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Re: [Wlug] RE: Linux on a PPC chip

by Andy Stewart

On Monday 30 December 2002 12:55 pm, Sands Fish wrote: > Now, the only other tweak I have a burning desire to > make to this box is to configure the kernel to use SMP > for the dual 500Mhz processors. From what I've heard, > it should only be using the first one right now, and > that I have to rebuild the kernel with SMP support. > Sound right? I would appreciate any tips or help on > getting there, such as: > > -> how > -> where to check to -know- that it's using > one or both > -> any other useful kernel info > > anything would be great really. thanx! > > - Sands <x>< HI Sands, This command: cat /proc/cpuinfo shows both of my CPUs in operation. There should be a section for each processor. The program xosview will also show what each of the N CPUs are doing. (Its rather cool to run on a 16 processor Sun server, but I digress). Finally, check /var/log/boot.msg (is this generic or specific to SuSE?) to see something like the following: <4>Processor #0 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17 <4>Processor #1 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17 <4>I/O APIC #2 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000. <4>Processors: 2 Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Notebooks...

by Andy Stewart

Hi Wes, There is alot of information at this website: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ For me, my Sony VAIO PCG-FXA36 works fine with SuSE Linux 8.1 except for the built in modem. However, I *think* there's a driver available for the modem, but I have not tried it. As Doug mentioned, the battery life stinks (a little over an hour), and at $250 for a 2nd battery, they can keep it. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Color matching scanned photos vs. printed output

by Andy Stewart

On Thursday 02 January 2003 10:39 pm, Skip Gaede wrote: > Hi Andy, > > I have just discovered that the GIMP can work with color profiles. > See http://www.coloraid.de/, which was referenced at > http://www.normankoren.com/color_management_3.html > > Norman Koren has a web site that discusses a lot of aspects of > digital darkroom. To calibrate things, you need a printed color > chart, an example of which is the IT8 target. I have seen them > sold by Praxisoft for $70.00, but you can get the same chart from > Germany for $10.00 US + $5.00 S&H. Check out SCARSE which is a > Linux program for scanner profiles. Hi gang, Thanks for the additional info. I'll take a look at this info shortly. I've also found some information in "Grokking the GIMP" with regard to how to use some features of the GIMP to enhance scanned images. This was most helpful when I discovered that scanning images from a magazine or calendar (printed material) caused a speckling effect to appear in the resulting image. The GIMP has a despeckling filter that removes this rather well in many cases. This entire topic has me wondering if a detailed examination of the features of the GIMP might be a good discussion for a future meeting. There seems to be much more there than originally meets the eye. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Toshiba Laptop?

by Robert Condon

I am writing this on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. I have used it since Suse 7.2 but it is now 8.1. APM worked correctly with 8.0 but not with 8.1 so I will be reinstalling it with 8.0. Otherwise, I am happy with it though it gets hot and the battery only lasts about an hour. Bob Condon doug waud wrote: > Wesley Allen wrote: > >> What's your collective opinion of Toshiba laptops? Circuit City has >> got a decent machine (Satellite 1415-s173) for $999 and they actually >> let me boot Knoppix on it to check out hardware support (everything >> worked). > > > I have an old toshiba satellite ( 2595cdt ) which runs nicely for me on > SuSE 7.2. I have had it since 0ct/99. No problems. Have added memory and > put in a large hard drive. > >> The only thing I'm wondering about is the battery. > > > Battery life sucks. Like Andy I seem to get very poor running time. I > get an hour or less on battery so, for all practical purposes, I just > run it off the AC. > >> MY HP >> laptop doesn't let Linux read the battery info with either apm or acpi, >> and I think this is a function of an incredibly bad bios >> implementation. The demo models at Circuit City didn't have batteries, >> so I had no way of checking this bug out on that brand. Does anyone >> have experience with a Toshiba laptop t > > > I ran xapm and got a display which said I had 15% charge so I assume the > bios was readable. The 15% probably means little since the computer has > been sitting in its case inactive since the last WLUG meeting. > > doug > > PS while drafting this email the % came up to 21 so it seems the xapm is > working as expected. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 6, 2003

Re: [Wlug] looking forward to the 15th!

by brad

On Monday 06 January 2003 03:25 pm, Wes Allen wrote: > Hi gang, > I'm looking forward to the 15th of January so I can finally say good-bye > to Brother Bill on my iPAQ. I got a couple of questions..... Good, only a few more days. Once you have linux installed you can sock-it to bill in style, with xbill on the ipaq. (Here's a screen shot, since i remember you hadn't seen it before) http://131.152.105.154/~opie/screenies/port.14617.png > Has anyone used the perl-script that syncs the ipaq and evolution? Other > then the notorious, "Don't run this while Evolution is open" are there any > other problems? what were you looking to sync? Mail? Calender? I don't think syncing mail works since the mail readers are not in a working state (at least for the opie enviornment). I believe evolution using the ical standard so syncing shouldn't be a problem. If you point me to this perl script, i will give it a try and let you know. > Which CF wireless nics work with linux on the iPAQ. I'm seriously > thinking that I'm going to get the cf-plus expansion pack and a wireless > nic for my iPAQ (linux's true strength is networking, right?). So which > one's work? I've never used the expansion, so i can't say from experience. This should help though. http://handhelds.org/z/wiki/IpaqHardwareCompatibility > And, sadly, how easy is it to reverse the process? On the off-chance that > I can't stand OPIE as a working environment. I've read the howto, how hard > is it in "real life." There is a restoration proceedure. http://www.handhelds.org/projects/wincerestoration.html --brad

Jan. 6, 2003

looking forward to the 15th!

