Re: GS/GV problem...

2002-01-23 Thread Andrew Nesbit
Mark Ferlatte wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:18:56PM +1100, Andrew Nesbit wrote (1.00): Error: /invalidfont in findfont I'm running unstable, with GNU GhostScript 6.51. Any help in getting this to work would be appreciated. Do you have the gsfonts package installed? Aha!

GS/GV problem...

2002-01-23 Thread Andrew Nesbit
I cannot read any PostScript files. Whenever I try to load a document into gv I get an error from GhostScript: Error: /invalidfont in findfont I'm running unstable, with GNU GhostScript 6.51. Any help in getting this to work would be appreciated. TIA -Andrew

Boottime keymap

2002-01-17 Thread Andrew Nesbit
Okay, so install-keymap places its boottime keymap in /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz. That's fine. The question is this: how can I know from which keymap this file was generated from? TIA -Andrew

Re: any good LaTeX books/docs recommended to beginners?

2002-01-09 Thread Andrew Nesbit
Joel Mayes wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Lamport's _LaTeX: A Document Preparation System_ and _The LaTeX Companion_ are good (the first is more of an introduction, the second a reference book). Also check out http://www.tug.org/

Getting APT to works with SOCKS

2002-01-08 Thread Andrew Nesbit
I am trying to get apt-get to work through a SOCKS v5 server, but so far, it doesn't seem to like Dante's socksify. I heard that Dante is broken with respect to blocking, but I don't know about how to get any alternatives to work. Does anybody know how to accomplish this? Thankyou. -Andrew

Re: dpkg headache -- please help me to solve

2002-01-07 Thread Andrew Nesbit
J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 20:16:25 +1100, Andrew Nesbit wrote: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_1.0.2+20011202-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/xdvi.cfg', which is also in package tetex-bin What hap

dpkg headache -- please help me to solve

2002-01-07 Thread Andrew Nesbit
I got dependency trouble (in unstable) when trying to do apt-get dist-upgrade, and so I gave it apt-get -f install. The following error has deadlocked my whole upgrade path: Unpacking replacement tetex-base ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_1.0.2+20011202-1_all.deb

Re: man page errors

2002-01-06 Thread Andrew Nesbit
Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 05:30:24PM +1100, Andrew Nesbit wrote: Whenever I try to view manpages that don't exist on my system, I get the following error: man: can't open /usr/X11R6/man/man1/bitmap.1x: No such file or directory man: warning: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/a

man page errors

2002-01-04 Thread Andrew Nesbit
Whenever I try to view manpages that don't exist on my system, I get the following error: man: can't open /usr/X11R6/man/man1/bitmap.1x: No such file or directory man: warning: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/atobm.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request and then I have to press ^C get back to the prompt

Re: mysteriously locked terminal

2001-12-12 Thread Andrew Nesbit
asl wrote: - Original Message - From: "Osamu Aoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "asl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 6:23 PM Subject: Re: mysteriously locked terminal On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 06:22:32PM +0900, asl wrote: I am using potato. When I press Control

Difference between APT pin and dpkg hold

2001-12-11 Thread Andrew Nesbit
What is the difference between pinning a package (as described in the APT HOWTO), and setting the ``hold flag'' using dpkg? Do APT and dpkg respect each other's methods of ``holding''? TIA -Andrew Nesbit

Re: setting ultra DMA for hdd at boot time?

2001-11-08 Thread Andrew Nesbit
> not all systems work good with DMA on. especially some VIA > chipsets. i had major problems with DMA on them so i stopped > using the onboard ide and started using promise ata100 cards > in their place. > > older motherboards are even worse A little while ago I heard that this is due to fundamen

Default DHCP client for Debian

2001-10-05 Thread Andrew Nesbit
What is the default DHCP client with Debian? Is it dhclient or dhcpcd? TIA -Andrew

Downloading Woody with pseudo-image kit

2001-09-26 Thread Andrew Nesbit
Hello. Is there some way of making a Woody CD using the pseudo image kit? All Debian FTP archives for Woody seem to be missing many packages which are clearly listed in the packages list on the main website. Why is this? For example, I cannot find the XFree86 4.1.0 package on any FTP site. I also

Re: Debian's default MTA + MDA

2001-09-07 Thread Andrew Nesbit
> > Hello. I am still preparing to install Debian, but I am not sure of > > what the default MTA is. I get the impression that it is exim, but I > > have not been able to find any definitive answer anywhere in the > > Debian Documentation Project. How is one supposed to find out this > > sort of in

Debian's default MTA + MDA

2001-09-05 Thread Andrew Nesbit
Hello. I am still preparing to install Debian, but I am not sure of what the default MTA is. I get the impression that it is exim, but I have not been able to find any definitive answer anywhere in the Debian Documentation Project. How is one supposed to find out this sort of information? And anot

Re: XFree86 4.1.0 with Potato

2001-08-28 Thread Andrew Nesbit
> i have an geforce2 mx as well, running potato, the nvidia_kernel and > nvidia_glx, xfree 4.0.3 and believe me, unrealtournament at 1280x1024 at > 32bits is f&^%$ng sweet ;-) > so, 4.1.0 is not mandatory, BUT since the 2.4.8-acsomething there are some > new implementations of DRI in the kernel, wh

XFree86 4.1.0 with Potato

2001-08-28 Thread Andrew Nesbit
hi ho... I will be installing Debian 2.2r3 (Potato) for the first time soon, but as I understand, it comes with XFree86 3.3.6. The problem is that I really need XFree86 4.1.0 (due to my NVidia GeForce2 MX). What's my best plan of attack? Should I install the base Potato system, and then just insta