Mail for root being delivered to user mail

2003-10-11 Thread Lee Elliott
Since doing an 'unstable' update a couple of days ago mail for root is being delivered to user 'mail' i.e. /var/mail/mail instead of /var/mail/ root. I've intentionally set root's mail to be delivered to root and this hasn't been changed in /etc/aliases - infact there is an alias entry for user

Re: Mail for root being delivered to user mail

2003-10-11 Thread Lee Elliott
On Sunday 12 October 2003 00:54, you wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 10:48:42PM +0100, Lee Elliott wrote: > > Since doing an 'unstable' update a couple of days ago mail for root is > > being delivered to user 'mail' i.e. /var/mail/mail instead of /var/ mail

Re: DRI in XFree86 4.2

2003-10-12 Thread Lee Elliott
On Sunday 12 October 2003 21:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings all, > > I'm running Debian unstable and I'm attempting to get DRI working with my Voodoo5 (AGP). I can't figure out where my problem lies, everything seems correct. Help would be greatly appreciated. > > I'm running Linux

Re: advise about bying ATI Gaphic card

2003-10-12 Thread Lee Elliott
On Sunday 12 October 2003 23:04, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > Hi > > I'm thinking of bying Hercules 3D Prophet 9600, so I googled for it. I > didn't find many matches (on the debian lists), and most of them were in > french, so I was wondering is that good or bad? > Is this card well supported? I know

Re: why so much hate?

1999-07-20 Thread Lee Elliott
On 19-Jul-99, you wrote: Hello, I'm so new to debian that I haven't been able to install it successfully yet (probs with a SCSI card on an A1200) and haven't yet even thought about dselect, but I've enough computing experience (25 yrs) to have a view. I'm not sure if 'intuitive' is the right

Re: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines

1999-07-20 Thread Lee Elliott
On 20-Jul-99, you wrote: Hi, I'm thinking of all the various FAQ docs/manuals/guides that can be reached from the left hand frame at www.debian.org Bye LeeE > > What online docs? I am not sure which you mean; if you > give me a url or better description, I will see if they are available >

Re: Installing X on Compaq XE 466

1999-07-22 Thread Lee Elliott
On 21-Jul-99, you wrote: The .pdf doc from http://www.compaq.com/support/techpubs/qrg/deskproXE.html might help, if you haven't already got it. LeeE > Greetings all you fine folks! > I know this might be a little offtopic, but it's vital to me: > I need the setup param's for the on-board video

Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists

1999-07-22 Thread Lee Elliott
On 21-Jul-99, you wrote: An observation from this Newbie may be related: I'm also on the Real3D list, which uses MajorDomo, and the postings I get from that list come with the 'Reply To' set to the mailing list whereas the postings from Debian User arrive with 'Reply To' set to the sender. Wh

Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists

1999-07-23 Thread Lee Elliott
On 22-Jul-99, you wrote: >> An observation from this Newbie may be related: ... > > My pet peeve is mail that is all on one line and not properly word > wrapped, such as this one. Sorry to have peeved you, I do this deliberately so that paragraphs format OK regardless of window size (I'm on

dselect for newbies

1999-07-23 Thread Lee Elliott
I posted about the dselect interface before using it (and said so). After running through it about five or six times, and reading the on-screen instructions, and the various error messages, (not helped by a non-working ^C combination) I figured out what was going on and what I needed. So I've

Flaming Debian Newbies

1999-07-26 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello, My personal opinion:- Flaming only wastes B/W and does nothing to help the next 'Newbie' who hasn't joined the list yet. Why be nasty? A single line "man('xzy')" reply direct to the poster (not via the list) will get the message across if you want to help - delete it if you don't.. Havin

Re: Flaming Debian Newbies

1999-07-27 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello E.L., On 27-Jul-99, LeeE wrote: [snip...] > > Since many people who are slightly familiar with any form of unix will > be likely to try the man command on a new debian system, it may be a > good idea to include a script called `man' in the base system that > prints a message explaining th

Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,

1999-08-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello J.H.M., On 02-Aug-99, you wrote: JD\> On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 15:39:17 -0700, Oz Dror wrote: JD\>> On xterm I have to type crtl-h to generate the backspace character JD\> JD\> The consistent keyboard behaviour implementation for X relies on JD\> the use of the X Keyboard Extension. Make su

Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,

1999-08-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello J.H.M., On 02-Aug-99, you wrote: JD\> On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 15:39:17 -0700, Oz Dror wrote: JD\>> On xterm I have to type crtl-h to generate the backspace character JD\> JD\> The consistent keyboard behaviour implementation for X relies on JD\> the use of the X Keyboard Extension. Make su

Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,

1999-08-07 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Brian, On 06-Aug-99, you wrote: BS> *- On 6 Aug, Lee Elliott wrote about "Re: backspace character does BS> not exists in xterm," BS>> Hello J.H.M., BS>> BS>> On 02-Aug-99, you wrote: BS>> BS>> JD\> On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 15:39:17 -0700,

Re: Physically small boxes

1999-08-09 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Martin, On 08-Aug-99, you wrote: MO> MO> Can one install Debian on a Cobalt Qube ? If not, are there other MO> physically small boxes which would be suitable ? MO> MO> Cheers, Compaq do some 'small-footprint' workstations - I think it's the 'EN' series you want to look at. I don't know

X-Windows virtual desktop and screen corruption

1999-08-09 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello list, I'm running X-Windows and fvwm2 at 800x600x8 using the Frame Buffer Device but I would like to disable the virtual desktop feature. I tried setting the values for 'Virtual' to 800 600 (from the default 1152 900 - which worked ok) in the 'Display' SubSection of the 'Screen' section in

Re: Switching to KDM...

1999-08-09 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Jon, On 09-Aug-99, you wrote: JH> Hi, Debian newbie asking his normal stupid question :-) JH> JH> I have KDE on my computer, works just fine, etc etc. When the JH> computer boots up it goes straight into XDM. I can log in and kill JH> xdm from a text window and start up kdm, no problems th

Re: Ethernet MACaddress constantly changing

1999-08-12 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello James M., On 12-Aug-99, you wrote: ... LJM> MAC addr is another story. LJM> That should be fixed to the adaptor and never change. (Well, LJM> almost never. There are a few that have mac addresses that LJM> are able to be modified with a special utility. The only ones LJM> I know about

Re: Ethernet MACaddress constantly changing

1999-08-14 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Nico, On 13-Aug-99, you wrote: NDR> NDR> I just installed another PCMCIA network adapter and now the MAC NDR> address is stable so it was indeed the card. NDR> NDR> Thanks to all who helped ;-) NDR> NDR> Nico NDR> Weird behaviour nonetheless - ironic that it was consistent on M$. I ha

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-16 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Ed, On 16-Aug-99, you wrote: EC> Wendell Buckner wrote: EC>> EC>> Well the graphically interface is nice(I've been dealing with just EC>> console up to now), but it's not solving my problem (thanks EC>> anyway). I go through the configuration process, save it and it EC>> tells me that my s

Re: Easy way to determine where files are installed?

1999-08-16 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Mark, On 16-Aug-99, you wrote: MW> On Sun 11:03PM, André Bell wrote: MW>> MW>> I've logged in as root and looked in /bin /boot /dev /etc /home MW>> /user /root and still cannot find httpd.conf so I can configure a MW>> host name for my new MW> MW> I don't have apache installed, but I woul

Re: Unidentified subject!

1999-08-16 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Michelle, On 16-Aug-99, you wrote: MK> Hello, MK> MK> I have trouble with Downloading off messages like this MK> MK> Please can anyone tell me, MK> what this is ??? MK> MK> Webmistress Michelle MK> MK> At 19:00 16.08.1999, you wrote > This was the original MK> Message: MK>»Ø¸´µ½

Re: HP-T20 SCSI Tape

1999-08-17 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Ryan, On 17-Aug-99, you wrote: RCS> I've installed a HP-T20 into one of my linux machines and it RCS> doesn't seem to be working correctly. RCS> RCS> I can see in the /proc/scsi/scsi the following, which tells me that RCS> the drive is loaded: RCS> RCS> Attached devices: RCS> Host: scsi0

Re: (fwd) Re: How to do it? [Xserver]

1999-08-17 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Artur, On 17-Aug-99, you wrote: AZ> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Dunham) writes: AZ> AZ> -> Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: -> AZ> -> > This would make me think you perhaps are using the wrong X AZ> server? -> > Which model of graphics card do you have (or Sun model AZ> if you don't

Re: which pgp package?

1999-08-17 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Chanop, On 17-Aug-99, you wrote: CS> hi, CS> CS> I'm new to pgp. It seems that there are many pgp packages in potato, CS> ie pgp-us, pgp-i, pgp5i. Which one I should use? CS> CS> thanks CS> CS> Chanop As I understand it, the are two versions of pgp due to the US export restrictions of R

Re: Configuring a monitor (power downs)

1999-08-20 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Virtanen, Re the power problems you're having: 1. You've disabled the BIOS power management features on the MB, presumably using S/W on ROM, supplied on bootable fd with the MB or installed onto a small 'maintenance partition' on your 'root' HD. 2. You've told the M$ OS not to use power ma

Re: uploads over modem are SLOOOOOW!

1999-08-20 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Brian, On 20-Aug-99, you wrote: BS> Hi all, BS> BS> I connect via dial-up with a usual connect of BS> 50666/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS. When I send a large email with BS> attachments or upload a file it is VERY SLOW. Watching the traffic BS> on something like pppload or wmppp show only short burs

Re: Configuring a monitor (power downs)

1999-08-20 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello virtanen, On 20-Aug-99, you wrote: ... v> What is PSU? PSU = Power Supply Unit. Typically found in PCs in AT or ATX formats - I think the main difference is in the MB power connector. I know they contain enough electronics to shut themselves down if they detect a short across their powe

Re: uploads over modem are SLOOOOOW!

1999-08-22 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Hartmut, On 21-Aug-99, you wrote: HF> Lee Elliott wrote: HF> HF>> screen? Do pppload and wmppp show only data successfully HF>> transferred? HF> ^^^ HF>what`s that? HF> HF> greetings, HF> HF> i cannot find this

Re: fvwm2 configuration

1999-08-25 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello E.L., On 24-Aug-99, you wrote: EM\} Hi all, EM\} EM\} I use fvwm2 as a window manager in slink. In EM\} /etc/X11/fvwm2/system.fvwm2rc, the FvwmPager module is started with EM\} one desk, after .fvwm2/post.hook is read. I like to start FvwmPager EM\} with three desks, and do that in my post

Re: OT - I/O and CPU load

2000-09-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Brian Stults wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm sorry that this is off-topic, but I think many people here would be > able to answer this question easily. The unix system in my research > center has a file server with 4 CPUs. I don't know all the specifics of > the machine, but my question is rather gen

Re: Help setting up my scanner??

2000-09-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Daly Gutierrez wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have an HP Scanjet 5p (SCSI) scanner hooked up to my Buslogic 958 > (Mylex) SCSI card. The Hardware-HOW-TO states that both devices are > Linux compatible... and they appear to be, to some extent. I have > installed the SANE package and its documentati

Re: XF68_FBDev

2000-09-10 Thread Lee Elliott
Parrish M Myers wrote: > > Hi, > > I just got matroxfb working correctly and noticed that there is a frame > buffer console x server called XF68_FBDev. Has anyone used this in > Debian? If so are there any screenshots that show what it looks like? > I am very interested to see what it can do. >

Re: Compaq ProLiant ML350

2000-07-03 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello A. I sent this reply to your posting when you first posted it, but forgot to change the reply to to the list (keep doing that on this list), so I'll post it again in case it might help. I've set up a few Compaq Smart Array controllers and the most recent was a 431 on an ML350 - but only for

Re: Compaq ProLiant ML350

2000-07-04 Thread Lee Elliott
Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 09:03:43PM +0100, Lee Elliott wrote: > > There is an option for Compaq Smart Array support when compiling > > kernels, so you may need to compile a kernel with this support. There > > seems to be a catch-22 situation her

Re: deb..deb cryptohackery

2000-07-04 Thread Lee Elliott
Ben Collins wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 02:30:18PM +0100, Nick Herring wrote: > > ddd 3.0 core dumps when I select programs > run menu for command line > > arguements, so I have obtained a binary copy of ddd version 3.2.1 which > > is encrypted as a file with deb..deb extention - > > > > dd

Re: Mustek 12000SP (SANE)

2000-07-04 Thread Lee Elliott
Sven Richter wrote: > > Hy, > I try to configure my MUSTEK 1200SP and > > "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" > > shows this > > Attached devices: > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 > Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW8424S Rev: 1.0f > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 0

Re: Mounting AFFS R/W?

2000-07-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Michael Fedrowitz wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 01:28:57 -0500, Alan wrote: > > Hi, > > > The mount for the removable, even R/O, always fails with this message: > > > > mount -t affs -o ro /dev/sdc /mnt > ^ > > the partition number is missing (probably 1, tho

Re: Compaq ProLiant ML350

2000-07-06 Thread Lee Elliott
"A. Scott White" wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who has helped me with this. I'm getting closer. > > I compiled a 2.2.15 kernel with Compaq Smart Array2, placed it onto the > Rescue floppy and ran the following rdev commands on the kernel image: The > install can now see the controller and the 1 l

Re: Helix Gnome vs Debian Gnome -- worth the upgrade?

2000-07-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Kent West wrote: > > Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 01:15:34PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > > I tried to install HelixGNOME via the instructions for Debian on > > > the helixcore website (lynx -source blah blah blah), and chose > > > option 3 (full install), and it looked li

Re: Mustek 12000SP (SANE)

2000-07-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Lee Elliott wrote: > > Sven Richter wrote: > > > > Hy, > > I try to configure my MUSTEK 1200SP and > > > > "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" > > > > shows this > > > > Attached devices: > > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 &

Couple of sound card questions

2000-07-16 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello List, I've recently installed a sound card in my system and have some questions about the set-up. The card was given to me by a friend as "an old soundblaster" - it's ISA and has a number of identifiable jumpers - IRQ, I/O address etc. I first put it into a W95 box to see what that made of

Re: HP DesignJet 750C plotter support?

2000-07-21 Thread Lee Elliott
Matthew Thompson wrote: > > Hello, > > I work for a small, marine surveying firm that uses the above mentioned > plotter. I am setting up a potato server to handle various tasks, among > which should be serving print jobs to the plotter via Samba. > > I've been scouring the 'net and deja.com fo

Re: mixing potato with a bit of woody...

2000-08-01 Thread Lee Elliott
Sean Richardson wrote: > > Hello, > > This may be an absurd/silly question...but I have been unable to find an > answer elsewhere...so bare with me... Hey - Debian's going nudist? ;) LeeE -- http://www.spatial.freeserve.co.uk ...or something

Loading fetchmail man page in Gnome-help uses all memory

2000-08-04 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello list, I noticed a curious thing this evening - when I load the fetchmail man page in the Gnome help browser, it grabs all my memory - 256MB and ramps up swap usage until all that's gone too - another 256MB - previously none was used. CPU utilisation runs at about 75% on both cpus (SMP syste

XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400

2001-02-12 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello List, I'm not able to get hardware rendering/GL running on my G400. Kernel is currently 2.4.0-test11 (2.4.0 was a bit wobbly for me - haven't d/loaded 2.4.1 yet) and I'm getting the follwing error in /var/log/XFre86.0.log (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (II) Loading sub module "vgahw" (II)

Re: XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400

2001-02-13 Thread Lee Elliott
orking on test10 then I'd have thought it would work on test11 or 2.4.0. LeeE brian moore wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:39:11PM +, Lee Elliott wrote: > > Hello List, > > > > I'm not able to get hardware rendering/GL running on my G400. Kernel is >

Re: XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400

2001-02-13 Thread Lee Elliott
. I've just got the 2.4.1 kernel and will give that a go, and then try the new Matrox drivers. I seem to remember getting symbol error messages on boot up with the Matrox driver. Everything seemed to work though. LeeE Damon Muller wrote: > > Quoth Lee Elliott, > > I'm no

