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a) UPS talk? b) APC-w-USB ?

by Doug Mildram

doug> I got an idea for a WLUG talk, having trolled the SW-devel-mail-list and used sparingly the excellent APC-UPS free sw at http://www.apcupsd.com I've got a small-enough APC SmartUPS and a laptop or 2 I could do this on. What I don't have (or can't yank out of the lab here at work) COULD USE....dont really NEED: ....an APC UPS with the more modern USB port....reasonably small. (the SW supports serial/"COM1" cable/interface, or USB/HID... I'm very weak on the HID stuff, but it probably just works.) So this lure is to see who does have apc w/usb... and wants to try-and-or-demo this. and When's the june meeting ? (I forget what month the party is.)

May 29, 2007

Free stuff - please reply off list

by Adam Keck

Hello All, I have some free items that I can bring to the next meeting, if anyone wants them. 2x Serial Cable 6ft: DB-25 Female to DB-25 Male 1x Serial Cable 6ft: DB-25 Male to DB-25 Male 1x Sun 13W3 to VGA Adapter 4x SCSI 2 to SCSI 3 - DB50P Male to DB68P Male 6ft 1x DB-9 Male to DB-25 Female Serial Adapter 1x SCSI 2: DB-50 Male to DB-50 Male 3ft 1x SCSI 3: DB-68 Male to Male 1ft 1x Sun 13W3 to Mac DB-15 graphics cable 1x Centronix to DB-25 SCSI 1 1x @Home Network (there's a blast from the past ;) USB Ethernet Adapter 1x SCSI 3: DB-68 Male to DB-68 Male 3ft 1x DB-68 Male to 50-pin Male 1x SCSI 3: DB-68 Male to DB-68 Male 6ft 1x 8-port 3-Com 10/100 hub 1x DLT-4 tape 1x Male to Male VGA cable 6ft 2x DB-9 Male to DB-9 Female 6ft 1x Mammoth Cleaning Tape 8mm 1x ATA-100 internal IDE cable 1x DB-15 VGA Male to Male gender changer 1x Synoptics LattisNet Model 508 10Base-T Transceiver -Adam

May 29, 2007

2 free 17" CRT monitors (D1028L)

by Mike Frysinger

ive got two spare 17" CRT monitors here ... they're D1028L (the good shit: Triniton). ive got no use for them and dont want to be bothered with selling them, so if anyone wants one, lemme know ... i'm in the WPI area -mike

May 27, 2007

Re: [Wlug] FW: gv & resource file in ubuntu feisty fox

by Jamie Guinan

On Fri, 25 May 2007, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I've searched and have not found the answer to this issue. > > gv in the Ubuntu feisty fox distro does not seem to observe the > resource file. In particular the auto-refresh and reverse scroll do > not work. > > My resource file is ~/.gv and contains: > > GV.reverseScrolling: TRUE > GV.watchFile: TRUE > GV.autoResize: FALSE > > > This did work on Red Hat FC4, but the same file does not work in > Ubuntu. > > Am I doing something wrong or have I found a bug? I think resource settings "reside" in the X server at run-time, so you could try manually adding those particular ones like so, (with queries before and after for testing), $ xrdb -query $ xrdb -merge ~/.gv $ xrdb -query Then run gv again. If it works, maybe you could add it to your X startup, however that works on your $DISTRO+$DESKTOP+etc... In the past I've also used ggv, which is gnome-ified gv. -Jamie

May 26, 2007

Re: [Wlug] FW: gv & resource file in ubuntu feisty fox

by Richard Klein

Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > > I've searched and have not found the answer to this issue. > > gv in the Ubuntu feisty fox distro does not seem to observe the > resource file. In particular the auto-refresh and reverse scroll do > not work. Have you tried the Feisty Fawn distro? :) -- Rich

