Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-23 Thread Heather/Femme
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:56:18 +0900 Lance Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Well I went flying over there to see if this was the solution, but I > didn't have much luck. Typed the command in an xterm window, and a > GUI dialog comes up asking me for root's password. But after > s

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-23 Thread Heather/Femme
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 04:11:54 + James Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I found it on my MDK9.0 system. Yes, it's in a gui. Mandrake > makes it a hidden part of the KDE Control Center. It's called > kxconfig. If you type: kdesu -c kxconfig > and supply your root password it will sho

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 12:55 pm, Lance Cummings wrote: > Hi Derek, > > Tuesday, September 23, 2003, 7:49:58 PM, you wrote: > > DJ> Hmm that module is not even included in 9.1 > > Must be why it wouldn't load for me. :) > > DJ> The 'monitor' GUI in Mandrake Control Panel>Hardware allows you > DJ> t

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-23 Thread Lance Cummings
Hi Jim, Tuesday, September 23, 2003, 1:11:54 PM, you wrote: JC> Well, I found it on my MDK9.0 system. Yes, it's in a gui. Mandrake makes it JC> a hidden part of the KDE Control Center. It's called kxconfig. If you type: JC> kdesu -c kxconfig JC> and supply your root password it will show up.

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 5:11 am, James Conner wrote: > Well, I found it on my MDK9.0 system. Yes, it's in a gui. Mandrake makes > it a hidden part of the KDE Control Center. It's called kxconfig. If you > type: kdesu -c kxconfig > and supply your root password it will show up. Please backup > /

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-23 Thread James Conner
Well, I found it on my MDK9.0 system. Yes, it's in a gui. Mandrake makes it a hidden part of the KDE Control Center. It's called kxconfig. If you type: kdesu -c kxconfig and supply your root password it will show up. Please backup /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you do this so you have a way b

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Lance Cummings
Hi Paul, Tuesday, September 23, 2003, 9:25:42 AM, you wrote: HF> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:17:04 +0100 Derek Jennings HF> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: HF> >> Hey calm down Lance. I was not saying you cannot control refresh rate >> in Linux. Merely that it is not as simple as just selecting a drop >>

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 22, 2003 06:53 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > Just as long as its someone. > it was Masterfuly done. > Thanks Aron. I wish such things didn't feel necessary occasionally. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kerne

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Dale Huckeby
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Aron Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 11:09, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 22 Sep 2003 5:04 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > > Now That was vintage joe hill Rah! > > > > Aron, that was a 245 line email, for that one line. Could I > > respectfully point you at > > http

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1) [Off list]

2003-09-22 Thread Dennis Myers
On Monday 22 September 2003 08:51 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:22:17 -0400 > > Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 22 September 2003 08:25 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:17:04 +0100 > > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 21 September 2003 11:29 pm, Lance Cummings wrote: > > Last question for now: > > I set up the box to use KDE and Kmail. I did not give Kmail my > account information yet, because for the time being I want to keep my > e-mail database on Windows intact. That means I want to download, > b

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Heather/Femme
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:17:04 +0100 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey calm down Lance. I was not saying you cannot control refresh rate > in Linux. Merely that it is not as simple as just selecting a drop > down box like in Windows. To get 32bit 1024x 768 resolution all you > need do

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 22, 2003 03:55 pm, Aron Smith wrote: [...] > > > > But it wasn't done by "Joe Hill" Aron. It was me. I signed it. > > > > I don't know if you're trying to cheer the sentiments apparent in the > > diatribe I unleashed on Lance or insult B.

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Aron Smith
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 10:36, Charlie M. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > September 22, 2003 10:04 am, Aron Smith wrote: > [..] > > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:49, Charlie M. wrote: > > ** > > Now That was vintage joe hill Rah! > > > > But it wa

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Aron Smith
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 11:23, HaywireMac wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:09:22 +0100 > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Aron, that was a 245 line email, for that one line. Could I > > respectfully point you at > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquett

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Aron Smith
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 11:09, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 22 Sep 2003 5:04 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > > Now That was vintage joe hill Rah! > > Aron, that was a 245 line email, for that one line. Could I > respectfully point you at > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingList

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 22 Sep 2003 7:23 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:09:22 +0100 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > Aron, that was a 245 line email, for that one line. Could I > > respectfully point you at > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiqu > >

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:09:22 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Aron, that was a 245 line email, for that one line. Could I > respectfully point you at > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Did you put anything on there about telling someone to "

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 22 Sep 2003 5:04 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > Now That was vintage joe hill Rah! Aron, that was a 245 line email, for that one line. Could I respectfully point you at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you v

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 22, 2003 10:04 am, Aron Smith wrote: [..] > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:49, Charlie M. wrote: > ** > Now That was vintage joe hill Rah! > But it wasn't done by "Joe Hill" Aron. It was me. I signed it. I don't know

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:04:26 -0700 Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Now That was vintage joe hill Rah! Glad to see I'm so revered... :-\ I have to say, there've been some tense moments on the list lately, culminating in my, er, well, whatchamacallit. Is it this Mercury in retrograde th

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Aron Smith
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:49, Charlie M. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > September 22, 2003 07:28 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > [...] > > > Hi Derek, > > > > Hope the reply-to is set correctly now. Let me know. > > It is. > > > Overnight I have Windows running a lo

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 22 Sep 2003 2:28 pm, Lance Cummings wrote: SNIP > > I do know this: What I'm getting right now at 1024x768 @ 24 bits in > Linux is eating my eyes up, and there is absolutely no earthly reason > for that to be happening. > > The monitor and card can do 100 Hz @ 32 bits @ 1024x768. This wou

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Lance Cummings
Hi Derek, Hope the reply-to is set correctly now. Let me know. Monday, September 22, 2003, 5:22:59 PM, you wrote: DJ> Mandrake will run a nightly job to compress and rotate your log DJ> files, so overflowing the logs will not happen. It also does a DJ> lot of other housekeeping at the same time

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 22 Sep 2003 4:29 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > That's pretty close to what I ended up doing. Thanks for the advice. > The only change I made was to add /var (about 3 gigs) at the end. My > reading of the docs seems to suggest that a lot of log activity ends > up there, and some chronic p

[newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-21 Thread Lance Cummings
Hi Björn & all, Sunday, September 21, 2003, 11:36:31 PM, you wrote: BL> I'd proberbly set it up something like BL> / ~ 4-6 GB BL> /swap ~ 150 - 200 Mb (You've got lot's of RAM) BL> /usr ~ 10 Gb BL> /home ~ The rest ( ~ 20 Gb) That's pretty close to what I ended up doing. Thanks for the advice