Re: DPMS ( OT: Jonas)

2019-07-08 Thread Christopher M
Jonas, Weird I got your reply via the website but I never got a reply via email. Sorry for the triple send.. I wasnt sure if my messages were going through or not.. I never got a reply back saying my messages went through. Chris

RE: DPMS ( I had to rejoin the group hopefully my message goes through this time )

2019-07-08 Thread Christopher M
--- Begin Message --- I am not sure if my message came through so I am sending it again: Hi, In Deb 9 KDE on Deb 9 as soon as I logged in DPMS would be disabled and my screen would not turn off. I would have to manually go into the command line and run a line ( I forget what it was I ran) but

DPMS

2019-07-07 Thread Christopher M
I am not sure if my message came through so I am sending it again: Hi, In Deb 9 KDE on Deb 9 as soon as I logged in DPMS would be disabled and my screen would not turn off. I would have to manually go into the command line and run a line ( I forget what it was I ran) but basically it was the co

DPMS

2019-07-07 Thread Christopher M
Hi, In Deb 9 KDE on Deb 9 as soon as I logged in DPMS would be disabled and my screen would not turn off. I would have to manually go into the command line and run a line ( I forget what it was I ran) but basically it was the command to enable DPMS which once enabled, the screen would turn on and

Re: kernel compile problem -- unresolved symbols

2002-03-11 Thread Christopher M. Jones
gt; On 11 Mar 2002, Christopher M. Jones wrote: > > I am having a problem compiling from source 2.4.17 packaged for Debian. > > Using make-kpkg kernel_image in the source dir, all my modules come up > > with unresolved symbols. > > > > What causes this? What am I doing w

kernel compile problem -- unresolved symbols

2002-03-11 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I am having a problem compiling from source 2.4.17 packaged for Debian. Using make-kpkg kernel_image in the source dir, all my modules come up with unresolved symbols. What causes this? What am I doing wrong? What should I do to fix it? Using gcc 2.95.4

Re: how to get past an apt dependency problem?

2002-02-21 Thread Christopher M. Jones
just to ignore this particluar dependency problem unless I tell it to worry about it. apt-get install -f doesn't do the trick. Also sprach Osamu Aoki: > Hi, > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:28:25AM -0600, Christopher M. Jones wrote: > > I can't get past a dependency p

how to get past an apt dependency problem?

2002-02-20 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I can't get past a dependency problem related to the unstable version. I think I asked for the latest konqueror, or something... in any case I upgraded several components of my kde. Now I have this dependency problem, and I don't know how to fix. it. How can I (a) fix the problem, (b) have apt

postfix install: /etc/aliases.db: Invalid argument (???)

2001-07-07 Thread Christopher M. Jones
When attempting to install postfix I get the following error: postalias: fatal: open database /etc/aliases.db: Invalid argument dpkg: error processing postfix (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: postfix The err

Re: first time deb user: how to tweak xserver fonts?

2001-07-02 Thread Christopher M. Jones
But what about netscape and LyX. LyX is xforms, and I don't think netscape is gtk Anyway, I'll look into your suggestion. On Monday 02 July 2001 01:49, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 10:40:11PM -0500, Christopher M. Jones wrote: > > xlsfonts gives me

Re: first time deb user: how to tweak xserver fonts?

2001-07-01 Thread Christopher M. Jones
> What output does "xlsfonts" give you (don't paste in if it's a lot). > > Cheers, > > > Joost xlsfonts gives me -bunches- of output. Standard adobe stuff, b&h, bitstream, cronyx, ... KDE, for instance, uses a good font. The applications that suffer are gtk apps like gnome-apt, and other random

Re: first time deb user: how to tweak xserver fonts?

2001-06-30 Thread Christopher M. Jones
500, Christopher M. Jones wrote: > > I believe I have all the important fonts installed. > > > > xfree86 is version 3.3.6-11potato > > > > Here is the grep: > > > > /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "tcp/localhost:7100" > > /etc/X11/XF86Config

Re: first time deb user: how to tweak xserver fonts?

2001-06-30 Thread Christopher M. Jones
On Saturday 30 June 2001 16:28, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:09:42PM -0500, Christopher M. Jones wrote: > > The problem seems to be just the size of the fonts. It seems that X is > > using a really big, unscaled bitmap. I've tried changing around the font >

first time deb user: how to tweak xserver fonts?

2001-06-30 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I have just installed 2.2r3-- my first deb install. The only thing I can't seem to figure out is why fonts look so horrible in X. I have done all the config stuff I am accustomed to doing with other distros: dpi, bpp, monitor setup, etc. The problem seems to be just the size of the fonts. It s

[Fwd: Sound card question, mouse question] Try Two

1998-09-01 Thread Christopher M. Wesneski
I'll try sending this again since I didn't get a response. I've been having trouble with mail also but that is unrelated. If there was responses I'm terribly sorry for wasting your time but if it's not too much trouble can you forward them to my work address ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )? I'm positive that

Sound card question, mouse question

1998-08-29 Thread Christopher M. Wesneski
I recently learned how to setup my Plug-and-Pray modem using pnpdump and isapnp. pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf (then select the correct settings) isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf setserial /dev/ttyS1 port 0x2f8 irq 3 uart 16550 Everything works great. My question is, pnpdump also listed my sound card. When I

Re: Diamond Supra Express PNP internal modem , Linux , and you.

1998-08-04 Thread Christopher M. Wesneski
No dice. I got the same results when I uncommented that line. During boot, I see a line that says Configuring serial devices...done. then the next line says something like /dev/ttyS0 IRQ 4 0x2f8 and such but nothing about ttyS1... I get the feeling it's not seeing COMM2 at all! I really appreciat

Re: Diamond Supra Express PNP internal modem , Linux , and you.

1998-08-04 Thread Christopher M. Wesneski
to solve the problem > > Best regards, > > Fernando Tricas > > -Original Message- > From: Christopher M. Wesneski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 3:

Re: Install 2.0 via FTP: doesn't like a 28.8 modem the OS/2 partition likes.

1998-08-02 Thread Christopher M. Wesneski
Don't feel bad I've been banging my head on this for two weeks now Rob Landley wrote: > Brief summary: > > In installed from the boot disk, booted to the linux partition, but > "pon" can't create a ppp connection to my ISP to install the rest via > FTP. > > My system: > > 486DX75, approx 800

Re: Diamond Supra Express PNP internal modem , Linux , and you.

1998-08-02 Thread Christopher M. Wesneski
I have the exact same modem and I can't get it to work either. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone please tell me if it is possible to use above modem with > Linux. Thank you for your assistance. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null begin: vcard f

Re: Is the diskless boot possible in debian ?

1998-08-01 Thread Christopher M. Wesneski
Thank you VERY much for your help. I can now successfully mount my win98 partition (using the vfat type) which makes my like so much easier trying to debug the modem problem. OK, the error is: Jul 30 15:07:20 gunner pppd[801]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Jul 30 15:07:20

[Fwd: [Fwd: PPP help]]

1998-07-29 Thread Christopher M. Wesneski
> I have recently installed Debian 2.0.10 and I am having trouble > configuring dial-up access to my ISP. This is absolutely my first time > installing Linux. I've been a UNIX user for years but I know probably > less than the basics about administration. The over-all problem is I > cannot connec