Re: Install Questions

2004-02-05 Thread Kent West
Arthur Schafer wrote: I have installed Woody 2.4 some of the gnome control windows are oversized. I can't reach the control points to shrink them, stop them or execute them. All fonts seem abnormally large. Sounds like your resolution is set too low. Try getting out of X and running "dpkg-re

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:28:59PM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:08:20AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > > > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > > > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:08:20AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure th

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 09:22:36PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > Lo, on Monday, February 26, Ethan Benson did write: > > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:05:03AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > > > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running > > > "xhost > > > +" inside the t

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Monday, February 26, Ethan Benson did write: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:05:03AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost > > +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... > > let's see if it works

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:05:03AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost > +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... > let's see if it works.. just a guess.. don't do that, that disables ALL X securit

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 06:00:41AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > Here's the error message I get with the make xconfig command: > > ake[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/scripts' > wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:08:20AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > permission. What's the right

Re: install questions-SOLVED

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
ee if it works.. just a guess.. > Kundan > > > -Original Message- > From: Dale Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:01 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: install questions > > > Here's the erro

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Jo Geraerts
Hello, On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Dale Morris wrote: > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > permission. What's the right permission?

RE: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread #KUNDAN KUMAR#
bruary 26, 2001 10:01 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: install questions Here's the error message I get with the make xconfig command: ake[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by serve

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
Here's the error message I get with the make xconfig command: ake[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
I get an error2 message when I try to use make xconfig #KUNDAN KUMAR# [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. its alright, as far as i know.. > 2. ncurse5-devel is the package for developing ncurse... you would probably > need to install ncurse only.. i am not sure.. why not use make xconfig?? > > Kundan

RE: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread #KUNDAN KUMAR#
1. its alright, as far as i know.. 2. ncurse5-devel is the package for developing ncurse... you would probably need to install ncurse only.. i am not sure.. why not use make xconfig?? Kundan -Original Message- From: Dale Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:0

Re: Install questions etc

1999-06-23 Thread John Pearson
On Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 04:06:02AM -0500, Joakim Svensson wrote > This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Joakim Svensson" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > > Hi debian users, > > I am a very new user of Linux. I do have some 10+ year users experience > with different unixes th

Re: Install Questions

1999-01-16 Thread Florian Steffen
Dan Furtney wrote: > > I know repartitioning with fdisk/cfdisk is destructive. Is ADDING a > partition destructive? I have a 10 gig drive: 4gb(Win), 2gb(RH) and the > rest unpartitioned. It seems that partitioning the remaining space > wouldn't hurt the existing partitions but I'm not sure. (came

Re: Install Questions

1999-01-16 Thread Harrison, Shawn
Use FIPS (on the CD or the FTP site in /tools or utilities or somesuch). It does exactly what you're looking for -- but READ THE DOCS CAREFULLY. == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

Re: Install Questions

1998-05-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 20 May 1998, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > You don't need any special drivers for IDE cd-roms. If you have the cd > > in the sound-cards ide-channel, it's propably more easy to move it to > > either primary or secondary channel. Then just point the installation to > > cd, > > just li

Re: Install Questions

1998-05-20 Thread M.C. Vernon
> Thanks for the tip. I ordered the CD a couple of weeks ago, but it has not > arrived yet. I went ahead and downloaded the stuff from the FTP sites. I > have > noticed that the LED on the CD is on alot of the time. I'm not sure if this > is a > problem. > > Can I read non-linux CD's just

Re: Install Questions

1998-05-20 Thread Doug Thistlethwaite
Jaakko Niemi wrote: > >> I tried to send this about 5 minutes ago and my system locked up... > >> If it made it, sorry for the duplication *** > >> > >> > >> Hello there, > >> > >> I just setup my linux system last night and finished the generic > >> install. I have a few questions on thin

Re: Install Questions

1998-05-19 Thread Ed Cogburn
Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > Hello there, > > I just setup my linux system last night and finished the generic > install. I have a few questions on things that didn't work as I > expected. I hope this is the right place to ask. > > Ok, my system is a pent 166 w/32MB RAM and two hard drives I

Re: Install questions

1997-01-04 Thread Vociferous Mole
On Jan 2, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terrence M. Brannon) wrote: > > - dselect > - can only search for package names, not sections. > - suggestion: allow search for sections Yes! Please! I kept meaning to ask for this. > - kinda slow: any way for it to omit all of the > "Skipping desel

Re: Install questions

1997-01-03 Thread Gertjan Klein
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Terrence M. Brannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - install MBR on /dev/hda > - how do I uninstall it so I can load DOS again? > - how do I allow DOS to be booted from a LILO prompt? To re-install an MS-DOS MBR, boot DOS from a floppy and type 'fdisk

Re: Install questions

1997-01-03 Thread Nathan L. Cutler
> "Terrence" == Terrence M Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Terrence> - how do I allow DOS to be booted Terrence> from a LILO prompt? I had this same question and remember having to do more than the normal amount of manual reading to figure it out. Since the solution is extremely

Re: Install questions

1997-01-02 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Terrence M. Brannon wrote: > > - install MBR on /dev/hda > - how do I uninstall it so I can load DOS again? Don't do this. Just use lilo so you can boot dos or Linux. > - how do I allow DOS to be booted from a LILO prompt? If your dos partition is the first partition of your first HD (I

Re: Install questions

1997-01-02 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Terrence M. Brannon wrote: > - install MBR on /dev/hda > - how do I uninstall it so I can load DOS again? > - how do I allow DOS to be booted from a LILO prompt? man lilo.conf --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe"