Re: Bad mouse problem in unstable

Quoting Miguel Griffa : -- was [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Apr 01, 2003 at 11:18:52 -- Hi, all I have a simple, weird problem: On a yet unidentified (by me) cause, the mouse cursor will be about 2 centimeters to the rigth where the actual click will be done. I have keeping mu system up to date in

Network Printer

Hi, I'm trying to configure a printer (parallel device) on a box (say box1) connected to another box via ethernet (say box2). Now, I would like to print from box2 ! I added the hostname of box2 in the /etc/allow.lpd and have IP accounting in the kernel. By the way, I'm using apsfilter on box2

Re: help,please...

On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 02:00:28PM -0500, Dale Kosan wrote: Trying to install Debian over network,what is the correct url for testing? I have went to the website and verified the following url : http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/ This does not work,not does

Re: postgresql demond

On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:02:51PM +, Oliver Elphick wrote: Olivier Billet wrote: Hi all, I'm using postgresql and can use psql, but I dont know how to allow people to connect to the databases. I mean even users on the local host (my box) cant connect. It seems that it's

Re: postgresql demond

Thanks a lot for all these precious information, and for the quick reply. I can now connect with pgaccess :) and will make some experiments... Olivier.

postgresql demond

Hi all, I'm using postgresql and can use psql, but I dont know how to allow people to connect to the databases. I mean even users on the local host (my box) cant connect. It seems that it's a matter of -i switch before runing the postmaster. But what's the Debian way to do this ? Thanks a

postgresSQL: howto start the machinery

Hi everyone, i'd like to use postgreSQL but running createuser as root throw me this error message : | $ createuser | Connection to database 'template1' failed. | FATAL 1: SetUserId: user 'root' is not in 'pg_shadow' | | createuser: database access failed. how to set up the postgresql

Re: postgresSQL: howto start the machinery

Thanks a lot Britton. Olivier.

Re: GDM dont work

Hi all, thanks for trying to help, and sorry for the late answer. Yes gdm was working fine before. And now it is displaying a pretty image and i can type a user name and its pass normaly and then gdm tries to start a win manager but then instead of having wmaker working, it goes back to the gdm

GDM dont work

Hi all, I've the folowing issue : when I loggin under gdm I blinks like it's going to launch a window manager, but it dont do anything and then goes back to the login prompt. I tried with different users, so i think it's not related to the dotfiles of each user. Anyone seeing what's wrong ?

USB and Potato 2.2.18pre21

Hi everyone, wonder if it's possible to set up an USB mouse under XFree86 3xxx ? I already have a PS/2 mouse so I tried to use the XInput section in the XF86Config with USB as Protocol I had the error USB not supported on this system ? What should I do ? Thanks, Olivier.

Re: USB and Potato 2.2.18pre21

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 07:02:11AM -0600, Casey Webster wrote: check out http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html OK, it worked perfectly ! Thanks a lot Casey !!!

Re: Problems with Acer CD-RW 8432IA

On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 04:08:34PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote: scsi : 1 host. Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-R/RW 8X4X32Rev: 5.AX Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x

xmms and sound

Hi all, i'm trying to make xmms make sound... so here's the problem: i'm able to hear sound from cdcd, from gcd or from wmcdplay for example (so i can play cd's), BUT i can't hear anything from xmms ! what's wrong ? (ok, i think it's the output plugin -- i do not have any libesdout.so in /lib

Re: Burning with PCMCIA ATAPI/IDE

On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 08:43:32AM -0500, David B.Harris wrote: I've got IDE-SCSI emulation working, and this is what I had to do: Added: append=ignore=hdb ide-scsi=hdb because it did not work for me, i tried to compile a kernel, following the Debian Way (using make-kpkg and dpkg --install

Re: mutt question...

Maybe you can add this line: folder-hook . 'push \eV' On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 12:41:07PM +, Ricardo Rodrigues Morais Diz wrote: How can I put in my ~/.muttrc file an option so that whenever I start mutt all threads are collapsed? Thanks in advance, Ricardo Diz -- To

dpkg and user install mode

Hi everyone, I wonder if there is a way to install .deb packages as a user and not as root. Thanks, Olivier

Re: dpkg and user install mode

because I dont know how to tell eterm that I installed Imlib only locally. I hope it's enough clear, I search a sort of --prefix option. Does this fakeroot allow this ? On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 08:50:46PM +0100, Philipp Schulte wrote: On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 08:31:30PM +0100, Olivier Billet wrote

cdrecord and ide-scsi

Hello everyone ! I have an Archos cdrw that comes with a pcmcia card : I can mount this device as hde and then read the content of the cd. So now is my question: how can I set up the ide-scsi interface to get this stuff working with cdrecord ??? (when I boot the system claims there is no

Advice USB CD burner

Hello everybody ! I plan to buy a CD burner and I need it to be parallel or USB. Did someone install a good USB one on a Debian with 2.2.17 kernel ? Thanks in advance, Olivier.

Re: Help: Command to search replace word in file?

Hi, Jonathan Gift wrote: Hi, Is there a way from the console to use a grep like command to search a file for, say the word blue and replace it with red? with a simple Bash script. If you accept Perl script, it's really easy since you just have to do a s/blue/red/ Olivier.

Re: alsa-base

Kevin C. Smith wrote: I attempted an apt-get install alsa-base, however this failed. Received the message stating that alsa-base_0.5.9c-8.deb is not available, Maybe it's because you dont have woody in your /etc/apt/sources.list I think woody provide alsa 0.5.9 Olivier.

Re: Gimp

that didn't come with the program itself. Hope this is enlightening. Sean On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 10:57:52PM +0200, Olivier Billet wrote: It's not exactly the same problem but I can't find the gimptool. I have installed gimp1.1 gimp-perl gimp-nonfree and the inplied packages

Re: PCMCIA configuration troubles

Christian Lemer wrote: I used pcnetconfig to configure my PCMCIA network Specify the IP address... NN.MM.OO.17 Enter the netmask 255.255.255.0 Enter the network address:NN.MM.OO.0 (default) Enter the broadcast address: NN.MM.OO.255 (default) Enter the

via82cxxx

Hi all ! I've got a question about sound configuration. I know I have a VIA PCI audio controller : I/O 220-22F IRQ 5 and it seems to be sound blaster compatible. What should I do to get it working ??? Many thanks in advance, Olivier. Here is the state of the loaded modules : vony# lsmod

Re: via82cxxx

ESTEBAN P OSSES ANGUITA wrote: What should I do to get it working ??? after one try, another try, and another ... etc... i installed ALSA ... and it works vry good :) OK, thanks, that's what I'm trying now. It may be a stupid question, but how is it that alsa installation scripts search

Re: Gimp

It's not exactly the same problem but I can't find the gimptool. I have installed gimp1.1 gimp-perl gimp-nonfree and the inplied packages; gimp work well. but I can't figure out where is the gimptool. I tried on the command line

URGENT Network Config Pb

Hi everybody !!! Here's the problem : I have an Ethernet card and it seems like I configure it correctly -- all ping in the first network work. But the problem is when I try to do a ftp on some 'far' machines. So I guess the mask and/or the gateways are not set correctly. But where have I to do

Debian and compaq presario

Hi everybody, I've well installed --well, more or less : I just set the X server, some config files correctly-- Debian 2.2 on my Compaq Presario 1200 laptop, but I still have a problem: Is there somwhere someone that has successfully installed the so famous Lucent Winmodem correctly on the same

mail sorting

Hi evrybody ! I wonder if it's possible to sort mails with sender's name as key and for example put the result in different folders. Thanks in advance, Olivier.