Re: repost - printing - help please

2002-11-12 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 06:51:15PM +, Avtar Marwaha wrote: > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 14:48, Avtar Marwaha wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 04:44, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > You will need the cupsys-server, cupsys-client, foomatic-db, pnm2ppa packages and >all of

Re: address book for mutt

2002-11-12 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:49:52AM +0100, Vinai Kopp wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 05:36:59PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 02:24:05PM +0100, Vinai Kopp wrote: > > > > > > Write a small shell (or perl or php or something) script to do

Re: repost - import a csv file as addressbook for mutt (abook)

2002-11-12 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 08:43:23PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:21:43AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > hello all! > > > > i could convert my outlook contact folder information into a csv file. > > it has several fields that are un

signing mails using gnupg

2002-11-13 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
? is there a risk of someone else compromising my public/ private key? what care do i have to take? lastly, how do i make sure that users who receive my signed messages can actually verify that my signature? thanx sandip p deshmukh --*** The shortest distance between any two puns is

Re: signing mails using gnupg

2002-11-13 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:24:30AM +, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > Hi > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 02:58:38PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > > i know i have to modify .muttrc but there is a section on pgp and not > > on gnupg. can i use the same command? >

Re: signing mails using gnupg

2002-11-13 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
it's not on a public key server. > thanx, sandip p deshmukh --*** The time is right to make new friends. msg12722/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what?

2002-11-13 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
will it always remain turned on or will i have to turn on? thanx sandip p deshmukh --*** Wow, I'm being shot at from both sides. That means I *must* be right. :-) -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> msg12872/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: address book for mutt

2002-11-13 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
) this seems interesting and i am working on it. in the meantime, will this mean that i will have to have my X running all the time? often, i do not have X running while i check my mails! cheers, sandip p deshmukh --*** I didn't know he was dead; I thought he was British. ms

Re: repost - printing - help please

2002-11-13 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:25:06PM +, Avtar Marwaha wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 06:22, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > > foomatic-compiledb -t ppd pnm2ppa > > > > did that too > > what was the output when you ran this command? got it - you have to exe

addressbook problem

2002-11-14 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
this? thanx in advance, sandip p deshmukh --*** msg12899/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

dpkg and dselect

2002-11-14 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
hello all for purging installed packages, i usually use dselect. mark the package for purging and go ahead. will it have the same effect if i do: dpkg -P packagename thanx for help sandip p deshmukh --*** msg12907/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what?

2002-11-14 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:10:10AM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:47:37AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:46:46AM -0700, Dan Owens wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Chip Rose wrote: > > > > > > Another

Re: mutt and Mozilla mail

2002-11-14 Thread David P James
-only option on mutt; mutt -R does the trick (I actually use mutt -Ry to read an index of mailbox files that correspond to Mozilla folders). -- David P. James 4th Year Economics Student Queen's University Kingston, Ontario http://members.rogers.com/dpjames/ The bureaucratic mentality is the

Re: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what?

2002-11-14 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:04:43AM -0700, Dan Owens wrote: > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:46:46AM -0700, Dan Owens wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Chip Rose wrote: > > > > > > Another thing you might want t

printing - from beginning

2002-11-14 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
that so? what do i need to do to set it right? i think this is crux of my printing problems! for i think unless something happens on that command, not much can be expected to happen. any suggestions? thanx in advance sandip p deshmukh --*** (null cookie; hope that's ok) msg

Re: printing - from beginning

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:50:22PM -0800, nate wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh said: > > > i run debian woody 3.0 and i have a good working hp deskjet 710c connected > > to my parellel port. > > > > what kernel modules do i need to load so that i am able to print? &g

framebuffer mode?

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
turn it off and on? thanx in advance sandip p deshmukh --*** Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. -- Albert Einstein msg13084/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

printing - do i give up?

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
printer. no luck. do i need some other package? any simple to understand procedure that will work? or do i just give up the idea of printing on my printer? i really miss add priner wizard in windows! thanx anyway, sandip p deshmukh --*** job interview, n.: The excruciating

Re: printing - do i give up?

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 06:36:45AM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:47:32PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > i installed cupsys, cupsys client, foomatic, foomatic-db and > > foomatic-bin packages installed along with all dependencies. i will als

Re: printing - from beginning

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 01:59:35PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said: > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:50:22PM -0800, nate wrote: > > i think i have all thse modules installed. how do i make sure that i > > have them up and loaded

Re: printing - from beginning

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
ss you just want to know what's out there and why they exist. not till i get this huge paperweight on my desk working! :) > quite simple for you to access the web interface to add your printer. > All the information you need to fill in the forms is given above. thanx a ton. i will gi

Re: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what?

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 08:24:26AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh writes: > > Sandip> my question - why doesnt debian turn dma on by default? > Sandip> dont we like fast machines? > > Because Debian runs on a lot of

Re: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what?

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 11:12:53PM +, Ricardo Diz wrote: > P.S. Does anyone knows how do I put a result from command line into > mutt/vi when sending mail? /usr/doc/nvi/vi.advanced.txt.gz regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** You will never amount t

Re: framebuffer mode?

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 03:45:37AM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:07:06 +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >hello all! > > > >my console seems to be switching into framebuffer mode when i boot. > >how do i turn it

vi as a text editor

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
is there way i could make vi do this? moreover, can i have macros? doing the same repetitive thing? i will also like to bind them to key strokes. moreover, i have spell, ispell and aspell installed. is there a way i can use them while in vi? thanx, sandip p deshmukh --*** sta

mail does not bounce!

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
relevant. thanx sandip p deshmukh --*** In buying horses and taking a wife shut your eyes tight and commend yourself to God. msg13269/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: vi as a text editor

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:59:17PM -0800, nate wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh said: > > hello all > > > > i have recently started using vi and i like it for its simplicity - > > 'clean-ness'. somethings are missing though. > > > > one is managing word

Re: mail does not bounce!

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:55:30PM -0800, nate wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh said: > > if i send mail to a non-existent address, i do not get it bounced back to > > me. what can be wrong? i know the solution lies in /etc/exim/exim.conf but > > i do not know what parts of the file

Re: mail does not bounce!

2002-11-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
ow the solution lies in > > /etc/exim/exim.conf but i do not know what parts of the file are > > relevant. > > How long you waited? Are you sending locally? say, a day or so? regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** msg13276/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: vi as a text editor

2002-11-16 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:24:27AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > hello all > > > > one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards the end > > of the line, it juts cuts the word. it ne

Re: mail does not bounce!

2002-11-16 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 02:48:53AM -0600, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote: > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:47:32 +0530 > "Sandip P Deshmukh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:57:25PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > First you need to wrap li

Re: printing - from beginning

2002-11-16 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 11:12:05AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 04:31:34PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > ohh! now, the options that lynx localhost:631 gave me never included >parallel:/dev/lp0 as option! it included everything else jet dire

Re: printing - from beginning

2002-11-16 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 05:30:29AM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 04:49, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 11:12:05AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 04:31:34PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: >

Re: framebuffer mode?

2002-11-16 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 05:20:05AM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 22:45, Pigeon wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:07:06 +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Framebuffer is more significant on some non-i386 systems, where

allow users to shutdown

2002-11-16 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
advance. sandip p deshmukh --*** msg13305/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: printing - from beginning

2002-11-17 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:45:24AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > "Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh writes: > > Sandip> echo "SOMETHING" | lpr results in lpr: command not found! > > > apt-get install cupsys-bsd > > thanx group for

why does it look at xdm and kdm while shutting down?

2002-11-18 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
, etc. it is not doing me any harm, i find it unelegant that the system tries to shut down programs it had not started in the beginning. how do i prevent this? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Q: How do you shoot a blue elephant? A: With a blue-elephant gun. Q: How

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Michael P. Soulier
y use djbdns over bind? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix HTML Email Considered Harmful: http://expita.com

locking a console

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
console? so, i put whatever i am doing in background, start this console screensaver and i can leave my place. any suggestion? -- thanx in advance, sandip p deshmukh --*** Column 1Column 2Column 3 0. integrated 0. management 0

Re: locking a console

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 04:00:22AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:23:08PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > hello all > > > > i will like to achieve the same in virtual console also. some kind of > > screensaver for console? > > >

manual for vim

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
7; mailing lists for vim? my /usr/share/doc has tons of different files and that makes it all the more difficult to locate information on a particular topic. any suggestions? -- thanx in advance sandip p deshmukh --*** msg13922/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

text mode clone of gaim?

