Web Page... Missing sound

I'm not getting any sound on foxnews.com. I'm getting the video just fine, but no sound. They have a free video section that I was trying to view. The video comes through, but no sound. I can play my CD's just fine. Using Firefox 1.0.4. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

ConsoleOne Install???

I'm having some trouble installing Novell's ConsoleOne on my Debian system. Here's what I've done so far: 1. Installed Sun's Java and tested Java is installed and working fine. 2. Downloaded File from Novell's Web Site: c1_136e-linux.tar.gz 3. I then ran tar zxvf c1_136e-linux.tar.gz *This

CUPS- HP JetDirect 170x

Trying to print to HP LaserJet 1300 via HP JetDirect 170x I go to http://localhost:631/admin then: 1. Click on add printer and put in Name, Location, Description 2. It then asks for "Device". I choose AppSocket/HP Jetdirect Is this correct? 3. It then asks for "Device URI". I have no clue as

Novell Server

I would like to access files on a Novell Server. How do I set up my debian box to do that? Do I need some sort of Novell Client? Thanks everyone... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: xtightvncviewer

thanks... I'll look for that setting. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xtightvncviewer

xtightvncviewer changes the background/wallpaper on the remote desktop. How do I prevent this from happening? thanks... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

printing to HP

Hey everyone. I'm running Sarge with a 2.4 kernel. I installed cupsys. I am trying to print to a networked printer that has Jetdirect 170x. The actual printer is an HP LaserJet 1300. In Gnome, I went to Desktop Pref/System Tools/Printing, to install the printer. Everything seemed to work fine

Re: VMware

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VMware

I just checked out VMware's site and it did not list Debian as a distro that it supports. Has anyone had any problems with this? The cost is $189.00 for the download. If there is a problem with VMware, is there an alternative? Thanks everyone... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: MythTV

Thanks a ton everyone. This puts me in the right direction. It seems easy enough based on what you folks have said. I'm still relatively new to Debian, but learning everyday. MythTV is my project for the summer... :o) ... This is going to be so cool It looks like I'll need to get a new b

MythTV

This MythTV sounds really cool. I've been reading about it for a few weeks now, and would like to try it. I have a couple of questions for those that have it running. 1. What card would you suggest that I use? 2. To install, do I just do apt-get install mythtv? What are the steps to installati

Evolution / Novell

The new stable release of Sarge comes with Evolution. I was wondering what the difference was between The "Sarge" Evolution and "Novell's" Evolution. Novell owns Evolution, right? What is the difference between the two? Does Novell's version have more, up to date, and better features? Is Novel

Re: CD's won't play

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CD's won't play

New Sarge install 3.1r0. My mp3 CD's seem to play just fine, but CD's that I have purchased won't play at all. I get the following msg: Unable to mount the selected volume. The volume is probably in a format that cannot be mounted. How do I get my CD's to play? thanks... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Screen Resolution (DeLL)

Thanks Lee Braiden, M. Maas, and Andrea Benedetto... 16 it shall be... (lol) =) ... This place is like a sea of Debian "Jedi Knights" and I'm just happy to be a Padawan Learner... :o) Thanks again for the help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Screen Resolution (DeLL)

Hi everyone. I have a DeLL Latitude c610(Laptop). Installed Sarge. My screen will not properly display 1024 x 768. I have a 14.1" TFT display ATI RADEON Mobility (Dell), chip M6 (LY) Here is my XF86Config-4: # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was

Re: Installing the new release (Sarge)

Thanks... I'm still new. I'm thankful for people like yourself that help people like me out. This is a lesson that I DEFINITELY WILL NOT FORGET. If all I need are the 1st 3 or 4 CD's, then what is on the other 10 CD's, just a whole lot of software? Is there a breakdown somewhere of what is on

Re: Installing the new release (Sarge)

Thanks J. :o) ... You won't believe what I did (lol) I was using my old Debian CD's Now that I'm using my brain, I have yet another ?. The Debian 3.1r0 has 14 iso's. I downloaded them all except for the last one. During the install Debian asks to scan the CD's. Do I need to scan all

