Re: 3d accelaration Sis 65x/M650/740

2004-04-29 Thread Nicola Larosa
can read at http://www.winischhofer.net/ : "Once again: There is no DRI support for SiS 315, 550, 650, M650, 651, 740, 330, 661FX, M661FX/MX, 741, 760." Without DRI (Direct Rendering Interface) any fast video output is out of question. :^( - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] &quo

Re: 3d accelaration Sis 65x/M650/740

2004-04-29 Thread Nicola Larosa
can read at http://www.winischhofer.net/ : "Once again: There is no DRI support for SiS 315, 550, 650, M650, 651, 740, 330, 661FX, M661FX/MX, 741, 760." Without DRI (Direct Rendering Interface) any fast video output is out of question. :^( - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] &quo

Re: Debian Install CD doesn't recognize my hard drive

2004-03-30 Thread Nicola Larosa
rd of the drive in a state that's fooling sid while it's trying to recognize the drive and the partitions on it. It'd be best wiping the MBR clean. Booting from the sid CD, or from a Knoppix one, issue this command: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=1 and retry the install. Beware,

Re: Debian Install CD doesn't recognize my hard drive

2004-03-30 Thread Nicola Larosa
rd of the drive in a state that's fooling sid while it's trying to recognize the drive and the partitions on it. It'd be best wiping the MBR clean. Booting from the sid CD, or from a Knoppix one, issue this command: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=1 and retry the install. Beware,

Re: what is this? from ps aux

2004-03-02 Thread Nicola Larosa
t;ps fax" instead, and you'll see that it's probably a child of kdm. (I'm using an Asus L3000D, by chance. :^) ) - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All a man really needs to be happy is work, and a woman to drag him away from it, or so I'm told." -- Mike

Re: what is this? from ps aux

2004-03-02 Thread Nicola Larosa
t;ps fax" instead, and you'll see that it's probably a child of kdm. (I'm using an Asus L3000D, by chance. :^) ) - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All a man really needs to be happy is work, and a woman to drag him away from it, or so I'm told." -- Mike

Re: java plugin for mozilla

2004-01-07 Thread Nicola Larosa
. Is there one? Try this one: http://debian.medvantx.com/apt/dists/debian/opennms/unstable/binary-i386/sun-jdk1.4-installer_1.4.1-01.0_i386.deb Fairly obscure, and fairly old too. I was able to modify it for 1.4.1_06 , YMMV. - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Conventional

Re: java plugin for mozilla

2004-01-07 Thread Nicola Larosa
. Is there one? Try this one: http://debian.medvantx.com/apt/dists/debian/opennms/unstable/binary-i386/sun-jdk1.4-installer_1.4.1-01.0_i386.deb Fairly obscure, and fairly old too. I was able to modify it for 1.4.1_06 , YMMV. - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Conventional

Re: Acer TM 803 and fan noise

2004-01-06 Thread Nicola Larosa
ks complex. It really makes sense, though, with its clean separation of profiles and rules. Maybe the fact that Mattia Dongili seems to be Italian helps, too. :^) Thanks for a well done job, Mattia! - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Conventional currencies are built to create competition

Re: Acer TM 803 and fan noise

2004-01-06 Thread Nicola Larosa
ks complex. It really makes sense, though, with its clean separation of profiles and rules. Maybe the fact that Mattia Dongili seems to be Italian helps, too. :^) Thanks for a well done job, Mattia! - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Conventional currencies are built to create competition

Re: Acer TM 803 and fan noise

2004-01-04 Thread Nicola Larosa
le=Performance [Rule] name=AC ac=on cpu_interval=0-80 battery_interval=0-100 profile=Normal [Rule] name=ACPerf ac=on cpu_interval=80-100 battery_interval=0-100 profile=Performance - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I am afraid that if the United States had to live by the [monetary] rules that a

Re: Acer TM 803 and fan noise

2004-01-04 Thread Nicola Larosa
le=Performance [Rule] name=AC ac=on cpu_interval=0-80 battery_interval=0-100 profile=Normal [Rule] name=ACPerf ac=on cpu_interval=80-100 battery_interval=0-100 profile=Performance - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I am afraid that if the United States had to live by the [monetary] rules that a

Re: [OK] Brand new kernel 2.4.23 freezes my laptop

2003-12-23 Thread Nicola Larosa
rnel ? > > SiS650 owners on woody, have you tried ? I'm not on Woody, but the page I pointed to before ( http://www.winischhofer.net/ ) authoritatively maintains that the SiS650 video adapter does *not* support DRI. It does support the Xv extension, though. - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL

Re: [OK] Brand new kernel 2.4.23 freezes my laptop

2003-12-23 Thread Nicola Larosa
rnel ? > > SiS650 owners on woody, have you tried ? I'm not on Woody, but the page I pointed to before ( http://www.winischhofer.net/ ) authoritatively maintains that the SiS650 video adapter does *not* support DRI. It does support the Xv extension, though. - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL

Re: Brand new kernel 2.4.23 freezes my laptop

2003-12-22 Thread Nicola Larosa
m/af-query.asp?Acronym=apic (fourth entry) APCI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=acpi - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Like music and mathematical equations, computer language is just that, language, and it communicates info

Re: Brand new kernel 2.4.23 freezes my laptop

2003-12-22 Thread Nicola Larosa
m/af-query.asp?Acronym=apic (fourth entry) APCI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=acpi - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Like music and mathematical equations, computer language is just that, language, and it communicates info

Re: Cannot start X server

2003-12-22 Thread Nicola Larosa
. All you need is here: http://www.winischhofer.net/ It's a long read, but it's been fruitful for me. - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Like music and mathematical equations, computer language is just that, language, and it communicates information either to a computer or

Re: Cannot start X server

2003-12-22 Thread Nicola Larosa
. All you need is here: http://www.winischhofer.net/ It's a long read, but it's been fruitful for me. - -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Like music and mathematical equations, computer language is just that, language, and it communicates information either to a computer or

Re: Asus L3355M

2003-11-17 Thread Nicola Larosa
fficiency by aiming for it, but only by being as clearly focused on our goals as we can possibly be. At the same time, such a focus will always lead us to do things that look inefficient to a more narrowly calculating mentality." -- Steve Talbott, NetFuture Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Asus L3355M

2003-11-17 Thread Nicola Larosa
fficiency by aiming for it, but only by being as clearly focused on our goals as we can possibly be. At the same time, such a focus will always lead us to do things that look inefficient to a more narrowly calculating mentality." -- Steve Talbott, NetFuture Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED