[SOLVED] Re: Thunderbird insists on using galeon browser

2006-05-18 Thread jlquinn
Paul Scott wrote: jlquinn wrote: Hi, all. I use thunderbird and firefox currently for email and web. At one point, I used to use galeon, but have since switched. The gnome desktop preferred application setting is set to firefox, and there aren't any setting I saw inside thunderbird itself

[SOLVED] Re: Thunderbird insists on using galeon browser

2006-05-18 Thread jlquinn
Paul Scott wrote: jlquinn wrote: Hi, all. I use thunderbird and firefox currently for email and web. At one point, I used to use galeon, but have since switched. The gnome desktop preferred application setting is set to firefox, and there aren't any setting I saw inside thunderbird itself

Thunderbird insists on using galeon browser

2006-05-15 Thread jlquinn
Hi, all. I use thunderbird and firefox currently for email and web. At one point, I used to use galeon, but have since switched. The gnome desktop preferred application setting is set to firefox, and there aren't any setting I saw inside thunderbird itself to choose a browser. However,

Re: mounting USB pen under 2.6

2006-04-05 Thread jlquinn
michael wrote: I've had a look around but can't see how to mount my USB pen under 2.6 (stable). I've just upgraded from 2.4 where I had a line in /etc/fstab /dev/sda1/usbkey vfat users,noauto0 0 but under 2.6 my first SATA drive in now /dev/sda1 so I'm confused

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Fx won't switch between virtual consoles after Sarge-Etch

2006-03-20 Thread jlquinn
One quick test to try would be to start xev, put the mouse inside, then press C-A-F1. If you get the F1 keycode on the console output, it would at least indicate that X is ignoring the special meaning and that the problem isn't happening at a different layer. Jerry Quinn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: OfficeJet 4110 [Was: Why do I bother?]

2006-03-08 Thread jlquinn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brett wrote: jlquinn wrote: I posted several days ago about the lack of success I'm having with an HP 5440 (regular inkjet). I have hpijs installed (the debian package), but the HP tools can't find the printer and hence nothing works for me. I see the printer

[SOLVED] Re: Basic help with HP5440 inkjet?

2006-02-24 Thread jlquinn
I eventually found a conflict between the printer and a logitech quickcam I also had plugged into the machine. Once I removed the quickcam, the printer worked perfectly. So, this still begs the question of why they conflict, but it's a problem I can put on the back burner for now. Jerry

Re: OfficeJet 4110 [Was: Why do I bother?]

2006-02-20 Thread jlquinn
Brett wrote: S Clement wrote: snip The usb connectiion did not work and neither did the printer, an HP Officejet 4110. For anybody that's interested, I have used a HP OfficeJet 4110 for two years on Linux using hpoj with no problems (apart from the initial setup, due to several factors

Re: SOLVED (Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 yeilds no XF86Config-4 file?)

2006-01-12 Thread jlquinn
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 08:58:31PM -0700, Ed Young wrote: Thanks again! Now I just need to get my Dlink DWL-G510 WiFi card working and all my dreams will have come true... Check the chipset: do an lspci and report back to the list what it outputs. If it's an

Re: nvidia vs. nv drivers

2006-01-02 Thread jlquinn
Gabriel Parrondo wrote: I just moved from nvidia driver to nv. The first reason is that there's is a bug that doesn't let me install nvidia-glx without uninstalling x-system-core, xserver-xorg and xserver-xfree86. Anyway, I feel better using nv as it's free :-) Now, can I install glx driver

Re: 3d acceleartion

2005-12-27 Thread jlquinn
Mark Grieveson wrote: Hello. Is it possible for me to enable 3d acceleration with the hardware I have? Right now, there is absolutely no 3d acceleration. I feel that if it was present, even though my hardware is old, I at least would be able to play PlanetPenguin-Racer (aka TuxRacer). I have

Re: dhcp client wifi setup

2005-12-24 Thread jlquinn
Richard Lyons wrote: I am obviously missing the obvious here. An IBM Thinkpad, sid, orinoco wifi card talks to the Netgear DG834G router when security is disabled, but when I turn WEP on it doesn't connect. /etc/network/interfaces has iface eth0 inet dhcp wireless-essid

Re: Install from usb-stick

2005-12-19 Thread jlquinn
Installing from a usb-stick using either of the 2 way on this link: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/ch04s04.html I have the following problem: Boots is OK, I can choose language, keyboard, but then the netinst.iso which is on the stick is not founded by the installer. I tried on 2

Re: sane access for non-root user

2005-12-13 Thread jlquinn
Brad Sawatzky wrote: Are you sure that the group change (ie. adding yourself to 'scanner') has been applied to the shell you're running xsane from? (Check the output of 'groups' or 'id -Gn'). You may have to log out of your Xsession and log in again to get shells spawned using the new/updated