Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Thu, 16 May 2002, Mark Lucas wrote: >I've installed Debian 'Potato' on my Toshiba Laptop (Pentium 75, 24Mb RAM, I've been running desktop Pentium 120 with 24 MB until very recently (then I added more memory to it and bought 366 MHz laptop as a primary computer) >monitor can only display 640x

Seeking Advice on buying Compaq Pressario 1722

2002-05-16 Thread ShanthaKumar
hi, I am from India and I work for TCS. Asia largest consultancy company. I wish to buy Compaq pressario 1722. Can you give me your advice on this. The features are: 1 Ghz Mobile Pentium SpeedStep 128Mb SDRAM 30 GB HDD Floppy Drive 8 DVD ROM Ethernet, 56Kbps Modem Windows XP. 1 year warranty. I r

Re: Xircom CardBus and Kernel 2.4

2002-05-16 Thread Joseph Fannin
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 03:47:59PM -0500, Thomas R. Shannon wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> On Sunday 12 May 2002 02:33, you wrote: >> This is a well known problem. I also have a i82365 controller, but the i82365 >> kernel module doesn't work. The solution is to use the undocumented >> yenta

Re: Xircom CardBus and Kernel 2.4

2002-05-16 Thread Joseph Fannin
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 03:47:59PM -0500, Thomas R. Shannon wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> On Sunday 12 May 2002 02:33, you wrote: >> This is a well known problem. I also have a i82365 controller, but the i82365 >> kernel module doesn't work. The solution is to use the undocumented >> yent

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Karsten Heymann
* Dale Hair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020517 02:41]: > On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 17:18, Mark Lucas wrote: > > Hey thanks for all the help! > > That was very quick. > > > > I've removed Gnome and installed BlackBox. I must admit I quite like the > > uncluttered desktop. I'm still searching for some XWindows

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Dale Hair
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 17:18, Mark Lucas wrote: > Hey thanks for all the help! > That was very quick. > > I've removed Gnome and installed BlackBox. I must admit I quite like the > uncluttered desktop. I'm still searching for some XWindows office software > though given that my machine is not up to

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Mark" == Mark Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mark> I'm still searching for some XWindows office software though given Mark> that my machine is not up to OpenOffice. There's a package called ted that you may want to check out. I think it's available in potato. It's an RTF editor. It l

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Martin Schwenke
> "Mark" == Mark Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mark> [...] I'm still searching for some XWindows office software Mark> though given that my machine is not up to OpenOffice. Does Mark> anyone have experience with Corel Office for Linux? Corel Office runs under WINE. It was ne

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Karsten Heymann
* Dale Hair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020517 02:41]: > On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 17:18, Mark Lucas wrote: > > Hey thanks for all the help! > > That was very quick. > > > > I've removed Gnome and installed BlackBox. I must admit I quite like the > > uncluttered desktop. I'm still searching for some XWindow

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Mark Lucas
Hey thanks for all the help! That was very quick. I've removed Gnome and installed BlackBox. I must admit I quite like the uncluttered desktop. I'm still searching for some XWindows office software though given that my machine is not up to OpenOffice. Does anyone have experience with Corel Office

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Dale Hair
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 17:18, Mark Lucas wrote: > Hey thanks for all the help! > That was very quick. > > I've removed Gnome and installed BlackBox. I must admit I quite like the > uncluttered desktop. I'm still searching for some XWindows office software > though given that my machine is not up t

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Mark" == Mark Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mark> I'm still searching for some XWindows office software though given Mark> that my machine is not up to OpenOffice. There's a package called ted that you may want to check out. I think it's available in potato. It's an RTF editor. It

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Martin Schwenke
> "Mark" == Mark Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mark> [...] I'm still searching for some XWindows office software Mark> though given that my machine is not up to OpenOffice. Does Mark> anyone have experience with Corel Office for Linux? Corel Office runs under WINE. It was n

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Mark Lucas
Hey thanks for all the help! That was very quick. I've removed Gnome and installed BlackBox. I must admit I quite like the uncluttered desktop. I'm still searching for some XWindows office software though given that my machine is not up to OpenOffice. Does anyone have experience with Corel Office

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Heather Stern
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 06:54:34PM +0100, Mark Lucas wrote: > I'm sure this question must have been asked a thousand times but I have > searched the web and been unable to find an answer. So here goes: > > I've installed Debian 'Potato' on my Toshiba Laptop (Pentium 75, 24Mb RAM, > Colour DualScan

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Mark" == Mark Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Mark> 1. Windows being opened up that are bigger than the screen area Mark> meaning I often can't get to the 'OK' or 'Cancel' buttons. I want Mark> to tell all the apps that the creen only supports 640x480 so that Mark> it can work pro

Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Mark Lucas
I'm sure this question must have been asked a thousand times but I have searched the web and been unable to find an answer. So here goes: I've installed Debian 'Potato' on my Toshiba Laptop (Pentium 75, 24Mb RAM, Colour DualScan LCD panel) and all seems to be singing in console mode. I've configur

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread Fernando Caprio Jr
Hello, Apm doesent seen to work on my compaq laptop. Look: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# modprobe apm /lib/modules/2.4.18-686/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/m

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Heather Stern
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 06:54:34PM +0100, Mark Lucas wrote: > I'm sure this question must have been asked a thousand times but I have > searched the web and been unable to find an answer. So here goes: > > I've installed Debian 'Potato' on my Toshiba Laptop (Pentium 75, 24Mb RAM, > Colour DualSca

Re: Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Mark" == Mark Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Mark> 1. Windows being opened up that are bigger than the screen area Mark> meaning I often can't get to the 'OK' or 'Cancel' buttons. I want Mark> to tell all the apps that the creen only supports 640x480 so that Mark> it can work pr

Desktops and Office Suites

2002-05-16 Thread Mark Lucas
I'm sure this question must have been asked a thousand times but I have searched the web and been unable to find an answer. So here goes: I've installed Debian 'Potato' on my Toshiba Laptop (Pentium 75, 24Mb RAM, Colour DualScan LCD panel) and all seems to be singing in console mode. I've configu

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread Fernando Caprio Jr
Hello, Apm doesent seen to work on my compaq laptop. Look: root@puppy:~# modprobe apm /lib/modules/2.4.18-686/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread David Z Maze
Fernando Caprio, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a Compaq 1700 which uses ACPI profile. I'm using Woody, I > installed kernel 2.4.18 - 686 package, but it wont come with > EXPERIMENTAL packages I guess, because it doesent have ACPI > modules. Is there any package with those modules ? and..

Re: Usb does't work

2002-05-16 Thread Alex Lau
make sure the following is in the kernel usb-uhci.o lsmod, if not modprobe usb-uhci InSa wrote: Hello everybody, I have an external isnd usb modem "minivigor128 isdn ta", produced by draytek, and the driver (called miniVigor128-V1.0-2-for-2.4.0.i386.rpm) is available at the producer's site.

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread David Z Maze
Fernando Caprio, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a Compaq 1700 which uses ACPI profile. I'm using Woody, I > installed kernel 2.4.18 - 686 package, but it wont come with > EXPERIMENTAL packages I guess, because it doesent have ACPI > modules. Is there any package with those modules ? and.

Re: Usb does't work

2002-05-16 Thread Alex Lau
make sure the following is in the kernel usb-uhci.o lsmod, if not modprobe usb-uhci InSa wrote: >Hello everybody, > >I have an external isnd usb modem "minivigor128 isdn ta", produced by >draytek, and the driver (called miniVigor128-V1.0-2-for-2.4.0.i386.rpm) >is available at the producer's si

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Mike Hommey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Fernando Caprio Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a Compaq 1700 which uses ACPI profile. I'm using Woody, I > > installed kernel 2.4.18 - 686 package, but it wont come with > > EXPERIMENTAL packages I guess, because it doesent have ACPI modules

Re: Kernel PCMCIA/CardBus on a Tecra 8200

2002-05-16 Thread Norman Walsh
/ Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | I'm running an up to date Woody system, with a custom 2.4.17 kernel, | and I'm NOT using the modules in the kernel tree, I'm using what comes | in the pcmcia-cs-source package. Yeah, the pcmcia-cs modules work for me too, but apparently the

Usb does't work

2002-05-16 Thread InSa
Hello everybody, I have an external isnd usb modem "minivigor128 isdn ta", produced by draytek, and the driver (called miniVigor128-V1.0-2-for-2.4.0.i386.rpm) is available at the producer's site. I'm using debian so I converted the package into deb format with alien. I've recompiled the kernel wi

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Mike Hommey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Fernando Caprio Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a Compaq 1700 which uses ACPI profile. I'm using Woody, I > > installed kernel 2.4.18 - 686 package, but it wont come with > > EXPERIMENTAL packages I guess, because it doesent have ACPI module

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread Mike Hommey
Hi Fernando On 15 May 2002 23:00:36 -0300 "Fernando Caprio Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > I have a Compaq 1700 which uses ACPI profile. I'm using Woody, I > installed kernel 2.4.18 - 686 package, but it wont come with > EXPERIMENTAL packages I guess, because it doesent have ACPI

crash on presario

2002-05-16 Thread Alessandro Speranza
Hi everyone. I'm here again with ACPI problems, I think. My Compaq presario 700, fully ACPI machine, seems to be crashing after some hours it's been on for. I suspect, as yesterday it froze with just emacs and xdvi on, due to CPU temperature, although the machine did not seem too hot, and the vent

Re: Kernel PCMCIA/CardBus on a Tecra 8200

2002-05-16 Thread Norman Walsh
/ Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | I'm running an up to date Woody system, with a custom 2.4.17 kernel, | and I'm NOT using the modules in the kernel tree, I'm using what comes | in the pcmcia-cs-source package. Yeah, the pcmcia-cs modules work for me too, but apparently the

Re: Mozilla 0.9.9 and Java

2002-05-16 Thread Alessandro Speranza
On Tue, 14 May 2002, Frank Scott wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:35:02AM -0400, Kozikowski, Mark wrote: > > I've got a few libjavaplugin files in j2r1-4, which one is the one I > > should link? I tried with libjavaplugin_ini.so, but it said it wasn't able > > to find another library, I think l

Usb does't work

2002-05-16 Thread InSa
Hello everybody, I have an external isnd usb modem "minivigor128 isdn ta", produced by draytek, and the driver (called miniVigor128-V1.0-2-for-2.4.0.i386.rpm) is available at the producer's site. I'm using debian so I converted the package into deb format with alien. I've recompiled the kernel w

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread Mike Hommey
Hi Fernando On 15 May 2002 23:00:36 -0300 "Fernando Caprio Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > I have a Compaq 1700 which uses ACPI profile. I'm using Woody, I > installed kernel 2.4.18 - 686 package, but it wont come with > EXPERIMENTAL packages I guess, because it doesent have ACP

crash on presario

2002-05-16 Thread Alessandro Speranza
Hi everyone. I'm here again with ACPI problems, I think. My Compaq presario 700, fully ACPI machine, seems to be crashing after some hours it's been on for. I suspect, as yesterday it froze with just emacs and xdvi on, due to CPU temperature, although the machine did not seem too hot, and the ven

Re: Mozilla 0.9.9 and Java

2002-05-16 Thread Alessandro Speranza
On Tue, 14 May 2002, Frank Scott wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:35:02AM -0400, Kozikowski, Mark wrote: > > I've got a few libjavaplugin files in j2r1-4, which one is the one I > > should link? I tried with libjavaplugin_ini.so, but it said it wasn't able > > to find another library, I think