[Ubuntu-US-NM] Heading North

Andrew Parker andrew at source3.com
Fri Feb 29 00:51:40 GMT 2008


Folks:

Headed to Seattle for work.  I will miss tonite's IRC and any activity 
at EPC this weekend.  While in Seattle, I swing by and distribute Ubuntu 
Stickers at the gate of Microsoft and fling CDs toward the front door!


Andrew Parker
Source3 Computing
505-350-5535
www.source3.com



Michael Lowery wrote:
> Yep, it's journey, but it is rewarding even when you see just a little 
> progress.  Thanks for the encouragement, and you have mine as well.
>
> Mike
>
> */DThomas at metrocourt.state.nm.us/* wrote:
>
>     My friend you have all my support in the world "I have a 10 year
>     old with Asperger's", so man am I in your corner. We meet on IRC
>     Every Thursday at 8:00pm for about 1 hour, so come join us when
>     you can.
>     David Thomas
>
>     *Michael Lowery <micklskot at yahoo.com>*
>     Sent by: ubuntu-us-nm-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>     02/26/2008 06:45 PM PSTPlease respond toUbuntu US-New Mexico Team
>
>     To   Ubuntu US-New Mexico Team <ubuntu-us-nm at lists.ubuntu.com>
>     cc  
>     bcc  
>     Subject  Re: [Ubuntu-US-NM] Got a request to help
>      
>
>     Thanks for the invite, David.  I'm not sure if I could make
>     meetings consistently being down here in Las Cruces, and we're
>     also contending with our 4 year olds autism which keeps us pretty
>     busy, but maybe I can make one of your meetings in the future. 
>     We'll see....
>
>     Mike
>
>     */DThomas at metrocourt.state.nm.us/* wrote:
>     We love to help,
>     Think about joining the group, we would love to have ya.
>
>     David Thomas
>
>     *Michael Lowery <micklskot at yahoo.com>*
>     Sent by: ubuntu-us-nm-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>     02/24/2008 03:34 PM PSTPlease respond toUbuntu US-New Mexico Team
>
>     To  Ubuntu US-New Mexico Team <ubuntu-us-nm at lists.ubuntu.com>
>     cc
>     bcc
>     Subject Re: [Ubuntu-US-NM] Got a request to help
>
>
>     I'm running with the wireless, Nvidia Linux 169, and sound now on
>     my laptop.  Did lots of reading on the forums.
>
>     Thanks  for the support.
>
>     */Michael Lowery <micklskot at yahoo.com>/* wrote:I have the Atheros
>     AR5BXB63 according to the sticker on the bottom of the laptop.  In
>     the 'Device Manager', I see
>
>     Vendor: Atheros Communications, Inc.
>     Device: AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter
>     Status: Status
>     Bus Type: PCI
>     Device Type: Unknown
>     Capabilities: Unknown
>
>     Here is the file with the info with the lspci command that I've
>     attached.  As far as the icon for NVidia in the upper right
>     corner, I assume your talking about using 'Restricted Drivers'.  I
>     did not see an icon when I opened it.
>
>     In the 'Restricted Drivers', the Atheros Hardware Access Layer
>     (HAL) is in use.  When I try to enable the NVIDIA accelerated
>     graphics drivers (latest cards), I receive the message 'The
>     software source for the package nvidia-glx-new is not enabled'.  I
>     looked and found that this package is not on the 7.10  install for
>     my laptop.  Maybe it is on the Live Install CD somewhere, but I
>     don't know where.
>
>     I figured that if I could get the wireless going, I'd have half
>     the battle licked, and could proceed further with the web at my
>     fingertips, and not having to move back and forth between systems
>     moving CDs.  Maybe I'm using the wrong method.
>
>     So what you're saying is that if we get Nvidia GeForce 7000M
>     going, that could possibly solve my wireless woes?
>
>     Thanks for the help with it.
>
>     Mike
>
>
>
>     */w robbi <wlrobbi at gmail.com>/* wrote:Wireless is tricky.  Could
>     you send the make, model number, and revision of your card? I can
>     take a look for you.
>
>     For the Nvidia you should see an icon in the upper right courner
>     for restricted drivers.  Open it and it will ask you if you want
>     the nvidia drivers installed.   For me that was also how I
>     installed my wifi drivers.
>
>
>
>     On Feb 16, 2008 4:00 PM, Michael Lowery <_micklskot at yahoo.com
>     <mailto:micklskot at yahoo.com>_> wrote:
>     I have the 32 bit 7.10 installed, however, I've been working on
>     the wireless and Nvidia for 3 days now and haven't gotten anywhere
>     with it.  Seems I can't find the right driver for the wireless. 
>     Too many missing links for my understanding.  At least I did get
>     the application installed for installing the .ini file for the driver.
>
>     I'm stopping for a while or my wife will have my head. :)
>
>     Mike
>
>
>     */Michael Lowery </**/_micklskot at yahoo.com
>     <mailto:micklskot at yahoo.com>_/**/>/* wrote:
>     Thanks,
>
>     I'll do the 32 bit install and give it a try.  I spent at least
>     half the day trying to get the wireless going, but I didn't make
>     too much progress.  Spent a lot of time reading on various
>     websites, and while playing with the ndiswrapper, I ended up
