Re: Phone recording software

2009-03-02 Thread steve
e call, and audacity to record? ive never done it but should be possible. you may want to post this the user list if no one else respond. im sure theres more subscribers there who would have ideas. -- Steve Reilly http://reillyblog.com ~ Netiquette ~ http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/

Re: No sound after installing KDE...

2004-10-13 Thread Steve
hree lines in my .bashrc, but this work for > me only. where i have to add them if i want to make it work for all the > users? Add it in /etc/profile for all users. Steve. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Samsung T10 - Graphics card query...

2004-01-21 Thread Steve
ously the graphics quality is far from optimised. So, has any one got a similar setup to mine, had the same problems and sorted them? The graphics card is an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 Thanks Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Samsung T10 - Graphics card query...

2004-01-23 Thread Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve wrote: Hi Guys I can get Debian 3.0 r2 installed on my Samsung T10 no problem. The only problem is, is that I have to use the VESA drivers and they don't give options for 1400 x 1050 screen resolution, the nearest is 1280 x 1024. GNome works fine (KDE hang

Null Modem on Thinkpad 755ce

2004-03-01 Thread Steve
Hello,   I recieved a IBM Thinkpad 755CE and thought it would be a great test subject for Debian.  I installed Debian 3.0 using the 20 disk core install.  Now my question is how would i get it to connect to the internet using a serial db9 cable hooked up the the serial port of the laptop and

Samsung T10 - Graphics card query...

2004-01-21 Thread Steve
ously the graphics quality is far from optimised. So, has any one got a similar setup to mine, had the same problems and sorted them? The graphics card is an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 Thanks Steve

Re: Samsung T10 - Graphics card query...

2004-01-23 Thread Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve wrote: Hi Guys I can get Debian 3.0 r2 installed on my Samsung T10 no problem. The only problem is, is that I have to use the VESA drivers and they don't give options for 1400 x 1050 screen resolution, the nearest is 1280 x 1024. GNome works fine (KDE

Null Modem on Thinkpad 755ce

2004-03-02 Thread Steve
Hello,   I recieved a IBM Thinkpad 755CE and thought it would be a great test subject for Debian.  I installed Debian 3.0 using the 20 disk core install.  Now my question is how would i get it to connect to the internet using a serial db9 cable hooked up the the serial port of the laptop and

Order from Jebda.

2009-11-08 Thread Steve Dolan
response is highly needed,so i can provide you with the list of the needed items from you. Steve Dolan JEBDA STORE INC # 112 Victor Street, Chatswood 2067, Australia Tel: +61 3 9417 3005 E-mail: jebdastore...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-17 Thread steve reilly
op 3 machines for customer satisfaction, reliability are asus, sony, toshiba. check out system76 as well, using a pangolin here, very impressed. steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Laptop

2015-04-12 Thread Steve Wright
Hi Tobias, I found a used Lenovo T420 on E-Bay. It was off lease, and had the disk removed. Got it for a great price. Added an SSD and it has worked great for me. Haven't used it for any thing mission critical, but I've been pleased. Have a great day, Steve On 04/11/201

Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?

2006-08-05 Thread Steve Lamb
ars ago I was left with a Dell Latitude dock at home. I bought a CPx off eBay back in 2003 or so. I've pretty much run it 24/7 since then. All of my productivity is on this laptop. Web browsing, email, word processing, graphics manipulation. Not too shabby for a 667Mhz machine. :) --

Re: Anyone happy with Dell-Ubuntu PC's?

2007-07-06 Thread Steve Witt
On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, George Hein wrote: My family has had about 10 ThinkPads, but as another is dying we 'need' another laptop. Lenovo not as good as IBM and Dell avoiding the MS-tax lead me to try Dell. Any experiances? Meanwhile on my main laptop, ThinkPad-T42 with Debian I'm very happy. B

Re: turning off the LCD screen.

2000-09-25 Thread Steve Dobson
the APM (Adv. Power Mgmt) section. There is a kernel option as I recall that allows the BIOS to turn of the backlight when it enters power saving mode - but this only works if X isn't running. If you can't find any information in the HOWTOs try looking in the kernel docs I know I read abo

Configuration of Exim

2000-09-26 Thread Steve Dobson
p type First question: What is wrong with my exim.conf route_list line? Second question: Is there a better way of doing this? Thanks for any help you can provide. Steve -- Steve Dobson E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix ArchitectTel (Direct): +44 1763 2644

Re: config dual pcmcia nics

2000-09-27 Thread Steve Dobson
esac I have managed to configure my laptop so that I configures any NIC PCMCIA card depending upon the slot it is in. Although I don't plug two cards in at the same time. I have also configured different schemes that make it easy to change the configuration -- one for working in t

Re: APM support in kernel?

2000-10-14 Thread Steve Dobson
t on ;^): http://www.steve.dobson.org/debian/ If a more complete version of what I have planned for my site could be done at w.d.o it would need a number of volunteers, because of the number of laptops that Linux runs on. Heather, Morgan, anyone else interested in helping put this together?

Re: NeoMagix256ZX support in potato?

2000-11-28 Thread Steve Anderson
h time I run startx, the display is corrupted. I've gone back to X 3.3.6 for the time being, but would like to know if anyone is getting better results with 4.0.1. - Steve Anderson

Re: How to switch PCMCIA network config

2000-12-31 Thread Steve Dobson
.." ;; Well something like that anyway - you should get the idea then if you plug your network card into the top slot it will always be configured for your home network. If you plug the network card into the bottom slot then it will be configured depending upon the setting of your scheme. If you change scheme (cardctl scheme ) then the network is reconfigured (you don't even need to pull the card our and push it back in). Hope this helps. Steve

Re: advice on upgrading hard drive and cpu of laptop

2001-01-10 Thread Steve Stancliff
ng, spreadsheet, C and Java development,and of course surfing. When I need to run really heavy calculations I usually still develop the code on it and then ssh to my Duron-980 at home or my PIII-733 at work to run it. I use the Duron mostly for games. Best, Steve Stancliff

Re: Mac Laptop with Linux

2001-01-14 Thread Steve Dobson
at autonomy buy multiple second abatteries - these are discharged first so one your first second battery is dead you can replace it with the second second battery (not need to power down - or even enter power saving mode). :-) If you understand that please explain it to m

Re: upgrading to 'testing' failure

2001-03-04 Thread Steve Dobson
ell it's not > ^^^ > You mean 2.2.18? > Yes, I spotted that. I installed a 2.2.18 kernel two weeks ago (with ext3 patched in - although I am not using it yet) provided by Steve McIntyre) and last week I upgraded to Woody with out any problem. XF86-4.0.2 didn't come up straight away -

Re: Resolution Under X - Dell Inspiron 7500

2001-03-07 Thread Steve Dobson
utions working okay on > their Dell Laptop can send me the relevant mode lines used in their XF86Config > file. > I have just upgraded to XF86-4 and every thing is working fine for me on my Inspiron 7500. I have attached my configs - hope they help. Please not that I am ru

Re: Dell Laptop with Potato

2001-03-08 Thread Steve Dobson
hek out the archeives you might see answers to any C600 issues. Steve -- _ _ _ __| | ___ | |__ | |__ ___ / _ |/ _ \| _ \| _ \ / _ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (_| | (_) | |_) | (_) | (_) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \|\___/|/ \___/ \___/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dell Inspiron 8000

2001-03-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
ine dependencies for you and install 8390 first. the 82557 is NOT an ne2000 clone - it's an Intel Etherexpress Pro 10/100 - use the eepro100 driver instead. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

2001-03-21 Thread Steve Dobson
the same experience as you Chris. dhcp-client works for my 3Com DF63C575 Steve -- _ _ _ __| | ___ | |__ | |__ ___ / _ |/ _ \| _ \| _ \ / _ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (_| | (_) | |_) | (_) | (_) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \|\___/|/ \___/ \___/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dell Latitude C800 and NIC card.

