apt sources

2003-02-17 Thread alex
pace? # deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free ^--^---^-- ? alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt sources

2003-02-18 Thread alex
My question is about the correctness of the following sources: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main/ ^-- main/ or main? deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free

Re: apt sources

2003-02-20 Thread alex
Thanks all. I finally got things straightened out...there were a few typos in the original document and I made a few trial and error runs on them and now have them working. alex wrote: I'm having a problem understanding the architecture of apt sources and have difficulty in getting pac

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2003-02-22 Thread alex
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Re: Using PPP for Dial out connection to ISP

2003-02-25 Thread alex
Did you try? # pppconfig Look up--- pppconfig HOWTO Satish Iyer wrote: Hi, I am having problems configuring my ISP connection with ppp. After following the directions (from the howto's and faq's) I am still unable to get it functioning. I tried with PAP as well as CHAP. An error is ret

Re: Problem with startx

2003-03-21 Thread alex
nate wrote: Isuru Binduhewa said: Hi I am using debian.When I loged in as the root I can go to Xwindows using startx at the prompt.But when I logged in as a normal user I can go to Xwindow. I assume you mean as a normal user you CANNOT go to X windows.. this usually is because of the Xwrapper

Issue with nsswitch.conf and LDAP

2003-10-21 Thread Alex
tional pam_mail.so standard noenv passwordsufficientpam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow passwordsufficientpam_ldap.so use_authtok passwordrequired pam_deny.so Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Log watching program for central loghost

2003-10-26 Thread Alex
may have missed some functioning that does this, if that's the case please give me a hint). Any suggestion on log watching programs are welcome. thanks, Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Frozen cursor-no /dev/psaux

2003-01-22 Thread alex
I've installed Debian 3.0r1 4 times (from scratch) trying to get things the way they should be and each time the install ends up with a frozen cursor in KDE and Gnome. I could move the cursor with the numeric keypad but not with an ordinary mouse. The first three times the cursor froze, I tried

Re: debian woody beside suse

2003-01-25 Thread alex
Martin Wegmann wrote: Hello Debian user, I am planning to install Debian woody as second linux on my computer beside Suse 8.1. I would like to know if debian will recognize the spare 50 GB on my /home directory (in Suse) and create a partition by it own without infering with Suse or if it wou

Alas and alack.

2003-01-28 Thread alex
Has the Linux security bubble burst? http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20030124S0013/1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

More on "Alas and Alack"

2003-01-30 Thread alex
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Correction to "More on Alas and Alack'

2003-01-30 Thread alex
Sorry about sending the wrong URL in my previous 'More on Alas and Alack'. Rather than sending a new URL, I am sending a copy of Mr. Langa's response to what he says was a Firestorm of responses from Linux devotees.-alex -- (Quote

/etc/chatscripts/provider

2003-02-03 Thread alex
I had no problem configuring /etc/chatscripts/provider in Progeny Debian but the one in Debian Woody has a different format that gives me a problem. I can't figure out what kind of data should be entered and how it should be entered. I couldn't find any info about this. 1. What data should be e

Re: /etc/chatscripts/provider

2003-02-04 Thread alex
computer (one,for trouble shooting). I wasn't able to log on with either one because of my unnecessary 'editing'. Why don't THEY tell us these things? Thanks, guys Alex Donald Spoon wrote: alex wrote: I had no problem configuring /etc/chatscripts/provider in Progeny

Re: mounting filesystems

2003-02-05 Thread alex
If I correctly understand what you want, you may like the way this works. # cd /mnt; mkdir da1 # alias win+='mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/da1; cd /mnt/da1; ls -aF --color=auto' # alias win-='cd; umount /mnt/da1' - # win+ (this should show all you

Re: mounting filesystems

2003-02-05 Thread alex
You can also access XP from Linux in the same way. # cd /mnt; mkdir xp follow the alias pattern for Windows98--use the appropriate partition in /dev/hdx and the proper filesystem for XP if it isn't vfatuse /mnt/xp. I'd name the aliases xp+ and xp- alex wrote: If I correctly

apt- and dselect

2003-02-07 Thread alex
ly first? How about 'recommended' support packages? Isn't this somewhat similar to what dselect does, only better? Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt- and dselect

2003-02-08 Thread alex
scovered that it has a history of causing problems, going back to 1999. So, why was it on my 2003 Debian 7 CD set? Did I get a joker set? It says 'Stable" on the CDs. --- Alex Here's a copy of what appeared after the last good package: after the fix. Failed to fetc

dselect --multi cd Install from a CD-ROM set

2003-02-14 Thread alex
m a CD-ROM set' to make things easier. How can I add this option to my dselect access menu? Yes, I know I can use apt but I want to use dselect. (because it is there to use) alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-14 Thread alex
If I understand your problem correctly, this might help: log in with regular user name su (enter root's password) cat /etc/gdm/gdm.conf Look through the list for 'AllowRoot=_' If it says 'false', run an editor and change it to 'true'. Then save. Alex

How Do You Know If It Works In Linux?

2003-09-28 Thread alex
Linux even though it may have MS Windows installed. alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Do-all computer?

2003-10-11 Thread alex
or example: The criteria is, it should be able to handle multiple Linux installations plus MS Windows without resorting to special drivers such as needed with winmodems. Any recommendations---off-the-shelf or mail order, systemless or Linux or Windows installed, or do-it-yourself. alex

Re: Programmer for hire

2003-10-12 Thread alex
e for networking during the install procedure if it be done after a basic Debian is running? Compare Debian's install with the one used by KNOPPIX and you'll see what I mean. I'm sure there'd be many Linux fans who would really appreciate a a simpler Debian install procedure. al

Re: POLL: what's your favourite font under KDE 3?

2003-10-14 Thread alex
Andrea Cavaliero wrote: I'm lookin for a good font under KDE3. I am currently using Bistream Vera, but it doesn't look good (the bold is too bold) when auto-hinting is enabled. So.. what's your favourite font? Andrea Courier (Arabic) bold -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: How to pronounced "Debian"

2002-10-24 Thread alex
Here's a quote from the Progeny Debian User's Guide, page 25, (Learning About Debian) "Debian was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock, now president and CEO of Progeny. The name of Debian combines Ian's name with that of his wife Debra. Its full name, Debian GNU/Linux, recognizes the central role of

Where is the real /home directory?

2002-10-26 Thread alex
When I installed Debian, I made a 1 GB /home partition in hda6. The system works fine but I don't understand why when I look at /home and its subdirectories,there's nothing that indicates that hda6 is mounted there but mtab and fstab both show it is there. Likewise, when I look at hda6, there's

Not a question---case of the missing /home partition data

2002-10-29 Thread alex
When I installed Debian (Progeny), I used hda6 for /home and hdb5 for / and later, a directory /da6 under /mnt Everything seemed to work very nicely but I was puzzled why I couldn't see /home's data when I went directly to hda6. All I saw was ./ ../ So, I ran the following to see what h

./configure

2002-11-11 Thread alex
I'm have a problem with ./configure in that I sometimes get a response like this: bash: ./configure: No such file or directory Here's my procedure prior to ./configure 1. Download the tar package to /home/downloads 2. cd /home/downloads 3. tar -vzxf tarpackage 4. ls (to make sure the untar

What is a 'path'?

2002-12-01 Thread alex
An instruction says: "First, be sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is on your path." What is my "path" and how can I check it? Is this a matter of just editing 'path' and adding /usr/X11R6/bin? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: What is a 'path'?

2002-12-01 Thread alex
Simple enough when it's explained the way you guys did. Thanks, Sean and Tom. Alex sean finney wrote: heya path refers to the list of directories through which your shell searches when you tell it to execute a command. for example, when you type 'ls' at the prompt, your shel

automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread alex
I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to another partition (destination) that has a large number of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: # cp -apRv source/* /destination/ The command works but it requires that I manually respond 'yes' fo

Re: automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread alex
Roberto Sanchez wrote: --- alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to another partition (destination) that has a large number of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: # cp -apRv sourc

Re: automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread alex
Thanks for the other suggestions. I had already started the copy so I didn't receive the last few messages until the copy was completed but will note them in my handydandy notebook . alex wrote: I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to another

Re: other debian installer tactic?

