Re: FHS-compliant location of X backgrounds?

have /usr/share, were architecture independent data files can be stored. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for p

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: dpkg

. You marked it with an "*" in dselect, but did not the install run yet. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:36:45PM -0600, Ehren Wilson wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Yes, I believe you are right on every count, and I beleive that my awe64 > isn't fully functional, with this clarifications. I'll have to get home > to test

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

> if all is not ok cat /dev/sndstat to see what is wrong . Yupp. Good luck anyone! Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I give UP

uld get you started. You can install LILO for multi-boot later. Please come back to this list with any specific questions you have. Also read the installation instructions on the debian web page, they are not too long. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 02:59:22PM -0500, Eric wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > The Awe cards are a good example for partially initialization by PnP BIOS. > > The pcm devices work, but for the Awe driver patch to work, isapnptools is a > > mus

Re: What should I buy ?

, SB 16 (original). > - Flatbed SCSI Scanner > - Small Postscript Printer > - Radio-modem > > - SO: Debian Slink Maybe Debian Hamm for stability, with a few selected packages upgraded. Have you considered a back up device? Also: ASUS motherboard. As much CPU cache as possible.

Re: Setting up Soundblaster PCI64 pnp

ree to come back with questions to me personally. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://h

Re: Setting up Soundblaster PCI64 pnp

rnels. My Howto explains how they can be configured and used. You can apply them by running "/usr/src/awe-drv/install.sh" No need to buy anything. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://

Re: Linus Torvalds interview

ank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/

Re: Maintaining the operating environment Questions:

rt tar files to deb files. This is intereting if you want to make /usr/local managed by dpkg. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux vs. Windows

ian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe?

Re: Manpages missing?

ou expect the C manpages in a c++ development package? Please install manpages-dev, they are all there. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unidentified subject!

rofile. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/

Re: HP DeskJet 890C: poor performance on Linux vs. Windows

or right and doesn't waste your ink. I'll not discuss this with you :) Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: only root can hear sound..?

bian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Was the release of Debian 2.0 put on Linux Announce?

ook on mathematic. they'll soon find out that they can't compare apples with pies. What is heavier? One ton of feathers or one ton of steel? Marcus, *baffled* -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann ht

Re: Was the release of Debian 2.0 put on Linux Announce?

ugh to understand. Try to keep them informed. Debians version numbering scheme is as good as any other scheme. We don't do this for marketing reasons, though. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Re: Was the release of Debian 2.0 put on Linux Announce?

TeX's version number converges to PI=3.14159... and Metafonts version number to exp(1)2.71828..., both in a monoton raising sequence). Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgma

Re: hardware purchase advice: modems

D) I imagine > @Home isn't quite as accomodating, but you ought to check it out. If you serve me here in Germany we have a deal :) I take all the extra stuff, $44 dollar for 24x7 connection is really cheap here in Germany. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."De

Re: WYSIWYG Word Processor

later version in a special edition. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.

Re: [Debian]: Wann kommt die Debian 2.0 - CD

orstellen!). (PS: Ich bin kein non-free Gegner, aber die "Official" CD's sind nur main+contrib). Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.deb

Re: help rescuing a crashed hard drive

The chip companies stress test their chips, too, and sell the good ones for more money ("military quality" or something like that). You can do the same, as long as you do nothing to void your warranty. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux

Re: [Debian]: Wann kommt die Debian 2.0 - CD

On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 01:28:04PM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > >> "MB" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Sie werben mit einer "official" alpha cd (alpha ist noch gar nicht > > released), und ---viel schlimmer--- "

Re: libc6 upgrade

ux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: [Debian]: Wann kommt die Debian 2.0 - CD

t;" A:"Oh, yes. *ups* I apoligize." Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://hom

Re: Colors

It will also print a cyan clock hh:mmXX, where XX is wither "am" or "pm". See "man tput" and other man pages referenced from there. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Re: Colors

On Thu, Aug 06, 1998 at 09:13:52PM +0200, Remco van de Meent wrote: > On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > : set_prompt () > : { > : local SAVE_CRS=`tput sc 2> /dev/null` > : local RESET_CRS=`tput rc 2> /dev/null` > : local CLOCKPOS=

Re: gimp only does xcf files?!

of colors in palette etc). After the conversion, you can save in Indexed graphic formats as well (gif, ...) Marcus Read The GIMP Manual!!! -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org

Re: Sound (with E)................

