Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Craig R. Hodges
That's what it was... magicfilterconfig kept telling me that a printcap already exists and would exit unless --force. that can be confusing to someone who knows squat about linux printing. Thanks for your help, Craig On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:27:57 -0700

Re: OPL3SAx sound card

1999-01-27 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
> Hi > > Has anyone been able to get this card to work? I've tried every > combination in the kernel and the best I've gotten is a series of > four tones, each at a higher frequency than the last. If someone > could point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it. > > TIA >

Re: Soundblaster 16 & Midi Problems...

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
If you are running a mixer program, check to see if something is set badly. In any case, the SB16 is pretty crude as a midi player. You might want to install timidity and timidity-patches. This uses a bit of disk space, but sounds MUCH better. Bob On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Brant Wells wrote: > How

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
Well, it looks like magicfilter hasn't been configured. I believe this is the default printcap installed by lpr. Run magicfilterconfig and you should get something similar to: # # Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in sou

Re: Problem with AudioPCI (ES1370)/ kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Chris Frost
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Ramesh Natarajan wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI that used to work with Windowss NT. > I installed Debian 2.0 couple of months back and had not > made any attempts to get sound to work. Yesterday, I got > Ker

KDE 1.1pre2

1999-01-27 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hey all. KDE 1.1pre2 was released the other day, and I have begun constructing Debian packages of it. If anybody out there is interested, I will make them available for download. I have constructed packages for the basic KDE installation, kdeutil, and kdeadmin

Re: Does debian include KDE?

1999-01-27 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Strange, I have KDE on my Debian 2.0 CD's, it's in contrib and some > parts in non-free, isn't it the ftp archives? The decision not to include it in the distribution was made on 08 Oct, 1998. This is most li

Re: Does debian include KDE?

1999-01-27 Thread freyd
On 27 Jan, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, duon0035 wrote: > >> Does debian linux include KDE? If it doesn't, then does debian plan to >> include KDE? and When? I read on Debian webpage that Debian 2.1 will be >> released in Jan '99. It's mid-Jan now, how come I can't find Debi

RE: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Harrison, Shawn
> With lpr as the print command in Netscape, my printer prints: > > %!PS-Adobe-3.0 > %%BoundingBox: 54 72 558 720 > %%Creator: Mozilla (NetScape) HTML -> PS > > and then starts feeding sheets. I have a HP Deskjet 682C which doesn't > understand postscript. If yo

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Craig R. Hodges
Here's my printcap: lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :df=/etc/filter.ps:\ :tf=/etc/filter.pcl:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\ :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\ :pl#66:\ :pw#80:\ :pc#150:\ :mx#0

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Craig R. Hodges
I've done that. Tried using gs -sModel=unspec -sOutputFile=\|lpr in Netscape and it "begins" to proccess in the GohstScript preview window but gives an error... something to do with a particular font. I have gsfonts installed and ghostscript is finding the dir with the fonts. I have default seetti

Soundblaster 16 & Midi Problems...

1999-01-27 Thread Brant Wells
Howdy All: I finally figured out how to get my sound working :) My SoundBlaster 16 works GREAT for playing sound files(wav's) and Audio CD's... But when I go to play a Midi file, It sound like the reverb is set to max and bass is set to almost none...I have to turn the speakers up to hear the

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Craig R. Hodges wrote: > With lpr as the print command in Netscape, my printer prints: > > %!PS-Adobe-3.0 > %%BoundingBox: 54 72 558 720 > %%Creator: Mozilla (NetScape) HTML -> PS > > and then starts feeding sheets. I have a HP Des

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Craig R. Hodges
With lpr as the print command in Netscape, my printer prints: %!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%BoundingBox: 54 72 558 720 %%Creator: Mozilla (NetScape) HTML -> PS and then starts feeding sheets. I have a HP Deskjet 682C which doesn't understand postscript. On Wed,

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Craig R. Hodges
Got a different error with the -q Operand stack: --nostringval-- --nostringval-- Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nos <> I am using the default setup for gs and lpr. Could it be I need to edit some config fi

(OFF-TOPIC) Windows 95 serial network

1999-01-27 Thread Pablo Longhi Lorenzzoni
Hello debianers!! Sorry by the off-topic, but I need to know if Windows 95/98 can be used with Debian/Linux through the serial port. Explaining: I want to link some windows machine to another Debian/Linux machine trhough the serial port. Can I do that? []s TIA -- /**.sig*

Unidentified subject!

1999-01-27 Thread Daniel González Gasull
Hi! On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 02:36:35PM +0100 "Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a little trouble with fetchmail (hamm, > 4.3.9-1), procmail (hamm, 3.10.7-6) tearing mails > apart. I think I tracked it down, when I fetch a > mail containing a line with "From" in the text,

Re: Browser for a slow computer?

1999-01-27 Thread Daniel González Gasull
Hi! Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Netscape is about your only choice, other than Lynx. :-/ "M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try gzilla, or mosaic, both of which are development > software. I've tried gzilla. It isn't very good :-/ Andrew Martin Adrian Cater <[EMAIL PROTE

Problem with AudioPCI (ES1370)/ kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Ramesh Natarajan
Hi, I have a Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI that used to work with Windowss NT. I installed Debian 2.0 couple of months back and had not made any attempts to get sound to work. Yesterday, I got Kernel 2.2.0 and it seem to be working; but not 100%. I enabled CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 as module while compili

A package to convert postscript to "RTL?"

1999-01-27 Thread Jeff Katcher
Hi I am trying to find a solution for my company to use for Ripping Postscript files into RTL files. I don't know exactly what an RTL file is, but if I (in dos) "copy somefile.rtl lpt1" it will print on our Xerox Colorgrafx 50XL (Novagraphx 50XL) wide format plotter. we currently use a so

Re: BS/DEL in Xemacs

1999-01-27 Thread Daniel Elenius
Mitchell Surface writes: >Can somebody tell me how I can get the backspace and delete keys in >Xemacs to work the way I expect them to, i.e. backspace deletes the >previous character and delete deletes the current character? Try this: ;; Fix the DEL key (setq delete-key-deletes-forward t) (unles

System unusable

1999-01-27 Thread Robert Rati
I just d/led and installed the latest xfree86 packages from http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86 in an attempt to solve a problem I had with X freezing my screen. It appeared to be pretty stable and to fix the problem, so I rebooted. After I boot, I now get this message every 5 seconds: INI

Re: GNOME?

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Jyrki Malinen wrote: > If KDE will be included to Debian, how about GNOME?? gnome is already included in slink and potato. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh ht

Re: Dselect reinstalls kernel

1999-01-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Nathan E Norman wrote: : On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Ed Cogburn wrote: : : : Steven Feinstein wrote: : : [ snip dselect de-selected my custom kernel ] : : : Dselect may have interpreted your kernel as being earlier/older : : than the one on the CD, and thus did an 'up

Re: dialing an internet provider

1999-01-27 Thread John Hasler
Tim Heuser writes: > Recieve serial link is not 8 bit clean Your ISP wants to see something more than just username and password. Your chat is exiting after sending the password and letting pppd start sending packets. The ISP is echoing those packets while it waits for the appropriate input. Fi

Re: GNOME?

1999-01-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Jyrki Malinen wrote: : If KDE will be included to Debian, how about GNOME?? It's already mostly present in slink. I managed to install it, and I'm an idiot when it comes to X. I also did manage to break it pretty good when I installed some potato stuff - so I guess it's im

Re: mutt trashes mail

1999-01-27 Thread Alexander N. Benner
hi Ship's Log, Lt. Alan Eugene Davis, Stardate 270199.0833: > I am afraid to try mutt again. After a long hiattus, I tried mutt again > after some version changes. > > I lost a large slug of mail. Just gone. I have just been leaving mail in > the mail spoon. Mutt has a habit of trashing tha

solved: sudo doesn't ask for passwd

1999-01-27 Thread Alexander N. Benner
Hi Sometime ago I filed a bugreport and l8r I also posted here a msg. That sudo shows some strange behaviour. I was NEVER asked for a passwd, but thrown right into a rootshell. My /etc/sudoers just looks like this: # User privilege specification rootALL=(ALL) ALL %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL (pret

Re: Garbled screen

1999-01-27 Thread Kim Breedlove
setfont works! Thank you to all who responded! David Wright wrote: > Quoting Kim Breedlove ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Thanks, but I have tried "reset" to no avail. X works OK, its console mode > > thats > > garbled. > > You might try using setfont. Certain graphics cards/X servers screw up >

