ATA raid install

2003-02-28 Thread ktb
I've been wading though the various howtos and list archives and could use some advice. I have a GA-7VAXP Gigabyte motherboard with on-board ATA raid. I've got the disks set up with MBFastrack 2+0 stripe. Should I be attempting this with stable/testing/unstable? Does anyone have a floppy set up

Re: newbie mutt questions

2003-03-11 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 02:56:15PM -0500, Chris Hoover wrote: > Sorry for this newbie type of questions, but how do you move mail messages to > another folder when in mutt? > If you want to move one message at a time you can use "s" for save. If I move a whole folder I generally just "cp folder

Re: Setting Static IP Address

2003-03-11 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:52:04PM -0800, CM Miller wrote: > > > Very new to Debian and installed Woody last weekend. > FOr some reason, it didn't recognize by pci 3com nics, > but after a little help on this list I got them. > > Now, how do I set a static ip address? > That is set in - /etc

Re: SSL installation help.

2003-03-12 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:02:00AM -0600, linux stuff wrote: > yes, thank you ... i realized i had omitted the subject and re-sent the > message > > as i understand it, it's not the actually install, which should work fine > the way you propose, but the configuration and getting a certificate

Re: Debian Boot Process

2003-03-13 Thread ktb
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:27:55AM -0800, Kris wrote: > You state it calls init. Where is init /usr/bin /usr/sbin. is init a > program. Thanks /sbin/ # which init $ man init $ ps ax|grep init kent -- To know the truth is to distort the Universe. Alfred N. Whitehead (a

Re: Removing CRONTAB jobs

2003-03-16 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 01:06:38AM -0500, sean finney wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 06:33:50AM +0100, n/a wrote: > > I've just set up a firewall for some students, now it's late and i'm still awake > > and > > > > this machine is making a lot of noise. Are there any crontab jobs i surely

Re: Difficulty configuring exim for use with fetchmail and as external MTA.

2003-03-16 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 12:59:39AM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > > Hi. I'm a new-ish Debian home user, and exim was the default > SMTP handler at installation time. I have a problem with exim > that I've put up with for quite some time; but enough is enough, > and I'm trying to solve it now, and

Re: nothing works

2003-03-17 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 06:15:08PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > my old computer's dead as a whole. i determined that it was either > the motherboard or processor, and bought a new combo. plugged them > in. turned on computer, and all is well! i let it download email for > a while, transferred

[OT] starting damons as non-priv

2003-03-18 Thread ktb
1) How can you tell if a program is actually running as a non-privileged user? For example proftpd is configured to run as "User nobody" and "Group nogroup" but when I do a "lsof|grep proftpd" "root" is listed as the user. proftpd 5884 root0u IPv4 20170 TCP *:ftp (LISTEN) 2) If I create

Re: users question

2003-03-19 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 12:16:13PM -0700, Didier Caamano wrote: > Greetins to all: > > My question is: > > How can I block a user to his home directory? so he can have access to his > home directory but no other directory on the system. > > Any hint will be appretiated. > have a nice day Set t

[OT] user psychology

2003-03-23 Thread ktb
I've been searching around the web for some documentation on how to deal with users from the perspective of a systems administrator. I'm finding a lot on account management and user policies but not much by way of dealing with people. I'm interested in educating myself about the different approac

Re: Good open source primer?

2003-03-26 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 01:47:57PM -0500, stan wrote: > I found myself in a discussion wiht my bosses boss this morning. It was > about how we had time synched all the *NIX boxes. > > Somewhere in the middle of the discussion, it became quite clear that he > simply _did not understand_ the concept

Re: leaving computer on 24/7

2003-03-27 Thread ktb
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:15:43AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:08:17AM +1100, Lindsay Yardley wrote: > > if it's a 24/7 box it's probably better to run it headless and administer it > > from a web interface. i.e. webmi

[OT] History of debian-user footer.

2003-03-28 Thread ktb
In light of the most recent iteration of the 'users can't unsubscribe' discussion I thought I would do a bit of research. When I started using debian the footer was - Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null There was a huge debate about whether or not to change this to

Re: limiting hard drive space for a user..

2003-03-30 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:19:48AM +1000, Ross Tsolakidis wrote: > Hi all, > > Newbie question I know, > But how can I limit a users home dir to certain amount of hard drive space ? > Is it possible ? man quota Look at the quota section - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/c

Re: installing debian

1999-06-04 Thread ktb
"Keith R." wrote: > > ive ben trying to install debian linux on an older 386 of mine > an ibm ps/2 model 56slc > it has a micro channel architecture > > when i place the boot disk in it goes through every thing seemingly well > except it doesnt pick up the scsi drive and host adapter thats part

Re: Unknown processes.

1999-06-04 Thread ktb
Christian Dysthe wrote: > > Hi, > > after having been logged on my box for a while I have a lot of these processes > running. I do not know where they come from (I am still a newbie), and I have > the feeling they slow me down. What are these: > > 275 ttyp0S 0:00 bash -rcfile .bashrc >

Re: fvwm2 preference file?

1999-06-06 Thread ktb
Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: > > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me which file is fvwm2's preference? Thanks! Take a look at the file .fvwm2rc there it explains the differernt "*.hook" files you can create in order to do it the debian way. I place the exterms and so forth that I want to load on startup in ~.f

PPP problem

1999-06-07 Thread ktb
I've installed Hamm on an old 486 via floppy and I'm trying to get a connection to the net. I installed a new modem Zoom 56k model 2819A. I ran pppconfig. When I try to dial out this is what /var/log/ppp.log says: Jun 6 09:40:50 www pppd[222]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Jun 6 09:40:51

Mouse without gpmconfig?

1999-06-07 Thread ktb
I've been looking in the archives and can't find an answer. I have Hamm base installed on an old 486 with only an 80 MB HD. I would like to get the mouse working but don't know if I can without gpm. This is a console only machine. The mouse I have is a 9 pin serial. It has three buttons and ha

Re: PPP problem

1999-06-07 Thread ktb
John Hasler wrote: > > ktb writes: > > Jun 6 09:40:51 www chat[223]: _K^M > > ... > > : C^?NNECT 115200^M > > : _e|c^?^?e t^? I~ter~ut ^ubra^?^?a^M > > What UART does this machine have on the modem port? If it is not a 16550 > you should

Re: OT: dual processor question

1999-06-07 Thread ktb
I've got three old IBM PS/2 #70s. There looks to be an extra socket for a processor on the motherboard. I don't know if it would really help to speed up the system or not as they only have 4 MB of RAM, or even if it would work. I was thinking about trying to add a processor to one of the compute

Re: Newbie trouble: How to log on as "root"

1999-06-07 Thread ktb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Debians > I'm a newbie; just managed to boot my 486/66 (28 ram, 540 WD HD) onto Linux > late last night, and all seems to be well and good, only I can't install > anything. Dselect won't let me choose the access method to use (I'm > installing from the dos-partition

Re: I am not impressed with Debian so far.

1999-06-08 Thread ktb
Patrick Colbeck wrote: > > Hey, my hard drive did the sudden thrashing thing last night too. Its > never done it before (well it has in NT but not in Linux). All I was > doing was reading mail remotely over a dialup line using xemacs in a > kterm in KDE 1.1.1 (from snowcrash). It stopped after a w

Re: I am not impressed with Debian so far.

1999-06-08 Thread ktb
Jim B wrote: > > That also happened to me a few weeks ago while I was running Netscape. I > heard my drive going nuts, and I ran df to check the free space. Well, the > free space kept getting lower and lower and ... finally my machine stopped > and I got a Kernel Panic. > > After I rebooted ho

Re: How/where can I see the messages from booting

1999-06-10 Thread ktb
After you boot you can use the command "dmesg" and pipe it through "less" or "more". For example at the prompt, $ dmesg | less That won't show the whole boot message but most of it. hth, kent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > as you can see I'm new in that media because that's my second

Re: New Debian Logos

1999-06-11 Thread ktb
Check out the Debian Weekly News, http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/1999/23/ kent Graham Lillico +44 1785 782329 wrote: > > Can anyone let me know where I can get the New Debian logo's from? As I > wish to update my web pages etc... > > Regards > > Graham > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubs

Re: Auto Shut-off

1999-06-11 Thread ktb
As root use the command, shutdown -h now See "man shutdown" for more details. When I use this command I still have to press the "off/on" button so this might not be exactly the answer to your question. hth, kent Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > > Hi > > My new box has an automatic shut-off

Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!

1999-06-12 Thread ktb
I kind of hate to jump into a string like this but at the risk of sounding real stupid how can one create this /var/lib/dpkg/Contents-i386.gz file. I've searched for it on my Slink system and it just isn't there. I took a look at the dpkg man page and see no reference to the file. I see that you

Re: ppp don't work

1999-06-14 Thread ktb
Camilo Alejandro Arboleda wrote: > > Subject: ppp don't work > Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 17:41:17 -0600 > From: Camilo Alejandro Arboleda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Ascom Colombia > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Help! > > I am trying to configure PPPD in Debian 2.1, using wvdial as dialer. I >

Switch console in xterm

1999-06-15 Thread ktb
Somewhere I heard there exists a program that will allow you to switch "consoles" in an xterm. In other words it would be like switching consoles with ctrl+alt+F* but from within a single xterm window. I poked around in the packages at the Debian site but can't find anything. I don't even know w

Re: Switch console in xterm

1999-06-15 Thread ktb
Brian Servis wrote: > > *- On 16 Jun, Gareth wrote about "Re: Switch console in xterm" > > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, ktb wrote: > >> Somewhere I heard there exists a program that will allow you to switch > >> "consoles" in an xterm. In other words

Re: Q: Lexmark 2050

1999-06-21 Thread ktb
Take a look at, http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=Lexmark which was found in the Printing HOWTO at, http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html#ss3.1 In short they clasify your printer as a "paperweight" meaning, "These printers don't work at all. They may work

Re: Atapi Boot disk

1999-06-21 Thread ktb
> belindacobby wrote: > > We have a AMD K6 2 with an Atapi CD Rom. Could you please inform me as > to where I can download a suitable Boot disk. Thanks. Very much > appreciated! Have you taken a look at the Debian web site? http://www.debian.org/ I'm assuming you want to install Debian on you

Re: HD activity

1999-06-21 Thread ktb
Thorsten Manegold wrote: > > Hi! > > I seem to remember, that this was asked before, but can't find it in > the list-archive: > > 1) What causes the HD activity every 3 seconds? That > way powersaving will never take effect. I remember that string somewhat. I think they were talking about "MAR

Re: pine 4.10 .deb

1999-06-21 Thread ktb
I found what I think you were searching for here, http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9904/msg00668.html Unfortunately the link to http://ompages.com is dead right now but maybe you could email him. hth, kent "Noah L. Meyerhans" wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >

Re: RealPlayer G2 for Linux -- where to get?

1999-06-22 Thread ktb
I poked around and found this link, http://proforma.real.com/mario/player/player.html hth, kent Arcady Genkin wrote: > > Hi all: > > I've read a couple of posts in the list about the RPlayer G2 for > Linux. However, the Real's website doesn't list it among available > downloads (neither free

Re: Hardware support

1999-06-23 Thread ktb
Take a look at the install manual for your architecture at, http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/ hth, kent Rolf Edlund wrote: > > Hi, all you Linux users out there! > > I'm wondering, is there any info of what hardware support there is in > Debian (like thare are for SuSE) ? > > /R > > --

Re: multi-cd help

1999-06-25 Thread ktb
Dselect automatically asks for the first or second cd as it needs it when installing programs. At least that has been my experience. You have to choose 'multi cd' in 'access.' hth, kent Aaron Solochek wrote: > > I'm attempting to install stuff using dselect off the double cd image > that I d

Re: Problems with new hardware

1999-06-26 Thread ktb
Karen Hanson wrote: > > I just built a system from motherboard up and am having a few problems and > looking for pointers. I used the latest Debian version from Cheap Bytes, > "slink", I think. > > Anyhow, what happens is that Netscape crashes a lot, and Mozilla crashes > too. Sometimes the cra

Re: installing packages

1999-06-26 Thread ktb
Jason Errol Draut wrote: > > I have downloaded the linux base system from debian, and want to install > some of the other packages, like man pages, gcc, emacs, etc. Simple stuff > that I've used in Unix... But when I get the downloads onto my base > system, I don't know what to do. The *.deb fil

Re: X11: Zoom not working since upgrade to slink

1999-06-27 Thread ktb
I don't know if this will help or not as I'm really not familiar with the program but after a cd install the xzoom program is found here, /usr/X11R6/bin/xzoom I looked under dselect and no zoom was found just xzoom. If there is a zoom program perhaps it wasn't included with Slink. Just some thou

Re: Help!

