On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 07:47:10PM +, Tony Travis wrote:
> I'm interested in the PS3 as a cheap way of getting my hands on a Cell
> processor (PowerPC + 8SPE's). Ubuntu runs on it, and I'm interested in
> finding out how good it is for bioinformatics. I nearly bought one at
> half the price
Tony Travis wrote:
> Hello, Rob.
>
> Yes, they suggested similar things to me in the shop in Calgary, but I
> thought it would be better to buy one in the UK. Telling me that the
> warranty would be void in Scotland hastened my decision not to buy ;-)
>
>
You have a point there, if I was spend
Rob Beard wrote:
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> I'm interested in the PS3 as a cheap way of getting my hands on a Cell
>> processor (PowerPC + 8SPE's). Ubuntu runs on it, and I'm interested in
>> finding out how good it is for bioinformatics. I nearly bought one at
>> half the price when I was in Canada,
Tony Travis wrote:
> I'm interested in the PS3 as a cheap way of getting my hands on a Cell
> processor (PowerPC + 8SPE's). Ubuntu runs on it, and I'm interested in
> finding out how good it is for bioinformatics. I nearly bought one at
> half the price when I was in Canada, but it would not wor
Liam Proven wrote:
> [...]
>> I've found that laptop screens have quite a short life, so I use my
>> laptop with an external monitor and keyboard most of the time when I'm
>> at work or at home. I do use the LCD display when I'm travelling, or if
>> there is something interesting on TV ;-)
>
> Wha
2008/12/5 Russell Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> - Window frames are subject to corruption. They fade out or switch to
>>the inactive-window colour randomly, making it impossible to tell
>>which window is active. Text & control widgets disappear. Translucency
>>is patchy. Sometimes the window frame
> - Window frames are subject to corruption. They fade out or switch to
>the inactive-window colour randomly, making it impossible to tell
>which window is active. Text & control widgets disappear. Translucency
>is patchy. Sometimes the window frame partly disappear, replaced by
>bits of the backgr
2008/12/5 Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>> [...]
>> Ouch. I have my machine set to sleep when the lid is closed, so this
>> doesn't happen. I don't like running laptops with the lid shut, even
>> when using an external screen - it often can cause overheating
>> problems, in
Liam Proven wrote:
> [...]
> Ouch. I have my machine set to sleep when the lid is closed, so this
> doesn't happen. I don't like running laptops with the lid shut, even
> when using an external screen - it often can cause overheating
> problems, in my experience.
Hello, Liam.
I've found that lapt
2008/12/5 Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>> [...]
>> These aren't fatal problems, they're just awkward. Sometimes I have to
>> click on a window to activate it before typing, as I can't tell which
>> one is "in front". Sometimes I can't move windows, as the frame's
>> gone. A
Liam Proven wrote:
> [...]
> These aren't fatal problems, they're just awkward. Sometimes I have to
> click on a window to activate it before typing, as I can't tell which
> one is "in front". Sometimes I can't move windows, as the frame's
> gone. And to move a window from one screen to another, I
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon Nov 3 08:46:46 UTC
2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyb
2008/12/5 Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Liam
>
> (recognising you from cix days of yore by the way)
8¬) Oh, hello! Good to bump into you again!
>> - I had to use the nVidia-settings applet to set up the screens; the
>> Ubuntu displays control panel seems unaware I have 2 monitors.
>>
>
> U
Hi Liam
(recognising you from cix days of yore by the way)
2008/12/5 Liam Proven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> - I had to use the nVidia-settings applet to set up the screens; the
> Ubuntu displays control panel seems unaware I have 2 monitors.
>
Using twinview?
Can you post your xorg.conf somewhere
Hey all
I'm on 8.10, with the nVidia accelerated drivers installed for my
GeForce FX 5600 AGP 8x card, 256MB RAM. PC is an Athlon XP 2800+, 1G
RAM, 180GB disk. I have dual monitors, identical Taxan Ergovision
750s, both at 1152x864.
I've been running Ubuntu on this machine for years - 7.04, 7.10,
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