Installing the new release (Sarge)

I downloaded the iso's yesterday after getting an email that Debian GNU/Linux3.1 was released. I aborted the install When I reinserted Disk-1 to start the install over, I noticed that there was no option to install bf24. I want to install with all the latest kernel additions. How do I get t

PXE Server

I've created some images using Symantec Ghost 8. I would like to use my debian box as a pxe server to distribute these images to Windows clients. Is this possible? Please show me the way. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

ftp question

How do you transfer an entire directory using ftp? The directory that I'm trying to transfer has a lot of "subdirectories" in it. These directories also have several types of files in them... ie.. text, video, wav, mp3, etc. Thanks everyone... :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Upgrading to Sarge from Woody

Thanks Sam. Here's the contents of my file; How should I modify it? deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-7 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-6 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib

Upgrading to Sarge from Woody

Just want to make sure that I have this right. After searching the archives, I found this: # vi /etc/apt/sources.list :%s/woody/sarge/g :wq # apt-get dist-upgrade Should I delete everything in this file and just use the above? Is this all that is needed to have it upgraded? Am I missing some

Checking length of time?

I have set up a bare debian system that allows internet sharing through a dial up connection. My ISP only allows 8 hours of a constant connection b4 they log you off. I have 2 questions. 1. How do I check the status of the connection... ie the length of time that my debian box has been connec

printing Woody

Installed CUPS... and then did: /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p Laser -v parallel:/dev/lp0 -P /root/laser.ppd Got the following error: lpadmin: add-printer failed: client-error-not-found Printing to Laserjet 6p. Downloaded and unpacked hpijs successfully. Thanks for the help... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Mouse

I'm running Woody. I have several machines connected via a Belkin KVM switch. Works great. The problem is that the wheel does not function on debian. I'm not that concerned about it, because it does work, but it would be nice to be able to use the wheel to scroll. thanks... -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Firefox Install

What do I do from here? 1. Downloaded firefox. 2. tar zxvf firefox-1.0PR-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer.tar.gz My directory has the following files/dirs in it: config.ini firefox-installer firefox-installer.bin header.xpm install.ini license.txt watermark.xpm xpi What do I do from here? ... ./co

Preinstalled System

I've decided to buy a PC with Debian Preinstalled. Should I go with "Stable" Woody or "Development" Sarge? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can't connect to firewall

I have a basic proxy/firewall script: I got this from aboutdebian.com #!/bin/sh # IPCHAINS FIREWALL script for the Linux 2.2 kernel. # This script is a derivitive of the script presented in # the IP Masquerade HOWTO page at: # www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/stronger-firewall-examples.

Re: screen goes black

Thanks Jon > For console blanking, you can disable this with: > > setterm -blank 0 > That number is how many minutes it will wait to blank, zero being > disabled, 60 being max. Set it to your preference. > Add this to an rc file so it is set on boot. > > -- Jon > > On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:33:05 -0

screen goes black

When I leave my PC on with no activity it goes black. When I move the mouse or hit a key it comes back. I don't lose any info. Is this a BIOS thing? Can I set it so that the screen does not go black for an 1 hour? Is there a file within debian that I can edit? Thanks... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Ooops gdm just took over...

I was playing around because I wanted to get gnome installed and did not know how, so I did: apt-get intall gdm Now I can't get into my system. Every time that I log in as a user, it just kicks me right back to the login screen. How do I remove gdm and get back to normal. I'm guessing I'll h

Installing gnome

I'm currently using windowmaker. How do I install Gnome? I did apt-cache search , but could not find the exact package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Re: Xserver aborts when idle

Very strange My laptop uses an ATI Mobility M6.. I hope someone has an answer. This is a total pain... Why only about 20 minutes??? Why not 10 minutes...??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Xserver aborts when idle

Booted laptop. At the prompt I did: $ xset s off ... Got error: xset: unable to open display " " I then started X and opened a terminal window. I did $ xset s off and did not get an error, it just put back at the prompt. X still aborted. I rebooted my laptop and tried again still abort

Re: Xserver aborts when idle

Should I install the latest ver of X XFree86 4.4.0??? Should this solve the problem??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Xserver aborts when idle

I'm running windowmaker window manager. My system is config. to boot to prompt. I then use startx to run X. It comes up and runs fine, but when I leave idle for a certain length of time, it aborts. I get the following error: Fatal server error: Caught signal 4. Server aborting I looked thi

Re: Re: eth0 does not remain

Thanks... editing /etc/network/interfaces worked fine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How do I show filesystem?

