Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-20 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 04/19/2016 12:49 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > On 04/16/2016 03:27 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> > >> Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 > >> April 2016, the beginning of the end began for Wheezy. Google, as > >> announced

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-20 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 04/16/2016 03:27 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 > > April 2016, the beginning of the end began for Wheezy. Google, as > > announced months ago, finally ceased support for its browser o

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-20 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 08:30:43AM -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > You are missing that the change to systemd makes most of the knowledge > patiently acquired over the years running and caring for a Linux system has > suddenly become unusable. As a former sysadmin wrangling frankly horrid in-house

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 04/19/2016 12:49 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 04/16/2016 03:27 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 April 2016, the beginning of the end began for Wheezy. Google, as announced months ago, finally ceased support for its browser on Wheezy. I

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 04/16/2016 03:27 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 April 2016, the beginning of the end began for Wheezy. Google, as announced months ago, finally ceased support for its browser on Wheezy. I double checked just to be sure, and in the

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-19 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 05:19:46PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 18 Apr 2016, Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 02:23:08PM +1000, Paul Trevethan wrote: > > > On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:48:56 -0700 > > > Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 09:34:05AM +10

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-18 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 18 Apr 2016, Bob Holtzman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 02:23:08PM +1000, Paul Trevethan wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:48:56 -0700 > > Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 09:34:05AM +1000, Paul Trevethan wrote: > > > > On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:27:17 -0700 > > > > P

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-18 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Michael Milliman wrote: > > > On 04/17/2016 06:59 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Michael Milliman wrote: > > > >> > >> On 04/16/2016 07:52 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> choice of inits as a standard option during installs on future > >> releases,

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!] (caution: thread deviation)

2016-04-18 Thread John L. Ries
ut of me as well... >> >> It seems the emotions, even now, are running too high to be simply >about >> "if it ain't broke don't fix it". What am I missing? >> >> Mark > >All the pros and cons of system.d have been discussed and ranted abou

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-18 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 02:23:08PM +1000, Paul Trevethan wrote: > On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:48:56 -0700 > Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 09:34:05AM +1000, Paul Trevethan wrote: > > > On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:27:17 -0700 > > > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > > > Much to my regret

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Apr 17, 2016, at 5:30 AM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 11:48:16 + > Mark Fletcher wrote: > >> It seems the emotions, even now, are running too high to be simply about >> "if it ain't broke don't fix it". What am I missing? > > You are missing that the change to sy

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-17 Thread Michael Milliman
On 04/17/2016 06:59 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Michael Milliman wrote: On 04/16/2016 07:52 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: choice of inits as a standard option during installs on future releases, but I very much doubt it. B I use Linux Mint on one of my machines. It is ini

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-17 Thread Paul Trevethan
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:48:56 -0700 Bob Holtzman wrote: > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 09:34:05AM +1000, Paul Trevethan wrote: > > On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:27:17 -0700 > > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 > > > April 2016, the beginning o

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-17 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Michael Milliman wrote: > > > On 04/16/2016 07:52 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> > >choice of inits as a standard option during installs on future > >> > >releases, but I very much doubt it. > >> > > > >> > >B > >> > > > > > > I use Linux Mint on one of my machines. It is i

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-17 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Go Linux wrote: > Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:27:17 -0700 > From: Patrick Bartek > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!] > > > > Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 > &g

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-17 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 09:34:05AM +1000, Paul Trevethan wrote: > On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:27:17 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 April > > 2016, the beginning of the end began for Wheezy. Google, as announced > > months ago, finall

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-17 Thread Tom Browder
On Sunday, April 17, 2016, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 11:48:16 + > Mark Fletcher > wrote: > > > It seems the emotions, even now, are running too high to be simply about > > "if it ain't broke don't fix it". What am I missing? > > You are missing that the change to systemd mak

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!] (caution: thread deviation)

