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Re: [Wlug] nvidia with X

by Brad Noyes

i meant to attach my config, and log, but forgot. oh well here they are. On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 04:19:31PM -0500, Brad Noyes wrote: > Hi all > i've been struggling with trying to get nvidia's drivers to work for my TNT PCI card. The install goes fine, but when i startx, i only get a blank screen. Looking at the Log, i don't see any fatal errors. When i kill X (from a remote machine using ssh) my screen displays a few dozen vertical lines, and no console. I'm not very fluent in X, perhaps someone can spot an error in the config, or log file. > > Thanks, > --brad > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 7, 2002

Possible swap meet?

by Clint Moyer

As there is currently (AFAIK) no topic for the next Wednesday's WLUG meeting, I'd like to propose the possibility of a kinda sorta swap meet. I'm probably not the only person with an assortment of PC parts of dubious value. However one man's trash is another's treasure. Perhaps interested parties could bring their old parts to the meeting for possible exchange for someone else's. Is this practical, feasible, desireable or not a good idea at all?

March 7, 2002

nvidia with X

by Brad Noyes

Hi all i've been struggling with trying to get nvidia's drivers to work for my TNT PCI card. The install goes fine, but when i startx, i only get a blank screen. Looking at the Log, i don't see any fatal errors. When i kill X (from a remote machine using ssh) my screen displays a few dozen vertical lines, and no console. I'm not very fluent in X, perhaps someone can spot an error in the config, or log file. Thanks, --brad

March 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] coredump file

by luke macneil

March 6, 2002

coredump file

by Leon Do

Hello, Can somebody show me any techniques to look into a JVM core dump file? thanks for any help! -- Leon Do

March 6, 2002

OpenOffice Macros

by Wesley Allen

Hi everyone, I'm just sitting here doing some work and realized something. I should be able to reduce my keystrokes a LOT by writing some macros that would allow me to "quick change" my fonts in OpenOffice. I'm doing some research right now, but I never learned VB (which, I assume, OpenOfficeBasic is a derrivitave of) so I'm starting cold. Has anyone out there written some macros for OpenOffice? All I need is the ability to switch quickly between: English, Greek, and Hebrew. I'm not sure how to start. Like I said, I'm doing the research, but any hints and/or examples you all could share would be WONDERFUL. Thanks everyone, Wes

March 5, 2002

Re: [Wlug] pc anywhere

by Bill Smith

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:05:02 -0500 "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: > Doh... > > Its rdestkop, not rnetwork.... > > www.rdesktop.org > that's odd... i couldn't resolve www.rdesktop.org, but fortunately, Google knows about it. (the site you mentioned and the SourceForge site are there. SourceForge has it listed at http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop ...) thanks for the lead... +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | William Smith wsmith at chezsmith dot com | | Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Things are more like they are today than they ever were | | before. -- Dwight Eisenhower | | * TAG! v2.2 * | +--------------------------------------------------------------+

Feb. 27, 2002

RE: [Wlug] pc anywhere

by Keller, Tim

Doh... Its rdestkop, not rnetwork.... www.rdesktop.org Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Freitag [mailto:stevef@ma.ultranet.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 23:30 PM To: Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com Subject: RE: [Wlug] pc anywhere Do you have a link for rnetwork? I did a real quick check of google, freshmeat and sourceforge and didn't see it. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of Keller, Tim Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 6:23 PM To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' Subject: RE: [Wlug] pc anywhere I 2nd or 3rd VNC, you should also check out rnetwork. It allows a linux box to control a window$ box via micro$ith terminal services. I use it here at work and have had great luck with it. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: bryon3245(a)netzero.com [mailto:bryon3245@netzero.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 17:31 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] pc anywhere does any one know of a program for linux that is like the windows program pc anywhere. Where you can contral a remote computer just like it was in front of you. Thanks B.B. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 27, 2002

