-- Ed (dal...), January 30th, 2004.
Um, to get even less computer savvy, how exactly do I go about this?
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 20:47 (twenty years ago) link
Of course I might be off the mark with this one and it's just shagged :)
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:22 (twenty years ago) link
ARGH. I appear to have specially downloaded what I now assume is an xmame front end:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/x/xmame/xmame-x_0.74.1-1_i386.deb
If I can't find a .deb of REAL ACTUAL xmame soon I am going to scream.
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:29 (twenty years ago) link
http://packages.debian.org/
^ search by text
then
apt-get install packagename
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:30 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:32 (twenty years ago) link
MOBO info will have to wait on me flipping the lid on the PC again. I did look up the chipset once already but info was far from conclusive.
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 23:15 (twenty years ago) link
You need to run ... um ... I think it's called gdm-configurator. Something like that, anyway. Or, you might be able to select 'configure' from the login screen, depending on how it's set up.
Anyway, do that, as root, and it lets you enable root login from the login screen.
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:05 (twenty years ago) link
Yeah Will, this is what you get when someone a little TOO obsessed with security sets it up for you innit :)
― Sarah (starry), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:17 (twenty years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Sarah (starry), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 5 February 2004 02:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 5 February 2004 06:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 5 February 2004 07:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:14 (twenty years ago) link
― lyra (lyra), Friday, 6 February 2004 17:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 6 February 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 6 February 2004 18:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 6 February 2004 18:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 6 February 2004 22:59 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 7 February 2004 01:55 (twenty years ago) link
― lyra (lyra), Saturday, 7 February 2004 05:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 7 February 2004 18:28 (twenty years ago) link
Around 0.02 asteroids worth of football pitches.
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Saturday, 7 February 2004 21:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Sunday, 8 February 2004 16:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 15 February 2004 04:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 04:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 09:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 13:23 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 15:03 (twenty years ago) link
― winstonsalem, Wednesday, 18 February 2004 15:36 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 15:37 (twenty years ago) link
― winstonsalem, Wednesday, 18 February 2004 15:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Allyzay, Thursday, 19 February 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 19 February 2004 16:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 19 February 2004 16:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Allyzay, Thursday, 19 February 2004 17:05 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 February 2004 17:42 (twenty years ago) link
Why the FUCK does Safari limit filenames to 31 characters (or whatever) when downloading files that are handled with Quicktime? (i.e. you open up an mp3 or a movie in a new tab, let it load, click the little arrow and "save as source" -- and you're limited to OS 9 character lenths!! AAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH)
Also is there any way to set the font size "one larger" permanently?
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 19 February 2004 17:45 (twenty years ago) link
Ally, if it keeps doing that you should go ahead and try resetting the PMU which is called a 'last resort' but then again so is everything I've ever done to fix a problem on any computer.
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 19 February 2004 17:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 19 February 2004 17:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 19 February 2004 18:01 (twenty years ago) link
Is there anyway to find the serial number of a piece of hardware (my DVD combo drive) without taking it out and looking at it or having the brochure?
― Atila the Honeybun (Atila the Honeybun), Thursday, 19 February 2004 18:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 19 February 2004 18:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 19 February 2004 18:57 (twenty years ago) link
anyway new question: i've been on the mac all-bundled-together wagon so long [like my whole life] that i don't know anything about getting PCs. Like will i rilly save money/get more bang/buck if I build my own system like say from a Shuttle? Or will the monitor/periphials costs and hassle bring the price out about the same? If I buy a Shuttle basebox, many don't seem to come with chips? Is it hard to put a chip in a motherboard? (Or do they come with chips?). Should I stick with pentiums or is an atholon a better deal? etc?
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:58 (twenty years ago) link