Re: Learning Linux

2009-02-02 Thread Karoliina Salminen
has been now already couple of years and Ubuntu is getting on each release better and better. The 6 month release cycle is very rapid and things change for better at amazing rate. Best Regards, Karoliina Salminen (running couple of Ubuntu computers) -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu

Re: M-Audio Oxygen8 v2 and Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet

2008-12-05 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hello, I have M-audio Axiom 25 which I use as a portable 2 octave keyboard. It is very good. The keys are much more plastic and lower quality on Oxygen8 than on Axiom, I would like to recommend the Axiom models instead - the keys are semi-weighted and have a whole diffferent feel to them. To the

Re: PC x Mac

2008-12-02 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hi, Well, there was the discussion about laptops... I use this and I swear on it. Well, I have a gadget freak's solution: have them all. As a result, I don't swear on any particular machine and the only ones of them I really love of them are all Apple hardware. I don't really look for the

Re: Audio Production Laptop

2008-11-26 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Generalizations tend to be innaccurate. Certainly Dell has their low cost lines (the Inspiron), but their Latitude lines are awesome. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I have one Latitude D600 on my table and I never liked it. I have stopped using it (replaced it with Thinkpad T61p which

Re: Audio Production Laptop

2008-11-25 Thread Karoliina Salminen
I agree. The premium payed for Macs is not reflected in the actual hardware used. I just priced out a loaded Dell Latitude E6400, which fully loaded is the same price as the starter Macbook. The Dell is using a better CPU, double the RAM, a fast hard drive (7200 RPM laptop drive) etc. It

[Bug 288164] [NEW] [intrepid] DRI not working on Interepid with Ubuntu supplied nVidia drivers/setup

2008-10-23 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Public bug reported: I installed Ubuntu Intrepid Beta from CD. I was able to setup nVidia on it, by installing the nvidia driver from Ubuntu repository. However, it is not fully functional. Direct rendering does not work. It worked on Hardy, but does not work in Intrepid. Some OpenGL applications

[Bug 282443] Re: Intel 3945 will not automatically activate

2008-10-14 Thread Karoliina Salminen
I just finished installing Intrepid beta. Same problem here, there is absolutely no way to up the eth0 on Thinkpad T61p, there is no driver. This has worked before on the same machine on all previous Ubuntu versions that have been installed on the T61p (Gutsy, Hardy), so I think this is a serious

[Bug 274019] Re: Intrepid: Intel 82566MM Gigabit network card not detected

2008-10-14 Thread Karoliina Salminen
I installed the Intrepid beta from Install CD because upgrade from Hardy-Intrepid failed on the nVidia driver - there was absolutely no way to get X up again (even the nVidia site drivers did not work because Ubuntu screws up the nVidia kernel modules so that the nVidia installer's compiled kernel

[Bug 282443] Re: Intel 3945 will not automatically activate

2008-10-14 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Oops, this was about wifi, my issue here is the eth0 which does not work. Indeed, the wifi works neither, in my case, it connects to a network succesfully sometimes, but then disconnects after 1 minute or so. It was doing already in Hardy this for me, and I have been using the wired network

Re: Building a Computer

2008-10-13 Thread Karoliina Salminen
For TV/Movies, you cannot beat the tv output quality from a matrox card, although their output support is s-video/composite. I would like to have this clarified: You mean obviously with TV-output here analog tube-TV? Rather than today's flat panels which have HDMI and which get 100% perfect

Re: Xinerama Nvidia RT

2008-10-10 Thread Karoliina Salminen
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 10:23 AM, aYo Binitie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, I'd nigh but given up on ever being able to use 2 monitors. I almost cannot wait to go to work and try this out now. Have you tried the nVidia installer from the nVidia site? Would it work better? On certain versions

Re: intrepid artwork

2008-10-07 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hi, On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, What's the state of the intrepid artwork? Any screenshots of what it currently looks like? I don't know as an outsider for sure. But thing is: I would really love this:

Re: Xinerama Nvidia RT

2008-10-06 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Yes, my desktop edition works fine with 3D graphics, NVIDIA drivers and Xinerama enabled. The problem is I've got a RME hammerfall and Behringer ADA8000 that NEED the RT kernel to operate without xruns. I think RT kernel is needed for low latency on any hardware. But I really wanted two

