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Ärende: Re: John's Not So Grand Linux Adventure
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From: "Glenn Meadows" <gmeadow@comcast.net>
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Windows free except for your WorldGrid Client, no other client yet, = Linux
next though they claim. I've got 8 clients going now on Grid.
--=20
Glenn M.
"John Oellrich" <john@oellrich.us> wrote in message =
news:41f856fb$1@w3.nls.net...
Realized I was more negative than I meant to be. There were some very =
good points in this Linux try. It seems to take forever to boot (but = then I
was used to WinMe on this box) but once it is running it is very = responsive.
The desktop is attractive and approachable. I need to spend = more time with it
obviously, plus do things like load up FireFox and a = better newsreader (any
suggestions?)
I plan to give Linux the full monte try out. Including seeing whether =
Linux apps can really sync with my iPaq and iPod, and then if that is =
successful then maybe I will tackle the home theater PC thing next. If = that
all is successful I may be essentially Windows free.=20
--=20
john
john@oellrich.us
"John Oellrich" <john@oellrich.us> wrote in message =
news:pan.2005.01.27.00.40.55.538774@oellrich.us...
Bunkies,
I'm on vacation this week so I decided to try my luck at Linux =
again.
Recently read that Novell was making Suse 9.2 Professional a free =
download
so I thought I would go that way.
As my ThinkPad 600X has been idle for quite some time I decided it =
would
be the sacrificial goat. Did a thorough backup of all the data on it =
to
DVD.
Try the CD/FTP route for installing Suse. Burn the CD but the FTP =
never
connects. I'm sure there was something missed here, so I just said =
screw
it and downloaded the full DVD ISO image from a mirror. Only took a =
couple
of hours, not bad.
Then I go to burn the image and Nero V5 is unhappy about the image =
size.
Dick around for a while and then just download a freeware DVD =
burner.
Problem solved.
The initial install goes pretty well, except....
Yeah there had to be an except. This time it was the video display. =
It
recognized the video chipset correcty but would only allow a display =
of
800x600x16. As the native resolution of the LCD is 1024x768 that =
looked
real yucky! Reset it to the correct resoultion/depth, tested it =
within
YAST, and away we went.
The, on reboot, once the system went in to graphics mode I just got =
this
very pretty rainbow affect on the display. Not what I was looking =
for.
Booted in to a command prompt (so much for this being your grandma's =
OS)
and ran YAST to reset the video to exactly the same parameters I did
before and it worked! sigh, it's a good thing I already drink ;->
But compared to previous Linux installs I have done this was a piece =
of
cake. OTOH most of the others were on DEC Alpha systems, not a =
mainstream
IBM laptop. In fact that is one other reasons I choose the ThinkPad,
mainstream and mature. The problems with the video actually =
surprised me.
Had enough for one evening at that point. Had one more hardware =
issue in
front of me, weaning the system from its PCMCIA/Ethernet card and =
then to
a PCMCIA 802.11 wireless card.
Tonight I tackled the wireless networking issue. Of course which =
wireless
card did I try first? A Linksys 802.11G. It wasn't recognized. Tried =
to
manually configure it, hit both the Suse and Linksys FAQs, no joy. =
But at
least Linksys had instructions on how to configure their older =
802.11B
card for Linux and I knew I had one of those somewhere.
Yep, Suse 9.2 recognized the card and it installed. But it wouldn't
connect. But at this point it wasn't a Linux problem. I had =
forgotten that
I had configured my WAP for 802.11G only, change it to mixed mode.
Still no happiness. Then I'm watching the boot messages (something =
I'm
sure your grandma dotes on<g>) and I catch an error message about =
wpa.....
something or another not loaded, network unsecure. Great. I have the
wireless network setup as WPA-PSK, which is as secure as it gets, =
and
Linux hasn't installed the package for it even though YAST allowed =
me to
set the parameters for it. Reset my WAP for no security, I'll just =
have to
set it to filter on MAC addresses when I get around to it. I can =
still be
sniffed then, but at least no one can actually use the network.
So I am basically up and running. This message was composed and =
posted
using the PAN Newsreader. Tomorrow I will start from scratch. YAST =
kept
way too much of the old WinMe on the hard drive. I wanted to nuke it
completely, so I'll hook up the floppy, boot DOS and blow everything =
away!
