RE: chmod segmentation faulting

1999-02-08 Thread pat
On 08-Feb-99, Chris Kaltwasser took time to write : > So now I'm wondering, how should I proceed in trying to fix this problem? first do an strace that is type strace chmod and then you will see exactly at what point it's failing and maybe why. if you think it's important, send that output he

Re: Do you still need screensavers these days?

1999-02-08 Thread pat
On 08-Feb-99, Kirk Hogenson took time to write : > What is the smallest N for which the statement "If you use your > computer for about N hours a day, you're better off just leaving > it on all the time." is true? i always have heard that what is killing computers (disks, etc...) are powering the

adduser

1999-02-25 Thread pat
Hi, if someone can explain this to me... I'd like to create a login which has a dot in it. adduser doesn't want to, telling me to force with --force-badname but even with that switch it doesn't work, adduser doesn't want to create it at all. why is that ? what's wrong with a dot in a login name

Re: Debian and Redhat - are most linux users missing the point?

1999-02-28 Thread pat
On 28-Feb-99, Mark Brown took time to write : >> 3) No documentation on how to load/use the original programs that loaded >> when installing. That is, can I load again the program that allowed me to > > Hmm... This problem seems to apply to all the distributions I've tried. > They have a nice

Re: Help with Hard drive error messages

1998-12-10 Thread pat
Le 10-Dec-98, Daniel Mashao a pris ses électrons pour écrire: >> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >> >> I got these errors after I recompiled the kernel with the option >> 'Intel 82371 PIIX Triton DMA support'. I have this chipset but >> it caused DMA errors and tr

recommendation on presentation software

1998-12-10 Thread pat
Hi, i need to make a presentation, and i'd like to do it with my laptop "a la" Powerpoint. (ie video output of laptop plugged on LCD retroprojector) But what i need in fact is far less, ie only to have a display of some texts (various sizes/various colors) and waiting for me to press a key to dis

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-10 Thread pat
Le 10-Dec-98, Frank Gerhardt a pris ses électrons pour écrire: > Dear Patrice, > > On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:43:48 -0500, "Patrice Bertrand" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect' to >> install X and others packages. > > I'm in exactly in

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-12 Thread pat
On 11-Dec-98, Frank Gerhardt took time to write : >> you are installing a dual boot system aren't you ? > > Not yet. I still boot from a floppy. I was a bit confused about the you could also boot to dos, and then use loadlin to boot linux. > 1024 cylinder limit and wanted to avoid that issue a

gpm segmentation fault

1998-12-12 Thread pat
Hi, I think i have something very strange with gpm handling my mouse. First: the mouse is working _correctly_ under X, so there is definitively no problem with the mouse. But with gpm it's another story... It launches ok (of course it's configured with the same parameters as in X) and as soon as

RE: New/old kernel devices disappearing?

1998-12-15 Thread pat
On 15-Dec-98, Peter \(Troff\) Petroff took time to write : > kernel 2.0.34 on hdb1, typically out of a boot floppy, no LILO. too bad ! with LILO you could have all your ram (128Mo) seen in 2.0.34 ! > > The problems are: >

RE: Package install problem

1998-12-15 Thread pat
On 15-Dec-98, Lyndon Fletcher took time to write : > Hi all, >I have a number of small problems getting Debian packages onto my > PC. Ok, for a start the machine has an unrecognised CDROM type and the OSes don't recognize it ? or you d

RE: Netscape, samba, power, awe64 ?s

1998-12-15 Thread pat
On 15-Dec-98, Brian Morgan took time to write : > Having some trouble using debian 2.0.34 > > 2.Downloaded netscape from netscape.com, ran ns-install, and now I get >an > error: "can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'" I've had this problem in the > past, on another debian machine, but I don't re

Re: New/old kernel devices disappearing?

