Re: Bios upgrade under Linux?
On Tuesday 31 December 2002 20:31, Ted Ozolins wrote: Pam R wrote: Hi Gurii I'm building my first linux only box and wondered how I would, if it is ever needed, update the bios, since updates seem to come as dos .exe files? Pam I keep a DOS boot disk that I use for my bios updates. I download and place the flash program and the updated BIOS on the floppy. Simple when you know how, isn't it? Thanks to Stuart, Net Ted for your help. Pam R -- sed s/MS/Linux/ Linux StepbyStep: http://www.linux-sxs.org/stepbystep.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: lexmark z53 printer
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 02:16:31 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One feature of this printer is that if a job arrives at it improperly formatted, the job just gets lost. I guess the printer just ignores it. Thanks for all the help; enjoy your rest; Happy New Year tomorrow. Problem solved - ghostscript was gimped up. I emerged ghostscript (7.05) again, and now the printer works like a champ. Tomorrow I can get back to working with some scanned pictures. It's really great to have a simple printing system rather than all that CUPS crap. I guess my opposition to bloated software is showing through. g -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: lexmark z53 printer
Collins wrote: Thanks for all the help; enjoy your rest; Happy New Year tomorrow. Problem solved - ghostscript was gimped up. I emerged ghostscript (7.05) again, and now the printer works like a champ. Tomorrow I can get back to working with some scanned pictures. It's really great to have a simple printing system rather than all that CUPS crap. I guess my opposition to bloated software is showing through. g Thats the beauty of linux, choices and more choices, anything from slim and trim to outright bloat. : ) -- Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C. Powered by Slackware 8.1, sent with Mozilla ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: My compile adventure
Kurt: I know a good optometrist for you. I did write 266, but left out that seemingly all important mhz suffix. Sorry about that. Yes, it's a pentium II 266 processor. scott On Tuesday 31 December 2002 18:44, you wrote: Feigning erudition, Bonez wrote: % No SMP box here..just a single old and slow but reliable Intel 266 processor. Surely not a *286*? Linux won't run on a 286 because it doesn't have memory paging hardware. Kurt ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: My compile adventure
Feigning erudition, Bonez wrote: % Kurt: % % I know a good optometrist for you. I did write 266, but left out that % seemingly all important mhz suffix. Sorry about that. Yes, it's a pentium II % 266 processor. Doh! It's not an optometrist I need, just to read more slowly. Kurt -- Court, n.: A place where they dispense with justice. -- Arthur Train ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Distirbuitions
Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % On 12/31/02 20:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % % [distribution and window manager preferences] % % % I can post screenshots of both XFCE-3.8.18 XFCE-4.x (from yesterday's % % cvs checkout) if anyone is interested. % % I'd be interested in the XFCE version 4 stuff. % % Well, my box at work is running yesterday's CVS, so that will have to % wait til Thursday for the screenshots. Until then, here are a bunch % that someone else created: % % http://members.home.nl/jbhuijsmans/screenshots/ Thanks, Llama. XFCE 4 looks nice. Lately, I've been using FVWM2. Kurt -- Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Combination Printers and Scanners under linux
Are there any good combination printers and scanners which work under linux? The printer needs to be color photo quality. The scanner would be used for scanning color photographs. Thanks, Joel ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Coolpix 2500: Update
Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Red eye is still a nuisance, however. I must be doing something wrong there. So, if anyone is looking for a moderately priced digital camera ($280), this is an excellent choice. This digital stuff really opens up new ways of doing things. For example, I take photos in a medical laboratory. We have always had a dedicated photo stand (actually two), with very expensive lights and a table with glass plate and backlight. Lots of expense, a nuisance to keep clean, and wasted laboratory space. A dirty background was always a problem. Now, with digital, we can take a picture of a specimen on a bloody cutting board, use a flash, and hold the camera in our hands if we want. The digital camera has a quicker shutter speed, what with the bright flash. Overhead ceiling lights, once a problem, are now not a problem. With gimp it is quick and simple to replace that bloody cutting board in the background with a nice jet black background so your specimen just hangs there in space, beautiful. Diverticulosis never looked this good before. So, if you have hesitated about going digital, I think the technology has arrived. Joel ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: wget: A good download manager?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bill Campbell spewed electrons into the ether that resembled: authentication hassles, and the DNS data isn't sensitive. This is also a very good way of publishing web sites from a master server. this is how the SxS mirrors are updated. rsync kicks ass for that kind of thing - -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://www.linux-sxs.org and http://jobs.linux-sxs.org /* * Hash table gook.. */ 2.4.0-test2 /usr/src/linux/fs/buffer.c -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Ew+TSrrWWknCnMIRAsG/AKDKvGk07t8ieOTXr7jNu6XsKImalgCdG5/I c8qiowW03AyWw9177r+RpqM= =krLi -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
Check the flash modes there may be a reduction flash. That is where there are two close flashes together. On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:16:23 -0500 - Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following Re: Coolpix 2500: Update Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Red eye is still a nuisance, however. I must be doing something wrong there. So, if anyone is looking for a moderately priced digital camera ($280), this is an excellent choice. This digital stuff really opens up new ways of doing things. For example, I take photos in a medical laboratory. We have always had a dedicated photo stand (actually two), with very expensive lights and a table with glass plate and backlight. Lots of expense, a nuisance to keep clean, and wasted laboratory space. A dirty background was always a problem. Now, with digital, we can take a picture of a specimen on a bloody cutting board, use a flash, and hold the camera in our hands if we want. The digital camera has a quicker shutter speed, what with the bright flash. Overhead ceiling lights, once a problem, are now not a problem. With gimp it is quick and simple to replace that bloody cutting board in the background with a nice jet black background so your specimen just hangs there in space, beautiful. Diverticulosis never looked this good before. So, if you have hesitated about going digital, I think the technology has arrived. Joel ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 10:59 am, ronnie gauthier wrote: Check the flash modes there may be a reduction flash. That is where there are two close flashes together. Yes, there is a red-eye reduction mode... On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:16:23 -0500 - Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following Re: Coolpix 2500: Update Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Red eye is still a nuisance, however. I must be doing something wrong there. So, if anyone is looking for a moderately priced digital camera ($280), this is an excellent choice. -- ++ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 01/01/03 10:14 + ++ The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: (no subject)
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 12:00 am, someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy New Year from Pittsburgh, list! Kurt Back at ya from Baltimore! Did you create a cron job to send that message? Tim -- RedHat Psyche 8.0, stock kernel, KDE 3.0.5, Xfree86 4.2.1 7:00am up 6 days, 17:04, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 It's what you learn AFTER you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Gimps question: Selection lines remain visible
Another way to do it might be to create a transparent layer above the picture layer, and after making the selection and inverting it, go to that layer and do a floodfill with the background color of your choice. I like to operate on separate layers when possible to keep the original pristine. On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 02:28:35 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I found a solution of sorts. The additional step I was taking was to convert the foreground from white to black, after making the cut. I have found that if I start with a black foreground, the white line is a black line and doesn't show up in my black background. Oh well, Joel On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 01:54:23AM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: I have an odd problem. Here is how it comes about: I use the free hand selection tool to outline an object. I invert the selection and hit cut. This is supposed to removed garbage from the picture background while keeping the object in the picture. After the cut command, I am left with the fine white line which outlines the object. I can erase it, but, is there a way to avoid this problem. Is this a feature? Thanks, Joel ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- --- | Alan K. Jackson| To see a World in a Grain of Sand | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, | | www.ajackson.org | Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand | | Houston, Texas | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake | --- ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Motherboards
On Monday 30 December 2002 10:03 pm, Jerry McBride's voice rose above the ones in my head and declared: On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:27:48 -0500 Tom Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got a SOYO Dragon Lite and ot rocks. VIA KT333 chipset though. I haven't had any problems at all with it yet. Tom... does that motherboard sport the 4 heatsink mounting holes for the processor Yup. and how is for overclocking? It does some overclocking but not as much as some of their other boards. This is a scaled down version of the Dragon boards they make. So while it is perfect for my desktop needs and maybe dabbling into overclocking for the first time, it is perfect. I believe the Dragon Plus and Dragon Ultra's are more rich in overclocking features. Does it have a lot of bios options? Yup. Obviously not as many as the Plus or Ultras but there are a ton of them for it being the Lite model. So far, I love this board. They have good descriptions of features and specs on the website for the boards and downloadable manuals. -- Tom Wilson Reg. Linux User #199331 Weaseling out of stuff is what separates us from the rest of the animals.except the weasels. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
OTHappy New Year [Was Re: (no subject)]
Feigning erudition, Tim Wunder wrote: % On Wednesday 01 January 2003 12:00 am, someone claiming to be % [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % Happy New Year from Pittsburgh, list! % % Kurt % % Back at ya from Baltimore! % Did you create a cron job to send that message? I used at and forgot to add the Subject: line. Kurt -- I'd love to go out with you, but there are important world issues that need worrying about. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
movie editing?
Does anyone have any experience with movie editing under Linux? I'm not looking for anything industrial strength, just something that will let me cut frames from movies (MPEG, AVI DIVX primarily). I looked at a whole bunch of different packages (MainActor, Cinerella, AVIdemux etc) and they're either gross overkill, or very buggy. Any recomendations would be gladly appreciated. -- ~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 9:05am up 17 days, 16:14, 2 users, load average: 0.61, 0.41, 0.32 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:16:23 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Picture quality is rated excellent by consumer reports, but how much of a problem is the fact that there is no viewfinder, just the display? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Distirbuitions
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 08:37:36 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % On 12/31/02 20:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote: % % [distribution and window manager preferences] % % % I can post screenshots of both XFCE-3.8.18 XFCE-4.x (from yesterday's% % cvs checkout) if anyone is interested. % % I'd be interested in the XFCE version 4 stuff. % % Well, my box at work is running yesterday's CVS, so that will have to % wait til Thursday for the screenshots. Until then, here are a bunch % that someone else created: % % http://members.home.nl/jbhuijsmans/screenshots/ Thanks, Llama. XFCE 4 looks nice. Lately, I've been using FVWM2. XFCE4 works like a champ, but ... The window manager does not do session management, and there's no session manager plugin yet. For you types who ever shutdown, that's no big deal, but it's a bummer for me to have to restart and resize each app everytime I startup groan -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Another gimp question
Now that I have my epson 1660 scanner and z53 printer working (many thanks to Joel), I'm trying to get up to speed with the gimp. My first project with the scanner is to crop a picture to heads only to fit in a miniature frame. I figured out how to select the portion of the picture that I want and to scale down the image (approx. 14%) to fit in the mini-frame, but the clipping is a square area, and the mini-frame is round. Is there a way to clip out a cricular region from an image? From the big gimp dummy, or the big dummy gimp, depending on your viewpoint. g -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
Just a matter of getting used to it, which take about 5 minutes! If the picture isn't framed exactly right, who cares. That's what digital is for. The camera is auto focus, so, if the AF symbol is green, you are good to go. A view finder wouldn't have any function, anyway. Watch out though. As the owner's manual clearly warns, the neck strap may cause strangulation! Joel On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 11:34:15AM -0700, Collins wrote: On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:16:23 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Picture quality is rated excellent by consumer reports, but how much of a problem is the fact that there is no viewfinder, just the display? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 13:34 pm, Collins wrote: On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:16:23 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Picture quality is rated excellent by consumer reports, but how much of a problem is the fact that there is no viewfinder, just the display? No problem that I've found. Might be a problem in real low-light conditions where the display might not show enough. -- ++ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 01/01/03 13:05 + ++ No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve - Mercutio, Romeo Juliet, Act III, scene I, William Shakespeare ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Another gimp question
Next to the square selector, there is a circular selector. Next to that is the free hand selector. Joel On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 11:45:25AM -0700, Collins wrote: Is there a way to clip out a cricular region from an image? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
Collins wrote: On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:16:23 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Picture quality is rated excellent by consumer reports, but how much of a problem is the fact that there is no viewfinder, just the display? We use a Sony (records image on a floppy) digital camera to take pictures of test equipment etc to be place on the web for sale ( http://www.sphere.bc.ca ). I nor my boss has ever used the viewfinder yet. It seems a lot more convenient to hold the camera and use the display. What you see is pretty well what you get. I love that feature. Every piece of equipment that I rebuild and calibrate is photoed and placed on the net. Up until now I've been using a Canon T-50 35mm for all my personal photographic needs but in the new year I'm seriously considering picking up a digital cam. All that remains is to figure out which one :) -- Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C. Powered by Slackware 8.1, sent with Mozilla ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: lexmark z53 printer
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 01:21:03 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The z53Photo.sh is one I wrote myself. You won't have it. It is just z53.sh which uses a different configuration file, one that is configured for glossy photo printing. Joel, Would you have any problem with posting your Z53Photo.sh and configuration file to the group? I, for one, would like to try it out. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Another gimp question
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:58:46 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next to the square selector, there is a circular selector. Next to that is the free hand selector. Thanks. I'm emerging the gimp user manual now, so maybe I'll find the answers, but ... 1. I didn't find the way yet to set the defaults for printer selection, but it was fairly simple to add |dps| to my printcap to get the standard gimp print options to work. 2. When acquiring an image via the scanner, is there a simple way to preview the scan, select a smaller section to scan, and then do the scan for real? My wife will be primary user of the scanner, and she will want this functionality which was provided by her old Win$Crap software. 3. Why the %#@! doesn't the Acquire menu option provide for the scanner dialog? Instead, you have to go with Xtns - Acquire Image - scanner. Can this be tailored? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Another gimp question
Collins wrote: Now that I have my epson 1660 scanner and z53 printer working (many thanks to Joel), I'm trying to get up to speed with the gimp. My first project with the scanner is to crop a picture to heads only to fit in a miniature frame. I figured out how to select the portion of the picture that I want and to scale down the image (approx. 14%) to fit in the mini-frame, but the clipping is a square area, and the mini-frame is round. Is there a way to clip out a cricular region from an image? From the big gimp dummy, or the big dummy gimp, depending on your viewpoint. g I recall seeing a gimp script that does that and more. I just checked http://www.gimp.org/scripts.html but for some reason all the links seem to be dead from here. -- Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C. Powered by Slackware 8.1, sent with Mozilla ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
Ted Ozolins wrote: I'm seriously considering picking up a digital cam. All that remains is to figure out which one :) Don't overlook the fuji Finepix 3800, which is 3.2 megapixels, 6x optical zoom, has some manual features, has both an lcd and an electronic viewfinder, and I got for $330 on ubid.com. You might get it for less now mail order if you search. Battery life is excellent, my rechargable AA nimh (takes 4) last a long time, but you have to buy them and the charger. Not included. It's usb mass storage and works with kernel 2.4.20 (not 2.4.19, at least on libranet linux). Comes with a 16meg dX card, and you can get 64meg cards for about $35(us) or 128 meg for around $60(us) on line. a 64 meg holds about 100 shots at 3.2 normal. There is a 3.2 meg fine setting that I haven't tried yet. You can also step down to lower res settings all the way to 640x480. Also does 60second avi's with sound. I like the camera a lot, and it's pretty highly rated. 2 drawbacks, not too good in low light, since the viewfinder blacks out, and no manual focus. These are easily worked around with a laser pointer. Or you can use the fixed focus (2ft to infinity) of the wide angle setting. Or if you must zoom the focus will fix at 6 ft if autofocus won't work due to low light. Anyway, IMHO, being no expert on digital, for the $$ it's a fine buy. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
Could you please explain how a laser pointer helps with the autofocus? The Coolpix 2500 also has this limitation. Joel On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 11:55:58AM -0800, Ken Moffat wrote: Ted Ozolins wrote: 2 drawbacks, not too good in low light, since the viewfinder blacks out, and no manual focus. These are easily worked around with a laser pointer. Or you can use the fixed focus (2ft to infinity) of the wide angle setting. Or if you must zoom the focus will fix at 6 ft if autofocus won't work due to low light. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Another gimp question
Can't help with the gimp scanner stuff. I use xscanimage, which has the features you mention. Joel 2. When acquiring an image via the scanner, is there a simple way to preview the scan, select a smaller section to scan, and then do the scan for real? My wife will be primary user of the scanner, and she will want this functionality which was provided by her old Win$Crap software. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: lexmark z53 printer
No problem. I generated the configuration file with the lexmarkz53 program,
renamed it z53Photo.conf, and then edited the filter file to use that configuration
file
only, and renamed it z53Photo.sh
First, the filter:
#!/bin/sh
DEBUG=0
PDIR=/usr/local/lexmark/z53
TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/lexmark.XX`
# lxgps is a little utility used to setup the
# Ghostscript parameters. It sets two parameters
# in particular: resolution and paper size. It
# determines what to set these to by reading the
# configuration file that is passed in.
GSPARMS=`$PDIR/lxacgsparm z53.conf`
echo $GSPARMS parms
set shellvalues
echo Have run this script shellvalues
runz53 ()
{
cat $TMPFILE
file -b $TMPFILE | grep -i postscript /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
gs -q -dNOPAUSE $GSPARMS -sDEVICE=ppmraw -sOutputFile=- $TMPFILE |
$PDIR/z53 --config z53Photo.conf --dotcounts
else
file -b $TMPFILE | grep -i PDF /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
gs -q -dNOPAUSE $GSPARMS -sDEVICE=ppmraw -sOutputFile=-
$TMPFILE | $PDIR/z53 --config z53Photo.conf --dotcounts
else
enscript -B -o - $TMPFILE | gs -q -dNOPAUSE $GSPARMS
-sDEVICE=ppmraw -sOutputFile=- - | $PDIR/z53 --output blackonly --config z53Photo.conf
--dotcounts
fi
fi
/bin/rm -f $TMPFILE
}
runz53 2 /dev/null
The only change was in the --config parameter given to the lexmark provided
driver, z53.
Now, it is not obvious, but lexmarkz53, and the lxacgsparm program in
the filter above assume /var/spool/lexmark is the directory to store the
configuration files. (I find these things out by using locate and
strings binaryprogram | grep spool, and so on.)
So, you don't need to provide the full pathname for the configuration file
in the --config option, just the name of the file.
Here is my z53Photo.conf:
[settings]
queue=z53-outfiles
resolution=2400
blackonly=no
mediasize=letter
quality=business
paper=glossy
cartridge=black
[outfiles]
align=/usr/local/lexmark/z53/lxacalgn.out
clean=/usr/local/lexmark/z53/lxaucln.out
photoalign=/usr/local/lexmark/z53/lxacphal.out
photoclean=/usr/local/lexmark/z53/lxauphcl.out
testpage=/usr/local/lexmark/z53/lxactstc.out
[black]
a=25
b=7
c=10
d=15
e=13
f=13
[photo]
a=15
b=8
c=15
d=15
[dotcounts]
cyan=205244387
magenta=203060491
yellow=226198509
black=321406435
dilutedcyan=0
dilutedmagenta=0
[oldblack]
black=0
blackindex=0
[oldkcm]
black=0
dilutedcyan=0
dilutedmagenta=0
photoindex=0
[oldcmy]
cyan=0
magenta=0
yellow=0
colorindex=0
=End of z53Photo.conf
This editing of programs to use different configuration files is very handy.
It can also be done with binary files, with vi -b.
The only trick there is to use the exact same number of characters for the
new file name as the old file name. This is very handy. For example, for
a while my daughter ran two version of netscape, one which did and one which
did not use a proxy server. She never had to change any settings herself,
just start the right version of netscape (ie., click on the correct icon.)
Don't forget you have to add a printcap entry, with the right print filter
name, too.
Photo:\
sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/z53Photo:mx#0:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/usr/local/lexmark/z53/z53Photo.sh
:mc#1
:sh:
Joel
On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 12:21:36PM -0700, Collins wrote:
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 01:21:03 -0500
Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The z53Photo.sh is one I wrote myself. You won't have it. It is just
z53.sh which uses a different configuration file, one that is
configured for glossy photo printing.
Joel,
Would you have any problem with posting your Z53Photo.sh and
configuration file to the group? I, for one, would like to try it out.
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Re: Another gimp question
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 15:14:27 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't help with the gimp scanner stuff. I use xscanimage, which has the features you mention. Joel 2. When acquiring an image via the scanner, is there a simple way to preview the scan, select a smaller section to scan, and then do the scan for real? My wife will be primary user of the scanner, and she will want this functionality which was provided by her old Win$Crap software. With a little experimentation, I found most of the answers. The gimp interface really has all that xscanimage offers (it seems), and it works. It just takes some getting used to. BTW, xscanimage is gimped (no pun intended) for me - incomplete menu (only exit) and even exit does not work (had to use xkill). -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Another gimp question
On Wed, 01 Jan 2003 11:54:24 -0800 Ted Ozolins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just checked http://www.gimp.org/scripts.html but for some reason all the links seem to be dead from here. Yes, a very few seem to work, but most are 404. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Distirbuitions
begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:53:30 -0800) On 12/31/02 21:33, Matthew Carpenter wrote: begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:58:06 -0500 (EST)) snip What kinda redhat quirks? I've always felt that SuSE had the quirks (like the rather unusual layout under /etc). Agreed. I used to HATE SuSE. RedHat has had some weird challenges which has made me sing it's praises as is required of an evangelist. I am in a heavily Microsoft area so I have a lot of evangelizing to do. Little things were just annoying, like their inability to install for me so that the machine name that I typed in was maintained after install... The biggest annoyance was just how difficult it was to configure printing. I had a very difficult time encouraging other tech-newbies to use Red Hat because there didn't seem to be a good way to admin the printing subsystem. Sure, I can create printcap files in VI, but they can't :) I liked David Bandel's description of removing the GNU from some files from the debian distro. Yea, but that's window dressing, and doesn't change the fact that the zealouts are still out there running the show. Dave Bandel is by no means your average linux user, so when he works his voodoo, its magic in the making. I was talking about his comments about removing the GNU from GNU/Linux :) Redhat is also LSB FHS compliant. Granted the last SuSE i touched was their enterprise server release, and that was still horribly perverse in its layout. If things have changed since then, i might not feel the same way. I couldn't say. But if UL is to survive at all I figure I'd better learn how things are laid out. The reason I hated it was because it was different from COL and RH. You have to compile MPlayer with libdvdcss support in order for it to be capable of playing DVDs. THe same is true for Xine. I'll check it. They wouldn't be able to ship libdvdcss, but if the MPlayer packager cared enough, he might have compiled it with the libraries and then just not ship them. Xine looks for the libraries at runtime meaning that they may or may not be there and it will load and work. Does that make sense. Talk to you later. -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems *Network Consulting, Integration Support *Web Development and E-Business ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Distirbuitions
On 01/01/03 12:56, Matthew Carpenter wrote: begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:53:30 -0800) the machine name that I typed in was maintained after install... The biggest annoyance was just how difficult it was to configure printing. I had a very difficult time encouraging other tech-newbies to use Red Hat because there didn't seem to be a good way to admin the printing subsystem. Sure, I can create printcap files in VI, but they can't I'll admit, i haven't tested printing much recently. My two primary Redhat based desktop boxes are still running the original lprng that came with 6.2. That was a breeze to setup, so perhaps things have changed, i dunno. You have to compile MPlayer with libdvdcss support in order for it to be capable of playing DVDs. THe same is true for Xine. I'll check it. They wouldn't be able to ship libdvdcss, but if the MPlayer packager cared enough, he might have compiled it with the libraries and then just not ship them. Xine looks for the libraries at runtime meaning that they may or may not be there and it will load and work. Does that make sense. The MPlayer packager (if you mean the folks who write it) never provides binaries for the reasons i've elaborated on earlier. -- ~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 1:00pm up 17 days, 20:09, 2 users, load average: 1.82, 1.47, 1.03 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Distirbuitions
Net Llama! wrote: On 01/01/03 12:56, Matthew Carpenter wrote: begin Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:53:30 -0800) the machine name that I typed in was maintained after install... The biggest annoyance was just how difficult it was to configure printing. I had a very difficult time encouraging other tech-newbies to use Red Hat because there didn't seem to be a good way to admin the printing subsystem. Sure, I can create printcap files in VI, but they can't I'll admit, i haven't tested printing much recently. My two primary Redhat based desktop boxes are still running the original lprng that came with 6.2. That was a breeze to setup, so perhaps things have changed, i dunno. I installed RH 7.3 about a month ago and used cups. It set it up and worked flawlessly. I have a Lantronix printserver so I just set up the parameters and away it went. -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: lexmark z53 printer
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 15:45:01 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No problem. I generated the configuration file with the lexmarkz53 program, renamed it z53Photo.conf, and then edited the filter file to use that configuration file only, and renamed it z53Photo.sh [ useful scripts snipped ] Muchas gracias! Will file away and evaluate as soon as I have the time. Right now I'm setting up a userid for my wife and checking out everything. Since I now have the only working scanner in the house, she will need to learn the basics of xfce navigation, gimp, mozilla, mozilla mail or sylpheed, and OpenOffice. Wish me luck. g -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Another gimp question
Ted Ozolins wrote: Collins wrote: Now that I have my epson 1660 scanner and z53 printer working (many thanks to Joel), I'm trying to get up to speed with the gimp. Gimp has a File/Acquire menu item that should have an Xsane device dialog item that should start XSane. I have an epson 1660 that functions very well under Xsane from gimp. Did you edit the sane epson config file (/etc/sane.d/epson.conf)? I uncommented the last line and it worked immediately. This is a sweet scanner. (I have upgraded my kernel to 2.4.20, if that matters.) -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
Joel Hammer wrote: Could you please explain how a laser pointer helps with the autofocus? Just aim it at your object of focus and it gives the camera autofocus sensor something bright on which to focus. Many flash units, and some digital cameras, have built in lasers to help in low light. My external flash for my 35mm Canon has that. Very effective, but somewhat slow. My solution is just to use wide angle (always in focus, at least on the fuji.) and aim blindly at my subject. After the picture, you can look at the result immediately to see if it needs reshooting. The advantage of digital. -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