2016-04-17 Thread Michael Milliman
sily found in the archives. I personally don't think that it is necessary to go through those discussions again. Easily one can slip some emotional comment [sigh!] (sic) into a posting but it is unnecessary to jump on it - no? Yeah, IMHO the emotionalism is anti-productive. I have my o

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-17 Thread Ron
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 11:48:16 + Mark Fletcher wrote: > It seems the emotions, even now, are running too high to be simply about > "if it ain't broke don't fix it". What am I missing? You are missing that the change to systemd makes most of the knowledge patiently acquired over the years runn

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!] (caution: thread deviation)

2016-04-17 Thread Eike Lantzsch
of system.d have been discussed and ranted about here and can be easily found in the archives. I personally don't think that it is necessary to go through those discussions again. Easily one can slip some emotional comment [sigh!] (sic) into a posting but it is unnecessary to jump on it - no? All the best to y'all Eike

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-17 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 3:19 PM Michael Milliman < michael.e.milli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've never really > liked systemd, though I must admit it does work and do the job -- I just > like the simplicity of the init system better. Admittedly, I may well > be undereducated on systemd resulting

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-16 Thread Michael Milliman
On 04/16/2016 07:52 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >choice of inits as a standard option during installs on future > >releases, but I very much doubt it. > > > >B > > > I use Linux Mint on one of my machines. It is init based, not systemd, and has Debian and Ubuntu as it's underpinnings. All o

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Paul Trevethan wrote: > On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:27:17 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 > > April 2016, the beginning of the end began for Wheezy. Google, as > > announced months ago, finally ceased support for

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-16 Thread Paul Trevethan
On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:27:17 -0700 Patrick Bartek wrote: > Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 April > 2016, the beginning of the end began for Wheezy. Google, as announced > months ago, finally ceased support for its browser on Wheezy. I > double checked just to be s

Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 April 2016, the beginning of the end began for Wheezy. Google, as announced months ago, finally ceased support for its browser on Wheezy. I double checked just to be sure, and in the course of that check also discovered "official"

Re: sigh..."X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership..."

2003-03-31 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 12:21:16AM +0200, Nicolas Kratz wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 01:20:57PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > > Since X works on clean installations, I'm pretty sure deleting/moving > > out of the way /etc/.X* would fix this. > > My wa would be greatly disturbed if there were .X* fi

Re: sigh..."X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership..."

2003-03-31 Thread Nicolas Kratz
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 01:20:57PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > Since X works on clean installations, I'm pretty sure deleting/moving > out of the way /etc/.X* would fix this. My wa would be greatly disturbed if there were .X* files in my /etc. ;-) Cheers, Nick -- x-

Re: sigh..."X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership..."

2003-03-30 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 12:03:26AM +0200, Nicolas Kratz wrote: > On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 04:34:02PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Up-to-date sid installation w/ working X: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll /tmp/.X11-unix/ -a > > > total 16 > > > drwxrwxrwt2 root root 4

Re: sigh..."X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership..."

2003-03-30 Thread Nicolas Kratz
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 04:34:02PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Up-to-date sid installation w/ working X: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll /tmp/.X11-unix/ -a > > total 16 > > drwxrwxrwt2 root root 4096 Mar 24 03:19 . > > drwxrwxrwt9 root root12288 Mar 30 2

Re: sigh..."X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership..."

2003-03-30 Thread jbmaxson
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 10:46:58PM +0200, Nicolas Kratz happened to mention: > On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 03:23:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership (not root:root), aborting." > > > > dang, I thought. So I do my googling, and found some others have

Re: sigh..."X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership..."

2003-03-30 Thread Nicolas Kratz
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 03:23:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership (not root:root), aborting." > > dang, I thought. So I do my googling, and found some others have asked > this question with the response of basically "well, do what it says and >

sigh..."X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership..."

