[OT] quote about logic [was Re: partition table numberings]

2005-03-21 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 03:47:39PM -0400, Derek Broughton wrote: > "Stealing from one person is plagiarism, stealing from > many is research". Robert Heinlein. Adding the word > logic is the sort of plagiarism attempted by teenagers > doing homework papers... Ah but then you can take the example

Re: Battery life

2005-03-21 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 05:15:30PM +, Jan T. Kim wrote: > Overall, it seems to me that battery technology is surrounded by many > suboptimalities and that only a fundamentally new approach (hydrogen > fuel cells?) will really fix the problem. It seems to me the biggest problem is that each bat

Re: Hotplug vs. cardmgr (was: Anyone using Prism54?)

2004-12-10 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 02:30:07PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > I'm also looking for any easy and fast way to (graphically) crop the > image into a 1.33 ratio image and then scale it down to 640x480. Gimp > works ok, but it's a few steps and I need to do it with a bunch of > images. The motivated

Re: [Fwd: Re: Sound structure (was Re: Dell Inspiron 8600)]

2004-10-01 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 02:47:09PM +0200, Juraj Ziegler wrote: > Once again, I replied only to the sender. ;-/ > Any reason, why the list manager sw does not "Reply-To:"? Many reasons, explained here for example: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html "Good" e-mail clients usually have 3

Re: [Fwd: Re: Sound structure (was Re: Dell Inspiron 8600)]

2004-10-01 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 02:47:09PM +0200, Juraj Ziegler wrote: > Once again, I replied only to the sender. ;-/ > Any reason, why the list manager sw does not "Reply-To:"? Many reasons, explained here for example: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html "Good" e-mail clients usually have 3

Re: GUI

2004-09-03 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:15:48PM +0100, Ognjen_Bezanov wrote: > I have a (very slow) laptop which i use an an access point and storage > server, and i was thinking of installing a GUI which will only be needed > occasionally, i need a windowmanager which will consume very little > resources (i on

Re: GUI

2004-09-03 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:15:48PM +0100, Ognjen_Bezanov wrote: > I have a (very slow) laptop which i use an an access point and storage > server, and i was thinking of installing a GUI which will only be needed > occasionally, i need a windowmanager which will consume very little > resources (i on

Re: Network and Sound issues

2004-09-01 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:20:58PM +, Will Ness wrote: > I am new to the whole debian scene Welcome on-board! > nic is a "Xircom Credit Card Ethernet 10/100 Ready" (Xircom CE3B -100BTX). > How do I get it to work? (what drivers to add, and files to edit, etc.?) It Network info is in /etc/

Re: Network and Sound issues

2004-09-01 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:20:58PM +, Will Ness wrote: > I am new to the whole debian scene Welcome on-board! > nic is a "Xircom Credit Card Ethernet 10/100 Ready" (Xircom CE3B -100BTX). > How do I get it to work? (what drivers to add, and files to edit, etc.?) It Network info is in /etc/

Re: How to install debian on laptop?

2004-08-19 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:00:59PM +0100, Ognjen B wrote: > I have a 75Mhz laptop with 32mb ram, and i need a way to install debian > sarge onto it. the only way i can boot it is via floppy disk. You suggest that woody is already running on that laptop? Surely it would be simpler to do some kind o

Re: How to install debian on laptop?

2004-08-19 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:00:59PM +0100, Ognjen B wrote: > I have a 75Mhz laptop with 32mb ram, and i need a way to install debian > sarge onto it. the only way i can boot it is via floppy disk. You suggest that woody is already running on that laptop? Surely it would be simpler to do some kind o

Re: Sarge Release?

2004-08-11 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 07:58:22AM -0400, James wrote: > Well, let me clarify things. For normal unix/linux task, Debian in > wonderful. Excellent. I won't have to disagree with absolutely everything you wrote :-) > I do very much agree with the focus on stability and security, but, my > work h

Re: Sarge Release?