2002 Remembrances
Memorable moments for me in 2002 included: * brief (2 months) daliance with a RedHat system. It's not as bad as I had thought previously, and damn reliable (7.3 system). As usual, I got tired of RPM really fast. * Return (probably permanently) to gentoo (1.4_rc1_rc2 system). Still the best for my desktop needs. Only needed to descend into RPM hell for one freaking package: Lexmark Z53 printer driver. Lexmark gets kudos for making a Linux support package, however. * A few more brave souls have strayed onto the gentoo pathway, and the cries of you can take your gentoo and stuff it have subsided. g * On the cusp of the new year I slayed the CUPS dragon and put up an lprng printing system (thanks to Joel's help) * Also on the cusp, installed a scanner and the gimp and got it all working (USB novice). * Learned just today (well, that's not 2002 any more) the purpose for a fire breathing monster cpu! On my lowly 800Mz unit, it takes 3-5 minutes for gimp to repaint the screen with a 1200 dpi resolution image, and that's every time you switch desktops. * Affirmed my belief that this is still the best user group on the planet. Lots of good info, and all the flames you can eat! g Here's hoping you all have a profitable, safe, and joyous new year. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Another gimp question
2. When acquiring an image via the scanner, is there a simple way to preview the scan, select a smaller section to scan, and then do the scan for real? My wife will be primary user of the scanner, and she will want this functionality which was provided by her old Win$Crap software. If you use either xsane or xscanimage, you have a preview option. If you show the preview window, there is a preview button, and after you acquire the preview, you can click and drag a selection, which will end up being the size of your final scanned image. -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
JFSes
I just got back a couple of days and the power came back on about an hour ago. You folks may have worked this out already, I have about 600 messages to go through. There is an intersting article about IBM's journaling file system on page 18 of January's Linux Journal. They seem real long on JFSes. Like Lonnie. Anybody else read it and come away with the same impression? Happy New Year Bob ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:16:23AM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Red eye is still a nuisance, however. I must be doing something wrong there. So, if anyone is looking for a moderately priced digital camera ($280), this is an excellent choice. The most effective thing I've done with my Olympus 2020 Zoom is to buy an external flash which can be used for bounce rather than direct flash. This largely eliminates red eye, and reflections of the flash itself from the pictures. The Olympus doesn't have a hot shoe, so it required an adapter for the flash which connects with a separate cable to the side of the camera. The adapter screws into the tripod mount screw on the bottom of the camera, and provides a handle on left side of the camera with a mount similar to the normal hot shoe. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 http://www.celestial.com/ You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. -- Charles A. Beard ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 01:06:20PM -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote: On Wednesday 01 January 2003 13:34 pm, Collins wrote: .. Picture quality is rated excellent by consumer reports, but how much of a problem is the fact that there is no viewfinder, just the display? No problem that I've found. Might be a problem in real low-light conditions where the display might not show enough. The biggest problem I've found isn't low light, but bright light outdoors which made the display basically unreadable. I wanted a hood similar to that used on old plate film cameras. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``Anyone who thinks Microsoft never does anything truly innovative isn't paying attention to the part of the company that pushes the state of its art: Microsoft's legal department.'' --Ed Foster, InfoWorld Gripe Line columnist ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: 2002 Remembrances
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 17:09 pm, Collins wrote: Memorable moments for me in 2002 included: * brief (2 months) daliance with a RedHat system. It's not as bad as I had thought previously, and damn reliable (7.3 system). As usual, I got tired of RPM really fast. I never could get a warm feeling with RH. Probably never will. * Return (probably permanently) to gentoo (1.4_rc1_rc2 system). Still the best for my desktop needs. Only needed to descend into RPM hell for one freaking package: Lexmark Z53 printer driver. Lexmark gets kudos for making a Linux support package, however. Whatever works for you is what is best. * A few more brave souls have strayed onto the gentoo pathway, and the cries of you can take your gentoo and stuff it have subsided. g But we're still out here waiting for you to step over that 'Gentoo is the world's best fill in the blank line' again... g * On the cusp of the new year I slayed the CUPS dragon and put up an lprng printing system (thanks to Joel's help) More power to you... and I agree here. But I intend to give CUPs a try in the future to see what it's all about. * Also on the cusp, installed a scanner and the gimp and got it all working (USB novice). Me too but it seems to be getting more solid. * Learned just today (well, that's not 2002 any more) the purpose for a fire breathing monster cpu! On my lowly 800Mz unit, it takes 3-5 minutes for gimp to repaint the screen with a 1200 dpi resolution image, and that's every time you switch desktops. Haven't run into that but I just gave myself a Coolpix 2500 for Xmas so I am sure I have more fun awaiting. * Affirmed my belief that this is still the best user group on the planet. Lots of good info, and all the flames you can eat! g And we're here to make you eat those flames g Here's hoping you all have a profitable, safe, and joyous new year. And you too. (and stuff that Gentoo where the New Year will do it some good!!) -- ++ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 01/01/03 16:42 + ++ 'I can only assume that a Do Not File document is filed' 'in a Do Not File file.'Senator Frank Church ' Senate Intelligence Subcommittee Hearing, 1975' ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
Do you have any experience with ring illuminators? Joel The most effective thing I've done with my Olympus 2020 Zoom is to buy an external flash which can be used for bounce rather than direct flash. This largely eliminates red eye, and reflections of the flash itself from the pictures. The Olympus doesn't have a hot shoe, so it required an adapter for the flash which connects with a separate cable to the side of the camera. The adapter screws into the tripod mount screw on the bottom of the camera, and provides a handle on left side of the camera with a mount similar to the normal hot shoe. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Coolpix 2500: Update
At 10:16 AM 1/01/2003 -0500, you wrote: Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Red eye is still a nuisance, however. I must be doing something wrong there. So, if anyone is looking for a moderately priced digital camera ($280), this is an excellent choice. Most photographic software can remove red-eye, however just use the std photographers trick of not allowing the subject to stare straight into the camera when taking photos. They always look more natural if they look off camera anyway. Diverticulosis never looked this good before. It might look great but it can feel terrible mate grin Keith Antoine aka Skippy ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: It seems there is no end to greed!
R. Quenett wrote: from Joel Hammer: --- I tried looking it up in Bartlett's, but couldn't find it so I'm not sure if it was Mark Twain or Will Rogers who said to the effect; We have the finest politicians money can buy. Probably this maxim respects no borders or ethnic groups? Bob ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: 2002 Remembrances
On Wed, 01 Jan 2003 15:09:44 -0700 Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Memorable moments for me in 2002 included: Mine... * layed off and called back to work, before I even left the building on two separate occasions. What a night mare! A age 46 I've learned alot about human foibles and frailties and how cheap some humans appear in the eyes of other humans. I'll never be the same. * compiled kde 3.10 on a whim and fell in love with the pig... Really nice. * On the cusp of the new year I slayed the CUPS dragon and put up an lprng printing system (thanks to Joel's help) * ditto... CUPS sucks so bad that your ears pop when you install it... * Built my first real performance computer; msi kt3 ultra, xp 1600@2000+ water cooled. * Paid off the mortgage on our house... It's like being born again. Imagine having an extra $1000.00 a month in your pocket. :') Here's hoping you all have a profitable, safe, and joyous new year. ditto. -- ** Registered Linux User Number 185956 http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=ensafe=offgroup=linux Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net 5:50pm up 39 days, 19:29, 10 users, load average: 1.13, 1.02, 0.96 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: JFSes
Feigning erudition, Bob Hemus wrote: % I just got back a couple of days and the power came back on about an % hour ago. You folks may have worked this out already, I have about 600 % messages to go through. There is an intersting article about IBM's % journaling file system on page 18 of January's Linux Journal. They seem % real long on JFSes. Like Lonnie. There exists JFS as in IBM JFS, which is IBM's entry into journalled filesystems. There also exists JFSes as in journalling filesystems in general. % Anybody else read it and come away with the same impression? Haven't seen my LJ yet. Kurt -- ... all the modern inconveniences ... -- Mark Twain ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Mandrake Doomed?
Then, beginning in mid-1999, we entered the technology bubble whereby several venture capitalists invested in MandrakeSoft. Their requirement was that we would accelerate the development of the company while leaving its management to an experienced staff of world-class managers. Their BIG ERROR! World Class Managers are akin to Educational Administrators. Neither have been in the trenches for over 20 years, if ever. If they get rid of 'em they may be able to climb out of their hole. Bob Andrew Mathews wrote: Ken Moffat wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I should give money to Mandrake to bail out greedy speculators? I don't think so. It's bad enough I have to support my ex-wife. Kurt Ouch, I can relate. Guess I'm lucky. Got a pair of 'em, but no financial obligations. Funny, I *still* don't have any money though. -- Andrew Mathews - 9:40pm up 3 days, 4:39, 8 users, load average: 2.00, 1.77, 1.54 - Nice boy, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice. -- Foghorn Leghorn ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- #!/bin/bash sayingnum=$(($RANDOM%3+1)) if sayingnum=1 echo number 1. fi if sayingnum=2 echo number 2. fi if sayingnum=2 echo number 3. fi ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: 2002 Remembrances
On Wed, 01 Jan 2003 18:05:44 -0500 Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 01 Jan 2003 15:09:44 -0700 Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Memorable moments for me in 2002 included: Mine... * layed off and called back to work, before I even left the building on two separate occasions. What a night mare! A age 46 I've learned alot about human foibles and frailties and how cheap some humans appear in the eyes of other humans. I'll never be the same. Bummer! We've had a lot of layoffs at our company, including a few dozen just in time for Christmas. Thus far I've dodged the bullets. At my age (60 in a few days), I'll certainly never find the responsible, enjoyable job I have now again. Holding my thumbs. * compiled kde 3.10 on a whim and fell in love with the pig... Really nice. It's a pig, but I like the general screen setup and interface better than gnome. * On the cusp of the new year I slayed the CUPS dragon and put up an lprng printing system (thanks to Joel's help) * ditto... CUPS sucks so bad that your ears pop when you install it... * Built my first real performance computer; msi kt3 ultra, xp 1600@2000+ water cooled. I'll copy my wife on this one! * Paid off the mortgage on our house... It's like being born again. Imagine having an extra $1000.00 a month in your pocket. :') Looking forward to that in 1-2 years. Probably just about the time for the next round of layoffs. g Here's hoping you all have a profitable, safe, and joyous new year. ditto. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: 2002 Remembrances
that should have been joyful rather than joyous. Same to you. May the force and farce be with you. :P Here's hoping you all have a profitable, safe, and joyous new year. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: JFSes
