On 08/11/2012 04:16 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, David wrote:
>
>> This list is a 'help-me-with-my-problem' list. You did not ask for help.
>> Some called your post a rant. Some might call it a troll. This list is
>
> One person called it a rant, me.
> You have a thing again
On 08/13/2012 08:26 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
On the home network thing, what exactly do you need a way to browse
the Windows machines on your network?I have mine setup, but I tell
you, I never use it. Granted, I'm more of a keyboard monkey, but
virtually every method of file access I need betw
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
>
>
> On 8/13/2012 12:35 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
>
>
> Well, I'm back to the party after dealing with a death in the family. Hope
> I'm not to let to help.
>
> Changing the workgroup? Where would you change it? In L
On 8/13/2012 12:35 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
I think there's a bit of a misapplied word (is that even acceptable
English?). It sounds to me like you have Linux WORKING, just not
completely configured for your environment. No OS is going to be
exactly how you want it
Once, long ago--actually, on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 07:09:32PM -0500--Mike
Flannigan (mikef...@att.net) said:
> I know I started Samba once - or at least I tried to.
> I think it worked, but I still couldn't find the
> place where I could change the Workgroup.
If you're having problems understandin
On 8/13/2012 12:35 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
Well, I'm back to the party after dealing with a death in the family.
Hope I'm not to let to help.
Changing the workgroup? Where would you change it? In Linux, that's
all done with SAMBA. (AFAIK, anyway, I've always us
On 08/13/2012 11:46 AM, Mark Haney wrote:
I think you would agree that there's a big difference 'not working' and
'not working for me'. Not working generally means broken. It works for
no one. Not working for me could mean it's broken, it could also be
lack of user experience.
One thing that
On 08/13/2012 02:17 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Mark Haney wrote:
On 08/13/2012 10:11 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Mark Haney wrote:
Mark Haney seems to have a broad definition of "working".
For most of us, "working" means more than booting.
I don't
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Mark Haney wrote:
On 08/13/2012 10:11 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Mark Haney wrote:
Mark Haney seems to have a broad definition of "working".
For most of us, "working" means more than booting.
I don't think it's particularly broad. I look at it this
On 08/13/2012 10:11 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Mark Haney wrote:
Mark Haney seems to have a broad definition of "working".
For most of us, "working" means more than booting.
I don't think it's particularly broad. I look at it this way, if
/everything/ else is doing what
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Mark Haney wrote:
On 08/10/2012 08:56 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
I did not intend for it to be a rant, but I am disappointed
that I can't get Linux working.
Would you settle for longish complaint?
I think there's a bit of a misapplied word (is that even acceptable
Englis
On 08/13/2012 09:58 AM, Mark Haney wrote:
On 08/11/2012 06:42 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
Wow. My mail server just blew up. I can't imagine how the mailing list
addy replaced the home email account. Please disregard. And you might
want to shut your ears, I'm getting ready to spank sendmai
On 08/11/2012 06:42 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
On 8/11/2012 4:26 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
Did you try the "alternate' install disk? (I think that is the name or
something like that) That is the 'this one should install for
everyone' disk but the install is not quite as pr
On 08/10/2012 09:34 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
On 8/10/2012 7:53 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
I will almost surely be moving to Linux someday, but I
suspect it may still be years away.
Again, this isn't about Linux not working, just not configured the way
you want
On 08/10/2012 08:56 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
Why do you give us vague descriptions of a network problem? What does
"no home network" mean?
It means my home network was not working with Fedora.
The network did not see Fedora and Fedora did not see
the other users on the network.
I di
On 08/10/2012 08:42 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
Yeah, I just meant I could not connect on my wired
home network. It saw the internet and had an icon
that said Windows Network, but it gave that error
"unable to mount location" no matter what I did.
It might have been as simple as changing the wor
Mike Flannigan wrote:
> I just figured out today when filling out the rebates that
> I went WAY overboard on power supply. They snuck in a $100
> power supply on me - Cooler Master GX 750W Bronze. At least
> it comes with a $25 rebate, so final cost is $75. I just
> assumed it would be about $40
, 2012 9:25 AM
To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject: Failed Migration to Linux
FYI, my 3rd attempt to go to Linux failed. Ubuntu
didn't get anywhere - the startup install screen
would not show, just a blank screen. Tried 32 bit
and 64 bit - same
I've never known Ubuntu to bomb
On 08/12/2012 12:36 AM, David wrote:
On 8/12/2012 12:25 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 08/11/2012 09:11 PM, David wrote:
On 8/11/2012 11:43 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Penguins don't have to be
able to fly. They are cool as they are.
Either you never saw Madagascar II, or you've forgotten it.
Hmm... I had s
On 08/11/2012 11:36 PM, David wrote:
On 8/11/2012 11:22 PM, Tim wrote:
On Sat, 2012-08-11 at 18:58 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
why is it when someone complains about Windows in any respect it is
said they're "slamming" it?
Windows worked very hard to earn its disrespect.
Windows bash
On 08/11/2012 09:36 PM, David wrote:
On 8/12/2012 12:25 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>On 08/11/2012 09:11 PM, David wrote:
>>On 8/11/2012 11:43 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Penguins don't have to be
>>able to fly. They are cool as they are.
>
>Either you never saw Madagascar II, or you've forgotten it.
Hmm...
On 8/12/2012 12:25 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 08/11/2012 09:11 PM, David wrote:
>> On 8/11/2012 11:43 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Penguins don't have to be
>> able to fly. They are cool as they are.
>
> Either you never saw Madagascar II, or you've forgotten it.
Hmm... I had sons late and they don't seem
On 08/11/2012 09:11 PM, David wrote:
On 8/11/2012 11:43 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>On 08/11/2012 08:36 PM, David wrote:
>>Then there is Linux. Used by a very few and the Linux users,
>>using pretty much the same 'stuff', argue that 'mine Linux' is better
>>than yours.
>
>The few, the proud, the peng
On 8/11/2012 11:43 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 08/11/2012 08:36 PM, David wrote:
>> Then there is Linux. Used by a very few and the Linux users,
>> using pretty much the same 'stuff', argue that 'mine Linux' is better
>> than yours.
>
> The few, the proud, the penguins!
>
> Who said that penguins ca
On 08/11/2012 08:36 PM, David wrote:
Then there is Linux. Used by a very few and the Linux users,
using pretty much the same 'stuff', argue that 'mine Linux' is better
than yours.
The few, the proud, the penguins!
Who said that penguins can't fly?
--
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraprojec
On 8/11/2012 11:22 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-08-11 at 18:58 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>> why is it when someone complains about Windows in any respect it is
>> said they're "slamming" it?
>
> Windows worked very hard to earn its disrespect.
Windows bashing comments like yours alway
On Sat, 2012-08-11 at 18:58 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> why is it when someone complains about Windows in any respect it is
> said they're "slamming" it?
Windows worked very hard to earn its disrespect.
--
[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
Don't send private repli
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 19:32:05 -0500,
Mike Flannigan wrote:
On 8/11/2012 4:54 PM, Edward M wrote:
Mike Flannigan wrote:
curious, what type of power supply did you go with?
the above video card requires a minimum 500w psu.
I just figured out today when filling out the rebates that
I wen
On 8/11/2012 4:54 PM, Edward M wrote:
Mike Flannigan wrote:
curious, what type of power supply did you go with?
the above video card requires a minimum 500w psu.
I just figured out today when filling out the rebates that
I went WAY overboard on power supply. They snuck in a $100
power supp
On 08/11/2012 07:41 PM, David wrote:
On 8/11/2012 6:58 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 08/11/2012 06:22 AM, Tim wrote:
On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 23:35 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
You've done an awful lot of typing for an OP that isn't likely going
to engage.
Caught me during a moment of waiting
On 8/11/2012 6:58 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> On 08/11/2012 06:22 AM, Tim wrote:
>> On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 23:35 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>> You've done an awful lot of typing for an OP that isn't likely going
>>> to engage.
>> Caught me during a moment of waiting for something to happen. B
On 08/11/2012 06:22 AM, Tim wrote:
On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 23:35 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
You've done an awful lot of typing for an OP that isn't likely going
to engage.
