Deb Archibes

2001-07-10 Thread Romeu
Hi, I've been out of debian for a few months... I have a few questions: For where should I point /etc/apt/sources.list? Well, I think woody is almost stable, but I have potato dists CD's. So, I installed potato, pointed /etc/apt/sources.list to http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib

Re: Multi-platform software development

2001-05-11 Thread romeu
Well, I think qt is the better choice. I didn't realize there was an windows version. I'm intending to develop mostly base and client-server software. So, Java won't fit. Thanks, all. Eric

Multi-platform software development

2001-05-11 Thread romeu
Hello, debian users. I have a question not so specific to debian, but I'm sure you can help me. I'm in the need of developing a multi-platform system. Can anyone give me a hint of which tool's (libraries) to use? I'd like to develop applications for linux(es), unix(es) and windows. I'm even about

Re: X config problem causes me to have reinstall entire OS--!!newbie warning!!

2000-10-30 Thread romeu
I think this kind of stuff would really do good to the debian configuration. There's a lot of msg's at startup I cannot view with neither dmesg nor with cat /var/log/syslog. It's quite simple to implement (well, windows does that). We should be able to go step-by-step from the very begining of the

Re: change login method

2000-10-30 Thread romeu
Just uninstall xdm: apt-get remove xdm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Re: KDE2 dependence problem

2000-10-27 Thread romeu
I am experiencing KDE2 crashes, too. I got a few crashes in the Control Center. It looks like win. At least, you can kill the app without rebooting. Hope they fix these problems. Anthony Fox wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Peter Fedichev wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have seen a couple of "I

Re: Looking for libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2

2000-10-25 Thread romeu
It's part of the woody (unstable) distribution. Point your /etc/apt/sources.list to woody (unstable in place of stable, woody in place of potato). apt-get update apt-get install libstdc++2.10 (I guess... See the package name with apt-cache search libstdc++2.10) It will install libqt2.2, and all th

Debian and Red Hat togheter

2000-10-23 Thread romeu
Another question (It's half off-topic, I know): I'm installing Red Hat. Is there anyone that has 2 different linux OS's in the same machine, and was able to optimize disk space? Say, symlink a few directories (/home, for example) from one installation to another? It would not only optimize disk sp

Re: how to upgrade from potato to woody

2000-10-23 Thread romeu
I'm upgrading from potato to woody. I already did the following steps: 1) Downloaded Woody packages (just like libstdc++2.10, kde2...), and installed it to run under potato. 2) Downloaded Woody Kernel-Source test5, and built bzImage, so I use loadlin do boot it with a dos menu. In the dos menu, I

Re: apt-getting from behind a proxy + IP tunnel

2000-10-10 Thread romeu
I wrote to the list a few days ago, asking if somebody could tell me how to get a connection to internet thru a windows box, just like Maarten is asking. Now, I already have my real modem working, but I still think the question is interesting, an the answer to it is feasible. Can you IP tunnel to

Re: Help: Kernel compile Statistics error

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
I usually do: make dep make clean make bzImage make modules make modules_install After that, you can use make-kpkg for whatever you want. PS: Have you tried make menuconfig, or make xconfig (under x11)? make config is a long way to go...

Re: Printer configuration on debian - Another question

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
I think I used lp=parport0 parport=0x378,7, in my loadlin command line ... My paralell port uses IRQ 7 under windows, so I though I should use the same under debian. I'll try it out(assuming that'll work with loadlin). Thanks. In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROT

Re: How to partition a 10GB disk

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
I have a 20 Gb HD. The BIOS has detected it since I installed it from the first time. When (for some reason) I removed ATA-2 IDE support from the kernel, the system crashed at startup. So I put back ATA-2, and it worked fine. I though ATA-2 was for IDE HDs larger than 8 Gb.

Re: How to partition a 10GB disk

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
You need to have ATA-2 IDE support compiled in your kernel. It supports IDE HD's larger than 8 Gb. I don't know if you can have such thing in slink. Peter

Re: Woody time! - Sorry, another question

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
Once I use apt-get to install woody, where the .debsI just download are kept? I'll need them to configure another machines.

Re: Woody time!

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
Woody upgrade: I did't change potato to woody in sources.list, just added a new source woody. When I did apt-get dist-upgrade, it says that I have to upgrade 411 packages. OK. I'll do that, but a few questions come: 1) If I update the packs, I'll have to update the kernel, too, wouldn't I? Isn't t

Re: easy apt-get

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
I was thinking of this, too... So, if I have a particular .deb file, and I want to install it, I have to use dpkg. But if the package have dependencies and/or conflicts, which apt-get handles very well?

Re: wvdial or ppp

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
Use pppconfig, instead. It's much better than wvdial. Is there any special reason for anybody keep using wvdial? Rino Mardo

Re: Speaking of isapnp...

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
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Re: New isapnptools doesn't like my old conf

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
Have you tried to use pnpdump again? I'm using SB AWE 32 (I think your card is not so old :-), under potato, and it runs well. Berthold Cogel

Printer configuration on debian - Another question

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
So, I have my modem running under my debian installation. Thanks to the ones who helped me. Next step (no, it's not an OS): Setting up the printer. I have printtool installed, so I'm able to set my printer up. When I run printtool and click Add, it says: lp0: there's no printer (or something like

RE: Serial port tunnel...

2000-10-05 Thread romeu
Cool How-to. Does anybody now how to get access to a modem in a windows box from a linux machine? So I can use a f. winmodem on a windows machine. "Ingles, Raymond"

ISP mode connection (Sorry - Unidentified subject!)

2000-10-05 Thread romeu
Hi, I'm reposting my problem, since I couldn't solve it. So, I'm not receiving (CONNECT) from my modem. When am I supposed to get it? Just after my ISP gives me a response? Or just after it accepts my login? Another thing that is happening: When I send the AT commands to my modem, it doesn't giv

Unidentified subject!

2000-10-05 Thread romeu
Hi, I'm reposting my problem, since I couldn't solve it. So, I'm not receiving (CONNECT) from my modem. When am I supposed to get it? Just after my ISP gives me a response? Or just after it accepts my login? Another thing that is happening: When I send the AT commands to my modem, it doesn't give

ISP modem connection

2000-10-03 Thread romeu
Hi, I'm sorry the long mail, but I would have no way of describing my problem without it. I'm trying to connect to my ISP, using my Lucent Venus Voice Modem, since august, 2000. I made these things: - ISA PnP issues, with pnpdump --> isapnp.conf - setserial /dev/ttyS1 - the port whas detected as

Re: CD distro

2000-09-27 Thread romeu
Another question: Can I download Woody cd images from the net? Most sites have only Potato.

Re: Stuck with NT and Lilo

2000-09-13 Thread romeu
question 2: Here's "NT-Bootloading How-To" I was talking about. You won't need a fat partition: NT-Bootloading-Linux-HOWTO You have Windows NT installed on one partition using NTFS, one partition with DOS as C:\, and Linux on a third. You wish to use NT's bootloader to load all three OSes. He

Re: Stuck with NT and Lilo

2000-09-13 Thread romeu
>thing is as you all know I need to have had a small fat16 partion in order to No, you don't need a small fat partition. There is a How-to called "NT-Bootloading How-To" somewhere in the net that show you how to Boot-load with NT > but the lilo.conf file doesnt exist now does it! NT overwrote

Re: What is up with Debian 2.2 Potato ??

2000-08-25 Thread romeu
4 days? I'm trying to install debian since last month. After that, I think I'll get the "debian guru" title. I'll buy no copies. I think that, if linux was born across the internet, I should be able to install it downloading from somewhere. Right now, I'm downloading the CD's from http://ftp.nuri

CD's Download.

2000-08-25 Thread romeu
I want to download the potatos CD's and the Stormix free distribution. I'm using the company internet, with windows and Getright. Well, it seem that Unix-like servers don't support resume download (they begin all the download process again). So, I'm trying to download Stormix since the discussion

Re: Hardware Modems

2000-08-18 Thread romeu
t is an oxymoron, but given the rapacity of some companies, > I fear the worst. > > I would normally edit the message in a reply, but someone may be > able to decipher what these folks are talking about for me from the > stuff I left in. > > --David > David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Hardware Modems

2000-08-17 Thread romeu
I fear the worst. I would normally edit the message in a reply, but someone may be able to decipher what these folks are talking about for me from the stuff I left in. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, te

Hardware Modems

2000-08-17 Thread romeu
They're making hardware modems that DON'T work under Linux. - Repassado por Romeu Freitas Flores Junior/RJ/Petrobras em 17/08/00 11:49 -

Re: What is stormix

2000-08-16 Thread romeu
How can I burn the CD, after downloading the image? Just copy the file to the CD (.iso extension?) ? Is there a special software to do so? I'm using Windows. mike

Wdm

2000-08-08 Thread romeu
I tried to install Wdm. While in it's setup, it asked me something about a lock, which xdm was using. Well, I think I give up of installing it, and pressed + C. Yesterday, when I booted the box, there was a screen with a penguin, and I could not use the keyboard anymore(just the mouse). Three qu

Re: Distribution Download

2000-08-04 Thread romeu
Thanks, Justin. This is the kind of ftp program I was looking for. Gaucho cam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]Para

Re: Distribution Download

2000-08-03 Thread romeu
No I'm not crazy. Just the potato and woody bin for i386. I think I'm almost setting up CuteFtp to bypass the firewall. After all, I have up to 24 Gb of free disk space.

Distribution Download

2000-08-03 Thread romeu
I want to download the entire distribution of linux from ftp.debian.org. What (windows) program should I use for this purpose? I mean, I want to select the directory ftp.debian.org/debian and download it all with just one click. I tried CuteFtp, but it does not deal good with proxies authenticatio

Re: Unidentified subject! - modems

2000-08-02 Thread romeu
Valeu. Vou usar XF86config. Eu já tinha lido a página sobre modems. E também esta: http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html. E cheguei à conclusão de que, se eu comprasse um modem ISA ( e paguei caro: R$ 150,00, enquanto winmodens estão custando de R$ 50 a 60), havia grande probabilidade de ser

Unidentified subject!

2000-08-01 Thread romeu
Hi, debian users. I'm a newbie (mostly). Can someone help me? I'm installing Debian (2.2, which I downloaded from the net) on my computer, and I have the following problems: 1) My monitor turns off (energy saving) when I call XF86Setup. I believe it's because the monitor (a LG StudioWorks 520) is

Re: Tools to generate X interface for programs

1999-07-15 Thread Romeu
One which I can drag buttons, create forms an handle events, just like Delphi an VB. Is there such a tool? Christopher J. Morrone escreveu: > On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, David Teague wrote: > > > Carl, Others: > > > > What tools does Debian have to generate X windows interface > > for programs? > > Mo

Re: Informacisn linux

1999-07-13 Thread Romeu
Usted puede bajar los archivos de  http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/ , que é a última versão estável. I bought mine at www.cheapbytes.com (US$ 6,99) - una caixa con 4 CD's (sources included), ou Manual com CD + 2 binary installation CD's, sem os fontes. Acho que a última opção é a melhor pra u

Re: pppconfig

1999-07-13 Thread Romeu
Yes. You're all right. Thanks so much. (God damn ! You discovered the IP of my ISP DNS). > 2) Use the "winipcfg" command on Win98 (or "ipconfig /all" on NT) to > figure out what IP, DNS, etc. was given by DHCP. - > FWIW I just tried it from here and here are the r

Re: Newbie needs help with installation

1999-07-13 Thread Romeu
Is the cd-rom attached to the sound card? There's a few trouble about it. I had to put mines at the onboard secondary IDE, since I have Win95, Windows NT and Linux on the same machine. NT does not recognize a CD-ROM at the sound card. I think there's a way to do so in Linux - Don't know how (I'm

Re: Network setup.

1999-07-12 Thread Romeu
So, you're telling that the IP that my ISP gives me is <> than the IP of my ethernet card? Supose the following scenario: - I'm connected to my ISP and it gives me a IP (say, 146.164.41.75). - I have a little network at home with 2 computers: 192.168.0.1 (which I believe is the default debian giv

Re: pppconfig

1999-07-12 Thread Romeu
here's no DNS server specified in it. The things are going automatic under windows, but doesn't do so under linux. How can I do that? Does this have to do with defaultroute option? (someone post anything about this in the list). Thanks. John Hasler escreveu: > Romeu writes: > > I put

pppconfig

1999-07-12 Thread Romeu
Hi. I'm having some trouble with my ppp. It works, but it kind of locks the applications that are trying to get connected (mozzila, ftp and telnet). I ran pppconfig. I'm using the default provider. I just type pon + enter and it connects to my ISP. When I run mozzila, the window does not appear.

Re: How to intall a Modem in Linux

1999-07-06 Thread Romeu
Hi. I had an accident: I removed /dev/ttys1 (how stupid I am). How can I create it again, so I can symlink to modem and use ezppp? I think this is the right way, isn't it? The configurations of ezppp only show modem, cua1, cua2 I think cua1, cua2... are the name of the serial devices in an

Re: dpkg verify? + a few doubts of a newbie

1999-06-17 Thread Romeu de Freitas Flores Junior
t; I've tried the 'dpkg --audit' to no effect...any other ideas? > > Dean > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null begin: vcard fn: Romeu Flores, Jr. n: Flores, Jr.;Romeu org:RFJ Informatic

Re: Boot-floppy for Linux+NT

1999-06-15 Thread Romeu
Hey, man. I have NT + 95 + Linux booting from the NT partition. There's a How-To that can help you. Since I don't remember where I got it, I am copying and pasting it: NT-Bootloading-Linux-HOWTO You have Windows NT installed on one pa

Newbie - Creative ATAPI CDROM 8x

1999-06-15 Thread Romeu
ative CDROMs. Is there a plausible workaround? Does anyone knows a package for using with my specific CD-ROM driver? My CD-ROM cable is not connected at my soundblaster. It's attached to my onboard IDE. Thanks in advance. Romeu Flores Jznior Nitersi - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]