May 25, 2007

Re: [Wlug] gv & resource file in ubuntu feisty fox

by Kristian Hermansen

Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I tried that -- it still did not pick up the resource. Appears there is a patch specifically for this issue. Maybe a bug crept into the later versions of the gv source, and may not be specific to Ubuntu... http://www.nabble.com/cannot-save-options-in-gv-tf3810362.html#a10786600 <snip> diff -ru gv-3.6.2/src/info.c gv-3.6.2J/src/info.c --- gv-3.6.2/src/info.c 2004-11-11 05:21:05.000000000 -0700 +++ gv-3.6.2J/src/info.c 2007-04-18 15:16:22.000000000 -0600 @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Widget w; XtPointer client_data, call_data; { + if(gv_gs_quiet) return; BEGINMESSAGE(cb_popupInfoPopup) if (!infoPopupCreated) { makeInfoPopup(); } if (infoPopupVisible==True) {INFMESSAGE(InfoPopup already up) ENDMESSAGE(popupInfoPopup) return; } diff -ru gv-3.6.2/src/main.c gv-3.6.2J/src/main.c --- gv-3.6.2/src/main.c 2006-09-14 12:56:08.000000000 -0600 +++ gv-3.6.2J/src/main.c 2007-04-18 15:16:03.000000000 -0600 @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ XrmDatabase db; INFMESSAGE(getting resources) db = resource_buildDatabase(gv_display,gv_class,gv_name,&argc,argv); - XrmCombineDatabase(db,&gv_database,False); + XrmCombineDatabase(db,&gv_database,True); } /*### initializing widget set and creating application shell #########################*/ @@ -1033,8 +1033,7 @@ XtSetArg(args[n], XtNinterpreter,gv_gs_interpreter); n++; b = gv_gs_safer ? True : False; XtSetArg(args[n], XtNsafer,b); n++; - b = gv_gs_quiet ? True : False; - XtSetArg(args[n], XtNquiet,b); n++; + XtSetArg(args[n], XtNquiet,True); n++; b = app_res.use_bpixmap ? True : False; XtSetArg(args[n], XtNuseBackingPixmap,b); n++; XtSetArg(args[n], XtNarguments,gv_gs_arguments); n++; </snip> -- Kristian Hermansen

May 25, 2007

Re: [Wlug] gv & resource file in ubuntu feisty fox

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 04:24:23PM -0400, Kristian Hermansen wrote: > From: Kristian Hermansen <kristian.hermansen(a)gmail.com> > To: Bill Mills-Curran <bill(a)mills-curran.net>, > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)wlug.org>, > BLU Discussion List <discuss(a)blu.org> > Reply-To: kristian.hermansen(a)gmail.com > Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 16:24:23 -0400 > Subject: Re: FW: gv & resource file in ubuntu feisty fox > > Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > >My resource file is ~/.gv and contains: > > How about trying this to see if it really is a bug on failing to parse > ~/.gv? > > gv --ad=/home/youruser/.gv foo.ps > -- > Kristian Hermansen > Kristian, I tried that -- it still did not pick up the resource. Bill

May 25, 2007

Re: [Wlug] FW: gv & resource file in ubuntu feisty fox

by Kristian Hermansen

Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > My resource file is ~/.gv and contains: How about trying this to see if it really is a bug on failing to parse ~/.gv? gv --ad=/home/youruser/.gv foo.ps -- Kristian Hermansen

May 25, 2007

FW: gv & resource file in ubuntu feisty fox

by Bill Mills-Curran

I've searched and have not found the answer to this issue. gv in the Ubuntu feisty fox distro does not seem to observe the resource file. In particular the auto-refresh and reverse scroll do not work. My resource file is ~/.gv and contains: GV.reverseScrolling: TRUE GV.watchFile: TRUE GV.autoResize: FALSE This did work on Red Hat FC4, but the same file does not work in Ubuntu. Am I doing something wrong or have I found a bug? TIA, Bill

May 25, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Cups, FC6, and networks, oh MY!

by Chuck Anderson

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 08:29:07AM -0400, Bill Smith wrote: > I'm mostly wondering what I need to do to get FC6 to share this printer > (that is, the LaserJet 4MP) with other computers on the network. It should be a simple checkbox under system-config-printer (System->Administration->Printing in GNOME). I have: Local Printers printer and then in the Settings tab there is a checkbox: [x] Shared

May 25, 2007