Re: how to use gnapster....more generally...where to find cool music/sounds?

2001-02-18 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Some days ago a friend of mine had the same problem, not being > able to subscribe to napster. I just gave him my username and > password and surprisingly we both could use napster at the same > time, with the same username. But it does make sense, because > the only thing that seems to matte

Re: Correction: CDROM device..

2001-02-18 Thread Hall Stevenson
> okay, this.. is stupid question.. being completely spoilt > by Redhats simplicity.. i'm unaware of which device > /dev/cdrom was linked to. ..can someone, give me a hint? Try ls -l /dev/cdrom How's that for simplicity ?? ;-) Regards Hall

Re: email server?

2001-02-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Let me explain my situation...I have a small LAN at home: > 1 linux firewall/gateway and 3 workstations (me, brother > and dad). With my cable modem access we are provided > with 3 email addresses. - snip - > The problem is that they are all accessed using the same > "email box"; meaning you ca

Re: AMD k7

2001-02-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On booting with the install CD, I get the regular > messages until ncr53c406a: no available ports > found. Then the system freezes, ctrl-alt-del > doens't work. The default Debian kernel appears to include support for this device and a couple others and is compiled *in* vs being compiled as a mo

Re: LILO on my windows partition

2001-02-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Like an idiot, I accidentally wrote a LILO boot into my > windows partition, so nw booting from my LILO to > windows (on /dev/hda3) starts up another LILO that > croaks with LI > > is there a way to be able to boot windows again? Is linux installed on a *second* hard disk ?? It sounds like it...

Re: netscape 4.76

2001-02-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
> What files from the www.debian.org stable download > should I download to have netscape 4.76 up and > running? "apt-get install navigator" *should* get all the necessary files/dependencies to install just the browser component. I'm not sure if there's a similar one for the entire "Communicator"

Re: Tailoring a window manager

2001-02-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I've installed icewm-gnome as my favourite window manager. > I'd like that when starting up the window manager, > automatically il loads GMC. Is that possible? > What should I do? > If not what window manager should I use and hoc can I > configure it? In either .xinitrc or .xsession, add the

Re: scsi emulation

2001-02-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
> So I'm told I need scsi emulation for my IDE CD writer > and xcdroast. So, I recompile 2.2.18pre21 with scsi > support, emulation and scsi cdrom support. xcdroast > still complains. No need to recompile your kernel... [cut and pasted] Linuxnewbie.org has a short article on setting up a CD-RW d

Re: easy sound config ?

2001-02-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > what url did you find sndconfig on? > > > > Thank you > > > I _think_ this is the one I used: > > http://www.dicea.unifi.it/ftp/pub/linux/debian/pool/main/s/sndconfig/ > > This has the right version anyway -- sndconfig_0.57-5_i386.deb> I'm pretty sure I used "apt-get" for my copy, although I p

Re: Install (LILO ?) problems!

2001-02-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > I am trying to install "stable" On an HP Vectra P200, with > > a 20G IDE disk. > > BTW, the BIOS thinks this is onl an 8G disk, which may > > be part of the problem? > > > > You might be able to upgrade your bios in order to see all 20G's. And if there's no BIOS upgrade available, I *think* y

Re: Considering Debian

2001-02-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
> regarding RPM. The case in point is that I've wanted to install > some new Gnome related RPM's that require the x-devel > RPMs. The problem is that I've, by hand, upgraded X to 4.0x > and the needed x-devel RPMs are 3.3.6. Of course I can tell > it to ignore the dependancies but then what is the

Re: What's up with Mozilla

2001-02-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > installing the tarball is pretty easy. For now, I'm > > running 0.8 from the tarball available at mozilla.org > > and it works great. Agreed ... it dumps everything into a single directory so keeping track of where it's installed files is not an issue. Every time you "upgrade" it, just remove

Re: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
> do you by any chance upgrade to Xfree 4.x and are running > framebuffers compiled into the kernel ? I do, why ?? I ask because I *cannot* use any consoles if X is running. When I switch to it, it looks file, but as soon as I type something, my text changes to something that looks worse than the

Re: Console text scrambled (in a different way :)

