RE: software to get streaming
by Welty, Richard
Gilboa Davara responds to Gerhard Magnus:
>In most cases, codecs are software pieces that take a video/audio
>stream, and create the output audio/video out of it.
>In short, if you want to play a media player stream you need the
>appropriate software library to decompress it and turn it back into the
>original video/audio.
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 06:17 -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> A technical question: what are codecs?
Codec is short for Coder-Decoder. for a given media format, there
are often multiple encodings available, each requiring a different
codec.
it's one reason why video is such a pain in the neck.
richard
18 years, 6 months
RE: Windows install disc can't see my FC4 partitions
by Styma, Robert E (Robert)
> > >>
> > >> Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
> > >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
> > >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> > >>
> > >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > >> /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
> > >> /dev/hda2 14 3582 28667992+ 83 Linux
> > >> /dev/hda3 3583 3647 522112+ 82
> Linux swap /
> > >> Solaris
> > >> /dev/hda4 3648 4864 9775552+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > >>
If I was in your shoes at this point, I would use Partition Magic or
Partimage or some equivalent tool to delete the NTFS partition and
slide all the Linux partitions down. I would then recreate the NTFS
partition at the front (or maybe let the XP install do it) and
then install XP.
You would probably have to then boot from the rescue disk and
reinstall grub with grub-install to get a dual boot system.
Your mileage may vary.
Bob Styma
18 years, 6 months
FC4 kernels & Ingo Molnar's realtime-preemt patch?
by Patrick
Hi all,
Does anyone have any experience with applying Ingo Molnar's
realtime-preempt patch to recent FC4 kernels like 2.6.14-1.1633 in
Testing? I tried sticking patch-2.6.14-rt2 in the srpm's kernel-2.6.spec
as patch101 but that made patch810, patch812, patch1013, patch1083,
patch1500-1505 fail. So I commented them out. Then the build process
continued only to stop with make[1]: *** [nonint_oldconfig] Error 12
I really have no idea if this is possible at all or that I better should
use a plain vanilla kernel so any pointers appreciated.
The patch can be found at people.redhat.com/mingo/realtime-preempt/
Thanks and regards,
Patrick
18 years, 6 months
java in OO.o2
by G Rajesh
Hi,
I use fc4 and I recently upgraded my OO.o from 104 build (given with
CDs) to final release through Yum. Earlier I had installed jre (as a
tarball linked through alternatives command). 104 build has promptly
detected jre1.5 but this upgraded OO.o doesn't. I need OO.o base badly
to work. Can some one help me out?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Rajesh
18 years, 6 months
RPM and Add remove programs
by Guillermo Garron
Hi,
I have just installed FC4, and i invoque the automated upgrade software,
i upgraded the RPM software and now when i want to add more programs to
my linux from the original CDs it says it can't do it because it is
looking for the old version of rpm software.
Does any body had this issue before?
regards,
Guillermo.
18 years, 6 months
how to view an animated gif
by Claude Jones
I'm trying to open an animated gif - I can't seem to find a tool in the
graphics programs that will play the animation. Can someone point me to a
viewer that will play the animation?
--
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA
18 years, 6 months
ICH5 > 2.6.11 kernel panic
by tlc
P4P800-E Delux / 3.0E / 2GB ram / 80GB sata ( ICH5 )
FC3 upgraded to FC4
2.6.11.12 #5 SMP Thu Oct 20 17:18:06 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
SATA set to compatibility mode, secondary PATA + SATA.
SATA boot drive, CD/DVDRW on PATA ( secondary )
The 2.6.11 kernel works fine, it sees my sata drive as /dev/sda and my
cds as /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd
When I try to upgrade past 2.6.11, I get a kernel panic on boot.
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block(0,0)
I have not paid much attention to the problem ( lack of time ) but I
would like to get this resolved as hald and udev act funny under 2.6.11,
so I compile a 2.6.14 kernel and I get the same error.
I have also tried the default FC4 kernels and past 2.6.11 I get the same
problem, and I have it on more then one machine. I have it on base
installs after I do an upgrade.
So I am assuming a driver was changed, or split, or something ..
I can't paste the boot up log because it scrolls by too fast and the
file system does not mount so it can not save it any where.
I suspect it is not finding/using the sata drive and hence the error.
Anyone have any clues?
18 years, 6 months
Rsync througha proxy server
by Tony Molloy
Hi All,
I'm trying to get rsync to proxy through an apache httpd server to an
rsync server.
On the proxy, which has a direct connection to the internet, I've stopped
the firewall and unset HTTP_PROXY and RSYNC_PROXY. I've configured the
httpd to allow proxy requests as follows:
<IfModule mod_proxy.c>#
ProxyRequests On
<Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from .mydomain.ie
</Proxy>
#
# Enable/disable the handling of HTTP/1.1 "Via:" headers.
# ("Full" adds the server version; "Block" removes all outgoing Via:
headers)
# Set to one of: Off | On | Full | Block
#
ProxyVia On
AllowCONNECT 443 563 873
i've tested rsync going direct to the rsync server and it works.
On the client, which is on a private network, I've stopped the firewall
and I've set
RSYNC_PROXY=http://my-proxy-server.ie:80
HTTP_PROXY=http://my-proxy-server.ie:80
When I try to rsync to the external rsync server I get the following
error.
rsync: getaddrinfo: http //oldtraf: Servname not supported
for ai_socktype
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(94)
Any ideas what I'm missing
Tony
--
Tony Molloy.
Dept. of Comp. Sci.
University of Limerick
18 years, 6 months
server Crashing
by Gary Stainburn
Hi folks. I've got a new install FC4 box which keeps crashing. I've
replaced the memory because it looked like a mem fault, but it's still
happening, and has suddenly got worse. Looking in /var/log/messages
shows entries like below. I've done a yum update this morning but it
hasn't made any difference.
Anyone got any ideas what's wrong?:
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
dereference at virtual address 00000024
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: printing eip:
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: c012daf9
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: *pde = 00000000
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1]
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: Modules linked in:
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: CPU: 0
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c012daf9>] Not tainted
VLI
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.13-1.1532_FC4)
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: EIP is at do_exit+0x625/0x942
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: c16d4550 ecx:
df7e6c80 edx: 00000000
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: esi: df7ec6c0 edi: 00000000 ebp:
00000001 esp: c16e6f54
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
Oct 31 11:53:51 eddie kernel: Process udev (pid: 28, threadinfo=c16e6000
task=c16d4550)
Oct 31 11:53:52 eddie kernel: Stack: 0000038d 00000000 bfe98750 bfe986b4
00000003 c16e6000 c01b1e69 0000038d
Oct 31 11:53:52 eddie kernel: 0000ea00 ffffffea c1686500 0000ea00
c16e6000 c012df6d 00001000 00000000
Oct 31 11:53:52 eddie kernel: c16e6fbc c0414a2c 00000004 0000000e
0000000b 080d8078 ffffffea ffffffea
Oct 31 11:53:52 eddie kernel: Call Trace:
Oct 31 11:53:52 eddie kernel: [<c01b1e69>] sys_stat64+0x23/0x28
Oct 31 11:53:52 eddie kernel: [<c012df6d>] do_group_exit+0x12b/0x349
Oct 31 11:53:52 eddie kernel: [<c0104465>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Oct 31 11:53:52 eddie kernel: Code: 89 d8 e8 7c 74 10 00 85 ed 74 1a 8b
83 6c 04 00 00 8b b8 98 00 00 00 85 ff 74 0a b8 01 00 00 00 e8 6a ea 17
00 8b 43 04 8b 40 04 <8b> 40 24 85 c0 74 0b ff 88 00 01 00 00 83 38 02
74 6e 8b 83 80
Oct 31 11:53:52 eddie kernel: <1>Fixing recursive fault but reboot is
needed!
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Gary Stainburn
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18 years, 6 months
RE: Linux killer!
by Timothy A. Holmes
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of STYMA, ROBERT E
(ROBERT)
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 11:21 AM
To: 'Robin.Laing(a)drdc-rddc.gc.ca'; 'For users of Fedora Core releases'
Subject: RE: Linux killer!
>
> If they are not supposed to be watching the videos on the school
> computers, then block them at the firewall as our business
> does. When
> they cannot watch them on Windows it won't make any difference.
>
I think the point is that if Linux is to make a bigger dent in the
Windows desktop, more things have to "just work". In a similar
experiment
to the one which started this thread, I slowly converted a non-technical
family with three computers from windows to Linux and recorded the
issues which came up.
(http://www.swlink.net/~styma/LinuxForTheMasses.shtml)
The current distributions of Linux still need a technical person
to get things working. The technical person would still have no clue
as to how to get these things working. Many of them require a fair
amount of research on the web. I understand the reasons mp3's and
wmv's don't play right out of the box, but to get "Joe Sixpack" using
Linux requires an update process simple enough for "Joe Sixpack" to
use to get this functionality working.
If making Linux really simple is not working out, another model might
be to have pay subscriptions to remote maintenance services. The FC3
and FC4 boxes I maintain for my friends I can access remotely via
SSH and VNC. On a Windows box, if tech support cannot talk you through
the problem, the user ends up taking the box in and paying big bucks.
ssh, /etc/hosts.allow, and iptables could provide a very effective
support
mechanism. On my friends boxes, I am the only one with the root
password,
not that they would understand what root was anyway.
Just my 2 cents worth. My point is that Linux needs to be simple in
addition to being better.
Bob Styma
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[Timothy A. Holmes]
It goes again to the issue of what is the purpose of Linux -- if it is
to replace or at least provide significant competition to Windows, then
I agree, if it is to stay in its server / techie niche market, than it
has achieved that. The linux community as a whole (all distros) needs
to define its purpose and begin improvement based on that. A further
area of difficulty is the installers. RPMs work most of the time, as
does synaptic on Ubuntu, but once you get outside of that, forget it --
my experience with compiling from source is terrible at best (over 60
hours trying to get a satellite tracking program working on Fedora Core
3 (I finally gave up, reformatted the box, and installed windows -- the
equivalent windows program installed in 3 minutes (including download)
FOLKS THAT'S GOTTA CHANGE) if one thing will kill linux, it is the
whole installer issue -- we gotta fix that. Right now, there is no way
that I would consider taking our school to linux for front end
applications (stuffs not available for linux, and wine DOES NOT WORK
(that's a whole other story but the time total on that one was about 20
hours before I gave up)
It comes down to one very very simple thing -- STUFFS GOTTA JUST WORK --
if we want to have linux become mainstream in our society
Thanks for listening
TIM
Timothy A. Holmes
IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
Medina Christian Academy
A Higher Standard...
Jeremiah 33:3
Jeremiah 29:11
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18 years, 6 months
