[opensuse] March of the Penguins?
Hi, I've been playing with various BIOS settings that might suppress the spurious detection by the 10.2 final kernel of an Intel G965 chipset on my ASUS P5B Deluxe which actually has a P965 chipset. (The spurious detection leads to a complete lock-up of the system during boot.) Over the course of several reboots using the 10.2 (final) installation DVD, I noticed once (only) a boot screen that showed a snowy winter scene with penguins waddling about. My question is this: Why have I only seen this once? All other times I see the usual blue screen with arcs and "Welcome" in various languages. What accounts for the two different boot screens and on what basis is the choice made? Does it tell me anything about what's going on with my hardware? Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Randall R Schulz wrote:
Hi,
I've been playing with various BIOS settings that might suppress the spurious detection by the 10.2 final kernel of an Intel G965 chipset on my ASUS P5B Deluxe which actually has a P965 chipset. (The spurious detection leads to a complete lock-up of the system during boot.)
Over the course of several reboots using the 10.2 (final) installation DVD, I noticed once (only) a boot screen that showed a snowy winter scene with penguins waddling about.
My question is this: Why have I only seen this once? All other times I see the usual blue screen with arcs and "Welcome" in various languages. What accounts for the two different boot screens and on what basis is the choice made? Does it tell me anything about what's going on with my hardware?
Randall Schulz
It's selected on a low random. Been there sincs 9.3 as I recall, but my recall could be faulty. It has no significance other than some programmers have a lot of time and ability -- One day at a time, one second if that's what it takes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:02, Bruce Ferrell wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
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Over the course of several reboots using the 10.2 (final) installation DVD, I noticed once (only) a boot screen that showed a snowy winter scene with penguins waddling about.
My question is this: Why have I only seen this once? ...
It's selected on a low random.
Seriously? If I see it, do I win something?
Been there sincs 9.3 as I recall, but my recall could be faulty. It has no significance other than some programmers have a lot of time and ability
No comment. RRAS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:15, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:02, Bruce Ferrell wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
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Over the course of several reboots using the 10.2 (final) installation DVD, I noticed once (only) a boot screen that showed a snowy winter scene with penguins waddling about.
My question is this: Why have I only seen this once? ...
It's selected on a low random.
Seriously?
Yeah, sometimes I've forgotten to take my DVD out of the drive and my system will boot to it. On occasion I see the winter penguins.
If I see it, do I win something?
You wing Ron H's respect and admiration to the cause.
Been there sincs 9.3 as I recall, but my recall could be faulty. It has no significance other than some programmers have a lot of time and ability
No comment.
Let's see.... ....hmmm....fix Zen or work on penguins.... <drinks more Jolt> ...penguins win! <time passes> Hey guys - check out this cool winter penguins screen for the Boot DVD! -- kai www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 08 December 2006 20:20, Kai Ponte wrote:
Yeah, sometimes I've forgotten to take my DVD out of the drive and my system will boot to it. On occasion I see the winter penguins.
IIRC if you boot it on christmas day (or night, can't quite remember) you will see it every time you boot
Let's see....
....hmmm....fix Zen or work on penguins....
Check out zypper and tell me it isn't fixed
<drinks more Jolt>
...penguins win!
<time passes>
Hey guys - check out this cool winter penguins screen for the Boot DVD!
You understand developers. Can you think of any other way of explaining hampsterdance.com, or Dance Dance Revolution? :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:19, Anders Johansson wrote:
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You understand developers.
Just a few short decades ago, I couldn't even spell diveluper, now I are one!
Can you think of any other way of explaining hampsterdance.com, or Dance Dance Revolution? :)
Dance Dance Revolution: Dancing is fun. hampsterdance.com: Those who cannot (or will not try), watch. hampsterdance.com: Web developers don't spell well RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:37, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:19, Anders Johansson wrote:
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You understand developers.
Just a few short decades ago, I couldn't even spell diveluper, now I are one!
lol I have been one professionally since '92, and I still don't understand them. Now I try to manage them. :P Here's what I'm slaving over: http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/42 Ready to go for next month. (Crosses fingers and downs another jolt...)
Can you think of any other way of explaining hampsterdance.com, or Dance Dance Revolution? :)
Dance Dance Revolution: Dancing is fun. hampsterdance.com: Those who cannot (or will not try), watch. hampsterdance.com: Web developers don't spell well
I LOVE hampsterdance - I mirrored it some time ago locally so I'd have a copy. :) -- kai www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2006-12-08 15:19, Kai Ponte wrote:
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:37, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:19, Anders Johansson wrote:
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You understand developers.
Just a few short decades ago, I couldn't even spell diveluper, now I are one!
lol
I have been one professionally since '92, and I still don't understand them. Now I try to manage them. :P
Do you also try to herd cats? :-)
Back on topic now (though for the life of me, I cannot understand why
:-) ), I feel cheated -- I have never seen the march of the penguins.
On Friday 08 December 2006 15:34, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 2006-12-08 15:19, Kai Ponte wrote:
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:37, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Friday 08 December 2006 11:19, Anders Johansson wrote:
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You understand developers.
Just a few short decades ago, I couldn't even spell diveluper, now I are one!
lol
I have been one professionally since '92, and I still don't understand them. Now I try to manage them. :P
Do you also try to herd cats? :-)
I'm trying to do it right now using my blackberry. I've got five staff members at work and several dozen customers who all need repeaded instructions.... :)
Back on topic now (though for the life of me, I cannot understand why
:-) ), I feel cheated -- I have never seen the march of the penguins.
That is a fantastic movie: Do get the DVD. You can also watch Happy Feet, which is - in effect - march of the penguins with singing/dancing penguins.
Where are my penguins??? Where is the little stuffed penguin that used to be in the box???
I know. SUSE started going downhill when I didn't get my lizard sticker in 10.0 - first the really cool manual (which I'm not ashamed to state that I've read) and then the sticker. When they bring back the sticker, I buy the box. :) -- kai www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Dec 8 2006 11:02, Bruce Ferrell wrote:
It's selected on a low random. Been there sincs 9.3 as I recall, but my recall could be faulty. It has no significance other than some programmers have a lot of time and ability
Yeah, the package management system suffered a lot. As for http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse-factory/2006-12/msg00242.html , I get the fun screen 100% of the time in 10.2. When booting the CD, and even after installation (unless I chose textmode in which case a gray GRUB pops up). Well, I don't care. Just don't make this happen in SLED. Though it would give a good ridicule of all servers showed penguin lemmings after a grand reboot. ;-) -`J' -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 09 December 2006 03:25, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
Well, I don't care. Just don't make this happen in SLED. Though it would give a good ridicule of all servers showed penguin lemmings after a grand reboot. ;-)
I don't think it belongs in openSUSE either; it's cute as hell but it makes my machines look silly. Stuff like that should be kept for betas. -- Glenn Holmer (Q-Link: ShadowM) http://www.lyonlabs.org/commodore/c64.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 11:37 -0600, Glenn Holmer wrote:
On Saturday 09 December 2006 03:25, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
Well, I don't care. Just don't make this happen in SLED. Though it would give a good ridicule of all servers showed penguin lemmings after a grand reboot. ;-)
I don't think it belongs in openSUSE either; it's cute as hell but it makes my machines look silly. Stuff like that should be kept for betas.
I like a bit of humour in my software, it shows creativity. I just wish this was a screensaver as well. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 09 December 2006 08:37, Glenn Holmer wrote:
On Saturday 09 December 2006 03:25, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
Well, I don't care. Just don't make this happen in SLED. Though it would give a good ridicule of all servers showed penguin lemmings after a grand reboot. ;-)
I don't think it belongs in openSUSE either; it's cute as hell but it makes my machines look silly. Stuff like that should be kept for betas.
Hmmm, I once had someone suggest the wallpaper used for root account in kde (bomb on red background) looked childish, and that was a big negative in his view. He sniffed and went back to his windows 2000 machine. Now lets not start a flame war about why I was logged into kde as root.... I did it, still do it occasionally, get over it. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2006/12/08 10:55 (GMT-0800) Randall R Schulz apparently typed:
I've been playing with various BIOS settings that might suppress the spurious detection by the 10.2 final kernel of an Intel G965 chipset on my ASUS P5B Deluxe which actually has a P965 chipset. (The spurious detection leads to a complete lock-up of the system during boot.)
Over the course of several reboots using the 10.2 (final) installation DVD, I noticed once (only) a boot screen that showed a snowy winter scene with penguins waddling about.
My question is this: Why have I only seen this once? All other times I see the usual blue screen with arcs and "Welcome" in various languages. What accounts for the two different boot screens and on what basis is the choice made? Does it tell me anything about what's going on with my hardware?
Looks like you didn't pay much attention to the christmas screen thread on the factory list the other day, even though you participated in it. Here's a thread reply from the responsible party that ultimately lead to your participation: http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse-factory/2006-12/msg00242.html -- "Let your conversation be always full of grace." Colossians 4:6 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 08 December 2006 12:27, Felix Miata wrote:
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My question is this: Why have I only seen this once? ...
Looks like you didn't pay much attention to the christmas screen
"Christmas" doesn't normally attract my attention, but as I was buzzing through, clearing the unread status on messages, I saw the cpio perplexity someone had, and tried to help out with that. I did not read back to see the larger context of that thread.
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RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri December 8 2006 3:51 pm, Randall R Schulz skratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
On Friday 08 December 2006 12:27, Felix Miata wrote:
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My question is this: Why have I only seen this once? ...
Looks like you didn't pay much attention to the christmas screen
"Christmas" doesn't normally attract my attention, but as I was buzzing through, clearing the unread status on messages, I saw the cpio perplexity someone had, and tried to help out with that. I did not read back to see the larger context of that thread.
I think that happens much more often than not.... delete, delete, delete, whoa.... key clicks .. ' l ' ... send.... delete, delete, delete... ;) -- j Let freedom ring! Let the white dove sing. Let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning. Let the weak be strong , let the might be wrong , throw the stones away, it's Independence Day. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 08 December 2006 16:26, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
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Looks like you didn't pay much attention to the christmas screen
"Christmas" doesn't normally attract my attention, but as I was buzzing through, clearing the unread status on messages, I saw the cpio perplexity someone had, and tried to help out with that. I did not read back to see the larger context of that thread.
I think that happens much more often than not.... delete, delete, delete, whoa.... key clicks .. ' l ' ... send.... delete, delete, delete...
I generally dislike that phenomenon, but alas, I embody it myself, sometimes...
;) -- j Let freedom ring!
It seems more than obvious humans are not ready for freedom. Freedom requires discipline, and humans seem only interested in opportunity and power. RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri December 8 2006 8:55 pm, Randall R Schulz skratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
On Friday 08 December 2006 16:26, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
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Looks like you didn't pay much attention to the christmas screen
"Christmas" doesn't normally attract my attention, but as I was buzzing through, clearing the unread status on messages, I saw the cpio perplexity someone had, and tried to help out with that. I did not read back to see the larger context of that thread.
I think that happens much more often than not.... delete, delete, delete, whoa.... key clicks .. ' l ' ... send.... delete, delete, delete...
I generally dislike that phenomenon, but alas, I embody it myself, sometimes...
;) -- j Let freedom ring!
It seems more than obvious humans are not ready for freedom. Freedom requires discipline, and humans seem only interested in opportunity and power. Well, that lyric is about someone who imposes his power once too often, and becomes and ex-human.
-- j If a hurricane doesn't leave you dead, it will make you strong. Don't try to explain it just nod your head, breathe in, breathe out... move on. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri December 8 2006 8:55 pm, Randall R Schulz skratched these words
onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
On Friday 08 December 2006 16:26, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
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Looks like you didn't pay much attention to the christmas screen
"Christmas" doesn't normally attract my attention, but as I was buzzing through, clearing the unread status on messages, I saw the cpio perplexity someone had, and tried to help out with that. I did not read back to see the larger context of that thread.
I think that happens much more often than not.... delete, delete, delete, whoa.... key clicks .. ' l ' ... send.... delete, delete, delete...
I generally dislike that phenomenon, but alas, I embody it myself, sometimes...
;) -- j Let freedom ring!
It seems more than obvious humans are not ready for freedom. Freedom requires discipline, and humans seem only interested in opportunity and power.
Well, that lyric is about someone who imposes his power once too often, and becomes and ex-human. s and/an duh! -- j If a hurricane doesn't leave you dead, it will make you strong. Don't
On Fri December 8 2006 9:49 pm, jfweber@gilweber.com scrtached these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: try to explain it just nod your head, breathe in, breathe out... move on. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 09 December 2006 20:36, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
Well, that lyric is about someone who imposes his power once too often, and becomes and ex-human.
s and/an
"an becomes and"? :) Hm, I actually don't know how you tell sed to replace the second hit on a line and leave the first s/and\(.*\)and/and\1an/ works for this particular case, but I have a gut feeling there is a more general way of doing it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 09 December 2006 20:36, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
often, and becomes and ex-human. s and/an
"an becomes and"? :)
Hm, I actually don't know how you tell sed to replace the second hit on a line and leave the first
s/and\(.*\)and/and\1an/
works for this particular case, but I have a gut feeling there is a more general way of doing it
While an interesting problem in itself, the engineer's solution would be s/d ex/ ex/ I know, lack of imagination and certainly not a more general way of doing it. :-) Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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