configure the date

The long of it: if you have info(1) installed, I strongly recommend you read the date(1) Info manual. The short of it: to set you system date to 16:09:35, 23rd November 2000, do: # date 112316092000.35 cheers, -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 47

Re: Ispell in woody?

obert> Robert Problem is, 'ispell-dictionary' (the meta package "provided" by the dictionary packages) is not a dependency so apt-get doesn't install it. It couldn't anyway, because you *have* to select one of the "real" dictionary packages. apt-get insta

Ispell in woody?

ib/ispell/default.hash Robert> Anyone know which package is missing? That's very weird... Do you have any of the dictionary packages installed (iamerican, ibritish etc)? cheers, -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 479966 ICQ: 68214944

Unidentified subject!

rself. Do the following: # rpm --initdb And you'd be all set. Read up on the rpm manual page, as well. HTH, HAND. -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 479966 ICQ: 68214944 "Who is this peer that keeps resetting my connection? I have a broken pipe I wanna hit him with!"

Re: Problem with sound

f you know the IRQ, DMA and I/O port settings for your card, run modconf and set it up so that the cs4232 module is correctly loaded. If you don't know them, I suggest you apt-get sndconfig, which I am not sure is available for potato. HTH. -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 479966 ICQ: 68214944

Re: sound question

Actually, modconf(8) also modifies /etc/modules.conf, where the arguments to the modules are defined. But, you're right, using modconf is the "right way" to go about it. cheers, -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 479966 ICQ: 68214944 "Who is this peer that keeps resetting my connection? I have a broken pipe I wanna hit him with!"

Re: Program can't find shared libraries

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> "Allan F. Caetano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> 3. set some environm

Program can't find shared libraries

llowing to your ~/.bashrc, /etc/environment or whatever other file you get your environment variables from: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/lib export LD_LIBRARY_PATH And you're all set. []s -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 479966 ICQ: 68214944 "Who is this peer that keeps resetting my connection? I have a broken pipe I wanna hit him with!"

Where is C 'pow' function?

ld issues the following complaint: Matt> undefined reference to `pow' Matt> Am I missing a library? How can I search libraries to see which Matt> library has a given function? The compiler flag '-lm' is your friend. It will link in 'libm', the standa

dselect or dpkg? packages.gz-file

ail to aviod dselect, but why? That could have been me. Lots of people (including yours truly) find using apt-get (to install individual packages and upgrading your system smoothly) and aptitude (to select from the the list of available packages) much more pleasant than wandering through the obscu

Synchronizing the files on two machines

e. I haven't pondered on the details of your problem very much, but it seems to me that rdist(1) is your friend. salut, -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 479966 ICQ: 68214944 "Who is this peer that keeps resetting my connection? I have a broken pipe I wanna hit him with!"

Re: Okay who's this "H.C.Hsiang" ?

y. vijay> Get your own FREE E-mail address at http://www.linuxfreemail.com vijay> Linux FREE Mail is 100% FREE, 100% Linux, and 100% yours! vijay> -- vijay> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - En

Re: Okay who's this "H.C.Hsiang" ?

n to get the sound card configuration from 'sndconfig' (that was before it entered woody). I'm thinking about ditching it, but on second thought I guess I would like to keep my RPM skills up to date. I gave up using my PC at home since I married. Oh yeah, I've been MS-fr

Who is this virus sender????

onio> Who is H.C.Hsiang [EMAIL PROTECTED] For that, you could always email him directly, right? saludos, -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 479966 ICQ: 68214944 "Who is this peer that keeps resetting my connection? I have a broken pipe I wanna hit him with!"

Re: finding which package a file came with

less />>>>> "Virginie" == Virginie-ML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Virginie> On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 12:54:38PM -0200, Allan F. Caetano wrote: >> Or, for an even better option, install dlocate and run: >> >> $ dlocate -S

Re: finding which package a file came with

deb package a particular file came from?? Eric> $ dpkg -S Or, for an even better option, install dlocate and run: $ dlocate -S 'dlocate' is to 'dpkg' as 'locate' is to 'find' (roughly speaking), it performs all the search operations

Re: My recent RedHat experience

d? >> Kent> I think he means he's now going to drop the discussion, not that his Kent> word is the last and final authority. Luckily, there are people left in this world that still have the ability to read... cheers, -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - E

Re: My recent RedHat experience

at the update process with a free version of RH does not work. I think talking about how others compare can be a good thing. Duh, whatever. My final advice: line breaks are your friends. chhers, -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 479966 ICQ: 6821

Re: My recent RedHat experience

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> "Allan F. Caetano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> "Brooks" == Brooks R Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>

My recent RedHat experience

ort, or can't solve someone else's problem please refrain from dissing on other distros. Leave that to the Slackware forum. We're concerned about Debian exclusively. Thank you, -- Allan F. Caetano Universo On Line - EngProd - F: (11) 224 4418 ComVc: 479966 ICQ: 68214944 "

synchronize dselect

t Oege> packages I actually have installed? This may help (in fact, it comes from the FAQ): $ dpkg --get-selections | sed -e 's/uninstall/install/' > foobar $ dpkg --set-selections < foobar And avoid using dselect in the future! cheers, -- Allan