August 2006 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Intel opensources graphics drivers
by Ian McDonald 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Good news for us Linux users: http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6103941.html?part=rss&tag=6103941&subj=news Hopefully AMD/ATI and nvidia follow suit but don't hold your breath. This and the fact that a whole lot of wireless drivers are going into the latest kernel drivers signal that things are getting better for Linux on the desktop - especially with great distributions such as Ubuntu also. -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand

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Interesting article on digital cameras native format and Linux
by Ian McDonald 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/01/209226 -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand

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SFD planning now on forums
by Craig Box 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Hi all, As not everyone who wants to help is on the committee, and not everyone who is on the mailing list is in a position to help, and we have new forums that we're trying to encourage people to use, I thought I'd put some more information about what needs to be done up on a forum. Please check out http://forums.wlug.org.nz/viewforum.php?f=11 - each task is in its own topic, so if you're interested or have an opinion, please feel free to post. I will keep updating the first message in each thread as appropriate, but the more conversation, help and support, the better! The success of the LUG hinges on the participation of members. This is an event where we have the opportunity to set out well defined goals and then measure our success. It also has the potential of bringing lots of new blood into the society. Please get behind it. Regards Craig

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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!! + wifi
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Thanks Ian Will try to follow that howto.. John.. > The bcm43xx consists of two parts - one is the in kernel > driver and the other is the binary firmware you extract > from an object file (usually a windows driver). > > dmesg will have the in-kernel driver giving messages even > if no binary firmware is there. > > I have put instructions on how to set it up at: > http://wlug.org.nz/BroadcomWirelessChipset > -- > Ian McDonald > Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 > Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com > WAND Network Research Group > Department of Computer Science > University of Waikato > New Zealand

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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!!
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Here we go this is strange but true, * Eats words and watches dvd's* I went down and ran "apt-get update then installed mplayer. Came home and tossed a dvd in the drive and "VIOLA" the thing started playing in totem as dvd root. So, is there a lib type file in mplayer that totem needs? Bottom line is if the dvd drawer is closed with a disc in, it begins the autoplay in totem-xine. Resolved but I am unsure of how. Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > mplayer is one of the few that I have not tried, I will > > go to a network and download it but I am not confident > > about it working. > > John > > > I'm fairly sure we did try that already.. same problem. >

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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!!
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

----- Original Message Follows ----- > Have you tried mplayer? It's worth a shot. mplayer is one of the few that I have not tried, I will go to a network and download it but I am not confident about it working. John

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cdrw udf writing
by stephen pearce 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi Has anyone experience with this .. I have yet to find a clear explanation on how to mount, format and write using packet writing for cdrw ... I'm using fedora core 5 .. the cdrwtools and udftools packages don't seem to be part of the distro -- Stephen Pearce Critical Care Whangarei ph 021 390 997

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Alsa - The bane of my existence
by Chris Brock 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

Hi everyone. Hopefully someone can help. Installing knoppmyth, and having no end of trouble with the soundcard. Its an onboard VIA VT8235 chipset. On a PCChips M925 motherboard. Alsa auto confs the cards being an ens1731, which doesnt work. Altering the alsa-base file to set it to snd-via82xx with options up the wazoo. Everything seems to be set right Modprobing insmods correctly, and theres no errors, all dependensies load correctly. all procs are running. Try and run either aumix or alsamix and nothing works. Alsa-autoconifg wont detect a device as being there. /proc/asound contains a file called cards which says no soundcards, the only device that seems to detect is the timer. If you need anymore info let me know, im new to this linux thing.

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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!!
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

Thanks for the response Daniel, The output from: ls -la /dev/dvd is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2006-08-07 06:28 /dev/dvd -> hdc The output from: dmesg | grep -i dvd is: [17179574.336000] hdc: MATSHITAUJ-840D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.336000] hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kb Cache, UDMA(33) So is my machine "looking" in the wrong place or does -> hdc include drive hda?? John > > Can you please do the following and mail the results back > to the list? > > ls -la /dev/dvd > > dmesg | grep -i dvd > > > If you inspect the output from that second command, it > should (but may not) have a device name such as "hdd" or > "sdb" or simmilar. EG, mine looks like: > > dmesg | grep -i dvd > [17179573.948000] hdd: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108, ATAPI > CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.096000] hdd: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM > DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2000kB Cache, UDMA(66) > > > So my DVD drive is on hdd. If you have similar output and > can see which device ID it has been given, please do the > following as well. replace 'hdd' with the device name of > your dvd drive. > > ls -la /dev/hdd > > >>> Gui MSG Totem cannot playback maybe you do not have > the >>> required permissions. > >>> Gui MSG Totem cannot play maybe you need libdvdcss2 or > >>> download extra plugins > >>> > >>> Terminal part msg after doing "totem dvd://" : > >>> libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda4 for reading > >>> libdvdread: Device /dev/hda4 inaccessible, CSS > >>> authentication not available. > >>> libdvdread: Can't read name block Probably not a dvd > rom >>> device > >>> libdvdread: Unable to find map file > '/home/john/.dvdnav/ >>> map' >

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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!!
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

My problem still exists I Have spent quite a bit of time googling and reading forums and have come across a few examplse of the same problem. No real answers have emerged except to install libdvdcss2 and libreaddvd both of which I have done many times now. The device works and will read most media including mpegs but stalls on dvd for some reason. I wonder if there is a totem setting that I should have done or some simple script that I have failed to issue Any ideas would be most welcome. Regards John > I just ran totem --debug > > I am struggling with try to get dvd playback. > > Gui MSG Totem cannot playback maybe you do not have the > > required permissions. > > Gui MSG Totem cannot play maybe you need libdvdcss2 or > > download extra plugins > > > > Terminal part msg after doing "totem dvd://" : > > libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda4 for reading > > libdvdread: Device /dev/hda4 inaccessible, CSS > > authentication not available. > > libdvdread: Can't read name block Probably not a dvd rom > > device > > libdvdread: Unable to find map file '/home/john/.dvdnav/ > > map'

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