Posts by laclasse

gsferrari: That linux Guru propheting to always go with RH was a fake ! Distribution DO NOT MATTER. Choose the one YOU like the most after trying SEVERAL. Get a book that teaches you how linux work, then just work. If you expect a...

gsferrari : I meant thta a properly coded Operating System shouldn't need any reboot to change any settings, apart when upgrading an essential piece such as the kernel. On M$ rebooting fixes all, on linux it fixes nothing.

slade007 : - Give me a model of every sager out there and i swear i will post a 'GENERIC' linux install guide of all models on whatever distro you want ! Have a 5660, and i made such a guide a week after receiving it.

umm, the best advice i can give, get some BOOKS and read LOTS.

If you are using mandrake, it does come with the compiler, tools and header files used to roriginally build the system that you install, the one on the cdrom. Try re booting it with the disk, choose upgrade an existing sytem or somit in...

NS : that was a rhn binary update, which doesn't involve a kernel compile, therefore make menuconfig shouldn't be issued, nor any 'make' command. Hope that helps.

.xpm is a icon image file, you are missing the mini icon of xmms, or it is likely not in the right location, which is not a worry. Sounds like you discovering the power of linux. Nix is complex, yet transparent and incredibly flexible...

$ X -version[enter] Hope that helps.

[gsferrari@localhost mp3]$ rpm -U *.rpm apparently, he wasn't root. $ => user #=> root Hope that helps.

Confirmed all have it Regarding HT , the 2.6 kernel treats it a little differently than 2.4, and the APIC I/O are used to see the 2 cpu 'hearts'. As well, the long awaited gcc 3.4 will fully support the pentium4 arch and...