Re: apt-get update

2001-03-26 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Consequently there never is anything to update these days. Is > that right? Looks like security alerts and their fixes are not > readily propagated to the stable distribution but parked in > http://security.debian.org (Why?), so maybe there really was > not much to update in the last two(?) month

Re: enlightenment deb repository?

2001-03-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Does anyone know of an enlightenment deb repository I can > add to /etc/apt/sources.list? This page, http://www.bsu-hog.org/sources.list, has an entry for enlightenment packages, but I'm unable to connect to the site right now. Otherwise, I have the entry at home and can post it later if you a

Re: wanna connect samba to NT domain, help please

2001-03-30 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I am getting the following error: > > deamon:/home/nick# smbpasswd -j ADR -r adr_nt > cli_net_auth2: Error NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT > cli_nt_setup_creds: auth2 challenge failed > modify_trust_password: unable to setup the PDC credentials to machine ADR_NT. > Error was : NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_S

Re: how can i determine why apt-get "keeps packages" back?

2001-03-30 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Can someone point me towards information regarding > why apt-get will sometimes say certain packages have > been kept back and how i may resolve the troubles: (hope > this isn't too much information) I think it's because a package depends on another that's not available (yet). Now that I think a

Re: xcdroast replacement?

2001-03-30 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I tried gtoaster but I have to admit I don't understand its user > interface a bit. It is somewhat odd... what are you trying to do ?? I've used for a little while now and seem to understand it. Hall

Re: [OT] graphics card recommandation

2001-04-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
> However, it's not without its issues. I've had heaps of problems > getting the framebuffer running properly (boot to a screen full of > garbage, which doesn't prevent X from running). I've been having a similar problem and have gotten nowhere with finding a resolution. I enable framebuffer s

Re: Shutdown

2001-04-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Look into kernel documentation for "sysrq". > > Documentation/sysrq.txt > > Alt-Sysrq key will get you out from disastor if you compile kernel with > this option. This is for Frozen X,... > > * What are the 'command' keys? > ~~~ > 'r' - Turns off keyboard raw mod

Re: Power off Button

2001-04-05 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Martin Marconcini wrote: > > > Sorry, I believe this is unimportant, but it's normally 4 > > > seconds on all ATX motherboards. > > > > I once read it was 5 seconds, but I've never actually timed > > it myself. Heh, I just hold the power button in 'til it works ;-) Hall

Re: Debian GNU/Linux on DEC Alpha ...

2001-04-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Having read through some of the information pages provided > on your homepage www.debian.org, however, I am now not > sure whether Debian can be used on DEC Alpha workstations. > Could you please help me on that matter? Take a look here: http://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/ Regards Hall

Re: windows password

2001-04-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Our windows 98 OS2 machine sees our Progeny/Debian > machine nicely but insists on a password to browse and > refuses any offered. We have pored over the smb.conf > line by line for hours and cannot figure out what's wrong. Make sure "encrypted passwords" is enabled in your smb.conf file becaus

Re: Running the Netscape installer.

2001-04-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I am trying to get Netscape on my system. I have the installer > on my system configured correctly with the archive file from > the Netscape ftp site (it extracted correctly from the /tmp > location). Assuming you've download and extracted a tar.gz file from Netscape, you need to change to the d

Re: Netscape

2001-04-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Raghavendra Bhat ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010407 00:05]: > > Please do a search on http://www.debian.org/List-Archives > before you post your question. Try to use a GPLed mail > client to post your message, no html mails please. Don't be too extreme. You have *no* place telling somebody what prog

Re: Sound Config

2001-04-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Ted Gervais ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010407 10:47]: > > > What is the best way to configure the sound card with Debian. > I am looking for something like sndconfig. Not sure how it is done in Debian.. There is a "sndconfig" package available that works with Debian. It's a "port" from the Redhat ve

Re: Quicktime player?

2001-04-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010407 13:06]: > On Sat Apr 7 11:18:21 2001 Philipp Lehman wrote... > > > >On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I have installed xanim, and xanim modules, but I still don't seem to be > >>able to play QuickTime movies. This is on a sta

Re: Which package contains dmsg?

2001-04-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Stephen Boulet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010407 22:31]: > Which package contains dmsg? I don't seem to have it on my computer. You're spelling it wrong (it's "dmesg"), but in case it's really not installed, it's in the util-linux package. dpkg --status says it's *required* and part of "base", so yo

"Upgrading" to Progeny ?

2001-04-10 Thread Hall Stevenson
bpage that they have instructions for doing so from 2.2r2 or so. There appears to be very little "prep" work required. Actually, since I'm also using ximian gnome packages, there's a little more work needed. Any comments ?? Don't do it ?? Go for it ?? Thanks in advance Hall Stevenson

Re: "Upgrading" to Progeny ?

2001-04-10 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Tuesday 10 April 2001 14:27, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > I'm currently running Debian "sid" or unstable and the idea > > of upgrading (is it really upgrading ?? :-)) to Progeny has > > crossed my mind. Is doing so feasible ?? Can apt-get > > handle the

Re: Using gmc (was: su in X )

2001-04-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:05:16AM +0100, Dave Whiteley > wrote: > > I presume that this is a one off fix. You need to do it each > > time you su? > > > > On 11-Apr-2001 Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > Instead, as root: > > > > > > $ xauth -merge ~$user/.xauthority > > > > > > ...for appropria

Re: quick logitech wheel mouse howto?

2001-04-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I would like to know how to enable logitech wheel mouse so > I can use it for scrolling. right now my configuration in > xfree86-4 under input devices > > driver "mouse" > protocol "IMPS/2" > > does not seem to work... Add this: Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Leave the protocol as is. I've tried usi

Re: Funny Story

2001-04-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Mike McGuire ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010412 22:25]: > > > > Did you know that there are Nuclear Battlecruisers (i'm not a soldier, don't > > know the exact name for this type of ship) running on windows NT ? Scary huh > > ! > > heh. I wonder if that's the same kind that had a divide-by-zero error.

Re: opera browser

2001-04-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I finally got some time and tried Opera out and its good. Even > better than Netscape :-) I think they are on the right track > keeping the program small and simple. I like it so much I have > purchased it. I ran across a sources.list entry that points to someone's repository at Opera Software

Re: make xconfig button.ref eroor

2001-04-17 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0" Looks like you've "su'd" to a different user from the one who started X. There are various "solutions" to this problem availabl

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-17 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 10:47:09PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > no. dist-upgrade is much smarter about dependencies then upgrade is. > > i always use dist-upgrade rather then upgrade for that reason. > > > for example if you track unstable or testing you must never use > apt-get upgrade as it

Re: newbie fighting with Helix Gnome

2001-04-18 Thread Hall Stevenson
t dist-upgrade" yesterday, I saw no problems. Then, I ran into a similar problem as the original poster -- there was a debian package newer than the ximian one and it caused a brief headache. Why exactly shouldn't you mix the two ?? Won't ximian normally have newer packages than debian, and therefore avoid a conflict ?? Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: To sid or not to sid?

2001-04-18 Thread Hall Stevenson
> it is possible to safely use unstable, if you can resist the urge to > update at least once a day. wait a few days (2 or 3) between updates. > that should be long enough for any serious issues to be discovered. That would be good advice as long as there wasn't a "bad" or "broken" update just ma

Re: Debian compatibility

2001-04-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> That "Content-type: text/plain" shows that the message was sent in > plain text. Any half-*** mailer should allow you to view all message > headers when you want, so you can see exactly what is going on. So Outlook Express qualifes in that regard then... I can view the message headers with a fe

Re: Getting Online with DSL Ethernet

2001-04-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Anthony ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010419 21:46]: > Does anyone have any info on how to get online using ethernet. > I know you edit the pppconfig file for dial-up but I'm unsure of how to set > it up through the ethernet. If your provider uses PPPoE, I'd suggest Roaring Penguin's PPPoE client. It's a

Re: Getting Online with DSL Ethernet

2001-04-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Actually it's not a static IP. > > > Almost undoubtedly, then, it's PPPoE, and you need the Roaring > Penguin client. Or a router that will do the PPPoE for you! But > RoE works fine. (Do I have too many P's there?) Nope, Roaring Penguin Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. Hall

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 01:22:16PM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > > > I track unstable/sid and also routinely do "apt-get upgrade" > > > with no apparent problems. Every once in a while,

Re: Support

2001-04-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
And modems, at least non-winmodem types, don't require "drivers", per se. Verify that it's *not* a win-modem and you should be okay. If it is, try and get a different one or search the internet for information. There's a website, who's name escapes me at the moment, that details modems and their co

apt-get dist-upgrade broke X ?

2001-04-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
quot;, etc. Here's my stupid question: Is there really a font named "fixed" ?? ;-) 'cause if so, I don't have one, and hence my obvious problem. I did look in the xfonts-base package and there isn't one in it... Thanks in advance Hall Stevenson The following packages will

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade broke X ?

2001-04-21 Thread Hall Stevenson
* albi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010421 05:11]: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 11:41:46PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > A few days ago, following the advice of someone here on this list, it > > was mentioned that "apt-get upgrade" shouldn't be used, but "apt-g

Re: GUI Email program

2001-04-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Hi there, I am looking for suggestions of a GUI email program > (sorry i just like them better) Anyway...I was wondering if > anyone had any suggestions? You may like balsa. It's website is here: http://www.balsa.net/ I used it for a while, but went back to mutt. ;-) Hall

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Well i have given up on trying to configured Windows > > / Linux together. I can't get the hardware right > > and don't feel like fucking with it anymore. I > > wanna build a computer just for linux-debian. I > > know what kinda motherboard and KMD processor i > > wanna get but could someone

Re: X gone all goofy

2001-04-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
> First time this has happened in some time, but after a > fairly minor apt-get dist-upgrade, X no longer seems to > want to work. I have attached the full output of the > command (I don't know whether it is relevant), but the tail > end of it is as follows: > > Fatal server error: > could not open

Re: need help configuring hosts.deny

2001-04-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I have reason to belive that my computer is used as a > relay host for spam. Walking through the logs, I found > one ip number which has no ip name, but it connects the > computer every hour or so and sends some mail. > > I want to block this address, but I have not succeeded in > configuring the

Re: need help configuring hosts.deny

2001-04-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > > I have reason to belive that my computer is used as a > > > relay host for spam. Walking through the logs, I found > > > one ip number which has no ip name, but it connects the > > > computer every hour or so and sends some mail. > > > > > > I want to block this address, but I have not succee

Re: Problem with disk space

2001-04-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I'm still having problem with the my new computer's disk installing > linux, it only recognize 8Gb from 40Gb disk. I try enabling large > disk through the BIOS? Take a look at the Large Disk HOWTO here: http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html Specifically, sections (5) and (4), talk a

Re: Problem with disk space

2001-04-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
> It sounds very good to me, i understand you perfectly, now, > can you think of any reason why in the BIOS i can see the > 40Gb disk and when i'm going to create the partitions, on > linux, it only reads 8Gb? An old (too old) version of fdisk or cfdisk ?? I don't know which you're using... It lo

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > So far, it seems that everyone has suggested avoiding internal > > modems and getting an external one. Why ?? If someone is > > capable of building their own PC, I'd hope they're also capable > > of reading the requirements of a modem they purchase. > I have an internal USR modem that goofed u

Re: need help configuring hosts.deny

2001-04-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > I use Postfix as maildaemon. > > > > > I don't believe you want to be messing around in hosts.allow > for this. > > I'm not specifically familiar with postfix, but suspect there's > a fairly straightforward way to disable mail relays. Check > your docs. > > Why do you allow them in the first p

Re: Snarled console after X 4.0.2 runs.

2001-04-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Robb Kidd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010425 17:27]: > X snarls the F1 - F5 text consoles, but runs fine itself. Killing the X > server does not unsnarl them. > I noticed the many messages about disabling the framebuffer > (CONFIG_FB) and recompiling the kernel, but I do not see that config > e

Re: Problem with fetchmail.

2001-04-26 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I am not able to download my email with fetchmail. I try to > download being root and I configured it with fetchmailconf. It > just picks the lists of emails, but fails to download them. > What could be the problem. Thanks in advance. Do you have an SMTP daemon (exim, for example) running ??

Re: Snarled console after X 4.0.2 runs.

