Re: gui progs as root in x under normal user?

1999-05-23 Thread Peter Granroth
On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 10:39:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, 17 May 1999 19:18:48 +0200 Peter Granroth wrote: > > > How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a > > > normal user? > > > > If you put the foll

Re: gui progs as root in x under normal user?

1999-05-17 Thread Peter Granroth
on: if [ "$USER" != "root" ] ; then export XAUTHORITY=`eval echo ~$USER/.Xauthority` fi -- ------ + Peter Granroth + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + + http://soke.dhs.org + --

Re: X woes (potato)

1999-02-03 Thread Peter Granroth
id break my custom config (easy fix though)) -- ------ + Peter Granroth + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + + http://193.10.242.45 + --

Re: removing/updating a stuck package

1999-01-14 Thread Peter Granroth
es at this time due to this situation. Please advise. Thanks in > > advance. > > I'm not where I can check it right now, but I believe dpkg (not dselect) has > an option > to force a removal. You might check the man pages for dpkg. dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq packagename

Re: WindowMaker 0.20.3 on hamm

1998-12-12 Thread Peter Granroth
NCROOT) /* header files */ to be: INCDIR = $(INCROOT)/X11 /* header files */ === HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Micr

Re: Problem compiling the kernel

1998-12-12 Thread Peter Granroth
n', 'make zImage' (and 'make modules modules_install if you have any modules). -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: Howto: Printing Howtos?

1998-12-01 Thread Peter Granroth
seem to come in postscript format though. -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: Ifconfig

1998-11-23 Thread Peter Granroth
here and reboot (or run the script) and the IP adress should now be set up correctly. HTH -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: [Debian] max. swap size?

1998-11-16 Thread Peter Granroth
e Linux has a limit of 128M per swap partition with a maximum of eight swap partitions. HTH -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: slink breaks

1998-11-14 Thread Peter Granroth
le This procedure got things working on my box again (most notably Netscape and Matlab started to work OK again) HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +

Re: matlab 5.2 on debian 2.0

1998-11-14 Thread Peter Granroth
-14.4.deb libc5_5.4.38-1.1.deb I run matlab 5.2 with the slink versions of these packages, and it works perfectly. HTH -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microso

Re: Mozilla segfaults

1998-11-10 Thread Peter Granroth
zilla anyway, you might have more luck fetching a binary from: http://mozilla.asimov.net/ -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: Stopping apache at boot

1998-11-03 Thread Peter Granroth
to start and stop it. HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: xfstt + xset

1998-11-03 Thread Peter Granroth
or has wrong permissions > Directory missing fonts.dir > Incorrect font server address or syntax > > Any ideas? try xset fp+ unix/:7101 (see the difference?) -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT

Re: GIMP plugins

1998-11-03 Thread Peter Granroth
right place (that is what the gimptool is for) HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: icewm & backgrounds

1998-11-02 Thread Peter Granroth
e defult backgroundcolour is black) -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: staroffice .. libXpm.so.4 missing

1998-10-24 Thread Peter Granroth
of the cd > but there is no such package. What package provides libXpm.so.4 or > where can I find it? Has anyone installed staroffice, and if so how > did you do it? it's in the xpm4.7 package (in main/binary-i386/oldlibs) -- --

Re: HP 5L still giving problems!!

1998-10-23 Thread Peter Granroth
fonts: 5.10a-1 lprng: 3.5.2-1 -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: what is the recommended way to downgrade?

1998-10-22 Thread Peter Granroth
ling Version: 3.3.2.3a-4, > I don't seem to have xset anymore.) xset seems to be in the xbase-clients package now: granis:~$ dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/bin/xset xbase-clients: /usr/X11R6/bin/xset -- ------ + Peter Granroth +

Re: a couple of mutt questions

1998-10-21 Thread Peter Granroth
he rest. > Can I change this? just enter the message number and . this will take you to that message and you can then undelete it. -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Can I turn off portmap?

1998-10-20 Thread Peter Granroth
f you want to permanently turn it off, just comment the lines in /etc/init.d/portmap that has to do with the portmap daemon. This is at least what I did, and it seems to work fine. HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth

Re: Netscape install

1998-10-19 Thread Peter Granroth
I'm not 100% sure, I use 4.5 now. HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: ".../movemail registered but not installed"

1998-10-13 Thread Peter Granroth
that line and you should stop getting the message. HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: Oracle8 for Linux

1998-10-10 Thread Peter Granroth
on my cramped hd) so I can't give you more detailed tips HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: printer setup for hp laserjet 6L

1998-10-02 Thread Peter Granroth
then you can cat the code to the printer device (cat printer_control_code_file > /dev/lp0). HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question +

Re: Help

1998-10-01 Thread Peter Granroth
(sans the star lines) HTH -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: remote

1998-09-24 Thread Peter Granroth
t I have no experience with any of those so I can't give you any advice there. HTH -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: Getting Netscape Running

1998-09-23 Thread Peter Granroth
ackages you need (if you install it from the command line, it might complain about needed packages missing and you will have to install those by hand). HTH -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the ans

xfig won't start

1998-09-10 Thread Peter Granroth
has any ideas how to get xfig up and running, I would appreciate it. TIA -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org

Re: IRC

1998-09-03 Thread Peter Granroth
ussion channels. -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: Technical aspects that make Linux better than NT -- Is a list compiled somewhere?

1998-08-30 Thread Peter Granroth
;--> NT comparison, but still makes good reading. -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: where is NNTPSERVER variable set?

1998-08-25 Thread Peter Granroth
how bash uses these files, chek out the "Invocation" section in the bash man page. In your casse, simply put the following line in /etc/profile: export NNTPSERVER=put.your.newsserver.here HTH -- ------ + Peter G

Re: Netscape Navigator

1998-08-24 Thread Peter Granroth
> > What is the file name of the Netscape installer deb file? netscape4_4.0-12.deb -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: Typesetters?

1998-08-24 Thread Peter Granroth
ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/ http://sunsite.auc.dk/auctex/ http://la1ad.uio.no/lyx/ I have also put a great introduction to LaTeX (not written by me) on my ftp server if you're interested. it's found at: ftp://granroth.ml.org/pub/Latex/short_intro.ps HTH -- -

Re: *.au files ?

1998-08-20 Thread Peter Granroth
> *- Peter Granroth wrote about "Re: *.au files ? " > | > Hello, > | > i didn't find (maybe I should look more carefully) which audio player > | > supports SUN's au files. can anybody point me to right place ? > | > | If you just need somethin

Re: *.au files ?

1998-08-20 Thread Peter Granroth
ogram, just so you know... -- ------ + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: saint & netscape

1998-08-18 Thread Peter Granroth
> -- Is is just me or is your .sig just a liittle too big? -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: Installing XFSTT on HAMM

1998-08-18 Thread Peter Granroth
ntPath "unix/:7101" that's what I use and it works great (haven't tried without a colon there though) -- -- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://granroth.ml.org + The answer is NO+ --

Re: netscape 4 installer

1998-08-16 Thread Peter Granroth
> will NS Communicator 4.06 work with netscape4.deb or can I just mv the NS > tarball to NS Communicator 4.05? > > Thanks all! > It will work just fine (Just did the upgrade myself) -- -- +

Re: emacs 20 wont install after upgrading...

1998-08-09 Thread Peter Granroth
#x27;ve put it on the back burner, as I > >have other problems I'm dealing with first. But I'd love to see a fix for > >this. > > > >Kent West > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

Re: True Type fonts??

1998-08-07 Thread Peter Granroth
> On Fri, Aug 07, 1998 at 10:16:07AM +0200, Peter Granroth wrote: > > > Has anyone got true type fonts to work in X? > > [snip] > > > Xfstt serves *ttf fonts to one X11 server. Start xfstt > > >then tell X11 about the font server with x

Re: True Type fonts??

1998-08-07 Thread Peter Granroth
.0.0.1) xset fp+ inet/127.0.0.1:7100 > [snip] I found the answer myself... (typical, isn't it? I try for hours and then ask someone. Then almost directly I find it myself...) The trick was to change the port number to 7101... -- ---

True Type fonts??

1998-08-07 Thread Peter Granroth
seems to boil down to how to make mkfontdir capable of recognizing true type fonts... ideas? solutions? TIA -- +Peter Granroth+ Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + +http://granroth.ml.org+

Re: wmaker 0.14.1 autostart file location.

1998-08-07 Thread Peter Granroth
the documentation specifies > does not work. So how do I get this jpg loaded as the wallpaper every > time I start X? > Get the 0.17.5 deb package :) you'll find it at: ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/beta/compiled/linux/debs/ -- ------

Re: messages that jam mail readers

1998-08-03 Thread Peter Granroth
es (they were all from the same person). The error message was something like: SMTP error: hostname must resolve and it promptly refused to fetch any mail. -- +Peter Granroth+ Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + +http://g

Re: only root can hear sound..?

1998-08-02 Thread Peter Granroth
roblem. > > Thanx for help on this matter. > try 'chmod a+rw /dev/dsp' as root HTH -- ---- +Peter Granroth+ Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Micr

Re: Which printer do you recommend?

1998-08-01 Thread Peter Granroth
l find a printer that suits you needs. HTH -- ---- +Peter Granroth+ Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http: