RE: How do I setup printer?

2007-05-08 Thread Jan Sneep
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 7, 2007 2:50 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How do I setup printer? > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 02:07:44PM -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > > > >

RE: How do I setup printer?

2007-05-07 Thread Jan Sneep
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 7, 2007 11:19 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How do I setup printer? > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:52:50AM -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > > That

RE: How do I setup printer?

2007-05-07 Thread Jan Sneep
That's a great tip ... now do you have any equally slick tip for getting Samba to share that printer to the rest of the computers on the LAN? I've gone to http://localhost:901/ and clicked on the Printer icon, but Samba can't seem to find the printer automatically and the help doesn't seem to be su

RE: How do I setup printer?

2007-05-06 Thread Jan Sneep
> -Original Message- > From: Mark Grieveson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 5, 2007 7:41 PM > To: debian-user > Subject: Re: How do I setup printer? > > The easiest way to set up a printer is to install the package > printconf, and then run it. It's a similar utility to alsaconf (tha

RE: Installing OpenLDAP on Etch

2007-05-04 Thread Jan Sneep
penLDAP on Etch > > > On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 16:08 -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > > I'm trying to install OpenLDAP. Has anyone done this on Etch yet? > > > > I have downloaded the software and extracted the files as > per the Admin > > Guide and I'm stuck on o

Installing OpenLDAP on Etch

2007-05-04 Thread Jan Sneep
I'm trying to install OpenLDAP. Has anyone done this on Etch yet? I have downloaded the software and extracted the files as per the Admin Guide and I'm stuck on one of the steps. I think based on the output in the log files that this has to do with the default setup under Debian Etch so thought I

RE: private LAN ldap (was Re: Bookmarks across browsers)

2007-05-04 Thread Jan Sneep
4, 2007 11:51 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: private LAN ldap (was Re: Bookmarks across browsers) > > > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 11:43:50AM -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > > This is really a very basic question and perhaps should be > a new thread but

RE: private LAN ldap (was Re: Bookmarks across browsers)

2007-05-04 Thread Jan Sneep
when I did a "printenv" either. So how does one create an environment variable in Linux, or Debian or Etch? Thanks, Jan > -Original Message- > From: Jan Sneep [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 4, 2007 8:07 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subj

RE: private LAN ldap (was Re: Bookmarks across browsers)

2007-05-04 Thread Jan Sneep
> -Original Message- > From: Alex Samad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 4, 2007 4:03 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: private LAN ldap (was Re: Bookmarks across browsers) > > > On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 07:01:33PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED

RE: Dangers of "stable" in sources.list

2007-05-03 Thread Jan Sneep
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 3, 2007 11:54 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Dangers of "stable" in sources.list > > > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 11:24:56AM -0400, Jan Sneep

RE: Dangers of "stable" in sources.list

2007-05-03 Thread Jan Sneep
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 3, 2007 10:44 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Dangers of "stable" in sources.list > > mildly humorous to think someone could be *surprised* by a debian > release ;-O. Actually I

RE: Lost Internet Access

2007-05-02 Thread Jan Sneep
omments that made me try something that solved the problem. Thanks, Jan > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 2, 2007 2:19 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Lost Internet Access > > > On Wed, May 0

RE: Lost Internet Access

2007-05-02 Thread Jan Sneep
> -Original Message- > From: Jan Sneep [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 2, 2007 8:43 AM > To: 'Debian Users' Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Lost Internet Access > > > Thanks for all your suggestions, I do appreciate the responses. > > In the

RE: Lost Internet Access

2007-05-02 Thread Jan Sneep
icult to follow a > conversation (I know. outlook encourages people to do this, > but mailing > list etiquette is different. And pre-dates outlook...) > > On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 04:19:04PM -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > > To transfer files I save the file to \home\jan and then go &g

RE: Lost Internet Access

2007-05-02 Thread Jan Sneep
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Kushal Kumaran > Sent: May 2, 2007 4:25 AM > To: Debian Users' Mailing List > Subject: Re: Lost Internet Access > > > On 5/2/07, Jan Sneep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

List Server Glitch

2007-05-01 Thread Jan Sneep
Anyone know why I can "reply" to a message sent to this list and those reply messages show up on the list, but I can not create a new message and have it show up on the list. I always have to do a "reply all" to a message from the list delete the old subject and message text. I've unsubscribed and

