Re: HELP: new to debian 3.0

2004-01-18 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, r o b wrote: > Hi, > I've just installed Debian 3.0...pretty much without a hitch. Now I'm trying to get > everything in working order. There's a few things I'm unsure of: > > 1) upon installing the system, I set the clock time to GTM, rather than local time. > Now when

Re: HELP: new to debian 3.0

2004-01-17 Thread Mark Schouten
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 12:08:06AM +0100, Hercinger Viktor wrote: > > 4) is there any way to shutdown/reboot the system while logged in as a user? I'd > > rather not have to su to root everytime to power down. > > Just type in: > # sudo /sbin/halt > > (make sure that you're a sudoer (edit /etc

Re: HELP: new to debian 3.0

2004-01-16 Thread Hercinger Viktor
> Hi, > I've just installed Debian 3.0...pretty much without a hitch. Now I'm trying to > get everything in working order. There's a few things I'm unsure of: I'm an enthusiastic newbie too, but I think I can help in some points. > 2) I have a scroll mouse...but the 'scrolling' part isn't w

Re: HELP: new to debian 3.0

2004-01-16 Thread Nano Nano
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 06:00:39PM -0500, r o b wrote: > > 3) the sound driver was either not installed, or not configured properly on > installation. I get the error: > "error initializing sound driver: > device /dev/dsp can't be opened (permission denied)" > ...when logging in. adduser aud

HELP: new to debian 3.0

2004-01-16 Thread r o b
Hi, I've just installed Debian 3.0...pretty much without a hitch. Now I'm trying to get everything in working order. There's a few things I'm unsure of: 1) upon installing the system, I set the clock time to GTM, rather than local time. Now when it displays the time, it's -5 hours behind my l