Re: gnome

On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 03:17:59PM +, Christopher Clark wrote: > As user chris I have an .xsession as follows: > #!/bin/sh > panel & > gmc & > #exec sawmill > gnome-session > which seems to work ( potato cycle 1 ) > but hangs on exit with no 'save etc window' Hmm, not sure what the problem is,

Re: chroot bind in debian

On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 05:11:58PM +0300, Pavel M. Penev wrote: > > No other documentation than dpkg(8) and chroot(8) :). I myself have been > running bind in a chroot-ed environment (it really had a nasty security > hole). What I did was: > > 1. cd to the chroot point > 2. tar xvfz >

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

Krzys Majewski wrote: > > Hm, I guess my question was unclear. What I'm wondering about is > how the linux kernel works and how the windows kernel works. I know > that one of them is open source and the other isn't. At the same time > I'm too lazy to dig deeply for this information. So I guess I w

Re: StarOffice issues

On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 09:24:38PM +0200, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > Hi Group. I have installed StarOffice 5.2 and have two questions: > > - After installation it indicates that no Java support is found. If I > open a Java web-page, I get error messages. I would like to know if > there is a

Re: same debian, new hardware?

Krzys Majewski wrote: > Again on the subject of buying new hardware, I'm looking for a good > way to copy my existing setup to the new machine. So far I can think > of three main types of options. In order of decreasing popularity, they > are: > 4) Physically install the old hard drives in the new

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

By reasoning I would assume that all the kernel has is a 'generic module hook' that you can load any module into. Therefore, your sequence above should work. If it did not, how would you be able to use binary only modules such as the lucent winmodem driver? So in answer to your questions: Kent We

LILO troubles

I'm having LILO problems. I'm pretty sure that my config file is correct. When I try to boot, my screen fills up with 1's and 0's. please advise, thanks.

Re: why is kernel recompilation necessary?

> "Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sean> if you compile a kernel once with all the odd devices as Sean> modules you get the equivalent of how windows works. ... except you don't need to reboot just to load/unload a driver. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

> "Kent" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kent> In still other words, can you use "make menuconfig" to Kent> compile a minimal kernel and then add modules later from Kent> whatever source even though you didn't tell the kernel to Kent> expect these modules when you did

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

Woo, so I can just do a make xconfig && make modules && make modules_install instead of make xconfig && make dep && make clean && make modules && make modules_install ?? -chris On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Matthew Dalton wrote: > By reasoning I would assume that all the kernel has is a '

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

Yes! -chris On 27 Jul 2000, John Hasler wrote: > Krzys Majewski writes: > > The whole point of my post was to not have to read 17 web pages! > > Why? Do you find learning painful? > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI > > > -- > Unsubscribe

Re: repeated installations

Hi! > Hi. I am installing Debian over a network, and here's my question: is > there a way to replicate a Debian installation? This is what I'm > looking for: > * I install Debian in a machine (a) > * I personalize the packages I want/don't want at machine (a) > * After that, I want to install the

Re: Keyboard troubles...

On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 03:50:29AM +0200, Christian Pernegger wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > How can I configure my box to work correctly with a German keyboard? [snip] > I'll gladly accept even an RTFM if you tell me which one. :) > there is a german-howto. try

Re: why is kernel recompilation necessary?

Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/07/2000 (00:29) : > Why is it that under Windows or whatever I don't have to recompile > the kernel just to add a new driver? Is it a protection thing? > Or an optimization thing? Or something else? -chris Usually you don't have to recompile your ker

Re: char-major-6

[snip] > 6 is the major device number for the parallel ports (ie. printer). Where can I find out which device fits to a given number? -- Thomas Guettler Office: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.interface-business.de Private: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://yi.org/guettli

Re: char-major-6

Thomas Guettler wrote : > [snip] > > 6 is the major device number for the parallel ports (ie. printer). > > Where can I find out which device fits to a given number? In the kernel source tree, have a look at Documentation/devices.txt -- Andrew J Cosgriff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> click click

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

Well, I *think* so. But I'm not speaking from experience, just reason. Try it and see. Krzys Majewski wrote: > > Woo, so I can just do a > > make xconfig && make modules && make modules_install > > instead of > > make xconfig && make dep && make clean && make modules && make modules_install >

meaning of .nfsXYZ files?

