Re: Recomended NIC for router/server

There are some compatability issues between different NIC, hubs & switches. You'd do well to check with you switch manufacturer which NICs they recommend. I'll not name names, since I'd only be repeating info from magazine articles rather than 1st-hand experience. To offload some of the processin

Re: Problem with kernel modules

I always set version info on all modules, which allows you to use old or non-kernel modules with a new kernel. As a bit of housekeeping I also rename the Debian modules dir before I "make modules modules_install". Don't forget to clean out /etc/modules to stop the system trying to load non-existant

Re: Linuxconfig opinions

Try Webmin instead - it's usually pretty accurate, it does authentication, and understands many different systems (Debian, RedHat, SuSE, FreeBSD, AIX etc, etc, etc), so if you like to tinker with several different Linux/Unix boxen you get a consistent interface across them all. I tried LinuxConf a

Re: Q: Default bpp resolution 32 in Linux?

AFAIK 24bpp is also referred to as "packed pixel" - 32 & 24bpp give the same amount of colours (16.7 million)but with 24bpp the colour info is compressed. Some hardware can't handle the 24bpp and must use 32bpp. == Paul Sims ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Spire

Re: w3m wouldn't load http://localhost

have you defined a global http proxy (squid or wwwoffle, for instance) - I have had some funnies with this. Check the result of "export". == Paul Sims ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SpireLUG - the Chesterfield Linux User Group www.spirelug.org.uk ==

Re: tnt2 vanta and dell 21"

I've been though this with a Vanta. The Nvidia source is for 3.3.5 I believe, otherwise you have the binaries (with stringent license). The binary driver is unstable & liable to crash & burn with slight provocation eg. ctrl-alt-Fx to a text console, or simply dying on startup.

Re: XFree86 4.0.1 and TrueType fonts

: SHA1 > > wulfie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ttmkfdir in the ttf dir :) Add the path to your fonts section in > > XF86Config, freetype to the modules section (you already did both, it > > seems) & you're there. > > What's the exact path t

Re: installing without a cd-rom

If the other pcs are networked simply mount the cd on one and use an ftp or nfs link. == Paul Sims ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SpireLUG - the Chesterfield Linux User Group www.spirelug.org.uk == On Sat, 4 Nov

new to Debian....

although not new to linux. A little bit of skewed logic in places - I install C dev system & kernel sources, but the .debs do not include libcurses5 as a "recommended" to "make menuconfig". Huh? I'd have thought many kernel hand-rollers would do menuconfig & so this would be a popular reccomen

Re: installation problem

Most likely the kernel is not aware of the ATA100 interface yet. If you can, slot in a multi-I/O card with IDE i/f & use this to install. You'll have to seek out a kernel patch for the ATA100 controller. The reported "Promise" controller is the ATA100 chipset being detected but not recognized. ==

Re: XFree86 4.0.1 and TrueType fonts

ttmkfdir in the ttf dir :) Add the path to your fonts section in XF86Config, freetype to the modules section (you already did both, it seems) & you're there. == Paul Sims ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SpireLUG - the Chesterfield Linux User Group www.spirelug.o

Re: Upgrading video card: Best of these three?

I'll second the anti-Nvidia driver lobby. I too have had severe lockups either starting XF86 4.0 or ctl-alt-Fx'ing to a text console. My specific hardware is a 16Mb Sparkle Nvidia Vanta AGP 2x card, this on my main SuSE (sorry!) box. == Paul Sims ([