2004-08-11 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 07:58:22AM -0400, James wrote: > Well, let me clarify things. For normal unix/linux task, Debian in > wonderful. Excellent. I won't have to disagree with absolutely everything you wrote :-) > I do very much agree with the focus on stability and security, but, my > work h

Re: writing on NTFS

2004-07-28 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 02:26:19PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > I believe this has something to do with Microsoft having effectively > copyrighted / patented NTFS after their "failure" to do so with FAT. > > We can read it, but not write it. Longhorn will close this remaining > loophole. Sounds

Re: writing on NTFS

2004-07-27 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 02:26:19PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > I believe this has something to do with Microsoft having effectively > copyrighted / patented NTFS after their "failure" to do so with FAT. > > We can read it, but not write it. Longhorn will close this remaining > loophole. Sounds

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-23 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:01:24PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > > That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it again; I > > could potentially take pictures of each step and put that up > > somewhere if that can be of any help. (Who knows, maybe that > > way I'd manage to put all the screws back i

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-23 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:01:24PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > > That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it again; I > > could potentially take pictures of each step and put that up > > somewhere if that can be of any help. (Who knows, maybe that > > way I'd manage to put all the screws back i

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-21 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:53:28AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > Yikes. After hearing that I'll ask something too general: Anyone > have a laptop they love? Maybe something I can find on Ebay for > less than $800? Sorry to crush your dreams :-) That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it agai

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-21 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:53:28AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > Yikes. After hearing that I'll ask something too general: Anyone > have a laptop they love? Maybe something I can find on Ebay for > less than $800? Sorry to crush your dreams :-) That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it agai

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-20 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:22:41AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > I've got a Toshiba Satellite 2508-S302. I'm running a 2.6.5 kernel > with APM (not ACPI -- tried with ACPI but laptop failed to boot). I have a Satellite 3000-X4 with no APM so I'll skip that bit... :-) > BTW -- anyone have experien

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-20 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:22:41AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > I've got a Toshiba Satellite 2508-S302. I'm running a 2.6.5 kernel > with APM (not ACPI -- tried with ACPI but laptop failed to boot). I have a Satellite 3000-X4 with no APM so I'll skip that bit... :-) > BTW -- anyone have experien

Re: Un-installing this......

2004-07-13 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 01:20:31PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote: > [...] a topic that is, in fact, almost entirely undocumented [...] Not so, it actually is. But, just as you expect to get Debian's installation notes from Debian, NetBSD's installation notes from BSD, you have to get Windows' insta

Re: Un-installing this......

2004-07-13 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 01:20:31PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote: > [...] a topic that is, in fact, almost entirely undocumented [...] Not so, it actually is. But, just as you expect to get Debian's installation notes from Debian, NetBSD's installation notes from BSD, you have to get Windows' insta

Re: beginner question

2004-05-04 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 07:02:35AM -0400, William Hawkes wrote: > I have built the kernel 2.4.26 and selected all module loading options, > but now when using modprobe, the module works fine until I reboot, then > the module doesn't reload automatically. > > Can any one tell me what script I s

Re: beginner question

2004-05-04 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 07:02:35AM -0400, William Hawkes wrote: > I have built the kernel 2.4.26 and selected all module loading options, > but now when using modprobe, the module works fine until I reboot, then > the module doesn't reload automatically. > > Can any one tell me what script I s

Re: Block when insert PCMCIA card

2004-04-30 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 01:41:27AM +0200, Biker De La Colina wrote: > Yes, I can, it was an error using the WebMail send. Careful with that, many of us just drop html e-mails silently -- you wouldn't get an answer and never know why, if wasn't for vocals like Michelle :-) > Hi all, I don't kn

Re: Block when insert PCMCIA card

2004-04-30 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 01:41:27AM +0200, Biker De La Colina wrote: > Yes, I can, it was an error using the WebMail send. Careful with that, many of us just drop html e-mails silently -- you wouldn't get an answer and never know why, if wasn't for vocals like Michelle :-) > Hi all, I don't kn