Just found several .nfsXYZ.. files in my directory. Does anybody know what they are for? Manpage of "nfs" tells me nothing about them. -- Thomas Guettler Office: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.interface-business.de Private: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://yi.org/guettli

Re: gnome

On 27, jul, 2000 at 09:59:25 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 03:17:59PM +, Christopher Clark wrote: > > As user chris I have an .xsession as follows: > > #!/bin/sh > > panel & > > gmc & > > #exec sawmill > > gnome-session > > which seems to work ( potato cycle 1 ) > > bu

About ReiserFS for Debian (and others).

Hi all Some days ago I asked about running Debian on ReiserFS, and was told it could be done. That was true, I now have installed Debian on ReiserFS, and written a little piece about it on: http://home1.stofanet.dk/liebach/reiserfs.html. Enjoy! Morten -- UNIX,

Re: LILO troubles

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Jason Schepman wrote: > I'm having LILO problems. I'm pretty sure that my config file is correct. > When I try to boot, my screen fills up with 1's and 0's. > > please advise, > thanks. Do you have any rescue floppies? Just try first to boot with those and see your lilo con

Re: same debian, new hardware?

On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 06:03:41PM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > 4) Physically install the old hard drives in the new machine. > 4) This would be nice, but can it be done? My hard drives are old and small. Sure. > Also they are sitting on a SCSI card, is this a good thing or a bad thing? > T

Re: gnome

On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 10:52:55AM +0200, Morten Liebach wrote: > > Hmm, not sure what the problem is, but to jump start GNOME in the past, > > I've used: > > > > #! /bin/sh > > xterm & > > exec gnome-session > > > > Then from the xterm, I started a window manager, panel and gmc (if you > > like)

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

On 27, jul, 2000 at 09:18:07 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Krzys Majewski writes: > > For example, if I build a new device and write a driver for it, can I add > > support for this device to both windows and linux without having to > > modify either kernel? > > You can for Linux, and probably for Wi

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Re: Help with mail address

Hello Cam, On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Cam Ellison wrote: > I can't figure out how to set my email return address to what my ISP > expects. I am the only user on my system. I tried to send mail out, > with no success, eventually discovering that it was using > [EMAIL PROTECTED] You could configure

RE: char-major-6

On 28-Jul-2000 Erik Mathisen wrote: > I keep getting this stupid error in my syslog: > > modprobe: can't locate module char-major-6 > > now i searched my system, I dont have that module, how do I get this > error to stop? It puts 2 or 3 entries in the log a minute. > > Any help would greatly b

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

On 28-Jul-2000 Krzys Majewski wrote: > Yes but what I'm wondering is not why linux users recompile their kernels, > or why windows users can't, but how is it that windows users get away with > not having to? The closest answer I got is that windows kernels have > a bunch of drivers already compil

Re: why is kernel recompilation necessary?

Hello there, On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Preben Randhol wrote: > Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/07/2000 (00:29) : > > Why is it that under Windows or whatever I don't have to recompile > > the kernel just to add a new driver? Is it a protection thing? > > Or an optimization thing? Or so

Changing source CD in potato

Hello I4m traying to install one package from the CD number 4 of potato (mysql-server_3.22.32-3.deb) When i try to change the source in dselect its ask me for some directories, and i don4t know what to respond. The questions are: Q1: Insert de CD-ROM and enter block device name:[/dev/hdc]

Re: why is kernel recompilation necessary?

Daniel Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/07/2000 (12:20) : > You don't HAVE to, but if you want a really fast, memory saving kernel, > you SHOULD do it and exclude everything, you don't need. (Installation But of course. :-) -- Preben Randhol -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: gnome

On 28, jul, 2000 at 02:20:52 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: > > > Hmm, not sure what the problem is, but to jump start GNOME in the past, > > > I've used: > > > > > > #! /bin/sh > > > xterm & > > > exec gnome-session > > > > > > Then from the xterm, I started a window manager, panel and gmc (if yo

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I'm trying to mount a floppy that I made with Redhat 6.2 system. It mounted on a previous install of potato, but I reinstalled and now when I try to mount it I get the following error message: [I cannot determine the file type and none was specified] This floppy has lots of stuff on it that I w

