Re: problem with sound for bullseye upgrade on amd64: must be root for sound to work on my machine

2021-08-25 Thread James D Freels
all things working now. Man, what a frustration.  Otherwise, the bullseye upgrade has been flawless for me so far. On 8/25/21 2:30 PM, James D Freels wrote: Thanks for responding Georgi, I had already tried "alsactl init" earlier based on other advise found on the WWW.  However, I d

Re: problem with sound for bullseye upgrade on amd64: must be root for sound to work on my machine

2021-08-25 Thread James D Freels
message, nor how to correct it. The alsamixer seems to work fine as expected and indicates I have the sound card active and should hear sound. But, it only provides actual sound if I am root. On 8/25/21 1:28 PM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: Hi James, try to run: # alsactl init as root, reboot a

Re: problem with sound for bullseye upgrade on amd64: must be root for sound to work on my machine

2021-08-25 Thread James D Freels
over every occurrence of a pulseaudio configuration file on my system for a clue Any help appreciated.  Is there a good troubleshoot procedure for debian/11/bullseye sound problems ? On 8/24/21 3:05 PM, James D Freels wrote: Hello, I am a long-time debian user, and just recently upgraded my bus

problem with sound for bullseye upgrade on amd64: must be root for sound to work on my machine

2021-08-24 Thread James D Freels
xygen     Kernel modules: snd_oxygen Nothing has changed with the hardware, and I know the setup works.  This seems to be a permissions/software issue. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D., P.E. freel...@gmail.com 865-457-6742 (landline) 865-919-0320 (cell)

Debian/Etch/4.0 upgrade experience

2007-04-15 Thread James D. Freels
Essentially flawless ! I have upgraded two i386 and one amd64 machines from sarge to etch. Except for configuration files that I changed myself, it was clean and straight forward. I am VERY impressed. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Windmills can't even produce eno

[Fwd: [connector] comments/questions on evolution, evolution-exchange 2.0.2 (Debian/Sid)]

2004-10-25 Thread James D. Freels
Forwarded Message From: James D. Freels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [connector] comments/questions on evolution, evolution-exchange 2.0.2 (Debian/Sid) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:37:06 -0400 I remo

strange error in mozilla-firefox under Debian/Sid

2004-08-17 Thread James D. Freels
: class="t ^ I have disabled about every option (plugins, etc.) and still this shows up. Also every web page including a blank page this shows up. It is such a nuisance, I cannot use it. Anyone else seen this before I file a bug report ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [

problem with X-4.3 + flat panels using dvi cables and nvidia graphics card

2004-05-13 Thread James D. Freels
) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" (**) Logitech Trackman Wheel: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Logitech Trackman Wheel: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Logitech Trackman Wheel: Buttons: 5 (II) XINPUT: Adding extende

Re: IA32 5336 NV driver and SMP Debian/Woody system: unresolved reference to smp_num_cpus

2004-04-13 Thread James D. Freels
This problem was fixed by disabling the MODVERSIONS option in the kernel configuration and rebuilding the kernel. On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 16:11, James D. Freels wrote: > I have a Debian/Woody/Stable system with a NVIDIA XFX FX-5200 card > installed in the AGP slot. I am running 2.4.25 in sm

Re: NVIDIA-installer for 5336 incompatible with Debian/Woody and 2.4.25 kernel

2004-04-09 Thread James D. Freels
ing lockups with a Linux UP machine and have this option set, try disabling local APIC support. On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 22:06, Luke Reeves wrote: > I'd guess that's the problem.. According to the NVidia documents APIC > should be disabled since it can cause inst

Re: NVIDIA-installer for 5336 incompatible with Debian/Woody and 2.4.25 kernel

2004-04-09 Thread James D. Freels
Thu, 2004-04-08 at 23:13, Luke Reeves wrote: > Do you have local APIC turned on or off in your kernel configuration? > > Luke Reeves > http://www.neuro-tech.net/ > > James D. Freels wrote: > > I have a Debian/Woody distribution installed on a new dual-Xeon 4GB

NVIDIA-installer for 5336 incompatible with Debian/Woody and 2.4.25 kernel

2004-04-08 Thread James D. Freels
correctly. Under kernel 2.6.5 (self compiled), SMP-mode, the nvidia installer works correctly. I think there is an incompatibility with the first configuration. Anyone else agree ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

IA32 5336 NV driver and SMP Debian/Woody system: unresolved reference to smp_num_cpus

2004-04-06 Thread James D. Freels
r example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' commandline option. ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-06 Thread James D. Freels
I interpreted this option as only for USB devices. Is this not so ? On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 11:17, Sayan wrote: > James D. Freels wrote: > > I have a new system that I cannot seem to compile a kernel for and find > > the keyboard. I know that the keyboard is working because I can

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-06 Thread James D. Freels
, the keyboard is not recognized. This is a weird problem that I think is rooted in a buggy bios. I am not going to see if Tyan has a firmware update for this bios. On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 11:34, James D. Freels wrote: > Hello Debian Users ! > > I have a new system that I cannot seem to

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-05 Thread James D. Freels
back to the BIOS, only 3GB of the 4GB of memory is recognized by the bios. Still debugging... On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 14:03, James D. Freels wrote: > I have a previously-compiled SMP kernel that indeed does find the > keyboard. However, I modified the .config file to include the > addition

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-05 Thread James D. Freels
previously-compiled kernel. --frustrating... On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:33, James D. Freels wrote: > It is a PS/2 keyboard. > > On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:02, Sebastiaan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, James D. Freels wrote: > > > > > Hello Debian Us

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-05 Thread James D. Freels
It is a PS/2 keyboard. On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:02, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, James D. Freels wrote: > > > Hello Debian Users ! > > > > I have a new system that I cannot seem to compile a kernel for and find > > the keyboard. I know th

trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-05 Thread James D. Freels
et # # Bluetooth support # # CONFIG_BLUEZ is not set # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=0 # # Cryptographic options # # CONFIG_CRYPTO is not set # # Library routines # # CONFIG_CRC32 is not set CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y # CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE is not set -- J

mozilla-firebird bookmarks import: howto ?

2003-12-10 Thread James D. Freels
I have an html file containing collected bookmarks from opera. I want to import them into mozilla-firebird. I use manage bookmarks->import->opera6.html. However, they do not appear and are not saved. I can view the opera6.html file just fine within the browser. -- James D. Freels, Ph.

strange behavior with keys and virtual windows

2003-10-29 Thread James D. Freels
ing ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ?

2003-10-24 Thread James D. Freels
a directory (folder in > Windows) and print it, without resorting to command prompt ? > > The only way I could find was to save a bit map to the clipboard, then > paste the clipboard contents into another application, then print. > > Any other ideas ? > > -- > James D. Fr

RE: classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ?

2003-10-24 Thread James D. Freels
; > > > > Can you figure out a way to get a listing of a directory (folder in > > Windows) and print it, without resorting to command prompt ? > > > > The only way I could find was to save a bit map to the > > clipboard, then paste the clipboard contents into an

classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ?

2003-10-23 Thread James D. Freels
D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

WordPerfect8 on Debian/Sid ?

2003-10-22 Thread James D. Freels
8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol '_rtld_global' I would like to set up a wrapper script that sets up these variables temporarily just to run wordperfect. How do I do that ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

evolution import kmail files ?

2003-06-16 Thread James D. Freels
I am experimenting with evolution. Previously, I have exclusively used kmail. Is there a way to import existing kmail folders into evolution ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ximian dropping Debian ?

