inserting mouse module in bootup

2006-11-27 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I would like to insert a mouse module somewhere in the kernel boot up. I am currently typing modprobe mousedev to enable the mouse and therefore X, too. Is there a config file for this? Thanks. Sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Cannot run X

2006-11-14 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I recently replaced the Linux 2.4-27 kernel with a 2.6-8. Now I cannot get my system to run X (and incidentally my mouse). To run X I am using a very simple startx, which calls XFree86, which, in turn, relies on XF86Config-4. The config file is the same file I have used for quite a while. The

Installing kernel upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6

2006-06-21 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I am using Debian Sarge with a 2.4.27 linux kernel. I have tried to install a new kernel with: aptitude install kernel-image-2.6-i686 but it does not replace my old kernel (2.4.27), even after a cold start. I don't feel entirely comfortable with Debian, so I'd appreciate any help. I am

Re: installing new kernel

2006-06-12 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Loke Berne wrote: On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 13:13 -0400, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: I am using Debian Sarge with a 2.4.27 linux kernel. To replace this kernel with a late 2.6 kernel, is it a simple apt-get install? If so, is there any danger of wiping out parts of my

installing new kernel

2006-06-11 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I am using Debian Sarge with a 2.4.27 linux kernel. To replace this kernel with a late 2.6 kernel, is it a simple apt-get install? If so, is there any danger of wiping out parts of my home directory? If it's not a simple apt-get install, is there a suitable HOWTO? Thanks. sam -- To

Re: corrupted sources.list (file below)

2005-11-21 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Dale wrote: Sam Rosenfeld wrote: My sources.list file is listed in its entirety below. On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: My version of debian 3.1 was downloaded via the net, and the original files, which contained the info for the sources.list file

Re: corrupted sources.list (file below)

2005-11-08 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
My sources.list file is listed in its entirety below. On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: My version of debian 3.1 was downloaded via the net, and the original files, which contained the info for the sources.list file, have been lost. When I try to install package pkg with apt-get

corrupted sources.list

2005-11-06 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
My version of debian 3.1 was downloaded via the net, and the original files, which contained the info for the sources.list file, have been lost. When I try to install package pkg with apt-get install pkg I get the following message: W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org

Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix

2005-10-12 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Chris Humphries wrote: Obviously, you have no idea what Ubuntu is. Nice try though. Ubuntu will never be a commercialized linux, and even will mail you cds for free. It seems to be organized better and just works without having to hack things around. Ubuntu being

debian vs ubuntu and knoppix

2005-10-11 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
What are the major differences among the latest debian, ubuntu, and knoppix distros? sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

configuring muttrc

2005-09-17 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
Precisely what information do I need to get a working mutt for Debian 3.1? Once I get it working I think I can tailor it for my needs. Thanks. sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

manpages inaccessible

2005-09-05 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
Since installing sarge, I have not been able to run most of the manpages on my box. Can I execute apt-get to reinstall all -- and only -- the relevant manpages? And, if so, how? Thanks, sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
Are there any income tax computation programs available for Linux (Debian)? Since Google has not found any, I assume the answer is no; so what is the best solution (well-debugged, simple to use, relatively long-lived) one can find short of installing a separate partition or disk which can handle

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Paul Smith wrote: What exactly are you looking for? Something with the features of TurboTax or TaxAct or Kiplinger, etc. All the commercial ones do whatever I need, with only stylistic differences distinguishing among them. There are a large number of 100% web-based

Re: Configure Internet Access with pppconfig

2005-08-20 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
There is a program called split,is there a counterpart program to join the files divided by split? Split used to do that -- I would be surprised if they discontinued it. sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pesky curly l Bitstream Vera

2005-08-20 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I like Bitstream Vera, but how do I tweak the irritating lower-case l glyph? And how can one edit the space between characters in Mono mode? sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Do I have to use Exim?

