mouse freezes in X

2001-11-28 Thread joey tsai
nyone else having this problem? Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, // joeytsai -- | FUTURE, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, joey tsai | our friends are true and our happiness is assured. | -- Ambrose Bierce, &q

weird 100% disk usage

2001-10-08 Thread joey tsai
find this slightly disconcerting, and was wondering if anybody else has experienced this before. Any suggestions? Please CC to me, I'm not subscribed. // joey tsai -- | Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything joey tsai | that can be

$VIMRUNTIME

2001-06-07 Thread joey tsai
t work-around is to sym-link the syntax and doc directories so it works. I'm guessing changing the $VIMRUNTIME variable would work, too. But neither of those solutions seem to me to be best way to do it. Do I just have a strange setup? Is the vim package meant to be like this? Thanks in adva

hard drive error?

2000-11-03 Thread Joey Tsai
ernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 18754 If anyone has any suggestions on what to do, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! // joey tsai

Re: jdk 1.2?

2000-11-01 Thread Joey Tsai
> > Hi, is there a debian package for JDK 1.2? ^^ > > http://www.blackdown.org/

jdk 1.2?

2000-11-01 Thread Joey Tsai
Hi, is there a debian package for JDK 1.2? Apt says jdk1.2 exists in the database but has no available version. Thanks, // joey tsai

Re: Multiple X consoles on LINUX

2000-10-16 Thread Joey Tsai
> I would like to get multiple X consoles on my LINUX PC. http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue23/lg_answer23.html#monitor // joey tsai

Re: oops

2000-10-01 Thread Joey Tsai
gid 8 for local delivery to joeytsai: uid=8 euid=8 However, I can force exim to deliver the mail with "exim -qff". Does anyone know if this problem's been resolved or if there's a fix I can apply? Thanks so much for your time, // joey tsai

Re: Woody broke my system

2000-09-28 Thread Joey Tsai
cache/apt/archives] # dpkg -i ldso_1.9.11-10_i386.deb dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH. dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin. Can somebody help me get this stuff working again? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! // joey tsai

Re: Woody broke my system

2000-09-28 Thread Joey Tsai
=8 euid=8 This normally wouldn't bother me too much, but today, when I was trying to go back to stable's libc6, I realized I don't have ldconfig anymore. Sucks. Anyway, if anyone has any similar problems and fixes I'd be interestd in knowing as well. // joey tsai :: Davi

Re: Upgrading to Xfree 4

2000-09-26 Thread Joey Tsai
with the config file, but one symlink and I haven't had a problem since. // joey tsai :: Rogelio E. Castillo Haro :: > Do you know how to upgrade to Xfree 4.0? There is something .deb package to > use apt? or must be upgrading manually? If it's so, Is there some HOWTO to do > that?

Re: quick upgrade help needed-kernel image not wanted

2000-09-25 Thread Joey Tsai
Yeah, but when you do that, you'll have to repeat the process each time you do an apt-get because your custom kernel is older than the newer. // joey tsai :: Kenward Vaughan :: > I decided I likely had answered my own question. Copied the modules directory > and modules.conf

Re: quick upgrade help needed-kernel image not wanted

2000-09-25 Thread Joey Tsai
I had the same problem. I just did a make-kpkg with "-revision 2:Custom.2" (my previous custom kernel was "Custom.1") and installed the new custom kernel. I don't know if this is the "right" or "best" way, but apt is cool now. // joey tsai

Re: built-in bash functions

2000-09-23 Thread Joey Tsai
sh, are there not? Yes, there are some utilities built into bash, but ls is not one of them. ls belongs to package "fileutils". But since you mention it, [corban][12:55pm][~] $ type type type is a shell builtin // joey tsai

package kernel-image

2000-09-23 Thread Joey Tsai
After compiling my own kernel and making a kernel-image package from it, each time I do a apt-get dist-upgrade apt wants to replace my custom kernel with the stock kernel-image package from debian.org. How can I stop apt from trying to "upgrade" my kernel? Thanks, // joey tsai

Re: Helix and Galeon

2000-09-05 Thread Joey Tsai
to package it, but I also heard it wasn't packaged in Debian because of licensing issues (similar to KDE before QT went GPL). // joey tsai

sawfish from helixcode

2000-08-25 Thread Joey Tsai
' contains empty filename Errors were encountered while processing: sawfish_0.30.3-helix3_i386.deb Processing was halted because there were too many errors. Or have I done something wrong? Thanks, // joey tsai

Re: Sound card trouble

2000-07-29 Thread Joey Tsai
> I have an Aureal Vortex pci sound card. I downloaed the drivers from Aureal's > website (v.1.0.5) followed the instrutions and even rebuilt my kernel with > sound support. However, my sound card still doesn't work. Any suggestions > would be appreciated. There's drivers at aureal.sourceforge.

Re: Dvorak keyboard layout

2000-07-29 Thread Joey Tsai
> Can someone tell me how to switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout? I dimly > recall the debian boot diskette asking to choose a keyboard layout, but I > don't know how to change it on an installed system. To change your default layout, use "kbdconfig". You have to be root. If you just want to s

Re: Command Line on logout

2000-07-27 Thread Joey Tsai
> You *can* remove gdm safely. All the other packages will still be in the > system, and so will still be kept up-to-date. The problem with removing gdm is that it will remove the task-helix-core package as well. While that doesn't seem to be a problem (the package is just an empty packgake of r

Re: Command Line on logout

2000-07-27 Thread Joey Tsai
> > I personally think the most elegant way to do this is the "debian way" and > > use "update-rc.d" to remove xdm (or gdm for helixgnomers) from the startup. > > If you're not going to use xdm, remove it. If you're going to use it for > non-console logins, my suggestion is IMO appropriate. It's

Re: Command Line on logout

2000-07-27 Thread Joey Tsai
> > remove the reference to XDM in the startup scripts, deinstall XDM, or remove > > the symlinks to XDM in /etc/rcX.d directories (this just prevents it from > > starting, does not remove it). > > A more elegant (IMO) solution is to modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. I personally think the most eleg

gdm without gdm?

2000-06-27 Thread joey tsai
Hi, I'm running the newest Helix Gnome core packages and could really do without gdm. But, I have to say I do like its functionality. So, is there anyway I can achieve what it does without running it? Like, can I continue the session and start up the gnome components, etc. via startx? /