Re: Making the computer less noisy

2000-11-04 Thread David Rysdam
Check out hdparm. I use it to spin my server's HD down after (IIRC) 10 minutes. Makes a HUGE difference in sound. On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 08:16:32PM +0100, Jean-Michel Kelbert wrote: > Hi ! > > i am wondering if there is a way to make the computer less noisy at some > moment (the NIGHT). What I

Re: Newbie (to Debian)

2000-10-30 Thread David Rysdam
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:02:00PM -0500, Mike wrote: > David Rysdam wrote: > > 1) When I boot and the login screen comes up, the screen isn't cleared > > first...in fact, when I logout the screen isn't cleared either. This > > is annoying at best and a security p

Newbie (to Debian)

2000-10-30 Thread David Rysdam
I've been using Linux for 4-5 years, but I'm new to Debian as of this weekend. Pretty cool so far (once I figured out the installation system--different...and better!) But I have some questions: 1) When I boot and the login screen comes up, the screen isn't cleared first...in fact, when I logout