Well, Murphy is alive and well and living at my house. My Dell
Inspiron 5100 laptop forgot how to charge its battery just a few days
before I'm leaving on a week-long road trip. I just shipped it off to
Dell for a motherboard transplant.
Can anyone suggest a reputable place to rent a laptop
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, at 9:55am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure why, but I no longer havce sound on my laptop in Linux.
I started typing up an elaborate message about investigating sound
hardware, but then it occurred to me that it might
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, at 9:39am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I started typing up an elaborate message about investigating sound
hardware, but then it occurred to me that it might be something a lot
simpler.
Run aumix. Are any of your levels set to 0? If so, does changing
them to a non-zero
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, at 9:39am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I started typing up an elaborate message about investigating sound
hardware, but then it occurred to me that it might be something a lot
simpler.
Run aumix. Are any of your levels
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, at 9:55am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure why, but I no longer havce sound on my laptop in Linux.
I started typing up an elaborate message about investigating sound
hardware, but then it occurred to me that it might be something a lot
simpler.
Run aumix. Are any
I'm not sure why, but I no longer havce sound on my laptop in Linux. I
used to have sound. I still have sound when I boot into XP.
The only lines relevent in /var/log/messages (that I find) are:
kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:05.0
kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:02.0
kernel: PCI
I'm not sure why, but I no longer havce sound on my laptop in Linux. I
used to have sound. I still have sound when I boot into XP.
The only lines relevent in /var/log/messages (that I find) are:
kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:05.0
kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:02.0
kernel: PCI
Most of us have cleared hardware glitches on desktops and servers by doing
the old power-down-reboot cycle. It's important to remember that, with a
laptop, there is more then one power source. :-)
I think that is exactly what happened, as the battery basically has no
life left
Hi all,
I was playing WarCraft III on my wifes laptop when the laptop decided to
go into hibernate mode (power cord had jiggled loose). The screen is now
a a bunch of different colors and at one point turned white. When I
attach an external monitor I am able to use the computer. I've tried:
1
Never mind, it seems to have fixed itself!
On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 09:54, Jeff Macdonald wrote:
Hi all,
I was playing WarCraft III on my wifes laptop when the laptop decided to
go into hibernate mode (power cord had jiggled loose). The screen is now
a a bunch of different colors and at one
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, at 9:54am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was playing WarCraft III on my wifes laptop when the laptop decided to
go into hibernate mode (power cord had jiggled loose). The screen is now a
a bunch of different colors and at one point turned white.
FYI (I realize the problem
I vote that we:
1: Not require people to strip email addresses from the headers and
body of posts. This is too much work. Humans shouldn't have to
do this.
2: Keep the archive going, keep it world-accessible
3: Obfuscate email addresses in the web-archives. Many, many lists
I vote that we:
1: Not require people to strip email addresses from the headers and
body of posts. This is too much work. Humans shouldn't have to
do this.
2: Keep the archive going, keep it world-accessible
3: Obfuscate email addresses in the web-archives. Many, many
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Plenty of excellent material flies by on the GNHLUG
list that is not immediately applicable, but I've
always assumed that I'd be able to retrieve any given
msg from the archives if necessary. I'd therefore be
disappointed to learn that GNHLUG postings are not
being properly archived. It's
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 23:52, Derek Martin wrote:
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I suspect the problem Dan Coutu [EMAIL PROTECTED] deleted] is seeing arises
I must publicly and strenuously object to the practice of including
posters' e-mail addresses in the body of your
On Sunday, Aug 3rd 2003 at 21:23 -0400, quoth Travis Roy:
=Okay. While I agree with everything Derek is saying I have a few questions.
=Whould it really be that hard to remove people's email addresses from the
=archive? Does the archive really have to be all that public? Perhaps adding
=a login
On Sunday, Aug 3rd 2003 at 08:45 -0400, quoth Steven W. Orr:
=If I could, I'd like to make a humble suggestion:
=
=A while ago I switched from Majordomo to Majordomo2. The two systems are
=not even vaguely related. MJ2 is a total rewrite and includes as part of
=its functionality a web
A while ago I switched from Majordomo to Majordomo2. The two systems are
not even vaguely related. MJ2 is a total rewrite and includes as part of
its functionality a web interface as well as archiving also with a web
interface. To leave it at that would be to enormously understate its
, 2003 6:15 PM
Subject: I need suggestions as to where to get a replacement laptop keyboard
My keyboard is starting to flake out, particularly the left
ctrl key, which is a hard thing for an emacs kind of guy. It's a Dell
Latitude, so probably the place to get a replacement is Dell, but I
On Sunday, August 3, 2003, at 09:23 PM, Travis Roy wrote:
The main thing I'm trying to say is that we should somehow block email
addresses from showing up on the archive website rather then have
people
stop it from archiving their messages. The archive becomes pointless
if a
large number of
On Sunday, Aug 3rd 2003 at 10:44 -0400, quoth Morbus Iff:
=
=A while ago I switched from Majordomo to Majordomo2. The two systems are
=not even vaguely related. MJ2 is a total rewrite and includes as part of
=its functionality a web interface as well as archiving also with a web
=interface. To
On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, at 11:52pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It should be possible to participate in a public forum without being
forced to reveal your private information.
