<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div> Have there been any talks on user interfaces? I have been wrestling with Suse v10, which is user friendly as long as you don't go into Xterminal; then you have to remember and type things like su, which means "root" (what?). Is there a user interface for the system editor so it is not so difficult to use?<br><br>Any talks on linux and amateur radio (seems to be a big hole there)<br></div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: "gslug-general-request@gslug.org" <gslug-general-request@gslug.org><br>To: gslug-general@gslug.org<br>Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 7:34:21 PM<br>Subject: Gslug-general Digest, Vol 13, Issue
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digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: GSLUG Meeting: October 11th, 2008 @ 12:00pm (Ahmed Osman)<br> 2. Re: GSLUG Meeting: October 11th, 2008 @ 12:00pm (Bryan McLellan)<br> 3. Re: GSLUG Meeting: October 11th, 2008 @ 12:00pm (Ahmed Osman)<br> 4. Re: GSLUG Meeting: October 11th, 2008 @ 12:00pm (Bryan McLellan)<br> 5. MythTV and Comcast Digital Cable (Clifford Snow)<br> 6. Re: MythTV and Comcast Digital Cable (Ahmed Osman)<br> 7. Re: MythTV and Comcast Digital Cable (Bryan McLellan)<br> 8. Re: MythTV and Comcast Digital Cable (Josh Benner)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:35:47 -0700<br>From: "Ahmed Osman" <<a ymailto="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com" href="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com">ashex@chipnick.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Gslug-general] GSLUG Meeting: October 11th, 2008
@<br> 12:00pm<br>To: NaNO2x <<a ymailto="mailto:nano2x@gmail.com" href="mailto:nano2x@gmail.com">nano2x@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: GSLUG <<a ymailto="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org" href="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org">gslug-general@gslug.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:d9e5b9f90810081835t6c78aee3mb12a3407cee88892@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:d9e5b9f90810081835t6c78aee3mb12a3407cee88892@mail.gmail.com">d9e5b9f90810081835t6c78aee3mb12a3407cee88892@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Would really appreciate someone willing to give a talk. I'll actually be<br>there this time as I've made sure there won't be any sudden things this time<br>around, first time I'll be there in a year :)<br><br><br>-Ahmed Osman<br><br><br>On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:50 AM, NaNO2x <<a ymailto="mailto:nano2x@gmail.com" href="mailto:nano2x@gmail.com">nano2x@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br><br>> Hi everyone,<br>><br>> I know that this is a bit late but there will be a meeting this month<br>> on Saturday, October 11th, 2008.<br>><br>> As of now we have no talks so please sign up, we are interested in<br>> what you have to say.<br>><br>> Speakeasy has offered us space again this month so the meeting will be<br>> held there.<br>><br>> For those of you who need the address again, it is:<br>><br>> Speakeasy, Inc.<br>> 1201 Western Ave, Seattle WA<br>><br>> The meeting will be held in a conference room on the 7th floor and<br>> someone will be in the lobby to show you in. Just let them know you<br>> are there for GSLUG.<br>><br>> All of this information as well as a list of those signing up can be<br>> found here on the wiki:<br>> <a href="http://wiki.gslug.org/index.php/Meeting_2008-10-11"
target="_blank">http://wiki.gslug.org/index.php/Meeting_2008-10-11</a><br>><br>> If you are planning on showing up please RSVP by adding your name to<br>> the page. Also, if you are planning on giving a talk please add<br>> yourself at the time of your choice.<br>><br>> If you have any questions please let me know. We look forward to<br>> seeing everyone this weekend.<br>><br>> (Please forward this email to friends and other local mailing lists!)<br>><br>> --<br>> -William<br>><br>> Utinam me logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Gslug-general mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Gslug-general@gslug.org" href="mailto:Gslug-general@gslug.org">Gslug-general@gslug.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.gslug.org/mailman/listinfo/gslug-general"
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href="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org">gslug-general@gslug.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:893823750810081838y4ffae81aqcb05bc58cb2d338b@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:893823750810081838y4ffae81aqcb05bc58cb2d338b@mail.gmail.com">893823750810081838y4ffae81aqcb05bc58cb2d338b@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Ahmed Osman <<a ymailto="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com" href="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com">ashex@chipnick.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Would really appreciate someone willing to give a talk. I'll actually be<br>> there this time as I've made sure there won't be any sudden things this time<br>> around, first time I'll be there in a year :)<br><br>No requests?<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:49:25 -0700<br>From: "Ahmed Osman" <<a ymailto="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com"
href="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com">ashex@chipnick.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Gslug-general] GSLUG Meeting: October 11th, 2008 @<br> 12:00pm<br>To: "Bryan McLellan" <<a ymailto="mailto:btm@loftninjas.org" href="mailto:btm@loftninjas.org">btm@loftninjas.org</a>><br>Cc: GSLUG <<a ymailto="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org" href="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org">gslug-general@gslug.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:d9e5b9f90810081849s3d674be8l3fa1b634bda1ea72@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:d9e5b9f90810081849s3d674be8l3fa1b634bda1ea72@mail.gmail.com">d9e5b9f90810081849s3d674be8l3fa1b634bda1ea72@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>There have been so many interesting talks already that anything I'd like to<br>hear about has already been done. One of the things I'm working on right now<br>is networking and unix administration, so possibly something about
setting<br>up an ldap network with linux?<br><br><br><br>-Ahmed Osman<br><br><br>On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Bryan McLellan <<a ymailto="mailto:btm@loftninjas.org" href="mailto:btm@loftninjas.org">btm@loftninjas.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Ahmed Osman <<a ymailto="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com" href="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com">ashex@chipnick.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > Would really appreciate someone willing to give a talk. I'll actually be<br>> > there this time as I've made sure there won't be any sudden things this<br>> time<br>> > around, first time I'll be there in a year :)<br>><br>> No requests?<br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <a href="http://lists.ifokr.org/pipermail/gslug-general/attachments/20081008/32b95d2e/attachment-0001.htm"
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href="mailto:893823750810081855k3d9a8d90i631a002411f46346@mail.gmail.com">893823750810081855k3d9a8d90i631a002411f46346@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Ahmed Osman <<a ymailto="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com" href="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com">ashex@chipnick.com</a>> wrote:<br>> There have been so many interesting talks already that anything I'd like to<br>> hear about has already been done. One of the things I'm working on right now<br>> is networking and unix administration, so possibly something about setting<br>> up an ldap network with linux?<br><br>You've got it sir.<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:26:15 -0700<br>From: Clifford Snow <<a ymailto="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us" href="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us">jcs@snowandsnow.us</a>><br>Subject: [Gslug-general] MythTV and Comcast Digital Cable<br>To:
GSLUG <<a ymailto="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org" href="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org">gslug-general@gslug.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <1223519175.10664.9.camel@localhost><br>Content-Type: text/plain<br><br>I just upgraded my Comcast service to their digital cable product and<br>received a free, for one year, DVR. Naturally I'd like to build a<br>MythTV to replace the DVR by next year. <br><br>What I'd like to know is does the MythTV interface with Comcast's<br>digital cable. At one time I thought that you needed a card to allow<br>3rd party cable boxes to interface with Comcast. But a quick Google<br>search doesn't seem to show any viable such products. <br><br>I'd also like to know if MythTV can record multiple broadcasts at the<br>same time, like the Comcast DVR. <br><br>Any help would be appreciated.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Clifford<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 6<br>Date:
Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:30:28 -0700<br>From: "Ahmed Osman" <<a ymailto="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com" href="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com">ashex@chipnick.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Gslug-general] MythTV and Comcast Digital Cable<br>To: "Clifford Snow" <<a ymailto="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us" href="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us">jcs@snowandsnow.us</a>><br>Cc: GSLUG <<a ymailto="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org" href="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org">gslug-general@gslug.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:d9e5b9f90810081930r44a6ecc0y891c324a5e10b233@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:d9e5b9f90810081930r44a6ecc0y891c324a5e10b233@mail.gmail.com">d9e5b9f90810081930r44a6ecc0y891c324a5e10b233@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Last I checked, there aren't any cable card interfaces available for linux<br>that are in the public. I'm pretty sure there are some private vendors who<br>use linux
for a base that have a cable card though. For recording multiple<br>channels, take a look here <<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Multirec" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Multirec</a>><br><br>-Ahmed Osman<br><br><br>On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Clifford Snow <<a ymailto="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us" href="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us">jcs@snowandsnow.us</a>> wrote:<br><br>> I just upgraded my Comcast service to their digital cable product and<br>> received a free, for one year, DVR. Naturally I'd like to build a<br>> MythTV to replace the DVR by next year.<br>><br>> What I'd like to know is does the MythTV interface with Comcast's<br>> digital cable. At one time I thought that you needed a card to allow<br>> 3rd party cable boxes to interface with Comcast. But a quick Google<br>> search doesn't seem to show any viable such products.<br>><br>> I'd also like to
know if MythTV can record multiple broadcasts at the<br>> same time, like the Comcast DVR.<br>><br>> Any help would be appreciated.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Clifford<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Gslug-general mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Gslug-general@gslug.org" href="mailto:Gslug-general@gslug.org">Gslug-general@gslug.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.gslug.org/mailman/listinfo/gslug-general" target="_blank">http://lists.gslug.org/mailman/listinfo/gslug-general</a><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <a href="http://lists.ifokr.org/pipermail/gslug-general/attachments/20081008/f50b8481/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.ifokr.org/pipermail/gslug-general/attachments/20081008/f50b8481/attachment-0001.html</a><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 7<br>Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:33:56
