RE: Where is KDE?

On 08-Apr-2000 22:29:16 J. Hartzelbuck wrote: > I feel dumb for asking, but . . . where do I find a Debian package > of > KDE? I have looked and looed. Obviously I'm looking in the wrong > places deb ftp://kde.tdyc.com/pub/kde/debian potato contrib deb ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.1.2/dist

dhcp & windows

    i am currently in the middle of setting up a dhcp for windows with use of a dsl line 2 nic's dhcpd-beta package   i was recently instructed by a friend to add the foolowing lines in etc/init.d/network /sbin/ipfwadm -F -p deny /sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0   i get

Re: ...free Usenet...?

On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 08:03:41AM -0400, Jeff Gordon wrote: > Have free Usenet sites disappeared? Yeah, pretty much. Spammers abused them all. You can get an account pretty cheaply at www.newsguy.com. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum

dhcp & windows

i am currently in the middle of setting up a dhcp for windows with use of a dsl line 2 nic's dhcpd-beta package   i was recently instructed by a friend to add the foolowing lines in etc/init.d/network /sbin/ipfwadm -F -p deny /sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0   what is and

Re: Where is KDE?

"J. Hartzelbuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I feel dumb for asking, but . . . where do I find a Debian package of > KDE? I have looked and looed. Obviously I'm looking in the wrong places http://kde.tdyc.com/Debian/>

Re: Where is KDE?

I don't think there is a Debian package for kde. You have to get it somewhere else, try www.kde.org Jussi

Where is KDE?

I feel dumb for asking, but . . . where do I find a Debian package of KDE? I have looked and looed. Obviously I'm looking in the wrong places -- Chris Joyner

want only 1 lp

I've posted this question before, but the digest lists went down for a few weeks before I could get any answers to this question. I have 3 lp cards in my computer at dos addresses lpt1, lpt2, and lpt3. I only want the one at lpt1 to be attached to the lp driver(s). I want the other two ports fre

Help--language problem

Help. I can't change my keyboard in to from English to other language in Debian (slink) with Gnome. I need spanish as I write lots in that language. I go through all the correct steps going to panel , properties, etc and I have a nice old Spanish flag on the taskbar. But when I click on it, it sta

Re: CD/RW under potato

> On 07-Apr-2000 Dr. Simon Read wrote: >> Folks, >> >> >> I know I have to use the ide-scsi drivers, but I have no idea how to >> configure them. I can't make them recognise the devices I have. I >> have a regular CD drive and the CD/RW (an HP 8200i) connected

Re: Voodoo 2 in Linux

> "Cameron" == Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey, >   > My friend is thinking about buying a Voodoo 2, but I told him I > should make sure it will work in Linux.  I had heard that the > Voodoo 3 is hard to set up in X Windows.  Will the Voodoo 2 > wor

swat man pages

Hi! can anybody tell me where to get the man-pages of swat or any instructions to configure it. Because I've downloaded and installed swat and all needed packages, but it doesn't work yet. It surely has to be run as a deamon (or not?), but at the moment it is not. Or If it's just a small thing

Re: ntpd flails on machine with large clock error...

On Thu, 06 Apr 2000, Joe Emenaker wrote: > However, in this case, I'm more in need of a *smooth* transition to the > proper time than I am in need of a *prompt* one. I don't mind if ntpd needs > a day or two to bring things into line... > Does anybody have any ideas? ntpdate -B should do it (stop

Re: printer in staroffice

Hi, I had this problem before. All of StarOffice's printers are postscript printers and most likely you don't have one. What I did was set up my printer a (HP692c non postscript) in magicfilter and then used the generic printer found in magiccap as StarOffice's printer. I used the magicfi

RE: no wonder...

> Not really; the whole thing is presented as a problem but it doesn't show > you clearly what it's done to try to resolve it, nor does it let you > accept/reject some of those changes in "blocks". Simple example.. I > selected gnome-admin for install, and I get a conflict screen which looks > a

[Fwd: 2.2.14 modules availibility]

--- Begin Message --- Hello: I have a bit of dilemma. I need to recompile my 2.2.14 kernel with IPMASQ enabled. I also have rtl8139 ethernet cards. When I downloaded the kenel 2.2.14 source I found that no rtl8139 modules is there. I can get IPMAQ added asa modules, but I can not get rtl8139 as

RE: CD/RW under potato

Hi, try /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 for accessing your CD drives. I'm using the same configuration and everything works fine for me. You can also create an link /dev/cdrom that points to /dev/scd0 (if your CD-ROM is your first cd drive). Bye, Sven On 07-Apr-2000 Dr. Simon Read wrote: > Folks, > >

[OT] Frontpage 2000 Question

I just successfully installed Frontpage 2000 Extensions on my Woody box and the latest stable apache.  They work great for the root web, I am able to do anything I need to do.   I read a lot of the documentation on Frontpage but I am looking for a simple method to enable per-user webs. I am using

slink and /usr/share/man/

I recently went to look something up and found my dpkg man pages had gone missing. A brief search found them under /usr/share/man/. I have dpkg 1.4.1.18.99.slink.0 which I got from deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ slink-update main There are other packages I've obtained from unofficial sites

Voodoo 2 in Linux

Hey,   My friend is thinking about buying a Voodoo 2, but I told him I should make sure it will work in Linux.  I had heard that the Voodoo 3 is hard to set up in X Windows.  Will the Voodoo 2 work?   Thanks, Cameron Matheson

Re: newbie questions - kill and lpd

On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > Hi All. Two newbie questions. First - I've just had netscape crash and > > kill -9 pid failed to work. I got a netscape zombie according to top. > > Any suggestions about what to do now? > This indicates, that the parent process of netscape is ha

Re: win and linux

And if you're booting then; DON'T FORGET to press a key (I find caps-lock working nice) and then, at the LILO prompt type the label of the OS to boot (TAB shows your choices). Ron On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > I'm too new for linux and loaded to my computer linux yesterday. H

...free Usenet...?

Have free Usenet sites disappeared? Every one I've tried in the past coupla hours wants authentication and apparently thinks I'm not authentic enough. :-) Do I need to set up an account of some sort, or does the authentication want my momentary dial-up hostname, or...? -- -- Jeff --

Re: pcmcia ethernet card module problem

Hi! I install potato on a laptop, following error message was displayed at the booting time: calculating module dependencies... depmod: ***Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14/pcmcia/3c575_cb.o depmod: ***Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14/pcmcia/tulip_cb.o depmod: ***Unresolved symbo

Re: no wonder...

> > > My mileage varies. I find that the program simplifies what can be a > > > vastly more difficult process... that of tracking dependencies, versions, > > > file locations, etc, etc... It does it > > > fairly well and it does it accurately. > > Which doesn't explain why there is a project to

poff & rmmod ltmodem, script problem

When I ppp connect through a Lucent Tech Winmodem, the sequence is: insmod -f ltmodem with force (-f) necessary because the supplied binary ltmodem.o is not matched with my kernel-2.2.14 pon can then complete the connection with the modules autoloaded being: sound 56088

Documentation for Newbies (was: win and linux)

On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 03:43:22PM +0300, Serkan ?nci wrote: > hi, > > I'm too new for linux and loaded to my computer linux yesterday. However I > want to use my old O.S.(windows 95) too but now I can only use linux. How can > I use linux and windows together. I have got some documnets but I co

Re: password

Beavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > how do u change passwords? "man -k password" will list the name and a short description of all man pages concerning passwords. At this point, a knowledge of man page section numbers would keep you from reading all 30 lines. (See "man man".) Only 3 of the 30

Re: FreeWWWeb

On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 12:59:22AM -0500, Kent West wrote: Hello, - snip - > Notice that the username includes the "@freewwweb.com" part; is that > insane or what?! I never could get fetchmail to work with the resultant > address of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@freewwweb.com" o

Re: win and linux

> I'm too new for linux and loaded to my computer linux yesterday. However I > want to use my old O.S.(windows 95) too but now I can only use linux. How can > I use linux and windows together. I have got some documnets but I coludn't > find any satisfactory answer. I added something to lilo.conf

Re: FreeWWWeb

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > ... > Just fire up minicom, then type ATDT; when asked for a > username, enter [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or whatever it is), then enter your > password when prompted. If you get access, shut down minicom (Alt-X-Q > maybe? I always forget and have to look in the

win and linux

hi,   I'm too new for linux and loaded to my computer linux yesterday. However I want to use my old O.S.(windows 95) too but now I can only use linux. How can I use linux and windows together. I have got some documnets but I coludn't find any satisfactory answer. I added something to lilo.co

Re: Only the PCMCIA Ethernet Card not Work

Hi! I have installed potato (floppies set base system) on my laptop, the modem card, scsi-2 card, and pcmcia CDROM all work fine, only the pcmcia ethernet card won't, (I have try two cards: 3com574TX and Melco LPC2-TX), If I inserted the modem card, scsi-2 card or pcmcia CDROM, then I executed l

Re: no wonder...

On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 08:02:40AM +, Richard Taylor wrote: > Ummm... how does your dselect work? Mine does pretty much what you've > described above. Not really; the whole thing is presented as a problem but it doesn't show you clearly what it's done to try to resolve it, nor does it le

no wonder... part 2

No wonder we found Debian difficult for us: We're just newbies! So then we tried installing Debian again, and after carefully making our steps... we finally managed to install it! (base-system + essential packages, and are now installing more according to our needs...) We're really getting the

Re: fixing netscape's super ugly fonts..how?

This mini-HOWTO should help. It has a specific section for Netscape: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU.html Tom john smith wrote: > > how can I fix netscape's ugly fonts? how? I can barely read the fonts esp. > when visiting sites with really small fonts they are almost > unreadable...wel

Re: debian distribution

mikej wrote: > Hi, my question is simple. When can we expect to see the new Debian > distribution out. It has already been over a year since the last release. > > Any time soon?? > > Thanks Mike Jennings > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null When potato was fro

fixing netscape's super ugly fonts..how?

how can I fix netscape's ugly fonts? how? I can barely read the fonts esp. when visiting sites with really small fonts they are almost unreadable...well, except maybe if you use a magnifying glass or a microscope or something. then it becomes better. it said in the font HOWTo that netscape fo

Re: no wonder...

On 4/7/2000, 10:00:40 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: no wonder...: > > What could be more intuitive? > Something that works. Your statement highlights the reason that when I ask > for directions on how to drive somewhere, I will NOT ask someone that has > lived there all their life

Re: Netscape 4.5 refuses to work!!

> José María Pongilioni López wrote: > >Part 1.1Type: Plain Text (text/plain) >Encoding: quoted-printable Please repost in ascii, so that everybody can participate. Thank You. -- Gero H. Marten --

Re: no wonder...

On 4/7/2000, 10:56:59 PM, "loki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: no wonder...: > On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 08:48:18AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Richard Taylor wrote: > > > My mileage varies. I find that the program simplifies what can be a > > > vastly more difficult pro

Re: no wonder...

Once upon a time, I heard [EMAIL PROTECTED] say > Another thing that would be very helpful (and perhaps it exists and I > just have not yet found it) would be an easy way to just back up to > where one was a moment before, but not all the way to the beginning. > So, say you see a package on the l

Re: no wonder...

Once upon a time, I heard John Hasler say > Before proceeding to install and remove marked packages dselect (and > aptitude) should put up a menu listing all the proposed changes and > offering the user the choice of For dselect, > Proceed to install and remove marked packages Select 3. [

Debian in Beijing?

Hi *, I'll be in Beijing for a few days next week. I saw, that there is a 'Linux Club', but are there Debian users there? By Töns -- Linux. The dot in /.

Re: ntpdate: socket in use

Once upon a time, I heard Aaron Solochek say > Well, I've been trying to update my clock to the local kerberos servers, > but it doesn't work. > > leko:/home/aarons#rdate kerberos.andrew.cmu.edu > rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused > leko:/home/aarons#ntpdate kerberos.andrew.cmu.

Re: FreeWWWeb

On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Kent West wrote: > Notice that the username includes the "@freewwweb.com" part; is that > insane or what?! I never could get fetchmail to work with the resultant > address of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@freewwweb.com" or any other combination I > could think of. My ~/.fetchmailrc say

Re: debian distribution

On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, mikej wrote: > Hi, my question is simple. When can we expect to see the new Debian > distribution out. It has already been over a year since the last release. You can visit www.debian.org and see the available releases. I think on the unstable release, you could get the "late

cannot use sound modules

hello, my card is autodetected/configured during booting but I can't install the sound module!(sb). either using modconf,insmod or modprobe i get the error: /lib/modules/2.3.4/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.3.4/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.3.4/misc/sb.o fa

Netscape 4.5 refuses to work!!

Hi! I have installed Debian 'slink' distribution, with kernel 2.2.5, XFree86 3.3.6 (special for 'slink'), KDE 1.1.2 (default window manager) and Netscape 4.5 for 'slink'. When I'm browsing for a long time (about 2 hours), the browser refuses to work: I write an address in the URL bar, but thi

printer in staroffice

I am using Debian "slink." I installed StarOffice 5.1. When I go to print something, I get pages of what looks like lists. I went to Printer Setup and tried installing different printers, but it didn't make any difference -- I just get pages and pages of these lists. The printer works fine other

Re: how to build deb

"indra wardhana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >how to build debian package (*.bed) from source code programs (*.tar.gz) If they're already Debianized, then install the devscripts package and use 'debuild', or just use 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot', or whatever. If they're not, then you'll need to

Re: FreeWWWeb

Bart Friederichs wrote: > > > I don't remember exactly what I did to get mine going, but I did wind up > having to > > use minicom to figure out what was happening. Then I think I had to make > an entry in > > pap-secrets for freewwweb (I can't currently access that box to look > around at the > >

Re: Multilink PPP

On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Tom Warfield wrote: > Alright I know that its out there. > Tom W. Take a look at mp.mansol.net.au. The page says that he has discontinued development, so I'm not at all sure where we go from here. I would like to do multilink with 2.3.99-pre3 and ppp_2.3.11. Does anyone kn

