Can't help, I'm afraid, but _nice_ subject line!
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"Aedificator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've heard that Emacs is freely customizable so I was wondering if
> there's a nice way to turn it into an email client.
Well you could use the Gnus news and e-mail package, which is wonderful
http://my.gnus.org/
for advice on how to set up and a tuto
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> also sprach Matthias Hentges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.14.1907 +0100]:
>> It may have something to do with your $TERM variable. Is it identical on
>> both machines? Is the terminfo database identical?
>
> yes, and yes. it's weird.
>
>> Anyways, just
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Knop Jr.) writes:
> Can you recommend any good (not too expensive) quiet cases? I may build
> a computer soon to be my home grown PVR/DVD combo, and of course
> anything sitting in the living room on all the time needs to be quiet.
I've done some busness with the UK
"Teilhard Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> USB modem uses device ttySL0 as default and Win Modem uses ttyLT0. I just
> want to ask whether wvdial looks in those device entries, because it finds
> no modems in my system when I make it search for a modem. Thanks.
No idea where wvdial looks by
peter hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> my gentoo distro has the browser 'links' but no 'man links' page; how
> do i get a man page for a given program?
Install debian! WE get a man page on links ;-)
Might be worth asking on the Gentoo list ?
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"Willem-Jan Meijer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> 6.Then build nvidia-kernel package:
> cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-1.0.2880/Debian/rules
> binary_modules
>
> When I do that, I get:
>
> -bash: rules: command not found
Willem - it looks like you are missing the cd at the begi
Jonathan Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all
>
> [BRIEF SUMMARY - How do I segregate one mail stream from one mailbox
> at my ISP into different users locally?]
> What combination of programs do I use to get one mailbox successfully
> segregated when it hits my machine? I'm using fet
Ananda Kumar Samaddar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi All,
>
> can somebody help with me with said subject? Since I
> upgraded to Woody, my texmf tree in /var/spool has not
> been changeable by a normal user. So as a normal user
> I cannot generate new tfm or pk files. This is very
> annoying
"Carlos Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm new and am trying to install debian on a Compaq Deskpro EN PC running a
> P-III(733MHz) processor.
>
>
>
> I downloaded 3 iso images:
>
> debian-30r1-i386-binary-1
>
> debian-30r1-i386-binary-2
>
> debian-30r1-i386-binary-3
>From the install ma
Levi Waldron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I actually find spamassassin runs pretty slowly on my K6-2/500MHz 384MB
> machine (I know it's not real fast but not a dinosaur either). It takes
> about 5-10 seconds per message, so before I started filtering my debian-user
> messages before processi
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:17:22AM -0800, Phil Newcombe wrote:
>> Well everything works - I've got the 2.4.20 kernel and it runs and X
>> runs - but, it has this really weird 'rainbow' like color scheme running
>> through everything. The root window co
Tom Montroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I get the same problem with or without a .emacs file in my home directory.
Well something is interfering here! On what kind of system are you doing
this? Stand-alone PC or as part of a site network?
What happens if you do
emacs21 -vanilla ?
If
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would like to find one of these for my wie. A google search turns up a
> couple, but a quick atempt at compiling them on my "testing"machine fails.
>
> Cany anyone help out here?
Not if you don't tell us how the compiles failed! What error messages
did you ge
Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Emacs... what else is there? (ducks)
Xemacs!! or for something lighweight, Jed/Xjed
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"Gilberto Garcia Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I´ve typed blackbox in console mode
In your ~/.xinitrc file (or ~/.xsession file)
put the line
exec blackbox
Then when you start X, blackbox should fire up!
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"Gilberto Garcia Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hey,
Ho!
> I tried to install blackbox package from debian cd.
Good idea!
> after install i tried to run it, but I´ve got an error
> something like: X display not found, conect to X failed.
You were running X at the time, right? You have X
Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Argh, how many times have I attempted this move!
>
> I'd like to make a push to move to XEmacs as my main editor (from a
> Windows editor Program File Editor). It's hard to move to a new editor
> with a large learning curve when there's work to be done.
Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'd like to make a push to move to XEmacs as my main editor (from a
> Windows editor Program File Editor). It's hard to move to a new editor
> with a large learning curve when there's work to be done.
Good plan! I noted at least one reference to a .ema
"Irish, Jon D MEVATEC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone tell me if there is a HOW-TO, or paper available that covers
> recompiling the kernel for Debian? I found the Kernel HOWTO, but it appears
> to be slanted more toward RedHat, and I am a 'newbie' so I want to make sure
> that I am doin
"Scott --sidewalking--" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers
Doubt it - I'm a Presbyterian minister!
> why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
> all of this stuff.
To some extent it goes with the OS. Maybe a liking
Adam Kao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I learned Emacs (almost 20 years ago) there was a nifty tutorial.
> Now I can't find it in the info hierarchy. Has it been retired? How
> should a novice start learning Emacs?
C-h t
hth
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Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, the --description fiend does seem to exist.
^
Maybe an exorcism would fix it? ;-)
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"Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Whenever I have weird problems with Emacsen I always start by
> renaming/moving my ~/.emacs (or ~/.xemacs) to some scratch name and
> try whatever it is without an Emacsen init file. Does that show you
> anything? In other words, make sure you're not pu
Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone have suggestions as to the cause and solution to this?
No, but just a question - is there a reason for not using the debian
packages for the nvidia drivers and kernel support?
nvidia-kernel-src
nvidia-glx-src
If you haven't tried it, install these
"nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Glyn Millington said:
>>
>> Woody system with XFree 4.2.1
>> Sound card Soundblaster 128
>
> look at the kernel log(usually 'dmesg' will do), does the kernel detect
> the soundcard? on my 2.2.19 system I
Woody system with XFree 4.2.1
Sound card Soundblaster 128
My Christmas present was an nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 card. After much
fear and trembling I installed the relevant packages ie
nvidia-kernel-src
nvidia-glx-src
followed the instructions and everything went fine except that /dev/mixer
c
iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Mark Janssen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>> If your willing to change newsreaders you could try out 'PAN'. It's
>> great for binaries and quite good for text groups too. It supports SSL.
>>
>
> i'm very willing to change. :D
If I understand the man
"Mark L. Kahnt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> $ apt-cache show peace_on_earth
>> Package: peace_on_earth
>> Priority: optional
>> Section: misc
>> Maintainer:
>> Version: 0.001alpha-1
>> Provides: utopian_society
>> Conflicts: human_nature
>
> Not reliable on military computing platforms...
So
Are you editing .muttrc while mutt is running? Does mutt lock its config
file when it is in action?
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Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there actually any advantage to using post-mode over message-mode,
> other than having some magic that autoloads when composing with mutt?
> Assuming, of course, you're not using an older emacsen that doesn't
> bundle gnus and hence message-mode.
To be
Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yes, but IMHO they're worth it (did you check www.pricewatch.com
> for prices?). Mindlessly simple setup, great Linux support, and
> good quality/performance.
Mindless is what I need at the moment %-)
Many thanks for the pointers!
Glyn
Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ok, sorry, i have another question... i guess this one is more about
> regular expressions than anything... i'm recoloring my headers and
> various parts of my messages to be a little bit easier for me, so i want
> to make the PGP output (the lines th
Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Err, yeah, there's a way to run Emacs as a client/server. I think you
> start the original Emacs with something like "emacs -f server-start",
> and then you set your editor in mutt to "emacsclient" and it'll use the
> server process. It's been a whil
I'm running straight Woody - my wife is running (blush) Winders 98. I'd
like to link up the two without too many cables.
Any recommendations as to cards that have worked with Debian? The
Lucent Orinico cards get mentioned in my google trawls on the subject but
seem rather expensive...
(Ha
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What would be a good example procmail rule to automatically delete
> messages 72 hours old or more?
Don't know how to do it in procmail - the link below points to a perl
script which might help
http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/cgi-bin/w3glimpse2htm
"Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> The first thing I thought was that maybe the package name was
> wrong. Is there a simple way to view all the packages say via a file?
> If there were such a file, then I could pipe the result to grep and
dpkg -l emacs* will probably show you what yo
Cyberthor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
use pppconfig
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Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news?
>
> I currently use mutt, but then use gnus for newsgroups... briefly
> looked into vm and rmail... not exactly attractive...
>
> want to get away from the huge ness of emacs...
Yes it is big - on
Others have tried to help with the shutdown thing - and I hate to nag in
a moment of crisis. But could you turn off the html e-mail when you post
to the list? I suspect the htmp is broken - at least it comes out as a
real mess here.
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Michael Naumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Here are the requirements:
>>
>> 1) Must be able to "maximize window to available space" a la
>>enlightenment.
>>
>> 2) Must support multiple sequence key bindings a la emacs.
>>
>> 3) Must be fast.
>>
>> 4) Must be faster.
>>
>> alex
>
> I use fv
Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Debian seems like the center of a funnel; after hitting a few places
> on the sides, you eventually end up here;)
What a good way of putting it ;-)
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>
>>Hello
>>I need to configure my X 4.1.0-16 in woody on x86 PC to switch between
>>different keyboard maps. I need standard us/uk keymap and cz_qwerty
>>keymap. So I change /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as follows:
>>
>>Section "InputDevice"
>>Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
>>Driver
will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i know, it's not fresh news, but i'm about ready to jump from
> potato to woody.
Happy landings ;-)
I found the simple dist-upgrade just did it - have you any special reason
to be apprehensive?
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Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> The Midnight Commander can be set up to look like that ;-) It's
>> good!
>> Glyn
>
>
> well, i tried and could not. am i too dumb?
Highly unlikely!
>or just new to linux?
maybe - welcome!
Fire up mc
With your mouse click on the tab at the
Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hello all
>
> it has been almost a week since i shifted to linux and it has been
> wonderful.
>
> one thing that i am missing is a file manager like explorer. two
> paned. left side tree, right side contents of directory.
>
The Midnight Commander ca
Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> anyone have any opinions / dogma to share on the use or omission of
> the second colon?
Below is a snip from the procmail mini-faq
8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--
Under Unix and other multitasking operating s
Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Well why then did the Xemacs-version I pulled from _stable_ at
> start-up display this message : debian-xemacs-version: Symbols' value
> as variable is void, while one from testing does not?
> Or am I the sole person who encountered this strange prob
Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> 3. Installed 21.4.6 from my cd, checked o the compile options used by the
>>debian compilers - saved the list as a file.
>
> Do I need to make this file into a executable file (like a script?)
Oh no! Use it to till you what options to feed to co
Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now, just in case _some-one_ does read this:
Josef,
Alas I cannot answer you question. This is just to suggest that you
might get a response on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've got XEmacs 21.4.9 running here. I acheived this by
1. Pointing sources list at a
Udo Schlaepfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Many thanks for this. So I can read in the _system_ menudefs.hook and
>> the autogenerated menus will appear?
>
> Of course you can:
>
> ,
> | Read /et
Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I use three of the hook files:
Thanks for these!
>> Can anyone point me to a full sample configuration ? Or maybe share
>> their own ?
>
> I'd be happy you to send you my config files if you still want them.
If you could that might be very h
Udo Schlaepfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> but instead to add user customizations via hooks in the ~/.fvwm
>> directory. Then the packaging system can update menus and the system
>> .fvwm2rc if it so wishes without codging up your customisations.
>
> Witch it can still do if you maintain your
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Glyn> Can anyone point me to a full sample configuration ? Or maybe share
> Glyn> their own ?
>
> You do not have to use the system .fvwm2rc file. Here is my
> setup http://people.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/X.tar.bz2 (It is my
> complete X se
Udo Schlaepfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I want to do this in the Debain way though - What I cannot completely
>> grasp is the Debian way with fvwm, where most of the user configuration
>> is done in
Greetings. I'm running Woody with a 2.4.18 kernel.
Window managers - I've toyed with Windowmaker, stayed with Blackbox a
long time, but have come back to Fvwm - currently have the latest
unstable installed in /usr/local and it is wonderful!!
I want to do this in the Debain way though - What
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 09:08:48PM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote:
>> Is it, do you know, safe to remove this file altogether?
>
> I think the command you want is 'update-modules'.
OK - will investigate!Thanks for all the
Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Glyn Millington wrote:
>> Greetings! Debian Woody (wonderful!!) 2.4.18 compiled by yours
>> truly. Since rebuilding the kernel when I boot up I get a long list
>> of
>> "modprobe can't find" messages.
Nick Traxler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Since rebuilding the kernel when I boot up I get a long list of
>>
>> "modprobe can't find" messages.
>>
>> But the modules are there and they work,or I would not be sending this
>> ;-)
>>
>> I suspect that this means that something from my previou
Greetings! Debian Woody (wonderful!!) 2.4.18 compiled by yours truly.
Since rebuilding the kernel when I boot up I get a long list of
"modprobe can't find" messages.
But the modules are there and they work,or I would not be sending this
;-)
I suspect that this means that something from my
Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 05:52:09AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote:
>> Carl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > my xterm scrolled, and the clock started losing time. This finally
>> > became enough o
Carl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> my xterm scrolled, and the clock started losing time. This finally
> became enough of an aggravation, that I just dropped back to 3.3.6.
> Of course this is an older version card with DRAM instead of VRAM, so
> this may not apply to you.
