Quick Q: XFS Path error

2000-06-21 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I'm getting a boot error message as follows: xfs: Path "X11 path/100dpi" incorrect xfs: Deleting path entry Where can I delete the font path entry and/or change the entry? Thanks, Jonathan

Gimp 1.2 Script-Fu crashes others?

2001-02-13 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I upgraded to the new Gimp 1.2 but I get Script-Fu crashes, especially on the Puzzle plugin. Gimp itself is fine. Anyone else has this? Thanks. -- Jonathan Gift

Looking rtail like display file?

2001-02-13 Thread Jonathan Gift
l? Thanks. -- Jonathan Gift

Re: Here you have

2001-02-14 Thread Jonathan Gift
eed things up and get those students on Linux before it happens again... -- -==- ==-- _ ---==---(_)__ __ __ --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ /

help: daemon msg module binfmt is?

2001-02-15 Thread Jonathan Gift
Jonathan -- -==- ==-- _ ---==---(_)__ __ __ --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Jonathan Gift -=/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Running Debian GNU/linux

Looking for clock track different times?

2001-02-15 Thread Jonathan Gift
nks, Jonathan -- -==- ==-- _ ---==---(_)__ __ __ --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Jonathan Gift -=/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Running Debian GNU/linux

OT: Use xearth in term window?

2001-02-16 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Is there anyway of getting xearth in a terminal window and not the default root window? The man pages has nothing but I was wondering... Thanks. Jonathan -- _ _ | | (_) _ _ _ _ __ __ | |__ | || ' \| || |\ \ / |||_||_||_|\_,_|/_\_\ Debian

Problem binfmt module-Help define?

2001-02-16 Thread Jonathan Gift
Jonathan -- __ _ / / (_)__ __ __ / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Jonathan Gift //_/_//_/\_ _/ /_/\_\ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Use xearth in term window?

2001-02-17 Thread Jonathan Gift
d overlays, other planets > > your pal dave > While the version of xearth which cames with potato only works on root, the new 1.1 does windows! Yes, xplanet looks nice. Straight compiling? You have an url handy? Thanks. Jonathan -- __ |FADE OUT|

Re: blackbox toolbar

2001-02-18 Thread Jonathan Gift
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Help what is binfmt???

2001-02-18 Thread Jonathan Gift
rnel build. I build all modules. What is going on? I can't fix it until I know what is wrong... Thanks for any help, Jonathan -- // /~~(0) Jonathan Gift (_| [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Looking for clock track different times?

2001-02-19 Thread Jonathan Gift
David Wright wrote: > > > I looked but apart from twclock I couldn'rt find anything. Anyone know > > of an applet capable of showing times in different places? > > It might help to say what it is about twclock that you don't like. > > TZ=US/Eastern swisswatch & I don't need another analog clock

Looking for clock track different times?- Solved!

2001-02-19 Thread Jonathan Gift
ne names. > Perfect!! Exactly what I was looking for. BTW, you know the US codes for Central and Pacific time? Thanks, Jonatha -- Jonathan // Gift /~~(0) (_|

QuarkExpress equivalent on Linux?

2001-02-20 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Would that be the Latext system? Considered professionally acceptable? Thanks, Jonathan -- Jonathan // Gift /~~(0) (_|

Help please on binfmt error msg...

2001-02-20 Thread Jonathan Gift
hange something? This is bugging me big time and any help appreciated. -- // /~~(0) Jonathan Gift (_| [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: QuarkExpress equivalent on Linux?

2001-02-20 Thread Jonathan Gift
Richard Taylor wrote: > > There's Adobe's port of Framemaker or the Corel stuff... WordPerfect > and so forth. > On Linux? I didn't know. Same name? Thanks, Jonathan -- Jonathan // Gift /~~(0) (_|

How track down binfmt error?

2001-02-21 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Ok, scanning archive and src files I know what a binfmt ewrror is. Question, aside from looking at the daemon log everytime I click on a mouse or issue a command is there a way of finding out what is calling what file with 0 bytes? Thanks, Jonathan -- // /~~(0) Jonathan

Can't Locate binfmt... something to worry about?

