Re: System.map irritation

2001-01-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 11:51:11PM +, Pollywog wrote: > > We will have to wait and see if test13 has the same problem. If it > does, we must be missing something. there is no test13 and never will be. the latest 2.4 kernel is now 2.4.0-prerelease. Linus says there will *not* be a -prerelea

X error

2001-01-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
I had a problem with woody several days ago where X would die immediately after starting, before the window manager took over. In trying to fix it, I really messed up my X installation, so I decided to downgrade to potato and did a fresh installation of 2.2r2. I did this and everything was workin

Unidentified subject!

2001-01-01 Thread mehardy

Re: Mouse freezes in KDE 2.1 under unstable

2001-01-01 Thread Bart Szyszka
> > > All you have to do os stop gpm, the console pointer > > > /etc/init.d/gpm stop > > Each time the mouse freezes or altogether? You mean I should just > > dpkg --purge gpm? Come to think of it I don't remember having used > > it before. > > Each time the mouse freezes or altogether? You mean I

Re: vim's syntax highlighting + typedefs from #include

2001-01-01 Thread Mark Mackenzie
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 08:38:58PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > As another poster mentioned, it's probably quite easy to add new types to > vim's syntax lists, but that's not quite what you wanted. Ok, thanks to Rob's sugestion I can temporarily add these other typedef's into the syntax files.

Re: Mouse freezes in KDE 2.1 under unstable

2001-01-01 Thread Pascal Hos
On Monday 01 January 2001 09:04 pm, Bart Szyszka wrote: > > All you have to do os stop gpm, the console pointer > > /etc/init.d/gpm stop > > Each time the mouse freezes or altogether? You mean I should just > dpkg --purge gpm? Come to think of it I don't remember having used > it before. > > - Bart

Re: why does gimp not open gif files?

2001-01-01 Thread brian moore
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 07:51:33PM -0800, Forrest English wrote: > it seem sorta strange since gif are such a standard for so long that > gimp can't even open them, much less save to it. Sure it can -- -if- you install the non-free modules for GIF. Compressed GIFs are not Free: if you use them on

sound blaster live! 512

2001-01-01 Thread Jerrud
Well I got my kernel to compile and my cd burner now works (awesome) but now my sound blaster live (10kemu1 chipset or something like that) is now not working. I compiled support for it right into the kernel, and during boot it (the card) gets assigned perfectly but when i try to play music

Re: why does gimp not open gif files?

2001-01-01 Thread Osamu Aoki
Look into nonfree gimp1.1-nonfree - GIF and TIFF support for the GNU Image Manipulation Program Osamu On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 07:51:33PM -0800, Forrest English wrote: > it seem sorta strange since gif are such a standard for so long that gimp > can't > even open them, much less save to it. > >

Re: why does gimp not open gif files?

2001-01-01 Thread Mike
Forrest English wrote: > it seem sorta strange since gif are such a standard for so long that gimp > can't > even open them, much less save to it. Install the non-free gimp plugin package to get gif support. In unstable for GIMP 1.1, it's 'apt-get install gimp1.1-nonfree' There's also the gimp-

why does gimp not open gif files?

2001-01-01 Thread Forrest English
it seem sorta strange since gif are such a standard for so long that gimp can't even open them, much less save to it. -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "I don't like this air, but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop breathing." -Doug Martsch

Re: Is there a nice graphical front end available for gpg or pgp ?

2001-01-01 Thread Pollywog
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 08:58:11 -0600, Gregory T. Norris said: > Try seahorse... I haven't used it myself, but I've heard that it's not > bad. > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 05:43:40PM +0100, Michael Meding wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am looking for a graphical front end for gpg and or pgp. Po

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Geordie Birch
said Cameron Matheson, on Jan 1, > Hey, > > My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, which > I have lusted after for many months. Anyway, > I can't steal the modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to > share a window's internet with a linux box? >

Re: inefficiencies in apt-get update

2001-01-01 Thread Brian May
> "Joe" == Joe Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joe> apt-get update is annoyingly slow for modem-based users, and Joe> also puts an unnecessarily heavy load on the servers, for the Joe> common case where only a small change is made to the Packages Joe> or Source file for a part

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, I also used Linux as gateway/firewall/masq server to DSL and now use Linux with Cable. I recommend this approach over using Windows on technical bases. But Cameron may have some other political issues with this approach in his family. I know if you buy home LAN kit with 100baseT switching

Re: TWAIN compliant digital camera

2001-01-01 Thread John Travis
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 19:20:45 -0700 "Cameron Matheson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > My friend got a USB digital camera for Christmas. It's TWAIN, so I was > wondering if I could use it with Linux (with SANE or something). If > their is, could you point me towards some documentation? > >

Re: Mouse freezes in KDE 2.1 under unstable

2001-01-01 Thread Bart Szyszka
> All you have to do os stop gpm, the console pointer > /etc/init.d/gpm stop Each time the mouse freezes or altogether? You mean I should just dpkg --purge gpm? Come to think of it I don't remember having used it before. - Bart

inefficiencies in apt-get update

2001-01-01 Thread Joe Buck
apt-get update is annoyingly slow for modem-based users, and also puts an unnecessarily heavy load on the servers, for the common case where only a small change is made to the Packages or Source file for a part of the distribution. I just sucked down a megabyte-sized file to find that one line had

Re: Removing Helix packages

2001-01-01 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Well, for some stupid reason, I decided to give the Gnome packages from Helix a try. After re-starting X-Windows, I noticed that my Eterms don't have scrollbars and scroll-arrows. My first assumption is that it's related to Helix's version of the vario

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Nate Amsden
> Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Hey, > > My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, > which I have lusted after for many months. Anyway, > I can't steal the modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a > way to share a window's internet with a linux box? if you ca

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Monday, January 1, Cameron Matheson did write: > Hey, > > My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, > which I have lusted after for many months. Anyway, I can't steal the > modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to share a window's > internet wi

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 07:19:38PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, which > I have lusted after for many months. Anyway, > I can't steal the modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to > share a window'

Re: vim's syntax highlighting + typedefs from #include

2001-01-01 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Tuesday, January 2, [EMAIL PROTECTED] did write: > Hi, > > Is it possible to get vim to have a look through your #included files > and colour the defined types? In particular, it would be nice to have > 'gfloat' coloured similar to 'float', when including glib.h As another poster mentione

Re: Is there a nice graphical front end available for gpg or pgp ?

2001-01-01 Thread Gregory T. Norris
Try seahorse... I haven't used it myself, but I've heard that it's not bad. On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 05:43:40PM +0100, Michael Meding wrote: > Hi all, > > I am looking for a graphical front end for gpg and or pgp. Possibly > qt or gtk based. Is geheimnis packaged already ? > > Thanks in advance.

Removing Helix packages

2001-01-01 Thread Hall Stevenson
Well, for some stupid reason, I decided to give the Gnome packages from Helix a try. After re-starting X-Windows, I noticed that my Eterms don't have scrollbars and scroll-arrows. My first assumption is that it's related to Helix's version of the various imlib packages. Now though, I can't remov

TWAIN compliant digital camera

2001-01-01 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey,   My friend got a USB digital camera for Christmas.  It's TWAIN, so I was wondering if I could use it with Linux (with SANE or something).  If their is, could you point me towards some documentation?   Thanks, Cameron Matheson

sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey,   My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, which I have lusted after for many months.  Anyway, I can't steal the modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to share a window's internet with a linux box?   Thanks, Cameron Matheson  

[OT] all you emulator folk, please read this

2001-01-01 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey,   Over the past year, I have begun a conquest to find the perfect emu's under Linux.  Here's what I got.   SNES: snes9x: beautiful, I love this emulator, the only flaw is, no screenshot support?     correct me if I'm wrong about the screenshots   GENESIS: dgen: not to great, they say it'

Re: remote x via ssh question

2001-01-01 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on , January 1, Forrest English did write: > > sorry about that, i should have been more specific. > > i have my sshd_config file set up on both machines to allow X11Forwarding. > i am trying to connect from my desktop (thneed) to my server (truffula.net). > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ssh

Re: remote x via ssh question

2001-01-01 Thread ktb
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 04:18:13PM -0800, Forrest English wrote: > > sorry about that, i should have been more specific. > > i have my sshd_config file set up on both machines to allow X11Forwarding. > i am trying to connect from my desktop (thneed) to my server (truffula.net). > > > [EMAIL

Re: vim's syntax highlighting + typedefs from #include

2001-01-01 Thread Rob Hudson
1st part... You can do a 'locate .vim' to find where vim hides it's syntax files. Mine are in /usr/share/vim/vim56/syntax. The files are pretty ugly, but it should be too hard to find 'float' and add 'gfloat' to that list. I just test it, in c.vim, add gfloat to the end of line 121, so this: syn

vim's syntax highlighting + typedefs from #include

2001-01-01 Thread markm
Hi, Is it possible to get vim to have a look through your #included files and colour the defined types? In particular, it would be nice to have 'gfloat' coloured similar to 'float', when including glib.h Alternatively, should I be using :syntax match and friends? Regards, Mark.

