Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead?

2010-02-27 Thread Brian Cluff
It looks like the cox name server at 68.105.29.12 is reporting back the wrong address for the plug server. If you simply remove that nameserver from your resolv.conf, you should be able to get to the server again. Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss ma

Re: OT: go-default screens.

2010-02-27 Thread Shawn Dowler
Assuming you don't also have vertical black bars on the left and the right, then it is because your TV has an aspect ratio of 16:9 (also called 1.78:1) and most movies are filmed at even wider aspect ratios (1.85:1 or 2.35:1 are both very common) so there are still black bars on the top and the bot

Re: How to get back to 32bit Kernel in Unbuntu

2010-02-27 Thread Dazed_75
Frankly, my advice would be to back up your data (use a Live CD if need be) and do a clean install of a 32 bit ubuntu 9.10 (or whatever you like). The restore your data. I would be surprised if there is any clean dependable method to regress since you have little/no way to know what other 64 bit

Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead?

2010-02-27 Thread Dazed_75
Are you using IE6? Seems like a lot of web sites are seeming DOA to IE6 lately. I've gone to the plug website several times per day the last three days and from different computers with no problems including just now using the link in your email from the part which quoted my previous reply. On S

Re: OT: go-default screens.

2010-02-27 Thread Nathan England
The subject of this thread is mis-leading as my HTC Hero spell correction changed my hi-def subject to go-default, go figure.. ha ha Anyway, I realize the difference between widescreen and fullscreen displays. I have long prefered the widescreen or letterbox formats to a regular fullscreen as I li

How to get back to 32bit Kernel in Unbuntu

2010-02-27 Thread Mike Bushroe
I was having trouble with my system failing to read disk formats, USB flashdrives, and finally CDROMs, so I built a fresh Kernel from scratch, getting the source from Kernel.Org and running menuconfig. But afterwards, my Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT video drivers would not work. When I posted on Nvidia,

Re: OT: go-default screens.

2010-02-27 Thread Stephen
The horizontal space is not 780 lines but 768 On 2/26/10, Nathan England wrote: > I recently bought a so called hi-def tv screen and despite its 1360,768 780p > resolution my movies still have the black borders! What gives? I thought > having a hi-def wide screen would fix the black borders issu

Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead?

2010-02-27 Thread Steven A. DuChene
I have been trying to get to the web site this morning to find more information about the install fest but the PLUG website seems to be DOA. -Original Message- From: Dazed_75 Sent: Feb 25, 2010 11:49 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Installfest this Saturday We will be in