Re: woody stable?? when?

2001-10-29 Thread Keith Willoughby
it's ready". Is there a definition of "ready"? No Critical bugs? -- Keith Willoughby "One university computer center kept a teddy bear near the help desk. Students with mysterious bugs were required to explain them to the bear before they could speak to a human counselor" - Practice of Programming

Re: something wrong with the RealPlayer

2001-10-28 Thread Keith Willoughby
Philipp Bliedung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > when I start the installation I can't read anything - all I see is a > dotted rectangular instead of a letter. it's a font problem. Try reordering your FontPath statements in XF86Conf[-4] -- Keith Willoughby "One univer

Re: Navigating IMAP in Mutt

2001-10-26 Thread Keith G. Murphy
"Justin R. Miller" wrote: > > Thus spake David J. Roundy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I'm guessing you want to hit return. > > Actually, you'll want to hit 'space' to change into a folder, since > Cyrus supports folders with both subfolders and messages. > You get the prize for right answer. You

Re: What stupid mistake am I makeing? (networking)

2001-10-25 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Stan Brown wrote: > > I have a Debian potato + Progeny box siting in my office, right next to a > FreebSD box. Both are conected to the same network subnet. The FreeBSD box > can get to the timeserver, Tthe Debian one cannot. I must be doing > something really stupid here. > > Here is the info of

Navigating IMAP in Mutt

2001-10-25 Thread Keith G. Murphy
I'm using Mutt 1.3.12i on Potato against Cyrus IMAP. I can browse my IMAP folders fine using 'c'. Question is, how can I see the *messages* in a subfolder once I've navigated to it? Using TAB to get the message view only takes me back to the messages in my top INBOX. I hope this is not too off-

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2001-10-23 Thread Keith Kwan
unsubscribed

Re: X sesion blanking _after_ screen saver stars up

2001-10-23 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Stan Brown wrote: > > I'm runing potato + Progeny + 2.4.9 kernel packages. I'm using gnome, and > have it set up to start the svreen saver after 5 minutes, which it does. > However, sometime later the whole screen balnks. I've noticed that the > 2.4.9 kernel packagges do not include apm, so I'm as

Re: imap mail

2001-10-23 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Andreas Leitner wrote: > > Hi, > > I hope this is not too offtopic here. I have now successfully set up a > cyrus imap/exim based mail server using debian testing for my personal > use. The goal is to use this server as my main mail archive. And there > are lot's of mails in there, most come from

Problem with htdig security update

2001-10-18 Thread Keith G. Murphy
I just applied the suggested security update to htdig (running Potato). I'm getting this error: # htdig -iv DB2 problem...: illegal flag specified to db_open htdig: Unable to open/create document database '/var/spool/htdig/db.docdb' I got some similar errors during the install. Anybody have a c

Re: gunzip stops working

2001-10-17 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Ken Januski wrote: > > Hi, > > I've run into an odd problem over the last few months. More than half > the *gz files I download from Netscape refuse to unzip with gunzip. I > always get the message XXX is "not in gzip format." > Running file on XXX gives me "GNU tar archive." Does anyone have any

htdig security update problem

2001-10-17 Thread Keith G. Murphy
I just applied the suggested security update to htdig (running Potato). I'm getting this error: # htdig -iv DB2 problem...: illegal flag specified to db_open htdig: Unable to open/create document database '/var/spool/htdig/db.docdb' I got some similar errors during the install. Anybody have a c

Re: bad performance on playing video

2001-10-14 Thread Keith Willoughby
that looks interesting? (I have no idea if your using the frame buffer device complicates matters, nor do I know if X even supports the xvideo extension on the S3virge) -- Keith Willoughby "Playing to lose is like sleeping with your sister. Sure she's a great piece of tail with a blouse full of goodies, but it's just illegal." - Topper Harley

Re: bad performance on playing video

2001-10-14 Thread Keith Willoughby
play video. > I set up MTRR support. What else should I do to increase the video > performance? It's pretty much entirely down to how much can be done in hardware. What version of X are you running? Does it support hardware acceleration for your video card? -- Keith Willoughby "Pla

Re: fish tank desktop background?

