Re: DVD on Linux?

1999-08-24 Thread Dave Swegen
access the DVD-ROM extras via windows (since it's the _only_ OS anyone ever uses. Isn't it? :) Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation ---

Re: Which server to use??

1999-08-16 Thread Dave Swegen
ree86 mirror and grab the SVGA server from 3.3.4. Unpack it, and replace the SVGA server that should already be installed. HTH. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation ---

Re: vim syntax files

1999-08-13 Thread Dave Swegen
rade. Where else should they go? I simply copied the syntax file to my home dir, and put the line "source ~/.vim_syntax" in my .vimrc (thanks to whoever it was who suggested that to me). Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: Bleeding edge video (Matrox G400)

1999-08-13 Thread Dave Swegen
ith Debian. > 3. Having them both available on one machine. > > I would like to run Xfree86 and volunteer for testing but I would also > like a bit of stability. > > -- Mark Zimmerman > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >

Autoloading scsi driver

1999-08-11 Thread Dave Swegen
. What line do I put in /etc/modutils/aliases? And is there any way to cut down the amount of time the driver hogs the bus while loading? Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL

Re: SCSI cable question

1999-08-04 Thread Dave Swegen
On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 10:42 -0500, Ares wrote: > On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Dave Swegen wrote: > > > One cause of confusion is that the manual doesn't actually say what the 25 > > pin port on the scanner is for, it only shows the cable being plugged into > > the 50 pin po

Re: SCSI cable question

1999-08-04 Thread Dave Swegen
an I also attach internal > > devices at the same time? > > The terminator goes on the last device in the external chain. You can > attach internal devices at the same time, just make sure each device > (internal or external) has a different SCSI ID. The internal

SCSI cable question

1999-08-04 Thread Dave Swegen
? I'd be grateful if some kind soul could take pity on this SCSI-clueless user... Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation ---

Re: Freeserve CD workaround?

1999-08-04 Thread Dave Swegen
g network connection and fill in the > form there (it was quite promenantly listed last time I checked). It > will spit out sufficient technical details to set up. I believe it's http://signup.freeserve.net > > You probably need to use Netscape. Cheers Dave -- Da

Soundcard volume problems

1999-08-04 Thread Dave Swegen
uch higher level when they start, which tends to be very painful if I forget to take the headphones off before I start the program. Is there any cure for this problem? Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key avai

Re: Video Card

1999-08-04 Thread Dave Swegen
uss (the developer of the linux version of Glide and the X sever) voodoo3 has probably the best 2d performance on the market (well, he would say that, wouldn't he ;) Hopefully the V3 2k card I ordered yesterday should arrive any day now, and with a bit of luck it should be overclockable so t

Re: Netscape crashing - Why do we have to rely on Netscape?

1999-08-02 Thread Dave Swegen
ady more stable than communicator 4.61). *Sigh* Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation ---

Possible culprit for netscape glibc crashes

1999-07-29 Thread Dave Swegen
uld I file a bug report? If so against which package? -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation ---

Re: Exim filters instead of procmail?

1999-05-29 Thread Dave Swegen
ave to do to set it all up? > > Many thanks. > > > -- > Phillip Deackes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian Linux (Potato) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on

debian-user@lists.debian.org

1999-05-24 Thread Dave Swegen
cape at 24 bpp, but rather a general reason for running X at either 16 or 32 bpp... Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Sound cards that support a3d

1999-05-20 Thread Dave Swegen
winders just to play games). Any info will be much appreciated. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Re: VIM questions

1999-05-16 Thread Dave Swegen
On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 21:06 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 03:15:05PM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote: > > 1) For some reason vim inists on showing file stats at the bottom of the > > screen whenever I edit a file. It isn't too bad normally, but when I > >

VIM questions

1999-05-15 Thread Dave Swegen
is used for that purpose? Any illumination will be much appreciated Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Re: DMA on MVP3 ChipSet? (was: ALI V)

1999-04-24 Thread Dave Swegen
hen when I changed memory (the supposedly PC100 compatible memory I had been sent couldn't cope with 100MHz bus) the problem disappeared. I have no idea why, it's just a bit bizarre. Voodoo magic probably :) Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linu

Re: ALI V

1999-04-24 Thread Dave Swegen
you, I had a problem with IRQ timeouts, so that DMA couldn't be set, but it was fixed when I got proper PC100 memory for some reason. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request &l

System time is broken

1999-04-01 Thread Dave Swegen
so, I seem to recall there was a thread here about how to set clocks, but I couldn't find anything in the mailing list archives, so any pointers would be useful. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key

Re: K-Rad Debian?

1999-03-26 Thread Dave Swegen
piling the above bits would probably take the distro up to the edge of diminishing returns. But, hey, if someone has the time, I'm all for it. BTW, does pcgc use 3dnow yet? Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP

Re: Video Card - Creative

1999-03-20 Thread Dave Swegen
-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mike Shupp >California State University, Northridge >Graduate Student, Dept. of Anthropology >http://www.csun.edu/~ms44278/index.htm > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PRO

Re: Using Procmail

1999-03-08 Thread Dave Swegen
tment of Physics > University of Mysore, Manasagangotri > Mysore 570 006, INDIA > > Tel: +91-821-516133 > Fax: +91-821-516133 > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Hamm --> Slink now no color ....

1999-03-08 Thread Dave Swegen
set to use color. > (minicom is still in color) You need to install the xbase package (well, that is what fixed the same problem for me). Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request &l

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Dave Swegen
27;s just not funny. The documentation is way better, and the community spirit is very strong. Hopefully the dreadful installation process has been sorted out for Slink, and that recommendation can be changed to Debian. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on L

Re: Netscape buttons lacking color

1999-03-04 Thread Dave Swegen
t; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe > > > "If everything is coming your way, you are probably > in the wrong lane" > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Dave

Re: Linux & CDROM problems

1999-03-04 Thread Dave Swegen
ngs? I unfortunately lost (i.e. wasn't clever enough to write down) the > BIOS settings I had when the CD was working. I believe this may be the case > since I am now having similar problems under Windows NT. > > Many thanks, > > Dr Iain Scott, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >

Re: cd_doEject[CDROMEJECT]: Device or resource busy

1999-03-03 Thread Dave Swegen
; > // Marwin > > -- > | Björn Elwhagen aka Marwin Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Student at Wexio University for PGP public key. (broken) | > | SwedenICQ: 356095 | > > > -- > Unsubscribe?

Re: [OT] DMA timeout problem]

1999-03-02 Thread Dave Swegen
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 15:13 -0500, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Dave Swegen wrote: > > > I just recently bought an Asus P5A motherboard, and as it has UDMA support, > > I thought I'd try enabling it using a patch which is available for the > > 2.2

[OT] DMA timeout problem]

1999-03-02 Thread Dave Swegen
rror. Also, could the fact that two of my serial ports have the same IRQ (one is my int. modem and the other is a normal serial port) have any bearing on the matter? Any pointers as to what might be wrong or where I can look for more help will be much appreciated. Cheers Dave -- D

Re: Fw: Mitsumi FX001D CD-ROM drv. Need help...

1999-03-01 Thread Dave Swegen
I'm no expert, and this might be of no use at all, but you might want to use lilo to pass the parameters. The only thing I can suggest is take a look at the lilo and lilo.conf man pages (sorry to be so vague :) Cheers Dave the Less Than Helpful -- Dave S

Re: compiling debian source

1999-02-23 Thread Dave Swegen
> -- > Jonathan Guthrie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Brokersys +281-895-8101 http://www.brokersys.com/ > 12703 Veterans Memorial #106, Houston, TX 77014, USA > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Dave Swegen

Re: Video for Linux

1999-02-21 Thread Dave Swegen
lip side" > > - Steve Walsh (EfNet:#Babylon5:KnaraKat) > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Re: fetchmail problem

1999-02-21 Thread Dave Swegen
er I went online with > diald. > > I am unable to do that now and need to enter the command manually. > Is there a way to do in Debian what I did in OpenLinux? > > thanks > > -- > Andrew > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

Re: RealTek 8029 PCI pnp Ethernet card

1999-02-15 Thread Dave Swegen
unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Re: CD-ROM problems

1999-02-14 Thread Dave Swegen
> being loaded as modules. > > I don't really have any problems with it in Windows other than the fact > I can't do any CDDA with it. > > Any ideas? Please let me know if you need more details. > > Thanks! > Nate > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mai

Re: question about xawtv

1999-02-13 Thread Dave Swegen
relay some > war stories. Thanks > -- > NatePuri > Certified Law Student > & GNU/Linux Monk > McGeorge School of Law > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ompages.com > Receive my PGP Public Key from http://www.pgp.com/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s uns

Re: WordPerfect: suddenly ending storing

1999-02-12 Thread Dave Swegen
t; >-- > >"Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling > >scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones doesn't > >automatically mean there's anything wrong." > >-- (Terry Pratchett, Soul Music) > > > >

Re: Netscape version?

