Re: bugreport problem

2002-01-21 Thread Joel Mayes
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Johann" == Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Johann> During the last few weeks I get the following output when Johann> I try to run reportbug: Johann> Unable to c

Re: cleaning up a system

2002-01-21 Thread Joel Mayes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "martin" == martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: martin> there's cruft, but it's too complicated and while i should martin> configure it in the long run, for now i have thought of martin> something like the following, which ca

Re: latex documentation

2002-01-17 Thread Joel Mayes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Vittorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm having a go at latex. Somewhere on the net I've read that > documentation for using latex many packages could be found under > /usr/share/doc/texmf/tex/latex and the name of the package. > > Well, under

Re: locale error messages

2002-01-12 Thread Joel Mayes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Timeboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday 12 Jan 2002 04:50 CET Titus Barik wrote: > > > After doing a recent dselect upgrade, I'm noticing the following when > > trying to view man pages: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man ls > > (null): can'

Re: any good LaTeX books/docs recommended to beginners?

2002-01-10 Thread Joel Mayes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Nesbit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > P.S. Joel, I noticed your sig. Have you got any helpful anti-spam > tips? (I am having /terrible/ problems with spam at the moment). Not really, I use spamassassin and razor and have a gnus score file I've

Re: any good LaTeX books/docs recommended to beginners?

2002-01-08 Thread Joel Mayes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lamport's _LaTeX: A Document Preparation System_ and _The LaTeX Companion_ > are good (the first is more of an introduction, the second a reference > book). Also check out http://www.tug.org/interest.html fo

Re: OT window$ floppy formating

2002-01-08 Thread Joel Mayes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > mformat will do what you need: > > mformat a: > > ap > Thank you, What a damn usefull set of tools Cheers Joel - -- Go ahead try and spam me ... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (G

OT window$ floppy formating

2002-01-07 Thread Joel Mayes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 G'day Debianites Just a quick question, I use Debian at home and windows at work, and often carry floppies to and fro, I'm fine if I bring a win formated floppy home, but if I forget to, I have no way of formating a floppy that windows can read. Is

Re: Debian Lists, USENET & Spam

2002-01-06 Thread Joel Mayes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Where is there a HOWTO or tutorial on using available tools (e.g. procmail) to > filter spam? Is it something that the "unwashed masses" like myself can learn > to do? > apt-get install spamassian then

Re: USB Mouse

2001-11-05 Thread Joel Mayes
On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 11:09:49AM +0100, aparra wrote: > I will like to use a USB mouse whith debian 2.2. It is posible? How to > do it? It's posible to use on X? > > > > Please, I am not subscribed, so replay whit copy to my address. > > Thank you for all > > > >

Re: overkill...

2001-09-02 Thread Joel Mayes
Jeff> ok, I installed overkill and the data file. How do I run Jeff> it? it seems to need a server and a port. any ideas? G'day Jeff, You need to run the overkill server /usr/games/overkill-server (it might be in a seperate package) you can then connect to that, the default port shoul

Re: Emacs/X problems...

2001-09-01 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Aaron" == Aaron Traas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Aaron> When I start emacs, using my trusty old .emacs file I've Aaron> been keeping and maintaining for years, The colors I've Aaron> selected aren't quite working right. Basically, I set the Aaron> background color to black,

Re: sid images

2001-08-25 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Eduardo" == Eduardo Gargiulo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Eduardo> Hi all. Where can I find the iso images of debian Eduardo> unstable? Last time I looked Linux System Labs Australia (http://www.lsl.com.au) sold unstable ISO's, couldn't tell you how current they are though -- J

Re: Progeny vs. Libranet vs Pure Debian.

2001-08-25 Thread Joel Mayes
> "DanSV" == DanSV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DanSV> I was wondering what the best way to install and then DanSV> maintain debian is. I have tried libranet, but not progeny DanSV> or just pure debian (beyond 2.1 that is). I want a simple DanSV> install, and hard-ware recogn

Re: Upgrade

2001-08-23 Thread Joel Mayes
> "GECOS" == GECOS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GECOS> Is there any way to upgrade to a higher version of debian ? GECOS> I always get lost in `dselect' or `apt-get' . Greg Try ``apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade'' -- Joel

Re: uninstalling GRUB

2001-08-21 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Dan" == Dan Pomohaci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dan> Hi, I look in all grub documentation but I didn't find any Dan> clue about uninstalling GRUB. A friend want to "clean" a disk Dan> to install Win2K (poor of him :). G'day Dan, You probably don't have to worry about uninstal

Re: printtool?

