[PLUG] KVM problem

I have a customer (in Texas) that installed a Raloy rf117hd KVM on some Slackware 14.1 and Slackware 12.2 systems. The problem they are having is that the systems will not boot at 1920x1080 with the Raloy plugged in. What they have b

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

I believe he's in the great state of Missouri, the "show me" state. On 12/23/2015 06:17 PM, Don Buchholz wrote: > On 12/22/2015 9:44 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I pr

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

eater Java script are all that we will need to access through the web interface. Again, thanks for all the excellent responses. Wayne On 11/16/2015 10:06 AM, Galen Seitz wrote: > On 11/16/15 09:13, Rich Shepard wrote: >> On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: >> >>

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

On 11/16/2015 12:52 AM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Wayne" == Wayne E Van Loon writes: > Wayne> I have a customer that would like me to use a managed network > Wayne> switch in my next control system. It's a very small network, <8 > Wayne> ports needed for my ethernet I/O. I have never used a m

[PLUG] Small network managed switch?

I have a customer that would like me to use a managed network switch in my next control system. It's a very small network, <8 ports needed for my ethernet I/O. I have never used a managed network switch. I am aghast at the prices! Anybody have a recommendation of something to look at? Wayne _

Re: [PLUG] boot failure

On 11/10/2015 09:41 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > This a SATA hard drive dock which mounts in an ATX case. It is a Kingwin > KF-1000 BK. When I get a blank panel to fill the hole I will take it out > and look it over. I am surprised that there is anything to go wrong inside > except connectors.

Re: [PLUG] boot failure

Yea, I've had it happen. Fairly often with some of the first mobile docks. Never had the problem though with the newer SATA hard drive mobile docks. On 11/09/2015 05:41 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Denis" == Denis Heidtmann writes: > Denis> [...] He suspected the HD dock, since he often > De

Re: [PLUG] Linux distributions

Jim: I use Linux Mint for some multimedia stuff, stuff like Audacity for audio recording, etc. It comes with all the CODECs, etc. I also often set up any friends who are trying Linux for the first time with Linux Mint. But, I haven't found Linux Mint to be terribly stable. For industrial contro

Re: [PLUG] New laser printer advice needed

John: I've got an old Brother HL-1440 that has (knock on wood) served me so very well. It was originally purchased for my niece when she entered High School, probably about 12 years ago??? No ethernet, but because it has served me so well, I have purchased a few other cheap Brother LASER printe

Re: [PLUG] Dual boot Windoze 8.1, Linux Mint 17.1 64 bit

Brian: Thanks for your response. In my experience, you are right on as to install Windows first. The situation is that my brother bought a new laptop with Windows 8.1. He used to have a laptop (that was stolen a few days ago) that I had set up dual boot for him. That machine was a legacy (non E

[PLUG] Dual boot Windoze 8.1, Linux Mint 17.1 64 bit

Not having any luck making a dual boot system. Tried it with UEFI / secure boot enabled and disabled. Has anybody else has success with this? Wayne -- Sent from my Linux Computer ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/

Re: [PLUG] How to find the executables

I don't know if all distributions have this feature, but from the command line, as root, run: "updatedb" Then from the command line: "locate filename" or even just part of the file's name. You may want to pipe the output into a read only editor like more or less. Wayne On 02/12/2015 08:09 PM, Mi

[PLUG] Is your son a hacker?

Knowing that I use Linux, a friend sent this to me. I found it fall down funny, hope you do as well. T. Reginald Gibbons (a pommy??) once wrote: .. To this end, I have decided to publish the top ten signs that your son is a hacker. I advise any parents toread this read list carefully and i

Re: [PLUG] QuickBooks

> Folks, there' s QuickBooks for Mac, Quick Books for Windows, QuickBooks > Pro, Quick Books Premiere, QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Enterprise, > and Quick Books Enterprise with Hosting. If you press {F2} once in the > program and then copy the first line (which begins with Product Intuit)

Re: [PLUG] Desktop Computer Monitor choice

Sorry for the earlier post that didn't make sense, I was in a hurry. I have had good luck with Asus VE228H both for personal use and at customers sites. One thing I liked was that there aren't any electronics in the base so I could remove the base and attach the display to a wall mount or swiveli

