mikex

Hoffa as in jimmy hoffa and his unknown tomb. M

What and how do I trim to increase the boot time. laptop@LapTop:~$ dmesg [4294669.478000] Memory: 380676k/392640k available (1416k kernel code, 11328k reserved, 762k data, 224k init, 0k highmem) [4294669.478000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok. [4294669.478000] Calibrating delay loop... 5554.17 BogoMIPS (lpj=2777088) [4294669.502000] Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized [4294669.502000] SELinux: Disabled at boot. [4294669.502000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 [4294669.502000] CPU: After generic identify, caps: bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000

X, I have a broadcom wireless card, had to work at it to get it workiing. Search the ubuntu site for compatability. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComp...essNetworkCards M

I have been on the computer 11-12 hours a day working and out doing field service work.I would just veg out when I get home. lol. I see many changes here. Sorry I have not been around to give much input. Swapped to Ubuntu head first, what a learning curve. Kinda hard to start over in a new system, different layout and different lingo. I have fount #ubuntu irc folks welcoming, alot like here. Anyway, I pop in to lurk everynow and again. Will try to be more active. M

Nothing like spring cleaning the machine inside and out. Enjoy. M

Wireless here. Not stealing it tho, installing it around here. M

For some reason I'm having a hard time getting into the Ubuntu forums, I know I have seen solutions there for this problem. as soon as I can get in I will post a link to the topic for you, unless someone else can get in before me and post it. I read in irc #ubuntu something about forum reached it user limits. I thtink they weretalking about the ubuntu forums. M

<dumb question>Where would I find the config file for this broadcom wireless (onboard) card?</dumb question>

from the ubuntu website they will ship you 5 live and 5 install cd's to spread. guess what i'm giving out for christmas next year. lol good luck, goman. i'm having issues with mywireless canrd on this laptop. M

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php...hlight=broadcom Sorry M

I followed the how-to. I got the wireless card's light to come on but it dos not show in sys/admin/network, the only thing in there is ethe0 and modem. Looking fo help. Oh and I like Ubuntu, if I could get this wireless kink worked out all will be good. M 'bout ready to let someone login (ie: vnc) to this machine to play with the wireless.....

Hey folks, We have a desktop at work dual booting XP and Ubuntu. I like it. I will be switching the laptop I work with to a dual boot with ubuntu. Then have Ubuntu as a primary OS. Just warning you guys to be ready for some newbie questions. M

Hey guys I'm looking for some freeware to partition my C: drive. Something like Partition Magic. I have found some shareware, but I figure it will limit what I do 'till I purchase. I know the best thing to do would be to backup, reinstall, partition..... Can't get my hands on the CD's for this laptop. M

There was a little boy whose mother was about to have a baby. One day the little boy walked in and saw his mother naked, he asked his mother what was the hair in between her legs? She responded, "it's my wash cloth". Weeks later after the mother had the baby, the young boy walked in on his mother again, but while she was in the hospital the doctor shaved her pubic hair, and the boy asked his mother "what happened to your washcloth?" The mother responded, "I lost it". The little boy trying to be helpful set out to find his mother's washcloth. A few days later the little boy went runnin

crucial is good the guide you throught the process. from there you have the information you need to get the correct ram from anywhere else. no harm in using their tools to help you. M

I toss mine in the back up the truck, head dow to the car wash....finish up with hot wax and streak free spray. LOL Vinegar/water and use old newspaper, not the colored pages ie the comics. I used to have to clean windows without leaving streaks or lint. The trick was the newspaper for lint. Mike

Short version: Been dealing with the paranormal since I was a child. Have come to realize everyone has natural abilities but due to cultural pressure (largely religious in nature) we are not taught what it is, that it doesn't exist when we ask about it, and so we eventually learn to suppress it. Being a stubborn SOB even when I was four years old I refused to accept that what I was experiencing "didn't exist." I eventually found the information that explained everything I had been experiencing all my life. So, suggest to me that I'm going to be visited by "ghosts" (the true nature of which is

When adding memory most mobos need to have the largest stick in the number one slot. M

Ballpark would be $100-$125 for an 80gb HDD. Newegg or ebay. Newegg link. Replacing is not hard. You could get a repair pdf from Toshiba.

Steve beat me to the responc\se...exctly what I was going to say. After you do the search you can sort by size, type, or name by clicking the column headers. Did this to copy dll's when I had an infected machine that errored all the time. Threw in some clean dll's scanned cleaned all was ok. Client did not have an <valid> install disk nor did the want to purchase one. M

From what I can remember the last time i read 'bout pci-express, it is designed (hopes) to replace agp. M

Kids trade buddy lists like they are nothing. I think this is what happened here, or they spokewith someone who knew ylour screenname. My son in the fifth grade has kids from the eight and nineth grade on his buddy list. I weeded some out, and let the others know who he was (advantage of a small town). Now I feel comfortable with his buddy list. Both of my kids know to deny or X out of what they are not sure with. They call me in to check what is ok or not. Guess they learned something from me while I was banging keyboards when some customer picked up a trojan or spyware by clicking Yes. Blo

Worked on a laptop with a similar problem, couldn't log in...would loop, even in safe mode. Thought it was a boot sector virus. Diagnostics on the second partition said it was a dying HDD. Dell confirmed it by having me do this and that. Had a new Hdd the next day. Owner had like the Gold Plan for warranty, proll'y cost as much as the laptop. Hope you have better luck, or at least save some of your stuff. I was able to use ntfs reader to salvage some files and folders. M

Hey MrBill aint seen you around in forever. How's life treating you. M

Nice to be back. I had very little online activity other than work since we left. M