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 dev

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

2006-03-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 device show up in the kernel l

Re: *****SPAM***** Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
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Re: Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-02-20 13:15:24, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 12:06:09AM -0500, Shane wrote: > > 3.1 is coming. I hope. > > > > Wasn't 3.1 the first even slightly usable version of Windows? > Is this a prophesy of doom for Debian? Yes ist was... Oh, in 03/1999 I (and the M$ Sup

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-26 Thread Katipo
Shane wrote: After a bit more digging, now that I can get online again (not yet with Debian), it seems that the problem may be in the modem. It will run on Linux - I even have directions for using it with Red Hat - but it may not be getting the proper setup. Unfortunately, or possibly fortu

Re: Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Shane
After a bit more digging, now that I can get online again (not yet with Debian), it seems that the problem may be in the modem. It will run on Linux - I even have directions for using it with Red Hat - but it may not be getting the proper setup. Unfortunately, or possibly fortunately, where I

Re: Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Shane
I have no idea what you are talking about. This has nothing to do with the problem I am having. Shane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Shane
Nope. Exactly the same. Shane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-02-25 Thread Brett
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 device show up in the kernel log when I plug i

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Andrew Cady
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 07:17:39PM +0800, Alex Nordstrom wrote: > > Saturday, 25 February 2006 17:38, Andrew Cady wrote: > > Did not. (No bother). > > From the headers of your messages: [...] Oops. Misconfiguration. > You are certainly not the only one to find the OP quite rude. I > believe, h

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Saturday 25 February 2006 15:17, Chris Metzler wrote: ... > For years, the solution to serious misbehavior in Windows has been > to reboot or reinstall. In Linux, the solution has been to attack > the problem directly and solve it; rebooting or reinstalling won't > make the problem go away. Th

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Chris Metzler
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:18:02 -800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: >> >> If reinstalling the OS is the only thing you ever try to fix a problem, >> then you should be using Windows. Unix is not for you. > > This begs the question, who is Unix f

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread dg135
> > >On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: > > >>> I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a >>> psychiatric facility. >> >> > >[...] > > > >>> After more than a dozen tries, understandable since I haven't >>> installed it for over five years, I final

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:38:44 -0500 Andrew Cady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Cady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [...] > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 04:52:25PM +0800, Alex Nordstrom wrote: > > (CCing you because you request it.) > > Did not. (No bother). Um, yes, you did. Just lo

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 07:17:39PM +0800, Alex Nordstrom wrote: > Saturday, 25 February 2006 17:38, Andrew Cady wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 04:52:25PM +0800, Alex Nordstrom wrote: > > > (CCing you because you request it.) > > > > Did not. (No bother). > > From the headers of your messages:

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Saturday 25 February 2006 04:38, Andrew Cady wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 04:52:25PM +0800, Alex Nordstrom wrote: > > (CCing you because you request it.) > > Did not. (No bother). > > > Saturday, 25 February 2006 15:40, Andrew Cady wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:27:02AM -0500, Hal

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Alex Nordstrom
Saturday, 25 February 2006 17:38, Andrew Cady wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 04:52:25PM +0800, Alex Nordstrom wrote: > > (CCing you because you request it.) > > Did not. (No bother). From the headers of your messages: Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Cady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user@lists

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Andrew Cady
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 04:52:25PM +0800, Alex Nordstrom wrote: > (CCing you because you request it.) Did not. (No bother). > Saturday, 25 February 2006 15:40, Andrew Cady wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:27:02AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > On Saturday 25 February 2006 02:14, Andrew Cad

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-25 Thread Alex Nordstrom
(CCing you because you request it.) Saturday, 25 February 2006 15:40, Andrew Cady wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:27:02AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Saturday 25 February 2006 02:14, Andrew Cady wrote: > > > If reinstalling the OS is the only thing you ever try to fix a > > > problem, the

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew Cady
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:27:02AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Saturday 25 February 2006 02:14, Andrew Cady wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: > > > > > I have ordered an installation set for 3.1 to see if it works any > > > better. If it doesn't, I'll have to

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-24 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Saturday 25 February 2006 02:14, Andrew Cady wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: > > I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a > > psychiatric facility. > > [...] > > > After more than a dozen tries, understandable since I haven't > > installed

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew Cady
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: > I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a > psychiatric facility. [...] > After more than a dozen tries, understandable since I haven't > installed it for over five years, I finally got it installed the way I > wanted

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-23 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-02-15 23:12:18, schrieb S Clement: > I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a > psychiatric facility. Maybe you should? > When will Debian? Sorry, but Anne-Sophie, my adoptiv daughter, is now seven years old and had instaled last summer her first Sarge. ;-) I have

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2006-02-22 Thread pierre
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Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-20 Thread Marc Shapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 12:06:09AM -0500, Shane wrote: God forbid that Debian or any other Linux distribution should become like Windows. Just take some of the rough edges of the install and configuration. 3.1 is coming. I hope. Wasn't 3.1 the first even

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-20 Thread Mike McCarty
Rodney Richison wrote: Admittedly, tonight, I booted to XP to sync up data to a usb drive. Syncback (a great program for windows), and windows just "seeing" the drive was just to appealing when I was in a hurry. I'm so ashamed of myself... Why? Computers are tools. The software we load on t

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-20 Thread steef
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 12:06:09AM -0500, Shane wrote: God forbid that Debian or any other Linux distribution should become like Windows. Just take some of the rough edges of the install and configuration. 3.1 is coming. I hope. Wasn't 3.1 the first even s

Re: Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-20 Thread hendrik
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 12:06:09AM -0500, Shane wrote: > God forbid that Debian or any other Linux distribution should become > like Windows. > > Just take some of the rough edges of the install and configuration. > > 3.1 is coming. I hope. > Wasn't 3.1 the first even slightly usable version

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

2006-02-20 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:15:48AM -0500, 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 pri

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

2006-02-20 Thread jlquinn
Brett wrote: S Clement wrote: > 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 which

Re: Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-19 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 12:18:03AM -0500, Shane wrote: > The exact error messages? > > OK. > alarm. > connect script failed. > > Now you got what I had. And I am serious. You can probably find more in /var/log/messages. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-19 Thread Shane
The exact error messages? OK. alarm. connect script failed. Now you got what I had. And I am serious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-02-19 Thread Shane
Thanks, Brett. At the time I was unable to access the web. Little things build up. For example, consider what enough snowfalkes can stop. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-19 Thread Shane
God forbid that Debian or any other Linux distribution should become like Windows. Just take some of the rough edges of the install and configuration. 3.1 is coming. I hope. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-19 Thread Shane
Congratulations. And that is exactly how I mean it. No hidden meaning or innuendo or insinuations. Part of me wishes I knew how to do the same. The other part treats the problem as a high. Finding the solution will be ecstacy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

OfficeJet 4110 [Was: Why do I bother?]

2006-02-18 Thread Brett
S Clement wrote: > 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 which aren't the case

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-18 Thread M-L
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:26 am, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: >> On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:47:28 -0600 >> John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > [...]I am the author of pppconfig[...] >> >> Knowing that may I say how easy it made setting up my accounts when I >> still used di

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-18 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:47:28 -0600 John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...]I am the author of pppconfig[...] Knowing that may I say how easy it made setting up my accounts when I still used dial-up? I particularly liked using short simple ques for different dial-up modem numbers at my ISP.

