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Speaking Of Mac G4's...

by Sands Fish

I've got a G4 dual-proc here at work. Boss wants me to throw Linux on it. I've been trying to find the best solution for a distro. SuSE seems to be the best choice to me so far, but I want to tap the deep dark depths of the WLUG knowledge before I go making a decision. Little Help? -Sands --------- "An electric toothbrush is an excellent choice if you are such a lazy f##k that you can't even move a toothbrush up and down." __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Dec. 13, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Linux on a dual headed mac

by Scott Venier

Could you post your XF86Config-4 and the probing portions of the Xserver's output? Scott On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Marc Hughes wrote: > Hi all, > > I got a dual headed G4 sitting here that's just itching to be a linux > box. I can get X up on the primary video card, but am having problems > getting it to work on the secondary one. (I figure I should get that > working, before I try to get them both working). Unfortunatly, I can't > figure out how to get the second video card to work. I try specifying a > busid in the XFree86Config-4 file. It seems to always be trying to use > my primary card. Is there a way to get fb support on bootup on the > second display? > > Primary card: Geforce2 MX with a 17" apple studio display using the > Apple Display Connector (not the vga one) - PCI bus 0:16:0 > > Secondary card: ATI Radeon Q with a 19" generic monitor - PCI bus 0:20:0 > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > -Marc > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Dec. 13, 2002

Linux on a dual headed mac

by Marc Hughes

Hi all, I got a dual headed G4 sitting here that's just itching to be a linux box. I can get X up on the primary video card, but am having problems getting it to work on the secondary one. (I figure I should get that working, before I try to get them both working). Unfortunatly, I can't figure out how to get the second video card to work. I try specifying a busid in the XFree86Config-4 file. It seems to always be trying to use my primary card. Is there a way to get fb support on bootup on the second display? Primary card: Geforce2 MX with a 17" apple studio display using the Apple Display Connector (not the vga one) - PCI bus 0:16:0 Secondary card: ATI Radeon Q with a 19" generic monitor - PCI bus 0:20:0 Any ideas? Thanks, -Marc

Dec. 13, 2002

Re: ipaq

by Dean M. Deaver

> From: Wes Allen <wallen(a)charter.net> > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Re: ipaq > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:21:24 -0500 > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Is there a way to install another ethernet card? > I read the specs, this would be fun to play with/break/fix/break again. > > Wes Not without at least a soldering iron and a set of skills I don't possess. So I'd have to say no. BTW, I had > 1 request for the device, so it's either lottery, combination of coin tosses, or raffle. I'll figure something out probably next week when I'm not overloaded with real work. ...Dean

Dec. 13, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Some old stuff hanging around that I'm giving away too

by Simoncini, Matthew

Hi all, I received quite a few emails from interested folks for both the books and the computers. I'll inventory everything and post a message by the end of the month with what exactly I have. I'm leaning more towards a raffle (to benefit WLUG) for most of the hardware stuff and probably giving away the books. Matthew > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Frysinger [mailto:vapier@gentoo.org] > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 3:11 PM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Some old stuff hanging around that I'm giving away > too > > > On Thursday 12 December 2002 14:55, Simoncini, Matthew wrote: > > I also have some programming and other computer related > books that are > > anyone's for the taking as well. > > i might be interested in some books that you have ... > anyway i can see what you have ? > -mike > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Dec. 13, 2002

RE: [Wlug] capture card

by Skip Gaede

Wes, Check out Freevo (http://freevo.sf.net) To record two channels, you need two tuners. --Skip > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > Behalf Of Wes Allen > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:31 PM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: [Wlug] capture card > > > Hi all, > I'm really toying with the idea of picking up one of > those $200 machines from > walmart and rolling out my own pvr. If for no other reason > than it would be > a good hobby. However, I want it to be able to do the one > useful thing that > I can't do with digital cable, watch one show while taping > another. My wife > and I have one tv (and one converter box), and often have > shows that conflict > with one another (we flip coins in the metaphoical "who's > there first" way). > So, I assume that I need a capture card with the > ability to tune digital > signals, no problem. Are there any that work with Linux? > THAT'S my problem. > > So, anyone know of a digital tv-capture/tuner card that > works with Linux? > > Wes > -- > ------ > This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please > send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Dec. 13, 2002

capture card

by Wes Allen

Hi all, I'm really toying with the idea of picking up one of those $200 machines from walmart and rolling out my own pvr. If for no other reason than it would be a good hobby. However, I want it to be able to do the one useful thing that I can't do with digital cable, watch one show while taping another. My wife and I have one tv (and one converter box), and often have shows that conflict with one another (we flip coins in the metaphoical "who's there first" way). So, I assume that I need a capture card with the ability to tune digital signals, no problem. Are there any that work with Linux? THAT'S my problem. So, anyone know of a digital tv-capture/tuner card that works with Linux? Wes -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

Dec. 13, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Linux/document source control MS Word

by Chuck Homic

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 07:58:26PM -0500, Frank Sweetser wrote: > MS Word has it's own version control built in. I don't know how well it > works, having never used it myself, but it is in there. It's hideous. I don't think I'll ever recover from the experience. If you're talking about having multiple people edit the document, and merge their changes, that is. But I think Word has a feature akin to "#include". You can reference another document to be inserted into your document. In this case you can break up your document into several .doc files, where presumably each author has control over one of their own, and they'll all be combined by the master document. Whether or not you use Word's revision control, or do it with includes, all you really need is a fileserver. Unless you're crazy and use something like CVS instead. I've said too much. -Chuck

Dec. 13, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Linux/document source control MS Word

by Frank Sweetser

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 05:35:16PM -0500, Ritacco, Alan wrote: > Does anyone know of a logical way to allow users of MS Word to access a > single document from a linux server that will manage source control on the > document? These users are home users for a non-profit sports orginization > creating a document for end users. These people will be editing this > document via there home pc's. There is currently already a server they use > for statistics and such, which is a Linux box. They must us MS Word as they > are the most basic of basic users who can barely use PC's. MS Word has it's own version control built in. I don't know how well it works, having never used it myself, but it is in there. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu WPI Network Engineer

Dec. 13, 2002

Lightweight Linux installer

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, The discussion about old used hardware got me to thinking about a recent experience. I was trying to put SuSE Linux 8.1 on a P90 with 32 MB of memory. SuSE was smart enough to jump into the ncurses installer instead of the fully graphical installer, but the installer was incredibly slow. No, not the part where the packages load slowly due to old, slow I/O devices, but the parts which ask the questions before the installation. This got me to wondering if there are any generic lightweight installers available for vintage hardware such as this. I don't see why I should be limited by a bloated installer when Linux itself works just fine on older hardware. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Dec. 12, 2002