X Screen Capture?

2002-03-12 Thread John Shepherd
Hi, I recently got X running and I'm having a strange situation with the screen being "split" in any resolution higher than 800*600. I can't think of a way to more definitively describe it in words, so I would like to capture the whole screen to a graphics file (.jpg, .gif, whatever) and post it

ZA2 Soundcard

2002-03-11 Thread John Shepherd
Hi, I have a Zefiro ZA2 soundcard I would love to use with my Debian machine. I see the ZA2 is listed in the Linux Hardware HOWTO as "supported", but it is also says "NOT RECOMMENDED" It's the only entry marked that way and there is no explanation as to why. The manufacturer has no inf

Re: DNS Not Working *Again*

2002-03-10 Thread John Shepherd
cript you're using, or in the > /etc/ppp/options file. > > Confirm that your routing is set up > properly using the route command. > > route -n or > netstat -nr > > Mike > > On 09/03/02 John Shepherd did speaketh: > > > Hi, > >

DNS Not Working *Again*

2002-03-09 Thread John Shepherd
Hi, I had a problem earlier this week in which I could set up a PPP connection, but it wasn't working properly. I fixed it by re-installing debian and changing some answers to questions during the configuration. I think the thing that did it was that I had previously specified my own loca

Re: CD-Writing Program

2002-03-08 Thread John Shepherd
Jeff, I'm very new to Linux, too, but my understanding is that cdrecord and cdrdao are the typical cd-burning softwares. There is a cd-writing HOWTO that seems pretty good, too. http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html Best, John --- "Jeff J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im

IRC Client?

2002-03-07 Thread John Shepherd
Hi, Does the debian distribution include a character-based IRC client? If so, what is it called, and where will I find it along with information about setting it up? If not, can someone recommend one and a known good ftp site where I could doenload it? Thanks! John __

PPP DNS Problem: Corrected!

2002-03-07 Thread John Shepherd
All, Thanks to all who responded to my question yesterday about my PPP setup. I corrected the problem last night. The problem was one of three things. Since my debian installation is so new that I have no personal data or customized settings, I just ran through the initial installa

Re: PPP DNS Problem

2002-03-06 Thread John Shepherd
Yes, absolutely numeric form. No insult, thanks for trying to help. ~John --- Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I missed the original post. To the original > poster: Did you put the > nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf in numeric > form? > I hope my question did not insult your > intelligen

Re: PPP DNS Problem

2002-03-06 Thread John Shepherd
OK. I'll do that tomorrow after collecting it this evening. As best I recall, it is like below. I don't recall the ip numbers, though, so just putting x.x.x.x: # /etc/resolv.conf domain rutgers.edu nameserver x.x.x.x nameserver x.x.x.x Thanks, John --- John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

PPP DNS Problem

2002-03-06 Thread John Shepherd
Hi, I've been making some progress with this first attempt at GNU/Linux and am really learning a lot. I have hit a bit of a problem with getting an internet connection going, though. I hope someone can help. I seem to be succesfully making a PPP connection with wvdial. (I haven't got

Several Beginner Questions

2002-02-21 Thread John Shepherd
Hello Again, Last night was nearly fruitless. Well, I shouldn't say that; at least I have some specific questions now. My current situation is that I have installed debian from floppy disks and can boot. I have created a regular user and root. I'm learning the basic unix commands, b

Re: Installation Error

2002-02-20 Thread John Shepherd
nning. peace, John --- John Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > I am a long time ms-dos/windows user taking my > first look at linux. I hope to eventually get > apache, > php and mysql running on my home machine so I can > work > on creating a

Installation Error

2002-02-19 Thread John Shepherd
If someone here can help me, I would be grateful for any suggestions. Thanks! John Shepherd __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com