RE: lp and Debian 2.0

I had problems with a similar setup (HP660C i.s.o. 890C). Nothing worked until I used magicfilterconfig to create the printer while the Zip was disconnected. I can now print, but have not yet tried if the Zip still works. J.T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/9203

lp and Debian 2.0 (More info)

Hello again! I wrote the message below this morning (HP 890C, Parallel port Zip Drive, lp as a module, zip drive works, printer doesn't), and since then I've tried a few more things trying to get my printer working. Here's what I've tried: # echo "Hello" > /dev/lp0 (bash: /dev/lp0: Devi

Re: Buslogic BT-958 failing --SOLVED: BUSLOGIC firmware problem.

> On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Jameson Burt wrote: > > > Buslogic is often touted as having the superior scsi adapters. > > > Buslogic is now Mylex, BTW. > > I have been using a Buslogic card with an Exabyte tape drive for years, > you have the configuration wrong somehow. My comments about the Exabyt

Re: Backup recommendations

Alexander Kushnirenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > After quite a few disks died on me I start to realize that backup > may be worth the effort :) I needed an accidential mkfs of the wrong partition before I decided to buy a streamer. Fortunately, all important data were recoverable (but it took

Re: question on hardware

>> "N" == NizzyNiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi anonymous one, N> well, this is my problem, i built a scsi machine with a asus 7890 N> ultra 2 .. so far, no linux has been successful.. i tried redhat, Try the install(rescue)disk from: http://www.debian.org/~adric/aic7xxx/ Ciao, M

Re: very confused

On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 08:57:47PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Have there been duplicates? I suppose that you first need to move your > mailfile /var/spool/mail/my_account to your $HOME and then start > formail/procmail as procmail appends the mails while cat reads them again > and again?!

Re: xanim package?

Hi, Richard! Sure. And guess the name - xanim! ii xanim 2.70.7.0-3 Plays Multimedia files Sasha. > Is there a Debian package for xanim? I have the source code already, I'm > just being lazy. > > Richard Hall > Network Services > University of Tennessee > > > -- > Unsubscrib

Re: Addressbook problems

Subject: Addressbook problems Date: Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 11:18:57AM + In reply to:Lance Hoffmeyer Quoting Lance Hoffmeyer([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I am learning to use 'addressbook'. It is supposed to work in either > X11 or text mode. It works in X11 but when I try to use

afbackup: comments and problems.

Hi, In my search for backup software I settle down on afbackup. I would say it's an excellent piece of software with GUI interface for configuration + build-in help. It's powerful, flexible and simple enough for small clusters of Linux boxes and single Linux box. Unfortunately setting it up was

Re: Good Linux Book For Christmas

> I'm wanting to get my father a good linux book for Christmas. I will > be installing linux on his system while I'm down there for Christmas. > What would be the best book for him? He does have some unix > experiance, but hardly any administration. Matt Walsh's "Running Linux" (O'Reilly, www.

xanim package?

Is there a Debian package for xanim? I have the source code already, I'm just being lazy. Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

libc6-dpc

I have libc6-doc - 2.0.7u-7.1 instaled on my system, and whenever I go to the libc6 section in the "info" program, I experience the following problem - in all the entries the "Menu" word is corrupted, and none of the links workproperly - the only way to move around properly is to press P and N for

Re: Swap partitioning

Subject: Swap partitioning Date: Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 08:13:32AM -0500 In reply to:Christian Lavoie Quoting Christian Lavoie([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Figuring out that StarOffice5 is too much a resource hog (actually, SOffice > + mp3 + 12 or 13 netscape windows, etc. etc.) for my cu

ncurses prob with slink

I recently reinstalled Debian 2.0 (long story) and wanted to put slink back on as well. Now, in November, I had cleaned my system out and did a full reinstall of Debian 2.0, re-dselected slink ... and watched as miles and miles of ncurses errors flooded my screen. I eventually realized that I was

fvwm2 fvwm95 menus

Does anybody else experience this: I have many many packages installed on my system, including the menu system which modifies the window manager menus if they support it. I have both fvwm2 and fvwm95 installed, however, the Debian Menus with the apps they have are very very different. Some entries

