text:
MUSC Network or Pre-Registration Required (Cochrane)

This resource is restricted to MUSC faculty, students and staff.

On campus access is available when physically connected to the MUSC Network ( domain, IP address beginning with 128.23) or to computers connecting through the MUSC PPP server.

To access off campus, you must first register with Wiley InterScience while connected to the MUSC Network. This is a one-time registration which must be "refreshed" (renewed) every 90 days.

If you would like to register for remote access, please complete the New User Registration Form at:

***Remember: You will need to refresh your roaming access every 90 days by logging into your account and again clicking on the "Roaming Access" icon.***

If you have any questions, call the reference desk (792-2372).


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Type: response

text:
Internet Anxiety Disorder

I’ve enjoyed reading Bibliotheke lately. Two posts have come up on a few PubSub subscriptions. William Melody has some pretty strong views on subjects that I am also interested in. We disagree on a few topics and that’s ok with me. In fact, it’s much more interesting these days to read blogs that make me think more about my own writings and theories about librarianship (Thanks Walt for making me see the light – you know, there is a reason why I consider you amy mentor)

Last week, William wrote about Internet Anxiety Disorder:

“Blogging is largely viewed as the act or writing about what going on now, as in right now. Youâ€™ve missed the train if you wait a day or two to comment on piece of news. I think this is where this whole â€œblog or dieâ€ attitude comes from. After all, the biggest proponents are bloggers.”

“What we are seeing is a continuation of the boom-era problem of internet/information anxiety. With librarians, however, it can seem worse for the reasons described above. Because of this, I think itâ€™s important for librarians to realize that, contrary to popular belief, blogging isnâ€™t Godâ€™s gift to libraries and not everyone should worry about it quite so much.”

So, I’m commenting on William’s post from last week to prove a point. I haven’t “missed the train” on his post and I’m commenting on it 5 days later. And for those that don’t think that William’s post isn’t a piece of news, think again. Every blog post, IMO, is a piece of news. This one is a commentary, which is also news, just not “breaking news”, to which William is probably referring. Many comments on my posts come many days (even weeks) after the initial post. It’s also not (for me) about ‘blog or die’. It’s about ‘blog and share.’ Recently, one of my “RSS Colleagues” IM’d me to share a new Bloglines tool that he created. He said, “this won’t help you because you’re not a Bloglines user.” My reply: “Tell me about it because many of the people that I help are Bloglines users.” I could care less that I broke a news story. I just want to make sure that my readers know about it. It’s not a pissing contest. This is one of the reasons why I always give attribution for content found in my posts. Let others have the credit for finding it. I’ll just share it. I would hope that my fellow librarian bloggers feel the same way.

I also should comment on his “G-d’s gift to libraries” comment. Blogs are definitely not G-d’s gift to libraries, and I don’t think that librarians should “worry” about blogs. I think that librarians should embrace blogs if they feel that they will help their library. I used to think that every library should have a blog and that every library employee should as well. I’ve since matured (a year of Internet time is about 30 years regular time, right?) and understand that you can lead a library/librarian to a blog, but you can’t make them post. So, maybe William is right: not everyone should worry about them. But at the very least they should know what blogs are and how they can possibly improve the way libraries/librarians communicate with their staff and patrons.

Comments are closed.

© Copyright 2015, Information Today, Inc., All rights reserved.

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-179-60-89.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2015-27
operator: CommonCrawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for June 2015
publisher: CommonCrawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


text:
In Support of Libraries and Librarians

LA Times – “Anyone who conducts serious research about Los Angeles and Southern California will tell you that our history is spread among a nearly uncountable number of libraries and archives, as reflected in the annual Archives Bazaar. One of the Daily Mirror’s primary resources is the Los Angeles Public Library, which provides access to the only available copies of historic newspapers like the Examiner, the Herald-Express, the Daily News, the California Eagle and the Los Angeles Sentinel. In addition, we rely on the public library for city maps, rare and obscure books, digitized phone books and city directories going back to 1915, an online photo archives, and — most of all — advice on how to conduct research that is acquired only through many years of experience.”

Comments are closed.

© Copyright 2015, Information Today, Inc., All rights reserved.


WARC-Truncated: length

text:
Hide this

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Pool Boy by Michael Simmons

Pool Boy (original 2003; edition 2005)

by Michael Simmons

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingConversations
731164,469 (3.15)None
Title:Pool Boy
Authors:Michael Simmons
Info:Point (2005), Paperback, 176 pages
Collections:Your library

Work details

Pool Boy (Readers Circle) by Michael Simmons (2003)

  1. 10
    The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (benfulton)
    benfulton: Thief Lord is the better book, but Pool Boy is a similar story set in a world without magic.

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

Read this on the recommendation of my 11-year-old, who told me, "Brett and I are a lot alike." without, I believe, understanding the implications of that statement. Brett is self-involved and spoiled, a one-time rich kid who's lost all his money, and the story involves the adult who comes along to teach him about life.

It's a bit of a story about redemption, a Secret Garden updated to the modern age, or a Thief Lord without the magic. I like that Brett doesn't actually have a complete, Scrooge-like change of heart - "From that time forward I became a better person" - but the changes in him are realistic.

The characters and scenario are quite realistic overall. A thoughtful, understated story of growing up in modern-day, upper-class California. ( )
  benfulton | Dec 15, 2012 |
no reviews | add a review
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Series (with order)
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Awards and honors
First words
It's like this.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Publisher series
Original language

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

Book description
Haiku summary

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0385731965, Paperback)

Fifteen-year-old Brett Gerson is a real-life S.R.K. (spoiled rich kid)–the guy you love to hate. Yep, Brett’s pretty much got life in the bag–until his dad is jailed for insider trading, and the family money swirls down the drain.

Brett wishes things could go back to the way they were–until some dirty swimming pools change everything.

(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:12:42 -0400)

(see all 3 descriptions)

When his father is arrested for insider trading and his family loses all their money, Brett Gerson takes a job as an assistant to a elderly pool cleaner in his former wealthy California neighborhood and learns some valuable life lessons. Includes a sixteen-page reader's guide.… (more)

(summary from another edition)

» see all 3 descriptions

Quick Links

Swap Ebooks Audio
1 avail.
1 wanted
2 pay

Popular covers

Average: (3.15)
2 4
3 2
4 2
4.5 1
5 1

2 editions of this book were published by Audible.com.

See editions

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

Help/FAQs | About | Privacy/Terms | Blog | Store | Contact | LibraryThing.com | APIs | WikiThing | Common Knowledge | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | 97,894,104 books! | Top bar: Always visible


text:
Poland Library's elevator is currently out of order
Poland patrons who cannot use the stairs can park in front and enter on Main Street
Home > Subject Area Research / Keeping Informed

Find business information from 41 U.S. business weeklies from this website, where much free information is available. The home page brings selected current articles. Access to archived articles is through simple keyword searches, where the results are found via tabbed subject headings. (Note – only subscribers to a particular print edition can view the entire contents of the current issue.)

Business Journal
Online edition of the local business newspaper, Business Journal.

Current Industrial Reports (CIR) - U.S. Census Bureau
Current Industrial Reports provide measures of activity for industrial sectors and sub-sectors. Data is provided on production and shipments of products. The reports are available in Excel and PDF formats.
Google Finance
Stay informed with Google finance’s markets and news updates.  Also available are stock data, stock screener research, and a portfolio link for maintaining your personal finance choices

New York Times Business
Find daily business news from the New York Times from the newspaper's website. All of the features of the business section of the New York Times will be found in its online format. Free registration allows delivery of the newspaper to your e-mail doorstep.

New York Times Small Business
With this link you have the Small Business section of the business pages of the New York Times delivered to your e-mail doorstep. This feature of the newspaper focuses exclusively on the small business environment. What will you find? This website includes timely articles, web columns, business-tip-of-the-day, small business adviser, multi-media presentations, small business resource center, and more. Keep connected with information on the world of small businesses via the New York Times.

Startup Journal-Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs
The publishers of the Wall Street Journal provide the content of this website that features business startup information. News stories and columns covering a wide range of business subjects bring the new business owner or future business owner a wealth of information from authoritative writers. Links to additional information contain insights on financing, technology, franchising, and running a business. One may also browse online databases of businesses and franchises for sale.

Tribune Chronicle
Business digest link of the Tribune Chronicle's online edition.

Online edition of the Vindicator.


text:
Wiki World

From Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
Revision as of 20:31, 10 January 2006 by Meredith (Talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search

By Meredith Gorran Farkas
Distance Learning Librarian
Norwich University
Northfield, VT
Contact me by e-mail
AIM & MSN Messenger: librarianmer

Continue to What is a Wiki? What is a Wiki


text:
Nick Jr. Picks Up Random House’s First Series

Nickelodeon has signed to bring Random House’s first book-to-screen TV series “Wanda and the Alien” to more than 70 Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels internationally (excluding the U.S.).

The deal was negotiated by kids content distributor Cake.

The enchanting preschool series will begin airing on Nickelodeon’s international channels in late 2014.

Co-produced by Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment and Komixx Entertainment, the 52 x 10 animated series will debut in the U.K. on Channel 5’s Milkshake! this fall.


text:
The AWOL Dolphin Story

People keep submitting this story, and I guess it does seem like the sort of thing I would run, even though I chose to pass over it initially. Anyway, by popular demand, here you go: Takoma the dolphin is AWOL. Reader immy2g also helpfully supplied a link to the earlier story: U.S. enlists dolphins to aid war effort.

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.


text:
In my last post, I talked about how to get the most out of social media sites and services like Digg, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Entirely coincidentally, Thursday Bram write a post about marketing yourself shortly after.

Unfortunately, any medium that makes itself so easy to use to promote yourself as today’s social media also makes it easy for idiots, jerks, and scam artists to promote themselves. As the cost of reaching out to thousands or millions of people goes down – to the point where today, it’s effectively free – the possibility to spam goes up.

Spam is any communication that purports to offer a benefit but is unwanted. Of course that means come-ons for cheap prescription pills, penis enlargment and miracle fat-burner supplements, and mortgage refinancing, but it also includes too-frequent updates from companies you’ve done business with, useless “updates” from newsletters you’ve subscribed to, meaningless self-linking on social media, and so on. While the monetary cost of sending spam is small, the cost to the receiver in time, attention, and the disruption of beloved services is great.

Let me give you an example. Today, a new wave of spam flooded Twitter. The modus operandi of Twitter spammers is to create dozens or hundreds of bogus accounts, post one tweet to each with a link to the spammer’s page, and follow thousands of people. The default setting on Twitter is to send you an email notifying you whenever you have a new follower, so all day I’ve been getting emails linking to Twitter profiles.

Now, I like to see who’s following me on Twitter. Most of the time I follow back. So I click through, and see a profile with that one tweet and close it and delete the email. Over, and over, and over. If I don’t click through, I run the risk of missing a real follower who might be worth following, so my choices are a) lose time and attention checking out every bogus follower, or b) lose value from the service by failing to connect with people who share my interests.

Unfortunately, ruining my Twitter experience is a good business model. According to a recent study by Marshal, a global security consulancy, 29% of Internet users admit to having bought products advertised in spam. To paraphrase the old professor’s saw about graduation rates, look at the person to your left and the person to your right – if one of those people hasn’t bought anything from spam, then you have.

So here’s a what-(hopefully-not)-to-do for potential spammers out there. If making yourself universally unloved – except by that 10 people in a million who just loves them some Internet Viagra (that’s the response rate for spam, according to the FBI) – is your goal, follow these steps to spamming Nirvana.

1. Overstay your welcome.

Volume counts in the spam world. What was useful information the first time becomes a real nuisance by the 10th time, and downright annoying by the 20th.

A couple of years ago, I ordered some business cards from VistaPrint.com. Not the free ones – I paid good money for their premium cards. The cards were fine, but before they even arrived I ahd decided not to order from VistaPrint.com ever again. In the days following my order, I received dozens of “free” offers — “free” matching letterhead, “free” enveloped, “free” rubber stamps, and so on. (“Free” at VistaPrint.com means “shipping and handling only”, which tends to run into double digits per item ordered.) Then I achieved “VIP” status and started receiving even more offers for “great discounts”. Keep in mind, I still hadn’t received my order yet!

That’s spam, pure and simple. I didn’t mind a follow-up or two, but when I’m receiving offers every day, and I’m paying for each of them with my time and attention, they are no longer wanted information.

2. Don’t ask permission.

Of course, your stereotypical spammer just scrapes email addresses off the Internet or buys lists from other scam artists or even guesses, sending emails to every word in the dictionary at every common email domain. They clearly don’t have permission.

But what about the companies like VistaPrint.com — who is hardly alone in this, though the sheer volume of email I got from them sets them apart — who take the “pre-existing relationship” of an order as permission to send whatever they want? Or what about the person you met at a conference and gave a business card to, who then added your email address to his company’s email list? Or the blog that adds commenters’ email lists to their mailing list?

Having a relationship with someone, either now or in the past, is not the same thing as permission. Permission is when someone explicitly asks to hear from you — if you don’t have it, it’s spam.

3. Be irrelevant.

This morning, I got an email from BlogWorld Expo warning me that their early-bird registration was about to end, and I should act fast to get my discount! That might be important information — if I hadn’t already registered for the event.

Any piece of information that isn’t targeted to a specific recipient is potentially spam. Asking me to promote your new cheese brand on Lifehack is spam, no matter how personal and likeable the email, since Lifehack is not site devoted to cheesy comestibles. “Shouting” me for a digg on your story about how to pick up easy women or about how the blacks are ruining everything is spam — I teach race and gender studies, and there’s no way I’d digg up either of those stories (I might bury them, though).

Taking the time to get to know your target isn’t in spammers’ interest, because then it becomes expensive — you pay for my attention and time with your own.

4. Add no value

Every service you use — social media, telephone, blogging, email, whatever — was chosen by you for the value it offers you. Any use of that service that adds no value is spam — especially when they reach the point that they detract value from the service as a whole. I know I’m not alone in having disconnected my home phone because I received more value-less telemarketing calls than calls from people I wanted to talk to.

5. Control the “off” button.

If I have to jump through hoops to get you to stop bugging me — or if there isn’t any way at all to get you to stop — that’s spam. Forcing me to call or email someone — when all it took to sign up was a purchase or even a registration — is spam. In fact, as a general rule, any channel of communication that you control is most likely spam. Even on TV I can change the channel when I want!

6. Don’t respect me

This is the root of all the rest. If you want me as a customer, as a trading partner, show me respect. The Viagra and Cialis spammers are trying to take advantage of us, so of course they don’t respect us. If you don’t respect your audience, then you’re in the same league — you’re spam.

Maybe that seems harsh. But it’s a harsh reality we’re living. The number of ways we can communicate, and the reach of those communications, has vastly outstripped the social norms we have to regulate our interactions.

We talk a lot at Lifehack about how to control the flow of information into your life, how to filter out the good from the bad, but ultimately working our way free of spam depends on people controlling the stuff they send out so the rest of us don’t have to worry about what’s coming in. If you’re doing any of the above, you’re part of the problem — whether you do it by emailing, Twitter tweeting, Digg shouting, or even face-to-face.

Stop it.

Love this article?


text:
Murray Feiss F2656/6+3BK Black Nine Light Up Lighting Multi-Tier Chandelier with Opal Etched Glass Shades from the Merritt Collection

Item #: BCI1678623

Exclusive Sale - Limited Time Only!

Prices discounted an additional 30-80% while supplies last. Use coupon code CLEARANCE7 to save an additional 7% at checkout.
Offer Ends 7/3/2015

Originally $538.50, You Save 54%
Shipping: Free Shipping! See Details
Ships In:
Ships in 1 to 2 business days
24 In Stock

Please finish configuring product before adding to cart

Technical Specs

Installation Sheet
Exploded Parts
Specification Sheet
Bulb Base Medium (E26)
Bulb Type Incandescent
Chain length 72
Collection Merritt
Diameter 28
Energy Star No
Finish Application Brushed
Genre Transitional
Height 30
Light Direction Up Lighting
Material Other Metals
Number of Bulbs 12
Number of Tiers 2
Series Home Solutions
Style Traditional
Suggested Room Fit Dining Room, Foyer
UL Listed Yes
UL Rating Dry Location
Wattage 1200
Watts Per Bulb 100
Width 28
Wire Length 96
  • Fixture housing is constructed of Metal ensuring years of reliable performance
  • Ultra secure mounting assembly
  • Fixture Sends Illumination in an upward direction while also providing ambient illumination for the entire room
  • Bulbs are not included with this model - upon checkout bulbs will be offered

Lamping Technology:

  • Bulb Base - Medium (E26): The E26 (Edison 26mm), Medium Edison Screw, is the standard bulb used in 120-Volt applications in North America. E26 is the most common bulb type and is generally interchangeable with E27 bulbs.
  • Compatible Bulb Types: Nearly all bulb types can be found for the E26 Medium Base, options include Incandescent, Fluorescent, LED, Halogen, and Xenon / Krypton.

  • Height: 30"
  • Width: 28" (measured from furthest point left to furthest point right on fixture)
  • Diameter: 28"

Electrical Specifications:

  • Bulb Base: Medium (E26)
  • Bulb Type: Incandescent
  • Number of Bulbs: 12
  • Watts Per Bulb: 100
  • Wattage: 1200

  • UL Listed - Indicates whether a product meets standards and compliance guidelines set by Underwriters Laboratories. This listing determines what types of rooms or environments a product can be used in safely.

Additional Murray Feiss Links

Our SKU: F2656/6+3

This product is listed under the following manufacturer number(s):

  • Black
  • Brushed Steel

*Denotes a finish or option that has been discontinued

0 Question from the Community

Murray Feiss Merritt Collection

Other Products In The Murray Feiss Merritt Collection

Warranty Info

Feiss Import LLC warrants its products are free from defects in workmanship and materials. Such warranty is in lieu of all other warranties, including without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. “Feiss” at its sole option, will repair or replace, a “Feiss” product, defective in workmanship or materials. Such repair or replacement is the sole and exclusive remedy against “Feiss” and is limited to one year from the date of shipment. “Feiss” reserves the right to determine whether to repair or replace. No charge back, or charge for labor or material, that does not have “Feiss” prior written approval, from “Feiss”. “Feiss” will not be responsible for any consequential or incidental damages in connection with any breach of its aforementioned warranty. “Feiss” does not make any warranties whatsoever and therefore, will accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever, for any products subjected to inappropriate application, installation, modification, or any manner, not in accordance with “Feiss” written or implied instructions. No representative, employee or associate of “Feiss” has any authority to bind “Feiss” to any warranty concerning goods sold by “Feiss”. This is the only enforceable warranty, provided by Feiss Import LLC.

Recently viewed items


text:
The Ark of the Covenant

There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you” (v. 22).

- Exodus 25:10–22

Our study of the tabernacle/temple and its furniture this month has emphasized its status as a copy of the heavenly throne room. As a copy of this throne room, it makes sense that there would be a replica of His throne in the sanctuary, and such a replica did exist in the form of the ark of the covenant. Today’s passage describes this ark, which was placed in the Most Holy Place in the tabernacle/temple (Ex. 26:34).

Our knowledge that the ark mimics a throne, or, more specifically, a footstool, has been bolstered since archaeologists have discovered thrones from ancient Near Eastern kingdoms with a look similar to that of the ark of the covenant. Like the other articles in the temple, it was made from acacia wood (25:10), which was a highly durable wood that grew in the area. The ark was covered with pure gold, gold that had been treated so as to remove any impurities (v. 11). Obviously, anything less could not be a fitting piece of furniture for the King of kings. Basically, the ark was a box fitted with poles so that it could be lifted onto the shoulders and carried without being touched directly. These poles were never removed (vv. 12–16), probably so that the ark could be carried off at a moment’s notice. The ark went everywhere that Israel went, even into battle (Josh. 6), and the ark’s constant availability to be picked up and carried off symbolized God’s willingness to go with His people wherever they might go.

More confirmation that the ark symbolized the Lord’s throne/footstool is seen in the fact that the “testimony” of Yahweh would be placed within it (Ex. 25:21). This testimony was none other than the tablets on which God wrote His law (Deut. 10:2), and this is significant because ancient Near Eastern kings often kept a copy of the laws of their kingdoms at their feet. The Lord, as the king of all, likewise would keep a copy of His laws at His feet in His footstool, the ark.

Once the Law was placed inside the ark, a lid called the mercy seat closed the box (Ex. 25:17–22). God knew that Israel would break His law but that He would be merciful and cover their law-breaking to guard those who truly loved Him from His wrath. Ultimately, this was achieved through the death of a substitute and the sprinkling of blood on the mercy seat itself (Lev. 16). Dr. John MacArthur aptly comments that “blood from the sacrifices stood between God and the broken law of God.”

Coram Deo

Blood and the mercy seat typified the final cleansing that would be achieved through the shed blood of Christ (Heb. 10:1–18). Because of this blood we can now meet with the Lord in worship just as the high priest used to meet with God before the ark of the covenant (Ex. 25:22). Therefore, when we come into the Lord’s presence, we must strive to do so with reverence and awe, for in worship we are entering the great King’s heavenly throne room.

Passages for Further Study

Exodus 37:1–9
Numbers 10:29–36
Psalm 132:8
Titus 3:4–7

Permissions: You are permitted and encouraged to reproduce and distribute this material in any format provided that you do not alter the wording in any way, you do not charge a fee beyond the cost of reproduction, and you do not make more than 500 physical copies. For web posting, a link to this document on our website is preferred (where applicable). If no such link exists, simply link to

Please include the following statement on any distributed copy: From Ligonier Ministries, the teaching fellowship of R.C. Sproul. All rights reserved. Website: | Phone: 1-800-435-4343


text:
Tag Archives: paranormal romance

TBR Challenge – On the Edges of Our Seats

It’s been a while since I read a paranormal that felt fresh. For that reason, I was especially happy to read Hunting Human as I dove into the paranormal side of “paranormal or romantic suspense” for this month’s TBR challenge. … Continue reading

Posted in All About Romance, Caz AAR, Lynn AAR, Romance reading | Tagged , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Aged Out of Paranormals?

Growing up, I knew my mom had a bit of a romance habit. She read a lot of mysteries, but her bookshelf also spilled over with gothics, romantic suspense and the occasional Harlequin. Lately, though, she’s become a paranormal junkie. … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Heroines, Lynn AAR | Tagged , | 21 Comments

Do We Give Paranormal Heroes a Pass?

Think about it. If I read a historical where the hero comes along, tells the heroine she will be his, and they engage in a courtship that seems to consist of bickering, near rapes, and the hero having to mark … Continue reading

Posted in Characters, Heroes, Lynn AAR | Tagged , | 31 Comments

AAR Featured in Bodice Ripper-Free Article on CNN.com

The mainsteam media came a-callin’ again and this time it came without any attitude. Woohoo! I was interviewed last week about the popularity of vampire romances by Lisa Respers France, a reporter who told me she is a voracious reader. … Continue reading

Posted in Book news, Books, Interviews, Romance reading | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

The Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy Debate

Where to draw the line between paranormal romance and urban fantasy is hardly a new question. A number of articles and blog pieces have been written on the subject, including this one and also this piece . Given the manner … Continue reading

Posted in Lynn AAR, Reading, Romance | Tagged , , , , , , | 25 Comments


text:
Lincoln County Journal

Follow Us On:

LCCOA Miles for Meals 5K Run and Walk-a-Thon

Posted on Monday, April 15, 2013 at 9:29 am

            Share on Tumblr

Registration continues for the Miles for Meals 5K Run and Walk-A-Thon which benefits the Lincoln County Council on Aging (LCCOA). The event will be held Saturday, April 20 at Clonts Field in Troy. The run will start at 8 a.m. and the walk will begin at 8:15 a.m. Awards will be given to the top men and women finishers in four age groups and a Walk-A-Thon Award will be presented to the person who raises the most money. Winners will be announced at 9 a.m. This is a your dog friendly event. Bring proof of rabies vaccine record and dog will receive a bandana.

For more information and registration form, call James Brandly at 636-528-7000 or email jbrandly@lccoaging. Net.


text:
How do you rate this laptop with Linux?
80% (4)
20% (1)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)

Asus F3Sg

This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Asus F3Sg laptop.

This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.

Editing This Page

If you would like to edit this page please first view our Editing Guidelines.

NameAsus F3Sg
ProcessorIntel Pentium Dual Core / Intel Core 2 Duo
Screen15.4“ WXGA or WXGA+ or WSXGA+ Widescreen
HDD120GB to 250GB
Optical DriveDVD+-RW MULTI
Sound Realtek High Definition Audio
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce 9300M
NetworkEthernet Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000, Intel 4965AGN 802.11abgn, Bluetooth
WebCAMUSB 2.0 1.3M UVC WebCam

Linux Compatibility

Optical DriveWorks
GraphicsWorksnVdia DRIVER 177.82
SoundWorksintel hda snd module
EthernetWorks on kernel 2.6.24 or higher
BluetoothNot Tested
56K ModemNot Tested
FirewireNot Tested
Card ReaderNot Tested
Fingerprint ReaderNot Tested
CameraWorks syntek driver

Recommended dist for Asus F3Sg is Ubuntu 8.4.1 or OpenSuse 11.0 .
Debian 4.0r5 Etch is not recommended , I have many problem with distro (not suported Ethernet, WIFI, graphic card[…] )
You will need at least kernel 2.6.22 for this laptop. Older kernels will have issues with the wired and wireless network.

Audio Solution (OpenSuse 11)

#cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo

Adrian, 2009/04/17 09:58

Thanks, Audio Solution really helped me.

Nikola, 2009/03/22 10:45

Hello there,
I've reinstalled the linux inside on this notebook and now i can make the camera and the bluetooth to work. Can you help me with some kind of drivers or something. That I know is that the notebook is knowing them as a software not like a hardware. Even now i can find any drivers or hints about it.

Krisztian, 2009/03/12 23:42

I installed openSUSE 11.1 on a laptop like this. Everithig works fine but the webcam. With uvcvideo the picture is flipped, while with syntek driver (stk11xx-kmp-default-1.4.0_2.6.27.19_3.2-2.1.x86_64.rpm) nothing happened. There was not even /dev/video0. According to the dmesg, the module (stk11xx) loaded. Could you tell me how you installed the driver? Thanks.

Enter your comment. Wiki syntax is allowed:
If you can't read the letters on the image, download this .wav file to get them read to you.
asus_f3sg.txt · Last modified: 2010/10/11 14:01 (external edit)
Contact Us Sister Sites Privacy Policy Terms of Use
Copyright © 2006-2013 and other authors


text:
Maddy Kearns to appear at Linlithgow

Maddy Kearns

Maddy Kearns

Have your say

A Linlithgow singer will take the stage in the next concert organised by the town’s arts guild.

There will be an evening of song at St. Michaels’ RC Church tomorrow (Saturday) when Maddy Kearns and friends perform a wide-ranging

selection of songs from shows and opera plus classical arrangements of folk and Scottish songs.

Maddy is currently studying at St Andrews University and hopes to go on to post graduate studies at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow to complete her training in singing, and opera in particular.

She has previously taken lead roles on stage and has performed on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

She will be joined by Laurie Slavin, who sings with a university group “The Other Guys”.

Laurie has sung numerous roles in opera, and will be starting post graduate studies at London’s Guildhall School of Music.

Both are also regular choral singers.

They will be accompanied by concert pianist Douglas Holligan.

The attractive and varied programme includes items from “Cabaret” and ‘‘Phantom of the Opera’’, the Flower Duet from Lakme, items from Mozart’s ‘‘Magic Flute’’ and ‘‘The Marriage of Figaro’’, arias by Delius, Bach and Humperdinck, a Spiritual, some well known Burns songs, “Danny Boy” and other traditional melodies, some church music and items from The Beatles and Disney.

The concert starts at 7.30pm and entry is free of charge.

There will be a retiring collection for a charitable educational project in Uganda.

Back to the top of the page


text:
F2F Prototipa Multipla™ font family

Designed by Alessio Leonardi in 1996

About F2F Prototipa Multipla™ font family

The techno sound of the 1990s, a personal computer, font creation software, and some inspiration all came together to inspire the F2F (Face2Face) font series. Alessio Leonardi and his friends had the demand to create new unusual typefaces, which would be used in the leading German techno magazine of the day, Frontpage. Even typeset as small as 6-points, in nearly undecipherable layouts, it was a pleasure for the kids to read and try to decrypt the messages.

The glyphs in F2F Prototypia Multipla have been turned into mini letter collages. Text set in this font will take on a quilt-pattern-like appearance.
More related documents:
Font Designer: Alessio Leonardi

F2F Prototipa Multipla

Desktop fonts are designed to be installed on a computer for use with applications. Licensed per computer.
Web fonts are used with the CSS @font-face rule. They are licensed for a set number of page views with no time limitation.
Mobile App Fonts can be embedded in your mobile application. Each app requires a separate license. The license is based on the number of app installations.
Electronic Publication Fonts can be embedded in an eBook, eMagazine or eNewspaper. Fonts are licensed per title.
Server fonts can be installed on a server and e.g. used by automated processes to create items. A license is per server core CPU per year.

F2F Prototipa Multipla

1 Family

world-map map

Std / OT CFF

supports at least

21 languages.

F2F Prototipa Multipla™ Regular -  1 variant
From US$ 35
Add to cart


text:
Multimedia applications with OpenML

Article from Issue 82/2007

Programming multimedia applications in Linux used to be a tedious process, demanding specialized libraries and even custom code for addressing hardware directly. The OpenML library offers a simpler approach.

Shortly after the millennium, a number of major league multimedia corporations joined forces to found the Khronos Group. 3Dlabs, ATI, Discreet, Intel, Nvidia, SGI, and Sun Microsystems all wanted to create a cross-platform multimedia library using the lean and successful OpenGL as a role model. Thanks to this standardized interface, programmers would be able to concentrate on their work rather than wasting time thinking about hardware and how to control it. Just a year later, specification 1.0 of the Open Media Library (or OpenML– not related or even good friends with OpenMP, a library for shared memory parallelism, or OpenAL, a library for sound output) was released. The whole enchilada was done – the interfaces, the internal functions – and the Khronos Group (see the “Khronos Group” box) stood back, celebrated, promised support at all kinds of conferences, and waited for something to happen. Developers all over the world now knew what the interface looked like, but there were no signs of a tangible implementation of the library, not to mention matching drivers or hardware.

Buy this article as PDF

Express-Checkout as PDF
Price $2.95
(incl. VAT)

Buy Linux Magazine

Get it on Google Play

US / Canada

Get it on Google Play

UK / Australia

Related content

  • JACK audio server

    The JACK audio server offers a professional sound alternative for the Linux desktop.

  • OpenCL 1.1 Fully Backwards Compatible

    The Khronos Group announces new features and enhanced performance for the parallel programming standard.

  • Bitwig Studio for Linux

    Bitwig Studio is the first complete music workstation offered as a commercial product for Linux. Now, Linux finally offers music production software that has, up to now, only been available on other platforms.

  • Spark Tablet Coming Soon

    Spark device with KDE is completely open.

  • MIDI with Linux

    A MIDI keyboard is a useful extension to any audio workstation. Learn how to connect a MIDI instrument to your Linux sound studio through a MIDI interface device.

comments powered by Disqus

Direct Download

Read full article as PDF:

Open_ML.pdf (406.39 kB)

njobs Europe
Njobs Netherlands Njobs Deutschland Njobs United Kingdom Njobs Italia Njobs France Njobs Espana Njobs Poland
Njobs Austria Njobs Denmark Njobs Belgium Njobs Czech Republic Njobs Mexico Njobs India Njobs Colombia


text:
QNAP TS-670 6-bay SMB NAS Review and more
Posted on: 11/19/2013 12:31 PM

Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including QNAP TS-670 6-bay SMB NAS Review, Beginners Guide: How To Install/Remove Intel Socket LGA1156 CPU and Heatsink, TDK TREK A26 Ultra-Portable Wireless Speaker, ASUS GTX 760 MARS Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4k), and Lian Li PC-Q30 Case Review: A Mini-ITX Chassis With Flair

QNAP TS-670 6-bay SMB NAS Review @ Madshrimps
In this review we will take a look on the powerful TS-670 NAS server from QNAP, which sports a Intel Celeron G550 at 2.6Ghz, 2GB of DDR3 SODIMM, but also 4 LAN interfaces which support Link Aggregation. While these specifications would recommend the product to be utilized only in enterprise environments, the NAS does not lose the multimedia functions by providing all necessary interfaces in order to use it as an entertainment system.

Read more: QNAP TS-670 6-bay SMB NAS Review @ Madshrimps

Fujitsu Lifebook E743 Review @ Techradar
IntroductionOver the past few years, the 'bring your own device' (BYOD) phenomenon has placed pressure on laptop vendors to raise their game. With employees taking their own slim, stylish models with top-end specs to match into the workplace, IT leaders are under pressure to kit out employees with similarly desirable products.Recognising this, Fujitsu is aiming to strike the middle ground between consumer-focused style and business practicality with its new series of configurable E-Series Lifebook Windows notebooks.Featuring a third-generation (Ivy Bridge) Intel Core i5 chip with integrated HD Graphics 4000, the E743 is internally similar to Lenovo's no-nonsense ThinkPad T431s and Toshiba's Satellite C50 models while aiming for the consumer styling of machines like Dell's Latitude 6430u.

Read more: Fujitsu Lifebook E743 Review @ Techradar

Toshiba Satellite P75-A7200 Review @ TechReviewSource.com
The Toshiba Satellite P75-A7200 is a desktop replacement laptop that allows you to expand and grow into with its free hard drive bay and two memory slots. It has a good-looking 17.3-inch display and good overall performance.

Read more: Toshiba Satellite P75-A7200 Review @ TechReviewSource.com

Beginners Guide: How To Install/Remove Intel Socket LGA1156 CPU and Heatsink @ PC Stats
Installing a socket LGA1156 Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor into a fresh motherboard as part of a new PC build can be intimidating step, particularly if you've never worked inside a computer before. PCSTATS received a few emails from novice readers on this subject, so we thought it worthwhile to lay out the steps for you in this Beginners Guide.

Read more: Beginners Guide: How To Install/Remove Intel Socket LGA1156 CPU and Heatsink @ PC Stats

SilverStone Raven RV04 Computer Case Review @ APH Networks
I have always been a fan of customization. Customizing your house, for example, gives you the creative freedom to a certain extent to express who you are, make yourself feel truly at home, and to find solutions to various problems. Although cookie cutter templates give many people a good foundation as to how some things should look, most of the time, they simply don't work well for me in terms of what I specifically want. In my opinion, this concept is also very applicable in the world of computers and technology. Yes, every chassis should be designed in a specific way to optimize airflow, while minimizing the amount of material used, but that seems a bit too generic for me. Although the exterior design varies from tower to tower, the interior design is generally still the same. To keep everyone happy, SilverStone has developed cool cases for the regular hardware guys as well as the enthusiasts, and they have continued to do so by modifying and improving on their previous products. What we have here today is a case the redefines tradition yet again. The SilverStone Raven RV04 features a slick and subtle design, yet on the inside, the motherboard is rotated a full one hundred and eighty degrees for increased airflow efficiency. How well does this chassis hold up to APH Networks standards? Keep reading to find out!

Read more: SilverStone Raven RV04 Computer Case Review @ APH Networks

TwoHands II Tablet Stand Review @ TestFreaks
Today we have a quick review of another tablet accessory. The TwoHands II from Felix is a clip on stand that attaches to most any size tablet in either portrait or landscape orientations. It was created to be portable and easy to use. Created by Industrial Designer – Jung Tak, TwoHands II is designed to be simple to use while I being very utilitarian.

The TwoHands II arrives in a cardboard package with the device visualized through a plastic window. The box is sealed with a plastic band that has four fingers on each side similar to the one’s on the TwoHands II stand. An image of the Felix TwoHands II holding an iPad is seen on the lower half of the front. The back demonstrates the various angles the stand can rest at along with the maximal diameter and thickness of tablets that the stand is compatible with.

Read more: TwoHands II Tablet Stand Review @ TestFreaks

Google Nexus 5 Review, Premium Android Experience @ HotHardware
It almost goes without saying that the Google Nexus 5 is one of the most anticipated Android phones to launch in 2013, save perhaps for Samsung's Galaxy S 4. Previous generation Nexus devices from Google, whether phone or tablet, have proven to offer a lot of bang for the buck, excellent design and build quality and a pure representation of the Android OS. Not to mention Google regularly rolls out the most recent version of Android as well with these devices, sometimes well before it's available on products from other brands.

The previous generation Nexus 4, like the Nexus 5, was manufactured by LG, though the Nexus 4 didn't hit the mark like Google hoped it would. With their latest Nexus device, Google is hoping to rise above the noise in the now crowded 5-inch superphone space. The Google-LG design team has stiff competition this time around, though. The Samsung Galaxy S 4, the HTC One, Nokia's Lumia 1020 and even LG's own G2 are very impressive larger screen devices. And let's not forget, Google has the iPhone 5s to contend with this holiday shopping season as well.

Read more: Google Nexus 5 Review, Premium Android Experience @ HotHardware

be quiet! Pure Power L8 730W CM Review @ ocaholic
be quiet!'s Pure Power L8 CM 730W is a decent mid- to high-end semi-modular PSU that offers 80Plus Bronze certification and is produced by HEC (OEM). With the price of around US $100 it should not break anyones budget and still offer decent performance.

Read more: be quiet! Pure Power L8 730W CM Review @ ocaholic

MSI R9 270X Gaming @ LanOC Reviews
One of the best parts about a new video card launch is having the chance to be able to check out the differences between the same models from multiple companies. It seems like every company anymore has their own cooling design and their own names for each of the cards features. One of the companies who has performed well in all of our previous launches has been the Twin Frozr designs from MSI. Today I’m going to take a look at their R9 270X Gaming that features a Twin Frozr cooling design along with a few gaming features that help it stand out.

Read more: MSI R9 270X Gaming @ LanOC Reviews

TDK TREK A26 Ultra-Portable Wireless Speaker @ NikKTech
We are literally just a few weeks away from Christmas and since all of us here happen to consider that season as the best and most cheerful time of the year weâ€™ve decided to spend a weekend on the mountain away from technology and more specifically computers and TV. Personally i like the idea since i do need some time off to relax but Iâ€™m not about to leave here entirely unprepared and so because of that for the past 2 weeks we've been doing our best to get our hands on as many portable devices as possible that can help us enjoy our time there while at the same time making us feel safer. TDK has been in the business of designing and manufacturing high performance wireless speaker systems for quite some time now but until just recently they didn't offer something really tiny in their product line. It seems however that TDK listens to their consumer base and so the latest TREK A26 Ultra-Portable Wireless Speaker is here to change that.

Read more: TDK TREK A26 Ultra-Portable Wireless Speaker @ NikKTech

X79 Charts: 18 Boards - ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition @ ocaholic
So far we've tested 18 X79 motherboards and we have to say that sometimes we got quite interesting results. What we've also done is, we have added power consumption values as well as a performance rating which allows quick comparision of which board performs best and which is the most energy efficient.

Read more: X79 Charts: 18 Boards - ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition @ ocaholic

Awesome BlizzCon 2013 CosPlay Pictures @ Legit Reviews
With the close of BlizzCon 2013, you are no doubt asking yourself, Where are the costume players? This year's BlizzCon had tons of Cosplay participants who clearly put in tons of time creating and building their costumes. Unlike in previous years, however, there were less Booth Babes that is male and female professional models dressing in scantily-clad outfits to promote a particular product “ and more homegrown, underground Cosplayers who came to play and compete. This is our coverage of those that came to Blizzcon 2013 to show off the costumes that they made!

Read more: Awesome BlizzCon 2013 CosPlay Pictures @ Legit Reviews

LSI SandForce Announces Next Generation SF3700 SSD Controller @ Legit Reviews
It's been a little over three years since we've seen a new controller from LSI SandForce and that was before the acquisition of SandForce by LSI. A number of competitors have released controllers that have really ratcheted up the competition so it's high time LSI answered the call. That answer comes with the in the form of their third generation SF3700 series controller that promises a host of improvements and innovations to help them attempt to regain the crown they wore for some time. With the SATA III interface not yielding much more in bandwidth, they'll need to do more than kick up read/write performance but rather focus more features. Not that performance improvements are absent. It mostly applies to enterprise applications but drive latency is much improved and claim tested client performance of 1,800MB/s in sequential reads (PCIe).

Read more: LSI SandForce Announces Next Generation SF3700 SSD Controller @ Legit Reviews

DxO Optics Pro 9 Review @ Techradar
DxO Labs specialises in lens and camera testing, image assessment and optical corrections, and DxO Optics Pro is the fruit of all this work. It uses unique correction profiles created for specific camera and lens combinations to correct a whole range of optical bugbears, including distortion, edge softness, chromatic aberration and corner shading (vignetting).These optical defects are a fact of life for most of us, because it's next to impossible for lens manufacturers to produce lenses which don't have some or all of these flaws, yet provide the zoom ranges we want and at prices we can afford!

Read more: DxO Optics Pro 9 Review @ Techradar

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti OC Review @ Hexus
Not taking too kindly to being usurped in the graphics card performance stakes by the AMD Radeon R9 290X, Nvidia has just fought back with the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, which, by our reckoning, takes back the single-GPU crown that had previously belonged to the GeForce GTX Titan since February of this year.

Composed of an entire GK110 die - 2,880 shaders humming along in tandem - the GTX 780 Ti is the pinnacle of Kepler engineering. Nvidia's partners have naturally been keen to take advantage of this GPU with custom-cooled, pre-overclocked efforts of their own, and just over a week after the reference card's launch, we have Gigabyte stepping up to the plate with its OC model.

Read more: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti OC Review @ Hexus

Phanteks Enthoo Primo Chassis Review @ FunkyKit
When a consumer is shopping for their next computer chassis, a number of traits can come into play to help make the final decision. Whether the consumer is focusing on cooling, functions, bling, aesthetics, or simplicity; there is a chassis for everyone. Often, the chassis that is chosen is an extension of that consumer's personality. Manufacturers are increasingly paying attention to these trends, thankfully, and the results are abundant and plentiful.
We have seen several chassis manufacturers come and go over the years and some of their ideas and features live on through other manufacturers' iterations. Chassis designs are ever-evolving as is the enthusiast. This is especially great and keeps the market fresh and appealing. New ideas or the perfection of trends will potentially attract enthusiasts and encourage the modding community. Lately, the market has been slow to introduce something special. However, a product has recently arrived at my doorstep that has captured my attention and even given me a WOW impression. I am most certainly not talking about the MMO variety of WoW either. I am talking about the Enthoo Primo from Phanteks.

Today we will be taking a look at the Enthoo Primo chassis from Phanteks, who is well known for their cooling solutions. It will be interesting to see what their debut chassis offering can bring to the game compared to other chassis in a market loaded with a variety of other options.

Read more: Phanteks Enthoo Primo Chassis Review @ FunkyKit

Steelseries FLUX In-Ear Pro Review @ FunkyKit
Steelseries has three main lines of audio peripherals: The Siberia line, H-line and the flux line. The Siberia line is their all round gaming line, the H-series is more geared to the Pro-gamer and then last but not least we have the Flux series, their mobile gaming headset line.

Read more: Steelseries FLUX In-Ear Pro Review @ FunkyKit

HIS Radeon R9-290X Review @ Guru3D
In this review we test the HIS Radeon R9-290X. The product is based on the reference design of the original Radeon R9-290X. These cards are little beasts. As such this in-depth review will cover the Volcanic Islands GPU architecture, Hawaii for the 290 series, we'll benchmark these cards with FCAT Frametimes, Ultra High Definition and of course, we'll check out game performance with the latest games next to power consumption and heat levels as well. This is one review you don't wanna miss!

Now before we begin with the new graphics cards, the first thing that you guys will need to get used to is the new naming schema. AMD ended with the Radeon HD 7000 and 8000 series graphics cards in 2013. Logic dictates that AMD would have continued with a series 9000. But hey now, we already have had the Radeon 9000 series many years ago (2003), oh and who doesn't remember the Radeon 9800 Pro right? As such it was time to bring in a new naming scheme, a bit more in line with AMD's APUs. R9 will be high-end and R7 will be mainstream and inevitably R5 being entry level. After that you'll notice products being tagged as 250, 260X, 270X, 280X and the coolest two of them all are the Radeon R9 290 and R290X.

Read more: HIS Radeon R9-290X Review @ Guru3D

Logitech G13 Advance USB Gameboard Reader Review @ OcInside.de
You like to do a thousand things at the same time while playing online games.
Jump and reload while overrunning the enemy hordes and post the teammate in the group the number of today's victories.
For a standard keyboard these functions are usually far apart and can not be assigned that easily.
Here Logitech offers a solution with their G13 Gameboard.
It is a little extra keyboard which is supposed to find its place next to the normal keyboard.
Full of features and options, it is an useful supplement for every gamer desk.

Read more: Logitech G13 Advance USB Gameboard Reader Review @ OcInside.de

ASUS GTX 760 MARS Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4k) @ KitGuru
Today we look at the latest graphics card from ASUS, the GTX 760 MARS. This solution comprises two GTX760's in an SLi configuration, all on a single PCB. ASUS have incorporated a hefty DIGI+VRM configuration featuring 12 phase power. They are promoting this card to go head to head against the flagship GTX Titan and GTX780Ti. So today we find out if it can!

Read more: ASUS GTX 760 MARS Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4k) @ KitGuru

ASUS ROG MARS 760 Review @ ocaholic
For this edition of ASUS MARS Graphics card, ASUS has thought about something different than their usual recipe. This time, there aren't two high-end chips but two GTX 760 mid-range GPUs. You can find these chips on one single PCB combined with a powerful and beautiful cooler. Other than that the GPUs received a really decent factory overclocking and we're curious to see what this card is capable of.

Read more: ASUS ROG MARS 760 Review @ ocaholic

Cooler Master Nepton 280L Review @ OCC
The Nepton 280L is up against four CPU coolers that are air cooled. Idle temps were all close as expected, except for the BigTyp Revo, which ran a few degress higher than the others. But the Revo pulls air down on the radiator and pushes it over the motherboard. The higher temps for the Revo are likely more of an airflow issue. And for the most part, the air cooled units held up rather well. Under normal usage, the 280L is quiet. Load it up and you know it is there. Not overbearingly loud, but you do know that the fans are moving some air. Of course most new motherboards now have the ability to control your fans with custom profiles, so you can tailor your fan operation to your liking.

Read more: Cooler Master Nepton 280L Review @ OCC

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Telephoto Lens Review @ TechnologyX
First introduced back in July of 1992, the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM medium telephoto lens has been the go to lens of portrait photographers for decades. It benefits from the solid build quality coupled with the low price and overall great image quality. Furthermore, it is lightweight, has pleasant bokeh, and has an extremely fast and accurate focusing system. However, it does have some drawbacks which include color fringing near wide open apertures and the minimum focusing distance is a little farther than I prefer.

Read more: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Telephoto Lens Review @ TechnologyX

NETGEAR R6250 Wireless AC Router Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
With the Wireless AC standard to be finalised in early 2014 now is a great time to start looking at Wireless AC tech for your home network. NETGEAR suggest the R6250, their latest AC router, is ideal for homes that have upwards of ten devices to connect. While that may seem a lot this is actually an easy target in todays connected world where set-top boxes, smart TV's, phones, tablets, laptops, desktops etc all want to access our content. So today we take a look at NETGEAR's latest offering the R6250 Wireless AC Dual Band Gigabit Router.

Read more: NETGEAR R6250 Wireless AC Router Review @ HardwareHeaven.com

Cooler Master HAF Stacker Review @ Hardware Canucks
Cooler Master’s HAF Stacker series is one of the first unique case concepts we’ve come across in a long time. Sure there has been some great innovations in the past like the diminutive HAF XB and Enthoo’s awesome Primo which combined every highlight we could ever want in an enclosure. The Stacker on the other hand does things differently. Instead of using a one-size-fits-all solution, it allows you to customize your case with a modularized approach, adding or removing any elements or placing them in different configurations.

The Stacker concept is quite simple: there are three basic cases which can all be combined together or used separately. The base element of the Stacker equation is the 935, a mid tower case (dubbed the 925) which comes with an add-on secondary enclosure that is completely optional during your build but we ultimately recommend using it since it adds space. Cooler Master dubs this the first “mod tower” and we have to agree.

Read more: Cooler Master HAF Stacker Review @ Hardware Canucks

Xigmatek Aquila Micro ATX PC Chassis Review @ TechnologyX
Xigmatek is a name that has been around for a few years now making everything from CPU coolers to power supplies to fans to cases. Xigmatek has always made cases with unique styling that sets them apart from everyone else. Their latest release is no different. The Aquila is a small cube-like case that will hold a Micro-ATX or Mini-ITX system and boasts some unique features. Xigmatek was kind enough to send one over for us to check out so let's get to it!

Read more: Xigmatek Aquila Micro ATX PC Chassis Review @ TechnologyX

Cooler Master Nepton 140XL AiO Liquid CPU Cooler Review @ HiTech Legion
There is a bit of a “square peg, round hole” situation that exists in liquid cooling. What I am referring to is radiator sizes in relation to fan openings in cases. While there is an abundance of radiators based on 120mm form factor, it has been more prevalent for cases to use 140mm fans in recent years. While 140mm mounts in cases almost always have mounting for 120mm fans/rads, it is obviously not optimal. After all, surface area is one of, if not the largest determining factor in radiator performance and heat dissipation. It would only stand to reason to try to use all that is available.

While 140mm based rads are becoming more available in custom loops, AiO users have still been left with only one choice of single and dual 140mm, albeit with two brand names and fan choices. There has also been far less in the way of high static and flow 140mm fan choices, with most of the top name rad fans not even offered in 140mm variations. It’s been shown that many of the top end 120mm fans outperform almost any 140mm fan, but that requires adapters for mounting purposes. So, it leaves a bit of a quandary. Ideally, what would make sense is 140mm based AiO with native mounts for 120mm fans that would also allow it to mount in many cases with 120mm fan openings….

Read more: Cooler Master Nepton 140XL AiO Liquid CPU Cooler Review @ HiTech Legion

Enermax Giant Ostrog Mid-Tower Computer Case @ Modders-Inc
In the last twenty something years, since I’ve been tinkering with PCs, the computer case has changed considerably. We have seen the industry go from one extreme to another. Initially the computer case was beige and you didn’t have any options; there wasn’t any extra fans you could add to help cooling. It wasn’t until years later that the ol’ beige case went under the knife or dremel of a group of folks who called themselves modders. Modders cut up the case to add a window to show off the internals, added fans, added paint, and many other mods. Over the years the modding community has vastly influenced the manufacturing of PC cases and in today’s market rarely is a beige case even seen.

