Re: Paranoid's Question

I loaf this list! montefin Bob Nielsen wrote: > > Hold on tight. There are some strange things happening with today's > upgrade. > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 08:34:54PM -0600, montefin wrote: > > Colin, > > > > montefin fastens his seatbelt. > > > > montefin > > > > Colin Watson wrote: > > > >

Re: Getting CPU load (from /proc/?)

David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > AG> How would I get a real-time CPU load information? I found > AG> /proc/loadavg, but that's not what I need, since it only gives average > AG> load values. > > My /proc/loadavg looks like > > 0.04 0.06 0.07 3/56 959 > > The first three numbe

compiling epic100 support into the kernel

Im trying to recompile my kernel but from 'menuconfig' I can not find the correct driver for my smc epic100. The epic100.c file is available under drivers/net/ but it does not seem to show in the 10/100 section of 'menuconfig'. Could it possibly be under a different name? Im using 2.2.17 and have i

Re: Paranoid's Question

Hold on tight. There are some strange things happening with today's upgrade. On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 08:34:54PM -0600, montefin wrote: > Colin, > > montefin fastens his seatbelt. > > montefin > > Colin Watson wrote: > > > > montefin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Why hasn't woody done some

Re: does the new edition have support for sis 530 video chipset

catherinemancuso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CM> Does the new version have support for sis 530 video chipset It looks like the XF86_SVGA server (xserver-svga package) has support for this chipset. CM> and would a winmodem work for wvdial or ppp It's doubtful. Keep in mind that a winmodem is ba

Re: Shutdown as normal user

Michael P Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MPS> In a shell where you're logged in as yourself, type MPS> MPS> xhost +localhost MPS> MPS> or MPS> MPS> xhost + if you want to give global access. You probably don't want to do this, unless you're comfortable with the concept of any

Re: optimizing the hard drive? (fwd)

"ObeseWhale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > okay here goes... UDMA66 is simply a bandwidth limit on your HD. It allows > your hard drive to transfer at 66 megs per second instead of UDMA33, which > iss 33 megs per second. While Debian supports udma33 right out of the box > you have to compile udma

Re: how can I get a HP932C PRINTER to work with RedHat Linux

> Susan Earle wrote: > > Has anyone found a way to get a HP932C printer to work with Redhat > Linux? I've never used that printer, but a quick search suggests that ghostscript supports it with the cdj850 driver. Ghostscript is a program that interprets postscript files and converts them to be di

RE: A series of newbieite questions

You can stop xdm from starting up on boot by going to /etc/rc2.d or whatever your init startup is and change the S??xdm file to K??xdm (?? being the startup numbers), and reboot your machine. Once it is up, you will get your usual login prompt without the graphical candy. It worked for me without

Re: optimizing the hard drive?

Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > > How can I optimize hard drive access? Please tell me I don't > > have to try one million random combinations of the various flags > > to hdparm. Or is the kernel doing the right thing already? > > Read this: > http://www.

Re: ?? .Xdefaults ??

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 09:06:08PM +0200, Peter Malewski wrote: > Some time ago I used a file ".Xdefaults" where things like > > emacs*Background: DarkSlateGray > emacs*Foreground: White > emacs*pointerColor: Orchid > emacs*cursorColor: Orchid > emacs*bitmapIcon: on > > etc. stands. I found in th

Re: Shutdown as normal user

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 03:35:21PM +0200, J?rg wrote: > Hi > > 'gshutdown' so that a normal user can run it, too? I tried to set it > suid root, but this caused the problem, that root is not allowed to > display his windows on a user's screen (any idea how to change this, > too?). Unless you'

Re: Paranoid's Question

Colin, montefin fastens his seatbelt. montefin Colin Watson wrote: > > montefin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Why hasn't woody done something really bad yet? > > > >Have I just been lucky for over two months playing 'apt-get upgrade > >roulette'? Or, am I in pain and just don't know it? > > We

how can I get a HP932C PRINTER to work with RedHat Linux

Has anyone found a way to get a HP932C printer to work with Redhat Linux?  Is there a printer driver that will work for both Windows and Redhat Linux?      

does the new edition have support for sis 530 video chipset

Does the new version have support for sis 530 video chipset and would a winmodem work for wvdial or ppp or cable modem for that matter?

Re: enlightenment epplets

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 02:41:52PM +0200, Frederik wrote: > > I installed the epplets package, but the enlightenment menu's epplets > > section is still empty. I tried restarting enlightenment, but that didn't > > help. > > I can run them in a shell, but the menu doesn't list them. > > Sh

Re: debian: C library man pages

"KM" == Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "BJS" == Brendan J Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BJS> I *hate* the user interface for info. man is so much BJS> easier. Is there a better way to use info other than the BJS> command line info command. The KM> I use M-x info in Emacs. There'

Re: Getting CPU load (from /proc/?)

Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AG> How would I get a real-time CPU load information? I found AG> /proc/loadavg, but that's not what I need, since it only gives average AG> load values. My /proc/loadavg looks like 0.04 0.06 0.07 3/56 959 The first three numbers are the average

Re: CD distro

On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 01:34:57 +0800, endroo wrote: >can u guy there tell me where to get a economy/cheap CD distro of Debian >2.2 ? Cheap Byte?!! there are a few to choose there...and i don't know >which is the installable. Linux System Labs is good. . Their CD's have the stan

Re: Debian/gnu Linux Install

James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Peter Jay Salzman wrote: >> it's irresponsible to mail a request for help to a bugs listserve. you >> haven't found a bug. you just don't know what to do. > >This is not a bug list server, but a user-list server. >so He was not irresponsible From: "Jeremy S. War

lp module in Debian 2.2

Hi everyone: I installed Debian 2.2 recently and the process went pretty smoothly except for lp module for printer support. The installation of the module fails even though I have a printer connected to the parallel port and I can't figure out whether it's parameter thing or something else. Could

Re: Paranoid's Question

montefin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Why hasn't woody done something really bad yet? > >Have I just been lucky for over two months playing 'apt-get upgrade >roulette'? Or, am I in pain and just don't know it? Well, major libc6 upgrade coming up now, ho ho ho. Let's see what happens ... -- Colin

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Re: scroll lock in rxvt

On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 01:26:05AM +1100, Edward C. Lang wrote: > > C-q, not C-w bah! /me slaps self. don't know where i got C-w from ... > As from stty -a: > > ... > start = ^Q; > stop = ^S; > ... ah ok, missed those.. thanks. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpNBPShPU

Paranoid's Question

Why hasn't woody done something really bad yet? Have I just been lucky for over two months playing 'apt-get upgrade roulette'? Or, am I in pain and just don't know it? montefin

Getting CPU load (from /proc/?)

How would I get a real-time CPU load information? I found /proc/loadavg, but that's not what I need, since it only gives average load values. Thanks! -- Arcady Genkin Don't read everything you believe.

Re: PICMG21064a Alpha

Michel West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > I have a PC that resembles a PICMG21064a Alpha. > I've tried booting from several CD's created from different ".ISO" > files for Alpha, downloaded from Mandrake and Red Hat. > The response always ends in a "bootstrap failure." > > The command I used

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Re: optimizing the hard drive?

