Re: please try the latest snapshot

2003-01-17 Thread Eric Hanchrow
cgf == Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: cgf The latest snapshot should fix some /etc handling problems cgf (thanks to ideas and code from Pierre Humblet), like the cgf dreaded BSOD. Where can I read more about that BSOD problem? I'm getting blue-screens myself and would

The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022) -- cause and cure

2002-12-12 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I think this is unrelated to previous messages on this list with a similar subject. Instead, it pertains to a problem that I encountered and solved myself; I thought it might benefit others to hear about it, so here it is. The symptom is that I was trying to start a non-Cygwin program that I'd

Emacs: completion of buffer names ignores case

2002-12-12 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I'm using emacs-21.2-10. I frequently want to switch to the buffer named `*shell*', so I type C-x b * s h e SPC RET expecting that, since `*shell*' is the only buffer whose name begins with `*she', the SPC will cause its complete name (`*shell*') to appear in the minibuffer, and the

HOME set to / [Was: cygwin-1.3.16-1]

2002-11-25 Thread Eric Hanchrow
For what it's worth, I too had this problem on Windows 2000, but I was able to work around it by putting set HOME=/home/Administrator into my cygwin.bat. -- PGP Fingerprint: 3E7B A3F3 96CA 8958 ACC5 C8BD 6337 0041 C01C 5276 -- Unsubscribe info:

no output from ice-9 `format' after `make-thread'

2002-11-02 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Guile 1.6.0 Linux offby1 2.4.18 #1 Wed Aug 14 22:07:05 PDT 2002 i686 unknown configured with `--prefix=/usr/local/guile1.6-threads --with-threads' buildstamp = Thu Oct 31 06:05:53 PST 2002 LIBS = -lqthreads -lpthread -lcrypt -lm libguileinterface = 15:0:3 guileversion = 1.6.0 pkgincludedir =

(expt 0 3) = 1 but should yield 0

2002-10-22 Thread Eric Hanchrow
This is guile 1.6.0 $ /usr/local/guile1.6/bin/guile -q -c '(begin (display (expt 0 3)) (newline))' 1 But other schemes (not to mention my dim recollection of mathematics) disagree: $ /usr/bin/guile --version Guile 1.4 $ /usr/bin/guile -q -c '(begin (display (expt 0 3)) (newline))' 0 $ scheme

Dead URL link in The Guile Reference Manual

2002-09-08 Thread Eric Hanchrow
This is in 1.6.0. Node `Further Reading' says that Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days is at http://www.cs.rice.edu/~dorai/t-y-scheme/t-y-scheme.html, but in fact it appears to be at http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/dorai/t-y-scheme/t-y-scheme.html instead. -- PGP Fingerprint:

Re: Re[2]: Frequent crashes in 2.194.2.22 setup.exe

2002-04-10 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Pavel == Pavel Tsekov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pavel Are you sure that you're using 2.194.2.22 ? Yes, that's what it says on the splash screen. Pavel Setup.Exe causes Application Error at 0x78001750 Pavel http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-03/msg01135.html Pavel Does

Re: Re[4]: Frequent crashes in 2.194.2.22 setup.exe

2002-04-10 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Pavel == Pavel Tsekov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pavel I've earlier today submited a patch for this and you just Pavel have to wait until the new setup.exe is released. Sounds good to me! Thanks very much. -- PGP Fingerprint: 3E7B A3F3 96CA 8958 ACC5 C8BD 6337 0041 C01C 5276 --

Frequent crashes in 2.194.2.22 setup.exe

2002-04-09 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Current Build: 1381 Service Pack: 6 Current Type: Uniprocessor Free Registered Organization: Confounded Computer Company Registered Owner: Eric Hanchrow * Task List * 0 Idle.exe 2 System.exe 20 smss.exe 30 CSRSS.exe 34

AC_CHECK_LIB fails to locate a C++ library

2001-10-18 Thread Eric Hanchrow
This might be a bug, or it might just be that I'm misunderstanding something. (I would have checked the mailing list archive to see if this has already been reported, but as far as I can tell, I'd need to either check about 30 separate monthly archives by hand -- ugh -- or download a 15Mb file.

It builds with Cygwin's Perl

2001-08-31 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I built openssl 0.9.6b (it passed its tests) using the Perl that comes with Cygwin, as opposed to Active State Perl, which your documentation recommends. I was using Perl version 5.6.1-2. I *think* that, with the previous version (5.6.1-1) of Perl, `./Configure no-threads CygWin32' failed,

Index menu items should all be adjacent in guile.texi

2001-08-14 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Here's my suggested fix: --- guile.texi.~1.12.~ Fri Jun 29 14:43:17 2001 +++ guile.texi Tue Aug 14 18:20:31 2001 @@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ * Debugging:: Internal debugging interface. * Deprecated:: Features that are planned to

Typo in ref. manual, @node lambda* Reference?

2001-08-13 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I've only just started reading about keywords, and am not sure I've got this right. But it seems that every place in the documentation that says `#:key' should really say `#key' instead -- the former doesn't work in Guile; it complains like this: guile (lambda* (bob #:key sam) '())

Is `gotomypc.com' built upon vnc?

2001-07-10 Thread Eric Hanchrow
gotomypc.com offers remote access via the web -- you install some software on one machine, and then can access that machine's desktop remotely by pointing your web browser at gotomypc.com, and telling it the name of the machine you want to connect to. It feels very much like VNC, except they've

Spelling error on roadmap.phtml

2001-07-06 Thread Eric Hanchrow
It talks about 'sliming' when it should instead say 'slimming'. -- PGP Fingerprint: 3E7B A3F3 96CA 8958 ACC5 C8BD 6337 0041 C01C 5276 ___ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnumatic.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel

server.c writes free'd pointer into system log

2001-06-26 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I downloaded cvs-1.11.1p1, and was stepping through it out of curiosity. I saw in server.c, starting at line 5810: memset (descrambled_password, 0, strlen (descrambled_password)); free (descrambled_password); if (host_user == NULL) { #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H

1.3.2: Control-C kills *backgrounded* emacs

2001-06-11 Thread Eric Hanchrow
CYGWIN_NT-4.0 ALPHA 1.3.2(0.39/3/2) 2001-05-20 23:28 i686 unknown I built emacs 21.0.102 from the sources on ftp://alpha.gnu.org:/gnu/emacs/unreadable/pretest. Unfortunately I don't remember exactly how I built it; it wasn't straightforward. I do remember that I used Microsoft Visual C++ as

Build trouble: Unknown library `libguppi'

2000-12-30 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I'm unable to build the latest (0200 GMT 31 December) Gnucash, perhaps because I don't have a "guppi" library. When I do "./configure", all is well until I see checking for ghttp_request_new in -lghttp... yes Unknown library `libguppi' Unknown library `libguppi' ./configure:

Help! I upgraded ssh, it doesn't work, I want to go back to an earlier version.

2000-10-19 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Foolish me: I'd been happily running ssh 1:2.2.0p1 on my Potato system, and then I upgraded to ssh 1:2.2.0p1-1.1. (I got both of those versions from unstable.) Well, that newer version doesn't work on potato, because it requires a newer libc. I don't care to upgrade libc, and ssh is now

Update sign-on message about latest version number

2000-10-08 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Index: gnucash.c.in === RCS file: /home/cvs/cvsroot/gnucash/src/guile/gnucash.c.in,v retrieving revision 1.12 diff -w -u -p -w -u -r1.12 gnucash.c.in --- gnucash.c.in2000/09/20 21:38:55 1.12 +++ gnucash.c.in

How I installed the Hurd on VMware.

2000-09-28 Thread Eric Hanchrow
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to vmware.guest.misc as well. a href=http://www.vmware.comVMware/a is a nifty (albeit non-free, alas) program that emulates a physical PC in software. It's ideal for messing about with a new operating system, when you

Can't link: `unicode_init' undefined

2000-09-26 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I've got the latest CVS stuff (namely 1.5.2), and libgnomeprint-dev from Helix -- 0.23-helix1. gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I./calculation -I./engine -I./guile -I./register-g -O2 -Wall -Wunused -Wall -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -I/usr/include -DNEED_GNOMESUPPORT_H

Had to hack configure to allow it to complete

2000-09-26 Thread Eric Hanchrow
This may be a problem with autoconf, and not GnuCash. But anyway ... Using the 1.5.2 that's in CVS, and the latest Gnome stuff from Helix, I did "autogen.sh", and saw this: checking for gtk_html_new in -lgtkhtml... no configure: error: Cannot find gtkhtml. See the README for more

Build trouble: missing gnome-printer-profile.h

2000-09-22 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I slavishly keep up with Helix Gnome, which may be my undoing -- I have Version: 0.23-helix1 of Package: libgnomeprint-dev, and it lacks gnome-printer-profile.h. But alas, src/gnome/print-session.h wants it. Does this mean Gnucash ought to quit using that file, or should I revert to a previous

Suggested patches for documentation

2000-09-19 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Please note that, if you choose to apply this patch, you'll need to add one .png file (which I didn't include in this message, because it's pretty big). I've also modified another .png file to bring it more in line with what the program shows. The file to add will be called

Why doesn't `configure' recognize my gtkhtml headers and libraries?

2000-09-14 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I'm trying to build GnuCash from CVS. I couldn't get "configure" to complete, because it said (rightly) that I didn't have the gtkhtml library. So then I looked around to see where I could get that library from. The README file says gtkhtml: version 0.4 and later should work. You can

What, exactly, does 'cleared' mean (in the context of reconciling)?

2000-09-14 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I'm rewriting a tiny piece or two of the documentation, and now I'm looking at the stuff about reconciling your accounts (xacc-recnwin.sgml). I'd like to write an explanation of what the letter 'c', in the reconcile window, means ... but I don't know. I *think* it means that I've somehow

Minor bug in ./configure

2000-09-14 Thread Eric Hanchrow
"Eric" == Eric Hanchrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eric I figured all my troubles would be over, but `configure' Eric still complained thusly: Eric checking for gtk_html_new in -lgtkhtml... no Eric configure: error: Cannot find gtkhtml. See the README for

Re: cvs

2000-09-14 Thread Eric Hanchrow
"Eric" == Eric Hanchrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eric GnuCash uses GNU Automake to handle the build process, so for most of Eric -the details, see the generic instructions in INSTALL. Below we detail Eric -the GnuCash specific bits. Eric +the details, see t

Re: ssh from nt?

2000-09-03 Thread Eric Hanchrow
William Jensen sez: At work we run NT but I like to access my home pc. We use a package called KEA as our main telnet/term package. Does anyone have any experience getting KEA to use any sort of ssh? Alternatively, does anyone know of a windows terminal package that is

Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?

2000-08-29 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Eric == me (Eric Hanchrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: Eric I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes -- 3 binary Eric CD-ROMS. I could not boot off the first one (the installation program Eric complained that it couldn't mount the rescue image). I whined at CheapBytes

Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?

2000-08-28 Thread Eric Hanchrow
"Eric" == me (Eric Hanchrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: Eric I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes -- 3 binary Eric CD-ROMS. I could not boot off the first one (the installation program Eric complained that it couldn't mount the rescue image). I whined at

Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?

2000-08-23 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes -- 3 binary CD-ROMS. I could not boot off the first one (the installation program complained that it couldn't mount the rescue image). I decided to run `md5sum' on each file on the CD-ROM, and compare its output with the file /cdrom/md5sum.txt.

surprising behavior: `wildcard' expands tilde, but `shell' doesn't

2000-07-25 Thread Eric Hanchrow
all: @echo wildcard: $(wildcard ~) @echo shell : $(shell echo ~) # GNU Make version 3.78.1 (as shipped with RedHat 6.2) # GNU bash, version 1.14.7(1) (as shipped with RedHat 6.2) # Here's the output I get: # 09:00:28 [erich@emerald erich]$ make -f weird # wildcard:

How to use xconsole?

2000-06-06 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I can't figure out how to see console messages while I'm using X (I'm using Gnome, if it matters). I do recall that it was straightforward on earlier releases of Debian, but I can't recall how it was done. Now if I start xconsole after logging in, it displays an error Can't open console. I

Why no messages?

2000-05-20 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I haven't received any mail from this list since 8 May. Is anything wrong? -- PGP Fingerprint: 3E7B A3F3 96CA 8958 ACC5 C8BD 6337 0041 C01C 5276

How do I allow empty passwords?

2000-05-18 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I've installed a test system, on which there is absolutely no important information. So for my own convenience, I'd like to be able to make my root password empty. I realize that on a production machine, this would not be a great idea. The system that I installed is the latest version of

Suggested patch to xacc-currency.html

2000-04-26 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Since I had to go to some effort to figure out how to get foreign currency working, I figured I'd write up what I learned and share it. cd /usr/src/gnucash/doc/html/C/ diff -wu /usr/src/gnucash/doc/html/C/xacc-currency.html\~ /usr/src/gnucash/doc/html/C/xacc-currency.html ---

Possible errors in /usr/src/gnucash/raw/country.sql

2000-04-22 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Out of curiosity, I looked at that file, and realized that I had a similar file that listed country codes. I got my data from ftp://info.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes, which was last updated Thu Aug 7 17:59:51 MET DST 1997 (which is more recent that country.sql, FWIW). Anyway, I compared my

How can I tell if gnucash is strict or loose?

2000-04-21 Thread Eric Hanchrow
doc/html/C/xacc-double.html says p GnuCash can be configured to be strict about double entry, or you may configure it to be "loose."/p But I cannot figure out how to tell which way GnuCash is configured, nor how to change it. I've searched the entire source tree, and found that the

Can't build from CVS sources: undeclared functions in gnc.c

2000-04-20 Thread Eric Hanchrow
When I try to build, I see this: gnc.c: In function `gwrap_gnc_print_session_create': gnc.c:5133: `PrintSession' undeclared (first use in this function) gnc.c:5133: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once gnc.c:5133: for each function it appears in.) gnc.c:5133: `ret'

configure fails to warn when libXpm.so is missing

2000-04-20 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I'm using Debian "potato" (a pre-release of 2.2). I got the latest gnucash sources from CVS, and did `configure'. It emitted this warning: checking for gtk_xmhtml_new in -lgtkxmhtml... no configure: warning: Cannotfind libgtkxmhtml -- gnome build disabled (not required for motif)

configure fails to check for libxml

2000-04-20 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I'm using Debian "potato" (a pre-release of 2.2). I got the latest gnucash sources from CVS, and did `configure'. I did not have libxml installed, but configure emitted no warnings. `make gnome' naturally failed at the link stage. I then installed the Debian package that provides libXml.so,

Embarrassing question: what does `NMU' mean?

2000-04-11 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I often see this acronym in changelog files. For example, in /usr/share/doc/gnucash/changelog.Debian.gz, I see gnucash (1.2.5.cvs.2204-1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low * NMU of the unstable version to frozen, since the new upstream version fixes an RC bug (fixes:

Is there a way to automatically list the packages, and their versions, upon which a particular package depends?

2000-03-10 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Often when people report bugs, they include something like this: Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii libc6 2.1.3-7GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.0-6 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii

Re: no window manager, no x-terminal, after installing task-gnome

2000-03-04 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Branden == Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Branden On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 11:23:30PM -0800, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: Eric == Eric Hanchrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eric It took me a few minutes to realize that I was running twm Eric (I clicked the left mouse

Re: no window manager, no x-terminal, after installing task-gnome

2000-03-04 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I noticed that /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc didn't exist, and further, that the `menu' package wasn't installed. I installed `menu' by hand, and it created system.twmrc; after that, twm works as Branden describes. So I guess somebody failed to install the `menu' package.

Dselect is hanging at `Configuring packages ...'

2000-03-03 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I am running `potato', and upgrade packages every day (yes, I'm living on the edge here). This morning I ran `dselect', chose [U]pdate, [S]elect, and [I]nstall as usual. It showed me 15 packages that it would upgrade (the following list only shows 14 packages; that's because I upgraded `debconf'

Never mind: Dselect is hanging at `Configuring packages ...'

