• Custom Intel 3Ghz P4 VIA KM400 chipset, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD. Machine crashed on reboot with over temperature warning. Found dirty CPU cooler and broken cooler retention bracket. After scrounging used parts box we came up with retention bracket and matching used cooler and got the box running again. But no X. Copied xorg.conf.failsafe to xorg.conf and the X desktop came up on reboot. Added a few modules to get Flash for youtube and Internet radio (VLC) going. Client a bit overwhelmed and we suggested using the “help” button (blue circle with ?) as a guide to exploration.
• Dell Power Edge server. Uneventful installation.
• Dell GX150. GUI functional after installing a custom xorg.conf and issuing “killall gnome-panel”
• Dell Inspiron 6400. Update/upgrade uneventful.
• ASUS MCP51 deferred waiting for new cooler
• Intel socket 775 machine deferred also for cooler
• Acer 17.3 laptop – multimedia tweaks

Overall – successful. Curious number of cooler problems. Second biggest hurdle – GUI on older video chipsets. Next event – Software Freedom Day in September.

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A delay in the release of 10.04.1 until the 17th has prompted us to wait until the following Saturday, the 21st

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Ubuntu Installfest

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Allowed at installfest: GNU/Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris.

What to bring: desktops, laptops, netbooks.

Optional to bring: blank CDs, USB thumbdrives of at least 1GB capacity (to make bootable USB installers), a small monitor if you’re bringing your desktop.

Where: MAGAZINE ROOM of the Civic Center Branch Library, Livermore, CA

1188 South Livermore Avenue
Livermore, CA 94550-9315

I’d love to hear from you. Feel free to email me at event-n2b6w-1816207396@craigslist.org

This event is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Livermore Public Library. While participating, please refrain from potentially disruptive behaviors such as talking, scuffing, or breathing too loudly.

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To that end, various communities of free software (in each country in each city / locality), simultaneously organized events where is installed, free of charge and completely legal, free software in computers that carry the audience. Furthermore, in parallel, will offer lectures, presentations and workshops on topics of local, national and Latin American Free Software works, across their range of expression: artistic, academic, business and social.

Date: April 24th
Time: 8am to 5pm
Location: LatinAmerican+Spain
Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, España, Guatemala, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Republica Dominicana, Uruguay and Venezuela
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The CABAL’s regulars meet 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 1 to 9 pm at 1105 Altschul Avenue near Gordon Avenue, Menlo Park. CABAL does frequent installations (alerting the install team being appreciated but not required), Q & A, discussion of applications and tools, and use of Deirdre & Rick’s fast aDSL Internet connection and GNU/Linux servers.

Directions to 1105 Altschul Avenue, Menlo Park

(Note that Altschul Avenue is one-way towards Avy and Sand Hill Road, in our neighbourhood.)

By car: From I-280: Exit eastbound onto Sand Hill Road, going downhill 1.5 mile to turn left (logical north) at the first major intersection, onto Santa Cruz Avenue. After two long blocks at the first traffic light, bear left (still logical north) onto Alameda de las Pulgas. In four blocks (1/8 mile) you will cross Avy Avenue, which has a Chevron station and Starbuck’s. Proceed two more blocks to turn left (logical west) onto Ashton Avenue, climbing up one block to turn left (logical south) onto Altschul Ave. 1105 Altschul is on the right, near the next cross-street (Gordon Ave.).

From US-101: Exit westbound onto Marsh Road, turning left (logical south) when Marsh Road ends after 1 mile, onto Middlefield Road. Go 1/2 mile, past Watkins Ave., Lane Place, Prior Lane, Encinal Ave. (note schoolyard), and Surrey Lane, to turn right (logical west) onto Glenwood Ave. In one mile, Glenwood crosses El Camino Real at a traffic light, becoming Valparaiso Ave.

Proceed 2 miles, one long block past the traffic light at Alameda de las Pulgas (fire station on the corner), to turn left (logical south) onto Altschul Ave. (That intersection lacks street signs, but you’ll see “Sharon Hills Park” on the far-right corner.) Proceed four blocks (1/8 mile) to 1105 Altschul Ave., on your right near the corner of Gordon Avenue. (map)

By CalTrain: Exit at Menlo Park station, then walk 2 miles logical west along Santa Cruz Avenue. Alternatively, call Rick Moen at 650-283-7902, and he’ll come pick you up. After 1.8 miles, you’ll see a graveyard on the left. Just after that, Santa Cruz Avenue turns half-left (south): Ignore that turn, proceeding straight onto Avy Avenue. Proceed five blocks (crossing Alameda de las Pulgas) to turn right (logical north) onto Altschul Avenue. 1105 Altschul will be on your left at the end of the block. (map)

