Re: Bullseye and hplip install

2023-04-05 Thread Tjm
Christoph, thanks for the reply. Autoremove was run successfully. The bullseye version was installed with no errors but wouldn't run. I tried several other versions from the repository, both debian and generic versions each built with different configs. No luck. The very latest hplip versi

Most reliable dual band driver/chipset

2018-12-15 Thread Tjm
I've been using an Alfa dual band USB3 wifi adapter and while it works and when it happens to stay connected it's fast and fine. But it disconnects often for no apparent reason and won't reconnect by itself without removing and then reloading the module. Built and tried several versions of the

Re: samba config

2017-07-29 Thread Tjm
I know how that goes. And in keeping with that line of action I may I investigate further but I since the rest of the setup works, probably not. Tony On July 29, 2017 11:58:04 AM PDT, Joe wrote: >On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:16:16 -0700 >tony mollica wrote: > >> I do have gvfs installed. >> >> Plea

X font problem

2001-10-08 Thread tjm
Hello. In the process of trying to correct an X problem, I developed the following problem when trying to run icewm: --- Could not load fontset '-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*'. Fallback to '*fixed*' failed. Segmentation fault. --- Can't find any info the the fontset problem or

kernel 2.4.5 - ov511.c problem

2001-06-10 Thread tjm
Hello. I'm trying to compile a new 2.4.5 kernel but having trouble with multiple errors that appear to be generated from the usb/ov511.c file. Before I get into the details, is this a known problem and is there a remedy for this situation that I have overlooked? I know this is vague, but maybe

Re: OT:Plextor CDRW 12X10X32S

2001-05-17 Thread tjm
Thanks, that's what I needed to hear. -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT:Plextor CDRW 12X10X32S

2001-05-17 Thread tjm
Hello. I'm considering a Plextor 12X10X32 SCSI CDRW and was wondering if anyone has used this with Debian Linux and cdrecord/xcdroast successfully. If not, I'm open to suggestions for a new CDRW unit. I'm using 2.2r3 with a 2.2.19 kernel, SCSI only. thanks -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

StylusColor900 and smbprint

2001-02-24 Thread tjm
Hello. This is slightly OT but I'm out of good options. I have an Epson Stylus Color 900 connected to a windows-me computer (hey, it's my wife's and she won't switch) that I'm trying to print to from my Debian 2.2r2 with smbprint. All indications are that the 900 is well supported, I have magicf

Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-01-31 Thread tjm
Hello. Has anyone come across anything like this before. The system is a perfectly running Debian 2.2r2 with an AMD K6-2 500mhz with 256M mem (two 128M sdrams). I swapped out the two sdrams and installed one 256M sdram. The bios sees the memory OK and starts the boot process. Linux evidently s

Re: OT:Motherboards and Processors - thanks.

2001-01-13 Thread tjm
Thanks for the motherboard/processor info. -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT:Motherboards and Processors

2001-01-13 Thread tjm
Computer show today and looking for any recommendations for stable motherboard and processor combinations in the 700-800Mhz range, 133 Mhz bus and it doesn't matter whether it's AMD or Intel for the chip. Thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: hosts for rdate?

2000-11-25 Thread tjm
Look here: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html Bruno Boettcher wrote: > > hello, > i am searching for some hosts for time updating of my hosts > where can i find the listings of hosts offering this service? > i am in France BTW, so any host network-near Strasbourg wo

kernel 2.2.17 and ide patch

2000-11-10 Thread tjm
Hello. I recently installed a 2.2.17 kernel from kernel.org and I have this working OK. I have installed the ide patch from potato, selected what I wanted in the configuration, compiled and installed the kernel and it works, for a short time. After a while, it corrupts the screen and, although

Re: Duplex on etherpro-100?

2000-11-07 Thread tjm
"Eric N. Valor" wrote: > > I've got an Intel 82559-based NIC (Etherpro-100). I'm wondering how I can > (or if I can) configure the NIC to be full-duplex instead of autoconfigured. > > Any help would be appreciated. > -- > Eric N. Valor > Webmeister/Inetservices > Lutris Technologies > [EMAIL PRO

potato and gnome

2000-10-30 Thread tjm
Hello. I have a Debian potato installation with a 2.2.17 kernel with the default gnome configuration. There is a problem with gnome control center (gnomecc) that locks up if anything in the desktop/screensaver is selected, requiring login to another terminal to kill the process. The screensaver d

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2000-10-25 Thread tjm
Hello, I have had the same problem although it doesn't seem to cause any adverse condition with the machine. The startup script /etc/rcS.d/S20modutils (/etc/init.d/modutils) runs depmod -a when the machine boots, but it seems that the time stamp that results from the new modules.dep file being

