Tux

Alright I've got several questions for you guys.

Up until recently my computer would suddenly slow down almost to the point were working is impossible (I'm running Ubuntu). I'm usually only running 3 or 4 applications at a time and I'm not putting much stress on them, I doubt its an overheating problem because usually it happens only 2 hours after being on. I checked the system monitor to see what was going on, evidently the memory and swap history was going crazy it was plained out at around 98% for about an hour. The processing and network history seemed normal... Whats going on?

I also got a ton of songs I recently added to my computer, I also got a PS3 in my basement. The problem is I would like to stream my music down to the PS3 with out booting into windows. Could I also stream it to a 360.

Is it also possible to connect a blackjack II to my linux os. I know the blackjack uses widows mobile and the two linux and windows dont work to well together. I connected my blackjack to my computer (while in linux) and it dosnt recognize it and the installation disc only works under linux. Any bright ideas.

One more thing has any one else found a thread or a post relating to putting linux on a PS3 and being able to play and watch blue-ray movies and other games?

wmorri

Hi,

To answer your first question. I would like to know a little about your computer. Like the general specs. I would also like to know when the last time was that you cleaned out the dust and other crap that can build up inside it.

For the next problem. I am wondering if you loaded all those songs onto your windows partition or your linux partition. This will determine if you will need to boot into windows. Also, you will need to be able to see your windows computer from your ps3 on the network for that to work. You mention a 360 too, i am guessing that you want to stream music to it to, and the same thing will apply to it.

As for the blackjack II I will have to do a little research and see what I can find out about it and Ubuntu. You say that the device isn't recognized in Linux, but the install disk only works in Linux and not windows. This part doesn't make sense, if you could help me understand what you mean that would help.

I will also have to do a little looking to find out about blue-ray and Linux to see what the status is on that.

I know this is a lot but I will do my best to find answers for you.
Cheers!

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lensman3

If the songs are on a windows partition (NTFS) then you can mount the partition under Linux. As root do some exploring using:

/sbin/fdisk -L /dev/sda

If you only have one disk then use /dev/sda. If you have more than one then run the command changing /dev/sda to /dev/sdb (and so on). The NTFS will evenually show up. You can mount the NTFS using the command:

/sbin/mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /u1

where sda1 is the partiular ntfs partition that fdisk shows. /u1 is a mount point for the file NTFS. You may have to add uid=, gid=, umask= options to set the correct group and user id so that you can write to the partition.

Also look at the /sbin/mount.ntfs program. It will mount a ntfs.

Also look at you gui. On my redhat core 9, the gui allows mounting Applications->System->DiskManagement. (So there probably a place to do this through the gui).

Hope this helps.

Tux

To your first question is I have no idea when the last time my computer was opened up. so yeah its probably really dusty inside. I think my dad got it in like 2001 and I'm pretty sure it has about 256mb of ram i think and the only upgrade so far has been the video card. This is the main reason why I'm building a new computer for the science fair this year (I thought I might as well kill two birds with one stone).

I loaded all the songs onto the linux partition. I also got songs on windows partition that I can access while logged into linux, however I cant access the songs in the linux partition while logged into windows.
Im pretty sure it can be done with a Ps3 its probably just requires some networking software or code to make its self visable to the PS3
Well the reason I questioned 360 was because its more windows based and stricter on well pretty much everything.

For the blackjack II the installation cd was for windows only. When I connected the phone to the computer while in linux it wasn't recognized. I couldn't find any software or applications to fix this

Hey but thanks for the help,this forum is great.

wmorri

Hi,

I am not sure if you are looking to use your blackjack as a modem or not. But if you are take a look at this, starting with post 4. They haven't seemed to get the sync portion down yet, though.

As for sending things to your PS3 you should be able to do it relatively easily. Then main points are that you are going to have to make sure that you can see your PS3 and or 360 on your network from your linux partition. The only major problem that you might have is if you have to send them over wireless, as the signal can be broken up going through a house.

Cheers!

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Bartender

If you're thinking about building a Linux-compatible PC Phoroonix is a useful website. They don't have the budget or manpower to check lots and lots of equipment but still educational to browse the "motherboards" section

Tux

Thanks for the hint bartender I'll look into it as for the Ps3 how do I make it visable, so it will show up when I search for a media server