Re: upgrading kernel automagically

On Wed, December 15, 2004 13:18, Ron Johnson said: > On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 14:49 -0500, Jeremy Brown wrote: >> I noticed that even if new versions of the kernel are available in the >> Debian repository, "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" won't retrieve >> them. >> >> Is there any way I can have apt

Re: web mail interface

On Wed, December 8, 2004 4:29, Robert Vangel said: > Gregory Seidman wrote: >> I use squirrelmail on top of courier-imap, but I haven't tried it with >> particularly large mailboxes. I have no trouble sending email through >> it, >> however. > > I use squirrelmail on top of courier-imap as well (so

Re: Re: Wireless AP not being seen

Alberto Alonso ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When you do > > iwconfig wlan0 essid > > are you using the broadcom chipset? Indeed. lspci -v: :00:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporatio

Re: Wireless AP not being seen

Rajesh Menon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Apparently, prism54 [prism54.org] supports the card. No it doesn't. I noticed this (the listing on the prism54 site) a while back. I am unsure why it is listed (someone goofed), but this card is a totally different chipset (made by broadcom) and is NOT c

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Paul Johnson said: > Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Not really a problem...HURD will be ready for production right around >> that >> time. ;) > > I guess that means we should be expecting a GNU/Hurd port of Duke Nukem > Forever, eh? Right after those flying pigs make their existance

Re: wireless and kernel woes

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > The situation: bought an Averatec notebook couple of weeks ago (AMD > Athlon-M, 256K, builtint 10/100 and wireless, CDRW-DVD combo, etc) Which wireless card is this? `lspci` will probably help... > install ndis-wrappers package. Doesn't load as built against >

Re: wireless 802.11g and BCM4306

Kevin Coyner said: > > Does anyone know if there is support for the Linksys wireless notebook > card (WPC54G)? It's based on the Broadcom BCM4306 chip, and from google > searches, I'm not too optimistic that it's supported yet. Unfortunately Broadcom won't release the docs needed to write a driv

Re: [OT] Cracked website at sf.net

Roberto Sanchez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can someone here who has a sourceforge account please let the admins > know that the Crystalspace Wiki site has been cracked. > > http://crystal.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php > > I happened across it a couple of nights ago, and I emailed the > sou

fixing perl scripts for register_globals = Off

Hello, I'm new to PHP and I have several PHP pages that were working fine until the admins changed register_globals = On to register_globals = Off. Now all of my PHP pages are broken. I looked through all of my PHP reference books and did a google search, but I couldn't find anything helpful. So

fsck on a mounted disk?

Hello, I have a machine that apparently has a bad spot on the disk. I'd like to run fsck on it, but the problem is the machine is headless and is only accessed remotely (ssh). Without pulling it out, hooking up a montior & keyboard, is there a way to run fsck safely, yet remotely, on a mounted p

Disk problems? (was: Re: dpkg fails)

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Update: it's not just ipmasq. I also tried to install wget and it fails > in the same way. > > TIA, > Ron Second update: after doing some disk intensive work, these show up in the system log: Mar 9 19:16:27 dmz kernel: scsi0: MEDIU

dpkg fails (Re: ipmasq fails to install)

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Anyone got an idea why the ipmasq package in stable would fail to > install? I'v got an old machine (486 vintage with an AMD 5x86 processor > @133MHz) that I use as a firewall running latest stable. While > attempting to install ipmasq it

ipmasq fails to install (help!)

Anyone got an idea why the ipmasq package in stable would fail to install? I'v got an old machine (486 vintage with an AMD 5x86 processor @133MHz) that I use as a firewall running latest stable. While attempting to install ipmasq it goes through this series of events: dmz:~# apt-get clean dmz:~#

Re: Woody on a 486/50

Bob Nielsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 03:14:23PM -0400, David Sanders wrote: > > I'm trying to install Woody on a 486/50 with 8MB RAM & SCSI CD/HD. > > I boot with a DOS floppy, go to CD:\install and execute boot.bat. > > Everything seems to be working until it outputs

Re: cal

Marvin J. Kosmal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi Gang > > > Why can't I do > > apt-get install cal > > > It tells me there is no cal > > I thought calendar was a standard function??? > > TIA > > Marvin Try: `apt-get -f install bsdmainutils` HTH, Ron -- Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <

SOLVED: getting apache/php4 to load .php, .php3, .php4

webmaster @ linuxabbestia. homelinux. net ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Did type next lines in /etc/apache/srn.conf? srn.conf is blank (it says it's supposed to be.) but... > DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.shtml index.php index.php3 > DocumentRoot /var/www/ <-- that's default > >

Re: getting apache/php4 to load .php, .php3, .php4

webmaster @ linuxabbestia. homelinux. net ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Did you un-comment the "LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so" line? Yes. > Besides next is mine (and working well!): > > #AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3 > #AddType application/x-httpd-php3-s

getting apache/php4 to load .php, .php3, .php4

Hello, I have apache (1.3.26-0woody1), apache-perl (1.3.26-1-1.26-0woody1), apache-ssl (1.3.26.1+1.48-0woody2), php4 (4:4.1.2-4), and php4-cgi (4:4.1.2-4) installed on my system (Linux yaveng 2.4.17 #4 Wed Mar 6 08:25:23 PST 2002 ppc unknown). After a bit if fiddling around I got apahce/php4 to

cable for APC Smart-UPS 3000RM ?

Anyone know which cable I need to hook an APC Smart-UPS 3000RM to the serial port on my Debian GNU/Linux box? I don't have the time or spare parts to make one, so I one that is already made would be best. It appears there are a couple different ones.. So I thought I'd ask here to see which works?

Re: UPS hardware and software

Charles Baker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What brands of UPS's do you all use? What software do > you use on your debian boxen to interface with the UPS? > > = > - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hacking is a "Good Thing!" > See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html I have an APC Smart-UP

xscreensaver no longer works (also gnomecc preview)

#include After doing a dist-upgrade on my testing box last night, xscreensaver no longer runs. After logging in xscreensaver used to be started automatically by gnome. So I figured it must have gotten removed or something. I fired up gnomecc, but when I click on the screensaver button it comes u

SOLUTION (Re: GNUPG and multiple keyservers?)

Andras BALI ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 08:43:37PM -0800, Ron Farrer wrote: > > > Does anyone know if it is possible to get GNUPG to use multiple > > keyservers? > > AFAIK it's not possible. > > > I'm running GNUPG 1.0.6-2. Ba

GNUPG and multiple keyservers?

#include Does anyone know if it is possible to get GNUPG to use multiple keyservers? I'm running GNUPG 1.0.6-2. Basically what I would like to do is have GNUPG request a key from keyring.debian.org and if it's not found then try seattle.keyserver.net. However putting both in ~/.gnupg/options res

Re: dual NICs, same brand or not?

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > #include > > I'm building a firewall out of an old 486 and was wondering if it was > best to use two NICs of the same type/brand or to use different ones? Is > there any gotchas for doing one over the other? Thanks to everyone that

dual NICs, same brand or not?

#include I'm building a firewall out of an old 486 and was wondering if it was best to use two NICs of the same type/brand or to use different ones? Is there any gotchas for doing one over the other? TIA, Ron -- Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgprVNANKEkhk.pgp Description:

specifying higher resolution for cups?

