Re: Changing from a PS/2 mouse to a USB mouse?

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Re: VERY VERY VERY OT: On Censorship.

be happy to discuss it with you further. -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http

VERY OT: On Censorship.

ow firmly I believe in Christianity, I do not feel the solution is ever to force someone to my view. Forcing someone to believe something is only saying you don't want to know what they really believe. Best, Tim -- Timothy R. Butler

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

n /dev/brane, core dump[#$[+++ NO CARRIER Hehehehe. I caused a brain core dump by forgetting a word, and then having someone else respond as if I hadn't. This is sorta cool, I never knew brains core dumped so gracefully before. Time to get out the 'ol brain debugger. -Tim -- -

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

find it interesting. However, no one can name one useful thing a racist joke does other than possibly insult, injure, or outrage. Keeping it to protect "free speech" may be a point, but it doesn't give it any redeemable value. Hmm... -Tim -- --

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

elopers to do this, but I suspect you mean if the government tried to set a "our way or the highway" policy on thought - and in that case, the answer is most definately yes. -Tim -- -------- Timothy R. Butler

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

conversation clearly has nothing to do with creationism, is there a benefit in insulting people who disagree with you? You wouldn't be suggesting that opposing opinions should be expressed, would you? -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R.

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

never think the government should prevent. > ps. I wrote the above before noticing the writer's sig line. > That's one pin I hit on the head. :-) I'm curious what you mean by this? I don't see anything in my sig that has anything to do with anything

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

ght to make the button to wipe out all of your data "Please Click Here." It could be a political statement for the National Association of Kind Data Deletion or something (obviously, I'm being a little fecicious here). -- ---

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

project is on shaky ground). -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz ==

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

Package. Can you see the field day MS would have if they could download a few Debian packages and say "See? All this Linux nuts are a bunch of racists!" Would it be true? No. Would it appear that way to non-Linux users? Quite possibly. -Tim -- ------

FreeType Patent Issues and Debian

looks like it isn't being very careful here. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks, Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info

Re: Debian on a Walmart Microtel???

> > the question arises.are there any Debian users who have actually > > > installed on a Microtel box? -- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://

Re: Debian on a Walmart Microtel???

lly > installed on a Microtel box? -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faith

Laptop Net_inst PCMCIA Woes

ameters or such that I need to feed to the installer's PCMCIA setup to get the bus going? Thanks, Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks ht

Re: Copying Partition, Using Reiser.

our help! -Tim -- -------- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz ===

Copying Partition, Using Reiser.

using ReiserFS? The only net_inst image I can find that offers Reiser seems to require ElTorrito Alternate Boot Image support, which my notebook does not seem to support. Any suggestions/ideas? Thanks, Tim -- Timothy R

Re: Incorporating testing or unstable

efault to stable, then to testing, then finally to unstable. To grab something from a specific version - say unstable - you can do this: apt-get install -t unstable [packagename] -Tim -- ---- Timothy R. Butler

XF86 4.2.0?

s? If not, can anyone recommend the best way to roll my own XFree86 4.2.0 into a deb, should I just use dh_build, or is there something fancier like make-kpkg? Thanks, Tim -- -------- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL

Re: the quest for a *stable* browser

> Any suggestions? Konqueror, which is part of KDE, is very stable, and I've found quicker than Mozilla too. I hear Opera is pretty nice too, although I haven't played with it much. -Tim -- -------- Timo

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

;automount" it when you click the icon. However, Konqi handles some symlinks and the like very well, so I suspect autofs should work. -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

ive it a spin, download KDE from Sid rather than Woody, Woody's KDE is an odd mix of KDE 2.1.1 and 2.2.2 that is rather buggy. Also it's not out yet, but keep in mind KDE 3.0 is a bit nicer in many areas. -Tim -- ---------

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

a). -Tim -- -------- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz = "Christ

Re: networking problems withe Linksys router

outer... -Tim -- -------- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide:

The Continuing Saga of the Kernel that Now Boots, but doesn't Work

I'll try this HEELLLP! :-) -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.fait

Re: Strange Problem accessing Web Sites

Thanks everyone for the advice. :-) I feel much better now... -Tim -- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search

Re: using Woody vs testing

> above to this: > >unstable -> sid > >??? -> testing > >stable -> woody Does ??? equal "buzz" or "lightyear" this time around? -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler

Re: Retry.. no more crybaby bs

suggesting getting potato and then moving up to Woody, this should simply be a more direct route so long as it works. Best, Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks

Re: Another update on "The Kernel that Wouldn't Boot"

ules such as hid, usb-uhci, etc.) that have "unresolved symbols" (normally they do not). Any idea what might cause this? Thanks again, Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

nd wasn't familiar yet > with debian specific commands. That one will do the trick. > I'd have to get it first. And I did already spend $40 on this adventure. > Not a forture to be sure, but I'd rather not throw away more. Do you have a broadband connection? If yo

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

Well, it all depends on the target user. Honestly, until Debian has a friendly GUI installer, it isn't going to be a contender against Windows and/or commercial distros for the folks that need that. -Tim -- ---- T

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

ems nice too. -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide:

Another update on "The Kernel that Wouldn't Boot"

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Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

free. I'll pay the > postage too. > > Maybe I should have tried the released version, but something about > the name `potato' puts one in mind of a large overweight weak > vegetable lying on a couch. > > At least `woody' sounded.. well erect :-) -- --

Re: The Custom Kernel that Wouldn't Boot.

with initrd? Perhaps it's the fact that it's 686 optimized? Thanks, Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian P

The Custom Kernel that Wouldn't Boot.

--revision=1trb --config xconfig Any ideas what the problem might be? TIA, Tim -- -------- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian

Re: Strange Problem accessing Web Sites

I would guess that ECN might be turned on: > % cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > To turn it off, use: > % echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > For info on ECN: > http://www.icir.org/floyd/ecn.html > and of course, Google. > > Andrew. -- -------

Strange Problem accessing Web Sites

n MDK, but have been unavailable for the entirety of the time I'm in Debian (I've been trying to access them in Debian for about a week now). Any ideas what would cause Debian to "block" these web sites? Thanks, Tim -- ----------

Re: (no subject)

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Re: How to use the Linux Progress Patch (Splash Screen)?

. it went to an odd ball frequency and then locked up), but I'm assuming I simply misconfigured something to else to do with the framebuffer. Hopefully I'll have some better news to post soon. Thanks again, Tim -- ---------

Re: Mail clients (and text editors)

e editors a lot. > I'd also like to find a nice client like SecureCRT for linux. Something a > little more feature rich than xterm. Well, if you want some kind of better shell, take a look at Konsole. It is nicely customizable, and you can run a bunch of sessions concurrently in one w

Re: Using the "menu" system

fort, but It is doable.. =) Ah, that's great news! :-) Well, I guess I wouldn't be much help on the code, but if you need help on testing or docs or something - let me know. -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler

How to use the Linux Progress Patch (Splash Screen)?

to the new kernel, but my attempt failed with several sections not being patched. Does anyone know of a way to get LPP to work on more recent kernels? Thanks, Tim -- -------- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED]

YaOOQ (Yet another Open Office Question)

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Re: Using the "menu" system

rks, although it looks like it needs some tweaking to display the right menus. I haven't had a chance to play with it much more yet. -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks

Re: Using the "menu" system

enu system with Corel/Debian's (which removed all of the icons included in MDK's version of "menu"). -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://ww

Re: Using the "menu" system

t utility as any GTK app can. -Tim -- -------- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree

Re: Using the "menu" system

Edit and the GNOME equivilent to speak "Debianese" would the be the best solution, perhaps something new, I dunno (as I mentioned, I was thinking about trying to get MDK's Menudrake working). -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R.

Re: Using the "menu" system

hould be able to be moved over here relatively easily). Of course if I have success wit this, I'll make a package available. -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks

Re: Using the "menu" system

Hi Sean, > currently it must be done manually. Thanks. That's not too bad, although it's ashame there isn't some type of GUI. :-\ Best, Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] U

Re: Few Questions From a New Debian User

is included, and so is AbiWord. If you can still find it, I'd recommend downloading WordPerfect 8 PE, or another good choice would be to get OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org), which is shaping up to be a nice suite. Best, Tim -- -

Using the "menu" system

I need to do that manually? Thanks, Tim -- -------- Timothy R. Butler | Universal Networks | http://www.uninet.info [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 12495932 AIM: Uninettm Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.fai

Re: Setting up ALSA in Debian

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Re: GAIM

those. -Tim -- ------------ Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz =

Setting up ALSA in Debian

0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss #--- Thanks, Tim -- ----