Re: kernel-2.6.11.8 and vmware-4.5.1 question?

2005-07-08 Thread Wackojacko
insmod/modprobe modulename with no path or extensions. But I am fairly new to this and could be talking crap:) Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fw: Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-06 Thread Wackojacko
. It works with my PCX6600 Card once you reconfigure X. You can also use the debian packages to create the Nvidia driver. More information can be found at http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/ which is what I used. HTH Wackojacko oops forgot to send to list, sorry Peter. Wackojacko

Re: 3d accel and agpgart

2005-07-01 Thread Wackojacko
on boot and will be available when X tries to load it. I'm a relative newbie also so I may be barking up the wrong tree but it might be worth a shot. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mouse wheel

2005-07-01 Thread Wackojacko
dpkg-reconfigure to ensure the file is recreated. It also advises you to back up the config file first, especially important if you have edited by hand, e.g. added specific monitor mode lines etc. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: mouse wheel

2005-07-01 Thread Wackojacko
' and there is a work around once you know about it ! I'm not sure anything is being done about this as Xfree86 is being dropped in favour of X.org in the new releases. PAolo Wackojacko PS please reply to the list for the benefit of other users. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: KDM Error - no screens found

2005-06-21 Thread Wackojacko
in /etc/modprobe.d/ and being a newbie I thought this would mean it would be loaded. It wasn't and putting an entry in /etc/modules fixed the problem. Thanks Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Copy protected CD's

2005-06-20 Thread Wackojacko
the way http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4915 I'm so glad I bought AMD! Although I suspect future CD's will only be able to be ripped if the appropriate DRM system are in place :( Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

KDE 3.4.1 .ICEauthority

2005-06-18 Thread Wackojacko
I am also using Xorg 6.8 from Ubuntu Hoary archives. TIA Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

KDM Error - no screens found

2005-06-18 Thread Wackojacko
is loaded just before kdm spits the error out so I'm a little confused. Could it be a timing thing where the driver is not fully loaded before kdm tries to use it? As always your help is appreciated. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

No joystick device nodes

2005-06-18 Thread Wackojacko
would really like to try out some of these Linux games I keep hearing so much about but using the keyboard is a little tedious :-( Thanks Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: KDM Error - no screens found

2005-06-18 Thread Wackojacko
tried xdm and it worked fine so I guess its a bug in kdm. How do I go about reporting this, does the reportbug package do all the hard work? Thanks Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Two IDEs - KDE and Gnome

2005-05-26 Thread Wackojacko
' HDD and Y is the partition number for home on the other HDD. Use a mount point like /otherhome but the rest of the details can be the same as your /home information. Save and $mount /dev/hdXY. Repeat for the other install when required. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: xwindows

2005-05-13 Thread Wackojacko
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 06:04:51PM -0700, asc wrote: I can't get this to start it has a failure. How do I reconfigure this? as root: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 You also have to reset the md5sum of /etc/X11/XF86config-4, see the header of this file for details. Wackojacko

Re: xwindows

2005-05-13 Thread Wackojacko
have to rename the original file so as not to overwrite it, so I would have thought this was the same as deleting it. I do like to keep a copy of the original as it invariably has to be tweaked after running dpkg-reconfigure, in my case anyway. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: AMD cooling utility in debian

2005-05-09 Thread Wackojacko
On Fri, 6 May 2005 11:26:06 +0100 Wackojacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think that is the case--at least, not in stock Debian kernels. I have an Athlon XP 1700+, and it idled at 45C until I installed athcool. Now it idles below 40C, sometimes as low as 30-32C in cooler weather. I have

Re: AMD cooling utility in debian

2005-05-09 Thread Wackojacko
status, time, ... Regards, Dennis Thanks for the excellent response I will certainly give this a go. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bcm5700 driver installation problem

2005-05-09 Thread Wackojacko
Hint: insmod errors can be caused any incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters New to this myself, but it looks like you have tried to insmod bcm5700.o and not bcm5700. You don't need the .o Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Audio CD Burning Perplexities

2005-05-09 Thread Wackojacko
may reduce errors, but an upgrade to the CD player on the boat might be in order :) Regards Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AMD cooling utility in debian

2005-05-06 Thread Wackojacko
(with C'nQ) than in Linux. I think its because the default kernel state for powernow is 'Performance' which keeps the processor at full speed. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Background question

2005-05-06 Thread Wackojacko
You can't. I believe it is hardcoded in the depths of X. (Perhaps the newer X stuff from X.org might do something differently) Just installed X.org and can report that it doesn't solve this problem, sorry. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

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