Second-Perfection In reply to ??? [2010-12-11 23:37:56 +0000 UTC]

What project are you working on that involves rigging?

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-12 03:27:30 +0000 UTC]

Blender now includes a 'full' armature set (human) - so I'm going to 'create' a humanoid and then rig it.

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-12 06:22:40 +0000 UTC]

Sounds interesting. Be sure to post your results.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-12 07:47:22 +0000 UTC]

ha - no... lol I'd be willing to send you the Blend after I'm done animating it...

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-12 07:54:42 +0000 UTC]

Sounds good. I'll take the blend when your done. Thank you. I'm sure you'll do good on it.

Have you thought of rigging a pre-existing figure? Like one of the Blender movie characters. I think Frankie or Big Buck Bunny would be a good starting point.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-12 07:57:05 +0000 UTC]

I've got my humanoid rigged - and the rigging all 'seems' to work... so I just have to animate it next, and give it 'clothes' or something... not sure how I want to do it's 'face' yet,

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-12 07:58:43 +0000 UTC]

Congrats! Clothes should be interesting.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-12 08:46:06 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I've played a lot with 2.48/9 clothify settings - so, I think I can make it work

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-12 09:00:06 +0000 UTC]

I played with cloth a little bit in 2.49 and was impressed by what it could do. Do you have more than one computer you use?

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-12 19:18:13 +0000 UTC]

not currently - I've a ton of parts though - I just need a Motherboard/CPU/Memory to put a desktop together - but no money for those right now.

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-13 11:13:51 +0000 UTC]

Do you use a Wacom Tablet for your computer? If so, does it work with Ubuntu?

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-13 19:27:51 +0000 UTC]

I don't have one - though I'd love to get one - I've been told that not only does it work - but it works REALLY well with Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu and all Debian based Linux distributions since the user can open a console and 'apt-get install wacom'

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-14 05:29:56 +0000 UTC]

Cool. The tablets are fun to play with. It's almost like drawing with paper and pencil, but you have way more options.

Other than the tablet, I don't really have too many other hardware concerns with Ubuntu.

A couple of days ago, I bought a Beginning Ubuntu book and have been reading through it. Lots of good material and i've been learning alot.

Thanks for your help and advice!

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-14 21:20:05 +0000 UTC]

I've seen that book... never picked it up though...

Debian really stepped up a few years back (when Ubuntu began), in order to be able to install on most any computer (and a few cellphones to boot).

Only real issue seems to be with sound for most people, I think I had to go and apt-get some stuff to get my sound when I first installed (due to my crappy hardware).

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-15 12:30:36 +0000 UTC]

I got Ubuntu installed and running. Haven't noticed any issues right now. The next step is get it to access the web and get Blender installed.

Ubuntu was actually easy to install once I burned an ISO to a CD.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-15 18:49:32 +0000 UTC]

What sort of internet are you using where your at? You could get a cheap router if it's cable internet...

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-15 19:09:31 +0000 UTC]

I have cable internet here at home. I also have a wireless router. Right now, i'm trying to figure out how to get Ubuntu to detect that I have a wireless network.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-15 20:34:27 +0000 UTC]

Is this on a laptop? - if so - 'apt-get install wilan' -

If this is on a desktop - do you have a wifi pci card installed? - if so see above, if not...

If this is on a desktop without wifi pci card - you have two options - wire it or buy a wife pci card.

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-15 20:48:07 +0000 UTC]

It's on a desktop. I already have the wifi card installed. It already works with Windows, but Ubuntu doesn't recognize it as being on.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-15 22:09:00 +0000 UTC]

Which wifi pci card do you have?

(I'll get as much information as possible in order to get your Ubuntu online).

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-16 02:52:58 +0000 UTC]

According to Ubuntu I have a:

Ethernet Interface
82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection
Intel Corporation

and:

Wireless interface
RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
RaLink

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-16 10:18:22 +0000 UTC]

[link]

Install that on your Ubuntu - it's a 'fix' for that card.

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-16 10:19:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, but the link's not working.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-16 20:13:37 +0000 UTC]

yeah, it's a little funky - as I found that linking to the link in the forum failed - but if you are 'on' the forum the link works...

Anyway - forum page here:
[link]

Look for link in the first post by Muhommad Takdir - it's a few post down. If you get to this from your Windows computer - you'll just need save file - then put file on removable media and move it over to the Ubuntu computer.

Let me know if this fixes things for you.

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-16 23:48:32 +0000 UTC]

F**K.

I downloaded the .deb file and tried to run/install it on Ubuntu, but an error message pops up:

Status: Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: dkms

I installed the Lucid Lynx version number 10.04 LTS. Will I need to install the latest version which I think is 10.10 or 10.14?

Thanks again.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-17 01:11:53 +0000 UTC]

yeah, 10.10 is the latest, it has a lot of patches that I've already installed, and they should be included with the latest ISO of Ubuntu.

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-17 01:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Ok. I'll install 10.10 and see if that fixes the problem. I got it on DVD.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-17 01:21:26 +0000 UTC]

During set up - see if you can have it 'wired' to the net - this way it will automatically install/upgrade as it needs them (including the wifi).

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-17 02:19:34 +0000 UTC]

Good news -- I'm getting 10.10 to install and it's updating. It's doing a partial update so it should be done in about an hour.

Might have lost my Windows partition though. We'll see after the update.

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-17 05:13:33 +0000 UTC]

It shouldn't have taken your Windows partition away (as it should have just used the existing Linux partitions for it's install).

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-17 05:15:33 +0000 UTC]

Not sure what happened. should i reinstall it?

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SiathLinux In reply to Second-Perfection [2010-12-17 05:47:52 +0000 UTC]

That's up to you. - I'll get my yahoo chat running for Saturday.

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Second-Perfection In reply to SiathLinux [2010-12-17 05:52:23 +0000 UTC]

Ok, yahoo will work. Thanks.

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darkKiell In reply to ??? [2010-11-25 21:56:25 +0000 UTC]

:^^:_happy thanksgiving_``~...

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SiathLinux In reply to darkKiell [2010-11-26 00:49:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, totally stuffed with Ham at the moment

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darkKiell In reply to SiathLinux [2010-11-26 17:43:46 +0000 UTC]

^|^you're welcome - not some kinda bird_``~...

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SiathLinux In reply to darkKiell [2010-11-27 01:22:58 +0000 UTC]

Nah - there was turkey there - But I love the glaze they use on the ham and the slow cook it for about 10 hours.... so it's to die for.

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darkKiell In reply to SiathLinux [2010-11-27 16:48:53 +0000 UTC]

- alright then - not very much for ham -
- seems like it ought to B a bird of some kind_``~...

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ObsidianDigital In reply to ??? [2010-11-25 01:35:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the

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SiathLinux In reply to ObsidianDigital [2010-11-25 02:42:39 +0000 UTC]

Your Welcome

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michaelsboost In reply to ??? [2010-10-28 03:01:43 +0000 UTC]

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SiathLinux In reply to michaelsboost [2010-10-28 22:30:12 +0000 UTC]

No problem.

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AphroPrincess In reply to ??? [2010-10-27 21:16:25 +0000 UTC]

thanx for the i appreciate it... and your help

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SiathLinux In reply to AphroPrincess [2010-10-27 21:25:19 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome ... any time.

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RoverDeDog96 In reply to ??? [2010-09-17 22:13:49 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks for watching

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SiathLinux In reply to RoverDeDog96 [2010-09-28 19:54:40 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome

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3DEricDesign In reply to ??? [2010-07-04 01:43:39 +0000 UTC]

happy birthday ! my friends and have fun with your family

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SiathLinux In reply to 3DEricDesign [2010-07-05 18:58:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you - I spent it quietly suffering with a toothache...

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3DEricDesign In reply to SiathLinux [2010-07-06 14:40:26 +0000 UTC]

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raghulmz In reply to ??? [2010-07-03 16:53:43 +0000 UTC]

happy birthday !

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