[Debian Doc page lags behind] Re: Newbie Resources Was -- Re: Debian book for complete newbie?

2002-06-13 Thread synthespian
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 02:16:33PM -0400, David Teague wrote: > > Hi > > > I remember Dale (aka Dwarf) Sheetz's the Debian > Linux User's Guide. ISBN 0-9659575-1-9. published > by Linux Press in 1998. Hi- Yes, it's updated. Look at the previous posts. By the way, why is the w

Re: Debian book for complete newbie?

2002-06-12 Thread synthespian
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 12:22:23AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > _Running Linux_ (at the link above) is still probably the single best > book covering the topic. > I agree. Although it's not about Debian, if I were to buy one book, this would be it. There's an outdated book specifically a

Re: Debian is not GNU [at least current GNU]

2002-06-11 Thread synthespian
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 07:01:47AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 11-Jun-2002 Dan Jacobson wrote: > > [Debian's default installation gives 2 year old emacs and 6 year old > > non-GNU awk, while sporting the "GNU/Linux" branding] > > > > Summary: Dan says the debian install process shoul

Re: this post is not off-topic

2002-06-06 Thread synthespian
Em Qua, 2002-06-05 às 08:43, Ivo Wever escreveu: > you wrote: > >Ivo Wever wrote: > > > What happens when the amount of developers falls below the critical > > > level? > > > >That's certainly not the direction in which things are going. A few > >people have left loudly, that's true, but there's al

RE: Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-06 Thread synthespian
Em Qua, 2002-06-05 às 18:41, Brooks R. Robinson escreveu: > | Uh huh. And get cracked tomorrow because security updates are *not* > | being made for woody at this time. There is a list of approximately a > | dozen *known* security problems with woody that will be dealt with > | *later*. Updates

Re: this post is not off-topic

2002-06-04 Thread synthespian
Em Ter, 2002-06-04 às 11:05, Manoj Srivastava escreveu: > >>"David" == David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > David> I'll ignore the ad hominem. How about a poll at debianplanet? > David> I guess you're confident that the second option would only get > David> 2 votes. > > And what

Re: this post is not off-topic

2002-06-04 Thread synthespian
Em Seg, 2002-06-03 às 17:25, David Wright escreveu: > > > s/not\s+//; > > I appreciate the good-natured jibe. I didn't think the analogy to the > Debian release process was so far-fetched, but it appears that it is. > > I never understood people who claim that to relase Woody for mainstream > ar

Re: this post is not off-topic

2002-06-04 Thread synthespian
Em Ter, 2002-06-04 às 19:18, Colin Watson escreveu: > On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 02:05:55PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > How much are those of us who have been using woody and constantly > > updating and upgrading all this time actually missing? What will the > > move to stable actually get us that

Re: Security Updates Sources

2002-06-02 Thread synthespian
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 01:47:01PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 01:57:17PM +0200, Jean-Charles Preaux wrote: > > Just a little question : > > is there a security updates sources for the woody release ? > > Not yet. There will be when it's released. In the mean

RE: X server setup

2002-05-31 Thread synthespian
Em Sex, 2002-05-31 às 02:33, Slootbeek, Jule S escreveu: > It means there are no screens found i guess, can't explain it any > better...i just don't know how to a make X find my screen...i have a RH > linux book that says to run Xconfigurator, but that program is not found > under Debian, neither

Re: X server setup

2002-05-31 Thread synthespian
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 01:15:45AM -0400, Slootbeek, Jule S wrote: > hey guys, > whenever i try to start X i get this error: > fatal Server Error: > No Screens found. Hi- On a "me too" side note, I'd like to ask what is the *meaning* of that error message? Thanks Re

How do I discover the X version I'm running?

2002-05-30 Thread synthespian
Hi- How do I know what X version I'm running? TIA Regs Henry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Setting up Email from multiple POP accounts

2002-05-28 Thread synthespian
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 08:25:18PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 10:17:06AM +1000, Damian Del Campo wrote: > | Hi I'm looking to setup email on a debian machine -> I have a network > | of computers at home, one of which is set up as a router, file server > | and now hopefully a mail

Nvidia GeForce2 [was Re: woody]

2002-05-23 Thread synthespian
Em Qua, 2002-05-22 às 21:51, Jerome Acks Jr escreveu: > On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 09:34:46PM +0200, Ferdinand Lachmann wrote: > > I am a newby on debian woody 3.0. > > Have a Nvidia GeForce2 DDR in my system. > > Can,t get my xserver running,nor my usb logitech mouse. > > I assume you have installed

Re: Problem with sending usenet items with emacs gnus

2002-05-21 Thread synthespian
Em Ter, 2002-05-21 às 12:23, Carl Weidling escreveu: > > I purchased a Debian Woody (Unofficial) distro from Edmunds Enterprises > and installed it. It seems OK except I'm having a lot of trouble with > default configurations for communicating with the outside world. I've > already posted some q

Re: Install Debian for desktop

2002-05-19 Thread synthespian
On Sun, 19 May 2002 14:33:21 +0200 Robert Ian Smit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > (cut) > >If I install software in /usr/local, as I understand it, I bypass >Debian package management. If I want to run current software (as in >Redhat or Mandrake current) will I need to install a lot of softwar