Re: Almost there!
If I recall correctly you can change the "exec gnome-session" to "gnome-session &" and then add another line "exec enlightenment". This assumes you have installed the enlightenment package. I am not sure if this is currently the preferred window manager for GNOME, but it should work. YMMV. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:42:59PM -0800, Phil Murphy wrote: > I have recently installed Debian, (Yes, I DID it!) :) , and had my X > session running fine. I was able to run GMC, from WindowMaker, but would > prefer to start up Gnome automatically. Having done a fair bit of reading, > :) , including http://www.newriders.com/debian/html/noframes/node76.html, I > added .xsession to my home directory, and included "exec gnome-session". > Gnome dutifully started as prompted, without any title bars or buttons. I > could not move windows with Alt-mouse, nor call up the right mouse title bar > menu. I would really like to get this running properly, and am very > interested in Debian, especially the advantages of the apt-get syntax. I > have previous experience with Red Hat, Mandrake, Caldera, Corel, and have > even played with Slackware, Suse (older version), Peanut, Stormix, and > Progeny. Nice having a fast download at work where I can burn CD's. :) Back > to my question, would someone please tell me how to get Gnome running in all > its splendour, including title bars, etc. TIA, > > Phil Murphy > Nanaimo, BC, Canada > Registered Linux User 197338 > 1980 Yamaha XS1100 SG > > P.S. Any other XSives on this list? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get upgrade
The newest version of Mozilla in Debian is M18. Maybe Phil is running stable and not unstable, in which case he should connect to his favorite mirror, download the latest Mozilla .deb manually from the unstable directory, and then install it with: dpkg -i Hope this helps. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 02:03:23PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > Just a few moments ago I wanted to upgrade my mozilla > > (M14) so I typed "apt-get upgrade mozilla." I got 58 new > > packages, but mozilla is the same! What should I have > > done instead ? > > apt-get install mozilla > > What you did was tell apt-get to "upgrade" all installed packages. My > guess is apt-get ignored "mozilla". In the command you used, it may be > an invalid option. > > Finally, it didn't change mozilla because you have the latest version > (apt-get upgrade *would* install a newer version of mozilla, if there > was one). > > Hall > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie
First change all references to "stable" in your /etc/apt/sources.list to "woody". Then type: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade All this is to be done as root. You could also upgrade to unstable instead of woody/testing by substituting "unstable" for "woody" above. If you have any questions, write back to the list and if I can help I'll try to do so. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 06:28:05AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > Greetings to all! > I have just Installed Debian Potato. Delighted to see that it could be > done. I am extremely new to apt-get and the other debian package managaement > tools. Had heard a lot of apt-get and thus I came to debian. apt-get is > cool. > I have a small dumb problem. How can I just upgrade to woody. I could not > figure out the exact command?? > apt-get distupgrade woody?? > thanks for help > Kundan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie
testing and woody both work fine. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 06:28:08PM -0500, D-Man wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 05:51:29PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > | First change all references to "stable" in your /etc/apt/sources.list to > | "woody". Then > > Shouldn't that be "testing" ? > > -D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie
I should answer honestly here; this is over my head. I sincerely hope that someone on this list will have some idea. I am not familiar with TV tuner hardware for Linux, since I don't own any. I wish you good luck. Stick with it, these things usually do get worked out! :-) - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 08:38:01AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > Thanks Jimmy, > Did the same as you asked. It worked fine, except for I had to give the > aptget command with -f option, quite a few times. > However, now I am having some strange problems, the monitor (under X) > suddenly freezes. Even the keyboard doesn't work. And after sometimes, it is > alright. > Is it that my krenel is not well compiled? the kernel version is > 2.2.18pre21. Some interesting things, get in dmesg are: > > .. > CPU: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping 01 > Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. > .. > PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=2411 > PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA > .. > PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=2411 > PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA > ... > > --- > for my modules.conf, I have > > # The BTTV module does not load the tuner module automatically, > # so do that in here > post-install bttv insmod tuner > post-remove bttv insmod tuner > > pre-remove serial /etc/init.d/setserial modsave > /dev/null 2> /dev/nulll > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/setserial > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/arch/i386 > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > alias char-major-10-144 nvram > alias binfmt-0064 binfmt_aout > alias char-major-10-135 rtc > > > > ------- > Everything on the system is very slow, including telnet etc.. > > Help! > Kundan > > > -Original Message- > From: Jimmy Kaplowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 6:51 AM > To: #KUNDAN KUMAR# > Cc: Debian-User (E-mail) > Subject: Re: Newbie > > > First change all references to "stable" in your /etc/apt/sources.list to > "woody". Then > type: > > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > > All this is to be done as root. You could also upgrade to unstable instead > of > woody/testing by substituting "unstable" for "woody" above. > > If you have any questions, write back to the list and if I can help I'll try > to > do so. > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 06:28:05AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > > Greetings to all! > > I have just Installed Debian Potato. Delighted to see that it could be > > done. I am extremely new to apt-get and the other debian package > managaement > > tools. Had heard a lot of apt-get and thus I came to debian. apt-get is > > cool. > > I have a small dumb problem. How can I just upgrade to woody. I could not > > figure out the exact command?? > > apt-get distupgrade woody?? > > thanks for help > > Kundan > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xlibsosmesa3 vs. mesag3
All of a sudden, I find dselect wanting to replace mesag3 and associated packages with xlibsosmesa3 and its associated packages. I seem just now to have quieted it, but why would it want to do that and which is a better package to use? Does mesag3 support X, and if it doesn't, can X programs use it anyway? And does xlibsosmesa3 support non-X OpenGL? (and does mesag3?) I hope my questions make sense. Thanks in advance. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Push mirror?
On that topic, what IMAP server do you recommend? I'd like to set one up, but I'd prefer if it could (1) be fast and (2) work with my regular unix mail spool file setup (mbox). I would be willing (and eager) to forgo #2 if somehow the new format could notify me when I receive new mail as the standard mbox format does. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 05:57:25PM -0500, b3 wrote: > > Hmm...Have you considered running an IMAP server on the work machine? It > seems to me that would solve most of your problems, as you could then > connect in from home, and see the same mailboxes and such. > > Works great for me - I run IMAP on a small server (P120,32mb ram) at my > home, and connect from my laptop at home and at work. No matter where I am, > the mailboxes are the same =) > > -b3 > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:17:47AM +1300, Corrin Lakeland wrote: > > I was planning to of synchronise my mail between home and work: > > However this is ugly. I'd really like any changes to ~/Mail at home or > > work > > to automagically appear at home. Some possible options: > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: QuarkExpress equivalent on Linux?
StarOffice saves in Word format for me just fine. Of course, I only use simple documents. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 07:34:45AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:26:11PM -0800, Richard Taylor wrote: > > > And... then, you got the Gnome Office stuff... www.gnome.org > > The most recently is at Ximian, www.ximian.com. Abiword is maturing but > it's got a ways to go yet. > Staroffice 5.2 impresses me not. I still can't get it to save as word 97 > without crashing, and I _hate_ the virtual desktop idea. > > Mike > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: easy(?) kernel compiliation question
What I do is, whenever I edit a configuration for my kernel, I save an additonal copy in /root/kernelconfig. (This works at least with menuconfig and xconfig.) Then, whenever I need to compile a new kernel, I load those settings in. Doing it that way should put in any new settings that are added as well as your old ones. I imagine it's still a good idea to check the new settings in case there's something important, though it's less important within the same series kernel. You could probably also copy your .config and use make oldconfig, but I have never done this. Disclaimer: I am not a kernel guru and am not sure about anything I've said here - but I consider it probably enough correct to rely on it myself. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:14:33PM -0500, Jonathan Lupa wrote: > When I move from one kernel to another (e.g. 2.2.17 to 2.2.18), can I > just copy the .config from the old directory to the new one? > > I would imagine it innocuous, but I figured I'd ask just in case. > > Thanks! > Jonathan > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GPG public key available from http://lupavista.jamdata.net/gpg.asc > -- > Lament 1750: "If I only had a radioactive decay source and a fast > free-running oscillator..."
Which IMAP server to use?
Could someone recommend which IMAP server I should use? The only one I've tried, the one associated with Pine - or maybe it was the UW one (or are they the same? maybe) was too slow to use, and every other one I've seen does not support standard UNIX mbox format. That, however, is OK with me if I can keep the notification that bash gives me when I have new mail. I am under the impression that this feature of bash only works for mbox format. How can I resolve this and set up IMAP while preserving that feature? Thanks in advance. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which IMAP server to use?
