gnome question

2002-02-13 Thread Matt Thompson
Hoe do I make it so gnome does not blank out my screen after 3 minutes? It is getting really annoying when i am reading something. I've looked online, but been unable to find anything.

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Re: IRQ 0 for 3C900 Combo PCI? -> SOLVED!

2001-05-02 Thread Matt Thompson
Turns out IRQ 0 meant that the card wasn't actually getting an IRQ at all (thanks to the ever fabulous rcw :). I set the BIOS to a non-PNP OS and all is well. :) Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator Williamson & Associates http://www.wassoc.com On Wed, 2 May 2

IRQ 0 for 3C900 Combo PCI?

2001-05-02 Thread Matt Thompson
sed to fly home to Seattle tomorrow. Cheers...... Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator Williamson & Associates http://www.wassoc.com

ISDN help (please! :)

2001-04-09 Thread Matt Thompson
ion would be immeasurable. :) Cheers..... Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator Williamson & Associates http://www.wassoc.com

ISDN setup

2001-04-02 Thread Matt Thompson
tting it set up properly? I've heard that ISDN can be a real pain. TIA for any help :) Cheers..... Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator Williamson & Associates http://www.wassoc.com

Printing from a Mac

1998-12-01 Thread Matt Thompson
Hello, I may have the opportunity to be hired as a Network Administrator for the graphics department of a large corporation. They have 67 cpus, many of which are Macs. I don't know if they have their own dedicated print/file servers (I haven't interviewed on-site yet, but a good friend of mine i

Samba printer

1998-10-29 Thread Matt Thompson
Hello, I've been combing Debian Glimpse and dejanews, but haven't found anything. :( Here's my story: I have Samba installed and sharing files to my Win95B ThinkPad just fine. When I highlight my Linux box (Mattyt) in Windoze Explorer, it lists my HPDeskJet660C, but when I right-click the printe

RE: Which device for scanner?

1998-10-27 Thread Matt Thompson
Thanks, Jon, '/dev/MAKEDEV sg' did the trick. :) Matthew On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Jon Burchmore wrote: > > I recently had to re-install because of an 'administrative error'. ;) I > > am now trying to re-setup my UMAX S-6E using SANE. I remember that I had > > to 'mknod' a new sga device, but I can

Which device for scanner?

1998-10-26 Thread Matt Thompson
Hello, I recently had to re-install because of an 'administrative error'. ;) I am now trying to re-setup my UMAX S-6E using SANE. I remember that I had to 'mknod' a new sga device, but I can't remember what the major and minor numbers were. I've been searching the net and the mailing lists, but

Unknown telnet attempts

1998-08-16 Thread Matt Thompson
Hi, y'all, I get this kind of thing in my xconsole with some frequency (a few times a month, I guess): Aug 16 15:59:47 mattyt in.telnetd[431]: connect from c1-netserver.fibertel.com.ar Aug 16 15:59:52 mattyt telnetd[431]: ttloop: peer died: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character It's

GIMP seems to have hung SCSI bus??

1998-07-08 Thread Matt Thompson
Ok, here's a weird one: I started GIMP today, and while it was trying to load a plug-in, my Zip started spinning non-stop. I did a ps alx to see if I could find the process causing it, and there didn't seem to be one. So I unplugged my Zip, plugged it back in, then tried to mount it, and it would

GIMP 1.0

1998-06-07 Thread Matt Thompson
OK, I just dl'd and installed with gtk1.04 and libgimp1.0, and it no longer gave me the 'Acquire Image' option under Xtns. I uninstalled it and reinstalled .99.29, and everything is fine. I know it's in Incoming, which I suppose means it's still technically beta, but...??? Matt P.S. Please let

Re: /dev/sga and /dev/dsp no longer accessable

1998-06-05 Thread Matt Thompson
On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Matt Thompson wrote: > > I have a fully upgraded hamm system. I upgrade with dselect almost daily. > > I recently tried to use my scanner under GIMP and it said: > > > > Failed to open device 'umax:/dev/scanner' invalid

