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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

--- Adam Bower <abower(a)zeus.com> wrote: > > > David Freeman wrote: > > > > > Is the GeForce 2 chipset supported under linux? > > > My GeForce GTS 2 is fine although I did have problems getting 3d > DRI > > > working, and have since broke it again. > > > > What was the problem? > > The drivers are binary only (no source) and they can be a little > tricky > to get right, but I was using a hacked about version of Xfree 4.0 and > various reasons. I do know one of our developers has hacked around > the > kernel and various other bits with kernel 2.4.0 to get it working > correctly... I also seem to remember that the instructions are > slightly > wrong and I had a library in the wrong place that upset everything. I > may be doing a re-install of Debian soon (if i can be bothered) and > will > have to get it all working again so I will make some notes. > > Adam OK. Thanks D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

--- Adam Bower <abower(a)zeus.com> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, David Freeman wrote: > > > Which Distro would people recommend for ease of install and > > maintainance, also are there any which install the bttv driver as > > default? > I think SuSE has the bttv driver as a module but then most distro's > will. > I prefer Debian as although some people claim it is harder to install > than > most other distro's, but I found it to be the easiest to get things > working with. Alot of people say debian is very good, I have installed it on a sun IPX and it seamed quite good. I'm just looking for a distro I can control what it puts on the system and one which will configure all my hardware out the box, My current distro, Peanut, recognised most of my hardware straight away, I had to edit rc.modules to add the correct module for the zip drive. Unfortunatly it didn't do my TV card. > > Is the GeForce 2 chipset supported under linux? > My GeForce GTS 2 is fine although I did have problems getting 3d DRI > working, and have since broke it again. What was the problem? > > What are there in the way of Linux games available? > Quake III nuff said although you should look at www.lokigames.com as > they > have a very good selection. Cheers, alot of people mentioned these. Soldier of fortune looks good, very tempted. Unfortunatly I just bought a new CPU, motherboard and memory,(Scan.co.uk were doing a special offer) > > Can I drive the old matrox mystique with the new Geforce at the > same > > time in the same PC? > If it is a PCI card then maybe yes, but I think you will have to buy > an > X-server that would work with this although it may work in windows. > (I may > be completly wrong with these comments though) To describe my intentions in a bit more detail. I have a room that is 7'*7' My intention was to have a 17" monitor on my desk connected to the Geforce card, This I would use for most stuff like games etc... on the other side of the room I was going to put my old 15" monitor so I can use it for watching TV in bed. So I only really want the second card to work with the BTTV card as a TV. Thanks D > Adam <sig snipped> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

--- Paul Tansom <paul(a)whaletales.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, David Freeman wrote: > > Having Just ordered a hardware upgrade for my aging 200mhz K2, I > was > > thinking I might treat my self to a decent graphics card at the > same > > time. So I have a couple of questions. > > > > Which Distro would people recommend for ease of install and > > maintainance, also are there any which install the bttv driver as > > default? > > I'm just about to make the switch to Debian, so if you are looking to > try a > distro based on this check out Storm - it has a less complex install > than the > raw Debian, but is pretty true to its roots. I haven't tried it yet, > but > apt-get is supposed to be a very nice means of installing updates. apt-get sounds similair to the pkg management tool under freebsd which would download the required packages when you want to install them. > > Is the GeForce 2 chipset supported under linux? > > > > What are there in the way of Linux games available? > > Check out http://www.lokigames.com/ Drool........... > > Can I drive the old matrox mystique with the new Geforce at the > same > > time in the same PC? > > Assuming that you can run the GeForce chipset (not sure, haven't used > it > myself) you can run two cards with Xfree86 - so long as you have a > spare > monitor ;-) I quite like the idea of running an old 14" screen to > watch logs > in when I am developing code, but I don't have the space for the > extra screen > :-( I saw something on this only the other day, I just can't > remember where... > don't you just wish you could grep magazines sometimes! Can I run two cards with different chipsets? Thanks D PS I like the sig > --- > Paul Tansom: Talking to penguins can be inTUXicating, whereas > talking to windows is only 1 step away from talking to the wall! <remaining sig snipped> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

--- Adam Bower <abower(a)zeus.com> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Paul Tansom wrote: > > > I'm just about to make the switch to Debian, so if you are looking > to try a > > distro based on this check out Storm - it has a less complex > install than the > > raw Debian, but is pretty true to its roots. I haven't tried it > yet, but > > apt-get is supposed to be a very nice means of installing updates. > I have tried Storm and the main thing that got me was the free > version > (non-retail) does not have as many packages as true Debian but you > could > add the Debian mirrors to your sources.list file. I'll check out out storm tomorrow. A friend has a copy of redhat which I'm going to give a go at tomorrow night. > > Assuming that you can run the GeForce chipset (not sure, haven't > used it > > myself) you can run two cards with Xfree86 - so long as you have a > spare > > monitor ;-) I quite like the idea of running an old 14" screen to > watch logs > > in when I am developing code, but I don't have the space for the > extra screen > > :-( I saw something on this only the other day, I just can't > remember where... > > don't you just wish you could grep magazines sometimes! > Now that is cool, I may have a look at that later on although finding > space for a spare monitor will also be a problem for me :-( I see what you mean, and I have a 7'*7' room which I have to sleep in as well!!! > A quick search on www.google.com with the terms "" returned some promising results. Some interesting results, I'll have a closer look when I get more time. Thanks to every one for replying D > Adam > -- > Adam Bower, <abower(a)zeus.com> Tel: +44 1223 525000 <sig snipped> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