2003-06-07 Thread James D. Freels
mian cut off Debian ? Debian is a strong supporter of gnome which Ximian depends on. Second, how could the product not work anyway provided all the supporting Linux libraries were also loaded ? Do they have some type of check to see if I am running RedHat before Connector will run ? Conf

Debian/Sid system no longer able to execute WordPerfect

2003-05-27 Thread James D. Freels
;t resolve symbol 'transientShellWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'compositeWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'XtStrings' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolv

Re: need help on using acpi for power management

2003-02-13 Thread James D. Freels
Never mind here. I discovered my newly compiled kernel was not getting liloed correctly. All is well now! On Thursday 13 February 2003 14:38, James D. Freels wrote: > Hello All ! > > I have been fortunate enough for my employer to have acquired me a new > machine on which I

need help on using acpi for power management

2003-02-13 Thread James D. Freels
complete shutdown, power down the machine 2) enable standby or shutdown mode of various components (monitor, drives, etc.) 3) generally experiment with ACPI Where can I go to get help on this ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

new trouble printing from current Debian/Sid system

2003-01-31 Thread James D. Freels
us: no identifier for 'hfA603' > > Need help.. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

log file size due to unwanted messages

2002-06-27 Thread James D. Freels
or looking at large log files, but I just want to not have them in the first place. Please respond via e-mail. Any help appreciated... -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

open URL link to Mozilla from Kmail ?

2002-06-09 Thread James D. Freels
, then change to the Mozilla window and manually insert the URL and open. This is not convenient ! Please respond by e-mail if possible. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] mpg123 http://scastsrv2.shoutcast.com:8048/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

samba messages: what do they mean ?

2002-05-22 Thread James D. Freels
[2002/05/20 10:31:20, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer [2002/05/20 12:23:30, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D

Fwd: middle mouse button = double click ?

2002-02-27 Thread James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.
--- Forwarded message (begin) Subject: middle mouse button = double click ? From: James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:31:27 -0500 Is it possible to do this in KDE ? -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

strange font problem in kde-2.2.2: can't change fixed-width fonts

2002-01-23 Thread James D. Freels
I am using a current Debian/Sid. With or without "anti-aliasing fonts "enabled, I cannot change fixed-width fonts from the control center. When I click "choose" in that category of the control center->look and feel->fonts, the screen garbles up, and will not allow me to do anything from the con

NO ANSWER, trying again...annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode

2002-01-16 Thread James D. Freels
I got no response. Anyone know about this one ? -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:30:41 -0500 From: "James D. Freels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org The presen

annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode

2002-01-15 Thread James D. Freels
The present kernel (2.4.17) prints an annoying message to the console each time my parallel port printer is used: lp0: compatibility mode I have found where it is printed in drivers/char/lp.c and I suppose I could comment it out. Isn't there a better way ?

Netscape 6.2/Mozille 0.9.5 now fails in Debian/Sid

2001-11-16 Thread James D. Freels
no longer using Mozilla until such time as the problem is corrected. I am attaching the errors printed to the console when this happened. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home This is a pre-release version of XFree86

Netscape6.2/Mozilla0.9.5 broken for Debian/Sid

2001-11-16 Thread James D. Freels
suspect java-related issues, but I am certainly not sure. Both packages are slow on my system anyway. Netscape 4.79 was announced today, so I installed this (and remembered how much faster it should be). -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work

Re: Wordperfect 8 now is broken for current Debian/Sid

2001-11-14 Thread James D. Freels
. McCarty wrote: > I just saw your email and realized that I had the same problem. > After some playing with strace, here is a fix that doesn't involve > downgrading! The problem is due to the new version (3.3.6-39) of > xlib6. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National

Wordperfect 8 now is broken for current Debian/Sid

2001-11-13 Thread James D. Freels
ar problem? Any fixes ? -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

Re: X broken in current Debian/Sid/Unstable ?

2001-11-12 Thread James D. Freels
sage near the tail of /var/log/XFree86.0.log: > > > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > > Any help appreciated. > > Ty reinstall xfont-base package. It helped in my case (I noticed the > same error exactly) but I have no id

v2.4.14 kernel compile problem

2001-11-05 Thread James D Freels
I have just tried to compile a clean source (without any patches) of v2.4.14. I did a straight "make oldconfig" of a working v2.4.13 .config. I get the following error message at that last part of the make bzImage when it is creating the final kernel image: ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/arch/i

my dpkg problem fixed!

2001-10-08 Thread James D. Freels
p_2.30-3_alpha.deb >fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# > >This is a major problem that I do not know how to fix. > >How do I fix this? Help is appreciated! -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

need help! dpkg corrupted!

2001-10-08 Thread James D. Freels
(--install): unable to create updated files list file for package zip: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# This is a major problem that I do not know how to fix. How do I fix this? Help is appreciated! -- James D. F

Re: [Alsa-user] Re: trouble with Quake3+ALSA+debian: try #2

2001-08-20 Thread James D. Freels
I got some help on this problem. It was fixed by downgrading to 0.5.11 of the drivers and 0.510 of the libs & utils. Therefore, the 0.9beta has a bug for the via686a drivers. On Friday 17 August 2001 01:21 pm, James D. Freels wrote: > -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge N

Re: trouble with Quake3+ALSA+debian: try #2

2001-08-17 Thread James D. Freels
Try this again. I have also added some additional information to the end. On Thursday 16 August 2001 01:20 pm, James D. Freels wrote: > We have a fairly stock Debian/testing system. Layered over this is > the 0.9.0beta6 ALSA packages (driver,lib,utils) and Quake3 Arena. We > al

trouble with Quake3+ALSA+debian

2001-08-16 Thread James D. Freels
nd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

bug #102226 regarding Samba: some good news !!

2001-06-27 Thread James D. Freels
his compile. That is it! P.S. My recommendation to resolve the bug: Don't bother to fix it, just install the newer version into Potato! -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

beowulf ? Fwd: before bug report: perhaps I can get help here

2001-06-20 Thread James D. Freels
debian-beowulf appears to have very little activity. Perhaps I can get some help here? -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: before bug report: perhaps I can get help here Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:19:42 -0400 From: James D. Freels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-b

problem with remote stty and remote login

2001-06-08 Thread James D. Freels
not occur ? -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

Debian/Sid no longer breaks my StarOffice 5.2

2001-04-25 Thread James D. Freels
under the present unstable release of Debian. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

Debian/Woody broke StarOffice 5.2

2001-04-11 Thread James D. Freels
snapshot binary of openoffice and it also failed. I supose I could build openoffice from source at last resort, but I am trying to avoid. The main thing I need StarOffice for is to read M$-Word .doc files. Abiword can do some of them, but not all, nor as well, as StarOffice. -- James D. Freels

Re: on upgrading to testing

2001-03-19 Thread James D. Freels
op, and even though it _must_ work all the >time, I am quite fine with testing/unstable. > >rob > > -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

on upgrading to testing

2001-03-15 Thread James D . Freels
ting' or 'unstable' ? If 'unstable', I will hold. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

problems upgrading to 2.2r1

2000-11-13 Thread James D. Freels
D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392

netatalk printing problem: need help!

2000-07-11 Thread James D. Freels
ine? Help... -- /------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H |

Re: X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!! a work-around fix

2000-06-26 Thread James D. Freels
The fix as recommended by several folks is to "rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix" I trust this information is being passed on to the developers without a formal bug report. Thanks to all for responding!! -- /------\ |James D. Free

X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!!

2000-06-26 Thread James D. Freels
to be security related. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P

Re: new legacy Yamaha PCI module in 2.2.16 kernel won't link??

2000-06-09 Thread James D. Freels
or 1 >> Oops. Thats a bug. Build it modular I'll squash that in .17 > >What would cause a undefined reference to a function during linking that >wouldn't show up during compile time? Is it a make issue? Is it a linker >issue? -- /

new legacy Yamaha PCI module in 2.2.16 kernel won't link??