/dev/sga and /dev/dsp no longer accessable

1998-06-05 Thread Matt Thompson
I have a fully upgraded hamm system. I upgrade with dselect almost daily. I recently tried to use my scanner under GIMP and it said: Failed to open device 'umax:/dev/scanner' invalid argument. A day or so later I tried to play a RealAudio feed, but it said 'Cannot open audio device'. Just as a

AMD K6

1998-05-22 Thread Matt Thompson
I just bought the above and when attempting to compile a kernel, I get a message along the lines of "internal compiler exited with error 4" or some such. Sorry for not copying down the error exactly. I just re-installed my P166 and the compile finished fine. Is anyone familiar with this? Is thi

Re: TeTex upgrade problems

1998-05-20 Thread Matt Thompson
> > OK, multi-part question. > > > > 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this: > > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > tetex-base > > tetex-nonfree > > tetex-bin > > tetex-extra > > > > ??? > First install tetex-base (you should install dpkg-perl before) and after > that inst

TeTex upgrade problems

1998-05-20 Thread Matt Thompson
OK, multi-part question. 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this: running dpkg --pending --configure ... Setting up tetex-base (0.9-6) ... /usr/bin/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN; set the environment variable or in texmf.cnf. dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure): subprocess post-installa

Thinkpad 560 and the floppy module

1998-05-09 Thread Matt Thompson
I have Frozen installed and compiled the floppy driver as a module (fyi-this needs to be done on the 560 for some reason). I can 'insmod floppy' just fine from a prompt, but when I added a 'floppy' line to /etc/modules and rebooted, I got the following error: Loading modules: floppy no dependency

Postscript printing

1998-04-28 Thread Matt Thompson
There is a new Tektronix 140A available that has PostScript built in. Maybe this is a dumb question, but does it still need a driver? I guess I'm not too familiar with the difference between a 'driver' and a 'filter'. I thought that the filter converted the image to be printed from a Postscript

RE: Trouble reading fat32

1998-04-13 Thread Matt Thompson
>Greetings everyone, > >i'm having trouble mounting a fat 32 partition, mounting my zip drive >(Also FAT 32) and would like some advice on reading some Mac Formatted >disks(floppy & Zip). Any advise is greatly appreciated. > >Regards, > >jd? JD, Did you get your situation solved? You need to co

mh upgrade problem

1998-04-10 Thread Matt Thompson
Just upgraded, got this: Setting up mh (6.8.4-20) ... chmod: /usr/lib/mh/spopfi: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mh (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ?? TIA for any help :) Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: HP Deskjet 672C

1998-04-06 Thread Matt Thompson
I think the printer's specs are 600x600 b&w, 600x300 color, but I'm not aware of a way to test the printed resolution I'm getting. Matt On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Will Lowe wrote: > > I have a 660Cse and performance is good, but color printing doesn't quite > > reach the quality level you get under w

Re: SCSI tape problems

1998-04-06 Thread Matt Thompson
I have an AVA-1505 working properly. Dumb question, but do you have the IRQ on the card set to what you are having LILO pass to the kernel? That could be the reason for the error message you're getting. Matt On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Glenn Tenney KOTJ wrote: > (A copy of this message has also been p

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread Matt Thompson
TIA for any help :) Matt On 5 Apr 1998, Thomas E. Vaughan wrote: > >>>>> "MT" == Matt Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > MT> I also still get this about lesstif-bin while running dselect: > > Make sure that /etc/X11/window-managers con

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread Matt Thompson
> The primary Incoming directory is on master.debian.org and is accessible to > developers only. There are several publicly accessible mirrors of it, e.g. Ok, I installed grep 2.1-7 and now xdm works, but when I try to login, the Xserver starts (I'm using AccelX 2.1) but then restarts and kicks

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread Matt Thompson
OK, call me stoned (or maybe I should be ;) ), but where is Incoming??? I searched all through ftp.debian.org and ftp.us.debian.org and even llug.sep.bnl.gov/pub/debian/Incoming. Thanks, Matt On Sat, 4 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Apr 03, 1998 at 09:56:27PM -0800, Matt Thomp

Re: xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-05 Thread Matt Thompson
> > I also got these errors regarding lesstif: > > [prerm failure] > > Can you please tell me what version of grep you have installed. I'm still > not sure if this is a lesstif problem or a result of grep-2.1-6 being > broken. 2.1-6. I'll go get 2.1-7 from Incoming and see if that helps, then I'

Re: HP Deskjet 672C

1998-04-04 Thread Matt Thompson
On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Matt Thompson wrote: > > > This printer is exactly the same as the HP 660 repackaged with a different > > model number (I know this for a fact because I work for Mac/PC Zone :) ). > > Make sure to install the gs or gs-alladin

xdm, lesstif problems

1998-04-04 Thread Matt Thompson
Ok, I'm running full hamm, and just updated (about 20mb worth). Now xdm won't work at all, even with the /etc/init.d/xdm start command as root (I have the same xdm file in /etc/init.d I had before). And, when I do 'startx', it uses mwm instead of AfterStep, which I have called as the last line of

Re: Choosing a printer for Linux:

1998-04-04 Thread Matt Thompson
Hello Liran, I believe the PS L2 option for the Epson 800 is a software option that is proprietary for either windoze or mac. Ciao, Matt On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > Hello, > I'm planing to buy a printer, and I don't know whether to choose Epson > Stylus color 800 or HP LJ 4L. I kn

Re: HP Deskjet 672C

1998-04-04 Thread Matt Thompson
Hi, Will, This printer is exactly the same as the HP 660 repackaged with a different model number (I know this for a fact because I work for Mac/PC Zone :) ). Make sure to install the gs or gs-alladin and magicfilter packages and choose the 'dj550c' filter when prompted. I have a 660Cse and perfo

libc6-dev dependencies

1998-03-29 Thread Matt Thompson
Why does libc6-dev depend specifically on kernel-headers 2.0.32? Why won't 2.0.33 suffice, or kernel-source-2.0.33? It seems that I should only have to have one of any of the kernel headers/source packages installed at any one time. Thanks, Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Scrollbars II

1998-03-24 Thread Matt Thompson
Hi, all, OK, I figured out that the cause of my 'problem' is the Xaw3dg package required by gv. I've read all the documentation regarding scrollbars and even tried downloading the sources from ftp.x.org, but the directions given in /usr/doc/Xaw3dg/scrollbars didn't work for me. It said './debian

Scrollbars...

1998-03-21 Thread Matt Thompson
OK, this is not the *weightiest* of issues, but... :) After a recent upgrade, all my scrollbars went from smooth, dark grey ones, to clear ones with fuzzy edges. I searched the mailing list archives and found nothing about this. I also did a 'man scrollbar' on the off-chance it might help. Look

Missing packages

1998-03-14 Thread Matt Thompson
I just did a clean 1.3.1 install, ran the autoup.sh, and then upgraded to hamm fully using dselect. The following packages are missing: Constructing list of files to get... want: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/sysvinit_2.73-2.deb (69k) want: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/modutils_2.1

SANE & AfterStep

1998-03-12 Thread Matt Thompson
Hi, all, Updated hamm recently, and when attempting to configure SANE, got: running dpkg --pending --configure ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sane: sane depends on libgtk1 (<< 1:0.99.4); however: Version of libgtk1 on system is 1:0.99.5-1. dpkg: error processing sane (-

GIMP

1998-03-08 Thread Matt Thompson
I just upgraded GIMP, and when I tried to run it, got: $ gimp gimp fatal error: sigsegv caught [n]othing, [e]xit, [s]tack trace, [a]ttach to process: s #0 0x400ae018 in g_stack_trace () #1 0x400addd0 in g_debug () #2 0x807e2f7 in _start () #3 0x80bd790 in _start () #4 0xbc20 in ?? () #5

-- MARK --

1998-02-28 Thread Matt Thompson
Out of the blue, that started showing up in my xconsole on twenty minute intervals, as in: Feb 28 04:35:53 mattyt -- MARK -- Feb 28 04:55:53 mattyt -- MARK -- ??? TIA for any insight. :) matty -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Troub

