double striking in xterm

1998-09-08 Thread BG Lim
When xterm can't find a bold version of the standard font, it does over-striking. Is there a way to turn this off? BG

Re: Latency problems with Telnet

1998-08-27 Thread BG Lim
Hi, Thanks for the letter. However, my modem speed is set to 115000. Actually, the reason for all this, is that I read somewhere, that linux is able to set latencies for various programs, since it is so network centric. And that article mentioned that telnet is set to low-latency, so that it

tclX

1998-08-27 Thread BG Lim
Is there a tclX 8.0 package for debian? I need it for a program tk3play. I've found a tclX 7.6 in oldlibs. BG

fetchmail

1998-08-26 Thread BG Lim
I have a dialup connection to my ISP. On the Windows side of things, I use Eudora to download my mail. I gather that on Linux, the standard is Fetchmail. I've read through the man page; is there an option to set so that fetchmaiil will delete messages after a certain number of days, like in

Movie player

1998-08-25 Thread BG Lim
Is there a wprogram to play QuickTime movies in linux? BG

netMeeting

1998-08-25 Thread BG Lim
is there a program that can talk to netmeeting? BG

Help with Windowmaker

1998-08-23 Thread BG Lim
I have two problems with Windowmaker 1. Its using my 'Windows Start' key as the 'Meta' key. Seems to be only a problem with WindowMaker, not the other window managers like icewm or kde. I'm using the deb packages found at the windowmaker ftp site. 2. I can't compile wmmount and wmcdplay. Both

Latency problems with Telnet

1998-08-23 Thread BG Lim
I connect to my ISP with a 33.6kbps modem. My problem is that I get very poor response when I use Telnet. I believe that this is due to latency problems. I've read somewhere that in Linux, telnet is set to low-latency to improve responsiveness. How to find out what the settings are on my system.

Re: Latency problems with Telnet

1998-08-23 Thread BG Lim
I connect to my ISP with Win95 as well (cos there is no NetMeeting on Linux :-(, and it is much more responsive. BG On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote: On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, BG Lim wrote: This poor responsiveness is bad when nothing else is using the ppp link, and very bad if I

How do I use xconsole?

1998-08-23 Thread BG Lim
Everybody on the lists seems to be able to use xconsole. I don't. I've been reading the man pages and all the x stuff I can find on the net and so on. Whenever I start xconsole, nothing happens for a long time. What parameters should I give? And should I start it as root? Thanks, BG

main and contrib with dselect

1998-08-12 Thread BG Lim
I have a problem with dselect. I have main and contrib on two CD's, as I'm sure most people have. The problem is that dselect (unless there is an option, i'm missing) expects main, contrib, non-free to be in the same place. So, when I choose CD under [A]ccess methods, I have to say none for either

xsession vs xinitrc

1998-08-11 Thread BG Lim
Which is the better one to use with starting X, either with startx or xdm? BG

kde missing icons

1998-08-10 Thread BG Lim
I just installed kde-1.0 from ftp.kde.org. I believe that it is the same release 1.0-1 version found in slink. My problem is that the toolbar icons in kfm and other progs that use those icons don't show up. Instead, you get fuzzy pics where the icons are supposed to be. However the buttons

XKB revisited with Hamm

1998-08-09 Thread BG Lim
Just recently I wrote to the lists about my problems with the XKB extension. I got some help but I didn't know how to solve the problem. So, I decided to upgrade to Hamm release version. Now XKB bindings seem to work alright, but I get an error message right after the xserver output. Its goes

Re: xdm doesn't start properly

1998-08-07 Thread BG Lim
give the logon screen for X. Let me know how things work. also if you suspect xdm errors look at the file /var/log/xdm-errors. Hope this helps On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, BG Lim wrote: Hi, I've been using Debian 1.3 now for some time. Recently, I thought of using xdm to log on instead. However when

Re: xdm doesn't start properly

1998-08-07 Thread BG Lim
the same message. Thanks BG BG Lim wrote: Thanks for writing. I'm not sure what table you are referring too. But xdm is not running as shown by ps -a. And using the xdm script in init.d does nothing too. The xdm-errors file is empty. As you can tell, I did investigate the problem

xdm doesn't start properly

1998-08-06 Thread BG Lim
Hi, I've been using Debian 1.3 now for some time. Recently, I thought of using xdm to log on instead. However when I type xdm, nothing happens and I get the prompt back. So, as root, I typed 'xdm -debug 1' and this is the result: ... creating socket 177 xdm error (pid 244): error 98 binding

