mcop warning on starting tuxpaint

Hi, When I try to run tuxpaint I get: mcop warning: user defined signal handler found for SIG_PIPE, overriding in the terminal window and no tuxpaint :(. Any ideas where I should look to try to fix this. I am running testing on an x86. I installed tuxpaine, tuxpaint-data and tuxpaint-stamps

?package with tgetent

Hi I am trying to build prc_tools 2.1 and am not able to configure the build, but am getting stuck looking for tgetent. The exact build message (at the end) is: checking for tgetent in -lncurses... (cached) no checking for tgetent in -lHcurses... no checking for tgetent in -ltermlib... no

non packaged software (newbie question)

I recently installed Debian and now have to install some software not available as a .deb package. (Specifically, PalmOS SDK 3.5 and PRC tools 2.0) Is there anything I need to know (other than to install it in /usr/local ) when I install/build non-packaged software onto Debian? Thanks Norbert

Re: Printing Question

a text file directly to /dev/lp0. Now on to trying to get the filter right. I'm sure I'll have to resort to asking the list for help, but I'll take some time to try to muddle through myself. Norbert Froese

Re: help: can't print

Wayne Topa wrote: Am I right in concluding that there is a problem sending information out my parralel port as even directly writing to /dev/lp0 doesn't even print garbage or make printer noises? If you are using lilo to boot then you might try adding this to your

re: help: can't print

---BeginMessage--- Wayne Topa wrote: Am I right in concluding that there is a problem sending information out my parralel port as even directly writing to /dev/lp0 doesn't even print garbage or make printer noises? If you are using lilo to boot then you might try adding this to your

help: can't print

I don't know how to proceed. Any suggestions would be appreciated. There is no action at all from my printer no matter what I do in Debian Linux. As root, 'cat text_file /dev/lp0' hangs but nothing happens at the printer my cmos parallel port settings are SSP ( as opposed to EPP,ECP or

[Fwd: no signs of life from printer]

---BeginMessage--- Robin Gerard wrote: On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 07:04:38PM -0700, Norbert Froese wrote: . It seems to me that my problem is more low level than a spooling or filter problem as there is no activity, even with directly accessing the printer. I suppose that you use

no signs of life from printer

Hi, I recently installed Debian (potato) and am having trouble eliciting any signs of life from my printer (EPSON Stylus COLOR 777 ) It is not a hardware/cable problem as all is well printing with Windows ( also installed ) Given a test file 'test' lpr test (either as regular user or root )