Re: xemacs20

1998-02-28 Thread Matt Thompson
pendency for libcompface1 (the libc5 > version) perhaps that is wrong, and they should depend on libcompfaceg1. > > brad > > On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Matt Thompson wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm running a full hamm system and just installed the above. Whe

xemacs20

1998-02-27 Thread Matt Thompson
Hello, I'm running a full hamm system and just installed the above. When I tried to run it for the first time, I got the following: $ xemacs xemacs: error in loading shared libraries libcompface.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ??? TIA for any help :) matty --

printing .pdf files

1998-02-12 Thread Matt Thompson
I hope the cross-posting is OK. I'm running a fully-updated hamm system and wasn't sure if one was more correct than the other. I was trying to print out my tax forms with Acrobat Reader. I have an HP DJ660Cse, with magicfilter, djtools and GV installed. I was able to print: ftp://ftp.fedworld

Commands

1998-01-26 Thread Matt Thompson
Hi, y'all, Ok, I've been poring over the HOWTO's and man-pages and can't find two little commands THAT I USED TO KNOW! :) A friend told me about these a while back and now I can't remember or find them. One is the command executed by root on a kernel to make it look at a certain partition, allow

xload

1998-01-11 Thread Matt Thompson
OK, so what happened to xload now? I just upgraded my hamm system and xload has disappeared. Don't we go through this every once in a while? Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Cron

1997-12-14 Thread Matt Thompson
e `#-1' chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' I've scoured all my crontabs, less'd and grep'd all the files in /etc/cron.daily and looked everywhere else I can think

RE: ThinkPad 560

1997-12-08 Thread Matt Thompson
> On 30-Nov-97 Matt Thompson wrote: >> I seem to be having trouble configuring a custom kernel. The only >> kernels that work are on the 'tecra' rescue disk, and the one I got >> from Valery Petrov's site, but those don't support fat32 and when I >&

RE: Cron run-parts /etc/cron.daily (fwd)

1997-12-01 Thread Matt Thompson
> On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Matt Thompson wrote: > > > ...and my ISP would rather that my machine doesn't continue to send out > > messages to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. > > > > Well, even if you fix this particular problem, your machine will still > gener

RE: Cron run-parts /etc/cron.daily (fwd)

1997-12-01 Thread Matt Thompson
> On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Matt Thompson wrote: > > > I have started getting these messages out of the blue: > > > > chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' > > chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' > > chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' > > chgrp: in

RE: Cron run-parts /etc/cron.daily (fwd)

1997-12-01 Thread Matt Thompson
I have started getting these messages out of the blue: chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' chgrp: invalid group name `#-1' Electric Fence 2.0.5 Copyright (C) 1987-1995 Bru

ThinkPad 560

1997-11-30 Thread Matt Thompson
tely reboots when it tries to boot the kernel. Any help you can give would be *very* much appreciated. :) Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING L

printing in 2.1.x kernels

1997-11-25 Thread Matt Thompson
? (i am using the dev kernels because i have an Intel EtherExpress ProB 10/100 and the driver is built in. i still haven't been able to get my win95 laptop networked with my Debian box, but i'll keep working on it a while before i ask for help. :) ) thanks... Matt Thompson [EMAIL

Re: rvplayer installer

1997-11-24 Thread Matt Thompson
it would be fixed, so I assume it is. You might want to check first, tho, just to make sure. :) hope this helps, matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM T

Re: fat32 in installation vfat module?

1997-11-19 Thread Matt Thompson
> > I'm interested in submitting a 'Beginner's Debian Installation Guide' of > > some sort. I have about 80% of the framework of one completed, but am > > concerned about the lack of fat32 support. As is stands, if someone has a > > new computer formatted in fat32, they would have to format a fat

rvplayer installer

1997-11-16 Thread Matt Thompson
t the current archive at RealAudio? :) Nice package, btw. I'd been struggling with rvplayer, and once I did the above, it installed and ran flawlessly. :):) Thanks. Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 9805

GIMP 0.99.14

1997-11-09 Thread Matt Thompson
I just upgraded and my main user account (mattyt) can't open any image files, but root can. When I start GIMP as mattyt, I don't get the 'xtns' file menu but it's there as root. ??? thanks :) , matty -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: PPP kill problem

1997-11-08 Thread Matt Thompson
ere is no stutter-dialtone, even if I have new messages. Of course, it also means I have to regularly check for new messages as there is nothing to let me know when I have them. :) hope this helps, matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Way

fat32 in installation vfat module?