2003-08-26 Thread alex
Alfredo Valles wrote: I know this have been discussed many times. But I still not happy. (Sorry) Why is it that debian can not take a shortcut in the path for having a quick desktop installation? Why not to release a basic knoppix-like CD with the most common desktop applications that 99% of p

Re: Knoppix - observations

2003-08-29 Thread alex
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I downloaded the Knoppix CD. Booting with it gets: 1. It does find everything, but not perfectly, e.g. the X screen. 2. I have a slowmodem to get onto the internet and for some reason I had to manually fill in the /etc/resolve.conf for anything to be found. Restoring a partit

Re: Knoppix - observations

2003-08-29 Thread alex
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I downloaded the Knoppix CD. Booting with it gets: 1. It does find everything, but not perfectly, e.g. the X screen. 2. I have a slowmodem to get onto the internet and for some reason I had to manually fill in the /etc/resolve.conf for anything to be found. Forgot to mention

Re: Knoppix - observations

2003-08-29 Thread alex
Johann Spies wrote: On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 10:33:55PM -0400, alex wrote: Did you install KNOPPIX on your hard drive or did you just run it off the CD? It works much better on the hard drive especially after you do the apt-get update. To install on your hard drive: http://www.freenet.org.nz

/home partition

2003-09-05 Thread alex
fter a partition is selected for a /directory? alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /home partition

2003-09-05 Thread alex
Wathen, Metherion wrote: I'm not an epert but I believe that you must add an entry in fstab for hda2 as the /home directory. the entry should read something like the following: /hda2 ext2 /home defaults 0 0 others on the list can prolly better advise but that is pretty much how my system is

Re: /home partition

2003-09-05 Thread alex
VEGH Karoly wrote: On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 10:36:31AM -0400, alex wrote: I read the data in hda2 but there's nothing there except ./ and ../. When I read the regular /home directory (under /), all the usual /home data is present. The partition (hda2) doen't appear in /etc/fstab

Re: /home partition

2003-09-06 Thread alex
Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 10:36:31AM -0400, alex wrote: I opted for a separate partition (hda2) for /home during the installation of Debian and it was duly formatted. However, the partition doesn't seem to be as performing

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-04-03 Thread alex
beforehand with a better chance at success. alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-04-04 Thread alex
Lindsay Yardley wrote: G'day Alex, I found the installer great but while I'm new to linux I've been using PC's since about 1982. It would probably be very helpful to the developers if you could be more specific about the information you think is lacking. Yes, I agree that the i

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-04-04 Thread alex
Scott C. Linnenbringer wrote: On Monday 24 March 2003 10:06 am, Larry wrote: I don't condone the outburst, and am not fully tuned in on this incident. I must say, however, that compared to a number of other systems I've worked with, Debian is difficult to get installed and configured. I suspect

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-04-04 Thread alex
Mr. Baldwin wrote: I think that what most people who clammer for a GUI installer really want is a more easy-to-accomplish installation, not necessarily a graphics-based installation. Of course, I could be wrong. YES That's me. I don't need an X based installer -- just one that can take some of

Re: what is the name of first time setup

2003-04-06 Thread alex
Kevin McKinley wrote: On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 08:35:15 -0800 (PST) Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The thing is, I stopped the tasksel too soon per accident - and I don't remember the program to call for the first time set up Can anybody tell me the location of the prog? base-config Kevin

aliases versus functions

2003-06-06 Thread alex
f compound commands are much more compact and as far as I can tell work as well as 'Functions'. So, why is everyone so set against using aliases for compound commands?It's like telling bees not to fly because they're aerodynamically unsuited for flight. alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Jerky Screen Saver

2003-06-10 Thread alex
Jerry wrote: I have a Radeon 7500 card. Using KDE 3.1.1a on Woody system. I have screensaver Solar Winds selected. When it runs, it runs jerky. It will move about an half an inch and stop, then move another half an inch and stop. It just keeps repeating this behavior continuously. Is this norm

Sharing partitions with multiple Linux installations

2003-06-19 Thread alex
I have multiple Linux installations, knoppix, Progeny, and two Debians, each sharing a common swap partition and a /home partition. One of the Debians is used as a test bed for the other. So far, I haven't had any problem that I can detect by sharing /home and /swap but I also don't see any grea

Re: debian

2003-06-20 Thread alex
I've lost track of hows many times I've "installed' Debian because of making wrong decisions during the installation. My observation is that the installation tries to do too much. It tries to consider all possible choices that could be made, many of which some users don't need or even understand b

Re: debian

2003-06-20 Thread alex
' and 'apt' or even 'dselect'. No, I don't have this installer but don't you wish there was such a thing? A no brainer installation with customization after Debian is installed. Heck, you could even install multiple Debians and customize each one differentl

Re: Debian: Midnight Commander 4.6.0 pre1 - unofficial package

2002-12-13 Thread alex
Eduardo Pérez Ureta wrote: On 2002-12-13 16:39:37 +0100, Adam Byrtek 'alpha' wrote: I've heard that there is a big interest in mc 4.6.0 Debian packages. mc package in an official Debian GNU/Linux distribution is very old, so I decided to create my own unofficial package. Line to add to your /

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten

2003-01-04 Thread alex
.example depending on the effect you want. " Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten

2003-01-06 Thread alex
Duly noted in my notebook...Thank you Alex Bob Proulx wrote: alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-04 19:54:47 -0500]: For the benefit of someone who doesn't have much experience and occasionally has a problem understanding generalizations, could you elaborate a bit on these? Let me

Problem starting x

2003-01-12 Thread Alex
ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection # Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally # the relative position of other screens. The four names after # primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right # of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the # right of screen 1. Screen "Screen 1" thanks, Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ISO image

2003-01-13 Thread alex
A real beginners question. What is an ISO image? There's a lot of stuff out there but I can't find anything that defines what it is...what it does. Can someone point me to somewhere that discusses it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

ALSA (and kernel?) problem

2003-01-18 Thread Alex
s/2.4.20/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o: insmod snd-via82xx failed CONFIG_SOUND was compiled into the kernel. searched some on google but found no useful information, i'm thankful for all help.

StarPC...for home and business (http://www.leestar.com/promo/p450dvd.htm)

1999-07-14 Thread Alex
Title: StarPC...for home and business.     White Box Solution For ResellersNew

Is there a Logon Log?

1999-02-13 Thread Alex
Is there a way (or is it already done) to direct the text printed to the monitor during the logon process to a file.  If such a file is automaticly created, what is it?  If not is there any way to set one up. -alex

Can't Mount a Zip Drive

1999-02-13 Thread Alex
'insmod driver'?)"   How do I mount my zip drive? -alex    

PCI MODEM

1999-02-18 Thread Alex
Hi, I had an ISA modem. I've recently bought another mothem, but it's PCI. The problem is that the system doesn't recognize it. Windows 98 recognizes it as a modem on COM3, using IRQ 9. I reconfigured pppd (using pppconfig) to use ttyS2 (= MSDOS COM 3). Then I used setserial to change the

fbset

1999-02-21 Thread Alex
Hi, I have a vodoo Banshee and I need to get fbset. Does anybody know where can I get it?. Thanks.

[Fwd: LI\nLI]

1999-03-07 Thread Alex
Hi, I had the same problem as you, and I solved it adding the a line at the top of lilo.conf with the following word in it: linear Bye. Mike Wood wrote: > On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Eric wrote: > > > How does one fix the problem of LILO saying: > > > > LI > > LI > > > > when it boot

Installation Problem

1998-12-13 Thread Alex
writing this E-mail on does not belong to me.Thanks Alex _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

New Debian Installer -PGI Debian

2002-09-03 Thread alex
The subject of a new Debian installer (Debian Progeny Graphic Installer (PGI) ) doesn't seem to have been mentioned on this list or if it was, I missed it. This is a Progeny Installer that has been modified to install Debian. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=D ebian+PGI&

Panasonic KXP-1091 dot matrix printer

2002-09-11 Thread alex
Does anyone have some instructions on setting up a Panasonic KXP-1091 dot matrix printer for use in Debian? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

aliases or functions--which to use?

2002-09-22 Thread alex
I've been using aliases to access other partitions on my two hard drives, ranging from hda1 to hdb9 and don't have any problem that I can detect. I have other Linux's scattered throughout the two hard drives. Windows 98 is on hda1, as usual. Debian's / is on hdb5 For example, In Debian,

Pacific Digital Mach52 CD-RW

2003-11-29 Thread alex
Could someone describe how to use the Pacific Digital Mach 53 CD-RW to copy or burn data cds in Debian? Pacific Digital support says this machine hasn't been tested in Linux.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Letter to TigerDirect

2003-12-13 Thread alex
Kent West wrote: OFF-TOPIC Perhaps I have no business posting this here . . . . I've done business with TigerDirect in the past, but recently they've added a pro-MS banner to their home page. I wrote this note to them, and would encourage other Debianistas who have done business with them to

OT. Message to all computer vendors.

2003-12-13 Thread alex
thought is the letter should not be system specific but use the word Linux in a generic sense.. alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT:Message to all computer vendors

2003-12-14 Thread alex
Roberto Sanchez wrote: Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 at 03:14 GMT, alex penned: What do you think of everyone on this list and other Linux lists sending a form letter to all computer vendors asking them if they have systemless computers or components that will work with Linux

OT-Make more noise.

2003-12-15 Thread alex
#x27;s just one flavor of Linux or more than one. Make a noise that cannot be ignored.. If just one computer is advertised as guaranteed to be compatibile with just one Linux system, how long will it be before there'll be computers guaranteed to be compatible with any Linux system? . alex a

Re: smaller fonts on boot

2005-06-17 Thread alex
Alle 12:32, giovedì 16 giugno 2005, Michal Simovic ha scritto: > has grub any such configuring option(i succesfully made the boot menu to > show a splash image in the background) or is there another way of > achvieving this? I put in the kopt line: vga=775 Look google for other options! A.

Re: modify server's IP

2005-06-27 Thread alex
Alle 18:17, giovedì 23 giugno 2005, Maurice O'Regan ha scritto: > Hi, > > How can the server's IP address be modified permanently. > using ifconfig eth0 1.2.3.4 only applies till a reboot occurs. > > Is the IP stored somewhere in a file ? > /etc/network/interfaces man . A.

2.1 install CD panic

2000-03-21 Thread Alex
l, nothing on the second; a Riva 128 AGP video card with 4Mb, and two DEC 21041 Tulip PCI ethernet cards. This same hardware was previously running redhat, and before that freebsd. Any clues what's going on here, or how to work around this to get debian to install, greatly appreciated.

Installing Potato over RH6.1

1999-12-08 Thread Alex
Hi folks,   I've got a firewall setup using RedHat6.1 and while it works its difficult to maintain. i would prefer to use Potato instead of the redhat. Has N1 installed debian over RH?  is there a reverse "alien"?   Alex McCool  

RE: Tulip network card not working

1999-12-08 Thread Alex
http://www.linksys.com/www.linksys/solution/nos/linux%5Flne100tx.htm   i didnt compare them to the ones at http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html Alex McCool  

exim error

2000-01-04 Thread alex
t;root" file in /var/spool/mail/ I use exim-3.11-2 Thanks Alex Wang

Debian books

2001-07-21 Thread alex
Can someone tell me what they consider to be a good up to date Debian book for a beginner, one that doesn't assume that the reader has a background in Unix or DOS? Is there such a book? Where are the books about Debian? I found dozens of up to date books for RedHat and just one out of date book

Alternative to aliases??

2001-08-02 Thread alex
Someone claimed on a list that there's an alternative to aliases that does things better. I use aliases to access any partition for editing and they run just fine but I'm wondering what other way could this be done? What can be simpler than typing da1+ to get at the contents of the Windows par

Post Installation of a booter

2001-08-24 Thread alex
I plan to install 4 Linux systems but don't want to install a boot loader (LILO or GRUB) with any of the systems but instead rely on boot floppies because I always had reliable performance with floppies in the past. However, LILO or GRUB is more convenient and faster so I would like to at least g

Re: Redhat to Debian?

