Re: Presentation with Free Software

2002-10-02 Thread David Roundy
;d recommend advi (I've only used it once--the only time I did a presentation since I got my laptop), but if you think of latex as being user friendly (I do), advi might be the program for you. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/

Re: Macintosh Microphone Jack - how do I make a recording?

2002-04-20 Thread David Roundy
hone connector will be fine. It's only that if you try to use an unamplified (normal) microphone that you'll run into trouble. The audio device is /dev/dsp, but in order to make recordings, you'll need software such as sox (which provides programs rec and play), and you may need to u

Re: fbset problem or how to change the res?

2002-03-06 Thread David Roundy
ion of X. Just edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, and change the resolution there. Much easier, and safer too, since it leaves your virtual terminals untouched. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/

Re: Newbie looking for Linux distro for PowerMac 8100/80

2002-03-04 Thread David Roundy
advise whether this will run on the (ageing) PowerMac > 8100/80. I believe this machine is a nubus Mac, which isn't supported by the standard linux kernel, only by the older mklinux kernel. You could probably manage to use debian together with the mklinux kernel, but I doubt it would be easy. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/

Re: perl5.6.1 and automake1.5

2002-02-01 Thread David Roundy
On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 03:58:01PM +0100, Eric Deveaud wrote: > On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, David Roundy wrote: > > > > woody does have automake 1.5. It's called automake1.5. > > OK > > but what the perl5.6.1 deb is mising ??? That, I do not knokw. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/

Re: perl5.6.1 and automake1.5

2002-02-01 Thread David Roundy
Transitional package. > ii perl-base 5.6.1-7 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister. > > as I need automake-1.5 and woody just provides 1.4 woody does have automake 1.5. It's called automake1.5. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/

anyone run ircd?

2001-09-21 Thread David Roundy
re is some signed char bug in them, but before I go testing it (since I don't really need an irc daemon) I figured I'd ask to see if anyone has run an irc daemon successfully on powerpc, in which case I'd know that there was just something weird with my setup. -- David Roundy http:

Re: gpm: Segmentation fault

2001-08-24 Thread David Roundy
ler set to 4 (trackpad) > mouse1: PS/2 Mouse Device for input3 > mouse2: PS/2 Mouse Device for input4 > > Which device need gpm?? You need gpm if you want to use your mouse in console mode. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/

Re: MOL

2001-08-19 Thread David Roundy
d some sort of a 'mol_modules-whatever.deb' that you'd need to install. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/