3d graphics in X

2005-04-11 Thread Jeremy Abbott
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Re: How to pick a distro?

2005-04-08 Thread Jeremy Abbott
> > Are you sure of this, Jeremy? > > I just checked the online package repository for SuSE at > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/suse/i586, and there I see > all the usual compiler packages ... for example: gcc (the C compiler), > g++ (the C++ variant of gcc), the *-devel header files for

Re: How to pick a distro?

2005-04-07 Thread Jeremy Abbott
Peter wrote: >Hi, > >having read all the replies I would almost be scared to go to a Linux OS. It >is not that difficult at all. With Fedora I would call the installation a >child's or grandma's play, however, would recommend to do the partitioning >yourself after having read how to go about it

Re: Linux Display silly question

2005-03-23 Thread Jeremy Abbott
tml Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs I dunno if this will help since I am not sure of the memory usage, but there is an alternative to X that is in its infant stages. http://www.y-windows.org/ Jeremy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

kernel errors on boot

2005-02-27 Thread Jeremy Abbott
I am getting strange error messages from the kernel as I boot ever since I upgraded from 2.6.10-gentoo-r5 to 2.6.10-gentoo-r6. Here is a sample from my log: Feb 26 15:33:40 [kernel] devfs_mk_dev: could not append to parent for vcc/2 Feb 26 15:33:40 [devfsd] action_compat: error unlinking: "vcs2"

Firefox & Thunderbird probs

2005-01-29 Thread Jeremy Abbott
x as my gui now. Thanks, Jeremy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: Time-Zones

2005-01-20 Thread Jeremy Abbott
translate the UTC to the local time; can anyone help? thx, thorsten , ( o ~ ) .oooO~~(_)~~Oooo.~~~ You could write a script, but I'm not that familiar with Gnome, so I cannot tell you how to imp

Re: aterm pseudo transparancy tint

2005-01-19 Thread Jeremy Abbott
Conway S. Smith wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeremy Abbott wrote: Jeremy Abbott wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to set the tint color of an aterm to be random? Right now I am executing the following: aterm -tr -tint blue -trsb -rv -geometry 179x33

Re: aterm pseudo transparancy tint

2005-01-18 Thread Jeremy Abbott
Jeremy Abbott wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to set the tint color of an aterm to be random? Right now I am executing the following: aterm -tr -tint blue -trsb -rv -geometry 179x33 --font4 I know I can write a script to randomize the color if I need to, I'm just not sure h

aterm pseudo transparancy tint

2005-01-18 Thread Jeremy Abbott
h the -tint switch. Thanks, Jeremy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-12 Thread Jeremy Abbott
Ulrich Fürst wrote: Jeremy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This may seem really newbieish, but I have been running Gentoo for quite some time now. Is it possible to forego X altogether, and run things like firefox, thunderbird, etc through the framebuffer from a bashprompt, rathe

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Jeremy Abbott
n. Where is the next generation X server? Don't tell me Xorg, cause that is what I'm running, and it aint that different (not to sound to condescending). I do however thank you for the help. I will be continuing to research this. Jeremy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Jeremy Abbott
he system. The only progs I really use in X are, Firefox, Thunderbird, XMMS, Openoffice, and occasionally KDevelop... mostly for editing my fvwm config. Thanks in advance for any help. Jeremy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"

Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Jeremy Abbott
Thanks in advance for any help. Jeremy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: a sound problem solution?

2005-01-11 Thread Jeremy Abbott
ude the < or the> on either side of the name. I've not used any Debian varients, so I hope this helps. Jeremy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at ht

Re: My first bash script.

2005-01-01 Thread Jeremy Abbott
Jeremy Abbott wrote: I wrote my first bash script the other day to automatically rip my CDs to 128k mp3s. I was wondering if anyone had any idea or suggestions for the script to improve or streamline it. Thanks in advance. Here it is: #!/bin/bash # # The purpose of this script is to

My first bash script.

2005-01-01 Thread Jeremy Abbott
I wrote my first bash script the other day to automatically rip my CDs to 128k mp3s. I was wondering if anyone had any idea or suggestions for the script to improve or streamline it. Thanks in advance. Here it is: #!/bin/bash # # The purpose of this script is to automatically rip CD's to wav f

Re: Backup up Linux fileserver via Maxtor External Hard Drive

2004-12-29 Thread Jeremy Abbott
chuck gelm wrote: Eve Atley wrote: We recently purchased a Maxtor External Hard Drive 250gb OneTouchII. We were considering using this to backup data on our RedHat Linux 9 fileserver, hooking it directly to this fileserver. One unrelated issue is that the usb is probably 1.1 while specs are 2.0,