Monthly Archives: November 2006

Cisco 7960 buggy SIP firmware rev. 7.5

Posted on November 5, 2006 by erik

I’ve been getting intermittent complaints recently that our Cisco 7960 phones are refusing to work and displaying an ‘XML Parse Error’. In inability to transfer calls seems also to be part of the equation. Well, I’ve never had the problem … Continue reading →

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Fedora Core 5 ATI driver with theater_out tv support

Posted on November 5, 2006 by erik

I have a radeon 9200 video card in my HTPC, since when I bought it all the HTPC enthusiasts over at seemed to think ATI was better for tv output. I also wanted the possibility of using a component adapter … Continue reading →

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IVTV Autoloading on Fedora Core 5

Posted on November 5, 2006 by erik

My MythTV system has been in place for several years now, and has seen many versions of Fedora. Ensuring the IVTV modules were loaded correctly after a system restart has always been a bit of a black art, however, and … Continue reading →

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Oracle Unbreakable Linux?

Posted on November 3, 2006 by erik

I’d heard in passing that Larry Ellison announced Oracle was going to start selling Red Hat Linux support, and that Red Hat stock and dropped like 43% in a day because of it, but the gravity of the situation never … Continue reading →

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