booting from diskette

2006-05-11 Thread . VWV .
Greetings to all from Europe. I would like to know, the data necessary to make a loader diskette similar to the one used for booting FreeBSD, useful to boot with the same loader the Windows system. In other words, I would like to know what kind of operation does the FreeBSD loader on the MBR,

Re: certance DAT

2005-07-27 Thread .VWV.
hical engines, but nothing more]. The most heavy backup of each system, is therefore no bigger then 5 GB. Hard disk backups are not possible, because I cannot write to the NTFS backup disk of the Disgusting Operating System. Original Message From: "Dan Nelson" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: certance DAT

2005-07-27 Thread .VWV.
ms DLT and LTO Ultrium 2 cartridges are more expensive then DAT 72 and VXA 2 ones. I have not found yet a criterion useful to choose the most reliable standard. Any suggestion could be useful. I'll need either to dump or to tar. Please CC me. Thanks once more. .VWV. Original Message --

certance DAT

2005-07-26 Thread .VWV.
Salve. I would like to know, if the following product can be used, in order to make tape dumps or tape tars with the FreeBSD 4.x. http://www.certance.com/products/dds-dat/dat72/CD72LWH-SS Thanks as always - please CC me - VITTORI ___ freebsd-questio

Re: Re: commercial development needed

2005-06-30 Thread . VWV .
tipurpose Computer X Operating System'. The reasons are infinite. As always .VWV. On 2005-06-28 08:47:12 +0200 Dmitry Mityugov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/28/05, . VWV. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Salve. Please let me know - CC me - eventual commercial developers of custom co

commercial development needed

2005-06-27 Thread . VWV .
their ergonomic behaviours, making possible to an autistic to stand in frond of the monitor. As always .VWV. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

no Adobe stuff needed on any kind of machine

2005-06-09 Thread . VWV .
Hi. I have forgotten to add this consideration to my previous posts. Even my mum reads postscripts on Wingsdowz by means of Ghostscript and Ghostgum. As for graphics, there are Gimp, Sodipodi, Dia, ready for any user of Wingsdowz. Adobe stuff cannot be considered as an international standard

Re: Re: ggv errors with pdf

2005-06-09 Thread . VWV .
On 2005-06-09 05:00:27 +0200 Mike Jeays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 20:58, .VWV. wrote: Hello. I have a problem with ggv whilst trying to read pdf documents, not ps documents [attachment]. Moreover, I would like to know what's the best resource available

ggv errors with pdf

2005-06-08 Thread . VWV .
Hello. Probably this one will be definitely my end question. I have a problem with ggv whilst trying to read pdf documents, not ps documents [attachment]. Moreover, I would like to know what's the best resource available to produce pdf or ps ones. Is it mandatory to pass through TeX? I'll

various

2005-05-23 Thread .VWV.
Hello. Chris was right. I have forgotten to upgrade the X server. Both XFree86 and Xorg have the drivers for a lot of radeon gpus now. Wingsdowz makes me exhausted. It seems I must keep it, in order to run commercial applications for audio purposes, because it seems easier to make them run with

Re: radeon

2005-05-21 Thread .VWV.
Original Message From: "Kent Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: ".VWV." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 21 May, 2005 03:51 Subject: Re: radeon > On Friday 20 May 2005 07:11 pm, .VWV. wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I was trying to

radeon

2005-05-20 Thread .VWV.
Hello. Once again, I have problems in order to use any kind of graphical environment on FreeBSD, therefore I write from Wingsdowz. I was trying to move to RADEON-based cards, but I have no idea how to make them work with X servers. I have a mixed-up 4.7 and 4.11 system, with the kernel of the ne

a road to nowhere

2003-11-12 Thread .VWV.
I still can't believe what people of GNOME and KDE have done. With GTK 1.x and KDE 2.x there were only some little adjustments missing, to obtain the 'perfect' desktop, compatible with GNUstep's Windowmaker. They have decided to follow an endless way instead. I'm temptated of destroying the whole

help for the Nautilus bastard

2003-11-11 Thread .VWV.
I'm at one step from having a unix desktop with gtk 1.x, with the gtkstep style, under GNUstep's Windowmaker, with the most part of the applications. I miss the Nautilus as for desktop manager. I have compiled either oaf or nautilus, but that bastard still doesn't start. I have also searched on t

cdparanoia doesn't compile

2003-11-11 Thread .VWV.
I have found the cdparanoia binary on the FreeBSD pages, but I still can't compile it, even having compiled the libgnugetopt 1.2. What have you done to compile it? VITTORI ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fre

starting Nautilus 1.x on 4.6.2 or 4.7

2003-11-08 Thread .VWV.
Thank you for your work on this mailing list. Is there anybody who knows how to correct the starting problems of Nautilus 1.x on 4.6.2 or 4.7? With my best regards VITTORI ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/

stop upgrade - keep your mind safe

2003-10-29 Thread .VWV.
Hello to all. Are you sure you really need continuous upgrading your operating system, until the end of your life? I'm happy running an 'obsolete' 4.6.2, nobody will move me from it. Upgrading makes happy only the hardware vendors. ¡Enjoy the life - fight the upgrade system -! With my best rega

stop the desktops' upgrades

2003-10-29 Thread .VWV.
Hello to all. I'm happy for the new release. Otherwise, in my opinion it is necessary to stop this unuseful adoption of the endless upgrades of KDE and GNOME monsters. They still are much better than WIN. There is no stable standard for applications' developers, under such environments. After th

ATI 8500 or matrox 550?

2003-06-25 Thread .VWV.
Hi. Owing to the need of purchasing a supported video-card before it's too late for my 4.6.2, I would like to know if the X Window System driver can run fine or not the ATI 8500. I have noticed the driver is not listed in the 'sysinstall' tool. If I choose 'ati' using xf86config or editing /etc/X

an ATI 8500 or a matrox

2003-06-25 Thread .VWV.
Hi. Owing to the need of purchasing a supported video-card before it's too late for my 4.6.2, I would like to know if the X Window System driver can run fine or not the ATI 8500. I have noticed the driver is not listed in the 'sysinstall' tool. If I choose 'ati' using xf86config or editing /etc/X

amnesiac - nasa - various

2003-02-02 Thread .VWV.
Hi. Please, forward this letter to the the correct delivery. I haven't the strenght necessary to walk online across the mailgroups' environment. Feel free of copying what you like of the following content, simply making mention of my name. If at NASA nobody has realized, rockets fitting the m