are you running slink ?
because of a bug in glibc 2.0.x the last 8 or 9 milestone builds of
mozilla do not run on glibc 2.0.x, they require 2.1.
nate
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Michael Soulier wrote:
msouli >
msouli >So I upgraded mozilla to M-17, and all it does is segfault. Has
msouli >any
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 08:42:02PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> no you need to add yourself to the cdrom group and perhaps change the
> group on the cdrom device to `cdrom' (only if its an ide cdrom)
>
> > Glancing at my /etc/group file, it looks like that's what I did..
>
> that is an exceedi
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 12:32:23AM -0400, Thomas J. Hamman wrote:
>
> Perhaps you need to add yourself to the "disk" group (the group that
> owns disk drives) the same way you added yourself to the "audio" group.
no you need to add yourself to the cdrom group and perhaps change the
group on the c
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 11:21:40PM -0500, John Reinke wrote:
> I'm getting very close - sounds now work thanks to the tips below. I still
> can't get music CDs to work. They will work when I log into X as root...
> but that's not good.
>
> When I start the CD player, it says:
>
> Error accessing
Do you have read permission for the device where the cdrom is
connected (/dev/hdc, for example)?
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 11:21:40PM -0500, John Reinke wrote:
> I'm getting very close - sounds now work thanks to the tips below. I still
> can't get music CDs to work. They will work when I log into X
I'm getting very close - sounds now work thanks to the tips below. I still
can't get music CDs to work. They will work when I log into X as root...
but that's not good.
When I start the CD player, it says:
Error accessing cdrom device.
Please check to make sure cdrom drive support is compiled int
so i used to be running the 2.2.17-ide kernel which came with potato, but
have since took it upon myself to go with a homegrown kernel, one which i
have configured and compiled myself. I downloaded the source to 2.2.16
and patched it to the latest 2.2.17pre19. I configured, and compiled it
usin
On Sunday, 20 August 2000 at 13:48, hogan wrote:
> Looking for Debian package which would contain necessary files + documentation
> for C "fork()" and "pipe()" functions if indeed they're available..
manpages-dev
--
Don't make Godzilla mad!
pgpbNU8tkhLDs.pgp
Description: PGP signature
Looking for Debian package which would contain necessary files + documentation
for C "fork()" and "pipe()" functions if indeed they're available..
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:20:39PM -0500, John Reinke wrote:
> I've been setting up my sound, and I still don't have everything up and
> running yet. I've noticed that the sound effects for Enlightenment won't
> start until esd (Enlightenment sound daemon) is running, and I can only
> start that as
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 02:10:41PM -0700, Alexander Poquet wrote:
>
> hi, im installing (or trying to) potato on an older p100
> i have and everything was going well. i chose the
Bizarre! I have never had a problem installing the base system, as
long as I was using floppies I'd ensured were for
André writes:
> If you're only interested in which config files a certain program uses
> you can do something like:
> dpkg -s package_name
> and read the part after "Conffiles:".
Yes, of course I can: I'm a Debian developer and I have been using Debian
since 1.1. The average new user, however,
Zope's PersistentList and PersistentDictionary classes want to be
installed in Zope/lib/python/ZODB. I suspect they go here, rather
than in a product directory, to make sure they are available to all
other packages. Perhaps there are other reasons.
At any rate, the indicated directory is in the
I've been setting up my sound, and I still don't have everything up and
running yet. I've noticed that the sound effects for Enlightenment won't
start until esd (Enlightenment sound daemon) is running, and I can only
start that as root. Is this because /dev/audio (and therefore esd) is only
accessi
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 02:35:52PM -0500, Debian Mail wrote:
> Hello,
> Debian ghost here... have a question about printing via debian.
> I ran the magicfilterconfig and set up a laser jet printer on the lan.
> I think I have this thing correct, but I get an error when I try to send
> anything to t
Richard Swen wrote:
>
> I am very new to Linux and would like to know the best
> version of Debian to install on my computer.
>
> p3 550mhz
> 128megs of ram
> vodoo 3 3000
> soundblaster live
> 3com 3c905c
> Maxtor 13.0gig UDMA/66
> ABIT BE-6 II Motherboard
> IOMEGA 250MB Zip Drive
> 3com 56K Fax
Phillip Deackes wrote:
> No - this wasn't the issue. I installed the new version of Stormpkg and
> the gtksu window didn't appear when I ran it as a regular user. The idea
> is that gtksu allows you to enter your root password and then proceeds
> to run Stormpkg. I also found that Stormpkg was gi
I've had this problem also. Most recently after installing xdm. You
might want to try removing your .xsession file in you user directory, or
renaming it to .xsession_bak and see if that helps.
When you ran XF86Setup, did you get all the way to xvidtun and save the
configurations file? If you got t
I cannot start up X windows after using the startx command. It looks
like X windows is going to start but then it stops soon after starting
up. I am not sure if there is some place to look for error messages. I
assume that I didn't entered something incorrectly when I ran XF86Config
but I am not
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 07:50:31PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> That produces a list that is certain to be incomprehensible to a new user.
If you're only interested in which config files a certain program uses
you can do something like:
dpkg -s package_name
and read the part after "Conffiles:".
joostje writes:
> The Linux Newbie Guide (http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/FAQ.htm)
> claims that all Hayes-compatible modems should accept pulse dailing, so
> what am I doing wrong?
Nothing. I would not be the least bit surprised to learn that some modem
manufacturers have decided that pulse d
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 02:28:34AM +0300, joost witteveen wrote:
> I want my modem to dail using pulses, not tones (some phonelines in
> Bulgaria need it).
>
> After setting `Pulse' in the pppconfig menu, chat seems to
> use ATDP as dail string, but I still hear tones.
>
> The Linux Newbie Guide
J wrote:
>
> That is all very nice... thanks for the distro advertisements, but I already
> have a (what I hope is) an install CD, and I'd like to use the one I have if
> I can. When I got the book, it only came with one CD -- is that all I need?
>
> Also, when I boot from the CD, one person s
Shaul Karl writes:
> Are not the contents of /usr/share/doc/package contain this info?
No. It usually just contains the Debian changelog, the copyright files,
and any miscellaneous docs from upstream (often none).
> Isn't
> dpkg -L package
> yield the list of files that are installed by
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 02:02:16PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
>
> Why is it so hard to decline a "recommends" dependency?
[snip dselect experience we have all had]
> AGH! I have declined the recommendation. WHY WON'T DESELECT
> JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Reccommends == Depends as far as dselect
Hi User!
debian-mentors:
| This list is for newbie maintainers who seek help with initial
| packaging and other developer-related issues. Those who prefer
| one-on-one help should also post to the list, and an experienced
| developer will volunteer. This list is not meant for users
| questions but
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:57:58PM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote:
>
> Well, imho it makes no sense splitting of /usr/src.
> Everthing in there is under package control.
>
> /boot80MB
> /60MB
why do this? just make / 60MB (or maybe 70/80) and
There have been some new .debs made available from tdyc the last couple
of days. These *almost* work for me, unlike the ones available before
yesterday. If anybody else is successfully using these, could you
please tell me how you got a panel to appear?
By the way, I had to modify /usr/bin/start
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 02:11:04AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote:
> Does not single user mode inquires for root password?
> One alternative in case one forgets the root password is to use the rescue
> disk, go to the 2nd VT, mount / and clear the root password from /etc/passwd
> or /etc/shadow as appr
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 07:11:38PM -0600, cls-colo spgs wrote:
> Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
> Sending DHCP and RARP requests ... timed out!
> IP-Config: Reopening network devices... Sending DHCP
> and RARP requests ..<7>eth0: Transmit error, Tx status
> register 82. .
You might want to look at the
Disk Upgrade mini How-To.
> Sorry this is a bit long, but I'm still confused...
>
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:20:11 -0500, Brian E. Ermovick wrote:
>
> >I've remapped partitions or even upgraded across drives just by using
> >cp - mke2fs the new drive (assumin
Can't you connect the 486 machine to a newer machine via serial or parallel
cable? Perhaps with Ethernet?
> Well I finally solved the "man" problem. Thanks to all that replied (esp.
