Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Adam Majer quotation: > _Any_ calculator that isn't a piece of crap will follow the standard > precedence rules. Those rules _must_ be obeyed otherwise the real > numbers that everyone loves so much would not even form a field [this > will probably not mean anything to you but...] > > If

Re: where are the woody iso files?

2002-03-29 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 30-Mar-2002 Jerry T wrote: > Still trying to figure out the Debian mirror sites. Where are the woody CD > iso files? > not sure they exist just yet, woody is not officially released. http://cdimage.debian.org would be the place to start looking. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: How much Linux on 1 GB hard drive?

2002-03-29 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 30-Mar-2002 Davor Balder wrote: > G'day to all, > > > I am planning to install Linux on my friends computer... I am thinking of > Debian Potato just for start... I think he has 4 GB hard drive... His sister > may be using Windoze, but he would like to start off with Linux. So, my > question

Re: StarOffice for potato

2002-03-29 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 11:29:22PM -0500, Phil wrote: > I have old x86 machines (I work at a public school) and managed to get > Debian 2.1 running but I'm having trouble getting software. mozilla,and > staroffice are not installing because of glibc conflicts. wher can I find > old packages th

Re: changing bit-depth in X

2002-03-29 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 30-Mar-2002 will trillich wrote: > okay, control-alt-plus and control-alt-minus rotate through the > various x/y resolutions available to the X video drivers, right? > > is there a way to rotate through the Z dimension? that is, it'd > be nice to see 8-bit, 16(15)bit, 24-bit... where's the man

Re: Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library

2002-03-29 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 30-Mar-2002 Troy Telford wrote: > I've been getting this error when installing/upgrading packages for > quite a while now. AFAIK, I have everything set up OK. Everything runs > OK. I just wonder what's causing the warning, and how to rid myself of it. > /etc/locale.gen is the file you ne

mime-types mappings for browsers?

2002-03-29 Thread Bill Moseley
Hi, I've got mplayer installed, and I'd like to setup my browsers to use it. Is there a debian package/way to automatically make these associations? I'm running mozilla, galeon, and KDE clients. Thanks, -- Bill Moseley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Upgraded to woody and printing from KDE stopped

2002-03-29 Thread Gruetzner
I am trying to get printing services to work under woody. I've installed LPRng and apsfilter. An earlier error message indicated that (at least) the printcap file had an error. > > Based upon the kind advice of Steffen E., I installed apsfilter (and > > associated packages). The Test

Re: StarOffice for potato

2002-03-29 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 11:29:22PM -0500, Phil wrote: > I have old x86 machines (I work at a public school) and managed to get > Debian 2.1 running but I'm having trouble getting software. mozilla,and > staroffice are not installing because of glibc conflicts. wher can I find > old packages th

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 07:38:24PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Remember, we are working with hand entered calculations that go into the app > > in a certain order, and *that* is the order that it should be calculated... > > There should probably be a p

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 04:05:22PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > 1x2+5x50 (in this order, not in normal precedence order that computers and > > > etc use...) > > > > > > And it outputs 252 not 350! > > NO. Not if I enter it in a specific order. > > 1x2 = 2 > > 2+5 = 7 > > 7x50 = 350 > > Not

Re: StarOffice for potato

2002-03-29 Thread nate
> I have old x86 machines (I work at a public school) and managed to get > Debian 2.1 running but I'm having trouble getting software. mozilla,and > staroffice are not installing because of glibc conflicts. wher can I > find old packages that will install on 2.1 > if your running debian 2.1 th

Re: how to get Mesa/OpenGL to use direct rendering?

2002-03-29 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 03:45:55PM -0600, Dan Griswold wrote: > Hi, > > I may be so confused that maybe I'm not even asking the right > questions, but here goes. > > I'd like to have X use the hardware acceleration of my video > card. Actually, it's not an extra card at all, but a Trident > Cyber

Re: MPlayer. It works vey well! Thanks. (was: divx and codecs)

2002-03-29 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Fri, 2002-03-29 at 18:22, Alberto Vecchiato wrote: > I installed the MPlayer deb packages found at http://www.mplayer.fr.st/ > and at http://marillat.free.fr/, along with the ffmpeg codecs and a bunch > of other things. All seem to work very well and the ffmpeg codecs are > really efficient, fa

resolver options: debug not working

2002-03-29 Thread Bill Triplett
Hi all, As I understand it, adding the line 'options debug' in /etc/resolv.conf will cause the hostname resolving process to output debugging information. I have added 'options debug' to my /etc/resolv.conf, yet there is no indication of any debugging messages to stderr (where I thought they shoul

