Re: Unstable - apt-get, debconf, dpkg Stuck?

2002-01-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 05:47:23PM -0800, Tom M wrote: > and the following packages are "half configured": > > xterm > kdm > debconf > gdm If I were you, I fix debconf first. You do not need X,... But without debconf, things are tough. # apt-cache show debconf Package: debconf Version: 1.0

Re: Help! NFS Wierdness...

2002-01-27 Thread nate
> I'm having a really strange problem with mounting NFS partitions > compile in NFS support. What am I doing wrong? > you probably don't have portmapper and/or the other rpc services started on the client /etc/init.d/portmap start /etc/init.d/nfs-common start (now try to mount) nate

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Alan Shrimpton
Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded. What is X? How do you run it in case I have it? Cheers Al Newbie - Original Message - From: Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alan Shrimpton <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Hyperlink Howto?

2002-01-27 Thread Paul Mackinney
Joachim Fahnenmueller declaimed: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 08:14:03PM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > I used to be able to ctrl-click a hyperlink to launch my browser & go > > to the link, but this no longer works. I've looked in the FAQ & the list > > archives. Can anyone tell me how (or where to

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Alec
On Sunday 27 January 2002 01:26 am, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know > what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded. apt-get install xlibs > What is X? (after you install it) man X > How do you run it in case I have it? startx

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:26:02PM +1300, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know > what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded. > > What is X? > How do you run it in case I have it? It is X window system. Run "tasksel" from root and

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread ben
On Saturday 26 January 2002 10:26 pm, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know > what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded. > > What is X? > How do you run it in case I have it? > [snip] xfree86. do a google search and start reading. if

Re: Again: Most programs don't run. Please help!

2002-01-27 Thread ben
On Saturday 26 January 2002 05:48 pm, Andreas Goesele wrote: [snip] > The problem BTW returned again, now the third time, again only for > some minutes. It started during a cron job and started and *ended* > during heavy disk activity. as i mentioned earlier, you should determine whether one of t

Re: moving from potato to woody (or sid)

2002-01-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:48:13PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I just wanted to know, as a "normal" user (as in, not completely > new, but no guru either), how hard would it be to move to woody, or > sid? > > Is it not that difficult? giving the fact that i have a fair knowledge o

Exim Proble with AUTH PLAIN on Woody

2002-01-27 Thread Juan L . Negron
Hi: I am using exim 3.33-1.1 (from woody), and WU Imap. What I am trying to do is having outside users send email through my server. Of course, only authenticated users can do this. According to the exim.conf file in /etc/exim/exim.conf, I should create a file in the /etc/exim directory tha

Re: moving from potato to woody (or sid)

2002-01-27 Thread Adam Majer
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:48:13PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I just wanted to know, as a "normal" user (as in, not completely > new, but no guru either), how hard would it be to move to woody, or > sid? > > Is it not that difficult? giving the fact that i have a fair knowledge o

java and other plug-ins in galeon

2002-01-27 Thread Scott Henson
I am currently useing galeon 1.0.2 and woody with some sid mixed in for good measure. Anyway, I am trying to go to pages that have java and macromedia flash stuff in it. I have downloaded the macromedia plugins and installed them to the point that galeon shows it in the about plugin screen, but

XFree 4.1,0 Resolution problems

2002-01-27 Thread Rob Rati
I just upgrade from XFree-3.3.6 to XFree-4.1.0 on my potato system and I seem to have lost screen resolutions. I used to run at 1280x1024 (apparantly interlaced according to my 3.3.6 config file), but I can't get XFree4 to go any higher than 1024x768 no matter what I have tried. I have lowered

Re: adsl and xemacs (beginner)

2002-01-27 Thread Lorint Hendschel
Kapil Khosla dijheut enawaire: > 2) I used apt-get install xemacs and got the editor but am not able > to open it from console (xemacs &),I get the follwing error > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Aren't you trying to start xemacs as root in a term? If such is the case, try a