2000-03-03 Thread Eric Hanchrow
This is merely bug #59511, which has already been reported

Re: print all packages and versions a package depends on

2000-02-28 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Mike == Mike Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mike On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 11:13:50AM +0100, Markus Fischer wrote: Hi, just a quick question: How can I print all packages and their version number a given package depends on ? I've seen it in the submitted bugs.

Re: Hosed my system/fdisk can't read disk drive now.

2000-02-24 Thread Eric Hanchrow
ktb == ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ktb I didn't drop any data but I can't access anything but ktb bios/setup at this time. My system basically is telling me ktb that no HD exists. How can I restore the partition table? This might work: * Create a bootable floppy on a Windows

Workaround for broken Gnus

2000-02-08 Thread Eric Hanchrow
As of version: 5.8.3-4, the newsreader Gnus is broken: when you start it, instead of doing anything usefule, it simply reports an error. There are a few bug reports on this already; here's one: http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=57340. Anyway, if you usually use Gnus to read and send

What's the difference between kernel-image-2.2.14-ide and kernel-image-2.2.14?

2000-02-05 Thread Eric Hanchrow
The descriptions of those packages in /var/lib/dpkg/available are identical.

Is the Jan 27 version of Packages.gz for potato/main safe?

2000-01-28 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I've been upgrading my potato installation about every day for months, and usually only a few packages get upgraded. But earlier today, I started my usual upgrade process, and pulled down the latest Packages.gz file for potato/main, and (I use dselect) noticed that many (thirty or more?) of my

System hangs while using vcstime

2000-01-01 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I have not submitted this as a bug, because I'm not yet sure what's going on. But I figured I'd post this to see if anyone has had similar experience, or has any ideas. Earlier today, as root, I ran `vcstime'. This program causes the time of day to appear in the corner of all the text-mode

Workaround re: `ping', and name resolution in general, hangs

1999-12-24 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Back in October I posted a message (http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9910/msg00689.html) to the Debian user list in which I complained about `ping' hanging on recent kernels. I've since found a workaround, but I don't think I told any of you about it, so if you're interested, here

Re: Release of LyX 1.1.3.

1999-11-30 Thread Eric Hanchrow
"Lars" == Lars Gullik Bjønnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lars LyX 1.1.3 can be downloaded from: Lars ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.1.3.tar.tgz Actually, the correct name is ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.1.3.tar.gz (that is, `.gz' instead of `.tgz')

Re: Release of LyX 1.1.3.

1999-11-30 Thread Eric Hanchrow
> "Lars" == Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Lars> LyX 1.1.3 can be downloaded from: Lars> ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.1.3.tar.tgz Actually, the correct name is ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.1.3.tar.gz (that is, `.gz' instead of `.tgz')

Re: I suspect the kernel: `ping', and name resolution in general, hangs

1999-10-07 Thread Eric Hanchrow
For what it's worth: I installed the 2.2.12 kernel on my working slink installation (which has never had the problem), rebooted, and promptly saw name resolution hang. I restored the 2.0.36 kernel, and everything worked again.

Re: I suspect the kernel: `ping', and name resolution in general, hangs

1999-10-07 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Last month I had a problem: in short, I installed potato, and noticed that name resolution hung, although things worked fine if I used a numeric IP address. I've included below the plea for help that I sent last month. It describes the problem in detail. Well, in case anyone's interested, I

Re: I suspect the kernel: `ping', and name resolution in general, hangs

1999-10-07 Thread Eric Hanchrow
For what it's worth: I installed the 2.2.12 kernel on my working slink installation (which has never had the problem), rebooted, and promptly saw name resolution hang. I restored the 2.0.36 kernel, and everything worked again. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: I suspect the kernel: `ping', and name resolution in general, hangs

1999-10-07 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Last month I had a problem: in short, I installed potato, and noticed that name resolution hung, although things worked fine if I used a numeric IP address. I've included below the plea for help that I sent last month. It describes the problem in detail. Well, in case anyone's interested, I

Re: I suspect the kernel: `ping', and name resolution in general, hangs

1999-10-07 Thread Eric Hanchrow
For what it's worth: I installed the 2.2.12 kernel on my working slink installation (which has never had the problem), rebooted, and promptly saw name resolution hang. I restored the 2.0.36 kernel, and everything worked again.

`ping', and name resolution in general, hangs

1999-09-26 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my system? At first I assumed it was a bug in the resolver library, and opened a bug against libc6 in Debian potato (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/45/45912.html); but the Debian libc6 maintainer is sure that my system is merely misconfigured. Here's the

`ping', and name resolution in general, hangs

1999-09-26 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my system? At first I assumed it was a bug in the resolver library, and opened a bug against libc6 in Debian potato (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/45/45912.html); but the Debian libc6 maintainer is sure that my system is merely misconfigured. Here's the

`ping', and name resolution in general, hangs

1999-09-26 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my system? At first I assumed it was a bug in the resolver library, and opened a bug against libc6 in Debian potato (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/45/45912.html); but the Debian libc6 maintainer is sure that my system is merely misconfigured. Here's the

Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't switch to text console on potato

1999-09-25 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I have both slink and potato installed on my machine, and have set up X similarly on both: xserver-svga (Version: 3.3.5-1 on potato; Version: 3.3.2.3a-11 on slink). On slink, while running X, when I type Ctrl+Alt+F1, the screen switches into text mode and shows me virtual terminal 1, so I could

Re: Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't switch to text console on potato

1999-09-25 Thread Eric Hanchrow
Gregory == Gregory T Norris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gregory 3.3.5-1 doesn't seem to have that problem here, using the Gregory xserver-3dlabs server. Possibly it's a server issue? (I Gregory can't test xserver-svga, as my card is one of the few Gregory which doesn't work with

lyx 1.0.3 fails to compile with GNU libc6 2.1.2

1999-09-15 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I'm trying to build lyx on a system running the as-yet-unreleased version of Debian Linux, code-named `potato'. This system uses version 2.1.2 of the GNU C library; this version apparantly has a slightly different prototype for `select' than did previous versions. Here's the output from the

lyx 1.0.3 fails to compile with GNU libc6 2.1.2

1999-09-15 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I'm trying to build lyx on a system running the as-yet-unreleased version of Debian Linux, code-named `potato'. This system uses version 2.1.2 of the GNU C library; this version apparantly has a slightly different prototype for `select' than did previous versions. Here's the output from the

vfat filesystem mysteriously becomes read-only

1999-09-06 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I have a partition that has Windows 98 installed on it. When Linux is running, I have it regularly copy a few useful files onto the Windows 98 partition, as a simple backup. I do the copying with an entry in my crontab (this particular entry converts my .mailrc into a form that Outlook Express

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V98 #1511

1998-12-24 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I recompiled my kernal to support two chips. When I went through the make config i did not see any thing that looked like it might belong to the iso9660 file system. I need this fs to mount my cdrom. I looked in /proc/filesystem and sure enough iso9660 was not there. Also looked at the

RE: SOLVED: How do I prevent Ctrl+Alt+Q from killing my X server?

1998-08-27 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I was using `scwm', the Scheme Window Manager. It was killing my X server! Thanks anyway. -Original Message- From: Eric Hanchrow Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 06:22 PM To: 'XFree86@XFree86.org' Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: How do I prevent Ctrl+Alt+Q from killing my

How do I prevent Ctrl+Alt+Q from killing my X server?

1998-08-25 Thread Eric Hanchrow
that sequence, but I don't know how. For what it's worth, I've uncommented `DontZap' in /etc/X11/XF86COnfig; that prevents Ctrl+Alt+Backspace from killing the server ... Please respond by email, as I don't regularly read this group. Thanks! -- Eric Hanchrow -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp fingerprint: c6 c7

Bug#2083: machine hangs when ftping large file

1996-01-02 Thread Eric Hanchrow
* Exactly what you typed or did to demonstrate the problem. On another machine, I typed ftp erich1 erich (my user name) sdlfskldfj (my password) binary cd /usr/local/bin get emacs * A description of the

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