[GRLUG] Wiki thread
Mike
mikerm at gmail.com
Tue May 16 21:17:15 EDT 2006
I'm running Fedora, so I volunteer to do any Fedora parts if there is
any, that and KDE (since KDE is better than gnome, haha).
On 5/16/06, Godwin <geektoyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oops, I should have read this thread before posting on another...
> Yeah, we have a box for GRLUG. We should have a meeting and vote-in
> some officials or something. Volunteers?
>
> G-
>
>
>
> On 5/16/06, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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