Re: Trying to setup X

2003-01-20 Thread Ayman Haidar
On Monday 20 January 2003 09:06 pm, CM Miller wrote: > Having a challenge trying to set up X under Debian > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated > Systems [SiS] SiS630 GUI Accelerator > +3D (rev 31) > at the xfree86.org web site it seems that your card is supported, accelaration

Re: Desktop productivity with Debian GNU/LINUX

2003-01-20 Thread Ayman Haidar
Hello John, Although Debian is my favorite distribution for several years, and although for me installation of debian is only a snap (me only), I would still recommend going with another distribution to start with. here is my recommendations: 1. have at least one day or one weekend devoted to i

Re: Is this normal with USB mice?

2003-01-20 Thread Ayman Haidar
you need to setup both mice in your XF86Config, mine looks like this: -- Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option

Re: Is this normal with USB mice?

2003-01-21 Thread Ayman Haidar
On Tuesday 21 January 2003 12:48 am, Jack wrote: > Thanks for the hints. I have almost the same configure as yours. Would > you try this for me when you by chance reboot your machine? Unplug the > USB mouse, boot OS, startx, plugin the USB mouse. Does the USB mouse > work right away? In my

Printing True Type Fonts

2003-02-05 Thread Ayman Haidar
Hello, I have been trying to solve this problem for few days.. I cannot print anything with True Type Fonts. I have cups installed with gs and gs-esp. I have tried to add true type fonts to Fontmap in gs using xfstt, with no avail. I even copied the Fontmap from a mandrake partition to Debian's

Scanner Recommendations

2003-02-07 Thread Ayman Haidar
Hello, I was wondering if anybody could recommend a scanner to work with Linux. I would like one that would be used in a small office with medium load (may be 50-100 pages / day). Obviously I need one with an auto feeder. thanks Ayman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: Grub vs LILO

2001-01-11 Thread Ayman Haidar
Once upon a time Romain Lerallut ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Brian May wrote: > > > > > "Romain" == Romain Lerallut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Romain> I use grub, including scsi emulation for my CDR burner, > > Romain> and I had no problem installing, none

Re: [OT] Bash Script won't work in fvwm menu.

2001-01-13 Thread Ayman Haidar
I think the problem is with the $HOME , since the script is run as root, $HOME is for /root not the user home directory. try to give it the absolute directory and see. or try to make the script owned by the user. good luck Ayman Once upon a time ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I've wr

help..kernel compile

2001-01-13 Thread Ayman Haidar
rnel-source-2.2.17' make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 any help is greatly appreciated. PS: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.2/specs gcc version 2.95.2 2220 (Debian GNU/Linux) latest binutils from potato and bin86 thanks -- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Re: help..kernel compile

2001-01-13 Thread Ayman Haidar
I am sorry if the message got sent many times. I am not sure if it's my fault or not, I got the same responses twice too. Once upon a time Sebastiaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hmm, really strange. Have you installed all packages needed? > kernel-package > libc6-dev > bin86 > li

Re: mozilla 0.7 rpms

2001-01-13 Thread Ayman Haidar
Once upon a time Eray Ozkural (exa) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Please cc: to me since I'm not on the list > > Hi people, > > Since the debian package is out of date, I wanted to use the > mozilla 0.7 rpms at > > http://people.redhat.com/blizzard/software/RH7/RPMS/ >

Re: .forward syntax

2001-01-15 Thread Ayman Haidar
I haven't used .forward file for a long time. if you use fetchmail and procmail (of course I do) you can add this line to .fetchmailrc mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %s" I hope this helps Once upon a time Adam Read ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm looking for a doc on how to write .forwa

Re: help..kernel compile

2001-01-15 Thread Ayman Haidar
fine :) thanks for your help though... Once upon a time Ayman Haidar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hello, > > I am a new convert from Mandrake to Debian and so far I love it. I am > having a problem compiling my kernel though. I have done it in the past

Re: can't locate module char-major-5

2001-01-15 Thread Ayman Haidar
anced rtc' to > get rid of char-major-10-135 messages), and I still get this one. > >Any ideas? -- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- |Ayman Haidar | |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | |just another linux and vim lover. | -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

Re: Downloading deb's

2002-02-19 Thread Ayman Haidar
Once upon a time Oki DZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to download deb files during the nights. Unfortunately, I don't > have the script for doing just exactly that; eg: have a file of a pile of > URL's, and then do something like: > dl-force my-urls > in whi

NFS behind a firewall

2002-02-19 Thread Ayman Haidar
Hello, I was wondering how to setup NFS behind a firewall. I am trying to access my office linux box which is behind a DSL router from home where I have a cable modem. the issue is I need to know what ports I need to open on the office router so I can mount a folder from my linux box. the other

Re: After upgrading to Woody

2002-02-20 Thread Ayman Haidar
Once upon a time Curtis Vaughan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Having finally finished upgrading, I get the following problem in dselect: > Although I have chosen no new packages it will tell me after entering Install: > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > pcmc

Re: Connecting to Port 631

2002-02-23 Thread Ayman Haidar
Once upon a time Bob Underwood ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I installed cups and kprint on a different machine and can't connect to > localhost:631. The error message says: "Could not connect to host localhost > (port 631)" > > /etc/services has these lines: > > ipp

Re: dh-client setup problems

2002-02-23 Thread Ayman Haidar
Once upon a time Stephen Nosal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Folks - > > I recently got Time Warner Road Runner installed. It seems to be a straight forward dhcp install but I'm having a problem getting dh-client running. I've manageed to make it work with the same box running NT, as we

Re: Is the network setup incorrect?

2002-03-04 Thread Ayman Haidar
Once upon a time LPH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > Please pardon my ignorance, I've only been using Libranet 2.0 for only a few weeks ... and just starting to feel comfortable with my ignorance :-) > > I set up the box so that it has an IP address (192.168.x.x) and subn