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by wuxmedia
Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:53 am
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: [Solved] GTK: a question
Replies: 30
Views: 9392

Re: [Solved] GTK: a question

^ who else, 8P
18 Gb - the disk was full to the brim.
it that case it was specifically the fault of Xscreensaver...
machine (a radio/email/light forum spamming station) is still running fantastically.
actually i should snap an ISO...
by wuxmedia
Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:32 pm
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: [Solved] GTK: a question
Replies: 30
Views: 9392

Re: GTK: a question

i have had the same things, gtk engine could not etc this an that.
like you - everything worked just fine.
the day something breaks you'll install the required gtk no prob
pipe the errors to null?
by wuxmedia
Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:02 pm
Forum: /etc/no-support
Topic: LinuxBBQ XFCE4 “Proof” (i686)
Replies: 26
Views: 12753

Re: LinuxBBQ XFCE4 “Proof” (i686)

arrgh you just sent me on a youtube tour of my yoof.
finishing with stakker humanoid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2U5ziV_Z8
by wuxmedia
Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:38 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & CHAT (/dev/null)
Topic: At the tobacconist
Replies: 416
Views: 315526

Re: At the tobacconist

i/we had quit for 7 years - just got back into smoking..
we know a guy who literally looks like Nick O'tine - really with the hat and all.. he made us do it. 8)
it it nice...
by wuxmedia
Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:34 pm
Forum: HOW-TO (/usr/share/man)
Topic: Howto: Webcams in skype 2.2.0 beta.
Replies: 9
Views: 5262

Re: Howto: Webcams in skype 2.2.0 beta.

i figured i'd put my only contribution to the wiki. thanks for the __nooct__ at the header, my first wiki post ever. 8)] i hope to contribute more - I find some things are a bit obvious to fill in. but, i found a gap i had experience in... I will try skype 4 to round off the entry. update. skype 4.0...
by wuxmedia
Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:34 am
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

thanks all 8D
- pidsleys right, i like to whine about the machine - but you gotta try, right?
there are no expansion slots.

great thread ideas, Machine 8P
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:31 pm
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

thank you - i think so - through normal channels i have a bad'un
not to worry wasn't like i needed it to run GIMP on or anything crazy.

well cheers to being on the road with me guys!

btw i'm always up for a few illegal methods 8)
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:28 pm
Forum: /etc/no-support
Topic: LinuxBBQ XFCE4 “Proof” (i686)
Replies: 26
Views: 12753

Re: LinuxBBQ XFCE4 “Proof” (i686)

^ whenever i go in its p-diddy, maybe dura.
1st world problems, all my online chums are in different timezones 8(
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:04 pm
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

seriously guys, i'm sorry i opened this thread. i do almost everytime 8( i tried vbeinfo - the machine 'crashes' or freezes for ever, well 10 mins. vbetool kinda works (shows a couple a square or something) but no information. plus i tried a few classic res' 800x600, 1024x768 etc just went ahead and...
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:39 pm
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

^ nobody else is complaining, you know it's gonna be only me with problems - pidsley 8)
hang everybody else has machines from this side of the millenium 8)
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:31 pm
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

nothing.
it enquires about hal then happily exits ,

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cmo@vectra ~ % sudo hwinfo --framebuffer                                        
cmo@vectra ~ %             
i'm in a ssh session right now.
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:17 pm
Forum: /etc/no-support
Topic: LinuxBBQ XFCE4 “Proof” (i686)
Replies: 26
Views: 12753

Re: LinuxBBQ XFCE4 “Proof” (i686)

#linuxbbq not ##linuxbbq
it that where everyone is theses days?
ace spin as always baconator. d/ling now.
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:56 pm
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

thanks rhow and bacon, no - i've done that - had to for the ceni issue. and i'm not a massive fan of ibm vga font... remember the scrot Bacon posted for boner, or virgin? very very large fonts. even on 8x8 or 8x13 etc... and i have not yet enabled a /dev/fb0 device... i actually tried this; http://f...
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:32 pm
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

^ 1280x800 8-O you gotta be kidding, this card is like 10 years old. on X it never went that high, maybe at 8bbp I will install hal... i would be happy just to post a scrot at 640x480-4 just to prove i'm not mucking you around... i've seen nothing but bad things on google about this ancient gfx card...
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:17 pm
Forum: SCREENSHOTS (/usr/bin/scrot)
Topic: Mixed bag
Replies: 1525
Views: 383684

Re: Screenshots

i was gonna say, on my radio - bbq chorizo spin with many chrome windows, radiotray, terminal and transparency.
pulls 200Mb ram... out of 512Mb running smooth as butter.
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:53 pm
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

thanks, cheers rhow - linuxland is a wonderful place with a bunch of bbqers around 8) I tried a few things, nothing much joy wise... hwinfo --gfxcard: SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:01.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "Intel 82810E CGC [Chipset Graphics Co...
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 3:50 pm
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

thanks, been trying the grub entries.
vga=ask seems to be depreciated in grub2.
all the modes on the stick entry - vga are rubbish.
hwinfo gives some mad error.
going out now - post some details later.
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:44 am
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

Re: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (GMCH) Graphics Memory Controller Hub [8086:7124] (rev 03) Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (GMCH) Graphics Memory Controller Hub [8086:7124] Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Cor...
by wuxmedia
Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:36 am
Forum: SUPPORT (/usr/share/doc)
Topic: framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra
Replies: 23
Views: 8349

framebuffer shenanigans Virgin hp evectra

i got virgin to install, i'm wondering about the framebuffer, because right now i'm on 640x480 which i can live with (it's only a irc/links box atm no /dev/fb0 modprobe i810/fb= module not found. do i have to compile a custom kernel? bit beyond me so anyway; lspci; VGA compatible controller: intel 8...