FWD: RE: system frequently screws up when printing

1999-02-02 Thread Harrison, Shawn
I've had problems with lprng in hamm -- not system lock-up, but printer freeze. You might try removing lprng and then installing lpr in its place. It fixed my problem, it might fix yours. HTH, Shawn == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

LPRNG BUG? (WAS: truncated printing)

1999-02-02 Thread Harrison, Shawn
Since you're using Debian 2.0, I assume you have the lprng package installed. I have had the same problem, as I mentioned yesterday. Last night I removed lprng (using dselect) and installed lpr (cd /cdrom/.../net && dpkg -i lpr_*.deb), and now the problem is gone. I'd be interested to know if t

Master Boot Record Wars

1999-01-29 Thread Harrison, Shawn
I think the 98 install on my Pentium may have trashed LILO. I cannot active the LILO menu with any combination of ctrl/alt/shift. I think I can recover w/ the recovery disk. Yes, Windows doesn't ask, it just takes. Specifically, it takes the master boot record -- it likes to assume that it's t

FWD: Printing with HP DJ-500

1999-01-29 Thread Harrison, Shawn
I said: When I'm printing with my HP DJ-500 printer, it will frequently get to within approximately 1 paragraph of the end of the document, then it hangs. I have to force the paper to eject, and then write the last few lines by hand -- or else copy in a "dummy paragraph" at the end of the document

RE: Printer Setup

1999-01-29 Thread Harrison, Shawn
>That's what it was... magicfilterconfig kept telling me that a printcap >already exists and would exit unless --force. that can be confusing to >someone who knows squat about linux printing. That's a good point - thanks for bringing it up. It would be helpful if magicfilterconfig would print a m

Printing with HP DJ-500

1999-01-29 Thread Harrison, Shawn
When I'm printing with my HP DJ-500 printer, it will frequently get to within approximately 1 paragraph of the end of the document, then it hangs. I have to force the paper to eject, and then write the last few lines by hand -- or else copy in a "dummy paragraph" at the end of the document. I s

RE: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Harrison, Shawn
> With lpr as the print command in Netscape, my printer prints: > > %!PS-Adobe-3.0 > %%BoundingBox: 54 72 558 720 > %%Creator: Mozilla (NetScape) HTML -> PS > > and then starts feeding sheets. I have a HP Deskjet 682C which doesn't > understand postscript. If yo

RE: LILO Problems...

1999-01-27 Thread Harrison, Shawn
/dev/sda1 <== New SCSI Disk, Linux filesystem, bootable /dev/hda1 <== Old 9GB Disk, hda1 currently holds old copy of filesystem. /dev/hda2 <== Windoze partition on old disk, bootable. I included my lilo.conf below. I'm sure that I'm either doing something dumb, or just not considering an obvious

Re: A pipe dream? (a.k.a. File Backups)

1999-01-26 Thread Harrison, Shawn
Much of what is "customized" or specific in the system is found in the /etc directory, and then all of your data files should be in the /home directory. So if you back up those two trees, you'll be mostly there, I would think. == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

RE: setting up Linux

1999-01-26 Thread Harrison, Shawn
Yes, you can run your current drive as a slave drive - but you need to be sure to install the driver for that when you are doing the installation process (during "Device Drivers" installation). It is commonly recommended that you use separate partitions for various parts of your linux system. T

X Freeze 99

1999-01-25 Thread Harrison, Shawn
When working in X, I sometimes find that my screen becomes frozen or very sluggish. On other occasions the mouse alone is very unresponsive. I haven't found a pattern to it, although it seems to happen more often when running Arena, Amaya, gzilla, and perhaps TkInfo (although I'm not sure about

Re: Debian goes big business? [was: Re: Suggestion for RedHat (

1999-01-21 Thread Harrison, Shawn
<<>> Linux, and Debian in particular, opposes everything B.G. and MS stands for. A kingdom at war with itself will collapse. A home divided against itself is doomed. --Mark 3:24-25 I think this saying applies in this case as well. I really don't think B.G. goi

Fwd: Re: Windows95 and Linux Installation

1999-01-21 Thread Harrison, Shawn
<<>> When I get to the step Install Kernel and Modules, I can't find the original Win95 harddrive with the Linux files on it to continue. Do I need to make a DOS partition on the 814MB harddrive and copy the C:\Linux directory to that? or do I need to make the 814MB hard the master disk? <<>> The

RE: Learning more/Linux programming books

1999-01-21 Thread Harrison, Shawn
>> How does Python rate as a beginners language? >From the little I've looked at it, I'd say it's a good starting place. The syntax is clean, the organization logical, and the new learner can begin using OOP in his or her programming career. One could argue that *any* programming language coul

Re: Debian goes big business?

1999-01-20 Thread Harrison, Shawn
<> I *do* understand what you're saying, but I disagree. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" What, in your view, is "broke" about the Debian development model? I like the proposal of a Debian User's Association (Mark Phillips' proposal). But to really "go after the market", it takes a for-pr

Re: Debian goes big business? [was: Re: Suggestion for RedHat (

1999-01-19 Thread Harrison, Shawn
<> It's possible to have a privately-held corporation, in which the board of trustees and perhaps a few others hold the stock. The company I work for is organized this way - it gives the advantages of a corporation without the possibility of hostile take-overs and other nastities* of public tr

Re: Debian/Caldera/RedHat

1999-01-19 Thread Harrison, Shawn
<> One little trick I've begun using to get around the cumbersomeness of dselect is to use it to select new packages, but then to install those packages manually. That way, it tells me about all dependencies and I can make a list of needed packages. Then I simply go into the CD and dpkg -i all

Re: Install Questions

1999-01-16 Thread Harrison, Shawn
Use FIPS (on the CD or the FTP site in /tools or utilities or somesuch). It does exactly what you're looking for -- but READ THE DOCS CAREFULLY. == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

Re: Debian goes big business? [was: Re: Suggestion for RedHat (

1999-01-16 Thread Harrison, Shawn
<> Precisely. Such as the various Linux distributors (lsl.com, etc), but on a larger scale in terms of marketing. -- Or like what VA Research is doing. == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

Re: Learning more/Linux programming books

1999-01-16 Thread Harrison, Shawn
I think that it is worth considering skipping the Pascal stage and going straight to C, or equivalent languages. Taking this approach a bit further, I think it is even worth considering going straight to C++, perhaps by talking first about the procedural aspects of C++ and only then, as a sec

Re: file managers

1999-01-15 Thread Harrison, Shawn
"tkdesk does not conform to X11 ... and cannot be restored at the next session" What does it mean ?? It conforms just fine to X11, it doesn't employ KDE's session management. That's all it's saying -- a harmless message (and plug for you to switch to KDE apps, of course). ==

Fwd: Re: Problem with intallation on a wierd PC/MAC combo

1999-01-15 Thread Harrison, Shawn
Another approach would be to install a Mac version of Linux or NetBSD. If its a powerpc, use MkLinux, available through apple's website. If its a 68k mac, use NetBSD. See www.netbsd.org. There's a very helpful mailing list for this. All you have to do is repartition your hard drive and put the

Re: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]

1999-01-08 Thread Harrison, Shawn
The REAL question for the Debian list, is this: How do I get a "logo" at startup in Debian/GNU Linux, before all of the init functions take off, using Lilo as bootloader? THAT would be the cat's meow, IMO. -- Or the penguin's waddle, if you wish. == [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]

1999-01-07 Thread Harrison, Shawn
O.k., I downloaded the nifty bitmap and put it in c:\ as "logo.sys", but what happened is that now there is *no* logo at bootup. Can anyone (on this Linux list!) help me figure this out? (a Win95 question!). I'm booting with Win95. == [EMAIL PROTECTED] =

Re: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]

1999-01-06 Thread Harrison, Shawn
I've managed to get Debian running with Win95 on my home machine. Here's how I did it. First, I used the Debian installer to partition the drive. This, of course, means that everything on the drive is wiped out. It sounds like, since you have two drives, you can handle doing this. Using the pa

PCI Modem?

1998-11-18 Thread Harrison, Shawn
Hi! I'm new to this list, but I've been using Debian (bo) for about eight months. I hope you can help me with a question I haven't been able to answer. Can anyone point me to information about setting up a PCI modem card to work with PPP and/or SLIP? I've been trying to find information about