Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-04 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Since my problems includes a malfunctioning Mozilla mail client, Len Chatagnier One non-Debian way to get a late model browser and mailer for woody is to download the tarball file for Linux from netscape.com. The downloader can download a small downloader that then

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-04 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
reply below On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Hey, Thanks for the reference. I'm lurking the group emails and have read > some manuals on board. Problem is some are too geeky for me to understand > although I've picked up a lot since installing linux about 2 months ago. I > have

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread CW Harris
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 01:45:33PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Thanks so much, that added enough clarity that I now know what was wrong. > I'll read the manual. You are welcome. Also, please do not cc me. I read the lists. Please browse through the Debian Mailing lists introduction, note e

RE: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread Croy, Nathan
user's home directory). > Len Chatagnier > - Original Message - > From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:42 AM > Subject: Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb > 2.4.

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
Thanks so much, that added enough clarity that I now know what was wrong. I'll read the manual. Len - Original Message - From: "CW Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:43 AM Subject: Re: Newbie Having Much Troub

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread Adam Aube
Please stop top posting (which is putting your reply above the original message) - it makes the thread hard to follow. Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Kent West wrote: >> Leonard Chatagnier wrote: >> >I have no hostname file in /etc >> So create an "/etc/hostname" file, and in it have your computer'

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread CW Harris
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:12:34PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Chris. > Thanks, I'll try your suggestion and report back on results. FYI, the url's > were copied verbatum from the Debian mirror list. If they are formatted > incorrectly, I'm not aware, and why would the Debian site misforma

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
Ugh, don't know how to, yet. Could you give me the command or referenct? Len Chatagnier - Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:42 AM Subject: Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getti

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
--- Original Message - From: "Gayle Lee Fairless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Leonard Chatagnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 7:37 AM Subject: Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work &g

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread Kent West
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: RE: Nathan Croy's suggestions: #hostname=none I have no hostname file in /etc, only host.conf, hosts.allow, hosts.deny and host.canna. So create an "/etc/hostname" file, and in it have your computer's hostname. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
yle Fairless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:54 PM > Subject: Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work > > > > Steve Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > On Wed,

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-03 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
RE: Nathan Croy's suggestions: #hostname=none I have no hostname file in /etc, only host.conf, hosts.allow, hosts.deny and host.canna. I set hostname to Debian. Exited and reentered. Presto, Debian appeared in prompt, but it wont stay. Sourced /etc/profile. Returned prompt. Sourced ~/.profile.

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-02 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
04 1:54 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work > Steve Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:38:19PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:38:19PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: &

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-02 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
t;CW Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:28 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 01:51:21AM -0600, Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 0

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-02 Thread Gayle Fairless
Steve Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:38:19PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:38:19PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: are not syntax issues. I have attached the sources.list if someone wants to look. Pleasee note that any thing above the ftp: lis

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-02 Thread CW Harris
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 01:51:21AM -0600, Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 11:55:39PM -0600, Steve Block wrote: > > Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > > >On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:38:19PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > > > > >You have encrypted your /etc/apt/sources.list file?

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-02 Thread Sam Watkins
> The file is plain text, just typed as binary in the attachment for some Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > > Strange, I see no attachments in mutt, just see line after line like this... > > begin 666 sources.list > M"B-D96(@8V1R;VTZ6T1E8FEA;B!'3E4O3&EN=7@@,RXP('(R(%]7;V]D>5\@ > M+2!/9F9I8VEA;"!I,[

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-01 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 11:55:39PM -0600, Steve Block wrote: > Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > >On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:38:19PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > > >You have encrypted your /etc/apt/sources.list file? Also, what version > >of Debian are you installing? > > > >Patrick, > > The

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-01 Thread Steve Block
Patrick Albuquerque wrote: On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:38:19PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: You have encrypted your /etc/apt/sources.list file? Also, what version of Debian are you installing? Patrick, The file is plain text, just typed as binary in the attachment for some reason. -- Steve

Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-01 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:38:19PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > are not syntax issues. I have attached the sources.list if someone wants to > look. Pleasee note that any thing above the ftp: listings were done by the > system. I put every thing else in with nano. I hope someone can help me

RE: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-01 Thread Croy, Nathan
> From: Leonard Chatagnier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:35 PM > > Since the last couple of reinstalls, the first was with a bunch of Net > programs installed for first time, I lost my Debian host > name, now it's > (none) and I think its affecting most all of