Re: Debian newbie questions

2001-09-12 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
>1. Cannot boot without the boot disk. >I'm using the same partitions that I used successfully >with Mandrake. hda1 is windows, hda2 is the swap, hda3 >is Linux. I installed lilo as the boot loader in the >hda3 partition. > >When I restart, System Commander only gives me the >options for Windows or

Re: Installed netscape, but how do I start it?

2001-09-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 08:48:20PM -0400, Peter Christensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I finally installed Netscape successfully (I think!) and now find that I > don't know how to start it. I changed to the directory where it is > installed -- /usr/local/netscape -- and tried typing "netscape",

Re: Installed netscape, but how do I start it?

2001-09-12 Thread dman
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 08:48:20PM -0400, Peter Christensen wrote: | I finally installed Netscape successfully (I think!) and now find that I | don't know how to start it. dpkg -L will list all of the files that the package installed. Using this you can find where netscape is. | I changed to

Re: Installed netscape, but how do I start it?

2001-09-12 Thread Peter Christensen
James Ramsey wrote: > > You should be able to start Netscape at the command > line by entering "netscape". If that doesn't work, > start troubleshooting, because something wrong has > happened. > I guess something has gone wrong, because I am not logged in as root, and when I am in xterm and type

Re: Help installing Debian 2.2r3 (formerly 2.2r17 - brain misfire )

2001-09-12 Thread Joe Bouchard
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 05:20:57PM -0600, LaGuardia, Kristofer S. wrote: > I would do that, but there is one main problem that i can't remember if i > mentioned way back in the beginning...I have my three hard drives on a > Promise UDMA66 card...and my DVD and CD burner are on the motherboard. > So

Re: Printing go bye-bye

2001-09-12 Thread Joe Bouchard
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 11:16:42AM -0400, Kyle Girard wrote: > Somewhere in between now and about hmm a month ago my ability to print > has ceased. > > Here's some background info: > > Distribution: sid (current as of this morning) > kernel 2.4.9 > Printer: hp720c > > I am using magicfilter w

Re: Can the scsi emulation kill the hard drive?

2001-09-12 Thread Joe Bouchard
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:23:31PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > On Saturday Sep 08 23:22 Herbert Pirke wrote: > > > ** I had a similar problem with my debian box a few weeks > > ** ago. Unfortunately I forgot the exact message, but > > ** there were some unreadable files in /var again. This > > ** w

Re: general ups experience

2001-09-12 Thread Jason Healy
At 1000326306s since epoch (09/12/01 17:25:06 -0400 UTC), Adam McDaniel wrote: > Basically im looking for something thats not exactly for a production > environment (well, for my car :), so a personal ups would be nice... I have a Belkin 625-SER UPS. It's a 625VA, which is good enough to take on

networking trouble

2001-09-12 Thread Robert Schweikert
All, Thanks for the help so far. I finally got a chance to work some more on this, and I have had partial success. To make sure everything was in a proper state I removed the ppp package and /etc/ppp and then reinstalled the package. Then I ran pppconfig to get things set up. But no luck. Using

Re: Installed netscape, but how do I start it?

2001-09-12 Thread James Ramsey
--- Peter Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I finally installed Netscape successfully (I think!) > and now find that I > don't know how to start it. I changed to the > directory where it is > installed -- /usr/local/netscape -- and tried typing > "netscape", "run > netscape", and "start ne

Re: adding a menu to fvwm2

2001-09-12 Thread James Ramsey
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all > > I have successfully added xjed to my fvwm menu. I am > now trying to add vi and vim to the menu but it > isn't working. has anyone else had this problem? > I am running debian 2.2r3 stable. Hmm, vi and vim are terminal programs. Did you use "xterm -e vi

RE: Don't understand Unix timestamps

2001-09-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 13-Sep-2001 Chris Kenrick wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a bit confused about Unix timestamps on files. In > particular, I want to know what the timestamp on an > 'ls -l' or a 'find . -ls' means. > $ ls -l test.py -rw-r--r--1 shaleh users 131 Sep 12 13:10 test.py This is referred t

Don't understand Unix timestamps

2001-09-12 Thread Chris Kenrick
Hi all, I'm a bit confused about Unix timestamps on files. In particular, I want to know what the timestamp on an 'ls -l' or a 'find . -ls' means. On a different but related note, what is the easiest combination of commands to find A) A list of files in a given directory that have been accessed

logrotate question/problem

2001-09-12 Thread nate
I'm tryin to get logrotate to not rotate my radius logs until they are about 10MB in size. in /etc/logrotate.conf i HAD this: /var/log/radacct/* { size=1k create 0664 root adm rotate 10 postrotate /etc/init.d/radiusd restart endsc

Debian newbie questions

2001-09-12 Thread Richard Warren
Hi all, I just finished (I hope) setting up debian on my home desktop. I've been using Mandrake for quite some time now, but got exposed to Debian when I switched my IPAQ to Linux, and I thought I'd give it a try. I set up a basic potato system, then tried to upgrade it to woody. Everything seems

Installed netscape, but how do I start it?

2001-09-12 Thread Peter Christensen
I finally installed Netscape successfully (I think!) and now find that I don't know how to start it. I changed to the directory where it is installed -- /usr/local/netscape -- and tried typing "netscape", "run netscape", and "start netscape". No result. What is the correct way to start it? Than

Re: Getting xfree86 4.02 onto an isolated laptop

2001-09-12 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 12 Sep 2001, David A. Rogers wrote: > I have received a hand-me-down laptop - a Thinkpad 365XD with TFT display. > I've got potato on it, but 3.3.6 doesn't work for my display (unless you > count VGA16 yuck!). However, I just found a web site that says that 4.02 > works well on the exact mod

Re: modem noise

2001-09-12 Thread Brian Potkin
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:29:11PM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > How can I stop my modem to make noise after establishing connection? M1 does this I think. It keeps the speaker on until the carrier is detected. > And another question relating to that: Under Windows I added "s11=30" > to

Re: OT: modem suggestions

2001-09-12 Thread Jeremy
Christopher Mosley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I'm looking for a cheap, internal, ISA or PCI *all* harware modem. > Any recommendations -- brand/model names appreciated. I have a USR 3CP5610A that I love. It works great with any OS I can throw at it. It's 56k v90 internal PCI. Th

Re: apt-get problem workaround... is this a bug?

2001-09-12 Thread Jorge Santos
"Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > %% Jorge Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > js> I think that, if it is a bug, it should be submited against apt, > js> since dpkg didn't seem to get to execute. > > Looking through the APT bug reports, I think this bug has been fixed in > apt

Re: little script for log watching

2001-09-12 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:01:12PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to write a script that would > output to the screen the latest contents of a log, > and continue to do so until I abort the script. > > For example, > I have squid running, and would like to see the latest add

Re: want to install potato

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
> I'd suggest downloading the potato iso images from cdimage.debian.org > or from www.linuxiso.org. You'll need the 3 binary CDs, and since > you're not in the US, make sure that you get the binary-1-NONUS.iso > instead of the normal binary-1.iso. this is overkill (i am assuming Christian has a g

Installed Woody Package, Killed X

2001-09-12 Thread Robert Mosher
I added the testing sources to my sources.list in order to get a few packages in woody (mainly vlc-gtk), and in doing so upgrade some X related packages. Now when I run 'startx' I get this error: X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. I got some help in #debian

"ifup eth0" works only once

2001-09-12 Thread Marco Franzen
Hi, I am using Potato, and have just migrated from ISDN to cable modem. For this I had to introduce Ethernet (soft&hardware) and DHCP. Internet is working again, but only "once". After "ifdown eth0", an "ifup eth0" only hangs for a while and says "Operation failed". If I forget to switch the mo

little script for log watching

2001-09-12 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi, I would like to write a script that would output to the screen the latest contents of a log, and continue to do so until I abort the script. For example, I have squid running, and would like to see the latest additions to the /var/log/squid/access.log as it takes place. Something like typing

adding a menu to fvwm2

2001-09-12 Thread xucaen
Hi all I have successfully added xjed to my fvwm menu. I am now trying to add vi and vim to the menu but it isn't working. has anyone else had this problem? I am running debian 2.2r3 stable. thanks!! xucaen

