[cwelug] Re: Google Chrome Features that are missing in your favorite Web Browser

2008-09-03 Thread Mike Bigalke
Try to uninstall Chrome. This is what you get according one commenter on reddit: http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7848/55334208ze6.png The thread is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/6zckj/try_to_uninstall_google_chrome/ On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Scott Granneman [EMAIL

[cwelug] Perl: How it saved the human genome project

2008-09-06 Thread Mike Bigalke
http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/How_Perl_saved_human_genome Thought this might be of interest, especially to Robert. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To

[cwelug] A Command Line Interface Wallpaper

2008-10-06 Thread Mike Bigalke
Here's a command line interface wallpaper for those of you who forget which commands to use when. http://www.tux-planet.fr/a-linux-wallpaper-for-beginners-un-fond-decran-linux-pour-les-debutants/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via

[cwelug] New kernel for Ubuntu

2008-10-15 Thread Mike Bigalke
Well, I got an update for the new .21 kernel for 8.04. As a reminder, those using mad-wifi might need to reinstall mad-wifi. From my old ubuntu forums post: Open the terminal and enter the Code below (note % is the prompt sign and explanation is just a shortcut so you don't have to

[cwelug] Re: virtual machines

2008-10-23 Thread Mike Bigalke
This may or may not be exactly on topic, but here's a link to problems that occur with virtual box http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/10/17/fix-the-virtualbox-spawning-session-issue/ Hope this helps. On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Theresa Kehoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-10-23

[cwelug] Re: grub updating?

2008-10-28 Thread Mike Bigalke
Interestingly enough, this is the first kernel update that didn't require me to sudo make install the mad wifi to get the wireless working again. Wonder why that was. On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Sean Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You rubbing it in? ;) I think the X problem is a

[cwelug] meeting this Sunday?

2008-10-30 Thread Mike Bigalke
Is there a cwelug meeting this Sunday? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options:

[cwelug] Re: meeting this Sunday?

2008-10-30 Thread Mike Bigalke
list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others. ---William Greider On Oct 30, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Mike Bigalke wrote

[cwelug] Re: Check this out today

2008-10-31 Thread Mike Bigalke
clever On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.google.com/robots.txt Notice anything ... funny? Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new

[cwelug] Tor button and no youtube

2008-11-03 Thread Mike Bigalke
I found the reason for tor being on and no youtube or other .flv videos in Firefox. Tor Button blocks videos due to a security flaw in flash. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post:

[cwelug] Re: Msttcorefonts in Ubuntu 8.041

2008-11-12 Thread Mike Bigalke
Go to Applications--Add/Remove select all available software and search for Ubuntu Extras. Click on the Ubuntu version or the Kubuntu version if you use Kubuntu, Install, apply or do whatever it says you need to do to install this. MS core font support will then work. On Mon, Nov 10, 2008

[cwelug] Ubuntu sets up online shop ...

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Bigalke
Anyone heard anything about this fulfillment house in St. Louis? http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/ubuntu-for-the-holidays/ With a new fulfillment house in St. Louis, Missouri, Canonical promises that shipments will be faster and less expensive for Ubuntu users and enthusiasts in the

[cwelug] Re: grub ... not read correctly

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Bigalke
will look at this in the morning. On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was trying to setup grub on /dev/sdb and got an error about stage1 not being read correctly: # fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63

[cwelug] Re: You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy? - NYTimes.com

2008-12-01 Thread Mike Bigalke
Agreed. I read this article, and was unsettled by it. The idea of privacy vs. common need for information isn't addressed by Nietzsche, Hegel or Heidegger if I remember correctly. On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Edward Blumenthal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[cwelug] Re: citicard website

2008-12-04 Thread Mike Bigalke
8.04 with FF works fine. 8.10 iso in Virtual Box worked fine too. Check your flash player. It might be out of date. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Theresa Kehoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 21:58 -0600, Robert Citek wrote: I'm trying to visit citicard.com with FF3 on

[cwelug] Re: http session cookie lifetime

2008-12-05 Thread Mike Bigalke
hmm... I'll have to check on where wget stores cookies On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Theresa Kehoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 17:14 -0600, Robert Citek wrote: [...]The point of this exercise was to see how long a server will accept a session cookie. AFAIK, that

[cwelug] Re: http session cookie lifetime

2008-12-05 Thread Mike Bigalke
etc On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Mike Bigalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hmm... I'll have to check on where wget stores cookies On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Theresa Kehoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 17:14 -0600, Robert Citek wrote: [...]The point

[cwelug] Re: yahoo pipes

2008-12-08 Thread Mike Bigalke
This is great. A list of CWELUG member blogs might be interesting. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Sean Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not any besides the quick ones they show when you first log in. My semester is almost over and I'll explore it some then. If I find anything, I'll be sure

[cwelug] Ubuntu for XO.. Optimized

2008-12-08 Thread Mike Bigalke
I came across an article on an Ubuntu 8.10 distro optimized for the XO. http://bobolog.blogsome.com/ I know there are several of you out there who have them. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page:

[cwelug] Re: browser blues on windows xp

2008-12-10 Thread Mike Bigalke
Install the free anti virus program from www.avira.com and run it. Also try the open source anti-virus ClamAV (it won't interfere with any other anti-virus programs since you have to run the program manually to detect viruses, DNS spoofers and root-kits). And of course, you could just run Ubuntu

[cwelug] oclock, xclock? in ubuntu?

2008-12-11 Thread Mike Bigalke
I was playing around in the terminal and found that oclock and xclock are still in Ubuntu? Anyone have a clue as to why? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com

[cwelug] Re: oclock, xclock? in ubuntu?

2008-12-12 Thread Mike Bigalke
:35 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote: Probably historical. And they are great little apps that demonstrate the power of X, especially remote X applications via an ssh tunnel. Regards, - Robert On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: I

[cwelug] Re: Linux is now copyrighted ;)

2008-12-12 Thread Mike Bigalke
It's not over. The heck with the twitter abbreviations. http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/character-assasinations-aint-us.html On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Sean Burns sean@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 07:47:44PM -0600, Robert Citek wrote: I don't see how his blog

[cwelug] Re: Ntop running in the background

2008-12-12 Thread Mike Bigalke
I use htop. It's prettier. On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Scott Kokotovitch kokotovi...@gmail.com wrote: Should I be concerned that ntop's running? The access.log files it's producing don't actually show anything. I probably installed ntop at some point to check it out, but I don't recall

[cwelug] Re: Ntop running in the background

2008-12-13 Thread Mike Bigalke
for process info/memory usage, etc. That's where I noticed ntop was running itself in the background. Haven't looked into trying to do network monitoring with htop, which is what ntop does. -S On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: I use htop. It's prettier

[cwelug] Re: O. T. Indian Institutes of Technology Courses

2008-12-29 Thread Mike Bigalke
I was concerned that the courses might not be in English... I was wrong. On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Jerry Hubbard hubbar...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Courses from Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore that are online. Check it out.

[cwelug] Re: via AP: Reply-all e-mail storm hits State

2009-01-11 Thread Mike Bigalke
Disable the reply all button, after replying to all about not using the reply all button. That would probably get their collective attention. On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Theresa Kehoe t...@cablemo.net wrote: On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 10:58 -0600, Robert Citek wrote: What would be your

[cwelug] Re: Ubuntu apt-get update

2009-01-12 Thread Mike Bigalke
Have you tried not using the -u switch? On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Scott Kokotovitch kokotovi...@gmail.com wrote: I have a variety of Ubuntu boxes sitting around my network these days, so to keep them up to date I often pop on and run apt-get update, before an apt-get -u upgrade.

[cwelug] Re: Google Apps: sharing a folder?