RE: [Wlug] pc anywhere

by Clint Moyer

www.tightvnc.com -----Original Message----- From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of bryon3245(a)netzero.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 5:31 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] pc anywhere does any one know of a program for linux that is like the windows program pc anywhere. Where you can contral a remote computer just like it was in front of you. Thanks B.B. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 27, 2002

Re: [Wlug] pc anywhere

by Josh Huber

"Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> writes: > I 2nd or 3rd VNC, you should also check out rnetwork. It allows a > linux box to control a window$ box via micro$ith terminal services. > I use it here at work and have had great luck with it. Yes, check out x2vnc. If you've seen x2x, this is the same but the other display can be a VNC display: http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html -- Josh Huber

Feb. 27, 2002

Re: [Wlug] pc anywhere

by Charles R. Anderson

On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 05:32:11PM -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote: felicity> Check out VNC: felicity> http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ and this cool VNC-compatible application which lets you connect to an already-running KDE X-session, so you can share your desktop just like the Windows version of VNCserver: http://freshmeat.net/projects/krfb/ -- 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

Feb. 26, 2002

RE: [Wlug] pc anywhere

by Keller, Tim

I 2nd or 3rd VNC, you should also check out rnetwork. It allows a linux box to control a window$ box via micro$ith terminal services. I use it here at work and have had great luck with it. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: bryon3245(a)netzero.com [mailto:bryon3245@netzero.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 17:31 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] pc anywhere does any one know of a program for linux that is like the windows program pc anywhere. Where you can contral a remote computer just like it was in front of you. Thanks B.B. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 26, 2002

RE: [Wlug] pc anywhere

by Tim Trachimowicz

I second this... I've been using it for a while now and have absolutely no complaints. --Track -----Original Message----- From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of Theo Van Dinter Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 5:32 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] pc anywhere On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 05:30:33PM -0500, bryon3245(a)netzero.com wrote: > does any one know of a program for linux that is like the windows program pc anywhere. Where you can contral a remote computer just like it was in front of you. Check out VNC: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ -- Randomly Generated Tagline: To know recursion, you must first know recursion. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] pc anywhere

by Theo Van Dinter

On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 05:30:33PM -0500, bryon3245(a)netzero.com wrote: > does any one know of a program for linux that is like the windows program pc anywhere. Where you can contral a remote computer just like it was in front of you. Check out VNC: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ -- Randomly Generated Tagline: To know recursion, you must first know recursion.

Feb. 26, 2002

pc anywhere

by bryon3245＠netzero.com

does any one know of a program for linux that is like the windows program pc anywhere. Where you can contral a remote computer just like it was in front of you. Thanks B.B. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

Feb. 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Linux for DEC Alpha 400 4/233 ??

by desdinova＠soupforare.net

On 26 Feb 2002, at 16:27, Stephen C. Daukas wrote: > > I remember from one of the more recent WLUGs that some information > about Linux on Alpha was presented. I was at the Mass Academy for > Math & Science yesterday, and they have several DEC Alpha 400 4/233 > machines and they asked me if there was a Linux that might run on > them. Not being a DEC kind of guy, I couldn't answer... > > Anyone care to offer some information regarding this? We had an Alphastation 533mhz running redhat err, 7.1, iirc. KDE was slow, I remember the video card not being impressive, so I'm sure X was not accelerated. She wasn't my box, so I don't know how optimised she was either. Suse, redhat, slack(i think), debian, *BSD all have alpha-centric distros. - (hey all, I just joined the ML) James KB1FJQ > Thanks in advance! > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Feb. 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] memory

by Stephen C. Daukas

At 04:26 PM 2/26/2002, Bill wrote: >On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:22:17 -0500 >"Stephen C. Daukas" <stephen(a)daukas.com> wrote: > > > At 03:52 PM 2/26/2002, you wrote: > > >On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:24:05 -0500 > > >Gregory Avedissian <avedis(a)ma.ultranet.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks, guys. Yeah, I remember $1/MB sounding good. I also > remember being > > > > able to fit a whole program into 1MB. Ah, those were the days... > > > > > >kids these days! when i was your age, the top-of-the-line system had 16k > > >RAM and four-color graphics!! And we were GRATEFUL! ;) > > > > Oh boy - here we go! > > > > "...up hill, both ways..." ;-) > > > > Steve > > > > P.S. - should I talk about using paper tape? > ><evil grin> i thought that would get a rise from those that are older >than me... <g> Don't know if I am older than you, but I've used some ancient stuff! >(for the record, the oldest system i worked on regularly was a DEC >PDP-11/70 running RSTS/E... we used Holerith cards and mag tape for >everything except programming [had dumb terminals for that], had disc >packs, and one 8" floppy drive...) My oldest was a "ruggedized" PDP-11/20 used by the US Navy (SSN 688 class subs). Other than that, I have worked on "newer" stuff that we designed for the Military, but mag tape was still a requirement - the ocean can get rough enough that you have to have a backup media for those days you just can't risk a head-crash! Steve

Feb. 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Linux for DEC Alpha 400 4/233 ??

by Scott Venier

Most any alpha linux distribution should work on that machine. I've seen redhat 7.1 on an alphastation 250, which is a very similar machine. Debian and SuSE should be fine too. Scott On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Stephen C. Daukas wrote: > > I remember from one of the more recent WLUGs that some information about > Linux on Alpha was presented. I was at the Mass Academy for Math & Science > yesterday, and they have several DEC Alpha 400 4/233 machines and they > asked me if there was a Linux that might run on them. Not being a DEC kind > of guy, I couldn't answer... > > Anyone care to offer some information regarding this? > > Thanks in advance! > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Feb. 26, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Linux for DEC Alpha 400 4/233 ??

by Evans, Robert

I think Red Hat and Mandrake both provide distributions for Alpha. I'm sure there are others too since Linus used an Alpha as a target during kernel 2.0 development. Robert N. Evans (Ex-DEC Guy) Work: Stratus Technologies N2-SWE -----Original Message----- From: Stephen C. Daukas [mailto:stephen@daukas.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 4:27 PM To: wlug(a)wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Linux for DEC Alpha 400 4/233 ?? I remember from one of the more recent WLUGs that some information about Linux on Alpha was presented. I was at the Mass Academy for Math & Science yesterday, and they have several DEC Alpha 400 4/233 machines and they asked me if there was a Linux that might run on them. Not being a DEC kind of guy, I couldn't answer... Anyone care to offer some information regarding this? Thanks in advance! Steve _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 26, 2002

Linux for DEC Alpha 400 4/233 ??

by Stephen C. Daukas

I remember from one of the more recent WLUGs that some information about Linux on Alpha was presented. I was at the Mass Academy for Math & Science yesterday, and they have several DEC Alpha 400 4/233 machines and they asked me if there was a Linux that might run on them. Not being a DEC kind of guy, I couldn't answer... Anyone care to offer some information regarding this? Thanks in advance! Steve

Feb. 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] memory

by Bill Smith

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:22:17 -0500 "Stephen C. Daukas" <stephen(a)daukas.com> wrote: > At 03:52 PM 2/26/2002, you wrote: > >On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:24:05 -0500 > >Gregory Avedissian <avedis(a)ma.ultranet.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks, guys. Yeah, I remember $1/MB sounding good. I also remember being > > > able to fit a whole program into 1MB. Ah, those were the days... > > > >kids these days! when i was your age, the top-of-the-line system had 16k > >RAM and four-color graphics!! And we were GRATEFUL! ;) > > Oh boy - here we go! > > "...up hill, both ways..." ;-) > > Steve > > P.S. - should I talk about using paper tape? <evil grin> i thought that would get a rise from those that are older than me... <g> (for the record, the oldest system i worked on regularly was a DEC PDP-11/70 running RSTS/E... we used Holerith cards and mag tape for everything except programming [had dumb terminals for that], had disc packs, and one 8" floppy drive...) -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | William Smith wsmith at chezsmith dot com | | Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Therapy is expensive. Popping bubblewrap | | is cheap. You choose. | | * TAG! v2.2 * | +--------------------------------------------------------------+

