RE: [vox-tech] desktop too hot?

2003-07-20 Thread Donald Childs
When I upgraded from 5400 rpm IDE drives to 7200rpm IDE drives, I had a similar problem. I added 2 - 80 mm case fans, and the change in temp around the hdd drive cage and 5 1/4 bays only dropped about 5 degrees. I ended up adding drive fans on both my new 7200 rpm drives, and that dropped the tem

Re: [vox-tech] desktop too hot?

2003-07-20 Thread Henry House
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 03:55:08PM -0700, Mark K. Kim wrote: [...] > I'd get a new PC case except there are a few things that a normal system > wouldn't have, like the CPU fan airflow redirection tubing, and the 5-in-1 > media reader connections (and the USB and the IEEE 1394) in the front. > Getti

[vox-tech] desktop too hot?

2003-07-20 Thread Mark K. Kim
Hey guys. I think my computer is running too hot. Not the CPU, but the drives (CD, DVD, HDD, floppy) -- whenever I insert a CD in, leave it in for a while, and get it back, it's really toasty. Same with the floppy's metal slider, whether it's been spinning or not. Opening the system, the metal

Re: [vox-tech] Asking C compiler to test for #include file

2003-07-20 Thread Mark K. Kim
If you're checking for SDL: #include "SDL.h" #ifndef _SDL_H #error You need to install libsdl1.2-dev #endif SDL is maintained soleby by Sam, and he's not likely to change the _SDL_H symbol in the future, so it's safe to use the _SDL_H symbol to test for SDL.h. The same goes for other

[vox-tech] 802.11b PCI Nics

2003-07-20 Thread Donald Childs
I just bought a Linksys 802.11b router (W11S4PC11) and 2 of the Linksys WMP11 802.11b pci cards. I'm running RH 8, and went to check if the Linksys nic is supported. From what I learned, they aren't because Linksys switched from using Prism2 chips to using Broadcom chips with the WMP11. Any sugges

Re: [vox-tech] Asking C compiler to test for #include file

2003-07-20 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 10:23:08AM -0700, Ken Bloom wrote: > > I don't think the header guards (the #ifndef/#define/#endif that is > supposed to surround every header file) are necessarily portable, but > you could try somehting like this: > > #include "somelib.h" > #ifndef __SOMELIB_Hs_HEADER_

Re: [vox-tech] Asking C compiler to test for #include file

2003-07-20 Thread Ken Bloom
On 2003.07.20 08:23, Bill Kendrick wrote: Right now I have a program that will die if certain headers can't be found. The issue of getting these headers has practically become an FAQ for the libraries installed. ("You forgot to download the *-dev packages of the library, which contains the headers!

Re: [vox-tech] Asking C compiler to test for #include file

2003-07-20 Thread Ken Herron
--On Sunday, July 20, 2003 08:23:35 AM -0700 Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Right now I have a program that will die if certain headers can't be found. The issue of getting these headers has practically become an FAQ for the libraries installed. ("You forgot to download the *-dev packag

[vox-tech] Asking C compiler to test for #include file

2003-07-20 Thread Bill Kendrick
Right now I have a program that will die if certain headers can't be found. The issue of getting these headers has practically become an FAQ for the libraries installed. ("You forgot to download the *-dev packages of the library, which contains the headers!") I'd like, if possible, GCC to bar