Re: tape drive problem

2001-12-05 Thread Matt M
What does mt -f /dev/[n]st0 status report? Are you including the -f and specifying the device in your mt commands? -- mt's default device is /dev/tape, from memory, so you'll need to override it (or create a symlink in /dev). HTH, Matt At 08:56 06/12/2001, Richard Weil wrote: Hi -- I can't

Re: evolution

2001-12-12 Thread m\(y\)
> > Quelqu'un peut il me dire quels paquets je devrai installer à la main ? Les paquets necessaires pour installer la version developpement d'evolution sur un systeme debian sont disponsible à: ftp://spidermonkey.ximian.com/pub/evolution-snapshot/debian-potato-i386/ Je crois qu'il y avait un "apt

Slow Masquerade in 2.4.16

2002-02-25 Thread Mark M
les -F; iptables -t nat -F; iptables -t mangle -F iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -i ! ppp0 -j ACCEPT iptables -P INPUT DROP iptables -A FORWARD -i ppp0 -o ppp0 -j REJECT

cups' web admin tool not working

2002-03-02 Thread Dario M .
Hi, I have a 2.2r3 potato on my K6-2 300 MHz 64 Mb RAM, I installed cupsys and cups-bsd, the z43_drv and other files from linux.printing.org to configure my Lexmark Z43, and it finally works fine now.. :)) But I don't know how to set the default properties of that printer, because the web admi

help : cups web admin tool not working

2002-03-04 Thread Dario M .
Hi, I have a 2.2r3 potato on my K6-2 300 MHz 64 Mb RAM, I installed cupsys and cups-bsd, the z43_drv and other files from linux.printing.org to configure my Lexmark Z43, and it finally works fine now.. :)) But I don't know how to set the default properties of that printer, because the web admin

Quicken Like program for linux

2001-04-22 Thread M G
Does anyone know if there is a quicken like program for personal finances available for linux.. I can run quicken with wine, but who wants to do that?! Thanks, Michael __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http:

Mathematica on Linux

2001-04-22 Thread M G
Have any of you used mathematica for linux? i use the windows version and find it very helpful... but i don't want to pay all that money for a linux version if i should just continue using it in windows.. Thanks, Michael __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! A

Re: power down

2002-01-24 Thread Matt M
a BIOS difference). The system is a dual Duron 900 with 256M of ECC DDR memory, an Nvidia GF2 MX400, an SB Live! 5.1, and a tulip based NIC. Perhaps some time I'll get back to playing with acpid. M.

Unstable - apt-get, debconf, dpkg Stuck?

2002-01-26 Thread Tom M
Im running unstable with a self built 2.4.16 SMP kernel. A couple of weeks ago now, I ran apt-get install upgrade, which completed sucessfully, but didn't install all packages. I then ran apt-get upgrade again to get them, as per my normal practice (is this not recommended?). Some packages were

Re: sudo not installed?

2002-01-28 Thread Matt M
At 15:11 29/01/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi! i thought sudo was installed by default.. it isnt? No. well, so should i "apt-get install sudo" then? Yes.

Re: configuring HP9100 CDWriter to burn CD;s

2004-10-12 Thread m ritch
Am 2004-10-13 07:37:31 schrieb(en) Vijaya S: Hi all, I have fixed a HP 9100 CDWRITER on to a Debian sarge with 2.6.7 kernel. i have installed cdrecord via apt-get. i am not able to write cds with it.. How do I configure it.. When i do cdrecord -scanbus i get the following error:- sh-2.05b# cdrecor

SCHED_FIFO, libc, Debian

2004-10-18 Thread Mike M
Is SCHED_FIFO on Woody working? Is SCHED_FIFO a function of the kernel and libc together? Any enlightenment would be appreciated. I've got an app that runs SCHED_FIFO with max priority. I googled around and found some audio folks picking at the SCHED_FIFO thing. My Woody system is acting lik

Re: Thinkpad 600E and usb mouse

2004-10-18 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 09:10:53PM -0400, Bernard Fay wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have a Logitech MX700 usb mouse attached to my thinkpad but I can't > get it to work. > > I thought that the module usbhid and usbmouse would have been enough but > no that doesn't make it work. > > Do I need

Re: Debian defaults: Are they a democratic process?