Re: XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400

2001-02-13 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello James, Something about the tone of your reply makes me think I've missed something obvious:-) Certainly, please do tell me what you did/where I've gone wrong. TIA, LeeE James Dietrich wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:45:34PM +1100, Damon Muller wrote: >

Re: XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400

2001-02-14 Thread Lee Elliott
reciate it. See, it was something obvious after all:-) Thanks, LeeE James Dietrich wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 09:59:45PM +, Lee Elliott wrote: > > Hello James, > > > > Something about the tone of your reply makes me think I've missed > > something o

Re: XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400

2001-02-15 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello, Have you got a "DefaultFbBpp32" line in your Screen section? see below ... Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "MGA" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth24 DefaultFbBpp32 SubSection "Displa

Re: XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400

2001-02-17 Thread Lee Elliott
; and what I tried Depth of 16, it crashed too... ... just don't know why > > Edwin Lau > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:48:16 Lee Elliott wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Have you got a "DefaultFbBpp 32" line in your Screen section? see > > below > &g

Optical mice

2001-03-01 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello List, Would anyone care to recommend any optical wheel mice for use with Debian - that is, optical mice with a wheel 3rd button? TIA LeeE

Re: Optical mice

2001-03-03 Thread Lee Elliott
Thanks to all who responded on this. Looked like Logitech or M$ - in the end, the local store only had M$ - gah! - but it works fine. Perhaps I'll take it apart and spray it a different colour, or something;-) LeeE

Re: Dual boot, multiple kernels, sytem map problem (was Re: Switching between two file systems.)

2001-03-05 Thread Lee Elliott
Ah, yes. Sorry, I keep forgetting to replace the replyto on this list. kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > You meant to post this to list? > > on Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 02:06:16PM +, Lee Elliott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > &g

Re: X, G400, and mouse fd

2001-03-05 Thread Lee Elliott
Dave Sherohman wrote: > > Where can I find TFM on setting up hardware acceleration for a Matrox G400 > AGP? Is it worth doing this under X 3.3.6 or will it be less trouble to make > the jump to X 4.0.2 and set up acceleration there? > > Also, I'm doing this for the sake of playing Loki's games,

Re: Compaq Proliant 6500 Install Problems

2001-03-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Steve Beitzel wrote: > > Hello All, > > Sorry for the re-post of this message, but I didn't get any > responses last time, and I am in desperate need of help. Does anyone > have tips for me? Any help is greatly appreciated. > > I have a Compaq Proliant 6500 (P11) Server in my lab, and

lm-sensors and 2.4 kernels

2001-03-12 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello List, I used to be able to use lm-sensors with 2.2 and early 2.4.0-test kernels i.e. test5, but since 2.4.0-test11 - now 2.4.1, I've been unable to generate the sensors patch to apply to the kernel source. I've been able to generate and apply the i2c patch to all these kernels and hoped tha

Re: lm-sensors and 2.4 kernels

2001-03-18 Thread Lee Elliott
script was failing. Anyway, when I get a little more time, I'll have another go (and enable development too - more options to play with:-) LeeE Jens Gecius wrote: > > Lee Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I used to be able to use lm-sensors with 2.2 and early 2.

Re: lm-sensors and 2.4 kernels

2001-03-18 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Jens, Just a quick note to say I just downloaded the latest lm-sensors source and still get the same problem during patch generation: mkpatch/mkpatch.pl . /usr/src/linux > /tmp/sensors-patch results in "Automatic patch generation for 'drivers-Makefile' failed" "Con

Re: lm-sensors and 2.4 kernels

2001-03-19 Thread Lee Elliott
Jens Gecius wrote: > > Lee Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Just a quick note to say I just downloaded the latest lm-sensors source > > and still get the same problem during patch generation: > > > > mkpatch/mkpatch.pl . /usr/src/linux

Re: GMix reports no mixer devices

2001-03-24 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Jens, I've just had this problem, following a crash. Sound on my system had been working fine (es1371 compiled into the kernel and using esound) until I got a complete system hang and had to hard reset. On re-boot a lot of errors were found on my /usr partition and I had to manually fsck i

Re: GMix reports no mixer devices

2001-03-24 Thread Lee Elliott
bug report http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=89391&repeatmerged=yes has already been reported. LeeE

Recent Woody update - alsa broke gnome?

2000-10-14 Thread Lee Elliott
After updating to the latest woody, something, I think alsa, broke gnome. Both of these groups of packages were updated. The problem occurs when trying to log into a Sawfish-Gnome session from gdm - the login window disappears but no Gnome session starts. Logging into a console and running top s

Re: Weird sound problem

2000-10-18 Thread Lee Elliott
Richard Black wrote: > > Hi All > > @[EMAIL PROTECTED] it but my sound has died. All was working fine yesterday, > then > I updated my (woody) system and now all is silent. I am using alsa and > gnome. Everything _looks_ okay--modules loaded, esd running, volume > up--just no sound. The only

Re: X Server can't find font `fixed'

2000-10-19 Thread Lee Elliott
Michael Abraham Shulman wrote: > > Hi, > > I just upgraded a bunch of packages to unstable and now my X server > dies saying > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > I don't even know what package this problem is in. I tried downgrading > xserver-common, xfs, and xserv

Re: Q: Default bpp resolution 32 in Linux?

2000-11-07 Thread Lee Elliott
Marcelo Ramos wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:52:37PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: > > Hi, > > > > While I realise you can have many different color depths, I remember reading > > (but am not sure) that 32bpp is the Linux default... assuing the card > > supports it. > > > > I just want to che

X4 and DRI

2000-11-14 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello List, I've recently upgraded to X4 and I'm having problems with DRI. I'm using a Matrox G400 and a 2.4.0-test5(from the woody .deb) kernel. With the mesag3 package from woody installed, glxinfo shows direct rendering is enabled but if I run some of the GL xscreensavers i.e. superquadrics

Re: NCR53C9x (MCA) SCSI problem with scanner

2000-11-19 Thread Lee Elliott
Does your kernel have scsi CD-ROM and generic support? I also have an internal scsi CD-ROM and a scsi scanner: my CD-ROM is detected as sr0 and the scanner comes in as sg2 - do you see anything like these being detected later on in dmesg? Also, ensure that you have scsi termination set on the sc

Re: NCR53C9x (MCA) SCSI problem with scanner

2000-11-19 Thread Lee Elliott
Seems like it's just a conflict between the controller and the scanner because the other devices work ok. As it crashes anyway, with termination on the controller, try it without. man sane-scsi only briefly refers to the ncr53c8xx controller in the context of 2.0 kernels. You could try setting t

Re: upgrading to XFree86 4.0.1

2000-11-20 Thread Lee Elliott
Hans Wilmer wrote: > > Hi, > > how can I upgrade the XFree86 3.3.6 that comes with the Debian 2.2 > distribution to XFree86 4.0.1? Which packages would I have to > download? Do I need a 2.4.x kernel to get DRI working with my Matrox > G400? Is there maybe a FAQ available that deals with this issu

Re: NCR53C9x (MCA) SCSI problem with scanner

2000-11-20 Thread Lee Elliott
Shawn D'Alimonte wrote: > > On November 19, 2000 08:49 pm, Lee Elliott wrote: > > Seems like it's just a conflict between the controller and the > > scanner because the other devices work ok. As it crashes anyway, > > with termination on the controller, try it w

Re: upgrading to XFree86 4.0.1

2000-11-21 Thread Lee Elliott
Lee Elliott wrote: > > Hans Wilmer wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > how can I upgrade the XFree86 3.3.6 that comes with the Debian 2.2 > > distribution to XFree86 4.0.1? Which packages would I have to > > download? Do I need a 2.4.x kernel to get DRI working

Re: DRI and X 4.0.1

2000-11-24 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Hans, Thanks for making the effort to get the reply through:-) Interesting info too. I couldn't get DRI to compile, so that was a no-go, but your info about the reversed situation with 2.4.0-test9 was interesting - I hadn't tried the test11 kernel as I use lm-sensors-source to patch the ke

Backup packages

2000-11-28 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello List, I have several HDDs on my system and use one of them for on-line backups. I was about to start writing a script that I could execute periodically via cron to 1. copy nominated files that have been modified and 2. copy new/modified files in nominated directories to this on-line backup

Re: DRI and X 4.0.1 (G400)(update)

2000-11-28 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Hans, I've continued to try to achieve a working/useable DRI/X4 setup for my G400 and last night I got a combination working with my 2.4.0test5 kernel by doing the following:- 1. I downloaded the mga_drv.o driver from the Matrox web site and replaced the version that came with X4 - /us

Re: Who are the shitheads at Debian?

2000-12-09 Thread Lee Elliott
Jim Kroger wrote: > > unsubscribe me, stick these 60 emails a day up your ass > _ > James K. Kroger, Ph.D. > Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior > Department of Psychology > 3-N-4D Green Hall > Princeton University > Princeton,

Banner server avoidence

2000-12-18 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello list, I saw this in a posting in an Amiga mailing list that I'm still subscribed to: >The first place Genesis looks for anything is in db/hosts, and > if the ad-servers are listed there it will attempt to get the > banners from the address given there. Since there are none, > the banner com

Re: Scanner support??

2000-12-19 Thread Lee Elliott
Angel Parra wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a Tawain scanner, it's a pararel port scanner, Tawain, > 9600P. > > Which program, driver,.. I need to use it. It's this scanner > suported by SANE? > > Thank you for all. > > Angel > If it's a TWAIN scanner then you can probabl

Re: hwclock w/ Compaq, playing ".ram"'s

2000-04-12 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Vitux, On 12-Apr-00, you wrote: V> Hi There. V> I can't seem to get the cmos clock set doing: V> hwclock --set --date="foo/bar..." V> I figure maybe my compaq mobo has some strangeness in it's V> CMOS?? It's a EP 6350, PII/350, using (AFAIK) a proprietary V> compaq-bios. Could well be due

Re: Video display question.

2000-05-18 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Brent, On 18-May-00, you wrote: BM> I've been playing around with my xf86config and my window manager BM> (afterstep) for a while trying to get images to appear as nice as BM> when I view them in Windows. I have a ATI Rage IIc AGP with 8 Mb of BM> RAM and I run X windows at 24 bpp and a res

cpu arch performance

2000-05-23 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello list(s), Just something I noticed after setting up an x86 system after running Debian on m68k. The m68k system was an Amiga with an m68060/50MHz which gave a BogoMIP rating of 99.something. The x86 system is a dual PIII 650MHz system and it rates as 2600 BogoMIPs. This would seem to impl

Re: /dev/hda10

2000-05-24 Thread Lee Elliott
Ben Collins wrote: > > On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:08:01PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > > Could anyone please tell me what I have to do to access /dev/hda10? I can > > create it easily but trying to access it I get an 'unconfigured device' > > message for instance from mke2fs. Do I need a special

svga and mouse questions

2000-05-31 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello list, I've just set up my first x86 Debian system after practising with it on my Amiga (m68k) - gone pretty smoothly too, due to this, and the m68k lists. However... I'm using a PS2 mouse via /dev/psaux and I'm not using gpm (I had the fairly common 'X' problems that I've seen posted often

Compiling kernels

2000-06-11 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello list, I need to compile my own kernels to enable SMP and get SCSI support for my card so, after consulting the HOWTO and reading some recent postings about kernel compiling, what I've been doing is: 1. Rename/move my existing (/usr/src/) kernel-source-x.x.x, kernel-headers-x.x.x and linux

Re: Freeze due to video card?

2000-02-14 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Alberto, On 14-Feb-00, you wrote: AB> AB> Hello, AB> AB> I'm experiencing a very nasty freezing of my computer, connected to AB> video modes: AB> I've got an S3 Virge/DX, chipset 86C375 with 4Mb memory. I use the AB> SVGA driver. AB> No problem at all as long as I run @ 800X600 8bpp. AB>

Re: ºô¸ô¶g³ø NO.35 #35DB

2000-02-18 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello :t8t6g3x, On 18-Feb-00, you wrote: :N> * This is an HTML Message ! * :N> In that case I won't read it. Bye, LeeE -- http://www.spatial.freeserve.co.uk ...or something.

