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xvidtune is a great tool. As Iphitus suggested, I run my system at a lower resolution (1152x864). X config tools pick up 75Hz refresh rate at this resolution, which gives some flicker. Using xvidtune I found a modeline for 78 Hz, and the flicker's gone. Interestingly, I couldn't find 85Hz modeline though the monitor happily accepts 85Hz under Windows.

Depends what you want... If you only want to read mail remotely, you can use a text-based email client such as mutt on the remote desktop to read your mail. But if you want to save attachments onto the laptop while reading the mail, then you will have to ftp/sftp them separately. If that's what you want, then your best bet will be unison. Fast, reliable, you have a possibility to select files/directories which you want to syncronize or skip, backup, works over ssh tunnel, text based and graphic UI, cross-platform... I tried drakesync a while ago, never worked for me...

I had a similar problem. I read somewhere that monitors expect the display resolution 96x96 dpi, and if it is not 96x96 (it was 95x89 in my case), then fonts get ugly. To check your setting, run xdpyinfo from the command line while in X (I think, that's correct spelling, can't check it now). The fix is simple, you need to add a DisplaySize setting to the Monitor section of your XF86Config-4 file . Here is how it looks in my XF86Config: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Sony CPD-200GS" VendorName "Sony" ModelName "Unknown" DisplaySize 304 228 You will have to play with the numbers a little until you get a perfect 96x96 dpi setting. Cheers

The bombs in what sense? T41 is pretty much the same as T40 except for the videocard, and T40 is Red hat and SuSe certified... Any issues that I need to be aware of (I have ordered one, it's coming after Xmas)

I still use a PII laptop with MDK 6.1.

Thanx to everbody who replied. Dustpuppy, did you try xvidtune (I replied to your original post to the Laptop section as well)?

Dustpuppy, Did you try xvidtune, the video mode tuner for XFree86? This little tool helped me once to setup the frequency on my CRT to a weired 78Hz (any frequency below that gave a noticable flicker...). Dunno if its a right tool for the LCD though...

If you have CRT, you can have several display resolution modes in XF86Config, and it is easy to switch between say 1400x1050, 1280x1024, and 1024x768. I wonder if laptops give you this kind of choice? I have just ordered a laptop with SXGA 1400x1050 (I kinda like sharp graphics) but for my eyes, 1024x768 is just right for textprocessing, so I wonder whether it is possible to setup X so I could switch between the two modes?

Looks like a problem with X... Could this be of any help? http://www.entrelacs.net/home/linux/D600.html Also, check www.tuxmobile.org, you may find an answer. I am ordering D600 and am going to put MDK 9.2 on it...

Actually, rdate sets time received from a network host, in this example the romte host is clock.psu.edu. You can update time automatically by adding something like this to root's crontab file 5 1 * * * rdate -s your.trusted.network.host This will make your computer to syncronise with the remote host every day (night, hour, etc) without you having to run any scripts (and type in the root password).

Those are precisely the drivers that i was refering to. Many posts say that installing rpm is not enough, the driver needs to be compiled and loaded as a module. Though I never did that, I have NVIDIA....

ATI claims that their driver supports 9800 (look at the README file). But to have all features working, you need to recompile the kernel. Last time I read about this on www.tuxmobil.org, in the article about Mandrake 9.2 on Dell D600. D600 features RADEON 9000, ATI says it uses the same driver as 9800.

As well, check out this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/sh...?threadid=92446

The information on that site is a bit outdated. You may want to email them as well as ATI and check with them as to their plans to release the driver. Nvidia seems to be more Linux friendly, so you may want to consider replacing your videocard. Otherwise, this forum is exceptionally good in helping newbies, so stick around and I am sure you'll solve the problem. Hardware support in Linux has always been an issue. The lesson I've learned is that you need to check hardware compatibility lists *before* you buy. The upside of Linux is that even with older hardware you get a system which can do many things for the home user for less.

I have done a bit of research about ATI cards (nearly every laptop I was considering had one of the ATI cards). Apparently, even if you could get 9800 up and running, it is unlikely that 3D support will work in XFree86. Nevetheless, my impression was that, after some tweaking it is possible to get it working. If tweaking is not an option, either get NVIDIA, or check out commercial alternatives to XFree86; e.g. www.xig.com. I have no experience with their X server, but it seems that they have done a lot of work on radeon.

And it did. To continue this line, two more examples giving me a good laugh 1. The sign on the can of pitted cherries: Contains 98% pitted cherries. By the way, imported from one of the European countries. 2. We have endless discussions on this forum about how we fix the product that, according to the manufacturer, is ready for the desktop. It also comes from Europe and apparently is checked at the same testing facilities as canned cherries :lol: On the serious note, we will benefit a lot more if Mandrake will focus on improving their product rather than advertising. I don't mind having 2% of cherries with pits as long as they taste nice (like vegemite :lol:).

I must agree with you, Gowator. On this side of the globe, we know that it's the fineprint that matters. As for misleading advertising and RPMs availability, I am no longer rushing to buy the new PowerPack like I did before (I bought 7.1 and 8.2). 60 days up, and anything you need (except for security updates) is for club members only. Even security updates are available for one year only, no matter how much you spent on the product. Why bother spending on powerpacks?

I am on the east coast ... of Australia :). That's not the point however. To the Mandrake's defence, they include Crossover office in the Discovery, so at least MS Office applications can be run and that's what they were trying to say.

Not that I am defending Mandrake, but let's be fair - they only advertise compatibility. That ad simply says that if you run Linux, you can run Windows applications at the same time which is an important feature for beginners and advance users. Although OO.o or SO constantly improve on their compatibility with MS Office, the differences will be there. Take custom macros in Excel docs, does anybody have them running properly in the OO.o? In regard to how one can run Windows applications, VMware is one (and the best, IMHO) way to do this. But there are cheaper solutions, including wine.

Any success stories with these videochips? Thanks.

Nearly forgot about this thread... I have sorted out what was causing the problem... The appointments that evo failed to alarm about were those imported from gnomecal. I had to reschedule each and every of them, and now the reminder window pops out. I still can't get evo play sound alarms though.

What is "native PDF export"? In OO.o 1.0.x, under the Print menu, Tthere is an option `print to PDF'. It never worked for me though, it always produces a postscript file while giving it the .pdf extention. Was that a known bug or is something broken on my system? No point to upgrade until that is fixed then:-).

Well, if you don't have any luck with other cds, it's not matlab or cds cause the trouble:-). It might have something to do with permissions to run mount. Check the permissions by typing (you don't have to be root for that): [root@localhost nikisa]# ls -l /bin/mount -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 68184 Feb 11 2003 /bin/mount I don't know about 9.2 but previously MDK used to have a feature called supermount - you stick a CD in and it's being mounted without your intervention. It certainly runs mount behind the scene, so if mount is broken - it's broken... Can anybody confirm, is supermount included in 9.2?

Can you change the Window Manager in KDE? I used to think it's GNOME thing only...

Could you please explain what is exactly the problem? Can you mount the CD? Can you see what is on the CD? What kind of Matlab is that (a generic Unix CD, a stand alone Linux version?). Ideally, you should run a script, you should have it on the CD. I just followed the instructions that they give in the brochure, and the install script ran smoothly for me.