XKB doesn't work as non-root

1998-08-06 Thread BG Lim
When I start X using startx, X starts properly (I'm using KDE). However, I can't use the backspace key. So, I alt-shift-F1 to VT1. And I find a message saying: ... The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Error: Cannot open compiled/xfree86.xdm to write keyboard description

fonts in Navigator

1997-11-05 Thread BG Lim
Hello, I've been using Netscape Navigator 4.03 for some time. I use it to browse sites like ZDnet. My problem is that the fonts are not legible and quite small. I don't knwo how to change them. How do I reassign fonts in Navigator? OR is it a system wide X setting? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

re: General Install Question

1997-07-17 Thread BG Lim
I have not received my CD I ordered yet so I do not have the docs yet. I would like some suggestions. I plan to install debian 1.3.1 on my second IDE drive. Win '95 is on my first formatted FAT32. I have to keep the Win '95 because my family shares my machine. What is the easiest way to

bash 2.01

1997-07-17 Thread BG Lim
I've noticed that both bo and hamm have bash as bash 2.0 I download bash 2.01 sources from the homepage. Then I tried to compile it, but I didn't know what modifications to make. Anyway, the result is that compiled file is much bigger, although it takes up less space in memory. But when I run an

Xauthority

1997-07-07 Thread BG Lim
Installing Xfree3.3 form bo-updates gives me Xauthority as well. My question is, how do i use it to authorise other users to display on the same server? I know the xauth program is used but I have followed the instructions in the man page but still I can't get it to work. Please help BG --

bug in bash?

1997-07-07 Thread BG Lim
I'm using bash 2.0 from the base installation. I notices that if the line that I type exceeds the wide of the screen, instead of going down to the next line, it goes to the start of the same line, thus obliterating the prompt and whatever I had typed. This occurs in Xterm as well. Bash 1.4 and

Compiling a new kernel

1997-07-01 Thread BG Lim
In the instructions that came with the kernel source package, Linus recommends making symlinks in the include directory to directories in the usr/src/linux/arch directory. I also remember reading that libc5-dev contains a set of headers. Someone on the list recommended that the directories in

pppd leaves lock file after quitting

1997-06-22 Thread BG Lim
Hi, I used pppd to connect to my university, which has a 2 hour limit on connections. Problem is, when pppd stops, it leaves the lock file in /var/lock. Do I have to remove the file itself? Also is there a better way to stop pppd than just killing it? BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Netscape bug: Newbies using root

1997-06-20 Thread BG Lim
I agree that nobody shoudl be using root. But for newbies its hard having to learn Unix adn system admin at the same time. By using root, you avoid all the 'Permission denied' messages. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble?

Re: man-db install script problem (chmanconfig)

1997-06-20 Thread BG Lim
The problem is that the script needs Long.pm, which (I think), is a Perl script. Install Perl from interpreters and it should be fine. I think this is a bug, because perl is big and not many people esp newbies want it or need it, just to install man, which shoudl be the first thing any newbie

Timer for internet connections

1997-06-19 Thread BG Lim
This is not actually a debian query. I dial in to get a PPP connection. Problem is, I'm limited to 2 hours. After that, I get cut off automatically. I log on with Seyon, then execute pppd as root. I run the browser etc as a normal user. Is there a security risk? What I want to know, is is there

starting X with another display

1997-06-19 Thread BG Lim
I recently downloaded the Xfre 3.3 precompiles binaries and installed them myself. This pobably isn't compatible with Debian policy, but I used a ET6000 and the new driver is much faster. What is the command to open a separate display instead of VT7? BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

file system tools for dos

1997-06-14 Thread BG Lim
I'm running a dos/linux system. I remember reading that there was a tool for accessing the ext2fs from dos. Can anyone tell me where to get it? BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

neXtaw

1997-06-05 Thread BG Lim
I've installed neXtaw and the /etc/ld.so.conf is correctly configured. I'm not a programmer myself, but I used ldd to check dynamic libraries. However not all the programs used the new neXtaw. For example, xftp does but xbmbrowser and xterm do not. They do if I do LD_PRELOAD before hand. Also a

neXtaw

1997-06-05 Thread BG Lim
I've installed neXtaw and the /etc/ld.so.conf is correctly configured. I'm not a programmer myself, but I used ldd to check dynamic libraries. However not all the programs used the new neXtaw. For example, xftp does but xbmbrowser and xterm do not. They do if I do LD_PRELOAD before hand. Also a

Seyon and ae

1997-05-17 Thread BG Lim
This is actually two questions. The seyon package in non-free doesn't document how to add items to the dialing directory. How is it done? How do I use the cursor-keys when i run ae in xterm? It comes up with funny sequences. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

dpkg verification

1996-11-05 Thread BG Lim
I asked this question sometime ago but I don't think there was an answer. I was wondering is it possible to mimic the RedHat rpm verify command? You know, after installing many packages, and over some period of time, it is nice to check is the files from some earlier package are still there. BG

dpkg verification

1996-10-28 Thread BG Lim
Hi! This question is to the dpkg team. Is there plans to add a verification feature to dpkg like the one that is found in RPM? This is very handy, especially for new users, who might accidentally or incidentally delete files. If a problem crops up later that seems to involve certain packages, we

xdvi/xdvik

1996-10-25 Thread BG Lim
Hi, Does anyone know how the path to the fonts works? I read the man page from front to back and set the XDVIFONTS variable correctly, i think, but it still refuses to find the fonts. Is kpathsea built in? (ie do i have to install kpathsea.deb asa well) cos it seems to call kpathsea to make