Newbie experience

hello Archers,
I am not a linux expert, I installed a bunch of linux distros in the past but I can be easily defined a newbie. I recently built a new desktop PC and decided to completely switch to linux (no dual boot and no VM ). I tried many distros before landing on archlinux but now I have a fully functional, light and fast desktop environment.
I needed 3 days to:
- understand archlinux "philosophy" (day 1);
- install the base system, cpufreq, gnome, alsa (day 1);
- install compiz fusion, extras, eye-candies, plugins, printers, camera (day 2);
- learn to build my own packages, update HPLIP package from 1.7.4 (in the repos) to 2.2.6 (latest stable version) (today)
Compared to ready-to-go distributions like Ubuntu it's a lot of time, but probably now that I know arch better I would need no more than a couple of hours, plus -repeat- I am quite a newbie.
What's the meaning of this post? Well, just wanted to encourage users evaluating the possibility of installing arch linux to give it a spin, it's not (just) a distro for gurus, anyone can install it and it gives great satisfaction. It's one of the few distros that lets you configure the system exactly the way you want it and it's not bloated with dozens useless applications/deamons/modules/etc.
I don't understand why arch is not more "mainstream" (and reading the forums the developers seem proud of it), anyway to me this is the way linux should be.
Last edited by Matt3o (2007-09-13 15:54:42)

You live and Florence and you're running Arch? You must be in heaven.
Like you, I tried most of the mainstream distributions before coming to Arch. I didn't expect to but I've become a dedicated Arch user ever since. I'm not even the type of person who likes to build things themself (I'd rather have everything I need installed for me) but I've found that the system runs much faster and cleaner when you do it yourself and you usually know what's going on at all times, so I'm very happy I did it. And the best thing is: I don't have to do it all over again when there's a new release, just a simple pacman -Syu does the trick.
Good luck with the rest of your endeavors!

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Unless you know otherwise...
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Message was edited by: Grahame Fendle

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I have lots of old footage on:-
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2. HI8 tapes
3. Sony mini-DVDs
4. DVDs
5. Sony standard def hard disk camcorder files.
1. DV tape
This was a joy to import. OK, so I had to invest a small amount of cash to buy a new cheapie DV camcorder (as my old one broke years ago), but the import itself was easy. Just connect the camcorder, the import window appears, and away to go. Events are imported with the correct date and time, and it even creates a new event for different days imported.
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3. Sony mini-DVDs
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9404421&tstart=0
4. DVDs
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5. Sony standard def hard disk camcorder files.
Now this is the biggie…..
I had about 1,000 MPEG2 files on my hard disk, that I’ve moved from my camcorder over the years. To my annoyance, when I switched from a PC to the Mac, I needed to buy the MPEG add-on to Quicktime. OK, so no big deal, but even then, all I could get was the video with no sound. After weeks of digging about, I found out that the reason there was no sound is because apparently Quicktime can’t handle MPEG files with AC3 dolby digital sound. As all of my files are recorded in this format, this was a major hurdle.
I then dug around and discovered that on the Sony CD that comes with the camcorder, there is a utility to down mix the AC3 audio to stereo. But it can only do one file at a time – no good for 1,000 files.
Even so, I tried a few files, and yes – they now played under Quicktime WITH audio.
But when doing an import into IMovie 09, the files are greyed out and cannot be selected. So back to the drawing board...
I then looked into various bits of software, finally deciding to get MPEG Streamclip, in order to convert the files in something more Apple friendly.
I did lots of experiments over many weeks in converting files to different formats for import into IMovie, and even though some of them looked excellent, when exporting to different sized export files (e.g. IPod, AppleTV), some of them had artifacts and shimmering all over the place.
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Because MPEG Streamclip converts the files into DV files, the original date and time information is lost. This is a real pain and means IMovie thinks all the files are 2009.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1979095&tstart=0
who suggested that I could rename the files with the IMovie notation, i.e.
clip-yyyy-mm-dd hh;mm;ss.ext
I even worked out how to do this automatically using ‘a better finder renamer’.
But there was still one more issue.
When the files were imported into IMovie, the thousand files would just come in as one event (unlike importing DV tape where it splits into days).
Being unhappy with this, I had a brain wave and decided to try something else. AppleMan1958 helpfully suggested putting the files into different folders “behind IMovie’s back”, something I was open to doing, but wanted to try something else first...
I resurrected my old camcorder from my attic, and filmed a few minutes of footage.
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I then noticed an ‘archive’ button within the import window, so decided to press it. It then copied the MPEG file from the camcorder onto the hard disk. But it did so in the structure of the original camcorder (i.e. it creates a series of specially named folders, just like on the camcorder).
I then decided to copy all 1,000 of my MPEG2 files into the new special structure that had just been created.
All 1,000 files were then accessible using the standard import function!!!!
(By the way – I’m sure people already know this information – and I’m in no way taking credit for any of it, as it’s probably been suggested by other people in the past).
I’ve now happily imported all of the files.
(Interestingly, a couple of times it said ‘Error!’ on importing some of the files. The third time I tried it, it worked. How random!!)
What amazes me is that now the Mac CAN seemingly handle MPEG video AND ac3 audio, whereas it can’t handle it by double-clicking the files in the finder. I can’t see why this should be the case. Also, it’s really annoying that when importing the files from hard disk, the files are totally greyed out – but it CAN import them by fooling IMovie into thinking it’s a camera archive.
Ofcourse now I’ve spent all this extra money, it’s time to dust off the old camcorder and use that for a few more years, until I pluck up the courage to go hi-def...
Hope you enjoyed reading – thought I’d share my experiences incase there are any newbies out there with similar issues. It’s annoying that Apple make it seem like childsplay to connect your new shiny camcorder to IMovie, but seem give little help in the more technical issues.
Now, if only they’ll fix the mini-DVD import bug too...!
Brad

Hi Brad,
when you use Streamclip to convert media, use the same name for the exported file (only with different extension). Then make a shell script calling
touch -r origFileName.mp2 newFileName.mov
This will copy the exact time and date from origFileName.mp2 to newFileName.mov
The script may look like this (save the file, give an exec permission to it and call it in the right directory):
#!/bin/bash
for i in `ls *.mp2`; do
NEWNAME=$(ls "$i" | sed -e 's/mp2/mov/')
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done
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Have fun and cheers

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this is my very own self made instruction of "how to increase your battery health"
it is the procedure how i have done it serverall times on my powerbook g4 12".
my stats: 374 cycles, health 86% (3790 of 4400mAh)
age of my mac: 57month (battery bit newer)
**if you to try this: it is on your own risk!**
**this may not be suitable for mac newbies**
**be sure to read this twice before you do it once!**
you will need:
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-coconutbattery (coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery) or comparable programm to track your battery information in realtime
-activity monitor
-cool enviroment (to ensure your fans don't have to work that much)
-some time and patience
the intructions:
step1: load your mac until the orange light turns green
step2: disconnect the power adapter
step3: use your mac until 15-25% battery life (track this information in your menu bar)
step4: slow down your activities. the order of the following actions depend on your usage of your mac:
__close programms that use lots of cpu/gpu to ensure the fans slow down to 0rpm (!!)
__turn off everything that needs battery power: airport / bluetooth / speakers / etc.
__eject dvd or cd
__close all programms with important data
__eject idisk / .dmg files in your finder (this is not only a matter of data security)
__dissonnected from peripherals such as ethernet / internet / mouse / keyboard
__use lower brightness level
__open activity monitor to ensure that your hard drive activity is very low, may be you need to close more active programms, close activity monitor when hard drive activity is very low
__open system preferences >> energy saver preferences >> choose longest battery life
when your are ready with those actions go on and ensure you are able to connect to power adapter with your mac quickly (be able to charge - don't do it yet!)
step5: be patient. now it should take some time until your battery level goes down to 3-5%
now there should be no programm running.
do not open any programm now!
do not have a look at your dashboard!
now your mac should be really quiet:
-no fans (0rpm!)
-nearly no hard drive activity!!
-->> if this not the case break go on with step 11&12, try again in a week or two
-->> if you are ready go on with step6
step6: open coconutbattery und use the lowest brightness level
play with your trackpad to ensure your screensaver won't start. waste time until you are at 1-2% battery life.
step7: take your lamp and spot through the transperent apple logo, position your coconut battery window somehow that you can see the current battery charge und the maxium battery charge in the spot of your lamp through the apple logo.
step8: go from the lowest brightness level to the level under the lowest brightness level (a dark screen)
step9: watch your current battery charge carefully und keep on playing with your trackpad to ensure your screensaver won't start.
step10: there is kind of battery buffer made of approximately 1% (once when my "current battery charge" was 3624mAh and this kind of buffer was at 36mAh)
to empty this kind of battery buffer takes much longer as you might expect!
when your current battery charge turns under this kind of battery buffer, your maximum battery charge should change. hopefully it is higher or stays the same. when it is lower now: i'm sorry - i have warned you. may be you have to go through this 'how to' more carefully!?
step11: plug in your power adapter before the battery is cero!
step12: load until the orange light turns green
step13: if it was helpful do not repeat it more than once a week, better once a month
-->webcal://www.apple.com/batteries/images/notebook_icalreminder.ics
(via: http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html)
anyone with similar experiences about increasing battery health!?
(yes, i'm sorry for my poor english, i've tried my best)

Me too! My battery lasts for 10 minutes. It is awful and I am on my 4th power adapter since they keep breaking too.
From coconut battery: Maximum battery charge 310mah, original 4400, age of mac 45 months, 140 cycles.
From system profile:
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 310
Remaining Capacity (mAh): 213
Amperage (mA): -1205
Voltage (mV): 11557
Cycle Count: 140
I went to an apple authorized retailer and they said nothing I can do if it is out of warranty.. is this true?

For all the newbies who wants to learn Java

I was a newbie like 4 months ago. i have some skills of OOP in C++ like 2 years back but since then i did'nt took any of programming language courses. I have experience in MSaccess and MYsql. i did my internship Last summer with Tennessee Education Lottery as a Database Analyst. At that time i realized what a Corporate Enviorment looks like. Trust me it was a formal interview and i passed it and they placed me in the IT department to write some scripts for the GUI terminal and at the same time create a Company Security Database. i did completed my project but i had to Learn Mysql. and then i realized Java was getting very popular. alot of people told me in the forums to go Java tutorial but i will not agree to start from the sun tutorial. you can do it only if you have a good or may be medium experience of OOP. it was really tough for me and then this magic guy came on the forum and told me to go on this website if you want to learn Java.
http://chortle.ccsu.edu/java5/cs151java.html
This site is a brilliant site specially the exercise problems and the quizes really attracted me to Java alot and now i came to realize how easy it is to program in Java rather than C++. Java forums have helped me alot in solving those exercise problems (not with the code but with a good explanation) which was very helpful for me. out of my 210 post i guess i have helped 30 people out and the rest of the questions are regarding those exercises. i came to know encapsulation, inheritance and all that stuff. though i am still not very perfect like i am still having trouble with ComparTo thing but it takes more practice. the more you practice the more you learn. so all the newbies if you really want to learn java even if you dont have any experience in OOp this is the site where you need to start. Hope this will definitely help you alot. thanks to all the Senior members navycoder, captain, paulcw, duffy, turingpest and others also who have helped me in the past. without you i would have not achieved the goal of learning java. now my next step is going to be learn GUI programming Swing. looks fun to me. but at the same time i have my final project for this semester to make on ONline Testing program which will have a database, php scripting and html and xml.
I will post if i have any problems

I was a newbie like 4 months ago. i have some skills
of OOP in C++ like 2 years back but since then i
did'nt took any of programming language courses. I
have experience in MSaccess and MYsql. i did my
internship Last summer with Tennessee Education
Lottery as a Database Analyst. At that time i
realized what a Corporate Enviorment looks like.
Trust me it was a formal interview and i passed it
and they placed me in the IT department to write some
scripts for the GUI terminal and at the same time
create a Company Security Database.Wow they really must like to gamble if they put you in charge of a security database - no offense meant, but that isn't the sort of thing you would want a brand new person working on, unless of course they were giving really high odds ;-)

Connecting a kiosk to a server - help out a newbie!

