2 questions from debian noob

2004-01-27 Thread Timmy P.
hello, i was wondering if yall could tell me why the network install for debian does not support Internal PCI cards. I do not have a laptop, and can not spare 7 cds to install the os that i have heard so much good about. I do plan on buying the cd set...but i wanted to make sure it worked with

Re: Cannot login to woody box (i386)

2001-06-27 Thread Timmy Douglas
you need to boot into single usermode: LILO: linuxkernelname single i think somehow you got sid's libpam modules. anyways, they are fixed so once you are root, update and upgrade again

apt-get won't install package

2001-05-20 Thread Timmy Douglas
(please CC me replys if possible) root:~# apt-get install gnome-guile Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required

Re: GUI Email program

2001-04-28 Thread Timmy Douglas
Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> c'mon, now you KNOW you'll never go back and look at 6000 old >> messages. what gives? > >Maybe not directly, but you can index them and search them. I was >doing this with freewais-sf before I switch to debian (

Re: ALSA problems in Debian/unstable

2001-04-28 Thread Timmy Douglas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Deibel) said: >Hi, >After upgrading to Debian/unstable I want to get sound with ALSA. I install >alsa-source and compiled the alsa-driver for Soundblaster 128 PCI (Ensoni1 >1371) it using kernel 2.4.3. After installation lsmod shows well, good luck. i have the same card a

Re: Alsa under Debian has me baffled

2001-04-06 Thread Timmy Douglas
it would be nice to know the soundcard you are using and the packages/versions you have. i don't use alsa now, but i used to and maybe this page can help but it is old: http://members.home.com/tdouglas/alsa.html i just compile my card into the kernel and i think that is the best way to do it if

problem installing libsdl1.0-dev from woody

2001-02-24 Thread Timmy Douglas
after doing: apt-get update;apt-get install libsdl1.0-dev here is the error i get: Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved

Re: How I got ALSA sound drivers kind of working

2000-12-23 Thread Timmy Douglas
>lots of libraries. The ALSA Tutorial by Timmy says you should get >esound-alsa and libesd-alsa0, but then adds that the latter conflicts >with libesd, and many packages depend on libesd. yep, it is a pain in the butt. sounds like you had a really fun time with that. ;) I think if

Re: gs error - i can't view postscript files

2000-12-16 Thread Timmy Douglas
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Timmy Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> when i try to open a .ps file with gv or gs, i get this error: > >Is this with gs or gs-aladdin? > >gs-aladdin

gs error - i can't view postscript files

2000-12-15 Thread Timmy Douglas
when i try to open a .ps file with gv or gs, i get this error: GNU Ghostscript 5.10 (1998-12-17) Copyright (C) 1997 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved. This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. Loading NimbusRomNo9L-Regu font from /usr/lib/ghos

Re: Relation(exim,fetchmail,mutt)=?

2000-12-12 Thread Timmy Douglas
Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Can someone explain what's the relation between exim, fetchmail >and mutt or any other reader? If fetchmail fetches it, then why >the servers have to be defined again for exim or mutt? fetchmail gives received mail to exim exim gives received mail to procmail

Low quality printing

2000-12-11 Thread Timmy Douglas
I am using a canon bjc4000 printer with the bj800 driver using apsfilter. it works fine, but the printing goes really slow. when i try to change the lights at the top to make it do less quality, it turns it back on when i try to print. does anyone know how to get this to print fast/lower-qual

Re: Very strange fetchmail problem

2000-12-10 Thread Timmy Douglas
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 01:15:48 +0200 (EET), Martin Fluch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> /usr/bin/fetchmail -p POP3 -va -t 60 -u fluch >rock.helsinki.fi >Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >fetchmail: 5.5.3 querying rock.helsinki.fi (protocol POP3) at Mon Dec 11 >01:11:26 2000

Re: Very strange fetchmail problem

2000-12-10 Thread Timmy Douglas
try running fetchmail with verbose options and see if the output tells you any more... i would have suspected the firewall but it seems that you have already connected so i don't know how that would be the problem.