StarOffice for potato

2002-03-29 Thread Phil
I have old x86 machines (I work at a public school) and managed to get Debian 2.1 running but I'm having trouble getting software. mozilla,and staroffice are not installing because of glibc conflicts. wher can I find old packages that will install on 2.1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

changing bit-depth in X

2002-03-29 Thread will trillich
okay, control-alt-plus and control-alt-minus rotate through the various x/y resolutions available to the X video drivers, right? is there a way to rotate through the Z dimension? that is, it'd be nice to see 8-bit, 16(15)bit, 24-bit... where's the manual? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 2.2; L

Re: Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)

2002-03-29 Thread Matt Wehland
At 08:47 PM 3/29/02 -0600, Matt Wehland wrote: Play it again sam. I just tried installing on another system (an old P-90 desktop) and got the same error, Couldn't download PPOECONF. So now it looks like time to file a bug report. Since I'm new to this a little direction could help. I'm assuming

Upgraded to kernel 2.4.18, and pcmcia cards no longer work.

2002-03-29 Thread Rich Warren
Help! I've spent about a week trying to get Debian up and running on my Toshiba Satellite 330CDS laptop. I was using the bf2.4 floppies to install the base system. Once I got that up and running (connected to my local network via a pcmcia ethernet card, and thus to the internet) I started insta

[Fwd: Re: SSH probs solved (was: SSH2 packet error..)]

2002-03-29 Thread Glen Snyder
Oops, the line should have been: # ssh-keygen -x > my_dsa.pub -glen --- Begin Message --- I first created the key pair using #ssh-keygen -t dsa, (Note, unless you leave the name of the keys id_dsa, you'll have to use -i to identify the keyname with ssh when you connect) Then I converted to a SS

G'day - Intro (longish) - and need some help down here ...

2002-03-29 Thread D Haben
G'day I'm new to DEBIAN and need some help/pointer on how to get some sort of X session going. xstart doesn't work. I'm running W2KProf on a COMPAQ Armada E500 and managed to load DEBIAN from CD (got The advanced linux POCKETBOOK from Australian Personal Computing). Yes I know I should use som

Re: Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)

2002-03-29 Thread Steffen Evers
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 20:09, Matt Wehland wrote: > If I can just figure out that it is a bug and not user error I will be > happy to file a bug report (Well I'll be happy to try and figure out how) > If I can supply any more info just ask. I'm going to keep beating on it > for now. As fare as

Re: Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)

2002-03-29 Thread Matt Wehland
As an update, I just tried the bf4 flavor of the boot disks and recieved the same error- can't download PPPOECONF, and the install of the base system quits. I think I am going to try either stable on this system and then upgrade or i may pull a desktop out that I have been meaning to work on a

Re: signal 4 kills X

2002-03-29 Thread Martin Hermanowski
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 11:43:20PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.03.29.2104 +0100]: >> also sprach Andrew Agno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.03.29.1953 +0100]: >>> Possibly a problem with an interaction with any power-saving mode you >>> have? >>

where are the woody iso files?

2002-03-29 Thread Jerry T
Still trying to figure out the Debian mirror sites. Where are the woody CD iso files? _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library

2002-03-29 Thread Troy Telford
I've been getting this error when installing/upgrading packages for quite a while now. AFAIK, I have everything set up OK. Everything runs OK. I just wonder what's causing the warning, and how to rid myself of it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Still cannot subscribe

2002-03-29 Thread John Lord
Hi Anthony On 29-Mar-02, you wrote: >> I am also unable to subscribe to debian-user. My other subscriptions >> are working fine with my email address, though I have been subscribed >> to them for over a year now. I did mail the listmaster 2 days ago, >> perhaps you should do likewise. Yes confir

Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)

2002-03-29 Thread Matt Wehland
At 02:57 AM 3/27/02, Lucas Cleeve wrote: When I install Woody, I get a error message while installing the base system: "Could not find pppoeconf". After that it asks me to install the base system again, and if I do i get the same error message. >To which Chris Jenks asked for some more info.

