XMMS stopped handling playlists--second try
Here is how I have the mime types set up in Mozilla-Foxfire, which have been working till a few days ago: File types Application application/ogg /usr/bin/xmms audio/m3u/usr/bin/xmms audio/playlist /usr/bin/xmms audio/x-scpls/usr/bin/xmms ORIGINAL POST Hi, Till recently when I clicked on a Shoutcast entry, XMMS would open and start playing the stream with the Shoutcast directory still displayed. Now when I click an entry I get a blank browser screen and the XMMS Play Files dialog box pops up. I haven't messed with the mime types. Can someone tell me how to fix this? Thanks a lot. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XMMS stopped handling playlists
Hi, Till recently when I clicked on a Shoutcast entry, XMMS would open and start playing the stream with the Shoutcast directory still displayed. Now when I click an entry I get a blank browser screen and the XMMS Play Files dialog box pops up. I haven't messed with the mime types. Can someone tell me how to fix this? Thanks a lot. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firebird 0.7 crashes w/ Java plugin
Hi, My thanks to Kristian, Roberto, and ABrady. The problem was a combination of things: needing to install gcc3.2 and figuring out where Firebird looks for the plugins and in what order. I created a link to JRE home/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so within /usr/lib/mozilla-firebird/plugins and removed the plugins directory under $HOME/.phoenix/. Curt Kristian Niemi wrote: Had the same problem; I had to use another package, if I remember correctly. I believe I mailed (the thread) the solution, so search this newsgroup? h: Kristian Curt Daugaard wrote: Hello, Has anyone got the Java plugin to run successsfully with Mozilla-Firebird 0.7? I've tried the Sun 1.4.2_03 package but running applets crashes Firebird. Many thanks. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Firebird 0.7 crashes w/ Java plugin
Hello, Has anyone got the Java plugin to run successsfully with Mozilla-Firebird 0.7? I've tried the Sun 1.4.2_03 package but running applets crashes Firebird. Many thanks. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Man pages in unstable don't display right--third try
I had originally set locale to utf8 but have since reverted to en_US.ISO-8859-1 (via 'dpkg-reconfigure locales'). The man pages are still screwed up. Is there some further step I need to take? I tried searching Debian mailing list archives but couldn't find the posts you mention. Thanks. Curt duck wrote: On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 12:10:12 +0100, Curt Daugaard wrote: The majority of the man pages I bring up display raw escape characters. Some exceptions are calendar, finger, and hd. The pager is most. This happens at the console and in xterms. Can anyone point me to a possible cause? ... i had problem with man pages with the locale set to utf8 if that helps. i think it was mentioned on one list or other some time ago. search the archives. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Man pages in unstable don't display right--third try
The majority of the man pages I bring up display raw escape characters. Some exceptions are calendar, finger, and hd. The pager is most. This happens at the console and in xterms. Can anyone point me to a possible cause? Thanks. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some man pages are colorized, some aren't
Hi, I'm running Sid. The majority of the man pages I bring up display raw escape characters. Some exceptions that do display correctly are calendar, finger, and hd. The pager is most. This happens in the console and in xterms. Can anyone point me to a possible cause? Thanks very much. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Escape sequences displaying in man pages
Bill Marcum wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:18:13AM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: Hi, I'm running unstable and use the most package as pager for man pages. After an upgrade the color output broke and I see instead the raw escape sequences. Running update-alternatives, I noticed the pager was changed to less. I set it back to most, but that didn't help. Any help appreciated. Are you using the console or xterm, gnome-terminal, rxvt, etc.? What is the output of echo $TERM ? It happens at the console/virtual console and in xterm. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Escape sequences displaying in man pages
Curt Daugaard wrote: Bill Marcum wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:18:13AM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: Hi, I'm running unstable and use the most package as pager for man pages. After an upgrade the color output broke and I see instead the raw escape sequences. Running update-alternatives, I noticed the pager was changed to less. I set it back to most, but that didn't help. Any help appreciated. Are you using the console or xterm, gnome-terminal, rxvt, etc.? What is the output of echo $TERM ? It happens at the console/virtual console and in xterm. I've discovered this is happening with most but not all the man pages. For some reason calendar and hd are rendered correctly. Now I'm really baffled. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Escape sequences displaying in man pages
Hi, I'm running unstable and use the most package as pager for man pages. After an upgrade the color output broke and I see instead the raw escape sequences. Running update-alternatives, I noticed the pager was changed to less. I set it back to most, but that didn't help. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vim weirdness
Hello, Sometimes when I format a paragraph in vim with 'Qap' I get results like this: xxx xxx x xxx x xxx xxx xx x xxx x xxx xxx xxx xxx x xxx xxx xx xxx xxx xxx x xxx xxx xxx x . xxx x . Why do the last lines indent? If I join all the lines and reformat, the result is the same. There's no predicting when it will happen. Weird. I there some strange setting I've included or omitted from my .vimrc? Thanks. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which deb includes libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2?--SOLVED-THANKS
Thanks everyone for the info and especially for the pointers. The facility for searching packages for a file had gone right by me. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which deb includes libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2?