1999-02-11 Thread Dave Swegen
e anything. > > Cheers! > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Re: help Leafnode again

1999-02-11 Thread Dave Swegen
> > Suggestions please. > > TIA > > John C. Ellingboe Content-Description: Card for John Ellingboe -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Re: Need help with Leafnode/Netscape

1999-02-09 Thread Dave Swegen
te entry in > /etc/inetd.conf, nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd > /usr/sbin/leafnode, and also entries in /etc/hosts.allow that was > added by the leafnode install. > > Any help/suggestions are appreciated. > > John C. Ellingboe > www.guntersville.net Con

Re: workman and sound

1999-02-09 Thread Dave Swegen
aid that I can only play CDs as root, despite chgrping > /dev/cdrom to audio, and adding myself to /dev/cdrom Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you are using shadow passwords just adding a user to /etc/group manually is not enough, you have to use adduser or some other method to set it in

Re: X based developer

1999-02-09 Thread Dave Swegen
oject to create a visualwhatever for the gtk+ toolkit called, umm, "glade", I think (take a look at the software map at www.gnome.org, and also www.gtk.org). I believe there is also something similiar for tcl/tk. You might find something at yahoo! Sorry to be so vague... Cheers Da

Re: what's 32 bpp?

1999-02-09 Thread Dave Swegen
t stuff along a longword boundary...But what do I know? Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Junkbuster weirdness

1999-02-04 Thread Dave Swegen
I'm running is 2.0-4 Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.1.125 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Re: wine question

1999-02-04 Thread Dave Swegen
actually tried wine yet myself (not until my new employer pays for an ISDN connection ;), but it does run 32-bit apps (including games such as unreal and even more amazing the n64 emu at 8% faster than win95 does). But going to winhq.com is the best bet. Cheers Dave -- Da

Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals

1999-02-03 Thread Dave Swegen
to anything but the default the graphics card throws a wobbly and just displays garbage on the screen, so that when I shut down I have to close down X and shut down blind. I would love to be able to set the VC to a higher res and still be able to switch between VCs and X. Ho-hum, one can always d

Adding foreign keys

1999-02-03 Thread Dave Swegen
know how to do this for both X and VCs? Any info would be much appreciated. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.1.125 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --

Notebook manufacturer recomendation

1999-02-03 Thread Dave Swegen
elieve the companys semi-official provider is Compaq - any thoughts? Also, is the palm pilot worthwhile or just a fun gadget (thought I might ask for one when I start ;)? Any info much appreciated. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.1.125 <[EMAIL PROT

Mutt & vim

1999-01-30 Thread Dave Swegen
;t be affected by the next upgrade to vim (the default colours for some apps is a bit dodgy - dark blue on black for instance)? Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.1.125 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[E

Re: Need some apps.

1998-12-22 Thread Dave Swegen
7;t covered by corresponding linux apps. WINE is coming along in leaps and bounds, and since I doubt any of the apps you mentioned make any tricky low-level calls to hardware dosemu should be able to cope any DOS apps... Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 o

Re: WP 8 problem

1998-12-20 Thread Dave Swegen
ke SO? ;) A turd is a turd even if it is big, steaming and delivered in wrapping paper. I still have to meet anyone who used all the functions of word 2.0, let alone word97... Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.1.125 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP k

Re: WP 8 problem

1998-12-19 Thread Dave Swegen
On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 22:53 +, Charles Collicutt wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Dave Swegen wrote: > > all the extra bells and whistles go download bloaty-hog staroffice. I find > > it > > rather amazing that people complain about something they paid nothing for. >

Re: WP 8 problem

1998-12-18 Thread Dave Swegen
rsion. So don't be so bloody ungrateful and cheap - go and buy the full version (which doesn't cost an extortionate amount of money) if you want those features. "Useless" my arse... Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.1.125 <[EMAIL PR

fetchmail + procmail setup

1998-12-13 Thread Dave Swegen
int your mailreader to ~/mail/debian-user or whatever. Disclaimer: it is fully possible that the way I've done it is a horrendous security hole, and that the world will implode if somebody looks at the setup in the wrong way. I don't know, and it's not my fault :) Cheers Dave -

Re: X11 and Voodoo Banshee

1998-12-12 Thread Dave Swegen
Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.1.125 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation

Re: Creative 3d blaster (2d/3d w 3dfx banshee)

1998-12-05 Thread Dave Swegen
kernel and use the FBcon X-server(which is unaccelerated). Take a look at the 3fdx.glide.linux newsgroup, and if I remember correctly there was a posting on Freshmeat about a site that dealt specifically with banshee under linux a few days ago. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: recommendations for an X news client?

1998-12-04 Thread Dave Swegen
r. I believe the latest version has switched to gtk+. As for slrn I'd use it if it had an option to just download the headers and mark interesting articles for later retrieval. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .plan: To find a job working with Linux

Re: Recommendations for Email client?

