netgear/linksys/microsoft wireless pcmcia card? (also a quick apt .conf question...)

2004-02-16 Thread Preston Boyington
i am in need of a wireless card for an older laptop running woody 3.0. i have three different brands available in my area (netgear, linksys, microsoft), although i possibly could order a card in the two week's time available to me before i _have_ to have it. i currently use a cabled 10/100

RE: Cloning

2004-01-29 Thread Preston Boyington
Subject: Cloning Hello all! I'm about to install Debian on 12 computers (i*86). They will use the same setup regarding software, but the hardware differs somewhat between them. I would like to know if there is possible to, for example, install and configure one box and then somhow

RE: mp3 file cutter

2004-01-07 Thread Preston Boyington
-Original Message- From: LeVA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mp3 file cutter snipped Uh.. I have lame. I don't need Lame packages, because I've compiled it from sources. I just said, that this

RE: network install via dialup?

2003-12-18 Thread Preston Boyington
-Original Message- From: James Miller Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: network install via dialup? I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a network install

RE: Debian Investigation Report after Server Compromises

2003-12-02 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: Debian Investigation Report after Server Compromises snipped Though I am somewhat concerned about the following bit from the message: Please understand that we cannot give away the used exploit to random people who we don't know. So please don't ask us about it. I'm afraid

RE: Need a user-friendly, low-requirement desktop

2003-11-25 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: Need a user-friendly, low-requirement desktop In this particular case, however, I'm dealing with a Pentium 233 MHz with 32 MB of RAM. snip I read of another choice called (if i remember correctly) XPed. I am going to look this up myself over our holiday and see how well it

RE: memory not pro-actively marked free?

2003-11-20 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: memory not pro-actively marked free? P.S. is that the usual way to get rid of X windows if in case one wants just to use the humble console? I know there is a startx program, but no stopx. CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server.

RE: pppd and Debian...

2003-08-27 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: pppd and Debian... I have a problem . My modem is detected by Linux, but when I try to connect by wvdial, this message is shown on console: snipped Hmm... a prompt. Sending ppp. ppp PPP: Not enabled try wvdial as root. I don't think you have your permissions set

3COM PCMCIA Modem

2003-08-22 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: 3COM PCMCIA Modem I have to get a new modem for my notebook and was hoping someone had experience with the 3COM 3ccm156 56K Glob.V90 PCMCIA modem. I have found it for roughly $25 (US) and was about to order when I thought I would ask. Although I have not ever had a problem with the

RE: which woody-iso ?

2003-08-15 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: which woody-iso ? I downloaded the LordSutch.com ISO image[1] which is about 10 MB, burned, booted, and installed the rest over the net. It works great if you've got a broadband connection. Actually it is bearable with a dialup connection also (as long as you don't mind

RE: old laptop I need ugly fast Xwindows please

2003-08-14 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: old laptop I need ugly fast Xwindows please All, I have a crappy old Compaq Presario 1210, and KDE runs like a dog on it. I really only need a couple of xterminals, and mouse functionality. What version of Xwindows is light and fast on older boxes. I dont care how

RE: Newbie Modem Q

2003-08-14 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: Newbie Modem Q I prefer internal modems because it limits my cable mess. :) I know plenty of people who prefer external modems because they are easier to debug. another point is that most external modems have a power/reset switch that comes in handy when dealing with

video card, dvd/vcd

2003-07-31 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: video card, dvd/vcd I am thinking about buying an all-in-wonder card to convert some old vhs tapes to vcd/dvd. I would like some suggestions/experiences from the group for software or hardware. I don't care if it is command line or gui, I just want good results (baby's first birthday,

RE: CD Boot Problem

2003-07-30 Thread Preston Boyington
sounds like the cd media you burned has an error. this can be caused by a manufacturing error on the cd. burn another cdrom and give it a try. also, try not burning at full speed. sometimes people burn disks that are rated 12x at 30x+ and will make cd's that behave like you describe.

RE: kernel compilation question

2003-07-28 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: kernel compilation question Now that I'm fully moved over to Debian :-), I'm looking at start tinkering with kernel compilation. I would assume I'd need the kernel-source package of my choice? But it are there any other package(s) I'd need to download to get started?

RE: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system

2003-07-25 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: Wanted to build: bare minimum Debian system I have Woody installed on an IBM 340CSE laptop with a 486/50, 12MB of RAM, and a 10GB drive. It currently boots, but hits swap the instant I start the PCMCIA card services to bring up wireless networking; even a ps axw starts

RE: books-manuals

2003-07-25 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: books-manuals Hy debian users A question from a beginner. Any recomendations on a good Debian-linux guide, with administration tools and basic setups?? Thanks Tiago Cunha you may also want to check: http://www.debianuniverse.com/ Preston

RE: Important!

2003-07-23 Thread Preston Boyington
Title: RE: Important! On Wednesday 23 July 2003 23:59, rayhab wrote: I need to get an operating system to fit on one rw cd. You can try knoppix. It's based on debian. For more information look at http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html There you will also find information

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2002-05-31 Thread Preston Boyington
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2002-05-28 Thread Preston Boyington
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