Netscape 4.75 problems

2000-09-05 Thread Dale L . Morris
I've tried to get Netscape 4.75 on my machine and I have trouble with the following: 1.)I am unable to view text/html links. When I try to open the link I get an error that vi won't execute the command. (I forget the actual error message and I don't have 4.75 on my computer right now. 2.)When Net

Re: Debian vs. Red Hat

2000-09-04 Thread Dale L . Morris
Easier administration because of better/more bulletproof package management Wayne Sitton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Here is the situation, I'm a Debian user. The company I work for, so far, > will only allow Red Hat as it's Linux OS on it's servers. I need some good > reasons to justify using

Re: Netscape mime-types

2000-09-04 Thread Dale L . Morris
I just tryed installing 4.75 and had the same problem. I installed it 10 minutes ago and it still won't view text/html. If I use 4.73 it works fine. What do I need to do to get 128 bit netscape working on my system? thanks dale Carel Fellinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at

Re: Helix Gnome solved!

2000-09-01 Thread Dale L . Morris
The fault is mine (as usual), there is a second part to the install which entails apt-get install task-helix-gnome, which I'm doing now.. Dale L . Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I always have trouble with Helix Gnome. This time I downloaded > everything using apt-get update.

Re: Helix Gnome

2000-09-01 Thread Dale L . Morris
ke a difference, correct? If I can't run it, how can I uninstall it? thanks Dale L . Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can I install this in potato or do I have to upgrade to woody? Is this > a recommended upgrade? > > thanks > > > Morten Liebach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrot

Re: Helix Gnome

2000-09-01 Thread Dale L . Morris
Can I install this in potato or do I have to upgrade to woody? Is this a recommended upgrade? thanks Morten Liebach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 1, sep, 2000 at 11:42:22 +, stefan goeman wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I know that there is something around like Helix Gnome. > > > > Why shoul

Re: netscape/mailcap

2000-08-31 Thread Dale L . Morris
error below? thanks oh.. Now that I think about it, since I installed netscape 4.75, I've been getting a box called ..huffman (encoding?) that pops up when a .jpg image is called from a mail or url. That never happened before. anyone else experienced this? Dale L . Morris ([EMAIL PROTECT

mutt

2000-08-31 Thread Dale L . Morris
Something overwrote my .mailcap file and I'm receiving the following error message when I use netscape and clik on a text/html link: Netscape subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stderr) ex/vi: Vi's standard input and output should be a terminal I don't know if this happened when I: 1.) installed 'pl

Re: emacs color

2000-08-29 Thread Dale L . Morris
I may have solved this problem, sorta: I rebooted back into my old 2.2.16 kernel and everything works fine. I must have not included some module in 2.2.17. ..hmmm.. wonder which one? Dale L . Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When I upgraded to 2.2.17 I got a message that nvi had saved the f

Re: 2.2.17 upgrade

2000-08-28 Thread Dale L . Morris
odule directory as suggested. when I tried to reboot, none of the modules were inserted, thus no eth0, etc.. So I booted up with the boot floppy I made and everything works just fine. Daniel E. Baumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Dale L . Morris wrote: > > I instal

emacs color

2000-08-28 Thread Dale L . Morris
When I upgraded to 2.2.17 I got a message that nvi had saved the file .Xresources and it could be recovered with the -r switch. Which I did, problem being that it wiped out the old config for emacs: emacs*background:DarkSlateGray emacs*foreground:Wheat emacs*cursorColor: orangered Now when I try

2.2.17 upgrade

2000-08-28 Thread Dale L . Morris
I installed the 2.2.17 kernel over 2.2.16 using the make-kpkg option. I'm having a problem getting lilo to boot the 2.2.17 kernel, if I 'cd /' then run '/sbin/lilo' the machine boots up without any drivers for eth0 or sound. If I run 'lilo -L' from / it boots up the old 2.2.16 kernel. The only way

Re: kernel 2.2.2 newbie question

2000-08-28 Thread Dale L . Morris
e to botch this..) thanks Sven Burgener ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 12:01:12PM -0700, Dale L . Morris wrote: > > That's what I'm confused about, I am thinking, perhaps in error that > > 2.2.2 is a later version than 2.2.16. Is that wrong? > > Ye

Re: kernel 2.2.2 newbie question-answered!