Does bash (or whatever shell you use) notify you when you have new mail? This is important to me. If not, how can I enable or replace this functionality? It's so convenient! - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 08:22:49AM +, Matthew Sackman wrote: > Hi there, > > I use courier-imap which I find is fine: my big debian-user mail box often > swells to >2000 messages and it takes about 12 seconds to fetch them all. > > I use postfix, delivering locally, the .forward file points to maildrop, which > filters the emails into the correct mailboxes which I then access through > mutt. > > It works pretty well! ;-) > > hope this helps > > Matthew > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:16:25PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > Could someone recommend which IMAP server I should use? The only one I've > > tried, the one associated with Pine - or maybe it was the UW one (or are > > they > > the same? maybe) was too slow to use, and every other one I've seen does not > > support standard UNIX mbox format. That, however, is OK with me if I can > > keep > > the notification that bash gives me when I have new mail. I am under the > > impression that this feature of bash only works for mbox format. How can I > > resolve this and set up IMAP while preserving that feature? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which IMAP server to use?
I may unsubscribe from the list soon, so please CC me on any further replies. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:16:25PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Could someone recommend which IMAP server I should use? The only one I've > tried, the one associated with Pine - or maybe it was the UW one (or are they > the same? maybe) was too slow to use, and every other one I've seen does not > support standard UNIX mbox format. That, however, is OK with me if I can keep > the notification that bash gives me when I have new mail. I am under the > impression that this feature of bash only works for mbox format. How can I > resolve this and set up IMAP while preserving that feature? > > Thanks in advance. > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How best to install a TrueType font on Debian?
Hi everyone. I just downloaded a TrueType font (Lucida Sans Unicode) and am wondering what's the best way to install that so that everything works in the Debian fashion. You know, what's the "official Debian" policy-guided (etc.) way to install a TrueType font? What packages do I need, what commands do I type, etc.? Also, does anyone offhand know the legal status of the Lucida Sans Unicode font? I've read conflicting statements on that. Thanks in advance for your guidance. Please CC me on all replies; I was once subscribed to the list but unsubscribed due to the extremely high volume. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How best to install a TrueType font on Debian?
According to 'apt-cache show type1inst', that works on Adobe Type 1 fonts, not TrueType fonts. What would you suggest for TrueType fonts? - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 06:33:08PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > type1inst would be what I'd use... > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > >Hi everyone. I just downloaded a TrueType font (Lucida Sans Unicode) and am > >wondering what's the best way to install that so that everything works in the > >Debian fashion. You know, what's the "official Debian" policy-guided (etc.) > >way to install a TrueType font? What packages do I need, what commands do I > >type, etc.? Also, does anyone offhand know the legal status of the Lucida > >Sans > >Unicode font? I've read conflicting statements on that. > > > >Thanks in advance for your guidance. Please CC me on all replies; I was once > >subscribed to the list but unsubscribed due to the extremely high volume. > > > >- Jimmy Kaplowitz > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny > you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the > immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? > > Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who! >
Re: How best to install a TrueType font on Debian?
I have Xfree86 v4 already; I am running (almost) the latest unstable. Therefore I do not use a separate TrueType font server. I guess then I am wondering what the best Debian way is to install a new font. There are, if I remember correctly, some TrueType-specific steps (something like ttmkfontdir before mkfontdir?), which is why I asked about TrueType fonts specifically. I am not that familiar with the whole process, even on other distributions, so please tell me what to do, for a TrueType font (and, if you wish, also what to do for any other font). Thanks again for paying attention to my query. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:14:30AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > The handling of TT fonts changed with Xfree86 4; to save having to > learn it to ways you might want to upgrade to v4 first. Or you might > not; there have been various glitches with the upgrade process. > > For v3 there is a Debian HowTo True Type (probably in the debian site, > not LDP). You need to start a separate TT font server and, if you > don't have it, a regular font server. > > For v4 the new font server can handle TT, so you don't need a separate > TT font server. However, you can feed it off the old TT font server. > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 07:53:45PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > Hi everyone. I just downloaded a TrueType font (Lucida Sans Unicode) and am > > wondering what's the best way to install that so that everything works in > > the > > Debian fashion. You know, what's the "official Debian" policy-guided (etc.) > > way to install a TrueType font? What packages do I need, what commands do I > > type, etc.? Also, does anyone offhand know the legal status of the Lucida > > Sans > > Unicode font? I've read conflicting statements on that. > > > > Thanks in advance for your guidance. Please CC me on all replies; I was once > > subscribed to the list but unsubscribed due to the extremely high volume. > > > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: How best to install a TrueType font on Debian?
Thanks for the answer. Is ttmkfdir better than mkttfdir, which I found on my system? Since my last message, I have gone ahead and installed the fonts, using mkttfdir, but maybe there's some reason to remake the fonts.dir file with ttmkfdir. I did notice that the Microsoft Web fonts were indicated as iso-8859-1 and not iso-10646-1, even though they (to some degree) support Unicode - this was even true of the (non-MS font) Lucida Sans Unicode, which is made to be used as a Unicode font; i.e., it was indicated in the fonts.dir file as iso-8859-1. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 08:11:16AM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 00:13:46 -0500, you wrote: > > >I have Xfree86 v4 already; I am running (almost) the latest unstable. > >Therefore > >I do not use a separate TrueType font server. I guess then I am wondering > >what > >the best Debian way is to install a new font. There are, if I remember > >correctly, some TrueType-specific steps (something like ttmkfontdir before > > Just add the font path to XF86Config-4 (in /etc/X11). I just made a > directory that matched the others but called ttype. You need to > create the fonts.dir file and the program you want for this is > > ttmkfdir > > I had to search the internet for it, and most sites point you at a > german one that doesn't work. However I eventually got a copy (can't > remember where) > > > Alan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.chandler.u-net.com >
Re: How best to install a TrueType font on Debian?
As the transcript below makes clear, it's in the fttools package. I've also included package info for fttools. Apparently an old release of the Debian package is in contrib, but I have the version in main installed, again as the transcript shows. This is unstable, of course, not stable. (But I think I said that already.) Enough mindless chattering. :-) - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Begin Transcript --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S $(which mkttfdir) fttools: /usr/bin/mkttfdir [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l fttools Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescription +++-==-==- ii fttools1.2-8 FreeType font utilities. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show fttools Package: fttools Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 88 Maintainer: ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Source: perlftlib Version: 1.2-8 Replaces: ftinfo, mkttfdir Depends: perl, libft-perl, libjcode-perl Conflicts: ftinfo, mkttfdir Filename: pool/main/p/perlftlib/fttools_1.2-8_all.deb Size: 9822 MD5sum: 0881dc7cfd85e97ddeb40494b7848547 Description: FreeType font utilities. mkttfdir utility getnerate font.dir file for TrueType font. ftinfo utility report TrueType font info. Package: fttools Priority: optional Section: contrib/utils Installed-Size: 88 Maintainer: ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Source: perlftlib Version: 1.2-4 Replaces: ftinfo, mkttfdir Depends: perl5, libft-perl, libjcode-perl Conflicts: ftinfo, mkttfdir Filename: dists/potato/contrib/binary-all/utils/fttools_1.2-4.deb Size: 9256 MD5sum: 7c2338c1f9c2ed575d2951cbce2b33fd Description: FreeType font utilities. mkttfdir utility getnerate font.dir file for TrueType font. ftinfo utility report TrueType font info. --- End Transcript --- On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 09:56:17PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 16:32:50 -0500, you wrote: > > >Thanks for the answer. > > > >Is ttmkfdir better than mkttfdir, which I found on my system? Since my last > >message, I have gone ahead and installed the fonts, using mkttfdir, but maybe > > Never heard of the other one - and its not in any debian package I > have installed. What does dpkg say it came from. > > > > Alan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.chandler.u-net.com > http://www.chandler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk >
Re: boot problem
I don't know for sure, but often - even under Linux - Ctrl+Alt+Del will do a reboot. That depends on your /etc/inittab settings though. And I can easily imagine a situation where that wouldn't work, if the keyboard is in raw mode (maybe ?), but it's at least worth a try. I hope this helps to answer your question. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:53:47PM -0500, Tino Ionescu wrote: > Hi, > I installed a modem and configured(?) with pppconf. > Now the problem is that at boot time is trying to start the > pppd, configuration is probably wrong, so it get frozen - Cntr C > or anything else doesn't work. > > Any ideas haw can the system be rebooted, so I can configure again > ppp connection? > > Thank you for your participation. > Florentin. > -- > Greetings , > Florentin > __ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at > http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to install Java in Mozilla under Debian?
Hello. I have Debian unstable - reasonably current - and therefore Mozilla M18-3. I've downloaded Sun's Java 2 SDK 1.3.0_01, which includes the Java Plugin for Netscape 6/Mozilla. How do I install this plugin to work best with the Debian Mozilla setup, which of course is shoehorned into the Debian pattern (very admirably, might I add)? All my attempts have resulted in the Java Plugin showing up in Mozilla's about:plugins listing but me still being prompted to install the plugin when I visit the JRE's ControlPanel.html, which uses the plugin. Any and all help is appreciated. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Clear screan question
I know I'm replying to the wrong post, but please forgive me as I wasn't on the list yet when the post I should reply to was posted. The reason the ^L's were printed out is most likely that you just typed ^ (the caret key) followed by L. That does not generate the Control+L character as is desired here, but just prints out the ^ followed by L. In bash, vim, and probably many other places, the correct way to generate this character for a purpose such as this is to type Control+V then Control+L. The V stands for Verbatim; it says that the Control+L shouldn't be interpreted but should stand as is. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:47:01PM -0600, wes schreiner wrote: > "Karl E. Jørgensen" wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:08:07PM -0500, Andy Bastien wrote: > > > Of all the days, it was on Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 01:53:31AM +0100 that Tim > > > van Erven quoth: > > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 05:03:49PM -0600, wes schreiner <[EMAIL > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Tom Breza wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > I just use fetch and I been editing filie fetchmail, after I finish > > > > > > editing file I log off from by presing CTRL-D but above log prompt > > > > > > I can > > > > > > read what was been done before, is any chance to clear screan > > > > > > complitly > > > > > > when I log off? That when I press SHIFT-PgUp nobody can see > > > > > > anything? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Most shells have a file they will run at logout. For bash this is > > > > > ~/.bash_logout. In my ~/.bash_logout I have: > > > > > > > > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > > > clear > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The idea is to have enough Control-L's to clear out the scroll-back > > > > > buffer and the clear is there so that the next login happens at the > > > > > top > > > > > of the screen. Works like a charm. > > > > > > > > Doesn't seem to work for me. It just prints out the '^L's. I replaced > > > > it with: > > > > > > > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > > > clear > > > > > > > > which works just fine. Notice that this is also one echo shorter which > > > > is sufficient on my potato install and saves a little time. > > > > > > > > It's still got a hackish feel about it however. Anyone know if there's > > > > a cleaner way to do this? > > > > > > > > > > If you have an ANSI terminal, you can put an ESC[2J ESC[0;0H in > > > /etc/issue. The color codes also work, BTW. > > > > > > VTxxx terminals probably have a similar screen-clearing code, but I > > > don't know what it is. > > > > Jumping into this thread a bit late, but what about > > > > tput clear > > tput reset > > > > Should be terminal-generic > > Indeed it is, but it only clears the immediately visible screen. It > does not clear the console scroll-back buffer, and that's the additional > behavior we are looking for. > > wes schreiner > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Truetype fonts
What about Mozilla and Netscape 6? And what exactly is the problem with Netscape 4 without xfs? I don't understand. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:48:29PM -0800, Rick Loga wrote: > If you want TrueType fonts for Netscape, you do need to use V.4 xfs font > server. Other applications don't need the font server. > > --- David B.Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >To quote Anton Emmerfors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > ># While it is true that ttmkfdir identifies more fonts and encodings > ># than mkttfdir, I have not been able to make xfs (4.0.2 from testing) > ># work with its fonts.dir files. The only difference I can find is that > ># ttmkfdir does not capitalize foudries but that should not make a > ># difference, should it? > > > >While I don't think that that should make a difference, I'd like to > >point out that it Word For Me(tm) :) I'm running Sid, XFree86 4.0.2, and > >I'm using the built-in font renderer. > > > >If you're using the 'xfs' font server, a seperate executable, then > >that'd be your problem. It doesn't do truetype fonts. 'xfs-xtt' does, > >however, and you can use that if you insist on having a seperate font > >server. XFree86 4.0.x has native support for truetype fonts, though. > >Just add: > > > >Load "freetype" > > > >into your "Modules" section of XF86Config-4. Then add a "FontPath" to > >your truetype fonts in the "Files" secton. > > > >David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay > >Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.) > > > > > >-- > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _ > Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Password problems
Try rebooting and at the LILO prompt (Hold down Shift if necessary to get the prompt), type in linux init=/bin/sh that should drop you straight to a root prompt, no ifs ands or buts (as long as /bin/sh exists.) reboot again when you've fixed your password. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 10:02:23PM -0500, Keith & Cecile Schooley wrote: > This is going to sound like an asinine problem, but here goes ... > > My machine seems to have forgotten my password. > > Yes, I said my machine. Not me. I've had it burned into my consciousness, > through booting up about a hundred times (successfully) today. > > I finally got a problem with getting my video card recognized, but when I > tried to log back in, I couldn't get in either by my user name or as root. > > Any suggestions on why this would happen? > > Is there any possible way to deal with this, other than to reinstall the > whole system? > > Grace and peace, > > Keith > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to install Java in Mozilla under Debian?