Re: Vacation notices

2004-04-25 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 06:10:26PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > > > I hope you all realize this is a great way for burglars to find out > > > when it's safe to have a party at your place. > > > > strangely enough we don't all have holidays at the same time where I > > Oh, good. Your cubicle is saf

Re: Vacation notices

2004-04-25 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 06:10:26PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > > > I hope you all realize this is a great way for burglars to find out > > > when it's safe to have a party at your place. > > > > strangely enough we don't all have holidays at the same time where I > > Oh, good. Your cubicle is saf

[OT] Spelling [Was: How to install ATI Radeon IGP 340M]

2004-04-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 07:18:10PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > > The first letter of english in upper-case ;-) > > You capitalize François. I imagine you also capitalize French, et > Français? Or is the objection political? I'll bet that's off topic. Well, François, Keeling and Yves are names a

[OT] Spelling [Was: How to install ATI Radeon IGP 340M]

2004-04-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 07:18:10PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > > The first letter of english in upper-case ;-) > > You capitalize François. I imagine you also capitalize French, et > Français? Or is the objection political? I'll bet that's off topic. Well, François, Keeling and Yves are names a

Re: copy/paste

2004-02-23 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:58:19PM -0600, Dan Davison wrote: > I'm not sure whether this is a Debian question, but could someone tell me > how to copy text out of a pine (email) session on a remote linux/unix > computer (connected to via ssh) into e.g. an xemacs buffer or mozilla > running under De

Re: copy/paste

2004-02-23 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:58:19PM -0600, Dan Davison wrote: > I'm not sure whether this is a Debian question, but could someone tell me > how to copy text out of a pine (email) session on a remote linux/unix > computer (connected to via ssh) into e.g. an xemacs buffer or mozilla > running under De

Re: Strange Zip Attatchment

2004-01-28 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:36:07PM +0100, François TOURDE wrote: > > You can always put such files on your web site and put the URL in your emai= > > l. > > Right, but sometimes people use offline mail, and all attachements are > not invalid, and people don't have always a web site, and ... etc. >

Re: Strange Zip Attatchment

2004-01-28 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:36:07PM +0100, François TOURDE wrote: > > You can always put such files on your web site and put the URL in your emai= > > l. > > Right, but sometimes people use offline mail, and all attachements are > not invalid, and people don't have always a web site, and ... etc. >

Re: idepci to vanilla

2004-01-27 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 08:31:39AM -0800, Andrew Roth wrote: > I'm in a catch-22 situation - I have no net to download > usb drivers and I need usb drivers for the network to get > a new kernel-image. The 320CDS is rather old, from that age when RS232 ruled all; there is a serial port on it, isn't

Re: idepci to vanilla

2004-01-27 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 08:31:39AM -0800, Andrew Roth wrote: > I'm in a catch-22 situation - I have no net to download > usb drivers and I need usb drivers for the network to get > a new kernel-image. The 320CDS is rather old, from that age when RS232 ruled all; there is a serial port on it, isn't

Re: Debian vs... ? (was RE: powerbook and debian)

2004-01-26 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:00:02AM -0800, Provost, Stephane wrote: > So could anybody give serious reasons as to why RH is bad, Debian is better > ? I've looked on Google but I didn't find a real serious report. The very same question on another mailing list brought this up: http://www.debian.org

Re: Debian vs... ? (was RE: powerbook and debian)

2004-01-26 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:00:02AM -0800, Provost, Stephane wrote: > So could anybody give serious reasons as to why RH is bad, Debian is better > ? I've looked on Google but I didn't find a real serious report. The very same question on another mailing list brought this up: http://www.debian.org

Re: Debian vs... ? (was RE: powerbook and debian)

2004-01-23 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:25:24PM -0500, James Horton wrote: > Debian Testing, can use a 2.6.x kernel, today. I do not believe, > but I'm not certain, that RH does not TODAY have 2.6.x kernels > available. What's important about 2.6.x ? Forgive me, but I'll argue all of these are very bad reason

Re: Debian vs... ? (was RE: powerbook and debian)