If anyone can identify the package, I'd be grateful. (I'm using Sid.) Thanks. Curt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Modeline Calculator
Here's a link to Colas XFree Modeline Generator: http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines Curt On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 01:40:42PM -0500, Phil wrote: I need to calculate valid modelines for a configuration. Does anyone know where in the world (or on the web) that modeline calculator is??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: svgatextmode and ATI rage 128 video cards
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 12:28:25AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 04:11:15PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: Has anyone on the list had any luck in configuring svgatextmode with a video cards in the ATI Rage 128 series? I recently changed from an S3 card to the 128 Pro but can't figure out what settings to use now. I'd hate to part with the higher resolutions. (I can't find anything decent in the alternate kernel video modes.) What do you mean by the last sentence? With frambuffers you have complete controll over the video modes. See the section: 6. Converting XFree86 timing values info frame buffer device timings in /usr/src/kernel-sourcex.y.z/Documentation/fb/framebuffers.txt Sorry I wasn't clearer. I don't want to give up accelerated video under X which I would have to do if I go the fb route, as I understand it. But maybe I'm missing something. -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 s?n feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown Hans Ekbrand
Re: svgatextmode and ATI rage 128 video cards
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 01:21:50PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: snip Sorry I wasn't clearer. I don't want to give up accelerated video under X which I would have to do if I go the fb route, as I understand it. But maybe I'm missing something. If you think that using framebuffers for the console would somehow make your (non FB) X-server to be unaccelerated, then yes I think you have missunderstood something. FB can substitute SVGATextMode, and as long as you don't use it as X-server you will still have accelerated X. Thanks for pointing out my mistake, Hans. -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 s?n feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown Hans Ekbrand
svgatextmode and ATI rage 128 video cards
Has anyone on the list had any luck in configuring svgatextmode with a video cards in the ATI Rage 128 series? I recently changed from an S3 card to the 128 Pro but can't figure out what settings to use now. I'd hate to part with the higher resolutions. (I can't find anything decent in the alternate kernel video modes.) Thanks in advance. Curt
Question marks instead of apostrophes
Can anyone explain why Netscape (4.78, running on Sid) displays some pages with question marks substituted for apostrophes (and maybe for one or two other characters)? E.g. You?ll want to start by assembling three rows of planks together. Since the flooring floats ? it?s attached only to itself, not to the subfloor ? having three rows of planks assembled gives you a wide section of flooring to move around and adjust until you have everything straight. Use 1/4 shims between the planks and the wall to provide an expansion and contraction joint ? the gap will be hidden by your base molding ? and also to wedge the first sections of planking in place while you get going. Any ideas? Thanks. Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Select/copy/paste using keyboard in X
A well-known alternative OS allows one to select using shift/cntl + arrow keys within compliant applications, then cut with cntl-x, copy with cntl-c, and paste with cntl-v. Is there anyway to set this up under X? From the man pages and the X-windows FAQ, it looks like the mouse is the only choice. I use IceWM, no Gnome/KDE. My thanks to anyone who can help. Curt
Re: Running serial prog under DOSEMU as normal user
Ack. Group write permission on the serial device had somehow gotten dropped. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 10:55:14PM -0200, Alexandre Pereira da Silva wrote: Is dosemu suid? Has the user rw permission on serial devices? Try the last first. If not works then the first will solve the problem. Em Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 12:14:33PM -0600, Curt Daugaard escreveu: How can I access serial ports under DOSEMU? Even with c_all permissions in /etc/dosemu/users I still can't dial out. Running as root, all is fine. I've read the docs, Debian and upstream, and it seems like I should be able to run. Can anyone clue me in? Thanks. --Boundary_(ID_D3xWmpfm2r3WVGO5lnLe+w) -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCS d? s++:- a--- C+++ UL P+++ L E+++ W-- N+ o K- w--- O M- V- PS- PE-- Y PGP t 5 X+++ R* !tv b DI+++ D+ G e h++ !r y --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
Running serial prog under DOSEMU as normal user
How can I access serial ports under DOSEMU? Even with c_all permissions in /etc/dosemu/users I still can't dial out. Running as root, all is fine. I've read the docs, Debian and upstream, and it seems like I should be able to run. Can anyone clue me in? Thanks.
Re: Truetype font sizes and Netscape
Try the remedies outlined at this site: http://www.frii.com/~meldroc/Font-Deuglification.html It puts many things right, including your problem with Netscape. Hope it helps. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 03:24:49PM -0500, Charles Gates wrote: I installed xfstt without problems, but I can't figure out how to get Netscape to change the font size on a font and remember that size for the next time Netscape is run. I like the ttfs but the point size is simply too small. Any suggestions? TIA -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
ipmasq_3.2.5 breaks nameserver lookups
The subject says it all. I've gone through the docs, but since the out-of-the-box config at least appears to have broken a pretty average dialup ppp setup, I'm wondering if others have run into the same problem and would be willing to tell what fixed it. Thanks. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ipmasq_3.2.5 breaks nameserver lookups--workaround
The Slink version was the problem. I installed the one from Potato and the nameserver problem is fixed. Curt On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 06:56:35PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: The subject says it all. I've gone through the docs, but since the out-of-the-box config at least appears to have broken a pretty average dialup ppp setup, I'm wondering if others have run into the same problem and would be willing to tell what fixed it. Thanks. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Netscape 4.71 Is Rock Solid Fast!
It is noticeably faster in my experience too. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Where was that modelines generator site?