> have some troubles to find good sound application for linux. Where can i > start to search for it?? Start at www.linux.org. Try SLab, Rosegarden, and a couple of other programs. Wait for ALSA to be ready (a new sound driver). Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.&qu

Re: HELP with Sound Card

another console. Come back if you still encounter problems, ,but be sure to provide us with more information about the type of your card (there are many Aztech Galaxy cards), Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Re: printing not working

pport compiled in the kernel? does "echo "Here I am" > /dev/lp1" work? If not, recompile your kernel and activate parallel printer support. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Re: HELP with Sound Card

try). The sound driver OSS/Free is completely crap (the sources are ... let's not talk about it). The only chance are the Readme files in /usr/src/linux/driver/sound/. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkman

Re: refocus photo?

n question :) -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: Cheap*Bytes 2.0 CD-ROM

t a Debian CD, wouldn't he? Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: OFF-TOPIC (How do you guys sort your mail?)

ing capabilities of its own. I didn't knew that. I use exim and fetchmail+procmail. Would you recommend fetchmail+exim+exim's filter instead? Do you have an example configuration for the Debian lists? Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian

Re: Cheapbytes installed : now some questions

it will not work. You don't need to recompile communicator, though. Just install the libc6 package from "oldlibs", and it should work. You also will need "xlib6" (as opposed to xlib6g for the Debian programs). These are compatibility libraries for binaries that

Re: FAQ-o-MATIC

his would be great... I think we should get the users to use the fom. it is their FAQ, if they want it. Any users around here who want to see this, too? Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Re: Debian

rcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: What is hurd?

ke Wine etc. -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: debian vs others

th the general Linux development. This means that it is changing form (for example, it is simply growing). Sometimes, people feel no longer comfortable with the way the project is going, and then they depart. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GN

Re: gtk themes + pon

r username dip Then login and it should work (if you restored the original permissions at least :) Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL P

Re: which log to diagnose crash

a loss. You can try /var/log/*, especially kernel.log and syslog, but it did not help me, I only found some binary trash. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org

Re: "Make" Uses "c++" instead of "g++?"

o make g++ explicit, you have to write the rules for this (or use some other make magic). Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "Make" Uses "c++" instead of "g++?"

On Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 03:38:19PM -0600, Art Lemasters wrote: > On Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 11:23:06PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 02:01:25PM -0600, Art Lemasters wrote: > > > I am trying to run "make" in slink. It's using >

Re: Twin

bian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: {stupid pet tricks}blown Root passwd

ole purpose of a good password system! (trapdoor algorithm). On the other hand, you can recover with brute force. Requires probably more time than you'd enjoy. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Re: PS: vncserver

e problems laying in front of me (I'm the vnc Debian maintainer). Your keyboard problems may be the result of a custom keymapping (you don't use american keymaps, do you?). I'll try to package the second release asap. Sorry that I can't be of more help currently, Marcus --

Re: PNP sound card lack of knowledge (or stupidity )

t sound to work in X? Nope. Add your users to the group audio: adduser username audio so not only root can use the audio devices. > (plus am I correct about all this PNP stuff above?) Yes. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@

Re: Softmodems and Debian

a bit with it. Expect to get your modem working in a few months,... Sorry about this bad answer, but you have to try dosemu for yourself before one can guide you through. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Re: Docbook

.debian.org/~brinkmd/. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: is this possible with emacs?

On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 09:29:10PM -0400, DMDP wrote: > >I would like to know if there is some kind of "source navigator" mode to > >browse C/C++ under emacs. Investigate etags. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxf

Re: g++/gcc system errors

7.2.3 and g++ is egcs2.9x.yy. This is all for your benefit. The drawback is that you can't compile C++ programs with gcc, but who wants to do so anyway? Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann ht

Re: new monitor-need new video card

your needs. I wouldn't care about the refresh rates. Calculating the modelines will be fun. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: SVGALIB

uld get root rights if there's a problem in svgalib!). chmod +s /usr/bin/gs (or with suid-register if installed) Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org

Re: Compiling the dpkg source package..

ng but the kitchen sink as > far as the development environment goes. Any help is appreciated. :) dpkg-source -x foo_version.dsc cd foo_version debian/rules binary or dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfing

Re: Compiling the dpkg source package..

On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 04:40:13PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > dpkg-source -x foo_version.dsc > > cd foo_version > > debian/rules binary or dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc > > > > Marcus >

Debian packages available now (Re: vnc-3.3.2r2_x86_linux_2.0.tgz under debian hamm

are hot! They work fine here. Marcus The Debian VNC maintainer -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http

Re: Test

s -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: Sound card support

l in /usr/src. Voila! Install it with dpkg -i Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage

Re: A Cry For Help

s does not happen too often. There are other forums, too. I never needed those, as the Debian lists are so wonderful! > If you showed me how, I would even be willing to help you setup > what I stated in 1. thru 5. I don't even know your system, but, > I am willing to help. You

Re: !!! URGENT !!! Lost access to my system

as if a user from your office is doing the crack. So you definitely want safe your system, especially if it is connected to the internet. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://

Re: checking package integrity

ds common policy and packaging errors and checks the MD5sums and pgp signs. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for

Re: Java JDK 1.15 on Debian?

On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 12:46:02PM -0700, Marcus Johnson wrote: > > So, given the fact I'm not in a position to compel the admin to upgrade to > Debian 1.3 or 2.0 (but can and will lobby for it), Probably your admin will feel more necouraged if you show him some of the root shell expoits that hav

Pre-Gap Enhanced CD's

Does Debian support Pre-Gap Enhanced CD technology (accessing multimedia information on an audio CD) ? Windoze does not anymore... Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.

