Packages for reboot and shutdown

2010-10-30 Thread Jason Hsu, embedded engineer, Linux user
What package do I need to add to a minimal Debian installation so that I can reboot or shut down from GNOME, XFCE, Fluxbox, IceWM, etc.? -- Jason Hsu, Linux-literate embedded engineer (952) 715-7661 embedded_engin...@jasonhsu.com http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt.ht

What packages do I need for the ROX desktop environment?

2010-10-30 Thread Jason Hsu, embedded engineer, Linux user
What packages do I need for the ROX desktop environment? This is the same DE used in Puppy Linux. The clickable icons on the Puppy Linux desktop are provided by ROX, which provides the functionality of GNOME or KDE in a MUCH lighter package. -- Jason Hsu, Linux-literate embedded engineer (95

Size of minimal Debian installation

2010-10-30 Thread Jason Hsu, embedded engineer, Linux user
I have a minimal Debian installation on a 2 GB VirtualBox hard drive. By minimal, I mean the 150 MB Netinstall ISO without any of the packages (not even the "base" system) I was given the option to install during the initial installation process. And I haven't even added anything yet. When I

Re: How do you install Debian Live to a hard drive?

2010-10-28 Thread Jason Hsu, embedded engineer, Linux user
Roman, I was able to download and install debian-installer by entering "sudo apt-get install debian-installer". Where do I go from here? How do I start the installation process? On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:59:53 +0400 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > Well, I'm not sure about this, but theoretically, y

Re: How do you install Debian Live to a hard drive?

2010-10-28 Thread Jason Hsu, embedded engineer, Linux user
Rob, I tried the live build earlier today at http://live-build.debian.net/cgi-bin/live-build , but I haven't received notification that my package is complete. And I didn't understand what many of the options meant anyway. Is there a page that gives an explanation of what all those options me

How do you install Debian Live to a hard drive?

2010-10-28 Thread Jason Hsu, embedded engineer, Linux user
How do you install Debian Live to a hard drive? I'd like to install Debian Live to a VirtualBox hard drive (which I have successfully done with other distros), make some changes, and then create a new ISO for a modified version of the live CD. -- Jason Hsu, Linux-literate embedded engineer (9

Monitor Resolution issues

2010-03-05 Thread Linux User
Hello all, I have a BenQ 20" G2220HD series monitor, and I was wondering if anyone knows what I can put in the Xorg.conf file. I've just switched from Debian to Kubuntu briefly for reasons that would take time to explain. Debian Lenny 5.0.4 sets a very high resolution and makes everything far too

Driver for Gigabyte NVidia GV-N220OC-1GI card?

2010-03-01 Thread Linux User
Hello, I was wondering if there was a generic driver I could use for my Gigabyte GT220 or GV-N220OC-1GI card: The product page: http://www.gigabyte.com.au/Support/VGA/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=3188 Thanks for any help. It seemed like other distributions auto-detect it and try to use a generic

Problems yet at loading CSS & images

2007-09-20 Thread linux user
Hi Sirs., I'll explain you again my problem. After mounting a LAMP server, I noted that neither Epiphany nor Iceweasel Web Browsers charges Cascade Style Sheets and Images, since it seems that apache2 works fine. The files: styles.css and index.php are stored at the same folder. Both have the re

Problems loading CSS & images

2007-09-20 Thread linux user
Hi, After mounting a LAMP server, I noted that neither Epiphany nor Iceweasel Web Browsers charges Cascade Style Sheets and Images, since it seems that apache2 works fine. Anybody could tell me anything about ? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

auto mounting devices

2007-05-25 Thread linux user
Hi, I'm working with live-helper. My purpose is getting all devices (SCSI, IDE, Pendrive, CDROMs) mounted when live cd system booted. Is there any trick (or a howto ...) ? Thanks David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Gnome-Keyboard-Properties Again

2007-05-11 Thread linux user
Dear Karl, 2007/5/9, Karl E. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 10:47:16AM +0200, linux user wrote: > Hi, > > In Gnome Environment, we can run the application gnome-keyboard-properties > (Desktop -> Preferences -> Keyboard) that with the value asso

Re: Gnome-Keyboard-Properties

2007-05-10 Thread linux user
Dear Karl, 2007/5/9, Karl E. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 10:47:16AM +0200, linux user wrote: > Hi, > > In Gnome Environment, we can run the application gnome-keyboard-properties > (Desktop -> Preferences -> Keyboard) that with the value asso

Gnome-Keyboard-Properties

2007-05-09 Thread linux user
Hi, In Gnome Environment, we can run the application gnome-keyboard-properties (Desktop -> Preferences -> Keyboard) that with the value associated to "Group Shift/Lock behavior", we can switch among the preselected keyboards. In fact, I'd like to know which file(s) receive(s) the configuration

Knoppix-Piggy and Debian installer

2002-11-10 Thread DEbian/Gnu/Linux User Tony
Last fresh installation (about the 4th) I made of Woody was in some old pentium 2 - 350 mhz, with not much to show. To get things right from the beginning I used this time a trick: First I had run piggy (the installer from Progeny) and then knoppix. I copied the settings for X and the modules u

connessione ad internet?

2001-05-31 Thread linux User
ragazzi ho la deb 2.2r3 ma non riesco a connettermi appena effettua l'hadshake subito kiude la connesione :(   ki mi aiuta ??   premetto ke ho configurato tutti i file di confè il ppp mi risulta installato ma non mi conpare su ifconfig..è normale questo?   GRazie dell'eventuale risp ..ci

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2001-01-14 Thread Storm Linux User
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apt-get libgnomeprint

2000-12-01 Thread Some Linux User
i wrote previously about this. whenever i run apt-get i get stuck on this: Unpacking libgnomeprint-bin (from .../libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-0.1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-0.1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gnome-font-install'

Re;Re: which software for professional Mailling? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2000-10-15 Thread Storm Linux User
Yes Oh by the way thanks for a great debian distrebution for mortals. /dlh

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-01 Thread Debian Linux User
You could set up an alias. HTH Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 09:00:07PM +0200, Philipp Lehman wrote: > On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 01:38:36PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > >> > >> startx -bpp 16 -dpi 120 > >> > >> Woul

Problems leaving computer on overnight

2000-04-27 Thread Debian Linux User Gary L. Dolan
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 10:41:00AM -0700, Dan Hutchinson wrote: > I have been doing the same test at work with a Micron PC. I would second > the sluggishness and I am finding it wierd that the clock works for some > time then stops updating until I move my mouse. I thought perhaps I was a bit

Re: Web Browser

2000-04-10 Thread Debian Linux User Gary L. Dolan
On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 08:45:27AM -0800, Dan Hutchinson wrote: > Does anyone know of a web browser that displays jpg and gif images? > I like the speed of lynx and don't like netscape. I am looking for something > as fast as lynx that allows frames, gif images, etc.. > I agree about

Re: Time taken by a script

2000-03-23 Thread Debian Linux User
Ron Rademaker wrote: > I've written a cgi script in perl an I would like to know how long > (exactly, 10th of second) it takes to execute the script, how can I do > this? > > Ron > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Since Perl is an interpreted language, there

Re: Time taken by a script

2000-03-23 Thread Debian Linux User
Ron Rademaker wrote: > I've written a cgi script in perl an I would like to know how long > (exactly, 10th of second) it takes to execute the script, how can I do > this? > > Ron > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null addendum: you can run CGI scripts in offline

kernel 2.2.14 and PS/2 mice

2000-03-10 Thread Debian Linux User Gary L. Dolan
On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 08:22:38AM -1000, Jason Christensen wrote: > I have no problems with a PS/2 mouse & 2.2.14. > > On 10 Mar 2000, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > > > The boot messages tell me that a PS/2 mouse port is found, but the > > cursor doesn't follow the mouse at all. > > Under what cir

HELP: removed /var/lib/dpkg...

2000-02-14 Thread Debian Linux User
Hi, due to an damn' typo i removed my complete /var tree, including the dpkg files. I created /var/lib/dpkg/status by hand and did a deselect update to recreate the dpkg database. But when i do a 'dpkg -l' it shows nothing although lots of packages are installed. Is there any way to recreate the

Re: Magicfilter

1998-01-03 Thread RHS Linux User
> It seems that Paul Wade is a bit , ahm, unpolite to debian users. He was > never debian developer, but he left the debian lists after an argument about > the way debian is going (the Dave Cinege saga, if you remember). I would > encourage you to get your disk from elsewhere. Thing is, he has my

Magicfilter

1998-01-03 Thread RHS Linux User
If when I installed magicfilter it did not ask me what printer I had how do I get back to its configuration. Also, does anyone know what happened to www.greenbush.com it seems to have disapeared ! --Jeff -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED

debian install not recognizing cdrom

1997-12-28 Thread RHS Linux User
Thanks to all who replied about this. I haven't tried out the suggestions yet because my cdrom drive seems to be packing up :( I'll have a go when I've replaced it. Anthony -- ** Anthony Campbell* Using RedHat Linu

Re: 100Mb networking

1997-11-20 Thread RedHat Linux User
1997, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > On 19 Nov 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > RedHat Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have a news machine that I am trying to put a KNE100 kingston network > > > card into. however when i try the card is recodnized and ifco

100Mb networking

1997-11-19 Thread RedHat Linux User
I have a news machine that I am trying to put a KNE100 kingston network card into. however when i try the card is recodnized and ifconfig works but all the traffic goes to the lo device. How do I fix this ? I tryed the tulip.c 0.79 thanks! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

compile

1997-11-18 Thread RedHat Linux User
every time I compile the kernel, it is too big? boot sector 512 bytes setup is 4380 bytes system is 511Kb system is too big make[1] *** [zImage] error 1 any ideas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: md driver

1997-11-14 Thread RedHat Linux User
> > Have you ran badblocks on /dev/hda4 ? Thats what was reporting the error > > Salutacions, Pere __o mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2:343/108.91 - _`\<;_ http://casal.upc.es/~pere/ > PGP key available --- (_)/ (_)"Lo importante es el conce

md driver

1997-11-12 Thread RedHat Linux User
I am having a problem with the md driver /dev/hda1 is the boot partition 300M /dev/hda2 is a 127M swap partition /dev/hda3 is a 127M swap partition /dev/hda4 is a 3.3G linux partition \ | /dev/sda1 is a 4.0G (whole drive) |

mail tuning

1997-11-11 Thread RedHat Linux User
I was thinking of setting up a mail server for 3,000 user accounts. But I want to know what kind of tuning I can do. I have used ipop3d under Red Hat before and it reads the entire mailbox, what if the user has 2 mail, down goes the server. any ideas ? -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS M

Re: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb t

1997-09-14 Thread RHS Linux User
> On 12 Sep 1997, TENCC01.LEWIS01 wrote: > > It probably doesn't work the way you want. Usually the terminal keyboard is > > locked until the print is finished. Making the terminal useful for input at the > > same time is generally not possible. It would require a very clever termin

Re: Transfering system directories to new HD

1997-09-14 Thread RHS Linux User
Try cp -ax /source /destination The a option copies symbolic links as links, preserves permissions, and copies directories recursively. The x option tells cp to not copy anything on a different file system. I have always used this method and the only thing I have to do is create the directories

Re: majordomo and perl 5.004

1997-06-25 Thread RHS Linux User
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Re: Latex: where to install new styles? Mf: how to muzzle?

1996-09-06 Thread RHS Linux User
Hi there I normally assume that Latex should be installed in /usr/local/texmf where all the libraries and styles are included. for everything to work perfectly you should add the proper paths in the /etc/bashrc or .bashrc export TEXMF=/usr/local/texmf export TEXINPUTS=.:$TEXMF/tex/latex2e//:$TE

Re: Latex documentation for beginners?

1996-09-05 Thread RHS Linux User
Hi you can find some manuals in the /usr/lib/texmf/texmf/doc/latex/general there is a manual called guide.dvi anyway you could look for the latexcook book in starlink home page. http://star-www.rl.ac.uk if you want I can send you several manuals. cheers miguel On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Joha

Re: Capturing booting output

1996-06-01 Thread RHS Linux User
> > how did you capture the output? > > I wrote it by hand. But by the side, capturing the booting output to a file > would make sense. `man 8 dmesg` Todd Lewis