need access to old bzip'ed file

2003-02-04 Thread David Teague
version of bzip before bzip2. If I find a binary (I have binary Debian CDs back to 0.93) I won't be able to run it because libraries aren't that backward compatible. If I find the sources for the earlier version of bzip, shouldn't I be able to compile and run it? David Teague I use L

Re: Abiword ... am I being dense ???

2003-01-09 Thread David Teague
AIL PROTECTED] or you could search the archives at their web site, http://www.abisource.com/ Hope this helps David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: functional languages (was: Politics of Java)

2002-12-16 Thread David Teague
ing the state maintaining looping, sequencing, assignment, and binding of functions and data to identifiers to Scheme. I believe these and I/O are the only imperative features of scheme, and (less certain) believe they are the only imperative features of lisp. David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: functional languages (was: Politics of Java)

2002-12-14 Thread David Teague
ion parameter, but you can't return a function from a function in either language. Consquently you cannot do any of the nice self extensions that having functions as first class citizens provides. C and Pascal do not have continuations. I've not done anything with continuations yet, so I

USB/Parallel (was) Re: USB/Serial converter

2002-12-13 Thread David Teague
linux? Wouldn't these need drivers of some sort to work? There are USB -> Parallel converters too. I wonder if anyone has any experience with these under Linux. David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-sources and apt-preferences

2002-11-28 Thread David Teague
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 01:11:31 -0800 > From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: apt-sources and apt-preferences > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 02:45:48AM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > > Just out of curi

Re: copying files

2002-11-05 Thread David Teague
his > something I need to program for myself? Richard The man page for cp gives a -i option for cp that prompts before overwriting. David Teague Debian user and advocate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: way indulgent on my part--was Re: paint

2002-10-29 Thread David Teague
f it can be decreased, and if I can help, please let me know. Thanks to the guys who do the hard work that I cannot. David Teague who depends on this list for support of Debian Distribution. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why Cant I unsubscribe?

2002-10-22 Thread David Teague
Subscription/Unsubscription paragraph you will find a link to these web pages for subscribing or unsubscribing. click the maling lists you want off of then give it the email address where you get the list or lists, and submit. David Teague On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Greg Ray wrote: > Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002

Dr. Scheme

2002-10-10 Thread David Teague
ginal source or Sid's source and compile? Any words of encouragement or advice? David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unsubscribe DOES NOT work!

2002-10-10 Thread David Teague
trying to eliminate from you email the large amount of traffic from this list. David Teague On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Kurt Meyers wrote: > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:06:19 -0400 > From: Kurt Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Unsu

Re: can i trust you with this project

2002-10-04 Thread David Teague
Nigerians being arrested in South Africa for involvement in wire fraud in connection with the Nigerian e-mail scam. I will forward it to anyone who asks by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Are the experimental GNOME2 debs any good?

2002-10-04 Thread David Teague
n to updating my gnome to gnome2 and its dependencies? Thanks, David Teague [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Faulty hard drive?

2002-10-04 Thread David Teague
e manufacturers have programs for low-level formatting. I have not tried them. I wish you luck. David Teague On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Alex Polite wrote: > Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:04:13 +0200 > From: Alex Polite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OT] Faulty h

Re: apt-get upgrade holding back packages

2002-09-22 Thread David Teague
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Bill Morgan wrote: > Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 09:41:25 -0500 > From: Bill Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: apt-get upgrade holding back packages > Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 09:41:16 -0500 (CDT) > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On 9/21/0

Installation: pkgs held back question

2002-09-18 Thread David Teague
hould have, feel free to flame, or just say so. David Teague = dpkg --audit gives no output dpkg -l I believe the output from this tells me the packages that are "kept back" are "on hold" Here is output fro

Re: Ongoing saga of upgrading my old Woody

2002-09-12 Thread David Teague
; Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 03:07:59PM -0400, David Teague wrote: > > elentari:~# apt-get dist-upgrade || apt-get -f install > > Reading Package Lists... Error! > > E: Read error - read (5 Input/output error) > > E: The package lists or

Re: Ongoing saga of upgrading my old Woody

2002-09-12 Thread David Teague
--r--1 root root 1369161 Sep 12 13:42 status -rw-r--r--1 root root 1366219 Sep 12 13:42 status-old drwxr-xr-x2 root root 1024 Sep 12 13:43 updates Any advice based on this? David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &

Ongoing saga of upgrading my old Woody

2002-09-12 Thread David Teague
documents, the help files, the man pages with zero results. I have asked on the list and got some answers that appear to have got me some place, but NOT FIXED. Now will someone PLEASE help me? I have asked before about this before. David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Errors in upgrading old Woody. Help?

