kernel

2002-11-19 Thread Steve White
r guidance greatly apprieciated. System: Debian 3.0 Athlon XP1800+ 512MB ramDDR 40 GB HD K7S5A motherboard Soundblaster Live! uname -a Linux zaphod 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 unknown Thanks Steve White -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Obtaining KDE

2000-04-29 Thread Steve White
Greetings, I have been trying most of the morning to obtain the KDE distribution from ftp.linuxberg.com and have thus far been unsuccessful. I am using apt in dselect and cannot seem to find the right combination of strings to enter so that it can find the package file. When prompted, I am provid

Internet Access

2000-04-07 Thread Steve White
Greeting,   Thanks to all those who have helped me get my first Linux system up and running these last few days. I finally got X up and running today, and after seeing WindowMaker, I doubt I'll ever have a need for Microsoft again. However...I have one last problem to tackle: I cant seem to a

XF86Setup

2000-04-06 Thread Steve White
Greetings,   I have an ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 video card and the XF86Setup program does not seem to be able to start x after I finish the configuration. It says it is attempting to, then the screen goes dark and stays that way until reboot. Any suggestions?   Best Regards, Steve    

Mouse and XF86Setup

2000-04-05 Thread Steve White
Greetings,   I have tried all sensible combinations I can think of in trying to get movement out of the mouse while using XF86Setup. I have a Microsoft mouse which was identified as PS/2 under Windows, but which I also think might be an Intellimouse as I had to disable the Intellimouse featur

Gnu/Linux 2.1 Install from the CD contained in Debian Gnu/Linux Guide to installation and usage

2000-04-01 Thread Steve White
Greetings,   I have been following the directions in the manual I bought meticulously, but cannot get the base system installed. First, the disk was purchased from Linux Central along with the book. Next, the directory structure implied by the text in the book is not even close to that on the