Re: [Scottish] Using old Sun and HP boxes for Linux

2003-07-20 Thread William Anderson
Colin McKinnon wrote: > [snip] > > I find it hard to get excited about running Linux on peculiar > architectures - I guess the only reasons to do it are: > > 1) you are getting old equipment for free (or just for pennies) > 2) you really an enourmous fast new system and can't build a cluster > 3)

Re: [Scottish] cdrdao and CPU Usage

2003-07-20 Thread Paul Millar
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Phil Deane wrote: > when I write at 16x I seem to be using 75% of my processor (an AMD XP 2000+) > which is about that the same amount as I used when I had a p3 800. Is it > because I am not using buffers? For a general "why is my computer being slow", you can't beat a good

[Scottish] cdrdao and CPU Usage

2003-07-20 Thread Phil Deane
Hi Folks I use cdrdao for copying VCDs and also audio. My script for copying VCDs is below. I write at 16x and as su from a terminal. when I write at 16x I seem to be using 75% of my processor (an AMD XP 2000+) which is about that the same amount as I used when I had a p3 800. Is it because I

[Scottish] Problems with KDE/Kmail after an upgrade

2003-07-20 Thread Colin Fraser
Hi, Just upgraded to SuSE 8.2 (great distro!) but, and there's always a 'but'... Suddenly, clicking on a www url in a message in Kmail doesn't work anymore (normally opens that web page in konqueror). Instead, I get the 'busy' cursor for a few seconds and, on checking the panel, I see a new konqu

Re: [Scottish] Detecting Wireless Network Cards

2003-07-20 Thread Ross McLachlan
When I still had my Belkin card all the information I used said it was a a prismII chipset.. I was however unsuccessful in getting it working in Linux and went for an Orinoco card instead.. Ross McLachlan Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +44 (0) 870 7 44 44 0 2 DremNet Solutions: Hosting,Co-Location