Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cell phone as modem

2007-12-03 Thread Gabriel Rossetti
Grant wrote: If both Sprint and Verizon offer it, there is probably a good chance that ATT and/or T-Mobile do too. Neither Sprint nor Verizon offer GSM, they use CDMA, thus you can't travel anywhere (that I know of) with those phones. If you are looking for a world phone, get a

Re: [gentoo-user] Vlc and no sound...

2007-12-03 Thread Danis Petkakis
i did that as i wrote in my previous reply...i don't know what might have be wrong...maybe it has to do something with ffmpeg?? any more ideas would be greatfully appreciated...thanks... On 03/12/2007, Andrey Falko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You compiled with the following USE variables by adding

Re: [gentoo-user] Orphan libraries in my system

2007-12-03 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Sunday 02 December 2007 10:24:50 Mick wrote: Should I remove the lot?  (gcc-3.3.4 was unmerged from my system years ago). Yes. -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cell phone as modem

2007-12-03 Thread Mick
On Monday 03 December 2007, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2007-12-03, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I do is use Verizon CDMA (far better coverage than any of the GSM networks) in the US and I have a GSM phone that I use internationally. You can get good used unlocked tri and quad-band

Re: [gentoo-user] Orphan libraries in my system

2007-12-03 Thread Mick
On Monday 03 December 2007, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: On Sunday 02 December 2007 10:24:50 Mick wrote: Should I remove the lot?  (gcc-3.3.4 was unmerged from my system years ago). Yes. Thanks. Just got rid of them. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cell phone as modem

2007-12-03 Thread Grant
In Europe GSM is synonymous with cell phone (as far as I know analogue cell phone networks are no longer available to retail customers). You can buy Pay-As-You-Go SIM cards for less than $20 dollars equivalent. If you want a new phone with that, you may have to pay a bit more, but not much.

[gentoo-user] Re: Cell phone as modem

2007-12-03 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-12-03, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got this from a page about bringing a cell phone to Costa Rica: If you bring it, remember that you will have to see if it is on the ICE list of approved phones, then you will need to pay someone to convert it, then you will have no warranty in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cell phone as modem

2007-12-03 Thread Grant
I got this from a page about bringing a cell phone to Costa Rica: If you bring it, remember that you will have to see if it is on the ICE list of approved phones, then you will need to pay someone to convert it, then you will have no warranty in either country. Why bother I guess

[gentoo-user] Re: Cell phone as modem

2007-12-03 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-12-03, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would you use to measure how much data you're downloading and uploading to/from the internet? I would type ifconfig: # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:64:D7:69 inet addr:10.1.1.19 Bcast:10.1.1.255

[gentoo-user] Video Overlay Software API

2007-12-03 Thread Jonathan R. Haws
All, This may not be the right place for this question, if so please direct me. I am looking for a software API that I can use to develop a UI that will display an analog video stream on the screen with overlaid controls (buttons, indicators, etc.). I have looked into a few options, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cell phone as modem

2007-12-03 Thread Mick
On Monday 03 December 2007, Grant wrote: I'm working on this. I'll have to set up a comparison between GSM phone rental and satellite system rental. Lots to consider with data, international voice calls, speed, convenience, and cost. I remember reading somewhere a comparison by a guy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cell phone as modem

2007-12-03 Thread Mick
On Monday 03 December 2007, Grant wrote: In Europe GSM is synonymous with cell phone (as far as I know analogue cell phone networks are no longer available to retail customers). You can buy Pay-As-You-Go SIM cards for less than $20 dollars equivalent. If you want a new phone with that,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cell phone as modem

2007-12-03 Thread Grant
I was looking for a relatively easy way to get online in most places around the world, but maybe GSM isn't it. I swore off WIFI hunting after visiting the Greek island of Corfu, and from jiwire.com it looks like there is still nothing there. Check this out though:

Re: [gentoo-user] radeonfb and fglrx don't mix - why?

2007-12-03 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Dienstag, 4. Dezember 2007, Andrey Vul wrote: I finally got X to work with fglrx and RTFMing said that radeonfb was crashing my X. My question is why did radeonfb mess up X and fglrx? If this is strictly kernel-related, I'll send this email to lkml. because two different drivers driving

[gentoo-user] radeonfb and fglrx don't mix - why?

2007-12-03 Thread Andrey Vul
I finally got X to work with fglrx and RTFMing said that radeonfb was crashing my X. My question is why did radeonfb mess up X and fglrx? If this is strictly kernel-related, I'll send this email to lkml. -- Andrey Vul int i;main(){for(;i[]i;++i){--i;}];read('-'-'-',i+++hell\ o,

Re: [gentoo-user] radeonfb and fglrx don't mix - why?

2007-12-03 Thread Mark Shields
On Dec 3, 2007 9:59 PM, Hemmann, Volker Armin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dienstag, 4. Dezember 2007, Andrey Vul wrote: I finally got X to work with fglrx and RTFMing said that radeonfb was crashing my X. My question is why did radeonfb mess up X and fglrx? If this is strictly