Re: Ethernet connection to Windows98

Christian, You'll want to read up on Samba as it will allow you to connect a Linux machine to a Win98 machine. You should probably enable TCP/IP (if it isn't already) and assign an IP address to both of your PCs. I use the same type of Ethernet card and I'm able to browse the "Network Neighbo

Re: pppd deamon dies unexpectedly

Make sure you have ppp support either compiled in or loaded as a module for the kernel. >>> "eferen1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/10/99 4:30:41 PM >>> Okay, I put "Auth" in /etc/ppp/options, but it still quits on connect. Anything else I can try?

Switch to Red Hat?

Hello Debian users, I have been using the Debian distribution of Linux for many months now, but am starting to recognize deficiencies in available, up-to-date packages. For example, the latest GNOME files are 0.99.2 but I cannot find .deb files for it anywhere. The best I could find was 0.30.

Re: Graphical File Manager

ot;qt1g does not appear to be available". Any ideas ? Jeff Miller wrote: > > explorer > > >>> Mike Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/4/99 1:42:47 PM >>> > Can anyone recommend a Win95/WinNT like file manager for X ? > > thanks > Mike Rae > > -- > U

Re: Graphical File Manager

explorer >>> Mike Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/4/99 1:42:47 PM >>> Can anyone recommend a Win95/WinNT like file manager for X ? thanks Mike Rae -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Violence: Lethal StarOffice, terminal Apache, brokenpartitions...

Peter, I have a Stealth 3D 2000 and I'm using the S3V server too. The question, then, is what to do? Regards, Jeff Miller >>> "Peter (Troff) Petroff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/17/98 7:39:37 AM >>> Jeff Miller wrote: > Peter, > I am having the same

Re: Violence: Lethal StarOffice, terminal Apache, broken partitions...

e X server. There is a patch on StarDivision's web page for S3ViRGE chipsets, but I am not sure if it will fix the installation problems we are having. I've downloaded it, but have not tried it yet. What video card are you using? Which X server? HTH Jeff Miller >>> &q

Partition confusion

format on that partition. Is any of this making sense? My goal is to mount that partition as /usr to make use of the extra space, but I don't think I'm doing something right. Do I have to do something beside setup a partition with cfdisk? Thanks In Advance Jeff Miller

Re: KDE

>Those .debs are old. I believe they're from the beta 4 release of KDE. >The 1.0 version was released with version 980710. Unfortunately, those >.deb files seem to have completely vanished! Nobody seems to be able to >find them! I You can find the KDE 1.0 (980710) deb files at: ftp.kde.org/pub

Re: kernel modules -- why are they incompatible?

direction... Regards, Jeff Miller >>> Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/19/98 9:11:00 PM >>> Why are kernel modules incompatible between builds and between versions? For example, I have a box running 2.0.34 which I don't want to reboot, but I want to "insmod e

Re: Stable GUI Web Browser

Maybe you should call Microsoft and see if they're porting Internet Explorer to Linux anytime soon! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA >>> David Warnock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/16/98 3:02:25 PM >>> Hi all, Does anyone/everyone have problems with Netscape communicator? I have had the same problem

Re: Gnome chokes on libgtk

Hope this helps! Jeff Miller >>> Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/16/98 2:56:56 PM >>> Let me preface this by saying that I don't know what I'm doing. I believe I've got apt up and running, and using it I've installed gnome-core (presumably with all its d

Long file names

Hello, I have a question that I am sure has been asked before, but... When I mount my Win98 drive from Linux, the file names are shrunk. What do I have to do to see the whole name? Thanks in advance!

Re: RE: Null Modem SLIP Connection

If you want to use RS-422, you can buy a RS-232 <=> RS-422 converter from companies like Jameco or Black Box. You can probably learn more about it by finding a book on serial communications. You'll be able to use RS-232 for your application without problem. RS-422 is used for very long distan

LILO question

Hello, I have two hard drives. Disk0 has Windoze98 and Disk1 has Linux. I can boot to Linux with a floppy. Without the Linux boot floppy Windoze boots up. What do I have to do to have a prompt come up at boot time to select one operating system or another? Please be specific as possible so

newbie diff question

Hello, I was wondering how to *use* a diff file. I understand what is in the diff file, but is there an automatic way to update the applicable files based on the diff content or do I have to apply the changes manually? Thanks!

USB Mouse

Hello, Can anyone tell me if my M$ USB Port mouse is going to work with Linux? If so, how straightforward is it? I am about to install Linux on my main() computer and want to be prepared as_much_as_possible. The reason I even ask is because I couldn't get it to work under the Boot to DOS opt

Re: changing default window manager - How!

You can change your /etc/X11/Xsession file to use olvwm. Not sure about shell selection. >>> rathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/5/98 4:40:47 PM >>> Hi, I am using Debian2.0 and the default window manager that comes up is fvwm. I would like to change this permanently to olvwm. Which file should I edit

Font Frustration (adobe-helvetica)

Does anyone know what font package has adobe-helvetica in it?

Font Frustration

Hello, I am trying to get AfterStep working and I keep getting the following error message: AfterStep: can't get font -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* AfterStep: can't get font -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* AfterStep: can't get font -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-8-*-

Re: Icewm

Yes, I'm running hamm, kernel build 2.0.35 and I have used KDE and FVWM95 successfully. >>> "Helge Hafting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/13/98 9:41:00 AM >>> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/13/98 at 08:22 AM, "Jeff Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Icewm

Has anyone been able to get Icewm working? When I run it, X exits and I get a segment fault. I also get the message "cannot open maudio" or something like that. TIA

Re: Greenbush?

moments away from going to the post office. I encourage you to e-mail directly to the above address and to put PLEASE RESPOND in the subject as that seems to get their attention. Anyone else had any experience with Greenbush? Good Luck, Jeff Miller >>> Don Berkich <[EMAIL PROT

Sound Blaster

I am running the latest Debian release. My CD-ROM is connected to my Sound Blaster 16 and was detected with no problem. I don't have sound, though, and I am not sure what to do about it. Do I really have to recompile the Kernel to support my sound card? Or, can I configure it as a module. S

Re: Problem using vi in telnet session

I recently took a class on Unix and we used Win95 machines to Telnet into our server and vi acted "weird." The instructor acknowledged this and said that there was nothing we could do. I would suggest using a Windoze X Client software in place of Telnet. We use Exceed and it works well. Ther

Re: Network Card probs

Go to their web page and look for instructions on your specific card >>> "Christopher J. Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/5/98 11:06:25 PM >>> Now X works well... now I need help on My network card. It says on the cover that it's compatible w/ Linux... I'm just wondering how compatible. I have a

Re: Soft reboot = hard drive not recognized

My computer does not have PNP support in the BIOS (it is from 1993). I do use "Auto" for the drive type in the BIOS, though. >>> Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/1/98 8:01:11 PM >>> On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Kent West wrote: > At 04:41 PM 10/1/1998 -0400, J

Soft reboot = hard drive not recognized

ed by the BIOS. The drive is nothing special (Western Digital 540MB) and it is connected directly to the motherboard. Anyone else experience this type of problem? TIA Jeff Miller

Re: how to insert EOF from keyboard ?

Ctrl-d >>> Jan Krupa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/1/98 9:24:42 AM >>> Could someone please tell how can I insert under Linux (debian2.0) EOF (end of file) sign (in C lang.) from keyboard? I mean what sequence of keys ? Thanks Jan -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Win98 <=> Linux via E-net

connect to the internet with the Win98 box's modem, but access the internet with the Linux machine. Anybody out there done this already? I appreciate any tips or suggestions. Regards, Jeff Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] "To Hell with Microsoft"