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[Leaplist] Novell not loosing favor with the FSF
[Leaplist] Re: CDs
Re: Call for Volunteers, was [Leaplist] Kubuntu for Hamcation
[Leaplist] ubuntu questions
Re: [Leaplist] ubuntu questions
Re: [Leaplist] ubuntu questions
[Leaplist] Final iteration of DSL3.2 Released-with Broadcomm updates!
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howdy-
i've got kubuntu running on my laptop, a mac powerbook g4. the
installer didn't work perfectly, but it was "pretty close"... two
problems left:
(1) the video is a little bit "off", in that some of the graphic
images that came with it have entirely the wrong colours in them, and
some of the fonts (particularly the font that "konsole" uses) have
extra pixels turned on.
at first i figured some of the files had been corrupted during the
install, so i re-installed from scratch, this time using the beta-3
release of "feisty", and had the exact same issues.
then i noticed that in the "colour chooser", some of the actual
colour mappings were wrong- so it wasn't the graphics or the fonts,
but the colour map.
i went into their "system settings" widget and noticed that it just
had "ati" as the graphics card, and "unknown monitor". i explicitly
told it what kind of video card and display i have, saved the
settings, and did control-alt-backspace to restart the X server...
and it came up with the colours looking perfect.
however, this change apparently wasn't saved where the system uses it
when it boots up, because after a reboot the speckled graphics come
back.
i haven't looked at what it actually did, if it wrote a new X.conf or
something, and if the old version is copied back into place on reboot
for some reason... if anybody can shed some light here i would
appreciate it.
(2) no sound. a google search reveals that the module for this
laptop's sound hardware is called "snd-powermac", and indeed running
"sudo modprobe snd-powermac" and then restarting "kmix" made the
sound hardware start working.
i've gotten around this by adding "modprobe snd-powermac" to the "/
etc/rc.local" script, however this is "less than optimal". i know
there should be a way to add it into a file somewhere under the /etc/
modprobe.d directory, however i haven't played with kernel modules
since the days of /etc/modules.conf, and even then i wasn't 100% sure
what i was doing. can somebody can tell me where to add something so
that the module loader knows to load this module during its normal
boot process (rather than at the very end, where rc.local runs)?
basically, i would prefer the challenge of debugging these issues and
fixing them for myself- but the truth is that i don't really have the
time right now. my plan is to have my laptop on the table at
hamcation, to show people that macs can run linux, and in fact can do
"ham radio stuff" under both linux and OSX. i did figure out how to
add the "universe" repository to my system's sources.list file, and
there were powerpc binary packages of the ham programs i wanted to
try- i've downloaded all but one of the PSK31 programs but none of
them seem to work very well (but that's a separate issue.)
ALSO. tom, if you can send me detailed directions on how to build a
custom kubuntu CD and list of what changes you made, i would like to
try my hand at making a powerpc version of your custom ham CD. no
guarantees, but i figure it couldn't hurt to have about 25 each of
the ham CDs and the normal kubuntu CDs for mac.
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John Simpson wrote:
> howdy-
>
> i've got kubuntu running on my laptop, a mac powerbook g4. the installer
> didn't work perfectly, but it was "pretty close"... two problems left:
>
> (1) the video is a little bit "off", in that some of the graphic images
> that came with it have entirely the wrong colours in them, and some of
> the fonts (particularly the font that "konsole" uses) have extra pixels
> turned on.
>
> at first i figured some of the files had been corrupted during the
> install, so i re-installed from scratch, this time using the beta-3
> release of "feisty", and had the exact same issues.
>
> then i noticed that in the "colour chooser", some of the actual colour
> mappings were wrong- so it wasn't the graphics or the fonts, but the
> colour map.
>
> i went into their "system settings" widget and noticed that it just had
> "ati" as the graphics card, and "unknown monitor". i explicitly told it
> what kind of video card and display i have, saved the settings, and did
> control-alt-backspace to restart the X server... and it came up with the
> colours looking perfect.
>
> however, this change apparently wasn't saved where the system uses it
> when it boots up, because after a reboot the speckled graphics come back.
>
> i haven't looked at what it actually did, if it wrote a new X.conf or
> something, and if the old version is copied back into place on reboot
> for some reason... if anybody can shed some light here i would
> appreciate it.
