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Re: [Alug] New ALUG Website: Call For Articles & Assistance
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Mark - always happy to help if i can, but no experience of websites, very new to linux OS, and live a fair distance from Norwich (Cambridge). Also work full time, play in a band, and look after two young children, so pretty busy. But if you want something done, ask a busy person................let me know if i can do anything remotely, with such limited credentials. Jenny.

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New ALUG Website: Call For Articles & Assistance
by MJ Ray 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Hi, At long last the Great Website Renovation is done. We should be on Martyn's host and fully operation in a few days, and I think that includes email redirectors for anyone that wants them (right Martyn?). In the short term, I need your help to make the site more substantial. From the old site, we have: - Contact details page - Mailing list sign-up and archive - Meetings information for the first five - Meeting venues information (in the next day or two) This is a general call for articles on any Linux-related topic. You can provide them in a number of ways, including marked up into very simple XML (much simpler than HTML), or just by making text and graphics available to me somehow. Personally, I am particularly interested in having the following: - Meetings information for the rest (mailing list+memory, anyone?) - Articles from a new user's point of view - Reviews of some Linux Games - Pointers to new-user information but this is not a concrete list, so feel free to discuss them or suggest other ideas to the mailing list. I'm also *desperate* for more people to help with the site. Workload should be minimal and everything should be as easy as possible now (at last!), but it was some time since I asked and I don't know how situations have changes, so I'm asking again. Looking forward to your replies! -- MJR

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List Administrivia: replies
by MJ Ray 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

I've noticed that reply-tos are currently being mangled. This will cease effective immediate, so please hit "REPLY TO ALL" if you want to send your reply to the mailing list. The footer has changed to remind people. For a summary of reasons, see the essay at http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.htm -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

--- Adam Bower <abower(a)zeus.com> wrote: > > > David Freeman wrote: > > > > > Is the GeForce 2 chipset supported under linux? > > > My GeForce GTS 2 is fine although I did have problems getting 3d > DRI > > > working, and have since broke it again. > > > > What was the problem? > > The drivers are binary only (no source) and they can be a little > tricky > to get right, but I was using a hacked about version of Xfree 4.0 and > various reasons. I do know one of our developers has hacked around > the > kernel and various other bits with kernel 2.4.0 to get it working > correctly... I also seem to remember that the instructions are > slightly > wrong and I had a library in the wrong place that upset everything. I > may be doing a re-install of Debian soon (if i can be bothered) and > will > have to get it all working again so I will make some notes. > > Adam OK. Thanks D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

--- Adam Bower <abower(a)zeus.com> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, David Freeman wrote: > > > Which Distro would people recommend for ease of install and > > maintainance, also are there any which install the bttv driver as > > default? > I think SuSE has the bttv driver as a module but then most distro's > will. > I prefer Debian as although some people claim it is harder to install > than > most other distro's, but I found it to be the easiest to get things > working with. Alot of people say debian is very good, I have installed it on a sun IPX and it seamed quite good. I'm just looking for a distro I can control what it puts on the system and one which will configure all my hardware out the box, My current distro, Peanut, recognised most of my hardware straight away, I had to edit rc.modules to add the correct module for the zip drive. Unfortunatly it didn't do my TV card. > > Is the GeForce 2 chipset supported under linux? > My GeForce GTS 2 is fine although I did have problems getting 3d DRI > working, and have since broke it again. What was the problem? > > What are there in the way of Linux games available? > Quake III nuff said although you should look at www.lokigames.com as > they > have a very good selection. Cheers, alot of people mentioned these. Soldier of fortune looks good, very tempted. Unfortunatly I just bought a new CPU, motherboard and memory,(Scan.co.uk were doing a special offer) > > Can I drive the old matrox mystique with the new Geforce at the > same > > time in the same PC? > If it is a PCI card then maybe yes, but I think you will have to buy > an > X-server that would work with this although it may work in windows. > (I may > be completly wrong with these comments though) To describe my intentions in a bit more detail. I have a room that is 7'*7' My intention was to have a 17" monitor on my desk connected to the Geforce card, This I would use for most stuff like games etc... on the other side of the room I was going to put my old 15" monitor so I can use it for watching TV in bed. So I only really want the second card to work with the BTTV card as a TV. Thanks D > Adam <sig snipped> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

--- Paul Tansom <paul(a)whaletales.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, David Freeman wrote: > > Having Just ordered a hardware upgrade for my aging 200mhz K2, I > was > > thinking I might treat my self to a decent graphics card at the > same > > time. So I have a couple of questions. > > > > Which Distro would people recommend for ease of install and > > maintainance, also are there any which install the bttv driver as > > default? > > I'm just about to make the switch to Debian, so if you are looking to > try a > distro based on this check out Storm - it has a less complex install > than the > raw Debian, but is pretty true to its roots. I haven't tried it yet, > but > apt-get is supposed to be a very nice means of installing updates. apt-get sounds similair to the pkg management tool under freebsd which would download the required packages when you want to install them. > > Is the GeForce 2 chipset supported under linux? > > > > What are there in the way of Linux games available? > > Check out http://www.lokigames.com/ Drool........... > > Can I drive the old matrox mystique with the new Geforce at the > same > > time in the same PC? > > Assuming that you can run the GeForce chipset (not sure, haven't used > it > myself) you can run two cards with Xfree86 - so long as you have a > spare > monitor ;-) I quite like the idea of running an old 14" screen to > watch logs > in when I am developing code, but I don't have the space for the > extra screen > :-( I saw something on this only the other day, I just can't > remember where... > don't you just wish you could grep magazines sometimes! Can I run two cards with different chipsets? Thanks D PS I like the sig > --- > Paul Tansom: Talking to penguins can be inTUXicating, whereas > talking to windows is only 1 step away from talking to the wall! <remaining sig snipped> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

--- Adam Bower <abower(a)zeus.com> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Paul Tansom wrote: > > > I'm just about to make the switch to Debian, so if you are looking > to try a > > distro based on this check out Storm - it has a less complex > install than the > > raw Debian, but is pretty true to its roots. I haven't tried it > yet, but > > apt-get is supposed to be a very nice means of installing updates. > I have tried Storm and the main thing that got me was the free > version > (non-retail) does not have as many packages as true Debian but you > could > add the Debian mirrors to your sources.list file. I'll check out out storm tomorrow. A friend has a copy of redhat which I'm going to give a go at tomorrow night. > > Assuming that you can run the GeForce chipset (not sure, haven't > used it > > myself) you can run two cards with Xfree86 - so long as you have a > spare > > monitor ;-) I quite like the idea of running an old 14" screen to > watch logs > > in when I am developing code, but I don't have the space for the > extra screen > > :-( I saw something on this only the other day, I just can't > remember where... > > don't you just wish you could grep magazines sometimes! > Now that is cool, I may have a look at that later on although finding > space for a spare monitor will also be a problem for me :-( I see what you mean, and I have a 7'*7' room which I have to sleep in as well!!! > A quick search on www.google.com with the terms "" returned some promising results. Some interesting results, I'll have a closer look when I get more time. Thanks to every one for replying D > Adam > -- > Adam Bower, <abower(a)zeus.com> Tel: +44 1223 525000 <sig snipped> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by David Freeman 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

I also like the good 'ol games. I have fond memorys of chucky egg on the BBC, which I still have and will one day connect to my linux network :o), I quite like the idea of porting it to linux, but thats abit beyond my level ATM. Space invaders, Snake and hardball/breakout are all good for winding down. The other classics I quite like are Duke nukem 3d, doom trilogy, and a friend has got me into playing Rogue spear on his PC. I may as yet treat my self to Soldier of fortune, one day :-) Thanks D --- MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > David Freeman <david_freeman(a)rocketmail.com> writes: > > > What are there in the way of Linux games available? > > Well, I'm quite into simpler games, so these probably won't be to > everyone's taste, but I enjoy XBlast and many of the libSDL games. > Not much more advanced than your original consoles, but I find them > fun. I don't think I've actually any games installed right now. I > must put that right. > -- > MJR > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Email: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] Distro's, Hardware and Gaming
by MJ Ray 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)rocketmail.com> writes: > What are there in the way of Linux games available? Well, I'm quite into simpler games, so these probably won't be to everyone's taste, but I enjoy XBlast and many of the libSDL games. Not much more advanced than your original consoles, but I find them fun. I don't think I've actually any games installed right now. I must put that right. -- MJR

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Introduction and question
by Andy Cartwright 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

Hello, A brief introduction followed by a question. I am new to this list but have been using Linux on and off over the last 3 years. My current system is PIII 667Mhz, 128M RAM Dual booting with Win 98SE and SuSe 7.0(Professional, an amazing boxed set). Now my question concerns the 64M recognition limit, I have added the line mem=128M to the append line in the LILO configuration section of YAST1. When I interrogate with top or the K memory utility it tells be that I have 64M RAM. Have I done something wrong or is it one of those things where the software is wrong ? Many thanks in advance Andy Cartwright P.S. May be a bit out of date now but I have the boxed set SuSe 6.0 with manual boot disks etc. I have the new V7.0 Pro so have no need for 6.0, it is free to any good home if anyone can make any use of it.

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