2005-08-20 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: I don't want to learn to use this thing! If I want to get mail off my local system I will use my ISP's smtp server. This thing's documentation is just too complex for my needs. what is the simplest MTA that will just pass messages between

Changing Bitstream Vera

2005-08-18 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I have looked at Bitstream Vera and have found it to be a very pleasing font. I have just one question: Is it possible for a user to tune the font -- actually it is only one letter I want to change, the lower-case l. Thanks. sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

installing from somewhat broken 3.1

2005-08-12 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
After installing Debian 3.1 I have found that a whole bunch of apps were not installed at all. I would like to reinstall a fresh distro, but want to ensure that I don't have the same problem of missing apps (e.g., almost all the man pages). I think that I must have misinterpreted the

Re: erased all XWindows

2004-02-08 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Sam Rosenfeld wrote: I erased all my X-related bin files (that is, including apps running on X) and did not have them backed up. I could reinstall them one at a time but that seems very laborious -- is there some better way? Currently using

erased all XWindows

2004-02-03 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I erased all my X-related bin files (that is, including apps running on X) and did not have them backed up. I could reinstall them one at a time but that seems very laborious -- is there some better way? Currently using Linux 2.2.20, Debian Woody As I no longer subscribe to the list, please cc

Dug myself into several deep holes

2004-01-02 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
Over several months I have tried to fix (or improve) sound, mail, X windows, and much more. Now, each time I boot up it's an adventure. For the most part I have tried to decipher whatever relevant docs I could lay my hands on, but my fiddling has clearly made things worse. I hardly know what's

Re: Dug myself into several deep holes

2004-01-02 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
The question is: Given my current state, is it reasonable to try to fix each of my problems separately, or would it be more sensible to keep only the critical data and start over with a new installation? A large HD is your friend and they certainly are cheap now. Thanks Hugo, Nate, and

trouble installing kernel image

2003-12-23 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I am having trouble installing a kernel image which seems to depend on initrd. The error message below is a verbatim message which follows the halting of the installation. For some reason after I add 'initrd=/initrd' I cannot run lilo. Do I need initrd? If so, how can I satisfy the request from

Re: soundless in kazaa]

2003-12-22 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
- Forwarded message from Sam Rosenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] - On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 04:49:43PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:51:59PM -0500, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: I installed Debian Woody about 6 months ago and to my knowledge have not experienced sound since

soundless in kazaa

2003-12-18 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I installed Debian Woody about 6 months ago and to my knowledge have not experienced sound since then, with one exception: In using either isapnptools or ALSA a test responded with a sound. I have tried from time to time to resurrect sound so that I could listen to music CDs on my CD-Rom etc.

soundless in kazaa

2003-12-17 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I installed Debian Woody about 6 months ago and to my knowledge have not experienced sound since then, with one exception: In using either isapnptools or ALSA a test responded with a sound. I have tried from time to time to resurrect sound so that I could listen to music CDs on my CD-Rom etc.

Re: [OT] Learning PERL

2003-01-31 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 02:17:12PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I know this is slightly off-topic but it's definitely related to virtually all Un*xen I've ever come across. I have a colleague who has never used a *real* OS but now as part of his job he has to. A few times I've come

.efx to Gimp generated file

2003-01-31 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
Efax (apparently not related to Unix Efax, which is strange) is a fax application that runs on MSWindows (but not Unix) and converts the common fax format to their (probably proprietary) format, xxx.efx. Is there any reasonable way to convert an .efx file to a Unix-readable format? To my

Re: Debin Help

2003-01-29 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 08:34:25PM -0600, Kent West wrote: jmullin wrote: If you don't know about it, the Debian mailing list archives (follow the links at http://www.debian.org) are a good place to search for info on problems. What do you mean by the prompt stage? Do you mean a login

Good way to run Windows apps on Debian 3.0?

2003-01-27 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
Is Wine a decent choice for executing scientific and tax-assistance windows application programs on Debian 3.0? If so, how does the winapp recognize ext2fs? I've read the relevant docs that come with Wine, but they are a bit ambiguous for my purposes. (I would prefer to run Windows

Re: 2.2 kernel vs 2.4 kernel

2003-01-11 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
Thanks for all the responses to my query. s. On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 01:55:13PM +0100, Urs Thuermann wrote: Sam Rosenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What are the advantages (and disadvantages ) of Linux 2.4 compared with Linux 2.2? References will suffice. * netfilter/iptables instead

2.2 kernel vs 2.4 kernel

2003-01-10 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
What are the advantages (and disadvantages ) of Linux 2.4 compared with Linux 2.2? References will suffice. Thanks. s. s. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

tagging an incoming message

2002-12-30 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I would like to tag incoming messages that match a pattern which shows up in the message but does not seem to be accessible to tag. For example, some messages are sent via a process called Autoview which does not respond to the usual tag or label instructions. Furthermore, when saving the

Fetchmail doesn't fetch

2002-12-09 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
My command of fetchmail yields an index of messages which hangs and then after it times out (300 sec), gives the reason for the error as 7. ?The manpage says this condition (fetchmail timing out) can occur while waiting for the server. I am using linux 2.2.20, debian woody, exim, and mutt --

How can one edit the env info?

