[MLUG] The future, according to Macro$hit...

2009-07-13 Thread Denis-André Desjardins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0USn7eufXps Hilarious! André. ___ mlug mailing list mlug@listserv.mlug.ca https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca

[MLUG] Flashing LEDs...

2009-08-25 Thread Denis-André Desjardins
I've been trying to install Ubuntu on my desktop and all I get is two flashing LED, cap lock and scroll lock, on the keyboard. Windows 2000 WAS on it, now it won't even boot that. Suggestions? André. ___ mlug mailing list mlug@listserv.mlug.ca

Re: [MLUG] Flashing LEDs...

2009-08-25 Thread Denis-André Desjardins
Hmmm, perhaps I should try the reverse and connect it to the 'net? André. ___ mlug mailing list mlug@listserv.mlug.ca https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca

Re: [MLUG] Flashing LEDs...

2009-08-26 Thread Denis-André Desjardins
Thank you all for the support thus far! Here's the message: VFS: Cannot open root device NULL or unknown-block(104,1) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: 0800 40146624 sda driver: sd 0801 16385268 sda1 0802 1 sda2 0805

Re: [MLUG] Flashing LEDs...

2009-08-26 Thread Denis-André Desjardins
No, as I said earlier, I'm trying to INSTALL Ubuntu on the machine! André. ___ mlug mailing list mlug@listserv.mlug.ca https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca

Re: [MLUG] Flashing LEDs...

2009-08-27 Thread Denis-André Desjardins
In this particular case, the kernel cannot find the root device. I see 1 hard drive and 1 cdrom detected, is that the actual setup ? Have you tried enabling various options, including noapic and acpi=off ? Yes, I have tried the F6 options... I can also turn them off in the BIOS. Yes, one HDD and

Re: [MLUG] Virtual Machine concept development for developers

2009-09-03 Thread Denis-André Desjardins
Mais voyons donc! La majorité des gens ici sont francophones! Et tu n'as pas à t'excuser de ça! (À moins de faire beaucoup de fautes...) André. ___ mlug mailing list mlug@listserv.mlug.ca

Re: [MLUG] Fstab.

2012-01-31 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
Okay then, ohw do I do this; Another easy way to do it is boot from a livecd, then mount your /dev/sda1 (or whatever partition fstab is on) to /mnt and edit it from there. Please write the entire command. 2012/1/30 Michel-André michelan...@micronator.org Again, AFAIR, It remains to be seen as I

Re: [MLUG] Blog entry on the MLUG listserve website.

2012-02-16 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
I believe that Nicholas' analysis is correct, that was the point of the article. André. ___ mlug mailing list mlug@listserv.mlug.ca https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca

Re: [MLUG] Blog entry on the MLUG listserve website.

2012-02-17 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
Personally, I loathe Unity. It tries to be and do everything so it becomes difficult to find that program you use once in a while... However, I've installed it of the machines of a couple of grandmothers that were computer illiterate. They love it! Oh, I didn't think computers were so easy! they

[MLUG] Internet connection.

2012-02-25 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
I just made a fresh install, Ubuntu 11;04, on a friend's machine, it WAS running XP pro. It was not connected to the internet but does have a wi-fi card. I made the connection to the network, but nothing happens! It doesn't ask to connect or anything of the sort... What have I forgotten? André.

Re: [MLUG] Internet connection.

2012-02-26 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
your router have WiFi enabled? WPA/WPA2 enabled? If so, check the ethernet addresses in the filter list, make sure your mac address is in there. Check the address that ifconfig is reporting. On 02/25/2012 11:45 AM, Jeremy wrote: On 12-02-25 10:49 AM, Denis-André Desjardins. wrote: I

Re: [MLUG] Internet connection.

2012-02-26 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
It'S not an 802 issue. The USB wi-fi works on other computers and connects. On 26 February 2012 19:02, Andre Courchesne andre_mailingl...@net-forces.com wrote: Might be a 802.11a/b/g/n issue. On 2012-02-26, at 1:38 PM, Denis-André Desjardins. wrote: The card (Tenda W311P) is not supported

Re: [MLUG] Internet connection.

2012-02-27 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
runs visibly faster than under XP pro. On 27 February 2012 17:04, David da...@filiontech.com wrote: Was the USB mounted by the system when you plugged it in? If so, unmount it then try it as an interface. On 26/02/2012 7:06 PM, Denis-André Desjardins. wrote: It'S not an 802 issue. The USB

Re: [MLUG] Valve's Steam officially coming to Linux!

