Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on Dell M6400 with Raid

2009-11-06 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi all, I was trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 on my new Dell Precision M6400, that I bought from the Dell Depot. As soon as I got it I installed 2 Western Digital 320gb Scorpio Sata drives. I used the onboard Intel Matrix Storage Manager (v8.0.0.1039) ICH9M-E to mirror the drives, (Raid 1). I gave

Re: Invisible Text

2009-09-09 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Bob, Bob Elzer wrote: > Could it have anything to do with the Theme ?? I just installed a different theme. So far, it appears to have fixed the problem, however, I will not know for sure until I use my computer for another day or two. Thanks for the idea. MatthewMPP -

Re: Invisible Text

2009-09-09 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Alex, MatthewMPP wrote: [snip] >> I am still having problems with my menu text turning invisible. If I >> click on that menu once or twice it will return to normal black text. >> Un-installing Compiz had less effect than I previously thought. Do you >> know of anything else I can try? Thanks in

Re: topics for east side this Thursday?

2009-09-09 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hey Hans, der.hans wrote: > Please get a bio and abstract to Matthew, so he can add your talk when he > adds his. > > ciao, > > der.hans I do not have permission, (nor have I ever had permission), to edit other peoples events on the PLUG calendar! Sincerely, MatthewMPP ---

Re: topics for east side this Thursday?

2009-09-09 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Hans, der.hans wrote: > Am 07. Sep, 2009 schwätzte Matthew A Coulliette so: > > moin moin Matthew, > >> I will be giving a short talk on ChatZilla which will conclude my >> Mozilla Series. After I have completed my class on OpenOffice.org, (and > > Cool. Would

Re: Invisible Text

2009-09-09 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Benjamin, Matthew A Coulliette wrote: > I uninstalled anything with Compiz in the name, using Synaptic. This did > not fix it completely, however, it is about 90% better. Thanks. I am still having problems with my menu text turning invisible. If I click on that menu once or twice it will

Re: Network Manager & Keyring [Solved]

2009-09-08 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Cool. GK wrote: > I've found network manager, knet attach, wifi radar to just cause issues > consistently for me two apps that are both ncurses but one is > guified do great... the later runs wired and wifi likety split. > > > Apps: > > Ceni > > Wicd This solved my problem. I stalled wic

Re: topics for east side this Thursday?

2009-09-07 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Hans, I will be giving a short talk on ChatZilla which will conclude my Mozilla Series. After I have completed my class on OpenOffice.org, (and only after I have completed my class on OOo), I will volunteer to do a series on it for both E&WSMs. der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > do we have topi

Re: Network Manager & Keyring

2009-09-07 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Lisa, Lisa Kachold wrote: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?s=f5de5634f4448d733a599c23e4bb0257&p=2776815&postcount=1 This link did not help me. I want to remove all the keyrings, because I prefer to remember my passwords and enter them manually. The question is: how do I remove the keyrin

Re: Invisible Text

2009-09-07 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Benjamin, Benjamin Francom wrote: > If compiz is enabled, try turning it off. I uninstalled anything with Compiz in the name, using Synaptic. This did not fix it completely, however, it is about 90% better. Thanks. MatthewMPP --- PLUG-discuss m

Network Manager & Keyring

2009-09-06 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hello all, I am running Ubuntu 9.04 on an IBM thinkpad (T30). Recently, I have been having trouble with Network-Manager. So, I bought a new USB wireless receiver. I was able to install it without any trouble, and it is working fine. All of the available networks in my area, show up in the Network-

Invisible Text

2009-09-06 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi everyone, Anybody care to help me resolve a problem. For about a month the text at the top of a menu in Firefox menus, Firefox bookmarks, and the Gnome-Panel Menus, will occationally turn invisible. The text/name of the menu usually turns invisible when I finish using a menu and it just closed.

BlenderCAD Dev. - Int. Online Mtng

2009-09-03 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hey guys, The next official international online meeting is on Sept. 19, 2009, @ Noon, MST. (Normal day, time, and place.) Here are a few things that will probably be on the agenda. website content and layout website improvements needed website hosting of our source code project feature list pro

Re: I need help with IPCop.