2001-08-20 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Bob" == Bob Koss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bob> RedHat has a handy utility called printtool for configuring Bob> printers. Is there a Debian equivalent? If not, how do you Bob> folks configure printers? I've found the best system for printing with Linux is CUPS + XPP + Gimp

Re: Debian

2001-08-19 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Tandex" == Tandex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tandex> I am new to debian and I wonder what is difrent betven US Tandex> and non-US debian? G'day Tandex, The US has some draconion exporting laws. i.e. It's illegal to export encryption software from the US even if that software was

Re: System Wide Fetchmail (failed!)

2001-08-19 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Roland" == Roland Hinkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Roland> I do still have a problem that is driving me Roland> mad. Fetchmail works fine when I start it as a Roland> user. Unfortunately when it tries to start at boot I get Roland> the message that it has failed. It also

Re: X Windows Problems

2001-08-19 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Patrick" == Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Patrick> Also, I believe I am configuring xdm (or something like Patrick> it) to manage my windows. I'm not sure if it has Patrick> something to do with this or not, but everytime I boot up Patrick> (even with an emergency ba

Re: HDD Error Message

2001-08-19 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Sven" == Sven Gaerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> Hi, sometimes I get the following error message. My kernel Sven> is compiled with multi_mode=on. Sven> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Sven> Does anyone have an idea how to solve this? G

Re: Unsubscribing feature ?? Ex: Re:

2001-08-19 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Daniel" == Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> Perhaps it is possible to set up some e-mail address, say Daniel> [EMAIL PROTECTED], so that when Daniel> someone wants to be unsubscribed, just need to click in Daniel> the link and send the message ?? I saw th

Re: flashing console

2001-08-18 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Markus" == Markus Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Markus> i have a debian with a console monitor, and before seeing Markus> the login the display flashes 3 or 4 times, i think this Markus> is not normal, what can it be? i have tried sometimes Markus> sucksessless to inst

Re: Unsubscribing feature ?? Ex: Re:

2001-08-18 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Daniel" == Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> Perhaps it is possible to set up some e-mail address, say Daniel> [EMAIL PROTECTED], so that when Daniel> someone wants to be unsubscribed, just need to click in Daniel> the link and send the message ?? I saw th

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-08-15 Thread Joel Mayes
> "gary" == gary p largess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: gary> I do not want to experiment with the computer I use for gary> work/school, but I have a "project" computer I would like to gary> install some version of Linux on. 133 Mhz Pentium less than gary> 300 Mb available hard

Re: Any way to play midi files?

2001-08-15 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Anthony" == Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Anthony> Is there any way to play midi files on Linux? Have a look at the timidity & timidity-patches packages, -- Joel

Re: getting woody

2001-08-13 Thread Joel Mayes
> "David" == David Dayan-Rosenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> Hi all, I am trying to get woody but could not find out how David> to do that. Are there some ISOs available ? I don't think Debian releases testing or unstable ISO's your best bet is probably getting a potatoe ISO

Re: TrueType Fonts

2001-07-31 Thread Joel Mayes
Joris Lambrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > > I've been looking to install the msttcorefonts package but although > i've downloaded all of the files into a directory and give the script > the right path the TT fonts won't install. I've tried this on both > .exe-archives and expanded a

Re: Off Topic: Mailing Agents?

