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What USB flash drive device to choose for Suse Linux 9.3?

by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com

Hi All, Quick question: Is buying a USB flash drive device for Linux something that needs a bit of research? Or, by and large, will any old device work? I've got Suse Linux 9.3 installed on an HP Omnibook 6100. Thanks, Doug

Sept. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] RAZR w/ Linux, Ruby tutorial

by Bill Smith

On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:35:24 -0400, John Stoffel wrote: >Bill> First, I was talking to someone about accessing the RAZR from >Bill> Linux via USB. (Sorry-- I'm terrible with names.) The program >Bill> that I use is moto4lin, and is available for free from >Bill> SourceForge at: http://moto4lin.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page . > >I think I remember using this tool to access my V551 via BlueTooth on >my linux box, but it was a pain. I may have ended up going into KDE >instead of gnome and browsing to bluetooth:// instead. My PC doesn't have BlueTooth. I'm using a USB cable to do the connection. >In any case, it's a pain. If you want to sync your phone so you don't >lose your contacts and such, try the service on yahoo. >http://mobile.yahoo.com where I was able to upload my phone book quite >easily over a web connection. It's a work phone, so I don't worry >about the costs. *grin* This is a personal phone, so the costs actually matter to me. :) >Bill> One may (or may not) need p2kmoto, which is available from: >Bill> http://sourceforge.net/projects/moto4lin (the information is >Bill> available from the main page). > >Has anyone else gotten it to work reliably with BlueTooth? I'll be interested in this, too. >Bill> All-told, the installation of both parts are covered in the >Bill> documentation, and it's pretty straight-forward. > >But the moto4lin website sucks rocks. Who is crazy enough to think a >wiki is a web site? <shrug> >Bill> Second, I had asked several about Ruby tutorials, and mentioned >Bill> that I found one source that was a bit... ...odd, though I >Bill> couldn't remember the name of it. It is "Why's (Poignant) Guide >Bill> to Ruby, which is found at http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ . > > >Bill> Third, as for a list of what my employer has for what we are >Bill> getting rid of, we're in the process of building a list... When >Bill> something is available, I'll let you know. :) > >Oh! Post to the list so we vultures can gather around. Whee! Absolutely. Oh-- Andy- My AP is a LinkSys/Cisco WAP54G. It's got this via SNMP: # snmpget -v 2c -c snmp_password_here 10.80.50.4 sysDescr.0 SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux (none) 2.4.20 mips -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com I never imagined there might be a time that I would die defending the Constitution from those sworn to uphold it. * TAG! v3.2 *

Sept. 10, 2006

Re: [Wlug] e-Commerce Software

by Karl Hiramoto

Matt Higgins wrote: > Looking for some insight from you folks. Does anyone have experience > with this? Here are some params: > > Runs on linux > Does not need to be open source but that's a bonus > Standard software platform i.e. Java / PHP / Perl based > SOE friendly (nice urls, shallow link depth , crawlable catalog) > Ability to manage inventory and fulfillment. (this is more of a bonus) > > > Any thoughts ? > Check out: http://www.zen-cart.com/ -- Karl Hiramoto http://karl.hiramoto.org/ -- Now is the time for all good men to come to. -- Walt Kelly

Sept. 9, 2006

Re: [Wlug] RAZR w/ Linux, Ruby tutorial

by John Stoffel

Bill> First, I was talking to someone about accessing the RAZR from Bill> Linux via USB. (Sorry-- I'm terrible with names.) The program Bill> that I use is moto4lin, and is available for free from Bill> SourceForge at: http://moto4lin.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page . I think I remember using this tool to access my V551 via BlueTooth on my linux box, but it was a pain. I may have ended up going into KDE instead of gnome and browsing to bluetooth:// instead. In any case, it's a pain. If you want to sync your phone so you don't lose your contacts and such, try the service on yahoo. http://mobile.yahoo.com where I was able to upload my phone book quite easily over a web connection. It's a work phone, so I don't worry about the costs. *grin* Bill> One may (or may not) need p2kmoto, which is available from: Bill> http://sourceforge.net/projects/moto4lin (the information is Bill> available from the main page). Has anyone else gotten it to work reliably with BlueTooth? Bill> All-told, the installation of both parts are covered in the Bill> documentation, and it's pretty straight-forward. But the moto4lin website sucks rocks. Who is crazy enough to think a wiki is a web site? Bill> Second, I had asked several about Ruby tutorials, and mentioned Bill> that I found one source that was a bit... ...odd, though I Bill> couldn't remember the name of it. It is "Why's (Poignant) Guide Bill> to Ruby, which is found at http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ . Bill> Third, as for a list of what my employer has for what we are Bill> getting rid of, we're in the process of building a list... When Bill> something is available, I'll let you know. :) Oh! Post to the list so we vultures can gather around. Whee! John

Sept. 9, 2006

e-Commerce Software

by Matt Higgins

Looking for some insight from you folks. Does anyone have experience with this? Here are some params: Runs on linux Does not need to be open source but that's a bonus Standard software platform i.e. Java / PHP / Perl based SOE friendly (nice urls, shallow link depth , crawlable catalog) Ability to manage inventory and fulfillment. (this is more of a bonus) Any thoughts ?

Sept. 8, 2006

RAZR w/ Linux, Ruby tutorial

by Bill Smith

There are several things I want to mention... First, I was talking to someone about accessing the RAZR from Linux via USB. (Sorry-- I'm terrible with names.) The program that I use is moto4lin, and is available for free from SourceForge at: http://moto4lin.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page . One may (or may not) need p2kmoto, which is available from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/moto4lin (the information is available from the main page). All-told, the installation of both parts are covered in the documentation, and it's pretty straight-forward. Second, I had asked several about Ruby tutorials, and mentioned that I found one source that was a bit... ...odd, though I couldn't remember the name of it. It is "Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby, which is found at http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ . Third, as for a list of what my employer has for what we are getting rid of, we're in the process of building a list... When something is available, I'll let you know. :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant." -- Elwood P. Dowd * TAG! v3.2 *

Sept. 8, 2006

Re: [Wlug] MEETING: Thurs, Sept 7th, 7:00 PM

by Jamie Guinan

Unfortunately I can't make tonight's meeting. But I did up a few pictures from the BBQ, http://www.bluebutton.com/wlug/ See you in October! -Jamie

Sept. 7, 2006

Re: [Wlug] MEETING: Thurs, Sept 7th, 7:00 PM

by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com

Andy, If you're still interested, I can briefly discuss my offer to give a preso (for the Oct meeting) on the SVG application I've developed. If there's interest, great. If not, no hard feelings. I've not had time to port the browser part of the application to SUSE Linux. The XML transformations though, *do* run on Linux (zLinux: IBM's Linux that runs under VM on mainframes). Doug "Andy Stewart" <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Sent by: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org 09/06/2006 08:12 PM Please respond to "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> To "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> cc Subject Re: [Wlug] MEETING: Thurs, Sept 7th, 7:00 PM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, Unfortunately, the Sybase representative who was supposed to visit us was called away on business out of the country, thus we won't be having our scheduled talk about Sybase at our next WLUG meeting. I apologize for the short notice - I just found out myself. We will still have the meeting, but it will be up to us to be creative with our time. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE/2PjHl0iXDssISsRAjhoAKCFyndvdNByHh2ZUJIlbRJeABlsBQCeKh8z H7SEBLKQgIk0e9gCmW1KwJo= =7fnA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Sept. 7, 2006

Re: [Wlug] MEETING: Thurs, Sept 7th, 7:00 PM

by Eric Stein

Wow. I completely forgot about the meeting that was supposed to be today. I'm sort of glad this happened, now I have another chance :) Eric Andy Stewart wrote: > > Hi Everybody, > > Unfortunately, the Sybase representative who was supposed to visit us > was called away on business out of the country, thus we won't be having > our scheduled talk about Sybase at our next WLUG meeting. > > I apologize for the short notice - I just found out myself. > > We will still have the meeting, but it will be up to us to be creative > with our time. > > Later, > > Andy

Sept. 7, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Distributions with Syslinux?

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Richard Klein wrote: > I'm trying to install *nix on an old Gateway2000 120MHz Pentium. Most of > the discs (debian 3.1, ubuntu 5.10, phlak, solaris 10, freebsd 5.1, suse > 9.0, openbsd, netbsd 1.6.2) I have won't boot on it, giving an Isolinux > error (I forget exactly what the error was - it's at home and I'm at > work). PHLAK (I forget the version) boots, but locks up with a black > screen after it starts X. I'm guessing it boots because it uses Syslinux > instead of Isolinux, but I don't know if that's true. netbsd 1.6.2 also > boots, and I installed that last night, but I hate the default twm window > manager, I don't know how netbsd handles packages (I'm thinking of things > like deb or rpm packages), I don't know my way around netbsd, this is an > old version of netbsd, and netbsd is probably the wrong choice for what I > want to do, anyway. I want to see if I can turn this heap into a useful > web browser and email reader (well, web-mail could take care of email > chores). Some basic office apps would be nice, too. > > So, if I'm right that this old hardware is incompatible with Isolinux, > what are my options? > > Thanks! HI Rich, Here's a thought. Try downloading a copy of Damn Small Linux (DSL): http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html Note that they have two versions, one with Syslinux and another with Isolinux. If one works and another doesn't, and it is consistent with what you've reported (above), then you have one problem solved (in a sense). DSL has low memory requirements and you can run it off of the CD to see if you like it (and if it is compatible with your hardware). I'm not certain but I think DSL is Debian based. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE/2VoHl0iXDssISsRApcHAJsGoBgEZ2HXHacLn8wfhb+qFT1glwCePy7I reZfEWmWPddiYLLX8CLeSQM= =k74N -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Sept. 7, 2006