[newbie] Xfree86 Programming resources

2000-05-26 Thread George Jones
I'd like to port a few dos video game emulators (Nintendo, Sega Master System, and a few arcade machines) over to Linux and would like to know where I can get some Xfree86 programming info from. I need it to port the video functions over.

[newbie] Homemade Router/Switch... Being cheap.

2000-04-27 Thread George Jones
Ok... I have a question for all of you network geniuses out there. I have been contemplating the purchase of a switch for my home network. I have 3 PC's that need to be connected to the internet with my cable connection. I had thought to buy that Linksys Cable router, but I realized that I

My take on all of this... (was [newbie] Linux Partition)

2000-04-20 Thread George Jones
Ok, so I had my little fun with this. Let's be real here. I've been using computers since I was 8 years old (I'm now 28), I've seen 'em come and go. This little debate over Linux vs Windows reminds me of the ST vs Amiga or Atari800 vs Commodore64 bbs flame wars. I've owned the following:

Re: My take on all of this... (was [newbie] Linux Partition)

2000-04-20 Thread George Jones
Ok, so I had my little fun with this. Let's be real here. I've been using computers since I was 8 years old (I'm now 28), I've seen 'em come and go. This little debate over Linux vs Windows reminds me of the ST vs Amiga or Atari800 vs Commodore64 bbs flame wars. I've owned the following:

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread George Jones
: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] Linux Partition How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not the other way around?? Andy

Re: [newbie] Loging on

2000-04-18 Thread George Jones
(bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] Loging on I'm looking for a way to log in as root while i'm in a user in KDE. with out logout and login out from user... Thanks for the help

Re: [newbie] amd chip

2000-04-11 Thread George Jones
Overclock it to 400MHz or 450MHz(careful with that one!) first. If the performance still doesn't suit your needs then pick up a 500 (and run it at 550MHz!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/11/2000 10:31:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:Re

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdownon stability!!

2000-04-10 Thread George Jones
paul haine wrote: Funny how when Windows doesn't work it's Windows fault, but when Linux doesn't work it MUST be the hardware. Not true, look at all of the S3 Savage 3, 4, and 2000 owners out there (I have a Diamond Stealth s540 Savage4) complaining on a regular basis about their hardware

Re: [newbie] amd chip

2000-04-10 Thread George Jones
PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] amd chip This may be a little off topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I have been given an AMD K62 333MHz and MB by a friend. Has anyone had any problems with these CPU's. I have heard rumors about them overheating

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!!

2000-04-10 Thread George Jones IV
I have too in the past, Andy. George Jones (now at home) - Original Message - From: "andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!! In Windows,

Re: [[newbie] More probs with dual boot]

2000-04-05 Thread George Jones
O.K Breathe deeply dude. Calm down... Personally I don't like WinDoze much, but since all of my games, Sequencing and Audio, 3D Animation apps, and other software exists as windows ONLY applications, then I have to use it still. I think many of us out there are in the same boat. "Some of

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6.0

2000-04-05 Thread George Jones
It's already up, you have to look for it on the download page.

[newbie] NT client with Linux

2000-03-28 Thread George Jones
to run User Manager for NT and a couple of WinNT apps (Lotus Notes, Airsource Pro Workstation, ect...). Any ideas? George Jones IV ABN AMRO ITSC North America End User Support.

[newbie] NT login's and Mandrake7

2000-03-27 Thread George Jones
to be able to run User Manager for NT and a couple of WinNT apps (Lotus Notes, Airsource Pro Workstation, ect...). Any ideas? George Jones IV ABN AMRO ITSC North America End User Support.

Re: [newbie] How can I read Macintosh disks?

2000-03-15 Thread George Jones IV
U Jeremy, could you please refrain from using any racial slurs here? Thanks. - Original Message - From: "Jeremy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] How can I read Macintosh disks? Hershel S Robinson wrote:

Re: [newbie] S3 Savage3D

2000-03-03 Thread George Jones
That's a good one, it should detect it properly, if not, grab a Savage4 for cheap. I'm using one just fine.

Re: [newbie] X window Trouble

2000-02-21 Thread George Jones
logic7 here... Hmmm... You should be good. I would, however, recommend upgrading to 64Mb at least. Also, drop your color depth to 16bit. I have quite a bit of slowdown in Gnome at 32bit color and my system has 96mb memory, Permedia2 video card, and a 366Mhz Celeron. If you think that it's

[newbie] Can't read from CD writer anymore!

2000-02-21 Thread George Jones
Ok, I'm pretty fed up here. I have a Mitsumi 4x/2x/8x CDRW(slave) unit in my machine along with a Creative Labs 24x(primary). When I initially installed Air, I could read from both drives (good, because I could play mp3's from the CDRW and install packages or anything else at the same time).

Re: [newbie] FW: Installing from hard drive using lnx4win

2000-02-21 Thread George Jones
I'm not really sure if this'll help, but if you have a CD burned handy, then d/l the iso image of 7.0 and boot directly to it. That's how I got mine setup.

Re: [newbie] X window Trouble

2000-02-20 Thread george jones
How fast is your processor and how much system mem do you have? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 11:10 PM Subject: [newbie] X window Trouble I'm using 8MB SIS 6326 graphics card on mandrake 6.1, i have my card type

Re: How about Roadrunner? Re: [newbie] Nic problem

2000-02-16 Thread george jones
I have MediaOne's One-Way RoadRunner. Uses a 56k modem and a General Instruments SB1000 Surf Board. Can't use it in linux yet though. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 6:39 AM Subject: Re: How about Roadrunner? Re:

Re: [newbie] Sound Card, graphic card

2000-02-14 Thread George Jones
: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] Sound Card, graphic card Hi all, Pretty bad at managing a Linux. Here's my questions : 1.How do you go about to configure ur sound card?? 2.I select a generic graphic card (S3 3D Trio), when I start my netscape, a error msg stating

Re: [newbie] Install Guide

2000-02-08 Thread george jones
Email me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll give you a solution. - Original Message - From: Ben Freeman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 1:16 PM Subject: [newbie] Install Guide While attempting to install Mandrake 7.0 (in

Re: [newbie] KDE runs to slow!

2000-02-07 Thread George Jones
Anyone have the dirt on the Evergreen AMD K6-2 upgrade? I'm running a P133 also, and have seen the 333-400mhz AMD upgrades for $100-200US w/ BIOS upgrade. And then there's SO MANY motherboards around, I'm having a difficult time choosing one. With all the graphics cards moving from PCI

Re: [newbie] problems

2000-02-06 Thread george jones
H. You could try updating from the 7.0 CD (which takes forever!). That should get it going. - Original Message - From: "Kyle Filipski" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 12:01 AM Subject: [newbie] problems I have the 6.1 version, tried to

Re: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive?

2000-02-05 Thread george jones
- Original Message - From: "Greg Bell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 3:12 AM Subject: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive? I've been reading all the good reviews on Mandrake 7. I'm interested in giving it a try due to

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread george jones
Paul, Try www.compgeeks.com or www.advancedvision.net . I buy stuff from them all of the time C.O.D. because, like you, I don't have a credit card. BTW ComputerGeeks has this nifty Dual Pentium (Socket7) mobo that I'm going to order this weekend, grab one for yourself while you're there. -

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread george jones
mobo= MotherBoard. Yes, I though that there would never be such a thing as COD on the net, but I have spent many a dollar with the two vendors I listed. Paul, Try www.compgeeks.com or www.advancedvision.net . I buy stuff from them all of the time C.O.D Cash on delivery?! Over the Net?

Re: [newbie] graphic accel drivers

2000-02-05 Thread george jones
Permedia2 based cards are solid video cards for Linux. check out www.pricewatch.com to see who has them. Creative Graphics Blaster Extreme 4meg cards are around $30. Another chipset to look for is any intel740 based card, again they're pretty cheap. - Original Message - From: "Andrew

[newbie] Free ISP's and Linux

2000-02-04 Thread George Jones
Anyone out there figure out how to access one of those free-isp's like NetZero or AltaVista using Linux?

[newbie] 1 way Cable Modem and Zoltrix Modem

2000-02-03 Thread george jones
In my area we have 1way cable access using a standard modem for upstream and a General Instrument SB1000 SurfBoard. Any one know how to get this thing to run under Linux? Another question, I was thinking about getting a free ISP for a dialup under Linux as well, can the Zoltrix Spirit PCI

Re: [newbie] Some Help - New to MDK

2000-02-03 Thread george jones
I had a similar problem with my ESS Solo1 when I installed 6.1, I have since installed 7.0 and have not had any problems with it. - Original Message - From: "Jim Bruno Goldberg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 4:01 PM Subject: [newbie] Some Help -