2001-10-11 Thread Keith Willoughby
rhaps? > > > > So I'm not going crazy! I've seen something similar. > > > > I don't have Nautilus installed though. Gnome itself? > > Gnome panel easter egg :). Thanks. I'd put it down to hallucinations due to a lack of sleep. :) Still, I'd

Re: fish tank desktop background?

2001-10-11 Thread Keith Willoughby
s for several minutes. I > think it is an easter egg in Nautilus perhaps? So I'm not going crazy! I've seen something similar. I don't have Nautilus installed though. Gnome itself? -- Keith Willoughby "Playing to lose is like sleeping with your sister. Sure she's a gre

Re: Managing tasks through remote access

2001-10-11 Thread Keith Willoughby
swear by VNC (Virtual Network Computing) - http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ -- Keith Willoughby "Playing to lose is like sleeping with your sister. Sure she's a great piece of tail with a blouse full of goodies, but it's just illegal." - Topper Harley

Re: this list is like hotel california

2001-10-10 Thread Keith G. Murphy
"Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > on Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:55:37AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Rino Mardo wrote: > > > > > > "...you can check in anytime you want, but you can never leave..." > > > > >

Re: this list is like hotel california

2001-10-09 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Rino Mardo wrote: > > "...you can check in anytime you want, but you can never leave..." > > i sent an unsubscribe to the listbot three days ago and up to now it > hasn't acted on it. failing that i sent a request to the list > maintainer and that too hasn't acted on it. > Question to more savv

Re: Dudas sobre Hardware

2001-10-08 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Barreto Barreto Jose Luis wrote: > > Les mando este mensaje para hacer una pregunta sobre la mejor versión de > Debian que podría instalar en mi ordenador sin que se ralentize o tenga > problemas. El ordenador que poseo tiene las siguientes características: > > -Pentium 100 > -24 Mb RAM EDO > -40

Re: xserver-xfree86 install problem (debian-testing)

2001-10-07 Thread Keith Willoughby
Blars Blarson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > startx won't work, it wants something in /etc/X11/X, but I can't > figure out what. /etc/X11/X should be pointing to an X server. Mine, for example, is a symlink to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 . What is the result of ls -l /etc/X11/X ?

Re: Letters displaying as aquares.

2001-10-06 Thread Keith Willoughby
ook as ugly as sin again. Mind you, I have zero idea about how fonts work in X. It appears to be magic. -- Keith Willoughby "Playing to lose is like sleeping with your sister. Sure she's a great piece of tail with a blouse full of goodies, but it's just illegal." - Topper Harley

Re: SPAM WARNING: spammers use Debian lists for harvesting

2001-10-03 Thread Keith Willoughby
someone else. Funnily enough, UK educational addresses used to be that way around. (Mine used to be [EMAIL PROTECTED]). I wonder if there are any JANet gateways that still do the address translation . . . -- Keith Willoughby "Playing to lose is like sleeping with your sister. Sure she's

Re: Xawtv - update

2001-09-29 Thread Keith Willoughby
; > Are there people on this list that run machines with a SB live! ? Does line > in and mic work for you? I'm running a Hauppage TV card and an SB Live! - I have a short external cable connecting line-out from the TV card to the line-in of the soundcard. It all works fine. -- Kei

Re: Xawtv - again (was: Xawtv and Xfree86 4.0)

2001-09-28 Thread Keith Willoughby
efault volume in .xawtvrc, it appears to default to 0% volume. (This *may* be a recent change. I'm using zapping myself, but I used to use xawtv, and I'm sure that at one point it would default to 100%.) -- Keith Willoughby This isn't TV, he isn't William Shatner

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-24 Thread Keith G. Murphy
dman wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 09:29:11AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > | DvB wrote: > ... > | > You could always set up a tarpit: > | > > | > http://www.hackbusters.net/LaBrea/ > | > > | How is this different from, or better than, CodeRedneck?