2001-02-24 Thread Jonathan Gift
d xlogmaster on daemon log open almost continuously but have missed catching it in the act... Any ideas or suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Can't Locate binfmt... something to worry about?

2001-02-27 Thread Jonathan Gift
mt-support package in unstable, which should make > things a little easier to manage. :) What is this? And will it work on my potato system or do I have to get souref and compile Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Can't Locate binfmt... something to worry about?

2001-02-27 Thread Jonathan Gift
t- Feb 20 23:34:37 palatine init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Feb 20 23:34:44 palatine apmd[146]: Exiting -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Why XFce not on potato?

2001-02-27 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I found it in unstable and wondered why it wasn't included in potato. Any particular licensing reason? Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Can't Locate binfmt... something to worry about?

2001-02-28 Thread Jonathan Gift
trivial, but I just hate having unexplained error messages floating around... Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Getting to the GUI...

2001-02-28 Thread Jonathan Gift
log for this is still named xdm.log and I wondered if that was normal? Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Comments VMWare?

2001-03-01 Thread Jonathan Gift
using appreciated. Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Comments VMWare?

2001-03-01 Thread Jonathan Gift
s the entire windows filesystem. Great. Thanks for the help. Given I load Windows, which is coming in now at 300MB plus, what space does VMware itself take up? Alos, I've seen downloads available. are they limited time/feature demos? Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Comments VMWare?

2001-03-01 Thread Jonathan Gift
Bill Wohler wrote: > > I keep my important data files on the Unix side so that they can be > backed up and not nuked if you have to reinstall Windows. I access > them from VMware via samba. Got you. thanks for the advice. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Comments VMWare?

2001-03-01 Thread Jonathan Gift
Martin Marconcini wrote: > They Are for 30 Days. Thanks for the info. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Comments VMWare?

2001-03-01 Thread Jonathan Gift
Bob Nielsen wrote: > > A bit less than 20 MB. Great. Thanks for the info. I think I have everything now. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Comments VMWare?- Thanks all help!!

2001-03-02 Thread Jonathan Gift
ard nothing but good things abot it. the three month key is new and will look into it. Thanks for the info. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

OT: Removing Vim Splash?

2001-03-02 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Someone just posted a msg about removing the splash screen on vim as: shortmess=I and it doesn't work on vim or gvim potato here. Vim starts asking me to hit a carriage return everytime i want to do something. Is there a command? is this the only one? Thanks. Jonathan -- /* Jon

Re: Log Rotate on Debian via Cron Not working!

2001-03-02 Thread Jonathan Gift
and BANG it started up all the cron jobs. So in my case, the answer is just load the package and watch it go. It would have been nice to have known this 24hrs business earlier... Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Getting rid of Vim's startup screen

2001-03-02 Thread Jonathan Gift
> should work better. I had seen that and it didn't work. By starting with nothing i found out it was: set nocompatible which was stopping it. That removed and shm=I worked fine. A vi thing. I don't know why. Thanks for the help. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Getting rid of Vim's startup screen

2001-03-02 Thread Jonathan Gift
before. I had actually just turned it on earlier in the day so I'm used to having it off. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Eek! X won't go away!

2001-03-03 Thread Jonathan Gift
? Thanks. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Q: Need cron is anacron loading?

2001-03-03 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I don't have my box on 24hrs a day and cron never worked its magic until I loaded anacron. But I noticed on boot that both cron and anacron are loading. Do I need cron if I have anacron? Or do they complement one another? Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Q: Need cron is anacron loading?

2001-03-03 Thread Jonathan Gift
Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote: > > It isn't a full-time daemon. It has to be executed from boot > scripts, from cron-jobs, or explicitly [...] > Thanks. I'll research some more. So much to learn . Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Get Mozilla work w/Procmail?

2001-03-05 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, As it is I use Mutt as a front end. Is there any way to point Mozilla's mail folders at the one's used by Mutt and/or allow procmail/fetchmail to do their stuff and then hand to Mozilla as it does to Mutt now? I didn't think so, but you never know... Thanks, Jonathan -- /

Q: How install additional debian cdrom?