1999-06-27 Thread ktb
Algernon NG wrote: > > Help me! > > First I subscribe to debian-user, then I subscribed to > debian-user-digest, and unsubscribed from debian-user. Since then I > receive no emails. Do I have to be subscribed to debian-user to receive > debian-user-digest? No, you didn't say how long you've wait

Re: How to create rescue disk in Debian

1999-06-29 Thread ktb
Rian Fahrizal wrote: > > I want to know how to create rescue disk in Debian, since I've a problem > with my Debian which slow in startup > Maybe I'm wrong but I'll make the assumption you are booting from a floppy. If so, set up your system to boot off the hard drive. You can use a program suc

Re: Boot Floppy

1999-06-30 Thread ktb
The FreeStuff Web Ring wrote: > > Hello, > > A friend of mine is trying to install Debian 2.1 from the 4 CD Set onto > a computer that doesn't enable booting from a CD Rom. Can you tell me > how to make a boot floppy please? > Much appreciated! > First go to the Debian site and look at the doc

Re: device files

1999-07-03 Thread ktb
Have you tried looking in your /dev directory? kent John Cuson wrote: > > hi- > > can anyone point me to where i might find a device file index of some sort? > > John Cuson > [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have > others

Re: What's compiled into the kernel?

1999-07-03 Thread ktb
Would it be something like /boot/config-2.0.36 that you are looking for? hth, kent Kent West wrote: > > This may be a stupid question, but I couldn't figure out how to phrase > it for the archive search engine to return anything useful. > > How do I find out what's compiled into my kernel? For

Re: User menu problem

1999-07-05 Thread ktb
You could edit /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook directly. kent Tadeusz Bak wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have just installed StarOffice 5.1 in my Debian 2.1 system. I tried to > put an entry into the menu system (I use fvwm2 as a window manager). So I > created a file .menu/soffice in my home direct

Re: User menu problem

1999-07-05 Thread ktb
"G. Crimp" wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:52:05PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > > > You could edit > > /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook > > directly. > > kent > > > > Bad idea. /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook is an automatically > ge

Re: Archives?

1999-07-06 Thread ktb
Take a look at the Debian site, http://www.debian.org/ kent Paulo J Matos aka PDestroy wrote: > > Does this mailing list has any message archives somewhere on the web? > > Regards, > > Paulo Jorge Matos aka PDestroy > Minister of FortuneCity - Marina District > http://www.fortunecity.com > P

Re: x windows problem

1999-07-06 Thread ktb
Alfalfa Sprout wrote: > > Hey. I think I setup the mouse as the wrong type in xf86config (I wanted > to use XF86Setup, but when I try to go into that, all I get is a scrambled > screen). Anyway, the computer boots into x windows everytime (which is > annoying...I'd like it to boot into text linu

Tab Tab program/command line editing

1999-07-06 Thread ktb
If you hit the tab key twice in a row it lists all available commands. This seems like a useless thing because I see no way of sending the output to 'less' and most of the 1917 possibilities scroll off the screen. Anyway my problem is I get the same result if I hit the Esc key twice. I'm learnin

Re: Tab Tab program/command line editing

1999-07-06 Thread ktb
nything listed under "commands" or "list" that pertained to . I'll keep looking. Thanks, kent Steve Lamb wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 22:14:35 -0500, ktb wrote: > > >Anyone know the

Re: Regroup/Tab Tab program/command line editing

1999-07-06 Thread ktb
> > 'exim' will attempt to complete an argument to exim (with > the files in your pwd). > > 'exim' will attempt to complete a command (in > your $PATH) beginning with 'exim'. > > Robert. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, k

Re: Just my opinion

1999-07-06 Thread ktb
I started with Debian after one year of windows 95 experience. It took some patience and persistence but I've learned a lot. Difficulties are not barriers to learning they are learning. Which distro a person starts with really is up to what the person wishes to do with it. I took some time pick

Re: Tab Tab program/command line editing

1999-07-06 Thread ktb
Brad wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, ktb wrote: > > > I'd like to get rid of it unless someone else has a better idea. > > Anyone know the name of this program? > > It's a feature of bash, as has been mentioned. According to the bash > manpage, you can get

Re: Tab Tab program/command line editing

1999-07-06 Thread ktb
Carl Mummert wrote: > > >It's a feature of bash, as has been mentioned. According to the bash > >manpage, you can get rid of it by adding a line "set disable-completion > >on" in your /etc/inputrc (for the entire system) or ~/.inputrc (for > >whichever user's home directory it's in). Be advised yo

dselect problem/compiling kernel

1999-02-09 Thread KTB
Hi, I'm attempting my first kernel compiling and was reading in the Debian User's Guide that an easy way to do this is to install, kernel-source and kernel-package. I have also heard there is an X configuration tool for this also. Anyway I tried installing the kernel packages with dselect. I hav

Re: dselect problem/compiling kernel

1999-02-09 Thread KTB
David Stern wrote: > On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 10:44:24 CST, KTB wrote: > > Hi, I'm attempting my first kernel compiling and was reading in the > > Debian User's Guide that an easy way to do this is to install, > > kernel-source and kernel-package. I have also heard

Re: dselect problem/compiling kernel

1999-02-09 Thread KTB
Tue, 09 Feb 1999 12:54:32 CST, KTB wrote: > > David Stern wrote: > > > > It sounds like the most recent available version of packages are > > > installed. Some questions to consider: > > > o Did you successfully configure the method using the [A]ccess me

Find

1999-02-10 Thread KTB
Does anyone know if there's a program like the "find" program in windows? It allows you to search for a key word in most windows you have open, it finds the word, takes you to the word and highlights it. Thanks, Kent

Re: Find

1999-02-10 Thread KTB
"ctrl+f", I get a pop up that allows me to enter a word, search for the word up or down and the program places it in my view. Kent Steve Lamb wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 21:27:37 -0600, KTB wrote: > > >Does any

Re: slashdot poll

1999-02-11 Thread KTB
Kent West wrote: > > > To sum up: 1) better help screens in base install, 2) better help screens > in pppconfig, 3) a no-fuss minimal X install that any idiot can get going. Coming from the standpoint of someone who isn't an IT professional and an admitted pc novice and Linux idiot; I'd like t

Re: Is there a Logon Log?

1999-02-13 Thread KTB
After you boot up dmesg | less will let you view the text. That isn't exactly what you asked for but it will get you the info. Take care, Kent Alex wrote: > 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 >

Re: Mounting a floppy drive

1999-02-14 Thread KTB
This may help. http://www.ssc.com/lg/issue01to08/linux_gazette.html#mounting Kent J K wrote: > Hi again! > > When I tried to mount my floppy drive using: > mount -t msdod /dev/fd0 /a > I got these messages: > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0 > mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block devi

sound card/which kernel

1999-02-15 Thread ktb
Hi, I'm attempting to compile my kernel (2.0.34) for the first time to enable sound. I was reading in the sound HOWTO that there is a card supported "Crystal CS4232 (PnP)" mine is "Crystal pnp Audio System CODEC" I was wondering if anyone has had experience with this card and if it is possible

dselect and downloading kernel

1999-02-15 Thread ktb
Ok, I thought I would give installing kernel 2.2.1 a try. It's so easy, right. Thought I would use dselect to help automate the process some because I have no idea what is going on here. Anyway I tried using ftp as the access method. I put "ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub"; into the site to access. I

Re: dselect and downloading kernel

1999-02-15 Thread ktb
BTW I never did get close to finding the 2.2.1 file. I did log on ok to the ftp site but once I did that I couldn't figure out how to navigate the /contrib/stable.. stuff. Thanks, Kent ktb wrote: > Ok, I thought I would give installing kernel 2.2.1 a try. It's so easy, > r

Re: dselect and downloading kernel

1999-02-16 Thread ktb
Havoc Pennington wrote: > On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, ktb wrote: > > > > Is there an easier way to do what I'm trying to do? This is my first > > attempt at compiling a kernel. I thought I would go ahead and try 2.2.1 > > instead of the one I have 2.0.34. It w

deb. kernel patch

1999-02-16 Thread ktb
Hi, I'm looking for debinized kernel patches for my 2.0.34 kernel. I've been looking at the Debian ftp site and can't find anything. Maybe what I'm looking for isn't there. Where can I find them? In general how do you ever find anything at an ftp site? Isn't there a list of the paths to what y

Re: Tex

1999-02-16 Thread ktb
I don't really know much about it but this should tell you all you need to know: http://www.freenix.org/unix/linux/HOWTO-vo/TeTeX-HOWTO-1.html Take care, Kent

patching one kernel only

1999-02-17 Thread ktb
I didn't see this in this covered exactly in the kernel howto. What I would like to do is save my old kernel 2.0.34 until I'm sure that the newly compiled kernel works. I have downloaded two patches for the kernel to make it 2.0.36. Here is my /usr/src: /usr/src$ l total 14011 drwxrwsr-x 4

Re: To Patch, or Not To Patch (A Kernel)

1999-02-17 Thread ktb
I'm by far not an expert but I have been looking into this also and that is my understanding. Just use the 2.2.1 file. I just compiled and installed kernel 2.0.36. I had 2.0.34 and thought I was downloading a couple patches to bring me up to 2.0.36 but I downloaded the whole kernel 2.0.35 and 2

Re: CD-RW mount errors

1999-03-01 Thread ktb
Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > Is this showing up in the same thread? I'm using reply in PINE. It is here. > > > As to my compile, I unselected ide-cdrom. There is only scsi emulation > and generic scsi compiled in as to cdroms. My kernel version is 2.2.2. > > What option is ide-scsi? Is it scs

Re: dmsg?

1999-03-01 Thread ktb
Type dmesg | less at a prompt and the message will be displayed. Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > How do I find what my dmsg was so that I can show y'all whether my cd-r > was recognized? > > NatePuri > Certified Law Student > & Debian GNU/Linux Monk > McGeorge School of Law > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http:/

Re: Debian 2.1-Party: when?

1999-03-02 Thread ktb
It already happened, yesterday. Sorry, Kent Wolfgang Gernot Bauer wrote: > Hi, > > I read in slashdot.org that there will be a party, celebrating > Debian2.1. > > Just wondering why slashdot is faster than this list. So when and where > will it happen (GMT, please). Tonight? > > Gery > -- >

Re: Debian 2.1-Party: when?

1999-03-02 Thread ktb
BTW there was an announcement on this list before it came out on /. You can read a transcript of part of the party at IRC #debian at, http://netgod.net/ I see the actual release will now be March 9th, so will there be another party? Kent Wolfgang Gernot Bauer wrote: > Hi, > > I read in slash

Re: modem

1999-03-04 Thread ktb
I've had a hell of a time with the Zoom (model 2919) modem I purchased specifically for Linux. I bugged a lot of people and worked on it too long. The problem is it wouldn't reset. I've sent it to the manufacturer and hope the one they're sending back will work. I don't know a whole lot abou

Janet

1999-03-05 Thread ktb
You are beautiful. Kent

Re: Janet

1999-03-05 Thread ktb
oops, sorry. ktb wrote: > You are beautiful. > Kent > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Print command

1999-03-05 Thread ktb
Others can give you better answers to your questions but I'll point out a couple of sites, if you haven't found them yet, that might help. At least something to get you by for a few hours:) http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/LDP/gs/gs.html http://www.debian.org/ http://www.debian.org/doc/ Good luck, Ke

Re: what's up with the Debian logo?

1999-03-06 Thread ktb
Check out Debian Weekly News, http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/1999/9/ That's all I know about it, Kent "E.L. Meijer (Eric)" wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know what is the status of the logo-contest? I tried to > send in submissions to ftp.gimp.org last month, but my logos did not > appea

Re: Problem with PPP connection

1999-03-06 Thread ktb
It sounds like you might possibly have a win modem which won't work with Linux. I had one of those myself (LT Win Modem). You can check out the modem HOWTO for more info, http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html There is also a link there to a list of compatible and not so compatible

Re: from a newbie

1999-03-06 Thread ktb
There are several places online that list commands and their usage. I need to get to work so I will leave you with a link that I found last night that might help with your search. http://www.linuxstart.com/ Good luck, Kent Ramakrishnan M wrote: > Hi, >I am new to Debian GNU/Linux.Until n

Re: Bogomips disparity

1999-03-09 Thread ktb
I remember this being discussed a month or so ago. You might take a look at the User's archives at, http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ Good luck, Kent Pann McCuaig wrote: > I'll be looking for some docs to explain this, but in the meantime > perhaps someone knows off the top . . . > > Just

Re: New Install

1999-03-09 Thread ktb
If your prompt is a "$" you are not logged in as root. This is the regular user prompt. The prompt under root is "#". You should have a password for a user account and one for signing in as root. When you login type "root" and then your root password and you will have permission to do anything

Re: New

1999-03-10 Thread ktb
Addition one is at http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart for $5.99, I don't know if you get support though and maybe the instillation has changed a lot in version two. You might try finding a local Linux user's group in your area and ask someone to come over and help with your installation. I

Re: New Install

1999-03-10 Thread ktb
As far as I could gather Joe was attempting to install for the first time. I doubt he has messed around with his prompt symbol. Kent Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 09:28:14AM -0600, ktb wrote: > > If your prompt is a "$" you are not logged in as root.

