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[ Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Network config help needed [ Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: The Very Verbose Guide to Updati [ Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: X doesn't seem to load app-defau [ Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: X doesn't seem to load app-defau [ Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Mozilla and TrueType [ Ismael Valladolid Torres <ismaeval@ ] > Re: Dumb question: How do you reboot [ Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > formail help [ Attila Csosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: The Very Verbose Guide to Updati [ Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Patched sendmail? testing? [ Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Help with wireless [ Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: OT: EchoLink equivalent for Linu [ Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > kernel-source-2.4.18-bf2.4? [ Kris Kerwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Setting Default Framebuffer Mode [ Ian Melnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: ssh and X---where do I switch the remote to X-listen > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:13:45 -0500 > From: "David Gaudine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Here is a link to a pdf file that contains everything I know about > running remote X clients with and without ssh, and with and without xdm. > Since it contains everything I know, it's a very short download. > http://annette.concordia.ca/~david/X.pdf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: Network config help needed > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:31:50 -0800 > From: "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Barry deFreese > NTS Technology Services Manager > Nike Team Sports > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:16 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Network config help needed > > > > > > > > Yep, read Net-HOWTO, but still I can't get it to work. ... > > > > Setting up the loopback and pingin it works fine, pinging into the > > machine also works fine (tried from an old win95 machine). But > > pinging out of the machine dosn't work, I'm getting the error message > > "Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host" when telnetting. > > > > Is "ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up" enough to > > set up the network, I don't have to edit /etc/hosts or something > > else? > > > > Chris, > > Your /etc/network/interfaces should look like so: > > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.0.0 > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > gateway 192.168.0.?? --> Whatever your default router/gateway > address is. > > Actually the gateway shouldn't matter since the other host is on the same > subnet. Again, you need to verify that the subnet mask for both hosts are > the same. > > Barry deFreese > NTS Technology Services Manager > Nike Team Sports > (949)-616-4005 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster." > Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: lost X... non valid arg: tcp .... > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 22:38:17 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruno Boettcher) > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 06:07:26PM +0100, Mark Schouten wrote: > > Perhaps you could be more specific? > uhm indeed.... the image shown me on the start of xdm is a pixelized > chaos, i thus disabled xdm.... > in fact a strange mix of old images somehow still stored in the grafic > card buffer.... > > started with startx.... > > > * Does your displaymanager start? > starts, reports no errors, but i only get an empy frame on the display > where normally the chooser would be... > typing blindly the login doesn't yield any result... > > > * Does your windowmanager start? > i can't start another one.. so somehow sawfish seems started.... > > > What do /var/log/XFree86.0.log ~/.xsession-errors say? > general one ends with: > (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" > (II) UnloadModule: "mouse" > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: > MOUSE) > Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! > > which seems quite normal.... > > xsession-errors gives: > SESSION_MANAGER=local/laptop:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1357 > Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 > Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 > Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 > > no idea what that means.... > > i started X with : startx 2>&1 |tee log > and that gives a lot more stuff, but still: > ** (gnome-panel:8513): WARNING **: Unable to load panel stock icon 'go' > > No panel_id set for panel object with ID 00000001 > Unable to open desktop file > file:///home/bboett/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launcher > s/hammer-0051ace0aa.desktop for panel launcher: Error reading file > 'file:///home/ > bboett/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/hammer-0051ace0aa.desktop': > File not found > > last 2 things repeated several times.... > > i tryed exporting the display from a console and start there an xterm to > see what's happening.... > > the strange thing is, the xterm launches, gives no error messages > anyway, and on the display appears a rectangle with some old grafic > buffer displayed inside, no windowmanager borders, no shell inside.... > > its really strange... > > -- > ciao bboett > ============================================================== > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://inforezo.