2001-03-05 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I have KDE 2 in potato debs in a directory on a cdrom I got from a magazine. It's all debs with a few task debs. Is there a way of getting apt-get to recognize this directory as it does my origibal potato disks so as to select from them? Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [

OT: Best Mac list info Mac OS X?

2001-03-05 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Curious as to what they've done there. Anyone know of a good list where they're talking about it? Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Q: How install additional debian cdrom?

2001-03-05 Thread Jonathan Gift
Glyn Millington wrote: > KDE > > The prog you you need is. wait for it... > > > apt-cdrom ! apt-cdrom add... No? But the q is will it read a non-debian cdrom and find the debs in the /potato directory? Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: OT: Best Mac list info Mac OS X?

2001-03-05 Thread Jonathan Gift
the talk version. > As a long-time Mac diehard and a developing unix geek, I am excited about > OS X. (But I've found I really like Debian...) I love Debian but I have a must have app that runs under Mac. With mac OSX it could mean adding a little notebook to my present Debian syste

Re: Q: How install additional debian cdrom?

2001-03-05 Thread Jonathan Gift
o as to select from them? > > Just 'dpkg -i pkg0.deb pk1.deb ... pkgn.deb' or 'dpkg -i *' for all of > them! > I wanted to grab one or two but get dependencies... Since there's 30 or so, any way to do that and not individually or all? Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Error debian/rules?

2001-03-05 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I've tried apt-get source foo and everything goes fine. When I try to build the binary/deb using debian/rules build or dpkg-source -x foo.dsc I get: make: dh_testdir: Command not found make: clean error 127 Any help on what is missing? Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Error debian/rules? Solved...

2001-03-06 Thread Jonathan Gift
mike polniak wrote: > > > > Any help on what is missing? > > dh_testdir is from the pkg debhelper. > -- That was the one. Thanks a lot to all who responded. Sylpheed still kicks up tons of error messages, but that's another story. Great program though. Jonat

Re: Q: How install additional debian cdrom?

2001-03-07 Thread Jonathan Gift
o mount it > beforehand, or you can copy them all to your hard drive (KDE isn't > that much of a monster). Now this is interesting. Thanks a lot. Will try it... Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Get Mozilla work w/Procmail?

2001-03-07 Thread Jonathan Gift
the answer. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Getting rid of Vim's startup screen

2001-03-07 Thread Jonathan Gift
> > better yet, > > set shortmess+=I > That works as well. Thanks. Didn't know that operator. It's appreciated. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

OT: Any scriptwriting (movies) software out there?

2001-03-07 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I've made the move to Linux a while back now and intend to stay. I have some vimrc F-Keys set up to duplicate script formatting. I just miss my Final Draft and wonder if anyone has done anything along those lines...? Hoping against hope, but worth a shot. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan

Re: Need Window Manager recommendation

2001-03-08 Thread Jonathan Gift
icewm. :-) Hi, I caught your post. I'be tried BB O61.1, which for the original poster is the modern equivalent of TWM, but have trouble with Gnome and its session management. Do you need to run the patch and I thought it was for 0.5x... What do you do or do you have similiar problems? Thanks

Re: Need Window Manager recommendation

2001-03-08 Thread Jonathan Gift
get the two to work... Thanks, Jonathan PS What do teht mean by gnome support anyway? Lack of certain advanced features i could live without, error messages, can't live with... -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Help Blackbox Gnome support?

2001-03-08 Thread Jonathan Gift
rt? I thought I just wouldn't get advanced features. Is there a loadind preference in the xinitrc file and if so, what? I know there's a patch but it's for 0.51... Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Need Window Manager recommendation

2001-03-08 Thread Jonathan Gift
ver, decorate the applications using Gnome > correctly. Yes I saw that and ok on the sessions. I was hoping to get rid of the error msgs... Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Mozilla 0.8-Special setup required?

2001-03-09 Thread Jonathan Gift
I'd love to use it, so any help appreciated. Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Mozilla 0.8-Special setup required?

2001-03-09 Thread Jonathan Gift
on a web page worked... It's still sluggish though. But better than the last M18 I looked at. Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Mozilla 0.8-Special setup required?

2001-03-09 Thread Jonathan Gift
the web page rendering is nicer. I just on't know when it's going to suddenly be gone ... Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Mozilla 0.8-Special setup required? Solved...

2001-03-10 Thread Jonathan Gift
get the debianised mozilla 0.8 from > <http://www.debian.or.jp/~kitame/mozilla/> and have all this dealt with > for you. Will keep this for future reference. Nice to have Thanks again, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Mozilla 0.8-Special setup required?

2001-03-10 Thread Jonathan Gift
4.76. > > It's working beautifully for me. Once I gave rw to everyone then it's stopped crashing. Still very sluggish in opening up dialog boxes, etc. But good enough to finally switch over again. Thanks again for the help. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Mozilla requires libnspr4?

2001-03-10 Thread Jonathan Gift
brary loaded on my system. Cosidering where I found it, is it needed for Mozilla? Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Mozilla requires libnspr4?

2001-03-10 Thread Jonathan Gift
. -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: colors in gvim, help please

2001-03-12 Thread Jonathan Gift
=grey This works for me, whether in gvimrc or vimrc: hi Normal guibg=MidnightBlue guifg=White hi Visual guibg=Black guifg=White hi Cursor guibg=red Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Mozilla requires libnspr4?

2001-03-12 Thread Jonathan Gift
wo versions, One with Mozilla and the other where dpkg put it in /usr/lib. That mean I can delete the package? Thanks. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

Re: Books

2001-03-14 Thread Jonathan Gift
on the recommended on the site but they seem a > little dated. It comes with a manual. Look around in docs. That and the list were all I needed. I wasn't impressed with the book either. The list is really good. Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */

OT: Best PDA?

2001-03-21 Thread Jonathan Gift
tes made on the desktop and moved over. Thanks, Jonathan -- \\ (0)~~\____ |_) Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Best PDA?

2001-03-21 Thread Jonathan Gift
t; no programmer. Thanks for taking the time for a reply, including specific models. I hadn't considered them and so it's particularly useful. I'll pop on their web pages and have a look around. It looks like a whole new field out there... Jonathan -- \\ (0)~~\ |_) Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Best PDA?

2001-03-22 Thread Jonathan Gift
a pda though. Anyway, for price and convenience, go with a > visor or palm. How does it use Linux. If it's to present the same front end as the others, then it's of limited interest. If it's to give you a command prompt and run vi, that's another story... Thanks. Jonathan -- \\ (0)~~\ |_) Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Best PDA?

2001-03-22 Thread Jonathan Gift
word-processing features (but less text-manipulation No, straight text is enough... Thanks for the feedback. Jonathan -- \\ (0)~~\ |_) Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Best PDA?

2001-03-22 Thread Jonathan Gift
> The nice thing about the Agenda is that it is really a pretty standard > Linux system in a small package. The VR3d has a 66 MHz MIPS This sounds very interesting. Does it run Linux default and I can install Vim? I'll pop on the url. Thanks. Jonathan -- \\ (0)~~\____ |_) Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Help: Kernel compile Statistics error

2000-10-09 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I'm on a fresh Debian 2.2, attempting to compile my first kernel. Everything goes ok until the final make when I get get an error and no .deb. I've read all the info and tried to follow the steps. What did I miss? Help appreciated so I can have some sound and apm support! Load packages: kerne

Moving cdrom for apt-get

2000-10-10 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I want to move the cdrom from /cdrom to /mnt/cdrom and even though so noted in fstab, apt-get refuses to see anything but /cdrom to grab apps. Any idea how to change its config? Much thanks. Jonathan

Help: Compile kernel error

2000-10-10 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I'm on a fresh Debian 2.2, attempting to compile my first kernel. Everything goes ok until the final make when I get get an error and no .deb. I've read all the info and tried to follow the steps. What did I miss? Help appreciated so I can have some sound and apm support! Load packages: kerne

XCalendar errors Debian 2.2?

2000-10-11 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I just installed XCalendar-i18n off the Debian 2.2 distro. I like the application and wish to use it, but when I click on a date or the help option I get the following warnings: Cannot convert string "False" to type scrollMode and: Cannot convert string "False" to type ResizeMode Only once.