One of the early innovators and some of the most popular to be modded were the Enermax cases. Enermax introduced the Giant Ostrog case in 2013 and based on the design, they have come a long way from the early days, but does it differentiate itself enough from the rest of the crowd to stand out?

Read more: Enermax Giant Ostrog Mid-Tower Computer Case @ Modders-Inc

Tt eSPORTS CRONOS Gaming Headset Review @ Neoseeker
When it comes to PC gaming, it is easy to focus stringently on graphic fidelity as the sole advantage toward having an openly upgradable ecosystem. What most gamers forget is the platform's compatibility with a wide range of hardware and software specifically designed for audiophiles. Dedicated sound cards and native support for high-end output devices are just some of the benefits to this modularity, lending to a significant addition to the immersion factor across all games.

Thermaltake's Tt eSPORTS is one brand that heavily contributes to the PC gaming market, creating everything from mice and keyboards to headsets. It is a brand striving not only for performance, but for style as is significant in Asia where Thermaltake is based. Today, we have the Tt eSPORTS CRONOS gaming headset on review. Touted as a professional gaming headset, it promises premium sound quality through 40mm drivers, LYCRA fiber pads on the head band, a bendable microphone boom, and removable headset cables catering for both computers and mobile phones. The CRONOS is available in both black and white - we have the black version on review today.

I usually have high expectations for audio products, so the CRONOS definitely has some big shoes to fill. We haven't had the best of luck with some of the Tt eSPORTS gaming mice, so it will be interesting to see how the company's headsets fare.

Read more: Tt eSPORTS CRONOS Gaming Headset Review @ Neoseeker

Mionix Avior 8200 Gaming Mouse @ PureOverclock
When we last took a look at a gaming mouse from Swedish company Mionix, their Naos 8200 turned out to be an utterly sublime product that offered gamers a robust mouse in what was the most comfortable ergonomic design I’d ever laid hands on.

In what could only possibly be called a minor “knock” against the Naos, it’s a right-handed only design; no love for lefties so far. So when we heard that Mionix was coming out with a new mouse that was ambidextrous, we certainly had high hopes. There are compromises, of course, with an ambidextrous mouse rather than a dedicated-handed one, but Mionix seems to be pushing to find the best of both worlds with the Avior 8200, sharing many of the same features, and even similar design DNA, though it’s been adapted for lefties and righties.

Read more: Mionix Avior 8200 Gaming Mouse @ PureOverclock

Lian Li PC-Q30 Case Review: A Mini-ITX Chassis With Flair @ Tom's Hardware
Lian Li's PC-Q30 is not just a PC case, but an enclosure that serves as a showcase for the living room, including a unique shape and a large front window to show off the technology you cram inside. It’s sure to raise eyebrows and start some conversations.

Lian Li's PC-Q30 chassis is specifically designed to show off the guts of your PC in a place where everyone is going to see them. It boasts a unique shape, a large window, and, surprisingly, more space than you would think a small chassis could offer. At the very least, it's a conversation piece.

Because of its unique form factor and purpose, we thought we'd do more with this case than simply list off its pros and cons. With a little bit of effort, you can turn this thing into a striking little example of how proud you are to be a PC gamer.

Read more: Lian Li PC-Q30 Case Review: A Mini-ITX Chassis With Flair @ Tom's Hardware

Powercolor Radeon R9-270X Devil @ Bjorn3D
Powercolor is one of the AMD partners that you see from time to time and they are really known for such designs as the Devil series cards which really shot them into the limelight for the AMD camp about a year or so back now. Well today we have in hand a newer “Devil” based model in the R9-270X Devil. The Devil edition is always known as the extreme performance variant and this is no exception with the telltale triple fan cooler, red/black cladding and full backplate carrying the design to the upper echelon in the looks department and the performance department is no slouch either.

The R9-270X comes in at a retail price of $239.99 directly from Newegg at the time of this writing. this places it at the very top of the price stack for the 270X models which can range from around $199 for the most part. Then again as we have always seen the special edition models always can carry a price premium and well it has simply become common knowledge at this point.

Read more: Powercolor Radeon R9-270X Devil @ Bjorn3D

Seagate Business Storage 8-Bay Rackmount NAS review: 8 disks in 1U rack @ Hardware.Info
Seagate is one of the two big traditional hard disk manufacturers, which in the last couple years has been moving out of its comfort zone of internal hard disks. You can find external hard disks carrying the Seagate name, but also NAS devices. It wants to offer professional storage solutions as well, and the Seagate Business Storage 8-Bay Rackmount NAS (R8) we're taking a closer look at today is a perfect example.

Read more: Seagate Business Storage 8-Bay Rackmount NAS review: 8 disks in 1U rack @ Hardware.Info

Printed from Linux Compatible (http://www.linuxcompatible.org/news/story/qnap_ts_670_6_bay_smb_nas_review.html)


text:
way to start and stop RabbitMQ mannually

view story

http://serverfault.com – I have installed RabbitMQ/Celery on Ubuntu for queuing of videos for Video conversion server which will start and shut down based upon the queue of videos i.e Start - As soon as a video is uploaded for the conversion Shut - As soon as all videos in queue are completed and done with. Is there way to achieve this? (HowTos)


text:
Fun with E-Ink, X and Gumstix

How to get X running on a Gumstix embedded device with an E-Ink display and run all your favorite X11 applications.

I'm excited by E-paper and the promise it holds. You've probably already heard about E-Ink's E-Paper Display (EPD) and seen it in recent E-book reader products. The E-Ink display media needs no power to hold an image, and it reflects light just like real paper. I've even seen recent products that make use of the physical flexibility of the E-Ink film in order to create “rollable” displays. But yes, this technology still has a few constraints. Current EPD displays are grayscale only and have measurable display latencies. However, I'm convinced that these limitations will disappear over time, as has happened with many other disruptive technologies.

Figure 1. Firefox Displaying Linux Journal on an E-Ink Display

E-paper devices have been on the market since around 2006 or so. The good news is that Linux has become the de facto standard operating system for almost all of these devices. The two major products, Amazon Kindle and Sony PRS series, both utilize embedded Linux to achieve their functionality. Those products are great, but it also is fun to build your own device and use your own applications. That is where the Gumstix embedded device comes into play. E-Ink has a kit called the AM200 E-Paper Development Kit that provides all the hardware accessories you need to build your own E-paper device. Best of all, the kit is designed to work with Linux and is quite hack-friendly.

The AM200 kit serves to provide proof of concept for E-Ink. The software it provides helps you run a user-space application that lets you decode portable pixel map (PPM) images to the display. This is just to demonstrate the basic capabilities of the kit. It does not let you run normal X11 applications, such as xterm or xeyes. That's where this article comes in—it should help you add a set of building blocks that expand the system's functionality. These building blocks will enable the system to support a standard X server. Once you've gotten an X server on the system, you pretty much can run anything that's available from the realm of the penguin and the wildebeest, including your favorite Web browsers and PDF readers.

Figure 2. Running Dillo, xeyes, XClock and XLogo on an E-Ink Display

First, let's do a quick review of the hardware infrastructure we're using to better understand the software we need to add. The display shown in Figure 3 is an E-Ink Vizplex display that has a Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) back end. This is connected through the fine pitch (FPC) ribbon cable to the adapter board. This adapter board is there to distribute the correct signals to the display connectors and also to provide some expansion buttons that can be accessed using General-Purpose Input Output (GPIO) from the Gumstix. This adapter board sources its signals from the Metronome controller board, which is the display interface. It carries the Metronome controller, which has an associated Linux framebuffer driver called metronomefb to which X will be talking. The Metronome controller board is connected via another FPC ribbon cable to the Gumstix board. The Gumstix board has the XScale PXA255 CPU and all the associated interfaces, such as Bluetooth, SD card, USB and others. The Lyre mainboard is the carrier for the Gumstix board. This Lyre mainboard has the power block, battery stuff, status LEDs, USB network interface and USB serial interface that allows us to control the Gumstix from a standard PC.

Figure 3. Picture and Block Diagram of the Hardware

Now, let's dig in to the software side of things. The Gumstix board has relatively strong Linux support. That said, the development environment for it is not yet perfect. But, these things are continuing to see rapid change, so be prepared to roll up your sleeves and hack a bit.

When your Gumstix board arrives, it could have one of two possible firmware configurations. The first is firmware built using a set of tools called buildroot. Buildroot is a collection of makefiles and scripts to help you set up a cross-compile environment for embedded systems. Buildroot will help you pull down everything you need to build a root filesystem image for your Gumstix board automatically. It was the de facto standard for Gumstix until about a year ago. The second possibility is a board with firmware built using the OpenEmbedded (OE) framework. OpenEmbedded is a new software framework for building embedded distributions. It is quite a bit more advanced than buildroot in terms of capabilities. It also is the currently preferred build environment for Gumstix. For the purpose of this project, either one should be good enough, and both are fairly easy to use. I cover the steps for both of them in this article.

The new software building block that we'll add to this system is something called deferred IO. Deferred IO is a recently added hack in the Linux kernel that allows nonmemory-mappable devices to pretend to be memory-mappable. It also allows us to hide the latency associated with the E-Ink display. This hack is what makes it possible to run X with various E-Ink controllers on Linux. We'll also add the Metronome and AM200 drivers that provide the Linux framebuffer interface for the Metronome controller together with the Gumstix board.

Okay, now we can do some real work. The first thing to do is establish a working environment on the Gumstix. Power on your Gumstix board and connect the two USB ports to your host machine. This lets you set up the USB-serial console and also creates a USB-net connection with which to transfer files. You can use minicom or cu to use the Gumstix serial console. If your board is in working condition, you should see this when you connect:

Welcome to the Gumstix Linux Distribution!

gumstix login:

The user name is root, and the password is gumstix. Log in to check whether your SD card works. If all is well, you should see the following:

gumstix login: root
Welcome to Gumstix!
# mount
/dev/root on / type jffs2 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw)
udev on /dev type ramfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/mmcblk0p1 on /mnt/mmc type vfat
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)

The line with a mount entry called /mnt/mmc shows there is working SD card support.

