Re: [PATCH] more penguins

2001-07-03 Thread Android
>Here's a patch against 2.4.5 so we can display a decent number of >penguins at boot time (wraps the display of the boot penguins when >they can't all fit on one line). > >Chris. What is the point of displaying penguins in framebuffer mode if it is going to change the video mode set by the vga=

Re: Uncle Sam Wants YOU!

2001-07-01 Thread Android
>_I_ think it's childish to claim the above. You _may_ have a choice, yes, but >is that choice equal or fair? Microsoft has infected both the user area as >much as the business/work area. If you want to purchase a PC because your >computer just fried and you want to finish a paper or something, b

RE: The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself.

2001-06-29 Thread Android
> >I still have my 3.1 package all boxed up in the basement. I remember >impatiently waiting for its arrival. What a disappointment it turned >out to be. > >Mark To say the least. The big thing in the current Windows OS's these days is FAT 32. NT 3.1 and NT 3.5 won't even acknowledge this fil

Re: Some experience of linux on a Laptop

2001-06-24 Thread Android
>I have come to the conclusion that linux is NOT suitable for the general >desktop market. I have to disagree on this. It runs fine on most PC's, as they use standard devices. Just say NO to anything proprietary. This includes Toshiba. Makers of such odd machines should supply their own nativ

Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps

2001-06-06 Thread android
> >I'd be happy to write a new routine in assembly > >I sincerely hope you're joking. > >It's the algorithm that needs fixing, not the implementation of that >algorithm. Writing in assembler? Hope you're proficient at writing in >x86, PPC, 68k, MIPS (several varieties), ARM, SPARC, and whatever

Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps

2001-06-06 Thread android
>Is anybody interested in making "swapoff()" better? Please speak up.. > > Linus I'd be happy to write a new routine in assembly, if I had a clue as to how the VM algorithm works in Linux. What should swapoff do if all physical memory is in use? How does the swapping algorithm b

Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps

2001-06-06 Thread android
>Furthermore, I am not demanding anything, much less "priority fixing" >for this bug. Its my personal opinion that this is the most critical bug >in the 2.4 series, and if I had the time and skill, this is what I would >be working on. Because I don't have the time and skill, I am perfectly >happy

PID's

2001-06-05 Thread android
This is probably a mundane question, but... Is there a way to recycle unused PID's without rebooting the kernel? So instead of the next available PID always getting larger and larger, just reset it to use the first unused PID after 1. Is this possible? -- Ted - To unsubs

ATI Rage 128

2001-05-25 Thread Android
Are there any plans for including support for the ATI Rage 128 chipset into svgalib? The VESA setting does not work. Causes any program using svgalib to crash. Are there any configuration settings in the kernel that may help with this? The kernel I am using is 2.4.4 and the card I am using is th

Re: Linux 2.2.18 release notes

2000-12-11 Thread Android
> ... added basic support for the Pentium IV. Unfortunately Intel chose to > ignore all precedent in model numbering via cpuid and report a > family of '15'. This sudden jump broke assumptions in the > kernel tree without any warning. Intel have failed to p

Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-11-29 Thread Android
1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linuxcreated by the Makefile (make modules_install). What for?   2)  (Answered)   3)  (Answered)   4) Some of the device special files are missing when using devfs. devfsd is running (loaded at the beginning of rc.S by init). Ther

Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-11-29 Thread Android
1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linuxcreated by the Makefile (make modules_install). What for?   2)  (Answered)   3)  (Answered)   4) Some of the device special files are missing when using devfs. devfsd is running (loaded at the beginning of rc.S by init). Ther

Re: XFree 4.0.1/NVIDIA 0.9-5/2.4.0-testX/11 woes [solved]

2000-11-29 Thread Android
> > I've never seen such thing as code without bugs. In my experience, > > the NVIDIA drivers are by far the most complete and solid 3D drivers > > under Linux. > > You are welcome to your opinion. I've got this great bridge to sell you too The most stable of all video drivers under Linux has to

Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.?

2000-11-27 Thread Android
- Original Message - From: Android To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 2:20 PM Subject: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.? 1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linux created by the Makefile (make modules_inst

Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.?

2000-11-25 Thread Android
There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linux created by the Makefile (make modules_install).What for? depmod doesn't like this link. It gets confused.   Lines missing from /usr/src/linux/include/asm/uaccess.h:   #define put_user_ret(x,ptr,ret) ({ if (put_user(x,ptr)) retu