I have Sun's JDK 1.3 and 1.3.0_01, not Blackdown's. Java works fine outside of Mozilla, and even in Netscape 4 with the plugin. But when I tried to follow your suggestion and linked the Netscape 4 plugin to the Mozilla directory, it crashed whenever I went to about:plugins or a Java page. The Netscape 6 / Mozilla plugin that comes with JDK 1.3.0_01 does not crash Mozilla, and it shows up in the about:plugins page, but Java pages still prompt me to install the plugin. What could be wrong? Is the problem that I'm using the Debian package of Mozilla, which is not a nightly build but release M18, package revision number 3? If so, how do I install either a nightly build or Mozilla 0.7 in a shared, write-protected (for normal users) directory such as /usr/local/mozilla or /usr/lib/mozilla? The release notes say to install it separately for each user. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 01:21:31AM -0500, Sean wrote: > On Saturday 03 February 2001 19:52, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > Hello. I have Debian unstable - reasonably current - and therefore Mozilla > > M18-3. I've downloaded Sun's Java 2 SDK 1.3.0_01, which includes the Java > > Plugin for Netscape 6/Mozilla. How do I install this plugin to work best > > with the Debian Mozilla setup, which of course is shoehorned into the > > Debian pattern (very admirably, might I add)? All my attempts have resulted > > in the Java Plugin showing up in Mozilla's about:plugins listing but me > > still being prompted to install the plugin when I visit the JRE's > > ControlPanel.html, which uses the plugin. > > > > Any and all help is appreciated. > > > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm using the nightly builds of Mozilla ... so my mozilla directory is > /usr/local/mozilla. That out of the way, the easiest way to get java on your > machine, IMO is to add a sources.list line ... I use > > deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian > woody non-free > > After running an update, you can do an apt-get install j2sdk1.3 ... when it > gets done downloading you'll have a > /usr/lib/j2re1.3/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so file. What I do is make a symlink > to this file ... i.e. ln -si /usr/lib/j2re1.3/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so > /usr/local/mozilla/plugins/ > > When Mozilla fires up, it now has Java support. Most java things work fine > over here. > > Sean > > > -- > This is a NO-FRILLS flight -- hold th' CANADIAN BACON!!
Re: re CD-RW
What I do is have both ide-scsi and ide-cd as modules, and I pass ignore=hdc as an option to ide-cd. (hdc is my CD-RW, not my regular CD-ROM) Then when I subsequently load ide-scsi the cdrom is IDE and the cd-rw is SCSI. (I set this up with Debian's modconf program.) - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 09:21:55AM +, john gennard wrote: > On Sat, 03 Feb 2001, mike polniak wrote: > > john gennard wrote: > > > I've studied recent postings, the relative HOWTO and the Kenel help > > > text documentation and now feel that I understand what I need to do. > > > Unfortunately, I am faced with a problem to which I can find no > > > specific reference. > > > > > > I shall recompile the Kernel (have the tarballs for both 2.2.18 and > > > 2.4.0 -- shall use the former initially). > > > > > > On this machine (the only one above 300 MHz), I always boot from > > > floppies which I make (using 'make bzdisk') when compiling > > > kernels. Booting is very fast after the bios boot - no pause or > > > invitation to add parameters. I'll need to give 'hdd=ide-scsi' after > > > bios boot and can't find how to pause the automatic 'loading .'. > > > When everything is set up satisfactorily, I would like to add the > > > parameter to the boot floppy - again I've no idea how. I'm proposing > > > to configure the CD-RW in Potato 2.2r0 and the machine is a PC > > > stand-alone with an AMD 500MHz and no real scsi devices. > > > > > > Can someone explain how I can solve my immediate problems. I feel > > > sure I understand the correct kernel configuration requirements - > > > there will be no modules to load. Grateful for help. John. > > > > Well if you do not set CONFIG_IDECD , you will not have to do > > the append='hdd=ide-scsi'. This is the preferred way, and your CDRW will > > work as /dev/scd0 assuming you have set the following: > > > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI #scsi emulation > > CONFIG_SCSI#scsi support > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR #scsi cdrom > > CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG #scsi generic > > > But, my hdc is an ordinary IDE CD-ROM drive; without setting > CONFIG_IDECD how will I be able to access it? > > I had a sneaking feeling I was being over-optimistic in assuming I > understood the requirements. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to install Java in Mozilla under Debian?
