Re: testing or unstable?

2009-02-17 Thread Glenn Becker
es and mix 'em in, but I forget the details because I do it so seldom. Martin Krafft's book is very helpful in this area (and others!). Glenn +---------+ Glenn Becker - burni...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - htt

Re: iceweasel segfault

2009-02-05 Thread Glenn Becker
sites. I recently upgraded the Flash plugin (which felt more baroque in nature than it needed to be ... I wound up using an Ubuntu package) and the behavior seems less frequent now. +-+ Glenn Becker - burni...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access

Re: flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-29 Thread Glenn Becker
.l.johnson/Iceweasel-Add-ons.png No Flash. Still got the lovely Dumb question: did you restart Iceweasel? I did. I suspect the app is becoming confused by multiple versions sitting around. I am going to try a cleanup. +-----+ Glenn Beck

Re: flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-29 Thread Glenn Becker
rony in my posting this at all, one that I don't like: I'm one of those "Flash is the scourge of the Internet" types. I shouldn't care about this AT ALL, but I just got tired of my browser bursting like a bubble & so on ... Thanks for the tips, Glenn +----

flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-28 Thread Glenn Becker
nose the problem and make it all better. Cuz I'm close to throwing the laptop (or just my Debian installation) against the wall. Thx, Glenn +---------+ Glenn Becker - burni...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Pu

Re: udev and kernel (testing)

2008-08-22 Thread Glenn Becker
Hello all - I officially retract my clueless email. Sorry about that. :^( +-+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To

udev and kernel (testing)

2008-08-21 Thread Glenn Becker
27;s me doing something stupid - I'm always open to that option!). Maybe on the other hand I should just leave the hold on udev? Thanks, Glenn +-+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-21 Thread Glenn Becker
then I looked at the archives of that list and it obviously isnt' there. What do I need to be reading? -user is too high volume to really follow everything. Thanks in advance for any enlightenment, and apologies if that's a dumb Q. Regards, Glenn +-------

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-21 Thread Glenn Becker
se, change _60.00 to something else) ahh ... take the time to read that page, it should clear up the issue for you. many thanks. I should follow developments more closely, I guess, but I run a multi-boot box and stuff slips through. GB +------

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-21 Thread Glenn Becker
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" EndSection +-

screen resolution question

2008-05-20 Thread Glenn Becker
t M and I will RTF thing. Thx, Glenn +---------+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: what scripting language to learn?

2008-04-11 Thread Glenn Becker
e to be useful you'd have to know things like sed and some awk and so on: standard unix utils. +---------+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-

Re: Question about perl organisation on disk and CPAN

2008-04-03 Thread Glenn Becker
Glenn +-----+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Suggest one tool to collect favorite web pages?

2008-04-01 Thread Glenn Becker
ase, but does a great job in most. +-----+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread Glenn Becker
. One of the better tech books I have ever read: it's ultra-dog-eared! Glenn +-----+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To U

Re: switching to DHCP in a clean manner ...

2008-02-24 Thread Glenn Becker
My quick anxiety-reliever in these situations is always grep. Something like grep -rn 12.34.56.789 /etc/* using your old IP will find orphaned mentions. Thanks :^) +-+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http

Re: switching to DHCP in a clean manner ...

2008-02-24 Thread Glenn Becker
other lines, such as address, network or gateway. Worked great, thanks! :^) +-+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

switching to DHCP in a clean manner ...

2008-02-24 Thread Glenn Becker
am going about this in an absurdly inelegant way. Like I say, it works but I don't know that it is as good as it could be. Maybe I'm worrying it too much. Thanks, GB +-----+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UN

Re: How to switch to text mode

2007-02-06 Thread Glenn Becker
Yes, I'd say much more elegant! :^) I'd say - no. Okay! :^) to remove: #update-rc.d -f gdm remove to restore: #update-rc.d gdm defaults I learned something, today, great! TMTOWTDI, I guess. G +-----+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROT

Re: How to switch to text mode

2007-02-06 Thread Glenn Becker
ne in the script (or, for ease of finding later, just as the first line). This way you only have to edit one file rather than five or so. Yes, I'd say much more elegant! :^) +---------+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System

Re: Booting Debian/testing fails

2007-02-06 Thread Glenn Becker
To some of us, GUI tools are more intuitive than the opaque, cryptic command line tools. I appreciate your point(s) but to others of us the CLI is neither opaque nor cryptic. Choices is what it's all about - for me. G +-----+ Glenn B

Re: How to switch to text mode

2007-02-06 Thread Glenn Becker
splash from starting up. GB +-----+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread Glenn Becker
Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up to dilbert, flips him a dime, and says,"Here kid, go buy yourself a real computer." yes. but i think it was a /nickel/. :D gb +-----+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROT

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

2007-01-24 Thread Glenn Becker
Bluefish does WYSIWYG ? I thought it is "merely" an HTML editor. you are correct, my inner filter made me leap right over WYSIWYG. sorry. gb +-----+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lo

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

2007-01-24 Thread Glenn Becker
#x27;s one called "august." GB +---------+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: What should I use?

2007-01-22 Thread Glenn Becker
" releases, though I wouldn't do it until you are more certain about what you are changing. Enjoy the journey - I sure did! Regards, Glenn +-+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +

re: int-fiction-installer

2007-01-06 Thread Glenn Becker
g packages. +-----+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: source code editor

2006-06-01 Thread Glenn Becker
vi (vim) is lighter then emacs and many think it is also better i am more and more of a vi-head and altho i like vim quite a bit i am coming to prefer elvis - it sticks closer to original vi. glenn +-+ Dr. Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Vi problems from recent upgrade

2006-05-25 Thread Glenn Becker
is a way around that ... +-+ Dr. Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

problems with syntax highlighting in vim

2006-04-21 Thread Glenn Becker
Apologies if this has been posted already. I am trying to use vim to edit some html files. Never had a problem setting the syntax before, but on my Debian install (testing), I get this when I am inside a simple index.html file and type the ex command: :syntax on Error detected while process

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread Glenn Becker
A hollow watermelon? Who wants that? Why, the invaders who are /even now/ on their way to our vulnerable world, mwah hah hah, what /better/ place to hide? "Oh my God. It's full of seeds." - GB +-+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNI

Re: mucked-up locale settings in testing FIXED

2006-03-13 Thread Glenn Becker
Well the fix turned out to be a mixture of Magnus' suggestions and running apt-get build-dep on locales. Thanks! Glenn +-+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +---

Re: mucked-up locale settings in testing

2006-03-13 Thread Glenn Becker
Is the `locales` package installed? I /believe/ it is ... in aptitude, "locales" is highlighted green, is marked 'ciA' in the leftmost column and is taking up 11.2 MB if I am reading the display correctly. If I run 'apt-get install locales' I get a shower of unmet dependencies, mostly for

mucked-up locale settings in testing

2006-03-13 Thread Glenn Becker
nd of Catch-22 where I can't set the locale because the locale isn't set correctly. I suspect this is a simple problem to fix (even though I don't know how it arose) ... can anyone help me here? Let me know if more details are necess

GRUB ... extended partition ... Windows XP

2006-02-20 Thread Glenn Becker
e partition-ette is causing problems, or whether Windows XP just doesn't like being on a logical partition ... If anybody has any good hints/advice, I would most appreciative. Thanks! Regards, Glenn Becker +-+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public

Re: segmentation fault - XEphem

2002-11-16 Thread Glenn Becker
Wayne - > I am running xephem 3.5-2, from testing (I think), and it runs fine. > Suggest you use the CD for the Win version and just get the deb > package. This was a good suggestion, though I have the UNIX CD. :) CD version still works fine on my old laptop, which runs Slackware 8.1. What I d

segmentation fault - XEphem

2002-11-16 Thread Glenn Becker
I started getting a segmentation fault when I tried to run the program. Here is the output of a session I ran with gdb. I have little experience with gdb, and am of course going to continue to dig, but if anyone has any pointers based upon the following, I would appreciate any help. Thx, Glenn Becker

problem with Nethack 3.4.0

2002-04-28 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi - I wasn't sure whether it would be better to send this to nethack.org or to the Debian list ... anyhoo ... When I start Nethack in console, the basic movement commands h j k and l, etc, are being interpreted as the corresponding '#' commands ... e.g. #h #j #k #l. So that when I try to move us

Re: What's a debian kid look like?