>     messing something up and having to re-install.
>
>     I have the Atheros AR5BXB63.  Sorry I'm asking for a lot of help,
>     but if you guys can lead me along, I'd be really grateful to get
>     my wireless going.
>
>     At least I feel I'm going to learn a lot. 
>
>     Thanks,
>     Mike
>
>
>
>     */_DThomas at metrocourt.state.nm.us
>     <mailto:DThomas at metrocourt.state.nm.us>_/* wrote:
>     I have to agree 64 bit is just not ready for day to day use.
>
>     David Thomas
>     IT Specialist Manager
>     Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courts
>     401 Lomas NW
>     Albuquerque, NM 87103
>
>     _dthomas at metrocourt.state.nm.us
>     <mailto:dthomas at metrocourt.state.nm.us>_
>     505-841-9807
>
>     *"w robbi" <**_wlrobbi at gmail.com <mailto:wlrobbi at gmail.com>_**>*
>     Sent by: _ubuntu-us-nm-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>     <mailto:ubuntu-us-nm-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com>_
>     02/15/2008 05:27 PMPlease respond toUbuntu US-New Mexico Team
>
>     To "Ubuntu US-New Mexico Team" <_ubuntu-us-nm at lists.ubuntu.com
>     <mailto:ubuntu-us-nm at lists.ubuntu.com>_>
>     cc
>     bcc
>     Subject Re: [Ubuntu-US-NM] Got a request to help
>
>
>     I would like to suggest not running the 64 bit version.  Move to
>     the 32bit.  The reason is that the 64bit is more of a special
>     usage.  Compiling, video editing,  or running boinc services.  
>     Many "toy" applications will not be fully developed for the 64bit
>     platform yet. 
>
>     With the 32bit the Windows emulator and media tools have been
>     tested more. 
>
>
>
>
>     On Feb 14, 2008 7:08 AM, <_DThomas at metrocourt.state.nm.us
>     <mailto:DThomas at metrocourt.state.nm.us>_> wrote:
>
>     I got a request for some help for a person named Michael, his
>     question is this
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Thanks in advance for the assistance. I currently have Vista on my
>     laptop.
>
>     Aspire 5520-5912
>     AMD Turlon 64x2 Mobile Technology
>     NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
>     Signal Up Wireless
>     160GB HD
>
>     I don't want Vista. I just don't like it. I really want to get
>     away from Microsoft and go totally to Linux Ubuntu. I created the
>     CD from the iso file and I checked the install CD and no errors.
>     I'm trying to install the 64 bit version 7.10, but I'm getting the
>     HAL Status 13 message. If anyone needs output like using 'dmesg',
>     let me know how to get this for you for troubleshooting and I will.
>
>     Let me know if you need more info.
>
>     Thanks again for the assistance.
>
>
>
>     Any ideas oh Ubuntu gurus?
>
>     David Thomas
>
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>     RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0547 (rev a2)
>     00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0548 (rev a2)
>     00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0542 (rev a2)
>     00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0541 (rev a2)
>     00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0543 (rev a2)
>     00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 055e
>     (rev a2)
>     00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 055f
>     (rev a2)
>     00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 055e
>     (rev a2)
>     00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 055f
>     (rev a2)
>     00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0560 (rev a1)
>     00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition
>     Audio (rev a1)
>     00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0561 (rev a2)
>     00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0550 (rev a2)
>     00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device
>     054c (rev a2)
>     00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
>     00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
>     00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown
>     device 0533 (rev a2)
>     00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
>     [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
>     00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
>     [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
>     00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
>     [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
>     00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
>     [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
>     01:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394
>     Controller (rev 05)
>     01:04.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822
>     SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
>     01:04.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller
>     (rev 12)
>     01:04.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus
>     Host Adapter (rev 12)
>     01:04.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller
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