Re: LILO troubles

Yes. I'm able to boot from floppies. I just can't boot from the hardrive. "Boot"=hda. "Root"=hdb2(location of my / filesystem). The rest of the file is the default lilo.conf. When I run LILO, I don't get any error messages. It simply says *Added Linux. ..thanks in advance, Jason - O

Re: modules.conf vs conf.modules

Quoting Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > However, I don't have an "/etc/conf.modules" file on my system. I do > have an "/etc/conf.modules.old" and an "/etc/modules.conf". So my basic > question still stands. Which file is to be used? The documentation > mentioned above says "conf.modules"; the fr

Re: LILO troubles

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Jason Schepman wrote: > Yes. I'm able to boot from floppies. I just can't boot from the hardrive. > "Boot"=hda. "Root"=hdb2(location of my / filesystem). The rest of the file > is the default lilo.conf. When I run LILO, I don't get any error messages. > It simply says *Ad

Re: PHP4 functions

Hi Alan, thanks for your idea. I tried it but it didn't work. The code I used was: I get the following output from that script: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: extension_loaded() in /var/www/links/content/test.php on line 2 I also checked the phpinfo() output, the mod_php4 module for

Re: why is kernel recompilation necessary?

Quoting Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Really? So the kernel doesn't compile any hooks for itself to enable > loading latesthardwaredevice.o as a module? -chris Yes, it has to do that, but the installation kernel has those hooks compiled because it uses modules itself (e.g. for network card

Re: LILO troubles

Quoting Jason Schepman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Yes. I'm able to boot from floppies. I just can't boot from the hardrive. > "Boot"=hda. "Root"=hdb2(location of my / filesystem). ^ It looks as if the BIOS doesn't know how to boot from the second drive. Cheers, -- Email:

Re: LILO troubles

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Jason Schepman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Yes. I'm able to boot from floppies. I just can't boot from the hardrive. > > "Boot"=hda. "Root"=hdb2(location of my / filesystem). > ^ > It looks as if the BIOS doesn't know how

Re: same debian, new hardware?

Quoting Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Again on the subject of buying new hardware, I'm looking for a good > way to copy my existing setup to the new machine. So far I can think > of three main types of options. In order of decreasing popularity, they > are: > > 1) Reinstall everything from

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Recently I have noticed (legitimate) users logged in on one of our servers with no processes running. I know for a fact that they log into the server via (open)ssh, and eventually close the ssh connection. Nonetheless, who still shows them as still logged on (as does last). On the other hand, w

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Re: why is kernel recompilation necessary?

If 128 mb of ram is considered a beast of a machine? What class does my ½ gig of ram box fall in :) >>> Daniel Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/28/00 06:22AM >>> Hello there, On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Preben Randhol wrote: > Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/07/2000 (00:29) : > > Why is i

Re: volume control

Michael Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 27 Jul 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote: > > > Do they work as root? Make sure you have the mixer device(s) in > > /dev. I don't have a Debian system handy with working sound, but my > > laptop (sans sound) has /dev/mixer and /dev/mixer1. > > > > If they

RE: web server suggestions

How about Jakarta-Tomcat for Servlets and JSP. Apache works very well with it . Hey, this is Linux use Apache. Adrian Thiele http://tectpd.com Tec America, Inc. Thermal Printer Division mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (770) 449-3040 ext. 177 fax: (770) 242-9992   > -Original Message- >

RE: Changing source CD in potato

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > -Original Message- > From: Antxon Alonso Lopez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 12:20 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Changing source CD in potato > > > > Hello > > I4m traying to install one packag

Re: LILO troubles

Quoting virtanen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, David Wright wrote: > > > Quoting Jason Schepman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Yes. I'm able to boot from floppies. I just can't boot from the > > > hardrive. > > > "Boot"=hda. "Root"=hdb2(location of my / filesystem). > >

RE: Keyboard troubles...

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > -Original Message- > From: Thomas Guettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 8:45 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Keyboard troubles... > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 03:50:29AM +0200, Christian Pernegg

Re: Huge X-fonts in Frozen

+ Mark Wagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > never mind, it can be set as a command-line option: > > startx -dpi 100 Does not work for me. Resolution is still 75x75 as xdpyinfo says. Kai. -- + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/~bond/

Re: exim/procmail & mutt: some mboxes read as 'new', others don't

+ Manoj Victor Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Use the config command "mailboxes" in your .muttrc to specify > which mbox files need to be checked for new mail. > > My .muttrc reads ... > > mailboxes `echo $HOME/Mail/inbox*` `echo $HOME/Mail/per*` \ > `echo $HOME/Mail/gen*` `echo $HOME/Mail/list*`

RE: Huge X-fonts in Frozen

Title: RE: Huge X-fonts in Frozen shouldn't it be startx -- -dpi 100 ? (Note the -- which says following options are for X, not startx itself) HTH Thierry > -Original Message- > From: Kai Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 3:20 PM > To: debian-user@lists.d

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

On 28-Jul-2000 Kent West wrote: > > In still other words, can you use "make menuconfig" to compile a minimal > kernel and then add modules later from whatever source even though you > didn't tell the kernel to expect these modules when you did the "make > menuconfig". I don't think that would wo

Re: Xfree86-4.0.1 and Enlightenment

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setting framebuffer mode during boot

I have framebuffer support compiled into my kernel, and I want to set the screen mode it uses when I boot. Currently it defaults to a 640x480/80x30 mode, and I want to set it to a higher resolution. I have an ATI Rage Pro card, so I think I should be using the atyfb frambuffer module. According t

Re: Web interface to packages

Christian Pernegger wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Why are there only i386 packages for download on Debians web site? > > I do not have, say, an Alpha but nevertheless it struck me as strange > that a search result from http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages leads > o

Re: mounting floppy

On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 09:57:12PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > I'm trying to mount a floppy that I made with Redhat 6.2 system. It > mounted on a previous install of potato, but I reinstalled and now > when I try to mount it I get the following error message: [I cannot > determine the file type an

Re: volume control

Gary Hennigan wrote: > Michael Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 27 Jul 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote: > > > > > Do they work as root? Make sure you have the mixer device(s) in > > > /dev. I don't have a Debian system handy with working sound, but my > > > laptop (sans sound) has /dev/mixer

Re: LILO troubles

Jason Schepman wrote: > I'm having LILO problems. I'm pretty sure that my config file is correct. > When I try to boot, my screen fills up with 1's and 0's. > > please advise, > thanks. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null If you can get access to the lilo hel

Re: volume control

On 28 Jul 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote: > I'm glad that worked. The Debian Way (TM) to do this, by the way, is > to: > > chmod 660 /dev/mixer* > chown root.audio /dev/mixer* > > and then add the users that you want to allow access to the audio > group. A lot of the things devices in /dev work this

Re: volume control

Actually, after creating this alias, it's not so bad... alias xmms='sg audio -c "xmms &"' Mike On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Michael Soulier wrote: > I don't have to do a newgrp to be a member of that group, do I? > > lupus:~# chmod 660 /dev/mixer > lupus:~# ll /dev/mix* > crw-rw

Re: char-major-6

> > On 28-Jul-2000 Erik Mathisen wrote: > > I keep getting this stupid error in my syslog: > > > > modprobe: can't locate module char-major-6 > > > > now i searched my system, I dont have that module, how do I get this > > error to stop? It puts 2 or 3 entries in the log a minute. > > > > Any

Re: volume control

Quoting Michael Soulier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I don't have to do a newgrp to be a member of that group, do I? > It works fine. Do I have to do a newgrp every time? That's kind of > annoying. I think you just have to log in. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653

Re: modules.conf vs conf.modules

"David Z. Maze" wrote: > > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > KW> Is there a plain-english ("for dummies") page somewhere that > KW> explains how modules work (modutils vs /etc/modules vs kmod vs > KW> kerneld vs conf.modules vs modules.conf vs /etc/modutils/ vs auto > KW> vs specific items i

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Re: Helix Gnome Evolution 0.3

Sorry, I found the answer to my question. Evolution .3 is a Microsoft Outlook replacement for linux. To get it via apt-get add the following to sources.list deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/evolution/distributions/Debian run - apt-get update - apt-get install evolution Enjoy - thi

