RE: vi globally append question

2004-07-15 Thread David Turetsky
David Turetsky wrote: >>:%s/^[a-z]:[0-9]/#/g > Try something like: > %g!/^#/s/^/#/ > Steve Lamb replied: >Personally I'd do it this way: >%s/\(.*\)/#\1/g David responded: Steve's approach would put a # in the front of ALL lines whether o

RE: vi globally append question

2004-07-15 Thread David Turetsky
> -Original Message- > From: Sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:49 AM > To: debian-user > Subject: vi globally append question > > hi all, > > i have a file like; > > # > one > 123 > > and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of > each line which is

RE: I am Newbie, what newsreader should I be using?

2004-05-31 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- > From: Ralph Katz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: I am Newbie, what newsreader should I be using? > > > I am a debian Linux user, with only modest computing skills > > (i.e., I still don't underst

RE: A good book on C Programming?

2003-12-27 Thread David Turetsky
You really need more than one book if you want the resources at hand to help with resolving problems Practical C++ Programming, by Steve Oualline, published by O'Reilly is a good mid-level text that is quite approachable; The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup, published by Addison Wesley is

RE: photo-quality printer recommendation

2003-12-19 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugo Vanwoerkom Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 9:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: photo-quality printer recommendation bob parker wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:42, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > >>My mom woul

RE: C++

2003-12-03 Thread David Turetsky
ne direct me to a C++ mailing list that is newbie-friendly? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jeff Elkins >> O'Reilly also had some excellent references. Have a look at Practical C++ Programming -- David Turetsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Sound processing

2003-10-31 Thread David Turetsky
> > -Original Message- > From: Deryk Barker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:44 AM > To: Debian Users > Subject: Re: Sound processing > > Thus spake David Turetsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > > Pray tel

Sound processing

2003-10-30 Thread David Turetsky
Pray tell, what software is out there to process/edit sound files? Will it allow intelligent cleaning up (filtering out specific sounds, raising the volume level, snipping out segments) of files And how can I then burn a CD converting to WAV format? -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSC

RE: COBOL compiler

2003-08-27 Thread David Turetsky
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 13:29, David Turetsky wrote: > > Yes, but how does that compare with similarly powerful features in Perl? > I *knew* someone would ask about the Programmable Extraction and > Reporting Language... > > Please don't think that I am implying

RE: COBOL compiler

2003-08-26 Thread David Turetsky
> On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 10:05, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2003-08-26T14:25:32Z, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > For a "Hello, World" program, or an OS, or a graphics toolkit, even > > > Admiral Hooper would not say that COBOL is the proper tool. OTOH, for > > > large commercial

RE: buy or build computer?

2003-03-09 Thread David Turetsky
If you surf over to the Micronux web site (I bought the 7 CD Woody distribution from them) you will see some pretty rock solid linux configurations at very decent prices. They also link to a bunch of reviews and comparisons of the intel board vs whatever else is out there There's also a link to i

RE: hard drives larger than 137gb

2003-03-09 Thread David Turetsky
I have a PAIR of 160GB Western Digital hdd attached to my motherboard via a Promise controller, AND a 32GB IBM Deskstar from which I run linux (Woody) Under Windows XP I see all 160GB of each of the two drives. Under linux, I see the first partition of the 160GB drives (ntfs format) and all of the

RE: Working with WAV files

2003-03-05 Thread David Turetsky
>>> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 04:07:07PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: What packages are out there which facilitate editing? >>> sean finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:14 AM a good one that you can run from the command l

Working with WAV files

2003-03-04 Thread David Turetsky
  I’ve just downloaded a long recording of a talk from a small Olympus recorder. The sound is muffled and I’d like to see if I can make it clearer. The underlying recording is digital, and I suspect it may be of reasonably good quality   I’m running Woody (v3r1)   What packages are out

RE: Power off

2003-03-01 Thread David Turetsky
>>> daniel huhardeaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> write on Saturday, March 01, 2003 5:17 AM I have 4 computers running kernel 2.4.18 or 2.4.19 and all of them, when I ask to power down, *never* really dot it. They stay switch on with last message on the screen "power down" It's a

RE: Laptop's power button made to suspend?

2003-02-28 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: CaT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:59 PM To: Eduardo Duenez Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Laptop's power button made to suspend? On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:48:26PM -0500, Eduardo Duenez wrote: > Is it possible to configure my Wo

RE: US Robotics 56K PCI winmodem + Woody

2003-02-27 Thread David Turetsky
Having recently gone around this issue with a different win modem, I believe that USRobotics has not released documentation for their winmodem (which I also have) I sidestepped the issue by buying a winmodem for $25 which is supported (I didn't know it was a win modem when I bought it) from CompUS

RE: Dummy

2003-02-27 Thread David Turetsky
Teilhard Knight wrote: ... >Also, the installation cannot detect my external USB modem (I have one >internal, but it is a Win Modem, so I have no hopes to use it in Linux). But >I have the Linux drivers (.rpm), but I do not have the slightest idea of how >to install them. Can you also help here?

RE: Installing Opera

2003-02-18 Thread David Turetsky
>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 01:49:39PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: T'would be elegant, I suppose, if I could address this without getting an intellectual hernia... and how might I go about adding 'Opera' to my Gnome window (Program, icon, etc)

RE: Installing Opera

2003-02-18 Thread David Turetsky
>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:38:03PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: I'm currently downloading Opera 6 to my linux machine and would like to install it It's a deb file, downloading to /home/david (which is where I'm logged in and running Mozilla) &

RE: Installing Opera

2003-02-18 Thread David Turetsky
>>> El Tuesday 18 February 2003 18:38, David Turetsky escribió: I'm currently downloading Opera 6 to my linux machine and would like to install it It's a deb file, downloading to /home/david (which is where I'm logged in and running Mozilla

Installing Opera

2003-02-18 Thread David Turetsky
I’m currently downloading Opera 6 to my linux machine and would like to install it   It’s a deb file, downloading to /home/david (which is where I’m logged in and running Mozilla)   How do I proceed?   -- David

RE: Rethinking mail

2003-02-16 Thread David Turetsky
>>> David Turetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writing about mutt and >>> exim on 2003-02-16 Now that I'm up in a graphical environment, do these two still make the same sense? Is mutt available for my notebook, running under Windows XP? >>> Thorsten Hau

Rethinking mail

2003-02-16 Thread David Turetsky
Now that I've gotten my Woody system up and running with Gnome and my cheap little modem running, both with generous help from this list and the XF86Free list, I wanted to take a fresh look at my mail environment   When I was previously up with Potato, I used mutt and exim. Exim was so

RE: Compiling kernel source

2003-02-16 Thread David Turetsky
otato installed. I will separately post a query about suggested mail environments >>> Eduard Bloch wrote (reply interspersed) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 3:29 AM David Turetsky wrote on Sat Feb 15, 2003 um 11:46:26PM: > > >>> David Turetsky wrote on Sat Feb 15, 2003 um

RE: My cup runneth over!

2003-02-15 Thread David Turetsky
>>> Earlier on Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 06:46:03PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: You sure there ain't some way to prevent a slew of xterm windows from opening up each time I reboot into gdm? Earlier today, if there was one, there was 60.70.80 Seems like each time

RE: Compiling kernel source

2003-02-15 Thread David Turetsky
>>> David Turetsky wrote on Sat Feb 15, 2003 um 11:54:36AM: 'uname -r' gives '2.4.18-bf2.4' but 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18-bf2.4' replies 'Couldn't find package ... -bf2.4' so I installed 2.4.18. The installation we

RE: Compiling kernel source

2003-02-15 Thread David Turetsky
>>> David Turetsky wrote on Sat Feb 15, 2003 um 11:54:36AM: 'uname -r' gives '2.4.18-bf2.4' but 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18-bf2.4' replies 'Couldn't find package ... -bf2.4' so I installed 2.4.18. The installation we

RE: Compiling kernel source

2003-02-15 Thread David Turetsky
>>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 02:12:35PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: Following your instructions, I edited lilo.conf and commented out the 4 lines about image=/vmlinuz.old, which appeared with the new image=/vmlinux entries, then ran lilo. Same problem. Rebooted. Same pro

RE: unsubscribe doesn't work!~

2003-02-15 Thread David Turetsky
Unsubscribe doesn’t work? What does?       -Original Message- From: Fer'had Erdogan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 1:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: unsubscribe doesn't work!~   Not following the footer instructions, not via the website, no