2004-11-03 Thread Justin M
On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 10:07:51 GMT, ROBERTOJIMENOCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lately, I've seen how Debian is not following the wishes of many users. > > I've seen how many distributions like Fedora Core, SUSE, Gentoo, even > Debian based ones like Knoppix and Ubuntu are listening their users and

bug=281601, sed borked on sid upgrade

2004-11-17 Thread Mike M
Hi, Sorry for starting a new thread. I was unsubscribed until a few minutes ago. Found this: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=281601 What do these comments from the linked bug discussion mean? 1) ...wait for the i386 buildd admin to upload it. 2) Just wait for the autobuilder.

Woody with Gnome2.4 Backport or Sarge?

2003-12-22 Thread M. Kirchhoff
A friend of mine is interested in migrating from WinXP to Debian. I suggested that Woody is ideal for the most secure, stable environment, but he balked at the ugly Gnome1.x. My question is thus: is it better to install Woody and backports of Gnome2.4, Mozilla, Pan, and other of his assorted fav

Issues with Debian testing on a ppc B&W Mac G3?

2004-01-09 Thread Ralf M.
Hi! Are there some known issues running Debian testing on a powerpc Blue&White Mac G3? I installed Debian stable on my G3 a while ago (April 2003) and that was working correctly (except Samba which I had to restart every other day or so). Lately I wanted to play with some C# and Java dev (name

apt-get dist-downgrade?

2004-01-09 Thread Ralf M.
Hi! Stupid question for debian users here: is there an easy way to "downgrade" a distro from testing/sarge to stable/woody? The reason I ask is that a couple of weeks ago I performed a dist-upgrade on the Mac G3 running stable/woody. It was working just fine but I needed some packaged that wer

Re: Issues with Debian testing on a ppc B&W Mac G3?

2004-01-10 Thread Ralf M.
Ralf M. wrote: Are there some known issues running Debian testing on a powerpc Blue&White Mac G3? FYI, Debian/testing on a powerpc Blue&White Mac G3 seems to work just fine. I finally managed to find out that one service (an unstable deb package written in ocaml) was using too much memo

Re: Woody-->Sid - any current gotchas?

2004-01-13 Thread M . Kirchhoff
ki also, although no one else seems to contribute to it so I can't guarantee its accuracy! http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianGnome -- M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: informacion

2004-01-18 Thread Pedro M.
Según el COMO ( HowTo) puedes reemplazar alguna de ellas por una de Debian, utilizando el partidor de la instalación de Debian. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.es (traducción al español del enlace que aparece más abajo). Un saludo. - Original Message - From: "Ru

Re: Change DISPLAYMANAGER

2004-01-19 Thread Pedro M.
To do this do you need to have installed the KDM files before ??. If so, explain it to a newbie like me ;) and how to download and so on. Regards. - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lonien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:23 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Boot to execute lilo

2004-01-19 Thread Pedro M.
This is a good questions to be included in a FAQ . Perhaps in the Lilo HowTo ?? (http://www.tldp.org ). Regards. - Original Message - From: "Florian Sukup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 7:52 PM Subject: Boot to execute lilo > Hi > > I ove

Re: Problem

2004-01-19 Thread Pedro M.
What about creating a debian hardware list ? . Is there any one ??. Regads. - Original Message - From: "Ken Gilmour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Haytham AL Samkari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 7:31 PM Subject: RE: Problem

Preferred PPPoE Tool (Was Recommended ISP's)

2004-01-19 Thread M . Kirchhoff
is WinXP, so I'm not worried about compatibility there, but mine is running Debian Sid. I've not used DSL under Linux before. Any suggestions? Thanks, M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Preferred PPPoE Tool (Was Recommended ISP's)

2004-01-20 Thread M . Kirchhoff
t;bridged" type ADSL connections no longer exist. All new ADSL installations are of the PPPoE breed. If their information is accurate (http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1416), that truly stinks. --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Semi-Old Video Card Recommendation

