OT: USR Modem troubles

2002-11-16 Thread Jeff Maxson
a new chip and then borrowing a soldering iron if that would be cheaper... Ideas? Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg13350/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DoE software?

2002-11-04 Thread Jeff Maxson
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 09:16:09PM -0500, Jeff Maxson happened to mention: > > no, not dept. of Energy, but design of experiments. Are there any > decent GPL'ed programs out there that would be somewhat analagous to > Modde or SAS-JMP? I realize that is asking quite a bit, bu

DoE software?

2002-11-04 Thread Jeff Maxson
igned expts, that would be nice. I figure with all the math programs out there, maybe there would be a nice one for this too... thanks! -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg11061/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: The only thing I miss about Windows

2002-10-10 Thread Jeff Maxson
; working on. I wonder if there's a way to do something like this in > X... > > Issac In Gnome/Icewm, a right click on the panel bar, go to Panel/Global Prefs, then the Misc. tab. There is a window shot and a full screenshot option there... Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: home ethernet IP addresses

2002-10-02 Thread Jeff Maxson
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:07:27PM -0700, Vineet Kumar happened to mention: > * Jeff Maxson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021002 19:31]: > > gotten to the point where ifconfig gives me... > > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:87:11:5E > > UP BROAD

home ethernet IP addresses

2002-10-02 Thread Jeff Maxson
related? I know DHCP has to do with dynamic IP addresses, right? or am I "out there?" Thanks for any help, all. No huge hurry, just interested in learing linux networking... Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg04927/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: A Good FTP Client.

2002-09-27 Thread Jeff Maxson
hat program is quite useful, and I was sad to see that. (Knowing squat about being a developer beyond taking it to the photo shop for the 1-hour service, I'm not volunteering... :) Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg03969/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Wine/Quicken playing nice? (Re: MS WINWORD and WINE problems....)

2002-09-21 Thread Jeff Maxson
though I can get MSOffice programs to run, my Wine always gets stuck and pukes when trying to run Quicken. Did you do anything special? Can you forward config files to me? Thanks! It's the one app that I need to reboot the machine to use... -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg02817/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: email clients

2002-09-21 Thread Jeff Maxson
settings stay the same. May not be the "Debian Way", but it is pretty easy to use, and does most likely 90% of what you want (folders, GPG with an addon, etc). -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg02814/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: MS WINWORD and WINE problems....

2002-09-19 Thread Jeff Maxson
e seen this in the past as a Macro virus. It was either that or when I went to save something, I kept having to "save as" because it would never let me save to the same filedon't remember. -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg02607/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Need witnesses

2002-09-19 Thread Jeff Maxson
nt containing the > strings and the md5sum can be found at hyperpoem.net/letter. > > Go get em. > > -- > michael cardenas | lead software engineerlindows.com > hyperpoem.net| GNU/Linux software developer debian.org So for those of us who don't have OO or MSWord, what is the letter about? Why the exitement? -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg02464/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: downgrading from unstable to testing

2002-09-11 Thread Jeff Maxson
about the state of unstable, I just did the move back to testing last night...now I will wait, let things settle out, and when I get the itch again move back to unstable. Worked for me in the past, YMMV. Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg01887/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

USB EZ-Link network on Linux-to-Win98?

2002-09-08 Thread Jeff Maxson
the thing, and if so, is there one out there I'm running unstable-ish Debian on an AMD K6/2 350MHz machine (yes, it is old, but works fine for me...) Thanks in advance for any advice, guys. Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg01319/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to unsubscribe??

2002-08-31 Thread Jeff Maxson
problem often are on yahoo or the like. These services always stick on the tag-line. Would that mess up the auto-list stuff? Someone said that putting "STOP" on the last line of the request forces the list program to ignore everything else in the note. Would that be helpful? Just checking, Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg00166/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

xfree redux

2002-05-12 Thread Jeff Maxson
ow do I convert from the self-installed to the apt-got version? 3) how do I delete the self-installed version and not hurt the debianized one? I just don't want to take up hard drive space with two copies of all those fonts... TIA, Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNS

apache/php...feeling like an idiot

2002-04-07 Thread Jeff Maxson
e /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_roaming.so Furthermore, an "apache -l" from the command line gives: Compiled-in modules: http_core.c mod_so.c mod_macro.c suexec: enabled; valid wrapper /usr/lib/apache/suexec Any help that you can give this wayward chap would be appreciated... --

simple database?

2002-03-24 Thread Jeff Maxson
d for this? thanks! Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: many-button mouse question

2002-03-17 Thread Jeff Maxson
On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Jeff Maxson wrote: > > I really hate to bring this age-old question up again ("how do you > activate the wheel on a mouse"), and I have checked the archives on this > and tried most things I can think of, but can't get it. Here's the deal:

many-button mouse question

2002-03-16 Thread Jeff Maxson
icrosoft" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" # Jeff is adding the next line to try activate the scroll wheel Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" #Option "ChordMiddle" EndSection -- -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

make a module?

2001-10-22 Thread Jeff Maxson
fish, what books would cover answers to questions like this? Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

what's the name?

2001-09-18 Thread Jeff Maxson
slink, potato, woody...what's going to be the name of the next "testing"? Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

snd module/sound setup

2001-09-13 Thread Jeff Maxson
r directoryx Could not initialize the mixer, the card was probablyx not detected correctly I've seen the "can't locate module snd" before. How do I get that to play nice? -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: overkill...

2001-09-03 Thread Jeff Maxson
might be in a seperate package) you can then connect to that, the > default port should be OK and kick some ASCII but :) > > If your playing by yourself you should also run > /usr/games/overkill-bot to give your self some targets ok, I got it. the local loopback worked. -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: overkill...

2001-09-03 Thread Jeff Maxson
how do I connect to it? That is, what do I put in the "server" slot? some local thing, I hope. I'm assuming port (default) is valid... please bear with a new-ish guy... -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

overkill...

2001-09-01 Thread Jeff Maxson
ok, I installed overkill and the data file. How do I run it? it seems to need a server and a port. any ideas? -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

caps lock...num lock...whatever...

2001-08-23 Thread Jeff Maxson
ok, even stupider. I meant num lock, not caps lock. how do you turn on num lock by default? -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

caps lock...

2001-08-23 Thread Jeff Maxson
ok, dumb question, how do you make the caps lock "on" by default? Does it depend whether you are in X or not? -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apt-get galeon q

2001-08-23 Thread Jeff Maxson
case...hey, I'm new) it didn't have to download anything since it already had it all. Going back to the selection list still showed my woody stuff. So how do I kick the newly downloaded stuff to show up in dselect, or have apt-get recognize the package (I'm assuming it is the sam

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-08-23 Thread Jeff Maxson
of > > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown > device 5446 > > for the card. I've got a rage fury pro as well, and was able to get 4.1.0 to work from the binaries on xfree86's site. xf86cfg didn't work, but xf86config did the trick for me, just using the r128 driver they had on the list (# 36). -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP

2001-08-17 Thread Jeff Maxson
It is not viral in that respect, but it is viral in that (from what I understand) anything GPL'ed can't get sucked into another program without that other program being required to be GPL'ed as well.Thus, everything from then on that uses that original code must then be GPL'

Re: gnome/mouseroller

2001-08-15 Thread Jeff Maxson
ns (scrolling netscape, for example). Jeff On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Rafael Sasaki wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 12:04:35AM -0400, Jeff Maxson wrote: > > > now for the mouse roller and I am SET! > > Hi, > if the mouse roller is the wheel, I just put on se Section "Pointe

Re: revtex problem

2001-08-15 Thread Jeff Maxson
ics/graphics.sty > (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty) > (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/config/graphics.cfg) > (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def (table.aux) > ! Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr. > \endtemplate > > l.7 & > $g_{DD\rho}^{(M)}(Q^2=0)$ & $g_{DD\rho}^{(M)}(Q^2=-m_M^2)$ & $\Lambda_M\, > ? > > - > > > -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: gnome/mouseroller

2001-08-14 Thread Jeff Maxson
t;. Thanks for the kick in the head. Jostled the memory a bit, and that works. now for the mouse roller and I am SET! -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

gnome/mouseroller

2001-08-14 Thread Jeff Maxson
I tried these questions with the newbie XFree list, to no avail. So, I thought I would try here. thanks for any help. 1st things 1st: running debian, trying to get gnome working right, trying wmaker and icewm, and my video card is ATI Rage Fury Pro (Rage 128 driver). I couldn't get X to load w

Re: Speedo font?

2001-08-08 Thread Jeff Maxson
Jeff On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Jeff Maxson wrote: > > I got my rage 128 video card today, fired up xf86config, went through > that, and did the startx thing. Tadah! There was the grey screen and an > X in the middle...for about half-a-second. The thing then quits, and > spits me

Re: Speedo font?

