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2002-10-28 Thread Paul A. Thomas
At 09:42 PM 10/28/2002 -0600, you wrote: debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2002 : Issue 304 Today's Topics: Re: Gvim [ Torrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: Gvim [ iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] RE: C

Re: [redhat] VNC ...

2002-01-10 Thread Paul A. Thomas
Hi Arun: Go to Google, type in VNC.. never mind .. the first match is in Great Britan http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ I believe it's an AT&T site which offers it for free. Paul

Re: mail server

2002-01-09 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> is nowhere near the complexity of sendmail, phew.

mail server

2002-01-09 Thread Paul A. Thomas
I would like to put a REALLY small email server up at work using Debian ( I have a RH box I've put together but I like ... the feel of this list / what it says about Debian vs what I've encountered with RH ). I had heard about Sendmail and have visited their web site, however did not see anything a

Re: Problems using Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical

2002-01-09 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> Is there someone out in the world who has experienced the same problems > (perhaps with another Logitech Cordless keyboard)? I picked up their 'freedom' model two weeks ago for my desk at work. ( normal RF mouse and keyboard: not optical ) I've noticed it causing the prompt to jump up one line

Re: Problems using Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical

2002-01-09 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> Is there someone out in the world who has experienced the same problems > (perhaps with another Logitech Cordless keyboard)? I picked up their 'freedom' model two weeks ago for my desk at work. ( normal RF mouse: not optical ) I've noticed it causing the prompt to jump up one line when typing

Re: Pause

2002-01-04 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> I think he means for the boot up messages from the kernel. You can't > use a pager there. > > "dmesg" will show you the last kernel messages. Use it after boot to > see what the kernel spits out when it boots. Exactly. Thanks Vmann!

Pause

2002-01-02 Thread Paul A. Thomas
Searching reveals ways to pause help files if you don't wish to use a pipe command... is there a keyboard stroke which corresponds to the 'pause' key when the initial boot takes place? The commands ^S ^Q or Left Shift PgUp & PgDn would seem to be made for browsing help files or other text display

Re: Debian docs needed !

2002-01-02 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> Sounds like a nice project. How could i signup/help in anyway? Go to http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net, there is a sign up area on the top of the page. Paul

Re: Debian docs needed !

2002-01-02 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> I personally feel that only thing bad abt debian is its documentation. > We need somethng like freebsd handbook! What do u all think, maybe i > am wrong, but i want to know how many of u feel there is need for Own > debain docs Tho very new to Debian, I believe the people at newbiedoc.sour

MBR 13FA

2002-01-01 Thread Paul A. Thomas
Hi. My first install is functional, but apparently I made an improper choice in at least one instance as the system gives the following prompt when boot up is attempted from the hard drive : MBR FA13: ( One hard drive with half a dozen Linux only partitions, one of which is marked as bootabl

Re: Tarball conversion

2001-12-31 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> newbiedoc is a project, not a document. The project consists of many > smaller documents that are small enough and detailed enough to help a > newbie get started. That may be it. It is confusing tho: their home page states you can obtain "The complete Newbiedoc documentation in HTML format. V

Re: Tarball conversion

2001-12-31 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> newbiedoc is a project, not a document. The project consists of many > smaller documents that are small enough and detailed enough to help a > newbie get started. That may be it. It is confusing tho: their home page states you can obtain "The complete Newbiedoc documentation in HTML format. V

Re: Tarball conversion

2001-12-31 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> Given that you're still in windows (and you want to view the docs > on-line) I recommend the HTML format : > > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tarballs/newbiedoc-html-0.3.0.tar.gz > > They also have the HTML docs available directly on their web server so > you can browse them without downloadin

Re: Tarball conversion

2001-12-31 Thread Paul A. Thomas
> The format is a "gzipped tarball" (gzip is a different format and > algorithm than zip). Both winzip and power archiver can open gzipped > and tarred files without any trouble. Once opened, I think the > documents are in HTML format, but I'm not certain. I was able to get the files using Winz

Tarball conversion

2001-12-31 Thread Paul A. Thomas
In trying to view the document named 'newbiedoc' I find the only format it is offered in is tarball zip. The conversion programs I was able to find all seem to translate from one Linux format to another. I am hoping that once the document is unzipped I will be able to read it with Word or Not

Swap Partition/File

2001-12-26 Thread Paul A. Thomas
I've two questions tonight which seem simple but not... straight forward. I downloaded three ISO images and burned them to CD's. 1: I've booted from disk (CD) 1 and 2: both state they are recovery disk/boots... but then allow you to go into the installation applet. The only other ( very limited

ISO Images

2001-12-23 Thread Paul A. Thomas
Newbie question if I may? Today is Sunday, 12-23-01: Should I be able to access the ISO images for Debian Linux at cdimage.debian.org ? I've also tried a few of the mirrors without any luck finding it. Could anybody direct me to an alternative site which carries the latest .. stable? .. ISO i