Re: Debian into an existing Loopback file system

2001-08-03 Thread Peter Cordes
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:11:20PM -0700, Curt Howland wrote: > > There are distros that are designed for people who want to give linux > > a try without repartitioning. I tried one a couple years ago, and it > > had a windoze-based installer that created the image file, and set up > > loadlin wi

svhs output possible?

2001-08-03 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi. I've an ati mobility m4 with svhs out. Does anyone know if this is usable from xfree 4.1.0? Can't find any hints in the net... Greetings, -Cajus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

svhs output possible?

2001-08-03 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi. I've an ati mobility m4 with svhs out. Does anyone know if this is usable from xfree 4.1.0? Can't find any hints in the net... Greetings, -Cajus

Re: Getting a usb mouse to work in xwindows

2001-08-03 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Friday, 3. August 2001 20:32, John Marr wrote: > I am hoping someone can help me: > > I have a usb MS intellimouse on my laptop. When I boot into debian, the usb > mouse driver loads, but the mouse does not respond to moving the usb mouse. > Is there a special section that i need to add to my xf

Getting a usb mouse to work in xwindows

2001-08-03 Thread John Marr
I am hoping someone can help me: I have a usb MS intellimouse on my laptop. When I boot into debian, the usb mouse driver loads, but the mouse does not respond to moving the usb mouse. Is there a special section that i need to add to my xf86config-4 file to get the usb mouse to work? I am running

IBM 600 E

2001-08-03 Thread Jørgen Ruud
I have a thinkpad 600E with 132 mb ram. I going to install debian testing (woody) on this an I have a few question about DVD and divx on this machine. Will I be able to use the DVD player under linux?, and will this machine be able to play divX fullscreen under linux?. This machine has a tv-out-p

IBM 600 E

2001-08-03 Thread Jørgen Ruud
I have a thinkpad 600E with 132 mb ram. I going to install debian testing (woody) on this an I have a few question about DVD and divx on this machine. Will I be able to use the DVD player under linux?, and will this machine be able to play divX fullscreen under linux?. This machine has a tv-out-

Re: On

2001-08-03 Thread Michael Eyrich
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Re: On

2001-08-03 Thread Michael Eyrich
ce more SiS 900 Ethernet... Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 12:15:18AM +0200 X-Operating-System: Linux Organization: Telecommunication Networks Group (TKN), TU Berlin, Germany On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 12:15:18AM +0200, Franz Keferböck wro

Re: Debian into an existing Loopback file system

2001-08-03 Thread Curt Howland
> There are distros that are designed for people who want to give linux > a try without repartitioning. I tried one a couple years ago, and it > had a windoze-based installer that created the image file, and set up > loadlin with an initrd thing. If you get stuck, just look at how they > do it,

Re: Debian into an existing Loopback file system

2001-08-03 Thread Peter Cordes
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:20:16AM +0200, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > on my laptop I use a loopback-file for the /usr partitions. > This is however, very slow. > I think you would be better off using the umsdos filesystem (which hapily > co-exsists with windows on the same disk-partition

Re: Debian into an existing Loopback file system

2001-08-03 Thread Peter Cordes
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:11:20PM -0700, Curt Howland wrote: > > There are distros that are designed for people who want to give linux > > a try without repartitioning. I tried one a couple years ago, and it > > had a windoze-based installer that created the image file, and set up > > loadlin wit

Re: Debian into an existing Loopback file system

2001-08-03 Thread Curt Howland
> There are distros that are designed for people who want to give linux > a try without repartitioning. I tried one a couple years ago, and it > had a windoze-based installer that created the image file, and set up > loadlin with an initrd thing. If you get stuck, just look at how they > do it, o