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Practical Uses for the Gateway Connected Touchpad (modified 0 times) ShakinEakin Profile Hi Everyone, I would love to hear how people are using the Gateway Connected Touchpad. I for one wanted a simple linux box that had a web browser, and would play MP3's. I finally have a working version of Midori Beta3, with XMMS from the Beta 2 release compiled in. I'm not able (yet at least) to get NFS to mount a directory of my MP3's off another linux server. So, I setup mp3apache to serve up the mp3 files on my local lan. The idea here is, I can use the web browser to stream the mp3 data to XMMS which plays the music on the GWCTP. There are some great features of this setup. 1) Cost. The GWCTP can be had for less then $200. 2) Noise. There is none. 3) Can install just about anywhere you have a network connection. I plan on setting one up next to my TV, and another in my office and have access to all my music via the web/ftp server mentioned above. 4) Can use the touch-screen or even a learning IR remote to control the playback! Very cool! 5) Did I mention the price and the fact how quiet it is. Codeman/BigDog: It seems that a lot of people may pay some $$$ for a CompactFlash that already has an image on it with the tools/apps they need. I know I stuggled to get as far as I have (and I wouldn't have if it wasn't for this forum.) Anyway, even though the machine is not as zippy as I would like, it seems fine for what I'm using it for. I just wanted to hear what other people are using these things for... ShakinEakin. 02-06-2002 18:53:27

RE:Practical Uses for the Gateway Connected Touchpad (modified 0 times) pigseye Profile | Email I'd pay a few bucks to download a linux image that worked! I'm currently using my GCTP for internet surfing and mp3s but I'm running win98 and it's pretty slow. I would rather use linux if it would be faster. Pigseye 02-08-2002 06:21:19

RE:Practical Uses for the Gateway Connected Touchpad (modified 0 times) MOOKIE Profile I'm using my GCT as an mp3 server and it works great. I'm networked to my desktop PC (Win2K Pro) and to my Virgin Webplayer (98Lite on DOC - internal NIC) MY GCT COMPONENTS: Windows ME Winamp Lite 2.78 Zone Alarm Firewall VNC - Virtual Netowrk Computing 128MB of RAM Linksys USB Ethernet adapter Cable Modem Linksys Router Two (YES TWO!!!) 20GB IBM laptop hard drives - That's a whopping 40GB total!!! I used a Badflash cable with two connectors. Just put a jumper (a bent staple works fine) on the second hard drive to make it a slave. Removed the modem and flattened the metal cross-support on the shielding so it all fits in the case . . . Nothing a sledgehammer can't fix :) I have about 15GB of mp3s so far (I'm an ex-dj with a huge CD collection) GCT audio out is plugged into my stereo. I run Winamp Lite 2.78 on all 3 machines and each playlist is loaded from the GCT file directory. I can play all three machines at the same tme with no problem. The GCT just keeps serving the music. Touchscreen is enabled. I use Winamp in Double-size mode so you can touch the play buttons with your fingertip (or the GCT stylus). Otherwise just use the Winamp keyboard shortcuts from across the room. Under the screensaver power settings, delete all the profiles except for ALWAYS ON and then create a new one called SCREEN OFF. Set the - Display OFF in 1 minute - and show the icon in the takbar. That way you can easily toggle the screen on/off since this machine will not go into Suspend mode. The music does hiccup for a second when the screen flickers off - no biggie. The hard drives will stop spinning after it sits idle for a while. Winamp will stream internet radio. You can even control your stereo from another room using a Winamp Plug-in called Snowcrash that allows you to control Winamp on the GCT machine remotely from a browser. I haven't tried that - I just use VNC to control it directly from the GCT Winamp screenshot. Adam@MOOKIE 02-08-2002 14:04:22

RE:Practical Uses for the Gateway Connected Touchpad (modified 0 times) yellow2 Profile | Email I have a similar setup but have found that Snowcrash worked better, i.e. LESS sluggish than VNC. IMHO VNC is a bit overkill for an mp3 server. 02-08-2002 17:12:55

RE:Practical Uses for the Gateway Connected Touchpad (modified 0 times) MOOKIE Profile I'll give Snowcrash a try - thanks. Also, another good idea for the GCT - Turn it into an mp3 clock radio. I originally had mine on the night table next to my bed. I was using Banshee Screamer to wake up to an mp3 playlist. Again, use the screen off function. When the alarm goes off in the morning, just touch the screen and it acts like the snooze bar. 02-09-2002 06:40:10

RE:Practical Uses for the Gateway Connected Touchpad (modified 0 times) ninja Profile ShakinEakin, Did you do anything special to get XMMS to compile? When I tried to compile XMMS from the beta2 release in Midori Beta3, it didn't like it. I went through the logs, it looks like environment variable polution. When linking, it goes to my development machine's library to look for glibc instead of Midori's build tree. I played with the build script, but didn't get very far. Let me know how you did it. Thanks. ninja 03-09-2002 19:08:04

RE:Practical Uses for the Gateway Connected Touchpad (modified 0 times) ShakinEakin Profile You know, I don't remember the exact trick to get it to compile. I know I had to use RedHat 6.2, not use the ACPI power management, Beta3 for all the packages except XMMS (Beta2). If I remember right, there wasn't a library it needed. From the error that is displayed on the screen, I was able to find the item it was looking for. I did a search on my system for that library, and copied it to the appropriate location on my system, where the Midori build would use it. Once I did that, everything compiled just fine. Let me know what the error message is, and I will try to duplicate it on my system. HTH, ShakinEakin 03-11-2002 14:20:19

RE:Practical Uses for the Gateway Connected Touchpad (modified 0 times) GWIZAH Profile | Email Mookie, I stream mp3s over an HPNA card from my dual-pIII600 box. My GCT has windows ME installed and it suspends correctly. I have the scheme setup as Home/Office desk...Turn off monitor: after 3 mins...System stand by: Never. Seems to work fine for me, except for a slight hiccup on audio when it comes back on. (just like you mentioned) 03-11-2002 19:20:05

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