On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
...
> Peter Elliott: Is that you?
>
> (3) My son and I would be very grateful indeed to be given a leg-up into the
> use of Blender, and possibly kpovmodeler & PovRay. The software is installed
> and as far as I can tell seems to work, but the human
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 12:54, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:00, you wrote:
> > Open office might be abit to slow but what about abiword and Gnumeric?
> 1) Too big a departure from what they are used to. New programs give folks who
> are not computer oriented the fundamental sh
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:16, you wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >> In my terminal program I get bash-2.05b$ where I used to get (I think)
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Oh good, then it's not just me :o) Do tell me if you fix that
The default PS1 is set up in /etc/profile
hth
--
C. S.
Does this help?
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=5850&highlight=bash+prompt
Brad
> -Original Message-
> From: Hamish McBrearty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, 30 June 2003 3:17 p.m.
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: RE: CLUG Clinic Meeting -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>> In my terminal program I get bash-2.05b$ where I used to get (I think)
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh good, then it's not just me :o) Do tell me if you fix that
-
Hamish McBrearty MCSE MCSA
Network Engineer
Rangi Ruru Gi
EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 30 June 2003 3:01 p.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 07:31, you wrote:
> I have a problem with my PC too since I recently ran etc-update
> (Gentoo).
>
> At start-up I see heaps of
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 07:31, you wrote:
> I have a problem with my PC too since I recently ran etc-update
> (Gentoo).
>
> At start-up I see heaps of lines flashing past saying
> modprobe: can't locate module /dev/ttySxx
>
> In my terminal program I get bash-2.05b$ where I used to get (I think)
> [EMA
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:00, you wrote:
> Open office might be abit to slow but what about abiword and Gnumeric?
1) Too big a departure from what they are used to. New programs give folks who
are not computer oriented the fundamental shudders.
2) Interoperatability. afaik OOo is the only OSS packag
Open office might be abit to slow but what about abiword and Gnumeric? They seem to
have much lower
sys requirements and load much faster! Also if Linux was to be installed your'd want
to use Mandrake as it's
i586 compiled and you want every drop of speed you can get from those older machines.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:29:48 +1200
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Pentium I, 133 Mhz, 64 Mb, no HD, no floppy, no CD
> Off to Molten Media.
should make a reasonable xterm for ltsp or similar. will also run win 9x.
--
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:28, you wrote:
> Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > I have offered our services to install a Linux distro on two identical
> > machines for the Spreydon Baptist Pre-School on that evening. These are
> > the machines which will be used by the children. Suggestions as to what
> >
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
I have offered our services to install a Linux distro on two identical
machines for the Spreydon Baptist Pre-School on that evening. These are the
machines which will be used by the children. Suggestions as to what child
oriented packages should go into the software lo
>I have not heard anything more about this one. They may or not be coming.
>I
>will have a Knoppix with the install script and the stickers program
>ready in
>case they turn up. Anybody else got any good ideas about KidWare for
>pre-schoolers?
>
I'll bring along my Tux 4 Kids cd. It's Knoppix bu
I have a problem with my PC too since I recently ran etc-update
(Gentoo).
At start-up I see heaps of lines flashing past saying
modprobe: can't locate module /dev/ttySxx
In my terminal program I get bash-2.05b$ where I used to get (I think)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I also have not been able to compile
I'd strongly recommend Art of Illusion from http://www.artofillusion.org
or off the PC World cover CD before last. Runs under Java so you can put
it anywhere, and it's unusually fast for Java.
My kids like it, and it has just become good enough for me to do some of
my professional animation work o
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:48:25 +1200
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings Members,
>
hi there christopher
>
> (2) Nick Brettell is coming with a portable with apm / acpi problems.
> It's been suggested that he need a kernel upgrade to a more recent or
> patched kernel
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:04, you wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> >>I can help you with POVray if you would like, since I've been hooked
> >
> > Thank you very much indeed, as a quid pro quo I'll do my best to get your
> > scanner to go. I seem to remember finding a set of patches
Hi there,
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
I can help you with POVray if you would like, since I've been hooked
Thank you very much indeed, as a quid pro quo I'll do my best to get your
scanner to go. I seem to remember finding a set of patches in a French ftp
archive a month or three back. Caleb, my
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 20:33, you wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > (3) My son and I would be very grateful indeed to be given a leg-up
> > into the use of Blender, and possibly kpovmodeler & PovRay. The software
> > is installed and as far as I can tell seems to work, but the hu
Hi there,
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
(3) My son and I would be very grateful indeed to be given a leg-up into the
use of Blender, and possibly kpovmodeler & PovRay. The software is installed
and as far as I can tell seems to work, but the human interface seems to be a
work or art explicity disp
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:06:05 +1200
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what you say is correct BUT doing without the mandrake patches is likely
> to break something. a two edged sword really.
