just wondering if anyone has any ideas for some more cool shit i can do w/ my lack luster linux machine. Its only 333Mhz, but i have it running as an apache server, and its running SSH.

I can't seem to add KDE themes, I downloaded one from kde.themes.org but when i try adding the tar.gz file it never works. it always says the file doesn't contain a them file or an rc file

try unzipping it first

File server? MP3 jukebox? Firewall?

It depends on what your needs are really. Personally I needed a way to keep all of my media and files from clogging up my desktop, so I invested $100 in a HDD and made an inexpensive file server out of an old 450 MHz machine.

mail server, web server, ftp server, router, watching tv, listening to music.

Jacking around with the thing until it breaks so you can fix it. Priceless!

David, since you mention watching TV... and since my AIW Radeon is not yet supported under Linux... I was wondering: which nVidia ViVO cards are supported for TV-in under Linux? I'm going to be swapping out my Windows drive to another box, and I might as well send the AIW with it, so I'd need another card for this box. Unless I just get a TV card, or learn to ssh/vnc so that I can watch the AIW output under Windows on this box (haven't decided yet).

I can of course trawl Google, but it would go faster if I had a couple of leads .

You can go with an ATI TV-Wonder which is using the bttv module..

lspci

02:03.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
02:03.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)


dmesg

firedragon:~ # dmesg |grep bttv
bttv: driver version 0.7.104 loaded
bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for capture
bttv: Host bridge is Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 02:03.0, irq: 9, latency: 32, mmio: 0xd8000000
bttv0: detected: ATI TV Wonder/VE [card=64], PCI subsystem ID is 1002:0003
bttv0: using: BT878(ATI TV-Wonder) [card=63,insmod option]
bttv0: using tuner=19
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
bttv0: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).


I'm sure there are many options with that driver. Checkout the cardlist...

firedragon:~ # cat `locate bttv/CARDLIST`
bttv.o
card=0 - *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC ***
card=1 - MIRO PCTV
card=2 - Hauppauge (bt848)
card=3 - STB, Gateway P/N 6000699 (bt848)
card=4 - Intel Create and Share PCI/ Smart Video Recorder III
card=5 - Diamond DTV2000
card=6 - AVerMedia TVPhone
card=7 - MATRIX-Vision MV-Delta
card=8 - Lifeview FlyVideo II (Bt848) LR26
card=9 - IMS/IXmicro TurboTV
card=10 - Hauppauge (bt878)
card=11 - MIRO PCTV pro
card=12 - ADS Technologies Channel Surfer TV (bt848)
card=13 - AVerMedia TVCapture 98
card=14 - Aimslab Video Highway Xtreme (VHX)
card=15 - Zoltrix TV-Max
card=16 - Prolink Pixelview PlayTV (bt878)
card=17 - Leadtek WinView 601
card=18 - AVEC Intercapture
card=19 - Lifeview FlyVideo II EZ /FlyKit LR38 Bt848 (capture only)
card=20 - CEI Raffles Card
card=21 - Lifeview FlyVideo 98/ Lucky Star Image World ConferenceTV LR50
card=22 - Askey CPH050/ Phoebe Tv Master + FM
card=23 - Modular Technology MM201/MM202/MM205/MM210/MM215 PCTV, bt878
card=24 - Askey CPH05X/06X (bt878) [many vendors]
card=25 - Terratec TerraTV+ Version 1.0 (Bt848)/ Terra TValue Version 1.0/ Vobis TV-Boostar
card=26 - Hauppauge WinCam newer (bt878)
card=27 - Lifeview FlyVideo 98/ MAXI TV Video PCI2 LR50
card=28 - Terratec TerraTV+ Version 1.1 (bt878)
card=29 - Imagenation PXC200
card=30 - Lifeview FlyVideo 98 LR50
card=31 - Formac iProTV
card=32 - Intel Create and Share PCI/ Smart Video Recorder III
card=33 - Terratec TerraTValue Version Bt878
card=34 - Leadtek WinFast 2000/ WinFast 2000 XP
card=35 - Lifeview FlyVideo 98 LR50 / Chronos Video Shuttle II
card=36 - Lifeview FlyVideo 98FM LR50 / Typhoon TView TV/FM Tuner
card=37 - Prolink PixelView PlayTV pro
card=38 - Askey CPH06X TView99
card=39 - Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave
card=40 - STB TV PCI FM, Gateway P/N 6000704 (bt878), 3Dfx VoodooTV 100
card=41 - AVerMedia TVPhone 98
card=42 - ProVideo PV951
card=43 - Little OnAir TV
card=44 - Sigma TVII-FM
card=45 - MATRIX-Vision MV-Delta 2
card=46 - Zoltrix Genie TV/FM
card=47 - Terratec TV/Radio+
card=48 - Askey CPH03x/ Dynalink Magic TView
card=49 - IODATA GV-BCTV3/PCI
card=50 - Prolink PV-BT878P+4E / PixelView PlayTV PAK / Lenco MXTV-9578 CP
card=51 - Eagle Wireless Capricorn2 (bt878A)
card=52 - Pinnacle PCTV Studio Pro
card=53 - Typhoon TView RDS + FM Stereo / KNC1 TV Station RDS
card=54 - Lifeview FlyVideo 2000 /FlyVideo A2/ Lifetec LT 9415 TV [LR90]
card=55 - Askey CPH031/ BESTBUY Easy TV
card=56 - Lifeview FlyVideo 98FM LR50
card=57 - GrandTec 'Grand Video Capture' (Bt848)
card=58 - Askey CPH060/ Phoebe TV Master Only (No FM)
card=59 - Askey CPH03x TV Capturer
card=60 - Modular Technology MM100PCTV
card=61 - AG Electronics GMV1
card=62 - Askey CPH061/ BESTBUY Easy TV (bt878)
card=63 - ATI TV-Wonder
card=64 - ATI TV-Wonder VE
card=65 - Lifeview FlyVideo 2000S LR90
card=66 - Terratec TValueRadio
card=67 - IODATA GV-BCTV4/PCI
card=68 - 3Dfx VoodooTV FM (Euro), VoodooTV 200 (USA)
card=69 - Active Imaging AIMMS
card=70 - Prolink Pixelview PV-BT878P+ (Rev.4C,8E)
card=71 - Lifeview FlyVideo 98EZ (capture only) LR51
card=72 - Prolink Pixelview PV-BT878P+9B (PlayTV Pro rev.9B FM+NICAM)
card=73 - Sensoray 311
card=74 - RemoteVision MX (RV605)
card=75 - Powercolor MTV878/ MTV878R/ MTV878F
card=76 - Canopus WinDVR PCI (COMPAQ Presario 3524JP, 5112JP)
card=77 - GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878)
card=78 - Jetway TV/Capture JW-TV878-FBK, Kworld KW-TV878RF
card=79 - DSP Design TCVIDEO
card=80 - Hauppauge WinTV PVR
card=81 - GV-BCTV5/PCI
card=82 - Osprey 100/150 (878)
card=83 - Osprey 100/150 (848)
card=84 - Osprey 101 (848)
card=85 - Osprey 101/151
card=86 - Osprey 101/151 w/ svid
card=87 - Osprey 200/201/250/251
card=88 - Osprey 200/250
card=89 - Osprey 210/220
card=90 - Osprey 500
card=91 - Osprey 540
card=92 - Osprey 2000
card=93 - IDS Eagle
card=94 - Pinnacle PCTV Sat
card=95 - Formac ProTV II
card=96 - MachTV
card=97 - Euresys Picolo

tuner.o
type=0 - Temic PAL (4002 FH5)
type=1 - Philips PAL_I (FI1246 and compatibles)
type=2 - Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)
type=3 - Philips (SECAM+PAL_BG) (FI1216MF, FM1216MF, FR1216MF)
type=4 - NoTuner
type=5 - Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles)
type=6 - Temic NTSC (4032 FY5)
type=7 - Temic PAL_I (4062 FY5)
type=8 - Temic NTSC (4036 FY5)
type=9 - Alps HSBH1
type=10 - Alps TSBE1
type=11 - Alps TSBB5
type=12 - Alps TSBE5
type=13 - Alps TSBC5
type=14 - Temic PAL_BG (4006FH5)
type=15 - Alps TSCH6
type=16 - Temic PAL_DK (4016 FY5)
type=17 - Philips NTSC_M (MK2)
type=18 - Temic PAL_I (4066 FY5)
type=19 - Temic PAL* auto (4006 FN5)
type=20 - Temic PAL_BG (4009 FR5) or PAL_I (4069 FR5)
type=21 - Temic NTSC (4039 FR5)
type=22 - Temic PAL/SECAM multi (4046 FM5)
type=23 - Philips PAL_DK (FI1256 and compatibles)
type=24 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FQ1216ME)
type=25 - LG PAL_I+FM (TAPC-I001D)
type=26 - LG PAL_I (TAPC-I701D)
type=27 - LG NTSC+FM (TPI8NSR01F)
type=28 - LG PAL_BG+FM (TPI8PSB01D)
type=29 - LG PAL_BG (TPI8PSB11D)
type=30 - Temic PAL* auto + FM (4009 FN5)
type=31 - SHARP NTSC_JP (2U5JF5540)
type=32 - Samsung PAL TCPM9091PD27
type=33 - MT2032 universal
type=34 - Temic PAL_BG (4106 FH5)
type=35 - Temic PAL_DK/SECAM_L (4012 FY5)
type=36 - Temic NTSC (4136 FY5)
type=37 - LG PAL (newer TAPC series)
type=38 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3)
type=39 - LG NTSC (newer TAPC series)





I had a Radeon DDR in the same machine that I was using for composite in DirectTV which also worked fine. I swapped it with a 9600XT recently, so I am using the Tuner now. It works for both cable tuner and DirectTV by creating the config file like this for xawtv..

david@firedragon:~> cat .xawtv
[global]
ratio = 4:3
freqtab = us-cable
pixsize = 128 x 96
pixcols = 1
jpeg-quality = 75
keypad-ntsc = no
keypad-partial = yes
osd = yes
osd-position = 30 , 20
use-wm-fullscreen = yes

# [Station name]
# capture = overlay | grabdisplay | on | off
# input = Television | Composite1 | S-Video | ...
# norm = PAL | NTSC | SECAM | ...
# channel = #
# fine = # (-128..+127)
# key = keysym | modifier+keysym
# color = #
# bright = #
# hue = #
# contrast = #

[defaults]
group = main
norm = NTSC
input = Television
capture = grab
color = 44%
bright = 57%
hue = 49%
contrast = 44%

[SatTV]
freq = 0.00
input = Composite1
color = 64%
bright = 61%
contrast = 52%


The cable channels are using the default settings of the tuner like this..

[CNN Headline]
channel = 10
fine = +15
capture = on

[Fox 10]
channel = 11
fine = +15
capture = on

[NBC 15]
channel = 12
fine = +15
capture = on

[WB]
channel = 13
fine = +15
capture = on