Re: afterstep icons

1997-09-08 Thread lc29b50
On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, David wrote: i all. I've just installed debian 1.3.1 on 2 seperate machines. On both machine the icon on the top of the warf bar (afterstep and X windows) is missing. The AFstep.xpm file exists and is viewable using xv, but it won't appear. Also, xload won't run because

Re: afterstep icons

1997-09-08 Thread lc29b50
On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, David wrote: I have had the same problem...but I have installed both Xload, and Xproc. I still am mising the top icon also. Maybe we both have something messed up?...or maybe it is a bug? I don't know. If anyone knows how to solve this problem, please help me out.

Re: afterstep icons

1997-09-08 Thread lc29b50
On Sat, 7 Sep 1996, Viorel ANGHEL wrote: That's because you have a 8bpp (256 colors on screen) and Afterstep use a lot of them. When AS doesn't have colors, it simply don't put the icon! So, use a resolution with 16bpp or search for icons with less colors (I know that exist something like

Xemacs wont run under SU, is it normal?

1997-08-29 Thread lc29b50
After I execute the su command to switch to root, when I run Xemacs, it gives me an error message(something related to xlib6) and won't run. Is this normal? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

newbie question,

1997-08-28 Thread lc29b50
Does debian use .Xresources or .Xdefaults at all? If not, what is the debian equivalent? ( I tried to put some options for xemacs in .Xdefaults, but nothing happens when I do so..) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail

Re: Missing /etc/resolv.conf

1997-08-27 Thread lc29b50
On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Gonzalo Diethelm wrote: I just noticed I don't have a resolv.conf file anywhere in the /etc hierarchy. Is it anywhere else (I doubt it)? Is there a package I'm missing? I just added bind, thinking that would solve the problem, but it didn't. just add one yourself. --

ppp-script problem,

1997-08-23 Thread lc29b50
my isp provider is my college, the dial-in pool does not automatically run ppp after connection. Local address is assigned dynamically. I log in (Username: Password are the login prompts), and type ppp on a prompt (prompt is your destination ) to run ppp. So far, my ppp script is not working.

modem hangs after ppp??

1997-08-23 Thread lc29b50
I got my ppp script to connect to my isp, but some how after it runs ppp, the modem hangs up. How do I fix this problem?? I want to maintain ppp connection for more than a second.. Below are my script files, and the /dev/adm/syslog of pppd: dialup script - #!/bin/sh

rebuild kernel problem

1997-08-22 Thread lc29b50
I tried to rebuild the kernel using :make xconfig, make dep, make clean, make zlilo, but I received the following error message fro make zlilo, I don't have a clue on how to fix this problem, any help would be appreciated : make[2]: Entering directory

auto power-down via shutdown -h?

1997-08-17 Thread lc29b50
I used to run slackware 3.1 and similar to win95, everytime I do a : shutdown -h now, the computer shuts off (power off) automatically after system halted. I switched to debian a few days ago, and I have to do this manually after the system is halted. It's a minor problem, but I would like to

Re: Installing from floppies

1997-08-17 Thread lc29b50
On Sun, 17 Aug 1997, Adam Klein wrote: I'm planning to install Debian from a pile of floppies. However, there are some packages that won't fit on 1 floppy. How should I do this? Adam Klein Buy the package on cd from www.cheapbytes.com Its only around $2 a copy, save you a lot of time and

Error meesage from bootup,

1997-08-16 Thread lc29b50
This is part of the message I recevied from the bootup, although everything seems to be working fine, is there a scsi module I should install?? md driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! PPA: unable to initialise controller at

missing cua*

1997-08-15 Thread lc29b50
I installed debian but somehow I only have /dev/ttyS*, no /dev/cua* files. I'm also not very sure how to set up my pnp modem. I ran pnpdump to create /etc/isapnp.conf, and uncommented the sections I needed, ran isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf and everything appeared to be ok, but in what script file do