2003-03-30 Thread jbmaxson
Hey folks, I have recently tried to strip down my system of the fluff I've been accumulating over the years, then reinstall things as I need them. Well, upon reinstalling X, I now get an error "X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership (not root:root), aborting." dang, I thought. So I

Re: postgres 7.1 -> 7.2 ... sigh

2002-04-21 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 03:17, Andreas Goesele wrote: ... > You are now connected to database template1 as user postgres. > CREATE DATABASE "accounts" WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = 'LATIN1'; > ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: database "accounts" already exists > You are now connected to database accou

Re: postgres 7.1 -> 7.2 ... sigh

2002-04-21 Thread Andreas Goesele
Jason Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > CREATE USER "user" WITH SYSID 1 CREATEDB CREATEUSER; > > ERROR: CREATE USER: sysid 1 is already assigned > ^^^ > > Sysid 1 is probably assigned to the user postgres created by the > install. To get you

Re: postgres 7.1 -> 7.2 ... sigh

2002-04-20 Thread Jason Chambers
Andreas Goesele wrote: I had big problems going from 6.5 to 7.1 and now going from 7.1.3-7 again doesn't go smooth. (On an up do date woody.) The problem seems to be related to the fact that I call myself "user" (fanciful name, isn't it?), but shouldn't one be free to call the users as one likes

postgres 7.1 -> 7.2 ... sigh

2002-04-20 Thread Andreas Goesele
I had big problems going from 6.5 to 7.1 and now going from 7.1.3-7 again doesn't go smooth. (On an up do date woody.) The problem seems to be related to the fact that I call myself "user" (fanciful name, isn't it?), but shouldn't one be free to call the users as one likes? Anyway how can I get my

Re: Window Manager Probs *sigh*

2002-03-22 Thread csj
ct I > should be working on and I can't do that until I get the > system up. > > I sincerly hope this is making some sense, if not blame the > time. *sigh* Gnome isn't a Window Manager. Gnome is a Desktop Environment which can use a variety of window managers. So in

Re: Window Manager Probs *sigh*

2002-03-21 Thread dave mallery
until I get the > system up. > > I sincerly hope this is making some sense, if not blame the > time. *sigh* > i had the exact same thing after installing potato..2.2r5. i broke out by: apt-get install enlightenment. then i had a usable system which i almost immediately upgraded

Re: Window Manager Probs *sigh*

2002-03-21 Thread David Raeker-Jordan
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 06:46:58AM -0800, SJ wrote: > > I'm really not sure what I did wrong, but... > > > > After doing an apparently clean install of debian linux on a > > new system, Gnome does not come up Window Maker does. I > > know we installed Gnome but it's not even in the list of > >

Re: Window Manager Probs *sigh*

2002-03-21 Thread Peter Whysall
Brett Parker wrote: On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 06:46:58AM -0800, SJ wrote: I'm really not sure what I did wrong, but... After doing an apparently clean install of debian linux on a new system, Gnome does not come up Window Maker does. I know we installed Gnome but it's not even in the list of Wi

Re: Window Manager Probs *sigh*

2002-03-21 Thread Brett Parker
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 06:46:58AM -0800, SJ wrote: > I'm really not sure what I did wrong, but... > > After doing an apparently clean install of debian linux on a > new system, Gnome does not come up Window Maker does. I > know we installed Gnome but it's not even in the list of > Window Manager

Window Manager Probs *sigh*

2002-03-21 Thread SJ
sted there). Any idea what I may have done wrong, or not done, in setting up the system? I would really like to get this monster working. I have a db development project I should be working on and I can't do that until I get the system up. I sincerly hope this is making some sense, if not blame

Re: ::Sigh::

2002-01-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 05:42, Timothy C. Fanelli wrote: > Well -- I'm still on the list... the saga continues - for the record, I've > unsubscribed about 13 times today. > Have you tried to unsunscribe from the web page? Andrea

::Sigh::

2002-01-22 Thread Timothy C. Fanelli
Well -- I'm still on the list... the saga continues - for the record, I've unsubscribed about 13 times today. I went and searched /. for the article that someone (forget who) mentioned about slackware fading away (just to calm my own nerves a little bit) -- What was out there is a reference to an

Re: sigh... and now what .. !\*#!!

