finishing touches

I have windowmaker to my satisfaction, now. Finally, 1). What is the command to reset the desktop clock (I have lost it)? 2). How do I change my background (I deleted the shortcut)? 3). Is there a working logout/shutdown button for it? Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

unsubscribe

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ssh on lan

Hello, I have a lan set up at home, however I cannot use ssh on it. I am able to use ssh to log on to other machines at work. The sshd is running on all machines and it has createdthe keys for all systems however, when I try to logon the password I enter is always rejected. I have ensured it is

Re: Tape Question

Hello, I don't know about the tape usage but the command to list the archive is tar -tf /dev/tape (assuming /dev/tape is your device. Further tar -ztf lists a compressed archive. Gavin. Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

new installer

installing hardware will berelatively painless so I can revert back to debian? Thanks. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

knoppix/debian

Hello, an anyone tell me if is possible to use apt to upgrade to sarge from knoppix? Thanks. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

knoppix slow

Hello, A colleague of mine has installed knoppix 3.3 on his 350Mhz K2 machine and he has found it to be much slower than win 98. Can anyone suggest why this is so anmd how to fix the problem? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

tar/tape

of=/dev/nst0 ibs=1024 obs=1024 count=50 dd: writing to `/dev/nst0': Input/output error dd: closing output file `/dev/nst0': Input/output error This may be absurd be need I format the tape as it's been a long time since I used one? They are 150M ddsII tapes. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin

ext3 why?

Hi, A note to say it's worth scanning other peoples questions and not just delete them. I have been reading this thread as I have often wondered why ext3? This has anwsered a long standing q. Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIB

[Fwd: Re: tar/tape]

-- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester --- Begin Message --- Hello, My tape drive is a hp 20 40 scsi drive. It will allow data to be written to it. The output of mt -f /dev/st0 is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/gseddon# mt -f /dev/st0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File nu

dqs

"localhost" to Host_has as an alias for "genesis"../SRC/dqs_add_del.c 204 qmaster genesis Can anyone help? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: tar/tape

I have tried mt setblk 0 but now the error is: > tar: /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now> Can anyone help? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

tar/tape

at command should I use to do incremental backups with tar? Since the u argument only appeared to backup later copies of already exhisting files on the tape and the r argument appended everything again. I would use the N argument but I don't know the date format. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin

WOODY/SARGE

Hello, I am having difficulty installing sarge due to hardware problems with its kernel. I can inst woody which will not 'recognise' the devices. Is it possible to use apt to install sarge? If so, how? I will worry about the kernel when sarge is running. Many thanks, Gavin. --

sarge

ow to install the correct kernel and hence Sarge. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libs

Can you tell me of a repository that contains lbs, since apt-get finds nothing? On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 13:46, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > Please don't disturb the threading. > > * Dr Gavin Seddon wrote (2004-01-25 14:32): > >The prob. is, it may not find a so file

libs

The prob. is, it may not find a so file that I apt-get. Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

libs

Recently I have been troubled with missing libs. Is there a repository for Debian libs? Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kernel

Hi, I need to recompile my kernel so I can use my cdrw and scsi tape, however the dir cd /usr/src/linux Is not there to run make xconfig. Need I download a new kernel source? Gavin. Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

game

ide a necessary distraction. Can anyone suggest a good game that isn't just mindlessly shooting stuff. Say a good adventure with nice graphics that requires some thought? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: devices

On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 17:48, Dean Allen Provins wrote: > Gavin: > > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 04:17:23PM +, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: > > Hi, > > Ihave 2 devices that I cannot get working. > > > > a. A scsi tape drive. Here I have installed the mt-st kernel p

Re: devices

On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 18:21, Wayne Topa wrote: > Dr Gavin Seddon([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Hi, > > Ihave 2 devices that I cannot get working. > > "Can not get working" is very vague. You must be getting some error > message which w

devices

linked. Can someone help pls? -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Specific Books?

eed to know more about the > specifics of Debian, ie, roll-your-own deb's, kernel building, adding my > own modules to the installation kernel, etc. > Anyone have any good books that could get me up and running nice and > quickly? > > TIA, -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL

Re: gnutella

I am using gtk-gnutella 0.80 beta 2. I am new to peer to peer so I don't the fields that need filling in etc. Thanks. Gavin On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 16:09, Bob Underwood wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 21 December 2003 6:39 am, Dr G

dc gui

Hello, I was recomended dc alond with gnutella. I cannot register with gnutella.com, so will dc allow use without registering? Also, how do I use dc-gui? Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

gnutella

Hi, I was recommended various peer networking software for debian. I have installed gnutella. Will someone give me instructions on setting it up and use pls. A brief note is great, eg. do I need to input connection urls and a dir on my machibne? Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: kazaa

On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 14:25, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Patrick Lesslie wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 10:41:50AM +, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: > > > >>Hello, > >>Last night I was at a friends house and he showed me Kazaa lite. I > >>found this mor

kazaa

Hello, Last night I was at a friends house and he showed me Kazaa lite. I found this morning it is possible to run it on my Debian machine using wine. Can anyone tell me how to do this, pls? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

web browser

Hello I have a new user on Kde after my previous account crashed. I can no longer use Mozilla, no matter. Can anyone suggest a better (best) browser that will open all graphics and doesn't keep giving a 'jigsaw'? Gavin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

kde

Hi, I have had a catastrophy, Kde has stopped working, that is, the icons are all over the screen and I cannot view anything,. I am in gnome now. I have tried apt-get upgrade kde with no success. Can someone tell me how to repair it? Gavin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

xcdroast

I checked the config file for that kernel, and I found this: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m So the ide-scsi module should be there. Run find /lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/ -name ide-scsi.o to see if it can be found. Dear Andreas, this find command returned nothing. Also, I noticed people are irrita

xcdroast

Hi, This is what I get. 1# uname -r 2.2.20-idepci Thanks Gavin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xcdroast

On Tuesday 16 December 2003 12:31, Andreas Janssen wrote: > modprobe ide-scsi Yes the conf file is ok, but when I run modprobe Iget modprobe ide-scsi modprobe: Can't locate module ide-scsi Also, when I run cdrecord it complains of not being there. It must be installed though . Gavin -- To U

xcdroast

Hello, I put the append line in my lilo.conf and success in that I get the hdc found when I reboot. However, when I start xcdroast the cdrw is still not found. Can you help pls? Gavin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

lilo.conf

Hi, I use lilo as my boot-loader and I need to add an "append" statement to it in order for my ide cdrw to work. Additionally, there is a SCSI tape drive on the system. Will someone pls tell me the correct line required? Gavin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

mouse

-- Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Manchester Hi, I have Debian up-and-running, the mouse won,t work though. I have linked /dev/psaux and /dev/mouse this did not solve my prob. Pls help? Gavin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "