Re: man or info?

2002-06-21 Thread Mike Brownlow
e documentation, so I can recall the programs interface. When I want to research the program, I will always hope there would be info or a postscript document, not a man page. Both man and info are very useful. It would be a pity to see projects try to side with one or the other. Wsmake is not a very

Re: OT: outlook reply to sanity converter for vim

2001-12-15 Thread Mike Brownlow
Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 01:00:24PM -0600, Mike Brownlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > I'm feeling random, so I thought I'd share this fun thing I added for > > messages that are outlook user replies. > > Hmmm > > I

OT: outlook reply to sanity converter for vim

2001-12-07 Thread Mike Brownlow
edited are preferred to be in vim for this to work. Add in vimrc: map vG$!ol2sanity.pl Choose a different key if you want. Note that it assumes you are at the top of the file. Then add the attached script in your path somewhere. Have fun. -- Mike Brownlow ><&g

Re: LyX not setting margins correctly

2001-11-05 Thread Mike Brownlow
argins under Layout->Document, but it > doesn't seem to have much affect. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, For changing the margins under Layout->Document: Make sure the option "Use Geometry Package" is chosen. Also, the margins need to have a offset type (in

Re: OpenGL causes hard system lockups

2001-10-04 Thread Mike Brownlow
sort of thing happen. It was more frequent with my TNT2ultra at the time. Lately I haven't had problems (in fact, some speed improvements). I'm running linux 2.4.10 and X 4.1.0.1. Do you have the ability to telnet/ssh in? That's usually how I was able to fix it cleanly... bu

Re: Unusual filesystem/memory corruption

2001-08-12 Thread Mike Brownlow
John Toon wrote: > On 11 Aug 2001 21:06:52 -0500, Mike Brownlow wrote: > > VIA. It's a KT133 chipset on a Asus A7V. The drives are on the ATA100 > > promise controller. > > That's very similar to mine (Abit KA7-100, with a VIA chipset, Highpoint > hard dis

Re: Unusual filesystem/memory corruption

2001-08-12 Thread Mike Brownlow
Robert Waldner wrote: > >> > On 11 Aug 2001 16:37:58 -0500, Mike Brownlow wrote: > >> > > I suspect hardware failure caused it, but there are still a few > >> > > software > >> > > unknowns. I'm starting to lean on corruptio

Re: Unusual filesystem/memory corruption

2001-08-11 Thread Mike Brownlow
Michael Perry wrote: > Quoting John Toon on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 12:04:20AM +0100: > > On 11 Aug 2001 16:37:58 -0500, Mike Brownlow wrote: > > > > > * hdparm options: -m16 -d1 > > > * Machine is behind firewall, and has few services for external > > >

Re: Unusual filesystem/memory corruption

2001-08-11 Thread Mike Brownlow
John Toon wrote: > On 11 Aug 2001 16:37:58 -0500, Mike Brownlow wrote: > > > * hdparm options: -m16 -d1 > > * Machine is behind firewall, and has few services for external > >access > > > > I suspect hardware failure caused it, but there are still a few

Unusual filesystem/memory corruption

2001-08-11 Thread Mike Brownlow
. I'm starting to lean on corruption due to using -m16 for hdparm. Any other suggestions appreciated... All I can think of for now. Going to quarantine the drive. :) -- Mike Brownlow ><> http://www.wsmake.org/~mike/

Re: X fonts since upgrade?

2001-08-03 Thread Mike Brownlow
t at the moment is the > HALlib.a Found this email that may explain a few things: http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/2634/2001/7/0/6258731/ I'm currently running without mga_hal for now... hth, -- Mike Brownlow ><> http://www.wsmake.org/~mike/ - 1024D/8AA6EAFD 3861 96B3 EEA2 285C BE23 F706 3E1E EBB2 8AA6 EAFD

Re: X fonts since upgrade?

2001-07-31 Thread Mike Brownlow
Nuhn Yobiznez wrote: > > --- Mike Brownlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Have you checked out: > > http://www.xfree86.org/~alanh > > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ > > > > Thanks Mike, I'll try that but I would assume > (dangerous,

Re: Can't create temporary file, errno=30

2001-07-02 Thread Mike Brownlow
Debian User wrote: > El Lun 02 Jul 2001 21:42, Mike Brownlow escribi?: > > Debian User wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have start up my linux box for 28 days. Suddenly, when I have tried > > > to edit a file with vi, the system said: > > > > > > Can

Re: Can't create temporary file, errno=30

2001-07-02 Thread Mike Brownlow
e EROFS 30 /* Read-only file system */ -- Mike Brownlow ><> http://www.wsmake.org/~mike/ - 1024D/8AA6EAFD 3861 96B3 EEA2 285C BE23 F706 3E1E EBB2 8AA6 EAFD

Re: kbhit

2001-05-25 Thread Mike Brownlow
riate settings. It's not too bad with a good book (or man page for that matter). :) The code is GPL'd by Wrox press btw. Happy coding. -- Mike Brownlowhttp://www.wsmake.org/~mike/ - 1024D/8AA6EAFD

Re: OT: Anyone using the ASUS A7V133 mainboard

2001-05-01 Thread Mike Brownlow
grub. Check out question 6 on this webpage: http://www.asus.com/Products/Techref/Faq/Mbmm/mb200010.html My A7V has bios version 1004 and it doesn't experience the delay. Incidently, my Promise driver is at 2.01 (build 28). HTH, -- Mike Brownlow

Re: good laptops

2001-04-18 Thread Mike Brownlow
ty. The schemes subsystem in the > pcmcia suite works very well for moving between networks and stuff. I'll second this whole description except for the XG-29. Pretty much the same situation. I used to have problems with older kernels/X (described in a message by me on this list back

Re: keyboard won't work with netscape

2001-03-19 Thread Mike Brownlow
a virtual screen can be changed though. -- Mike Brownlowhttp://www.wsmake.org/~mike/ - 1024D/8AA6EAFD 3861 96B3 EEA2 285C BE23 F706 3E1E EBB2 8AA6 EAFD "Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins." Pr10:12

Re: Minimum RAM Requirement.

2001-03-16 Thread Mike Brownlow
quot; You can find the instructions on the Debian GNU/Linux website [1]. [1] http://www.debian.org/ -- Mike Brownlowhttp://www.wsmake.org/~mike/ - 1024D/8AA6EAFD 3861 96B3 EEA2 285C BE23 F706 3E1E EBB2 8AA6

Re: Scripting help

2001-03-15 Thread Mike Brownlow
Scott E. Graves wrote: > If I had a list containing redundant entries, what command could I use > suppress the duplications. Here's an example list: uniq -- Mike Brownlowhttp://www.wsmake.org/~mike/

Re: vi/emacs: Loging shell command and output

2001-03-09 Thread Mike Brownlow
Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi folks, > > What is the best way to log shell command and their console output? Try 'script' from the bsdutils package. -- Mike Brownlowhttp://www.wsmake.org/~mike/ -

Re: Strange Message

2000-11-11 Thread Mike Brownlow
sages were appearing in vi, etc. After I restarted cron, all was well again. This may have been a feature isolated to all 3 of my machines though. :) *shrug* HTH, -- Mike Brownlowhttp://wsmake.org/~mike/ - 102

Re: To setup display for NeoMagic 256XL on Sony VAIO PCG-XG29

2000-11-07 Thread Mike Brownlow
ptop. :) I think that with a 2.2.x kernel I had a bit more luck running both at the same time, but it would still lock occasionally. So far (all 24 hours or so), 800x600 has run well for me. HTH, -- Mike Brownlow

Re: ReadmeName and HeaderName in Apache

2000-09-01 Thread Mike Brownlow
7;t know *why* r->content_type would ever be NULL, this * is possibly a result of fixups being called in many different * places. Fixups is probably the wrong place to be doing all this * work... Bah. -- ( Mike Brownlow | http://wsmake.org/~mike/ | http://wsmake.org/ ) ( "

Re: ReadmeName and HeaderName in Apache

2000-09-01 Thread Mike Brownlow
ame HEADER Hi Amir, Try forcing the type of the README and HEADER files for the directory sections you want. E.g.: Options Indexes AllowOvrride None ForceType text/plain order allow,deny allow from all -- ( Mike Brownlow | http://wsmake.org/~mike/ | http://wsmake.org/ ) ( "A scorner s

Re: Dvorak keyboard layout

2000-07-29 Thread Mike Brownlow
vorak(basic)" In 4.0.x, the default dvorak configuration is similar to 3.3.x, but the modifer keys and friends work somehow...hmm... I still need to look into this more. I'd like to see what you have John, I could use that on the X terminals st school.. My .02 -- ( Mike Brownlow | http://wsmake.org/~mike/ | http://wsmake.org/ ) ( "A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge ) ( is easy unto him that understandeth." Proverbs 14:6 )

FIXED: Re: Apache::AutoIndex patch

2000-06-25 Thread Mike Brownlow
g honored for this case. Sorry if this was already answered, but I didn't see it come up. -- ( Mike Brownlow | http://wsmake.org/~mike/ | http://wsmake.org/ ) ( "A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge ) ( is easy unto him that understandeth." Proverbs 14:6 )

Re: Offtopic: html gurus ... is valid ?

