Re: [eug-lug]IRC

2003-11-18 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 12:49:25AM -0500, Linux Rocks! wrote: I would ofcourse suggest using irc.freenode.net for an IRC service, there are many #linux's out there... I'd counter that OFTC is a better network and is free of lilo's method of running a network, which seems to be alienating anyone

[eug-lug]Reminder: Zynot talk is THIS Saturday.

2003-11-18 Thread Bob Miller
Remember, this talk is this week. Hope to see you there. What: The Zynot Project Who: Zach Welch, Zynot Project Leader When: Saturday, November 22, 1:00 Where: EFN, 43 W. Broadway, Eugene Zach Welch will present a set of ideas relating to his work on producing

Re: [eug-lug]Late to the Gentoo party

2003-11-18 Thread Patrick R. Wade
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 09:44:24AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: I'm planning to put Gentoo on my laptop eventually. Let us know how things like hotplug, wifi and USB go. Hotplug appears to work ; my digital camera was detected as a USB mass storage device. Note to self: /var needs to be big, as

[eug-lug]sco: novell-suse breaks sco contract

2003-11-18 Thread Cory Petkovsek
SCO CEO: Novell-SuSE breaks SCO contract Planned acquisition violates non-compete agreement and could lead to legal action against Novell By Robert McMillan, IDG News ServiceNovember 18, 2003 LAS VEGAS -- Novell Inc.'s $210 million planned acquisition of SuSE Linux AG will put it in

Re: [eug-lug]Late to the Gentoo party

2003-11-18 Thread Linux Rocks !
Pat et al. This got my interest! Ive recently purchased an extra el-cheapo camera, and it had very limited support right now. I have never done any USB stuff before, so theres some learning i have to do! Right now Ive found someone else that has some luck getting something out of this

[eug-lug]Web Application Developer Positions

2003-11-18 Thread Jim Beard
WANTED: 2 Web Application Developers. Ideal candidates would have working experience with Java, Java Server Pages (JSPs), Java Servlets, Linux, HTML, direct working experience with XML, SOAP, WSDL, and IBM's Web Services Toolkit. 2+ years of past web application development preferred. Must

Re: [eug-lug]Late to the Gentoo party

2003-11-18 Thread Bob Miller
Linux Rocks ! wrote: My camera: Concord EyeQ Mini I just checked gtkam, and it has these two entries in the camera menu. Concord Eye-Q Easy Concord EyeQ 4330 I wonder whether your camera would work as one of those. Versions: gtkam 0.1.10 gphoto2 2.1.2 --

Re: [eug-lug]Late to the Gentoo party

2003-11-18 Thread Linux Rocks !
Bob, et al. Ive compiled and installed libgphoto2, gphoto2, gtkam, all the current versions (but not from CVS). I did try both of the concord entries, no joy. I also did autodetect, still no joy :( I think the chipset in the camera is aox ? anyway, i'm told its different than

[eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread Larry Price
I just recently aquired a digital camera, after doing a lot of homework and making sure that I had all that I needed to make it work correctly. It's a CASIO EX-s2 and it mounts as a USB Mass storage device (yes I can keep regular files on the camera) It took about 5 minutes to get it configured

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread Ben Barrett
IMHO the incentives lie in that company's development department, getting greater (but false) job security by making up their own standards... unless they, like Microsoft, can afford to define their own choices as world standards! BTW, Larry, you forgot to remind folks not to unplug a USB mass

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread Bob Miller
Ben Barrett wrote: BTW, Larry, you forgot to remind folks not to unplug a USB mass storage device before unmounting it = ) Does mounting it -o ro help in that respect? -- Bob Miller Kbob kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread Ben Barrett
Oh I appologize. I never said that. Nothing nothing... On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:51:03 -0800 Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ben Barrett wrote: | | ! BTW, Larry, you forgot to remind folks not to unplug a USB mass | ! storage device before unmounting it = ) | | Does mounting it -o ro

Re: [eug-lug]sco: novell-suse breaks sco contract

2003-11-18 Thread Christopher Maujean
Cory Petkovsek wrote: SCO CEO: Novell-SuSE breaks SCO contract Planned acquisition violates non-compete agreement and could lead to legal action against Novell By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service November 18, 2003 LAS VEGAS -- Novell Inc.'s $210 million planned acquisition of SuSE Linux AG

Re: [eug-lug]sco: novell-suse breaks sco contract

2003-11-18 Thread Bob Miller
Christopher Maujean wrote: Just to save myself some time and brainpower trying to figure out his problem, I'll commit to 20$/mo for a ProzacForDarlMcBride funding drive. anyone else? Today is Take Darl To Lunch day. At 5:00 PST (right now!) he's giving a Keynote at CdXpo in Las Vegas

Re: [eug-lug]sco: novell-suse breaks sco contract

2003-11-18 Thread Larry Price
On Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 05:01 PM, Bob Miller wrote: Christopher Maujean wrote: Just to save myself some time and brainpower trying to figure out his problem, I'll commit to 20$/mo for a ProzacForDarlMcBride funding drive. anyone else? Today is Take Darl To Lunch day. At 5:00 PST

[eug-lug]All computers wait at the same speed.

2003-11-18 Thread Bob Crandell
Hi, For those of you who have time to read stuff like this: === WHO'S ON FIRST FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ABBOTT: Ultimate SuperDuper Computer Store. Can I help you? COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up a home office in the den, and I'm thinking of buying a computer. ABBOTT:

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 02:51:03PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: BTW, Larry, you forgot to remind folks not to unplug a USB mass storage device before unmounting it = ) Does mounting it -o ro help in that respect? No. Kernels get damned confused when mounted devices disappear. In the case of

Re: [eug-lug]sco: novell-suse breaks sco contract

2003-11-18 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 05:10:36PM -0800, Larry Price wrote: Oooh, I'd be glad to give him a free pie !! Motion seconded. ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

[eug-lug]Re: WiFi Mapping Project

2003-11-18 Thread jgw
Marc, I'd be willing to donate some wardriving logs to your online databasing cause. I have a few hundred local access points (just locally) logged at this point. I've thought about setting up my own web-based database, but just haven't had the time. /jgw