2009-01-14 Thread Mike Bigalke
Or use Dropbox, fer cryin' out loud! said Scott. This is just what I've been looking for. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.com wrote: Not if you wanna share a folder! How about Zoho? Ever checked them out? They might allow folder sharing. Scott Sent from

[cwelug] Re: Google Apps: sharing a folder?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Bigalke
assumed guides by which one lives and thinks. ---Nietzsche (1882) On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: Or use Dropbox, fer cryin' out loud! said Scott. This is just what I've been looking for. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Scott Granneman

[cwelug] Re: WiFi configuration puzzler

2009-01-18 Thread Mike Bigalke
Try using DDWRT (linux wireless firmware for Linksys routers). That should do it, since it offers more options than most firmware. http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/index.php On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.com wrote: The email below is from a friend of mine who

[cwelug] Grub error 21

2009-01-21 Thread Mike Bigalke
I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on an external hard drive yesterday. Somehow during the install Grub dHecided to default to the external drive and I now get an error 21 when I try to boot without the USB drive attached. I tried changing the BIOS to default to the internal drive before the external USB;

[cwelug] Re: Grub error 21

2009-01-21 Thread Mike Bigalke
, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on an external hard drive yesterday. Somehow during the install Grub dHecided to default to the external drive and I now get an error 21 when I try to boot without the USB drive attached. I tried

[cwelug] Re: Grub error 21

2009-01-21 Thread Mike Bigalke
of the install. You need to change the location of where the boot manager is installed from the internal drive (the default, usually something like /dev/sda) to the external drive (e.g. /dev/sdb or /dev/sdd). Regards,.0 - Robert On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com

[cwelug] Re: simple animation under Linux

2009-01-27 Thread Mike Bigalke
Also don't forget grokking-the-gimp from the Ubuntu repositories. A pretty good free book in html format. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Sean Burns sean@gmail.com wrote: I was just wondering if you were looking for tutorials. There's a package in the Ubuntu repository called

[cwelug] Re: simple animation under Linux

2009-01-28 Thread Mike Bigalke
in minutes. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Sean Burns sean@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 01:51:15PM -0600, Mike Bigalke wrote: Also don't forget grokking-the-gimp from the Ubuntu repositories. A pretty good free book in html format. Do you still find that to be a useful

[cwelug] Re: simple animation under Linux

2009-01-28 Thread Mike Bigalke
Er, so yeah.. It can be useful. Is it up to date? Not really, but it is useful. On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: I'm used to Photoshop and finding out procedures in Gimp isn't intuitive if you have been trained on other software. It' took me a long

[cwelug] Re: local vendor for 10Krpm SATAs

2009-01-28 Thread Mike Bigalke
if there was anything local. - Robert On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: New Egg has them. I know it's not local, but On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone here have a recommendation for a local vendor for 10 Krpm SATA

[cwelug] Re: kernel updates

2009-01-30 Thread Mike Bigalke
Just a note: Ubuntu users can get rid of piled up old kernels by using Synaptic to search for linux-image -- mark for complete removal-- and apply removal. This will get rid of old headers, etc. Just keep the last two or three kernels in case you manage to really mess things up. Saved me over

[cwelug] Google Earth in Linux

2009-02-05 Thread Mike Bigalke
Just an Ubuntu note: If you download GoogleEarthLinux.bin (version 5.0 so you can cruise the sea bottom) and want to install it, open a terminal session and type: sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin You also might need to change permissions on it: chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin and if you want to

[cwelug] command line fu

2009-02-08 Thread Mike Bigalke
An interesting site. http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To

[cwelug] Re: change MAC address on a Mac

2009-02-12 Thread Mike Bigalke
How about posting that script when you finish it? On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote: In some of the forums I found there was a mention that it exists but no instructions on how. I also found a lot of FUD along the lines of changing the MAC will

[cwelug] Re: off-line gmail with gears

2009-02-14 Thread Mike Bigalke
Are you sure about that Scott? When I installed gears, it ran and ran and ran until tried to turn it off. Then it told me it still hadn't finished downloading all the attachments. No way I wanted all the thousands of baby pictures downloaded again, so I turned it off. On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at

[cwelug] Re: Ubuntu screencasting

2009-02-14 Thread Mike Bigalke
A new mencoder update was posted for Ubuntu today. Also, Ubuntu Tweak had a new update, too. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote: Excellent! Thanks, Mike. - Robert On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: I just ran

[cwelug] Re: Google Earth problems?

2009-03-01 Thread Mike Bigalke
You need the compiz fusion icon from Synaptic, so you can turn compiz off when you use Google Earth. It will install under applications system tools. When you start it an icon shows in the upper right hand panel. A right click will let you choose metacity instead of compiz. Select it and start

[cwelug] Re: Google Earth problems?

2009-03-02 Thread Mike Bigalke
robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote: Instead of Ctrl+Alt+Bkspc, can you open a virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and kill off some aberrant process? Regards, - Robert On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: You need the compiz fusion icon from Synaptic, so you can turn

[cwelug] Re: finding words

2009-03-06 Thread Mike Bigalke
In Ubuntu 8.04: # ls /usr/share/dict american-english README.select-wordlist words.pre-dictionaries-common british-english words grep -i '^.eq' /usr/share/dict/words or grep -i '^.eq' /usr/share/dict/american-english Works fine. On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Robert Citek

[cwelug] Re: finding words

2009-03-07 Thread Mike Bigalke
I'm going to have to read the man page for dpkg. I never knew about the -S option or that * was an acceptable input for dpkg either. On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Tom Chapin t...@mvp.net wrote: grep -i '^.eq'

[cwelug] Re: SLPS Virtual schools

2009-03-14 Thread Mike Bigalke
My guess, M$ Windows. When I was in university they had long distance learning courses via satellite, TV and PC (Windows only) so the courseware could be installed your computer. I never took this approach, but I do know the so called courseware consisted in part of an IP address that was

[cwelug] Is com port 1 ttyS0 for Linux?

2009-03-16 Thread Mike Bigalke
In other words... I know the touchscreen monitor is on Com1 in windows, and I think it is ttyS0 in linux, but I need to know for sure. I've got the driver for the elo intellitouch screen installed, and the screen beeps when I touch it, but nothing happens when I touch the screen.

[cwelug] xorg.conf problem

2009-03-21 Thread Mike Bigalke
I'm having a bit of trouble with my xorg.conf file for a computer with a touch screen. Could everyone with a ServerLayout section post theirs for me? You'll find it at /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Just copy and paste it. I'll try to work out the problem and post the resulting info.

[cwelug] Re: Touch screens in Ubuntu

2009-03-22 Thread Mike Bigalke
brother is going to go with the XP option and some commercial software. On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 9:54 AM, David Dooling ba...@users.sourceforge.netwrote: On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 02:44:37PM -0500, Mike Bigalke wrote: Question 1: Has anyone tried to install a touch screen in Ubuntu or any other

[cwelug] Re: xorg.conf problem

2009-03-24 Thread Mike Bigalke
, Mar 21, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: I'm having a bit of trouble with my xorg.conf file for a computer with a touch screen. Could everyone with a ServerLayout section post theirs for me? I have no touch screen but here you go. Section ServerLayout

[cwelug] Re: SLPS Virtual schools

2009-03-24 Thread Mike Bigalke
The telelearning courses I saw in the catalog at the time weren't very tech oriented, unless maybe for the med courses. On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Scott Kokotovitch kokotovi...@gmail.comwrote: It might cause problems with their IP being obscured. :) Mike Bigalke to cwelug My guess

[cwelug] Re: Slashdot reviews Google Apps Deciphered

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Bigalke
That's a nice little feather in your cap. But you probably already need an addendum for all the new apps. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.comwrote: In the shameless self-promotion category, Slashdot reviewed my book, Google Apps Deciphered, today!

[cwelug] Anyone know of a free backup service?

2009-03-30 Thread Mike Bigalke
A friend of mine has an old win95 computer with an HD - motherboard that is a little out of whack. Is there a free online service sort of like a DropBox that doesn't keep a copy of the data on your hard drive?This HD is around 2 Gigs, and for the life of me I can't get it to recognize Puppy

[cwelug] Re: Anyone know of a free backup service?

2009-03-31 Thread Mike Bigalke
. The company needs the computer today or tomorrow at the latest so I've got to get it working. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote: What are you trying to do? Backup the entire drive or just some files? Regards, - Robert On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Mike

[cwelug] Re: mixing debs and repositories

2009-04-09 Thread Mike Bigalke
Robert, I actually had to install VBox from the .deb package because I couldn't get the repository version running on Ubuntu 8.04. Remember to make the download executable before trying to install. Having just found out that VMware doesn't support serial ports unless that serial port is

[cwelug] Re: mixing debs and repositories

2009-04-09 Thread Mike Bigalke
I just had one more comment. Try installing OO3 from the deb. That went well for me. On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: But to answer the question of what happens if you just install a .deb package, I can let you know from experience that it can cause

[cwelug] Installed software

2009-04-11 Thread Mike Bigalke
I know this has got be easy. How do I generate a text file with all of my installed software? I thought Synaptic would create a list of all installed software, but for the life of me I can't get it to do so. I tried Aptitude, but while it has a list of all installed software, I can't get it to

[cwelug] Re: Installed software

2009-04-11 Thread Mike Bigalke
people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. ---Steven Weinberg On Apr 11, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Mike Bigalke wrote: I know this has got be easy. How do I generate a text file with all of my installed software? I

[cwelug] Re: Installed software

2009-04-11 Thread Mike Bigalke
Then again, I suppose I could boot a live cd do the same thing but save it to my hard drive, and diff it. On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: dpkg --get-selections installed-software.log will generate a list of all installed software, but it doesn't

[cwelug] Supposedly the easiest to read linux guide book ever.

2009-04-11 Thread Mike Bigalke
http://www.suseblog.com/my-book-the-easiest-linux-guide-youll-ever-read-an-introduction-to-linux-for-windows-users Read the blog, or scroll to the bottom of the text and look for the click here to download the pdf. I haven't opened the pdf yet, and my time is limited, so you'll have to take a

[cwelug] Re: Installed software

2009-04-12 Thread Mike Bigalke
-install.html And one more the command line dpkg way (which seemed to contain quite a bit of additional helpful info.) http://www.arsgeek.com/2006/09/19/ubuntu-tricks-how-to-generate-a-list-of-installed-packages-and-use-it-to-reinstall-packages/ Best Regards, Robert Bennett Mike Bigalke wrote

[cwelug] using a sound card for file transfers

2009-04-24 Thread Mike Bigalke
I thought someone might consider this interesting: http://awesomegeekblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/file-transfer-over-sound-card.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post:

[cwelug] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 released

2009-04-26 Thread Mike Bigalke
Well, I managed to break a lot of things in 8.04, so I backed up my data and installed 9.04. The Atheros wireless drivers worked like a charm, a couple of the new themes are really nice, and after installing the compiz-fusion manager and the simple manager I tried enabling the cube. No luck. I

[cwelug] caveat in Ubuntu 9.04

2009-04-28 Thread Mike Bigalke
I was surprised to find my wireless not working after I woke my laptop from hibernate. A notice came up on the screen asking for my password immediately after the login, and I gave it without reading it. That notice must have said something pretty ambiguous like network requests password or I

[cwelug] Re: Skype problem on 64-bit Hardy

2009-04-29 Thread Mike Bigalke
Under Hardy Heron 8.04, I had the same problem with Ekiga. It would never let me log in either. My only suggestion is to repartition your hard drive so that home is on a separate partition, and just go ahead and upgrade to 9.04. Ekiga works fine in 9.04, for me at least. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009

[cwelug] Meeting?

2009-05-01 Thread Mike Bigalke
Is the meeting on for Sunday? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe:

[cwelug] Re: Rental Kit and the GPL

2009-05-01 Thread Mike Bigalke
And then there's that whole cloud trap. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.com wrote: No, you don't. Of course not. I've never said you should leave behind everyone else. But we have to recognize certain changes that are inexorable and speeding up. And at what

[cwelug] Re: Meeting?

2009-05-02 Thread Mike Bigalke
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: Is the meeting on for Sunday? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe

[cwelug] In theory there should exist md5(string) = string....