Debian 2.2 3CD or 4CD?

2000-10-12 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I thought the new Debian 2.2 came on 3CD but someone or other is selling one version with a 4th; calling it non-free. That the case? Thanks, Jonathan

PS Best Debian 2.3 CD source

2000-10-12 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I've narrowed it down to CheapBytes, LCs and LinuxCentral. All offer the 3CD set, only CheapBytes offers another 3 source. Any help appreciated as to quality, CD-R or not, etc. Thanks, Jonathan

Help Again moving /cdrom to /mnt/cdrom for apt-get

2000-10-13 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I want to move the cdrom from /cdrom to /mnt/cdrom and even though so noted in fstab, apt-get refuses to see anything but /cdrom to grab apps. Any idea how to change its config? Much thanks. Jonathan

FYI: Apt move /cdrom to /mnt/cdrom solved

2000-10-14 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Thanks for all those who put in their 2 cents worth on moving the default /cdrom to /mnt/cdrom and getting apt-get to work. I read the three msgs (response was controlled but quality and not quantity is what matters), and the man pages, and it finally came down to typing assorted commands and

Q: Best PPP dial-up console mail app?

2000-10-15 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I have a 56k dial up using pon and poff and was wondering which of the console choices would allow me to fetch and dl mail? Also write off-line, then log on and send. Mutt and Pine I have heard about. The ability to filter into assorted folders (like for mailing lists) would be a necessity. Thi

Help: Ghostview font error?

2000-10-15 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Ghostview, gv or gs, will not read any ps document. When opening one it comes up with a font error msg. I looked at my XF86Config and found miscc, 75dpi, Type1 in my path. Any ideas? Thanks, Jonathan

Re: Help: Ghostview font error?

2000-10-15 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, > > Ghostview, gv or gs, will not read any ps document. When opening one it > > comes up with a font error msg. I looked at my XF86Config and found miscc, > > 75dpi, Type1 in my path. Any ideas? > > Are you sure it's the X fonts that are missing? What's the error message? > gs fonts should

PPP Mail help-Thanks all

2000-10-15 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Thanks for the help and suggestions. I can take it from here. It's appreciated. My initial impresions of Debian and the Debian Users group, after 8 months of Mandrake, is what the hell took me so long to get here? As for Debian's proverbial difficulty, Mandrake and Red Hat are both harder if

Ghostview PS *.ps and *.ps.gz

2000-10-15 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, The advice on loading the gsfonts worked and I loaded up ghostview docs. Question, unlike gv, it doesn't seem to read *.ps.gz files. I had to turn them into *.ps files. That normal? Thanks. Jonathan

What's with the Oracle for inux?

2000-10-17 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I've seen Oracle 8i on a CD ROM in a Magazine and was wondering if this was a Linux version of the Lite or Personal edition? I looked on their web site and found no mention of Linux for eiether and don't see them giving away the Standard. Anyone know what version and/or limitations it has? T

Re: What's with the Oracle for inux?

2000-10-17 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Very. But for us poor miserable slobs here in 56k land, what's the dl size? No limitations on use, ie 60 days? Thanks. > I don't know what version that magazine had, but if you got to > http://technet.oracle.com, and register, you can download, or order a free > version of Oracle 8i (8.1.6

Changing the MOTD

2000-10-18 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I changed the default Message of the Day in Linuxconf and the MOTD file and yet every time I reboot it defaults back to the same GNU/Linux Debian etc. Where can I find a way to stop this? Thanks, Jonathan

Diff Binary & Source CD's

2000-10-18 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Is the 3 CD source set the sources to the 3 CD binary apps? I assume so. Just checking. If I want to recompile apps, I would need them? Thanks, Jonathan

Re: Changing the MOTD

2000-10-18 Thread Jonathan Gift
Great, thanks for the feedback! > I just had this same problem minutes ago, but by doing a grep on /etc > for motd, I noticed that there is a variable called EDITMOTD in the > file rcS of /etc/default that is set to yes automatically. Jonathan

Re: Changing the MOTD

2000-10-18 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Thanks for the advice. Someone posted having a look at /etc/default/RcS and changing the MOTD to no. I did and that solved it. Having changed the /etc/motd first, of course. But Linuxconf should go anyway... Jonathan

Help: Command to search & replace word in file?

2000-10-19 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Is there a way from the console to use a grep like command to search a file for, say the word "blue" and replace it with "red"? The key is console and not within Vim, etc. I'm trying to set up a way to automate changing .Xdefault setups with a simple Bash script. Thanks, Jonathan

For those who want to switch wallpapers easily

2000-10-19 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, This is trying to give something back to the Debian community which has already helped me a great deal. It's a small Bash script which allows you to easily switch backgrounds (root window/desktop). It's obviously for non-experts such as myself. It works, but if there's suggestions from the pro

Help: Replacing linuxconf user group & startup services

2000-10-20 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I was told recently that real men don't use linuxconf. Well, since I don't want to want to fool around with something so fundemental as my masculinity, I figure I had better try without. I've a new install anyway and I was only using linuxconf for two things: 1. To change my default group fro

Services

2000-10-20 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Back. Ok. The advice was for switching off a service such as inetd. I did the stop and had a look at the conf files, etc. But what finally stopped it was just removing the link to the /etc/init.d/inetd file in all 6 of the rc directories. This wasn't particularly clean in my eyes. Or is it, co

Q: Top showing xset>defun means?

2000-10-21 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Looking at top I see everything running smoothly. I have two xset items in my initrc, one for mouse, and another for dpms. I see that while both are working fine, top shows them as >defun. I didn't hink mandrake did that and was wondering what it means. It can't be not functioing, they are. It

Go for broke: Best CPU, etc tracker?

2000-10-21 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Posting a lot, but getting great help and the system is finally coming up to where I was prior to the move to Debian. I'd like to replace xosview and have seen the nice cpu, etc, tracker bar used in Enlightenment. Is this strictly an E applet, or is there an X version? Thanks, Jonathan

Help: gv not reading *.gz files?

2000-10-23 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I have no trouble reading *ps.gz files using hghostview and gv under Mandrake, but loading ghostview and gsfonts under Debian I find myself unable to open *.gz ending files. I have to uncompress them to read. Any thoughts? Maybe a default config Mandrake used but Debian doesn't? Thanks, Jona

Help: How replace comma with a tab in a text file?

2000-10-24 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I have a comma delimited ex-database file and I want to replace the commas with tabs. I tried using: sed s/,/\tab/ filename but no go. It was a guess anyway. I tried replacing the tab with a * and it worked, but only for first line of items, mleaving the rest of the fields with commas. Any s

Re: Help: gv not reading *.gz files?

2000-10-24 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, >Not sure. I run gv fairly much exclusively, not Ghostview. Ok, thanks on the gs/gv stuff. > PS The gv loads xaw3dg and don't know how to remove it's effects, so I'm > back to > Ghostview for the moment... >What do you mean by "don't know how to remove its effects"? Does xaw3dg >interfere

Re: Help: How replace comma with a tab in a text file?

2000-10-24 Thread Jonathan Gift
Great. Thanks for the help. Much appreciated. Jonathan

Help on coma done--Thanks!

2000-10-24 Thread Jonathan Gift
Thanks to everyone who helped me out on the comma to tab replacement. A lot of grat suggestions and funny enough, not two alike! Jonathan

Q: Update CD Rom options?

2000-10-25 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, When I loaded Debian 2.2 I gave it the stable distribution. I see on the package list on their web site that there's also unstable and non-free. I've looked with apt-get and can't see them. Are there other sources on the CD I should have apt-get ackowledge? Is non-free in fact on the cd? If t

Problem: Warning Ron = 43, etc.

2000-10-26 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I've noticed with leaving X that I see in the X boot msgs the following: Warning: Ron = 43, Rloop = 10, Roff = 46 What is this and should I worry? I have the right timings in my XF86Setup file for the monitor and it works fine. Thanks, Jonathan

Q: Diff Netscape 3, 4 1 Mozilla?

2000-10-28 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Any comments on the most stable, fastest of the browsers? Any other options other than Opera? Thanks, Jonathan

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