Re: (re-)boot woes - SOLVED

2005-08-08 Thread Martin Wheeler
nf and fstab. Thanks a bunch to all who helped -- I now have more copies of these pictures than I know what to do with! Cheers all, -- Martin Wheeler - StarTEXT / AVALONIX - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.startext.co.uk/mwheeler/ GPG pub key :

Re: (re-)boot woes

2005-08-08 Thread Martin Wheeler
ks for the pointer. Will go look. And many thanks to all on the list who are providing pointers -- this is the fastest response system I know of. Thanks, guys! -- Martin Wheeler - StarTEXT / AVALONIX - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.startext.co.u

Re: (re-)boot woes

2005-08-08 Thread Martin Wheeler
boot with. Yeah; if I'd used grub from the start, maybe I wouldn't have had this problem (i.e. not finding initrd image). Unfortunately, I didn't. Anyone know of any others I might be able to use in this situation? Any way, good luck. Thanks. Still digging. -- Mar

Re: (re-)boot woes

2005-08-08 Thread Martin Wheeler
x27;m left with the nasty thought that either my drive is going flaky on me; or that the cp command is *not* non-invasive (and therefore useless as a forensic tool) as it seems to have 'nudged' things back into order. Weird. Now I needd to find a means of re-writing the MBR; or run

(re-)boot woes

2005-08-07 Thread Martin Wheeler
bled over the first part of the 'following' partition, where all my valuable data being prepared for backup lives/lived. Any ideas? I *really* need some help here. TIA, -- Martin Wheeler - StarTEXT / AVALONIX - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PEAR DB::connect doesn't

2002-11-21 Thread Martin WHEELER
[please cc any reply to me off-list as I'm not subscribed] On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Martin WHEELER wrote: > For about a month now my daily-updated testing version of Debian has > been giving me regularly increasing PHP+MySQL grief. ... > calling DB::connect from the PEAR library fro

PEAR DB::connect doesn't

2002-11-21 Thread Martin WHEELER
ame ownership and permissions as older ones which _are_ accessible. Phpmyadmin works, and upgrades without problem (!!??!!) Any ideas anyone? [Apache 1.3.26; PHP 4.1.2; MySQL (v.11.18) 3.23.52; PEAR 1.13.2.4; Linux 2.4.19-686; Mozilla5; IceWM 1.2.0] Confused of Glastonbury -- Martin Wh

Re: reportmagic - new error message (fwd)

2002-10-01 Thread Martin WHEELER
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FYI - -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 08:20:27 -0700 From: Jeremy Wadsack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [reportmagic-help] new error message Martin WHEELER (

Re: Printing a RFC on non-US PAPERsize

2001-11-26 Thread Martin WHEELER
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Lambrecht, Joris wrote: > Been there, done that, don't work. Ok, I'm with you now. Official ASCII RFCs only come pre-formatted to a number of lines/page that suits both American Letter and A4. > to find an RFC that fits page/page onto an A4 format, boehoe . . . I kind of >

Re: Printing a RFC on non-US PAPERsize

2001-11-26 Thread Martin WHEELER
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Lambrecht, Joris wrote: > [ Please reply to all - this address is not subscribed to the list ] > Does there exist a website, a tool or a procedure to make rfc's printable in > an adequate way ? Well, if it's all that big a problem for you, view it as a text file under a suit

xlibs & aswedit

2001-09-25 Thread Martin WHEELER
anyone got any workarounds for this ? (last night's testing upgrade): * Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-5 (using .../xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/

ATI Rage 128 virtual screen

2001-05-18 Thread Martin WHEELER
x27;t seem to do it, not nohow -- and I know the card's capable of it (I've been working with it for over a year now, until I upgraded XFree86 and a few other things recently). Or, if there's a problem, clue me in as to what's no longer working as it used to. TI

Re: xdm on beta-blockers (2)

2001-05-15 Thread Martin WHEELER
aviour of xdm -- combined with other anomalies -- had begun to seriously worry me. > It's also fixed in unstable, and should be fixed in testing soon if it > is not already. OK. Last week's massive update to X (testing) sorted a lot of 'funnies' I was experiencing.

xdm on beta-blockers (2)

2001-05-13 Thread Martin WHEELER
/.X11-unix. (No longer reproducible.) I don't know enough about X to sort this one out -- can anyone help? TIA msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/ - Share your knowledge.