Feb. 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] memory

by Stephen C. Daukas

At 03:52 PM 2/26/2002, you wrote: >On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:24:05 -0500 >Gregory Avedissian <avedis(a)ma.ultranet.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, guys. Yeah, I remember $1/MB sounding good. I also remember being > > able to fit a whole program into 1MB. Ah, those were the days... > >kids these days! when i was your age, the top-of-the-line system had 16k >RAM and four-color graphics!! And we were GRATEFUL! ;) Oh boy - here we go! "...up hill, both ways..." ;-) Steve P.S. - should I talk about using paper tape?

Feb. 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] memory

by Bill Smith

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:24:05 -0500 Gregory Avedissian <avedis(a)ma.ultranet.com> wrote: > Thanks, guys. Yeah, I remember $1/MB sounding good. I also remember being > able to fit a whole program into 1MB. Ah, those were the days... kids these days! when i was your age, the top-of-the-line system had 16k RAM and four-color graphics!! And we were GRATEFUL! ;) > If you folks think memory prices are going to go higher, then maybe I better > go for it now. Thanks. have you looked on pricewatch (www.pricewatch.com)? -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | William Smith wsmith at chezsmith dot com | | Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | I'm weird, but around here it's barely noticeable. | | * TAG! v2.2 * | +--------------------------------------------------------------+

Feb. 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] memory

by Gregory Avedissian

Thanks, guys. Yeah, I remember $1/MB sounding good. I also remember being able to fit a whole program into 1MB. Ah, those were the days... If you folks think memory prices are going to go higher, then maybe I better go for it now. Thanks. Greg On Monday 25 February 2002 10:45, Jeremy wrote: > http://www.crucial.com is even a few bucks cheaper. > Never had a problem ordering from Crucial either. > > --- Adam Keck <akeck(a)mathworks.com> wrote: > > http://www.thechipmerchant.com/19610-0.html > > > > Stop yer moaning! ;-) Memory is still well below the 1/mb mark we > > thought was insanely low 1 and 1/2 years ago. I thought for sure it > > would spike above that level by now given some of the Dramurai's > > willingness to close factories. It may very well, yet... I will look > > through my parts bin for you though :). > > > > -Adam > > > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > > > Since we were just on the subject of hardware, I was wondering if > > > anyone > > > > had > > > > > any PC133 memory that they wanted to part with. I have a new box > > > that's > > > > half > > > > > built and would like 256MB, but I'd settle for 64 just to get it going. > > > I'm > > > > > > stalling on the memory, hoping the price will come back down. (it > > > doubled right after christmas). Thanks. > > > > > > Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wlug mailing list > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > "lingua machinationis creo, ergo sum" > > _____________________________________________ > > Adam Keck The Mathworks > > 508-647-7298 Natick, Ma > > www.mathworks.com > > FreeNIX/Backup/Unix Administrator > > _____________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > ===== > - > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 26, 2002

Re: ssh/virtual terminal "challenge"

by Bill Mills-Curran

Found it (RTFM)! Just add: -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" to the command line. Bill On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:10:52 -0500 (EST) > From: Bill Mills-Curran <subssn594(a)charter.net> > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: ssh/virtual terminal "challenge" > > I have a situation where I'd like to run ssh from a script to connect > to a different machine. In some cases, the machine's IP will have > changed, due to DHCP. Is there a way I can either: > > 1. make ssh accept the new site without supplying the "yes" from the > keyboard. > > or > > 2. Somehow set up a controlling terminal or virtual terminal to > provide the "yes" that ssh requires? > > I have not been able to get something like "openvt" to work. I have > no experience with these things. > > TIA, > Bill > >

Feb. 25, 2002