Re: dvd slow and slows clock

2003-06-13 Thread John Lapeyre
are. So I got the dvd+-rw drive and a usb 2.0 pci card, and an box with an ide to usb interface. I threw the drive in the box, threw the card in the motherboard and rebooted. Upon connecting the cable, I could get at the drive via /dev/scd1. -- John Lapeyre http://physics.arizona.edu/~la

Re: dvd slow and slows clock

2003-06-12 Thread John Lapeyre
, etc... *Marino Fernandez wrote: > On Friday 06 June 2003 08:04 am, John Lapeyre wrote: > > This is probably not debian specific, but I have been revisiting this > > problem for a couple of years and searching on the web and am stumped. > > > > Dvd is too slow to view a dvd (I&

dvd slow and slows clock

2003-06-05 Thread John Lapeyre
e Cc me. Thanks, John -- John Lapeyre http://physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: potato - where's lp

2000-01-20 Thread John Lapeyre
it is more urgent to get it into release shape. You may notice a bug that you just have to report, or an incompatibility may arise that affects your package. But the release-police won't kick in your door if you run an unstable distribution. -- John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMA

Re: 80 min CD burning

1999-08-23 Thread John Lapeyre
are even save to burn some 660 MB on a 650 MB > CDR. > > I had no problems burning 80 minutes CDs with xcdroast. > > > Jens > > P.S.: Please vote against Spam! At > http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ > (Sorry Europeans only) > --- > [EMAIL PROT

Real audio to disk

1999-08-23 Thread John Lapeyre
ss, tool really suck ? -- John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre

Re: "httpd: cannot determine local host name"

1999-08-18 Thread John Lapeyre
d the line ServerName yourhostname to /etc/apache/httpd.conf Then do apachectl restart and your pages should be found by netscape. This is proabably a kludge , but it works. -- John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre

Latex Tables

1999-04-20 Thread John Lapeyre
... blah \bottomrule \end{tabular} \caption{Coefficients in expansion of $\Deff$ about $\nu=0$ for three dimensions}\label{threed_exptable} \end{table} The caption thing has to go in just the right place. -- John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson,AZ

Hamm(2.0) vs. Slink(2.1) pages are up

1999-03-01 Thread John Lapeyre
At http://homey.physics.arizona.edu/reports These pages list which packages are new, which are upgraded, etc. These pages may be available at debian.org later. -- John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre

Re: Debian 2.[01] -- Only rudimentary support for Laptops?

1998-10-15 Thread John Lapeyre
FAQ-O-MATIC ! (Excuse my yelling, I just wanted to advertise ;) ) Why don't you put an entry in this nice, underutilized tool. And reward Mr. Grobman for his effort. See: http://www.debian.org/fom/1.html John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://

Re: Should Package Web page be changed for non-free (Re: glimpse on CD?)

1998-10-05 Thread John Lapeyre
in the Galbra>path. I have built packages and uploaded them to main only to find later that they depend on non-free libraries that appeared free when I found them on the web page. (note that when the lib later shows up as a dependency, it is listed as non-free) . John Lapeyre <[EM

Re: help

1998-08-17 Thread John Lapeyre
he's trying to get the help command from the list server program. John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre

Re: is slink stable enough

1998-08-12 Thread John Lapeyre
There are new packages being uploaded all the time, so in general , it's not stable. However, there are also bug fix and minor upgrade releases (and some new packages are OK) . So you may want to get some things from there. John John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

tecra rescue does not work with thinkpad ?

1998-06-19 Thread G John Lapeyre
Hi, (latest Hamm) I tried the regular rescue floppy and the tecra floppy on a thinkpad 380D and both hang on booting. Does this make sense ? John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- To UNSUB

Re: Debian from the Stampede's POV

1998-05-21 Thread G John Lapeyre
rsion = 5; }; /* The above SlPackageVersion is 3.1, int value of 5 */ John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian GNU/Linux: Best of the Web! (fwd)

1998-04-21 Thread G John Lapeyre
good publicity for Debian. > The awards page is at http://linux.miningco.com/library/awards/blapr98.htm Looks like they've put a good deal of effort into their site. I don't know who made the ratings(has good taste, I imagine) ... but notice Debian is the #1 site, while no other

Re: non-free software

1998-03-31 Thread G John Lapeyre
> Thanks for the tip. I will probably replace xv with imagemagik. > Netpbm contains a number of programs that can be called from > a script. If imagemagik is an X11 program, I may not be able > to pipe images. > > King Lee > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > G John Lapeyre <[E

Re: non-free software

1998-03-31 Thread G John Lapeyre
e cannot be replaced. imagemagik G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Description of Perl Data Language

1998-03-04 Thread G John Lapeyre
I just uploaded a debian package of this to master. The next revision will have a free license. (Soon) The docs and online help , etc . are much improved. A beta version 1.9900 of PDL is now available on CPAN (+). PDL is a freely-available number-crunching extension for perl,

Re: module configuration

1998-02-25 Thread G John Lapeyre
etc.) MEAn or REFER TO...and then...which are most > likely to apply to my particular components? > > I have already looked through the FAQ and FAQ-O-Matic and have not found > anything this specific or addressing my problem. > > Thanks very much. > > Dan Grindstaff