2009-08-03 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Lisa, > You can assign static ip addresses to any interface as virtual addresses. > > In Ubuntu assignment looks like so; static files manage the > configuration (which also can be done via the Networking tab [I like > command line]): > > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-networking-configurat

Re: I need help with IPCop.

2009-08-03 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Lisa & Eric, Questions: Can you just assign an ip number to a computer? Or does something up stream of it, (a computer, router, dhcp server, whatever), have to be made aware of that computer's ip number. Example, when I assign static ip's on the green zone, I always enter the ip on both IPCop

Re: I need help with IPCop. [Blue Zone Setup]

2009-08-03 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Eric, Thanks for the reply. By default, the users on the blue network can only use the internet and nothing else, unless you specifically give them access. Here are a few things that helped understand the blue zone: 2.6.1. What traffic is allowed between Interfaces? http://www.ipcop.org/1.4.0

Re: I need help with IPCop.

2009-08-02 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Okay, I now have the red, green, and blue zones working properly. To get the blue zone working, I enabled the blue DHCP server, then added a static IP address for the WAP and the laptop. Next, I added the laptop to the blue access menu. I also had to co-ordinate the settings of the WAP with IPCop

I need help with IPCop.

2009-07-29 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
hi, First of all, I would like to apologize for the long email. But, I have a few questions that I have not been able to find the answers to. So, I would greatly appreciate any helpful advice. Here is the setup of my network: router (IPCop) workstationsservers red: 98.172.82.xxx

BlenderCAD Development

2009-07-29 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hey everyone, I have just updated the PLUG calendar in regard to the BlenderCAD Development Project. I am now offering BlenderCAD Development Mentoring on the 3rd Saturday of the month, instead of the BlenderCAD Workshop. Also, I have moved the online meeting to the 3rd Saturday of the month, whic

Re: July WSM Minutes

2009-07-28 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi Ryan, Yeah, very cool! Well done. You even spelled my name correctly! MatthewMPP Ryan Rix wrote: > Hi, > > For anyone who missed the meeting, here are the minutes for the July West > Side > meeting: > > http://hackersramblings.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/july-plug-wsm-minutes/ > > Ryan > >

Re: projector for tonight's west side mtg

2009-07-22 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Awesome, I will see you guys there also. MatthewMPP der.hans wrote: > Am 22. Jul, 2009 schwätzte Gerold Knapp so: > > moin moin, > >> I can provide a projector with VGA input (s-video, yada yada) and a free >> standing screen if no other solutions present themselves. It is not a >> large >> scr

Re: Dual Monitors Ubuntu Jaunty

2009-05-28 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Well, to say for sure I would have to know what laptop, graphics card, and driver you are using. However, I have an IBM T30 w/ ATI graphics card and an open source driver. I know that the maximum external monitor I can run is a 14" 1024x768 @ 60Hz. - MatthewMPP Mike Hoy wrote: > I set up Juanty

Re: first Time DRBL

2009-05-28 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
What is DRBL? - MatthewMPP Stephen wrote: > interesting. I have gotten the clonezilla livecd working. so was > looking forward to having the ability to have a server repository for > this and not needing anything cept a network boot. > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Michael Butash wrote: >

Re: need west side topics tomorrow

2009-05-27 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hans, I am going to the WSM so I will cover the presentation. - MatthewMPP der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > I was going to do some show and tell with my wife's Dell mini, but it > looks like we need to head out of town tomorrow. If we don't head out of > town I'm even less likely to make it. > >

Re: Linux Router for windows network?

2009-05-27 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi, I would recommend IPCop. It is not a book, it is a router/firewall distro and works quite well. I use it for my linux network, however, I believe that windows people use it as well. There is an email list for contrib support: ipcop-u...@lists.sourceforge.net. MatthewMPP mike Enriquez wrot

Re: Installfest 5/30 (new thread)

2009-05-27 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Matthew A Coulliette wrote: > I've had about three RSVP's, some are a bit heafty: > > > > Just moved to Phoenix from Oakland CA and I have a new reasonably up > to date refurbished HP desktop computer with Vista that i only got > because none of my 2 desktop

Installfest 5/30 (new thread)

2009-05-26 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
I've had about three RSVP's, some are a bit heafty: Just moved to Phoenix from Oakland CA and I have a new reasonably up to date refurbished HP desktop computer with Vista that i only got because none of my 2 desktops and 1 laptop with Ubuntu are really working after a move. I have use

Re: UbSvr Software RAID

2009-05-26 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
create the partitions and when it asks for type choose Linux raid from > the partition manager. > > Then hit the raid manager and make your array and partition as needed > > > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Matthew A Coulliette > wrote: > >> Hi all, >>

Re: corrupted download

2009-05-26 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Dazed_75 wrote: > > > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Matthew A Coulliette > mailto:matthew...@cox.net>> wrote: > > I have never seen that happen, (the md5sum being next to the file). I > found a list called MD5sums for the iso I was downloading, and even if

Re: corrupted download

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
j...@the-hansons-az.net > > > > > On May 25, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Matthew A Coulliette wrote: > > >> Hi, I ran md5sum on the downloaded file from the command line. The >> sum >> was different than the correct one I found on the Internet. It was >>

Re: corrupted download

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
rupted? > --- > Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) > Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal > Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net > > > > > On May 25, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Matthew A Coulliette wrote: > > >> Hi again, >> >> I have been having trouble downloading from

corrupted download

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi again, I have been having trouble downloading from 1 of my computers. I use it for downloading and burning distro's. I was recently downloading an ubuntu iso and every time the file was corrupted. I tried the firefox download and when that did not work I tried wget from the command line. I

Re: DMZ with SME server.

2009-05-24 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
, Matthew A Coulliette <matthew...@cox.net> wrote: Hi everyone, I have drawn and attached a flow chart of my computer network.  I used openoffice.org-draw.  Conventions I used in drawing the diagram: (computer name), and [description]. Status: Green and Red zones are currently working.  Bl

Re: Install 9.04, update disk

2009-05-24 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
I'm assuming its inline with a typical nvidia card, and will be supported with the proprietary drivers. There's tons of how-to's about this out there, just google "ubuntu nvidia drivers". The oss ones are still pretty crappy for getting any kind of glitz or direct renderi

Re: Install 9.04, update disk

2009-05-24 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
A7N8X Deluxe Just, 1 more comment.  I tried a different video card in the computer to see what would happen, and it would not work at all.  MatthewMPP Dazed_75 wrote: On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Matthew A Coulliette <matthew...@cox.net> wrote: Hi everyone, I am trying to ins

DMZ with SME server.

2009-05-24 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi everyone, I have drawn and attached a flow chart of my computer network. I used openoffice.org-draw. Conventions I used in drawing the diagram: (computer name), and [description]. Status: Green and Red zones are currently working. Blue and Orange zones are currently not working. My target

UbSvr Software RAID

2009-05-24 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi all, Here is a link for setting up software raid for Ubuntu Server 9.04: http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/advanced-installation.html I followed the instructions carefully. In fact, it took me several tries to make sure I followed the instructions accurately. The first 2 sections we

Install 9.04, update disk

2009-05-24 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi everyone, I am trying to install Ubuntu 9.04 on another computer and it is giving me a lot of trouble. The computer boots from the install cdrom like normal. Then, I select install and it will start the process and then it will hang on me. I have tried installing Debian; with Debian it did a

Re: Magick

2009-05-23 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi, Thanks, now I have a better understanding of dpkg. MatthewMPP Francis Earl wrote: I used synaptic to verify that all of them were installed and then I tried to run them as root, and still the computer responded "command not found". Does anyone have any advice? In th

Re: Magick

2009-05-20 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi, Cool.  Thanks for the replies they helped a lot. MatthewMPP Craig White wrote: On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 17:37 -0700, Matthew A Coulliette wrote: Hi everyone, I have installed imagemagick, perlmagick, graphicsmagick, and imageinfo using apt-get. They are command line image

Magick

2009-05-20 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi everyone, I have installed imagemagick, perlmagick, graphicsmagick, and imageinfo using apt-get. They are command line image processing tools. Imageinfo works, however, the others do not. I can access the man page for imageinfo and imagemagick. After they were installed I typed each command