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Alan Shutko
Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Alan Shutko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: >> There should probably be a preference option choosing whether the >> calculator follows the order of operation, so you can choose whether >> you want the $7 calculator or the $17 calculator. > > Yeah,

Re: Galeon problems (unstable)?

2002-03-29 Thread Paul Smith
OK, I did that and it seemed to work. A pain, you're right, but thanks! -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Mthds & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Sci

Firewall Logs

2002-03-29 Thread Alan Poulton
Hi List I'm running Debian Potato, upgraded to Kernel 2.4.17 via Bunk.. Where are the logs for IPTables kept, and how readable are they? If they're tough to read, is there a (non-GUI) utility to make it easier? I'm running a simple router/firewall with a Herc graphics card, so I can't have anythi

Re: Upgraded to woody and printing from KDE stopped

2002-03-29 Thread Steffen Evers
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 08:04, Gruetzner wrote: > Based upon the kind advice of Steffen E., I installed apsfilter (and > associated packages). The Test Page prints from apsfilterconfig just > great. Alas, I still can't print from within KDE, getting the error > message: > --

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Alan Shutko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Remember, we are working with hand entered calculations that go into the app > > in a certain order, and *that* is the order that it should be calculated... > > There should probably be a preference opt

Re: pppoe, rp-pppoe and tkpppoe confusion

2002-03-29 Thread Steffen Evers
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 01:53, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Osamu Aoki wrote on Thu Mar 28, 2002 um 12:08:19PM: > > > If so, why is the GUI interface tkpppoe missing? Is there a separate > > > package available for it? I could not find it in woody ... > > > > No I do not see it in woody nor i

Re: SSH probs solved (was: SSH2 packet error..)

2002-03-29 Thread Glen Snyder
I first created the key pair using #ssh-keygen -t dsa, (Note, unless you leave the name of the keys id_dsa, you'll have to use -i to identify the keyname with ssh when you connect) Then I converted to a SSH2 key with # ssh-keygen -x |my_dsa.pub I copied my_dsa.pub to the host computer in my ~/.s

Re: dial-up problems as user

2002-03-29 Thread Steffen Evers
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 16:34, Gabrile-Lucia Loch wrote: > I have Debian 2.2r2 instaled on my machine as workstation. > My connection to internet is dial-up to IP and I set it up with wvdial. > It work fine as root. > As user I always get the message: > -> Cannot open /dev/ttyS0: Permission denied

Re: Newbie, configure exim/fetchmail w/ dialup; daemon trouble.

2002-03-29 Thread Steffen Evers
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 09:23, Barry Mathieu wrote: > My problem is unintended DoD. > > I checked the backup of my old Potato configuration and there was no > /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/fetchmail. So, I renamed it to something else in my new > Woody setup (fetchmail_daemon). I also issued a "/etc/init.d/fet

Re: installation problem

2002-03-29 Thread Noah Sombrero
Sorry, I didn't notice you are doing 2.2.r5. The solution I recommended is not available with that version which is affectionately known as potato. You will need to specify woody in place of debian in your source.list file (/etc/apt). It will take some experimenting to get it just right. You can

debian menues ROCK!

2002-03-29 Thread martin f krafft
i just started working with ~/.menu and ~/.menu-methods. let alone apt, debconf, /etc/alternatives, and all the other goodies that other distros don't have because *you* rock, debian's menu system is kickin'!!! mad props to y'all, whether involved or not, for the best distro in the world! and whil

How much Linux on 1 GB hard drive?

2002-03-29 Thread Davor Balder
G'day to all, I am planning to install Linux on my friends computer... I am thinking of Debian Potato just for start... I think he has 4 GB hard drive... His sister may be using Windoze, but he would like to start off with Linux. So, my question is, what can I fit onto 1 Gig. (I am running it

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Seneca Cunningham
Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 12:43:52AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 15:33:36 -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > Package: kcalc > > > Priority: optional > > > Section: utils > > > Installed-Size: 392 > > > Maintainer: Debian QA Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >

Re: Help with window manager now window sizing

2002-03-29 Thread Alan Shrimpton
Thanks Jeff for your time. You got it running for me. Had to select Sawmill in the Debian Menu before it would work. Sawmill I believe is the old name for Sawfish. I still come up with large window sizes. An example is: Control Center open and click on the Screensaver option and the window goe

Re: Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-29 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Friday, March 29, Richard Cobbe did write: > Greetings, all. > > I know this is a FAQ, but I can't find the answer anywhere. > > So, I'm in the process of upgrading from stable to testing (again---the > first time, somebody crapped on /var/lib/dpkg/available, and I couldn't > repair it.