2001-07-25 Thread Joel Mayes
Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Adam Bell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > > Okay, so can anyone tell me what popular (to Debian Users) MUA sends > > every > > single message as an attachment to an empty message? > > Mickeysoft Lookout Distress? > > Dima ("transmits e

Re: Help with X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Joel Mayes
"Alex Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Have got potato installed my system, but typing startx starts tvm. Which file > do I edit to have > startx start gnome using sawmill? > >   > > Thanks in advance for any help. try (as root) update-alternatives --config x-window-mannager Cheers Joe

Re: 2 Linux in same partition

2001-07-24 Thread Joel Mayes
Don Cavaiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greetings, > > I had Debian up and running just fine. Then, I installed a free CD of > TurboLinux into the SAME partition. Looks like maybe I should not have > done that as the "wires" seem to be a bit crossed now. Can you briefly > advise. Probably

Re: Cups, or magicfilter . HP Deskjet 540

2001-07-24 Thread Joel Mayes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (W. Paul Mills) writes: > Cups, while designed to be quite flexible seems to not at present > have support for much anything unless you want to buy it's > creators products. Or write your own filters. > I'm not sure thats true, if you install cupsys-driver-gimpprint and cupso

Re: A small doubt

2001-07-23 Thread Joel Mayes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Good Morning/Evening to all, > I guess that it is standard in Unixes that : > 0 : STDIN : keyborad > 1 : STDOUT : monitor > 2 : STDERR : error output device > > If this much can be accepted , and this is true for Linux verssions , too , > then how come I am

Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-19 Thread Joel Mayes
Paul Huygen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 4) I have installed lpr and magicfilter and that runs fine. However, I >understand that CUPS is a modern alternative for the two (am I right?) > I as understand it yes, it also offers beter drivers/filters for new printer then lpr or lprNG and it's

Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-18 Thread Joel Mayes
"Linuxero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello: > > Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? > What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? > The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N > > Thanks > Aah. printers and Linux :) You should read the printing howto for a

Re: Can't play audio CDs

2001-07-15 Thread Joel Mayes
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:26:58AM -0400, Nathan Weston wrote: > I have an ATAPI CD-ROM drive (actually a Creative Dxr2 DVD drive), which I > can't get to play audio CDs under debian. > I am new to debian, but have a fair amount of experience wi/ Redhat. I am > currently migrating my system from

Re: xfce, can't open display

2001-07-13 Thread Joel Mayes
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 01:39:09PM +0200, Daniel Laska wrote: > Hi! > As a debian-beginner i managed to confuse my system! > I did this: As I wanted to use xfce, i typed: apt-get update with woody (i > once had potato). > Then i installed xfce with apt-get install xfce > As this didn't work and i

Re: Install

2001-07-13 Thread Joel Mayes
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 11:58:27AM +0200, LAMIRAULT Nicolas wrote: > yes i have lot of free space in /usr > i try it tonight. > I think i have made a bad configuration of my partitions > I have 8Go on my hard disk, 64Mo RAM > i don't remember very well, i think i have this : > /usr : 5Go > /var : 1

Re: Download managers?

2001-07-10 Thread Joel Mayes
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 08:14:56PM -0500, Jeremy wrote: > I am running stable, and I was wondering if there are any (preferably non-X) > download managers that run well (and possibly come with) Debian. I need it > for downloading some ISOs from a dialup connection that I can only use at > night. >

Re: lilypond fails (error: latex: command exited with value 256)

2001-07-05 Thread Joel Mayes
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 06:36:41PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > (debian unstable, 2.4.3 kernel) > > I tried the example from info lilypond tutorial: > > \score { > \notes { c'4 e' g' } > } > > then ran command: > > ly2dvi -P test.ly > > and here's what

Re: Broken X in testing ?

2001-07-05 Thread Joel Mayes
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 07:35:55PM +0200, Dominique Deleris wrote: > Hi there ! > > Yesterday evening I performed an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' for my > woody box (as every week). > > I can not anymore start X, I get the following error message in > /var/log/XFree86.0.log: > Fatal server error: > co

Re: ?True type fonts?

2001-07-02 Thread Joel Mayes
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:41:58PM +1000, Alan Davis wrote: > I have seen some instructions for improving fonts in Netscape, often > using True Type fonts. I resist moving any MS products onto my machine. > Are there philosophical or practical arguements for or against using TT > fonts? > > T

Re: nv driver available?

2001-06-24 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:41:53AM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Greetings- > > I'd like to use the nv driver for X 3 (not ready to take the plunge and > move to 4.x). I'm having trouble finding it - can anyone offer > advice? (This is what was available for nvidia cards before X 4) > > Thanks.

Re: troubles with cmpci again

2001-06-24 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 01:18:41PM +0800, zhaoway wrote: > "Sergio E. Schvezov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, i'm writing this cause i'm having some trouble with one of those > > cmedia cards (again), > > Just FYI, I have a CMIPCI card which works with ALSA like a charm. > > G'day Sergio

Re: exim mutt ?

2001-06-22 Thread Joel Mayes
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:58:50PM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > Hello, > Y had to reinstall my potato 2.2r2 > (I had tried to compile kernel 2.4.5 ) > and there is a change : (exim & mutt) > > before : (complite failure...) > if user1 send a msg (local) to user2 i.e. : > From: [EMAIL PROTECT

Cross compiling (mingw32)

2001-06-22 Thread Joel Mayes
G'day All, I'm trying to cross compile a the display-dhammpada program for a friend who runs a win95 box, I've installed the mingw32 package and the target using '-b i586-mingw32msvc'. I'm getting an error mesage which reads gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cpp0': No such file or directory

Re: Ripping MP3s

2001-06-20 Thread Joel Mayes
< --- ME --- > > > > > > > > > G'day Gary, > > > > I use Grip as a GUI, it includes the cdparanoia ripper so you don't need to > > install the cdparanoia package unless you want to also rip from the console > > to encode MP3's I use gogo which is an enhanced version of the lame encoded > > opti

Re: Ripping MP3s

2001-06-20 Thread Joel Mayes
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 06:34:23AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone recommend any package for creating mp3s from CDs (yes, I do own > them :) under Debian? I tried searching the package list but there was > nothing obvious, only players it seemed. > > For bonus points you might also

Re: man problem

2001-06-20 Thread Joel Mayes
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 07:21:24PM +0200, thomas wrote: > > > 'apt-get install less' to get a better pager, and your problems should > > go away. If that doesn't work, 'update-alternatives --config pager' to > > change what /usr/bin/pager points to. > > you were right. thx. > > thomas > > G'da

Re: Slow and ugly X startup with NVidia drivers

2001-06-11 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 06:55:23PM +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote: > Hello friends, > > This is already bothering me for a while, but I never really > cared. But now I just want it fixed. > The problem: I use X 4.0.3 as in testing, and the Nvidia kernel > and GLX drivers, I'm _not_ using the newest ones

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-06-10 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 10:14:01PM +0200, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > > The xserver-svga package is installed. > On another note now. I'm having trouble figuring out what kind of XFree > version I'm running. I'm a confused by this contradiction > > Tomsk:~# X -version > XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Windo

Re: Mail indexing

2001-06-10 Thread Joel Mayes
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 01:24:45PM +0200, oivvio polite wrote: > A long time ago when I was using an other OS I also used Altavista Personal > to index my email. Worked great. I've found a couple of tools (htdig, > glimpse) for linux that index files. I haven't researched theese tools that > de

Re: List new packages after an apt-get update

2001-06-08 Thread Joel Mayes
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 03:52:30PM +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > After doing an apt-get update there are two types of packages I'm > particularly interested in: newly available packages (new to Debain > since the last time I did an apt-get update) and packages I have > already installed but that

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-06-07 Thread Joel Mayes
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:50:58PM +0200, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > Hello, > > I already asked this question in my local linux ng, but the answer were > not that helpfull. So I hope somebody can give me an answer here. > I would like to reconfigure X windows on my machine. Especially the > grafical s

Re: Need help with NVIDIA driver installation

2001-06-07 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 06:41:04PM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > I have been trying to install the NVIDIA drivers for > my NVIDIA 32mb GeForce 2 card without much success. I > succeeded in downloading two tar files from the NVIDIA > web site under windows and then decompressing them > into my /usr/

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-06-07 Thread Joel Mayes
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 12:44:40PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi !!! > > I hope that this simple(and maybe stupid) question > has a simple answer ... > > I used to be a RedHat user, but after trying the > 7.0 version, I decided to change it for another > flavor ... and after a while I fou

Re: Kernel upgrade.

2001-06-07 Thread Joel Mayes
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:41:38AM -0400, Chapman, Matt wrote: > Hi, > > I am running the sparc version potato.. > > I changed my sources.list for apt to woody and was able to do a successful > apt-get dist-upgrade > > Now how do I get the new kernel? > > -matt > > -- > Matt Chapma

Re: the clip in windowmaker

2001-05-30 Thread Joel Mayes
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 03:13:21PM +1000, Renai LeMay wrote: > can anyone tell me how to get the clip in windowmaker back? > > I had a crash and for some reason it's now not starting up when wmaker starts. > > thanks, > > Renai > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a s

Re: installing Window Manager

2001-05-29 Thread Joel Mayes
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 12:25:36PM +0200, spider wrote: > i wanted to run SAWMILL as window manager (im not using ximian so i couldnt > install sawfish) on gdm. > > i did: > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > and then i chose SAWMILL as the window manager from the list. > > BU

Re: Install over another Linux

2001-05-25 Thread Joel Mayes
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 12:19:30PM -0300, Rafael Sasaki wrote: > Hi, > > I`m with a machine to install the Debian Linux on it. I`ve already got the > files to install it, but i`m with a doubt. > The machine has a Windows 98 and a Conectiva Linux (a brasilian > distribution of Linux) and I`m su

Re: Newbie floppy disk access question

2001-05-24 Thread Joel Mayes
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:20:42AM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > I am trying to load a tar file driver from floppy > disk. There is a file "floppy" in my root directory. > This is empty. How do I find the file on my floppy disk? > > __ > Do You Yahoo

Re: root owner (or group) of lot of files in ~erik?

2001-05-23 Thread Joel Mayes
The Eric Comspiracy strikes again Sorry, couldn't resist Joel -- No, Gates always knew the Internet was going to be important, just as Oceania has always been at war with East Asia. ;)

Re: Running X apps in Windows

2001-05-22 Thread Joel Mayes
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 08:36:47PM -0400, Sean wrote: > On Monday 21 May 2001 20:15, Joel Mayes wrote: > > > > <--snip--> > > > To be honest I couldn't say as I don't have windows on by box, I just > > spotted this program at /. where it was the

Re: Which Linux NVIDIA driver to download?

2001-05-21 Thread Joel Mayes
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 02:59:29PM -0600, Chris Spencer wrote: > On Monday 21 May 2001 13:37, Gordon Hart wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 11:25:09AM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > > > I am trying to install a Linux driver for my NVIDIA > > > GTS2 Geforce video card. Their site lists RPM, RPMS, >

Re: Installing lilo on second hard disk

2001-05-21 Thread Joel Mayes
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 10:20:07PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 07:04:08PM +0800, Corey Popelier wrote: > > This won't be a good answer, but I had a friends machine with an IDE drive > > on /dev/hda, and a SCSI drive on /dev/sda, and wanted to boot off the > > SCSI. I a

Re: Running X apps in Windows

2001-05-21 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 11:01:49AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 06:43:11PM +1000, Damon Muller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Quoth Joel Mayes, > > > On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 05:33:46PM -0500, Jonathan Daugherty wrote: > > > > D

Re: apt-get question

2001-05-21 Thread Joel Mayes
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 10:00:22AM -0500, Jorge Santos wrote: > Hello, I want apt-get to get some packages from unstable (using > something like apt-get install postgresql/unstable), but for all the > other packages I want the versions in testing (so that doing an > 'apt-get install postgresql inst

Re: A philosophical one

2001-05-21 Thread Joel Mayes
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 01:35:23PM +, Victor wrote: > What's the relation(ship) between the list debian-user@lists.debian.org and > the newsgroup linux.debian.user? > I mean messages posted to the latter are shown also in the former or not? > How about the fact that in this list you are compel

Re: cups and deskjet 840c

2001-05-20 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 09:26:06PM +0200, Mao's Br?derle wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 09:15:27PM +1000, Joel Mayes wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 02:03:09PM +0200, Mao's Br?derle wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Has anyone had any ex

Re: small school: replacements for MS Word and Excel

2001-05-20 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 08:35:50PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 10:11:04PM -0400, Sean Morgan wrote: > > StarOffice, neither of these are as stable as Office on NT4. The > > From my experience, t

Re: How to use debian lists

2001-05-20 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 11:14:16AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > I have gotten some excellent answers to my questions and picked up > useful information from other user's questions and answers but > > I'm swamped! > > Often I am away from my computer for several days and return to find > 1,0

Re: cups and deskjet 840c

2001-05-20 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 02:03:09PM +0200, Mao's Br?derle wrote: > Hi! > > Has anyone had any experience with cups and the deskjet 840c?! As I > understood from cups.org, this printer is supported, although "mostly". > When I open "http://localhost:631/admin";, I get "this fil

Re: small partitions are faster?

2001-05-20 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 01:07:48AM +0100, J.A.Serralheiro wrote: > hello. I have a 20 gbyte fujitsu. My bios didnt recognize the disk as a 20 > gbyte so I jumpered the drive to 2gbyte to trick the bios. ( this model > can do that). I boot on MS-DOS and then use loadlin to load boot linux. > I made

Re: kde_gnome

2001-05-20 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 07:21:04PM -0500, Karshi Hasanov wrote: > > Can you help me to setup KDE or Gnome as a default panel when I run > "startx". > This is my first time I am using Debian(Woody), and don't understand how > "startx" works. > > Thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: lprng problem. Problem Solved :-)

2001-05-19 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 11:17:18AM -0500, Dana J . Laude wrote: > On Sat, 19 May 2001 00:22:35 Joel Mayes wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who responded, both on and off list, > > I've installed CUPS and everything is now A-KO > > Did you happen to use the debian packages,

Re: Running X apps in Windows

2001-05-19 Thread Joel Mayes
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 05:33:46PM -0500, Jonathan Daugherty wrote: > Does anyone know of a FREE package allowing one to run an X app on a linux > box in such a way that it can be used across a network on a > windows box, in the same way that X apps can be run over networks? > > > -- > > Jonat

Re: opera

2001-05-19 Thread Joel Mayes
You can kill that opera ad by pressing F11 and browsing in full screen mode Cheers Joel -- No, Gates always knew the Internet was going to be important, just as Oceania has always been at war with East Asia. ;)

Re: lprng problem. Problem Solved :-)

2001-05-19 Thread Joel Mayes
Thanks to everyone who responded, both on and off list, I've installed CUPS and everything is now A-KO Thanks Again Joel On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 02:26:52PM -0700, Steve Gran wrote: > On Fri, 18 May 2001, Joel Mayes wrote: > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 10:45:00P

Re: lprng problem.

2001-05-18 Thread Joel Mayes
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 10:45:00PM -0500, Dana J . Laude wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2001 18:29:12 Joel Mayes wrote: > > G'day All, > > > > I'm running Debian testing with kernel 2.4.4 and can not get my > printer > > ( a HP deskjet 690C ) to work, I

Re: Mouse in X

2001-05-17 Thread Joel Mayes
is looking to tty0 for the mouse and it's really on tty1 it won't work. A bit more info might be useful as well Joel Mayes > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No, G

lprng problem.

2001-05-17 Thread Joel Mayes
G'day All, I'm running Debian testing with kernel 2.4.4 and can not get my printer ( a HP deskjet 690C ) to work, I have the parport, partport_pc, and lp loaded with the correct irq, ect settings. but any request to the printer ejects a blank page, except the command 'lp foobar.txt' which prints

Power control question

2001-04-29 Thread Joel Mayes
G'day All, Just a quick question, how do i configure my Debian testing box so that the "poweroff" command actualy powers down my computer ? I'm using the standard 2.2.18pre21 kernel that come with debian. Thanks Joel

Re: Problem with fetchmail.

2001-04-27 Thread Joel Mayes
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:06:07AM +0200, Alberto Garc?a wrote: > I am not able to download my email with fetchmail. I try to download being > root and I configured it with fetchmailconf. It just picks the lists of > emails, but fails to download them. What could be the problem. > Thanks in advan