Re: X-over cables

Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 04:50:16PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote: >> Yeah but who wants a Smash-n-toss?? ;-) > me gots a powerbook520 and it is so fustrating! there are no flippin > keyboard commands! click finder to switch between netscape and telnet! >

Re: No echo for LCP-ConfigRequets after pap chap --> no route

mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > now I've got a modem card for my lap, and it seems to work, but still > something wickened prevents me to get an IP. Same here ... > Jan 7 01:25:27 piro pppd[1438]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 > ] > Jan 7 01:25:54 piro last message repeated 9 times > Jan 7 0

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade cron job

ThanhVu Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, how do I set up a cron job that runs "apt-get update; apt-get > dist-upgrade -yu" at 6 AM everyday and have all the upgraded result sent > to me ? I already have exim setup to send mail , I just don't know how > to write the cron job and use cro

Re: CD for temporary Debian Installations.

"Rodrego Alverez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use Debian on my own PC, but am also obliged to move round and use > other PCs at work where I can not install Linux to other people's > harddisk. I can use use whatever I want while working on these > machines though. So what I need is a boot CD

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you want something free (speech) and works like Quark, try Scribus: > http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/ There's a Debian package in unstable: $ apt-cache show scribus Package: scribus Priority: optional Section: graphics Installed-Size: 2444 Maintainer: Wol

debian-user@lists.debian.org

Christian Jaeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > With a change back to nnml, the 'Wrong type argument' piece went away > and really, I have now a listing of the mails I've always downloaded > from emacs. But...: 'Window height 0 too small (after splitting)', I > can't open the individual mails. Argh

Re: YaOOQ (Yet another Open Office Question)

"Karsten M. Self" writes: > on Fri, Feb 22, 2002, Timothy R. Butler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > This may sound stupid, but is there an up-to-date Open Office package to be > > had as a deb? I was thinking it might be nice to install it that way rather > > than installing the OpenOffice.org b

Re: tex: garamond fonts

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ionut Georgescu) writes: > I have seen there are some garamond fonts under > /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/cg/garamond These are only TeX Font Metric (hence tfm) files for commercial fonts, which you have to purchase first before being able to use them. Real font files for TeX ar

Re: Where can I get JetAdmin for Linux?

Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 10:29:05AM -0500, Brian P. Flaherty wrote: > > > > I don't know if you can get JetAdmin for Linux, but I suggest looking > > at CUPS. I have JetAdmin at work on Solaris and CUPS at home and they > > seem pretty similar to me.

Re: Kernel source

Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How different (if at all) are the contents of the debian > kernel-source packages from the tarballs on kernel.org, etc.? Does > debian do any patching or just distribute the official source > unmodified? Here the README.Debian file accompanying kernel

Re: Nautilus/autofs (was Re: [quickly veering OT] Re: File Manager)

Mental <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That would be nice, but it would mean another process running inthe > background polling the mount point. Yes, but then you don't need the autofs process (which BTW uses to usurpate all my removable drives regardless of which of them are in the config files -

Re: [quickly veering OT] Re: File Manager

Andrew Sione Taumoefolau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nautilus tends in most cases towards the Mac way of doing things, which, > different though it may be, is usually more usable than the Windows way. > Nautilus ideally should create a floppy icon on the desktop when a user > inserts a disk (and

Re: File Manager

Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > > > > Both suffer from the same inability to deal with floppy drives in a > > sane way, wrt mounting/umounting (Nautilus most, cause there isn't > > even a default floppy icon on the

Re: File Manager

Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > > > gmc isn't terribly visually bletcherous, and doesn't suffer the bloat of > > Nautilus. Both suffer from the same inability to deal with floppy drives in a sane way, wrt mounting/umounting (Nautilus most, cause there isn't

Re: What happened to compose? - further information

Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: libreadline4 > Version: 4.2a-2 > > I have the same problem, so it would seem that this is a problem > specific to bash, or to readline. Hmm, it's readline, the compose key > fails in other programs that use readline as well, producing just a beep

Problems compiling kernel for Win4Lin

Dear all, when trying to compile a kernel (2.4.16) with the Win4Lin patches (kernel-patch-mki-adapter_1.0.5_i386.deb / kernel-patch-w4l-hooks_3.0.1.6_i386.deb), I get the following error messages (last screenfull): make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16/arch/i386/mki' gcc -D__

Re: DVD rip (Was RE: DVD Player)

Romuald DELAVERGNE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Christian Schoenebeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Really? What's the name? I haven't found one named trancsode or > > similar. > > You install this package with dpkg (It come from marillat packages) > So 'apt-cache search transcode' can't

Re: CUPS

Jens Luedicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > CUPS doesn't print german umlauts. Is there a way > to solve this? (either true umlauts or valid replacements) Of course it does, since ever some Debian package of it existed (and I installed cups). This is a problem of your printer input, for sure. Wh

Re: DVD rip (Was RE: DVD Player)

"Christian Schoenebeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > For transcode exists even a Debian package in unstable. > > > Really? What's the name? I haven't found one named trancsode or similar. Maybe because of your spelling? ;) $ apt-cac

Re: global environment variables?

dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:51:32PM +0100, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > > | No, if you are running gdm and GNOME then it's ~/.gnomerc -- this is > | the right file for your personal setup like environment variables. But > > Oh, ok.

Re: DVD rip (Was RE: DVD Player)

Thomas Hallaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Transcode is pretty much the only option for linux dvd -> other format > conversion (ripping). I haven't used it however. > http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/ For transcode exists even a Debian package in unstable. Greet

WordPerfect 2000 and unstable

Dear all, I can't get WordPerfect 2000 for Linux (the version which is based on wine) to run under Debian unstable. When being started, the program is working a while and then tells me that it has to build the font metrics, then it tells about a plenty of build metrics failed and never comes to an

Re: global environment variables?

dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 04:30:11PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > | dman wrote: > | > | > What Nemo and I are looking for is a way to set the environment for > | > apps run via the panel (that don't have a login shell). > | > | What process starts the panel? >

Re: mozilla and XML

Ilya Martynov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It looks like your web server doesn't issue correct Content-Type (IIRC > text/xml) header for your XML files. Bingo, one line in the aolserver config file and mozilla shows up my pages without a hassle. Many thanks, joachim

mozilla and XML

Dear all, I was highly pleased when I found that mozilla (0.9.5) formats my XML files nicely according to a CSS2 style sheet (well, not all, but most features seems to be implemented). Imagine my surprise when I put a file online and mozilla asked if I wanted to download the file or if I wanted to

Re: acroread,xpdf hassle-SOLVED

Jesse Goerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > When you have opened acroread, click on the "File" button, > > then "Preferences" then "General"; then uncheck (disable) > > "Smooth Text and Images". > Hey that worked great for me! Thanks. I'm using the > xserver-svga running at 24bit color and and

Postfix troubles (rewriting addresses)

Dear all, to rewrite my mail address correctly (ppp connection to university ISP), I inserted the following lines in the config files: - /etc/postfix/main.cf:relayhost = mailout.uni-bonn.de myhostname = wabe.germanistik.uni-bonn.de masquerade_domains

Re: X11 v4 Switch

"Stephen E. Hargrove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I recently ran an apt-get dist-upgrade on a Woody box. I noticed that > it upgraded X, which is fine. However, the box isn't running the > upgraded server. What do I need to change in order to get v4 to fire > up? I think it's using the old x

Re: Presentation Software...

Vikash Kodati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am new to Debian. I have to give a seminar in my University and > hence searching for a presentation sofware on debian. The StarOffice suite has a presentation module. Look at or if you wa

debian-user@lists.debian.org

Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gerhard Kroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > README says: > >>cd /usr/lib > >>mkdir -p dosemu freedos > >>ln -s ../freedos dosemu > > my guess here: "mkdir -p dosemu/freedos; cd dosemu/freedos" before > > linking? > > Nope, it's meant to be like that. Bu

Re: Mozilla 0.9.5, font sizes

"Christopher S. Swingley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I just moved from Mozilla 0.9.4 to 0.9.5 and noticed that it doesn't > > > seem to be respecting font sizes. For example, > A quick test is at: > > http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/test.html > > It's just a series of lin

Re: Wine 0.0.20010824-1 won't even run sol.exe

David Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > wine _always_ fails with the attached error message. Has anyone seen > anything similar? Maybe, but didn't find any attachment in your posting. Having the same problem (wine not even starting notepad at several machines, always same error message conce

Re: JADE Problems

Julio Merino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to write a DocBook/XML document. I'm using JADE, but I > can't get it working. [...] > After this, I run JADE and I get all this weird errors: > juli:~/Documentos/Treball_de_recerca% jade -t tex -o /tmp/test.tex > principal.xml [...] > jade:E:

Re: CD Burner Permissions

Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Which is all as it should be, on the face of it. The fact that the > burner is the only thing on the SCSI bus means that it should be > /dev/sg0, no? Or perhaps I'm still not getting it - I'm kind of tired > and not thinking perhaps as straight as I sho

Re: xine-ui and css

Jean-Michel Kelbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi recently upgrade to xine-ui, but this package remove xine-dvd-css > which enable me to read protected dvd like matrix. Now I am unable to > read such dvd. Does anyone have the same problem ? You should upgrade to the xine-lib-d4d Debian packag

Re: video players

p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > pardon my asking, but how, exactly, does xmms work? (i type, "xmms" > in a console, get the xmms "skin," click the ">" ("play") button, > and select my *.mpg. the "skin" and console just "stare" (and must be > laughing at me, secretly). Maybe you forgot to 'apt

Re: little script for log watching

Mike Egglestone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to write a script that would > output to the screen the latest contents of a log, > and continue to do so until I abort the script. No need to write it yourself -- $ apt-cache show console-log Package: console-log Priority: optional Secti

Gnus with slrnpull?

Dear all, is it possible to fetch news with slrnpull and read it with Gnus/XEmacs? I have the following in my .xemacs/init.el: (setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool "/var/spool/slrnpull/")) but when starting Gnus, it complains about: The active file doesn't exist: /usr/lib/news/active wh

Re: RedHat vs Debian?

"allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i've used > apt-get to get all the packages that i've needed (though apt-get is > a bit klunky. for instance, i would much prefer it show me what i > have that has an upgrad

Re: OT: Collecting data in text files

Abner Gershon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I currently collect lists of information on many > topics such as restaurants, phone lists, file folders, > slides using a database program, Lotus approach. Since > I am the only user of this information I thought I > could record this information in tex

Re: gnuclient & xemacs

Jonathan David Wheelhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Recently I upgraded xemacs to xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.3-3 (now it's > 21.4 ie. xemacs21-gnome-nomule 21.4.4-1) on my sid box. It converted > my ~/.emacs to ~/.xemacs/custom.el and ~/.xemacs/init.el. I normally > have xemacs start gnuser

Re: cannot open dhelp file

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm trying to install icewm-gnome in woody, and the install stops > trying to install a dependency icewm-common (1.0.7-1) with the > complaint of : > cannot open dhelp file ' /usr/sbin/install-docs line 559. > Geocrawler had e-mailswith this complaint but the only s

Re: what is /dev/.devfsd for ?

San Segkhoonthod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering that when I saw the /etc/init.d/devfsd script requires > it. So, before I switch to devfs, I need to creat that file? if so, Don't care about it, I didn't create it, but it's there automagically by default. Greetings, joachim

Re: Free WP9 editor

Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Aidan Christian O'Reilly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Other than getting WordPerfect, are there any options available > > (preferably free as in speech)? > > There's Corel's WPO2K/Linux, although it's unstable and buggy. > There's Corel's WP8 fr

Re: NFS alternative

"Timo \\" Blazko\ " Boewing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My question: is there a distributed fs that combines the advantages of > both techs? > as there are: > NFS: mountable (more via combining with other things?) > SCP: quite secure, may compress and crypt data Have a look at sfs (http://www.

search engines: htdig or glimpse?

Hi all, I'm undecisive between htdig and glimpse as a search engine for both my local files and our intranet. I would like to hear about which experiences other Debian users have with either one -- a short comparative review would be great. Thanks in advance for your answers, joachim

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

Alex Suzuki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there such a utility for a Linux system? I'm in need of one. I currently > save some of my passwords (no root passwords, sorry) in a -rwx-- file :) Have a look at gpasman: $ apt-cache show gpasman Package: gpasman Priority: optional Section: non-U

X, Matrox G450 and Matrox-Driver

Hi all, now I'm trying to get a Matrox Millenium G450 up and running under X (4.0.3). So far I have a more or less working solution with the framebuffer device, but it's far from being satisfactory. When trying the mga driver, X complains: (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mga_hal (EE) MGA: Fail

Re: Disk mirroring

Has cpbk any advantages over mirrordir or rsync? Greetings, joachim

Module agpgart not loading

Hi all, I have a Matrox G400 video card and have configured X (4.0.3) with the mga driver and DRI. Upon boot I get an error message, that the drm module (part of DRI, as I understand) failed to load because of the agpgart module wasn't loaded before (well, it says: "[drm] The mga drm module requir

Re: PostgreSQL odbc

Jorge Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, I'm trying to use odbc-PostgreSQL with StarOffice but when > trying to create a new database with ODBC as a source and trying to > select the tables tab I get the following error: Have you read the ODBC-related docs in the postgresql-doc package -

Re: Gnus or Slrn for newsreader?

Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Just a question to the gnus-people: Can you use gnus to read > > newsgroups offline like I do with slrnpull and slrn --spool? > > You certainly can - it's great! Would you mind to write a quick/dirt

Burning CD-ROMs as user

Hi, I am currently able to burn CD-ROMs with gcombust (GUI for cdrecord) only as root. What's the proper Debian way to allow all users to do that -- changing the according device's owner status is certainly not a good idea, I suppose? Greeting and thanks in advance for your answers, joachim

Re: postgresql 7.0.3 -- but NO plperl ?

will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i haven't figured out how to turn on 'plperl' yet on potato: [...] > what incantation have i missed? apt-get install libpgperl, I suppose. Greetings, joachim

Re: How to clone a system easily?

Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 04:15:52 PST, kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > >My preference is to do a minimal base system installation, then run: > >$ dpgk --get-selections > file > >..on the old system followed by > >$ dpkg --set-selections < file > >

Re: Backup techniques

Alexander Steinert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to know which programs and strategies you (would) use to backup > *one* debian box. In one case I have available a CD-Burner as backup > device and in the other case a 640MB MO drive. I use my MO drive as backup medium by simply mirroring

asian and cyrillic fonts with netscape

Hi all, which packages and/or magic incantations are needed to be able to read asian and russian web pages with netscape. I know for the former there are the netscape-{ja|ko|zh}-resource-476 packages available, but is it sufficient to install them? And what about russian? Thanks for your answers,

Re: Grub vs LILO

"Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's not grub, but GAG is Great !!! > > http://raster.cibermillennium.com/gageng.htm > > Works off a "floppy" where you can try it over and over > before you actually write it to your HD. Same thing for grub, plus there is a Debian package fo

Re: Grub vs LILO

Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Tom" == Tom Schuetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom> Anybody know much about pros/cons of grub for a boot manager? > Tom> Thanks! > > grub is harder to initially install (as far as I know installation is > still manual, but I could be mi

Re: OT: Any Linux-based PhotoID software?

Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My university creates ID cards for students using a small camera > attached to a Windows box running PhotoCard software. I am getting > mighty tired of trying to keep this Winblows box running. Does anyone > have any leads on high-quality photo imaging/idcar

Re: backups

Ken Weingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am going to be setting up Linux server at work for something and > want to do backups, weekly I guess. Any suggestions on software to do > this? I am not familiar with unix backups. Maybe not as sophisticated as the other suggested solutions, but I w

Re: OT - web browsers

Ken Weingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry for the OT, but the only browser I have used in X is Netscape, > up to 4.7x. I really pisses me off that they seem to have eliminated > the Open button. Does Mozilla, Netscape 6, Konqueror, or any of the > other liked browsers have it? Also, anyo

Re: scanning SCSI-bus on a running system

Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to get my scanner recognized when turned on at a runing > system. I know I can do that on Win 98, so it should be possible to > rescan the SCSI-Bus without "disturbing" any of the other devices. The > only question is: How? There is a scsi

Re: gmc package status

Jeff Hornsberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. It has slowly dawned on me that, since I installed Debian almost 2 months > ago, gnome midnight > commander has never worked properly. Yes, same here. This is due to mc not being compiled with the new glibc version. > the reading I have done it

No login with gdm after xfree upgrade

Hi all, after an upgrade from xfree86 4.0.1-8 to 4.0.1-9 gdm won't let me login any more. Every single keystroke in the login screen gets the server to restart. In the logs (debug=on in gdm.conf) there are those messages: Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_main: Here we go... Dec 4 11:15:28 wa

Re: xlibs vs. app-defaults

Burton Windle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Unpacking replacement xlibs ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-9_i386.deb > (--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in > package ghostview dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by si

Re: libmng problem

Frank Frijns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > After collecting all the needed packages (debian; e.g. .deb) I fail to > collect all needed ones. One of them is libmng. [...] > KDE (Kdebase for instance) won't install because of dependencies with > this package. Has anyone a good package (this failing

Re: upgrade errors: libgnomeprint-bin 0.25-0.1, overwriting files

kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > Problems upgrading libgnomeprint11 because of libgnomeprint-data > dependencies because libgnomeprint-bin tries to overwrite > /usr/bin/gnome-font-install which is also in lobgnomeprint6. All these error messages (I saw a lot of them in the last time) depends on dpk

Re: create a update-media?

M G Berberich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to make a CD/MO that contains all the packages that I have > installed on my system, but are not on my potato-debian-CD's. E.g. all > the updated packages. I would like to use this CD/MO as another source > for apt/dselect. Try apt-move or apt-zi

Re: xserver-xfree86 4.0.1-6 upgrade

Solution to the xserver-xfree86 install problem: In the install script /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst line 60 must be corrected from ln -sf /etc/X11/X "$this_server" (MISTAKE!) to ln -sf "$this_server" /etc/X11/X (a quite common mistake which I myself often go for). Gree

Re: The Microsoft tax

Bernhard Josef Rieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( If Germany is an option for you you could look at . They have both laptops and PDAs

Re: Synchronizing the files on two machines

Christophe TROESTLER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to be able to synchronize the *certain* files on two > machines that are *not* directly connected to each other. > [...] > > Well, you get the idea. If you know of an utility more or less > fitting the description above, I am reall

Re: Gnome Web Links

Jeff Hornsberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I used to use RedHat and Helix Gnome before switching to > Debian. In my RH/Helix environment I could drag a web link from > mozilla or netscape onto the desktop to create a handy internet link > that would bring up netscape when I double-clicked

Re: dpkg --getselections, apt, and update-menus

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: > I don't think that's what Sean meant. If, in dselect, you use '-' to > mark a package for removal - or use 'apt-get remove' - then a package's > configuration files won't be removed, and some state about the package > will remain in the system. However, i

Re: Dependency problems

The latest dpkg upgrade seems to have removed the force-overwrite feature from apt, which is normally set in the unstable branch, but removed when it comes to stable. Add the lines: DPkg { Options {"--force-overwrite";} } to the file /etc/apt/apt.conf (or create one if it don't e

Re: Tools available for..

Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to set up a server, and I would like to know about some of > the tools I should be using for the following tasks: > > Bandwidth monitoring/restriction on a per-user basis > > Traffic (total data transfered per time unit) monitoring/restriction

Re: installing netscape

Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >You can also try to install the > package communicator-smotif-473 or navigator-smotif-473. ^^^ ^^^ Better get -475 instead, which has better encryption and less securi

Re: Problem with cups and xpp or qtcups

Giuseppe Fierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > both xpp and qtcups give me same message "unable to connect to CUPS > server, check options" but I don't know the options that I have to see. > I tried all options in the cupsd.conf file but nothing does. Did you set 'Browsing' to 'on' in the /etc/cup

Dynamic + static IP-address in /etc/network/interfaces

Hi all, I've finally got a static IP address which I want to use instead of the dynamic one I still get from my ISP via ppp. I thought it would be best to bind the static address to the dummy interface, so my /etc/network/interfaces looks like that: auto lo dummy iface lo inet loopback i

Re: network printing

Andrew Dwight Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm having some trouble getting my printer to work across my network. > The printer works like a champ on the local machine (sendack, > 192.168.1.1). But when I try from the remote machine (derico, > 192.168.1.2) nothing happens and when I run lpq

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Madness and not what I want. It's not just doing it on my home machine > > (installed from what *might* be a dodgy CD set, I suppose) but from my > > work machine which I installed entirely over the internet. > > interesting, replacing it wit

Re: XFree86 4.0.1 and gdm

Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just upgraded to XFree86 4.0.1, and I can't log in using gdm any more (I'm > using the Helix version). From what I can tell, the X packages have a new > /etc/X11/Xsession file which gdm doesn't like very much. Has anyone noticed > this problem too? An

Re: XFree86 4.0.1 and TrueType fonts

"John S. J. Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > wulfie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ttmkfdir in the ttf dir :) Add the path to your fonts section in > > XF86Config, freetype to the modules section (you already did both, it > > seems) & you're there. > > What's the exact path to ttmkfdir

