Re: MythTV + mysql problems

2007-01-30 Thread kenta
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Adam (gnhlug) wrote: I recently moved to a nvidia 5200 series card because of issues with my ati 9250. All I had to do was plugin the Svideo cable and on startup the machine booted and I could see it on the TV immediatenly (BIOS screen, etc). Can I ask which 5200 series car

Web Hosting

2007-01-30 Thread klussier
All, I am looking for a good web hosting solution. What I am looking for is just disk space for a corporate web site that allows our marketing people to remotely access the site and make changes on our own. Ideally, I just want the hosting company to provide me with an IP address that I can put

No FOSS drivers for Dell e521 / Nvidia MCP51 High Definition Audio

2007-01-30 Thread Michael ODonnell
Just a heads-up to anybody who might be tempted to buy (as I did) the heavily promoted Dell e521 for use as a Linux box: it turns out that the motherboard has a lot of Nvidia stuff on it, and we know how those people don't play nice w/FOSS. I knew in advance that it'd have the Nvidia graphics HW

Re: No FOSS drivers for Dell e521 / Nvidia MCP51 High Definition Audio

2007-01-30 Thread Thomas Charron
http://jrblevin.freeshell.org/weblog/linux/mcp51-alsa On 1/30/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just a heads-up to anybody who might be tempted to buy (as I did) the heavily promoted Dell e521 for use as a Linux box: it turns out that the motherboard has a lot of Nvidia stuff on

Re: No FOSS drivers for Dell e521 / Nvidia MCP51 High Definition Audio

2007-01-30 Thread Michael ODonnell
> http://jrblevin.freeshell.org/weblog/linux/mcp51-alsa Well, heck - all I found when I went searching was people like me griping about how there was no support (even from ALSA) so this is a pleasant surprise - thanks! I'll give that a whirl... ___

The Linux Foundation yummies

2007-01-30 Thread Thomas Charron
Ok, earlier I wasn't sure about the OSDL merger, but now it would seem to have bore a fruit which definatly deserves applause. http://www.kroah.com/log/2007/01/29/#free_drivers -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.or

Re: No FOSS drivers for Dell e521 / Nvidia MCP51 High Definition Audio

2007-01-30 Thread Thomas Charron
On 1/30/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://jrblevin.freeshell.org/weblog/linux/mcp51-alsa Well, heck - all I found when I went searching was people like me griping about how there was no support (even from ALSA) so this is a pleasant surprise - thanks! I'll give that a w

*NIX on Itanium

2007-01-30 Thread mike shlitz
Hi All, I recently acquired (gratis) a Compaq ProLiant DL 590/64 Quad Itanium (Merced) server. It has a (4) SCSI drive capacity (hot swap). 7U form factor. 1 GB RAM (64 GB capable). This will be used at home for my tinkering and enjoyment. I have (4) brand new Seagate SCSI drives I can use, (

Re: *NIX on Itanium

2007-01-30 Thread Marc Nozell
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 07:42:54AM -0800, mike shlitz wrote: > Best choice for *NIX OS for this machine? I have > CentOS running well on my old DEC Alpha. Ubuntu > running smoothly on some iMac's, I see FreeBSD has a > port for IA64, or maybe FC-6 (64bit)? The last time I > heard someone say "I

Re: No FOSS drivers for Dell e521 / Nvidia MCP51 High Definition Audio

2007-01-30 Thread Ben Scott
On 1/30/07, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I knew in advance that it'd have the Nvidia graphics HW but I wish I'd done my homework better because I might not have bought this unit if I'd realized how heavily Nvidia-centric it is: Other than the video, that's all core logic, which

Saving editable PDF forms?

2007-01-30 Thread Paul Lussier
Hi all, Is there a way using pdftk (or similar) to create/change PDF forms such that I can edit it, save it, then re-open it later with my previous edits still in place and then change them or add to them? xpdf seems to not allow the editing of PDF files, and acroread seems to automatically dete

Re: Saving editable PDF forms?

2007-01-30 Thread Ben Scott
On 1/30/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... acroread seems to automatically detect that such a file is a form and disables the save capability. FYI: Adobe considers the ability to "save" the contents of a form as something special, and expects you to purchase Adobe Acrobat Standard

Re: *NIX on Itanium

2007-01-30 Thread Shawn K. O'Shea
On 1/30/07, mike shlitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I recently acquired (gratis) a Compaq ProLiant DL 590/64 Quad Itanium (Merced) server. It has a (4) SCSI drive capacity (hot swap). 7U form factor. 1 GB RAM (64 GB capable). I'm jealous :) I'm a hardware whore and love messing ar

Re: Web Hosting

2007-01-30 Thread Dan Jenkins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a good web hosting solution. What I am looking for is just disk space for a corporate web site that allows our marketing people to remotely access the site and make changes on our own. Ideally, I just want the hosting company to provide me with an IP

Re: Saving editable PDF forms?