2000-06-09 Thread James D. Freels
I have recently upgraded my kernel to the new stable version 2.2.16. I noticed the new kernel has new support for "legacy Yamaha PCI sound", so I thought I would give it a try. There is very little documentation (only the comments in the driver code). I enable the driver in the configuration,

help on editors for a user: same as "edit" on Sun/Solaris

2000-06-05 Thread James D. Freels
arest to this editor? P.S. No flames please. My favorite editor is emacs... -- /----------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Resear

Re: potato bug in xlib6g 3.3.6-6 for Alpha

2000-05-05 Thread James D. Freels
, 613.223.0225 mobile >[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.linuxcare.com/ >Linuxcare. Support for the revolution. > -- /----------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:

Re: potato bug in xlib6g 3.3.6-6 for Alpha

2000-05-05 Thread James D. Freels
? >Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 11:19:05 -0400 >From: David Huggins-Daines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-alpha@lists.debian.org >Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.5 > >"James D. Freels&quo

potato bug in xlib6g 3.3.6-6 for Alpha

2000-05-05 Thread James D. Freels
t is required. -- /------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008

X-windows problem: why did I have to reboot?

2000-03-13 Thread James D. Freels
, many packages as potato updates come in. But I would like to know if there was a memory leak? -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I

better print output filter ?

2000-03-03 Thread James D. Freels
ons on how to use it. -- /----------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N |

Netscape 4.7 install in Debian 2.1 Alpha fixed!

2000-01-27 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.windows.x.kde as well. Thanks to all who sent in help. The fix to the problem was to delete the character string ",yp" from the file "/etc/svc.conf" that was installed by the Compaq package.

Compaq Netscape problem on Debian 2.1 Alpha system

2000-01-27 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.windows.x.kde as well. I have a problem getting the new Compaq-donated netscape package to work correctly on my Debian 2.1 (slink) Alpha machine. Here are the facts: (1) stock Debian 2.1 (st

fixed sound problem at the 2.2.12 kernel level: bug??

1999-09-09 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.sources.kernel as well. Dear Linux developers: I am not normally a kernel or c-code developer, but I wanted to relay this to the community to correct a sound problem I have had. My sound quit working (SB16 PnP)

confused about NFS-server in kernel versus nfsd package

1999-09-08 Thread James D. Freels
. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say N. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574

on Compaq FORTRAN: help to put pressure

1999-07-07 Thread James D. Freels
to promise any other support than -fpe0 and -fpe3 options. The README file that is installed also says th same. Anshul Chadda University of New HampshireA -- Name = James D. Freels Email = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brief Problem Description = nonsupported Ar

howto: booting from CD

1999-06-17 Thread James D. Freels
rom floppy if a bootable floppy is in the floppy drive (2) boot from cdrom if a bootable cdrom is in the cdrom drive (3) boot from harddrive as the final option if (1) or (2) is not available. Anyh help is appreciated -- /------

Re: unexplained shutdown/restart: 2.2.9 kernel

1999-06-09 Thread James D. Freels
Also, the /var/log/messages contain kernel reboot output after the syslogd restart. So yes, it is rebooting! -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX

Re: unexplained shutdown/restart: 2.2.9 kernel

1999-06-09 Thread James D. Freels
>From: "Ralf G. R. Bergs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 18:10:33 +0100 >Reply-To: "Ralf G. R. Bergs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Priority: Normal >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >First, no reason to worry! >

unexplained shutdown/restart: 2.2.9 kernel

1999-06-09 Thread James D. Freels
m are performing perfectly. Does anyone have any idea what to look for here? Any help is greatly appreciated. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(42

cannot compile v 2.2.4 of kernel with standard Debian 2.1

1999-03-24 Thread James D. Freels
*** [_dir_kernel] Error 2 -- /----------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008

sling (Debian 2.1) lprng work around

1999-03-09 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. After differencing the /etc/lpd.conf and /etc/lpd.perms between the old and new versions, I discovered that the bug in the new version can be corrected by commenting out the following line in

lprng from slink (Debian 2.1) so secure can't use it!!!

