[GNHLUG] MerriLUG Nashua, Thur 18 January, Jarod Wilson Expounds MythTV

2007-01-17 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
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

Vonage vs. Verizon [was: Anyone had experience with Comcast SMC modem/router? ]

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Lussier
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

Re: TIP: yum hangs on futex()

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Lussier
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

CD/DVD writer woes

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Lussier
(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

Re: CD/DVD writer woes

2007-01-17 Thread Kevin D. Clark
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

Re: TIP: yum hangs on futex()

2007-01-17 Thread Bill McGonigle
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?

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Lussier
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

Re: TIP: yum hangs on futex()

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Lussier
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?

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon

2007-01-17 Thread Chip Marshall
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

Re: CD/DVD writer woes

2007-01-17 Thread Kevin D. Clark
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

Re: CD/DVD writer woes

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Lussier
[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:

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon

2007-01-17 Thread Travis Roy
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,

Re: TIP: yum hangs on futex()

2007-01-17 Thread Ben Scott
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

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon [was: Anyone had experience with Comcast SMC modem/router? ]

2007-01-17 Thread Ben Scott
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,

Re: CD/DVD writer woes

2007-01-17 Thread Ben Scott
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

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Lussier
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.

Re: CD/DVD writer woes

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Lussier
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

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon

2007-01-17 Thread Paul Lussier
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

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon [was: Anyone had experience with Comcast SMC modem/router? ]

2007-01-17 Thread Michael ODonnell
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