Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-06 Thread Dave Thayer
oops involving chroot environments. This can be a PITA to install and maintain. Disclaimer: This was the situation at least up until a couple of years ago when I went to a pure 64 bit system, it may have been fixed in the interim. Still, a heads-up is in order. hth dt -- Dave Thayer / Denver, Co

Re: Searching for a mail client

2007-04-21 Thread Dave Thayer
On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 03:20:37PM +0200, Alexandre Neubert wrote: > > Does anybody knows another mail client? Or does anybody has a simple > tutorial for gnus or mutt? > This one looks pretty simple: <http://mogrify.homelinux.org/2006/01/03/using-mutt-with-gmail/>

Re: Good cell phone to use as modem with Debian? cable? bluetooth?

2005-12-14 Thread Dave Thayer
> which works nicely on Debian (You'll need alien to convert the rpms). Bitpim is FOSS (GPL) and will handle some or all of the above tasks, depending upon the phone model. See the online help for a table of exactly which features work with which phones. Also you might want to browse the bi

Re: Which wireless card for monitor-mode support in the *stock* kernel?

2005-08-09 Thread Dave Thayer
stant prepare module-assistant get rt2500 module-assistant build rt2500 dpkg -i /usr/src/rt2500-.deb (See /usr/share/doc/rt2500-source/README.Debian) dt -- Dave Thayer | Whenever you read a good book, it's like the Denver, Colorado USA | author is right the

Re: USB DVD burner for laptop, Debian compatible?

2004-11-29 Thread Dave Thayer
wer, as > the writing takes up much power. > They're out there, a cursory search at Newegg finds this one: <http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-184-013> HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | WARNING: Persons denying the existence of Denver, Colorado USA |

Re: Re: USB Adapter not for Cardbus but 16bit PCMCIA

2004-01-28 Thread Dave Thayer
ndwidth for USB 1.1, it would require a custom chip set, and the cost would be astronomical. dt -- Dave Thayer | WARNING: Persons denying the existence of Denver, Colorado USA | robots may be robots themselves. [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

Re: Re: USB Adapter not for Cardbus but 16bit PCMCIA

2004-01-28 Thread Dave Thayer
ndwidth for USB 1.1, it would require a custom chip set, and the cost would be astronomical. dt -- Dave Thayer | WARNING: Persons denying the existence of Denver, Colorado USA | robots may be robots themselves. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Dave Thayer
throttling support on pre P4 processers, but according to its FAQ it may not work on all machines. It works nicely on my P3 Coppermine HP Pavilion N5490. dt -- Dave Thayer | WARNING: Persons denying the existence of Denver, Colorado USA | robots may be robots themselves. [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Dave Thayer
throttling support on pre P4 processers, but according to its FAQ it may not work on all machines. It works nicely on my P3 Coppermine HP Pavilion N5490. dt -- Dave Thayer | WARNING: Persons denying the existence of Denver, Colorado USA | robots may be robots themselves. [EMAIL

Re: Touchpad scrolling

2003-10-30 Thread Dave Thayer
way to get my touchpad's edge to act like > a scroll wheel. > > You know, the behavior where dragging your finger along the edge in a > window with scrollbars causes it to scroll up/down? > Try this driver: <http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html>

Re: Touchpad scrolling

2003-10-30 Thread Dave Thayer
way to get my touchpad's edge to act like > a scroll wheel. > > You know, the behavior where dragging your finger along the edge in a > window with scrollbars causes it to scroll up/down? > Try this driver: <http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html>

Re: Two fixed network cards

2003-09-02 Thread Dave Thayer
etwork adapters, since it will only configure the interface when a cable is really connected. HTH DT -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey

Re: Two fixed network cards

2003-09-02 Thread Dave Thayer
etwork adapters, since it will only configure the interface when a cable is really connected. HTH DT -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good rea

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-16 Thread Dave Thayer
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 11:25:56AM +, Daniel Andor wrote: > On Friday 15 November 2002 6:49 am, Dave Thayer wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:27:43PM -0800, Expert User wrote: > > $ apt-cache show ifplugd > > how does this differ from the package laptop-net? >

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-16 Thread Dave Thayer
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 11:25:56AM +, Daniel Andor wrote: > On Friday 15 November 2002 6:49 am, Dave Thayer wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:27:43PM -0800, Expert User wrote: > > $ apt-cache show ifplugd > > how does this differ from the package laptop-net? >

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-15 Thread Dave Thayer
figure your ethernet device when a cable is plugged in and automatically unconfigure it if the cable is pulled. This is useful on laptops with onboard network adapters, since it will only configure the interface when a cable is really connected. should do everything you want. HTH dt -- Dav

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-14 Thread Dave Thayer
figure your ethernet device when a cable is plugged in and automatically unconfigure it if the cable is pulled. This is useful on laptops with onboard network adapters, since it will only configure the interface when a cable is really connected. should do everything you want. HTH dt -- Dav

Re: Working and economic wireless solution

2002-07-22 Thread Dave Thayer
ork > based on who is online. It should be pointed out that an access point can be easily moved around to improve coverage. Depending upon your desktop system's layout it may be worth a few extra bucks for the WAP. dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so

Re: Newbie Questions

2002-07-16 Thread Dave Thayer
n available over the net. This > scheme should be legal. Except that you would have to bypass the encryptation on the DVD and would thereby be violating DMCA. Also, you probably should google on "RIAA vs. mp3.com". HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we

Re: Debian PC Requirements

2002-04-09 Thread Dave Thayer
; right from the start. > And just to come full-circle, there is now a port of linux to the 8086 called ELKS. See it at <http://elks.sourceforge.net>. I have half a mind to try it out on an old PC I have here. dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cav

Re: Debian PC Requirements

2002-04-09 Thread Dave Thayer
t. > And just to come full-circle, there is now a port of linux to the 8086 called ELKS. See it at <http://elks.sourceforge.net>. I have half a mind to try it out on an old PC I have here. dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver,

Re: Synaptics touchpad?

2002-02-09 Thread Dave Thayer
. I have filed a bug report to get it included because using gpm-syn.conf was the key to getting everything to behave. HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey

Re: Synaptics touchpad?

2002-02-09 Thread Dave Thayer
. I have filed a bug report to get it included because using gpm-syn.conf was the key to getting everything to behave. HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL

Re: DWL-650

2002-02-04 Thread Dave Thayer
FAQ go to: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux dt. -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey

Re: DWL-650

2002-02-04 Thread Dave Thayer
rt the internal NIC worked just fine with the wireless card. I did eventually change it to disable the internal interface and run wavemon on vc12 upon insertion. This would be best done in /etc/network/interfaces to quell the remaining annoying questions bug that's a job for another day. H

Re: DWL-650

2002-02-04 Thread Dave Thayer
ritten FAQ go to: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux dt. -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey --

Re: DWL-650

2002-02-04 Thread Dave Thayer
support the internal NIC worked just fine with the wireless card. I did eventually change it to disable the internal interface and run wavemon on vc12 upon insertion. This would be best done in /etc/network/interfaces to quell the remaining annoying questions bug that's a job for another day. H

Re: GDM doesn't recognize keyboard anymore

2001-12-29 Thread Dave Thayer
s a getty running on it. If you can ssh/telnet into your machine try (as root) "fuser -v /dev/tty?" which should tell you if this is happening. I had the same problem and I had to change the line that said "0=Standard" to "0=Standard vt7" in the "[servers]" s

Re: GDM doesn't recognize keyboard anymore

2001-12-29 Thread Dave Thayer
getty running on it. If you can ssh/telnet into your machine try (as root) "fuser -v /dev/tty?" which should tell you if this is happening. I had the same problem and I had to change the line that said "0=Standard" to "0=Standard vt7" in the "[servers]" sect

Re: batch browsing

2001-07-05 Thread Dave Thayer
gt; subsequent pages (just the ones that are interesting)? Sounds like what you want is sitescooper. Check it out at http://www.sitscooper.org . It's in unstable as sitescooper and sitescooper-data. yours, etc. dave t. -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Travelmate mic feedback

2001-05-07 Thread Dave Thayer
ettings between reboots. HTH your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Travelmate mic feedback

2001-05-07 Thread Dave Thayer
ettings between reboots. HTH your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Presentation

2001-04-22 Thread Dave Thayer
esss, it didn't convince me really, for the same things yo say.. so, > doesn't matter. Another approach to take would be to try svgatextmode. I have had good success using svgatextmode to fill the screen of my old toshiba satelite pro 400CS. your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver,

Re: Presentation

2001-04-21 Thread Dave Thayer
esss, it didn't convince me really, for the same things yo say.. so, > doesn't matter. Another approach to take would be to try svgatextmode. I have had good success using svgatextmode to fill the screen of my old toshiba satelite pro 400CS. your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: updated:pcmcia ethernet recommendation(again) :)

2001-03-24 Thread Dave Thayer
e winmodems for the modem half. your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: updated:pcmcia ethernet recommendation(again) :)

2001-03-24 Thread Dave Thayer
e winmodems for the modem half. your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Laptop used in multiple network contexts?

1999-09-19 Thread Dave Thayer
particular /etc/apm/apmd_proxy and /etc/apm/event.d/pcmcia. These aren't very well documented (at least not in /usr/doc/ or man pages) but the scripts are well commented and pretty self explanatory. your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Laptop used in multiple network contexts?

1999-09-19 Thread Dave Thayer
particular /etc/apm/apmd_proxy and /etc/apm/event.d/pcmcia. These aren't very well documented (at least not in /usr/doc/ or man pages) but the scripts are well commented and pretty self explanatory. your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]