not able to get list today

1999-04-23 Thread Brian Morgan
I haven't received any emails from the Debian list today. If you get this message, could someone confirm that it is indeed working? All my other lists are coming in fine. thanks, Brian Brian Morgan

FW: KDM vs XDM

1999-04-22 Thread Brian Morgan
> > > You should find a command called switchdm (I think it is in > > > /usr/sbin/switchdm but my Debian/KDE box is at home). Run > this as root > and > > > it will ask you if you want [1] xdm, [2] kdm or [3] Neither. > Press 2 and > > > you should have kdm next time you restart X. > > > > Ran

RE: KDM vs XDM

1999-04-22 Thread Brian Morgan
> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Brian Morgan wrote: > > > I'd like to be able to change my default login manager to KDM instead of > > XDM, now that I have KDE up and running. What do I need to do > to make this > > happen? > H C Pumphrey wrote: > You should find a

KDM vs XDM

1999-04-22 Thread Brian Morgan
I'd like to be able to change my default login manager to KDM instead of XDM, now that I have KDE up and running. What do I need to do to make this happen? Brian Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu Computer Su

FW: Netscape libXpm.so.4 error

1999-04-20 Thread Brian Morgan
> On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Brian Morgan wrote: > > > OK, I've been through this at least 2x before, but didn't write it down. > > I'm getting a "can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' error when > trying to run my > > newly installed netscape 4.

RE: kde

1999-04-20 Thread Brian Morgan
> Brian Morgan writes: > It's been a while since I've tried a kde install. I'm running > Debian 2.1 stable and would like the most current working version of kde. > What's the best way to get it (are there deb files?) and what > configuration do I need to do o

Netscape libXpm.so.4 error

1999-04-20 Thread Brian Morgan
y to bother everyone again with this question. Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu Computer Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Mobile Systems Support 618.664.2800 ext. 4241 Greenville College IT Dept. 618.338.4

kde

1999-04-20 Thread Brian Morgan
t like gnome such that it requires working in conjuction with another WM, or is it a self contained WM? Thanks for all the help you can give. Brian ==== Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu Computer Support Specialist

Linear option in lilo.conf

1999-04-20 Thread Brian Morgan
on go? Thanks for your help. Brian Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu Computer Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Mobile Systems Support 618.664.2800 ext. 4241 Greenville College IT

trouble with LILO

1999-04-16 Thread Brian Morgan
x27;ve installed the 2.0 version on identical machines (Digital DECpc LPv+ 433 sx) with no problems like this. Any suggestions? ======== Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu Computer Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED

Mouse & XF86Setup

1999-04-16 Thread Brian Morgan
completely, and I have to do a hard reboot. I've tried 3 different mice this way (2 generics, and 1 Logitech - tried the mouse man protocol on the logitech) all with no results. Any suggestions? ======== Brian Morganhttp://

RE: ftp-ing permissions not set correctly

1999-03-16 Thread Brian Morgan
> "Brian" == Brian Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Brian> directory, they get the default file permissions of: -rw-r- > Brian> I would like them to be: -rw-r--r-- How do I change this as > Brian> default? Is it something in the proftpd package?

setting network for DHCP

1999-03-16 Thread Brian Morgan
Thanks, Brian ======== Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu Computer Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Mobile Systems Support 618.664.2800 ext. 4241 Greenville College IT Dept. 618.3

ftp-ing permissions not set correctly

1999-03-16 Thread Brian Morgan
Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu Computer Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Mobile Systems Support 618.664.2800 ext. 4241 Greenville College IT Dept. 618.338.4963 - pager

Debian on IBM thinkpad 380XD

1999-03-15 Thread Brian Morgan
thinkpads (all 380's). Thanks, Brian ======== Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu Computer Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Mobile Systems Support 618.664.2800 ext. 4241 Greenv

file permissions while FTP-ing not right

1999-03-12 Thread Brian Morgan
Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu Computer Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Mobile Systems Support 618.664.2800 ext. 4241 Greenville College IT Dept. 618.338.4963 - pager

RE: seriously hosed slink system

1999-03-04 Thread Brian Morgan
is is right. If I remember, I partitioned my drive like this: hda1 = swap hda2 = root hda3 = usr hda4 = var Any more suggestions? > -Original Message- > From: Alan Su [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 1:38 PM > To: Brian Morgan > Subject: Re: seriousl