Re: Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

1998-02-16 Thread G John Lapeyre
~~~ > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: less clears screen after exiting

1998-02-12 Thread G John Lapeyre
gt; the screen when after viewing a document (within an xterm). I can get rid > of this problem with the "-X" option (disables termcap before and after > calling less) however this option also disables my arrowkeys. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Tom

Re: FAT32 support in hamm.

1998-02-04 Thread G John Lapeyre
MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "uns

Re: debian learning curve

1998-01-20 Thread G John Lapeyre
Computer Science Department >College of Science and Technology >Maharishi University of Management > (Maharishi International University 1971-1995) > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

Re: Why is debian "more of a learning curve" than Redhat???

1998-01-20 Thread G John Lapeyre
aintainable operating system. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: More colors in X

1998-01-14 Thread G John Lapeyre
an't have the heart you make bleed. | > |-- The Beautiful South, "Love is..." | > -- > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: Partitioning problems

1998-01-14 Thread G John Lapeyre
p me with this problem so > > that I can continue to use Linux (or, if needed, I'll get the new ver). > > > > Try using fdisk rather than cfdisk. I have found that it will operate on > some drives that confuse cfdisk. > fdisk3 sometimes works where neither

Re: Debian & Win95 files... && FAT32

1998-01-13 Thread G John Lapeyre
ny suggestions? > > TIA!! > > -- > Steve Morrill > > > Reply to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP Pub key id: 0xF2459FCD > Debian LINUX Where I really want to go today! > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-ma

Re: Perl 5.004 and Perl-tk

1998-01-12 Thread G John Lapeyre
> of Perl. Is there a fix. > > TIA > > Adran Monk > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ

Re: can4t use FIPS on windows 95

1997-12-28 Thread G John Lapeyre
___ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > G John

Re: recompiling the kernel

1997-12-14 Thread G John Lapeyre
make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2 > > i looked for the file "uni_hash.tbl" but didn't find it. i downloaded > the entire kernel source, though - shouldn't i have it? any ideas? > > thanks. > > aaron brick. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THI

Re: clueless people on debian-user

1997-12-12 Thread G John Lapeyre
fits outweigh the costs. I tend not to have an emotional reaction to spam in my inbox, but again , for me its 50 to 1 or more legitimate mail. Question is how many debain users prefer to access the list via usenet ? G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.

Re: I can't get the screen back the way it was!

1997-12-12 Thread G John Lapeyre
ard to offer any suggestions. For instance, what > window manager are you using? What exactly is not in place? I smell Microsoft here. G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the w

Re: newbie questions...Help!

1997-12-12 Thread G John Lapeyre
Then pick a directory (HOWTO is a good one) cd to it and use less filename to read a file. See the linux documentation project on the debian web page. I think the users guide starts with 'ls' , etc. G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ

Re: cfdisk partion errors

1997-12-12 Thread G John Lapeyre
hat came about from using cfdisk. are there any > > ways to correct or edit partition errors? > > > > allan > > Few months ago, I tried using cfdisk to set the linux partition (>2GB), > and both linux and msdos fdisk denied to run and I have to low-level > format m

Re: dselect

1997-12-12 Thread G John Lapeyre
/tk hack to make things easier, also there are a couple of other things , someone put a python/tk tool in experimental a couple of months back. Havent checked it out though. If its one or two packages, just use dpkg. G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics

Re: dselect

1997-12-12 Thread G John Lapeyre
g --help . Try some of the things listed in the dpkg --help, just to see what happens. Eg dpkg -l libc5 lists status of package libc5 After an install, I never use dselect again, I find it too difficult. dpkg is easier. G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics

Re: is there a Debian specific published manual

1997-12-11 Thread G John Lapeyre
ic) puts variable files in /var/lib/majordomo puts docs in /usr/doc/majordomo This goes for all packages G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Majordomo

1997-12-09 Thread G John Lapeyre
e: syntax, and that can be fixed by adding the following to /etc/smail/directors: aliasinclude: driver=aliasinclude, nobody; copysecure, copyowners, (Thanks to Steve Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for this information.) G John Lapey

Re: Majordomo

1997-12-09 Thread G John Lapeyre
> thoughts? Do local addresses work and not remote? Or vice versa ? or neither ? If you are running debian, we'll get it figured out ! G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: your mail

1997-12-09 Thread G John Lapeyre
ion > floppies > > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble

Re: HELP!!!!!!

1997-12-09 Thread G John Lapeyre
tmail.com > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread G John Lapeyre
S understands them. > > Are you saying that linux can't handle logical partitions? I am > currently running linux on logical partitions, so I gues I have proven > you wrong. Linux and debian in particular most certainly _can_ use logical partitions. I

Re: How to make boot + root disk? - Please Help!

1997-12-04 Thread G John Lapeyre
n't remember exactly. But I've used it as a rescue disk before. Its really versatile. John G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EM

Re: majordomo problem

1997-12-03 Thread G John Lapeyre
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Steve Mayer wrote: > > Have you checked out the sample configurations in the /usr/doc/majordomo > G John Lapeyre wrote: > > > I can't seem to get majordomo to work. I don't understand much > > about setting uid 's . The fol

majordomo problem

1997-12-03 Thread G John Lapeyre
ss_pipe transport set a uid for local delivery of |/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Which browser ?

1997-11-06 Thread Gerald John Lapeyre, Jr.
I am interested in finding a good DFSG compliant browser. Are there some that perform better than netscape ? G John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe