Re: home network with mac

2002-06-02 Thread craigw
On Sun Jun 02, 2002 at 01:55:13PM -0400, Jason Healy wrote: > At 1023018658s since epoch (06/02/02 09:50:58 -0400 UTC), Richard Otte wrote: > > At home my kid has a Mac running osx and we'd also have a switch. We'd > > like to connect it to my Debian machine in such a way that we could > > transf

Re: copy of dual boot lilo.conf

2002-05-12 Thread craigw
On Sat May 11, 2002 at 07:03:31PM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Greetings: > > Would anyone care to drop me a copy of their lilo.conf for booting Debian and > another *nix on the same hard drive? I am out of practice, and could us

Re: Small footprint window manager

2002-05-11 Thread craigw
ot vote for the Austrian government I did not vote for anyone, but they still make me pay taxes. I think that really bites. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Modules question

2002-05-09 Thread craigw
; LOL. If you had an old Mac (back when Macs had floppies) you would have to use a paper clip. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OpenOffice.org & Woody

2002-05-06 Thread craigw
On Mon May 06, 2002 at 12:04:01PM -0700, Jeff wrote: > craigw, 2002-May-06 12:36 -0700: > > P.S. It has been known to happen that I have worked on a document for > > several days without saving, or even all week, then saved on Friday. Not > > common practice, of course, but

Re: OpenOffice.org & Woody

2002-05-06 Thread craigw
On Mon May 06, 2002 at 12:20:54PM -0700, craigw wrote: > On Mon May 06, 2002 at 03:07:12PM -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > > %% craigw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > c> What, are you on drugs or something? Come on man, are you pullin' my > > leg >

Re: OpenOffice.org & Woody

2002-05-06 Thread craigw
On Mon May 06, 2002 at 03:07:12PM -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > %% craigw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > c> What, are you on drugs or something? Come on man, are you pullin' my leg > c> or what? It's a pig. A bloated, stuck pig. I see no problem with the >

Re: OpenOffice.org & Woody

2002-05-06 Thread craigw
will eventually move to some combination of Evolution, Gnumeric, Abiword, etc. I have been quite impressed lately with Abiword's ability to open M$ Word files. But it's still not as good as StarOffice, which itself is not perfect. One can only dream of a day, in some perfect future worl

Re: Installing X on woody

2002-05-06 Thread craigw
ust lucky. YMMV. You might consider posting what packages you have installed, what method you are attempting for further installation, what error messages you are getting regarding which conflicts &/or depends, etc. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: where can I find 'play' progran

2002-05-05 Thread craigw
esult. > > Can anyone tell me, what is the name of package that contains 'play' program. > /usr/bin/wavp it is part of wavtools apt-get install wavtools -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread craigw
; copy bzImage from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/ > edit lilo.conf > run lilo what is the deal with /boot/map or /boot/System.map, etc? and what do the error messages mean when they tell me that it is not parsable as a system map? -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Making a boot floppy

2002-05-03 Thread craigw
On Fri, 3 May 2002, David Smead wrote: > > Sorry about any confusion that my post may have caused. However, his > signature was extremely excessive in length. > > -- > Jamin W. Collins > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of

Re: Could not open default font 'fixed'

2002-05-02 Thread craigw
this doesnt solve > the problem.Has anyone else had a similar problem, > Thanks > Kapil check all the FontPaths in XF86Config or XF86Config-4 to make sure they are valid. If you don't see any obvious problems, try removing TrueType (if it's in there)and see if that helps, or mo

Re: Packages

2002-05-02 Thread craigw
s a real Google Dance. > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages http://packages.debian.org/stable/ http://packages.debian.org/testing/ http://packages.debian.org/unstable/ -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread craigw
On Wed May 01, 2002 at 11:01:05PM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 1 May 2002, craigw wrote: > > > > Better still, purchase a better modem at WalMart, put the sound card > > > claiming to be a modem in the modem box, and return it saying it was &g

