.tgz? How do I go about extracting them?

1999-07-27 Thread Revenant
There's a very complex method listed in my "Running Linux" book. But, given the rate at which Linux is evolving, pretty old. Is there a easier, newer way than that convoluted string piping from gzip to tar etc. ? Thanx. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: Incredibly basic dopey question

1999-07-26 Thread Revenant
Thanx all for the prompt response. You've been very helpful. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.

Incredibly basic dopey question

1999-07-26 Thread Revenant
Does Slink use glibc? Or libc5 (or is it lib6)? *Is* lib6 glibc? Thanx. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author R

Setting Wmaker prefs?

1999-07-11 Thread Revenant
When I first ran Wmaker it contained an icon that ran a preference editor. I moved this icon, it disappeared and I can't find it again. Can someone please tell me how to set the preferences for Wmaker without it? Thank you. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

xmodmap problem?

1999-07-11 Thread Revenant
I have set up a new .pke file for a dvorak keyboard by cut and pasting from the original keymap. Regardless of what I put in #48 (' "), when I press that key the messagie "arg: -1" comes up and the next keypress is not echoed. Anyone got any ideas? Thank you. ------

Re: Debian install fails utterly

1999-07-06 Thread Revenant
ccepted. I know that this works fine because I > did it on this machine just to make sure that there wasn't a hardware > problem. > > Anyway, now that I've come as close as humanly possible to creating pure > flamebait, would someone PLEASE tell me that "you're a

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Revenant
ay to fix this? -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.

Re: [SuSE Linux] What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-07-04 Thread Revenant
code and Eudora Lite is a teaser for a commercial > product. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.

Problems changing colour depth.

1999-07-01 Thread Revenant
houghts? Thanx. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.

Uninstalling RPMs?

1999-06-29 Thread Revenant
How do I uninstall an RPM I installed with Alien please? -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.

X Resolution Problems?

1999-06-29 Thread Revenant
n if I flip to other shells(?) with Alt-F. Does anyone have any thoughts? Thank you. ------ Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.

Still i740 problems. :( :(

1999-06-28 Thread Revenant
to other shells(?) with Alt-F. Does anyone have any thoughts? Thank you. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.

A stylistic question?

1999-06-28 Thread Revenant
Hi. I finally worked out how to do the Linux equivalent of batch files (scripts) and was wondering if there was a generally accepted directory for keeping user (and/or root) scripts in. Thanx. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it&#

Setting up i740 X Server?

1999-06-27 Thread Revenant
x27;t working when it did before is that I recently recompiled my kernel and forgot mouse support. Oops. :/ -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't ea

Re: New to the group: my 3 boxes....

1999-06-27 Thread Revenant
h it IS a goal of mine!) I used > Afterstep on one of the RH boxes and I liekd it, mostley because it > didnt look too much like 95; my opinion is, it aint 95, why would I want > it to LOOK like it? :-) > > Anyway, opinions welcome! > > Tony > > -- > System halte

Re: Accidentally deleted mouse! Please help!

1999-06-25 Thread Revenant
I configured PSAUX in XF86Setup. This worked before I deleted the device. I don't understand what you mean by "What says the driver?". How do I kill gpm and try again? Thanx. Robert Pintarelli wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 07:05:53PM +1000, Revenant wrote: > > I&

Re: I need some info/piece of mind before installing linux

1999-06-25 Thread Revenant
provide help on this > list. Others probably will respond with words of assistance, > encouragement, and caution. > > I wish you luck in installing and learning to use Linux. > > --David > David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian GNU/Linux Because software

Re: Accidentally deleted mouse! Please help!

1999-06-24 Thread Revenant
then ln -s psaux mouse > > that should "recover" psaux and mouse > > On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 05:50:59PM +1000, Revenant wrote: > > I managed to accidentally delete the files "mouse" and "psaux" in > > the /dev directory. > >

Re: Accidentally deleted mouse! Please help!

1999-06-24 Thread Revenant
then ln -s psaux mouse > > that should "recover" psaux and mouse > > On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 05:50:59PM +1000, Revenant wrote: > > I managed to accidentally delete the files "mouse" and "psaux" in > > the /dev directory. > >

Drivers for Orchid NuSound 3D?

1999-06-24 Thread Revenant
Does anyone know what if any Linux Sound Drivers will work with the Orchid NuSound 3D card? Thank you. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat s

Re: X-Server for AGP-7410 (Intel740 chipset)?

1999-06-23 Thread Revenant
e: > Redhat has one, check their ftp server. I found it in the XBF* > folder, it eventually will be included in X version 4. I used it > last year, works quite well. > > HTH, > > Wim. > > Revenant wrote: > > > > Well, after lengthy stuffing about I got X r

Accidentally deleted mouse! Please help!

1999-06-23 Thread Revenant
I managed to accidentally delete the files "mouse" and "psaux" in the /dev directory. How do I get these back, please? ------ Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim m

No menuconfig!?

1999-06-22 Thread Revenant
I'm wanting to rebuild the kernel, but when I try to "make menuconfig" I get an error like "no rule for menuconfig". "make config" likewise doesn't work. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: New windows

1999-06-22 Thread Revenant
ainly are some out there > that like the windows-style menus. > > > And in Debian Windowmaker is presented as: "Yet another Windowmanager" when > > it > > is actually GNOME and KDE that to me feels and looks like "yet another..." > > File a bug

X-Server for AGP-7410 (Intel740 chipset)?

1999-06-20 Thread Revenant
conversely if there's another way to improve my resolution? Thanx. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Why use a keyboard layout deliberately designed to be slow and awkward? For a faster, more comfortable and free layout try Dvorak. http://members.xoom.com/Aggie97/

X-Windows running automatically and not working. :(

1999-06-20 Thread Revenant
oard. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace just flashes back to the shell for a fraction of a second then back into X-Windows. Worst of all, X-Windows runs automatically when I boot so I can't get to the shell to do anything about it. :( Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this please? ------ Reven

Install query: Selecting Computer Role?

1999-06-18 Thread Revenant
n lists in dselect a bit overwhelming and that would be much simpler to start with. Thank you. -- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Why use a keyboard layout deliberately designed to be slow and awkward? For a faster, more comfortable and free layout try Dvorak. http://member