Re: [techtalk] switch function in C (or how to read commandline args?)

2001-07-05 Thread Conor Daly
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 04:06:57PM +1200 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Penguina thought: > > > > "Tokenizing" is the right term. > > My response was to CD's token defs > > >CD>So, I can do something like: > >CD> > >CD>#define FORCE_SWITCH "--force" > >CD>#define CONFIG_SWITCH "-C" > >CD>

[techtalk] X issues

2001-07-05 Thread Michelle Murrain
Hi Folks, I have an X problem (I always get nailed with X problems). I did a new Progeny Debian install (which uses XFree86 4.0, which detected my Video card - a 3D labs permedia, and, I guess is using that driver. XF86Config-4 has the right modes, horizontal and vertical refresh for the moni

Re: [techtalk] X issues

2001-07-05 Thread coldfire
> I have an X problem (I always get nailed with X problems). I did a > new Progeny Debian install (which uses XFree86 4.0, which detected my > Video card - a 3D labs permedia, and, I guess is using that driver. > XF86Config-4 has the right modes, horizontal and vertical refresh for > the monit

Re: [techtalk] X issues

2001-07-05 Thread Martin . Caitlyn
Hi, Michelle, Are you sure the version is 4.0, as in the first 4? If so buggy... Seriously, try upgrading to either 4.0.3 or 4.1 and let us know if that helped. All the best, Caity ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.o

Re: [techtalk] X issues

2001-07-05 Thread Michelle Murrain
At 12:07 PM -0400 7/5/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi, Michelle, > >Are you sure the version is 4.0, as in the first 4? If so buggy... >Seriously, try upgrading to either 4.0.3 or 4.1 and let us know if that Actually, it's a 4.0.2 package, but I'm going to upgrade the box to woody, since i

Re: [techtalk] X issues

2001-07-05 Thread Michelle Murrain
At 12:04 PM -0400 7/5/01, coldfire wrote: > > I have an X problem (I always get nailed with X problems). I did a >> new Progeny Debian install (which uses XFree86 4.0, which detected my >> Video card - a 3D labs permedia, and, I guess is using that driver. >> XF86Config-4 has the right modes,

[techtalk] Mutt functionality

2001-07-05 Thread Michelle Dukich
Hello all: Okay, a while back I asked for recommendations for an email client for Linux and the overwhelming favorite was Mutt. I am getting ready to download Mutt for my friend and I who have a few serious issues we want to address first. 1. We tried to use Mahogany and slurped all our old em

Re: [techtalk] Mutt functionality

2001-07-05 Thread Steph Donovan
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 10:57:43AM -0700, Michelle Dukich wrote: > Hello all: > > Okay, a while back I asked for recommendations for an > email client for Linux and the overwhelming favorite > was Mutt. I am getting ready to download Mutt for my > friend and I who have a few serious issues we wa

Re: [techtalk] X issues

2001-07-05 Thread ktb
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 01:53:51PM -0400, Michelle Murrain wrote: > At 12:04 PM -0400 7/5/01, coldfire wrote: > > > I have an X problem (I always get nailed with X problems). I did a > >> new Progeny Debian install (which uses XFree86 4.0, which detected my > >> Video card - a 3D labs permedia,

Re: [techtalk] Mutt functionality

2001-07-05 Thread Arvid Warnecke
Hello Michelle, On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 10:57:43AM -0700, Michelle Dukich wrote: > 1. We tried to use Mahogany and slurped all our old > emails over to it. It is COMPLETELY useless to search > for old messages by keyword which is a BIG need for > us. From what I have read in Sven's Man pages,

Re: [techtalk] Mutt functionality

2001-07-05 Thread Telsa Gwynne
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 10:57:43AM -0700 or thereabouts, Michelle Dukich wrote: > 1. We tried to use Mahogany and slurped all our old > emails over to it. It is COMPLETELY useless to search > for old messages by keyword which is a BIG need for > us. From what I have read in Sven's Man pages, it

Re: [techtalk] X issues

2001-07-05 Thread coldfire
> Start X from the command line like so - > $ startx > X.out 2>&1 > or to just view the output of X - > $ X > X.out 2>&1 by default, X dumps logs to /var/log/XFree86.0.log ... it should mention that if you get the error "Fatal: No Screens Found" .. abe