Re: win 98 crash, damage to debian KDE taskbar ?

2002-12-23 Thread Olivier Esser
daves debian wrote: I had a problem, my windows 98SE crashed badly, no supprise there, and seemed to corrupt debian on the next partition. I didn't think windows could access any other partitions ? I had to manually fsck the drive where it cleared a inode. Am i right, this has deleted a fi

mozilla spell checker

2002-12-11 Thread Olivier Esser
or your answers! Olivier Esser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: newbie: startup files under bash...

2002-12-10 Thread Olivier Esser
alan brown wrote: My reading has told me that when I start up a new bash shell /etc/profile and /etc/bash.bashrc are run. And then ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile are run So I?m trying to set the PATH environment variable to include my java bin directory. So I created a .prof

Re: lilo hangs @ 'L'

2002-12-09 Thread Olivier Esser
Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: When booting my system lilo hangs at 'L'. I can boot from the floppy fine. This occurs when booting from the harddrive only. No error code just 'L' How do i fix? Lance This comes from lilo which is probably bad configured. edit /etc/lilo.conf to reflects the kernel

Re: Cups

2002-12-05 Thread Olivier Esser
On Thursday 05 December 2002 10:54, sdownes wrote: > Struggling with Cups. > > It is installed with apt-get > I can print a test page OK from Cups > I can print through cups from my windows box > Cups is updating /etc/printcap when I modify the printer > > Printing from Abiword to lp does nothing >

Re: printer does not print characters at the beginning of the line fully

2002-12-04 Thread Olivier Esser
On Wednesday 04 December 2002 12:19, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > hello all > > i have come back with printing problem. > > when i write a text file with vi and do cat filename | lpr, i realize > that characters in the beginning of the line disappear from the > printout. > > what could be the cause a

Re: dselect wants to uninstall everything?

2002-12-04 Thread Olivier Esser
On Monday 02 December 2002 17:49, Brian Kendig wrote: > I have a fresh install of Debian Linux 3.0. I want to use dselect to > install some additional packages... but it appears that, by default, > dselect wants to *uninstall* most of my Debian installation, unless I > go through the list by hand

Re: video card and kde

2002-11-28 Thread Olivier Esser
On Thursday 28 November 2002 13:17, Rodrigo Agerri wrote: > Hi everybody > > I've got an ATI Rage 128PF video card. I am running woody with kernel > version 2.4.18bf24. According to the manuals, it seems that I should use > the r128 driver for my xfree86 configuration. However, the xserver it does

A mixed stable/testing system

2002-11-27 Thread Olivier Esser
Hello, Does anyone have succeed to use the APT::Default-Release option in /etc/apt/apt.conf? I would like to keep a mixed system stable/testing. The documentation tell to add an entry to both stable and testing in /etc/sources.list and to add APT::Default-Release "stable"; in /etc/apt/apt.conf

Re: cannot open /dev/dsp (permission denied)??

2002-11-27 Thread Olivier Esser
On Wednesday 27 November 2002 09:51, D.H wrote: > I don't know if it is appropriate to send this email here. > Every time I start the KDE environment, it tells me that "cannot open > /dev/dsp(permission denied)", so I login with root account and give all the > users read permission to that file, bu

Re: Pentium 4/SIS650 chipset

2002-11-27 Thread Olivier Esser
On Wednesday 27 November 2002 10:29, Gary Maxwell wrote: > Happy holidays! > > Does anyone know whether or not the latest Debian release has support > for the Pentium 4 SIS650 chipset? I haven't found one distribution yet > that does. > > Thanks! > > GM What do you mean vy "Pentium 4 SIS650" ?. I

Re: X priority warning

2002-11-24 Thread Olivier Esser
On Sunday 24 November 2002 06:40, Roy Pluschke wrote: > Hi, > > I'm getting the following warning on starting X: > > X warning: process set to priority 0 instead of the the > requested priority -10 > > I start X using the 'startx' command and while everything > works fine messages like this really

Re: Pipe man page as ASCII text

2002-11-23 Thread Olivier Esser
On Friday 22 November 2002 02:03, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 12:32:08AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:55:05PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:36:31PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > > > > How can I mail an ASCII version of a man

Re: Help! Debian unbootable after XP re-install :-(

2002-11-23 Thread Olivier Esser
On Friday 22 November 2002 01:29, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > I had a similar problem and never solved it. I posted to this group and > didn't get an answer. It sounds like you were running a pre-packaged > kernel version 2.4.something - at some point the pre-packaged kernels > started using initrd

Re: i always end-up in frame buffer mode

2002-11-23 Thread Olivier Esser
On Saturday 23 November 2002 11:32, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > hello all > > when i boot in linux, i always end up in frame buffer mode - despite > setting up vga=normal in /etc/lilo.conf. > > here is the entry: > > # Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, ) > # > # vga=n

Re: Postscript printer help

2002-11-19 Thread Olivier Esser
On Tuesday 19 November 2002 08:27, Gerald Livingston wrote: > I was given a postscript (level 2) capable color laser printer (HP Color > LaserJet 5M). What should I use as a print spool setup? I've installed > CUPS but it doesn't seem to be offering a plain postscript dump option. > I located a .ps

Re: LaTeX and loops

2002-11-11 Thread Olivier Esser
subject is not esotheric. LaTeX itself (which is programmed in TeX, iniTeX to be more precize) contains a lot of \loops. The \begin{enumerate} environment is and example. If something is unclear, please reply to this e-mail, Olivier Esser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Restarting X after graphical login

2002-11-09 Thread Olivier Esser
On Saturday 09 November 2002 13:06, Richard Hector wrote: > On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 00:34, Chris Lale wrote: > > I installed Woody 3.0 from official CDs and it gave me a graphical login > > (gdm). I prefer it to the command line login, but it means that > > configuration requiring restarting X presen

Re: cupsys and kde

2002-11-07 Thread Olivier Esser
On Thursday 07 November 2002 15:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I seem to have a problem in getting CUPS to be configured with some > applications of my system. > > I managed to configure cupsys on my system to use a printer on the > network and it works for most of the applications like emacs

True Type font again

2002-11-06 Thread Olivier Esser
automatically. I want in fact install the font I have on my MS-Windows partition and these files are not present in Windows Thank a lot, Olivier Esser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: allowing remote x connections?

2002-11-06 Thread Olivier Esser
On Wednesday 06 November 2002 14:06, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > Hello! > > i read this some time ago, but can't find the pointer to that docu > anymore, and its not in the debian FAQ... :( > > i want to allow some local machines to send their displays to the > desktop machine i know there's somet

Re: Tasksel: remove packages?

2002-11-06 Thread Olivier Esser
On Wednesday 06 November 2002 10:32, Q. Gong wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to use tasksel to select a task and remove all the packages > in the selected task? Thanks in advance. > > Qian I think this is impossible. However, you can see what packages belong to what task with the taskinfo... I've

Re: some german keys don't work..?

2002-11-06 Thread Olivier Esser
uro symbol. This depend of the application you use; in case of problems please re-email Regards, Olivier Esser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: some german keys don't work..?

2002-11-06 Thread Olivier Esser
On Wednesday 06 November 2002 09:50, Pierre Burri wrote: > Hi everybody, > despite that I have set the keymap (with install-keymap) to > de-latin1-nodeadkeys, some keys don't work like ö (oe) ä (ae) ü (ue) etc. > Under Debian 2.2, I remember that I had to put the variable LANG=de_DE in > the file /

Re: video on laptop - Compaq Armada 1750

2002-11-03 Thread Olivier Esser
On Sunday 03 November 2002 00:25, David Pastern wrote: > Olivier Esser said on 2 November 2002 10:59 PM > > Subject: Re: video on laptop - Compaq Armada 1750 > > >video="vga16:off" disable the framebuffer (a mean to use the console in > >graphic mode; wh

Re: video on laptop - Compaq Armada 1750

2002-11-02 Thread Olivier Esser
On Saturday 02 November 2002 11:08, David Pastern wrote: > Hi guys, > > Hopefully simple question that sort of has me stumped. I have a Compaq > Armada 1750, that i've installed Debian Woody bf24 kernel onto. I've > chosen the ATI module for Xfree86 (which is the correct module I believe). > Inte

Re: Kernel compilation

2002-10-31 Thread Olivier Esser
On Monday 30 December 2002 20:24, cobb wrote: > I have not been able to find a document specific to Debian on upgrading the > kernel. I am running 2.2.20, but would like to use a 2.4 or better kernel. > > Can anyone explain it, or point me to a document SPECIFIC to Debian? I > keep finding Redhat

Re: blank LCD monitor

2002-10-31 Thread Olivier Esser
On Thursday 31 October 2002 04:55, Rick Berger wrote: > Hi, > > I just bought a Proview model 780 17" LCD monitor and can't get it working > with Woody. It goes blank durning boot and the messages go by so fast that > I can't tell if it is happenning durning the Kernel initialization or at > the s

kde2 and Xresources

2002-10-28 Thread Olivier Esser
kde2 (in debian woody) seems to overrides some of the resources I have put in .Xresources. The particular resources xterm*Font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed-*-*-120-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 is overriden by xterm*Font: -monotype-courier new-medium-r-normal--*-110-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15 Any ide

Euro symbol

2002-10-09 Thread Olivier Esser
The Euro symbol does not work in KDE application altough I have specified ISO-8859-15 as the default font set. Also the symbol oe (o and e together, this is a symbol used in French) is missing. All this work fine in emacs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Debian3.0 install - trouble with ppp

2002-10-05 Thread Olivier Esser
Well I connect succefully with kppp at this conditions: Make a file named /etc/ppp/peers/op_noauth with the following line in it noauth In kppp click the button "kppp options" and add the following "call op_noauth". Be sure to specify the DNS correctly in kppp. Do this help? If not check the v

Re: Debian login

2002-10-05 Thread Olivier Esser
You can delete the root password in the following way. Boot from the first debian CD; Just after the boot Press CTRL ALT F2 and then enter to have the command line. make a new empty directory "mkdir qwerty" mount your linux partion into this directory "mount "/dev/hda1 qwerty" (you may have to re

point and click with latex

2002-10-05 Thread Olivier Esser
Dear LaTeX users, I have configured emacs and xdvi for forward and inverse search: C-c C-s willl open xdvi in the place you were in your tex file and reciprocally hold the CRTL key and click in xdvi to put the cursor in the corresponding place within emacs. If you are interestred please read m

USB problem

2002-10-05 Thread Olivier Esser
Hello, I use Debian Woody 3.0. I've a USB printer. Sometimes in a unreproductible way I have the following error message "cannot open /dev/usb/lp0". I have the same kind of problems in MS Windows 98 with two different computers and also with a digital camera. Has anybodyelse experienced the

keyboard in KDE

2002-10-02 Thread Olivier Esser
Hello, I use Debian Woody with kde 2.2.2. I want to define a new keyboard layout and to integrate it kde (I want that my new keyboard appears in the control center in the section about keyboard). Do anyone know how to do this. The best solution I've found up to now is to use xmodmap and to di

CD R/W

2002-09-30 Thread Olivier Esser
Hello! I've a CD burner which is identified by the kernel at boot time as something like "ATAPI CD R/W". I have no idea how to use it to burn CD. Do I need a driver? a software? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

connect two computers with USB

2002-09-12 Thread Olivier Esser
To be more precize, I would like to be able to transfer files from one computers to another using a USB cable. I have no idea how to configure this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

connect 2 computers with USB

2002-09-12 Thread Olivier Esser
Is it possible to connect two computers with a USB cable? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

stopping the printer

2002-02-10 Thread Olivier Esser
Hello, I cannot remove printing jobs I have submited. lprm apparently dequeued the job (after having lprm'ed the job, lpq reports that there is nothing anymore in the queue) but the printer continue to print. Turning off and on the printer does not solve the problem. Does anyone can help me. I'v

sise of the panel in gnome

2002-01-12 Thread Olivier Esser
Does anyone know how to customize the size of the gnome panel (at the bottom of the screen) (I use Debian potato 2.2r4). In Red Hat there is an option avaible by right clicking on the panel by I see nothing similar here.