Now that we've established a working environment, we can approach building the kernel. We want to use the 2.6.25 kernel, because it supports all the devices we are interested in and has the features we've talked about so far. To build this kernel, we need some things from our development environment—that is, the cross compiler that will allow us to compile binaries for the XScale CPU using a standard x86 host. Don't be frightened by this. It's not that hard. As mentioned before, there are two choices of tools to set up everything for you. The first is buildroot. I used the following incantation to set up a buildroot environment:

# mkdir gumstix_build
# cd gumstix_build
# svn co -r1441
    ↪trunk gumstix-buildroot
# make defconfig
# make

This pulls down revision 1441 of the buildroot build. Select the appropriate option for your Gumstix board. Mine was a basix, so I selected the BR2_TARGET_GUMSTIX_BASIXCONNEX and GUMSTIX_400MHZ entries. This build revision worked fine on my Ubuntu Edgy build machine, but you may need to experiment with the revision tag to find one that builds well on your chosen system. This build stage takes a while, as buildroot pulls down a wide set of sources and starts building everything from scratch. It will take at least several hours even on high-end machines. I typically leave this stage running overnight. Once it completes, key utilities will be added to your path. The ones that are necessary to our operation are:

That should settle things for buildroot users. If you are using OE, your incantation is slightly different:

# mkdir gumstix_build
# cd gumstix_build
# svn co
    ↪gumstix/trunk gumstix-oe
# . ~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/extras/profile
# # edit your build config to select the
# # right machine (basix, connex, or verdex)
# bitbake gumstix-basic-image

Bitbake manages the dependencies and figures out what to build and how to build the cross-compilation environment. Suffice it to say that this stage is not the speediest to complete, so plan on taking an extended break before your tools are ready. On my build machine, the OE build takes about two days to complete. Please refer to the Gumstix OE Build Details link (see Resources) in order to set up your build config for your Gumstix board.

Now that you have a working environment, you need to pull down the mainline kernel tree that has the driver for the E-Ink Metronome controller and deferred IO support. I typically just pull down Linus Torvalds' latest tree. Once that is done, select and build using the right config file for your kit. On mine, the steps to do this are:

# git pull git://
# cd linux-2.6
# cp arch/arm/configs/am200epdkit_defconfig .config
# make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux- ARCH=arm oldconfig
# make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux- ARCH=arm menuconfig

Then, select Device Drivers→Graphics support→Support for framebuffer devices, and make sure to turn on the module option for AM200 E-Ink EPD devkit support. Here's the next step, which builds some binaries:

# make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux- ARCH=arm
# arm-linux-objcopy -O binary -R .note -R .comment
  ↪-S arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux linux.bin
# mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0xa0008000
  ↪-e 0xa0008000 -n "uImage" -d linux.bin arch/arm/boot/uImage

This uImage file is what we will feed to the bootloader for our kernel. We also need to copy the modules that are used by the framebuffer drivers that we need to support X. We need to transfer these files to the SD card. The simplest way is to use an SD card reader and transfer it using your normal desktop mechanism. For example:

# cp arch/arm/boot/uImage /media/sd/
# cp drivers/video/metronomefb.ko drivers/video/am200epd.ko
  ↪drivers/video/sys*.ko drivers/video/fb_sys_fops.ko /media/sd/

Once that's done, you're ready to boot your new kernel on the Gumstix. To do this, you need to interrupt the normal boot process. On the Gumstix serial console, type reboot, and press any key to interrupt the normal boot process.

After that, you can use the following sequence of u-boot commands to let u-boot read the SD card, then retrieve and load the kernel into memory and finally boot from this memory:

# reboot
The system is going down NOW !!
Sending SIGTERM to all processes.
Please stand by while rebooting the system.
Restarting system.

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Nov  6 2006 - 11:20:03) - 400 MHz - 1161

*** Welcome to Gumstix ***

U-Boot code: A3F00000 -> A3F25DE4  BSS: -> A3F5AF00
RAM Configuration:
Bank #0: a0000000 64 MB
Flash: 16 MB
Can't overwrite "serial#"
Net:   SMC91C1111-0
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
GUM> mmcinit
MMC found. Card description is:
Manufacturer ID = 464450
HW/FW Revision = c c
Product Name = Name 3070FDP?
Serial Number = 7a6a16
Month = 3
Year = 2007

GUM> fatload mmc 1 a2000000 uimage.bin
reading uimage.bin

1094024 bytes read

GUM> bootm
## Booting image at a2000000 ...
   Image Name:   uImage
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    1093960 Bytes =  1 MB
   Load Address: a0008000
   Entry Point:  a0008000

Starting kernel ...

Uncompressing Linux............
.......done, booting the kernel.

Welcome to the Gumstix Linux Distribution!

gumstix login: root
Welcome to Gumstix!
# uname -a
Linux gumstix 2.6.25gum-00000-ga052754 #16 PREEMPT
  ↪Wed Apr 30 22:54:35 EDT 2008 armv5tel unknown

Success! We now have booted a kernel with everything we need. The next step is adding Xfbdev. With OpenEmbedded, this step is fairly straightforward; simply execute the following command:

# bitbake xserver-kdrive

This generates an appropriate package (.ipk) file in the gumstix_build/tmp/deploy/ipk/armv5t/ directory. It should look something like xserver-kdrive-fbdev_1.4-r1_armv5te.ipk. Copy this file to the SD card, and use the following command to install it on your Gumstix:

# ipkg install /mnt/mmc/xserver-kdrive-fbdev_1.4-r1_armv5te.ipk

If you have buildroot, the process is somewhat similar, but you need to do some in-build munging. First, do the following:

# cd gumstix-buildroot
# make menuconfig
# # Go to Package Selection for Target-> then enable
# # the checkbox for the item labeled TinyX.
# # This is the other name for Xfbdev.
# make

This generates the Xfbdev and associated applications, such as xterm, XLogo, xeyes and others. You can copy these to your Gumstix's root filesystem. At this point, Xfbdev finally is on the system. We're almost at the finish line. On your Gumstix console, load the drivers we copied earlier:

# cd /mnt/mmc
# insmod drivers/video/syscopyarea.ko &&
  ↪insmod drivers/video/sysfillrect.ko &&
  ↪insmod drivers/video/sysimgblt.ko &&
  ↪insmod drivers/video/fb_sys_fops.ko
# insmod drivers/video/metronomefb.ko
# insmod drivers/video/am200epd.ko
fb1: Metronome frame buffer device, using 505K of video memory

The fb1 kernel message indicates that we now have a real framebuffer device to play with. Now, we need to point Xfbdev at the right device, so enter this:

# # make fb0 actually become fb1
# rm /dev/fb0
# mknod /dev/fb0 c 29 1
# /usr/X11R6/bin/Xfbdev -ac &

At this point, you should see the familiar crosshatch pattern of X. Yes, we finally did it! We now have an X11-enabled E-Ink display.

Figure 4. Xfbdev Running on Gumstix E-Ink

What to do next? Well, the Gumstix device has USB-net support, which means you now have a remote X11 display that you can connect to from any other machine on the network. You can point any X11 application at it—for example:

# # is the E-Ink display
# # Slideshow
# for i in `ls *.jpg` ; do echo $i ;
  ↪ xloadimage -display -global -rotate 90 $i ;
  ↪ done
# # PDF slideshow
# (( i = 1 )) ; while (( $i < 21 )) ; do echo $i ;
  ↪xpdf -remote eink /tmp/mybook.pdf $i -display ;
  ↪sleep 3 ; (( i = $i + 1 )) ; done
# # Remote display an Ubuntu desktop on your E-Ink display
# DISPLAY= vncviewer ubuntu_box:1

Figure 5. Ubuntu Desktop VNC-Viewed on a Gumstix E-Ink

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

Technology Blog's picture

Thanks. Great!

I got the kit

Femi's picture

I just got the kit, and i am using it as final year project, Jaya, i just sent you a provate mail...anybody interested in helping me develop application for the device should email me

too expensive

JohnV's picture

Great indeed. It's very interesting but the cost is just too high. hmmm there might be a slightly-used unit at ebay.

cooper1011's picture

Cooper Chen

scottp's picture

The demo kit is $3,000.
When I inquired about buying just display modules, I could not get an answer from them.
That was Dec 2007. I'm contacting them again now.


text:
Register a domain and help support LQ
Go Back > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Software > Linux - Games
User Name
Linux - Games This forum is for all discussion relating to gaming in Linux.

  Search this Thread
Old 04-13-2004, 09:32 PM   #1
LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 2

Rep: Reputation: 0
bad magic number in superblock

Ok ... this is whacky ... i installed slackware .. put lilo on my superblock
well i got ready to delete slackware (im selling the laptop is the only reason)
i formatted the hdd and when i boot i cant boot from a cd .. it goes straight to lilo (which is magically still there) so i remember its on the superblock .. which im not real sure how to get rid of anyway *my question starts here* lol
the filesystem check returns the error 'bad magic number on super-block' and fdisk gives me some whacky parameters that dont fit the hdd (i assume is from this bad magic number mess)

so .... any idea guys?
any input is appreciated
thanks a lot !
Old 04-15-2004, 01:43 PM   #2
Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Gothenburg, SWEDEN
Distribution: OpenSUSE 10.3
Posts: 1,028

Rep: Reputation: 45
Try booting from a win98 boot floppy and run fdisk /mbr

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Bootsplash and Bad Magic Number raid517 Linux - Software 3 10-21-2005 08:55 AM
bad magic number in superblock crazynachos Linux - Newbie 1 04-14-2004 02:09 AM
Bad Magic Number joseph Linux - Software 1 01-05-2004 03:22 AM
Kernel, Bad Magic Number Alybyzrp Linux - Newbie 0 10-29-2003 01:29 PM
Bad Magic Number? Thewyzewun Linux - General 17 10-19-2003 05:59 PM

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:57 PM.

Main Menu
Write for LQ is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Facebook: linuxquestions Google+: linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration


text:
Did you know LQ has a Linux Hardware Compatibility List?
Go Back > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General
User Name
Linux - General This Linux forum is for general Linux questions and discussion.
If it is Linux Related and doesn't seem to fit in any other forum then this is the place.

  Search this Thread
Old 06-19-2002, 12:03 PM   #1
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Macomb, MI
Distribution: Ubuntu|Red Hat ES|AIX
Posts: 161

Rep: Reputation: 30
Question CYGWIN window manager

Maybe this is a stupid question.... but....

Is there anyway to use a different wm in CYGWIN instead of twm. (possibly blackbox) ? I don't see a real easy way to do this since everything in cygwin is a win32 binary...correct?

Let me know what you guys think... thanks.
Old 03-14-2003, 03:06 PM   #2
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 70

Rep: Reputation: 15
I have the same question, actually. I've copied down the dummy xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc on my Windows XP box (running Cygwin), and I only get twm.

I've tried to modify it line that says:

exec twm &

But whatever I put in place of twm (like mwm, fvwm2, etc).

Any ideas?

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
What's the best X-Window System window manager in your opinion? t3gah Linux - Software 9 12-16-2006 10:10 PM
help me on window manager. bruse Mandriva 4 04-26-2005 03:49 AM
Full X Window access from MS Windows using cygwin btexpress Linux - Networking 2 06-01-2004 11:02 AM
what Window Manager? Mogwa_ Slackware 31 05-06-2004 02:36 AM
Best Window Manager ? choad Linux - Newbie 3 11-26-2003 10:09 AM

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:49 PM.

Main Menu
Write for LQ is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Facebook: linuxquestions Google+: linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration


text:
Visit Jeremy's Blog.
Go Back > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Mobile
User Name
Linux - Mobile This forum is for the discussion of all topics relating to Mobile Linux. This includes Android, Tizen, Firefox OS, Sailfish OS, Maemo, MeeGo, Ubuntu Mobile, WebOS, Open Mobile Alliance and other similar projects and products.
A reminder that LQ now has a dedicated Android sister site:

  Search this Thread
Old 06-02-2010, 01:38 PM   #1
Registered: Aug 2006
Location: Nottingham
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 86

Rep: Reputation: 15
Problems updating my Nokia N900 to Maemo 5 10.2010.19-1.203.1

I have recently received a notification that a new update is available for my n900.

Here is my story of woe.

Upon trying to install it informs me that I need to create a backup. Backup created via phone... Still won't allow me to install..

Check under Details Summary.. It informs me that it needs to be done via the PC Suite Application on my PC...

Backup from PC suite application..

Attempt to update again this time from PC suite application... Informed that this phone isn't suppported...

Check for update to PC Suite... None available...

Hoping that it was only the backup that needed to be run from PC Suite I attempt to upgrade from phone again... Cycle starts all over..

Can anybody please help me and save my sanity? Has anybody else had this problem and managed to work it out?
Old 06-02-2010, 02:39 PM   #2
Registered: Aug 2006
Location: Nottingham
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 86

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
Tux Racer

Ok... I have found the problem..

When you attempt to update the OS you need to make sure that you don't have Tux Racer installed.

Problem solved.
Old 06-05-2010, 06:38 AM   #3
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2010
Posts: 1

Rep: Reputation: Disabled

Mike, you're a genius! I don't think I'd have ever worked it out... Thanks for posting and saving me endless hours of frustration

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
LXer: Develop for the Nokia N900 & Maemo 5 OS LXer Syndicated Linux News 0 03-17-2010 12:30 AM
Nokia N900: Maemo vs. Android - what makes Maemo a winner? confidenceb General 3 01-06-2010 02:25 AM
LXer: N900 ships as Nokia preps second Maemo phone LXer Syndicated Linux News 0 11-12-2009 06:00 AM
LXer: This week at LWN: Maemo Summit 2009: Fremantle, Harmattan, and N900 LXer Syndicated Linux News 0 10-30-2009 02:10 AM
LXer: Nokia N900 Linux Smartphone LXer Syndicated Linux News 0 08-27-2009 08:01 AM

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:02 PM.

Main Menu
Write for LQ is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Facebook: linuxquestions Google+: linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration


text:
LinuxAnswers - the LQ Linux tutorial section.
Go Back > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Software
User Name
Linux - Software This forum is for Software issues.
Having a problem installing a new program? Want to know which application is best for the job? Post your question in this forum.

  Search this Thread
Old 10-26-2003, 03:59 AM   #1
LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Bangalore, India.
Distribution: Red Hat 7.2
Posts: 3

Rep: Reputation: 0
how do I set my 256 Mb RAM to 128 Mb?

I have 256 Mb of RD RAM on my system. I would like to know how I could set the RAM to 128 Mb, 64 Mb etc.
I posted this query on the Linux-Newbie forum and this was the reply I got:

Passing option to the kernel is one way to explictly state your ram size. If you have LILO, at your LILO prompt type

Linux mem=128

assuming that Linux is the label for booting into Linux.

You can store this in LILO configuration by adding the line

to /etc/lilo.conf

However I have Grub instead of LILO on my system. Any idea what I am to do?
Thank You.
Old 10-26-2003, 07:50 AM   #2
LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Distribution: RedHat
Posts: 6

Rep: Reputation: 0
GRand Unified Bootloader

Try this Link

Search for the uppermem command.
hope this helps

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
256 MB RAM -- 512MB swap ? lynxfreak Linux - General 23 02-24-2006 12:40 PM
Distro for a 500MHz Celeron and 256 MB RAM amdrake Linux - Distributions 3 07-11-2005 09:14 AM
Mandrake 10 Only recognizing 256 RAM on a T22 GyreGimble Linux - Laptop and Netbook 1 11-09-2004 07:05 PM
how do I set my 256 Mb RAM to 128 Mb? thief Linux - Newbie 4 10-18-2003 06:07 AM
16, 32, 64, 128, 256..... Yuuzhan Vong General 4 07-20-2001 06:14 AM

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:51 PM.

Main Menu
Write for LQ is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Facebook: linuxquestions Google+: linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration


text:
-   Linux - Software (
-   -   mysql gui in Linux (

navneethr 02-07-2010 10:24 PM

mysql gui in Linux
I have started using linux (fedora and Rhel ) and its great ...even was able to install and use my tataindicom cusb modem on it . I was successfull in installing the mysql server but am not able to find a corresponding good GUI (open
source). Navicat says there is a community version but I am unable to get that
link. Can someone let me know the opensource links for either navicat or sqlyog or anyother mysql gui for linux.

evo2 02-07-2010 11:08 PM

What sort of gui are you looking for? If you just want one for administration of the database there is the "MySQL Administrator" gtk program:

This may be packaged as mysql-admin in your distro.

Evo2. 02-08-2010 03:00 AM

MySQL Workbench

jlinkels 02-08-2010 04:56 AM

A GUI for MySQL, are you kidding? I am using MySQL now for 4 years and never knew that...

Anyway, if you don't want to install anything on you client computer, install phpmyadmin. So you can administer your data base from within any web browser.

Although the link points to the phpmyadmin home page, this is mainly for informational purposes. FC and RHEL should have this package available for install.

ahmad dhaybi 04-09-2013 02:07 AM

MySQL GUI in Linux
You can check NEW free tool Valentina Studio, which I think is far superior to other GUI tools.
It works natively on 3 OS: mac, win, lin.
It works as with mySQL, so with PostgreSQL, SQLite and Valentina DB.

Wim Sturkenboom 04-09-2013 05:39 AM

To other people who might want to reply

Be aware that this thread is over 3 years old ;)

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:54 PM.


text:
Welcome to the most active Linux Forum on the web.
Go Back > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Software
User Name
Linux - Software This forum is for Software issues.
Having a problem installing a new program? Want to know which application is best for the job? Post your question in this forum.

  Search this Thread
Old 09-08-2006, 08:47 AM   #1
LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2006
Posts: 6

Rep: Reputation: 0
Problem Installing PEAR extensions

Hello I'm running FC4 and I'm trying to install a PEAR extension, but I get this error, how can I fixed it?

[root@localhost ~]# pear install runkit-beta
downloading runkit-0.9.tgz ...
Starting to download runkit-0.9.tgz (49,807 bytes)
.............done: 49,807 bytes
14 source files, building
running: phpize
sh: phpize: command not found
`phpize' failed
Old 09-09-2006, 05:06 PM   #2
Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: Slackware64 14.0
Posts: 4,123

Rep: Reputation: 163Reputation: 163
It's not finding phpize on your path. Have you tried locate phpize to see if it can be found somewhere else? You may need to install it, although I'd have expected to be installed with PHP.

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
PEAR problem Lars79 Programming 3 01-09-2005 04:15 PM
php pear problem craddy Linux - Software 4 11-09-2004 08:25 PM
pear problem budyoke Linux - Software 1 07-29-2004 12:02 PM
question of installing php pear by apt Joe_Zhu Linux - Software 1 04-02-2004 01:04 AM
Installing PEAR on Mandrake 9.2 Moebius01 Linux - Newbie 0 11-24-2003 08:18 PM

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:05 PM.

Main Menu
Write for LQ is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Facebook: linuxquestions Google+: linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration


text:
Go Back > Forums > > Linux - News > Syndicated Linux News
User Name
Syndicated Linux News This forum is for the discussion of Syndicated Linux News stories.

  Search this Thread
Old 12-15-2005, 02:16 AM   #1
LXer NewsBot
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 80,049

Rep: Reputation: 87
LXer: Sun Pushes for Greater Adoption of OpenDocument Format

Published at LXer:

Sun's chief open-source officer says customers shouldn't have to continually buy document software in order to keep their information and documents alive.

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
LXer: Writely Embraces the OpenDocument Movement LXer Syndicated Linux News 2 12-11-2005 12:24 PM
LXer: Massachusetts OpenDocument adoption: no conflict of interest LXer Syndicated Linux News 0 12-10-2005 10:46 AM
LXer: Firefox 1.5 sparks adoption LXer Syndicated Linux News 0 12-10-2005 09:16 AM

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:46 PM.

Main Menu
Write for LQ is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Facebook: linuxquestions Google+: linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration


text:
[linux-dvb] What is the MAC of a DVB card?

Arris [ML] arris at gmx.net
Fri Feb 1 00:28:51 CET 2008

> Hi,
> I've always wanted to ask, but always forgotten...
> I've got a Hauppauge WinTV NOVA T USB2 and it has a MAC address.
> What is it useful for? Was it an attempt to access the card over the
> Just curiosity.

u can use it for dvb-h downstream channels.

senseless but funny thing here in vienna

More information about the linux-dvb mailing list