Re: I got an Email

2002-01-27 Thread Nemesis
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 01:39:33PM -0600, DvB wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Wayne -- Thank you for the wonderful poem.  Looks like you have Tippy!!  I > > told the other folks that I would appreciate them taking the other pup.  I > > think they liked Tippy best, but said either was fine

Re: alsa woes: everythings loads, but no sound

2002-01-27 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 00:12:38 +0100, Robert Waldner writes: <...> Grr, a hard reboot (eg power off/on) fixed it. cheers, &rw -- -- Russell Foster: "Tell me $DIETY what have I done to deserve this?" -- David P. Murphy: "You wanted to be a sysadmin. -- `Oh!` said God, `a challen

home network, cant ping box 2

2002-01-27 Thread Shawn Lamson
Hi all - its that time again (debian mailing list help!) I set up a second box, with Caldera OL 3.1 and a 3com 3c509b card in it. with adsl i can use it to go online fine... i have 2 NetGear FA 310 cards in my debian box... i can use either card to go online... and i have used both of my cables to

Re: announcing documentation on setting up exim with spamassasin

2002-01-27 Thread Wayne Topa
dman([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > I have just whipped up some documentation regarding setting up exim > and spamassassin. Basically I just outlined my setup, which Works For > Me :-). > > Check it out if you are interested, > http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/config_docs/exim_sp

Re: Hyperlink Howto?

2002-01-27 Thread Jeff
Paul Mackinney, 2002-Jan-26 22:24 -0800: > And my second question is obviously one for the Mozilla wish list, I > want to be able to click a mailto: link and have it run the shell script > or application of my choice with the mailto: link value passed in as the > $1 parameter. muttzilla is supp

Re: kernel upgrade; modules not loading

2002-01-27 Thread Jeff
James Lindenschmidt, 2002-Jan-26 20:02 -0500: > make clean > make xconfig > make-kpkg kernel_image > cd .. > dpkg -i linux-2.4.17(plus extensions).deb The process should be: - From a fresh source extraction: 1. make xconfig|menuconfig 2. make-kpkg clean 3. Adjust "Extraversion" in Makefile, e.

Re: Can't startx due t fixed fonts

2002-01-27 Thread Jeff
Jason Scheffler, 2002-Jan-26 21:52 -0400: > Everytime I go to startx I get the error message that it can't find Fixed > Fonts and x dies. Apparently this is a known problem and there is a fix for > it. But after 2 hours of searching all I have is a headache. I've poked > around in XF86Config bu

Re: home network, cant ping box 2

2002-01-27 Thread Jeff
Shawn Lamson, 2002-Jan-27 03:23 -0800: > of course, i always had "matching" addresses (on the same network). > but i dont get a green light on the cards, and i cant ping! > I re-emphasize that i can connect to the DSL modem with any of the > cards/cables... Hmm, it appears to me that you are not u

sound wierdness

2002-01-27 Thread David Wright
I have a wierd sound problem: sound works from some apps but not from others. I have all the basics: lsmod shows my sound modules are loaded (emu10k1 for SB Live! 5.1), I am a member of audio and cdrom, and cat endoftheworld > /dev/dsp plays the music. freeamp also plays ogg and mp3 files ni

Installing using Network and / or Cable Modem

2002-01-27 Thread Ibrahim Shaame
Hello, I have donwloaded and tried to install be base system which worked perfectly. Unfortunately when configuring internet, I only have the possibility of installing PPP (which of course is not convenient to complete the installation over the internet). I have cable modem. Could anyone pleas

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > What is X? > How do you run it in case I have it? Try this: apt-get install xfree86 Then try startx. If that doesn't work, then you've gotta configure it, which is a whole nother can of worms (and explained in the howtos at http://www.linuxdoc.org/)

Re: home network, cant ping box 2

2002-01-27 Thread Shawn Lamson
--- Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shawn Lamson, 2002-Jan-27 03:23 -0800: > > of course, i always had "matching" addresses (on the same network). > > but i dont get a green light on the cards, and i cant ping! > > I re-emphasize that i can connect to the DSL modem with any of the > > cards/cabl

Re: sound wierdness

2002-01-27 Thread Willi Dyck
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 05:42:36AM -0800, David Wright did this all over the keyboard: > freeamp also plays ogg and mp3 files nicely. But gcd and gtcd don't > produce any sound, although they look like they are playing CDs (and get > the correct info from CDDB). vumeter registers nothing, even w

Re: kernel upgrade; modules not loading

2002-01-27 Thread Jeff
Jeff, 2002-Jan-27 05:01 -0800: > James Lindenschmidt, 2002-Jan-26 20:02 -0500: > > make clean > > make xconfig > > make-kpkg kernel_image > > cd .. > > dpkg -i linux-2.4.17(plus extensions).deb > > The process should be: > > - From a fresh source extraction: > 1. make xconfig|menuconfig > 2. ma

Re: home network, cant ping box 2

2002-01-27 Thread Jeff
Shawn Lamson, 2002-Jan-27 05:53 -0800: > You have to be kiddin' me; i spent $25 on a 35' cable, and stood there > while they made it and tested it... i figured that the cable from NIC > to aDSL modem must be crossover too, since the long (35 footer) > performed the same function when i hooked up ei

Re: Installing using Network and / or Cable Modem

2002-01-27 Thread Jeff
Ibrahim Shaame, 2002-Jan-27 05:51 -0800: > Hello, > I have donwloaded and tried to install be base > system which worked perfectly. Unfortunately when > configuring internet, I only have the possibility of > installing PPP (which of course is not convenient to > complete the installation over

Adrian Bunk's 2.4/spud packages anywhere?

2002-01-27 Thread Tony Crawford
Oh s**t! I just noticed that apt-get is pulling 404s on people.debian.org/~bunk/. I see Adrian has pulled out of Debian and his famous 2.4-kernel-on-potato packages are no longer available--or does someone know of a mirror? This hits me at a bad time, as I want to replicate my home LAN router i

Re: kernel upgrade; modules not loading

2002-01-27 Thread Noah Massey
--begin quoted message from Jeff, > James Lindenschmidt, 2002-Jan-26 20:02 -0500: > > > Did I miss something? Is there an equivalent to make > > modules and make modules_install that I'm missing? I > > expected the make-kpkg to automate the modules. > > If you have modules in /usr/src/modules t

Re: Installing using Network and / or Cable Modem

2002-01-27 Thread Ibrahim Shaame
I installed from floppy images. At no point I was asked/prompted to configure the NIC. IS --- Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ibrahim Shaame, 2002-Jan-27 05:51 -0800: > > Hello, > > I have donwloaded and tried to install be > base > > system which worked perfectly. Unfortunately when > > co

Re: adsl and xemacs (beginner)

2002-01-27 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Saturday, January 26, Kapil Khosla did write: > 2) I used apt-get install xemacs and got the editor but am not able > to open it from console (xemacs &),I get the follwing error > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > > Initialization error: X server not responding > : ":

Problems with kdevelop....

2002-01-27 Thread Aaron Traas
I can't seem to get kdevelop 2.0 (woody, kernel 2.4.17) to generate a project with CVS support. It normally generates projects just fine, but when I try to make it with CVS support, it bails, complaining that Makefile.dist doesn't exist or something. Anyone know what's going on?? --Aaron Traas

Re: simple kernel question

2002-01-27 Thread csj
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:28:28 -0500 "Eric C. Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +0800, csj wrote: > > In what file is the definitive documentation for ALL possible kernel > > boot parameters located? Things like "hdc=ide-scsi" or "apm=on" which > > you stick in

Re: Quake III

2002-01-27 Thread Kevin C. Smith
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 08:21:29PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 01:20:56AM +0100, Mathias Gygax wrote: > > On Fre, Jan 25, 2002 at 06:12:15 -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > > > Where does it say that? And if that's true, are the any other > > > distributers of games for Linux? > >

Urgent LaTeX problem - any ideas?

