Re: I need help with my var partition.

Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Unfortunately I cannot install anything.  I used the command line and > the app but neither of them will work.  I have no idea what to do next.  > I used su and sudo first.  It just keeps saying it cannot connect with > the base from which I get updates, etc.  I used

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On 5/1/23 18:51, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Unfortunately I cannot install anything.  I used the command line and the app but neither of them will work.  I have no idea what to do next. I used su and sudo first.  It just keeps saying it cannot connect with the base from which I get updates, etc. 

Re: I need help with my var partition.

Hi, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I used the reinstall on brasero and it just said that it was up to date. What error message does Brasero issue before refusing to work ? What optical medium type do you give Brasero for burning ? I can probably help with composing a xorriso run which performs a

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On 5/1/23 19:51, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Unfortunately I cannot install anything.  I used the command line and the app but neither of them will work.  I have no idea what to do next. I used su and sudo first.  It just keeps saying it cannot connect with the base from which I get updates,

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On 2023-05-01 at 21:51, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Unfortunately I cannot install anything. I used the command line and > the app but neither of them will work. I suspect that if you don't have the various directories under /var/, you may not be able to use apt or aptitude or synaptic or the

Re: I need help with my var partition.

Unfortunately I cannot install anything.  I used the command line and the app but neither of them will work.  I have no idea what to do next.  I used su and sudo first.  It just keeps saying it cannot connect with the base from which I get updates, etc.  I used the reinstall on brasero and it

Re: I need help with my var partition.

This Debian-user thread seems to have gone silent, but it is not clear whether your problem is solved. If it is, just ignore this and move on. If not: The Wanderer, in an earlier post (04/28/2023 at 19;02), suggested reinstalling the base-files package. I believe this is the correct procedure,

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On 4/28/23 17:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I am 72 and have forgotten a few things.  I looked up debian/var and was told I could delete /var/log/ and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/.  I left cores alone and deleted the other two.  Now I cannot burn a backup, download files and even go to web sites

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On Fri 28 Apr 2023 at 22:36:39 (-0400), Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Here is what I got. > > root@debian:/var# /bin/ls -ld */ > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 15:46 backups/ > drwxr-xr-x 19 root root   4096 Apr 12 20:20 cache/ > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 20:59 cores/ > drwxr-xr-x 

Re: I need help with my var partition.

Hi, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > even after a reboot I still cannot burn a back up disk. In case the crisis lasts longer or you need to make a backup before its solution: What program do you use to burn your backups and what does it report when failing ? What kind of media shall be burnt ? Have a

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 10:05:01PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Yes my figures are very similar to yours.  But even after a reboot I still > cannot burn a back up disk. One problem may be that /var/log has subdirectories which don't belong to root. Applications trying to write their logs

Re: I need help with my var partition.

Here is what I got. root@debian:/var# /bin/ls -ld */ drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 15:46 backups/ drwxr-xr-x 19 root root   4096 Apr 12 20:20 cache/ drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 20:59 cores/ drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Nov 13  2020 games/ drwxr-xr-x 62 root root   4096 Apr 12

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 10:05:01PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Yes my figures are very similar to yours.  But even after a reboot I still > cannot burn a back up disk. Do not look at the NUMBERS. OWNER. GROUP. PERMISSIONS. The numbers mean nothing. > On 4/28/23 9:04 PM, Greg Wooledge

Re: I need help with my var partition.

Yes my figures are very similar to yours.  But even after a reboot I still cannot burn a back up disk. On 4/28/23 9:04 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 08:57:47PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is running out of

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 08:57:47PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is running > out of room.  All I could find is the directions to delete said files.  I > will put them back, now. Make sure you get the ownership and permissions

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On 2023-04-28 at 20:46, Jeremy Ardley wrote: > On 29/4/23 08:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > >> I am 72 and have forgotten a few things. I looked up debian/var and >> was told I could delete /var/log/ >> >> and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/. I'd guess that this was *probably* meant as a direction to

Re: I need help with my var partition.

OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is running out of room.  All I could find is the directions to delete said files.  I will put them back, now. On 4/28/23 8:46 PM, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 29/4/23 08:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I am 72 and have forgotten a few

Re: I need help with my var partition.

Dear Mrs. Thomas, Maureen L Thomas writes: > (...) > I was thinking of upgrading > online but don't want to loose my data. First of all, please do back-up your *important* data. Such as pictures, video clips, diary, some text docs, etc. (Also i'm Debian user with Debian Bullseye under

Re: I need help with my var partition.

On 29/4/23 08:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I am 72 and have forgotten a few things.  I looked up debian/var and was told I could delete /var/log/ and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/.  I left cores alone and deleted the other two.  Now I cannot burn a backup, download files and even go to web

I need help with my var partition.

I am 72 and have forgotten a few things.  I looked up debian/var and was told I could delete /var/log/ and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/.  I left cores alone and deleted the other two.  Now I cannot burn a backup, download files and even go to web sites from my nord vpn which was working great

Re: I need help

Aorey wrote: > > Hello, I am a debian user. I want to customize my own debian ISO > distribution. What should I do? open synaptic, search for live and you'll have all you need. But, be aware, it's quite a lot of work, though, till everything works as you want it to. Bernd

Re: I need help

On 19/01/18 17:55, Aorey wrote: Hello, I am a debian user. I want to customize my own debian ISO distribution. What should I do? Are you trying to make a Live ISO? If so: live-build - old technology, fell behind, new maintainers, works well for me live-wrapper - new officially approved

I need help

Hello, I am a debian user. I want to customize my own debian ISO distribution. What should I do?

Re: Re: I need help to determine package name for a bug report.

No, but since every one works in memory, one of its segments may be defective. Memtest writes and reads ... but not concurrent. 2017-08-27 23:16 GMT+02:00 Fungi4All : > > From: zoltan...@gmail.com > To: Debian User > > I would try to

Re: Re: I need help to determine package name for a bug report.

> From: zoltan...@gmail.com > To: Debian User > > I would try to exchange the memories by swapping... > > 2017-08-27 16:36 GMT+02:00 Alexander V. Makartsev : > >> Package: linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 >> Version: 4.9.30-2+deb9u3 >> Maintainer: Debian

Re: Re: I need help to determine package name for a bug report.

I would try to exchange the memories by swapping... 2017-08-27 16:36 GMT+02:00 Alexander V. Makartsev : > Package: linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 > Version: 4.9.30-2+deb9u3 > Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team > > I've already checked memory with

Re: Re: I need help to determine package name for a bug report.

Package: linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 Version: 4.9.30-2+deb9u3 Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team I've already checked memory with memtest86+ and found no errors. My hardware pretty recent (Skylake i5 CPU and H170 Chipset based mobo) Also these errors always begin with

Re: I need help to determine package name for a bug report.

kernel team linux-image- May be a memory error? 2017. aug. 27. 12:13 ezt írta ("Alexander V. Makartsev" ): Hello. On rare occasion, I have these strange system lockups that seems to be tied to "ALC88" sound driver\kernel module. I am unable to determine package name to

I need help to determine package name for a bug report.

Hello. On rare occasion, I have these strange system lockups that seems to be tied to "ALC88" sound driver\kernel module. I am unable to determine package name to file a bug report. All information I have is this syslog from previous boot. Got it with "journalctl -b -1" >From what I can tell it

Re: I need help

On Sat 20 Feb 2016 at 03:34:43 (+1300), Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 09:09:54PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 18:09:03 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > > Did you notice I said PAPER tap, not magnetic ;> > > > > Sorry about the typo; my fingers have had

Re: I need help

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 09:09:54PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 18:09:03 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 2/17/2016 5:34 PM, David Wright wrote: > > >On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 14:07:30 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > >>[snip] > > >>>Depends on what you consider to be

Re: I need help

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:02:48AM -0800, Gary Roach wrote: > On 02/16/2016 09:53 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:46:08AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > >>It would be sweet if we didn't encourage people to post subject lines like > >>"I

Re: I need help

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 08:43:58PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: On 17 February 2016 at 13:37, Adam Wilson <[1]mox...@riseup.net> wrote: On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:51:58 +0800 Gener Badenas <[2]gener.ong.bade...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Ghaith Etaiwi >

Re: I need help

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 9:37 PM, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:51:58 +0800 Gener Badenas > wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Ghaith Etaiwi > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, I'm starting in linux I

Re: I need help

On 17 February 2016 at 13:37, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:51:58 +0800 Gener Badenas > wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Ghaith Etaiwi > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, I'm starting in linux I used