2000-06-24 Thread Mike Brownlow
Eric G . Miller wrote: > Thanks all for the info, haven't been keeping up with the proliferation > of web formatting standards... > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 03:13:55PM -0500, Mike Brownlow wrote: > > Despite all of this, my lynx (2.8.3rel.1) from unstable doesn't disp

Re: OpenGL stops X

2000-06-24 Thread Mike Brownlow
ough the rlogin. The framebuffer will still lock after crash, but now just startx again from the rlogin to get X back. HTH, -- ( Mike Brownlow | http://wsmake.org/~mike/ | http://wsmake.org/ ) ( "A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge ) ( is easy unto him that understandeth." Proverbs 14:6 )

Re: Offtopic: html gurus ... is valid ?

2000-06-24 Thread Mike Brownlow
all of this, my lynx (2.8.3rel.1) from unstable doesn't display the tags like you're saying Eric. Which version do you have? Also, can you try using lynx at: http://wsmake.org/index1.cgi I use XHTML there and many tags, but unlike salon, my page specifies the DTD. Perhaps your lynx need

Re: no apache HEADER?

2000-05-10 Thread Mike Brownlow
gi/full/2976 I'm still searching around for any recent reports, but haven't found any yet. (btw, i think this has been broke for a while now, so I bet there's something out there on it by now) -- Mike Brownlow

Re: mutt header strangeness

2000-04-30 Thread Mike Brownlow
Mike Brownlow wrote: > Ron Farrer wrote: > > be "Linux mustang 2.2.14 #1 Sat Jan 8 16:09:20 PST 2000 alpha unknown". > > I think that the '#' is being interpreted as a comment at runtime. In > this email I used: > > my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname

Re: mutt header strangeness

2000-04-30 Thread Mike Brownlow
2000 alpha unknown". I think that the '#' is being interpreted as a comment at runtime. In this email I used: my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a|sed -e 's/#/Number /'` and it worked. Which means it ignores '#' inside command expansion, but not the final value. Neat. -- Mike Brownlow

Re: CVS problem: cannot open /root/.cvsignore

1999-09-04 Thread Mike Brownlow
[To [EMAIL PROTECTED], 3 Sep 1999][ 81][ 3.1K] > I have CVS server and client, both Debian 2.1 machines except that CVS > is version 1.10 from potato. I can do cvs checkout from client vendredi, > but on the server winkiller I can do all cvs stuff without problems > (then CVSROOT=/var/repository

Re: StarOffice 5.1 segfaults

1999-07-29 Thread Mike Brownlow
Dave Dash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running potato and during the last week Star > Office fails to run and gives a segmentation fault. > Anybody else get this? > > > === > > Dave Dash > http://www.ftmax.com/ Yep. I got it to partially work, but not well, by doin

Re: What provides glib.h?

1999-07-18 Thread Mike Brownlow
Mike Brownlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > egm2@jps.net wrote: > > line speed parameter) but it errored when trying to find > > /usr/include/glib.h because I don't have it. I have many of the *-dev > ... > > /usr/include/glib.h:66: glibconfig.h: No such file or

Re: What provides glib.h?

1999-07-18 Thread Mike Brownlow
egm2@jps.net wrote: > line speed parameter) but it errored when trying to find > /usr/include/glib.h because I don't have it. I have many of the *-dev ... > /usr/include/glib.h:66: glibconfig.h: No such file or directory ... > Eric G. Miller > Powered by the http://www.debian.org";>POTATO! You ha

Re: random()

1999-07-13 Thread Mike Brownlow
Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reply-To: > Hi, > I have some trouble to generate a random number. Please help. > I use the current time for the seed: Why not: unsigned int gen_magic() { srandom(time(0)); return random();