2002-03-05 Thread alex
What do you mean by "how to go from a redhat system to Debian'? Do you mean switch to Debian while RedHat is operating? Be more explicit. infotechsys wrote: Hi, Is there a HOWTO on how to go from a redhat system to Debian system? If so, couls someone point me to it. I could find anything at

Re: Debian books

2001-10-16 Thread alex
Linux Cookbook http://www.linuxfreak.org/post.php/08/11/2001/119.html ramsubs wrote: > > > > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more directly > for > > > > Debian instead of just general linux? > > > > > > > > > > > I have a book called Debian Unleashed that is excellent. Alth

Are you spam?

2002-01-21 Thread alex
I monitor several Linux forums and have noticed that Debian mail far outnumbers the mail on other Linux forums. I also notice that, percentagewise, more Debian mail is blocked by my ISP's SPAM blocker (Postini) than any other and if does get through, some of it appears as general mail instea

Winmodem translator?

2001-06-09 Thread alex
Would it be feasible to create a software bidirectional Linux to Windows translator dedicated for one purpose, to permit use of any Winmodem on Linux?

Re: OT-Make more noise.

2003-12-18 Thread alex
Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:01:49AM -0500, alex wrote: All you guys who complain about not being able to purchase computers that can run Linux. Why are you complaining to each other? You send an occasional complaint to a

Unidentified subject!

2003-12-24 Thread Alex
To capture RealVideo, RealAudio, Windows Media you may use the following software: HiDownload, StreamDown, NetTransport, WM Recorder and many other programs. These are not screen capturing programs. They allow you to download streaming media whether audio or video, which you usually play using Wind

Apache version on latest CD?

2003-12-30 Thread Alex
Hi, I would like to know which version of Apache I would get with 3.0r2? This is the file which I was going to download: debian-30r2-i386-binary-1.iso Regards, Alex. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hard drive checking.

2004-01-02 Thread Alex
Hi There, Is there a tool on the debian installation disc for checking a hard drive prior ot install? --- arcX -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Checking ISO installation file is complete

2004-01-02 Thread Alex
Hi, Can anyone tell me how I can verify that the Debian ISO file which I downloaded is good for downloading onto disk. --- arcX -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT: ISO and Image files-semantics problem

2004-01-09 Thread alex
To make it easy for you (and me). delete the incorrect answer A downloaded ISOisis not an image. The installation CD is is not an image alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: ISO and Image files-semantics problem

2004-01-10 Thread alex
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Nano Nano wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 09:46:47AM -0500, alex wrote: [snip] A downloaded ISO is an image. The installation CD is not an image _- ?? debian-30r1-i386-binary-1.iso debian-30r1-i386-binary-2.iso these are not images? Could

Re: OT: ISO and Image files-semantics problem

2004-01-10 Thread alex
Nano Nano wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 09:46:47AM -0500, alex wrote: [snip] A downloaded ISO is an image. The installation CD is not an image The installation CD is a duplicate of the contents of the image. How simple it would be to say "The installation CD is a duplicate of the extr

Re: OT: ISO and Image files-semantics problem

2004-01-10 Thread alex
Travis Crump wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: alex wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Nano Nano wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 09:46:47AM -0500, alex wrote: [snip] A downloaded ISO is an image. The installation CD is not an image _- ?? debian-30r1-i386-binary-1.iso

Re: OT: ISO and Image files-semantics problem

2004-01-10 Thread alex
storage device, such as a network server. So according to this, a CD is an image, after all. I don't think this is a very good definition, however. Certainly not, that would put us back to square one. alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

If a computer is sold with preinstalled SUSE, shouldn't it work with Debian?

2004-01-15 Thread alex
If a computer works with a preinstalled SUSE system and doesn't have an installed MS Windows system, what problems can be expected with adding and running additional systems like Debian and a MS Windows if the hard drive is properly partitioned? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: If a computer is sold with preinstalled SUSE, shouldn't it work with Debian?

2004-01-15 Thread alex
ABrady wrote: On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:37:57 -0500 alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If a computer works with a preinstalled SUSE system and doesn't have an installed MS Windows system, what problems can be expected with adding and running additional systems like Debian and a MS Win

Re: unsubscribe

2004-01-23 Thread alex
Jim Frohoff wrote: unsubscribe Look at the bottom of ANY of the messages on the debian -user list.. Read it carefully. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-28 Thread alex
I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I the only one getting this stuff? alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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