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-21 Thread Keith G. Murphy
DvB wrote: > > "Brooks R. Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would > > > > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. > > > > > > Not correct, it gets a Redirect as the response, and it's its > >

Error message at boot time

2001-09-15 Thread Keith O'Connell
e myself a problem? Keith -- +--+ Keith O'Connell | "That which does not kill Maidstone, Kent (UK) | us, usually still hurts. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | That's just life, I'm afraid"

Re: Gnome Freeze

2001-09-01 Thread Keith O'Connell
ve made a mistake. Can anyone guide me as to the correct module for this board? Keith-- +------+ Keith O'Connell | "That which does not kill Maidstone, Kent (UK) | us, usually still hurts. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | That's just life, I'm afraid"

Re: Gnome Freeze

2001-09-01 Thread Keith O'Connell
disable a sound module or re enable another one. I am hopeful of a fix that does not require *another* full installation Keith -- +------+ Keith O'Connell | "That which does not kill Maidstone, K

Re: Gnome Freeze

2001-09-01 Thread Keith O'Connell
or any Gnome app. In fact Top was the only app with a value above zero in the cpu column. I guess that is not the answer you were expecting? Keith -- +------+ Keith O'Connell | "That which does not

Gnome Freeze

2001-09-01 Thread Keith O'Connell
so I fear Gnome as the culprit as everything else is fine. Why is this happening. I would like a solution that is not "Go to Woody". I am new and working with stable and learning is enough without intentionally adding another joker to the pack.

Re: Novice NFS

2001-08-31 Thread Keith O'Connell
Anthony; > Does "keith" on all the machines have the same UID and GID? If not then > you will have to run ugidd to map the client "keith" UID/GID to the server > "keith" UID/GID. Luckily for me, I had the same UID/GID on both computers > so I disa

Re: Debian 2.2R3 scanner problem...

2001-08-31 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: > > Hi, > > scanner help needed. > > I just installed a fresh Debian 2.2R3 and wanted to scan. > So I installed sane. > > But when I run xscanimage it says it can't find any devices. > > That makes me wonder, because: > > During bootup the the BIOS finds my SCSI sc

Novice NFS

2001-08-31 Thread Keith O'Connell
ody:nogroup". I want the user and group details to reflect the creator, in this case me "keith:keith". Where is my problem likely to lie? The uid/gid entries are the same on each machine ( there is only one user "keith") the exports file on the server reads

Re: Partitioning Advice

2001-08-30 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Robert Waldner wrote: > (swap is on hda3 and equals the size of my > physical RAM (128 MB), I remember something about swap shouldn´t be > more than physical RAM or the like, somebody could fill in hard facts > on that?) > That's complete and utter bullshit, superstitious oral tradition. You a

Re: Bolet?n Informativo - Agosto 2001

2001-08-20 Thread Keith G. Murphy
John Galt wrote: > > But Debian is God's Own Distribution :) > In the spirit of GNU's Not Unix, don't you mean: GOD's Own Distribution? :-)

Re: gs and stp drivers

2001-08-20 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Eduard Bloch wrote: > > #include > James D Strandboge wrote on Fri Aug 17, 2001 um 07:52:52AM: > > I recently bought an Epson Color Photo 780 printer because I read it > > I use 680 (aka 777) but the quality of the drivers is the same. > First: don't take cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Sid, it's b

Re: Can't print after kernel compile

2001-08-20 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Ken Januski wrote: > > I'm wondering if I could have chosen something else in menuconfig that > would interfere with parallel printing but if so I sure can't figure out > what it is. > There are *three* options that need to be in place in the kernel build (look in your .config file): CONFIG_PARP

Re: smbmount

2001-08-16 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Petteri Heinonen wrote: > > > > > Petteri Heinonen wrote: > > > > > > I've a problem with smbmount when trying to mount as ordinary > > > (not root) user. I can mount samba shares if I mount them > > > under ordinary users own home directory, for exmple in > > > /home/orduser/mnt/ . Also, I can mo

Re: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?

2001-08-16 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > > Well, to an extent. Sometimes when you > > > > report a problem with a package, the > > > > maintainer's reply is basically, "well, use > > > > the latest one from unstable or wherever, > > > > that should work, I'm not interested in fixing > > > > the old version t

Re: vim and Tera Term

2001-08-15 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Todd Combs wrote: > > This doesn't totaly apply to Debian, but I figure maybe some nice person > here can help :-) > > I SSH into my Debian box from windows, and I use Tera Term. My > problem is I want to use vim, but it doesn't work quite like it does when I > am "local". Specificly

