http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15278 Submitted purely FYI. BACKGROUND I've mentioned in the past that my main home PC had come with an NVidia card that I wasn't terribly happy with in terms of speed. It was a Quadro NVS 285, and didn't have much in the way of fast 3D acceleration. Fine for desktop use, but not good for 3D action games. Normally, I spec such things out and/or build them myself. I got this system at a fire-sale price, but had to take it "as is". So I had been looking for a new video card. Unfortunately, all the options seemed to have serious problems: NVidia's drivers are binary-only; ATI's drivers are new and/or incomplete; Intel's hardware isn't good at fast 3D. I held out for as long as I could, but eventually broken down and purchased something less than completely satisfactory. REQUIREMENTS My requirements (in roughly descending order of importance): * Works well with Linux (primarily accelerated 2D), in particular, Fedora and CentOS * Decent 3D performance for Wintendo (I play games like Half-Life 2 and Po Ben Scott 2008-08-29T17:56:42 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15274 I just noticed that for any of my email folders Thunderbird will report an URL of the form: imap://userName< at >serverName/pathName ...and I wonder if there's a Linux tool like wget that I can use to pull email folders and such from an Exchange server, hopefully into a local hierarchy whose layout reflects that of the Exchange server's and, ideally (I can dream!) one file per msg, MH-style. I've found general info like this: http://xml.resource.org/public/rfc/html/rfc2192.html ...but haven't yet found a Linux tool suitable for the task. Michael ODonnell 2008-08-29T16:09:02 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15272 Hi, Anyone have experience with compiling an experimental x-server per http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_compile_an_experimental_X_server ? If anyone recalls, I have the Radeon X1650 PRO dual-dvi card. I really need to get both 2D and 3D working for a visualization task. So far, I have not been able to get stuff going since I apparently have an old version x-server. Before (but not related to) my disk crash, I played with the proprietary ATI/AMD driver, but the 3D stuff really didn't seem to work. Maybe I did not enable things correctly. Since I recreated my system, I have not reinstalled the AMD proprietary driver. The script looks promising since it seems to automate fetching compilation and installation from git and cvs. Has anyone tried it? Any pitfalls I should know about? This installation only installs in your home directory and supposedly does not trash your existing x-server. I did notice that the webpage has not been updated since 2007... That could be good, or not. -Bruce Labitt, Bruce 2008-08-29T14:16:22 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15267 I'm building two new work systems; installing Kubuntu on A) a desktop and B) a notebook. Both are i386 so there are no architecture differences. There are of course differences in RAM, and disk space. However, I'm installing binary packages. The desktop is pretty much done. I started building the notebook (meaning point and click through the package manager). Rather than try to chase down all the software I'd like to install, I'd rather just clone the desktop system. I figured the most straightforward way to install all the packages that are on system A onto system B is to just list the installed packages and feed that into a apt-get install system A dpkg-query -l|cut -d ' ' -f 3 |xargs echo -n > package-list.txt system B sudo apt-get install -f package-list.txt Any better approaches? Any reasons this will blown up in my face? Thanks, Greg Rundlett 2008-08-26T18:42:21 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15265 For some reason, when I plug in my headphones on my laptop (Thinkpad R61 series) the speakers continue working. So the sound is coming through the headphones and the speakers. This only started happenning after I trued using a USB headset. Before I ever plugged that in, I didn't have this issue. When i had headphones plugged in, the external speakers were mute. Any ideas? Thanks Tom TARogue 2008-08-26T11:28:48 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15263 PySIG Manchester, NH 28 August 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The BOSS BOSS -- Build your Own Search Service Presented by Ray Côté, Appropriate Solutions, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ____________________________________________________________________ PySIG -- New Hampshire Python Special Interest Group Amoskeag Business Incubator, Manchester, NH 28 August 2008 (4th Thursday) 7:00PM (Beginner's Q&A at 6:30PM) The monthly meeting of PySIG, the NH Python Special Interest Group, takes place on the fourth Thursday of the month, starting at 7:00 PM. A beginners' session precedes, at 6:30 PM. (Bring a Python question!) Favorite-gotcha contest, Kent's Korner, and more this month. ____________________________________________________________________ BOSS, an Internet search API from Yahoo Bill Sconce 2008-08-26T00:26:13 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15261 I share the author's grudging admiration for the sophistication of this Windows malware: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/22/anatomy_of_a_hack/print.html Michael ODonnell 2008-08-24T01:34:30 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15260 FYI for those of you who may be running RedHat or Fedora. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-August/msg00012.html Thomas Charron 2008-08-22T15:29:49 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15258 Matt Lind, Assistant Director of Computer Services at NHTI, wrote to tell me that NHTI has adopted the Red Hat Academy curriculum (1) as the basis of their Intro to UNIX Operating Systems course coming up this fall. The first semester covers the equivalent of Red Hat's RHA030 course and the second the RHA130 materials. Both courses are useful in preparing folks new to UNIX for the Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) certification. Matt tells me that there are still some seats available. If you or friends or associates would be interested in learning more on Linux in a structured environment, this can be a very economical way to do it. http://www.nhti.edu (1) Assistant Director of Computer Services at NHTI Ted Roche 2008-08-22T12:19:16 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15257 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss-Z8c80N6yweDq5qozqU1N3A< at >public.gmane.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ Jerry Feldman 2008-08-22T11:27:23 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15256 *************************************************************** Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group http://dlslug.org/ a chapter of GNHLUG - http://gnhlug.org *************************************************************** The next regular monthly meeting of the DLSLUG will be held: Thursday, September 4th, 7-9PM at: Dartmouth College, Room TBA All are welcome, free of charge. Agenda 7:00 Sign-in, networking 7:15 Introductory remarks 7:20 RSpec and Behaviour Driven Development, a.k.a, Battle of the Testing Frameworks, Vol. II: "Aim For Brevity, But Avoid Jargon" presented by Ari Brown BDD is the new buzzword that everyone and their Mom is handing out like they're running for office. But what exactly IS BDD? BDD is Behavior Driven Development, and it's ALL about describing how your application works, as opposed to testi Bill McGonigle 2008-08-22T00:20:43 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15250 Hey, I've searched the main exim docs to see if it implements RFC 3463 and I can't find any such reference. I know there are some exim fans here. Does exim not support that RFC? Jeff Macdonald 2008-08-21T18:50:50 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15247 This just got posted on our internal jabber server - thought folks here might be amused by it. http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/blog/entry/package-management-sudoku/ Cole Tuininga 2008-08-21T18:13:09 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15233 Good Morning. My daughter has a Dell Inspiron (5100) and she dropped it. Consequently, the LCD is cracked in a couple places. I assume Dell sold a bazillion of these machines, so also, I assume parts are available... Where might I go in the Southern NH or Mass. areas, to get this Laptop repaired ??? Thanks In Advance paulc paul.cour1-H+0wwilmMs3R7s880joybQ< at >public.gmane.org 2008-08-21T14:45:47 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15211 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss-Z8c80N6yweDq5qozqU1N3A< at >public.gmane.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ Peg Harris 2008-08-20T18:25:55 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15210 Who : Everybody What : Linux suggestions and improvements Where: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 21 Aug **Tomorrow** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion :: Overview The kernel is done. Who would need features beyond KDE 3.4? Ubunto installation is the acme of perfection. Should we stop developing Linux and just use it? Aside from applications, what new Linux features do you need? What flaws bug you the most? Does code size and operating speed mean enough these days to justify recoding? Does Vista have anything Linux should add? Should the United Nations (or maybe NATO) decree that all new computer designs include a debugged Linux installer, as is done for Microsoft products? Come along for a pleasant summer evening in good company. Ponder the future and what we can do about it. >>> RSVP to Jim Kuzdrall for dinner to assure adequate seating. <<< !!! If you are not a "Regular Attendee" (50%), please let me know. !!! Driving directions: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/ Jim Kuzdrall 2008-08-20T09:43:56 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15209 Several weeks ago, somebody asked about software to efficiently pack files onto several volumes (e.g. CDROMs). I don't remember whether anyone mentioned GAFFitter, a program I just ran across that uses a genetic algorithm. There's a discussion on page 17 of this electronic journal: http://www.sigevolution.org/issues/pdf/SIGEVOlution200801.pdf The GAFFitter site is here: http://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/ I have not tried it out. - Jim Van Zandt James R. Van Zandt 2008-08-20T00:24:01 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15208 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss-Z8c80N6yweDq5qozqU1N3A< at >public.gmane.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ Jerry Feldman 2008-08-19T20:08:08 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15194 Bringing this thread over here from gnhlug-org... Someone brought up the idea of powering a laptop from DC sources, rather than the traditional AC power bricks. This is strictly about external power, not the laptop's built-in batteries. Obviously, many laptops come with "travel adapters", designed to plug into 12 VDC automobile "cigarette lighter" power sockets. If you have one of those, and it works, use it. But things are not always so easy. Case-in-point was a Dell Vostro 1700. It has a 17" display and sucks power like a black hole sucks... everything. Dell doesn't offer a travel adapter for it. According to the sticker on the bottom, it's rated for 19.5 VDC at 4.62 A. Doing the math, that's 90 watts. Dell-branded travel adapters seem to top out at around 65 watts for some reason. 90 watts at 12 VDC is only 7.5 A, which doesn't seem that big to me. I believe my car cig lighter socket is rated at 12 A. I know laptops can vary their power draw quite a bit. In particular, running the Ben Scott 2008-08-18T22:24:32 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15191 http://rivercoolcool.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D6F05428A2B8CB48!1570.entry Michael ODonnell 2008-08-18T16:31:52 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/15186 http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/08/15/ap5329380.html Chris 2008-08-18T14:09:47 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug