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Blanking screen blanking @#$!

by chuck＠vvisions.com

Howdy, y'all. I'm just inches away from using my wikkid new Fujitsu notebook as a DVD player. After solving the seemingly difficult problems of playing a movie in the first place (xine), playing an encrypted DVD (libdvdcss), getting hardware scaling to work on my ATI (gatos), and enabling the S-video output (atitvout), I'm left with the final daunting challenge: Turning off the #!$@ screen saver! I've tried the following (in this order): setterm -blank 0 setterm -powersave off setterm -powerdown 0 xset s off xset s noblank xset -dpms apm -i (a long shot, which is not compiled in my version) Still my video goes out every 5 minutes. WTF? I don't who or what is turning off my screen, and for what motive. But their treachery must be stopped! Surely someone on this list has the knowledge I need to restore justice. TIA, -Chuck -- Chuck Homic homic(a)ml1.net

Feb. 2, 2003

Re: [Wlug] X on IBM Thinkpad A30

by Tom Guilderson

On 2003.01.28 15:17 bryon3245(a)netzero.com wrote: > would anyone willing to help me get X working on my ThinkPad A30 > running > Gentoo with all the packages on there most current relese. Feeel free > to I have never used Gentoo, and I do not know of any config tools they include that my help you; so my comments are distro independent (they are really all the same in the end - maybe the start of a good flame war!). First thing is to run 'XFree86 -configure' assuming you are running version 4.x.x If this does not work, you will have to manually configure. Start by running 'lspci -vvv' to scan the PCI bus and see what type of card you have etc. Then see if there any good docs (ther are) at http://www.xfree86.org/ You should also go to the following site where there will be links to what others did to get Linux on a particular laptop http://www.linux-in-laptops.net/ibm.html You can also try IBM http://www-1.ibm.com/linux/ or http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/ This should get you started where you can likely get X up and running. Any specific questions, just post to the list. I use a T23 and X runs fine 1024x768 on the LCD panel or 1600x1200 on my Viewsonic flat panel both at 24 bit. So you should have no problem getting the A30 to work. Good Luck! TG

Feb. 1, 2003

hour of gold

by doug waud

Keith Wright wrote: > > From: doug waud <douglas.waud(a)umassmed.edu> > > > > > "An ounce of gold cannot buy an ounce of time." > > > > What will an *hour* of gold get you? > > > > doug > > Well, in General Relativity we often use geometrical units, in > which c = 1 and G = 1/8{\pi}. Using c = 3e10 cm/s, and > G = 6.67e-8 cm^3/g s^2, we get the conversion factor > 1 second = 1.5e34 kg, so an hour of gold would be 5.4e37 kg. > An hour of gold would be quite valuable as a gold > certificate. Taking actual delivery would be dangerous--- > unless you keep it well spread out in a vault with a radius > much more that 1 light-hour = 1 trillion kilometers, your fortune > will collapse into a black hole. Does this have anything to do with the term "golden years" doug

Jan. 30, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Fwd: Too Funny - I had to share

by Keith Wright

> From: doug waud <douglas.waud(a)umassmed.edu> > > > "An ounce of gold cannot buy an ounce of time." > > What will an *hour* of gold get you? > > doug Well, in General Relativity we often use geometrical units, in which c = 1 and G = 1/8{\pi}. Using c = 3e10 cm/s, and G = 6.67e-8 cm^3/g s^2, we get the conversion factor 1 second = 1.5e34 kg, so an hour of gold would be 5.4e37 kg. An hour of gold would be quite valuable as a gold certificate. Taking actual delivery would be dangerous--- unless you keep it well spread out in a vault with a radius much more that 1 light-hour = 1 trillion kilometers, your fortune will collapse into a black hole. Note: This system of units comes from Sachs and Wu, "General Relativity for Mathematicians". Other authors prefer to set G = 1 and leave a factor of 8 pi in the Einstein field equations. I refuse to argue about it. -- Keith

Jan. 30, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Fwd: Too Funny - I had to share

by jose sanchez

--- doug waud <douglas.waud(a)umassmed.edu> wrote: > jose sanchez wrote: > > > > "An ounce of gold cannot buy an ounce of time." > > - Anonymous > > What will an *hour* of gold get you? Money, maybe? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Jan. 29, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Fwd: Too Funny - I had to share

by doug waud

jose sanchez wrote: > > "An ounce of gold cannot buy an ounce of time." > - Anonymous What will an *hour* of gold get you? doug

Jan. 29, 2003

X on IBM Thinkpad A30

by bryon3245＠netzero.com

would anyone willing to help me get X working on my ThinkPad A30 running Gentoo with all the packages on there most current relese. Feeel free to contact me at bryon3245(a)netzero.com. Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

Jan. 28, 2003

Fwd: Too Funny - I had to share

by jose sanchez

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Jan. 28, 2003

SCSI Enclosures...

by Michael Kingsbury

I'm in need of an external SCSI enclosure that can accept 1.6" SCSI drives with SCA Connections. Does anyone have any sources for such a thing that's not overly expense? I haven't seen anything on ebay... -beaker

Jan. 25, 2003

books

by Yury I Vashugin

hi, everyone! i'm looking for used books c/c++ and java. if you have any to give away, please, let me know. thank you. vashugins(a)juno.com ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

Jan. 22, 2003