I also like the good 'ol games. I have fond memorys of chucky egg on the BBC, which I still have and will one day connect to my linux network :o), I quite like the idea of porting it to linux, but thats abit beyond my level ATM. Space invaders, Snake and hardball/breakout are all good for winding down. The other classics I quite like are Duke nukem 3d, doom trilogy, and a friend has got me into playing Rogue spear on his PC. I may as yet treat my self to Soldier of fortune, one day :-) Thanks D --- MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > David Freeman <david_freeman(a)rocketmail.com> writes: > > > What are there in the way of Linux games available? > > Well, I'm quite into simpler games, so these probably won't be to > everyone's taste, but I enjoy XBlast and many of the libSDL games. > Not much more advanced than your original consoles, but I find them > fun. I don't think I've actually any games installed right now. I > must put that right. > -- > MJR > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Email: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by MJ Ray 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)rocketmail.com> writes: > What are there in the way of Linux games available? Well, I'm quite into simpler games, so these probably won't be to everyone's taste, but I enjoy XBlast and many of the libSDL games. Not much more advanced than your original consoles, but I find them fun. I don't think I've actually any games installed right now. I must put that right. -- MJR

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Introduction and question
by Andy Cartwright 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

Hello, A brief introduction followed by a question. I am new to this list but have been using Linux on and off over the last 3 years. My current system is PIII 667Mhz, 128M RAM Dual booting with Win 98SE and SuSe 7.0(Professional, an amazing boxed set). Now my question concerns the 64M recognition limit, I have added the line mem=128M to the append line in the LILO configuration section of YAST1. When I interrogate with top or the K memory utility it tells be that I have 64M RAM. Have I done something wrong or is it one of those things where the software is wrong ? Many thanks in advance Andy Cartwright P.S. May be a bit out of date now but I have the boxed set SuSe 6.0 with manual boot disks etc. I have the new V7.0 Pro so have no need for 6.0, it is free to any good home if anyone can make any use of it.

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Different Installs (2 Plain Text)
by Kerin Westgate 10 Jan '01

10 Jan '01

Hi I was reading my mail this morning when I noticed someone suggest getting views of what other people thought of the different Linux installs that are about. I,ve now installed Mandrake 7.1 RH, on a Advent P111 450, 128mb memory, Aopen BX mother board, this is sheared with the dreaded Windows 98, as I have just added a seconded 10gb H/Drive I have set things up as follows, Drive A (6gb)____________Partitions hda1 (c drive) Windows 98__3gb hda6 /usr/local___________ 1.3gb hda7 /usr/data____________1.4gb hda8 /usr/spear___________2.0k Drive B (10gb) hdb1 /root________________1.6gb hdb2 (d drive) Windows 98___4.9gb hdb7 /usr_________________2.7gb You may ask why I only made root 1.6gb for some reason this was the maximum I could go. I found the DiscDrake that came with Mandrake very good and easy to use, which if you have backed up anything you don't want to loose, is then less nerve-racking if things do go wrong. As it happens nothing did. After rebooting with the Mandrake CD still in, you are faced with a very nice Installation screen that guides you through process of installing Linux, from choosing your language right through installing lilo and setting up the x server, the whole process didn't take to long either. you also have the options to upgrade from a previous Mandrake (quicker to reinstall) or selecting a Automated installation if you have never played with Linux or partitions before. As a newbie I would recommend Mandrake to anyone, its very quick and more important the ease of install was very good. As a newbie its hard for me to get more experienced users to understand, that when they talk about command lines, we don't always know what you are talking about, so many Linux users started with bbc basic or similar, we didn't we've started with windows and have grown up with nice user interfaces, so please be patient with us. Cheers And a happy and prosperous new year Kerin.

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Re: [Alug] saying hello
by Syd Hancock 10 Jan '01

10 Jan '01

Thank you all for the friendly welcome. I feel better about moving to east anglia already (even if I'm not the member who is furthest away :) I too have found linuxprinting.org to be very useful - I have just bought an HP 840c. Not yet installed under linux though. I will be glad to let you know how I get on with the multiple installs although Jenny's plan of getting to know one distro well is probably more sensible! Syd

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Re: [Alug] UK Linux Day
by MJ Ray 09 Jan '01

09 Jan '01

Steven Fosdick <fozzy(a)pelvoux.demon.co.uk> writes: > I know nothing of LinuxCare. I know little of them, other than they are a linux support company who employ some high-profile people and have been hurt by the dotcom downturn. All from the Linux press, really. > Not having been to an installfest before, what do we disclaim? > Responsibility for any data loss or damage to hardware we install on? Bingo. Especially as we're intentionally setting out to lose data in many cases ;-) > My diary is free at the moment, though it may not stay that way. Coo, care to organise a meeting or event? ;-) > UEA would be fine with me, though I could do with intructions on where > to go once having got to the gate - from what I remenber UEA is a > large site. Don't worry, I doubt you'll be able to miss it. It will probably be in one of the entertainment venues anyway, but there will be posters etc on the day (done a bit more officially than usual). -- MJR

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