Beavis == Beavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
how do u remove groups and users
groupdel, userdel
Marshal
My name is Marshal and I'm a Emacs user...And I have No Regrets! :)
In any case, to the point.
I was wondering why there are differences in the info from the
command-line and the info in Emacs (C-h i). The command-line info
seems more complete. I can't seem to find the info customizations on
Cameron == Cameron Matheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hey,
My friend is thinking about buying a Voodoo 2, but I told him I
should make sure it will work in Linux. I had heard that the
Voodoo 3 is hard to set up in X Windows. Will the Voodoo 2
work?
With a
Sandy == Sandy Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I installed Debian (slink) and the X Window system. My manual
that came with the CD, Learning Debian Gnu/Linux has a section
on using GNOME.
Most of the things they refer to are there, but two are missing:
home directory
sam == sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I recently installed both wterm and eterm and I get the
following error when I try to run either of them:
resnet:~$ wterm wterm: can't open pseudo-tty wterm: aborting
resnet:~$ Eterm Eterm: Can't open pseudo-tty -- No such file or
and wterm work normally as root.
~Sam
On 12 Apr 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
sam == sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I recently installed both wterm and eterm and I get the
following error when I try to run either of them:
resnet:~$ wterm wterm: can't
Kent == Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
john smith wrote:
thanks. mind telling me the other ways that you have said
before?. I tried fontser but I don't like the way how it
handles things.
From: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
:
yes. actually what I meant to ask was the fonts for the
terminals when you press alt+f1,f2 etc..
From: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
[EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], john smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Debian Users
Norman == Norman Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm trying to upgrade to XFree86 3.3.6 in order to get support
for my Trident Blade 3D card. I've managed to get as far as
attempting to install xserver-svga, but it claims to depend on
'libz1'.
I've looked all over the
Maury == Maury Merkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, New user here. With, no doubt, a few questions you might
have already answered forty-four hundred times this week
Hey. What else are new users good for?
But I'm only new to Debian. I've been using Linux since late
Michael == Michael O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hola~ Rookie question here. I'm trying to setup an encrypted
filesystem as per:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO-3.html
The first step is installing the latest crypto patch. How do I
Sven == Sven Burgener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello debian freaks out there! I am not totally new to
Linux. Have set up run web, mail, dns servers on linux. Also
done some work with things like shell / awk and nice tools of
that kind. I've been using the suse distro during
Adam == Adam Shand [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
you have to get the international kernal patch from either
www.kerneli.org, or in the non-US section. Then you have to
patch the kernel and recompile.
with the new mellowing of usa crypto laws, is there any chance
that the
Alex == Alex Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi! Can I install Woody's packages (eg. kernel-2.2.14,
XFree86-3.3.3.6) on a Slink System (because these packages of
Slink is too old)?
If you're looking for a slink version of XFree86 3.3.4, add
deb
Daniel == Daniel Lesage [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi all. I'm trying to install Potato to what will become my
ipchains server. I had previously installed Slink on this
computer, but managed to completely mangle my installation when
my old ISP switched to PPPOE. My new
Adam == Adam Shand [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Probably not. Beside the crypto laws, there is also the DSFG
that debian adheres to, and many of the encryption schemes have
patents on them, thus makeing them non-free, and not in debian
by default.
oh yeah, i forgot about
Hey all!
I get the following errors in my logs, and wonder whether anyone has
any clues to what they might be.
Security Violations
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Apr 21 16:15:52 ul pppd[148]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x702d
Apr 21 16:57:19 ul pppd[148]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported
Ethan == Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
and if you want to compile them there's always 'apt-get
--compile source packagename'. if you haven't used it before
here's how it works :)
with the annoying side affect of apt insisting on replacing the
locally compiled
You may have to change the default resolution for the Xserver. First
off, when you are in X, try pressing ctrl-alt-+ or
ctrl-alt--. This should change the resolution, if the problem is
what I think it is. If it changes, then you'll have to edit
/etc/X11/XF86Config file so that it starts at the
rich == rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
total network newbie here, I recently acquired a 486dx-33 with
1.4gb hard drive that i want to use as an x-terminal to connect
to my pentium-200 (which runs potato). Is potato appropriate for
a 486? I have an old cd of bo that I thought
I'd go with the Voodoo3 since I believe that the drivers are most
farthest along. But, I'm biased. I own one. ;)
Marshal
Gregory == Gregory T Norris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm planning to get a 3D-accelerated graphics card, and I was
hoping to get some suggestions on which ones
I believe plugger with mpg123 will do something like what you want.
You get a blank page while it plays. Not perfect, but something.
Marshal
David == David Grill Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I want to be able to play my music from my.mp3.com ('beamed'
using beam-it) without
Actually, I might be interested in adopting it. I've been looking for
a small project to get my feet wet with. And since I'm one of those
crazy people that actually use Dvorak, this might be a start.
Are there any procedures that need to be done?
Marshal
Joseph == Joseph Carter [EMAIL
Have you installed xserver-SVGA?
Marshal
Beavis == Beavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
try to set up x
installed the following packages
xserver-common, xfonts-base, fonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi,
xfonts-scalable
ran the following:
apt-get install
You need one of the ncurses-dev libraries. I guess the one that
matches which ever ncurses you have installed right now.
Marshal
David == David Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Thanks, but I meant what packages are needed for make menuconfig
to function, as in when I enter the
Charlie == Charlie Ebert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am currently running Mandrake 7.0 Air and have become inspired
by Debian. I want to run Debian.
Currently , (Air) supports my Ultra 66 Hard drive and my Sound
Blaster Live audio card.
If I install Slink, do I get
Andreas == Andreas Sliwka [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, how do I configure the colors ls shows? I cant find any kind
of manual for this ... neither man ls nor info ls nor
/usr/share/doc/fileutils ...
Try man dircolours and info dircolors.
mfg -- Andreas Sliwka | [EMAIL
Hey everyone.
I'm using unstable, and I was wondering what would be the best way to
start up eth0 without a network address assigned to it? I need this,
so that pppoe will work correctly. Currently, I have the following in
/etc/networks/interfaces:
iface eth0 inet static
address
Maurizio == Maurizio Boriani [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi to all, I'm behind proxy, anyone know how i can use apt-get
in this case?
You have to set the $http_proxy environment variable, or edit
/etc/apt/apt.conf. Point it at you proxy server and port.
Marshal
Thank you in
... in
/etc/init.d/networking, but I'm looking to see if there is a more
cleaner way... Thanks though.
Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong writes:
Hey everyone.
I'm using unstable, and I was wondering what would be the best
way to start up eth0 without a network address assigned
Jose == Jose Marin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi all, I'm reposting this question because I didn't get any
answer recently. Maybe this has been discussed before but I
haven't been able to dig it up from the mailing list archives or
dejanews.
I'm using several machines,
I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that potato is
always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And that woody is the
code-name for the 2.2 release. So why is unstable pointing to woody,
and frozen to potato? I found this out when I tried to get gimp1.1
and found it not
Bart == Bart Friederichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, Well, thanks for all that info. Guess the support and
packaging does it for Debian. Sounds good. And then to mention
that not long ago I read that Debian had no support. I installed
Debian, but haven't used it long yet,
I was wondering how to remove a file by the name of --help.tgz?
(Don't ask...Okay if you really must know, I typed in tgz --help and I
get that file. There's no man page for tgz, and I think tgz shouldn't
accept things starting with -- as file names...) rm always takes it
as an option, even if
I'm not sure, but perhaps run fmtutil? Just a shot in the dark.
Marshal
Brendan == Brendan J Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm having the familiar *.fmt files missing when trying to use
tex. The mail archives suggest that the solution is to install
tex from the
Phoenix == Phoenix Amon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that
potato is always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And
that woody is the code-name for the 2.2 release.
Each version has a code name. The code name doesn't
Try downloading the deb source, patching the source, and then using
dpkg-buildpackage or dpkg --build. (Check the man pages.) Make sure
you get the source from the debian website or with apt, if you have
the deb-src lines in sources.list, as it will contain debian
subdirectory in the source
Pollywog == Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 23-Mar-2000 Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
I was wondering how to remove a file by the name of --help.tgz?
(Don't ask...Okay if you really must know, I typed in tgz
--help and I get that file. There's no man page for tgz
Jaskierny [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
thanks, i'd already thought of that. but i'd assume there has
to be a more convenient way. debian can't possibly be built on
just the packages and dependencies it provides.
On 23 Mar 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
Try downloading
Ben == Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 07:44:58PM -0500, Marshal Kar-Cheung
Wong wrote:
I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that
potato is always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And
that woody is the code-name
Alex == Alex Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi! I have download the floppies from ftp.us.debian.org and
installed a basic debian linux (potato) box , and now I want to
complete the system and have following questions:
(1) updated the kernel to (official release 2.2.14)
If an e-mail is written in a multi-byte character format, say like
Chinese, there is no garuntee that it will get to the other side
properly, is there? If I recall correctly, mail is like packets.
They are moved from server to server. If one server strips the 8th
bit, then that's it.
John == John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Marshal writes:
I think the no support part is more of a no OFFICIAL
support.
debian-user is quite official.
I think that they mean that there is no paid support. They're
wrong: while support from Debian itself is
Thomas == Thomas Guettler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I tried to install debian (potato, from march 13th) for the
first time and have two problems: I already have a small running
system, and wanted to add several packages at once. Dselect says
the following and refuses to
Percival == Percival [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am looking for some help with cron. I have read the man
pages, but I still cannot figure out how to schedule a job and
NOT have the stdout emailed to me. I am trying to run fetchmail
to check some remote e-mail boxes several
Mark == Mark Bathie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hey all,
Is there some way I can find out... given a file how do I know
what library file contains this file
e.g. which library file/debain package would contain the file
as86
Is there a search page to cater for such
How do you blank the screen, as in a screensaver. It was working
before, bul all of a sudden, it doesn't and I don't know why. Being
that this is Linux, I figure there must be a way to fix this without
rebooting, which I have a sneaking suspicion might solve the problem.
So if anyone could lead
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
How do you blank the screen, as in a screensaver. It was
working before, bul all of a sudden, it doesn't and I don't
know why. Being that this is Linux, I figure there must be a
way to fix this without rebooting, which I have
john == john smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
hello, how do I stop these daemons without manually deleting
them from /etc/init.d? how the heck do I use update-rc.d -f
remove -stop something? anyway... I mainly use linux for web
surfing,email so what are the other daemons that
Nils-Erik == Nils-Erik Svangård [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello all.
I'm trying to get an old UNIX keyboard working on my P100. When
I restart the computer with the keyboard I get a errormessage
that says something like to many NACK's, check you cables. I
have located
Mackan == Mackan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi everybody!
I'm new to this list - and also new to Debian. I have used
Slackware for years, but decided to give Debian a try.
I'm wondering how the CD layout looks at the official Debian
cd's. I know of the debian-cd
Here's how my system is setup. Hopefully, it will help.
I have Partition Magic's Boot Manager (actually, I think it's the OS/2
boot manager) on /dev/hda. My DR-DOS and Win95 partitions are marked
a bootable on /dev/hda. Debian GNU/Linux is on /dev/hdb. The root
partition is /dev/hdb1.
During
Mackan == Mackan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 26 Mar 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
Mackan == Mackan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm wondering how the CD layout looks at the official Debian
cd's. I know of the debian-cd package, but since my machine
runs
Kenneth == Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I (finally) seem to have a working connection via IDSL. It
works fine under windows by just setting up the IP, Gateway,
Netmask, and DNS entries under the tcp/ip pulldown under the
networking configuration for my network
then...
--- Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kenneth == Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I (finally) seem to have a working connection via IDSL. It
works fine under windows by just setting up the IP, Gateway,
Netmask, and DNS entries under the tcp
Tolga == Tolga KIlicli [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I canoot receive mails via exim although I can send... I cannot
figure out the problem, everything seems usual...
When i send a mail from a different host it is rejected. What
is the problem!
Check to make sure that in
Bruno == Bruno Boettcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 02:25:36PM +0200, Lepus wrote:
I have installed Realplayer 7 on my Linux box, running Potato
with ALSA
am using woody with oss and i noticed this problem too,
interestingly the realplayer doesn't
You can also try the theme-converter package. It will convert
targballs into debs.
Marshal
Luis == Luis M Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 02:42:55AM -0600, Adrian Thompson wrote:
Hello, Windowmaker makes a dir in your home dir called
Well, it's a bit difficult to say what you need to compile ANY
program. Of course you need the compiler, probably make, and a few
other helper apps. So start with task-c-dev, if you're using potato.
It will cover the basics. Then you will need -dev packages, which is
what many people forget.
Hilary == Hilary Hertzoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've looked in through the documentation until my eyes blurred
and I haven't been able to find the answers to these rather
basic questions.
1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The
methods I've
Rodrigo == Rodrigo Castro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello, Sorry for sending this message again and sorry for
sending to devel (I don't know if I should). I really need your
help, I tried everything I know and I can't make my Emacs work
with END key, when it is in Xterm.
Sean == Sean Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Has anybody else noticed that gimp1.1 has completely vanished??
Any ideas oh where it went or what happened?
And this isn't a dropped package ordeal, as it has vanished from
woody.
It's not in woody(unstable). It's still in
Steve == Steve Winston [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Need help. I have two bad problems on Slink: I can't make Debian
type Spanish and many of my apps crash often.
1. I can't make the international keyboard work. I need to use
Spanish markings but they don't work on my copy of
Rong == Rong Shen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, I bought the Debian/GNU Linux by John Goerzen and Ossama
Othman, published by New Riders, July 1999, first edition, I
think.
I could boot from CDROM and thing proceeded smoothly until the
step after I finished partitioning
Beavis == Beavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
i have two questions for the list today,
1. i am getting a recursive error
modprobe: can't locate module char-major-14
char-major-14 is for your sound card. You'll need to add something
like:
alias char-major-14 sb
to
Beavis == Beavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
what if i don't have a soundcard? how do i tell it that?
alias char-major-14 off
I think...
1. i am getting a recursive error
modprobe: can't locate module char-major-14
char-major-14 is for your sound card.
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