Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead?
I have been trying to get to the web site this morning to find more information about the install fest but the PLUG website seems to be DOA. -Original Message- From: Dazed_75 Sent: Feb 25, 2010 11:49 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Installfest this Saturday We will be in room 204 http://plug.phoenix.az.us/ for details -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: go-default screens.
The horizontal space is not 780 lines but 768 On 2/26/10, Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org wrote: I recently bought a so called hi-def tv screen and despite its 1360,768 780p resolution my movies still have the black borders! What gives? I thought having a hi-def wide screen would fix the black borders issue. If I hook up a hdmi connection to a new dvd player, is it still going to have the annoying black borders? Funny when we were all full screen we wanted to be widescreen, now we are widescreen and we want to have a fullscreen! -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
How to get back to 32bit Kernel in Unbuntu
I was having trouble with my system failing to read disk formats, USB flashdrives, and finally CDROMs, so I built a fresh Kernel from scratch, getting the source from Kernel.Org and running menuconfig. But afterwards, my Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT video drivers would not work. When I posted on Nvidia, they said that there is no support for creating a Kernel Video Driver Module on a 64bit kernel (AMD Athelon 64) running a 32bit user space. Now I am stuck with not knowing how to replace the 64 bit kernel with a new 32 bit Kernel. When I try booting into any of the older Kernels, it eventually fails, fails to establish X windows, or runs into a Kernel Panic, so going backwards does not seem to be an option. But when I reload a new Kernel and compile it, it just comes out 64 bit again. And I can not find anyway using the Ubuntu get software or Update procedure to get a standard Kernel. They only seem to offer something strange called Batman or dbd8d or a RAID kernel. There must be some fairly straight forward to get Kernel and user space back in sync, I just don't seem to be able to figure it out. Any suggestions? Mike --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: go-default screens.
The subject of this thread is mis-leading as my HTC Hero spell correction changed my hi-def subject to go-default, go figure.. ha ha Anyway, I realize the difference between widescreen and fullscreen displays. I have long prefered the widescreen or letterbox formats to a regular fullscreen as I like to see the whole image, even if it is a little smaller on my screen. What I am wondering about is why all the movies I have that are wide screen format movies still have horizontal bars (top and bottom) on my new wide screen 780p lcd hdtv. I thought when I switched from my computer with a non-hidef resolution to a real tv with the proper resolution for widescreen that those lines would go away and it would fill my screen. Nathan On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: The horizontal space is not 780 lines but 768 On 2/26/10, Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org wrote: I recently bought a so called hi-def tv screen and despite its 1360,768 780p resolution my movies still have the black borders! What gives? I thought having a hi-def wide screen would fix the black borders issue. If I hook up a hdmi connection to a new dvd player, is it still going to have the annoying black borders? Funny when we were all full screen we wanted to be widescreen, now we are widescreen and we want to have a fullscreen! -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead?
Are you using IE6? Seems like a lot of web sites are seeming DOA to IE6 lately. I've gone to the plug website several times per day the last three days and from different computers with no problems including just now using the link in your email from the part which quoted my previous reply. On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com wrote: I have been trying to get to the web site this morning to find more information about the install fest but the PLUG website seems to be DOA. -Original Message- From: Dazed_75 Sent: Feb 25, 2010 11:49 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Installfest this Saturday We will be in room 204 http://plug.phoenix.az.us/ for details -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: How to get back to 32bit Kernel in Unbuntu
Frankly, my advice would be to back up your data (use a Live CD if need be) and do a clean install of a 32 bit ubuntu 9.10 (or whatever you like). The restore your data. I would be surprised if there is any clean dependable method to regress since you have little/no way to know what other 64 bit globs were installed previously that would not work with a 32 bit kernel. OTOH, I have been running a 64 bit ubuntu 9.10 on my Core 2 duo machine with an nvidia 9800 GTX (or GTS, I forget) for months with no problems On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Mike Bushroe mbush...@gmail.com wrote: I was having trouble with my system failing to read disk formats, USB flashdrives, and finally CDROMs, so I built a fresh Kernel from scratch, getting the source from Kernel.Org and running menuconfig. But afterwards, my Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT video drivers would not work. When I posted on Nvidia, they said that there is no support for creating a Kernel Video Driver Module on a 64bit kernel (AMD Athelon 64) running a 32bit user space. Now I am stuck with not knowing how to replace the 64 bit kernel with a new 32 bit Kernel. When I try booting into any of the older Kernels, it eventually fails, fails to establish X windows, or runs into a Kernel Panic, so going backwards does not seem to be an option. But when I reload a new Kernel and compile it, it just comes out 64 bit again. And I can not find anyway using the Ubuntu get software or Update procedure to get a standard Kernel. They only seem to offer something strange called Batman or dbd8d or a RAID kernel. There must be some fairly straight forward to get Kernel and user space back in sync, I just don't seem to be able to figure it out. Any suggestions? Mike --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: go-default screens.
Assuming you don't also have vertical black bars on the left and the right, then it is because your TV has an aspect ratio of 16:9 (also called 1.78:1) and most movies are filmed at even wider aspect ratios (1.85:1 or 2.35:1 are both very common) so there are still black bars on the top and the bottom because the movie is wider than your HDTV. This is normal. http://www.practical-home-theater-guide.com/image-files/ivideo-formats.gif Anything wider than 1.78:1 will have black bars on the top and the bottom. Anything narrower than 1.78:1 will have black bars on the left and the right. The only ways around this are either stretching (yuck!) and cropping (eww!). Shawn Dowler Information Designer shawn.dow...@gmail.com http://walkingtowel.org On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 19:48, Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org wrote: The subject of this thread is mis-leading as my HTC Hero spell correction changed my hi-def subject to go-default, go figure.. ha ha Anyway, I realize the difference between widescreen and fullscreen displays. I have long prefered the widescreen or letterbox formats to a regular fullscreen as I like to see the whole image, even if it is a little smaller on my screen. What I am wondering about is why all the movies I have that are wide screen format movies still have horizontal bars (top and bottom) on my new wide screen 780p lcd hdtv. I thought when I switched from my computer with a non-hidef resolution to a real tv with the proper resolution for widescreen that those lines would go away and it would fill my screen. Nathan On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: The horizontal space is not 780 lines but 768 On 2/26/10, Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org wrote: I recently bought a so called hi-def tv screen and despite its 1360,768 780p resolution my movies still have the black borders! What gives? I thought having a hi-def wide screen would fix the black borders issue. If I hook up a hdmi connection to a new dvd player, is it still going to have the annoying black borders? Funny when we were all full screen we wanted to be widescreen, now we are widescreen and we want to have a fullscreen! -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead?
It looks like the cox name server at 68.105.29.12 is reporting back the wrong address for the plug server. If you simply remove that nameserver from your resolv.conf, you should be able to get to the server again. Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