Re: Sawmill config & Gnome CC

"Jonathan Wheelhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nothing happens when I click on the 'Run configuration tool for > Sawmill' within the Gnome Control Center. Sawfish (as it is called by now) is configurable in GCC itself (look a little bit further down ...), so I guess, the config tool is disab

Re: OTP

Danny Heap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There is (otp) for generating one-time passwords. Is there a debian > package for implementing OTP? A quick `apt-cache search password | grep -i time' gives three hits, between them "otp - Generator for One Time Passwords", so it would be sufficient to do

Re: Installing kernel sources

"CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >$tar xvf kernel-source-2.2.17 Nowadays it is: tar -xvIf kernel-source-2.2.17.tar.bz2 (note the `I' in between, it is to unpack the bzipped archive). Greetings, joachim

Re: LyX on woody crashes X server

OK, seems I should give some more informations: I use a recent woody with XFree 3.3.6-11 and LyX 1.1.4-7, X server is SVGA (window manager: sawfish-gnome 0.31.1-2 on the newest Debian-only Gnome -- not the Helix distribution). Hardware: a Matrox card MGA G400 AGP with 16 MB RAM, the monitor is a fa

Re: LyX on woody crashes X server

Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > :: Joachim Trinkwitz writes: > > Hi, > > has anyone else tried LyX with a recent woody? It crashes X and puts > > me back to the login screen when loading fonts in the server, > > f.ex. when I open the user m

LyX on woody crashes X server

Hi, has anyone else tried LyX with a recent woody? It crashes X and puts me back to the login screen when loading fonts in the server, f.ex. when I open the user manual from the Help menu. Any thoughts? Greetings, joachim

Re: Encrypt a file

Francois Fayard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone knows a software that encrypts files with a password ? Have a look at seahorse: ~$ apt-cache show seahorse Package: seahorse Version: 0.4.9-1 Priority: optional Section: non-US Maintainer: Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Depe

Re: staroffice

"Agner-Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I downloaded the Staroffice binaries (10 files with an extension of .bin) > from the Sun site and realized I have no idea how to install them (to a Throw all files in /tmp, then `chmod 755' the first file, then execute this file with the option `/net'

Re: mozilla & netscape

John Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > So, can these two coexist? I've done it with debian packages, but I > > decided to check out one of the nightly builds of mozilla, and it did a > > whole bunch of stuff on its first invocation, and from th

Re: Sound Blaster

"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 12:41:24AM -0700, Tino Ionescu wrote: > > Hi > > I'm trying to install the driver emu10k1 for Sound Blaster Live > > Driver's Makefile is complainig that it can't find "modversion.h" > > Can anybody tell me what should b

Re: gnome won't start now

"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > *sigh* I'm back to using icewm now, not that there's anything wrong with > that, but I'm confused as to why I can't get gnome to start. > Reading the gnome-session manpages, it would seem that gnome expects a > default session file, defau

Re: problems with gnome

"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, so I install windowmaker, and chose it in the gnome control panel. > It's listed as my current WM. However, I'm in enlightenment. Try to change to enlightenment and then immediately change back to WindowMaker. This helped with WindowMake

Re: Netscape - libstdc++

"ObeseWhale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > well I did apt-get install netscape4 off of the cd, and it installed > netscape-base, yet I'm getting the same error. Do I need more? Do apt-get install netscape-smotif-475 and throw away your netscape tarball. Greetings, joachim

Re: Need advice on Postscript/PCL printer

Nicola Bernardelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am to buy an entry level monochrome laser printer (it seems as when > it comes to text and music scores a 600dpi laser is better than any > inkjet) and of course I'm looking for one that works with > Debian. (I'll add some details just in case any

Re: A series of newbieite questions

"ObeseWhale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. Debian keeps starting X as soon as I boot into linux. It give me the > graphical login screen and everything. This is annoying because I don't > seem to be capable of exiting X... Is there any way to stop Debian from > running xdm on startup? Why

Re: qweb

Atila Nemet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wanted to install the qweb web browser, but it was asking for > some qt1 package which I could not find in the debian 2.2 > distribution. Where can I find this qt1 package? (Doesn't answer your question, but:) Unfortunately, the qweb browser is hope

Re: Which netscape version works?

"Neil L. Roeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Using the meta packages is the way to go. But, the meta package is > navigator, not netscape. No, on the contrary, the meta package is netscape-smotif-475, but it doesn't include navigator, only communicator: $ apt-cache show netscape-smotif-475 Pac

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