Re: [SLUG] mplayer install probs..
On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 11:43 +1000, Keith Hopkins wrote: Charles Myers wrote: On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 22:18 +1000, Steve Kowalik wrote: On Wed, 03 May 2006 21:53:06 +1000, Charles Myers uttered Damn... I'll try compiling it myself and see what happens.. dont know about that lib that I'm missing though :/ Do you have the multiverse repository enabled? That's where mplayer and some of its dependencies live. Thanks, -- Steve Yeah I do.. But Ill double check.. thanks... Hey Charles, I installed mplayer on breezy just the day before yesterday. The tough part for me was determining which repository was the right one. I had to add this to my sources.list deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse After that, install was a 'beeze'. --Keith -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html I must be missing a package or something.. (this is a new install so I will need to see what might be missing)... As I added those repositories and [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install mplayer-386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: mplayer-386: Depends: libggi2 (= 1:2.0.5) but it is not installable Depends: libjack0.80.0-0 (= 0.99.0) but it is not installable Depends: libpolyp0 but it is not installable Depends: libsvga1 but it is not installable or svgalib-dummyg1 but it is not installable E: Broken packages So I'm not sure if I should do a reinstall, or .. I'm about to compile it myself see what results i get.. :/ Thanks for the help yet again.. Charles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] mplayer install probs..
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 So I'm not sure if I should do a reinstall, or .. I'm about to compile it myself see what results i get.. :/ Can you send your full /etc/apt/sources.list. It sounds like you don't have all the repositories enabled. - -- dave. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEWZ3EhPPdWeHRgaoRAoQyAJ4+bo5666EZreyfvWMxKCYagLv4HgCcCE7P ra8FRZT/+2arlLpUzgIHWMw= =Nsis -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] mplayer install probs..
quote who=Charles Myers deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse I must be missing a package or something.. (this is a new install so I will need to see what might be missing)... As I added those repositories and You don't need any deb-src lines, but you will need universe. Can you paste your sources.list here? That will help us figure it out. I'd take a stab at it being a lack of universe repo, but let's see your list first. :-) - Jeff -- LinuxWorldExpo: Johannesburg, South Africa http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.za/ It's the most fun I've had without the use of a water-based lubricant. - Stephen Fry on directing his first film -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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Just a gentle reminder that the South Coast Linux Users Group will be holding its monthly meeting tonight at 7:30pm at the UOW. Tonight we will be hearing from Scott McCoy - a director with WIN Television - on the use of Open Source applications such as Blender, The Gimp and Inkscape in WIN's production process. The particulars: * Location: University of Wollongong, building 3, staff common room upstairs. * Date/Time: 4th April, 2006. 7:30pm * Note: The building is locked in the evenings, please try and arrive before 7:20. You may need to call Ashley on 0412 351451 for access if you arrive late. Map of the campus: http://www.uow.edu.au/about/campusmap/map.html building 3 is on the far right hand side. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] mplayer install probs..
On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 16:23 +1000, David Gillies wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 So I'm not sure if I should do a reinstall, or .. I'm about to compile it myself see what results i get.. :/ Can you send your full /etc/apt/sources.list. It sounds like you don't have all the repositories enabled. - -- dave. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEWZ3EhPPdWeHRgaoRAoQyAJ4+bo5666EZreyfvWMxKCYagLv4HgCcCE7P ra8FRZT/+2arlLpUzgIHWMw= =Nsis -END PGP SIGNATURE- Thanks guys.. here it is deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main #deb http://deb.thehunter.ws/ breezy mythtv-stable deb http://mirror.isp.net.au/ftp/pub/ubuntu breezy main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://mirror.isp.net.au/ftp/pub/ubuntu breezy main restricted universe multiverse deb http://mirror.isp.net.au/ftp/pub/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://mirror.isp.net.au/ftp/pub/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://mirror.isp.net.au/ftp/pub/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://mirror.isp.net.au/ftp/pub/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted universe multiverse #deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable main #deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe' ## repository. ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security ## team. deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports' ## repository. ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe ## Backports #deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted #deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] mplayer install probs..
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Myers wrote: Thanks guys.. here it is deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main Take out the line above. The packages in that repository (esp. mplayer) are for debian and have different dependancies. - -- dave. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEWZ/XhPPdWeHRgaoRAnXcAKC+zGi1of9iT2Mcv7qo6YjvH0K+3ACgvgfV NdqBTpD47oGN4zSxsV+MYzo= =lA9z -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] mplayer install probs..
On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 16:31 +1000, David Gillies wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Myers wrote: Thanks guys.. here it is deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main Take out the line above. The packages in that repository (esp. mplayer) are for debian and have different dependancies. - -- dave. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEWZ/XhPPdWeHRgaoRAnXcAKC+zGi1of9iT2Mcv7qo6YjvH0K+3ACgvgfV NdqBTpD47oGN4zSxsV+MYzo= =lA9z -END PGP SIGNATURE- YEP that got it!! :D Thanks for the help!! I used a basic sources.list took out all the other 'garbage' i had in there.. and bingo!!! Thanks for the help again.. Once again you guys saved my behind :P -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] headphone buzz
I've got persistent buzzing in my headphones, using the headphone jack on the front of the machine. lspci tells me my soundcard (in some recent generic dell box) is the following: :00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) I'm using a fairly default debian sid installation. Any hints as to how to start fixing this? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] headphone buzz
If you only have the buzz when using the front plug, it's most likely just because of interference on the connection between the front panel and the soundcard. Another thing you might find is that if you are only using the front panel with your headphones and only using the back plug for your speakers, that he noise is always audible, but just more noticeable through the headphones. Otherwise, I've heard that the intel8x0 sound module always causes this kind of noise in the background (it did for my onboard nForce2 audio). Unfortunately the only solution I came up with was to stick in an old SB Live! card, and use that instead. The only hint I could really offer is to try to keep the wire from the soundcard to the front panel away from anything that could cause this noise. Hope this helpsOn 05/05/06, Hal Ashburner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got persistent buzzing in my headphones, using the headphone jackon the front of the machine.lspci tells me my soundcard (in some recent generic dell box) is thefollowing::00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)I'm using a fairly default debian sid installation.Any hints as to how to start fixing this?--SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] headphone buzz
On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 19:32 +1000, Hal Ashburner wrote: I've got persistent buzzing in my headphones, using the headphone jack on the front of the machine. Check the headphones themselves. I have headphones that work perfectly but when I plug in my speakers I get this buzz occasionally and it is because of something shorting in the wiring when it moves around. Make sure your jack connects in a nice solid way. It may be possible to open the machine and fiddle with the connector (or even replace it) to correct a loose connection. If you find it is the connector and you have no choice then a bit of sticky tape may be the perfect solution. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] I so hate X windows...
Guys/Gals, I've spent the last few hours playing around with xorg configs in an attempt to use nvidia twinview mode to allow me to have my LCD panel run native 1280x 1024 (via analog d-sub) and TV (svideo) have cloned screens. ie. whats shown on LCD is shown on TV. I am stuck, and no amount of google has helped. I either get both screens working as intended (but the res on the tv is only a small corner of the LCD native res, cant get it to be 800x600 or 640x480). or I get the TV screen working at 800x600 and the LCD panel goes into sleep mode when X starts. Anyone have a config example and something that works. Happy to post one of the many attempts I have made, but its driving me nuts. This is one thing that has me stumped. Thanks -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...
You can't run a TV at 1280x1024 normally, normal TV resolutions are a lot smaller, btw you hate NVIDIA's drivers, X windows just loads them.. Dave. On Fri, 5 May 2006, Michael Fox wrote: Guys/Gals, I've spent the last few hours playing around with xorg configs in an attempt to use nvidia twinview mode to allow me to have my LCD panel run native 1280x 1024 (via analog d-sub) and TV (svideo) have cloned screens. ie. whats shown on LCD is shown on TV. I am stuck, and no amount of google has helped. I either get both screens working as intended (but the res on the tv is only a small corner of the LCD native res, cant get it to be 800x600 or 640x480). or I get the TV screen working at 800x600 and the LCD panel goes into sleep mode when X starts. Anyone have a config example and something that works. Happy to post one of the many attempts I have made, but its driving me nuts. This is one thing that has me stumped. Thanks -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- David Airlie, Software Engineer http://www.skynet.ie/~airlied / airlied at skynet.ie Linux kernel - DRI, VAX / pam_smb / ILUG -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...
On 5/5/06, Dave Airlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can't run a TV at 1280x1024 normally, normal TV resolutions are a lot smaller, Umm I am fully aware of that, but twinview has something called meta modes.. basically you tell it what res the 2nd screen is at, thus 800x600 or 640x480. Which my TV can do. I either get the TV working perfect with the LCD going to sleep when X loads, or I get LCD working perfect and have the TV display 1/4 of the LCD native res (@640x480). btw you hate NVIDIA's drivers, X windows just loads them.. That is indeed true... -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...
Michael Fox wrote: Umm I am fully aware of that, but twinview has something called meta modes.. basically you tell it what res the 2nd screen is at, thus 800x600 or 640x480. Which my TV can do. Michael, If it's any consolation you're not alone in experiencing difficulty with this. I've been mucking around with exactly this sort of problem trying to do an external LCD monitor from two different types of laptops with two different chipsets .. one nVidia and one ATI Radeon .. with similar sorts of results. Very frustrating. Still, I've seen enough reports of success to believe it can be made to work, so I'm battling on. If I find out anything helpful I'll let you know. regards Terry -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[Fwd: Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...]
MichaelI have done a fair bit of mucking around with this sort of thing. I spent weeks getting three monitors to work so I know how VERY frustring it is. It was a few years ago when mandrake was popular. I found of all the distros it came the closest to setting this up... though it needed tweakingPerhaps you have already done this but i found that the monitors had to be configured to generic types not plug'n'play in the config file (in the monitor section) . The graphics cards should be ok. Also be careful about what else you have setup. for example I'm told xrandr and the Nvidia twinview are incompatible and do not work together. Also just make sure that if xinerama is enabled that it doesn't conflict with twin viewHTH RegardsPhill O'Flynn - Original Message -Subject: Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...From:Terry Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date:Fri, May 5, 2006 4:51 amTo: SLUG email list slug@slug.org.auMichael Fox wrote: Umm I am fully aware of that, but twinview has something called meta modes.. basically you tell it what res the 2nd screen is at, thus 800x600 or 640x480. Which my TV can do.Michael,If it's any consolation you're not alone in experiencing difficulty withthis. I've been mucking around with exactly this sort of problem tryingto do an external LCD monitor from two different types of laptops withtwo different chipsets .. one nVidia and one ATI Radeon .. with similarsorts of results. Very frustrating.Still, I've seen enough reports of success to believe it can be made towork, so I'm battling on. If I find out anything helpful I'll let you know.regardsTerry-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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Re: [SLUG] headphone buzz
On 05/05/06, *Hal Ashburner* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got persistent buzzing in my headphones, using the headphone jack on the front of the machine. lspci tells me my soundcard (in some recent generic dell box) is the following: :00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) I'm using a fairly default debian sid installation. Any hints as to how to start fixing this? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html David Mason wrote: If you only have the buzz when using the front plug, it's most likely just because of interference on the connection between the front panel and the soundcard. Another thing you might find is that if you are only using the front panel with your headphones and only using the back plug for your speakers, that he noise is always audible, but just more noticeable through the headphones. Otherwise, I've heard that the intel8x0 sound module always causes this kind of noise in the background (it did for my onboard nForce2 audio). Unfortunately the only solution I came up with was to stick in an old SB Live! card, and use that instead. The only hint I could really offer is to try to keep the wire from the soundcard to the front panel away from anything that could cause this noise. Thanks Dave, Ken, Simon Alan, Headphones are ok, they work well in all other devices. it seems the snd-intel8x0 drive is the problem. Solutions seem to be, get another soundcard or learn to hack sound card drivers. Thanks again, Hal -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...
Hi Michael, I've got a working but clumsy system. Googling was frustrating for me too - eg is there actually a straightforward VESA reference out there for standard VESA modes?? Below are the monitor/device/screen sections from xorg.conf on my Sony Vaio with an nVidia GeForce Go 6200. It's been configured as a clone for our Sony 40 Bravia, which is *supposed* to take 1280x768 on the analog input, according to the doco. The X config below is working well enough at the moment to run MythTV (esp after some aspect tweaking within Myth), so I've scaled back my search for a more elegant solution. Working: If the external VGA cable is connected as X comes up, both screens work happily at 1024x768. With some wide-screen and aspect fiddling, you can somewhat fake a better result. If the external VGA cable isn't working, the laptop monitor comes up as its native 1280x800. If I'm in one mode and need to switch to the other, I restart gdm. Not Working: Different modes in the metamodes lines - ideally I wanted 1280x800, 1280x768, but I can't get 1280x800, 1024x768 working either, even with pointed DFP and CRT tags. Resolutions above 1024x768 for the LCD TV screen Love to hear how you go. cheers, Mary. Section Monitor Identifier Generic Monitor HorizSync 28.0 - 64.0 VertRefresh 60.0 ModeLine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 83.9 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841 Option DPMS EndSection Section Device Identifier NVIDIA Corporation NV40M? [GeForce Go 6200] Driver nvidia EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device NVIDIA Corporation NV40M? [GeForce Go 6200] MonitorGeneric Monitor DefaultDepth24 Option TwinView True Option SecondMonitorHorizSync 28.0 - 64.0 Option SecondMonitorVertRefresh 60.0 Option TwinViewOrientation Clone Option UseEdidFreqs True Option MetaModes 1024x768, 1024x768 # Option ConnectedMonitor DFP,DFP SubSection Display Depth 1 Modes 1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 4 Modes 1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 15 Modes 1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1280x800 EndSubSection EndSection -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [Fwd: Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...]
Hi again, Re nVidia's Twinview vs Xinerama - it's my understanding that they attempt to implement the same functionality, and shouldn't be used together. My decision-making was based on the simplistic statement that Twinview is nVidia specific and possibly faster, whereas Xinerama does cooler things but might be somewhat slower. If this is true, for basic cloning with an nVidia card, Twinview is the better way to go. Anyone else have this idea? FYI, though you might have seen this forum already: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14 cheers, Mary Cudmore. Phill O'Flynn wrote: Michael I have done a fair bit of mucking around with this sort of thing. I spent weeks getting three monitors to work so I know how VERY frustring it is. It was a few years ago when mandrake was popular. I found of all the distros it came the closest to setting this up... though it needed tweaking Perhaps you have already done this but i found that the monitors had to be configured to generic types not plug'n'play in the config file (in the monitor section) . The graphics cards should be ok. Also be careful about what else you have setup. for example I'm told xrandr and the Nvidia twinview are incompatible and do not work together. Also just make sure that if xinerama is enabled that it doesn't conflict with twin view HTH Regards Phill O'Flynn - Original Message - Subject: Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows... From: Terry Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, May 5, 2006 4:51 am To: SLUG email list slug@slug.org.au Michael Fox wrote: Umm I am fully aware of that, but twinview has something called meta modes.. basically you tell it what res the 2nd screen is at, thus 800x600 or 640x480. Which my TV can do. Michael, If it's any consolation you're not alone in experiencing difficulty with this. I've been mucking around with exactly this sort of problem trying to do an external LCD monitor from two different types of laptops with two different chipsets .. one nVidia and one ATI Radeon .. with similar sorts of results. Very frustrating. Still, I've seen enough reports of success to believe it can be made to work, so I'm battling on. If I find out anything helpful I'll let you know. regards Terry -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...
