parallel port cd-burner

I have an external cd burner (Microsolutions Backpack) that connects to my parallel port. I know that it should be able to work with linux, as it seemed to "just work" when I was using Mandrake awhile back, but I can't get it working now. I recompiled my kernel and made sure all the modules I (

df returning inaccurate results

I noticed today that df is not returning correct results. I saw that I was low on disk space so I deleted two files from my home directory that together were taking up nearly 1GB and then reran df. It returned the same numbers as from before I deleted files. To wit: $df -h FilesystemSize

Re: Xterm behavior

On Friday 20 December 2002 01:46 am, Robert Storey wrote: > Dear All, > > Forgive me, I'm new to Debian. On other distros I've used, I can > control the behavior (somewhat) of Xterm with the settings in > .bashrc, but that doesn't seem to work in Debian. Specifically, two > things: > > 1) The promp

Re: kernel building for newbies

On Friday 29 November 2002 08:14 pm, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Don't trust me on any of this, I have no clue what a bpck6 module > is :-) It's the module required by some Microsolutions Backpack cdroms and cd burners. Thank you for the help. -- Caitrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

kernel building for newbies

Can anyone recommend a tutorial or howto on debian kernel building that'd be suitable for someone who's never built a kernel before? I have an external CD burner that is supposed to use the bpck6 module. A search confirmed that it's a part of the kernel-image and kernel-headers packages, but I'

Re: problem with XFree86 in testing

On Thursday 07 November 2002 02:38 am, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > Quick guess is that it sounds like mode line for the default > resolution is wrong - can you try other resolutions and see if any > of them work? I ended up going back to the packages from stable, but I took a look at my XF86Config-4 f

problem with XFree86 in testing

I upgraded my laptop from stable with a few testing packages to all testing via an accident with dselect last night. The next time I booted, I realized that X had broken. Running startx results in a half-inch flickering band on the left side of the screen, and nothing at all on the rest of it.