A couple of months ago someone posted the URL for a site that allowed you to put in your monitor and graphics card specs and get back a list of modelines suitable for use in the XF86Config file. I've misplaced the address. Would someone who has it please post it on this list again? Thanks. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fonts
As someone else on this list suggested, try the following: http://www.frii.com/~meldroc/Font-Deuglification.html It definitely improves the look of X. HTH On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 10:10:09PM -0700, Craig B wrote: I really like the way X works on my Hamm system. The only complaint I have is with the font quality. Sometimes they look fine for example as I type this message, and other times they look really crappy. The biggest problem I have is with Netscape Navigator. Sometimes the fonts are too small and sometimes they are just distorted. I have tried all the font settings I can find. I have seen other posts complaining about this and I understand there are some ways to improve the font quality. I wonder if I could get some suggestions from this group as to the best way to handle this issue. Thanks in advance. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Slink = Potato breaks Dosemu?
After upgrading to Potato and Dosemu 0.98.1-7, the latter fails with the following message: ERROR: slang_keyb_close(): failed to restore keyboard termios settings! This happens when starting from the console or under X. The only change was the upgrade itself and the updating of the new conf file with my old settings, which worked all right on my Slink system (except for a cursor that would vanish whenever I started an IBM host session on the Passport package--but that's another story). Can anyone shed some light on the error message above? Thanks. Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Slang1 problem with Dosemu in upgrade to Potato
When I try to run Dosemu 98.7-1 on Potato, it fails with this message: ERROR: slang_keyb_close(): failed to restore keyboard termios settings! As far as I can tell my setup is the same, and I upgraded the slang1 package ( 1.3), 1.2.2-0) along with others that are needed. Has anyone else had this problem who can clue me in? Thanks. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Samba problem: can't create a valid tmp service
When I run smbclient '\\[hostname]\tmp' (following the DIAGNOSIS doc) and enter my password, I get Invalid network name in tree connect. The smb log reports couldn't find service tmp, yet the tmp service setup in smb.conf is an exact match of the sample config file, and running testparm on the config file reports no errors for the service setup. FWIW, this is how the service is configured: [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = yes public = yes Can anyone give me a clue about what I'm missing? Thanks. -- Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please remove .NOSPAM from the above when responding)
Re: new mail not visible in mail readers
I use exim, fetchmail, and mutt, and had a similar problem. Try adding the line 'smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 0' (no quotes) in the MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS section of your exim.conf file. (This solution courtesy of another reader on this list.) HTH On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 02:26:01PM +1000, Alan Eugene Davis wrote: I have been having a problem that when I fetch my mail using fetchmail, the new messages do not always appear, at least immediately. Sometimes, I have to run fetchmail a second time, then a few messages appear, and as I delete messages, new messages begin showing at the tail end of the buffer. I use mutt, but with af the mail isn't visible either. Any ideas? Could a lagging system clock cause such a problem? Alan Davsi -- Alan E. Davis Marianas High School (Science Department) AAA196, Box 10001[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.saipan.netpci.com/~adavis Saipan, MP 9695015.16oN 145.7oEGMT+10 Northern Mariana Islands -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please remove .NOSPAM from the above when responding)
Re: Exim delaying delivery of mail?--SOLVED
This fixed it. My thanks to Greg Norris. On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 05:39:00PM -0500, Gregory T. Norris wrote: On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 05:21:41PM -0500, Curt Daugaard wrote: I recently uninstalled procmail and started using exim's built-in filter capability. The weird thing is, it often delays some of my mail. For example, just now fetchmail indicated it had retrieved 111 messages. But when I went into my mail I had less than 15 in all directories in which I receive mail. Sometime later the mail will show up, but until it does, it doesn't appear in the spool file or in any other mail directory I've ever used. Can anyone help me figure out what's going on? Thanks in advance. Add smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 0 to /etc/exim.conf, in the MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS section. This should force exim to deliver each message as it arrives. -- Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please remove .NOSPAM from the above when responding)
Exim delaying delivery of mail?
I recently uninstalled procmail and started using exim's built-in filter capability. The weird thing is, it often delays some of my mail. For example, just now fetchmail indicated it had retrieved 111 messages. But when I went into my mail I had less than 15 in all directories in which I receive mail. Sometime later the mail will show up, but until it does, it doesn't appear in the spool file or in any other mail directory I've ever used. Can anyone help me figure out what's going on? Thanks in advance. -- Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please remove .NOSPAM from the above when responding)
Re: Do We Need a New Evangelist?