2004-01-23 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:25:24PM -0500, James Horton wrote: > Debian Testing, can use a 2.6.x kernel, today. I do not believe, > but I'm not certain, that RH does not TODAY have 2.6.x kernels > available. What's important about 2.6.x ? Forgive me, but I'll argue all of these are very bad reason

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-22 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:21:26PM +0100, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: > How do you then explain that without APM or ACPI, the fans do not start up > leaving the system frozen after even small amounts of CPU load? If the fans don't start up, your system freezes? That's unexepected, I'd though

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-22 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:21:26PM +0100, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: > How do you then explain that without APM or ACPI, the fans do not start up > leaving the system frozen after even small amounts of CPU load? If the fans don't start up, your system freezes? That's unexepected, I'd though

Re: powerbook and debian

2004-01-22 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:10:45PM +1100, Raymond Wan wrote: > I have no experience with Mac OS, either, but I heard that the OS > is based on Unix, so I don't see a reason for installing Debian over it. Surely, the same reasons as installing Debian over any RedHat... Y.

Re: powerbook and debian

2004-01-22 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:10:45PM +1100, Raymond Wan wrote: > I have no experience with Mac OS, either, but I heard that the OS > is based on Unix, so I don't see a reason for installing Debian over it. Surely, the same reasons as installing Debian over any RedHat... Y. -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 11:57:35AM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > Normally you should also be able to set up so that the > > laptop goes automatically to sleep when running out of > > power. With this setting, the only way to actually kill > > the computer is to let the battery run out, then let th

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 11:57:35AM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > Normally you should also be able to set up so that the > > laptop goes automatically to sleep when running out of > > power. With this setting, the only way to actually kill > > the computer is to let the battery run out, then let th

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > plug" problem that my youngest is only recently growing out of. Normally you should al

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > plug" problem that my youngest is only recently growing out of. Normally you should al

Re: your mail

2003-12-26 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 04:54:58PM -, alan clark wrote: > Hi, > > Just like to know where I can locate a copy of a manual for a Toshiba T4500 > laptop? Dude, At least give it a try, 3 minutes walltime from www.toshiba.com will bring you here: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_

Re: your mail

2003-12-26 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 04:54:58PM -, alan clark wrote: > Hi, > > Just like to know where I can locate a copy of a manual for a Toshiba T4500 laptop? Dude, At least give it a try, 3 minutes walltime from www.toshiba.com will bring you here: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_

Re: RFC: Create d-user-woody, d-user-sarge maillists, deactivate d-user

2003-12-02 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 06:02:50PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Which mean, that even if someone like to install SLINK on a > 486, the Mailinglist will still availlable. For peoples > which are willing to Help it will no problenm, because the > traffic are naturaly decreasing on older Versio

Re: RFC: Create d-user-woody, d-user-sarge maillists, deactivate d-user

2003-12-02 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 06:02:50PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Which mean, that even if someone like to install SLINK on a > 486, the Mailinglist will still availlable. For peoples > which are willing to Help it will no problenm, because the > traffic are naturaly decreasing on older Versio

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-19 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:43:27PM +0100, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: > > who could face loading all of KDE when running on batteries. > > yuck. > > Excuse me but how can using KDE impact your battery life? Well, CPU cycles are expensive battery-wise (it's more expensive to do "something" th

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-19 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:43:27PM +0100, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: > > who could face loading all of KDE when running on batteries. > > yuck. > > Excuse me but how can using KDE impact your battery life? Well, CPU cycles are expensive battery-wise (it's more expensive to do "something" th

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:18:16PM +0100, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: > Who in their right mind would choose another desktop but the one true, nice > looking, user friendly, slick and fast.. > > KDE? Anyone who actually wants to get work done? /Y - bah :-)

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:57:34PM +0100, François TOURDE wrote: > > editor and a shell (to compile and run), > > I use my editor to compile and run... Is it really only an editor? I > use emacs and M-x compile :) Most of what I do can't be run easily from the editor, as it's at best cross-compil

