Re: Debian Woody NFS Install

2002-11-15 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
Michael Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I install Debian Woody via NFS? I have figured out how to > install the base system via NFS after loading the network card driver, > but after the base system is installed and a reboot is performed, > I cannot figure out how to install the rest

NFS Install error

2002-11-14 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
I'm installing Debian 3 using the 'compact' floppy set. I'm hung up at the "Install Base System" phase. After several unsuccessful attempts to install the base system from the network (I kept getting download errors and mysterious "dbootstrap has exited with an error" messages), I'm now trying to

need a daemon that kills off memory hogs

2001-10-19 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
This is driving me nuts... every now and then, for one reason or another, some program(s) will gobble up all available memory (128MB RAM, 256MB Swap) and effectively freeze the computer. It's not a single, isolateable program, it's usually caused by something different each time. Sometimes it cau

python library path on Debian LInux

2001-10-16 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
I'm using Python on a Debian machine, and I've installed both the python-1.5 and the python2 packages. I prefer to use python2. Unfortunately, the way the Debian packages are arranged, many of the additional libraries available for python (such as PyGTK) are as yet only packaged for Python1.5. App

Re: wheel mouse

2001-09-22 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
On Sat, 2001-09-22 at 11:14, Dan Born wrote: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off" > Option "ZAxisMapping"

wheel mouse

2001-09-22 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
I'll make this short. I've got a standard-issue MS PS/2 wheel mouse. @ buttons and a wheel. I want all the buttons to work under X (v. 4.something-or-other). Right now only the two buttons work. What do I need to add to my X config files? -- Avdi Grimm

Re: Ximian Evolution and keyboard mappings

2001-09-17 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 23:47, Pedro I. sanchez wrote: > Hello, > > The mail composer in Evolution has a bizarre key binding and I can't > figure out how to change it. heh. I just fixed this for my wife, she had the same complaint. Bizarrely enough, you have to look at the "HTML Editor" settings i

apt-getting recommended/suggested packages?

2001-08-26 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
quick question: is there a simple way to tell apt-get to install a package *plus* all of it's recommended and suggested packages? For example, KDevelop can utilize a whole slew of optional packages if they are installed, but by default apt-get only fetches the necessary dependencies, not the recom

newbie APT troubles

2001-08-24 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
e the same kind of grief when I try to install or upggrade it. It's a different list of packages each time, but the same type of issues with apt-get, dselect, and deity. So, what am I doing wrong? Thanks much, Avdi B. Grimm

Choosing a Debian Variant

2001-08-22 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
This is a message I /should/ have sent before I even tried to install Debian. Oh well, better late than never. Here's the deal: I want Debian on my machine. Mandrake is in many ways wonderful; it has the best install in the world (in my experience); it has loads of bundled software; and it does