Creating Debian mirror from install CD's

2002-02-23 Thread Chris Howells
#x27;m not subscribed to the list. Many thanks - -- Cheers, Chris Howells -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP key: http://chrishowells.co.uk/pgp.txt KDE: http://www.koffice.org, http://edu.kde.org, http://usability.kde.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE---

Building XFree86 4.0.3 on Debian potato

2001-05-04 Thread Chris Howells
symbolic links Does any body know how to fix it? Cheers, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net

Which bootup script brings up interface 'lo'

2001-04-24 Thread Chris Howells
I'm trying to work out where interface 'lo' is brought up on potato. I've grepped through /etc, but can't see any references to 'ifconfig'. I'd be greatful to be CC'd, since I'm not on the list. Cheers, -- Chris Howells

Re: koffice -- how-to?

2001-04-10 Thread Chris Howells
From: will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > there seems to be a bunch of nouns missing there. how do i figure > out (where be the fligging manual) what command to issue to get > into spreadsheet (kspread) or wordprocessing (kword)? I'm not familiar with the apt-get method of install KDE (since I jus

Re: problem updating to perl 5.6.0

2001-04-10 Thread Chris Howells
From: Yang Shouxun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > How can I update my system to Perl 5.6.0-20? Perl-5.005 was installed. > There is an evil dependency circularity that prevents me from upgrading > the system: debconf depends on perl-5.005 and the like. It's a bloody annoyace to do so, and pretty awkward.

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-10 Thread Chris Howells
From: Jeff Licquia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > We thought that this would be something that Debian people generally > would be interested in, which is why we posted it. If you would > rather not, then that's fine; we won't bother you all on the lists > anymore. I don't consider it to be spam. If it wa

Re: Using Visioneer Scanner under Debian

2001-04-08 Thread Chris Howells
From: Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is anyone using a Visioneer 4400 Scanner successfully under > Debian? http://panda.mostang.com/sane/ CH

Re: Building GNOME 1.4 on Debian potato -- errors in control-center

2001-04-08 Thread Chris Howells
e-libs) from source. I've also tried running ldconfig, but the problem persists. Any other ideas? Cheers, Chris Howells

Building GNOME 1.4 on Debian potato -- errors in control-center

2001-04-08 Thread Chris Howells
-properties' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gnome1.4/control-center-1.4.0.1/capplets' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gnome1.4/control-center-1.4.0.1' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 Can anyone h

Re: HP's InkJet drivers on Debian -- success?

2001-04-07 Thread Chris Howells
rrently using CUPS + GIMP-Print which works pretty well). Chris Howells

HP's InkJet drivers on Debian -- success?

2001-04-06 Thread Chris Howells
t due to the license (basically a BSD style license with a "HP only" clause) -- although I think I did hear they were planning to GPL them eventually. See http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/license.php for the exact license. Comments? Thanks, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROT

Upgrading to perl 5.6 on potato

2001-04-02 Thread Chris Howells
t version in stable is 5.005. So how am I supposed to upgrade to a later version of Perl than 5.005, bearing in mind the dependency mess that I could create. Is there a pre-built DEB somewhere? Or what else would be the "best" to do? Cheers, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I

Re: staroffice..

2001-03-24 Thread Chris Howells
u use KDE 2. > afraid of KDE mostly due to last Nick Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posting > about "Subject: Re: kde virus-like menu masher" I have absolutely no problem with Window Maker 0.64.1 and KDE 2.0.1 either on Debian potato or Mandrake 7.0 Chris Howells

Re: staroffice..

2001-03-24 Thread Chris Howells
much). There is a powerpoint filter in Kpresenter, see http://www.koffice.org for details. Chris Howells

Re: how to edit the kernel....make menuconfig???

2001-03-23 Thread Chris Howells
see http://www.chowells.uklinux.net/files/kernel.shtml. Chris Howells

Re: printer setup

2001-03-23 Thread Chris Howells
simply use the web interface. I find that quite adequate for my needs (I generally use it via Lynx, since Konqueror doesn't seem capable of it). Chris Howells

Re: printer setup

2001-03-22 Thread Chris Howells
retty sure that 1.1.6 has a choice for lpd style printing. Sorry I can't be of more help -- I'm no CUPS expert ;) Chris Howells

Re: printer setup

2001-03-22 Thread Chris Howells
Download 1.1.6 from http://www.cups.org/software.html (get the DEB), and then install it with: dpkg -i cups-version.deb Worked fine for me. Chris Howells

Re: printer setup

2001-03-22 Thread Chris Howells
us If it has driver for your printer, CUPS is probably the easiest way, since it has a browser based configuration tool. Chris Howells

Re: 2.4 Loopback file system mounts

2001-03-21 Thread Chris Howells
that task (no kill options I tried work on it). Nope, it's simply broken in 2.4.2. Get a 2.4.3 pre, or wait for 2.4.3 Chris Howells

Debian package management and forcing dependencies

2001-03-21 Thread Chris Howells
t-get will forget about this forced dependency? Thanks, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-20 Thread Chris Howells
Ethan Benson wrote: > what chipset? some (VIA) have been blacklisted in the kernel since > they are too buggy (or the kernel driver is too buggy) Nope, like I said in the original message, the Intel LX. The same hardware has worked fine under Mandrake, with the same kernel version. --

Installing Netscape 4 on 2.2r2

2001-03-20 Thread Chris Howells
ackage, although can't find it, for some reason (and in fact, I can't see it on my three CD set, either). What am I actually meant to do to run/install Netscape? Cheers, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Chris Howells
Forrest English wrote: is your kernel compiled with dma support? because if it's not, thats not gonna work. Yup, pretty sure it is. I'll check though. Cheers, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Chris Howells
eed to use hdparm with 2.4.x kernels. 2.4.x has much better IDE support. I get much better benchmark results with DMA set on. -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net

Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-18 Thread Chris Howells
ipset + Maxtor disk drive) Even compiling my own version of hdparm doesn't help. Cheers -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net

Re: Debian 2.2 installer boot floppys

2000-11-17 Thread Chris Howells
, and eventually the intaller came into life. Perfect (I hope)! :) Many thanks all, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.linuxfan.com/~chowells

Re: Debian 2.2 installer boot floppys

2000-11-17 Thread Chris Howells
be the correct option. It still hasn't helped me getting the distro installed, I'm afraid. :( -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.linuxfan.com/~chowells

Debian 2.2 installer boot floppys

2000-11-15 Thread Chris Howells
, even if I specify mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy I'd be really grateful if somebody could help. I do have a fair amount of Linux experience (with mainly Red Hat style distros -- where it's just a matter of writing installer.img or similair, and making sure the CD-ROM is in the dri