Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Mark Laird Copper
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 10:25:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up until > now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i ask him how to do > them, he keeps telling me to get TurboTax for windoze. I keep > reminding him I run linux, b

tax return sites

2003-03-15 Thread Mark Laird Copper
Anyone out there (US) taking the plunge with on-line tax prep? eztaxreturn.com worked ok (but not great) for me last year and isn't working this year. TurboTax (Intuit) doesn't seem to like Mozilla (anyone try Opera or Galeon?) TaxCut (HR Block + M$): no thanks. I'm trying TaxBrain.com, but I

Re: envelopes in TeX

2003-02-11 Thread Mark Laird Copper
I use the package envlab, but it's not a Debian package. Still it's easy to install and use. Get it from CTAN. Mark On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 04:10:48PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > i'm starting to send out resumes and cover letters &c., and want to > print pretty envelopes in TeX. should i n

Re: mtools

2003-02-01 Thread Mark Laird Copper
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 05:03:56PM -0500, Seneca wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 03:04:40PM -0500, Mark Laird Copper wrote: > > How do people configure mtools under Debian? My default install > > won't let a user access /dev/fd0. Google and the mtools mailing >

mtools

2003-01-31 Thread Mark Laird Copper
How do people configure mtools under Debian? My default install won't let a user access /dev/fd0. Google and the mtools mailing list searches turn up recommendations to run mtools setuid, but the mtools info clearly says "mtools works perfectly well even when not installed setuid root". Am I

Re: Input lockup problem

2003-01-31 Thread Mark Laird Copper
I don't think your problem is the mouse. To see this paste your "server layout" section to the head of your /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file and delete the "Generic Mouse" line. At least this eliminated the mouse errors from my log but not my lock-up problems. MC On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 12:45:58PM -0