Re: can not launch any window manager -- solved

2007-08-14 Thread B Thomas
Thank you for all your help. It turned out that reinstalling libxdmcp6 solved the problem. Apparently this library must have got corrupted during the hard boot. Are there any utilities in debian that will scan all files and report which are corrupted ? regards b thomas On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at

can not launch any window manager

2007-08-14 Thread B Thomas
Hi, I am using Debian/Etch. My system crashed while using gnome and imagemagick. After a hard reboot I find I am unable to launch any window manager (be it kde gnome or fvwm). All I see is a grey background with a functioning cursor. No matter what I put in my ~/.xinitrc this is the result. This d

cdrecord problems on sarge - status and alternatives ?

2006-10-01 Thread B Thomas
ch replaces cdrtools with cdrkit. But am not sure if cdrkit fixes this problem and if there is a backport to sarge available for the same. sincerely b thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

2004-08-24 Thread B Thomas
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 06:10:48AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > why not just d/l the entire cdrom collection onto the new debian.osu.edu > connection and burn your own cd's ? debian.osu.edu is either not up or access restricted even from within osu.edu. bt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

2004-08-24 Thread B Thomas
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 06:10:48AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > if i understand it correctly, jigdo is nice if it allows one to d/l > only the new changed files on the cdrom (i have yet to play and test it ) > but you could download full cds with jigdo too. > > why not just d/l the entire cdro

Re: building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

2004-08-24 Thread B Thomas
vailable with lot of vendors and at many mirrors. But not a single Non-Free CD. B Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

2004-08-24 Thread B Thomas
help/advice ? sincerely B Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

hardcoded shared library path

2004-04-20 Thread B Thomas
the library at any location. sincerely B Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Installing Intel Fortran on debian - db3 errors ?

2003-07-12 Thread B Thomas
pointer on what may be wrong and if it is possible to install these rpm packages on debian. I am not familiar with rpm but know dpkg and alien well. Please note I am using the free (i.e. "free for personal use") version of intel compilers. b thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Lynx proxy server, How to ?

2001-05-10 Thread B Thomas
Hi, Could you please post a sample of what one my add to the local lynxrc file so that it is able to use a proxy server with user ID and passwd authentication. I would be grateful if you could also let me know of how one may set this up to be able to switch it on and off. sincerely b thomas

How to copy the binary image of a dos floppy ?

2001-05-04 Thread B Thomas
Hi, I have dos and debian installed on my system . I would like to backup the ddevice drivers that came on dos floppies with my system. I know I need to use the dd command to make a binary image of the floppy. But I do not know the exact parameter to pass . Could you please show me a sample comm

apt error : too many open files

2001-04-29 Thread B Thomas
Hi, I am using debian 2.2 with kernel 2.2.19 and am having the folling problem : when I log in as root and use dpkg or apt every thing works fine . But if I log in a normal user and "su -" to root the dpkg or apt gives errors as below. Could you please point me to what is going wrong and how may

konqueror can't talk to klauncher

2001-04-29 Thread B Thomas
err Description: application/text

Re: help in getting started

2001-03-19 Thread B Thomas
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 12:08:05PM -0600, ktb wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:08:58AM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: > > > Amit Ganpule wrote: > > > > > > Dear Sir, > > > I have recently purchased a computer magazine along with that two CDs of > > > Debian were given, now I bought the magazine for

Re: dpkg fails to allocte memory ?

2001-03-17 Thread B Thomas
locale did not work. Since I had tried to run kde after "unset LANG unset LC_CTYPE .... ". b thomas On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 02:01:37PM +0100, Moritz Schulte wrote: > B Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > malloc failed (65552 bytes): Cannot allocate memory >

dpkg fails to allocte memory ?

2001-03-16 Thread B Thomas
I get the following error when I try to use dpkg or apt for any purpose install or remove packages : Selecting previously deselected package netscape-base-4. (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/netscape-base-4_1%3a4.76-1_i386.deb (--unpack): malloc failed (65552