Re: printing - do i give up?

2002-11-15 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: hello all! i am stuck so far as my printing set-up goes. on my debian 3.0, i have an hp 710c printer attached. i installed cupsys, cupsys client, foomatic, foomatic-db and foomatic-bin packages installed along with all dependencies. as root, i did lynx localhost:631 a

Re: printing - do i give up?

2002-11-15 Thread Johann Spies
Sandip, > some help please. something that will work and simple to understand Some time ago I also had some problems getting printing to work with cups. After reading the Printing Howto I decided to try out pdq in stead of an lpr-based printing system. And I enjoy it! If you want to try it, th

Re: printing - do i give up?

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 06:36:45AM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:47:32PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > i installed cupsys, cupsys client, foomatic, foomatic-db and > > foomatic-bin packages installed along with all dependencies. i will also like to add that i

Re: printing - do i give up?

2002-11-15 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:47:32PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > i installed cupsys, cupsys client, foomatic, foomatic-db and > foomatic-bin packages installed along with all dependencies. > > as root, i did lynx localhost:631 > > and tried setting up printer. no luck. do i need some other p

printing - do i give up?

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
hello all! i am stuck so far as my printing set-up goes. on my debian 3.0, i have an hp 710c printer attached. i installed cupsys, cupsys client, foomatic, foomatic-db and foomatic-bin packages installed along with all dependencies. as root, i did lynx localhost:631 and tried setting up print

Re: I give up. I need help!!

2001-12-20 Thread dman
On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:42:33PM -0600, Klaus, John wrote: [lots of stuff, mentions GNOME and Star Office] | This is what I have: | 3)Intel 166MMX CPU | 4)64 Meg of 72 pin EDO RAM This is enough memory, but the CPU might be a bit weak. I used to run GNOME 1.0., then 1.2. on a P

Re: I give up. I need help!!

2001-12-20 Thread MH
> "John" == Klaus, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> Dr. Michael, Thanks for the help. John> Then create a file /home/user/.xsession and John> put only exec gnome-session there and you are done with John> gnome. Executing startx will let you enter the gnome

Re: I give up. I need help!!

2001-12-20 Thread MH
> "John" == Klaus, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi John! Long posting ... John> Dear Sir, I have tried and tried, did I say I tried, to get John> Debian 2.1 installed and configured with Gnome on just one John> machine at home. I find this to be a most impossible task. OK, f

RE: I give up. I need help!!

2001-12-20 Thread Sebastiaan
tiaan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:21 PM > To: Klaus, John > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: I give up. I need help!! > > > High, > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Klaus, John wrote: > > > Dear Sir, > > > &

Re: I give up. I need help!!

2001-12-20 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Klaus, John wrote: > Dear Sir, > > I have tried and tried, did I say I tried, to get Debian 2.1 > installed and configured > with Gnome on just one machine at home. I find this to be a most impossible > task. > Why do you not use Debian 2.2? Perhaps this will s

I give up. I need help!!

2001-12-20 Thread Klaus, John
have done everything I can think of outside of sending this e-mail. I give up. Please help. I am a mechanical engineer by trade, and a hobbyist in electronics and computers. I like the Linux philosophy and the Debian philosophy. I would even like to contribute in the future to support

Re: Okay, I give up. What do I put in apt-get's sources.list?

2000-11-18 Thread Brad
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 06:14:03PM -0800, Joe Emenaker wrote: > I want apt to be able to get to the goodies at: > http://www.sandalwood.net/~terubou/linux/deb/ > > What do I put in sources.list? Read http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0002/msg02422.html So, the line looks like it should be:

Re: Okay, I give up. What do I put in apt-get's sources.list?

2000-11-18 Thread Corey Popelier
Erm there *may* be an issue there with the ~ character. I don't know if its still the case, but you don't use ~, you use %7E to generate the ~. So the apt line would be: deb http://www.sandalwood.net/%7Eterubou linux/deb/ Cheers, Corey J. Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas O

Re: Okay, I give up. What do I put in apt-get's sources.list?

2000-11-18 Thread Colin Watson
"Joe Emenaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I want apt to be able to get to the goodies at: > http://www.sandalwood.net/~terubou/linux/deb/ > >What do I put in sources.list? deb http://www.sandalwood.net/~terubou linux/deb/ ... seems to work. (The trailing slash is required if you want to speci

Okay, I give up. What do I put in apt-get's sources.list?

2000-11-17 Thread Joe Emenaker
I want apt to be able to get to the goodies at:   http://www.sandalwood.net/~terubou/linux/deb/   What do I put in sources.list?   - Joe

Re: I give up ... XFree keymapping problem, perhaps?

1999-02-23 Thread servis
*- On 22 Feb, Seth M. Landsman wrote about "Re: I give up ... XFree keymapping problem, perhaps?" > On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 02:49:51PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: >> > >> > Anyone have a clue? Can anyone suggest something for me to try >> > out? >>

Re: I give up ... XFree keymapping problem, perhaps?

1999-02-22 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 02:41:52PM -0500, Seth M. Landsman wrote: > Okay, I have four(!) debian machines all very up to date with very > different hardware. On each of them, I have an MS Natural Keyboard. One > of them, my laptop, has a keyboard with windows keys, but I usually use > the MS

Re: I give up ... XFree keymapping problem, perhaps?

1999-02-22 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 02:49:51PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: > > > > Anyone have a clue? Can anyone suggest something for me to try > > out? > > > > Same thing here, neomagic seems to not accept the Windows key (the menu key > does work). Seems odd that the neomagic card would have an

RE: I give up ... XFree keymapping problem, perhaps?