2001-04-27 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001, Adriano Peluso wrote: > Hello all, > > Ok, I run the rsync process and it took half a day. > > When at 99% I got a "file corrupted. Moved while tranferring?" message. > > I looked at the server and the dir 2.2_rev2 I was downloading from had been > removed ands substitute

sigh... and now what .. !\*#!!

2001-04-27 Thread Adriano Peluso
Hello all, Ok, I run the rsync process and it took half a day. When at 99% I got a "file corrupted. Moved while tranferring?" message. I looked at the server and the dir 2.2_rev2 I was downloading from had been removed ands substituted with 2.2_rev3 but the new one was still empty. So I try

Re: Modem prices (was Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...)

2001-04-17 Thread D-Man
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:38:30AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: | on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 11:31:09PM -0400, D-Man ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: | > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 06:11:14PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: | > | For starters, you have to find out whether or not you've got a WinModem. | > | If

Modem prices (was Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...)

2001-04-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 11:31:09PM -0400, D-Man ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 06:11:14PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > | on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:45:28PM -0700, GPswyft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > | > | > I install linux from the floppies. > | > | Which version? I'm

Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...

2001-04-17 Thread Frank Preut
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 06:11:14PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:45:28PM -0700, GPswyft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > First, there's documentation which covers this, the Modem-HOWTO, which > you can find at http://www.linuxdocs.org/. >

Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out... - ide vs pcmcia

2001-04-17 Thread Alvin Oga
hi daniel... another silly idea... if the idea is to get cdrom capability to the laptop... there is pcmcia-to-IDE converters... ( $10 range ) ( used by flash disks to look like regular IDE disks ( used on pc104 stuff...but it was pcmcia card interface we used - you'd also need a pcmcia extend

Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...

2001-04-17 Thread Alvin Oga
hi again... oopps re-reading... if you wanna burn cdroms... yeah...prices of them is slightly higher...( $60-$75 range for silly ide stuff )... but if you need debian cdroms, why not get um $3.oo range from places like cheapbytes.com or other places that sell linux iso images c ya alvin

Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...

2001-04-17 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya GP... > > what kind of problems did you encounter ??? > > - use the debian boot floppy to boot debian.. > ( trick is to get it online ... get a (default) supported ethernet card... > - than get it online and apt-get update, upgrade... > >

Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...

2001-04-17 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya GP... what kind of problems did you encounter ??? - use the debian boot floppy to boot debian.. ( trick is to get it online ... get a (default) supported ethernet card... - than get it online and apt-get update, upgrade... - ebay bids of $80 - $90 for cdroms is ridiculous...

Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...

2001-04-16 Thread Robert Cymbala
GPswyft writes: >Well, here goes. I have installed debian a number of >times, never successfully. [...] >I install linux from the floppies. [...] >I can't do this with a cd because i said before I don't own a cd >burner. [...] GP, Consider using an external CD-ROM connected to the parallel

Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...

2001-04-16 Thread D-Man
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 06:11:14PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: | on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:45:28PM -0700, GPswyft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: | | > I install linux from the floppies. | | Which version? I'm going to assume Debian GNU/Linux 2.1, "Potato". I assume that's a typo and you meant

Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...

2001-04-16 Thread John Hasler
GPswyft writes: > I try to hook up to the net using a PPP connection and my isp and the > computer can't seem to find the modem. It asks for a manual port. Now, > I've gone through a number of them, but I can't seem to make a > conncection to the net. What kind of modem do you have? Please tell

Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...

2001-04-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:45:28PM -0700, GPswyft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I install linux from the floppies. Which version? I'm going to assume Debian GNU/Linux 2.1, "Potato". > The main problem is that I am tryig to install it on a computer I got > from the school library when they got

sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...

