Mozilla Firefox Menus

2005-08-19 Thread Simon Read
Folks, I've installed Firefox from sarge. When I scroll through menu items they "highlight" as white on white becoming a plain white box. I have no idea where to start fixing this, can someone give me a pointer? Simon Read -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Installing Netscape 7.0 (Solution)

2003-01-06 Thread Simon Read
packages on the web-site packages.debian.org. You can find INSTALLED files using "dpkg --search" (see the man page). Simon Read -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Athlon XP Motherboard Advice Sought

2002-05-31 Thread Simon Read
xperiences they'd be willing to share? Simon Read -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A Note from the LILO Developer on Warnings

2002-05-27 Thread Simon Read
Folks, I've noticed that no-one knows anything about a common LILO warning, so I went straight to the horse's mouth. So everyone has the information I'm just going to send this verbatim to this list. Simon --- Forwarded Message To: Simon Read <[EMAIL PROT

CD Labelling Software

2002-05-26 Thread Simon Read
Folks, Can any one suggest some CD label printing software and stationery that can be used under Debian GNU/Linux? If it makes any different I have an HP LaserJet and a HP DeskJet printer. I also have some "Neato" stationery, but their software is PC/Mac :( Simon Rea

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2002-05-17 Thread Simon Read
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iptables and 2.4.4 kernel in testing

2001-06-02 Thread Simon Read
Folks, I'm trying to build a firewall using the 2.4.4 kernel and iptables. The kernel seems to configure and build without problems, but when I try to run iptables to specify a rule I get a message like: modprobe: Can't locate module ip_tables iptables v1.2.2: can't initialize iptables table

Testing/Woody

2001-05-26 Thread Simon Read
Folks, The package lists I download for the Testing distribution from http.us.debian.org, and the mirrors that I've tried, do not contain any of the packages whose names start after f something. This results the package 'apt' appearing in the list, but the package 'grep' not appeari

XDM and /etc/profile

2001-03-23 Thread Simon Read
s problem, I was wondering if there is a standard one. Is this a deliberate decision on the part of 'the maintainers'? It doesn't seem to work that way on my Debian cluster at home. Simon Read

Debian in Academic and Public Organisations

2000-08-04 Thread Dr. Simon Read
band together! Simon Read

Tomcat and Debian

2000-08-04 Thread Dr. Simon Read
te my time fighting with it if I can use someone else's efforts. Simon Read

JDK 1.2.2 with potato (Silly me!)

2000-06-04 Thread Dr. Simon Read
java \ usr/local/sun/jdk1.2.2/bin/java 120 4. Check your alternatives with "type" type javac type java Particular thanks go to Harvey Bath for explaining the alternatives mechanism to me. Simon Read Dept. of Comp. Sci. and Info. Sys. Clark 120 American Unive

Problems /etc/alternatives and JDK 1.2.2 installation?

2000-06-02 Thread Dr. Simon Read
/alternatives to me? I'm especially interested in what java-c and java-vm are! Simon Read Dept. of Comp. Sci. and Info. Sys. Clark 120 American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tel: 1 202 885 3128 Fax: 1 202 885 1479 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: www.csis.american.edu/~simon

CD/RW under potato

2000-04-07 Thread Dr. Simon Read
ces I have. I have a regular CD drive and the CD/RW (an HP 8200i) connected to ide0, so they are hdc and hdd. Can anyone help me configure them? Does anyone know a 'fine' manual I can refer to? I've read all the relevant HOWTOs (I think) and they don't help! Simon Read

NIS and /etc/hosts

1998-12-28 Thread Simon Read
y in /etc/hosts as 192.168.1.2. What could I be doing wrong? I'm keen to trace my problem or cause a bug to be fixed, whichever comes first. Thanks Simon Read [Host names and addresses have been changed to protect the less-than-innocent]

LaTeX and overhead production

1998-12-25 Thread Simon Read
Folks, I'd like to use LaTeX to produce the overhead slides for my adjunct class. I seem to have enormous problems all along the path, can anyone help me? Regards, Simon Read 2 Maryland Avenue, #36 Annapolis MD 2401-1651, USA 1 410 280 0228 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xfsft and Microsoft fonts

1998-10-12 Thread Simon Read
Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Simon Read 2 Maryland Avenue, #36 Annapolis MD 2401-1651, USA 1 410 280 2792 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ifconfig and virtual devices

1998-05-21 Thread Simon Read
h come from with only a small effort? Thanks for any help. Simon Read 2 Maryland Avenue, #36 Annapolis MD 2401-1651, USA 1 410 280 0228 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]