Re: Your notice in Internet.

2000-02-18 Thread Lee Elliott
Perpetual e-mail. PK> Can't we filter this particular one out? PK> - Original Message - PK> From: "Zygmunt OrÅowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PK> To: "debian-user" PK> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 12:44 PM PK> Subject: Your notice in Internet. PK> PK> PK>> If you are interested in clean s

Re: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with this?

2000-02-22 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Eric, Do you have any details on the video card? especially, how much RAM it has on it? As you are already getting a text display, I think that you are already effectively using a vga resolution and one of the standard vga modes (640x480) should work, but you may be trying to use a greater

Re: video viewer

2000-02-22 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello kmself@ix.netcom.com, On 22-Feb-00, you wrote: k> xanim, mpeg, etc. Partial support for some formats. Free. k> realplayer, realplayer format. Proprietary. k> k> Rumor is that Apple is doing a Quicktime port, and that Microsoft is k> doing an MS MediaPlayer port. Both proprietary. I h

Multiple installations

2000-02-24 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello List, I'm planning to put a Debian SMP system together for the new Vn of the 3d s/w I use. The primary installation will be potato but I'd also like to be able to run the new unstable. What I'd like to do is to have three installations:- 1 x potato, that I know will always work, and two fo

Re: Rethinking system set-up, would like some feedback

2000-02-26 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Olaf, On 25-Feb-00, you wrote: OM> Dear all, OM> OM> Now that I've got two brand new external SCSI drives to play with I OM> am rethinking my system set-up. If you have got some advice, I'd OM> love to hear it. Here is the scoop. OM> OM> The system in question is an IBM PC 300PL with an i

Re: installing SCSI HD

2000-03-09 Thread Lee Elliott
e jumpers - typically labled 'TE' - but check the documentation. z> Yes, this is the only SCSI device. The syslog contains nothing as it z> crashes before it has time to write to it. All i can quess at this z> moment is that the driver for it is not compatible or the Hewlett z

Re: installing SCSI HD

2000-03-11 Thread Lee Elliott
grabbed the SCSI z> card along with cable and Disk from a server where it was working z> fine. z> z> Zane z> z> z> z> z> Lee Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/03/2000 08:05:45 z> z> To: Zane Drysdale/Diagnostic labs/64, debian-user@lists.debian.org z&

Re: Debian V2.1

2000-03-17 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello, BC> On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 02:46:51PM +0200, Leanne Gibson wrote: BC>> I have a client running Debian V2.1 via a dial up modem for e-mail. BC>> They were hit by virus the other day and are looking for anti-virus BC>> software for the above version. Please could you come back to me BC>> asa

Re: XFree 3.3.6 SOUND problem (?)

2000-03-27 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello, On 26-Mar-00, you wrote: BR> On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 12:28:08PM +, Esdras Beleza de Noronha BR> wrote: BR>> I'm having a very, very strange problem with XFree 3.3.6. BR>> BR>> I have a SiS 6326 (it uses the XF86_SVGA server) and a CMI BR>> 8330/SB16 soundcard, and they're configured.

Re: new computer ??

2000-04-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Hunter, On 06-Apr-00, you wrote: HHM> I'm considering a new computer. I was considering 2, but maybe I'll HHM> turn my 100MHZ pentium into a dedicated browser for family needs. HHM> HHM> ANYhoo, does anyone have good/bad experiences with any of the linux HHM> hardware vedors, VALinux, etc?

Re: Hi! (e-mail address spoofing)

2001-02-02 Thread Lee Elliott
Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I doubt it came from your domain as the original mail also had my ISP's > domain on it. I suspect some sort of address spoofing... > > - Nate >> > I actually received an M$ targeted virus this way - the sender spoofed my domain but one of the recipients bounced it and I

Re: Dual processor PIII 866 versus single Pentium 1.4Ghz

2001-06-20 Thread Lee Elliott
Dunno about expert, but I have some experience in this area. The P4, having a long pipeline, is more suited to streaming type processing: the pipeline has to be 'full' before it'll give peak performance. I think that most of the s/w that supports the new clever bits in the P4 are benchmarking pac

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