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Opti 741 power supply029 (11/23/2004 11:56:05 PM) comp.sys.laptops I've recently acquired an old Opti 741 laptop, but it has no battery or power adaptor. Does anyone know what type/rating of power adaptor this needs to run? Thanks for any help! Ben ... bengee
Can't send mail to local users953 (10/14/2004 10:51:49 PM) comp.mail.sendmail Hi I'm having a problem with sendmail (8.12.8-4) on my Redhat 9.0 box. When i send mail to a local user, e.g... echo test message | mail -s "test" ben .... the message is never received. I dont receive any ... bengee
Fink/Darwin Ports129 (1/12/2004 4:56:25 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Is it possible for Fink and Darwin Ports to coexist peacefully? I've been using Darwin Ports, but I'd like to install GNUCash and that requires an installation via Fink. ... Dirt
Panther X11 Default Shell024 (12/21/2003 9:16:56 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Every time I start an xterm in Apple's X11 I get bash as the shell even though I changed my default shell to /bin/tcsh using NetInfo (which is actually reflected in the terminal app). Is there some other con... Dirt
The insanity of so many different Distro's1616 (8/20/2008 4:46:09 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I am trying to install some software on Ubuntu. I have read the instructions. They want me to configure, check all the dependencies, and then compile. I am thinking: just have one distro, and lots of options... psycgeeks(480)
CUPS horror stories4918 (8/26/2008 11:43:38 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I've seen them posted by trolls here on cola, going back several years, and ESR wrote a scathing criticism once. Personally, I've never had trouble with CUPS, especially lately, the Ubuntu printer tool is easy... nessuno(2193)
Goodbye Linux - R.I.P.15223 (8/30/2008 11:42:16 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy It's true I'm afraid guys. The end is nigh. Find yourselves a new O/S Forget the "Year of Linux" stuff. Over this next 10 months it all goes - dead - deceased - kicks the bucket. It's all over. The lot - L... bbgruff(6628)
Linux: Made with TRUE User Friendliness in mind4118 (9/2/2008 1:15:07 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Over the weekend my laptop hardware went South. As I do all my work with my "Linux Laptop" it was a bit annoying. But as I use Linux it was not a disaster. I grabbed an old server machine and installed Ubuntu ... nospam244(1541)
dose ISR could be PREEMPTIVED in linux-2.6 ?1026 (10/3/2008 4:16:03 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy we know, a kernel task could be preemptived in 2.6, but i'm not sure that does a ISR routine could be preemptived in 2.6. any one have practice with this problem? thanks for hare the description on it. ... lion3875(2)
A Debian stinker2720 (10/3/2008 4:14:12 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Our honorable (see the sig below) trolls would have us claim that all open-source projects or Linux distros are perfect, while they claim that they are mostly crap. Well, in the interests of fairness, here's o... linonut(8349)