Re: journaling file system on thinkpad?

2002-05-10 Thread Scott Henry
t you are converting. Not to mention needing an XFS kernel. -- More Important Drivel from: Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /\/\/\ http://www.tenchiki.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Yehaw!

2000-02-01 Thread Scott Henry
Many things are working already. I am using a USB mouse suvvessfully. linux-usb.org keeps up a working backport patch to the latest 2.2 kernels, and my USB mouse (really an Evolution trackball) works under that, too. -- More Important Drivel from: Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /\/\/\ http://reality.sgi.com/scotth/

Re: files appear corrupt, but aren't; kernel bug?

2000-01-16 Thread Scott Henry
he former can gererate spurious errors like you are seeing without otherwise being detected. I spend the extra money on ECC memory, because I don't want any hidden errors... Oh, and make sure that you have parity enabled on the SCSI bus peripherals, too. -- More Impor

Re: [Off Topic] Celeron 366 or 400 MHz, 64+ MB RAM?

2000-01-10 Thread Scott Henry
7;t nail this one down. Can I use more than 64 MB with k> this processor/L2 cache combination? Yes. The problem you mention was a problem with the external L2 caches on some motherboards. All socket-7 type if I recall correctly. It is not a problem with any P2/P3 derived processor. --

Re: Acer machines

2000-01-03 Thread Scott Henry
>>>>> "O" == Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: O> On 31 Dec 1999, Scott Henry wrote: >> Not those specific machines. O> SGI? Yes, I work for SGI, but not speaking for SGI... O> Problem is, the machine is currently running on a single-processor,

Re: Acer machines

2000-01-01 Thread Scott Henry
es are intrusive and wide-spread. But it's done with a single sleection in `make menuconfig`, the first step in compiling your own kernel. Note that all modules need to be recompiled as well. A standard uniprocessor kernel runs on a multi-processor system, so installation, etc, works. -

Re: System hangs on boot

1999-12-28 Thread Scott Henry
s internal termination. Also, make sure that your SCSI cables are as short as possible. Normally this means that the ScanJet should be at the end of the bus. It is unusual to have the controller not be one extreme of the numbers, ie: either 0 or 7. -- More Important Drivel from: Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /\/\/\ http://reality.sgi.com/scotth/

Re: Trouble with /dev/tty vs. /dev/ttyX

1999-12-26 Thread Scott Henry
ev/tty % on my system. (the odd date is because I am running with devfs patch). -- More Important Drivel from: Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /\/\/\ http://reality.sgi.com/scotth/

atd fails? (potato)

1999-11-09 Thread Scott Henry
reboot with an old kernel (2.3.21/devfs/int-patch) where it used to work... (SMP, but that shouldn't affect atd?). Any ideas? -- More Important Drivel from: Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /\/\/\ http://reality.sgi.com/scotth/

Re: Shell bash

1999-10-05 Thread Scott Henry
admin may have installed the "gnu" package, which includes bash (as /usr/gnu/bin/bash). There are ways to install it in your homedir if you don't have admin priviledges (or can' convince the admin to install it). see the "-r /root" option to inst/swmgr. --

Re: Flat-panel monitors?

1999-09-29 Thread Scott Henry
the necessary info needed to manually configure /etc/X11/XF86Config is in the /usr/share/doc/xserver-i128 pages. Note that you need xfree86 v3.3.1 or later. Note also that the later .deb's have a broken xserver... So either stick with the 3.3.3.1 .debs or grab the binary from xfree86.org. --

Re: S3 AGP Trio3D2x and X servers (SVGA vs FBDev)

1999-09-28 Thread Scott Henry
ed. But 3.3.4 L> form www.xfree86.org works great. My is 3253081 bytes. I've seen this as well. I strongly suspect it is due to a gcc/egcs compilation bug. ie: the gcc2 compiled xserver works and the egcs compiled xserver doesn't. In the case of the I128 xserver, the change appears

Re: xfree 3.3.4 debs

1999-09-25 Thread Scott Henry
to copy a working xserver from. I've submitted a bug report for 3.3.4, but now have some more details in 3.3.5, so I need to update the bug report... -- Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / Help! My disclaimer is missing! IRIX MTS, / GIGO *really* means: Garbage in

Re: Slow system clock?

1999-09-23 Thread Scott Henry
) before the clock runs acceptably. The values computed are saved into a startup script. You would need to do this first, even if you were planning on running NTP to sync the time. The algorithms in ntpd assume that the inherent clock drift is "small", for some value of small. -- S

Re: Backup -- what directories are important?

1999-09-17 Thread Scott Henry
ill go out and refetch/install them all? I'm doing something like this, but it is still by hand at the moment (there's nothing critical on the machine). dpkg --get-selections dpkg --set-selections (though I haven't tried the latter yet, just read it in the m

Re: hi i got a question

1999-09-16 Thread Scott Henry
cripple the hardware to save a few manufacturing bucks. Long answer: There is a project afoot that might make some models of WinModem work under Linux (and probably *BSD), but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it. -- Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&