[EUG-LUG:1228] Re: X kills my modem.

2002-01-23 Thread Bob Miller
Larry Price wrote: > Any suggestions for diagnostics, files to look at, to confirm or deny the > IRQ hypothesis, or other possible causes, noteworthy places to look ... Check XF86Config. Does it think your modem is a mouse? (E.g., modem is ttyS1, XF86Config pointss /dev/mouse, /dev/mouse is a

[EUG-LUG:1227] Re: Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Sean Reifschneider
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 04:14:10PM -0800, Linux Rocks ! wrote: >setting up a personal radio station using your pc based jukebox, The signal >would be low enough not to disturb others, but hopefully enough signal to >reach all your output devices (stereos). I tried that at one point, using the J

[EUG-LUG:1226] Re: Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Sean Reifschneider
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 12:17:54PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: >Mr. O. sent me a link last night to the SliMP3, which might or might >not be part of the solution. Thanks, Mr. O. Synchronization of muliple players is indeed a problem, particularly if you want them to be well under a second apart...

[EUG-LUG:1225] Re: Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Bob Miller
I was thinking I would pave the lot and put the individual rooms on wheels so they could move around. I could optimize more than acoustics that way -- have the windows track the sun, add rooms when guests are here, and if we move, we won't have to pack. Linux Rocks ! wrote: > well.. if you thin

[EUG-LUG:1224] X kills my modem.

2002-01-23 Thread Larry Price
When I run startx with a ppp connection going that connection is killed. starting a ppp session under X works about half the time. This is annoying to me to say the least, a bit of googling suggests that this can be caused by an IRQ conflict, but this appears not to be the case from what I can d

[EUG-LUG:1223] Re: Call to Action: Microsoft Proposed Settlement

2002-01-23 Thread Linux Rocks !
I just went to this site today, it turns out to be the same as the one I posted, so... either will do, both would be waste. I can forward copies to noland or whatever... Noland Has offered to donate money to EFN based on responses, so... If he gets a bunch from us, that may impact donations mad

[EUG-LUG:1222] Re: Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Linux Rocks !
well.. if you think that is practicle, how about you design/develop the Lego house (a house made of modular peices, like legos), manufacture all the parts, then build your house, test the sound, then unbuild, and rebuild it, test, rinse, lather, replete... Hopefully the ideal house would fall w

[EUG-LUG:1221] Re: Fwd: Your assistance, please

2002-01-23 Thread Mr O
I did my part. This guy actually stopped by ComputerBase first and I pointed him to EFN, Euglug, and UofO to try and get some letters written. On Wednesday 23 January 2002 10:27 am, you wrote: > So... I posted this a couple days ago, but havnt heard anything from the > list about it? this guy ha

[EUG-LUG:1220] Re: Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Bob Miller
Ralph Zeller wrote: > You need to build your game room farther from your office. Try it at > about 800 feet. If that doesn't work, try building it 900 feet away > or so. By altering the environment around the acoustic characteristics > of your current hardware and icecast's buffer settings, y

[EUG-LUG:1219] Re: USB keyboards

2002-01-23 Thread Christopher Allen
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, justin bengtson wrote: > i would have to ask what the point would be, aside from changing > standards. 1. Some wearable computers don't have PS/2 ports. 2. Some folks would like to use more than one keyboard at once (two Twiddlers -- one on each hand -- for example). -Chris

[EUG-LUG:1218] Re: USB keyboards

2002-01-23 Thread Christopher Allen
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Mr O wrote: > Anybody have experience with them? My Twiddler2's work fine plugged into my USB adapter. > Where to get one and/or who uses them with what opinions. Handykey.com will start selling a version of their Twiddler2 with built-in USB in a couple of weeks. You can use

[EUG-LUG:1217] Re: Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Linux Rocks !
Have you considered using one computer to play (not broadcast via network) to wireless speakers? There may be a way to use one computer to broadcast the output from the sound card via wireless xmission (radio) to a reciever connected to various stereo units in your home/office. You would basicl

[EUG-LUG:1216] Re: Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Ralph Zeller
You need to build your game room farther from your office. Try it at about 800 feet. If that doesn't work, try building it 900 feet away or so. By altering the environment around the acoustic characteristics of your current hardware and icecast's buffer settings, you should be able to adjust t

[EUG-LUG:1215] Re: Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 12:42:28PM -0800, Kahli R. Burke wrote: > >Of course, the easier solution is to wire up some speakers in your > office and call it a day :). This is what I did once. I wrote some perl scripts to insert the MP3 info into a mysql database, then wrote some php and perl

[EUG-LUG:1214] Re: Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Kahli R. Burke
Bob Miller wrote: >As most of you are aware (and are really tired of hearing about), I'm >building this mp3 jukebox. Currently, it's running on a server and >streaming out over Icecast to the PC on my desk. That works, mostly, >but the ultimate goal is to be able to feed the same audio stream i

[EUG-LUG:1213] Jukebox woes

2002-01-23 Thread Bob Miller
As most of you are aware (and are really tired of hearing about), I'm building this mp3 jukebox. Currently, it's running on a server and streaming out over Icecast to the PC on my desk. That works, mostly, but the ultimate goal is to be able to feed the same audio stream into two stereos: the li

[EUG-LUG:1212] Re: Folding@home woes

2002-01-23 Thread Bob Miller
Kahli R. Burke wrote: > Speak of the devil, I'm getting the same error messages right now. I > think they are experiencing some "technical difficulties". Oops, me too on two CPUs. -- Bob Miller K kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com

[EUG-LUG:1211] Re: Folding@home woes

2002-01-23 Thread Bob Miller
Ben Barrett wrote: > Bob Crandell wrote: > > >Gasp. Gasp. I can't breathe. Gasp. Gasp. > > > It seems my shoelaces are tangled, please help > % ./LinFAHR9.exe Try strace. Maybe it'll give you a clue as to the problem. It's nonobvious from here. -- Bob Miller

[EUG-LUG:1210] Re: Folding@home woes

2002-01-23 Thread Larry Price
or maybe they're done...folding folded. BTW, did they ever get around to releasing their client in source form? http://www.efn.org/~laprice( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems (

[EUG-LUG:1209] Re: Folding@home woes

2002-01-23 Thread Kahli R. Burke
Kahli R. Burke wrote: > Ben Barrett wrote: > >> >> - Error: Getwork failed -1, and no other work to do >> Sleeping for about 5 minutes then retrying >> >> and then it keeps failing like this so far, I cannot get a WU )-; >> does it take many many tries? >> >> > Ben, > >I've seen this

[EUG-LUG:1208] Re: Folding@home woes

2002-01-23 Thread Kahli R. Burke
Ben Barrett wrote: > > - Error: Getwork failed -1, and no other work to do > Sleeping for about 5 minutes then retrying > > and then it keeps failing like this so far, I cannot get a WU )-; > does it take many many tries? > > Ben, I've seen this before and haven't been able to pin i