Caught me during a moment of waiting for something to happen. Besides,
my casual typing speed's somewhere around 50 wpm, so it
On 8/11/2012 6:42 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
>
> On 8/11/2012 4:26 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
>> Did you try the "alternate' install disk? (I think that is the name or
>> something like that) That is the 'this one should install for
>> everyone' disk but the install is not qui
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From: Mike Flannigan
To: users
Cc: bruno
Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 6:26 pm
Subject: Re: Failed Migration to Linux
On 8/11/2012 4:18 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>>
>> As you mentioned you have a GTX560 Ti, I checked the Nouveau pages for >
>> inf
On 8/11/2012 4:26 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
Did you try the "alternate' install disk? (I think that is the name or
something like that) That is the 'this one should install for
everyone' disk but the install is not quite as pretty.
Hey, thanks for the advice. I had nev
On 8/11/2012 4:18 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
As you mentioned you have a GTX560 Ti, I checked the Nouveau pages for
information on how it is supported and it looks like it should be with
current versions of Fedora. I am not sure if the release time f16
images would support it though. But sin
Mike Flannigan wrote:
> At least the Nvidia GeForce GTX560 Ti is showing up in
> my Device Manager. I'm guessing there may be a hardware
> problem of some kind, but I don't have a lot of other
> evidence of that.
curious, what type of power supply did you go with?
the above video card requires a
On 08/10/2012 09:25 AM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
FYI, my 3rd attempt to go to Linux failed. Ubuntu
didn't get anywhere - the startup install screen
would not show, just a blank screen. Tried 32 bit
and 64 bit - same failure.
Fedora 17 64 bit installed just fine. After updates I
got the "GPU-loc
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 16:07:08 -0500,
Mike Flannigan wrote:
It is a desktop - AMD FX9tm0-6200 Six-Core Processor 3.80 GHz
8 GB ram
On Fedora I didn't have any errors until it did the ~380
updates. Then it wouldn't boot, but instead gave error:
"GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon"
On 8/11/2012 5:07 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
>
>
> On 8/11/2012 2:30 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike:
>> I'm happy that you have a new machine but you don't tell
>> us what kind of machine is. It is a laptop, a netbook, a PC? What
>> amount of RAM?
On 8/11/2012 2:30 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
Mike:
I'm happy that you have a new machine but you don't tell
us what kind of machine is. It is a laptop, a netbook, a PC? What
amount of RAM? Which processors? Exactly, how did you install and
what error
David wrote:
> Win 2000 was not meant for home use. It was a business release and was
> very expensive. He either has a used machine that he bought at a swap
> meet or a Pirated copy.
FWIW, I have a legitimate personal copy of Windows 2000. The upgrade
cost about the same as a Windows 9x upgrade.
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, David wrote:
This list is a 'help-me-with-my-problem' list. You did not ask for help.
Some called your post a rant. Some might call it a troll. This list is
One person called it a rant, me.
You have a thing against rants?
not a Blog.
Where in the Holy Guidelines does i
Mike:
I'm happy that you have a new machine but you don't tell us
what kind of machine is. It is a laptop, a netbook, a PC? What amount
of RAM? Which processors? Exactly, how did you install and what
errors you had? Do you know about live CD / USB that lets you try the
Operative
On 8/11/2012 5:29 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
This still isn't terribly clear...
do you mean that WINDOWS machines on the network can't see Fedora
as a member of the WINDOWS network? and vice-versa?
Yes sir. All the other machines are Windows machines.
If so, I sugge
On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 23:35 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> You've done an awful lot of typing for an OP that isn't likely going
> to engage.
Caught me during a moment of waiting for something to happen. Besides,
my casual typing speed's somewhere around 50 wpm, so it didn't take very
long to type.
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 07:56:55PM -0500, Mike Flannigan wrote:
>
>
> On 8/10/2012 10:28 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
> >Why do you give us vague descriptions of a network problem? What does
> >"no home network" mean?
>
> It means my home network was not working with Fedora.
On 8/10/2012 9:34 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
>
> On 8/10/2012 7:53 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
>> He is usingi Windows NT 5. Windows 2000. Which is seriously old and long
>> time EOL. :-)
>>
>> Win 2000 was not meant for home use. It was a business release and was
>> very expe
On 8/10/2012 7:53 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
He is usingi Windows NT 5. Windows 2000. Which is seriously old and long
time EOL.:-)
Win 2000 was not meant for home use. It was a business release and was
very expensive. He either has a used machine that he bought at a swap
m
On 08/10/2012 05:56 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
I think I need to learn the unix command language and
structure before I take on the task of installing Linux.
Your best bet, in that case, is to experiment with a LiveCD. And, while
you're at it, you can try out several spins, using different DEs
On 8/10/2012 10:28 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
On 08/10/2012 06:25 AM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
All this was on a brand new machine.
I'm back to Windows 7 for now. At least it works (sort of).
It sure was painful giving MS $100.
Does that mean that it works as well as Wi
On 8/10/2012 10:28 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
What is the "GPU-lockup - switching to software fbcon" problem?
This is a description of it:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32494
I did try that "nouveau.noaccel=1" solution, but I don't
think I got it done co
On 8/10/2012 10:28 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
I've never known Ubuntu to bomb like that. Especially with an nVidia card. Must
be some oddball setup
you have there. Or, there's a hardware issue. Almost sounds like the video
card isn't right. Maybe not seated correctly?
On 8/10/2012 11:16 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 08/10/2012 06:25 AM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
>> All this was on a brand new machine.
>>
>> I'm back to Windows 7 for now. At least it works (sort of). It
>> sure was painful giving MS $100.
>
> Does that mean that it works as well as Windows 7 does, or t
On 8/10/2012 12:34 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>
>> Mike Flannigan wrote:
>
>>> The main problem was no local home network connection
>>> (unable to mount location). I had internet connection
>>> (unlike the previous time I tried to move to Linux
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
Mike Flannigan wrote:
The main problem was no local home network connection
(unable to mount location). I had internet connection
(unlike the previous time I tried to move to Linux), but
no home network. I spent a lot of time trying to figure
On 08/10/2012 11:13 PM, Tim wrote:
> Oh, the hell I've gone through trying to get Windows to install...
You've done an awful lot of typing for an OP that isn't likely going to engage.
--
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger
and better idiot-proof progr
Sorry to hear of your painful experience. I wanted to offer that I Have had
great luck with the live-creator on usb thumb drives.
i can do a complete basic install w/o internet connection, but to get up to
date,
you need a live access to the internet...
I think there is a way to create the thumb
On 08/10/2012 06:25 AM, Mike Flannigan wrote:
All this was on a brand new machine.
I'm back to Windows 7 for now. At least it works (sort of).
It sure was painful giving MS $100.
Does that mean that it works as well as Windows 7 does, or that it
doesn't work as well as it should, even when r
On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 08:25 -0500, Mike Flannigan wrote:
> I'm back to Windows 7 for now. At least it works (sort of).
> It sure was painful giving MS $100.
Oh, the hell I've gone through trying to get Windows to install...
First there were PCs that couldn't boot from a CD, so you'd need to boot
In data venerdì 10 agosto 2012 08:25:52, Mike Flannigan ha volutamente
scritto:
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>
> I'm back to Windows 7 for now. At least it works (sort of).
> It sure was painful giving MS $100.
>
This seems your only reason to install Linux.
It isn't the right way to begin.
>
> Mike Flannigan
> ht
Mike Flannigan wrote:
> FYI, my 3rd attempt to go to Linux failed. Ubuntu
> didn't get anywhere - the startup install screen
> would not show, just a blank screen. Tried 32 bit
> and 64 bit - same failure.
>
> Fedora 17 64 bit installed just fine. After updates I
> got the "GPU-lockup - switchi
From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org
[users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] on behalf of Mike Flannigan
[mikef...@att.net]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 9:25 AM
To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject: Failed Migration to Linux
FYI, my 3rd
FYI, my 3rd attempt to go to Linux failed. Ubuntu
didn't get anywhere - the startup install screen
would not show, just a blank screen. Tried 32 bit
and 64 bit - same failure.
Fedora 17 64 bit installed just fine. After updates I
got the "GPU-lockup - switching to software fbcon" problem.
I t
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