I'm about to install Trixbox today... Should I stop and try Pbx in a Flash instead? On 3/1/08, plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote: > Send PLUG-discuss mailing list submissions to > plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > You can reach the person managing the list at > plug-discuss-owner@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of PLUG-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Annual FSF Membership Meeting Mar 15 at MIT (Dennis Kibbe) > 2. Re: decision processes that don't occur in open source > (alexanderhenry@cox.net) > 3. Drupal help (Stephen P Rufle) > 4. Asterisk to FXO or FXS (geekgirl28@cox.net) > 5. Re: decision processes that don't occur in open source > (Technomage-hawke) > 6. Re: Drupal help (Matt Graham) > 7. OT: "A renewed wish for open document standards" Google slams > OOXML (again) (Mike Schwartz) > 8. Re: Asterisk (tjones@fastq.com) > 9. Re: Asterisk (Geek Girl) > 10. Re: Asterisk (Geek Girl) > 11. Re: Asterisk (tjones@fastq.com) > 12. Need Email Setup Advice (Mark Phillips) > 13. Suse Linux 10.3 help requested (Frank Mandato) > 14. Re: Suse Linux 10.3 help requested (Matt Graham) > 15. Re: Need Email Setup Advice (Craig White) > 16. RE: Suse Linux 10.3 help requested (Frank Mandato) > 17. RE: Suse Linux 10.3 help requested (Matt Graham) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:20:00 -0700 > From: Dennis Kibbe > Subject: Annual FSF Membership Meeting Mar 15 at MIT > To: Dennis Kibbe > Message-ID: <1201116001.3381.27.camel@d810.sahuaro.us> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > The Annual FSF Associate Membership Meeting will be on Saturday, March > 15, 2008 from 9:15 AM - 5:50 PM in Cambridge, MA at MIT. More details > here. > > http://www.fsf.org/associate/meetings/2008 > > There is no charge for the event and if you are not a member you can > join on the FSF site. Membership is payable in a yearly amount or you > can pay monthly. > > The annual membership meetings are a great opportunity to give your > voice the campaigns to fight for software freedom in the year ahead. > > The meeting is also a good opportunity to discuss issues with many of > the big names in the movement. RMS will, of course, be there as will > Eben Moglen. B. Mako Smith is the newest member of the board. > > The meeting usually start with a key signing party and there are > opportunities throughout the day to do a little social networking. > > Dennisk > -- > Member Free Software Foundation > "Free as in Freedom" > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part > Url : > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/pipermail/plug-discuss/attachments/20080123/5be576cb/attachment-0001.pgp > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:36:57 -0700 > From: > Subject: Re: decision processes that don't occur in open source > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: <20080229153657.67EF8.27598.imail@fed1rmwml04> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > Shirley, you're joking. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:08:06 -0700 > From: Stephen P Rufle > Subject: Drupal help > To: PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Message-ID: <47C87436.4000206@cox.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Anyone on the list have mad Drupal skills :) > > I am creating an online commerce site and would like to use Drupal to > put the site together. First are there good books to read, or are most > of the books just rehashes of what is available online. Second if > someone has mad skill, would that person be willing to tutor me for an > exchange of dinner at some later date. > > My current list of possible issues. > > * theming - I know enough how to install new ones , but what do I do if > I like most of a theme but need something specific ( does it require a > little or a lot of PHP experience) > * product catalog / shopping cart - I currently only have a single > product but hope to add more, is there a known leader in product catalog > and/or shopping carts > * general gotchas - what should I be aware of as I start ( any advice on > security, how to admin Drupal so the finished site is structured > logically anything like that) > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:12:42 -0500 > From: > Subject: Asterisk to FXO or FXS > To: Main PLUG discussion list , > stephen.p.rufle@cox.net > Message-ID: <20080229161242.1L3C3.2983.imail@fed1rmwml35> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > If you have a phone line coming in you will need an FXO card. It is good to > remember that FXS provides the voltage, and FXO receives the voltage. Rhino > cards are a great and dependable solution for this! > > ;) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:38:14 -0700 > From: Technomage-hawke > Subject: Re: decision processes that don't occur in open source > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: <200802291438.14728.technomage.hawke@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Friday 29 February 2008, alexanderhenry@cox.net wrote: > > Shirley, you're joking. > > > > "no I'm not joking and quit calling me Shirley!" > > HAHAHA > > airplane! what a funny movie! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:03:21 -0700 > From: "Matt Graham" > Subject: Re: Drupal help > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: <941mBCwcV9994S03.1204322601@cmsweb03.cms.usa.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > From: Stephen P Rufle > > I am creating an online commerce site and would like to use Drupal. > > > * theming - I know enough how to install new ones , but what do I do if > > I like most of a theme but need something specific ( does it require a > > little or a lot of PHP experience) > > drupal themes, like wordpress themes, have both PHP and CSS components. > If these things are like wordpress themes, the actual HTML that gets > generated depends on both the PHP and the CSS. What's more, the theme > logic can be in either one unless they've standardized the drupal themes > more than they've standardized the wordpress themes. > > The good news is that modifying the PHP bits won't require a lot of PHP > experience. Lots of the theme bits are in the HTML parts of the PHP, > so you just change the
to
in the > right spot(s). And the other bits are in relatively simple print "stuff junk things" ?> sections of code. > > You'll have to learn some CSS. It's not that difficult, there's just a > lot of keywords to remember. And building a layout that doesn't look > like something the dog dragged in requires practice. > > > * product catalog / shopping cart - I currently only have a single > > product but hope to add more, is there a known leader in product catalog > > and/or shopping carts > > * general gotchas - what should I be aware of as I start ( any advice on > > security, how to admin Drupal so the finished site is structured > > logically anything like that) > > Good questions. It might be worthwhile to check freshmeat.net for keywords > "shopping cart" and "drupal" and see what you can find. > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.dyndns.org:8080/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:50:01 -0700 > From: "Mike Schwartz" > Subject: OT: "A renewed wish for open document standards" Google slams > OOXML (again) > To: "PLUG-discuss mailing list" > > Cc: Mike L Schwartz > Message-ID: > <88a13c810802291550k5bb114baqcfcf149d56fb2c80@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > and they explain ** so eloquently **, [once again] why it would be bad: > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/renewed-wish-for-open-document.html > -- > Mike Schwartz > Glendale AZ > schwartz@acm.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:30:21 -0700 > From: tjones@fastq.com > Subject: Re: Asterisk > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: <1204331421.47c8a39d24888@webmail.fastq.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > FXO > > I've been playing with Asterisk off and on for a few months, it > interoperates > with POTS just fine with my configuration. I have found, though, that I > have > trouble detecting when cell phones hang up. Of course, I have cheap > hardware, > so it's not all that surprising. > > Quoting "Jon M. Hanson" : > > > > > On Feb 28, 2008, at 10:14 PM, der.hans wrote: > > > > > Am 28. Feb, 2008 schw?tzte Geek Girl so: > > > > > > moin moin, > > > > > >> Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you > > >> like using? Or do you just build up from a base distro? > > > > > > Sequoia is using Asterisk for several campuses, including the ones > > > that > > > host our meetings. Brian also setup Asterisk to work as the school > > > bell > > > for at least one of the campuses. > > > > > > Rhino Equipment, a local Asterisk telephony vendor, is planning on > > > being > > > at the next east side meeting, which is 2 weeks from tonight. They'll > > > be there incognito to see how we work and maybe talk about starting an > > > Asterisk users group. > > > > > > I'd prefer it if they just started bringing Asterisk topics to > > > PLUG, but I > > > might be somewhat biased ;-). > > > > > > ciao, > > > > > > der.hans > > > -- > > > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ > > > Roses are #FF0000, > > > Violets are #0000FF, > > > All my base, > > > Are belong to > > > you.--------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > One of the projects I'd like to do in my house in the future sometime > > is to have an Asterisk PBX. I still want to keep my analog phone > > connection so I have to buy the FXS (or was it FXO) card to make that > > interface. Is anyone else using Asterisk in their home and using it > > to connect to Qwest? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > FastQ Communications > Providing Innovative Internet Solutions Since 1993 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:38:40 -0700 > From: "Geek Girl" > Subject: Re: Asterisk > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > Message-ID: <000601c87b34$9885cac0$0301a8c0@supportlaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Have you tried bumping up your rxgain a bit in /etc/zapata.conf abit...just > by a few digits... > This helps in some cases...Depending on what card you > have you can monitor zttool and see if zaptel is letting go of the line or > if it is asterisk hanging on to the line. > Then at least you would have some more insight on the situation and be able > to debug it better... > > Just some helpful tips... =-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:30 PM > Subject: Re: Asterisk > > > FXO > > I've been playing with Asterisk off and on for a few months, it > interoperates > with POTS just fine with my configuration. I have found, though, that I > have > trouble detecting when cell phones hang up. Of course, I have cheap > hardware, > so it's not all that surprising. > > Quoting "Jon M. Hanson" : > > > > > On Feb 28, 2008, at 10:14 PM, der.hans wrote: > > > > > Am 28. Feb, 2008 schw?tzte Geek Girl so: > > > > > > moin moin, > > > > > >> Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you > > >> like using? Or do you just build up from a base distro? > > > > > > Sequoia is using Asterisk for several campuses, including the ones > > > that > > > host our meetings. Brian also setup Asterisk to work as the school > > > bell > > > for at least one of the campuses. > > > > > > Rhino Equipment, a local Asterisk telephony vendor, is planning on > > > being > > > at the next east side meeting, which is 2 weeks from tonight. They'll > > > be there incognito to see how we work and maybe talk about starting an > > > Asterisk users group. > > > > > > I'd prefer it if they just started bringing Asterisk topics to > > > PLUG, but I > > > might be somewhat biased ;-). > > > > > > ciao, > > > > > > der.hans > > > -- > > > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ > > > Roses are #FF0000, > > > Violets are #0000FF, > > > All my base, > > > Are belong to > > > you.--------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > One of the projects I'd like to do in my house in the future sometime > > is to have an Asterisk PBX. I still want to keep my analog phone > > connection so I have to buy the FXS (or was it FXO) card to make that > > interface. Is anyone else using Asterisk in their home and using it > > to connect to Qwest? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > FastQ Communications > Providing Innovative Internet Solutions Since 1993 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:47:47 -0700 > From: "Geek Girl" > Subject: Re: Asterisk > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > Message-ID: <002201c87b35$e03015f0$0301a8c0@supportlaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > correction... > > /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf > > sorry about that...its been a loooong day lol > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geek Girl" > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:38 PM > Subject: Re: Asterisk > > > Have you tried bumping up your rxgain a bit in /etc/zapata.conf abit...just > by a few digits... > This helps in some cases...Depending on what card you > have you can monitor zttool and see if zaptel is letting go of the line or > if it is asterisk hanging on to the line. > Then at least you would have some more insight on the situation and be able > to debug it better... > > Just some helpful tips... =-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:30 PM > Subject: Re: Asterisk > > > FXO > > I've been playing with Asterisk off and on for a few months, it > interoperates > with POTS just fine with my configuration. I have found, though, that I > have > trouble detecting when cell phones hang up. Of course, I have cheap > hardware, > so it's not all that surprising. > > Quoting "Jon M. Hanson" : > > > > > On Feb 28, 2008, at 10:14 PM, der.hans wrote: > > > > > Am 28. Feb, 2008 schw?tzte Geek Girl so: > > > > > > moin moin, > > > > > >> Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you > > >> like using? Or do you just build up from a base distro? > > > > > > Sequoia is using Asterisk for several campuses, including the ones > > > that > > > host our meetings. Brian also setup Asterisk to work as the school > > > bell > > > for at least one of the campuses. > > > > > > Rhino Equipment, a local Asterisk telephony vendor, is planning on > > > being > > > at the next east side meeting, which is 2 weeks from tonight. They'll > > > be there incognito to see how we work and maybe talk about starting an > > > Asterisk users group. > > > > > > I'd prefer it if they just started bringing Asterisk topics to > > > PLUG, but I > > > might be somewhat biased ;-). > > > > > > ciao, > > > > > > der.hans > > > -- > > > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ > > > Roses are #FF0000, > > > Violets are #0000FF, > > > All my base, > > > Are belong to > > > you.--------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > One of the projects I'd like to do in my house in the future sometime > > is to have an Asterisk PBX. I still want to keep my analog phone > > connection so I have to buy the FXS (or was it FXO) card to make that > > interface. Is anyone else using Asterisk in their home and using it > > to connect to Qwest? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > FastQ Communications > Providing Innovative Internet Solutions Since 1993 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:22:31 -0700 > From: tjones@fastq.com > Subject: Re: Asterisk > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: <1204334551.47c8afd78a651@webmail.fastq.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Thanks for the tip. Next time I've got the box up I'll give it a try. > Certainly can't make it any worse. > > Quoting Geek Girl : > > > correction... > > > > /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf > > > > sorry about that...its been a loooong day lol > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Geek Girl" > > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:38 PM > > Subject: Re: Asterisk > > > > > > Have you tried bumping up your rxgain a bit in /etc/zapata.conf > abit...just > > by a few digits... > > This helps in some cases...Depending on what card you > > have you can monitor zttool and see if zaptel is letting go of the line > or > > if it is asterisk hanging on to the line. > > Then at least you would have some more insight on the situation and be > able > > to debug it better... > > > > Just some helpful tips... =-) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:30 PM > > Subject: Re: Asterisk > > > > > > FXO > > > > I've been playing with Asterisk off and on for a few months, it > > interoperates > > with POTS just fine with my configuration. I have found, though, that I > > have > > trouble detecting when cell phones hang up. Of course, I have cheap > > hardware, > > so it's not all that surprising. > > > > Quoting "Jon M. Hanson" : > > > > > > > > On Feb 28, 2008, at 10:14 PM, der.hans wrote: > > > > > > > Am 28. Feb, 2008 schw?tzte Geek Girl so: > > > > > > > > moin moin, > > > > > > > >> Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you > > > >> like using? Or do you just build up from a base distro? > > > > > > > > Sequoia is using Asterisk for several campuses, including the ones > > > > that > > > > host our meetings. Brian also setup Asterisk to work as the school > > > > bell > > > > for at least one of the campuses. > > > > > > > > Rhino Equipment, a local Asterisk telephony vendor, is planning on > > > > being > > > > at the next east side meeting, which is 2 weeks from tonight. They'll > > > > be there incognito to see how we work and maybe talk about starting an > > > > Asterisk users group. > > > > > > > > I'd prefer it if they just started bringing Asterisk topics to > > > > PLUG, but I > > > > might be somewhat biased ;-). > > > > > > > > ciao, > > > > > > > > der.hans > > > > -- > > > > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ > > > > Roses are #FF0000, > > > > Violets are #0000FF, > > > > All my base, > > > > Are belong to > > > > you.--------------------------------------------------- > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > One of the projects I'd like to do in my house in the future sometime > > > is to have an Asterisk PBX. I still want to keep my analog phone > > > connection so I have to buy the FXS (or was it FXO) card to make that > > > interface. Is anyone else using Asterisk in their home and using it > > > to connect to Qwest? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > FastQ Communications > > Providing Innovative Internet Solutions Since 1993 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > FastQ Communications > Providing Innovative Internet Solutions Since 1993 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:50:56 -0700 > From: Mark Phillips > Subject: Need Email Setup Advice > To: PLUG > Message-ID: <1204393856.4657.75.camel@narwhale> > Content-Type: text/plain > > I want to try using the Funambol server with my blackberry. Funambol is > a push email/pim Open Source replacement for the proprietary Blackberry > Information Server. > > Funambol needs to talk to an IMAP email server to synchronize the inbox > and other folders. However, my cox account only offers POP3. I have been > trying to find the glue to get email from cox to Funambol. Cox blocks > port 25, so I cannot just use my own mail server with my domains. > > I have been googling around and think I have one possible solution, but > I am not sure it is the simplest. > > 1. zoneedit to send email from mydomain.com to my cox account > 2. Getmail to download mail from cox. > 3. Postfix & dovecot & amavirus to store email and make it available to > funambol > > #3 comes from this article - > http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch/ and it was very easy to set > up. > > Is this setup overkill for my application? Should I look at other ways > to meet my objectives? > > Two other wrinkles - I have 2 domains, and each user gets & send email > on the two domains (total of 5 users). I am running Debian etch. > > Thanks for any advice you have on ways to simplify this setup. > > Mark > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 17:44:39 +0000 > From: Frank Mandato > Subject: Suse Linux 10.3 help requested > To: > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hi All, > > I have a couple of minor glitches with this distro and would appreciate > any help and advice on how to solve them. > > First my system. MB is a Gigabyte G1 Turbo with on board sound and lan. It > is a 64 bit system running on an X86 platform with plenty of ram and a > NVidia GEForce6800GS video card. > > Problem No.1: I have no mouse pointer, yet the mouse works. I have to drag > and click on my desktop to see where my mouse pointer should be. I edited > the xorg.conf file to turn off the HW pointer and then turn on the SW > pointer, and the other way around, just to make sure, no success. The > pointer works perfectly well during the install, no problem there. The mouse > is a MS Optical USB mouse and that is what Sax2 sees and writes in to the > config file. > > Problem No.2: I can only get a 16 bit color palette, anything higher than > that will not work. I downloaded the appropriate driver from Nvidia via yast > at the command line and add the nvidia url to the community repositories, no > success. I would like to be able to get everything I can out of my video > card, but I can also live with the resolution that I currently have. > > Problem No. 3: No sound. I have on board sound hardware and the legacy > alsa driver does not produce any sound. I had alwas had trouble with alsa, > never able to configure any sound card properly, a real weak point for me. > > Thanks in advance for any help or directions where I can go to look things > up. > > I apologize in case this email comes across in HTML and not just text, I > will have that working by sometime next week. > > FrankM > _________________________________________________________________ > Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! > http://biggestloser.msn.com/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:09:08 -0700 > From: "Matt Graham" > Subject: Re: Suse Linux 10.3 help requested > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: <926mcasii6068S27.1204394948@cmsweb27.cms.usa.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > From: Frank Mandato > > I have a couple of minor glitches with [Suse Linux 10.3] > > The quality of SuSE took a sharp nosedive around version 8.0, > so much so that I switched to Gentoo. AFAICT, there have > always been many, many stupid bugs in SuSE that are just not > there on Debian-based things or Gentoo. > > > Gigabyte G1 Turbo with on board sound and lan. It is a 64 > > bit system running on an X86 platform > > Are you running this thing as x86_64, or x86? This could be > important, and it's not clear from what you wrote. > > > NVidia GEForce6800GS video card. > > Problem No.1: I have no mouse pointer, yet the mouse works. > > I edited the xorg.conf file to turn off the HW [cursor] and > > then turn on the SW [cursor], no success. > > Install the evil binary-only module from nVidia and use it. > > > I can only get a 16 bit color palette, anything higher than > > that will not work. I downloaded the appropriate driver from > > Nvidia via yast at the command line > > Is X using the evil nVidia module? "grep Driver > /etc/X11/xorg.conf" should return one line with "nvidia" in > it. You also need to have the evil kernel module loaded. > "lsmod | grep nv" should return at least one line with > "nvidia" in it. > > > No sound. The legacy alsa driver does not produce any sound. > > I had always had trouble with alsa > > ALSA is "legacy"? Good grief. Post the output of "lspci | > grep -i audio" so we can see what sound chip you have. What's > worked for me is just running alsaconf as root from the command > line, but then I'm not using SuSE. Also, ALSA always starts > all sound cards up as muted. Most distros have a script that > runs at boot that pulls the volumes that were set at the last > shutdown and sets the card to those volumes. > > Also also, check the plugs. The last motherboard I bought, I > plugged the speakers into the wrong jack, and wasted half an > hour wondering what my ALSA setup had barfed on. > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.dyndns.org:8080/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:42:02 -0700 > From: Craig White > Subject: Re: Need Email Setup Advice > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: <1204396922.21462.31.camel@lin-workstation.azapple.com> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 10:50 -0700, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I want to try using the Funambol server with my blackberry. Funambol is > > a push email/pim Open Source replacement for the proprietary Blackberry > > Information Server. > > > > Funambol needs to talk to an IMAP email server to synchronize the inbox > > and other folders. However, my cox account only offers POP3. I have been > > trying to find the glue to get email from cox to Funambol. Cox blocks > > port 25, so I cannot just use my own mail server with my domains. > > > > I have been googling around and think I have one possible solution, but > > I am not sure it is the simplest. > > > > 1. zoneedit to send email from mydomain.com to my cox account > > 2. Getmail to download mail from cox. > > 3. Postfix & dovecot & amavirus to store email and make it available to > > funambol > > > > #3 comes from this article - > > http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch/ and it was very easy to set > > up. > > > > Is this setup overkill for my application? Should I look at other ways > > to meet my objectives? > > > > Two other wrinkles - I have 2 domains, and each user gets & send email > > on the two domains (total of 5 users). I am running Debian etch. > > > > Thanks for any advice you have on ways to simplify this setup. > ---- > 1. You can use 'smarthost' settings on postfix or sendmail to relay > outbound mail through their smtp server. That is the simplest thing to > do. > > 2. I have never used 'getmail' but I do use 'fetchmail' which retrieves > e-mail using various protocols (pop3 is one of them) which then feeds > the mail through my setup of MailScanner/postfix/cyrus-imapd. > MailScanner is like amavisd-new...a wrapper that checks incoming mail > and sends it through clamav, spamassassin before delivery. > > 3. Dovecot is fine as an imap server (I prefer cyrus-imapd but dovecot > is simpler). > > 4. You are likely going to have to set up a local DNS to handle e-mail - > I don't see much value in using something like zoneedit unless you > expect offsite connections and Cox blocks ports 25 & 80 on > DHCP/residential accounts anyway. > > Craig > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:07:17 +0000 > From: Frank Mandato > Subject: RE: Suse Linux 10.3 help requested > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Matt, > > Thank you very much for your superfast answer. > > Unfortunately, I am not good enough to install Gentoo, tried it a few > years ago and I never could get it to work right, not their fault, my not > knowing enough about Linux was at fault. > > I have installed this system and I am running it as an X86_64, sorry I > wan't clear on that. > > Here is what I get when I "grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf" > ********************** > grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Driver "kbd" > Driver "mouse" > Driver "nv" > *********************** > > "lsmod | grep nv" did not return anything at all. > > Here is the output from "lspci | grep -i audio" > > 03:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS > > When I go in to Yast to configure that sound card, it days say "legacy" so > I thought that this is a legacy sound card. > > Hope this helps. I did forget to mention that I have re-installed 10.3 and > that is why I do not have the downloaded Nvidia driver on it any longer. > > Thanks Matt. > > FrankM > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:09:08 -0700 > > From: danceswithcrows@usa.net > > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > Subject: Re: Suse Linux 10.3 help requested > > > > From: Frank Mandato > >> I have a couple of minor glitches with [Suse Linux 10.3] > > > > The quality of SuSE took a sharp nosedive around version 8.0, > > so much so that I switched to Gentoo. AFAICT, there have > > always been many, many stupid bugs in SuSE that are just not > > there on Debian-based things or Gentoo. > > > >> Gigabyte G1 Turbo with on board sound and lan. It is a 64 > >> bit system running on an X86 platform > > > > Are you running this thing as x86_64, or x86? This could be > > important, and it's not clear from what you wrote. > > > >> NVidia GEForce6800GS video card. > >> Problem No.1: I have no mouse pointer, yet the mouse works. > >> I edited the xorg.conf file to turn off the HW [cursor] and > >> then turn on the SW [cursor], no success. > > > > Install the evil binary-only module from nVidia and use it. > > > >> I can only get a 16 bit color palette, anything higher than > >> that will not work. I downloaded the appropriate driver from > >> Nvidia via yast at the command line > > > > Is X using the evil nVidia module? "grep Driver > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf" should return one line with "nvidia" in > > it. You also need to have the evil kernel module loaded. > > "lsmod | grep nv" should return at least one line with > > "nvidia" in it. > > > >> No sound. The legacy alsa driver does not produce any sound. > >> I had always had trouble with alsa > > > > ALSA is "legacy"? Good grief. Post the output of "lspci | > > grep -i audio" so we can see what sound chip you have. What's > > worked for me is just running alsaconf as root from the command > > line, but then I'm not using SuSE. Also, ALSA always starts > > all sound cards up as muted. Most distros have a script that > > runs at boot that pulls the volumes that were set at the last > > shutdown and sets the card to those volumes. > > > > Also also, check the plugs. The last motherboard I bought, I > > plugged the speakers into the wrong jack, and wasted half an > > hour wondering what my ALSA setup had barfed on. > > > > -- > > Matt G / Dances With Crows > > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.dyndns.org:8080/wordpress/ > > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail?-get your > "fix". > http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:27:46 -0700 > From: "Matt Graham" > Subject: RE: Suse Linux 10.3 help requested > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: <926mcaTAU6972S20.1204399666@cmsweb20.cms.usa.