making a curve move in Xlib

2012-07-20 Thread Mike Fontenot
pparently I guessed wrong at least once). Does anyone have a very simple fragment of code that shows how it's done? I'm looking for bare-bones sort of code fragment ... nothing fancy or generic or portable, etc. -- Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-29 Thread Mike Fontenot
burned, and verified that it had lots of folders and files on it, not just a single iso file). Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Mike Fontenot
from that CD? Or do I need to buy it already on a liveCD? Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Mike Fontenot
nux on a floppy that I can boot from, and which will have enough stuff on it that I can format a partition on my 2nd hard drive, and then install lenny either from a CD or over the internet? Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&

LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-27 Thread Mike Fontenot
I thought, since liveCD's don't modify the computer in any way (and don't need any hard disk, only RAM), that nothing could go wrong. (My PC is a Dell Inspiron 530). Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Differences in PCI boards...

2008-08-20 Thread Mike Fontenot
l to try to get a definitive answer. Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Differences in PCI boards...

2008-08-20 Thread Mike Fontenot
e motherboard, and it shows the fence in the two PCI slots to be near the end away from the bracket. That's not consistent with my other conclusions. Maybe that diagram is wrong...as soon as I can, I'm going to open up the case and look for myself. Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Differences in PCI boards...

2008-08-19 Thread Mike Fontenot
that board won't work on my Dell Inspiron 530, or on any other computer that only has PCI 2.3 slots (earlier versions of PCI could work with 5v cards, or with either 5v or 3.3v cards). Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Differences in PCI boards...

2008-08-18 Thread Mike Fontenot
on't yet know what kind of PCI slots my new Dell 530 Inspiron has. I'm going to try to talk to both Dell and Rosewill this afternoon about it. Anyone have any info on this issue? Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pci-to-parallel vs usb-to-parallel?

2008-08-15 Thread Mike Fontenot
natives is likely to give me the least trouble getting printing to work (with etch or lenny)? Mike Fontenot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can't Record from Microphone

2003-01-02 Thread Mike Fontenot
ature like that somehow. (I've got the microphone level in xmixer set quite high, so that's not the problem. Also, I've verified that the mic is OK). Any advice? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Ghostscript Problem

2002-10-30 Thread Mike Fontenot
s-aladdin/7.04", but there are no "*.pfb" files there.) Any help much appreciated. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Who is ghostscript maintainer?

2002-10-25 Thread Mike Fontenot
ghostscript isn't being told properly where to look for the fonts. If Torsten Landschoff doesn't respond soon, I'll post more details of the problem here, and maybe someone else might know what the problem is. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Who is ghostscript maintainer?

2002-10-24 Thread Mike Fontenot
(from testing) on my potato system, and I haven't gotten any response, so I'm wondering if he is no longer the ghostscript maintainer. (I've already corresponded with Derek Noonburg, and he has established that the problem is in Debian, and not in gs-aladdin 7.04 itself).

Re: Ghostscript 7.04...

2002-10-03 Thread Mike Fontenot
I installed on my potato system from woody, and it still has problems with the equations in my groff file. It sounds like gs-aladdin on sarge is exactly what I need. But can I install that on my potato system, and if so, how do I do it? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNS

Re: Ghostscript 7.04...

2002-10-03 Thread Mike Fontenot
ome things that I don't want to spend time fixing. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but that's the reason that I'm still running (mostly) potato. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ghostscript 7.04...

2002-10-02 Thread Mike Fontenot
o has 5.10, and woody has 6.50). How do I determine if there is a debian package for ghostscript 7.04 anywhere, and if so, how can I install it on my potato system? (I've already installed the woody version of ghostscript on my potato system). Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROT

Printer Recommendation Requested

2002-06-18 Thread Mike Fontenot
e seen some complaints of reliability for other Epson models, but nothing specifically for the C80. Any recent experience with these (or other) printers (and info about where to buy them)? I'm running potato, and using the parallel connector for printing. Mike Fontenot [EMA

Re: Print font in mozilla

2002-05-20 Thread Mike Fontenot
n my userContent.css file are. If not, is there some documentation somewhere that shows all the possibilities for a userContent.css file? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Print font in mozilla

2002-05-17 Thread Mike Fontenot
been able to find a way to change that (e.g., perhaps to a more bold font). Any suggestions? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Increasing font size in mozilla

2002-05-08 Thread Mike Fontenot
e large fonts (on a high-resolution monitor) for mozilla, I'd appreciate getting some more detailed advice on how you did it. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mozilla and newsgroups

2002-05-05 Thread Mike Fontenot
newsgroup server. Anyone know how I can get newsgroups working? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting mozilla going...

2002-05-02 Thread Mike Fontenot
erstand his link: "ln -s f1 f2" establishes a soft link from the new name f2 to the existing ordinary file f1, which doesn't make any sense to me with the syntax he gave. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting mozilla going...

2002-05-02 Thread Mike Fontenot
woody) seem to say Mozilla still can't handle java applets as it exists right after installation... that some intervention is necessary. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting mozilla going...

2002-05-01 Thread Mike Fontenot
le myself, but the author of that advice seemed to think it would already be set...That makes me wonder what else has gone wrong with the installation. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Getting mozilla going...

2002-04-30 Thread Mike Fontenot
login, or under the root login. Anyone know what's going on? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S.: Here's what showed up on the screen when I executed mozilla the first time: _ /usr/lib/mozilla/run-mozilla.sh /

ImageMagic on potato

2002-04-26 Thread Mike Fontenot
ackage I installed doesn't end in a "k"? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xv on potato?

2002-04-26 Thread Mike Fontenot
ay to get it in a debian package? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Restricting a google search

2001-12-09 Thread Mike Fontenot
t was...does anyone know how to do that? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CUPS

2001-12-07 Thread Mike Fontenot
lp. (On an old redhat distribution, I used a "sed" script to insert spaces at the beginning of each line, and then sent the modified file to lpr. But the lp options are a better solution, and more general.) Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2.2r3-to-2.2r4 upgrade problem

2001-11-30 Thread Mike Fontenot
Many thanks to Colin Watson for his rapid response on my problem. Very impressive! Mike Fontenot

2.2r3-to-2.2r4 upgrade problem

2001-11-30 Thread Mike Fontenot
d the output to the printer. Restoring that line fixed the problem. But why was that line omitted? This seems like the kind of thing that's not supposed to happen... breaking things that were working fine. It's the reason I was hesitant to do the upgrade. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Upgrading to 2.2r4 from 2.2r3

2001-11-27 Thread Mike Fontenot
that dist_upgrade is needed only if the structure and/or dependences have changed, which I suspect is not the case for r3 to r4). In my sources.list, can I change "stable" to "potato", to insure that I don't accidentally upgrade to woody if woody becomes stable without me knowing it? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No xpr on debian...

2001-11-10 Thread Mike Fontenot
netpbm Thanks for the tip...I realize my debian navigating skills are lacking. The man page for xwdtopnm says it converts an X dump to an "anymap". But what do I do with that? Is there a way to convert "anymap" to postscript? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No xpr on debian...

2001-11-10 Thread Mike Fontenot
ute (on debian) the xpr binary I got off my Redhat 5.0 system, and it said "can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' ". On my debian system, I DO have a /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6, but it's a link to libXmu.so.6.0 (which I also have). Why can't it load that? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No xpr on debian...

2001-11-10 Thread Mike Fontenot
Erik Steffl wrote: > e.g. gimp can read xwd files, there's /usr/bin/xwdtopnm, I guess there > are other programs as well... I couldn't find xwdtopnm on my system. Is it part of some debian package? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Netscape in different desks with fvwm2

2001-11-09 Thread Mike Fontenot
f the Messenger window popped up in the original Navigator window. (I'm using no virtual pages (1x1), just a pure multiple desktop setup. Earlier, I used a 3x3 setup, and when I moved the Messenger window into an adjacent page by just "pushing through the edge", the popup problem didn

No xpr on debian...

2001-11-09 Thread Mike Fontenot
else to do this job? Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Netscape in different desks with fvwm2

2001-11-08 Thread Mike Fontenot
ne starting with the Messenger window. But I don't think that's what I want...because an incoming message with an image attached would probably pop up a new navigator window in the same desktop as the Messenger window, instead of using the existing Messenger window. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Geometry specification...

2001-11-08 Thread Mike Fontenot
f how to "leave out" one of the dimensions. I.e., do you say, e.g., "48x*+0+0", or what? I must be missing some fundamental documentation on X or on fvwm, but I've got the man pages for both of them. Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

PPosition field???

2001-11-08 Thread Mike Fontenot
In the fvwm manual, there is an option "NoPPosition", which instructs to "ignore the PPosition field when adding new windows". But I haven't been able to find any mention of this PPosition field anywhere. Anyone know where it's defined or discussed?

"upgrade" vs "dist-upgrade"

2001-10-31 Thread Mike Fontenot
se two cases would be that "dist-upgrade" does more checking of dependences. Is my interpretation correct, or have I misunderstood the man page? (My main concern is that I don't want to accidentally upgrade to woody). Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

paperfile & groff

2001-10-31 Thread Mike Fontenot
s to work fine. (Actually, I used 841890 instead of 792000, because my default media type is "A4", not "Letter"). My question is, why was that "paperfile" line in my DESC file, when the /etc/papersize file doesn't exist? Anyone know? (I'm running 2.2r3, and CUPS). Mike Fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED]