[gentoo-user] Sort of OT // Icon licensing

2006-08-16 Thread Ian Kabeary
Hi there, (I asked the kde-artists mailing list but they are giving me the silent treatment so Icame here.) Does anyone know what license the Crystal SVG iconset is under? Thanks!~Ian

Re: [gentoo-user] Sort of OT // Icon licensing

2006-08-16 Thread Ian Kabeary
Hikdelook.org says it's under the LGPL. Perfect thanks! ~Ian Gian

[gentoo-user] New motherboard with good ACPI?

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
Hi there, I have had this computer case for a while now, its empty and Ive always wanted to make a nice Desktop PC for media and stuff. Of course it will have Gentoo and probably Windows (to start with anyways) but my question: Is there a way to _guarantee_ a motherboard/other component will do

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
I like my Vantec Nexstar 3enclosure. Try for one of them, they are cheap, flexible in capacity and nice to look at. Works in Gentoo just as easily as a Jumpdrive. ~Ian On 8/15/06, Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all,I am looking to purchase an external hard-drive for backing up data.I am

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
On 8/15/06, Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 10:08:29AM -0700, Penguin Lover Ow Mun Heng squawked: Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any offered by brands that I know (like I mentioend above, Maxtor/Seagate/Buffalo/etc. all have Why not? If you want a cheap one, a

[gentoo-user] Java apps take longer to load than a... I dont know what.

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
The subject kind of says it all, really. With the exception of OpenOffice, pretty much every Java app I start can take like 5-7 minutes to LOAD! Once its up it runs totally up to speed, but this is on a 3.2GHz Pentium 4. There should be no excuse for this. :) Im not at home right now so I cantt

Re: [gentoo-user] Video Card of Death! (Yes its on topic.)

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
It makes me very happy that the open source ones (once they work.) fully support my card. ~Ian On 8/15/06, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian Kabeary wrote: Then I realized that the proprietary ATi drivers dont give this card 3d acceleration, which it is totally capable of. Sad state of affairs

Re: [gentoo-user] Video Card of Death! (Yes its on topic.)

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/15/06, Ian Kabeary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, My laptop has a Radeon 9100. Toshiba advertised a 9000 so at the time I was happy. Then I realized that the proprietary ATi drivers dont give this card 3d acceleration, which it is totally capable of. Anyway, I tried the wiki

Re: [gentoo-user] Video Card of Death! (Yes its on topic.)

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
I can for sure get the error message for you in a few hours. Im away from home (and my laptop for that matter) right now. Thanks for the reply though! ~Ian On 8/15/06, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/15/06, Ian Kabeary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: should do, I started X. (I have 7.1.1

Re: [gentoo-user] Java apps take longer to load than a... I dont know what.

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
What is the name of the executable for the Java Control Panel? Thanks! ~Ian On 8/15/06, Lord Sauron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1On 8/15/06, Ian Kabeary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The subject kind of says it all, really. With the exception of OpenOffice

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone use this HDD enclosure?

2006-05-02 Thread Ian Kabeary
Does the hard drive get warm without a fan?That is the one thing I dont like about this thing. :)~IanOn 5/2/06, K Barter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/1/06, Ian Kabeary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The subject says it all. Its a Vantec Netstar 3 eSATA USB 2.0 Aluminum 3.5 Enclosure.I dont

[gentoo-user] Anyone use this HDD enclosure?

2006-05-01 Thread Ian Kabeary
The subject says it all. Its a Vantec Netstar 3 eSATA USB 2.0 Aluminum 3.5 Enclosure.I dont anticipate any issues as its plug play, but I want to make sure before I spend $59.95 CAD on it.Thanks! -- Cheers,Ian

[gentoo-user] KDE crashing on startup

2006-04-30 Thread Ian Kabeary
Hi there, Im using a PPC arch., and noticed that upon selecting kde-3.5 from my freshly emerged kdm that after a minute or so X will restart, bringing me right back to kdm. This does not happen if I choose to use Fluxbox. I like Fluxbox, but very much prefer KDE. Any ideas? Im thinking that KDE