Last I knew, we were NOT to load VL 5.9 Lite onto Freeboxes. In all of
the ones I've loaded, the difference between VL-HOT and HAL wasn't
really noticeable as long as the system is up to specifications. I'm
pretty sure that right now as it stands that VL 6.0 would be loaded
onto a Volunteer Box if the volunteer wanted 6.0 on there.
Although, in the end, the software is limited in what it can or cannot
do by the hardware. So if it's a hardware issue, then regardless of
the software, that has to be resolved first. The problem isn't always
software, just most of the time or it's user error.
I apologize I wasn't at the warehouse at all last week, turns out I
was sick with a chest infection that caused my asthma to flare up. I'm
doing much better now, as far as making it to the warehouse this week,
I'll see what I can do to make it.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
--- On *Fri, 2/19/10, john jones /<rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
From: john jones <rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Thursday WH report; Febuary 18, 2010
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 4:54 PM
honestly i dont think its gonna work well with the older p3
systems we got at warehouse if thats the case maybe we can use
use 5.9 standard or lite for older systems and use 6.0 for like
the p4,according to Tom its an excellent OS for a P4,just a thought...
--- On *Fri, 2/19/10, Richard Zimmerman /<csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
From: Richard Zimmerman <csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Thursday WH report; Febuary 18,
2010
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 1:39 PM
It was release November 2009 IIRC...
Richard
john jones wrote:
> Is VL 6.0 a new OS thats still in testing?
>
> --- On *Fri, 2/19/10, Tom Brown
/<tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Thursday WH report;
Febuary 18, 2010
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 1:28 PM
>
> Could you let the VL developers know the problems you
uncover re
> localization and what you are doing to resolve them?
>
> There is a how-to link in the forums re localization.
You could
> add your 2
> cents there.
>
> http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=8331
>
> Or, there is the general dev forum.
>
> http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?board=29.0
>
> Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> </mc/compose?to=frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
On Behalf
> Of Mike Cook
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 10:42
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Thursday WH report; Febuary
18, 2010
>
> I opened the warehouse at 5:45PM
>
> Volunteers attending: Adrian, Dan, Mike
>
> Testing results on the two systems for Carol:
>
> HP Computer: Was unable to get sound to work. Ran out of
time to
> work on it
> as we were also working on the Spanish language setups.
>
> Gateway Computer: Changed cdrom drive twice will still
not open
> reliably, or
> in some cases at all. Otherwise the system seems to be OK.
>
> Spanish language localization: Adrian and I logged in using
> Spanish-Mexican.
> Most things seemed to be OK, however, it does not appear
that the
> Vector
> Linux people did anything to localize any of the bash
scripts like
> VASM. In
> addition some of the programs also do not appear to
support the
> language env
> variables. Adrian translated the menu for VASM and I
modified the
> script so
> it would work from the desktop and put it on the HP
systems root
> desktop if
> you run it is will show a Spanish root menu. The changes are
> hardcoded into
> the script so I didn't want to mess with the VASM script
in /sbin.
> I will
> look for a better solution the the bash script problem.
The quick
> and dirty
> solution would be to code a conditional statement into
the bash
> scripts to
> switch to Spanish if the LANG env variable is set to
Spanish and
> remain in
> English otherwise. The ideal solution would be to recode
all the user
> interactive scripts to use GNU gettext to support full
> localization. I have
> installed VL 6.0 on a test system at home and will work
on the
> scripts over
> the coming weekend where I have Internet access. I will
probably
> take the
> quick and dirty approach for now unless gettext looks
like it will
> work
> easier.
>
> Dan worked hard on installing Vector 6.0 on several
systems, but
> cdrom and
> hard drive problems prevented him from completing any of
the systems.
>
> Adrian had to leave at 8:00. Dan and I stayed until 8:30
modifying
> the VASM
> script and sorting out problems. I also assisted Dan with
> installing Puppy
> Linux on his laptop.
>
> Thank you to all who attended!
>
> Mike
>
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