2002-01-27 Thread Andrew Perrin
Greetings- Using the seminar package to develop a lecture, I'm using graphicx to include an eps chart exported from R: \resizebox{\textwidth}{\textheight}{\includegraphics{crime.eps}} For some odd reason, the *entire* slide (include page number) is rotated 180 degrees (upside-down). So I tried

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:26:02PM +1300, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > What is X? The X Window System. The most common GUI for unix-type systems. > How do you run it in case I have it? If you have a GUI (which is pretty much a given if you're running Netscape or Mozilla), X is already running. --

Re: Urgent LaTeX problem - any ideas?

2002-01-27 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greetings- > > Using the seminar package to develop a lecture, I'm using graphicx to > include an eps chart exported from R: > > \resizebox{\textwidth}{\textheight}{\includegraphics{crime.eps}} Rather than what you have above, what about something alo

Re: Urgent LaTeX problem - any ideas?

2002-01-27 Thread Andrew Perrin
Thanks - I started with your suggestion, played around a little bit, and ended up with: \includegraphics[scale=.37,angle=270,keepaspectratio=T]{crime.eps} which works adequately. I would still love to know why the rotation happened, since the graph displays right-side-up in gv. The fact that even

OT: Secure Email provider

2002-01-27 Thread Sunny Dubey
Hi, Sorry for the offtopic post, but is anyone aware of an email provider that uses technologies like imap-ssl/pop3-ssl/smtp-ssl, (etc) ... I wouldn't mind paying a small fee or something, I'm just tired of clear text mail systems. Thanks for your time, and thanks in advance for any info you m

Re: home network, cant ping box 2

2002-01-27 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 05:53:09AM -0800, Jeff wrote: > Shawn Lamson, 2002-Jan-27 05:53 -0800: > > You have to be kiddin' me; i spent $25 on a 35' cable, and stood there > > while they made it and tested it... i figured that the cable from NIC > > to aDSL modem must be crossover too, since the long

Re: moving from potato to woody (or sid)

2002-01-27 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:48:13PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just wanted to know, as a "normal" user (as in, not completely > new, but no guru either), how hard would it be to move to woody, or > sid? > > Is it not that difficult? giving the fact that i have a fair knowledge of > "mov

Re: disk space blackhole?

2002-01-27 Thread Brenda J. Butler
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 10:27:09PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On 26/01/02 Adam Majer did speaketh: > > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 07:02:56PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > > Umm...little help? > > > > > > rabbit:/home/msoulier# df . > > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used

Re: wvdial & routing

2002-01-27 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:06:24PM -0800, CogSci-Klaus wrote: > Two problems: > > 1) Still struggling with my internet connection when I'm not root. As user, > wvdial compains about pemission denied for /dev/ttyS0. After every reboot the > change of permission is reversed again. How can I make it

Pilot conduit for Memo Files crashes in Gnome Control Center

2002-01-27 Thread Dominique Deleris
Hello, I've just bought a Visor Edge PDA (just great) and suceeded in syncing it with my Woody box very easily. The only problem I've got is that it seems impossible to setup the "MemoFile" conduit in the Gnome Control Center : it just crashes when I try to enable the conduit... Here are the pac

Re: disk space blackhole?

2002-01-27 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 27/01/02 Brenda J. Butler did speaketh: > So root's been writing into its 5% reserve, and now a non-root > process wants to write and is being refused? If it was bigger it > would be a contradiction of the assertion, but smaller seems consistent. Considering that the problem was logfi

Re: OT: Secure Email provider

2002-01-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:39:26AM -0500, Sunny Dubey wrote: > Sorry for the offtopic post, but is anyone aware of an email provider > that uses technologies like imap-ssl/pop3-ssl/smtp-ssl, (etc) ... > > I wouldn't mind paying a small fee or something, I'm just tired of > clear text mail systems.

Re: disk space blackhole?

2002-01-27 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Adam Majer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 07:02:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 19:02:56 -0500 "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Umm...little help? > > > > > > rabbit:/home/msoulier# df . > > > Filesystem

Re: Installing using Network and / or Cable Modem

2002-01-27 Thread Adam Majer
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:26:43AM -0800, Ibrahim Shaame wrote: > I installed from floppy images. At no point I was > asked/prompted to configure the NIC. I think it did ask you about modules to put into the kernel.. That is where you select the NIC under network support or something [very long ti

Re: Again: Most programs don't run. Please help!