Re: [PLUG] Desktop Computer Monitor choice

I have had good luck with Asus VE228H both for personal use and at customers sites. One thing I liked was that there were not electronics in the base so I could remove the base and attach it to a mount such as a wall mount or swiveling mount arm. Wayne On 12/27/2014 01:27 PM, Denis Heidtmann wr

Re: [PLUG] Linux Mint

I notice nobody has replied, so I'll make a suggestion. I think Mint has a list of sources for software packages. It could be that apt has a different list than update manager. Wayne On 11/13/2014 07:26 AM, Marvin Kosmal wrote: > HI > > Question for Linux Mint 17 users.. > > I get a different li

Re: [PLUG] Re-arranging Firefox Display

On 11/04/2014 08:39 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 4 Nov 2014, Galen Seitz wrote: > >> I did some searching on this after a recent CentOS/RHEL update brought in >> Firefox 31. As best I can tell, you have to use an add-on to get the old >> layout. >> >>

Re: [PLUG] TUESDAY: October PLUG Advanced Topics: Living Desktop Environment-Free

I like Microsoft elete. They cost about $35. Wayne On 10/25/2014 12:02 PM, Bill Kielhorn wrote: > That was a very interesting and informative talk. Thank you, Leander! > > Are there any opinions about the best physical keyboards for > keyboard-centric work? > _

Re: [PLUG] TONIGHT: October PLUG Meeting: Diversity in Open Source: What We Can Do

On 10/02/2014 01:59 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:13:13 -0700 > Michael Dexter dijo: > >> Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement >> >> Who: Jennifer Davidson >> What: Diversity in Open Source: What We Can Do >> Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lo

Re: [PLUG] Clinic and networking

On 09/20/2014 08:34 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I still have problems with NFS between my laptop and my desktop. The > issue is a matter of permissions. I have done everything that online > help has suggested, including here, but the problem persists. I am > thinking of bringing my laptop to the

Re: [PLUG] Cinnamon desktop auto-logout

> It sends me right back to the session/login manager in about 5 minutes. It's stupid. Get a phone call or something and you had to log in again. I looked for a way to disable the "feature" and when I couldn't find anything, I switched. Wayne > I tried setting the screen saver for less than that

Re: [PLUG] Slackware

I started using Slackware because I wanted a distribution with a standard kernel as tested and released by the kernel developers and a kernel to which Ingo Molnar's real-time preemption patches could be applied. Slackware is still in DistroWatch.com's top 10 distributions

Re: [PLUG] From Windows to Linux

Can't answer all your questions, but I have had experience with Linux Mint Mate 32 bit. In my experience, it's not very stable. Wayne On 07/18/2014 09:34 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Windows 7 is the "last straw" for a friend who has used every > version since Windows 3.1. > > Evidently Windows 7

[PLUG] OSCON Pass Contest

This is a submission for the OSCON Pass Contest. It is posted on behalf of Bill Kielhorn, who is unable to post the PLUG mail list. The book review is published on amazon.com (see below) under the pseudonym, Ted Smith. Full details of this contest submission have also been sent directly to Micha

[PLUG] Book review

To heck out the book review by one of our fellow PLUGgers at: http://www.amazon.com/Performance-JavaScript-Faster-Application-Interfaces/product-reviews/059680279X/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending Wayne for Bill AKA / nom de plume, Ted Smith

Re: [PLUG] Compile error

John: I notice that you downloaded and installed Qt4, while it looks like the software that you are trying to compile *might* be looking for a Qt5 installation || /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake depending upon whether or not Makefile exists in ~/Software/sleepyhead-code Hope this

Re: [PLUG] anyone have an Autotools book?

I do and would be glad to get it to you. I'm busy out in Hillsboro this morning but could possibly meet you later today. Wayne On 06/16/2014 11:58 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > I'm looking for this one, specifically, but if you have another you'd > recommend, I'd borrow that too: > >http://shop

Re: [PLUG] Slackware-14.1/x86_64: Need to install kmod to boot

On 06/10/2014 01:10 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jun 2014, Dale Snell wrote: > >> Try the DELETE key. That works for some motherboards. > Dale, > > Hadn't thought of that, only Esc and the 12 function keys. Turns out that > Bill's suggestion of F2 at the logo screen works. > > The

Re: [PLUG] Multi-page TIFF

On 04/22/2014 09:16 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 22 Apr 2014, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> On what distribution did you install xv? I have used xv in Slackware for >> years, nothing else I have came across does what I need as well as does >> xv. > Wayne, >

Re: [PLUG] Multi-page TIFF

On 04/22/2014 08:01 AM, Fred James wrote: > > I have just installed XV ... cute ... a little clunky, but cute ... > might be useful ... printed image leaves a bit to be desired ... YMMV. > Regards > Fred James On what distribution did you install xv? I have used xv in Slackware for years, nothing

Re: [PLUG] Should I suggest Ubuntu (which flavor)?

Suggestions? Look at Linux Mint. My wife is very computer un-friendly but loves her Linux Mint. She used to use Ubuntu (before Unity). I have set several friends up with Linux Mint, both Linux Mint 13 LTS Mate and KDE. I'm a slacker myself (Slackware). Wayne On 04/19/2014 01:13 PM, Richard Owl

Re: [PLUG] Q&A with Linus Torvalds RSVP Link!

So I went to eventbrite.com and it was sold out. So I don't get in the next PLUG meeting? Wayne On 03/25/2014 10:33 AM, Michael Dexter wrote: > Hello all, > > In order to not change PLUG's intimate nature and to increase the > likelihood that Linus will return sooner rather than later, I have set

Re: [PLUG] Are dependences obsolete?

Most of you probably know this, but what you are talking about is the difference between static and dynamic linking. When using static linking, all the libraries needed by the program are inserted into the executable code. Depending upon the environment on the target machine, statically linked

Re: [PLUG] Building from Source - Totem Movie Player

Dick Steffens wrote: > > > It appeared to complete the process. There were a handful of warnings, > but no errors. > > How do I know where it put it? You could do a search for the executable and see if there is more than 1 version, the original version and your newly compiled version, in differ

[PLUG] Fwd: Re: Eee PC 701

Rich, Rod Mark & King Thanks for your input. I used to use Slackware for anything serious, but for this thing, I think I'll see if I can stick on Linux Mint 13 Mate. My wife (the BigDog) has it on her desktop and really likes it. Wayne Original Message Subject:Re: [PLU

[PLUG] Eee PC 701

My neighbor brought over a Eee PC 701 the other day. It had been purchased for his sister-in-law but she went kind of weird and had to be moved in some sort of weird care facility. He doesn't like the operating system on it and was wondering if some variant of Linux might coexist with the littl

Re: [PLUG] TONIGHT: SNOW?

So, shall we just head straight for The Lucky Lab? Wayne On 02/06/2014 12:37 PM, Dennis Gilbert wrote: > The University is closing today at 2:00, so our regular meeting room will > not be available tonight. > > Dennis Gilbert > Portland State University > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Michael

Re: [PLUG] Emacs: save marked lines to new file

If you are using Xemacs, the mouse has some really convenient and powerful features. Hold the left mouse button down and drag to mark a region. Press the middle button (or if you don't have a 3 button mouse, press both the left and right buttons) to paste. After marking a section, press the righ

Re: [PLUG] Laptop Repair Recommendation Request

Dafr: I had a screen replace laptop repair at a place on Allen Blvd. in Beaverton, between Lombard and Hall Blvd. cross streets. One repair is not a lot of experience, but I was happy. He gave me and price estimate and completion time and it all came true. The name of the place escapes me, but

[PLUG] Post to FTP server from soft real-time C program

A customer wants some data out of one of my optimization / control systems. They would like me to post it to a FTP server that will be added to the LAN. My machine is Linux X86 running on PC hardware. It is a soft real-time application in a distributed processing system (6 ea. 6 core machines).

Re: [PLUG] where to go next? - the nanosleep paralysis problem

Randall: For my real time stuff, I use a vanilla kernal so I can apply Ingo Molnar's Realtime preemption patch. You may have to switch to a distribution that utilizes a vanilla kernel. I hesitate to write this as I have not applied it to a more recent kernel than a couple years ago, so YMMV. B

Re: [PLUG] additional discovery on nanosleep() paralysis

On 04/24/2013 01:35 PM, website reader wrote: > Certain transactions during the running of the anacron job running > cron.daily on the Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS system caused the nanosleep() > function to freeze. This suggested apt updates as the possible cause. > > Today, while Ubuntu updated the softwa

