Re: OT: is there a decent threaded mail reader...

2000-10-08 Thread David Teague
cted messages This may not be threading, but it serves my purposes. It is in some sense more flexible since besides the subject, you can select on status (new, read, etc) strings in the to, from, or search the messages Hope this helps --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A conio for Borland C under Linux

2000-10-13 Thread David Teague
for programming than Borland IDE :-) > > Thanks, > Dan > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, te

RE: OT: Cross-platform document format?

2000-10-20 Thread David Teague
he file size with binary DOC stuff. Ray What is the "native-RTF editor for Linux"? Is there a Debian package for it? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: LI at boot after making \boot reiserfs

2000-10-27 Thread David Teague
p] I don't doubt that LILO is incompatible with reiserfs, but I can't find anything in the LILO 21-4 Manual that suggest that LILO isn't compatible with any specific file system. Would someone please give me a reference on the reiserfs? That is a new fs on me. What advantag

Re: GPL and software I have written

2000-11-01 Thread David Teague
stribution. > > snip I again disclaim any intention to give legal advice. This isn't legal advice, and I don't practice law. It is my humble interpretation of the GPL. Your mileage may vary. Don't drive or operate heavy machinery after using. This is not intended to diag

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-04 Thread David Teague
ll. You can find what is avaliable by looking on the web site, www.debian.org. I cannot tell you which is better, but I suspect that the x86 version is going to be a little more stable, only because it seems to have been around longer. Would someone on the list respond to this question? --David D

Re: mv -i doesn't work?

2000-11-04 Thread David Teague
rename) files SYNOPSIS mv [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. [snip] -i, --interactive prompt before overwrite [snip] --David David

Re: Compiling kernels

2000-11-07 Thread David Teague
o modify /etc/lilo.conf, that is, the installation does not do this for me? (It has been a while since I built a kernel.) --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

XFree 4.0 .deb from woody on a potato system??? (fwd)

2000-11-08 Thread David Teague
ion, again: Can I use the XFree86 4.0.1 debian package from Woody to upgrade X on my Potato K6 system and get support for the accelleration provided by the SiS 6326 card? Or am I asking for trouble by installing a Woody package on an otherwise pure Potato system? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PR

XFree 4.0 .deb from woody on a potato system???

2000-11-08 Thread David Teague
ion, again: Can I use the XFree86 4.0.1 debian package from Woody to upgrade X on my Potato K6 system and get support for the accelleration provided by the SiS 6326 card? Or am I asking for trouble by installing a Woody package on an otherwise pure Potato system? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PR

Re: .deb

2000-11-10 Thread David Teague
ntrol do during installation that make many packages work. Hope this helps --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: WARNING - Virus infected messages on list

2000-11-15 Thread David Teague
installing software. I'm not comfortable with a Member's Only mentality, even if it is a "M$ users need not apply" attitude. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: WARNING - Virus infected messages on list

2000-11-15 Thread David Teague
is list. Let's not be quite so tough on them. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: UNIX help

2000-11-30 Thread David Teague
r Linux what Hands On Unix was, and I think is pretty good. There are MANY web resources. Do a web search. Lots of luck, ==David --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: apt: http vs. ftp?

2000-12-07 Thread David Teague
which are not terribly large, (what? 2 or 3 K?) whereas ftp was designed to be optimal files that may be very large. I'd appreciate hearing more on this from others. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,

Re: apt: http vs. ftp?

2000-12-07 Thread David Teague
it in preference to ftp. I still would like more discussion of this issue, some reasons why, etc. Mostly for my enlightenment. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. On Thu, 7

Re: Unidentified subject!

2000-12-14 Thread David Teague
and side of the page, scroll down to Support, then click on mailing list subscription. There you can with one or two clicks unsubscribe from this list. Again, sorry to see you go, and best of luck. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free

Re: debian 2.2 + kernel 2.2.18 + USB

2000-12-17 Thread David Teague
t to the kernel, but else must I do? Would someone point me to the right place to find how make this device work with Potato. RTFM is ok, if the right manual and where to find the manual are given. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, t

RE: find running in the backgound

2000-04-25 Thread David Teague
default is to run updatedb from /etc/cron.daily as the user nobody, making locate able to find only files that user nobody can see. Makes it very nearly a no op, and worth killing, as some suggest. HTH, YMMV --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because softw

Re: debian linux

2000-05-11 Thread David Teague
oblems, though patches are available. Hope this helps. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: changing default shells

