Re: Toshiba 1800

2001-08-10 Thread Michael Heldebrant
Give a description of your errors please. --mike On 10 Aug 2001 12:58:38 -0400, Domenic Versace wrote: > I was wondering if anyone could help me out. > > I have a toshiba 1800 with a trident Ai1 cyberblade video card. I am > having trouble setting up the xf86config. > I keep on getting errors wh

Re: network connectivity problems

2001-08-13 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked fine > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some > messing around to get it to

Re: network connectivity problems

2001-08-15 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On 14 Aug 2001 21:46:56 -0400, noah wrote: > Thanks for the reply . . . > > At 10:46 AM 13/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > > conn

Re: Trouble with X 4.0.3 on IBM T22 (kernel 2.4.5)

2001-08-16 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On 16 Aug 2001 22:10:50 +0200, Martin Sk?tt wrote: > Hi, > I just bought an 800 MHz IBM T22 with 14.1" TFT and a S3 Savage IX > video chip. I have installed Debian testing on it with a custom 2.4.5 > kernel with the XFS patch from SGI. Everything seems to work nicely > except X. I use "dpkg-reconfi

Re: dpkg is giving me errors

2001-09-17 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sun, 2001-09-16 at 11:54, Dave Smith wrote: > When I try to install some packages with dpkg, I get the error > > Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a2.3.0p1-0.11_i386.deb) ... > Can't locate object method "value" via package "Debian::DebConf::Question" at > /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 3

Re: Getting Connected to the Internet

2001-09-17 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 15:31, Eric Borton wrote: > I have a desktop here at work and I would like to connect to the network. > I have a 3Com ethernet card. Can someone show this newbie where to go for > newbie instructions. If it something easy like typing in some command that > will take me throu

Re: dhcp and debian install

2001-10-25 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 22:42, Timothy Ryder wrote: > I am trying to install debian and am having a problem. My cable modem provider requires that I pass a computer name to them to use dhcp. With most other distros I would type /sbin/dhcpcd -h , but with debian I can't. How can i pass the computer

Re: dhcp and debian install

2001-10-25 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 00:21, Jeff wrote: > Michael Heldebrant, 2001-Oct-25 00:08 -0500: > > On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 22:42, Timothy Ryder wrote: > > > I am trying to install debian and am having a problem. My cable modem > > provider requires that I pass a computer name to

Re: Toshiba 1800

2001-08-10 Thread Michael Heldebrant
Give a description of your errors please. --mike On 10 Aug 2001 12:58:38 -0400, Domenic Versace wrote: > I was wondering if anyone could help me out. > > I have a toshiba 1800 with a trident Ai1 cyberblade video card. I am > having trouble setting up the xf86config. > I keep on getting errors w

Re: network connectivity problems

2001-08-13 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked fine > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some > messing around to get it t

Re: network connectivity problems

2001-08-15 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On 14 Aug 2001 21:46:56 -0400, noah wrote: > Thanks for the reply . . . > > At 10:46 AM 13/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > > conn

Re: Trouble with X 4.0.3 on IBM T22 (kernel 2.4.5)

2001-08-16 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On 16 Aug 2001 22:10:50 +0200, Martin Sk?tt wrote: > Hi, > I just bought an 800 MHz IBM T22 with 14.1" TFT and a S3 Savage IX > video chip. I have installed Debian testing on it with a custom 2.4.5 > kernel with the XFS patch from SGI. Everything seems to work nicely > except X. I use "dpkg-reconf

Re: dpkg is giving me errors

2001-09-17 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sun, 2001-09-16 at 11:54, Dave Smith wrote: > When I try to install some packages with dpkg, I get the error > > Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a2.3.0p1-0.11_i386.deb) ... > Can't locate object method "value" via package "Debian::DebConf::Question" at > /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line

Re: Getting Connected to the Internet

2001-09-17 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 15:31, Eric Borton wrote: > I have a desktop here at work and I would like to connect to the network. > I have a 3Com ethernet card. Can someone show this newbie where to go for > newbie instructions. If it something easy like typing in some command that > will take me thro

Re: dhcp and debian install

2001-10-24 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 22:42, Timothy Ryder wrote: > I am trying to install debian and am having a problem. My cable modem provider requires that I pass a computer name to them to use dhcp. With most other distros I would type /sbin/dhcpcd -h , but with debian I can't. How can i pass the compute

Re: dhcp and debian install

2001-10-24 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 00:21, Jeff wrote: > Michael Heldebrant, 2001-Oct-25 00:08 -0500: > > On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 22:42, Timothy Ryder wrote: > > > I am trying to install debian and am having a problem. My cable modem > > provider requires that I pass a computer name to

Re: CD player and Dell Inspiron 7000

2001-10-28 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 09:11, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Bonjour: > > While I can mount data CDROM without trouble, > I cannot mount media (music) CDROM : > any idea ? If you're desperate for the audio data to be available to you in digital audio files (wav etc) look into cdparanoia and the docs on t

Re: Mouse support and other bugs (Questions!)

2001-12-02 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 14:46, Axel Bojer wrote: > Hello, > I hope I am at the right place, when I am asking some questions about Debian > for my laptop. > First, I am very new to Linux, but willing to learn. I tried to install > the "potato" from a 3 CD-set. The system is running, after much pr

Re:

2001-12-14 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 12:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > > I'm using gnome and don't know how to get this menu when clicking with the > right mouse button on the root window. (this menu allows one to get harddisk > symbols on the desktop and so on I think) which package do I need ? Either

Re: CD player and Dell Inspiron 7000

2001-10-28 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 09:11, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Bonjour: > > While I can mount data CDROM without trouble, > I cannot mount media (music) CDROM : > any idea ? If you're desperate for the audio data to be available to you in digital audio files (wav etc) look into cdparanoia and the docs on th

Re: Mouse support and other bugs (Questions!)

2001-12-02 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 14:46, Axel Bojer wrote: > Hello, > I hope I am at the right place, when I am asking some questions about Debian > for my laptop. > First, I am very new to Linux, but willing to learn. I tried to install > the "potato" from a 3 CD-set. The system is running, after much pro

Re:

2001-12-15 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 12:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > > I'm using gnome and don't know how to get this menu when clicking with the > right mouse button on the root window. (this menu allows one to get harddisk > symbols on the desktop and so on I think) which package do I need ? Either g