Re: password

Subject: password Date: Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 04:47:40PM -0700 In reply to:Beavis Quoting Beavis([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Beavis> how do u change passwords? might start by reading man passwd HTH -- Windows is NOT a virus. Viruses DO something. _

ntpdate: socket in use

Well, I've been trying to update my clock to the local kerberos servers, but it doesn't work. leko:/home/aarons#rdate kerberos.andrew.cmu.edu rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused leko:/home/aarons#ntpdate kerberos.andrew.cmu.edu 8 Apr 00:22:26 ntpdate[583]: the NTP socket is in use

Re: FreeWWWeb

On Fri, 07 Apr 2000 16:59:16 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I got my freewwweb account working using CHAP. I only have this > for backup for my flakey @home account and haven't used it much > since I set it up. @home went out the other night and I tried > it and it no longer accepts my login

Re: no wonder...

On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 08:48:18AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Richard Taylor wrote: > > My mileage varies. I find that the program simplifies what can be a > > vastly more difficult process... that of tracking dependencies, versions, > > file locations, etc, etc... It does it >

Re: ftp / ip_masq_ftp

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > HI Hi > i am still having problems ftp'ing behind a slink masquariding firewall. I > have added the module ip_masq_ftp to the kernel but that doesn't appear to > have resolved anything... Do I still need a proxy?? or shall i use squid > to proxy

Re: no wonder...

On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 01:41:56PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > 1. Nothing's difficult about selecting things from a menu. It's when those > selections > bring up other screens wanting to add/delete other things, which affect other > things, > which makes the user want to get out, and none of the k

Re: no wonder...

>> which makes the user want to get out, and none of the keystrokes seem to work like a >> beginner (not someone who has read the docs and EXPERIENCED the experience) would >> expect. There's just a host of things that are difficult about deselect and apt. AMEN! I just reformated the HD with Debi

Re: password

If you are super-user and want to change 's password # passwd   or change your own password $ passwd - Original Message - From: Beavis To: debian list Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 8:47 AM Subject: password how do u change passwords?

Re: password

On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 04:47:40PM -0700, Beavis wrote: > how do u change passwords? Suprisingly enough, passwd. -- ++ | Eric G. Milleregm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | +--

apt-get

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/13/ns-14670.html: "Darwin 1.0 is a bootable version of the OS X kernel and Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) layer. No Quartz, no Carbon, no Cocoa, no Aqua. Darwin has no windowing system of its own and is therefore limited to just a single, text-based console."

New Octave .deb packages for installing both 2.0.* and 2.1.*

I prepared the text below to announce this to the Debian dupload program, but I think it was taken. CC'ed to the Octave list as well. Feedback by Debian and Octave users on the new packages would be appreciated. Announcing Octave 2.0 and 2.1 packages for Debian This is to announc

Re: Fooling apt-get about new kernel?

On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 10:41:24AM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > Hi, > > How to temporarily trick apt-get not to try to install the new kernel > 2.2.14-3 until I have got the time to build a new one based on the > most recent sources, 2.2.14-4? > > I have an smp system, patched for gart, and my

debian distribution

Hi, my question is simple. When can we expect to see the new Debian distribution out. It has already been over a year since the last release. Any time soon?? Thanks Mike Jennings

Re: no wonder...

Oki writes: > But of course, it has to be followed up with explanations of the things > that could be improved, or at least with something that the complainer > would like to have or see. Before proceeding to install and remove marked packages dselect (and aptitude) should put up a menu listing al

password

how do u change passwords?

Reply to Donald's Speech on dselect

I second you in your intention to write a dselect howto, as well as in the other statements (back button, floating menu window, etc). Good luck, Antonio. BTW, it is hard to reply to you, since you don't show your name nor address. You need a back button. * Donald's Speech Follow

Re: Connecting to the internet Problems

On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, James Nelson wrote: > Are there any debian specific instructions out there to explain how to > connect to your isp. I have tried using pon,poff,wvdial.nothing works. I > always get a message that says (after it dials) no host found, and then it > will redial. I know i'm ca

Re: no wonder...

On 7 Apr, Kent West wrote: > Richard Taylor wrote: > >> On 4/6/2000, 9:03:41 PM, Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: >> no >> > On 5 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > > No wonder people say that Debian is the most difficult >> > > Unix-clone distro to install and use... >> > .

Re: no wonder...

On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Richard Taylor wrote: > My mileage varies. I find that the program simplifies what can be a > vastly more difficult process... that of tracking dependencies, versions, > file locations, etc, etc... It does it > fairly well and it does it accurately. I think the problem in

Re: no wonder...

On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Kent West wrote: > 2. Would the list members please stop ragging on newbies just because > the newbie expresses some frustration at not knowing how to accomplish > something? It's not that I think saying "this is difficult" is not enough; it doesn't provide new information