Upgrading from slink on 486 w/ 32 Mb ram and 3c509tp NIC

2006-03-05 Thread pinecone
gradual upgrade process. Anyone able to advise? pinecone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Struggling with Xf86config

2006-02-12 Thread pinecone
Jonathan Kaye wrote: pinecone wrote: Now, the /dev/psaux is what Knoppix does for the same machne, so I tried it. Knoppix runs just fine and it is based on Debian so you can imagine MY UTTER FRUSTRATION! pinecone Have you tried changing the protocol to "i

Re: Struggling with Xf86config

2006-02-11 Thread pinecone
pinecone wrote: Jonathan Kaye wrote: pinecone wrote: I am unable to get X going from the installer because of a mouse problem.. The mouse is a plain old wheel mouse from acer but the install cacks saying there is no /dev/input/mice, even after lengthy running of

Re: Struggling with Xf86config

2006-02-11 Thread pinecone
Jonathan Kaye wrote: pinecone wrote: I am unable to get X going from the installer because of a mouse problem.. The mouse is a plain old wheel mouse from acer but the install cacks saying there is no /dev/input/mice, even after lengthy running of Xf86config and choosing most of

Struggling with Xf86config

2006-02-09 Thread pinecone
I am unable to get X going from the installer because of a mouse problem.. The mouse is a plain old wheel mouse from acer but the install cacks saying there is no /dev/input/mice, even after lengthy running of Xf86config and choosing most of the mouse options. What is needed here? pinecone

Changing monitor resolution after installng

2005-11-20 Thread pinecone
know where or how. Please assist. pinecone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to download/install a harddrive file

2005-08-03 Thread pinecone
I have been struggling with this for days with mixed results. Can anyone suggest the steps for doing this in a simple way? I would be operating from a /home directory. The gui's supplied with gnome don't seem to offer this easily. I have been working with Synaptic and Ark. Take your pick! I am fa

Trying to use Mozilla-mplayer plug-in

2005-08-01 Thread pinecone
I have downloaded File:mozilla-mplayer_2.70-1_i386.deb. I am running Gnome Nautilus and cannot find the appropriate spot to click to install. Really new at this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mplayer

2005-08-01 Thread pinecone
Am having trouble with the configure process. I get this error Error:help/help_mp-en.h not found When I check the log it says: ## Checking for langinfo #include int main(void) { nl_langinfo(CODESET); return 0; } cc /tmp/m

Adding debian to win2k dynamic disk

2004-11-08 Thread pinecone
I am trying to use PartitionMagic 8.0 to create a linux partition on a "dynamic" disk, but although the manual says it can run natively on win2k (and it does) it views win2k dynamic disks as "other" and has no apparent method for doing the job. Any suggestions? pineco