Re: 24-bit graphics woes

You might want to check out xfree86.org, they've got spiffy infos on the supported cards. and yeah.. the 24 bit ugly netscape thing is netscape being ghetto and ugly in 24 bit. try jumping it up to 32bit as soon as you can. x is generally a lot prettier when it's got the color depth behind it. :)

Re: configure

I've run into instances where XF86Setup works better than xf86config. Supposedly they're using the same config file, yeah? But *shrug* If that's not it, make sure that your monitor settings are correct. bryan. tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away. - nin.

Re: how to remove a broken package (long)

bah! that sucks. if you're running slink, i'm not sure why that's happening. but if it's a full potato machine, who knows. :) at the risk of sounding like the dork i am, try apt-get remove and apt-get check.. beyond that, i'm happily lost. sorry. :) bryan. tried to save myself but myself keeps s

Re: how to remove a broken package

no flames from me.. i'm newbie lamer scum as well. :) dpkg -r kills the package that isn't working.. also, apt-get -f install works wonders for packages that just aren't happy.. dependency problems or whatever. bryan. tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away. - nin.

Re: still can't resolve...

have you put your ISP's nameserver(s) in /etc/resolv.conf? That's usually the first thing to do. if you dun know them, call them and beat them for IPs. bryan. tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away. - nin. On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, tf wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm still having problems wi

Re: Samba: When does smb.conf get read?

did you /etc/init.d/samba restart? generally that makes changes to smb.conf happy happy. however, if you hadn't noticed, windows network neighborhood is sort of broken. try relogging into that machine (assuming you haven't.. somehow i don't see you keeping a windows box up for two days), after you'