> to Paul Smith and Ron Rademaker who gave this newbie some great tips on
> commands to use while installing via
Perhaps you should try to get things back the way they were before you were
making the changes in order to determine the state of the HD?
> It all started when I wanted to partiton and format a new HD...
> I set it to slave and started the comp...
> forgetting that the main drive was in cable se
I want my modem to dail using pulses, not tones (some phonelines in
Bulgaria need it).
After setting `Pulse' in the pppconfig menu, chat seems to
use ATDP as dail string, but I still hear tones.
The Linux Newbie Guide (http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/FAQ.htm)
claims that all Hayes-compatible m
> debs,
>
> eth0 is found at boot:
>
> # dmesg
>
> [snip
>
> 3c59x.c:v0.99H 27May00 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
> eth0: 3Com 3c905C Tornado at 0x1400,
> 00:01:03:1a:41:3f, IRQ 11 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx
> split, autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
> >
> > Why don't all Debian packages come with installation instructions
> > in a _standard_ place that tell you what you need to do (after
> > installing the package) to configure or use the package you just
> > loaded?
>
Are not the contents of /usr/share/doc/package contain this info?
>
>
> --AH+kv8CCoFf6qPuz
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Disposition: inline
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 01:58:36AM -0400, Woodrow Lovett wrote:
> > MY system will not accept my password. Can I enter the system with a
> > ram disk
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 07:17:59PM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote:
> In that case, they might just use an older version of Windows with
> Internet Explorer and they are able to see the web more confortably
> than using Linux and Netscape.
If a user don't see any benefits from using Linux he obviously
Hi,
When I try to play MIDI files with `playmidi', I get the message
open /dev/sequencer: No such device
However, `ls -l /dev/sequencer' produces
crw-rw 1 root audio 0 Mar 28 16:29 /dev/sequencer
so I don't understand what's wrong. Can anyone enlighten me?
Thanks.
\\// |
I'm reaching the limits of tolerance with Netscape bugginess. Mozilla,
however, doesn't quite meet my needs yet. I'd appreciate pointers on
the following:
- How do I disable animated gifs under Mozilla. There's a utility
called the Gif Animation Toggle (gat) which will remove the
1) This might be a wish bug against ftp.debina.org?
2) Maybe with slink it will change?
3) The old methods (dftp?) seems to be what you are left with.
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry, I mean it point to "stable" instead of to "slink", not point to "main"
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > There is packages
On Aug 18 2000, John Leuner wrote:
> But let's face it, a debug build of Moz is a dog. Do we really need
> Athlons to surf the web?
That was exactly my point. Most users (unfortunately, might I
add) don't care for free software or for proprietary software.
They care about t
On Aug 19 2000, John Ackermann wrote:
> I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what
> configuration files the package uses (and where they are), and where it
> stores data (i.e., does it use space in /var) would be a big help.
All packages *do* already have such f
> Whats the difference and which is better? Just looking for some clues
> before i make the changes.
xfs-xtt is better for very big, unicode fonts (hint: most far east ones).
If you like configuring fonts, it allows you to do some font transforms as
well.
--
"One disk to rule them all, O
Hi,
I try to run qw-client-svga as 'root' but I've no sound. I use ALSA on my linux
box: wave output works.
qw-client-svga is the QuakeWorld program from the latest quakeforge project.
I got the following error messages (using the strace program)
---
open("/dev/dsp", O_RDWR)=
> >I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what
> >configuration files the package uses (and where they are), and where it
> >stores data (i.e., does it use space in /var) would be a big help.
> less /var/lib/dpkg/info/.list
>
> If you really care, write a nice wrapper
hi, im installing (or trying to) potato on an older p100
i have and everything was going well. i chose the
rescue floppy installation method (which i know isn't
as convienient as with a CD) and had gotten to the point
where it was time to install my base system.
the first time i tried it, all se
On Aug 19, John Ackermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what
>configuration files the package uses (and where they are), and where it
>stores data (i.e., does it use space in /var) would be a big help.
less /var/lib/dpkg/info/.list
Okay i know that with the serial cable and the winblows software you can get
the ambient temperature of the room that the UPS is in. Is this possible
through the SNMP card to get the room temperature using the APC Smart1400
and if so then how can you do it in Linux?
Thanks,
Tom
> > Ok. Let's wait a little bit more about it. And hope it gets
> > smaller. :-)
>
> Mozilla 1.0 will bring peace to earth, I just know it:-)
> --
But let's face it, a debug build of Moz is a dog. Do we really need
Athlons to surf the web?
---
> I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip
> the kernel source because it has a tar.bz2 ending. How does someone
> unzip this type of file?
try "tar xIf name.tar.bz2" or "bzip2 -cd name.tar.bz2 | tar xf -"
regards,
--
Staf Wagemakers
email : [EMAIL PROTE
>
> Why don't all Debian packages come with installation instructions
> in a _standard_ place that tell you what you need to do (after
> installing the package) to configure or use the package you just
> loaded?
I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what
configuration
Hello All,
Debian Ghost here.
Just set up my printer with magicfilterconf and I seem to still be having a
problem. This is a printer on the LAN and I hope I did this properly. This is
my /etc/printcap file:
lp|ljet|Lazer Jet:\
:lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet:rm=156.200.5.30:rp=ljet:lpr_bounc
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:23:22PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Why don't all Debian packages come with installation instructions
> in a _standard_ place that tell you what you need to do (after
> installing the package) to configure or use the package you just
> loaded?
Most Debian packages
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:45:54PM +0200, Christophe Broult wrote:
> tar xIf file.tar.bz2 will `bunzip2' and untar your files. The `I' is
> for bzip2 compression. So you can say
bzcat (not sure about exact name) is also useful: pipe the output to tar
and you can leave the original .tar.bz2 zipped
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 04:11:24AM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote:
> I have problems with my freshly baked kernel / modules: when booting,
> just after the "Calculating module dependencies..." message I get errors
> complaining about it not finding the modules smbfs, vfat, this, that and
> some more..
Why don't all Debian packages come with installation instructions
in a _standard_ place that tell you what you need to do (after
installing the package) to configure or use the package you just
loaded?
There needs to be a standard place to consult to know what a
package needs (setup) and what i
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:07:17PM +, Jaume Teixi wrote:
> how to configure sshd2 in order to leave access from any ip and restrict
> to only some limited system users or group ?
$ man sshd
search: AllowUsers
--
Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Opensa
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 02:17:31PM +0200, Mark Walter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it's about a missing /dev file. I can't mount a partition.
> The reason is a ^missing /dev/hdex. I think mknod would a
> good idea but I'am not for sure about the major and minor
> number which is required.
$ man MAK
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 02:02:44PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Is there some tool that would allow me to bring up an on-screen chart of
> ASCII chars, such as the smiley faces and fraction characters and
> line-drawing characters, and then copy them for pasting into an X app?
>
> (Goal: to insert a
debs,
eth0 is found at boot:
# dmesg
[snip
3c59x.c:v0.99H 27May00 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
eth0: 3Com 3c905C Tornado at 0x1400,
00:01:03:1a:41:3f, IRQ 11 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx
split, autoselect/Autonegotiate interface. MII
transceiver found at
in ~/.bashrc add the following line
export PAGER=less
when man is invoked it checks the value of PAGER to determine which
pager to use. i'm not familiar with gxditview, if this is giving you
problems and you really don't need this program, get rid of it.
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:27:23AM -0700
For i386, I can recommend the following fast mirror:
ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/ISO/Debian
(this dir contains the images)
Regards,
Stephan Hachinger
> - Original Message -
> From: "Jason Walcutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Debian User List"
> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 9:24 PM
>
>
Is there some tool that would allow me to bring up an on-screen chart of
ASCII chars, such as the smiley faces and fraction characters and
line-drawing characters, and then copy them for pasting into an X app?
(Goal: to insert a musical note character into a Netscape Messenger
message.)
Thanks!
"John Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip
> the kernel source because it has a tar.bz2 ending. How does someone
> unzip this type of file?
tar xIf file.tar.bz2 will `bunzip2' and untar your files. The `I' is
for bzip2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Aug 15 21:15:06 DATAMAN modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate
> > module tty-ldisc-3
>
> > You should add the following line to your /etc/modutils/aliases
> > alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
> >
> > and then run update-mo
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:33:01 + (UTC), pollywog said:
> I installed the packages, but when I start Licq, it says it cannot find the
> qt
> plugin, which is right were Licq says it is not. I ran ldd on the plugin but
> it also says the plugin is not there. The plugins have world-readable
It all started when I wanted to partiton and format a new HD...
I set it to slave and started the comp...
forgetting that the main drive was in cable select mode and should have been
pulled out!!
As you can imagine it is a bit of a mess!
how can I get my data out of this drive
Before any on
HI
I have an Intel 740 Video card, which I was told was compatible with linux.
I seem to be having lots of trouble configuring X ...
Please rescue me!!
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 16:27:40 +, Peter Palfrader said:
>
> On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:22:14 +0200, Peter Palfrader said:
>
> > As you see, you don't need libqt2 to build it, you need libqt2__-dev__.
> >
> > In most cases you need the -dev packages of libraries if you want to
> > build
Hello,
Debian ghost here... have a question about printing via debian.
I ran the magicfilterconfig and set up a laser jet printer on the lan.
I think I have this thing correct, but I get an error when I try to send
anything to the printer.
from printcap:
lp|ljet|Lazer Jet:\
:lp=:sd=/var/sp
Why is it so hard to decline a "recommends" dependency?
In dselect (using the apt method), if I select a package A that
recommends a package B, dselect switches to the dependency-
resolution screen with package B selected.
If I simply deselect B and exit normally (with Return), dselect
retur
Hawk writes:
> Investigating further, I've found that mailing to myself (mail hawk, mail
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]) also does not generate mail.
That pretty much exonerates fetchmail.
> Ideas?
exim.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
brian moore wrote:
> Delete the 'smtphost' line. Unless you really want to snarf mail from
> email.psu.edu and send it to smtp.psu.edu
hmm, it still eats everything. I'm starting to think that sendmail is
the problem.
Here's the new .fetchmailrc, done from scratch:
# Configuration create
thanks,
I 've already searched the man-db_2.3.16-1.deb on debian.org
but having dependency problem.. and continue seraching for the related
packages. : ) quite harsh
KaLee, San
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Gary Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August
Have you looked debian's ftp site? (ftp.debian.org)
I just downloaded all the 3 iso's from there.
Sincerely,
Jarkko Haapalainen
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Jason Walcutt wrote:
> Is there a place to download an ISO of Debian???
>
> Thanks
> Jason
>
>
>
Is there a place to download an ISO of Debian???
Thanks
Jason
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, cls-colo spgs wrote:
> what's the command for removing user accts?
userdel / deluser, or use vi to remove the entries in /etc/passwd
/etc/shadow.
regards,
--
Staf Wagemakers
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
homepage : http://www.digibel.org/~staf
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:22:14 +0200, Peter Palfrader said:
> As you see, you don't need libqt2 to build it, you need libqt2__-dev__.
>
> In most cases you need the -dev packages of libraries if you want to
> build stuff against them.
Yes, I do have that installed, but not as a Debian package
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 11:08:34AM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote:
> try setting the environmental variable PAGER to less or set MANOPT to
> -P less. read man man
Thanks Patrick
Can you tell me the verbatim commands to do the above? And do I do this as
user?
As root, I have no problems with man
Well I finally solved the "man" problem. Thanks to all that replied (esp.
to Paul Smith and Ron Rademaker who gave this newbie some great tips on
commands to use while installing via floppy). Folks it is possible to
install via floppy but, as the manual does say, it is NOT recommended. You
have
Hi pollywog!
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, pollywog wrote:
> I downloaded the source package (and dsc and diff) for Licq and then modified
> debian/rules and then built Licq with my own config options.
> The problem is that I have QT installed from source, and no Debian packages
> for
> QT were found:
E
I downloaded the source package (and dsc and diff) for Licq and then modified
debian/rules and then built Licq with my own config options.
The problem is that I have QT installed from source, and no Debian packages for
QT were found:
dh_fixperms
dh_installdeb
dh_shlibdeps
dpkg: /usr/local/qt/lib/l
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:09:01PM +, Jaume Teixi wrote:
> how to view Video Sorenson under Debian ?
> xanim still doesn't support because of restricted license from Sorenson.
The only way I know of is to use Apple's QuickTime under VMWare or
equivalent. Unless Sorenson releases their codec,
Hi,
it's about a missing /dev file. I can't mount a partition.
The reason is a ^missing /dev/hdex. I think mknod would a
good idea but I'am not for sure about the major and minor
number which is required.
cu
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:54:30AM +1000, John Griffiths wrote:
> apologies if this is rtfm
>
> if it is can someone please tell me *which* FM i should be RT'ing
>
> is there an easy way to bring a stormix box over to full debian?
>
> i know there is a howto on doing this with corel...
>
> last
Hi...
Are there any packages for gxsnmp (I've seen gnome-gxsnmp in my
dselect listing, but apt-get install gnome-gxsnmp tells me it's not
available)
Where can I get this
BTW... are there more good snmp tools (browsers etc)
Mark Janssen Unix Consultant
Unix Supp
this should work: tar -Ixvf your_file.tar.bz2
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:19:58AM -0400, John Anderson wrote:
> I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip
> the kernel source because it has a tar.bz2 ending. How does someone
> unzip this type of file?
>
>
try setting the environmental variable PAGER to less or set MANOPT to
-P less. read man man
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:21:23AM -0700, John Bagdanoff wrote:
> When I use man as user, it is starting up gxditview, & in console mode
> this is not nice.
>
> I noticed this behavior a couple of weeks
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Can someone tell me what tty-ldisc-3 is please?
I can only contribute a partial answer:
I sounds like "line discipline 3". PPP involves a line
discipline, but I don't know if it's number 3 or something
else is.
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Daniel Barclay
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Hmm. A littl
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:27:23AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have debian/gnu linux 2.1 setup on my i-486 machine but I don't have a
> printer yet.
>
> I want to make sure that the printer I get will work, but since I've
> never even had anything connected to my parallel port, I'm no
André Dahlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>This actually varies a bit depending on which character I try to insert,
>if I try to write é the cursor jumps a few positions as if I had typed a
>tab. When I insert ö it beeps, and when inserting å or ä abolutely
>nothing happens. Remember that all of
Hello!
If messages are scrolling down too fast, you can wait till it stops and then
scroll up by pressing shift and the cursor-up key. Do you know at which
controller and position your cdrom is connected? If it's primary master,
it's /dev/hda, primary sl=dev/hdb, sec. ma=/dev/hdc, sec. sl=/dev/hdd
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:19:58AM -0400, John Anderson wrote:
> I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip
> the kernel source because it has a tar.bz2 ending. How does someone
> unzip this type of file?
tar xvfI filename.tar.bz2
at least the tar version shipping
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 10:59:27PM -0500, Daniel E. Baumann wrote:
> Oh o.k.. The reason being is that I read in the manual the apt's cahe is on
> /var, but this is going to be my partitioning scheme (6.0GB drive on my
> laptop):
>
> mount point size
>
> swap
Sie schrieben:
> I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip
> the kernel source because it has a tar.bz2 ending. How does someone
> unzip this type of file?
Just unzip and untar it with tar:
tar xIf x.tar.bz2
^
If you only want to unzip it, if this is of a
Sorry this is a bit long, but I'm still confused...
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:20:11 -0500, Brian E. Ermovick wrote:
>I've remapped partitions or even upgraded across drives just by using
>cp - mke2fs the new drive (assuming the partition is large enough to
>hold all the data), then:
>
>mount /dev/hd
> I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip
> the kernel source because it has a tar.bz2 ending. How does someone
> unzip this type of file?
bzip2 -cd kernel.tar.bz2 | tar xf -
Christoph Simon
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^X^C
q
quit
:q
^C
end
x
exit
ZZ
^D
?
he
Dear list:
I have debian/gnu linux 2.1 setup on my i-486 machine but I don't have a
printer yet.
I want to make sure that the printer I get will work, but since I've
never even had anything connected to my parallel port, I'm not even sure
if that is even working.
I've read a little on printin
I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip
the kernel source because it has a tar.bz2 ending. How does someone
unzip this type of file?
John Kerr Anderson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
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