RE: seriously hosed slink system

1999-03-04 Thread Brian Morgan
It went by quickly, but yes: "Mounting local file systems . . not mounted anything" appeared in there somewhere. Would booting from the rescue disk to change the IP address cause this? I've done this before and not had a problem with it. What should I do now? Brian Morgan

seriously hosed slink system

1999-03-04 Thread Brian Morgan
file" errors. AND "bash: /usr/bin/check-sendfile: No such file or directory" "bash: mesg: command not found" I can't execute any programs after that (emacs, startx, anything!) Any suggestions here? Could I possible have run into a bad hard drive or something? Brian morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: 1 more Digital Unix question

1999-03-03 Thread Brian Morgan
Our users are using newest version of Outlook 98 and netscape mail on win95 / 98 stations. Thanks. > -Original Message- > From: Aras Paskus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 2:14 PM > To: Brian Morgan > Cc: Debian User Group; recipient list not s

1 more Digital Unix question

1999-03-03 Thread Brian Morgan
nd then allow the user to once again retrieve mail with their POP client. Any suggestions that might help allow users to retrieve these attachments? thanks in advance, Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Pine: DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA

1999-03-03 Thread Brian Morgan
these FOLDER INTERNAL DATA messages? Our POP users get really confused about such cryptic messages, and often swarm the help-line with fears of viruses and other nonsense! Can anyone help? Thanks, Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-POP3-Rcpt: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 17:

RE: Setting up FTP

1999-02-19 Thread Brian Morgan
27;m still fairly new at Linux and haven't touched my box in about a month. Brian Morgan > -Original Message- > From: Lawrence Walton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Lawrence Walton > Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 12:34 PM > To: Brian Morgan > Cc: Debian User Gr

Setting up FTP

1999-02-19 Thread Brian Morgan
u can give. Brian Morgan

more WordPerfect woes

1999-02-04 Thread Brian Morgan
5 package as being installed). Any other thoughts? BTW: Running slink. Brian Morgan

more dumb WordPerfect ???s

1999-02-04 Thread Brian Morgan
around this so I can run the Runme script again? BTW, I'm running slink, and have downloaded the full package for wp, not the smaller divided-up packages. Thanks, Brian Morgan

RE: dumb WordPerfect question

1999-02-03 Thread Brian Morgan
it in /usr/local/wp When I ran the installer, I chose /usr/local/wp8. Is that a problem? I can install into a different directory than I downloaded to, can't I? Running slink. Thanks, Brian Morgan > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

dumb WordPerfect question

1999-02-03 Thread Brian Morgan
I've successfully unzipped and installed WordPerfect 8 onto /usr/local/wp8. Now what? What's the name of the executable and where is it? Readme's aren't helping. Brian Morgan

unzipping wp

1999-02-03 Thread Brian Morgan
m I doing something wrong? Is there another switch I need to add to the gunzip command? Thanks, Brian Morgan

Wordperfect 8.0 install

1999-02-01 Thread Brian Morgan
was having early on. I don't want to proceed without some direction here. Any suggestions? Any package dependencies I need to be aware of? I'm running slink, X is running (using icewm). Thanks, Brian Morgan

KDE 1.1p2 & qt1g package

1999-02-01 Thread Brian Morgan
returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /tmp/L231-13TMP.deb I'm tying to install this as it seems that it's required for this new KDE, but keep getting this error. Am I doing something wrong here? Brian Morgan > -Ori

trouble setting up kde 1.1p2

1999-01-29 Thread Brian Morgan
ld use dselect instead of straight dpkg!!! (much easier for us beginngers) Any suggestions on how to make this work? Brian Morgan

how to install packages w/o package file?

1999-01-29 Thread Brian Morgan
ing slink and know how to modify my sources.list file for use with apt. I'm just not sure what to do after that. Brian Morgan

RE: netscape

1999-01-29 Thread Brian Morgan
gt; From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Cogburn > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 4:07 PM > To: Debian-Users > Subject: Re: netscape > > > Brian Morgan wrote: > > > > I've run into this before, but can't remember how to solve it. &g

netscape

1999-01-28 Thread Brian Morgan
ried finding libXpm.so.4 using dselect in the frozen dist. No luck. Thanks, Brian Morgan

gnome menu items

1999-01-28 Thread Brian Morgan
menus, but not through gnome menu. Any suggestions? Thanks, Brian Morgan

gnome menus

1999-01-26 Thread Brian Morgan
ns. Only a few select items will actually open programs (like calendar and the menu editor). Even recently installed gnome packages do appear in the menu, but they won't open. I can get to them using the standard icewm menu, though. Any suggestions? Brian Morgan

gnome dependencies problem

1999-01-22 Thread Brian Morgan
I'm trying to install gnome from one of it's mirrors, and having some dependecy problems I can't figure out. Dselect allows me to select all the required base files, except when I select the "orbit" package, dselect gives me a dependency error saying that liborbit0 is required by orbit. The only p

