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help ....
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Roberto wrote: You shouldn't need to delete any files. Disable virtual memory. Then defrag including all free space and files. Then run fips and make partitions. When done be sure to enable the...

Creating / programming for joystick device
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Paul Symons spilled the following: I don't know if this is any help, but you might want to take a look at the lcdrpoc project at Sourceforge. They're into building systems with minimal user hardware...

Burning a bootable CD
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 10 Comments

Eric Moors wrote: That did it ..... Thanks. :-D Chuck

QT installation
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 3 Comments

Halfgaar wrote: Perhaps somewhere in the past I've tried to compile with a prefix and decided it doesn't work. You see, I get an error when I do, after a long time of compiling. When I do...

Multi-source news sites ?
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 4 Comments

osmoma wrote: It works from here. -- Confucius: He who play in root, eventually kill tree. Registered with The Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org/ Slackware 9.1.0 Kernel 2.4.22 SMP i686 (GCC)...

Searching an Invisble Partition?
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 3 Comments

show `fdisk -l` creat a partition in its place. linux fdisk changes as little as possible. If you use sfdisk, you can even make a backup of the sectors that are changed, so you can restore...

The computer won't power off.
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 0 Comments

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 01:52:51 -0500, Arctic Wolf wrote: APM or ACPI have to be either compiled into the kernel or loaded as kernel modules. If that's not the case the system won't power off after...

Suse 8.2 Won't Recognize CD Burner
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 23 Comments

In article <pan.2003.11.10.06.54.20.17259@yahoo.com>, imotgm wrote: Hey, that's interesting... a few months ago I burned some boot.iso CDs for a class to do network installs, and about half of them...

Newbie! Working on relatives PC remotely
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 7 Comments

In article <xuVrb.3021$t01.192@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, DM wrote: Why? Why would you recommend telnet over SSH? Even if the odds of being tapped are small, why risk it if the odds against...

A couple scripts for new users.
Posted on November 11th, 2003 | 2 Comments

<snip> No, I haven't...I'll look into it, and thank-you for the feedback on my modem_speed function. pH <snip>

Which SCSI Drive Will Be Which?
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 6 Comments

Jean-David Beyer <j@d.b>, In a message on Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:45:52 -0500, wrote : JB> Robert Heller wrote: JB> > Jean-David Beyer <j@d.b>, JB> > In a message on Sun, 09 Nov 2003 21:09:00 -0500,...

un-breaking psmouse in 2.6.0-test9-bk14
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I've been fighting to get everything in 2.6 working on my new Toughbook. One of the things I've liked so much about the 2.6 kernels is that they make the touchpads on my Toughbooks work *so* much...

Simple Shell Script Help
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 4 Comments

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 at 20:41 GMT, Buck Turgidson wrote: echo "`date` `grep -c a_string my.log`" >> logstats Or: { printf "`date` " grep -c a_string my.log } >> logstats

Text split to files
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 4 Comments

Herbert Fritsch <schreibmal@heribert.de> wrote: man csplit -- ie. csplit 'SPLIT*' '{*}' -- William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry@yahoo.ca> Linux solution for data management and...

[RH 7.3] eth0 wont start after Kernel upgrade to 2.4.20-20.7
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I just upgraded my kernel from 2.4.18 to 2.4.20-20.7 by downloading the package and instilling it. I rebooted and now my LAN nic wont start. it uses ne2k-pci for driver. are there any know issues or...

browsing in the Windows Network(Neighborhood): What software needed ?
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 5 Comments

On 2003-11-10, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote: I've actually been wondering this... seems like with smbclient -L you need to know the name of the computer you're connecting to. I don't...

Linux equivalent to Solaris iowait?
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 2 Comments

CTL wrote: I can't find any "iowait" command in Solaris. Do you mean iostat? If so you want the "sysstat" package. See http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/. Some distributions are starting to...

Digital Output in via82xx/ac97 audio controller?
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hey guys, Have a problem: I have boston acoustics speakers with digital input only and I have onboard sound card (via8233A/8235) with analog output only. So I have been fighting to get my speakers...

lm-sensors module debian compile questions
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 2 Comments

ral wrote: Actually, I would suggest not doing that, atleast not permanently. At this point, the system believes the default compiler is version 3.3. Although it probably won't hurt anything, it...

How to set print quality with lpr? (I.e. 360 dpi vs. 720 dpi)
Posted on November 10th, 2003 | 5 Comments

John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@sympatico.ca> writes: If he isn't doing so already, the OP should check to see if he is using the Gimp-Print driver for his Epson Stylus Color 880. This will give...