Re: HP deskjet 695c

1999-03-12 Thread ktb
This link should help, http://gatekeeper.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi Good Luck, Kent Richard Harran wrote: > I have been recommended this printer (HP dj 695c). However, the vendor > does not know about linux support. He claims that it is the same > printer as the 690C (which i

Re: HP deskjet 695c

1999-03-12 Thread ktb
Hmmm, I guess not, I don't see the printer listed there. Maybe you could add it to the list when you find out. Kent ktb wrote: > This link should help, > > http://gatekeeper.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi > > Good Luck, > Kent > > Richard Harran wrote:

Re: INstallatuion

1999-03-13 Thread ktb
There are a few pictures of the installation screen in "The Debian Linux user's Guide" put out by Linux Press. Kent "Craig T. Hancock" wrote: > Can someone tell me where I can find pictures of the Debian installation > screen I am writing a installation manual for my comapny and I would > like

Re: kernel

1999-03-13 Thread ktb
The first number is the major version number the second the minor version number the third the patch level number. An even numbered kernel such as 2.2.x is a stable version. An odd number such as 2.1.x is a development release. The patch level numbers start at 1 and are added with each consecut

Re: Memory Help

1999-03-13 Thread ktb
You can add, append="mem=128m" To your lilo.conf file and rerun lilo. If I remember right you can upgrade to the 2.2.x kernel and the memory will be recognized also. Hope that helps, Kent Jesse Lee wrote: > Why will linux only recognize half of my 128 meg of ram? It reads my > swap space fin

Re: Help

1999-03-14 Thread ktb
Make sure you don't have a win modem, works only with windows. See http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html and http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html Hope that helps, Kent Joe wrote: > I have installed Debian 2.0. I think it installed all right, but when I > try to connect onlin

Re: Documentation suggestion (was Re: Slink upgrade and xwindows

1999-03-22 Thread ktb
Timothy Hospedales wrote: > Could someone tell me how to read info pages / find out what info > pages > are available? I know this is probably a dumb question, but I don't seem to > have > an info command - so does info use a different kind of syntax to man > or is it a special package

Re: K-Rad Debian?

1999-03-26 Thread ktb
ESP wrote: > > > 4) Is anyone else interested in a K6-optimized version of Debian >(which I've dubbed "K-Rad Debian" in my own head, just because it >sounds good)? I'd think it'd be great for pre-install on low-end >PCs, a lot of which use the K6. > > 5) Is this interesting enough to

Re: Netscape

1999-03-26 Thread ktb
L Brooks wrote: > How do I install Netscape 4.08 Communicator into Debian 2.0, downloaded > it from ftp.netscape.com, followed the insructions, but no go, and can > find no refferences anywhere in debian.com, help. My registration > number is 0040840, on the card addressed to Linux Press. If you

Slink install

1999-03-28 Thread ktb
I just installed Slink over Hamm. In other words I used the official cd and created new partions. The base installed fine. I got to the point where you can pick which packages and profiles to install on your system. I chose the "Custom" option. When I got to the custom section I couldn't sele

Re: Slink install

1999-03-28 Thread ktb
ield name '#padding' So dselect is unusable. Help, Kent ktb wrote: > I just installed Slink over Hamm. In other words I used the official cd > and created new partions. The base installed fine. I got to the point > where you can pick which packages and profiles to insta

Re: [SuSE Linux] What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-03-29 Thread ktb
BENJAMIN FARRELL wrote: > > Heres a good point about linux, anyone found a good irc client for x (other > than Bitchx in a E-Term :) that doesn't crash everytime you click (yagirc > anyone). I still find for everyday use Win95/NT is better (quaking, ircing, > browsing, ftping). It seems that linux

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