Re: Xinerama Nvidia RT

2008-10-03 Thread Karoliina Salminen
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:49 AM, John Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I know its been discussed recently but this is slightly different (i think) I have 8.04 (32bit) Desktop and Studio versions installed on two different hard drives on my AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+. My

Re: Xinerama Nvidia RT

2008-10-03 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hi again, On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Karoliina Salminen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:49 AM, John Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I know its been discussed recently but this is slightly different (i think) I have 8.04 (32bit) Desktop and Studio versions

[Bug 74034] Re: Serial ports on HP NC6000 and NW8000 don't work

2008-09-09 Thread Karoliina Salminen
I have the same problem on Ubuntu Hardy and Lenovo Thinkpad T61p. I need to use the serial cable to do my work, but minicom exits before displaying anything and says that device /dev/ttyS0 disappeared. dmesg prints the following: [435438.377880] ttyS0: LSR safety check engaged! [435446.329923]

Re: Speakers and sound configuration tool

2008-02-04 Thread Karoliina Salminen
and at least having the digital output working properly would make me quite happy (I do not use the analog multi channel output as I have a better decoder in my home theater amplifier/receiver). Best Regards, Karoliina Salminen -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: ardour - recording while playing a loop

2007-11-26 Thread Karoliina Salminen
On Nov 25, 2007 1:50 PM, verymeta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. Does anyone know if it's possible in Ardour to play a loop in one track, while recording another track? Obviously, I would want the recording track to move forward linearly - at the moment, I can get Ardour to loop all the

Re: Gutsy panel problems

2007-10-25 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hi, I have been thru the Archives of this List and did not find an answer to my problem. ( It sure would be useful if the Archives had a Search option. Now as to my Problem. When I have several Terminals minimized at the bottom of my panel they disappear upon rebooting. Is there a

[Bug 75770] Re: ATI Open source driver shows distorted unreadable image on Dell laptop + Apple Cinema Display 23 inch

2007-09-11 Thread Karoliina Salminen
The low-spec card is supposed to support this resolution via DVI because I have identical chip on identical laptop running Windows (well, it is not mine, but the company's) and it runs the Cinema Display fine with no problems at all. I am now running Gutsy and this problem still persists and it

[Bug 125260] Dist upgrade in up-to-date Gutsy reports errors

2007-07-11 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Public bug reported: I have been keeping my Gutsy up-to-date. However, Today dist-upgrade reported errors on packages: apport apport-gtk eog evolution-common gnome-panel-data gnome-panel synaptic update-manager Here is the log of apt-get dist-upgrade: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/karoliina#

[Bug 95534] Re: GeForce 8800GTX makes installation impossible

2007-06-25 Thread Karoliina Salminen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 91556 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/91556 Additional findings about the resolution: - After getting everything to work, I have had to edit configuration files from several applications and games by hand since their configuration does not generally

[Bug 95534] Re: GeForce 8800GTX makes installation impossible

2007-06-25 Thread Karoliina Salminen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 91556 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/91556 The very same thing happens with stable Feisty Fawn, with GeForce 8800GTX the Feisty Fawn is broken by default. I have Club3D GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB + 30 inch Dell 2560x1600 resolution display. There are

Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Theme

2007-05-12 Thread Karoliina Salminen
standard solution with no fresh breeze in the air. This is fine for most of the people I think, but some would love to see something completely different. Best Regards, Karoliina Salminen -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 22, Issue 3

2007-04-19 Thread Karoliina Salminen
, the situation is not much better there currently, most themes in most distributions tend to be boring and very conservative, they do not have any Maccish-shine. Best Wishes Karoliina Salminen http://www.karoliinasalminen.com/blog -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 22, Issue 3

2007-04-19 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hello, On 4/19/07, Alvaro Medina Ballester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a few words. Ubuntu = linux for human beings. Human beings = disctint cultures. Disctint cultures = distinct themes. Artwork team, start working!. Well said! I am sure that there are many talented artists in the Ubuntu

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-22 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hi, On 3/22/07, Corey Burger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As an observer from the previous two SoC's, I can say the biggest problem is students biting off more than they can chew. One of the biggest issues with tablets is that GNOME often barfs on the screen rotation, primarily the panel

[Bug 75770] Re: ATI Open source driver shows distorted unreadable image on Dell laptop + Apple Cinema Display 23 inch

2007-02-23 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Latest update about the situation: - I tried your suggestion and it didn't help. The image is still distorted and unreadable. The laptop was last time dist-upgraded on last Friday, so the Feisty is pretty much up to date and so this occurs even with the latest version of the open source driver.