Re: Sound Volume in Gnome

2000-10-16 Thread tjm
Jeff Hornsberger wrote: > > Hi, I just moved over from RH and when I used gnome on there it used to > save and restore my sound volume settings when I logged in and out. I > sort of have that working in Debian (Woody), except it only restores my > sound settings after I run the gnome mixer program

Re: Debian 2.2 CDs

2000-10-02 Thread tjm
Hello: Go to http://cdimage.debian.org for more information. Umum Wijoyo wrote: > > Hi! > > Would like to ask how I can make a copy of Debian 2.2 CDs? > Can I just download the iso files from a Debian ftp server, > and burn them to a CD? Would I need the boot floppies, or > will the CDs be bo

Re: D-Link DFE 530TX 10/100Mbit/s support?

2000-07-29 Thread tjm
Willi Dyck wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > does anybody know if the ethernet card above is supported by Debian now? > > thanx > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null This card uses the via-rhine driver. The newest one, the DFE530TX+, uses the rtl8139 drivers. -

which free ISP?

2000-07-25 Thread tjm
Hi. Freewwweb, which I have been using on the road with my Debian/Toshiba laptop, has cancelled all accounts and handed them over to Juno. Are there any other free ISP's that allow a connection using Linux? thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: tekram dc-390u2w

2000-07-17 Thread tjm
Thanks for the reply. Out of curiosity, what are you considering as "newer" kernels. I was able to compile the tekram dc390x_ncr driver for the dc390u2w both in a 2.2.16 kernel and as a module in that kernel with no errors, but I haven't tried to run them yet. This still leaves the original p

tekram dc-390u2w

2000-07-16 Thread tjm
Hi. I'm about to install a tekram dc390u2w scsi adapter and attach a seagate drive and was wondering if anyone is aware of whether there is any advantage to using either of the sym53c8xx or the drivers from the Tekram site (dc390x-ncr). thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

slink-->frozen perl ?

2000-07-02 Thread tjm
Hi. Just upgraded from slink to frozen with no problems but I could use some information. Going from perl-5.004 to perl-5.005 there is some comment about a database upgrade using perl to dump and then reload or using db_dump185 and db_load. I've been going throught the docs but not finding any he

Re: Woody: missing parse-xf86config? /etc/init.d.xdm wants it!

2000-03-29 Thread tjm
Brian Boonstra wrote: > > Hi > > Something blew away a program called parse-xf86config this weekend. > I suspect it was when I did my apt-get upgrade. This is a problem because > /etc/init.d/xdm won't run properly without it. > > Any clues as to how I can get it back? > > > >

Re: kernel config question(s)

2000-03-29 Thread tjm
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > I have sysctl on my Debian box running potato. It is only available to root. > Thanks, I found it in the procps package in unstable, compiled it on my slink system and it seems to work. thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel config question(s)

2000-03-29 Thread tjm
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > Why do you think you need this? No box I have running 2.2.14 have I had to > deal with this. Just curious as to why the ip_always_defrag choice was removed from configuration list and buried in the sysctl stuff. What this means to me I'm not quite sure. I picked

kernel config question(s)

2000-03-26 Thread tjm
After looking through much documentation, I'm still not sure whether I have the info I need. Going through the config stuff to build a new 2.2.14 kernel (up from 2.2.11) I notice that the previous parameter of 'CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG' is now missing or not offered in this 2.2.14 kernel config. I

Re: Debian equivalent of RH's rc.local?

2000-01-23 Thread tjm
Hi. If you are using modules for your sound, you can modify the conf.modules file to run a program after a module is loaded. The following is the pertinent line from my conf.modules file: post-install sb /bin/volume 10 This line runs the volume program with a parameter of '10' (a low volume)

Re: Forcing Full-duplex on D-Link 530TX (via-rhine driver)

2000-01-11 Thread tjm
Go to the page below and find the paragraph "Modifying Driver Operation Through Options". http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/modules.html I believe what your looking for is here. -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fed Gov Linux User? Please reply.

1999-11-29 Thread tjm
Hello. In an effort to legitimize my using Linux (Debian, in fact) at work for various jobs both as a server and a desktop client, I'm looking for other users who are also using Linux in their Federal Government jobs. I need to be able to get Linux added to the 'approved' software list, the quali

Re: Netscape 4.05 tarball?

1999-11-12 Thread tjm
Try the following site for earlier netscape versions: ftp://archive:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/archive/index.html -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lprng help follow-up.

1999-11-09 Thread tjm
Thanks for the help, but still not working. I've added the lpr_bounce stuff to the printcap and it seems that the filter is being run, but no conversion is taking place. For plain text files, the control codes in the dj550c-filter that should be used somewhere along the line are being printed as

lprng help

1999-11-08 Thread tjm
Hi. I'm trying to us lprng to print to a remote printer, an HP870, on an nt network. nt is running the tcp/ip print services and I can get plain text to print just fine. However, it seems that the if= is not being used for other document formats. The printcap file is this: hp870|filt-Remote hp

route, 2.2.x and slink

1999-09-15 Thread tjm
Hi. I've installed kernel 2.2.12 on a slink box and I appear to be having trouble with the route commands. According to the Debian page on using Linux 2.2.x on slink, under netbase, "some routes built by the netbase init scripts will cause harmless warning messages". The 'route add -net' seems

Best 2.2.x for Slink?

1999-08-18 Thread tjm
It's time to upgrade. Is there a recommended version of the 2.2.x kernel to use on a slink system for the least amount of problems, or should I just go for the latest that I can find? At this time, stability is more important than leading edge. thank, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Backup software/Aiwa8000?

1999-07-24 Thread tjm
Hi. Looking for a recommendation for tape backup software using an Aiwa TD-A8000 atapi tape drive. Nothing too fancy needed but I would like to backup selected directories from win95/nt machines also on the network. Using slink and 2.0.36. thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

proftpd ?

1999-07-01 Thread tjm
Hi. I installed proftpd and used one of the default configuration scripts for anonymous login access. I can login to the ftp server on the lan, but from the outside (work), the only message I get is "Connected to (server ip)". No prompts appear for username or password and the session attempt is

Re: BIOS upgrade

1999-05-27 Thread tjm
Try this site for some BIOS and motherboard info. http://www.ping.be/bios/ -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

SO5, 5.01 & 5.1

1999-05-22 Thread tjm
Hello. I'm looking for pointers on this StarOffice Problem. The system is a Debian 2.1, 2.0.36 system on an Asus P2B-F PII 350Mhz, 128M ram. The installation is the home user setup from the Debian install. With SO5.0, 5.01 and 5.1, the mail and news functions do not work reliably. In fact, SO

Re: Hawking PN102TX--Help!!

1999-05-12 Thread tjm
If this helps, according to the Hawking web site, http://www.hawkingtech.com, their PCI nics use the tulip.c driver. -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: HELP: dpkg

1997-12-31 Thread TJM
s for the filename to save. tjm [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Communicator 4.

1997-11-24 Thread TJM
I've installed communicator 4.03 successfully on my debian 1.3.1, 2.0.30 kernel system and all works fine. I would like to know what the advantage is to using the installer package rather than the install script that comes with the communicator package from netscape. I know that dselect won't off

Re: Please help ! ;-)

1997-11-11 Thread TJM
Increase the color depth to 16 bpp or use the 'noaccel' parameter for the Trident chipset. Either one of these should fix the problem. tjm [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: FYI (Infomagic's debian outdated.)

1997-10-30 Thread TJM
2.0.30 source files along with any other utilities or programs. tjm [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Linux/NT Dual Boot

1997-10-29 Thread TJM
Try this site for information on how to do this: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~sedmison/directboot.html There are also commercial utilities like System Commander. tjm [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . T

Re: packages from parallel Zip drive

1997-10-18 Thread TJM
compile it in by rebuilding the kernel. For debian, I believe the proper entries are listed under scsi device drivers during the kernel make config or make menuconfig. After that, mine was recognized by the kernel and was easily mounted and used. good luck, tjm [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE

xscreensaver

1997-09-16 Thread TJM
Hi. Trying to run xscreensaver and I get the following messages: Xlib: connection to "0:0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Error: Can't open display :0.0 Running fvwm95...43a and x 3.3-3, kernel 2.0.27, xscreensaver 1.27.1. thanks, tjm [

Re: Setting up x

1997-09-14 Thread TJM
ver to run from here. With the server listed as XF86_NONE in the Xserver file (first line), I received the messages you have posted. I had to change the server name manually. For some reason, after fooling around with the configurations, XF86Setup wouldn't change the server name in Xserve

xdm, xinit and startx problem

1997-09-14 Thread TJM
and: cd /usr/man : gunzip... {and so on}. I'm at a loss to find the problem and the scripts make very little sense to me. Any suggestions? My installation is all debian with the exception of the fvwm95..43a. X 3.3-3 is installed and all the default scripts are in place, svga se

Re: xdm, xinit and startx problem

1997-09-14 Thread TJM
indow. thanks, tjm [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .