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Re: [Wlug] CRT's

by Stephen Daukas

I two 17" Trinitons and one 17" ViewSonic... On Jan 4, 2008 7:11 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> wrote: > On Friday 04 January 2008, Mike Leo wrote: > > I have a young friend who is looking for a second/third monitor. > > > > Any one have any unused old crt's they are willing to part with? > > i have at least one ive tried to get rid off ... pretty sure it's 17" dell > trinitron crt and still works. > -mike > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- Stephen C. Daukas Engineer, Geoscientist, Environmental Analyst ________________________________________________ - Please, before printing, think about the environment -

Jan. 5, 2008

Re: [Wlug] CRT's

by Mike Frysinger

On Friday 04 January 2008, Mike Leo wrote: > I have a young friend who is looking for a second/third monitor. > > Any one have any unused old crt's they are willing to part with? i have at least one ive tried to get rid off ... pretty sure it's 17" dell trinitron crt and still works. -mike

Jan. 5, 2008

CRT's

by Mike Leo

I have a young friend who is looking for a second/third monitor. Any one have any unused old crt's they are willing to part with? Thanks Mike

Jan. 4, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Getting the Edimax ew-7108pcg working on Xubuntu 6.06 LTS

by John Stoffel

Adam> I found this card on newegg.com for cheap money and the Adam> company claimed Linux support, so I got it. So far, I have it Adam> working on a WEP test network, but the driver package does come Adam> with WPA-supplicant bits. I assume that works as well. Folks Adam> online claim it works out of the box on Ubuntu 7.10, but my Adam> laptop didn't do well with the newer Xubuntus, so I had to make Adam> do. Can you give more details on the laptop? And what kinds of issues you had with Ubuntu 7.x as well? I figure that might be the better solution here.... Adam> Note, out-of-the-box, the rt61 driver provided by Xubuntu 6.06 Adam> LTS throws a stack trace and can wedge your system. I found Adam> that you need to build the company's rt61 driver. Adam> Here was my procedure for 6.06 LTS: Adam> 1) Install gcc and friends,if you haven't already. Adam> 2) Update to the latest kernel packages. Adam> 3) Install the linux-header packages for your platform (I used the 386 Adam> packages). Adam> 4) Download the driver zip for the ew-7108pcg from the Edimax Adam> website's support area, unpack it, and the unpack the tar ball inside. Adam> 5) cd into the IS_Linux_STA_6x_D_1.1.1.0 directory Adam> 6) run make Adam> 7) Ignore all the compiler warnings ;) Adam> 9) run sudo make install Adam> 10) Add "alias ra0 rt61" to /etc/modules.conf or into your preferred Adam> location in /etc/modules.d if it wasn't automatically added. Adam> 11) Add correct bits to /etc/network/interfaces Adam> So, that being said (I am typing this email via the card now): Adam> 1) On boot, the card comes up, but does not go online. Ifconfig has Adam> configured the interface, but iwconfig shows no essid or key Adam> configured. Adam> 2) I opened the Applications->System->Networking tool. The tool shows Adam> the interface as active. I can "activate/deactivate", but likewise Adam> iwconfig shows no configuration. Adam> I can only bring the interface up via running "sudo ifup ra0". My Adam> wife's probably not going to go for that ;). Adam> Does anyone have any ideas about what plumbing I am missing to Adam> get automatic configuration? Sounds like you need to look in /etc/network/interfaces and make sure you've got stuff setup properly in there. But I'm guessing a bit since I don't run wireless on my debian box. What's the output of 'cat /etc/network/run/ifstate' before and after the 'ifup ra0 ' command? John

Jan. 4, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Getting the Edimax ew-7108pcg working on Xubuntu 6.06 LTS

by Keith Wright

> From: "Adam Keck" <ghostis(a)gmail.com> > > Thanks very much for your thoughtful response ;). Are you sure that's the correct emoticon? Sometimes people say ";)" when they mean ":-/" or "(;=)". > Regarding the sudo command, You said sudo, I didn't. > she uses this laptop for her academics and, thus, > expects it to "just work." I don't know what you mean by "just work". You say you have already downloaded drivers, compiled and installed, and modified /etc/modules.conf. What is the objection to adding to a boot-time shell script? I am not saying she should do it. You do it and don't tell. > On Jan 3, 2008 8:13 PM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > > > From: "Adam Keck" <ghostis(a)gmail.com> > > > > > > I can only bring the interface up via running "sudo ifup ra0". My > > > wife's probably not going to go for that ;). > > > > but why would your wife object to you, Adam Keck > > putting "ifup ra0" in one of those shell files that > > get run by root when you boot? Like maybe you put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. -- Keith

Jan. 4, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Getting the Edimax ew-7108pcg working on Xubuntu 6.06 LTS

by Adam Keck

Hello Keith, Thanks very much for your thoughtful response ;). Regarding the sudo command, she uses this laptop for her academics and, thus, expects it to "just work." Xubuntu has been good at this thus far, so I was hoping more of the same. The better Linux does at "just working," the easier it is for me to keep Microsoft out of the house. -Adam On Jan 3, 2008 8:13 PM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > > From: "Adam Keck" <ghostis(a)gmail.com> > > > > I can only bring the interface up via running "sudo ifup ra0". My > > wife's probably not going to go for that ;). > > If I were your boss, I would demand that you document all changes > to distribution defaults, but why would your wife object > to putting "ifup ra0" in one of those shell files that > get run by root when you boot? > > In other words, I have no idea what you are talking about, > or the answer to your question, but I can keep the conversation > going with stupid comments until somebody else comes along. > > > Does anyone have any ideas about what plumbing I am missing to get > > automatic configuration? > > Of course. If you want true, real, distinct, coherent, concrete, > clear, clever, or usable ideas... good luck! > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 4, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Getting the Edimax ew-7108pcg working on Xubuntu 6.06 LTS

