I would like to insert a mouse module somewhere in the kernel boot up. I
am currently typing "modprobe mousedev" to enable the mouse and therefore
X, too. Is there a config file for this?
Thanks.
Sam
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I recently replaced the Linux 2.4-27 kernel with a 2.6-8. Now I cannot
get my system to run X (and incidentally my mouse). To run X
I am using a very simple "startx", which calls XFree86, which, in turn,
relies on XF86Config-4. The config file is the same file I have used for
quite a while. The
I am using Debian Sarge with a 2.4.27 linux kernel. I have tried to
install a new kernel with: "aptitude install kernel-image-2.6-i686" but it
does not replace my old kernel (2.4.27), even after a cold start. I don't
feel entirely comfortable with Debian, so I'd appreciate any help.
I am includ
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Loke Berne wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 13:13 -0400, Sam Rosenfeld wrote:
> > > I am using Debian Sarge with a 2.4.27 linux kernel. To replace this
> > > kernel with a late 2.6 kernel, is it a simple apt-get install? If so, is
> &
I am using Debian Sarge with a 2.4.27 linux kernel. To replace this
kernel with a late 2.6 kernel, is it a simple apt-get install? If so, is
there any danger of wiping out parts of my home directory? If it's not a
simple apt-get install, is there a suitable HOWTO?
Thanks.
sam
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Dale wrote:
> Sam Rosenfeld wrote:
>
> >My sources.list file is listed in its entirety below.
> >
> >On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Sam Rosenfeld wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>My version of debian 3.1 was downloaded via the net, and the o
My sources.list file is listed in its entirety below.
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Sam Rosenfeld wrote:
> My version of debian 3.1 was downloaded via the net, and the original
> files, which contained the info for the sources.list file, have been lost.
> When I try to install package pkg with
My version of debian 3.1 was downloaded via the net, and the original
files, which contained the info for the sources.list file, have been lost.
When I try to install package pkg with "apt-get install pkg" I get the
following message:
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Chris Humphries wrote:
>
> Obviously, you have no idea what Ubuntu is. Nice try though.
>
> Ubuntu will never be a commercialized linux, and even will mail
> you cds for free. It seems to be organized better and "just works"
> without having to hack things around. Ubuntu bei
What are the major differences among the latest debian, ubuntu, and
knoppix distros?
sam
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Precisely what information do I need to get a working mutt for Debian 3.1?
Once I get it working I think I can tailor it for my needs.
Thanks.
sam
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Since installing sarge, I have not been able to run most of the
manpages on my box. Can I execute apt-get to reinstall all -- and only --
the relevant manpages? And, if so, how?
Thanks,
sam
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Paul Smith wrote:
> What exactly are you looking for?
Something with the features of TurboTax or TaxAct or Kiplinger, etc. All
the commercial ones do whatever I need, with only stylistic differences
distinguishing among them.
> There are a large number of 100% web-based t
Are there any income tax computation programs available for Linux
(Debian)? Since Google has not found any, I assume the answer is "no"; so
what is the best solution (well-debugged, simple to use, relatively
long-lived) one can find short of installing a separate partition or disk
which can handle
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Scott Fitzgerald wrote:
> I don't want to learn to use this thing! If I want to get mail off
> my local system I will use my ISP's smtp server. This thing's documentation
> is just too complex for my needs.
>
> what is the simplest MTA that will just pass messages between
I like Bitstream Vera, but how do I tweak the irritating lower-case "l"
glyph? And how can one edit the space between characters in Mono mode?
sam
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> There is a program called split,is there a counterpart program
> to join the files divided by split?
>
Split used to do that -- I would be surprised if they discontinued it.
sam
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I have looked at Bitstream Vera and have found it to be a very pleasing
font. I have just one question: Is it possible for a user to "tune"
the font -- actually it is only one letter I want to change, the
lower-case "l".
