Re: Strange behavior of my Accu

2003-08-16 Thread Frank Agerholm
Jan Luehr wrote: > Greetings, > > well, I've some trouble with my accu in my Sony Vaio PCG-FX505 and Woody with > a self built 2.4.20 Kernel from testing.. The whole computer switches of > after a few minutes of use without any warning about a low battery (like a > blinking light) and I cannot

Re: defragmenting/resizing

2003-08-16 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 19:54, Bilal Ahmad wrote: > I have bought recently a HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop w/ a 40G hard drive (38G > actually), and with Windows XP Pro. I want to partition the hard drive so > that I leave 18G for XP Pro and 20G for Debian. Windows Disk Defragmenter > leaves a chunk o

Re: Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
Vincent Bernat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OoO Pendant le repas du samedi 16 août 2003, vers 19:26, Xavier > Maillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > > Let me explain why I don't considerate it as the *ideal* > > solution. I honestly think the layout of the X server should be > > chosen b

Re: not enable to close X server to install latest n-vidia drivers

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
pablo de soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i have a samsung x10 running debian sid Does it run it nicely ? > i m trying to close x server to run nvidia-installer --update ok > but when pressing it restarts again to gnome > desktop manager not clossing the xserver This is normal beh

Re: defragmenting/resizing

2003-08-16 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 19:54, Bilal Ahmad wrote: > I have bought recently a HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop w/ a 40G hard drive (38G > actually), and with Windows XP Pro. I want to partition the hard drive so > that I leave 18G for XP Pro and 20G for Debian. Windows Disk Defragmenter > leaves a chunk o

Re: Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
Vincent Bernat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OoO Pendant le repas du samedi 16 août 2003, vers 19:26, Xavier > Maillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > > Let me explain why I don't considerate it as the *ideal* > > solution. I honestly think the layout of the X server should be > > chosen b

Re: not enable to close X server to install latest n-vidia drivers

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
pablo de soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i have a samsung x10 running debian sid Does it run it nicely ? > i m trying to close x server to run nvidia-installer --update ok > but when pressing it restarts again to gnome > desktop manager not clossing the xserver This is normal beh

Success Story (was: ACPI: the way to go)

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
Martin List-Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 01:05, Xavier Maillard wrote: > > Hello, [...] > You will need to get a recent vanilla kernel, patch it with acpi and > the patch for custom dsdt from http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml > > The kernel, that i gave you th

Re: Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-16 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Pendant le repas du samedi 16 août 2003, vers 19:26, Xavier Maillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > Let me explain why I don't considerate it as the *ideal* solution. I > honestly think the layout of the X server should be chosen before I > launch my X session that is to say one have to install

Re: [OT: Face] Re: ACPI: the way to go

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 01:05:48AM +0200, Xavier Maillard wrote: > > Hello, > > Hi! Hi, > I had never used uuen/decode before, so it took me a few minutes to > figure out how to decode your Face: header, but it worked. Nice way > of using header

Re: Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
Vincent Bernat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello ! Hello ! > [lots] I think you did a really good job but I won't use such a solution. Let me explain why I don't considerate it as the *ideal* solution. I honestly think the layout of the X server should be chosen before I launch my X sess

Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-16 Thread Vincent Bernat
Hello ! I have written a snippet of code which could be useful to some of you. It aims at allowing to choose a server layout at GDM prompt. It is useful if you want to be able to switch between a single headed config and a dual headed one. Your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 needs to have layout sections

Success Story (was: ACPI: the way to go)

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
Martin List-Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 01:05, Xavier Maillard wrote: > > Hello, [...] > You will need to get a recent vanilla kernel, patch it with acpi and > the patch for custom dsdt from http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml > > The kernel, that i gave you th

Re: Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-16 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Pendant le repas du samedi 16 août 2003, vers 19:26, Xavier Maillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > Let me explain why I don't considerate it as the *ideal* solution. I > honestly think the layout of the X server should be chosen before I > launch my X session that is to say one have to install

Re: [OT: Face] Re: ACPI: the way to go

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 01:05:48AM +0200, Xavier Maillard wrote: > > Hello, > > Hi! Hi, > I had never used uuen/decode before, so it took me a few minutes to > figure out how to decode your Face: header, but it worked. Nice way > of using header

Re: Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-16 Thread Xavier Maillard
Vincent Bernat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello ! Hello ! > [lots] I think you did a really good job but I won't use such a solution. Let me explain why I don't considerate it as the *ideal* solution. I honestly think the layout of the X server should be chosen before I launch my X sess

Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-16 Thread Vincent Bernat
Hello ! I have written a snippet of code which could be useful to some of you. It aims at allowing to choose a server layout at GDM prompt. It is useful if you want to be able to switch between a single headed config and a dual headed one. Your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 needs to have layout sections

Re: Console-based PIM for old laptop ?

2003-08-16 Thread David Fokkema
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 05:23:26AM +0300, Manolis Tzanidakis wrote: > Hello, > slightly OT, but is there any nice console-based PIM program > available ? > I need one since I have an old laptop & progs like evolution or > kpim are simply out of the question. > I already use abook to keep an addres

[OT: Face] Re: ACPI: the way to go

2003-08-16 Thread David Fokkema
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 01:05:48AM +0200, Xavier Maillard wrote: > Hello, Hi! I had never used uuen/decode before, so it took me a few minutes to figure out how to decode your Face: header, but it worked. Nice way of using headers, ;-) BTW, is this thing useful for something or is it just for fu

Re: Console-based PIM for old laptop ?

2003-08-16 Thread David Fokkema
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 05:23:26AM +0300, Manolis Tzanidakis wrote: > Hello, > slightly OT, but is there any nice console-based PIM program > available ? > I need one since I have an old laptop & progs like evolution or > kpim are simply out of the question. > I already use abook to keep an addres

[OT: Face] Re: ACPI: the way to go

2003-08-16 Thread David Fokkema
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 01:05:48AM +0200, Xavier Maillard wrote: > Hello, Hi! I had never used uuen/decode before, so it took me a few minutes to figure out how to decode your Face: header, but it worked. Nice way of using headers, ;-) BTW, is this thing useful for something or is it just for fu

Re: not enable to close X server to install latest n-vidia drivers

2003-08-16 Thread Robert Grimm
pablo de soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > but when pressing it restarts again to gnome > desktop manager not clossing the xserver # /etc/init.d/gdm stop HTH, Rob -- Manchmal denke ich, der beste Beweis dafür, daß es anderswo im Universum intelligentes Leben gibt, ist der, daß noch keiner ve

Re: not enable to close X server to install latest n-vidia drivers

2003-08-16 Thread Marc Schlensog
pablo de soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 16.08.03 04:51:33: > > i have a samsung x10 running debian sid > > i m trying to close x server to run nvidia-installer --update > > but when pressing it restarts again to gnome > desktop manager not clossing the xserver > > any suggestion

Re: defragmenting/resizing

2003-08-16 Thread Ralf Nolden
On Freitag, 15. August 2003 23:23, François TOURDE wrote: > Le 12279ième jour après Epoch, > > Bilal Ahmad écrivait: > > I have bought recently a HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop w/ a 40G hard drive > > (38G actually), and with Windows XP Pro. I want to partition the hard > > drive so that I leave 18G for

Re: not enable to close X server to install latest n-vidia drivers

2003-08-16 Thread Robert Grimm
pablo de soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > but when pressing it restarts again to gnome > desktop manager not clossing the xserver # /etc/init.d/gdm stop HTH, Rob -- Manchmal denke ich, der beste Beweis dafür, daß es anderswo im Universum intelligentes Leben gibt, ist der, daß noch keiner ve

Re: not enable to close X server to install latest n-vidia drivers

2003-08-16 Thread Marc Schlensog
pablo de soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 16.08.03 04:51:33: > > i have a samsung x10 running debian sid > > i m trying to close x server to run nvidia-installer --update > > but when pressing it restarts again to gnome > desktop manager not clossing the xserver > > any suggestion