Re: upgrading from corel linux to potato

1999-11-21 Thread Steve Willer
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > aphro wrote: > > i have a feeling corel will have a glibc2.1 update to their linux not long > > after potato is released ..very few will want to try to upgrade from corel > > to potato ..it would be too painful > > It wouldn't be, if corel hadn't done stup

Re: More xfstt help needed.

1999-02-28 Thread Steve Willer
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, James E. Starr wrote: > Thanks for all the help given so far, however, after following all > advise and puting FontPath "unix/:7101" as the last line in my > XF86Config file, I tried to run the test, as per the FAQ.gz. > I got as far as "xfstt &" but I received the error msg

Re: Where are ms-dos filenames for Debian packages?

1999-02-28 Thread Steve Willer
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Keith Saxon([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Where can I find Debian packages with 8.3 filenames so I can install them > > from a DOS partion with dselect? > > > > I have no idea! I doubt that you would or could find any! If he's running a vf

Re: Debian and Redhat - are most linux users missing the point?

1999-02-28 Thread Steve Willer
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, P Asokan wrote: > It appears to me dselect is more a sysadmin's install tool. Even Yast looks > a little easier. for my $0.02 i would strongly suggest ywo install programs > a simpleone with less choices and another for the more adventurous. It's an interesting thought. The

Re: I have PINE .debs...

1999-02-25 Thread Steve Willer
> On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > > You can't re-distribute dirivative works. That's key because an official > > Debian package would require a slightly modified binary in order to comply > > with the Debian filesystem guidelines. You can modify it for LOCAL USE, > > in which

Re: xdm question

1999-02-21 Thread Steve Willer
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Pann McCuaig wrote: > > I did a ctrl-alt-F1 and found xdm in /etc/init.d/. Is it okay to remove > > xdm from here without any adverse effects? Well, I did it anyway :) but > > I was just wondering if I should seek an alternative solution. > > man update-rc.d Better yet, dpk

Re: pine & mutt

1999-02-20 Thread Steve Willer
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Frederick Page wrote: > It's the other way around here: I used Pine for email and news, was > content about the way it handled email, but it sucked for news. And it > did not have color, which is very helpful (for me). There is a patch available for Pine that gives it some c