debian unstable font problem

in native windowmaker apps (for example the configuration utility) are jaggy and not being used right. What's going on with fonts and unstable, and how do I fix it? thanks, Renai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kdebase uninstallable; setting gtk-fonts

uestion is, how do I set the menubar gtk fonts in Mozilla and Xchat to stay put? thanks, Renai LeMay -- http://sydney.indymedia.org grass-roots independent media -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kdebase uninstallable; setting gtk-fonts

uestion is, how do I set the menubar gtk fonts in Mozilla and Xchat to stay put? thanks, Renai LeMay -- http://sydney.indymedia.org grass-roots independent media -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

virtual console on serial port

splay from the sun box outputted to a virtual console on said linux box. What I would like to know is: 1. is this possible 2. how do I tell Linux what to do? thanks in advance for any help with this somewhat unusual problem, Renai

iptables rules

, irc, icq, etc, while having all unwelcome packets rejected. Can someone give me some advice on how to setup some simple rules as well as having them refreshed when I restart? thanks, Renai

SN-5100TX or Pulse H1012

compatibility list, both without result). thanks, Renai

Re: All packages ... again.

nf and debconf-tiny, they conflict with each other. There's really no point to doing it! You can't use them both at the same time. In my experience, the debian package management system is intelligent enough to tell you this, whereas the redhat one isn't. Renai

quick question

combined with mysql), however my senior admin seems to think NOCOL is a better system. love to hear some commentary, Renai NOCOL home page: http://www.netplex-tech.com/software/nocol/ NETSAINT home page: http://netsaint.sourceforge.net

Linux vs Windows NT?

he fact that he is a windows98 gaming guy). thanks, Renai

Re: FTP which is the best?

Proftpd was recommended to me, and since reading their home page (http://www.proftpd.org), I have come to the conclusion that they are worth my time. However, if you need something really secure, use openssh's 'scp' which provides encrypted ftp-like capabilities. Of course you can't use anonymo

gnumeric

can someone give me pointers as to why gnumeric is not apt-gettable in unstable? or a way to apt-get it? I'd rather not compile it from source. thanks, Renai

Re: small school: replacements for MS Word and Excel

seable for daily work, and in about a year I would say it will probably be giving the proprietory word processors out there a run for their money. Renai On Thursday 31 May 2001 13:12, Kevin Ross wrote: > LinuxPlanet has a side-by-side review of all the word processors for Linux

Re: Netscape problem in debian. Found the cause :-)

no, the newer version of sawmill is called sawfish the new version of icewm is called icewm On Thursday 31 May 2001 11:20, Oki DZ wrote: > Steve Kieu wrote: > > I hope this infomation is usefull for some one using > > icewm like me, and hope that if some one knows the > > better version of icewm

Re: CPU speed

/www.unc.edu/~aperrin > Asst Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > 269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA > > On Wed, 30 May 2001, Renai LeMay wrote: > > in some cases catting this file did not produce any information. > > > >

the clip in windowmaker

can anyone tell me how to get the clip in windowmaker back? I had a crash and for some reason it's now not starting up when wmaker starts. thanks, Renai

re: CPU speed

nfo > > -- > Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin > Asst Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > 269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA > > On Wed, 30 May 2001, Renai LeMay wrote: > > can anyone tell me the be

CPU speed

can anyone tell me the best way to check CPU speed on a 2.0.36 kernel? I tried dmesg but it didn't give me any details about cpu... Renai

windowmaker themes

is there a package for unstable containing windowmaker themes? I was using fvwm but have recently acquired a large amount of ram Renai

boot system under unstable

hi, the boot system and init scripts seem to have changed location upon upgrading to unstable, most importantly I can't find a rc.local. Can someone point me to a document describing the new boot system? thanks, Renai

moving partitions to another hard drive

instead of hda? ie - so I could take hda out and throw it away? thanks, Renai

Re: Strange reboot

I remember reading somewhere that kernel 2.4.4 had some form of issues - it was recommended to me that I wait until 2.4.5. I run 2.4.3 under unstable with no problems. Renai On Tuesday 22 May 2001 09:48, Cheng H. Lee wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering whether any one could expla

Re: compaq on board sound

otherboard doesn't exactly say what model it is - so what should i do? On Friday 11 May 2001 12:15, ktb wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:16:43PM +1000, Renai LeMay wrote: > > hi guys, > > > > I would like to get the on board sound card on my compaq presario 2415 >

compaq on board sound

t would be great. Thanks, Renai

/proc/kcore

can someone tell me what the file /proc/kcore is used for? thanks, Renai

creating an apt-repository

site. What tools should I be using? I tried searching google but didn't get very far. thanks again, Renai

