[plug] Workshop

[Margo Adams]

Hi William

The X problem is frustrating but I'm going to leave it till the workshop 
purely as I ended up re-installing my video card drivers 4 times, 
restting up my monitor ast 8 times including going out of freq range, 
needing an emergency monitor etc!! lol.. it was a bit traumatic 
actually. It's also really hard to describe the problem in words. 
Pointing at the screen is much easier.

The audio cd problem I discovered is a problem with the 2.6 kernel... :( 
so I am going to wait till the next kernel patch.

What I am looking forward to is hopefully a bunch of people in the same 
room that I can pester with questions!! ;)

The TB problem, I have no idea what I've done but I can live with it for 
a bit if I have to. I'm using KDE 3.2 (I think) TB 0.7.3 and Firefox 
0.9.3. FF works nicely as my default browser and I installed it from a 
Suse RPM. TB I set up myself (yup that would be the problem).


Margo

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William Kenworthy wrote:

>Hi Margo, this is one of the more interesting (or frustrating depending
>on your point of view!) parts of linux: customising it to you wants
>
>1. colour depth: need more detail, are you using xfree86 or x.org, post
>your xf86config, or xorg.conf - separate email.  Also what video card
>you have installed, and the video drivers you think it is using
>(xfree/x.org, or fglrx (ATI) or nvidia) - X can a real pita as there are
>so many variables
>
>2. audio cd: has audio cd ever worked? sound in general? (test with a
>hard disk audio file) In most cases, if sound works its a wire missing
>from the cd drive to the MB as to why audio cd's dont work - audio in
>this form goes via analog, not the data cable.
>
>3. tbird and FF.  What desktop are you using (gnome or kde, or ...)
>
>4. 
>
>On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 20:26, Margo Adams wrote:
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>>Hi Everyone
>>
>>Just introducing myself since I'm hoping to attend the workshop as 
>>listed on the website. I installed Suse Pro 9.1 2 weeks ago and I'm 
>>having a ball.. mostly. I have all these minor technical details
>>
>>- color depth not behaving after hours of research
>>- audio cd's won't play ( I'm not touching my kernel without supervision)
>>- Completing media KB setup, it's half done ( there is just not enough 
>>hours in the day)
>>- Thunderbird isn't recognising http links and the TB forum haven't 
>>answered.. sigh
>>- Firefox isn't recognising mailto links... hmmm
>>- had to manually setup flash disk.. not too bad thought and Suse is the 
>>only distro that has recognised it.
>>
>>and here I can actually say etc etc etc. as there are more niggly things.
>>
>>However, these are essentially not serious problems, and a lot would be 
>>more from myself not being familiar with the OS and will probably 
>>resolve over time,
>>
>>What I DO like!
>>
>>- wallpaper changing every hour :D ( although being able to select a top 
>>level folder for the pictures instead of individual files would be nice.)
>>- Korganizer - it owns totally, I love it.
>>- STABILITY... being able to restart the GUI without restarting the 
>>entire damn computer
>>- Kaffeine - lovely player, fast efficient :)
>>- you really want me to keep going? lol
>>
>>Seriously, its a lot of fun and the good news is my whole circle of 
>>friends and family are watching me.. (spooky) since if I stick with it a 
>>lot of them will convert. The hardest part has been that I don't 
>>personally know anyone who uses Linux. This makes troubleshooting a PITA.
>>
>>I don't need to go back though and so far apart from a game I REALLY 
>>want to install, I have not needed and windows software.
>>
>>Regards
>>    
>>
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