Re: [PLUG] TONIGHT: March PLUG Meeting: Mike Rogoway

On 03/09/2013 11:36 PM, Michael Dexter wrote: > On 3/7/13 2:29 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: >> For those of us who would love to be there but can't make it, will >> someone be creating a pod cast of the talk? > I did record it and need to check how it came out. > > Does anyone with some solid aud

Re: [PLUG] User limits in Linux

On 02/28/2013 06:00 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Daniel Herrington wrote: > >> This just came across from our Sys Admin team: >> * >> "They may be able to increase it [user processes] a little, but probably >> not enough to resolve the problem, which was the case last time we saw

Re: [PLUG] Water Cooled Machines

King Beowulf wrote: > On 01/02/2013 03:56 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > >> If you're interested in water cooled mother boards and want to see what >> one looks like up close, the folks at NWCA >> >> http://www.nwca.com/ >> >> have a box set up in their showroom. I've gone to them for cables a

Re: [PLUG] Proposal: A PLUG Code of Conduct

While I think it is OK for anyone to publish a list of suggested guide lines such as the good list below, I am opposed to any sort of conduct police. To avoid another round of stuff similar to 2011-10, that is all I'll say. Wayne Michael Dexter wrote: > Hello all, > > In light of a contentiou

Re: [PLUG] question on strange thread freeze

website reader wrote: > To pthread gurus: > > I am using pthreads and run 2 threads under it during the day, and > each thread does activity every 1/5 second. This works great on my > 8-core system, but occasionally I have a thread freeze (and yes, it > froze both threads) that lasts longer than 1

Re: [PLUG] Flashplayer Issue

On 10/21/2012 07:04 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 20 Oct 2012, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> I've been watching this with quite a bit of interest as I enjoy a lot of >> music and music videos on youtube. I recently installed Slackware 14.0 >> which included F

Re: [PLUG] Flashplayer Issue

On 10/20/2012 06:07 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > >> On a side note Flash will soon be EOL for Linux unless your using Chrome >> then some support will continue using Pepper > Interesting. I watch few videos and would not be overly upset if I could > w

Re: [PLUG] Flashplayer Issue

Rich Shepard wrote: >I would like to understand why the latest flash player does not work > properly in firefox and Slackware-13.37/x86_64. When trying to view a video > a message pops up that the latest version needs to be installed. Last night > I went through the process again: download the

Re: [PLUG] Touch screen experience

Russell Senior wrote: >> "Wayne" == Wayne E Van Loon writes: >> > > Wayne> Anybody successfully or unsuccessfully interfaced a touch > Wayne> screen to a Linux box (non laptop). > > I am sure *someone* has, since all android phones are non-laptop linux > boxes. ;-) > > Which

[PLUG] Touch screen experience

Anybody successfully or unsuccessfully interfaced a touch screen to a Linux box (non laptop). Wayne ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] Touch screen experience

Anybody out there had any experience using a touch screen as a replacement for mechanical pushbutton switches? This would be a touch screen upon which an operator would press one of several on-screen "buttons" depending upon the quality / grade of products in an inspection area. Thanks Wayne

Re: [PLUG] Once again Linux has proven to me it is only good for non critical apps

Kirk Goins wrote: > Just before leaving for Seattle the other day my Ubunto desktop system said > there were updates. So I told it to download and install and promptly > forgot I had done so until I got home tonight. It was asking to reboot to > finish the updates. Well it is dead now I have a fe

Re: [PLUG] truly wierd video screen behavior on new system install of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx install

website reader wrote: > This is a brain-storming request. > > I just purchased an Asus P8H61-M rev B3 motherboard which uses the > Intel H61 chipset. I attached an Acer G205HV lcd monitor which says > that it is capable of running 1600x900 vga dvi-d (I am still trying to > figure out what vga dvi-

Re: [PLUG] 2-System (KVM) Switches

chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 15:34, Chaz Sliger wrote: > >> Has anyone had good experiences with any of the small 2-4 system kvm >> switches? >> >> I've tried several and they all seem to suck pretty bad. The latest was a >> Belkin SOHO. >> >> I'm trying to set up a con

Re: [PLUG] Xubuntu Laptop Locks Up

Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jan 2012, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > >> The obvious is to check dmesg and /var/log/messages, but you've >> probably already done that. >> > >Yep. For reasons unknown to me, xubuntu has no messages log so I looked in > syslot. > > >> Also check top or

Re: [PLUG] Hardware question from "fly-over country"

Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm in RURAL SW Missouri. A local used/surplus computer > store is offering a Dell Latitude D620 (4GB memory, 80GB > hard drive, Intel Core Duo @ 2.4 GHz) for ~$500. Sounds like quite a bit to me. Do you use Craigs List? If you buy something right, and it doesn't work wit

Re: [PLUG] Buying a used laptop - questions

Richard Owlett wrote: > I've a Live CD of Ubuntu 10.10 and found it doesn't include > dial up out of the box. I'm given to understand that it is > in repository. For my philosophy that creates a serious > down-check. > > I think that's correct, dial-up stuff is not included in the CD. I set up

Re: [PLUG] PC2 3200R ECC RAM

Bill Ensley wrote: > In a horrible fix, the building that houses my server farm had a > catastrophic fire > early friday morning. > > My entire network was destroyed, but fortunately we had extra servers > that we could put to use > and we had backups of our data. > > The problem is that we don't

Re: [PLUG] Brother HL-2240D ppd file?

Aaron Burt wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 04:26:05PM -0700, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> Much of the Linux Foundation web site is not operational, the database, >> drivers... Does anyone have a ppd file for Brother HL-2240D? >> > > Have you conside

Re: [PLUG] Brother HL-2240D ppd file?

Terry Griffin wrote: > On Wednesday 26 October 2011 7:33:03 pm Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply Terry: >> >> Terry Griffin wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 26 October 2011 4:26:05 pm Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: >>> &

Re: [PLUG] Brother HL-2240D ppd file?

Thanks so much Terry. I am recompiling a kernel right now and will probably try it tomorrow. Wayne Terry Griffin wrote: > On Wednesday 26 October 2011 7:33:03 pm Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply Terry: >> >> Terry Griffin wrote: >> >

Re: [PLUG] Brother HL-2240D ppd file?

Thanks for the reply Terry: Terry Griffin wrote: > On Wednesday 26 October 2011 4:26:05 pm Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> Much of the Linux Foundation web site is not operational, the database, >> drivers... Does anyone have a ppd file for Brother HL-2240D? >> Wayn

[PLUG] Brother HL-2240D ppd file?

Much of the Linux Foundation web site is not operational, the database, drivers... Does anyone have a ppd file for Brother HL-2240D? Wayne ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] RIP - Dennis Ritchie

Pete Lancashire wrote: > http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/dennis-ritchie/ > This story may be apocryphal, and, I can't recall just where I read or heard it, but the story goes that Dennis Ritchie was on a committee at Bell Labs that was outlining a new computer operating system. So

Re: [PLUG] List Guidelines

Fred James wrote: > (omissions for brevity) > The "offender" in question aside (and I do admit that I took personal > offense at his tone ... my fault there), I am at a loss at to how long > this thread and related threads continue. If one were to attempt to > filter it all, then there would be

Re: [PLUG] Monitor Hardware Question [FIXED]

Rich: My daughter and family came over, so I was late getting back to email. Delighted that you fixed it, because I didn't have clue. Wayne Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 4 Sep 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: > > >> The display defaults to 1280x720 and won't let me set the highest >> available: 1280

Re: [PLUG] Monitor Hardware Question

Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Galen Seitz wrote: > > >> Ditto what Wayne said. >> > > Galen/Wayne, > >I took your advice and shut down the system, switched monitors, and > rebooted. The previous problems have gone away but now the monitor won't > allow me to select its defa

Re: [PLUG] Monitor Hardware Question

Russell Johnson wrote: > On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > > >> Some of the machines are on a KVM. >> If you don't have the KVM selecting a machine when it boots, no video >> output should you later select that machine. >>

Re: [PLUG] Monitor Hardware Question

ing a machine when it boots, no video output should you later select that machine. Wayne Galen Seitz wrote: > Rich Shepard wrote: > >> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: >> >> >>> I seems that my video card (evga GeForce GT 430) only provide

Re: [PLUG] Monitor Hardware Question

Rich Shepard wrote: > >Disconnected the DVI cable and put back the VGA cable. Turned on monitor. > No display. Finally got sufficiently disgusted that I removed the monitor > and restored the Hanns-G vga-only. It's now working and I can get work done, > too, now. > Rich: I seems that my vide

Re: [PLUG] 6 bit VS 8 bit DVI

Galen Seitz wrote: > Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> I have both DVI and VGA outputs on a video card. When I blissfully >> switched to a DVI cable on my Hanns-G flat panel, the sharpness of the >> screen was noticeably reduced. I was told that there was a 6 bit DVI

Re: [PLUG] A Hardware Question [RESOLVED]

Galen Seitz wrote: > Rich Shepard wrote: > >> On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Larry Brigman wrote: >> >> >>> Was it connected via a VGA cable? >>> >> Larry, >> >>Yes. That's been adequate for years so that's what I continue to use. >> > > If your machine has a DVI output, I'd recommend

Re: [PLUG] [RESOLVED] AMD Phenom II X6 1000T / motherbaord problems

27.7 kernel and Slackware 12.2 installer can't find the CDROM when attempting to install. The BIOS of course can, and loads the installer, but the installer then can't find the CDROM drive. The solution was to use a SATA CDROM / DVD drive. Wayne Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > I can'

Re: [PLUG] AMD Phenom II X6 1000T / motherbaord problems

Jason Barnett wrote: > I have successfully run 32 bit versions of Ubuntu on a Phenom II X4 (I no > longer have this machine so I cannot test on my end) I'll do a bit of > research with this new info and let you know what I find... > Thanks Jason. I took the MSI motherboard back and am going to t

Re: [PLUG] AMD Phenom II X6 1000T / motherbaord problems

ll live CD will will run and seems to run just fine. OpenSuse 11.3 32 bit will not successfully boot the kernel. Are you successfully running a 32 bit Linux on a Phenom II X6? Wayne > Jason > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. > wrote: > > >> I ca

[PLUG] AMD Phenom II X6 1000T / motherbaord problems

I can't get 32 bit Linux to boot a AMD Phenom II X6 1000T on a MSI 890GXM-G65. I have tried Ubuntu 10.10, 10.04, OpenSuse 11.3, Slackware 12.2, 13.37. OpenSuse 11.3 64 bit however, will boot. I believe the motherboard is a fairly new revision as it has the AM3+ socket which is supposed to suppo

Re: [PLUG] Transferring Data from SD card [RESOLVED]

Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 7 Aug 2011, Jason Barnett wrote: > > >> Try this: >> mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/thumb >> >> This assumes that /mnt/thumb is an existing directory. >> > > Jason, > >It turns out that I mis-read /var/log/messages. /mnt/thumb is /dev/sdb and > /mnt/zip is /dev/sdb1.

Re: [PLUG] Why Laptop Cannot Find Wireless Networks

Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 4 Aug 2011, Dave Johnson wrote: > > >> Maybe there might be something wrong with your wifi-manager. "wicd-client" >> is @ version 1.7.0 according to their website. Do you have the latest >> version. >> > >Yep. > > >> According to this post, reinstalling

Re: [PLUG] Faces and threads

Carlos: I know nothing about Java, but I just finished learning a bit about writing POSIX threads in a C program. I wanted my threads to execute concurrently with the process that spawned them. To make the CPU cores available for other threads and processes, I wanted my threads to terminate wh

[PLUG] AMD hex core CPU and motherboard combination

I am about to buy some components to put together some AMD hex core CPU boxes, 6 or 7 of them. Does anybody have recommendations for good performance VS cost combinations? Wayne ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/ma

[PLUG] ubuntu 9.1 sound quit

Sound on a Ubuntu 9.1 disk quit some time back. I think it quit after I used the disk in a computer other than the one that I installed on. My guess is that the wonderful world of automatic stuff attempted to adjust to the other motherboard, could not, and has disabled the audio. Every time I

Re: [PLUG] LAN broadcast?

Aaron: Thanks for your reply. Aaron Burt wrote: > On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 09:13:03PM -0700, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> At the start of each optimization job, I will have a few data files that >> need to be distributed to each of the helper optimization processes. &

Re: [PLUG] LAN broadcast?

Bill: Thanks for your reply. Bill Barry wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. > wrote: > >> I have a question about user applications using broadcast on a LAN. >> >> I usually have several processes that connect via TCP/IP to a central

Re: [PLUG] LAN broadcast?

Tim wrote: > Wayne, > > >> Not surprised. I couldn't see a way to broadcast using SOCK_STREAM. >> Googled all over trying to find an example. Does it follow that since I >> would like to use SOCK_STREAM for the rest of the communications during >> the optimization job, the multicast side woul

Re: [PLUG] LAN broadcast?

Daniel Herrington wrote: > Tim wrote, On 06/01/2011 08:31 PM: > >> Hi Wayne, >> >> >>> I have a question about user applications using broadcast on a LAN. >>> >>> I usually have several processes that connect via TCP/IP to a central >>> server that solves some optimization problems. In more

Re: [PLUG] LAN broadcast?

Hello Tim: Tim wrote: > Hi Wayne, > > >> I have a question about user applications using broadcast on a LAN. >> >> I usually have several processes that connect via TCP/IP to a central >> server that solves some optimization problems. In more demanding project >> that I am working on now, I ho

[PLUG] LAN broadcast?

I have a question about user applications using broadcast on a LAN. I usually have several processes that connect via TCP/IP to a central server that solves some optimization problems. In more demanding project that I am working on now, I hope to distribute the optimization problem between 24 t

Re: [PLUG] Cheap drives in PDX

Matthew Gates wrote: > Hi, > > Where would be the cheapest place to get a SATA HDD? Doesn't have to be huge. > A friend of mine paid $8 for a 40 GB Western Digital SATA from a guy who deals PC stuff here in Beaverton. I installed Slackware 13.37 on it and have been using it. Wayne ___

Re: [PLUG] lurk on a plug list

alk/2011-March/date.html > > On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:21:32 -0800 "Wayne E. Van Loon Sr." > wrote > > >> I was kind of wanting to look for something recent on the PLUG-talk >> list, but don't want to subscribe - I don't need anymore email. Is there >>

[PLUG] lurk on a plug list

I was kind of wanting to look for something recent on the PLUG-talk list, but don't want to subscribe - I don't need anymore email. Is there a way to view the list without subscribing? The PLUG-talk archives are about 5 days behind. Wayne ___ PLUG mai

Re: [PLUG] Verizon 4G or 3G USB devices and Ubuntu

he > Portland airport at present. > > Regards, > > Jeff > > On 02/08/2011 12:34, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> I have some friends I am trying to help who live out in Gales Creek, >> currently run Ubuntu 10.04 desktop and would like to gain internet >

Re: [PLUG] Verizon 4G or 3G USB devices and Ubuntu

On 02/08/2011 02:01 PM, Jeff Maher wrote: > Wayne, > > FYI - Gales Creek is on the edge of voice and data coverage. You may > want to see if their location is even covered. > http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/CoverageLocatorController?requesttype=NEWREQUEST > > Verizon 4G in Oregon is only availa

Re: [PLUG] Slackware upgrade...

Michael C. Robinson wrote: Michael: I am a Slacker, have all releases since 9.1, and would be willing to loan them. Contact me off-list if you would like to borrow some. Wayne in Beaverton. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdx

[PLUG] Verizon 4G or 3G USB devices and Ubuntu

I have some friends I am trying to help who live out in Gales Creek, currently run Ubuntu 10.04 desktop and would like to gain internet access. After viewing the horror stories reported by Blue Sky users, we are thinking mobile broadband. It is my understanding that presently, in their outlying

Re: [PLUG] Where Are Login Messages?

Rich Shepard wrote: >When I log in to the system some messages flash on the console before I > get the user prompt. One of these messages is a warning of something not as > it should be. These log in messages are not in /var/log/messages. Where can > I find them? > Rich: How are you logging

Re: [PLUG] USB Camera problem, encountered and resolved (I think) and more carping about udev

Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, David Fleck wrote: > > >> My questions now are, (1) is there a better way to do this, and (2) why >> would this have broken, when before it Just Worked? >>As to why it broke: udev has undergone major surgery the details of which >> I do not know, n

Re: [PLUG] Screenshots with Gimp 2.6.8

Rich Shepard wrote: >Slackware-13.1 has gimp-2.6.8 included (yes, the GIMP is up to 2.6.11, but > I'm using what comes in the distribution 'cause it's always been Good > Enough). This version of the GIMP seems to have droped the screenshot > acquire feature. The menus have moved off the tool wi

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