2002-01-27 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Andreas Goesele ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd ask on the kernel mailing list and/or on comp.os.linux.system. > > Thanks. But where would I find comp.os.linux.system? My news-server > doesn't provide it nor did I find it on googles group

Re: Quake III

2002-01-27 Thread Adam Majer
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 09:45:26AM -0600, Kevin C. Smith wrote: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 08:21:29PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 01:20:56AM +0100, Mathias Gygax wrote: > > > On Fre, Jan 25, 2002 at 06:12:15 -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > > > > Where does it say that? And if tha

lilo and moving IDE drives for dual booting?

2002-01-27 Thread Michael A. Miller
I have a Debian (testing) machine with a single hard drive that is the master on the IDE bus. I've chosen to install win98 so that I can dual boot. I've installed Win98 on a second hard drive that I installed as the IDE master after unplugging the original drive. Now what I'd like to do is to pu

Re: Pilot conduit for Memo Files crashes in Gnome Control Center

2002-01-27 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 18:37, Dominique Deleris wrote: > Hello, > > I've just bought a Visor Edge PDA (just great) and suceeded in > syncing it with my Woody box very easily. > > The only problem I've got is that it seems impossible to setup > the "MemoFile" conduit in the Gnome Control Center : i

Re: home network, cant ping box 2

2002-01-27 Thread ben
On Sunday 27 January 2002 03:23 am, Shawn Lamson wrote: > Hi all - > its that time again (debian mailing list help!) > I set up a second box, with Caldera OL 3.1 and a 3com 3c509b card in > it. > with adsl i can use it to go online fine... > i have 2 NetGear FA 310 cards in my debian box... i can u

Re: from casette tape to computer?

2002-01-27 Thread Pete Ryland
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 12:44:32AM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: > On Wednesday 23 January 2002 19:51, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > I want to know if there is a way I can take material on a casette tape and > > convert it to an audio file on my computer. > > Thanks. > > This thread intrigued me, so I

Re: lilo and moving IDE drives for dual booting?

2002-01-27 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 13:48, Michael A. Miller wrote: > My current arrangement is hda = Debian with lilo/mbr and hdb = > Win98. I think that I can dual boot if I can arrange it so that > hda = Win98 with lilo/mbr and hdb = Debian. > > Are there any lilo experts who know how to get lilo to write

Re: home network, cant ping box 2

2002-01-27 Thread Shawn Lamson
--- ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 27 January 2002 03:23 am, Shawn Lamson wrote: > > Hi all - > > its that time again (debian mailing list help!) > > I set up a second box, with Caldera OL 3.1 and a 3com 3c509b card > in > > it. > > with adsl i can use it to go online fine... > > i hav

Re: lilo and moving IDE drives for dual booting?

2002-01-27 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 14:39, Scott Henson wrote: > On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 13:48, Michael A. Miller wrote: > > My current arrangement is hda = Debian with lilo/mbr and hdb = > > Win98. I think that I can dual boot if I can arrange it so that > > hda = Win98 with lilo/mbr and hdb = Debian. > > > >

Re: home network, cant ping box 2

2002-01-27 Thread ben
On Sunday 27 January 2002 11:54 am, Shawn Lamson wrote: [snip] > > I went back and they did the crossover wiring for me, now i get a green > light on both ends... still cant ping though... and i thought that was > it! I am going to reboot now and see if that affects anything... > currently have et

Re: Adrian Bunk's 2.4/spud packages anywhere?

2002-01-27 Thread Veit Waltemath
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:47:07PM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote: ->Oh s**t! I just noticed that apt-get is pulling 404s on ->people.debian.org/~bunk/. I see Adrian has pulled out of Debian ->and his famous 2.4-kernel-on-potato packages are no longer ->available--or does someone know of a mirror? T

Re: disk space blackhole?

