Re: Defcon 16 Rider Share?

2008-07-30 Thread Shane Lofgren
I have a hotel room that is very close to the con. The room can hold four people so I have two available opens to share. If we get all four people the hotel room cost would drop to about $50 +tax for the whole weekend. It is off the strip but right next to the Riviera. I have stayed there

Safely Landed in Ohio

2008-07-30 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Austin Godber wrote: I just thought I would mention that I am now in Ohio and settling in. A syndicated summary of my trip out and first few weeks here is available here: http://friendfeed.com/godber good news -- there is a COLUG meeting today (Wednesday) covering

$129 Laptop

2008-07-30 Thread Carlton Brooks
Read the article at http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/07/129-laptop.html Carlton Brooks Mesa --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

ubuntu, x11, nvidia

2008-07-30 Thread Trent Shipley
Ubuntu won't autodetect my new Westinghouse L1916HW monitor. Is there an Ubuntu tool to configure X11? If not, how do I do configure X11 with a text editor? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe,

Re: ubuntu, x11, nvidia

2008-07-30 Thread Matt Graham
From: Trent Shipley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ubuntu won't autodetect my new Westinghouse L1916HW monitor. CRT, LCD, TV, what is it? And what do you mean won't autodetect? Monitors are simple. Did you mean is detected incorrectly, so I get about 640x480 out of it? Is there an Ubuntu tool to

Re: persistent screen saver problem

2008-07-30 Thread Charles Jones
Charles Jones wrote: I have a CentOS laptop that is running firefox in kiosk mode (which rotates various system displays and metrics). I'm having problems disabling the screen blanking. Not only is it blanking the screen, but some time after that is does a DPMS powerdown of the display as

Re: $129 Laptop

2008-07-30 Thread Technomage Hawke
heh, nice idea if a large group is buying though. you have to purchase 100 units at this price. this is where lapstops are supposed to be BTW. the prices that are charged for normal laptops right now is insane (like a 400% markup from manufacturers actual cost incl. shipping, etc) still, it is a

Re: Linux as a Server for Games

2008-07-30 Thread Patrick C
I have an update for everyone if anyone's at all interested... The Tremulous and Battle for Wesnoth servers are now up and running. Unfortunately, the main Battle for Wesnoth server online is down at the moment. However, if you want to play online with each other, you can use mine! Here's the