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Re: Video Cards

1997-03-17 Thread T*m TaT*m
On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > I am about to buy a new machine. Gateway 2000 is attractive, but > it uses a 2mb Matrox card (model not specified, and the salesman > doesn't know) standard, and offers STB ViRGE /VX 4 and 8 mb cards as > options. The latest Hardware-HOWTO I

Unidentified subject!

1997-05-04 Thread T*m TaT*m
I tried to post this to the newsgroup, as I no longer subscribe to the list, but our server isn't properly configured: Your article's newsgroup: linux.debian.user User input on the Debian Linux distribution Check spelling, Send, Abort, Edit, or List? s The "linux.debian.user" newsgroup is m

(Newbie) Functioning In Debian

2003-02-21 Thread M. Kirchhoff
with all the backports for newer versions like Gnome 2.2 and such, I wonder: is there anyone out there who truly runs a stable-Debian only system? Well, consider this my introduction to the world of GNU/Linux and, especially, Debian. Feels good to be here! Appreciatively and Sincerely, M.

RE: update Gnome 2.0 : dependencies

2003-02-22 Thread M. Kirchhoff
I don't speak German, but I understand your question because I'm getting the same error messages! As a newbie, I have no idea what's causing them or how to fix them... -Original Message- From: X-Debian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 2:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-23 Thread M. Kirchhoff
w! Thanks! Newbfully, M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

DocBook

2003-02-23 Thread Mike M
I want to restart my DocBook efforts. I have SGML source and want to produce HTML and PDF docs Should I start by installing these packages: docbook, docbook-dsssl? (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/sgml-howto/x323.html seems out of date) -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

RE: Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-24 Thread M. Kirchhoff
ebruary 24, 2003 9:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Upgrading from Stable to Testing > -Original Message----- > From: M. Kirchhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Once I've got the Stable release of Woody running, is the best way to > move up to the Testing level to s

Re: DocBook

2003-02-24 Thread Mike M
On Monday 24 February 2003 15:45, David Z Maze wrote: > Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I want to restart my DocBook efforts. I have SGML source and want > > to produce HTML and PDF docs > > > > Should I start by installing these packages: docbook, docbook-

RE: Laptop (PCMCIA) NIC Suggestions for Woody Stable

2003-02-28 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Well, I picked up a card for free from a friend. It is the following, and I cannot get it to work under Woody: Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PC Card P/N: 335507-001 I did some searching and found several posts that said these cards are actually Thunder LAN cards, but trying to install the tlan.o mod

sendmail security flaw & fix

2003-03-04 Thread Mike M
I've been looking for the Debian response to the recently found sendmail flaw and corresponding fix (http://www.sendmail.org). Can someone point me to where I can find this information? TIA, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: "resetting" a network card

2003-03-06 Thread Mike M
somehow "reset" in order to see if this will solve my > problem. > > Any other ideas please? I am curious about the type of card your are working with - RTL8139 by any chance? The problem you describe has a certain familiarity to it. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: "resetting" a network card

2003-03-07 Thread Mike M
On Friday 07 March 2003 07:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Mike M wrote: > > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 20:48:18 -0500 > > From: Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gabriel Granger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Printers via SMB?

2003-03-15 Thread Mike M
le. If you do, maybe it will help you limp through the process like it helped me. There were several print drivers available for my printer (Epson Color 850). I found that a little confusing. I tried each of them and found the one I liked the best. HTH a little, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 'apt-cache search' question

2003-03-17 Thread Mike M
question, "Are there any questions?" Presumably ignorance is superior to embarassment. I liked the apt--cache pipe to grep thingy. Cool trick. Good thread. We now return you to the regularly scheduled thread. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Finally - Your Own Low Cost Teleconferencing Service!

