I have used linux for many years, and I have found that upgrades in place
rarely work in the past.
Has anyone done a upgrade in place using the Update Manager for ubuntu 9.10?
Did it work?
Or would it be better to just create a tarball of my home directory, save it
off, download and burn the
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:44:10 -0700
Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org wrote:
yes, take it to batteries plus, and get it rebuilt.
i am also guilty of this, but the kind of batteries that are in laptops, need
to be almost fully discharged once in a while, as lithium ion batteries need
that.
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:15:39 -0700
Bryan O'Neal bon...@cornerstonehome.com wrote:
Any one have some recent ITIL study material they are willing to lend?
yep. let me see if i can find that crap at work.
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On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:28:08 -0700
wayne wayda...@cox.net wrote:
Is it me, or are others finding this version NON-user friendly too.
4 times I have put Kubuntu on my system, and 4 times... I HATE Kde4.x
What other distro's can I go to that have a look similar to the old KDE3.x?
I
On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:39:35 -0700
Joseph Sinclair plug-discuss...@stcaz.net wrote:
Jerry Davis wrote:
I wish the old konsole was back, I had a whole bunch of ssh terminals I went
into and automatically renamed the terminal tab. now NO ONE seems to know
how to do it - a LOT of ideas
On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:19:12 -0700
Joseph Sinclair plug-discuss...@stcaz.net wrote:
The escape sequence works just fine on KDE as well. Any terminal program
that handles the VT100 escapes. One line above the quoted text you stated I
have now gone over to gnome since the kde 4 debacle. I used
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:08:41 -0700
mike Enriquez myli...@cox.net wrote:
Which of these email clients do you like (Kmail or Evolution); and why?
Please reply so I can see which one of these is the most used. I will
gladly foward the results to the group.
Thanks
Mike Enriquez
I used to use
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:15:38 -0700
Micah DesJardins mica...@gmail.com wrote:
ASU's 3rd floor of the Noble Science Library also has a pile of C++
books including several on STL
my Son is a student at SMCC, can he get into the ASU library?
I am not a student.
jerry
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On Mon, 18 May 2009 23:07:41 -0700
James Mcphee jmc...@gmail.com wrote:
Screen is the greatest tool EVER!!! A CLI window manager! I mean, DUDE!!!
I work from home 3 days a week. Most of the time, in the morning and in the mid
afternoon, i have re-connect my vpn 10 - 15 times in as many
On Sun, 17 May 2009 06:54:56 -0700
Matt Graham danceswithcr...@usa.net wrote:
After a long battle with technology, Bryan O'Neal wrote:
While we are on the subject, excluding writing everything in bash, what is
the best way for various programs (pick your language) to access command
line
On Sun, 17 May 2009 06:27:57 -0700
Bryan O'Neal bon...@cornerstonehome.com wrote:
Drive the Apache Trail (Apache Jct. to Roosevelt Dam)
Spend a night at the Shady Dell in Bisbee
Spend a night at the LaPosada in Winslow
Visit Saguaro National Park in Tucson (and Tucson's 4th Ave.)
Visit
below is the official resume, and you can email me if you are interested in it.
they WANT a lot of stuff here, but they will take someone who basically is a
clone of me. they want someone who can take some nebulous specs and turn them
into something that works.
bash scripting, perl scripting,
On Sat, 16 May 2009 07:56:09 -0700
Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote:
Is this really in Boston, MA?
oh. my bad. it can be here too. preferably here. Chandler 101 Ray Rd.
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
below is the official resume, and you
and now for something completely off topic ... other than rules for posting and
such.
I am just now having to learn c++ : I haven't done any C work since the
middle 80's. I am being forced to move from Rational clearcase and clearquest
to svn and teamtrack. TeamTrack is UGLY, don't get me
On Thu, 14 May 2009 14:13:02 +
Ted Gould t...@gould.cx wrote:
Off topic, but if you're switching version control systems right now I
wouldn't be switching to SVN. Basically it's a generation old in
version control thinking. I'd be switching to something more modern
like a DVCS.
yep.
On Thu, 14 May 2009 05:45:29 -0700
Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
ok, not sure this was the right way to do it. Seems like swatting a gnat with a
sledgehammer, but I brought in the .C file that used to be as an include,
into my source, and compiled.
I was able to debug it with GDB.
Maybe
On Wed, 13 May 2009 07:28:42 -0700
Craig White craigwh...@azapple.com wrote:
Most 'top posters' are too lazy to actually clean up the e-mail below to
just retain the pertinent items to which they are responding to, leaving
the challenge to the next reader to figure it out.
1. top posting is
On Tue, 12 May 2009 10:03:47 -0700
Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote:
4. Lisa picked up on a good point - my daughter is deathly afraid I will get
her a black box computer for college. I mean a real black box - square
corners, matte black. We don't agree on shoes, and we don't
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:34:30 -0700
Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com wrote:
Guys,
I have an interesting database problem that I think can be solved on
the command line in one shot. But I don't know how :(.
I have a comma separated values text file. Each line shows a voter ID
number and
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:29:21 -0700
Mike Schwartz mike.l.schwa...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:57 AM, mz m...@infomagic.net wrote:
I'm migrating from M$ WinXP to openSUSE 11.0. At the moment I'm looking
for a db for simple personal use.
I have a music collection db in M$
I feel pretty dang stupid asking this, but where the heck are the tex2ps,
tex2html, tex2pdf, etc kind of tools?
I can't find them in synaptic package manager.
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He was part
On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 06:55:13 -0700
Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com wrote:
First step, I would try the latest Jaunty alpha and see if that fixes
it. If it does, just wait a bit for that. Right now Jaunty is
sucking if you have an Intel video card but it looks to be a fixable
issue.
Worst
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:12:03 -0700
Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:03:55 -0700
Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
I generated a file on our RH 4 linux box using a perl program I wrote from
in my new notebook, my internal DVD drive is crap. It works fine in Winblows,
but not in ubuntu 8.10. Since the interal one works fine in windows, I don't
even need one that works in both platforms, just in linux.
I put a bug into the ubuntu forums many months ago, to no avail.
I got another mail
On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:57:48 -0700
Matt Graham danceswithcr...@usa.net wrote:
From: Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net
in my new notebook, my internal DVD drive is crap. It works fine in
Winblows, but not in ubuntu 8.10.
Post the make and model# of the laptop, so that other people know what
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 13:47:50 -0700
Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:12:03 -0700
Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:03:55 -0700
Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:18:55 -0700
Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote:
I have an lg and it has been great with linux and windows
any specific lg model? there are a few.
On 3/5/09, Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
in my new notebook, my internal DVD drive is crap. It works fine
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:03:55 -0700
Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
I generated a file on our RH 4 linux box using a perl program I wrote from
an
oracle database that is set to utf8.
I run that very same perl
I generated a file on our RH 4 linux box using a perl program I wrote from an
oracle database that is set to utf8.
I run that very same perl program on my windows box [ using cygwin ] (internally
set to WINDOWS-1252). This way, I have a benchmark file to look at. This file is
what it is supposed
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:40:17 -0700
Donn dlshum...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:07:05 -0700
Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
ok. I tried a lot of stuff. but the one thing that actually worked, was to
run
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:07:05 -0700
Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote:
I am using Rational ClearQuest, and am using the CQ Import process to import
from a csv file which I produced on a linux box.
The linux backend database is Oracle, and is a utf8 database.
The windows box I am using to do
I am using Rational ClearQuest, and am using the CQ Import process to import
from a csv file which I produced on a linux box.
The linux backend database is Oracle, and is a utf8 database.
The windows box I am using to do the import (there is no import binary on
linux), thinks it is WINDOWS-1252
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 09:17:30 -0700
James Mcphee jmc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote:
Someone at the instalfest said he was getting google results that every
page referenced was bad. Here is the explanation from Google:
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:54:23 -0700
Joshua Zeidner jjzeid...@gmail.com wrote:
try Ubuntu... jmz
ubuntu 8.10 is both good and bad.
I have used ubuntu for a couple years now, and had no problems until 8.10
I have bugs in for 2 things:
my DVD drive doesn't work - so I am living w/o it
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:41:16 -0700
JD Austin j...@twingeckos.com wrote:
If I were Microsoft I'd use OSS as a jump off point, slap a pretty user
interface on it and sell it with support.
OS X
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Happy Trails!
