Re: [PLUG] DebConf14 things

2014-06-11 Thread Carl Karsten
Hi group I am helping plan DebConf and have a few questions of some understanding locals: 1. What is the network (both wired and wifi) like at http://www.pdx.edu/conferences/smith-memorial-student-union (3rd floor) Imagine 300 attendees, 2 devices each. What sort of comments are we likely

Re: [PLUG] DebConf14 things

2014-06-11 Thread Carl Karsten
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 8:37 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:03:25 -0500 Carl Karsten c...@personnelware.com dijo: 1. What is the network (both wired and wifi) like at http://www.pdx.edu/conferences/smith-memorial-student-union (3rd floor

[PLUG] DebConf things

2014-06-11 Thread Carl Karsten
Hi group For those who might not already be aware, DebConf14, the annual Debian Developer Conference, will be held right here in Portland this year. I assume those of you that care have seen the announcement on the PLUG list, so I'll skip those details, below are some links just in case. I am

[PLUG] help video at Djangocon

2010-08-20 Thread Carl Karsten
Djagocon is September 7th–9th 2010 Portland, Oregon http://djangocon.us/schedule/ I could use 2 people to help record - likely you would just keep a camera pointed at the presenter. I'll cover parking and you can have lunch with the attendees, so it shouldn't cost you anything.

Re: [PLUG] video capture

2009-10-23 Thread Carl Karsten
video is pretty vague. web cam? ripping streaming video? ripping dvd, my guess is you want to look at dvgrab (command line) or kdenlive (gui editor that can capture) to record events I use http://dvswitch.alioth.debian.org/wiki/ On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:21 PM, glen e. p. ropella

Re: [PLUG] video capture

2009-10-23 Thread Carl Karsten
application? Thus spake Carl Karsten circa 09-10-23 11:43 AM: video is pretty vague. web cam? ripping streaming video?  ripping dvd, Ugh!  Sorry!  I mean capturing a region of the X screen over a time. I'm using xvidcap; but it's a bit difficult to get just right. I have head of that. never

Re: [PLUG] video capture

2009-10-23 Thread Carl Karsten
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:16 PM, glen e. p. ropella g...@tempusdictum.com wrote: Thus spake Carl Karsten circa 09-10-23 12:17 PM: ffmpeg -f x11grab -s 1024x768 -r 29 -i :0.0 -target ntsc-dv -y foo.dv That works VERY well!  Thanks.  Now I just need a way to (automatically) determine what

Re: [PLUG] Freedos and Linux tftp servers...

2009-10-17 Thread Carl Karsten
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Daniel Johnson tekno...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: I have a Linux based tftp server and I've been creating bootable freedos disk images.  Unfortunately, I'm limited to a 2.88 meg image.  

Re: [PLUG] Clinic Sunday?

2009-10-13 Thread Carl Karsten
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, wes wrote: Yes, the clinic is this Sunday, but FreeGeek's pipe isn't all that big. A typical home cable or DSL connection will bring the file to you in a few hours. Wget even supports resuming

[PLUG] install into live cd and dv/eth bridge

2009-10-12 Thread Carl Karsten
It is worth mentioning that you can apt-get install into the Ubuntu live CD, as in, boot cd, open term, apt-get install... right into ram, adds it to the system, just like running from a hard drive. boot, install openssh-server, ssh into the box. BTW, most amateur satellites have small

Re: [PLUG] Minitab and Linux...

2009-10-06 Thread Carl Karsten
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:21 PM, John Hauser jhau...@pobox.com wrote: Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:21:23 -0700 From: Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com Subject: [PLUG] Minitab and Linux... To: plug@lists.pdxlinux.org Has anyone successfully run Minitab on Linux without using vmware,

Re: [PLUG] Bringing up network on xubuntu

2009-09-29 Thread Carl Karsten
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:   The upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 on the laptop broke the networking capability. The laptop connects to the LAN via a wireless card and I cannot get it recognized and the network started.   In

Re: [PLUG] Bringing up network on xubuntu

2009-09-29 Thread Carl Karsten
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Carl Karsten wrote: What wifi card/chip set?  lspci should tell you.   lspci doesn't say, probably because the interface cannot be found. well, it doesn't say because it is not plugged

Re: [PLUG] CPU Usage

2009-09-03 Thread Carl Karsten
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Kriskr...@subtend.net wrote: John Jason Jordan wrote: I am wondering how Linux decides which CPU to use for which process. Not the exact how it does it, but more details. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=780551 Bouncing occurs mostly on

Re: [PLUG] CPU Usage

2009-09-03 Thread Carl Karsten
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM, John Jason Jordanjoh...@comcast.net wrote: Failed to Print Document: Too many failed attempts. I always wondered what was responsible for that. I was blaming the fact that I was using the usb hub built into my lcd - it seemed like power cycling my lcd fixed it.

Re: [PLUG] Linux distributions concern...

2009-09-02 Thread Carl Karsten
will be running for much longer and need to be extremely stable. When you run CentOS you should thinking about uptime. (I wonder what distro google uses... ) I brought a ubuntu system to a google office to offload a few gig of video files. I'll boot our gobuntu cd will be able to read your

Re: [PLUG] X is messed up

2009-08-28 Thread Carl Karsten
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:14 PM, John Jason Jordanjoh...@comcast.net wrote: Once the capslock light was flashing Kernel panic. unlikely that you will find anything in the logs because it requires a write to a log file buffer, then flush that buffer to disk. If you have a 2nd machine on your

Re: [PLUG] Internal serial cable IDC 10 to DB9?

2009-08-23 Thread Carl Karsten
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Denis Heidtmanndenis.heidtm...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody have suggestions for local stores that may have this for ASUS MB?  (Mail order shipping doubles the price.)  As best as I can determine there are two wiring arrangements: straight through and crossed.

Re: [PLUG] What smartphone platforms allow free software?

2009-08-19 Thread Carl Karsten
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Eric Houseeeho...@eehouse.org wrote: Does anybody know of a place to find out what smartphone OSes are potential open source software platforms?  Ideally there'd be some discussion of what's involved in installing software without the permission/involvement of

Re: [PLUG] Do it yourself solar...

2009-08-19 Thread Carl Karsten
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Cow_Power I have been pondering how to make battery packs for laptops. Something like: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=UPB50 Only I want to use AA, AAA or D cell batteries, and have a whoopty USB interface for both monitoring (super cool

Re: [PLUG] Determining BIOS Settings Without Rebooting

2009-08-12 Thread Carl Karsten
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Rich Shepardrshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: /proc/cupinfo flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm

[PLUG] meeting video

2009-08-11 Thread Carl Karsten
I am looking for someone around Keizer that has a laptop (most any speed) with firewire, that can help my cousin (lives in Keizer) record tonights Python meeting in Portland. (I am not looking for someone to turn their laptop over to a stranger - more of a team effort. she is a windows head, the