2001-02-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
> If I display a file which contains binary data, often there will > be a sequence of characters which the console interprets > to 'switch character sets' and then any lower case characters > become little boxes, or patches of fuzz, yet numbers and > upper case characters are unaffected. > > I know

Re: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Alberto Brealey G. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010228 18:56]: > > I'm using a Matrox G400 and using framebuffers specifically for it. I've > > also tried different variations of the console fonts that are available. > > are you by any chance running the driver from matrox? (mga.o, downloaded > from the

Re: Napster Block Ipchains Debian 2.2

2001-03-02 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > My firewall is using Debian and my damn boss > > asked me to block napster. > Don't try to block napster by port number. Just understand > how napster works. > > It works by letting a client query the *napster* server for lists > of systems that have a particular song. The client then goes > t

Re: Debian site down?

2001-03-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Wondering if anyone else is finding the main Debian > site inaccessible this afternoon ... > > It's been hours since I've been able to pull up the site > and I was hoping it was not just me ... It appears to be "just you"... ;-) I just checked the site and it's there. Hall

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I'm new to linux and I'm looking to find out how to set > up for DSL (which I'm using under W95. I need to know > what program(s) I'll need to get online with linux. Anyone > have experience with DSL? You need to find out if your ISP uses PPPoE (most common w/DSL), DHCP, or assigns static IP add

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > If it's PPPoE, I'd suggest getting the Roaring Penguin > > PPPoE client. I believe it's available through apt-get. > > Installing it will run the config program for it (or adsl-setup, > > I think). You'll need to know your ISP's DNS servers. > > package name? I just did a real quick search and

Re: After Debian install, XMS and HIMEM errors prevent Win95 launch.

2001-03-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Error: "HIMEM.SYS is missing..." or "Error: Unable to > > control A20 line..." After Installing Norton SystemWorks > > Very odd. I have that same problem on my laptop (Win98 > & sid). However, on mine it isn't merely after installation, but > it happens all the time. Windows refuses to run

Re: how do you find out what your sound card is

2001-03-09 Thread Hall Stevenson
> The person that sold the system to me said its a soundblaster > on board.. there is no bios setting with any info... it worked > under win 95/98 Very likely it's "Soundblaster-compatible" which in many cases simply means it works properly with games ;-) If you're lucky, it will use the same IRQ,

Re: Dell Q & A & Comments

2001-03-10 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 05:35:53PM -0800, hammack wrote: > > Dell has quoted: $2180, INSPIRON 4000, 128MB, 10 GB > > HD, 850mHZ, XGA, V90 Gold Card Modem, 24 X CR-ROM, > > with RH 7.0 installed. My thinking is, test drive the RH for > > a while. then copy all config files for reference to settin

Re: Reboot only w/ mouse.

2001-03-15 Thread Hall Stevenson
> heh. i've had this happen. > > if you're luck enough to have the letters "s", "u", either "h", > "a", "l", "t" or "r", "e", "b", "o", t" and all the letters in your > root password, you can cut and paste your way into a > reboot. this has happened to me before, and worked. That's quite creati

Re: NIC identification

2001-03-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I've got a Dell box I'm installing debian on with an intergrated > NIC on the motherboard. The NIC is likely a PCI device even when it's integrated into the MB. So, try "cat /proc/pci" and look for an "ethernet controller" line. It will probably give you the chipset it uses which is usually a pr

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > is your kernel compiled with dma support? because if it's > > not, thats not gonna work. > > Yup, pretty sure it is. I'll check though. If your chipset supports DMA, along with your drives, and you select the "Use DMA when available..." option in the kernel, it should already have DMA enabled

Re: NIC identification

2001-03-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:52:54PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > The NIC is likely a PCI device even when it's integrated > > into the MB. So, try "cat /proc/pci" and look for an "ethernet > > controller" line. It will probably give you the chip

Re: keyboard problems

2001-03-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I originally thought it was a problem with netscape, > but it appears to be a larger issue. > > There are times when my keyboard won't respond unless > I launch another application or maximize(or otherwise > bring to the foreground) the window of an application > already running. Only then can I

Re: pdf editor ?

2001-03-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Actually, Acrobat DOES let one edit and manipulate (unlocked) > > pdf files. Not sure about changing fonts or replacing images, > > but a certain amount of tweaking The way I understand PDF is that it's a "universal" viewing and printing format, not an editable one. The viewer is free and

Re: how to enable reiserfs in 2.4.2 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Charles Lewis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010319 20:05]: > I'm running a custom 2.4.2 kernel and I have a 60GB drive on which I've > successfully run mkreiserfs. However when I go to mount it as type reiserfs > it tells me reiserfs is not supported by the kernel. I've gone through > menuconfig and I can

Re: security line for source.lists

2001-03-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Do you know about a good site to security for my > source.lists file? security.debian.org isn't working for me. This came up last week when there were problems accessing the site. They are supposed to be fixed now... are you still unable to access it ?? Regardless, it was also mentioned that th

Re: 3com 3c905c question

2001-03-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I have the same problem with my NIC 3C905C and > debian. > > dmesg ?less dosn't say anything about it > > but > >less /proc/pci detects it It will only show up in "dmesg" if the kernel detects it. The kernel will only detect it if it knows to look for it. Without having support compiled in or as

Re: apt cache clean

2001-03-21 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I am a happy user of apt... and my cache is getting big. I > notice that I pile up several versions of programs as newer > ones become available. Is there a command to clean this > up a little bit. Searched in apt-cache and apt-conf. I saw > a Cache-Limit, but it's not exactly what I need. Look

Re: Problem reading Windows CDR

2001-03-22 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 06:53:38PM -0800, Alexander Poquet wrote: > > Hi folks. > > > > I have a rather large collection of MP3s that I burned onto CDs using my > > step-brother's burner, which is on a Windows box. I burned it on using > > the DirectCD system. Anyway, I compiled Joliet extensio

Re: /etc/rc.d/rc.local under Debian?

2001-03-22 Thread Hall Stevenson
> You can do two things (if I'm wrong someone smack me) > > You can either make a small bash script in /etc/init.d and > then add it to the end of /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh > > Or the easiest thing to do would be to add your lines into > > /etc/network/interfaces That file controls all of the network

Re: beginner -- installing ssh

2001-03-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I am trying to install ssh and am having some problems > > #apt-get install openssh > > then it asks for deps When it says that more files (deps) are needed, say "Yes" to download and install them. > #apt-get install openssl > > why can't I do this? One of the packages requirements is "libssl

Re: bind worm

2001-03-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Bill White ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010323 17:45]: > > > > Note that > > Package: bind > > Version: 1:8.2.3-4 > > > > This is very confusing to me. It looks to me as if the version of bind > in stable is 8.2.2p7-1. It looks to me as if you have to go to unstable > to get 8.2.3-4. So, w

Re: XDM and /etc/profile

2001-03-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Simon Read ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010323 18:42]: > > I was trying to change the path for users of my freshly installed > Debian machine. I found (to my dismay) that /etc/profile is NOT used > if I login at the console using 'xdm', but IS used if I login remotely > (using ssh). > > There s

Re: sndconfig in potato

2001-03-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
* L.V.Gandhi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010323 19:37]: > Using alien, I converted sndconfig.rpm of rh6.2 and tried to install it > potato with stock kernel. First it gave the error of conf.modules as > predicated. It couldn't either auto or manual, install sound. Then I > changed modules.conf with lines

Applying kernel patches

2001-03-24 Thread Hall Stevenson
I apologize that this isn't directly Debian-related, but I know there are some people around who probably know the answer... I'm currently running kernel 2.4.2-ac20. I just downloaded the patch for 2.4.2-ac24. My question is, can I apply this patch against my current source tree (2.4.2-ac20) ??

New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
there was a .$SHELL_logout file. H, I just checked a RedHat machine here at work and see a .bash_logout file ;-) It's (2) lines, and the second line is "clear". I think I can take care of # 2 myself ! Thanks in advance... more questions likely to come along soon ! Regards Hall Stevenson

Another newbie question ;-)

2000-12-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
those packages (and dependencies) at the least. Right ?? I'd like "apt-get dist-upgrade" to do that. Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: new (using modconf)

2000-12-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Hello,I am very new to Debian,I was wondering,when I did the install did I have > > to specify the modules for my network card and soundblaster live? Also,how do I > You can specify them during the install. The installer calls 'modconf' > which lets you pick the modules you want, specify para

Re: Netscape 4.76 problems (different question)

2000-12-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Doesn't hang when I visit the site with Netscape-4.76: > > > > ii netscape-base- 4.76-1 Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (bas > > ii netscape-base- 4.76-1 4.76 base support for netscape > > ii netscape-java- 4.76-1 Netscape Java support for version 4.76 > > ii

Re: Which X is running?