2000-05-19 Thread David Teague
ser] DESCRIPTION chsh changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change the login shell for their own account, the super user may change the login shell for any account. --David Davi

Re: Missing header file conio.h

2000-05-20 Thread David Teague
rewriting the code to use curses or other native Linux libraries. Hope this helps; your mileage may vary; may cause drowsiness - do not operate machinery soon after consuming. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,

Re: Dumb X Windows Question

2000-05-25 Thread David Teague
the documentation, please. It indicates what cards are supported, and in what modes. Better than when I was installing mine. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: Decoding BinHex4.0

2000-05-25 Thread David Teague
Sebastian I have a similar problem with correspondents who use a Macintosh. I get BinHex'ed attachments too. If you have success in finding an unBinHex-er I'd appreciate your sharing. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is fr

Re: how can I read a MS Word attachment with Debian software

2000-06-06 Thread David Teague
it with the software available on my Debian disk > or the debian site? > -- > Running Debian GNU/Linux > www.debian.org > www.gnu.org > www.cheapbytes.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --David David Teague,

Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

2000-06-06 Thread David Teague
All Subject line says it all. ghostview crashes when I try to read .pdf files created recently. Is there a fix? Hope someone knows ... or can give me a pointer to another source of information. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely

Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

2000-06-07 Thread David Teague
acrobat reader. Like you, that is what I'm using right now. On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Daniel Reuter wrote: > Hello David, > > On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, David Teague wrote: > > > Subject line says it all. ghostview crashes when I try to read .pdf > > files created recentl

Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

2000-06-07 Thread David Teague
tview read the encrypted (older) .pdf files just fine. I will, however follow you advice and get hte gs-pdfencryp package off my Potato cd and see if that fixes my problem. Again, thanks. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, t

Re: Way OT: C++ function to clear screen

2000-06-09 Thread David Teague
ht to do it. If your compiler doesn't like cstdlib, use stdlib.h instead. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: Notice: GR to remove non-free support from Debian

2000-06-09 Thread David Teague
nonidealogical reasons for the GR? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: Setting hwclock time

2000-06-12 Thread David Teague
nd http://linux.com.hk/man/. > > -- > > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Why? mktime() failed unexpectedly (rc -1). Aborting.

2000-02-04 Thread David Teague
. CMOS seems to remember the setting and so doesn't give me grief aobut rebooting. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I'm hoping this is all of the above!)

Re: Why? mktime() failed unexpectedly (rc -1). Aborting.

2000-02-09 Thread David Teague
On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Kevin A. Foss wrote: > On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 02:14:24PM -0500, David Teague wrote: > > > > My system is an OLD (circa 1990) 486/66 with ISA motherboard and > > 64K Cache, 32 MB RAM, and 4 Gig IDE disk. > [...] > > gandalf# /sbin/hwclock -w &g

Re: Why? mktime() failed unexpectedly (rc -1). Aborting.

2000-02-10 Thread David Teague
s quick, freely given and almost _always_ works. --David On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Kevin A. Foss wrote: > On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 01:54:59PM -0500, David Teague wrote: > > > > The machine is quite old, still has an ISA bus, circa 1993, running > > Linux 2.0. Ihe hwclock versi

Re: PCI modems with Linux?

2000-02-10 Thread David Teague
t-connection. > > Sorry, if this is a boring question. In this case, please anyone who > answer, do it to my own addres. > > Thank you. > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >

Re: Why? mktime() failed unexpectedly (rc -1). Aborting.

2000-02-11 Thread David Teague
Carl: I set the date in the BIOS directly, now all that stuff, appartenly icluding mktime, all seem to WORK! Many thanks! David On 10 Feb 2000, Carl Johnson wrote: > David Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Kevin and Nate: > > > > Thanks for the suggestio

Re: Newbie's experience Installing Debian

2000-02-15 Thread David Teague
Grant I picked up the free copy of the Oreily book and CD at The Atlanta Linux Showcase. THAT CD has the links wrong in the several .html files. I had to read the html to know what the problem was, then I copied them to /tmp then renamed them with a '.en' before the .html extension to be able to a

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread David Teague
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. ANSI C++ Standard Document is the athority, but is expensive and hard to understand unless you are a language lawyer, let alone bein

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

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

Re: fstab vs. mtab

2000-02-27 Thread David Teague
rom /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh: mount -n -o remount,rw / which remounts root rw when /etc/ is on a read-only file system without writing mtab. David --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technica

Off topic: Where does the group wheel come from?

2000-02-28 Thread David Teague
been a uid that went along with that, and I suspect they come out of ucb. "Clues? Anybody have a historical bent? Where does the group wheel come from? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: USB Support and SiS 6326 built in video

2000-03-03 Thread David Teague
you. "All standard disclaimers of responsibility for use of this information apply. Your mileage may vary. Package filled by weight not by volume. Settling may occur. May cause drowsiness. If itching or redness occurs discontinue use:)" --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/L

Re: Files with *strange* permissions

2000-03-16 Thread David Teague
will change these attributes, which include immutable. This will usually help remove unalterable files. The file system debugger also will do this job. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and fr

xserver for 3dlabs Permedia

1999-12-14 Thread David Teague
ve to recompile from source to use this Potato Xserver with Slink? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I'm hoping this is all of the above!)

Do Java 1.2 deb packages exit?

1999-12-20 Thread David Teague
Hi: I find slink .debs for JDK 1.1 on debian.org, but not JDK 1.2. If someone has .debs for JDK 1.2, please email me a web or ftp site. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Java 1.2 fails to run.

1999-12-23 Thread David Teague
/native_threads/java Someone, please help me determine what I need to do to make jkd 1.2 run. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I'm hoping this is all of the above!)

Re: How to setup USR 56k Faxmodem?

1999-12-24 Thread David Teague
as a thread about PCI Modems and Lucent chipsets a couple of months ago on Debian User. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I'm hoping this is all of the above!)

Blackdown's jdk1.2.2 v3 does not run....

1999-12-27 Thread David Teague
and using split ... If you know how far back I have to go to get a usable version of the jdk (v1? v2?) I would appreciate some advice. If this is not the appropriate forum for this question, please point me some place else. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software

RE: Blackdown's jdk1.2.2 v3 does not run....

1999-12-28 Thread David Teague
I have issue with, but that aside...). > > Also, the native_threads and realpath variables seem to be relative, your > error mentions an absolute path. This is a problem (and judging by the > "success" responses to which you refer, it is likely in your script > hacking). >

Re: Blackdown's jdk1.2.2 v3 does not run....

1999-12-28 Thread David Teague
c. 2) Is there a JDK 1.2 version that runs under Slink? Would one of you who said you just untarred the tar ball and set the path to get the jdk to work -- Please tell me your versions of libc and of jkd you are using? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software suppo

Re: Blackdown's jdk1.2.2 v3 does not run....

1999-12-30 Thread David Teague
I installed > jdk-1.2v1 (2 weeks ago). I had no jdk-1.2v1 related problems when I > switched to potato. Hi Rajesh Thanks, I'll get this and find whether this will fix my problem Many thanks! I am running a stock kernel (2.0.36, I think) I'll let you know what happens. --Dav

Re: Need advice

1999-12-30 Thread David Teague
ext mode by removing the xdm package or removing the symlink in rc2.d that runs the init.d xdm package. Then when you start X, use startx. I wish you luck. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I'm hoping this is all of the above!)

Personal to Rajesh, whose mail bounces

1999-12-30 Thread David Teague
Hi I apologise to the mailing list for this abuse. Mail sent to Rajesh Radhakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> bounces. Rajesh, please send me directly a legal mailing address. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free,

Unrecognized option: --helpRe: email grabbed by RMAIL emacs

1999-12-31 Thread David Teague
gt; about with RMAIL but I want it as just another imap client...not as > one that takes over all mail functions. Patrick Here is a shell script that moves RMAIL back to unix mail format, gzipped and attached to this message. I have not used it recently, so your mileage may vary. Lots of Luck

Re: Unrecognized option: --helpRe: email grabbed by RMAIL emacs

2000-01-03 Thread David Teague
arch for rmail, I found it right away. Let me know how you do in using info. It responds to the same sorts of commands that emacs does. YOu also have info inside emacs, use control-h i to get to info, the read the tutorial. Please read the emacs faq as well. Luck to you! David --David Davi

Re: help with linux

2000-01-05 Thread David Teague
ou these guys are busy, so anything you can do to help them help you will speed an answer to you. I have done these these and got good quick useful replies. I have failed to do them and waited a while before some kind soul finally took me to task, then helped me fix things. The Best of Luck to yo

Re: man -k doesn't work

2000-01-05 Thread David Teague
- Make ls-lR files on FTP server for mirror use mktexlsr (1) - create ls-R databases texhash (1) - create ls-R databases elentari:~[1]man -k xxx xxx: nothing appropriate. elentari:~[1] Try that and compare results. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian

Re: UNIX variant for old PC

2000-01-10 Thread David Teague
some such remark. I have not done the OS course in many years, and have no idea whether current Minix runs in real mode. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

GRUB problems with Deb 2.0

2000-01-17 Thread David Teague
ig drive. 3) I am still using 2.0 on the old system because I could not get Slink boot disks to work with this system, Either scsi isn't enabled in that kernel or there are to many probes, confusing the adaptec controller. I'll ask about that later, after building a new kernel and trying ag

Re: GRUB problems with Deb 2.0

2000-01-19 Thread David Teague
On 19 Jan 2000, Lars Weber wrote: Hi Lars. > David Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > A GRUB floppy won't boot my old system which has a 486/66, 16 MB > [...] > > I've heard that older versions of GRUB are having problems with ext2 > file-systems create

bootable CD on non cd booting machine?

2000-01-20 Thread David Teague
will be appreciated. Meanwhile, I'll be hacking at this. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: slink -> potato

2000-01-21 Thread David Teague
hten me. Weasel words: Of course the man pages are not the complete documentation. I'll continue to RTFM. If there really is an option or method that will fetch a package, install it, then delete the package then fetch the next one, I want to know about it. I only have 1 Gig of disk space

Re: newbie needs help veiwing files

2000-01-28 Thread David Teague
ile, filelist, is opened for writing, any former contents deleted, and the directory listing from ls is written on filelist. Hope this helps. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I'm hoping this is all of the above!)

Re: pronunciation of daemon, GNOME and GNU

2000-01-28 Thread David Teague
OTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I'm hoping this is all of the above!)

Re: UPS software

2001-12-07 Thread David Teague
Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with PEI in any way. > > Hope this helps and take care, > > Daniel > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: nvidia drivers & kernel 2.4.14

2001-12-07 Thread David Teague
bols if I use > > > the includes from /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14/include instead of > > > headers from /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.14/include > > > > > > What are you gcc are you using? > > > > > > kyle > > > > > > > >

Re: UPS software

2001-12-07 Thread David Teague
dations / experiences welcome. > > Regards. > Mark. > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: HELPME

2001-12-07 Thread David Teague
our scsi card, and drive see if any of these remarks make sense. All standard disclaimers apply. Your mileage may vary. May contain traces of peanuts, garlic, or jalapino peppers. Guaranteed no walnuts. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software suppo

Re: Audigy Drivers

2001-12-08 Thread David Teague
.4 kernel. Any further information anyone can send will be helpful, and if you wish I will share my successes. Meanwhile I can use it under (agh) Win2000. It works there, so it CAN be made to work. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,

Re: How can i install woody?

2001-12-08 Thread David Teague
Hi Stan What they told me is: If you have trouble with Woody floppies (oxymoron?) use Potato install floppies, install enought to use apt, the follow the apt sequence of commands for upgrading then use dselect to install what you like. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux

Amount of RAM L1 cache on a processor will support

2001-12-11 Thread David Teague
much RAM the L1 cache in a 1GHz Athlon will support? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: Amount of RAM L1 cache on a processor will support

2001-12-12 Thread David Teague
aving 3 or more double-sided DIMMs on the same Mobo (case in point, the > nForce chipset goes into "SuperStability Mode" if there is a > double-sided DIMM in the third slot, which turns down performance a > great deal to keep from becoming unstable.) > > I'm sorry if this

Re: How to capture start up messages?

2001-12-14 Thread David Teague
Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org > Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re:[2] Advice on upgrading Potato to Sid

2001-12-23 Thread David Teague
bout updating to Woody? I mean boot the Potata CD run to first reboot, exit ... Say -- what might "required setup" be? Then insert Woody cd and upgrade? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technical

boot floppy doesn't work

2001-12-23 Thread David Teague
ppy that has a Lilo track. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: boot floppy doesn't work

2001-12-25 Thread David Teague
.. esp if you need to fix the disks ... > > have fun booting.. > alvin > > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, David Teague wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I tried to use the script mkboot that (if run as user, makes a boot > > disk by dd the kernel to a floppy and then r

Re: What's a debian kid look like?

2001-12-25 Thread David Teague
tly) and I spend too much time practicing that bass and writing books, reviewing texts and manuscripts on C++ to get really good at Linux, Debian in particular. Without this list and the help from you guys, I'd be less well off here. Thanks. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/

Re: Where do you RTFM ?

2001-12-25 Thread David Teague
t, but the > > > basic concept still sucks. It should be scrapped for a searchable ... YEA! --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: VB: boot floppy for Debian

2002-02-21 Thread David Teague
Paul, Thanks to all who responded to this, those who responded to my earlier message. I sent a mail message on this subject about a month ago. I asked why the procedure outlined here failed for me, and the dd of a kernel to the raw floppy that was appropriately rdev'd failed as well. Several fo

Re: When will "woody" be out?

2002-03-02 Thread David Teague
I have been running it on two production boxes. Works WELL Actually, prior to Woody, I ran a snapshot of Potato taken about 3 months prior to the freeze. Ran it until November of 2000, never a minutes trouble. >From what my students say about RH, Woody is more stable than the current RH rele

Best choice for video card

2001-11-14 Thread David Teague
fella? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope the answer to this is all of the above.)

Re: Best choice for video card

2001-11-15 Thread David Teague
e. Anyone else care to help? Thanks --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Lyx broken in Woody

2001-11-17 Thread David Teague
is already installed and configured. I use LyX to prepare my lecture notes for my classes, and this upgrade has made that impossible at home. Can someone help me fix this? --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, techn

Re: Lyx broken in Woody

2001-11-17 Thread David Teague
wrote: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 08:31:10AM -0500, David Teague wrote: > > Lyx (version 1.1.6 fix 3 of Fri July 24 2001 starts with the > > folloing messages. > > > > > I use LyX to prepare my lecture notes for my classes, and this > > upgrade has made that i

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

2001-12-30 Thread David Teague
emendous amount of existing concurrent C++ software -- > Mozilla is a modern example), but fails to mention that, at the time of > his writing, Eiffel lacked support for concurrency altogether! > > Someday, if I suddenly become a bored academic, I'll write a complete >

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

2002-01-01 Thread David Teague
William, Richard, and all: Stroustrup has said that if you find you have to cast, (much) your design is flawed. --David Teague On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, William T Wilson wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > > | Casting you can't really get away from nor d

Re: When will Woody be thawed ?

2002-01-01 Thread David Teague
Mitchell > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

2002-01-04 Thread David Teague
ll pointer value. BTW NULL is just the int value 0, it is not a pointer. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.) >

Re: Debian on Lindows ?

2002-01-11 Thread David Teague
> > Joris > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: SB AUDIGY Player supported by Linux?

2002-01-16 Thread David Teague
s from ALSA that support is 'undetermined as of yet', and I > find no mention of the card in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/ - > so it appears not at the moment. > Steve > -- > "I never let my schooling get in the way of my education." > -- Mark Twain >

Re: [Fwd: OT: Rant]

2002-01-16 Thread David Teague
for me). > > > > Anyway, just ranting; I appreciate everyone's courtesy in not flaming me > for my OT rant. > > Kent > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

What is "OT:"

2002-01-19 Thread David Teague
't a clue. Please enlighten me. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly.

Re: grub problem SOLVED

2002-01-19 Thread David Teague
l to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)

Re: Earthlink Dialup

2002-01-25 Thread David Teague
am sending off for the 2.2r5 CDs in the near future. > Greetings to you one and all from a quaking newbie who is tired of > being shoved around by MS. > > Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of &q

Re: directPC vs Starband (slightly off topic)

2002-03-15 Thread David Teague
Dave Mallery writes: > i will be forced to go to one of the satellite providers shortly. > > if you are using either or the above (or some other service) > i would greatly appreciate some feedback. i am in a totally remote > location. is there a problem with directpc's usb ethernet connection?

Re: I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:how??

2002-03-27 Thread David Teague
Internet connection sharing on Win 98, huh? I had networking running between a linux box, a win 98 box, and a wind 98 box that talks to my ISP. I installed internet connection sharing, and the network disappeared from my network neighborhood on the windows 98 machine that is connected to the I

Newbie Resources Was -- Re: Debian book for complete newbie?

2002-06-13 Thread David Teague
oes anyone know whether Dale updated this Debian book? It still might be useful to a newbie if anyone sitll has it. There is a web site (and I'll have to ask someone for the URL) that is dedecated to the Newbie and their questions. David Teague On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Jamin W. Collins

using old Adobe post script fonts

2002-06-16 Thread David Teague
paid about $100 for this stuff. I would like to use them. I hope some one can tell me how to use these with Linux. My wife would be overjoyed to be able to use them with here Windows box. Can anyone help? David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: man or info?

2002-06-22 Thread David Teague
e be some indication somewhere that the command set for standalone is different from what you get in Emacs? (Or is it?) David Teague Debian support is timely, accurate, and free. Thanks folks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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