Re: APIC error [SOLVED]

2002-11-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 07:05:23PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > whats apic? not sure, think its something to do with smp maybe, but whatever it is, it was seriously clogging up my sys log. Is not quite as solves as i thought, with radiator turned off, i still get a few APIC errors in syslog

Re: CorelPHOTOPAINT9

2002-11-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 04:15:42PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > http://linux.corel.com/products/pp9/download_instructions.htm I didnt realise photopaint was open source, will have to have a look at that, how does it compare to gimp? will take me a while to get the 89.9 MB (94196961 bytes) so i can

Re: Re: APIC error [not so solved]

2002-11-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:26:15PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > remove apic with no apic option in lilo. have added append="no apic" to lilo.conf, is that what you meant? will have a look at syslog next time i reboot and see if i still get apic errors. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Version to use?

2002-11-17 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:53:38PM +0100, Christophe Courtois wrote: > I've got a small problem with that : my P75 takes time when using > dselect or apt-get ; it seems to have too many package dependencies to > deal with. It's painful but usable on my P75, I wonder what it would be > like on a

xvncviewer respawn

2002-11-20 Thread Hugh Saunders
hello, I use xvncviewer lots to connect to various machines but i seem to get disconnected quite frequently, is there a way i can get xvncviewer to respawn? as a shot in the dark i added a line to /etc/inittab 8:23:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xvncviewer 192.168.0.4 but this just causes INIT: id "8" re

Re: xvncviewer respawn

2002-11-20 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:23:22PM -0600, Michael Kahle wrote: > to get around the authentication issue, you could just run: > > #/path/to/vncpasswd > Password: > Verify: > > #/path/to/vncviewer -passwd /path/to/passwd(that was created with vncpasswd) > 0.0.0.0(your servers name or IP) & > > T

Re: [OT] Love you guys - It's Alive

2002-11-21 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 07:33:12PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > Any of the following should work well for you: > - Blackbox > - Openbox > - Fluxbox after the thread about what to move to instead of gnome/kde, i switched to fluxbox which is working vwell [and v quick!] The tabs on windows are v

Re: Wireless LAN

2002-11-21 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:43:33AM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > When I've looked at this before, wireless cards for PCs are hard to > come by and expensive. http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=22&prid=196 [wmp 11] Circa 72 GBP mine works better under linux than XP :-) hugh -- To U

Re: Error

2002-11-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 04:04:07PM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > I Keep getting this error when I try to install Debian > 3.0 from an ISO cd that I download from the debian > sight. I get the error when I go to install kernel > drivers. > > "The installation program couldn't find any directory

Re: Problema instalando Sistema Base

2002-11-24 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 04:53:59PM +0100, wouter (xlocal) wrote: > Hola, > > con la instalación de Debian he tenido problemas cuando llegué a la > instalación del Sistema Base, desde un CD-ROM "Woody". > > He podido instalar el kernel y todo lo anterior si, pero cuando llego a la > instalación d

Re: test, don't read

2002-11-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 07:04:42PM -0500, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > OH MY GOD! I ACCIDENTALLY READ IT! MY EYES! MY EYES! THEY'RE BURNING! > A!! thats strange, mine are fine, do you need a new monitor?? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Re: gpm crazy

2002-12-05 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:53:52PM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > Ok I've installed gpm and when I try to use the mouse > the concole goes crazy. It starts printing new line > and the screen jumps from black to white and back to > black again. > > Any suggestions? apt-get remove gpm gpm cause

[OT] spam advice

2002-12-05 Thread Hugh Saunders
hello, at the bottom of many spam-type emails there is a get out clause or something to remove my name from the database. Surely clicking on this link/sending an email to the adress specified simply verifies that your address is valid? Is it adviseable to attempt to use these measures to be remov

Parition mangling tools

2002-12-06 Thread Hugh Saunders
hello, standard storry... have xp installation taking up entire hard disk, want to add woody. Have tried the parition resize tool from zeleps.com but havent had any joy with that, any suggestions as to linux tools/alternative dos tools? [could just repartittion then reinstall XP and debian but h

Re: Parition mangling tools

2002-12-07 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 07:24:48AM -0500, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > http://www.bootitng.com thanks, sounds like what i need, will try. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Package for viewing/editing .ai files (Adobe Illustrator)

2002-12-10 Thread Hugh Saunders
Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 12:42:13AM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > Team: > > I'm way out of my league here, so if anyone with some graphics skills would > like to help, I'd really appreciate it. > > I use the gimp to do basic manipulations on jpeg and photoshop files to produce > basic graphics f

Re: How do I start a X session on another machine

2002-12-11 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 01:57:57AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > I think x2x would be handy here. and/or x2vnc -if you happen to use a lame OS as well! hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Harassment

2003-08-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 06:41:02PM -0700, Alan Connor wrote: > *plonk* yourself. > > killfiled > I am FED up with you. If you killfile Colin Watson, you obviously dont want good advice. Therefore I suggest you unsubscribe as you have no reason left for being on the list. [I would have sent this

Re: Off Topic, But Thought I'd Ask - Shell Programming

2003-03-27 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 12:30:33PM -0800, Alex Togstad wrote: > Hey! > > I know this is a tad off topic, so I'll make it on topic. > > I'm doing a bunch of shell programming on my Debian box :0) And I'm > looking for any type of mailing list such as this one, but for shell > scripting purposes. p

Re: remote admin via network

2003-03-28 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 05:25:21PM +1100, Lindsay Yardley wrote: > G'day all, > Now I've got a fileserver all configured and worked out the neccessary > redundancy senario's, I'd like to administer it remotely. I know of > webmin and someone suggested ssh in another thread any other methods i > sho

Re: Acron A5000

2003-03-28 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 09:11:09AM +, Paul Grenyer wrote: > I'm new to this list and I am hoping someone can answer a quick > straight forward question for me. I have looked on the website and did > try the archives, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do a global > search...? groups.googl

Re: X-over cables

2003-03-28 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 11:24:03AM +0100, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 04:50:16PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote: > >> Yeah but who wants a Smash-n-toss?? ;-) > > me gots a powerbook520 and

Re: Acron A5000

2003-03-28 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:54:47PM +, Paul Grenyer wrote: > As for backing up first. I thought you migth be interested to know that > Risc OS is entirely ROM based and can run with or without a hard disk. > So other than personal files (of which I don't have any :-) ) there is > nothing to b

Re: been up that long_root is jello

2003-04-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 02:38:34AM -0800, robert marley wrote: > I know about booting from the install CD. > at boot: i issue RESCUE > boot halts at "Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 01:00 . resuce root=/dev/hda1 is what i would use, substitute for your root partition hugh -- To

Re: debian question

2003-04-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 08:48:57PM +0200, Hans Ad wrote: > How do I make a SSH server, and forward that port? apt-get install sshd but it should be installed by default. switch configuration depends on the type of switch you have. > please answer in dutch that is forbid by the mailing list rules.

Re: network

2003-04-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 04:57:01PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > (Another problem: I can't find the boot log. > Where is it on Debian?) dmesg > The networking isn't set at all - eth0 doesn't > exist (ifconfig and webmin both say so, and the ready LED on the Orinoco > card is off) and there's no de

Re: /etc/network/interfaces problem

2003-04-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 07:20:35PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > On bootup ifconfig shows only the loopback interface while ifconfig -a > shows the above values but wla0 is not up. The command ifup wlan0 > produces a reponse that wlan0 is already configured. If I then enter > the followi

Re: network

2003-04-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 07:46:11PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > That did it - pretty much. It took killall cardmrg to get pcmcia to > stop. Restart said it was busy. There's only one PCMCIA card in this > machine. I don't know what it was busy doing... i think cardmgr manages the pcmcia controller

Re: login as root to GUI

2003-04-02 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:19:02AM +0200, Yaron wrote: > Since I rebooted my machine in the 1st time I can't login as root through the gui > login screen. > I get error msg "system administrator can't login from this screen" i use xdm as my "gui login screen" and havent seen this message before. w

Re: login as root to GUI

2003-04-02 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 04:50:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [something that wasnt wrapped @~80cols] > Being a newbie I had the same problem that you had I couldnt log onto > X with the root account. This is actually meant to be that way. The > reason being is that if you want to do any syste

Re: Why am I no longer receiving the digest?