2002-01-27 Thread Randy Orrison
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 18:38, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > Nitpick: hardlinks are additional inodes pointing to the same file. Picking the same nit: hardlinks are directory entries that point to the same inode. Example: $ touch foo $ touch bar $ ls -li 144958 -rw-r--r--1 randyrandy

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SUMMARY: EPS->LaTeX problem

2002-01-27 Thread Andrew Perrin
Earlier today I posted a problem importing an R graph into a LaTeX file of seminar class: specifically, the graphic was showing up rotated 180 degrees, along with the rest of the page it was on. In a real victory for open-source software, I got lots of responses with three distinct approaches, eac

Re: OT: Rant (re: wordperfect)

2002-01-27 Thread ben
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 10:18 am, Kent West wrote: [snip] > >> > >>Why oh why won't Corel release the old DOS version into the open source > >>world? > > [snip > > Yes, but I don't particularly care if the DOS version is *made > available*; I'd like it to be *made available as open source*. Th

Re: [R] SUMMARY: EPS->LaTeX problem

2002-01-27 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Earlier today I posted a problem importing an R graph into a LaTeX file of > seminar class: specifically, the graphic was showing up rotated 180 > degrees, along with the rest of the page it was on. > > In a real victory for open-source software, I got l

Re: java and other plug-ins in galeon

2002-01-27 Thread dman
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 02:56:56AM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: | I am currently useing galeon 1.0.2 and woody with some sid mixed in for | good measure. Anyway, I am trying to go to pages that have java and | macromedia flash stuff in it. I have downloaded the macromedia plugins | and installed t

Re: OT: Rant (re: wordperfect)

2002-01-27 Thread Andreas von Heydwolff
ben wrote: On Wednesday 16 January 2002 10:18 am, Kent West wrote: [snip] Why oh why won't Corel release the old DOS version into the open source world? [snip Yes, but I don't particularly care if the DOS version is *made available*; I'd like it to be *made available as open source*. Then

Re: OT: Secure Email provider

2002-01-27 Thread dman
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:39:26AM -0500, Sunny Dubey wrote: | Hi, | | Sorry for the offtopic post, but is anyone aware of an email | provider that uses technologies like imap-ssl/pop3-ssl/smtp-ssl, | (etc) ... | | I wouldn't mind paying a small fee or something, I'm just tired of | clear text ma

Re: simple kernel question

2002-01-27 Thread dman
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 08:23:06AM +0800, csj wrote: | On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:28:28 -0500 | "Eric C. Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +0800, csj wrote: | > > In what file is the definitive documentation for ALL possible kernel | > > boot parameters locate

Re: sound wierdness

2002-01-27 Thread David Wright
looks like you haven't plugged your CD-ROM into your soundcard, right? to listen from audio cd's over your speakers you need to connect the CD-ROM drive to the soundcard. that would explain, why the vumeter doesn't show anything. Thanks for your suggestion, Willi. I actually do have the conn

Re: OT: Rant (re: wordperfect)

2002-01-27 Thread ben
On Sunday 27 January 2002 01:35 pm, Andreas von Heydwolff wrote: > > WP8 retail edition (with more fonts than the discontinued free download > version) can be had via eBay for a few bucks. I purchased a copy > recently and am waiting for it to arrive. Meanwhile VMware lets me work > with a current

Re: lilo and moving IDE drives for dual booting?

2002-01-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
Windoze are notorious where it is installed. Linux can be real easy and can be moved with minimal change (/etc/fstab /etc/lilo) On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 01:48:34PM -0500, Michael A. Miller wrote: > I have a Debian (testing) machine with a single hard drive that > is the master on the IDE bus. I'v

Looking for people/machines with SiS 315,550,730

2002-01-27 Thread Thomas Winischhofer
Hi, if your machine has a SiS730, SiS550, SiS315, SiS315H or SiS315PRO VGA chipset, please drop me a note. Thanks, Thomas -- Thomas Winischhofer Vienna/Austria mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.webit.com/tw

Re: XFree 4.1,0 Resolution problems

2002-01-27 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:02:58AM -0600, Rob Rati wrote: > I just upgrade from XFree-3.3.6 to XFree-4.1.0 on my potato system and I > seem to have lost screen resolutions. I used to run at 1280x1024 > (apparantly interlaced according to my 3.3.6 config file), but I can't > get XFree4 to go any

Re: alsa woes: everythings loads, but no sound

2002-01-27 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 27 Jan 2002, Robert Waldner wrote: > Hi! > > I have a "TerraTec 512i digital" sound card, which, according to > alsa-project, is supported via the fm801-module. > > So I did some RTFM, apt-got installed alsa-source, and built+installed > the proper modules_image. > > So far, so good. Everyt

Re: kernel upgrade; modules not loading

2002-01-27 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 27 Jan 2002, James Lindenschmidt wrote: > This is my first time doing a kernel upgrade The Debian > Way(tm). > > I am running sid on a Celeron system and am trying to > upgrade from a 2.2.18 kernel to a 2.4.17. > > I downloaded the 2.4.17 tarball from kernel.org, and did > the following: > >

Re: lilo and moving IDE drives for dual booting?

2002-01-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
Too many typos in my first posting. I hope this makes better sense:) Windoze are notorious for install inflexibility. Linux can be real easy and can be moved with minimal change (/etc/fstab /etc/lilo) M$ OS never behaves well when it is installed on 2nd/3rd drives in my previous experience. I

Re: alsa woes: everythings loads, but no sound

2002-01-27 Thread Robert Waldner
(pls Cc me on replies, I'm not subscribed for a few weeks, tnx) On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 17:21:54 EST, Faheem Mitha writes: >> Of course I un-muted everything according to the FAQ. > Did you unmute everything? First of all I went with http://www.alsa-project.org/~jfulmer/alsa-faq.html (2.8): a

Re: Why don't we every see Debian articles on these sites?

2002-01-27 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 10:07:33AM -0800, Bruce Byfield wrote: > Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > () > >please.) > > > Karl: > (..)> > > As a matter of fact, some of the media kit I wrote for Progeny might be > very useful for this purpose with a few changes. Progeny isn't using it > any more, a

Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT "Kyro" 32MB support in Woody textmode/XFree86 4.1

2002-01-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Subject says it all. Any idea how I can install Debian with one of these cards. A "Woody" CD from ftp.fsn.hu won't even get past the first screen. All help appreciated. Not currently subscribed to the list - please cc all replies to me as well as to the list. Thanks, Andy

Re: alsa woes: everythings loads, but no sound

2002-01-27 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:21:36 EST, Faheem Mitha writes: >I think sound in Linux is a bit flaky. It never was for me. In contradiction, it ever was one of the easiest things to get working, Until alsa hit the stage. But I guess that's (part of the) price you pay for no longer being able to use

Re: Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT "Kyro" 32MB support in Woody textmode/XFree86 4.1

2002-01-27 Thread David Moore
Try installing with a potato CD and apt-get dist-upgrading to Woody. The woody CDs aren't official and probably have lots of bugs. On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 18:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Subject says it all. Any idea how I can install Debian with one of > these cards. A "Woody" CD from ftp.fsn.

Re: Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT "Kyro" 32MB support in Woody textmode/XFree86 4.1

2002-01-27 Thread Sean
There is no X support for the Kyro cards. Supposedly the Kyro people were "working" on some. No word as to when they'll be released or what kind of licensing they'll have. Until then, you're pretty much fubar. You might send a polite email to the Kyro people stating that you are going to return th

dual booting?

2002-01-27 Thread ab.boonstra
Hello, Where would I go about info on installing Debian on my HD along side WindowsME? I have a Pentium3  766mh, 192Ram, 20GigHD. ( Not partitioned ) Am very interested in looking at Linux as an alternate OC. Thanks Bernard Boonstra Edmonton, Alberta Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED]

autoconf-ed packages don't build intl/Makefile.in

2002-01-27 Thread Sanchez theSkiingCommunistCactus
I'm running the latest Debian SID, and when I try to build certain autoconf-ed packages (maybe all autoconf-ed packges, i dunno... but if i start a project in Glade, i get this behavior when i try to build it), ./configure (or ./autogen.sh) spits out the following error: sed: can't read ./intl/Mak

installing gnu gcc

2002-01-27 Thread Markus Ray
Hi, I am new to Debian and I wanted to install GNU GCC on my OS.  It says in the guide "when configuring a native system, either cc or gcc must be in your path or you must set CC in your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuration scripts may fail. "  The question is, how

Re: dual booting?