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
I just use lpr as my print command in Netscape and the output gets sent to gs and the printer via magicfilter. Bob On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Craig R. Hodges wrote: > I've installed gs-aladdin, gsfonts, magicfilter from slink. > In Netscape I put for the print command > gs --sModel=unspec --sOut

Re: Dselect reinstalls kernel

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
It looks like you didn't include the 'revision=' parameter when running make-kpkg. This should give the kernel you make a unique revision number which will be higher than the one on the CD and it will not be replaced. Bob On 27 Jan 1999, Steven Feinstein wrote: > Hi, > > I've rebuilt the kerne

Re: Dselect reinstalls kernel

1999-01-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Ed Cogburn wrote: : Steven Feinstein wrote: [ snip dselect de-selected my custom kernel ] : Dselect may have interpreted your kernel as being earlier/older : than the one on the CD, and thus did an 'update' automatically. : In any case, you can use the 'hold' featu

GNOME?

1999-01-27 Thread Jyrki Malinen
If KDE will be included to Debian, how about GNOME?? -- Jyrki "rootti" *ei vastaa kirotusviheistä* one of the project HALI leaders

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread servis
*- Craig R. Hodges wrote about "Re: Printer Setup" > I've installed gs-aladdin, gsfonts, magicfilter from slink. > In Netscape I put for the print command > gs --sModel=unspec --sOutputFile=\|lpr > Try using the -q option of gs to stop it from writing messages to stdout. gs -q -sModel=unsp

Re: Does debian include KDE?

1999-01-27 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, duon0035 wrote: > Does debian linux include KDE? If it doesn't, then does debian plan to > include KDE? and When? I read on Debian webpage that Debian 2.1 will be > released in Jan '99. It's mid-Jan now, how come I can't find Debian 2.1 > any where on-line? The current QT

Re: Dselect reinstalls kernel

1999-01-27 Thread Ed Cogburn
Steven Feinstein wrote: > > Hi, > > I've rebuilt the kernel (using Debian v2). I created a deb using > make-kpkg --zImage kernel_image > and installed the new kernel using dpkg -i. > > I rebooted the machine and everything works fine. later, I decided to install > another package from the main

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Craig R. Hodges
I've installed gs-aladdin, gsfonts, magicfilter from slink. In Netscape I put for the print command gs --sModel=unspec --sOutputFile=\|lpr It'll pop-up a Ghostscript "preview" window in X and after a couple minutes (if I'm printing a web page with graphics or instantly if just text) get a

Re: ppa zip drive

1999-01-27 Thread Leiserson
> I've got a know-to-be-working parallel port Zip drive that's not > behaving with Debian (it used to work with my old RedHat setup). > > If I try to mount the partition I get the usual "not recognized as > a block device" and if I modprobe ppa manually I get this: > ... > I have the SCSI and Iome

Re: CD Burning

1999-01-27 Thread Scott J. Geertgens
> > I am very new Linux user. I have taken the time to download the raw files > from > the debian-cd mirror site closest to me. I wanted to master my own CD that > way. > I unfortuneatly only have a DOS/Windows95 machine to work with. Does anyone > know of a dos or windows cd-writer that will

/usr/dict/words

1999-01-27 Thread Gossamer
My system, with wenglish installed, contains the EMPTY directory /usr/dict and has the dictionary in /usr/share/dict/words This makes some of my programs choke, as they're expecting /usr/dict/words as standard. I guess the /usr/share/dict is the fsstnd? That's OK, but putting a softlink

CD Burning

1999-01-27 Thread jrobertson
Hello all, I am very new Linux user. I have taken the time to download the raw files from the debian-cd mirror site closest to me. I wanted to master my own CD that way. I unfortuneatly only have a DOS/Windows95 machine to work with. Does anyone know of a dos or windows cd-writer that will ac

RE: kernel 2.2.0 upgrade diary

1999-01-27 Thread Hogland, Thomas E.
Wow... I've been running a nice, solid, stable pair of 2.0.34 and 2.0.36 systems. Decide to upgrade to 2.2.0 kernel. Download, see warnings on versions of required packages. Test versions, lots out of date. Change dselect from dists/stable to dists/unstable, . Change to dists/frozen (yeah, I forgot

Re: Can´t remove Kernel Modules

1999-01-27 Thread acop
David Wright wrote: >> Another problem that has to do with the one above is the following... >> >> When I use ppp (regardless wether as a module or "compiled in") the >> first ppp connection runs perfectly well, but the second established ppp >> connection terminates after several seconds. >

Re: LILO Problems...

1999-01-27 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 12:03:40PM -0600, Harrison, Shawn wrote: > > /dev/sda1 <== New SCSI Disk, Linux filesystem, bootable > /dev/hda1 <== Old 9GB Disk, hda1 currently holds old copy of filesystem. > /dev/hda2 <== Windoze partition on old disk, bootable. > > I included my lilo.conf below. I'm

Re: [Modem trouble]

1999-01-27 Thread Steven Feinstein
What kind of 56k modem do you have (v90, X2, or Flex)? Which does your ISP support? I can tell I'm connected by using plog. The last line (when I'm finally connected) is my IP address. Steve >I have connected an external 56k modem to com1 (ttyS0). I ran pppconfig >and filled in the info to th

Re: RAID (Re: Problem install)

1999-01-27 Thread David Stern
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 12:05:55 +0100, wrote: > David Stern dixit: > > > > MD driver is "multiple devices." This is used for functions such as > > making two partitions perform as one large partition ("RAID 0," etc.). > > Most people do not use the MD driver, but it is needed at install time. >

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 04:59:04PM +, Mark Brown wrote: > > What does it mean when there is and question mark (?) in front of the file > > instead of the other symbol? > > Pass. This is to do with the FTP site you get your files from. Actually I think this has more todo with the Netscape bro

Does debian include KDE?

1999-01-27 Thread duon0035
Does debian linux include KDE? If it doesn't, then does debian plan to include KDE? and When? I read on Debian webpage that Debian 2.1 will be released in Jan '99. It's mid-Jan now, how come I can't find Debian 2.1 any where on-line?

RE: LILO Problems...

1999-01-27 Thread Harrison, Shawn
/dev/sda1 <== New SCSI Disk, Linux filesystem, bootable /dev/hda1 <== Old 9GB Disk, hda1 currently holds old copy of filesystem. /dev/hda2 <== Windoze partition on old disk, bootable. I included my lilo.conf below. I'm sure that I'm either doing something dumb, or just not considering an obvious

Re: Re: Garbled screen

1999-01-27 Thread David Wright
Quoting Kim Breedlove ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Thanks, but I have tried "reset" to no avail. X works OK, its console mode > thats > garbled. You might try using setfont. Certain graphics cards/X servers screw up the character mapping. However, the example you typed did not look exactly like our so

Running a log analyzer from /etc/cron.daily/apache

1999-01-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
Hi, As the subject suggests, I'm curious about running my logfile analyzer directly after the logfiles are rotated. It appears that I do this by defining the variable APACHE_POST_SCRIPT in /etc/apache.cron.conf HOWEVER: Running the analyzer can take a long time! I use logresolve, then the anal

Modem trouble

1999-01-27 Thread Michelle Coelho
I have connected an external 56k modem to com1 (ttyS0). I ran pppconfig and filled in the info to the best of my knowledge. Then I ran pon. Then I did a 'plog' and got the following diagnostics: abort on (NO DIALTONE) abort on (NO ANSWER) send (ATZ^M) expect OK --got it send ATDT2785620 ex

Dselect reinstalls kernel

1999-01-27 Thread Steven Feinstein
Hi, I've rebuilt the kernel (using Debian v2). I created a deb using make-kpkg --zImage kernel_image and installed the new kernel using dpkg -i. I rebooted the machine and everything works fine. later, I decided to install another package from the main distribution CD. I ran dselec

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-27 Thread Paul McDermott
hello there, to get a ppp connection running. use pppconfig. the package doumentation is store in /usr/doc/ directory. if you need more help i or some one can help you. another good modem package is minicomm is very much like dos's telix. do a dpkg --help. I love dpkg and the flags it uses to f

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 11:30:41AM -0500, Tam Ma wrote: > Can someone tell me what is the different between the > "developement" version from the "stable" version of a kernel? More effort is made to make sure that the stable version works for reasonable configurations. Things may stop work

