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Getting Sony DCR-HC26 to talk to Linux 2 46 (4/29/2006 4:18:48 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I bought a Sony camcorder, model DCR-HC26, with USB and firewire. First, I tried USB - 99% of other USB devices have either automatically mounted as /mnt/removable (or something), or I could look in dmesg ... Lloyd

Sony Handycam: USB or Firewire? 0 35 (4/26/2006 3:43:03 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I just bought a Sony Handycam DCR-HC26. It has both USB and firewire. My older computer (with Mandrake 10.0) doesn't have firewire, but I've never had any problems with USB - all the digital cameras, scann... Lloyd

Mplayer Plugin on Firefox 0 35 (1/5/2005 6:57:18 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I like mplayer and it works great as a stand-alone. I installed the plugin so it would work within Firefox, and it does the sound but no video! Where do I start looking? Firefox 0.9.1 mplayer-1.0-0.pre... Lloyd

MPIO USB support 3 31 (12/30/2004 4:15:51 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I just bought a MPIO FG100 MP3 player/USB storage device. It supposedly comes up as a drive in Windows. Now, I have two digital cameras that do that, and they work fine on my Linux box: as soon as I plu... Lloyd

Wine or Win4lin? 15 32 (10/30/2004 9:46:41 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I need to run ONE windows app on my Linux box. It's a configuration program that uses a Borland database engine. I've tried to run it on Wine, and it gets as far at tables, which I think is where the Borland st... Lloyd

Sane, libusb, and scannerdrake don't play nice together 2 36 (10/19/2004 2:07:40 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I upgraded from Mandrake 9.1 to 10.0 and can't get my scanner (Cannon Lide 20 USB) to work any more. Help on the sane mailing list has pinpointed the problem to libusb. Basically, sane-find-scanner finds th... Lloyd

Sane can't find USB scanner 5 40 (9/23/2004 5:02:59 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, Well, it worked in Mandrake 9.0 ... (using scanner.o) I upgraded to Mandrake 10.0 and now I can't get my scanner to work. It's a Canon Lide20 USB, which is supposed to be supported by the plustek bac... Lloyd

CUPS and Netwrok printers 0 41 (1/7/2004 6:21:17 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, Trying to get CUPS to recognise a "network" (WinXP) printer. "smbclient -L boddhitree" says: Domain=[MYSTNET] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] Sharename Type Comment ----... Lloyd

SAMBA troubles 3 48 (1/7/2004 4:10:18 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, Well, it USED to work... I'm trying to share a directory and my printer using SAMBA, and I have two problems. First, SWAT no longer works (can't remember what I changed when it ceased working). If I... Lloyd

Plustek backend for SANE 3 18 (12/27/2003 6:24:26 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I just got a Canon Lide20 for Christmas and I'm trying to get it to work with Mandrake 9.0. I installed the sane that comes with the pkg (1.0.8) which of course does not recognise the Lide20. I download... Lloyd

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What Can Linux do that Windows can not FOR ME? 56 26 (10/27/2004 12:10:28 AM) comp.os.linux.misc This is not meant to start a flame war. I do not mean to imply one way or another that I know the answer to this question and that is why I am asking it. Now, here is the thing, I have been using windows for ab... x0054 (13)

Wine or Win4lin? 15 32 (10/30/2004 9:46:41 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I need to run ONE windows app on my Linux box. It's a configuration program that uses a Borland database engine. I've tried to run it on Wine, and it gets as far at tables, which I think is where the Borland st... lsumpter (61)

best distro for an older computer 28 31 (11/2/2004 9:06:16 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hello, I am new to Linux. I have an old computer with the following specs: ASI Pro Pentium x86 Family 5 Model 2 stepping 12 Genuine Intel 132 Megahertz AT/AT Compatible 32 MB ram 1.5 Gig hard drive I would l... designbase10 (1)

convert postscript to html 21 46 (11/14/2004 10:39:11 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I've been rummaging around on the Internet looking for something that will convert postscript (.PS) files to HTML, but no luck. Anybody know of something that will convert postscript to HTML? Thanks, Leo ... spamitup (5)

Capturing telnet data 5 76 (11/24/2004 10:50:28 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I have what I would think is a Stupidly Simple Question: How can I capture a telnet session? I just want to copy the text of a telnet session into a file that I can refer to later. Right now I use copy/... lsumpter8116 (16)

MPIO USB support 3 31 (12/30/2004 4:15:51 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I just bought a MPIO FG100 MP3 player/USB storage device. It supposedly comes up as a drive in Windows. Now, I have two digital cameras that do that, and they work fine on my Linux box: as soon as I plu... lsumpter (61)

Downloading non-"free" MP3 Music 38 37 (1/6/2005 6:29:12 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I'm getting REALLY frustrated about this - I've posted about this before and gotten no response - surely SOMEBODY out there is in the same boat I am! I want to download MP3 tracks. I don't want a fi... lsumpter8116 (16)

Linux Banned At My School 79 55 (11/1/2005 4:10:03 AM) comp.os.linux.misc The powers that be have banned Linux useage at my high school and also at the college because they claim it is responsible for the hacking virus that we get all the time. I like Linux and while others think it... Weal (2)

Getting Sony DCR-HC26 to talk to Linux 2 46 (4/29/2006 4:18:48 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I bought a Sony camcorder, model DCR-HC26, with USB and firewire. First, I tried USB - 99% of other USB devices have either automatically mounted as /mnt/removable (or something), or I could look in dmesg ... lsumpter (61)

Having Trouble with Protools and Linux. 39 38 (4/30/2006 10:20:45 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hello group! I just upgraded my PC to Suse Linux, from Windows XP Professional and I am having some problems installing my Protools software. In fact I am having troubles installing Microsoft Office, Waves Nati... win.girl (2)