Re: GNOME 2.x debs?

2002-06-08 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 09:56:57PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | I have been running GNOME 2.x on RedHat for a few weeks now and it seems > | to work pretty well. > > Huh. Is that like gcc 2.96 -- grab a cvs snapshot and call it stable? > Or are they labeled as pre-release? It's pre-re

Re: GNOME 2.x debs?

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 05:38:43PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > Well, no, because GNOME 2.x hasn't been released yet, and nobody has > created a working time machine. ;-) Now for GNOME 2.x prereleases and > snapshots... Ok, sorry I wasn't more clear. > Having said that, the packages seem to be wo

GNOME 2.x debs?

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Frisch
Has anybody put together debs of GNOME 2.x? If so, where might I get them? (I searched the mailing-list archives and am surprised nobody else has asked) Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:39:30AM -0300, O Senhor wrote: > --- > make[1]: Entering directory > `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/arch/i386/boot' > cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/include -E > -D__BIG_KERNEL__ -traditional -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA bootsect.S -o > bbootsect.s > as86 -0 -

Is esound broken on Sid?

2002-06-04 Thread Mike Frisch
I am trying to get esound running with GNOME on Sid, but am getting the following when I run esd: --- cut here --- Couldn't open any alsa card! Last card tried was 0 Error opening card 0: Sound protocol is not compatible Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit failed Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit ste

Re: ATI Radeon 7000

2002-05-23 Thread Mike Frisch
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:29:58PM -0500, Brandt Dusthimer wrote: > Hrm... so your saying that there is no support for the 7500 in 4.1? http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/Status6.html Apparently there's no accelerated X server support in 4.1.0. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Where can I find nfsd v3 (NFS V3) for debian ?

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Frisch
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 12:51:07AM +0530, Deepak Kotian wrote: > But, Even I have also upgraded my kernel to 2.4.18, but rpcinfo -p does not > show version 3. > How do I get it ? If you're using a stock kernel, it's definitely there. If you compile your own, you have to enable it in the kernel co

Re: GUI front-end for writing CD audio to CD-R?

2002-05-17 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 09:36:42AM -0500, Matthew Reath, CCNA wrote: > I have found that ecliptRoaster has worked out great for me. Never heard of that one, but the screenshot on freshmeat looks nice. Yet another burner app to try :-) > Instead of writing your own perhaps it would be wise to join

Re: GUI front-end for writing CD audio to CD-R?

2002-05-17 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 12:26:40AM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > MP3 to WAV, I use xmms with the disk writer output plugin. For the > burning process itself, I use cdroast. I am trying to make it a one-step process, instead of two. I tried xcdroast but quickly found that it doesn't handle

GUI front-end for writing CD audio to CD-R?

2002-05-16 Thread Mike Frisch
Can somebody recommend a decent GUI front-end for writing CD audio to CD-R? Essentially a wrapper for cdrecord and some utility to convert MP3 to WAV. I am looking for something easy to use and reliable. Thanks, Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: IRC

2002-05-14 Thread Mike Frisch
On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 19:05, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > Why limit yourself to Gnome when all the good IRC clients will run in an > xterm? I highly suggest taking a look at ircii and bitchx. Don't forget about Epic (http://www.epicsol.org). It's an ircii derivative, but has some better feature

Re: good choice of network card?

2002-05-13 Thread Mike Frisch
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 22:22, Scott Henson wrote: > I think that is the main difference. Also with some other really cool > functionality that no one really ever uses. Basically what it comes > down to is 3com has a better reputation and is great for machines that > need the extra functionality.

Re: good choice of network card?

2002-05-13 Thread Mike Frisch
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 20:36, David Wright wrote: > I know they work, and I don't want to risk changing. But can anyone tell > me what makes the 3com card supposedly better? The specs I know are > exactly the same. Don't 3Com cards have a processor that off-loads network traffic from the CPU hand

Re: good choice of network card?

2002-05-13 Thread Mike Frisch
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 18:34, Alex Hunsley wrote: > Are there any net cards with a good reputation for stability and ease of > install (i.e. not having to compile my own driver would be a plus)? I have been using AOpen Realtek-based cards very successfully. They're dirt cheap (I pay about $20 CAD

GNOME 2.0 Beta dpkgs?

2002-04-25 Thread Mike Frisch
Anybody know of a source of GNOME 2.0 Beta dpkgs that will happily co-exist with the current version of GNOME on woody? Thanks, Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PCMCIA Firewire adapters? (was Re: External USB hard disks?)

2002-04-22 Thread Mike Frisch
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 10:48:48AM +1000, Tony Green wrote: > I've got a couple of dual usb/fw external housings (one 5 1/4 and one 3 > 1/2). CD-RW and a 60GB drive in them and they work fantastic on both > USB and Firewire. Which enclosures are you using? I notice the maximum throughput of some

Re: PCMCIA Firewire adapters? (was Re: External USB hard disks?)

2002-04-22 Thread Mike Frisch
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:25:40PM -0400, Norman Walsh wrote: > Well, my laptop doesn't have a firewire port, but I suppose this would > be a good excuse to buy a firewire PCMCIA card. Anyone have experience > using a firewire PCMCIA card and an external hard disk? I do not have anything to offer

Re: External USB hard disks?

2002-04-22 Thread Mike Frisch
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 12:11:31AM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote: > You'd better go for firewire then. I have the maxtor firewire 80 GB. > It works like a charm in both linux and windows... it's faster than USB1 > (and 2)... and it work with a standard 2.4 kernel Seems like the obvious solution, h

Re: Need help changing soundcard

2002-04-20 Thread Mike Frisch
On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 09:28:51AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 20-Apr-2002 Mike Frisch wrote: > > I have recently changed sound cards in my machine running 'woody', but > > my system seems to keep loading the old module (emu10k1). I have >

Need help changing soundcard

2002-04-20 Thread Mike Frisch
I have recently changed sound cards in my machine running 'woody', but my system seems to keep loading the old module (emu10k1). I have updated /etc/modutils/sound to use the new module and run update-modules. I have also updated my initrd for the kernel I use (vmlinuz-2.4.18-k7). Where else is

Re: Debian TVIO like PVR

2001-11-23 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 02:17:02PM -0500, Paul McHale wrote: > Does this assume the encoding is all done in software? I would guess a > hardware assisted MPEG encoder would require much less. But I have NO idea > about this. I am just curious. > > I know the Tivo doesn't have much horse power.

Re: Debian TVIO like PVR

2001-11-23 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:39:25AM -0800, Mark Lanett wrote: > According to Tom's Hardware, realtime MPEG4 encoding requires about a 600mhz > P3. So an Athlon 1.2 would definitely be sufficient. > An array of high speed disks is going to be noisy. Two quiet IDE hard drives would not be noisy. Y

Re: Debian TVIO like PVR

2001-11-23 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 10:38:40AM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > I would like to build a TVIO like Personal Video Recorder using a Debian > Linux machine. > > What hardware (in addition to the basic computer) will I need? WinTV card? > Special Video car dor TV out? You will need a supported TV tune