Linux on Playstation 2???

2002-01-31 Thread Jack Hodgson
I'm surprised there hasn't been any comment about this report here. This linux-newbie (me) is curious what you old vets think about this. FYI http://www.linuxworld.com/ic_717468_6995_1-3133.html -- Jack Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 603-433-7161 www.jackhodgson.com

More interruptions to the mailing list

2002-01-31 Thread Bayard Coolidge USG
Evidently, we took a power hit in just our lab here late yesterday afternoon, and it took out the 'zk3.dec.com' production cluster, and hence our beloved mailing list. Things are operational now, but the electricians will be coming in today to investigate, so it's possible that the cluster may

KDE and Gnome

2002-01-31 Thread Bayard Coolidge USG
Tom Rauschenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked about how to create a Gnome user, explaining that he's a KDE user. Well, to be facetious, you demonstrate Gnome to him/her, and explain all of its features and attributes, including the ability to use Enlightenment to change the decoration scheme, etc.

Re: KDE and Gnome

2002-01-31 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steven W. Orr said: Actually, I'm curious about this as well. I was under the impression that you need to add all three lines to make sourself a gnomonian. Anyone know? export WINDOW_MANAGER=enlightenment gnome-wm exec gnome-session

Re: Linux on Playstation 2???

2002-01-31 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jack Hodgson said: I'm surprised there hasn't been any comment about this report here. This linux-newbie (me) is curious what you old vets think about this. FYI http://www.linuxworld.com/ic_717468_6995_1-3133.html - From what I've heard, I

Re: Just for Fun... From LinuxWorld

2002-01-31 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Kettmann said: Well, it's not a watch. However, our (IBM) latest gadget is a Linux Powered vending machine. It can be communicated with via a PDA or even by cell phone. So, for example, you're a vendor (assuming a phone line) you call

Re: Linux on Playstation 2???

2002-01-31 Thread Mike McKernan
Derek == Derek D Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:18:41 -0500 Derek - From what I've heard, I think Sony is asking for trouble Derek from the FSF and the Linux community. I understand they Derek intend to sell their Linux kit for about $200 and only

New version of PREDICT - satellite tracking software - for Linux

2002-01-31 Thread Bayard Coolidge USG
Caught this on the ARRL Web Page at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/01/30/2/?nc=1#Latest The latest Linux version (2.1.5) is available for free downloads (yeah, it's GPL'd, etc., etc.) from: http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/predict.html PREDICT is a multi-user satellite tracking and orbital

Re: Linux on Playstation 2???

2002-01-31 Thread Rich C
- Original Message - From: Mike McKernan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Greater NH Linux Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:49 AM Subject: Re: Linux on Playstation 2??? The beta version of the PS2 Linux Kit consists of a software DVD-ROM (Digital

Couple of dumb kernel build questions (Mandrake 8.1)

2002-01-31 Thread Alex Hewitt USG
Well after recently having very good success installing Mandrake 8.1 under VmWare, I upgraded the hard drive in my laptop and since it was an empty disk I decided to take a shot at installing Mandrake 8.1. Imagine my surprise when Mandrake smoothly and happily found pretty much all the hardware

Re: Couple of dumb kernel build questions (Mandrake 8.1)

2002-01-31 Thread Rich C
Well, I have tried to build a 2.4.17-x kernel for MY mandrake 8.1 system, but it doesn't seem to get the network running, and I haven't had time to pursue it lately. But here is what I've learned so far: The .config file is in /usr/src/linux. I downloaded the pure kernel tarball, not RPMs,

[OT] [HUMOR] Surprise Settlement Evenly Splits Microsoft

2002-01-31 Thread Benjamin Scott
http://www.satirewire.com/news/jan02/patchsoft.shtml -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without

Re: More interruptions to the mailing list

2002-01-31 Thread Jack Hodgson
Benjamin Scott wrote: ... you guys in ZK3 are great. You've been hosting this mailing list for free for *years*... Thanks, guys. You rock. I second that. -- Jack Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 603-433-7161 www.jackhodgson.com * To

Python X Conference - anyone else going?

2002-01-31 Thread Bill Sconce
Next week is the Tenth International Python Conference, in Alexandria VA. Other (considerable) obligations permitting, I'm planning to attend. Any other gnhluggers going to be there? Direct replies suggested; I'll gather and redistribute. Perhaps there'll be an excuse for a brew break...

RE: Re: More interruptions to the mailing list

2002-01-31 Thread Bayard Coolidge USG
Ben said: but you guys in ZK3 are great. Thanks, Ben. I took the liberty of passing your comments along to our sysadmin, who is a friend of mine. BTW, there may be interruptions in the early morning hours sometime in the next week or two when he installs a patch kit. I don't know exactly

Re: Couple of dumb kernel build questions (Mandrake 8.1)

2002-01-31 Thread Rich C
- Original Message - From: Alex Hewitt USG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rich C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: GNHLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:59 PM Subject: Re: Couple of dumb kernel build questions (Mandrake 8.1) I guess I should have mentioned that after my first

Re: Couple of dumb kernel build questions (Mandrake 8.1)

2002-01-31 Thread John Abreau
Alex Hewitt USG [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First, Mandrake as far as I can tell doesn't ship the kernel sources on any of the CDs. I was easily able to copy them down from rpmfind but I was running around in circles for a while figuring out exactly which rpms were needed. The kernel sources

Re: Couple of dumb kernel build questions (Mandrake 8.1)

2002-01-31 Thread Michael O'Donnell
If you can find a config file for a setup that you like (say, the one that Mandrake rigged up for you) you can copy it into the directory (which BTW need not be named /usr/src/linux) where you've put your kernel sources and then stand in that directory and say make oldconfig whereupon the

New version (2.0) of Libranet announced

2002-01-31 Thread Bill Sconce
Dear LWN: (This'll probably be the zillionth note you get on the subject, since I took time to send in my order before writing to you. :) Libranet is announcing that they will ship version 2.0 of their Debian-based distribution the week of 4 February 2002. I manually clipped the summary of