I have changed some parts of distnews:
- enhanced security
- some exception catched
- improved message exchange
- and some more
Check it out and tell me what you think about it.
urlaub :: Schweden
Der Urlaub in Schweden mit dem Kanu war richtig geil! Habe heute die Photos bekommen und da erinnert man sich wieder an alles. Ich hoffe nächstes Jahr klappt sowas wieder.
Der Urlaub war eine Pauschalreise vom abenteuerteam.com. Wir haben 180 Euro pro Person bezahlt und es war so gut wie alles was man braucht dabei: Flug, Kanu, Ausrüstung und jede Menge Spass!
messagefilter :: worldfilter running
The wordfilter is working. It filters messages based on a wordlist.
common :: messagefilter Interface started
to be able to decide wich messages i want to have, we need a message filter. Therefore i defined a interface to which the filters can be connected.
common :: xml message list parser ready
messages are broadcastet in xml form. they are all together put into a xml statement that is delivered to the other side. Parser to get the messages back is now ready.
common :: interfaces ready
The network sockets are ready. Now it is possible to connect to the servers.
mencoder :: xvid compression multipass
Sometimes it is necessary to compress video. My preferred codec is XviD, because its GPL.
With the following script the 2 pass encoding is done automatic.
#!/bin/bash bitrate=$3 infile=$1 outfile=$2-xvid-$bitrate.avi # Audio preprocessing mencoder $infile -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -o frameno.avi -quiet # 2pass mencoder $infile -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=$bitrate:pass=1 -vf pp=tn/lb/hb/vb -oac copy -o /dev/null mencoder $infile -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=$bitrate:pass=2 -vf pp=tn/lb/hb/vb -oac copy -o $outfile # remove trash rm -f frameno.avi xvid-twopass.stats
call it with ./xvid.sh inputfilename outputfilename bitrate.
It needs twice as long as normal compression but the result is quite better.
palm :: visor module needed
add the following to your kernel
Device Drivers --->
USB support --->
USB Serial Converter support --->
USB Serial Converter support
[*] USB Generic Serial Driver
USB Handspring Visor / Palm m50x / Sony Clie Driver
now hope that your hotplugging is properly installed. maybe you must make /dev/usb/tty/* readable with chmod 666 /dev/usb/tty/*. now if you connct the palm or what ever to your usb port and pressed the hotsync button, the visor and the usbserial modules shuold be loaded and the sync should start.
kernel :: usb serial device
with devfs used for example in gentoo the location of the USB Serial devices has changed. they are now found at /dev/usb/tty/*
cups :: network printing
to use cups just start the cups deamon. then point your browser to localhost:631 . there you can add your printers to cups. most printers need special drivers, that need to be installed:
* net-print/hpijs
Homepage: http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/
Description: The HP Inkjet server for Ghostscript. Provides best output for
HP Inkjet Printers and some LaserJets
License: BSD
* net-print/hpoj
Homepage: http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/
Description: HP OfficeJet Linux driver
License: GPL-2
* net-print/pup
Homepage: http://pup.sourceforge.net/
Description: Printer Utility Program, setup & maintenance for certain
Lexmark & HP printers
License: GPL-2
but the most important parts are:
* net-print/foomatic
Homepage: http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
Description: The Foomatic printing meta package
License: GPL-2
* net-print/foomatic-db
Homepage: http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic
Description: Foomatic printer database
License: GPL-2
* net-print/foomatic-db-engine
Homepage: http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic
Description: Foomatic printer database engine
License: GPL-2
* net-print/foomatic-filters
Homepage: http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic
Description: Foomatic wrapper scripts
License: GPL-2
With these installed all printers should be usable.