On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 02:41:11PM -0800, ESP wrote: It's apparent that the two of you, and others, are willing to continue this stupid infighting out in the public for all to see. Whatever strides you may make for the Open Source community, you're doing it grievous harm by airing your personal differences in public. One step forward, three steps back. In case you didn't notice, you posted your invective on debian-user, not in private. So what are you so indignant about? Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Two dosemu problems--second try
Can anyone shed any light on these? (1) I can't start dosemu in an X-window or use the modem except as root, even though I have all c_all permissions set for myself in the user config file. (Before I upgraded from v.66 to v.98.1 I was able to run under X, but I didn't try the modem.) (2) When I open a session in a dialup/3270 emulator package I use (Passport for dos), the cursor becomes invisible. (The cursor is visible when I first start the application, but vanishes when I open the terminal session.) None of the video settings for dosemu under X looks like a likely fix, though I have tried changing them. Thanks in advance. -- Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two dosemu problems--second try--ONE SOLVED
So I'll respond to part of my own post. In searching usenet, I happend upon a solution (probably not the right one) to problem #1 (running under X and using the modem). Running xhost +host machine name got dosemu running in an X-window. (Huh, didn't used to have to do that.) Also, apparently in dosemu for an ordinary user to dial out the ttyS* device has to have group write permissions. I still have in invisible cursor, however. On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 07:41:30AM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: Can anyone shed any light on these? (1) I can't start dosemu in an X-window or use the modem except as root, even though I have all c_all permissions set for myself in the user config file. (Before I upgraded from v.66 to v.98.1 I was able to run under X, but I didn't try the modem.) (2) When I open a session in a dialup/3270 emulator package I use (Passport for dos), the cursor becomes invisible. (The cursor is visible when I first start the application, but vanishes when I open the terminal session.) None of the video settings for dosemu under X looks like a likely fix, though I have tried changing them. Thanks in advance. -- Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please remove '.NOSPAM' from my address when responding)
Debian Menu and Fvwm2--help!
Is there a way to get a menudefs.hook in the user directories to override what's in the system menudefs.hook for fvwm2? I have parameters I need to pass to programs on the menu, but they keep getting blown away by some auto update of the menus. And any config I put in the user directory (.fvwm2/ menudefs.hook) just duplicates the entry on the menu. What am I missing? Thanks. Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Menu and Fvwm2--help!--SOLVED
Thanks, Richard. It worked perfectly. Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 06:58:36AM +, Richard Harran wrote: You can use the ~/.fvwm2/menudefs.hook menus to override the system-wide ones. What you also need to do is to provide a ~/.fvwm2rc user config. file. Do this by copying the /etc/X11/fvwm2/system.fvwm2rc file to ~/.fvwm2rc. You then need to edit out the line: Read /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook HTH Rich Disclaimer: I'm using fvwm95, and assuming that the configuration is similar. You should be able to use this at least as a starting-point. Curt Daugaard wrote: Is there a way to get a menudefs.hook in the user directories to override what's in the system menudefs.hook for fvwm2? I have parameters I need to pass to programs on the menu, but they keep getting blown away by some auto update of the menus. And any config I put in the user directory (.fvwm2/ menudefs.hook) just duplicates the entry on the menu. What am I missing?
dosemu troubles: permissions a missing cursor
I've run into two problems running dosemu. (1) I can't start dosemu in an X-window or use the modem unless I'm running as root, this despite the fact I have all c_all permissions in the user config file. (Before upgrading to v. 98.1 I could run in X, but I'm not sure about the modem.) (2) When I open a session in a 3270 emulator package I use (IBM passport for dos), the cursor becomes invisible. (The cursor is visible when I first fire up the program, before opening a terminal session.) I've looked at video settings for running under X, but I can't see any options that look like a potential fix. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Communicator 4.5 libc6 version
Does anyone know how in the dense thicket of the Netscape site I can locate a libc6 version of Communicator 4.5 (128 or 168 bit)? As always, any help much appreciated. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lp: driver loaded but no devices found. (kernel 2.2.1)
This problem is common. I had it. I'm afraid I can't give you a short, straightforward answer about how to fix it. Along with help from debian-user, the best resource I found (besides parport.txt in the kernel sources docs) is this website: http://www.cyberelk.demon.co.uk/parport.html (courtesy of the Printing-HOWTO): Good luck Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 09:33:25PM -0600, Steven J. Martin wrote: Hi: What do I need to do to get my printer working with the 2.2.1 kernel? I have an NEC SuperScript 860 connected to my parallel port, and with the 2.0.33 kernel all I did was answer enable the [*] Parallel printer support option under `make menuconfig`. I see the following in /var/log/messages when the kernel boots: lp: driver loaded but no devices found Thanks! -- Steven J. Martin -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Boot managers
I've been using Boot Control for some time and have no complaints. You can find it at http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html. Good luck. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 11:41:32PM -0600, Tony wrote: Okay, I'd like to thank everyone who helped me set up Debian after my segmentation fault errors, I finally got to the console and used cfdisk. Runs great now, I finally got in! Now, I want to know how I can set up some kind of boot manager to select between DOS partition and the Linux, so I don't keep having to stick the floppy in. I CAN do this right? I'm still very confused on how to use this Unix thing. better go borrow some books from the library. Is there a Linux for dummies? =) However, I am proud to say I am a Linux user! Thanks again, Tony -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: A downright wierd Netscape problem--solved.
My thanks to Daniel and Brian for their posts. Well, there was nothing mysterious about the solution, was there :o) Begin face-saving mode I guess what threw me is that I hadn't changed any mime types or applications settings, so I supposed some arcane file had gotten corrupted. Ah well. Thanks again. Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Parallel printer no longer found
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 05:42:22PM -0800, David Stern wrote: On Sun, 07 Feb 1999 16:37:15 CST, Curt Daugaard wrote: After upgrading to the 2.2.1 kernel on a Slink system my old NEC P6 printer is no longer found at boot or in /proc/devices. The boot messages reads lp: driver loaded but no devices found I'm using modules (parport and parport_pc) for printer support, which I also used successfully under a 2.1 series kernel. I've tried the measures outlined in Documentation/parport.txt, but no luck. Can anyone help me figure out what I'm missing? This was discussed recently: http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9901/msg02062.html --- To: Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Printing with 2.2pre kernels? From: Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:46:16 +1100 On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 08:14:24PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 01:19:29PM -0400, Timothy Hospedales wrote: Hi all! I have been using 2.2pre6 for the last few days and everything works perfectly except this bizarre new parport device which broke my printer. :(. Any advice on how to setup the parport thing properly would be greatly appreciated!!! Try to swap /dev/lp0 and /dev/lp1 in your printer setup. The numbers have been swapped for some reason nobody understands (to correct some BIOS error or to provide compatibility with BIOS, dunno). The reason is quite straightforward; in = 2.0, lp0 is always the port at 0x3bc, lp1 is at 0x378, and lp2 is 0x278. In 2.2, they are allocated only if they are found; lp0 is the first port found, lp1 the second. This is more like how the rest of the kernel devices work. The problem is _no_ device on any port is found, so no device works--not /dev/lp0, lp1, lp2, or lp3. So adjusting the printcap won't help. Or am I missing something here? Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Parallel printer no longer found
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 10:17:35AM +0100, Nils Rennebarth wrote: On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 08:59:49PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: The problem is _no_ device on any port is found, so no device works--not /dev/lp0, lp1, lp2, or lp3. So adjusting the printcap won't help. Is lp a module or compiled in? What do the startup message say then? The module lp.o was also built and installed. Following parport.txt, the relevant lines added to conf.modules are alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none But the boot message is lp: driver loaded but no devices found Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Parallel printer no longer found--solved
A reboot brought my printer to life. I must admit I tried the standard Microsoft remedy more than once in trying to fix this problem. I'm not sure why it worked this time. My thanks to Nils and others who responded to my post. Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Parallel printer no longer found
After upgrading to the 2.2.1 kernel on a Slink system my old NEC P6 printer is no longer found at boot or in /proc/devices. The boot messages reads lp: driver loaded but no devices found I'm using modules (parport and parport_pc) for printer support, which I also used successfully under a 2.1 series kernel. I've tried the measures outlined in Documentation/parport.txt, but no luck. Can anyone help me figure out what I'm missing? Thanks Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A downright wierd Netscape problem
When trying to open certain documents in Netscape--for example, the Printing-HOWTO at sunsite.unc--the document is not displayed right away but starts to download. When it's done a dialog box appears with this message: Netscape: subprocess diagnostics(stdout/stderr) Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal [24; 1H [0;10mVim: Error reading input, exiting... Vim: Finished. [24;1H Vim: Warning:Input is not from a terminal I have no idea what brought this on. Does anyone else? I'd be grateful to anyone who can give me a clue. Thanks. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sound with 2.2.1
On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 06:39:46PM -0500, Robert Rati wrote: I had sound working in kernels 2.0.35 by compiling it as a module and giving it the correct parameters. The 2.2.1 kernels have separated out the sound options and now I can't enter any card info when I modularize the sound. I have an onboard sound card that is SB 16 and WSS 2.0 compatible. I got it working in kernels 2.0.35 by using the SB driver and card info. Currently, I can't get the sound to work, although it seems like it should be working now. The major difference in kernel compile info is I used to install the /dev/dsp and /dev/audio support, but I can't seem to kind this in the 2.2.1 kernels. Can anyone give me some help? Rob Rob, With the latest kernels many of the sound hardware details need to be specified in /etc/conf.modules (or included when invoking insmod). You'll want to check out the docs in the kernel sources Documentation/sound/ directory. (The Sound-HOWTO isn't up to date on this, AFAIK.) Hope this helps. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How can I apply Fortify to Netscape 3.04?
I tried running Fortify (1.3.2-1) against Netscape v.3.04, using the special method outlined for that older version. The Netscape archive gets unpacked, but then the installer goes into a loop sending the message, Do you want to test Netscape? y/n/quit. It won't accept any input but Cntl-C, so the archive never gets repacked and the install never completes. Anyone had any success with this? My thanks to anyone who can help. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't fortify Netscape v.3.04
I tried running Fortify (1.3.2-1) against Netscape v.3.04, using the special method outlined for that older version. The Netscape archive gets unpacked, but then the installer goes into a loop sending the message, Do you want to test Netscape? y/n/quit. It won't accept any input but Cntl-C, so the archive never gets repacked and the install never completes. Anyone had any success with this? My thanks to anyone who can help. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xfstt - Confusion?
Try this: execute (as root) /etc/init.d/xfstt start. This works for me. I've been too lazy to seek a fix for this since I so seldom reboot. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Dec 25, 1998 at 03:25:17PM -0600, John wrote: Merry Christmas All! After reading several recent postings, I decided to try installing some true type fonts using xfstt. I did the following: 1. copied some .ttf fonts from my windows95 disk to /var/ttfonts 2. ran xfstt --sync 3. edited XF86Config by adding FontPath unix/:7101 as the next line in the area of XF86Config that has all the FontPath directories listed. 4. quit xwindows (fvwm95) 5. ran startx - it failed with the following error _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 failed to set default font path ' listed all the font paths including unix/:7101 fatal server error: could not open default font fixed etc,etc I then tried the command xset +fp unix/:7101 - it failed with the following: xset: bad font path element (#38), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax. My main confusion is about the line unix/:7101. Every other entry for fonts is a path and starts with / this one doesn't. Is it a path or somthing I'm not familiar with? also which fonts.dir is it searching for? I have several on my system, but none called either unix or 7101 Have I missed something obvious? I'm running hamm if that makes a difference. Thanks for any hints. John -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: unix/literature people article
The article can be found at: http://www.wenet.net/~scoville/PCarticle.html Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 04:52:05PM -0600, Chris Frost wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Several months back a webzine (maybe they did print also) has a great article on the writers findings to why people who were very good at writing, etc used unix so much (because unix is a language, as he explained with an example of two unix people grep'ing a menu at a restraunt). It might have been unixworld, but I didn't see it there, anyone remember where I could find this article? thanks, Chris - Visit Me At http://www.frostnet.advicom.net/chris/ - -- Public PGP Key: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject retrieve pgpkey or visit http://www.frostnet.advicom.net/chris/pgp_key.phtml -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNnrcl+EzIlbKpewXEQLY4QCg674GPoLDlfItT1/zqUreGU6DZEoAn1H9 aGl7ej7ZQhPvBEXU+3YIKeKi =09g+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: hardware questions - Promise Ultra DMA 33 + Asus TX97E
My hardware is similar to yours and the mini-howto helped me get up and running. You'll find it at http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA.html If you find you have trouble with Lilo let me know. I found I had to alter its source and recompile it before things would work right. Good luck. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2 troubles. (And maybe a bit of ranting)
Here's a good place to start for getting the specs on the machine, where to get reference diskettes (which configure the hardware, change bios settings, etc.), and more: http://members.tripod.com/~ps2page/ Also try http://www.co.umist.ac.uk/~ch/psinfo/psinfo.1.toc.html Hope this helps. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 08:05:39PM -0500, Christian Lavoie wrote: I've got to set up Debian (hamm) on an IBM PS/2 system. It's a 486sx with 16mb of RAM, the bus's a Microchannel (MCA) one and the video chip seems to be a XGA-2 Display Adapter /A (directly on the motherboard). The drive bus is SCSI, and a few other marvels I haven't figured out. I can access a DOS prompt (linux is on /dev/hda5, which is in turn under an extended partition, /dev/hda4). My friend has bought it second-hand so no manuals nor any useful references are available. Here're the questions: - How can I get the max of information from the machine? (Model number or such things) There are no indications on how to reach the BIOS when booting. All I see is a memory test, and tada! it's already on the OS part of booting. - Where can I find useful docs about that? (except the obvious SCSI howto) - The XServer of choice seems to be either SVGA or AGX. Which you'd recommend? Also, the SVGA xserver (haven't yet looked at the AGX) specifies that it's configured for XGA-2 chips on the ISA bus. Is there a workaround to have it work on a MCA bus? - How stable/performing is the 2.1.13x kernel MCA bus code? How much can I rely on that code? - How much of a performance hit can I expect on compilation jobs from a kernel math emulator? - Where in hell can I find a dos-working version of Emacs? The most-recent/used and linux-version-like please. =P Christian Lavoie UIN: 947212 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Unresolved symbols on networking modules
I've seen posts to this list about this problem before, but I can't recall the solution. I'm trying to revive an ip masquerading setup I had in the past, but when I try to start it up a get a long list of unresolved symbols on the net modules. The modules were made and installed after the last kernel compile. Can anyone give me any clues about how to fix this? Thanks. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ls-120 drives
Yes. The 2.0.30 kernel includes support for the drive. Look for it in the config documentation when you compile. Works great here. HTH. Curt Daugaard On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 08:34:33AM -0700, Vernon Marshall wrote: Anyboy had any success installing an ls-120 drive into a debian system? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Can't load default font 'fixed'
Did you install the xfstt true-type font server? I did, and I get this same message when trying to start X. I think the install script has a glitch or something. Anyway, after booting up you can start the font server manually from the init.d directory. Then you should be able to startx. Maybe there's someone else reading this who could tell us both how to fix this properly. HTH, Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 05:40:01PM -0500, Evan Van Dyke wrote: I'm trying to get Xfree up and running... and can't run XF86Setup, so I ran XF86Config. I've set it for the VGA-16 server, just to make sure I can get something running, but I get the error message: Can't load default font 'fixed' or something very close to that when I run 'startx'. As root, of course. Any ideas? And thanks to the response to the Network question from before. --Evan Van Dyke --- Evan Van Dyke E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Page: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 15442232 DNRC's Minister of Lost Internet Packets. O- Amateur Radio Call Sign: KB8PVE Quoth the Raven... 'Nevermore!' --Edgar Allen Poe I'll bet that all you can do is watch the ball bounce around the screen --Dilbert to Management -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Second try--can someone interpret these install boot messages?
On Fri, Sep 18, 1998 at 12:20:27PM -0700, Ian Eure wrote: In some cases, with older drive types and/or systems, you can cheat a bit by enabling the system ROM shadow option in your CMOS. I really doubt that this would work on a PS/2, but my older AMD 386DX/40 (a truly super system) with dual seagate 40meg MFM drives (yeah!) didn't like to boot linux without having the main bios shadowed. If it was unshadowed, it wouldn't autodetect the drive geometry. Kinda weird, but it's a kinda weird box, right? Anyways. Neat trick nonetheless. :) Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, for the PS/2 it was another dead end. Since Linux seems not doable for this machine, I've installed WFWG and I'll run Samba. My thanks to those who posted suggestions. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: COBOL for linux
Look here: http://www.ssc.com/lj/issue13/np13b.html HTH, Curt On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 12:06:14PM +0100, K.Y.Lo wrote: Hi Does anyone know where is COBOL for the Linux? thanks alot -- Cheers K.Y.Lo Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Second try--can someone interpret these install boot messages?
