Re: debian from scratch? no CDROM. How to?

2001-02-13 Thread Ian Stuart
n is 0.9, and was uploaded on 5 November 2000. 3) Download the boot-floppies :) -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - EdINA, DataLibrary, University computing services. - Truth is what you believe it to be. I cannot force my facts on you, only make you believe my beliefs. - http://lucas.ucs.ed.ac.uk/

[Fwd: Dual Monitors]

2001-02-08 Thread Ian Stuart
What does /var/log/XFree86.0.log say? (alternatively, kill of {x/g}dm and use startx 2>&1 > /tmp/xfree.startup (or whatever) and see what you get then. Are you passing the --xinerama to startx? Original Message Subject: Dual Monitors Resent-Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 21:24:27 GMT R

Aarrggg! fonts & 4.0.1-4 (again :(

2000-11-16 Thread Ian Stuart
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) o

Re: xkb settings, BS not working

2000-11-01 Thread Ian Stuart
eKeyboard" EndSection [snip] Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc101" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection [snip] --

Re: X Server can't find font `fixed'

2000-10-19 Thread Ian Stuart
of re-installing or checking files helped... I can only wait... (I'm going to scan the bug-list today, unless todays update fixes it...) -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - University computing services. - Truth is what you believe it to be. I cannot fo

Re: X Font changed after woody dist-upgrade

2000-10-18 Thread Ian Stuart
guran remberg wrote: > > Ian Stuart wrote: > > > > > > My base font has changed dramatically - and is now *huge* > > When this happened in Mandrake 7.2beta, they were adviced to reinstall > the XF86 100 points font. Hm. This seems to be a bigger problem than

X Font changed after woody dist-upgrade

2000-10-18 Thread Ian Stuart
fonts (as defined in the Gnome Control Panel), but things like GDM, NetScape, XEmacs & Gimp all use this huge font. Where is it defined, and how can I alter it back to a more useable size -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - University computing services. - Tru

Re: What if Debian crashes?

2000-10-18 Thread Ian Stuart
File System ChecK - it can go pearshaped if too much is screwed ** -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - University computing services. - Truth is what you believe it to be. I cannot force my facts on you, only make you believe my beliefs. - http://lucas.ucs.ed.ac.uk/

Re: apt-get & kernel question

2000-06-29 Thread Ian Stuart
ke a module (and tell the kernel to use it, etc..) New kernel time ;-) -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - University computing services. - Truth is what you believe it to be. I cannot force my facts on you, only make you believe my beliefs. -

Re: Bad points for debian (was: resetting dpkg)

1999-12-23 Thread Ian Stuart
irror needs something like 20GB just now, so the archiving would need a huge file-system) :( Hope this helps.. -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - University computing services. - Opinions are funny things: Mine are mine and mine alone http://lucas.ucs.ed.ac.uk/

Moving the iconbox in Enlightenment 0.16-1

1999-11-04 Thread Ian Stuart
How do I move the Icon box? I can change it's orientation, and features about it, but I cannot move it, or any new ones to different screen locations. Any ideas anyone? -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - University computing services. - Opinions are

Re: Kernel 2.2 with Debian potat0

1999-07-19 Thread Ian Stuart
on't forget the rescue disk, or alternative boot option so that you can get back in after you cock it up ;-) -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - University computing services. - Opinions are funny things: Mine are mine and mine alone http://lucas.ucs.ed.ac.uk/

Re: Where is pine?

1999-02-24 Thread Ian Stuart
. put in.) What you get are (1) the pine source and (2) the Debian patch Patch the main source and compile - install. It's actually quite easy and well explained in the disrtibution files... -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - University computing services. ---

lp error

1999-02-17 Thread Ian Stuart
al network printer (which was working fine until this point) and now I get the error "Get_local_fqdn: no host name" what does this mean, and how do I fix it? -- --==**==-- Ian Stuart - University computing services. - Opinions are funny things: Mine are mine and mine alone

Re: Running seperate eth0 & ppp0 networks

1998-12-18 Thread Ian Stuart
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 03:29:49PM +0000, Ian Stuart wrote: > > > > what I wish to do is set up my PPP connection so that (when it is up) all > > requests for the ISPs network is routed via ppp0, whilst all other traffic &

Running seperate eth0 & ppp0 networks

1998-12-14 Thread Ian Stuart
) all requests for the ISPs network is routed via ppp0, whilst all other traffic is routed via eth0 how? (Assume that my academic lan is the class B 129.1 and my ISP is the class B 130.2) many thanks... ----** Ian Stuart Land Rover : A British car that was meant to survive the charge of an

Re: DOCUMENTATION: Tutorial/FAQ for APT?

1998-10-08 Thread Ian Stuart
r), look in slink/binaries_xyz/admin you will find apt (apt_0.1.6.deb) The package depends on libc6 (which may be a problem) and libstdc++2.8 There is plenty of documentation in /usr/doc/apt, including guide.text.gz -- Ian Stuart Computing Services The University of Edinburgh

Re: OFF TOPIC - UK TV PROGRAM ABOUT LINUX???

1998-10-06 Thread Ian Stuart
Ian Stuart wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "The Finnish programmer Linux Torvalds, whose software could > > threaten Bill Gates's Microsoft empire" > The program is one of these programs that does 5-minute bites at a > number of topics, with

Re: OFF TOPIC - UK TV PROGRAM ABOUT LINUX???

1998-10-05 Thread Ian Stuart
hat promises to be an absolutely hilarious Rikki show.. -- Ian Stuart Computing Services The University of Edinburgh

Re: Netscape 4.06 Messenger

1998-09-08 Thread Ian Stuart
procmail to pre-filter my mail ;-) If you're using POP3, you'll have to get messanger to do the filtering. This will be done each time mail is downloaded, however you may need to do a refresh on the open mailbox to show any new entries. -- Ian Stuart Computing Services The University of Edinburgh

Re: PCMCIA-CS: configure?