2003-03-20 Thread Mike M
yway. Maybe one should avoid all discussion of MS virii on Linux lists if getting flamed. I will. When in Rome... -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-15 Thread M. Kirchhoff
version of fluxbox you're using. Version 0.9.x supports Xft2 type fonts by default; however, the newest version in the Debian tree is 0.1.14x, under Sid... -M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scrolling Apps = High CPU Utilization

2003-10-15 Thread M. Kirchhoff
not using the proprietary nVidia drivers. -M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Wireless Laptop 802.11b - SUCCESS! (finally)

2003-10-29 Thread M. Kirchhoff
ng *better*, let me know! I know WEP is easily cracked, but I would still like that false sense of security! Thanks much to the debian-user archives for many bits of knowledge!!! Sincerely, M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-12 Thread M. Kirchhoff
card. I received two beeps, indicating detection. Finally, I ran "iwconfig eth0," which autodetected everything and captured an IP address. That's it! I've read a lot of documents with notes on editing the config files you mentioned, but I never had to mess with any of it,

pgp on Woody

2003-01-23 Thread Mike M
ackage description here: http://packages.debian.org/stable/non-us/pgp.html Thanks -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: External serial modem advice ?

2003-01-26 Thread Mike M
SupraExpress 56e Pro 56K V90/V92 External Serial Modem I have several Diamond SupraExpress 56K (SUP2730 and p/n 32550014-001 found on back). I used them to run Linux boxes back to back (client-server) for a secure channel over POTS lines. I also tested them to dial up to an ISP. -- Mike M.

Re: Install problems: 3.0r1/i386 and Realtek 8319 network card

2003-01-27 Thread Mike M
(thank you Mr. Becker). Hmmm. You may need someone to compile the driver for you lest you have a chicken-egg problem. I have a Woody/vanilla i386 system. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Input lockup problem

2003-01-31 Thread Mike M
): DPMS enabled PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M (==) TRIDENT(0): Write-combining range (0xd580,0x40) (II) TRIDENT(0): Initializing int10 (II) TRIDENT(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (**) TRIDENT(0): DPMS enabled PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open

Re: Input lockup problem

2003-01-31 Thread Mike M
dent Cyberblade or something. It was recognised when I installed. I'll widen my scope to include watching for vidoe problems. To learn more about XFree86 configuration should I stay with the web or move on to dead-trees? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Desktop environment---what am I missing?

2003-02-01 Thread Mike M
playing, see how the apps work etc). What email clients and browsers do you use? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Mike M
ll down the help menues and click into the help files? A tool called KDE Help Center should pop up with a doc called Kppp Handbook or something like that. KDE appears to generate the help documents from XML source on the fly when you click the help menu entries. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Mike M
ore geeky than the masses. > > > Thanks for any hints. You could just read the email on this list with a subject of Re: Pon works; KPPP doesn't which I quote: Kent writes: > How can I set this option, either globally for all users for all dial-up > accounts,... By editing /etc/p

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Mike M
On Sunday 02 February 2003 16:43, Kent West wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:41, Kent West wrote: > >>Thanks for any hints. > > > >You could just read the email on this list with a subject of > >Re: Pon works; KPPP doesn't > >

Re: X whacking monitor

2003-02-03 Thread Mike M
On Sunday 02 February 2003 22:42, Paul M Foster wrote: > I've got a "Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1" video chip (according to > pci -v) on the motherboard of my PC. I don't know if this has anything > to do with the problem, but... > > In running X Window v

Problems with mouse + X

2003-02-03 Thread Chris M.
For some reason, X won’t startup, saying “Screens found; none usable.” When Debian prompts me to configure X, my mouse refuses to work. If I select anything from “Mouse Configuration”, it exits out and leaves me at a blank screen, unable to get back to the terminal. I tried using Expert Mod

Re: [OT] Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-04 Thread Mike M
tes was stagnant and resting on his society's laurels? Good teaching inspires creativity. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X whacking monitor

2003-02-04 Thread Mike M
On Monday 03 February 2003 17:30, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:51:53PM -0500, Mike M wrote: > [snip] > > > This is also known as the Trident 9880 chip. It is on a Jaton 107AGP > > card. > > [snip] > > > I might be swapping out the Tride

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-06 Thread Mike M
magine a 100 or a 1000 of these things? Would it be possible to use them to increase the length of a day? What would happen when the ribbon broke and came fluttering back to the planet's surface? A string of catastrophes across several land masses? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: [OT] Re: shuttle disaster (Socrates)

2003-02-08 Thread Mike M
On Friday 07 February 2003 17:19, Rich Rudnick wrote: > On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 10:29, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > Mike M wrote: > > > Socrates was stagnant and resting on his society's laurels? Good > > > teaching inspires creativity. > > > > I didn'

Video card change on working system

2003-02-08 Thread Mike M
one of: X -configure anXious xf86config (etc..) 5. as user, run startx 6. tune What if this get hosed? I see why test based email clients are a good idea. Should I plan on setting up a text email client prior to the change so I can ask for help? Thanks, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Cheap modem

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
I paid US$20 for the external serial modems. If you must work with the winmodem then use the lspci command to read what the card says about who made it and what that mfr calls it. From there you can hopefully find specific support. (www.linmodems.org) -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how the fuck do I unsubscribe

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
for the mail list is, this could cause frustration on the part of the human unaware of the error. I fixed this problem to a large extent by associating a mail folder with a mail list and an identity. I use Kmail. I am still able screw things up but I have to work harder at it. -- Mike M.

Certification

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
Certification is for PHBs only. Right? Is there any evidence other than marketing blather that certification is a worthwhile endeavor? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Certification

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
On Friday 14 February 2003 13:31, deFreese, Barry wrote: > >-Original Message- > > From: Mike M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:16 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Certification > > > > > >Ce

Re: Certification

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
On Friday 14 February 2003 18:07, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Fri, 14 Feb 2003 04:30:40PM -0500, Mike M insinuated: > > I saw a post on the French debian user list where someone suggested > > using the number of your Debian user list posts as your > > certification rating. Cl

Re: Certification

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
he price seemed reasonable - $100. Don't know if I got that right though. Is this a "paper cert"? What's the other kind of cert - build an enterprise system from scraps heaped in a corner? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cancelling the account

2003-09-27 Thread Khurath M
Respected Sir,   I Deeb ul ain of the address [EMAIL PROTECTED]  wants to cancel my e-mail address from your list. please consider my request and oblige   Thanking You       Yours faithfully

tetex on unstable: dvips (5.92b) -Ppdf problem

2003-10-12 Thread Mark M
Hi, I am using unstable with dvips 5.92b. When I try: dvips -Ppdf process.dvi -o process.ps I get the error message shown below for a number of fonts. ps2pdf then gives bad screen output. Does anyone know what the problem is? Regards, Mark. (cc's welcome) kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljf

Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-13 Thread M. Kirchhoff
users going without them having to become experts on fontography. Let me know what you think. Sincerely, M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-13 Thread M. Kirchhoff
transition from the core system to the Xft rendering system... -M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-14 Thread M. Kirchhoff
e easily :) By jove, you've got it!!! I wish to hell I'd had your guide when I first started mucking with fonts. I think we just need to get your guide into docbook format or something similar and make it more well known. -M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-14 Thread M. Kirchhoff
E provide. Alas, Rob Weir seems to have beaten me to the punch (see his reply to my original message). I think some fleshing out and formatting of his guide would be perfect for new users. -M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Scrolling Apps = High CPU Utilization

2003-10-14 Thread M. Kirchhoff
tock "nv" drivers for my video card, but would using the proprietary nVidia drivers make much difference for simple 2D use? Would recompiling my kernel to better suit my platform make a significant difference? Thanks for any hints! Sincerely, M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-14 Thread M. Kirchhoff
later.) Amazing! I did not know that, and I'm sure most users weren't aware of that either. Just goes to show you the importance of keeping howtos up-to-date (or reading TFM, but people are more apt to read howtos, methinks, than boring readmes). -M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CD writer

2003-10-14 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I found a good instruction article on the internet. Care to share the location? I'm sure others could benefit! thanks much --M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: tetex on unstable: dvips (5.92b) -Ppdf problem

