can not play cdmusic

2002-01-15 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi I got via686a card using alsa stable 0.5.12a ; everythign is fine except playing cd music which is fine under winme. Run aumix and unmute everythign doesnlt help, when run grip the light on the cd drive is blinking but no sound at all. custom Kernel 2.2.19 I never see any thing like this in

Video card help, urgent pls

2002-01-11 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I would like to know if the card S3 ProSavage KM133 is supported by XFree86 and if yes how or which documentation for setting it up; Thanks alot = S.KIEU http://my.yahoo.com.au - My Yahoo! - It's My Yahoo! Get your own!

Re: Play VCD on computer

2002-01-09 Thread Steve Kieu
> > > > Yep -- xine. Works great thought the picture is a > bit small, but > > don't use esd for sound (very choppy when I tried > it). (I should also > > mention that I only tried it once on one vcd) > > I use mplayer. Very sweet xv accelerated fullscreen > output. I had no luck with xine t

Re: Crashes with woody

2001-12-30 Thread Steve Kieu
why not try with other kernel and see? --- Ro0tSiEgE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using Debian woody, with a 2.4.18-pre1 kernel > with preempt patch, and everytime I try to install > something with apt-get, My computer immediately > freezes solid. Is this a kernel problem or have you > seen

Re: Motorola SM56 PCI modem question

2001-12-27 Thread Steve Kieu
> I've used the Motorola SM56 PCI modem when I was > still using Is your modem is SM56 PCI or SM56 PCI Speaker ? my friend's has the word speaker that is why I was wondering if it works with that driver. Anyway he bought it bundled with the computer, so .. About winmodem, I am using lucent and

Motorola SM56 PCI modem question

2001-12-26 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I found from linmodems.org that sm56 is supported; and follow the link i got the motorola page but it says there are two types and they only have driver for Motorola SM56 PCI modem (not speaker). I dont know if I could use this driver ; If anyone has used or any experience on that matter, pl

Re: cdrecord problems

2001-12-23 Thread Steve Kieu
See from log /dev/hdd in your comp is the cd-w drive? If it is then I suspect something goes wrong woth the kernel (the scsi emu driver ), try another kernel to see if it works = S.KIEU http://my.yahoo.com.au - My Yahoo! - It's My Yahoo! Get your own!

epson stylus c60 in potato help

2001-12-22 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, In potato I can not find gimp-print, how can I install driver for epson stylus C60 in potato? AFAIK this works well under gimp-print, isn't it? Thanks a lot = S.KIEU http://my.yahoo.com.au - My Yahoo! - It's My Yahoo! Get your own!

need advice pls, the best cdwriter using with Linux

2001-12-22 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, My friend has a 8x4x32 Acer CD-Writer and I got a lot of trouble with the quality of recording, not for sure what is the reason. cdrecord informs that everything is ok but after that the newly created cd can not be mount ; no medium found, and using another cd drive is the same. Sometimes it

Re: Anyone using plip?

2001-12-22 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried to get plip running, both in a monolithic > kernel and as a > module. No luck: dmesg reports "parport0 has no > irq". You have to specify io port and irq manually, this is intended as irq may be assigned to another hardware as required

Re: kernel problem

2001-12-19 Thread Steve Kieu
> I have obtained the 2.4.3 kernel, added the > indicated options > under USB support. However, when I try to make > zImage, the last > few lines of the output are: > > net/network.o(.data+0x57c4): undefined reference to > `sysctl_ipx_pprop_broadcasti > ng' > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 > So if

Re: kernel problem

2001-12-19 Thread Steve Kieu
> > If you are running woody, downgrade the binutils > > package will solve this problem > > > > > I'm running potato. Does that mean I cannot do this? Nope, so it is not the problem with binutils, as in potato still uses the old version of binutils. Newer version of binutils having some problem

Re: kernel problem

2001-12-19 Thread Steve Kieu
> I have obtained the 2.4.3 kernel, added the > indicated options > under USB support. However, when I try to make > zImage, the last > few lines of the output are: If you are running woody, downgrade the binutils package will solve this problem > net/network.o(.data+0x57c4): undefined refere

Re: Compile problem for 2.4.26

2001-12-17 Thread Steve Kieu
> drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o(.data+0x274): undefined > references to 'local symbols in discarded section > .text.exit' > > make:*** [vmlinux] Error 1 > I got this problem when compiling the kernel 2.4.17-rc1 as well as 2.4.16. I asked one time in the list and got not-useful info yet. By the w

Re: Compile kernel 2.4.17-rc1 problem only with debian woody

2001-12-15 Thread Steve Kieu
> recommend reading "info gcc bugs reporting" (the gcc What is the default version of gcc woody use? is it different from my woody to your woody? > manual's "How to Report > Bugs" section). Crucial information that you're not > supplying includes, but > is not necessarily limited to: > - The _li

Re: Compile kernel 2.4.17-rc1 problem only with debian woody

2001-12-15 Thread Steve Kieu
> My opinion is that you have a lot to learn about > reporting bugs. I'd > recommend reading "info gcc bugs reporting" (the gcc > manual's "How to Report > Bugs" section). Crucial information that you're not > supplying includes, but > is not necessarily limited to: > - The _literal_ error message

Compile kernel 2.4.17-rc1 problem only with debian woody

2001-12-15 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Yes I tested with Mandrake 8.1 ; no problem with make bzImage but in woody it failed with the message Undefine reference to uhci_remove() Perhaps it is a bug in binutils or gcc? What is your opinion? = S.KIEU http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings - Send your festive

Re: Kernel config: make menuconfig: cannot find ncurses

2001-12-14 Thread Steve Kieu
> > >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries. > >> > >> You must have Ncurses installed in order > >> to use 'make menuconfig' > > make[1]: *** [ncurses] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 > = End of the error message

cdrdao question

2001-12-13 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, can I use cdrdao to make an identical copy of a vcd cd and dvd cd ? Thanks, = S.KIEU http://shopping.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Shopping - Free CDs for thousands of Priority Shoppers!

Re: Weird problem installing Debian

2001-12-13 Thread Steve Kieu
> It's got a 3Com Etherlink III card in it. Not a bad > card, well supported. The The best way I think is, you should compile your own kernel and modules, for your cards. First of all examine the current situation by looking at the log some where or the console when you try to insert the modules

Re: wp8 for linux

2001-12-12 Thread Steve Kieu
> vanished from all web sites. Dunnt no > Can it still be downloaded somewhere? Search in LimeWire network, may be you will find it somewhere sometime > Just wondering.. = S.KIEU http://shopping.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Shopping - Free CDs for thousands of Priority Shoppers!

Re: YMH OPL3-SA2 and ALSA. Comments?

2001-12-10 Thread Steve Kieu
> > i'm using the opl3-sa2 driver. i've compiled them > as modules, and it > > works great. i have *never* gotten alsa to work. > i've spent alot of Which is VERY strange, I configure alsa with opl3sa2 for my friend comp; it works very well Which alsa version do you use? I use the stable drive

Make a deb package from the running system?

2001-12-08 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I once found it when running dselect ; but now I need it and completely forget its name, poor me, pls remind. I need to make several deb packages from the running woody Thankx = S.KIEU http://shopping.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Shopping - Free CDs for thousands of Priority Shoppers!

Solved: OpenOffice641 can not install :-)

2001-12-07 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I am back again, just want to say it is solved after doing the last 'dselect / update / upgrade' Even I dont know which package caused the problem before but it is a good job that thing are getting improved in Debian. Cheers to all debian team = S.KIEU http://shopping.yahoo.com.au -

Re: Is Intel 810 Chipset supported?

2001-12-07 Thread Steve Kieu
I got the same cards, it works out-of-the-box in XFree 4.x.x ; and with xfree 3.3.6 you need to download the X svga for this cards and manually install it, this I am not sure how but I am sure it can bo done :-); I am using it under woody XFree 4.1.0 --- Lars Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Movie players in certain Linuxes , O God !

2001-12-05 Thread Steve Kieu
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There are certain movie players in certain Linuxes , > that are horrendously pathetic . > It is something like this : I dont know what you are talking about. I am using xine, (just a bit problem) mplayer (perfect) mtv ; all are very good quality. (shrug) >You s

Was: OpenOffice with debian testing and Mandrake 8.1

2001-12-05 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I just want to notice that the problem I have before with installing openoffice 641b did not happen with Mandrake 8.1 as I try to test it. There certainly be something wrong or missing in debian woody but it is really hard to find out. Regards, = S.KIEU http://shopping.yahoo.com.au

Re: Debian woody with Openoffice. Can not install

2001-12-03 Thread Steve Kieu
> > hour downloads for me > > (56k modem). I've discussed the issue with Brian > > apt-get install libgpcl0 Ok, I re-download the file, install libgpcl0 and I had no luck, nothing changed. Is it possible that the file I downloaded is corrupted? But run tar -xf is fine > = S.KIEU http

Re: Debian woody with Openoffice. Can not install

2001-12-03 Thread Steve Kieu
> the people, then blame the OpenOffice.org! I admit that I was a bit impatient :-) I just delete the file and read the email containing the solution :-). Ok I am going to do it again > Yes OO is not documented as it has to be, but there Sure it should be documented. > are some nice tips on the

Re: Any usable sound records for Linux?

