[gentoo-user] AMD64 2.6 LiveCD

2004-01-06 Thread Robert E. Raymond
Hi all, I've been trying to 64-bit my Athlon64 3000+ system. I booted off the latest (21 Dec.) AMD64 LiveCD, and it's spitting out long lists of errors regarding SCSI I/O problems. I have a Tekram controller using the sym53c8xx driver, and the controller works just fine in Win and with a

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice-ximian question

2003-10-20 Thread Robert E. Raymond
On Sunday 19 October 2003 06:06 pm, Collins Richey wrote: In an earlier thread about compiling openoffice, someone made reference to openoffice-ximian1.1-r1. What is this? Where obtainable? Why would I want it? It's at http://www.breakmygentoo.net I got it because it compiled when

[gentoo-user] PDF Viewers?

2003-09-24 Thread Robert E. Raymond
Just Linux related, not Gentoo really, but: A class I'm taking requires that my PDF viewer be able to view comments that the instructor places inside the PDF file. Acrobat Reader 6 in Windows works just fine at viewing these comments (which appear usually as tooltips when I hover over them, or

Re: [gentoo-user] PDF Viewers?

2003-09-24 Thread Robert E. Raymond
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 22:31, Renat Golubchyk wrote: Hi! On Thursday 25 September 2003 02:39, Robert E. Raymond wrote: Just Linux related, not Gentoo really, but: A class I'm taking requires that my PDF viewer be able to view comments that the instructor places inside the PDF file

Re: [gentoo-user] dual-head setup

2003-09-18 Thread Robert E. Raymond
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 18:18, Andrew Gaffney wrote: I just installed a 2nd video card in my box and hooked up a 2nd monitor. Now, what cool things can I do? :) I was thinking about using the 2nd monitor to extend my X desktop, but I don't know if that will work. My primary is a nice 17 that

Re: [gentoo-user] Combo Printer/Scanner opinions wanted.

2003-08-26 Thread Robert E. Raymond
On Monday 25 August 2003 08:23 pm, Ralph F. De Witt wrote: Hello: I am thinking of replaceing my HP Deskjet 940C, with a combination printer/scanner. I am favoring the HP 2210 4in1 which has a printer/scanner and input slots for digital camera mulitmedia cards. My question is has anyone got

Re: [gentoo-user] devfsd and scsi cdwriters

2003-03-20 Thread Robert E. Raymond
On Thursday 20 March 2003 12:26 pm, chad kellerman wrote: Hello everyone, Got a little issue. I have a scsi cdwriter. I can burn iso images and what not, no problems there. If I run a cdrecord -scanbus, here is the output: Cdrecord 2.01a04 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C)