Re: Reinstallation

2004-03-29 Thread pa3gcu
On Tuesday 30 March 2004 07:44, S. Barret Dolph wrote: > I tried installing Source Mage with custom kernels. I don't have the time > to figure this out now and would like to remove everything and start over > with Mandrake. (Whose evils I know how to cure.) What is the easiest way to > do this. I h

Re: 3 button optical mouse

2004-03-29 Thread pa3gcu
On Tuesday 30 March 2004 01:19, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > is it possible to get a 3-button optical mouse to replace it?  all of > the mice i can find have scroll wheels and i have no idea if they > work with linux, and they seem like they would be uncomfortable as > a 2nd mouse button.  advice? If yo

Reinstallation

2004-03-29 Thread S. Barret Dolph
I tried installing Source Mage with custom kernels. I don't have the time to figure this out now and would like to remove everything and start over with Mandrake. (Whose evils I know how to cure.) What is the easiest way to do this. I have absolutely no data on the hard drive. Cordially, S. Bar

Re: .prn to .txt conversion = ?

2004-03-29 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 05:32 PM 3/28/2004 -0500, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote: Hi All I would appreciate it if someone could explain to me what tools one may use to convert MS dos .prn files whoses contents is all text to .txt files so that these files may be used in my linux box and I may through the Windows box out.

Re: XFree86 problems (ATI radeon video card)

2004-03-29 Thread joy
Philippe De Neve wrote: >Hi, > > >I'm trying to install the XFree86 system but it fails to start up. I've >installed it by installing the packages: >xfree86-common >xserver-common >xserver-xfree86 > >My PC has an AMD Athlon 1500 processor with 256 MB RAM and a graphical card: >ATI Radeon 7500. >

RE: 3 button optical mouse

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Anaya
i was delivered a linux system with a belkin 3 button ball-type PS2 mouse. two problems: 1) don't like ball-mice 2) i boycott belkin is it possible to get a 3-button optical mouse to replace it? all of the mice i can find have scroll wheels and i have no idea if they work with linux, and they se

Re: 3 button optical mouse

2004-03-29 Thread Joshua Rogers
Well, I'm using a 3 Button Optical mouse with scroll wheel. All you should really have to do is unplug the one you have and plug another in. You shouldn't have to do any real configuration (or at least I've never had to). I'm using a Logitech myself. From the computers point of view, I don

3 button optical mouse

2004-03-29 Thread Rei Shinozuka
i was delivered a linux system with a belkin 3 button ball-type PS2 mouse. two problems: 1) don't like ball-mice 2) i boycott belkin is it possible to get a 3-button optical mouse to replace it? all of the mice i can find have scroll wheels and i have no idea if they work with linux, and they s

unicode under Linux question

2004-03-29 Thread James Miller
I don't know if this list is the right place to ask questions about using unicode fonts under Linux. But maybe it's at least a place to start. So, here goes. I may be needing to use some unicode fonts (i.e., input unicode), and so have been doing a bit of research on the web. I think the overall

XFree86 problems (ATI radeon video card)

2004-03-29 Thread Philippe De Neve
Hi, I'm trying to install the XFree86 system but it fails to start up. I've installed it by installing the packages: xfree86-common xserver-common xserver-xfree86 My PC has an AMD Athlon 1500 processor with 256 MB RAM and a graphical card: ATI Radeon 7500. Now when I run X I get the output show

Re: Continous buzzing sound in kde

2004-03-29 Thread pa3gcu
On Monday 29 March 2004 10:32, Peter wrote: > Thanks Richard! > > I solved the problem!!! > > In the control center sound system in Sound I/O disable "Enable full duplex > operation". In the trace you sent me i found; ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE, 0xb640) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for

Re: Continous buzzing sound in kde

2004-03-29 Thread Peter
Thanks Richard! I solved the problem!!! In the control center sound system in Sound I/O disable "Enable full duplex operation". Regards -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http