Re: init scripts

2001-01-01 Thread Tibor D.
Rob wrote: Hello, Occasionally I install a Debian package that I do not want to start everytime I boot. In this situation, I usually use update-rc.d and either stick the init script into a specific runlevel or just remove it from all runlevels. This works fine, however, when I do an upgrade

Re: Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread Sven Burgener
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 04:40:13PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Sven Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 09:11:08AM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > The bigger margin allows for more deeply-nested attributions > > > before the lines start wrapping, that's all. > > > >

Re: init scripts

2001-01-01 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Occasionally I install a Debian package that I >do not want to start everytime I boot. In this >situation, I usually use update-rc.d and either >stick the init script into a specific runlevel >or just remove it from all runlevels. >

gnome MIME types

2001-01-01 Thread Philipp Schulte
Hello, I have Netscape 4.76 and Mozilla 0.6 installed on my potato system. I wanted to change the MIME types in the Gnome Control-Center so that html files are viewed with Mozilla by default. But changing the MIME type for html to "/home/phil/mozilla/mozilla %f" didn't work. If I try to open a html

Re: remote x via ssh question

2001-01-01 Thread Forrest English
sorry about that, i should have been more specific. i have my sshd_config file set up on both machines to allow X11Forwarding. i am trying to connect from my desktop (thneed) to my server (truffula.net). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ssh -X truffula.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: Last login: Mon J

[mluca@canada.com: Re: init scripts]

2001-01-01 Thread Rob
Oh, I've been using update-rc.d remove instead of update-rc.d stop... So packages will not turn the services back on if there is a K symlink? Cool. Thanks! P.S. please CC: any response to me, as I am not subscribed to debian-user - Forwarded message from Mircea Luca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -

Re: Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
Ok everybody, I get the point ; ). I've been set to 72 since the first message requesting it. I have a new perspective on the matter now. -Rob On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 12:59:55PM -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 05:26:04AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > > > Sorry, did some pa

Re: Location of gtk-config?

2001-01-01 Thread Jeffrey Nowakowski
Mircea Luca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > apt-get install libgtk-dev > should do it,as per > http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/libgtk-dev.html But why isn't it listed in /var/lib/dpkg/available, so I can see it in dselect? -Jeff

Re: init scripts

2001-01-01 Thread Mircea Luca
Rob wrote: > > Hello, > > Occasionally I install a Debian package that I > do not want to start everytime I boot. In this > situation, I usually use update-rc.d and either > stick the init script into a specific runlevel > or just remove it from all runlevels. > > This works fine, however, when

Re: System.map irritation

2001-01-01 Thread Pollywog
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 16:00:25 -0500, S.Salman Ahmed said: > Add me to the list of people having that problem: > > @viper:[/home/ssahmed] ps > {scsi_do_cmd} {__VERSIONED_SYMBOL(scsi_do_cmd)} > Warning: /boot/System.map-2.4.0-test12 does not match kernel data. >PID TTY TIME CMD >

init scripts

2001-01-01 Thread Rob
Hello, Occasionally I install a Debian package that I do not want to start everytime I boot. In this situation, I usually use update-rc.d and either stick the init script into a specific runlevel or just remove it from all runlevels. This works fine, however, when I do an upgrade, any packages

Re: Bar code scanners

2001-01-01 Thread Jimmy O'Regan
On 1 Jan 2001, Matthew Sackman wrote: > Dear all! > > I have been asked to start looking into providing an EPOS system for the shop > that I work at. I am hoping to be able to develop all the software myself > (using Perl and the GTK+ bindings). However, I have no idea about how well or > otherwi

tin: full-screen highlight when 'hot' items in thread/article levels

2001-01-01 Thread kmself
I'm using tin as my newsreader. Playing with kill/score file, I've found that if I hotlist a user or topic, the result is that from the first highlighted article down, the entire screen is highlighted, when using ANSI color. Disabling color results in what should be proper behavior -- a 'hot' mar

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-01-01 Thread mikpolniak
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 20:04:30 -0800, Jerrud said: > Hello > > I`m trying to compile the 2.2.18 kernel on my Storm Linux (debian based) > computer, and I`m having troubles doing so. After I unpack the kernel, > do make xconfig, make dep, and then make clean, I get an error in make > bzImage

Re: remote x via ssh question

2001-01-01 Thread kmself
on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 05:17:16PM -0500, David B . Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > To quote kmself@ix.netcom.com, > > How are you invoking ssh? You have to specify -X to forward X11 > > connections, or specify on a per-host basis in your configuration > > file. > > > > Does the remote SSH d

Re: Mouse freezes in KDE 2.1 under unstable

2001-01-01 Thread Pascal Hos
On Sunday 31 December 2000 07:28 pm, Bart Szyszka wrote: > Hello, > > I've finally gotten my X server working on this computer with an > Ati Rage 128 All-InWonder Pro graphics card, but am having trouble > with the mouse. It's a generic two-button mouse hooked up to the > PS/2 port. When I get into

Re: Location of gtk-config?

2001-01-01 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 05:01:00PM -0500, Jeffrey Nowakowski wrote: > Running debian potato. I'm trying to make skipstone, and it can't > find gtk-config. I found a reference searching Deja to libgtk-dev, > but this package doesn't show up in dselect. libgtk-dev is correct. I think you need lib

Location of gtk-config?

2001-01-01 Thread Jeffrey Nowakowski
Running debian potato. I'm trying to make skipstone, and it can't find gtk-config. I found a reference searching Deja to libgtk-dev, but this package doesn't show up in dselect. How does one find a package for a given command? -Jeff

Re: remote x via ssh question

2001-01-01 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on , January 1, Forrest English did write: [reformatted for 80 columns] > i know i can export it just like i would any other time, but i also set > X11Forwarding yes, which i belive should forward it automaticaly, and > here's what i recive when i try and run > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] forrest]$

Happy new year!!! ++ fake-Typhoon radio card

2001-01-01 Thread Kristian Rink
Hello there, everybody... At first, let me take the chance to wish all of you a perfect, calm, happy and successfull 2001, may everything you are about to do turn out just perfectly. :) And, thanks for all of you for your help, for hints, tips and support which helped me a lot quite often last yea

Re: remote x via ssh question

2001-01-01 Thread kmself
Please set your linewrap to 72 chars. What's wrong with your shift key? on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 10:21:47AM -0800, Forrest English ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > i know i can export it just like i would any other time, but i also > set X11Forwarding yes, which i belive should forward it automaticaly

Re: ppp-Problem

2001-01-01 Thread Kristian Rink
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 20:11:39 +0100 (MET) Mathias Gehrung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peer is not authorized to use remote address 10.0.49.1 > sent [IPCP TermReq id=0x4 "Unauthorized remote IP address"] > rcvd [IPCP TermAck id=0x4] > sent [LCP TermReq id=0x3 "No network protocols running"] I don't

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-01-01 Thread Mircea Luca
Jerrud wrote: > > Hello > > I`m trying to compile the 2.2.18 kernel on my Storm Linux (debian based) > computer, and I`m having troubles doing so. After I unpack the kernel, > do make xconfig, make dep, and then make clean, I get an error in make > bzImage. I get this error during "make bzImage"

Re: Bar code scanners

2001-01-01 Thread kmself
on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 07:16:12PM +0100, Angel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Matthew Sackman wrote: > > > > Dear all! > > > > I have been asked to start looking into providing an EPOS system for > > the shop that I work at. I am hoping to be able to develop all the > > software myself (using Perl

Unidentified subject!

2001-01-01 Thread Jerrud
Hello I`m trying to compile the 2.2.18 kernel on my Storm Linux (debian based) computer, and I`m having troubles doing so. After I unpack the kernel, do make xconfig, make dep, and then make clean, I get an error in make bzImage. I get this error during "make bzImage" :: make[1]: as86: Command

Re: System.map irritation

2001-01-01 Thread Pollywog
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 15:08:31 -0500, David B.Harris said: > Hey there :) > > I'm new to the list(but I've actually subscribed ;), and I'm having a > bit of an irritant considering an error I get often: > > {module_list} {module_list_R__ver_module_list} > Warning: /usr/src/linux/System.map d

System.map irritation

2001-01-01 Thread David B . Harris
Hey there :) I'm new to the list(but I've actually subscribed ;), and I'm having a bit of an irritant considering an error I get often: {module_list} {module_list_R__ver_module_list} Warning: /usr/src/linux/System.map does not match kernel data. The error appears when I run things like 'ps', 'to

Re: [SOLVED] : Re: Linux tries to talk to nameserver when accessing localhost (was Re: neighbour table overflow with Woody)

2001-01-01 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 02:51:48PM +0100, Preben Randhol wrote: > > /etc/host.conf ??? > > > > order hosts,bind > > multi on > > It turns out that /etc/host.conf with > > order hosts bind > multi on > > works. > > NOTICE that there is no comma (or punctuation) between hosts and bind. > Otherwi

Re: upgrade to 2.2.18

2001-01-01 Thread Robert A. Jacobs
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010101 13:32]: > hi all > > i just finished upgrading my machine to the stable 2.2.18 kernel and > everything seems to be working fine. i just have a bunch of little > questions someone could shed light on. > > > 3) update-modules /lib/modules/2.2.

Re: Have I been hacked?

2001-01-01 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 12:46:55 -0600, Kenneth Stephen wrote: > Looking at the system logs for my Potato system (it was Slink, but I > apt-get upgraded), I see some unusual entries. From messages.0 : > > Dec 31 05:29:18 marvin 173>Dec 31 05:29:18 /sbin/rpc.statd[300]: > gethostbyname error f

ppp-Problem

2001-01-01 Thread Mathias Gehrung
Hi everybody! I´m running potatoe and now i´m facing a problem with pppd. I got the scripts working, but when i try to connect i get this output: Serial connection established. Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x7c ] sent [L

Re: newbie trying to run anXious - lots of Xwoes

2001-01-01 Thread DTi4565459
In a message dated 00-12-31 11:31:41 EST, you write: << [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001230 16:31]: > Potato install runs in a 16 color VGA mode, so I don't know why I > can't even get something that simple to run. I have tried xf86config > but apparently something goes wrong. Amon

Re: Configuring PS/2 mouse in XF86Config-4

2001-01-01 Thread Peter J . de Vrijer
Op maandag 1 januari 2001 19:00, schreef Bart Szyszka: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble getting my PS/2 two-button mouse to work > under XF86 4.0.2 (or whatever is the latest in Debian unstable). I'd > appreciate it if people could send me some examples of how they > have theirs setup. Mine jumps t

Have I been hacked?

2001-01-01 Thread Kenneth Stephen
Hi, Looking at the system logs for my Potato system (it was Slink, but I apt-get upgraded), I see some unusual entries. From messages.0 : Dec 31 05:29:18 marvin 173>Dec 31 05:29:18 /sbin/rpc.statd[300]: gethostbyname error for ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^[÷ÿ¿^[÷ÿ¿b6ec 804a174400f00786

Re: Xwoes continue: tried to apt-get install xserver-common, but...

2001-01-01 Thread DTi4565459
In a message dated 00-12-30 22:08:36 EST, you write: << apt-get reports xserver-common is already the newest version. > > Well, the newest version doesn't work. On startx, I get the errno=111 > error message; and then after that > > xinit: No such process (errno3): server error You've

PostScript Printing Problem

2001-01-01 Thread Angel
Hello!! I have a HP DeskJet printer, and of course I habe the magicfilter instaled, so it works perfectly whit Debian. The problen is that I want to share it with some windows PC, I have the Samba instaled. If I export the printer and use the HP driver on the Windos PCs and print

remote x via ssh question

2001-01-01 Thread Forrest English
i know i can export it just like i would any other time, but i also set X11Forwarding yes, which i belive should forward it automaticaly, and here's what i recive when i try and run [EMAIL PROTECTED] forrest]$ xterm xterm Xt error: Can't open display: (this is from my other box, which is a mandr

Re: Bar code scanners

2001-01-01 Thread Angel
Matthew Sackman wrote: > > Dear all! > > I have been asked to start looking into providing an EPOS system for the shop > that I work at. I am hoping to be able to develop all the software myself > (using Perl and the GTK+ bindings). However, I have no idea about how well or > otherwise bar code s

Re: Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 05:26:04AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > Sorry, did some pasting in my last message and I guess I mucked things > up a bit. Any particular reason as to 72? I was originally wrapping at > 79 chars, which seemed to work well enough (no one complained at least). Keep in mind