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-27 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 10:36:03AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > * I, and I am positive I'm not alone, would be willing to download an extra > (optional) disk at install time so I could get a basic man set, with the full > package being available as it is now - just so I wouldn't be completely

Re: SCSI Installation Problem

1999-01-27 Thread griesbac
Thank you, that worked great. Jake On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Gregory T. Norris wrote: > The version of the aic7xxx driver in the installation kernel has some > problems with certain adapter/drive combinations (I'm assuming that 2.0 > [hamm] is the version you're trying to install). I have an unoffi

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-27 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 1/27/99 11:23:36 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I'm beginning to think I'm talking to a brick wall on this, but I do have a > > few more comments... > > That's a bit unfair. I'm quite happy to cease this conversation so you > can talk to thin air i

Re: Garbled screen

1999-01-27 Thread Kim Breedlove
Thanks, but I have tried "reset" to no avail. X works OK, its console mode thats garbled. E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > > > I have just got X running although only using VGA_16 server, but hope to > > get SVGA server later. Now, I have annoying problem that when I exit X > > my command mod

Problem startingX

1999-01-27 Thread Nuno Donato
I have a problem starting X. I have tried all the monitor and card options but I receive the same error message all the time. It says 'no screens found' When I start XF86Setup I choose evrything and I save my configuration with no problems, but then I can't start X. Can anyone help me out? Nun

RE: auto load of modules

1999-01-27 Thread Shaleh
On 27-Jan-99 Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > Hi, > I have a problem with the autoload function. > I compiled the support for soundblaster as module. Now if I run a cd player > the > program runs, but I can't listen to the music. > Then if I run from super user 'modprobe sb' everything works ok. > The auto

how do I get removed from this list

1999-01-27 Thread David J. Fasching
I have repeatedly sent remove requests to the addresses listed on the debian web site, yet I still receive the digests. Can anyone help? Thank you, David Fasching [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-27 Thread Paul McDermott
Hello there, here here! This is what I was trying to get accros but I was not able to articulate my answer as well as you just did. Although I did not say the following "Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > In a message dated 1/26/99 7:34:37 PM Central Standard Time, >

Re: apache modules in hamm

1999-01-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Graham Ashton wrote: : I just tried setting up SSI on apache on my hamm box, but found to my : dismay that very few modules are compiled in by default; : : humbug:root> apache -l : Compiled-in modules: : http_core.c : mod_so.c : : I notice that the shared object

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-27 Thread David Wright
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > In a message dated 1/26/99 7:34:37 PM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I'm beginning to think I'm talking to a brick wall on this, but I do have a > few more comments... That's a bit unfair. I'm quite happy to cease this conve

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Kirk Hogenson
Scott J. Geertgens wrote: > > Tam Ma wrote: > > > How come all I hear about is kernel 2.0.36 and kernel 2.2.0, what > > the following version in between, are they not working > > > > linux-2.0.4.tar.gz 08-Jul-1996 00:00 5.7M > > . to >

apache modules in hamm

1999-01-27 Thread Graham Ashton
I just tried setting up SSI on apache on my hamm box, but found to my dismay that very few modules are compiled in by default; humbug:root> apache -l Compiled-in modules: http_core.c mod_so.c I notice that the shared object one is there though, so I thought that maybe all the others would be

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread servis
*- Tam Ma wrote about "kernel 2.2.0" > Hi, > > Can someone tell me what is the different between the > "developement" version from the "stable" version of a kernel? A developement kernel is one that is currently being modified and updated and could be unstable and result in data loss or sys

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-27 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 1/27/99 10:52:13 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > * I, and I am positive I'm not alone, would be willing to download > > an extra (optional) disk at install time so I could get a basic man > > set, with the full package being available as it is now - jus

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Tam Ma wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone tell me what is the different between the > "developement" version from the "stable" version of a kernel? Development versions may have new stuff which can break, although some of them have proved to be very stable. When Linus feels

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread John Bagdanoff
> > HP Deskjet 682C (same as 680C). > > > > Thanks, > > Craig R. Hodges > > > Install magicfilter and gs-aladdin(in non-free). Then read the man page > for gs-hpdj that comes with gs-aladdin. You will then have to modify > the filter that magicfilter sets up to take advantage of the hpdj > driver

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-27 Thread Paul McDermott
hello, I do sympathize with lack of knowledge at installation time. We were all there at one time or another. (including myself, I have had to reinstall more then one do to a lack of understanding of linux and the operating system. I would hate to see the boot disks reach 10 disks but I can assume

RE: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread pat
On 27-Jan-99, Tam Ma took time to write : > Hi, > > Can someone tell me what is the different between the > "developement" version from the "stable" version of a kernel? > > Is kernel 2.2.0 stable or dev? is stable, as are all kernels with 0,2,4,6 or 8 in the middle so all 2.0.x are stabl

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-27 Thread Henning Makholm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > * I, and I am positive I'm not alone, would be willing to download > an extra (optional) disk at install time so I could get a basic man > set, with the full package being available as it is now - just so I > wouldn't be completely in the dark once the install program c

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Scott J. Geertgens
Others can/will correct me, but I'll try to help... > Can someone tell me what is the different between the > "developement" version from the "stable" version of a kernel? Dev kernels are works in progress, and have a tendancy to be very unstable and can occasionally do nasty things.

Re: debian newbie seeks help

1999-01-27 Thread Mike Archer
> "rod peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 01/26/99 08:42:44 PM > > To: "debian" > cc:(bcc: James Robertson/US/CCE) > Subject: debian newbie seeks help > > > > > Hooray! I finally got my debian installation to work after many weeks(months) of > frustration. Thanks to everyone who gave the

Re: How to read Texinfo file format

1999-01-27 Thread Henning Makholm
Art Lemasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you use dselect or apt, download "info" (texinfo) just > for the reader. I did not find "texinfo" on the dselect list with > a search. BTW, I'm going to try it with dwww--should > be pretty cool. :-) For authoring, see Henning's message below. Gi

kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Tam Ma
Hi, Can someone tell me what is the different between the "developement" version from the "stable" version of a kernel? Is kernel 2.2.0 stable or dev? What is the different between 2.2.0.tar.bz2 and 2.2.0.tar.gz? What does it mean when there is and question mark (?) in front of the file

Re: Unsual system check

1999-01-27 Thread pat
On 27-Jan-99, Nathan E Norman took time to write : > I'm flying by the seat of my pants here, but I believe it has something > to do with a daemon's log file not being completely cleared before the > system shuts down (as in `shutdown -h now'). probably. > I was told that the "deleted inode has

Re: sysv style init of daemons

1999-01-27 Thread Remco van de Meent
Thomas Adams wrote: > Is there an easy to read in-depth description of the sysv style init? I > hope the name is right; I mean the way of starting daemons by making links > instead of the traditional way of placing a start script into /etc/rc.boot The current maintainer and (co-?)author of the sys

Re: Can´t remove Kernel Modules

1999-01-27 Thread David Wright
I haven't seen any responses to this one... Quoting acop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I have a problem to compile my 2.0.34 Kernel without modules. Previously > compiled kernels used ppp as a module. If I try to use ppp now as > compiled in the kernel itself (even without doing 'make modules' / 'make >

Re: Unsual system check

1999-01-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote: : On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 01:42:25PM +0100, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: : > > : > > This is an unusual checking by my machine (this is all I could cut&paste), : > > has anything gone wrong here? : > : > [ output of regular fsck check ] : > : > Th

Re: printing/lpr

1999-01-27 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 03:05 (+), Gossamer wrote: > > Is there a way to set up the print stuff so that when I go > > lpr > > it adds margins and stuff? It's ugly as is. man pr -- your man pann

Re: Garbled screen

1999-01-27 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > I have just got X running although only using VGA_16 server, but hope to > get SVGA server later. Now, I have annoying problem that when I exit X > my command mode display is garbled. Example: "command not found" is > displayed as "cmmad nt funnd" and "startx" is "sarrt". The commands are > wo

Re: ppa zip drive

1999-01-27 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 1/27/99 12:42:15 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I've got a know-to-be-working parallel port Zip drive that's not > behaving with Debian (it used to work with my old RedHat setup). > > If I try to mount the partition I get the usual "not recognized as >

Garbled screen

1999-01-27 Thread Kim Breedlove
I have just got X running although only using VGA_16 server, but hope to get SVGA server later. Now, I have annoying problem that when I exit X my command mode display is garbled. Example: "command not found" is displayed as "cmmad nt funnd" and "startx" is "sarrt". The commands are working as I ca

Re: dialing an internet provider

1999-01-27 Thread Tim Heuser
Serial connection established using interface PPP0 Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 LCP: Time out sending Config-Requests Connection terminated Recieve serial link is not 8 bit clean Problem: All had 7 bit set to 0 Hangup (SIGHUP) Exit I don't know how to cut and paste yet in here. Tim John Hasler w

Re: A pipe dream?

