Re: xf86config-4 setup problems

2002-10-28 Thread jerry k
Alan Chandler wrote: >If you use the nvidia sourced driver the UseFBDev option works. (There are >some debian packages (nvidia-kernel-src and nvidia-glx-src) that will >download the latest driver from nvidia's web site and make some debs from >them which you can then install. Thanks for that, I've

Re: Speed

2002-10-28 Thread jerry k
Paul Johnson wrote: >On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 08:02:41PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: >> This is actually one good feature of Windows, the way it can drop you >> into the system while its essentially still booting. > >How is this useful? It slows down it's startup and it's still >unusable until

Re: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-28 Thread jerry k
Matt wrote: > I have done this on several machines. > > By far the easiest is to erase everything from the machine and start from > scratch. > > Then, install w2k. Do not use the whole drive though, but how big a > partition to make, will be dependant on how big your drive is and what you > will b

Re: kernel-source/kernel-headers/HCF drivers

2002-10-24 Thread jerry k
ings in the documentation I've got. It's wearing me down having to switch to windoze to go online. None of the docs I found relating to kernel rolling and source were debian-specific - where should i be looking? Sorry for asking such dumb questions but I really have done much mor

kernel-source/kernel-headers/HCF drivers

2002-10-24 Thread jerry k
efiles can find them where they expect? I'm going to have to install a 2.4 kernel at some point soon, so should i just do away with kernel-source and kernel-headers and expect apt-get install kernel-package to put everything in the right place? Here's the hcfpciconfig log file, anyone managed

Re: How to pronounce "Debian"?

2002-10-23 Thread jerry k
Wendell Cochran wrote: > Back to `Debian'. Both de- & -ian are common in English, & it's > a tossup whether a reader chancing upon `Debian' for the first time will > favor `De-' or `-ian'. Hence ehb vs eeb. > It's a toss-up for americans. No-one from the UK would ever say 'Deebian' -- T

Re: Slow Win2k after Debian install

2002-10-04 Thread jerry k
Josh wrote: > I have had a similar problem when dualbooting with XP. The problem is when you > create partitions within Windows Windows thinks that the said partitions are > Windows native so it goes and tries to "mount" the partitions even though they > have an ext2 filesystem. What you need t

Re: Slow Win2k after Debian install

2002-10-04 Thread jerry k
Kourosh wrote: > One thing you may want to try is to use W2K's disk management > tools to delete the last partitioan, i.e. G:, then reboot > so that it is no longer recognized as drive G: in Windows. > That should clear up the problem with Explorer trying to > read the G: drive. This won't affec

Slow Win2k after Debian install

2002-10-04 Thread jerry k
I've seen similar setups work for other people with no problems and it seems a bit limiting to not allow Windows and Debian to share the extended partition. Any advice or pointers to info would be much appreciated. Cheers! Jerry K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with