Re: I need help

On 02/16/2016 09:53 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:46:08AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: It would be sweet if we didn't encourage people to post subject lines like "I need help". It helps no one else but the OP. Ric If only we had a list of psychiatrists or GPs for

Re: I need help

On 02/17/2016 03:07 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 2/17/2016 7:37 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:51:58 +0800 Gener Badenas wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Ghaith Etaiwi wrote: Hello, I'm starting in linux I used

Re: I need help

On 02/17/2016 12:56 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 06:29:06PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: ​If you want to do that I think you need to have some examples of sensible posts and silly ones for new subscribers to scan through before they become debian debutantes

Re: I need help

On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 18:09:03 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 2/17/2016 5:34 PM, David Wright wrote: > >On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 14:07:30 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > >>[snip] > >>>Depends on what you consider to be 'fast'. Is 120K/s fast? > > > >This laptop has 2255 packages on it, the

Re: I need help

On 2/17/2016 5:34 PM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 14:07:30 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] Depends on what you consider to be 'fast'. Is 120K/s fast? This laptop has 2255 packages on it, the total download size of which is about 3GB. At a throughput of 120KB/s, that'd be

Re: I need help

On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 14:07:30 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 2/17/2016 7:37 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: > >On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:51:58 +0800 Gener Badenas > > wrote: > > > >>On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Ghaith Etaiwi > >> wrote: > >> >

Re: I need help

On 2/17/2016 7:37 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:51:58 +0800 Gener Badenas wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Ghaith Etaiwi wrote: Hello, I'm starting in linux I used Ubuntu and didn't like it and I have read that

Re: I need help

On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:51:58 +0800 Gener Badenas wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Ghaith Etaiwi > wrote: > > > Hello, I'm starting in linux I used Ubuntu and didn't like it and I > > have read that many people that used Debian

Re: I need help

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Ghaith Etaiwi wrote: > Hello, I'm starting in linux I used Ubuntu and didn't like it and I have > read that many people that used Debian had a better experience, I have a > MacBook Pro 4GB ram/ 500HDD/Intel HD 3000/ i5 2nd generation,

Re: I need help

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 06:29:06PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > ​If you want to do that I think you need to have some examples of sensible > posts and silly ones for new subscribers to scan through before they become > debian debutantes > > Perhaps we could use popular song titles

Re: I need help

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:46:08AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > > It would be sweet if we didn't encourage people to post subject lines like > "I need help". It helps no one else but the OP. Ric If only we had a list of psychiatrists or GPs for their area. -- &qu

Re: I need help

Always good ideas for asking for help... T

Re: I need help, install Debian on Macbook pro intel

> On 2/10/2016 6:01 PM, Ghaith Etaiwi wrote: > (...) I have a MacBook Pro 4GB ram/ 500HDD/Intel HD 3000/ i5 2nd generation, > can it run Debian? I recently installed Net Install Debian testing on Macbook pro Intel. All work fine but: My friend report a short life time on battery, and he become

Re: I need help, install Debian on Macbook pro intel

On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:56:01 +0100 err...@free.fr wrote: > I need to adapt keymap, > actualy is a standard azerty keymap, but apple choosed not standard > azerty. (this is not a real problem, we can found many example for > exotic keymap on the web) Can't you just select a different software

Re: I need help

It would be sweet if we didn't encourage people to post subject lines like "I need help". It helps no one else but the OP. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only

Re: I need help

On 12 February 2016 at 17:48, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/02/2016, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It would be sweet if we didn't encourage people to post subject lines > > like "I need help". It helps no one else

Re: I need help

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 01:48:34AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On 12/02/2016, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It would be sweet if we didn't encourage people to post subject lines > > like "I need help&q

Re: I need help

On 12/02/2016, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It would be sweet if we didn't encourage people to post subject lines > like "I need help". It helps no one else but the OP. Ric > Quite agree. "I need help" also happens to sound like a spam m

Re: I need help

On Friday 12 February 2016 17:58:06 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > And, "I need help" better applies to "I need help" to stop people > > posting messages with useless subject lines like "I need nelp". > > This looks like unnecessary, gratuitous bash

Re: I need help

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 06:44:47PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 12 February 2016 17:58:06 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > And, "I need help" better applies to "I need help" to stop people > > > posting me

Re: I need help

On 2/10/2016 6:01 PM, Ghaith Etaiwi wrote: Hello, I'm starting in linux I used Ubuntu and didn't like it and I have read that many people that used Debian had a better experience, I have a MacBook Pro 4GB ram/ 500HDD/Intel HD 3000/ i5 2nd generation, can it run Debian?. Also, I want to know

Re: I need help

Le jeudi 11 février 2016 à 02:01 +0200, Ghaith Etaiwi a écrit : > I have a MacBook Pro 4GB ram/ 500HDD/Intel HD 3000/ i5 2nd generation, > can it run Debian? Yes, probably. > Also, I want to know what version of Debian to download, I saw > something about DVD1, DVD2...etc which one should I get

Re: I need help

On Thu, 11 Feb 2016, Ghaith Etaiwi wrote: Hello, I'm starting in linux I used Ubuntu and didn't like it and I have read that many people that used Debian had a better experience, I have a MacBook Pro 4GB ram/ 500HDD/Intel HD 3000/ i5 2nd generation, can it run Debian?. Also, I want to know what

I need help

Hello, I'm starting in linux I used Ubuntu and didn't like it and I have read that many people that used Debian had a better experience, I have a MacBook Pro 4GB ram/ 500HDD/Intel HD 3000/ i5 2nd generation, can it run Debian?. Also, I want to know what version of Debian to download, I saw

Re: I need help reconfiguring Mutt to work with msmtp

... Thread name: Re: I need help reconfiguring Mutt to work with msmtp Mail number: 2 Date: Wed, Jun 19, 2013 In reply to: John L. Cunningham On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 04:47:02PM -0600, paul e condon wrote: The error messages from Mutt when I press 'y' to send, are; Error sending message, child

I need help reconfiguring Mutt to work with msmtp

This email is being sent from a different email account than the one using Mutt/msmtp, so don't examine it's metadata to diagnose the problem. I want to send email from pecon...@mesanetworks.net and I have generated a test email in Mutt (using Emacs). The test email is addressed To:

Re: I need help reconfiguring Mutt to work with msmtp

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 04:47:02PM -0600, paul e condon wrote: The error messages from Mutt when I press 'y' to send, are; Error sending message, child exited 65 (Data format error.). msmtp: recipient address pec1...@gmail.com not accepted by the server msmtp: server message: 550 Recipient

Re: I need help reconfiguring Mutt to work with msmtp

Hi Paul! On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 16:47:02 -0600, paul e condon wrote: Is there something else than .muttrc and .msmtprc that must be configured? Is there a specific reason why you would prefer msmtp over mutt's built-in* smtp functionality) *

Re: I need help reconfiguring Mutt to work with msmtp

On 06/19/2013 05:31 PM, Olaf Lessenich wrote: Hi Paul! On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 16:47:02 -0600, paul e condon wrote: Is there something else than .muttrc and .msmtprc that must be configured? Is there a specific reason why you would prefer msmtp over mutt's built-in* smtp functionality) *

Re: I need help reconfiguring Mutt to work with msmtp

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 17:45:30 -0600, paul e condon wrote: According to my research, in Wheezy, Mutt's 'built-in' functionality is a link to msmtp, but ... I'm may be mistaken. It may be that the Debian web pages that I read are coming from some alternative universe. No, I do not think

Re: I need help reconfiguring Mutt to work with msmtp [SOLVED]

On 06/19/2013 05:28 PM, John L. Cunningham wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 04:47:02PM -0600, paul e condon wrote: The error messages from Mutt when I press 'y' to send, are; Error sending message, child exited 65 (Data format error.). msmtp: recipient address pec1...@gmail.com not accepted by

I need help with setting up my first samba server.

I think I have an OK understanding of the 'theory' of samba, but something is not working in practice. I have a small home LAN on which there are three Debian i386 boxes, one Windows laptop running Windows7, and five Macs of various models. All nine computers have access to the internet through a

Re: I need help with setting up my first samba server.

On 15/03/13 06:45 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: I think I have an OK understanding of the 'theory' of samba, but something is not working in practice. I have a small home LAN on which there are three Debian i386 boxes, one Windows laptop running Windows7, and five Macs of various models. All nine

Re: I need help with setting up my first samba server.