2001-03-28 Thread Steve Dobson
e held back going the kernel 2.4.x, and one of the reasons is for device support. If you getting it going under 2.4.x please let me know. Steve -- _ _ _ __| | ___ | |__ | |__ ___ / _ |/ _ \| _ \| _ \ / _ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (_| | (_) | |_) | (_) | (_

Re: apmd on Dell Inspiron 7500

2001-04-07 Thread Steve Dobson
Hi Iain On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 02:01:26PM +0100, Iain Kennedy wrote: > > I've got a Dell Inspiron 7500 and have tried compiling the apm in the > kernel with several different configurations.. the battery monitor and all > that good stuff works fine, but I've never had any luck with resuming > af

printing

2001-05-06 Thread steve thompson
tions. At the lowest resolution (360), the dvips command prints a low-quality page, but at the higher resolutions it does the endless pages through as described above. Any suggestions or explanation would be appreciated. Steve # @(#)etc.printcap5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 # # This fil

PCMCIA configuration under 2.4.x

2001-06-07 Thread Steve Dobson
is just an RTFM or STFW please point me at the appropriate URL. I know that this is the correct diver and that it works because I can configure the network by hand. I would like the PCMCIA subsystem to do it automatically. Thanks loads for any help you can g

Re: configurations, interfaces(5)

2001-06-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
.168.1.1, run samba >> On the road: through modem, run nothing > >Have a look at netenv, it should get you at least partway there, and you >could write a script that used the current netenv config to bring up the >relevant services/mount the relevant shares. Or check out div

Re: 3 com nic

2001-08-12 Thread Steve Dobson
Hi Arvydas On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 09:08:30AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I tried to install pcmcia network card 3com (3ccfe575ct) with 2.4.7 > kernel and it's hangs. i tried pcmcia-cs 3.1.27 pakage also and it > also didn't help.With 2.2.18 kernel i have no problem with this card. > mayb

Re: Debian FDISK vs. Microsoft Format

2001-08-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
since. Boot into Debian and blat that partition - dd over it, or mke2fs it. Then format under DOS/Win will do the correct thing. I still can't believe how bad Micro$oft's system tools are by default. The best thing to do with fdisk.exe, for example, is delete it before you're tempte

Re: pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Steve Oxley
ed to either wait for the kernel source that replaces the 3-variable min/max macro, or downgrade to the last kernel version that didn't have the problem. > Andor Demarteau Steve - -- ObCynicalComment: Speak softly and carry a cellular phone. Stephen Oxley, Shared Systems Secti

Re: turning off the LCD screen.

2000-09-25 Thread Steve Dobson
the APM (Adv. Power Mgmt) section. There is a kernel option as I recall that allows the BIOS to turn of the backlight when it enters power saving mode - but this only works if X isn't running. If you can't find any information in the HOWTOs try looking in the kernel docs I know I read abo

Configuration of Exim

2000-09-26 Thread Steve Dobson
p type First question: What is wrong with my exim.conf route_list line? Second question: Is there a better way of doing this? Thanks for any help you can provide. Steve -- Steve Dobson E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix ArchitectTel (Direct): +44 1763 2644

Re: config dual pcmcia nics

2000-09-27 Thread Steve Dobson
esac I have managed to configure my laptop so that I configures any NIC PCMCIA card depending upon the slot it is in. Although I don't plug two cards in at the same time. I have also configured different schemes that make it easy to change the configuration -- one for working in t

Re: APM support in kernel?

2000-10-14 Thread Steve Dobson
suit on ;^): http://www.steve.dobson.org/debian/ If a more complete version of what I have planned for my site could be done at w.d.o it would need a number of volunteers, because of the number of laptops that Linux runs on. Heather, Morgan, anyone else interested in helping put this together?

Re: NeoMagix256ZX support in potato?

2000-11-28 Thread Steve Anderson
h time I run startx, the display is corrupted. I've gone back to X 3.3.6 for the time being, but would like to know if anyone is getting better results with 4.0.1. - Steve Anderson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to switch PCMCIA network config

2000-12-31 Thread Steve Dobson
.." ;; Well something like that anyway - you should get the idea then if you plug your network card into the top slot it will always be configured for your home network. If you plug the network card into the bottom slot then it will be configured depending upon the setting of your scheme. If you change scheme (cardctl scheme ) then the network is reconfigured (you don't even need to pull the card our and push it back in). Hope this helps. Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: advice on upgrading hard drive and cpu of laptop

