no video showing up on new system

2011-11-01 Thread Steven A. DuChene
A friend gave me a new Intel DP45SG motherboard and a Q9550 Core 2 Quad processor so I bought what I thought would be a good set of DIMMs to go with it. The DIMMs are quantity 2 of DDR3 1333MHz 4GB. So I put it together in a new case and a 430W power supply. The system will turn on but I get no

Re: no video showing up on new system

2011-11-01 Thread Dazed_75
If it were me, my first thought would be to ask my friend where this new motherboard came from. IOW, perhaps someone had it and experienced these problems before you. My second thought would be to start it with NO memory in the system which should definitely produce some beep code. On Tue, Nov

Re: no video showing up on new system

2011-11-01 Thread Steven A. DuChene
The motherboard was in a sealed package from Intel from what I could tell. I will try the no memory trick next. -Original Message- From: Dazed_75 Sent: Nov 1, 2011 8:55 AM To: Steven A. DuChene , Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: no video showing up on new system If it were

Re: no video showing up on new system

2011-11-01 Thread Stephen
I would try checking the socket pins. I have seen them get knocked out of place before and a gentle nudge can put them back. I would also check the psu Intel board can be grumpy about power. On Nov 1, 2011 9:26 AM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com wrote: The motherboard was in a

Ubuntu Unity request

2011-11-01 Thread Dazed_75
Maybe this is OT, but I don't think so. And maybe it is an attempt to stuff a ballot box and if so, so be it! This is a big hot button for me with Unity and I would like anyone who cares about how Ubuntu has implemented the Global Menu in unity to head over to http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ and

How to convert cr2 (raw) image format to jpg?

2011-11-01 Thread joe
What is the easiest, fastest, most efficient way to convert a cr2 (raw) image format to jpg? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: How to convert cr2 (raw) image format to jpg?

2011-11-01 Thread Matt Graham
From: j...@actionline.com What is the easiest, fastest, most efficient way to convert a cr2 (raw) image format to jpg? 0. Install ImageMagick (if it's not already there) 1. convert FILE.cr2 FILE.jpg 2. if FILE.jpg is not an appropriate JPEG, or you get an error message from convert about image

Re: How to convert cr2 (raw) image format to jpg?

2011-11-01 Thread John
You could use UFraw which has a plug-in for GIMP and then you just edit the image in GIMP.   http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/ From: j...@actionline.com j...@actionline.com To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 2:26 PM Subject:

Re: How to convert cr2 (raw) image format to jpg?

2011-11-01 Thread Matt Graham
From: Matt Graham danceswithcr...@usa.net 1. convert FILE.cr2 FILE.jpg 2. if FILE.jpg is not an appropriate JPEG, or you get an error message... I've always grabbed files from my digicam as JPEG not RAW, but I could try grabbing one as RAW and trying /usr/bin/convert after dinner. Well,

Re: How to convert cr2 (raw) image format to jpg?

2011-11-01 Thread joe
Thanks for the offer Matt. This question was actually for our daughter who is home for a visit and doesn't have her usual system resources to do the conversion as she is used to doing it. But the previous suggestion to use 'convert' worked okay albeit incredibly slowly. She is at a much higher

Re: How to convert cr2 (raw) image format to jpg?

2011-11-01 Thread AZ Pete
Hi, I do amateur phototaography and thought I'd chime in. Since your daughter is well versed with Canon RAW files I suspect she's using tools such as Adobe Photoshop and perhaps Canon RAW converter utilities. However, since she doesn't have access to her usual tools, she can use irfanview