Dist-upgrade woes

2001-01-09 Thread JP Sartre
Hi all. I was running woody originally before it became testing and decided to do a fresh install. Upon realizing that testing didn't include many packages I enjoyed having I tried a dist-upgrade to sid. Here's my problem. I remember reading about problems with the new perl upgrade and how i

Kernel 2.4.0-test12

2000-12-22 Thread JP Sartre
Hi all.. Just curious if there is something different with the latest test kernel? I was running test10 and decided to try out test12 with a fresh potato -> woody install. I've compiled many kernels, but this latest time I have run into a little snag. Seems my modules do not work. I have done a

Re: Mail not configured. Best mail program?

2000-10-23 Thread JP Sartre
; Thanks, > Antonio. > > JP Sartre wrote: > > > I have to tell you, IMHO the best GUI email proggie out there is > > sylpheed.. it's not available on the english debian sites for some > > reason. Because it's japanese (it supports japanese fonts) I had to grab &

Re: Mail not configured. Best mail program?

2000-10-20 Thread JP Sartre
I have to tell you, IMHO the best GUI email proggie out there is sylpheed.. it's not available on the english debian sites for some reason. Because it's japanese (it supports japanese fonts) I had to grab it from the japenese debian sites. It does filtering and everything. Really nice.. check it ou

Re: Framebuffer Console ???

2000-10-17 Thread JP Sartre
> # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k > vga=791 > > Is there any way to do this in Debian 2.2? > The Debian lilo objects to the 791 value. > > --- Yup.. but you need to recompile your kernel and under console drivers select yes for Support for frame b

Writing scripts and online support

2000-10-10 Thread JP Sartre
Hi all.. this isn't debian specific, but I'll ask this of you because only smart people use debian.. right? :) Anyhow, I want to learn how to do basic scripts to perform tasks, as well as getting to learn cron and similar daemons.. aside from going out and buying a few perl books (which I intend t

Kernel compile error

2000-08-22 Thread JP Sartre
Hi guys.. I got a strange error when attempting to recompile my kernel today. I was able to compile it yesterday, so I'm not sure why it is choking today. Anyhow, here's the output: /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: for each function it appears in.) make[2]: *** [ksy

Re: Problems with the Desktop-Icons under GNOME

2000-08-21 Thread JP Sartre
Hi Jon: Just a thought, but when you logout from Gnome, it should give you the option of saving your desktop. When you do that and log back in, it should have saved all your icons where you left them. Correct me if I'm wrong. JP On 21 Aug 2000, Jon wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a "Problem"

kde.tdyc.com

2000-07-28 Thread JP Sartre
Just curious if anyone knows what the story is with kde.tdyc.com? It's been down for a few weeks now, and it's the only place I know for kde debs. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. JP