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X client for older Mac
by Mike Pfaiffer 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

I'm messing around with networking and I found a couple of interesting things when connecting two Linux boxes together. I can ssh into one box and run a graphic program on it. I try this on an M$ box and System 8 Mac and no go. It says I need an X client. I gather from what I heard in the meetings Cygwin (however it's spelled) is the one for M$. From what I read the best (only) free alternative for the Mac is MI/X. The problem with MI/X is they don't support it any more and their ftp site does not allow access even though it is made available in their /pub area. Does anybody have a better recommendation for the Mac? Later Mike -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Digital Civilization magazine: http://www.digitalcivilization.ca | |Call-A.P.P.L.E. and the Digital Civilization http://www.callapple.org | | http://members.shaw.ca/pfaiffer = Mike Pfaiffer (B.A., B.Sc.) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----- BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK ----- Version: 3.12 GCS/G/IT/PA/SS d s+:- a? C++ UL L++ W++ N++ o+ K- w(---) O+@ M++@ V PS+ PE !PGP t+ 5+ X R tv b+ DI+++ D++ G e++* h! r-- !y-- UF++ ------ END GEEK CODE BLOCK ------

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Lock-up problem
by Glen Ditchfield 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

The computer is a Dell D600, with an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000. The OS is SuSE 9.1, updated religiously. Today's installed RPMs include kernel-default-2.6.5-7, XFree86-4.3.99, fglrx-3.12.0 (ATI's driver), and KDE 3.3.1. Every now and then (sometimes once a day, sometimes once a month), the desktop stops responding. The cursor follows the mouse, but clicks and keypresses are ignored -- even Ctl-Alt-Delete, Ctl-Alt-Backspace, and Ctl-Alt-F1. This usually happens when I'm scrolling BoingBoing.net (a long page) in Konqueror, but I'm pretty sure that's not the only program that triggers the bug. The machine can be pinged, and I can slogin from elsewhere. When I do, I find X consuming at least 99.8% of CPU. Killing X causes a complete lock-up; it won't answer pings, and I have to power-cycle the computer. /var/log/messages contains nothing between the slogin and the restart. I've had the problem with KDE 3.2 and 3.1, with fglrx 3.11 and 3.9, and with XFree's default "radeon" driver. Have you seen behavior like this? Do you have any suggestions?

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Sad news about Mel Seder
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

I just got a call from one of our MUUG members, who passed along some sad news about Mel Seder. (You may remember him as the gentleman who used to come to our meetings wearing a red fedora hat, and who needed to use an oxygen tank to help with his breathing in recent months.) Mel passed away yesterday. The funeral will be held at 2pm tomorrow (November 11th), at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, 561 Wellington Cres. On behalf of the MUUG board, I offer our condolences to Mel's family and friends. We'll miss you, Mel! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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voip summary?
by theodore 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Hi: I was wondering if Shawn could post the URL to the $13 newegg cards? Also I'm not quite sure I understand what this part would allow me to do? With this card it is possible to convert an analog line into a "digital" line that voip phones on my network could talk to? and then the card would do the calling and converting back to analog? Theodore

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weird dns problems (possibly resolved)
by theodore 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

I think I fixed the dns problem which I described at the meeting. It seems that web browsers are much more picky about dns timeouts (Especailly on mac). I added a line to my bind config to use my ISP's dns servers as forwarders (which I am told is the "right" way to do it anyways) and it seems to have fixed the problem, and surfing is visibly quicker to start now. Theodore

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Firefox release party!
by John Lange 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

======== Firefox release party! Firefox v1.0 was officially released today and we are having a party! On Saturday November 20th starting at 8pm there will be an "official" Firefox release party at Bar Italia on Corydon ave. Bar Italia was selected for it's central location and the fact that it has free public WiFi access. Event details and a signup form are here: http://www.openforce.at/mozparty2/?party=207 (Signup is optional but it gives us some idea of the numbers to expect) This is an informal event so there will be no long speeches, just chatting and conversing with other FireFox users. Of course, FireFox runs on all major operating systems so all users are welcome! We are in the process of rounding up some door prizes (donations welcome). ======= -- John Lange OpenIT ltd. (204) 885 0872

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FC3 heidelberg
by Mel Seder 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

This message being send from Firefox in Red Hat Fedora Core 3 OS. Install was simple and was done using a DVD I burnt. Smiles, Mel

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Bittorrent and Shaw
by Shawn Wallbridge 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

It appears that Shaw may be starting to throttle Bittorrent traffic on their network.... http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/56419 shawn

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screen
by Mel Seder 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

I was mucking around to see how wget and screen works. I think I made a mess :-( How do I get rid of the following three sockets? [mel@p4 mel]$ screen -ls There are screens on: 24910.pts-1.p4 (Detached) 26546.pts-3.p4 (Detached) 26630.pts-1.p4 (Attached) 3 Sockets in /tmp/uscreens/S-mel. [mel@p4 mel]$

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Computer freeze
by Michael Doob 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

On Friday 05 November 2004 12:01, roundtable-request(a)muug.mb.ca wrote: problem > > The computer is a Dell D600, with an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000. The OS is SuSE > 9.1, updated religiously. Today's installed RPMs include > kernel-default-2.6.5-7, XFree86-4.3.99, fglrx-3.12.0 (ATI's driver), and KDE > 3.3.1. > > Every now and then (sometimes once a day, sometimes once a month), the desktop > stops responding. The cursor follows the mouse, but clicks and keypresses > are ignored -- even Ctl-Alt-Delete, Ctl-Alt-Backspace, and Ctl-Alt-F1. This > usually happens when I'm scrolling BoingBoing.net (a long page) in Konqueror, > but I'm pretty sure that's not the only program that triggers the bug. > > The machine can be pinged, and I can slogin from elsewhere. When I do, I find > X consuming at least 99.8% of CPU. Killing X causes a complete lock-up; it > won't answer pings, and I have to power-cycle the > computer. /var/log/messages contains nothing between the slogin and the > restart. > > I've had the problem with KDE 3.2 and 3.1, with fglrx 3.11 and 3.9, and with > XFree's default "radeon" driver. > > Have you seen behavior like this? Do you have any suggestions? > I had the identical problem. It turned out that using OepnGL caused the video card to lock up. Ping would work since it only involved low level kernel calls. When I disabled the screen saver (or at least the parts that used the OpenGL) everything was fine. Cheers, Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Doob Telephone: (204) 474-9796 Department of Mathematics Fax: (204) 474-7606 University of Manitoba email: Michael_Doob(a)umanitoba.ca Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2 ------------------------------------------------------------------

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