RE: Compiling kernel source

2003-02-15 Thread David Turetsky
>>> David replies at the top: Taking last things first, the double-spacing is just MS Outlook asserting its individuality. I'm writing/editing with vim, not generically double-spacing Following your instructions, I edited lilo.conf and commented out the 4 lines about image=/vmlinuz

Compiling kernel source

2003-02-15 Thread David Turetsky
    To accomodate a new modem's support under linux, I have just tried to recompile the kernel and them install the modem's software support. Previously I had installed a pre-compiled version of Woody (3.0r1) from CDs.   'uname -r' gives '2.4.18-bf2.4' but 'apt-get install kernel-s

RE: Where is kernel source?

2003-02-15 Thread David Turetsky
>>> Vineet Kumar asked: Please, can you set your mailer to indent messages to which you reply? This is utter nonsense. It's impossible to make any sense of these threads. If reconfiguring your mailer (or better, switching to a new mailer) is impossible, I'd suggest that you not inc

RE: Where is kernel source?

2003-02-15 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: David Turetsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 1:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Where is kernel source? -Original Message- From: Duncan Baynes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 9:16 PM

RE: Where is kernel source?

2003-02-14 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: Duncan Baynes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 9:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Where is kernel source? On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 12:03, David Turetsky wrote: > Iÿm looking for the debian linux kernel sou

Where is kernel source?

2003-02-14 Thread David Turetsky
I’m looking for the debian linux kernel source   Apparently it’s not kept at /usr/src/linux   -- David

RE: Gnome xterm windows

2003-02-14 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: Rob Weir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Gnome xterm windows On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 10:54:00AM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > Each time I reboot, gnome opens what seems to be twice as m

RE: Cheap modem

2003-02-14 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: Mike M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cheap modem On Friday 14 February 2003 04:08, David Turetsky wrote: > I just installed a cheap, generic modem and tried both 'pon' a

RE: My cup runneth over!

2003-02-14 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: Derrick 'dman' Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: My cup runneth over! On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 06:46:03PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: | You sure there ain't some way to

Cheap modem

2003-02-14 Thread David Turetsky
I just installed a cheap, generic modem and tried both ‘pon’ and ‘minicom’ under woody, without effect   The output in dmesg made be suspicious that the woody kernel has a problem/no support for this device. The passage catching my attention:   ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A P

My cup runneth over!

2003-02-13 Thread David Turetsky
You sure there ain’t some way to prevent a slew of xterm windows from opening up each time I reboot into gdm?   Earlier today, if there was one, there was 60…70…80   Seems like each time I reboot, the number doubles!!!   -- David

RE: Bad fortune

2003-02-13 Thread David Turetsky
examine archive files I looked before and did not see this directory. Neither did locate fortune turn up any entries -- David -Original Message- From: sean finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:49 AM To: David Turetsky Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bad

Bad fortune

2003-02-13 Thread David Turetsky
I ran apt-get install fortune from the debian 3.0r1 (woody) CDs and a bunch of relateds were installed. Meanwhile I can’t find ‘fortune’ anywhere, just a bunch of related files (/usr… fortunes, riddles, etc)   -- David

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-12 Thread David Turetsky
Western Digital indicated that they only used the e-z bios for the first production runs of the Promise controller which did not have 48 bit addressing capability. If it was in use, it would be posted in the bios startup sequence -- David -Original Message- From: David Turetsky [mailto

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-12 Thread David Turetsky
ers provide disk I/O -- David -Original Message- From: Pigeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 02:54:47AM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > Pigeon, a posts

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-12 Thread David Turetsky
ginal Message- From: David Turetsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature [My latest on top] Pigeon, I'm chicken! I think it's safer for now leaving well enough alone and spending a l

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-11 Thread David Turetsky
of the plank Thanks for all of your interest and erudition -- David -Original Message- From: Pigeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 04:25:23PM -0500, D

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-11 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: Pigeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 2:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 03:57:16PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > cfdisk -P /hde and cfdisk -P /hdf both j

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-10 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: Pigeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 9:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 10:05:59PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > > > [tables edited out] > > >

RE: Mixed platform network

2003-02-10 Thread David Turetsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mixed platform network On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 10:27:22PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > > Right now, when I run totally under a Windows XP Professional > environment, I have a Dell notebook which is the internet gateway, and > connected by a crossover

Gnome xterm windows

2003-02-10 Thread David Turetsky
Each time I reboot, gnome opens what seems to be twice as many xterm windows as the previous sessions   Isn’t there such a thing as too much of a good thing?   -- David

RE: Mixed platform network

2003-02-09 Thread David Turetsky
Original Message- From: bda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mixed platform network On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 09:05:29PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > Are there packages available to support a LAN between a Windows

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-09 Thread David Turetsky
[tables edited out] Well, the /etc/fstab and fdisk -l look good to me - are you sure that you have actually formatted /dev/hde5? Can you read it under windoze, or do you get "Invalid media type" when you type DIR at the DOS prompt? Pigeon Nah, I have files and directories there under Windows

Mixed platform network

2003-02-09 Thread David Turetsky
Are there packages available to support a LAN between a Windows XP Professional gateway to the Internet and a debian woody system?   I understand that Samba has some of these characteristics but I have not found anything to suggest capabilities beyond printer and file sharing   -- Dav

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-09 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: Pigeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 4:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 02:34:35AM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > Disk /dev/hde: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 16

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-08 Thread David Turetsky
12:32:23AM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > Great. fdisk -l /dev/hde gives me > > /dev/hde1 * ... > /dev/hde2 ... > /dev/hde5 ... > > /hde2 and /hde5 give the same starting and ending blocks, so I assume > hde5 is the logical partition and hde2 is the extended partition

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-08 Thread David Turetsky
Correction for the record: Both partitions on hdf are in NTFS format -- David -Original Message- From: David Turetsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature Great. fdisk -l /dev/hde

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-07 Thread David Turetsky
? -- David -Original Message- From: Pigeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 2:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 03:35:25PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > > What is the appropriate nomenclatu

RE: fstab entry for NTFS formatted drive

2003-02-07 Thread David Turetsky
On The Other Hand -- David -Original Message- From: Sergey A. Ovchar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fstab entry for NTFS formatted drive On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 20:14:17 -0500 "David Turetsky" <[EMAIL PROT

RE: getting xdm etc to run under Woody

2003-02-07 Thread David Turetsky
>>> On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 12:21:37PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: Apparently I did not provide the correct parameters when installing Woody so x does not start up I've visited Google, nvidia, and the Debian web sites but after wading through a

RE: Plagiarism Monitor S/W

2003-02-06 Thread David Turetsky
Sounds like a task for Perl Go to your bookstore and browse through 'Perl Cookbook', published by O'Reilly to get some ideas You might also pose that question to a Perl user group. Someone(s) will have done something close to your requirement -- David -Original Message- From: Abdul Lat

RE: How to prevent x startup

2003-02-06 Thread David Turetsky
>>> David Turetsky wrote: I finally have a partially working x configuration, but clearly my keyboard is not being properly recognized, and my mouse is not being recognized at all. I would like to stay at the command line prompt to fix the config files, but

RE: How to prevent x startup

2003-02-06 Thread David Turetsky
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, David Turetsky wrote: I finally have a partially working x configuration, but clearly my keyboard is not being properly recognized, and my mouse is not being recognized at all. I would like to stay at the command line prompt to fix the config files, but my system

RE: How to prevent x startup

2003-02-06 Thread David Turetsky
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 03:08:11 -0500, David Turetsky wrote: [...] but my system automatically starts up gdm How do I abort the startup of x? >>> Julián Hernández Gómez: update-rc.d -f gdm remove >>> David Turetsky: Yes, but how do I get in to do that?

How to prevent x startup

2003-02-06 Thread David Turetsky
I finally have a partially working x configuration, but clearly my keyboard is not being properly recognized, and my mouse is not being recognized at all. I would like to stay at the command line prompt to fix the config files, but my system automatically starts up gdm   How do I abo

RE: fstab entry for NTFS formatted drive

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
>>> On 04 Feb 2003, 21:58:58, David Turetsky wrote: I have a hard drive running Windows XP Professional under NTFS format I'd like to access that drive from my Woody system but I can't locate a suitable file type for an /etc/fstab entry >>> Do

