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Re: [Wlug] Tonight...

by Tom Guilderson

Can not make it either. my wife is teaching and I have the twins. They are still a little too young to bring to a meeting! I would love a copy of the talk as well! someone have a Guiness for me at the Boynton! On 2003.03.26 07:55 Bill Smith wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:16:58 -0500 > "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: > > KT> I'm not sure what Maddog's rules are on this, but would anybody > KT> (specifically, those at WPI, who might have access to the > equipment) > KT> be interested in taping the lecture tonight? > KT> > KT> I've got access to a NLE machine and a DVD-R burner, so I could > make > KT> DVD's out of the lecture if people would be interested. > > I'd like one, too. i won't be able to make it because of familial > obligations. <shrug> > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com > Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com > > "Of course, the more I learn, the more I realize I > don't know. At some point, I hope to learn enough to > realize that I know nothing at all. Then maybe I'll be > able to snatch a pebble from Julia Child's hand." -- > Alton Brown, "I'm Just Here For The Food" > * TAG! v3.1 * > >

March 26, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Upcoming meeting Wed. March 26th 7 PM

by Keith Wright

> From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)attbi.com> > > I'm sending out this reminder early in the hope that we'll have > alot of people coming to this WLUG meeting. Early notice is good, but so is last minute reminder. I nearly forgot about this in the intervening weeks. See you! Upcoming meeting Wed. March 26th 7 PM ( *today* ) > At this meeting, our guest speaker will be Jon 'maddog' Hall. > > The meeting will be held in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI campus in > Worcester, MA (the usual place). > > Please pass the word around to all of your Linux friends! Done. -- Keith

March 26, 2003

Re: [Wlug] add memory, loose sound?

by Jeff Kinz

On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:45:52AM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, John Stoffel wrote: > js>Subject: Re: [Wlug] add memory, loose sound? > js>Bill> I just added 128 MB of memory to my Dell Optiplex GX1, and now > js>Bill> my sound card (on motherboard CS 4236) is no longer recognized. > js>Bill> It's possible that I did something bad to the motherboard when > js>Bill> inserting the memory cards. Or, is there any way that adding > js>Bill> memory (now 128 + 128 + 64) could disable the sound? > js> > js>What do the boot logs say when you look at them after adding the > js>memory? Any errors? It's possible that you did something bad, but as > js>a first check, I'd just pull the extra memory and see if it comes > js>back. > > Yeah, that's what I figured I'd try next. I was just too lazy last > night. Good RAM test tool just in case you need it : http://www.memtest86.com/ Its free. You boot into it from a floppy and set up a few parameters. Then let it go for as long as you like. minutes, hours, days. If you have some bad RAM it'll find it. Memtest86 is thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. BIOS based memory tests are only a quick check and often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86. Memtest86 is released under the terms of the Gnu Public License (GPL). Other than the provisions of the GNU pubic licence (GPL) there are no restrictions for use, private or commercial. -- Jeff Kinz, Open-PC, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. jkinz(a)kinz.org copyright 2003. Use is restricted. Any use is an acceptance of the offer at http://www.kinz.org/policy.html.

March 26, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Tonight...

by Baris Hasdemir

I would be interested in one of those DVDs if I can. Because, I won't be able to make it as usual. baris hasdemir On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:16:58 -0500 Keller, Tim wrote: > I'm not sure what Maddog's rules are on this, but would anybody > (specifically, those at WPI, who might have access to the equipment) be > interested in taping the lecture tonight? > > I've got access to a NLE machine and a DVD-R burner, so I could make DVD's > out of the lecture if people would be interested. > > Thanks, > Tim. >

March 26, 2003

Re: [Wlug] add memory, loose sound?

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, John Stoffel wrote: js>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:16:32 -0500 js>From: John Stoffel <stoffel(a)lucent.com> js>Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org js>To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org js>Subject: Re: [Wlug] add memory, loose sound? js> js> js>Bill> I just added 128 MB of memory to my Dell Optiplex GX1, and now js>Bill> my sound card (on motherboard CS 4236) is no longer recognized. js>Bill> It's possible that I did something bad to the motherboard when js>Bill> inserting the memory cards. Or, is there any way that adding js>Bill> memory (now 128 + 128 + 64) could disable the sound? js> js>What do the boot logs say when you look at them after adding the js>memory? Any errors? It's possible that you did something bad, but as js>a first check, I'd just pull the extra memory and see if it comes js>back. Yeah, that's what I figured I'd try next. I was just too lazy last night. Here's what's in dmesg output: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... isapnp: Card 'CS4236B' isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total speakup: initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 25) The indication that the card is not recognized is from kudzu -- it wants to remove the configuration for the file. I also can't get a music CD to play using xmms. js> js>If not, then you have other problems. js> js>Is the sound driver compliled as a module, or is it in the kernel? It's an alsa module, but I'm a little confused... When running "chkconfig --list", I see that I forgot to have the service start at any runlevel (the machine has been up for a while, and I guess I never quite finished the configuration), but, if I try "service alsasound start", it says it's already running. Weird. js> js>John Thanks, Bill

March 26, 2003

Re: [Wlug] add memory, loose sound?

by John Stoffel

Bill> I just added 128 MB of memory to my Dell Optiplex GX1, and now Bill> my sound card (on motherboard CS 4236) is no longer recognized. Bill> It's possible that I did something bad to the motherboard when Bill> inserting the memory cards. Or, is there any way that adding Bill> memory (now 128 + 128 + 64) could disable the sound? What do the boot logs say when you look at them after adding the memory? Any errors? It's possible that you did something bad, but as a first check, I'd just pull the extra memory and see if it comes back. If not, then you have other problems. Is the sound driver compliled as a module, or is it in the kernel? John

March 26, 2003

Tonight...

by Keller, Tim

I'm not sure what Maddog's rules are on this, but would anybody (specifically, those at WPI, who might have access to the equipment) be interested in taping the lecture tonight? I've got access to a NLE machine and a DVD-R burner, so I could make DVD's out of the lecture if people would be interested. Thanks, Tim.

March 26, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Tonight...

by Bill Smith

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:16:58 -0500 "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: KT> I'm not sure what Maddog's rules are on this, but would anybody KT> (specifically, those at WPI, who might have access to the equipment) KT> be interested in taping the lecture tonight? KT> KT> I've got access to a NLE machine and a DVD-R burner, so I could make KT> DVD's out of the lecture if people would be interested. I'd like one, too. i won't be able to make it because of familial obligations. <shrug> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "Of course, the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. At some point, I hope to learn enough to realize that I know nothing at all. Then maybe I'll be able to snatch a pebble from Julia Child's hand." -- Alton Brown, "I'm Just Here For The Food" * TAG! v3.1 *

March 26, 2003

add memory, loose sound?

by Bill Mills-Curran

I just added 128 MB of memory to my Dell Optiplex GX1, and now my sound card (on motherboard CS 4236) is no longer recognized. It's possible that I did something bad to the motherboard when inserting the memory cards. Or, is there any way that adding memory (now 128 + 128 + 64) could disable the sound? TIA, Bill

March 26, 2003

Cheap Laptops...

by Keller, Tim

While doing some research, I came across this site... http://www.pcsevolve.com/products/hotdeals.asp Under their "hot deals" they've got some great prices on laptops... Tim.

March 21, 2003