1999-02-22 Thread Shaleh
> > Anyone have a clue? Can anyone suggest something for me to try > out? > Same thing here, neomagic seems to not accept the Windows key (the menu key does work).

I give up ... XFree keymapping problem, perhaps?

1999-02-22 Thread Seth M. Landsman
Okay, I have four(!) debian machines all very up to date with very different hardware. On each of them, I have an MS Natural Keyboard. One of them, my laptop, has a keyboard with windows keys, but I usually use the MS keyboard because it is much nicer to my wrists. Anyways, on all

Re: LPRng - I give up!!

1999-01-31 Thread Carey Evans
Chuck Stickelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > All I wanted was to setup LPRng to use the nice, new remote printer > server I bought (and the one my client bought...). I wanted to use > magicfilter so we didn't have to worry about setting-up all of the > applications to output in PCL (one can't..

Re: LPRng - I give up!!

1999-01-31 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Chuck Stickelman wrote: > If *anyone* knows what's needed, **PLEASE** let me know. [Specifically, > anyone who's gotten the "bq=" statement to work and shares the knowledge > gets a virtual bear and a GREAT BIG THANK YOU!] > > Here's the printcap entries in question: > lps|L

LPRng - I give up!!

1999-01-31 Thread Chuck Stickelman
This is just too much! I've wasted an entire day messing around with this and just can't/won't spend anymore time on it. All I wanted was to setup LPRng to use the nice, new remote printer server I bought (and the one my client bought...). I wanted to use magicfilter so we didn't have to worry a

Re: PPP: I give up

1998-10-11 Thread john
Leon Breedt writes: > On my box, the modem device (/dev/ttyS1) is owned by root, group dialout. That is not necessary as long as pppd is setuid root, which is how it is installed. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: PPP: I give up

1998-10-11 Thread Frank Barknecht
[EMAIL PROTECTED] hat gesagt: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I try to run my PPP scripts, everyone of them results in > permission denied. > > I did edit the /etc/group file and added my user name as follows: > > dip:x:40:hwalton ^ this has to be a * It is safer to add a user to

Re: PPP: I give up

1998-10-11 Thread Leon Breedt
On Sat, Oct 10 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: > When I try to run my PPP scripts, everyone of them results in > permission denied. Does the account have permission to use the modem? On my box, the modem device (/dev/ttyS1) is owned by root, group dialout. See if adding your user to the d

Re: PPP: I give up

1998-10-11 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | When I try to run my PPP scripts, everyone of them results in permission denied. | | I did edit the /etc/group file and added my user name as follows: | | dip:x:40:hwalton | | I still get permission denied? Can anyone figure what is going on here? | | I did logoff tha

RE: PPP: I give up

1998-10-10 Thread Shaleh
If you type "groups" while logged in do you show up in group dip? What does ls -al on /etc/chatscripts, /etc/ppp, and /usr/sbin/pppd show? On 10-Oct-98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I try to run my PPP scripts, everyone of them results in permission > denied. > > I did edit the /etc/group f

PPP: I give up

1998-10-10 Thread hwalton
When I try to run my PPP scripts, everyone of them results in permission denied.   I did edit the /etc/group file and added my user name as follows:   dip:x:40:hwalton   I still get permission denied? Can anyone figure what is going on here?   I did logoff than log back on.   I also tried

Re: I give UP

1998-07-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"John" == John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> The learning curve is so steep for a novice that even Sir Edmund Hillary John> would have had problems :-) But once you've climbed out of the Microsoft John> generated smog you will be amazed at how far you can see. Well, I t

Re: I give UP

1998-07-29 Thread John
> >Well, I can't solve anyone's life scheduling problems (let alone my >own!) but learning Linux (or any flavor of Unix) does involve climbing >a rather steep learning curve. It may not be for you, but speaking >for myself (and probably many others) climbing that hill is well worth >my time and

Re: I give UP

1998-07-29 Thread Tyson Dowd
On 28-Jul-1998, Paul Sellers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All I wanted was info on installilng Linus on a Win95 system. A search on > "Win95" got 18 hits, none of which (summary) mentioned Win95. > Most everything I clicked off the main page didn't load (quickly). > > I was perusing the bootDisk #

Re: I give UP

1998-07-29 Thread Keith Beattie
Paul Sellers wrote: > > All I wanted was info on installilng Linus on a Win95 system. A search on > "Win95" got 18 hits, none of which (summary) mentioned Win95. > Most everything I clicked off the main page didn't load (quickly). > > I was perusing the bootDisk #15 with Linux as the main item. >

Re: I give UP

1998-07-28 Thread Havoc Pennington
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Paul Sellers wrote: > > How about if I install it on a Win3.1 system ?? > Linux is another kind of system. You install it on a separate disk or partition, entirely separate from Windows. Thus it is irrelevant what the original system may have been, except that you need to kn

Re: I give UP

1998-07-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 06:01:05PM -0400, Paul Sellers wrote: > All I wanted was info on installilng Linus on a Win95 system. A search on > "Win95" got 18 hits, none of which (summary) mentioned Win95. > Most everything I clicked off the main page didn't load (quickly). What exactly is your proble

I give UP

1998-07-28 Thread Paul Sellers
All I wanted was info on installilng Linus on a Win95 system. A search on "Win95" got 18 hits, none of which (summary) mentioned Win95. Most everything I clicked off the main page didn't load (quickly). I was perusing the bootDisk #15 with Linux as the main item. How about if I install it on a Wi

Last call for adbbs before I give up on it.

1997-10-02 Thread Christoph Lameter
adbbs is a bbs package based on perl. There is some screwup with the ReadKey library in the current relase that I do not seem to be able to fix. To my knowledge this is the only bbs package we have in the distribution. If someone is willing to take over the package then please write me an e-mail