Re: [clug-talk] Jail Break phones

2011-04-22 Thread TekBudda
A few things for you to consider: * There is a new player coming in soon called Mobilicity & they will be playing in the same spectrum as Wind. (A friend of mine works there) * I believe they will have the Google S as well. * I was considering Wind, but for me the biggest challenge is coverage.

Re: [clug-talk] Feature Buttons on a laptop

2011-04-22 Thread Gustin Johnson
If you run xev, are the key presses detected? This would be the first step. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Craig McLean wrote: > I have a Toshiba Tecra M5 laptop that I’ve put Linux on. > > > > It has two buttons that aren’t part of the keyboard, one has an “i” on it > and the other one is la

Re: [clug-talk] Feature Buttons on a laptop

2011-04-22 Thread John Jardine
I can't speak to the specific model but laptops usually have a peripheral controller that aggregates these control functions. Sort of a keyboard controller++. You may need to dig into this interface to get those buttons working. Trivia: The controller typically runs even when the laptop is turne

[clug-talk] a whine about wine

2011-04-22 Thread G M
Hi from Vancouver my current hideout was lucky to escape all the snow u guys had this winternot sure if will be as lucky next winter oh well I was wondering if anyone has had any success installing iTunes under wine. the info I had said to use ver 7.2 which I have I hav

[clug-talk] Laptop Display Questions

2011-04-22 Thread Craig McLean
Does Linux (in particular Ubuntu 10.10, using the Nvidia X Server proprietary driver) allow you to easily configure an external display device. What I'm thinking of here is the scenario where you show up to do a presentation and just plug a projector or large LCD panel in to a laptop that is alrea

Re: [clug-talk] a whine about wine

2011-04-22 Thread TekBudda
Hi Gary, I actually had the latest version running on Kubuntu 10.10 recently but never got a chance to try it out. It is a 64-bit machine. I did try and install the latest on my wives 32-bit desktop (Mint 9), but ran into a few problems. The instructions i used for both are here: http://ww