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-18 Thread John Hasler
Shane wrote: > However, when I run pppconfig and it sets up files that I have to change, > most notably so far the /etc/ppp/peers/provider file, to make it fail > less badly, I think there3 is something very wrong. Please post _exactly_ what you did, the _exact_ error messages, the full contents o

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-18 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 03:44:18AM -0500, Shane wrote: > Thank you to the people who tried to help. I realize and did when I > wrote, that I furnished litle data. What I gave you was what the system > gave me. I have managed to get X back up so that I can respond, or in > most cases ignore. Ok

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-18 Thread Shane
Hello, again.   Thank you to the people who tried to help.  I realize and did when I wrote, that I furnished litle data.  What I gave you was what the system gave me.  I have managed to get X back up so that I can respond, or in most cases ignore.   I did not disparage Debian, in fact if I di

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Rodney Richison
> >Even more oddly, I find Debian easier to install... > >/M > > > Admittedly, tonight, I booted to XP to sync up data to a usb drive. Syncback (a great program for windows), and windows just "seeing" the drive was just to appealing when I was in a hurry. I'm so ashamed of myself... -- Hig

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Edward Shornock
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: [...] > I still can't use it to connect to the web. I got to the point where > it told me something about a sequence that was not 6-bit pure and the > 7-bit was always zero. X would not work. I was told that there were > no screens avail

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 10:42:01AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Friday 17 February 2006 10:07, Mike McCarty wrote: > > Is anyone here willing and able to help the OP, or is this thread > > going to mutate to another subject with the OP dangling in the > > wind? > > Several people have already po

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread John Halton
On 2/17/06, Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Several people have already pointed out that more info is needed. > > I hope he can get back to us with more about what is going on, but with what > he's given us, I know I don't have a suggestion, other than what has been > given. Agreed. There

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 17 February 2006 10:07, Mike McCarty wrote: > Is anyone here willing and able to help the OP, or is this thread > going to mutate to another subject with the OP dangling in the > wind? Several people have already pointed out that more info is needed. I hope he can get back to us with mo

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:54:11AM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 23:12 -0800, S Clement wrote: > > I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a psychiatric > > facility. > > Since you sound like a non-techie, I suggest you go to > http://www.ubuntu.com and as

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 04:38:37PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > I suppose you mean "troll". The etymology of the word "troll" in > this context refers to fishing, not to creatures of german mythology. Maybe that's what trolls do when there's no one on the bridge? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Mike McCarty
Is anyone here willing and able to help the OP, or is this thread going to mutate to another subject with the OP dangling in the wind? I agree that the OP could have done much better managing how he expressed his emotions. I also agree that his problem is as yet only very vaguely described. Can w

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Kent West
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Friday 17 February 2006 09:11, Mankuthimma wrote: And the OP is silent after all the ruckus his mail has created. IMHO, he deserved every bit of the rudeness, nastiness. Courtesy is rising above others' rudeness and anger and being decent to them even in such a c

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread John Halton
On 2/17/06, Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Courtesy is rising above others' rudeness and anger and being decent to them > even in such a case. Agreed. I also found the OP's attitude a bit unhelpful ("Why can't Debian be more like Windows?" - gosh, where to start?) but I think we should h

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 17 February 2006 09:11, Mankuthimma wrote: > On 2/17/06, Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But it's just wrong. Your first post was just plain rude and nasty and > > there > > was no excuse for it. Such posts only serve to drive people away, not to > > help. > > The OP knew Deb

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Mankuthimma
On 2/17/06, Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But it's just wrong.  Your first post was just plain rude and nasty and therewas no excuse for it.  Such posts only serve to drive people away, not tohelp.  The OP knew Debian is a Free operating system supported by people who are willing to spend

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 17 February 2006 03:16, Katipo wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > > >I would suggest the same to you. Are you here to help him or blame him? > > He's stuck, he's frustrated. He's letting us know. > > > > > He's having > >trouble. Do you want to help him or just piss him off? > > I am

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Katipo
Mike McCarty wrote: I pointed out to him that he didn't even know what "troll" meant, but I suspect that it rolled off his back. It's called a play on words, Mike. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Katipo
Hal Vaughan wrote: I would suggest the same to you. Are you here to help him or blame him? He's stuck, he's frustrated. He's letting us know. He's having trouble. Do you want to help him or just piss him off? I am helping. I'm showing him where he refuses to look, and until he do

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Thursday 16 February 2006 18:34, Mike McCarty wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > [snip] > > > Your attitude is exactly the kind of trolling that kept me from using > > Debian until within the past year. Yes, you. Katipo. Not the OP. > > One of the things which has given me a bad taste in my mout

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Mike McCarty
Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip] Your attitude is exactly the kind of trolling that kept me from using Debian until within the past year. Yes, you. Katipo. Not the OP. One of the things which has given me a bad taste in my mouth for all UNIX like systems from the start is that they seem to breed

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Thursday 16 February 2006 16:01, Katipo wrote: > Magnus Therning wrote: > >On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:47:58AM -0500, Edward Shornock wrote: > >>On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: > >>[...] > >> > >>>For work I will have to use WinXP. With that I stick the disks in and >

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Mike McCarty
Katipo wrote: I find Microsoft utterly repugnant. What have your personal feelings got to do with this mail echo? And why would anyone post a lambast on what is a user's group? This whole thread seems severly OT to me. Perhaps if the O.P. would be so kind as to advise as to which particular

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Katipo
Magnus Therning wrote: On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:47:58AM -0500, Edward Shornock wrote: On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: [...] For work I will have to use WinXP. With that I stick the disks in and it installs and works. There are modifications I make, Yes,

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Carl Fink wrote: On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: I have ordered an installation set for 3.1 to see if it works any better. If it doesn't, I'll have to relegate Debian to the status of toy, somthing to play with. For work I will have to use WinXP. With that I st

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Glenn English
On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 23:12 -0800, S Clement wrote: > I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a psychiatric > facility. Since you sound like a non-techie, I suggest you go to http://www.ubuntu.com and ask them to send you their CD(s). It doesn't cost anything, and it's a Debian

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: > I have ordered an installation set for 3.1 to see if it works any better. > If it doesn't, I'll have to relegate Debian to the status of toy, somthing > to play with. For work I will have to use WinXP. With that I stick the > disks in

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
John Halton wrote: Not odd at all. Installing Windows XP is a nightmare - well, to be fair, the actual "base install" is OK-ish, but dumps you in a very basic setup with no network, no sound and a 640x480 VGA display. You then have to install multiple drivers in a specified order with a reboot be

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: > I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a > psychiatric facility. Whatever works for you, I guess. > I have just spent a little over two weeks unable to connect to the > web. My windows connection went down and I cou

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Bruno Buys
Edward Shornock wrote: On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: [...] For work I will have to use WinXP. With that I stick the disks in and it installs and works. There are modifications I make, but it works. When will Debian? Oddly enough, I find Debian and Linux

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread John Halton
On 2/16/06, Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:47:58AM -0500, Edward Shornock wrote: > >On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: > >[...] > >> For work I will have to use WinXP. With that I stick the disks in and > >> it installs and works. T

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Magnus Therning
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:47:58AM -0500, Edward Shornock wrote: >On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: >[...] >> For work I will have to use WinXP. With that I stick the disks in and >> it installs and works. There are modifications I make, but it works. >> >> When will Debi

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread M-L
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:12 pm, S Clement wrote: >> I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a > psychiatric facility. > >> I have just spent a little over two weeks unable to connect to the > web. My windows connection went down and I could not re-install it. I > figu

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Edward Shornock
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: [...] > For work I will have to use WinXP. With that I stick the disks in and > it installs and works. There are modifications I make, but it works. > > When will Debian? Oddly enough, I find Debian and Linux in general to be much easier

Fwd: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Mankuthimma
On 2/16/06, S Clement < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a psychiatric facility.Now that you have sent this to Debian, you can always send your M$ related rants to a psychiatric facility.  I have just spent a little over two weeks unable to conn

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Robert Kopp
--- S Clement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I still can't use it to connect to the web. I got > to the point where it told me something about a > sequence that was not 6-bit pure and the 7-bit was > always zero. X would not work. I was told that > there were no screens available. The usb > c

Why do I bother?

2006-02-15 Thread S Clement
I am wondering if I should be sending this to Debian or to a psychiatric facility. I have just spent a little over two weeks unable to connect to the web. My windows connection went down and I could not re-install it. I figured that shouldn't be a problem, I had Debian 3.0 on the other half o