Re: isapnptools confusion.

conf.modules,a nd you are mostly done. Thank you, Marcus > P.S. mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How do I - Directory manipulation

* locate abc Will locate all files that have abc in the path+filename. And if you really don't know: * find / | grep reg-exp - Will let you use a regular expression. Please try "man find" and "man locate" and "man grep" for details. Marcus -- "Rhu

Re: GIMP 1.0

roblem and don't bother the GIMP people then. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ru

Re: Recommendations

y applied. Even the 2.0 series. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.d

Re: Help on Debian

w about the 1.3.1 kernels, sorry. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.

Re: gcc can't compile, egcc can!??

g++ to compile C++ programs. (where g++ is really eg++, because it works better :) Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help: green smail and hamm

etchmail is smart enough to *not* flush the mail in question. > Lastly would like to thank the debian volunteers for their time > and effort, it is greatly appreciated!! No probs. Come back with more questions if you have problems. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."

Re: Printer (port) Problems

onfig in the > /usr/src directory and the thing said "*** No rule to make target config'. > Stop." # cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32 # make config # make-kpkg clean # make-kpkg --revision custom.1.0 kernel_image # cd .. # dpkg -i kernel-.deb Reboot. Done. Marcus --

Re: Silly little swap question

On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 07:06:15PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Forgive me if this is a FAQ, but can bo and hamm share the same swap > partition? Can't think of a problem, really. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brink

Re: xkoules locked my system

to make a judgement so early. I'll test it, too, but first I end all my open editor sessions :) Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: xkoules locked my system

On Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 07:37:12PM -0400, Tom Malloy wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > This sounds bad. What version of koules are you running? What state is your > > system (Debian 1.3, 2.0 or what). What Xserver do you use? > > Koules vers

Re: xkoules locked my system

On Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 07:37:12PM -0400, Tom Malloy wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > This sounds bad. What version of koules are you running? What state is your > > system (Debian 1.3, 2.0 or what). What Xserver do you use? > > Koules vers

Re: Please clarify...

that it *may* crash your system seriously (not that I think of a special bug, but take care). > 1.2 rex > 1.3 bo > 2.0 hamm? 2.1 slink 1.1 (0.93?) buzz Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Re: Please clarify...

On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 09:52:12AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:50:15 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > >Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and > >superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through >

Re: Please clarify...

On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:15:07AM -0700, Nick Moffitt wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and > > superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through > > e

Re: Please clarify...

On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:20:02AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:07:27 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > >there are two cases where an upgrade can fail: > > A monty Python fan there, eh? I study mathematics --- I can neither count nor calculate :) &

Re: Please clarify...

On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:47:20AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:39:36 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > No, I draw an alternate conclusion based on facts and experiences > seperate from your own. We both could go blue in the face (or get advanced >

Re: Startup files disappeared [Urgent!]

n if the symlinks would be missing, the system would still be able to boot in single user mode (maybe with only partly support for certain hardware/partitions etc). Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Re: Tutor on bit and bitmasks

y convention the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b,c,d,e,f Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key ht

Re: Anyone running StarOffice 4.03 on Hamm?

nother one with LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to the star office libraries. PS: Looks like I have a font problem with star office. The font is way too bold. Anybody? Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann

Star office font problem (was: Re: Anyone running StarOffice 4.03 on Hamm?

On Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 05:00:47PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > PS: Looks like I have a font problem with star office. The font is way too > > bold. Anybody? > > Are you using xfs? Hello Jens! No, I don use xfs

Re: Problems upgrading a2ps (hamm)

be so obnoxious. Or maybe introduce another > level between required and recommended. Same happens with qt-dev recommending qt-doc !!! and some dict package recommending a lexicon. At least qt should be fixed. I just wanted top compile something, not really develop. Marcus

Re: 2.0 Beta Party...

recommended to users who can't wait any day longer. It is also a good phase for "minor things" like install documentation, ftp site, cd rom images etc to become tested. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkm

Re: 2.0 Beta Party...

On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:19:45PM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > We already *did* get rid of most of the bugs, otherwise we wouldn't even > > release a beta. The point is that we think it is quite stable now, and can > > be recommende

Re: awe64, how?

your friend may want). The standard sb16 driver will work but not support all features of your card. Please see my howto, too. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.de

Re: awe64, how?

b is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 --

Re: a user list too big, a suggestion

ptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: URGENT hamm install help needed

ailer I know (no, I won't start another mailer-war :). It is *fast*, means I can read also mail-folders that are 16 MB huge. Just my 2 cents, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debi

Re: What package has "patch"?

o a source tree, assuming you still have the original files. Then you can transfer the patch, and everybody with the original source can "apply" the patch and has then the same changes as you. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkm

Re: What package has "patch"?

us -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP

Re: Debian Package Manager "Worthless Junk"???

bc5 development tree in hamm)? Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.

Re: dir /s *.* equivalent for unix.

#x27;t have postponed mail at the moment :) It is not every time correct, for example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file .Xauthority .Xauthority:X11 SNF font data, MSB first But Xauthority file is only random binary data anyway... Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."

Re: xemacs-20 HTML mode

ow to parse it. It is probably more clever than your html mode. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP

Re: What's a good video card?

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