Re: Best first programming language

2009-05-19 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Dennis, I am going to be starting classes in the fall, so I have been doing research on this subject. I am anti-Microsoft and pro-Linux/open source. The languages I want to learn are listed below in the order I plan on learning them. Latex: a markup language (it is simple to learn and useful) B

Command Line Tools

2009-05-18 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi all, Recently, I posted a reply to "Yet Another PGP Test..." which I had intended to be a new thread. The subject on the reply was "List of Command Line Tools". I would like to thank everyone for posting the commands that they use. I have researched the commands and there are a few I could n

BlenderCAD Workshop 05-17-09

2009-05-16 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi all, Just a reminder that there is a BlenderCAD workshop tomorrow at my house from 12-6pm. Everyone is invited. BYOE. Topics I need help with include: IPCop, SME server, & Ubuntu server. If you are familiar with the topics listed I would love your help getting things working, however, there

List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-16 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi all, Every once in a while someone mentions that: "they use the command line for that", where "that" means almost "anything". Example: someone just mentioned that they use the command line for email. I was wondering if people that use the command line a lot could list a few of the programs th

Re: OK (was: Re: [...] free wiki [hosting] (was: Re: BlenderCAD: [...]))

2009-05-14 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
ake the decisions... I might not know the answer to that one, but apparently (in this case at least), it is someone "other than me". --  Mike Schwartz     Glendale  AZ  schwa...@acm.org On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Matthew A Coulliette <matthew...@cox.n

Re: Format

2009-05-14 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Bob Elzer wrote: Should we turn this into which way should the toilet paper face on the roll ???   I know my way is right on that one. lol   The toilet paper should come over the top of the role, so that it hags down in front of the role and away from the wall. ;-) MatthewM

Re: Yet Another PGP Test...

2009-05-14 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi, I would like to learn about encription and signatures.  Is there a good how to for Enigma and openPGP. MatthewMPP Joe wrote: If you are looking for feedback... this may have worked, but you need to upload your public key (0xBB82437A) to one of the public servers or somehow make it av

Re: OK (was: Re: [...] free wiki [hosting] (was: Re: BlenderCAD: [...]))

2009-05-12 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
at least), it is someone "other than me". --  Mike Schwartz     Glendale  AZ  schwa...@acm.org On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Matthew A Coulliette <matthew...@cox.net> wrote: Hi,     I appreciate the brainstorming, and at one point I considered something alon

OT posts (again)

2009-05-12 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi, I also wanted to thank the people who notice when a thread has made the transition from something On-Topic to an Off-Topic thread. A lot of times the thread starts out on topic and gradually becomes an OT conversation. Although, there are times when I enjoy these OT threads and conversations

Format

2009-05-12 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi, I just wanted to thank everyone who adds their comments at the top of the reply instead of at the bottom. It saves time and scrolling down the page of every reply is only good for being annoying. MatthewMPP --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-

Re: idea -- site offers free wiki [hosting] (was: Re: BlenderCAD: day and time)

2009-05-12 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
is more like a non-profit cooperative joint venture to create / improve some FLOSS (isn't it?) therefore, this ["free" wiki] idea should be OK. (right?) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote: On Mon, May 11, 200

Re: BlenderCAD: day and time

2009-05-12 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Thanks very much. It is good to be appreciated. - MatthewMPP Mike Schwartz wrote: On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Matthew A Coulliette <matthew...@cox.net> wrote: Hi all,    This thread is for anyone interested in participating in the BlenderCAD workshop.  Please post a repl

BlenderCAD: day and time

2009-05-11 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi all, This thread is for anyone interested in participating in the BlenderCAD workshop. Please post a reply with the day and time of your preference, then we will take a vote in order to find the best time for all of us. Please try not to recommend days and times that over lap with other P

Re: BlenderCAD 05-10-09

2009-05-11 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
able to make it over to help with infrastructure (IPCop, etc). Sundays are bad for me though. Some weekday or Saturday perhaps? Matthew A Coulliette wrote: Hi Lisa, I appreciate your offer to setup NFS for me, however, I don't really want someone to just do it for me. I ne