Hello, Does anyone know of a way to specifiy a higher DPI for the output from cups? I'm using the gimp-print driver and have it set to 360DPI, which is what I like to use for most things. However on occasion I need to print at a higher resolution for pictures, but it's a pain to make sure no one

Re: problem with printing win2k to samba/cups

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to get a win2k pro system to print to my testing/unstable > system. Printing works great on the Linux box, but printing from the > win2k box results in nothing happinging. I'm using the native win2k >

problem with printing win2k to samba/cups

Hello, I'm trying to get a win2k pro system to print to my testing/unstable system. Printing works great on the Linux box, but printing from the win2k box results in nothing happinging. I'm using the native win2k print driver for the printer (which I would like to get working). This is in the CU

Re: cupsys + gimp-print problems

Eduard Bloch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This version of cupsys-driver-gimpprint is fucked. Get 4.1.7 from the > pool and please report success to [EMAIL PROTECTED] That did the trick. Thanks! Now, if anyone tries a newer version that works, please let me know. For now the package is on hold...

cupsys + gimp-print problems

I installed cupsys and the gimp-print drivers for it. Whle trying to setup my printer (Epson Stylus Color 900) I choose the correct driver: Epson Stylus Color 900, CUPS+GIMP-print v4.1.99-b1 (en) However my printer doesn't print. It either spits out blank pages, or prints one character on each p

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When I do that I get the following: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dlm lp > The user `dlm' is already a member of lp. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > that's what's so frustrating.. Does it give the same error if you do: echo test > /dev/lp0 as root? If so, then printer supp

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Ron, it shows: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ls -l /dev/lp* > crwxr-x---1 root lp 6, 0 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp0 > crw-rw1 root lp 6, 1 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp1 > crw-rw1 root lp 6, 2 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp2

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > results of that command are: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$echo test > /dev/lp0 > bash: /dev/lp0: Permission denied What does this command show: ls -l /dev/lp* Ron pgpj5ZdQUbhps.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm still trying to get my printer working, not much luck. When I run > dmesg it shows: > > PCI: Using IRQ router default [1022/7006] at 00:00.0 > isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... > isapnp: No Plug & Play device found > Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 > Based

Re: a printer for Linux

Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This is awfully misleading information. In general, there are two > types of printers: lasers and inkjets. An inkjet printer is cheaper > is generally cheaper and can't process postcript natively. However, > their cost per page is usually very high--ord

Re: a printer for Linux

Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > on Sat, May 05, 2001 at 11:09:38AM -0700, Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Well there are basically two main types of printers: postscript and > > non-postscript. > > Wrong. Care to explain? "Wrong." That says a lot... Ron

Re: a printer for Linux

Glenn Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > As you can tell, I'm utterly clueless - what kind of a printer should I > get? I'll be printing mainly formatted text documents (whether formatted > in something like Abiword or something else, I haven't decided). > > Will any PC-compatible printer do? Wh

audio errors

Hello all; While trying to run gphone I am getting some errors. It works fine on one system, but on the other (nearly identical config) it spews out lines: ** WARNING **: *** Sound card refuses to open the microphone ** CRITICAL **: *** file sound.c: line 384 (read_samples): assertion `hand !=

Re: app for making cards?

Ken Irving ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I couldn't find anything either, and wrote a Perl script to > do the job, learning a little postscript along the way. The > script takes eps images and puts them in the postscript output, > scaling to fit. > > http://www.mosquitonet.com/~jkirving/pub/c

app for making cards?

Anyone know of an app that will make calling/business cards? I've searched freshmeat, linuxapps, google, etc. and none of the results were exactly what I want. Basically there are 2 columns, 5 rows on each 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper. I would like to create an image (via the gimp or whatever) and pu

Re: cdda2wav not copying right? (long)

Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hmmm. If you're getting skips without any other system activity, > then it might be a problem with SCSI throughput...here's a section > from the cdda2wav README: > > Recommendations for higher throughput on Linux SCSI systems >

cdda2wav not copying right? (long)

hello; When copying an audio CD to .wav format, I use cdda2wav like so: cdda2wav -D 1,4,0 -B This works great except for one thing. Sometimes it produces "skips" in the .wav. The only thing I can think of that would cause this is that perhaps it is copying data too fast? My system is all SCSI:

Re: Debian GNU/Linux on DEC Alpha ...

DI Josef Synka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dear Debian-Team, > > Recently I learned about the availability of Debian GNU/Linux > and its excellent performance on various systems. Further I was > told that it is supposed to be more stable than Suse of RedHat > Linux - is that true? > > Having re

Re: Answering machine software?

David B . Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have a plain USR Voice/Fax/Data modem, of the 56k variety. I was > wondering if anyon knew if there is some software(prefferably Free, of > course) which will act as an answering machine, using said modem? > > Ideally, it'd also be able to handle fa

moving from two disks to one?

hello; I currently have two 2GB scsi drives and now have a single 23.2GB scsi drive. What would be the easiest way to move the data off the two 2GB drives to the new one? Reinstall is out of the question, I need the setup to stay as-is. The partitioning on the new drive will be different (for obv

Re: crontab

Ari Sigurðsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > how do I get crontab -e to use my favorite editor? export EDITOR= then 'echo $EDITOR' to make sure it's right. After you have it figured out, you can put that into your '~/.bashrc' HTH, Ron -- Email: ,

Re: Printing under Debian..

Paul Schulz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Greetings, Hello; > A question about printing under Debian.. > > How does print filtering work under Debian. I had a system (which was > Redhat) which did all the magic. What packages/setup do I need to get > this to work. Depends on what you want t

Re: succesor to dpkg

Mike Leone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > There was a news blurb on slashdot recently, about someone working on a new > package manager, to unify .rpm and .deb formats. Don't recall that it was > being touted as a new package manager JUST for Debian, however. No it is not a package manager to "un

Re: PICMG21064a Alpha

Michel West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > I have a PC that resembles a PICMG21064a Alpha. > I've tried booting from several CD's created from different ".ISO" > files for Alpha, downloaded from Mandrake and Red Hat. > The response always ends in a "bootstrap failure." > > The command I used

slightly OT: short in video?

I have an old 486 that I keep around for toying with (runs Debian GNU/Linux). For the past year (or so) it has had a "wobbly" picture on the screen. Recently (last few months) the picture cuts out for a split second. My guess is a short in the video. I'm pretty sure it's not the monitor or cable (

Re: crontab control?

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dave Sherohman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > anacron is primarily intended for systems that are only up intermittently. > > IMO, there's no reason to run it on an always-on system. > > I know this, that is why I *asked* i

Re: crontab control?

Dave Sherohman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Ron Farrer said: > > Ahh thanks! Another question for the list: can I safely remove anacron? > > I really dislike the time it runs at and the system is up 24 x 7 so cron > > can do it's job correctly. > > anacron is pri

Re: crontab control?

Mike McNally ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > anacron > see man anacron and /etc/anacrontab Ahh thanks! Another question for the list: can I safely remove anacron? I really dislike the time it runs at and the system is up 24 x 7 so cron can do it's job correctly. TIA, Ron -- Email:

crontab control?

Hello; What controls when '/etc/cron.daily/*' gets run? I thought it was '/etc/crontab' but for some reason it doesn't run at the times I specified. TIA, Ron -- Email: Home: ICQ: pulsar 26276320 Debian GNU/HURD on Alpha:

Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?

Bob Bernstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 09:01:27PM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: > > > cheapbytes is cheap shit > > Let me plug my favorite vendor of Debian CD's, Linux System Labs: > > http://www.lsl.com > > They have CDR's now of 2.2. In the past I have never had a pro

Re: ppp-related script not running correctly

Jos Lemmerling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Try 'ps auxf|grep fetchmail' to see who's the owner of the job (proberly > root or pppd). The logfiles should then proberly complain about 'no > mailservers specified', or something like 'fetchmailrc must be owned by > you'. > > I had the same problem u

ppp-related script not running correctly

Hello; I created a script (called fetchmail-on) and placed it in '/etc/ppp/ip-up.d/' so that it will get executed when ppp connects. For some reason it doesn't get execute 'fetchmail'. I can sit there (with 'ps aux|grep fetchmail') and see that the script itself gets executed. I can even directly

forcing app to use smaller colormap?

Hello; Is it possible to force an app to use 16 bpp on a 32 bpp display? I don't want to reconfigure X and I do not want to run more then one X server. Any ideas? TIA, Ron -- Email: Home: ICQ: pulsar 26276320 Alpha News Network:

sawmill + gnome? - episode 2

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have it mostly working correctly, here is what I've got now: > For right now I just want to know what I am _supposed_ to have in these > boxes inside gnomecc: > > Name: - I just put "Sawmill/Sawfish" Same > Command:

Re: sawmill + gnome?

Christian Pernegger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > You could try to purge sawmill-gnome & then install it again. > > (BTW sawmill is session-managed) I could but it is a FRESH install that I did last night. I have never had sawmill/sawfish installed before... Thanks, Ron -- Email:

Re: sawmill + gnome?

Christian Pernegger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > For me, it was sufficient too install the package "sawmill-gnome". It > should set everything up for you and insert the correct entry in the > wm configuration. Hmm maybe the problem is elsewhere? $ dpkg -s sawmill-gnome Package: sawmill-gnome St

sawmill + gnome?

Hello; I am trying to get sawmill to work correctly with gnome. Previously I was using windowmaker. For right now I just want to know what I am _supposed_ to have in these boxes inside gnomecc: Name: - I just put "Sawmill/Sawfish" Command: - '/usr/bin/sawmill' is what I have or do I need some

Re: Alpha install

Chad Dale ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I just went through the install for potato on an AlphaServer 400 4/166 > system, and everything went fine, but when I reboot it does not take me into > the OS, I just get the SRM prompt again. > > I try booting from the floppy again with > > >>> boot dva0 -

Re: ppp connection speed

kmself@ix.netcom.com (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 01:55:51PM +0200, Philippe MICHEL wrote: > > > > > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 10:48:32AM +0200, Philippe MICHEL wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I am using Debian slink, and

noise from monitor, HELP!

I've been running Debian for years and my monitor (20" IBM P200) has been working fine with it's current setting for months. Now all of a sudden I get a VERY high pitched noise from it when in X. It does not do this on the console! It has become more and more frequent and is starting to drive me n

Re: Getting mail to recognise multiple identities

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > A week ago or so, I posted the list asking for a nice way to get my mail > client to send out from different "apparent" users - I hve my academic > job, my consulting job, my start-up, my personal stuff. All these need > different signatures and heade

Re: Tape Backup

Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > where is dump and restore commands (in what package)? dump is the package name for both. > PS: How I mark the tape at its end? Is it necessary? usage: dump [-0123456789acMnSu] [-B records] [-b blocksize] [-d density

Re: Tape Backup

Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > any one has a tape backup to share with me. I tried kbackup software and > cant backup using a tape. How about dump and restore? JMHO, Ron -- Email: Home: Alpha Li

Re: Cheap printer?

Harald Thingelstad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > First: What kind of a cheap printer do you want? > The inkjet printers are known to be cheap to buy, but they charge a leg > and an arm for the ink. > Some manufacturers are known to sell their printers with a net *loss*, > earning their money on in

SUMMARY: building gimp-print gs driver problems...

Jeronimo Pellegrini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I downloaded the gimp-print driver 3.1.7 from the sourceforge page and > > ran the "make-deb.sh" (after modifying it to do "make Ghost" instead of > > "ghost") and it downloads the gs and related source and builds it. I > > then end up with a file

building gimp-print gs driver problems...

Hello, I downloaded the gimp-print driver 3.1.7 from the sourceforge page and ran the "make-deb.sh" (after modifying it to do "make Ghost" instead of "ghost") and it downloads the gs and related source and builds it. I then end up with a file named "gs-stp_5.10-9.1_alpha.deb" which fails to insta

removing cupsys and keeping samba? (was: STILL! problem printing with cups)

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I still cannot print, it's been several days and I still cannot get cups > to work at all. When I try to reinstall lprng, apt wants to remove > "samba samba-common smbclient smbfs swat" along with cups... Setting > those pack

STILL! problem printing with cups

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > The thing is, is that not even the stcolor.ppd driver that comes with > the cups source works! (I grabbed the source since the deb didn't come > with ANY drivers!) I still cannot print, it's been several days and I still cannot get

Re: problem printing with cups

Parrish M Myers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > The print drivers you get from printpro are dependent on a licence > server and a valid licence. Everything works perfectly except the > driver it self. I tried it for my Deskjet 970Cxi... ain't gonna > happen. *grr* The thing is, is that not even t

problem printing with cups

After doing a dist-upgrade last night on my potato system, lprng got replaced with cups. I found a PPD file for my printer (Epson Stylus Color 900) in the "evaluation" version of printpro (commercial version of cups) and put it in "/etc/cups/ppd/". The problem is I cannot print anything. :'( When

Re: df reports wrong partition sizes?

Marc O. Sandlus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Yes, you should change it, but be careful: > All your files in /usr/src actually reside on /dev/sdb5 (yes, the same as > /usr). > /dev/sda7 will be empty! You have wasted 595952 kB till now (maybe you will > find > some old files on /dev/sda7, from a

Re: df reports wrong partition sizes?

Marc O. Sandlus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > It appears from this list, that /usr/src was mounted *before* /usr > I guess that this causes your problems, since the mount point /usr/src didn't > exist (yet) at the time /dev/sda7 was mounted. Quite possible! Here is my fstab: # /etc/fstab: static

Re: yahoo messenger

Joseph de los Santos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I do not know if there are any debianised clones of yahoo messenger but there > are a lot of clones you can choose from like gtkyahoo,kyahoo,chimmy's yahoo > client etc, take your pick. go to www.freshmeat.net and search yahoo. > unfortunately,

df reports wrong partition sizes?

I have two 2GB disks (SCSI-2 narrow) and this is what 'df' reports: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda8 1189183632032495712 56% / /dev/sda7 2029267 1694526229834 88% /usr/src /dev/sdb5 2029267 169452

Re: staroffice

Bob Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > In the StarOffice directory where you unpacked the tarball is a README > file that details how to install multiple users. Each user has to run > setup and install a 2 meg (rather large) base package. > A word of advise: Save your files often. SO craps out o

Re: kernel make

Harry ten Berge ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If you install the kernel sources (2.2.15), unpack them and want to make the > kernel, where can you get the configuration of the base system kernel? I > mean, if I run 'make menuconfig' there is a '.config', but the resulting > kernel is definitely not

Re: Epson 760 Inkjet + Debian "Potato" = Does it work ?

Justin Megawarne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > And Oliver Hingst bestowed upon us all: > > Hi > > I am planning on purchasing an Epson Inkjet 760 printer. Has anyone > > have this type of printer and does everything work (i.e. Colour > > printing, etc.)? I would like to use it with Staroffice and

win95 postscript printing via samba problem...

I've had this problem for a long time and I'm tired of it. ;-) I've found this bug report: which describes my problem. Basically printing from win95 to my Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 system via samba, using AdobePS 4 software "AdobePSDefaultPostScriptPrint"

Re: UPS wars: APC vs Tripplite?

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've been thinking about getting a new UPS. Previously I purchased APC > products, but I want to hear about other experiences. I've pretty much > narrowed it down to a product from APC or Tripplite. APC is more > expensive, less Li

UPS wars: APC vs Tripplite?

