Re: Okay who's this "H.C.Hsiang" ?

my e-mail software, so I can't sent warnings to you. Now, after more than 10 hours rebulding my system, I finally can send e-mails. I want to tell all of you that I'm truely sorry. Sorry .... H.C.Hsiang

Re: New (to Debian) user with some (what else?) questions

Hi Marshal! On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote: > > "Maury" == Maury Merkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [1] My user (i.e. not "root") does not have permission to start > > X. I have no idea which file(s) is/are actually forbidden to me > > and, before I sta

Re: About dselect searching function

On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 02:48:23AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the deselect,we can press "/" to search for a string in the package > name. > However,can we try to search for a string in the file description.. > it would be convenient for example,we can search for "news client" > and find

Re: crypto patch (OT: ports tree)

On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 08:27:52PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > and if you want to compile them there's always 'apt-get --compile source > > packagename'. if you haven't used it before here's how it works :) > > with the annoying side affect of apt insisting on replacing the > locally compile

Re: crypto patch (OT: ports tree)

On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 12:29:30PM -0800, Adam Shand wrote: > > If you're really hard core about security and encryption (and I'm going > > to be heretical here, but hey, I have to plug my home), try OpenBSD. > > Since it's main repository is in Canada, US crypto laws don't apply. I > > played w

Re: Manual for apt

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 07:22:45PM +0200, Peter Hugosson-Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Where can I download/view a manual for apt? I have 2.0 installed, so > there's no apt on my machine. apt isn't a particular command, it's a set of tools: $ apropos apt apt (8) - Adv

Re: Q: Procedure to follow w/Compiled apps?

on Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 01:35:27PM +0100, Jonathan Gift ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > 1. I have compiled and installed a new kernel. I'll keep the source > > in place for future work, but what of the org bzImage? Does one > > leave that in place as well or is it ok to remove it? > > >Sorry. Wh

sound-slot-0 not found

Hi guys, my computer gives the following error messages on boot time: sound-slot-0 not found sound-service-0 not found The curious is: my sound functions actually Can you give some help to solve this problem? Thnx Florian -- -

Re: Ring0

> Hi! I'm not really sure if I should be sending this mail to you... > Anyway - I got here, because I told AltaVista to for anything about > Ring-0. As far as I know, it's something that's blocking > programmer-amatour acces to Win98 memory. > I'd like to ask, if you could help me out with that?

Re: lyx; how do I view/export a document as ps/dvi?

> I'm not able to make LyX view or export documents as ps or dvi. I have (I > believe) all relevant packages installed. What do I do to solve this problem? > Thanks > run lyx from an xterm. watch for debugging output. you need dvi2ps (or it might default to dviprint, i'm not sure), and of cours

Re: Q: Worried in Paris-Debian flaking out monitor?

> I was fine running Linux at 1152x864 under Mandarke but since I've switched > to Debian and the same configuration, I've noticed the off monitor > weirdness... like a sudden flash of light on boot, then the sudden visual > "implosion" of my desktop screen, something which lasted a fraction of a s

Re: ICQ

Daniel Burrows ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can anyone recommend an ICQ app? I heard KICQ lacks a lot of feature and > won't let you create new accounts. gnomeicu works fine here. There is also licq which uses the *gulp* QT libs. :( HTH, Ron -- Email: Home:

Re: About dselect searching function

On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 02:48:23AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the deselect,we can press "/" to search for a string in the package > name. > However,can we try to search for a string in the file description.. > it would be convenient for example,we can search for "news client" > and find

Re: Another dpkg or apt-get question from a new user

On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 09:58:38AM -0400, Maury R. Merkin wrote: > [How] can I get a listing of the files installed with a package? > > I.e., if package dork.deb was installed on my box last week, can I see > what files were installed? If so, how? dpkg -L packagename -- Ethan Benson http://www

Re: How to find DMA, IRQ etc. Was: OPTi sound card support

Quoth Robert Waldner, > another approach would be to browse through /proc/[pci,ioports,dma,irq] > and/or fingering around with pnpdump for ISA-cards. In my experience, in a lot of cases you won't see anything in /proc (and it's interupts, not irq) unless you actually have a driver loaded for the

segfaults in window managers - please help

I have been unable to run any window manager in X, including sawmill, enlightenment, twm, wm2, as well as gnome panel. However, other apps work okay like xterm and netscape. I did an strace of several of these apps, and it seems that they all segfault in the same area. Here is some of the output

Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...questions

On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 05:18:25PM -0500, Ron Stordahl wrote: [ snip ] > No doubt you are right, but how would a novice like myself have known this? > I am trying to follow the instructions carefully. In doing so I am refering > to: > > http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-welcome.en.html

Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...question

On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 02:11:14PM -0500, Ron Stordahl wrote: > I am at this point: "Configure Device Driver Modules." The first item in > the menu is > > block Discs and disk-like devices > > Yes I have discs! so I select that and the choices are: > > cpqarray-.What Compaq R

Re: which sound configuration utility?