Hi Paul, Don't know if you remember me. I helped you get your wireless working up there on the mountain, quite some time ago. On 3/15/2013 5:45 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: I think I have an OK understanding of the 'theory' of samba, but something is not working in practice. There's not much

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

On 2006-04-05 18:32:38 -0500, Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: 3) VNC viewer does not work with fvwm 2.5. Is there a known work around. I use both VNC and fvwm (package version: 2.5.16-2), and I don't have any problem. I'm affected only by these fvwm bugs: 263945 (apparently due to uninitialized

Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

Hi, I recently upgraded from fvwm 2.5 from 2.4.x because I can no longer find fvwm 2.4.x in stable. Since the upgrade, I noticed a couple of issues that I hope you can help to fix. 1) Each time I switch to a window on a different virtual area, it takes an unually long time before the

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: Hi, I recently upgraded from fvwm 2.5 from 2.4.x because I can no longer find fvwm 2.4.x in stable. Since the upgrade, I noticed a couple of issues that I hope you can help to fix. 1) Each time I switch to a window on a different virtual area, it takes an

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

I am running Sarge and I got everything from official Debian using apt-get. The only thing that is not official is my .fvwm2rc which is the same as the one I used with all previous versions of fvwm. Regards Ramesh Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: Hi, I

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

I am also running fvwm 2.5.12 on a Sarge system with kernel 2.6.8. Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: Hi, I recently upgraded from fvwm 2.5 from 2.4.x because I can no longer find fvwm 2.4.x in stable. Since the upgrade, I noticed a couple of issues that I hope you can help to fix. 1) Each

I need help with XF86Config-4 :-(

I cannot find anywhere online what the config should be for my PowerBook G4 (1.67GHz) with Radeon 9700 should be. I can't work the trackpad. All I get is a screen with X in the middle once I run startx. Where am I going wrong? Sorry, new user :S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: I need help with XF86Config-4 :-(

Sammy wrote: I cannot find anywhere online what the config should be for my PowerBook G4 (1.67GHz) with Radeon 9700 should be. I can't work the trackpad. All I get is a screen with X in the middle once I run startx. Where am I going wrong? Sorry, new user :S The gray screen indicates that

Re: , I need help...

Hi , I apologize for not sending you an email for a little over two weeks now, as I am in the process of providing you with 17 Master Resale Rights packages for F.REE this coming Saturday, Jan 28'05. Please watch for my email on that date. :) Today, I have one good news that I would like to

I need help from webmin-samba users

If you use webmins' samba module I need your help. There's a few bugs on webmin-samba which have been open for a while and I am eager to fix them but not being a regular samba user anymore, its not that easy. Take a look at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=webmin-samba If

I need help with TeX administration on Debian Sarge

I am not a TeX expert. I have books and I am searching the Web. I found a package that is supposed to do a thing that I want, namely newsletr. I want to install it on my Sarge system, which already has tetex package installed and running. But I can't figure out what to do in order to the TeX

Re: I need help with TeX administration on Debian Sarge

Incoming from Paul E Condon: I am not a TeX expert. I have books and I am searching the Web. I found a package that is supposed to do a thing that I want, namely newsletr. I want to install it on my Sarge system, which already has tetex package installed and running. But I can't figure out

Re: I need help with TeX administration on Debian Sarge

Le mardi 03 mai 2005 à 11:16 -0600, Paul E Condon a écrit : I am not a TeX expert. I have books and I am searching the Web. I found a package that is supposed to do a thing that I want, namely newsletr. I want to install it on my Sarge system, which already has tetex package installed and

Re: I need help with TeX administration on Debian Sarge

On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 08:05:44PM +0200, Aur?lien Camp?as wrote: Le mardi 03 mai 2005 ? 11:16 -0600, Paul E Condon a ?crit : I am not a TeX expert. I have books and I am searching the Web. I found a package that is supposed to do a thing that I want, namely newsletr. I want to install it

I need help.

Hello all, My name is Cameron Ball, and i've recently had an interest in linux. I've downloaded the Debian distro image. And i've made a clean partition on my main hard drive. So, i then burnt the image onto a disk, and attempted to boot it. Nothing happened. So i thought it may be that my

Re: I need help.

On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 21:13 +0800, Mole lord wrote: Hello all, My name is Cameron Ball, and i've recently had an interest in linux. I've downloaded the Debian distro image. And i've made a clean partition on my main hard drive. So, i then burnt the image onto a disk, and attempted to

Re: I need help.