RE: xdm

1999-01-22 Thread Brian Morgan
There is no /etc/X11/config file on my machine. Is something wrong? I'm running slink. Brian > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 12:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > debian-user@lists.debian.org > Su

Trackball in X

1999-01-22 Thread Brian Morgan
Now trying to use a built in trackball from my laptop as the mouse, and can't seem to make it work. A serial mouse attached to the back works just fine. Is there another device name (other than /dev/ttyS0) that I need to use from the XF86Setup? I haven't tried all of them, but is there a particu

RE: xdm

1999-01-22 Thread Brian Morgan
using xdm without it automatically bringing back the xdm login screen (and hence starting X again)? Thanks for everyone's help. Brian > -Original Message- > From: Colin Telmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 11:45 AM > To: Andrew Ivanov > Cc: Brian M

xdm

1999-01-22 Thread Brian Morgan
rather than the graphical xdm login? 2. If I do decide to keep xdm, what file do I modify to change my default windows manager (similar to the .xinitrc file when using startx). .3 Does xdm put any limitations on using gnome if I decide to use that in the future? Thanks, Brian Morgan

RE: configuring X

1999-01-21 Thread Brian Morgan
ay, January 21, 1999 2:42 PM > To: Brian Morgan > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: configuring X > > > On 21 Jan 1999q, Brian Morgan wrote: > > I'm trying to get X up and running on a laptop, but I don't > know the specs > > for the video.

configuring X

1999-01-21 Thread Brian Morgan
I'm trying to get X up and running on a laptop, but I don't know the specs for the video. I do know that it's capable of running 800x600 in 16bit color (not sure about refresh rate). Isn't there a simpler way than running the xf86config script to setup the Xserver? I seem to remember something t

install script

1999-01-20 Thread Brian Morgan
nux isn't as difficult as he thinks it is, and I want to walk through a demo real quick with him. Thanks again. Brian Morgan

RE: trouble installing debian -LILO freezing

1999-01-20 Thread Brian Morgan
Thanks, Andrew. That took care of it. After that, I booted from the rescue disk, configured pcmcia support, and I was on my way. Brian > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Martin Adrian Cater > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 3:52 PM > T

RE: trouble installing debian -LILO freezing

1999-01-20 Thread Brian Morgan
long time, though). Any suggestions as to how to boot from hard disk? Thanks again Brian > -Original Message- > From: Brian Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 1:08 PM > To: Debian User Group > Subject: RE: trouble installing debian (any v

RE: trouble installing debian (any version)

1999-01-20 Thread Brian Morgan
sn't apply. I'm not sure. Brian Morgan > -----Original Message- > From: Brian Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 12:17 PM > To: Debian User Group > Subject: trouble installing debian (any version) > > > I'm having trouble

trouble installing debian (any version)

1999-01-20 Thread Brian Morgan
When I reboot, it seems to freeze on LILO. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Could it be a bad disk in the mix of things? It doesn't seem to report any bad disks, but who knows? Thanks, Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

upgrade to slink

1998-12-23 Thread Brian Morgan
I'm currently running debian 2.0.34 (hamm) and would like to upgrade to slink. How do I do this? I have seen the apt files in the /dists/slink/main/upgrade-i386 section, but am not sure what to do with them. Can someone help? Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lpr printing difficulties

1998-12-16 Thread Brian Morgan
special you need to do to get netscape to print specific frames? Thanks ====== Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Support Specialist http://brian.greenville.edu IBM Mobile Systems Specialist 618-664-2800 ext. 42

mailing list problems, printing

1998-12-16 Thread Brian Morgan
print specific frames? Thanks == Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Support Specialist http://brian.greenville.edu IBM Mobile Systems Specialist 618-664-2800 ext. 4241 Information Technology 618-338-4963 pager Greenville College, IL

printing from netscape

1998-12-16 Thread Brian Morgan
ith a couple of different printers, named by their host name. If I just click "PRINT" when taking the defaults, it gives me an error: "lpd: Fatal error - another print spooler is using TCP printer port, possibly lpd process '139'" Any suggestions?