Krzys Majewski wrote: > > How can I optimize hard drive access? Please tell me I don't > have to try one million random combinations of the various flags > to hdparm. Or is the kernel doing the right thing already? Read this: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html Matthew

optimizing the hard drive? (fwd)

Oh yeah one more thing. What's all this stuff I've heard about dma66 or udma66 or whatever. The company that makes my motherboard asked if I ever got this working under Linux and I said Dunno and they said Oh, we thought you were a linux guru and I said Er, sorry. Is it like a fast hard drive

micro-howto: shutdown and reboot from gdm

This came up recently, and I saw a couple of vague responses. So if this is still relevant to anyone, here's how you can make it possible to call shutdown from gdm. * Grab root via your favorite method (su or sudo) and open /etc/gdm/gdm.conf in your favorite editor. For me, this looks like this:

Re: debian: C library man pages

I use M-x info in Emacs. -chris Brendan J Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I *hate* the user interface for info. man is so much easier. > Is there a better way to use info other than the command line info command. > The

Re: debian: C library man pages

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 05:31:22PM +1100, Brendan J Simon wrote: > > > > I can't find the C library manpages. I'm running Potato on a PowerMac > > and Intel system. > > I have install manpages, libc6 and glibc-doc. I can't find any other > > appropriate package by us

optimizing the hard drive?

How can I optimize hard drive access? Please tell me I don't have to try one million random combinations of the various flags to hdparm. Or is the kernel doing the right thing already? Possibly relevant bits from dmesg: VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will

RE: Debian/gnu Linux Install

Hi Jeremy, How are you sending this e-mail if your system won't boot? You will have to find a boot floppy for your computer (DOS, Windows, or Linux.) You can also make one from a working system. If your CD ROM drive is not recognized by the OS, you will need to find the driver disk that came wi

Re: VIRUS WARNING - apologies

Paul Huygen wrote: > On the other hand, if you did send the virus warning, you didn't do a > bad thing, because it seems, that "alphaholidays" sent a message to > this list (header: Linux on HP 9000 C-Class) that contains a kind of > virus or trojan horse. alphaholidays' message was html and conta

PICMG21064a Alpha

Title: PICMG21064a Alpha Hi, I have a PC that resembles a PICMG21064a Alpha. I've tried booting from several CD's created from different ".ISO" files for Alpha, downloaded from Mandrake and Red Hat. The response always ends in a "bootstrap failure." The command I used was: boot dka500 T

Re: [OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

At 23.02 26/9/00 +0200, Daniel Reuter ha escrit: >> Hello. This crossed my mind more than once: why was the Gnome project >> started, when there was already something called GNUStep? Even if not >> a full desktop, one can certainly see the beginnings of desktop-like >> functionality in WindowMake

Re: [OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

Daniel dallied, > Unfortunately, NeXT has been swallowed by Apple, and they ceased > development of their OS. ??? A public beta of NeXT just started a few days ago under the name "MacOS X" or some such :). When the actual compilers (such as Absoft Fortran) ship in January, they'll generally

Re: My internet!

> Do you know where I can try and > configure the ip/subnet/gateway for the card? > /etc/network/interfaces (man interfaces; man ifup) with some clear examples HTH MH -- (Dr.) Michael Hummel mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fprint = F24D EAC6 E3D7 372C 9122 D510 E

My internet!

Oddly enough, I can't seem to access the internet in Debian (was working fine in Slack). I have a cable modem and my ethernet card can ping itself, but I can't ping anything on the web. Do you know where I can try and configure the ip/subnet/gateway for the card? Matt "ObeseWhale" Grinshpun Sit

succesor to dpkg

I seem to recall talk of a new package system for debian. The only things I remember are that it would understand rpm's as well as others, and I think its name started with the letter "h". Can anyone help me with a URL? Or am I dreaming? -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If puns were del

Re: VIRUS WARNING - apologies

Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, after I calmed down, I looked at my headers and saw that I did not > send the virus warning. [..] > *sigh of relief* On the other hand, if you did send the virus warning, you didn't do a bad thing, because it seems, that "alphaholidays" sent a mes

Re: Debian/gnu Linux Install

This is not a bug list server, but a user-list server. so He was not irresponsible James Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jeremy S. Warn wrote: > > > Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely > > cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck with a pc that wo

Re: X resources (was Re: Netscape big menu)

> For less ugly Netscape fonts and proper size scaling, > the best solution I've found is to install the mozilla-fonts > package at http://fox.mit.edu/skunk/xwin/#mozilla_fonts, > I have installed the rpm for these fonts using alien but when I try to configure them into Netscape in the fon

Re: [Fwd: CD distro]

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Re: Debian/gnu Linux Install

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jeremy S. Warn wrote: > Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely > cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck with a pc that won't boot off the > partitions that the software setup, if you completely cleaned your hard drive off, it's unclear why y

Re: [OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

Hello Ian, On 26 Sep 2000, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hello. This crossed my mind more than once: why was the Gnome project > started, when there was already something called GNUStep? Even if not > a full desktop, one can certainly see the beginnings of desktop-like > functionality in WindowMaker

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Re: VIRUS WARNING - apologies

On 26-Sep-2000 Robert Waldner wrote: > Well, if you´re not connected with > X-envelope-sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I wouldn´t think you´d be responsible ;-) Thanks, after I calmed down, I looked at my headers and saw that I did not send the virus warning. I thought I would get people all upse

Re: How to see module errors on bootup?

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Kent West wrote: >I know "dmesg" will show the boot-up messages generated (by the >kernel?); however, this apparently doesn't show the errors generated by >modules being loaded. These messages go by too fast to catch, and then I >haven't been able to find a way to read them

Re: Debian/gnu Linux Install

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jeremy S. Warn wrote: > Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely > cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck with a pc that won't boot off the > partitions that the software setup, and, due to loss of drivers, I can't > read the CD I bought. I'm

Re: VIRUS WARNING - apologies

Well, if you´re not connected with X-envelope-sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wouldn´t think you´d be responsible ;-) cheers, &rw On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 20:02:06 -, Pollywog writes: >Oh wait, I am not sure that I was responsible for this virus warning message, >now that I have looked at my header

Re: ?? .Xdefaults ??

Hello Peter, It should work, if you just rename your old .Xdefaults file into .Xresources (it can also be done to make X read from a directory and have files for all the single applications, but I don't remember how). In fact, the name doesn't really matter. If you want to have resources read from

RE: VIRUS WARNING - apologies

Oh wait, I am not sure that I was responsible for this virus warning message, now that I have looked at my headers. Can anyone tell me if I was the one who sent it? -- Andrew On 26-Sep-2000 Pollywog wrote: > I apologize for this error. I just switched from Exim to Postfix and this > took my by

Re: How to see module errors on bootup?

Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know "dmesg" will show the boot-up messages generated (by the > kernel?); however, this apparently doesn't show the errors generated by > modules being loaded. These messages go by too fast to catch, and then I > haven't been able to find a way to read

RE: VIRUS WARNING - apologies

I apologize for this error. I just switched from Exim to Postfix and this took my by surprise. I will modify my configs to prevent recurrence. -- Andrew On 26-Sep-2000 wrote: > WARNING! > > This mail is generated automatically by virus-scanning software. > > There was virus found in one or m

Debian/gnu Linux Install

Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck with a pc that won't boot off the partitions that the software setup, and, due to loss of drivers, I can't read the CD I bought. I'm VERY desperate for assistance Jeremy S. Warn

Re: CD distro

endroo wrote: > > can u guy there tell me where to get a economy/cheap CD distro of Debian > 2.2 ? Cheap Byte?!! there are a few to choose there...and i don't know > which is the installable. > > Thanks. > > -- > .~. > /V\ > // \\ > /( )\ > ^`~'^ > < endroo ®™ > >

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Re: wmaker+gnome (2nd.)

with regard to ... > > I have two problems using wmaker+gnome. I use "xdm" to log in (running > > gdm is *not* desired). The users have .xsession files as this: > > > > bla, bla, bla > > > > In file /etc/environment the following variables are defined and > > exported (among others): > > > > LANG=

Re: Upgrading to Xfree 4

There are xfree 4.0.1 packages by the Debian X maintainer, but they are still experimental and not part of Debian "proper." If you want to try them, add deb http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/ woody/i386/ to your sources.list. Do an "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade" and you'll update you

