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Re: [Wlug] Big Package

by Gary＠home

Awesome! I'm jealous. How about Gnome or KDE? -- Gary Chuck Haines wrote: >Can anyone suggest a really big package to compile on a Sun 64 bit >operton machine? We just got a new one and I want to test it out. > >CH > > >

Dec. 10, 2004

Reminder: Guest Speaker 'maddog'

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, The next WLUG meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 15th at 7:00 PM. Our guest speaker will be Jon 'maddog' Hall, the Executive Director of Linux International, and his topic will be: "The Many Ways of Making Money with Free and Open Source" Details about the talk, and some biographical information about our speaker, can be found on the WLUG home page. maddog is a great speaker who has spoken at several WLUG meetings in the past. His talks are always quite informative and entertaining, and the response from the WLUG membership has been overwhelmingly positive. There is a reasonable probability that the meeting location will move. If so, I'll let you know, and I'll also have a sign posted at the Access Grid room if we do move elsewhere on campus. For now, assume that we'll be in the usual place. Bring your friends! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBuP1hHl0iXDssISsRAkHHAJ9n3VutYSp/NYpLuE3aktHJ7nQWwQCeOfRX GZS/95jLP0UPNadePoV63Xo= =NEY4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Dec. 10, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Big Package

by Mike Frysinger

On Thursday 09 December 2004 02:59 pm, Brian J. Conway wrote: > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Chuck Haines wrote: > > Can anyone suggest a really big package to compile on a Sun 64 bit > > operton machine? We just got a new one and I want to test it out. > > Mozilla? OpenOffice.org? hello.c? moz is good ... OOo.org is a REAL good test (on a 1gig G4 w/1gig off ram it easilly takes over 24hours) from the sounds of it though, i think you want to measure your vpenis ... http://dev.gentoo.org/~vapier/vpenis -mike

Dec. 9, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Big Package

by Brian J. Conway

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Chuck Haines wrote: > Can anyone suggest a really big package to compile on a Sun 64 bit > operton machine? We just got a new one and I want to test it out. Mozilla? OpenOffice.org? hello.c? Brian J. Conway bconway(at)alum.wpi.edu "LINUX is obsolete" - Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator of Minix - Jan 29, 1992

Dec. 9, 2004

Big Package

by Chuck Haines

Can anyone suggest a really big package to compile on a Sun 64 bit operton machine? We just got a new one and I want to test it out. CH -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity http://www.tkezm.org WPI Class of 2005 http://www.wpi.edu ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

Dec. 9, 2004

Printing problems

by Don Peterson

Hi All, I am having trouble when printing big batches of documents, these are over 20 pages. Everything starts off fine, but then printing stops usually around page 18 to page 22. If I reprint the batch a different number of pages will print, but never all of them. Like I said I usually get anywhere between 18 to 22 pages. I've noticed if I restart the lpd service I can get the batch to reprint fully once. But then when the next batch prints I start having trouble again. Does anyone know if there is a spool limit with lpd? I know you are going to say use CUPS, but I don't want to mess around with my production servers if I don't have to. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanx, Don

Dec. 1, 2004

Re: [Wlug] PCI-X under Linux

by Brian Waite

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:55:36 -0500 (EST), Carlton C. Stedman II <sageman(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > I was just wondering if anyone had any success using PCI-X/PCI-Express > cards under linux. I was looking through the kernel and don't see any > specific settings strictly for PCI-X bus. I wonder if they *just work* > with PCI support enabled, as AGP does. > > I'm specifically interested if anyone has got hardware 3D acceleration > working with a PCI-X video card. I'm looking at getting a mid-range NVidia > card, since their drivers are at least useable under linux, compared to > the atrocious performance and glitches the ATI proprietary drivers have > (and the open drivers being worked on are not overly worried with the card > I have, and the R300 driver doesn't have any sort of 3D acceleration right > now). > > As far as I can understand from the docs on nvidia's website, it seems > like it'll just work, but was interested if anyone had any success. In > particular I'm looking at the nvidia 6600gt series. Any input would be > much appreciated. Thanks. Carlton, I use PCI-X cards here at the office. Most of the support for PCI-X is relegated to the specific platform support areas. For example I use PowerPC 74xx processors on Marvell bridges and it works. You might need to do some research on your specific combinations, but being x86 based you'll probably have support. I can't say I've tested any Nvidea cards though so I can be of limited success. Thanks Brian