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:18:16PM +0100, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: > Who in their right mind would choose another desktop but the one true, nice > looking, user friendly, slick and fast.. > > KDE? Anyone who actually wants to get work done? /Y - bah :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:57:34PM +0100, François TOURDE wrote: > > editor and a shell (to compile and run), > > I use my editor to compile and run... Is it really only an editor? I > use emacs and M-x compile :) Most of what I do can't be run easily from the editor, as it's at best cross-compil

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 03:19:46PM -0500, Ryan M. Golbeck wrote: > apt-get install ratpoison ratpoison looks interesting (I never actually tried it, because I ran into ION first and fell in love). The idea of only having one, full-screen frame at a time seem to reductionnist to me, though. On a l

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 03:19:46PM -0500, Ryan M. Golbeck wrote: > apt-get install ratpoison ratpoison looks interesting (I never actually tried it, because I ran into ION first and fell in love). The idea of only having one, full-screen frame at a time seem to reductionnist to me, though. On a l

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:10:52PM -0500, Dutch wrote: > -If not WM,then which windowmanager doyou use/prefer? ION, the only WM that has actually invented something since 1978 (more or less) and rids window managing of its most irritating aspects (which are equally found in WindowMaker, KDE, Gnom

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:10:52PM -0500, Dutch wrote: > -If not WM,then which windowmanager doyou use/prefer? ION, the only WM that has actually invented something since 1978 (more or less) and rids window managing of its most irritating aspects (which are equally found in WindowMaker, KDE, Gnom

Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-10-27 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 08:18:31AM -0800, Tom Drixler wrote: > I have a Thinkpad A30p. Unfortunately, I have lost my > Recovery CD?s, and guess what, IBM does not sell the > Recovery?s So, please help me out, and send me a copy > of your Recovery. Shipments and all costs will be paid of > cours

Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-10-27 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 08:18:31AM -0800, Tom Drixler wrote: > I have a Thinkpad A30p. Unfortunately, I have lost my > Recovery CD?s, and guess what, IBM does not sell the > Recovery?s So, please help me out, and send me a copy > of your Recovery. Shipments and all costs will be paid of > cours

Re: Second hand laptop

2003-10-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 11:28:17AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > Also note that on laptops made before 2000 most of the hardware was "ISA". > In > many cases the only way of determining the hardware settings was through a > Windows utility program. So you need the customised version of Windows

Re: Second hand laptop

2003-10-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 11:28:17AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > Also note that on laptops made before 2000 most of the hardware was "ISA". In > many cases the only way of determining the hardware settings was through a > Windows utility program. So you need the customised version of Windows fo

Re: linux-wlan-ng wep

2003-10-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 07:16:07PM +0200, Maximilian Pascher wrote: > yes, my distribution is of course Debian. Erm, yes of course. Forgot what forum I was on > iwconfig doesn't work with linux-wlan-ng. That's very odd; I think I use linux-wlan-ng as well (with a Netgear 401M card), and my SSI

Re: linux-wlan-ng wep

2003-10-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 03:25:15PM +0200, Maximilian Pascher wrote: > please excuse this stupid question, but where the heck do I find the correct > config file for linux-wlan-ng to set a wep key? Not really a stupid question... I think the whole WLAN system lacks a bit of maturation in the Linux

Re: linux-wlan-ng wep

2003-10-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 07:16:07PM +0200, Maximilian Pascher wrote: > yes, my distribution is of course Debian. Erm, yes of course. Forgot what forum I was on > iwconfig doesn't work with linux-wlan-ng. That's very odd; I think I use linux-wlan-ng as well (with a Netgear 401M card), and my SSI

Re: linux-wlan-ng wep

2003-10-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 03:25:15PM +0200, Maximilian Pascher wrote: > please excuse this stupid question, but where the heck do I find the correct > config file for linux-wlan-ng to set a wep key? Not really a stupid question... I think the whole WLAN system lacks a bit of maturation in the Linux

Re: Configuring iwconfig?

2003-10-13 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 08:20:49AM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > However, do not set the 'auto' flag for a PCMCIA device. > If you do it will fail on bootup because of the fact that > the networking startup script (/etc/init.d/networking) > runs before the PCMCIA script. Wonderful -- this list an

Re: Configuring iwconfig?

2003-10-13 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 08:20:49AM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > However, do not set the 'auto' flag for a PCMCIA device. > If you do it will fail on bootup because of the fact that > the networking startup script (/etc/init.d/networking) > runs before the PCMCIA script. Wonderful -- this list an

Re: reiserfs vs ext3fs

2003-10-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 08:04:33PM +0200, Martin Schmiderer wrote: > you can use xfs. It 's a very fast journaling filesystem. Im > sorry becouse my english is bad... But xfs is the only one i put > on my harddisks, it's great ;-). Test it with hdparm and some > disasters in there you have resto

Re: reiserfs vs ext3fs

2003-10-06 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 08:04:33PM +0200, Martin Schmiderer wrote: > you can use xfs. It 's a very fast journaling filesystem. Im > sorry becouse my english is bad... But xfs is the only one i put > on my harddisks, it's great ;-). Test it with hdparm and some > disasters in there you have resto

Re: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?

2003-09-26 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:06:16PM +0200, Martin Heinrich wrote: > > > Wow !!! - Now there are 27.000 Killed Messages from 78 mailboxes. > > Mich würd ja mal interessieren wofür brauchstn du 78 Mailboxen? One per mailing list is, I think, a rather common setup. It allows you to drop an e-mail ad

Re: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?

2003-09-26 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:06:16PM +0200, Martin Heinrich wrote: > > > Wow !!! - Now there are 27.000 Killed Messages from 78 mailboxes. > > Mich würd ja mal interessieren wofür brauchstn du 78 Mailboxen? One per mailing list is, I think, a rather common setup. It allows you to drop an e-mail ad

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-05 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > The theory here is that because the old CMOS battery was > not plugged in for sometime and then plugged in, the > computer sensed it had some electricity and so booted-up. > But after a little while plugged in, the computer drained

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-05 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > The theory here is that because the old CMOS battery was > not plugged in for sometime and then plugged in, the > computer sensed it had some electricity and so booted-up. > But after a little while plugged in, the computer drained

Re: [OT/2] Need some help on translating document

2003-08-19 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 06:41:00PM +0200, François TOURDE wrote: > Some weeks ago, I've written a document[1] explaining how to install Debian on > a DELL Latitude C840. This document is in french (my mother tongue), and seems > to have a big success (more than 20 hits/day, excluding Robots). Afte

Re: [OT/2] Need some help on translating document

2003-08-19 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 06:41:00PM +0200, François TOURDE wrote: > Some weeks ago, I've written a document[1] explaining how to install Debian on > a DELL Latitude C840. This document is in french (my mother tongue), and seems > to have a big success (more than 20 hits/day, excluding Robots). Afte

Re: PC card dual Serial port card

2003-08-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 10:52:37AM -0400, James wrote: > Obviously, I need hardware, but, if anyone has any > existing software for serial data capture, display, and > analysis, I'd be keenly interested in that software. Hey, grep :-) cat /dev/ttyS0 | tee output > /dev/ttyS1 grep "things" output

Re: PC card dual Serial port card

2003-08-18 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 10:52:37AM -0400, James wrote: > Obviously, I need hardware, but, if anyone has any > existing software for serial data capture, display, and > analysis, I'd be keenly interested in that software. Hey, grep :-) cat /dev/ttyS0 | tee output > /dev/ttyS1 grep "things" output

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:30:49AM +1200, criggie wrote: > > I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron > > 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it > > also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently > > available reasona

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:30:49AM +1200, criggie wrote: > > I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron > > 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it > > also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently > > available reasona

Re: Kernel 2.6 and Dell Inspiron laptop

2003-08-14 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 11:46:23PM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > I have a Toshiba Satellite, and I would say that ACPI support is awesome. > The ACPI support available in 2.4.xx (patches from the ACPI project) always > errored out on my laptop, saying that it was on the blacklist becuase the > BI

