[Novalug] Reduntant post: Wireless networking not working on HP laptop (with Intel Pro 2100)

Tue Sep 9 22:10:01 EDT 2008

On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 22:09 -0400, Shamun Mahmud wrote:
> I have an HP Compaq nw800 notebook
> open SUSE found the wlan card (Intel 2100), but cannot connect to my
> wireless network.  It found the network (name and security level)
> 
> Now what?
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 18:19 -0400, novalug-request at calypso.tux.org
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> >    1. Re: Yahoo question (Bonnie Dalzell)
> >    2. Re: Yahoo question (Bonnie Dalzell)
> >    3. Re: The question of the dealing with EL (Crawford Rainwater)
> >    4. Re: "Freedom Fry" (Andrius Ciziunas)
> >    5. OpenOffice question (Nino Pereira)
> >    6. Re: OpenOffice question (Peter Larsen)
> >    7. Anyone got the inside track on Google Chrome? (Kevin Cole)
> >    8. Re: OpenOffice question (Nino Pereira)
> >    9. Re: OpenOffice question (Peter Larsen)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:12:40 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell at qis.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Novalug] Yahoo question
> > To: Charles M Howe <cmhowe at patriot.net>
> > Cc: novalug at calypso.tux.org
> > Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0809021409560.23676 at shell.qis.net>
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> > On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Charles M Howe wrote:
> > 
> > CMH >List,
> > CMH >
> > CMH >I have Yahoo account, but I forget my password. When I go through the
> > CMH >procedure to get Yahoo to email it to me, I am asked a question whose
> > CMH >answer I know and which I find it difficult to believe I entered
> > CMH >incorrectly. But I am unable to find a way by which I can complain to
> > CMH >Yahoo. What can I do?
> > 
> > I went through this a couple of years ago with little success and great 
> > frustration. One of the problems is that if you changed your e-mail 
> > provider in the mean time they keep communicating with the original 
> > e-mail address. I even sent them a physical letter to no avail.
> > 
> > Eventually they flushed the old database and I was able to make a new 
> > yahoo account with a slightly altered user name.
> > 
> > CMH >
> > CMH >Charlie
> > CMH >
> > CMH >
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> > 
> > freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog
> > breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com.
> > Editor Net.Pet Online Animal Magazine  - http://www.netpetmagazine.com
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> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:14:48 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell at qis.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Novalug] Yahoo question
> > To: Nino Pereira <pereira at speakeasy.net>
> > Cc: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> > Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0809021413030.23676 at shell.qis.net>
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> > 
> > On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Nino Pereira wrote:
> > 
> > NP >Charlie,
> > NP >
> > NP >that's a real bummer, it happened to me too. They ask these
> > NP >stupid questions, like, who's your favorite dog (am I supposed
> > NP >to mention my ex-wife here? what are they thinking?)? Then,
> > NP >they don't allow you to ask your own questions so that you
> > NP >have all these different questions floating around. There must
> > NP >be another way, but I have no idea what this might be. Less
> > NP >security, I suppose.
> > 
> > Yes the "who is your favorite dog" question was the one that got me 
> > because I raise dogs and have a boarding kennle and have 30 now and in the 
> > many years since I have opened the first yahoo account I had a lot more 
> > culmulatively.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > NP >
> > NP >I'd send them an email, and then call them: the administrator
> > NP >can reset the password.
> > NP >
> > NP >Nino
> > NP >
> > NP >
> > NP >Charles M Howe wrote:
> > NP >> List,
> > NP >> 
> > NP >> I have Yahoo account, but I forget my password. When I go through the
> > NP >> procedure to get Yahoo to email it to me, I am asked a question whose
> > NP >> answer I know and which I find it difficult to believe I entered
> > NP >> incorrectly. But I am unable to find a way by which I can complain to
> > NP >> Yahoo. What can I do?
> > NP >> 
> > NP >> Charlie
> > NP >> 
> > NP >> 
> > NP >> _______________________________________________
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> > NP >> Novalug at calypso.tux.org
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> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >                        Bonnie Dalzell, MA
> > mail:5100 Hydes Rd PO Box 60, Hydes,MD,USA 21082-0060|EMAIL:bdalzell at qis.net
> > 
> > freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog
> > breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com.
> > Editor Net.Pet Online Animal Magazine  - http://www.netpetmagazine.com
> > HOME http://www.qis.net/~borzoi/          BUSINESS http://www.batw.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:33:22 -0600 (MDT)
> > From: Crawford Rainwater <crawford.rainwater at linux-etc.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Novalug] The question of the dealing with EL
> > To: Joseph Brinkley <brinkley.joseph at gmail.com>
> > Cc: novalug at calypso.tux.org
> > Message-ID:
> > 	<11110703.6271220380402750.JavaMail.root at zmx1.linux-etc.com>
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> > 
> > ----- "Joseph Brinkley" <brinkley.joseph at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Ok i have tight VNC in a VM with Xubuntu. so far i can log in i dunno
> > > about multiple people or sessions right now because most of us partied
> > > together last night and they are still sleeping :)
> > > I was just wondering from an enterprise level guys is there another
> > > trick you use to do this?
> > > 
> > 
> > VNC server should be able to take multiple VNC client X sessions for multiple users via remote.