1998-12-16 Thread pat
On 15-Dec-98, Peter (Troff) Petroff took time to write : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> by the way you can install lilo on a diskette and boot with it. > Erm... why would I want to do that? I use the bootdisk if I want Linux, just to use the append="mem=128M" thingy. > otherwise I leave it out an

RE: Violence: Lethal StarOffice, terminal Apache, broken partiti

1998-12-17 Thread pat
On 17-Dec-98, Peter \(Troff\) Petroff took time to write : > to check error logs and suprise, it said that ServerName wasn't set. But the > thing was, Apache WORKED for a few days before it failed to start up and I > made NO repeat NO changes to ANY Apache configs. When I set ServerName, it > DID

gpm segmentation fault

1998-12-17 Thread pat
I'm resending this email as I've sent it during the 'debian-user-digest' outage, and i hope someone who haven't seen it already will give me an advice. Hi, I think i have something very strange with gpm handling my mouse. First: the mouse is working _correctly_ under X, so there is definitively

Re: Violence: Lethal StarOffice, terminal Apache, broken partiti

1998-12-19 Thread pat
On 18-Dec-98, Peter (Troff) Petroff took time to write : > * No repeat no config changes WHATSOEVER. at all, or only related to Apache, because > But the problem should never have occurred in the first place 'cause I > definitely didn't screw with it! ... it could happen if you change /etc/

RE: Swap partitioning

1998-12-19 Thread pat
On 19-Dec-98, Christian Lavoie took time to write : > Linux partition is: /dev/hda7 > Current swap: /dev/hda8 > New swap: /dev/hda9 > 64megs of RAM > > > > 1) Will adding another swap partition really help SOffice? sure... but not as much as more memory > 2) Where does I configure Li

RE: more on the remote access server

1998-12-28 Thread pat
[ you should post to debian-isp i think ] On 28-Dec-98, ivan took time to write : > So as to gain as much experience and knowledge as I can I want to set up > the home system so that it emulates a major ISP as closely as possible. I > have 3 486 machines and 1 pentium 133 and 1 pentium 200. i'm

RE: SMP & SCSI resets

1998-12-30 Thread pat
On 30-Dec-98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] took time to write : > I seem to remember reading somewhere a LILO/boot command-line option > to turn-off SCSI reset. Unfortunately, I've not been able to locate > the reference. > > Could one of you kind folks either point me in the right direction, > or even (**

Re: SMP & SCSI resets

1998-12-30 Thread pat
On 30-Dec-98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] took time to write : > Setting up LILO isn't going to be a problem...just couldn't remember the > option... i didn't know the option either before your post. >> Ps: to find things like that see the kernel sources. >> for example aic7xxx=no_reset (along with all o

AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread pat
Hi, I think i have a problem with one of my new K6-2 box. I have two boxes : same motherboard (ASUS P5A) , same amount of memory (128Mo). Same output of /proc/cpuinfo for both *except* for bogomips. One is a 350MHz and it gives me ~350 Bogomips the other is a 400MHz and it gives me ~800 Bogomip

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread pat
On 17-Jan-99, Marcus Brinkmann took time to write : >> One is a 350MHz and it gives me ~350 Bogomips >> the other is a 400MHz and it gives me ~800 Bogomips >> >> I think there is a problem. What do you think ? > > No. i think there is, see below >> What should i check first ? > > Read the Bog

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread pat
On 17-Jan-99, Marcus Brinkmann took time to write : > On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 03:34:42PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> besides the fact it seems outdated (1997-12-13), it says like me: >> AMD K5/K6 clock * (2.00 plusminus 0.010) 11.1 >> >> and it lists K6 at 166Mhz havi

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread pat
On 17-Jan-99, Phillip Deackes took time to write : >> so my AMD K6-2 at 350Mhz should have 700Bogomips isn't it ? > > I think I would be concerned too. I have an AMD K6-2 3D 350 MHz I am ! > processor, overclocked to 400MHz and I get the following from cat > /proc/cpuinfo: > > processor :

AMD-K6 Bogomips problem solved (sort of)

1999-01-18 Thread pat
Thanks all for your input. The problem is solved in a way. Before mucking with hardware i tried few software things. With 2.0.36 compiled as 686 and as 586 i had only 350Bogomips with a 350MHz K6-2 BUT (!) with 2.2.0pre7 compiled with CONFIG_M586TSC=y i have my full 700 bogomips ! with it /proc

Re: AMD-K6 Bogomips problem solved (sort of)

1999-01-19 Thread pat
On 19-Jan-99, James Pollard took time to write : > i've not messed around with BogoMIPS really, but i do have one question. > your BogoMIPS count went up dramatically, but did it really feel like you > had a performance increase? if so, why switch back? if not, why care > about them unless it w

Re: AMD-K6 Bogomips problem solved (sort of)

1999-01-19 Thread pat
On 18-Jan-99, Tino Schwarze took time to write : > REMEMBER: BogoMIPS, are bogus only - they DO NOT tell you anything about > your processors real performance. So, I guess, the calibration loop used but they at least tell you if you have something badly misconfigured > for calculation BogoMI

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-20 Thread pat
On 19-Jan-99, Peter Bartosch took time to write : >> bogomips should only depend on hardware no ? > > only on cpu (and clock) that's what i thought too, but it doesn't seem true in my case as with exactly the same hardware and no change in bios i have 700 bogomips with kernel 2.2.0pre7 and 350bog

Re: Unsual system check

1999-01-27 Thread pat
On 27-Jan-99, Nathan E Norman took time to write : > I'm flying by the seat of my pants here, but I believe it has something > to do with a daemon's log file not being completely cleared before the > system shuts down (as in `shutdown -h now'). probably. > I was told that the "deleted inode has

RE: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread pat
On 27-Jan-99, Tam Ma took time to write : > Hi, > > Can someone tell me what is the different between the > "developement" version from the "stable" version of a kernel? > > Is kernel 2.2.0 stable or dev? is stable, as are all kernels with 0,2,4,6 or 8 in the middle so all 2.0.x are stabl

RE: dns/bind question

1999-02-05 Thread pat
by tab) and in /etc/hosts.conf: order hosts,bind it should work... Pat

RE: general protection !!! (kernel 2.0.36, updatedb)

1999-02-07 Thread pat
On 06-Feb-99, Paolo Pedaletti took time to write : > Hello, > this is what happen when I run updatedb (always! after some time) (kernel > 2.0.36) > > general protection: <..> > Anyone with the same problem? > > Should I worry? ;-) yes you should, if you're not running a development kern

Could you help me ?

1999-10-03 Thread pat
athic ! Thanks a lot. Pat.

RE: Telnet and dselect seg fault

1998-10-09 Thread pat
Le 03-Oct-98, David Boisvert a pris ses électrons pour écrire:: > Hello! ... > So, that's the problem, dselect and telnet crash and and don't know > why. > > So, if someone have this problem with or without a solution, mail me. I had once a similar problem after some hard disk corruption, that

Re: Help setting up virtual hosts

1998-11-08 Thread pat
Le 08-Nov-98, William R. Ward a pris ses électrons pour écrire: > I had recompiled it a few times, but didn't notice that setting > before. I now am getting a slightly different error. > > SIOCSIFADDR: Invalid argument > ppp0:0: unknown interface. > > And in /var/log/messages, it says this: >

Re: Some Questions - Cont'd

1998-11-08 Thread pat
Le 08-Nov-98, Gossamer a pris ses électrons pour écrire: > For MY Zip drive at least, it's /dev/sda4. I have NO idea why it > isn't 1 like it should be, but if sda1 doesn't work for you, try 4! For compatibility with Mac (related to different forks etc... don't ask me) all Jaz drives natively ha

Linux Tips & Tricks

1998-11-25 Thread pat
Hi, Just to let you know all that i've started a project called Linux Tips and Tricks (http://www.patoche.org/LTT) in which i'm collecting tips i find. Since i use Debian and read this mailing-list i will put tips sent here. In fact there are the majority of tips i already have (around 60). If so

Re: Linux Tips & Tricks

1998-11-25 Thread pat
the 25-Nov-98, Keith Beattie wrote: > This looks like a good idea, though I curious to see how you will > organize it when your database of tips gets very large (for example in fact i didn't thought about that right now... for now i have all my tips in WML format in one dir, and a prog of mine is

Part II of Linux Tips and Tricks

1998-11-26 Thread pat
Hi all, I'm pretty amazed of the amount of feedback i have for what was at the beginning a personnal project. Here is my comment of few things: (it's a compilation, sorry not to have written to each of you separately) David Zelinksy wrote: >I suggest you send a note to the author of any posting

Recommandation for LTT

1998-11-28 Thread pat
Hi, You've maybe heard about LTT, Linux Tips & Tricks. As I'm now properly crediting authors, by default i'm putting their name and email address. But I'm worrying about robots collecting emails. I really don't want that. Mark Phillips suggested me: > The only thing I'm worried about is people u

Re: Installation on IBM ThinkPad 380XD

1998-12-03 Thread pat
Hi, you've sent shortly in debian-user the followin tip. i'd like to include it in LTT, the Linux Tips and Tricks page at http://www.patoche.org/LTT so i'm asking your permission to do so. thanks in advance. Le 03-Dec-98, Manoj Srivastava a pris ses électrons pour écrire: > Hi, > > Tecras and o

Re: suid script

1998-12-03 Thread pat
Le 03-Dec-98, Joey Hess a pris ses électrons pour écrire: > Brandon Mitchell wrote: >> Dang, looks like you are right Joey, at least I can't get a counter >> example working. I have been forced to write csh scripts on linux that >> are run by suid programs because bash will drop it's privleges to

RE: pcmcia card...

1998-12-05 Thread pat
Le 04-Dec-98, Alan Su a pris ses électrons pour écrire: > > when i reboot with the newly compiled kernel, the 3c575_cb module > doesn't want to load. the relevant errors are: > pcmcia/3c575_cb.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx_R6a97aa56 > pcmcia/3c575_cb.o: unresolved symbol unregister_netdev_R84f

Re: Just My 2 Cents

1998-12-08 Thread pat
> I have debian and winnt-workstation running on two machines on my desk. > Sure at first glance it appears that linux is faster, but look at all > the services running on NT and what they do for me. If I install new > hardware on my winnt box at least I don't have to compile and link a ^^

RE: Where can I get a list of NIST servers for rdate?

2004-05-25 Thread Pat
> -Original Message- > From: Jake Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Where can I get a list of NIST servers for rdate? > > I am looking for some active servers so I can run rdate as a cron job. > Any idea where I can f

Beckham uses these pills

2004-05-03 Thread Pat
The best solution to male enlargement: - http://www.shredd-1.us/b/?vcrx Happy with your current size? - http://shredd-1.us/1v3.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 18 April 2004 1:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: FW : very long > > The only solution

question about installing everything

2007-08-09 Thread Pat
I know this may sound a little ridiculous to some, but I have been using Debian for several years now and was thinking about installing everything on a computer to experiment on etc. Does anyone have any idea about how much hard-drive space this would require? Is this even possible, given the nu

Re: No luck reconfiguring resolution

2007-08-13 Thread Pat
If this is Gnome you may have to select a higgher resolution under System Administration -> Display first and the you can set in in the user preferences. This was the experience I had when trying to do the same thing. It seems that the higher resolution has to be enabled by globally first. -- T

Where to get debian iso public pgp key?

2007-08-14 Thread Pat
Hello, I have downloaded the md5sums file for the iso images and gpg gives me: gpg: Signature made Sat 07 Apr 2007 09:17:29 PM CDT using DSA key ID 88C7C1F7 gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found Where do I find this key for verification? It is not on https://db.debian.org/ or http://k

Send the love home with an online photo album

2005-07-11 Thread Pat
Super software, swell prices, splendid service. http://sfkr.ovs3956hlg6v37o.kashandkdkk.org The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all. Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Want to creat a CD with indexed HTML content

2003-02-27 Thread Pat Colbeck
. Thanks Pat -- Pat Colbeck Cisco CCIE :2305 E-Mail :[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Galeon snapshot and file download

2003-01-22 Thread Pat Colbeck
Hi I have installed galeon snapshot on my Sid box and its very pretty. Unfortunately whenever I try to download a file it pops up the box to choose where the file gets saved and whatever I do it errors with: a folder was chosen when a file was expected And wont download Thanks Pat

Why is apt trying to install packages from Sarge ?

2002-10-10 Thread Pat Colbeck
! I thought with this setup that I would need to use -t Sarge or Sid to force a package to install from anything other than Woody. Below are the config files and the output when testing installation of aptitude. Thanks Pat Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following extra

Re: Why is apt trying to install packages from Sarge ?

2002-10-10 Thread Pat Colbeck
-8 Debian:unstable) Conf gnome-libs-data (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Conf libxslt1 (1.0.21-0.2 Debian:unstable) Why tge hell does it want to upgrade this packages to the ones from Sid ? Pat - who is extremly puzzled -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Mozilla (Galeon) and gtk themes?

2002-10-11 Thread Pat Colbeck
Not sure about Mozilla but Galeon has a Next like theme. You can get it from the Galeon homepage. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why is apt trying to install packages from Sarge ?

2002-10-11 Thread Pat Colbeck
Thanks Thad did it. Maybe it was the fact that i didn't have a space between Pin: and release ? All works fine now. Thanks again Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why is apt trying to install packages from Sarge ?

2002-10-11 Thread Pat Colbeck
ing like this but I do suggest you RTFM as there is a lot you can tweak here: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 970 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 950 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 900 Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: Debian Linux Compatability

2002-10-14 Thread Pat Colbeck
HTML format. Have fun Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-14 Thread Pat Colbeck
bian-user debian-laptop wm-user subscribe debian-user debian-laptop wm-user That should get you going. Check the procmail and fetchmail man pages or websites for the permisions that need to be used on their rc files. I can never remebere them off hand. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xemacs21

2002-10-15 Thread Pat Colbeck
at contains whatever the print command requires to do its job. Something like: (setq lpr-switches '("-depson")) For postscript printing there are three analogous variables to customize. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Do debian-users get spammed a lot?

2002-10-15 Thread Pat Colbeck
Strangley allthough I use my private address for all mailing lists and usenet stuff I get far more spam via my work E-mail address that is omly used for business related stuff. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

PCMCIA broken after apt-get upgrade

1999-06-04 Thread Pat O'Brien
the module source. Needless to say, I previously had compiled the 2.2.9 & source and had the modem recognized by it. I get the sneaking suspicion the new version of Setserial is the culprit, but whatever it is I don't know how to fix it. pat

kernel-package can't make compressed image...

1998-07-28 Thread Pat Kennedy
I'm unable to build a kernel .deb package with the 2.0.34-4 kernel source and other required/suggested packages as documented in /usr/doc/kernel-package/README. Doing make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image compiled everything, but, at the linker phase... make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/sr

ie, compile/link kernel image compressed...

1998-07-30 Thread Pat Kennedy
hey kernel build pros... I'm unable to build a kernel .deb package with the 2.0.34-4 kernel source and other required/suggested packages as documented in /usr/doc/kernel-package/README. Doing... make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image ...compiled everything ok, but, linking the bvmlinux im

troubleshooting with bonnie

1998-08-03 Thread Pat Legg
Any help is appreciated. -Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Where's my mouse?

1998-09-04 Thread Pat O'Brien
I change out my serial mouse for a ps2 mouse, and now my mouse can't be found. What do I do now? pob

isdn in the USA

1998-09-25 Thread Pat O'Brien
Is there anyone out there that has configured and uses isdn in the US ? Can you help me configure my USR Sportster 128k TA ? pat

Memory usage

1998-10-06 Thread Pat O'Brien
If I have 192Mb of ram, how do I indicate to the kernel that I have it. pat

make-kpkg: ld bombs on misc.o

1998-07-14 Thread Pat Kennedy
I'm unable to build a kernel .deb package with the 2.0.34-4 kernel source and other required/suggested packages as documented in /usr/doc/kernel-package/README. Doing make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image compiled everything, but, at the linker phase... make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/

Re: Magicfilter Config

1998-07-16 Thread Pat Kennedy
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder. -- M.C. Escher On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Dennis Dixon wrote: > > I am now attempting to configure the system so that the printer will use > magicfilter. > > I tried the following: > In "/etc/printcap" I added the line >

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-16 Thread Pat Kennedy
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder. -- M.C. Escher On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support > > > newcomers to Linux. That is why we have

Help

1999-02-28 Thread Pat Neumann
setting for the desktop simular to what windows does. Thnks Pat' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now free for the Windows crashing nightmare!!