RE: apt-get size mismatch with woody

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jason Holland wrote: > Is there anyway to bypass the size check? I didn't see anything in the man > page. Just curious.. No, technically the file is corrupt and should not be used without that final byte. Jason

Re: Sound testing

Chris wrote > /dev/sndstat was never meant to be relied upon and is now listed as > obsolete in my kernel source (2.4.0-test7). Has it been superceded by something else? If so, what? Tim

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Linux on HP 9000 C-Class

  Is any one there who can recommend Linux for an HP 9000 C-Class   Thanx Henry

Re: CD distro

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Re: Soundblaster 128PCI problems

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 11:10:36AM +, Zeth Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just installed Debian Potato, and during the installation process > answeared yes for sound suport. How do I configure it? > When I do a cat on /proc/pci the system finds the card, but when I try to > load

How to see module errors on bootup?

I know "dmesg" will show the boot-up messages generated (by the kernel?); however, this apparently doesn't show the errors generated by modules being loaded. These messages go by too fast to catch, and then I haven't been able to find a way to read them again. Can anyone clue me in as to how I

Re: how to handle perl modules not "debianed"

On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 01:48:24PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > > good question. i wonder about that, too. > > and i just thought of a way to test it. > > find a perl lib that debian DOES have packaged, but > use CPAN to download and install it. > > test it to make sure all is well. > > you m

Upgrading to Xfree 4

Do you know how to upgrade to Xfree 4.0? There is something .deb package to use apt? or must be upgrading manually? If it's so, Is there some HOWTO to do that? TIA Rogelio

Re: CD distro

>can u guy there tell me where to get a economy/cheap CD distro of Debian >2.2 ? Cheap Byte?!! there are a few to choose there...and i don't know >which is the installable. I've bought from CheapBytes before (http://www.cheapbytes.com) with good results (couple of versions of Slackware, few other

Re: Shutdown as normal user

Solution 1: I use a program called "usershutdown", which I am using from my Slackware days 2 years ago. Don't remember where I got it from. Can send the source as an attachment in personal mail. Solution 2: 3 finger salute ! [Ctrl-Alt-Del] ciao USM Bish On Tue, Se

lvm

Hi all, I have now a currently working Potato system organized in simple partitions as I posted in another message. Well, my question is about how can I use LVM. Can I convert my current installation structure in a LVM one ? Do I have to reinstall all my system ? HOW ? Potato install doesn't cont

CD distro

can u guy there tell me where to get a economy/cheap CD distro of Debian 2.2 ? Cheap Byte?!! there are a few to choose there...and i don't know which is the installable. Thanks. -- .~. /V\ // \\ /( )\ ^`~'^ < endroo ®™ >

Manual for apt

Where can I download/view a manual for apt? I have 2.0 installed, so there's no apt on my machine. -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller "Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur."

kde2 for potato

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Re: [OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

On 26 Sep 2000, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hello. This crossed my mind more than once: why was the Gnome project > started, when there was already something called GNUStep? Even if not > a full desktop, one can certainly see the beginnings of desktop-like > functionality in WindowMaker or AfterStep.

Any knowledgeable Afio people out there?

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?? .Xdefaults ??

Some time ago I used a file ".Xdefaults" where things like emacs*Background: DarkSlateGray emacs*Foreground: White emacs*pointerColor: Orchid emacs*cursorColor: Orchid emacs*bitmapIcon: on etc. stands. I found in the initial .Xsession that the default place is usrresources=$HOME/.Xresources so

Re: quick upgrade help needed-kernel image not wanted

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 05:58:11AM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: > couldn't you just remove the kernel package? ... > i run my own kernels too but they usually have unique names for the most > part: ... I tried that but found that the installation process had not gotten far enough into things to crea

