The linux and Debian operating systems

2001-10-30 Thread Stuart Smith
gig drive for all of my mp3s. I would be very grateful if you could send to me information on how to down load this free software and also information on how to duel boot .   I thankyou for your time and hope that you will be able to help me .   Yours Faithfully.   Stuart Smith.   PS I am not the

XWindows too big for my screen.

1998-02-21 Thread Stuart Smith
I'm sure this is a stupid problem, and that the answer is right in front of me in one of the man pages, but I can't for the life of me find it. In X-Windows, almost any software I run extends off the edges of the screen, making it difficult or impossible to use some stuff (Especialy games, but oth

Frozen mouse in X-Windows

1998-02-18 Thread Stuart Smith
Hi. I have a(nother) problem. As implied by the subject line, my mouse is completely frozen in X-Windows, rendering it very close to useless... Also, though less major, I can't work out how to set permisions for my non-root access. It would be nice to be able to dial out to PPP and to play games t

Clueless newbie in need - PPP problems

1998-02-17 Thread Stuart Smith
Hi. I'm realy stuck here. I have managed to get the PPP set up (barely) and connect to my internet account. I can not, however DO anything. When I try to use ftp, dpkg-ftp, telnet, ect., I get an error reading 'ftp : : Hostname lookup failure'. The send data light and recieve data light on my mod