2001-12-02 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Michael Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday, 02. Dec. 2001 at 16:40:37, Preben Randhol > wrote: > > I need a simple sound recorder to record sound > (voice) from a mic to wav > > or some other format I can convert. The simplest one and most reliable, high quality features rich is so

No problem with staroffice 6.0b (was: Debian woody with Openoffice. Can not install)

2001-12-02 Thread Steve Kieu
> > > > glibc 2.2.4 Yes it still prints the message but the installation goes as normal. I did not change or install anything more. because I am not lucky to run openoffice so I dont know how it is compared to star offfice 6.0b, any one pls advice? If better then I will try one more time after i

Re: Debian woody with Openoffice. Can not install

2001-12-02 Thread Steve Kieu
> libs the setup program uses. > > ldd setup > > then make sure you have them all installed in the > right places, if not, find the packages they are > bundled in and install. The setup should complete > now. My god, I have run ldd setup in the install dir before deleting all, all libraries

Re: Debian woody with Openoffice. Can not install

2001-12-02 Thread Steve Kieu
> > I don't know a solution, I can only confirm the > bug. > > > > OpenOffice is particularly poor at documenting > known > > issues with > > particular builds. Discouraging as these are 10 > > hour downloads for me > > (56k modem). I've discussed the issue with Brian > > Behlendorf in the Yes

Re: Debian woody with Openoffice. Can not install

2001-12-02 Thread Steve Kieu
It might be incompatible glibc ? I have to forget this beast though, the setup is not script, it is ELF file, not any informative message given, any way I delete this big-stupid-useless file already.. :-) There has been reports about glibc 2.2.4 and openoffice but I found no answer for that yet,

Debian woody with Openoffice. Can not install

2001-12-01 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I can not install Openoffice build 641b , when I extract the big file and run setup, it only says: glibc 2.2.4 then exit Is there any way to work around this bug? Thanks = S.KIEU http://shopping.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Shopping - Get organised for Christmas early this year!

question about font in gtk

2001-12-01 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Sorry if this is too simple, how can I tell all program that its GUI based on gtk using the 75dpi font for its menu etc..; At the moment if 100dpi available it uses. I have to comment out in XFreeconfig-4 but I am sure it is not the correct ways :-) it must have some configuration file somew

plex86 problem (where is package xfonts-svga?)

2001-11-25 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I got this error.. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ plex86 win95 Processing command-line options Opening VM (/dev/plex86) Processing config file /home/sk/.plex86/conf/win95... Allocating 16MB of physical memory in VM Mapping virtualized physical memory into monitor Zeroing virtualized physical memory Ma

Re: quick ghoscript font question

2001-11-22 Thread Steve Kieu
int to ps file, gv doesn't display correctly, so I suspect gs doesn't use that font. > have fun linuxing > alvin > http://www.Linux-1U.net ... 800Gb 1U Raid5[tm] ... ( > 6x 160Gb disks ) > > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, [iso-8859-1] Steve Kieu wrote: > > >

quick ghoscript font question

2001-11-22 Thread Steve Kieu
I got some bitmap pcf font, how can I make it available for ghostscript as I want to print some docs using that font Thanks a lot.. = S.KIEU http://shopping.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Shopping - Get organised for Christmas early this year!

Re: 2.2.20 kernel strange problem ...

2001-11-20 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 04:12:52PM +1100, Steve Kieu > wrote: > > I can not compile a working 2.2.20 kernel for my > 486 > > box using my 686 box. It seems that it takes 686 > > params somewhere; The kernel always says:

2.2.20 kernel strange problem ...

2001-11-19 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I can not compile a working 2.2.20 kernel for my 486 box using my 686 box. It seems that it takes 686 params somewhere; The kernel always says: Out of Memory System halted It runs for 686 just fine. And I make all 2.4.x kernel for 486 compiling using 686 box, just fine. As the 486 is weak

Re: Does Netscape cause lockups?

