[SLUG] OLPC Friends - May Sydney Hackfest
*OLPC Friends - May Sydney Hackfest* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/SydneyUG After a great meeting last month, the 3rd Sydney hackfest for 2009 will be running at Macquarie University on Sunday 17th May. Moving forward from April's meeting, there are quiet a few things to be looking at this month including SoaS betahttp://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Getting_Involved/Testing(Sugar 0.84) testing, Smoke Testing http://wiki.laptop.org/go/1_Hour_Smoke_Test the latest Sugar and XO (802) builds, open discussions, and your own development, testing and experiments. There will be a supply of XO’s available for people who do not have their own. We welcome all new people to come and get hands on with the XO laptop and meet people in the OLPC Friends community. It's a great place to come and get answers to any problems with your XO laptop or questions you may have. Please RSVP your attendance to meaton...@gmail.com %20meaton...@gmail.comso we can have an idea of numbers. On a side note check out the latest FLOSS Weekly podcasthttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/twit.cachefly.net/FLOSS-066.mp3for a 60min interview with OLE Nepal's Bryan Berry about OLPC in Nepal. What: *OLPC Friends - Sydney Hackfest* When: Sunday 17th May, 2009 11pm - 4pm Where: Room 133/251 Building E6A Macquarie University (Campus Map - http://www.ofm.mq.edu.au/maps_campus.htm) RSVP: to Mitchell Seaton - meaton...@gmail.com %20meaton...@gmail.com Contact: m. 0404 131 939 Getting There: By car: M2 motorway, Lane Cove Rd, or Epping Rd By bus: bus 288, 290 or 292 from QVB (City) By train: from Epping or Chatswood on Epping-Chatswood rail link, Macquarie Uni station. Parking options: Macquarie University - N1, N3, X3 and W4 car parks http://www.ofm.mq.edu.au/parking_fees.htm (pt.1) Street Parking - 12hr zones on Talavera Rd Free parking on Waterloo Rd (off-campus cnr of Culloden Rd) Macquarie Centre - Free parking for 3hrs. -- 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] 64 bit flash
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 14:01 +1000, Heracles wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, Just found my own answer. I still had the old libswfdecmozilla plugin loaded so it was trying to display the flash. Removed the link and it now works EXCEPT for the sound. Heracles Heracles wrote: Has anyone had much luck with the 64 bit flash plugin. I can't seem to get it to work properly. All I get is a black screen. Make sure you are using the genuine alpha for Flash. There is a nswrapper thing that is really dodgy. This might help, have only scanned it but looks pretty good http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/adobe-flash-10-64-bit-use-the-alpha-version-instead/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] w3c-libwww rpm
hello Slug, I'm looking at trying to update my BIOS and the Intel update utility is telling me I need to ensure I first have the w3c-libwww package installed. I have scoured high low for this package in a repository, but seem unable to locate it and the only rpm's I can find all show a build date of sometime back in '04 or '05. This leads me to believe that what I'm looking for probably doesn't exist anymore or is already integrated into the base system. But I can't be sure. I read somewhere it's in rpmforge which I have enabled, but no joy. What can you tell me about this package please? -- Kind Regards Kyle -- 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] w3c-libwww rpm
2009/5/4 Kyle k...@attitia.com hello Slug, I'm looking at trying to update my BIOS and the Intel update utility is telling me I need to ensure I first have the w3c-libwww package installed. I have scoured high low for this package in a repository, but seem unable to locate it and the only rpm's I can find all show a build date of sometime back in '04 or '05. This leads me to believe that what I'm looking for probably doesn't exist anymore or is already integrated into the base system. But I can't be sure. I read somewhere it's in rpmforge which I have enabled, but no joy. What can you tell me about this package please? It looks like current debian/ubuntu package it. % aptitude search libwww p libwww0 - The W3C WWW library You're right. It seems the last work was in Dec-06. If the rpm is no joy, you could check it out of the CVS server and compile perhaps: http://www.w3.org/Library/cvs.html#Releases Although the ubuntu package is using 5.4.0 (~2003) and the latest is 5.4.1 (2006). Might be safer to go with 5.4.0. But I'm not an expert - just had a look at it. -- Daniel Bush http://blog.web17.com.au http://github.com/danielbush -- 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] 64 bit flash
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ken Foskey wrote: Snip... Make sure you are using the genuine alpha for Flash. There is a nswrapper thing that is really dodgy. This might help, have only scanned it but looks pretty good http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/adobe-flash-10-64-bit-use-the-alpha-version-instead/ Thanks Ken, I checked and I am using the official alpha plugin libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz to be exact. I can now get silent video perfectly, that is I get no sound. My sound card is a Creative Sound Blaster Live! and the onboard sound is turned off in the BIOS so all shpuld be fine. I have sound in all other applications and if I capture a flash file and play it back using Totem 2.22.1 I get sound. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJ/vRHybPcBAs9CE8RAvuWAKCAgVDpcMM1UrkL22w8D+vzIOfaogCdGoTR WjAy0YE93pReRg5DbQCcINo= =y77T -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] 64 bit flash
heracles == heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au writes: heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 heracles Ken Foskey wrote: Snip... heracles Thanks Ken, I checked and I am using the official alpha heracles plugin libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz to heracles be exact. I can now get silent video perfectly, that is I heracles get no sound. My sound card is a Creative Sound Blaster heracles Live! and the onboard sound is turned off in the BIOS so all heracles shpuld be fine. I have sound in all other applications and heracles if I capture a flash file and play it back using Totem heracles 2.22.1 I get sound. Last I remember, Mozilla+Flash tries to use the (obsolete) OSS framework instead of ALSA. I think there's a wrpper programme you can use to force use of ALSA, but its name currently escapes me. On a related topic, has anyone been able to get the GNU Flash replacement, gnash, working well? For me, it seems to leak memory, and use up lots of processor time without displaying things correctly --- same as the non-free flash player. Peter 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] Mythbuntu SD tuners connecting to digital set top box