Re: BlenderCAD 05-10-09

2009-05-11 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
ay 10, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Matthew A Coulliette wrote: Hi Lisa,     I appreciate your offer to setup NFS for me, however, I don't really want someone to just do it for me.  I need to understand how to set it up and maintain it; and the other issues are more important.  I really need

Re: BlenderCAD 05-10-09

2009-05-11 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
about, continue to promote it, and post to the list, you will have contributed. Also, are their any CAD groups you can cross post to? On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Matthew A Coulliette <matthew...@cox.net> wrote: Hi Lisa,     I appreciate your offer to setup NFS for me,

Re: BlenderCAD 05-10-09

2009-05-10 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
was going to have to step up and do something. MatthewMPP Lisa Kachold wrote: Matthew, I can't come to BlenderCAD, but I have a few cards you can pick through? Also, if you give me ssh access, I can setup your NFS. 503-754-4452 On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Matthew A Coull

BlenderCAD 05-10-09

2009-05-08 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi everyone, Just a reminder to everyone that this Sunday is the 2nd BlenderCAD workshop. It is from 12-6pm every sunday, at my house (address below). BlenderCAD is not going to write itself; so I am trying to do my part and I invite everyone who also wants a full featured open source cad pr

Re: BlenderCAD workshop

2009-05-07 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
oons. Matthew A Coulliette 1556 E. Grandview Mesa, AZ. 85203 mobile ph: 602-762-1791 MatthewMPP Bryan O'Neal wrote: > 1) What do you need an sysadmin for and > 2) Do you need them past Sunday and perhaps for projects that do not require > physical/corporeal and temporal s

Re: Not Political but OT: NP F330 Batteries?

2009-05-07 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
I would try Radio Shack for the battery. - MatthewMPP Andrew "Tuna" Harris wrote: > Hiya > > First I would like to suggest a solution to this OT > problem: denoting OT messages as being political or otherwise, and > providing server-side settings to block them or not. So there would be > > POT:

Re: Ubuntu and Sound Card?

2009-05-07 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Mike, Is there a reason why you did not install Ubuntu 9.04?  Why try and fix a problem with an old distro when you can install the latest one? MatthewMPP mike enriquez wrote: I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 and it seems to have issues with my sound card. Does anyone out there kn

Re: Need Advice on Routers

2009-05-03 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi everyone, Just wanted to add another glitch I had building my smoothwall router. After having spent a day working on smoothwall by myself and then having a friend help me work on it for a couple of half days, we were never able to get smoothwall working properly. We could login remotely f

Re: How to remove a bond interface via command line

2009-04-30 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
What is a bonded interface? - MatthewMPP Stephen wrote: > I'm here late with no real network connection > > If anyone is up late and able to get me a command to break a bonded > interface if be grateful > > --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-di

Re: Why Wubi is the stupidest idea in Linux history...

2009-04-30 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi, I think wubi is a great idea. It reminds me of the OpenCD project that had all multi-platform software on it. The idea was to make it easier for windows and apple people to gain linux experience. After having read this thread, I am thinking about installing it on a friend's computer. He h

Re: Need Advice on Routers

2009-04-29 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
ING HGA32T 10/ 20/ 100/ 200/ 1000/ 2000Mbps PCI Gigabit Ethernet > > Adapter - Retail $16.99 > > > > Rosewill RC-411 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express Network Adapter - > Retail > > on sale $14.99 > > Thanks! > > Mark > > > &g

BlenderCAD workshop

2009-04-28 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
To whom it may concern, BlenderCAD is the best hope for an open source full featured CAD program. I want to hold a BlenderCAD workshop at my house (in Mesa, AZ) on sunday afternoons. I am and will continue to be dedicated to this project. However, I could use your help. We need: linux people, c

Re: Need Advice on Routers

2009-04-27 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
I am currently building a smoothwall router out of an old pc. Smoothwall is a great piece of software. I have 8 computers so turning an old one into a router didn't bother me. It has a web interface for administration, and can be set up with up to 4 zones: red - www, orange - DMZ (web server), pur

Re: opensync Palm/Sunbird

2009-04-27 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
> > Kpilot > opensync in my experience. (if you've got KDE libraries) > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Matthew A Coulliette > mailto:matthew...@cox.net>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am considering buying a Palm Treo 650 (T-mo

Re: HackFest Relocation: Shared Networking, Fair and Acceptable Use and HackFest Ethics = Any Objection to MOVE?