2009-05-06 Thread Mike Bigalke
I found this little interesting page that suggests there shoud be a hash that outputs the same string as the input string. They are trying to find it... Here is a link to the page with various programs they have devised. Can this be written as a bash script?

[cwelug] Dropbox just got some serious competition?

2009-05-06 Thread Mike Bigalke
http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_042009 25 Gigs free space. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe:

[cwelug] 945G Intel graphics problem on Ubuntu 9.04

2009-05-10 Thread Mike Bigalke
Here's an article explaining the problem with the 945 series Intel graphics cards. http://www.workswithu.com/2009/05/06/the-ubuntu-904-intel-graphics-fiasco/ It links to a solution for the problem at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4 if anyone is interested.

[cwelug] Re: signing PDFs

2009-05-15 Thread Mike Bigalke
Wacom tablet @ about $50 from Best Buy or wherever. Sign the document and presto... email back. At least according to a college student I know. That's how he signs documents for his university when he's not at school. On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote:.

[cwelug] Re: Lifehacker - Re-Enable Ctrl+Alt+Backspace for Ubuntu 9.04 - Linux Tip

2009-05-19 Thread Mike Bigalke
Thanks. On a side note, have noticed what's up at thepriatebay.org ? They've released an anthem, and the tune is catchy, a top forty song if I'm any good at predicting the saleability of a song. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.comwrote: i know some of you

[cwelug] Ubuntu One.

2009-05-21 Thread Mike Bigalke
Has anyone signed up for UbuntuOne, yet? https://ubuntuone.com/ Do you like it? How does it compare to DropBox? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To

[cwelug] Ubuntu One.

2009-05-21 Thread Mike Bigalke
Has anyone signed up for UbuntuOne, yet? https://ubuntuone.com/ Do you like it? How does it compare with DropBox? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To

[cwelug] Re: Firefox frequently crashing

2009-06-03 Thread Mike Bigalke
Do you have the Ubuntu Firefox Extensions installed? That might fix a few things. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Robert Janet Bennett jlrbenn...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Friends, frankly my linux evangelism efforts could be going better. You see, I installed 32-bit Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, Hardy

[cwelug] Re: In theory there should exist md5(string) = string....

2009-06-05 Thread Mike Bigalke
, May 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: I found this little interesting page that suggests there shoud be a hash that outputs the same string as the input string. While it could exist, that does not mean it should or even that it will. For example, if you

[cwelug] a good set of tutorials for Linux and Unix

2009-06-14 Thread Mike Bigalke
For beginners and advanced users. Some of these are pdfs and some are online but they cover everything from installation to the kernel to programming. And, they are arranged from intro to advanced. By far the best collection I have found.

[cwelug] Has anyone installed POW on Firefox?

2009-06-17 Thread Mike Bigalke
Has anyone installed POW (Plain Old Webserver) on Firefox? It let's the user run a GNU licensed webserver through Firefox. I just installed it, but will have to play with it later. Any info or tricks with this add-on would be appreciated. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[cwelug] Re: Has anyone installed POW on Firefox?

2009-06-17 Thread Mike Bigalke
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone installed POW (Plain Old Webserver) on Firefox? It let's the user run a GNU licensed webserver through Firefox. I just installed it, but will have to play with it later. Any info or tricks with this add

[cwelug] Re: xrdp on Ubuntu 9.04

2009-06-17 Thread Mike Bigalke
not me... On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote: Was wondering if anyone has successfully setup xrdp on Ubuntu 9.04? xrdp is a service that allows Windows machines to connect remotely to a Linux box via mstsc (Microsoft Terminal Server Client), the

[cwelug] Re: Has anyone installed POW on Firefox?