2003-04-02 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 12:56:56AM +0100, Clive Standbridge wrote: > PS I hope this will thread correctly; I read the message in the web > archive and faked the In-reply-to header. yes mutt showed it as threaded normally -v clever of you:) hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: login as root to GUI

2003-04-03 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:18:30AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This isn't meant to be picking on you. But I've been considering this > for a while. > > People shouldn't wrap lines at all in messages they send -- this is a > hoary hold-over from the dark ages. while you are using debian maili

Re: [OT] email standard maximum line length

2003-04-03 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:31:09PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > I am getting email from an old friend who is not a Debian type like > me. He types his email into a window on what he calls 'just a > standard PC' and the computer automatically starts new lines on his > screen when needed. His softw

Re: GRUB question - book2

2003-04-06 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 09:32:53AM -0500, Hanasaki JiJi wrote: > "book2" so the other thread isn't hijacked. > > What are the pros/cons of usin Grub vs Lilo? Lilo vs Grub? > > I have had great success with SystemCommander+PartitionCommander (not > free and not expensive). Tried using lilo the

Re: Where is the kernel config file?

2003-06-06 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 04:42:06PM +0200, David List wrote: > Where does one find the kernel config file for the kernel that is > installed by default on a Debian system? /boot/foo.config if your gonna compile your own, [recomended] use make-kpkg. -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 02:02:49AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > I know KDE's file browser knows how to figure it out, but I'm not sure > what it is using to do so. would make sense to use /etc/magic but i bet it doesnt. -- Hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: How to Identify Mailing Lists

2003-06-04 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 12:40:17PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 02:41:37AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > Or maybe it's easier to just lobby the various MLM authors to add > > > List-Id? If so, where could I find a list of MLMs and their > > > respective authors? > > >

Re: Newbie-Help in configuring IceWm

2003-06-05 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 06:54:04PM +0530, SRIKANTH NS wrote: > I also installed IceWm by apt-get install icewm. gd idea :) > Problem 1. > Since this is a low end m/c , I wanted to use only IceWm. what ya mean 'only' icewm? IM(NS)HO icewm is hardcore :D > But during installation I gave gdm as the

Re: s key stopped working in console and xterm [SOLVED]

2003-06-08 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 11:24:03PM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Yes! Woohoo! You da man! > I checked my /etc/inputrc file and bingo, there was a > setterm -blength 0 line in there that caused the s > to disappear. surely that just means, that the terminal wont beep? -blength [0-2000] Sets

Re: exiting chroot

2003-06-08 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 05:53:22PM -0400, Charles Roberts wrote: > Hi; > I am installing Debian from another linux system (this one) on the same > machine. To set some thing up the instructions ask me to do a 'chroot > /dev/debinst'. All works ok. But how do I exit 'chroot' gracefully? I > can a

Re: Mysterious network traffic

2003-06-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:13:32AM -0400, ScruLoose wrote: > To start with, can anyone recommend what command or program I would use > to simply see what process is using bandwidth... (anything out there > like top for the network?) > Any other ideas or suggestions? as allready suggested, iptraf

Re: Cant use mailing list

2003-06-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
uOn Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:45:14AM +0100, Fred Bowker wrote: > This is a really dumb question but I don't know how to post a follow up > message in the mailing list > How to post a reply thanks for any answers ill test them by replying a > message to the thread Problem: X-Mailer: Microsoft Outloo

Re: s key stopped working in console and xterm [SOLVED]