Sorry to be fe
"Anna Lawless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've used Mandrake for the last two years, but always wanted to
> move to Debian.
Quite right too!!
> I'm using XF86-4 with the Vesa driver for a nVideo Riva2 card. My
> mouse is a standard ps2 wheelmouse.
Are you using gpm? (Have you use of the
Matthew Claridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> This is my first day using Debian and I've got everything installed
> and working and I've even found a load of the configuration stuff, but
> the one thing I can't fix is my soundcard.
>
> The permissions on /dev/dsp are fine:
> crw-rw
Marcello,
Have you looked at the CD-Writing-HOWTO - may well be on your system. It
contains a useful rundown of the modules/kernel includes you need for
each kind of device, in the section headed "Compiling missing kernel
modules (optional)". More than you might think!
With those in place it s
Glen Lee Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Well, sort of not really. I have extensive modifications, most of which
> are in various files in ~/lisp. When I installed xemacs on this box, I
> first copied all my configuration files over from the other server. On
> installing xemacs, it s
Glen Lee Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> http://members.fcwm.org/glen/fvwm/fvwm2.jpg
Nice - but do you LIKE those icons?!
>
> I can't get it to work on the Debian box. Instead of displaying the
> pixmap I'm getting a solid black background. Following is the line I'm
> using in .xema
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I appreciate your response. Could any one give me any guidance as to
> how this is done? Do I use the standard OpenOffice (English version)
> that I already have and just do something with locales or with kbd or
> something? Or do I download a special Germ
Andrew Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi !
>
> Just started with Debian (woody). I'm by no means an expert so need the
> online help. Unfortunalty, Gnome help doesn't seem to be installed
> (Clicking on the ? in the Gnome panel just brings up a browser with the
> msg: Could not load default
"David Glez. Romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hola, estoy interezado en obtener un manual de instalacion de Debian en
> espanol. Si alguien me pudiera brindar informacion de donde pueda descargar
> u obtener algo que me sirva para poder instalara debian 2.2r5 le agradecere
> aternamente esta
Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> prover wrote:
>> I'M NOT MEMER OF YOUR MAILING LISTS. MY MAIL IS : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> ([EMAIL PROTECTED] IS ONLY FORWARD FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
>> WHY THIS MAILS COME TO ME?
>> EVERY DAY COME TO ME 200 MAILS FROM YOUR MAILING LISTS.
>> CAN YOU DO SOMETH
"Ronald Castillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Generally I use LAN (both PCs connected to a router), but I have a
> problem with the LAN cable (I have to buy a new one) and while I do that
> I need internet on my linux box.
>
> Any tips on how can use PPP?
apt-get install pppconfig
hth
Glyn
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Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> cockeyed enough to be considered spam. If I am mistaken and my .sig is
> so wretched that it outweighs the benefit of my posts here, please let
> me know (anyone, really), and I'll either change it or unsubscribe
> (haven't decided yet).
Vineet, _any_ si
> On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 11:12:37AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> It's not a "bizarre" superiority complex. May not be valid,
>> but certainly not "bizarre". I can list 1,000 US accomplish-
>> ments, not the least of which is making sure that Aussies aren't
>> not speaking Japanese, and the Bri
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Rich Puhek writes:
>> Sam Adams has some good stuff. Leinenkeugel (sp?) from Wisconsin is
>> pretty good too.
>
> Leinenkugel's.
Leinenkugel's, schmeinenkugels!! When woody emerges, what's the best
champagne?
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> bonjour,je voudrais savoir comment installer cet os ;y a t-il un guide
> complet pour
> l'installation(au moins la base)?merci
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
And don't send html!!!
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Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/examples/
Great!! Many thanks for this - good stuff.
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David Smead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> BTW, today marks an anniversary for me - one week ago today I downloaded
> the two boot floppies and did the first net install.
Tchah! Any excuse for a party!
Glad it worked for you ;-)
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Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 04/17 14:47 Glyn Millington wrote:
>> Probably best in ~/.Xdefaults
>>
>> eg
>>
>>Emacs.default.attributeFont:-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
>
> That is 12-point font, right
Ernst-Magne Vindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You schould replace ~/.Xdefaults with ~/Xresources. The latter is loaded
> automatically.
So is ~/.Xdefaults ! Depends how you have set up to start X.
> I'm not sure if emacs gets it's fonts there, I have the emacs fonts in
> ~/.emacs.
Emacs mos
Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Where can I set the font for the main menu of Emacs?