2009-06-18 Thread Mike Bigalke
is that I can modify it and re-distribute it. - Robert On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: Or you could just wait for Opera 10.0 and run Opera Unite... http://unite.opera.com/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux

[cwelug] Re: Python script for Google Docs Download

2009-06-19 Thread Mike Bigalke
That is good to know. Thanks, Scott. On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.comwrote: This is very cool: Users of the Google Docs web service can easily access and manage their documents in one location online. However, they still would like to be able to back up

[cwelug] Synchronize Tomboy notes using Dropbox

2009-06-29 Thread Mike Bigalke
Here's an article for those of you who use multiple Linux and Windows computers and keep notes with Tomboy. http://lifehacker.com/5302854/synchronize-tomboy-notes-with-dropbox Does Tomboy work with the Mac? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group

[cwelug] Re: Dell + Goodwill = Reconnect -- recycling computers

2009-06-30 Thread Mike Bigalke
Could this hurt Byte Works? On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote: Is anyone familiar with this partnership between Dell and Goodwill? http://reconnectpartnership.com/index.php Basically, you can bring your computer and peripherals (printers, monitors,

[cwelug] Re: Dell + Goodwill = Reconnect -- recycling computers

2009-06-30 Thread Mike Bigalke
Loss of computer donations? On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote: In what way? - Robert On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Mike Bigalkemikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: Could this hurt Byte Works? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[cwelug] Re: Dell + Goodwill = Reconnect -- recycling computers

2009-07-02 Thread Mike Bigalke
Good point. On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote: Or an increase in donations. Since ByteWorks could now more easily shuttle undeeded equipment out its doors, it could take on more donations. Or it could partner with Goodwill. Regards, - Robert On

[cwelug] Ksplice: never need to reboot after kernel update again?

2009-07-02 Thread Mike Bigalke
Has anyone played with Ksplice? It apparently allows Linux users to avoid ever having to reboot after a kernel update or a critical security update again. For Ubuntu 9.04. I want to see if anyone else has heard of this before I install it. Here's the link.

[cwelug] I like to know ahead of time....

2009-07-03 Thread Mike Bigalke
Is there a CWELUG meeting Sunday? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe:

[cwelug] Create a filesystem in a file

2009-07-05 Thread Mike Bigalke
Here's the link. http://blog.dipinkrishna.info/2009/07/how-to-create-custom-file-system-within.html But I decided to copy the post and reproduce it here, for those of you who don't like listening to music embedded in a web page. With the power bestowed upon us, we can create a Linux file

[cwelug] Re: linux on a usb

2009-07-13 Thread Mike Bigalke
maybe SystemRescueCD would work. See http://distrowatch.com/ and scroll down the page until you find it. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote: It's been a while since I've messed with Knoppix, but you could create a persistent disk image and then install

[cwelug] clous computing and why I hesitate...

2009-07-21 Thread Mike Bigalke
I guess Scott knows that I have some reservations about cloud computing. The following article explains just a few of my exceptions to it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/opinion/20zittrain.html?_r=2sq=zittrainst=csescp=1pagewanted=all --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[cwelug] Sync .conf files with DropBox

2009-07-24 Thread Mike Bigalke
This might be of use to Byte Works, and maybe some of you out there. http://www.nixtutor.com/linux/sync-config-files-across-multiple-computers-with-dropbox/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page:

[cwelug] Re: A little part of me died inside

2009-08-01 Thread Mike Bigalke
Yes, I agree. The only bright spot is that more little girls will be using linux. On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.comwrote: when I saw this: Hannah Montana Linux. http://presurfer.blogspot.com/2009/08/hannah-montana-linux.html Oh God, the pain, the

[cwelug] How remove the line ads in Gmail.

2009-08-01 Thread Mike Bigalke
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/31/how-to-avoid-ads-in.html Just mention tragedy. A suicide or death or a horrible hurricane like Katrina in you post. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org

[cwelug] Re: How remove the line ads in Gmail.

2009-08-01 Thread Mike Bigalke
Or just use Adblock Plus in Firefox. On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Mike Bigalke mikeb2g...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/31/how-to-avoid-ads-in.html Just mention tragedy. A suicide or death or a horrible hurricane like Katrina in you post

[cwelug] Should bioinfomatics people study more math?

2009-08-01 Thread Mike Bigalke
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/07/should-biologists-study-computer-science.ars okey-dokey . can you perform 11 dimensional calc in a 3x3 matrix via one-way mapping? Anyone, Robert? weird sarcasm. don't ask me to explain. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

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