Thanks.
sam
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After installing Debian 3.1 I have found that a whole bunch of apps were
not installed at all. I would like to reinstall a fresh distro, but want
to ensure that I don't have the same problem of missing apps (e.g., almost
all the man pages). I think that I must have misinterpreted the
installation
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Sam Rosenfeld wrote:
> >>>>I erased all my X-related bin files (that is, including apps running
> >>>>on X)
> >>>>and did not have them backed up. I could reinstall them one at a time
> >&
I erased all my X-related bin files (that is, including apps running on X)
and did not have them backed up. I could reinstall them one at a time but
that seems very laborious -- is there some better way?
Currently using Linux 2.2.20, Debian Woody
As I no longer subscribe to the list, please cc
> >The question is: Given my current state, is it reasonable to try to
> >fix each of my problems separately, or would it be more sensible to
> >keep only the critical data and start over with a new installation?
> A large HD is your friend and they certainly are cheap now.
Thanks Hugo, Nate,
Over several months I have tried to fix (or improve) sound, mail, X
windows, and much more. Now, each time I boot up it's an adventure.
For the most part I have tried to decipher whatever relevant docs I
could lay my hands on, but my fiddling has clearly made things worse.
I hardly know what's w
I am having trouble installing a kernel image which seems to depend on
initrd. The error message below is a verbatim message which follows the
halting of the installation. For some reason after I add
'initrd=/initrd' I cannot run lilo. Do I need initrd? If so, how can
I satisfy the request from
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 04:49:43PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:51:59PM -0500, Sam Rosenfeld wrote:
> > I installed Debian Woody about 6 months ago and to my knowledge have
> >
I installed Debian Woody about 6 months ago and to my knowledge have
not experienced sound since then, with one exception: In using either
isapnptools or ALSA a test responded with a sound. I have tried from
time to time to resurrect sound so that I could listen to music CDs on
my CD-Rom etc. but
I installed Debian Woody about 6 months ago and to my knowledge have
not experienced sound since then, with one exception: In using either
isapnptools or ALSA a test responded with a sound. I have tried from
time to time to resurrect sound so that I could listen to music CDs on
my CD-Rom etc. but
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 01:13:10PM -0900, Andy wrote:
Is
> > there any reasonable way to convert an .efx file to a Unix-readable
> > format?
>
> I was frustrated with this as well and I asked them to start sending
> me my faxes in .tiff format. Now I can read my faxes with KFax.
> Use their su
Efax (apparently not related to Unix Efax, which is strange) is a fax
application that runs on MSWindows (but not Unix) and converts the
common fax format to their (probably proprietary) format, xxx.efx. Is
there any reasonable way to convert an .efx file to a Unix-readable
format? To my knowledg
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 02:17:12PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>I know this is slightly off-topic but it's definitely related to
> virtually all Un*xen I've ever come across. I have a colleague who has
> never used a *real* OS but now as part of his job he has to. A few times
> I've c
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 08:34:25PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> jmullin wrote:
> If you don't know about it, the Debian mailing list archives (follow the
> links at http://www.debian.org) are a good place to search for info on
> problems.
>
> What do you mean by "the prompt stage"? Do you mean a l
Is Wine a decent choice for executing scientific and tax-assistance
windows application programs on Debian 3.0? If so, how does the
winapp recognize ext2fs? I've read the relevant docs that come with
Wine, but they are a bit ambiguous for my purposes. (I would prefer to
run Windows applications
Thanks for all the responses to my query.
s.
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 01:55:13PM +0100, Urs Thuermann wrote:
> Sam Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > What are the advantages (and disadvantages ) of Linux 2.4 compared
> > with Linux 2.2? References will s
What are the advantages (and disadvantages ) of Linux 2.4 compared
with Linux 2.2? References will suffice.
Thanks.
s.
s.
