August 2005 - KCLUG

vlock will not unlock, but it did in the past! ?
by hanasaki 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Anyone ever use vlock -all and one day have it refuse to unlock the console when you typed your password? then,, , 10mins later, it works again.

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Fwd: ITEC Oct 26-27 Overland Park Convention Center
by Josh Charles 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Josh Charles <josh.charles(a)gmail.com> Date: Aug 17, 2005 12:43 PM Subject: Re: ITEC Oct 26-27 Overland Park Convention Center To: Chris Bier <chris.bier(a)cymor.com> I have several Ubuntu CD's I can donate to the cause. I asked them to only send me one, but they ended up sending me 10-15; I didn't count exactly. The packets contain both a live CD and an install CD, neither of which have I tried. On 8/17/05, Chris Bier <chris.bier(a)cymor.com> wrote: > Hi All, > I've signed the ITEC[1] agreement[2]. We're going to be a > "Strategic Partner" again this year. We get a free 10'x10' booth with > carpet and 5 Amp service, and free tickets to ITEC (a $295 value!). We > will probably want to upgrade the electric service, but it will cost > extra. We can also run our own session on a topic we pick. > > > [1] ITEC is Oct 26-27 at the Overland Park Convention Center > http://www.goitec.com/live/15/events/15KCM05/ > > [2] http://www.kclug.org/KCLUG-ITEC_partnership.pdf > > Chris > -- > I digitally sign my emails. If you see an attachment with .asc, then > that means your email client doesn't support PGP digital signatures. > http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/faqs.html#q1.1 > > > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > > > >

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Re: Open Source 3D Games
by Justin Dugger 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Indeed, it might be required reading for the topic subject. I recall reading it when it was initially published, reading the Slashdot replies and comments that pretty much forced ESR to include the addendums. You might say it's a condensed version of my post, which means I've failed as an author. =( On 8/16/05, Josh Charles <josh.charles(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Of course, there is also the concern over cheating made simple with > > open source. The strongest protection q3 has at the moment isn't > > PunkBuster, but the fact that there's bigger targets to go after, like > > Halflife2 and Doom3. Some people are even of the opinion that when iD > > releases the code, it destroys what remaining community these games > > had by inviting cheaters to rampage amongst the servers. > > Eric Raymond Wrote an excellent essay dealing with this issue when the > Quake 1 source code came out. It's a great read: > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/quake-cheats.html >

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Cheat Sheets
by Chris Bier 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

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Re: Open Source 3D Games
by Justin Dugger 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