On Friday 05 May 2006 01:36, Michael Fox wrote: snipped Anyone have a config example and something that works. Happy to post one of the many attempts I have made, but its driving me nuts. This is one thing that has me stumped. Heh, my cloned example from last month would look pretty nasty on some (most) lcd monitors. I'm currently working on a tv capture card and I'm using a different X setup now. It doesn't use the twinview feature at all, but runs them as two screens. See appendix P of the Nvidia readme. This way way you can drag and drop windows to the TV and full screening them works correctly. It also has the advantage that you can start programs directly on the tv from the console, eg: mplayer -display :0.1 somemovie.avi Another plus to using this two screen setup is that I now use it as my default server layout, as everything works find without the tv being on/connected and my monitor resolution is always what I want. Cheers, Malcolm V. -- All great discoveries are made by mistake. -- Young -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...
Thanks for the help, but no matter what I find and test it just dont work like it should and has those 2 same issues (either way). Think I will leave it for a few weeks. Thanks anyways -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...
On Friday 05 May 2006 02:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Umm I am fully aware of that, but twinview has something called meta modes.. basically you tell it what res the 2nd screen is at, thus 800x600 or 640x480. Which my TV can do. Michael, If it's any consolation you're not alone in experiencing difficulty with this. I've been mucking around with exactly this sort of problem trying to do an external LCD monitor from two different types of laptops with two different chipsets .. one nVidia and one ATI Radeon .. with similar sorts of results. Very frustrating. Still, I've seen enough reports of success to believe it can be made to work, so I'm battling on. If I find out anything helpful I'll let you know. My mate has done exactly that: 1280x1024 LCD and SVIDEO TV. I'll ask him and forward the answer. He's a GT6600. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] headphone buzz
On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 09:37 +1000, Hal Ashburner wrote: Headphones are ok, they work well in all other devices. it seems the snd-intel8x0 drive is the problem. Solutions seem to be, get another soundcard or learn to hack sound card drivers. I was using the same driver for my pc, (but it was a sis sound card)... sound was pretty bad quality I downloaded the oss sound modules from http://www.opensound.com/ I know its like stepping back from the great work by ALSA, but in some cases, it might be better, works better for me sound is noticeably different. Might be a good fix until the ALSA driver gets fixed up.. Its a free download for personal use... http://www.opensound.com/download.cgi snippet from site Open Sound System is now free for personal and non-commercial use and comes with a license key that will allow you to run OSS. The license key is valid for up to 6 months at a time after which you will need to download and install OSS again been using it for 5 months now... HTH -Erle -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [Fwd: Re: [SLUG] I so hate X windows...]
On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 11:32:38AM +1000, Mary Cudmore wrote: Re nVidia's Twinview vs Xinerama - it's my understanding that they attempt to implement the same functionality, and shouldn't be used together. My decision-making was based on the simplistic statement that Twinview is nVidia specific and possibly faster, whereas Xinerama does cooler things but might be somewhat slower. If this is true, for basic cloning with an nVidia card, Twinview is the better way to go. Anyone else have this idea? I tend to use Twinview for dual-monitors-on-a-card, partly because (at least at one point) it seemed to be handle monitors with different resolutions better. But FWIW, Twinview and Xinerama do seem to play fine together. One client has a couple of four-headed setups using 2 Nvidia cards doing twinview over 2 monitors, and then the two twinviews stitched together using xinerama. Getting it working was a bit of a dog, but it's rock solid once it's working. Cheers, Gavin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Mini machines for sale - Mini-ITX motherboard fan-less.
Hi guys, I have some mini computers for sale, they were supposed to be used in a project that ended up not happening and some of the machines haven't actually been used at all. However, they are not being sold as brand new machines. The case is very small and external power supply, the motherboard is a VIA EPIA M2 with a 633MHz fan-less CPU and 512Mb memory. It also features a CardBus Type I and Type II slot +1 CompactFlash Slot (non-bootable). Comes with a wireless 11b pcmcia (Prism2) card with external antenna. There is no hard disk and cdrom drive. The case can only accommodate one 2.5 hard disk and one slim CD drive. Everything is on-board and there is also one PCI slot but unfortunately the case is too small to fit a PCI card. Detailed specs of the motherboard can be found here [1]. Note that this may be a newer version and some minor things may not be exactly the same. More information about the case can be found here [2] the colours are different as well. The ones I have left are all silver. I have used these motherboards on Linux and FreeBSD for different purposes, I personally have never had any compatibility issues or had any hardware fault. These machines are ideal for embedded systems and/or hostile environments as the board is fan-less, low power consumption and low noise level. Also very useful for the ones who like having many computers at home for research and development of anything but just don't have enough space to fit many large computers. Price is $350 for each, doesn't include delivery and can also be picked from my place in Surry Hills - Sydney. Should you have any questions or be interested don't hesitate in contacting me. [1] http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/epia_m2/ [2] http://www.procase.nl/details.asp?ID=189 Regards, Vini -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] headphone buzz
Erle Pereira wrote: On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 09:37 +1000, Hal Ashburner wrote: Headphones are ok, they work well in all other devices. it seems the snd-intel8x0 drive is the problem. Solutions seem to be, get another soundcard or learn to hack sound card drivers. I was using the same driver for my pc, (but it was a sis sound card)... sound was pretty bad quality I downloaded the oss sound modules from http://www.opensound.com/ I know its like stepping back from the great work by ALSA, but in some cases, it might be better, works better for me sound is noticeably different. Might be a good fix until the ALSA driver gets fixed up.. Its a free download for personal use... http://www.opensound.com/download.cgi snippet from site Open Sound System is now free for personal and non-commercial use and comes with a license key that will allow you to run OSS. The license key is valid for up to 6 months at a time after which you will need to download and install OSS again been using it for 5 months now... Hi Earle, Thanks for the suggestion. If it was very important I'd try this. However I try to give vrms as little as possible to moan about :) regards, Hal -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Where's Sydney's Akihabara?
Hi All,just wondering where most SLUGers shop for PC parts etc. I miss my Akihabara ;-(. I ventured to a few of the small PC shops in Sydney CBD, but was bitterly, in a fun kinda way, disappointed(did I mention that I miss my Akihabara?-lol). Anyway, whilst I certainly don't expect to be pampered as much as I would at Aki, I do hope to get some sort of techincal relief with something more appealing than what I got yesterday. Hope to hear your thoughts on this. Cheers. Mark Sargent -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Where's Sydney's Akihabara?
On Fri May 05, 2006 at 14:22:21 +1000, Mark Sargent wrote: Hi All, just wondering where most SLUGers shop for PC parts etc. I miss my Akihabara ;-(. I ventured to a few of the small PC shops in Sydney CBD, but was bitterly, in a fun kinda way, disappointed(did I mention that I miss my Akihabara?-lol). Anyway, whilst I certainly don't expect to be pampered as much as I would at Aki, I do hope to get some sort of techincal relief with something more appealing than what I got yesterday. Hope to hear your thoughts on this. Cheers. Umm, whats an Akihabara? I usually buy parts from APUS http://www.apus.com.au/, which is purely based on a location thing. Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Where's Sydney's Akihabara?