I'll make this as short as I can.
I've been having a devil of a time trying to get the Hamm install
kernel to read my hd at boot. I'm using the lowmem option to
install on a 4mb PS/2 model 35. (By the way, this is one of the
very few PS/2's that have an AT bus, so MCA is not the problem.)
Both drives I tried are able to boot into DOS and Windows and
check out okay on diagnostic checks.
A newsgroup post suggested compiling a kernel with the old
harddisk MFM/RLL/IDE driver. I did and wrote it to the lowmem
bootdisk. The boot messages say a lot more now, but I'm unable to
interpret them. Can someone on the list give them a shot? Here
they are:
hd: controller still busy
hda: reset timed out: status=0xff { Busy DriveReady WriteFault
SeekComplete DataRequest CorrectedError Index Error }
hda: reset timed out: error=0xff { BadSector UncorrectableError
SectorIdNotFound DriveStatusError TrackZeroNotFound
AddrMarkNotFound }, CHS=65535/15/255, Sector=0
The weird thing: the CHS numbers don't match either what CMOS says
(under MSD in DOS) or what I pass to the kernel at the boot
prompt, i.e. hd=1010,12,55. (The drive is a WD Caviar 340 MB.)
This may indicate the enhanced IDE driver is needed after all, but
that gives the 'timed-out', 'status=0xff', and 'Busy' messages in
any case.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd really like to put
this idle machine to use.
Thanks.
Curt Daugaard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Second try--can someone interpret these install boot messages?
On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 04:09:06PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: Drive looks toasted. However ... Yes, it does boot DOS and Windows. : The weird thing: the CHS numbers don't match either what CMOS says : (under MSD in DOS) or what I pass to the kernel at the boot : prompt, i.e. hd=1010,12,55. (The drive is a WD Caviar 340 MB.) Try passing the geometry at the boot prompt: hda=1010,12,55 Unfortunately I tried that too. The help on the boot floppy is wrong, you can't say hd=...; you must say hda, hdb, or whatever. According to the kernel sources, for the old hd drivers (not enhanced IDE) you need to use hd=. We intsalled on a Tandy machine the other dau that refused to work at all unless we passed the drive's geometry with hda=... and also specified hdb=none You should get the Bootprompt-HOWTO. It addresses many problems of this type. I gave that a good looking over, believe me. But thanks anyway. Best regards, Curt
Boot messages from a very difficult install
This is a long story. I'll make it as short as I can.
I've been having a devil of a time trying to get the Hamm install
kernel to read my hd at boot. I'm using the lowmem option to
install on a 4mb PS/2 model 35. (By the way, this is one of the
very few PS/2's that have an AT bus, so MCA is not the problem.)
Both drives I tried are able to boot into DOS and Windows and
check out okay on diagnostic checks.
A newsgroup post suggested compiling a kernel with the old
harddisk MFM/RLL/IDE driver. I did and wrote it to the lowmem
bootdisk. The boot messages say a lot more now, but I'm unable to
interpret them. Can someone on the list give them a shot? Here
they are:
hd: controller still busy
hda: reset timed out: status=0xff { Busy DriveReady WriteFault
SeekComplete DataRequest CorrectedError Index Error }
hda: reset timed out: error=0xff { BadSector UncorrectableError
SectorIdNotFound DriveStatusError TrackZeroNotFound
AddrMarkNotFound }, CHS=65535/15/255, Sector=0
The weird thing: the CHS numbers don't match either what CMOS says
(under MSD in DOS) or what I pass to the kernel at the boot
prompt, i.e. hd=1010,12,55. (The drive is a WD Caviar 340 MB.)
This may indicate the enhanced IDE driver is needed after all, but
that gives the 'timed-out', 'status=0xff', and 'Busy' messages in
any case.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd really like to put
this idle machine to use.
Thanks.
Curt Daugaard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot messages from a very difficult install
On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 01:25:41PM +0200, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
This is a long story. I'll make it as short as I can.
I've been having a devil of a time trying to get the Hamm install
kernel to read my hd at boot. I'm using the lowmem option to
install on a 4mb PS/2 model 35. (By the way, this is one of the
very few PS/2's that have an AT bus, so MCA is not the problem.)
Both drives I tried are able to boot into DOS and Windows and
check out okay on diagnostic checks.
A newsgroup post suggested compiling a kernel with the old
harddisk MFM/RLL/IDE driver. I did and wrote it to the lowmem
bootdisk. The boot messages say a lot more now, but I'm unable to
interpret them. Can someone on the list give them a shot? Here
they are:
hd: controller still busy
hda: reset timed out: status=0xff { Busy DriveReady WriteFault
SeekComplete DataRequest CorrectedError Index Error }
hda: reset timed out: error=0xff { BadSector UncorrectableError
SectorIdNotFound DriveStatusError TrackZeroNotFound
AddrMarkNotFound }, CHS=65535/15/255, Sector=0
The weird thing: the CHS numbers don't match either what CMOS says
(under MSD in DOS) or what I pass to the kernel at the boot
prompt, i.e. hd=1010,12,55. (The drive is a WD Caviar 340 MB.)
