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Re: [Alug] Test - please ignore
by MJ Ray 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

Ashley <ash(a)blueskyresearch.net> writes: > Just testing to make sure headers are set to come through to list ok Please use the social list if you want to play. Technical test messages to the main list may result in one of the following undesirable results: - being held for approval in future - being booted - a free subscription to the clueless list - me making sarky comments to the list - nothing ...depending on the moods of the list admins ;-) -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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insmod
by oms101＠freeuk.com 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

Dear All I finally took the plunge to install debian because my CDwriter has been playing up (its barely working) anyway, I got debian installed and it seems quite nice but a little under setup but that may be a strength. The 2.2.17 kernel I felt could do with an update, so I compiled the 2.4.8 kernel using the SuSe configuration for their 2.2 kernel in their 7.0 distibution. With this setup I performed my first successful kernel compile, ( I have tried 5 times before but it just takes to long with a P200MMX computer ) I then realised that I had to compile the modules and install them (with make) which meant that it must have taken at least 6 hours. Anyway after all this effort I now have a dewbian system with a 2.4.8 kernal that boots but still cant find the modules, I rearly need TCP/IP so I can continue to setup the system unfortunately this is a module. Anyone with some debian experiance please help Owen. PS insmod /usr/lib/modules/../../sg.o insmod /usr/lib/modules/../../ide-scsi.o does apear to load the scsi system and not work properly so I guess the modules do exist OK Date: 06-Oct-01 Time: 15:19:41

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Re: [Alug] Jinxed!
by Ricardo Campos 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

>$HOME/.xmms/config $HOME meaning my (as in the user's) home directory? i.e. /home/ricardo/ or just /home/ ? Cos it's definitely not in /home/ricardo/ , that's the first place I looked. > > Brownie points lost by Linux = 20 > >Sure, let's see you hack the registry keys it stored its settings in >as easily ;-) No need to. uninstall usually removes settings, reinstall adds defaults. The only reg hacking I've had to do is on servers, but you expect to fiddle on a server. I'm just getting grumpy because things either a) never work or b) work for a short period, then fall over. It IS frustrating when you know that you *COULD* boot into M$W2K and do everything I use my home computer for, crash-free. (Believe it or not, I have only experienced 1 or 2 crashes- and that was when I was running a default installation of IIS, unpatched... and u can guess what happened!) Then it was off to d/l the patch and get the Service Pack from Technet, and all is hunky dory. But I'm determined........ And I've always wanted a Penguin. ;) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Test - please ignore
by Ashley 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

Just testing to make sure headers are set to come through to list ok -- Ashley T. Howes PhD www.ashleyhowes.com "When all the animals of this world are gone, man will die of loneliness"

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new graphics card
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

I've just replaced a faulty graphics card in the dualboot machine at home, and was wondering how to let the linux part know it has an S3 Trio64V rather than a Whatever-it-was? I ran XF86Config from a command line, but got all the header and footers for each section in XF86Config come up with "command not found". A search on google showed the driver "accel" can be used with this card....I'm not sure how to activate this driver, or if I can just edit XF86Config by hand. Or how to find if debian has the driver "accel". Or anything much really. Ta, Jenny.

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Parking in Cambridge
by John Seago 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

I'm told that using the Park-and-ride is the best way to deal with parking in Cambridge, there's a Park-and -ride just by the Airport. That's assuming that mostofthe membership will be coming from the East, but it does'nt solvethe problems of those who want to bring their machines with them. Having looked at the Cambridge LUG site it might be possible that they could make their cellar availble. John seago

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Re: [Alug] Re: Future meetings
by MJ Ray 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

Ducttape <dif2(a)ukc.ac.uk> writes: > I have finally got my mail working so its time for me to rejoin alug. > > A group here at kent uni are looking to create a LUG, we could try and > sync the meetings at the UEA and see if we can get a video link working > (Janet connection at each end, hurrah)? what do people think? I think UEA may have just lost their normal venue, as there seem to be ballroom dancers in there on Sundays now. > Thanks > > D - Will be at the next meeting to collect a fridge^hvax -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Re: [Alug] `Microsoft' � advertising on ALUG main
by MJ Ray 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

John Seago <john.seago(a)nutshell.net> writes: > This is just a suggestion, offering a guide to alternative free Email > not an ivitation for rebarbative remarks. (I have no wish to offend, I've even less wish to offend. There's a whole category in the Open Directory (http://www.dmoz.org/ and mirrors), many of which are more reliable and less bundled. -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Re: [Alug] Jinxed!
by MJ Ray 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

"Ricardo Campos" <corez23(a)hotmail.com> writes: > $HOME meaning my (as in the user's) home directory? i.e. /home/ricardo/ > or just /home/ ? /home/ricardo/ or similar. > Cos it's definitely not in /home/ricardo/ , that's the first place I looked. How did you look? XMMS stores its settings in $HOME/.xmms usually. To do otherwise is to be using a hacked-up source, I think. -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Trick of the day.
by MJ Ray 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

Want a Palm or Psion copy of a document? Load it into abiword and save it out as one, then! Yes, I know it's been there a while, but I only just found it ;-) -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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