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September 28, 2006

rm * results in /bin/rm: Argument list too long.

This will fix this problem:

find . -name '*' | xargs rm

Posted by Doug at 3:05 PM | | Comments (0)

September 18, 2006

Pc hdTv3000 Firmware

Incase you want to know where hotplug firmware goes:

in fedora core 5 it goes in /lib/firmware/

Posted by Doug at 2:25 PM | | Comments (1)

Mythtv rc.local startup additions

My rc.local for mythtv on fc5

/usr/bin/mysqlcheck -u root -pxxxxx -r --all-databases
/sbin/modprobe lirc_mceusb2
/sbin/modprobe bt878
/sbin/modprobe dvb-bt8xx
/sbin/modprobe dst
amixer -c 0 sset Line,0 100%,100% cap mute
amixer -c 0 sset Capture,0 100%,100% cap mute
amixer sset 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' 0
mount -t cifs -o username=administrator,password=xxxx, //xxx/network /mnt/network
chmod -R 777 /dev/dvb/adapter0
chmod -R 777 /dev/dvb/adapter1

Posted by Doug at 2:16 PM | | Comments (0)

Samsung LCD TV xorg.conf settings

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "SAMSUNG"
DisplaySize 890 500
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 61.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 75.0
ModeLine "1360x768" 85.5 1360 1416 1528 1792 768 771 777 795 +hsync
+vsync
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Posted by Doug at 2:14 PM | | Comments (1)