2004-01-20 Thread M . Kirchhoff
I'm in the market for a new video card, so I'm fishing for suggestions. I will mostly be working in 2D apps (mainly internet, office apps). I do *not* intend to play any taxing 3D games such as Quake or Counter-Strike; however, I would like to do some video editing (transferring home movies to DV

Re: True-type fonts from Windows

2004-01-20 Thread M . Kirchhoff
> # apt-get install msttcorefonts > > -Roberto Make sure you have `contrib` in your sources.list file. --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie needs help

2004-01-21 Thread M . Kirchhoff
details from Colin Watson: http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianGnome --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Semi-Old Video Card Recommendation

2004-01-21 Thread M . Kirchhoff
Ryan Mackay technine.org> writes: > If i was you, i would take the best of both worlds and go with a GeForce > 4 MX440 If I'm install Woody from scratch, will the stock `nv` driver work fine with the above card until I can finish the installation and grab the newer drivers? th

Re: Mutt sending help

2004-01-21 Thread M. Mueller
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 02:46:56PM -0600, Michael D Schleif wrote: > * Mike Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:01:21:01:15:54-0500] scribed: > > > If so, is mutt making the Return-path field or nullmailer? I added following to my .muttrc: my_hdr Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and this seemed to h

Re: USb-mouse (logitech trackman)

2004-01-21 Thread M. Mueller
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:13:34PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 03:32:12PM +, Roelof Wobben wrote: > > Hai, > > > > Yesterday I installed Debian Woody. > > Everything works great only my mouse doesn'work. > > I have a Logitach Trackman. > > > > Who knows how i can make it wo

Re: features in galeon-1.2.5 vs 1.3.11+, was: Status of Galeon in testing?

2004-01-22 Thread M . Kirchhoff
om scratch" and slowly add features. Their goal is still to create a power user's browser. There's a good interview with the developers here (about 7 months old): http://galeon.sourceforge.net/links/interview_2003-07.php --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Versions

2004-01-22 Thread M . Kirchhoff
/Testing, Sid/Unstable does not provide a security patch repository. --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

VoodooLinux Debian Systems

2004-01-22 Thread M . Kirchhoff
nyone here has used them. thanks P.S. No, I do not work for them! --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kill process by name

2004-01-22 Thread M . Kirchhoff
Rick Weinbender central-ph.k12.mo.us> writes: > to kill a process by name? man killall --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GNOME 2.4 for Sarge...when?

2004-01-22 Thread M . Kirchhoff
Jaume Alonso wanadoo.es> writes: > I'm a newbie in debian. I'm currently using Sarge. When will I be able > to install the new GNOME 2.4?? This has been discussed several times in the past 48 hours. Check the archives... --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: mutt and Return-path

2004-01-22 Thread M. Mueller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:40:02PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:41:30AM -0500, Mike Mueller wrote: > > Is there significance to the Return-path value? > > Basically, it tells the addressee ``Don't reply to the address in the > `From:' field, but to this one/these, please.''

Re: zero swap free

2004-01-23 Thread M . Kirchhoff
.. Are you suggesting not having a swap partition at all, or just stuffing the system with enough memory to ensure that the swap isn't used extensively? --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unable to find Ncurses libararies/Compile Kernel

2004-01-23 Thread M . Kirchhoff
Forest Fisher oberlin.edu> writes: > I'm trying to upgrade from the 2.4.18 kernel that installs with the > bf24 flavor to hopefully a 2.6.1 kernel but at the very least, a http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: How to upgrade to 2.4.23 (or .18) kernel

2004-01-23 Thread M . Kirchhoff
brfg3 at yahoo yahoo.com> writes: >Is there someway to install a 2.4.18 kernel while installing from the cd, and >maybe avoidthis hassle?TIA ! Boot from the install CD and read the Help; you'll see how to install a 2.4.18 kernel from the get-go. --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Versions

2004-01-23 Thread M . Kirchhoff
Monique Y. Herman bounceswoosh.org> writes: > Why not just call it "bleeding-edge"? That would be pulling stuff from Experimental :) I still think Unstable is quite stable, with only a small amount of diligence. --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: OT: America's Army

