Re: Konqueror painfully slow on browsing the net

2006-02-16 Thread Matthew Dillon
: :All internet pages sometimes take up to 3-4 mins to load. Other browsers :are ok. Im uzing kazehakhase and its all good. By the way, firefox fails :to load and no error is shown, it just sits there as if it was loading. It sounds like a DNS problem.

Re: Configuring kernel: why doesnt this work?

2006-02-16 Thread Matthew Dillon
:When im configuring a custom kernel i get this error: : :elevator# config EVELIN :config: line 282: syntax error : :the error is caused by this line in EVELIN : :device snd_emu10k1 : :Why doesnt this work? It probably doesn't like the trailing digit... it probably thinks it is a

RE: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread James Mansion
> For further reference try > playing a recent sony audio cd under windows. > Soon you will only be > able to play discs under windows exclusively... What's wrong with that, precisely? So long as there is no passing-off as a red-box compliant product, then I can't see that Sony do not have the

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread Ben Cadieux
How about requesting that ATI/NVidia release information and drivers on outdated cards - say, 2 year old cards. This is similar to the tactic of many game companies; by the time it's released, it's of little value to competition. - BC

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread Joseph Garcia
Justin C. Sherrill wrote: x.org's list is probably the best resource to look at, as that is what the list would follow - the NVIDIA binary driver is a special case. If you want to put it on a wiki: http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/ ? That list will work only if all the cards listed work (read: p

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Thu, February 16, 2006 10:52 am, Marcin Jessa wrote: > On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:11:10 -0600 > David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So I have a suggestion. Why dont we have a place on the web site >> where a list of know working video cards and drivers can be listed. >> (maybe its already there so

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread David
Exactly although I didnt see anything there about video cards. Maybe somewhere in the DRfly wiki? David Marcin Jessa wrote: > On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:11:10 -0600 > David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So I have a suggestion. Why dont we have a place on the web site >> where a list of know wor

Re: "UNIX"

2006-02-16 Thread Oliver Fromme
Adrian Michael Nida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > > It is spelled "UNIX", with all uppercase letters, and it is > > not possible to form a plural like "UNIX's". > > > > Very small grammar nit to pick. You can't form plurals by adding 's > (unless it's a number

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread Marcin Jessa
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:11:10 -0600 David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I have a suggestion. Why dont we have a place on the web site > where a list of know working video cards and drivers can be listed. > (maybe its already there somewhere and I just haven't found it yet..) Maybe something simi

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread David
So I have a suggestion. Why dont we have a place on the web site where a list of know working video cards and drivers can be listed. (maybe its already there somewhere and I just haven't found it yet..) In the mean time, maybe Emiel can supply us with the email address of the persons at Nvidia wh

Re: "UNIX" (was: (u)ral driver)

2006-02-16 Thread Adrian Michael Nida
> > It is spelled "UNIX", with all uppercase letters, and it is > not possible to form a plural like "UNIX's". Very small grammar nit to pick. You can't form plurals by adding 's (unless it's a number, symbol, etc.). The apostrophe is used to denote possession not plurality. I'll spare the r

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread Danial Thom
--- walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Danial Thom wrote: > > > > --- Simon 'corecode' Schubert > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> David wrote: > >>> So. What are those of us with Nvidia cards > to > >> do?... > > > I wonder if the open source weenies will ever > > figure it out? > > >

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread Danial Thom
--- Emiel Kollof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Op donderdag 16 februari 2006 01:42, schreef > Danial Thom: > > I know you are trolling again, but I'll bite > this time. Don't bother replying > to this as I don't have the desire to make this > another friggin' Thread From > Hell(tm). > > > I w

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread Danial Thom
--- Steve O'Hara-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:31:35 -0800 (PST) > Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You don't have a G-d given right to use other > > people's work without paying a fee for it. > > No but having paid for it I expect to be able > to

"UNIX" (was: (u)ral driver)

2006-02-16 Thread Oliver Fromme
Chris Rawnsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am fairly new to DragonFlyBSD and Unix's (or is it better to say > "*nix's"? :O Trademark issues!!) in general. Off-topic, but since you asked ... The Open Group, who is currently the owner of the "UNIX" trademark, has published quite specific instr

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread Emiel Kollof
Op donderdag 16 februari 2006 01:42, schreef Danial Thom: I know you are trolling again, but I'll bite this time. Don't bother replying to this as I don't have the desire to make this another friggin' Thread From Hell(tm). > I wonder if the open source weenies will ever > figure it out? Figure

Re: NVIDIA driver

2006-02-16 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:31:35 -0800 (PST) Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You don't have a G-d given right to use other > people's work without paying a fee for it. No but having paid for it I expect to be able to use it without unreasonable restrictions. I also expect to be able