also sprach Carel Fellinger (on Sat, 03 Mar 2001 02:17:44AM +0100):
reading your reaction gives me the eery feeling I've missed what
this thread was about. To me that's the single most horrible thing
that comes from mailing-lists instead of plain good old netnews,
you loose context easily. I
Thanks! This was the problem. Now I have X windows
again. Some other stuff is not working completely
(the fonts look _bad_ all of a sudden), but I'm
running again.
Thanks for the help (and in 15 minutes, too!),
Aaron and the two others who replied.
Terry Hancock
Indeed, there is no
Peter Jay Salzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you know how you hit c to open other mailboxes and it says:
Open mailbox ('?' for list):
well, i can no longer use '?' to see the list of mailboxes. it does
nothing; it simply drops me back to the main mailbox index.
the only thing i can think of
What's the output of the following:
$ locale
LANG=C
LC_CTYPE=C
LC_NUMERIC=C
LC_TIME=C
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY=C
LC_MESSAGES=C
LC_PAPER=C
LC_NAME=C
LC_ADDRESS=C
LC_TELEPHONE=C
LC_MEASUREMENT=C
LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
LC_ALL=C
... this is what I set it to with the command
export LC_ALL=C
ktb wrote:
Assuming i386 and your going to do an install off the Internet -
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/
Snag, at minimum -
rescue.bin
root.bin
Read this section again -
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Martin Fluch wrote:
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Matheson Cameron wrote:
Hey,
I can't get X windows to work in Woody. xdm doesn't
start on its own, and if I try 'startx', it says:
X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (N such file or directory),
Is the file /etc/X11/X
also sprach Robert Tucker (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 05:41:24AM -0800):
After reading the above ref. I am curious as to getting on-line
after I boot into Linux. Do I need to have some files available
beyond rescue.bin and root.bin? dbootstrap is mentioned as the
program to use to continue
I finished installing the system. I got all the
partitions working after having to use expert mode in
fdisk. I then jumped back into the debian curses
install and it went right on to the next step, no
problems. That is a very robust installer. As of
right now I am booting from floppy until
When I start X Windows, using the KDE window manager, I change to root
(with su - )
for administrative tasks. However I seem unable to run X window
applications.
Whatever X application I try to run, I inevitably get a message similar
to ... unable to open display.
Try this. While
Hey people. I need some help getting remote printing to work. I have a
print server with a local printer attached. I used magicfilter and now it
works great. Now, I'd like to be able to use lpr to remotely print to it like
I do at work.
My local /etc/printcap is
lp|Remote printer
see subject, all the documentation i have been following on
linuxprinting.org involves ghostscript, which is broken on debian.
(see my other mail, all it does when run by lpd is spit out svgalib:
Cannot get I/O permissions.)
if anyone has gotten this or a similar model working on debian could
also sprach Ian Thomas (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 06:42:29PM -0800):
hdb1 (this is already my freebsd swap partition)
hdb2 /boot (this will be a primary partition)
hdb3 (extended partition containing logical slices)
hdb5 /
hdb6 /var
hdb7 /tmp
hdb8 /home
hdb9 /usr
just a
For the Aureal. Take a look on sourceforge.net I saw it out there when I
had to get it. You will have to compile it yourself. It used to be at
linux.aureal.com but they went out of business, but the driver modules are
at sourceforge. I had no problems compiling and installing it and it worked
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 10:24:08PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] msoulier]$ lpr mail.out
lpr: connect: Connection refused
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
I've checked, the the lpd daemon is running on both machines.
What am I missing?
Ah, got it.
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:00:06PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
vmware allows you to run windoze on top of linux. or any operating
system as a matter of fact. and pvm is distributed processing, i
really just threw it in to emphasize that i don't see a place for
computer games in the life of any
William T Wilson wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, brian moore wrote:
does the process list Z under STAT ? if it is the process has gone
zombied and i don't think there is much you can do. sometimes zombie'd
processes die on their own eventually many times they will not die until
you
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 03:07:58PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote:
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 06:52:17PM +, Matthew Sackman wrote:
When /var went down, I was able to tar and bzip2 up /home /etc /root
and drop them into a windows partition which meant that I lost no real
why did you do that?
hey, how can i use apt-get to get something like postfix-0.0.20010228-1
out of testing? i have testing/main and some other testing's in my
sources.list, but
apt-get --download-only install testing/postfix
doesn't work, and
apt-get --download-only install postfix
reports that postfix is already
also sprach will trillich (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:47:12PM -0600):
ANY operating system? would that include mac os x? :)
seriously, would it do mac os 8 or 9?
don't quote me on it, but i don't think so. i should have said - any
operating system that runs on x86.
martin
[greetings from the
Philipp Bliedung wrote:
Hi,
I have simple question concerning compiling a programm
When I compile a program from the sources and it beakes for whatever
reason, how can I get rid of all the files that were created so far or
how can I remove this 'broken' program ? Is there anything
Hey,
I was wondering if their was a way to manually install
mozilla plugins. I need the java one, but I can't get
it because I can't get FTP to work with my proxy
server (help with that too please). I did manage to
download it from a Windoze machine (the proxy server),
and so now I have a file
on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 10:22:47PM -0500, MaD dUCK ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
also sprach Ian Thomas (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 06:42:29PM -0800):
hdb1 (this is already my freebsd swap partition)
hdb2 /boot (this will be a primary partition)
hdb3 (extended partition containing logical
also sprach kmself@ix.netcom.com (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 08:08:47PM -0800):
Advice I've heard (no emperical evidence myself) is that higher
utilization is best placed toward the physical midpoint of the disk
radius. This tends to equalize head movement in and out. Unless heads
park in either an
on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 06:39:54PM -0500, Fu-Dong Chiou ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
on Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 12:03:02PM -0500, Fu-Dong Chiou ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
edu) wrote:
Hi,
I have a problem. I have RedHat on /dev/hd1, and Debian on /dev/hd5
(that
on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:00:06PM -0500, MaD dUCK ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
also sprach Robert Tucker (on Thu, 01 Mar 2001 10:14:44PM -0800):
Ok... Now, what is vmware? And pvm? I see I have a lot of
memorization to do. I have two other computers (both 486's) and I
plan to initially net
Hey people. I recently installed XFree86 4.0 and am using the tdfx driver
for my Voodoo 3. Is it automatically set up to use 3D accel, or do I still
have to work to do if I want to play Quake?
Mike
--
Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.
Johnny Blade wrote:
I've been attempting to prepare my machine to play
some quake, but I can't get the 3dfx.o module to work.
I downloaded the device3dfx source using apt-get, ran
the buildpkg script, and then installed the .deb
created. As the deb is trying to update-modules, I
see a
i'm trying to compile userlink-source on the latest stable distribution. it
complains that /usr/include/linux/modversions.h dosn't exist (which it dosn't),
and if i switch /usr/include/linux to be a link to
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.17, it just chokes during compile with compile
errors.
i've
on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 01:30:11PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
I have an old HP Laserjet III with an old JetDirect card in it that I
have purchaed used. I have to use the parallel port to print to it,
but would like to use the network card instead. It was configured
on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 03:48:30PM -0800, Erik Steffl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
...
so if you dislike xdm, at least set NoZap in XF86Config!
Um. How about:
$ startx args; exit
I think better option is to use nohup and actually exit. that way
Have you discussed this with the boot-floppies team?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, MaD dUCK wrote:
also sprach ktb (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 05:42:20PM -0600):
Snag, at minimum -
rescue.bin
root.bin
... except the last time that i tried root.bin from like 5 different
locations, dd'ing and loop mounting it
also sprach John Galt (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:44:32PM -0700):
Have you discussed this with the boot-floppies team?
nope. haven't had a chance yet. the last time i tried was yesterday
night.
martin
[greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL
PROTECTED]@@@.net
--
on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:52:28PM -0800, Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:55:32AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a way to run apt-get through a ftp/http firewall?
Thank you
Can you see web page from behind firewall?
If so, you can use http
it's automatically set up to use 3D acceleration.
pete
On Fri 02 Mar 01, 11:27 PM, Michael P. Soulier said:
Hey people. I recently installed XFree86 4.0 and am using the tdfx driver
for my Voodoo 3. Is it automatically set up to use 3D accel, or do I still
have to work to do if I want to
also sprach kmself@ix.netcom.com (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 08:42:15PM -0800):
$ startx args exit
...which is what I use (do what I mean, not what I say). I can assure
you there are no console sessions on this box.
this will kill my X immediately and log off. the only way i got it to
work is
Ok...
lupus:/usr/lib# dpkg -l xlib6g
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name VersionDescription
Someone mentioned it on irc, on #debian a couple weeks ago, but I can't
remember the reference. Said there was some serial terminal emulator
that supported the 'linux' term type, so one wouldn't have to mess
around with minicom.
Anyone know what it is?
-- Ferret
Cool. Are there instructions anywhere on getting Quake working? I'm going
through the howto, but I'm missing libraries apparently:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] quake]$ ldd quake.x11
libm.so.5 = not found
libX11.so.6 = not found
libXext.so.6 = not found
libc.so.5 = not found
I have
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