2003-06-25 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting Leo Spalteholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On June 22, 2003 04:00 pm, Brian McGroarty wrote: > > vrms (99.5%) keeps me warm at night. :-( > > Root mean square voltage? > damn I've been doing too many engr labs.. :P > > ~leo vrms = Virtual Richard M. Sta

Re: debian

2003-06-25 Thread M. Kirchhoff
kPad with 128MB RAM runs Fluxbox on X like a champ. So does my Athlon 1.2Ghz desktop with 768MB RAM; I don't feel the need to run a bloated desktop environment simply because my hardware can handle it. M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: memory leaks

2003-06-27 Thread M. Kirchhoff
completely clear (I'm a newb), you're saying that the actual amount of RAM not being used by a specific process is 516740? Thanks -- M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I have a problem with this list

2003-06-28 Thread M. Kirchhoff
hives, which makes it seem like my messages aren't being echoed, as Paul noted...assuming anyone gets this message, thanks for any ideas! -- M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wxPython not in debian?

2003-06-29 Thread M. Kirchhoff
ability and desire to provide up to date .deb packages of wxPython built for the 'stable' version of Debian, please make yourself known. " -- M. Kirchhoff ( .:moai:. ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A

Re: apt resources

2003-06-30 Thread M. Kirchhoff
t. Long live Debian! > Regarding "pinning", see the following: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html#FOLLOWING -- M. Kirchhoff ( .:moai:. ) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: deb http://people forbidden

2003-06-30 Thread M. Kirchhoff
site: "The backports of XFree86 are no longer maintained by me. You can use the builds from other maintainers, eg. from Adrian Bunk: deb http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/debian woody/bunk-1 main contrib non-free deb-src http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/debian woody/bunk-1 main contri

Re: /. debate

2003-07-01 Thread M. Kirchhoff
The impending death of Debian (according to the author): http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/30/0223205&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=185&tid=90 -- M. Kirchhoff ( .:moai:. ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] "

Re: openbox3

2003-07-01 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does anyone know if there is a deb of openbox3? > I don't believe so. It was just released as source on 29 June...doubt anyone has created a .deb package yet. I'm excited to try it, though; supposedly version 3 is written from scrat

Re: XFree86 4.3

2003-07-01 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting Joeri De Backer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > Is there anybody who can tell me if it's possible to install > XFree86 version 4.3? If so: how? :-) > By Googling ;) First result from search on "xfree 4.3 debian" http://www.linuxcompatible.or

Re: Automount

2003-07-02 Thread M. Kirchhoff
ot; and uncovered several documents in about 10 seconds: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/mini/Automount.html -- M. Kirchhoff ( .:moai:. ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A user needs the admin password like nitroglyceri

Behöverhjälp!!

2003-07-17 Thread M N
Hej, Jag har tänkt mig installera Debrian på mig Xbox, men jag kan ingetting om linux. Jag har läst mig till hur det skall installeras med känner mig väldig osäker. Jag vill inte fastna i installationen. Jag skulle behöva prata med någon som kan guida mig igenom installationen skulle det vara m

Re: 'Applications -> Preferences -> Font' not working.

2004-05-25 Thread Luis M
/usr/lib/libmetacity-private.so.0 (0x4002f000) to see if the library is pointing to where it should, and it's found? Last but not least, make sure that you check: $>cat /etc/ld.so.conf /lib /usr/lib /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/lib /usr/local/lib I ran out of possible things

DEBIAN WON'T BOOT

2004-06-03 Thread J M
Debian won't boot, here's the synopsis of the problem: Most recently the computer began crashing simple programs such as Abiword when attempting to save as well as do other moderate tasks. Up until now, the OS has not given me any trouble (had it for roughly 9 mo). The other night, Debian dec

Re: dual boot with lilo

2004-06-08 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:21:37AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 08:46, Mike M wrote: > > I have a laptop that I am trying to dual boot. > > should be easy :) > > Step 1: create a GRUB boot disk. > Step 2: learn to boot from your grub boot disk.

