Re: New 2.2r2 install, X works, no mouse pointer....

2001-03-21 Thread Nate Amsden
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, all. > > I just installed Debian 2.2r2 over my old mandrake 7.2 installation > (all partitions other than /home formatted) Everything went well, except X. > At first, I couldn't start X because it couldn't find my mouse. Turns out it > was looking f

Re: Linux wannabe

2001-03-21 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think that Linux boots up faster than Windows, so it's maybe >> an advantage. md> 2.4 boots quite a bit quicker than 2.2 did, but I have a feeling that md> Windows is quicker still. Of course, the golden rule of optimisation is md> that

RE: Linux wannabe

2001-03-21 Thread Rick Commo
>>I once interviewed with someone who said that "If you don't reboot >>Windows 10 times a day you aren't working hard enough." ... Hmmm, an interesting comment. I must not "work" at home or at work then! I have to take care of seven Win2K computers - two I use at home, three I use at work, my s

Re: Linux wannabe

2001-03-21 Thread David Steinberg
On 22 Mar 2001, Paul D. Smith wrote: > There is absolutely no question that Linux (2.2.18) boots _much_ faster > than Windows98 on my system (homegrown PII 450, 128M RAM); I timed it > once and Linux was over twice as fast as Windows. My experience mirrors yours. On my Athlon 650, 128M RAM, it ta

RE: Getting to Gnome

2001-03-21 Thread Rick Commo
> Found one answer to my question. O'Reilly's "Learning Debian GNU/Linux" > got me there. The book suggested backing up the existing > /etc/X11/Xsession and replacing it with: > > #!/bin/bash > xterm & > gmc& > window-manager-of-choice & > panel > exit 0 > > I did that, substituting /usr/bin/sa

G400 DRI

2001-03-21 Thread Nuhn Yobiznez
Wella couple of questions 1st... Have you looked in your /var/log/XFree86.log to see if it is enabling DRI? What kernel are you running? Can you send a copy of /var/log/XFree86.log? Is support for the G400 module or in the kernel? = Regards- Tim Stetson Whiskey Sour Nuhn O. Yobi

RE: Linux wannabe

2001-03-21 Thread Price, Tim
Can we please move this linux-boots-faster/windows-boots-faster debate somewhere more appropriate? Intellectually stimulating tho it is. -Original Message- From: David Steinberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 22 March 2001 16:38 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Lin

Re: Checking port scanning?

2001-03-21 Thread John Galt
jail, ippl, or another icmp event logger. On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Lars Jensen wrote: > >How do I check if someone is scanning my ports, or hammering a certain >port with requests? > >Thanks for any help, >Lars. > >%%% >Lars Jensen,

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