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yes :D

run it as a service - then you can forget about it after that... Except to configure of course and then, as tyme said, you have to run the gui as root...

I would have thought it was the local PC that would have to worry about the work of direct rendering... Perhaps your remote machine is haveing trouble properly exporting the display? Can you give more details on the exact error you are getting?

I've been using the stock arch kernel now - so I haven't downlaoded your fix because, as yet, i haven't needed a fix for the laptop... But thanks for doing it - I'm sure it'll be a help to others!

If you want more control over what is or isn't installed it might (just might...) be time to look at a different distro. Or even a different DE/WM I always found that installing either KDE or gnome gave me loads of stuff I didn't want - regardless of distro. Now that I use fluxbox, I have a much leaner system...

sun - 1.4.2 java.sun.com

Any distro will do the job perfectly well, some will just be easier that's all. Check out distrowatch.com to try and find distros that are designed specifically for this.

I'm sooo looking forward to other - have been for ages. I can't wait!!!

I don't use KDM just start X with erm... startx... I'm quite happy using sudo for my script, I was just curious as to how others got commands that for me (without sudo) are root only to run as normal users. I think bvc runs as root anyway so that explains him...

Isn't one of the main differences that C is purely procedural whereas C++ can be Object Oriented? If so - go for C++ first. getting into a preocedural mind set will make it much harder to switch to OO programming...

As I understand it, xorg is simply a more up to date version of xfree I think the development of xfree stalled for some reason (maybe someone else can fill in the gaps) so someone forked the project into xorg and simply continued. As to whether they can be installed side by side, I don't know - although I doubt it...

you may have to pay money for the hotmail as well. I got an email about my trial coming to an end from the same people that provided my error messages on my first (failed) attempt to get this working. I suspect that you may have to pay if you want to do this longer term - anyone able to confirm or deny?

I've set up ntp so it uses a couple of servers to keep my pc time accurate via ntpd I've been wondering recently how accurate it is since it seems different to most of the clocks in my house. So I ran ntpdate <various uk servers> to see what would happen. Without exception (apart from a few not founds) I got the following result: the NTP socket is in use, exiting I also tried the servers in my ntp.conf with the same results. What has happened to all the uk ntp servers? Or is something wrong with my setup? For reference my ntp.conf is as follows: server tick.tanac.net server ntp2c.mcc.ac.uk server ntp1.uk.uu.net fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 logfile=/etc/ntp/log

Go to www.linux-laptop.net and find your specific model or one similar. There will (probably :P ) be loads of helpful tips and even things like kernel config and X configs

I don;t know specifics for that laptop but try installing acpi urpmi acpi Also, try looking at www.linux-laptop.net and try and find your model for more specific advice

bvc, how did you get those commands to work for users? For me they are all root only commands hence my use of sudo...

The way I do it in Fluxbox is to write a script that shuts down via sudo and then add it to the bottom of mt flux menu. You'll need to install sudo and read the man pages - it's pretty simple though. Basically it allows you to run specified root commands as a normal user. In this case reboot and poweroff. You can set it up to not require a password so that you can then use it in your script

Whilst I essentially agree with you (kepp that in mind ;) ) the fact that it is patent and not copyright makes this a little simplistic - or at least it seems so to me (perhaps I misunderstand you...) If a developer cannot see the code, that does not mean they can't be aware of the patent. Software patenting is essentially "owning" a concept of something you can do with software - which is (IMHO) stupid and immoral. I don't need to see someone's code on how they built their online shopping basket to know that I am writing a shopping basket myself... That said, I agree that the third parties should take responsibility, although that's leaving it a bit too late. The first the OSS developer hears of it is when it's all taken to court.

Just to point out that this site is in no way afilliated with Mandrake so registering your dissapointment here is not particularly productive... Also, as bvc was hinting, gentoo is harder and will take much longer to install than mandrake - even if you do have to tweak it. That said, if you've been using mdk for a little while - it couldn't hurt to experience another distro...

If you had a partition especially for /home - don't format that... Unless you don't have anything you need to keep, in which case it's easier to not worry about it! :D

Just for clarity - apache does also run on windows - not just Linux/BSD/Unix Although windows has many disadvantages as a server OS so this may not be the best selection...

Xtart is a brilliant way of starting X from the cli - it allows for several options, but is still usefule (it's nice and easy) if you only use one wm/de

That's interesting. Having lived (almost) all my life in Europe I never realsied it was considered convention to put Sunday at the end of the week. I'v e always thought of Sunday as the first day in the week. Well - you learn something new...

OK - all of these must be run as root. lsmod displays a list of currently loaded modules modprobe loads a module and all the modules it depends on modprobe -r removes a module and all the modules thjat depend on it Use google to find out what module is required for your bluetooth card and then post back with the results of playing with these commands. It may be that you simply need to load the correct module...

This is a complete guess, but it might be worth trying to find out what the module for this should be (google is your friend here) and loading it manually - or at least checking if it is already loaded. Are you familiar with loading modules? If not post back and we'll sort you out