possible problem in sarge for i386

2006-07-22 Thread mike williams
this happens with every server it trys-21:37:37-- http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32 => `./andale32.exe' esolving belnet.dl.sourceforge

i get this sarge for i386 possible bug

2006-07-21 Thread mike williams
also sometimes it just locks on a black screen and does nothing for 30min+     how can i fix this/(total OS reinstall is ok option if needed)

sarge for i386

2006-07-18 Thread mike williams
is it possible to use the gnu\lnux as a "normal" OS to do things like browse webpages and download programs etc... and if so,how? i dont have a problem logging in,but then all i get is debia"a"mike~$, what do i do from there to browse web pages etc...

need help logging into sarge for i386

2006-07-17 Thread mike williams
OS username:mike pass:1   when i try to type in the pass,nothing goes into the space,but when i type in the name,it works. how can i fix this or take out the whole password bit

Re: how to log "init" output?

2003-06-23 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:48:12 +0100, >>> "Clive" == Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'd like to get more visibility of what's happening when my Debian >> system boots, but the output of the /etc/init.d/* scripts scroll by so >> fast that I can't read it. Clive> 'dmesg'

how to log "init" output?

2003-06-22 Thread Mike Williams
I'd like to get more visibility of what's happening when my Debian system boots, but the output of the /etc/init.d/* scripts scroll by so fast that I can't read it. Is there some way I can either make the console buffer larger (so I can scroll all the way back), or log the boot-script output for l

why doesn't XF86Config-4 include defoma-managed TrueType fonts?

2003-03-08 Thread Mike Williams
I'm trying to determine the most "standard" way of making defoma-managed TrueType fonts available under X11. I'm using an XF86Config-4 file generated by debconf, ie. # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 I take the default options wherever possible, including allowing debconf to generate the "F

Re: Mail retrieval / delivery

2001-11-08 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 14:40:57 -0400, >>> "cmasters" == C Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: cmasters> I should be able to configure fetchmail to retrieve ~my~ mail cmasters> (at first) and then use any mailer to read and send mail. Just configure your ~/.fetchmailrc, along the followin

Re: CD riping problem with abcde

2001-11-08 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:50:48 -0500 (EST), >>> "Stan" == "Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ounds liek a good thing. Stan> when I run [abcde], I get the following error: Stan> Stan> abcde: internal error: cddb-choice not recorded. Stan> Stan> what am I doing wrong here? Per

Re: Unicode TrueType fonts?

2001-10-30 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On 29 Oct 2001 12:16:33 -0500, >>> "Shaya" == Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Shaya> you misunderstood me. I know how to get truetype fonts working, I Shaya> want to get the unicode portions of those fonts working (the Shaya> regular latin glyphs) I managed to do it by addi

What's happening to the Progeny installer?

2001-10-25 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:34:02 +0200 (CEST), >>> "Wilmer" == Wilmer van der Gaast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wilmer> There are some Debian-based distro's with very nice installers and Wilmer> things like that already. One of then is Progeny ... Problem is that Wilmer> Progeny is dead n

Re: cannot use microsoft intellimouse 1.2A ps/2 compatible

2001-09-10 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On Fri, 07 Sep 2001 18:50:18 -0700, >>> "carlos" == "carlos mena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: carlos> can anyone help me. i'm in the process of installing the official carlos> binary-i386 version 2.2_r3 of debian, but when i get to the part of carlos> configuring xf86 and i'm trying t

XFree86 + NVidia drivers use all my swap-space!

2001-08-08 Thread Mike Williams
I've noticed that XFree86 seems to claim a whole bunch of swap-space on my box, and that msot of it is non-resident. The memory usage shot right up when I installed the NVidia-GLX drivers. Here's the output of top(1): CPU states: 1.2% user, 2.4% system, 0.0% nice, 96.4% idle Mem:3

Re: Backup strategey? (Was: Preventing windows from scr...)

2001-07-29 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:22:37 -0700, >>> "Paul" == Paul Mackinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul> One thing I haven't done yet is get a good automated backup Paul> strategy going. I'd appreciate software recommendations. I'd recommend AMANDA (www.amanda.org) as a great solution for

USB problems

2001-07-25 Thread Mike Williams
For some reason, USB has stopped working on my PC, and I can't for the life of me work out what I've done to break it. When I boot, it detects my two USB hubs, which are shown in /proc/bus/usb/devices: T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%

Re: Converting SuSE to Debian

2001-07-18 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:17:23 +0200, >>> "Lukas" == Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lukas> - I would like to some programs (like dpkg/dselect and the like) to my Lukas> running SuSE linux and then start a program that (like dselect) which Lukas> allows me to convert the SuSE

Re: /etc/apt/preferences

2001-06-13 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:32:43 -0700 (MST), >>> "der.hans" == "der.hans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: der.hans> Are you running apt 0.5.3? Yes, I am. And dpkg-1.9.6 (if that's relevant). >> My setup looks like this: >> >> ,--- /etc/apt/preferences --- >> | Package: * >> | Pin:

Re: /etc/apt/preferences

2001-06-13 Thread Mike Williams
>>> On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:37:49 -0700 (MST), >>> "der.hans" == [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to track specific dists, but be able to grab > packages from another dist. > > # cat /etc/apt/preferences > Package: * > Pin: release a=stable > Pin-Priority: 900 > > Packa

Re: /etc/apt/preferences

2001-06-07 Thread Mike Williams
>>> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Joey> I've been using a simple pin-to-testing with unstable available on Joey> command Sounds cool. How do you do that? -- Mike

libc6 missing in woody?

2001-05-27 Thread Mike Williams
I've just tried upgrading from "stable" to "testing". I added the following to my /etc/apt/sources.list ... deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free However, I can't seem to find the l