[Fwd: Re: Need XWindows screen display settings for Dell UltraScan]

1997-05-07 Thread Alain Nadeau
"Dell" ModelName "UltraScan 15ES" HorizSync 31.5-64 VertRefresh 50-90 Modeline "1024x768" 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync Modeline "800x600"50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync

Re: 16bit X-windows

1997-03-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
dOn > > > > > > have you tried? > startx -- -bpp 16 > > Richard Morin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Of course you can make it a permanent change by editing file /etc/X11R6/bin/startx and add the following line to it: serverargs="-bpp 16" The sta

Re: TeTeX for Debian

1997-03-12 Thread Alain Nadeau
ongly. Don't hesitate to write directly if you need more details, Alain. -- Alain Nadeau[EMAIL PROTECTED] Medieval Studies Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland http://www.unifr.ch/iem/welcome.html

Re: TeTeX for Debian

1997-03-12 Thread Alain Nadeau
Christoph Martin wrote: > > Alain Nadeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Just a quick word of thanks and congratulations to Christoph Martin for > > his porting Thomas Esser's TeTeX to Debian. One word: superb. It was the > > one thing I missed f

Re: LARRY ELLISON

1997-03-12 Thread Alain Nadeau
e careful. This > may be a trojan horse and surely hasn't anything to do with Debian that > can be determined from the subject or contents of this message. > > Jim. Well, it certainly happened to me... I'm not particularly proud, but it certainly killed Netscape, and my

TeTeX for Debian

1997-03-12 Thread Alain Nadeau
Just a quick word of thanks and congratulations to Christoph Martin for his porting Thomas Esser's TeTeX to Debian. One word: superb. It was the one thing I missed from my pre-Debian days. Thanks also to Craig Sanders for his purge & install script! It did the trick. Alain. -- Ala

Re: lp1 out of paper

1997-01-21 Thread Alain Nadeau
terested reader of the exchanges here. Always extremely relaxed and positive. Most enjoyable! Alain. ---- Alain Nadeau[EMAIL PROTECTED] Medieval Studies Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland http://www.unifr.ch/iem/welcome.html

Re: slang and xterm

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
> > Wow, you're right. I think that the new version of the slang library fixed > > this. > > Sorry, I said new version of slrn, but I meant new versoin of slang. > Anyway, I didn't want to bother checking. > > > Joost, are you running slang0.99.34? > > Yes. >  Thanks to both Joost and Joey! I'

Re: lp1 out of paper

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
Nathan L. Cutler wrote: > > >>>>> "Alain" == Alain Nadeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >(...) the above message is sent to >Alain> /var/log/messages every 10 seconds, day in day out. I've >Alain> recompiled my kernel (2.0.27) specifi

lp1 out of paper

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
I know my printer is out of paper. Its also out of electricity, being that it's in a cupboard in the basement. Still, the above message is sent to /var/log/messages every 10 seconds, day in day out. I've recompiled my kernel (2.0.27) specifically disabling printer support, but that message is still

slang and xterm

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
I have encountered the following problem since moving to Debian (1.2), and I must admit I cannot find the solution. It appears that some binaries compiled with slang (jed and most in any event) will not load in an xterm (nor for that matter in an rxvt, itself an slang binary!): the reply is always:

Re: Debian Leader appearing on Long Island and Rochester N.Y.

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
to Paris all the time, and I've been known to hoist the odd one... or twelve. Alain. --------- Dr. Alain Nadeau Institute of Medieval Studies University of Fribourg (Switzerland) http://www.unifr.ch/iem/welcome.html [EMAIL PROTECTED]