I spent the past week and a half trying to set up a 4x160 SATA Raid-5. It was a huge excercise in frustration because every time I'd try to build a volume, my machine would promptly freeze after a few percent. I changed out IDE emulation for SCSI emulation in kernel... same thing... I changed SATA controllers, same thing. I changed SATA cables, same thing. I changed power supplies, same thing. I added 4 80 mm case fans, same thing. In the end, it turned out that the culprit was raidtools. Nobody had ever bothered to post that raid-5 + raidtools + kernel 2.6 locks up a computer. I changed to mdadm, and I had a working array 50 minutes later.
and that is why man people's jobs are moving to India. The education system here is not bringing out people competent in the stuff that really keeps networks afloat.
I'm in college, so naturally I have to go to class and things like that. After that, I assume I will have a job to support myself and that I'll be working there (whether that is the US or India, I don't know). For recreation, I typically leave for sex, mountain biking, or swimming. Yes, I do have non-computer interests. That doesn't mean they're non-geeky though:).
People should not accept this or we'll get into another situation like you have with NVidia.
This is precisely why I bought an ATI Radeon from a coworker. When I upgraded to kernel ver 2.6, Nvidia accelerated support was broken, where as DRI support for the radeon was built into the kernel.
I've used both satellite (dish network) and comcast cable. Let me tell you, I've had more outages with comcast than with dish. The dish only went out when it was an ice storm. And let me tell you, I didn't even have power half the time. Every time it rains here, literally my cable goes out. Don't believe the ads saying they lost the "pitcha".
it's most likely for the added placebo effect. If you have a magic feather that makes you think you can fly, then you will probably try your hardest to do so.
Yes. The USB Spec forces manufacturers to conform to a basic set of rules that allow generic drivers to be written for basically every usb device out there now. The USB support from 2.6 is excellent. I can plug and unplug both USB keyboards and mice while X11 is running and without ANY user intervention they just plain work. With V4L compiled in the kernel, your webcam will work the same.
> Can 1-touch scanning be setup without the use of a complex script? Joe Dialup doesn't want to go to Sourceforge to find a piece of software called gkehjg2 just to get his device to install and compile (compile? what's that!)
That 1-touch scanning is an extension of the driver for your scanner. Typically it is the manufacturer who writes scripts for such things. For all the hardware I've bought this year, I've been able to make all of it work under Linux. The hardest one to make work was my Laptop graphics. Why? Because Intel sucks and doesn't properly report the amount of video ram available. All the calls that their drivers use are hidden away and nonstandard. Is this the fault of the people who give of their free time to work on X11? No. If Intel didn't hide these specs, the problem would not exist to begin with.
> The install for Linux is CLOSE
I agree. That was the point of my whole post to begin with. I believe that with all the new releases, all the framework is there for a really good, rock-solid OS.
With the advent of the 2.6 series kernel, along with the efforts for compatability between KDE and GNOME, I think linux is getting very close for the desktop. I already use it as a desktop OS on my laptop with few problems. With a little bit more effort, even so -called "dummies" will be able to work with it as well.
I highly recommend the service the parent posted has presented. I'm using it right now and loving it. It's perfect. Seriously. All my music money is going to Russia if they can provide a good quality service at a good price.
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You've been to Eugene lately, haven't you? At least based on your description of the women...
now playdough is going to become illegal under the DMCA because it's a circumvention tool :)
Does this mean DNA has parity bits for error correction?
When one of the most common linux embedded platforms (Zaurus SL-5x00) comes with 64 megs of ram.
wouldn't that be two CDs? unless you're using some special filesystem I don't know about.
I spent the past week and a half trying to set up a 4x160 SATA Raid-5. It was a huge excercise in frustration because every time I'd try to build a volume, my machine would promptly freeze after a few percent. I changed out IDE emulation for SCSI emulation in kernel... same thing... I changed SATA controllers, same thing. I changed SATA cables, same thing. I changed power supplies, same thing. I added 4 80 mm case fans, same thing. In the end, it turned out that the culprit was raidtools. Nobody had ever bothered to post that raid-5 + raidtools + kernel 2.6 locks up a computer. I changed to mdadm, and I had a working array 50 minutes later.
and that is why man people's jobs are moving to India. The education system here is not bringing out people competent in the stuff that really keeps networks afloat.
I'm in college, so naturally I have to go to class and things like that. After that, I assume I will have a job to support myself and that I'll be working there (whether that is the US or India, I don't know). For recreation, I typically leave for sex, mountain biking, or swimming. Yes, I do have non-computer interests. That doesn't mean they're non-geeky though :).
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I just used the USB cable that came with my cable modem for my printer. Worked like a champ.
People should not accept this or we'll get into another situation like you have with NVidia.
This is precisely why I bought an ATI Radeon from a coworker. When I upgraded to kernel ver 2.6, Nvidia accelerated support was broken, where as DRI support for the radeon was built into the kernel.
I've used both satellite (dish network) and comcast cable. Let me tell you, I've had more outages with comcast than with dish. The dish only went out when it was an ice storm. And let me tell you, I didn't even have power half the time. Every time it rains here, literally my cable goes out. Don't believe the ads saying they lost the "pitcha".
go to the library and check out older editions of said books. Then just keep renewing them and give em back at the end of the term.
...to get her ass back into the kitchen and make me some pie. Seriously though, the SO doesn't care.
it's most likely for the added placebo effect. If you have a magic feather that makes you think you can fly, then you will probably try your hardest to do so.
Dude, this is Slashdot. Here at Slashdot we talk about the joys of such projects as gaim.
>Will my USB Camera work?
Yes. The USB Spec forces manufacturers to conform to a basic set of rules that allow generic drivers to be written for basically every usb device out there now. The USB support from 2.6 is excellent. I can plug and unplug both USB keyboards and mice while X11 is running and without ANY user intervention they just plain work. With V4L compiled in the kernel, your webcam will work the same.
> Can 1-touch scanning be setup without the use of a complex script? Joe Dialup doesn't want to go to Sourceforge to find a piece of software called gkehjg2 just to get his device to install and compile (compile? what's that!)
That 1-touch scanning is an extension of the driver for your scanner. Typically it is the manufacturer who writes scripts for such things. For all the hardware I've bought this year, I've been able to make all of it work under Linux. The hardest one to make work was my Laptop graphics. Why? Because Intel sucks and doesn't properly report the amount of video ram available. All the calls that their drivers use are hidden away and nonstandard. Is this the fault of the people who give of their free time to work on X11? No. If Intel didn't hide these specs, the problem would not exist to begin with.
> The install for Linux is CLOSE
I agree. That was the point of my whole post to begin with. I believe that with all the new releases, all the framework is there for a really good, rock-solid OS.
With the advent of the 2.6 series kernel, along with the efforts for compatability between KDE and GNOME, I think linux is getting very close for the desktop. I already use it as a desktop OS on my laptop with few problems. With a little bit more effort, even so -called "dummies" will be able to work with it as well.
Isn't Ogg Vorbis original enough?
I'd mod you down, but then I couldn't ever tell you on this thread :P
Doesn't the kernel now support this natively?
I JUST finished upgrading to 2.6.0 yesterday. I'm not kidding.
Posting your worst tech mistake ever on slashdot and forgetting to check "Post Anonymously".
I highly recommend the service the parent posted has presented. I'm using it right now and loving it. It's perfect. Seriously. All my music money is going to Russia if they can provide a good quality service at a good price.
Google for a thing called "nimo codec pack". It's everything and the kitchen sink all packaged in one NSIS executable. quite handy.