By bus: Unfortunately, SamTrans routes 295 San Mateo – Menlo Park Caltrain Feeder, 83 Sharon Heights – Marsh Manor, and 85 Portola Valley/Woodside/Skylonda, as well as Stanford University’s free Marguerite shuttle bus route M (Menlo Line) run weekdays only, and therefore are no use for these events. However, you can use SamTrans’s weekend service down the El Camino Real corridor, and call Rick Moen at 650-283-7902 for pickup from downtown Menlo Park.

Secret CABAL Papers:
Material used to prepare for InstallFests is at http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/cabal/.

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Directions to 1105 Altschul Avenue, Menlo Park

(Note that Altschul Avenue is one-way towards Avy and Sand Hill Road, in our neighbourhood.)

By car: From I-280: Exit eastbound onto Sand Hill Road, going downhill 1.5 mile to turn left (logical north) at the first major intersection, onto Santa Cruz Avenue. After two long blocks at the first traffic light, bear left (still logical north) onto Alameda de las Pulgas. In four blocks (1/8 mile) you will cross Avy Avenue, which has a Chevron station and Starbuck’s. Proceed two more blocks to turn left (logical west) onto Ashton Avenue, climbing up one block to turn left (logical south) onto Altschul Ave. 1105 Altschul is on the right, near the next cross-street (Gordon Ave.).

From US-101: Exit westbound onto Marsh Road, turning left (logical south) when Marsh Road ends after 1 mile, onto Middlefield Road. Go 1/2 mile, past Watkins Ave., Lane Place, Prior Lane, Encinal Ave. (note schoolyard), and Surrey Lane, to turn right (logical west) onto Glenwood Ave. In one mile, Glenwood crosses El Camino Real at a traffic light, becoming Valparaiso Ave.

(Reconstruction of Valparaiso Avenue has finished, as of 2007-04-08. It’s fully usable, again.)

Proceed 2 miles, one long block past the traffic light at Alameda de las Pulgas (fire station on the corner), to turn left (logical south) onto Altschul Ave. (That intersection lacks street signs, but you’ll see “Sharon Hills Park” on the far-right corner.) Proceed four blocks (1/8 mile) to 1105 Altschul Ave., on your right need the corner of Gordon Avenue. (map)

By CalTrain: Exit at Menlo Park station, then walk 2 miles logical west along Santa Cruz Avenue. Alternatively, call Rick Moen at 650-283-7902, and he’ll come pick you up. After 1.8 miles, you’ll see a graveyard on the left. Just after that, Santa Cruz Avenue turns half-left (south): Ignore that turn, proceeding straight onto Avy Avenue. Proceed five blocks (crossing Alameda de las Pulgas) to turn right (logical north) onto Altschul Avenue. 1105 Altschul will be on your left at the end of the block. (map)

By bus: Unfortunately, SamTrans routes 295 San Mateo – Menlo Park Caltrain Feeder, 83 Sharon Heights – Marsh Manor, and 85 Portola Valley/Woodside/Skylonda, as well as Stanford University’s free Marguerite shuttle bus route M (Menlo Line) run weekdays only, and therefore are no use for these events. However, you can use SamTrans’s weekend service down the El Camino Real corridor, and call Rick Moen at 650-283-7902 for pickup from downtown Menlo Park.
Secret CABAL Papers:

Material used to prepare for InstallFests is at http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/cabal/.

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General Procedures
What to do
What not to do
Some issues we attack

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Please arrive before 2PM if you need help installing MythTV as installation can take awhile.

Refreshments: Pizza, snacks, coffee, and soda will be provided

Details: As a follow-up to our Software Freedom Day event at PACS where David Harding presented on MythTV, this event is being hosted so you can get help with your Mythbuntu machine – or even build one!

At the event there will be myth demos with a variety of input sources, building of mythbuntu boxes using jaunty (9.04) and karmic (9.10) beta, and debugging of existing myth configurations (your myth box’s remote stopped working? bring it out!). In addition to Myth stuff, if you have other Ubuntu-related issues please feel free to bring your laptops/desktops. We’ll also be doing some general Ubuntu work, bug squashing, documentation work, there will be something for everyone!