1998-12-01 Thread Dave Swegen
ptions very much (and inviting trouble). It was only a couple of weeks ago when somebody posted a message saying that they had mutt sorting a mailfolder with 20k+ messages without any problem (if memory serves me correctly). Cheers Dave (ex-Pine user, now addicted to mutt) -- Dave Swegen

Netscape cache weirdness

1998-11-26 Thread Dave Swegen
is is communicator v 4.06. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .plan: To find a job working with Linux

Re: xplaycd probs

1998-11-25 Thread Dave Swegen
Is mc-tools actively being developed, or is it merely treading water? As an aside it would be nice if it had support for getting info from a cddb host. Cheers Dave the meek bug-reporter -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .plan: To find a job working with Linux

mutt & vim

1998-11-24 Thread Dave Swegen
Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .plan: To find a job working with Linux

xplaycd probs

1998-11-24 Thread Dave Swegen
laycd... Also, should I file bug-reports against xplaycd (or rather mctools-lite)? Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .plan: To find a job working with Linux (fat chance...)

Re: LateX - CV

1998-11-20 Thread Dave Swegen
nd a couple of packages this way. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. (A. Bierce)

Re: AMD K6-2 kernel compile ?

1998-11-16 Thread Dave Swegen
On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 17:03 +0100, Marc van der Vossen wrote: > > Wowie, just a bit of time and my PC won't have any Intel, nor Microshit on > it. ;-))) Didn't you hear? Intel is now one of the good guys :) Cheers Dave -- Dave Swege

Re: DOSEMU: lredir fail everytime

1998-11-08 Thread Dave Swegen
On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 21:08 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 05:10:08PM +0000, Dave Swegen wrote: > > /usr/doc/dosemu/README.Dosemu (where this problem is documented). > > In the Dosemu package I have there is no README.Dosemu. I think you > meant R

Re: DOSEMU: lredir fail everytime

1998-11-07 Thread Dave Swegen
Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. (A. Bierce)

Creating fake packages

1998-11-04 Thread Dave Swegen
es or packages when I've got them already on my system. Any hints much appreciated. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks

Stopping apache at boot

1998-11-03 Thread Dave Swegen
How do I stop apache from starting at bootup? I have installed it for learning purposes (another item to put in my CV :) but I don't need it running all the time. Somehow I have a feeling the answer is going to be very simple... Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen &l

lynx colours

1998-10-27 Thread Dave Swegen
Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. (A. Bierce)

Re: SB32PNP

1998-10-26 Thread Dave Swegen
but could bung it straight into the kernel. I believe this is because my BIOS is one of them fancy PnP supporting ones. It is a lot easier than messing about with modules and isapnpconfig etc etc. It might or might not work for you. Cheers Dave --

HDD sleep

1998-10-18 Thread Dave Swegen
sleep for 10 seconds or so, before spinning up again. Anyone have any suggestions what I can do about this? Also, does an eventual hdparm script go into /etc/rc.boot? -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Faith

IDE message

1998-10-17 Thread Dave Swegen
Since switching to 2.1 I have been getting the following message at bootup: PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd

Re: Star Office

1998-10-15 Thread Dave Swegen
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 10:39 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So star office 4/5 can be downloaded for free for non-commercial use? well > thats very nice of them, but how many people are going to be prepared to wait > through a 50Mb download? > Has anybody broken it up into 1MB pieces that can b

Re: ls-120 drives

1998-10-12 Thread Dave Swegen
On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 05:32 -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > havn't done so yet). I also have yet to find a way to format floppies > on the ls120 under linux (works under windows). I am using the ls120 Umm, wouldn't a simple '/sbin/mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdc' do the trick (works for floppies under /dev

Installation thoughts

1998-10-10 Thread Dave Swegen
When I installed deb 2.0 a few weeks ago it was a pain in the arse process, so I was wondering whether there is anywhere I can write with comments on how I think it could be improved - I notice that people are still having some of the problems I encountered... Cheers Dave

Re: kernel and modules compiling

1998-10-10 Thread Dave Swegen
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 01:20 +0800, zhaoway wrote: > My question again: why not documented? > I know this surely's been documented somewhere since it's > very important. But I'd like to see it in the modules.txt > or modules.Debian.txt 'cause that's why I will look > for the answer when

Re: Quake2/3dfx

1998-10-09 Thread Dave Swegen
I don't know if it would be of any help in this case, but there is a quake for linux FAQ floating about on the net (sorry, don't know the URL - search for "quake", "linux" and "FAQ" at dejanews). As for playing as normal user: have you tried setting the suid bit (as root: chmod u+s )? Now, if I c

Re: Can apt access a local cdrom?

1998-10-09 Thread Dave Swegen
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 11:38 -0400, Jim Foltz wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 03:46:58PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I have succeeded in getting apt to connect to a distant ftp site but I've > > been unable to get it to access my cdrom drive, which currently has the > > Cheapbytes version