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Re: [Alug] Linux and USB?
by Edenyard 12 Oct '01

12 Oct '01

On 11 Oct 2001 19:58:33 +0000, Willaby <willaby(a)pgen.net> wrote: > Ive not got a camera, but I suspect you need '/dev/sda1' so... > 'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera' > That meets with an identical response to just /dev/sda! Somehow it just doesn't seem to understand that there's something there.... Gerald.

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Re: [Alug] Linux and USB?
by Edenyard 12 Oct '01

12 Oct '01

On 11 Oct 2001 22:14:04 +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Out of interest, why would a USB device appear as a SCSI one? > Well - as I understand it (which isn't perfectly), there's some sort of emulation going on between SCSI and the USB memory device in the camera, so that the images stored in the camera APPEAR to be files on a SCSI device. The SCSI device doesn't really exist of course, but looks as though it does, so that you can read these 'files' (camera images) via it. As I said - my understanding isn't perfect, or even adequate.... Gerald.

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Re: [Alug] Linux and USB?
by MJ Ray 12 Oct '01

12 Oct '01

"Edenyard" <mail(a)edenyard.co.uk> writes: [...] > So then I do the "mount /dev/sda /mnt/camera" bit and I always get a > message that /dev/sda isn't a block device or sda doesn't exist. [...] Out of interest, why would a USB device appear as a SCSI one? -- MJR

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Linux and USB?
by Edenyard 12 Oct '01

12 Oct '01

Please could anyone shed some light on this for me. I borrowed a digital camera and wanted to download its shots into my Linux box (Redhat 7.1 2.4.2 kernel P166 64Mb RAM). I hunted around and managed to find a place on the linux-usb.org site where several people had managed this feat with the same camera that I'm using (and using all sorts of kernel versions such as 2.0.x, 2.2.x, 2.4.x), which is a Fuji finepix 1400 Zoom with 8Mb memory card. However, I simply cannot get it to work for me. I modprobe the usb-storage, usb-core and usb-uhci modules, as per instructions and they all appear to load, according to lsmod. SCSI support is already loaded. When I then plug the camera in and switch it on, there's disk activity and files appear in /proc/scsi. So then I do the "mount /dev/sda /mnt/camera" bit and I always get a message that /dev/sda isn't a block device or sda doesn't exist. I've tried variations, like "mount -t msdos ..." or "mount -t vfat ..." but it makes no difference. It seems that the USB link works but it all falls over when it comes time to access the mythical SCSI emulation or whatever it is to read the image files. Has anyone ever succeeded in this? I'd appreciate any guidance that's going - thanks! Gerald.

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Xine
by Edenyard 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Ricardo asked: > My system boots straight into an X environment (KDE). How can I stop X and go to > the command line and > startx 2> xoutput > I don't know whether this is the 'official' way, but this is how I've always stopped Redhat going straight into X fom boot-up: find the file /etc/inittab and look for a line in it that says something like this: id:5:initdefault: Edit the file, change the 5 in that line into a 3 and save the changed file. Now when you boot up, it SHOULD go to the normal text login screen. Well - it does for me.... Someone else on this list will most likely have a better way of doing what you want. Hope that helps? Gerald (still very much a Linux beginer!)

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Re: clug Anglian Linux user group
by Mark Roberts 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Hi, Red Lodge is quite a distance from Cambridge, especially with the strong culture of walking/cycling in this city, which is the main reason that we currently meet in such a central location. I enjoy a trip out though. I will be happy to drive over, so if anyone else wants to come you are welcome to a lift - I can take up to four other people. The proposed time and day is the same time we usually meet, so perhaps those going could meet at CB2 and go on from there? Sorry, I just saw Convoy on TV the other week ;-) The first message that made it to our list suggested that ALUG were thinking of having a meeting in Cambridge at some point. I was just wondering, if ALUG has members in Cambridge that want to meet, why don't they come along to Cambridge LUG meetings? Just curious. Oh, and is it really going to be in the truck stop? Linux chat and an all day breakfast, cool. Don't know what the truckers will think mind you :-) Best regards, Mark. On Tuesday 09 Oct 2001 11:03 pm, Adam Bower wrote: > hi people, > > You should have all got a cross-posted message a few days back from the > Alug list that probably didn't make itself 100% clear as to what was > going on. Now we havn't got a firm date for our next meet but you guys > may want to check out the alug website at http://www.alug.org.uk/ as there > is loads of crossover between our groups and we are always looking for new > members and input. > > Anyhow we are looking to get a meeting at Red Lodge near Thetford very > soon and you will all be very welcome and we would perhaps try to sort out > some other linkups between the groups soon. > > Anyhow any thoughts you have would be very welcome. > > Life, Love, Linux... > > Adam

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Re: [Alug] Re: clug Anglian Linux user group
by MJ Ray 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Mark Roberts <mark(a)taurine.demon.co.uk> writes: > The first message that made it to our list suggested that ALUG were thinking > of having a meeting in Cambridge at some point. I was just wondering, if ALUG > has members in Cambridge that want to meet, why don't they come along to > Cambridge LUG meetings? Just curious. I'm not sure we'd want to hold a meeting in Cambridge, as I don't think we'd want to tread on Cam-LUG's toes, but if we could guest at a Cam-LUG meet, that would be great. I'm not sure what your venue is like, though? Would it cope with people bringing kit? Or even just laptops/ palmtops? -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Re: [Alug] Re: clug Anglian Linux user group
by MJ Ray 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> writes: > One other thing which I don't know why is that not many people on the > alug list knew that the camlug even existed but I think quite a few have > now signed up to the camlug mailing list. I knew camlug existed, but at the time ALUG formed, it appeared to be mostly idling and didn't answer emails. I think we had a couple of visitors who were also camluggers at the early meetings in Woodbridge. Initially ALUG seemed to spend much time over the very east of our region, so I guess we weren't that attractive to the Cambridge area and camlug returned to ignoring us? Personally, I'm not really significantly nearer Cambridge than other ALUG venues, and each camlug meeting appears to be less of an event (with fun kit!) than an ALUG meeting (but maybe this is wrong), so I'm not terribly inclined to make the tedious trek to Cambridge and couldn't get there every week anyway. -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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October meeting...
by Simon Parkes 10 Oct '01

10 Oct '01

So guys, do you want me to go ahead and get the place booked at Red Lodge for October 28th ??? Things sort of petered off on this, but if I'm to get something organised I need to know, what's the general consensus.. Simon

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Re: [Alug] Xine
by Ricardo Campos 10 Oct '01

10 Oct '01

When I run Xine in a terminal I get this: xine open dvd://VIDEO_TS.VOB, start pos = 0 input_dvd: seek VIDEO_TS.VOB to block 0x240: 0x120000 select audio channel : 0 ac3_reset input_dvd: read error: Input/output error demux_mpeg_block: checking if we can branch to dvd://VTS_01_0.VOB input_dvd: is_branch_possible to dvd://VTS_01_0.VOB ? video stream end audio stream end xine_notify_stream_finished Which means I'm still stumped! It doesn't even try to access the DVD drive (i.e. no flashy lights or disc-spinning).Perhaps I need to install another driver? :( Ricardo -- Love Ricardo, "Surely this monstrous hybrid comes not from a mother's womb but from an Ephialtes, an Incubus, or some other horrendous demon, as though spawned in a putrid and venemous fungus, son of Fauns and Nymphs, more Devil than man." -Athanasius Kircher, Mundus Subtarraneus, Amsterdam, 1665, pp.279-280 http://www.rscampos.net Get your @hellokitty.com FREE e-mail account at http://www.sanriotown.com Sanrio Town - Your Ultimate Community to meet Sanrio character & friends. Powered by Outblaze

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