Setting up new monitor
by Richard Klein
I picked up a free monitor today, a Samsung S24C230L. The native
resolution is 1920x1080, and it's connected via DVI. The existing monitor
has a native resolution of 1680x1050 and is plugged into the analog VGA
port. The NVIDIA X Server Settings seem to agree, so what's up with the
display on the second monitor?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/M1R9MQnDMCaD7qca6
When I try saving the X Configuration File, it warns me that I should use
relative positioning for the second display, instead of absolute
positioning. Maybe that's the problem, but I can't find that setting
anywhere.
Got any ideas?
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Rich
2 months, 2 weeks
PCSX2
by Dennis Payne
Before the meeting on games, I tested pcsx2 thinking maybe I could show
it. However, it was removed from rpmfusion in Fedora 30. PCSX2 is
playstation 2 emulator. I have a working PS2 but the He-Man game was
only released in Europe and it is region locked. The emulator finally
allowed me to try the game. Since I didn't like losing that ability
I've rebuilt the pcsx2 package for Fedora 30.
http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/lzma-libs-4.32.7-21.fc30.i686.rpm
http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/pcsx2-1.4-11.fc30.i686.rpm
The src rpms are exactly the same as the files from fedora and
rpmfusion. I cheated a bit in compiling the pcsx2 package. It had some
errors with system headers files. Rather than create a patch to make it
compile, I hacked the system header files. (It was a throw away VM
because pcsx2 can't compile in 64 bit.)
Feel free to grab it if you want to play PS2 games.
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Dennis Payne
dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com
https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi
2 months, 4 weeks
Gaming on Linux
by Richard Klein
Does anyone have a favorite tower defense game?
Has anyone come across something like World of Tanks for Linux (preferably
something that doesn't require WINE or Vulkan)?
I was pleased to find Minecraft was in my default repositories. I
installed it, but haven't tried it yet.
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Rich
3 months
WLUG Meeting TODAY!! Topic: Linux Gaming!
by Tim Keller
Hey Everybody!
We've got a meeting today!!
Date: May 16th, 2019
Time: 7pm
Location: WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room (rm 331)
Topic: Linux Gaming
This month we'll be talking about Linux Gaming! I will be attending!
I plan do demo using Lutris. If others would like to demo games on linux
feel free to show them off.
As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head
off for dinner.
Thanks,
Tim.
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I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
3 months
WLUG Meeting on May 16th at 7pm! Topic: Linux Gaming!
by Tim Keller
Hey Everybody!
We've got a meeting this week!
Date: May 16th, 2019
Time: 7pm
Location: WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room (rm 331)
Topic: Linux Gaming
This month we'll be talking about Linux Gaming! I may or may not be able to
make it. My wife will be out of town so we'll see...
If I do make it I plan do demo using Lutris. If others would like to demo
games on linux feel free to show them off.
As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head
off for dinner.
Thanks,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
3 months
WLUG meeting 9th is a NO GO, moving WLUG to the 16th of May.
by Tim Keller
Hey Gang,
WPI is going to be locked down for commencement on the 9th.
I'm moving the meeting to the 16th due to commencement.
The planned topic is gaming on linux.
I'll send out a more detailed email soon.
Thanks,
Tim Keller
WLUG President
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I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
3 months, 1 week
struggling w/ reliable printers on CUPS in small office
by Bradley Noyes
WLug-gers,
tl;dr: Can someone recommend a printer (or printer brand) that is reliable for printing via CUPS?
I’m struggling w/ printers in a small office and i've struggled to get any kind of guidance on-line. The volume of pages printed at the office is probably around 100 pages a day and there are 4 printers — all HPs and all consumer grade — each printer has its purpose, e.g. there's an 11x17 printer, one color laser, one BW laster, one color inkjet. The office is all iMACs, which connect to a Linux CUPS server. The iMacs were networking directly w/ the printers, but i added the CUPS server to try to mitigate the poor reliability with only marginal results. Routinely printers become “paused” in CUPS so i need to go in and ‘unpause’ them, also some printers just fall of the network entirely. Inevitably the only printer that works most of the time is the ink-jet which is a lot more expensive to re-fill.
I’m looking for a reliable solution. If anyone has a recomendation that’d be great!
Thanks,
— Brad
3 months, 2 weeks
