Re: xserver-xfree86 and GeForce 2 MX 400

2002-11-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Joshua Lee wrote: > On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 06:01:49PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > The problem is, all I've found so far on the web is info suggesting that > > the "natural" resolution for this card is 2048 x 1536 @ 75 Hz. What I need

xserver-xfree86 and GeForce 2 MX 400

2002-11-04 Thread Dale Scheetz
list just now. All contributions welcomed! Thanks in Advance, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux" _-_-_-_-_-_- _- _- _- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 _- _-

Re: Do you use atari800 package?

2001-11-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > I'm about ready to release the 1.0.7 version of the atari800 package, and > > I'd like some feedback from folks who are actually using the package. > > > > If you use this package,

Do you use atari800 package?

2001-11-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
or of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux" _-_-_-_-_-_- _- _- _- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 _- _- Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road _- _-

Managing Netscape cache and cookies...

2001-10-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
this. Can I simply delete all the files in cache and the cookies file? Please CC me as I'm not currently subscribed to this list. TIA, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux" _-_-_-_-_-_- _-

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-04-27 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > I would like to run the system without xdm most of the time, but there > > are times when I need it. Also sometimes I want to switch off network > > services but still allow local logins. > > > mee too. i must admit, that this is a point, where

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-11 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Jason Christensen wrote: > Do you know for a fact that the SMTP servers at both your ISPs are > configured to NOT relay mail. Perhaps one of the servers will work for > both connections. Then I would be upset with my provider, as much of my mail would never be delivered. Most

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-11 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, David Wright wrote: > > Is there anything to prevent you running two instances of Pine, one > pointing to each ISP's server? > If you run two instances of Pine on the same mailbox, one or both get forced into read-only mode, so you can't reply :-( Luck, Dwarf

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
here would I find the needed time ;-) Thanks for the help, although it looks like I'll have to cope with less than I wished. Luck, > > Jason > > On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > I just added a second ISP to my resources, and I can seem to manage > >

Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
I just added a second ISP to my resources, and I can seem to manage everything but smtp for pine. In the pine configuration there is a slot to put the smtp server, but I can only use the server provided by the ISP that I am logged into at the time, as neither one allows relays. I can reconfigure ev

Re: Bootdisk for ThinkPad

1999-12-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
quot;The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- See www.linuxpress.com for more details _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Bootdisk for ThinkPad

1999-12-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- See www.linuxpress.com for more details _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Bootdisk for ThinkPad

1999-12-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- See www.linuxpress.com for more details _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Xlib, or I'm an idiot...again

1999-08-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
7;t caught up? Thanks for the pointers, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- See www.linuxpress.com for more details _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Still have X problems, was Re: Compaq Presario 1245 Touchpad , interface problems

1999-07-15 Thread Dale Scheetz
pect there is a minor difference between these machines, but I can't figure out what it is. Am I possibly using the wrong server? Thanks in advance, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone:

Re: Compaq Presario 1245 Touchpad interface problems

1999-07-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, jesus duran wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > I just got the new laptop, and have been quite satisfied with it, except > > when it comes to X... > > > > The primary problem is that I must configure X for a serial mou

Compaq Presario 1245 Touchpad interface problems

1999-07-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- See www.linuxpress.com for more details _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Recommendation for best Linux book

1999-05-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
or > querying information from the Domain > Name System (DNS). It also includes several short aliases (mx, ns, soa, > zone, ) for querying specific > information. > > Looks like it's alredy there > > On Sat, 1 May 1999, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > On Fri, 30

Re: Recommendation for best Linux book

1999-05-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > copies of my latest efforts. The book is called "Linux Volume 1: ac to > > zcat, the basics" > > acat? What happened to ? :-) > > -- > see shy jo, who was amused to discover l

Re: Recommendation for best Linux book

1999-04-27 Thread Dale Scheetz
Is the O'Reilly book any good? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Cliff, > > > > Linux press has a book that does a lot of what you are asking. It > > is written by Dale Scheetz, who is a Debian developer. It comes > > with 4 Debian 2.1 CDs It is much more than

Re: Drop-in-Debian

1999-03-18 Thread Dale Scheetz
rther assistance, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Awk scripts & Debian awk version

1999-03-13 Thread Dale Scheetz
___ > Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of &

Re: (1) xcircuit's tutorial. (2) Adding more doc's to packages.

