Re: System clock GMT or not

2003-08-29 Thread James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 01:41 am, Rex Chan wrote: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 01:54:49PM +1000, James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Debian has a system configuration tool but I can't remember exactly what > > it's called..something like base-config. > > &g

Re: System clock GMT or not

2003-08-24 Thread James Steward&lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Debian has a system configuration tool but I can't remember exactly what it's called..something like base-config. Basically, in the file /etc/adjtime on the 3rd line there's either UTC or LOCAL. Be a little careful changing this by hand. When the system is shutdown the OS checks the software

Re: Checking what's installed

2003-08-23 Thread James Steward&lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You could try dpkg -l JS On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:23 pm, Piers Kittel wrote: > Hello all > > Am installing Debian on a 486 laptop, and because I want to trim down > the installation as much as possible, how do I view a list of what's > installed by apt-get on the laptop? DSelect is useless as it m

Re: Working around package conflict

2003-08-23 Thread James Steward&lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think this idea will work just fine - I'll test it shortly. Thanks. JS. On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:52 am, Bob Proulx wrote: > James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry Bob - that didn't quite work. I did something like the following; > > mkdir /usr/lib/libkd

Re: Working around package conflict

2003-08-23 Thread James Steward&lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes there are plenty of browsers to choose from, but what other KDE apps were also stuffed? I only tried konqueror Opera isn't 100% - it dies for me every now and then. Galeon I haven't tried. Mozilla is all powerful but very bloated and slow (I need more memory yes). Konqueror is small, fas

Re: Working around package conflict

2003-08-21 Thread James Steward&lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
from ld.so.conf and ldconfig, konqueror runs ok now. H. James. On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 06:26 pm, "James Steward wrote: > See comments inserted. Thanks Bob for the idea. > James. > > On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 02:37 pm, Bob Proulx wrote: > > James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Working around package conflict

2003-08-21 Thread James Steward&lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
See comments inserted. Thanks Bob for the idea. James. On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 02:37 pm, Bob Proulx wrote: > James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I recently downloaded VariCAD for Debian 3.0 for a trial run. > > Is that a free trial that anyone could try? Yes. > >

Working around package conflict

2003-08-15 Thread James Steward&lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello All. I'm new to this mailing list stuff, but I have a problem that someone will probably be able to help me with - I hope. I recently downloaded VariCAD for Debian 3.0 for a trial run. It is supplied as a .deb package and I simply used a dpkg -i varicaddeb command to install. dpkg