2001-11-16 Thread Steve Kieu
> better off with a 3.x version of it, or one of the > other browsers > mentioned. Where can I find this vesion, is it archived somewhere? > Peace. > > -- > Karsten M. Self > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > Home of the brav

Re: xhost

2001-11-16 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Hans Gubitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I did a > xhost +boxb > on my Woody-Box boxa > and tried on boxb > xterm -display boxa:0 > > I'm sure this was ok some time ago, but now I get IIMHO xterm -display boxa:0.0 I got two boxes , weak one and strong one, connected via plip, and

Re: booting is very difficult

2001-11-16 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Steve Kieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some point you did not say I don't know for sure. > > Your hard driver geometry, is it over 1024 cylinder? > > Your lilo.conf > > should like this > > boot=/dev/hda > root=/dev/your_root > # if over

Re: Does Netscape cause lockups?

2001-11-16 Thread Steve Kieu
> Right, and *nobody* these days has 128MB and a > 200MHz CPU these days. I still have one box 20mb ram and one 128 :-); > Get real. Opera is non-free commercial crap. In > the unlikely event i agree ; but for those not enough money to buy more ram or utilize old machine... Frankly, there

Re: booting is very difficult

2001-11-16 Thread Steve Kieu
Some point you did not say I don't know for sure. Your hard driver geometry, is it over 1024 cylinder? Your lilo.conf should like this boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/your_root # if over 1024 lba32 # must have option compact Check in BIOS, in the hard drive configuration, pls see if it has a featur

Re: Does Netscape cause lockups?

2001-11-16 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I'm still desperately seeking the cause of > intermittent total lockups > > which occur every few days, always when I'm > online. I think, but not > > sure, that Netscape (4.77) has always been > running at these times.

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-14 Thread Steve Kieu
> So: isn't there a way to perhaps, "put the parts in > place", > the way they do with SlackWare? I am almost ready Has any one tried to install debian like this: boot using the rescue disk set, (whatever it is but has tar , gzip, and file system utilities and a text editor) run fdisk to parti

Quick question, ICQ through iptables how to?

2001-11-14 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I did not find out how to enable ICQ protocol through iptables, ; I got two boxes connected via plip, one to the internet working as firewall (ip tables) . I can not use any ICQ client in box two. Thanks in advance. = S.KIEU http://briefcase.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Briefcase - Manage y

question about /var/log/ksymooops

2001-11-13 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I just saw a lot of files inside, it takes 15Mb hard disk. My question is, is there a automatically mechanisim to manage those files (like logrorate for all log files)? = S.KIEU http://briefcase.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Briefcase - Manage your files online.

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-12 Thread Steve Kieu
> how can I install Debian on my second drive, without > having > to go through the install procedure (which is unless you hace the full working debian system, you can transfer it onto the second drive and edit using cp -a or some other method that jas been discussed in this mailing list last mon

Re: Limewire on Potato

2001-11-12 Thread Steve Kieu
> Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class > java/lang/Thread > > Can anyone report success with any of the recent > (1.6 to 1.8) For me it is ok. LimeWire 1.6 java installed manually in /usr/local/jdk1.3.1_01 Debian Woody; kernel 2.4.12-ac2 > versions of LimeWire? > > Thanks a lot.

Auto login ...

2001-11-09 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Is there a way to auto login using a specified user name and password to a remote machine? I read rsh, telnet manpages and found nothing, it specify -l user_name but how about sending password? = S.KIEU http://briefcase.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Briefcase - Manage your files online.

Re: USB & PPP problem

2001-11-09 Thread Steve Kieu
> ppp, geting a > strange error about a tty, and I have also I think it is separate problem, probably you should fix ppp, Try to use different kernel in 2.4.x ; and let us know about your modem (is it isapnp modem? ) and ppp config, it may help. Or any error message it spurts > What

PLIP problem pls help

2001-11-08 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Sorry if it is not related to debian specific but I hope some one would help me out. I got two boxes and wish to use plip to connect. Kernel 2.4.12-ac2 compiled with plip and lp as modules. Printting is normal; So, I removed lp and even I removed parport_pc so on, and modprobe parport_pc

Re: My printer won't print.

2001-11-08 Thread Steve Kieu
> Unknown device: hpdj Can you just check if device hpdj is compiled with your gs gs -h | grep "hpdj" If none, you have to re-compile ghost script. If yes, (probably, if you are using gs from deb package); so the problem lying around magicfilter. As I dont use magicfilter (I used to use it lon

Re: Microphone!

2001-11-07 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Reza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi.. I want to know what's the device name for > Microphone in Linux? Becasue I just had it, and > couldn't get it work.. Thank you It is grouped in sound card device and you can access using any mixer program, like gmix or aumix If you have sound system run

Re: Newbie comments & queries

2001-11-06 Thread Steve Kieu
>> > 16 Mb RAM should be enough to run Linux without > X Windows, but it is just enough to run linux and > X Windows. If you try to run any sizable applicaton > alongside X Windows you will run into swapping > problems. Just want to add a comment, I just installed debian for my friend in a Pent

Which kernel is recommended to run in debian testing?

2001-11-06 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi all, Yes I put this question as I saw a lot kernel image :-) Thanks, = S.KIEU http://briefcase.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Briefcase - Manage your files online.

Re: copying/cloning root partition

2001-11-06 Thread Steve Kieu
> > system using: > > > > # dd bs=512 if=/dev/hdc1 of=disk.image I did in a much more simpler way; I just boot using floppy set and copy all file from 1 root partition to another like (mount /dev/hda1 at /hda1 etc..) cp -a /hda1 /hda2 Then use text editor to edit /etc/fstab accordingly in new

Re: Net working question.

2001-11-06 Thread Steve Kieu
> > parameter should I choose ; like mtu, mru and wss ce. > > You might try traceroute from both locations when > this happens to see I did it already in my part, I found a node that got stuck; but as my brother uses windows, he did not know how to. Because I could still hear his voice, so I sus

Re: Shell Scripting Question

2001-11-05 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Sunny Dubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > how come the followind doesn't seem to work ... > > > for i in `ls -1 /some/dir` ; do > cat /some/dir/"$i" >> /usr/fruits.txt > done the problem is with -l switch > > cat just gives me the odd error of files not being > found,

Net working question.

2001-11-05 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I am using speakfreely to talk to my brother. The problem is, often the connection lost in the middle of the talk; like I could hear him but he could not. I use ping to ping his IP number, 100% lost so it means the route from my computer to his computer is lost, Actully he is still online. Wh

Re: Sound configuration

2001-11-05 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I dont install sound driver in debian way , that is downloading and installing from debian binary; so I dont know how to; But I think it should not be a problem, you just download alsa-driver in debian and started with that. It is the simplest way. If only it doesn't work you can install man

Re: Another deb package questions :-)

2001-11-04 Thread Steve Kieu
> Ugh - building from source is so much easier. :) Yes, but I downloaded the gimp-source from gimp site, before when I got slackware, so I dont have deb source packages Any way, flexible is better :-); another chance for understanding debian > Provides: fields can't currently satisfy versioned

Another deb package questions :-)

2001-11-04 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Well I just got checkinstall ; the latest version support debian package, it is great. So I compiled gimp-1.2.2; and using checkinstall create a debian package gimp-1.2.2-1.deb then install it, no problem. But the thing is, I need to tell the packaging system that gimp-1.2.2 newly created co

Re: Is there an easier way to fake deb package?

2001-11-03 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 03-Nov-2001 Steve Kieu wrote: > Faking the package system is rarely easy or safe. I did it, thanks someone told me using equivs > Why not just make your own > lynx deb? Grab the lynx source, apply your

Is there an easier way to fake deb package?

2001-11-03 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I need to tell dselect or dpkg... , that I have lynx installed but not by debian packages, so it wont complain dependancies with others, for example..; Is there the best way to fake it? I know a package somewhere but it is rather complicated to do even I would rather press Q to force dselect

Re: X and WindowMaker - Debian Specific??

2001-11-03 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Adahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a couple of questions, some of which may > relate specifically > to how Debian handles things...not reallt sure. > > Which files do I add items to such as my xterm > foregound, > background, font and such to. I've tried adding to > ~/.Xresources Vi

Re: Installing a deb

2001-11-02 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 02:34:00PM +1100, Steve Kieu > wrote: > > --- Marcel Figuerola Estrada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I've just downloaded a deb but I don't know the > > &g

Re: Installing a deb

2001-11-01 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Marcel Figuerola Estrada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just downloaded a deb but I don't know the > procedure to install it. I've placed it in my home > directory. Please help. As root run dpkg -i packages.deb Or apt-get install pakcges.deb Read man page to know more pls > -- > To

Re: PPP Problems !