john
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<DIV>Windows free except for your WorldGrid Client, no other client yet, =
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next though they claim. I've got 8 clients going now on = Grid.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>-- <BR>Glenn M.</DIV>
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<DIV>Realized I was more negative than I meant to be. There were some =
very=20
good points in this Linux try. It seems to take forever to boot (but =
then I=20
was used to WinMe on this box) but once it is running it is very =
responsive.=20
The desktop is attractive and approachable. I need to spend more time =
with it=20
obviously, plus do things like load up FireFox and a better newsreader =
(any=20
suggestions?)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I plan to give Linux the full monte try out. Including seeing =
whether=20
Linux apps can really sync with my iPaq and iPod, and then if that is=20
successful then maybe I will tackle the home theater PC thing next. If =
that=20
all is successful I may be essentially Windows free. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>-- <BR>john</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"mailto:john@oellrich.us">john@oellrich.us</A></DIV>
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<DIV>"John Oellrich" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:john@oellrich.us">john@oellrich.us</A>> wrote in =
message <A=20
=
href=3D"news:pan.2005.01.27.00.40.55.538774@oellrich.us">news:pan.2005.01=
.27.00.40.55.538774@oellrich.us</A>...</DIV>Bunkies,<BR><BR>I'm=20
on vacation this week so I decided to try my luck at Linux=20
again.<BR>Recently read that Novell was making Suse 9.2 Professional =
a free=20
download<BR>so I thought I would go that way.<BR><BR>As my ThinkPad =
600X has=20
been idle for quite some time I decided it would<BR>be the =
sacrificial goat.=20
Did a thorough backup of all the data on it to<BR>DVD.<BR><BR>Try =
the CD/FTP=20
route for installing Suse. Burn the CD but the FTP =
never<BR>connects. I'm=20
sure there was something missed here, so I just said screw<BR>it and =
downloaded the full DVD ISO image from a mirror. Only took a =
couple<BR>of=20
hours, not bad.<BR><BR>Then I go to burn the image and Nero V5 is =
unhappy=20
about the image size.<BR>Dick around for a while and then just =
download a=20
freeware DVD burner.<BR>Problem solved.<BR><BR>The initial install =
goes=20
pretty well, except....<BR><BR>Yeah there had to be an except. This =
time it=20
was the video display. It<BR>recognized the video chipset correcty =
but would=20
only allow a display of<BR>800x600x16. As the native resolution of =
the LCD=20
is 1024x768 that looked<BR>real yucky! Reset it to the correct=20
resoultion/depth, tested it within<BR>YAST, and away we =
went.<BR><BR>The, on=20
reboot, once the system went in to graphics mode I just got =
this<BR>very=20
pretty rainbow affect on the display. Not what I was looking =
for.<BR>Booted=20
in to a command prompt (so much for this being your grandma's =
OS)<BR>and ran=20
YAST to reset the video to exactly the same parameters I =
did<BR>before and=20
it worked! sigh, it's a good thing I already drink ;-><BR><BR>But =
compared to previous Linux installs I have done this was a piece =
of<BR>cake.=20
OTOH most of the others were on DEC Alpha systems, not a =
mainstream<BR>IBM=20
laptop. In fact that is one other reasons I choose the=20
ThinkPad,<BR>mainstream and mature. The problems with the video =
actually=20
surprised me.<BR><BR>Had enough for one evening at that point. Had =
one more=20
hardware issue in<BR>front of me, weaning the system from its=20
PCMCIA/Ethernet card and then to<BR>a PCMCIA 802.11 wireless=20
card.<BR><BR>Tonight I tackled the wireless networking issue. Of =
course=20
which wireless<BR>card did I try first? A Linksys 802.11G. It wasn't =
recognized. Tried to<BR>manually configure it, hit both the Suse and =
Linksys=20
FAQs, no joy. But at<BR>least Linksys had instructions on how to =
configure=20
their older 802.11B<BR>card for Linux and I knew I had one of those=20
somewhere.<BR><BR>Yep, Suse 9.2 recognized the card and it =
installed. But it=20
wouldn't<BR>connect. But at this point it wasn't a Linux problem. I =
had=20
forgotten that<BR>I had configured my WAP for 802.11G only, change =
it to=20
mixed mode.<BR><BR>Still no happiness. Then I'm watching the boot =
messages=20
(something I'm<BR>sure your grandma dotes on<g>) and I catch =
an error=20
message about wpa.....<BR>something or another not loaded, network =
unsecure.=20
Great. I have the<BR>wireless network setup as WPA-PSK, which is as =
secure=20
as it gets, and<BR>Linux hasn't installed the package for it even =
though=20
YAST allowed me to<BR>set the parameters for it. Reset my WAP for no =
security, I'll just have to<BR>set it to filter on MAC addresses =
when I get=20
around to it. I can still be<BR>sniffed then, but at least no one =
can=20
actually use the network.<BR><BR>So I am basically up and running. =
This=20
message was composed and posted<BR>using the PAN Newsreader. =
Tomorrow I will=20
start from scratch. YAST kept<BR>way too much of the old WinMe on =
the hard=20
drive. I wanted to nuke it<BR>completely, so I'll hook up the =
floppy, boot=20
DOS and blow everything=20
away!<BR><BR>john<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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