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Hello
by Michael Sage 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

To All, Just changed mail address, this is just to check all is ok Thanks. Michael Sage

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Linux booting from second ide controller?
by NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

Hi, Ive just got a new computer with win 2000 installed. Its also got alot of specialist software and device drivers(not avalible for linux) so im keeping it(i also like it its the only version of windows i can say that about). So my problem is that i dont want to re-install windows 2000 on a smaller partition unless i have REALY have to. If there were a version of fips or somthing similare then id maybe resize it so i could fit a smallish "/boot" partision. The boot partition needs to be in the first 8 Gig if i remember correctly or is that just older computers/drives? I do have a spare hd lying around not doing much but i seem to remember theres a problem getting linux to boot fromt he second ide controller, am i wrong? Also is there anyproblems booting win2000 with lilo? Same as win98 right? Thanx girls/guys =) -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered by Outblaze

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Hello
by Tony Dietrich 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Just a quick note to introduce myself ... I'm a network specialist who's just returning i=to the *nix world after having been lured away to M$ by money <g>. I live in Felixstowe, and run a small network of RH8 machines here at home. Its been a struggle remembering how to handle Linux, but I'm getting there. TD

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Re: [Alug] Anyone Done The Cube Yet?
by NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Looks quite cool, very QuakeGL(or Quake-forge). Ill have to look at that when i get Linux installed on my new box(still havn got round to it). ----- Original Message ----- > On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 03:58:37PM -0000, Keith Watson said: > > <QUOTE> > > Landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor first person shooter engine. Combines very high precision dynamic occlusion > > culling with a form of geometric mipmapping on the whole world for dynamic LOD for configurable fps & graphic detail on most > > machines. Uses OpenGL & SDL. > > </QUOTE> > -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered by Outblaze

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Newbie Redhat 8.0 install probs
by Greg Harris 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

Hi All, I'm a relative new-comer to the world of Linux and need some advice/help regarding an install of Redhat 8.0. I'm installing to a second HD on the primary channel, PCChips 810, 384MB, Radeon 7500VE to a Dell 1025HE monitor. This is networked via crossover cable to a RISC OS box using a KVM. Everything seems to progress fine, including the graphics card selection. The installer picks up the correct card model, RAM type and size. The problem arises with the monitor selection, it reports "un-probed". I have tried selecting the correct Dell model from the list but it will not give me the test screen or indeed any other help. If I then continue with the install the boot screen errors on the boot screen with EE for the graphics card and the monitor and then hangs. The error is something along the lines of 'screens found but no usable screens defined' or very similar. Has anybody had this problem or can anyone shed any light? TIA -- Greg Harris (Norwich)

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RE: Hardware Knowledge (was Re: [Alug] Re: Welcome to the "main" mailing list (Digest mode))
by Jonathan Dye 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

MJ Ray wrote: > Steve Fosdick <fozzy(a)pelvoux.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Unless things have changed since I installed it Debian woody doesn't >> do graphics chip detection when setting up XFree86 so it will be >> useful to > > It can, but I can't remember the correct way to do it. Shows how > often you install Debian freshly! Install once, upgrade forever? I can't remember which packages you need exactly but I think some or all of the following may be useful for getting X to autodetect. discover read-edid mdetect JD _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service

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Re: [Alug] Re: Welcome to the "main" mailing list (Digest mode)
by NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

I thought that -O3 was a bad thing to do when compiling(it must be good for somthing but i thought -O2 was the safe option)? ----- Original Message ----- From: Tristan Scott <trs(a)scott998.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 23:18:57 +0000 To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Alug] Re: Welcome to the "main" mailing list (Digest mode) > > > > > >> So, to start off. What distros are used by most of you, since I don't wanna > >>start using a distro I can't get help for. Plus, I don't know which Distro would > >>be best suited for a homeuser/developer/gamer. > >> > >> > Im running Gentoo. this is a good one if you're already into linux, or > want to know a lot about 'bare-bones' system configuration, and > everything is built from source. This means ive got a 10-20% spped > advantage on the same hardware as everything is built for the > athlon-tbird with -03 optimisations (-02 being normal, and binary > distros are usually built for either a 486 or 686) > > This is irrelevent for a newbie tho, i suggest using some distro that > holds your hand... what language(s) do you write in? gentoo obviously > has a good build environment, but i dont know about the big distros... > > > _______________________________________________ > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > http://www.alug.org.uk/ > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! > -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered by Outblaze

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

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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DVD / DMA
by BenEBoy 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

I was wondering if anyone could help me with the following please? I installed ogle a while back but the DVD playback kept jumping. On the assumption that this was ogle playing up I installed xine, and the test script that comes with it mentioned that my DVD player hadn't got DMA enabled. following the instructions to enable it just caused my system (SuSE 8.0) to fall over in a heap. There is no problem under windows though. I assume therefore that the mobo/dvd drive can't use DMA under linux (sorry, haven't got the make/models of them). Before I go out and buy a new motherboard/DVD drive, could the fault be anywhere else? Do I need to compile anything into the kernel perhaps? Sacrifice a chicken to a dark god? cheers, BenE -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.norwich-anarchists.org.uk Officially the best norwich based anarchist web site that has overly large jpegs

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Anyone Done The Cube Yet?
by Keith Watson 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

<QUOTE> Landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor first person shooter engine. Combines very high precision dynamic occlusion culling with a form of geometric mipmapping on the whole world for dynamic LOD for configurable fps & graphic detail on most machines. Uses OpenGL & SDL. </QUOTE> Homepage: <http://wouter.fov120.com/cube/index.php4> Keith

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