help: LSR safety check engaged!

? I have included part of my /var/log/messages file which I think may be of use. Thanks very much with any help. Regards, Saqib Shaikh Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site www.saqibshaikh.com Dec 26 22:02:42 debian kernel: ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! Dec 26 22:02:42 debian kernel: ttyS1: LSR

uk.debian.org

hi, recently a friend of mine wanted to get into linux. i gave him the address of www.uk.debian.org. he phoned me back later and told me that microsoft internet explorer said it contained chinese characters. i also booted windows and had the same problem. ie asks if you want to install

Re: uk.debian.org

fair enough, don't understand ms either. why does it contain chinese characters by the way? saqib - Original Message - From: Craig Dickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:12 PM Subject: Re: uk.debian.org Saqib Shaikh wrote

two keymaps for two kernels

hi all, i use some special speech software which is patched into the kernel and therefore also changes the default keymap. i have also got a non-talking kernel. in short, i want to have two keymaps, one to load when the standard kernel is booted and one to use when the other kernel is

dist-upgrade

hi, how do i use apt-get to upgrade from stable to testing? thanks, saqib

video editing under linux

hi a friend of mine is wondering if there are any video editing software under linux. i told him that i knew of no such program but would ask. any help? saqib

configuring network

hi, when i installed debian i got to the point where we must set up /etc/apt/sources.list. i selected ftp, but obviously it couldn't connect to the ftp server because my network wasn't set up. how does one set up and configure the network under debian; is there a netconfig analagous to

umsdos/loopback with debian

hi all, what i want to do is convert my existing linux partition into an umsdos or loopback filesystem to send to a friend. i have done the opposite - converted umsdos to ext2, but could someone tell me how to go the other way? thanks, saqib

aol

hi, has anyone had success using aol as an isp under linux? what i mean is that generally you can't dial into the aol servers unless you are using their special app, which unfortunately isn't for linux! any help appreciated saqib

LaTeX convertion tools

Hi All, I am wondering if there are any programs (preferabley Debian packages but not necessarily) to aid in converting LaTeX documents to ASCII text, HTML, RTF or Info? Any information greatly appreciated. Regards, Saqib Shaikh Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site http://www.saqibshaikh.com

perfect debian computer

ok, in my opinion: modem: go with 3com modems, they are the best internal modems for linux since they generally aren't winmodems. almost all external modems will work. finally for internal modem info could try www.linmodems.com sound card: i strongly recommend sound blaster 1024 live or

Re: [Offtopic] LaTeX

i have written a book called latex for beginners and it is on my webpage: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~sshaik it may not be the best reference about, please feedback! saqib Please visit my home page at: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~sshaik - Original Message - From: Angel [EMAIL

tripple booting dos/win/linux

hi, how is it possible to tripple boot dos/win/linux? what i have done so far is: 1. installed dos 2. changed the fs type for fat16 to xenix, and windows then installs fine since it doesn't find dos. 3. installed linux. 4. now, i can boot either windows or linux fine. 5. if i now change xenix

Re: tripple booting dos/win/linux

/linux On Thu, Jan 25, 2001, Saqib Shaikh wrote: hi, how is it possible to tripple boot dos/win/linux? what i have done so far is: 1. installed dos 2. changed the fs type for fat16 to xenix, and windows then installs fine since it doesn't find dos. 3. installed linux. 4. now, i