Comments on: ZaReason Made My Day! http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/ Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. —Voltaire Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:31:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: look Ma, no video driver « antsy and uncle ham http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-2681 look Ma, no video driver « antsy and uncle ham Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:09:46 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-2681 [...] to its knees by installing an incompatible video driver.  No matter, James’ post over at elwoodicious guided me to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, which I thought I’d probably have to nurse back to [...] [...] to its knees by installing an incompatible video driver.  No matter, James’ post over at elwoodicious guided me to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, which I thought I’d probably have to nurse back to [...]

]]> By: the debian user » Blog Archive » ZaReason to open EU branch in Germany http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-2400 the debian user » Blog Archive » ZaReason to open EU branch in Germany Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:18:31 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-2400 [...] preinstalled ‘buntu systems“. From the responses on that article, I learned that some customers were really happy with what ZaReason [...] [...] preinstalled ‘buntu systems“. From the responses on that article, I learned that some customers were really happy with what ZaReason [...]

]]> By: helios http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1879 helios Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:45:25 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1879 I simply wanted to say thank you for purchasing from Zareason. Not only are they truly FOOSS Folks, They put their money where their mouth is...no wait. They do more than that. They put their sweat, bloody scraped knuckles and sore, tired feet into what they believe in. The Zareason folks are the only thing that stood between our Komputer4Kids effort. http://www.lobby4linux.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=53 I will tell you how shortly. Thanks again, by purchasing from Zareason, you have not only gotten a superior machine and system. You've allowed them to do what they believe in their hearts what they are supposed to do. h I simply wanted to say thank you for purchasing from Zareason. Not only are they truly FOOSS Folks, They put their money where their mouth is…no wait.

They do more than that. They put their sweat, bloody scraped knuckles and sore, tired feet into what they believe in. The Zareason folks are the only thing that stood between our Komputer4Kids effort.
http://www.lobby4linux.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=53
I will tell you how shortly. Thanks again, by purchasing from Zareason, you have not only gotten a superior machine and system. You’ve allowed them to do what they believe in their hearts what they are supposed to do.

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]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1868 james Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:47:44 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1868 That's awesome, John! I've found Earl to be one of the most helpful folks I've ever met. Been a huge help for me as well. :-D That’s awesome, John! I’ve found Earl to be one of the most helpful folks I’ve ever met. Been a huge help for me as well. :-D

]]> By: John http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1867 John Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:28:36 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1867 Hey, Everything works now. Earl from ZaReason sent me the xorg.conf file they have to get Compiz to work and he gave me some instructions. I reinstalled UbuntuStudio, followed his directions and used the new xorg.conf, now it all works! Compiz is very very nice! Hey,

Everything works now. Earl from ZaReason sent me the xorg.conf file they have to get Compiz to work and he gave me some instructions. I reinstalled UbuntuStudio, followed his directions and used the new xorg.conf, now it all works! Compiz is very very nice!

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1865 james Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:43:48 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1865 Thanks for the links! Why, after 3 years, I have never bothered to check their wiki is beyond me but here's the note why Totem doesn't work: "While Totem-gstreamer can play a DVD automatically when it is inserted into the DVD drive, it cannot navigate the DVD nor play it by selecting Movie → Play Disc 'DVD Name'." One catch I ran into, if you are running Beryl of Compiz you need to set the output to X11 in the preferences menu, otherwise it will crash during playback. This is actually, true of any of the players. Thanks for the links! Why, after 3 years, I have never bothered to check their wiki is beyond me but here’s the note why Totem doesn’t work: “While Totem-gstreamer can play a DVD automatically when it is inserted into the DVD drive, it cannot navigate the DVD nor play it by selecting Movie → Play Disc ‘DVD Name’.” One catch I ran into, if you are running Beryl of Compiz you need to set the output to X11 in the preferences menu, otherwise it will crash during playback. This is actually, true of any of the players.

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1864 james Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:35:53 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1864 Sorry for the delay but here's the relevant section from my xorg.conf: Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1440x900" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1440x900" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1440x900" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1440x900" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1440x900" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1440x900" EndSubSection EndSection Here's <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc6m88cb_2fh2t2j" rel="nofollow">a link to my full xorg.conf</a> as well. Sorry for the delay but here’s the relevant section from my xorg.conf:

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Default Screen”
Device “Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller”
Monitor “Generic Monitor”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 1
Modes “1440×900″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 4
Modes “1440×900″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1440×900″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1440×900″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1440×900″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1440×900″
EndSubSection
EndSection

Here’s a link to my full xorg.conf as well.

]]> By: Kirrus http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1863 Kirrus Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:23:36 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1863 If you want to know how to install anything restricted formats wise: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats And for DVDs: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs Does that help? (I've been using that page since I first started using Ubuntu. Really useful, if you want to avoid Automatix.. unfortunately, can't avoid it for all codecs [the really wierd ones].) If you want to know how to install anything restricted formats wise:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

And for DVDs:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

Does that help?

(I’ve been using that page since I first started using Ubuntu. Really useful, if you want to avoid Automatix.. unfortunately, can’t avoid it for all codecs [the really wierd ones].)

]]> By: John http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1856 John Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:44:56 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1856 I wish I could remember which codec it was. I inserted a DVD and Totem automatically opened, said it needed a codec, and then when I clicked on OK it downloaded and installed the codec. I don't like Totem, I'll be switching to Kaffeine or VLC, but at least Totem can handle getting codecs on its own. I used apt-get/aptitude. Problems with xorg.conf or installation are good news, those can be fixed. I have no problem with starting all over. I just wonder if the correct video driver was installed when shipped and I changed it. I think I'm using "intel" in xorg.conf right now. I'm not on the laptop right now, I could dump the relevant parts of xorg.conf to here when I get home. Maybe a comparison of our xorg.conf's will help. I wish I could remember which codec it was. I inserted a DVD and Totem automatically opened, said it needed a codec, and then when I clicked on OK it downloaded and installed the codec. I don’t like Totem, I’ll be switching to Kaffeine or VLC, but at least Totem can handle getting codecs on its own.

I used apt-get/aptitude. Problems with xorg.conf or installation are good news, those can be fixed. I have no problem with starting all over. I just wonder if the correct video driver was installed when shipped and I changed it. I think I’m using “intel” in xorg.conf right now. I’m not on the laptop right now, I could dump the relevant parts of xorg.conf to here when I get home. Maybe a comparison of our xorg.conf’s will help.

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1851 james Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:57:34 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/2007/07/20/zareason-made-my-day/#comment-1851 Good on the DVD playback! BTW, what is the extra package for Totem? I've been using Ubuntu since 4.10 and have never gotten playback to work with Totem; I always use VLC. Now those Beryl and Compiz errors... How did you install the packages? Synaptic/Apt-get/Aptitude or Automatix/EasyUbuntu? My experience with the latter is that they can make an absolute mess of things. I do believe we have the exact same hardware set up so I'm at loss why it isn't working. A quick tour of the boards seemed that the problem is split between improper installation or improper xorg.conf settings. :-/ Good on the DVD playback! BTW, what is the extra package for Totem? I’ve been using Ubuntu since 4.10 and have never gotten playback to work with Totem; I always use VLC.

Now those Beryl and Compiz errors… How did you install the packages? Synaptic/Apt-get/Aptitude or Automatix/EasyUbuntu? My experience with the latter is that they can make an absolute mess of things. I do believe we have the exact same hardware set up so I’m at loss why it isn’t working. A quick tour of the boards seemed that the problem is split between improper installation or improper xorg.conf settings. :-/

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