Re: [clug-talk] usenet provider

2010-10-22 Thread Mark Carlson
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Alastair Preston apres...@telus.net wrote: As you may or may not know, Telus has dropped their news.telus.com server and will no longer be offering usenet access. Can anyone recommend an alternate provider? Al Preston Depends on what you need... - Price

Re: [clug-talk] usenet provider

2010-10-22 Thread Gustin Johnson
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Mark Carlson carlsonm...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Alastair Preston apres...@telus.net wrote: As you may or may not know, Telus has dropped their news.telus.com server and will no longer be offering usenet access. Can anyone recommend

[clug-talk] Problems with dual head graphics cards.

2010-10-22 Thread Ralph Boland
I haven't had much success with the dual head graphics cards that David C. handed out. The problems are likely problems with my system and not the cards themselves but opinions on my problems appreciated. My computer is a custom built (Memory Express, XMas time 2009) desktop ($400) using an AMD

Re: [clug-talk] usenet provider

2010-10-22 Thread Dafydd Crosby
I didn't even /know/ Telus had Usenet. Moving to Shaw Monday, though - I'll let you know how well that works. -David On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Gustin Johnson gus...@meganerd.ca wrote: On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Mark Carlson carlsonm...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at

Re: [clug-talk] Problems with dual head graphics cards.

2010-10-22 Thread Dafydd Crosby
The cards are kind of old, so some quirkiness is to be expected. It sounds a bit like a software issue - do you know which X driver you're using on the Predator? Also, was there anything in /var/log/ that gave a clue as to what was happening? -Dafydd On 10/22/2010 01:26 AM, Ralph Boland

Re: [clug-talk] usenet provider

2010-10-22 Thread Mark Carlson
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Dafydd Crosby dtcr...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't even /know/ Telus had Usenet. Moving to Shaw Monday, though - I'll let you know how well that works. -David I'm on Shaw and have not used their Usenet server in years. I did use Shaw exclusively for text for a