I don't consider an email address private information in this context,
given that, when you post to a public list, you are
By making the archive only open to subscribers, we completely eliminate
any address harvesting.
I think that a better solution would be to find a way to strip the e-mail
addresses. I don't know how many times I have found solutions by running
a google search and coming up with a solution in a
I think that a better solution would be to find a way to strip the e-mail
addresses. I don't know how many times I have found solutions by running
a google search and coming up with a solution in a mailing list archive.
This is esp. true with linux related materials.
Just be careful that any
If I have a private party at my house, there may be 1000 guests.
This large number of guests makes it no less a private party... But I
need to give my home address to each of those 1000 people, and trust
them not to give it out to psychos, lunatics, or other random people
to whom I would not
On Sunday, Aug 3rd 2003 at 19:04 -0400, quoth Derek Doucette:
= By making the archive only open to subscribers, we completely eliminate
= any address harvesting.
=
=I think that a better solution would be to find a way to strip the e-mail
=addresses. I don't know how many times I have found
Steven W. Orr said:
On Sunday, Aug 3rd 2003 at 19:04 -0400, quoth Derek Doucette:
= By making the archive only open to subscribers, we completely
eliminate = any address harvesting.
=
=I think that a better solution would be to find a way to strip the
e-mail =addresses. I don't know how
Interestingly enough, it was decided (back when we switched to mailman)
to have the From/Reply-to address of this discussion list be that of the
sender. The -org list is configured such that the From/Reply-to address
is that of the list.
The -org list does not show addresses in the archives.
The
Dan Coutu said:
My laptop has a touchpad mouse built-in and that works fine with my
mouse setting as a generic 2-button ps/2 mouse. I have a Logitech
wireless wheel mouse that I attach to it when working with it on the
desktop. I do use the touchpad when take the computer elsewhere, no
point
different pointing devices (the
internal touch-pad and the external wheel-mouse) both connect via the same
logical PS/2 interface. The laptop has logic to multiplex the two devices
together, so that both can send inputs to the same logical PS/2 interface.
Now, the original PS/2 specification did
suggestions as to where to get a replacement laptop keyboard
My keyboard is starting to flake out, particularly the left
ctrl key, which is a hard thing for an emacs kind of guy. It's a Dell
Latitude, so probably the place to get a replacement is Dell, but I
thought that I'd ask if folks have
This has to be the all-time most inane discussion to ever occur on this
list. Which is saying something. :-)
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, at 4:16pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My preferences actually come from spending a lot of time at a model 35
teletype.
I think that has more to do with it then
Bill Freeman wrote:
Derek Martin writes:
While again, I didn't spend much time on it, the problem with using a
PS/2 mouse seems to be that Linux sees that and the internal mouse
device as the same logical device (/dev/psaux), with the same
configuration. However, obviously that's not true
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:21:07PM -0400, Dan Coutu wrote:
Bill Freeman wrote:
Derek Martin writes:
While again, I didn't spend much time on it, the problem with using a
PS/2 mouse seems to be that Linux sees that and the internal mouse
device as the same logical device (/dev/psaux),
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have to agree. I can't fathom why so many techies/coders make such
comments... How do you type
open( LOGFILE, O_RDWR | O_EXCL | O_CREAT | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY | O_SYNC |
O_NOFOLLOW,
S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP );
without
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Steven W. Orr wrote:
| On a slightly similar vein, ...
|
| Is there a way to successfully plug in a Sun keyboard into a PC and
get it
| to work? I have switched my caps-lock and Ctrl keys years ago, but I'd
| really rather do it the proper way. Is it
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:38:08AM -0400, Bill Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kevin D. Clark writes:
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have to agree. I can't fathom why so many techies/coders make such
comments... How do you type
open( LOGFILE, O_RDWR | O_EXCL |
Kevin D. Clark wrote:
BTW, as a side comment: I like emacs, and I respect the fact that
other people like different editors. For me, it isn't so important
that people use a certain editor, but it is important that they learn
how to use it *well*.
I like emacs too, and use it whenever I'm
(though I never really
looked hard either). That's great! I would save up and it would be my
next big purchase -- if they offered USB. :( My main machine is an
iBook, and doesn't have a PS/2 port. Though maybe there's an
adaptor this keyboard combined with a laptop stand to bring
In a message dated: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:15:09 EDT
Erik Price said:
I like emacs too, and use it whenever I'm logged into a server w/ssh,
but I don't think I know it too well -- I have no idea what those
keystrokes do!! ;)
You should spend some time using the Emacs tutorial: C-h t should get
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:15:09 EDT
Erik Price said:
I like emacs too, and use it whenever I'm logged into a server w/ssh,
but I don't think I know it too well -- I have no idea what those
keystrokes do!! ;)
You should spend some time using the Emacs
Bob Bell wrote:
And I actually don't see the big deal using your left pinky to hold
down the shift key while you type. Granted, the sample line had a LOT
of upper-case characters, and hitting caps-lock may be simpler, but
I tried it both ways and holding down shift didn't really seem to
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:58:51AM -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
So I guess that what we're saying is that people who don't use
emacs need Caps-Lock, because their editors are toys? (For the humor
impaired: :^) )
(-: I guess that the vi
If you want to type VERY fast you should try one of these:
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/professional.htm
It's what I use at work and I love it.
Caps Lock is next to the A key though...
:-)
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Erik Price wrote:
I would save up and it would be my next big purchase -- if they
offered USB.
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htm
It's a bit more at $299, so I would probably go with some type of
adapter:
http://www.maltron.co.uk/USB-PS2pic.html
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:47:10AM -0700, Richard Soule wrote:
To me there are three different places where you interact with your
computer directly:
The monitor, the keyboard, and sometimes the mouse.
'Overspending' in these areas is ALWAYS worth the money.
Many people go out and buy
Richard Soule wrote:
Erik Price wrote:
I would save up and it would be my next big purchase -- if they
offered USB.
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htm
It's a bit more at $299, so I would probably go with some type of
adapter:
http://www.maltron.co.uk/USB-PS2pic.html
argh! Now I need
: The lack of need for Caps-Lock (was laptop keyboard replacement)
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:46:12AM -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
If you want to use your caps lock key, use it. Myself and other
people think that it is a useless key.
True enough
Erik Price writes:
I like emacs too, and use it whenever I'm logged into a server w/ssh,
but I don't think I know it too well -- I have no idea what those
keystrokes do!! ;)
Then the very next keystroke that you should learn is C-H K,
which runs describe-key, which prompts for a
Bill Freeman wrote:
Then the very next keystroke that you should learn is C-H K,
which runs describe-key, which prompts for a key (combinatione), and
displays the on line documentation for the command bound to the key.
That's awesome! Thanks!
Some initial playing with this command
Derek Martin writes:
I would also point out that a PC-style keyboard is closer to a manual
typewriter keyboard, which has been around MUCH longer than Sun
workstations have. Which is no doubt why it was designed that way...
I'm inclined to think that those who hate capslock, and who
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:46:12AM -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
If you want to use your caps lock key, use it. Myself and other
people think that it is a useless key.
[snip]
But why hate it?
Remember, I said that I found the key to be useless, not
Tilly, Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think the reason many techies hate the capslock key can be summed up in three
letters: A O L
Yes, but [EMAIL PROTECTED] was pretty funny in his time.
Regards,
--kevin
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In a message dated: 31 Jul 2003 20:45:43 EDT
Kevin D. Clark said:
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think in the end it's just a matter of what you're used to. I
don't think a clear argument can be made that one or the other is
better.
Agreed. It's a matter of personal preference.
My keyboard is starting to flake out, particularly the left
ctrl key, which is a hard thing for an emacs kind of guy. It's a Dell
Latitude, so probably the place to get a replacement is Dell, but I
thought that I'd ask if folks have alternate suggestions before
bighting the big price
oh duh, laptop keyboard..
Don't mind me, I'm retarded (and both you Bens out there can keep your
mouth shut about that comment) :)
On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 06:15 PM, Bill Freeman wrote:
My keyboard is starting to flake out, particularly the left
ctrl key, which is a hard thing
application server that came with it.
I prefer a laptop simply because space is scarce and I move around a
lot, and also so that I can bring it to work (one thing I'd like to do
is see how easy/difficult it is to migrate my JBoss/Postgres-using
project to Oracle). Again, this machine would
that was distributed on CD ROM at the quarterly
meeting this week, and the Oracle application server that came with
it.
I prefer a laptop simply because space is scarce and I move around a
lot, and also so that I can bring it to work (one thing I'd like to do
is see how easy/difficult
format and the transmission protocol are proprietary. Since this
is all going to be handlebar mounted for the trip (not to mention
the power issues), I *really* don't want to deal with a separate GPS
reciever and display.
As it happens, I did manage to obtain a laptop small enough to take
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 03:20:32PM -0400, mike ledoux wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions for models I should consider, or
places I should look? If you happen to have an old, small laptop
that you're looking to part with, that'd be great too. :)
Buy yourself a Sharp Zaurus and 512CF
What's the best way to retrieve files from the hard drive of a dead
laptop?
I have a three-year old Sony VAIO Z505JS laptop that refuses to start.
I've been through all the usual troubleshooting steps. It would cost
almost $100 just to get a repair quote from Sony's service department
They sell adapters that can hook a laptop sized hard drive to the ribbon
cable of a PC. Make it a secondary slave disk on a knowm good PC,
preferably on a network, boot up the PC, mount the secondary disk under
some /tmp mount point, then tar or cp to a backup area.
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Roger H
What's the best way to retrieve files from the hard drive of a dead
laptop?
Depends on how it died.
If it was non-hard drive related, the hard drive is IDE and, with a cheap
adapter, you can plug it in as a slave drive in any desktop to move data
over.
If the drive is the cause of the PC
In a message dated: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:10:45 EDT
Roger H. Goun said:
What's the best way to retrieve files from the hard drive of a dead
laptop?
I have a three-year old Sony VAIO Z505JS laptop that refuses to start.
Will it just not boot? I highly recommend getting a copy of Knoppix
on CD
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Will it just not boot? I highly recommend getting a copy of Knoppix
on CD and attempting to boot from that. My wife's laptop died not
too long ago with a bad hard drive failure. I was able to boot off
of CD with Knoppix, which correctly identified all the system
Thanks for all the cogent responses. The laptop is genuinely dead, not
just hosed. (I run Debian unstable. I can tell the difference. :-) No
lights, no horrible grinding noises from the hard drive, nothing. I
tried two different known-good batteries, with and without the A/C
adapter
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:56:01 -0400
Roger H. Goun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Once I figure out how to get the hard drive out (I've removed every
screw in sight, but still can't get the clamshell apart) so I can
verify that it's the standard 44-pin IDE interface, I'll order a
44-pin to 40-pin IDE
I burned some Knoppix 3.2 CD's recently (2003-06-06 release) and will be
bringing them to the meeting on the 25th as giveaways. First dibs
accepted from newbies.
-dl
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JumpShift, LLC
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Erik Price wrote:
Man! I wish I'd thought of that a few weeks ago! I was in a similar
situation to the OP.
I'm going to keep a copy of Knoppix in my car's emergency kit.
A more minimal CD is @Stake's Security Toolkit:
http://www.atstake.com/research/tools/pst/
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 01:06:14PM -0400, you wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:56:01 -0400
Roger H. Goun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Once I figure out how to get the hard drive out (I've removed every
screw in sight, but still can't get the clamshell apart) so I can
verify that it's the
screws. The keyboard, in turn, is held in by tabs, latches,
and/or screws.
so I can verify that it's the standard 44-pin IDE interface
Good idea, but they almost always are, in any laptop made in the last ten
years.
A 44-pin IDE to USB adapter would be more convenient, but seems to be a
lot
Hey everyone,
I'm looking at new laptops and I'm interested in any feedback on the
Compaq 2110's if anyone is running one, or the Sony VAIO GRZ610.
Thanks.
Ed
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On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, at 9:46am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this resulted in the new disk being 'dirty' when i booted from it, but the
only file essentially not read-only was the swapfile -- which doesn't have
persistent info.
worked a treat. i would have preferred to boot from a cd, but you
if anyone is interested in the results, i ended up buying a superbay
hdd adapter for the thinkpad, putting the new drive in it, booting
from the old one in standalone, and using dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc .
the bs and count parameters were determined from looking in the
/proc/ide files.
this
:50, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
heh. my laptop drive is starting to whine and buzz, so
ibm is sending me a replacement. that's cool hardwarily,
but.. what's the best path for backing the current drive
up and restoring it onto the new one? rh 7.2, five partitions
on the drive. i have my
heh. my laptop drive is starting to whine and buzz, so
ibm is sending me a replacement. that's cool hardwarily,
but.. what's the best path for backing the current drive
up and restoring it onto the new one? rh 7.2, five partitions
on the drive. i have my 7.2 cds. i'm guessing one possibility
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