Re: batch browsing

2001-07-03 Thread christophe barbé
What you want is called wwwoffle (in sid at least) and it means www off line. Christophe Le mer, 04 jui 2001 02:58:56, Tony Godshall a écrit : > I browse the web like this: > > 1. Start with a list of topics > 2. Open a google search for each topic and minimize the > window (I don't want to sit

Re: Mouse Problems

2001-07-03 Thread Tony Godshall
> OK.. I know that gpm IS running, because when I was installing with > apt-get, it stopped for a second and asked for a couple of configuration > questions. I would actually like to have the best of both worlds (use the > mouse in console as well as in X), but I'll disable gpm if I have to. Sh

Re: batch browsing

2001-07-03 Thread M. T. Burek, Ph.D.
Subject: batch browsing > I browse the web like this: > > 1. Start with a list of topics > 2. Open a google search for each topic and minimize the > window (I don't want to sit and wait like a dummy) (BTW: I > love surfraw but I have to figure out how to make it start > konqueror minimized!) > 3

Re: Mouse Problems

2001-07-03 Thread M. T. Burek, Ph.D.
> the mouse thing is usually gpm for me... to test this, go to console as root and execute '/etc/init.d/gpm stop', usually fixes the mouse controlling problem in x... for a permanent fix either uninstall gpm or move the /etc/rc2.d/S??gpm link to a subdirectory called /etc/rc2.d/disabled/. there

batch browsing

2001-07-03 Thread Tony Godshall
I browse the web like this: 1. Start with a list of topics 2. Open a google search for each topic and minimize the window (I don't want to sit and wait like a dummy) (BTW: I love surfraw but I have to figure out how to make it start konqueror minimized!) 3. Go back through my google results, and

Re: Mouse Problems

2001-07-03 Thread Vivek Dasmohapatra
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, M. T. Burek, Ph.D. wrote: > It is supposed to be a Logitech PS/2 compatible mouse, and I have a copy of > another persons' XF86Config file, and I put the options in the same way they > had it; PS/2, emu 3 buttons, /dev/mouse. 1) Is /dev/mouse a link to /dev/psaux? If it's a l

Re: Mouse Problems

2001-07-03 Thread Nathan Pilatzke
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 07:49:02PM -0400, M. T. Burek, Ph.D. wrote: > OK... finally got almost everything installed... not much disk space left, > but its there. Now, I am getting pissed off, though. The mouse works fine at > the command line, but in X, or KDE, or GNOME, even at the login screen

Re: Mouse Problems

2001-07-03 Thread thomas
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 07:49:02PM -0400, M. T. Burek, Ph.D. wrote: > OK... finally got almost everything installed... not much disk space left, > but its there. Now, I am getting pissed off, though. The mouse works fine at > the command line, but in X, or KDE, or GNOME, even at the login screen

Mouse Problems

2001-07-03 Thread M. T. Burek, Ph.D.
OK... finally got almost everything installed... not much disk space left, but its there. Now, I am getting pissed off, though. The mouse works fine at the command line, but in X, or KDE, or GNOME, even at the login screen, it is going haywire... I can't control it at all. I even tried using an

Re: kernel PCMCIA or Standalone PCMCIA

2001-07-03 Thread Dhruva Reddy
http://members.telocity.com/sledge1/2515CDS-HOWTO.html --- Stefano Canepa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > martedì 03 luglio 2001, alle 22:08, Alex Kwan ha > scritto: > : Hi! > : > : I am using a 2.4 kernel, can I not used the kernel > PCMCIA > : (not use the drivers build by kernel) and > replace

Re: kernel PCMCIA or Standalone PCMCIA

2001-07-03 Thread Stefano Canepa
martedì 03 luglio 2001, alle 22:08, Alex Kwan ha scritto: : Hi! : : I am using a 2.4 kernel, can I not used the kernel PCMCIA : (not use the drivers build by kernel) and replaced with the : current 3.1.27 Standalone PCMCIA packages (cs and drivers), : Which one will be better? : Hi, I

Installed!

2001-07-03 Thread M. T. Burek, Ph.D.
I am installing as I write this... I managed to get it to boot with the CD-ROM drive by copying the boot disks, the .boot directory, and the install directory to the hard drive and then booting into DOS, then cd'ing into the directory I copied all this stuff into and running boot.bat, which runs

Re: installing on laptop ... success!

2001-07-03 Thread M. T. Burek, Ph.D.
I am installing as I write this... I managed to get it to boot with the CD-ROM drive by copying the boot disks, the .boot directory, and the install directory to the hard drive and then booting into DOS, then cd'ing into the directory I copied all this stuff into and running boot.bat, which runs

Re: installing on laptop

2001-07-03 Thread marcus merz
Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2001 18:18 schrieb Dan Cox: > I am wondering how one would go about installing Debian on a laptop that > has no cdrom or network card? Can I use a direct cable connection to my pc? > If so what configurations do I need on the pc? Many thanks in advance. > > Dan Cox I have j

Re: installing on laptop

2001-07-03 Thread Tony Godshall
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:35:39AM -0700, Heather wrote: > > I am wondering how one would go about installing Debian on a laptop that has no >cdrom or network card? Can I use a direct cable connection to my pc? If so what >configurations do I need on the pc? Many thanks in advance. > There is a

Re: installing on laptop

2001-07-03 Thread Alan Shutko
"M. T. Burek, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do I need to just install as full of a base package as I can through > floppy, then compile a new kernel, new PCMCIA card services, PCMCIA > driver modules, then try it again? Ways I might try it (in order of preference): * Borrow a different P

Re: Partition table install problems.... HELP!?!

2001-07-03 Thread M. T. Burek, Ph.D.
> I had a similar problem. I think the real issue may be that you have > labeled the dos partition incorrectly. The fdisk may have created a FAT32 > rather than the DOS16 you assumed - that was the situation I was in. > > Use the Linux fdisk program to relabel the DOS partition to FAT32, that > m

Re: installing on laptop

2001-07-03 Thread M. T. Burek, Ph.D.
> "Dan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am wondering how one would go about installing Debian on a laptop that has > > no cdrom or network card? > > You can't borrow a network card? > > -- > Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! > This fortune intentionally says noth

Re: installing on laptop

2001-07-03 Thread Heather
> I am wondering how one would go about installing Debian on a laptop that has no >cdrom or network card? Can I use a direct cable connection to my pc? If so what >configurations do I need on the pc? Many thanks in advance. > > Dan Cox There is a HOWTO for using parallel "laplink" cords to do

Re: installing on laptop

2001-07-03 Thread Alan Shutko
"Dan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am wondering how one would go about installing Debian on a laptop that has > no cdrom or network card? You can't borrow a network card? -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! This fortune intentionally says nothing. -- To UNS

installing on laptop

2001-07-03 Thread Dan Cox
I am wondering how one would go about installing Debian on a laptop that has no cdrom or network card? Can I use a direct cable connection to my pc? If so what configurations do I need on the pc? Many thanks in advance.   Dan Cox

Re: kernel PCMCIA or Standalone PCMCIA

2001-07-03 Thread pascal
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:08:22PM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote: > Hi! > > I am using a 2.4 kernel, can I not used the kernel PCMCIA > (not use the drivers build by kernel) and replaced with the > current 3.1.27 Standalone PCMCIA packages (cs and drivers), > Which one will be better? > > Alex With

kernel PCMCIA or Standalone PCMCIA

2001-07-03 Thread Alex Kwan
Hi! I am using a 2.4 kernel, can I not used the kernel PCMCIA (not use the drivers build by kernel) and replaced with the current 3.1.27 Standalone PCMCIA packages (cs and drivers), Which one will be better? Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Partition table install problems.... HELP!?!

2001-07-03 Thread A A Payne
I had a similar problem. I think the real issue may be that you have labeled the dos partition incorrectly. The fdisk may have created a FAT32 rather than the DOS16 you assumed - that was the situation I was in. Use the Linux fdisk program to relabel the DOS partition to FAT32, that may solve yo