KCLUG March 2005

46 participants
122 discussions

Re: Linux radio question
by Leo Mauler 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

I've not found a "manage RealPlayer links" app or site, just using Bookmarks in Mozilla to keep track of them. Yes its kludgy and two applications, but it works reasonably well. --- "Richard A. Franklin" <raldenfranklin(a)everestkc.net> wrote: > Just starting to listen to live radio using > RealPlayer 10.0.2.608 w/ > SuSE 9.2 (thanks to SuSE for the free 9.2 DVD ISO). > > Any recommendations for free Web sites and/or > Linux tools for selecting stations and managing > addresses for favorites? Have tried saving links > to connections under "favorites" with RealPlayer, > but I often get error messages indicating a > possibly outdated or inaccurate link when I try > to return to a saved station ... sometimes I can > retrieve a live stream, sometimes not. > > Rick And I always thought: the very simplest words Must be enough. When I say what things are like Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds. That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself Surely you see that. -- Bertolt Brecht __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

3 2

Re: Linux Audio "VCR"?
by Leo Mauler 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

arecord? Haven't heard about that one, I was considering using rec from the sox package. Someone on the Internet suggested another package called "ecasound". I haven't used cron much as a mostly home user of Linux. My main Linux machine doesn't change all that often to need to run many cron jobs. --- "D. Hageman" <dhageman(a)dracken.com> wrote: > > cron for the scheduling. arecord for the recording. > > > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Leo Mauler wrote: > > > I have to work a lot of weekends these > > days, and I'm out so late on Saturdays > > that, having missed "A Prairie Home > > Companion" from 5-7pm Saturday, I sleep > > right through the Sunday morning repeat. > > > > I'm really looking for a reason not to > > use Windows 98 and the "Total Recorder" > > application I registered a few years > > ago. This solution technically works, > > it allows me to record from Line In at > > a pre-scheduled time, without me > > having to be around to start the > > recorder. > > > > The problem is that after about an > > hour ofrecording the WAV file develops > > pops and crackles, and starts losing > > sections of the recording. I don't > > mind a Mono recording and even that > > setting doesn't help. > > > > I somehow think Linux might do a > > better job (and ext3 should manage > > the larger WAV files better than > > FAT32), but no one seems to be using > > the "record from Line In" option for > > recording radio like a VCR. > > Everyone's developing projects using > > hardware FM Radio cards, and I'm just > > not in that income bracket these days. > > > > So how does one go about doing a timed > > recording in Linux? Assume that the > > sound hardware is already installed and > > working (KNOPPIX 3.7 detects the > > SoundBlaster PCI card with no problems). > > I'm probably going to use Mandrake 10.0 > > since I'm used to it. I'd still prefer > > a console solution, the machine is a > > PII-300MHz with 256MB RAM. And I always thought: the very simplest words Must be enough. When I say what things are like Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds. That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself Surely you see that. -- Bertolt Brecht __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

2 1

[Fw: Linux Job]
by Hal Duston 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Folks, Here is a Linux admin job opportunity. This is my current employer, for whom I have worked since July 1996. If you have any questions about Bradford & Galt, and what type of company they are to work for, contact me. If you have any questions about the position, contact April Garlington as specified below. ----- Begin forwarded message ----- Bradford & Galt is currently looking for a Linux Administrator in the St. Louis area Contract 1 year could be a contract for hire 60K to negotiable Must have at least 3 years experience working as a Linux Administrator Specifically, the responsibility will include: * OS administration (Linux - We also need Windows and HP-UX). * Source code configuration management (Starteam) * Release management (Ant, InstallShield, InstallAnywhere and others) * Server management (Tomcat, Apache, Tomcat, etc.) * Services management (Windows services, Linux cron, etc.) * Database operations (Oracle client, and others) * Programming experience a plus (Java, Crystal Reports, etc) Installation and configuration of servers Will be troubleshooting and maintaining the servers Will be doing report development Will be helping with deployment of new version of software and OS Windows experience required UNIX experience Release Management * Building Linux RPMs for distribution * InstallShield for Windows * Gentoo Ebuilds * Writing custom application installers from scratch Source Code Configuration Management * CVS * Subversion * Visual Sourcesafe a plus Please contact April Garlington at adj(a)bgcs.com or 913-663-1264 x103 if you are interested in this opportunity. April Garlington Sr. Staffing Specialist Bradford & Galt Consulting Services (913)663-1264 x103 adj(a)bgcs.com www.bradfordandgalt.com ........we're thinking ahead ----- End forwarded message -----

6 8

Re: Linux Audio "VCR"?
by Brian Kelsay 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

As always, google is your friend. Just get your terms right. I read at least one article in the past in Linux Journal about setting up a fm tuner card or a radio, hooking it to line in, and recording w/ a cmd line recorder. It looked pretty easy. You might also look at thelinuxshow.com for an archived howto on a similar system that includes TV I think. if you use a radio, you will either have to leave it on, make a serial/parallel controlled switch to activate power, or hook up a simple lamp outlet timer. Just thought of this, you could use an X10 controlled switch too. Wass made some Java progs. to remotely control the X10 modules. Brian Kelsay >>> Justin Dugger <> 03/23/05 11:19PM >>> Well, assuming you can handle getting the proper channel tuned and sending audio to your line-in, it should be a simple matter of a cron job (cron being a root word for time, and the name of a linux command that runs in the background similar to Windows Scheduler) and your favorite command line recording program. Every distro provides some form of cron, and it seems each one is special in its own unique way. You should consult the manuals of your distro for specific advice, and I think I found a good place to start with mandrake here: http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/100/en/Command-Line.html/command… You may have to dig around more to find the exact setup you need, or perhaps some fancy GUI interface to the cron job file. Justin Dugger On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:05:56 -0800 (PST), Leo Mauler <> wrote: > I have to work a lot of weekends these days, and I'm > out so late on Saturdays that, having missed "A > Prairie Home Companion" from 5-7pm Saturday, I sleep > right through the Sunday morning repeat. > > I'm really looking for a reason not to use Windows 98 > and the "Total Recorder" application I registered a > few years ago. This solution technically works, it > allows me to record from Line In at a pre-scheduled > time, without me having to be around to start the > recorder. > > The problem is that after about an hour of recording > the WAV file develops pops and crackles, and starts > losing sections of the recording. I don't mind a Mono > recording and even that setting doesn't help. > > I somehow think Linux might do a better job (and ext3 > should manage the larger WAV files better than FAT32), > but no one seems to be using the "record from Line In" > option for recording radio like a VCR. Everyone's > developing projects using hardware FM Radio cards, and > I'm just not in that income bracket these days. > > So how does one go about doing a timed recording in > Linux? Assume that the sound hardware is already > installed and working (KNOPPIX 3.7 detects the > SoundBlaster PCI card with no problems). I'm probably > going to use Mandrake 10.0 since I'm used to it. I'd > still prefer a console solution, the machine is a > PII-300MHz with 256MB RAM. >

1 0

Re: Dune Parody skit. Was RE: whitewigs
by Brian Kelsay 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Yeah, I think he's a little ... off. Brian Kelsay >>> djgoku <> 03/22/05 10:32AM >>> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:22:06 -0500, Oren Beck <hotmail.com> wrote: > Q- what REALLY killed Frank Herbert? > > A- Seeing the David Lynching of Dune. > > Oren > > " Did Omnius run on Linux" ? Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:22:06 -0500 <------A little off? From: Oren Beck <@hotmail.com> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) Oren, you might want to update your clock and your Thunderbird installation.. =)

10 19

Re: Dune Parody skit. Was RE: whitewigs
by Jack 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

--- Brian Kelsay <Brian.Kelsay(a)kcc.usda.gov> wrote: > Good luck w/ that one. Get ready to convert > everything to base 16 or was it 20 or some other > strage figure. I do recall it has something to do > w/ the solar cycles and that it abruptly ends at > some point ... Nothing as simple as using one base. It works on cycles 7,13,20 and as far as I know no one is quite sure when it ends. There are multiple points where it could end. One being in 2012. However it could also extend a lot further. I don't have my sources handy so can't be sure of all my numbers. And as far as not knowing how to deal with problems. Simply because someone hasn't had a problem and is oblivious to them doesn't mean a person is clueless about possible problems. Like not setting the proper timezone or running ntpdate first and reading the man pages and howtos before setting up an ntpd daemon. Brian D. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

1 0

Re: Nagios
by Aaron Spiegel 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

> How about RAM usage? As far as the client is concerned, since monitoring is plug-in based, it really depends on what you want to monitor. If you just want to monitor remote services (PING, SSH, HTTP, etc.) the effect will be the same as opening a session to that service. If you want to monitor local resources you can run NRPE (the Solaris binary is about 216K), which can run as a daemon or in inetd/xinet. Additional resources will be needed for the plug-ins that perform the actual checks-- how many checks you perform, and how often is up to you.

1 0

Another LiveCD installer
by Brian Kelsay 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+at++Home For installing an Asterisk server for VOIP. Brian Kelsay

2 1

Re: Dune Parody skit. Was RE: whitewigs
by Brian Kelsay 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Good luck w/ that one. Get ready to convert everything to base 16 or was it 20 or some other strage figure. I do recall it has something to do w/ the solar cycles and that it abruptly ends at some point, although there is nothing to really stop it from continuing. I may also be thinking of the Incas. I'm babbling now as I feel weird like I did last night. I think a cold is coming on. This is the worst cold season yet for me. Brian Kelsay >>> Jack <> 03/22/05 10:51PM >>> Strange, I never had any problems with ntp when I was running gentoo. Setting it up in debian was a no brainer, and I never have any problems with my time being off by very much. Ntp is a great tool to have, but it's missing one thing: a plug-in for displaying Aztec dates and times. Brian D.

2 1

Re: Dune Parody skit.
by Brian Kelsay 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Ignorance as a virtue? I thought patience was a virtue. Silly me. Redux ad absurdum. Brian Kelsay >>> Jonathan Hutchins <> 03/23/05 08:09AM >>> On Tuesday 22 March 2005 10:51 PM, Jack wrote: > Strange, I never had any problems with ntp ... Ever notice how people who completely lack experience in problems or troubleshooting of a certain thing, application or whatever, proclaim it as if their ignorance were some kind of virtue?

1 0

← Newer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
...
13
Older →

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

KCLUG March 2005