RE: [newbie] Swap Mempry

I don't want to sway you away from this thread but I have been wondering about usage of linux memory for some time - I mean from the programming point of view. Excess RAM is not wasted in Linux, since it uses the surplus for hard drive caching. This is a pleasing thing to hear - can you please

[newbie] Mdk 8.1 intstall and F13 key

Hello I installed mdk 8.1 on my PC at office and had almost no problems but when I installed it on my laptop my first problem is that the F13 key (windows start key) doesn't seem to work. I tried setting it with modmap but have forgotten how to set it up. Is this a known problem? Can somebody

RE: [newbie] Soundcard SiS 7018: no sound

This problem has been around for a while now. People can't get SiS related hardware (especially display and sound to work on linux). I have tried and am working with a framebuffer for my display but got nothing for the sound yet. www.sis.com do have a compiled driver for redhat 7.2 I think. But

RE: [newbie] Java Development kit

well, JDK and SDK, I suppose, are used synonymously. JDK contains the JRE plus the compilation and other tools which makes it the JDK. For linux - the process is same - download the rpm (which probably be a .bin file). run it from the shell - it will ask you to accept the license and extract the

RE: [newbie] SiS 630 on Notebooks

exactly. Somehow after many many tries I got these steps (IN THAT ORDER) and finally got it to work. I do not mind booting into the console first. Rather I prefer that. BUT the problem with me still remains that once I get into X there is no way I can get back into the text only mode. I mean, if

RE: [newbie] Sis 735 / ECS K7S5a and Linux

thanks for that derek. i did not realise that the SiS sound system driver posted on the sis website was a LAN Driver. actually i haven't tried compiling them either. have u written to them to change the link or do u want me to do it? I have waited long for a sound driver and am preety eager :-)

RE: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset

yes. I have tried the driver from www.sis.com - editing of /etc/X11/XFree86- manually or with xconfigurator with various combinations on parameters, etc. nothing. the only thing I have not tried is recompiling the kernel. navin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [newbie] Boot failure - Mandrake 8.0

yes. I have had that msg before - but only when I have tried to install from a CDROM. Not sure why it does that. The way I solve it is 1) reboot, 2) boot into a different o/s like Win, 3) reboot again, 4) get your installation cdrom in again. Poof! the error kernel panic errors goes away. If you

RE: [newbie] X shutdown

2001 10:48 AM To: Navin Daryanani; Linux-Newbie (E-mail) Subject: Re: [newbie] X shutdown Forget the Framebuffer =( (or teach me please =), try a minor resolution. I have this in lilo.conf: vga=0x0f06 it's working for me. This say kudzu about mi Video Card: class: VIDEO bus: PCI detached: 0

[newbie] X shutdown

Hello people I have finally managed to install LM8.0 on my laptop and use it with Framebuffer mode. But there is one more problem with X. When I exit X I get a total blank screen on my laptop. I can see that it does reach the bash prompt bec' I can type in shell commands like restarting X

[newbie] writing to FAT (WinME)

Hello I was trying to write some data onto a FAT partition under WinME but when I start WinME it crashes first and I have to reboot. After rebooting I force it to start in normal mode and only then do I get the desktop back. I can see that the files I write are intact but I cannot understand the