Re: vanishing mail

2000-12-08 Thread Timmy Douglas
On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 15:44:53 -0500, A R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > It now connects fine, the mail is retrieved, or so I believe, at least >that is what ius printed to the screen. Now, when I run mutt or mail as >"tony", it says no mail for tony. Where is it? What should I change in >my in my .fetc

Re: RESOLVED: all mail getting deferred

2000-12-06 Thread Timmy Douglas
On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 19:53:01 -0800, Nate Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >load at the time was 0.00-0.01 ..the machine is well equipped with a >k6-3 400(256k full speed cache) 2MB l3 cache, 256MB ram .. > >wish sendmail(and other MTAs in general) would give more information ... >exim and postfix d

Re: exim doesn't deliver

2000-12-06 Thread Timmy Douglas
On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 21:49:16 -0200 (BRST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Hello, > >I am trying to use exim+fetchmail. Fetchmail is fetching emails from my >ISP without problems. The problem is with exim, because after fetchmail >sends the messages to exim for local delivery, all messages are frozen in >

Re: exim+fetchmail

2000-12-04 Thread Timmy Douglas
From: "Marcelo Chiapparini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: exim+fetchmail Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 11:31:11 -0500 (EST) > Hello! > > I am configuring the email in a potato box. I am connected to my ISP via > modem. I want to use exim+fetchmail+mutt. So far I have some questions, > and I wonder if som

Re: gnome without window manager

2000-12-01 Thread Timmy Douglas
"Marcelo Chiapparini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > I've just installed helix-gnome in my potato box. The default for the gdm is > to boot with helix-gnome running. > After typing my username and password I found myself with a helix-gnome > desktop without the > window manager (sawfis

Re: Sound Card

2000-12-01 Thread Timmy Douglas
Eileen Orbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could someone tell me what SOUND CARD would be the best to install on a > Debian Box? > > Also the easiest would help.. > I use a soundblaster pci 128. the es1371 kernel module works.

Re: Who is 'nobody'?

2000-12-01 Thread Timmy Douglas
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have seen this message two times now after using apt-get on a > dialup-system: > > > Unusual System Events > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Nov 30 06:25:03 spyker su[6400]: + ??? root-nobody > Nov 30 06:25:03 spyker PAM_un

Re: Emacs shell with ^M's ???

2000-11-26 Thread Timmy Douglas
"Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Sorry for the repost, but I realize the original was posted after many > of us Yanks we on the road for the Thanksgiving hollidy, so I figured > I'd give it one more go. > > This is a second hand question and the machine in question is n

Re: fetchmail not communicating with exim.

2000-11-23 Thread Timmy Douglas
"Robert A. Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Timmy Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [231100 17:08]: > > > > > I'm using *basically* the same configuration (MTA: exim, MDA: procmail, > > > MUA: > > > mutt POP3-GET-MY-MAIL-WHEN-I-NE

Re: fetchmail not communicating with exim.

2000-11-23 Thread Timmy Douglas
> I'm using *basically* the same configuration (MTA: exim, MDA: procmail, MUA: > mutt POP3-GET-MY-MAIL-WHEN-I-NEED-IT-APP-:] : fetchmail). Maybe I can help? i would use iptables to block port 25 from all but localhost, @home almost killed me for that. they don't allow any ``servers'' i think in

Re: Sound Card

2000-11-23 Thread Timmy Douglas
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 23 Nov 2000 09:19:54 -0600, Timmy Douglas said: > > > > And how do I configure my soundcard? > > > > you need to compile a kernel with sound support and with the card you > > have. or you could get alsa module

Re: Sound Card

2000-11-23 Thread Timmy Douglas
Tóth Gábor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > I'm a new one, so where can I find an archive of this list? www.debian.org.. click on support, mailing llist, and archives i think. > And how do I configure my soundcard? you need to compile a kernel with sound support and with the card you have.

Re: fetchmail not communicating with exim.

