Debian Win95 files...

1998-01-13 Thread smorrill
I have Win95 and Debian 1.3 on the same hard disk on my Amd 586 with Doc's Boot as an MBR. Being still pretty new to Linux, here's a question... I downloaded Netscape the other day for Linux, but had to use Winbloze to do it 'cause I _still_ haven't got ppp working... anyway, can I access the

Debian Pgp question...

1998-01-13 Thread smorrill
I have used Pgp for quite awhile with Win95, and thus have already made my secret key id number, etc. I would like to get pgp set up with Linux as I would like to move to using Debian exclusively. Anybody out there familiar with this issue of how I would use my same 1028 bit key (created under

Re: divide the list in beginners and advanced

1998-01-13 Thread smorrill
Here, Here!! I for one would ask that we not divide the list I picked Debian as my first try with Linux after looking at all the distributions. I probably jumped in over my head (as you can tell from the questions I post... :-) everything I read said Debian was not the best choice for a

Re: Question re:Debian and ppp...

1998-01-11 Thread smorrill
I'm sorry... you've lost me on this one... -- Steve Morrill Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Pub key id: 0xF2459FCD Debian LINUX Where I really want to go today! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Question re:Debian and ppp...

1998-01-10 Thread smorrill
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Debian, xfree86 and netscape...

1998-01-06 Thread smorrill
Sorry all, if this is too far off topic... I've got debian 1.3 up and running on my amd 586, can get thru to my isp via minicom and on the 'net with lynx. I just got netscape ver 3.04 installed, but I've missed something.. I startx, connect to my isp using minicom, but can't get netscape to

Re: Debian, xfree86 and netscape...

1998-01-06 Thread smorrill
Doh!! Of course you're right...(that large whooshing sound you heard must have been my brain fart) Guess I'll keep thrashing at this one. I can get ppp going but can't seem to get netscape to connect. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated -- Steve Morrill Reply to [EMAIL

Re: clueless people on debian-user

1997-12-13 Thread smorrill
I'll put up with some of the spam, and as for misdirected mail, welll... being a complete Linux newbie, I've probably submitted my share. But I've learned a lot from the folks on this list. I'd sure hate to see it go -- Steve Morrill Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Pub key id: 0xF2459FCD

Question re: ViewSonic 15G S3 video card...

1997-12-12 Thread smorrill
Hello all... I have a ViewSonic 15G monitor and an older JAX 8241 video card with an S3 805 chipset. I've got the boot magazine disk version of Debian installed on my 586 and so far everything's working great, except for I'm trying to get XFree86 up and running and am beating my

Modem configuration

1997-11-14 Thread smorrill
Ok, guys, I give... I have a base installation running from floppies (ver 1.3) on a 586 sharing a hard drive with win95. Everything works as it should, so far. I'm trying to get ppp running so I can ftp the packages I need. I'm a real newbie to linux, and I'm not understanding the setup process

Modem configuration, cont.

1997-11-14 Thread smorrill
Thank you all for the response! And, yes, Dwarf, I have your new book I think it's a great help! Finally, something Debian specific! But I have to admit, I'm still just trying to get my modem working in the base (floppy install only) system. Do I have to MAKEDEV for my modem? -- Steve Morrill

re-configuring things...

1997-05-08 Thread smorrill
I have *another* newbie type question. (Do they ever stop?) I am using debian release 1.2 on my 586/133mhz. When I originally ran dselect after doing my base system install, I skipped over configuring a number of programs, like ppp, etc. I've also made some mistakes (I think) on some of my

fatal server error..

1997-05-01 Thread smorrill
I am running Debian release 1.2 on my 586/133mhz...and trying to get XFree86 up and going... when I start up I get a message fatal server error: could not create audio connection block info and the machine seems to hang for quite awhile. Obviously there's something I haven't done here, but I'm

mc..missing library!

1997-04-29 Thread smorrill
I have debian release 1.2 installed on my 586/133mhz. I'm just learning how to move around in this system as I have no linux experience. When I try to start midnight commander, I get the following message: mc: can't load library 'libgpm.so.1' When I try to locate libgpm.so.1 using find, I

help with printing, please...

1997-04-29 Thread smorrill
sorry, this is a second request... Is there any way I can send what's actually showing on the on the screen to the printer? I'm trying to get XFree86 running and getting a lot of error messages. I'd like to be able to print these out so I can try to address the problems without having to write

Question about dselect..

1997-04-07 Thread smorrill
I have a base debian system installed on my 586 133 mhz. I got the Cheap Bytes cd and am trying to install packages, specifically the Xwindows packages. These are located in a directory called rex-fixe on the cd. I must be missing something here, but I cannot get dselect to recognize that

cdrom problem...

1997-04-01 Thread smorrill
I have a base Debian system installed from floppies on my 586 133mhz. My hd is partitioned for Windoze95 and for Debian. I ran fips, am using a boot mgr, everything going fairly well until I get to the point of trying to get my cdrom running under linux. Please help, 'cause I'm rippin' my hair