>The kindest thing you can do for anyone in difficulty is to persuade him
>that he really does need to study the manual.
>He shouldn't even be posting questions until he has looked into the matter
>himself and drawn a blank on all fronts. So any question answered in the
>manual deserves either
>ever RTFM for bash? it says:
wait [n]
Wait for the specified process and return its ter
mination status. n may be a process ID or a job
specification; if a job spec is given, all pro
cesses in that job's pipeline are waited
Good note Nate,
>1. For those volunteering to work on various "FAQ" documents. Try to
>get your work into the true Debian FAQ's and not some strange offshoot
>FAQ only available on the web somewhere.
The only problem I see with this is that the current FAQ's are highly
technical and prepared
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 9:55 AM
To: Carley, Jason (Australia)
Subject: Re: New Users FAQ - comment?
On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 08:11:17AM +1000, Carley, Jason Australia" wrote:
> Any comments welcome.
>
> Jason.
OK, from what I see, the most common problems
I would be happy to look at putting such a list together. Essentially a Q&A
of the most common questions asked on the list. As a relative newbie myself
this will also help me learn more about my system. However, I may also need
some help from the more experienced users to come up with the One True
I think that is a little harsh. I totally agree that everyone should read
the docs. However, that does not create an excuse for unintuitive interface
design. An app that is designed to cover new as well as experienced users
should possess some form of self-discovery and an interface that works with
Wayne. Can I just say that this is a very good way to answer this (or indeed
many) question(s). It both gives the person an immediate answer as well as
showing how to do it yourself efficiently. Well done.
Better than either a 1) RTFM of 2) install package answer.
This sort of thing really c
Of course that should be apt-get install communicator.
-Original Message-
From: Carley, Jason (Australia)
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:06 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: PPPuzzles
Max,
What is it you want to do over your ppp link? If it is just email and we
Max,
What is it you want to do over your ppp link? If it is just email and web,
I would suggest running Netscape as an initial setup while you configure
everything else..
try "apt-get communicator" (I think that is the package name) if your
sources.list file is set up.
Otherwise you need to co
Dan,
No offence but this is fundamentally untrue. All you you need is a 3.3.3
series of XFree obtainable from netgod and the stb card will work fine. As
will the Diamond Viper 550 etc.
Not a kernel isue at all.
Regards,
Jason.
-Original Message-
From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sen
Chris,
I would suggest getting slink up and running first. Then you can upgrade
away to your heart's content. I too tend to get into the upgrade habit.
Interesting that sometimes that becomes the end in itself really... :-)
On slink, I have had things work under debian that should have worked un
Chris,
I just went through the same process. You need to install slink and then
set up the file /etc/apt/sources.list to include an debian X packages. Then
just apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. It downloads the new X packages
and installs then. It was very easy. Check the list archives for
Steve,
In my opinion, multi_cd is quite unintuitive and difficult for someone new
to debian to understand. There is no clear explanantion of when to change
the disks, what to enter at each prompt and how to do the update. I should
know too, I had great trouble with it. Ended up mounting the disk
Hi guys,
I have just compiled a 2.2.10 kernel and run isapnp under debian slink and
it has all worked perfectly unlike my previous attempts under other dists.
The cards initialise and the modules will load manually (have to learn how
to have that happen auto). However, For some reason /dev/sndstat
Last question for the night. Running slink, can I use kde 1.1.1 from the
binary debs without running into library problems? If not, should I be able
to find kde 1.1 on the 2 binary cd sets?
thanks,
Jason.
helle Konzack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 6:49 PM
To: Carley, Jason (Australia)
Subject: [DEBIAN: HELP] RE: Just my opinion
At 15:47 06.07.1999 +1000, you wrote:
>Michelle,
>
>At what point does your install fail, and generally what goes wrong?
>Approximately w
Zhang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 4:10 PM
To: Carley, Jason (Australia)
Cc: 'debian-user list'
Subject: Re: Sound - ALSA or kernel?
is this an isa or pci card? There is a howto somewhere for this card.
I suggest you to try out everything with kernel first. If
Michelle,
At what point does your install fail, and generally what goes wrong?
Approximately what are the error messages? I am no expert but have been
through the install process many times recently and may be able help.
-Original Message-
From: Michelle Konzack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was after ideas on the best way to get my Awe 64 running under slink.
Should I use the ALSA drivers or the kernel modules. Under SuSE I had great
difficulty with isapnp issues and the kernel modules.
Thoughts?
I am now up and going and would like to install KDE. As well as update my
slink dist for any updates. I know I need to make a few entries into my
sources.list file for the updates but am unsure of the "normal" way to
download KDE. Do people use apt for this or just plain old ftp? I assume
that onc
You need to kill the xdm and X processes (using ps -ax). Then run startx.
-Original Message-
From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 2:12 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Fate strikes again
All right this is the thing though... If you do c+a+
that phrase says to me that redhat do the support and mcmillan the selling.
Have you called redhat?
-Original Message-
From: Juhani Ilves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 11:59 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: debian and LINUX 5.2 (6.0?)
Looking for help
I had a similar problem which I traced back to gpm running expecting a mouse
on com1 when it was actually psaux. My modem was on com1 but wvdial
couldn't find it due to gpm interfering.
Took me a while but it was pretty simple in the end.
I too have felt like giving up but kept going and am now
I have just been through this process having decided to switch over from
SuSE to debian. i must say that the install system is fine until dselect
with a multi CD set. I actually reinstalled SuSE and nearly gave up before
deciding not be overcome and going ahead and trying. Eventually mount the CD
m
Hi again. Well I have decided to take the "debian challenge" and install 2.1
The only problem is when I boot up and select my media, modules etc from the
bootable CDROM:
I go to install lilo and am told that there is a problem with my hard disk
size. This is not true as there are less than 1027
Hi guys,
I am considering switching over from SuSE 6.1 to Debian. I guess I am an
average linux user but I am not really familiar with Debian's way of doing
things. I am concerned to understand the process that I will need to go
through to update things like my XFree installation to 3.3.3 as I hav
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