Hi,
> I like to use some non-standard text modes, like 132x60, but when I use
> man it aways show pages as if it were at 80 columns mode. HOw to fix it?
I'm using a quick hack: in the directory /usr/share/groff/tmac (slink/potato)
or /usr/lib/groff/tmac (1.3) there is a file: man.local
Add the l
Hi Johannes,
"metamail" is your friend.. You'll have to script a bit, though, but it
'll do the main trick :)
> We have a shiny new printer/copier/scanner. It sends scanned pages as
> email attachments. Instead of manually selecting individual email
> adresses on the cumbersome telephone-like l
Hi Jeff,
> What do I need to configure to use a stock debian kernel with md
> and lvm? I have been searching the Net for several days for
> answers to this problem.
>
> I have been compiling my own (Debian source based) kernel with md
> (autostart) and lvm compiled in for many years. Currently at
Hi Ramasubramanian,
> I bought a new brother (HL5250DN) printer and wanted to hook it up using
> its 10/100 network port. It needs a speical filter (if=xxx) to run. But
> I can't get to use filter and remote print simultaneously. If put the
> following in /etc/printcap
What print spooler are you
Hi Dennis,
> Recently, sound started misbehaving. First, sound would not only fail
> to play, any application that called for use of sound would freeze,
> only to die (in the case of Totem) on a kill -9. A reboot later, and it
> now does play, but it sounds like a 33 rpm record knocked down to 16
Hi Aurelio,
> pivot_root: No such file or directory
I suppose this is the problem - but when looking at your additional info I
see that you've figured out that as well :)
However, if you're sure that hda5 is your root.. Are you using SATA disks?
That suggests using sdaX, as you did.
I would try
Hi,
AR> I'm having some issues with my usb system in my fresh sarge
AR> installation, the scanner's are permission issues,
When looking in /proc/bus/usb, if found that my scanner is owned by
root.scanner. At your system, things will probably be the same, so, putting
yourself in group "scanner" sh
Hi,
BM> Any ideas about how to fix?
What about /var/lib/dpkg/available-old? Is it corrupted also?
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Hi Lubos,
>> how can I read the boot messages? I've had some big problems today
>> information. Any help?
For Debian >3.1, check the file "/etc/default/bootlogd" and set the
variable in it:
BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
After booting, the file "/var/log/boot" is available. It might contain what
you are
Hi Antonio,
AR> ls -l /etc/hotplug.d/usb
AR> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 535 2005-04-20 10:28 libsane.hotplug
That's the same as mine..
AR> and
AR> ls -lR /proc/bus/usb/
AR> /proc/bus/usb/002:
AR> total 0
AR> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43 2005-08-13 07:27 001
AR> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57 2005-08-13
Hi Antonio,
>> 6) examine "/var/log/messages". It *should* say something :-)) Send in
>>the relevant output (lines are marked with "default.hotplug")..
AR> and here is what I got:
AR> tail -f /var/log/messages
AR> Aug 15 20:18:47 localhost -- MARK --
AR> etc/hotplug/usb.agent ()
These are t
>> BTW: I assume that the IRQ- messages are harmless, but I might be proven
>> wrong..
AR> I have the feeling that they are related to the problem, because it
AR> happens always when I connect anything to a usb port for the first
AR> time after rebooting. After that first time, no more reaction fr
Hi John,
JO> Now I have a problem. In a lot of files, I am using:
JO> # vim: set syntax=exim:
JO> Or something like it at the top or bottom of config files. This used to
JO> work on FreeBSD fine. Can anyone tell me where I am being silly with
JO> this?
Hmm, that depends on the definition of "s
Hi Rodney,
RR> I've got an odd problems with a second ide drive. It will not mount at
RR> boot. Though I can mount -a and it mounts just fine. My current fstab is
<..>
RR> Running sarge. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Apparently, the
RR> system is not ready to see the drive at the time fst
Hi Robert,
RDC> I have been working on this for longer than I think I should have. I
RDC> have some CHM files that I need to convert for 'reading'. I would use
RDC> [x|g|k]chm but I am blind and need to get them into a text buffer or w3m
RDC> under emacs.
The chmlib-bin package contains the pro
Hi David,
> "Sep 15 16:07:08 Cobb028933918A-Tux inetd[8465]: cvspserver/tcp: bind:
> Address already in use"
Can't think of so much else: is cvs-pserver running independent from
inetd?
Otherwise, try something like "netstat -t -l -p --numeric-ports", and check
if the relevant port is somehow in
Hi Marc,
> Sorry for the cheesy question.
Is it? =)
> Until now, I've retained Gravity on XP for my usenet use. Now, I'm after
> a Linux replacement. I use multiple servers, but I'm only interested in
> text-based ngs, so threading and tracking threads that I've contributed
> to are important
Hi Hank.
> New sarge install.
> System is on hda under lvm, works fine.
> Created raid 5 device after system was built
> dmesg shows autodetect of the array
> Array doesn't start (nor lvm on top of it) during boot though.
[..snip..]
> It all seems rather kludgy to me ... what do I have to do to
Hi Ed,
> Is there an userspace application to change the capslock to control?
> In the old days it was the xf86Config file, but doesn't seem to be now.
> Please advise and thanks,
On Sarge, in my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, I've added this line in the section
"InputDevice" in which the keyboard is def
Hi Yoram,
> The problem is this:
> I am using KDEVELOP, and I would like to use the vi-functionality that
> the kpart module is supposed to give me.
> Now I configured the KDE Components in the system settings to use vim,
> and when I click "test" everything seems ok. However, I cannot select
>
Hi Greg,
> > Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> Surely OP asked for:
> Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
> 1 change, as requested, [swap is 2 changes ;-]
I figured that he would want to have the same functionality as I have, in the
future, because my setup is the best, naturally :-)) One has
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