2001-08-08 Thread Jeff Maxson
.0.log ? That "speedo" family error > isn't the culprit... > > --- > Dan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GPG key: www.cs.unc.edu/~chenda/pubkey.gpg.asc > > On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Jeff Maxson wrote: > > > > > I got my rage 128 video card today, fire

Speedo font?

2001-08-08 Thread Jeff Maxson
dealing with X last night (I'm running woody). Any help getting past that and into X desktop? I installed gdm, and it looks fine, and if you try to log in, it pops you right back to the login screen...hmmm... TIA Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

timer command?

2001-08-02 Thread Jeff Maxson
what would be a command (or script) which would execute a given command after a certain amount of time? for example I want to run something like ./offin 60 poff where offin is a script/command, 60 is the # of minutes before "poff" is executed. Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: upgrade to testing now ppp not working

2001-08-01 Thread Jeff Maxson
k you. I have also had this problem, though I found that if I try to "pon" as root it works. I used to just be ok until I updated my testing version the other day. I look forward to the fix... Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

why procmail?

2001-07-28 Thread Jeff Maxson
relative newbie question: If I use pine (or any other filter-capable mail reader) why use procmail to filter the messages? Pine does that on its own, if you tell it too...just wondering the benefits Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AGP cards...anything weird?

2001-07-27 Thread Jeff Maxson
nformation > about both X versions (3 / 4). I'll check. Thanks, Chris. Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT: color emacs/auctex in console?

2001-07-27 Thread Jeff Maxson
wn? clicking the mouse on them just highlights them and inserts the word into the document... thanks guys. JEff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

AGP cards...anything weird?

2001-07-27 Thread Jeff Maxson
this? I have almost convinced myself to just go buy an obviously-supported card so I don't have to worry about it, but if I could figure this out otherwise, I'd feel like I accomplished something, and my wallet would be happier too... Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can run testing with slow net connect?

2001-07-23 Thread Jeff Maxson
apt-get when I had to disconnect the modem, > then apt-get would resume where it left off next time (even mid file, > very cool!). > I setup a cron job that would call-up at o-dark-thirty nightly, download for a few hours, then hangup. I'd check my email in the morning for the cron re

Re: PINE

2001-07-17 Thread Jeff Maxson
pine", stuck that file into a directory in my path, and it works fine. (prbably not the *debian* way, but it works fine for my home computer...) -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: zip drive?

2001-07-15 Thread Jeff Maxson
On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Petr [Dingo] Dvorak wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Jeff Maxson wrote: > > JM> mount -t vfat /dev/hdd1 /zip > JM> > JM> gets me > JM> > JM> hdd: The drive reports both 100663296 and 100646912 bytes as its capacity > JM> hdd: hdd4 &g

Re: zip drive?

2001-07-15 Thread Jeff Maxson
On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Ari Pollak wrote: > An IDE zip drive acts more like a hard drive than a floppy drive; It > follows the same drive scheme as IDE cdroms or hard drives - e.g. > Primary master drive is /dev/hda, secondary master is /dev/hdc.. > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 11:21:1

zip drive?

2001-07-15 Thread Jeff Maxson
quick one: does a zip disk count as a hard drive, or a floppy? I am still pretty new at this, and would like to know how to mount it (it's an internal IDE). Thanks -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

tunl0? (etc)

2001-07-12 Thread Jeff Maxson
an get to a really messed up, unreadable, freaked-out screen if I type "startx" from a prompt using base generic VGA settings in xf86config. I don't think it is my monitor, since it works fine in windows at pretty high res. Any suggestions will help, so TIA. Have a good one, Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: information request

2001-06-07 Thread Jeff Maxson
lookups on www.deja.com for other newbie questions, but hey, it's done and fun... big learning curves are great... Jeff -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

preferred dialup program

2001-05-25 Thread Jeff Maxson
is there a "best" dialup program? I have been using wvdial, and it seems to work ok, so I guess "don't fix what ain't broke", but maybe another program is somehow better... -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ltmodem and 2.2.18

2001-04-29 Thread Jeff Maxson
Replying to myself: HA! I got it working, never mind. At 09:51 PM 4/28/01 -0500, you wrote: Using potato 2.2.18pre21 I've read everything I can find on the web about using the Lucent WinModem with Linux. I've tried installing ltmodem.o, etc and get the seemingly standard "bad symbol error"

ltmodem and 2.2.18

2001-04-28 Thread Jeff Maxson
Using potato 2.2.18pre21 I've read everything I can find on the web about using the Lucent WinModem with Linux. I've tried installing ltmodem.o, etc and get the seemingly standard "bad symbol error" or whatever. I pretty much lost hope with that after I read that there was a fix from 2.2.16