Re: reiserfs installation

Real men don't backup. They upload their files to an ftp server :) On Monday 30 April 2001 17:07, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 05:02:17PM +1000, Renai LeMay ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Monday 30 April 2001 16:49, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on

Re: Newbie needs help

ny other > retailers. When I've helped friends install linux, I always point them at: http://www.linuxdoc.org - the Linux Documentation Project and http://www.linuxnewbie.org - for more practical guides like installing a certain sound card, video card, configuring home network etc. good luck! Renai

Re: reiserfs installation

Apr 29, 2001 at 10:15:20PM -0800, Ethan Benson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 12:47:06PM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > > > Renai LeMay wrote: > > > > I've been using reiserfs on my /doc partition for a while, and am > > > > very impres

Re: reiserfs installation

? Renai On Monday 30 April 2001 15:47, Oki DZ wrote: > Renai LeMay wrote: > > I've been using reiserfs on my /doc partition for a while, and am very > > impressed with it's performance. > > It is fast, indeed. And fsck'ing no more :-) > > > A question -

reiserfs installation

I've been using reiserfs on my /doc partition for a while, and am very impressed with it's performance. A question - is it possible to install a reiserfs version of debian? how is this done? I think I saw something about resierfs-boot floppies a while back. regards, Renai

Re: regarding swap space

I got the following error: mkswap: warning: truncuating swap area to 2097144kB mkswap: will not try to make swapdevice on '%s' and I could not set the whole disk as a swap device. This is upon deleting all partitions in the device, and typing 'mkswap /dev/hdb' Renai On Mon

regarding swap space

from the primary master, but using that swap is slowing down my system. How can I accomplish this? regards, Renai LeMay

Re: setting up an apt repository

thanks, this is perfect On Friday 27 April 2001 15:46, N. Raghavendra wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 05:11:54PM +1000, Renai LeMay wrote: > > What we'd like to do, is set up one machine as a debian > > template, if you like. We'd like to be able to create other >

least memory xterm look-alike

Can someone pass me their recommendation as to the xterm -lookalike program which is the fastest/uses the least memory - similarly with window managers? regards, Renai

OFFTOPIC

Hi Dan, offtopic, but wasn't Friedrich Nietzsche a huge pessimist, and didn't he get nihilism started off - a whole new branch of philosophy? (re your signature) correct me if I'm wrong - and if I'm not, I'm only being pedantic :) Renai On Friday 27 April 2001 13:21,

apt-package

can someone point me to the source for the apt-get and dpkg family of utils? thanks, Renai

setting up an apt repository

ding only the packages we need onto this template machine. can anyone suggest a method by which this can be done, and point me to relevant URLs or HOWTO's? kind regards, Renai (and keep up the good work developers, there are many grateful linux admins out here!)

rdist

kage update. Can someone point me to a page detailing this? Someone sent me an email asking about this, but I can't find it on the debian site. thanks, Renai

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

n I get some money) good luck, Renai On Wednesday 25 April 2001 04:55, John and Kristy Woodill wrote: > Well i have given up on trying to configured Windows / Linux together. I > can't get the hardware right and don't feel like fucking with it anymore. > I wanna build a compute

lynx and proxy

how do I set Lynx to use a http proxy? regards, Renai

problems with xfree86 3.3.6

27;s a work machine so I need it working. Kind regards, Renai LeMay

apt-getting xfree86 4 under potato

hi, quick question - how do I apt-get install xfree86 4.02 under potato? ie which lines do I add to /etc/apt/sources.list? thanks, Renai

debconf under unstable

someone have a look and see if they can apt-get debconf - and if it installs ok? Is this just something that's temporary? sorry about the lack of detail! thanks, Renai

unstable problems

tbase with dpkg, it gives me the following error: /bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: no such file or dir E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure -- apt returned an error code (127) can someone help? What's going on? thanks, Renai

2.4 kernel

Hi, a quick question. I have Woody, and I want to install the 2.4 kernel. I'm familiar with the kernel building procedure, but are there any Debian localisations that I should be careful of/use when I'm installing the new kernel? thanks in advance, Renai

lilo.conf file

can someone send me a working lilo.conf file for a debian and linux dual boot? mine seems to be hosed for reasons I can't work out. much thanks, Renai

KDE2

has a boot utility named 'SysVinit' for managing the bootup services. Does Debian have anything similar? regards and thanks, Renai

modem under debian

to install the rest of the system (ie X-windows) before I can get that running! much thanks, Renai

tasksel problems

en I load it up - how do I access tasks like helixcode, netscape etc? Should I change my apt sources file? thanks, Renai (I use apt-get with a debian mirror)