This may indicate the enhanced IDE driver is needed after all, but
that gives the 'timed-out', 'status=0xff', and 'Busy' messages in
any case.
This is the kind of messages that remind me of broken/dying hard disks I
have seen. Since it is an old machine, are you sure the hard disk is
working at all?
Yes, both drives can boot the system from DOS and check out OK in
diagnostic tests. (BTW, the WD Caviar is not the original drive.)
Curt
Install can't find hd on PS/2 (not MCA)
I'm trying to install Debian 2.0 on a model 35 PS/2, using the lowmem option. The boot messages indicate the standard ide0 interface is found (0x1f0, irq 14), but the system never is able to read the drive (message status=0xff, times out). I've tried two different drives, both of which I know to be good. Also tried passing the suggested parameters for ide and hda at boot time. Since it's an AT bus, MCA is not an issue. Has anyone had any luck with this machine, or does anyone have any suggestions? I'd like to put this idle hardware to work. Any help appreciated. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unable to load NLS charset cp437(nls_cp437)
On Sun, Aug 23, 1998 at 11:19:35PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: I get this boot message on Debian 2.0. What is missing? Are you running a 2.1 kernel? If memory serves me correctly I got this same message until I correctly configured the code page options when compiling the kernel. Check the documentation in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help. Hope this helps.
Re: Ultra/DMA IDE controllers
On Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 03:19:38PM -0500, Nick Gilliam wrote: Are Ultra/DMA IDE controllers and drives supported under Debian 2.0. Yes and no. See the mini-HOWTO, Ultra-DMA (http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA.html) Hope this helps. (I have some experience getting the Promise Ultra33 card working with the 2.1 series kernel, if you have further questionsi about that.) Curt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header
On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 04:45:47PM +1000, Tyson Dowd wrote: On 29-Jul-1998, Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still bothered by the fact a working mailer set up could break in the same way more than once--angering my respondents and all--without my so much as touching its configuration. Mutt will do this all the time. That's why its version number is less than 1. I love mutt, but I hate the fact that it isn't stable yet. Thanks for the reminder to take version numbers seriously, especially in fairness to the developers. Curt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Mutt, Exim, and the From: header
Mutt has decided to alter the From: line in my outgoing mail. I rewrite this header under Exim, changing the domain portion to that of my isp. But as you can see from the header in the present message, the rewrite portion has been replaced with '@'. When I check Exim's handling of things with 'exim -brw' the rewrite is correct. This happened once before, when I'd first installed Mutt. Then I fixed it the MicroSoft way, i.e. by reinstalling, but I'd rather understand this and really fix it. I'd appreciate any insight or tips about just where to look. Thanks. Curt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header--CORRECTION
In looking at the From: line on my copy of my post sent by the list I see that my mailer has done yet another thing. To clarify, the usual corruption of my address is from '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to 'cld@@'. Sorry for this second post. Curt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header
On Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 03:42:28AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: Why not just use the set hostname in mutt? EG: set hostname=calweb.com set hostname=teleute.dyn.ml.org set hostname=zippitydoda.com Thanks, that solved it. I'm still bothered by the fact a working mailer set up could break in the same way more than once--angering my respondents and all--without my so much as touching its configuration. Curt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Fvwm2 and Debian menu
On Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 10:27:33PM -0400, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: Well, you don't have to start your FvwmButtons from the menu - you can just start it automatically (assuming you always want it to be there); on one account on my machine, this is done by putting all the customization into post.hook and a call to 'Module FvwmButtons' in init-restart.hook. If, however, you want it in the menu you can always put it in yourself with an AddToMenu command in post.hook; modifying the menu entry itself (by changing /usr/lib/menu/fvwm2) gets wiped by a new fvwm2. This has the problem that the DebianFvwmButtons is still there... The best solution is probably to use DestroyModuleConfig DebianFvwmButtons in post.hook and then listing the entries one wants. Thanks for your response. Yes, I do want to start it from a menu, and your last method sounded like the best idea. Unfortunately, even after doing that there remains some obscure left over bit of configuration somewhere that screws up the display of the button bar. In the end I just made my FvwmButtons setup a new entry in the main-menu-pre-hook. It works. Curt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Fvwm2 and Debian menu
I like the design of the Debian menu package, and I'm trying to follow the docs to get auto-updating of menus under X, but I seem to have hit a roadblock. I use Fvwm2, and according to the comments in system.fvwm2rc and the Fvwm2 docs--in the Debian package, compliant with the menu package--FvwmButtons (formerly Good Stuff) is set up so that the user can easily override the defaults. But it looks like the menudefs.hook, autogenerated by the menu-package, is determined to invoke DebianFvwmButtons, which stubbornly overrides any configuration the user attempts. I've tried specifiying my own FvwmButtons set up, specially named and called, but the menudefs.hook always gets its way. Is there some way to override it that won't screw up future updates? Thanks. Curt Daugaard -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
File permissions and metaphysics
Now and then when I try to do 'plog'--always under same login--I am greeted with 'tail: /var/log/ppp.log: Permission denied'. If this happened always or never it would make much more sense, but *sometimes*? This is for the deep ones. Thanks. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
