How to start an interactive fiction game

2007-01-06 Thread Martin Paraskevov
Hi there, I recently learned about interactive fiction games and installed the int-fiction-installer which lets you install such games. I installed AllRoads using install-int-fiction install AllRoads.z5 but now I have absolutely no idea how to start the game. I don't even know what files it has,

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #19

2007-01-06 Thread Martin Paraskevov
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 15:36:33 +0100 From: "Gregor Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: a bug with tomcat5.5 on debian Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposi

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #19

2007-01-06 Thread Martin Paraskevov
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a bug with tomcat5.5 on debian

2007-01-02 Thread Martin Paraskevov
I installed tomcat5.5 on my Debian box (using apt-get) but when I tried starting tomcat by running /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 start it would just print: Starting Tomcat servlet engine: tomcat5.5. but Tomcat won't start. After reading tons of documentation I was able to start Tomcat in the most weir

gnunet

2007-01-01 Thread Martin Paraskevov
I've just installed gnunet and its frontend gnunet-gtk. I tried searching for random stuff in gnunet using the frontend but nothing ever gets found. Is anybody using gnunet? Why is gnunet not able to find anything? Simply because there are no users? - Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

wireless network configuration

2006-10-15 Thread Martin Paraskevov
Hi,How can I setup my debian box to connect to a wireless router for myinternet connection. My wireless card is:D-Link AirPlus DWL-520+ Wireless NIC (PCI) 802.11bIf you can point me to some useful information online will be very helpful too. Thanks,Martin

how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-26 Thread Martin Paraskevov
rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed.is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well?- martin

packages.debian.org

2006-02-24 Thread Martin Paraskevov
Why has packages.debian.org been down for so long. When I go to packages.debian.org/stable for example it works fine but not packages.debian.org. Regards, Martin

search target releases for packages

2006-02-24 Thread Martin Paraskevov
Can I search target releases for packages? With apt-get -t I can install from target releases but I cannot search target releases with apt-cache. For example, I wanted to install java-package but I cannot find it in the stable repositories but I cannot search the testing repository either. Regard

backports vs testing (etch)

2006-02-24 Thread Martin Paraskevov
I am confused as to why backports.org exists. If I want to use the latest software, should I use backports.org or I should upgrade to etch (I am currently using sarge). What happens if I use backports for some time and then decide to upgrade to etch. Will I end up with a broken system? What is the

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2006 #421

2006-02-24 Thread Martin Paraskevov
Thanks Leonid. I am not familiar with the concept of Gnome Panel widgets. I couldn't find any useful info on the internet either. What are these widgets and how can I create one as you say in your instructions. Thanks, Martin Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:09:01 -0500From: "Leonid Grinberg" < [EMAIL PR

mono for debian

2006-02-19 Thread Martin Paraskevov
I'm using Debian Sarge (stable) and searched for a mono package to install: apt-cache search mono. I didn't get any  packages related to the mono project back. How can I install mono and run .NET applications on my debian box? I searched the internet and found the backports.org website. However I

switching between keyboard layouts in gnome 2.6

2006-02-19 Thread Martin Paraskevov
How can I switch between keyboard layouts under Gnome 2.6. using a keyboard combination. I'm using the Key Indicator tool but currently I must click on the layout icon to change it.How can I settup the alt-shift combination to do the job? -Martin

installing packages from testing in sarge

2006-02-11 Thread Martin Paraskevov
Hello, I am a newcomer to the list and have the following question to ask. I have recently installed debian sarge (the stable distribution) but when I search for mozilla-firefox with: apt-cache show mozilla-firefox I get an older version of the browser. 1. Can I install software from the testin