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Linux Cartoon in TG

by Keith Wright

Check out page C3 of the 2002-02-05 Worcester Telegram and Gazette to see a cartoon "The 5th Wave" by Rich Tennet: Four guys sit around a table, one is shuffling cards and says: "It's called 'Linux Poker.' Everyone gets to see everyone else's cards, everything is wild, you can play off your opponent's hands, and everyone wins except Bill Gates, whose face appears on the jokers." -- -- Keith Wright <kwright(a)free-comp-shop.com> Programmer in Chief, Free Computer Shop <http://www.free-comp-shop.com> --- Food, Shelter, Source code. ---

Feb. 5, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Install-fest this Saturday, the 9th...

by Keller, Tim

It's going to be at Stratus Technologies. If you check the www.wlug.org web page, there's a link to the directions. I'll put you on the list that you need a "surgeon" to look at your laptop. Thanks, Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Wesley Allen [mailto:wallen@charter.net] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 13:39 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Install-fest this Saturday, the 9th... Keller, Tim wrote: >Hey Fellow Lugers... > >This is a reminder that were going to be having an installfest this Saturday >on the 9th. If you know anybody who's interested in attending, please have >them send me email! > >I've got a couple of questions to ask... > >1. If your planning on attending as an installer, could you drop me a line. >Chuck and Andy are already on the list, I'd just like to have a clean number >so I can size the shifts. > >2. Has the install-fest been posted to the wpi news groups? If not, could >it please be posted. > >Thanks, >Tim. >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > Since I can never come to the meetings this may sound like a stupid question...where is the installfest going to be held; and what time? I don't know if I'll be able to go for long, but wouldn't mind helping out. (I've got a bit of a selfish reason for coming too, I was wondering if anyone who knows X better than I do has gotten a latop lcd to use the whole display without using the vesa driver). Maybe see you saturday? Wesley T Allen _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 4, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Install-fest this Saturday, the 9th...

by Wesley Allen

Keller, Tim wrote: >Hey Fellow Lugers... > >This is a reminder that were going to be having an installfest this Saturday >on the 9th. If you know anybody who's interested in attending, please have >them send me email! > >I've got a couple of questions to ask... > >1. If your planning on attending as an installer, could you drop me a line. >Chuck and Andy are already on the list, I'd just like to have a clean number >so I can size the shifts. > >2. Has the install-fest been posted to the wpi news groups? If not, could >it please be posted. > >Thanks, >Tim. >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > Since I can never come to the meetings this may sound like a stupid question...where is the installfest going to be held; and what time? I don't know if I'll be able to go for long, but wouldn't mind helping out. (I've got a bit of a selfish reason for coming too, I was wondering if anyone who knows X better than I do has gotten a latop lcd to use the whole display without using the vesa driver). Maybe see you saturday? Wesley T Allen

Feb. 4, 2002

Install-fest this Saturday, the 9th...

by Keller, Tim

Hey Fellow Lugers... This is a reminder that were going to be having an installfest this Saturday on the 9th. If you know anybody who's interested in attending, please have them send me email! I've got a couple of questions to ask... 1. If your planning on attending as an installer, could you drop me a line. Chuck and Andy are already on the list, I'd just like to have a clean number so I can size the shifts. 2. Has the install-fest been posted to the wpi news groups? If not, could it please be posted. Thanks, Tim.

Feb. 4, 2002

Getting D-Link DWL-650 card configured

by Bill Brinkmann

Has anyone on the list been successful in configuring this card? The drivers load and the card is recognised but I am having difficulty comparing the configuration options available under Linux to Win2000. I am running a dual boot PC and the card runs under Win2k. My Linux version is Mandrake 8.0.

Feb. 1, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Loop back confusion

by Adam Keck

> > Does sync work? heh. First thing I tried actually :) No effect. "lingua machinationis creo, ergo sum" _____________________________________________ Adam Keck The Mathworks 508-647-7298 Natick, Ma www.mathworks.com FreeNIX/Backup/Unix Administrator _____________________________________________

Jan. 31, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Loop back confusion

by Josh Huber

"Charles R. Anderson" <cra(a)WPI.EDU> writes: > Does sync work? > > # sync > # umount /mnt > # sync umm, shouldn't it sync on unmount? -- Josh Huber

Jan. 31, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Loop back confusion

by Charles R. Anderson

On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:05:26PM -0500, Adam @ Oak wrote: askec> It seems like modifications to a loopback mounted file are only in memory. askec> How do I flush them to the mounted file? Does sync work? # sync # umount /mnt # sync -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

Jan. 31, 2002

Loop back confusion

by Adam ＠ Oak

It seems like modifications to a loopback mounted file are only in memory. How do I flush them to the mounted file? # mount -t msdos -o loop pqdiboot.img /mnt # ls /mnt aspi8dos.sys aspicd.sys autoexec.bat command.com delscpt.txt io.sys msdos.sys aspi8u2.sys atapicd.sys choice.com config.sys himem.sys mscdex.exe taisatap.sys # md5sum /mnt/autoexec.bat c5204d8e68d8ad6c714df02584d0b5d3 /mnt/autoexec.bat # vi /mnt/autoexec.bat (modify, save, exit) # umount /mnt # mount -t msdos -o loop pqdiboot.img /mnt # md5sum /mnt/autoexec.bat ac12a4b88ad43f1023806fb620475edb /mnt/autoexec.bat inspection of the file reveals that the file hasn't been modified. I have used this method before; I don't know what's different this time. Other info: # mount |grep loop (when image is mounted) /home/akeck/cdimage/MWCD/pqdiboot.img on /mnt type msdos (rw,loop=/dev/loop0) # uname -a Linux yupa 2.4.17 #6 SMP Sun Jan 20 23:27:42 EST 2002 i686 unknown Msdos and loopback device support is compiled into the kernel. floppy image is 1.44mb Please help: dd'ing to disk, modifying with vi/mtools, then dd'ing back to file is getting really old ;) -Adam "lingua machinationis creo, ergo sum" _____________________________________________ Adam Keck The Mathworks Natick, Ma www.mathworks.com FreeNIX/Backup/Unix Administrator _____________________________________________

Jan. 31, 2002

Re: [Wlug] video card problems (I think)

by avedis＠ma.ultranet.com

Thanks, Andy. I've got 128M of memory, so I didn't think that would be it, but in fact, your suggestion worked. I was able to get into fvwm2 and gnome. Greg > On Tuesday 29 January 2002 07:18 pm, avedis(a)ma.ultranet.com wrote: > > Using XF86Setup, I was able to install the XF86_3DLabs server (the right > > one) and can now get as far as the KDE desktop starting to open. It > > hangs when it's checking peripherals. Does that mean that some hardware > > is not set up properly, and if so, how do I find out which it is? > > > > Many thanks if anyone can point me in the right direction. > > I suspect that KDE performance will stink on a P166. You never mentioned > how much memory lives in your system. KDE and Gnome seem to require alot > of it (>32 MB) in my experience. Might I suggest that if you are memory > limited that you try a lighter weight window manager such as icewm, > blackbox, or any of the fvwm variants? > > On SuSE, you can type "wmlist" to see all of the window mangers installed. > Then, to start a particular window manager, type: > > startx fvwm2 > > substituting your favorite window manager in place of fvwm2 above. > > Hope this helps, > > Andy > -- > Andy Stewart > Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA, USA > http://www.wlug.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 30, 2002