Re: Speed tips for 2001 iBook anyone?

2005-07-28 Thread news . malik
> If that doesn't help you, try another desktop env (GUI). Both Gnome > and KDE, which are standard on most Linux distributions are heavily > developed -- and as a result there is considerable bloat. > > IceWM, Fluxbox, Afterstep (google these) and a few others are said to be > lighter and s

Re: ALSA freezes with kernel > 2.6.0

2004-01-12 Thread news . malik
> > What I did was to remove: > > > > install snd-powermac /sbin/modprobe -i snd-powermac ; ( /sbin/modprobe > -i > r i2c-keywest && /sbin/modprobe -i i2c-keywest ) > > > > from /etc/modprobe.d/whatever > > I had the same problem and did the same to fix it, but this config is > supposed to be w

Re: Getting a cursor in console

2003-12-10 Thread news . malik
Hello Harvey, [...] > >the cursor might be set to the same color as the background and > >is therefore invisible or simply set to invisible mode. To make the > >cursor non-blinking, visible and white enter > > > > echo -e '\033[?17;0;500c' > > > Thanks, Joe, this seems to have done the trick--I n

Re: minor sound issues on iBook with 2.6.0-test11

2003-12-08 Thread news . malik
> Hi, > > I've compiled Ben's 2.6.0-test11 this week for the first time on my > iBook (2.3, g3 900MHz, w/ radeon M7). > > I have a couple of minor issues with it. Let me explain: > > 1.- alsa start on boot > > On system boot, alsa is started without any error; but when I try to > play any sound