2000-11-23 Thread Timmy Douglas
"John-Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all > I have been battling with exim, fetchmail and mutt now for what seems like > eons! I have made progress over the time and am at a situation now where I > can receive mal I send to a normal user from root. However when trying to > connect receiv

Re: Call for articles, HOW-TOs, and tips

2000-11-19 Thread Timmy Douglas
Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * How about something explaining the mail system? Explain MTAs, MUAs, the > role of procmail. Or how about giving some explanations for typical > setups and how a newbie would configure their system using "eximconfig"? i might do something like this

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Timmy Douglas
Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > looking for information on getting a refund for > Windows. > > Any links, help, tips, success stories, or general M$ > bashing would be greatly appreciated. buy one without windows. i got min

Re: Setting up SMTP and POP servers - QMail or what?

2000-11-19 Thread Timmy Douglas
Robin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Up till now I've shyed away from implmenting mail on my Linux boxes, > it seems so complicated and my nice friendly (!) Windows POP3 clients > seem generally far easier to use. However, I've now gone back to an ISP > (Demon) which tries to deliver > ma

Re: exim and mtt probs continue

2000-11-18 Thread Timmy Douglas
"John-Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i continue to have problems setting up my email configuration. I have run > eximconfig but have had trouble working out how to  answer some of the > questions > > I am not sure what is meant by some of the terms i.e. what is my visible mail > name. To b

Re: Printing problem

2000-11-13 Thread Timmy Douglas
> Yes, Matt, I found that out and made the change. Actually, I deleted > /etc/printcap and rebuilt it via magicfilter and it looks ok now but still > doesn't work. here is what i do: - make sure you have parport, parport_pc, and lp in your kernel. - make sure you have all the suggested program

Re: perl and ssmtp

2000-10-21 Thread Timmy Douglas
ne to my ssmtp.conf did not work. > > sSMTP does not run as a process so I assume this file is parsed each time > mail is > sent... so I should not have to do anything but add the line, save the file, > and try > it again correct? > > Timmy Douglas wrote: > > >

Re: Linux not seeing all of my Ram

2000-10-20 Thread Timmy Douglas
use append 128M, then rerun lilo when you are done editing just in case. example (yours might not look like this): timmy:~/prgm/tsmtpd/src$ cat /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/hda1 root=/dev/hda1 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 image=/boot/vmlinuz append="mem

Re: perl and ssmtp

2000-10-20 Thread Timmy Douglas
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 03:31:04PM -0400, phiLLip maDDux II wrote: > Hello, > > I have a perl program that makes a call to ssmtp on the system to send > out an email. When I send out the email I specify the from: however it > does not work, it always makes it look like the email came from > [EMAI

Re: exim help needed (fwd)

2000-10-20 Thread timmy
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:46:54AM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > no i mean you can use exim, i just like to use what i made. > > > > i think you only really need exim for receiving mail. > > this is how it works i think for most people: > >

Re: exim help needed (fwd)

2000-10-20 Thread timmy
On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 01:27:01PM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > Dunno, what's that? I want my mail going to/from my school server. > > > > exim calls this a "smarthost". Rerun eximconfig and two of your canned > > configuration options will be > > > > (2) Internet site using smarthost:

Re: gtk pixmap themes don't work

2000-10-17 Thread Timmy Douglas
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 03:02:10PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger wrote: > Hi, I recently installed debian woody and I just noticed that the gtk > pixmap themes don't work in gnome! I have all the latest packages, does > anyone know what might cause this? Thanks. -Jeff Suggests: gtk-engines-gtkstep, gtk-

Re: BitchX auto accept DCC

2000-10-14 Thread Timmy Douglas
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 07:53:03PM -0400, Joel Dinel wrote: > By default, BitchX auto accepts DCC transfers. I'm reading the (long) man > pages right now, but it doesn't mention anything about DCC settings. > > How do I disable that ? try: /set option value /set -- will give a list of options

Re: A series of newbieite questions

2000-09-24 Thread Timmy Douglas
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 01:37:11PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote: > ObeseWhale wrote: > > > 1. Debian keeps starting X as soon as I boot into linux. It give me the > > graphical login screen and everything. This is annoying because I don't > > seem to be capable of exiting X... Is there any way