1998-08-31 Thread Ian Stuart
ll the two deb files (dpkg -i lin... pcm...) 8) reboot. * I make no warrenty for anything - if it blows up, it blows up. Make a backup boot image & get LILO working before you start! ** The pcmcia drivers will pick up whatever devices are in the pcmcia slots, don't be tempted to force the

Re: Config PCMCIA-LAN card on a laptop

1998-08-28 Thread Ian Stuart
t blows up, it blows up. Make a backup boot image & get LILO working before you start! -- Ian Stuart Computing Services The University of Edinburgh

Aarrgg! where in the latest imlib?

1998-07-08 Thread Ian Stuart
I'm trying to get a Gnome desktop installed, and I'm trying to find gdk_imlib1.1_1 I've spent two hours trawling several ftp archives, to no avail. please could some kind soul tell me where to get then d**n thing. many thanks. -- Ian Stuart Computing Services The Universi

Config for Laptop display..

1998-07-03 Thread Ian Stuart
I'm trying to get my laptop into 1024 by 768 by 16bit colour (it's currently stuck in 8-bit colour) The Chipset is Chips & Technologies CT65550 and it appears to be doing funny things with the clock-line. thanks.. -- Ian Stuart Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Computing Support

Require gnome file

1998-07-03 Thread Ian Stuart
I'm trying to install gnome 0.2 but I've discovered I need a file called "libgdk-imlib1". Anyone know where I can get it from? I've tried Jim Picks pages, debian.org & the UK SunSite mirror... -- Ian Stuart Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Computing Su

Re: Installed kernel-source 2.0.34 package and half the filesystems are not supported.

1998-07-02 Thread Ian Stuart
so this is from memory In Filessystems, theres an entry for MSDOS systems. This will then give you a largew number of extra menuitems, includeing page-code- and uni-code- support. ** Ian Stuart Land Rover : A British car that was meant to survive the charge of an adult bull rhi

Trying to install Gnome 0.2

1998-06-26 Thread Ian Stuart
I'm trying to install Gnome v.2 and I need to find libgdk-imlib1 where is it? -- Ian Stuart Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Computing Support The University of Edinburgh http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~kiz/ LandRovers - a 50-year-old stop-gap that has become the most s

Re: dosemu

1998-06-26 Thread Ian Stuart
The Gecko wrote: > > On 24-Jun-98 Ian Stuart wrote: > > How on earth do I get dosemu to use my 4Dos dos rather than freedos? > > dosemu uses a disk image that's been created before hand. To get dosemu to > use > another *dos than the one it's currently us

Re: dosemu

1998-06-24 Thread Ian Stuart
g.sys to load 4Dos 5.55 hda3 is swap hda4 is linux ext2 hda2 is mounted, at boot, to /dos using the following fstab entry: /dev/hda2 /dos vfat defaults,user 0 0 How on earth do I get dosemu to use my 4Dos dos rather than freedos? As a sub-question, is there any way to run SPX packets (ie

Re: (oops) loading pcmcia eth0 II

1998-06-18 Thread Ian Stuart
with my experiences - you need to redo both the pcmcia modules and the kernel at the same time - no idea why... I use make-kpkg for both, then dpkg -i with the resultant .deb files - it even sorts out lilo for me ;-) -- Ian Stuart Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Computing Support The U

Re: PCMCIA question

1998-06-15 Thread Ian Stuart
led with the kernel. I have also found that any time I remake the kernel, I have to re-do the pcmcia mudules as well (but that may just be me misunderstanding the system...) -- Ian Stuart Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Computing Support The University of Edinburgh http://www.tardis

Re: PCMCIA question

1998-06-15 Thread Ian Stuart
me now do the PCMCIA modules: make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 modules_image finally, install the .deb files dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.0.3x_custom.1.0_i386.deb \ ../pcmcia-modules-2.0.3x_3.0.1-2+custom.1.0_i386.deb -- Ian Stuart Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Computing

Re: CD-rom and ZIP

1998-06-11 Thread Ian Stuart
he media is changed - like MessDos and MickyOs ** Ian Stuart Land Rover : A British car that was meant to survive the charge of an adult bull rhino and be field-stripped in the jungle with essentially a screw-driver and a crescent wrench. WWW: http://www.tardis.vet.ed.ac.uk/~kiz/

Multiple IP numbers, one for each Subnet

1998-06-09 Thread Ian Stuart
only work within the same subnet, and has to be re-initialised at each bootup. many thanks... ----** Ian Stuart Land Rover : A British car that was meant to survive the charge of an adult bull rhino and be field-stripped in the jungle with essentially a screw-driver and a cresc

Re: pcmcia install help

1998-04-21 Thread Ian Stuart
e about the modem part, however the PCMCIA part works - I use a laptop with a PCMCIA ethernet adapter. To install the PCMCIA stuff, we (several people were involved in this one ;) compiles the source code and made sure the resultant modules ended up in the right place.... -- Ian Stuart Medi

Re: why debian?

1998-04-15 Thread Ian Stuart
Isabelle Dauthieu wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ian Stuart wrote: > > > > where to ask this question to Red Hat users. Maybe someone can tell me > > > what distribution is better? > > >From my own experience (a portable using a PCMCIA network adapter),

Re: why debian?

1998-04-15 Thread Ian Stuart
CMCIA network adapter), RedHat is easier to install initially (it's only 2 floppies as opposed to Debians 6+), however the updating system in debian (dselect) is _far_ superior.. -- Ian Stuart Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Computing Support The University of Edinburgh -- To UNSU