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AMD Releases 3D Programming Documentation
by Chuck Anderson 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_tcore_release&num=1 "AMD has just published the first bits of open-source 3D programming documentation for ATI GPUs. This 3D programming documentation covers the R500 series and even goes back with information on the R300/400 series as well. The R600 3D programming guide will also be out soon. This information available today is what will foster the growth of open-source R500/600 3D support for the Radeon and RadeonHD drivers as well as R600 2D acceleration."

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Scheduler Program mentioned in meeting
by Eric Stein 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Hi all, Yeah, I'm still *in* the meeting. Glory be to laptops. I'm building a PyGTK scheduling application. It can be downloaded at: http://cons.truct.org/projects/psyched.html Release 0.1.0 is usable, but I suggest using the SVN trunk - it's better. I'm probably going to be releasing 0.1.1 in a few weeks. Eric

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REMINDER: Meeting on Thursday, Feb 21st
by Andy Stewart 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, Our next meeting is this Thursday, Feb 21st, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. I'll update the website when it comes back up. For some reason, I cannot access www.wlug.org at this time. There is currently no specified topic for this meeting. If somebody would like to address the group, please let me know. Otherwise, what I might do is bring in the Ubuntu 7.10/KDE4 CD and we can explore it together. I've only had a brief glimpse of it. Afterwards, we'll retire to a local pizza restaurant for pizzas, sodas, and great conversation on Linux and other related topics. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHupl3Hl0iXDssISsRAgmQAJ4xjy96KHV5j1OxDqJO8rBU34aM+gCfcPyN EB6CF792/EVkdF2AWK7cjG4= =krOA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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JOB - Linux Applications, C/C++ contract openings
by John Spencer 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Our client in northern MA has 2 openings for Linux Application Engineers. These are 4 + mths contracts. The work includes some design, full implementation of code, code reviews, integration with hardware and other software, writing test plans, and executing test plan. Linux, multithreaded, multiprocessor, strong C/C++ (emphasis on C++), strong debugging, good communication skills, and team player. Most of our Linux applications are user space processes that are in C++, use a lot of interprocess communications both on the same processor and on other processors in the system. The IPC is CORBA and Sockets. We are using Wind River 2.0 release which has Linux 2.6.21. Processors are Freescale 8548. Source control is Perforce. Would be required to design, document designs, and follow company standard practices and processes. Regards, Optimal Engineering Partners Inc. is now Symphony Services! John Spencer Office: 978-256-1113 ext 7608 Fax: 978-256-1184 jspencer(a)symphonysv.com <mailto:jspencer@symphonysv.com> Symphony Services 1 Technology Park Drive Westford , MA 01886 www.symphonysv.com <blocked::file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\hripley-boyd\Application %20Data\Microsoft\Signatures\www.symphonysv.com> This electronic transmission (and any attached documents) contains information from Symphony Services and is for the sole use of the individual or entity it is addressed to. If you receive this message in error, please notify me and destroy the attached message (and all attached documents) immediately.

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WPI ACM Swapfest this Saturday 02/09
by Chuck Anderson 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

The WPI chapter of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) is holding a Swap meet in the WPI Campus Center Odeum this upcoming Saturday from 10am-6pm. Come by to buy/sell/trade computer hardware This event has also been advertised in the MIT swap chain. http://web.mit.edu/w1gsl/Public/ne-fleas 9 Feb Worcester MA WPI ACM @Campus Ctr Odeum @10AM Free Bob 908 672 2841 + The Campus Center is building #7 on the 2D walking map: http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/campusmap.html

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Interview with Fred Weber
by Chaim The Squirrel Keeper 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

I just started listening to this interview, and there's a lot of interesting history being recounted about the supercomputer industry and microprocessor (particularly AMD) industry and design. I bet a lot of you would find it interesting, too. They have MP3 and Ogg Vorbis links in the article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/08/fred_weber_scc13/ -- Rich

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JOB: Linux Systems Administrator
by Andy Stewart 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Contact: Teri Pirozzi Technical Recruiter, Software Business Systems tpirozzi(a)sbsystems.com Office 781-721-1000 Production Support - Linux Systems Administrator Newton, MA The Production Support - Systems Administrator will hold the primary responsibility for the Production Environment (PE) from both a strategic and tactical perspective. The focus will be on the OS and application layer. The PS-SA will be heavily involved in project related work as well as break & fix interrupt driven work as it pertains to the Operating System and application. The PS-SA will maintain an on-call escalation position supporting the Operations Center analysts in a 7X24 configuration. They will carry the overall responsibility of ensuring that consistency, stability and good health exists at all times within the production environment. PS-SA will be responsible for accepting production code from QA and rolling it into production. The PS-SA will work with analysts and development to trouble shoot and solve issues with production code. Responsibilities ? Architect, install, and maintain production systems. ? Maintain and implement servers and storage devices, disk layouts, file system configurations, and OS to support specific applications. ? Troubleshoot and resolve OS and application issues within the production environment. ? Responsible for documenting configurations and writing deployment plans. ? Responsible to train and support junior analysts. ? Testing, scheduling and stalling patches and upgrades. ? Testing, developing, and maintaining server and OS Layer standards throughout the production environment. ? Own and operate all support related utilities and software. ? Be responsible for a series of reports on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. ? Prototypes and certifies standard hardware, operating systems, storage and third party applications to support the production environment. ? Review third party or open source technology as needed and apply to the production environment as appropriate. Experience ? BS degree, and 7 plus years experience preferred. ? 5 years of Linux administration experience, preferably Red Hat or similar knock off (CentOS). ? Languages: Shell scripting experience necessary, Perl preferred. ? Should have experience installing, monitoring and maintaining applications in a 7x24 production environment. ? Should be familiar with standard networking protocols. ? Experience within a start-up environment is preferred. ? Ideal candidate would be motivated and able to assume team lead role should the opportunity arise. Requirements ? Able to work independently and come up to speed quickly on new technologies. ? Team player who exhibits good communication and interpersonal skills. ? Ability to thrive within a team environment. ? Ability to document standards and implementation of new technologies. ? Must be customer focused / strong interpersonal skills. In the best of all worlds the right candidate would: 1) be close to guru level in Linux. 2) need to be completely hands on. 3) have experience at a high volume internet site. 4) know pretty much all there is to know about web servers, DNS, mass e-mails, content delivery, disaster recovery, general internet operations. Contact: Teri Pirozzi Technical Recruiter, Software Business Systems tpirozzi(a)sbsystems.com Office 781-721-1000 - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHncRuHl0iXDssISsRAmfZAJ93ok4x4hGM6bowNwQJO0b9yzrkJgCfTGpO nEM5yRR2d509R6WlxVZjQA0= =FzYL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Wlug] Next meeting?
by James Gray 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

All of the meetings for 2008 have been scheduled and are on wlug.org (via the WLUG Meetings link at the top of the page). No topic has been announced yet for this meeting. January 17, 2008 – Thursday Access Grid Room Lower Wedge Morgan Hall 7:00 PM Topic: TBD Finally a question on this list I can answer. :-) -James > > Hey... Any idea when the next meeting is going to be and what it's going to be about? >

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Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Next Meeting: Thursday, Jan 17, 7:00 PM
by howard＠howardwhite.net 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

I have an XO laptop and might even go to my very first WLUG meeting (after having been on the mailing list for a couple of years.) I would also like to see how the mesh networking looks in action. Howard White Hudson

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Reminder: Next Meeting: Thursday, Jan 17, 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, The topic of this upcoming meeting will be the XO laptop from the One Laptop per Child project. I'll lead the discussion with a demonstration of the hardware and software features of the laptop. If you have an XO laptop, please bring it, as I haven't yet had a chance to try out the mesh networking, and it would be fun to try in a live demo. Remember: Thursday, Jan 17th, 2008, 7:00 PM on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA, in the Access Grid room on the ground floor of Morgan Hall (ok, its the wedge between Morgan and Daniels). Afterwards, we'll head out of pizza at a restaurant chosen by the group. See ya there, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHjBIZHl0iXDssISsRAowwAKCEDxPHflpHMXd55n4d+VxB7Y1cAgCdEUAy jOf536AyHVG5IRnJzqfqH0E= =r+i2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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CRT's
by Mike Leo 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

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

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Fedora Disapointment
by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

I understand that my laptop is old. Every time I've upgraded Red Hat/Fedora, I've liked the new system until Fedora 8. I didn't always upgrade. I skipped Fedora 7 since the live CD didn't boot on my laptop but Fedora 6 ran great. Fedora 8 is a dog with my small amount of memory (256M). I'm thinking I'll buy more memory but it disappoints me that Fedora runs poorly with 256M. (I would buy a new laptop but I'm just not impressed with the current offerings.) Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