>
> anyway, i understood acpi is in the kernel isn't it? is it necessary to
> patch?
>
> where do i
- Original Message -
From: "Christopher Sawtell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:12, you wrote:
>
> > >
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:12, you wrote:
> > Might be a good idea to do a 'uname -r' to confirm that, it'd be pity to
>
> turn
>
> > up at the evening with the wrong kernel.
>
> Yes, I checked it and it is indeed 2.4.21...
But we need to know what the ellipsis ( ... ) is hiding?
--
C. S.
- Original Message -
From: "Christopher Sawtell"
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:53, you wrote:
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Peter Ellio
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:35:46 +1200
Peter Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I suspect he is better to download the kernel source for his distro
> > and kernel version - otherwise other things may break.
> >
> >
>
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:53, you wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Peter Elliott"
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:35 PM
> Subject: Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
>
> > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200
> >
&g
- Original Message -
From: "Peter Elliott"
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I suspect he is bette
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I suspect he is better to download the kernel source for his distro and
> kernel version - otherwise other things may break.
>
>
um
yes and no (irish blood)
we could try it that way but a common problem here is that d
I suspect he is better to download the kernel source for his distro and
kernel version - otherwise other things may break.
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 21:00, Peter Elliott wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:04:22 +1200
> Nick Brettell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:1
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:04:22 +1200
Nick Brettell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:17:55 +1200
> > Nick Rout wrote:
> >
> >> It may need acpi turned on in the kernel. I assume you have done the
> >> usual google searches? and the linux laptops page?
> >
>
> Yes, but I'm
is?
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Peter Elliott"
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:49 PM
> Subject: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
>
> > re acpi - this will entail patching the kernel as the acpi patch is still
&g
buggered if I know actually!
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:49:16 +1200
Peter Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> re acpi - this will entail patching the kernel as the acpi patch is still waiting
> for inclusion into
the marcelo(ie stable) tree OR using one from the -ac (alan cox) tree
since this patch
kernel... I'm still fairly new to linux, and I don't want to try it when I
don't know what I'm doing. Maybe someone could give me a hand with all of
this?
- Original Message -
From: "Peter Elliott"
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:49 PM
Subject: laptop acpi
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:17:55 +1200
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:13:02 +1200
> Nick Brettell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Its a (fairly new) Dell Inspiron N2800X (I think its called) P4 processor...
>
> It may need acpi turned on in the kernel. I assum
Same here, Debian (via Knoppix) installed fine on SCSI disks.
Regards, Robert
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 9 June 2003 7:13 p.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
On Mon
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:13:02 +1200
Nick Brettell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Its a (fairly new) Dell Inspiron N2800X (I think its called) P4 processor...
It may need acpi turned on in the kernel. I assume you have done the
usual google searches? and the linux laptops page?
--
Nick Rout <[EM
- Original Message -
From: "Christopher Sawtell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
> On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 18:26, you wrote:
> > - Original Messa
On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 20:40, you wrote:
> thx for the replies
> Nick i will try that with knoppix but if that doesn't work i will bring it
> along to the meeting.
> Thanks
>
> ps. C.S you wnated to know what scsi adapter it was adaptec AIC-7850 /
> AIC-7880 there is two
There is a driver for the AIC-
thx for the replies
Nick i will try that with knoppix but if that doesn't work i will bring it
along to the meeting.
Thanks
ps. C.S you wnated to know what scsi adapter it was adaptec AIC-7850 /
AIC-7880 there is two
man my footer is way tooo big
Nick Rout said:
> tried installing from knoppix,
tried installing from knoppix, then apt-get removing the bits you
don't want?
I have installed debian from scratch before, but not for a while.
On Mon,
09 Jun 2003 19:00:20+1200(NZST) Benjamin
Devine<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to bring a server along to install debian on.
> does an
On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 19:00, you wrote:
> I would like to bring a server along to install debian on.
> does anyone have any disks.
Yes, as soon as Rik launches the boomerang back home. :-)
> It has SCSI so i don't know how to go about it.
What make / model of host adaptor have you got?
> I just wan
On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 18:26, you wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Christopher Sawtell"
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 3:20 PM
> Subject: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
>
>
> [...]
>
> > Members who need help to sort out problems, please make you needs
> > known.
>
> I
>
> >
I would like to bring a server along to install debian on.
does anyone have any disks.
It has SCSI so i don't know how to go about it.
I just want some "Advanced Guidance"
|Ben
Nick Brettell said:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Christopher Sawtell"
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 3:20 PM
- Original Message -
From: "Christopher Sawtell"
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 3:20 PM
Subject: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
[...]
> Members who need help to sort out problems, please make you needs known.
I
> think the capacity of the mains supply limits the number of mach
44 matches
Mail list logo
