Roberto did create.build scripts that can be used to create the packages. I don't do it myself because I know I'd get lax in updating the packages when new Gnucash releases came out. (Between this and my other projects, I feel I'm already over-committed for computer stuff, so I'm hesitant to take on more.)
I'm hoping someone will volunteer to do the packages, though.
My brother has 8-10 pinball machines in his house at any moment, plus a few video games. His wife doesn't mind them, in fact she plays them, too! Works great for them, and visiting is usually a lot of fun.:)
The nvidia driver for my card makes the system unstable--I've had it just randomly reboot with no warning whatsoever. Those reboots stopped when I turned off the nvidia driver.
Maybe someone has a solution for this problem? I couldn't find one when I searched Google a while back.
I bought a Sony Clie a while back, and it's been working very well synchronizing with Linux. I've been very pleased.
I've been using Slack a long time, too. For a while I tried Mandrake 8.2 but the kernel compiling issue got me, too (among other things). Even if you do get it to compile, it never seems quite right--you lose the automounter or something else and have to reconfigure your system.
In the end, I went back to Slackware and couldn't be happier. I like the power and flexibility Slackware offers, even if config is harder.
This is an annoyance, and it's difficult to tell sometimes whether you're buying a hardware modem or not when you get it separate from the computer.
Personally, I think the concept behind Winmodems isn't that bad--why not use some of those processor cycles that are just going to waste anyway on today's fast PCs? I just wish we had drivers for them. (Fortunately, I bought a PCMCIA modem for my laptop before Winmodems became popular, so I have a working hardware modem.)
Funny...my experience is exactly the opposite. I can't break CUPS when I want to, but lpd configuration always felt delicate and ready to fall apart.
It probably has something to do with the types of printers connected, though. I have a USB printer that requires some black magic to be able to print something (using the HP OfficeJet drivers and such) and CUPS seems to integrate that better than lpd ever did.
I can't speak for Firewire, but my USB experience has been great. Of course, I only have two devices, a printer and a Clie, and I checked them out before I purchased to make sure I could get them working.
Getting Gnucash running on my Slackware systems has to be the worst possible thing I've had to do. I don't want to switch away from Slackware just to run Gnucash, so I fight through it every time I update Slackware.
In fact, the situation was so bad that I put up a page explaining how to do it. I didn't think it'd get much traffic...but I very much mistaken. Several hundred hits a month, and messages galore within the first week. We (some other survivors and I) set up a mailing list to help answer questions.
When I talked to the Gnucash developers on it, their comment was "switch to an RPM-based system" and "it really doesn't require anything other than standard libraries"...for the old version of Gnome, that is; the newer Gnome version won't work. I appreciate their hard work--Gnucash is great, but I wonder what they'd think if they switched to Slackware themselves for development.
However, expect most judges to rule against you because of your shitty taste in music.
Why can't anyone ever answer a post about music without commenting on the music itself? I'm no Metallica fan, but I can respect another's musical choices even if I don't agree with them...
My experience is that the early ones are as you describe, but the more recent models (in the last year or so) are much better about this. In fact, the current LCD I have and the previous one were both specified to run at 1280x1024, but I've always run them at 1024x768, and they look great.
There was another one, a Sunday edition, where Steve Dallas was singing "Billie Jean" in the bathroom, and going all out. In the last frame, you see him as he really is, instead of as he's imagining it: he's wearing only a towel, dancing on a stool, and the microphone is a hairbrush. The other Bloom County residents are peering in the door and applauding. (The funniest part is Steve's thoughts, of course. He's thinking, "Okay, take it easy, every star has to know his...", then in the last frame, "...uh, limitations.")
It's similar to the one you described, so I wondered if it was what you were thinking of.
My low-end, first generation Sony in-dash CD player had one. ("You can hook up your walkman and play tapes!" was the selling point.) It even came with a small rubber plug for in it to keep the jack clean. This wasn't a problem for me since I never used it...