Slink CD image

1998-12-16 Thread Brian Morgan
Where do I get ahold of the slink CD image? I'd like to be able to burn one or 2 of them, but can't find the image file that others have referred to. Thanks ====== Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Support Specialist

Netscape, samba, power, awe64 ?s

1998-12-15 Thread Brian Morgan
ve to do to recompile a the kernel? Sounds kind of scarey, for a newbie. Can anyone help? Thanks for anyone who responds to any one of these. == Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Support Specialist http://brian.greenvil

samba: writing to network drives

1998-12-15 Thread Brian Morgan
k = 0775 >From what I've read in the smb.conf man pages, this seems like I should be allowed write access to these directories, but it's not working. Any suggestions? ====== Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Sup

Samba trouble

1998-12-03 Thread Brian Morgan
ant to assign a network drive to one of my debian partitions. Any help would be great. Brian Morgan ====== Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Support Specialist http://brian.greenville.edu IBM Mobile Systems Specialist 618-664

Re: More Samba headaches

1998-09-14 Thread Brian Morgan
> Brian Morgan wrote: > > Here's a tricky one for ya. I'm using debian 2.0 / samba to connect > > several jet direct box printers via ip addresses so that hundreds of > > laptops on our campus can print via ip using MS networking. Works > > great. > >

More Samba headaches

1998-09-11 Thread Brian Morgan
at has been resolved now, and the boxes have all been restarted. Any thoughts? Is this something anyone else has experienced, or is this just another part of the ever growing list of problems associated with the Bill Gates Virus? Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

sound card

1998-08-28 Thread Brian Morgan
27;s a creative labs soundblaster awe64e. I installed all the sound files in the debian setup (using the easy to use custom menu for setting up: WORKS GREAT!!!), but it still isn't working. Any thoughts? Thanks, Brian Morgan BTW, nice job to all you developers out there who made vast improv

Samba passwords

1998-08-19 Thread Brian Morgan
quot; and it still requires my previous password. Anything else I can do to eliminate the Samba password? Thanks, Brian Morgan -- Brian Morgan[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Service Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greenville College

Re: IP address printing w/ LPRng

1998-07-08 Thread Brian Morgan
, Brian Brian Morgan wrote: > I've redone my printcap file to read: > lp1|12.10.35.3|Remote printer entry:\ > :lp=:\ > :rm=12.10.35.3:\ > :rp=text:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/12.10.35.3:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sf:\ > :s

Re: IP address printing w/ LPRng

1998-07-07 Thread Brian Morgan
dns entry makes life easier. You can swap out hardware and change > the dns entry without having to change a bunch of servers hosts files > (or printcap files). Doing it with dns is a pain if you only have one > or two servers/workstations (like a home network)... > > I'm using

Re: Installing gnome

1998-07-07 Thread Brian Morgan
Brian Shaleh wrote: > GNOME v.20 is sitting in Incoming (still). You can get debs of it from > www.jimpick.com and the imlib it needs from > www.livenet.net/~shaleh/software. You will find installing the debs > MUCH nicer than trying to compile it. > > Brian Morgan wrote: >

IP address printing w/ LPRng

1998-07-07 Thread Brian Morgan
ory? Make your answers as simple as possible, because I'm still fairly new at this. Thanks for your help, Brian -- Brian Morgan[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Service Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greenvill

Installing gnome

1998-07-07 Thread Brian Morgan
Could someone walk a newbie through the process of installing gnome v.20, step-by-step, according to your experience? I'm running hamm, kernel 2.0.33. X is running with afterstep (but I have several other WM's I could use if need be). Download the tarballs, and now what? Brian -- Br

Linux print server, windows machines

1998-06-29 Thread Brian Morgan
b.conf file (ip addresses, etc.) or is that done somewhere else in a different package? Any help I could get to get started would be great. If I need to give more info. before any of you can formulate an answer, let me know that as well. EXTREMELY thankful already, Brian Morgan -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Samba: password for mapping network drives

1998-06-26 Thread Brian Morgan
? I've got the password correct, but now the message comes up "The share name was not found. Make sure you typed it correctly." Thanks again, Brian dpk wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Brian Morgan wrote: >[snip] > >In either case, the map utility prompts

Re: Is Netscape Navigator really only for 16-bit color?

