[vox-tech] Sandisk ImageMate SDDR-05a (usb CF reader)

2004-04-22 Thread Jonathan Stickel
I've got an old Sandisk ImageMate SDDR-05a, a simple usb device to read compact flash memory cards, with an eject button. It used to "just work" with RedHat 8/9 and kernel ~2.4.20. I hadn't used it in months, and have since installed Gentoo and kernel 2.6.(1,3,5). Now it doesn't work anymore

Re: [vox-tech] monitor troubles

2004-04-22 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting myself: > I really _do_ think that used Matrox G200, G400, and G450 cards make > superb (and cheap!) choices for Linux desktops -- if you can find 'em. > If not, any of the standard 2D-video ATI cards, or, heck, the Matrox G2+ > (came after the G200/400/450 series), would be fine. Someone

Re: [vox-tech] Linux solutions (was Re: monitor troubles)

2004-04-22 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Jeff Newmiller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Don't forget that it is that sometimes-irrational persistence which makes > Linux effective on such a wide range of hardware... it is users that have > the incentive to search for those solutions. Of course, sometimes the > user must be a developer to

[vox-tech] lyx crash

2004-04-22 Thread James Maciokas
I have recently installed lyx 1.3.3. It was working fine yesterday. When I click on the preferences the program crashes and give the following error to the terminal: Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-

[vox-tech] Linux solutions (was Re: monitor troubles)

2004-04-22 Thread Jeff Newmiller
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Jennifer Stickel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Thanks for all your help. I decided that I am just going to find a > > cheap video card and forget this integrated one. It is not worth the > > hassle that it is taking. > > That's the way I'd see it,

Re: [vox-tech] monitor troubles

2004-04-22 Thread Ken Bloom
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:03:05AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Jennifer Stickel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Thanks for all your help. I decided that I am just going to find a > > cheap video card and forget this integrated one. It is not worth the > > hassle that it is taking. Heck, if yo

Re: [vox-tech] monitor troubles

2004-04-22 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Jennifer Stickel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Thanks for all your help. I decided that I am just going to find a > cheap video card and forget this integrated one. It is not worth the > hassle that it is taking. That's the way I'd see it, too. It's surprising how many new users think tha

Re: [vox-tech] monitor troubles

2004-04-22 Thread Jennifer Stickel
Thanks for all your help. I decided that I am just going to find a cheap video card and forget this integrated one. It is not worth the hassle that it is taking. Jennifer Rick Moen wrote: [Kudos to Pete for calling your attention to /dev/agpgart.] Quoting Jennifer Stickel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [vox-tech] Email formatting fun

2004-04-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:23:20AM -0700, Jonathan McPherson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hey all, > > I use mutt to read my email, and vim to compose messages. Judging from > the headers on the mail messages around the list, many of you are in the > same boat. > > I like my email to be as well-