2009-04-27 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
51&Northern sounds better to me than Estrella Mountain. - MatthewMPP eldric wrote: > I can offer a hosted location off of Hwy 51 and Northern if that > would help? I am also the sole network/systems administrator there. > > Charles > > At 12:17 PM 4/25/2009, Lisa Kachold wrote: > >> We have r

opensync Palm/Sunbird

2009-04-25 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hi all, I am considering buying a Palm Treo 650 (T-mobile). From what I have learned so far I should be able to sync it with opensync, (opensync-plugin-palm/sunbird). I was wondering if anyone had any tips, comments, or opinions on this subject. Thanks. MatthewMPP ---

Re: Apr WS mtg tonight

2009-04-23 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Hans Hi. I'm just reading this thread. Sent you an email about how the meeting went. Talk to you later. MatthewMPP P.S. I am going to post a thread regarding BlenderCAD on the PLUG-Devel mailing list. der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > this month's west side meeting is tonight. > > It starts at

Lighting/Sunbird/iCal howto

2009-04-20 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
To whom it may concern, Here is how you can add events from online calendars. The links included are AZloco, Fridge (Ubuntu Events), Plug (not a continuous feed, only a partial). File=> New=> Calendar=> OnTheNetwork=> Format=> iCalendar=> Location=> AZloco: (paste link in location) http://www.go

Re: More Firefox weirdness

2009-04-20 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Would this be a cookie issue? There are cookie manager add-ons for Firefox. After I installed one, I just goto: Tools=>Page Info=>Permissions=>Set Cookies. Then choose between Use Default, Allow, Allow for session, & Block. I know the back button not working is a cookie issue. I had Firefox set t

Wireless Cards

2009-04-01 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Lisa, This is my first email to you. From what I have read I gather you are very good with networking. Could you recommend some links/webpages that I could read to troubleshoot my wireless cards on my laptop? I have: an IBM Thinkpad T30. I believe that I have a mini-pci wireless card, (

SLUG

2009-04-01 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Does anyone belong to Sunland LUG? Can you give any information about them? (Example: Do they have a mailing list?) MatthewMPP --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail s

Re: Ubuntu 8.10 (to Josef)

2009-03-31 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
know. > > If you want to tweak Compiz, sudo apt-get install simple-ccsm. Hope that > helps. Of course, if you're not using Compiz and you still can't change > the settings, then this won't help and I'm out of suggestions. > > -Joe > > Matthew A Coulliette

Re: Ubuntu 8.10 (to Josef)

2009-03-25 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Josef Lowder wrote: > On 3/25/09, Matthew A Coulliette wrote: > >> I felt the same way about Suse 10.2 as you do about PCLinux, until I >> switched to Ubuntu 8.10. >> > > Thanks for sharing your experience and your perspective, Matt > > >From yo

Re: Decline: [Invitation] Installfest @ Monthly at 10am on the last Saturday (plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us)

2009-03-25 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
tho...@redhat.com wrote: > > Event Invitation > > Title: > > > > Decline: Installfest > > Location: > > > > University of Advancing Technology loc: 2625 W Baseline Tempe, AZ 85283 > > When: > > > > Sat 28 Feb 2009 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM > > Organizer: > > > > Phoenix Linux

Ubuntu 8.10 (to Josef)

2009-03-25 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
Josef Lowder wrote: > On 3/25/09, Matt Graham wrote: > >> You know what all this is saying to me? "PCLinuxOS is buggy. Don't >> use it." Having a virtualbox install hose X, having LiveCDs lock >> up on multiple machines, and so forth are things that I just would >> not put up with. Life'

East & West side topics

2009-03-19 Thread Matthew A Coulliette
I have been using linux on and off for 7 years now, and have occasionally attended an East side meeting. But, it only occurred to me yesterday when I was browsing the Internet of how many chat rooms, mailing lists, and online events there are. I was thinking that this would be a great subject