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett > =============================================================== > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: Working with WAV files > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:41:53 -0500 > From: "David Turetsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Debian Users'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 04:07:07PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > > What packages are out there which facilitate editing? > > >>> sean finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:14 AM > > a good one that you can run from the command line is sox. it has a > bunch > of basic effects and filters you can pass the sound through, i've > used > it in the past and been happy with it > > > >>> David Turetsky: > > I checked it out and was impressed. Not seeing how to listen to the > WAV file, I tried 'play' which makes use of sox and discovered that > my sound card uses a chip set provided by a bankrupted manufacturer, > Aureal > > I check 'modconf' and before attempting to install any driver, > visited http://aureal.sourceforge.net/ and > http://www.vortexofsound.com/techhelp/th-v2a43.htm and > related sites. Windows identifies my sound card as 'Aureal Vortex > 8830 Audio (WDM)'. 'lspci' gives Multimedia audio controller: Aureal > Semiconductor Vortex 2 (rev fe) > > When I purchased the card with my Dell system, it was described as > Montego Bay (which shows up on 'modconf's list) > > Before I go off experimenting with modconf, I wonder if anyone has > been over this ground. If I add a driver using modconf and get no > result, how do I remove it? > > > -- > David > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Patched sendmail? testing? > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:05:05 -0500 > From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Colin Watson wrote: > > the new safe signals implementation has caused some problems which mean > > that the next upstream release will allow them to be turned off. > > Argh. > Do you know if that is a compile-time switch or a run-time switch? I've > had some very fun debugging sessions based on perl's signal handling > changes and the only thing worse than having to deal with the current > safe signals would be making my programs have to deal with both sorts. > > -- > see shy jo > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.6.1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Network config help needed > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:02:05 -0500 (EST) > From: Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 at 9:00pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > :Setting up the loopback and pingin it works fine, pinging into the > :machine also works fine (tried from an old win95 machine). But > :pinging out of the machine dosn't work, I'm getting the error message > :"Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host" when telnetting. > > Does "route -n" show a gateway? It should show something like: > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 > 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 > > If it shows something like > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 > > then you don't have a default gateway set up. Do "route add default gw > 192.168.1.1" substituting the correct IP address for your gateway of > course. Edit /etc/interfaces (as directed at "man interfaces") to have it > work on boot. > > Patrick > > -- > Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: The Very Verbose Guide to Updating and Compiling Your Debian Kernel > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:13:24 -0800 > From: Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Daniel Farnsworth Teichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030305 12:23 PST]: > > (Note that the above requires that root has access to your X > > display, because it uses 'xconfig'. Now, this is probably going > > to show you how clue-less I am, but one simple way I do this on > > occasion is by 'ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]' to become root for the > > above; go ahead, tell me it's silly--I know : ). > > Actually, you get a big round of applause. ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a > fine way to go. When you started to say clueless I was preparing myself > for another "why nobody should ever use xhost, ever" rant coming on, but > you've done things the^H^H^H^H a good way =) > > > Anyway, like I have already implied, I'm no expert here--but I > > thought this was more along the Debian lines. > > I haven't taken a look at the referenced document yet, so I can't say > how it compares, but your procedure looks good, at least by my cursory > glance. (Although, I generally use menuconfig, which makes the whole X > discussion moot. That's just a matter of personal preference, though.) > > good times, > Vineet > -- > http://www.doorstop.net/ > -- > http://www.digitalconsumer.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: signature.asc > signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature > Description: Digital signature > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: X doesn't seem to load app-defaults using gdm > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:12:11 +0100 > From: Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:17:41 -0800 > Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 10:45:11PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote: > > > /etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt contains the following two lines: > > > background:black > > > foreground:white > > > Yet rxvt is allways loaded with background white and foreground > > > black. > > > > If that's all the line actually says, of course rxvt isn't going to > > pay the slightest attention. You haven't created a resource that it > > SHOULD pay attention to. > > I haven't created any resource. This is a standard app-default that gets > installed with the package. Maybe a bug? > > > > > X resources are hierarchial. The name of the file they're defined in > > is entirely irrelevant. > > > > So, try this: > > > > rxvt*background: black > > rxvt*foreground: white > > > > I don't know for sure what class name rxvt actually uses, but a > > preusal of the documentation will tell you. > > > > -- > > I'll try it. But this still doesn't solve the entire problem. When using > .xsession, none of the app-defaults get loaded (eg. Xterm has a white > background and other stuff like that). Any thoughts on that would still > be welcome. > > thx, > Wim > > -- > Only two things are infinite: human stupidity and the universe, and I'm > not sure about the latter. -- Albert Einstein > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: X doesn't seem to load app-defaults using gdm > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:19:42 +0100 > From: Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 07:42:33 +0100 > Martin Kacerovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 07:17:41PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > So, try this: > > > > > > rxvt*background: black > > > rxvt*foreground: white > > > > > > I don't know for sure what class name rxvt actually uses, > > > but a preusal of the documentation will tell you. > > > > > > > Most terminal emulators accept class name XTerm, I guess, > > (yeah, I know, Eterm does not, it has it's own conf. file) > > so I have in my /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm file: > > > > ! /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm > > > > XTerm*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-*iso8859-2 > > XTerm*scrollBar: false > > XTerm*foreground: grey > > XTerm*background: black > > > > And rxvt accepts it so, and aterm too. > > > > My bad. Apparently there was no line like this present. So basically the > settings for xterm background color get loaded from somewhere else when > not using the Xsession session under gdm. Only question is where. I'll > look to /etc/X11/Session.d/ but I didn't find it in there earlier. Maybe > I overlooked it... > > -- > Only two things are infinite: human stupidity and the universe, and I'm > not sure about the latter. -- Albert Einstein > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Mozilla and TrueType > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:16:31 +0100 > From: Ismael Valladolid Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > To enable TrueType support for Mozilla at work I configure my > /etc/mozilla/prefs.js as follows: > > // TrueType > pref("font.FreeType2.enable", true); > pref("font.freetype2.shared-library", "libfreetype.so.6"); > pref("font.FreeType2.autohinted", true); > pref("font.FreeType2.unhinted", false); > pref("font.antialias.min", 10); > pref("font.directory.truetype.1", "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"); > > I have copied some .ttf files inside this directory. But Mozilla only > allows me to select these fonts if the directory, owned by root, is > world writable, as I have detected that a .mozilla_font_summary.ndb > file needs first to be created and later to be open for writing. > > I'd like to know the usage for this file. I also wonder if there is some > kind of workaround that allows me to avoid having that > /usr/share/fonts/truetype directory world writable, as if I install > the msttcorefonts package, those fonts show up in Mozilla without the > need of changing /usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType permissions. Any info > will be very useful. Thanks. > > Regards, Ismael > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Dumb question: How do you reboot? > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:23:07 +0100 > From: Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Eric G. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:01:47 -0800 > "Eric G. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 09:17:39PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > > I believe the next version of Gnome's login screen (gdm) implements > > > a menu allowing you to shutdown/reboot. > > > > Hmm, doesn't the version in Woody have that cabability? GDM has been > > able to do that for quite some time (I think SystemMenu is set "false" > > by default). > > > > /etc/gdm/gdm.conf > > > > [daemon] > > ... > > HaltCommand=/sbin/shutdown -h now "Halted from gdm menu." > > ... > > RebootCommand=/sbin/shutdown -r now "Rebooted from gdm menu." > > ... > > > > [greeter] > > ... > > SystemMenu=true > > ... > > > > You can also launch the gdm configurator from the gdm menus. It is one > of the "basic" menu options in the configurator I think. It is indeed > present in that version of gdm (I'm sure of it) > > grtz, > Wim > > -- > Only two things are infinite: human stupidity and the universe, and I'm > not sure about the latter. -- Albert Einstein > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: formail help > Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 23:23:36 +0100 > From: Attila Csosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi, > > Which fields should I place at least to this list to get correct > mailbox? I use the followings but I've got an error message in mutt > "this is not a correct mailbox" (or similar) > > in my .procmailrc > > :0 > * > | formail -k X From: -X Subject: >> inbox > > Thanks > Attila > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: The Very Verbose Guide to Updating and Compiling Your Debian > Kernel > Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 17:52:46 -0500 > From: Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Daniel Farnsworth Teichert wrote: > > # make sure you've got the bzip2 package; the comment in the > > # article confusing 'tar' and 'gzip' also confused me, BTW... > > apt-get install bzip2 > > > not necessary since kernel-source depends on bzip2 it will be brought it > automatically when you install the kernel source > > # Get the make-kpkg program and friends... > > apt-get install kernel-package > > # get the kernel source... > > apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.20 > > > > From this point on you shouldn't be root, add yourself to the group > 'src' instead.