[Newbie]make install problem

2002-08-17 Thread RavynNiteshade
I was having problems with the rpms for my distro,so I decided to give the source a try...make World went well after I installed the bison and flex that I didnt see needed in the docs,anyhow it stalls on make install with: /usr/bin/ld : cannot find -lncurses so I check and I currently have in

Re: [Newbie]old laptop help

2002-08-17 Thread Dexter Filmore
What other connections can be made to that laptop? Does it have network onboard? Parallel port? maybe you could transfer some data over a null modem cable, takes bloody ages but should work. Or attach a parallel port CDROM drive given you know somebody who has sucha a device. Or: take out the dis

[Newbie]How to setup an X window without VGA card for remoted X Manager

2002-08-17 Thread cclin
Hi, folks:   My system environment is Motorola PPC 750 system. I want to setup a x window environment for remoted X manager. But the Motorola PPC 750 doesn't have VGA interface. How can I setup the X window environment without VGA card for remote X manager?   I have heard someone said that I

[Newbie]Radeon 7500 success

2002-08-17 Thread Eric Sprague
I'm writing this in hopes that it will preemptively solve some users' problems with the Radeon 7500 under Linux. These instruction should map fairly closely to Free/Net/OpenBSD, too, but I haven't tried. The system I did this on was a dual AthlonMP 1800+ on a Tyan Tiger MP motherboard, using the