2001-01-10 Thread Steve Stancliff
ng, spreadsheet, C and Java development,and of course surfing. When I need to run really heavy calculations I usually still develop the code on it and then ssh to my Duron-980 at home or my PIII-733 at work to run it. I use the Duron mostly for games. Best, Steve Stancliff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mac Laptop with Linux

2001-01-14 Thread Steve Dobson
at autonomy buy multiple second abatteries - these are discharged first so one your first second battery is dead you can replace it with the second second battery (not need to power down - or even enter power saving mode). :-) If you understand that please explain it to m

Re: upgrading to 'testing' failure

2001-03-04 Thread Steve Dobson
^^^ > You mean 2.2.18? > Yes, I spotted that. I installed a 2.2.18 kernel two weeks ago (with ext3 patched in - although I am not using it yet) provided by Steve McIntyre) and last week I upgraded to Woody with out any problem. XF86-4.0.2 didn't come up straight away -

Re: Resolution Under X - Dell Inspiron 7500

2001-03-07 Thread Steve Dobson
utions working okay on > their Dell Laptop can send me the relevant mode lines used in their XF86Config > file. > I have just upgraded to XF86-4 and every thing is working fine for me on my Inspiron 7500. I have attached my configs - hope they help. Please not that I am ru

Re: Dell Laptop with Potato

2001-03-08 Thread Steve Dobson
hek out the archeives you might see answers to any C600 issues. Steve -- _ _ _ __| | ___ | |__ | |__ ___ / _ |/ _ \| _ \| _ \ / _ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (_| | (_) | |_) | (_) | (_) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \|\___/|/ \___/ \___/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Dell Inspiron 8000

2001-03-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
ine dependencies for you and install 8390 first. the 82557 is NOT an ne2000 clone - it's an Intel Etherexpress Pro 10/100 - use the eepro100 driver instead. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remem

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

2001-03-21 Thread Steve Dobson
the same experience as you Chris. dhcp-client works for my 3Com DF63C575 Steve -- _ _ _ __| | ___ | |__ | |__ ___ / _ |/ _ \| _ \| _ \ / _ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (_| | (_) | |_) | (_) | (_) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \|\___/|/ \___/ \___/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Dell Latitude C800 and NIC card.

2001-03-28 Thread Steve Dobson
have held back going the kernel 2.4.x, and one of the reasons is for device support. If you getting it going under 2.4.x please let me know. Steve -- _ _ _ __| | ___ | |__ | |__ ___ / _ |/ _ \| _ \| _ \ / _ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (_| | (_) | |_) | (_) | (_

Re: apmd on Dell Inspiron 7500

2001-04-07 Thread Steve Dobson
Hi Iain On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 02:01:26PM +0100, Iain Kennedy wrote: > > I've got a Dell Inspiron 7500 and have tried compiling the apm in the > kernel with several different configurations.. the battery monitor and all > that good stuff works fine, but I've never had any luck with resuming > a

printing

2001-05-06 Thread steve thompson
t dpi resolutions. At the lowest resolution (360), the dvips command prints a low-quality page, but at the higher resolutions it does the endless pages through as described above. Any suggestions or explanation would be appreciated. Steve # @(#)etc.printcap5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 # # This fil

PCMCIA configuration under 2.4.x

2001-06-06 Thread Steve Dobson
his is just an RTFM or STFW please point me at the appropriate URL. I know that this is the correct diver and that it works because I can configure the network by hand. I would like the PCMCIA subsystem to do it automatically. Thanks loads for any help you can g

Re: configurations, interfaces(5)

2001-06-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
.168.1.1, run samba >> On the road: through modem, run nothing > >Have a look at netenv, it should get you at least partway there, and you >could write a script that used the current netenv config to bring up the >relevant services/mount the relevant shares. Or check out div

Re: Debian FDISK vs. Microsoft Format

2001-08-15 Thread Steve McIntyre
since. Boot into Debian and blat that partition - dd over it, or mke2fs it. Then format under DOS/Win will do the correct thing. I still can't believe how bad Micro$oft's system tools are by default. The best thing to do with fdisk.exe, for example, is delete it before you're tempte

Re: pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Steve Oxley
ed to either wait for the kernel source that replaces the 3-variable min/max macro, or downgrade to the last kernel version that didn't have the problem. > Andor Demarteau Steve - -- ObCynicalComment: Speak softly and carry a cellular phone. Stephen Oxley, Shared Systems Secti

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
I'd heartily recommend divine - I've got it set up on a work laptop. It seamlessly detects several different company networks and my home networks and with some local scripting it's very powerful. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It's ac

Looking for a "Sanity Check"

2005-01-10 Thread Steve Kleiser
27;55AA' (which I believe marks the end of the partition table for a bootable partition).     So my question to the list is; Is it OK to use the above-mentioned cat-hexdump-morecommand, or am I deceiving myself somehow? TIA,     Steve Kleiser

Sarge partition before and after

2005-01-13 Thread Steve Kleiser
Greetings,     The two hexdumps below show the mbr before and after the Sarge installer partitions the drive. The "after" partition is garbled in a suprisingly orderly way (some columns are filled with alternating hex values). The partitioner (and cfdisk 2.12) can read the partition, but wr

Suspend Mode

1999-08-24 Thread Steve Robbins
Hi all, I bought an old 486-based laptop recently (Dell Latitude XP 450C), and successfully installed Debian linux on it. I'm a newbie to both laptops and to Debian, but not to linux (I've been running linux since 1992). I'm wondering about the "suspend" mode feature on this machine. If I close

Re: New to linux on laptops - A few Q's

1999-09-17 Thread Steve Robbins
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Thursday 16 September 1999, at 16 h 45, the keyboard of "CHRIS HOOVER" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > stuff. I told it to do so and also had it setup getty for the serial parts > > (my modem). > > It is quite uncommon for a laptop: you

[carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop] (fwd)

1999-09-26 Thread Steve Robbins
Hey Carlton, Is the machine crashing while you are using it, or does it become "frozen" after leaving it unattended for some time? I have a problem with my laptop's power saving "suspend" feature. After being suspended, I sometimes can't wake up the laptop! I think someone here mentioned a kern

Re: [Debian-2.1.11.1 on VAIO 505 FX] X problems

1999-09-29 Thread Steve Robbins
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 28-Sep-99 Thomas Vogels wrote: > > > > "Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Sean> Read the doc in /usr/src/linux/Documentation (or whereever you placed > > your > > Sean> kernel source). It boils down to: > > S

Re: pcmcia ethernet cards

1999-12-02 Thread Steve Robbins
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Larry Clapp wrote: > Just by the way, you don't *have* to have three cards. I have a > setup vaguely similar to the one you've described, at least as > far as how the network looks: > >desktop machine (IP addr from DHCP) > cable modem --- hub -

Suspend Mode

1999-08-24 Thread Steve Robbins
Hi all, I bought an old 486-based laptop recently (Dell Latitude XP 450C), and successfully installed Debian linux on it. I'm a newbie to both laptops and to Debian, but not to linux (I've been running linux since 1992). I'm wondering about the "suspend" mode feature on this machine. If I close

Re: New to linux on laptops - A few Q's

1999-09-17 Thread Steve Robbins
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Thursday 16 September 1999, at 16 h 45, the keyboard of "CHRIS HOOVER" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > stuff. I told it to do so and also had it setup getty for the serial parts > > (my modem). > > It is quite uncommon for a laptop: you

[carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop] (fwd)

1999-09-26 Thread Steve Robbins
Hey Carlton, Is the machine crashing while you are using it, or does it become "frozen" after leaving it unattended for some time? I have a problem with my laptop's power saving "suspend" feature. After being suspended, I sometimes can't wake up the laptop! I think someone here mentioned a kern

Re: [Debian-2.1.11.1 on VAIO 505 FX] X problems

1999-09-29 Thread Steve Robbins
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 28-Sep-99 Thomas Vogels wrote: > > > > "Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Sean> Read the doc in /usr/src/linux/Documentation (or whereever you placed > > your > > Sean> kernel source). It boils down to: > > S

Re: pcmcia ethernet cards

1999-12-02 Thread Steve Robbins
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Larry Clapp wrote: > Just by the way, you don't *have* to have three cards. I have a > setup vaguely similar to the one you've described, at least as > far as how the network looks: > >desktop machine (IP addr from DHCP) > cable modem --- hub -

Re: pcmcia autodetect

2002-11-09 Thread Steve Dobson
sourceforge for the latest version 3.2.1 was out. I download it, compiled it and then installed it. I seam to remember that the make installed installed it stright to the correct place. Probably best if you remove the pcmcia-cs package first [note to self must follow my own advice :-)].

Re: Smart relay setting for Exim...

2003-01-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
ire 1000 hours 86400 ) ; Minimum 24 hours @ IN NS lump.mossbank.org.uk. wibble IN A 127.0.0.1 IN MX 1 smtp.ntlworld.com. Hope this helps... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[E

Re: How to have more than one window manager?

2003-01-25 Thread Steve McIntyre
gt;this error message: > >/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: bad command line option "fluxbox" > >Any comments welcome You could add something into your .xsession that does the right thing. For example, pop up a query using xmessage asking which wm you want and then run the right one. --

Compaq Laptop Docking System

2003-02-03 Thread Steve White
.         Steve White   Stephanor Consulting Services, Inc. Your Intellectual Property Needs http://www.stephanor.com  

Re: XFree86 on Vaio GRX416G not running

2003-03-03 Thread Steve Dobson
Mobility M6 LY" the radeon driver supports all the Radeon range. > I just need to run a webserver and a browser on this > installation, no games or the like... Steve Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen

Re: Mail (smtp) config at different locations. Script or ..?

2003-03-10 Thread Steve McIntyre
ally, but imap keeps things in sync. The only issues I have with this setup all relate to uw-imapd being crap, but I'm toying with the idea of hacking on that to improve it, or even moving over to another imapd like courier. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMA

Re: ThinkPad A31 Too Slow

2003-04-13 Thread Steve Fosdick
up when you use the processor and slows down when it's idle - called SpeedStep IIRC. When I first got mine it ran the processor flat out all the time and I had to enable APCI support in the kernel to get it to run cool and give decent battery life. HTH, Steve.

Re: debian won't boot: Inspiron 600m, Windows XP dualboot

2003-04-15 Thread Steve Fosdick
sn't have APM support so may work better on your hardware. See debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/3.0.23-2002-05-21/images-1.44/ on your local debian mirror. Steve.

Re: Stolen laptop

2003-06-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
chance of working in most places. == #!/bin/sh # # laptop-location # # Try to work out where we are, and tell the world. Hopefully will # never be needed, but may help if somebody ever steals me... # # (c) 2003 Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # Redistributable u

Re: Stolen laptop

2003-06-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 08:22:43PM -0400, Joseph Barillari wrote: > >>>>>> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >SM> I've been using the following for a while, which does just >SM> what you suggested. Run it out of /

Re: comapq armada m700 & ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x

2003-07-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
ian, but it's non-free software and was dropped before woody was released. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Use Debian GNU/Linux - upgrade your Windoze box today! http://www.debian.org/ "Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky,

Re: exim on laptops: smarthost on demand

2003-07-28 Thread Steve Dobson
; routefile: > * my_smarthost.at byname I have no routefile in my exim.conf > Has someone another idea or knows what went wrong with the methods > described above? Hope this helps Steve pgpVRH8BnNUWY.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: 2.6, PCMCIA wireless cards

2003-08-09 Thread Steve Dobson
When I pull the card it gets very unstable and has not run for more than an hour before the kernel crashes. I'm trying to find out if it is my laptop or the driver that is at fault here. The laptop is a stable if I use my old 3COM EtherLink XL LAN card. Steve

Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
tart of Mbox mailboxes - and you could add your own search terms into the script to make it ignore other forms of dummy first message. . http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/ -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Getting a SCSI chai

Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
aildir is grepping through mailboxes to find information is much more awkward. Perhaps it's time to run glimpse or similar... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "It's actually quite entertaining to watch ag129 prop his foot up on the desk so he can get a better aim." [ seen in ucam.chat ]

Re: Screen problems with Debian install and USB boot floppies

2003-08-26 Thread Steve Fosdick
ou happy with the set of partitions as displayed in the top part of the screen you'll want to choose 'W' for write and it will ask if you are sure - you'll need to 'yes' in full (cfdisk5.png). I Hope this helps. Steve. cfdisk1.png Description: PNG image cfdisk2.p

