Marc Shapiro wrote:
>
> This is somewhat off-topic, but can anyone point me in the right
> direction to finding out how to use a .gif or .jpeg file as a desktop
> background in fvwm?
I use chbg but you can use number of programs. it does not have to be
related to window manager... (you can call
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 12:17:43AM -0400, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> This is somewhat off-topic, but can anyone point me in the right
> direction to finding out how to use a .gif or .jpeg file as a desktop
> background in fvwm?
Either Esetroot from eterm (i think that's where it is)
or xsetroot. But I a
This is somewhat off-topic, but can anyone point me in the right
direction to finding out how to use a .gif or .jpeg file as a desktop
background in fvwm?
TIA
--
Marc Shapiro "If you drink melomel every day,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]you will live to be 150 years ol
hi. after recompiling 2.4.10, my boot process is fine until the end
where i get an error: "/dev/hdd2 was not cleanly unmounted,
check forced" and fsck goes and does its business for a couple
of minutes. i find this annoying, as i DO cleanly unmount before i
off the machine. any clues for a newbie?
"Robin S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > > > >The part worth mentioning is that he BEGGED her not to get on any
>> > > > >commercial
>> > > > >airlines on 9/11 and to not to go any malls on Halloween. As soon
Hoax. Check out
http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/mallrisk.htm
--
Alan Shutko <[EMAIL
I have read the mini-HOWTO on www.linuxdoc.org and RTFM. Here is what
appears in /var/log/xdm.log
AUDIT: Fri Oct 12 20:02:22 2001: 359 X: client 3 rejected from local host
Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to
From: "linda hyry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [
no. I forget the library it needs, it's in the documentation. you CAN
use win32 dlls for divx, but it's not required, and is actually being
phased out of the project all together
Craig Dickson wrote:
Patrick Lane wrote:
I use MPlayer, it now has a GUI! =]
www.mplayerhq.hu
You have to compil
Greetings,
Hey, this question has been asked before, and no one gave imo a
really good answer. What is the minimum installation debs? There are two
schools of thought. First, the packages listed in basecont.txt in the
disks- contained in the base file. The other is that once you
reboot
I am using .9.4 and it works fine. I will agree that it appears to do something
upon start up
- I can only get mail when the green arrow is visible, but that happens with
9.3 also.
--
Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the
programmer who must maintain it.
-- LA
Remove the plugin from the plugin directory. Worked for me
Jim Shofstall wrote:
Both of my installed browsers are unable to boot.
--
jim:$ mozilla
INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End:
Could not load /usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_oji.so:
linking error=/usr/lib/j
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 01:35:04PM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching
> > DVD movies on a computer? It seems I'm better off...
>
> Because some people never leave their computers ?? Or don't
> have time to waste sitting in front of a TV whil
On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
> Package: lynx-ssl
> Version: 2.8.4.2-1
>
> Does the following a lynx bug or is there a way to get lynx behave like
> other browsers?
>
> Reproducing the problem:
>
> 1. Go to http://www.ebay.com
> 2. In the search box have something reasonable, sa
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 10:20:47AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote:
...
> I've changed the login but find that I don't have an /etc/sgroup file.
Ah, what was I thinking, it's called /etc/gshadow
--
groetjes, carel
Package: lynx-ssl
Version: 2.8.4.2-1
Does the following a lynx bug or is there a way to get lynx behave like
other browsers?
Reproducing the problem:
1. Go to http://www.ebay.com
2. In the search box have something reasonable, say tv.
3. Hit Find It.
4. You should get a list of
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 01:13:43AM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote:
> It's very easy to forge From-addresses in email, that's what the line
>
>Sender = "Sam Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
>
> in your ~/.muttrc files tell mutt to do. Most MUA (mail user agents)
> allow such things. But fortunately
I've just "apt-get dist-upgrade" a SS2. I'm running unstable and when
then nfs-kernel-server was being upgraded it gave the message:
Starting NFS kernel daemon: nfsdnfssvc: Invalid argument
mountd.
Until now NFS has been working just fine. I'm running kernel 2.2.19.
(NFS is now not working - r
> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey W Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jeffrey> You can also do it the other way: give your vmware machine
Jeffrey> two interfaces and a real IP. Then give your debian machine
Jeffrey> a private subnet. NAT all the traffic through the VMware
Jeffrey> machine.
wow. m
* Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus:
> Patrick Lane wrote:
>
> > I use MPlayer, it now has a GUI! =]
> > www.mplayerhq.hu
> > You have to compile it from source, but it's worth it. The best media
> > solution around in my opinion. Plays mpegs, avis, divx files as well
>
> Does it requ
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 04:04:08PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
...
> I said dd if=/dev/hdxx of=bigImage
> and then bzipped bigImage. However, the result is still larger than a
> CD can hold.
$ split -b 650m bigImage
$ ls x*
xaa xab xac...
--
groetjes, carel
If you want to get the version 4 that is in debian.org
apt-get install pine-docs pine4-src pine 4-difs (or so, if the names are
wrong check package names in debian.org
also apt-get install all the recomended packages shown in the page for
pine4-difs...
Once you do that, check /usr/src/pine4 an
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 07:51:21AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote:
> I was looking at the Debian mailing list archives
> for some info this morning and came across one
> of my old postings. The headers read as under:
>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: exim problem - rejecting senders
> Fro
Couldn't you just use split after you bzipped it and put it on a couple
CD-Rs?
--kurt
On Friday 12 October 2001 h:04, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have a large partition that is damaged, and so currently unreadable.
> I would like to back it up in case I ever feel like trying to
> reconstruct it, and
I have a large partition that is damaged, and so currently unreadable.
I would like to back it up in case I ever feel like trying to
reconstruct it, and then get rid of it. My backup is CD-R.
I said dd if=/dev/hdxx of=bigImage
and then bzipped bigImage. However, the result is still larger than
Patrick Lane wrote:
> I use MPlayer, it now has a GUI! =]
> www.mplayerhq.hu
> You have to compile it from source, but it's worth it. The best media
> solution around in my opinion. Plays mpegs, avis, divx files as well
Does it require Microsoft Win32 DLLs to play divx files?
Craig
I use MPlayer, it now has a GUI! =]
www.mplayerhq.hu
You have to compile it from source, but it's worth it. The best media
solution around in my opinion. Plays mpegs, avis, divx files as well
--Patrick
Ross Burton wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone know of a good software DVD player for Debian unstab
On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:56:43 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>After making choices (series of questions), I'm told that I've reached the
>moment of truth. Excited, I follow the instruction to reboot and find myself
>back at the welcome screen which leads nowhere except through the same
>questions. Wh
Yep this got it. thanks
> Anytime xmms has acted similarly with me, the first thing I
> try is renaming my ~/.xmms dir and it's stored settings.
> Usually that fixes it...
>
> Short of that, have you updated xmms recently ?? Running SID,
> this will happen on occassion. It may be a problem with t
On 12 Oct 2001, Joseph Dane wrote:
> > "Royce" == Royce Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Royce> Jeffrey... Have you tried connecting to DSL ~through~ vmware?
>
> I do this, sorta. there is a vmware networking option ('host only', I
> think it's called) whereby the host OS is given an
> "Royce" == Royce Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Royce> Jeffrey... Have you tried connecting to DSL ~through~ vmware?
I do this, sorta. there is a vmware networking option ('host only', I
think it's called) whereby the host OS is given an interface on a
private network (192.168.x.x). I
I was looking at the Debian mailing list archives
for some info this morning and came across one
of my old postings. The headers read as under:
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: exim problem - rejecting senders
From: Sam Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 15:15:36 +1000
Ma
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 16:43:01 -0500, Lance Simmons wrote:
> There was a recent error in one of the configuration files for X in
> unstable.
In /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start, change
exec "$REALSTARTUP"
to
exec $REALSTARTUP
HTH,
Ray
--
PATRIOTISM A great British wr
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 22:57:20 +0200, Walter Hofmann wrote:
> I used "dpkg -L htdig | xargs grep -l acroread". Now I know that the
> wrong path is hard-coded in each of the following binaries:
> Does this mean I need to recompile htdig?
Yes.
> (Given that I don't actually use it I'll probably
There was a recent error in one of the configuration files for X in
unstable. Fixing it only required changing one line--I can't remember
whether that line needed quotation marks added or taken away...but it
was one of those two. I can't remember what file it was.
Does anyone remember what that fi
Jeffrey...