2001-04-16 Thread GPswyft
Well, here goes. I have installed debian a number of times, never successfully. When I go bakc into the installation to fix something, I have to redo everything. That gets tedious when your doing it from floppies :-( (no cd burner for me). Well, here is my problem, and if anyone has time to hel

Can't get ISDN MPPP working [sigh]

2000-11-19 Thread Robin Collins
After much struggle I've got myself a nicely working 64k connection, but like very many before me MPPP has me beat! I found the ISDNUTILS scripts and docs impenetrable, and came up with scripts based on a couple of HOWTOs I came across. This is my script to configure the connection: MYUSER=robi

RE: SB 1024 Live not working, *sigh*!

2000-06-23 Thread Jason Holland
have you tried the creative opensource site??? http://opensource.creative.com/ You will find the latest daily source snapshots for the SB Live card. I managed to get it working at home. Jason > > Hello fellow coneheads. > > I have a soundblaster 1024 Live, and I cant seem to get it > working.

SB 1024 Live not working, *sigh*!

2000-06-23 Thread Mark
Hello fellow coneheads. I have a soundblaster 1024 Live, and I cant seem to get it working. I tried Alsa, but no support was given (I have Potato 2.2, kernel 2.2.14), so I went to www.alsa.org downloaded the latest alsa drivers and programs, recompiled tried to install and I get a module dependenc

Re: sigh......

1999-10-28 Thread Philip Lehman
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Charles Lewis wrote: >I have similar problems periodically, although I'm on potato and my >sources.list is pointing to http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde contrib rkrusty. >I just try again later (sometimes a couple of days) and eventually I get >through. I understand they are look

Re: sigh......

1999-10-28 Thread Charles Lewis
I have similar problems periodically, although I'm on potato and my sources.list is pointing to http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde contrib rkrusty. I just try again later (sometimes a couple of days) and eventually I get through. I understand they are looking for a stable home for tdyc. ==

sigh......

1999-10-28 Thread Dave Blears
Hi anyone know whats going on at debian.tdyc.org ? am trying to get slink kde stuff from there and it is a bloody nightmare :p all sorts of errors and clitches any mirrors of the current stuff on it? -- Best Regards Dave -

Re: printing to a win95 shared printer *sigh*

1999-01-15 Thread Stephen Pitts
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:14:52 -0500 (EST) > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: printing to a win95 shared printer *sigh* > > > > Richard A Nelson writes: > > > > >

Re: printing to a win95 shared printer *sigh*

1999-01-14 Thread Richard A Nelson
ubject: Re: printing to a win95 shared printer *sigh* > > Richard A Nelson writes: > > > > Has anyone setup lprng to print to a win95 shared printer? > > The printer in question is a HP DeskJet 870. > > > > I've been printing to the printer locally, but had

Re: printing to a win95 shared printer *sigh*

1999-01-14 Thread tko
Richard A Nelson writes: > > Has anyone setup lprng to print to a win95 shared printer? > The printer in question is a HP DeskJet 870. > > I've been printing to the printer locally, but had to move the printer > to a box that runs mostly lose 95. If you haven't already installed SAMBA, you shoul

RE: printing to a win95 shared printer *sigh*

1999-01-09 Thread Shaleh
On 09-Jan-99 Richard A Nelson wrote: > > Has anyone setup lprng to print to a win95 shared printer? > The printer in question is a HP DeskJet 870. > > I've been printing to the printer locally, but had to move the printer > to a box that runs mostly lose 95. > I am under the impression that th

printing to a win95 shared printer *sigh*

1999-01-09 Thread Richard A Nelson
Has anyone setup lprng to print to a win95 shared printer? The printer in question is a HP DeskJet 870. I've been printing to the printer locally, but had to move the printer to a box that runs mostly lose 95. Thanks, -- Rick Nelson

Re: *sigh* source for pcmcia modem cables?

