Proc file system

2001-04-10 Thread Shawn Garbett
Here's another Debian newbie question for yah. I don't seem to have much in the /proc directory. In fiddling with alsa, apm, etc, the HOWTO's will mention checking things in /proc. I go there and there's nothing. How do I go about getting everything I possibly can under /proc? Shawn

okay here's a more specific question to get me started on the alsa path

2001-04-06 Thread Shawn Garbett
oundcore as a module? If that's all that alsa is requiring, can I then just install and configure alsa? Is there some other reason to compile a kernel? It seems excessive to me that one would have to compile a kernel to install sound drivers. Shawn Garbett

Linux Virus

2001-04-05 Thread Shawn Garbett
Whoops,  using a Microsoft Windows box with Netscape here at work, ugh. Had to fight the @[EMAIL PROTECTED] box just to give me the correct URL: http://www.msnbc.com/news/554789.asp Tyrin Price wrote: * Shawn Garbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05Apr01 13:17 -0400]:There's a new virus in t

Adore Linux virus

2001-04-05 Thread Shawn Garbett
There's a new virus in town. Here's the news for the mouthpiece of Bill himself: http://www.allnetdevices.com/wired/news/2001/04/05/motorola_set.html It mentions an adorefind program, has anyone run this under Debian? Are there any recommended package upgrades to prevent these latest rounds of

Boot parameters

2001-04-04 Thread Shawn Garbett
I want a script to be executed once at boot time, (i.e to do /sbin/hdparm setting). Where would this go? If I use a command like update-rc.d foo.sh default 19, then it would be executed at all init levels and at all changes of init levels. Seems excessive to me. Shawn

Alsa

2001-04-03 Thread Shawn Garbett
I tried alsa-config and it complained about drivers and the alsa system not being loaded. Is there a help FAQ somewhere on getting alsa running under Debian?

Re: tap0 which package?

2001-04-03 Thread Shawn Garbett
That did the trick. Thanks, John. Summary is as follows: Problem: After upgrading to sid, ppp quit working Diagnosis: type 'route -n' and noticed tap0 interface in the interface list. Solution: type 'apt-get remove diald' Thanks to everyone who helped me with this. I've gotten several emails a

Alsa

2001-04-02 Thread Shawn Garbett
out. How do I configure Alsa? I know what changes I need, but I don't want to mess with Debian's upgrade process -- it's too good. I installed the driver for my sound card in the kernel successfully. Shawn Garbett

Debian is so HOT!

2001-03-30 Thread Shawn Garbett
I forgot to mention one very entertaining detail of my Debian install. About half way through my first couple of attempts the mouse would quit working. I was cussing Debian's stupid mouse driver instability. Right before I hit the magic combination that made Debian install correctly, my mouse

Got it working!!! More questions!

2001-03-30 Thread Shawn Garbett
mail under X and browsing. I was figuring on trying kmail and konqueror at first. I hear bad remarks about Netscape and Mozilla all the time. What else is there? Shawn Garbett

OT: Re: pyton & perl

2001-03-30 Thread Shawn Garbett
D-Man wrote: On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 01:43:37PM -0500, Shawn Garbett wrote: | Maintenance issues aside, if you want an "empirical" study comparing | perl to python, as well as C/C++ and Java, check the following link: | http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/psview?document=/ira/200

Re: pyton & perl

2001-03-29 Thread Shawn Garbett
Maintenance issues aside, if you want an "empirical" study comparing perl to python, as well as C/C++ and Java, check the following link: http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/psview?document=/ira/2000/5 It's the only article I've seen like it. If you're serious about making unmaintainable co

Installation of third party software under Debian

2001-03-29 Thread Shawn Garbett
IBM Java installer. Is it usable with a downloaded gz file? Shawn Garbett

Power Management

2001-03-29 Thread Shawn Garbett
When I had RedHat installed, my machine would auto-power off at shutdown. It doesn't do that anymore. How can I enable this under Debian? APM? ACPI? Do I need a certain kernel? Can I easily modify the modules of the current one? Shawn Garbett

Installing Debian

2001-03-28 Thread Shawn Garbett
and read one. What gives? Shawn Garbett