Re: Tux Laptop Comment and Recommendation.

2001-03-15 Thread hammack
Great feedback - thanks for the comments!! John - Original Message - From: kmself@ix.netcom.com To: User Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:44 PM Subject: Re: Tux Laptop Comment and Recommendation.

/usr/bin/man and /etc/man config on debian 2.2 potato stable

2001-03-15 Thread Kim De Smaele
Hi all, I just installed potato 2.2 ( stable on my laptop and for some unknown reason /usr/bin/man and /etc/man.config where not installed. Can some one send me a reply witch the 2 files attached please. thx Greetz Kim

Re: Functionality simular to FreeBSD's jails

2001-03-15 Thread Bud Rogers
On Thursday 15 March 2001 08:03, Ilya Martynov wrote: Hi, I'm interested if there is exists some software which allows to implement virtual boxes under Linux (something that provide simular capabilities as FreeBSD's jails). The only thing I know about is user-mode linux kernel. Does anybody

Can't SSH. need help!

2001-03-15 Thread Mark Livingstone
Hi! One of my boxes is running openssh_2.3.0 with only ssh2 enabled.. When i first installed Debian and ssh i could easily connect

Re: printing pdf containing font not recognised by ps printer

2001-03-15 Thread Mark Mackenzie
I have a document that contains fonts that are unrecognisable to a postscript printer (hplj2100tn) Just in case anyone else has this problem, pdftops from the xpdf package seems to fix this (as apposed to pdf2ps from gs). Mark

Kernel 2.4.2 and kapm-idled

2001-03-15 Thread Jonathan Markevich
OK, I know it's just an idle daemon, but what do I need to adjust in my Woody setup so it's not included in the system load? I don't need to disable apm, do I? Probably a FAQ somewhere, right...? sigh -- Jonathan Markevich [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich The penalty for

Re: Help with printer

2001-03-15 Thread Vadim Kutsyy
On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Matheson Cameron wrote: Hey, just parallel port support isn't enough (that could apply to parallel IDE, etc). In the CHARACTER DEVICES section of the kernel config, there is an option PARALLEL PRINTER SUPPORT that you need to say yes to Hope that helps, Cameron

IDE UDMA/xx Hard drive and Debian

2001-03-15 Thread George M. Butler
Hi all, I am assembling a new computer at home. It has an Asus P5A motherboard (super socket 7) and a AMD6- 2/500 Mh processor. I want to install the lastest Debian 2.2r2 from CDs. What would be a suitable EIDE hard drive to use? I am worried that the Linux kernel on this release does not

something wrong with security.debian.org?

2001-03-15 Thread John Griffiths
is something wrong with security.debian.org? I'm trying to apt-get update at the moment and its timing out... consistently for the last hour. is it just busy or does it need a kick or is something going badly wrong?

Re: spontaneous partitions type changes (GRUB)

2001-03-15 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 09:42:42AM -0500, D-Man wrote: ... It recognized the partitions in the same way whether they were hidden or not. They showed up as E: and F:, but other than showing up in My Computer, they did nothing else. I think the properties listed it as 0 bytes or something. It

Re: Tux Laptop Comment and Recommendation.

2001-03-15 Thread Tom Pfeifer
I have the model that was called the Obsidian when TuxTops sold it, and I believe the Emperor is essentially the same unit except it has updated graphics (like the Dell Inspiron 5000e). I got mine with 256 MB of RAM. I've been very happy with it. It's rugged, reliable, comfortable to use, and

Re: IDE UDMA/xx Hard drive and Debian

2001-03-15 Thread Mike Dresser
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, George M. Butler wrote: Hi all, release does not support the IDE UDMA/100 mode. I have read the Howto Doc on UDMA but I am afraid that it did not seem clear to me. Does it even matter if the kernel supports the UDMA/100? The ASUS manual says that the board

Re: Debian never powers off

2001-03-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
I got following message. I assume this was for ML. So I answer here. On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 01:05:03PM -0500, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote: * Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Add append line with apm=on in lilo.conf and run lilo. My lilo.conf is like: append=hdc=ide-scsi apm=on

Re: something wrong with security.debian.org?

2001-03-15 Thread Mark Hurley
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 02:30:16PM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: is something wrong with security.debian.org? I'm trying to apt-get update at the moment and its timing out... consistently for the last hour. is it just busy or does it need a kick or is something going badly wrong? Ditto

Re: something wrong with security.debian.org?

2001-03-15 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 02:30:16PM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: is something wrong with security.debian.org? I'm trying to apt-get update at the moment and its timing out... consistently for the last hour. is it just busy or does it need a kick or is something going badly wrong? Did you

Re: something wrong with security.debian.org?

2001-03-15 Thread John Griffiths
At 11:07 PM 3/15/2001 -0500, Mark Hurley wrote: On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 02:30:16PM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: is something wrong with security.debian.org? I'm trying to apt-get update at the moment and its timing out... consistently for the last hour. is it just busy or does it need a

Re: Seeking GUI for Postgresql

2001-03-15 Thread Fraser Campbell
John Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I currently use MySQLMan to handle the MySQL databases on my system. I want to find a similarly capable tool to manage PostgreSQL databases. Any Suggestions?? BTW I already have WebMin but that does not allow the indepth table managemment that MySQLMan

Re: spontaneous partitions type changes (GRUB)

2001-03-15 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:31:26AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: ... below the 1024 cylinder limit. That extended partition covered most of the disk well above the 1024 cylinder limit, but Windows prefered to be more precise: it _started_ below the 1024 limit, but extended to

Re: need help with dialup mail config

2001-03-15 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 09:43:15PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote: ... I checked some docs, and got lost. A book of mine suggests using diald, but that would mean dial on demand. I understand diald needs its own connection files wich seems a waste after finally setting up a working set of pon /

Re: need help with dialup mail config

2001-03-15 Thread John Hasler
Carel Fellinger writes: you can use the info in the files used by pon/poff to set up diald, you even can use the /etc/chatscript/provider file. You can also run pppconfig, go to 'Advanced', and select 'Demand'. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

xf86 4.0.2

2001-03-15 Thread Jason Majors
I just started using debian (I've been using Redhat for years), and I'm having trouble with my X-Window system. I installed the 4.0.2 packages from woody, but noticed that xserver-svga is still 3.3.6 and xserver-common is installed as both 4.0.2 and 3.3.6. When I run startx with the 3.3.6

Re: /usr/bin/man and /etc/man config on debian 2.2 potato stable

2001-03-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 02:23:33AM +0100, Kim De Smaele wrote: Hi all, I just installed potato 2.2 ( stable on my laptop and for some unknown reason /usr/bin/man and /etc/man.config where not installed. Can some one send me a reply witch the 2 files attached please. apt-get install man-db

Re: grip cddb config

2001-03-15 Thread Mike
Lewis, James M. wrote: Thanks, but that doesn't seem to work for me.!? I'm at a loss as to why. more info: cddbcmd -h freedb.freedb.org:8880 -l 3 -d sites # works cddbcmd -h freedb.freedb.org:888 -l 3 -d sites # works cddbcmd -h freedb.freedb.org:8880 -l 4 -d sites #

Re: Reboot only w/ mouse - SOLVED

2001-03-15 Thread kmself
on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 07:24:02PM -0500, Barry Mathieu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: One of the responses concerning using a plam pilot to interface with my machine will need further investigation. Essentially, you need a laplink (null) serial cable, appropriate software for the palm (there's

Is there any movie player that could do mpeg-4 in debian?

2001-03-15 Thread calyth
I'm just curious if there's any software out there for linux that could read mpeg-4. If there's any, could you guys name them? Calyth

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