Hmm, as I've only played on a Win98SE machine a few times, and never
on a WinME, I can only offer my own experience when I "upgraded" to
Win95 from Win31...the documentation for Win95 backup specifically said
that this version was not compatible with prior versions of Backup. I
suspect this may b
Rob wrote:
>
> The reason windows is so popular, besides B.G.'s shrewd
> %*&^(#$ business acumen, is they can buy a computer with
> it installed, plug in and go.
> Until, or even if, Linux becomes more user friendly it
> won't go over with the common everday user
As you have said, the key fea
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:02:40 -0800 (PST), "Wørm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Who wants to pay Microsoft a hundred bucks a year
>> forever just to
>> be able to use the Internet? I think that's just
>> wrong and deserves
>> spirited resistance.
> Did you just come up with this from no where or
Steve wrote:
>
> After you've completed booting, do
>
> $ less /var/log/dmesg
>
> Come to think of it, I don't recall whether 'less'
> is inculded. You might have to use 'more' instead.
Less can be used. On the ramdrive version of BasicLinux,
less is aliased to more. On the HD version, t
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> but this evening when I check the mail, I am getting lots
> of repeat messages. I will double check the settings.
Yes, make sure there is no keep line in ~/.fetchmailrc
> so far with BL mail, I have been deleting mail through MC.
> I bet there is a simpler way
On Wed Jan 30 07:35:27 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings-
> I hate to bring this up, but you guys have been very helpful in the past
> and someone on the list may know
> On the desktop HD 1, I have winME. On the old desktop I had win98.
> Before the HD went south, I backed up some s
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sorry, no 'which' in BasicLinux.
Rats!
> The following should work:
> ---
> dir $(type -path which)
> ---
That just prints out my entire directory listing,
albeit formatted funny.
Your turn to plea
> Who wants to pay Microsoft a hundred bucks a year
> forever just to
> be able to use the Internet? I think that's just
> wrong and deserves
> spirited resistance.
Did you just come up with this from no where or is
that a reality? MS has really been pushing it and I
think that if they push peo
Steve wrote:
>
> To the error itself... I'm not sure about BasicLinux,
> but /usr/X11R6/bin/X used to be a link to the correct
> XFree86 driver in the old days,
Yup, that's the one.
> To be more specific, if you type
> $ ls -l $(which X)
Sorry, no 'which' in BasicLinux. That's what got our
s
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I guessed at the monitor settings but don't know if
> that would cause X not to run. How can I determine
> what these settings are?
I suggest you start with the VGA16 server and use standard VGA
settings (I can send you a copy of these settings if you wish).
Or,
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:58:19 -0400 Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 20:33:37 +0300, Mithgol the Webmaster wrote:
>
> > Let's hope Arachne will be upgraded soon.
>
> Perhaps you would like to contribute in the form of a minimal
> js masquerade engine ?
>
Sounds g
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Steve wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> you should get something like one of these:
> (permissions snipped for line width)
>
> 1 root root 4 Jun 128368 23:05 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -> twm
^^^
D
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 11:32:27AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there anybody on the list who has successfully doven into DOSemu?
> I mean who has already run a DOS application with it? I would
> appreciate a few instructions.
>
> 1. I downloaded different two alternative packets on the l
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> This is what I get when I type startx:
> execve failed for /usr/x11r6/bin/x (errno2)
This is the link to your X server. Which server
are you using? VGA16? SVGA?
Cheers,
Steven
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:10:44 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I was thinking that they wouldn't be needed by a guy like
>> myself because there's no way I'm ever going to write anything
>> in perl or python.
> You might be surprised. If you ever need to go
> beyond the constrai
For anyone trying to decide which distribution
is "best," this might help:
http://distrowatch.com
- Steve
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> I had no idea that perl and
> python were so important and used that frequently by so
> many different things.
>
> I was thinking that they wouldn't be needed by a guy like
> myself because there's no way I'm ever going to write anything
> in perl or pytho
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have finally got smart and bought a
> binder and now I am putting all my dos/linux notes in there.
I have a file called simply LOG, which I put all
those kinds of notes into. It's a lot easier to
open a file in pico and hit CTRL-w to search fo
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I tried reinstalling x332bin.tgz but still can't get X running. I
> guessed at the monitor settings but don't know if that would cause X not
> to run. How can I determine what these settings are? I have no info on
> the used laptop but notice ther
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings-
> This is what I get when I type startx:
> execve failed for /usr/x11r6/bin/x (errno2)
> _x11transSocket unixconnect: can't connect: errno=2
> xinit: no such file or directory (errno2): unable to connect to x server
> xinit: no such proces
Greetings-
I hate to bring this up, but you guys have been very helpful in the past
and someone on the list may know
On the desktop HD 1, I have winME. On the old desktop I had win98.
Before the HD went south, I backed up some stuff to floppies. When I
bought the new PC with winME, I found t
Greetings-
Well I formatted and repartioned my HD on the laptop and installed
basiclinux 1.61 with no problems. I did that last night and finished
around midnight. I edited the /etc/rc.d/rc.S file and now I can start
the modem just my typing ppp-on. I thought I had mail configured to not
keep m
Greetings-
This is what I get when I type startx:
execve failed for /usr/x11r6/bin/x (errno2)
_x11transSocket unixconnect: can't connect: errno=2
xinit: no such file or directory (errno2): unable to connect to x server
xinit: no such process (errno3) server error
Well it sure looks pretty scary t
Greetings-
I tried reinstalling x332bin.tgz but still can't get X running. I
guessed at the monitor settings but don't know if that would cause X not
to run. How can I determine what these settings are? I have no info on
the used laptop but notice there is some info flashing by on the screen
wh
At 01:29 AM 1/30/02, you wrote:
>Are we back yet ??
No, we're still front. Go back to bed.
I wish I were a glow worm,
'Cause a glow worm's never glum.
How can you be unhappy
When the sun shines out your bum?
http://anarkissed.myip.org
end transmission
[o^o]
Are we back yet ??
- Clarence Verge
- Back to using Arachne V1.62
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