[newbie] Xfree86 Programming resources
I'd like to port a few dos video game emulators (Nintendo, Sega Master System, and a few arcade machines) over to Linux and would like to know where I can get some Xfree86 programming info from. I need it to port the video functions over.
[newbie] Homemade Router/Switch... Being cheap.
Ok... I have a question for all of you network geniuses out there. I have been contemplating the purchase of a switch for my home network. I have 3 PC's that need to be connected to the internet with my cable connection. I had thought to buy that Linksys Cable router, but I realized that I have quite a few network cards and enough parts to build another PC (p200mmx) and thought that maybe I could throw all of the extra NIC's into this new box, drop Linux on it and use the machine as a proxy/router/switch. Is something like this feasable?
My take on all of this... (was [newbie] Linux Partition)
Ok, so I had my little fun with this. Let's be real here. I've been using computers since I was 8 years old (I'm now 28), I've seen 'em come and go. This little debate over Linux vs Windows reminds me of the ST vs Amiga or Atari800 vs Commodore64 bbs flame wars. I've owned the following: Timex/Sinclair 1000, CBM Pet, C64, Atari 800xl, TI 994/A, Atari 520ST, Atari 1040STE, Amiga 500, and a few PC's (from 1994 - up). Point is, I've used a few OS'es and because of that, I can honestly say this: Windows9x is the best thing going. I'll catch hell for that remark, but let me explain myself here.
Re: My take on all of this... (was [newbie] Linux Partition)
Ok, so I had my little fun with this. Let's be real here. I've been using computers since I was 8 years old (I'm now 28), I've seen 'em come and go. This little debate over Linux vs Windows reminds me of the ST vs Amiga or Atari800 vs Commodore64 bbs flame wars. I've owned the following: Timex/Sinclair 1000, CBM Pet, C64, Atari 800xl, TI 994/A, Atari 520ST, Atari 1040STE, Amiga 500, and a few PC's (from 1994 - up). Point is, I've used a few OS'es and because of that, I can honestly say this: Windows9x is the best thing going for the average user. I'll catch hell for that remark, but let me explain myself here. I have a total of 4 pc's in my apartment. Of those, 3 of them have Linux and Windows on it. (the 4th is my entertainment machine, gaming and DVD hooked up to my TV). I use each OS extensively and have come to this conclusion: Windows is for the masses and Linux is a throwback (A good thing though!) to the good 'ole days of computing. Windows is easy, it's meant to be. Linux is not, I'm not sure if it was meant to be or not. In Windows, if an application doesn't exist, you wait for it to be created (most windows users are not programmers). With Linux (just like the good 'ole days), if an application doesn't exist, you write it yourself or get help to create it. I love that about Linux. Personally, I don't want Linux to be too easy to use. I think it's better that the people that have and use it, know something about it.With Windows, that's not necessary. (Note: my last email was sent by mistake...)
Re: [newbie] Linux Partition
Because Widows is SUPERIOR You will never need another OS. Forget all of this Linux hoopla!!! Forget... Forget... You will obey the desktop overlord Willam Gates! Bwaahahahahahahahahahahaha [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/19/2000 02:57:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] Linux Partition How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not the other way around?? Andy
Re: [newbie] Loging on
Log into terminal(superuser) (I think that's the one...) and it'll ask for the root pw. you should be able to do anything then from the command prompt. "Sami A. Kutbi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/18/2000 12:23:06 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] Loging on I'm looking for a way to log in as root while i'm in a user in KDE. with out logout and login out from user... Thanks for the help
Re: [newbie] amd chip
Overclock it to 400MHz or 450MHz(careful with that one!) first. If the performance still doesn't suit your needs then pick up a 500 (and run it at 550MHz!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/11/2000 10:31:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:Re: [newbie] amd chip I also currently have a K6-2 350 with 96mb. How much of an increase would I gain putting in a K6-2 500? Roger mark willenbring wrote: I thought it was a AMD 350 or greater. It had a problem in Win 95 because the chip was too fast for the OS - image that! 98 does not have this problem. Also just buy a nice fan to protect your chip and to make it run better. The faster the chip the hotter it runs. --- "Pittman, Merle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may be a little off topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I have been given an AMD K62 333MHz and MB by a friend. Has anyone had any problems with these CPU's. I have heard rumors about them overheating and having problems (especially with win98). can anyone confirm this, or do you have comments of your own? Thanks. MDP __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- Roger Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Accountant i4i 116 Spadina Ave., 5th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5V 2K6 ph 416.504.0141 Ext 206 fx 416.504.1785 http://www.i4i.com
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdownon stability!!
paul haine wrote: Funny how when Windows doesn't work it's Windows fault, but when Linux doesn't work it MUST be the hardware. Not true, look at all of the S3 Savage 3, 4, and 2000 owners out there (I have a Diamond Stealth s540 Savage4) complaining on a regular basis about their hardware crashing Windows. To it's credit, the Stealth III works fine with Linux (no 3d accell though). Many times it is the hardware, but everyone is so used to blaming Windows that no matter what "It has to be Windows". AMD's processors 350Mhz+ required a patch in win95 in order to work. Intel had no such problem, Cyrix has no such problem. Problem with Windows? I doubt it. Windows98SE works for me. It crashes only when I try something that I shouldn't... Like running OpenGL screensavers (Savage4 drivers don't allow GL accellerated savers to function). Application crashes (read:Games!) happen because of instability of my video card. Linux never crashes with the same hardware, then again, there's no 3D accelleration for the Savage4 to crash it. My overclocked K6-2 450 (@500Mhz) runs everything just fine. (So does my Overclocked Celeron366 - 550Mhz) "I have no irrational allegiance to any OS. I use Linux because it works,and shun Windows because it doesn't." But that's irrational in itself. Windows and Linux, as we have seen, will both crash. Your Hardware configuration may be what's preventing you from running Windows well. Your not looking into that is irrational. Please don't take this as a flame, that's not what I'm trying to do here. For the record the configuration of my main Linux/Windows box is: Matsonic 6120s Motherboard w/Alladin V chipset AMD K6-2 450 @500Mhz SB Live Value Diamond Stealth III s540 Linksys PCI nic MIDIMan Winman 2x2 MIDI interface 128mb Crucial Tech ram. Generic USB Card from CompUSA (I shorted out the USB/PS2 ports on the mobo) Generic USB Mouse 3Com Cable Modem. It runs Windows and Linux quite well.
Re: [newbie] amd chip
K62-333 can run at 350Mhz (3.5x100) with no problem, raise the voltage to 2.5v to stabalize it. The chip had problems with Win95a and b requiring a patch from Microsoft to solve. Win98 and Linux have no problems with this chip. [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/10/2000 03:59:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] amd chip This may be a little off topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I have been given an AMD K62 333MHz and MB by a friend. Has anyone had any problems with these CPU's. I have heard rumors about them overheating and having problems (especially with win98). can anyone confirm this, or do you have comments of your own? Thanks. MDP
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!!
I have too in the past, Andy. George Jones (now at home) - Original Message - From: "andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!! In Windows, I'm using 'Tweaked' drivers I got off the web for my s3 Savage card. This has made a huge difference to the performance of the card. Andy - Original Message ----- From: George Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 April 2000 20:04 Subject: RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!! True, it's in the drivers (most of the time, something I failed to point out). One of my machines (p200mmx @250Mhz) which doesn't run Linux has a Permedia2 based card. The drivers from 3DLabs are the best I've ever come across. They're virtually bulletproof. I've never had a system crash due to video drivers on that machine. Driver quality does count for a lot. S3 is notorious for issuing horrible drivers. I've gone through at least a dozen drivers for my Savage4 and each one introduces new problems whil "fixing" old ones.
Re: [[newbie] More probs with dual boot]
O.K Breathe deeply dude. Calm down... Personally I don't like WinDoze much, but since all of my games, Sequencing and Audio, 3D Animation apps, and other software exists as windows ONLY applications, then I have to use it still. I think many of us out there are in the same boat. "Some of us actually NEED to use Windows for professional reasons..." As opposed to what?
Re: [newbie] Netscape 6.0
It's already up, you have to look for it on the download page.