xdm on beta-blockers

2001-05-13 Thread Martin WHEELER
as no-one but root can now run startx; and last week I was getting error messages about suspicious ownership of /tmp/.X11-unix. (No longer reproducible.) I don't know enough about X to sort this one out -- can anyone help? TIA msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glasto

debian; php4; and apache 1.3.19

2001-05-13 Thread Martin WHEELER
php4 compiled against this version of apache? (I have six major php applications which have just gone walkies, and it's too nice a weekend to stay indoors indulging my incipient RSI.) TIA msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAIL PROT

Re: Testing upgrade and consequences

2001-03-15 Thread Martin WHEELER
graphical interface -- 100% predictably S.u.S.E. + KDE. Developers please take note.] Does this help y'all to better understand my reaction? msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/

Re: Testing upgrade and consequences

2001-03-14 Thread Martin WHEELER
e; so I'll start with the big problem (apache) and try to send in a fuller description of all the problems encountered once I've sussed how to do 'proper' bug reports, and where to send them. msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/

Re: linux card

2001-03-14 Thread Martin WHEELER
MX record with an IP address instead of a domain name on the right hand side msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/ - Share your knowledge. It's one way to achieve immortality. -

Re: Testing upgrade and consequences

2001-03-14 Thread Martin WHEELER
ould never see them.) > Should > any business auto-update anything? Probably not, certainly not on a > critical system. *Definitely* not on critical systems. Stable only; and nothing else. (I just had a hankering to try testing, is all. ) > Businesses should use stable + security updat

Re: Testing upgrade and consequences

2001-03-14 Thread Martin WHEELER
login screen. - xf86cfg puts me into twm. (Huh ???) - XF86Setup now warps my screen to an unreadable state -- always. (I have to demonstrate all of above to clients, to show the versatility of debian. Great with stable. Currently *infeasible* with testing.) OK -- I tried. Nic

Re: Testing: xfree86 calamity

2001-03-02 Thread Martin WHEELER
you out of this. Very true. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/ - Share your knowledge. It's one way to achieve immortality. - [Pl

Testing: xfree86 calamity

2001-03-01 Thread Martin WHEELER
verything that runs under X) -- there *has* to be a better way. Hasn't there? Any help really appreciated. (Please reply off-list, as not subscribed.) -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk

Re: PHP & Apache 1.3.12

2000-11-30 Thread Martin WHEELER
e know who the maintainer of PHP4 is? -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/

PHP & Apache 1.3.12

2000-11-29 Thread Martin WHEELER
is to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages .. (Actually, 1.3.12-2.0.potato.1 is *already* installed.) Please reply direct as well as to list, as I'm no longer subscribed to list. Ta muchly for any help. -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EM

Re: /usr/bin before /usr/local/bin?

2000-11-01 Thread Martin WHEELER
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > I become root about a hundred million times a day. So why not just log on to VC1 (Alt+Ctrl+F1) as root; and VC2 (Alt+Ctrl+F2) as user? Then just hot-key between them, as required. msw -- Martin Wheeler -St

Re: multiple xservers on one machine?

1998-12-31 Thread Martin Wheeler
aneous applications to something silly, one will eventually go b&w on me, but it's all incredibly stable and reliable.) msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/

Re: pkgsel

1998-12-29 Thread Martin Wheeler
, unlike dselect, it doesn't scare you witless the first time you encounter it.) msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/

Re: Some newbie questions

1998-12-28 Thread Martin Wheeler
Really. Once you've adjusted your mindset to little things like this, you'll find Debian is the best Christmas present you ever got! -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/ P.S. Have you

Re: howto upgrade packages automatically?

1998-12-27 Thread Martin Wheeler
apt_0.1.3.deb (current Cheapbytes) /cdrom/install/apt_0.1.5.deb (current LSL) which may be easier to locate if you're a relative beginner. msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/

Re: Quick fix + reliable editor?

1998-12-24 Thread Martin Wheeler
ll sorted in time for Christmas though. Have a nice one, everybody. msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/

Re: Communicator installation again

1998-12-24 Thread Martin Wheeler
On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, KTB wrote: > OK, I downloaded the Communicator 4.5 file, again. I am using hamm. I ran Err - you _are_ downloading it as a binary (and not a text) file? (If in doubt, press Shift as you select file to download). Just an idle thought. -- Martin Wheeler -StarT

Quick fix + reliable editor?

1998-12-23 Thread Martin Wheeler
uot;. (I've been caught like that before! :( TIA msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/

Re: Why?!

1998-12-23 Thread Martin Wheeler
to gain control of, well then . . . . . . aw, hell, I'm dreamin' agin! msw -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/

Hamm installation kinks

1998-08-23 Thread Martin Wheeler
/apache/. All comments appreciated. -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/