1999-01-27 Thread G . B . Stott
Hi there, Many thanks to all those who offered suggestions; I am very grateful. Obviously some had access to more information than I have been able to find - such as documentation on the `get-selections' and `put-selections' options for dpkg. Time for me to go searching :-) Barrie.

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-27 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 1/26/99 7:34:37 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Well think about this? do you need to install all of the pakcages under > windows3.x or windows9x to get it to work. games solitaire and > mindsweeper. you don't need man-db to get linux running. that is th

Re: debian newbie seeks help

1999-01-27 Thread jrobertson
You can go to the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/docs and get the getting started guide in html format and the users guide in adobe acrobat format (to read maybe on your windows/dos machine/partition). These are free and a good start. Have fun. "rod p

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread servis
*- Craig R. Hodges wrote about "Printer Setup" > I have lpd installed on Slink. Does anyone have any suggestions on where > to go from there? Printer setup is new to me. Netscape prints two lines of > jumble and then the printer starts feeding sheets continually. I have an > HP Deskjet 682C (same a

Re: printing/lpr

1999-01-27 Thread servis
*- Gossamer wrote about "printing/lpr" > > Is there a way to set up the print stuff so that when I go > > lpr > > it adds margins and stuff? It's ugly as is. > > Set up magicfilter and modify the filter that it sets up so that it sends text through enscript or genscript. Something like thi

Re: Fonts for gimp?

1999-01-27 Thread Thomas Gebhardt
Hi, sorry: > Are the relevant fonts available as a deb package? I have installed > all obvious related packages, so it might be a matter of > misconfiguration? I just noticed that I had not included the "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/ " in my X Fontpath. So it's my fault, Cheers, Thomas

Re: xdm config pointers

1999-01-27 Thread Hernan Joel Cervantes Rodriguez
Hi, Shaleh > > If anyone knows of a good doc, web site, etc. about configing XDM to look and > act snazzy, please let me know. > > The better doc is the man page, just do : man xdm. Hernan

problem with adaptec aic 7895

1999-01-27 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
Hi, I have a problem with this controller. When I boot linux I receive this error: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 23, scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 (scsi1:0:0:0) Aborting scb 14, flags 0x4 (scsi1:0:0:0:tag14) matches search criteria (scsi1:0:0:0:tag14)

perl-dbd-modules as .debs?

1999-01-27 Thread Mike Gerber
hi there, debian folks! is there a .deb-package of the perl-dbd-modules? (not dbi, i search the database-specific parts like DBD::Pg, DBD::Oracle and such) i searched by hamm-cds but found none (only the libdbi-perl(?) one). ...only to have an clean (as .tar.gz-free as possible) system. thx in a

Re: dialing an internet provider

1999-01-27 Thread John Hasler
Tim Heuser writes: > username and password. Is there some other prog. that I should be using > to dial up for a ppp connection? No. Pon should work (I assume that you set up ppp with pppconfig). Run plog and post the output. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill El

Fonts for gimp?

1999-01-27 Thread Thomas Gebhardt
Hi, when I try to build a logo with the Xtns menu of the gimp, I get a Script-fu error message telling me that there is a font missing. Are the relevant fonts available as a deb package? I have installed all obvious related packages, so it might be a matter of misconfiguration? Thanks, Thomas

Re: GNUcash/Libs

1999-01-27 Thread Daniel Martin
Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > libXm.so.1 => not found > This is a motif library. Some versions of Lesstif will work. > > > libXmHTML.so.1.1 => not found > XmHTML doesn't exist as a debian package. Read the GNUCash readme and get > the source. > > I've been working on packag

Apache SSL problem

1999-01-27 Thread Thomas Adams
I installed hamm's Apache-SSL and can connect to it from the server (http[s]://localhost/) w/o problems. But if I try to connect from a different computer all I see is an alert with "Document contains no data". What's this?

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