Re: XP / Samba authentication

2005-10-14 Thread Fritz Brown
It sounds like it doesn't like the domain you are trying to log-in to. It is switching to the local machine as the domain (I assume that's where you have the account set-up). The machine is setup for a workgroup, possibly, and may need to be joined to a domain for it to go outside the

Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

2005-09-23 Thread Fritz Brown
version, and am trying to follow the instructions on various websites concerning dpkg, and I keep getting messages that I make it appear I am not using the proper attributes And, yes, I am trying to read the Debian reference, etc. It ain't easy, but I will get through it. Fritz Brown

Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

2005-09-23 Thread Fritz Brown
I see only old versions of firefox and tbird. I want 1.0.6, not 1.0.2. You probably want to go with 1.0.7, as there are a couple of major security issues fixed. -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com

Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

2005-09-23 Thread Fritz Brown
You need to run sudo dpkg -i [whatever it is].deb Aaaahh. Will try that. Everything else had me doing a dpkg -i | --install [whatever].deb. And, it really didn't like that | --install part. (Running Woody till I get this thing as a going concern. Then I will upgrade.) Fritz --

Re: Responses to the list (oops)

2005-09-23 Thread Fritz Brown
Using my browser (online e-mail), when I click on Reply All, I get both the list and the original sender in the To: line. Is that unusual, compared to Thunderbird? (I know the same thing happens in Outlook.) I simply delete the extra addressee and send. I'm not flaming, I'm just wanting to

Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

2005-09-23 Thread Fritz Brown
Yes. So you should be able to login as root (su), and perform dpkg -i package.deb if you don't want to mess with sudo I was logged into the system as root, and opened an xterm, then tried dpkg. That should work, if I ignore that --install stuff? Fritz --

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

2005-09-19 Thread Fritz Brown
I have a copy of Knoppix (don't think it's the latest) that I am poking at to get a feel for Linux. I will have to try and find where to change the windows manager. Fritz Brown - Original Message - From: Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Andy Streich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

Re: how to use mailing lists

2005-09-19 Thread Fritz Brown
your question. Otherwise, everybody gets a lot of white noise (e-mails that must be weeded out) while folks ask you questions to get the information. Fritz Brown On Sunday 18 September 2005 09:21 pm, linux wrote: is it just me or is this mailing list useless? i posted my question ages ago

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

2005-09-19 Thread Fritz Brown
later) in the installer, and it comes up to a command line. Do I need to run apt to find a GUI and install it? Oh yeah, and what is the login for root? I assumed it was root, but I should abviously read something informative before I go installing new OSs Fritz Brown - Original

Overwhelmed newbie

2005-09-16 Thread Fritz Brown
don't make me go back to Windows :( Thanks in advance. Fritz Brown -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

2005-09-16 Thread Fritz Brown
Well, I don't have any idea what's what when I begin the install. I have 7 CDs (booting from the CD), and get through the partitioning OK, but am utterly without a clue when it starts asking about packages with cryptic names and cryptic descriptions on the second bootup (or is it the third?).