-0700<br>From: "Bryan McLellan" <<a ymailto="mailto:btm@loftninjas.org" href="mailto:btm@loftninjas.org">btm@loftninjas.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Gslug-general] MythTV and Comcast Digital Cable<br>To: "Clifford Snow" <<a ymailto="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us" href="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us">jcs@snowandsnow.us</a>><br>Cc: GSLUG <<a ymailto="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org" href="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org">gslug-general@gslug.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:893823750810081933t1ef5ce40gfe7318484730dacc@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:893823750810081933t1ef5ce40gfe7318484730dacc@mail.gmail.com">893823750810081933t1ef5ce40gfe7318484730dacc@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Clifford Snow <<a ymailto="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us" href="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us">jcs@snowandsnow.us</a>> wrote:<br>> I just upgraded my Comcast
service to their digital cable product and<br>> received a free, for one year, DVR. Naturally I'd like to build a<br>> MythTV to replace the DVR by next year.<br>><br>> What I'd like to know is does the MythTV interface with Comcast's<br>> digital cable. At one time I thought that you needed a card to allow<br>> 3rd party cable boxes to interface with Comcast. But a quick Google<br>> search doesn't seem to show any viable such products.<br>><br>> I'd also like to know if MythTV can record multiple broadcasts at the<br>> same time, like the Comcast DVR.<br><br>You'll can record multiple broadcasts with MythTV. You'll need a tuner<br>card and a digital cable box for every broadcast you want to be able<br>to record/watch at once. Generally the Hauppauge cards are good and<br>with a dual-tuner card you can get higher densities. I've used the<br>PVR-500 [1] in the past. Definitely use a tuner with hardware
mpeg<br>encoding. Re-encoding AVIs later sucks.<br><br>If your set top box has a serial port it may be on or you may be able<br>to convince them to turn it on, and you can tune the set top box that<br>way. Otherwise you'll need to set up an IR transmitter for each set<br>top box for mythtv to be able to change it's channel.<br><br>Digital cable/satellite is much more hackery than MythTV with regular cable.<br><br>[1] <a href="http://www.hauppauge.com/PAGES/products/data_pvr500mce.html" target="_blank">http://www.hauppauge.com/PAGES/products/data_pvr500mce.html</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 8<br>Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:36:18 -0700<br>From: "Josh Benner" <<a ymailto="mailto:sjbenner@gmail.com" href="mailto:sjbenner@gmail.com">sjbenner@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Gslug-general] MythTV and Comcast Digital Cable<br>To: "Ahmed Osman" <<a ymailto="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com"
href="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com">ashex@chipnick.com</a>><br>Cc: GSLUG <<a ymailto="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org" href="mailto:gslug-general@gslug.org">gslug-general@gslug.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:1b044f780810081936o771075efl27d2039170246d66@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:1b044f780810081936o771075efl27d2039170246d66@mail.gmail.com">1b044f780810081936o771075efl27d2039170246d66@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>I think the cable cards are only available as part of media systems built<br>and distributed by HP and Dell. It is my understanding that these cards are<br>not available for consumers to purchase on their own.<br><br>On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Ahmed Osman <<a ymailto="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com" href="mailto:ashex@chipnick.com">ashex@chipnick.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Last I checked, there aren't any cable card interfaces available
for linux<br>> that are in the public. I'm pretty sure there are some private vendors who<br>> use linux for a base that have a cable card though. For recording multiple<br>> channels, take a look here <<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Multirec" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Multirec</a>><br>><br>> -Ahmed Osman<br>><br>><br>><br>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Clifford Snow <<a ymailto="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us" href="mailto:jcs@snowandsnow.us">jcs@snowandsnow.us</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> I just upgraded my Comcast service to their digital cable product and<br>>> received a free, for one year, DVR. Naturally I'd like to build a<br>>> MythTV to replace the DVR by next year.<br>>><br>>> What I'd like to know is does the MythTV interface with Comcast's<br>>> digital cable. At one time I thought that you needed a card to
allow<br>>> 3rd party cable boxes to interface with Comcast. But a quick Google<br>>> search doesn't seem to show any viable such products.<br>>><br>>> I'd also like to know if MythTV can record multiple broadcasts at the<br>>> same time, like the Comcast DVR.<br>>><br>>> Any help would be appreciated.<br>>><br>>> Thanks,<br>>> Clifford<br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Gslug-general mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Gslug-general@gslug.org" href="mailto:Gslug-general@gslug.org">Gslug-general@gslug.org</a><br>>> <a href="http://lists.gslug.org/mailman/listinfo/gslug-general" target="_blank">http://lists.gslug.org/mailman/listinfo/gslug-general</a><br>>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Gslug-general mailing list<br>> <a
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