Re: dual boot with lilo

2004-06-08 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 04:47:35PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya Mike hey > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 08:46, Mike M wrote: > > > > I have the following partitions shown with qtparted > > > under a Kn

Re: dual boot with lilo

2004-06-08 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 08:33:32PM -0400, Mike M wrote: > On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:21:37AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 08:46, Mike M wrote: > > > I have a laptop that I am trying to dual boot. > > > > should be easy :) > >

Re: dual boot with lilo

2004-06-09 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 03:40:01PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 14:02, Mike M wrote: > > Thanks for posting your instructions. Now I know where to look for them. The mkisofs is a thing of wonder. The man page is huge and full of mystical concepts. I am not

details pls: Dynamic MMap ran out of room

2004-06-09 Thread Mike M
Following up this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/05/msg00612.html I was wondering what this magic is doing: # echo 'APT::Cache-Limit "25165824";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf which works for me, BTW. I have 512MB RAM. I loaded Woody and was updating as part of the process of upgrading to tes

'umask' and mounting of vfat filesystem.

2004-08-16 Thread Daniel M .
Hello everybody, According to the man page for 'mount', 'umask=value' is used as follows: "umask=value Set the umask (the bitmask of the permissions that are not present). The default is the umask of the current process. The value is given in oc

Re: 'umask' and mounting of vfat filesystem.

2004-08-16 Thread Daniel M .
>VFAT doesn't support unix-style file permissions. What you're seeing >is a unix-style system trying to do the best it can on a crappy >filesystem. It won't get any better than what you've got. I know all that, but *why* permissions on some files cannot be set properly - that is my initial quest

Re: 'umask' and mounting of vfat filesystem.

2004-08-17 Thread Daniel M .
>I didn't see it yesterday, but it seems that is is always the write bit >that does not get set properly. The umask values that work are only >those that do /not/ allow writing to all files. > >Is it possible that the files have been marked "read-only" in Windows >and that mount respects that sett

Wrong interpretation og '\$' by bash?

2004-08-21 Thread Daniel M .
Hello everybody, I have the following lines in ~/.bash_prompt (for all users): -- # set prompt and window title (if running in X terminal) case $TERM in xterm*) PS1="\[\033]0;\$\w/\007\]\$\w/: " ;;

New newsgroup for Debian users

2004-08-26 Thread M Singh
Hi Had to reveal my email address for this post, but I guess its ok if this new newsgroup takes off and opens up a choice for Debian users. Following positive response in comp.os.linux.misc and generally supportive response in alt.config, I have created the first unmoderated newsgroup for Debian

rekall doesn't work properly on debian

2004-09-12 Thread Daniel M.
Hello everybody, I successfully compiled and instaled rekall 2.2.1 on Debian unstable (rekall is a database front-end, similar to Microsoft's Access, see http://www.rekallrevealed.org/), but the program is virtually unusable, since it crashes with a segfault every couple of minutes when you try to

Re: rekall doesn't work properly on debian

2004-09-13 Thread Daniel M.
A month ago, I found a .deb for Rekall, version 2.2.0-beta4-2. I can't seem to find the package again, but the maintainer listed through apt-cache show is: Maintainer: Edgar Jasper < develop at edgar dot org dot uk > I can't say much about the program because I haven't used it extensively. Hopefu

Re: rekall doesn't work properly on debian

2004-09-14 Thread Daniel M.
At risk of being shot at at sunrise, I had rekall working without any problems in Gentoo a few days back. Does the following help you at all? I don't think it is going to help - all the required dependencies are seemed to be fully met, but nontheless the problem still exists. Maybe gdb backtrace

Re: gnome

2004-02-23 Thread M . Kirchhoff
i.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianGnome --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Partitioning Scheme for New 120GB Hard Drive -- Comments?

2004-02-23 Thread M . Kirchhoff
Karsten M. Self ix.netcom.com> writes: > > Updated at http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/NixPartitioning > Thanks for updating your info. Partitioning tends to confuse recent Windows converts or those, like me, who started experimenting with Linux using a simple two-partition configu

Re: Stolen debian logo?

2004-02-23 Thread M . Kirchhoff
Patrik Lindahl home.se> writes: > > I hope this is the right forum for this... Send a message to the debian-legal list. --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Beginner question

2004-02-24 Thread Pedro M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Hi apologies if this is primitive, Don´ t worry. YOu don't have to apology ;( In any case, one can create a newbie-user and advanced-user email lists if necessary. I think it's what Debian need now . Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: gnome

2004-02-25 Thread Pedro M.
Nitebirdz escribió: On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 10:07:21PM -0400, Vikram wrote: That surprises me. The Gnome is already 2.4.2 stable, why is Debian lagging in adopting a newer version of Gnome. If I were to install Debian 3.0_r2, what would I have to get the benefits of the latest version of Gnom

Re: gnome

2004-02-25 Thread Pedro M.
Nitebirdz escribió: On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 10:07:21PM -0400, Vikram wrote: That surprises me. The Gnome is already 2.4.2 stable, why is Debian lagging in adopting a newer version of Gnome. If I were to install Debian 3.0_r2, what would I have to get the benefits of the latest version of Gnom

Re: Debian on Dell

2004-02-26 Thread Mark M
Faheem Mitha schreef: I'd greatly appreciate hearing about people's experiences of success with Debian on Dell, and related advice, suggestions, and working configurations. Thanks in advance. I installed debian on a Optiplex GX240. No problems whatsoever. Never tried X though. Happily running a e

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k modem ) > - Upload speed: 227.000 KBits/sec ( 7 times faster than a 56k modem ) 7x ? > > I now have to fight my way through crap tech support. I've deal with to

Data Base

2004-02-26 Thread Pedro M.
Wich package do you suggest to use MySQL in a visual environment ( Gnome) . After installation, which command do I have to use to execute the suggested program ??. (one could add a visual data-base to Openoffice.org suite too and, then, to Debian): Regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: Beginner question

2004-02-26 Thread Pedro M.
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: There was a good rebuttal of this recently, observing "well, who would hang out on this newbie list to help them?". I know I wouldn't - I can barely cope with debian-user as it is. I could help with this list (hang out) ;) Regards. -- To UNSUBS

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-27 Thread Mike M
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 04:16:02PM +0100, Christian Schnobrich wrote: > On Fre, 2004-02-27 at 02:31, Mike M wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > > > > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k m

Error

2004-02-29 Thread Pedro M.
Using synaptic appears the next error : perl:warming : setting locale failed. perl: warning:Please check that your locale settings : LANGUAGE = (unset) LC_ALL= (unset) LANG = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" are supporeted and installed on your system. perl: warming : falling back to the satandar locale ("c")

Re: nvidia

2004-02-29 Thread M . Kirchhoff
get install -t unstable x- windows-sytem). YMMV --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbies! please check this out -> http://www.aboutdebian.com/

2004-03-03 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:16:30PM -0500, xucaen wrote: > Today I found an amazing web site! why this is not listed anywhere on the debian.org > web page I can not say but this has more information than I could ever have wished > for! > I urge all newbies to check it out!! A pecadillo: Why Not

Re: Error

2004-03-04 Thread Pedro M.
Bill Marcum escribió: On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 11:12:42PM +, Pedro M. wrote: Using synaptic appears the next error : perl:warming : setting locale failed. perl: warning:Please check that your locale settings : What can I do ??. dpkg-reconfigure locales Thank you a lot. It works

Re: Sandisk Cruzer USB flash drive -- gaah!

2004-03-05 Thread Pedro M.
Joey Hess escribió: Matt Price wrote: hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1.2, assigned address 19 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1292 usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=19 (error=-110) hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1.2, assigned address 20 usb.c: USB device not accepting new addres

Kernel image

2004-03-06 Thread Pedro M.
I suggest create the module kernel-image.last To upgrade the kernel to the last version. In apt-get install -kernel last the apt-get would install the last kernel image for the default system architecture (i.e. I would detect if it's a i386X architecture and would download the last kernel modu

Re: Kernel image

2004-03-06 Thread Pedro M.
Florian Ernst escribió: Hello Pedro! On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:04:34PM +, Pedro M. wrote: I suggest create the module kernel-image.last To upgrade the kernel to the last version. In apt-get install -kernel last |$ apt-cache show kernel-image-2.4-386 |[...] |Description: Linux

Re: Kernel image

2004-03-06 Thread Pedro M.
Florian Ernst escribió: Hello Pedro! On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 05:32:44PM +, Pedro M. wrote: Florian Ernst escribió: On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:04:34PM +, Pedro M. wrote: I suggest create the module kernel-image.last To upgrade the kernel to the last version. In apt-get

Re: Kernel image

2004-03-06 Thread Pedro M.
Florian Ernst escribió: Hello Pedro! On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 11:49:47PM +, Pedro M. wrote: Florian Ernst escribió: |[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4- | wc -l |7 Not that much, at least in my eyes. YMMV. try apt-cache search kernel-image* ;) Yes

Re: Upgrading Kernel to 2.6 on Morphix?

2004-03-07 Thread Pedro M.
J. Silverman escribió: Hi All, I am running a Debian like os, called Morphix (www.morphix.org), and I would like to upgrade the installed kernel to 2.6. I have talked with the experts of Morphix, and they said it is possible to upgrade, but only on a hard drive installation, since it is a Live

Re: Where is XFree86?

2004-03-07 Thread Pedro M.
Lei escribió: I am a newbie debian and I am trying to make my toshiba 2405-s202 laptop to work with xserer. I found http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200210/msg01878.html but I can't find where XFree86 executable is, which I would like to run XFree86 -configure for auto de

Re: Applying Kernel patches

2004-03-07 Thread Pedro M.
Pigeon escribió: On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 11:57:57AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: I've patched my kernel.org kernel from one version to the next, but now I have one machine running 2.4.21 that I'd like to upgrade. Is there a way to get a patch generated (patch-o-matic kind of thing) to patch from

Re: apt-get sources.list

2004-03-07 Thread Pedro M.
Hans du Plooy escribió: Hi all, What do I specify in sources.list to get access to *all* the packages in http://www.gonkgonk.com/mirrors/backports.org/debian/dists/woody/ ? I currently have: deb http://www.gonkgonk.com/mirrors/backports.org/debian stable spamassassin postfix Thanks You can

Re: newbie to Linux (Debian).

2004-03-10 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:24:29PM -0700, Lucas Albers wrote: > > Frank J Bivings said: > > I am a complete newbie to Linux (Debian). I thought it would be a > > good way to get around the glut of Windows. > > > > I am having problems with the graphics card. I installed Debian > > Linux 3.0 and, d

Re: Newbie, stumped, pls help!

2004-03-14 Thread Pedro M.
jeffkiss escribió: Can anyone help me figure this out? I am trying to install Linux. ix86 my hard drive is wiped clean. I'm not even really sure how (or if) it is formatted. I have a cd cdr drive and a cdrw. (plus floppy and zip) I have debian disks, (and also SUSE, from the box). I plan t

Re: newbie to Linux (Debian).

2004-03-14 Thread Pedro M.
http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/index.html is a reasonable on-line tutorial. Another good idea would be to get a book on introductry Unix/Linux skills (university libraries usually have several of these; some public libraries do too). I have added the link to http://wiki.debian.net/index

Mozilla mail

2004-03-14 Thread Pedro M.
I try to install a launcher in gnome with Mozilla Mail. I include like command: Mozilla -mail and it opens mozilla mail without my settings ( emails servers, mail and so on). But I see all these email servers, letters and so on, when I click in the mail and news icon in the low mozilla browser

Pinning

2004-03-15 Thread Pedro M.
How to say to Debian I prefer install Mozilla -unstable and not Mozilla -testing ( only this package in unstable). Thanks in advance. I have problems, because when I try in Gnome to open the contextual Menu Disk / Floppy, dissapear all the icon in the desktop, but the disk is mounted ( I have

Re: Gnome2 install - HELP

2004-03-15 Thread Pedro M.
Setyo Nugroho escribió: Hi all, I did not really succeed installing gnome2.2. in my woody debian. Use www.morphix.org that includes Gnome for Debian ( Gnobian ) with Hard Disk installation ( installation without problems). Regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: [OT]Europe Supports Antitrust Ruling Against Microsoft

2004-03-15 Thread Pedro M.
s. keeling escribió: Incoming from Number Six: I know y'all are going to crucify me for this but Spain capitulating to terrorism is really burning me up. You can rationalize it all you want, but mass murder changed an election - that should scare you all about Perhaps people wants peac

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