On 01/01/03 17:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Bob Hemus wrote: % I just got back a couple of days and the power came back on about an % hour ago. You folks may have worked this out already, I have about 600 % messages to go through. There is an intersting article about IBM's % journaling file system on page 18 of January's Linux Journal. They seem % real long on JFSes. Like Lonnie. There exists JFS as in IBM JFS, which is IBM's entry into journalled filesystems. There also exists JFSes as in journalling filesystems in general. % Anybody else read it and come away with the same impression? Haven't seen my LJ yet. Nor have I. Although i thought the article in question was in last month's LJ. -- ~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 8:30pm up 18 days, 3:39, 2 users, load average: 0.26, 0.15, 0.05 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
OT Re: 2002 Remembrances
On 01/01/03 17:55, Collins wrote: On Wed, 01 Jan 2003 18:05:44 -0500 Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * layed off and called back to work, before I even left the building on two separate occasions. What a night mare! A age 46 I've learned alot about human foibles and frailties and how cheap some humans appear in the eyes of other humans. I'll never be the same. Bummer! We've had a lot of layoffs at our company, including a few dozen just in time for Christmas. Thus far I've dodged the bullets. At my age (60 in a few days), I'll certainly never find the responsible, enjoyable job I have now again. Holding my thumbs. Last year i survived 6 rounds of layoffs in which my department was decimated to the point where its now 80% smaller than it was a year ago, and 95% smaller than it was 2 years ago. Its been an eye opening nerve racking experience. They've cut to the bone, and i've been working the job of 4 people ever since. * compiled kde 3.10 on a whim and fell in love with the pig... Really nice. It's a pig, but I like the general screen setup and interface better than gnome. Its no secret that i dislike KDE, although i'm also not that big of a fan of Gnome. I do find Gnome to be prettier than KDE, if that means anything. * Paid off the mortgage on our house... It's like being born again. Imagine having an extra $1000.00 a month in your pocket. :') Looking forward to that in 1-2 years. Probably just about the time for the next round of layoffs. g I dont' have a mortgage yet. I'm still paying off college loans. -- ~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 8:30pm up 18 days, 3:39, 2 users, load average: 0.26, 0.15, 0.05 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Mandrake Doomed?
On 01/01/03 05:22, Bob Hemus wrote: Then, beginning in mid-1999, we entered the technology bubble whereby several venture capitalists invested in MandrakeSoft. Their requirement was that we would accelerate the development of the company while leaving its management to an experienced staff of world-class managers. Their BIG ERROR! World Class Managers are akin to Educational Administrators. Neither have been in the trenches for over 20 years, if ever. If they get rid of 'em they may be able to climb out of their hole. But therein lies the catch. Once the VC's own you, you can't get rid of their hand picked management. Its a deal with the devil. -- ~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 8:35pm up 18 days, 3:44, 2 users, load average: 0.21, 0.17, 0.08 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Mandrake Doomed?
As I read it (though I don't have it before me) they did get rid of their devils and are well on the way out of the hole. Having just looked at Mandrake 9.0 from the viewpoint of a newbie looking for a way to make computing affordable for more of the community, I hope things go their way. Looks like a great distribution for the techy-challenged. IanS - Original Message - From: Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2003 11:36 pm Subject: Re: Mandrake Doomed? On 01/01/03 05:22, Bob Hemus wrote: Then, beginning in mid-1999, we entered the technology bubble whereby several venture capitalists invested in MandrakeSoft. Their requirement was that we would accelerate the development of the company while leaving its management to an experienced staff of world-class managers. Their BIG ERROR! World Class Managers are akin to Educational Administrators. Neither have been in the trenches for over 20 years, if ever. If they get rid of 'em they may be able to climb out of their hole. But therein lies the catch. Once the VC's own you, you can't get rid of their hand picked management. Its a deal with the devil. -- ~ L. Friedman netllama@linux- sxs.orgLinux Step-by-step TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 8:35pm up 18 days, 3:44, 2 users, load average: 0.21, 0.17, 0.08 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux- sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
config info location in Mandrake
Speaking of Mandrake, where does config info normally get stored. Specifically I'm trying to find wireless data such as ESSID, mode and others. This is off the remanents of an 8.2 install. The card used is a WMP11 which is a direct pci interface. http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33scid=36prid=196 I've looked in the usual places /etc/pcmcia /etc/sysconfig but am not finding the files those configs are stored in. Ideas? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