1998-06-26 Thread Brian Morgan
I've noticed the same thing about netscape's color problem. I believe it will work in 16 and 32 bit, but 24 and 8 bit produce the black and white anomalies. Brian Chip Grandits wrote: > I've installed Netscape Communicator v4.05 on my bo system running Xwindows > with the FVWM manager. I don

Samba: password for mapping network drives

1998-06-26 Thread Brian Morgan
I'm running the nmbd and smbd Samba daemons, and having trouble mapping a network drive on my windows machine to any of my mounted drives. I've tried the following ways of connecting using windows' map utility (i.e. in explorer): \\debian\hda# (where # = appropriate drive partition) \\debian\usr

Remove user

1998-06-24 Thread Brian Morgan
simple question: What's the command for removing a user? I've looked in all my manuals, but can't find it. hamm, 2.033 kernel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

HELP! can't get my email!

1998-06-23 Thread Brian Morgan
I've posted this message a few times, but with no replies. Here it is again: When trying to get my mail (in netscape or anything else), I get the following error: Report from server Err Maillock: 'var/spool/pop/bmorgan.pop' I've gone in and renamed bmorgan.pop to something else, and it creates

Story: How Linux Could Kill Windows NT

1998-06-23 Thread Brian Morgan
Below is a story by ZDnet about Linux that just came out today. Thought you might be interested in reading it. Coincidentally, another story came out from ZDnet today about Microsoft "winning one" in the DOJ battle. Sounds like a good time for MS-ers to switch! Brian http://www.zdnet.com/anchord

POP 3 error with my inbox

1998-06-22 Thread Brian Morgan
When trying to get my mail (in netscape or anything else), I get the following error: Report from server Err Maillock: 'var/spool/pop/bmorgan.pop' I've gone in and renamed bmorgan.pop to something else, and it creates another bmorgan.pop name and gives me the same error message. What can I do t

gnome v.20

1998-06-22 Thread Brian Morgan
Anyone know of any updated info on the release of gnome v.20 for debian? I'm anxiously awaiting it's arrival. Is it possible to simply install it using the tarballs on the gnome site? Or will there be mucho configuration I need to do? Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Mail notification

1998-06-22 Thread Brian Morgan
Are there any good mail notification programs available for Debian? I'm especially interested in big flashy packages with lots of bells, whistles, etc. One that could run as a screensaver would be cool. Thanks, Brian Morgan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Maillock POP3 Error

1998-06-22 Thread Brian Morgan
When trying to get my mail (in netscape or anything else), I get the following error: Report from server Err Maillock: 'var/spool/pop/bmorgan.pop' I've gone in and renamed bmorgan.pop to something else, and it creates another bmorgan.pop name and gives me the same error message. What can I do t

Maillock POP 3 error

1998-06-20 Thread Brian Morgan
When trying to get my mail (in netscape or anything else), I get the following error: Report from server Err Maillock: 'var/spool/pop/bmorgan.pop' I've gone in and renamed bmorgan.pop to something else, and it creates another bmorgan.pop name and gives me the same error message. What can I do t

Re: Help Downloading Debian

1998-06-20 Thread Brian Morgan
Try reading the install instructions on the page listed below. This is for Debian version 2.0 (or hamm), which is currently in its slightly "unstable" distribution. ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.6_1998-05-12/install.html There are also instructions for version 1.3 (bo) on

Re: staroffice

1998-06-19 Thread Brian Morgan
.0 for OpenLinux (Linux) based on > ServicePack 3 is now available for download. As in the past > StarOffice 4.0 for OpenLinux (Linux) is free for private use. > > If you visit their German site, it appears that version 5.0 is out. > > Pat > > > -Original Message- >

Re: staroffice

1998-06-19 Thread Brian Morgan
All very helpful info. on Staroffice so far, but WHERE can I get it. What's the address for their site. I've found version 3 on debian's ftp site, but I would like to get version 4 to "evaluate" for myself. Brian Jeff Noxon wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 11:59:53AM -0700, Brian Weiss wrote:

staroffice

1998-06-19 Thread Brian Morgan
Where is that Staroffice4 that you're talking about? I can only find 3.1-8 in hamm/contrib/binary-i386/editors. Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 12:52:14PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 18 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jun 18,

mail notifiers

1998-06-19 Thread Brian Morgan
Are there any good mail notification programs available for Debian? I'm especially interested in big flashy packages with lots of bells, whistles, etc. One that could run as a screensaver would be cool. Thanks, Brian Morgan PS: I'm having trouble sending / receiving messages to thi

smarthosts and sendmail or whatever

1998-06-18 Thread Brian Morgan
Yes, I can resolve outside names (pinging and "netscaping"). I'm not familiar with a smarthost. Does that have to do with SMTP or sendmail? Isn't there some other sort of SMTP services I need to be running? (read transcript below) Brian Morgan --- can you r

Re: Can't get X to Run, Please help!

