On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 21:43, Andy George wrote: > Number of questions, which you might like a stab at... > > Hardware: > > Packard Bell M7 Notebook > > Intel 2.8Ghz Processor > 512 MB Ramn > 60 Gb IDE drive > DVD Writer, Toshiba 1031 > Built in LAN, SiS900 > Winmodem, eeeurgh! > ATI Radeon 9600, Mobility M10, 64 MB > LCD Laptop screen obviously, but no idea what it is... > > USB Mouse and Keyboard > > Software: > > Suse Professional 9.1, plus updates (when they finish downloading) > > Problems: > > Desktop Network Navigation doesnt work, with either the Linux Server > (Samba), or the Windows 2000AS File server. Both fail, shortly after the > name/password phase. > > << Note: fortunately, i believe i've got around this via the smbmount > command smbmount //dunedin/ddrive /home/andy/ddrive -o username=***** > password=***** rw uid=500 >> > > I need an email client that can archive (or save to file) emails, if anyone > has any suggestions
evolution file|save as. > > I've having difficulties with movies. Can SuSE be coersed into playing WMV > files (Windows Media) without the need to wun Windows MEdia player with > WINE? wmv's are certainly playable under linux, you probably need w32codecs, which SuSE does not stock, presumably for copyright reasons. I couldn't fine id for SuSE recently, but didn't look too hard. [in gentoo it is easily installed, c'est la vie] > > AVI's that I have have been written either with the DivX 3 or 5 codec. SuSE > doesnt play these at all well... Is it possible that they, and MPEG movies > can again...be played by SuSE (say Kaffeine) without the need to load a > Windows player thru WINE...? again no need for wine, probably a codec issue again. mplayer has no issues, esp on hardware that grunty, I play them on an athlon 1100. > > I believe SuSE has taken it's "best guess" at my Video Card... > Unfortunately this is an enormous card, which is limited by it's drivers... > SuSE cant use the 3D accelerator, for games. I love games, so does my son. > It'd be good to see SuSE 3D games if I can. Anyone done this, or throw a > suggestion in the hat? > suggest you try the ati drivers, or xorg 6.8 - googling should help.