2000-08-28 Thread Dale L . Morris
Ok, I understand now, guess I was thinking in decimals and overcomplicating it. Thanks for your replys > I'm going to compile 2.2.2 kernel as an upgrade from 2.2.16. Since > this is evenly numbered does that mean it's a stable kernel? Are there > any significant improvements over 2.2.16? > thanks

Re: kernel 2.2.2 newbie question

2000-08-28 Thread Dale L . Morris
Hi Dan, That's what I'm confused about, I am thinking, perhaps in error that 2.2.2 is a later version than 2.2.16. Is that wrong? Daniel E. Baumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Dale L . Morris wrote: > > I'm going to compile 2.2.2 kernel as an up

kernel 2.2.2 newbie question

2000-08-28 Thread Dale L . Morris
I'm going to compile 2.2.2 kernel as an upgrade from 2.2.16. Since this is evenly numbered does that mean it's a stable kernel? Are there any significant improvements over 2.2.16? thanks -- dale "Know thyself.."

mailcheck

2000-08-27 Thread Dale L . Morris
I'm using icewm-gnome as a window manager and have my .procmailrc moving mail from /var/spool/mail/'user' to ~/mail/2000/08 in which there are 3 subdirectories cur, new, and tmp. Great setup, credit goes to Chris Gushue for his muttrc configuration which sorts mail on a monthly basis. But, how do

Re: emacs cursor color

2000-08-27 Thread Dale L . Morris
Thanks, it works fine. Dale s. keeling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 08:30:24PM -0700, Dale L . Morris wrote: > > What's the proper way to set the cursor color in emacs. I'm using the > > following in my .Xresources file > > emacs*bac

emacs cursor color

2000-08-26 Thread Dale L . Morris
What's the proper way to set the cursor color in emacs. I'm using the following in my .Xresources file emacs*background:DarkSlateGrey emacs*foreground:Wheat and the following in my .emacs file: (set-cursor-color "red"). It works but not well. thanks -- "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothi

Re: junkbuster

2000-08-26 Thread Dale L . Morris
Yep, the files I want are there now. Thanks Frank Copeland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 26 Aug 00 21:26:30 GMT, Dale L . Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I'm afraid I may have botched this one. Trying to get junkbuster to > >work I removed it with &#x

Re: junkbuster

2000-08-26 Thread Dale L . Morris
#x27;ll have to live with those annoying adds kmself@ix.netcom.com (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 11:38:58AM -0700, Dale L . Morris wrote: > > Could someone shed a little light on configuring junkbuster? I tried > > reading the man page and setting up nets

junkbuster

2000-08-26 Thread Dale L . Morris
Could someone shed a little light on configuring junkbuster? I tried reading the man page and setting up netscape with manual proxy configuration on local host port 5865 but then I can't connect to anything. Or does apt-get install junkbuster configure everything necessary? I'm running netscape 4.

Re: xdm

2000-08-25 Thread Dale L . Morris
apt-get remove xdm On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 09:11:00PM +0800 253, Michael Tanney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I stop linux/xdm from automatically starting XWindows whenever it > boots. > > Thanks, Michael Tanney > > > Send your favorite photo with any online greeting! > http://www.who

newbie shell script question

2000-08-25 Thread Dale L . Morris
Trying to use a couple of different .muttrc configurations, they need to use a shell script to find different mailboxes, execute the mail program, etc.. I download and save them to my user directory. When I execute the mail command, I get a 'permission denied' at the prompt. I'm pretty sure this is

Re: procmail receipes

2000-08-24 Thread Dale L . Morris
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 25-Aug-2000 Dale L . Morris wrote: > > I'm wondering if the syntax is correct. This is what I'm using > > for a procmail receipe: > > > >:0: > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >^-why the underscore?

procmail receipes

2000-08-24 Thread Dale L . Morris
I'm wondering if the syntax is correct. This is what I'm using for a procmail receipe: :0: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian-user Will it work? -- "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothing else." --Tennessee Williams

Procmail

2000-08-24 Thread Dale L . Morris
I'm setting up procmail on my system. I've done this in the past successfully using Redhat 6.2 and sendmail, but I have a couple of questions about Debian and exim. 1. Do I need a .forward file? Or is .procmailrc enough? 2. Do I need to have mh installed? Anything else I should know about? I'm go

color in Emacs

2000-08-22 Thread Dale L . Morris
I would like to get some color in emacs, from checking the emacs ng it looks like .Xdefaults entries are the way to go, but I don't have an .Xdefaults file, just .xsession. Could someone post the 'color' portion of their .emacs file or point me in the right direction? thanks -- "Make voyages, at

Re: .emacs startup file SOLVED!