Re: Search Tool for Your Site

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Re: sawfish doesn't work

Thanks. Problem solved. Andy Michael Smith wrote: > I think the default sweetpill theme for sawfish is missing from the sources. > This > means that you have no raise-lower buttons or even frames on the windows. > Try using > sawfish and then running the configuration tool. Change the appe

Re: Subscribing troubles

Colin Watson wrote: > > Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have had a hell of a time subscribing to debian-user from home. I suspect > >there is some issue in the email database, as I have subscribed successfully > >to > >several other debian mailing lists. > > I usually find that, if I

RE: Search Tool for Your Site

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Re: Subscribing troubles

Michael Smith wrote: > > Were you sending the subscribe message in html or with a signature? That's > usually > the reason. > > Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have had a hell of a time subscribing to debian-user from home. I suspect > > there is some issue in the email database, as I h

More details about "sharing ide irqs"?

Where can I find more details about "sharing ide irqs"? My motivation: currently I am using irq 14 for hda and irq15 for hdb, and I want to free one of these. -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com

Re: Shutdown as normal user

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:35:21 +0200, Jörg wrote: >I'm using Debian/GNU Linux 2.2 and the Helix-Gnome desktop. The problem >is, that the 'gshutdown' program wants to be run as root. So I always >have to log in as root and shut down the computer. If you log out of Gnome, you can perform a shutdown f

Re: Secondary mailserver

In your /etc/exim.conf there is an item like this: relay_domains_include_local_mx make sure it looks like this: relay_domains_include_local_mx = true and that should fix the problem. On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Andreas Palsson wrote: > Hello. > > How do I set up my debian-system to act as a secon

Re: Shutdown as normal user

As a general rule, you do not want to allow regular users to shut the system down but if you are at the console ... have you tried control-alt-delete? On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jörg wrote: > Hi > > I'm using Debian/GNU Linux 2.2 and the Helix-Gnome desktop. The problem > is, that the 'gshutdown' p

[OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

Hello. This crossed my mind more than once: why was the Gnome project started, when there was already something called GNUStep? Even if not a full desktop, one can certainly see the beginnings of desktop-like functionality in WindowMaker or AfterStep. Was it just not cool-looking enough? :( --

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #99

will trillich wrote: > i'm going NUTS here... help! pointers would be handy, but i've > found many documents hither and yon on the 'net and NONE have been > turnkey... there's always some obscure obstacle or error message > that i have no clue as to the meaning behind it. Run ppp over SSH (http:/

Re: debian 2.2 on Ultra160? (fwd)

Subject: debian 2.2 on Ultra160? (fwd) Date: Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 04:07:11PM -0700 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > just in a reply to myself i tried going with mandrake7 with no luck it > crashed pretty hard within 30 seconds of insta

attachment to the no DRQ error

Halika! I probed a kernel without the "share ide's irq" option, and the error wasn't solved, so i gave up... Csaba Tóth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: scroll lock in rxvt

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > "EB" == Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: EB> this seems obvious but i haven't found a solution yet.. EB> control s activates the scroll lock, which in the console i can EB> release by pressing the scroll lock key on my keyboard (i

Re: debian: C library man pages

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 05:31:22PM +1100, Brendan J Simon wrote: > > I can't find the C library manpages. I'm running Potato on a PowerMac > and Intel system. > I have install manpages, libc6 and glibc-doc. I can't find any other > appropriate package by using "apt-cache pkgnames" or "apt-cache

Re: debian: C library man pages

Brendan J Simon wrote: > > I can't find the C library manpages. I'm running Potato on a PowerMac > and Intel system. > I have install manpages, libc6 and glibc-doc. I can't find any other > appropriate package by using "apt-cache pkgnames" or "apt-cache search". > > What package do I need to in

Re: serial line loopback

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > What does "serial line is looped back" mean? > > > It means that pppd is seeing its own LCP packets coming back. This usually > > happens when the host on the other end wants to see more text before it > > starts pppd and is echoing everythi

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