On Tuesday 05 May 2009 07:34:12 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: Not having a digital set top box at the present, I'm wondering if anyone has any experience connecting one to a mythbuntu box with SD PCI tuners? I have a Mythubuntu 8.04 box with two PVR-150s and a telly cable splitter running aerial cables to each tuner: 1. Do I need to have a 'twin-tuner' set top box to simultaneously record two stations like I can now? Or 2. Do I merely plug the incoming aerial into the set top box then run a cable to my aerial splitter box? I'm guess in short I'm assuming that I only need to put the digital box in between my incoming aerial and my mythbox and nothing more needs to be done - or is it more complicated that this? Many thanks for any advice/cluesticks given. What are you trying to do? The STB's I've seen take an Antenna and give out Video. So far this has nothing to do with myth, so myth still needs it's two antenna feed and if you have a video-input on the PVR-150 the you can feed the STB box output to myth. There is a whole domain that I've not explored which is controlling the STB vi myth, and I cannot imagine that this is standard 'talk' so I guess this is hairy to setup. The end result is myth has 2+STBchannels to play with. Umm the whole scenario seems cumbersome to me, why get a STB if not to use on a TV? Beware of RF stuff. Every single split/join in the antenna cable introduces significant loss to the signal. 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] 64 bit flash
pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au writes: heracles == heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au writes: heracles Ken Foskey wrote: Snip... heracles Thanks Ken, I checked and I am using the official alpha heracles plugin libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz to heracles be exact. I can now get silent video perfectly, that is I heracles get no sound. My sound card is a Creative Sound Blaster heracles Live! and the onboard sound is turned off in the BIOS so all heracles shpuld be fine. I have sound in all other applications and heracles if I capture a flash file and play it back using Totem heracles 2.22.1 I get sound. Last I remember, Mozilla+Flash tries to use the (obsolete) OSS framework instead of ALSA. No longer, in Flash 10, which is nice. I think there's a wrpper programme you can use to force use of ALSA, but its name currently escapes me. Historically, libflashsupport, which the OP indicated he had an older version of installed that caused some of the problems with crashing. On a related topic, has anyone been able to get the GNU Flash replacement, gnash, working well? Well? No. For me, it seems to leak memory, and use up lots of processor time without displaying things correctly --- same as the non-free flash player. Just like my experience, only non-free Flash gets it right occasionally, at least. ;) More seriously, none of the free Flash replacements worked correctly outside of the Firefox environment when I last tested them, which was very disappointing. Regards, Daniel -- 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] 64 bit flash
Ken Foskey fos...@tpg.com.au writes: On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 14:01 +1000, Heracles wrote: Just found my own answer. I still had the old libswfdecmozilla plugin loaded so it was trying to display the flash. Removed the link and it now works EXCEPT for the sound. Heracles Heracles wrote: Has anyone had much luck with the 64 bit flash plugin. I can't seem to get it to work properly. All I get is a black screen. Make sure you are using the genuine alpha for Flash. There is a nswrapper thing that is really dodgy. I think you mean nspluginwrapper, which is a tool that runs Netscape compatible plugins in a separate process from the main Firefox process. The underlying model is sound[1], but since nspluginwrapper is not as well integrated into the browser — being separately developed — it has some minor rough edges. Generally speaking, keeping up to date with the latest release of nspluginwrapper if you are updating your plugins is a good plan. Regards, Daniel Footnotes: [1] Opera have used it for years, and it works extremely well. Flash crashing never peturbed the browser, which was good when it did that approximately every time it was used. -- 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] 64 bit flash
Quoting Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net: More seriously, none of the free Flash replacements worked correctly outside of the Firefox environment when I last tested them, which was very disappointing. Flash crashes in Firefox occasionally and gives up on some of my son's flash games which frustrates him however I always get good results from vlc playing flash. I use an extension to grab the media file then play it outside firefox. Ta Ken -- 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] 64 bit flash
fos...@tpg.com.au writes: Quoting Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net: More seriously, none of the free Flash replacements worked correctly outside of the Firefox environment when I last tested them, which was very disappointing. Flash crashes in Firefox occasionally and gives up on some of my son's flash games which frustrates him however I always get good results from vlc playing flash. I use an extension to grab the media file then play it outside firefox. Apropos my other comment, the latest releases of nspluginwrapper support native mode where they run a 32/32 or 64/64 plugin in their out of process model. You might find it worthwhile to try that and see if it insulates you from having the entire browser crash just because flash did. (Plus, the flashblock extension is your friend, so that you don't get a dozen competitive pages with flash at ones, but you probably already knew that. :) Regards, Daniel -- 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] 64 bit flash
On 05/05/2009, at 12:09 PM, Daniel Pittman wrote: (Plus, the flashblock extension is your friend, so that you don't get a dozen competitive pages with flash at ones, but you probably already knew that. :) I used to run a plugin which i think was called aniblock, which gave you options of not running animated gifs (or running once only), but you could right click the gif and run it if you wanted. Anyone know how to do this now? ATM I've turned animated gifs off via about:config but I've lost the option of right clicking running them. -- http://chesterton.id.au/blog/ http://barrang.com.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
