[SLUG] SATA cards and mobos
I have 3 PCs which all have Gigabyte mobos with onboard PATA and SATA Raid controllers. These can be set to not be RAID and under older Linux distros, Ubuntu/Kubuntu in particular ( and drivatives thereof - ie LinuxMint etc) I have had no problems with 3 PATA hds and a DVDRW attached to the "normal" IDE connectors, along with SATA hds attached to the RAID connectors ( set to BASE in th PC Bios). Since Ubuntu 8.04 ( and derivatives) I have not been able to :- 1) boot any Ubuntu/Kubuntu etc LiveCD with both PATA and SATA hds attached. 2) successfully install to either a PATA or SATA hd and boot due to conflicts in the way the system sees drives/partitions. UUID's do not solve this. From the Suse Community forums I see that there are problems with Promise SATA cards/mobos, which is what are on my systems, along with Grub problems etc. So, can anybody recommend a Linux compatible SATA PCI card, or a mobo ( hopefully inexpensive) with onboard SATA that is Linux compatible? As I have several SATA hds with data that I would like to access by means other than using an older LiveCD or installing an older distro, my only other option is an external, multi SATA hd case, which I prefer to avoid. I have posted re my PATA/SATA problems here before, particularly in regard to UUIDs. Thanks Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] eee pc 900 (20080709)
Hey, JB Hi-Fi is selling the eeePC 1000 for $698 (10", atom CPU, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, wifi b/g/n, 1.3MP cam) it looks like Australia's skipping the 900 series and going with the superior 1000 series. No mention of OS. http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/ Also the HP netbook is a pretty decent buy. On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Luke Vanderfluit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > David Andresen wrote: >> >> Have you considered the eeepc 901 ( linux installed) ? >> >> You may have to wait a bit. >> >> Better battery performance for this kind of device (a pc companion) is >> what it is all about. Isn't it? >> >> >> http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2008/06/14/Asus-Eee-PC-901-20G-Linux-Edition/p1 >> http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mobile >> >> Lets know what you choose and why. >> >> > > Thanks for your responses. > I bought an eee pc 900 from shoppingsquare.com.au. All seems kosher so far. > > I paid a visit to Myer, where the eee pc is on display coz I wanted to get > the feel. > > Ill be using mine to read pdfs. > Yes, its an alternative to an e reader for me, so weight is important. > Im not sure if its going to work out at all as such but Ill give it a go. > The main drawback with e-readers is that they cant render pdfs properly or > at all. Sony and Amazon readers are proprietary format (they may do pdf but > I cant seem to confirm yay or nay). Theres a french e reader > (www.bookeen.com) that does pdf but there were some caveats in terms of > viewing them (Ive corresponded with the makers). > > So since I have a number of electronic books in pdf format, Ive decided to > try a eee pc as a reader. The 901 is 1.1 kg, the 900 is .9 kg, the > difference in further specs between the 2 isnt that huge that Id need them > but the weight is a decision factor for me. Using it without the battery > attached seems to be the way as I see it now. > > Kind regards. > Luke. > > > > > > > >> Cheers >> David Andresen >> >> > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: [wellylug] 5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G - Free Software Foundation
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Adam Bogacki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fyi, > > Adam Bogacki. > > http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/5-reasons-to-avoid-iphone-3g/ > the 5 real reasons to avoid iPhone 3G: > > iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to Apple, > who becomes the sole authority over what can and can't be on everyone's > phones. False. Anyone can pay $99 and join the developer program and compile and put whatever software they like on their iPhones, whether they write it themselves or get the source code or object libraries from someone else. This is about "free as in speech, not free as in beer", right? > iPhone endorses and supports Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology. True enough. It will happily play non-DRM music and video, but not apps at the moment :-( > iPhone exposes your whereabouts and provides ways for others to track > you without your knowledge. Don't know details on that. If it's what I'm thinking of, isn't that a federal law in the USA now