Re: Helix Gnome Evolution 0.3

Ethan Pierce wrote: > > Sorry, I found the answer to my question. Evolution .3 is a Microsoft > Outlook replacement for linux. To get it via apt-get add the following to > sources.list > > deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/evolution/distributions/Debian > > run - apt-get update > -

Re: Helix Gnome Evolution 0.3

Sorry all, the sources.list line should read: deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/evolution/distributions/Debian/ ./ >>> Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/28/00 12:15PM >>> Ethan Pierce wrote: > > Sorry, I found the answer to my question. Evolution .3 is a Microsoft > Outlook replacement fo

Re: LILO troubles

On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 12:47:16AM -0500, Jason Schepman wrote: > I'm having LILO problems. I'm pretty sure that my config file is correct. > When I try to boot, my screen fills up with 1's and 0's. I had the same trouble with the new lilo and could not solve it. Johann. -- J.H. Spies, Hugenote

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HELP! 2.1 install from PCMCIA cdrom

I didn't have any luck finding this topic in the archive, but I'm sure it's come up before... I'm being tortured by a Sony Vaio laptop which does not have a built in CDROM. Instead it has a PCMCIA connected CDROM drive. Happily the laptop is able to boot from the CDROM, so I just stuck my 2.1 CD i

Re: Helix Gnome Evolution 0.3

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hi, I was reading today on slashdot about Evolution 0.3. They have a > download link for the tar.gz file. I was wondering if the apt-get > utility will work if I use the spidermonkey.helixgnome.com source for > the update? Has anyone

Re: advanced power management and linux?

At 15.15 27/7/00 -0700, heu escrit: >I'm researching new hardware for my linux box. I live in a small apartment >so my main requirement is that the damn thing be quiet. Does anyone have >reports of advanced power management working under linux? I know that is >in principle supported, but what are

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

>The whole point of my post was to not have to read 17 web pages! >chris Oh man, nothing is perfect! But let me tell ou something. When some hardware companies are such bastards that they do such indecent drivers that collide with Windoze and at my left I have a scanner that I know that it

Re: same debian, new hardware?

> > 3) Make binary images of the old hard drives, automagically paste these > > onto the new hard drive. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure this is impossible. > > You mention SCSI in the old box, but don't say what's the hardware > in the new box. If IDE, you could install the new disk in the old > ma

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Pollywog wrote: > On 28-Jul-2000 Kent West wrote: > > > > In still other words, can you use "make menuconfig" to compile a minimal > > kernel and then add modules later from whatever source even though you > > didn't tell the kernel to expe

debian rocks

I have to tell you, the more I use Debian, the more I like it. It's not the big things. The big thing is that it's Linux. It's the little things. I go hunting for the default vimrc file installed when I grabbed vim. On every *nix system in the world, it's probably in a subdirector

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

On 28-Jul-2000 Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > That's not the case at all. As some people have mentioned in this thread, > certain proprietary drivers are distrubuted as binary-only kernel > modules. This would obviously not be possible if the whole kernel had to > be rebuilt to use a module. The co

current Redhat user evaluates Debian

Hi, I'm a current RedHat user (started with Linux on RedHat because it was available at Fry's), and I'm currently evaluating Debian for a possible switch. Can anyone come up with a list of advantages of using Debian Linux over Redhat Linux? I would also love to hear any the weaknesses Debian has

Re: HELP! 2.1 install from PCMCIA cdrom

On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 09:56, Jim Gale wrote: > I didn't have any luck finding this topic in the archive, but I'm sure > it's come up before... > > I'm being tortured by a Sony Vaio laptop which does not have a built in > CDROM. Instead it has a PCMCIA connected CDROM drive. Happily the laptop >

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

I did the same a while back. i've swiched all my boxes so far. First up the only weekness I've found. If you're running "stable" you may be a bit behind other distributions. Stable doesn't mean "hey, it worked fine for me". Stable means its been very thouroughly tested and done right. This

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Re: Tape backup software?

