ybe I should try
ALSA with the ESS1688?
Any suggestions as to what I can try next? More importantly, any
success stories that I can emulate?
Thanks,
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Matthew Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ok, here's my silly, newbie-esque question for the week: how many
> characters are allowed in a username? I'm under the impression that it is
> 8, but 'adduser' allows you to create users with more characters than
> that.
A year or more ago, I had
"Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Has anyone tried recovering damaged .tar.bz2 files? Any success /
> > failure?
I'd also like to know about this.
> > (By the way, there is also afio, which is a command-line tool like tar
> > but compresses one file at a time. The format, of course,
Morten Liebach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all.
Hi Morten,
> I'm contemplating installing debian on ReiserFS like this:
>
> 1: Install Debian.
> 2: Patch & compile kernel with ReiserFS support.
> 3: Backup the partitons [1] one after one and reformat them with
>ReiserFS, restore from b
On 07/13/00, Ethan Pierce wrote:
> Im running a dsl network where I have a real IP on eth0. I was
> wondering I could setup a new network for use in masquerading via
> eth1...can the single network card translate the non routable
> network as well as the physical static one?
Yes. Set up IP alias
ind are
certain regular expressions and here documents. Unless I've been
using a different Perl mode in Emacs.
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ft my home directory the
way it was, to avoid the headache. The names don't *need* to be
identical. Works fine for me. Just make sure it's properly reflected
in /etc/passwd.
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sion is risky. I've been using afio, which
allows you to compress file-by-file. Like tar, it fits nicely into
scripts, and creates reasonably accessible archives.
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in GNU Emacs 20, you can use the
set-input-method function (bound to C-X Return C-\) to select which
method of typing non-ASCII characters you wish to use. For example, I
just set it to latin-1-prefix, so when I type "u it produces ü.
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on the dvi file, use the -landscape option.
There's also an offset option you can use to adjust the l/r
positioning of the landscaped material.
info dvips should give you more details.
hth,
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On 04/29/00, Nils-Erik Svangård addressed "Creating booklets with Latex":
> I've gotten in trouble again, bragging about how good Debian is and that I
> write all my reports in Latex. Well now I might gone under. I'm supposed
> to produce a booklet i A6 (folded A5) with students songs.
> I have rea
acs 20, my shell is bash.
Try M-x term instead. Or, when you use M-x shell, make your first command
"unalias ls" to turn the colors off.
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(Potato) I'm getting a lot of these when installing/updating packages:
warning: skipping foreign dwww file /usr/lib/menu/doc-base-gentoo at
/usr/sbin/install-docs line 276.
Something's wrong, but I don't know what!
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is that mgetty's using a depreciated
/proc interface that I didn't compile compatibility for in my latest
kernel.
Other ideas? Solutions?
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ular,
http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-install-floppies
and
http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-create-floppy
Address your issues.
Good luck!
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for ksh, find the list of options for the set command.
Or at the ksh command line, try the command `set -o`. I'm using
pdksh, but it has an option "vi-tabcomplete" that sets the completion
behavior you want. It only appears to work with the vi-like
keybindings, not with the ema
npack, minpack, odepack,
ranlib, slatec-fn and villad. Octave can be dynamically extended with
user-supplied C++ files.
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where it's safe to shut off
or reset without any further customization to the system. She's not
even in sudoers. Of course, Ctrl-Alt-Del may be intercepted at
certain times, e.g. in X, but all she has to do is go to a free VT if
that's the case.
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a number of
years, using bo and hamm, having no speed problems at all. Sure, it's
not a K6, and more ram would help, but this should be sufficient for a
comfortably fast non-graphics-intensive workstation.
OTOH, Netscape is always sluggish, as is Enlightenment and some
others.
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ne or more gnome panels. You can configure individual buttons to your
liking. Same effect as what you mention, plus it has the ability to
stay out of your way when you don't want it.
To install:
# apt-get install gnome-core
Then look in /usr/share/doc/gnome-core.
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--noresume D/load resuming off
--timeout=t Set timeout to t seconds
--rcfile=rc Specify alternative resource file rc
For more information, see the htget README file
or enter: man htget
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ny hardware configuration, cmos parameters, etc.
did you?
Jesse
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ave to use it just to use a GNOME
> IRC client. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's had similar
> problems.
There might be an option for starting irssi without attaching it to a
panel. I was able to use that approach for gnomeicu. With that
option (-a in this case), it r
On 01/07/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] addressed "Re: UMAX Scanner":
> > So do the SCSI UMAX Scanners use a 50-pin connection?
>
> Yes. (Wow, wasn't that a waste of bandwidth)
>
> --Ian Ehrenwald
My UMAX Astra 1200S uses a DB25.
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doubt Palm Pilots do either, officially. And if anyone's used a Visor
with Debian over USB, that would be real interesting to hear about.
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0 Dec 21 20:04 /lib/libext2fs.so.2.4
>
Looks to me like your group doesn't exist in /etc/group, and that's
the only thing with write access to the file. You could try doing a
chgrp root /lib/libext2fs.so.2.4 or a
chmod 666 /lib/libext2fs.so.2.4 and then try to delete i
#x27;t really exist in /etc/group. You
could chgrp root /lib/libext... and then try deleting it. You could
also chmod 666 /lib/libext... and then try deleting it.
Hope this works for you.
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On 12/23/99, Egbert Bouwman addressed "Bad points for debian (was: resetting
dpkg)":
> In the dselect man page (dd 29th november 1995) in slink you can read:
>The dselect package selection interface is confusing or even
>alarming to the new user.
> The debian group tries to remedy this by
nder if your two internal SCSI cables together
form a single logical chain. That would also impose length
limitations, and possibly change your termination configuration.
Good luck!
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On 12/20/99, Henry Kingman addressed "Is this really true?":
> are only reliable on Windows machines. Joining the
> conference from the iMac and Linux platforms produced
> slide shows that wouldn't advance, consoles that were
> corrupted or frozen, and even a few hard crashes.
This doesn't say on
On 12/06/99, Ron Hale-Evans addressed "Re: Using Computer Modern PS fonts with
LaTeX?":
>
> Thanks for your help. I have ae.sty with slink. I tried it at your
> recommendation, but am still getting the ugly Type 3 CM fonts in my PDF file.
>
> For the record, these are the steps I am taking:
>
>
}. This sets up postscript
versions of the CM fonts that should work in most circumstances. It
may be only in the potato TeTeX.
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now offers. Read the built-in help
pages. Take time to understand them, and dselect will become much
more useful and friendly to you. Potato also offers console-apt, but
IMO it's not quite as useful yet as dselect. Close though. Overall,
apt-get is your best friend. :-)
> - My questions s
them up-to-date in each incremental release. When it's not
possible, that's life. But when it is possible, there's no good
reason for not doing it that I can see. What's a developer's take on
this?
Thanks,
Jesse
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i. Here it is:
#/bin/sh
TMPFILE="/tmp/xzdvi.$$"
gunzip -c $1 > $TMPFILE
xdvi $TMPFILE
rm $TMPFILE
Happy TeXing!
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ility.
>
> At the moment I'm running pppcosts. It does the job, but I would like
> something more full-featured. Any recommendations?
Seems to me that diald offers something like that, if you're willing to
use diald.
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rdware clock.
> Please help.
Try the program hwclock, in the package util-linux.
Documentation in `man hwclock`
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hem,
or whatever. See `info find` for more.
Finally, one more command you should know about is `locate`.
Documentation is found with `man locate`.
Happy learning!
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nce the cua- "callout" devices are being phased
out.
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ut in some ways it makes life easier too. I guess it
depends on the level of control you want to exert. Too much, and
you'll be fighting against LaTeX to make it do "the right thing."
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as a part of debian main.
If svgalib works with your video card, you can still preview on-screen
with dvisvga. It has some limitations, but it's better than nothing.
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got built-in support for passing \special commands through dvips with
the "dvips" option.
Then, if needed, I'll use dvidvi or pstops to rearrange the pages into
multiple-up sets. The latter is better for documents with graphics,
as they wouldn't be included in the .d
Account for Debian group mail writes:
> Anyone using the Potato release on a machine that needs to be up. How
> stable is it at this point?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken Rea
There are a few *big* changes happening in potato right now. Changes
to key parts of just about every Linux system. I'd hold
er):
a4paper, a5paper, b5paper, letterpaper, legalpaper, executivepaper
Hope this helps,
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> Is there anything Linux-friendly with anything approaching the feature
> set of the program that I am used to, BBEdit on the Power Macintosh...
BBEdit is just about the best text editor for the Macintosh, at least
it was about 2 years ago. IMO, it's best strength was that you can
use real regul
Pollywog writes:
>
> GTK front end? Where can I find this?
gnome-apt in potato -- it's still "unstable." I don't know if anyone
is using it yet, so beware! Some of the GUI functions are
placeholders still.
