August 2009 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Here I am begging again.

by Richard Klein

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Ken Jones<kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > I have not been making the meetings. That does not mean my SUN ULTRA1 > running Aurora Linux can no longer create 'interesting' problems. This time > the second SUN ULTRA running Gentoo is in cahoots. > > I have a new SAMSUNG SyncMaster flat screen monitor. I have attached this > monitor via a Belkin SUN adapter to my ULTRA1's. It does not work!! The > monitor flashes a little square window saying something about "Not optimum > mode". It feels that it has not been configured correctly. The buttons on > the right of the monitor, which are there to set it up, also do not work > with the SUN's is attached. > > The monitor works fine with PC type machinery. The Belkin worked fine with > a regular old tube monitor. (I have not dug out the old monitor to check > whether it still works. I suspect it does.) > > Anybody have any ideas? I assume you're using the analog input to the monitor rather than DVI. Is that the case? Either way, 60 Hz refresh is probably what you want for an LCD display. I think the analog input can tolerate other refresh rates, but DVI can only handle 60 Hz. We'd have to look at the monitor specs to figure out what other settings should be. -- Rich Sent from Marlborough, MA, United States

Aug. 20, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Here I am begging again.

by jrm8005＠gmail.com

> I have not been making the meetings. That does not mean my SUN ULTRA1 > running Aurora Linux can no longer create 'interesting' problems. This time > the second SUN ULTRA running Gentoo is in cahoots. > > I have a new SAMSUNG SyncMaster flat screen monitor. I have attached this > monitor via a Belkin SUN adapter to my ULTRA1's. It does not work!! The > monitor flashes a little square window saying something about "Not optimum > mode". It feels that it has not been configured correctly. The buttons on > the right of the monitor, which are there to set it up, also do not work > with the SUN's is attached. > > The monitor works fine with PC type machinery. The Belkin worked fine with > a regular old tube monitor. (I have not dug out the old monitor to check > whether it still works. I suspect it does.) > > Anybody have any ideas? Did your monitor come with a manual? If so, you should be able to find the supported modes listed in a table. Check that your X/drivers/dongle/etc are using a mode in that table. > > Ken Jones > kjones(a)ziplink.net > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Aug. 20, 2009

Here I am begging again.

by Ken Jones

I have not been making the meetings. That does not mean my SUN ULTRA1 running Aurora Linux can no longer create 'interesting' problems. This time the second SUN ULTRA running Gentoo is in cahoots. I have a new SAMSUNG SyncMaster flat screen monitor. I have attached this monitor via a Belkin SUN adapter to my ULTRA1's. It does not work!! The monitor flashes a little square window saying something about "Not optimum mode". It feels that it has not been configured correctly. The buttons on the right of the monitor, which are there to set it up, also do not work with the SUN's is attached. The monitor works fine with PC type machinery. The Belkin worked fine with a regular old tube monitor. (I have not dug out the old monitor to check whether it still works. I suspect it does.) Anybody have any ideas? Ken Jones kjones(a)ziplink.net

Aug. 20, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Book list with names.

by Sebastian Courtney

Unfortunately I must a tend a wake tonight so I will not make the meeting. Feel free to disperse the books I wanted to others. See you all at the next meeting, Sebastian On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It's yours! > > > > On 8/15/09, Eric Martin <freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I would like to claim "Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense" as it looks > > like nobody else has yet. > > > > > >> Hacking / Security Books: > >> "Secrets of a super hacker" by The Knightmare. > >> [S. Courtney] "Hackers Challenge: Test Your Incident Response Skills > >> Using 20 Scenarios" (3rd Edition) > >> [S. Courtney] "Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions" > > "Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense" > >> > >> Math Books: > >> [Frank Moody] "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications" by Kenneth H. > >> Rosen > >> [Frank Moody] "Languages and Machines" Thomas A Sudkamp > >> [Alex Haley] "A Primer for Calculus" > >> > >> Misc: > >> [Alex Haley] "Latex" Second edition > >> [Frank Moody] "The Latex Companion" > >> [Frank Moody] "Mips RISC Architecture" > >> "Database Systems" > >> "Creating Web Pages with HTML" (3rd edition) > >> [Frank Moody] "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation": Tanenbaum > >> (includes Minux 2.0 disk!!) > >> [Frank Moody] "PCI System Architecture" (Third Edition) > >> > >> Programming Books: > >> [Alex Haley] "The C Primer" Third edition (this book is a bit dog eared) > >> [Alex Haley] "A First Book of Ansi C" (a bit dog eared but excellent) > >> "Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus" > >> "Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk" > >> "Virtual Reality Playhouse" > >> "Creating Turbo C++ Games" (The disk for this book is long lost) > >> [Keith Wright] "Linux Kernel Programming" (Third Edition) > >> "Using Java 1.1" (Third Edition) > >> "Using JavaBeans" (CD Long gone) > >> [S. Courtney] "Sams' Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days" (Second Edition) > >> "Beginning Fedora 2" (Yeah it's 8 versions behind, but as a beginners > >> guide to red hat linux systems, it's great) > >> "User Interfaces In C++ And Object-Oriented Programming" by Mark Goodwin > >> "Gardens of Imagination: Programming 3d Maze Games in C/C++" (Disk long > >> gone) > >> "NetWarriors In C Programming 3d Multiplaery games" (CD Long gone) > >> [Ryan Pugatch] "Programming perl" (O'Reilly) > >> [Ryan Pugatch] "Learning Perl" (O'Reilly) > >> [Ryan Pugatch] "Perl by Example" (Ellie Quigley) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Tim. > > -- > > Eric Martin > > Key fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F > > > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Sebastian Courtney WPI 2012 ECE+RBE 617-894-2460