['adduser <yourself> src' as root, you'll have to restart > your shell for this to take effect, the easiest way is to just start a > new subshell with 'bash' or similar.] > > # go to the source... > > cd /usr/src > > > > # unpack it; note that the 'j' flag un-bzips it... > > tar -xjvf kernel-source-2.4.20.tar.bz2 > > > > # into the unzip'ed, un-tar'ed source... > > cd kernel-source-2.4.20 > > > > make-kpkg kernel_image > > > > You need to use fakeroot for this step since you shouldn't be doing this > as root. I typically use 'fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version blah > --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image'. The > append-to-version option makes it possible to install two kernels from > the same tree simultaneously. > > > (Note that the above requires that root has access to your X > > display, because it uses 'xconfig'. Now, this is probably going > > to show you how clue-less I am, but one simple way I do this on > > occasion is by 'ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]' to become root for the > > above; go ahead, tell me it's silly--I know : ). > > > > It is not a silly way to become root, it is just silly to become root. :) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Patched sendmail? testing? > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:04:55 +0000 > From: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:05:05PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Colin Watson wrote: > > > the new safe signals implementation has caused some problems which mean > > > that the next upstream release will allow them to be turned off. > > > > Argh. > > Do you know if that is a compile-time switch or a run-time switch? I've > > had some very fun debugging sessions based on perl's signal handling > > changes and the only thing worse than having to deal with the current > > safe signals would be making my programs have to deal with both sorts. > > Fear not; I believe that it'll be controlled by $ENV{PERL_SIGNALS} being > 'unsafe' or 'safe'. All the other syntactic tricks that were proposed > seemed to blow up on older versions of perl, which would have defeated > the point. > > (The signature was the implementor's frustrated summary on trying to get > anyone to agree on what the switch should be ...) > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "My suggestion is that we create a new programming language for the > purpose, written completely in Akkadian cuneiform, Nepalese, and > backwards." -- Jarkko Hietaniemi, perl5-porters > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Help with wireless > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:05:08 +0100 > From: Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jord Swart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Rus Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Emilio Murcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > hi there.. > > Received at 2003-03-05 / 23:51 by Jord Swart: > > > > Which pretty much comes down to doing an: > > > > apt-get install wireless-tools > > especially take a look into "iwconfig". > > > But the reading on Jeans site is also very important. First thing you really > > need to find out is what chipset is on your card. tuxmobile.org might help as > > well here. > > now for the real reason for this mail: it is http://tuxmobil.org. :) > > cheers, > sebastian > -- > ::: sebastian henschel > ::: kodeaffe > ::: lynx -source http://www.kodeaffe.de/shensche.pub | gpg --import > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.16.1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: OT: EchoLink equivalent for Linux > Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 17:06:44 -0600 > From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Kent West wrote: > > > As an amateur radio operator (ham), I've just been introduced to a > > very neat little program called EchoLink, which is an interesting > > marriage between the internet and radio. The only problem is that it > > appears to be Windows only. Does anyone know of a similar program for > > Linux? > > I've been able to get EchoLink to _almost_ work in Linux via WINE. I can > see who's online/on-air, I can connect to them, I can type and recieve > messages, I can hear their audio, but I can't send audio. As I've > tinkered with it, I've about decided the problem is not in > EchoLink/WINE, but rather in my sound setup. I've never used a > microphone on Linux before, and no matter what I try I can't seem to get > any indication of audio from my mic. I can hear audio if I get right up > close to the mic, but I think it's just feeding straight through the > sound card without getting digitized and processed through the computer > itself. I've tried playing with the settings in aumix and gmix and kmix > and krec and etc, but haven't had much luck. Well, that's not entirely > true; from the command prompt I can type "rec hello.wav" and record some > voice audio that way, and then play it back via "play hello.wav". If any > of you hams out there have a few minutes and have working microphone > audio, you might try downloading EchoLink > (http://www.synergenics.com/el/) and giving it a try and letting me know > if it works or not. > > Thanks! > > Kent > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: kernel-source-2.4.18-bf2.4? > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:30:47 -0600 > From: Kris Kerwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi all, > > Something tells me this is a question that has already been asked, and that > I'll probably be flamed for it, so, flame away! :-) Anyways - could anyone > tell me where I could find the source for kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4? I've checked > in Debian's archives, as well as kernel.org and on Google. Scary thing - > Google either says it doesn't exist, or (more likely) I don't know where to > begin to look. > > I'm looking to install ALSA and a (pirated) copy of VMWare, so if you can > think of a better kernel for those (that has a source and image available), I > could do with any help I can get. Thanks. > > Kris Kerwin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Setting Default Framebuffer Mode > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:46:08 -0600 > From: Ian Melnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I think it depends on your specific framebuffer driver. > > It does. I use the rivafb driver on this computer, and it doesn't > support kernel arguments at stat-up, so 'vga=whatever' doesn't work with > this driver. Instead, you need to edit the fbdev.c file in > linux/drivers/video/riva, and change the default settings within "struct > fb_var_screeninfo rivafb_default_var", to match the settings that you > want from /etc/fb.modes. Since I was satisfied with 640x480 but wanted a > better refresh rate (from 60 to 100Hz), I had to change pixclock to > 22272, left_margin to 48, right_margin to 32, upper_margin to 17, > lower_margin to 22, hsync_len to 128, vsync_len to 12. Hopefully this is > useful to someone else. Thanks for cluing me on referring to > 'documentation' (what's that?!). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
