Re: files contained by a package that is not installed

2002-10-09 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 10:22:59AM +0200, Claudio Bley wrote: On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 04:33, Diego Biurrun wrote: The problem is that sometimes there is no web browser or net connection available and I just prefer working from the command line. apt-file almost fulfills my needs, but it does

files contained by a package that is not installed

2002-10-08 Thread Diego Biurrun
Hello! I would like to know what files a specific package contains. For an installed package this is easily achieved by dpkg -L package But for a package that is not installed I have to go to http://packages.debian.org and Search the contents of packages for all files in this package.

email-address embedded in homemade kernels

2001-02-12 Thread Diego Biurrun
of course, but it would sure be neat. Thanks Diego Biurrun P.S.: Please CC me, I'm not currently subscribed to the list.

Re: wheelmouse and Netscape 4.76

2001-02-12 Thread Diego Biurrun
Hi Andreas! Everything is fine, you just have to pust that stuff into .Xresources, which Debian uses instead of .Xdefaults. Works fine over here. Diego Biurrun Andreas Donath wrote: Hi, I've got a problem to get the wheel mouse cooperating with my netscape (V4.76). The Pointer Section

Re: email-address embedded in homemade kernels

2001-02-12 Thread Diego Biurrun
I already put my name into /etc/kernel-pkg.conf, to no effect... There is apparently no commandline option to achieve what I want. Diego Biurrun P.S.: Please CC me on any responses, I am not currently subscribed to the list. Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: On 12-Feb-2001 Diego Biurrun wrote

Re: Console question (2x)

2001-01-26 Thread Diego Biurrun
still cycle through them with Alt-- and Alt--. Enjoy your consoles Diego Biurrun On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 10:25:23PM -0500, RAccess wrote: On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, ktb wrote: On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 04:07:48PM -0500, Mike McGuire wrote: 2. How can I have more console windows than

Re: About Debian documentation

2001-01-26 Thread Diego Biurrun
release names and do such an upgrade on purpose. Greetings Diego Biurrun On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 11:12:17PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: I'd recommend sticking to stable initially. It's better to track by release status than by distribution name -- you'll gracefully upgrade

Re: Security Updates

2001-01-21 Thread Diego Biurrun
it by ftp, if you prefer: deb ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security potato/updates main contrib non-free Diego Biurrun

Re: 128-bit encryption netscape

2001-01-21 Thread Diego Biurrun
Don't worry, netscape 4.76 comes with 128-bit encryption. Just type about: into the location and look for U.S. security. International security netscapes come with only 56 (64?) bits of encryption. Diego Biurrun On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 10:16:59AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Hey people

Re: upgrade -1?

2001-01-21 Thread Diego Biurrun
Why not set the packages you do not want upgraded to = in dselect and then upgrade? Diego Biurrun On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 10:18:05AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Hey people. What's the accepted way to upgrade everything on your system, except for an exclusion list? Looking at apt-get

Re: free memory

2001-01-21 Thread Diego Biurrun
I think the memory the kernel occupies is not counted against the total, since it is not available to any other program. So your total memory is physical memory - kernel memory usage = total available memory Diego Biurrun On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 10:44:02AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote

Re: problem compiling kernels

2001-01-21 Thread Diego Biurrun
assume because you set arch to any value. Try my suggestion and repost your results. Diego Biurrun

Re: 2 kernels on the same machine

2001-01-21 Thread Diego Biurrun
this? make-kpkg has been mentioned on this list a lot lately. Have a look at http://lists.debian.org search for the archives of debian-user and look at the kernel related questions. Diego Biurrun

Re: kernel-source-2.2.18pre21

2001-01-21 Thread Diego Biurrun
You won't need that IDE patch unless you want to have ultra-ATA 66 or 100 support, I think. You should have everything you need, but do try out kernel-package to build your kernel the debian way. It has been mentioned in a lot of threads lately. Diego Biurrun Xucaen schrieb: sorry to bother

Re: gtv, mozilla, and X questions

2001-01-15 Thread Diego Biurrun
Hi ! I had the same problem with mozilla. Running it once as root solved that. Probably has to configure some stuff on the first startup... Diego Biurrun Colin Watson wrote: Mozilla: I tried the binary download of Mozilla 0.7 and it won't run (it starts up all the mozilla-bin processes

Re: Building a kernel

2001-01-14 Thread Diego Biurrun
-image-version-you-compiled 5. reboot Works like a charm Diego Biurrun William Leese wrote: Hello all, i wish to build a kernel but i've read somewhere that things cant be done quite the same way as with other (rpm-based) distros because it would confuse apt-get. can someone fill me

Re: Missing tty2-6

2001-01-14 Thread Diego Biurrun
default runlevel? It's in the same file, mine is: # The default runlevel. id:2:initdefault: Diego Biurrun Tim Wood wrote: I have Debian 2.2 with Helix-Gnome/icewm running on my desktop (BE6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 128MB PC133 RAM) but only have tty1 and tty7/X. On my laptop tty1-6 (P2-233 64MB RAM

Re: Getting Gnome desktop on woody

2001-01-13 Thread Diego Biurrun
You should try apt-get install gdm. gdm is the gnome equivalent of xdm. Diego Biurrun Steve R. Hastings schrieb: I suspect that what I actually want here is to somehow replace the login prompt I now have from xdm(1) with the Gnome login prompt. I am unsure whether Gnome has a replacement

Re: Debian Image

2001-01-12 Thread Diego Biurrun
Clicking the Debian logo on the top of the main page takes you there. Diego Biurrun Colin Watson wrote: Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MBDNSumedha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to include the Debian Image on my Software Application

minicom (was Re: Serial terminal software.)

2001-01-11 Thread Diego Biurrun
Hello! I have compiled a fresh kernel with serial console support and tried to connect my notebook with minicom to it. However I only managed to get it to work with a 4800 speed connection. A VT320 terminal works at 9600 and 19200. Any hints how I can improve speed? I'm using kernel 2.0.38 on my

Re: XDM background

2001-01-09 Thread Diego Biurrun
software. I use xli without problems instead, although from gdm, but I suppose it does not make any difference. /usr/bin/X11/xli -onroot image.jpg Diego Biurrun

Re: copy/paste problems in X -- locale?

2001-01-08 Thread Diego Biurrun
* get other error messages regarding it). Someone got a better locale setting option? I use LANG=en_US and I can render german german umlauts and similar stuff without problems. I also set my system to be 8 bit clean in /etc/inputrc. Hope this helps Diego Biurrun

Re: System.map irritation

2001-01-08 Thread Diego Biurrun
} Warning: /boot/System.map-2.2.18pre21 does not match kernel data. Diego Biurrun

Re: didn't do it quite right...

2001-01-08 Thread Diego Biurrun
I have not been following this thread, but it seems that nobody has mentioned the excellent debiantool make-kpkg yet. To install a new kernel I just do: 1. cd /usr/src/linux 2. make menuconfig 3. make-kpkg kernel-image 4. dpkg -i ../kernel-image-version-I-compiled 5. reboot Works like a charm

strange cron.daily message

2001-01-07 Thread Diego Biurrun
what it means? Thanks Diego Biurrun