Aug. 20, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Article on UNIX 40th anniverasry

by jbaillie＠netzero.com

I actually have played pong on a monitor like that back in my DEC daze. What's even more amusing is the paper tape loader to the right of the monitor. It sure relieved you of toggling in the boot loader. We would actually repair some of the paper tapes. jb ---------- Original Message ---------- From: E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Subject: [Wlug] Article on UNIX 40th anniverasry Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:59:20 -0400 Good report by the BBC on development of UNIX. Has an interesting photo of a very old round green CRT monitor (in hexagonal case) at a workstation http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8205976.stm Enjoy, Liz J _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ____________________________________________________________ Just drop it. Click here for free information on weight loss surgery! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxRbzrvjPpExUGZMIb6GPtO…

Aug. 20, 2009

Article on UNIX 40th anniverasry

by E Johnson

Good report by the BBC on development of UNIX. Has an interesting photo of a very old round green CRT monitor (in hexagonal case) at a workstation http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8205976.stm Enjoy, Liz J

Aug. 20, 2009

REMINDER: Meeting Thursday, 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, This is the umpteenth reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting with maddog as our speaker. Please note the different meeting room: Salisbury Labs room 104. Also, for those of you who are interested in music, check this selection, allegedly made only from the sounds available in Windows XP and Windows 98 (at least the OS is good for something): http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1802740 See ya at the meeting! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKi27iOjiraCaOTOoRAgQfAKCZ135p2dvbYrlqNaMwj2fKZZ2RxwCg0yqN k+tp+5150cDgkqDHU8Zl0i0= =6WcP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Aug. 19, 2009

PCMCIA to ExpressCard

by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com

Well, I purchased a Rosewill RC-608 ExpressCard to CardBus Adapter but apparently linux doesn't support it. When I plug it in with the slimscsi card I get: Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pciehp 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02: Card present on Slot(0-1) Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device. You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force' Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:04 Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: IO window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: MEM window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: PREFETCH window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pciehp: Could not get hotplug parameters Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:04 Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: IO window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: MEM window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: PREFETCH window: disabled I'm assuming "pciehp: Could not get hotplug parameters" means it is not supported. If anyone has suggestions on how to get it to work let me know. Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

Aug. 18, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Fedora 11 and mingw32

by Mike Frysinger

On Friday 14 August 2009 13:57:54 Tatsh wrote: > Mingw32 on Linux is impossible unless you want to do simple Win32 stuff > like calling MessageBox() and running the exe with Wine. I would love to > be able to build Qt4 and SDL apps for Windows under Linux (I use Gentoo) > but it seems it always fails miserably, even when copying libs and > headers from a Windows installation of Mingw. I just run a VM and > compile there, either with gcc or cl (Visual Studio). i use mingw to build large projects frequently like cross toolchains, graphical debuggers, USB debuggers, and havent had any real problems i cant tell you anything about using cmake as everything i do is autotool based and it works just fine -mike

Aug. 16, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Fedora 11 and mingw32

by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com

Quoting Tatsh <ddrtist(a)gmail.com>: > Mingw32 on Linux is impossible... I hate it when people tell me things are impossible. cmake can't be fixed without changing the FindSDL.cmake. I'd probably have to fix the finding of expat, physfs, and png since I use them as well. Rather than go down that rabbit hole, I started with my existing make file. Hardcoded SDL_FLAGS to -I/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/SDL/ instead of running sdl-config. Needed to add mingw32 and SDLmain to the link line. Since compiling SDL_image with mingw32 cross compiler doesn't work with the configure script, I stripped the png loading code and put that directly in my source. Viola everything compiles, runs with wine and runs on my wife's windows box. The project is Bt Builder. It is an open source implementation of the Bard's Tale Construction Set (or at least the beginnings of one). http://identicalsoftware.com/btbuilder/ Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

Aug. 16, 2009