Re: Gigabyte GA-7DZ

2001-08-15 Thread Keith O'Connell
Sam, > you can try es1370 or es1371. i have used either of > these with creative clones. Thank you - This was what I wanted to know Keith -- +--+ | Keith O'Connell | "That whi

Gigabyte GA-7DZ

2001-08-14 Thread Keith O'Connell
y. Any one used this board/sound chip and give me the best answer? Keith -- +--+ | Keith O'Connell | "That which does not kill | | Maidstone, Kent (UK) | us, usually still h

partitioning revisited

2001-08-09 Thread Keith O'Connell
; h: "Swap files are an irrelevance on modern machines" My questions are not from a lack of research, rather I have found out too much which is contradictory. I would like some guidance in sorting the what from the chaff here Keith -- +--

partitioning revisited

2001-08-09 Thread Keith O'Connell
; h: "Swap files are an irrelevance on modern machines" My questions are not from a lack of research, rather I have found out too much which is contradictory. I would like some guidance in sorting the what from the chaff here Keith -- +--

Re: Non X-windows GUI web browser?

2001-08-07 Thread Keith G. Murphy
will trillich wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:58:16AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Joost Kooij ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010724 23:15]: > > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 07:58:24PM +0100, Frank Zimmermann wrote: > > > > I don't think you need to install X on your router. You fire up > > > > webin

Re: Network Drivers

2001-08-02 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Andy Laurence wrote: > > > > OK, I've managed to get the default drivers installed > > (driver-1.bin), but > > > there is no 82559 driver > > > > > No. It is the eepro100 driver, as Slaven Peles mentioned. > > I've tried that one ... > > -- > > /lib/modules/2.2.19pre17-idepci/net/eepr

Re: Network Drivers

2001-08-01 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Andrew Laurence wrote: > > > OK, I've managed to get the default drivers installed (driver-1.bin), but > there is no 82559 driver :-( No. It is the eepro100 driver, as Slaven Peles mentioned.

Re: exim won't relay mail

2001-07-31 Thread Keith G. Murphy
dman wrote: > > I setup exim on my system this weekend, but it's not working quite > right. I had a school assignment to create a simple smtp client so I > setup exim so I could test it without blocking the phone line. exim > delivers locally just fine. However, it won't send any mail to other

Re: Printproblem with CUPS and LaserJet 1100

2001-07-26 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Gast CPU20 wrote: > > Hey Boys and Girls! > > I want to achieve that my LaserJet 1100 provides printing for my > windows-network. Unter Suse I did this with Samba and some > printing-installing with Yast. Under Debian I heard CUPS is the right > utility. So i installed Cups and tried to config

Re: perl question

2001-07-23 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Ilya Martynov wrote: > > >> > Here's one for some of the perl guys > >> > > >> > I want to delete a directory that will have files in it... > >> > I don't know the name of the files there for wildcards might > >> > be needed > >> > > >> > I understand that "rmdir" will wipe out an empt

Motherboards

2001-07-21 Thread Keith O'Connell
give the least compatibility problems with the various chip sets available and for on-board sound. Your views and suggestion, your experiences and advice are all keenly sought. Keith -- +--+ | Keith O'Co

Re: Remote file systems

2001-07-21 Thread Keith O'Connell
daemons? I would like to know. however that problem is solved, so on to the next one Thanks to David and Marty for long detailed explanations. I have filed them Keith. -- +--+ | Keith O'Connell

Remote file systems

2001-07-20 Thread Keith O'Connell
up time the daemons "rpc.nfsd" and "rpc.mountd". I find that I have to load them by hand each time I boot the machine up 1: Why would they not be set-up to load at boot time? 2: How do I correct this so they *do* run at boot time? Anyo

Re: Setting up printing

2001-07-18 Thread Keith G. Murphy
"Keith G. Murphy" wrote: > > Dave Sherohman wrote: > > > > > > I use CUPS with a Stylus Color 880 and the stock stcolor.ppd from the > > cupsys package. No ghostscript. No cupsomatic. It just works. > > > Good point. I do a lot of printing

Re: Setting up printing

2001-07-18 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Dave Sherohman wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 12:13:57PM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > Brian, what's been said about CUPS is true, and that's what I use. > > I guess you haven't heard all that's been said about CUPS... I meant on *this* thread.

