Not a speed reader.

2003-09-15 Thread David Palmer
Hello everyone, I'm experimenting on my Libranet setup, and I've got things in a bit of a mess. Never mind it matches the rest of the house. When I was in my Windows days, there was an obscure setting that would slow down the start up graphics to a pace that you had time to read them. Is there

Re: FTP only with windows, why not...

2003-09-14 Thread David Palmer
On Saturday 13 September 2003 10:01 pm, Juri Haberland wrote:  Peter Christensen schrieb:   But recently I wanted to FTP a photo to the personal web space that my   ISP provides.  I've been unable to do this, and have not found any   information on what is going wrong.  I wonder if some servers

Re: Roadrunner dial-up problem.

2003-09-13 Thread David Palmer .
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:16:13 -0400 Tom Allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Palmer wrote: /quote: I am trying to dial into RoadRunner dialup service. They unfortunately only support Windows and won't help me with Linux. My Thinkpad WinModem is working fine and I have tested

Re: Video Card for Woody

2003-09-13 Thread David Palmer
On Sunday 14 September 2003 00:10, Brian C wrote: Hi, I'm having trouble getting my Matrox G550 working with Debian, because it is not supported in the version of XFree86 that is installed with Woody. I've successfully upgraded XFree86 to unstable but X still barfs when I try to start it.

Roadrunner dial-up problem.

2003-09-12 Thread David Palmer
/quote: I am trying to dial into RoadRunner dialup service. They unfortunately only support Windows and won't help me with Linux. My Thinkpad WinModem is working fine and I have tested it by dialing up to other dialup ISP accounts./unquote. Hello Andy, Yes I had exactly the same problem with my

Re: SCO invites open source people to 'monetize' Linux

2003-09-11 Thread David Palmer
On Thursday 11 September 2003 13:55, Sourian wrote: Here we go again... http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?news/news_story.php?id=47107 This is like a bad ongoing dream... Best regards, Sourian Hello, No, it's not just a bad dream, this is the strategy becoming apparent. SCO are not alone in this,

debootable.

2003-09-10 Thread David Palmer
Hi, I noticed some reference to debootable here the other day. Tried a google-no data, and just tried an onsite Debian package search,-no luck there either. Would someone be good enough to point me in the right direction? Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

CUPS alt.

2003-09-05 Thread David Palmer
Hi, I don't know about the HL1440, but Turboprint drives the HL1270N, HL1450, and the HL1470. Regards, David. /quote:Hello, after minor difficulties I've gotten cups to work on my decrepit laptop, using a brother hl-1440 laserprinter (the printer interprets PostScript on its own, though I

KDE3.

2003-09-03 Thread David Palmer.
Hello Huw, I'm just a newbie, but this has to be something local. I'm running Libranet. I've been off-line for ten months. Coming back on, I do a '-u dist-upgrade' and I get the latest version of KDE running nicely on what was originally a Version 2 distro. I don't see any specific titles in

Unfortunate Dummy.

2003-09-02 Thread David Palmer
All true:- Bollocks. Last I looked, swap space (file or partition) is a way to extend virtual memory by grabbing some disk space for the effect, and is thus completely optional. Your system may handle heavier applications simultaneously if you give it some swap space, but as long as you have a

re: Whinging Poms.

2003-09-02 Thread David Palmer
/quote; It also seems that the apple in the garden of Eden might 'in fact' have   been a pomegranate, in which case it does go back rather a long way. I accept your point though; this doesn't prove they were widely known in this part of the world. I've spent a few minutes on google and can

Off the track.

2003-09-01 Thread David Palmer
The DEs I've seen trundling past my house create very little exhaust. Steam engines create a *lot*, and need to be regularly replenished with consumables. DEs just look to be more fuel efficient, and less offensive to the neighborhood. Just because you can't see it, don't mean it ain't there.

Print packages.

2003-09-01 Thread David Palmer
Hello, Which is the more stable/ efficient Debian print package? Printtool or Cups? Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Print packages.

2003-09-01 Thread David Palmer
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 21:47, Russell Shaw wrote: David Palmer wrote: Hello, Which is the more stable/ efficient Debian print package? Printtool or Cups? Regards, I've used cups with epson stylus colour inkjets and lexmark postscript laser printers. Works flawless (testing distro

Unfortunate Dummy.

2003-09-01 Thread David Palmer
The swap file is absolutely necessary. This is the space on the disc where operating transactions take place. Without a swap file, you don't have a system. Straight Debian is a little bit difficult to start out with. I would recommend beginning with a more 'accessible' system, perhaps Libranet

Re: APIC errors?

2003-08-30 Thread David Palmer
What board is it? What processors? What chipset? The AsusTek A7M266D had some problems that took a little while to emerge with AMDs on Via chipsets, for example. On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 02:34:53 -0700 Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I want to pick the brains of all of you out there.

Re: APIC errors?

2003-08-30 Thread David Palmer
) display card, for example. Though there's an Abit site download for that one. Also, this is a site I've found to be useful. http://www2cpu.com/ Regards. On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 04:02:31 -0700 Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 18:45:07 +0800 David Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Athlon XP Motherboard Advice Sought

2002-06-02 Thread David Palmer
Hello, They have the most comprehensive manuals, also. Regards, David. On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 04:24, Mike Egglestone wrote: Hi, I can't say enought about how good ASUS boards are. They always seem to have solid components built on them, and I haven't had one let me down yet. A little more

Temporary Unsubscribe.

2002-06-02 Thread David Palmer
Hello, Unsubscribing temporarily while moving house. See you in the new joint. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Monitoring CPU usage of a process

2002-06-02 Thread David Palmer
Hello, Try gkrellm. Regards, David. On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:32, Adar Dembo wrote: I have some processes whose cpu usage I would like to monitor, and pipe into a file. As far as I know, top can't monitor a single process and send its cpu usage into a file, so I'm wondering what other programs

Lost Library.

2002-05-22 Thread David Palmer
Hello, I'm a newbie, but I've tried everything I know so far, to no avail. libmp3lame.so is nowhere to be found on my system, through apt-get, or dselect, or onsite. I need it to make up the final step in Eroaster. Would somebody point me in the right direction please. Regards, David. -- To

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