2003-06-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 02:35:09AM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Well, i tested this again and it's connected to that line. > I've put the "setterm -blength 0" command in the /etc/inputrc > file, saved and then logged in. My s was gone again. > I removed the line, exit, logged in again. s key w

Re: Cant use mailing list

2003-06-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 10:20:10AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > If the OP wants to join the list to climb the debian > learning curve, it is likely that he's not yet installed Linux, in which > case mutt is probably not an option. Would Eudora be a more relistic > alternative? If i was feeling

CF errors in syslog

2003-06-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
Hello, i have a CF card which i mount with a PCMCIA-CF adaptor, when i insert the adapter, i get the following messages in syslog: [wrapping disabled] Jun 9 16:19:18 anni cardmgr[234]: executing: 'modprobe ide-cs' Jun 9 16:19:21 anni kernel: hde: 256MB CHH, CFA DISK drive Jun 9 16:19:21 anni ke

Re: can anyone reccomend an app to ..

2003-06-11 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:44:04PM +0100, David selby wrote: > I have been given 2xcdroms of photoes in jpeg format from australia. I > would like to view them full screen scaled to the screen size and idealy > flick through them. > > I have tried various apps xzgv,gphoto, konqueror etc but I need

Re: fluxbox

2003-06-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 03:51:22PM -0500, SwordSaint0 wrote: Excuse my noseyness, but whats wrong with the flux packaged for debian? Ive used the packages from woody and sid, both of which have worked fine for me. If you really really want to compile, you could get the source with apt-get source

Re: old interne modem (ISA)

2003-06-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 12:36:06AM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > Hello, > I installed an old internal modem in my box : > > my (old) box : 486 SX OS = potato > my modem: Sporter Winmodem 56k > > The modem works fine with win98 on COM3 > With potato I use ttyS2 (in the BIOS I enable COM3) > but pp

Re: qiv usage question

2003-06-13 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:05:26AM -0400, stan wrote: > Yesterday I saw a recomendation for qiv as an image viewer on this list. > I'd never heard of it, and had beeen using xv and fbi for various things. > > I really like qiv as used like this "qiv -f -m -d 3 -s -r", it works a lot > like my favo

Re: Kill a process that refuses to die?

2003-06-13 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 05:34:51PM -0400, lists1 wrote: > What can I do to kill a process that refuses to be killed? depends, can be rather tricky if processes have the "zombie" flag. kill or kill -9 usually works though. -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

xrdb

2003-06-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
hello, i have an xrdb -load line in my .xsession which loads some xterm resources from a file. The .xsession then spawns the wm [rat poison] and an xterm. The xterm spawned by .xsession has the correct resources but if i use ratpoison to start a new xterm it has the default resources. I had thoug

grub, bios drives

2003-06-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
---GRUB shell- GNU GRUB version 0.93 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a de

Re: old interne modem (ISA)

2003-06-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:33:16AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 12:36:06AM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > > Can someone tell me what I forgot to do or which type of internal > > modem (ISA) works with linux. > > Sure. Fi

Re: grub, bios drives

2003-06-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 10:20:22AM +0200, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote: > If I recall correctly, I had to use quotes around the (hd0) when I ran > grub-install: > > $ grub-install "(hd0)" either that or grub-install \(hd0\) to prevent bash nicking the brackets, shouldnt be a prob in grub shel

Re: Disappearing cursor in opera

2003-06-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 11:12:25AM +0200, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: > Time and again, opera eats my keyboard cursor, i.e. > the graphical bar disappears, and further key events > are obviously discarded. I have experienced that and it annoyed me, so i now use konqueror or mozilla-firebird neither of w

Re: old interne modem (ISA)

2003-06-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 03:09:49AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 09:39:38AM +0100, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > I agree, but if you have spare int ones, non winmodems [ie onees that > > have proper

Re: How to compile a 2.5.x Kernel

2003-06-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:12:24PM +0200, Mariano Kamp wrote: > Hi, > > My googling hasn't been a success so far. It's tough to find the right > keywords ;-( > Can anybody point me out to a howto or a relevant posting about > aquiring/compiling/installing 2.5.69? Or with the right search t

Re: grub, bios drives

2003-06-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:39:57PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:07:40 +0100 > Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > grub> find /vmlinuz > > (hd0,3) > > > > grub> setup (hd0) > > > > Error

Re: xrdb

2003-06-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 12:20:46AM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Op za 14-06-2003, om 09:46 schreef Hugh Saunders: > > hello, > > i have an xrdb -load line in my .xsession which loads some xterm > > resources from a file. The .xsession then spawns the wm [rat poison]

Re: How to set xdm as default

2003-06-15 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 07:19:25PM +0800, Terence Ng wrote: > Hi! > > How do I set xdm as default? I have tried: > rcconf and select xdm and > /etc/init.d/xdm start > > but message shows: > Not starting X display manager (xdm); it is not the > default display manager. > > I have viewed /etc

Re: How to set xdm as default

2003-06-15 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 07:12:43AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Since there's no real benefit to having more than one display manager > installed, dpkg --purge gdm, dpkg-reconfigure -plow xdm [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man dpkg-reconfigure |grep plow [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ been doing some farming?? --

Re: How to set xdm as default

2003-06-15 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:10:17PM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > First, you really should use aptitude to install and remove stuff. Try > that first. Its fine to suggest aptitude, its usefull in some situations, but i dont think you can say that people _should_ use it. People can install packages h

Re: How to set xdm as default

2003-06-15 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 07:58:38AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:36:06PM +0100, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man dpkg-reconfigure |grep plow > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > > been doing some farming?? > > The man

Re: How to set xdm as default

2003-06-15 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 08:57:19PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:42:43PM +0100, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:10:17PM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > > > First, you really should use aptitude to install and remove stuff. &g

Re: old interne modem (ISA)

2003-06-15 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 11:22:58PM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:33:16AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 12:36:06AM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > > > Can someone tell me what I forgot to do or which type of internal > > > modem (ISA) works with linux

Re: How to set xdm as default

2003-06-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:39:08AM +0800, Terence Ng wrote: > I have modified /etc/X11/default-display-manager, it > shows: > /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm have you checked that xdm actually exists in that location? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which xdm /usr/bin/X11/xdm -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: Internet Browser Preferences

2003-06-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 10:55:05PM +0200, Frank Van Damme wrote: > On Monday 16 June 2003 21:39, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > I don't believe the PII was shipped less than 200MHz, so what I'm saying > > is: pre-PII HW, you're going to want a lighter-weight option. > > Opera then. i wouldnt say oper

Re: How to set xdm as default

2003-06-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 06:43:46PM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 12:00, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which xdm > > /usr/bin/X11/xdm > > And: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/X11 > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root

Re: alias in .xsession

2003-06-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 07:23:19PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > >Stephen Touset wrote: > > > > > >>I'm trying to set up my .xsession to include an alias Unfortunately, > >>the alias isn't created--when I run Eterm from the menu, it doesn't > >>include the options. I'm po

Re: open office compatibility

2003-06-18 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 12:30:06PM -0500, ian wrote: > Is Open Office v1.0.3.1 compatible with woody (kern. ver. 2.4.18)? http://www.apt-get.org/search.php?query=openoffice&submit=&arch%5B%5D=i386 -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Burning DVD onto CD

2003-06-18 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:46:20AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Most DVD players on the market just happen to be able to play VCDs and > SVCDs. This is probably what you meant. I was under the impression that DVD is mpeg2 and so is SVCD? -could be wildly wrong there! Having said that, i had a nic

Re: finally got changed

2003-06-19 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 06:57:31PM +1200, cr wrote: > Errm, me too (though I'm still in the process of sorting Debian). ~aolify cr :-) I hadnt used deadrat much till last night at lug meeting was trying to sort out this dudet's wifi card. Things are all over the place! /var/log/syslog doesnt exist

syntax [grep/tee]

2003-06-22 Thread Hugh Saunders
hello, a couple of fairly simple bashish questions: 1. whats the advantage of using |tee -a rather than >> ? 2. how can i consolidate |grep -v from |grep -v archive? - i think it should be something like |grep -v \(archive|from\) but that doesnt seem to work.. thanks :) -- hugh -- To UNSU

Re: bash: how to split a $var ?

2003-06-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:25:37AM +0100, David selby wrote: > In bash how can I split a string eg ... > > var1=0624todaysfile > > I want var2 to equal the first 4 digits, ie 0624 > My first instinct was cut but this is for files only, head & tail are of > no use ... echo $var1 |cut -c 5-${#var

Re: GRUB problem

2003-06-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 12:52:01AM +1200, cr wrote: > I'm still booting off floppy and trying to get GRUB sorted. erm, not quite sure whats wrong but what happens if you boot grub from floppy then run root (hd0,0) then setup (hd0) from floppy? -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: xrdb

2003-06-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:33:42PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 02:29:09AM +0100, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 12:20:46AM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > > thanks, i had ~/.Xresources, renaming it Xdefaults got it read by > > default,

Re: OT: America's Army

2003-06-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 04:36:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 10:08:32AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 05:42, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > > I don't know why everybody is flaming Bijan. I think his argument is > > > valid. > > > > > > Call me a zealot, or

Re: OT: America's Army

2003-06-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 07:31:46PM +0100, iain d broadfoot wrote: > * Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > i agree, now i dont like oranges, so should i hate nazis?? > > > > oh look, a mention of the nazis, i declare this thread dead :p > > you do know that doe

Re: OT: America's Army

2003-06-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 10:21:52PM +0100, iain d broadfoot wrote: > * Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 07:31:46PM +0100, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > > * Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > i agree, now i dont like o

Re: GRUB problem

2003-06-24 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 07:21:20PM +1200, cr wrote: > On Tuesday 24 June 2003 01:27, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 12:52:01AM +1200, cr wrote: > > > I'm still booting off floppy and trying to get GRUB sorted. > > > > erm, not quite sure whats

nfs backup from woody installer

2002-12-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
hello, have machine that would like to install debian on, but before i install i want to backup the entire disk to an nfs share. This is the procdure i am attempting to use: 1. boot from woody binary-1 cd using 'vanilla' [-is a nasty advent5372 laptop, crashses if i boot with bf24] 2. alt-f2

Re: Getting rid of gnome and kde

2002-12-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 06:24:12PM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote: > For some reason on the laptop I just installed debian on, I ended up with > kde and gnome as the default desktops. I want my fvwm back! How do I rid > myself of these? not sure as there are massive dependancy issues... i did an inter

Re: [OT] Why /etc?

2002-12-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:48:23PM -0500, N. Thomas wrote: > Note that etc directory in Unix is pronounced "ett-see", it rhymes with > the proper name Betsy. I have a friend who pronounces it "slash-eh-tec" and i just say "E T C" but if you want me to call it betsy dont see why not! hugh --

Re: 802.11b

2002-12-15 Thread Hugh Saunders
ure but they all have they all share the uplink from the AP to the switch, so you wouldnt wanna have too many. hugh saunders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian

2002-12-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 10:20:52AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:38:00PM -0500, Christopher Bice wrote: > > I just learned about Debian and I am wondering if it is possible to use one > > of our older Pentium 90 computers as a router for up to four other machines > > to ac

Re: volume controller

2002-12-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 11:30:02PM +0330, Aryan Ameri wrote: > hi all: > > my machines sound volume is terribly low. unfortunately I can't use kmix to > manage system's volume, the programs runs, but it shows a blank screen with > no option on it well, as it is a unofficiall beta version of kmix

Re: volume controller

2002-12-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 11:30:02PM +0330, Aryan Ameri wrote: > however i wonder if there is any other program (console based or > WYSIWYG) for managing system's sound volume. ps: do you mean "console based or X based" console apps can be WYSIWYG. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: OT: what BIOS options are accessible (r/w) from the OS?

2002-12-23 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 10:26:17PM +0100, Timo --Blazko-- Boewing wrote: > But maybe i am going to install a simple power switch in the HDDs > power cable... this shall render any attacker harmless. Physical > detachment is the best way (just like with Computer M5 in Star Trek > Classic :-) ) of pr

Re: volume controller

2002-12-24 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 08:13:54PM -0500, Geordie Birch wrote: > said Aryan Ameri (on 2002-12-24), > > > On Tuesday 24 December 2002 00:57, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 11:30:02PM +0330, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > > > however i wonder if there is

Re: Happy XMAS O.T.

2002-12-24 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 08:11:53PM -0500, Seneca wrote: > On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 07:42:33PM -0500, Shawn Lamson wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:29:46 +0100 > > Oliver Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Gary Turner and Shawn Lamson wrote: > > > > > > 1) Yuenling Por

Re: ssh and run programme in the background.

2003-01-07 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 11:26:26AM +0100, Burkhard Ritter wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Egor Tur wrote: > Perhabs use disown (man bash). excuse my sense of humour but have you considered the consequences of telling the list to do 'man bash'? the women might oblige! hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: mail server

2003-01-07 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 07:16:40PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > * Raymond Gree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-04 19:11]: > > > > > actually I can directly receive email with exim (without using my > > internet provider mail server) now I would like to send email again > > without using my internet prov

fake module versoin

2003-01-07 Thread Hugh Saunders
hello i am using kernel 2.4.20-686u1205-p2-a and am trying to load linux-wlan-ng modules these modules were compiled for 2.4.20-pre11-486u1027-sus would it be possible to alter the version on these modules? they load fine with insmod -f but not with modprobe. This is a pain as modprobe is used in

Re: (OT) Worst night ever. WAS Adding a ide drive to an all scsi comp uter

2003-01-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 02:58:45AM -0600, Michael Kahle wrote: [snip] > Finally getting the computer assembled I plugged it in... A smile on > my face... A 1 INCH SPARK ARCED FROM ONE OF THE CONVERTERS... Then... My > main board started to smoke. I unplugged my computer... Put it on a cart > and

grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
A boot loader that reads filesystems? i gotta be havin me summa that! 1. apt-get install grub 2. read some documentation [man grub, /usr/share/doc/grub] 3. made sure the necessary was in /boot/grub/ [stage1 ,stage1.5 stage2s] 4. wrote /boot/grub/menu.1st 5. grub-install /dev/ide/bus0/disc Thi

Re: grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 12:46:57PM -0500, Hubert Chan wrote: > >>>>> "Hugh" == Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > Hugh> 4. wrote /boot/grub/menu.1st > ... > > Grub expects that to be menu.lst, not menu.1st (ell,

Re: (OT) Worst night ever. WAS Adding a ide drive to an all s csi comp uter

2003-01-10 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:42:55AM -0600, Donald Spoon wrote: > Mike Dresser wrote: > >On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Michael Kahle wrote: [snip] > >Some of the best hardware problems are prefaced with things like > > > >"Nah, it'll be fine" > >"Hey, I wonder what happens when you do this" > >"It'll be fine,

Re: (OT) Worst night ever. WAS Adding a ide drive to an all s csi comp uter

2003-01-10 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 09:40:37AM -0500, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > thats exactly what happend to my bp6... > > > > hugh > > We've got a BP6 in the fileserver here, I must have one of the few that is > stable. It

Re: (OT) Worst night ever. WAS Adding a ide drive to an all s csi comp uter

2003-01-10 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:33:16AM -0500, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > yeah, mine had the heat sink and fan from a 486, fitted nicely. > > It was stable [even when overclocked] running woody with an smp kernel. > > Died because

Re: Recommendation for dual head video card

2003-01-10 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:25:56AM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 14:45, Bill Moseley wrote: > > Any suggestions? 3D support, too? > Any current ATI card works great at this. The radeon driver seems to > support everything nicely. Im waiting on my roommate to get in his > rad

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