2000-08-21 Thread Dale L . Morris
-0700 16, "Dale L . Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My apologies if I'm not posting this to the right list, I've already > tried the gnu emacs help newsgroup, with no success. I'm thinking it's > a specific debian configuration problem.. >

Re: .emacs startup file

2000-08-21 Thread Dale L . Morris
Gary, just tried commenting out all but the first two lines and the behavior is the same. Only works properly when I manually tell emacs to evaluate current buffer. On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 05:10:05PM -0600 18, Gary Hennigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Dale L . Morris"

Re: .emacs startup file

2000-08-21 Thread Dale L . Morris
When I start up emacs, word wrap is not turned on. If I write into the *scratch* buffer, it doesn't word wrap. If I check the help/options menu at the top of the window, auto-fill word wrap in text modes is not selected. However, if I do M-x eval-current-buffer then it turns on wordwrap in the help

.emacs startup file

2000-08-21 Thread Dale L . Morris
My apologies if I'm not posting this to the right list, I've already tried the gnu emacs help newsgroup, with no success. I'm thinking it's a specific debian configuration problem.. I'm having trouble getting emacs to startup with parameters specified in .emacs. Specifically, I want it to start in

Re: Shockwave Plugin

2000-08-21 Thread Dale L . Morris
00 at 11:45:29AM -0700 50, Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's an install script in nonfree. It tells you to go to an url and > download the > plugin. Then tell the config script where the file is downloaded and it > installs. > > "Dale L . Morris

Shockwave Plugin

2000-08-21 Thread Dale L . Morris
Is there a debian package for the shockwave plugin? If not, how's the best way to install it on my system? I've had a little success using alien -i [package name.rpm] to install rpm packages but using the same for tar.gz packages doesn't seem to work. I'll be reading the manual for alien, but in t

Re: X can't find the mouse! - Solved

2000-08-20 Thread Dale L . Morris
I had this same problem when I installed xdm after not selecting it during initial install. The way I was able to get around it was to first do gpm -k, start X, then re-run gpm. After that I was able to change my XConfig file to allow use of a 3 button mouse. The problem for me seemed to come from

Re: Cannot start X

2000-08-19 Thread Dale L . Morris
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

Re: printing with SLRN-Solved!

2000-08-15 Thread Dale L . Morris
After thinking about this for a while I realized that I had installed SLRN before I had configured my printer with printtool. So I uninstalled and the reinstalled. Printing seems to work fine now. On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 08:18:41PM -0700 28, "Dale L . Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

printing with SLRN

2000-08-14 Thread Dale L . Morris
I configured printing in my 2.2 potato version using redhat's printtool. Everything prints fine, messages print from mutt without error, but when I try to print using slrn, I get an error: Printing article...sh: lp: command not found Printer process returned error code 127 I've looked through the

Re: gnome-terminal

2000-08-13 Thread Dale L . Morris
I've noticed the same thing. What works for me is to create a file .xsession then enter gnome-session insert any instrcutions you might have exec (window manager) I've opted to stay away from helixcode Gnome for a while, it seems to create problems for me ( probably through no fault of the progr

cd burner

2000-08-13 Thread Dale L . Morris
I'm thinking of getting a cd writer for my system. Any suggestions on brand, model, etc..? My system is an athalon 600, non-scusi,. I'm pretty new to all this so ease of install, compatibility and use are important. thanks --dale

Re: Printing w/an Epson Stylus 850

2000-08-13 Thread Dale L . Morris
I don't know about the 850, but I'm using a stylus color pro 600 and I configured it using printtool from the frozen package, worked easily and seems to print just fine..: On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 09:10:00PM -0400 35, John Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone is

Re: boot floppy

2000-08-12 Thread Dale L . Morris
e on the net so that i can mount other stuff to it... > > http://www.linux-consulting.com/Boot ( see tomsrtbt.txt ) > > > On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Dale L . Morris wrote: > > > I did a 5 disk net install, then installed and compiled 2.2.16 kernel. > > The net install was a 2

boot floppy

2000-08-12 Thread Dale L . Morris
I did a 5 disk net install, then installed and compiled 2.2.16 kernel. The net install was a 2.2.17 kernel, missing lots of stuff. I made a boot floppy when I did the net install, now I wonder if that boot floppy will work for the 2.2.16 kernel? How do I make a new boot floppy? Is it done from com

Re: mailcap/xmms/mp3 files-solved

2000-08-12 Thread Dale L . Morris
duh.. I added `.' before m3u to make it read .m3u and it works fine. On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 11:23:42AM -0700 4, "Dale L . Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having trouble getting either netscape or xmms to play streaming > audio mp3 files. I contac

mailcap/xmms/mp3 files

2000-08-12 Thread Dale L . Morris
I'm having trouble getting either netscape or xmms to play streaming audio mp3 files. I contacted mp3.com and they gave me the following instructions for netscape: n Netscape: Select 'Edit' -> 'Preferences' Click on the 'Applications' selection from the menu. Click 'New' Description - MPEG U