well no exactly a newbie, but sort of
hey all
i am self-taught and i have pretty good as3 and mxml skills and have worked with Flash Pro and Flex, but only for my own stuff at home. i have only done local AIR stuff that don't require sending and getting data from a server
now someone has asked if i could build him a kiosks/server system, and i want to dive into that
the kiosks would be deployed in stores and have touchscreens displaying pictures, movies, banners and accept user control and data - no problem here
i plan to build his remote controlling software in Flex and the kiosk AIR apps in Flex or Flash pro.
the kiosks should periodically connect to the server to see if updates are available and download swf, jpeg and movie (mp4? flv?) files to the local filesystem (no live streaming is needed)
also, user created data (forms only) should be sent to the server - i guess xml
since i have no server side or server connection experience could you help me out here - what to investigate further into:
URLloader?
Sockets?
HTTPrequests?
WEBrequests?
RemoteObects?
can all this be in as3 alone or do i need stuff like php also?
also, would i be able in the controlling flex app to determine if specific kiosks are offline?
thanx a million,
Saar

you can use urlloader to load data from the server but you may also need serer-side code (unless you're hard-coding file names).

Latency(ASIO Buffer)Issues, Share Your Support! On Behalf of newbies......!!

I think most of us here gone through these problems. Especially a newbie who just started with his or her home Studio or Composition.
What we face most is a Delay on real time recording of the instruments or if you creating music through MIDInterface. We got a slite delay between Recorded and played Note. Thats the case, I'm also facing now. So i dedicate this thrade if its being popular to a newcomer(newbie) & a expert one who can help out of this problem.
I just bought a EMU0404(pci) sound card. and in reason its not so perfect when i playing it through my Sythesizer (Roland E-16) My PC Configuration is : P-IV 3.0 (HT), MOTHERBOARD D101 With Shared undedicated 256mb of my system RAM, 768mb OF DDR(400) RAM, A SEAGATE 80GB (SATA) HDD.
I have configured Reason (Steps for who dont know how to configure reason : Click Edit > Preferences > Select Audio from Page > Select the proper Audio Card Driver > if DirectX driver then Configure the Slider of Buffer Size , if a Asio Driver Like Emu-Asio, Asio4all or what ever it Installed > configure it through its Control Panel below of that page) at 440 samples of a output latency of 9ms. but still it have a slight latency problem.
And in Fruity Loops it's not working properly too. but we will discuss it later.
I have some questions Like:
a)What is Latency Compensation?
b)Do we Exceed the RAM Limit?
c)Do we Exceed the Processor?
d)Do we have to buy a Workstation?
and many more...........
I have problem with the Rewired part too, with Nuendo3 or Cubasis too. but still it will be after that.
So Please, The expertise here can share their experiences with us. Many thanks at advance.
Eagerly waiting for your sujjestion too Come....... From "Help Gurus"

You should be able to work using 2-5.8 ms (96-256 samples) w/ your 3GHz/HT PC (IIRC, HT and SATA may cause problems) using software instruments (and even lower settings when using Rolands HW synth as playback device). There are some extra latency coming from MIDI connections:
MIDI keyboard internal response to keystroke -- this is not instantaneous but on a good keyboard should be under 1 msec or so
MIDI transport latency
- If you're using MIDI cables, this is 1 msec per note in the chord, before the last note in the chord sounds. In other words, for a 6-note chord, the first note is delayed by 1 msec, the second by 2, etc., to the 6th note that is delayed by 6 msec.
- If you're using MIDI over a high-speed technology like USB, Firewire, or mLAN, there is still transmission latency but the per-note effect is far, far lower -- probably not measurable.
BTW, ASIO is maybe the best device driver for recording use for every system. IIRC, the E-MU WDM driver is not good at all. When you record using direct monitoring (monitor the dry signal only) then, there are normally no hearable latency but, when you want to monitor the wet signal (software effects/instruments added) then you need to use latency settings around 7 ms (4-10 ms) to get the delay avoided. This is not easily achieved when you have project w/ plenty of tracks and plenty of VST/DX effects/instruments added/in use and you want to play everythin in background while recording a new track).
Some thoughts for your guestions:
a) I suppose you'll find a brief explanation for this by googling around. In generally, latency compensation (if available) is done automatically (VST/DX plug-ins) so you don't need to worry 'bout it, or set manually (as like in Sonar 6 for ASIO latency when you set the offset where the recorded data is placed in timeline).
b) RAM limit ? There are known limits as like 2GB/3GB/4GB for program/data space
--> Cubase has well known (~1.5 GB) RAM limit http://forum.cubase.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=57331 (! continue to the another thread (link in 8th post))
--> you may need to enable IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE set in executables image header (see instructions from Cubase.net forum link)
--> you need least 1-2 GB RAM to get most sample based instruments working
--> low amount of RAM like you have there, remember set the virtual memory large enough
--> VST/DX effects and typical VST/DX instruments won't consume much RAM (only sample based does)
c) CPU usage can be controlled by latency settings ...
When you record using plug-ins w/ 'software' monitoring (the way you can hear the plug-ins too), you need to set latency low (~5 ms) to get rid of delay between keypress and heard audio. You have only some methods you can use in this case to get the CPU usage down --> if you have plenty of tracks (w/ plug-ins) playing in background then you may get the CPU usage high --> pops/crackling/dropouts --> freezing tracks is good method then or bouncing (converting) MIDI tracks w/ software instruments to audio tracks, etc. Normally single tracks aren't a problem... you can use 2-5 ms latency settings then w/o troubles.
When you are doing mixing, you can use much higher latency settings (20 - 100 ms).
d) what do you mean by Workstation ... if just a prebuild DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) then aren't those normal PCs/MACs too? If you mean those hardware recording systems then, isn't that a bit expensive path for a E-MU 0404 owner?
ATM, problems comes from latest technology as like from SATA/RAID controllers, PCIe bus (graphics), FireWire Controllers, etc. (like in forums here, these have been mentioned many times along with X-Fi issues).
For E-MU users, E-MU forum - http://www.productionforums.com/index.php?f=52
jutapa
Message Edited by jutapa on 12-18-200610:42 PM

BPM Newbie

Hi Guys
I am a BPEL guy and just started working on BPM. Being a newbie in BPM field i have few queries which should be able to make me understand the diff between BPEL and BPEM.
1) We created Business Process in BPEL with WS Orchestration, Deployed on BPEL PM Server then invoked the BPEL process with java code. Is it same with BPM? Do we have separate BPM Engine / Server for BPM? Where it is deployed? How is it invoked?
2) Can we call/invoke one BPM process from another BPM process?
3) How to use business rules in BPM?
4) How do we use BPM process in actuall overall project deployment?
5) Can it call any ESB and BPEL process? or can we call a BPM process from ESB or BPEL?
6) Does it also have instances like BPEL? and its versions?
I may have asked some stupid questions here but i am just trying to know how it can help me in understanding the business modelling better.
Many Thanks

user12128585 wrote:
Hi Guys
1) We created Business Process in BPEL with WS Orchestration, Deployed on BPEL PM Server then invoked the BPEL process with java code. Is it same with BPM? Do we have separate BPM Engine / Server for BPM? Where it is deployed? How is it invoked?There is the dedicate engine for BPM that can run on an application server like WLS, you just have to deploy your projects on the engine in order to have them available.
The processes can be started in may ways: using the workspace (web application that alllows users to interact with processes) running activities (applications) that start the processes, using webservices, using jms listenere and so on. I suggest you to look at the documentation for specific details.
2) Can we call/invoke one BPM process from another BPM process? Of course!
3) How to use business rules in BPM? Just prepare the rules and use them, for instance using business rule based transitions to control the flow of the process...
4) How do we use BPM process in actuall overall project deployment?It depends on your project
5) Can it call any ESB and BPEL process? or can we call a BPM process from ESB or BPEL?Sure with ESB, it's strongly integrated with it. I've no experience with BPEL integration but I know it can be done.
6) Does it also have instances like BPEL? and its versions?It has. Don't know if in BPEL it's the same...
You define a process and then you can run instances of that process. You can modify it and have different versions running on the engine... but it would be too long to discuss here and now.
I may have asked some stupid questions here but i am just trying to know how it can help me in understanding the business modelling better. No question is stupid :)
Hope that this helps.
Giuliano

Newbie experience

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