2000-12-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I recently did an apt-get upgrade on my system. Sadly, this completely > broke X. To fix things, I manually installed task-x-window-system-core > since apt-get was holding it back. I configured the system during the > set up script and X still wouldn't start claiming that the > configuration file

Re: symbolic links etc

2000-12-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
> How does one remove a symbolic link to say /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/hdc. > This is not clear in any literature I have seen, although under 'rm' > and its '--directory' option there is mention of 'unlink' but no > further reference is made to this anywhere and I doubt it's relevant. You do use "rm". Do

Re: How to verify TrueType fonts are working?

2000-12-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
ed "xfstt" since I've been told that XFree86 v4.x supports TT fonts natively, so "xfstt" isn't needed anymore, right ?? It doesn't appear to be in that package... Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: [OT] Recent increases in d-u posts?

2000-12-14 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Interestingly, this increase has come at the same time as > web sites like debianplanet and debianhelp. Maybe if more > people knew about these resources (and more of us > knowledgable folks contributes to them), the reliance, and > traffic, on this list would decrease. Thanks for the informatio

Kernel compiling on Debian

2000-12-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
" distros ;-) ?? Thanks in advance Hall Stevenson

Re: Kernel compiling on Debian

2000-12-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
6, 2000 at 10:15:47AM -0500, Alec Smith wrote: > Take a look at make-kpkg -- You'll have to install its .deb first though. > > Configure your kernel as usual, then do a make-kpkg clean instead of > make dep ; make clean. To do the actual compile, do make-kpkg > --revision=

Re: .scr files

2000-12-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Does anyone know what a .scr file is? Have received several attachments with > varios names. latest is midget.scr .. have no idea as I don't know the > extention. Is this some type of virus? As a few have already mentioned, an .scr file is *normally* a Windows screensaver. In your case, there's

Re: making bootable CD iso images ?

2000-12-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
easible? how? I may be misunderstanding you, but if you can download an entire ISO image (assuming you have, or have access to, a fast connection) and can burn CDs, you may be interested in starting at this page: http://cdimage.debian.org/ The ISO images *are* bootable. Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: Load crash from speakers at startup

2000-12-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
help that rebooting the card apparently re-initializes it and sets the volume to *almost* maximum. I think RedHat had a tool that prevented this from happening too. Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: kernel defaults

2000-12-21 Thread Hall Stevenson
> where can I find an original Debian potato .config > file for kernel 2.2.17? The kernel that comes with > the distribution works great, but I need to add/remove > some things. Look in your /boot directory. It should be called .config-[kernel-version], I think. I didn't know this 'til after I com

Re: Finding/Including sr_mod post install

2000-12-21 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I don't have any SCSI devices, I just need it for to > use cdrecord with an ATAPI IDE. > > I guess I am going to have to recompile my kernel, > but first I have to FIND the darn thing. > > sr_mod, I feel confident, will be the only remaining > module I need to install. > > I've looked through the

Re: Dump root window to a JPG?

2000-12-22 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I'm sure there is a cl method for dumping your X session to a file. I > > know this sounds stupid but taking a screenshot with something like > the > Gimp or Ksnapshot doesn't quite work (I'm trying to get a screenshot > while playing mpeg2 streams). The video just appears as a bright blue

XFree / Font error

2000-12-22 Thread Hall Stevenson
Running Debian Woody and XFree86 v4.0.1 and trying to get TrueType fonts under X. I've followed the instructions fully, I believe, but still no TT fonts. I finally ran across this error: Could not init font path element unix/:7101, removing from list! in /var/log/xdm.log. Any ideas how to fix th

Fetchmail and exim ... again

2000-12-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
. "qualify_recipient" is commented out. "local_domains" looks like this: local_domains = localhost:mindspring.com:eeyore.homeip.net I know *I* added the "eeyore.homeip.net" entry, but think that the setup added both "localhost" and "mindspring.com". I'm off to exim's site now, but any help from here is appreciated ! Thanks in advance Hall Stevenson

