Re: rvplayer working?

1999-04-30 Thread Richard Hall
fails with error #14 or does nothing at all. Any ideas where the problem might be? Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: Installing X to Debian for a Newbie

1999-03-11 Thread Richard Hall
gt; -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-11 Thread Richard Hall
r than normal. Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: Sound configuration not in initial install

1999-02-11 Thread Richard Hall
t the 'sound industry' needs to arrive at a common protocol before Linux could achieve generic sound support. Instead, they climbed in bed with Mr. Gates. Meanwhile, we'd be happy to try to help you compile a kernel if you provide some details as to the "dismal results"

Re: minor problems

1999-02-09 Thread Richard Hall
chips is not seated properly in its slot. When you first power up, does the machine count up 96M, or does it also stop at 64M then? Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

RE: workman and sound

1999-02-09 Thread Richard Hall
;t want to log out, and I expect more from Linux than that anyway. Thanks, Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

RE: workman and sound

1999-02-08 Thread Richard Hall
n I try to open a .au file from my home directory or from the web, Netscape crashes. Anyway, thanks for the help! Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

RE: workman and sound

1999-02-08 Thread Richard Hall
On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Shaleh wrote: > > On 08-Feb-99 Richard Hall wrote: > > I went ahead and did 'chmod 666 /dev/audio' and that made workman work. I > > really hate doing that, though. It seems like there should be a way to > > make /dev/audio available to me

RE: workman and sound

1999-02-08 Thread Richard Hall
listhenics. Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

workman and sound

1999-02-08 Thread Richard Hall
ly problem is that nothing is coming out of the speakers. I can hear music by plugging headphones into the CD drive. So which audio device is workman using? I figure that I just need to change permissions somewhere, but I'm not sure where. Thanks, Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: netscape proxy configuration

1999-02-08 Thread Richard Hall
xy.vianet.net.au"; is unknown. This happens for all proxy > settings. > > Any ideas ? > > TIA > > Ivan. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: boot prompt for scsi drives

1999-02-08 Thread Richard Hall
~adric/aic7xxx Good luck, Richard Hall On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, marc wrote: > where can i get more information regarding the entry of boot parameters > at the boot prompt > and where do i get the kernel image from > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED

suggestion (was Re: 2.0 install problems)

1999-02-02 Thread Richard Hall
extremely grateful for all the work that has gone into Linux and Debian, and I'm out here recruiting new users and will continue to do so, even if I have to compile a kernel for every one of them. Just wanted to put my two bits in. Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

xhost

1999-02-01 Thread Richard Hall
According to the man pages, xhost uses a file called "/etc/X*.hosts". I haven't got this file. There are several /etc/host* files, none of which control X access, and no *host* files in /etc/X11. So where is the file that xhost uses to control access to my X server? Thanks

reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-28 Thread Richard Hall
Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Netscape 4.x

1999-01-25 Thread Richard Hall
t as bad. Does Netscape just suck? Does the Netscape JVM suck? Are their any system tools I can use to try to diagnose the problem? Is there any chance that it is an OS issue and not a Netscape problem? Thanks, Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: Install new programs

1999-01-22 Thread Richard Hall
web-based email at http://www.xoom.com > SPECIAL OFFER: 250 Web Site Templates, Only $29.95! - > http://orders.xoom.com/email > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: sound in netscape

1999-01-13 Thread Richard Hall
ed as to why I'm the only one having this problem, as I can't find anything about it on DejaNews. Did everybody else just change the permissions on the audio devices? Do I need to reinstall Netscape with the .deb package now that I have sound support in my kernel? thanks, Richard

sound in netscape

1999-01-13 Thread Richard Hall
to 'top'. The brutal solution is to change the permissions on /dev/dsp, but I'm trying to learn and to do it the right way, so if anyone can explain to me why netscape runs under my user ID, how I can change it, or even what commands I might use to investigate the problem (strace

enabling sound in Netscape

1999-01-12 Thread Richard Hall
etscape wrapper, but that didn't work. How can I change the wrapper so that it runs Netscape as group audio? Thanks, Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: Adaptec 2940U2W not recognized during installation

1999-01-12 Thread Richard Hall
om address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: kernel

1999-01-11 Thread Richard Hall
, because I would think that anyone selling a Debian Installation CD would put together a working product? Maybe someone else has some better advice . . . I'm going to sleep, so good luck! Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

aic7xxx kernel

1999-01-11 Thread Richard Hall
to overriding driver defaults, yes and no to verbose error reporting, and tried 5 and 15 second waits after resetting SCSI bus. What am I missing? TIA, Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: xanim package?

1998-12-20 Thread Richard Hall
I've checked just about every directory at ftp.debian.org that makes any sense at all. I give up. Where IS this package? Thanks, Richard Hall On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > Hi, Richard! > > Sure. And guess the name - xanim! > ii xanim 2.7

xanim package?

1998-12-19 Thread Richard Hall
Is there a Debian package for xanim? I have the source code already, I'm just being lazy. Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: X-windows (ATI 3D Rage II)

1998-12-15 Thread Richard Hall
ation program when it tries to configure xbase, but you can also configure X by running the command xf86config, which walks you through a bunch of questions about your mouse, monitor, card, etc. You might give it a shot. Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: X-windows

1998-12-15 Thread Richard Hall
/etc/gpm.conf manually. I'd try to get it working under gpm before tackling X. Good luck. Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

Re: can't make Linux bootable

1998-11-20 Thread Richard Hall
I did try to run the commands as you describe, and still got 'not found', so, if you suspect the shell, what does that mean? What can I do about it? Thanks On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Richard Hall wrote: > > > I have made it almost

Re: can't make Linux bootable

1998-11-20 Thread Richard Hall
I'm not a newbie, and I tried ./lilo before I even posted, but thanks. Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

can't make Linux bootable

1998-11-19 Thread Richard Hall
e hard drive only has 522 cylinders anyway. I made a boot floppy, but it gets stuck with this error: Unable to change tty /dev/tty1: Illegal seek login[n]: unable to change tty 'dev/tty1' for user 'root' and, eventually, INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled f

Bad primary partition

1998-11-13 Thread Richard Hall
't believe that the hard drive is bad, as it worked fine under NT before the formatting, and the SCSI disk utilities detect no problems. What can I do? It's a Seagate ST34371W with an Adaptec 2940 Ultra controller. Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

installation hangs

1998-11-11 Thread Richard Hall
a debian floppy that will let me do that, or do I need to scrounge up a DOS floppy? Is the kernel looking for a root file system on the hard drive? If so, how do I tell it to expect in elsewhere, like on root.bin? Thanks Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

installation trouble

1998-11-06 Thread Richard Hall
s on 01:00 What should I do? Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee

xterm broken

1998-10-27 Thread Richard Hall
, 0) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) chown("/dev/ptyp5", 0, 0) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) chmod("/dev/ttyp5", 0666) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) chmod("/dev/ptyp5", 0666) = -1 EPERM (Operation no