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > From: Frank Mandato > > Unfortunately, I am not good enough to install Gentoo, tried it > > a few years ago and I never could get it to work right, not their > > fault, my not knowing enough about Linux was at fault. > > Things have improved a little bit. It should be "Read the Gentoo > Handbook, follow steps 1..100, done!" but manually creating > partitions and filesystems may faze people. But there's always > Ubuntu and kUbuntu. > > > I have installed this system and I am running it as an X86_64, > > OK, this actually shouldn't cause any problems with the things that > you reported. The evil nvidia module worked fine with x86_64 when > I was running that. > > > Driver "nv" > > I have re-installed 10.3 and that is why I do not have the > > downloaded Nvidia driver on it any longer. > > In general, reinstalling a distro won't fix anything. There are a > few exceptions, but I don't think the problems you described fall > into those categories. So: Get the binary module again and > install it, then modprobe nvidia, then edit xorg.conf, then > restart X and see if it all works. You may have to do the SuSE > equivalent of "eselect opengl set nvidia" so that you can get > accelerated 3D junk working. > > > 03:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS > > > > When I go in to Yast to configure that sound card, it says "legacy" > > so I thought that this is a legacy sound card. > > "Audigy LS" is not mentioned in the source for emu10k1 in a 2.6.24.1 > kernel. YaST has always had problems. What might work is this: > "modprobe snd_emu10k1", then start alsamixer (or amixer) and see if > you get anything other than "mixer not found, barfing." If you > get a mixer, you should just have to unmute everything. If not, > it's time to look in dmesg for problems. The worst-case scenario is > that the card isn't supported by whatever kernel they shipped, and > you'll have to upgrade to a more recent kernel. > > HTH anyway, > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.dyndns.org:8080/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > > > > Thanks Matt. > > > > FrankM > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:09:08 -0700 > > > From: danceswithcrows@usa.net > > > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > Subject: Re: Suse Linux 10.3 help requested > > > > > > From: Frank Mandato > > >> I have a couple of minor glitches with [Suse Linux 10.3] > > > > > > The quality of SuSE took a sharp nosedive around version 8.0, > > > so much so that I switched to Gentoo. AFAICT, there have > > > always been many, many stupid bugs in SuSE that are just not > > > there on Debian-based things or Gentoo. > > > > > >> Gigabyte G1 Turbo with on board sound and lan. It is a 64 > > >> bit system running on an X86 platform > > > > > > Are you running this thing as x86_64, or x86? This could be > > > important, and it's not clear from what you wrote. > > > > > >> NVidia GEForce6800GS video card. > > >> Problem No.1: I have no mouse pointer, yet the mouse works. > > >> I edited the xorg.conf file to turn off the HW [cursor] and > > >> then turn on the SW [cursor], no success. > > > > > > Install the evil binary-only module from nVidia and use it. > > > > > >> I can only get a 16 bit color palette, anything higher than > > >> that will not work. I downloaded the appropriate driver from > > >> Nvidia via yast at the command line > > > > > > Is X using the evil nVidia module? "grep Driver > > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf" should return one line with "nvidia" in > > > it. You also need to have the evil kernel module loaded. > > > "lsmod | grep nv" should return at least one line with > > > "nvidia" in it. > > > > > >> No sound. The legacy alsa driver does not produce any sound. > > >> I had always had trouble with alsa > > > > > > ALSA is "legacy"? Good grief. Post the output of "lspci | > > > grep -i audio" so we can see what sound chip you have. What's > > > worked for me is just running alsaconf as root from the command > > > line, but then I'm not using SuSE. Also, ALSA always starts > > > all sound cards up as muted. Most distros have a script that > > > runs at boot that pulls the volumes that were set at the last > > > shutdown and sets the card to those volumes. > > > > > > Also also, check the plugs. The last motherboard I bought, I > > > plugged the speakers into the wrong jack, and wasted half an > > > hour wondering what my ALSA setup had barfed on. > > > > > > -- > > > Matt G / Dances With Crows > > > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.dyndns.org:8080/wordpress/ > > > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail?-get > your > "fix". > > http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > End of PLUG-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 1 > ******************************************* > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Michael F. 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