approx 10 yrs ago my wife spun out in her car, which was crippled after she hit a curb. When she tried to contact the cops from a nearby house by dialing 911, she could at first get only busy signals and then on all subsequent attempts it just rang with no answer...:-/ I'd be more concerned about having the same gang of thieves controlling *all* of my communications channels, which would seem to be the case if you get your TV and your Net and your phone all from ComCast. (shudder!) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