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread craigw
er price range that I could see specifically mentioning a LAN. I was encouraged in reading that review, that I got the impression maybe they all had LAN cards. or chips. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Konqueror takes forever to load

2002-05-01 Thread craigw
programs, but 8 minutes for the first one is way outta line. Something's wrong. Start it from a shell & see if you can weed out any clues from the dozens of lines it spits out. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: can't compile my QT3 programs

2002-05-01 Thread craigw
/usr/share/qt, but there's no lib directory > there, and I didn't manage to find a revelant one > > > > On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 23:39, craigw wrote: > > On Wed May 01, 2002 at 11:19:17PM +0200, Antoine Schweitzer-Chaput wrote: > > > Hi everybody > > &g

Re: can't compile my QT3 programs

2002-05-01 Thread craigw
I would: add /usr/local/qt-x11-free/3.0.3/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf run ldconfig and then (assuming you're using bash): export QTDIR=/usr/local/qt-x11-free/3.0.3/ export moc=/usr/local/qt-x11-free/3.0.3/bin/moc I'm going to venture a guess that you need the first one -- -CraigW -- To

Re: kmail and console mailers

2002-05-01 Thread craigw
omewhere that some guy does this, but > thought that was only a rumor. > LOL! come on, man. I'm not the only one! ...am I? -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-05-01 Thread craigw
d named > > >mp3c that has a pretty nice ncurses UI (but I don't think it > > > I don't know if it's what you're looking for, but you might take a look at these two: <http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/math/siag_3.1.22.orig.tar.gz>

Re: Install Realplayer???

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
ith > fake stuff if you want) at the bottom is the Alpha version of the Linux > RealOne player. > > You're right, it is still there. Probably the same place it was when I found it last time. I had a heck of a time signing up though. It almost seemed as if maybe I'

Re: Tool to find out info about machine ?

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
On Tue Apr 30, 2002 at 03:57:23PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: > begin craigw quotation: > > > > Anyway, every single day I get dozens of requests for things like > > /MSADC/root.exe, winnt/system32/cmd.exe, etc, etc; all windows stuff & > > therefore all failed

Re: poweroff wont poweroff

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
On Tue Apr 30, 2002 at 01:24:21PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 02:04:37PM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:49:18 -0700 > > "craigw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have the same problem on a Compa

Re: Install Realplayer???

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
RealOne, and I can't find any mention of it on their site now. God, what a terrible and offensive website. f**k 'em. They couldn't pay to use their crap now. Anyways, the Linux Beta of RealOne was a little buggy and unstable, definitely not ready for daily use. I wonder if they just p

Re: kmail and console mailers

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
On Tue Apr 30, 2002 at 11:57:09PM +0200, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * craigw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-04-30 18:25]: > >On Tue Apr 30, 2002 at 10:36:38AM +0200, Thorsten Haude wrote: > >> * Zdzislaw A. Kaleta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-04-30 09:23]: > >&g

Re: Getting mozilla going...

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
etscape on the same machine? Cuz it seems to work over here. Or maybe you have some particular issues in mind that you simply didn't mention. Because, in fact, messed up ~/.netscape directories can screw up Netscape as well as Mozilla. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: stupid script tricks - slightly OT

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
Oh man that is so cool! Yeah, that's much easier. Thanks, I never knew about that. On Tue Apr 30, 2002 at 02:50:38PM -0400, Travis Crump wrote: > I don't know how efficient your method is, but you can also browse/save > from the cache by using about:cache in the browser. &

Re: Tool to find out info about machine ?