Re: WP 8 problem

Subject: Re: WP 8 problem Date: Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 11:44:24PM -0500 In reply to:Tun Yang Quoting Tun Yang([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > >Well I agree with Riccardo! It took me 18 hours to _finally_ get all > >7 parts of the software. I found that there readme was written by > >s

Re: query dialup-hostsname

>> "MB" == Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "MG" == Marcus Geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MG> does anyone knows a possibility to query the hostname (dns) that will MG> be assigned after dialing into a internet service provider ? MB> ifconfig ppp0 will show you the address yo

Re: RESOLUTION on segfault on Wordperfect 8

>> "BS" == Benjamin Suto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BS> Just wanted to post that I resolved this problem by making sure I BS> had xpm, libc5, and xlib6 from the oldlibs installed, then adding BS> /usr/lib/libc5-compat to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This line should already be in /etc/ld.so.conf. $ cat

Re: Netscape Communicator 4.5?

Tom Pfeifer wrote: > > I'm trying to install Communicator 4.5 on slink using the deb > package(s), but something has changed since the last time I did this, > and I think I'm missing a very basic piece of information on how to do > it. > > I know how to do it manually using the tar.gz file, and I

lp and Debian 2.0

I recently switched my P75 from RedHat 5.1 (the upgrade to 5.2 killed a variety of things) to Official Debian 2.0 R1. I have a HP Deskjet 890C and a Parallel port zip drive plugged in series into the first parallel port. When I set it up originally, I made lp as a module, but when the system boot

Re: Linux Distributions in latest german news magazine "FOCUS"

>> "JF" == Joerg Friedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JF> "Focus" copied a test of "PC Professionell" as they mentioned in JF> the upper-left corner of the table :-) Aah, "PC Professionell". They are a ZD publication IIRC. They did a test of "alternate OSes" (alternate to Win95 that is). They

gtkicq

Hi, I have a debian/frozen dist, and my gtkicq stopped working. I found out that some of the libs that it needs are not present in the system anymore. $ ldd -v /usr/local/bin/gtkicq ldd: version 1.9.9 (...) libgtk-1.1.so.2 => not found libgdk-1.1.so.2 => not found libgmo

Re: fte error

On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 01:52:32PM -0500, Yuri Niyazov wrote: > A problem I'd like to verify here before I submit a bug report: > I am running kernel 2.1.131 with vesa framebuffer as my console > (1024x768x8) and I get the little Penguin Linux logo on boot. however, > my favorite editor is fte - i

Compiling XFree 3.3.3

I would like to compile XFree86 3.3.3 with support for my Riva TNT *only* (and the standard VGA so I can run XF86Setup, of course). The documentation mentions editing a drivers list in host.def (which one should rename site.def to). But there is no such list in my site.def. Can someone help me with

fte error

A problem I'd like to verify here before I submit a bug report: I am running kernel 2.1.131 with vesa framebuffer as my console (1024x768x8) and I get the little Penguin Linux logo on boot. however, my favorite editor is fte - i used it as both my X editor (fte) and my console editor (vfte). the v

Interaction btw. Mylex Flashpoint LW and 3c509 ??

I've just installed a SCSI host adapter "Mylex Flashpoint LW (BT-950)" into my computer. Everything seemed ok until I realized that the Ethernet card, 3COM 3c509, ISA, _not_ plug and play, has stopped working. The network card is recognized by the kernel but no data goes over it. Here you have so

Re: how to put apache under hosts.{allow,deny}'s control?

