Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Jed Strauss
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:45:43PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > This may sound dumb, but how do I remove xdm? I am new to debian and don't > know how to do this. And once xdm is removed will the system then use > .xinitrc and start gnome? > Run dselect as root. The .xinitrc file will be used when running

Re: Wvdial - How do you surf without being root?

2001-03-23 Thread Jed Strauss
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:10:27AM -0500, Barry Mathieu wrote: > Hmmm... I'm a Debian newbie using wvdial as an ordinary user, so I > wonder about the legitimacy of my method. > > I've added my username to the 'dialout' group in '/etc/group'. After you > edit that file, exacute, 'update-passwd'.

Re: virtual terminals

2001-03-20 Thread Jed Strauss
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:27:44PM -0800, Alexander Poquet wrote: > hey folks. > > i was just wondering about virtual terms -- is there an easy way to change > how many there are? debian seems to default at 6 running getty, and X > opens up 7. presumably i can use as many as 12? how does this w

Re: Flash Player ?

2001-03-18 Thread Jed Strauss
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 07:55:24PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > What's the Debian way of installing a Flash Player plugin for Netscape? The Debian way, of course, would be to find a .deb package for flash player. Since flash player is not Open Source, it may be difficult to find such a creature. I

Re: mouse

2001-03-18 Thread Jed Strauss
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 06:55:52PM -0600, Ruth McCreery wrote: > I have installed debian 2.1 on a Gateway PC-Plato MB, ps2 mouse, standard > keyboard. I left the configurations just as the set-up recommended them (I've > been using Slackware and was unfamiliar with Debian's protocols). I got all

Re: easy sound config ?

2001-02-24 Thread Jed Strauss
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 07:56:24AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > I'm pretty sure I used "apt-get" for my copy, although I point to > unstable. > > Just checked http://packages.debian.org/ and searched on "sndconfig". > This is the results it returned: > > http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_p

Re: easy sound config ?

2001-02-22 Thread Jed Strauss
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 09:00:40PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > what url did you find sndconfig on? > > Thank you I _think_ this is the one I used: http://www.dicea.unifi.it/ftp/pub/linux/debian/pool/main/s/sndconfig/ This has the right version anyway -- sndconfig_0.57-5_i386.deb>

Re: easy sound config ?

2001-02-22 Thread Jed Strauss
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 11:13:32PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > I just recently made the switch from Red Hat 6 to Debian 2.2. > > On RedHat there was a little program called sndconfig that did > > a nice job of recognizing my sound card and getting sound set up > > for my system. Is there a sim

easy sound config ?

2001-02-17 Thread Jed Strauss
I just recently made the switch from Red Hat 6 to Debian 2.2. On RedHat there was a little program called sndconfig that did a nice job of recognizing my sound card and getting sound set up for my system. Is there a similar utility for Debian? Or a pointer to awebsite would also be appreciated.