As long as you've got nvidia, you should be fine. I've only heard mediocre things from ATi. It can be a bit tricky to get nvidia working if your distro upgrades kernels faster than they provide precompiled interfaces. On the other hand, their configuration tools are quickly approaching Window's click and point interface. There is a company that is supposedly tailoring to linux, but it appears they're totally half-assing 3d. From what I gather, they're taking MesaGL and slowly moving the fragment generator over to an FPGA. FPGAs are appreciated for letting engineers quickly create a test version of their circuits, but they're simultaneously cursed for being slow. And you know they're not planning to bring anything to the table from the last five years because the card will initially be PCI. Not PCI express, mind you. PCI--133 Mbyte/sec PCI. I'm not entirely sure what the goal here is, aside from beginning a legacy of an open source driver. The group has made no concrete plans to open the hardware implementations, but clearly this card needs to be the first in a line of iterative improvements if it plans to be of any value to the community. Of course, I'd appreciate being proven wrong. But 3d math and hardware accelleration aren't simple tasks. But if you were expecting something more useful than the already open sourced Intel Extreme Graphics hardware and drivers, then you'll be sorely dissapointed. At best, these will be great for providing an old computer with enough 3d accelleration to handle the upcoming 3d accelerated desktops in OSX, GNOME and Longhorn. Remember that these projects aim to use the GPU because it's there and its not being used. Apple plans to continue offloading more to the GPU, so the requirements here are only going up. If you're still interested in what the group's doing, they're called the Open Graphics Project. I think their site just got hacked though, which is a bit unprofessional. I hope it doesn't put them at a serious risk of making their november deadline... Justin On 8/5/05, Josh Charles <josh.charles(a)gmail.com> wrote: > One problem that has kept me from playing good games on linux is the > continuing lack of decent 3D acceleration support. I've had 3d cards > that work on some distro's, but not others, even with the same > configuration. This isn't so much a linux problem as a hardware > vendor problem, though. I hear that there is a video card vendor that > is tailoring directly to linux now, so that's a step in the right > direction. > > On 8/5/05, Justin Dugger <jldugger(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > There's lots more to open source 3d gaming than just First person > > shooters. Most of them also have a linux version, provided the > > developers didn't choose directX for their game. > > > > There's crack-attack, a tetris attack clone that plays well. There's > > also Glest, which looks something like Warcraft 3 from the > > screenshots. Kenta Cho has some great 2d shooters that use 3d > > graphics. There's also Armegetron, a neat Tron lightcycles game with > > decent multiplayer aspects. GL-117 is an okayish air force game. > > > > If you know where to look, you can find a lot of good open source > > games. I think one of the remaining barriers to Linux gaming is a > > decent website that focuses on open source games. Happypengiun is > > neat, but the web design needs... a makeover. The whole site looks > > like it was designed using placeholder art and then decided to go live > > with what they had when they heard what artists charge for that stuff. > > The ratings system is a bit strange, not becaues it uses 5 starts, > > but that the ratings aren't tied to any specific version. If a game > > doesn't run, it gets one star, even if the bug is fixed the next day. > > And hardly anybody posts or reviews. > > > > So yea, the games you mentioned are okay, but they kinda suck for > > similar reasons to the ones that plague happypengiun. > > > > Justin Dugger > > > > On 8/5/05, Josh Charles <josh.charles(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I haven't been much of a gamer, but I recently purchased Allied > > > Assault and have become quite addicted to it. I was amazed to find > > > that there are completely open source FPS out there, though from what > > > I understand, the quality isn't up to current proprietary standards. > > > >From what I can see of the movies, though, the gameplay isn't too bad. > > > Here are some links to check out if you are interested: > > > > > > http://www.nexuiz.com/ - a FPS > > > http://www.planeshift.it/ - More of a RPG than a FPS, but looks neat. > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > Josh > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Kclug mailing list > > > Kclug(a)kclug.org > > > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > > > > > >

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using ini_set in php
by Jack 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Thanks Jason, for the pointer. I didn't think to check the values of the ini via phpinfo (mental block I guess). Although I had tried this with no success: ini_set('session.use_cookies', '1'); ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', '0'); ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', '1'); Is there some command I am missing after this or could it be that I don't have the privileges to call the function? Or does it go away as soon as I change pages? The value for 'session.use_trans_sid' is off and ini_set has no effect. Do I need to do a restart for this to take effect? Thanks, Brian ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Need help with PHP
by Jack 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

I'm having problems with some pages I'm writing for a client. I'm using session variables, however every time I go to a new page I'm losing the session id and creating a new one. I've not had this problem with other sites I've done. I must be doing something wrong, or the virtual site isn't set up right. I've done some debugging and have been able to go from one page to another with the same session id. So I suspect that the virtual space is set up right. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html

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testing nntp gateway
by Jason Clinton 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

This is only a test; do not reply.

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Re: Cygwin Pronunciation
by Jason Clinton 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

On Wednesday 10 August 2005 11:40, you wrote: > Guess I won't be having Gyros for lunch... 'Gyro', 'cygni' and 'cygnus' are Greek; not English. -- I use digital signatures and encryption. My key is stored at pgp.mit.edu key ID code: "0x8DB3BF09". F: F628 D9D3 E57A C281 5EFE 7DF7 B52A A393 8DB3 BF09

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Re: Open Source 3D Games
by Justin Dugger 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

Shit, I realized I forgot to reply to all on the first attempt of that post, then screwed up the trim on the second. I'll be more careful in the future. jldugger > Please trim your posts.

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