> "Jeff" == Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeff> On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 02:04:04PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: >> Subject says it all. How can I put non-inetd services under >> hosts.{allow,deny}'s control? Jeff> If you really want that, the best thing to do is run Apache

Re: samba: writing to network drives

>> "BM" == Brian Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BM> From what I've read in the smb.conf man pages, this seems like I BM> should be allowed write access to these directories, but it's not BM> working. Any suggestions? I hardly had a look at samba, but in addition to the permissions in smb.co

Re: query dialup-hostsname

>> "MG" == Marcus Geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MG> does anyone knows a possibility to query the hostname (dns) that will MG> be assigned after dialing into a internet service provider ? ifconfig ppp0 will show you the address you got. Then simply do a nslookup w.x.y.z Ciao, Martin

RE: Swap partitioning

On 19-Dec-98, Christian Lavoie took time to write : > Linux partition is: /dev/hda7 > Current swap: /dev/hda8 > New swap: /dev/hda9 > 64megs of RAM > > > > 1) Will adding another swap partition really help SOffice? sure... but not as much as more memory > 2) Where does I configure Li

need g++ 2.8 and g++ 2.7

A company that i am working for insists that the software i'm writing has to compile with g++ 2.8 (that's right, the "official", GNU one, _not_ egcs). Is there a g++2.8 package hidden in some darkened corner, or am i going to have to (ugh!) run "make bootstrap" all by myself? And by the way,

Re: Addressbook problems

Lance, addressbook is the windows interface only. I think it uses symlinks to programs called addr, or tele, or phone or similar to use the perl command line version. On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 11:18:57AM +, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > I am learning to use 'addressbook'. It is supposed to work in

Re: Violence: Lethal StarOffice, terminal Apache, broken partiti

On 18-Dec-98, Peter (Troff) Petroff took time to write : > * No repeat no config changes WHATSOEVER. at all, or only related to Apache, because > But the problem should never have occurred in the first place 'cause I > definitely didn't screw with it! ... it could happen if you change /etc/

Addressbook problems

I am learning to use 'addressbook'. It is supposed to work in either X11 or text mode. It works in X11 but when I try to use it from a command prompt I get the follownig error message: application-specific initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable can't read "tk

Re: Dock an application

On Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:25:14 GMT, Nuno Carvalho wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Window Maker 0.20.2-2 and I would like to know how to put > applications on taskbar of my desktop! I already had lots of icons on that > task but it was using dockit application and since a certain version it > was abolishe

Good Linux Book For Christmas

I'm wanting to get my father a good linux book for Christmas. I will be installing linux on his system while I'm down there for Christmas. What would be the best book for him? He does have some unix experiance, but hardly any administration. Thanks, Chris

Re: WP Question

On Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:51:22 -0500 (EST), Peter Kovacs wrote: >On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Shao Zhang wrote: > >> but then I did this: >> ln -s /usr/local/wp/wpbin/xwp /usr/local/bin/xwp >> >> and when I run it I got the following msg: >> Error: File not found -- admintxt.us > >Same thing happ

Re: Tohsiba Satellite - screen size in text mode

On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 06:57:59PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I have a Toshiba Satellite 4000CDT (TFT screen). In text mode only the middle > part of the screen is visible, though in graphics mode the whole screen is > used. > There is an option in Hardware Setup to stretch the screen, b

Re: Package for C++ compiler...

On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 03:08:48AM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, Hi Shao, > sorry about my lack of knowledge... what is apt-get?? ||/ NameVersionDescription +++-===-==-=== ii apt 0.1.9 Front-End

Re: WordPerfect: a Joke?

On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Patrik Nordebo wrote: > On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 10:39:21AM +0100, Riccardo Tommasini wrote: > > > > > > I installed and tried WordPerfect. After this bothersome work > > I discovered that, even though Corel said that this version is > > "fully functional", equations and grap

print in WP8

Hi all, I am using HP5L. and I could't print from WP8. It prints something like: Error: /undefined in Operand stack: Execution Stack: %interp_exit --nostringval -- Could anyone plz hlep?? Thx in advance... Shao.

Re: ICQ

Also check freshmeat.net there has been a few going throuh there lately. --- Mike Deal - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.zonenet.net / www.northwestextreme.com The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world. On S

Re: ICQ

There are about 6 or 7 versions available.. I can't remember... the web page is at: http://www.portup.com/~gyandl/icq/ and also, I suggest everyone have a look at following web site: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~conradp/linux/test.html This is made by my uni's fellow linux gurus... On Sat, 19

g++

Hi all, don't know if this is the bug of netscape, or the web info is wrong... the G++ package on the netscape is actually displayed as: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/devel/g_2.90.29-0.6.deb ftp://www.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/

Bad root partition :(

Hi Debian users, after a powerdown, my root partition have the following errors with the comand: # e2fsck /dev/hda2 Dec 19 13:33:59 phantasy kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError}, LBAsect=340075, sector=82026 Dec 19 13:33:59 phantasy kernel: end_request: I/O er

Package for C++ compiler...

Hi, what is the package for C++ compiler?? Thx. Shao.

installation of debian linux cd on laptop with portable backpack cd rom

hi I hope that someone can help me out there I know that software called PARIDE has been written for the backpack hardware but I don't know how to use this software in the installation of debian linux - help I have just brought the debian cds and companion cds but I am now stuck Julian Taylor

Re: Horrid question: ssh or ssl-telnet for Windoze(95)/Doz

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I heard that TeraTerm is free, and it seems quite good (does ssh). Actually does both, ssh and ssl-telnet. Don't know the original URL, but I have put it onto my own directory at ftp://ftp.westfalen.de/homepages/hugo/ in a

RESOLUTION on segfault on Wordperfect 8

> > Hmm, I'm getting a segfault when I try executing xwp from Wordperfect > 8.0 using Debian slink... > > Here's what happens: > > $ ./xwp > Segmentation fault > $ ldd ./xwp > /usr/local/lib/libreginfo.so => /usr/local/lib/libreginfo.so > (0x4000e000) > libXt.so.6 => /lib/libXt.s

Re: ICQ

One thing is for sure: ICQJava that Mirabilis offers as a 'Limited time free beta version' is a POS, pardon my language. Very minimum of basic features. Bugged (very interesting bug with keyboardthe faster you type, the more chances there are that your words will be messed up.) And it makes my

Re: WP Question

I don't want to link everything into /usr/local. They are very complicated already... I don't want to include the wpbin in my bin path neither... I fixed this problem by creating a file called xwp.. and it contains... /usr/local/wp/wpbin/xwp since wpbin is not in the PATH.. it will alwas

Re: WP Question

There is a much easier way to get word perfect running that mentioned below. By using a little script which calles xwp and placing it in /usr/local/bin. The script then calles xwp from its installed directory and the program knows where to find everything. Newbie section: Log on as root Create

Netscape Communicator 4.5?

I'm trying to install Communicator 4.5 on slink using the deb package(s), but something has changed since the last time I did this, and I think I'm missing a very basic piece of information on how to do it. I know how to do it manually using the tar.gz file, and I have no problem with the older n

Re: WP Question

On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Shao Zhang wrote: > but then I did this: > ln -s /usr/local/wp/wpbin/xwp /usr/local/bin/xwp > > and when I run it I got the following msg: > Error: File not found -- admintxt.us Same thing happened to me. For some reason it assumes you're going to install it dire

Re: Automatic font-lock in emacs

On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi all, > How do I configure my emacs so that it will detect the file > type(*.c, *.h, *.tex, *.pro ) and automatically starts the font lock... In my .xemacs-options: (setq-default font-lock-auto-fontify t) (setq-default font-lock-use-fonts nil

ICQ

Hi all, There are so many versions of ICQ out there, but which one is the best?? Could someone give me some suggestions?? Thx Shao. Shao Zhang \\/ 5/28-30 Victoria AVE OxO PENSHUR

Re: WP 8 problem

On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 22:53 +, Charles Collicutt wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Dave Swegen wrote: > > all the extra bells and whistles go download bloaty-hog staroffice. I find > > it > > rather amazing that people complain about something they paid nothing for. > > Paid nothing for?! We ha

Re: Sound problems

Jim Foltz wrote: > > Patrik, > > Perhaps your sound module is automaically unloading, then it takes a second > to load? Well, that sounds very reasonable. But I just looked through every doc I could find and nothing really helped. Do I need to recompile the kernel, or just change a configuration

Swap Partitioning

Figuring out that StarOffice5 is too much a resource hog (actually, SOffice + mp3 + 12 or 13 netscape windows, etc. etc.) for my current config, I've decided to add another swap partition to my Linux. I setup'ed (is that a word?) lilo and everything... Booted and took a look at 'top'. Oh surprise,

Swap partitioning

Figuring out that StarOffice5 is too much a resource hog (actually, SOffice + mp3 + 12 or 13 netscape windows, etc. etc.) for my current config, I've decided to add another swap partition to my Linux. I setup'ed (is that a word?) lilo and everything... Booted and took a look at 'top'. Oh surprise,

Re: egcs and g++

On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 10:33:44PM -0700, Robert Kerr wrote: generic.h : have a look at: `/usr/include/byteorder/generic.h` eventually this is the Header You need ? Another generic.h is in `/usr/X11R6/include/xview/generic.h` but I assume You don't need them for convert software to linux libg+

Re: sb awe 64 value isa-pnp and wavetable-midi problems

On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 08:14:31PM -0600, Paul Miller wrote: Hi Paul Thans for help > > > Ok, have you loaded any soundfonts into the Awe? Take a look at the > command sfxload. Thanks, that was something I not know, but: sfxload synthgm.sbk only produces segmentation fault with no file-argument i

Re: WordPerfect: a Joke?

On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 10:39:21AM +0100, Riccardo Tommasini wrote: > > > I installed and tried WordPerfect. After this bothersome work > I discovered that, even though Corel said that this version is > "fully functional", equations and graphics are enabled only in > commercial versions of the so

Re: Serial consoles

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Shane Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I posted here a few months ago about getting the Debian installation >process to work on a serial console over a null modem connection to a >vt100 terminal. Someone replied suggesting I replace the linux image >provided with

Re: Tohsiba Satellite - screen size in text mode

On 19 Dec 1998q, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 06:57:59PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I have a Toshiba Satellite 4000CDT (TFT screen). In text mode only the > > middle > > part of the screen is visible, though in graphics mode the whole screen is > > used. > > There is a

Re: debianizing SRPMS

On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, George Bonser wrote: > > Actually it is pretty simple. Get the debian rpm package and the > kernel-package package. Now, use RPM to unpack the SRPM. Configure it how > you want it then use make-kpkg to make a kernel-image or kernel-source or > kernel-headers or whatever pac

Dock an application

Hi, I'm using Window Maker 0.20.2-2 and I would like to know how to put applications on taskbar of my desktop! I already had lots of icons on that task but it was using dockit application and since a certain version it was abolished. Any one knows how to put a simple session of rxvt on task ba

Freetype/ImageMagick

What's the difference between freetype1 and freetype2? ImageMagick seems to depend on the former and it seems a waste to have both installed. ... bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ : Almost nothi

Debian and Schools (was Re: Adding users from a list or database?)

I have written a set of perl scripts I collectively call roster. I consider them work-in-progress, however I have used them at Laney College for the last several semesters to process downloads of student lists, maintain a central database, add unix, NT and novell-3.xx sccounts (actually, the matter

Serial consoles

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I posted here a few months ago about getting the Debian installation process to work on a serial console over a null modem connection to a vt100 terminal. Someone replied suggesting I replace the linux image provided with a developement kernel an

Re: Corel WP 8.0 Floating Point Exception

On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Ashok Gopalakrishnan wrote: > I had the same problem with WP 8.0. When installing the first time, I > had not selected any printer, because I did not find a printer driver > that matched my printer (BJC 4200). The installation completed without > any problems, but on trying to

Re: Buslogic BT-958 failing --SOLVED: BUSLOGIC firmware problem.