On Tuesday 02 November 2004 13:13, Mole lord wrote: Hello all, My name is Cameron Ball, and i've recently had an interest in linux. I've downloaded the Debian distro image. And i've made a clean partition on my main hard drive. So, i then burnt the image onto a disk, and attempted to boot

Re: I need help.

Mole lord wrote: Hello all, My name is Cameron Ball, and i've recently had an interest in linux. I've downloaded the Debian distro image. And i've made a clean partition on my main hard drive. So, i then burnt the image onto a disk, and attempted to boot it. Nothing happened. So i thought it

Re: i need help in my debian OS in my pc

Amit Poddar wrote: the problem in my pc is that i cant get a desktop. how do i get a desktop? i have started using knoppix and it is working fine. i even installed it in the harddrive but i am into to debian. apt-get install x-window-system apt-get install gnome or kde, xfce4 etc. i am planing

Re: i need help in my debian OS in my pc

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 18:35, Amit Poddar wrote: the problem in my pc is that i cant get a desktop. how do i get a desktop? i have started using knoppix and it is working fine. i even installed it in the harddrive but i am into to debian. i am planing on gettting a IBM laptop and i want to

Re: i need help in my debian OS in my pc

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Amit Poddar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the problem in my pc is that i cant get a desktop. how do i get a desktop? Use aptitude and find the parts of the desktop environment you want and the package x-window-system and install those. -BEGIN PGP

i need help in my debian OS in my pc

the problem in my pc is that i cant get a desktop. how do i get a desktop? i have started using knoppix and it is working fine. i even installed it in the harddrive but i am into to debian. i am planing on gettting a IBM laptop and i want to install linux in it ,especially debian. an i have

Re: Help!!!! If I'm to get debian up, I need help solving this...

Hi folks, I just wanted to say thank you for the rapid response in helping me get connected up to apt-sources. Particularly Olly and gsutton. It WAS the DNS! I appreciate it, This community is awesome. CS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Help!!!! If I'm to get debian up, I need help solving this...

dear debian users, OK, here's the problem: I for the life of me can't connect to the online apt sources. dhcp IS finding the cards...and I CAN ping the net. I really WANT to use debianbut things are beginning to look doubtful. I've configured apt sources in all the ways I can think,

Re: Help!!!! If I'm to get debian up, I need help solving this...

On Thursday 02 September 2004 23:40, Chris Stockwell wrote: dear debian users, OK, here's the problem: I for the life of me can't connect to the online apt sources. dhcp IS finding the cards...and I CAN ping the net. I really WANT to use debianbut things are beginning to look

Re: Help!!!! If I'm to get debian up, I need help solving this...

On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 07:40, Chris Stockwell wrote: dear debian users, OK, here's the problem: I for the life of me can't connect to the online apt sources. security.debian.org is 194.109.137.218 Can you reach it at all? (ping 194.109.137.218) If not, it is your network setup that is

I need help with my touch pad.

Greetings, I have just installed Sarge on my Toshiba notebook A15-S157. I believe this notebook has a ALPS Glidepad. I would like to disable touch pad clicking. From what I can tell, this can do this by using tpconfig. I have installed this package tpconfig (3.1.3-5) from debian. I can not seem

Re: I need help with my touch pad.

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:30:22PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if [ -f /usr/bin/tpconfig ]; then /usr/bin/tpconfig --tapmode=0 if [ $? ]; then ^^^ That doesn't do what you think it does. In Bash, the [ $? ] bit says if the variable requested is not empty, then...

I need help

hi there when i was insralling debian 3.0 i am booting from floppy disks and low mem root disk when i booted to install it ask me for SCSI drive and i dont know what i have to do? thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: I need help

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi there when i was insralling debian 3.0 i am booting from floppy disks and low mem root disk when i booted to install it ask me for SCSI drive and i dont know what i have to do? If you'll provide more info about your system, such as if it has SCSI drives, is it a

I need help configuring Sound in Woody

I have a fairly unexceptional Woody installation on which I would like to get sound working. I have no experience with sound software either in Debian GNU/Linux or in Windoze. I have looked at the Sound HOWTO and find the advice too generic to be of help to me. Is there a recommended selection of

Re: I need help configuring Sound in Woody

Hello Paul E Condon wrote: My situation is: 1. Sound works with Knoppix running off the Knoppix CD, but 2. when I install Knoppix on HD, it does not work. When I reboot Woody and install various likely looking packages, and reboot 3. I see an error message during boot to the effect that

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