Hello, I've been thinking about getting a new UPS. Previously I purchased APC products, but I want to hear about other experiences. I've pretty much narrowed it down to a product from APC or Tripplite. APC is more expensive, less Linux/UNIX friendly, but makes good products (IMHO). Tripplite is l

Re: Alpha Server Supported

Romero Orellana, Ricardo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I need to know what are the Compaq Alphas Servers supported by Debian Linux, > and if Compaq Fortran for Linux Compiler run over Debian/Alpha. Thanks in > advanced. For slink (stable):

FIXED: gnome-session + .Xclients, stopped working

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm running gnome-session and WindowMaker, I am trying to get > Gnome-session to load my '~/.Xclients' file. It did for a while but > after upgrading potato to the most recent potato it quite working. I solved the problem myself

Re: gnome-session + .Xclients, stopped working

John Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I think you need to edit the file /home/"your user directory"/.Xsession > to correct this. I had a similar problem with getting the gnome-session > panels and my gnome defaults to work with Enlightenment after upgrading. > I added the line exec gnome-sessio

gnome-session + .Xclients, stopped working

Hello, I'm running gnome-session and WindowMaker, I am trying to get Gnome-session to load my '~/.Xclients' file. It did for a while but after upgrading potato to the most recent potato it quite working. Here is what I did to get all of this working before. I've changed my '/etc/gdm/Sessions/G

Re: ICQ

Daniel Burrows ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can anyone recommend an ICQ app? I heard KICQ lacks a lot of feature and > won't let you create new accounts. gnomeicu works fine here. There is also licq which uses the *gulp* QT libs. :( HTH, Ron -- Email: Home:

Re: Dumb; help! I removed a mounted floppy

Eric Worden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Now the program responds to nothing, not even KILL. To make things more > interesting, I got the bright idea to mount the floppy again, so now two > processes are in limbo. Is there a graceful way to solve this problem?? First: thou shelt not remove mou

Re: where are wmakers config files?

Paul Seelig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If you'd have consulted the manual page for wmaker first then you > would have read the lines stating "DON'T edit this while running > Window Maker. It will be overwritten". But that was probably too > easy. Real men don't read manuals, right? ;-) heh

Re: where are wmakers config files?

Andrew Weiss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I believe that file is dynamic sort of like mtab vs fstab. Just go and use > WPrefs. Then don't forget to restart the windowmanager. If you don't have > Wprefs you're going to need it. Most of the Windowmaker files are in > /usr/share/Windowmaker, so lo

where are wmakers config files?

Where are wmakers config files? I keep editing ~/GNUstep/Default/WMState but evertime I log in it reverts back. There must be another one someplace? TIA, Ron -- Email: Home: Bellingham Linux Users Group: Alpha Linux Or

Re: mutt header strangeness

Mike Brownlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Even better: > my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a|sed -e 's/#/\\#/'` Cool. Works good. I've added another one now... :) Ron -- Email: Home: Bellingham Linux Users Group: Al

mutt header strangeness

Hey all; I have the following line in my .muttrc: my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a` For some reason all it reports is "Linux mustang 2.2.14" why? IMHO it should be "Linux mustang 2.2.14 #1 Sat Jan 8 16:09:20 PST 2000 alpha unknown". TIA, Ron -- Email: Home:

site to site ftp?

Is there a tool available that can do a site to site ftp? I need to transfer a few files from one ftp site (via anonymous ftp) to another site (via user ftp). Unfortunately the destination site does not allow users to ftp out, but you can ftp in. So basically I am looking for a tool like flashfxp

Re: potato on CD?

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Is there a way to put potato on a CD? I need to upgrade to the latest, > but over my dialup connection it would be over two days of work (~200MB > to download). Is there a way to burn the required bits to a CD and then > use apt-get on it? Obvio

potato on CD?

Is there a way to put potato on a CD? I need to upgrade to the latest, but over my dialup connection it would be over two days of work (~200MB to download). Is there a way to burn the required bits to a CD and then use apt-get on it? Obviously you can use a CD, but how can I make a CD of potato th

FOLLOWUP: what happened to wmaker-gnome?

Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What's the deal with wmaker-gnome? I tried to do a a dist-upgrade, > something I haven't done in a few months and it removed wmaker-gnome. > Trying to install it direct with 'apt-get install wmaker-gnome' produces > th

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