Jerry (K7AZJ)
Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown
Registered Linux User: 275424
This
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:29:27 -0800 (PST)
Jamie Shackles jamiel...@yahoo.com wrote:
The Aztec calender ends on December 23 2012. So a lot of people have
predicted this as the end of the world.
my son and I were looking at at a couple of the shows this morning. When they
said it could not
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:05:27 -0700
Bob Elzer bob.el...@gmail.com wrote:
When the worlds ends, I'm gonna hop a quick flight to San Diego, and have a
whole Hour to party like mad !!!
oh yeah? well I'm going to sayulita mexico, and watch the sunami come in with a
corona in BOTH my hands
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On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:56:41 -0700
James Finstrom jfinst...@rhinoequipment.com wrote:
off topic but kinda cool barack's new ride I think I will take 2.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/cadillac-one_01.jpg
James Finstrom
wow thats somethin.
now i wonder what
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:53:39 -0700
Alan Dayley ala...@consultpros.com wrote:
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Mike Bushroe mbush...@gmail.com wrote:
I am once again having trouble with my SuSe 11 system not booting. It
seemed to occur after I loaded the drivers in Windoze for a
video-to-USB
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:52:50 -0700
Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote:
depends on your overall like and dislike of KDE versus Gnome or vice versa.
I have used both, and actually I prefer KDE. But I am equally at home in Gnome.
I actually always used both. I would install both, and use the the
Yes, I bought a new laptop, and it is a good one too.
Not a bad price, and has everything working that needed to be working EXCEPT
one that I would never have thought about: the DVD writer doesn't work.
Details:
installed ubuntu intrepid
intel wifi 5100 works flawlessly
nvidia (with
blank disc put in.
/usr/bin/cdrecord is symlinked to wodim
it was not suid'd (as root), so I did that, and
ran the command you suggested,
here is the output, all looks fine to me, so I will try to write.
je...@frodo:~$ cdrecord -prcap dev=/dev/scd0
Device type: Removable CD-ROM
Version
-no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-
filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-jerry/k3bvof1Gb.tmp
On Thursday 11 December 2008 15:40:27 Jerry Davis wrote:
blank disc put in.
/usr/bin/cdrecord is symlinked to wodim
it was not suid'd (as root), so I did that, and
ran the command you suggested
I got 90%, but missed the when did 0.0.1 of linux come out.
I thought it was 91, but then I also thought it was January.
So I chose Jan 92.
Oh well.
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Happy Trails!
Jerry
KE7JVW
Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown
Registered Linux User: 275424
This email's random fortune:
A kind of Batman of
On Wednesday 30 January 2008 21:41, Mike Garfias wrote:
If you're doing that, I recommend looking at OpenVPN. Compared to
something like FreeS/WAN its a freaking cake walk to setup. It still
takes time + effort + reading, but its not THAT bad. And it works on
windows, mac, and linux.
at
On Saturday 05 January 2008 23:24, Alan Dayley wrote:
Tuna wrote:
Chris Gehlker wrote:
http://www.crazyaviation.com/images/Windows.jpg
Please, PLEASE tell me that is fake.
Absolutely fake.
Have you seen the commercials lately for Sync powered by Micro$oft?
They are integrating MS into
On Thursday 27 December 2007 08:33, Kevin Faulkner wrote:
I thought that NIC was Network Interface Card.
so -- does that make it Network Interface Card Card?
aka Network Interface Card**2
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:45:14 -0700
Joshua Zeidner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hello,
Does anyone
On Sunday 09 December 2007 08:48, Matt Graham wrote:
From: Jerry Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am trying to get my Dad's computer working with his Samsung SyncMaster
712N, and am having some trouble. I am 2000 miles away which doesn't help
with the debug either.
Remote debugging--just say
On Sunday 09 December 2007 10:35, Matt Graham wrote:
From: Jerry Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sunday 09 December 2007 08:48, Matt Graham wrote:
From: Jerry Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am trying to get my Dad's computer working with his Samsung
SyncMaster 712N, and am having some trouble
On Wednesday 28 November 2007 22:03, Matt Graham wrote:
From: Technomage-hawke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
does anyone on the list here happen to know what tool or tools are used
to generate man pages from sources (even to creating them from scratch if
need
be)?
man pages are text documents
yup that would do it.
you could also write a script that is fired off every minute via cron that
would do a dir of 1 to the other, and any missing files you could do a ln -s
of it, and vice versa for the other directory.
or create 2 named pipes and write to them, and have a job read from each
it has been a while, but I think I did:
sudo su -
password: x
# passwd root
Enter new pwd for root.
jerry
On Friday 31 August 2007 19:59, Phillip Waclawski wrote:
I called Dell to see if there was a way to avoid the Vista Tax on one
of the 1520's, but no go. So, using the educational
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