[Bug 86457] Re: (maemo-on-ubuntu) Scratchbox does not work with latest Feisty kernel image

2007-02-23 Thread Karoliina Salminen
So my temporary fix for continuing running the scratchbox is to use 2.6.20-6 -kernel. Any news on this? This affects every Maemo developer running Feisty. -- (maemo-on-ubuntu) Scratchbox does not work with latest Feisty kernel image https://launchpad.net/bugs/86457 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 86457] (maemo-on-ubuntu) Scratchbox does not work with latest Feisty kernel image

2007-02-20 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.20-8-generic Feisty kernel image 2.6.20.8.4 prevents running Scratchbox (r4 Apophis) (Scratchbox stopped working after dist-upgrade last week). Here is what the Scratchbox complains: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/scratchbox$ ./login Welcome to

[Bug 79536] Re: Update Manager's dist-upgrade to from Edgy to Feisty failed

2007-02-20 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hi, I have since updated the system many times and not tried to update with update manager again. So the /var/log/dist-upgrade is no longer valid I think. Best Wishes, Karoliina -- Update Manager's dist-upgrade to from Edgy to Feisty failed https://launchpad.net/bugs/79536 -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 60792] Re: Need 1920x1200 resolution splash screen

2007-01-17 Thread Karoliina Salminen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 60621 *** 2560x1600 would be really good to have support since (also) I have a 30 inch widescreen monitor at home. Also would be a very good idea to take in account HTPC users which are using HD-Ready video projectors and LCD televisions, which have the

[Bug 79536] Update Manager's dist-upgrade to from Edgy to Feisty failed

2007-01-16 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu Edgy, had to reinstall the system as the Feisty to refused to boot up after one dist-upgrade. Ok, I reinstalled edgy and started to proceed with dist-upgrade to feisty: I changed sources.list to

[Bug 75770] ATI Open source driver shows distorted unreadable image on Dell laptop + Apple Cinema Display 23 inch

2006-12-14 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-ati SOFTWARE Ubuntu Feisty, 14.12.2006. See DESCRIPTION for xorg.conf settings. HARDWARE Dell Latitude D600 laptop + docking station + Apple Cinema HD Display connected to the laptop using DVI connector. DESCRIPTION This has never

[Bug 75770] Re: ATI Open source driver shows distorted unreadable image on Dell laptop + Apple Cinema Display 23 inch

2006-12-14 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Here is the original video file. ** Attachment added: Video of the bug occurring with Apple Cinema Display http://librarian.launchpad.net/5396027/atidrivercinemadisplay.mp4 -- ATI Open source driver shows distorted unreadable image on Dell laptop + Apple Cinema Display 23 inch

[Bug 73023] Re: Round orange emblems have lack usability

2006-11-30 Thread Karoliina Salminen
There is one thing though (IMHO): - the orange ones (screenshot above) look stylish and professional - the old ones look unprofessional I think the fact that they are ugly has nothing to do with their usability and usability of stylish graphics should be improved instead of replacing the new

[Bug 73900] Re: Ardour 2 is (nearly) finished

2006-11-30 Thread Karoliina Salminen
I have tried Ardour 2 on Jacklab (compiled by myself). It appears to work and I would prefer to use it rather than the Ardour 1. -- Ardour 2 is (nearly) finished https://launchpad.net/bugs/73900 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 73900] Re: Ardour 2 is (nearly) finished

2006-11-30 Thread Karoliina Salminen
But remember, I am not part of Ubuntu Studio Development team, so I am not the person who is making the decision of its inclusion or not including it, so please do not take my positive comments about Ardour 2 versus Ardour 1 as any commitment for taking it. -- Ardour 2 is (nearly) finished

[Bug 73900] Re: Ardour 2 is (nearly) finished

2006-11-30 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Oops, I didn't notice that there was already a reply from C.Kontros. Please disregard my above comments. -- Ardour 2 is (nearly) finished https://launchpad.net/bugs/73900 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 43350] Re: Too Low Resolution Backgrounds

2006-11-30 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Cool. Yes, it is downside of most distributions and also other operating systems that the background images are usually supplied with a crappy resolution. I am using 23 inch Apple Cinema HD Display at work and will soon be using 30 inch Dell 3007WFP at home (as soon as it arrives from Dell,