[Wlug] Hello from new member. April topics?

[Jamie Guinan]

Some time ago I fixed an HP6L with a kit from these guys,

  http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/

The rubber shoes on the paper picker had dried up.  They sent me 
a kit with new parts and an mpeg movie showing how to 
disassemble/fix/reassemble the printer.  $39 as I recall.

-Jamie


On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Terry S wrote:

> Well, it was a while ago...
> 
> ...in a nutshell, I was rebuilding base system and the portage tree a 
> few months after install, following instructions posted and detailed 
> reasoning explained by a senior Gentoo developer.
> 
> After a few problems problems, the error that blocked me from fixing 
> anything else was that the rsync server I chose at install time was no 
> longer valid, which I verified by looking at the list again. But no one 
> seemed to know how to change it, and I just couldn't deal with 
> re-installing the whole thing at that time (I did a Stage 2, which took 
> 2 days).
> 
> I still have Gentoo installed on that computer, but I just don't have 
> time to deal with it right now. Maybe in the summer, then again, maybe 
> not. Slackware may be more appropriate, considering time constraints. I 
> have it installed (dual-boot) on the Windows box I'm using right now, 
> but I barely have time to touch it...hope to change that in the next 
> couple of weeks!
> 
> Actually, the first thing I want to do is install Slackware on my 
> laptop. I might do that in the next week.
> 
> Several things going on right now. Like needing to get a used network 
> printer with "tabloid-size" capability installed on my Windows box, then 
> (fingers crossed) getting it installed under Linux, too -- oh, joy 
> [sarcasm]! *But first* there's this mechanism that I didn't realize 
> needs replacing about every 6 years -- and it's $180 to buy -- and first 
> I have to figure out how to get the darn mechanism apart and cleaned, 
> because sometimes that can be the problem...I wonder if I should just 
> give up and shell out the $180 bucks!
> 
> Thanks Eric and Eric for your offers of help.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Terry S
> 
> 
> Eric Martin wrote:
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> > Why yes I did teach a Worcester Nightlife course on linux.  Like Eric
> > Stein said, I'd be happy to help you out with gentoo's portage.  If you
> > don't mind my asking, what sort of problems did you have with it?
> > Eric
> > 
> > Terry S wrote:
> > 
> >>   - Avoiding problems with package-management systems (I had a nightmare 
> >> with rsync on Gentoo).
> >>
> > 
> >> (p.s. to Eric Martin -- I think I know you. Did you teach a Night Life 
> >> course on Linux?)
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