2012-04-25 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
Very nice! Question on another matter, where's the next Ubuntu party being held? On 25 April 2012 12:24, Ravnox rav...@arkanox.net wrote: What seems like an eternity ago, there were talks about a Linux client for Steam. Like many, I thought this would never materialized and that it was just a

Re: [MLUG] use battery fast

2012-06-05 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
Make one of the peripherals a DVD drive and run a movie for as long as it will play. On 5 June 2012 18:48, Nick Nobody m...@nikosapi.org wrote: On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 18:34 -0400, Jeremy wrote: What can I do to use up my laptop battery as fast as possible? I am breaking in an external

Re: [MLUG] nice logo

2012-10-19 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
The Linux Inside logo is marked as being under copyleft... On 19 October 2012 16:35, Rich budma...@videotron.ca wrote: On 10/04/2012 06:17 PM, Leslie S Satenstein wrote: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010923/four-key-new-features-in-linux-3-6.html The Linux Inside is a great logo and we

[MLUG] Something strange...

2014-06-19 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
I tried to run a video with movie player, and this is what happenedè Could not find GStreamer caps mapping for FFmpeg codec 'h264', and you are using an external libavcodec. This is most likely due to a packaging problem and/or libavcodec having been upgraded to a version that is not compatible

Re: [MLUG] Something strange...

2014-06-22 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
/2014 08:41 PM, Denis-André Desjardins. wrote: I tried to run a video with movie player, and this is what happenedè Could not find GStreamer caps mapping for FFmpeg codec 'h264', and you are using an external libavcodec. This is most likely due to a packaging problem and/or libavcodec having

Re: [MLUG] Something strange...

2014-06-23 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
Thank you Jeremy, I'll try that. David, Ubuntu recommends installing the 64 bit OS only on machines with an AMD 64bit CPU. On 23 June 2014 10:15, Jer m...@jeremychapman.info wrote: On 14-06-19 08:41 PM, Denis-André Desjardins. wrote: I tried to run a video with movie player, and this is what

Re: [MLUG] Something strange...

2014-06-23 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
23, 2014 at 11:09:34AM -0400, Denis-André Desjardins. wrote: Thank you Jeremy, I'll try that. David, Ubuntu recommends installing the 64 bit OS only on machines with an AMD 64bit CPU. When manufacturers realized that people would soon run out of address space with the old intel 32-bit

Re: [MLUG] Choice format.

2015-07-02 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
I was leaning towards NTFS. Thank you. On 2 July 2015 at 19:01, Jer m...@jeremychapman.info wrote: On 15-07-02 06:56 PM, Denis-André Desjardins. wrote: I'm getting a new external hard-drive. I have one that's been formatted in ext4, this results in that it can't be read by Macs or M

Re: [MLUG] Choice format.

2015-07-02 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
used Fuse for OSX and I am sure there are some for Windoze. Otherwise Jer is right, you'll have to use NTFS and hold your nose or if it's tiny FAT32. How stable is exFat ??? On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Jer m...@jeremychapman.info wrote: On 15-07-02 06:56 PM, Denis-André Desjardins

Re: [MLUG] Choice format.

2015-07-02 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
hands. This may or may not fit your needs. If not, as others have said, FAT32 is pretty much the standard now-a-days across all platforms, including my TV. :] ~k On Thu, 2015-07-02 at 18:56 -0400, Denis-André Desjardins. wrote: I'm getting a new external hard-drive. I have one that's been

[MLUG] Choice format.

2015-07-02 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
I'm getting a new external hard-drive. I have one that's been formatted in ext4, this results in that it can't be read by Macs or M$ machines. So then, I'd like to format the new drive so that it CAN be read by other platforms. Suggestions or recommendations please.

[MLUG] Internet provider.

2016-09-28 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
I'll very soon have to find a new internet provider. Any suggestions? Denis-André Desjardins. ___ mlug mailing list mlug@listserv.mlug.ca https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca

Re: [MLUG] Internet provider.

2016-10-03 Thread Denis-André Desjardins .
. > > I use Bell and am very happy. > Sean Rickerd > Ingénieur Commercial/Sales Engineer > srick...@suse.com > 514.834.5778 > ---- > > On 28/09/16 09:28 AM, Denis-André Desjardins. wrote: > > I'll very soon have to find a new internet provider. Any suggestions? >