Re: Black screen of death

2008-02-15 Thread Ron Savage
On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 07:45 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: Hi Paul > /etc/X11/xorg.conf Nope, as I explained. But thanx for replying. The real answer is in ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/screen/default/0/% gconf.xml. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html -- To UNSUBSCR

Black screen of death

2008-02-15 Thread Ron Savage
ve Googled, but only found references to the list of possible screen modes. And I've read /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but can't see how that helps. Dual booting to WinXP got Windows to detect a problem, so I chose Use Last Known Good Configuation, but back in Debian that had no effect. TIA. -- Ro

Re: Windows programs report 1 cpu, Debian and Ubuntu report 2

2007-11-04 Thread Ron Savage
John Hasler wrote: Hyperthreading. Hmmm. I see bit 28 - the HyperThreading bit - is set in the feature flags register of the cpu, so that looks like it. I guess I'll let Debian utilize the feature without any input from me :-). As we say in Perl: $many x $thanx; -- Ron Savage [

Windows programs report 1 cpu, Debian and Ubuntu report 2

2007-11-04 Thread Ron Savage
some dual-core chips with 1 faulty core are sold as mono-core, but even that doesn't explain the discrepancy. TIA. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]