Piped package list

2004-08-11 Thread Aaron Peters
I seem to recall seeing once that one of the package tools (dpkg, apt, or another, I don't remember) could save a package list that could later be piped as input to return a system to an identical list of packages with one command. Am I crazy, and if not, how is this done? TIA, Aaron

Trouble with GTK fonts

2004-02-23 Thread Aaron Peters
I'm having trouble with GTK fonts on a testing/unstable system. Basically, fonts in every GTK-based (1.2) app come up as compeletely garbled. I'm using XFree 3.3.6 (due to an old video card) and xfs- I don't know if this is the problem. I'd be happy to send a xwd screendump in order to illustrat

Re: Mac-Linux filetransfer

2002-09-05 Thread Aaron Peters
Slightly OT, but how does one reverse those pairs in the ethernet cable to allow direct connection? I'd be interested in connecting my notebook to a desktop under my desk, but I'd rather not use a hub to do it. On Thursday 05 September 2002 12:30, Eric Richardson wrote: > DSC@Siltec wrote: >