[GRLUG] Wiki thread

Tue May 16 17:37:11 EDT 2006

Mmm...
I didn't think about not having it "open to edit for all".  I use
MoinMoin at work here and this uses ACL's so this would be an option
as well.

On 5/16/06, David Pembrook <david at pembrook.net> wrote:
>
>  I use media wiki which can require a login to edit or even view pages. See
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikipedia/. They run
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia on this, so I
> imagine it can prevent wiki spam.
>
>  I could host the wiki as well, but it probably should just go on the list
> server box.
>
>  Dave
>
>
>  Benjamin Flanders wrote:
>  Do we have a web space that we can put a wiki in? Are there wiki's
> out there that have good spam protection?
>
> On 5/16/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  It sounds like you have experience. Care to
>  set up something for the group? I will
>  contribute what I can, including solutions to
>  my problems that people in the group provide.
>  A simple statement of the problem, and the
>  solution arrived at.
>
>  i.e., a good idea made even better by getting
>  on with it. Google can then catch wind of it
>  eventually, and others outside the group can
>  use the information.
>
>
>  -Bob
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/16/06, Shawn McCuan <metiosarius at linspirenetwork.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  A wiki would be nice :)
>
> David Pembrook wrote:
>
>
>  I've said it before and I'll say it again.... We should get a wiki
> going! Everyone can edit, its searchable, its awsome.
>
> I can't live without my private wiki.. Keep my notes in there, links,
> my own howto's compiled from others.
>
> Dave
>
> Bob Kline wrote:
>
>
>  Just curious, has anyone here posted any
> Linux related material on the web? Since
> so many people here seem to use google
> as their first choice for solving problems,
> perhaps the solutions found here should then
> be posted somewhere too. In the spirit of
> give a little, don't just take.
>
>  -Bob
>
> On 5/16/06, *Jordan Hudson* <jodanlime at gmail.com
> <mailto:jodanlime at gmail.com >> wrote:
>
>  yeah, linux and ati dont get along good with each other
>  sometimes, I would google that card and ubuntu together, see what
>  you can come up with there, I'm sure somebody has a similar
>
>  problem.
>
>
>
>
>  On 5/16/06, *Bob Kline* <bob.kline at gmail.com
>  <mailto:bob.kline at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>  I've been very lucky with my look at Ubuntu..... :-(
>
>  The display problems occurred with two machines.
>  Both have ATI cards, which, while old, are
>  nevertheless common video cards.
>
>  I was a bit surprised.
>
>
>  -Bob
>
>
>  On 5/16/06, *Jordan Hudson* < jodanlime at gmail.com
>  <mailto:jodanlime at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>  wow, I've never had a display problem with ubuntu, maybe you
>  should try the expert setup, maybe ol' breezy is just seeing your
>  card wrong.
>
>
>
>  On 5/15/06, *Tim Schmidt * <timschmidt at gmail.com
>  <mailto: timschmidt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>  Looks largely moot now.
>
>  --tim
>
>  On 5/14/06, Bob Kline < bob.kline at gmail.com
>  <mailto:bob.kline at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  > I ran Caldera ( a long time ago! ) on the old
>  > box. Nothing on the newer box, but will be trying
>  > some others. Both boxes run windoz fine -
>  > fine considering windoz anyway.
>  >
>  >
>  > I'll try the vesa driver on the new machine. As
>  > mentioned, the "live" CD runs on the old machine,
>  > albeit quit slowly. Too slowly to be interesting.
>  >
>  >
>  > Manually resetting the machine? I don't follow.
>  >
>  >
>  > "Check the MD5 / SHA1 signature of the ISO?" How
>  > do I do that?
>  >
>  >
>  > The motherboard is an ASUS A7A266. About
>  > 5 or 6 years old. The display card is an ATI
>  > "Rage Fury Pro." 32MB of memory.
>  >
>  >
>  > I'll try a CD-R rather than a CD-RW at some point
>  > with the "install" version. Seems far fetched, but
>  > nothing else is making much sense at this point.
>  >
>  >
>  > -Bob
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > On 5/14/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com
>  <mailto: timschmidt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  > >
>  > On 5/14/06, Bob Kline < bob.kline at gmail.com
>  <mailto:bob.kline at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  > > The "live" version came up on an older machine, but
>  > > was indeed too slow to be interesting. On a newer
>  > > machine it comes up to a point, and then I get display
>  > > problems.
>  >
>  > Have you given other recent Linux distributions a shot on
>  the same
>  > hardware? You could also try specifying the vesa display
>  driver,
>  > which should work on any graphics hardware.
>  >
>  > > The "install" version results in the endless "Press a key
>  > > to reboot" messages. I'm repeating myself a bit here,
>  > > but just to be clear, it is the "install" version that I
>
>  am
>
>
>
>
>  > > really interested in. The "live" version can't be taken
>  > > seriously except as a demo vehicle.
>  >
>  > Sounds like either a bad CD, a funky ACPI setup, or some
>  other odd
>  > problem. Have you tried manually resetting the machine?
>  >
>  > > I suspect Ubuntu has to work better than this, given its
>  > > reputation, which is why I brought up the possibility that
>  > > there might be some kind of "burn" issue, even though
>  > > just what escapes me. The DVD/CD device works fine
>  > > in all other respects. I routinely use it for backups.
>  >
>  > Check the MD5 / SHA1 signature of the ISO?
>  >
>  > > Now, my machine is a home rolled unit too, so I really
>  > > can't go and say to anyone "Ubuntu doesn't work on an X
>  >
>  > So are all mine... motherboard and graphics card make and
>  model might help.
>  >
>  > --tim
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