Re: framebuffer (was As86?)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There are other reasons to use the framebuffer, like security: if you > have untrusted users, you only need to audit the small bit of code in > the fb, then you can run X non-suid, instead of countin

Re: as86?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Alexander Clouter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think Heather likes the idea of the logo on bootup :) That's why I use it. :) And I get _two_ penguins. :) - -- Graeme. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Life's not fair," I reply. "But the root password he

Re: as86?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ob laptop: framebuffer is driving me nuts. What should be so different > about framebuffer support under Debian (potato/woody mix) and RH 6.1, that > the latter "just works" for framebuffer X, but Debian c

Re: as86?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No, but maybe it should 'suggest' it. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:devel$ dpkg --info kernel-source-2.2.14_2.2.14-4.deb Package: kernel-source-2.2.14 Version: 2.2.14-4 Section: devel [ mass snippage ] Suggests: ncu

Re: hmmm tweaked too much

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Alexander Clouter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I decided to install XFree86 4.0 on my laptop. X now runs *very* quickly > and is very stable. However there several two irritating problems: Do you really need to run XFree86 4.0? Did it solve

Re: as86?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... as86. What have I failed to install? bin86 - -- Graeme. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Life's not fair," I reply. "But the root password helps." - BOFH -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GN

Re: APM and Suspend on IBM Thinkpad

Hi, "William McKee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) when I try to suspend the laptop by closing the case or using > 'apm -s', nothing happens. Using the command, I get an error message > 'Cannot open APM device: Permission denied' > However, I am able to start apm and have it notice AC off-li