Re: [PLUG] Internal serial cable IDC 10 to DB9?

2009-08-23 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Carl Karstenc...@personnelware.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Denis Heidtmanndenis.heidtm...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody have suggestions for local stores that may have this for ASUS MB?  (Mail order shipping doubles the price.)  As best as I can

Re: [PLUG] Internal serial cable IDC 10 to DB9?

2009-08-23 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Paul Mullenp...@nellump.net wrote: On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:04:33PM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: Anybody have suggestions for local stores that may have this for ASUS MB?  (Mail order shipping doubles the price.) PCH Cables carries pretty much everything

[PLUG] Internal serial cable IDC 10 to DB9?

2009-08-22 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Anybody have suggestions for local stores that may have this for ASUS MB? (Mail order shipping doubles the price.) As best as I can determine there are two wiring arrangements: straight through and crossed. (http://www.scantips.com/serial-db9.html) My MB, M3N78-VM, wants straight through I

Re: [PLUG] Internal serial cable IDC 10 to DB9?

2009-08-22 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 12:04 -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: Anybody have suggestions for local stores that may have this for ASUS MB?  (Mail order shipping doubles the price.)  As best as I can determine there are two wiring arrangements: straight through and crossed. (http://www.scantips.com

Re: [PLUG] Internal serial cable IDC 10 to DB9?

2009-08-22 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Denis Heidtmanndenis.heidtm...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 12:04 -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: Anybody have suggestions for local stores that may have this for ASUS MB?  (Mail order shipping doubles the price.)  As best as I can determine

Re: [PLUG] USB issues

2009-07-11 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Scott Garmansgar...@zenlinux.com wrote: Denis Heidtmann wrote: In trying to get my HP PhotoSmart  S20 scanner communicating with VirtualBox (Win 2K guest) This is a shot in the dark, but I have a USB device that doesn't quite work right with WinXP under

[PLUG] USB issues

2009-07-09 Thread Denis Heidtmann
In trying to get my HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner communicating with VirtualBox (Win 2K guest) I found that the information received by the kernel (2.6.28-13-generic) from the scanner is wildly inconsistent. The vendor # and device # are consistent, but the rest is garbled (HP ?HP PhotoSmart C5101A,

Re: [PLUG] VirtualBox

2009-06-28 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:39 AM, John Jason Jordanjoh...@comcast.net wrote: On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:27:16 -0700 Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com dijo: Who said that Virtualbox wouldn't run on Jaunty? From the docs: • Linux hosts (32-bit and 64-bit4 ):      – Debian GNU/Linux 3.1

Re: [PLUG] VirtualBox

2009-06-28 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 4:52 PM, John Jason Jordanjoh...@comcast.net wrote: On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:54:47 -0700 Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com dijo: On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:39 AM, John Jason Jordanjoh...@comcast.net wrote: ... You can use a license for later versions of Windows

[PLUG] VirtualBox

2009-06-27 Thread Denis Heidtmann
I am trying to understand the uses and limitations of VirtualBox, in anticipation of using it (or some other VM) to run Windows for a few tasks that I still use. My understanding from reading the docs. is that VB does not support Ubuntu 9.04 as a host, nor Windows ME as a guest. I believe that

Re: [PLUG] Terminal causing X crash in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

2009-06-14 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Patrick J. Timlickp.j.timl...@ieee.org wrote: I had similar results as below on Ubuntu 9.04 32 bit.  -- Patrick Timlick On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Larry W lar...@holbrookmasons.org wrote: Denis Heidtmann wrote: gnome-terminal -e alsdjfla  (or any non

[PLUG] Terminal causing X crash in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

2009-06-13 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Any of you running Ubuntu 9.04 willing to try this? After running the command below, an error window appears (There was an error creating the child process for this terminal). X seems unresponsive, and, as determined by my son SSH-ing into it, if left in this state X ends up using all the CPU.

[PLUG] GRUB version

2009-06-06 Thread Denis Heidtmann
What is the present thinking about which GRUB to use, GRUB2 or GRUB legacy? -Denis ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] GRUB version

2009-06-06 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Bill Barrybar...@proaxis.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.comwrote: What is the present thinking about which GRUB to use,  GRUB2 or GRUB legacy? Grub legacy is the default boot loader installed by many

Re: [PLUG] forum software with email bridge/gateway - followup

2009-04-28 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Michael wrote: Based on the feedback of the group members they are going back to using email lists for communication. The consensus was the forum was too time consuming to use. Good for them! We had a discussion of this same issue on the LyX

[PLUG] Comcast?

2009-04-17 Thread Denis Heidtmann
I seem to recall comments here about people's experience with Comcast, not all of them good. I am currently using Qwest dsl and dslnorthwest, and am very pleased with the support from the isp. The only reason I am even considering Comcast is cost. I would love to hear of your good/bad

[PLUG] Sound

2009-04-17 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Help. Sound out has quit on one channel only. That is, system sound test, audacity, amarok, and on-line videos all lack output on one channel. The microphone plugged into the sound card, however, generates output on both channels (as seen by ecasignalview). I unplugged the cable to the amp

Re: [PLUG] Comcast?

2009-04-17 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Joe Pruett wrote: I'm now in a Qwest area and much happier that I can sign up with a third party ISP. I really hope this model never dies because at least I get the *option* of using competent non-evil ISPs, even if I have to pay a bit more. unfortunately it is dieing. qwest's new fiber

Re: [PLUG] Comcast?

2009-04-17 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Russell Senior wrote: ... I happen to think that the public (the users of the network) needs to seize control of the last mile infrastructure (either by purchase or by building its own). The current ownership/regulation model is broken. I concur. How might it be accomplished? And once

Re: [PLUG] A challenge...

2009-04-16 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Russell Senior wrote: ... And btw, I was slightly stunned that my overall federal income tax rate on adjusted gross income was just 4.62% in 2008 ... That is because you have an income over $1M -Denis ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Darn RF!

2009-03-30 Thread Denis Heidtmann
John Jason Jordan wrote: Some time ago I bitched about feedback noise from the computer to my stereo. ... There is a lot of electronic equipment and wiring in the room, but I can't get rid of any of it. If anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears. Literally. You should be able to rule out

Re: [PLUG] .Doc file is empty in OOo 3.01

2009-03-22 Thread Denis Heidtmann
John Jason Jordan wrote: I downloaded brackets.doc from a professor's web site here: http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/hayes/120a/Brackets.htm#word I did this a couple months ago. At the time I had no problem opening it in OOo 3.0. Since then I have upgraded to 3.01 and the file will

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