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Re: [Wlug] USB mouse - left handed ?
by Andy Stewart July 21, 2004

July 21, 2004

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 20 July 2004 9:14 pm, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > I use my mouse left-handed, and it never occurred to me to switch the > buttons. Just switch your fingers. Well, yes, but my fingers are already trained differently. :-) One one of my trackballs (ps/2), there's a DIP switch to do this swapping of left/right. However, the USB version of this trackball appears not to have the same functionality (CH Products DT225). > I just went into kde control center (suse 8.2), and there's a choice for > left-handed mouse. After trying it with the buttons reversed, I retract my > initial suggestion and recommend that you get it to work the way you're > used to. Maybe a USB to PS2 adapter plug would do the trick. I'm using the > one that came with my new mouse. I tried the KDE control center, but it didn't work on this mouse(!). It has worked on all other mice/trackballs except this USB trackball. I also tried a USB->PS2 adapter, and then the trackball doesn't work at all. > Can anyone tell me if there's an advantage to plugging the mouse or the > keyboard into usb rather than ps2? Advantage? I think not. They're just different. Thanks, 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) iD8DBQFA/cdGHl0iXDssISsRAhgBAJ9sv7RY919sGddleqsKlPzt9XK1ZQCdFITl 1go+6IbX9RYM+xghj/VF70w= =ygbl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Open-source software running the Internet under the radar
by Karl Hiramoto July 20, 2004

July 20, 2004

Open-source software running the Internet under the radar http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/07/20/open.source.ap/index.html -- -- Karl Hiramoto karl at hiramoto dot org http://karl.hiramoto.org/ Mobile: 508.517.4819 Work: 978-425-2090

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REMINDER: WLUG BBQ
by Andy Stewart July 20, 2004

July 20, 2004

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG BBQ, which will be held in Shrewsbury MA on Wednesday, July 21st at 6:00 PM (yes, that's 6:00 PM). Directions are on the WLUG website. See ya there! 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) iD8DBQFA/QQ+Hl0iXDssISsRAlSLAJ0bXRs7rvQWzXinfTb5u/DnL8lECACghv34 akxPaMUWd/KH5UStKUuNeN0= =mEX9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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invincible processes
by Gregory Avedissian July 19, 2004

July 19, 2004

I just had some strange stuff happen to my SuSE 8.2 installation - it's stalling when I try to copy files and run some programs. If I try to kill the process, it doesn't go away (kill -9 pid, as root), and the machine won't shut down because stuff is still running. This coincidentally happened the same day that I started to prepare a replacement hard drive, so it's not on a critical installation (in fact, it's going to be wiped), but I'd still like to know what's going on. Note that I totally disconnected this drive when I was installing on the new one, just to make sure I didn't do anything to hurt it. Any ideas on what this could be or where to look would be appreciated. Greg

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Flowchart software
by Chuck Haines July 17, 2004

July 17, 2004

Does anyone know of any decent flow chart software for linux besides Dia or Kivio. Kivio is nice, however it's inability to export to a png or to be copy and pasted into star office makes it useless for me. Dia just doesn't cut it. Anyone know of anything? Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity WPI Class of 2005 ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 -------------------------------------------

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Encrypted USB pen drive
by Chuck Haines July 15, 2004

July 15, 2004

Has anyone configured an encrypted usb pen drive under linux? I'm not talking about encrypting single files, but being able to mount the pen drive as an encrypted device? I've look at loop-aes, but I'm curious is anyone has done this before and might give some pointers. Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity WPI Class of 2005 ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 -------------------------------------------

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[OT] Introduction
by Brian Waite July 15, 2004

July 15, 2004

Hi all. I wanted to quickly introduce myself. I just recently subscribed to the list and wanted to do a bit more than lurk. I hope to make a LUG meeting in the near future also. I don't want to waste too much bandwidth so I'll keep this short. If anyone is going up to the Ottawa Linux Symposium this month, maybe we can catch up and make some introductions, for everyone else, I look forward to meeting you all the LUG meeting. As I side note, I read the archives and wanted to second the idea for a "distro debate" LUG meeting. I think that would be really interesting to see what everyone runs and why. Thanks for the time Brian Waite

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Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell
by Andy Stewart July 15, 2004

July 15, 2004

Hi everybody, Novell is offering a free Linux Technical Resource kit to WLUG members (and other LUGs, I'm sure). To get it, you'll need to go to their website and answer a bunch of questions. Here is the information, in case you are interested. If anybody gets one of these, I'd be curious to know what they think of it. ===== "Novell Customer Communities is pleased to offer members of the Worcester Users Group the free Linux Technical Resource Kit. With its acquisition of SuSE and Ximian, Novell has committed itself to the Linux market in a very substantial way. Now you can evaluate for yourself the value that Novell brings to the Linux market and to your business. The Kit contains well over 10 gig of licensed and evaluation software, patches and fixes, and other tools and resources that will give you everything you need to evaluate and get to know the current hot technologies. A partial list of the Kit contents include: - SuSE 9.1 Professional (the very latest from SuSE) - SuSE 8.0 Linux Enterprise Server - Novell Nterprise Linux Services 1.0 - Ximian Desktop2 Eval - GroupWise for Linux 1.0 - Red Carpet 2.02 Eval - And lots more... To order your free kit simply go to http://www.novell.com/community/linux/order.php?sourceid=uswma and follow the instructions. This is a great benefit to introduce you to Linux technology from Novell and to Novell Customer Communities. Act now as supplies are limited." ===== -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Open Source CMS?
by Dwight A. Ernest July 12, 2004

July 12, 2004

Hi. I have a consulting client that is a non-profit in the midst of an IT management change. They have been seeking a good content management system for some time, but have not been seriously considering open source solutions for that need in spite of my cajoling them into that direction, in spite of the fact that the majority of their current web solution is built on Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL/etc. The main objection has been a lack of knowledge of any providers of a full-service CMS solution: sizing, integration, training, implementation, etc., which is something one can pretty much take for granted when dealing with proprietary CMSes. So what I'm seeking are pointers to open source content management integrators (either houses or experienced individual consultants) who can show a proven, referenceable list of happy clients for whom they've provided a full-service CMS solution. I look forward to hearing from you. -- Dwight A. Ernest, dwight at significant dot com GPG key A6999567 Cell: +1-508-523-1416 FAX: +1-978-405-2504 YIM: dwight_ernest RHCE #803004293310030 http://significant.com/~dwight/ KA2CNN Papa, partner, pilot, net geek, sysadmin, consultant, cohouser.

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RE: [Wlug] Open Source CMS?
by Martin, Eric July 12, 2004

July 12, 2004

I've played with Mambo (openmambo.org) and openeffect. There is a website that has a bunch of CMSs up with admin passwords so you can play around (the CMS sites go back to default every 15 minutes). Can't remember what the site is, but when I find it I'll post it to the list. -----Original Message----- From: Charles R. Anderson [mailto:cra@WPI.EDU] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 2:19 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Open Source CMS? On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 10:34:56PM -0400, Dwight A. Ernest wrote: > So what I'm seeking are pointers to open source content management > integrators (either houses or experienced individual consultants) who > can show a proven, referenceable list of happy clients for whom they've > provided a full-service CMS solution. This topic comes up from time to time. Has anyone played with any CMS stuff? I think it would make a great talk at an upcoming WLUG meeting, even just to answer the basic questions, What is a CMS? Why do I need/want one? _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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