Re: mouseman wheel on X

2001-05-31 Thread Robert Voigt
On Thursday 31 May 2001 17:04, Brian Nelson wrote: > I prefer to configure the apps individually. For example, add something > like this to your ~/.emacs > > ; Allow mouse wheel to scroll > (defun up-slightly () (interactive) (scroll-up 5)) > (defun down-slightly () (interactive) (scroll-down 5))

Re: PCMCIA advice needed!

2001-06-02 Thread Robert Voigt
On Saturday 02 June 2001 01:46, vester wrote: > hello, > > just a basic question about pcmcia...should i get the pcmcia source > package and compile them myself or does the pcmcia-modules package > basically provide for this? > > i compiled my kernel with pcmcia support The pcmcia support in the

Re: Best way to setup a Soundblaster Live card

2001-06-08 Thread Robert Voigt
On Friday 08 June 2001 14:48, Robert Martinovic wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know what is the best (or easiest) way to setup a > sblive card. I know there is alsa and the kernel drivers. OSS (kernel driver) is probably easiest. modconf then select the emu10k1 module. Don't forget to add yo

DRI - Voodoo3 - confusion

2001-06-08 Thread Robert Voigt
I want DRI for my Voodoo3 card. But I'm confused. Somewhere I read DRI is included in XFree86 4.0.1. Somewhere else I read it's in the 2.4. kernel. And in /var/log/XFree.0.log I found the line: (EE) TDFX(0): DRIScreenInit failed, disabling DRI. (This is with 16bpp) Do I have DRI already and it

Re: ripping quiet CDs

2001-06-09 Thread Robert Voigt
On Saturday 09 June 2001 09:08, Ben Harvey wrote: > do I lose much quality if I mp3>wav>normalize>mp3 ? Depends on the bitrate and encoder quality of the first encoding. You lose quality by reencoding alone, and if you normalize it before reencoding you theoretically lose a little more quality.

Re: DRI - Voodoo3 - confusion

2001-06-09 Thread Robert Voigt
On Saturday 09 June 2001 00:03, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > It's in both. X provides the DRI API, but to make use of it, you need a > module for your video card. I'm using kernel 2.4.4, with a Voodoo3. The > tdfx module is included with kernel 2.4.4. So, running at 16 bpp, I have 3D > accel.

Re: Anything similar to Powerpoint?

2001-06-09 Thread Robert Voigt
On Saturday 09 June 2001 14:04, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Is there anything for Linux that provides at least some of the > facilities of Powerpoint? Staroffice has a presentation maker called Impress. I read a review. They said it's pretty good. But I tried to load a jpg (just to try if it can re

Re: DRI - Voodoo3 - confusion

2001-06-09 Thread Robert Voigt
On Saturday 09 June 2001 13:02, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > With mplayer? I think he's referring to the "Xvideo Extension" ouput of > mplayer. To use the HW acceleration the card need to support the YUY2 > packed and YV12 planar pixel format, and with similar configuration here > (kernel 2.4.5 XFr

laptop hangs on Alt+Tab

2001-06-09 Thread Robert Voigt
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2595CDT and sometimes when I press Alt+Tab to switch between windows in KDE it hangs. The window list just stays there after I let go of Alt+Tab. Sometimes I'm lucky and I can still switch to the console and reboot safely, but most of those times all buttons and the m

Re: KDE font problem

2001-06-09 Thread Robert Voigt
On Saturday 09 June 2001 19:00, Anthony Fox wrote: > Hello, > > I have a strange problem with KDE. I have been trying to set my fonts > in the KDE Control Center. I can set all the fonts correctly except > for the "Fixed Width" font. When I click "Choose..." for the "Fixed > Width" font, KDE cra

Re: laptop hangs on Alt+Tab

2001-06-09 Thread Robert Voigt
On Saturday 09 June 2001 21:48, Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote: > Were these all KDE 2.x versions? People have reported that there were > problems w. KDE 2.x on laptops, esp. ones where the laptop was in a power > saving mode which involved slowing the CPU. Yes, KDE 2. First I put Mandrake 7.2 on it, w

Re: Winmodem translator?

2001-06-10 Thread Robert Voigt
On Sunday 10 June 2001 04:41, Nathan E Norman wrote: > There is a kernel driver for the Lucent winmodems ... it's a binary > only module and CPU really gets whacked when you're dialed in. Not any more. There is now a driver available as source for this particular Lucent chipset (if we talk about

Re: best kernel config for athlon(2.2)

2001-06-10 Thread Robert Voigt
On Monday 11 June 2001 00:12, Nate Amsden wrote: > hi. > > i just installed an amd thunderbird 1.33ghz along with an Asus A7A266. > I also upgraded to a 450watt power supply so i hope its just > as stable :) > > Currently I am running the same kernel(suprised it worked actually) > that i was using

Re: gnome/KDE

2001-06-10 Thread Robert Voigt
On Sunday 10 June 2001 10:22, Phillip Deackes wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 01:16:40 -0400 > > "Margarete Hans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What are the advantages/disadvantages of gnome and KDE? Basically, > > which one should I install? > Obviously, these are personal observations and you will

Re: best kernel config for athlon(2.2)

2001-06-10 Thread Robert Voigt
On Sunday 10 June 2001 10:26, Nate Amsden wrote: > thanks, sofar so good for me too. except..i just upgraded to > 2.2.19+ide and i am getting these messages: > > probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a. > probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration. > prob

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