Re: DVD problem
by Paulo Cavalcanti
> I've not come across this problem before. Most of my DVDs play correctly. Is
> this an additional drm layer or similar?
I do not know why you are having problems with xine.
But you have to fix libavcodec, which is part of ffmpeg.
ffmpeg contains all of the codecs: DivX3,4,5, xvid, aac, a52, etc...
In windows, it is known by ffdshow. It is the heart of mplayer.
ffmpeg can be downloaded from freshrpms (FC6):
http://zod.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=801
or, if you are not using FC6, then I suggest you to get ffmpeg from ATrpms:
http://atrpms.net/name/ffmpeg/
If you want just to play dvds, the best program is vlc, also available
in freshrpms.
It has a better control of dvd menus.
http://www.videolan.org/
/Paulo Roma.
17 years, 4 months
kpilot on FC6
by Frank Cox
I use my Palm Tungsten E to read books on. Therefore, I load it up with books
a couple of times a year and that's the only time I plug it into my computer.
I used kpilot to copy my books the last time I did this on Fedora Core 5, but
tonight when I try the same thing with Fedora Core 6 I get this:
00:57:09 Starting the KPilot daemon ...
00:57:09 Daemon status is `not running'
00:57:09 Pilot device /dev/ttyUSB0 does not exist. Probably it is a USB device
and will appear during a HotSync.
00:57:20 Next sync will copy Handheld data to PC. Please press the HotSync
button.
00:57:20 Next HotSync will be: Copy Handheld to PC. Please press the HotSync
button.
00:57:26 Device link ready.
That's it until I hit cancel on my Palm, when I get this:
00:58:49 Unable to read system information from Pilot
Here is the relevant /var/log/messages entries:
Dec 31 00:56:56 jeff kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter
now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Dec 31 00:56:56 jeff kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter
now disconnected from ttyUSB1
Dec 31 00:57:25 jeff kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd a
nd address 4
Dec 31 00:57:25 jeff kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Dec 31 00:57:25 jeff kernel: visor 1-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter
detected
Dec 31 00:57:25 jeff kernel: usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now a
ttached to ttyUSB0
Dec 31 00:57:25 jeff kernel: usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now a
ttached to ttyUSB1
Dec 31 00:58:49 jeff kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 4
Dec 31 00:58:49 jeff kernel: visor 1-2:1.0: device disconnected
--
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17 years, 4 months
Question about file system permissions
by Marcelo Magno T. Sales
Hi, all
Suppose that in a FC6 system there are two users, user01 and user02. Both are
members of the group users, which is their primary group. They're not members
of the group root. There is a directory named /test:
drwxrwx--- 2 root users 4096 Dez 26 12:42 test/
In this directory, there is a file named file.txt:
-rw-r----- 1 user01 root 90 Dez 26 12:43 file.txt
user02, as expected, is not able to read nor modify the contents of this file,
as he does not have read nor write permissions on it. However, he can delete
the file, because he has write permissions on /test, once he's member of the
group users.
However, if user02 opens file.txt in VIM, edit it and then save it with :w!,
the file is modified, saved, and its ownership is altered to user02:users.
How can this happen?? How can VIM alter the ownership and write to this file,
if user02 is not it's owner and have no permissions on it? user02 can't do
that using chown, chmod nor chgrp, but using VIM he can?!
Thanks,
Marcelo
17 years, 4 months
[SOT] Fast typing and threading...
by Ed Greshko
Apologies in advance for the "Sadly Off Topic" post. Knowing this you may
wish to stop here.
I just felt a need to remind some folks on a couple of points.
1. If one wishes to change the name of a topic it is not sufficient to
simply reply to a given topic and change the subject. The headers in the
reply to the original topic will remain intact and will not be broken into a
separate thread by some/most (I didn't take a survey) mail readers.
2. Keyboards did not always have a left and right Ctrl keys. Today, the
majority of laptop keyboards have only a left Ctrl key. Some have suggested
that using both Ctrl keys is the proper way to type and one could type
faster if they used them. I tried to point out that "I" can't type faster
if I considered using the right Ctrl key since it doesn't exist on all the
keyboards that I use and I would then have to think about what keyboard I
was using order to maximize my performance. I recognize my limitations in
that area. Ignoring the right Ctrl key is just easier.
Oh, and Happy New Year to everyone...I seem to be still celebrating.
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necessarily reflect the views of my employer, spouse, or cats. I am totally
responsible for the above contents attributed to me unless the message was
written under the influence of alcoholic beverages, excessive coffee use,
cold medications, in the middle of the night on the way to the toilet,
during a bad hair day, or a generally grumpy disposition.
17 years, 4 months
Re: donated computers lab setup
by Ric Moore
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 08:31 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
> >
> > Well here's one of huge magnitude that needs Linux users to reclaim
Open
> > Source ground that Windows and Mac users have grabbed a hold of.
> >
> > http://www.croquetcollaborative.org
> >
> > Yeah, I'm gonna pang on this one until we get some interest started.
>
> After reading the opening page, I still don't know what it is.
Check out "Second Life", the online community that builds and sells and
interacts in a 3D virtual environment. Croquet and Squeak (the child of
smalltalk) are the builders tools for creating virtual environments.
There is a free beta for the linux client at SecondLife. Free limited
access too. It's a mindblower.
> > People like Alan Kay are directing this project and if we snooze we
> > lose. The project is completely Open Source, but from the people I
am in
>
> I suppose this is intended to be a clumny both against the project
> and the man. I know nothing about Alan Kay, except that you think
> he is doing a good thing in a bad way.
No, I did not state that at all. I did state that the Windows community
has been supporting the project more than the Linux community has, so
they have more influence towards design and development. Alan Kay cannot
do everything himself, no more than Linus Torvald can. The community
that forms around the project will guide the development. I used to read
articles from him in the old Byte Magazines back in the latter 70's and
80's. Smalltalk was mostly his intellectual baby. He's even in the
Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay
I guess I should have written "People of the stature of Alan Kay", so as
to be perfectly clear, "and if we miss the opportunity to mingle with
him and his project we lose out." Better?
> [snip]
>
> > This is bigger than spreadsheets and databases ever thought of
being.
> > IMHO, it's the next Big Thing that can issue in the New Era. The
dnload
>
> Oh, no. Not another "New Era". I've got enough of them, already.
Progress happens and one can jump on board or watch it go by. ;)
> > I'd REALLY like to see the Fedora Foundation and RH take this one
under
> > their wing as Alan Kay is also part of the $100 one-laptop-per-child
> > project, as is RH and MIT. I'm using it for my OAR project to reduce
the
>
> Ah. This I'm familiar with.
>
> > recidivism rate among the 2.7 million incarcerated in the US. As
much as
>
> Poor victims of society, I suppose.
Yes, it's the victims of a society that does little to no real rehab
that become -created- when someone released reverts back to crime, by a
combination of making poor decisions combined with the need to survive
in a society not willing to give them a second chance. Then, the
innocent taxpaying bystanders (the primary victims) get hurt, while the
Offender is wasting his own life, hurting himself and costing society a
small fortune each X 2.7 million times. I'll call it what it is,
trafficking in human misery, as money is being made at both the
victim's, offender's and society's expense. You do the math. Then raise
hell with your representatives once you understand that this is not good
for anyone and costs millions if not billions a year.
Somewhere the cycle has to be broken. Please keep this in mind, no one
has been born pre-destined to hurt people and to go to prison. We arrive
in this world a blank slate, and yes, society and family does do the
writing to it. Just like loading an OS on a computer... that is what it
will run... nothing else, as in a state of inertia, unless acted upon by
an outside force.
So, the old programming has to be craftily unloaded with some care and a
new set of instructions loaded. It's simple. Just like a computer,
although you just can't strap a person down and force it ala "Clockwork
Orange". It has to be covert to the point that the individual will make
good decisions on their own, for their own enlightened self interests.
This ain't rocket science, by any stretch. It's merely a decision to do
or attempt -something- rather than nothing. "Poor Victims of society, I
suppose." Well, Hell yes, they are... and in this day and age there is
no reason for it to continue.
Come on down to Raleigh on the 30th of this month and I'll personally
introduce you to some of them. You'll see some things that will change
perceptions and I guarantee it's better than church! I work part
time for this non-profit and the people that show up are nothing short
of amazing. We have community leaders, politicians, activists, street
ministers, halfway houses, drug rehab folks, AA coordinators, the VA
looking for "lost" vets, people looking to reach out to hire Ex Cons,
families showing up looking to deal with their grief when a loved one is
locked up, DOC officials, we got 'em all. Each is about fixing that
which became broken... a human being.
I bet there isn't one person on this list that hasn't committed at least
one misdemeanor, a felony or committed some form of abuse and just
didn't get caught. Driving while a little too tipsy, smoking a "little"
weed, writing a hot check that will hopefully not arrive at the bank
until the paycheck clears. Fudging on taxes, kicking the family dog...
no, there are none not guilty, no not one.