Nov. 29, 2004

PCI-X under Linux

by Carlton C. Stedman II

I was just wondering if anyone had any success using PCI-X/PCI-Express cards under linux. I was looking through the kernel and don't see any specific settings strictly for PCI-X bus. I wonder if they *just work* with PCI support enabled, as AGP does. I'm specifically interested if anyone has got hardware 3D acceleration working with a PCI-X video card. I'm looking at getting a mid-range NVidia card, since their drivers are at least useable under linux, compared to the atrocious performance and glitches the ATI proprietary drivers have (and the open drivers being worked on are not overly worried with the card I have, and the R300 driver doesn't have any sort of 3D acceleration right now). As far as I can understand from the docs on nvidia's website, it seems like it'll just work, but was interested if anyone had any success. In particular I'm looking at the nvidia 6600gt series. Any input would be much appreciated. Thanks. CCS -- Carlton C. Stedman II, sageman(a)wpi.edu "To iterate is human, to recurse, divine." -- L. Peter Deutch

Nov. 26, 2004

Linux Job Opportunity

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, I am posting this for a technical recruiter. If you have interest in the position, or know someone who does, please contact the recruiter directly. ====start===== My name is Tom Di Filippo. I am a technical recruiter in the Boston area. I am conducting a confidential search for one of my client companies that is specifically looking for several Software Engineers with desktop Linux experience. Below is a brief overview of what they are looking for. If you or any of your colleagues are interested in hearing more about these opportunities please contact me directly. Thank you in advance for your help. Senior/Principal Engineer, Linux Client (positions at various levels) * Will design and implement portable runtime environment on a Linux desktop platform * Experience with any of the following: Java, Swing, JNI, C++, MFC, ATL, COM, ActiveX. * IE Browser Control and/or Mozilla Geiko engine. * Embedding Media Players into client applications. * Multithreading, X Windows Window Manager development. * Linux device driver development and integration Kind regards, Thomas Di Filippo Market Manager, Client Services (IT and Engineering Staffing) Kforce Professional Staffing 20 Mall Road, Suite 400 Burlington, MA 01803 (781) 359-1707 tdifilippo(a)kforce.com ====end===== - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBo9GsHl0iXDssISsRArtgAKCBx+gDu6gDgUsuz0o1/eONNVa9wwCeKR3r +c2BVq+82puWli3hzTODygU= =Y8uw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 24, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Linksys WPC11 v3 Wireless Card in SuSE 9.1

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 15 November 2004 6:53 pm, Chuck Haines wrote: > Has anyone gotten a WPC11 ver 3 wireless card to work in suse 9.1? > YaST detects the card, however I cannot get it to use WEP correctly > and since both WPI and my home network require it, I'm outta luck > right now. Any help with this would be much appreciated. > > Chuck HI Chuck, I am using an Orinoco Silver wireless card with SuSE 9.1 on my laptop. I am using WEP, so I hope my comments will be helpful even though my card is not the same as yours. First, is it feasible to temporarily turn off WEP on the card and on the home network and make your card work with your network that way? This will insure that you have the proper kernel modules installed, the card isn't broken, etc. Note that the range of this card is IMHO rather poor, so stay close to the wireless access point. When you configure the card via YaST, you should see your config info in the /etc/sysconfig/network directory. For my system, the file is ifcfg-wlan-bus-pcmcia. In that file, note that WIRELESS_KEY_n (0<=n<=3) should be equal to the null string for disabled WEP. I also have STARTMODE='hotplug' to ease my life. The WIRELESS_MODE is 'Ad-hoc'. There should be a value for WIRELESS_ESSID specific to your network. If that works (and please let me know if it does), then I was able to enable WEP by the following settings: WIRELESS_KEY_0="A1B2C3D4E5" where you would put the 5 hex bytes of your key between the double quotes. For some reason, I have WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='128', but 5 hex bytes is only 40 bits, so go figure. I did have a WPC11 card at one time, and I could not get > 40 bit WEP to work at all. I don't know if this is (was) a 'feature' of the WPC11, some limitation of Linux, or my own ineptitude. - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBmVP2Hl0iXDssISsRAn6AAJ9lqNApXvHYtA4527Qep67ui02fkACfTh6m QK/YCIBHRc5VsSZ1tlFViY0= =fsBv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 16, 2004