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Graphics SiS
by Ron Dean 26 May '06

26 May '06

http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml I found this site that may help but I still haven't got 3D

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Re: [wlug] Graphics
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 26 May '06

26 May '06

This is the output from my lspci also. I too am keen to see a resolve for this. Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > This is the output lspci 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible > controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741 > /760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Graphics
by Ron Dean 25 May '06

25 May '06

This is the output lspci 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741 /760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter

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Making 3D drivers work
by Ron Dean 25 May '06

25 May '06

On the cd that came with my motherboard with on board graphics is a linux driver sisdrv_430_20040604.o which I have no idea how to install the mother board is an A7S8X-MX . It already works with 2D graphics . I am running Ubuntu 6.06 LTS - the Dapper Drake

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A bash question
by Leslie Katz 25 May '06

25 May '06

Hi again Aristotle. All is, I believe, now resolved. Your latest script didn't work as you'd intended. Each time xmms finished its chore, it sat there without closing. As there were two wma test files to be converted, that meant that xmms had to be closed twice manually before the script finished. (When, however, the script was helped in that way, it ultimately produced two perfect mp3 test files.) I don't know that I'm expressing this properly, but what I had found by trial and error with my script was that the "xmmsctrl quit" command didn't seem to do anything unless there'd been an antecedent "xmmsctrl launch" command; it wasn't enough merely to have earlier started xmms by typing its own name, followed by a reference to a file to be played. When I added to your latest script, immediately before the line "xmms "$src"", the line "xmmsctrl launch", then the script ran from beginning to end without interruption, with xmms opening and closing at the appropriate points. At the same time, by running and rerunning the script and checking the results, I found that the script didn't do its job properly if, when it ran, there was already in the .xmms directory a file called xmms.m3u, which, as I understand it, is a playlist file. I therefore added to the line "xmmsctrl launch" the word "clear" and that put an end to that problem, although if with any potential adverse consequences, I'm not now aware. You asked me whether I had MPlayer. The answer's no. I'm doing all this on an ancient laptop running DSL. I tried to get MPlayer to run on it, but it wouldn't for some reason I can't now remember. In any event, even if it would, it'd be very cramped, given the ancient laptop's specifications. You also raised the issue of changing the script so that it would convert other audio file formats as well. I believe I understand how that could be done, but the circumstances in which I'm struggling with all this are peculiar. I gave the laptop to the son of friends and he's the one who asks me for things he wants to be able to do. I then try to work out (or, to be more accurate, try to get others to work out!) how to do them. The only kind of file he says he wants to convert to mp3 is wma, so, at least for now, the script can be used as it is. My warmest thanks for all the help you've given me with this. Best wishes, Leslie

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slmodem problem
by Xiao Wong 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi I'm currently having a problem with connecting to my ISP. I'm not sure if it's a setup problem or a protocal problem--I thought I had set up my modem and driver, but when it connects from the terminal (just after it's sending my password), this type of message comes up: --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best. --> Starting pppd at Mon May 15 18:19:03 2006 --> pid of pppd: 4635 --> Using interface ppp0 --> Disconnecting at Mon May 15 18:19:34 2006 --> The PPP daemon has died: PPP negotiation failed (exit code = 10) --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail. --> I guess that's it for now, exiting --> The PPP daemon has died. (exit code = 10) Any help for this new Linux user would be appreciated, Xiao _________________________________________________________________ Need a new job? Check out XtraMSN Careers http://xtramsn.co.nz/careers

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A bash question
by Leslie Katz 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi Aristotle. It was very generous of you to take so much time over "my" script, which, as I mentioned earlier, was almost entirely a mere cobbling together by me of bits and pieces which I'd taken from others. Given that you'd created an alternative script, I took the liberty of trying it out. Having saved it and made it executable by all, I then tried to run it in a terminal window. The directory in which I was when I did so contained two .wma files, Beethoven1.wma, which was a re-named file I'd copied over from my Windows computer, and Beethoven2.wma, which was just a copy of Beethoven1.wma, created so that I could test what happened when I tried to convert multiple files from wma to mp3. This is what happened. I got the following output: "Beethoven1.wma => Beethoven1.wma.wav Could not find "Beethoven1.wma.wav". Beethoven2.wma => Beethoven2.wma.wav" and then the graphical representation of the xmms player appeared on the screen, without any activity being apparent. After some time when nothing had happened, I tried to close that representation, but its close box wouldn't respond. I then closed the terminal window, upon which the xmms window closed too. I then opened xmms and checked the output plugin situation. I found that the output plugin was Disk Writer, which I'd expected, since the script hadn't had the chance to restore the OSS plugin. If what I've reported above suggests to you some tiny glitch in your script and you don't feel that you've spent too much time on it already, I'd be grateful to hear what amendment should be made to it. Best wishes, Leslie

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A bash question
by Leslie Katz 23 May '06

23 May '06

Thank you to all those who took the trouble to reply to my post. Further consideration convinced me that I needed an application additional to xmms to do what I ultimately wanted to do. (What I ultimately wanted to do was to be able to convert files in .wma format to .mp3 format.) That additional application was xmmsctrl and it worked to close xmms. The script I was working on is now in the following form and does do the necessary conversion: #### #!/bin/bash sed -i "s/libOSS.so/libdisk_writer.so/g" ~/.xmms/config for i in *.wma do filename=`basename "$i" .wma` echo "Converting $i to .wav" xmmsctrl launch xmms "$i" while `xmmsctrl playing`; do sleep 1 done xmmsctrl quit lame "${i/wma/wav}" "${i/wma/mp3}" && rm -f ${i/wma/wav} done sed -i "s/libdisk_writer.so/libOSS.so/g" ~/.xmms/config #### Everything of any worth in the script has been derived from others, but I'm sure that the way in which I've put those things together breaks most, if not all, the rules about correct script writing. At least the script works (for now!). Thanks again, Leslie

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Hello, and help needed
by Sidd 23 May '06

23 May '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, To introduce myself; I am new to this list and am just trying to get a handle on Linux. I have lived in Hamilton for 6 years, and currently live in Tamahere. I am an IT professional who has always worked with windows, so this is somewhat of a challenge, and I need to make fairly quick progress. Is there anyone here who would be willing to get together with me and give me a bit of a quick start. I have an old server I am trying to set up with Linux, but I am experiencing hardware issues that are beyond me. I would be willing to pay someone for his/her time if necessary. Cheers, Sidd. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GnuPG v1.4.0 iD8DBQFEcp/DvSQLmqPuBSMRAtV3AKDup8okTlaItxyzf0gOxZdZGSlLvACg+BaO ZLNCWj101NQCQmxHiolcD5Q= =Umbk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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A bash question
by Leslie Katz 22 May '06

22 May '06

I have an icon for xmms on my desktop. I click on the icon; xmms opens in its own little window. I open a terminal. I type in it kill -9 $(pidof xmms) and press Enter. The xmms window closes. I have a bash script. A line in it runs xmms, at which point xmms's little window opens and converts a .wma file to a .wav file. The next line in the script says kill -9 $(pidof xmms), but it doesn't work to close the xmms window. That window stays open until I click on the close box in the top right of the window. Why doesn't the kill command work in the second case when it works in the first?

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