Probably best in ~/.Xdefaults
eg
Emacs.default.attributeFont:-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
Emacs*menubar*font: -microsoft-verdana-bold-r-normal-*-*-90-*-*-p-*-vi
Bill Benedetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> You did log out and back in after updating your .Xdefaults,
> right?
or just do
xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults
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Thomas Peri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I seem to be using 100dpi fonts. This wouldn't bother me, but since
> many programs seem to assume 75dpi, lots of elements like buttons and
> things (especially in mozilla) are sized too small, and the text gets
> clipped. How can I use 75dpi fonts inste
Barry Mathieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I removed the /etc/fetchmailrc file, and issued
> /etc/init.d/fetchmail stop
Yes but that only stops it, not removes the script - and if something
else fires up the script.
> and then I logged in as root and issued dpkg-reconfigure
> fetchmail-co
dave mallery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 23 Mar 2002, Glyn Millington wrote:
> >
> > Just download the gnome-core deb
> >
> > then load it in with dpkg
> >
> > dpkg --force-overwrite -i gnome-core_1.4.0.6-2_i386.deb
>
>
> after
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm buildign a woddy machien for my wife, and i can't for the life of me,
> figure out why Gnome sounds won't work.
>
> The machien has working sound for things like mp3blaster, and if I run esd
> from a non Gnome session, I get the startup beeps. Loged in as a
dave mallery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> gnome-core got good and stuck:
> Unpacking replacement gnome-core ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-core_1.4.0.6-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/omf/gnome-core/fdl-C.omf', which is also
> in package
"John F Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have the latest vim. When I try to issue the :help command I get the
> following
> error:
>
> Error detected while processing BufRead Auto commands for "*.gz":
> E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off
> E434: Can't find tag pattern
> Hit ENTER
Alan James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You could just stop using this server and send mail direct from your own
> machine. Unless theres some firewall in the way then thats the easiest way.
Hmmm I feel sure that when I tried this a couple of years ago I ran into
the DUL list - many e-mails b
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have the same problem, typing gvim or vim -g starts up vim with syntax
> highlighting etc. turned on, but in a console without the GUI.
>
> I assume I must be missing some gnome libs, as I haven't installed any
> other gnome stuff, is this the problem? I thought it
Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Wow, OK, I'm confused. Is this a Joke or not?
>
> I have heard of the anti-emacsen religion before - where is it based?
>
alt.religion.vim
Tom, as with your other post on debian-user, I got four copies of this
one! Obviously I need to adjust Gnus,
Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Yeah, that works... in both emacs and xemacs... but man, how can you put
> up with those colours??? Aaargh! It's the windows hotdog-stand theme!
Hey, it's gorgeous!! I *like* black/darkbackgrounds and fiery frames etc
May be a sign of my ultimate desti
faisal gillani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well debian comes with builtin exim mailer deamon
> which is good but i want to replace it with sendmail
> mainly cause i have bought its book
> but i cant remove the package as it keeps giving me
> dependicies problem .. so how can i remove it &
> ins
R.Pac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> how can I change the background of the menubar under emacs (version
> 20.x) ?
In .Xdefaults or .Xsession, with xresources setting
Emacs*menubar*Foreground:Red
Emacs*menubar*Background:Gold
for example - except that these may not b
csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I ran into a similar problem some whiles back. Since Debian is fairly
> well-organized I guessed the solution could be found by a simple:
>
> grep -rl PeskySetting /etc/*"
>
> If that failed I would have done the same for ~me. That's one of the
> joys of text-based
Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> /etc/passwd. I don't see why this is a problem, since you can change it
> in most mail readers.
No problem, just that
a. I couldn't for the life of me remember where it is set.
b. I don't like it when the system does things I can't track dow
Can you help me understand something about my mail system? Gnus,
Xemacs, Exim, fetchmail.
When I, eg, send a message to this list, my email address comes out as
Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Now the "Glyn Millington" part of that is not set in my .gnus file or
i
Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Glynn,
>
> We have some success!
Bravo!!
Slrn is really nice - if I were not utterly addicted to Gnus..
Glyn
--
*Note that I use Debian version testing/un
Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
OK, let me just catch up here!! You are running
a. Leafnode?
b. slrn on
debian stable?
on a dial-up machine?
On the assumption that all these are answered yes (the debian verson will
not make much difference)
A. LEAFNODE
The _poi
Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1 there are no entries in /var/spool/news/interesting.groups
> 2 if I want to run fetchnews -vv -f I have to do this from root, I
> caanot run this from my user account.
> 3 when I do this i can see from the modem that data is being
> received but th
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