Re: Setting up printing

2001-07-17 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Brian McGroarty wrote: > > I've never configured a printer under Linux. I've got an Epson Sylus > Color 740i hooked up via USB, and I've got it to the point where I can > cat files directly to the device and see them printed. > > I'm a bit baffled by the number of choices of packages which are >

RPC services

2001-07-15 Thread Keith O'Connell
me and one does not. When they were installed in a similar fashion why does one machine need these commands entered additionaly, and more importantly, how do I edit it so that it *will* run these at boot time? I told you I was new - Please indulge me with what must be

Re: Well I don't know for sure to be honest, but I certainly don't think it is good manners to put your entire message in the subject of your message. I mean, you could do it of course, and it will probably work, too. But should you? And what will your audience think of it? After all, the subject is really just meant to be an indicator of what's in the actual message. But I couldn't find anything in your message, so I thought I should be writing you about it in this way, so you would best see the point I am trying to make. It is also a lot harder to insert correct linebreaks in the subject, so that alone should be a reason to avoid doing these stupid things. And else will be next? HTML mail in the subject? Javascipt? A $%^$ ms-word document? I really think you definately should reconsider doing these things, surely nothing good can come of it. Re: is there software that will do financial options/risk analysis? (opensource) PS: I hope this does not crash people's mail user agents..AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

2001-07-12 Thread Keith G. Murphy
will trillich wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 04:56:44PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 09:57:42AM -0400, Walter Tautz wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > i must say, that was the best laugh i've had in a looong time. > > (anybody have email brakage from this? my mutt had no >

pcmcia nic confuddelment.

2001-07-04 Thread Keith O'Connell
ssion from other messages that laptops are trickier than desktops to set up with linux. Did I just change the gradient on my learning curve by taking the laptop on? Keith -- +--+ | Keith O'Connell | "

Re: Telnet Client --> solved

2001-06-25 Thread Keith G. Murphy
nico de haer wrote: > > Hi all! > > Thanks for all the reactions, i've got Putty off the web (Sebastian, there > is a newer version than the one you sent me but thanks anyway!) and i love > it! all the things i wanted are there, works great and: 200 Kb (no typo!) > Good stuff comes in small packa

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-25 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Jack Pryne wrote: > [cut] > > Imagine a P2P network of Debian users who *all* shared their system > configuration information, thus comprising a consensus of proper > configuration for various hardware compositions, (e.g. All users with the > AsusV7 motherboard and Matrox G400 graphics card would

Re: Mount windows drive within another machine (network)

2001-06-25 Thread Keith G. Murphy
nico de haer wrote: > > Juan, > > Share the drive under windows, and use samba (the smbmount part) to mount it > somewhere on your Linux system. One warning: un-mount the share *before* you > turn off your windows box or before it *crashes* Linux doesn't like mounts > to go without saying bye. I

Re: IPX over the Internet

2001-06-22 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Ian Perry wrote: > > H (Cogs are start to grind) > > Well that would take care of security via the firewall. > > Ian > > -Original Message- > From: Mike Egglestone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:28 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: IPX o

Re: TrueType Font Guide feedback

2001-06-22 Thread Keith G. Murphy
"Paul D. Smith" wrote: > > It's a doc that describes how to get TrueType fonts set up correctly on > your Debian system. There is an older (and slightly outdated) version > for Debian 2.2/stable with XFree86 3.3.6, and the new version I just > posted for Debian testing/unstable with XFree86 4. >

Re: TrueType Font Guide feedback

2001-06-21 Thread Keith G. Murphy
"Paul D. Smith" wrote: > > %% Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > rb> Thanks for making this available; I used the one for 4.x, as I > rb> used the earlier one. It's very helpful. > > Welcome! I'm obviously coming in late on this, but: where is it? Is this something out on the web

Re: Linux equivalents of Visual basic and Visual C++?

2001-06-08 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > > Hi: > > Are there any programs around for linux which provide the sort of > programming environment given by Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual > C++? > The closest I can think of is Borland's Kylix; I haven't tried it yet, but I love Delphi, its Windows equ

Re: Parallel Port hosed-- Please help me

2001-06-07 Thread Keith G. Murphy
"Shawn P. Garbett" wrote: > > Okay I recompiled the kernel to get my CDBurner to work. Everything is cool > until I goto print. The printer device is totally hosed. I've tried a wide > variety of things to get it to work. I'm at a loss as to what to do next. I > compiled parport and parport_pc as

stable - testing

2001-05-23 Thread Keith O'Connell
hy are specified dependencies not available 2: I also pointed my "security.debian.org" entry to testing and it baulked at that completely. For security update for packages in testing, what should the security si

Re: Novice mail project

2001-05-20 Thread Keith O'Connell
here and see how it goes - Thanks Keith -- +--+ | Keith O'Connell | "That which does not kill | | Maidstone, Kent (UK) | us, usually still hurts. | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | That's just life, I'm afraid" | +--+

Novice mail project

2001-05-20 Thread Keith O'Connell
sendmail is probably overkill, but the object her is education not ease of setup. Whilst this is likely a trivial task for most, it is a starting point for me Keith -- +------+ | Keith O'Connell |

Re: ~/.Xdefaults

2001-05-18 Thread Keith O'Connell
t > ~/.Xdefaults is not accessed when X is started. Looking at Yes - Certain, It was the thing I tried immediatly befor I posted -- +--+ | Keith O'Connell | "That which does not kill | |

~/.Xdefaults

2001-05-18 Thread Keith O'Connell
wo ways of starting X that relates to configuration and defaults? How do I get this file to load automatically at start time? Keith -- +--+ | Keith O'Connell | "That which does not kill | |

Re: Help Please With HP Travan Scsi Tape Drive

2001-05-08 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Stephen Broadbridge wrote: > > Hi All > > I cannot get my HP Travan T4000S Scsi tape drive to work. I have gathered > all the information I can find about the problem into the rest of this email. > Am I missing something obvious? Thanks in anticipation of any assistance > given. > > This i

Re: backup strategies

2001-05-03 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya > > I'd use disk as backups... if i was starting from scratch > - nothing need be done...unlike tapes that requires regular > possibly daily interaction ) > Are you not concerned that your disk controller will go wacky, fubarring both drives? I'd be in

Re: Netscape 4.77 - spell checker

2001-05-03 Thread Keith O'Connell
mes across unrecognised, but correct words, I select the "learn" option to add then to ~/.netscape/custom.dic, but they don't go there, that file resolutely remain at 0 file size. What is the key to getting this feature to work? Keith - +-

Netscape 4.77 - spell checker

2001-05-02 Thread Keith O'Connell
even when I had 4.76 running and the spell checker worked, the custom.dic file never took any of the words I wanted to add to it. it remains at a zero file length What is likly to be wrong with my setup here? Keith

Re: fetchmail, mutt, imapd and netscape

2001-05-02 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Karsten Bolding wrote: > > Hello > > Here is what I want: > get mail via fetchmail - sort into maildir format (~/Maildir) - works! > use mutt to read mail when at the console - works! > Run an imapd to serve the ~/Maildir directory structure - problems > Use netscape to read mail when not at cons

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-27 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Mike Fedyk wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:16:29AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > > > You see, the modem actually does work in the sense that you can send > > 'AT' strings to it and get 'OK''s back. > > > > It's j

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-27 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Hall Stevenson wrote: > > * Mike Fedyk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010426 15:39]: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:16:29AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > > Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Your problem sounds like a Plug-n-Play one.

Re: VMware

2001-04-26 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Colin Watson wrote: > > > In the case of Debian, maybe that's just because there's no-one to form > a strategic marketing alliance with or whatever? :) I used to think Progeny might do some of that, but I guess that's not part of their mission.

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-26 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > Your problem sounds like a Plug-n-Play one. A similar problem occurs > with some network cards. Disable PnP on the card. Also, in your BIOS, > disable the "PnP Operating System" option if you have one. From what > I've read, that should read "Windows", not "PnP O/S". >

Re: Timeout for shell script

2001-04-26 Thread Keith O'Connell
and, or fail"? When I asked in newsgroups about setting up rdate, I was howled at and told that I should not even consider rdate, but that i should use ntp. I do now and time setting is a problem of the past. Have a look at ntp - you may be attempting to solv

apt-get etc

2001-04-26 Thread Keith O'Connell
navigator netscape 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded My Netscape instalation went from 4.76 to 4.77 at the recent change, so what does the "3 not upgraded r

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-25 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > So far, it seems that everyone has suggested avoiding internal modems > and getting an external one. Why ?? If someone is capable of building > their own PC, I'd hope they're also capable of reading the requirements > of a modem they purchase. I've used two or three di

Re: Problem dialing in via mgetty.

2001-04-23 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > > I am putting together a four machine (Debian) GNU/Linux network in my > HS classroom. It's substantially working, and, I might add, much to > the credit of the Debian team and the excellent install setup. I am > running 2.2, pretty much "out of the box." > > Tonig

ipchains packets logs get displayed on active tty

2001-04-22 Thread Keith Johnson
As per subject. Quite annoying when I am trying to do important things. (Like play nethack). I am using firestarter v6.1 with debian woody. Thanks for any help pgp6KMYvs7H8N.pgp Description: PGP signature

dpkg serious warning - cannot apt-get or run dpkg

2001-04-22 Thread Keith Elder
me out of using apt-get, dpkg or anything. The biggest question is how do I fix it! I am stuck. Z. ### Keith Elder Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile/Pager: 1-734

Samsung ML-4500 Printer

2001-04-22 Thread Keith Johnson
and the foomatic print system from linuxprinting.org. Can anyone help? Thanks Keith

Re: Getting Online with DSL Ethernet

2001-04-20 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Anthony wrote: > > Actually it's not a static IP. > Almost undoubtedly, then, it's PPPoE, and you need the Roaring Penguin client. Or a router that will do the PPPoE for you! But RoE works fine. (Do I have too many P's there?)

Re: Use Linuxdesktop to login to an NT server.

2001-04-20 Thread Keith G. Murphy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 3. Then download the startup script and map those same user directories to > somewhere on the ext2 fs tree. > > 4. Access files I created on the NT server (like Lotus notes databases, email, > etc.) > > Is this at all possible just by using samba? > Part of it is

Re: any women here?

2001-04-18 Thread Keith G. Murphy
will trillich wrote: > > > Lesson to be learned -- all stereotypes are evil. Is that a stereotype about stereotypes? In which case... Hmmm.

Re: The Heart Is An Open Source: A Romance

2001-04-18 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Be careful here: smail is not sendmail; I think it was largely an attempt to simplify the configuration while retaining command-line compatibility. While exim was really a bit of a rewrite of smail. So smail might have been a pretty good default. Someone correct me if I got something wrong above

Re: R: Pascal

2001-04-16 Thread Keith G. Murphy
marco frattola wrote: > > > I feel your pain. Not only is is not open source, it's *quite* > > expensive, much more so than Windows Delphi. We're talking $1K here, > > for the *less* expensive version. > > there's a rumored free download edition coming out around june (they say). > without db s

Kernel - testing to stable

2001-04-16 Thread Keith O'Connell
r a reboot. I know it is coming in the near future, so I thought I would get some information on how it is done in the Debian world. When I ran windows, at each change (3.1, 3.11 wfw, 95, 98, NT4, 2000) each release was best served by wiping the lot off and s

Re: How to compile the debian way?

2001-04-09 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Mark Devin wrote: > > Nathan wrote: > > > goto www.roaringpenguin.com and u can download the rp-pppoe-3.0tar.gz file > > and > > untar it and cd into the directory and type ./go to do the setup. > > I am still having probles with this ADSL on Telstra Bigpond > > I did what you said above. It

Re: Pascal

2001-04-09 Thread Keith G. Murphy
r who eagerly anticipated this product. Martin Marconcini wrote: > > Kylyx is not Free... that is the problem. > > anyway... www.borland.com > > Regards, > > Martin. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Keith G. Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Security in sources.list

2001-04-08 Thread Keith O'Connell
that the security is only for "stable" and similar entries for "testing" and "unstable", also do not exist. Can anyone clarify this for me? Why are there no mirror sites for "security"? Keith -- ---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith O'Connell)

UK mirror

2001-04-07 Thread Keith O'Connell
27;t take our mirror away! Keith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith O'Connell)

sources.list

2001-04-07 Thread Keith O'Connell
sites for the stable distribution is there only one for "security". Are ther alternative sites to prevent bottlenecks, or have I missed something here? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith O'Connell)

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