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Re: [Alug] Woody
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 19 Dec '02

19 Dec '02

Adam Bower wrote: >I am usually >on most evenings from about 8ish but if i don't reply immediatly don't think I >won't see anything written there. Oops, do you mean you've been reading all those terrible things I've been saying about you behind your back then? ;-) Jen.

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Threats to free software
by Chris Lale 19 Dec '02

19 Dec '02

I just wondered how many people were aware of two recent threats to free software. 1. W3C "royalty freee" patent policy proposals. -------------------------------------------- The proposed policy permits W3C members to commit their patent claims "royalty-free" for use by implementers of the standard, but with "field of use" restrictions that would be incompatible with section 7 of the GNU General Public License. Such "field of use" restrictions, in other words, would prevent implementation of W3C standards as Free Software. Details at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/w3c-patent.html. Comments to W3C must reach <www-patentpolicy-comment(a)w3.org> by Tuesday 31 December 2002. 2. EU plans to legalise software patents in Europe. ------------------------------------------------ The proposal was drafted by the Business Software Alliance, a US-based group dominated by Microsoft, in cooperation with the European Commission. AFAIK it is still under discussion by the European Comission. It seems to pose a threat to free software and the Internet. Details and petition at http://petition.eurolinux.org/index.html If you wish to email any MEP(s) (there are 8 for the Eastern Region), you can find their email addresses at http://www.europarl.org.uk/uk_meps/MembersMain.htm This all seems very worrying. Does anyone have any more up-to-date knowledge of these issues? Cheers, Chris. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | ___ Chris Lale <ctlale(a)coolscience.co.uk> | | / \ | | | <_/ My PC runs Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (http://www.debian.org) | | \ Robust, secure and free operating system + applications. | | `- | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- ___ Chris Lale <ctlale(a)netscape.net> / \ | <_/ My PC runs Debian GNU/Linux 3.0. \ Robust, secure and free operating system + applications. \ Available at http://www.debian.org

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Ideal christmas presents :)
by Jamie French 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

Hi Guys, Hope this is ok, but I have been asked by the wife to have a clear up for which I am selling some items, which there will be more to follow: 1 x Shiva Integrator 150 ISDN router for more info view http://support.intel.com/support/si/routers/integrator/150/chap_1.htm 1 x BT Home highway PCI ISDN card (boxed) for more info view http://www.homehighway.bt.com/flash/need/relpro_isdn.htm If interested please email with an offer. Take Care, Jamie

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SuSE mini home network
by Anton 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

Hello again, I eventually gave up with Mandrake and installed SuSE 8.1 Professional instead on both my machines. Works much better and was totally easy to set up. So now I have a different question if anyone can answer it... (I don't think its a hard one... ) I have two machines in my mini home network, one dual booting MSW98SE and SuSE8.1Prof and the other just booting SuSE8.1Prof (because its only got a diddy 4Gig hard drive so it didn't seem worth putting both operating systems on it.) One of the machines connects to the internet via 56k modem (I intend to upgrade to ADSL in a few months time but am working with this set up for now). We use KMail as our mail client, and I would like to set it up so we can access our accounts from either machine. There are three seperate users. Anyone know how to set it up to do this? Anton

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Hello
by Michael Sage 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

To All, Just changed mail address, this is just to check all is ok Thanks. Michael Sage

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Linux booting from second ide controller?
by NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

Hi, Ive just got a new computer with win 2000 installed. Its also got alot of specialist software and device drivers(not avalible for linux) so im keeping it(i also like it its the only version of windows i can say that about). So my problem is that i dont want to re-install windows 2000 on a smaller partition unless i have REALY have to. If there were a version of fips or somthing similare then id maybe resize it so i could fit a smallish "/boot" partision. The boot partition needs to be in the first 8 Gig if i remember correctly or is that just older computers/drives? I do have a spare hd lying around not doing much but i seem to remember theres a problem getting linux to boot fromt he second ide controller, am i wrong? Also is there anyproblems booting win2000 with lilo? Same as win98 right? Thanx girls/guys =) -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered by Outblaze

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Hello
by Tony Dietrich 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Just a quick note to introduce myself ... I'm a network specialist who's just returning i=to the *nix world after having been lured away to M$ by money <g>. I live in Felixstowe, and run a small network of RH8 machines here at home. Its been a struggle remembering how to handle Linux, but I'm getting there. TD

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Re: [Alug] Anyone Done The Cube Yet?
by NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Looks quite cool, very QuakeGL(or Quake-forge). Ill have to look at that when i get Linux installed on my new box(still havn got round to it). ----- Original Message ----- > On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 03:58:37PM -0000, Keith Watson said: > > <QUOTE> > > Landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor first person shooter engine. Combines very high precision dynamic occlusion > > culling with a form of geometric mipmapping on the whole world for dynamic LOD for configurable fps & graphic detail on most > > machines. Uses OpenGL & SDL. > > </QUOTE> > -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered by Outblaze

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Newbie Redhat 8.0 install probs
by Greg Harris 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

Hi All, I'm a relative new-comer to the world of Linux and need some advice/help regarding an install of Redhat 8.0. I'm installing to a second HD on the primary channel, PCChips 810, 384MB, Radeon 7500VE to a Dell 1025HE monitor. This is networked via crossover cable to a RISC OS box using a KVM. Everything seems to progress fine, including the graphics card selection. The installer picks up the correct card model, RAM type and size. The problem arises with the monitor selection, it reports "un-probed". I have tried selecting the correct Dell model from the list but it will not give me the test screen or indeed any other help. If I then continue with the install the boot screen errors on the boot screen with EE for the graphics card and the monitor and then hangs. The error is something along the lines of 'screens found but no usable screens defined' or very similar. Has anybody had this problem or can anyone shed any light? TIA -- Greg Harris (Norwich)

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RE: Hardware Knowledge (was Re: [Alug] Re: Welcome to the "main" mailing list (Digest mode))
by Jonathan Dye 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

MJ Ray wrote: > Steve Fosdick <fozzy(a)pelvoux.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Unless things have changed since I installed it Debian woody doesn't >> do graphics chip detection when setting up XFree86 so it will be >> useful to > > It can, but I can't remember the correct way to do it. Shows how > often you install Debian freshly! Install once, upgrade forever? I can't remember which packages you need exactly but I think some or all of the following may be useful for getting X to autodetect. discover read-edid mdetect JD _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service

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