Configuring PS/2 mouse in XF86Config-4

2001-01-01 Thread Bart Szyszka
Hello, I'm having trouble getting my PS/2 two-button mouse to work under XF86 4.0.2 (or whatever is the latest in Debian unstable). I'd appreciate it if people could send me some examples of how they have theirs setup. Mine jumps to the upper-right corner during KDE2's startup and then it freezes

Re: XF86 configuration

2001-01-01 Thread Kristian Rink
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:18:23 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, Hi there > 1. My Video card is NVIDIA Riva TNT2 model 64. In the installation > process > "anxious" failed to identify the video card. Happened here, as well, with same chipset anchored on an Elsa Erazor III LT displ

XF86 configuration

2001-01-01 Thread MrHobbit420
Hi, I am new to linux and to debian 2.2r2, currently struggling to configure Xf86. Questions : 1. My Video card is NVIDIA Riva TNT2 model 64. In the installation process "anxious" failed to identify the video card. However after installation, while I am trying to configure

Re: Specifying configure options building from source?

2001-01-01 Thread Colin Watson
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: >on Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 04:12:42PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com >(kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: >> I'm trying to build mutt from sources with the gzip patch. >> >> How do I pass the option "--enable-gzip" when running >> "debian/rules binary"? Specifying this on the co

Re: Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread Colin Watson
Sven Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 09:11:08AM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: >> The bigger margin allows for more deeply-nested attributions before the >> lines start wrapping, that's all. > >That can be cured, though. > >In vi (vim), I use the key-combination 'gqj'. I

Re: Debian 2.2 and ISDN

2001-01-01 Thread Felix Natter
"Gary Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 23 Dec 2000, Michael Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Felix Natter wrote: > > > I just tried to set up isdn exactly the way Marcus Jodorf described in his > > > mail a few months ago (configure modules, create config files with > > > isdnconfi

Re: traslate elf/a.out to text file.

2001-01-01 Thread Colin Watson
Richard Cobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Lo, on Monday, January 1, Nguyen Hai Ha did write: >> Would anyone tell me what is the command to translate >> elf/a.out file to assembly file. > >/usr/bin/objdump -d > >in the binutils package. is a .o, .a, .so, or executable file. 'objdump -d /bin/tru

Re: Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread Sven Burgener
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 09:11:08AM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > Lo, on Monday, January 1, Rob VanFleet did write: > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 03:04:30AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > ...set your linewrap to 72 chars. > > > > Sorry, did some pasting in my last message and I guess I muck

Bar code scanners

2001-01-01 Thread Matthew Sackman
Dear all! I have been asked to start looking into providing an EPOS system for the shop that I work at. I am hoping to be able to develop all the software myself (using Perl and the GTK+ bindings). However, I have no idea about how well or otherwise bar code scanners work under Linux. Does anyone

Re: traslate elf/a.out to text file.

2001-01-01 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Monday, January 1, Nguyen Hai Ha did write: > Hi, > > Would anyone tell me what is the command to translate > elf/a.out file to assembly file. > > OS: potato (linux-2.2.18pre21) > ARC: x86 > > # in SPARCs, this is DIS /usr/bin/objdump -d in the binutils package. is a .o, .a, .so, o

Re: Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Monday, January 1, Rob VanFleet did write: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 03:04:30AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > $ x-terminal-emulator -T Mutt -e mutt > > Many thanks. > > > ...set your linewrap to 72 chars. > > Sorry, did some pasting in my last message and I guess I mucked th

Re: /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0dns-up for ipppd ?

2001-01-01 Thread John Hasler
Felix Natter writes: > I was pleased to see that there is a file in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d that > does the dynamic nameserver-assignment (option usepeerdns) for pppd > (probably created by pppconfig). > > Now I would like to know if there is anything similar for ipppd File a wishlist bug against ipppd.

[SOLVED] : Re: Linux tries to talk to nameserver when accessing localhost (was Re: neighbour table overflow with Woody)

2001-01-01 Thread Preben Randhol
"Eric G . Miller" wrote on 31/12/2000 (01:32) : > On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 01:09:32AM +0100, Preben Randhol wrote: > > Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 30/12/2000 (21:57) : > > > Apparently I did something else as well as it stopped working :-( > > > > That is when I'm not on the net, t

Re: /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0dns-up for ipppd ?

