file server slow to respond

o start in tracking down the cause of this, so any help is appreciated (especially a name for the problem to facilitate searching for an answer). Thanks. (please cc: replies) -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

strange gpm behavior

gpm to not exit as a daemon. By "fail" I mean I get no error messages and no mouse on the screen. What on earth is going on here?? Please CC: responses. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For children with short attention spans: boomerangs that don't come back.

Re: Low Sound Volume

s just a > little but there's a lot of noiseeven if I'm not > trying to play wav files with play i have similar > results. > Have you tried starting a mixer (cam, xmixer, gmix) and turning the voulume up? [snip] -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But maybe go

Re: Some Newbie Questions

ows partition :) > > Thanks in advance > > > Don Conley > > P.S. When you want to start a new thread on a mailing list, don't reply to an existing message. It looks ridiculous to those of us who thread our mail and is more easily overlooked. -- Pat Mahoney <

Re: joystick

joystick is. Like $ insmod soundcore; insmod js=0x200 And then install the joystick modules. I'm not sure what the actual paramater to the soundcard is, js, joy or something. I think the joystick is almost always at 0x200 or 0x201. Read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/joystick.txt It has inf

Off Topic; can't mail Chris (Was: Re: libc6 header problems)

Uh, Chris, I can't send email to you at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got the following errors: - The following address has permanent fatal errors - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (reason: 550 5.1.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown) blah... ... while talking to mailhub.9netave.ca

Re: libc6 header problems

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 09:42:01AM -0500, Chris Gray wrote: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:43:46AM -0600, Pat Mahoney wrote: > > In reply to myself (thanks to those who replied): > > > /usr/include/string.h:37: parse error before `?' > > > /usr/include/string.h:55: p

Re: libc6 header problems

In reply to myself (thanks to those who replied): On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 06:31:05PM -0600, Pat Mahoney wrote: > I keep getting these parse errors when trying to compile programs. > > compiling xmms (latest cvs): > > /usr/include/netinet/in.h:236: parse error before (' &g

libc6 header problems

ing on my system out of date? (I'm between woody and potato). -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But maybe good is more than the absence of bad. -- Hobbes in "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson

Re: Let's make this easier!

pt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade. > > Peace > > Paul > > > Go here to see the TKCL proposed knife calendar pictures! > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1172947&a=8635040 > > Join my new Knife Collector's Forum at: > http://pub26.e

Re: How to get more screensavers for Windowmaker

Please don't send html emails (use plain old ascii). Those screensaver programs are in the xlockmore package afaik. Either install this package, or, if it is installed, try running update-menus. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For children with short attention spans: boom

Re: installing MATLAB

ut I hope Octave can fulfill your needs. > > Thanks for the read. > > -- > == > Prof. Le Baron O. Ferguson > Department of Mathematics > University of California > Riverside CA 92521 > == > -- Pat

Re: new system to buy

dletp.com/ sells a pretty nice system with a sweet looking case (the blackbird). It comes with Debian or Red Hat preinstalled. Of course, build your own if you want; it is much more fun. But the blackbird has such a cool case I had to mention it... > > Matth > > -- Pat Mahoney

Re: Necesito ayuda

Sorry I can't help. I appears to be a SCSI problem, but I have no experience there. Aren't these lists translated into various languages somewhere? -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had no shoes and I pitied myself. Then I met a man who had no feet, so I took his shoes. -- Dave Barry

Re: Staroffice and Debian

link to /program/soffice. That goes for both versions as of a few days ago. > > -- > Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen > > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had no shoes and I pitied myself. Then I met a man who had no feet, so I took his shoes. -- Dave Barry

aime mud server

Does anyone know how much disk space/bandwidth a mud server can take up? I know this will vary wildly, but I'd like some rough estimates. My network connection is limited to 500 megs per day. My disk is also low, but that can be remedied... Thanks. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL

Re: Framebuffer Console ???

t; > Is there any way to do this in Debian 2.2? > The Debian lilo objects to the 791 value. > > --- > Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA > chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com > Current O/S: Debian 2.2 GNU/Linux > > -

debian-user@lists.debian.org

I just installed netscape on woody (apt-get install netscape): $ dpkg --get-selections | grep netscape netscape netscape-base-4 netscape-base-475 netscape-jave-475 It works ok, but the icons on the buttons are in 1-bit color. I am running X in 24bpp mode. Any ideas? -- Pat Mahoney

Re: DVD movies?

e eff right? but I'm getting off topic here and I don't want to start a slashdot thread here :) -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If puns were deli meat, this would be the wurst.

Re: sawfish not working

On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 12:54:27AM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > sawfish fails with this message (when run from an rxvt): > > *** Error: no such font, -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1 > > When I run it --no-rc, it starts, but anything that would bring up a

sawfish not working

Well it didn't fix it here. (I actually used the correct variable in my .rc. I'm just too lazy to look it up now.) Thanks. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But maybe good is more than the absence of bad. -- Hobbes in "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson

Re: Laptop (was: Re: Unidentified subject!)

man B-2200 Herentals > /\/\ Tel: +32 14 253020(Belgium) > // \\ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /((_))\ > ooO Ooo P.S.: Linux is great !! > --- > -- Pat Mahoney

device or resource busy

ll nothing. The sound modules won't go away with /dev/dsp gone either. Is there a way to remove files that are in use? Better yet, how do I fix this problem? A reboot should of course, fix it, but that doesn't solve the actual problem. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: partitions and lilo

ROTECTED] > 707-442-6579 h/m 707-441-7096 p > http://www.qsl.net/ke6slsICQ# 12741145 > This mail composed with kmail on kde on X on linux warped by debian > If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL

Re: Internet Stations

gtk+ based webbrowser), though I just got it yesterday. Konqueror is pretty good I think. My laptop is too slow to give a good answer. Not that skipstone seems to go any faster... > > > > tim > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If puns were deli meat, this would be the wurst.

Re: succesor to dpkg

t package managment obviously). > > Quiet interresting to read. Thanks guys. That's exactly what I couldn't remeber. So by dead do you mean permanetely or temporarily? Like, I *might* know a few people who might be interested in it... I mean, that talk was given march 2000, and I r

succesor to dpkg

I seem to recall talk of a new package system for debian. The only things I remember are that it would understand rpm's as well as others, and I think its name started with the letter "h". Can anyone help me with a URL? Or am I dreaming? -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Some help with e-mail setup

name is carrera. Since I am the only user, I want everything rewriten. Ffsr tells it which headers to rewrite (From, sender, reply-to). Install the exim docs package and read the info page. > > Thanks in anticipation. > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> linux: be

Re: Off Topic - SUID?

pperX` the 4 in 4755 is the suid bit. `which RipperX` just returns the path to the binary. You can specify this however you want. Note that RipperX is now world executable and suid root. I take no responsibility for any damage this may cause... > > Wm > -- Pat Mahoney &l

Re: Print to windows Printer?

re MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. > FYI: > perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste ([EMAIL PROTECTED] put this on Tshirts in '93)

Re: Help!! with modules

>From the lovely Sunshine Coast, where it only SEEMS to rain. > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But maybe good is more than the absence of bad. -- Hobbes in "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson

Re: X-Window Configuration

://www.debian.org/~hp/debian-tutorial.html> and the Debian Guide <http://www.newriders.com/debian/html/noframes/>. They both contain info about basic file commands. > > Stephan > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For children with short attention spans: boomerangs that don't come back.

Re: sound on pc speaker

Speaker... Also did you insmod the module (or did you compile it directly in?). > > > John Kerr Anderson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 > > > -- Pat Mahoney &l

Re: Printing

ni/Print2Win] The miniHOWTO is unmaintained... I am also in the process of trying to do this (print to a printer on a Windows box that is). If this HOWTO does not help, I will gladly try... > > Thanks, > > Stephen. > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For ch

Re: Turning DMA on

rdo Dias > Analista Programador / Analyst Programmer > Catho Online > http://www.catho.com.br > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For children with short attention spans: boomerangs that don't come back.

