File attribute 's' ??

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
#x27; or a hyphen. None of my manuals talk about this particular attribute. What does it mean, and more importantly, how do I get rid of it?? Thanks in advance rafe b.

Blindly Installing...

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
[rafe b:] > How is a newbie expected to avoid this situation? > You know, I've been around the block a time or two, > but getting a wee bit frustrated with debian install > issues. > [sean:] I don't see how blindly attempting to install unstable packages into a stable

XF86 4.1 on potato

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
l XF4 on potato with apt-get. Nothing at that link relating to the problem at hand. Or else I'm blind. Thanks for the reply, tho. I guess I'll just keep plodding along. Feel free to respond privately, if this is something better taken offline. Sorry if my attitude is showing. rafe b.

Small-Text console Tweaks?

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
windowing system that works entirely in text mode (eg., similar to some pre-Win-3.1 tools from the mid 1980s.) rafe b.

Man pages to PDF or RTF?

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
stallation, not some generic page off the web. rafe b.

XF86 4.1.0-9

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
) part of the 4.1.0-9 distribution or will I need to add by hand the small Linux distro from the Matrox website? Many thanks in advance. rafe b.

Segmentation Fault w/ XF86Setup

2001-11-16 Thread Rafe B.
inimim base for running XF86 version 4.1.0-9? Or is "apt-get" supposed to deal with such dependencies? 5. Suggestions on where to go from here... Whew! Many thanks in advance. I'm way over my head here, I guess . rafe b.

Way Confused about Version Numbers

2001-11-14 Thread Rafe B.
" begin? What's with the 2.4.x kernels? Where do they stand in relation to "potato" and "woody?" Is there a FAQ or URL that might help to understand any of this? Thanks! rafe b.

Matrox G-450 Under X Vers. 3.3.6

2001-11-14 Thread Rafe B.
"Woody?" What is the minimal kernel version to support the newest version of X? Hints, suggestions appreciated. I'd rather not do a major upgrade of debian quite yet, being rather a newbie. rafe b.

How to NOT start X-Windows @ Boot?

2001-11-14 Thread Rafe B.
o go about this? In any case, I assumed it would all be much simpler and safer in text mode. rafe b.