2001-12-23 Thread Glenn Becker
Thought I'd throw in mine: 40 - ack thpt! - yr old ex actor and present poet. Separated from second wife; no kids but a seeming multitude of cats. Have an M.F.A. in acting and a Ph.D. in Dramatic Arts ... by all rights, I should presently be teaching Theatre at some fine institution of higher lear

Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 470CDT

2001-12-21 Thread Glenn Becker
> If the 470CDT is anything like my 460CDT, changing > the drive is very easy. thanks! i was looking around the 'Net and found some indications that i might need to buy an additional HD 'caddy' or somesuch ... and what with the holidays and all i'm fairly broke. :-) glenn

Toshiba Satellite Pro 470CDT

2001-12-21 Thread Glenn Becker
nyone knew of a good resource for this sort of thing. I haven't found anything on the Toshiba website yet. Thanks, Glenn Becker

Re: XML editor/schema developer

2001-12-20 Thread Glenn Becker
en it for Debian yet. I've got it install on the FreeBSD side of my box. Glenn Becker

df redux

2001-11-25 Thread Glenn Becker
All, Some time ago I posted to the list about strange 'leaps' in the disk usage reported by 'df'. The problem was eventually traced to an outsized .xsession-errors file. This happened to me again (as of last night, it seems - I wasn't really keeping track). The partition is roughly 15G, half o

security updates

2001-11-25 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi all, On the strength of what I read re: getting security updates in the list archives, I put the following line in my /etc/apt/sources.list file: deb http://security.debian.org woody/updates main contrib non-free ... but all it generates when I apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade is 'Fai

not-quite-trivial 'repeat' problem since upgrade

2001-11-18 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi, Sorry 'bout the vague subject line - I'm tired from watcing the Leonids last night. The problem I'm having (I can only guess a recent upgrade did it) is that in order to repeat-backspace -- or left/right/up/down arrow -- I have to press the particular key x number of times, rather than jus

kdelibs3

2001-11-11 Thread Glenn Becker
1-14_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Any ideas how to get beyond this? I'm stumped. Have been removing KDE apps one by one, but nothing seems to clear the way. Thanks, Glenn Becker

Re: vim 6.0 packages

2001-10-14 Thread Glenn Becker
d by a human - it's a screen fulla junk. Is there an easy way to get this back? Although there's a good list of outstanding bugs for the vim package, I couldn't find this on it & am convinced I'm just being dunderheaded here. Thanks for any pointer(s). Glenn Becker

Vigor, anyone?

2001-09-28 Thread Glenn Becker
7;t seem to raise a response ... anyone know of another place I can get this? Obviously, not a hi-priority thing. It just looked fun. Thx, Glenn Becker

a printer for Linux

2001-05-05 Thread Glenn Becker
ible printer do? What are the considerations, here? Thanks in advance, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

aatv

2001-05-01 Thread Glenn Becker
Has anyone on the list used the aatv package to view ascii tv in a console window? Just a perverse hobbyist's question ... I'm kinda taken with the whole "ascii" phenom (ascii-Quake, y'know). I was specifically wondering how to *use* this thing ... how / where do you pi

keyboard problem

2001-05-01 Thread Glenn Becker
modmap -e [something] but I'm lost as to what the [something] should be. If anyone has a quick answer for this or can point me to a reference, thanks in advance. I may have missed a thread on this - sorry if so, work has been nuts. Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

X gone all goofy

2001-04-24 Thread Glenn Becker
is discrepancy exists. Anyway, thanks to anyone who can shed light on this. Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM XFree86 Version 4.0.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 18 December 2000 If the server is older than 6

re:linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread Glenn Becker
part from that, though, it's a pretty good intro to Perl 5. Orwant is a good tech writer. Urk. I just checked Amazon.com and its op. But you might find a copy on half.com. Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 7:04pm on Sat, 21 Apr 2001, john smith wrote: > While we are on t

Re: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

2001-04-11 Thread Glenn Becker
ed word) is experiment: of trying things out and seeing what they do. I've not been nearly brave or smart enough, but my experience with various Linux-es, and especially Debian, has made me a much more effective do-er. Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 5:00pm on Wed,

Re: Lion Worm

2001-03-23 Thread Glenn Becker
Sorry, in my concern about this recent worm, I wrote too hastily. I just discovered through a search of the security mailing list archive that security updates are for stable *only*, and I'm running a testing box. Best, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 10:14pm on Fr

Re: Lion Worm

2001-03-23 Thread Glenn Becker
OK, I've tried adding this line via dselect *and* direct editing of the source.list file ... and I get '404 file not found's for the security stuff. What could I be doing wrong? I've fiddled with the security listing several times but still can't get past the 404 upon

Debian and HP49G

2001-03-14 Thread Glenn Becker
ccessfully shunting stuff back and forth from Debian to an HP48 or 49. Would be interested in ... how ... :-) Thanks, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

Re: Need Window Manager recommendation

2001-03-09 Thread Glenn Becker
Thanks for this recommendation. I just downloaded the uwm/ude combination and it is indeed awesome! Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 9:42pm on Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Matthew Sackman wrote: > On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 01:21:39PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > Eric R

ssh in testing

2001-03-08 Thread Glenn Becker
Hey, We've been asked to switch over to ssh for remote connections here at my work. I was going to download the ssh package when I noticed it had one of those 'package not available' dependencies ... Is anyone using ssh under Debian, specifically testing? Thanks. Glenn Becker

Re: Need Window Manager recommendation

2001-03-08 Thread Glenn Becker
I use wmaker, blackbox and icewm kind of interchangeably, depending on my mood. No terribly deep reasons why: I like the ease of changing wmaker's look, the simplicity and cleanliness of blackbox and ... I don't know why I like icewm. :-) Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.

Re: Package quality

2001-03-05 Thread Glenn Becker
t;vrweb" package (which has to do almost exclusively with VRML files) "rates" higher than the package "elvis" which is a vi-type editor with the ability to highlight, etc. VRML's .wrl files (but does a lot of other things as well). Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community

Re: Mouse goes nuts in X

2001-03-05 Thread Glenn Becker
Have you tried killing gpm? From root, type killall gpm Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 12:55pm on Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Lars Knudsen wrote: > John McPeek wrote: > > > > Hi, > > As soon as I start X the mouse looks fine, sitting in the middle of the >

xa+cv, mozilla instabillity et al: SOLVED?

2001-03-03 Thread Glenn Becker
killed the program. I can even get some programs to run from menu that were not working before - the game bzflag for example. So it seems that this addition to the .xsession file was a major impediment. Seems like a bit of a bug to me! Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 1:30pm

Debian site down?

2001-03-03 Thread Glenn Becker
Wondering if anyone else is finding the main Debian site inaccessible this afternoon ... It's been hours since I've been able to pull up the site and I was hoping it was not just me ... Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

Re: i18n and fonts

2001-03-02 Thread Glenn Becker
> What's the output of the following: > > $ locale LANG=C LC_CTYPE="C" LC_NUMERIC="C" LC_TIME="C" LC_COLLATE="C" LC_MONETARY="C" LC_MESSAGES="C" LC_PAPER="C" LC_NAME="C" LC_ADDRESS="C" LC_TELEPHONE="C" LC_MEASUREMENT="C" LC_IDENTIFICATION="C" LC_ALL=C ... this is what I set it to with the c

new domain name

2001-03-01 Thread Glenn Becker
I just purchased my first domain name. Is there an efficient way to change the name of my system from the rather ignorantly assigned name I gave it at install to the new domain name? Thx, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

Re: Eek! X won't go away!

2001-02-27 Thread Glenn Becker
Thanks. Good point indeed! Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 4:55pm on Tue, 27 Feb 2001, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Glenn Becker (on Tue, 27 Feb 2001 04:14:48PM -0500): > > I don't really know what the purpose of xdm is. There are packages to > > '

Re: Eek! X won't go away!

2001-02-27 Thread Glenn Becker
I don't really know what the purpose of xdm is. There are packages to 'prettify' it, but I just object to the whole thing. :-) Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 9:12pm on Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Gavin Hamill wrote: > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Glenn Becker wrote: >

Re: Eek! X won't go away!

2001-02-27 Thread Glenn Becker
uld K out the service in whichever of the /etc/rcX.d/ folders it is in. I assume /etc/rc2.d/, but I'm not sure. Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 8:59pm on Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Gavin Hamill wrote: > I have a MOST bizarre and interesting problem at the moment! > >

Re: Mozilla instability - followup

2001-02-26 Thread Glenn Becker
. Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 4:08am on Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:02:56AM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > > Hi. I just installed mozilla off my debian 2.2r2 > > CD's. I ran it for the first time from xterm, and > >

Re: Mozilla instability - followup

2001-02-24 Thread Glenn Becker
problem re-appeared when I opened Mozilla with wmaker or blackbox menus. So: there is a way to avoid the problem, but I'd still like to know *why* this happens and if there is a way to fix it. It's in the mildly-annoying-but-why-does-it-happen camp. Glenn Becker Online Producer,

Mozilla instability

2001-02-24 Thread Glenn Becker
ist-upgrade. Thanks, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

i18n and fonts

2001-02-24 Thread Glenn Becker
ealize that Asian character sets are double-byte. But why is this replacement happening, and how can I keep it from happening? Thanks in advance for any enlightenment. I will cross post on some of the i18n lists. Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

Re: [Q] How to remove a broken package

2001-02-20 Thread Glenn Becker
uld remove them, too. Hope that works for you. Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 3:53pm on Tue, 20 Feb 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > I am in deep trouble with managing packages. I could not remove > a package which is in the status of half-installed. When I try

Re: port scare

2001-02-18 Thread Glenn Becker
Just a quick note to thank everyone for the input on this matter. It has *all* been very instructive - forced me to learn (or take another look at) how the system starts and *what* it starts, and so on. :-) Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 12:06pm on Sun, 18 Feb 2001

Re: port scare

2001-02-18 Thread Glenn Becker
t worry. I can look into better solutions later, like ipchains/firewalls. Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 7:42pm on Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Roberto Diaz wrote: > > What is exactly cadlock at port 770? I know is has something to do with > sun rpc's.. what

Re: port scare

2001-02-18 Thread Glenn Becker
Dave, Wow. As a matter of fact, I *am* running portsentry. I take it then that running portsentry is not in itself a risk ... Thanks for helping me avert my own coronary. ":-) Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 10:45am on Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Dave Sherohman wrote: >

port scare

2001-02-18 Thread Glenn Becker
they suddenly blast open after I had shut down all but three? I have changed nothing - and when I check inetd.conf and the other directories I edited, they are still the same. Ex: I commented out finger ages ago ... it's still commented out and yet now there's an open port. Thx, Gl

open ports remaining

2001-02-17 Thread Glenn Becker
Trying (always!) to become a smarter user. Best, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

Re: broken gnucash in unstable

2001-02-16 Thread Glenn Becker
I have had this problem in testing ... Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 5:06pm on Fri, 16 Feb 2001, John M. Flinchbaugh wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > has anyone else managed to get gnucash deb installed in unstable i386? > wh

Re: GPS

2001-02-15 Thread Glenn Becker
Even more, does anyone on list know of a good source for 'Linux laptops' now that both linuxlaptops.com and tuxtops.com seem to have suspended production? Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM At 1:41pm on Thu, 15 Feb 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was thinking of

locales - curioser

2001-02-13 Thread Glenn Becker
t; LC_TELEPHONE="zh_TW.Big5" LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_TW.Big5" LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_TW.Big5" LC_ALL=zh_TW.Big5 ... which is what I was getting before. My question would be: why is this the case? And how can I reset to default *everywhere*? Thanks, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

oddness with locales

2001-02-12 Thread Glenn Becker
ith Chinese characters, but these *all* shouldn't be set thus, I don't think. Is there an easy way to reset my locale settings? Thanks, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM

Re: Mouse ...

2001-02-12 Thread Glenn Becker
there's another sig over four lines long. look out! :-) _ | // G l e n n B e c k e r|

Re: today's Q from the 'net-dunce :-)

2001-02-12 Thread Glenn Becker
EMAIL PROTECTED] | _| At 4:22pm on Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Gregor Anders wrote: > > Hallo Glenn Becker, > > > All, > > Just wondering, if I have a mult

today's Q from the 'net-dunce :-)

2001-02-12 Thread Glenn Becker
All, Just wondering, if I have a multi-OS setup, does each system have to have its own IP #? Only one will ever be up and running at a time ... G _ |

Re: apt-get wants to remove gnucash!?

2001-02-12 Thread Glenn Becker
I don't know re: this problem precisely, but I had no end of trouble *installing* gnucash to a testing box. Lots of dependency problems. g _ | // G l e

kernel compilation guide?

2001-02-11 Thread Glenn Becker
All, I try to tune in to any discussions of how to compile a new / custom kernel on the list, but I was wondering ... is there a convenient doc on how to do this the Debian way? I am currently running 2.2.17 & don't feel any great *need* to upgrade/date, but would like the know-how. Thx, Glenn

RE: domain setup & email/DSL:followup

2001-02-09 Thread Glenn Becker
that name point to the ip > address assigned to you by the isp. > > Once it's registered it may take a few days to proliferate to the > various DNS's, but you'll be in business. > > No expert here, but HTH, George > > > > -Original Message

Re: domain setup & email/DSL

2001-02-09 Thread Glenn Becker
| // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _| At 11:07am on Fri, 9 Feb 2001, b3 wrote: > Glenn Becker wrote: > > > When I set up my Debian box, I named it debian.atomcam.com, which seemed > &g

Re: domain setup & email/DSL:followup

2001-02-09 Thread Glenn Becker
/ -- Captain Beefheart | | // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _____| At 9:54am on Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Glenn Becker w

domain setup & email/DSL

2001-02-09 Thread Glenn Becker
All, I'm wondering if I made an error when I initially set up my machine. My wife runs a webcam site at www.atomcam.com. The site is hosted by a company called warped, and our DSL service is provided by another company (the whole DSL thing is something I know v. little -- in a technical sense -

Re: linuxconf/changing IP setup ...

2001-02-08 Thread Glenn Becker
heart | | // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _| At 10:46pm on Thu, 8 Feb 2001, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Glenn Becker (on Thu, 08 Feb 2001 10

linuxconf/changing IP setup ...

2001-02-08 Thread Glenn Becker
All, OK, I feel very silly. I believe there was a post to the list on the subject of changing one's IP post-installation, but I didn't think I'd need it, so I deleted it. Anyhoo, we wound up having to change DSL providers, so I got a brand new IP, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS #s tonight.

Re: XFree 4.0 debs?

2001-02-08 Thread Glenn Becker
yes - i recently upgraded to testing and got xfree 4.0.2 in the process. g _ | // G l e n n B e c k e r

Re: i810 in testing

2001-02-08 Thread Glenn Becker
e other guys boxes.. > > have fun > alvin > http://www.linux-1U.net ... > > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Glenn Becker wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm strongly considering switching over to Debian at work ... but my > > machine here has one of those

RE: i810 in testing

2001-02-07 Thread Glenn Becker
// [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _| At 1:20pm on Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 07-Feb-2001 Glenn Becker wrote: > > > > so ... the xfree86-common pack

RE: i810 in testing

2001-02-07 Thread Glenn Becker
// [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _| At 12:56pm on Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 07-Feb-2001 Glenn Becker wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm strongly considering switching over to Debian at wor

i810 in testing

2001-02-07 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi, I'm strongly considering switching over to Debian at work ... but my machine here has one of those evilish Intel i810 video jobs ... any reports of success or failure with this chip and X in testing? I found a few things in the list archives but they were sort of inconclusive as far as testi

Re: Window Manager trouble/Thanks

2001-02-04 Thread Glenn Becker
rik Steffl wrote: > Glenn Becker wrote: > > > > OK, > > > > Here is what I get when I try to start WindowMaker into a vanilla X > > display: > > > > install: cannot stat `/etc/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker': No such file or > > directory >

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