2003-10-15 Thread Mark M
>I think that he is using -Ppdf to make sure that the pdf > text is readable on the screen. I believe that this > option has some bearing on the way the fonts are > handled. And then he makes the program vomit the > output into the file with -o. Yes, -Ppdf is supposed to get dvips to use fonts s

login to desktops

2002-11-21 Thread M . Wegmann
hi, I moved from suse to debian, better I am still on the way. Up to now I have two questions. After the installation (which looked fine for me) i get a text login. Is that correct? no graphical login? and second, if the text login is correct, how do I start windowmaker or kde? thanks for y

xdm and startx

2002-11-21 Thread M . Wegmann
thanks for your help so far. I installed xdm (apt-get install xdm), but it doesn't work, when I do /etc/init.d/xdm start I get xdm error (pid 239) start xdm error when i typ in startx i get fatal screen error, no screens found and one of the shutdown messages is also that xdm is not running.

NFS or alternative

2003-03-27 Thread Mike M
Got Samba working today. Now I've got to get NFS or something like it working for the Linux side - where most of the work gets done. I've got a simple single site network with 7 Linux boxen. Is NFS v2 the way to go here? TIA, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Problems getting Samba to work

2003-03-30 Thread Mike M
behavior got stupid. YMMV because you are using XP. HTH, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How do I "apt-get upgrade" the kernel for debian-390?

2003-03-31 Thread Mike M
search kernel* It seems, in general, it is a good idea to use the wild card. Using "^kernel*" found only the packages whose name began with "kernel". -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Log rotation

2003-04-01 Thread Mike M
ogrotate can handle filenames like Mon.*.log. > > Any other ideas that I might be missing? Thanks. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-01 Thread Mike M
yielded a direct answer...yet. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-01 Thread Mike M
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 18:09, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 05:57:33PM -0500, Mike M wrote: > > On my Debian 3 sparc machine there is no rshd running and there is no > > shell or login entry in /etc/inetd.conf. There is an sshd process. I am > > still

Re: sparc stability

2003-04-01 Thread Mike M
Lightly loaded. sun1:~# uptime 22:16:56 up 3 days, 22:14, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-02 Thread Mike M
h > > Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/usr/src/newer/ss7box$ update-alternatives --display rsh bash: update-alternatives: command not found The man page for update-alternatives comes up. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-02 Thread Mike M
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 09:49, Mike M wrote: > On Wednesday 02 April 2003 00:56, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > > ls -l `which rsh` /etc/alternatives/rsh > > > should answer your question. > > > > That shows the details. But

Re: time is slipping away

2003-04-04 Thread Mike M
I used the stratum 2 clocks. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Kmail or Konq

2003-04-05 Thread Mike M
Anybody else running Woody having probs with Kmail or Konq freezing? Konq more often than Kmail. I log out and log in to clear. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cloning of Linux Kernal

2003-06-06 Thread Mike M
erested in the make-kpkg and the apt-get install method of doiing this procedure. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Server - no video card

2003-06-06 Thread Mike M
beep during the boot-up sequence. Several questions come to mind: Is this an acceptable mode of operation? Are others running in this mode? Should most motherboards being recently produced be expected to run without a video card? (Maybe it's a BIOS thing?) Thanks, -- Mike M. -

Re: Server - no video card

2003-06-06 Thread Mike M
On Thursday 05 June 2003 13:03, Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Mike M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I want to save money as I expand my collection of Debian servers by > > running without a video card. On the rare occasion that I need > > console access to a mach

Re: initrd and lilo.conf

2003-05-27 Thread Mike M
ake-kpkg options; read kernel howto re. initrd for more detail Both require some work. Invest in (1) unless you intend to distribute your kernel to many different machine configurations, then (2) is a good investment of your time. HTH, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: initrd and lilo.conf

2003-05-27 Thread Mike M
should > probably be filed as a bug against kernel-package if it isn't already. Also read "--initrd" in: $ man make-kpkg -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

man, oh man

2003-05-27 Thread Mike M
ts in a environment similar to running "vi -R". The same version of man is being run on both systems. I skimmed this (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Man-Page/index.html) and found no explanation for the different behaviour. I could use some help in understanding how the different

Re: Error with new kernel

2003-05-28 Thread Mike M
; > > > I tried to compiled again with initrd option, > but still failed put '*' in the disk drive drivers and filesystem options of your config so that you have those things embedded into the kernel; this allows you to forget about initrd http://lists.debian.org/deb

Re: man, oh man

2003-05-29 Thread Mike M
-> /etc/alternatives/pager [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /etc/a ls: /etc/a: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/pager lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 May 19 15:02 /etc/alternatives/pager-> /bin/more "apt-get install less" automagically cha

Re: mkinitrd

2003-05-29 Thread Mike M
rchives of this list for this month, you'll find lots of discussion on initrd. Would it be easier for you to embed the module into the kernel? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mkinitrd

2003-05-30 Thread Mike M
On Thursday 29 May 2003 11:22, Axel Gerster wrote: > > Would it be easier for you to embed the module into the kernel? > > I only have the source code for a module. How to patch it into the kernel? 1) run make menuconfig 2) read "Legend" in Main Menu -- Mike M. -- To

Wine with apt-get

2003-05-30 Thread Miguel M.
Hey, OK i found a site that I can d/l Wine from but I keep getting this error message: --- Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: wine: Depends: libwine (= 1:0.20030529.034101) but 0.0.20030408-1 is to be installed How can I tell apt-get that I want to install that versi

Re: horse at the gate

2003-06-01 Thread Mike M
alias ls='ls --color=auto ' <---and this line #alias ll='ls -l' #alias la='ls -A' #alias l='ls -CF' #alias dir='ls --color=auto --format=vertical' #alias vdir='ls --color=auto --format=long' // save yo

Re: Dumb Newbie KDE Pager Question

2003-06-03 Thread Mike M
gt; I hope this helps. I use the "stick pins" in the upper left-hand corner of the window. 1. click stick-pin (watch pager) 2. change to new desktop 3. click stickpin -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Automatic installation

2003-06-08 Thread Mike M
Debian preloaded. I think a very good justification for using FAI in a small environment is to learn the tool and pedal that skill in a large environment. You never know what skill will come in handy. Luck comes to those that are prepared (I think Lucille Ball said something this effect). (

Installing a set of woody libs, independently from rest of system

2003-06-09 Thread Mark M
Hi All, (please cc me if possible) What would be the best way to install woody libs on an unstable system to keep some legacy software (no source) going. I plan to unar / untar the debs and stick them in /opt/usr/lib, and point LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the right direction. Since this is kdelibs3, t

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

2003-06-10 Thread Mike M
d got myself a pretty good chair from an office supply store. This thread is the push I needed to get myself a split keyboard (I'm in the camp that believes that they help). It took about 18 months to really feel the pain. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OT] Bogus undelivered message

2003-06-11 Thread Mike M
and why. I almost stepped in the dew-dew. The thing that really pissed me off was that it came addressed to my email address above - which I ONLY use for known good lists. Bummer. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: [OT] Bogus undelivered message

2003-06-11 Thread Mike M
On Wednesday 11 June 2003 16:39, Karsten M. Self wrote: > If you want your messages authenticated, sign them. I just started with GPG and I'm still learning. I need some clarification on the advice above. Are you saying that by signing all emails, then I can positively distingu

CVS_RSH for :ext: CVS access

2003-06-12 Thread Mike M
sh; export CVS_RSH to get the command above to work. On the Debian system, when I query evironments vars, I do not set CVS_RSH set. Why do the Debian systems allow the :ext: access method to work without having the CVS_RSH var set? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Unexpected APM functionality after installing gnome2.2 backport

2003-06-13 Thread M. Kirchhoff
stem to be able to completely power off on its own). Any suggestions? Thanks! M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fonts: the Neverending Struggle

2003-06-13 Thread M. Kirchhoff
or KDE, it's a real pain! Basically, I'm in search of how-tos or any other kind of help that fills the eight-month gap in font coverage in those older how-tos. Thanks to any and all help!!! Sincerely, M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unexpected APM functionality after installing gnome2.2 backport

2003-06-15 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting James Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 11:57, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I recently picked up a second-hand laptop (IBM Thinkpad 570). I installed > Woody > > per the usual and found that APM seemed to w

Re: program startup at boot

2003-06-17 Thread M. Kirchhoff
ot;. Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > See the following for a good introduction to runlevels: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/runlevels-intro.html (M) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-19 Thread M. Kirchhoff
osoft world, where virus protection is essential. I've also heard reports that virus protection under GNU/Linux isn't as necessary, as the typical user has restricted privileges, as well as the fact that most viruses seem to target Microsoft systems. Any thoughts on this? (M) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian

2003-06-20 Thread M. Kirchhoff
ty, not because of some inherent flaw in the design of the installer. Now that I better understand how the Linux kernel functions (along with other general GNU/Linux knowledge I've picked up), installation is a breeze on other machines I setup (M) >I can't say > I have ever tried

help

1999-06-23 Thread Mark M
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Module problems!

1999-07-05 Thread Ramakrishnan M
running but I am not able to understand the 2.2.5 business. Itried installing an older kernel and recompiled it,with no useful result.Please help! TIA Ramakrishnan M World Wide Web: http://www.ee.iitm.ernet.in/~ee98m09 -- "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing le

A small help needed in Opti931 sound card configuration

1999-07-05 Thread Ramakrishnan M
lp me in pointing out the problem?? regards Ramakrishnan M World Wide Web: http://www.ee.iitm.ernet.in/~ee98m09 -- "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

Re: Archives?

1999-07-06 Thread Ramakrishnan M
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Paulo J Matos aka PDestroy wrote: > Does this mailing list has any message archives somewhere on the web? > > Regards, Mr Raghavendra Bhat is maintaining debian-user list archives in tar.bz2 at http://members.xoom.com/debiannut. Ramakrishnan M World Wide

Re: becoming a maintainer

1999-07-09 Thread Ramakrishnan M
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Dan Brosemer wrote: > I was wondering who I need to talk to about becoming a package maintainer? Read Debian Developer's guide and debian policy guide.Your question is already answered there. Ramakrishnan M World Wide Web: http://www.ee.iitm.ernet.in/~ee98m09 -- &qu

Kernel Version problems!

1999-07-12 Thread Ramakrishnan M
dule using insmod -f.But how to solve this problem? Does this mean a libc6-dev exists for every new kernel release? Ramakrishnan M World Wide Web: http://www.ee.iitm.ernet.in/~ee98m09 -- "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there

Re: 1.3 to 2.0 upgrade problems

1999-07-13 Thread Mark M
Hi Darryl, I actually had this problem as well, and judging from your .au address, I may have got my Hamm CD from the same vendor. I think that the packages that are giving you trouble are the ones that are symbolic links such as: binary-i386/admin/dotfile*->binary-all/admin/dotfile* When bootin

[possibly off-topic] pppdup package not working properly

1999-07-14 Thread S. M.
Hey all, I just installed the pppupd keepalive daemon and it doesn't work for me. It installed properly and will successfully establish a connection after a reboot. But after a disconection from the isp it can't seem to re-establish the connection. (ie it calls the isp but fails to establish the pp

support

1999-08-03 Thread M Thurston
some stuff that i want to know about please: where can i get Debian banners from to put on my web pages? does debain support Mobile Phone data connections? M Thurston --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ati all in wonder pro ...setup problem

1998-08-30 Thread J M
On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, spOOL wrote: >I can't quite figure out how to setup my ati all in wonder pro for X on >Hamm. I have tried the mach64 thing and that only gives me a black screen. >Am I missing something?? > I have successfully configured the ATI All-in-Wonder Pro for X. It has been my exper

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