Re: potato rescue/root disks do not recognize known-good DHCP servers

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 05:20:27PM -0500, David L. Nicol wrote: > > It is curious that they don't, as the redhat bootnet.img disk > has no trouble registering a DHCP address for itself with the > campus DHCP system. We have microsoft servers and cisco routers. I have found that issue as well wit

Re: want to install potato

2001-09-12 Thread Sean Quinlan
--- Christian Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-12 18:00): > I want to install the current stable version (in my opinion this is potatoe) > on my pc at home. > > This pc has an old 90MHz pentium, 64 MB Ram, 10GB SCSI Harddisk and a SCSI > Cd-Rom with an ADAPTEC Controller 294? an of course a 1.

potato rescue/root disks do not recognize known-good DHCP servers

2001-09-12 Thread David L. Nicol
It is curious that they don't, as the redhat bootnet.img disk has no trouble registering a DHCP address for itself with the campus DHCP system. We have microsoft servers and cisco routers. Could Debian release a new rescue.img that has a working DHCP on it? --

Re: xfree86

2001-09-12 Thread Sean Quinlan
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-12 21:00): > I'm in the middle of trying to get a geforce2. I see that > potato has X 3.3.6. My question is, can I install a X > package from Woody easily, without breaking anything? You can have a look here for unofficial (but very good) debs

Re: Linux server as gateway

2001-09-12 Thread secher
Read teh IPMasq HOWTO, Peace On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:23:50PM +0200, Wolfgang Hlawatsch wrote: > Hello, > > I want to use my Linux printserver as an internet gateway (or router) for my > other > computers. > > what packages are needed to be installed for that service? Is Apache > recommende

RE: what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
> is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on memory > usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps aux' > but I need > more information... Try top. It's more of a monitor than a snapshot. HTH, Brooks

Re: what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach thomas anderson (on Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:45:58PM +0200): > is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on memory > usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps aux' but I need > more information... free martin; (greetings from the heart o

Re: what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread Mark Lamers
On wo, 2001-09-12 at 22:45, thomas anderson wrote: > Hi, > > is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on memory > usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps aux' but I need > more information... > > thanks > free good luck -- Mark Lamers Fotograaf Gnu-

Re: what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:45:58PM +0200, thomas anderson wrote: > Hi, > > is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on memory > usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps aux' but I need > more information... One way you can find information about commands

Re: what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi, You could try using this command: top Cheers, Mike Quoting thomas anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on > memory > usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps aux' but I > need > more information... > >

Re: Compiling Mozilla Problem

2001-09-12 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 07:17, Banyan Y.J. Chan wrote: > Hello: > > I want to compile and install mozilla 0.9.3 on my debian 2.2r3. > But when I gave the "./configure" command in the mozilla source > directory, I got some error message indicates that it cannot find > "gtk-config" script. > > Th

Re: what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% thomas anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ta> is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on ta> memory usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps ta> aux' but I need more information... Tried "top"? There are also other, graphical programs. -- -

Re: what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread Steve Mayer
Thomas, Try the 'top' command. Steve On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:45:58PM +0200, thomas anderson wrote: > Hi, > > is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on memory > usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps aux' but I need > more information... > > th

Re: EBay Monitor

2001-09-12 Thread Hereward Cooper
> connect it to ebay.com and it'll work. ebay numbers are global, and > aside from prices in dollars, it'll be the same... > OK. ebay.com (website) does accept my userid/password and displays by bids. But bidwatcher doesn't when I press the "pull info from eBay now" button? When i try adding in

general ups experience

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
Im curious on what experience you all have with smart/dumb ups's under linux. I know that i'd be hoping too much to hear someone say they've gotten the usb connection to work... but atleast with the serial one it shouldn't be too hard. What kind of brands/models would you recommend with seria

Re: compilation of cdrdao-1.1.5

2001-09-12 Thread Tzvetan Ivanov
Hi Hendrik! thank you very much for your quick reply. On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 22:11, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > Tzvetan Ivanov wrote: > > > > > Thanx for the hint with the debian/control file. > > You were right - i had to install some libs - > > unfortunately after installing all the libs and runn

Re: apt-get problem workaround... is this a bug?

2001-09-12 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Jorge Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: js> I think that, if it is a bug, it should be submited against apt, js> since dpkg didn't seem to get to execute. Looking through the APT bug reports, I think this bug has been fixed in apt 0.5.4, uploaded to unstable around Aug 20. Unfortunately,

Re: Linux server as gateway

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:23:50PM +0200, Wolfgang Hlawatsch wrote: > what packages are needed to be installed for that service? Is Apache > recommended? Apache is a web server, for producing content on the web. You dont need it if you just want to setup a router/firewall -- Adam McDaniel Infras

Re: msyslog crazy screen output

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:48:58PM -0500, Josh McKinney wrote: > Sep 12 14:46:10 cy599856-a fetchmail[3374]: reading message 1 of 2 > (2721 octets) > > Sep 12 14:46:10 cy599856-a fetchmail[3374]: > flushed >

Re: Gnus with slrnpull?

2001-09-12 Thread David Z Maze
Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JT> is it possible to fetch news with slrnpull and read it with JT> Gnus/XEmacs? JT> JT> I have the following in my .xemacs/init.el: JT> JT> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool "/var/spool/slrnpull/")) JT> JT> but when starting Gnus, it complains

what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread thomas anderson
Hi, is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on memory usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps aux' but I need more information... thanks -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: exim

2001-09-12 Thread Josh McKinney
On approximately Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:10:39PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > # exim -bS > > does this. But it has the bad effect to need an online connection, cause > this -bS option like to send the mail at the same time to my mail ISP. > And i only like to put the mails into exims queue list to

Re: Got a question.

2001-09-12 Thread Oliver Elphick
Michel Aubin wrote: >Hi, got a questions for anybody that can help. I am trying to copy a file >from one directory to another while using my konsole and I just can't. I am > >using debian and would apreciate any responses. Thanks in advance Mike. 1. debian-user is the proper list f

prayers and condolences to those affected in yesterday's tragedy...

2001-09-12 Thread Joseph Anthony De Los Santos

Re: PalmOS 3.5+ and Debian

2001-09-12 Thread Wasim Ahmed
Hello, On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 11:39:02PM -0400, Akintayo Holder wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone know where I can find debs containing the PalmOS3.5 > headers, > the ones with woody appear to be 1 and 2 only. > > If there isn't one, can someone who installed the files on a debian > system giv

Re: EBay Monitor

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Hereward Cooper (on Wed, 12 Sep 2001 06:11:53PM +): > Hi, Has anyone got an ebay auction monitor, which will work for the > UK? I've found bidwatcher, but I don't think (correctly me if I'm > wrong) it works for ebay.co.uk? connect it to ebay.com and it'll work. ebay numbers are gl

Re: Linux server as gateway

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Wolfgang Hlawatsch (on Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:23:50PM +0200): > what packages are needed to be installed for that service? Is Apache > recommended? ipchains for 2.2.x kernels iptables for 2.4.x kernels that's it. now read the packetfilter/firewall/ipchains/iptables howto. and *why* woul

Linux server as gateway

2001-09-12 Thread Wolfgang Hlawatsch
Hello, I want to use my Linux printserver as an internet gateway (or router) for my other computers. what packages are needed to be installed for that service? Is Apache recommended? Wolfgang Hlawatsch

Re: Got a question.

2001-09-12 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Michel! You wrote: > Hi, got a questions for anybody that can help. I am trying to copy a file > from one directory to another while using my konsole and I just can't. I am > using debian and would apreciate any responses. Thanks in advance Mike. Could you please describe your problem a b

Re: 2.4.8 + umount'ing ZIP

2001-09-12 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Fri, 2001-09-07 at 18:41, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > i am confused. if i mount my zip disk as root, i can still umount as a normal > user. i have specified 'user,noauto' as the options in fstab, but i am seeing > behavior expected of 'users,noauto' (not the plural user*s*). > > from `man

msyslog crazy screen output

2001-09-12 Thread Josh McKinney
I recently upgraded to msyslog. It seems to all work the same for the most part, but I have one problem. I have logs sent to tty12 so I can check out whats going on if I want to. This should be fine but it looks like it is being auto-indented or something. Is this normal? Here is an example: S

Re: "Webwasher" alternatives (was Re: Web banner blocker)

2001-09-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) [010910 15:43]: > What other webwasher type proxies are there out there? I have a strong > preference for free software. I've never used webwasher, but I know of a program called filterproxy; might it work for what you seek? Package: filterproxy Priority

xfree86

2001-09-12 Thread timo
Warning: Newbie I'm in the middle of trying to get a geforce2. I see that potato has X 3.3.6. My question is, can I install a X package from Woody easily, without breaking anything? Thanks timo (the other timo)

Re: lm_sensors with 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread David Z Maze
Julio Merino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JM> On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:25:54AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: RB> This sounds about right; it's what I did. I used the debian RB> source packages (i2c-source and lm-sensors-source, as I recall). RB> RB> You do need to disable i2c in the main kernel

Gnus with slrnpull?