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Re: [Wlug] Next meeting?
by Jamie Guinan 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > James Gray wrote: > > All of the meetings for 2008 have been scheduled and are on wlug.org > > (via the WLUG Meetings link at the top of the page). No topic has > > been announced yet for this meeting. > > > > January 17, 2008 � Thursday > > Access Grid Room > > Lower Wedge > > Morgan Hall > > 7:00 PM > > Topic: TBD > > > > Finally a question on this list I can answer. :-) > > -James > > Hi Gang, > > Yes indeed, that's the date for the next meeting, and there is no > speaker scheduled (yet) for this meeting. Any volunteers? > > Failing that, I doubt folks would be interested in seeing a real XO > laptop. ;-) I could bring one if people are interested. That would > give me incentive to learn how to use most of the programs. However, > there isn't any VGA output, so I don't know how to get the image on the > screen where an audience could see it. VNC perhaps? I'm not sure. I'll > play with it over the weekend. For external connections, the machine has > USB ports, wireless (WEP only), microphone and speaker jacks. I hope you're bringing enough for everybody. :) For VNC, if you can get it (I hope you'll spend a minute or two on the packaging system) or build it, "x11vnc" requires virtually no setup and lets you export your current X session to a VNC client, http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ -Jamie > Later, > > Andy > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) > Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) > Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHh/pKHl0iXDssISsRApbdAJwN+jNtjRnq+fbTUYo0v8G8k0jHTACfS1JC > mvveJr9PcqQtIn8TKrK7vfI= > =qGnh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Next meeting?
by Tim Keller 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

Hey... Any idea when the next meeting is going to be and what it's going to be about? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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CRT
by Mike Leo 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

thanks to all who responded to my request for a CRT. I have one now that will most likely work. If not, i'll ping those who responded and make arrangements. Happy New Year!

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Re: [Wlug] CRT's
by Mike Leo 05 Jan '08

05 Jan '08

Stephen, where are you located? ----- Original Message ---- From: Stephen Daukas <scd(a)daukas.com> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Friday, January 4, 2008 8:38:42 PM Subject: Re: [Wlug] CRT's 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 -

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Getting the Edimax ew-7108pcg working on Xubuntu 6.06 LTS
by Adam Keck 04 Jan '08

04 Jan '08

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

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Information for Linux newbies?
by Kevin Harrington 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

As i mentioned at the meeting this past week I am going to be giving a seminar for linux newbies and would like to pull from people that know better then i do on what i should teach people. What i would like to know is: What are some things that you wish you had known as a newbie? Think back to your very first linux install and any short-cuts, tips, tricks, and gatcha's that would make peoples first experience easier. There is a lot of windows resentment after the slow trainwreck that is vista, so lets see if we can get a few new converts! P.S. one of the big concerns for a few people that i have talked to has been games, if anyone has a list of new-ish games that work or any tips specific to making the most recent generation work under linux, that would make things much easier ;)

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reboot problem
by Gregory Avedissian 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

At the meeting before last, I asked about a problem I'm having with the computer occasionally going to a black screen with no disk activity on reboot, right after the grub menu goes away. Overnight memtest showed no errors, I put a different vid card in, and still had the black screen problem. One of the things someone mentioned was to test the power supply. Recently, I had a few hard lockups and a couple of spontaneous reboots. So, how do I test my power supply, other than replacing it and seeing if the problem goes away? Or is that evidence enough to change it ASAP? According to lm-sensors, voltages are fine, and I've even sat and watched gkrellm for long periods of time - they look stable. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Greg

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REMINDER: Upcoming WLUG Meeting
by Andy Stewart 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, Our next WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday, 12-dec-2007, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid Room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. At this meeting, we'll have Dan Walsh from RedHat as our guest speaker. Dan will talk about SELinux. First, Dan will give a quick overview of SELinux, followed by a discussion of what's new with SELinux in Fedora 8. Dan will then hand out SELinux live CDs of Fedora 8, from which he will present how to write SELinux policy. This promises to be a great meeting that you won't want to miss. After the meeting, we'll head out for dinner at a local pizza restaurant. See ya then! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHXeT5Hl0iXDssISsRAggmAJ0RwVvLuUuHMMZSElq5lt8hCh4lOACfQraL teVSJANE/lCW5eAlSSCXnSs= =ROZn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Any XMl-types out there?
by Stephen Daukas 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hello Everyone! So, I have to teach myself myself XML, XSL, et al., for work... (The VB stuff is in the background for now!) I started playing with XML yesterday, and have gotten pretty far along. But... I have to deal with M$-generated XML files that looks like the following (I added the first two lines for display in a browser): <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="SOURCES.xsl"?> <xml xmlns:s='uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882' xmlns:dt='uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882' xmlns:rs='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset' xmlns:z='#RowsetSchema'> <s:Schema id='RowsetSchema'> <s:ElementType name='row' content='eltOnly'> <s:AttributeType name='ID305B' rs:number='1' rs:nullable='true' rs:maydefer='true' rs:writeunknown='true'> <s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='50'/> </s:AttributeType> [snip] <s:extends type='rs:rowbase'/> </s:ElementType> </s:Schema> <rs:data> <z:row ID305B='MA11002' CYCLE='2002' USE_ID='537' CAUSE_ID='226' SOURCE_ID='180' CONFIRMED='N'/> [~11,000 lines snipped] So, I wrote the following SOURCES.xsl file to display this beast in a browser (it uses recursion): <?xml version='1.0'?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:rs='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset' xmlns:z='#RowsetSchema' version="1.0"> <xsl:template match="/"> <HTML> <BODY topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> <xsl:apply-templates select="/xml/rs:data"/> </BODY> </HTML> </xsl:template> <xsl:key name="rows-by-AU" match="z:row" use="@ID305B" /> <xsl:template match="z:row"> <xsl:apply-templates select="key('rows-by-AU', ID305B)" /> <div AU_ID="{ID305B}"> <xsl:apply-templates select="key('rows-by-AU', ID305B)" /> <div USE_ID="{CYCLE}"> <div USE_ID="{USE_ID}"> <xsl:value-of select="@ID305B"/> (<xsl:value-of select="@CYCLE"/>): <xsl:apply-templates select="key('rows-by-AU', USE_ID)"/> <xsl:value-of select="@USE_ID"/> - <xsl:value-of select="@CAUSE_ID"/> - <xsl:value-of select="@SOURCE_ID"/> </div> </div> </div> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> And it works (surprised the hell out of me)! But now I'm having the hardest time figuring out how to format this the way I'd like. This is how it currently looks in the browser: MA11002 (2002): 537 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 537 - 448 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 413 - 177 MA11002 (2002): 539 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 539 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 478 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 413 - 140 MA11018 (2002): 538 - 413 - 140 MA11018 (2002): 539 - 413 - 140 MA11018 (2002): 541 - 413 - 140 MA11019 (2002): 537 - 312 - 140 MA11019 (2002): 538 - 312 - 140 MA11019 (2002): 539 - 312 - 140 MA11019 (2002): 541 - 312 - 140 [... other IDs in between 2002 and 2008 ...] MA11002 (2008): 537 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 478 - 92 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 312 - 156 [... thousands of additional IDs ...] And I'd like the output to look something like: MA11002 (2002): 537 - 226 - 180 - 448 - 140 538 - 226 - 180 - 413 - 140 - 177 539 - 226 - 180 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 226 - 180 - 478 - 92 - 312 - 156 [...] So, things would need to be grouped by ID305B and CYCLE, then by USE_ID, then by CAUSE_ID, then by SOURCE_ID. But, I'd even settle for output that looks like: MA11002 (2002): 537 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 537 - 448 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 413 - 177 MA11002 (2002): 539 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 539 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 478 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 478 - 92 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 312 - 156 [... thousands of additional IDs ...] where the IDs from the two different years are adjacent to one another... I believe this will involve much pain and suffering while I try to figure out such things as XML nodes, grouping, sorting, and the like... But, I'm hoping someone will look at this and say "boy Daukas, that's easy... just do this, and then that, and voila - your done!". Anyone? Anyone? ;-) Thanks in advance for any help! Steve

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Solaris automounter
by vze284qe＠verizon.net 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hi All, At work I have a SunFire v245 (Sparc) running SunOs 5.10, which I guess is Solaris 10. When I put a CD in the drive, it doesn't get mounted. I checked to see if 'vold' was running and it was. What else should I check for? I'm not too familiar with Solaris, so any help is appreciated. TIA, -Chuck

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Xinerama issues with Fedora Core 8...
by Tim Keller 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hey Gang, I had a perfectly working Fedora Core 6 system and I had to go mess things up... I backed up my whole system and did a clean install of Fedora Core 8, only to find that my >old< xorg.conf config doesn't work anymore... I was able to get a config finally working, but only on a single monitor. Here's my setup: Screen 1: DELL LCD panel connected to an onboard AGP intel video card Screen 2: DELL LCD panel connected to a PCI ATI Radeon video card Now, I have config files that'll drive one or the other, but not both. The moment I enable Xinerama, the X server crashes with a signal 11. As far as I can tell... Xinerama support is totally borked in Fedora Core 8. Has anybody come across any solutions? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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initrd.img file
by vze284qe＠verizon.net 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Hello, I built a custom "gutsy gibbon" kernel, but I can't find the corresponding initrd.img file. There's a link in / that looks like this: initrd.img-> boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-generic. Shouldn't there be a new initrd.img file that was created when I built the new kernel or am I missing something? TIA, -- -Chuck

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Linux Choix?
by Greater Worcester Land Trust 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

It has been a while. I tried getting our nonprofit (Worcester land conservation) to adopt Linux some years back. Problem I had back then was weak graphic options, publisher options, Quicken options, and a lack of a good answer to running ArcGIS. I was beaten back into M$. I want another crack at this. I am looking to take a spare laptop and install a Linux OS and OS apps. Previously, some years back, I used to use what are now Mandriva Linux installs. Coming back to this I see that there are dozens and dozens of options these days. What, if any, of the options do the WLUG folk prefer/recommend. Thanks so much, Colin

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