synchronizing systems

2001-06-25 Thread peanut butter
I'm curious if there is an easy way to keep a constant set of software for several machines. Let's say it is believed that one machine has the perfect set of software for the local users. If I should want to have all other machines conform to the same set of software, is there an easy way to move

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-05-16 Thread peanut butter
Hi, everyone. The problem I was having mid March is finally solved. I started this thread on Mar 16 having the problem of, though being able to print fine from the command line, not being able to print internally from applications such as acroread. Though this problem (which appears to be relate

Re: communicator: contrib vs non-free

2001-04-24 Thread peanut butter
> > What is the difference between Communicator offered through "contrib" > > vs. "non-free". Which naturally leads to: is one better > > than the other? > > The communicator package in contrib is a meta package that depends upon > the real packages in non-free. Rather than downloading and tryin

communicator: contrib vs non-free

2001-04-24 Thread peanut butter
Hi, forgive me if this is a stupid or over-answered question. I just spent alot of time searching the last quarter of mailing list archives and searching Debian Package descriptions to answer the question myself but can't seem to find a suitable answer: What is the difference between Communicator

Re: apache startup script

2001-04-20 Thread peanut butter
anks to both of you. Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Moritz Schulte-- > > peanut butter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [...] when all is configured and done, the apache startup script is > > still 0 bytes, ie. I still don't g

Re: apache startup script

2001-04-20 Thread peanut butter
artup script back. Any other ideas? Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Moritz Schulte-- > > peanut butter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > At some point I deleted the /etc/init.d/apache wanting to "refresh" > > this as well. Now

apache startup script

2001-04-20 Thread peanut butter
Hi, I felt the need to remove the apache installation I had on one of my Debian boxes to reinstall it as some things weren't making sense or as I would expect so I decided to start from scratch (with the default httpd.conf, etc.). At some point I deleted the /etc/init.d/apache wanting to "refresh"

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-23 Thread peanut butter
> In cases where the same thing acts differently from different > programs, I usually suspect the environment. Add > > env > > to your script, and see what differs. I don't know offhand what it > could be, but it's worth a try. > > -- > Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavo

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-23 Thread peanut butter
Ok, here's some preliminary information to this problem I'm still experiencing with a pdf not printing from the acroread application. Erdmut Pfeifer gave an excellent suggestion below to which I dedicated a few hours. In short: make a script that gets executed as the the "print command" from with

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Bob Nielsen-- > > Just a guess, but > > I had a similar problem with only certain .pdf documents. The error > light on my Lexmark Optra E312 would flash when lpr was sending data to > the printer and nothing was printed although there were n

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Roberto Diaz wrote: > >What is the result if after trying to print you make an lpq, can you see >your job in the queue? Due to the problem, I discovered "printop" which graphically monitors printers and queues run by lprng. Nothing ever appears in the queue as far as I can

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
> Not sure if I can help you... > > Is lprng in the print dialog window's command line (/usr/bin/lpr here)? > Did you try to specify a printer explicitely (-P)? > Did you try to print to a file? > Does it work from xpdf? > Another wild guess, but why not: Try PS Level 1, specified in Acroread's >

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
> can you print the file in question if you have acroread direct its > output to a file, which you then send to the printer manually? > Can you view the resulting PS-file in ghostscript? Yes to both. Sorry not to mention this right off. I mentioned this the first time I attempted to post this me

can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
Hi, I'm using lprng with filter /etc/magicfilter/ljet4-filter to an HP Laserjet 5M printer. Though things print fine from the command line, if I open a pdf with acroread, nothing prints when clicking the print button from within the application. A pop-up window will appear saying that the print j

acroread won't print

2001-03-14 Thread peanut butter
Hi, I'm having problems printing from acroread. I use lprng with the filter /etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter on an HP Laserjet 5M. Things print fine from the command line and I can even save the file as a postscript from acroread and then print it from the command line yet hitting the print button