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-14 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 08:16:01PM +0100, Xavier Maillard wrote: > Macs ? Cute ? Don't think so. Troll :p The question isn't wheather Macs are cute or not, but whether cute is good or not. > My taste for a new notebook are these: centrino, HDD of 40Go (minimum), > 256Mo of RAM, good Linux suppor

Re: Kernel 2.6 and Dell Inspiron laptop

2003-08-14 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 11:46:23PM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > I have a Toshiba Satellite, and I would say that ACPI support is awesome. > The ACPI support available in 2.4.xx (patches from the ACPI project) always > errored out on my laptop, saying that it was on the blacklist becuase the > BI

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-08 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 08:16:01PM +0100, Xavier Maillard wrote: > Macs ? Cute ? Don't think so. Troll :p The question isn't wheather Macs are cute or not, but whether cute is good or not. > My taste for a new notebook are these: centrino, HDD of 40Go (minimum), > 256Mo of RAM, good Linux suppor

Re: to install

2003-07-07 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 07:34:03PM +0200, François TOURDE wrote: > >>First time user: > >>I would like to ask for help, please. Need instructions in installing > >>minicom_ 1.83.1-4.5_i386.deb on Toshiba Satellite 1555CDS with Red Hat 9.0 > >>I would appreciate respond. > >>Thank you, > >>Tom > >

Re: to install

2003-07-07 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 07:34:03PM +0200, François TOURDE wrote: > >>First time user: > >>I would like to ask for help, please. Need instructions in installing > >>minicom_ 1.83.1-4.5_i386.deb on Toshiba Satellite 1555CDS with Red Hat 9.0 > >>I would appreciate respond. > >>Thank you, > >>Tom > >

Re: 2.4 Kernel Stability

2003-07-01 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 03:49:30AM -0400, James wrote: > I read that may people are running 2.4.x kernels on their portables. Is > there a (semi) stable release > of Debian 2.4, that I can run on a portable? You're mixing things up. Debian (the distribution) has a set of release number: current

Re: 2.4 Kernel Stability

2003-07-01 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 03:49:30AM -0400, James wrote: > I read that may people are running 2.4.x kernels on their portables. Is > there a (semi) stable release > of Debian 2.4, that I can run on a portable? You're mixing things up. Debian (the distribution) has a set of release number: current

Re: Debian <---> Gentoo

2003-06-26 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:50:56PM +0100, Johannes Graumann wrote: > This might be a provoking question but I was wondering whether anybody > on the list had tried Gentoo Linux ... I get the impression that the > custom compiling done through this distribution might be the right thing > for the lim

Re: Debian <---> Gentoo

2003-06-26 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:50:56PM +0100, Johannes Graumann wrote: > This might be a provoking question but I was wondering whether anybody > on the list had tried Gentoo Linux ... I get the impression that the > custom compiling done through this distribution might be the right thing > for the lim

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:25:48AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hey all: > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:25:48AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hey all: > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same

Re: Thinkpad 560,need Hints/Experiences

2003-02-19 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 07:58:49AM -0800, Heather Stern wrote: > Unfortunately decent GUI-but-not-X browsers aren't too thick on the > ground; in fact if you know of one that's any good please chime in. > There are a bunch of text mode browsers and with zgv and a good set > of lines in /etc/mailc

Re: Thinkpad 560,need Hints/Experiences

2003-02-19 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 07:58:49AM -0800, Heather Stern wrote: > Unfortunately decent GUI-but-not-X browsers aren't too thick on the > ground; in fact if you know of one that's any good please chime in. > There are a bunch of text mode browsers and with zgv and a good set > of lines in /etc/mailc

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2003-02-10 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 01:20:21AM -, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > > HELP! > > You gotta love [dh]ell by now... :-) Just to balance things out, I regularly get a similar problem with a Toshiba 3000-X4: some of the keys just stop working until you reboot (I don't know if it's a software or a har

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