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[xawtv and webcam looping]
by davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg＠public.gmane.org 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

GDHough wrote: >In the last year we've had the auto vandalized twice and have been relieved of >three bicycles. I've put motion lights and sound triggers and a new dog all >around this little flat. Recently we've discovered irrefutable proof that the >perpetrators may actually be from next door. > >I am building custom MountainBikes and need to know my items are safe in the >home. My solution (since we're already being cased) was to do a little casing >of my own. And without getting into a drawn out justification, this is what >we've done. > >Since the suspects are young, male, jobless, social misfits, they have all >freaking day to study our routines. They know when the kids are in school and >we are at work. I have set up a Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000. The darn thing >worked right out of the box. Using 'webcam', a part of xawtv I am able to >grab images and ftp them to the webserver. I also archive the images locally >and with mencoder, condense them into AVI's. The beauty of this setup is I >can monitor our vulnerable backyard entry from any browser in near real-time >(currently a 15 second grab). Unfortunately, the xawtv program 'webcam' does >not do what it is supposed to do and my work-around is generating big logs >and consuming too much cpu on the workstation. > >1) webcam doesn't loop at all like it's supposed to. > >2) SSH transfer option could not be performed without manually entering a >password. I even set up all the authorized keys and it still prompts me for a >passphrase - I suspect an 'expect' syntax error, but I at least feel more >secure... > >3) ProFtp works but again, webcam refuses to keep-alive the connection. My >solution was to create a script and run it from CRON. Now in addition to the >ftp logons and transfers in /var/log/messages, I'm getting gobs of mail from >CRON. > >Has anyone had success with xawtv and the webcam looping utility? > >farmer6re9 > > Have you considered http://gspy.sourceforge.net/ ? gspy is designed for webcam based security and may offer fewer headaches YMMV djp -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Hello Every One
by fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg＠public.gmane.org 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

On Sunday 21 December 2003 23:13, Stephen wrote: > When I booted the computer the memory test was 327680 KB OK Make a memtest86 floppy and have your computer run memory tests for a few hours ... the BIOS memory test is pretty much meaningless. -- Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> http://www.wehave.net/ Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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C programming question
by wildberger-iRg7kjdsKiH3fQ9qLvQP4Q＠public.gmane.org 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

On December 22, 2003 08:57 am, Greg Franks wrote: > Two words:> > man mem (physical memory) > (or man kmem (kernel virtual memory)). > ..greg > > You have to be root to poke around. In the good ole days of Unix, the > `ps' command actually opened /dev/kmem and looked at the bytes > directly. Could I ask you to expand on your two words a little bit by using the info in the man page in a concrete way, e.g show me how to access physical memory at address 0x200 to 0x205. Thanks, John -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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[xawtv and webcam looping]
by mr6re9-mI4xJ4qlgtBiLUuM0BA3LQ＠public.gmane.org 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

In the last year we've had the auto vandalized twice and have been relieved of three bicycles. I've put motion lights and sound triggers and a new dog all around this little flat. Recently we've discovered irrefutable proof that the perpetrators may actually be from next door. I am building custom MountainBikes and need to know my items are safe in the home. My solution (since we're already being cased) was to do a little casing of my own. And without getting into a drawn out justification, this is what we've done. Since the suspects are young, male, jobless, social misfits, they have all freaking day to study our routines. They know when the kids are in school and we are at work. I have set up a Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000. The darn thing worked right out of the box. Using 'webcam', a part of xawtv I am able to grab images and ftp them to the webserver. I also archive the images locally and with mencoder, condense them into AVI's. The beauty of this setup is I can monitor our vulnerable backyard entry from any browser in near real-time (currently a 15 second grab). Unfortunately, the xawtv program 'webcam' does not do what it is supposed to do and my work-around is generating big logs and consuming too much cpu on the workstation. 1) webcam doesn't loop at all like it's supposed to. 2) SSH transfer option could not be performed without manually entering a password. I even set up all the authorized keys and it still prompts me for a passphrase - I suspect an 'expect' syntax error, but I at least feel more secure... 3) ProFtp works but again, webcam refuses to keep-alive the connection. My solution was to create a script and run it from CRON. Now in addition to the ftp logons and transfers in /var/log/messages, I'm getting gobs of mail from CRON. Has anyone had success with xawtv and the webcam looping utility? farmer6re9 -- Eating Crow is better with MyCrowSauce -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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C programming question
by rgfranks-cmaem7PIVQT44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys＠public.gmane.org 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

>>>>> "John" == John Wildberger <wildberger-iRg7kjdsKiH3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org> writes: John> I got interesting replies to my question on how to access John> physical memory. In summary: Yes, it can be done. No, it John> cannot be done. It is difficult. It is not easy. What John> comes to my mind is: "Das gefingerpoken in den Gewerken is... Two words: man mem (physical memory) (or man kmem (kernel virtual memory)). ..greg You have to be root to poke around. In the good ole days of Unix, the `ps' command actually opened /dev/kmem and looked at the bytes directly. -- __@ Greg Franks <| _~@ __O _`\<,_ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |O\ -^\<;^\<, (*)/ (*) (*)--(*)%---/(*) "Where do you want to go today?" Outside. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Hello Every One
by roulton623-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA＠public.gmane.org 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

That is the part that didn't work. When it came to the summary all I got was a blank screen and it stayed that way for hours until I rebooted with the reset button. There were still two more items on the list after that. update and reboot > Waitaminnit, the summary is where it's supposed to stop, unless I'm thinking of > a completely different part. That's where you are supposed to configure X and/or > any other hardware that hasn't been automatically configured by the installer, > no? You have a list, and beside each item is a button which says "configured" or > "not configured", etc. ? > > Beyond that, the only thing I can think of is, as I said before, you got a bad > ISO in there. If you hadn't already just done a reinstall, I would recommend > downloading the ISO's again, checking their md5sums, and burning fresh ones, > but....sheesh, you've been through a lot already. You've either got the patience > of a Saint, or you reeeeaaaaaally hate Windows ;-) -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Hello Every One
by joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg＠public.gmane.org 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

On 21 Dec 2003 23:13:58 -0500 Stephen <roulton623-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote: > I like Mandrake though and I will find out what is wrong. I tried the on > line update yesterday and I had to re-install the system again. I guess > I need to learn more before I start with the on line updates. nah, I think a lot of people are having that problem, which is why I haven't done an update recently. On the Mandrake lists (I would recommend joining) I've already seen at least 3 or 4 people who's system was hosed by an update, it is something to do with bad XFree86 update packages. Lemme guess, you couldn't get the graphical enviro up after the update, right? > The same thing happed this time as soon as it came to the summary part > of the install the thing just stopped. I waited for two hours and it > didn't start again. I had to reboot with the reset button and fix the > file system. It does seem to be working better this time though. Waitaminnit, the summary is where it's supposed to stop, unless I'm thinking of a completely different part. That's where you are supposed to configure X and/or any other hardware that hasn't been automatically configured by the installer, no? You have a list, and beside each item is a button which says "configured" or "not configured", etc. ? Beyond that, the only thing I can think of is, as I said before, you got a bad ISO in there. If you hadn't already just done a reinstall, I would recommend downloading the ISO's again, checking their md5sums, and burning fresh ones, but....sheesh, you've been through a lot already. You've either got the patience of a Saint, or you reeeeaaaaaally hate Windows ;-) -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Such mistakes could make the Afghan people think ill of the coalition..." -- Bryan Hilferty, American Coalition Spokesman, on the murder of 9 innocent children by American attack planes in Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2003 -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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What is wrong with the format of this URL
by joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg＠public.gmane.org 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:47:40 -0500 "Teddy Mills" <teddymills-VFlxZYho3OA at public.gmane.org> wrote: > http://192.168.1.9/songs/:80 > > What is wrong with the format of this URL? If I remove the port :80, it > works. It's the combo of the / and the :80, a port number will only work as part of a network address, not as part of a directory location. It should be like this: 192.168.1.9:80/songs/ -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third."-- Timothy Leary -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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What is wrong with the format of this URL
by opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA＠public.gmane.org 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 01:47:40AM -0500, Teddy Mills wrote: > http://192.168.1.9/songs/:80 > > What is wrong with the format of this URL? If I remove the port :80, it > works. http://host:port/... -- William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> Linux solution for data management and processing. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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What is wrong with the format of this URL
by teddymills-VFlxZYho3OA＠public.gmane.org 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

http://192.168.1.9/songs/:80 What is wrong with the format of this URL? If I remove the port :80, it works. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Family Guys Quagmire "allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll right" Capt Tenneal "LETS GO!" -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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