2001-11-01 Thread Steve Kieu
I got a modified simple script to setup dial-up ppp you can use it to test. If you want I can send it to you. > = S.KIEU http://briefcase.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Briefcase - Manage your files online.

Re: xisp question. done...

2001-11-01 Thread Steve Kieu
I found the reason, that is some permission in /etc/ppp is not right . Anyway I wont use xisp, it is silly that it requires to create in /etc/ppp/peers/xisp_ttyXX by hand so what is the point of ease of use? If I counld do that I would rather use my own way of dialling. I just want a completely G

xisp question.

2001-11-01 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Is there any way to make xisp work with normal user? If I run as normal user it says: No permission to run pppd. Check the path option, it says error although it got right (/usr/sbin) Check pppd, its owner is root , and group is dip ; If I run as root, it is normal If I run use sudo like su

Re: Playmidi problem

2001-11-01 Thread Steve Kieu
I use alsa and according to the installation instruction, it says that I should not compile any thing from the kernel but only enable sound support (without any real sound modules) so there is not midi loop back as you said. I will try it later thanks > -- > I am Martin Kacerovsky, student of

Playmidi problem

2001-11-01 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, When I run playmidi midifile.mid it doesn't complain anything but no sound at all. if I run xplaymidi, I could see the equalizer moving :-) but no sound. I ran debian woody, sound card cs4236 and alsa-5.x.x . Play mp3 with mpg123 is fine as well as any other apps using soundcard What sh

wmaker menu trouble...

2001-10-29 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi everyone, I just wonder if there is a way to use menu in wmaker ; as if I start the wmaker preference ; click the menu options, it says the current syntax is not supported and ask if I overwrite and use new one, Or keep the current one, What should I do? I just keep the current one. Is it ok ?

Font in XFree86-4.x.x

2001-10-28 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Sorry if this question is too basic :-); Running debian testing with XFree86-4.1.0 , The font in the menu of any application is too big, I have edited the file /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc to set 75 dpi instead of 100 but it doens'nt help. Any idea how to fix that ? Thanks. = S.KIEU ht

xabuse can not run in XFree-4.x.x ?

2001-10-26 Thread Steve Kieu
HI, I can not run abuse.x11R6 in Debian tesing, here is the error message: $abuse.x11R6 Added himem block (3072000 bytes) Memory available : 3071864 Abuse (Version 2.00) opening /tmp/sfxdrv.command for writing Specs : main file set to abuse.spe No network driver, or network driver returned fai

apt-get question.

2001-07-20 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I am struggling to build deb package from source but failed. I am quite new to apt so, for example I would like to build kdebase from ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/dists/stable/main/source I have added the line deb-source ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/d

Re: Audio problems...help!

2001-07-19 Thread Steve Kieu
--- "Rogelio E. Castillo Haro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi! > I just upgrade my debian potato to r3 and my sound > isn't working! > > When I try to hear some mp3 file with xmms, at > console I receive: > /dev/dsp : no such file. > But it is there!!! I suspect the permision of the file try

How to tell ghostscript to use truetype font in debian?

2001-07-19 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, As the sub says, I am struggling to make it work but got nothing so far. Please help. = S.KIEU _ http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Messenger - Voice chat, mail alerts, stock quotes and favourite news and

Re: OT: which journaling file system

2001-07-18 Thread Steve Kieu
I too asked this question ; there are a lot of comparison around the net. But not from the benchmark, ...; just from my experience. I tested all of those. Reiserfs still has stability problem and it uses system resources more than others. Not JFS serious stability ; absolutely not XFS: Good, st

Re: Converting SuSE to Debian

2001-07-18 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I would like to convert my SuSE-installation to > Debian. > Of course, I know, I could simply boot from an > installation CD and then do > the whole installation procedure. But I don't want > to. Come on man just 15Mb for base.tgz; then t

XFS ReiserFS and ext3 performance comparison

2001-07-17 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Sorry if this is off the topic. Yes there have been already a lot of discussion about this matter but this only mentioned about ext2 (not clearly for ext3) so I would like to know your experience of using and comparison btw them. Personally I have used reiserfs, ext2 and jfs, xfs; reiserfs

Re: how to switch root file system?

2001-07-17 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Kieu wrote: > > yeah AFAIK povot_root is a system call ? and to > use > > that I have to do some coding, is it right? > > Pivot root is a system call but there is a program > by the same name. > pivot_root(

how to switch root file system?

2001-07-16 Thread Steve Kieu
Sorry if it is silly, I need to do something like: 1. boot the normal root dd if=/dev/zero of=loop.fs bs=1M count=4 mke2fs loop.fs mount -o loop loop.fs /mnt/loop copy my second root file system to /mnt/loop Now I want the current root / is changed to /mnt/loop. How can I do that? can I do a

Re: Kernel upgrade

2001-07-16 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Kevin Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I have a (stable) potato rv2, that's running > kernel 2.2.18pre21. Before I upgrade and compile > kernel 2.4, is there any thing I need to watch out > for? I heard somebody said that some modules, > headers path, whatever, have to change. Can

Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-15 Thread Steve Kieu
--- "Donald R. Spoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Kieu wrote: > > >--snip--< > > Why kmidi can play (not mention about quality) but > > playmidi and kmid can't? > > > > This has to do with how the actual musical sounds

Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-14 Thread Steve Kieu
--- User zos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, [iso-8859-1] Steve Kieu wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I got i810 board (sound integrated). I use alsa > > modules > > > > snd-card-intel8x0 > > > > sound system is ok just mid

Which package provides pixmap for kde?

2001-07-14 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I think I missed some package when i run konqueror I got: a lot konqueror: WARNING: Pixmap not found for mimetype image/jpeg konqueror: WARNING: Pixmap not found for mimetype image/jpeg konqueror: WARNING: Pixmap not found for mimetype kde in testing and no icon. which package I missed? th

midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-14 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I got i810 board (sound integrated). I use alsa modules snd-card-intel8x0 sound system is ok just midi; when I play using playmidi test.mid it says open /dev/sequencer: No such device then I try kmid: Player :: There are no midi ports ! if I run kmidi it can play but the sound quality

Re: Tuxracer and 3D accelaration in debian

2001-07-12 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Kieu wrote: > > > Okay I try to run it from the console and here is > some > > warnings but I donbt know what to do :-) > > > > $tuxracer > > Tux Racer 0.61 -- a Sunspire Studios Production >

Re: Tuxracer and 3D accelaration in debian

2001-07-10 Thread Steve Kieu
Okay I try to run it from the console and here is some warnings but I donbt know what to do :-) $tuxracer Tux Racer 0.61 -- a Sunspire Studios Production (http://www.sunspirestudios.com) (c) 1999-2000 Jasmin F. Patry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Tux Racer" is a trademark of Jasmin F. Patry Tux Racer come

Re: Tuxracer and 3D accelaration in debian

2001-07-10 Thread Steve Kieu
--- Andrei Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One problem I ran into with 3D acceleration in X is > that DRI only works in > 16bpp mode. yes I use 16bpp (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, ve

Tuxracer and 3D accelaration in debian

2001-07-10 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Has anyone run Tuxracer in debian testing? (XFree 4.03). I noticed in my machine, it is very slow (can not use it) due to lack of 3D accelation. However in /var/log/XFree86.0.log DRI is enabled. Here ia an exerpt from that file (==) I810(0): Backing store disabled (==) I810(0): Silken mouse

Re: gnome/KDE

2001-06-10 Thread Steve Kieu
I personally dont like kde :-) in my box kde app, the graphic is not good, it has a black or color strips on the window title bar and unstable. Kongquerer crashes with sig 11 ... --- Margarete Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are the advantages/disadvantages of gnome and > KDE? Basically,

Re: Mounting an Audio CD

2001-06-08 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Usually cd player doesn't require you to mount the cdrom drive, you just put audio cd in and start for example workborn (a cd player) then you are off. Make sure that the sym link /dev/cdrom linked to the actuall cdrom device you have in your system (like /dev/hdb or /dev/hdd ) and you have th

The easiest way to have XFree 4.0.x runing on Potato?

2001-06-08 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi all, I am not sure if this question has been asked , if someone know please direct me. I think I could compile from source but will gnome apps and kde app run well after that upgrade? Cheers, Steve = S.KIEU _ htt

where gnome-applets and sawfish in testing?

2001-06-07 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, Well wonderfull, I did dist upgrade using apt-get to testing and so happy; but I can not see gnome-applets and sawfish package. Where are they? thanx oin advance = S.KIEU _ http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yaho

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