Re: Max Wi-Fi connections question
I spent some time in Cambridge on Broadway street working for Sonos wireless speaker company. I enjoyed running 'Kismet' watching the most interesting wifi scans. Two dozen businesses, public transportation buses passing by in and out of range. The classroom environment you describe should present no problems. Kismet also provides some interesting (sci fi) audio sounds while it scans, raising your geek creds. Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC http://embedded-unlimited.com On Thu Apr 10 19:10 , Ed lawson sent: > >I'm sure someone in the group has a real world answer to this >question. My local school is seeking to have Wi-Fi in every classroom >with each classroom having up to 30 devices using the network >simultaneously. I questioned this and was told the appropriate >commercial grade router is capable of maintaining simultaneous >connections with 120 devices and throughput is fine. This sounds a bit >optimistic to me, but I'm older than gray hair and hardware was never >something I knew much about. > >Part of my suspicion is based on the school equating an advanced >computer class with a class where students can learn to use a 3-D >printer. While that is a neat thing to do, not sure why that is an >advanced computer class. > >Thank you in advance. >-- >Ed Lawson >Ham Callsign: K1VP >PGP Key ID: 1591EAD3 >PGP Key Fingerprint: 79A1 CDC3 EF3D 7F93 1D28 2D42 58E4 2287 1591 EAD3 > >___ >gnhlug-discuss mailing list >gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Most WiFi broken??
Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC 3 Bradford Street, Windham NH 03087 http://embedded-unlimited.com On Thu Nov 28 20:22 , David Rysdam sent: >virgins...@vfemail.net writes: >> But here's the odd part: this same exact setup works fine with some >> other public WiFi (I'd guess about 1 in 5), and works just fine with >> every access point that I've set up myself (usually OpenWRT on Linksys >> WRT-series routers). Silly me... following standards and all. > >I've actually had a similar problem. In my case, it was a B/G thing. Power Management problem Lenovo W520 with RealTek RealTek and wireless 'dissasocicated' problems. new ~/howto/wireless debug script.. echo 'options rtl8192se swenc=1' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8192se.conf Then go into your router settings and change 802.11bgn to 802.11bg save and let your router reboot. mnolin-ws520:/etc/modprobe.d # cat rtl8192ce.conf options rtl8192ce swenc=1 options rtl8192ce ips=0 fwlps=0 Used to think Lenovo was pretty good stuff still struggling with Optimus Nvidia display madness. I have crappy old laptops with better WiFi devices and throughput. I was lucky the Realtek Wifi produced some quick google hits. Mike ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: *sigh* I guess I'm going mobile (Linux-compatible smartphones?)
On Fri Jun 14 9:37 , 'Michael ODonnell' sent: "I've been curious about Clearwire as a possible solution to mobile Internet - anybody have any experience with them? " I have a coworker who works remotely from a rent an office in Colorado. Swears by the Clearwire service. Cheaper than buying connection services through the (Regis office provider) On his last trip out to the Burlington office he continued to use his Clearwire device for connecting the corporate network, I had to admit our local office Wifi Hub had wireless issues.. Michael Nolin ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Failed ubuntu do-release-upgrade work around?
On Fri May 3 12:01 , Bruce Labitt sent: "Â It is probably our network $WORK, but I have yet to have anyone be able to help me." The do in fact throttle the downloads there, tested it first hand myself. "Does anyone know where the files are saved for a dist-upgrade that hasn't finished?" I would recommend installing locally downloaded packages using the same package manager tools. apt-get for Ubuntu? (using OpenSuse these days). often I find these files saved in /tmp or /usr/source/packages/SOUCES on an rpm system. Certainly you can point gui your package manager to the file. Mike ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: gnhlug-discuss Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2
Just this morning my windows manager failed to start. Certain of the fact that I logged out through the xfce log out 'dialog' before shutting down last night. Fortunately starting the windows manager through 'xfwm4' in the remaining xterm is simple enough. Definitely seems to be some bug here, cache or memory related... the debug continues. perhaps some log files have left clues. openSuse 12.1 running xfce4 on HP dv6. Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC http://embedded-unlimited.com On Tue May 15 11:50 , Bruce Dawson sent: I suspect powering off before logging out, or not doing a proper shutdown is the root of most of the problems. Especially where cache is involved. Sounds like something isn't being cleaned up and it trips up the cache. A lot of session logic depends on a coherent cache. --Just my $0.02 --Bruce On 05/15/2012 11:37 AM, Jon "maddog" Hall wrote: > This sounds to me like a race condition that causes you to run out of > some critical resource while the system is starting up. > > There are a lot of processes that are kicked off during start up and it > takes an abnormal amount of resources. After you are up and running > these resources are freed up as the start-up processes die. > > The resource that comes to mind is virtual memory "swap" space, and it > may be that you need to expand that, particularly on machines with > smaller amounts of main memory. > > Other ideas? > > md > > On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 09:20 -0400, Michael Nolin wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue May 8 12:54 , David Ohlemacher sent: >> >> "I have LMDE xfce installed on several machines (two from >> zareason). I will warn you about some things that happen to >> them once in a while. >> >> 1. Rarely: When I boot up, my windows will all be missing >> their title bars. They also all get piled up in the upper left >> corner. One cannot move them. It happens once a month or so. >> Rebooting or restarting X will not fix it. The first symptom >> is that I see the XFCE mouse splash screen much longer when X >> starts. >> >> The way I fix it: >> - Press Cntrl-Alt-F2 to bring up another text tty. >> - $ cd ~/.cache >> - $ rm -rf sessions >> - $ sudo service gdm3 restart" >> >> >> >> >> I have a similar problem with my SUSE 12.x xfce the windows >> manager will be lost on boot on occasion. >> >> The way I fix it: xfwm4 in the single remaining xterm locked >> at the top of the screen. >> it seems the windows manager gets dropped from the session >> manager on occasion. logging out through the session manager >> restores the window manager setting. Until the next occasion >> were it gets lost. Perhaps when I shutdown with out logging >> out? >> >> Michael Nolin >> Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC >> http://embedded-unlimited.com >> >> >> ___ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: gnhlug-discuss Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2
mnolin-ws:/home/mnolin # free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3959 1233 2726 0 123 537 -/+ buffers/cache: 572 3387 Swap: 2053 0 2053 This is actually the machine's run time configuration. Seems reasonable that a startup process race condition could run out of swap space. The amount of memory available seems reasonable. I believe this HP dv6 can support upto 6G or 8G xfce should have a lower threshold than the full KDE Plasma. Michael Nolin On Tue May 15 11:37 , "Jon \"maddog\" Hall" sent: This sounds to me like a race condition that causes you to run out of some critical resource while the system is starting up. There are a lot of processes that are kicked off during start up and it takes an abnormal amount of resources. After you are up and running these resources are freed up as the start-up processes die. The resource that comes to mind is virtual memory "swap" space, and it may be that you need to expand that, particularly on machines with smaller amounts of main memory. Other ideas? md On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 09:20 -0400, Michael Nolin wrote: > > > > > On Tue May 8 12:54 , David Ohlemacher sent: > > "I have LMDE xfce installed on several machines (two from > zareason). I will warn you about some things that happen to > them once in a while. > > 1. Rarely: When I boot up, my windows will all be missing > their title bars. They also all get piled up in the upper left > corner. One cannot move them. It happens once a month or so. > Rebooting or restarting X will not fix it. The first symptom > is that I see the XFCE mouse splash screen much longer when X > starts. > > The way I fix it: > - Press Cntrl-Alt-F2 to bring up another text tty. > - $ cd ~/.cache > - $ rm -rf sessions > - $ sudo service gdm3 restart" > > > > > I have a similar problem with my SUSE 12.x xfce the windows > manager will be lost on boot on occasion. > > The way I fix it: xfwm4 in the single remaining xterm locked > at the top of the screen. > it seems the windows manager gets dropped from the session > manager on occasion. logging out through the session manager > restores the window manager setting. Until the next occasion > were it gets lost. Perhaps when I shutdown with out logging > out? > > Michael Nolin > Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC > http://embedded-unlimited.com > > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: gnhlug-discuss Digest, Vol 68, Issue 2
On Tue May 8 12:54 , David Ohlemacher sent: "I have LMDE xfce installed on several machines (two from zareason). I will warn you about some things that happen to them once in a while. 1. Rarely: When I boot up, my windows will all be missing their title bars. They also all get piled up in the upper left corner. One cannot move them. It happens once a month or so. Rebooting or restarting X will not fix it. The first symptom is that I see the XFCE mouse splash screen much longer when X starts. The way I fix it: - Press Cntrl-Alt-F2 to bring up another text tty. - $ cd ~/.cache - $ rm -rf sessions - $ sudo service gdm3 restart" I have a similar problem with my SUSE 12.x xfce the windows manager will be lost on boot on occasion. The way I fix it: xfwm4 in the single remaining xterm locked at the top of the screen. it seems the windows manager gets dropped from the session manager on occasion. logging out through the session manager restores the window manager setting. Until the next occasion were it gets lost. Perhaps when I shutdown with out logging out? Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC http://embedded-unlimited.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: I'm considering a new laptop, looking for experiences.