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The DeVry classrooms are in a very cool building at the corner of Greenwood Plaza Blvd and Fiddler’s Green Cr. Greenwood Plaza is the light just west of I-25 on Orchard (the map makes it look like Syracuse Way, but it’s Greenwood Plaza–bear left at the first light south of Orchard).

Please park in the regular spots (not the visitors’ spots) in the parking garage to the east of the building. You can stop to unload on the circle between the building and the parking garage. Then please go around to the opposite side of the garage (the east side) to park. If the gates are down the code is 1111#.

We’ll be in room 117 in the east wing, to the left as you enter the atrium.

The atrium doors will close at about 1pm. If you arrive after that you can call Dave at 720-490-9901.
Logistics:

* Monitors, keyboards, mice, network cables, and power will be available, as well as both wired and wireless network access.
* If you have a PS2 to USB or USB to PS2 adapter you might bring it. The mice/keyboards might not match what your machine needs.
* If you have a 3′ – 6′ patch cable (CAT 5 with RJ-45 plugs) you might bring it. Some of the DeVry cables are very short and might not reach your box.
* Distros to be provided for others to copy include recent versions of SuSE, Fedora, Knoppix, *buntu, and Debian. Others can be provided upon request (please contact Dave Anselmi … if I can find it, I will attempt to bring it).

No food or drink (other than in capped bottles) is permitted in the lab. There is a student commons just down the corridor, so if you want to bring a lunch, or order out, you can eat there. We may order pizza if there’s enough interest.

If you want help with a specific issue please post it to the CLUE-Tech mailing list so we know whether anyone can help you. We might also be able to suggest preparation you can do or things to bring to make it easier to get you taken care of.

If you’re an experienced hand at Linux, this is a great opportunity to help others get their Linux boxen up and running. If you are new to Linux this is a great opportunity to leave with a working box you can experiment with at home. If you’re in between, surely you need a few hours alone with your computer to get a project done, right?

For more information, contact Dave Anselmi.

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All GNU/linux distributions are welcome (Ubuntu is recommended for new users). Bring your computer and an install CD/DVD if you have it. A limited number of install disks will be available on-site. If possible, bring your own power bar, as there can never be too many.

Those needing help and those offering help are both welcome.

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Time: 11:00AM until ~~ 5PM

Place: 451 State Street, #5,  Brooklyn, NY

We’ll be installing, hacking, and eating.

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This installfest will feature an optional workshop led by Rick Moen on how to setup an installfest server.   The workshop will cover PXE boot service, DHCP, installfest informational Web pages, distros for installation over HTTP or NFS, netbooted hardware diagnostic disk images, etc.

General Procedures
What to do
What not to do
Some issues we attack

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The Installfest begins at noon and runs until 6:00 pm.

The Installfest will be at

Bug Labs
598 Broadway
4th floor
New York, NY 10012

Important: Do not attempt to install any OS on any in-use home computer without a confirmed backup.

Less Important: Bring your own install CD, or a few blank CDs, or other convenient install media.

http://community.buglabs.net/agibb/posts/139-Linux-Install-Fest

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It is recommended that you approach the school from the entrance to the parking lot, which is located at the L-shaped intersection of Pierce and O’Farrell.  Please do NOT attempt to gain entrance to this installfest by going to the front of the school, as the school is huge, and you will just get lost.  Instead, please call Christian Einfeldt or Jeff Shippen at the above numbers on the day of the event to direct you to the Linux lab where the work will be done.

The entrance to the school parking lot is located about 40 meters from the corner of Pierce and O’Farrell, which is an L-shaped intersection.  Please enter this search string into your favorite mapping service:

pierce & O’Farrell San Francisco

Agenda:
1) triaging, repairing, and installing Linux on old computers in storage at the school
2) supporting the installation of Linux on old computers brought to the school by newbies.

We have ample monitors, keyboards, and mice to support the installation of Linux on old computers brought in by newbies.  We also have lots of distros and screwdrivers; however, we encourage people to bring their own distro collections due to the sheer size of the distro choices availabe.  We also encourage people to bring their own screwdrivers, needle nose pliers, and any other tools needed to work on legacy machines.

The computers will be deployed there at the school; or given to kids who attend that school; or will be sent to Mexico, where GNOME Foundation Executive Director Stormy Peters is building a Linux lab at a school:

http://www.stormyscorner.com/2009/01/setting-up-a-computer-lab-in-mexico.html

Summary:

What: installfest
Where: School parking lot at Pierce and O’Farrell
When: Sunday, June 21, from 10:00 am to 5 pm

Thanks either way for considering this request!

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