Wow - I had forgotten to Enable Java in Mozilla's preferences. I can't believe I did that. Nevertheless, things are still not working properly. I can now view java applets with the APPLET tag. (I assume the plugin is responsible for this.) Yet I still cannot view the ControlPanel.html file to configure the plugin. Also, all the applets are coming up in separate windows, rather than remaining part of the window that created them. This is quite a nuisance. How do I fix this, especially if I can't get to the ControlPanel? and how can I get there? Thanks in advance. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 10:37:47AM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > I have Sun's JDK 1.3 and 1.3.0_01, not Blackdown's. Java works fine outside > of Mozilla, and even in Netscape 4 with the plugin. But when I tried to follow > your suggestion and linked the Netscape 4 plugin to the Mozilla directory, > it crashed whenever I went to about:plugins or a Java page. The Netscape 6 / > Mozilla plugin that comes with JDK 1.3.0_01 does not crash Mozilla, and it > shows up in the about:plugins page, but Java pages still prompt me to install > the plugin. What could be wrong? > > Is the problem that I'm using the Debian package of Mozilla, which is not > a nightly build but release M18, package revision number 3? If so, how do I > install either a nightly build or Mozilla 0.7 in a shared, write-protected > (for normal users) directory such as /usr/local/mozilla or /usr/lib/mozilla? > The release notes say to install it separately for each user. > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 01:21:31AM -0500, Sean wrote: > > On Saturday 03 February 2001 19:52, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > > Hello. I have Debian unstable - reasonably current - and therefore Mozilla > > > M18-3. I've downloaded Sun's Java 2 SDK 1.3.0_01, which includes the Java > > > Plugin for Netscape 6/Mozilla. How do I install this plugin to work best > > > with the Debian Mozilla setup, which of course is shoehorned into the > > > Debian pattern (very admirably, might I add)? All my attempts have > > > resulted > > > in the Java Plugin showing up in Mozilla's about:plugins listing but me > > > still being prompted to install the plugin when I visit the JRE's > > > ControlPanel.html, which uses the plugin. > > > > > > Any and all help is appreciated. > > > > > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I'm using the nightly builds of Mozilla ... so my mozilla directory is > > /usr/local/mozilla. That out of the way, the easiest way to get java on > > your > > machine, IMO is to add a sources.list line ... I use > > > > deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian > > woody non-free > > > > After running an update, you can do an apt-get install j2sdk1.3 ... when it > > gets done downloading you'll have a > > /usr/lib/j2re1.3/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so file. What I do is make a > > symlink > > to this file ... i.e. ln -si /usr/lib/j2re1.3/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so > > /usr/local/mozilla/plugins/ > > > > When Mozilla fires up, it now has Java support. Most java things work fine > > over here. > > > > Sean > > > > > > -- > > This is a NO-FRILLS flight -- hold th' CANADIAN BACON!! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: help me!?
Try making sure you have loaded the module for appletalk. Try: modprobe appletalk If that gives you an error about dependencies, try: depmod -a modprobe appletalk This same problem happened to me and that was the problem. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:00:00PM +, Angel MAN wrote: > i'm a french user of linux and i found your address in a > forum > i've got a problem with netatalk. > during system start up (netatalk), I get a message that says > 'atalkdsocket: Invalid argument'. The only thing that I > have changed > from the default that deselect sets up is that I added > 'eth0' to > /etc/atalkd.conf. > i try everything with atalkd.conf but nothing change > (i've got two ethernet cards: eth0 for internet and eth1 for > intranet) > What do I need to add, change, ...? > > thank you > didier > _ > Le journal des abonnés Caramail - http://www.carazine.com >