My $DAYJOB has provided me with a rather capable Lenovo ThinkPad CORE i7 W520. rather large for the daily commute the size of the power brick is unreasonable looks like an actual full size brick. Never had problems running Linux on the ThinkPad products. Unfortunately it was pre-installed with Windows7 (32 bit), I added a VirtualBox openSUSE 586 12.1 XCFE machine. Intel Gigabit Network Card. Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC 3 Bradford Street, Windham NH 03087 http://embedded-unlimited.com On Thu Apr 12 14:10 , Bill Freeman sent: My Acer is scaring me. Sometimes at startup it goes into an infinite reboot loop. The way out seems to be to force power off, flex the case and whack it a few times, after which it boots. So, I'm considering replacing it. Last round I insisted on an AMD CPU, but I'm currently drawn to an i7 or i5. I know that lots of folks swear by the ThinkPads, and I will consider them. I'm not really willing to consider Compaq/HP, Gateway, or Apple, and I've found Linux on Toshiba to be troublesome in the past. Can anyone offer personal experience stories on the Dell Inspirons? Any additional suggestions? Any bad experiences with the i7 CPU? Thanks, Bill ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New HP dv6 laptop and Knoppix
Lots of lessons learned. I ended up pulling out a SATA USB 3.5 hard drive enclosure, booting Knoppix 6.01. Several 'fdisk -l' and 'dd if=/dev/baddisk of=/dev/gooddisk' I was able to copy partition information, a working boot sector, and the HP recovery partition. The first whole disk copy was not successful as it stopped on the bad OS sector, a second attempt to copy the 2nd largest recovery sector worked. I was able to run the recovery program which was essentially an entire reinstall of the OS. Rebooting windows after configuration confirmed a correctly installed and booting OS. I must have spent at least 6 hours on the phone and rebuilding hard drives. My recovery CD should be here in 2 more days. I was lucky to have Knoppix Hacks, knoppix CD USB hard drive enclosure. ready to go, and previous experience upgrading dual-boot laptops. I couldn't recommend HP to anyone, outside of this group who had time to burn rebuilding a laptop. Mike "nailed to the perch" .. deceased, expired, no more" ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New HP dv6 laptop and Knoppix
--- On Tue, 12/15/09, Bill Freeman wrote: > > > > --- On Sun, 12/13/09, Michael Nolin > wrote: > > > > > > > The laptop I bought the kids for Christmas > arrived and it > > > did not boot windoz 7. After an hour and a half > on the phone > > > with HP tech support I got a case# and an order > number for a > > > new hard drive due to arrive on the 17. HP's > diagnostics > > > test 'hard drive:failed'. My user experience is still being enhanced on the phone with HP techcenter. New replacement hard drive arrived, installed passed hard drive diagnostics. 'No operating system installed' apparently no HP recovery partition either. I'm sure Knoppix would confirm I received a perfectly working but blank hard drive. The return center passed me back to the techcenter which is processing a recovery CD order which of course I had already asked for along with the replacement hard drive. Just asked, "you did not create a recovery CD"... not possible from a hard drive that failed diagnostics. New order #, for a recovery CD, free of charge and under warranty and all, guess I'll need to call back for that RMA# I had originally called for. Mike "Merry Christmas and peace among men of good will." > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New HP dv6 laptop and Knoppix
--- On Sun, 12/13/09, Michael Nolin wrote: > The laptop I bought the kids for Christmas arrived and it > did not boot windoz 7. After an hour and a half on the phone > with HP tech support I got a case# and an order number for a > new hard drive due to arrive on the 17. HP's diagnostics > test 'hard drive:failed'. > > The BIOS on this laptop seems pretty weak: F2 'run system > diagnostics' RETURN run windows normally. I had to remove > the hard drive from the laptop to get the knoppix CD to run, > I tried 5.0, 5.1 and finally 6.01 which worked. > > Perhaps I can upgrade the BIOS when I get a working hard > drive? can I find a similar discussion in the archives? I > checked last months but cannot remember any particular > discussion. > > I did not originally intend to dual boot this laptop but > now I fear this weak BIOS (if it is actually the BIOS I'm > looking at) will lead to certain data loss or removing the > hard drive to recover any data which will have to be done on > another machine. reviewing (for the 4th time) hp.com/go/techcenter/startup and additional frantic F9 F10 pressing I was able to get to the BIOS configuration and change the boot order, to CD/DVD driver first and bad hard drive 2nd. The previous screen with 'F2 diagnostic' RETURN continue startup was effectively masking the BIOS I was expecting which can be accessed after pressing RETURN and pressing F10 quickly and frequently. Mike > > > > > > > > > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
New HP dv6 laptop and Knoppix
The laptop I bought the kids for Christmas arrived and it did not boot windoz 7. After an hour and a half on the phone with HP tech support I got a case# and an order number for a new hard drive due to arrive on the 17. HP's diagnostics test 'hard drive:failed'. The BIOS on this laptop seems pretty weak: F2 'run system diagnostics' RETURN run windows normally. I had to remove the hard drive from the laptop to get the knoppix CD to run, I tried 5.0, 5.1 and finally 6.01 which worked. Perhaps I can upgrade the BIOS when I get a working hard drive? can I find a similar discussion in the archives? I checked last months but cannot remember any particular discussion. I did not originally intend to dual boot this laptop but now I fear this weak BIOS (if it is actually the BIOS I'm looking at) will lead to certain data loss or removing the hard drive to recover any data which will have to be done on another machine. I have another HP dv5 I ordered from newegg, I'm quited happy with the way it has been preforming since May running openSUSE mno...@linux-lap:/etc/sysconfig/network> uname -a Linux linux-lap 2.6.27.29-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-08-15 17:53:59 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64) If the new hard drive does not just work, I'll be forced to spend another hour on the phone with HP to get a RMA#. Mike ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Suggestions - embedded Linux
