Re: why so much hate?

1999-07-19 Thread Jason Carley
Michael Merten wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 04:31:16PM +1000, Carley, Jason (Australia) wrote: > > I think that is a little harsh. I totally agree that everyone should read > > the docs. However, that does not create an excuse for unintuitive interface > > design. An app that is designed to co

modules - where to load them

1999-07-15 Thread Jason Carley
Hi all, I was wondering whether there was a standard convention for which file to use for module loading. I am not sure whether modules.conf or my startup script is the best spot for loading sound modules. How is this normally done? Thanks, Jason.

Re: XF86_SVGA 3.3.3?

1999-07-15 Thread Jason Carley
I think he made it clear that he tried searching the archive. No need to RTFM everyone at all times :-) Matthew Dalton wrote: > If you ever need to access a previous message from this list, an archive > is stored on www.debian.org :) > > "Gary L. Hennigan" wrote: > > > > I knew I would regret

SCSI device names - no /dev/sg0

1999-07-12 Thread Jason Carley
Hi all, I am now trying to get my scanner installed under linux and sane. I have loaded the kernel module which promptly finds my scanner. /proc/scsi/scsi reports it found. Only problem, I am used to linking /dev/scanner to /dev/sg0 (for SCSI device 0). There is no /dev/sg* on my slink system.

Re: BUG ??

1999-07-08 Thread Jason Carley
Sami Dalouche wrote: > see http://opdaf1.obspm.fr/www/lexique.html and http://opdaf1.obspm.fr/ > to have more infos (sorry, french links) > > the UTC time IS THE reference but the GMT acronym is used in 99% of the > cases to say UTC. > > So, wouldn't it be better to use UTC in the install and in t

Serious install problems - please help urgently

1999-07-03 Thread Jason Carley
Hi guys.  I am really struggling here with the install of slink. Any help greatly appreciated as I am being forced to run Win95.   I boot up OK and get through to the point where we reboot the base system. Then I run the pkgsel where I select dialup home user profile and launch into dselect.