[SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

2009-09-04 Thread Boaz Rymland
Hi all, So I made the move and bought it. Here are my findings: *Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of the specs are the same. *Distro Installed: *Ubuntu 9.04, amd64.* * *Wifi:*

Alsa Underrun problems with Skype

2009-09-04 Thread mbrace7forums
When Skype sound gives the repeated sound breakup the console gives me the following: RtApiAla: unerrun detected RtApiAla: unerrun detected RtApiAla: unerrun detected I tried opening another port 60002 sometimes this occurs as the test call is happening. I have tried re-booting

Re: Automated GUI testing with JS and AJAX

2009-09-04 Thread Lev Olshvang
Just my 2 cents: I think that combination of iMacros +GreaseMonkey plugins can be used for regression tests, perhaps the  iMacros alone  is just sufficient for your purposes. Danny Lieberman wrote: Leonid, I'm pretty sure there are two possible non-DIY alternatives 1)  maybe 

Thunderbird problem

2009-09-04 Thread david
This is not a Linux question but it is a FOSS related question. I am running Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 under Windows XP. Everything was working fine until I installed some extensions today and when I restarted Thunderbird none of my folders were listed on the left hand pane. I can't see any of

Re: Alsa Underrun problems with Skype and Skype ALSA problem on Ubuntu jauntu

2009-09-04 Thread Lev Olshvang
Hi Geoff, Perhaps you know what is going wrong with Ununtu jaunty Skype - recently I upgraded from ububtu 8.10 to 9.04 and although sound work well with all non-skype applications the Skype complains that it have problem with audio playback and capture device. Strace shows the problem is :

Re: Thunderbird problem

2009-09-04 Thread Lev Olshvang
Hi David, Try first to use View pane and switch to the classic view. L. david wrote: This is not a Linux question but it is a FOSS related question. I am running Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 under Windows XP. Everything was working fine until I installed some extensions today and when I restarted

Re: Thunderbird problem

2009-09-04 Thread david
This didn't help. In all the views it is still empty. ---Original Message--- From: Lev Olshvang lols...@012.net.il Subject: Re: Thunderbird problem Sent: 04 Sep '09 10:00 Hi David, Try first to use View pane and switch to the classic view. L. david wrote:

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

2009-09-04 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 09:19 +0300, Boaz Rymland wrote: WebCam: not working out of the box. Haven't really tried setting it up yet. From my limited experience, the gspca driver (for several Webcam models) does not work nicely with NViDia proprietary drivers. For my new desktop PC (which I

Fwd: Alsa Underrun problems with Skype and Skype ALSA problem on Ubuntu jauntu

2009-09-04 Thread mbrace7forums
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-fix-the-sound-issues-between-skype2.0-and-pulseaudio-on-fedora9 This maybe the answer to stuttering Skype Pulse sound. It means adding 3 groups pulse pulse-access pulse-rt then altering /etc/pulse/daemon.conf changing settings. high-priority = yes

Fwd: Alsa Underrun problems with Skype and Skype ALSA problem on Ubuntu jauntu

2009-09-04 Thread mbrace7forums
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-fix-the-sound-issues-between-skype2.0-and-pulseaudio-on-fedora9 This maybe the answer to stuttering Skype Pulse sound. It means adding 3 groups pulse pulse-access pulse-rt then altering /etc/pulse/daemon.conf changing settings. high-priority = yes

Re: Thunderbird problem

2009-09-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
This is not a Linux question but it is a FOSS related question.  I am running Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 under Windows XP.  Everything was working fine until I installed some extensions today and when I restarted Thunderbird none of my folders were listed on the left hand pane.  I can't see any

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

2009-09-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote: [clip] *Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of the specs are the same. *Distro Installed: *Ubuntu 9.04, amd64.* [clip] *X: *This

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

2009-09-04 Thread Boaz Rymland
IMHO, that should be the standard practice for open source minded people (and in general - non-commercial mindset people), even if not zealously practiced. Boaz. Steve Litt wrote: On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote: [clip] *Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a

touchpad can't be re-enabled after disabled

2009-09-04 Thread Boaz Rymland
Hi, I have a new laptop (Acer 5738 mentioned in a different thread) which I have a nagging problem with: I have this nice and useful button right next to the touchpad, for disabling it (when working with mouse and using the keyboard and prefer not having pointer distracted by occasional

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

2009-09-04 Thread Boaz Rymland
Steve Litt wrote: On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote: [clip] *Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of the specs are the same. *Distro Installed: *Ubuntu 9.04, amd64.*

Re: touchpad can't be re-enabled after disabled

2009-09-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 04 September 2009 13:06:05 Boaz Rymland wrote: Hi, I have a new laptop (Acer 5738 mentioned in a different thread) which I have a nagging problem with: I have this nice and useful button right next to the touchpad, for disabling it (when working with mouse and using the keyboard

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

2009-09-04 Thread Michael Shiloh
I'd love to know if the Arduino IDE and FTDI USB serial port drivers function properly. Do you have an Arduino, or can you borrow one from someone to test? Of course the first part (Arduino IDE) can be downloaded for free and tested. IIRC Ubuntu 9.04 includes the FTDI driver already.

Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

2009-09-04 Thread Diego Iastrubni
On יום ראשון 30 אוגוסט 2009 11:36:03 Oron Peled wrote: I normally follow your original method -- put some effort *before* buying to have an idea about good/problematic hardware. I also make sure that the people who sell stuff will know *why* I chose their hardware (because its vendor is

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

2009-09-04 Thread Boaz Rymland
Michael Shiloh wrote: I'd love to know if the Arduino IDE and FTDI USB serial port drivers function properly. Do you have an Arduino, or can you borrow one from someone to test? Possibly I have one - I just need to know how it looks like to figure that out :-) What's that? This?:

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

2009-09-04 Thread Michael Shiloh
Boaz Rymland wrote: Michael Shiloh wrote: I'd love to know if the Arduino IDE and FTDI USB serial port drivers function properly. Do you have an Arduino, or can you borrow one from someone to test? Possibly I have one - I just need to know how it looks like to figure that out :-) What's

[HAIFUX LECTURE] Intro to Qt4 - Diego Iastrubni

2009-09-04 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
On Monday, September 7th at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear Diego Iastrubni talk about     Introduction to Qt4 Abstract Why do we need a cross-platform toolkit The qmake build system Strings, list + iterators in Qt4 signals+slots Basic GUI building The purpose of the lecture is