Re: Debian Woody NFS Install

2002-11-15 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
S module under the 'Filesystems' or 'fs' section of the kernel module listing. Hope this helps. I would *very* much appreciate it if you would let me know how it goes, as I'm having trouble installing over NFS, and no one here seems inclined to answer my questions. I&

NFS Install error

2002-11-14 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
t the tar and validate the Release file. After this however, it pops up this error: /dists/woody/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz was not pre-downloaded What does this mean? And what does it have to do with installing the base debs? Thanks, Avdi Grimm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

need a daemon that kills off memory hogs

2001-10-19 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
is thing every time it runs out of memory... reminds me too much of Win95. thanks, - Avdi Grimm

python library path on Debian LInux

2001-10-16 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
and other such libs. (Correct me if I'm wrong). My question is, how can I make the python2 executable "see" the python1.5 lib dirs, in a way that is effective system-wide and does not have to be specified on the command line every time python is executed? thanks, -Avdi Grimm

Re: wheel mouse

2001-09-22 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
On Sat, 2001-09-22 at 11:14, Dan Born wrote: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off" > Option "ZAxisMapping"

wheel mouse

2001-09-22 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
I'll make this short. I've got a standard-issue MS PS/2 wheel mouse. @ buttons and a wheel. I want all the buttons to work under X (v. 4.something-or-other). Right now only the two buttons work. What do I need to add to my X config files? -- Avdi Grimm

Re: Ximian Evolution and keyboard mappings

2001-09-17 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 23:47, Pedro I. sanchez wrote: > Hello, > > The mail composer in Evolution has a bizarre key binding and I can't > figure out how to change it. heh. I just fixed this for my wife, she had the same complaint. Bizarrely enough, you have to look at the "HTML Editor" settings i

dial-up woes

2001-09-01 Thread Avdi B.Grimm
well, I finally had PPP up and running, and then I had to go and muck things up... *sigh* After much futzing with setserial, I finally managed to get the right settings (hint: tell setserial as /little/ as possible, and let it autoconfig the rest... apparently it objects to TMI). Then I went a

apt-getting recommended/suggested packages?

2001-08-26 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
quick question: is there a simple way to tell apt-get to install a package *plus* all of it's recommended and suggested packages? For example, KDevelop can utilize a whole slew of optional packages if they are installed, but by default apt-get only fetches the necessary dependencies, not the recom

newbie APT troubles

2001-08-24 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
e the same kind of grief when I try to install or upggrade it. It's a different list of packages each time, but the same type of issues with apt-get, dselect, and deity. So, what am I doing wrong? Thanks much, Avdi B. Grimm

Choosing a Debian Variant

2001-08-22 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
ugh they are out of business? Or is Progeny really my best bet, and I should stick with it? Or should I just tough it out and get an Official Debian CD, and suffer through hours of package downloads? Is there any Debian-based distro I'm missing? (I have no interest in Corel, that's wh

Modem/PPP fails on Progeny, works on Mandrake

2001-08-21 Thread avdi
slow in all it's responses to AT commands when used under Debian. It's a Motorola VoiceSURFR 56k, not a winmodem. I guess what I'm saying is: HELP!!! Does anyone have any idea what's different about Progeny/Debian that makes me unable to use my modem to get online? I *really* want to switch to Debian; but until I can get this resolved that's not going to happen. Thanks, -Avdi Grimm