Re: Announcing a new book: The Debian System -- Concepts and Techniques

2005-06-27 Thread Stephen Birch
Looks good!!! I went to amazon.co.uk to order a copy, but it isn't listed yet :-( They often list books *before* they become available so you may want to contact them and provide details. Steve martin f krafft([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2005-06-27 03:05: > Dear all, > > I am pleased to announce the a

How to create a 3.0r1 repository on disk?

2003-02-27 Thread Stephen Birch
I have an "official" Debian 3.0 dvd plus an "official" r1 CD. Can any tell me how to copy them both onto hard disk and combine them into a single 3.0r1 repository that apt can use. I have scanned the docks but cannot find a description - if the answer is a RTFM, could someone point me to the co

Re: squirrelmail users can't login after 1.3.2 update

2003-01-17 Thread Stephen Birch
I am also having trouble with squirrelmail under Debian. As a new user, I am puzzled about what happens when stable contains a broken package. Since the package doesn't seem to work, will a bug fix be released into security.debian.org or do we have to wait until 3.0.0r2? Steve On Thursday 16

Re: Image thumbnailer

2003-01-16 Thread Stephen Birch
apt-get install curator On Sunday 12 January 2003 15:42, Trey Sizemore wrote: > I have a lot of photos (jpeg's) that I would like to be able to batch > thumbnail & possibly rename. Any suggestions for a program to 'easily' > do this? I will explore all the functionality of Gimp at some point, >

Re: Big difference in antialiasing

2003-01-16 Thread Stephen Birch
I thought I was alone in hating AA fonts. To me they just look blurred even on a very high res monitor. I turn them off. Steve On Tuesday 14 January 2003 00:10, Richard Beri wrote: > > You're right, gtk 2.2 brings in Xft2. It's very pretty. > > Does anyone else find AA fonts annoying? I hate

Re: How to set up apt-get archive

2002-12-10 Thread Stephen Birch
Thank you guys, I couldn't see the wood for the trees. All working now. Steve On Tuesday 10 December 2002 20:03, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Tuesday 10 December 2002 7:09 pm, Stephen Birch wrote: > > Perhaps this isn't documented? > > > > Could someone give an

Re: How to set up apt-get archive

2002-12-10 Thread Stephen Birch
Perhaps this isn't documented? Could someone give an overview of how one creates the /dists... directory tree for a set of deb files? Steve On Tuesday 10 December 2002 11:55, Stephen Birch wrote: > Hi > > Could someone please point me to the document that describes the procedure

How to set up apt-get archive

2002-12-10 Thread Stephen Birch
Hi Could someone please point me to the document that describes the procedure for setting up and populating a set of directories for use with apt. I have some deb files and want my end users to be able to upgrade using apt-get just like they do from the debian site. I just can't seem to find a