Re: How can I put a package on hold without using Dselect?

I "unhold" a package? apt-get install > > -- > ...sutongi tti olleh >The shortest distance between two points is under construction. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But maybe good is more than the absence of bad. -- Hobbes in "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson

Re: BeOs

hack the actual code... I am very happy with grub. > 2) I just want to find out if it is worth the trouble trying to install > BeOs and try it for some time. I am not sure if grub can boot beos, but I imagine it would be quite simple through it's chainload method. > [snip] >

Re: Missing modules and the sound of silence

ing. > > Am I doing this wrong or is there something more I need to do? > > Many thanks in advance. > > Glyn M > > > > -- >** >* "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * >* Douglas Hoftstatder

Re: upgrade gnumeric to woody

packages unnecessarily. > > TIA > juh > > -- > 6 Millionen arme Sünderlein > http://www.sudelbuch.de/2000/2807.html > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But maybe good is more than the absence of bad. -- Hobbes in "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson

Re: deb packages not offered: lame xcdplay?

re what they are. see the website for more info). They have beta's of a player, encoder, xmms plugin, winamp plugin, and beos stuff as well I think. The software is GPL/LGPL. > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Pat Mahoney &

Re: free Interrnet provider for Linux and exim

for my sister. We convinced her to use free software, and we promised her we could get her an isp for $15/yeaar. She will not be happy and I will be angry that she could have had "free" internet if she had stuck with windows... -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had no sho

Re: free Interrnet provider for Linux?

On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 08:29:31PM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 08:08:39PM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > > Apparently it is time to search yet again for a no/low -cost isp. > > > > <http://www.freecenter.com/dialup.html> seems to be a good place

Re: free Interrnet provider for Linux?

On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 08:08:39PM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > Apparently it is time to search yet again for a no/low -cost isp. > <http://www.freecenter.com/dialup.html> seems to be a good place to start. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If puns were deli meat, this would be the wurst.

Re: free Interrnet provider for Linux?

and they did not have an add bar... This is very bad news... Apparently it is time to search yet again for a no/low -cost isp. > > -- > Andrew -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If puns were deli meat, this would be the wurst.

Re: gnupg help

ms quiet useful, have a look at: > > http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html > > MH > -- > (Dr.) Michael Hummel > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > fprint = F24D EAC6 E3D7 372C 9122 D510 EB24 01CA 0B56 B518 > key: http://www.seitung.net/key -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If puns were deli meat, this would be the wurst.

Re: superformat?

by non-existant users... Or am I way off here? Maybe the user who mounts the disk owns, say /floppy and can do whatever because of that... > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Savor the sun; when the clouds come, make animals. -- Nick Hexum

Re: network down! (debian seems to hate me)

y dummy is still up along with eth0. I don't know if this is correct or not, but it works. Is eth0 configured properly in /etc/network/interfaces? > > Have I missed something out ? > > Thanks for your time and knowledge. > > Byee, Mark. > > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste ([EMAIL PROTECTED] put this on Tshirts in '93)

Re: Another Poll (Update)

much further ahead than it was when I left it... -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Savor the sun; when the clouds come, make animals. -- Nick Hexum

Re: X won't start

ove" (I think, please read the manpage first). Then try to startx. Maybe you will get different error messages? Do you have the svga xserver installed? I assume so because it should have said "file not found" if you didn't... > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s

Re: Another Poll (Update)

gt; Vote often! I second that :) > > I just voted. Debian is kicking ass at 33% followed by Slackware (my first > encounter with Linux years ago) at 23%. Redhat is back in 3rd at 14% > > http://www.justlinux.com > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: No cdaudio with 2.2.17pre6 ;(

ed "Play Audio TrackIndex" packet command was: > "48 00 00 00 01 01 00 0c 01 00 00 00 " > cdplay: ioctl cdromplaytrkind > > I'm wondering if I forgot to set something in the kernel config, but I > can't find anything. Perhaps 'tis a bug in pre6. > >

Re: Error installing kernel with kernel-package

7_dell.0.2_i386.deb > > This leaves me puzzled. > > Does anyone have a clue to what I am missing here? > > Thanks a lot. > > -- > Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do :)

Re: .debs for LeoCAD

On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 02:49:07PM -0700, Michael Smith wrote: > Hi all > > Pat Mahone put up some .deb's for LeoCAD at > They're compiled for the > helix version of GTK+, so they might work if you force them. Failing > that, there's always the source

Re: Printer Trouble

On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 12:15:22AM -0500, Debian User wrote: > Hi guys, > > Where can I find some docs on how to install a printer on Debian (woody)? I > just picked up a Lexmark Optra E312, plugged it in, booted up, and it > naturally did not work. A couple things to share... > > As a users

Re: Exim Error: Sender Domain must Exist

^ || rewrite it in these fields(From sender reply-to) anything from my machine | |rewrite it to this Hope you understand my ascii art :) > >Thanks in advance. > >Sebastian Canagaratna >Department of Chemistry

Re: postfix problem

On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 08:30:47PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 01:39:43PM -0500, patrick john mahoney wrote: > > > The postfix uses [EMAIL PROTECTED] while the spruce does not. > > Is this the problem? How do I fix it, or what is the real problem? > > You'd need to find

Re: postfix problem

blem, I installed exim and it works. The headers are the same as spruce's (from carrera (phbd1309...)). Hmm... Thanks for helping everyone. > Thanks. > > -- > Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > pgp6N5Rqp3M2j.pgp Description: PGP signature

SOLVED Re: grub problem: cannot read from drive

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 08:27:48PM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > I have grub on mbr of /dev/hda. I have a new harddrive at /dev/hdc > with Debian. I have an older, 200meg hard drive at /dev/hdb. ^ > > I am trying to install Debian onto /dev/hdb1. I have

grub problem: cannot read from drive

s? Oh yes, /dev/hdb1 is marked as bootable with fdisk and has ext2 filesystem on it. Fsck find no errors. I could use kernel off /dev/hdc but it is 2.2.15 and /dev/hdb has no 2.2.15 modules. I could also get 2.2.15 for /dev/hdb but again there is no reason why I should do this. -- Pat Mahone

Re: x-windows 4.0.1

effect on X being able to run or not. Perhaps you have a different problem besides "Q". If anyone knows what Q is, please let me know; I am curious. > > > > thank you. > > > -- sean > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste ([EMAIL PROTECTED] put this on Tshirts in '93)

Re: Frame buffer devices on unconventional monitor

: VGA16 VGA > Address : 0xa > Size: 65536 > Type: VGA 16 colors in 4 planes > Visual : PSEUDOCOLOR > XPanStep: 8 > YPanStep: 1 > YWrapStep : 0 > LineLength : 80 > Accelerator : No > fbset

Re: ensoniq soundcard install

[snip] Ah, I just noticed your problem was already solved... whoops. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste ([EMAIL PROTECTED] put this on Tshirts in '93)

Re: ensoniq soundcard install

ngs... Perhaps the permissions on /dev/dsp or /dev/mixer are wrong. I believe adding youself to group audio will solve that problem. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste ([EMAIL PROTECTED] put this on Tshirts in '93)

Re: Mass instalation

as the ability to maintain debian clients. I am not sure how well this works though, sorry. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do :)

Re: editors and browsers

owser. I heard a rumor that eazel (or was it helixcode?) was writing a file manager/web browser called "nautilus" for gnome. So far it's vaporware AFAIK. > > Thomas Kirsch > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do :)

Re: mutt and asking user

wasnt able to find this under /usr/doc/mutt/*, but then again, I might > have missed it somewhere. > > Thanks > Sven > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dare to be naive. -- R. Buckminster Fuller

Re: Using Partition Magic with Debian

used to add slack space to existing partitions? > > Any suggestions would be appreiciated, > > Regards, > > Todd If you have linux running you could try parted, the GNU partition editor. I have no experience with it but I think is is stable. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED

apt-move and alternate config file

Is there a way to get apt-move to use an alternate config file (~/.apt-moverc)? Man page and docs reveal nothing. Tests of various .apt-move's fail. Should I report this as a wishlist bug? -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I cannot overemphasize the importance of good gramma

Re: LILO and Printer

ry magicfilter or apsfilter? > > Thanks for your help! > > Chris Marsh > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dare to be naive. -- R. Buckminster Fuller

[ot] desperate. anyone used webcombo? (isp)

about software used to connect to webcombo. Does anyone know if they use a proprietary method for auth/connection? i.e. does it work with linux? These isp's are all so vague... -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Savor the sun; when the clouds come, make animals. -- Nick Hexum

Re: How do I install gnome on potato?

are you searching, the debian website, dselect...? > > my choices and how do I implement the choices? I downloaded > the gnome user guide but it has nothing about installing. Is > > there a HOWTO somewhere on installing gnome? > > Hope that helps. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL

Re: PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO THE VP-CUSTOMER SERVICE

appeared. Anyone know the official policy on ads on the lists? -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We are using Linux daily to UP our productivity - so UP yours! (Adapted from Pat Paulsen by Joe Sloan)

Re: apt files to CD?

t; This would make it a lot easier and faster if I could apt install off a CD. > > Any help is much appriciated! > > Thanks kindly, > > Ashby > Have a look at apt-move. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Savor the sun; when the clouds come, make animals. -- Nicholas Hexum

Re: window-managers and GUI environments

ers. Personally, I use sawfish (was called sawmill). When I'm in the eyecandy mood, I use Gnome with sawfish. Don't forget the classic fvwm. > > > thank you. > > > -- s.c. > > BTW, I think cross-posting on the debian lists is a no no...? -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For children with short attention spans: boomerangs that don't come back.

Re: !ae as default text-editor on base-install

has a help line(s) along the top. This allows anyone to be able to use ae without having had experience with it. It also sidesteps a vi/emacs war as AFAIK the ae keybindings are unique to ae. I don't know anything about zile but those are some ideas. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For children with short attention spans: boomerangs that don't come back.

Re: sawmill is a herring bone screen

ce is that the middle mouse button produces a set of > > menus. The mouse cursor also switches from the "X" to a standard arrow. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do :)

Re: x not starting. suspicious permissions

On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 10:57:04AM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > When I try to start X, I get the following message: > > X: server socket directory has suspicious ownership, aborting. > > and nothing else until I stop it with ctrl-c. > > What exactly is the server soc

x not starting. suspicious permissions

a week ago. Thanks in advance. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I cannot overemphasize the importance of good grammar. . What a crock. I could easily overemphasize the importance of good grammar. For example, I could say: "Bad grammar is the leading cause of slow, painful dea

Re: pgp / pgp5i

gt; other version of pgp this wasn't so. > > What should I do here? Stay with the standard(?) & older version of > pgp or adjust my system to pgp5i a bit? > > TIA > Sven > Try installing gnupg. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reader

Re: Keeping up2date with 'unstable' without beeing connected to the internet

il: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PGP Public Key: http://josefine.ben.tuwien.ac.at/~mfischer/C2272BD0.asc > PGP Fingerprint: D3B0 DD4F E12B F911 3CE1 C2B5 D674 B445 C227 2BD0 > - Free Software For A Free World - > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." -- Albert Einstein

Re: impatient upgrage question

uld stick with the mirror to avoid overloading ftp.debian.org... > > -- > i'm determined to stand, whether god |=| [EMAIL PROTECTED] > will deliver me or not. -- bob dylan |=| www.cris.com/~bedlam > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "If people are goo

Re: AGP

s I know, most agp cards should be fine. Run "lspci" from the package "pciutils" to see what pci devices Linux detects. It should detect your card because the agp slot is on the pci bus. By the way, it's english. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "If peopl

Re: Merging distribution CDs

ff about maintaing a partial mirror, but, again I am not familiar with it. Something tells me this is more work than swapping disks. Once you install the stuff you want there shouldn't be much more to do. And I think apt is smart enough to ask for only one disk change. But if you want to qui

Re: System with 2 hard-drives

On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:23:48AM -0400, S. Salman Ahmed wrote: > >>>>> "PM" == Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PM> I'm having trouble understanding this, but, um, you're Linux > PM> fits on a floppy?? > PM> >

Re: The ALSA driver in potato is very outdated :-(

Guard - protect your mail & data > with the FREE cryptographic system > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> He knows not how to know who knows not also how to unknow. -- Sir Richard Burton

Re: System with 2 hard-drives

t; -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.5 and Gnu Privacy Guard > <http://www.gnupg.org/> > > iD8DBQE5RbgUWLIJzZd7kAsRAvsUAKCdJat0KqHTSaFpCeGZOS85StOrbQCbBjk7 > 9EHsu7HW7xDOEUoEu80PgNY= > =dZ2p > -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." -- Albert Einstein

Re: postfix help

> goes down and your only help is > this mail-list...well, you get the point. If you set up postfix, you should be able to send mail with netscape by using localhost as your smtp server. > > TIA, > Dave > > -- > One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. &

rsync & apt-get

f rsync totally wrong? Would you have to have the old deb's laying around to upgrade to new ones through rsync? I mean, rsync's not psychic so of course you'd have to have the old files... Any thoughts are much appreciated. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had no shoes an

Re: Does Windows regenerate MBR by itself?

ide the bios feature (what protection would it be otherwise). > > delete windows ;-) I second that. > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hobbes: Do you have an idea for your story yet? Calvin: No, I'm waiting for in

Re: what upgrades require reboot?

oaders too, > yaboot, silo etc) > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ AFAIK, Hurd doesn't require reboots. Of course, it is a modular kernel. I suppose upgrading the microkernel would require a reboot. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." -- Albert Einstein

Re: text-to-speech

;s a bit complicated. If your needs are simple, you might try recite(?). Last I checked though it had a few nasty bugs that made it unusable. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do :)

Re: locate/updatedb on crack

that spelled right?, ispell flags it, no suggestions though, and I can't think of anything else)... Yeah, that's it. To partially save face, I confused gimpintl.h with gimpinitl.h, not gimpintl.h and gimpinit.h, although it might not look like that... -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

locate/updatedb on crack

660 ncpfs coda" export PRUNEFS # paths which are pruned from updatedb database PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs /amd /alex /var/spool" export PRUNEPATHS # netpaths which are added NETPATHS="" export NETPATHS ### end of updatedb.conf ## -- Pat Ma

Re: Installing from CD-ROM from dselect

d > In your original message, you note that the install was easier than you thought. This was true for me also. Debian installation system gets horrible press for some reason. IMHO, it is the best and most flexible one I've seen. (I've done RedHat 5.2, Caldera 1.3(?), Suse 6.x(?), an

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

they plan on doing. If it's as simple as 'startx -- :1' to get rid of the advertisements, how can they convince their advertisers that the ads will be seen? Are there ways to make sure a window is visible? -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We are using Linux daily to UP our productivity - so UP yours! (Adapted from Pat Paulsen by Joe Sloan)

Re: help me

he doesn't read because it's too full. This happened to my brother. FYI, when you unsubscribe from a list, you have to reply to the confirmation email that is sent. It is sent to ensure that it is really you who wants to unsubscribe (so I can't go around randomly unsubscribin

Re: KDE & GNOME (was: Making documentation easier to find)

nd GNOME isn't. > Right? I'm a bit confused. > IMHO, they both look quite a bit like Windows. Of course, both are configurable. GNOME is written with the gtk+ toolkit (is that redundant?) and KDE with qt from TrollTech. [snip] -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I cannot

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

ffer. How would "all" "suffer"? > > It's tempting me to switch to another MTA, I tell ya. > > Everyone on the debian-user list should send Freewwweb a mail message > saying they heard how awful their support is, and they are another > lost customer. He

Re: Best hardware?

indows support only; i.e. not svgalib or linux framebuffer) -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." -- Albert Einstein

Re: deskjet695c printer

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I believe this is a "banner page." Check the docs for your print spool software (lpr or lprng probably). I think /etc/printcap is the file to edit. Read the printcap manpage. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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