>
> (2) no sound. a google search reveals that the module for this laptop's
> sound hardware is called "snd-powermac", and indeed running "sudo
> modprobe snd-powermac" and then restarting "kmix" made the sound
> hardware start working.
>
> i've gotten around this by adding "modprobe snd-powermac" to the
> "/etc/rc.local" script, however this is "less than optimal". i know
> there should be a way to add it into a file somewhere under the
> /etc/modprobe.d directory, however i haven't played with kernel modules
> since the days of /etc/modules.conf, and even then i wasn't 100% sure
> what i was doing. can somebody can tell me where to add something so
> that the module loader knows to load this module during its normal boot
> process (rather than at the very end, where rc.local runs)?
>
alsa-utils pkg should provide 'alsaconf' which will generate the
modutils stuff to load the module & settings. Or at least that's what I
recall using a while back when I had sound card issues...
hth
--
Dan Cherry
dscherry (@) bellsouth.net
Finding a solution to a problem doesn't solve the problem...
Implementing the solution solves the problem.
Sorry, I hate to reply to myself, but I wanted to double check, and saw
a couple references to ubuntu removing alsaconf from the alsa-utils in
the latest releases. I'd still check to see what the alsa-utils have to
offer (as a starting point)
> alsa-utils pkg should provide 'alsaconf' which will generate the
> modutils stuff to load the module & settings. Or at least that's what I
> recall using a while back when I had sound card issues...
> hth
>
--
Dan Cherry
dscherry (@) bellsouth.net
Finding a solution to a problem doesn't solve the problem...
Implementing the solution solves the problem.
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The final iteration of Damn Small Linux 3.2 was released by the
U.S.-based project team on Jan. 18. Version 3.2 squeezes a 2.4.26 kernel
and the Fluxbox window manager in a compact, 49.7 MB package.
Damn Small Linux is a thumb-drive-sized mini desktop Linux distro that,
despite its minuscule size, strives to be functional and easy-to-use.
Key new features and changes that made it through the process, as listed
by the project team, include:
* Updated murgaLua to v0.3
* Updated SQLite to v3.3.10
* Updated Broadcomm 10/100 module b44.o
* Added wpasupplicant for wireless security
* New Mouse Config Lua GUI
* Added default tone generator for XMMS
* Added Resolution Selection to Rdesktop.lua
* Updated madwifi-ng modules
See _this DesktopLinux.com story_
<http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8148050825.html> about the 3.2 RC1
release for previously implemented new features and changes associated
with version 3.2.
DSL boasts a nearly complete desktop that includes XMMS (MP3, and MPEG),
an FTP client, a links-hacked web browser, spreadsheet, email,
spellcheck (US English), a word processor, three editors (Nedit, nVi,
Zile [emacs clone]), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), SSH/SCP server and client, a
web server, calculator, and USB support. It soon will have PCMCIA
support, as well, the team said.
You can download the DSL 3.2 iso (49.7 MB) from the main site mirror,
_here_ <http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html>, or obtain the file
directly from _here_
<ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/damnsmall/current/dsl-3.2.iso> (link
iso image).
Screenshots are available for viewing _here_
<http://shots.linuxquestions.org/index.php?os=DSL>, via LinuxQuestions.org.
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<font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3">The final iteration of Damn Small
Linux 3.2 was released by the U.S.-based project team on Jan. 18.
