[Eug-lug]Touchpad

2002-10-27 Thread Bob Crandell
Hi, Someone gave me one of those natural keyboards with a touchpad for a mouse. I can get gpm to use the mouse correctly but I can't figure out how to make X use it. What is this supposed to say? Option Protocol IMPs/2 Thanks -- Bob Crandell Assured Computing When you need to be sure. Voice

Re: [Eug-lug]Touchpad

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
One thing for sure, IMPS/2 probably won't work correctly. Why not backup your XF86Config and run through a manual config to see if touchpad or tablet is available as an option. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is this supposed to say? Option Protocol IMPs/2 Thanks

Re: [Eug-lug]Touchpad

2002-10-27 Thread Bob Crandell
Hi, I've been working on a remote Mandrake server. I don't have physical access to it 'cause it too far away. I have been trying to get rpmdrake to pull RPMs from a FTP source instead of from the CDs. Is someone using rpmdrake with FTP? What did you put in the properties? Thanks -- Bob

Re: [Eug-lug]Touchpad

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
-1 Offtopic Can it not be handled through SSH? SSH in, grab lynx, and go from there I say. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been working on a remote Mandrake server. I don't have physical access to it 'cause it too far away. I have been trying to get rpmdrake to

Re: [Eug-lug]rpmdrake

2002-10-27 Thread Bob Crandell
How can I learn rpmdrake if I do it that way? Mike O ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: -1 Offtopic Can it not be handled through SSH? SSH in, grab lynx, and go from there I say. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been working on a remote Mandrake server. I don't have physical

Re: [Eug-lug]rpmdrake

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
rpmdrake in not available in a command line flavor? Maybe it's time to for a little TightVNC. Where there's a problem there's a solution. Unless it's an MS problem. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I learn rpmdrake if I do it that way? Mike O ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*:

Re: [Eug-lug]rpmdrake

2002-10-27 Thread Bob Crandell
I'm not having truoble *running* rpmdrake. I don't know how to configure it so will pull RPMs from and FTP server instead of a CD. Mike O ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: rpmdrake in not available in a command line flavor? Maybe it's time to for a little TightVNC. Where there's a problem there's a

Re: [Eug-lug]rpmdrake

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
http://www.linuxpub.pl/man/user_mk/index.php?op=softwaremanager.html Hope that helps. It was the first thing I could find in English. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not having truoble *running* rpmdrake. I don't know how to configure it so will pull RPMs from and FTP server

Re: [Eug-lug]Touchpad

2002-10-27 Thread Timothy Bolz
Bob You didn't specify XF86Config or XF86Config-4. I found there are some diferences. I found this on a link . You can try XF86Config-4 section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option

[Eug-lug]VOTE! (for newbie track topics)

2002-10-27 Thread Bob Miller
Yeah, general elections are coming up, and they're a lot more important than EUGLUG. But your vote will definitely count in the EUGLUG polls -- we have no smoke-filled back rooms, no gerrymandering, no multimillion dollar propaganda campaigns, and no paid signature collectors. (But I'm willing

Re: [Eug-lug]Networking question from a novice

2002-10-27 Thread Cory Petkovsek
100baseTX: theoretical max speed (half duplex): 100Mb/sec / 8 = 12.5MB/sec My laptop ide harddrive (read): 16.45 MB/sec A single harddrive will be able to handle network traffic in most cases. For a server it should have some sort of raid subsystem with multiple drives which will allow it to

Re: [Eug-lug]Touchpad

2002-10-27 Thread Cory Petkovsek
Here's mine with a laptop touchpad, although I connect an external ps/2 mouse to it. GPM runs from console. X4. Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol ps/2 Option Device /dev/gpmdata Option Emulate3Buttons EndSection

Re: [Eug-lug]rpmdrake

2002-10-27 Thread P Casper
Erm. I have mine set up to ftp from ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/8.1/RPMS For upates. 9.0 RPMS are at ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/current/i586/Mandrake/RPMS Enter either of those into Define Sources for rmpdrake, and it should

Re: [Eug-lug]Networking question from a novice

2002-10-27 Thread Bob Miller
Cory Petkovsek wrote: 100baseTX: theoretical max speed (half duplex): 100Mb/sec / 8 = 12.5MB/sec My laptop ide harddrive (read): 16.45 MB/sec A single harddrive will be able to handle network traffic in most cases. The problem is that many real workloads require the disk to seek. If your

[Eug-lug]Too Hot (baby)?

2002-10-27 Thread Beaker (aka Jeff W.)
I've got a hardware question: how hot is too hot WRT hard drives? The Fujitsu 4 GB UltraSCSI drive I just did an install on is a little loud and seems to run hot, though no errors were experienced during the install. I stuck an digital thermometer on it: 97.1 F. This was with the case open

Re: [Eug-lug]Too Hot (baby)?

2002-10-27 Thread Po Petz
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Beaker (aka Jeff W.) wrote: I've got a hardware question: how hot is too hot WRT hard drives? The Fujitsu 4 GB UltraSCSI drive I just did an install on is a little loud and seems to run hot, though no errors were experienced during the install. I stuck an digital

Re: [Eug-lug]Too Hot (baby)?

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
Get yerself one of these... http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/van502ahdcoo.html You'll amazed how much cooler and better your drive will run. Especailly under load. Good company to deal with. I've gotten a few things from them. --- Beaker (aka Jeff W.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a

Re: [Eug-lug]Touchpad

2002-10-27 Thread Timothy Bolz
Bob I also found this the Linux Touchpad Driver. From what I've read it has a lot of information. http://compass.com/synaptics/ Tim On Sunday 27 October 2002 09:48 am, you wrote: Hi, Someone gave me one of those natural keyboards with a touchpad for a mouse. I can get gpm to use the