by Keith Wright

> From: "Adam Keck" <ghostis(a)gmail.com> > > I can only bring the interface up via running "sudo ifup ra0". My > wife's probably not going to go for that ;). If I were your boss, I would demand that you document all changes to distribution defaults, but why would your wife object to putting "ifup ra0" in one of those shell files that get run by root when you boot? In other words, I have no idea what you are talking about, or the answer to your question, but I can keep the conversation going with stupid comments until somebody else comes along. > Does anyone have any ideas about what plumbing I am missing to get > automatic configuration? Of course. If you want true, real, distinct, coherent, concrete, clear, clever, or usable ideas... good luck! -- Keith

Jan. 4, 2008

Getting the Edimax ew-7108pcg working on Xubuntu 6.06 LTS

by Adam Keck

Hello All, I found this card on newegg.com for cheap money and the company claimed Linux support, so I got it. So far, I have it working on a WEP test network, but the driver package does come with WPA-supplicant bits. I assume that works as well. Folks online claim it works out of the box on Ubuntu 7.10, but my laptop didn't do well with the newer Xubuntus, so I had to make do. Note, out-of-the-box, the rt61 driver provided by Xubuntu 6.06 LTS throws a stack trace and can wedge your system. I found that you need to build the company's rt61 driver. Here was my procedure for 6.06 LTS: 1) Install gcc and friends,if you haven't already. 2) Update to the latest kernel packages. 3) Install the linux-header packages for your platform (I used the 386 packages). 4) Download the driver zip for the ew-7108pcg from the Edimax website's support area, unpack it, and the unpack the tar ball inside. 5) cd into the IS_Linux_STA_6x_D_1.1.1.0 directory 6) run make 7) Ignore all the compiler warnings ;) 9) run sudo make install 10) Add "alias ra0 rt61" to /etc/modules.conf or into your preferred location in /etc/modules.d if it wasn't automatically added. 11) Add correct bits to /etc/network/interfaces So, that being said (I am typing this email via the card now): 1) On boot, the card comes up, but does not go online. Ifconfig has configured the interface, but iwconfig shows no essid or key configured. 2) I opened the Applications->System->Networking tool. The tool shows the interface as active. I can "activate/deactivate", but likewise iwconfig shows no configuration. I can only bring the interface up via running "sudo ifup ra0". My wife's probably not going to go for that ;). Does anyone have any ideas about what plumbing I am missing to get automatic configuration? Thanks! -Adam

Jan. 3, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Information for Linux newbies?

by William Smith

On Nov 18, 2007 12:14 AM, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > When I was a newbie, Linux live CDs didn't yet exist, but they do now! > > I find the Knoppix CD/DVD useful for testing a new piece of hardware > (like a laptop) to see if all of the pieces work with Linux. I believe > that the Ubuntu CDs can also boot up in a live mode. In this way, you > can try Linux without messing with your hard drive, and also see if your > hardware works with that distribution. With Fedora 8, there's also a Fedora Live CD. I tried it on my laptop. Works nicely, though it (like Ubuntu, when I had it installed) didn't see my built-in webcam at all. :( All else aside, I'm actually pleased to see the LiveCD for Fedora. I've been using Red Hat variants since the early 1990s, and I like to know what things look like before I install it. (For those that might be new to the term, Live CDs are handy for using Linux on systems that you can't install Linux on otherwise.) > Note that if something doesn't work with the live CD, that doesn't > necessarily mean it won't work with Linux at all, but demonstrating that > something *does* work is a good thing. Even then, many of the things that don't work out-of-the-box will work with a little research and poking. My webcam just isn't one of them, as far as i can tell. :\ -- Bill Smith Fall River, MA Charter Member of LOPSA

Dec. 29, 2007

Re: [Wlug] reboot problem - Update

by Gregory Avedissian

Folks asked for an update on this, so here it is. Original problem - Black screen on startup or reboot occurred about 25% of the time, right after the grub menu. No hard drive activity, no boot, no ssh. This problem has existed since I built the computer a year ago. Newer problem - Hard lockups, especially when the load was heavy. I first noticed this when I installed Gutsy on a spare partition. It also happened a few times in Etch, but I was using a custom realtime kernel when it happened. There were also a couple of spontaneous reboots. Hardware - ASUS M2V motherboard, Ath. X2 3800, Kingston RAM, Enermax PSU, some kind of GeForce 6200 with a fan that started getting noisy, Seagate drive, all about a year old. What I did - Replaced the vid card with a slightly older GeForce, and since then, the black screen has only occurred once or twice out of scores of reboots. Got a power supply tester, and the 5V rail read 5.4V one of the times I tested it. Contacted Enermax, and they told me to try a different power supply before I RMA'd mine. Got off the realtime kernel and went back to the stock Etch kernel. No more lockups in debian. Flashed the motherboard with the newest bios after reading that others were having lockup problems with this board. It didn't help. Got a new 350W SilverStone and put it in. Still getting lockups in Gutsy. I believe that the spontaneous reboots are a result of the relative placement of the power button and the wheeled leg of my office chair. I moved the computer back a few inches after I saw the two of them meet once. (Note for the interested builder - buttons on Coolermaster case stick out and require only a light touch. I just built a computer for a friend, and the buttons on the Antec case are recessed and not so easy to press in.) Put the Enermax back in, and everything seems to be fine as long as I stay away from Gutsy and the power button. Thanks again to everyone for their help. Greg

Dec. 18, 2007