Steve Mayer wrote: if you issue the `mount` command it will show you what each mounted filesystem is. Steve On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 11:29:27AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a command to show what filesystem that I'm using? ... ie ext2,ext3? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

eth0 does not remain

When I do lsmod, the nic driver shows up (3c59x). eth0 section missing when I do ifconfig. When I do # ifconfig eth0 up 192.168.0.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 ... the NIC works and eth0 section also shows when I do # ifconfig. When I reboot, the settings for eth0 disappear. How do I mak

How do I show filesystem?

Is there a command to show what filesystem that I'm using? ... ie ext2,ext3? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

force check on boot

/dev/hda1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced. I'm getting this every time I boot my system. When I shut down, I do either exit or logout, and then manually shut down the laptop. Laptop is a Dell c610. How do I fix this? How do I get the laptop to shutdown without me manually pushing the b

Re: ping not working

Replaced NIC and it worked fine... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ping not working

I have 3 linux machines. 2 of the machines can ping each other with no problem. One machine is unable to ping either. The machine that can't ping has 2 NIC's in it. The 2nd NIC is not configured. ifconfig shows: eth0 and lo I tested the NIC by pinging 127.0.0.1 and the given ip address of 19

Copying a file from a floppy (diff formats)?

I'm installing debian on my laptop. The laptop uses a winmodem. Downloaded the driver for it on my Windows box... XP (NTFS); ... The file that I downloaded is a linux compressed file extension is .gz. The exact file name is pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-3.tar. This is interesting because in wind

Re: Copy Paste into vi??

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Copy Paste into vi??

Installed woody. My system boots to a prompt. I then do startx to run xserver. I then run mozilla to surf. What I would like to do is copy some text from the browser and paste it into the vi editor. How can this be done? Thanks, Carlos... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

test

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Re: installing Debian and installing programs

I have your answer. Go here... This place is awesome... You're going to love it I guarantee it... :o) www.aboutdebian.com The geek thing works also... :o) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can't surf with Mozilla

I recently installed installed "Woody". The system is real basic at this point, not many programs. I then installed Mozilla. When I startx, I can surf using Mozilla. By the way, I'm somewhat new to linux, BUT THIS IS AWESOME!!! :O) I now have several windows open. How do I close these windows

lost password

forgot root password. just installed "woody"... tried alt, shift ctrl keys and was able to get to lilo. it still asked for the root passwd. booted to cd and ran: rescue root=/dev/hda1 still could not change anything... how do i reset? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Intel NIC

Thanks Jan..., but I'm running 2.2.20 and my NIC is working fine now. I made the edits using vi to the interfaces file so that it would auto load. Before I did that, I added it to the list by using modconf. When I did lsmod the driver did not show. After I followed the advice given by Greg and

Re: Intel NIC

Thanks Greg... Thanks Kent... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>On Monday 21 June 2004 07:44 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> Just installed debian 3.0... I'm using an Intel Pro/100 VM NIC. It did not install for some reason during install. The following came from a Windows log fil

Re: Intel NIC

Thanks... I did modconf and when I do lsmod, I can now see it. It shows as follows: ModuleSize Used by eepro100 148880(unused) How do I now check to see if it is the correct driver, and how do I go about configuring it... (giving it an ip address)? Why does

Intel NIC

Just installed debian 3.0... I'm using an Intel Pro/100 VM NIC. It did not install for some reason during install. The following came from a Windows log file: Driver: e100bnt.sys Driver Ver: 3.37.07. I should be able to use modprobe to load driver right? What driver do I use? How can I find a