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Mouse goes wrong way 0 87 (9/19/2007 3:55:21 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a Zaurus 3100 running debian-lenny (titchy linux to start). It uses the kdrive X server (Xfbdev), and starts the server by: zaurus:/home/dlj0# more /etc/X11/X #!/bin/sh export TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/inpu... David

AMD64 debian testing upgrade failed. 2 32 (7/31/2007 2:10:45 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have an amd64 machine which I have been using with debian testing (currently lenny) for over a year now. I have been upgrading regularly; possibly the last time was a month ago. No problems then. Then, l... David

signature-rotator? 12 33 (1/16/2007 6:05:32 PM) comp.os.linux.misc As you can see below, I have been using a program I found years ago, called, surprisingly, signature, that rotates amusing quotes into my sig-file. This one turns ~/.signature into a fifo, and reading it appar... David

MapSource with wine? 3 28 (1/9/2007 3:52:14 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I got a Garmin Vista CX GPS unit for Christmas, which is really quite cool, except for the fact that the only way to interface with it through the computer is with some proprietary O/S that I don't use. I was ... David

Starting over. What's new/better? 2 29 (11/17/2004 5:39:37 PM) comp.os.linux.misc OK, my hard drive crashed. Bad. I can hope to spin it up on another computer and recover some stuff, but it just goes click-click-click now. It's that time, anyway, so I am getting a new box. I've been usi... David

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Is this the end of USENET? 12 26 (12/10/2007 5:55:22 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi: It seems that most of the groups I frequent (every few weeks now, was daily in the past) are being bombed by spam to the point of near uselessness. Spam to real message ratios of 10:1 or more are typica... crcarleRemoveThis (102)

Another FAILED linux download! AGAIN! 78 36 (12/12/2007 5:03:33 PM) comp.os.linux.misc This is my fifth or sixth failed download. Just when I thought I found a LInux distro "Xubuntu", that will work on an old Pentium II machine with a BIOS before 1998, a Linux user tells me that Xubuntu's "Gutsy... raylopez99 (939)

An ancient Vaio, X, and streaming media DAAP 14 47 (12/15/2007 4:39:10 AM) comp.os.linux.misc A friend gave me an ancient Sony Vaio PCG-C1VPK, a Crusoe-based laptop: 128 MB RAM, 15 GB HD, 1024x480 display, and PCMCIA wireless. I'm trying to set it up as a DAAP client (i.e. iTunes/firefly sharing music p... alanh7 (24)

Easy Linux editor 13 34 (12/20/2007 4:31:02 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I am looking for a linux editor that is easy to use by people with previous Windows knowledge. Not VI or emacs. Think of Microsoft Visual Studio editor. i ... Ignoramus31412

U.S.: Tax Prep software for GNU/Linux? 17 37 (1/9/2008 1:41:00 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I see that Turbo Tax, as well as several other orgs have web based tax prep software now. I have no problem about using those options, but if there is an option that doesn't involve transmitting my sensitive... tinker123 (141)

Call for Newsgroup Moderation 48 57 (1/9/2008 4:53:10 PM) comp.os.linux.misc The comp.os.linux.* newsgroups desperately need moderation. The SPAM is out of control, unless there is some sort of active moderation these groups are going to die. Has anyone had any experience setting up ... schvantzkopf (287)

Non-Vapor ROAD? 11 39 (7/9/2008 2:23:01 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I've done a lot of searching that mostly leads to vaporware and wishful thinking, so may as well ask here: Are there any palmtop Linux PDA's in existence with real keyboards? Think ROAD's abortive HandyPC con... stan38 (496)

Need to buy a new PC 23 24 (7/14/2008 5:29:16 AM) comp.os.linux.misc It's been years since I've needed to buy a new PC. I had always been building my own because a) I'm poor and b) the prebuilts would never work with linux. I've had 4 hardware failures in as many months (CPU... die (83)

Swap issue? 20 42 (7/22/2008 1:40:40 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, Some questions: 1. I have 4GB memory, people used to suggest I should set around 2GB to 4GB for swap partition. But are there are drawback if I set a large swap, e.g. 10GB (consider disk space is not a pr... howachen (515)

Awful hard drive performance 16 27 (7/31/2008 3:39:53 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a box running Slackware 11 with a 2.6.19.1 kernel. This box has two IDE disks, which at boot time are detected as follows: Probing IDE interface ide0... hda: SAMSUNG SP0802N, ATA DISK drive hdb:... NewJames (40)