2007-01-30 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:31, Paul Lussier wrote: Is there a way using pdftk (or similar) to create/change PDF forms such that I can edit it, save it, then re-open it later with my previous edits still in place and then change them or add to them? There's a PDF sibling standard called FDF which c

Re: No FOSS drivers for Dell e521 / Nvidia MCP51 High Definition Audio

2007-01-30 Thread Michael ODonnell
> Also: Please forgive me, but I can't resist pointing out that you > bought a $450 computer and got exactly what you paid for. ;-) That's debatable, though it's true that I could have had a fine machine for the same (or marginally less) money if I'd purchased the components separately and asse

Re: The Linux Foundation yummies

2007-01-30 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jan 30, 2007, at 10:27, Thomas Charron wrote: Ok, earlier I wasn't sure about the OSDL merger, but now it would seem to have bore a fruit which definatly deserves applause. http://www.kroah.com/log/2007/01/29/#free_drivers Wow. Wow, wow, wow. I'm not so naive to expect we'll have all

Re: *NIX on Itanium

2007-01-30 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jan 30, 2007, at 10:42, mike shlitz wrote: I see FreeBSD has a port for IA64, or maybe FC-6 (64bit)? Neat toy. :) If you can get CentOS running on it, it's hard to go wrong there. The NetBSD freaks (I say that lovingly) make sure that every piece of hardware that can power up can get

Re: The Linux Foundation yummies

2007-01-30 Thread Thomas Charron
Not only that, but in a way, this is almost like 'Linux Certified', similar to windows hardware having the windows logo. I'd love to see them also add a program where kernel devs could evaluate a driver to make sure it works 'as it should'. Would go a long way to having an entity looking out

Re: Saving editable PDF forms?

2007-01-30 Thread Paul Lussier
"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > FYI: Adobe considers the ability to "save" the contents of a form as > something special, and expects you to purchase Adobe Acrobat Standard > or "better" to do so. You cannot save a form using Adobe Reader. I'm well aware of that, which is why I'm loo

Re: Request for a Good Intro to Linux / UNIX

2007-01-30 Thread Tech Writer
I've found the following two sites helpful for introductory information: http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/ http://www.linuxhotbox.com/adminguide/index.html > Also, I was briefly looking at this to satify my requirements: > > http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/ > > Andy > > On Mon, 2007

Re: Saving editable PDF forms?

2007-01-30 Thread Paul Lussier
Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:31, Paul Lussier wrote: > > There's a PDF sibling standard called FDF which contains data > elements for PDF forms. Yeah, pdftk alludes to this and I thought perhaps I could use it to "convert" the form. > You might see if you c

*NIX on Itanium

2007-01-30 Thread Ric Werme
mike shlitz wrote: > I recently acquired (gratis) a Compaq ProLiant DL > 590/64 Quad Itanium (Merced) server. Congratulations! Better you than me. :-) > Reviewing HP/Compaq's forums I don't see much mention > of the 590/64, which tells me it is either (A.) a > hefty paperweight, or (B.) pretty

local cost of internet transit?

2007-01-30 Thread Bill McGonigle
Hi, Folks, I'm trying to get a feel for what the average local cost of internet transit is like, for a local project (non-profit) I'm working on. If you'd like to help and pay for metered service, please reply here with what kind of costs you're seeing in terms of $/MB (or your p

Re: The Linux Foundation yummies

2007-01-30 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:40, Thomas Charron wrote: I'd love to see them also add a program where kernel devs could evaluate a driver to make sure it works 'as it should'. LTP: http://ltp.sourceforge.net/ may be what you're looking for. It's very much dependent on having the appropriate h

Re: The Linux Foundation yummies

2007-01-30 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 15:11 -0500, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:40, Thomas Charron wrote: > > > I'd love to see them also add a program where kernel devs could > > evaluate a > > driver to make sure it works 'as it should'. > > LTP: > >http://ltp.sourceforge.net/ > > ma

[OT] Jim Grey is missing

2007-01-30 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
For those of you who lived in the Nashua area, or who worked for Digital Equipment Corporation, this article about Jim Grey being missing will be distressing. Jim is a database expert and architect that worked on a variety of database projects for Digital. I am sure that all of us hope that he is

Where do you go for help and news?

2007-01-30 Thread Paul Lussier
As one who usally turns to google or this group when I need help (or, failing those two, the USENIX list), I find that I'm often behind what's going on in the Linux world at large (my subscription to Linux Journal has lapsed due to lack of time to read it). Being a sysadmin by day, with more than

Re: Where do you go for help and news?

2007-01-30 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jan 30, 2007, at 21:58, Paul Lussier wrote: I tend to know exactly what I need to learn and query or post with very a narrow focus which usually yields very good results. The trick here is you don't know what you don't know. I go to trade shows to learn about stuff I wasn't expecting. A