Re: 16 mb problem

2005-11-03 Thread Alan Pope
On 02/11/05, Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LOL. Actually, I don't think Windows 98 will run in 16MB - but I know for a > fact that Win95 will. CDs are pretty easy to find in any decent sized > corporate or government office. Whenever I feel a real need for one I can > find one in

Re: uptime

2005-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On 09/11/05, Joseph Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2005-Nov-09 (Wed) at 07:54 (-0600), Willie McKemie wrote: > > >> This is not laptop specific, but. > >> > >> -- > >> Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog! > >> http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836 since 1995 > >> FOUL! My up

Re: list rule

2006-02-23 Thread Alan Pope
On 2/23/06, OguzY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to send mail including attachment to the list? I had > mailed my logs as attechment insted of including them to the mail. > Probably best not to. Could you paste them to some public place and email a link to it? Something like pastebin

Re: DVD not playing

2006-04-03 Thread Alan Pope
On 04/04/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good day everyone, > > I recently installed Ubuntu 5.10 in my IBM Thinkpad > T1830. The problem is when I try to play a DVD in the > DVD player, the machine sends the following error message: > 'No docoders found to handle the stream, you

Re: Laptop and Distro Recommendations?

2006-04-16 Thread Alan Pope
On 17/04/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed Ubuntu on a friend's machine and regretted it. Ubuntu's package > selection is pathetic. > That's just not true. There's thousands of packages if you enable the universe and/or multiverse and/or backports repositories. It's a

Re: Problems with ACPI and ethernet Sis900

2004-10-28 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:47:59 +0100, Hugo Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with my ethernet card (sis900). I don't have connection > to the network until i put in grub "ACPI=off" > Now my ethernet works, but i don't have acpi, because if i put it on, > the connection to

Re: linux compatible video card with dual head mode

2005-01-02 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:08:17 +0100, Antonio Expósito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is dual head mode? > Two screens attached to one computer. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/

Re: setting up network

2005-01-23 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:37:02 +, Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am planning to stay at a hotel which has Internet access but I know nothing > about the IP addresses they use. I am assuming they use dhcp. If I know > nothing of their network, what is the most convenient way to get my l

Re: Digital Photos

2005-02-17 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:36:34 -0800, Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know a few people here work with a digital camera. I'm often off > with my camera and my laptop and I'm wondering how people manage their > photo collections. > I use digikam on ubuntu (and debian on my wifes pc). It

Re: Laptop safe for flight in planes?

2005-02-21 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:42:49 +0100 (CET), Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > my former Laptop had no internal WLAN card so I was safe that it is no > source of any radio frequencies. But my new laptop has a cantrino chip > with WLAN and I will go for a quite long flight. How can

Re: Laptop safe for flight in planes?

2005-02-22 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:56:28 -0500 (EST), Syd Alsobrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > If you cannot find one, then, the chances are good that the WLAN will > > not do anything without some sort of initialization, i.e. loading > > modules. However you can only be sure

Re: Please HELP ME

2005-03-12 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:29:10 -0800 (PST), khuram shahzad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello sir, > I have a NEC pc9821 nr 13 laptop that it's BIOS is in japanese language. > i'm not a japanese user and i want to update it to english mode. > where can i download the update program? > Us

Re: cabling and color code of utp cable

2005-05-05 Thread Alan Pope
On 05/05/05, Veekay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear sir > > pls sent the cable color code and how to connect cable and connector rg45 > > reg > arun > > Mb: e-mail add : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Google is your friend. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ethernet+cable+colour+code http

Re:

2005-05-13 Thread Alan Pope
On 13/05/05, Brandon Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Derek Broughton wrote: > >On Friday 13 May 2005 13:34, robert wrote: > >>help me... notebook sony vaio model PCG-9N1M, DRIVER ATI RADEON IGP > >>345M---PLEASE!!! > >Do you have the slightest clue how likely it is that anyone will even try?

Re:

2005-05-14 Thread Alan Pope
On 14/05/05, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 14 May 2005 2:51 am, Brandon Richards wrote: > > I did try knoppix and it did work but i dont know how to use knoppix to > > install debian. I need some help? > > > > Thanks > > > > brandon > > Install knoppix, understand the

Re: Attaching to a remote desktop?

2005-06-29 Thread Alan Pope
On 29/06/05, Jorge Tomé Hernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, June 29, 2005 11:34, Arjen Verweij said: > > L.S., > > > > I'm looking for a mechanism to connect to a machine that runs Debian. My > > client (laptop) runs Debian SID. Basically I want some sort of VNC that > > will give me t

Re: RAM upgrade?

2005-07-04 Thread Alan Pope
On 04/07/05, Marco Calviani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Debian, > i would like to upgrade the RAM of my Acer Travelmate 8005 running > with Sid: is there a linux program to see what kind of RAM is it > installed (PC2700, PC3200??) ? Is it possible to install two modules > with different size,

Re: Screen sometimes goes black during Xscreensaver

2005-07-14 Thread Alan Pope
On 14/07/05, Kevin Zhao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi here is my strange problem. Generally the xscreensaver is running > very well on may laptop. But sometimes the screen turns black(it is > not off, as I can see the "background light") and I could never turn > it back. I have tried the Fn keys,

Re: GNOME applet to display uptime for testing dist?

2005-07-24 Thread Alan Pope
On 23/07/05, André Wendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello there, > > looking for an applet to display uptime on my laptop w/ Debian testing, > I found the package uptime-applet (duh!). However, it seems to be > orphaned and is only available for Woody. I'd install it anyway if it > weren't for a