Re: installation problem

2002-03-29 Thread Noah Sombrero
There is a NVIDIA driver available through dselect. Search for kernel and you will find it. After you have installed it, dselect should take you into the xserver setup and ask you which driver to use. Choose nv from the list. If it does not automatically take you into the process, you might need

Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-29 Thread Richard Cobbe
Greetings, all. I know this is a FAQ, but I can't find the answer anywhere. So, I'm in the process of upgrading from stable to testing (again---the first time, somebody crapped on /var/lib/dpkg/available, and I couldn't repair it. There was a large chunk missing out of the middle, so far as I co

installation problem

2002-03-29 Thread Jerry T
When I try to install Debian 2.2 r5, the installation process cannot detect my nvidia video card. Eventually the installation process hangs up while trying to find the video driver. Should I try to install Debian to run in 'text only' mode and then try to load the nvidia driver? Is there an ea

Re: Junkbusting flash ads?

2002-03-29 Thread csj
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:32:46 +0100 Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 09:36:19AM +0100, Preben Randhol wrote: > > Does anybody know how to junkbust these annoying Flash ads? > I can only think of two ways: > 1. Block they like banners, with name or path on the server

I am subscribed ;-)

2002-03-29 Thread John Lord
Hi folks, I have finally managed to subscribe to this list with my new email addy, looks like it is fixed now. ;-) John -- Amiga A1200 PPC running Linux/Apus Debian and KDE2.* Web site http://www.lordofchaos.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Alan Shutko
Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Remember, we are working with hand entered calculations that go into the app > in a certain order, and *that* is the order that it should be calculated... There should probably be a preference option choosing whether the calculator follows the order of ope

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 16:05:22 -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > NO. Not if I enter it in a specific order. > > 1x2 = 2 > > 2+5 = 7 > > 7x50 = 350 > > Not 252! > > That is how a calculator should work when you are typing in the calculation > by *hand*! I shouldn't have to worry about precedence th

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 03:33:36PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > Package: kcalc > Priority: optional > Section: utils > Installed-Size: 392 > Maintainer: Debian QA Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: i386 > Source: kdeutils > Version: 4:2.2.2-5 > > run these calculations: > > 1x2+5x50 (in this

Re: dangling sym-links

2002-03-29 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 03:13:54AM -0600, Gary Turner wrote: > After doing a mandb, I received warnings: > > /usr/share/man/man1/rcp.1.gz is a dangling symlink > /usr/share/man/man1/rlogin.1.gz is a dangling symlink > /usr/share/man/man1/rsh.1.gz is a dangling symlink > > > ls -l /usr/share/man/

FW: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Unlike the physical calculators, which compute the result before any other math key is pressed, the software calculators do the compuation in the end. You would get 252, even if you use the calculator in windows 98/2000/XP (I just tried out of curiousity)! -Ramesh | -Original Message- |

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 12:43:52AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 15:33:36 -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > Package: kcalc > > Priority: optional > > Section: utils > > Installed-Size: 392 > > Maintainer: Debian QA Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Architecture: i386 > > Source: kde

Re: Printer Setup (hp 1100)

2002-03-29 Thread Jesse Goerz
On Thursday 28 March 2002 19:20, Dale Hair wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 13:14, Bill Moseley wrote: > > Before spending too much time reading dated docs, is their a > > current Debian-specific howto/doc on setting up printing? > > > > I installed magicfilter, and now looking at CUPS, but not > > s

Re: GeForce 2 MX200 and XF86 4 hard lockup

2002-03-29 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 05:46:49AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 14:37, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > > Does /var/log/XFree86.0.log list any error messages? > > > > Since you have not yet configured USB, you may need to include > > > > Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" > > >

Re: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 15:33:36 -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > Package: kcalc > Priority: optional > Section: utils > Installed-Size: 392 > Maintainer: Debian QA Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: i386 > Source: kdeutils > Version: 4:2.2.2-5 > > run these calculations: > > 1x2+5x50 (in this or

kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Mike Fedyk
Package: kcalc Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 392 Maintainer: Debian QA Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: kdeutils Version: 4:2.2.2-5 run these calculations: 1x2+5x50 (in this order, not in normal precedence order that computers and etc use...) And it outputs

Re: signal 4 kills X

2002-03-29 Thread Andrew Agno
Well, it looks like you'll have to get the latest XFree86 server, which is not yet at http://people.debian.org/~branden/. You could always do it yourself, of course :). You could just install the X stuff using the Xinstall.sh script and assume that when a deb comes out, it'll overwrite everything

Re: SSH probs solved (was: SSH2 packet error..)

2002-03-29 Thread Pollywog
On 2002.03.29 23:06 Glen Snyder wrote: Thanks for the tips, Colin. I reinstalled open-ssh.I was wondering why the SSH2 bug reports were so old. My main motivation for installing SSH2 was that I log into a mail server at work that uses the commercial SSH2 version. Anyway, after messing around with

SSH probs solved (was: SSH2 packet error..)

2002-03-29 Thread Glen Snyder
Thanks for the tips, Colin. I reinstalled open-ssh.I was wondering why the SSH2 bug reports were so old. My main motivation for installing SSH2 was that I log into a mail server at work that uses the commercial SSH2 version. Anyway, after messing around with ssh-keygen in openssh on my client machi

Re: Still cannot subscribe

2002-03-29 Thread John Lord
Hi Jaye On 29-Mar-02, you wrote: >Greetings John: > I am also unable to subscribe to debian-user. My other subscriptions > are working fine with my email address, though I have been subscribed > to them for over a year now. I did mail the listmaster 2 days ago, > perhaps you should do likew

Re: signal 4 kills X

2002-03-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.03.29.2104 +0100]: > also sprach Andrew Agno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.03.29.1953 +0100]: > > Possibly a problem with an interaction with any power-saving mode you > > have? > > i was thinking about that too, but on AC power, all the BIOS power

how to get Mesa/OpenGL to use direct rendering?

2002-03-29 Thread Dan Griswold
Hi, I may be so confused that maybe I'm not even asking the right questions, but here goes. I'd like to have X use the hardware acceleration of my video card. Actually, it's not an extra card at all, but a Trident CyberBlade/i1 built onto the mainboard. I do have the following packages installed,

Re: REMOVING WHATS ON SCREEN NOW

2002-03-29 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 12:37:28AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HELP and once the echo died down, blissful silence reigned again. Everybody shook their heads a drew a sigh of relief. And they lived happily ever after... ... A *little more* context would be really handy here. What channel

making a linux VoIP gateway

2002-03-29 Thread dman
I need to research setting up a linux box to act as a gateway between POTS and VoIP. Has anyone tried this before and what do you recommend? TIA, -D -- One OS to rule them all, one OS to find them, One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Redmond, where the Shado

Re: Firewalling a DHCP client the Right Way (TM)

2002-03-29 Thread Stefan Srdic
On 29 Mar 2002 12:24:37 +0900 Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear .debs, > > I have a DHCP client that receives a lot of its networking information > from our DHCP servers. Things like routers, mail and name servers. I > would like to put an iptables based packet filtering firewal

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2002-03-29 Thread ingirafn
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Pentium 4

2002-03-29 Thread Jim McCloskey
Does anyone know how far support for the Pentium 4 has progressed in the 2.4 series kernels? Is CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 the best kernel-option to set, or might it still be wiser/safer to use i386 or i686? Thanks a lot for any advice, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: internal debugger in kdevelop

2002-03-29 Thread Michael Epting
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 05:58:53PM +0100, Laurent Hausermann wrote: > Oups, I didn't say it : >I have gdb install , ddd is running well but not kdevelop internal debugger I can tell you only that the internal debugger works for me. I have only tried very simple, console-based C++ projects so

Install exim from potato on woody?

2002-03-29 Thread Barry Mathieu
Hello, I'm having trouble dealing w/ exim in woody. I am a the sole user of a system that shares an active phone line - I can't allow the system to connect every 15 minutes. I collect my mail in the "middle of the night" when there is no phone activity. My /var/log/syslog contains the following:

Re: Debian optimized for Pentium-class CPUs?

2002-03-29 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 29-Mar-2002 Paul F. Pearson wrote: > Not that Woody is slow on my new 900MHz Celeron, 512MB PC, but I was > wondering to what CPU target the precompiled distro was configured? > Would I see a significant difference if I tried to recompile the whole > thing optimized for the Celeron (if that's

Re: Still cannot subscribe

2002-03-29 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 29 Mar 2002, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > Greetings John: > > I am also unable to subscribe to debian-user. My other subscriptions are > working fine with my email address, though I have been subscribed to them for > over a year now. I did mail the listmaster 2 days ago, perhaps you

Re: Debian optimized for Pentium-class CPUs?