You may get more mileage out of dselect at this point after a careful
read-through of
ng tells me that gnucash has
its own web site now.
Jesse
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of the files in /proc to
determine when the device has been closed, and I incorporated that
into my backup script, so now it works beautifully.
What device are you using, /dev/qft0? You should doublecheck the
permissions on that file if you're not root.
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as downloaded it and successfully
installed it.
Jesse
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eries with all /dev/ttyS* devices, no /dev/cua* devices.
Jesse
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the list, pgp5.0 is composed of seperate
> programs:
Sorry, can't help you there... I'm trying to stick with gnupg if
possible.
Jesse
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o in the computer?
If you're quick at reading moving text, you might be able to see a
CD-ROM message fly by when the rescue floppy is booting the kernel. It
should describe where it found the CD-ROM (I think).
Note that my description of the install process is entirely from
my own volatile
fic
install. I think it's supposed to be fairly up-to-date.
The installation section is chapter 2, which is here:
http://www.linuxpress.com/debusered2.htm#page33
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ally takes an effort to remember
what it was like! In contrast, I recall reinstalling Windows several
times each year. Or at least making _major_ repairs.
I don't know if it's possible to _master_ the intricacies of Debian.
It's just too big! But to me, that's something to like abo
1999 at 12:03:15PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote:
> > > >longer ftp or telnet to my machine. ("421 Service not available, remote
> > > >server has closed connection", and "Connection closed by foreign host").
>
> Have you noticed, that some net
Look at LyX.
On 06/08/99 at 07:05:46, Lev Lvovsky wrote concerning "LaTeX":
> Hello,
>
> I need to use LaTeX for a project in one of my classes, and was wondering
> whether anyone could recommnd a particular type that does
> mathematics-related things (integrals etc..), i'm quite a newbie to LaT
tion, the install process should improve
dramatically.
> Incidentally I would have posted this on linux.debian.users but the
> server refuses to let me post to that group ???
If you're serious about trying Debian, I'd suggest actually subscribing
to the debian-user mailing list. (See the web site for instructions.)
There's a lot of traffic, but you'll learn a lot and be in direct
contact with lots of people who want to help.
HTH,
Jesse
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his is new to me: I can use apt to install a single package,
> isn't it? Or do I still have to use dpkg. Basic question, I know, but I
> did so much reading/researching that my mind is getting a Linux
> overload right now. Still having fun, though.
>
> Hans
>
>
hat /etc/gpm.conf is for.
Besides that, gpm doesn't behave as expected even so, but that's
probably another problem.
Thank,
Jesse
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_Lock
It's similar to xmodmap, as you can see. There are keycodes for the
"Windowkeys" too, but I don't remember offhand what they are.
Jesse
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Is there any documentation on how to use these?
Has anyone used them successfully to produce TeX or LaTeX documents
using fonts from TTF sources?
Thanks,
Jesse
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nks,
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gt;
> >...The company says it will include a new application installer in Debian
> >GNU/Linux 2.1.
> >
> >Uhm, which "company" would this be?
> >
> >...Debian is distributed by Linux Press...
> >
> >Yeah, and a whole bunch of other peopl
problem is /etc/modules
>
> thanks
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nt it to go up and come down when
> > I tell it.
>
> Thats probably your ISP kicking you off. Mine has a 2 hour limit.
Try pppupd to get around no-traffic limits. For pure time limits... ?
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t; > the ftpd manpage you can setup anonymous ftp access to your machine. Why it
>
> Sorry, I was wrong. I followed man ftpd to the letter but anon access
> doesn't work. You can log in, but ls doesn't work although ~ftp/pub is there
> and not empty.
>
> Can anybody help
one from someone else's
> system? Or does anyone have another solution to my dilemma?
>
> TIA
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&>word
and
>&word
Of the two forms, the first is preferred. This is seman
tically equivalent to
>word 2>&1
so "command &>/dev/null" will redirect both stdout and stderr;
"comma
es to be accessed in
"Asynchronous" mode?
Any thoughts?
TIA,
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Has anyone had any problems with a "psaux" (PS/2 interface)
mouse and Xfree?
I'm using bo, no hamm at all. I can live with this, but
I'm wondering if anyone else has seen it.
If I switch *into* an X-tty using, for instance, Alt-F7, and
I move the mouse *right away*, the server will crash. If I
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