Archive for March, 2004

X Trials and Tribulations: Part 3

  • March 31st, 2004
  • Posted in pblug

It seems that I was correct in my assumptions about Linux’s kernel motherboard drivers. I installed Fedora Core 1 onto my Athlon box. which has a Radeon 9000. Downloaded and installed ATI’s binary drivers configured it for large frame buffer mode. Started up X and VIOLA! it worked. Granted this is on 15″ panels at [ READ MORE ]

X Trials and Tribulations: Part 2

  • March 31st, 2004
  • Posted in pblug

The Matrox G550 dual head video card arrived on schedule yesterday and I swapped it out with the Radeon last night. Downloaded the DRI Project’s latest CVS source of XFree86, configed it to build drivers for Matrox cards, made it and installed it over my 4.3.0.2 install. Started X and it came up just fine [ READ MORE ]

Tuesday’s Shark

  • March 30th, 2004
  • Posted in work

I was going to post what I have/had been doing over the weekend, but this Shark Tank is just too good not to share. Shark Tank: Where’s Waldo’s desk? Not long after one regional Internet service provider acquires another ISP, the ex-owner of the acquiree calls HQ with terrible news: Her lead technician has just died on [ READ MORE ]

Time for another Shark Tank

  • March 29th, 2004
  • Posted in work

From today’s Shark Tank: Easy Way Out Pilot fish observes as a co-worker installs Linux on his Windows XP laptop and then tries to set up a dual-boot option. “He set the timeout to zero, thinking that would give him an unlimited amount of time to switch between operating systems,” fish says. “Instead, it gave him exactly [ READ MORE ]

XFree86 Trials and Tribulations

  • March 26th, 2004
  • Posted in pblug

Ever since I installed Fedora Core 1 onto my workstation at my apartment I have been wanting to get my dual display working just like I have it in Windows XP. It seems that getting it to work correctly in X is like getting a root canal. I’ve been hacking at it for the past [ READ MORE ]

Article: Wi-Fi on the road

  • March 23rd, 2004
  • Posted in pblug

Here’s an interesting read, includes tools to find hotspots and securing your terminal to prevent people from access your data wirelessly. Wi-Fi on the road: 4 tips for hitting hotspots Power Trip / Christopher Elliott Excerpt: Before a recent JetBlue Airways flight across the country, I sat in the Long Beach, Calif., airport and waited. And waited. And [ READ MORE ]

Monday’s Shark

  • March 22nd, 2004
  • Posted in work

I got this in my inbox today: Shark Tank: Better safe than sorry, right? Virus invades the network at this real estate agency’s main site, so IT consultant pilot fish advises disconnecting the agency’s remote office. Fish cleans up main office, then heads for the other site — and finds a baffled staff. “We got the message [ READ MORE ]