Have you tried connecting to DSL ~through~ vmware?
rpb
=
Royce P. Bell
Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: "Jeffrey W. Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Debian User List"
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: vmware express
>
>
>
I have Win2k running in my vmware3.0 on a debian unstable just great. I've
killed it a few times and rebooted, it checks disks, etc and comes up
nicely.
Thus spake Jeffrey W. Baker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
>
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Simon Law wrote:
> > If Libranet is like Debian, vmware
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Simon Law wrote:
> If Libranet is like Debian, vmware should install fine. I can't
> tell what kernel version Libranet is at, but be aware that VMWare 2.x
> needs patches if you are to use kernel 2.4.7 or higher.
I'm using the new test release of vmware 3.0 on debian
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Royce Bell wrote:
> Silly boy...
>
> We're male! That's why. It's a kind of "ultimate control of the remote
> control" thing -- or so my wife thinks.
>
> Per Jason's post and while I'm at it, does anyone have any perspective on
> vmware express or a similar product that wi
On Fri, 2001-10-12 at 18:16, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> That's /etc/apt/preferences. help is available in apt_preferences(5)
Also, there was extensive discussion on the list in June, since the man
apt_preferences is not particularly clear on several things.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] has cleared a lot of thing
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 01:11:32PM -0700, Royce Bell wrote:
> Is there a filtered archive of the list submissions that is sorted for type
> of questions, modules, or problems? That would help me immensely.
Best next thing is http://www.google.com
Enter "lists.debian.org" and topics you want to s
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Daniel Jones wrote:
> I have a file called S30qmail in /etc/rc2.d:
>
> /usr/local/bin/tcpserver 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
> corwin.riddlemaster.org \
> /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir &
>
> smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env t
Running qmail on Debian unstable.
I had qmail and my server running properly. Then, I tore
down my server, upgraded the processor and motherboard,
upgraded various packages, etc.
I have a file called S30qmail in /etc/rc2.d:
/usr/local/bin/tcpserver 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
corwin.riddle
On 12-Oct 10:18, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > I have been using Adrian Bunk's 2.4 kernel packages. The
> > last kernel update is 2.4.9.
>
> 2.4.9 isn't that old, actually. There's no harm in not having
> the 'latest and greatest' versions of everything.
Other then the fact that 2.4.9 has the habit o
Paul wrote:
>>I am hoping the Debian install will get easier for non-technical users. I
am trying to promote Linux to a lot of them. <<
I don't see anything wrong with making the Debian install easier for
technical users -- unless, of course, they happen to be sado-masochists, in
which case they
Osamu Aoki wrote:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 10:48:03AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
A local ISP - ultrasw.com - dial-up - it's an NT server.
The username, password handshake seems to work and I immediately get
"Requested Service Denied". I have tried minicom and as many different
pppconfig combin
Thus spake Mark Lanett:
> > Is there a tool to which I can provide a list of URLs and that based on
> an
> > actual 50-100K transfer shows the more performant server ?
>
> apt-cache show netselect
>
> However, it doesn't work for me. ping works.
>
> ~mark
I think apt-spy is what you're looking
The actual PROBLEM I wanted help with was with having installed the basic
stable gnu-linux system from debian WITH a compact kernel image from
ANOTHER part of the site [did not seem to BE one where I needed it!) ,
which seems to have ONE bad fit:
the kernel seems to periodically run a process that
Can anybody give me directions for compiling a new version of Pine? I
understand this maybe involves making a package. I've searched, but all I
can find is instructions for using a difs package that only works, as far
as I know, for pine 4.21. Of course it's no use trying to just compile
Pine wi
> Is there a tool to which I can provide a list of URLs and that based on
an
> actual 50-100K transfer shows the more performant server ?
apt-cache show netselect
However, it doesn't work for me. ping works.
~mark
If you look for "support" on the gnu site you are referred to mailing
lists, but neither the gnu site nor this one features an easily findable
list for newbies suffering from kernel/basic system mismatches.
So first, I would like to suggest that someone should rederrange one or
both of these sit
Yes, the rtl8139 was the correct driver and it seems to be working now. So
thank you all.
Marcel
- Original Message -
From: "Vineet Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: ethernet card IO address
* MarceI Figuerola Estrada ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
Say I have a list of mirrors from which to choose (for example Deian).
Some may use ftp, some HTTP.
My employers network is soo large and opaque (routing, proxy hyerarchy,
etc.) to us poor end users that it's not always (or I should say almost
never) true that FTPing or HTTPing to a mirror in my
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 10:20:10AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> I installed icecast-server for local use; the guide suggests that I need
> to edit icecast.conf for my local needs, but I can't find the file
> anywhere. The HOWTO suggests that it's in /usr/local, but it's not. Any
> guidance?
There
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 10:48:03AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> A local ISP - ultrasw.com - dial-up - it's an NT server.
> The username, password handshake seems to work and I immediately get
> "Requested Service Denied". I have tried minicom and as many different
> pppconfig combinations as I can
on Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 08:57:19AM -0400, Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I have a debian potato machine, upgraded with teh Progeny stuff, and the
> 2.4.9 kernel. I'm runing XFree86$. During the install a rference came up
> about editing /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to allow the X server to li
* Jeffrey W. Baker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I watch DVDs on airplanes with my powerbook. Yes the battery lasts that
> long. At home, I hook the powerbook up to a plasma display and watch
> that.
>
> DVD software on a computer gives me Freedom from
>
> 1) Forced advertisements
> 2) Forced
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > DVD software on a computer gives me Freedom from
> >
> > 1) Forced advertisements
> > 2) Forced FBI warnings
>
> Since I don't have a PC-based DVD player, I skipped the first
> messages in this thread. What software is recommended that
> does the tw
on Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 06:00:12PM +1000, Brian May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > "Karsten" == Karsten M Self writes:
>
> Karsten> It's not the same thing as virtual terminals, though it's
> Karsten> got certain similarities. The real bonus is
> Karsten> detachability -- you can
on Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 12:06:29AM +1300, Richard Hector ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> "Karsten M. Self" wrote:
> >
> > on Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 07:16:09PM +1300, Richard Hector ([EMAIL
> > PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > After apt-get dis-upgrading one box, am I ok to just tar up
> > > /var/cache/apt/ar
> DVD software on a computer gives me Freedom from
>
> 1) Forced advertisements
> 2) Forced FBI warnings
Since I don't have a PC-based DVD player, I skipped the first
messages in this thread. What software is recommended that
does the two things above ??
I know for (1), it depends on who's movie
> > OK for people with the spare cash for a DVD player and
> > 29" TV, how about you shell out for one for all of the rest
> > of us?
>
> A DVD player and 29" TV can probably be had for less money
> than many people spend on 'upgrades' of their computers every
> year !!
It's a specious argument.
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:
>
> Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching DVD movies on a
> computer? It seems I'm better off in my comfy recliner chair or on the
> couch watching my 29 inch Panasonic GAOO then sittin
Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching DVD movies on a
> computer?
Airplanes, waiting for a latenight build at work to finish when you're
on call, waiting for the wife to finish lab work to come home
--
Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PR
> OK for people with the spare cash for a DVD player and
> 29" TV, how about you shell out for one for all of the rest
> of us?
A DVD player and 29" TV can probably be had for less money
than many people spend on 'upgrades' of their computers every
year !!
A perfectly good DVD player can be had f
>
> Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching DVD movies on a
> computer? It seems I'm better off in my comfy recliner chair or on the
> couch watching my 29 inch Panasonic GAOO then sitting at my desk in the
> den.
Some of us spend our evenings in hotel rooms.
Robert S. Kos
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Shea Martin wrote:
>
> It looks like Progeny never installed any C header files during
> install???
> I didn't even know that was legal here in Unix world. In fact I have
> never come across such a problem, and don't really know how to fix it.
>
> I guess I
Silly boy...
We're male! That's why. It's a kind of "ultimate control of the remote
control" thing -- or so my wife thinks.
Per Jason's post and while I'm at it, does anyone have any perspective on
vmware express or a similar product that will let me run a very complicated,
Windows(tm)-based Bi
> Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching
> DVD movies on a computer? It seems I'm better off...
Because some people never leave their computers ?? Or don't
have time to waste sitting in front of a TV while they could
be hacking away...
Hall
Ross Burton wrote on Fri Oct 12, 2001 at 11:39:57AM:
> Does anyone know of a good software DVD player for Debian unstable? I
> am willing to build from source if I have to but would prefer something
> packaged.
Having had problems with vlc playing some of my DVDs I'm now using ogle
http://www.dte
OK for people with the spare cash for a DVD player and 29" TV, how about you
shell out for one for all of the rest of us?
Rick Macdonald wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:
>
> Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching DVD movies on a
> computer? It seems I'm
dman wrote:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 12:52:01AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
| dman wrote:
| > On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 04:06:21PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
| > | Osamu Aoki wrote:
[...]
| > | > If so network install is alternative. Just 2 floppies
| > | > is all you need.
| > |
| > | What's the best
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:
Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching DVD movies on a
computer? It seems I'm better off in my comfy recliner chair or on the
couch watching my 29 inch Panasonic GAOO then sitting at my desk in the
den.
...RickM...
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 11:32:47AM -0400, Bruce Miller wrote:
> I am running Libranet 1.191 updated to woody with KDE from sid.
> The version of apt in woody has been 0.5.3; as of yesterday, it
> upgraded to 0.5.4.
>
> This version of apt has a feature to download a file from a different
> rele
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 06:57:23AM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote:
> I have been using Adrian Bunk's 2.4 kernel packages. The last kernel
> update is 2.4.9.
>
> I am wondering if there will be further updates.
>
> I tried sending him email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (as indicated on his page),
> but th
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Geoffrey Romer wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a good software DVD player for Debian unstable? I
> > > am willing to build from source if I have to but would prefer something
> > > packaged.
> >
> > VideoLAN is great (www.videolan.org) and Xine works well
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know of a good software DVD player for Debian unstable? I
> > am willing to build from source if I have to but would prefer something
> > packaged.
>
> VideoLAN is great (www.videolan.org) and Xine works well too
> (xine.sourceforge.net).
VideoLan was the only one I
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 01:06:28AM -0400, dman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 01:22:06PM +0800, haheho wrote:
> | Few days ago, I installed debian 2.2 r3.
> | But, I can not telnet to that computer from another computer.
> | Could anyone help? Tell me how should I do! Please!
>
> Don't use telne
*Is* a drive actually missing? Can fdisk see partition tables on all
your stripes? If you really lost one of your stripes, then by the laws
of RAID 0 you just lost your whole set. I only use RAID 0 on expendable
stuff.
BTW, it's been my experience that if there are persistent superblocks
present,
* Tal Danzig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011012 08:55]:
> * On Fri Oct 12, 2001 11:32:47 -0400, Bruce Miller wrote:
> > I am running Libranet 1.191 updated to woody with KDE from sid.
> > The version of apt in woody has been 0.5.3; as of yesterday, it
> > upgraded to 0.5.4.
> >
> > This version of apt
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 06:06:33PM +0200, Gael PEGLIASCO wrote:
> > The rest I'm not sure of. It could be that ftp.fr's mirror is out of
> > date. I'd have to see a log with --debug (not sent to the list!) to be
> > sure.
>
> I will try again this week, and send you the log file if you accept.
Th
> > dists/potato/contrib/binary-all/graphics/tkxanim_0.43-5.deb:
> > dists/potato/contrib/binary-all/mail/x-pgp-sig-el_1.3.5.1-3.deb:
>
> That's not a bug, because neither of those two packages has changed
> since woody.
Sorry, I do not master debian architecture.
> The rest I'm not sure of. It
* On Fri Oct 12, 2001 11:32:47 -0400, Bruce Miller wrote:
> I am running Libranet 1.191 updated to woody with KDE from sid.
> The version of apt in woody has been 0.5.3; as of yesterday, it
> upgraded to 0.5.4.
>
> This version of apt has a feature to download a file from a different
> release
* Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011009 10:09]:
> > Its interesting that people don't really seem to think
> > much of ext3 but in my experience it is superb.
>
> I've been using it for about 3 months or so and have no
> complaints. The most appealing thing for me was the *simple*
> conversio
* Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011010 12:36]:
> > Thanks for the hint; I hadn't yet noticed mine. Perhaps
> > a better solution is to specify "ext3,ext2" in /etc/fstab
> > instead of auto?
