Looking for a good book...

1999-04-30 Thread Matthew Roberts
Hi, I'm a Debian Newbie (just installed my first system yesterday). I'm looking for a good Linux book, preferably something specifically for Debian. I would like the purchase to benefit Debian. I saw the Debian User's Guide at debian.org. Is that basically all there is? If I buy it does any o

Re: Print problem

2005-05-04 Thread Matthew Roberts
Hi Jeff, I guess you've probably found some kind of solution by now, but since I've recently got an HP 710c to work with cups under sarge, here's my minuscule input: The 710c is a 'windows' printer, and I guess from your lp0: ECP mode message yours is too (ECP is Extended Capabilities Port, a p

Re: Re: Print problem

2005-05-04 Thread Matthew Roberts
Sorry, this was supposed to be a reply to an earlier message - I hope I've got thunderbird configured properly to do reply-to's now! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Print problem

2005-05-05 Thread Matthew Roberts
Hi Jeff, I guess you've probably found some kind of solution by now, but since I've recently got an HP 710c to work with cups under sarge, here's my minuscule input: The 710c is a 'windows' printer, and I guess from your lp0: ECP mode message yours is too (ECP is Extended Capabilities Port, a p

Mount behaving oddly under sarge

2005-05-05 Thread Matthew Roberts
Hi, I don't know if this a sarge (or Debian) specific issue. If not please accept my apologies for posting it here. After a reboot, I can't mount a floppy as a normal user: $mount /media/floppy mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified Even though I have this line

Re: Re: Mount behaving oddly under sarge

2005-05-05 Thread Matthew Roberts
> /dev/fd0/media/floppy0 autorw,user,noauto 0 0 instead of "auto" change to "vfat" on your fstab. But this is only ok if all floppies are vfat's, isn't it? are they?

Re: Re: Mount behaving oddly under sarge

2005-05-05 Thread Matthew Roberts
Do you have any idea about why specifying the type (as root) enables subsequent use by normal users? I'm really interested in knowing the cause; the solution is welcome, but the problem is hardly critical!.

Re: Re: Re: Mount behaving oddly under sarge

2005-05-05 Thread Matthew Roberts
So mounting the floppy as root and specifying the type, silently loads the module, which stays loaded afterwards? The light dawns...! thank you!