GNOME and afterstep problems

2002-03-03 Thread Camilux
Hi! Im still with the xauth issues.. but to make matters more weird, i found out that if i start an afterstep X session, i can run any program i installed as root, like mozilla, with no problems! however , if i get into a Ximian GNOME session, via gdm, as a normal user... iget the Xlib client

Gtk error only when root! (??)

2002-01-22 Thread Camilux
Hi, im having this *very* strange error in deb 2.2 , ximian gnome... if i am not root, i can for example open gdmconfig, but it says i need to be root to change things; so i su - myself up to root, but when i type gdmconfig, i get this error: Gtk Error: Can't Open display same when triying to

Red Carpet vs Apt-Get

2002-01-21 Thread Camilux
Hi! Just a quick question... is red carpet and apt-get more or less the same? i mean, from the little knowledge i have, i understand that RC is a software designed to handle package management/installation/updates automatically, finding dependencies and getting them, etc. much like apt-get...

my ximian gnome screws up window placement

2002-01-18 Thread Camilux
Hi! I apt-get'ed ximian gnome a while ago, i got 1 failed package (x- screensavers) wich couldnt be fixed even with install -f , guess i'll have to fetch the .deb manually , right? anyway, the issue is that every new window i open up in gnome gets placed at the upper left side of the screen, an

Re: Fwd: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread Camilux
Cant i use a 2.4.x one? thanks On 17 Jan 2002, at 10:23, Charles Baker wrote: > > --- Camilux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > > > Well, im using Debian 2.2 r5 (just upgraded a while > > ago to that)... > > > > again, t

Re: Fwd: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread Camilux
> > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > --- dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 14:02:49 -0500 > > From: dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way? > &

Re: what does a debian kid look like?

2002-01-17 Thread Camilux
Ok, im 21, from Mexico. I am currently attending college - computer science, of course :) - in Mérida, Yucatán, but im a Cancun native. :) I love Operating systems (playing with EVERY os i can get my hands on), and started using Linux back when i was 18, my first distro was Caldera, and back in th

Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-16 Thread Camilux
Hi ppl, just wanted to know if theres a "Debian" way of upgradind the kernel as well.. or is it still manually downloading, unzipping, etc etc? thanks! Camilo

Upgrading to 2.2 r5 with apt

2002-01-15 Thread Camilux
Hi! I have Debian 2.2 r2 currently, if i were to upgrade it to r5, do i just need to do an apt-get dist-upgrade? thanks! camilo

Re: Bring up ppp link on shell

2002-01-03 Thread Camilux
For PPP wvdial works for me. - camilo On 2 Jan 2002, at 17:52, John Hasler wrote: > James writes: > > How do I bring a dialup PPP link with a shell? > > pon. > > > How do I tell when the link is down if I have a shell script for > > example downloading the latest Debian dist? > > ping. > -