2001-09-12 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Dear all, is it possible to fetch news with slrnpull and read it with Gnus/XEmacs? I have the following in my .xemacs/init.el: (setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool "/var/spool/slrnpull/")) but when starting Gnus, it complains about: The active file doesn't exist: /usr/lib/news/active wh

Re: [TriLUG] Re: Typing umlauts on an english keyboard

2001-09-12 Thread csj
On Tue, 2001-09-11 at 05:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > Interesting ... I chose the menu key for my Multi_key :) > > keycode 0x75 = Multi_key > > here are key combinations that I know of: Do you by chance know how to produce typographic (paired, curly) quotes?

modem noise

2001-09-12 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
How can I stop my modem to make noise after establishing connection? And another question relating to that: Under Windows I added "s11=30" to the advanced setup of my connection to speed up the dial process, where do I have to add this under linux? Christian

Re: Sound in Woody

2001-09-12 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 10:44, Stefan Deibel wrote: > Here's a problem with sound in Woody: Although I get sound when KDE starts > and although /usr/bin/play works right I can't use kscd, no matter whether I > use ide-cd or the scsi emulation ide-scsi: > > steve:/var/lib$ kscd > initCDROM > ~ini

Serial Port problems

2001-09-12 Thread Lazar Fleysher
Hello everybody I have a strange (maybe not) problem with serial port (I think) I have tried to install genpower to monitor a UPS. The deamon can see the cable but I get this error after I start genpowerd: Aiee: scheduling in interrupt 001113ed this message repeats indefinitely on the consol a

Re: Fonts

2001-09-12 Thread David Z Maze
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BW> It's generally better to go with the higher resolution 100 dpi BW> fonts, right? With the latest upgrade, I swapped the order of the BW> fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so that the BW> 100 dpi fonts would take precedence. BW>

Re: gnumeric

2001-09-12 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 14:09:57 -0400, Mark Copper wrote: > I want to gnumeric installed on top of debian potato. (Don't need anything > else from gnome right now). Trouble is that the stable version is too far > out of date, True. > and the testing version won't install (needed libgal4 package

mirrors

2001-09-12 Thread francisco m neto
Hi there, is anyone having problems trying to access the official Debian mirrors? I've been trying many different mirrors and all of them give the same answer: tux: /home/rtfm#> ncftp ftp.debian.org NcFTP 3.0.0 beta 21 (October 04, 1999) by Mike Gleason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Could not op

Re: Getting xfree86 4.02 onto an isolated laptop

2001-09-12 Thread David A. Rogers
I have a fast (sort of) pipe at work, a cd burner at home and a scsi drive to carry stuff back and forth. So what do I do? dar On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 01:37:48PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > "David A. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What's going to be the easiest way to get xfree 4.02

Re: kde system wide file associations

2001-09-12 Thread Bruce Sass
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, joe golden wrote: > I have a small network of seven machines. Most students log on to the kde > desktop. Is there any way as root that I can alter file associations for > all users on all machines so that all *.doc files and *.rtf files are > automatically opened with abiwor

Re: lm_sensors with 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Julio Merino
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:25:54AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > This sounds about right; it's what I did. I used the debian source > packages (i2c-source and lm-sensors-source, as I recall). > > You do need to disable i2c in the main kernel build. > > I'm not sure what you mean by the phrase "ou

gnumeric

2001-09-12 Thread Mark Copper
Deb users, I want to gnumeric installed on top of debian potato. (Don't need anything else from gnome right now). Trouble is that the stable version is too far out of date, and the testing version won't install (needed libgal4 package unavailable). The unstable version installs but program call