1999-03-08 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. I just upgraded from hamm to slink. I have found one problem with the upgrade in the lprng package. I downgraded to the hamm version until such time as it gets fixed. Basically after instal

help with password and xlock

1999-02-11 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. I use the xlock feature and kde wm to screen save and lock the monitor/keyboard. Everything was working fine until I recently *had* to change my password. I *have* to use a local password se

installing/using an old IBM tape drive

1999-02-01 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. I have an old IBM Model 7207-001 scsi tape drive that I have obtained from some old IBM RS/6K equipment we are no longer using. I would like to use the tape drive as a backup device even tho

can't compile 2.1.121 under Debian Hamm 2.0

1998-09-15 Thread James D. Freels
mem_freed' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 ___ -- /----------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)

Debian-2.0-beta upgrade: my experience (after the 1st time)

1998-07-07 Thread James D. Freels
or smaller numbers of packages to install directly via dpkg. In fact, I have found that I only use dselect for finding packages to install on the Alpha (and now the i386). -- /------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-86

to debian developers: workaround installation problem with Debian-2.0 beta

1998-06-30 Thread James D. Freels
irst place?). -- /------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H |

major problems for me upgrading to Debian 2.0

1998-06-29 Thread James D. Freels
. I think I would have been better off from scratch, in which case, why Debian? I think you should test the upgrade on a representative machine! -- /----------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge Nat

Re: Samba: password for mapping network drives

1998-06-27 Thread James D. Freels
writable = no create mode = 0700 [printers] comment = all printers path = /tmp print command = lpr -h -r -P%p %s postscript = no printable = yes public = yes -- /------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (42

new kernel-2.0.34 missing filesystems?

1998-06-05 Thread James D. Freels
not a debian-specific topic, but we all are Linux users. Surely there is a mistake somewhere (my part I hope)! PS: I am also using 2.1.103 on another machine which does contain the support for these filesystems. -- /--\ |James D

On Debian, currently.

1998-03-20 Thread James D. Freels
ife is. Cheers... -- /----------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U |

problem with StarOffice-4.0

1998-02-10 Thread James D. Freels
Images (Shared) 0x8000 (8000) Segmentation fault ___ P.S. The installation appeared to go flawlessly. Kind of a no-brainer (nothing to do). -- /--\ |James D

debian-user-digest ?

1997-12-16 Thread James D. Freels
what has happened to debian-user-digest? My subscription has stopped. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research

PS/2 mouse question on Debian-i386

1997-10-29 Thread James D. Freels
not work. Do I need to compile in PS/2 mouse in the kernel? What, then use the serial port? I'm not sure about this. Anyone else tried this? I couldn't find this topic in the HOWTOs. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.

question on network security

1997-09-10 Thread James D. Freels
or messages from my log file. This confirms that they are the problems, but doesn't fix the problem. -- /----------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423

Re: MPEG doesn't work from any gr browser; Netscape probs.

1997-09-04 Thread James D. Freels
problems). -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O

question: /usr/doc and minimal system

1997-09-03 Thread James D. Freels
#x27;m sure I would get a postinst error and may not be successful. -- /----------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors

on bo-updates and Debian incorporation whinnies

1997-08-22 Thread James D. Freels
the future as more people catch on. - -- /----------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PR

xautolock not working for me

1997-08-08 Thread James D. Freels
tried compiling from source and received the same segmentation error from the locally compiled version. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172

the bash 2.01 fix for Netscape 4.02 plugins: a mistake for me

1997-08-06 Thread James D. Freels
. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008

Netscape plugins don't work

1997-08-04 Thread James D. Freels
)&' I suspect the wrong shell is loaded, but I haven't a clue how to correct the problem. Anyone else fixed this problem? -- /----------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge Nation

Re: why kernel 2.0.29 in Debian 1.3.1?

1997-07-28 Thread James D. Freels
run the vendor's (APC) software for smart-ups based on SCO emulation. Perhaps there are other stories of Ibcs2 or other 2.0.30 failures the Debian users would like to share? -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (42

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