On 18-Dec-98 Steve Hsieh wrote:
>> I just brought 17.2G ide harddrive, and when I try to use cfdisk to
>> partition
>> it, it only sees 8G. FWIW, I updated cfdisk to ones in frozen. Bios and
>> Linux
>> bootup sees it as 17.2G, so I don't know why cfdisk will not.:(
>
> How about using fdisk inst
Hi all,
I just brought 17.2G ide harddrive, and when I try to use cfdisk to partition
it, it only sees 8G. FWIW, I updated cfdisk to ones in frozen. Bios and Linux
bootup sees it as 17.2G, so I don't know why cfdisk will not.:(
Running 2.0.36(my own roll) and mostly Debian 2.0 with few updates.
Hi,
I just installed WordPerfect 7.0, and everything seems to work fine except
printing. I can print, but the output is in only one font even if I use
different font. Does anyone have any clue?
I using Debian 1.3.1 mixed with hamm and linux 2.0.33, and printer is canon
bjc-210.
Thanks fo
Hi,
When I try insmod paride, which was compiled my me running kernel 2.0.32
and /usr/src/linux is link against 2.0.32 kernel, I get this error:
/lib/modules/2.0.32/misc/paride.o: kernel-module version mismatch
/lib/modules/2.0.32/misc/paride.o was compiled for kernel version 2.0.29
Hi Andrew,
Here is the place you are looking for:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
Later,
David
On 17-Nov-97 Andrew Akins wrote:
Many thanks to everyone who gave me help.
The final working configuration for my Cirrus Logic GD7543:
Hi all,
I noticed that gnome_0.9-1.deb had "obgtk stuff" left out, so I try to compile
gnome from source. This is the error I got:
gcc -g -O2 -o phaser_chess board_view.o coord_list.o logical_board.o phaser-ches
s.o ../../libgnomeui/_libs/libgnomeui.a ../../libgnome/_libs/libgnome.a ../../ob
gtk/
On 09-Nov-97 Dan Hugo wrote:
I hat to be naive, but I've read a little bit about this bug (first on
www.news.com, and very little more on www.x86.org) and there is one
thing that is vague:
Are Pentium Pro and/or Pentium II also effected by this bug?
No. From what I h
Hi,
Is it me or ppp-2.3.1 in the hamm is a lot slower than ppp-2.2.0f in bo? When I
used 2.3.1, I couldn't get the connection to go faster than 850b/s, but with
2.2.0f, I can get 2.4+kb/s in netscape. This is from same site and same file in
minutes of each other. Should this go into bug report? BT
Hi Brian,
On 28-Oct-97 You wrote:
>>>>> Regarding Re: Unable F1-F4 mc running in rxvt; David Puryear
I've tried both versions of rxvt here and they produce the same codes
for the function keys. The only thing that I can guess could be
causing this
Hi Ana,
On 28-Oct-97 Ana Silva wrote:
Gustaf Erikson wrote:
> Move the configuration file (tarred) in the main E directory to
> ~/.enlightenment. I had to untar the tarball to change line in the
> main config file (?), because E complained it couldn't find a
> "Debi
On 28-Oct-97 Brian Mays wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Puryear) writes:
> When running mc under rxvt, I can't use F1-F4, but I can use them in
> xterm.
> Again, rxvt is from hamm. With the rxvt from bo, I didn't have this
> problem.
On 27-Oct-97 Matt Thompson wrote:
hi,
i just received my new ibm tp560 and am going to network it to my
debian desktop. i could, of course, put debian on the tp (and probably
will make a partition for it), but i want to learn about networking win95
clients with
Hi all,
Used to I could get clock frequency when X started, but now I don't see it. Is
there any way to get this info. like I just to? I am running svga server from
hamm.
Thanks for any info.,
David
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Hi,
When running mc under rxvt, I can't use F1-F4, but I can use them in xterm.
Again, rxvt is from hamm. With the rxvt from bo, I didn't have this problem.
TIA,
David
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On 27-Oct-97 Lukas Eppler wrote:
On 26 Oct 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> If I recall properly, I had this problem at one point and solved by
> upgrading to a newer dpkg-ftp. Try downloading the newest version
> from hamm with a regular ftp program and installing with `dpkg -i'.
Hi all,
With deselect, I have the Access with ftp with right directory and all then I
pick update which download new packages files from dists/unstable/main,
non-free, and contrib like the way it should. But when I do Install I get this
messages:
Processing status file...
Processing Package files.
On 25-Oct-97 Kevin J Poorman wrote:
Hi,
Where can I find the gnome debian package that Bruce talked about? ...
Thanks
I think it's in the Incoming, but please do remember that gnome is still in very
early stages of developement although moving very fast.
On 25-Oct-97 "dc" wrote:
Enough is enough.
-- cut --
I, like most Debin users, think Bruce is doing very fine job. I would hate to
see Bruce or anyother developers quit because of the few who don't appreciate
the amount of time and the effort the developers freely give to make Debian
what i
On 14-Oct-97 Matt Thompson wrote:
ok, i got libc5_5.4.33-7.deb from hamm, and here's what i got:
mattyt# dpkg -i libc5_5.4.33-7.deb
dpkg: regarding libc5_5.4.33-7.deb containing libc5:
libc5 conflicts with libc5-dev
libc5-dev (version 5.4.33-6) is installed.
On 14-Oct-97 David Puryear wrote:
On 13-Oct-97 Matt Thompson wrote:
David,
Well, there were no .gimp directories to be found, only gimp
directories
(/usr/lib/gimp, /usr/doc/gimp). I deleted the .gimprc files as
mattyt
On 13-Oct-97 Matt Thompson wrote:
David,
Well, there were no .gimp directories to be found, only gimp directories
(/usr/lib/gimp, /usr/doc/gimp). I deleted the .gimprc files as mattyt
and
as root and got this error both ways:
gimp fatal error: ".g
Hi Matt,
On 14-Oct-97 Matt Thompson wrote:
ok, che, here we go,
i *finally* got everything installed, after countless --force-depends and
--force-conflicts commands, but now there's one little problem: I can't
start *any* xterms! every single program i try to start
On 13-Oct-97 Matt Thompson wrote:
Well, I installed lesstif and it still didn't work. So, using dselect, I
removed the dynamic gimp and installed the static gimp and got the
following error:
gimp fatal error: Unable to open included resource file.
...th
On 25-Sep-97 Remco van de Meent wrote:
Hmm, I have -lX11 and -lXext mentioned in that file too. Kinda strange..
I just reinstalled xlib6 and xlib6-dev_3.3-3 and rebooted. After that, I ran
configure-script again and everything compiled without any error.:-)
Thanks,
D
On 24-Sep-97 Remco van de Meent wrote:
Does it detect X11 during execution of the configure-script?
How do I tell?
I'm using about the same configuration as you described, and didn't have
any
problems at all compiling gtk+970916.
In gtk+.xconfig, which I think is c
Hi,
Well the subject says gtk, so why am I posting to debian-user? I think this
might be just on my system which is debian 1.3.1 with xlib6_3.3-3,
xlib6-dev_3.3-3, libc6 and libc5. I checked gtk mailing list archive and didn't
find any similar problems.
Anyhow, when I try to compile gtk, I get th
On 22-Aug-97 Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
Hello Dave and Paul.
It's nice that you have all this energy available to carry on this
discussion, but I've grown quite weary of reading you posts. Thus, I'm
probably going to take Dave's advice, from one of his early messages
Since this is going around in a "circle," please lets all drop it.
Thanks,
David
On 21-Aug-97 "Dave Cinege" wrote:
---cut---
Oh boy...is this going in a circle...
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Hi all,
When I do:
:-> dpkg -i perl_5.004.02-1.deb libgdbmg1_1.7.3-21.deb
dpkg: regarding perl_5.004.02-1.deb containing perl, pre-dependency problem:
perl pre-depends on libgdbmg1
libgdbmg1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing perl_5.004.02-1.deb (--install):
pre-dependency problem - no
On 11-Aug-97 Lukas Eppler wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote:
> On Aug 8, 1997, at 07:05, David Puryear wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anyone know what is accessing the hard drive every 3 or four
> > second
On 10-Aug-97 Brandon Mitchell wrote:
+---
| Upgrade Notices: How to Safely Go to libc6.
Some people have reported unusuable systems after trying to upgrade to
libc6. In order to safely upgrade, the following was suggested by:
> From: "Scott K. Ellis" <[EMAI
Hi,
I just noticed that this happens only when running X.
Thanks,
David
On 08-Aug-97 David Puryear wrote:
Does anyone know what is accessing the hard drive every 3 or four seconds?
I'm using debian 1.3.1 with 2.0.29 on a laptop, so I trying to make the
battery
Hi all,
Does anyone know what is accessing the hard drive every 3 or four seconds?
I'm using debian 1.3.1 with 2.0.29 on a laptop, so I trying to make the battery
last as long as possible. But with constant accessing of the disk when I'm
just typing is draining the battery way too fast.:( Hope so
Hi,
On 08-Aug-97 Will Lowe wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Michael Stutz wrote:
> Certain X apps like GIMP only seem to like being run as root (in this
case I
> can run GIMP as a user but I cannot open any files, nor can I perform
> editing tasks on a new one).
>
Hi all,
Thanks Bruce for this information. Checking out i2o's website and reading
which companys(especially companies with OS) that are members, I didn't see
Apple or IBM on the list, which seem strange to me. In there FAQ, they mention
unix vendor SCO as a member, but isn't SCO is partly owned b
Hi,
Try this link:
http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html#ldp
I would recommend starting with The Linux System Administrators' Guide
Happy reading,
David
On 16-Jul-97 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have the basic debian system installed after some trial and error. Problem
is th
Hi,
Although I found the information I was looking for, it would be nice to
have archives updated. Isn't this done automagically?
Cheers,
David
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Hi Brandon,
On 06-Jul-97 You wrote:
Can anyone verify that well tested mode lines, used with older X servers,
fail with the latest X servers in 1.3.1? Sorry for making this so long,
but I didn't want to leave anything out.
Yes, I noticed this as well.
-- edited --
Modeline "640x480
On 05-Jul-97 Paul Seelig wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Puryear) writes:
> In your /etc/mc/mc.ext you should have these:
>
> # deb
> regex/\.deb$
> Open=%cd deb:%d/%p/
> View=%view{ascii} dpkg-deb -c %f
>
> A while back, I reported
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lindsay Allen) wrote:
> I am nearly certain that, some time back, I could put the cursor (in mc)
> over a .deb file, press Enter and find myself "inside" the package. I can
> do it right now on .tar.gz files, but with .deb files it shows a
> directory OTHER with
Hi all,
Is it possible to enable different depth for different resolutions? What I
would like to be able to do is:
8bit for 1024x768 and 320x240
16bit for 800x600
24bit for 640x480
This way I can do Ctrl-Alt + or - to change depth. I have 1 meg on video card.
Thanks for an
Hi,
You just need to have
127.0.0.1 MyBox localhost
And you don't need 0.0.0, or at least I havn't had a problem without one.:)
David
On 19-Jun-97 Dale Scheetz wrote:
My ppp connection is to an ISP that is willing to provide me with a
"static" IP address, allowing me to be the s
Hi Rick,
On 17-Jun-97 You wrote:
I got X going by using XF86Setup. Initially, when done, it ran
xvidtune. Now, no such luck. I ultimately ended up removing all of the
xpackages and reinstalling, but still no. It seems to be unhappy about
a missing default font.
Did you save the XF8
Hi Rick,
You wrote:
But it seems to insist that the higher density modes don't
exist. It's startup messages (the ones that are left)
annnouce
(--) there is no mode definition mamed "1024x768"
(--) removing mode "1024X768": from list of valid modes"
then again for 800x600.
This
Hi all,
One of the programs(kdelibs) that I am trying to ./configure is looking for
the aclocal, and looking through the configure output, it says the aclocal is
missing. Could someone please point me to right direction as to what this is,
and where to get it?
Thanks,
David
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Hi all,
When installing binutils_2.8.1-1_i386.deb I got dependency error, so I did it
again with libbfd2.8_2.8-1.deb which I already had installed. Here is what
happened:
LeBox:-> dpkg -i libbfd2.8_2.8-1.deb
(Reading database ... 17956 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to repl
Hi,
Look in the ~/non-free for gs-aladdin_4.0*
Cheers,
David
On 31-May-97 Matthew Tebbens wrote:
>Well, I did install GV and it does look good!
>GV says it can display PDF if GS is ver 4 or better.
>Debian does not have GS v4, its still at 3 something...
>Time for an updated GS p
David
On 26-May-97 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On 26 May, David Puryear wrote:
>
>> perl: warning: Setting locale failed for the categories:
>> LC_CTYPE LC_COLLATE
>> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>> LC_ALL = (unset),
>&g
Hi all,
I get this error when using perl scripts:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed for the categories:
LC_CTYPE LC_COLLATE
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_CTYPE = (unset),
LC_COLLATE = (unset),
LANG = "us"
Hi all,
On 30-Mar-97 Dale Scheetz wrote:
>> If you are in any of the mounted directories (including the top, e.g.
>> /mnt), then umount would give this message and refues to unmount the
>> device.
>>
>I don't know that this is strictly true. For instance, my fstab mounts
>/usr from a seperate d
Hi all,
I upgrade a lot of packages, don't know exactly which ones though, and now
shutdown -h now and umount will not unmount /usr(aka /dev/hdb3). It gives me
same error:
umount: /dev/hdb3: device is busy
Does anyone have any idea as to what is causing this?
Thanks,
David
p.s. From no
Hi all,
When I try to compile a program with -l*(anything from /usr/X11R6/lib), I get
no such a file or directory error. I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my /etc/ld.so.conf,
and I have ran ldconfig -v. I'm out of ideas as to what I need to do in order to
make this error message go away. So far, I have jus
Hi,
On 15-Mar-97 Robb Ludwig wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've read the manuals, and the how-to's, and the documentation. And I
>can't figure this one out.
>
>I have a Canon BJ10e printer. I'm using the magicfilter that came from the
>Debian distribution (everything else is Debian too). I used
>magicfilter
Hi,
On 15-Mar-97 Mike Orr wrote:
>On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Christopher C. Pitts wrote:
>
>> Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro wrote:
>> >
>> > Has anyone managed to succesfully connect a Windows NT server? THe
>> > How-To's I've looked up and the books I have bought assume I use a
>> > normal server (Unix/
Hi,
On 08-Mar-97 Heikki Vatiainen wrote:
>If you check /etc/crontab you'll notice that there's a line that does
>something like 'run-parts /etc/cron.daily'. /etc/cron.daily has among others a
>file called 'find' that includes the commands to update the locatedb.
>
>Like the name implies, files
Hi,
On 01-Mar-97 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi. I am having a little trouble with gimp. I have installed gimp
>0.54.1-5 and gimp-plugins 1.0-1. My problem is that I can't figure
>out how to access the menus/pluging that are defined in my config
>files. I have copied /etc/gimp/gimprc to ~/.gimpr
Hi,
On 28-Feb-97 Tim Sailer wrote:
>In your email to me, Alex Lobkovsky, you wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Having benefited greatly from this list before, I do not doubt for a
>> moment that someone will know the answer to this:
>>
>> Does Linux read/write to the new Win95 Fat32 filesystem?
>
>Heh.. I
Hi Alex,
On 27-Feb-97 Alex Lobkovsky wrote:
>Having benefited greatly from this list before, I do not doubt for a
>moment that someone will know the answer to this:
>
>Does Linux read/write to the new Win95 Fat32 filesystem?
Yes, check here:
http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/fat
Hi,
On 25-Feb-97 Nils Rennebarth wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, David Puryear wrote:
>>If anyone finds way to make java work without causing bus error, please let me
>>know.
>Did you try out using old version of the pixmap library?
>
>I have libXpm.so.4.6 in /usr/lib/nets
Hi,
On 25-Feb-97 Christian Hudon wrote:
>On 24 Feb 1997, David Sewell wrote:
>
>> Just wondering if any Debian users have tried the new Netscape
>> Communicator beta, released a couple of days ago.
>>
>
>Tried it with MALLOC_CHECK_=0, only got one bus error. The newsreader was
>working fine for m
David Engel wrote:
> You probably have mismatched run-time and development packages. For
> example, your libc package might be at version 5.4.23 while your
> libc-dev package is still at version 5.4.20-1. The version numbers
> are supposed to match exactly. Dpkg is supposed to prevent this fro
When I do dpkg -i ldso_1.8.10-1_i386.deb here is what I get:
(Reading database ... 18262 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace ldso 1.8.5-1 (using ldso_1.8.10-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ldso ...
Setting up ldso (1.8.10-1) ...
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr
Hi,
Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> A number of people have asked how to make donations to the Debian project.
> We will not accept any until after we have elected a board of directors.
> The reason for this is that we have no treasurer at present, and it's up
> to the BOD to elect one. The developers wi
Hi,
Robert Nicholson wrote:
>
> Isn't it regarded that the Aladdin ghostscript offers better
> fonts/features?
This is in ~/non-free/ as gs-aladdin_4.03-7.deb
Later,
David
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Hi All,
Is Java-mini-Howto that comes with jdk upto-date? Here is what it says
to do to make netscape java aware:
edited --
> 2. How to make Netscape 3.0 and java work
> 2.1. Getting the environment right
>
> The fundamental problem with Netscape 3.0, java, and linux m
Hi Benedikt,
You wrote:
> Well, all the icons together don't take up that much space, and just
> before I wrote about this, I had the problem, that I needed an xterm-hp or
> hpterm icon. Just for that I needed to install ctwm (which otherwise I
> don't use). And also, just looking at the names o
Hi All,
Benedikt Eric Heinen wrote:
> I'd like to propose a little change for some of the existing packages
> (including fvwm95, dosemu, afterstep, fvwm-common, elvis, tgif, ctwm,
> wily, xsok, offix and some others).
>
> Is there really a *NEED* for each package to have its icons somewhere
Hi All,
I just tried compiling a program that needed /usr/X11R6.1/*. From all
the things I have read, XFree86 version 3.2 is based on X11R6.1. So I
was wondering if it was okay to symlink X11R6.1 to X11R6.1? Is there
reason as to why this is not a default?
If you are wondering I'm running Debian
Hi All,
I'm trying to connect two computer with serial cable but I couldn't find
the cable long enough. So I went to electronic store and bought cable
without plugs and plugs. I ask them which wire went where, but they had
no idea.:( I think I saw a posting of this somewhere, but have no idea
as w
Hi All,
I was wondering why LDP(Linux Documentation Project) manuals are not
included in Debian?
Sorry if this is an old news, but as a new user of unix, I found Linux
Systems Administrators and Users Guide very useful.
Just wondering,
David
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Hi all,
I have been trying to make xserver-svga_3.2 to work on my system with no
luck. When I do 'startx' I get blank screen. I can change to other
console and do ps -a and it shows that X is running. But I cannot see
anything. I am using old XF86Config script which worked for me with
xserver-svga
Hi Alexander,
You wrote:
> Now it works! :-)
>
> Thanks. I think that a good thing would be, for beginners like
> me, a command "help" to do in prompt, like that of MSDOS,
> but without those cryptographic "technical aspects". Something
> more clean than man or info, like "ls do this, man d
Hi Ramos,
J. Ramos Goncalves wrote:
> What's the size of the CD (is it 650MB?). I have a mirror of bo, rex,
> contrib and non-free and they take just over 300MB. Am I missing
> something?
Yes, what machine do you have? If you have intel(i386) then you won't
have packages for others like alpha,
Hi David,
You wrote:
>
> Hello all...
>
>Installed the new 1.2 - loved it...
>
> 1) did any body else out there notice some funky things going on
> inside the drivers/modules selection menu? It worked but there was
> some strange goings on when I moved the sel
Hi All,
Is there way to print dvi files? I know I can print it by converting it
to ps file but I would like to skip this step if there is way.
Thanks,
David
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Hi,
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
> I've tried gv; it looks nice, but for me, it doesn't have scrollbars
> in the file open window, which makes it useless! Version 2.7b5-3.
You don't need scrollbars. You can move up and down right or left of
click and drag of page on display. I find this very useful
Hi All,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Lars,
>
> What you need is a copy of the Adobe Acrobat viewer software.
Better would be Ghostscript with gv. Since most people have Ghostscript
already. Ghostview is not setup to view pdf files(have this changed?)
even through Ghostscript can handle it. But
Hi all,
Can I use same XFConfig script in x-3.2 that I used in x-3.1??
If any, what do I need to change/add? If you want to see my script, just
ask.
The reason I ask this is I have none standard system and it took me a
while to make everything work.:) So I would rather just use same script
if I c
Hi all,
I was going to buy NEC SuperScript 860 printer. So I looked at the
printer drivers and did not see one that match this. Can this printer be
used in Linux? If so, how/what should I use in terms of driver? Here is
spec for this printer:
Speed 8ppm
Resolution: 6
Hi all,
I was wondering if lyx can be used with teTeX?? Does any one know if and
when teTeX will be able in debian?
Thanks,
David
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list of files to be copied (otherwise, you'll just
> > fill up your disk). Check the line
> >
> > "find ./ | grep -v /mnt/ | cpio -pdmv /mnt"
> >
> > It tells you everything.
> >
> > See ya,
> > Nelson
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Hi all,
I used to use fvwm with NoPPosition and SmartPlacement in system.fvwmrc.
I tried to use same thing in fvwm2 and it doesn't work. Any ideas as to
how I can use them in fvwm2?
Thanks in advance,
David
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Hi all,
I was doing some house cleaning and found a file named "[" in /usr/bin.
Does any one have any idea what this is? Is there way to find out which
package it came from? Here is ls -al:
LeBox:/usr/bin :-> ls -al [
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root15633 Mar 9 1996 [
How do I force fsck
David Puryear wrote:
> I noticed that some ps files gives error when using
> gv -antialias
> Does anyone know why? I looked at man and docs and couldn't not find
> why.
Okay, I play around with it some more. It's not gv problem but
ghostscript. When I try 'gs -anitiali
Hi all,
I noticed that some ps files gives error when using
gv -antialias
Does anyone know why? I looked at man and docs and couldn't not find
why.
Thanks for any information,
David
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Hi Johannes
You wrote:
>
> Could someone please tell me where errors in Debian Linux
> (non-existing packages, wrong dependencies, etc.) should be
> reported to ?
> Perhaps there is a special mailing list for that ?
This is where:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/iwj10/debian-bugs/
Make sure som
Hi Johannes
You wrote:
>
> Debian's realization of package dependencies is, in my opinion,
> too tight.
> Two (out of many possible) examples may illustrate my point:
>- A user doesn't want to install Debian's ghostscript since
> he is a ghostscript beta tester and has a newer version
>
Hi Guy
You wrote:
>
> Lawrence Chim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Once I upgrade libc to 5.4.7-1, netscape cannot run and it said
> > bus error. Then I downgrade to 5.2.18, netscape runs again.
>
> I have netscape 3.01b1 which works with libc5 5.4.7-1 without a
> problem. Maybe 3.0 doesn
Brian C. White wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if I could use Linuxconf on a Debian system? If not,
> > please explain. I think as new user, it would be nice to have admin.
> > tool to control most of system config. in one setting.:-)
>
> "cfengine" is nice if managing a network.
I was look for mor
Hi all,
I was wondering if I could use Linuxconf on a Debian system? If not,
please explain. I think as new user, it would be nice to have admin.
tool to control most of system config. in one setting.:-)
Thanks for any information,
David
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Hi Rob
You wrote:
> > I was looking at some postscript files and quality was not very good. Is
> > there different fonts I can get that would produce better output in X
> > and especially ghostscript? If so, where and how.
>
> One thing that will help screen output tremendously is anti-aliasin
Hi Bruce,
You wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the performance cost of modules?
>
> They use a bit more locked-down RAM in the kernel than non-modular
> drivers, however not generally a significant amount. Execution speed
> should not be different. The thing you might be noticing is the delay
> for
Hi Larry
You wrote:
>
> David Puryear writes:
>
> -> But when I do "date" and "clock" I get two different times. The
> -> time I get from "date" is way off. So I usually do "clock -s"
> -> and everything is fine. Any idea as
Hi,
Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> > I would like to run "clock -s" every time I start the machine.
> > What I need to know is where do I put this?
>
> It should already be run automatically by /etc/init.d/boot.
>
Here is what is on /etc/init.d/boot:
# Set and adjust the CMOS clock.
clock -s $GMT
Hi all,
I would like to run "clock -s" every time I start the machine.
What I need to know is where do I put this?
Thanks for any information,
David
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Hi All,
I just like to know why when I installed package with
"..registers itself via install-fvwm2menu", it deleted my old
main-menu.hook and menudefs.hook. I like the ones I had. Has any
one else have this problem? I think this should be optional.
When dpkg installs new setup files it should
Hi Mike
You wrote:
>
> does 'ls -al /tmp' turn up any vi looking directories that may
> have bad permissions on them?
No, didn't see one.
> Btw, I've found the program 'strace' to be extremely useful in
> ttracking down stuff like this. Try
>
> strace -o output nvi somefile
Here is the ou
Hi all,
When I try to use vi in nonroot user I get this:
LeBox:/home/dayear :-> vi
Error: ex output: Permission denied.
This only happens in nonroot. I can use other editors(ee,ae...)
fine. Here are the listing for nvi and nex:
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 292428 Au
Hi all,
I've problem with Netscape3.0 newsreader in Linux. When I do
'Show All Newsgroup', I don't get the complete(which I get when
I do this in Windoz) list. I tried knews and had same problem. I
don't use much of Windoz, so I would really like to make this
work. Any ideas?
Thanks in advanc
Hi Matthew,
You wrote:
>
> I found Adobe's beta3 of their Acrobat viewer, but they claim it is only
> for the yggdrasiL (sp?) distribution... Has anyone got this setup under
> Debain (packaged or not) and can explain how to do it?
>
> Thanks...
It works under Debian. I don't know if it is able
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