Buslogic is often touted as having the superior scsi adapters. This probably has merit and Buslogic certainly works well with the Linux community. Without meaning to smear Buslogic, the following might tame excess exuberance about Buslogic. At the least, it shows a couple of their limitations. The

Re: Unwanted apostrophes with X11

H, I had this happening to me for a while on both of my K6 computers. For some reason my old 486 laptop didn't have the problem. Also, it was happening on only my ps2 keyboard, and not the AT keyboard I was using. Interestingly enough, I haven't had the problem in quite some time. Try a differ

Re: debianizing SRPMS

Richard L. Alhama wrote: > Is there a way to do this? > > I have an RH5.1 source cd and I would like to use the kernel-source there. > the one I've d/l'd from ftp.debian.org is broken (is it?). I can't find > any config for vfat, nls, iso9660, msdos, umsdos under filesystems. You must enable 'Na

Re: Cleaning my /usr/lost+found

Hamish Moffatt said > On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 10:25:17AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hamish Moffatt said > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 04:53:33PM +0100, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: > > > > > Here's what's in /usr/lost+found/ (I promise to only print this > > > > > list once.) > > > > > > >

debianizing SRPMS

Is there a way to do this? I have an RH5.1 source cd and I would like to use the kernel-source there. the one I've d/l'd from ftp.debian.org is broken (is it?). I can't find any config for vfat, nls, iso9660, msdos, umsdos under filesystems. TIA k e c h i e

Automatic font-lock in emacs

Hi all, How do I configure my emacs so that it will detect the file type(*.c, *.h, *.tex, *.pro ) and automatically starts the font lock... Thx. Shao.

gnome 0.99 debs

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is anyone working (or already made) debs for gnome 0.99? Chris <- Visit Me At -> <--> Public PGP Key:

Re: Emacs

Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could someone explain the difference between emacs 19, emacs 20, and > xemacs? I'm emacs illiterate and I'm looking for a place to start. Emacs 19 and 20 are two successive versions of GNU-Emacs, produced by the Free Software Foundation's GNU project

Re: Adding a user... but they can't use X

" Raymond A. Ingles" wrote: > > I'm migrating my wife to Linux and weaning her off of Windows. I've got > almost everything together (StarOffice, etc.), but I've run into a > problem. > > I installed fvwm95 and got it configured properly. Then I used 'useradd' > to give her an account, and gave

egcs and g++

Well, here's the situation. I'm trying to port a package to Linux which, unfortunately, depends a great deal on generic.h and stuff that only comes in the libg++ package. But, I'm also using the egcs compiler, which doesn't include libg++. From the egcs home page I've found some information on p

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

Hm. The first time I tried to install I was #4 to download. It installed but wouldn't correctly run. It would complain about missing some file that it copied into one of its directories. Sorry, don't remember for sure which one. And then I tried to reinstall. I also upped my kernel from 2.0.34

Re: WP8 experience

On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 03:54:53PM +1100, Tadeusz Bak wrote: | |I have downloaded WP8 (from ftp.download.com, file |/pub/win95/business/GUILG/GUILG00.GZ) and installed it in my Debian (hamm) |system under /usr/local. The whole process was very easy: gunzip, untar |and run 'Runme'. However I am a bi

Re: Double boot help needed, LILO/loadlin confusion

On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 21:39:03 -0600 (CST), Andrew Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should use LILO. > > boot = /dev/hda It works! Thank you! What a night (here in Germany). ;-) Frank.

Re: lpr printing difficulties

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >Having trouble printing using lpr. I assume I'm doing this right. I type >"lpr -Pprintername FILENAME" and I get a cover page, a page DESCRIBING the >desired file, and then a blank sheet. When I print from Netscape, it either >prints hundreds of blank p

Diald

I've been able to configure diald to restrict dialing out at certain times (like after I go to bed). However, if I have the connection up when the restriction time comes, it will kill the connection. I'm wondering if it would be possible for diald to prevent dialing out, but not to kill a live c

Re: WP 8 problem

>Well I agree with Riccardo! It took me 18 hours to _finally_ get all >7 parts of the software. I found that there readme was written by >someone that didn't even try to load the 7 parts. I then found that >the Runme file didn't do anything (useful) so I had to figure out why >.gz files were not

soundcard suggestions2 ?

I had previously asked about sound cards. Found S.B. awe 64 isa (OEM) for 49.00 + s.h. U.S. dollars at www.compwarehouse.com cm

WP Question

Hi all, I installed WP. It seems fine to me. but then I did this: ln -s /usr/local/wp/wpbin/xwp /usr/local/bin/xwp and when I run it I got the following msg: Error: File not found -- admintxt.us if I ran the origianl xwp in /usr/local/wp/wpbin, then it is fine..

Emacs

Could someone explain the difference between emacs 19, emacs 20, and xemacs? I'm emacs illiterate and I'm looking for a place to start. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Ke

Re: WP 8 problem

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In reply to:Dave Swegen Quoting Dave Swegen([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 11:21 +0100, Riccardo Tommasini wrote: > > I think there is a very big difference between StarDivision, who released > > a real Fully Functional version of StarOffice, a

Re: WP 8 Download and Installation - my expiriance

Hi Martin, Thanks for your response. I actually thought that I shouldn't extract the file in Win95 system. So the file I downloaded yesterday from Download.com is a whole named "guilg00.gz" 23M in size. This time I learm to get smart by copying the file from Win95 syste

Re: Partition confusion

Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So I can have three primary partitions, and then the fourth and final "slot" > functions as a pointer to another table? (Or two and two, or four primaries, > or 1 and 3, etc?) Is the extended partition table limited to 4 partitions as > well, so that if I wa

Re: WP8 - Lots of Joy and some grumbles

Hi Richard, Here maybe a bug in Wp8, but I am not sure, because I'm new to Linux. In the command window "xterm" I run the command "less /usr/doc/dosemu/README.txt" to view the contents. There are some headings for each paragraph listed (something like) in bold characters. On the o

Re: [X]Emacs vs. vi[m] (was Re: Why is XEmacs better than Emacs?)

You can use both!! There is an el package for it.. you can use Xemacs with a VIM mode... On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Evgeny Roubinchtein wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Chris Frost wrote: > > >What are people's reasons for using [x]emacs over vim or vim over > >[x]emacs? I currently am using vim, and lov

Re: Adding a user... but they can't use X

> I installed fvwm95 and got it configured properly. Then I used 'useradd' > to give her an account, and gave her her own .fvwm95rc. When I log on as > her, I can run 'startx' and it brings up the taskbar and so forth. But > when I try to fire off any programs from the taskbar or an icon, they loc

Re: Double boot help needed, LILO/loadlin confusion

You should use LILO. boot = /dev/hda root = /dev/hda7 install = /boot/boot.b map = /boot/map vga = normal prompt delay = 50 ramdisk = 0 read-only default = linux image = /vmlinuz label = Debian alias = linux image = /boot/vmlinbackup label = backup other = /dev/hda1 label = MS table = /dev/hda

Re: Tohsiba Satellite - screen size in text mode

On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 06:57:59PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I have a Toshiba Satellite 4000CDT (TFT screen). In text mode only the middle > part of the screen is visible, though in graphics mode the whole screen is > used. > There is an option in Hardware Setup to stretch the screen, but

Re: Double boot help needed, LILO/loadlin confusion

Frank Gerhardt wrote: > > Hi, > > I need some help with making my machnie double boot. The other OS is > Win95. I still boot from a floppy :-( > > The Linux+Win95 mini howto says: > >_5.1.2.1 I have this brand new box that I got from (unamed > >chain/retail store)_ > > > >If you are

Re: sb awe 64 value isa-pnp and wavetable-midi problems

Peter Berlau wrote: > > Hi, > after trying some hours and some hours more ;) > I just staying on problems with getting > the wavetable-midi of my soundblaster to produce > some "loudness", > that means: > I can't hear any song during play a > midifile but no error-message comes up > > I can use t

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