Re: HELP! Broke X, vi

1997-11-17 Thread Andrew J Tarr
On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Andrew J Tarr wrote: > > > Cheerfully trying to edit a new file, I got into the help minibuffer to > find out an Xemacs command. I tried loading a file, and got an error > message. I moved to the *scratch* buffer, but that turned out to be the > help minib

HELP! Broke X, vi

1997-11-16 Thread Andrew J Tarr
Cheerfully trying to edit a new file, I got into the help minibuffer to find out an Xemacs command. I tried loading a file, and got an error message. I moved to the *scratch* buffer, but that turned out to be the help minibuffer also. I then kept deleting buffers until Xemacs died, with a core du

Re: 1997 World Series

1997-11-12 Thread Andrew J Tarr
On Tue, 11 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Great News from Nikco Sports... > > Because of your noted sports interests, you have been selected to Gosh, I wonder what gave him that idea. Someone been discussing bas

Re: smail configuration

1997-11-05 Thread Andrew J Tarr
On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote: > "David S. Zelinsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What's the right way to do this? Thanks in advance for any help. > > Try using `internet site', but setting the smarthost to your isp's > mail server and selecting `always route through smarthost' or whate

Re: xconsole

1997-11-04 Thread Andrew J Tarr
On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > I want to customize xconsole a little bit. Heres what I want to do: > a) load in the lower left (1024x768) > b) white text with black background > c) displayed as part of the background; can't be iconified/moved, etc. > window manager has no control over i

smail for lazy newbie user

1997-10-28 Thread Andrew J Tarr
after tearing my hair out over my aforementioned modem problem, sweating a bit over pppd configuration I turned my attention to seting up mail stuff. Fetchmail seemed simple enough, but I'd also like to send (naturally). I'm presuming you do something with smail. I poured over the disparate docum

Re: modem problems

1997-10-26 Thread Andrew J Tarr
On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Andrew J Tarr wrote: > > > > Struggling with my modem: [SNIP] > Is your modem set for fixed serial speed (AT&B1 on a sportster 28.8)? > No, it wasn't. Yes, it fixed it, thanks a lot. I don't suppose anyone

modem problems

1997-10-24 Thread Andrew J Tarr
Struggling with my modem: it's a USR Sportster 14400/Fax, and it works fine under Win95. Its on /dev/ttyS1 (COM2) when dialling with minicom it connects, and then I get lines such as: .`L.f.a.afxa..xf..aa..aaa0aa..0.`fx.af~f...0.0.0 when dialing with chat, I get