[vox-if] [Fwd: Installfest RSVP]

[Jonathan Stickel]

Here is another who already has Linux installed and wants configuration 
help.  This seems to be software specific; others need help setting up 
hardware.  I'm going to tell him software help is low priority, but to 
come at 1pm and see if someone is available.  I'll also point him to 
vox-tech.

Has there been a LUGOD IF policy along these lines in the past?  Is this 
a good idea?  Generally, I don't think installfests should be a place 
for people to come for software help; IFs are meant to help people 
install Linux on their specific hardware.

Do let me know if I'm way off base here.

Jonathan


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Installfest RSVP
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:50:39 -0800 (PST)
From: apache@livepenguin.com (Apache)
To: nbs@sonic.net, if@lugod.org

Installfest RSVP

Name: James Maciokas

Email: jbmaciokas@ucdavis.edu

03_CPU: Pentium 4 / Compat.

04_Speed: 1700

05_RAM: 256

06_HD_Sizes: 20GB

07_Video: ATI ?

08_Monitor: ViewSonic

09_Laptop-Brand:

10_Laptop-Model:

11a_HW-Printer-Desc:

11b_HW-Sound-Desc:

11c_HW-Modem-Desc:

11d_HW-Network-Desc:

11e_HW-Scanner-Desc:

11f_HW-Camera-Desc:

11g_HW-MP3-Desc:

11h_HW-Game-Ctrl-Desc:

11i_HW-DVD-Desc:

11j_HW-Other: PDA

11j_HW-Other-Desc: Samsung (i330) i have a serial cable

13_Partition: a drive with another OS

14_Distro: Mandrake

15_Bringing_Own: on

16_Problems: I have mandrake 9.2 installed.
I need help installing python dependencies (wxPython, SciPy, PyOpenGL, 
and a few others).  I also need help changing file associations.  For 
example associating pdf file with Acrobat instead of xPDF.  When  I make 
the change is does not seem to stick

17_Arrive-Time: please assign a time for me

18_Learned-How: website

Read_Release: yes