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
pical example: modemcable244.105-203-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca - - [20/Apr/2002:13:31:48 -0700] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 210 It doesn't really bother me, but I am curious what sort of reactions can or should be made, or what if anything should be done about them. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: stupid script tricks - slightly OT

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
On Tue Apr 30, 2002 at 01:02:53PM -0400, Travis Crump wrote: > craigw wrote: > > Or at least make sure the cache is empty in all your browsers! > > Mozilla at least doesn't use real names for files, but instead gives all > the files in Cache a 8 charachter pseudo-hexadecim

Re: controlling screen dimming, sleep

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
es is make it wait 60 minutes of inactivity, then go blank. Be worned, I am on xfree86 version 3.3.6; 4.x is probably different. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: poweroff wont poweroff

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
4.18, Corel 1.2 with a hand rolled 2.2.18, and Windoze 98. They all have apm support but Windoze is the only one that can power down. I blame it on Compaq's extremely crappy BIOS. Here is a message I see during boot: apm: BIOS not found I don't know if there's any way to fix it

Re: kmail and console mailers

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
I use mutt to fetch all my POP & IMAP mail. The POP mail all gets put in mboxes in ~/Mail, which is where my kmail looks. They seem to get along fairly well. Here is one of the pertinent lines from .muttrc: set spoolfile='~/Mail/inbox' -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: stupid script tricks - slightly OT

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
( -name \*\.gif -o -name \*\.jpeg -o -name \*\.jpg \ > -o -name \*\.tiff -o -name \*\.tiff \) -a -type f -print | \ > xargs -i ln -s \{\} . > works. I like it. but if you're actually going to use it, wouldn't you want to add a statement for testing, maybe, size &

Re: compiling KDE3 - missing dcopidl

2002-04-30 Thread craigw
s to /etc/ld.so.conf and ran ldconfig: /afolder/corel_addons/kde3/lib /afolder/corel_addons/qt-x11-free-3.0.3/lib HTH -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: unrtf in /etc/mime.types

2002-04-29 Thread craigw
h unrtf --text . how is that > handles with mime.types? > I also use mutt, and my mimetypes are handled in ~/.mailcap here is the line I have for rtf: application/rtf; abiword %s -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-cache again!

2002-04-29 Thread craigw
On Mon Apr 29, 2002 at 02:32:12PM +0100, Satelle, StevenX wrote: > Yes but if you've made a mistake how do you say "no that's not what I meant" > after you've already said yes hit Ctrl-C while it's still downloading the packages -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: libgtk hosed after upgrade

2002-04-29 Thread craigw
which is also in > packagf > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgtk1.2_1.2.10-11_i386.deb > > dpkg -i --force-overwrite \ /var/cache/apt/archives/libgtk1.2_1.2.10-11_i386.deb -- -CraigW

Re: Tool to find out info about machine ?

2002-04-29 Thread craigw
the modem or, what I assume, is that cox cable is reacting to something they don't like that nmap is doing. any advice? -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tool to find out info about machine ?

2002-04-29 Thread craigw
e IP address is known to me, > Thanks > Kapil > > the 2 quickies: host 66.218.71.63 nslookup 66.218.71.63 (they both have manpages & numerous options) Now that we have a name: whois ns1.yahoo.com Or often better: whois -h networksolutions.com ns1.yahoo.com -- -CraigW

Re: simple dpkg & compile from source question

2002-04-28 Thread craigw
On Sun Apr 28, 2002 at 12:31:50PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * craigw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020428 09:31]: > > a-ha. Thank you. I've been wondering about that. You see, the manpage > > for dpkg lists a -R flag twice, and I find it very confusing. First is > > this one:

Re: Will Gnome 2.0 make it inot Woody?

2002-04-28 Thread craigw
unfortunate that the Woody release is timed such that > > it'll miss out on XFree86 4.2, KDE 3, and Gnome 2. > > Foo. That sort of thing happens no matter when you time it. > And with Debian it is trivial to install those things when they finally do appear in your tree of choice,

Re: Mozilla Mail

2002-04-28 Thread craigw
points to the real mailbox that you want to use. Or, leave mbox there, and tell fetchmail to put new mail in mbox. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: XFree 4.1.0.1 debian/testing keyboard freeze problem

2002-04-28 Thread craigw
> > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > "..for dark is the suede..that mows like a harvest." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: simple dpkg & compile from source question

2002-04-28 Thread craigw
On Sun Apr 28, 2002 at 01:51:39AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * craigw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020426 20:19]: > > > > I don't think you need to build your own to accomplish this. > > > > dpkg -i -R /usr/local package.deb > > > > should install &#

Re: installing woody

2002-04-28 Thread craigw
21:09" > Please append correct "root=" boot option > > > The root option in lilo.cfg is root=/dev/hde9 > > should that be /dev/hda9? -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Memory strange behaviour

2002-04-27 Thread craigw
t RedHat have so many background processes popping up that they account for the swap use? Like maybe Nautilus or Oaf or Medusa or whoever it is that seems inclined to do a disk page every 10 seconds? -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: simple dpkg & compile from source question

2002-04-26 Thread craigw
l package.deb should install 'package' in /usr/local If I am wrong please someone correct me. I have seen this in the manpage for dpkg, but have never used it. -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xv on potato?

2002-04-26 Thread craigw
an't find it on potato either. > Has it been removed from potato also? Is there any way to > get it in a debian package? > > <http://archive.debian.org/dists/slink/non-free/binary-i386/graphics/xv_3.10a-20.deb> -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread craigw
ke Mandrake on another partition. In the install process you can choose "Medium" or "High" security. Medium should be fine for home use, High will probably be a hassle. This should solve your current problem, I hope, and you may continue at your leisure to enjoy & learn more

Emacs vs. Vim (Re: vim :help error?)

2002-04-25 Thread craigw
help zippy in vim, it tells me there is no help for zippy! That's not very nice. Well, I suppose it is true, though. -- -CraigW NOW, I'm taking the NEXT FLIGHT to ACAPULCO so I can write POEMS about BROKEN GUITAR STRINGS and sensuous PRE-TEENS!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

2002-04-24 Thread craigw
On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 03:45:38PM -0700, craigw wrote: > On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 05:17:00PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > > > Doing a dpkg --configure won't work because the > > >

Re: bash, Meta-., Windows Key

2002-04-24 Thread craigw
x27;ve also RTFM'd, RTFG'd and searched the debian lists, but I > can't seem to put the right search terms together. > The solution I found was to put this in ~/.inputrc: set convert-meta off set input-meta on set output-meta on -- -CraigW NOW, I'm taking the NEXT FLI

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

2002-04-24 Thread craigw
ed Libranet? What do you think of that xadminmenu program? Is there any way to get xadminmenu besides buying Libranet? here's a couple screenshots of it: http://www.windowatch.com/2002/april/libranet8_4.html -- -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

2002-04-24 Thread craigw
0-162&id=3RYOcpGNBCRrg> It doesn't really say what format they are, perhaps they have various formats. I think it should be safe to assume that the last one should contain the deb file, even if the others don't. I also found the tar.gz available for download: <http://cyberbuzz.

Re: Menu on KDE

2002-04-24 Thread craigw
s is the "wrong way" and if you choose to use it, make backups because your work will get hosed by the normal menu building programs. You will also generate many errors when debconf can't remove things that aren't there. -- -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped

Problems with KDE3 on Slink

2002-04-24 Thread craigw
at I don't have xlibs? Should I maybe try to build & install xlibs from source? I am afraid that installing xlibs may be a very hazardous thing which might break many other things on this old, mostly slink-based system. -- -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumpe

Re: Thread management in kmail

2002-04-24 Thread craigw
s of this with the KDE-1 kmail is read messages that weren't marked read. However, a couple days ago I built KDE3 from source, with kmail 1.2, and seems to be doing what you describe. If I go into the Mail directory and delete every file whose name begins with a dot, then restart kmail, all is we

Re: Has anyone used the debian CD...

2002-04-24 Thread craigw
o > way you get the 2.4.x series of the kernel. Do not buy the book for the > sake of the CD, both are not worth the rupees you are going to spend. > I see that cheap bytes has an 8-CD set of Woody, Jan. 2002 for $18.99 http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070010771?jymV5R3P;;61 --

Re: how to get debconf or whoever to leave my ntp.conf alone

2002-04-24 Thread craigw
On Tue Apr 23, 2002 at 11:25:18PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > Jeffrey, don't take it as a personal attack, but... > > Take a clean design: everything is a file, one tool does > one thing only, every tool has a clear and concise manual > page, etc. > > Let nice and well-meaning people embrace

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

2002-04-23 Thread craigw
On Tue Apr 23, 2002 at 03:52:28PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 11:30:35AM -0700, craigw wrote: > > On Tue Apr 23, 2002 at 09:27:28AM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > > > David Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > They w

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

2002-04-23 Thread craigw
followed the link and noticed you can download Corel PhotoPaint9. http://linux.corel.com/products/pp9/download_instructions.htm I wonder if some of Corel's Linux projects are still alive... -- -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steril

Re: $netstat -a

2002-04-23 Thread craigw
ng for > raw icmp/tcp packets. > -- maybe the xserver? try: ps aux | grep tcp ps aux | grep icmp -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!" -Willy Wonka -

Re: Python

2002-04-23 Thread craigw
y issues. -- I installed python2.1_2.1.3 from source into /usr/local Works like a charm Since /usr/local comes first in my $PATH, if I want to use something which depends on the older python, I start it like so: $ python1.5 /usr/local/lib/iceme/IceMe.py -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

2002-04-23 Thread craigw
ly about a project to produce a Linux competitor to theses type programs, but I don't think they've released anything yet & unfortunately I forget the name. There is also Deneba Canvas, and KDE's KWord probably claims to be in this league. -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting dri

Re: KMail/Mozilla & /var/mail

2002-04-23 Thread craigw
problem, so: ln -s /var/spool/mail/username ~/Mail/spool -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!" -Willy Wonka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Someone tell me the secret of mutt

2002-04-22 Thread craigw
the deleted email's number, hit enter, hit the letter u > > * Reply! letter r or also L for lists or g for group > > Ok thi site shall do the .muttrc for you, it's so simple that you > don't need to be already in touch with the manual: > > http://mutt.netliber

Re: Mozzila: inbox message disappearing

2002-04-22 Thread craigw
5 21:51 Trash.msf -rw-rw-r--1 1000 61 Apr 13 23:03 popstate.dat -rw-rw-r--1 1000 25 Apr 5 21:31 rules.dat You can easily read the mail, save it, or whatever, in case you can't fix Mozilla, with a mail client like mutt. For example: mutt -f Sent opens the 'Se

Re: Local mail delivery gone

2002-04-22 Thread craigw
ppreciate any hints. It works for me but I'm no expert. Do you have /usr/bin/mail? maybe scripts are trying to use that. On my box /usr/bin/mail is a link to /usr/sbin/sendmail (postfix's), but I suspect I may possibly have made that link myself. Not sure. -- -CraigW "You stole

Re: how do I enable a plugin for mozilla?

2002-04-21 Thread craigw
directory. If you run it as user I imagine it might still work, and install to your ~/.mozilla, but maybe not. You can probably just do this as root: mozilla /path/to/jre131_02.xpi -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed a

Re: mutt+Maildir

2002-04-21 Thread craigw
'~/Mailidir/.Sent/mbox' (I am not familiar with Maildir) -- -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!" -Willy Wonka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: apt-cache

2002-04-21 Thread craigw
n't give anyone a clue as to what the > actual problem is. > > apart from that, are you really at intel? is intel encouraging its employees > to run debian? alright! Maybe try dpkg --clear-avail apt-get update ?? -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to play Audio CDs via XMMS?