1997-11-04 Thread Matt Thompson
submit one based on the current situation, or could the module be 'patched'? I would be very appreciative to hear any opinion on this, and how such a document might be received. TIA for your consideration :) Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S.

Re: termcap

1997-11-04 Thread Matt Thompson
> I have to install a program via source that needs termcap. How do I > accomplish this in Bo. you need the termcap-compat package. i found this by going to www.debian.org, clicking on the Debian Packages link, and searching for 'termcap'. i made sure to tell the search engine to search only in

Re: win95 fat32

1997-10-30 Thread Matt Thompson
> Well duh! a zero not and "ohh"! That worked and I made it up to make zdisk > when I got errors about > module.c:614 structure has no member named 'flags' > module.c:614 structure has no member named 'nsyms' > module.c:615 structure has no member named 'nsyms' > module.c:615 structure has no mem

Re: New Installation

1997-10-30 Thread Matt Thompson
leNet.Net - Web Services > Parksville, B.C. Canada > Ph 250 248 7053 > Fax 250 248 7289 > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Url http://www.vanislenet.net > == > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe"

RealPlayer

1997-10-29 Thread Matt Thompson
What I'd actually like to do is have rvplayer be world readable so that any user on my machine can use it. I know that I would need to make entries into /etc/profile, but how would I modify the above to do so? thanks, matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206

Re: Adaptec AHA-1510 SCSI Driver

1997-10-28 Thread Matt Thompson
SCSI card is supported > under Debian Linux 1.3.1, but it didn't come with my standard distribution. > Where can I get the module or driver for the AHA-1510 device? > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [E

Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B

1997-10-27 Thread Matt Thompson
I'm trying to install the driver for this card. I followed the instructions, and when I executed the compile-command I found at the bottom of the eepro100.c file (gcc -DMODVERSIONS -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c eepro100.c), I receive the following

Win95 connected to my Debian box

1997-10-27 Thread Matt Thompson
hi, i just received my new ibm tp560 and am going to network it to my debian desktop. i could, of course, put debian on the tp (and probably will make a partition for it), but i want to learn about networking win95 clients with linux servers. i am currently running hamm and am downloading samba

Re: About Dave Cinege's postings

1997-10-27 Thread Matt Thompson
> Do not fear that I will be unduly effected by his messages. > > Thanks > > Bruce thanks to you, Bruce, for your patience and cool-headedness. i haven't been around long enough to disagree with you :) (seems that *every* thinking person would eventually disagree with the leader abo

Bruce Perens

1997-10-26 Thread Matt Thompson
Well, it seems to me the returns are in. *Everyone* who responded to dc's comments supports Bruce, and wishes dc would make good on his promise and just leave. I propose that from here on out we ignore dc, don't resond to anything he posts, and perhaps he *will* live up to his promise, and apply

Re: * Formal call for the removal of Bruce Perens *

1997-10-26 Thread Matt Thompson
> Enough is enough. > > It is time for Bruce Perens to step down form the leadership position, and an > interim leader take his place until a new leader can be chosen at the formal > election. > > I state the following facts as reasons: blah, blah, blah...i don't know, i've been using Debian f

Re: Intel Etherexpress Pro

1997-10-25 Thread Matt Thompson
> >I saw this network card on the Hardware-HOWTO list, so I was thinking > >about buying one (I need a PCI network card, all my ISA's are used up). > >I just installed the 2.0.29 source using dselect, and i did an xconfig > >as root. When I got to the Network device support area, I see the > >entr

pppd

1997-10-24 Thread Matt Thompson
I just upgraded, using dselect, to pppd 2.2.3, and now pon doesn't work. It overwrote my /etc/ppp.chatscript file and deleted my /etc/ppp.options_out file. I reinstated them, and that didn't help. ??? thanks, matty -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMA

Intel Etherexpress Pro

1997-10-24 Thread Matt Thompson
I saw this network card on the Hardware-HOWTO list, so I was thinking about buying one (I need a PCI network card, all my ISA's are used up). I just installed the 2.0.29 source using dselect, and i did an xconfig as root. When I got to the Network device support area, I see the entry for the Ether

Re: Mouse driver as loadable module?

1997-10-24 Thread Matt Thompson
> Could anybody give me some help how to load mouse to this kernel? or help > me to find out how to build a kernel to recognize the Fat32? I think this > option should be include in the future debian distribution. if i'm correct, you're original kernel recognized the mouse, but not fat32? if that

Re: S.A.N.E.

1997-10-21 Thread Matt Thompson
it is a scanner tool, but i'm not familiar with GNOME at all...:) checkit at: http://www.mostang.com/sane/ matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Bruce P

S.A.N.E.

1997-10-21 Thread Matt Thompson
any plans for a debian package of this? just wondering...:) matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe"

Re: How to change E-mail address registered with Mailing Lists

1997-10-20 Thread Matt Thompson
there are instructions at: http://www.debian.org/support.html ...piece of cake. :) cheers, matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 21 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >

fat32 in base-install

1997-10-20 Thread Matt Thompson
rst place is to make it an easier system to install and maintain, while still being freely available to anyone. i hope i don't sound overly critical. i certainly don't mean to be. it's just something i came across and i wanted to throw it out there. :) cheers, matty Matt Thompson

Pine and fvwm under hamm

1997-10-20 Thread Matt Thompson
a lot, and the pager doesn't show that it's moving until i let go. this isn't a problem really, just something i noticed. btw, since these are likely hamm issues, should i be sending them here or to another list? thanks matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v

Re: PPP [was Re: new debian user questions]

1997-10-20 Thread Matt Thompson
I got my CD from Iconnect. Are the different CD pressings similiar? Identical? Not at all the same? I know, a lot of questions, but I could give it my best effort if I knew what was wanted and see what everyone thinks. lemme know...:) matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc.

XMCD

1997-10-19 Thread Matt Thompson
config and said no to the cddb's and now it works fine. anyone have any ideas why this might happen? the cddb's are one of the neatest features of xmcd. thanks, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAI

Re: boot errors

1997-10-19 Thread Matt Thompson
> > I receive these errors during boot-up (I included the /dev/... entries to > > let you know at what point in the boot process the errors come up): > > > > Mounting local file systems ... > > /dev/hda1 on /win type vfat (rw) > > /dev/hdb1 on /windoze type vfat (rw) > > /dev/hdb2 on /extra type e

boot errors

1997-10-19 Thread Matt Thompson
the best way to remedy it? thanks, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail

Re: Booting to SCSI

1997-10-17 Thread Matt Thompson
I bought a ASUS P55T2P4 recently and it came with Award BIOS v4.51, which does allow booting off of SCSI devices (although I only have ide). You might try going to Award's site and getting an upgrade. cheers, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Way

Re: elf-x11r6lib

1997-10-17 Thread Matt Thompson
n dselect which have dependencies that aren't available. oh, well, i found a mixer that's good (tkmixer) and since it's only a game that i can't get to work, it's really no big deal. debian remains the best OS that I'm aware of, IMHO. :) matty Matt Thompson MZI, I

Re: Netscape??

1997-10-17 Thread Matt Thompson
only) ...then do a tar -xzvf on it, and run the install script as root ($ ./ns-install ,i believe) and it will do all the work for you. just make sure you make a link from /usr/bin, or somesuch, because it won't put the executable in one of the 'bin' directories. cheers, matty Ma

elf-x11r6lib

1997-10-17 Thread Matt Thompson
lect, it said I needed elf-x11r6lib, but that it doesn't appear to be available? Can anyone help me get a working xmix-type program under hamm? thanks, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Help with xserver

1997-10-16 Thread Matt Thompson
t _some_ compression at least ^_^) mkfontdir --- That's it. Semi-happy camper again, lost 2 hours over this... Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Kevin F. Havener wrote: > Or

xmix

1997-10-16 Thread Matt Thompson
m dselect (accessing hamm, of course) and when i try to start it, i get: Segmentation fault (core dumped) ...i thought it might be a permissions problem, but the same thing happens as root. ??? thanks, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.34

libgdbmg1_1.7.3-21.deb

1997-10-16 Thread Matt Thompson
ing libgdbmg1_1.7.3-21.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing libgdbmg1 Errors were encountered while processing: libgdbmg1_1.7.3-21.deb ...is it ok to to a --force-conflicts, or should I do a dpkg -r libgdbm1 or what? thanks, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3

xterm color (*sigh*)

1997-10-15 Thread Matt Thompson
to do now that I'm "hamming it up" as it were? (sorry for the lousy pun :) ). thanks again for all the help, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAI

Re: hi

1997-10-15 Thread Matt Thompson
> >On 14-Oct-97 Matt Thompson wrote: > > ok, i got libc5_5.4.33-7.deb from hamm, and here's what i got: > > > > mattyt# dpkg -i libc5_5.4.33-7.deb > > dpkg: regarding libc5_5.4.33-7.deb containing libc5: > > libc5 conflicts wit

Re: hi

1997-10-14 Thread Matt Thompson
cting packages - not installing libc5 Errors were encountered while processing: libc5_5.4.33-7.deb ...should i install libc6-dev 2.0.5c-0.1 first? thanks, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 14 Oct

Re: libc6

1997-10-14 Thread Matt Thompson
one release behind in libc5 (i have -6 and i guess there's a -7) so i'll get that and go from there. but for now it's off to work i go. ttyl and thanks loads, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL

Re: libc6

1997-10-14 Thread Matt Thompson
ng for libc6 still couldn't find it. matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Scott Ellis wrote: > Someone messed up with the libc5 in the latest stable. It conflicts with

Re: Sound problem

1997-10-14 Thread Matt Thompson
Ian, I've made myself a member of audio in /etc/group. Also, do you have nas installed? If so, it will automatically start an 'au' process at boot-time. I just removed nas from /etc/init.d since i'd never used nas anyway. Do a ps ax to see if there is an 'au' p

libc6

1997-10-14 Thread Matt Thompson
alled last night because I broke my system by removing libc5 so I could install libc6 *bigblush*. Oh, well, I learn as I go...:) What am I doing wrong here? thanks, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GIMP

1997-10-14 Thread Matt Thompson
Thomas, Thanks for your reply. I'm currently working on the later version of GIMP right now (i've found that it's quite involved. thankfully 'Che-Fox' is gracious enough to help me with that) but I will try the lesstif for xtar. Thanks again, matty Matt Thompson

help! :)

1997-10-14 Thread Matt Thompson
everything gives me back a 'Segmentation fault' error. please help! :) thanks, matty p.s. sorry if this is a bother, but the GIMP looks so excellent, i *had* to have it! :) Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAI

Re: GIMP (fwd)

1997-10-13 Thread Matt Thompson
e old .gimp/rc in your root directory too. > > Hth, > David > ??? > > matty > > >Dwarf > > > >Thanks for the reply. I'm downloading lesstif in dselect as I type > this. > >I'll let you know how it com

Re: GIMP (fwd)

1997-10-13 Thread Matt Thompson
t and got the same exact error. Do I need to edit my .gimprc or somesuch? ??? matty >Dwarf > >Thanks for the reply. I'm downloading lesstif in dselect as I type this. >I'll let you know how it comes out and also file a bug report. > >Cheers, >matty > >

Re: GIMP

1997-10-13 Thread Matt Thompson
Dwarf Thanks for the reply. I'm downloading lesstif in dselect as I type this. I'll let you know how it comes out and also file a bug report. Cheers, matty > On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Matt Thompson wrote: > > > hello, all, > > > > I tried to install the GIMP and

Re: Pentium overdrive based machine

1997-10-13 Thread Matt Thompson
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