Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-12 Thread Heather
> Hi. Im running potato on a microquest laptop. It runs well, no > problems. I have recently started using debian on "my" computers, > having left suse after they decided to charge *=2 what they were. So if > anyone has answers and time please let me know. Under ordinary circumstances I wouldn

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-12 Thread Heather
> Hi. Im running potato on a microquest laptop. It runs well, no > problems. I have recently started using debian on "my" computers, > having left suse after they decided to charge *=2 what they were. So if > anyone has answers and time please let me know. Under ordinary circumstances I would

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-12 Thread A. Demarteau \(linux rules!\)
hi, your startup stuf is in /etc/ inf the following subdirs; rcS.d rc[0-6].d and rc.boot these are all simmlinks to /etc/init.d/ scripts non-graphical mixers are plenty, take i.e. aumixer or the two mixer-programs coming with the alsa-stuff. have fun, On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, MaxieZeus wrote: > Hi.

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-12 Thread A. Demarteau (linux rules!)
hi, your startup stuf is in /etc/ inf the following subdirs; rcS.d rc[0-6].d and rc.boot these are all simmlinks to /etc/init.d/ scripts non-graphical mixers are plenty, take i.e. aumixer or the two mixer-programs coming with the alsa-stuff. have fun, On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, MaxieZeus wrote: > Hi.

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread Paul Schulz
>3) how can I set the mixer non graphically? I was using OSS on SuSE Don't know on this one. -- kevin I quick 'man -k mixer' revelled: alsamixer (1) - soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard driver, with ncurses interface amixer (1)

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread Kevin M. McLin
>1) How can I control the boot process? i.e.: >Zope starts on my laptop, and Id really not like that? Id like to add >dhcp-client. things like that To control programs that start at boot you can look in the /etc/rc?.d directories. For instance, the directory rc2.d controls programs that sta

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread Paul Schulz
>3) how can I set the mixer non graphically? I was using OSS on SuSE Don't know on this one. -- kevin I quick 'man -k mixer' revelled: alsamixer (1) - soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard driver, with ncurses interface amixer (1)

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread Kevin M. McLin
>1) How can I control the boot process? i.e.: >Zope starts on my laptop, and Id really not like that? Id like to add >dhcp-client. things like that To control programs that start at boot you can look in the /etc/rc?.d directories. For instance, the directory rc2.d controls programs that st

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, MaxieZeus wrote: > 2) when starting a windowmanger from xdm, how can I autostart > programs? basically how can I make xdm use .xinitrc? I use ~/.xsession but no xdm. > 3) how can I set the mixer non graphically? I was using OSS on SuSE cam and rexima. Cheers, Cristian -

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 08:14:54PM -0500, MaxieZeus wrote: > Hi. Im running potato on a microquest laptop. It runs well, no > problems. I have recently started using debian on "my" computers, > having left suse after they decided to charge *=2 what they were. So if > anyone has answers and time

quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread MaxieZeus
Hi. Im running potato on a microquest laptop. It runs well, no problems. I have recently started using debian on "my" computers, having left suse after they decided to charge *=2 what they were. So if anyone has answers and time please let me know. 1) How can I control the boot process? i.e.

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, MaxieZeus wrote: > 2) when starting a windowmanger from xdm, how can I autostart > programs? basically how can I make xdm use .xinitrc? I use ~/.xsession but no xdm. > 3) how can I set the mixer non graphically? I was using OSS on SuSE cam and rexima. Cheers, Cristian

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 08:14:54PM -0500, MaxieZeus wrote: > Hi. Im running potato on a microquest laptop. It runs well, no > problems. I have recently started using debian on "my" computers, > having left suse after they decided to charge *=2 what they were. So if > anyone has answers and tim

quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread MaxieZeus
Hi. Im running potato on a microquest laptop. It runs well, no problems. I have recently started using debian on "my" computers, having left suse after they decided to charge *=2 what they were. So if anyone has answers and time please let me know. 1) How can I control the boot process? i.e