Netgear Wireless USB Adapter (MA111) on Debian Linux

2003-08-01 Thread S Yuval
Hi Everybody,     I've just purchased a wireless USB Ethernet adapter (Netgear Wireless USB Adapter, MA11) and would like to use it on Debian Linux.  There is no mention of Linux support on the box and I know that historically Linux has been very USB-unfriendly.  However, I know that modern

Printer Toolbox

2003-07-27 Thread S Yuval
Hello,     I own an HP DeskJet 612C print and I'm looking for something equivalent to HP's Printer Toolbox.  The tool box allows controlling all aspects of the printing process: paper size, print quality, full-duplex printing, ink cartridge cleaning, cartridge alignment, etc.  Thus, I find m

Re: Borland Kylix on Linux - Both Pascal and a C compiler

2003-04-05 Thread S Yuval
rom: "Dale Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "S Yuval" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 9:46 PM Subject: Re: Borland Kylix on Linux > You do realize that kylix is a pascal and not a c compiler...? > stdio.h is a c

Borland Kylix on Linux

2003-04-05 Thread S Yuval
I'm trying to use Borland Kylix for Linux to write a simple "Hello World!" program.  I have installed it in single user mode, in my home directory, skipping the RPM installation and using the binary tarball archive directly.  The development environment runs, but when I include stdio.h, I ge

US Robotics Performance Pro PCI Modem on Debian

2003-03-28 Thread S Yuval
I've purchased a new US Robotics Performance Pro modem that is guaranteed to run on Linux. According to the manual it should be automatically detected by any kernel newer than 2.3.x. However, the modem isn't detected. According to what I've read in http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECT

US Robotics Performance Pro PCI Modem on Debian

2003-03-28 Thread S Yuval
I've purchased a new US Robotics Performance Pro modem that is guaranteed to run on Linux. According to the manual it should be automatically detected by any kernel newer than 2.3.x. However, the modem isn't detected. According to what I've read in http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTE

Good C/C++ IDE

2003-02-12 Thread S Yuval
Hello,     Can anyone suggest a good C/C++ IDE? I've tried Anjuta, KDevelop, KStudio and have been disappointed. The only somewhat useful IDE I could find was QIDE, which is a trial product and only supports C.

X11 stability

2003-01-31 Thread S Yuval
Ever since I installed Debian, I have to hard boot at least 3 times a day, because X windows crashes and hangs the machine. This usually happens when the system is busy installing programs, or doing some other resource consuming job in one of the virtual consoles (X itself included), and I c

Updating Critical Packages Only

2003-01-27 Thread S Yuval
I recently bought the Debian 3.0r1 7-CD set and am trying to upgrade some obsolete packages. However, it turns out that if I ask apt to update its package database, most packages I have on the CD-set become obsolete and can no longer be installed conveniently through dselect. Since I cannot

Motorola SM56, PPPD and connecting to the Internet in Debian

2003-01-19 Thread S Yuval
I'm trying to connect to the Internet with my Motorola SM56 modem on Debian 3.0r1. I'm facing two problems: my the SM56 is a soft-modem that uses a driver that is no longer supported and requires running kernel 2.4.2, and Debian uses kernel 2.4.18. In previous correspondence some

Motorola SM56, PPPD and connecting to the Internet in Debian

2003-01-19 Thread S Yuval
    I’m trying to connect to the Internet with my Motorola SM56 modem on Debian 3.0r1. I’m facing two problems: my the SM56 is a soft-modem that uses a driver that is no longer supported and requires running kernel 2.4.2, and Debian uses kernel 2.4.18.      In previ

Transferring from X-Windows to the console

2003-01-16 Thread S Yuval
My ViewSonic P810 monitor is unable to transfer from the X Windows to the Debian console, using Alt-F1, and displays an "invalid refresh rate" message. I am currently using a 60 Hz refresh rate and a 1280x960 pixel resolution. In Red Hat Linux this problem could be solved by lowering my resolution,

Motorola SM56 on Debian Linux

2003-01-08 Thread S Yuval
    Own a Motorola SM56 winmodem and run Red Hat Linux 7.1. Frustrated with the poor maintenance capabilities of Red Hat I am considering moving to Debian. However, that decision depends on whether I can be assured that my modem works. Currently I am using drivers supplied in rpm form from M