2002-04-20 Thread craigw
freedb, but neither I nor root can get any sound when trying to play a Cd. I give up. CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

searching the archives (was Re: check for root kit)

2002-04-20 Thread craigw
bian list archive search googlets work 2 ways: if there's any text selected in the browser window, it searches for that text, if not it pops up a little input window. So you need javascript enabled, and allowed to make popups. All four of those lines can be copied & pasted right into your net

Re: Will Gnome 2.0 make it inot Woody?

2002-04-20 Thread craigw
ome 2. By the time it's > finally released, it'll already be obsolete, and will remain that way > for ~2 years until the next release. > Also, Mozilla 1.0 and its corresponding Galeon. :-( Oh, and Lindows - it probably won't include Lindows. ;-) CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Verifying file permissions

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
the permissions, and several things quit working. CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: UPDATE: when using XDM, lose mouse/kbd when logout

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
l works > well. In other words, when I log out, I can ctrl-alt-F2, ctrl-F7 and > everyting works wonderfully. Is my setup messed up somewhere? > Is gpm running? If so, kill it & see if that helps -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian's position on MP3 encoders?

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
I'm really not too sure. All I know is it's all free as "beer" and that it's probably pretty typical: grip 2.91-1 cdparanoia 3a9.7-2 bladeenc-0.94.2 (from the tar.gz source) If you're quite devoted to free (as in speech) you should probably look into ogg. -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xdm/wdm/gdm/kdm/login.app etc.

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
ich sources /etc/X11/xmodmap,Xresources, etc, and maybe Gnome is not. > > > Or there is also a program called numlockX: > > http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/numlockx/ > > > > -CraigW > > Yes, I'm using it. But I've tried adding the numlockx command to

Re: cut-n-pasting links

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
ink, right to that exact point where the little hand turns back into a little arrow, then start dragging. Hope this helps! -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xdm/wdm/gdm/kdm/login.app etc.

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 02:23:49AM -0400, Robert_L wrote: > On Friday 19 April 12:29, craigw wrote: > > > If you've tried any other distros, chances are you've already > > experienced one or more. For example, Mandrake's default is to install > > kdm and RedH

Re: xdm/wdm/gdm/kdm/login.app etc.

2002-04-18 Thread craigw
/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions. Or yours might go in /etc/gdm/Sessions. Anyway, in the newer versions you can also use the GUI configurator to change almost every aspect of the login from right there, before logging in! I believe the menu item is called 'System' -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-17 Thread craigw
e a screensaver start right away with various optons: xscreensaver-command -lock xscreensaver-command -next xscreensaver-command -activate (random) etc CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Linux on Walmart's systemless computers

2002-04-14 Thread craigw
can't remember the actual date. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/24165.html http://news.com.com/2100-1017-842375.html <http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_listing.gsp?path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796%3A86798&dept=3944&am

Re: mail rules

2002-04-14 Thread craigw
I totally agree, dude! Mail totally rules! Right on, man! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: where to install openoffice

2002-04-14 Thread craigw
rchy is for use by the system administrator when installing software locally /opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software packages. Hmmm I'm not seeing much of a distinction. Anyway, I happen to prefer StarOffice 5.2, and I snagged it from an old Stormix CD: staroffice_5.2-1.deb And that deb installs itself in /opt/office52 -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X 4.1.0 (woody) stuck in 640x480

2002-04-14 Thread craigw
roken by line wrapping for email) HorizSync 30-70 VertRefresh 50-150 ModeLine "1024x480"65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vs ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 ModeLine "768x576" 63.

Re: Microsoft Access

2002-04-14 Thread craigw
; > MySQL (backend) > > Just jokin', > Works Excel Access Microsoft puts the moron in oxymoron -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Aliens in the heavens (was Re: seti@home)

2002-03-07 Thread CraigW
Arrgh! I caint take it no moor! IF this threads, going to go on forever, pleeze get a spell chekker. Maybe you can bye wun at sevan-elevan.