2002-12-08 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
running env from my $HOME directory gets me a bunch of wrong entries; e.g. MAIL=/var/mail/root, LOGNAME=root, DISPLAY=:0.0. How can I change these (and other) settings? Thanks. s. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to add testing source to my apt.conf?

2002-11-06 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:59:46PM +1100, Nick Hastings wrote: Hi, your subject line asks what to add to apt.conf. ... the short answer is nothing, to upgrade using apt-get you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list. Replace all instances of potato with woody. Have been using stable in my

Re: Mutt Issue

2002-03-14 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:34:30AM -0500, Bannerman, Israel wrote: The last email you sent me on this issue mentioned that I should use fetchmail -d [n]. I was wondering if I should add that to the .muttrc file or where I should add it and the exact line I should add. It depends on how

fetchmail? screwed up

2002-03-01 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
Cannot fetch my mail from my dial-up internet provider. After running Fetchmail, the only reponse is something like Faulty authorization: Query error 3. (A few weeks ago I switched from potato to woody.) My .fetchmailrc file reads as follows: poll wdn.com proto IMAP id id password password. I

Re: Blank Messages To Mailing List With Attachments Containing Message

2002-02-22 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 03:31:44PM -0500, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 08:27:08PM -, Charlie Grosvenor wrote: Hi I have noticed that a number of people who post to this list post blank messages, with the actual message attached. Why is this? Your best bet

Re: Mutt

2002-02-07 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 11:26:55AM +0800, Terence Ng wrote: If I want to delete mails in Mutt, I still get Mailbox is read-only. Why? You may have already checked your .muttrc file -- but, if not, it may have an entry that stipulates readonly or read only. You will not be able to delete

installing woody

2002-01-23 Thread sam rosenfeld
I have a broken (or at least bent) Debian2.2r2 on my personal box. When I install woody on the same partition that now holds my 2.2r2, would it be best to format the partition first? Or are there better ways of handling the installation? BTW, I use this machine primarily for software

Re: serious dependency problems

2002-01-20 Thread sam rosenfeld
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 09:52:10PM -0600, Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 02:40:06PM -0500, sam rosenfeld wrote: I have tried unsuccessfully to install many packages and programs -- from math programs to pine, sawfish and libc6.2. In most cases the problem is one in which

lost X-windows

2002-01-19 Thread sam rosenfeld
How can I reinstall my X without going through the entire installation process again? (Debian2.2r2) Startx is gone and using a command line entry of X yields the following response: X: cannot read /etc/X11/X symbolic link (Invalid argument), aborting. I'd try to troubleshoot the problem, but

serious dependency problems

2002-01-18 Thread sam rosenfeld
I have tried unsuccessfully to install many packages and programs -- from math programs to pine, sawfish and libc6.2. In most cases the problem is one in which the 'make' closes with errors that list dependencies it could not find. Occasionally, and perhaps unrelated, the error message reads

Re: serious dependency problems

2002-01-18 Thread sam rosenfeld
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 01:50:30PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:40:06 -0500 sam rosenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried unsuccessfully to install many packages and programs -- from math programs to pine, sawfish and libc6.2. In most cases the problem is one

dependency problems

2002-01-15 Thread sam rosenfeld

virtual newbie needs help with lib (?)

2001-10-20 Thread sam rosenfeld
When I installed my current (debian-2.2r2) distribution, I think I unconsciously chose a reduced version -- that is, with a smallish subset of the files on the CD-rom. I may also have chosen a much too small set of lib files. The problem: After downloading files from the net (just about any

debian distro vs. applications

2001-09-22 Thread sam rosenfeld
I switched to Debian2.2r2 about eight months ago (at that time 2.2r2 was the latest distribution). Recently, I've been unable to build almost all the applications I have tried. The usual problem seems to be missing file dependencies. In fact, in almost all instances, the application called for

what is dpkg-new

2001-04-18 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
I am trying to fix a problem which yields an error when XF86_SVGA is run. The error message reads as follows: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'. My sense is that I've got to run update-fonts-alias take the data from a file called xfonts-base.alias.dpkg-new and, by some