Re: How to fix or disable the diskette on an A20P

2003-09-14 Thread Steve McIntyre
er source, or how to disable the drive completely? Ebay is good for this kind of thing. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lecture 3 - Over Excited Leaves pgp2LA2tNvaCO.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
7;d heartily recommend divine - I've got it set up on a work laptop. It seamlessly detects several different company networks and my home networks and with some local scripting it's very powerful. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It's ac

dhcp with two networks

2002-04-02 Thread steve thompson
. (I use a Xircom pcmcia card for the ethernet connection.) My idea is that I should be able to connect with dhcp in either place, or alternatively to have it dynamic at home but static at work. Thanks for any information or advice. Steve

usb floppy

2002-06-24 Thread steve thompson
e the most convenient and efficient way to have it set up to use whenever I want, not having it attached at other times? Should the modules be included in /etc/modules? Should the mount information be in /etc/fstab? Thanks in advance for any advice and opinions.

Re: usb floppy

2002-07-10 Thread steve thompson
wrote: > On Monday 24 June 2002 21:01, steve thompson wrote: > > I have a Fujitsu P-2040 lifebook on which I've put > > Woody with the 2.4.18 kernel. It has an external > usb > > floppy drive which I anticipate using just > > ocassionally. I managed to mount it

cd writing

2002-07-11 Thread steve thompson
.18 kernel. CDROM usage seems to be work fine since installation. Steve __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&quo

Re: more on cd writing

2002-07-12 Thread steve thompson
modules associated with cdrom such as ide-cd. What is the best way to be able to use both cdrom to read a cd and xcdroast for cd writing? Thanks for any suggestions. Steve --- Vincent Bernat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OoO En ce milieu de nuit étoilée du vendredi 12 > juillet 200

Re: more on cd writing

2002-07-14 Thread steve thompson
tical difference between having something such as this built into the kernel (option 2) or having it as a module that is loaded at boot in /etc/modules (option 1)? Steve --- Ionel Mugurel Ciobica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 1. After booting up I can use xcdroast after I >

printing setup

2002-07-16 Thread steve thompson
? I am running Woody with the 2.4.18 kernel on a Fujitsu Lifebook P-2040 using a direct USB connection to the printer. The printer is an Epson Stylus color C60. Thanks in advance for any advice or explanation. Steve __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos

mail readers

2002-07-16 Thread steve thompson
There has recently been a lot of discussion of mail readers Evolution vs Sylpheed, with some discussion of Mutt. More widely, does anyone have experience with Mozilla mail in comparison to Sylpheed, Evolution, or any other mail client with a graphical interface? Steve

Re: startup program (browser)

2002-09-01 Thread steve thompson
1/opera 10,RestartCommand=/usr/lib/opera/6.03-20020813.1/opera -session 117f010001030927277000574 11,id=117f0100010309288640004730001 --- Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 01 September 2

Re: startup program (browser)

2002-09-02 Thread steve thompson
lines are back in the session file, and it will start up automatically next time. This problem persists even if I delete (move temporarily) the entire ~/.opera directory. Steve --- Erich Schubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found the problem in .gnome/session in my home > &g

Re: startup program (browser)

2002-09-02 Thread steve thompson
r I use is Icewm. This problem does not happen with other applications, such as Mozilla. Steve --- Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one time, at band camp, steve thompson said: > > > Saving the currnet session doesn't solve the > problem. If I save the >

performance with Crusoe

2002-09-05 Thread steve thompson
y previous Pentium-based laptop, is the way it stays so quiet and cool while I work. But I am wondering if Linux might use this processor less efficiently than possible or if it is more likely something about my configuration. Steve __ Do

startup program (browser)

2002-09-01 Thread steve thompson
reinstalling did not solve it. Thanks. Steve __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com

toggle resolution

2002-10-02 Thread steve thompson
should change it to use a projector or the image will be distorted. (I am using Gnome, if that is relevant.) Thanks in advance. Steve __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

Re: toggle resolution

2002-10-03 Thread steve thompson
Thanks very much. That works, but it only toggles through two resolutions counting my default 1280 x 768. I added a Modline for 1024 x 768, which is what I think I need for a projector. Any idea why it won't use that one? I've listed the section of my XF86Config-4 file below

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