Re: HELP!! applix 4.3.7 woes

1998-02-08 Thread tjferrell
On 8 Feb, To: debian-user@lists.debian.org let loose with: > > well, it seems I am still fighting to get applix to work... I ordered > the upgrade from Red hat this week on the premise that perhaps my > problems were related to running applix on a hamm system but that is > not

HELP!! applix 4.3.7 woes

1998-02-08 Thread tjferrell
well, it seems I am still fighting to get applix to work... I ordered the upgrade from Red hat this week on the premise that perhaps my problems were related to running applix on a hamm system but that is not the case. Here's what happens: I have tried every possible installation method - alien t

Re: Nedit hangs system

1998-01-29 Thread tjferrell
On 28 Jan, D W Wieboldt let loose with: > Has anybody seen this? I have reasonably up to date hamm on a stinkpad > 560. Installed nedit_5.0-3.deb. Invoking nedit works fine but then > nothing works! Clearly un-acceptable. Just like using windoze; the only > recourse is to hit t

alpha vs p2

1998-01-26 Thread tjferrell
I am pleasantly suprised to find myself in a position to get a new system and am eyeing the alpha boxes pretty heavy... How does debian::alpha compare to debian::i386 in terms of package availability? Are there any glaring omissions I should be aware of? Also, does anybody have any strong feelin

applix 4.3 install question

1998-01-24 Thread tjferrell
I am installing applix 4.3 and have hit a snag. I converted the rpms from the CD to debian packages using alien which resulted in: applix-books-english_4.3-2_i386.deb applix-clipart_4.3-2_i386.deb applix-english_4.3-2_i386.deb applix-libs_4.3-2_i386.deb applix_4.3-2__i386.deb I made /opt a symli

Re: Two Monitors

1998-01-21 Thread tjferrell
On 20 Jan, Britton wrote: > > I read an article in LJ describing the Metro-X server (I think that was it > anyway), which can drive multiple video cards (though only with the right > cards). I don't know if Xfree has any support for this sort of thing, or > exactly how it would shake out with int

Re: Bitchx windows

1998-01-18 Thread tjferrell
On 17 Jan, Mark W Blunier wrote: > > When bitchx tries to create a new window under X, it fails > with the message > > xterm: Can't execvp /usr/bin/wserv > > Is there a package that provides swerv, or should it > have been included with bitchx? > if wserv is not included in the deb package the

applixware 4.3 install on debian system

1998-01-16 Thread tjferrell
I am wanting to install applixware 4.3 on my debian system and would like some advice as the best way to approach it. should i use alien to convert the rpm packages or just run the install script or what? what has proved successful for others? thanx, tim -- ## # # # # # # ## ## #

Re: strange rvxt behaviour

1998-01-16 Thread tjferrell
On 16 Jan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 15 Jan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I just upgraded to hamm and am having a peculiar problem: when I am in >> X as a user and I su to root in an rxvt terminal window, I am no loger >> able to open any rxvt terminal as a user. I get an error saying that >> rx

Re: strange rvxt behaviour

1998-01-16 Thread tjferrell
On 15 Jan, Ben Pfaff wrote: >I just upgraded to hamm and am having a peculiar problem: when I am in >X as a user and I su to root in an rxvt terminal window, I am no loger >able to open any rxvt terminal as a user. I get an error saying that >rxvt cannot connect to a pseudo tty. Thi