Re: libfreetype6 or pango broken

2002-06-15 Thread David Odin
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 12:10:43PM +0200, David Odin wrote: > >Hi, > > I'm using Sid, so I expect some problems, that's why this mail isn't a > complain but really a bug report. > > Since yesterday, as I've apt-get update/upgrade my system, I ca

libfreetype6 or pango broken

2002-06-15 Thread David Odin
Hi, I'm using Sid, so I expect some problems, that's why this mail isn't a complain but really a bug report. Since yesterday, as I've apt-get update/upgrade my system, I cannot compile any program which use gtk+-2.0. From what I've seen, the only updated package which is related to gtk

Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)

1999-03-12 Thread Odin
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > Aside from personal preference, does anyone know if a certain combination > of colors is better to stare at than others? I can guess, from my own > experience, that white text on a black background is better than black on > white. Does anybody have

first-time exim

1999-03-10 Thread Odin
I'm trying to get a sparcstation IPC up using slink, and smail keeps giving me a bus error, so I decided I'd try using exim since I heard it was superior. I've got a(some) problem(s), though that I was wondering if anyone else had experienced and could help me with. First off: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux and Partition Magic

1999-03-09 Thread Odin
> Hello Debian-user, > > I have Windows and Linux on my HD. As time has passed I now prefer > my Debian installation and seldom use Windows (big surprise, eh?:) > > I want to expand/move my Linux partition and I do have Partition > Magic on my system. Will using Partition Magic harm my Li

Re: Long filenames on cdr

1999-03-05 Thread Odin
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Bernhard Dobbels wrote: > Hi, > > I've tried the joliet extention, but aparently, when i mount the cdimage, > the filenames are cutoff at 32 characters. > Any ideas? If you're not going to be using these discs in any M$ products, Rockridge is the unix way to do it. Although

NFS client.

1999-02-26 Thread Odin
I have a debian box at work mounting a few (well, I guess a lot) of NFS shares on various Solaris machines. It was working just fine until yesterday (two months solid uptime) when all of a sudden, I started getting many errors like: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[~/naetwt2]$ ls ls: 800pts: Stale NFS file ha

Re: Master Boot Record

1999-02-19 Thread Odin
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Nils Lorvick wrote: > As I referred to in my previous email, is that I have tried fdisk /mbr > in DOS and that hasen't worked. I believe there is something corrupt > in the boot sector/FAT tables. And I can't get it back. I have tried > the DD if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=1024

RE: Kernel: Unable to load interpreter

1999-02-17 Thread Odin
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Chris Kaltwasser wrote: I had a similar problem once. It was because I had the wrong hostname entered into my smail configuration. Mail would come to my host... smail would say "This isn't for me!" and go look for the host that the mail was supposed to go to... then my machi

Re: Boot managers

1999-02-15 Thread Odin
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Tony wrote: > Now, I want to know how I can set up some kind of boot manager to select > between DOS partition and the Linux, so I don't keep having to stick the > floppy in. I CAN do this right? Other people have given you lilo advice so I won't bother here. lilo has an ex

Re: SB16 PnP / ISApnp

1999-02-09 Thread Odin
> >JUst post the isapnp.conf you have to the list, we'll take a look at it. > > Actually, I haven't edited mine at all, so unless the kernel > compilation does something to it, there's no sound stuff in it. I have had problems with compiling sound support for PnP soundblasters into the kernel, bu

Re: Copying CDs

1999-02-04 Thread Odin
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Chris Frost wrote: [snip] > or use sdd (scsi dd) to do a bit-for-bit copy of the source. Note though, > that the last option does actually do a bit for bit copy, meaning even > things such as scratches will show up on the copy (the other tools would > normally fix these problem

Samba and kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-28 Thread Odin
I have recently compiled kernel 2.2.0 and am having some samba difficulties now. This is the sort of thing I get with smbmount [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[~]# smbmount //alpha/LAAS /mnt Password: mount error: Invalid argument Please look at smbmount's manual page for possible reasons smbclient will lis

Re: what cd-writer ?

1999-01-20 Thread Odin
> I want to buy a cd-writer. I don't need rewritable support at present > time, but it would be a plus. > I've seen a new Yamaha model that's affordable. Are they good and well > supported with Linux ? > > Thanks in advance. If you found a yamaha model that's affordable, _Get_it!_ Those are exce