Re: cdrom stopped making noise

On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, El-al, Netta wrote: > hi, > i got a 50x cdrom a few months ago and every time i listened to mp3s on cds > using xmms it made a horrible tractor noise that drowned out all the music. > not to long ago i noticed that the noise stopped. i don't know if it was I have noticed "Cyb

RE: cdrom stopped making noise

> I have noticed "Cyberdrive" drives have this problem throughout their > line, and more so on high speed models (a whoosh sound like a > jet taking > off). but tractor? and only on xmms? I guess Xmms was misconfigured in a way that added the tractor sound - and mandrake reconfigured it in the r

RE: cdrom stopped making noise

1) It is not a Linux problem. 2) Instead of buying the fastest CD-ROM, by a good one (my Toshiba x 40 cost 50 Sheqels more then Unknown x 50, but it is GOOD). 3) Try to change the "read ahead" or some sound-like parameters. If you will Increase your buffer then maybe it won't try to alloca

RE: cdrom stopped making noise

no, it didn't only make the noise on xmms, it only stopped making the noise on xmms. if i "ls /mnt/cdrom" for example then it does make that noise. i guess it is only some reconfiguration of the buffers in xmms. jets taking off can sound like tractors, i guess ,if their take off lasts longer than

Linux at the US

Hi I spent the last 10 days in the US, and I must tell you that Linux is HOT. You see daily articles about it in the newspapers ( not technical newspapers; regular ones ). The stores are FULL with Linux books ( TONS of linux books ) and distros. Even the guys at FRY's know what linux is ;-). Hec

If Operating Systems Ran the Airlines

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Re: AGP

> I have an AGP Riva-128 based video card, and the OpenGL drivers > suffer greatly from a lack of more video memory. Is there > any support in Linux for using main memory as video > memory using AGP ? Is this a kernel issue or an X issue? You can't use main memory as video memory with AGP. You c

Re: AGP

Oren Shomron wrote: > > Hello, > > I have an AGP Riva-128 based video card, and the OpenGL drivers > suffer greatly from a lack of more video memory. Is there > any support in Linux for using main memory as video > memory using AGP ? Is this a kernel issue or an X issue? > I think you might be

RE: cdrom stopped making noise

On the other hand, MY 24x toshiba couldn't grab audio in a satisfying speed, couldn't read some of the CD-Rs and broke down 3 times within the warrany period. I have a second drive (which is a 12x CyberDrive) which still works to this very day. How about that? --

Re: Rexec request into RedHat 6.0

On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Galia Gitliz wrote: > Hi All > > I have a machine running RedHat 6.0 on which I want to enable rexec > services to it. (rexec from this machine to any other unix works OK) > > I know I have to uncomment the lines that deal with "exec" in > /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf A

LINUX and MATLAB

Hi, Does anybody have experience with MATLAB working under version 6.1 of Red-Hat ? Officially the current MATLAB version does not support Red Hat 6.1. What is the practice? Thanks, Shuli = Shuli Cohen Shwartz, Ph.D., MBA General Manager

Haifux meeting - important DATE correction

i was notified that i wrote several different and inconsistant dates on the announcement of the Haifux meeting yesterday. that meeting isn't on 2-feb-200, and neither on the 8-feb-2000. it is on sunday, and thus on the 6-feb-2000. sorry for the mistake... so i repeat - it's on sunday, 6-feb-2000

Re: LINUX and MATLAB

UCGTechnologies wrote: > Hi, > Does anybody have experience with MATLAB working under > version 6.1 of Red-Hat ? > Officially the current MATLAB version does not support Red Hat 6.1. > What is the practice? > Thanks, > Shuli Shuli, I have ran MATLAB R11 (5.3) under Linux (an old Slackware with l

Re: LINUX and MATLAB

On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, UCGTechnologies wrote: Works under 6.1 at TAU. --Ariel > Hi, > Does anybody have experience with MATLAB working under > version 6.1 of Red-Hat ? > Officially the current MATLAB version does not support Red Hat 6.1. > What is the practice? > Thanks, > Shuli > > =

Installing X from Tarballs

I have RH 6.1 that comes with Xfree86 3.3.5. I am trying to install a new ATI rage 128 card that needs the new Xfree (3.3.6) I downloaded the Tarballs from Xfree86.org and installed them as written in the readme. one bug accured that never happend on any Xfree86 version. (i even installed the mand

Re: Installing X from Tarballs

I suggest you should grab the RPM's (ALL of X rpm's) from Mandrake 7 on Mandrake web site.. Remember to grab ALL of them - not just the specific X server. Hetz At 14:38 01/02/2000 +0200, Y. Benado wrote: >I have RH 6.1 that comes with Xfree86 3.3.5. >I am trying to install a new ATI rage 128

FTP Q.

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Re: ARP aging time

Hi Arie, Berkley-derived implementations normally have a timeout of 20 minutes for a completed entry and 3 minutes for an incomplete entry. Entries added by arp -s are made permanent unless the keyword temp appears at the end of the command line. W.Richard Stevens "TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol 1" Cha