On 5/5/06, Benno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Umm, whats an Akihabara?It is Electric City in Tokyo, nicknamed Aki for short. It is a geek's poaradise my friend. I usually buy parts from APUS http://www.apus.com.au/, which is purely based ona location thing.Thank you for that. Cheers.Mark Sargent -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Where's Sydney's Akihabara?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Sargent wrote: Hi All, just wondering where most SLUGers shop for PC parts etc. I miss my Akihabara ;-(. I ventured to a few of the small PC shops in Sydney CBD, but was bitterly, in a fun kinda way, disappointed(did I mention that I miss my Akihabara?-lol). Anyway, whilst I certainly don't expect to be pampered as much as I would at Aki, I do hope to get some sort of techincal relief with something more appealing than what I got yesterday. Hope to hear your thoughts on this. Cheers. The closest to Akihabara in Sydney would probably be Technocity in Chinatown next to the Capitol Theatre. But I doubt it'll really compare. Your other options could possibly be the North Rocks computer markets http://www.northrocks-computermarket.com.au or the travelling computer fairs: http://www.computermarkets.com.au/ - -- dave. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEWtVOhPPdWeHRgaoRAoXfAJ45efRdnXlG55Oc2xRIANOuEfpJ1QCbBaN8 7gSBlGArz0yFlM54iLBdtxM= =qM9I -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Where's Sydney's Akihabara?
Mark Sargent was once rumoured to have said: Hi All, just wondering where most SLUGers shop for PC parts etc. I miss my Akihabara ;-(. I ventured to a few of the small PC shops in Sydney CBD, but was bitterly, in a fun kinda way, disappointed(did I mention that I miss my Akihabara?-lol). Anyway, whilst I certainly don't expect to be pampered as much as I would at Aki, I do hope to get some sort of techincal relief with something more appealing than what I got yesterday. Hope to hear your thoughts on this. Cheers. There is no real equivilent to akiba in Sydney. Capital Square has a large concentration of PC shops which are good if you want a walk-in sale, but the best buys can be gotten either from umart (http://www.umart.net/), secretnet (http://www.secret.com.au/) or the Computer fairs which tend to travel around. C. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Where's Sydney's Akihabara?
On Fri 05 May, 2006 at 14:22:21 +1000, Mark Sargent wrote: Hi All, just wondering where most SLUGers shop for PC parts etc. I miss my Akihabara ;-(. I ventured to a few of the small PC shops in Sydney CBD, but was bitterly, in a fun kinda way, disappointed(did I mention that I miss my Akihabara?-lol). Anyway, whilst I certainly don't expect to be pampered as much as I would at Aki, I do hope to get some sort of techincal relief with something more appealing than what I got yesterday. Hope to hear your thoughts on this. Cheers. Mark Sargent If you are mainly looking for the best price on parts, then i find that MSY has often had the best price on numerous parts I have bought. See www.msy.com.au for pricelist. As mentioned by the others, Technocity above the capitol threatre is quite good for lots of computer stores in one place tho, but they all seem to be about the same price on alot of things. Other than that, for comparitive shopping, maybe check out www.staticice.com.au - an online comparison tool for computer parts/gadgets. - Scott -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Where's Sydney's Akihabara?
This one time, at band camp, Benno wrote: On Fri May 05, 2006 at 14:22:21 +1000, Mark Sargent wrote: Hi All, just wondering where most SLUGers shop for PC parts etc. I miss my Akihabara ;-(. I ventured to a few of the small PC shops in Sydney CBD, but was bitterly, in a fun kinda way, disappointed(did I mention that I miss my Akihabara?-lol). Anyway, whilst I certainly don't expect to be pampered as much as I would at Aki, I do hope to get some sort of techincal relief with something more appealing than what I got yesterday. Hope to hear your thoughts on this. Cheers. Umm, whats an Akihabara? Only the second greatest town in Tokyo for geeks. It's full of hardware, electronics, departments stores, manga fanboy stores. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