[newbie] NT client with Linux
I'm trying to access an NT server using Linux. I would like to know how to setup an NT client using mandrake7. I would also need to be able to see all of the shared drives on our network (that I have access to anyways) and be able to add more at will. In addition to this, I need to be able to run User Manager for NT and a couple of WinNT apps (Lotus Notes, Airsource Pro Workstation, ect...). Any ideas? George Jones IV ABN AMRO ITSC North America End User Support.
[newbie] NT login's and Mandrake7
I'm trying to access an NT server using Linux. I would like to know how to use the NT logins and passwords to do this. I would also need to be able to see all of the shared drives on our network (that I have access to anyways) and be able to add more at will. In addition to this, I need to be able to run User Manager for NT and a couple of WinNT apps (Lotus Notes, Airsource Pro Workstation, ect...). Any ideas? George Jones IV ABN AMRO ITSC North America End User Support.
Re: [newbie] How can I read Macintosh disks?
U Jeremy, could you please refrain from using any racial slurs here? Thanks. - Original Message - From: "Jeremy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] How can I read Macintosh disks? Hershel S Robinson wrote: Does anyone know if there is a free utility to allow me to read Macintosh floppies from Linux on a PC? I have looked but I have not found. Thanks, Hershel Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, there is such a beast, but no I dont know what its called or where to find it :( Try freshmeat.net maybe there. I know you can read newer mac disks in a pc drive but OLD (very old) 400k disk and maybe 800k disks wont work no matter what 'cause they are completely different! You'd need to nigger-rig an old mac drive up to the pc somehow and write a program for that. ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] S3 Savage3D
That's a good one, it should detect it properly, if not, grab a Savage4 for cheap. I'm using one just fine.
Re: [newbie] X window Trouble
logic7 here... Hmmm... You should be good. I would, however, recommend upgrading to 64Mb at least. Also, drop your color depth to 16bit. I have quite a bit of slowdown in Gnome at 32bit color and my system has 96mb memory, Permedia2 video card, and a 366Mhz Celeron. If you think that it's your video card, find a Permedia2 or i740 based card, everything is pretty much hardware accell'ed with them. They can be had for about $30US.
[newbie] Can't read from CD writer anymore!
Ok, I'm pretty fed up here. I have a Mitsumi 4x/2x/8x CDRW(slave) unit in my machine along with a Creative Labs 24x(primary). When I initially installed Air, I could read from both drives (good, because I could play mp3's from the CDRW and install packages or anything else at the same time). Now, I can no longer read from the CDRW at all, even when logging in as root. I have changed nothing in my system. Can anyone give me a bit of help here? The unit is recognized when I boot the system and it's properly listed in /mnt.
Re: [newbie] FW: Installing from hard drive using lnx4win
I'm not really sure if this'll help, but if you have a CD burned handy, then d/l the iso image of 7.0 and boot directly to it. That's how I got mine setup.
Re: [newbie] X window Trouble
How fast is your processor and how much system mem do you have? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 11:10 PM Subject: [newbie] X window Trouble I'm using 8MB SIS 6326 graphics card on mandrake 6.1, i have my card type on the database but when i run X such as KDE the graphic is very slow, seen on resizing window to max or minimum. anyone can give a clue to this problem? Thanks ** S. Aditya W. e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] **
Re: How about Roadrunner? Re: [newbie] Nic problem
I have MediaOne's One-Way RoadRunner. Uses a 56k modem and a General Instruments SB1000 Surf Board. Can't use it in linux yet though. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 6:39 AM Subject: Re: How about Roadrunner? Re: [newbie] Nic problem MediaOne's Roadrunner service is what I have. Bryan Speaking of which, does anyone have roadrunner's cable modem service? If so do they or have they had any such of this kind of trouble? I am getting roadrunner's (Cox cable) service.
Re: [newbie] Sound Card, graphic card
Do you actually have a Trio based card? If not, find your chipset and use those drivers. Speedwise, If you're using Gnome, then Winblows98 would appear to be faster, KDE, to me anyways, is the desktop of choice. [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/14/2000 01:47:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] Sound Card, graphic card Hi all, Pretty bad at managing a Linux. Here's my questions : 1.How do you go about to configure ur sound card?? 2.I select a generic graphic card (S3 3D Trio), when I start my netscape, a error msg stating that it can only support a mono visual screen. However, things get normal after I quit the program. 3. I find that although Linux appear more stable than Windows, however I find that performace wise, Window is faster. Wonder do you guys feel the same or is my system slow. I use a pentium II 300 Mhz, 64MB SDRAM Any idea ???
Re: [newbie] Install Guide
Email me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll give you a solution. - Original Message - From: Ben Freeman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 1:16 PM Subject: [newbie] Install Guide While attempting to install Mandrake 7.0 (in Recommended mode) and at the Setup filesystems section, the instructions tell me that normally I won't have anything to do. I only had a Windows partition. I did have to do something. Auto Allocate seemed the most logical option to select. The other option that I wanted was to gracefully back out of the whole install program and come back another day when I felt more comfortable about not having anything to do in Recommended mode. Nothing short of powering off the computer, would allow me to back out of the install program. That worked, so I returned to the installation and chose Auto-Allocate. I think I was questioned about the swap space and then there were other questions and suddenly there was more to do than simply click on Auto-Allocate and I wished I wasn't there anymore. How to get out of this nightmare ctl-alt-delete...escapeqctl Cfinally, turned it off and I was out Turned it back on and learned that I had erased the entire disk surface. About three hours to reinstall Windows 98. Now, I am so install "shy", that I can't bear to make a choice of doing something when I get to Setup filesystems, when I am told that normally I won't have anything to do. Please supplement the useless instructions about not having anything to do, and advise the next thing to do when in Recommended mode and am installing not upgrading. Also, is there a graceful exit from the install program Thanks
Re: [newbie] KDE runs to slow!
Anyone have the dirt on the Evergreen AMD K6-2 upgrade? I'm running a P133 also, and have seen the 333-400mhz AMD upgrades for $100-200US w/ BIOS upgrade. And then there's SO MANY motherboards around, I'm having a difficult time choosing one. With all the graphics cards moving from PCI to AGP, and ISA being phased out, what should I do? Testimonials would be great! i.e: The best MB you've used and Linux compatibility. As much info as I can get b4 I buy. Thanks! -Josh Good mobo to get: EPoX MVP3 G2. You can get this Super7 board with up to 2mb of cache on it! It also has AGP/5PCI/2ISA(1 shared PCI/ISA) slots. Check www.pricewatch.com for pricing on it. Other decent boards are the Gigabyte 5AX(ATX), Gigabyte 5AA(AT), FIC PA-2013(ATX - 2mb cache), FIC VA-503A(AT - 2mb cache/UDMA66), and Asus P5A(ATX). I guarantee you, buying a new mobo, case, and processor will cost you less than $200 and you'll get much better performance.
Re: [newbie] problems
H. You could try updating from the 7.0 CD (which takes forever!). That should get it going. - Original Message - From: "Kyle Filipski" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 12:01 AM Subject: [newbie] problems I have the 6.1 version, tried to install it a few months ago. It didn't work with my ATI Rage 128 video card, not supported then. Now I hear that it is...how do I go about updating this??? I take it I should re-install it from the CDRom and then what? Should I download the new Xfree86 version 3.3.6 ? (which supports ATI Rage 128) And if I do, I'd have to do it through Windoze...how will I be able to get at this file after I install Linux? Help... C-Ya Flip
Re: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive?
- Original Message - From: "Greg Bell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 3:12 AM Subject: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive? I've been reading all the good reviews on Mandrake 7. I'm interested in giving it a try due to its easy install feature. The last time I tried to install Linux, I totally screwed up my system. However Mandrake 7 looks like a fairly easy install with most of what I want already included in the distribution. So I think I will give it another go. I have one question: I have two IDE hard drives in my computer (c: drive is a 6GB d: drive is a 4GB). I have Windows 98 on the 6GB drive, and really nothing on the 4GB. For my Mandrake 7 install, I would really like to keep Windows on my 6GB and install Mandrake on the 4GB (and give Mandrake full access to the whole 4GB drive), and use some sort of boot manager to toggle between the two at boot up (I guess LILO, unless if there is something better). I've looked everywhere on the Internet, and found that most pages that explain how to have Windows and Linux installed on the same machine, all explain how to do the install on the same drive. I haven't found any sites that explain how to install Linux on a 2nd drive. Do any of you know of any sites that would explain how to install Mandrake 7 to an empty 2nd drive in a very step-by-step way? Thanks for you information! Greg You could use something like Boot Magic to boot to your other drive or LILO. I have 2 similar setups and I use LILO on one and the version of Boot Magic that came with the 6.1 dist. that I bought (Macmillian 6.5). You should download the ISO of 7.0 and boot directly to CD, it'll walk you right through the LILO setup.
Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]
Paul, Try www.compgeeks.com or www.advancedvision.net . I buy stuff from them all of the time C.O.D. because, like you, I don't have a credit card. BTW ComputerGeeks has this nifty Dual Pentium (Socket7) mobo that I'm going to order this weekend, grab one for yourself while you're there. - Original Message - From: "Paul Derbyshire" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 4:38 AM Subject: RE: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]] At 11:35 PM 2/4/00 -0800, you wrote: Sure, try CNET or Price watch to do some comparison shopping. You can probably get a decent external for about US$100. Possibly a bit less. Mike I got my Diamond Supra 56k modem for 70 dollars at best buy Hmm seems like a waste of money when just a month after i bought it, i got my DSL installed. :) Do cable modems tend to work with Linux? -- as for 56K's, a Web site is worthless to me, I'd need to know of a physical chain of stores that sells 'em. I don't have a credit card... -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight e."- -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ | Paul Derbyshire Programmer Humanist|ICQ: 10423848|
Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]
mobo= MotherBoard. Yes, I though that there would never be such a thing as COD on the net, but I have spent many a dollar with the two vendors I listed. Paul, Try www.compgeeks.com or www.advancedvision.net . I buy stuff from them all of the time C.O.D Cash on delivery?! Over the Net? Never seen that before. Sounds too good to be true. BTW ComputerGeeks has this nifty Dual Pentium (Socket7) mobo that I'm going to order this weekend, grab one for yourself while you're there. Mobo?
Re: [newbie] graphic accel drivers
Permedia2 based cards are solid video cards for Linux. check out www.pricewatch.com to see who has them. Creative Graphics Blaster Extreme 4meg cards are around $30. Another chipset to look for is any intel740 based card, again they're pretty cheap. - Original Message - From: "Andrew Scotchmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 12:28 PM Subject: [newbie] graphic accel drivers Anyone know if there are drivers compatable with a maxi gamer phoenix 2 card. Otherwise can any tell me of a good svga card that can run an linux
[newbie] Free ISP's and Linux
Anyone out there figure out how to access one of those free-isp's like NetZero or AltaVista using Linux?
[newbie] 1 way Cable Modem and Zoltrix Modem
In my area we have 1way cable access using a standard modem for upstream and a General Instrument SB1000 SurfBoard. Any one know how to get this thing to run under Linux? Another question, I was thinking about getting a free ISP for a dialup under Linux as well, can the Zoltrix Spirit PCI modem be used? Befor you say anything, this is one of the rare PCI modems that's NOT a WinModem. It's a real com port device.
Re: [newbie] Some Help - New to MDK
I had a similar problem with my ESS Solo1 when I installed 6.1, I have since installed 7.0 and have not had any problems with it. - Original Message - From: "Jim Bruno Goldberg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 4:01 PM Subject: [newbie] Some Help - New to MDK Hi, people. I install the MDK 6.1 here and cant solve some things, please, if someone can help me or point some reference, thank you: - I sucessfully (???) configurate a CMI 8338 Sound Board on the Linux, but the sound suddently hangs. If I reset the system and start the X11AMP, when I play the MP3 file, this plays 1 or 2 seconds and hangs the sound board. - I install the Star Office 5.1 on network copnfiguration fine, but when I try to install a profile running the setup again, this hangs on the end of the procedure. What this can be? -- Jim Bruno Goldberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Focus Consultoria Empresarial Ltda. http://www.focusit.com.br "See inside, there's nothing to hide, turn and face the light!" Where do you want from me? Wright/Gilmour
