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Author: Hylton BoothroydHylton Boothroyd
Date: May 13, 2008 15:53
Can a drive with specs
Model: MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8123
Revision: CA0T
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-ROM
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
be expected to play a French film on a commercial DVD?
The specs are for the CD/DVD that came in a G4 PowerBook with 10.3, now
at 10.3.9.
When I insert the DVD I can see that there is an audio folder and a
video folder on the disk (which means it's being looked at as data).
But the DVD Player promptly terminates when I launch it.
I would be grateful for any pointers -- software, limits to region
switching ... thanks
(In the normal way of things we rely on a cheap all-region DVD player
with a scart socket to the TV set)
--
Hylton
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Author: WoodyWoody
Date: May 13, 2008 15:15
svn used to work on my server, but it no longer seems to. It says
authentication error when trying to connect to it with anything.
I have checked the authentication file, which seems ok.
It works as a LaunchDemon on my server (OSX 10.4.latest server). Or
should I say doesn't.
Everything else works, I can get files, find out which are modified. I
can even add. I just cant update modified files.
Any ideas?
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Author: Peter CeresolePeter Ceresole
Date: May 13, 2008 15:07
> In fact, I think it probably is quite lonely out there for the only one
> left. The world must seem like a horrible place indeed when it feels
> like everyone you meet "hurls insults" constantly.
I suspect that you're right. It probably does seem a horrible place.
Which is why I think it's always a good idea to think twice before
posting once in any thread that involves Rowland.
--
Peter
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Author: Andy HewittAndy Hewitt
Date: May 13, 2008 14:29
I've spent the night fighting with trying to get my media card readers
to work. I have a Trust one, a 7dayshop one, and a new one I just got
off eBay cheap. Not one of them will connect reliably to my G5, and it
doesn't matter what port I use, either on a hub, or a built-in port. The
reader is recognised in Profiler, but they just will not work reliably
when a card is inserted.
Two of them fail part way through a download, so I can get the images by
continually reconnecting the reader. One just refuses altogether,
although it will appear on the desktop, and launches iPhoto, but then
pops up a message about being disconnected. Subsequent reconnects just
don't work at all.
The same cards can be connected and read perfectly when I use the
cameras directly.
Oh, and the same card readers work fine in 10.4 on an old Sawtooth.
Looking on the Apple forums reveals that I'm not alone, something was
broke in 10.5 at some point.
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Author: Gwynne HarperGwynne Harper
Date: May 13, 2008 13:58
zoara privacy.net> wrote:
> Is there a VNC server that blanks out the local screen whenever the
> machine is being used remotely?
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Author: Andy HewittAndy Hewitt
Date: May 13, 2008 13:22
Rowland McDonnell wrote:
> Andy Hewitt googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> Rowland McDonnell wrote:
>>
>> [..]
>>>> Hmm, of course the 2.5GHz will run hotter, hence the liquid cooling
>>>> system.
>>>
>>> The liquid cooling system should keep it cooler, surely?
>>
>> No idea, liquid cooling should run cooler, but that does depend on a lot
>> of factors. How much hotter do the CPUs run at 2.5GHz?
>
> At the temperature set by the cooling system, like all the rest of 'em.
> I think what you mean is how much more power do they chuck out as heat.
Well, if you're going to get pedantic, shouldn't that be 'how much more
_energy_'?
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Author: real-address-in-sigreal-address-in-sig
Date: May 13, 2008 11:24
Andy Hewitt googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Andy Hewitt googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Aye, it is bad, and it is also quite common if you check other Mac
>>> forums. I'm not sure exactly what part leaks now, but I think it may be
>>> some 'O' rings that go hard.
>>
>> Isn't that only if you have freezing temperatures in the hours before
>> launch, or am I getting confused?
>
> :-)
Indeed, but the effects are different.
There's hardening with age and there's hardening with cold: the former
is down to chemical changes; the latter is just down to the usual `it's
stiffer when it's cold' stuff that applies to polymer materials, and
some but not all parts of human anatomy.
Rowland.
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Author: real-address-in-sigreal-address-in-sig
Date: May 13, 2008 11:22
Andy Hewitt googlemail.com> wrote:
> Rowland McDonnell wrote:
>
> [..]
>>> Hmm, of course the 2.5GHz will run hotter, hence the liquid cooling
>>> system.
>>
>> The liquid cooling system should keep it cooler, surely?
>
> No idea, liquid cooling should run cooler, but that does depend on a lot
> of factors. How much hotter do the CPUs run at 2.5GHz?
At the temperature set by the cooling system, like all the rest of 'em.
I think what you mean is how much more power do they chuck out as heat.
>It may be enough
> that the liquid cooling might maintain the same temps as the air cooling
> on the slower CPUs.
If it doesn't, why are they bothering?
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Author:
Date: May 13, 2008 11:19
zoara privacy.net> wrote:
> There only seems to be three VNC servers; Vine Server, the Back to my
> Mac jobby built-in to OSX Leopard, and the abandoned CocoaVNC. Nne of
> them seem capable of doing this, unless I am missing something.
IIRC Vine Server operates in either Desktop or System mode, and it is
possible to log into a different account than the current Mac console
session which then opens a different remote desktop to the one showing
in the console (local) display. I'm sure I've seen it done, but can't
remember for the life of me which mode it is that you have to set up to
enable the "remote log in but don't show the screen on the local
console" option.
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