Re: Installing Debian Linux

2001-07-16 Thread Brendan O'Connor
> The image, rescue.bin, is an exact binary duplicate of the bits > that should be on the floppy disk. The floppy needs to be created > with a program, such as 'dd', that will dump the raw bits to the disk. > You will then have a compressed ext2 filesystem on the disk, which > windows can't read.

Re: python2 and qt

2001-07-16 Thread Brendan O'Connor
> So do i have to build pyqt against python-2.x? Probably, and you may have to much around in debian/rules or other files. I had this same experience with getting wxPython for python2, but I just copied the entire /usr/lib/python1.5/wxPython directory into /usr/local/lib/python2.0/site-package

Re: A small doubt ..

2001-07-16 Thread Brendan O'Connor
> > > I hear that this is possible with Debian and not Red Hat. Actually, this is quite possible with any distro. I think in Mandrake the partition resizing is actually built into the installer. Ah, if only we would rip off the "nice" installers or something... > I would just like to add it

Re: [users] Mail from OE to linux and more

2001-07-10 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Tuesday 10 July 2001 12:56, will trillich wrote: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:50:51PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > > On 07/09/01 02:31:03 -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > I'm yet another person who'd love to completely transition from Windows > > > to Linux. And yes, I use Outlook and yes, gett

Re: Installing on a new system... Is it possible to have the packages I select automatically build from .deb source versions and compiled specifically for my CPU?

2001-07-10 Thread Brendan O'Connor
CD's only have binary packages on them. I don't know how source CD's work, however. > -Original Message----- > From: Brendan O'Connor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 03:32 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Installing o

Re: pcmcia nic confuddelment.

2001-07-09 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Wednesday 04 July 2001 13:30, Keith O'Connell wrote: [...] > I get the impression from other messages that laptops are trickier than > desktops to set up with linux. Did I just change the gradient on my > learning curve by taking the laptop on? > > Keith A great source for info is www.linux-lap

Re: Installing on a new system... Is it possible to have the packages I select automatically build from .deb source versions and compiled specifically for my CPU?

2001-07-09 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Monday 09 July 2001 01:51, mjevans1983011 wrote: > I think the topic says most of what I want. > > For the first time in about 5 years I am expecting to get (build for my > self in this case) a new computer system. With modern hardware packages > can be compiled in a length of time where it is

Re: PPP dialup utility

2001-07-09 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Monday 09 July 2001 07:09, John Hasler wrote: > Victor writes: > > I thought that the PPP dialup utility resorted to the same definitions of > > PPPconfig, but it doesn't seem to be that way... > > If you by "PPP dialup utility" one of the Gnome applets, probably not. I > haven't looked at that

Re: Help in selecting laptop

2001-07-08 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Friday 06 July 2001 23:10, Dale Morris wrote: > I've done some > research, seems the modem can be a snag.. While most winmodems don't work, I've had good experiences with the Lucent winmodem's driver -- it works just fine. Of course, a standard modem (prolly hafta get a pcmcia one) will be e

Re: Going slightly spare!

2001-07-08 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Friday 06 July 2001 11:20, Paul Tansom wrote: > I'm trying to compile a driver from scyld.com on my Debian 2.2r3 install. > I have the kernel source downloaded from kernel.org (as this isn't for my > Debian install - I have also tried the sources from Debian with now luck), > but when I compile

Re: How do I clear out a list

2001-07-08 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Friday 06 July 2001 13:32, Brian Schramm wrote: > I did a apt-get update. Acually I followed the instructions on > www.progeny.com web site. For your instructions, would that install them > or remove them? > > Brian As others said, you need to do an update from dselect, because apt and dsele

Re: Not Debian related. wvdial

2001-07-08 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Saturday 07 July 2001 17:42, Kent West wrote: > I don't know how familiar you are with Linux, so let me ask the first > obvious question: is your modem a so-called "winmodem"? If so, you're > not likely to ever get it to work with Redhat (or Debian, or BeOS, or > OS/2, or anything except what t

Re: KDE 2.1.1 for potato?

2001-07-08 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Sunday 08 July 2001 15:29, Bernard Reißberg wrote: > BeRnArD29ReIsSbErG04IlMeNaU1980 > > Hi people! > > Does somebody knows, if there are debs of KDE 2.1.1 for potato available > on their servers? I've found it on the the sourceforge-mirror of kde.org, > but I don't know if it is wise, to downl

Re: Linux substitue for Origin

2001-07-04 Thread Brendan O'Connor
On Tuesday 03 July 2001 18:48, Nikolai Hlubek wrote: > Hi there fellow Debian'a'holics, > > does anybody know of a linux programm which can > compete with Origin. > (Origin is similar to Excel but with more advanced > features, which are important for me.) > > Read you, > Nikolai. There's also KS

Re: Compiling problems with woody and pointers

2001-06-16 Thread Brendan O'Connor
Also -- I"m running a fully updated woody, with gcc 3.0, glibc 2.2. On Saturday 16 June 2001 14:12, Brendan O'Connor wrote: > Hello! > > I'm trying to compile a liboe, an outlook-mailbox converter > (http://www.gpl.no/liboe), and get dozens of these same errors: &

Compiling problems with woody and pointers

2001-06-16 Thread Brendan O'Connor
Hello! I'm trying to compile a liboe, an outlook-mailbox converter (http://www.gpl.no/liboe), and get dozens of these same errors: src/liboe.c:132: invalid operands to binary != src/liboe.c:141: invalid operands to binary + The related code for these two: int oe_readmessage(oe_data *data,

Weird sound problem -- alsa at fault??

2001-06-11 Thread Brendan O'Connor
Hello! When I try to play a wav or mp3, I only hear a stuttering replay of the first half second or so, again and again for several seconds. Whenever an app plays a sound (say, kmail when finished downloading new messages), it gets repeated with hideous rasping sounds interspersed with the act

Re: Using dhcp on a home cable connection

2001-04-25 Thread Brendan O'Connor
anks! -- On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:54:23 Mircea Luca wrote: >Brendan O'Connor wrote: >> >> I have my ethernet card detected and working (using tulip.o, and etherconf >> from Progeny), connected to a cable modem, but the internet isn't working at >> all. >&

Re: Using dhcp on a home cable connection

2001-04-25 Thread Brendan O'Connor
Alright, thanks for the help! -- On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:54:23 Mircea Luca wrote: >Brendan O'Connor wrote: >> >> I have my ethernet card detected and working (using tulip.o, and etherconf >> from Progeny), connected to a cable modem, but the interne

Using dhcp on a home cable connection

2001-04-23 Thread Brendan O'Connor
I have my ethernet card detected and working (using tulip.o, and etherconf from Progeny), connected to a cable modem, but the internet isn't working at all. When I run pump, I get a long pause, and "Operation failed." with no further explanation. So I removed pump and installed dhcp-client.

Creating eth0

2001-04-08 Thread Brendan O'Connor
Hi all! I'm in the middle of configuring my desktop debian computer for a new cable modem, but I've found there's no eth0 or indeed any eth* device in /dev. How do create it? (with mknod, in init.d, whatever) And the connection is just TCP/IP over Ethernet, no PPPoE. [I'm not on the list, so

Running X apps when logged as su'd as root

2001-03-25 Thread Brendan O'Connor
Sorry, I'm sure this problem has been addressed already... When I start X as a normal user, open up an xterm, su to root, and try to start an X application, I get the following error: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Is this a cons

Re: Virtual Desktop

2001-02-20 Thread Brendan O'Connor
Wayne: If, at the color depth you're using, the first resolution in the list is 800x600, but another one is 1024x768, it'll run XWindows in 800x600 with a virtual screen of 1024x768. The biggest resolution in the list becomes the virtual screen size, and the first is default actual size. I'd jus

Re: lucent winmodem driver and potato/2.2.18pre21

2001-02-20 Thread Brendan O'Connor
I'm trying to get it working right now, trying some advice from [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a weird error, I'd expect it to work for other people. Make sure to download the source version to compile with the specific kernel version. - Original Message - From: "Kimon Ioannides" <[EMAIL PROTE