[00:13] <bekks> GeekDude: SCSI2 (aka 50 pin) isnt compatible downwards to a parallel port (aka 25 pin).
[00:13] <bekks> GeekDude: Totally different technologies.
[00:17] <GeekDude> bekks: Was hoping that wasn't the case. I'm looking into getting a PCI card for it
[00:17] <GeekDude> I wonder though why such a cable was even manufactured
[00:17] <bekks> GeekDude: You need to get a SCSI card with an external connector. There is SCSI2 and mini SCSI2, but there are adapters for it.
[00:19] <GeekDude> I've got a C50m to HD50m (SCSI2) cable
[00:19] <GeekDude> Finding the PCI card for it is looking to be the more difficult part
[00:20] <bekks> Took less than 10s: http://www.amazon.com/Adaptec-SCSI-2-Adapter-1-34-3-AHA-2940UW-HP/dp/B0045JMSKM/
[00:21] <GeekDude> and how many pins there?
[00:22] <bekks> Count'em - SCSI2, 50 pins, mini connector.
[00:22] <bekks> Err no, no mini connector.
[00:22] <bekks> Investing more than 5 bucks for that old scanner is just a waste of money.
[00:22] <GeekDude> Looks like 68 pins
[00:23] <GeekDude> And you're probably right
[00:23] <GeekDude> I do a lot of things because I can though
[00:23] <GeekDude> bit of a hobby
[00:23] <bekks> More like an archeologist, using ancient technologies :P
[00:24] <GeekDude> I've got a CRT manufactured in the same year as that scanner. I use it as my main TV, with a rasplex pi hooked up to it
[00:24] <GeekDude> I've also got a desktop hooked up to it through an s-video to coax converter box
[00:25] <GeekDude> Managed to get an iMac G3 running debian, but one of the RAM sticks went bad so now it runs very, very slowly
[00:25] <Unit193> Wow, good job on that.
[00:25] <bekks> Did all that too - a decade ago ;)
[00:25] <GeekDude> Thing is stupidly hard to netboot
[00:26] <GeekDude> managed it after a few hours one long night
[00:26] <GeekDude> this was ~2 years ago IIRC
[00:26] <GeekDude> I chose fluxbox instead of xfce though
[01:27] <ryclik_> Hey guys. I accidentally deleted my partition table on my main disk. In effort to restore it I was wondering if anyone knows where the Ubuntu default partition sizing is documented?
[01:27] <ryclik_> EFI in particular
[06:40] <xubuntu774> Hello?
[06:41] <xubuntu774> Is anybody currently in the chat besides me?
[06:45] <xubuntu82w> Hello?
[06:49] <well_laid_lawn> xubuntu774:  hi, what's up ?
[06:51] <xubuntu774> Thanks for responding. I've just installed Xubuntu as part of my Dual Boot (alongside Windows 8.1), and I've been having trouble connecting to my WiFi. The only reason I can talk to you right now is because I'm running Xubuntu through a virtual machine.
[06:51] <xubuntu774> Sorry for the long post.
[06:52] <well_laid_lawn> the bot has some links on that
[06:52] <well_laid_lawn> !wifi
[06:52] <well_laid_lawn> see if that link helps
[06:52] <xubuntu774> Thanks.
[06:52] <well_laid_lawn> cheers
[09:36] <alexpin> hello guys, I can run alsa's Front_Center.wav perfectly but the login audio and mp3 files don't work... any ideas on what I could try? I already googled for half an hour :/
[10:59] <leriaz> hey yall
[11:04] <jarnos> What package handles mounting of USB devices automatically?
[11:10] <flocculant> jarnos: udev I think
[11:42] <jarnos> flocculant, ok, I changed it here: Bug #1333354
[17:18] <mitsurugi77> hello
[17:18] <mitsurugi77> I'm from Spain and thanks for supporting
[17:19] <mitsurugi77> I have some doubts about h264 gpu aceleration
[17:20] <mrkramps> mitsurugi77, doubts like it is not working?
[17:20] <mitsurugi77> yes it's working but with some problems, i will try to explain the best as i can
[17:20] <mitsurugi77> sorry my english is not good
[17:21] <mrkramps> mitsurugi77, there should be a spanish support channel
[17:21] <mrkramps> i guess #ubuntu-es
[17:21] <mitsurugi77> my graphic card is: ati radeon hd 4340
[17:22] <mitsurugi77> xubuntu version: 15.10
[17:23] <mitsurugi77> i have installed mesa drivers for use vdpau gpu aceleration
[17:23] <mitsurugi77> sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
[17:23] <mitsurugi77> video players used: vlc and kodi
[17:24] <mitsurugi77> h264 gpu aceleration works, but i have some glitches
[17:24] <mitsurugi77> same in all media players i have tried
[17:26] <mitsurugi77> it's dificult to explain the glitches, sometimes misframing
[17:27] <mitsurugi77> i'm almost sure it could be a driver problem or configuration in driver...
[17:27] <mitsurugi77> do you know what can i do?
[17:29] <mrkramps> mitsurugi77, libvdpau1 also installed?
[17:30] <mitsurugi77> umm i'm not sure
[17:31] <mitsurugi77> i have only installed mesa-vdpau-drivers
[17:31] <mitsurugi77> i could try install libvdpau1
[17:31] <mrkramps> mitsurugi77, sudo apt-get install libvdpau1 vdpauinfo
[17:32] <mrkramps> then run vdpauinfo in terminal to check if everything's supported properly
[17:33] <mitsurugi77> ok, thank you very much
[17:33] <mitsurugi77> i will try it when i arrive home
[17:33] <mitsurugi77> :)
[17:33] <mrkramps> mitsurugi77, another question is which dirver you are using
[17:34] <mrkramps> free radeon or proprietary fglrx
[17:34] <mitsurugi77> i only use: sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
[17:34] <mitsurugi77> propietary is not compatible with my old graphic card
[17:34] <mitsurugi77> free i suppouse
[17:34] <mrkramps> argh, that's true of course … sry
[17:36] <mitsurugi77> its quite strange, because image runs fine but aleatory shows some defects
[17:37] <mitsurugi77> i have been reading in archwiki: AMD Radeon HD 4000 series and newer GPUs are supported by the libvdpau-va-gl package together with the libva-xvba-driverAUR package. It uses the catalyst-utilsAUR driver for Radeon HD 5000 series and newer, and catalyst-total-hd234kAUR for Radeon HD 4000 series.
[17:37] <mitsurugi77> but my linux distribution is xubuntu, so maybe this will not good
[17:37] <mrkramps> vdpau for free radeon driver, xvba-va for fglrx
[17:38] <mitsurugi77> yes i'm using vdpau
[17:38] <mrkramps> and there are some exceptions in the HD 4000 series
[17:38] <mrkramps> but HD 4340 should work
[17:38] <mitsurugi77> yes it works, but not fine
[17:38] <mrkramps> mitsurugi77, have you tried mplayer or mpv?
[17:39] <mitsurugi77> only kodi and vlc
[17:39] <mrkramps> afaik wether kodi nor vlc support hardware decoding by default
[17:39] <mitsurugi77> vdpau is working because my cpu is a pentium 4
[17:40] <mitsurugi77> and videos runs smooth, but sometimes show glitches
[17:40] <mrkramps> it is not a question of hardware, but as far as i know vlc and kodi do not support hardware decoded video playback
[17:41] <mrkramps> at least not without some additional configuration
[17:41] <mitsurugi77> but they support vdpau
[17:41] <mitsurugi77> vdpau gpu aceleration
[17:41] <mitsurugi77> if i set on in options, is working
[17:42] <mrkramps> propably my information source got a bit old then
[17:42] <mitsurugi77> i will try another players also, for discard
[17:44] <mitsurugi77> maybe could dissapear the problems installing libvdpau1, i will try it this night, thanks!!
[17:54] <mitsurugi77> good by
[17:54] <mitsurugi77> good bye
[19:11] <v2528> xrandr settings not sticking with lightdm's display-setup-script
[19:11] <v2528> i simply need $xrandr --output HDMI-0 --auto --right-of VGA-0 to be permenant
[19:12] <v2528> i'm using Xubuntu
[19:14] <v2528> the normal extension for multiple screen is buggy with Radeon/Mesa drivers, it offsets one of my display 3840 rather than 1920
[19:46] <czeslaw> Hi ! I have a question. I don't want to see disks on my desktop but I want to see CD ROM when I put CD. If i go RclickMouse > Desktop Settings I can hide all disks but with cd rom too
[22:21] <StevenR> ok. What key combo did I just hit that caused my screen to zoom in, and how do I make it go back to normal?
[22:22] <krytarik> StevenR: Alt + mouse wheel.
[22:22] <StevenR> yay!
[22:22]  * StevenR sends krytarik a non-HTTP cookie
[22:22] <StevenR> thanks
[22:22] <krytarik> Sure.