Re: [mythtv-users] PCR-250 Sound Issues

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
After you mentioned the --device=/dev/video1, I remembered that I did do that cuz the output was crazy. So why would I need msp3400? I thought that was for a different card (not PVR-*50)? On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:12:50 -0700, Mr. Myth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am no expert here > > >rec

Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
am good at many things, self > fellatio is not one of them. > > If thats a dumb f**k - I gladly accept that title. > > :-) > > Geeze I love the internet !! > > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:52:25 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alright buddy.

Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
You just can't let it go can you asshole? GIVE UP. YOU LOSE. We proved you are an ignorant hypocritical fool. So are you gonna dance naked with Rush hoping that no one will watch? BTW, with an attitude like that, you won't keep them for long. Eitherway, you aren't the one keeping your busines

[mythtv-users] PCR-250 Sound Issues

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
I have a PVR-250 that I bought through Ebay and it is sitting in my backend box. FC3 installed using APT. Kernel = 2.6.10-1.760 I believe. The problem is, I notice poor sound quality when recording off of this card. It's not STATICY per se (well maybe), but it doesn't sound as loud/good as a re

Re: [mythtv-users] Editing .asoundrc for Xine 5.1 passthru with SB Live!

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
I assume you are trying to output via SPDIF. What do you get when you run aplay -l. That's a lowercase L. That will list out your devices on your sound card. In my asound.conf I have my digital out PCM as device 0,2. Here is my asound.conf: # Override the default output used by ALSA. # If you

Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
Well I know that attitude won't get you anywhere. How was he supposed to know you meant "LEGAL" issues? You NEVER specified that. Is he supposed to read your mind like the fools that work under you? The reason I call them fools is because only a FOOL would want to work with an egotistical perso

Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
My don't you use Xine instead of mplayer? It has support for DVD menus which is sweet. It also is a lot easier to configure for AC3 or any sort of audio out. I just tell it to use PassThrough for all my audio and it gets thrown out in AC3 for DVDs and PCM for everything else. Just make sure you

Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
720p will be more space. It is a progressive scan whereas the 1080i is an interlaced scan. Electronically, 1080i is equivalent to 540p. That should give you an idea. As far as how much space, I am not sure. I don't have a high def TV yet. On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:44:18 -0800, Big Wave Dave <[E

Re: [mythtv-users] Myth/spdif no audio, mplayer works fine

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
TED]> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:44:40 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found mine on ebay. > > hi Jim, > > i tried a quick search on ebay yesterday and didn't see anything. > what were you using as search criteria? maybe i was tryin

Re: [mythtv-users] Myth/spdif no audio, mplayer works fine

2005-03-30 Thread Jim Oltman
I found mine on ebay. On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:35:54 -0600, Andrew Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sorry to hijack this thread, but where would i look to get an SPDIF > connector for my motherboard? Chaintech, the manufacturer, doesn't > appear to carry a connector as an accessory anymore. my

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Overscanning Screen?

2005-03-29 Thread Jim Oltman
There is a section in Jarod's how to that explains how to eliminate this. I can't remember where it's at. On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:51:23 -0500, Jason M. Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm running a Fedora Core 3, ATrpms, Jarod-instructed MythTV setup (0.17), > and I'm having problems wit

Re: [mythtv-users] The nvidia-settings tool and Myth (keeping overscan right)

2005-03-29 Thread Jim Oltman
line? On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:17:11 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was kinda hoping not to have to do a modeline...it looks like that > might be the only way. > > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:56:13 -0500, Dewey Smolka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: [mythtv-users] When do we get this feature in Myth???

2005-03-29 Thread Jim Oltman
I love the quote from the Tivo spokesperson: "Our goal is in no way to interfere with the TiVo experience," TiVo spokesman David Shane said. Advertisement goes directly AGAINST the nature of TiVo. Anything to appease corporations. I dropped TiVo because of the monthly charges and the fact that

Re: [mythtv-users] Blue band right side of picture

2005-03-27 Thread Jim Oltman
Does anyone have any more comments on this? On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:59:49 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also am having this problem. After looking closely at my screen, I > have noticed some things: > > The blue "bands" are actually the backgr

[mythtv-users] SVid Out Problems(PowerStrip & xvidtune)

2005-03-27 Thread Jim Oltman
I have tried xvidtune, telling it to widen the screen and move it up. The numbers change, but the screen does nothing. I have also tried loading windows on a seperate hard drive and running powerstrip with no joy. I can change the numbers so far then boom, screen goes ape. But up to that point,

Re: [mythtv-users] Strange Menu Button Behavior in Myth

2005-03-24 Thread Jim Oltman
bunch of times, so I'm guessing > that you are building from source. What about QT, have you upgraded > that? Is that compiled from source or a binary? > > Sorry about just firing back questions, but that's all I have at the > moment as well! > > Ken. > > &g

[mythtv-users] Strange Menu Button Behavior in Myth

2005-03-24 Thread Jim Oltman
I have been having issues with the buttons in Myth. Buttons in the setup, buttons when I go to exit out are all acting strange. When I use the keyboard to scroll to the button I want, I hit either ENTER or the SPACE BAR and the app just sits there looking at me. The button actually depresses on

Re: [mythtv-users] Stable release branch starting post-0.18

2005-03-23 Thread Jim Oltman
Cheese and beer. Explosive. On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:35:35 -0600, Alex Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 09:18 am, Neil Bird wrote: > > Around about 23/03/05 09:32, Jarod Wilson typed ... > > > > > Hey folks, I've volunteered to be the sucker/punching bag to try to > > >

[mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-20 Thread Jim Oltman
Addr); } I am a little confused by the two memset(data,0,16) that is listed above. What could be the problem here? Thanks!! On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:23:59 +0100, Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 06:49:05PM -0600, Jim Oltman wrote: > > Axel, > >

[mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-18 Thread Jim Oltman
22:19 +0100, Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 09:31:06PM -0600, Jim Oltman wrote: > > lirc_dev: version magic '2.6.10-prep 686 REGPARM gcc-3.4' should be > > '2.6.10-1.770_FC3 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4' > > Look

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-16 Thread Jim Oltman
n > > > whcih (hopefully) has support for my new fancy > > > remote and IR receiver. > > > > > > By the way, have you noticed the range and > > > directionality on that > > > thing? From anywhere in the room, I can literally > > > point th

Re: [mythtv-users] record HDTV over Satellite is now possible?

2005-03-16 Thread Jim Oltman
Where is this written up at? On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:49:35 -0500, James Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Vincent K. Britton wrote: > > They are around $600 - $999. While that is expensive, its all relative > > when you consider that a DirecTV receiver with Tivo is $999. > > > > Vince

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-15 Thread Jim Oltman
abbing the spec file instead of the RPM file? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:12:27 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I re-ran this and instead of changing the MAX IRCTL devices, I left > them as is. This then ran fine. I am about to tr

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-15 Thread Jim Oltman
I re-ran this and instead of changing the MAX IRCTL devices, I left them as is. This then ran fine. I am about to try these modules to see if they work! On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:18:48 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, I meant the compile that I did following the ins

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-15 Thread Jim Oltman
BTW, I meant the compile that I did following the instructions located here: http://lircsetup.com/lirc/trouble/kernsource.php On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:13:29 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where does this deposit the new lirc_mceusb and lirc_dev modules? I > have on

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-15 Thread Jim Oltman
; In fact, I was getting about 4 of those messages per > second. If/when I get time I am planning to upgrade to > 2.6.11 to see if this fixes the issue. > > -joe > > --- Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After deleting the section in my rc.local about the

[mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-15 Thread Jim Oltman
current version with the MCE receiver fix (I hope). If not, then I get to format my frontendagain! Again, sorry for the mixup. Jim On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:00:09 +0100, Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 05:45:15PM -0600, Jim Oltman wrote: > > I just l

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
There is a lirc0.7.0_45.src RPM. Could I use the same command in your HOWTO that is used for the kernel source? rpm -i lirc-0.7.0-45.rhfc3.at.src.rpm ??? What do you think? Am I thinking correctly? On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:13:10 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
the same boat as you. Even > > > if there was a magical fix in CVS, I've never successfully compiled > > > anything in my life. I'm completely dependent upon apt-get and > > > ATRPMS. > > > > > > Please, please keep us posted if you come up w

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
pt-get and > > ATRPMS. > > > > Please, please keep us posted if you come up with anything. I'll > > start digging into this probably tomorrow, and maybe I'll have some > > luck... > > > > -darren > > > > > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:45:

Re: [mythtv-users] DirecTV w/out serial port

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
www.tivocommunity.com Look for Serial Adapter. I don't have the exact specs on me right now, sorry. This cable worked for my DTivo Series 1 box. It could work for you! On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:26:27 -0800, Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The port says "RF Remote" I have a HD Sat receiver from

Re: [mythtv-users] Blue band right side of picture

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
What is this blue band? Mine is on the left and top. It almost looks like the actual image is right several pixels and down a few. Is this an accurate assumption? Is there a way to move the image and not just eliminate the blue background? The reason I say this is because the blue band (left s

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
ou would want to load. In this case it would just be > lirc_mceusb, all the other modules required by lirc > should be loaded. > > --- Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since I used apt-get to install lirc and > > mythtv-suite, I take it that > &

Re: [mythtv-users] pchdtv3000 compile help

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
>From what I understand ( i don't have an HDTV, so I might not be the best to listen to!), you can use the firewire output from your set top box to record the HD coming over cable (no need to worry about QAM) and use your PCHDTV 3000 card for OTA HD. Keep in mind that many set top boxes have a fir

Re: [mythtv-users] looking for A7N8X-E sound advice

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
I bought the plug on ebay. Of course, I haven't used it yet. Here is my modprobe.conf for my A7N8X-E DLX. alias eth0 sk98lin alias eth1 forcedeth alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restor

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and MythTV recording quality sample

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
It really depends on your cable signal quality to begin with. My cable company really gives me crappy service in the lower channels (locals). When I get to the network stations, (TNT, TBS, Spike) it starts to look MUCH better. When I record M*A*S*H it looks fantastic. It's like the old saying,

Re: [mythtv-users] Shopping for an HDTV for Myth

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
How much did this system set you back, excluding the LED board. How did you get the IR sensor working off the motherboard? Do you have link for that? On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:21:40 -0500, David George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/14/2005 11:13 AM, Jim Oltman wrote: > > >

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
chmod 666 /dev/lirc0 /sbin/modprobe lirc_mceusb /usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0 --output=/dev/lircd Am I incorrect? Should I be doing something different? Thanks! On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:04:11 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I used apt-get to install lirc and m

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythvideo listing suddenly empty

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
How big does this DB-dump get? On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:17:29 -0800, Ian Forde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 07:25 +, David Morrison wrote: > > After spending ages carefully entering all the information about my > > videos into MythVideo, my videometadata table seems to hav

Re: [mythtv-users] The nvidia-settings tool and Myth (keeping overscan right)

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
t; 500 - > hsync -vsync > # 640x480, 60.0Hz; hfreq=31.47, vfreq=59.94 > #ModeLine "640x480" 25.17 640 648 744 784 480 482 484 > 509 - > hsync -vsync > EndSection > > [...] > > Section "Screen" > Identifier &q

Re: [mythtv-users] Shopping for an HDTV for Myth

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Oltman
How well does this frontend work for HD? It sounds like you are going to be selling these frontends. Do you have any writeups for setting up the software? Any special Myth "gotchas"? Jim On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:29:45 -0500, David George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/12/2005 10:34 PM, Ron J

Fwd: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Oltman
Since I used apt-get to install lirc and mythtv-suite, I take it that is would be EXTREMELY difficult for me to compile this new driver into lirc especially since I have never compiled anything in my entire life (except for those 2 semesters in college compiling C code that barely worked). As I un

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Oltman
setup in the correct lircrc files). When I run irrecord I am getting errors about lircd not being started. I am going to try commenting out the other section in rc.local pertaining to MCEUSB and see what happens. On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:57:27 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Oltman
, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-03-13 at 17:58 -0600, Jim Oltman wrote: > > What I meant in that statement is that I got it to recognize the > > receiver in the /var/log/messages but it is still not working. > > Yes, but *how* did you get "it

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Oltman
What I meant in that statement is that I got it to recognize the receiver in the /var/log/messages but it is still not working. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Oltman
-0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone tell me what this means in my /var/log/messages? > > Mar 13 17:03:08 mythfrontend lircd 0.7.0[4135]: accepted new client on > /dev/lircd > Mar 13 17:03:08 mythfrontend lircd 0.7.0[4135]: could not get file > informa

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Oltman
(): No such file or directory Mar 13 17:03:08 mythfrontend lircd 0.7.0[4135]: caught signal On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 15:37:28 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well it didn't work. When I do a cat /var/log/messages | grep usb I get this: > > Mar 13 15:21:18 mythfron

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Oltman
Well it didn't work. When I do a cat /var/log/messages | grep usb I get this: Mar 13 15:21:18 mythfrontend kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbfs Mar 13 15:21:18 mythfrontend kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hub Mar 13 15:21:21 mythfrontend kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hidde

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Oltman
So you didn't have to mess with any /dev/ttyUSB0 stuff? I am gonna cross my fingers and hope that this will work too. On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:00:42 -0800, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 13 March 2005 10:48, Jim Oltman wrote: > > Has anyone had any

[mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-13 Thread Jim Oltman
Has anyone had any luck getting this IR Receiver to work? I know that Jared has, but someone else has GOT to be using it too. On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:21:47 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My last post was about this very same thing, but I wasn't specific > enou

Re: [mythtv-users] Is mythTV ready for prime time?

