Re: Custom debian packages

2007-09-16 Thread Cal Paterson
In addition to above, the Debian New Maintainers' Guide is a helpful reference. http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ -- www.gnu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: grammar checkers

2005-11-14 Thread Cal Paterson
On 11/13/05, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These are precisely the people who shouldn't be using grammer software and > should use spelling software with care. It is because just these people might > not know there is a mistake in the words their software approves because > they're s

Nvidia failing on module-assistance (rivafb sanity check)

2005-11-13 Thread Cal Paterson
I'm trying to compile/install the non-free nvidia drivers through module-assistant, but it bombs through a sanity-check complaining of "rivafb" being installed, and that this can cause problems once the drivers are installed. I've asked a few people, and sent some stuff around, and found out that

Re: Useful GUI apps on low-mem computers?

2005-11-07 Thread Cal Paterson
You could try xfce4 or fluxbox (although fluxbox is slightly more non-intuitive for a novice). You might well need to cut down quite agressivly on unneeded daemons/X programs, but I reckon its possible. My xfce4 desktop starts up while using about ~86mb of volitile memory, and I've never bothered

Re: Remove Abiword from Debian Sarge?

2005-11-07 Thread Cal Paterson
On 11/7/05, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought gnome-office was one of those packages who's only purpose was > to depend on the other packages. If you remove that package, the > packages it depended on remain. If however, you remove one of the > packages it depends on you'll also have t

Re: Wireless card...

2005-11-07 Thread Cal Paterson
As well as checking compatibility here in the LHCH (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/) you might also want to look up compatibility under ndiswrapper (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/). -- www.gnu.org

Re: how to regress to stable

2005-11-07 Thread Cal Paterson
> > On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 07:45:49PM -0800, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > > I've been using etch/testing on my laptop since the change over.. > > > > > > I would like to know of an easy way, short of a re-install, to > > revert > > > back to stable. I've had a number of problems downgrading, and do

Re: corrupted sources.list

2005-11-06 Thread Cal Paterson
Is this possibly dependancy hell? Have you tried another version of your sources.list? Could you post your sources.list here? -- www.gnu.org