2002-03-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 02:13:39PM -0600, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > Not that Woody is slow on my new 900MHz Celeron, 512MB PC, but I was > wondering to what CPU target the precompiled distro was configured? Plain old 386. It's generally believed that optimizing for each successive Intel architect

Re: Maybe OT Freedraft install problem or what is a CAD system

2002-03-29 Thread Florian Struck
On Friday 29 March 2002 19:25, Ron Johnson wrote: -snip- > > My strong guess would be to install libxaw7 & libxaw7-dev. Ok thanx that did it. But allready comes the next one =) (i had to install V libs then it went still a little further ) But now it gives this: checking for OpenGL... yes GL_

Re: Wheel Mouse

2002-03-29 Thread dave mallery
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, jeff wrote: > Johan Ehnberg wrote: > > > Hi! > > Is there a good way to get my mouse wheel working (under X) on my woody? > > Another thing I was wondering is why my mouse stops working under X when I > > install gpm. > > > > /johan > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: Wheel Mouse

2002-03-29 Thread Stephen W. Juranich
> On the machine that I am typing this message on it seems I can have > gpm and X co-exist quite peacefully, but I still set up X to read of > /dev/gpmdata (I installed woody on this home made machine last week, > so I figured I'd do it "right," whatever that means). > > However, on a laptop I hav

Re: Wheel Mouse

2002-03-29 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Robert" == Robert L writes: Robert> On Friday 29 March 12:49, Shyamal Prasad wrote: >> The reason X stops working when you install (rather, start) gpm >> is that you probably have X and gpm reading off the same >> device. Robert> Interesting. I have them both working of

Debian optimized for Pentium-class CPUs?

2002-03-29 Thread Paul F. Pearson
Not that Woody is slow on my new 900MHz Celeron, 512MB PC, but I was wondering to what CPU target the precompiled distro was configured? Would I see a significant difference if I tried to recompile the whole thing optimized for the Celeron (if that's possible)? Would that be feasible? Should I on

Re: signal 4 kills X

2002-03-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Andrew Agno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.03.29.1953 +0100]: > Possibly a problem with an interaction with any power-saving mode you > have? i was thinking about that too, but on AC power, all the BIOS power stuff is disabled (and i am running it on AC power currently). but for testing pu

Can't get DHCP working with potato on new box.

2002-03-29 Thread Stephen W. Juranich
I've been running sid for the past couple of years with no hitch. I just bought a new machine last week. I connect to the internet via AT&T cable which uses dhcp (and in my area, it is DEFINITELY dynamic, no futzing around with the lets-pretend-its-static kludge is possible here). My problem is

Re: XEmacs ignoring .Xresources

2002-03-29 Thread Hanspeter Roth
On Mar 29 at 13:16, Larry Elmore spoke: > I'm using Sid and XEmacs. XEmacs simply ignores all settings. I'm using a > modified copy of the example .Xdefaults file that came with XEmacs, so I'm > baffled as to why XEmacs apparently doesn't recognize any of the settings > I've changed (and load

Re: Still cannot subscribe

2002-03-29 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Greetings John: I am also unable to subscribe to debian-user. My other subscriptions are working fine with my email address, though I have been subscribed to them for over a year now. I did mail the listmaster 2 days ago, perhaps you should do likewise. good luck -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS

Re: Need some sound advice - SB Live!

2002-03-29 Thread Rick Macdonald
Derek Williams said: >> ALSA is still officially beta, so the packages are still in a state of >> flux; it always seems at least a bit broken when I try them with my >> SBLive. > > I have gotten alsa working with my sblive... don't think I did anything > special. Running alsaconf always seemed to g

XEmacs ignoring .Xresources

2002-03-29 Thread Larry Elmore
I'm using Sid and XEmacs. XEmacs simply ignores all settings. I'm using a modified copy of the example .Xdefaults file that came with XEmacs, so I'm baffled as to why XEmacs apparently doesn't recognize any of the settings I've changed (and loaded with 'xred -load .Xresources') My changes are a

RE:signal 4 kills X

2002-03-29 Thread Andrew Agno
Possibly a problem with an interaction with any power-saving mode you have? Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: signal 4 kills X