that phones must do that? > iPhone won't play patent- and DRM-free formats like Ogg Vorbis and Theora. That is as close as someone putting a player on the app store. It's dead easy to read files and to feed arbitrary samples into an AudioQueue. > iPhone is not the only option. There are better alternatives on the horizon > that respect your freedom, don't spy on you, play free media formats, and > let you use free software -- like the FreeRunner. I look forward to them, hopefully this decade. In the meantime... -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] enigmail problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Solved this during the delay. Turned out that the plugin had a problem. I removed it and reinstalled it using apt rather than Thunderbird's install and now it works. Not really sure why there is a difference but it works perfectly now. Heracles Heracles wrote: > I have enigmail working perfectly on my 32bit version of Ubuntu 8.04. I > wish to get it working on my 64 bit version and import the keys I use. I > have used the same user so that Thunderbird and enigmail use the same > config files but when I get an encrypted email I get the error message > > "Enigmail: Enigmime service not available. Either fix the problem or > uninstall enigmail..." > > Is enigmail available for x86_64? > > Any help appreciated > Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIdrAaybPcBAs9CE8RAp/MAKCdS7ivrRNfGFk02gGkEB/0Fwz8GQCdE76T DHQybP46d5f1Sloj3lvkctU= =PbX/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] eee pc 900 (20080709)
Hi. David Andresen wrote: Have you considered the eeepc 901 ( linux installed) ? You may have to wait a bit. Better battery performance for this kind of device (a pc companion) is what it is all about. Isn't it? http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2008/06/14/Asus-Eee-PC-901-20G-Linux-Edition/p1 http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mobile Lets know what you choose and why. Thanks for your responses. I bought an eee pc 900 from shoppingsquare.com.au. All seems kosher so far. I paid a visit to Myer, where the eee pc is on display coz I wanted to get the feel. Ill be using mine to read pdfs. Yes, its an alternative to an e reader for me, so weight is important. Im not sure if its going to work out at all as such but Ill give it a go. The main drawback with e-readers is that they cant render pdfs properly or at all. Sony and Amazon readers are proprietary format (they may do pdf but I cant seem to confirm yay or nay). Theres a french e reader (www.bookeen.com) that does pdf but there were some caveats in terms of viewing them (Ive corresponded with the makers). So since I have a number of electronic books in pdf format, Ive decided to try a eee pc as a reader. The 901 is 1.1 kg, the 900 is .9 kg, the difference in further specs between the 2 isnt that huge that Id need them but the weight is a decision factor for me. Using it without the battery attached seems to be the way as I see it now. Kind regards. Luke. Cheers David Andresen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] temporary wireless internet?
2008/7/12 Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This one time, at band camp, Amos Shapira wrote: > >> I know about unWired and Three's offerings, which sound reasonable for >> a short period, but buying the hardware just for this period looks >> expensive, and I didn't find anywhere which offers it for rent. > > If you have a 3G phone with Bluetooth, you can use it to connect to the > Net with a (cheap) USB Bluetooth dongle on your computer.. Though > you'll want to keep your usage down as the rates are normally punitive. Three's mobile plans where the first I looked at but (and here I'm open for corrections if I'm wrong): 1. We have two Nokia 6280 (not Three's 6288, which I heard are much faster). They are very slow so I don't think it's a good option to connect a desktop through them, even for a month of GMail/GDocs/Internet Banking. 2. Getting a mobile broadband dongle from Three involves $5 per month for a minimum of 24 months plus the $29 plan for 3Gb). 3. Buying the modem outright would cost $199. (BTW - Internet at home is critical for my wife's business, it's not just a convenience). So it looks like the expenses of getting a modem just for one month would be the equivalent of about 6 months of savings of Telstra ransom (~$34 per month). Same general calculation went with the UnWired option. All this is subject to availability in my area too, on top of that. Someone else on the list has offered to rent me a spare Three modem so I think I'll take it for a test drive. Thanks, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
