upgrading Xfree86

of X? Thanks for any help. Shawn Nguyen

wine with windows NT

Hi, Has anyone been able to get wine to work with windows NT? If so, can you help me with the setup? Any help or hint would be greatly appreciated. Shawn Nguyen

wine configuration

r any help. Shawn Nguyen

printing in balsa

Hi, I've finally gotten gnome to run with enlightenment beautifully but I can't seem to print in Balsa, am I missing some kind of configuration that I need to do in order to get the printing to work? If anyone can help me with this I'd really appreciate it. Shawn Nguyen

printing in kde kmail

nd etc. Anyway, does anyone have any idea what I should do in order to correct this problem? Any clue would be appreciated. Shawn Nguyen

gnome working correctly?

that it is a stable release instead of all these alpha and betas prior to it including what I am running now which is .99 I guess I will have to start learning about debian development. Thanks for any insight into the gnome situation above... Shawn Nguyen

KDE

. Apparently g++ depends on libstd-2.9-dev which depends on libst-6-dev (or something like that) but libst-6-dev conflict with libstd-2.9-dev. What's going on here? Am I doing something strange or do I have to overcome this apparent weird conflict somehow? Thanks for any answer at all. Shawn nguyen

Xfree86 and Hard drive disk space

Hi, I have seen a lot of messages lately on this list about the Xfree86 version 3.3.3.1 as being better because it seems to fix a lot of the bug in the previous version. I was wondering if Debian is looking to update their Xfree86 debian package to this newer version, when I looked in

irc help

Hi, I am using Zircon IRC to try to hook up to irc.debian.org but I can't seem to get there. Is there something special that I need to do in order to open the link to irc.debian.org? Does it work? Shawn

error running make

ctory jax.h:8: X11/Xresource.h: No such file or directory So of course it doesn't let me install imwheel. Am I missing something that it needs? Any help would be appreciated. Shawn Nguyen

Kensington Scroll Mouse

Hi, I've got a kensington scroll mouse and was wondering if there's anyway to get it to work at all in X? If not, is there a mouse out there that I could buy which would let me use that feature on it in X? I guess I am too used to using the scroll mouse and I find it a little more than i

[Fwd: star office]

Mashao wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Shawn Nguyen wrote: > > > I am using an S3 graphics card. I guess I'm out of luck huh? Thanks for > > the info though even though I find it kind of strange that that would be > > the case. I guess I should do some resear

Star office S3 server fix

Hi, Does anyone know where I can download the S3 video server fix? I've been trying to look for it but didn't have any luck looking on the star office site. Thanks, Shawn

star office

Hi, I am having some problem with Star Office 5.0, could someone shed some light on the situation? Apparently when I try to update the mail box Star Office start to freeze up my computer. What's happening is that my CPU is being overloaded when Star Office does this updating of the e-mai

security issue

Hi, I have a question regarding security issue with Debian and Linux in general. By now everyone has probably heard about the new Mellissa virus. I know that this doesn't affect Linux because it is related to M$ products only. However, I just wondered if anything of this sort could happ

Installing Slink

Hi, For those who aren't aware of it. When upgrading or installing from Hamm to Slink you start with the binary disk 1 to boot-up on a new installation. After getting the system running, use dselect to install the rest of the system. In slink, you have to put the 2nd CD in first and

Netscape problem

Hi, Awhile back I saw something on here about a netscape problem I am getting now. I guess I should have saved that message. Anyway, it's got to do with netscape not being able to open the libXpm.so.4 library or soemthing like that. Does anyone knows what I need to do to get it to r

staroffice question

Hi, I am thinking about getting Star Office for my Debian Box but I had a question. I noticed that there is a Star Office 5.0 edition available from the star office site. Do I have to download the older version (3.1) of Star Office in order for it to work with the Debian Installer? I

Debian 2.1 Installation a mess

Hi, I just got my slink CD in the mail. Unfortunately it is not going very well. I think that I am doing it right. 1.) Boot up from 1st CD. 2.) Install base and set up everything fine. 3.) Get to install the rest of the system in dselect. 4.) Put 2nd CD into CD-ROM drive. 3.) Update. 4.

gnome installation

Hi, Thanks for the help on the gnome installation. I guess I just had to restart the system. When I did so, everything seemed to have worked fine. Shawn

Gnome Installation

Hi, I've just installed gnome on my system but nothing seems to be happening. I am running the WindowMaker Manager. The tool box shows some gnome stuff like the gnome panel but when I click on it nothing happens, it's the same with everything else. Does anyone know where I can get infor

Printer Setup

Hello, Thanks for the advice on magicfilter. I really tried to use it but I gave up. I went and downloaded the APSFilter package instead from the web and used it to set up my HP laserjet 1100 printer. I finally got it working. I wished that debian had included this package, or at least

printing problem

Hi, Well, I guess I was wrong about resolving my problem with my printer. I tried the HPLJ4L filter and it worked, unfortunately not quite as well as I thought. Apparently it prints up very nicely. Only problem is that when it gets to the end of the file it cuts off the last page.

Re: apt-get question

Yes, I mean that after selecting install, it check every single packages. David Gaudine wrote: > > > I've heard a lot about apt-get in slink but I have a question about > >it. In hamm, it was such a task to install a package in dselect because > >it rolls through every single package on the dis

apt-get question

Hi, I've heard a lot about apt-get in slink but I have a question about it. In hamm, it was such a task to install a package in dselect because it rolls through every single package on the dist. Does slink resolve this problem and more specifically, is apt-get the resolution? Thanks, Sh

Re: Printer Setup

ljet4 or ljet4l filters are probably the closest. > > There is a site listing ghostscript drivers for various printers > <http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html>, but this does not yet > mention the LJ 1100. > > Bob > > On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Shawn Nguyen wrote: >

Printer Setup

Hi, I am trying to set up my printer on Debian, I've got Hamm. I've tried to used the Magicfilter package and got the printer to print. But it seems to be cutting off some of the text at the top and bottom and also the printer will not automatically feed paper, I have to press the button

Bootup path?

environment variable to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/nls does anyone knows what this is all about? Appreciate any help at all. Thanks, Shawn Nguyen

Book on Xwindow

Hi, Does anyone know a good book for Xwindow? I looked up O'reilly and they seems to have two of them. One for MIT version and one for Motif. I have no idea which one I should get so if anyone can recommend a book I would appreciate it. And also, if you could clarify about that MIT

Slink and Hamm?

Hi, Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am new to Debian, what is the slink and hamm dist. everyone is talking about. I think that I have the hamm version because when I installed Debian on my CD it says /hamm/hamm or something like that. Is there some kind of significant differen

ICQ for Linux

Hi, Does anyone know where I can download the Linux version of ICQ? I've been looking around but can't seem to find it. Thanks for any help in advance. Shawn

Problem with PPP connection

Hi, I finally got PPP to work on prodigy, however, it only work at my workplace. Apparently the modem I have at home doesn't work. Does anyone know what the problem could be? Do you think that V.90 modem could cause LCP packet to be sent in error? Thanks, Shawn

Problem Connecting to ISP

just have some advice please reply. I have the Debian 2.0 dist. Thanks, Shawn Nguyen