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
hello all i have been using gaim - a good im package. is there a clone that runs on console? may be i can postpone starting x that much longer! :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** msg13924/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: text mode clone of gaim?

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:03:36AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > >hello all > > > >i have been using gaim - a good im package. > > > >is there a clone that runs on console? may be i can postpone starting x > >that much longer! :)

Re: manual for vim

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 12:12:49PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:17:14PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > i have recently shifted to vim and will like to have with me some good > > manual of vim with me. preferably single file, text format (like

Re: manual for vim

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 01:32:22PM +0100, Michael Naumann wrote: > On Tuesday 19 November 2002 12:47, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > moreover, are there any 'active' mailing lists for vim? > > I recommend the vim-mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is > als

Re: manual for vim

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:35:49AM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > -- Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > (on Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 05:17 PM +0530): > > i have recently shifted to vim and will like to have with me some good > > manual of vim wi

Re: manual for vim

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:21:11PM -0500, N. Thomas wrote: > * Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-19 17:17:14 +0530]: > Your second option, if you don't find what you are looking for above, should > be the Usenet newsgroup comp.editors. There are many resident Vi

Re: text mode clone of gaim?

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:05:26AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:03:36AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > > >hello all > > > > > >i have been using gaim - a good im package. > > > >

accessing linux partitions from windows

2002-11-19 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
in windows and run e2fs. you can browse entire linux partition. who cares about file permissions! most importantly, is there a way to prevent this? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Natural laws have no pity. msg14101/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Laptops!

2002-11-20 Thread Michael P. Soulier
the laptop model, as much with any windows-specific crap in it. You should be able to run Debian on most laptops. I'm running it on my Sony VAIO with no problems, beyond the bug in the S3 chipset support of X 4.1, but I'll probably upgrade to 4.2 from unstable to fix that. Mike --

Re: Laptops!

2002-11-20 Thread Michael P. Soulier
s unresponsive. That includes running it remotely from my desktop and using the laptop as an xterm. I'm told that X 4.2 will fix that, but I haven't tried it yet. I need to set up pinning so that I only get X 4.2, and not the rest of unstable. sawfish in unstable sucks at the moment.

Re: Drawing graphs for use in Latex

2002-11-20 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 20/11/02 Timothy Ball did speaketh: > gnuplot If you use gnuplot, set the output type to eps, and it will magickally ensure that the graph fits nicely within the width of the page without you having to specify it yourself. I used this all through University. Mike -- Michae

mutt mucks up 'Subject'

2002-11-21 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** msg14359/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

purging messages in mutt

2002-11-21 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
command within mutt. i have searched mutt manual for purge - no use :( thanx in advance sandip p deshmukh --*** msg14360/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: purging messages in mutt

2002-11-21 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 11:59:27AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 04:35:10PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > everythime i have to quit and answer yes to purge question and restart > > mutt before i get a clean window. > > Use '$' to sync m

Re: mutt mucks up 'Subject'

2002-11-21 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:21:59PM +, Glyn Kennington wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > when to field is too large, mutt mucks up a lot of things on my computer > > at least. > > > > not all too addresses are shown in header. some flow into the message &

Re: mutt mucks up 'Subject'

2002-11-21 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 09:05:31AM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > -- Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > (on Thursday, 21 November 2002, 07:27 PM +0530): > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:21:59PM +, Glyn Kennington wrote: > > > Sandip P Deshmukh

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-21 Thread Michael P. Soulier
used. Isn't this what we have a non-free section for? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix HTML

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-21 Thread Michael P. Soulier
a blast though. I'm the webmaster for this site http://opag.ca, and everything there is done in Python. Zope is also well worth looking at, if you buy into the whole "web services" rant coming from the Java and .NET backers. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,

Re: mutt mucks up 'Subject'

2002-11-21 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
n [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later* > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --

Re: Sound card problem

2002-11-22 Thread David P James
to get the thing going. I'd love help to sort this all out, and then I'll write a good howto specifically for Debian users. I'd do the same once I got it running in a satisfactory manner. More galling yet is that the Debian-based Knoppix Live Linux CD distribution automatically

Re: Sound card problem

2002-11-22 Thread David P James
Seneca was roused into action on 2002-11-22 15:48 and wrote: On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 02:20:18PM -0500, David P James wrote: Andrew R Reid was roused into action on 2002-11-22 02:02 and wrote: I've got a es1371 as well. I've spent days trying to get it working with the OSS drives

Re: ide-scsi and initrd

2002-11-22 Thread David P James
script. I've got practically the same setup and configuration (including a SCSI HD and card) and the same problems. Despite having "hdb=ide-scsi" in my grub config file ide-cd is still getting loaded first. So I have to manually run 'rmmod ide-scsi' and then 'insmod

power down and power off also?

2002-11-22 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
? meaning, i select halt and just have to switch off the main switch? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** msg14764/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: power down and power off also?

2002-11-23 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:53:05PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On Friday 22 November 2002 23:48, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > hello all! > > > > is there a way in which i can make linux work in a similar way? meaning, > > i select halt and ju

Re: power down and power off also?

2002-11-23 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 12:33:19AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 01:45:42PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:53:05PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > On Friday 22 November 2002 23:48, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: >

i always end-up in frame buffer mode

2002-11-23 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
installed images go # here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in # the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory. # # append="" manual says normal is for 80*25 and extended is for 80*50! ask prompts at boot. what is wrong? -- regards, sandip p desh

Re: i always end-up in frame buffer mode

2002-11-23 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 01:23:34PM +0100, Matthias Hentges wrote: > Am Sam, 2002-11-23 um 11.32 schrieb Sandip P Deshmukh: > > hello all > > > > when i boot in linux, i always end up in frame buffer mode - despite > > setting up vga=normal in /etc/lilo.conf.

Re: ide-scsi and initrd

2002-11-23 Thread David P James
Shyamal Prasad was roused into action on 2002-11-23 00:10 and wrote: "David" == David P James writes: David> problems. Despite having "hdb=ide-scsi" in my grub config David> file ide-cd is still getting loaded first. So I have to David> manually

Re: ide-scsi and initrd

2002-11-23 Thread David P James
Herbert Xu was roused into action on 2002-11-23 16:11 and wrote: David P James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: options ide-cd ignore=hdb alias scd0 sr_mod alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi pre-install ide-scsi modprobe

Re: ide-scsi and initrd

2002-11-23 Thread David P James
Shyamal Prasad was roused into action on 2002-11-23 22:54 and wrote: "David" == David P James writes: David> Herbert Xu was roused into action on 2002-11-23 16:11 and David> wrote: >> David P James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> When

Re: anoncron by regular user?

2002-11-24 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 24/11/02 Chun Kit Edwin Lau did speaketh: > Hi everyone, > > Can a regular user use anoncron? I noticed that anoncron is > under sbin directory. I want to use it instead of cron because my > machine isn't on all the time. Yes. man crontab Mike --

Re: add a font to defoma

2002-11-24 Thread Michael P. Soulier
I'm done. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix HTML Email Considered Harmful: http://expita.com/no

Re: ide-scsi and initrd

2002-11-24 Thread David P James
Herbert Xu was roused into action on 2002-11-24 02:32 and wrote: David P James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: # more /var/log/dmesg [snip] PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX4: chipset revision 1 PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007

netscape not in unstable

2002-11-24 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Hey people, Is there a reason why netscape isn't in unstable? Thanks, Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student

Re: i always end-up in frame buffer mode

2002-11-24 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 02:54:54PM +0100, Olivier Esser wrote: > On Saturday 23 November 2002 11:32, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > hello all > > > > when i boot in linux, i always end up in frame buffer mode - despite > > setting up vga=normal in /etc/lilo.conf

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-24 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
eplace EOL with nothing. how exactly the command will look - i do not know :( -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. -- Mark Twain msg15073/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

need some help on lynx

2002-11-24 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
can automate the whole thing or at least the last typing a query part of it. may be i can store the query in a text file and be done. there is an 's' option in lynx but i did not understand it much. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** "I'd love to go out with you,

Re: need some help on lynx

2002-11-24 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
file > > and be done. there is an 's' option in lynx but i did not understand it > > much. > > Do you mean simply visit the Text Google News Page? no. not just visit the page. i already have it bookmarked. automation is required more on entering the query.