Hello

1999-03-24 Thread Pat Neumann
nd of strange. Even upgrading to Slink Dis did not solve the above problems. Thanks for any help Pat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

access for non-us packages

1999-04-03 Thread Pat Greenwood
g to install from the net or should I surrender to CD's? Is there a faster way to obtain some bells and whistles via the net? My current plan is to Install the minimum necessary to get X Window running with wmaker and a couple of games, then add packages later. Pat Greenwood Omaha [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SOLVED] ipmasqadm question

1999-04-13 Thread Pat Legg
). try http://www.debian.org/~rcw/2.2/netbase/netbase_3.12-2_i386.deb -Pat

installing packages -- alternatives to dselect?

1999-04-17 Thread Pat Greenwood
alled packages or do something else to get them ready to work? Pat Greenwood Omaha [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installing packages -- alternatives to dselect?

1999-04-17 Thread Pat Greenwood
Bob Nielsen wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Pat Greenwood wrote: > > > IIci system 7.5.3 20/1G 600M Linux partition 60M swap 68030 33.6 dial-up > > stand-alone w/ slink 2.1 installed 3/9/99. > > I have just the basic system installed. > > > > Dselect sh

video for compaq prolinea 4/50

1999-05-01 Thread Pat Greenwood
I need guidance in selecting a monitor (and video card?) for a compaq prolinea 4/50. I'm just beginning and would like to at least run fvwm or windowmaker. Any suggestions? Thanks.

msysterious /dev/dsp & /dev/audio

1999-05-14 Thread Pat O'Brien
when I try to play a sound bash reports that there is no /dev/audio device. And when I try to initialize esound, bash reports that the /dev/dsp device does not exist... I'm puzzledI've got a desktop Debian system up and never had these kind of audio problems pat

apt-get broke netstd

1998-10-08 Thread Pat O'Brien
While doing an upgrade with apt-get, it put netstd in such an "inconsistant" state that I can neither uninstall the old one, nor reinstall it. I can't install the new either. It seems to be looking for Debiannet.pm in @INC and can't find it. How do I rectify this conundrum? Pat

Re: Problems with xbase/xserver upgrade

1998-10-24 Thread Pat O'Brien
sage saying not all of the X keyboard extensions programs & configuration files are installed. The file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/README is missing. And sure enough it is But, my X is up and running, so I'll wait til it gets fixed to worry about it pat

Re: Lilo boot splash on Woody

2002-09-03 Thread Pat Colbeck
Thanks all It works fine now after following Olivers instructions and putting the bmp in /boot and changing lilo.conf to reflect this. Regards Pat On Friday 30 August 2002 2:34 pm, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Pat Colbeck wrote: > > Hi > > > > Last night I

PCMCIA ethernet and Woody with 2.4.x kernel

2002-09-05 Thread Pat Colbeck
doesnt work and I have to go through the whole rigmarole again. Can anyone point me at some docs about how to set this up the Debian way so it works on boot ? Thanks Pat -- --- Pat Colbeck E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:I'm not te

Re: PCMCIA ethernet and Woody with 2.4.x kernel

2002-09-05 Thread Pat Colbeck
Thanks I hadn't noticed pcmcia.conf had moved. I scanned the other docs you mentioned yesterday but obviosley have not digested them properly :) I will try again at the weekend when I have some more time to read them properly. Pat On Thursday 05 September 2002 2:50 pm, Andre Berger

Re: Speller

2002-09-05 Thread Pat Colbeck
a window with the word looked up for you. Pat On Thursday 05 September 2002 4:46 pm, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > What would be absolutely awesome is having a pluggin for my browsers and > editors that could be a right click option! > > hth -- --- P

Emergency lost my mail !

2002-09-05 Thread Pat Colbeck
? This is the first time in 10 years I have actually lost any mail as normally I use fetchmail and procmail and backup all incoming mail before leting the MUA at it and its not a pleasent thing to happen ! Thanks Pat -- --- Pat Colbeck E-mail: [EMAIL

Re: Emergency lost my mail !

2002-09-06 Thread Pat Colbeck
Forget it panic over. The missing three days had decided to jump into a completely unrelated folder on the exchange server. No idea why but I got them back. Pat -- --- Pat Colbeck E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:I'm not te

Re: Installing from a floppy disk

2002-09-10 Thread Pat Colbeck
Did you download the correct rescue.bin image ? There are several for different processor types and floppy disk sizes (ed 1.2Mb 1.44Mb). Pat On Monday 09 September 2002 4:03 pm, Sami Rayes wrote: > Hi, > > When I boot my PC with the "Rescue.bin" floppy I get repeated line

Re: Debian 3.0 and AIRONET PCI4800 (Aironet PCI350) ?

2002-09-12 Thread Pat Colbeck
Hi I would check the modules availabe for yout kernel. I am not sure if the 2.2.x kernels in Woody have support for this card. I am sure I saw it in the list of modules for my 2.4.x kernel though. Try modconf and browse the modules. Pat On Thursday 12 September 2002 7:40 am, Ignacio Solis

Gnome and printing and CUPS

2002-09-13 Thread Pat Colbeck
forward in Linux desktop usabilty. Pat -- --- Pat Colbeck E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:I'm not telling --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Encrypted Partition

2002-09-17 Thread Pat Colbeck
ng to work out what you had actually enetered for the password. Pat -- --- Pat Colbeck E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:I'm not telling --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IP datagram analyzer

2002-09-20 Thread Pat Colbeck
. Pat On Thursday 19 September 2002 5:01 pm, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 11:57:23AM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > I'm new to Debian and only a 1 yr vet of Linux, but 100% in the Penguin > > camp now, and looking for a GUI type of program that does IP da

Re: (no subject)

2002-09-20 Thread Pat Colbeck
). Pat On Friday 20 September 2002 11:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry to bother you for a what may be a silly question? > > Although my UNIX skills are not basic at all, I do have a simple question > regarding the > installation of Debian. > > Can it be ins

GTK AA fonts in WindowMaker

2002-09-30 Thread Pat Colbeck
however has decided not to use AA fonts anymore both for its menus and for rendering. Any ideas folks ? Thanks Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GTK AA fonts in WindowMaker

2002-09-30 Thread Pat Colbeck
Weird I just did some playing and Galeon will still do AA using the MS-Core fonts its just stuff like Nimbus that no longer display in AA. Pat On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 09:40:48AM +0100, Pat Colbeck wrote: > Hi > > I am running Woody and have got AA fonts working fine in Gnome with

Re: Emacs and ALT Key in New Debian Installation

2002-10-03 Thread Pat Colbeck
why my ALT key doesn't work? Thanks in advance, > Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dictionary app recommendation

2002-10-04 Thread Pat Colbeck
There is tkdict which should be able to look like a NextStep app if you use some of the tk tweaks. http://search-dev.cpan.org/src/NEILB/Net-Dict-2.06/tkdict Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Partitions

1998-03-27 Thread Pat Quick
e existing software?  Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Pat Quick 2338 Bobcat Lane Jacksonville, FL 32246   [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GNU/Linux C++ compiler, where can I get it? Please help!!!

1997-03-17 Thread Pat Kennedy
Make sure the following packages are installed (or possibly earlier versions - I know this set works): libg++27-dev_2.7.2.1-6.deb gcc_2.7.2.1-4.deb libg++27_2.7.2.1-6.deb libc5-dev_5.4.20-1.deb cpp_2.7.2.1-4.deb libc5_5.4.20-1.deb

debian-changes dead?

1997-03-17 Thread Pat Kennedy
Can any debian-user subscriber who also subscribes to debian-changes confirm that debian-changes is still active? I haven't received a single email from that list yet in March. Just wonder if my email address might have got lost. Cheers, pbk As long as there are ill-defined goals, biza

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