Re: Ethernet setup?

2003-01-19 Thread Tom Zych
> Edit /etc/network/interfaces to specify dhcp or a static IP address > ("man interfaces"), then try "/etc/init.d/networking start". Is there supposed to be a /dev/eth0 device? There isn't... -- Tom Zych This email address will expire at some point to thwart spamm

Ethernet setup?

2003-01-19 Thread Tom Zych
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to get ethernet working. I'm using sarge with a 2.2 kernel. I don't know very much about networking. I glanced at the networking howto, but it's rather technical. Does anyone know of a cookbook-style howto out there for neophytes like me? Than

Re: Straightforward printing help urgently needed

2002-11-01 Thread Tom Zych
Thanks for the help. I installed and configured MagicFilter and OpenOffice works fine now. Cheers, -- Tom Zych This email address will expire at some point to thwart spammers. Permanent address is rot13([EMAIL PROTECTED]). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Straightforward printing help urgently needed

2002-11-01 Thread Tom Zych
ome resumes and cover letters, NOW. Can anyone point me toward a step-by-step howto, for Debian, OpenOffice, and GhostScript, that will simply tell me what I need to do? Thanks very much, -- Tom Zych This email address will expire at some point to thwart spammers. Permanent address is rot13([

Re: Non-US / sarge not working

2002-08-30 Thread Tom Zych
see if the problem persists. Some > glitch obviously removed sarge from the mirrors for a short time. Ah. Sorry. Seemed like a strange glitch, thought maybe my sources were obsolete. Thanks, -- Tom Zych [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: makepasswd: naive question

2002-06-23 Thread Tom Zych
Jerome BENOIT wrote: > We can generate encrypted passwords with `makepasswd', > but how can we decrypt them ? You can't. It's a one-way trapdoor function. Wouldn't be much point in using it otherwise. -- Tom Zych This email address will expire at some point to thwart s

Re: Can't reach master.debian.org - solved

2002-06-21 Thread Tom Zych
Thanks to all who offered help. Turns out it wasn't my ISP's DNS server that was out of date - it was my /etc/hosts file . I'd forgotten I set some addresses in there way back when, to try to speed things up. I took out that line and everything works fine now. -- Tom Zych This ema

Re: Can't reach master.debian.org

2002-06-20 Thread Tom Zych
b/ftplist . Loads ok but it isn't bugs. Might be master... Also ping www.debian.org gives 198.186.203.20. Maybe certain subtrees are actually on another server? -- Tom Zych This email address will expire at some point to thwart spammers. Permanent address is at http://pobox.com/~tz/email.html

Re: Can't reach master.debian.org

2002-06-20 Thread Tom Zych
s. Is there a good way to tell? Some program that would send me test packets? Some way to query the kernel? Is there a deb for a kernel that'll work? I've never compiled a kernel. Tried once and was scared off by a zillion options without much explanation. Thanks, -- Tom Zych This email

Re: Can't reach master.debian.org

2002-06-20 Thread Tom Zych
t ping tells you? -- Tom Zych This email address will expire at some point to thwart spammers. Permanent address is at http://pobox.com/~tz/email.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can't reach master.debian.org

2002-06-19 Thread Tom Zych
t how to find things out.) TIA, -- Tom Zych This email address will expire at some point to thwart spammers. Permanent address is at http://pobox.com/~tz/email.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intermittent aspect ratio problem in X 4.1

2002-04-17 Thread Tom Zych
our monitor to it's factory default modes. Check your monitor > handbook. Resetting doesn't help, it still does it. It never did it on my old PC, so it's probably either my new card or X4. I'll see what a 2.4 kernel does. Thanks for all your help! -- Tom Zych This email

Re: Intermittent aspect ratio problem in X 4.1

2002-04-13 Thread Tom Zych
e aspect ratio is right or wrong. http://pobox.com/~tz/XFree86.0.log.txt -- Tom Zych This email address will expire in a few days to thwart spammers. Permanent address is at http://pobox.com/~tz/email.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intermittent aspect ratio problem in X 4.1

2002-04-13 Thread Tom Zych
e getting there. Cheers, -- Tom Zych This email address will expire in a few days to thwart spammers. Permanent address is at http://pobox.com/~tz/email.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Intermittent aspect ratio problem in X 4.1

2002-04-11 Thread Tom Zych
date/upgrade with apt-get regularly. The card is a G450, but the X server seems to think it's a G400. I guess the G450 isn't supported yet? It's dual-head but I only use #1. Does xvidtune work with X4? It looks like it's only for X3. TIA, -- Tom Zych This email address