2005-03-12 Thread Jim Oltman
I feel I have to respond to this. I had a DirecTivo. It was 100 times easier to setup than Myth ever was. That is not to say that Myth isn't 1000 times better than TiVo. Myth has so many more functions. I completely agree with Rob here. Tivo is cool...but it is like a gateway drug. It will d

Re: [mythtv-users] Shopping for an HDTV for Myth

2005-03-12 Thread Jim Oltman
AVS Forums would be your best bet. They can tell you EVERYTHING you EVER wanted to know about HDTVs and some things you wish that NO human being would know. On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:27:04 -0500, john roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've helped several of my friends build MythTV boxes and t

Re: [mythtv-users] Is mythTV ready for prime time?

2005-03-12 Thread Jim Oltman
I completely agree. MythTV is a fantastic app, but can be a pain in the rear to get up and working. I have to say that without Jared Wilson's guide (www.wilsonet.com), I would not be the happy MythTV user I am today. His site convinced me to start using Myth in the first place. I had never real

[mythtv-users] USB MCE IR Receiver

2005-03-12 Thread Jim Oltman
My last post was about this very same thing, but I wasn't specific enough and I caused a very nice person, Martin, to spend an aweful lot of time helping me out. Apologies again! Getting down to it. When I boot with the MCE USB receiver plugged in, cat /var/log/messages | grep usb gives me this

Re: [mythtv-users] dvd playback on pvr 350

2005-03-11 Thread Jim Oltman
Does XINE use a zoom command? On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:14:14 -0500, John Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick Ingersoll wrote: > > > I just got my box working using the pvr-350 for x and using the > > decoder for tv playback. I used jarod's guide for setting it up. > > What parameters do I need

Re: [mythtv-users] HELP about TV output

2005-03-11 Thread Jim Oltman
I have followed Jarod's guide as best i could. In his guide he says to setup the XORG.CONF file to have the monitor (TV in my case) use DPMS. Then use the xset command to turn off DPMS for your monitor. I was having the same issue, and I went into the XORG.CONF file and commented out (#) the lin

Re: [mythtv-users] nforce ultra TOSLINK issue

2005-03-10 Thread Jim Oltman
Is this a different hw setting than your coax digi out? My standard coax digi out hw addy is 0,2. On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:30:33 -0500, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, OT, but hoping someone knows. The TOSLINK on my EPox 9NDA3+ is > spotty - generally no light but sometimes if I wig

Re: [mythtv-users] USB IR Receiver

2005-03-09 Thread Jim Oltman
---Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Oltman > > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:28 AM > > To: Discussion about mythtv > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] USB IR Receiver > > > >

Re: [mythtv-users] USB IR Receiver

2005-03-09 Thread Jim Oltman
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Oltman > > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:20 AM > > To: Discussion about mythtv > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] USB IR Receiver > > > > These are the lines from Jarod's Guid

Re: [mythtv-users] USB IR Receiver

2005-03-09 Thread Jim Oltman
sources, either you need > patch or get latest CVS sources. I did not try CVS but I've read somewhere > that USB UIRT made to CVS, so it has to be supported. Check USB UIRT support > forums, LIRC mail list for more info. > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [mythtv-users] USB IR Receiver

2005-03-08 Thread Jim Oltman
But what are the lines that I will need in my modprobe.conf? This is what I have so far in it (from Jarod's guide) alias char-major-61 lirc_serial options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8 install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none ;\ /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_serial Instead

Re: [mythtv-users] The nvidia-settings tool and Myth (keeping overscan right)

2005-03-08 Thread Jim Oltman
For me, this isn't a solution. When I reboot my machine with a different OVERSCAN setting, it actually takes on the screen with the SHOW/HIDE DETAILS because that fills in the entire screen just like I want. When it goes into KDE, it doesn't keep that overscan. This is confusing to me because I

[mythtv-users] USB IR Receiver

2005-03-08 Thread Jim Oltman
Hello all. This is my first post to the list, so let's hope it goes well. I do want to say that I have used this list ever since I first thought about setting up a mythbox, and I must say, it has been REMARKABLY helpful. I wanted to thank you all. This is my setup. FC3 Kernel 2.6.10-770, lates