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RE: [Alug]rtl8139
by Jonathan Dye 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com wrote: > Hi List, > Great meeting yesterday, ta for help all. > > Now, why can't I find any Realtek drivers in the kernel > 2.4.18-bf2.4 that > comes with the woody 3.0 disk? Could I be looking in the wrong > place, or aren't there any? > I need one to get a network connection going (onboard Realtex 8201 PHY > controller) in order to get a different kernel :-) The driver should be 8139too. That's what I'm using currently with 3.0 and I installed from the bf2.4 disks. JD _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service

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[Alug]Suse 8.1
by Syd Hancock 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

This month's PC Plus has Suse 8.1 on the DVD - three CDs. AFAIK this is the fully-installable version, not the run-from-cd trial. If anyone wants a copy, contact me off list. No copying fee :-) Syd

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[Alug]Elmswell
by John Seago 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

Syd Hancock <syd(a)toufol.com> wrote: > I won't be there, sorry. Entertaining guests today - two Texans who > want to see Norwich! And I went specially to prove that I was'n't dead! -- John Seago

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[Alug]Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Re: [Alug]Debian Install
by Steve Fosdick 27 Apr '03

27 Apr '03

On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 11:27:56 -0000 MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > Alternatively, try grub. Beware, as the path specs are a little > different. Grub will definitely enable you to do what you want, though I still think it is possible with LILO too. With LILO most of the inteligence is in the map installer, the 'lilo' command you run to set things up, and the code that actually does the booting is therefore very simplistic, but small and light and loads very fast. By comparison, grub has a second stage loader that is able to read proper file systems rather than just follow a block list so it is very flexible and can cope with things getting changed, but does take noticably longer to load because the second stage loader is bigger. Though I still have LILO for my main boot loader for the extra speed, I have a copy of grub on a floppy as a completely general purpose boot disk - just the job for booting a configuration that is otherwise broken. Steve.

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[Alug]Elmswell Meeting 27 April
by barrie james 27 Apr '03

27 Apr '03

Where is the meeting - with the website down the directions have gone. 2pm start? Thanks Barrie _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

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[Alug]Debian et al installfest
by Ian Bell 27 Apr '03

27 Apr '03

Following my less than happy time with RH9.0 I decided to install Debian. The result has been a veritable installfest with me having all sorts of problems trying to install Debian and other distros. The current situation is that, since I have just one PC (laptop), I have created two equal sized linux partions and a common swap on it and installed RH7.3 one one (whcih is where I was before this all started). This way I can try other distros without losing my basic desktop functionality. Anyway the next step is to try Debian again and I'll report my Debian newbie experiences blow by blow - assuming the Debian community is interested in such things. Ian

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Re: [Alug]Elmswell Meeting 27 April
by NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- 27 Apr '03

27 Apr '03

Might turn up if i can find a way and its not tooo far off course from Norwich(maybe Weasenham) to Cambridge. Ill even have kit(my pc)! Oh ive downloaded iso'z of debian testing + hurd k2(uea connection is sooo fast) and have a few other cd images on my hard disk if anyone wants them and has the blanks or cash. lol ill sell them at 1/2 the linuxemporium's prices, maybe. Dennis -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug]software for Sunday meeting.
by Edenyard 26 Apr '03

26 Apr '03

MJ Ray wrote: > > I'll be there, but with minimal kit. I'll bring the updated chording > keyboard.... > Chording keyboard? What's that all about? I won't be able to get to the meeting, but I hope the question's still valid! Cheers, Gerald.

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[Alug]ADV: FTGH, Junk.
by Jonathan McDowell 26 Apr '03

26 Apr '03

Right. Being in the process of moving house, I really should clear out some of the junk I haven't used in a couple of years. I'll admit not all of it is Linux related, but I figure no one's going to want to travel any distance to pick this stuff up, so the ALUG list is my best chance. All free to anyone who can be bothered to pick it up from Norwich. Macintosh LC with keyboard, mouse, 14" colour monitor. 40MB HD. Should be in full working order, been a while since I powered it up. Only a 68000 I think; certainly doesn't run Linux though I guess ucLinux might be portable. Sun 3/50 with keyboard, mouse, no monitor. Used to use this as an xterm when I had a monitor for it, but no longer have said item. Should work fine and I think it can just about run Linux (and can certainly run NetBSD). 6 CD SCSI jukebox (single speed). Slow, but does work with Linux. External SCSI enclosure (5.25", huge 3 row D connectors) 16 port 10baseT hub with AUI + BNC. Needs a PSU. I might be able to find on, otherwise it's a 12V DC wallwart with the round plug at the end. 286 base unit Goldstar branded. 3 ISA slots, on board VGA, serial etc. Think it has IDE but just has 2 5.25" drives at present. PS/2 mouse/keyboard sockets. I originally meant to play with ELKS on this. RM 480Z + monitor + disk drive. Think it's working ok. I'll no doubt find more stuff as I sort things out; I'll maintain a list at: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/computer-junk.html and if no one wants any of it then I'll see if there are some fools on Ebay who'll pay 50p + P&P. :) (As an aside, sorry I can't make the meeting tomorrow - need to clean the old house to make sure I get the full deposit back!) J. -- jid: noodles(a)jabber.earth.li 101 things you can't have too much of : 40 - Star Wars toys.

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