Re: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-24 Thread Josh
"Adam F. Bogacki" wrote: > > Thanks. > > When the install of Debian 2.2.r3 crashed twice at exactly the same place > (X config) I decided that there must be a bug possibly due to download > corruption and reverted to 2.2.r2 which I succeeded with today. I followed > your advice re. 'apt-

RE: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-24 Thread David Kempe
> I also tried apt-get with StarOffice 5.2 without success. > Neither 'soffice' > nor 'StarOffice' worked. I know it can be downloaded from > http://www.sun.com/staroffice - but surely apt-get does it better - is it > part of the 2.2.r2 distribution ? You also need apt-cache try apt-cache s

RE: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-24 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, 24 May 2001, Adam F. Bogacki wrote: > I also tried apt-get with StarOffice 5.2 without success. Neither > 'soffice' nor 'StarOffice' worked. I know it can be downloaded from > http://www.sun.com/staroffice - but surely apt-get does it better - is it > part of the 2.2.r2 distribution

RE: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-24 Thread Adam F. Bogacki
t;you have only just begun" - I'm always keen to learn something new. Cheers, Adam Bogacki. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David Kempe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 May, 2001 08:49 AM To: Adam F. Bogacki; Craige McWhirter Cc: Slug@Slug. Org. Au Subject: Re: [S

Re: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-18 Thread David Kempe
> I've edited Lilo so that (I think) it works - a few minutes ago - but when > installing 2.2.r3, X Windows refused to load which is ironic because I had > it (and Gnome) running under 2.2.r2. I'll try setting it up with > 'xf86config' when I have time, otherwise I'll re-run the install process.

RE: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-18 Thread Adam F. Bogacki
MAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ... Adam, I strongly recommend you get a copy of "Learning Debian GNU/Linux". You can get this at Dymocks or http://www.everythinglinux.com.au Thus spake Adam Bogacki ([EMAI

Re: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-13 Thread Mike Lake
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 10:50:12PM +1000, Adam Bogacki wrote: > By way of explanation: > I have managed to open a connection via my ISP - which only seems .. > The other thing is that I have a few important message on my Win 98 > drive I wish to access as reasonably soon as possible. I'd ap

Re: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-11 Thread Craige McWhirter
Adam, I strongly recommend you get a copy of "Learning Debian GNU/Linux". You can get this at Dymocks or http://www.everythinglinux.com.au Thus spake Adam Bogacki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > By way of explanation: > > I have managed to open a connection via my ISP - which only seems > to wor

Re: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-11 Thread Steve Kowalik
> Try adding this in your /etc/lilo.conf file: > other=/dev/hda1 > label=dos > table=/dev/hda > > Then type "lilo" and make sure it has added dos as a boot prompt. > You may also have to add (above the kernel sections): prompt timeout=50 and comment out the "delay=x" line and run /sbi

Re: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-11 Thread Martin
On Fri, 11 May 2001, Adam Bogacki wrote: > By way of explanation: > > I have managed to open a connection via my ISP - which only seems > to work as root - and found that Balsa sends mail but does receive it at > the moment; I'm working on it. Mailx, Mutt, Pine, and Elm also do not > seem t

Re: [SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-11 Thread Scott Ragen
Try adding this in your /etc/lilo.conf file: other=/dev/hda1 label=dos table=/dev/hda Then type "lilo" and make sure it has added dos as a boot prompt. Regards, Scott Adam Bogacki wrote: > > By way of explanation: > > I have managed to open a connection via my ISP -

[SLUG] Re. Debian birth pangs: mail and Lilo ...

2001-05-11 Thread Adam Bogacki
By way of explanation: I have managed to open a connection via my ISP - which only seems to work as root - and found that Balsa sends mail but does receive it at the moment; I'm working on it. Mailx, Mutt, Pine, and Elm also do not seem to work. The other thing is that I have