Re: Beginner question

2004-02-26 Thread Pedro M.
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: There was a good rebuttal of this recently, observing "well, who would hang out on this newbie list to help them?". I know I wouldn't - I can barely cope with debian-user as it is. I could help with this list (hang out) ;) Regards. -- To UNSUBS

Re: Beginner question

2004-02-25 Thread Paul Morgan
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:56:59 +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 07:43:18AM +, Pedro M. wrote: >> In any case, one can create a newbie-user and advanced-user email lists >> if necessary. >> >> I think it's what Debian need now . > > There was a good rebuttal of this recentl

Re: Beginner question

2004-02-25 Thread Chris Metzler
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:22:57 -0500 Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There was a good rebuttal of this recently, observing "well, who > > would hang out on this newbie list to help them?". I know I wouldn't > > - I can barely cope with de

Re: Beginner question

2004-02-25 Thread Richard Hoskins
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There was a good rebuttal of this recently, observing "well, who > would hang out on this newbie list to help them?". I know I wouldn't > - I can barely cope with debian-user as it is. All we would need is a auto-responder that would randomly choose some

Re: Beginner question

2004-02-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 07:43:18AM +, Pedro M. wrote: > In any case, one can create a newbie-user and advanced-user email lists > if necessary. > > I think it's what Debian need now . There was a good rebuttal of this recently, observing "well, who would hang out on this newbie list to help

Re: Beginner question

2004-02-24 Thread Pedro M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Hi apologies if this is primitive, Don´ t worry. YOu don't have to apology ;( In any case, one can create a newbie-user and advanced-user email lists if necessary. I think it's what Debian need now . Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Beginner question

2004-02-24 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi apologies if this is primitive, I've just installed Debian 3.0 and lilo successfully using woody, but when the system is booting it goes through all the configurations then it suddenly freezes at /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz. I have also noticed it stalls when it

Re: xhost beginner question question

2004-02-24 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 11:30:13AM -0500, Bill wrote: > I am trying to use the mouse and keyboard from a suse to a dabian pc. > Both computers are Isolated, so security is not a problem. I can ssh, > so I know the network is working properly. I h

xhost beginner question question

2004-02-24 Thread Bill
I am trying to use the mouse and keyboard from a suse to a dabian pc. Both computers are Isolated, so security is not a problem. I can ssh, so I know the network is working properly. I have tryied xhost + on the debian computer but it still doesn't work. Any Ideas? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Beginner question

2004-02-24 Thread agentsagent
Hi apologies if this is primitive,   I've just installed Debian 3.0 and lilo successfully using woody, but when the system is booting it goes through all the configurations then it suddenly freezes at /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz. I have also noticed it stalls when it aligns its system cloc

Re: Beginner Question

1998-01-01 Thread Oliver Elphick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I recently purchased Dale Scheetz's book "The Debian Linux User's Guide" >and installed Debian Linux 1.3 on my 486. I have been unable to get >XWindows working inspite of several days of effort. > >Hardware: >i486 w/ 16 meg >Linux 1.3 booting using a dual b

Re: Beginner Question

1998-01-01 Thread Greg Norris
Do you have 1.3.0? I understand that there was a problem with xdm and shadow passwords. If that's what you're experiencing, it should be fixed by issuing "shadowconfig off" followed by "shadowconfig on" as root. At 02:46 PM 1/1/98 -0600, you wrote: >I recently purchased Dale Scheetz's book "The

Beginner Question

1998-01-01 Thread elliston
I recently purchased Dale Scheetz's book "The Debian Linux User's Guide" and installed Debian Linux 1.3 on my 486. I have been unable to get XWindows working inspite of several days of effort. Hardware: i486 w/ 16 meg Linux 1.3 booting using a dual boot system and loadlin 24speed ide CDROM Diamo