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I would like to tag incoming messages that match a pattern which shows
up in the message but does not seem to be accessible to tag. For
example, some messages are sent via a process called "Autoview" which
does not respond to the usual tag or label instructions. Furthermore,
when saving the messa
My command of "fetchmail" yields an index of messages which hangs and
then after it times out (300 sec), gives the reason for the error as
"7". ?The manpage says this condition (fetchmail timing out) can occur
"while waiting for the server."
I am using linux 2.2.20, debian woody, exim, and mutt --
running env from my $HOME directory gets me a bunch of wrong entries;
e.g. MAIL=/var/mail/root, LOGNAME=root, DISPLAY=:0.0. How can I change
these (and other) settings?
Thanks.
s.
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On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:59:46PM +1100, Nick Hastings wrote:
> Hi,
>
>your subject line asks what to add to apt.conf. ... the short
> answer is nothing, to upgrade using apt-get you need to edit
> /etc/apt/sources.list. Replace all instances of "potato" with "woody".
Have been using "stabl
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:34:30AM -0500, Bannerman, Israel wrote:
>
> The last email you sent me on this issue mentioned that I should use
> fetchmail -d [n]. I was wondering if I should add that to the .muttrc file
> or where I should add it and the exact line I should add.
>
It depends on ho
Cannot fetch my mail from my dial-up internet provider. After running
Fetchmail, the only reponse is something like "Faulty authorization:
Query error 3." (A few weeks ago I switched from potato to woody.)
My .fetchmailrc file reads as follows:
poll wdn.com proto IMAP id "id" password "password"
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 03:31:44PM -0500, Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 08:27:08PM -, Charlie Grosvenor wrote:
> > Hi
> > I have noticed that a number of people who post to this list post blank
> > messages, with the actual message attached. Why is this?
>
>
> Your
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 11:26:55AM +0800, Terence Ng wrote:
>
>
> If I want to delete mails in Mutt, I still get "Mailbox is read-only". Why?
You may have already checked your ".muttrc" file -- but, if not, it may have
an entry that stipulates "readonly" or "read only". You will not be able
I have a broken (or at least bent) Debian2.2r2 on my personal box. When I
install woody on the same partition that now holds my 2.2r2, would it be best
to format the partition first? Or are there better ways of handling the
installation?
BTW, I use this machine primarily for software experiment
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 09:52:10PM -0600, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 02:40:06PM -0500, sam rosenfeld wrote:
> > I have tried unsuccessfully to install many packages and programs --
> > from math programs to pine, sawfish and libc6.2. In most cases the
> &
How can I reinstall my X without going through the entire installation process
again? (Debian2.2r2) Startx is gone and using a command line entry of "X"
yields the following response:
X: cannot read /etc/X11/X symbolic link (Invalid argument), aborting.
I'd try to troubleshoot the problem, bu
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 01:50:30PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:40:06 -0500 sam rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have tried unsuccessfully to install many packages and programs -- from
> > math
> > programs to pine, sawfish and libc6.2.
I have tried unsuccessfully to install many packages and programs -- from math
programs to pine, sawfish and libc6.2. In most cases the problem is one in
which the 'make' closes with errors that list dependencies it could not find.
Occasionally, and perhaps unrelated, the error message reads s
When I installed my current (debian-2.2r2) distribution, I think I
unconsciously chose a reduced version -- that is, with a smallish subset
of the files on the CD-rom. I may also have chosen a much too small set
of lib files. The problem: After downloading files from the net (just
about any file
I switched to Debian2.2r2 about eight months ago (at that time 2.2r2 was
the latest distribution). Recently, I've been unable to build almost
all the applications I have tried. The usual problem seems to be missing
file dependencies. In fact, in almost all instances, the application
called for d
I am trying to fix a problem which yields an error when XF86_SVGA is run. The
error message reads as follows: Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'. My sense is that I've got to run
"update-fonts-alias" take the data from a file called
xfonts-base.alias.dpkg-new and, by some
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