2002-01-27 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 19:00, ab.boonstra wrote: > Where would I go about info on installing Debian on my HD along side > WindowsME? > I have a Pentium3 766mh, 192Ram, 20GigHD. ( Not partitioned ) Now is the 20 gig hd going to be for both debian and ME? Cause if it is all you need to do is partit

dual boot, a different problem

2002-01-27 Thread Paul E Condon
I would like to configure my machine, which is currently running potato, so that I can easily install some other Linux distribution from time to time. I'm very happy with Debian, but I'm curious about the competition. I suppose I would have a partitioning something like: /boot // about 10MB at t

Re: home network, cant ping box 2

2002-01-27 Thread Jeff
Shawn Lamson, 2002-Jan-27 11:54 -0800: > I went back and they did the crossover wiring for me, now i get a green > light on both ends... still cant ping though... and i thought that was > it! I am going to reboot now and see if that affects anything... > currently have eth0 as 10.10.10.2 and 10.10

Resizing file partitions

2002-01-27 Thread Kapil Khosla
Hi , I have exceeded my LInux Partition space and and want to increase the partition size now. I have 2 windows partitions on /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2. Is there any way of giving that space to Linux without formatting my disk, Thanks Kapil

Re: installing gnu gcc

2002-01-27 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 00:18, Markus Ray wrote: Hi, I am new to Debian and I wanted to install GNU GCC on my OS. It says in the guide "when configuring a native system, either cc or gcc must be in your path or you must set CC in your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuratio

Re: Installing using Network and / or Cable Modem

2002-01-27 Thread Jeff
Adam Majer, 2002-Jan-27 12:40 -0600: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:26:43AM -0800, Ibrahim Shaame wrote: > > I installed from floppy images. At no point I was > > asked/prompted to configure the NIC. > > I think it did ask you about modules to put into the kernel.. > That is where you select the NIC

Re: root password forgotten

2002-01-27 Thread Rui Fragoso
also try to figure out what speed (10, 100, autodetect) you're using on each nic. RF - Original Message - From: "Pete Ryland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian users mailinglist" Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 4:20 AM Subject: Re: root password forgotten > On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 04:47:55

Re: installing gnu gcc

2002-01-27 Thread Adam Majer
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 08:18:53AM +0800, Markus Ray wrote: Use text to post here... Thanks, Adam

preconnect being executed twice

2002-01-27 Thread csj
My .fetchmailrc reads something like: set postmaster "foobear" set nobouncemail set spambounce set properties "" poll pop3.foovider.net user 'fooman' there with password 'foo123' is 'fooman' here preconnect 'scriptlet_invoking_popsneaker' My problem: my preconnect is being executed

RE:Resizing file partitions

2002-01-27 Thread Andrew Agno
Kapil Khosla writes: > I have exceeded my LInux Partition space and and want to > increase the partition size now. > I have 2 windows partitions on /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2. > Is there any way of giving that space to Linux without > formatting my disk, First, make backups of everything impo

Re: installing gnu gcc

2002-01-27 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 00:49, Oliver Elphick wrote: > On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 00:18, Markus Ray wrote: Hi, > > I am new to Debian and I wanted to install GNU GCC on my OS. It says in > the guide "when configuring a native system, either cc or gcc must be in > your path or you must set CC in your env

Re: dual boot, a different problem

2002-01-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 04:43:43PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > I suppose I would have a partitioning something like: > /boot // about 10MB at the beginning of disk > / // about 2GB, the root for Debian > /alt // about 2GB, the root for the other distribution > /hdx // about 18GB, the rest

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