Popular Science had an article on this months ago. Then they recently had a followup where a newer version of the system actually somehow eliminated the person's body from the picture; all you (the operator) could see were the guns, etc., superimposed on a generic body.
"In any mode, hold down the stop button (a little square under the play button) for 2-3 seconds to turn off the unit."
The CD stereo (an aftermarket Blaupunkt) in my car does something like this: to turn it off, you have to press and hold the power button for three seconds. Otherwise, it just reduces the volume significantly but continues to play. I've seen other brands do this, too.
WHY?
When I hit the power button, I want the radio to turn OFF. Right at that moment. If I'm turning off the radio, there's a good chance that I'm doing so because it's distracting me and I need to concentrate on the traffic and roads around me. Now, I'm forced to keep my hand at the radio (making it useless for steering or operating other controls, and it restricts my ability to look over my shoulders to check traffic in the blind spots) for several seconds. It's annoying.
When I look at new radios, that's the first thing I check: the power button must work instantly. (I didn't pick this radio myself--it was installed by the dealer when I purchased the car.)
If the manufacturers want to include a "mute" feature, fine, just add another button for it. Or better yet, use a volume knob; my other car has one and it works perfectly.
Most jobs wouldn't be so fun if you had to both work 30-40 hours a week, devote your weekends to work AND run the risk that any mistake you make could devestate your practice and family.
Which is why doctors are also paid more for their services.
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Because it's hard to do. :)
.build scripts that can be used to create the packages. I don't do it myself because I know I'd get lax in updating the packages when new Gnucash releases came out. (Between this and my other projects, I feel I'm already over-committed for computer stuff, so I'm hesitant to take on more.)
Roberto did create
I'm hoping someone will volunteer to do the packages, though.
--RJ
ASUS A7V333 with a VIA Chipset.
If you can help, I'm listening! I'd like to use the nvidia drivers...
--RJ
My brother has 8-10 pinball machines in his house at any moment, plus a few video games. His wife doesn't mind them, in fact she plays them, too! Works great for them, and visiting is usually a lot of fun. :)
--RJ
Here's the message in question, if you want to double-check EQ's assertion like I did. :)
--RJ
Here's the page.
Enjoy.
--RJ
The nvidia driver for my card makes the system unstable--I've had it just randomly reboot with no warning whatsoever. Those reboots stopped when I turned off the nvidia driver.
Maybe someone has a solution for this problem? I couldn't find one when I searched Google a while back.
--RJ
I bought a Sony Clie a while back, and it's been working very well synchronizing with Linux. I've been very pleased.
I've been using Slack a long time, too. For a while I tried Mandrake 8.2 but the kernel compiling issue got me, too (among other things). Even if you do get it to compile, it never seems quite right--you lose the automounter or something else and have to reconfigure your system.
In the end, I went back to Slackware and couldn't be happier. I like the power and flexibility Slackware offers, even if config is harder.
--RJ
This is an annoyance, and it's difficult to tell sometimes whether you're buying a hardware modem or not when you get it separate from the computer.
Personally, I think the concept behind Winmodems isn't that bad--why not use some of those processor cycles that are just going to waste anyway on today's fast PCs? I just wish we had drivers for them. (Fortunately, I bought a PCMCIA modem for my laptop before Winmodems became popular, so I have a working hardware modem.)
--RJ
Funny...my experience is exactly the opposite. I can't break CUPS when I want to, but lpd configuration always felt delicate and ready to fall apart.
It probably has something to do with the types of printers connected, though. I have a USB printer that requires some black magic to be able to print something (using the HP OfficeJet drivers and such) and CUPS seems to integrate that better than lpd ever did.
--RJ
I can't speak for Firewire, but my USB experience has been great. Of course, I only have two devices, a printer and a Clie, and I checked them out before I purchased to make sure I could get them working.
--RJ
Getting Gnucash running on my Slackware systems has to be the worst possible thing I've had to do. I don't want to switch away from Slackware just to run Gnucash, so I fight through it every time I update Slackware.
In fact, the situation was so bad that I put up a page explaining how to do it. I didn't think it'd get much traffic...but I very much mistaken. Several hundred hits a month, and messages galore within the first week. We (some other survivors and I) set up a mailing list to help answer questions.
When I talked to the Gnucash developers on it, their comment was "switch to an RPM-based system" and "it really doesn't require anything other than standard libraries"...for the old version of Gnome, that is; the newer Gnome version won't work. I appreciate their hard work--Gnucash is great, but I wonder what they'd think if they switched to Slackware themselves for development.
--RJ
However, expect most judges to rule against you because of your shitty taste in music.
Why can't anyone ever answer a post about music without commenting on the music itself? I'm no Metallica fan, but I can respect another's musical choices even if I don't agree with them...
--RJ
In a flash, of course.
(Wow, that was terrible. I'm sorry to subject you to that...)
--RJ
My experience is that the early ones are as you describe, but the more recent models (in the last year or so) are much better about this. In fact, the current LCD I have and the previous one were both specified to run at 1280x1024, but I've always run them at 1024x768, and they look great.
--RJ
There was another one, a Sunday edition, where Steve Dallas was singing "Billie Jean" in the bathroom, and going all out. In the last frame, you see him as he really is, instead of as he's imagining it: he's wearing only a towel, dancing on a stool, and the microphone is a hairbrush. The other Bloom County residents are peering in the door and applauding. (The funniest part is Steve's thoughts, of course. He's thinking, "Okay, take it easy, every star has to know his...", then in the last frame, "...uh, limitations.")
It's similar to the one you described, so I wondered if it was what you were thinking of.
--RJ
My low-end, first generation Sony in-dash CD player had one. ("You can hook up your walkman and play tapes!" was the selling point.) It even came with a small rubber plug for in it to keep the jack clean. This wasn't a problem for me since I never used it...
They're out there; you just have to look around.
--RJ
For a moment, I was pretty sure the story was going to end with, "...but I need an 8 inch disk drive to read it. Can anyone help?"
:)
To which, of course, a couple dozen slashdotters would offer the use of theirs.
--RJ
How I wish I had mod points right now! ;)
--RJ
Dunno about the UK, but there for a while IBM was running television ads all over the US. Not to mention the sidewalk chalk incidents...
--RJ
If you find that this process is little thing, the recorders you do not agree.
I'd like to read the articles, but...
--RJ
Popular Science had an article on this months ago. Then they recently had a followup where a newer version of the system actually somehow eliminated the person's body from the picture; all you (the operator) could see were the guns, etc., superimposed on a generic body.
Here's the followup:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12--RJ
I have a working 800. What can I do with it? (Seriously. My parents want to throw it out, since it's in their house right now.)
--RJ
So, in addition to worrying about the traffic, you want me to juggle a faceplate? :)
--RJ
"In any mode, hold down the stop button (a little square under the play button) for 2-3 seconds to turn off the unit."
The CD stereo (an aftermarket Blaupunkt) in my car does something like this: to turn it off, you have to press and hold the power button for three seconds. Otherwise, it just reduces the volume significantly but continues to play. I've seen other brands do this, too.
WHY?
When I hit the power button, I want the radio to turn OFF. Right at that moment. If I'm turning off the radio, there's a good chance that I'm doing so because it's distracting me and I need to concentrate on the traffic and roads around me. Now, I'm forced to keep my hand at the radio (making it useless for steering or operating other controls, and it restricts my ability to look over my shoulders to check traffic in the blind spots) for several seconds. It's annoying.
When I look at new radios, that's the first thing I check: the power button must work instantly. (I didn't pick this radio myself--it was installed by the dealer when I purchased the car.)
If the manufacturers want to include a "mute" feature, fine, just add another button for it. Or better yet, use a volume knob; my other car has one and it works perfectly.
--RJ
Which is why doctors are also paid more for their services.
--RJ