Re: Fonts

2001-09-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> It's generally better to go with the higher resolution 100 > dpi fonts, right? With the latest upgrade, I swapped the > order of the fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config and > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so that the 100 dpi fonts would > take precedence. I think many X apps simply use the first font

Re: Fonts

2001-09-12 Thread Peter De Wachter
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Bill Wohler wrote: > It's generally better to go with the higher resolution 100 dpi > fonts, right? With the latest upgrade, I swapped the order of the > fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so that the > 100 dpi fonts would take precedence. > > Unf

Re: exim

2001-09-12 Thread Helmut Trinkl
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 11:05:06AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:10:39PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > > > On Wednesday Sep 12 01:38 Rino Mardo wrote: > > > > > ** of course there must be mails waiting in the queue list before exim can > > > ** deliver mails. otherwise wh

Re: Getting xfree86 4.02 onto an isolated laptop

2001-09-12 Thread Alan Shutko
"David A. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's going to be the easiest way to get xfree 4.02 onto this laptop? A friend with a fast pipe and a cd burner? -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Cats do pay attention. Just plug them into the 240v line.

Re: compilation of cdrdao-1.1.5

2001-09-12 Thread Tzvetan Ivanov
hi Timeboy! Thanx for the hint with the debian/control file. You were right - i had to install some libs - unfortunately after installing all the libs and running dpkg-buildpackage again the same errors occured :( -tzvetan On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 19:19, Timeboy wrote: > > On Wednesday Sep 12 17:

Re: testing

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:12:32PM -0500): > how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from stable > to testing? have you been testing stable? this is not a question anyone will be able to answer. most of us (as in the people usually answering) run woody, a

Re: compilation of cdrdao-1.1.5

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 17:20 Tzvetan Ivanov wrote: > ** hi! > ** > ** I tried to compile cdrdao-1.1.5 on my debian-potato system > ** with the following commands: > ** > ** cd /usr/src/cdrdao > ** apt-get source cdrdao > ** cd cdrdao-1.1.5 > ** dpkg-buildpackage 2> error (see attachment) > ** > **

Re: Getting xfree86 4.02 onto an isolated laptop

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 16:44 David A. Rogers wrote: > ** I have received a hand-me-down laptop - a Thinkpad 365XD with TFT display. > ** I've got potato on it, but 3.3.6 doesn't work for my display (unless you > ** count VGA16 yuck!). However, I just found a web site that says that 4.02 > ** works

Re: Woody hangs sometimes! Why?

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Tuesday Sep 11 20:11 Rick Macdonald wrote: > ** > ** Search the archive for a thread "Gnome freezes". A couple of us had > ** problems of sawfish hanging due to sound effects being turned on for > ** window open/close events. I turned off gnome sounds _and_ sawfish sounds > ** and now I'm OK.

Re: X4.0 -> X4.1 -> bother

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 16:38 David Purton wrote: > ** Hurrah - woody upgraded to X4.1 and now it's broken :( > ** > ** but in and odd way: > ** > ** When I run startx it appears to run as normal except the screen is > ** completely scrambled and unreadable. Then if I either kill the X server > **

Re: gmc: fonts for desktop

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 00:52 Martin Bialasinski wrote: > ** It is hardcoded into the program. > ** You could try this in your ~/.gtkrc, maybe it will work: > ** > ** style "user-font" > ** { > ** font="-adobe-times-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" > ** } > ** > ** #widget_class "*" sty

EBay Monitor

2001-09-12 Thread Hereward Cooper
Hi, Has anyone got an ebay auction monitor, which will work for the UK? I've found bidwatcher, but I don't think (correctly me if I'm wrong) it works for ebay.co.uk? Thanks, Hereward -- GPG Public Key @ : http://www.zadok.uklinux.net/ : "Love is Hate. War is Peace. Windows is Stable?