Re: Cannot use TrueType fonts (xfstt)

2000-12-26 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Richard Cobbe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001225 21:03]: > Did you add xfstt to your X server's font path? In /etc/X11/XF86Config, > section "Files", the following line should work for the default setup: > > FontPath "unix/:7101" > > See also /usr/doc/xfstt/FAQ.gz, esp question 1.2. I've trie

Re: Cannot use TrueType fonts (xfstt)

2000-12-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Richard Cobbe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001226 15:45]: > > > Did you add xfstt to your X server's font path? In /etc/X11/XF86Config, > > > section "Files", the following line should work for the default setup: > > > > > > FontPath "unix/:7101" > > > > > > See also /usr/doc/xfstt/FAQ.gz, esp q

Re: Cannot use TrueType fonts (xfstt)

2000-12-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
the fonts designated by your > xserver fonts system. It uses those from console-tools and the basic > system font. Actually, I have mutt running in an Eterm window and I tell Eterm to use the "bright" font, which does exist in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc I've tried playing with the order of my FontPath entries with no success so far. Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: XFree / Font error

2000-12-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Andy Wettstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001228 11:25]: > On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 10:22:18PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > Running Debian Woody and XFree86 v4.0.1 and trying to get TrueType fonts > > under X. I've followed the instructions fully, I believe, but still no > &g

Re: Device File Permissions

2000-12-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Andrew Gronosky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001228 20:53]: > > I noticed that some important device files- for example, /dev/dsp and > /dev/lp0 - are owned by root, belong to special groups (audio and lp, > respectively), and most importantly are *not* world-writeable. > > Is there an important reason

Getting rid of "xconsole"

2000-12-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
At some point, an "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" made a change that has "xconsole" starting up along with X-Windows. I personally don't like the program and don't use it and would like to get rid of it. I've went through various files/scripts in /etc/X11 and it's subdirs in attempts to sto

Re: Getting rid of "xconsole"

2000-12-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
* ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001228 23:02]: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 10:43:53PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > At some point, an "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" made a change that > > has "xconsole" starting up along with X-Windows. I personally d

Re: Help fetchmail socket error?

2000-12-29 Thread Hall Stevenson
quot; command will cause the server to start sending large amounts of data, which means large packets. If your networking layer has a packet-fragmentation problem, that's where you'll see it. Good luck ! Hall Stevenson

Re: newbie trying to run anXious - lots of Xwoes

2000-12-31 Thread Hall Stevenson
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001230 16:31]: > Potato install runs in a 16 color VGA mode, so I don't know why I > can't even get something that simple to run. I have tried xf86config > but apparently something goes wrong. Among other things, SuperProbe > finds a Yamaha chip, which does

Removing Helix packages

2001-01-01 Thread Hall Stevenson
Well, for some stupid reason, I decided to give the Gnome packages from Helix a try. After re-starting X-Windows, I noticed that my Eterms don't have scrollbars and scroll-arrows. My first assumption is that it's related to Helix's version of the various imlib packages. Now though, I can't remov

Re: Burning with PCMCIA ATAPI/IDE

2001-01-02 Thread Hall Stevenson
nd couldn't load it via modconf. I ended up compiling a custom kernel and it works fine now. Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: changing icewm themes

2001-01-02 Thread Hall Stevenson
uot; mouse cursor ?? Does it disappear when you "enter" your xterm ?? You can actually type in the term, but as you say, you don't see the cursor to realize that you can. If you can, type the executable for IceWM and hit enter. If you start X via "startx", does your ~/.xinitrc file have the command to start up IceWM ?? Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: Source list

2001-01-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Some files are NOT FOUND, I dont know how to > add a link to the source list (the attempts that i > have tried causes an error and does not run) Run "apt-setup" to add source "locations" for software. Select "http" as your access method and then choose a mirror site (or the main Debian site, if

Re: Straight to woody after fresh potato install?

2001-01-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
find this entry by searching the lists archives: deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main Good luck Hall Stevenson

Re: Removing Helix packages

2001-01-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Well, for some stupid reason, I decided to give the > > Gnome packages from Helix a try. After re-starting > > X-Windows, I noticed that my Eterms don't have > > scrollbars and scroll-arrows. My first assumption > > is that it's related to Helix's version of the various > > imlib packages. Now

Re: X window too big

2001-01-04 Thread Hall Stevenson
> In the default screen I got after installing debian2.2r2, > the screen is huge. Actually it is just four times the > size of my monitor screen and I have to move around > the whole X screen using the mouse. So > when I open a new window, I have to look around the > other 3/4 of the screen to see

Re: Fonts under X

2001-01-05 Thread Hall Stevenson
t is to have the 100s first. As you can see from my entry, I have the 75s listed first, for the same reason as you're asking. It may not be necessary to change the "catalouge = " entry as the "default-resolutions" may take care of it by itself. I've changed both as I describe with no harm. Good luck Hall Stevenson

Re: Debian and Pentium 4

2001-01-05 Thread Hall Stevenson
> One of our profs bought a Dell 8100 Pentium 4 for > home use and he wants to install Linux on it. He > would like to install Debian, but he says that Debian > doesn't support the Pentium 4 yet. Is this true? I think it will work just fine. The problem occurs when a program (or the kernel) trie

Re: trouble getting fetchmail to start

2001-01-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
; It doesn't work, and it leaves no trace of why in the logs. fetchmail is > configured to write to fetchmail.log, but after doing a find from / I > couldn't find any written after my boot up. Try adding the location of your .fetchmailrc file to the end of the command. Regards Hall Stevenson

apt-get update and upgrade

2001-01-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
hesitant to do so. If I did change my sources.list file to point to it, ran "apt-get update", then "apt-get -u upgrade" to see what shows up, if I tell it "NO" and then change my sources.list back to what it was, will I be okay ?? Or, should I just try running unstable ?? Thanks in advance, Hall Stevenson

Re: Q: Ethics of pics notice?

2001-01-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Jonathan Gift ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010106 11:27]: > I've picked up a lot from the net and specifically the debian list and > in playing around with Gimp have come up with a few Debian/Linux and > Blackbox minimalist oriented themes which have pleased a few people I've > set up a web page. Now, I

Re: kernel 2.4.0 and audio cd

2001-01-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
#x27;em in and play... Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: Trouble Setting Up DSL

2001-01-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Jason Dawe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010107 19:32]: > Hello I have a DSL modem with a SMC EtherPower II Ethernet card. Before > installing Debian I used the Windows 'winipcfg' utility to find out my IP > address, DNS servers, Default Gateway, Subnet Mask and DHCP Server. Most residential DSL provider

Re: Debian distribution with free support

2001-01-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Holp, John Mr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010108 11:27]: > Someone wrote me an e-mail and included an URL to a seller of > "Official" Debian that included free support. Please re-send the URL > as I have lost it. http://www.debian.org/consultants/

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
oviders do *not* allow any servers (specifically http, mail, and news). They don't block all ports though. For example, port 6699, used by Napster, seems to be open. Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: didn't do it quite right...

2001-01-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
I read somewhere to run "make install" after step # 8. Doing that, it takes care of steps 9 through 15 listed below. I don't believe this is a "Redhat thing" either. I've used it with the official "linus" kernels downloaded from ftp.us.kernel.org. Matter of fact, I believe it may be mentioned i

Re: AOL on Linux?

2001-01-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010108 17:24]: > I'm in position that I can't change my ISP. I would like to know, Just curious, why can't you possibly change ?? > whether there is any possibility how to run AOL on Linux. Thanks Jiri Try "Wine". Setup AOL to use TCP/IP for connection v

Re: apt-get update and upgrade

2001-01-10 Thread Hall Stevenson
>> I've ran "apt-get update && apt-get -u upgrade" about every >> other day for the last week or so and the only packages >> showing up for upgrade are libgnomeprint6 and libguile6. I >> would think more packages would be getting updated than >> this or is that an incorrect assumption ?? I guess on

Re: Hi All

2001-01-10 Thread Hall Stevenson
>> > Interesting. That's not ANSI C. (It's K&R style) > heh... i completely missed that. henry, what's > up with the K+R? ;) Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie "invented" Unix. The "R" comes from Dennis' last name. The "K" comes from another person actually. His name is "Brian Kernighan". He i

Re: Netscape TT font choices

2001-01-10 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Using the xfs xfstt font delivery services, all is fine > except for one > minor nuisance. Under Netscape the choices: > Variable Width Font: Arial Narrow (Ttf) > Fixed Width Font: Courier New (Ttf) > > There is the occassional warning: > Warning cannot convert string >

Re: Getting Gnome desktop on woody

2001-01-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Steve R. Hastings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010113 05:08]: > > > 1) How do I enable the Gnome desktop? I want the "foot" menu, > > the panel, applets, etc. > > This turns out to be provided by gnome-session. I already have > gnome-session installed, and if I manually run it I get the foot menu > a

Kernel boot messages

2001-01-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
I just upgraded my kernel to 2.4.0 with no apparent problems... I did notice on bootup some messages that scroll by far too quickly to read that I wanted to take another look at. I think they just have something to do with my CD-ROM drives (possibly because there's no discs in them). How can I

Re: Kernel boot messages

2001-01-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
rd, but this has worked fine with 2.2.17 and .18. This time though, I enabled some additional fonts. Have to assume that's the problem, so I've removed them and will try again. Is this a known problem ... anyone ?? Regards, Hall Stevenson * Casey Webster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010113 09:

Strange console problem when X is running

2001-01-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
r relevant packages ?? They're all from debs, via apt-get, except the kernel. Thanks in advance Hall Stevenson

Re: X issues

2001-01-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Gerry Chu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010113 15:48]: > I inadvertently deleted /etc/X11 yesterday, and have been working to get > it back up. Version 4.0.1 > > apt-get install task-x-window-system > > Worked...but > > No dexter. Didn't configure XF86Config for me. xf86config sorta > worked, it says

Re: bad superblock

2001-01-15 Thread Hall Stevenson
>> installed under sid=unstable the new kernel with the >> latest lilo now i can't boot the normal way, it stops >> when mounting my root partition, with an superblock >> error, and the option to maintain with the root >> password, or strg+d to boot normal way. with strg+d >> it reboots, and with t

Re: bad superblock

2001-01-15 Thread Hall Stevenson
>> installed under sid=unstable the new kernel with the latest >> lilo now i can't boot the normal way, it stops when mounting >> my root partition, with an superblock error, and the option >> to maintain with the root password, or strg+d to boot normal >> way. with strg+d it reboots, and with the

Re: gtv, mozilla, and X questions

2001-01-15 Thread Hall Stevenson
> xhost +127.0.0.1 didn't work either. Tried all those variations myself with XFree86 v4.0.2 and none work here either. Haven't had much time to figure it out though... Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: **NVIDIA driver petition**

2001-01-15 Thread Hall Stevenson
ve handy), they'd either have to get permission from Spyglass, RSA Data Security, Hummingbird, etc, etc or remove those portions. Safe to say, it will likely be broken at that point (yeah, yeah, it's already broken, right ?? ;-0 ). Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: PPPoE misbehaving

2001-01-15 Thread Hall Stevenson
>> I tried setting the MTU and MRU to 1500 with the >> same results (and a slight drop in transfer speed). With PPPoE, from what I've read, the "ideal" MTU setting is actually 1492. For what it's worth, I did try the Roaring Penguin with no problems. I have a Linksys router that handles PPPoE for

Re: Burning ISO-Image in Windows?

2001-01-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
reating an image or ISO file ?? I understand it may not be the case with you and where you live, but here in the States, blank CDs are approx $0.50 each. If I make a coaster, it's no big deal. Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: xfstt??

2001-01-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > 'xfs' is the X Font Server. I'm not *positive* > > about what ths has over > > the regular way X handles fonts, but I use > > 'xfstt', which handles > > truetype fonts. > > > > > is xfstt a font server that can be used in place > of xfs? I believe that "xfstt" is a font server for TrueType fon

Re: NIC identification

2001-01-17 Thread Hall Stevenson
>> somewhere) then search google for a MAC address >> to vendor converter and pop on the xx:xx:xx from >> the mac addr and it will give you the vendor of >>the card and then you can check thier website >> for the model number and >> try and figure out what driver to use > eh, won't it show when ty

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