Re: Wireless Access Point

2004-10-19 Thread Chris Black
Werner Otto wrote: I need to buy a wireless card and access point to work with my Zoom X5 wired ADSL router. I am looking for value for money, who doesn't :-) and needs to have allot of security capabilities such as WEP, WPA, WPA- Pres hared Key and preferably RSN (do they come out with this). The

Re: Local plugins for FireFox?

2004-05-13 Thread Chris Black
On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 11:29, Paul Smith wrote: > But, I want to install some plugins in my local plugin directory; > according to all the docs, Google searches, etc. I found that should be > ~/.mozilla/plugins (even for FireFox). > > But, when I add things there and restart my browser, they aren't

Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread Chris Black
Sarah Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have an install of the unstable distribution with a 2.4 Kernel. When I > boot up, my keyboard and mouse become disabled as soon as the log in > manager displays. > > Can you tell me how to stop x-windows from starting during the boot > process s

Re: Best Way to Look at Streaming Video

2003-08-26 Thread Chris Black
Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Discussion a few months ago mentioned http://marillat.free.fr/ both > for the realplayer for Debian package (which no longer seems to be > there) and for mplayer (about which there were mixed comments). > > I see several packages providing quicktime suppo

Re: Re: Problems with xserver-xfree86

2003-08-26 Thread Chris Black
Stephen Touset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no Xfree config file anywhere in the system that I can tell. > When I install X, it tells me that it hasn't found the files, so it > won't update them. The problem is that they're just not being created. > > -- > Stephen Touset <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: kernel-package and grub

2003-08-14 Thread Chris Black
Engosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) Is there any way to update grub menu.lst when installing a kernel package > made by kernel-package (I mean as it does whith lilo)? > > 2) Where can I get images to use in the splashimage of grub? Or how can I make > some? Check out the README

Re: Laptops for Debian GNU/Linux?

2000-12-04 Thread Chris Black
I've had great experiences with my Thinkpad 770E and a20p. Although, you will have to run XFree86 4.0.1 on the a20p for best performance. On Monday 04 December 2000 05:13, Christoph Gaitzsch wrote: > "Dexter Graphic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The site is a rich source of information on G

Re: UNIX help

2000-11-30 Thread Chris Black
The Unix Administrator's Handbook by Evi Nemeth, et al is the way and the light for learning Unix Administration. O'Reilly's Unix Power Tools (2nd ed) is excellent for learning neat tricks for basic commands. On Thursday 30 November 2000 10:07, Robert Guthrie wrote: > If you have the budget for

Re: ALSA and ThinkPad 560

2000-11-24 Thread Chris Black
t > is a valid URL, linuxthinkpad.org. Is it the one you were thinking of? > > -- > Andrew > > On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 17:32:24 -0500, Chris Black said: > > ALSA works perfectly on my Thinkpad A20p. You may want to check out > > www.linux-thinkpad.org (although it seems to

Re: ALSA and ThinkPad 560

2000-11-24 Thread Chris Black
ALSA works perfectly on my Thinkpad A20p. You may want to check out www.linux-thinkpad.org (although it seems to be down at the moment) which has a long list of links describing how to install and configure the various eccentric drivers in the different Thinkpad models. --Chris On Friday 24 No