Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Andrew Errington
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:14, you wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:08, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > > Yes it occurs before the OS loads. > > > > Agh, can you get a BIOS upgrade? > > Care to name the culprit (mobo make/model)? > > Asus P4P800-E Deluxe/WiFi Socket 478 > > > (Perhaps a USB PCI card fixes it

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:08:57 +1300 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes it occurs before the OS loads. > > Agh, can you get a BIOS upgrade? > Care to name the culprit (mobo make/model)? > > (Perhaps a USB PCI card fixes it, if you care enough.) > > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlman

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:08, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Yes it occurs before the OS loads. > > Agh, can you get a BIOS upgrade? > Care to name the culprit (mobo make/model)? Asus P4P800-E Deluxe/WiFi Socket 478 > > (Perhaps a USB PCI card fixes it, if you care enough.) No, to be honest I do not car

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Yes it occurs before the OS loads. Agh, can you get a BIOS upgrade? Care to name the culprit (mobo make/model)? (Perhaps a USB PCI card fixes it, if you care enough.) Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:59, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > Get your Linux fixed. Or is that a BIOS problem? Yes it occurs before the OS loads. -- Regards, Robert -- Robert Fisher (aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish) FishNet Computer & Elec

Re: Short, yet Interesting, qemu article.

2005-10-31 Thread Roy Britten
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 15:14 +1300, Carl Cerecke wrote: > Can anyone give some feedback on experience with qemu where windows is > the host and linux (say, ubuntu) is the guest? Rather than the usual > other-way around. Ran DSL as guest on (IIRC) a Win2K host about a year ago, on what was then a re

Re: Short, yet Interesting, qemu article.

2005-10-31 Thread Carl Cerecke
Can anyone give some feedback on experience with qemu where windows is the host and linux (say, ubuntu) is the guest? Rather than the usual other-way around. Cheers, Carl. On 01/11/05, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greets listers, > I know it's a wee while since Wesley's talk,

Short, yet Interesting, qemu article.

2005-10-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Greets listers, I know it's a wee while since Wesley's talk, but I found this pretty interesting. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/10/24/1845248 -- CS

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 11:55, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Tue, November 1, 2005 11:12 am, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > some of the links in the messages point to very nice looking units. > > I was impressed by the look of the unit described at:- > > http://www.ibead.co.kr/coding/eng/products/

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, November 1, 2005 11:12 am, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > some of the links in the messages point to very nice looking units. > I was impressed by the look of the unit described at:- > http://www.ibead.co.kr/coding/eng/products/products_1_5.asp > > -- > CS > Looks nice! Any idea on mem si

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 08:12, Robert Fisher wrote: > There is an article about MP3 players in this morning's Press. > > Paula wants one. We had a couple of no-name brand units which have both > failed within 2 years. Two sons has an I-Pods, the other son has a Creative > unit. > > Any list mem

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> > Quick tip from experience: your system may not reboot if the ipod is > > plugged in! > > I have the same problem with my USB pen drive. Get your Linux fixed. Or is that a BIOS problem? I have never observed such lockups, of course I probably have different hardware. I wouldn't buy any player

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:24, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Quick tip from experience: your system may not reboot if the ipod is > plugged in! I have the same problem with my USB pen drive. -- Regards, Robert -- Robert Fisher (aka - Rob, Bob,

Re: Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
I run my ipod mini off Linux no problem. You need to download an iTunes equivalent - gtkpod or gnupod are ok but have drawbacks ( podcasting mainly ). However, the ipod does seem to lock up when I'm out running ( well, waddling really ), and only removal of the battery will reset it. Quick tip fro

Music players

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Fisher
There is an article about MP3 players in this morning's Press. Paula wants one. We had a couple of no-name brand units which have both failed within 2 years. Two sons has an I-Pods, the other son has a Creative unit. Any list members have recommendations for Linux friendly units. -- Regards, R

Re: Meeting with the "Dark Side"

2005-10-31 Thread Wesley Parish
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:08, John Carter wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Wesley Parish wrote: > > But I could make a presentation on the value of cross-platform tools, > > given that Mono on z/Linux and Linux/390 is actually a hot topic in > > certain quarters! ;) > > Careful, my impression of the Soft