Well, I finally, after 3 years, upgraded my laptop to ubuntu 8.04
I was very dissapointed in the printing.
I have an HP Photosmart 7760, and it printed beautifully under ubuntu
5-something (which is what I had)
I couldn't do a lpr -o landscape or portrait, and when I printed pdf
files they were b
moin moin,
is it possible to embed a story, chart, whatever into a page in drupal?
I'm sure I can write some PHP to make it happen, but I'd prefer to just
say "include that thing here".
For instance, say I created a story that essentially just lists Free
Software groups in the Valley and then I
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Charles Jones
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Removing the hard drive on a laptop is not a big deal, at most
> temporarily removing 2 screws. Then you can plug it into an IDE to USB
> adapter
> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002), and
> pl
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Matt Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So there's no way to boot a rescue CD, and appending "single" to the kernel
> command line starts a process that asks for the root password. Pas de
> probleme, mes amis. The magic word is "init=/bin/bash" . Instead of
> st
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> After all this time I haven't seen one applicant. We don't have any talent
> here who can put a Gnome/GTK interface on an embedded system???
>
Honestly, folks that can do that are in pretty high demand. I'd be
surprised that they'd take a 1099 type position, they c
Randy Melder wrote:
> Apple's Mac Mini is disappointingly difficult to install Linux on as
> well. Sad how we're locked in.
>
I had no problems installing Ubuntu on my Mac Mini. Runs pretty good,
except for the Intel graphics drivers, but that's to be expected :(
--Ted
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Dazed_75 wrote:
> I am sure many of of would like to hear how it went especially since
> you are jumping a number of releases. We don't often hear about those
> adventures.
>
Though, I will comment that LTS-to-LTS upgrades are a tested upgrade path.
--Ted
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Alan Dayley wrote:
> Any ideas how to get past this without riping the hard drive out?
>
Removing the hard drive on a laptop is not a big deal, at most
temporarily removing 2 screws. Then you can plug it into an IDE to USB
adapter
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168122320
On Saturday 23 August 2008 22:18:29 der.hans wrote:
> Am 23. Aug, 2008 schwätzte Scarlett Clark so:
>
> moin moin Scarlett,
>
> > I miss the Phoenix Linux group. Richmond one is void of activity :(.
> > I hope you don't mind me hanging out here again.
>
> Not at all. Hope we can be of use to you.
>
Am 23. Aug, 2008 schwätzte Scarlett Clark so:
moin moin Scarlett,
I miss the Phoenix Linux group. Richmond one is void of activity :(.
I hope you don't mind me hanging out here again.
Not at all. Hope we can be of use to you.
I was known as Scarlett Gately back when I was in the list before
Dazed_75 wrote:
> There has been a lot of this over the years but this collection is
> mostly good and even the old stuff is still funny. So take a look at
> http://linuxshellaccount.blogspot.com/ and specifically at his
> Saturday August 23 post if you are looking at this at a later date.
>
>
After a long battle with technology, Ryan Rix wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Randy Melder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Maybe I didn't catch something, but uh...
> "So, this laptop does NOT have an optical drive NOR will it boot from
> USB."
So there's no way to boot a rescue CD, and ap
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Randy Melder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Maybe I didn't catch something, but uh...
>
>
"So, this laptop does NOT have an optical drive NOR will it boot from
USB."
--
Thanks and best regards,
Ryan Rix
TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog
Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009,
>> Any ideas how to get past this without riping the hard drive out?
Maybe I didn't catch something, but uh...
1 Boot to a Linux install CD and exit to shell
2 mount the HDD
3 edit /etc/passwd and empty the root passwd field...
4 reboot!
5. login w/root & no passwd
I see to recall doing this a c
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Alan Dayley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have an old laptop that I installed Linux on some time ago and then
> never used. I have a use for it now and it is working. However, I
> don't remember the root password. No big deal, just boot to runlevel
> 1, right?
I have an old laptop that I installed Linux on some time ago and then
never used. I have a use for it now and it is working. However, I
don't remember the root password. No big deal, just boot to runlevel
1, right? Well, this system still asks for the root password before
you can get to the run
On Saturday 23 August 2008 18:56:22 Alan Dayley wrote:
> Anyone is always welcome here. Thanks for "coming back"!
>
> Can we help you get the Richmond group going, somehow? Advice is easy
> to give via email. ;^)
>
> Alan
>
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Scarlett Clark
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Anyone is always welcome here. Thanks for "coming back"!
Can we help you get the Richmond group going, somehow? Advice is easy
to give via email. ;^)
Alan
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Scarlett Clark
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello everybody :)
> I miss the Phoenix Linux group. Richmond
I just joined , I don't know if
http://www.netnanny.com/
was suggested. I used it years ago when my son was a lad and I could control
the hours they could use the internet and then turned it off.
My son is now 18... and I don't believe that could stop him from his WoW lol.
Scarlett
On Saturday
Hey Mark,
I don't keep up with the list every day, which is why I'm late on posting to
this thread.. too much time on WoW myself! Lol! Anyhow, here's probably
the easiest way for you to limit her playing time..
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/parentalcontrols.xml
It lets you set up a
Hello everybody :)
I miss the Phoenix Linux group. Richmond one is void of activity :(.
I hope you don't mind me hanging out here again.
I was known as Scarlett Gately back when I was in the list before.
Scarlett
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Just a WAG, but does it need to be installed by root?
If the app needs certain OS services it must have root level to do it.
I am still learning this stuff, but look into it.
Harold
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From: Joshua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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There has been a lot of this over the years but this collection is
mostly good and even the old stuff is still funny. So take a look at
http://linuxshellaccount.blogspot.com/ and specifically at his
Saturday August 23 post if you are looking at this at a later date.
--
Man is the only animal tha
I am sure many of of would like to hear how it went especially since
you are jumping a number of releases. We don't often hear about those
adventures.
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I installed PlaneShift a couple of times on my Ubuntu gnome desktop into
several different directories but when I try to run it it says
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PlaneShift? Thanks
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