2002-09-09 Thread David Teague
This is the error I got from the second time I attempted to issue the command. This is supposed to be -- well, if not easy, then easier than other OS upgrade. Doesn't seem to be. Somebody help me, please? David Teague *** Full error m

Re: Printing problems....help???

2002-09-09 Thread David Teague
thing that might kill mailing list messages? David Teague On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Matthew Claridge wrote: > Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 07:26:56 +0100 > From: Matthew Claridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Printing problemshelp??? > Resent-Date: Sun,

Re: I Can t Unsubscribe

2002-09-09 Thread David Teague
bit) for Support, and click mailing lists under that. You will find a link to a page that contains an unsubscription form, through which you can with reasonable certainty, unsubscribe yourself. If this fails, then send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This seems to work well. Luck to you David Teague

Next step in bringing my Woody up to date

2002-09-07 Thread David Teague
Manual reading to do there. David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: getting Aptitude failed with my sources.list

2002-09-05 Thread David Teague
2002 11:41:33 -0400 (EDT) > David Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary- > > i386_Pack ages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > (snip) > > This is the sources.list that was used to update

getting Aptitude failed with my sources.list

2002-09-05 Thread David Teague
someone on this list. What do I do to fix this? Thanks David Teague Please CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mysterious offer of shell for 5 sec. at boot

2002-09-02 Thread David Teague
Back in June, Dan Jacobson asked about the shell offered during boot of a 2.4.xx K 7 shell. (Mine is K6, but message and behavior is the same here.) I never saw a response for this, and while his message is archived, there is no response archived. I would like to know what the shell is for? Do

RE your inquiry of March 11 Re Walmart Microtel

2002-09-02 Thread David Teague
nto X, but it seems to essentially be Debian with their proprietary user interface. They claim to contribute to open source software, but I wish they would GPL the stuff they have layered onto Debian. David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Ot c++ programming in linux

2002-06-29 Thread David Teague
download. I do not have the URL. Use a search engine such as Google. If I can help you further, please write to me off line. David Teague On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, faisal gillani wrote: > Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 18:17:14 -0700 (PDT) > From: faisal gillani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: man or info?

2002-06-22 Thread David Teague
e be some indication somewhere that the command set for standalone is different from what you get in Emacs? (Or is it?) David Teague Debian support is timely, accurate, and free. Thanks folks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

using old Adobe post script fonts

2002-06-16 Thread David Teague
paid about $100 for this stuff. I would like to use them. I hope some one can tell me how to use these with Linux. My wife would be overjoyed to be able to use them with here Windows box. Can anyone help? David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Newbie Resources Was -- Re: Debian book for complete newbie?

2002-06-13 Thread David Teague
oes anyone know whether Dale updated this Debian book? It still might be useful to a newbie if anyone sitll has it. There is a web site (and I'll have to ask someone for the URL) that is dedecated to the Newbie and their questions. David Teague On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Jamin W. Collins

Re: I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:how??

2002-03-27 Thread David Teague
Internet connection sharing on Win 98, huh? I had networking running between a linux box, a win 98 box, and a wind 98 box that talks to my ISP. I installed internet connection sharing, and the network disappeared from my network neighborhood on the windows 98 machine that is connected to the I

Re: directPC vs Starband (slightly off topic)

2002-03-15 Thread David Teague
Dave Mallery writes: > i will be forced to go to one of the satellite providers shortly. > > if you are using either or the above (or some other service) > i would greatly appreciate some feedback. i am in a totally remote > location. is there a problem with directpc's usb ethernet connection?

Re: When will "woody" be out?

2002-03-02 Thread David Teague
I have been running it on two production boxes. Works WELL Actually, prior to Woody, I ran a snapshot of Potato taken about 3 months prior to the freeze. Ran it until November of 2000, never a minutes trouble. >From what my students say about RH, Woody is more stable than the current RH rele

Re: VB: boot floppy for Debian

2002-02-21 Thread David Teague
Paul, Thanks to all who responded to this, those who responded to my earlier message. I sent a mail message on this subject about a month ago. I asked why the procedure outlined here failed for me, and the dd of a kernel to the raw floppy that was appropriately rdev'd failed as well. Several fo

Re: Earthlink Dialup

2002-01-25 Thread David Teague
am sending off for the 2.2r5 CDs in the near future. > Greetings to you one and all from a quaking newbie who is tired of > being shoved around by MS. > > Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of &q

Re: grub problem SOLVED

2002-01-19 Thread David Teague
l to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

What is "OT:"

2002-01-19 Thread David Teague
't a clue. Please enlighten me. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: [Fwd: OT: Rant]

2002-01-16 Thread David Teague
for me). > > > > Anyway, just ranting; I appreciate everyone's courtesy in not flaming me > for my OT rant. > > Kent > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: SB AUDIGY Player supported by Linux?

2002-01-16 Thread David Teague
s from ALSA that support is 'undetermined as of yet', and I > find no mention of the card in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/ - > so it appears not at the moment. > Steve > -- > "I never let my schooling get in the way of my education." > -- Mark Twain >

Re: Debian on Lindows ?

2002-01-11 Thread David Teague
> > Joris > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

2002-01-04 Thread David Teague
ll pointer value. BTW NULL is just the int value 0, it is not a pointer. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.) >

Re: When will Woody be thawed ?

2002-01-01 Thread David Teague
Mitchell > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

2002-01-01 Thread David Teague
William, Richard, and all: Stroustrup has said that if you find you have to cast, (much) your design is flawed. --David Teague On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, William T Wilson wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > > | Casting you can't really get away from nor d

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

2001-12-30 Thread David Teague
emendous amount of existing concurrent C++ software -- > Mozilla is a modern example), but fails to mention that, at the time of > his writing, Eiffel lacked support for concurrency altogether! > > Someday, if I suddenly become a bored academic, I'll write a complete >

Re: Where do you RTFM ?

2001-12-25 Thread David Teague
t, but the > > > basic concept still sucks. It should be scrapped for a searchable ... YEA! --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: What's a debian kid look like?

2001-12-25 Thread David Teague
tly) and I spend too much time practicing that bass and writing books, reviewing texts and manuscripts on C++ to get really good at Linux, Debian in particular. Without this list and the help from you guys, I'd be less well off here. Thanks. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/

Re: boot floppy doesn't work

2001-12-25 Thread David Teague
.. esp if you need to fix the disks ... > > have fun booting.. > alvin > > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, David Teague wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I tried to use the script mkboot that (if run as user, makes a boot > > disk by dd the kernel to a floppy and then r

boot floppy doesn't work

2001-12-23 Thread David Teague
ppy that has a Lilo track. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re:[2] Advice on upgrading Potato to Sid

2001-12-23 Thread David Teague
bout updating to Woody? I mean boot the Potata CD run to first reboot, exit ... Say -- what might "required setup" be? Then insert Woody cd and upgrade? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technical

Re: How to capture start up messages?

2001-12-14 Thread David Teague
Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org > Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: Amount of RAM L1 cache on a processor will support

2001-12-12 Thread David Teague
aving 3 or more double-sided DIMMs on the same Mobo (case in point, the > nForce chipset goes into "SuperStability Mode" if there is a > double-sided DIMM in the third slot, which turns down performance a > great deal to keep from becoming unstable.) > > I'm sorry if this

Amount of RAM L1 cache on a processor will support

2001-12-11 Thread David Teague
much RAM the L1 cache in a 1GHz Athlon will support? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: How can i install woody?

2001-12-08 Thread David Teague
Hi Stan What they told me is: If you have trouble with Woody floppies (oxymoron?) use Potato install floppies, install enought to use apt, the follow the apt sequence of commands for upgrading then use dselect to install what you like. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Audigy Drivers

2001-12-08 Thread David Teague
.4 kernel. Any further information anyone can send will be helpful, and if you wish I will share my successes. Meanwhile I can use it under (agh) Win2000. It works there, so it CAN be made to work. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,

Re: HELPME

2001-12-07 Thread David Teague
our scsi card, and drive see if any of these remarks make sense. All standard disclaimers apply. Your mileage may vary. May contain traces of peanuts, garlic, or jalapino peppers. Guaranteed no walnuts. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software suppo

Re: UPS software

2001-12-07 Thread David Teague
dations / experiences welcome. > > Regards. > Mark. > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: nvidia drivers & kernel 2.4.14

2001-12-07 Thread David Teague
bols if I use > > > the includes from /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14/include instead of > > > headers from /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.14/include > > > > > > What are you gcc are you using? > > > > > > kyle > > > > > > > >

Re: UPS software

2001-12-07 Thread David Teague
Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with PEI in any way. > > Hope this helps and take care, > > Daniel > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: Lyx broken in Woody

2001-11-17 Thread David Teague
wrote: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 08:31:10AM -0500, David Teague wrote: > > Lyx (version 1.1.6 fix 3 of Fri July 24 2001 starts with the > > folloing messages. > > > > > I use LyX to prepare my lecture notes for my classes, and this > > upgrade has made that i

Lyx broken in Woody

2001-11-17 Thread David Teague
is already installed and configured. I use LyX to prepare my lecture notes for my classes, and this upgrade has made that impossible at home. Can someone help me fix this? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, techn

Re: Best choice for video card

2001-11-15 Thread David Teague
e. Anyone else care to help? Thanks --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Best choice for video card

2001-11-14 Thread David Teague
fella? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope the answer to this is all of the above.)

Re: debian 2.2 + kernel 2.2.18 + USB

2000-12-17 Thread David Teague
t to the kernel, but else must I do? Would someone point me to the right place to find how make this device work with Potato. RTFM is ok, if the right manual and where to find the manual are given. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, t

Re: Unidentified subject!

2000-12-14 Thread David Teague
and side of the page, scroll down to Support, then click on mailing list subscription. There you can with one or two clicks unsubscribe from this list. Again, sorry to see you go, and best of luck. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free

Re: apt: http vs. ftp?

2000-12-07 Thread David Teague
it in preference to ftp. I still would like more discussion of this issue, some reasons why, etc. Mostly for my enlightenment. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. On Thu, 7

Re: apt: http vs. ftp?

2000-12-07 Thread David Teague
which are not terribly large, (what? 2 or 3 K?) whereas ftp was designed to be optimal files that may be very large. I'd appreciate hearing more on this from others. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,

Re: UNIX help

2000-11-30 Thread David Teague
r Linux what Hands On Unix was, and I think is pretty good. There are MANY web resources. Do a web search. Lots of luck, ==David --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: WARNING - Virus infected messages on list

2000-11-15 Thread David Teague
is list. Let's not be quite so tough on them. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: WARNING - Virus infected messages on list

2000-11-15 Thread David Teague
installing software. I'm not comfortable with a Member's Only mentality, even if it is a "M$ users need not apply" attitude. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: .deb

2000-11-10 Thread David Teague
ntrol do during installation that make many packages work. Hope this helps --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

XFree 4.0 .deb from woody on a potato system???

2000-11-08 Thread David Teague
ion, again: Can I use the XFree86 4.0.1 debian package from Woody to upgrade X on my Potato K6 system and get support for the accelleration provided by the SiS 6326 card? Or am I asking for trouble by installing a Woody package on an otherwise pure Potato system? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PR

XFree 4.0 .deb from woody on a potato system??? (fwd)

2000-11-08 Thread David Teague
ion, again: Can I use the XFree86 4.0.1 debian package from Woody to upgrade X on my Potato K6 system and get support for the accelleration provided by the SiS 6326 card? Or am I asking for trouble by installing a Woody package on an otherwise pure Potato system? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PR

Re: Compiling kernels

2000-11-07 Thread David Teague
o modify /etc/lilo.conf, that is, the installation does not do this for me? (It has been a while since I built a kernel.) --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: mv -i doesn't work?

2000-11-04 Thread David Teague
rename) files SYNOPSIS mv [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. [snip] -i, --interactive prompt before overwrite [snip] --David David

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-04 Thread David Teague
ll. You can find what is avaliable by looking on the web site, www.debian.org. I cannot tell you which is better, but I suspect that the x86 version is going to be a little more stable, only because it seems to have been around longer. Would someone on the list respond to this question? --David D

Re: GPL and software I have written

2000-11-01 Thread David Teague
stribution. > > snip I again disclaim any intention to give legal advice. This isn't legal advice, and I don't practice law. It is my humble interpretation of the GPL. Your mileage may vary. Don't drive or operate heavy machinery after using. This is not intended to diag

Re: LI at boot after making \boot reiserfs

2000-10-27 Thread David Teague
p] I don't doubt that LILO is incompatible with reiserfs, but I can't find anything in the LILO 21-4 Manual that suggest that LILO isn't compatible with any specific file system. Would someone please give me a reference on the reiserfs? That is a new fs on me. What advantag

RE: OT: Cross-platform document format?

2000-10-20 Thread David Teague
he file size with binary DOC stuff. Ray What is the "native-RTF editor for Linux"? Is there a Debian package for it? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

A conio for Borland C under Linux

2000-10-13 Thread David Teague
for programming than Borland IDE :-) > > Thanks, > Dan > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, te

Re: OT: is there a decent threaded mail reader...

2000-10-08 Thread David Teague
cted messages This may not be threading, but it serves my purposes. It is in some sense more flexible since besides the subject, you can select on status (new, read, etc) strings in the to, from, or search the messages Hope this helps --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I forgotten my root's password

2000-09-22 Thread David Teague
> Rogelio > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: Linux programming book

2000-09-19 Thread David Teague
cation Development or Beginning Linux Programming or > something else. > > Thanks in advance > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is f

Re: Staroffice on Debian Potato

2000-09-17 Thread David Teague
ument > > from another Word 97 program. > > your hearing is fine. even a WinCE device can't find an NT DHCP server > sitting > next to it! > > -- > > Who's watching the watchmen? > > ICQ: 15096825 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubsc

Re: Staroffice on Debian Potato

2000-09-15 Thread David Teague
ed to the Word 7 format file. SO wrote the modified files with the tracked changes in effect, as quite usable Word .doc files but with no change tracking. Can someone tell me if StarWriter 5.2 saves change tracking information to Word files? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU

Need a project, or documentation to write

2000-08-25 Thread David Teague
culty on technical content, completeness, clarity, usage, and grammar. Please let me hear from you, even if it is telling me to get lost;) --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Prof Computer Science, Retired Western Carolina Univerity Use Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, t

Certification

2000-08-25 Thread David Teague
Stormix seems to be the real commercial Debian (poor Corel), but Stormix doesn't mention certification on their web site. Here's hoping someone can steer us to information. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,

What are MUA, MTA, MDA? (Was Re: Linux Mail Client)

2000-08-23 Thread David Teague
I can guess it delivers mail) man mutt doesn't tell much and there no exim man page on my system. What is MUA? 3) What is the function of these? 4) Where would I look this up? What is TFM I should R? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software suppor

OFF TOPIC: oxymoron, was Re: Hardware Modems

2000-08-19 Thread David Teague
xist > as does the oft quoted non-oxymoron military intelligence. - Original Message - > From: David Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:33 PM > Subject: Re: Hardware Modems > > > > > >

Re: Hardware Modems

2000-08-18 Thread David Teague
f contradiction. Oxy means sharp, in german, oxygen is 'sour stuff" (approximately) or sharp stuff. And moron means dull or blunt. so an oxymoron is 'sharp-dull' or a self contradiction. Giant Shrimp for example. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Becau

Re: Hardware Modems

2000-08-17 Thread David Teague
lly edit the message in a reply, but someone may be able to decipher what these folks are talking about for me from the stuff I left in. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly

Re: netscape security hole

2000-08-10 Thread David Teague
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Carl Fink wrote: > > I wonder if Mozilla is vulnerable . . . . According to a ZiffDavis web site, Mozilla is not vulnerable, but I want to hear that from someone I believe more strongly. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software supp

Re: Missing class member in stl_vector?

2000-08-10 Thread David Teague
++ is from Silicon Graphics. Their website may shed some light. The STL uses overloading on the keyword const to distinguish between lvalue and rvalue use of members such as operator[]. Keep it simple until and unless you find you need this distinction, then study the STL with this in mind to figure

netscape security hole

2000-08-08 Thread David Teague
hole is and whether Linux is susceptible? (Probably only the user's files would be at risk at worst.) --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Linux support for PlexWriter 12/10/32A?

2000-08-08 Thread David Teague
f you don't know whether it is supported, is there a similar device that is known to work under Linux, so we might safely infer support? Or ... how can I find out short of buying one and trying it? ;) --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is fr

Re: Debian in Academic and Public Organisations

2000-08-07 Thread David Teague
both Lose 9x machines and Debian machines in a lab. I use debian on my personal machines, unless someone pays me to use MS unstable-ware. "with debian, unstable = quite stable." --David Teague On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Charles Lewis wrote: > We use debian all over this campus (router

Re: cos() in math.h ?

2000-08-03 Thread David Teague
oes not get you linked to the libraries. g++ automatically links to most libraries, as well as doing a bit more error checking. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. On Thu, 3 Aug

Unidentified subject!

2000-07-27 Thread David Teague
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Re: StarOffice5.2 install

2000-07-24 Thread David Teague
named so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin I was expecting a tar.gz file. Windows says it is a "bin file"-- not very informative. What is this beast and how do I use it? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, t

Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt

2000-07-21 Thread David Teague
l only take an hour or so to reinstall :-( > > Thanks. > > Richard. > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,

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