Version 3.2 squeezes a 2.4.26 kernel and the Fluxbox window manager in
a compact, 49.7 MB package.<br>
<br>
Damn Small Linux is a
thumb-drive-sized mini desktop Linux distro that, despite its minuscule
size, strives to be functional and easy-to-use.<br>
<br>
Key new features and changes that made it through the process, as
listed by the project team, include:</font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3">
<li>Updated murgaLua to v0.3<br>
</li>
<li>Updated SQLite to v3.3.10<br>
</li>
<li>Updated Broadcomm 10/100 module b44.o<br>
</li>
<li>Added wpasupplicant for wireless security<br>
</li>
<li>New Mouse Config Lua GUI<br>
</li>
<li>Added default tone generator for XMMS<br>
</li>
<li>Added Resolution Selection to Rdesktop.lua<br>
</li>
<li>Updated madwifi-ng modules<br>
</li>
</font>
</ul>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3">See <a
href="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8148050825.html" target="new"><u>this
DesktopLinux.com story</u></a> about the 3.2 RC1 release for previously
implemented new features and changes associated with version 3.2.<br>
<br>
DSL
boasts a nearly complete desktop that includes XMMS (MP3, and MPEG), an
FTP client, a links-hacked web browser, spreadsheet, email, spellcheck
(US English), a word processor, three editors (Nedit, nVi, Zile [emacs
clone]), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), SSH/SCP server and client, a web server,
calculator, and USB support. It soon will have PCMCIA support, as well,
the team said. <br>
<br>
You can download the DSL 3.2 iso (49.7 MB) from the main site mirror, <a
href="http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html" target="new"><u>here</u></a>,
or obtain the file directly from <a
href="ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/damnsmall/current/dsl-3.2.iso"><u>here</u></a>
(link iso image).<br>
<br>
Screenshots are available for viewing <a
href="http://shots.linuxquestions.org/index.php?os=DSL" target="new"><u>here</u></a>,
via LinuxQuestions.org.<br>
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2. Re: CDs (FUZ)
3. Re: Call for Volunteers, was [Leaplist] Kubuntu for Hamcation
(Kyle Gonzales)
4. ubuntu questions (John Simpson)
5. Re: ubuntu questions (Dan Cherry)
6. Re: ubuntu questions (Dan Cherry)
7. Final iteration of DSL3.2 Released-with Broadcomm updates!
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/05/181235
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Im burning a bunch at work right now. Ill take home whatever I dont finish and burn the rest. This
is on the CDs LEAP paid for.
Regarding others who are burning CDs... I have no way of knowing when to stop burning, or if I
even should, or if anyone would want any of the LEAP-funded CDs in return for what youre burning.
My plan then is to burn them all.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate
in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.
http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367
If I can get the address to send this to today, I can get this items
shipped out and arriving by Friday. Just let me know where, and how
many DVDs people are interested in.
I can also have FC6 for PPC DVDs included.
On 2/6/07, "pberry2"@cfl.rr.com <"pberry2"@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Kyle Gonzales wrote:
> > If there is any desire for Fedora Core 6 DVDs, I can have some shipped
> > to you, along with some Fedora swag.
> >
> > Let me know!
> >
> > On 2/5/07, Phil Barnett <philb at philb.us> wrote:
> >> On Monday 05 February 2007 23:06, Tom Parker wrote:
> >>
> >> > Here is the final CD for Hamcation:
> >> > http://files.fnords.net/kubuntu-ham-test04.iso
> >>
> >> Thanks for all of your hard work, Tom.
> >>
> >> Can you post the MD5 or SHA for this?
> >>
> >> > Should we also distribute Knoppix CD's?
> >>
> >> Good idea. I have seen many times where we sold more than one disk.
> >> If we have
> >> a second disk, it should be the Windows version of the Open Source
> >> stuff.
> >> Maybe 50 of this one: http://osscd.sunsite.dk/
> >>
> >> We will need about 200 of the Ham Radio disks.
> >>
> >> That leaves 50 for something else. How about 50 Knoppix. It looks
> >> like 5.1.1
> >> is available. That gives us a nice variety of disks that work on a
> >> huge range
> >> of computers.
> >>
> >> So, now the question is: Who volunteers to do the burning and how do we
> >> distribute the blank disks.
> >>
> >> If 6 people can burn 50 disks each we'll be all set.
> >>
> >> If you can burn disks, please reply to this message letting me know
> >> about how
> >> many you can burn and I'll tell you which ones to burn.
> >>
> >> I have lots of blank disks here so I can start burning and I can get
> >> replacement disks from Fuzzy.
> >>
> >> We also need someone to volunteer to design and print the labels.
> >> Color is
> >> nice, but B/W is fine also. We'll need to purchase them.
> >>
> >> If you can do that, please reply to this email and let me know who
> >> you are.
> >>
> >> Thanks. We're coming down home stretch.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
> >> themselves up
> >> and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
> >> Winston Churchill
> I burned it, and on CD self tests, it "fails three checksums"
>
> may I get a MD5SUM for the ISO?
>
> Plus, Most of us are moving to DVD from CD, and really appreciate any
> distro like Fedora Core 6, in DVD! I would like one!
>
> Free swag is ALWAYS welcome! I do vote the Executive committee get
> first dubs, as they need to be appreciated for all they do to sustain
> this LUG!! Then, the rest should be raffled off at an Installfest! (I
> suspect most noobs attend the Installfests, and want to see even chances
> of winning, to include noobs!)
>
>
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