2001-01-01 Thread Gary Jones
On 1 Jan 2001, Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was pleased to see that there is a file in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d that > does the dynamic nameserver-assignment (option usepeerdns) for pppd > (probably created by pppconfig). > > Now I would like to know if there is anything similar for ipppd

Re: Debian 2.2 and ISDN

2001-01-01 Thread Gary Jones
On 23 Dec 2000, Michael Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Felix Natter wrote: > > I just tried to set up isdn exactly the way Marcus Jodorf described in his > > mail a few months ago (configure modules, create config files with > > isdnconfig and edit them). > > If you are in Germany you have

traslate elf/a.out to text file.

2001-01-01 Thread Nguyen Hai Ha
Hi, Would anyone tell me what is the command to translate elf/a.out file to assembly file. OS: potato (linux-2.2.18pre21) ARC: x86 # in SPARCs, this is DIS Thanks in advance. -- Nguyen Hai Ha, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan

Re: Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread Glyn Millington
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 05:26:04AM -0600, thus spake Rob VanFleet: > Sorry, did some pasting in my last message and I guess I mucked things > up a bit. Any particular reason as to 72? I was originally wrapping at > 79 chars, which seemed to work well enough (no one complained at least). This is

Re: locale problem

2001-01-01 Thread Sven Burgener
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 12:44:57PM +0100, Erich Baur wrote: > > Another thing is when I upgrade packages, in the process of doing so, > > I get this printed to the console: > > > > [...] > > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. > > perl: warning: Please check that your locale setti

Re: locale problem

2001-01-01 Thread Erich Baur
Hi Sven! > Another thing is when I upgrade packages, in the process of doing so, > I get this printed to the console: > > [...] > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. > perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: > LANGUAGE = (unset), > LC_ALL = (unset), >

Re: cdrom issue

2001-01-01 Thread Rick
Hi, Thanks, that was the solution...I thank you both for your tips. I had for some reason not installed the Joliet drivers when I reinstalled my kernel. I did that and a huge fun other process and now I frag until I get in trouble. rick On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Nate Amsden wrote: > Rick wrote:

Re: Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 03:04:30AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > $ x-terminal-emulator -T Mutt -e mutt Many thanks. > ...set your linewrap to 72 chars. Sorry, did some pasting in my last message and I guess I mucked things up a bit. Any particular reason as to 72? I was originally w

Re: Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread kmself
on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 04:55:23AM -0600, Rob VanFleet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm running the mailcheck applet in gnome and I'm wanting to for it to > run mutt if it is clicked on. If I just enter the command to be run > as "/usr/bin/mutt", nothing happens. How can I tell it to launch > m

Running something in a terminal

2001-01-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
I'm running the mailcheck applet in gnome and I'm wanting to for it to run mutt if it is clicked on. If I just enter the command to be run as "/usr/bin/mutt", nothing happens. How can I tell it to launch mutt in a terminal (like you would by checking the "Run in a terminal" option in a panel lau

Re: potato modules upgrade on Mac 68030

2001-01-01 Thread NickShea64
I have the debian potato 2.2r2 6 CD-Rom set. The installer hangs when trying to read large files from the CD-ROM (scsi reselect bug?). In order to solve this I was advised to use the 2.2.17 kernal and modules which I have downloaded. After installing base2_2.tgz, I switch to a virtual console and u

Re: a dpkg for windows?

2001-01-01 Thread Susumu Takuwa
> On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:48:29 +0200 Dan Pomohaci writes: DP> I saw that in cygwin there is a rpm. Is something similar for dpkg? DP> Let's say I want to use the same packaging system (Debian of course DP> :-) in Linux and Windows. It is possible? see following URL, http://www.jimpick.

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Re: How to use Exim with GMX and other quests

2001-01-01 Thread Martin Maciaszek
On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 10:51:01PM +0100, Michael Steiner wrote: > Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > I have some Exim questions. I comming from a SuSE system wich uses > > Sendmail so i have very little knoledge about exim. First of all: I use > > Kmail to get my mail via POP3. I us

Re: kernel upgrade

2001-01-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 01:20:49AM -0500, Seung-woo Nam wrote: > Hi: > Is there any special steps I should take to upgrade kernel package? I just > burned debian-2.2_rev2 cd and tried to upgrade my existing debian system but > it doesn't seem to upgrade kernel package to 2.2.18 which is included

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