Folks,
Here is another periodic notice to remind you that the AGM will be
held on 24th September 2007.
For you to vote you must be an official member, although you have 90
days to pay if you do not have the $20 with you at the AGM.
The method of voting proposed for the AGM is simple first past the
post voting. We will put this to a vote at the AGM so if people feel
strongly about STV for example, and the majority agree, then we can
have STV. You will be required to have a method of counting the vote
though so if you wish for STV you will need an electronic system for
this.
It is proposed to alter the first paragraph of rule 9 of the charter
(which is our constitution) from:
The funds of the society shall be held under the control of the
officers of the committee. The treasurer and secretary shall have
joint required signing rights, and operate the bank accounts, handle
investments, and make payments as needed.
to:
The funds of the society shall be held under the control of the
officers of the committee. The officers shall have joint signing
rights with a minimum of two signatories required, and operate the
bank accounts, handle investments, and make payments as needed.
The purpose of this change is so that the president or vice president
can also sign cheques (which they cannot do at present). As a
safeguard there must be a minimum of two signatories.
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We will be holding a Saturday Workshop on Sept 1st at Oxford St Church.
Bring your computer along, and we'll try to help with any issues you may
be having. Or you may be able to help someone else.
Full details are on the wiki:
http://wlug.org.nz//SaturdayWorkshop.2007-09-01
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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:25:15 +1200
From: Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)wired.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [wlug] Google Earth
To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz>
Message-ID: <1187904315.23776.11.camel(a)fluffy>
Content-Type: text/plain
On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 21:15 +1200, David Giles wrote:
> >
> > David wrote:
>
>>> > >> Message: 4
>>> > >> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:22:38 +1200
>>> > >> From: David Giles <david(a)meadowbrook.co.nz>
>>> > >> Subject: [wlug] Google Earth
>>> > >> To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz>
>>> > >> Message-ID: <46CBD62E.8060603(a)meadowbrook.co.nz>
>>> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>> > >>
>>> > >> I am having problems making Google earth behave on my computer, after
>>> > >> downloading the program and what appears to be a successful install,
>>> > >> when I click on the icon on the desktop, it crashes the desktop
>>> > >> [KDE],tried it with gnome with same result.
>>> > >> Using Mandriva 2007.1 on a Asus laptop and firefox browser.
>>> > >> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> David
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>>
>> > > Hi
>> > >
>> > > I had that problem with my wife's computer, Ubuntu Feisty, I installed
>> > > the proprietary drivers and that cured it.
>> > > Good luck
>> > >
>> > > David B
>> > >
>>
> > Were and how would I get these drivers or even check if they had been
> > loaded.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David G
>
In feisty;
System > Administration > Restricted Drivers Manager. It'll suggest what
you need and you just tick the box..
If you're using an earlier distro; probably the easiest way is to use
the easyubuntu installer - http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/
The hard way;
System > Preferences > Hardware Information -- Look for an entry that
says "AGP bridge" and the card underneath is your video card. If it's an
nvidia then you want to install the nvidia-glx package (or
nvidia-glx-legacy for older cards) and if it's ATI, I think the package
is xorg-driver-fglrx
After you do that switch to a text login, sudo dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg, and change the driver (nv to nvidia or ati to fglrx),
leave all the other settings as they are. Next time you start you should
have accelerated video. Or possibly none at all.. :(
Yup Right I did mean the graphics drivers!
But he said he is using Mandriva, I haven't used it since Mandrake 10.1
My guess is with Mandriva you will have to identify your graphics card and download the drivers from the manufacturer, Nividia if you are lucky, consensus seems to be that they have the best Linux drivers or ATI, I am not sure about the other chipsets, Intel and co.
Maybe you can Google up something worth while. The mandrake site wasn't very helpful unless you joined the club, I never joined so I don't know if it was any better inside. I found the Ubuntu forums _much_ better for help and resources.
Regards David
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