Re: [PLUG] Lost digital mode on video card

2010-08-12 Thread Neal
So any suggestions? Do a full power cycle, not just reset/reboot to see if something in the hardware got wedged. Doesn't solve the hardware/driver issue but it's all I got. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

[PLUG] Slackware upgrade trouble...

2010-08-12 Thread Michael C. Robinson
I'm trying to upgrade Slackware 10.1 to Slackware 13. So far, I have determined that upgrading to Slackware 11's glibc is necessary. Maybe now xz will work? I'm getting an error that external command xz cannot be found even though I can see it under /bin and /usr/bin no problem. How do I get

Re: [PLUG] Slackware upgrade trouble...

2010-08-12 Thread Michael C. Robinson
On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 16:37 -0700, drew wymore wrote: On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Michael C. Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: I'm trying to upgrade Slackware 10.1 to Slackware 13. So far, I have determined that upgrading to Slackware 11's glibc is necessary. Maybe now xz

Re: [PLUG] Slackware upgrade trouble...

2010-08-12 Thread drew wymore
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Michael C. Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 16:37 -0700, drew wymore wrote: On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Michael C. Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: I'm trying to upgrade Slackware 10.1 to Slackware 13. So far, I

Re: [PLUG] Slackware upgrade trouble...

2010-08-12 Thread Matt McKenzie
Hello, Though I haven't been on the Slak train in a while, I will say from experience with other distros, doing upgrades can be bumpy, and doing one from such distant versions can result in lots of hair-pulling. Best results are usually from saving your personal data and installing fresh. This

Re: [PLUG] Slackware upgrade trouble...

2010-08-12 Thread drew wymore
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Matt McKenzie lnxkni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Though I haven't been on the Slak train in a while, I will say from experience with other distros, doing upgrades can be bumpy, and doing one from such distant versions can result in lots of hair-pulling. Best

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2010-08-12 Thread Keith Lofstrom
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Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] Linux Clinic Sunday August 15 1PM Free Geek

2010-08-12 Thread Ulises Quiñónez
Hey Keith You are really a Linux Evangelist, aren't you? Take care... Gil Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:18:27 -0700 From: kei...@kl-ic.com To: plug-annou...@lists.pdxlinux.org Subject: [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] Linux Clinic Sunday August 15 1PM Free Geek It may be 93 Farenheit on the coming third

Re: [PLUG] Slackware upgrade trouble...

2010-08-12 Thread Brent Jones
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Michael C. Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: I'm trying to upgrade Slackware 10.1 to Slackware 13. So far, I have determined that upgrading to Slackware 11's glibc is necessary.  Maybe now xz will work? I'm getting an error that external command xz

Re: [PLUG] Solaris - Was: Slackware upgrade trouble...

2010-08-12 Thread drew wymore
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:42 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:57:25 -0700 Brent Jones br...@servuhome.net dijo: Welcome to Linux, and an unstable ABI between versions  ;) For example, Solaris has binary compatibility from Solaris 2.3 to 9.0, no such luck