2001-04-26 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > 2) If you do not start up the X server, do the text consoles > > F1-F6 work? If yes, then it could be iffy driver. > > They do, yes. > My problem certainly appears to be related to others' experiences > with framebuffer issues. How do I disable the framebuffer if the > CONFIG_FB entry is mis

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-26 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Mike Fedyk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010426 15:39]: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:16:29AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > > > > > > Your problem sounds like a Plug-n-Play one. A similar problem occurs > > > with some net

Re: Implications of using kernel 2.4

2001-04-26 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:32:28PM -0400, Cheng wrote: > > Second, I'd like to install the 2.4 kernel due to some of the > advantages I've heard about it, such as Athlon optimization, more > efficient threads, and memory detection. Does 2.4.x really offer anything special in regards to Athlon pr

Re: Stalled modems, Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
> " I have an internal USR modem that goofed up when I would > dual-boot. > " Win95 would screw it up so that it would not work under > Linux. > "*No* initialization string would fix this; I had to power off the > machine to " properly reset it." I have an internal USR modem that had *no* problems

Re: Fw: Snarled console after X 4.0.2 runs.

2001-04-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > >Robb Kidd wrote: > Check the "console" section, I think, for the items that are enabled. > If there aren't too many, post them here to the list. > > Sure thing ... > > # > > # Console drivers > > # > > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > > > > ... That is it for the console sect

Re: Earthlink DSL and Linux

2001-04-29 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Alec Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010429 11:35]: > I'm looking into getting Earthlink DSL and am curious if anyone else has > experiences with their service and Linux. Specifically I'd like to use NAT > to connect serveral PCs to the one DSL line using 2 NICs in the server. > Are there any known is

Re: Wheel mouse

2001-04-29 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010429 17:41]: > * Andreas Tscharner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-04-29 21:44): > > As fas as I know,XFree86 4.0.x supports wheel mice. I have one, and > > therefore, I have the following input section in /etc/X11/XF86Conifg-4: > > > > Section "InputDevice" > >

Re: CD drive not recognised

2001-04-30 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I changed my bios to allow CDROM boot and was able to > begin installation from the CD. The machine will now boot > from the hard disk, rescue disk etc. and I am now at the apt > configuration stage, but Linux apparently can't recognise the > CD drive (although it is mentioned during boot-up). Al

Re: Wheel mouse

2001-04-30 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > As fas as I know,XFree86 4.0.x supports wheel mice. I have > > one, and therefore, I have the following input section in > > /etc/X11/XF86Conifg-4: > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Logitech MouseMan Plus" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Protocol" "

Re: bad bios (i think)

2001-05-02 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I just received an old acer pentium 133 to use as my linux > box. Major problem with it is as soon as I turn the damn > thing on it fails to go thru BIOS. It just stares back at me > for a minute then displays "keyboard interface error" then > after another minute "pointing device error." It's

Re: New to debain

2001-10-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
> The modules for my sound card and USB ADSL modem > don't load automatically on Add their module names to /etc/modules > boot I've tried editing /etc/modutils/actions and running > update-modules but without any success (not sure of > the syntax). If you're running 'insmod module_name_here' wit

Re: dump for resierfs?

2001-10-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Where can I get a version of dump, that understand resierfs? For a stable > machine? I can't say for certainty that any of the three packages you're asked about are available this way, but have you tried 'apt-cache search enter_search_string_here' ?? This will return a list of matching package

Re: Where to get RealPlayer for potato machine?

2001-10-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
> >try realplayer package > >best regards, > >pawel > > > > > > The realplayer package says it's an installer only, > and that I have to download the binary first. It also > says that it requires Version 7, when I believe the > current version is 8. As for being an installer only, that's correct.

Re: XMMS will not come up

2001-10-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> For some reason XMMS will no longer come up, I see no > comments in the terminal it just sits there and does > nothing. Any way I can debug this. Anytime xmms has acted similarly with me, the first thing I try is renaming my ~/.xmms dir and it's stored settings. Usually that fixes it... Short o

Re: Kernel updates for Adrian Bunk's packages?

2001-10-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I have been using Adrian Bunk's 2.4 kernel packages. The > last kernel update is 2.4.9. 2.4.9 isn't that old, actually. There's no harm in not having the 'latest and greatest' versions of everything. There's also quite a debate regarding the 'major' changes made in 2.4.10/.11/.12 in the VM, vir

Re: Software DVD players

2001-10-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching > DVD movies on a computer? It seems I'm better off... Because some people never leave their computers ?? Or don't have time to waste sitting in front of a TV while they could be hacking away... Hall

OT (Re: Software DVD players)

2001-10-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> OK for people with the spare cash for a DVD player and > 29" TV, how about you shell out for one for all of the rest > of us? A DVD player and 29" TV can probably be had for less money than many people spend on 'upgrades' of their computers every year !! A perfectly good DVD player can be had f

OT (Re: Software DVD players)

2001-10-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> DVD software on a computer gives me Freedom from > > 1) Forced advertisements > 2) Forced FBI warnings Since I don't have a PC-based DVD player, I skipped the first messages in this thread. What software is recommended that does the two things above ?? I know for (1), it depends on who's movie

OT -- Re: DVD Player Software

2001-10-15 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Well, I just went out and bought TPF (The Phantom Menace) > on DVD... Uhhh, where are you from ?? It's not supposed to be out until tomorrow... You have friends at a video store or something ?? Hall

Re: DVD Player Software

2001-10-15 Thread Hall Stevenson
> This reminds me that I've been meaning to ask this > question for a long time. I have a DVD drive that someone > gave me when I upgraded their computer, and I was > wondering if it would be worthwhile to install it in my > system. I have a Pentium II, 266 MHz, with 128 MB of > RAM. Is this suffic

Re: Using GMC with Windowmaker

2001-10-15 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Windowmaker doesn;t seem to have such a beast, so > I tried running Gnome's GMC. Seems to work well in this > context. I assume I am not adding Gnome's bloat onto > Windowmaker am I? > > Does anyone know what Gnome files I would need to > retain on my system to run GMC without the rest of the > G

Re: What am I doing worng? NFS question

2001-10-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
> /dumpdisk2phse7(rw,insecure,no_root_squash) I don't know what the option 'no_root_squash' means, but I might assume it's either ignored or not valid. When you exported it, it spit back some 'status' info but no mention of that option. > But I get this from the HP-UX machine, when I try

Re: What am I doing worng? NFS question

2001-10-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 11:20:18AM -0400, Hall Stevenson > wrote: > > > /dumpdisk2phse7(rw,insecure,no_root_squash) > > > > I don't know what the option 'no_root_squash' means, but > > I might assume it's either ignored or not valid.

Re: Mutt->Mozilla ?

2001-10-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I was wondering if anyone would know how to adapt > /etc/procmailrc so that following up a link in Mutt would > invoke Mozilla rather than Lynx. I think you mean 'urlview' instead of '/etc/procmailrc', don't you ?? Look for a file called 'url_handler.sh' on your system (is urlview included with

Re: download directories in ftp?

2001-10-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Just wondering if there was a way to download full > directories and their contents from remote places in > the program 'ftp'. In the directory containing the > directories and the contents that I want, i tried > 'get *' but it wouldn't work .. any ideas? I believe ncftp (a nicer version of ftp

Re: using pcf fonts (like shine) in gtk

2001-10-22 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Rohan Deshpande ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011022 20:42]: > > I was sent a font 'shine' and it is in pcf format. I got it to work in > terminals, but how do I use it in gtk apps? I don't think 'fixed' fonts are selectable using the gui-font-selection tools. There may be a text config file somewhere t

Re: Java Virtual Machine

2001-10-24 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Which will give you a Java Runtime Environment. Note > that this is non-free software. Where can one get a truly 'free' version of Java ?? This would certainly appeal to Debian folks... Hall

Re: Bad memory?

2001-10-24 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I was trying to compile gaim last night, but gcc keeps > dying of signal 11, here's the output: > > > I've heard that signal 11 is only caused by bad ram, so > I installed memtest86 on my computer, and after about > an hour, my RAM passed all the tests. Could it still be > bad (It's worked fine

Re: How do I find out what packages I have currently installed?

2001-10-24 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Subject: How do I find out what packages I have > currently installed? dpkg --get-selections (I think) Hall

Re: Does frame buffer only work with sepcifc video cards?

2001-10-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011025 19:10]: > I started to enablee framebuffer, in a new kernel I was building > I today, but was confised about whether it was supported only on > I specif video cards. > > Is it general purpose, with optimizations for certain video cards, or > is it only suppo

Re: Enabling framebuffer, more than a kernel recompile?

2001-10-26 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I'm trying to get framebuffer to work on a Compaq Proliant > box. I have recompiled the kernel, including what I believe > to be the correct framebuffer module for thai machine, and > _also_ the VESA framebuffer module. > > Reboot, still no frambufffer. > > What other step(s) am I misssing? You

pipe help

2001-10-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
I think this should be simple... I want to run a command (traceroute) and have the date/time listed before the trace output. I'll do this multiple times and want to keep appending to the same file. The results will ideally look something like this: 'date/time' (trace results) 'date/time' (trace

Re: Mozilla package (was Re: Mozilla 0.9.5, font sizes)

2001-10-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Gordon Paynter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011027 12:32]: > > As an aside, does there exist an up-to-date Mozilla debian package? > The one I can currently apt-get is the milestone 18 (!) release, so > I've been installing the recent builds by hand. Is there a better way > to do this? Unstable has 0.9.

Help with pipe command

2001-10-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
I think this should be simple... I want to run a command (traceroute) and have the date/time listed before the trace output. I'll do this multiple times and want to keep appending to the same file. The results will ideally look something like this: 'date/time' (trace results) 'date/time

Test (was the list down last night ?)

2001-10-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
Have only rec'd about (6) messages on debian-user since around 7:00pm EST last night. That's certainly unusual for this list... I sent a message (and re-sent it after it didn't show up) and have seen neither yet. Hall

Re: [The Post Office ] email delivery error

2001-10-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Jens Gecius ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011028 13:19]: > Hi! > > Does anyone else get this damn delivery-error msg from polska on every > post on debian-user, too?? > > How could we get that obviously incorrect email-address off the list? Hmmm, the account has been cancelled and is no longer valid ??

Re: concerning ext3fs

2001-10-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Vineet Kumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011020 14:30]: > > ... It's now my formal recommendation: use "ext3,ext2" to specify the > fstype for an ext3 partition in /etc/fstab. This will allow it to be > mounted as ext3 if possible, or ext2 by non-ext3-aware kernels. (It's > better than using 'auto' bec

mozilla-browser-cvs segfaults

2001-10-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
I'm running unstable and tried 'mozilla-browser-cvs' a few times in the past few days. Each time, after running through the 'profile' setup/conversion, it segfaults. Sometimes it dumps a core file but more often it does not. I've renamed my existing ~/.mozilla-cvs directory to rule out any config

Re: best ac kernel for ext3

2001-10-29 Thread Hall Stevenson
* DvB ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011029 21:09]: > > I'm thinking about just downloading and compiling an ac kernel to > get ext3 but Alan's latest sound like they've got some issues. Any > ideas as to which one I should run? 2.4.9 with the official ext3 patch is working fine here... > Also, has Linus

Re: Foul language on debian lists (was Re: Spam impersonating me (was Re: Spam: the last straw))

2001-11-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > > > "Do not use foul language; besides, some people receive the > > > > lists via packet radio, where swearing is illegal." > > > > > > > > > > But here it is not about format, but about content. And please > > > tell me in which country swearing on packet radio is illegal. US? > > > Might be.

Re: Foul language on debian lists (was Re: Spam impersonating me (was Re: Spam: the last straw))

2001-11-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Jens M?ller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011103 11:53]: > Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What does 'transmitting linux kernel sources' have to do with this > > ?? I think that would be in violation of this rule: > > > > Never send

(forw) Re: mutt sends signed messages as multipart attachments?

2001-11-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
Here's a rather long thread, snipped quite a bit by me, from the mutt mailing list talking about attachments that MS Outlook Express (and others) users get from *some* people who use mutt... Take it for what it's worth. Hall - Forwarded message from David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - % > %

Re: Can MSN work on Debian?

2001-08-30 Thread Hall Stevenson
> :I don't see any reason why he can't. MSN is just > :another ISP like Earthlink or Mindspring. Exim will > :get your email from mail.msn.com and Konqueror > :accesses the web just fine. All you need is the MSN > :DNS IPs during your setup of your Debian network. > > Because it's M$ and they break

Re: Returned message - mailbox size exceeded - what's going on

2001-09-01 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Rajesh Fowkar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010901 15:47]: > Today I am getting the following message for each mail I post to > the debian-user list. What is this stuff. ? Anybody facing the same > problem ? I am subscribed to the list in digest-mode. > > However my postings are going though to the list.