>
> Is that a valid option for fstab ?? I'll let you try it and
> report back... How's that ?? ;-)
We
Hello,
Does anyone know of a way to specifiy a higher DPI for the output from
cups? I'm using the gimp-print driver and have it set to 360DPI, which
is what I like to use for most things. However on occasion I need to
print at a higher resolution for pictures, but it's a pain to make sure
no one
I'm not sure, but a whole lot of packages were updated the other day on
woody. This included the libc6 packages as well as serveral other base
packages. Many of the non-base packages that were also updated were built
with dependencies on the new base packages, so to get them to work, you
will have
I am running Libranet 1.191 updated to woody with KDE from sid.
The version of apt in woody has been 0.5.3; as of yesterday, it
upgraded to 0.5.4.
This version of apt has a feature to download a file from a different
release without changing /etc/apt/sources.list. N.B. The feature is
new as of
* MarceI Figuerola Estrada ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011011 06:50]:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Bojan Zdrnja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 10:00 AM
> Subject: RE: ethernet card IO address
>
>
> > This looks to me like you're choosing wrong module.
> > Whic
I had a similar problem -- check to make sure you aren't also running gpm
(General Purpose Mouse interfaces) It doesn't always play nicely with X.
You can check if gpm is started by doing 'ps ax |grep gpm'
hth
--kurt
> My problem is that I can't use the mouse and sometime the
> keyboard. Th
Hi
i am usen woody and had upgraded x to 4.1.0-6pre7v3. after that x didn't
work.
i edited /etc/X11/Xsessin.d/99xfree86-common_start for the " problem.
now only x is starting but kde don't.
i have only the cursor and the standard x background .
any ideas?
thanks
arno
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:18:24 -0400 (EDT)
"Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >hehe.try checking the screensaver.
> >in console mode there is
> >"setterm -blank 0"
>
> How can I do it so it's permanently disable fr both console mode & X mode?
man Xserver(1)
-s minutes
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 05:05:22PM +0200, Gael PEGLIASCO wrote:
> I've already tried it, but I've got the following troubles :
>
> I've encountered problem while using it with the following command line
> :
>
> debmirror /pub/debian --arch="i386" --source --host="ftp.fr.debian.org"
> --root="/deb
I have a problem with the X server.
I have a new PC, with P IV on a Intel 850 chip set
with a PS2 mouse and keyboard.
I run Xfree 4.1.0.1-3 and kernel 2.4.10ac12.
My problem is that I can't use the mouse and sometime the
keyboard. The error is not reproducible. By simply restarting
X I can have
* Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > For some reason XMMS will no longer come up, I see no
> > comments in the terminal it just sits there and does
> > nothing. Any way I can debug this.
>
> Anytime xmms has acted similarly with me, the first thing I
> try is renaming my ~/.xmms dir and
Hello,
I've already tried it, but I've got the following troubles :
I've encountered problem while using it with the following command line
:
debmirror /pub/debian --arch="i386" --source --host="ftp.fr.debian.org"
--root="/debian" --dist=woody
--section="main,contrib,non-free,main/debian-install
On 12 Oct 2001, Ross Burton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know of a good software DVD player for Debian unstable? I
> am willing to build from source if I have to but would prefer something
> packaged.
VideoLAN is great (www.videolan.org) and Xine works well too
(xine.sourceforge.net).
-jwb
I have a network with my own Debian machine as the server, a Windows 98 machine
(my kids') and a Mac laptop which I use at home and at work. I recently added
woody sources to my /etc/apt/sources.list, and ran upgrade (not dist-upgrade).
Since that time, while I have been able to access my empl
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 08:28:06AM -0500, Nate Custer wrote:
| Hey all,
|
| For some reason XMMS will no longer come up, I see no comments in the
| terminal it just sits there and does nothing. Any way I can debug this.
| BTW I run sid.
What output driver are you using? Is the output "device" av
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 08:57:19AM -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
| I have a debian potato machine, upgraded with teh Progeny stuff, and the
| 2.4.9 kernel. I'm runing XFree86$. During the install a rference came up
| about editing /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to allow the X server to listen on a
| TCP por
On Fri Oct 12 10:28:45 2001 Petre Daniel wrote...
>
>hehe.try checking the screensaver.
>in console mode there is
>"setterm -blank 0"
How can I do it so it's permanently disable fr both console mode & X mode?
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