Re: Dvorak keyboard layout

2000-07-29 Thread John S. J. Anderson
> "Owen" == Owen G Emry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Owen> Can someone tell me how to switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout? Owen> I dimly recall the debian boot diskette asking to choose a Owen> keyboard layout, but I don't know how to change it on an Owen> installed system. The answers from o

Re: Dvorak keyboard layout

2000-07-29 Thread Brendan Cully
On Saturday, 29 July 2000 at 21:19, John S. J. Anderson wrote: > > "Owen" == Owen G Emry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Owen> Can someone tell me how to switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout? > Owen> I dimly recall the debian boot diskette asking to choose a > Owen> keyboard layout, but I don'

pseudo-image-kit (for Windows) problem

2000-07-29 Thread Lawrence H. Robins
I was trying to use the pseudo-image kit for Windows (pseudo-image-kit-2.0.zip) to generate CD images of Debian 2.2 (Potato) test cycle 3. (I am not yet a Debian user. but decided to try to get started this way.) I read the instructions in the pseudo-image kit and executed the following exact co

Re: pseudo-image-kit (for Windows) problem

2000-07-29 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 09:35:25PM -0400, Lawrence H. Robins wrote: > (If the problem can't be solved, of course the alternatives are to > download the entire CD image file via FTP or HTTP from a site like > http://aurolinux.mit.edu, or just wait until the official release > when the CDs can be or

Re: Dvorak keyboard layout

2000-07-29 Thread Mike Brownlow
John S. J. Anderson wrote: > > "Owen" == Owen G Emry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Owen> Can someone tell me how to switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout? > Owen> I dimly recall the debian boot diskette asking to choose a > Owen> keyboard layout, but I don't know how to change it on an > Owen

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

2000-07-29 Thread ferret
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 05:16:55PM -0700, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > > > 4. The organization of the file system in Debian is superior, > > > > I don't know, still getting used to it. What I really liked from > > RedHat is that they moved all the start

cannot start ALSA

2000-07-29 Thread Pollywog
I compiled the ALSA modules but this is what happens when I run alsaconf: Starting sound driver: (ens1371) Setting the PCM volume to 100% and the Master output volume to 50% x The ALSA sound driver was not detected in this system. x Could not initialize the mixer, the card was

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

2000-07-29 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 07:07:31PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Perhaps you meant the symlink farm of /etc/rc?.d/[SK]??* not at all, i meant that the non-standard redhat-ism of moving /etc/init.d to /etc/rc.d/init.d along with the /etc/rc[0-6].d directories to /etc/rc.d is lame. > apt-ge

Re: cannot start ALSA

2000-07-29 Thread Pollywog
Here are the errors from my logs. I don't understand why it tries to start an ensoniq driver; I have a SB Vibra16X. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jul 30 02:11:09 lilypad kernel: snd: Ensoniq AudioPCI soundcard #1 not found or device busy Jul 30 02:14:56 lilypad kernel: snd: Ensoniq AudioPCI soundcard #1 n

Sound card trouble

2000-07-29 Thread Justin Camblin
Hello, I'm having trouble getting my sound card to work at all. I have an Aureal Vortex pci sound card. I downloaed the drivers from Aureal's website (v.1.0.5) followed the instrutions and even rebuilt my kernel with sound support. However, my sound card still doesn't work. Any suggestions wou

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

2000-07-29 Thread montefin
ferret, First, with a nick like 'ferret' why do I trust you? Second, OK, proceeding at my own risk, I... apt-get install file-rc Now yes, there suddenly exists a file called... /etc/runlevel.conf There wasn't before. I checked. I am not that trusting, especially of self-proclaimed ferrets. I

Re: cannot start ALSA

2000-07-29 Thread Pollywog
On 30-Jul-2000 Pollywog wrote: > Here are the errors from my logs. > I don't understand why it tries to start an ensoniq driver; I have a SB > Vibra16X. > I got the correct driver to start now, by compiling the module with the correct option (for sb16) but I cannot play sounds. Sooner or later,

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

2000-07-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 06:36:56PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Debian, as I soon found out, has a single-disk installation program and a > > five-disk installation set, which included ppp support and the ability to > > install from a network connection. Everything past th

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

2000-07-29 Thread Damon Muller
Quoth Arthur H. Edwards, > I am a very happy convert from Red Hat via SuSE to Debian. I will give > you two disadvantages that spawn others. The release dates are > infrequent. Also, IMHO, the current religious war over the meaning of > Free is not serving the user base. It is apparently serving

Re: ack! ssh, telnet and smtp don't accept outside requests

2000-07-29 Thread Damon Muller
Quoth Raphael Crawford-Marks, > about two weeks ago, my server (running Potato) stopped accepting ssh, > smtp and telnet requests. I would be able to connect on the respective > ports, but would be disconnected shortly thereafter before receiving a > login prompt. I've uninstalled and reinstalle

Re: Sound card trouble

2000-07-29 Thread Joey Tsai
> I have an Aureal Vortex pci sound card. I downloaed the drivers from Aureal's > website (v.1.0.5) followed the instrutions and even rebuilt my kernel with > sound support. However, my sound card still doesn't work. Any suggestions > would be appreciated. There's drivers at aureal.sourceforge.

Re: How is the lifecycle of ``unstable''?

2000-07-29 Thread Brad
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 12:33:07PM +0200, Morten Liebach wrote: > > How is the lifecycle of ``unstable''? > > I'm thinking about upgrading from Potato to Woody and stick with it, but > I'm a little wary that it might pose too many problems along the way. > [[SNIP]] > And that was in the install

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

2000-07-29 Thread John L. Fjellstad
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 04:56:18PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > like he said, Debian's filesystem organiazation is superior. > /etc/rc.d/* sucks. i very much prefer the saved typing when starting > stopping services that debian has ie: /etc/init.d/foo stop instead of > the unnecessarily verbose

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