Re: mail server

2001-09-12 Thread 'Martin F Krafft'
also sprach Rino Mardo (on Wed, 12 Sep 2001 07:30:57AM +0800): > i see it is like using "proto POP3" replacing POP3 with the keyword > ETRN. ok. well, try to understand what ETRN does. POP3 means you log into a POP3 server, give it the clear-text password, and then RETR your mail (that's the comm

Re: testing

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 12:12:32PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all.. > how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from stable to > testing? The only problem I have ever seen with testing is with the installation floppies. They dont work 100% of the time for me. But the distri

Fonts

2001-09-12 Thread Bill Wohler
It's generally better to go with the higher resolution 100 dpi fonts, right? With the latest upgrade, I swapped the order of the fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so that the 100 dpi fonts would take precedence. Unfortunately, this makes the fonts HUGE. Specifically,

Re: testing

2001-09-12 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all.. how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from > stable to testing? thanks! > Testing is pretty stable. I have not had any problems after upgrading. Greetz, Sebastiaan

Re: testing

2001-09-12 Thread David Z Maze
xucaen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: X> how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from stable X> to testing? It depends on what your goals are. I'd say that tracking testing is a good idea if you consider yourself a Linux weenie to the point that bleeding-edge == good, but you don't

abiword half chomping letters

2001-09-12 Thread joe golden
Has anyone seen abiword half eating letters? I see documents in .abw and .rtf with letters half disappeared on the screen and in the printed version. What is going on??? kernel version 2.2.19pre17 #1 abiword version 0.7.13-0.3 Thanks for any suggestions, Joe Golden The Stevens School of Peac

want to install potato

2001-09-12 Thread Christian Eckert
Hello   I want to install the current stable version (in my opinion this is potatoe) on my pc at home.   This pc has an old 90MHz pentium, 64 MB Ram, 10GB SCSI Harddisk and a SCSI Cd-Rom with an ADAPTEC Controller 294? an of course a 1.44MB floppy. At the moment this pc has no internet acces

Re: lm_sensors with 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Ross Boylan
This sounds about right; it's what I did. I used the debian source packages (i2c-source and lm-sensors-source, as I recall). You do need to disable i2c in the main kernel build. I'm not sure what you mean by the phrase "outside the kernel". If you use kernel-package it's all set up to build

Re: console font problems

2001-09-12 Thread Bostjan Muller
* On 12-09-01 at 13:22 andrej hocevar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: +Here quoted text begins+ > hm, still nothing ... > lssuing ls makes all the blue fields dazzled. however, not with a > different font (t.psf.gz for a test -- you can easily recognize it). > oh, well ... > > (lep dan, bostjan

testing

2001-09-12 Thread xucaen
Hi all.. how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from stable to testing? thanks! xucaen

Re: exim

2001-09-12 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:10:39PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > On Wednesday Sep 12 01:38 Rino Mardo wrote: > > > ** of course there must be mails waiting in the queue list before exim can > > ** deliver mails. otherwise what is there to deliver? > > Do i become stupid? Or isn't exim an MTA? Sorry

Re: OT: modem suggestions

2001-09-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > I'm looking for a cheap, internal, ISA or PCI *all* > > harware modem. Any recommendations -- > > brand/model names appreciated. > > > Well, ultimatly you'll have the most success using an > external modem. In the past I've always had good > results with the 3Com/USRobotics Sportster. Being

Re: Install directly from SID?

2001-09-12 Thread Bruce Best \(CRO\)
I don't know if sid (unstable) can be installed directly. I have successfully installed woody (testing) directly via ftp by following the instructions at http://cdimage.debian.org/ch11.html, but substituting /dists/stable/main/disks-/ with /dists/testing/main/disks-/current/ i.e., I dow

Re: X4.0 -> X4.1 -> bother

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 12:08:39AM +0930, David Purton wrote: > Hurrah - woody upgraded to X4.1 and now it's broken :( very easy way to fix this problem. Goto a console, and as root, check to see if you have an /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and an /etc/X11/XF86Config. In my case, I had my original config

Re: Eth0 still doesn't work under 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Vittorio
SOLVED! I just compiled the eepro100 support statically in the kernel (not as a module)! Ciao Vittorio Vittorio [debian-user] <12/09/01 10:14 +>: > > At last, after an extenuating series of failures I've been able to > compile a tailored 2.4.9 kernel for my laptop under debian potato, > usin

Re: OT: modem suggestions

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:40:51AM -0400, Christopher Mosley wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Christopher Mosley wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm looking for a cheap, internal, ISA or PCI *all* harware modem. > > Any recommendations -- brand/model names appreciated. > That's hardware not harware and I'm l

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