Ever get REALLY angry in the presence of family? Did you love them
enough to study why?? Feelings lead to emotions which lead to thoughts
which lead to actions. If you felt sweating hands or butterflies stomach
and later acted out in Anger, a short study of what makes your hand
sweat and why will short out the process leading to the Anger Reaction.
I had to study that one myself... intensely. I would explode in Anger
and had to actually 'debug' my own programming. Like I said, it ain't
rocket science, it's merely acknowledging to myself that I could and did
explode and then doing something about it, which is the responsibility
part. So, I just kept on studying and it all fits together in a manner
that I feel could become a computer program that uses VR and streaming
audio/video.
Doing it within Linux is not an easy task. But, I believe it can be
done... while getting Linux into more dot-EDU or dot-GOV type of
environments. Which comes full circle to what this thread is about.
Like everyone on this list, I'm just another poor schmo looking to get a
handle on what can make this cheese ball called Earth into a better
place. I sure as hell can't do it by myself, I don't think anyone can.
Ric
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17 years, 4 months
Mimetype Problem with OpenOffice Document (odt) Files
by Patrick Steiner
hi,
since i have installed latest java sdk (sun java 6) i have mimetype
problems with odt (openoffice document) files.
i cant open it via double click in nautilus?
i always get the following error:
The filename "foo.odt" indicates that this file is of type "ODT
document". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type
"Java Archive". If you open this file, the file might present a security
risk to your system.
Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received
the file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file to the
correct extension for "Java Archive", then open the file normally.
Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific application
for the file.
any ideas how i can set this back without uninstalling the jdk?
regards,
patrick
17 years, 4 months
FC5 cdrom unhide
by NiceBloke
Hi,
How do I set my CDROM to unhide files - like I used to be able to in
the fstab file?
I'm guessing another file mounts the CD/DVD now - but what?
--
NiceBloke
"Linux - the last Critical Update you'll ever need."
17 years, 4 months
Can't boot after upgrade to FC6
by Steve Blackwell
The upgrade from FC5 to FC6 appeared to go OK at first and I was able
to log in and do a package update which had no problems. However after
I installed xen I can no longer boot; the system just reboots.
After some investigation I found that when I boot from the DVD in
rescue mode and run grub from the command line I get this:
# grub
grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
The file /boot/device.map contains:
(hd0) /dev/hdi
(hd1) /dev/sda
hd1 is my Windows disk.
Parted shows me this:
# parted /dev/hdi
Model WDC WD1600JB-00FUA0 (ide)
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3KB 107MB 107MB Primary ext3 boot
2 107MB 160GB 160GB Primary lvm
I noticed from reading the grub manual
(http:\\www.gnu.org\software\grub\manual.htm#Features) that it does
not list ext3 as one of the supported filesystem types.
Is this my problem or is the manual not up-to-date? If this is the
problem how do I change the boot partition from ext3 to ext2 and how
did my FC5 system boot?
The other thing that looks odd to me is that the partition table is
msdos. Is this correct?
Answers to these questions or any other suggestions will be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
17 years, 4 months
How to configure linux box as vlan based switch
by Manoj Kumar
Hello Everyone,
Wish you all a very happy new year.
I'am trying to test a VLAN based network. Hence, i wanted to know if it
possible to configure a Linux Machine with multiple NIC card (i.e., ports)
to be configured to behave as a switch. If it possible then how to do the
same any know resource where i coudl get some material on the same.
Secondly, if it possible to configure it as a switch then is it possible to
configure as VLAN based switch. And also know resources for the same.
Thank you,
regards,
manoj
17 years, 4 months
FC6 xen: CPU frequency scaling unsupported
by D. Hugh Redelmeier
I just installed FC6 x86_64 on my desktop. Previously it was running
FC5. The installation was not an update but /home is shared.
I now get the message "CPU frequency scaling unsupported" from the
Gnome CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor applet.
Google got me to
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-October/msg03005.html
but this turns out to be unrelated.
==> It appears that a xen kernel does not support frequency scaling.
Since I have a fat desktop machine, I chose all sorts of options when
I installed, including xen. So the kernel I had was kernel-xen for
x86_64. When I installed and booted the non-xen kernel for x86_64,
frequency scaling worked again.
Too bad googling did not help me. I'm posting this so that the next
person to experience this will know what is going on.
Any idea why the xen kernel cannot scale the frequency of the CPU?
This is obviously a waste of power.
17 years, 4 months
