Re: OT: Re: rms on debian : background noise

2003-08-18 Thread Jeff Gratton
... well I am *not* native english either, but French-Canadian (Quebecer) :). Thing is.. I am not calling RMS a loser (... looser :) ) either (here I don't know if you were joking on people's spelling or implying that my post said that RMS is indeed a loser), I'm just saying that RMS shouldn't

unable to install libpam0g ?

2003-06-25 Thread Jeff Gratton
Hi, I'm trying to install a new Debian system on a replacement machine, and can't get it to install properly. I boot, setup the base system, and as soon as I try to dist-upgrade it (using "unstable"), I get the following while trying to install libpam0g : E: Internal Error, Could not perform i

Re: unable to install libpam0g ?

2003-06-25 Thread Jeff Gratton
be inclined to think of it as an hardware problem, but hey, one never knows. Jeff From: Howell Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jeff Gratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: unable to install libpam0g ? Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:15:15 -0400 I am having the EXACT same issue. I have no clu

Installing libpam0g : SOLVED

2003-06-25 Thread Jeff Gratton
Hey again :) I followed David Fokkema's idea of upgrading to "testing", then to "unstable" and it worked. I've taken notes of all your suggestions of dpkg -i libpam-modules and libpam0g . I have another machine to set up in a very near future (as if I do nothing else !), this sounds quite effi

Re: Trying to setup a wireless keyboard + mouse

2003-07-25 Thread Jeff Gratton
Hello Florian, I'm not using gpm, no. My understanding of gpm is that is mostly a software to let you use a mouse in a console; since I use my mouse exclusively in X, I never bothered to install gpm. I didn't think of tailing /dev/input/mice while moving the mouse. I'm at the office right now,