Thanks for everyone's input, this gives me some good places to start! Kelly dave brookshire wrote: > > On the open source side of things, I'm a big fan of Amanda. You can > find the original source and stuff at ftp://ftp.cs.umd.edu/pub/amanda, or > at http://www.amanda.org/. > > On the closed

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a current RedHat user (started with Linux on RedHat because > it was available at Fry's), and I'm currently evaluating > Debian for a possible switch. > > Can anyone come up with a list of advantages of using Debian > Linux over Redhat

Re: volume control

Michael Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 28 Jul 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote: > > > I'm glad that worked. The Debian Way (TM) to do this, by the way, is > > to: > > > > chmod 660 /dev/mixer* > > chown root.audio /dev/mixer* > > > > and then add the users that you want to allow access to the

Re: Helix Gnome Evolution 0.3

Ethan Pierce wrote: > > Sorry all, the sources.list line should read: > > deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/evolution/distributions/Debian/ ./ > I thought the . in "./" was a typo, so I didn't include it. I got a bunch of dependency errors. So I went back and added the . and tried again; st

Re: Helix Gnome Evolution 0.3

** On Jul 28, Kent West scribbled: > Ethan Pierce wrote: > > > > Sorry all, the sources.list line should read: > > > > deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/evolution/distributions/Debian/ ./ > > > > I thought the . in "./" was a typo, so I didn't include it. I got a > bunch of dependency error

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

"John L. Fjellstad" wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm a current RedHat user (started with Linux on RedHat because > it was available at Fry's), and I'm currently evaluating > Debian for a possible switch. > > Can anyone come up with a list of advantages of using Debian > Linux over Redhat Linux? I chose

What font for xterm in 1152x864 on 19" ?

Hi Since I have bought a great (only in size - it's lousy flickering) 19" monitor I can use only the following font in xterm: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-c-100-iso8859-1 Every other font looks absolutely ugly or, like the default xterm fonts you can choose with ctrl+right_mouse_

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a current RedHat user (started with Linux on RedHat because > it was available at Fry's), and I'm currently evaluating > Debian for a possible switch. > > Can anyone come up with a list of advantages of using Debian > Linux over Redhat

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Pollywog wrote: > On 28-Jul-2000 Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > That's not the case at all. As some people have mentioned in this thread, > > certain proprietary drivers are distrubuted as binary-only kernel > > modules. This would obviously

AnyOne know of GUI for perl CPAN installs??

I am looking for a GUI or web based interface for managing and installing CPAN modules. AnyOne ever seen such or even heard of one? Thanks! John Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173

Re: advanced power management and linux?

> It's very hard to guess. If you want silence, you live in a small > apartment and you have some extra cash, buy a laptop and you'll get in love > with it (but check the hardware, do not get a winmodem with it!). > This is very interesting! I hadn't considered laptops but now I will. Does a

Re: advanced power management and linux?

I just bought a dell inspiron 5000, with the svga (1400x1050) 15" screen. I love it, and I have never really liked laptops before. I still prefer my desktop CRT for video quality, but this is a NICE screen. Debian installed on it fine, I only ran into some problems getting the network interfa

Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

On 28-Jul-2000 Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > C'mon, you don't have to recompile MS Windows in order to install a > "module". Do you really think the Linux community would let Windows > actually do something *better* than Linux? ;^) Well let's just say faxing was easy in Windows, but that is on

Re: HELP! 2.1 install from PCMCIA cdrom

On 28, jul, 2000 at 09:56:49 -0700, Jim Gale wrote: > I didn't have any luck finding this topic in the archive, but I'm sure > it's come up before... > > I'm being tortured by a Sony Vaio laptop which does not have a built in > CDROM. Instead it has a PCMCIA connected CDROM drive. Happily the lapt

ppp does not set default route

Dear group. I am installing Potato in a laptop which has both an pcmcia lan connection but should be able to dial up to a provider occasionally. The lan card works fine. I can dial into the provider also, but am unable to get ethernet connectivity until I do: route add default ppp0 In the ppp-howto

Re: Starting/Stopping SCSI HD's

Hi Thanks for the quick reply, but unfortuately, no luck. I have done "hdparm -h" and "man hdparm" (I already had it, it seems), but very many of the features of hdparm (including all that seem to be relevant to starting/stopping/putting to sleep hard disks) are for IDE disks ONLY. These are "h

RE: Keyboard troubles...

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > How can I configure my box to work correctly with a German keyboard? > > During installation I selected de-latin1-nodeadkeys, here's what I got: > > * emacs will accept umlauts and the such when I'm on the local console > > * but when I'm logged in v

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