Re: K6 and Debian (and heatsinks)

1997-11-29 Thread liiwi
>> > >> > Most CPU fans I've seen come with a pad of conductive [something] which >> > goes between the processor and the heatsink. I would think that something >> > like this would be essential, given that the surfaces are probably not >> > perfectly flat (on a nano scale). >> I think it's more

Re: Opti-UPS anyone?

1997-11-10 Thread liiwi
>> I recently had a brief power failure, didn't lose any data whatsoever, >> and decided that my Linux box has had its free-bee... >> >> I read reviews, checked the HOWTO's, searched the web, and this is what >> I know thus far: >> >> APC seems to have the name brand recognition, but they are not

Re: MTA Suggestion

1997-11-09 Thread liiwi
>> > George Bonser wrote: >> > > I would like to request that exim replace smail as the default MTA for >> > > Debian. >> > Good idea! Exim is easy as they come. >> Hi. >> >> Not that simple. Exim doesn't work with fetchmail somehow. >> *IF* we fix fetchmail or exim to work with each other, *then

Re: Opera Web Browser (with an html address...)

1997-11-07 Thread liiwi
(cut) >> Anyways, I wanted to encourage all my fellow Debian users to go to their >> page >> and respond. I know it isn't 100% kosher Debian Free Software Guideline >> software, but it would nicely replace those other two web browsers (what >> were >> they called) on the linux desktop. >>

Re: dselect & other install issues.

1997-11-04 Thread liiwi
>> John Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > My first use of dselect was interesting but seemed to work out fine >> > when I worked out how to display a list of "All" packages installed or >> > not. However I ran it a second time just to familiarise myself with it >> > and when I went to quit I

Re: Trouble with resc1440.bin on new Ultra DMA IDE motherboard

1997-11-01 Thread liiwi
>> Hello, I've been using debian for about two years now, for work and >> home, and this is my first post ever... >> >> A friend of mine enrolled in some programming classes and just bought >> himself a new computer. We were putting the system together last night >> and I ran into a serious probl

Re: sig 11 problem when compiling kernel???

1997-10-29 Thread liiwi
>> Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> (regarding hardware problems indicated by failed kernel compiles): >> >> > You can also change the bios setings, adding more wait states or so. >> >> This is a good idea. I forgot to mention that I already >> did that. Hi! Also you *may*

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

1997-10-13 Thread liiwi
>> hello, >> >> i personally have, as my primary drive, an IBM Deskstar 3.6gb. it's *fast* >> for an eide drive. it was rated fastest by a major computing magazine, >> although i forget which one. it definitely lives up to the billing. they >> run about $250 new from several outlets (insight, pc

Re: GIMP

1997-10-13 Thread liiwi
>> hello, all, >> I tried to install the GIMP and xtar, and when trying to run both, I get >> the same error message: >> xtar: can't load library 'libXm.so.2' ...and: >> gimp: can't load library 'libXm.so.2' Hi! Now if I remember correctly, libXm.so.2 is shared Motif v2. library. As Motif is

Re: Parallel Port CD-ROM

1997-10-09 Thread liiwi
>> I've recently installed Debian on my ThinkPad 360ce and I'm not sure how to >> configure >> it for my parallel port CD-ROM. I've read lots of documentation and tried >> several methods: >> >> /dev/hdb >> /dev/lp0 >> /dev/ppa >> all to no avail. I think you have to have a pretty recent ker

Re: reading excel documents?

1997-10-09 Thread liiwi
>> I am sometimes e-mailed microsoft excel documents while running Linux. >> Is there anyway to read those files without booting into Win95? Hi! File a bug report to Microsoft about incompatible file format ;-) . Starcalc from the Staroffice office-suite can read excel formats, not the new

Re: is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?

1997-10-09 Thread liiwi
>> On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 08:38:56PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > >> On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Ed wrote: >> > >> > $30. 30 dollars, US, I tell you. If you read the fine print at >> > >> > 4front, >> > >> > you will find a 10 dollar surcharge for AWE 32/64 support. >> > >> >> > >> Let me say

Re: is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?

1997-10-08 Thread liiwi
>> On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Ed wrote: >> > $30. 30 dollars, US, I tell you. If you read the fine print at 4front, >> > you will find a 10 dollar surcharge for AWE 32/64 support. >> >> Let me say that the awe driver package works just fine with a SB AWE32. >> Don`t know about the 64 yet. Any people tr

Re: my first package - xvgr

1997-10-08 Thread liiwi
>> Now, I need someone who can help me with some questions from time to time. >> I will have (and already have) questions which are not answered in >> info or man or /usr/doc. I need some 'daddy' to help me find the way :-) >> I could go to the debian-devel list, but I am afraid I would bother them

Re: General mail setup

1997-09-29 Thread liiwi
>> Hi, >> Sometimes when I check my mail with fetchmail I see the messages fly by: >> reading... flushed and so on. But when I go to >> /var/spool/mail/$USER, it's not there -- I've lost many important >> messages this way. Can somebody advise me what to do? >> Also, how can I setup pppd so t

Re: extract only PART of an archive

1997-09-28 Thread liiwi
>> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 28 14:58:51 1997 >> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> > I need to extract JUST ONE of the files in a .deb >> > >> > I've searched through the dpkg info and man pages and haven't found any >> > way to do this (I might be blind, though). Is there anyway to

Re: Translation Table Syntax Errors?

1997-09-28 Thread liiwi
>> > I have encountered the same problem. I have downgraded several packages >> > and then re-upgraded them. I have tracked it down to be either xlib6_3.3-6 >> > or xlib6g_3.3-6 that is causing this problem. Downgrading xlib6 to 3.3-4 >> > and downgrading enough packages so that I could remove xlib