Rich text format.

2001-03-12 Thread Simmons-Davis
Dear Debian Group, I would like to know what program you would use to work with rich text format in Linux. Thank you, Ry

Combining disks in one virtual partition.

2001-03-16 Thread Simmons-Davis
Hello, My question for you all is whether or not you can join the partitions of several small hard disks together to form one large-contiuous-virtual root partition. I have quite a few small hard disks but none that are really big enough to be of much service to me. Thank you, Ry

Minimum RAM Requirement.

2001-03-16 Thread Simmons-Davis
Hello, I would like to know the minimum amount of RAM a computer needs in order to run a basic Linux setup and then also the minimum for X Window System. Thank you, Ry

Creating a Logical Volume Group during the setup of Debian.

2001-03-18 Thread Simmons-Davis
Hello, I would like to know how to create a Logical Volume Group on four hard-disks combining four partitions at the time I partition during an installation of Debian 2.2r2. Thank you, Ry

Partition size for / when using a Logical Volume Group for /usr.

2001-03-18 Thread Simmons-Davis
Hello, I would like to know what some of your opinions are as to what size I should make the / partition when I have /usr as a separate Logical Volume Group partition. Thank you, Ry

Working with Rich Text Format in Linux.

2001-03-20 Thread Simmons-Davis
Dear Debian Group, I would like to know what program you can use to work with Rich Text Format in Linux. Thank you, Ry

running lynx

2001-03-25 Thread Simmons-Davis
Dear Debian Group, I am unable to run lynx on the Debian 2.2r2 system I recently installed. After I run "wvdial", connect to my ISP, hit "cntrl z" and then type the command "lynx" at the command prompt (all as root) I get the following errors (I have also set http://www.debian.org as my start page

Setting lynx up to deal with a proxy server

2001-04-02 Thread Simmons-Davis
Dear Debian Group, My ISP uses a proxy server and so prevents Lynx from working properly (or at least that was a possiblility that someone else suggested). I know for sure that my ISP uses a proxy server as they told me themselves. Please tell me what information I need from my ISP and then where

Connecting my browsers to Wvdial and the internet.

2001-04-03 Thread Simmons-Davis
Dear Debian Group, I am having problems with my browsers connecting to my internet connection as user: root. I have tried both Mozilla and Lynx (though not Netscape as I cannot get the archive files without an internet connection) and have encountered the same problem with both. When I dial up my

Netscape

2001-04-06 Thread Simmons-Davis
Dear Debian Group,   My question today is whether the complete Netscape Navigator and Communicator packages come on the official Debian 6 cd set or whether I have to download them from the non-free directory on the Debian ftp site.   Thank you, Ry

Running the Netscape installer.

2001-04-06 Thread Simmons-Davis
Dear Debian Group, I am trying to get Netscape on my system. I have the installer on my system configured correctly with the archive file from the Netscape ftp site (it extracted correctly from the /tmp location). The Netscape icons came up as part of the menu and main start bar but whenever I cli

Installing communicator.

2001-04-06 Thread Simmons-Davis
) and then how do I get it included in the "sources.list". Thank you for your time and energy, Ry P.S. I included the origional message for referance: - Original Message ----- From: "D. Hoyem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Simmons-Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Connecting to my ISP.

2001-04-08 Thread Simmons-Davis
Dear Debian Group, My problem today is that I am sometimes unable to connect to my ISP. Sometimes I am able to connect, but then many times I am not. The difference occurs immediately after the line: "--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt." Some times the prompt is given and then WvDial connect

The use of source cds.

2001-05-30 Thread Simmons-Davis
Dear Debian Group, I would like to know exactly what purpose the source cds serve and who would need to use them. I will only be using Debian for things like word processing, email, the internet, etcetera and wouldn't be doing any development or performing any major alterations to the debian distr