On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 04:53:35AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > Has anyone seen RedHat's HW detection in action? It's > real cool! I swapped some HW on a system running > RedHat and rebooted the system. It automagicly > detected the new HW (video card) during kernel boot > and installed the r

Re: Segmentation Fault?

On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 12:11:50AM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > using 2.1r5 (stable). > > first item installed after base is XFree86 3.3.6 glibc21 version. > > > i'm not sure, but isn't slink glibc 2.0? Yes, it is. If the original poster has his information right, that's probably the prob

VNC question

Hi Debian users, I have a problem: I have a one factory in Mexico and I want to see what is happenning in any of the PCs (Window$ NT) that monitor PLCs (machines controling factories). I was at Brazil and have another machine with

Re: New (to Debian) user with some (what else?) questions

Hi Maury! On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Maury Merkin wrote: > Hi, > > [1] My user (i.e. not "root") does not have permission to start X. Is X already running, i.e. the xdm on VC 7? > [3] What command will I use to dial-in to my ISP? Ditto for hang up? > How do I set it up so that my user (again, no

Re: TrueType fonts

On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 01:25:15PM -0400, Dan Christensen wrote: > John Carline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Assuming everything works, you should have true type fonts when you reboot. > > Now all > > you have to do is set Netscape's preferences to use them. > > I set up true type fonts as Joh

Re: TrueType fonts

On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 01:26:34AM +, John Carline wrote: > Brendan J Simon wrote: [...] > Assuming everything works, you should have true type fonts when you > reboot. One quibble (the rest of the advice looks good) -- no need to reboot. Merely restart xfstt. You don't even have to resta

Re: How much free space does apt need in /var?

On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 07:33:27PM -0600, montefin wrote: > Hi, > > First the question: how much free space in /var do you think I need for > apt-get upgrades? it depends, how many packages are installed, and how many of those are being upgraded, and how many packages you might install in the fut

Re: Install with dpkg only.

Once upon a time, I heard Gary Hennigan say > I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but if I were in this > situation I'd try to just "tar xzf base2_2.tgz" with base2_2.tgz being > available in main/disks-i386/current. That contains a complete base > install of Debian and I don't think th

Re: dselect

It seem that you have not pointed dselect (apt) to a more up-to-date distribution. As root, try running the apt-setup command and select a complete mirror. Then run dselect and chose the update option to get a new list of packages from the chosen source. Once the packages are updated, you are

Re: Setting up an internal mirror with custom debs

On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 03:10:06PM -0500, Matt Ray wrote: > I've setup an internal anonymous FTP mirror for potato, but now I need > to add a custom .deb to it. I can't seem to get my sources.list and the > location of the .debs to work together. > [SNIP] > > but I'm banging my head against a wa

Re: GDM and gdmchooser

Hi Scott, Quoth Scott Graves, > How do I invoke the gdmchooser in order to choose which host I wish to login > to? I can't seem to get this feature to work. Last time I tried to do this myself (a few months ago, admittedly), I discovered that the chooser functionality didn't work and had been re

Re: helixcode gnome with debian 2.1?

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 11:24:32PM -0500, Kimon Ioannides wrote: > Does anyone know if helix gnome will work with Debian 2.1 (slink). I've heard > that it will work with 2.2 and helixcode's website (www.helixcode.com) states > that > the debs are designed for 2.3. Anyone tried helix gnome with 2.1

RE: TNT2

On 14-Jun-2000 cam_random wrote: > > My video card is a nVIDIA TNT2, however when i configure XF86 I can't > find my card in the database. any ideas? > > Justin > Hi, Justin... The TNT2 chipset is listed as RivaTNT2 (chipset # 412 when using xf86config in Xfree86 4.0). As an alternative, you

Installing and running problem with an AMD-K6 CPU

Hi : I am a new user for Debian/Linux . I planned to Install the Debian-Linux on an old machine which was composed of the following parts to learn this powerful OS : 1. IWill P55TV motherboard , with an Adaptec AIC7860 SCSI controller onboard ( and I have    always kept the BIOS version to b