[GRLUG] Wiki thread
Benjamin Flanders
flanderb at gmail.com
Tue May 16 15:11:07 EDT 2006
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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