Re: man problem

2001-06-20 Thread Joel Mayes
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 07:21:24PM +0200, thomas wrote: > > > 'apt-get install less' to get a better pager, and your problems should > > go away. If that doesn't work, 'update-alternatives --config pager' to > > change what /usr/bin/pager points to. > > you were right. thx. > > thomas > > G'da

Re: man problem

2001-06-14 Thread thomas
> 'apt-get install less' to get a better pager, and your problems should > go away. If that doesn't work, 'update-alternatives --config pager' to > change what /usr/bin/pager points to. you were right. thx. thomas

Re: man problem

2001-06-14 Thread Colin Watson
thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i have switched to debian a week ago and was using SuSE for over a >year now. debian is clearly superior (if you know what you're doing). >and i already love apt-get. > >but i have a small problem: man doesnt let me use PageUp and PageDown to >scroll the man-page.

Re: man problem (NEVER MIND)

1999-04-14 Thread William R Pentney
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, William R Pentney wrote: Never mind, it's working - it just took a long time. I feel sufficiently stupid now. :-) > When I run man on certain topics, it will now just twiddle its thumbs > until I Ctrl-C it, at which point it says "can't remove /tmp/ temp file>: No such file o

Re: man problem

1998-12-08 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 12/8/98 12:59:49 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > My problem with man is as follows: say I type "man ," I get > the following error: > > man: can't set effective uid: Operation not permitted > > Surely this isn't too bad, eh? > Nope, not too bad