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Re: [Wlug] computer w/ ubuntu pre-installed.

by Jason Couture

yeah, this is supposed to be a budget box, if i were to build one of those i could probably beat their price. but that is a pretty sweet deal. just trying to get my businesses feet off the ground. :) On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Jim Dibb<jimdibb(a)gmail.com> wrote: > For probably about $100 more than what you're asking you could add a 17" > LCD, speakers, keyboard, mouse to this and install linux yourself and have > 4 times the system. > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=… > > Course it's not pre-assembled. > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Jason Couture <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I recently started a business and i was wondering if anyone would be >> interested in purchasing some computers for 339.99 + tax each >> >> they each come with a 17" LCD, Wireless keyboard and mouse, speakers, >> dvd burner, 1gb of ddr2, a 320gb hdd, AMD Sempron LE-1100 and ubuntu >> linux pre-installed. >> >> Add 1gb of ddr2 for $10.00 making the total 349.99 >> >> (I really need to move these boxes. Im attempting to become a linux oem) >> >> thanks in advance, and sorry for the spam :P >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Aug. 28, 2009

Re: [Wlug] computer w/ ubuntu pre-installed.

by Jim Dibb

For probably about $100 more than what you're asking you could add a 17" LCD, speakers, keyboard, mouse to this and install linux yourself and have 4 times the system. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=… Course it's not pre-assembled. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Jason Couture <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com>wrote: > I recently started a business and i was wondering if anyone would be > interested in purchasing some computers for 339.99 + tax each > > they each come with a 17" LCD, Wireless keyboard and mouse, speakers, > dvd burner, 1gb of ddr2, a 320gb hdd, AMD Sempron LE-1100 and ubuntu > linux pre-installed. > > Add 1gb of ddr2 for $10.00 making the total 349.99 > > (I really need to move these boxes. Im attempting to become a linux oem) > > thanks in advance, and sorry for the spam :P > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Aug. 26, 2009

computer w/ ubuntu pre-installed.

by Jason Couture

I recently started a business and i was wondering if anyone would be interested in purchasing some computers for 339.99 + tax each they each come with a 17" LCD, Wireless keyboard and mouse, speakers, dvd burner, 1gb of ddr2, a 320gb hdd, AMD Sempron LE-1100 and ubuntu linux pre-installed. Add 1gb of ddr2 for $10.00 making the total 349.99 (I really need to move these boxes. Im attempting to become a linux oem) thanks in advance, and sorry for the spam :P

Aug. 26, 2009

looking for PHP 5.2.x help

by John Stoffel

Guys, I'm looking for some help with PHP5.2.x hacking on a web site to cleanup how the user submitted search form is handled. Basically I want to make it simple for the end user to a) refine their query, b) not have to answer popups if they hit the reload button, and c) so I can leanr more PHP. I found this nice reference: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php which has two sections by "wayne" and "Jonas Lindel" talking about how you can take the results of a PHP POST request, stuff the vars into your session, and redirect back to the same page without the POST vars set, then complete the query. The idea is so that when people hit the "back" or "reload" buttons, they don't keep getting asked whether they want to resubmit their data. It's not strictly needed, but it would be a nice cleanup of the interface. Here's the snippet I'm trying to use, which bombs out with: Fatal error: Cannot re-assign $this in .... on line 45 And the code I'm using is: <? // We want to put the search query into a session so we can restore it // easily when users goto look at full_holdings.php and then return to // the overall display page. We'll need to do a session_destroy in // index.php I think. See the tutorial(s) at // http://www.phpf1.com/tutorial/php-sessions.html // http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.session.php session_start(); // Now see Jonas Lindel's & Wayne's code at // http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php for // this *nice* trick. //is there POST or GET data we should look at if($_POST or ($_GET and (!isset($_SESSION['skipnextget'])))) { //is there GET data? if($_GET) { $newgetarr = array(); foreach($_GET as $key => $value) { if(is_array($value)) { //if it's an array, convert it to comma separated $newvalue = implode(',',$value); } else { $newvalue = $value; } $newgetarr[] = $key.'='.$newvalue; } $newget = implode('&',$newgetarr); $_SESSION['skipnextget'] = 1; } foreach($_POST as $key => $value) { $this[$key] = $value; } $_SESSION['postvars'] = serialize($this); //put POST in the session header("Location: http://" .$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?\ ' . $newget); //reload page without POST data and shorter GET data exit(); } else { //after reloading we'll come right to this spot session_unregister('skipnextget'); if(isset($_SESSION['postvars'])) { //load the POST variables from the session // Error on this line below! $this = unserialize($_SESSION['postvars']); session_unregister('postvars'); //delete the session stuff we //don't need anymore. return $this; } }

Aug. 25, 2009

Re: [Wlug] This is an ancient OS.

by Adam Gomes

XF86Config You have XFree86, not XOrg On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > John et al, I think I have a real problem.. Neither OS uses > /etc/X11/xorg.conf as one would expect. > I think there is a book available entitled "Computing in the Middle Ages". > Could it be????? > > First kjones-sun > > [root@kjones-sun X11]# uname -a > Linux kjones-sun 2.4.20-2.3sparc #1 Wed Jan 15 18:27:52 EST *2003* sparc64 > unknow > > ---------- xrandr is not interesting--------------- > > [root@kjones-sun kjones]# xrandr -q > Can't open display (null) > > ----------------no xorg.conf --------- > > [root@kjones-sun kjones]# cd /etc/X11 > [root@kjones-sun X11]# ls > applnk proxymngr twm XF86Config-4 xinit > xsrirc > fs rstart X XF86Config-4.rpmsave xkb > gdm serverconfig xdm XF86Config-5 Xmodmap > lbxproxy starthere XF86Config XF86Config_orig xserver > prefdm sysconfig XF86Config~ XftConfig xsm > [root@kjones-sun X11]# > > > There seems to be no xorg.conf. anywhere. "locate" can not find it. > > ==================================================== > > Now kjones-sun2 > > kjones-sun2 ~ # uname -a > Linux kjones-sun2 2.6.20-gentoo-r5 #4 SMP Tue May 22 20:27:03 Local time > zone mu > st be set--see zic sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc I (SpitFire) GNU/Linux > > --------xrandr -q still not interesting-------- > > kjones-sun2 ~ # xrandr -q > Can't open display > > > kjones-sun2 ~ # locate xorg.conf > warning: locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more > than 8 days old > /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools/files/xorg.conf.ferris > /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools/files/xorg.conf > /usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5x.bz2 > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.example > ------------------try /etc/X11 for kicks------------------ > > kjones-sun2 ~ # cd /etc/X11 > kjones-sun2 X11 # ls > Sessions app-defaults chooser.sh mwm startDM.sh xinit > xorg.conf.example > kjones-sun2 X11 # > > ------------------xorg.conf looks like an example----------- > > kjones-sun2 ~ # more > /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools/files/x > org.conf > --More--(22%) > Section "ServerLayout" > --More--(22%) > Identifier "X.org Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "extmod" > Load "dri" > Load "dbe" > Load "record" > Load "xtrap" > Load "glx" > Load "type1" > Load "freetype" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Monitor Model" > > HorizSync 1-10000 > --More--(75%) > VertRefresh 1-10000 > > ModeLine "640x480" 100 640 700 800 900 480 500 600 700 > ModeLine "800x600" 100 800 900 1000 1100 600 700 800 900 > ModeLine "1024x768" 100 1024 1100 1200 1300 768 800 900 1000 > ModeLine "1152x864" 100 1152 1200 1300 1400 864 900 1000 1100 > ModeLine "1152x900" 100 1152 1200 1300 1400 900 1000 1100 1200 > ModeLine "1280x1024" 100 1280 1300 1400 1500 1024 1100 1200 1300 > ModeLine "1376x1032" 100 1376 1400 1500 1600 1032 1100 1200 1300 > ModeLine "1600x1200" 100 1600 1700 1800 1900 1200 1300 1400 1500 > ModeLine "2364x1773" 100 2364 2400 2500 2600 1773 1800 1900 2000 > > EndSection > > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>] > #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "vmware" > --More--(90%) > VendorName "VMWare Inc" > BoardName "Unknown Board" > BusID "PCI:0:15:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 4 > Modes "1024x768" > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 8 > Modes "1024x768" > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 15 > Modes "1024x768" > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Thanks, Ken Jones > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Aug. 25, 2009

Re: [Wlug] I've posted on Linux Questions

by E Johnson

I had read that at least one of the Samsung Syncmaster monitors really does (allegedly) work at 120 Hz. At least, certain customer reviews at Newegg seem to indicate that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16824001311 Good luck,'Liz J 2009/8/23 Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net>: > Folks, thank you for your help so far. I have made progress. The image on > my screen is still unacceptable. It will be interesting to see whether > linuxquestions can come up with something > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/belkin-sun-adapte… > > Ken Jones > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Aug. 23, 2009

I've posted on Linux Questions

by Ken Jones

Folks, thank you for your help so far. I have made progress. The image on my screen is still unacceptable. It will be interesting to see whether linuxquestions can come up with something http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/belkin-sun-adapte… Ken Jones

Aug. 23, 2009

Re: [Wlug] I think I've found the cuprit

by John Stoffel

Ken> I think the monitor/display controlling configuration file in my Ken> Aurora machine is /etc/X11/XF86Config Oh yeah, you're running the Ancient (and forked to xorg.conf) xf86free stuff. Ken> [root@kjones-sun etc]# cd X11 Ken> [root@kjones-sun X11]# ls Ken> applnk proxymngr twm XF86Config-4 xinit xsrirc Ken> fs rstart X XF86Config-4.rpmsave xkb Ken> gdm serverconfig xdm XF86Config-5 Xmodmap Ken> lbxproxy starthere XF86Config XF86Config_orig xserver Ken> prefdm sysconfig XF86Config~ XftConfig xsm Ken> It is too long to send to all. The question is what should it say? Send it.

Aug. 21, 2009

Re: [Wlug] I think I've found the cuprit

by jrm8005＠gmail.com

You'll probably need something that says "ModeLine "number" "number" "number"...." under Display IIRC. > I think the monitor/display controlling configuration file in my Aurora machine is /etc/X11/XF86Config > > [root@kjones-sun etc]# cd X11 > [root@kjones-sun X11]# ls > applnk proxymngr twm XF86Config-4 xinit xsrirc > fs rstart X XF86Config-4.rpmsave xkb > gdm serverconfig xdm XF86Config-5 Xmodmap > lbxproxy starthere XF86Config XF86Config_orig xserver > prefdm sysconfig XF86Config~ XftConfig xsm > > It is too long to send to all. The question is what should it say? > > Ken

Aug. 20, 2009

I think I've found the cuprit

by Ken Jones

I think the monitor/display controlling configuration file in my Aurora machine is /etc/X11/XF86Config [root@kjones-sun etc]# cd X11 [root@kjones-sun X11]# ls applnk proxymngr twm XF86Config-4 xinit xsrirc fs rstart X XF86Config-4.rpmsave xkb gdm serverconfig xdm XF86Config-5 Xmodmap lbxproxy starthere XF86Config XF86Config_orig xserver prefdm sysconfig XF86Config~ XftConfig xsm It is too long to send to all. The question is what should it say? Ken

Aug. 20, 2009