> > 
> > Now if you want to pay (like Citrix, Ericom, and such) for some options...well, that would be another thread I suspect. ;-)
> > 
> > --- Crawford
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:52:45 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Andrius Ciziunas <andrius at gwyn.tux.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Novalug] "Freedom Fry"
> > To: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com>
> > Cc: NoVA LUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0809021451540.7657-100000 at gwyn.tux.org>
> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
> > 
> > Had the same problem, went to youtube, did a search for "fry gnu" (without
> > quotes,) found this gem (same thing as the below):
> > 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiAK0AQDXu8
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Matt Bidwell <bidwell at dead-city.org> wrote:
> > > > Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> First, if you don't know who Stephen Fry is, check out
> > > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry
> > > >>
> > > >> Then move along to http://www.gnu.org/fry/ .
> > > >
> > > > I'll file this under "Stephen Fry keeps crashing
> > > > firefox."
> > >
> > > Most likely a problem with your Java install. You'll probably find
> > > that videos on Wikipedia will crash your browser too. :(
> > >
> > > If you install the firefox 3.1 beta daily code Firefox will play it
> > > without any plugins using the new HTML5 video tag support. :) (of
> > > course the daily code has plenty of ways to crash all on its own)
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> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:42:07 -0400
> > From: Nino Pereira <pereira at speakeasy.net>
> > Subject: [Novalug] OpenOffice question
> > To: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> > Message-ID: <48BDA51F.4090901 at speakeasy.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I want to do a small calculation in a spread sheet. I open
> > OpenOffice, click on 'new spreadsheet'. I get one with
> > really large type, and really large boxes.
> > 
> > Where can I change this behavior? Where do I say: on starting
> > OpenOffice I want boxes that are 0.15 inches high and 0.3 inches
> > wide (for example), with 8-point arial type?
> > 
> > Suggestions?
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Nino
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:11:33 -0400
> > From: Peter Larsen <plarsen at famlarsen.homelinux.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Novalug] OpenOffice question
> > To: Nino Pereira <pereira at speakeasy.net>
> > Cc: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> > Message-ID: <1220389893.6569.19.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> > 
> > What does your zoom level say you're at?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Peter Larsen <plarsen at famlarsen.homelinux.com>
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nino Pereira <pereira at speakeasy.net>
> > To: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> > Subject: [Novalug] OpenOffice question
> > Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:42:07 -0400
> > 
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I want to do a small calculation in a spread sheet. I open
> > OpenOffice, click on 'new spreadsheet'. I get one with
> > really large type, and really large boxes.
> > 
> > Where can I change this behavior? Where do I say: on starting
> > OpenOffice I want boxes that are 0.15 inches high and 0.3 inches
> > wide (for example), with 8-point arial type?
> > 
> > Suggestions?
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Nino
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> > 
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:51:19 -0400
> > From: "Kevin Cole" <dc.loco at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Novalug] Anyone got the inside track on Google Chrome?
> > To: "NoVA LUG" <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> > Message-ID:
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> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I've been reading a bit about Chrome the past couple of days, and how
> > open-source it is -- though only available for Windoze at the moment.
> > Anyone got info beyond the "party line P.R."?
> > 
> > P.S. For those of you further out of the loop than me (all two of
> > you):  Google Chrome is Google's entry into the browser wars.  See:
> > 
> >      http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html
> >      http://www.google.com/chrome
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:01:32 -0400
> > From: Nino Pereira <pereira at speakeasy.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Novalug] OpenOffice question
> > To: Peter Larsen <plarsen at famlarsen.homelinux.com>
> > Cc: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> > Message-ID: <48BDB7BC.2030302 at speakeasy.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> > 
> > In view, at the bottom, I click on 'zoom': it says: 200 %.
> > 
> > I guess I could simply make that lower, right? But, what do I
> > do if I want it to always start out at, say, 100 % (which seems
> > so logical that I never gave it any thought: why would you
> > want to start with anything else than 100 %?, although,
> > come to think of it, my xpdf starts at 125 % while I'd like
> > it to start at 200 %).
> > 
> > Nino
> > 
> > 
> > Peter Larsen wrote:
> > > What does your zoom level say you're at?
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Peter Larsen <plarsen at famlarsen.homelinux.com 
> > > <mailto:plarsen at famlarsen.homelinux.com>>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > *From*: Nino Pereira <pereira at speakeasy.net 
> > > <mailto:Nino%20Pereira%20%3cpereira at speakeasy.net%3e>>
> > > *To*: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org 
> > > <mailto:NOVALUG%20%3cnovalug at calypso.tux.org%3e>>
> > > *Subject*: [Novalug] OpenOffice question
> > > *Date*: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:42:07 -0400
> > > 
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > I want to do a small calculation in a spread sheet. I open
> > > OpenOffice, click on 'new spreadsheet'. I get one with
> > > really large type, and really large boxes.
> > > 
> > > Where can I change this behavior? Where do I say: on starting
> > > OpenOffice I want boxes that are 0.15 inches high and 0.3 inches
> > > wide (for example), with 8-point arial type?
> > > 
> > > Suggestions?
> > > 
> > > Thank you,
> > > 
> > > Nino
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Novalug mailing list
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> > > http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/novalug
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 9
> > Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:19:16 -0400
> > From: Peter Larsen <plarsen at famlarsen.homelinux.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Novalug] OpenOffice question
> > To: Nino Pereira <pereira at speakeasy.net>
> > Cc: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> > Message-ID: <1220393956.6569.27.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> > 
> > It all depends on your screen size. On my system it remembers the last
> > setting from the last use. So once set, that's what it uses next time.
> > If it's too big, just make the zoom level smaller.