by Wes Allen

Hi gang, I'm looking forward to the 15th of January so I can finally say good-bye to Brother Bill on my iPAQ. I got a couple of questions..... Has anyone used the perl-script that syncs the ipaq and evolution? Other then the notorious, "Don't run this while Evolution is open" are there any other problems? Which CF wireless nics work with linux on the iPAQ. I'm seriously thinking that I'm going to get the cf-plus expansion pack and a wireless nic for my iPAQ (linux's true strength is networking, right?). So which one's work? And, sadly, how easy is it to reverse the process? On the off-chance that I can't stand OPIE as a working environment. I've read the howto, how hard is it in "real life." It might be fun to invite some of the people from the compaq lab to the meeting if anyone who worked on ipaq linux is based in the Worcester area.... Wes -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

Jan. 6, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Notebooks...

by webmaster＠atari-users.net

Have you considered a Apple iBook or Powerbook? An iBook runs for about $1000 and PB's $2000. Compared to my Dell Laptop for work.. Apple has some nice hardware. I have an iBook 500mhz.. I was shocked how well Yellow Dog Linux ran on it. The speed difference over Mac OS X was very noticable. I also tried Mandrake PPC linux on it, not very impressed with it. Unfortunetly, the 20 gig drive I placed in the iBook fried, so all I have now is Mac OS X. The 10 gigs is too tight for a dual system. I'm having a hard time converting the wife to linux.<G> A buddy down in CT has a Powerbook running Yellow Dog also, only issue is the ATI video is not fully supported yet. just throwing my 2 cents in.. Rob Mahlert

Jan. 6, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Toshiba Laptop?

by doug waud

Wesley Allen wrote: > What's your collective opinion of Toshiba laptops? Circuit City > has got a decent machine (Satellite 1415-s173) for $999 and they actually > let me boot Knoppix on it to check out hardware support (everything > worked). I have an old toshiba satellite ( 2595cdt ) which runs nicely for me on SuSE 7.2. I have had it since 0ct/99. No problems. Have added memory and put in a large hard drive. > The only thing I'm wondering about is the battery. Battery life sucks. Like Andy I seem to get very poor running time. I get an hour or less on battery so, for all practical purposes, I just run it off the AC. > MY HP > laptop doesn't let Linux read the battery info with either apm or acpi, > and I think this is a function of an incredibly bad bios > implementation. The demo models at Circuit City didn't have batteries, > so I had no way of checking this bug out on that brand. Does anyone > have experience with a Toshiba laptop t I ran xapm and got a display which said I had 15% charge so I assume the bios was readable. The 15% probably means little since the computer has been sitting in its case inactive since the last WLUG meeting. doug PS while drafting this email the % came up to 21 so it seems the xapm is working as expected.

Jan. 6, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Notebooks...

by Wes Allen

When I have $1500, that's what I'm getting. I'm saving now! I looked at it the other day, what a cool machine! Wes On Monday 06 January 2003 9:45 am, Chuck Homic wrote: > On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 08:04:00AM +0000, Wesley T Allen wrote: > > My question is, what's known to work with Linux. Are Toshiba's > > friendly? I'm not touching a compaq with a 10 foot pole, and does > > anyone have an HP laptop that is fully functional with linux? What > > about the latest Dells? Or even, gasp GATEWAY???? > > > > I checked out linux on laptops, but most of the models weren't even > > close so I figured I'd ask all of you... > > Weren't close to what, exactly? You mean not close to working with Linux? > > I was looking for a simple machine (ie. more powerful than my desktop > P-200 was my minimum requirement) that would be ultra portable. I was > looking for something uber-small and uber-light that I'd carry around with > me everywhere because it was so uber-small and uber-light. > > I decided on a Fujitsu Lifebook P-2000, and it was the best purchasing > descision of my life. It has a couple of 1337 features: > > * 800MHz Crusoe chip (I mean come on, Linus helped design the chip!) > * 16:9 aspect ratio screen (1280x768), awesome for watching DVDs > * Wikkid 6+ hour battery life, with so-called "normal usage" > * Tiny: 10.5" by 6" by 1" > * Optional integrated 802.11b > * Everything works in Linux except the shatty WinModem > > All of my friends (who don't want a 19" screen on their laptop) drool over > the thing, so I'd highly recommend it if you don't need a number-crunchin' > gaming system. > > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

Jan. 6, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Notebooks...

by Chuck Homic

On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 08:04:00AM +0000, Wesley T Allen wrote: > My question is, what's known to work with Linux. Are Toshiba's > friendly? I'm not touching a compaq with a 10 foot pole, and does > anyone have an HP laptop that is fully functional with linux? What > about the latest Dells? Or even, gasp GATEWAY???? > I checked out linux on laptops, but most of the models weren't even > close so I figured I'd ask all of you... Weren't close to what, exactly? You mean not close to working with Linux? I was looking for a simple machine (ie. more powerful than my desktop P-200 was my minimum requirement) that would be ultra portable. I was looking for something uber-small and uber-light that I'd carry around with me everywhere because it was so uber-small and uber-light. I decided on a Fujitsu Lifebook P-2000, and it was the best purchasing descision of my life. It has a couple of 1337 features: * 800MHz Crusoe chip (I mean come on, Linus helped design the chip!) * 16:9 aspect ratio screen (1280x768), awesome for watching DVDs * Wikkid 6+ hour battery life, with so-called "normal usage" * Tiny: 10.5" by 6" by 1" * Optional integrated 802.11b * Everything works in Linux except the shatty WinModem All of my friends (who don't want a 19" screen on their laptop) drool over the thing, so I'd highly recommend it if you don't need a number-crunchin' gaming system. -Chuck

Jan. 6, 2003