RE: crc error

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 18:59, David Turetsky wrote: ... Crc error ... System halted I believe crc is 'cyclic redundancy check' which I take to mean a hard drive read error Does this imply that my IBM Deskstar 32gb hdd, a friend these last 3 ½ years, is in

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
  What is the appropriate nomenclature for logical/entended partitions in fstab and elsewhere   For example, hde1 (or hda1) is the base partition. If I use an extended partition, is that hde2 or what   I just added some fstab entries, rebooted, read the stuff fine, but now Woody is sma

RE: crc error

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
Wouldn't that produce a hard error? Just based on today's experiences, it seems to happen often when I hit return specifying linux to lilo. In the last few hours, when I just allow the choice to time out, it never fails at all I just installed the (Woody) system yesterday from CDs -- David Hi,

RE: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
    What is the appropriate nomenclature for logical/entended partitions in fstab and elsewhere   For example, hde1 (or hda1) is the base partition. If I use an extended partition, is that hde2 or what   I just added some fstab entries, rebooted, read the stuff fine, but now Woody is

fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
What is the appropriate nomenclature for logical/entended partitions in fstab and elsewhere   For example, hde1 (or hda1) is the base partition. If I use an extended partition, is that hde2 or what   I just added some fstab entries, rebooted, read the stuff fine, but now Woody is smarte

crc error

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
When I boot under linux, periodically (occasionally under Potato, frequently now that I’ve installed a fresh copy of Woody) I get   Boot: (linux selected) Loading Linux (24, count ‘em) W07 W07 Uncompressing Linux…   Crc error   System halted       I believe crc is ‘cyc

RE: mounting filesystems

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
On 05 Feb 2003, 11:32:22, David Turetsky wrote: > I am trying to read the Windows filesystems on my linux/W98/XP system. > When I manually try to mount them, for example, 'mount -a', I get mount > point /c does not exist and same for /d and /e You need to create the

RE: mounting filesystems

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:32:22AM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > When I manually try to mount them, for example, 'mount -a', I get mount > point /c does not exist and same for /d and /e does the directory /c exist? test -d /c || mkdir /c Hugh da Man! Mkdir /c and so

getting xdm etc to run under Woody

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
Apparently I did not provide the correct parameters when installing Woody so x does not start up   I’ve visited Google, nvidia, and the Debian web sites but after wading through a fair amount of material I can’t find the appropriate settings   The Window XP device driver list says I hav

mounting filesystems

2003-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
I am trying to read the Windows filesystems on my linux/W98/XP system. Despite reusing the same entries I had in Potato in addition to those generated by Woody, and checking google re ntfs entries, I am unable to see those Windows filesystems, even the W98 filesystems I read on the same dri

fstab entry for NTFS formatted drive

2003-02-04 Thread David Turetsky
I have a hard drive running Windows XP Professional under NTFS format I'd like to access that drive from my Woody system but I can't locate a suitable file type for an /etc/fstab entry -- David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

RE: Have CDs but base-config downloading packages??

2003-02-03 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: Eric George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Why is it downloading when I have all the CDs? I didn't add any other apt sources. Comment out (#) all the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list which do not reference CDs -- David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

RE: Debian CD Install Problems

2003-02-01 Thread David Turetsky
I just ran across that too (with r1), but I'm at a loss to tell you exactly how it occurred. At some point in my trying to fix problems, I invoked the dialog you reference and obligingly gave the answers it suggested. That's an error point. You should not be in that dialog. While I am unable to suc

PreDepend error in installing Woody from CDs

2003-01-31 Thread David Turetsky
After having been away from my Debian Linux system for some time, I just purchased the set of 7 CDs to upgrade my system to Woody   I followed the Release Notes, upgrading using dselect, and ran into a PreDepend error, which aborted the upgrade   I’ve been spending some time reading the

Re: Kills Linux hdd's?

2002-06-08 Thread David Turetsky
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 03:59:38AM +0200, Frank Brodbeck uttered: --> I really do like my PC. And I never hit but sometimes hug her :) --> Errrh, just how intimate is your relationship with your pc? Could that be the source of your problems? -- David - www.richsob.com

Re: Someone tell me the secret of mutt

2002-04-12 Thread David Turetsky
On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:16:34PM -0400, N. Thomas uttered: --> * Jeffrey W. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-11 18:55:27 -0700]: --> > --> > Ximian Evolution really is a foul pig of an MUA. I love pine, but it is --> > slow and featureless. I want to try mutt. The problem is, I can't figure

Re: CALL FOR HELP

2002-03-29 Thread David Turetsky
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 09:15:41PM +, Patrick Kirk uttered: --> On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 07:40:14PM +0100, wrote: --> >>From -IReturn-Receipt-To: --> --> I shouldn't respond to this junk but did anyone else find themselves laughing at the improbable tale of the general, his proivate jet and

Re: HELP. I can't login as root !!!

2002-02-05 Thread David Turetsky
On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 02:13:28PM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson uttered: --> On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --> --> > Hey guys, this is not a coruption, but a new thing with Gnome. I had --> > the problem and wrote Gnome Directly. They have decided that you --> > should not be able

Re: "C" Manual

2001-12-28 Thread David Turetsky
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 09:31:36AM -0800, Paul Mackinney uttered: --> Gary Turner muttered: --> > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:11:33 -0500, Phil Beder wrote: --> > --> > >Where can I find a good, complete manual for C and C++ programming --> > >languages for the gcc compiler. --> > --> > Phil, I won't

Re: this list is like hotel california

2001-10-09 Thread David Turetsky
On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 04:39:18PM +0800, Rino Mardo muttered: --> On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 12:13:31AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: --> > might be, --> > --> > did you receive confirmation? or error message saying that you address --> > is not subscribed? --> > --> didn't received anything. no r

Re: telnet sucks

2001-10-06 Thread David Turetsky
On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 01:31:06AM -0700, michael young muttered: --> i know i know...but i still would like to use it. i have telnetd installed, hosts.allow and deny dont have anything in them, /etc/inet.d shows telnet running bec. telnet works when the hostname/eth0 ip is used but not with the

Re: Can MSN work on Debian?

2001-08-31 Thread David Turetsky
On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:24:33AM -0700, Gilger.John muttered: --> -Original Message- --> From: Hall Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --> --> > I have a friend at work that is interested in trying --> > out Linux. The only problem that he has is that he --> > has signed up for one of

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V101 #1003

2001-08-14 Thread David Turetsky
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 12:16:52AM +0530, harsha muttered: --> hi, --> --> > I am on holiday till August 27nd and I do not intend to check my mail --> > every day. . . . --> --> what the hell is this? I am the only one getting this or others are --> getting this too I have received 6 such mails.

Re: kernel compiling problem

2001-08-07 Thread David Turetsky
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 12:29:44PM -0300, GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI muttered: --> > > > I'd performed a clean woody installation from CDs and added --> > > > kernel-package to compile 2.4.4 kernel. I'd followed the Care to mention a few good and inexpensive web sites for ordering a woody CD? --

Re: nVidia users help needed

2001-07-29 Thread David Turetsky
On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 03:54:12PM -0700, John Wheat muttered: --> I am new to Debian and relatively new to Linux and ask your help with this --> God forsaken nVidia card. --> --> --> --> -- --> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

cin/cout g++ problem

2001-07-23 Thread David Turetsky
Any idea why this code shouldn't be executing flawlessly? The program stops for the first query and input, then leaves the function without asking for or getting a reply to the second query Putting in cout.flush() and changing the second input to string, using printf, and ending with an explicit

Re: c++ conversion

2001-07-22 Thread David Turetsky
Yes, that was it. Thanks! -- David --- On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 02:39:40PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry muttered: --> --> On 22-Jul-2001 David Turetsky wrote: --> > I would like to migrate some large c/c++ programs from Windows to Linux. --> > Right now

c++ conversion

2001-07-22 Thread David Turetsky
I would like to migrate some large c/c++ programs from Windows to Linux. Right now I'm invoking gcc -- and even for the most trivial program I am getting the error message: "installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1plus': no such file or directory" I'm also surprised to see that g++ is not recognized

Re: Folders in Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread David Turetsky
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 04:37:57PM +1000, Sam Varghese muttered: Sam> Sam> I am a newbie to mutt - after flirting with a Sam> dozen or more GUI mail programs. Sam> Sam> I have managed to configure most of what I want in Sam> mutt but the setting up of folders just beats me. Sam> Sam> I'd like to