Re: need some help on lynx

2002-11-25 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
script POST (in libwww-perl)... > > ** OR ** > > I just looked at the man page lynx(1): > >-post_data > properly formatted data for a post form are read in > from stdin and passed to the form. Input is termi­ > nated by a

Re: need some help on lynx

2002-11-25 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
the way, soggytrousers.net is an interesting hostname. :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** msg15112/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Ext3 vs. ReiserFS

2002-11-25 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
o reiserfs? is there a way to convert it back if i find reiserfs not suitable? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Let's do it. -- Gary Gilmore, to his firing squad msg15113/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Fonts on Debian

2002-11-25 Thread Michael P. Soulier
How am I supposed to know whether the fonts I have just installed > are really available to be used? xlsfonts | grep -i > 2 - Do I also have to run Defoma to make it work out? How? I don't, although maybe I should. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, G

engspchk not working in vim

2002-11-26 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
. i do not have a clue as to what is happening. and from what i could see from the response to my previous post, many people have faced this problem. any suggestions? any way out? i do not know if i have given adequate information. ask if you need extra information. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh

Re: [OT] latex, pdflatex and graphics formats

2002-11-26 Thread Michael P. Soulier
LaTeX? > Anything better than > for i in *.eps; do convert $i `echo $i | sed s/.eps/.png/` > ? Personally, I use just LaTeX, and then convert my .dvi file with dvipdfm. It does a great job, and I don't have to juggle two different graphics formats or worry about the quirks of pdf

Re: Problem installing Debian woody

2002-11-27 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
d package. after having done that, you can always go to debian site and download and install diald. and yes, welcome to the club of lucky few who have switched to debian! -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** I have found little that is good about human beings. In my experience mos

Re: Sending mail as a particular user

2002-11-27 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
can provide you pointers as i have tried and tried an tried before i got my mail working properly. first part of your solution is setting up your mail client. check out .muttrc file. here is mine: # User description set realname="Sandip P

OT: Fwd: The case of the 500-mile email

2002-11-28 Thread Michael P. Soulier
-- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix HTML Email Considered Harmful: http://expita.com/nomime.html --- Begin Me

Re: Debian linux

2002-11-28 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
ebian window and actually get >into it, so do you know what it is? although i am not sure, it seems you want to run X. type startx command and you should be through. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: power off problem

2002-11-30 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
i had started a thread on the same issue! here is the recipie. make sure you have the following line in lilo.conf. if you dont have, add it and run lilo. append="apm=on apm=power-off noapic" now try insmod apm and halt. it 'should' power off. if it does, add apm on a se

Re: Voodoo Graphics

2002-12-02 Thread Michael P. Soulier
nly works at 16-bit colour depth or less. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix HTML Email Considered Ha

Re: dhclient problems

2002-12-02 Thread Michael P. Soulier
manually (my IP rarely changes), but that didn't work. Any ideas? I have never been able to get dhclient to work for me at all. Both pump and dhcpcd work great, but dhclient has never done anything for me on any of the three computers in my home. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EM

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Re: EXIM relay for specific users

2002-12-02 Thread P. M. Wright
" uncommented in the exim.conf and I have > created an /etc/exim/passwd file > > I always get the following error: Server response 550 relaying prohibited by > administrator. > > Can someone tell me what I need to do to get this working? try adding the *public* address for y

Re: Quick way to set up printing?

2002-12-02 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
#x27;m not > familiar with it...) so was i when i started out. but cups is quick and easy. cupsys, cupsomatic ppd is all that you will need. then links localhost:631. took me less than a day to get it running. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Copying machine, n.: A d

ppthtml help needed

2002-12-02 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
someone point me in the right direction for these two? by the way, i do not have nor do i intend to have netscape installed on my computer. i have installed mozilla though. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** "What are you watching?" "I don't

Re: SB Live

2002-12-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
e emu10k1 Check the last lines of "dmesg" to see if it was recognized, and then add yourself to the "audio" group. ie. adduser audio Logout and back in, and try an audio app. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08

Re: X11 problems...

2002-12-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
#x27;s not configured properly. Try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86", and follow the prompts. Make sure you pick the right driver for your card. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a ma

Re: A winmodem problem

2002-12-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 03/12/02 Barry Cugley did speaketh: > 1. which driver should I try? and No idea. > 2. how do I remove a package if I install the wrong one? man dpkg Specifically, "dpkg -r ". Also see -P. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub

Re: X11 problems...

2002-12-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
worked for my wife with kernel 2.4.9, but they no longer with with 2.4.19. Actually, the driver that comes with X is called "nv", but the problem, I believe, is that it does not provide 3D accel. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 &quo

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