1998-09-25 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> >> *DOH* >> >> the day after jens found a solution to let me ppp, I managed to put >> down my laptop sideways, crunching the connector on the cable--it now >> features a 90 degree bend :) and the connectors are broken. >> >> This is one of those two flat prongs inline.does anyone know

*sigh* source for pcmcia modem cables?

1998-09-14 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
*DOH* the day after jens found a solution to let me ppp, I managed to put down my laptop sideways, crunching the connector on the cable--it now features a 90 degree bend :) and the connectors are broken. This is one of those two flat prongs inline.does anyone know a likely source? rick

Re: Questions, questions, questions...*sigh*

1998-05-05 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Tue, 5 May 1998, James A. Bates wrote: > Hello, > >I am new to Linux and haven't the slightest idea how it works, > really. I'm attempting to install Debian later today. I have so many > questions, it's sad. :-) Well, this is the place to ask them. :-> >First, let me tell you about

Re: Questions, questions, questions...*sigh*

1998-05-05 Thread Stephen Carpenter
Hi! Ok lets see... your hardware should be fine...I dont know about that sound card tho (BTW I have been advised to stay away from anything by SIIG...cheap stuff) SOund is usually something you might wanna wait a while to setup :) it can be confusing. My best advice is to take it slow at first...ch

Questions, questions, questions...*sigh*

1998-05-05 Thread James A. Bates
Hello,      I am new to Linux and haven't the slightest idea how it works, really. I'm attempting to install Debian later today. I have so many questions, it's sad. :-)      First, let me tell you about my hardware, etc., in case anyone knows if anything is not supported by Linux:   Proces

Re: X-windows was made not to work for me, sigh..

1997-12-18 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Alan Woo wrote: > Hey all, > i edited the file etc, and i got quite far, but it still doesn't work, > it says something like error 333, cannot start server... agh!! Send me your /etc/X11/XF86Config file. Also, send me the output of "ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/".

X-windows was made not to work for me, sigh..

1997-12-18 Thread Alan Woo
Hey all, i edited the file etc, and i got quite far, but it still doesn't work, it says something like error 333, cannot start server... agh!! i need a professional to install this for me. Anyone live in Toronto?? hehe. . okay, if anyone can help, it'd be great, thanks, Alan W -- TO UNSUBSC

Re: xterm color (*sigh*)

1997-10-15 Thread Michael Harnois
Matt Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > An old problem cropped up, tho. I don't have colors in my xterms anymore. > My xsysinfo has colors just fine, but not my xterms. I never had to > adjust anything with bo (except to edit /etc/profile with alias ls="ls > --color", which I've done). In o

Re: xterm color (*sigh*)

1997-10-15 Thread Benjamin Ryzman
Matt Thompson wrote: > Hi, y'all, > > Well, got bash 2.01-5 and gimp 0.99 installed and working. I'm finding > out that I have to upgrade to the hamm versions of just about everything, > like fvwm2 and emacs. That's ok. 'Been doing it all by dpkg instead of > dselect, now that I'm comfortable

xterm color (*sigh*)

1997-10-15 Thread Matt Thompson
Hi, y'all, Well, got bash 2.01-5 and gimp 0.99 installed and working. I'm finding out that I have to upgrade to the hamm versions of just about everything, like fvwm2 and emacs. That's ok. 'Been doing it all by dpkg instead of dselect, now that I'm comfortable with that. An old problem cropped

color xterm (again, *sigh*)

1997-07-21 Thread Matthew C. Thompson
sorry about another color-xterm question, but root seems to have all colors in xterm (dir=blue,jpg=green, etc.) but my user (mattyt) only has blue for dir and white for everything else. ??? matty -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Tro

Re: Nice little question *sigh*

1997-04-10 Thread Martin Schulze
Alexander Koch writes: > Hi guys... > > What is the difference between bo/binary-all and bo/binary-i386 ?? Everything behind the 'binary' means a different architecture. i386 is for intel based machines 'alpha' for alpha based ones. 'all' is a placeholder for binaries that are equal on all archit