Re: Fonts in GTK

2001-09-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
* J. D. Kitch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010903 19:16]: > I had a working GNOME install from Woody. I just updated to Sid, and > everything seemed to go quite nicely, but now in GNOME, or rather > anything that uses GTK, I see only a bunch of little squares where I > should be seeing text. Can anyone tel

Re: buggy broadband (?)

2001-09-04 Thread Hall Stevenson
> How do I isolate the problem? That is, how do I determine > if it's the Linksys NIC, the Linksys NIC/cablemodem > connection, a weak upstream cablemodem signal, a weak > downstream signal... Try replacing the simplest items (and cheapest) first: cables Then I'd look at the Linksys NIC. They co

Re: XFree86 4.10-4 and huge fonts

2001-09-04 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I'm running Sid at home, previously X fonts were a > normal size (at 100dpi) where a 10pt font was roughly > the same size as a 10pixel font. This looks about right > on my monitor. However, last night I upgraded to > X4 4.10-4 and suddenly the fonts are huge! A 10pt font > is about 20 pixels h

Re: Fonts in GTK

2001-09-04 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > > See locale issues discussed here variously. I > > > don't know a current fix, but the problem's definitely > > > been identified. > > > > Try changing the character set. > > Please use postfix response and appropriate quoting > style. What the hell does that mean ?? 'appropriate quoting sty

Re: buggy broadband (?)

2001-09-04 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I've tried all you suggest but a new NIC or a new > cablemodem. The SB4100 is the SB3100, but with > a USB port (unused) and a "standby" switch on the > front. Otherwise the units are identical, so unless mine > is bad (a possibility -- but how to test the unit?), I don't > think I just ran ac

Re: Help installing Debian 2.2r17

2001-09-04 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I tried searching the lists, but couldn't find anything. > I want to dual boot 2.2r17 with Windows 2000. All > of the tutorial I have seen show both residing on the > same hard drive. Well, I would like them on separate > hard drives. The hard drives are arranged as... No worries here... Using

Re: buggy broadband (?)

2001-09-04 Thread Hall Stevenson
> So now what should I do? I need a white-paper specifying > acceptable power and noise ranges. Are there any helpful > ATT techs out there with this info? The DOCSIS spec may detail things like this. I found this link, http://www.gi.com/noflash/docsis.html, from Motorola's pages on the 3100 mod

Re: Quoting styles, cont (Was Re: Fonts in GTK)

2001-09-05 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010905 23:53]: > > Microsoft's mail clients, on the other hand, give you something like > this: > > ___cut_here___ > > > --- Original message --- From: John Galt > > Elm predates any microsoft email product... Try to quote stuff in elm, > the cursor goes to the

Re: Quoting styles, cont (Was Re: Fonts in GTK)

2001-09-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Note that they provide no left-margin quote marks, > > nor any indication of where the original message ends, > > and they leave a blank line or two at the top, implying > > that your reply should go there (otherwise, why > > put it there?). > > That's a configurable setting in Outlook Express.

Re: Gnome Freeze (me too!)

2001-09-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> /proc/pci shows IRQ 10 in three places. Could this be > a problem? I don't see any way to change any of these > IRQs. Your system supports IRQ sharing. It should *not* be a problem... You may be able to turn this off in your BIOS though. Doing so may cause you to run out of available resources t

Re: HOWTO check mp3 files

2001-09-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I was wondering, whether there is a tool that will check > mp3 files for consistency. I'm asking because I've found > a couple of mp3 files I'v ripped that are cut short. I played > them through mpg321, but this doesn't report any error, > the playing just stops when the file is finished. > > I

Re: What to do with source rpm files?

2001-09-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I need to test a piece of software under Debian/testing > that it's being distributed in .srpm format only. Is there > any way under debian to "unpack" this thing so that I > can attempt to compile it? Install the 'rpm' package and use it to extract the files. They should extract to something li

Re: dd of=/dev/hda1, and now?

2001-09-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Is there anything that I can do, now? Is there a way > to retrieve things and boot MSWin again. Use your Windows boot disk... Running 'fdisk /mbr' will fix Windows so that you can boot it again, but will 'break' linux. Make sure you have a linux boot disk handy. You've likely left out some deta

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