RE: Lost Internet Access

2007-05-01 Thread Jan Sneep
al windows results in "command not found". -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kushal Kumaran Sent: May 1, 2007 2:36 PM To: Debian Users' Mailing List Subject: Re: Lost Internet Access On 5/1/07, Jan Sneep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: Lost Internet Access

2007-05-01 Thread Jan Sneep
: Karl E. Jorgensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 1, 2007 2:46 PM To: 'Debian Users' Mailing List' Subject: Re: Lost Internet Access On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 02:02:59PM -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > > I've lost Internet access from the machine running Debian. I can > su

Lost Internet Access

2007-05-01 Thread Jan Sneep
I've lost Internet access from the machine running Debian. I can successfully PING other computers on the LAN and can successfully PING the gateway router and can transfer files back and forth between machines. All the other machines can successfully access Internet websites, but just can't get th

RE: Newbie Samba help (solved)

2007-04-26 Thread Jan Sneep
help (solved) On 4/26/07, John K Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:03:47 -0400 > "Jan Sneep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Interestingly from the Win Xp machine I can see a whole bunch of > > file

RE: Newbie Samba help (solved)

2007-04-25 Thread Jan Sneep
Many Thanks for all the replies ... Turned out that all I needed to do was an "smbpasswd -a jan" and re-enter my password. At first I tried the settings you suggested ... I printed out your email and my smb.conf and compared them line by line. The differences were very small. Below is the smb.co

RE: Newbie Samba help

2007-04-25 Thread Jan Sneep
-0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > I just installed the latest OS using a NetInst CD and during the install I > checked the boxes for "File Server" and "Print Server" and I have been to > HYPERLINK "http://localhost:901"Http://localhost:901 to verify that Samba is > up

Newbie Samba help

2007-04-25 Thread Jan Sneep
I just installed the latest OS using a NetInst CD and during the install I checked the boxes for "File Server" and "Print Server" and I have been to HYPERLINK "http://localhost:901"Http://localhost:901 to verify that Samba is up and running.   I can "see" the Debian server from my Win XP machines,

RE: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates

2007-04-24 Thread Jan Sneep
Found it !!! Desktop -> Administation -> Update Manager and yes the check shows that all is good ... :O) -Original Message- From: Jan Sneep [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 24, 2007 8:15 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Newbie Aptitude Question about Se

RE: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates

2007-04-24 Thread Jan Sneep
OTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of BartlebyScrivener Sent: April 23, 2007 10:57 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates On Apr 23, 5:00 pm, "Jan Sneep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Doug, > > But w

RE: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates

2007-04-23 Thread Jan Sneep
uglas Allan Tutty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 23, 2007 4:36 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 02:23:01PM -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > "You are not going to learn Debian (or Linux) overnight&

RE: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates

2007-04-23 Thread Jan Sneep
... compared to this one. :O) -Original Message- From: Sam Leon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 23, 2007 1:51 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates Jan Sneep wrote: > It is just SOOO frustratin

RE: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates

2007-04-23 Thread Jan Sneep
1 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jan Sneep wrote: > I could log in, but every command I could think of to try failed ... the > only command that worked was "help" and

RE: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates

2007-04-23 Thread Jan Sneep
AIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 23, 2007 11:46 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 11:10:55AM -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > Wanted to make sure I had all the latest Security & installed > applications updates. Based

Newbie Aptitude Question about Security Updates

2007-04-23 Thread Jan Sneep
Wanted to make sure I had all the latest Security & installed applications updates. Based on some recent threads on this list it looked like Aptitude was the tool to use.   I'm a total newbie ... downloaded and successfully installed my very first Debian OS a month of so ago and thought I should tr

Second Install not going so well

2007-03-25 Thread Jan Sneep
A little over a month ago I successfully used made an install CD and installed Sarge on an old Dell XPS200 (Pentium 2 @ 200 MHz and 4 gig drive) selecting all the default prompts that were presented to me. It was my first ever foray into the world of Linux. But as you can imaging it was painfull

Newbie Question: Debian and iTunes

2007-02-17 Thread Jan Sneep
Well two weeks ago I successfully installed Debian for the first time (first time for any Linux OS for that matter) and thanks to the replies to my last question I've got Samba up and working beautifully and this week-end I'm going to get CUPS configured ... again many thanks to those that offered

Very Basic Help Needed

2007-02-12 Thread Jan Sneep
Hi, I managed to download and successfully run the latest stable NetInstall version last week-end, but now I'm having a very frustrating time finding documentation on how to some pretty basic stuff. I managed to find http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Installing_Samba_Linux/Windows_networking which