1999-03-06 Thread Dale Scheetz
f it is already known. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: SPI maintains Debian?

1998-07-31 Thread Dale Scheetz
e "members" of SPI. This may be the reason for the "cart before horse" statement above. (It could be argued that Debian maintains SPI ;-) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 30 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> I never said "demand" anything. I am talking about "higher > Dale> education" for users, not binding them

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 30 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > >> Umm, no. It would be nice if they did it, but a novce user is > >> perfectly

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Rob" == Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Rob> Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in > >&g

Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-29 Thread Dale Scheetz
some time "doing the filing" correctly the task becomes possible and the end user and the maintainer both benefit. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 65

Re: New ae uploaded to Incoming

1998-05-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sun, 17 May 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, the choice I made was not all that correct either. The correct > > choice would be a C-H sequence of some sort, but this is problematical at > > several levels. > > C

Re: New ae uploaded to Incoming

1998-05-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 17 May 1998, Rob Browning wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I did the best I could at replacing all the "critical" functionality with > > control keys so that ae can function in both a dumb terminal as well as > > the full featured

New ae uploaded to Incoming

1998-05-11 Thread Dale Scheetz
n of ae and let me know if there are any keys that still don't work in particular situations. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: XCircuit available as debian package?

1997-12-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
ng to GPL it? I don't have the time right now to look into this, as I will be away from net access for about a week, but I can look into this further if you are interested. Other than that it doesn't look too hard to package. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian

Re: changing pine config

1997-12-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
y provider collects my mail, so I set my 'user-domain' to polaris.net. This works for me. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: Not exactley concerning debian

1997-12-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
rtitioning in the book as well as many other things you need to know to install Debian on your machine. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: Mail Server?

1997-12-12 Thread Dale Scheetz
"local" net would be pointed at that server as well. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL P

Re: newbie questions...Help!

1997-12-12 Thread Dale Scheetz
your CD-ROM mounted will depend more on the controler than the drive. (although the Mitsumi drive typically uses a proprietary controler, I believe that the drivers disk includes it) Hope this helps. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-

Re: dselect

1997-12-12 Thread Dale Scheetz
lains installing new > packages, binary and source to debian? > You might take a look at my new book. You can download the html version from http://www.linuxpress.com. (the html version is freely distributable) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide&qu

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
;. Removing the DOS created partitions and replacing them with cfdisk, has always repaired the problem. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCr

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
ng a primary partition ... FUBAR Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_

Re: HELP!!!!!!

1997-12-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
pond as soon as possible !!! > pant, pant...sweat, sweat ;-) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can I stay current using source packages instead of binaries?

1997-12-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
lieves the developer of the need to "upload" the source for each change. Since many of our developers are on "pay/byte" internet connections, obtaining their work made this process a necessity. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
m with the DOS tool has always fixed this problem in the past. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you do

Re: TShirts

1997-12-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
doing this! Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- I

Re: Installation Problem

1997-12-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
ns through keyboard ?. > This one I have no idea about...sorry. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PR

Re: .32 kernel

1997-11-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
s? Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-27 Thread Dale Scheetz
on topic in the future ;-) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, jus

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
g for in the bash manpages? Thanks again for all the help, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you w

Re: URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
! Thanks, I'll keep that in mind ;-) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
es. Your assurances didn't make it work any better the second or third time I tried it either.) If all that sounds like whining and complaining, I want to make it quite clear that I greatly appreciate the help provided. Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
27;m too much of an idiot to figure it out on my own. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
d -T options (Redrock and Transtable). These should give you a CD you can access from Win95. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin R

Re: MSDOS files...what to do...