Re: problems with 2.2.8 kernel

1999-06-24 Thread Mike Brownlow
The kernel automatically sets the route to the interfaces in kernels >= 2.1.(one of them). So you can comment out the route lines in /etc/init.d/network AFAICT, that shouldn't have anything to do with why it can't talk on the network though. Does ifconfig show the device? Also, you should use th

Re: Package for Linux HOWTOs

1999-06-11 Thread Mike Brownlow
Kristopher Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a Debian package with the Linux HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs? I can't > find it, but I'm pretty sure I had one at some point. > > --- > Kris Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > doc-linux-text -- - mike http://ctelco

Re: menu bar in eterm

1999-06-11 Thread Mike Brownlow
man Eterm ... -s, --scrollbar Enables the scrollbar. (Default) ... -M file, --menu file Replace default menubar file with file. To disable the menubar altogether, do not specify a bogus value for file. Instead, use the

login, dvorak, #

1999-03-28 Thread Mike Brownlow
Hi, I'm having some trouble logging in on the console with the dvorak keymap loaded. I have a '#' in the password and it's being treated like a backspace. This doesn't happen for other login's (ssh, telnet, etc.). I ran "loadkeys dvorak". Is there a special setting for console logins? I

Re: D-Link DE 220 Ethernet Card

1999-01-09 Thread Mike Brownlow
Mike Brownlow wrote: > Ken Galloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Asked this question yesterday, anybody have any hints how to get > > this to work with Debian 2.0, crashes on installation and using > > the rescue disk > > >

Re: D-Link DE 220 Ethernet Card

1999-01-09 Thread Mike Brownlow
Ken Galloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Asked this question yesterday, anybody have any hints how to get > this to work with Debian 2.0, crashes on installation and using > the rescue disk > > if u want to flame me great... i just want to get it working > with debian... if not h

Re: Kernel compile fails on Cyrix...

1998-09-04 Thread Mike Brownlow
a Cyrix, is this a known cyrix problem? > > If not what can be the cause? I've compiled the kernel many times with my 200 and 233. I have not had a problem with Cyrix yet. But that's not going to stop me from getting an AMD for some floating point improvements. At work I have a pentiu

RE: AWE64 & losing my mind!!! (short trip)

1998-05-05 Thread Mike Brownlow
Audio DMA buffer size: 65536 > > No other sound-related options sere selected. Did you also select the low-level sound driver AWE32 Synth? FWIW, I had to use IRQ 7 and DMA 7 to get mine to work. YMMV. My isapnp.conf is attached. Still heavily commented though. -- Mike Brownlow <[

Re: Changing xterm titles to something more usefull than 'xterm'

1998-04-21 Thread Mike Brownlow
> this one has a color prompt.. :) heh. cewl. I'm using yours now. :) I noticed mine was really dumb because it executes all of those programs every time a new prompt is issued. I guess the first two should have been pointed toward env variables. Still, I like yours better. :) As for the current

RE: Changing xterm titles to something more usefull than 'xterm'

1998-04-20 Thread Mike Brownlow
n I want to know the current directory while having a small prompt. Also for telling when an xterm was last used. The second one only lists the last command executed. Don't know how to list the current one. Hope this helps! (thanks go to Glynn Clements on linux-admin for this tid-bit) M

Re: why does the kernel suck up memory?

1998-04-06 Thread Mike Brownlow
George Bonser wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Mike Brownlow wrote: > > > Yes I think it was sig 11. But I haven't done any major hardware > > changes on it (IOW, it worked ok with RedHat). I upgraded the ram a while > > back tho. > > I have had conside

Re: why does the kernel suck up memory?

1998-04-06 Thread Mike Brownlow
Klaus Wacker wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 12:18:19AM -0600, Mike Brownlow wrote: > > I am having the reverse problem on my machine at work. It doesn't > > want to use the swap partition at all unless I force it to. [ some stuff ] > > I would compile it [xfree86

Re: why does the kernel suck up memory?

1998-03-31 Thread Mike Brownlow
jim wrote: > I have trouble with the idea that a swap partition is "never dropped" > once it is accessed, especially in light of the following: > > osiris# cat /proc/meminfo > total:used:free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 48283648 42934272 5349376 28479488 1650688 16846848 >

Re: kbhit() MSDOS equivalent in Linux

1998-03-27 Thread Mike Brownlow
Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > > Hi, > > I received a message from two students about the kbhit() C MSDOS > function equivalent in Linux. I'm not a good C programmer and could not > help them. If somebody can, please. > Thanks, and sorry for the little off-topic Debian. Here y