1998-06-18 Thread Brian Morgan
this problem a few days ago. Give credit where it's due. Brian Morgan David Miner wrote: > I recently installed DEBIAN Linux and downloaded some packages. > My problem is when I try to start X it wont start and I get this message > back. > > Fatal server erro

Re: SMTP mail

1998-06-18 Thread Brian Morgan
Yes, I can resolve outside names (pinging and "netscaping").  I'm not familiar with a smarthost.  Does that have to do with SMTP or sendmail?  Isn't there some other sort of SMTP services I need to be running? Brian Morgan   can you resolve names outside greenville.edu

SMTP mail

1998-06-18 Thread Brian Morgan
I can now send and receive mail on my Debian box, but only to addresses within our local domain (greenville.edu). It doesn't seem to be sending stuff off-site. Is there a sendmail or SMTP type package that I need to install to get this going right? Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

POP 3 daemon in /etc/inetd.conf

1998-06-17 Thread Brian Morgan
en EXTREMELY helpful thusfar. What kinds of cookies do you all like? I'll have my wife bake some for you!! :) Brian Weiss wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Brian Morgan wrote: > > > Thanks to all who have helped me thusfar: > > > > A few questions about netscape's

Netscape mail settings

1998-06-17 Thread Brian Morgan
fterstep. Can someone help me configure theses paths to point to the correct netscape location? Thanks in advance for all of your expertise! Brian Morgan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Netscape tarball: how to use it

1998-06-17 Thread Brian Morgan
uestions. I've only been using Linux for a week, and have learned a ton from replies to my questions and from reading others' comments. Thanks everyone, for your help! Brian Morgan Brian Morgan wrote: > > I've downloaded netscape into the /tmp directory with the proper naming

Netscape script: where is it?

1998-06-16 Thread Brian Morgan
e with netscape? I downloaded professional version 4.05. Thanks for your help. Brian Morgan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

netscape 4 configuration

1998-06-16 Thread Brian Morgan
*.tar* Am I doing this right, or is there another place where I need to setup netscape? Also, is there an easy way to configure XWindows so that programs you setup in the .xinitrc file are run "minimized" or placed in a certain location of the screen? Is this in the X man page? Brian M

gnome for debian

1998-06-15 Thread Brian Morgan
Can anyone tell me how to get gnome 2.0 installed on a Debian 2.0 machine? Is it even available for Debian yet? I keep hearing rumors that it is, but haven't been able to find anything on Gnome's website about how to get it installed. Suggestions? Brian Morgan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Running new programs

1998-06-15 Thread Brian Morgan
d to type to run these programs? Thanks for all the help I've gotten so far in getting debian up and going. I'm really enjoying the process so far. Brian Morgan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Windows Managers

1998-06-12 Thread Brian Morgan
Could anyone suggest some good windows manager packages and where to get them? I'm using debian 2.0, kernel 2.0.33-9, x11R6. I'd like to be able to use something that would be compatible with the upcoming release of GNOME for debian. (Midnight Commander?) Is gmc available for debian? (ref. to

Re: startx giving error message

1998-06-12 Thread Brian Morgan
> Check where the symbolic link /usr/X11R6/bin/X points to. According > to your error, it looks as though it is pointing to XF86_NONE which > isn't a valid X server. It should be linked to an X server such as > XF86_SVGA, XF86_S3, etc... > > What type of video card is installed in the machine?

startx giving error message

1998-06-12 Thread Brian Morgan
After installing xwindows CORRECTLY this time, I'm now unable to start it using startx. It gives me the following error message: X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE failed I've already gone through the XF86Setup interface, and everything seemed to configure correctly there. It appears now that i

Re: Debian for the mac?

1998-06-12 Thread Brian Morgan
> Hi, > > Is there a debian distribution for the macintosh. A friend is trying to > install redhat on his mac - I'd recommend debian except I'm not sure there > is a debian version for the mac? > > If there is one, is it any good? Try going to ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-powe

libc5 vs. libc6

1998-06-11 Thread Brian Morgan
), so I can't do any further updates. I'm going to reinstall debian 2.0 and try again to get x11 running. Any suggestions on how to do this the right way? Brian Morgan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

X11 not installing on debian 2.0

1998-06-11 Thread Brian Morgan
ing? Is there another resource that I should be reading to figure this kind of thing all out? Thanks, Brian Morgan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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