2002-03-29 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
#define SIGILL 4 /* Illegal instruction (ANSI). */ According to the /usr/include/bits/signum.h. This implies somewhere the code is doing something bad and getting killed for it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: Upgraded to woody and printing from KDE stopped

2002-03-29 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 29 Mar 2002, Gruetzner wrote: > I did a search to see if others have had this problem, but didn't find > any. My apologies if I didn't use the right keywords. I've tried to use > the printing HOWTO, but seem to be going in circles when reading it. > >I recently upgraded from potato to

signal 4 kills X

2002-03-29 Thread martin f krafft
hi all, i have this shiny dell latitude c610 laptop sitting here, and it's giving me a headache... i am running X on it (woody, version 4.1.0-14, xserver-xfree86). it has an unsupported radeon mobility card (drivers only in 4.2.0), but it's said to work with the vesa module for XFree86-4.1.0, and

Re: Maybe OT Freedraft install problem or what is a CAD system

2002-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2002-03-29 at 12:02, Florian Struck wrote: [snip] > > checking for shmat... yes > checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes > checking motif... no > checking athena3D... no > checking athena... no > configure: error: I can't even find Athena! There may be problems with your X > in

Re: Wheel Mouse

2002-03-29 Thread Robert_L
On Friday 29 March 12:49, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Johan" == Johan Ehnberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Johan> Hi! Is there a good way to get my mouse wheel working > Johan> (under X) on my woody? Another thing I was wondering is > Johan> why my mouse stops working under X when

Re: OT: Is .RTF an Open Standard?

2002-03-29 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Thursday, March 28, Markus Grunwald did write: > Hello ! Please don't delete the attributions. > > > Besides, do most Windows apps (Word, > > > WordPerfect) allow saving to this format? > > > > Not saving as such, but it is possible to convert a Word document to > > postscript [...descr

Re: ps is not working

2002-03-29 Thread Seneca Cunningham
Rainer Sigl wrote: > On a debian machine I have the problem that after a reboot ps and > similar commands as 'top' aren't working. The command simply hangs and > does no response. Every else is working well beside openafs didn't > work too after reboot because openafs-client (updated by dselect) wa

RE: ps is not working

2002-03-29 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| Obviously the /proc directory has something to do with the malfunction of the program. | I have Reiserfs, Kernel 2.4.13 Okay, I'll bite. Is /proc mounted? Can you 'cd /proc'? If not the /etc/fstab entry needs to be something like this: # proc/proc procdefaul

Maybe OT Freedraft install problem or what is a CAD system

2002-03-29 Thread Florian Struck
Hi im looking for a CAD system (technical) for our company. Since im not willing to pay money (lots of money) for a monopolistic product like Autocad i am testing a few open source and cheap alternatives. Now VariCad looks pretty good but it still costs ~300$. So there is Varkon (looks professiona

Can't subscribe to debian-mentors list

2002-03-29 Thread Matthew Twomey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is there anything special you need to do to subscribe to this particular list? I send the email get the initial confirmation, reply to that - then nothing. Have I missed something simple? (I subscribe to various other Debian lists and has never seen t

Re: OT: Is .RTF an Open Standard?

2002-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 23:51, Dave Thayer wrote: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 11:59:29AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 22:12, Dave Thayer wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 05:26:01PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 21:50, dave mallery wrote: > > > [...]

Re: Wheel Mouse

2002-03-29 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Johan" == Johan Ehnberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Johan> Hi! Is there a good way to get my mouse wheel working Johan> (under X) on my woody? Another thing I was wondering is Johan> why my mouse stops working under X when I install gpm. Johan, I have a Logitech USB wheel mous

Re: internal debugger in kdevelop

2002-03-29 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 29 Mar 2002, Laurent Hausermann wrote: > Hi all, > > First post on a debian list so please excuse me if it's not the right place. > > I am running a testing up to date (now 29/03/2002) > > I can't use the internal debugger of kdevelop ? > > Is there any serious bug in the kdevelop package ?

ps is not working

2002-03-29 Thread Rainer Sigl
Hi, I hope anybody can help me.   On a debian machine I have the problem that after a reboot ps and similar commands as 'top' aren't working. The command simply hangs and does no response. Every else is working well beside openafs didn't work too after reboot because openafs-client (updated b

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