--- On Tue, 10/13/09, Drew Van Zandt wrote: > From: Drew Van Zandt > Subject: Suggestions - embedded Linux > To: "GNHLUG" > Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 10:36 AM > So, I've convinced my company to at > least entertain the idea of using embedded Linux on one of > our upcoming projects, but I'm in need of some > research. I'm doing my own, of course, but I thought > some of you might have suggestions. > > > > We would spin our own PCB with CPU etc., and I'm trying > to figure out what platform would be most economical - our > needs are not great, embedded Linux is overkill, but it has > many good features. So far I'm considering these > options to present: > > > > HARDWARE: > * Marvell SheevaPlug schematic with some tweaks. 1.2 GHz, > 512MB flash, 512 MB RAM, gig Ethernet, USB. Less RAM/Flash > if I think it will suffice. > * ColdFire v2, v3, v4. 128MB flash, 128MB RAM (less if I > can be convinced it will suffice.) > > > * NET+ARM based, 128MB flash, 128MB RAM (less if I can be > convinced it will suffice.) Last year I found many ARM packages were moving from 256MB on chip flash and up. Off chip nand flash comes in even higher densities. Not a cost or size issue but a power concern in battery operated devices. Michael Nolin > > Any comments on a good hardware basis that I'm > missing? > > DISTRIBUTION: > Timesys LinuxLink > Red Hat Embedded Linux > > > > --DTVZ > > > -Inline Attachment Follows- > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Suggestions - embedded Linux
--- On Tue, 10/13/09, Drew Van Zandt wrote: > From: Drew Van Zandt > Subject: Suggestions - embedded Linux > To: "GNHLUG" > Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 10:36 AM > So, I've convinced my company to at > least entertain the idea of using embedded Linux on one of > our upcoming projects, but I'm in need of some > research. I'm doing my own, of course, but I thought > some of you might have suggestions. > > > > We would spin our own PCB with CPU etc., and I'm trying > to figure out what platform would be most economical - our > needs are not great, embedded Linux is overkill, but it has > many good features. So far I'm considering these > options to present: > > > > HARDWARE: > * Marvell SheevaPlug schematic with some tweaks. 1.2 GHz, > 512MB flash, 512 MB RAM, gig Ethernet, USB. Less RAM/Flash > if I think it will suffice. > * ColdFire v2, v3, v4. 128MB flash, 128MB RAM (less if I > can be convinced it will suffice.) > > > * NET+ARM based, 128MB flash, 128MB RAM (less if I can be > convinced it will suffice.) > > Any comments on a good hardware basis that I'm > missing? > > DISTRIBUTION: > Timesys LinuxLink > Red Hat Embedded Linux > The TI Davinci board had a Monta Vista Linux with ARM9 core, TI did a good job refining Monta Vista's install into a nice package. I found ARM9 can easily support the memory needed to run most any embedded linux feature. If your needs are more on the micro controller end you can also use u-boot with the provided scheduler example code for a small micro controller like project. I been interested in the Timesys package much lower price point compared to MV. Michael Nolin > > > --DTVZ > > > -Inline Attachment Follows- > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Disk imaging for XP system
--- On Sat, 2/28/09, Chris wrote: > From: Chris > Subject: Disk imaging for XP system > To: "Greater NH Linux User Group" > Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 10:16 AM > Hello All > > I have an XP system which I want to migrate from a 250GB > IDE drive to a > 500GB SATA drive, is there a live CD and package that would > allow me to do > that, I have tried Norton Ghost (2003) but that can't > see the SATA drive, > and I have also tried Powerquest partition magic image > center with no luck > because that barfs on some directory entry. > > WIll dd or some other program do the job or will I have to > try to find some > other package? I used dd straigt from the linux rescue cd. Migrating windows XP partitions as well as linux partitions to a new larger harddrive for my old Dell 600m one hard drive in the laptop another in an external USB enclosure. I like Knoppix 5.1 for this as well but it was having a problem with old RedHat 9 partitions. I've gotten away from Partition Magic it was not able to read all linux partitions. dd "Unix Power Tools", or Knoppix Hacks. Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC > > Thanks > > Chris > > > -- > IBA #15631 > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: compiling gcc q's
> > dependencies. I have to be sure I get releases of gcc > and binutils > > that were part of the same tools release. > > > > mno...@nolin-ws:/local/gnu> > > binutils-2.17/ gcc-4.1.0/ gdb > > > > > > > > Michael Nolin > > > > > > > > How does one match them up? Is there a binutils that > matches gcc 4.3.1 ? > I have > binutils-2.17.50.0.6, gcc-4.1.1 & gdb-6.5 Allot of embedded CPU sites give you a good idea which releases go together. http://users.rcn.com/rneswold/avr/c51.html the fsf.org releases used to do a better job of organizing this.. It looks like you already have a pretty good match, binutils does not change nearly as frequently as gcc, though I was not able to find a reference to the version of binutils the following mentions a dependency on GMP and MPFR. http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/changes.html Perhaps it is just a build order, The following suggests you are not alone as well as binutils needs to be built first. http://bytes.com/topic/unix/answers/819978-gcc-4-3-1-installtion-problem Michael Nolin ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: compiling gcc q's
> I'm trying to get a more modern version of gcc on my > Cell Blade, so I > thought I'd compile it. I've run into an error > right away in the > configure stage. > > configure:4573: gcc -o conftest -g O2 -I/usr/local/include > -I/usr/local/include conftest.c -L/usr/local/lib > -L/usr/local/lib -lmpfr > -lgmp >&5 > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible > /usr/local/lib/libmpfr.so when > searching for -lmfpr > . > . I'm usually building cross compilers for ARM and such, I often get errors when I try to build a gcc cross compiler before building the related binutils tools which will make the linker tool and dependencies. I have to be sure I get releases of gcc and binutils that were part of the same tools release. mno...@nolin-ws:/local/gnu> binutils-2.17/ gcc-4.1.0/ gdb Michael Nolin ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Example of ARM based linux board using initramfs and serial console
--- On Fri, 7/11/08, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Example of ARM based linux board using initramfs and serial
> console
> > > says it can be a root FS by the kernel.
> > We're still talking Linux, right?
> (The kernel will panic if it then cannot
> find an initial
> > program to start, but it will still mount the
> filesystem first.)
> > You may be thinking of the "rdev" field in
> the kernel boot image
> > file. It gives major and minor numbers for the
> default root device,
> > which are used if you don't specify a
> "root=" argument on the kernel
> > command line.
>
> I was talking specifically about an initramfs, which
> specifically
> uses cpio. initramfs.c checks for a magic flag in the
I would recommend "Understanding the Linux Kernel" and "Linux Kernel
Development Second Edition"
kernel/init
do_mounts.h do_mounts_md.cKconfig Makefile version.o
do_mounts.cdo_mounts_initrd.c initramfs.c main.c
do_mounts_devfs.cdo_mounts_rd.c version.c
These files and kernel initialization is explained in these references. Very
little if any ARM specific dependencies here.
grep -i ARM *
Binary file built-in.o matches
Binary file do_mounts_initrd.o matches
Binary file do_mounts.o matches
Binary file do_mounts_rd.o matches
Binary file initramfs.o matches
Kconfig:default y if ARM || H8300
Kconfig:config OBSOLETE_MODPARM
main.c: printk("early_parm_test: %s\n", rest ?: "(null)");
Binary file main.o matches
My own project had a generous block of DDR memory for the creation of this
ramfs.
Michael Nolin
Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC
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Re: Example of ARM based linux board using initramfs and serial console
> > I would like to find a working example of initramfs on the > ARM based > board. > > > > > > > I am porting Linux to the ARM 926 based board. There are no > network or > Flash drivers available yet. No LCD is available yet as > well > > I tried to use initramfs just to test the board , etc. > > This is a new chip so hardware bugs are possible. > The Texas Instruments Davinci platform uses a ARM926 core. U-Boot with a Monta Vista Pro Linux kernel. I would start with U-Boot/arch/ARM to get started on a new evaluation platform. This platform was not free about 7K for the licenses, I thought this was a good value considering rolling your own from uCLinux.org is work. The hardware was only $500.00 I'm using an MMU less ARM966 with no OS, GNU Linux development environment . ARM embedded question might best be answered on some of the comp.arch.embedded.. GNUARM Yahoo groups? Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Mono/.Net/C sharp/SuSE/Novell
--- Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I had a few lines of C Sharp in a flash > programming utility > > written for linux, (beats all I've seen to date). > > My brain couldn't quite lock on to whatever it was > you said > there - care to elaborate? > Working with a embedded platform using a TI part and Monta Vista Pro embedded linux. A programming utility was offered for this platform Flasher.tar.gz. Working on a SuSE workstation for this project I un-tar this host independent tool, and the readme.txt tells me it was built with Windows .net and to build it for linux I need to run 'mono Flasher.exe'. Sure enough the Flasher.cs source file mostly written in C++ style, hooks a couple of mono library builtins. After tying 2 versions of mono to get the correct one I was finally able to build a resulting binary executable, certainly I had to run 'dos2unix' on the un-tared source. My head is still swimming with Windows<->Linux issues around this. With the resulting executable you can program flash memories with a new u-boot executable. I decided I didn't want to program my u-boot image with this utility after all. Hope this helps. Mike > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC 3 Bradford Street Windham NH 03087 Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Intro and Questions...
--- Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 16, 2008, at 11:22, Coleman Kane wrote: > > > Novell has been the "Sun Micro" to the mono > project and seems to be > > very > > very good to it. > > > Yeah, if you're doing mono work you better be using > a SuSE-based > distribution, since only Novell has a > patent-indemnification pact > with Microsoft, and mono is likely patent-encumbered > by Microsoft, > and Microsoft has already promised to take action > against those it > feels are abusing the patents it holds which are > being used by FLOSS > software. > > I'd say running anything non-SuSE would be > dangerous, but ask your My own experience with mono on a SuSE 10.2 10.3 fizzled. It seemed that SuSE was trying to provide a migration path for Windows GUI's into Linux and embedded platforms. I had a few lines of C Sharp in a flash programming utility written for linux, (beats all I've seen to date). I had to try a couple of versions of mono on SuSE before I got the right one for the source I was looking at. When I moved forward on to the embedded GUI portion of the project I found it was easier to implement an embedded GUI in almost any other language GTK+.., freedesktop.org ... http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4870 I was not able to find any significant ongoing development of mono based projects, like SuSE thought there would be a demand for GUI projects moving from MS to Linux but it never materialized. Mike Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC 3 Bradford Street Windham NH 03087 Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Evolution sucks??
- I've just installed Ubuntu 6.10 on a new > > However, every time I restart Evolution, it > rescans my entire inbox > > (6500+ messages) for spam. This takes FAR too > long. It also seems to > > restore the spam that I thought I had gotten rid > of in my previous > > session. I'm using Evolution on Ubuntu 6.06 I don't seen it rescanning my Inbox every time I restart it. I've also used Evolution on SUSE, FC5, CentOS. It does seem to remember changes I've made on the email server. I've had the most difficulty simply trying to guess how ever company configures their email server, riffled to all the authentication possibilities only to find out the correct configuration was "none". Michael Nolin Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Request for a Good Intro to Linux / UNIX
--- Andy Bair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It means both: (1) Understanding the forensic > elements to look for on a > Linux machine, and I have on my desk "Self-Service Linux, Mastering the Art of Problem Determination" Bruce Perens. It seems like a great way to address the "forensic" issues, definitely not a entry level introduction. Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC > > On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 09:54 -0500, Michael ODonnell > wrote: > > > > Does the term "forensics" imply after-the-fact > analysis > > when something bad has happened to the computer, > or is > > some other incident being analyzed and it's hoped > that > > info on the computer will help with that > investigation? > > > > ___ > > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > > > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...
40 GB HDD > Matsushita UJDA 770 DVD/CDRW drive > RealTek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC > Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN My Dell has this part, had to install an NDIS driver as there are not Linux drivers for it. Unless one has been released in the last two years. Mike Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC --- mike shlitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New Linux Installs from long time ago
> > just tried Ubuntu, and oh my gawd am I ever > impressed. It isn't even > INSTALLED yet, it's just booted from the CD, and it > recognized nearly ALL of > my Toshiba laptops hardware. I have an up and > running basic desktop without > answering even *1* question. Yes I was completely confussed/thrown off by this. They really have a good simplicity theme going. I was also impressed with the update manager and package manaager. I highly recommend updating and adding some Kubuntu features, Konsole. This Distro is really something I could get my wife and kids onto using. I use all kinds of Distro's but I wouldn't trouble beginers whith them without first introducing Ubunto. Michael > Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC 3 Bradford Street Windham NH 03087 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
SUSE 10.1 install difficulty
I'm having some SUSE 10.1 install difficulty, I'm hoping a few users on this group may be familar with these problems. The SUSE install CD#1 ended in a reboot of the machine. After installing CD#1 two more times with the same end result I realized I had enough installed to boot the installation. Booting the installation I was able to later install CD's 2 and 3. Now that I am unable to login I realize the login account configuration on CD1 never ran. Verifying with KNOPPIX sure enough the shadow file has a root with no password, and no user account for my default login. opensuse.org indicates that there was an earlier graffical login problem which would require more than one login attempt before succesfully acknowledging the login. Despite the fact the the root appears not to be password protected I have not been able to login from rescue mode. The repair app on CD#1 was unable to run to completion. This is my first SUSE install so perhaps someone with more experience.... Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC 3 Bradford Street Windham NH 03087 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: a question about evim
--- Zhao Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a simple question about evim (Easy Vim). > > Whenever I use evim to edit a file, say "abc.txt", a > same-name file plus "~" > is always created. In this case, it will be > "abc.txt~". It's a bit annoying > to me. For gvim its in the Edit pull down Settings menu set bdir=.,/home/mnolin/tmp,/home/mnolin/ backupext file name extension for the backup file set bex=~ backups are usually a good thing so I haven't bothered to override this behavior. Though I do get swap file already exists messages. Michael Nolin __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Half Dux Linksys?
> > anything that might put this thing into half > duplex mode or otherwise > > cripple it's performance. > >You seem to be assuming it's a duplex mismatch. > Do you have any evidence 'ethtool -d eth0' may help in determining if the PHY in fact is in half duplex while the remote end advertises something else. I had an ethernet MAC fail a motherboard mounted device. Ethereal indicated that most frames were transmitting Check sum errors. TCP only very weird, not really worth while to debug much further than that for the cost of a 20$ pci ethernet card. PPPOE is not involved here? I've seen lots of MTU problems with PPPOE links. Michael Nolin __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: cd burning question
The last Fedora 3 I burned with your ISO's :)
> nice -10 cdrecord dev=0,0 -v -date ./image.iso
Not a far from what you are using there. The biggest
mistake I made was not checking the magic numbers
before assuming it was a good burn. I ran the media
check on the machine I intended to install them on
they checked out fine. Installed fine on 2-3 machines.
Michael Nolin
--- "Kevin D. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Lately when I burn Fedora ISOs to CD I get a strange
> error. When I
> boot the disk I am offered the opportunity to do a
> media test. So, I
> run this test and it always fails, for all of the
> CDs.
>
> However, I have seen this exact test work with CDs
> burned by other
> people. Unfortunately, I don't know how they burned
> these CDs.
>
> So, what I am I doing wrong?
>
> Oh, by the way, my Fedora Core 4 disks, even though
> they failed the
> media check, still installed fine on one of my test
> boxes.
>
>
> System: 3Ghz Pentium 4, Fedora Core 1, the box
> itself is hardly doing
> anything. I've even tried buring at "speed=4" for
> laughs.
>
>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] stentz-binary-i386]# nice -17 cdrecord -v
> -speed=16 -dev2,0,0 -data FC4-i386-disc1.iso
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a19 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu)
> Copyright (C) 1995-2003 J\x{}rg Schilling
> TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> scsidev: '2,0,0'
> scsibus: 2 target: 0 lun: 0
> Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
> cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport
> code version (schily - Red
> Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.75-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c
>1.75 02/10/21 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
> SCSI buffer size: 64512
> atapi: 1
> Device type: Removable CD-ROM
> Version: 0
> Response Format: 2
> Capabilities :
> Vendor_info: '_NEC'
> Identifikation : 'DVD+RW ND-2100AD'
> Revision : '103D'
> Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM.
> Current: 0x0009
> Profile: 0x001B
> Profile: 0x001A
> Profile: 0x0010
> Profile: 0x000A
> Profile: 0x0009 (current)
> Profile: 0x0008 (current)
> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver
> (mmc_cdr).
> Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
> Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96R RAW/R96R
> Drive buf size : 1343488 = 1312 KB
> FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
> Track 01: data 634 MB
> Total size: 728 MB (72:12.28) = 324921 sectors
> Lout start: 729 MB (72:14/21) = 324921 sectors
> Current Secsize: 2048
> ATIP info from disk:
> Indicated writing power: 5
> Is not unrestricted
> Is not erasable
> Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category
> (B-) (4)
> ATIP start of lead in: -12369 (97:17/06)
> ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
> Disk type:Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or
> similar)
> Manuf. index: 69
> Manufacturer: Moser Baer India Limited
> Manufacturer is guessed because of the orange forum
> embargo.
> The orange forum likes to get money for recent
> information.
> The information for this media may not be correct.
> Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks
> remaining: 34928
> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 16 in real TAO
> mode for single session.
> Last chance to quit, starting real write0
> seconds. Operation starts.
> Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ...
> input buffer ready.
> BURN-Free is OFF.
> Performing OPC...
> Starting new track at sector: 0
> Track 01: 634 of 634 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf
> 100%] 16.3x.
> Track 01: Total bytes read/written:
> 665434112/665434112 (324919 sectors).
> Writing time: 279.498s
> Average write speed 15.8x.
> Min drive buffer fill was 100%
> Fixating...
> Fixating time: 23.896s
> cdrecord: fifo had 10482 puts and 10482 gets.
> cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 8877 times
> full, min fill was 4%.
>
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated,
>
> --kevin
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Re: Dell laptops (was: Knoppix)
--- Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Debian runs great on my Inspiron with 128Mb but > SLES9 refuses to load because it's decided that > isn't > enough memory. I found the single config line in > the > SLES9 booter CD where that limit is set so I assume > I could re-burn it with that constraint removed, http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss I was installing FC3 on a 128MByte machine just last Thursday. No warning the install software just rebooted the machine, shortly after starting the install. I did get a bug report popup once or twice so I think FC3 was intended for 128MB machines. Though you're just tring a boot/load, I rarely find such memory limits to be arbitrary only the programmers that hard code them. :) Mike Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited LLC __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
I use a Dell Insperion 600m, in a Dual Boot configuration with RH9. I had probems with Broadcom WLAN but was able to get a NDIS $15 driver from Lunixant.com. You'll want to step up to perhaps a 2.6 core for proper battery management. I found angrydwarf.com to be most helpful. My only concern would be the Broadcom has sprung more evil silicon on the marget, their all in one com-chips are not always supported especially on thier desk top machines. Dell support seems useless (reactive), my machine was shipped with the wrong drivers disk, and multiple requestes ended in a dead end. Lots of phone calls very little help. The web support channel has some good driver updates. Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: FTP Download issues -- resolved
Great! hours of debug can be saved by a 14.99 card. I'll keep that in mind nextime I spend multiple days debugging flakey 4 port Intel Pro 100e cards with ethtool and ethereal. Great idea looking for pretested, Linux compatable hardware, it seems buggy hardware is starting to plague the PC market at higher and higher volumes. Mike > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: FTP Download issues (was: Destination show up twice in traceroute)
I've seen this behavior on PPP configured links. I used ethereal to determine that each time the ftp session sent a > 1452 byte frame it was dropped up stream. A "Missconfigured" router/firewall was the source of the problem. > Searching for "tcp 1452 size" I got the following technical note from > cisco. > > > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/794/router_mtu.html This problem is common to many ISP's that have not compensated for this bug. As well as other router vendors that have stollen intellectual property bugs and all. Mike --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Speaking of NAT issues, I've got one which is > driving me nuts. > > > > Simple FTP downloads are failing to complete on my > Linux box which is > > behind a firewall/NAT setup on a Linksys router. > > > > I have 6 or 7 computers behind the firewall, all > sharing the same IP on > > the cable modem (Comcast). > > General fault isolation: > > Does the same problem happen on all hosts behind > the LinkSys? > > Does the problem happen if you place a system > outside the LinkSys, > directly on the cable feed? (Be sure to take > appropriate precautions (like > a host-based firewall) when you test this.) > > > What happens is that the download dies part way > through the download and > > just hangs. It always seem to hang at the same > percentage, though the > > actual percent download varies from file to file. > ... In fact, typically > > I will download something to that remote server, > then scp it in to my home > > workstation. > > What you describe sounds suspiciously like a > data-dependent line problem. > I've seen this kind of thing twice in about fifteen > years. It occurs when > there is some problem in a data line that is only > triggered by a particular > bit pattern. So you can pump data through it all > day long and never have a > problem, but try to send a few dozen bytes of a > particular pattern and it > gets scrambled. > > The reason I suspect this kind of problem is that > you say it always > happens at the same point in the same files. That > would indicate something > at that point in the file is triggering the problem. > You also say that SCP > works. Since SCP encrypts the payload, the lines > don't "see" the pattern > that causes the problem. > > Most recently, this happened to me a couple of > years ago at a client. > They had an Internet feed that would drop packets if > you tried to send a > packet filled with bit pattern > > > 1001100110011001100110011001 > > (which corresponded to the capital letter 'A' in > ASCII, repeated over and > over again). It took forever to track down. > > To see if you are having the same problem, you > need to use a packet > sniffer. Start sniffing on the sending host, and > then start your transfer. > Wait until the sender stops getting ACKs back from > the receiver. Find the > first packet being sent that was *not* successfully > ACK'ed, and look for a > data pattern. > > If you think you've found it, use the "ping" > command, with the "-p" and > "-s" switches to test. For example, I used > > ping -s 300 -p 41 remote-host.example.net > > to send packets padded with with 300 bytes of 0x41 > (41 hex = 65 decimal = > 'A' ASCII) to a remote host. > > Good luck getting this fixed on a consumer feed. > I had to provide > byte-level packet dumps and scream bloody murder and > threaten to cancel the > feed, and even then the ISP only grudgingly looked > into it. And this on a > frame-relay line with a 4-hour response time in the > contract. You'll > probably need a signed note from God before Comcast > does anything about it. > > > Someone somewhere suggested the Linksys router > might be suspect ... > > Well, I would certainly suggest testing that. The > problem could just as > easily lie in your equipment. So make sure you've > tried different > *everything* (routers, computers, cables, operating > systems, brands of > network card, etc.) before you go blaming the ISP. > But the Principle of > Maximum Aggravation says that it will most likely be > the ISP. > > Hope this helps, > > -- > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those > of the author and do | > | not represent the views or policy of any other > person or organization. | > | All information is provided without warranty of > any kind. | > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Help with kernel upgrade and dependancies.
> Argh I stepped right in a dog pile that came up the > other night at MERR GNHLUG. Any idea where the notes for > the GIMP 2.0 discussion may be posted? > > While attempting to upgrade to kernel 2.6 for APCI > support for my dell, I was whipping through some rpms. > And now I can't read the default font in my KDE > menues. It looks Gothic?!? with messed up width and > height. > > I'm pretty sure XFree86, fontconfig Xft rpms must have > installed new defaults. These are the rpm dependancies I was steared into: /usr/local/gtk/gtk2-devel-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm /usr/local/glib/glib2-devel-2.2.1-1.i386.rpm /usr/local/pango/pango-devel-1.2.1-3.i386.rpm /usr/local/atk/atk-devel-1.2.0-2.i386.rpm /usr/local/fontconfig/fontconfig-devel-2.1-9.i386.rpm /usr/local/freetype/freetype-devel-2.1.3-6.i386.rpm /usr/local/XFree86/XFree86-devel-4.3.0-2.i386.rpm /usr/local/qt/qt-devel-3.1.1-6.i386.rpm Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