1997-11-25 Thread Dale Scheetz
DOS carriage returns and Unix ones. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 3

Re: directory with pkgs in 5-6 howto

1997-11-25 Thread Dale Scheetz
ram. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FR

Re: upgrade debian1.2 to 1.3

1997-11-25 Thread Dale Scheetz
_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-

Re: suppressing special output from troff -Tascii

1997-11-24 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > Run "col". > Thanks! That was exactly what I needed! Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

suppressing special output from troff -Tascii

1997-11-24 Thread Dale Scheetz
or some other text manipulator to take the three character sequence into simply ? Thanks in advance, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin

Re: Introduction for new users

1997-11-24 Thread Dale Scheetz
Please don't let me start a flame war here about the best pager, but compared to more, my personal oppinion is, that "less is more", is more than a cute word play, it is true for every context of "more". Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _

Re: Where is /etc/hosts in Debian?

1997-11-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
. The solution is your favorite editor. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask

Re: question seeing background process

1997-11-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
ou as well? Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If yo

Re: question seeing background process

1997-11-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
arted it. I'm not totally sure that it will be at all useful, but top will show you such a background process. Hope this helps, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Softw

Re: NE clone

1997-11-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
e to look at fte. This is a nice little editor that may be similar enough to NE to satisfy the requirements of your clients. It also might be a better starting point for a real look alike. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka

Re: Free PageMaker-style program?

1997-11-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
several gross bugs, I will be happy when wine can run my 5.0 version. (There is a new version of wine that I have yet to test, so hope springs eternal.) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone:

Re: Configuring Pine

1997-11-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
esent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want,

Re: help with mounting particular CD

1997-11-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
on a system about which I know almost nothing, so I don't feel much confidence in my answers. I hope I have been of some little help. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769

Re: Help needed intalling debian

1997-11-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
nd drv disks and see if that helps the problem. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL

Need help hacking print filter.

1997-11-18 Thread Dale Scheetz
ppy if I couldn't reduce my ink usage, but my prospective use is going to go up so I could realy use a solution. Any ideas will be greatfully accepted. Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
ions. I can't speak to the state of their lists today, but from what I hear from others things haven't changed much, if at all. You pays your quarter, and you takes your chances ... Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka

Re: ppp error question

1997-11-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
nly made the errors more bizzar. Hope this helps some, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Talla

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
se who want a nice hardcopy. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_

Re: user questions

1997-11-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
ean that the five hundred and first questioner has no right to the answer. If you get tired of answering the same question over and over, save it in a file and start your own faq. We need all the help we can get with documentation. Thanks for your time, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: less than useful dselect/dpkg error msg

1997-11-16 Thread Dale Scheetz
age originates. Was the package really on Hold status? As far as I can tell, dpkg honors the hold in the status file, unless you include --force-hold as an option on the command line. (It can't tell whether dselect put the Hold there, or some editor, but that is another issue) Luck, Dwar

Re: Window Managers..

1997-11-16 Thread Dale Scheetz
ly familiar with xdm) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- I

Re: Which book?

1997-11-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
; by (don't remember ;-) "Linux Man" Edited by John Purcell As well as others that don't come to mind at the moment. Hope this helps, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Pho

Re: olvwm

1997-11-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
-- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you w

Re: Modem configuration

1997-11-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
PPP configuration. You can get the html version of the book from www.linuxpress.com (it's about 360 k ... yep, just download it) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Soft

Where is the Local Guide to Latex?

1997-11-13 Thread Dale Scheetz
.tex document to the printer. I have the tetex-doc package installed, and there is tons of stuff there, but I can't find anything that looks like it might be the guide. Anyone have a suggestion? Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Da

Re: Trouble with dselect

1997-11-12 Thread Dale Scheetz
you can do this with something like: dpkg -iR /pathtopackages/*.deb (It may work without the *.deb, but I have never actually tried it this way, so you may need to experiment with the proper command line.) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Update: mounting MS-DOS fs onto Linux

1997-11-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
:01 > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1 > or too many mounted filesystems > > Any clues what's wrong here? > Did you try to mount the partition with -t msdos? Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: * Formal call for the removal of Bruce Perens *

1997-10-25 Thread Dale Scheetz
a really cozey team ;-) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If

Re: X problems

1997-10-24 Thread Dale Scheetz
at controls what happens at boot. The other line (no-xdm-start-server) declares that you can't start X via xdm from the console. You would think that this would also preclude booting with xdm, but they appear to be two seperate issues. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: 2.0.31

1997-10-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > That is exactly when they start unloading! > > Yep, you're right, I've relaized that my sounds module could be unloading > about then. > Make an explicit entry in /etc/modules for that module and i

Re: 2.0.31

1997-10-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > I've been running it for 24 hours now with no problems, other than the map > > file error at boot up. Lately I have been building my kernels without > > module support. I have heard that some of the modules

Re: 2.0.31

1997-10-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
properly at all times. Is it possible this is your problem? That is, are you using kerneld? Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCr

Re: dpkg & slackware?

1997-10-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
ng Debian on "foriegn" machines. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee,

CDR drive replacement.

1997-10-16 Thread Dale Scheetz
terest, I will post a synopsis back to the list. Thanks in advance, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: dpkg-scanpackages

1997-10-15 Thread Dale Scheetz
e file from the indices directory on any Debian mirror. For 1.3 you want override.bo.gz and for unstable override.hamm.gz. Unzip the appropriate file for the distribution in question and you should be off and running. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_

Re: I can lock up machine. Why?

1997-10-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
tion of buffers. I don't think that 2.0.27 had this problem, so you might try downgrading the kernel. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrack

Re: libc6

1997-10-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
wn that path though. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- -

Re: what is bzimage?

1997-10-13 Thread Dale Scheetz
y under the tecra/ subdirectory. You will find a drivers and rescue disk image there. Give it a try. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 Mc

Re: GIMP

1997-10-13 Thread Dale Scheetz
o.2' > Searching the Contents file for "libXm" showed me that the shared library is in libs/lesstif. Install the package and things should work. You should also file bug reports against the packages that do not declare it in their dependencies. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: X font trouble

1997-10-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
ribution you are running. Hope this helps. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee,

Re: debian version 1.3.1 ?

1997-10-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
into 2.0, there is still work being done on 1.3. It has seemed strange that some folks have seen this as "abandonment" rather than "closure"... I hope my long-winded explanation will help eliminate some of your (and other folks as well) confusion over this transition in la

Re: Linking two computers through parallel port?

1997-10-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
all other example files are correct. WRT the DOS packet drivers, are there versions that will work for '95? Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: Automatic root login after boot

1997-10-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
files that are "mangled" for the install. One is bash_profile and the other is one of the init scripts. Look through /etc for files with a .real extention. Copy these files over their "proper" counterparts and delete the setup.sh in /root and you should see more wha

Re: Bo-Hamm was Re: ghostscript problem

1997-10-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
;something wrong here". The reason this creates "regular" questions is that these are not the names that are publicly assigned to these different releases. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (90

Re: problem installing debian

1997-09-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
helpful. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-

Re: bypassing xdm?

1997-09-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
-Control F1 will switch to the first VC. Usually Alt F7 will get the X session back. (if you have 6 VCs enabled) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: killing xdm

1997-09-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > How can I kill xdm? I tried finding the pid id and it wasn't listed in > 'ps -a' and I don't know how to scroll in 'top'... how? > Try: killall xdm Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Installation with BT-930

1997-09-29 Thread Dale Scheetz
D-7000 driver) and assign it to a specific device. For information on this subject look at the BootPrompt-HOWTO. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: extract only PART of an archive

1997-09-27 Thread Dale Scheetz
;peeking" into a .deb file to see just what is there. If you need to extract control files or the other scripts that install the package use the -e or --control option on dpkg. The -x or --extract option will extract the rest of the contents. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

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