Re: default bpp for x

2000-02-17 Thread Ron Rademaker
Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config go to the section Screen that you use and add the line: DefaultColorDepth 24 Ron On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Timothy C. Phan wrote: > Hi, > > Is there anyway to configure X to come up at a certain > bpp. It always default to 8. I'd like it to have 24 bpp. > > I c

Re: default bpp for x

2000-02-17 Thread aphro
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Timothy C. Phan wrote: tphan >Hi, tphan > tphan > Is there anyway to configure X to come up at a certain tphan > bpp. It always default to 8. I'd like it to have 24 bpp. edit /etc/X11/XF86Config with your favorite editor, you should see a option called 'DefaultColorDepth'

Re: ISO distribution

2000-02-17 Thread David Z. Maze
Michael Kayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MK> Can you please tell me is there is a distribution of Debian-Linux MK> available for downloading? See http://cdimage.debian.org/; it'll walk you through the steps to create an official Debian GNU/Linux CD. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ppp_on_boot disconnects?

2000-02-17 Thread John Hasler
Matthew W. Roberts writes: > Can you tell from that whether it was the ISP that hung up? No. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: removed libc6, how to recover

2000-02-17 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 16:00:06 -0800, Michael Kevin O'Brien wrote: > I'm not saying removing libc6 was a smart idea. I want to know what to do > to get my machine back? I've got a boot floppy that I'm hoping works (it's > at home and I'm at work as I type this). Assuming I can boot the machine, >

Re: Debian Newbie problems.

2000-02-17 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (aphro) wrote: >On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Suresh Kumar.R wrote: >cetvm >Why is it that Redhat distributions contain netscape while debian cdrom >cetvm >doesnot? > >it does not comply with the free software defenition(sp) let alone an open >source one, Hmmm - I think you mean the othe

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > Michael > > I'm sorry not to be more prompt in my reply to this. > > Some have advised using the STL -- the Standard Template (not > 'type') Library. That is sound advice. Yep. [... list of documentation ...] I actually found the SGI html pages that are contained in the stl-manual debia

/etc/adjtime does what?

2000-02-17 Thread Nick Cabatoff
I can't find a reference to it anywhere, and since it comes with base-files it's unclear what program uses it. I'm just curious.

libgl1

2000-02-17 Thread Timothy C. Phan
Hi, Could someone tell where can I find libgl1 in potato? I tried to install xlockmore-gl and it depends on libgl1. TIA --- tcp

RE: PCI BIOS problems

2000-02-17 Thread Lewis, James M.
I had a similar problem with a pci scsi card in an old 486. It would not let me leave a blank pci slot. The card had to be installed next to the video card which was in the first pci slot. hth jim > Would modprobe ne2k-pci io=0x300 irq=11 work when: > > cat /proc/io... > -001f : dma1 > 00

libgl1

2000-02-17 Thread Timothy C. Phan
Hi, # I'm not sure this email went thru, so I send again. # Could someone tell where can I find libgl1 in potato? I tried to install xlockmore-gl and it depends on libgl1. TIA --- tcp

Re: PCI BIOS problems

2000-02-17 Thread Jonathan Heaney
Phil Brutsche wrote: : : : : > If the ethernet card gets a 255 IRQ, then it's possible that you need to > change the setting that looks something like "PnP OS" (that's how it > appears on my computer) to "None" or "No". Setting "PnP OS" to "On" or > "Yes" only makes sense with Win95 and it's der

Re: emptying files

2000-02-17 Thread Giovanni
This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Giovanni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Be sure to reply to that address. try this: for x in *.* do cat $x done Geocrawler.com - The Knowledge Archive

Re: XF86-3.3.6 hoses fonts?

2000-02-17 Thread Dietmar Schultz
On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 08:53:40PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: > Since I upgraded to XF86-3.3.6 when I did a dist-upgrade to "frozen" > my fonts in X have been trashed. I get what looks like pipes and > screwed up pixels. Help? If you have installed 100 dpi fonts and you dont like them, r

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread David Teague
Hi Oleg On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, David Teague wrote: > > > Michael > > > > I'm sorry not to be more prompt in my reply to this. > > > > Some have advised using the STL -- the Standard Template (not > > 'type') Library. That is sound advice. > > gre

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread David Teague
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > I actually found the SGI html pages that are contained in the stl-manual > debian package quite practical. It may depend on your level of > understanding of C++ how much you get out of these, they are not > beginner's material. Anyway, it is easy

Does fsck -b 8193 work?

2000-02-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
The docs (and Running Linux) say that you can restore a damaged superblock by using fsck -b 8193 or multiples thereof. Whenever I have tried it, it has failed and I've had to reinstall. Last night I tried it again on my son's computer; no luck yet again. Has anyone ever had any luck with this?

Kernel panic, failure to boot, bug in bootpromt?

2000-02-17 Thread Clark Sims
I solved the boot problem while I was documenting it. I am sending the solution, because it was so difficult to arive at. I think this almost might be called a bug/design flaw in the bootprompt. I also have some other questions, which I list at the end of the email. System: Dell Precision 410 d

Re: /etc/adjtime does what?

2000-02-17 Thread Martin Fluch
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Nick Cabatoff wrote: > I can't find a reference to it anywhere, and since it comes with > base-files it's unclear what program uses it. I'm just curious. man hwclock Martin -- This is Linux Country. In a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot. For public PGP-key: finge

Re: How can go back to 'stable' from 'frozen'

2000-02-17 Thread Lee Bradshaw
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 09:19:14AM -0500, Rajesh Radhakrishnan wrote: > Hi, > > Other than replacing my ethernet card 3com595, I don't seem to have > an alternative as I have a dual Processor Pentium machine (the second > processor isn't recognised by the 2.0.36 kernel) with 'frozen' loaded > an

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 13:09:04 -0500, David Teague wrote: > Please tell me if the SGI pages are accessible on line. http://www.sgi.com/Technology/STL/ HTH, Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with auto- destructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it com

Re: removed libc6, how to recover

2000-02-17 Thread Michael Kevin O'Brien
Hola~ >-- On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 05:14:45PM +0100, % wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 16:00:06 -0800, Michael Kevin O'Brien wrote: > > I'm not saying removing libc6 was a smart idea. I want to know what to do > > to get my machine back? I've got a boot floppy that I'm hoping works (it's > > at ho

Re: APT 0.5.x debian packages anywhere?

2000-02-17 Thread Frank Barknecht
Vesa Kaihlavirta hat gesagt: // Vesa Kaihlavirta wrote: > > Are there any Debian packages for Alsa 0.5.x yet? I've got a SB Live and I'd > like to test it with them, so if there's a developer with a staging area, > please come forward... There are some packages in project/experimental on your tr

Re: removed libc6, how to recover

2000-02-17 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 11:52:44 -0800, Michael Kevin O'Brien wrote: > How does one boot from the rescue disk? I stick the rescue disk in the > drive, turn on the machine. At the rescue prompt: > > I'm unable to switch to vc2. > > rescue root=/dev/fd0 (w/ rescue floppy still in drive) >

Netscape4.7 composer crashes repeatedly!!

2000-02-17 Thread John Foster
I have Nesscape Communicator 4.7 w/128bit encryption installed on a Potato box. When I try to save any file from composer it crashes--every time. I used the apt-get netscape4 installer with the downloaded file.tar.gz in /tmp to install with no problems and no warnings. browser works fine, just comp

netscape 4.7

2000-02-17 Thread Timothy C. Phan
Hi, Is there a way to install netscape 4.7 without installing the lib5 stuff. TIA! --- tcp

Re: netscape 4.7

2000-02-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 02:24:33PM -0600, Timothy C. Phan wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to install netscape 4.7 without installing > the lib5 stuff. Yeah, of course. Will it work after installing? No. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Co

Re: default bpp for x

2000-02-17 Thread t.bedlam
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 04:57:08PM +0100, Ron Rademaker was only escaped alone to tell thee: > Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config go to the section Screen that you use and > add the line: DefaultColorDepth 24 I have a Matrox Millenium which works great, EXCEPT: When I reset the color depth, enter

Help with apt ftp method configuration.

2000-02-17 Thread Shaul Karl
Although I am behind a firewall and must use a proxy server, it could be that my problem is a miss configured /etc/apt/apt.conf. Therefor I would like to get from someone who is using apt ftp method his /etc/apt/apt.conf even if he is not behind a firewall. My situation is that I am behind a fir

Using AT1500BT AVA1505 Newbie (to Debian) need instal help.

2000-02-17 Thread Josh Kuperman
I'm having problems getting my two SCSI CD-ROM drives and my three AT-1500BT ethernet adaptors to work. I'm trying to install a machine for use in the Children's Room as a proxy server with one NIC connected to the machines in the Children's Room, one connected to an ISP (RoadRunner perhaps) and

mail delivery bug?

2000-02-17 Thread Mauro B
Hi - When I try to send a mail to an address like, say, [EMAIL PROTECTED] my letter is not delivered. I think that the address is not resolved correctly becouse of the first period being misinterpreted. How can I tell the machine that the domain is not "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" but actually "fancy.com

Re: /etc/adjtime does what?

2000-02-17 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
On Thu, 17 Feb, 2000 à 11:38:37AM -0500, Nick Cabatoff wrote: > I can't find a reference to it anywhere, and since it comes with > base-files it's unclear what program uses it. I'm just curious. > > -- It is used by mostly by hwclock and and to a lesser extent by adjti

X mouse cursor on S3 Tri3d/2X 86C368

2000-02-17 Thread Brian May
Hello, I thought this hardware would be fully supported by XFree86. However, the mouse cursor appears as a big square white block. Everything else works perfectly, just feels a bit weird. I had to use the sw_cursor option within XF86Config, and now it is fine. So, my conclusion is the hardware

Same disks different geometry?

2000-02-17 Thread Tiago Antao
Hi! I've a somewhat odd problem: I've 4 equal disks. The first 2 (one the 1st ide) have one kind of geometry. The second 2, have other geometry reported Does anyone knows why Thanks for any help... --- PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=2411 PCI_IDE

Re: dial-on-demand changed?

2000-02-17 Thread Brett Carlane
john s jacobs anderson on Tue 15 Feb: > ...After an `apt-get > dist-upgrade` late last week or early this week (possibly Sunday?), > the handling of dial-on-demand PPP appears to have changed. Only just started using `demand' myself, so I can't speak for h

quake2: why it is removed from distribution?

2000-02-17 Thread Serge Gavrilov
Hello! Today I've done "apt-get update" and now I see that quake2 is not in distribution now. Does anybody know: why? Thanks, -- Serge Gavrilov

Re: Same disks different geometry?

2000-02-17 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Tiago Antao wrote: > I've a somewhat odd problem: I've 4 equal disks. The first 2 (one the > 1st ide) have one kind of geometry. The second 2, have other geometry > reported Does anyone knows why > hda: WDC WD136AA, 12971MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=1653/255/63 > hdb: WDC

netscape communicator 4.7

2000-02-17 Thread Timothy C. Phan
Hi Is there a communicator 4.7 version uses libc6 instead of libc5 in potota 2.2? Thanks --- tcp

Re: netscape 4.7

2000-02-17 Thread Alfred Munnikes
"Timothy C. Phan" wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a way to install netscape 4.7 without installing > the lib5 stuff. Yes, download the Netsacpe-4.7-Linux-2.2 file from the netscape site.(I thougt it was in unsupported dir.) Alfred -- http://munnikes.op.het.net/ Linux beginners FAQ's en Linux

[Q] Virtual domains with postfix...

2000-02-17 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Hi, Can someone give me step by step instructions on how to go about using postfix for virtual domains? I already have something working decently. But have problems when I have a [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] Both these need to point to two entries in /etc/aliases. Thanks. S. -- "A

Sendmail issue after upgrade Debain 2.0 -> 2.1

2000-02-17 Thread Erik van der Meulen
I performed an apt upgrade to my old Debain box. Most of the things worked very well straight away, a few I managed to fix quite easy (with some help from this list, thanks) but there seems one remaining. This concerns sendmail and that has always been quite a mistery to me anyway :-) I have a UUCP

[*]about download program

2000-02-17 Thread maths
hello everybody: is there any good download software (something like net vampire) for linux? i fell very happy with debian, but when i want to download something, i had to comeback to Windows to use the "Jet Car", a very good download programs. but i really hope someday i can say bye-bye to M$.

Re: Same disks different geometry?

2000-02-17 Thread aphro
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Rick Macdonald wrote: rickma >On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Tiago Antao wrote: rickma > rickma >> I've a somewhat odd problem: I've 4 equal disks. The first 2 (one the rickma >> 1st ide) have one kind of geometry. The second 2, have other geometry rickma >> reported Does anyone

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