Kernel changes

2005-09-05 Thread Tim Bedding
Is advanced noticed given if support for a particular kernel is going to be dropped? Would that be given via the debian announce list? I would like as much time as possible to move to a newer kernel. I would like to avoid a situation where I have to do a hurried kernel upgrade in order to move to

Problem with xdm

2005-09-01 Thread Tim Bedding
xdm shows a box with Login: Password: However, the words Login and Password seem to be in a smaller font than I would expect. Can anyone think why this would be? Might I be missing a font package? I have xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-pex xfonts-scalable packages instal

ircd question

2004-12-14 Thread Tim Bedding
I am using the standard irc daemon. I found the documentation hard to understand. Can anyone tell me how to change ircd.conf to allow multiple connections from localhost? At the moment, it only seems to permit one connection. Regards Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

pppd configuration

2004-05-28 Thread Tim Bedding
I am able to use pon to dial in to my ISP but I was wishing to confirm that I get the name servers automatically from the ISP in my configuration. Can anyone suggest which files I could examine to determine this and what I should look for? Regards Tim Babylon 5 - Dust to Dust Lennier: A darkness

Re: dpkg bug?

2001-03-14 Thread Tim Bedding
Dave Wright wrote > ..so you can't install lib6g_3.3.6-11potato15.deb. > So remove libxaw6 first. xlib6g depends on libxaw6. So I would have to force that remove too. See last email.

Debian web site

2000-02-24 Thread Tim Bedding
Is the debian web site kept up to date? I emailed a package maintainer using the address given but got no response. What is the next step? To get the webmaster to update the page to indicate that the maintainer may not be available. Or should I not expect any response? Should I post to a develope

Perl

1999-11-04 Thread Tim Bedding
Is Perl 5 part of the standard Debian 2.1 installation?

STS

1999-11-02 Thread Tim Bedding
Space-Time Systems is a UK company which supplies Linux systems. Does anyone know anything about them? I have their website address. Are they any good? Tim freely-modifiable software advocate

Modem driver

1999-11-02 Thread Tim Bedding
Does anyone know of a driver for the modem "Modular USB 56k"? Tim freely-modifiable software advocate

New user

1999-11-01 Thread Tim Bedding
Hello. I am considering buying a GNU/Linux box with Debian pre-installed to connect to a UK ISP (not sure which one yet). Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of or watch out for? Is Debian 2.1 a reasonable version to use? Cordially Tim freely-modifiable software advocate