Creative AWE64 - full duplex supported?

Is Creative AWE64 soundcard - Full duplex support availble in 2.2.x kernels? -gnana

recording voice?

Is there any good util to record voice from mic? -gnana

latest gimp debs?

where can i get latest gimp debs? -gnana

Re: Offtopic: napster mp3

Yeah, have a look at old news on slashdot.org http://www.freshmeat.net/search?query=napster -gnana

ADSL

i am planning to go for ADSL bellsouth fastacess account. they are giving an internal pci adsl modem card. what are the linux compatible adsl cards? -gnana

world time display program

hi, i am lookin for a program that can display current time at: London, NewYork, Paris, Berlin, New Delhi at the same time. Searched freshmeat but cudn't find one. if someone knows of such a program let me know. I am running potato. -gnana

palm pilot vs visor

hi all, I am planning to purchase a palm OS based organiser. I am eyeing on 3com's palm pilot IIIe and Handspring's Visor. I would eventually sync with linux. Which one is best supported. thanks. -gnana

Re: palm pilot vs visor

Hi Steve, Thanx for replying. Well, in theory the Visor is completely Palm compatable. Are you looking at the cheap visor? yes. I am a beginner organiser. I am mainly looking for the software compatibility. I would connect the cradle to my serial port and use pilot-link software to sync

slink to potato

is it time for potato? If yes, how? apt-get? I am running debian 2.1r3. -gnana

Re: slink and potato

Often you will see Slink = Stable, Potato = Unstable, but I have been using potato for a while now will little or no problems, and it works a lot better in many ways, at least for me. I am running slink but I want to upgrade to potato. How do I go about? What is the best way? -gnana

yamaha sound card support in kernel

how do i include yahama sound card support in 2.0.36 (original kernel that came with slink)? I have a new yamaha 32-bit sound card that I want to use. -gnana

exim: removing 'host' from 'host.domain.com'

Hi I have registered and hosted a domain 'mydomain.com' with my ISP. They have given me a domain wide forwarding account [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Then I use fetchmail to fetch all mails at [EMAIL PROTECTED] which will also have my users mails at mydomain.com My linux machine's

Re: kde + slink

i downloaded from: ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/.2/KDE/stable/1.1.2/distribution/deb/slink/i386/ -gnana

[Fwd: Re: InterScan Virus Alert]

Ya, true. I saw happy99.exe virus just now. But why anyone would use windoze to send mails? what is this interscan anyway? -gnana

ipupload

Hello, I am connecting and disconnecting to the net over a modem line. My ISP gives dynamic IPs. I want to upload the IP that I get from my ISP to a website so that my friends can come to know if I am online. I also want to upload the information that I am going offline when I disconnect. I have

crontab

how do i run a program every 10 minutes? -gnana

kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs

hello, I am trying to install kernel 2.2.12. I compiled as documented in the README of the kernel source distribution. I edited lilo.conf and exec lilo and added. My root dev=/dev/sda3 (extend partition) boot=/dev/sda But when I tried booting the new kernel, I got VFS: Cannot open root device

problem: floppy access

If I try to mount as root, I get this: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device If I use mdir (mtools), I get this: Can't open /dev/fd0: Device not configured Cannot initialize 'A:' What is the problem? My fd0 device file looks like this: brw-rw 1 root floppy 2, 0 Mar 3

Re: New Kernel: make-kpkg vs. make bzLilo

Hi make menuconfig make dep make clean make bzLilo make modules make_modules_install It should be 'make bzImage' -gnana

Re: problem: floppy access

1.44 MB ... then you have it in the kernel, if not, then you can seek the module in /lib/modules/kernel.version.number/block/ if it's in, then you can load it in with insmod command. dmesg | grep fd0 shows: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M 'ls /lib/modules/2.0.36/modules/' lists: linear.o

staroffice - multiuser?

hi, i remember when i downloaded staroffice 5 from stardivision (before sun's buyout), it used to work only in for a single account, the account from which it was installed. But has it changed now after sun's buyout of staroffice? Because, I don't see 'personal edition' anymore along with

Re: staroffice - multiuser?

Hi, Thanks for the reply. Yes, it has changed. The free version allows multiple users to use it now. Install it as root with ./setup /net. Any user who wants to use it should switch to the directory it was installed in and type ./setup. So, that means every user has to install himself to use

Re: staroffice - multiuser?

Ok. I got it. I am going to install now. Thanks all for your quick replies. -gnana Each user 'only' takes up a couple megabytes in their home directory for configuration files ('only' could get huge if there are a large number of users).

Re: staroffice - multiuser? [still prob]

workstation or local install screen! I am going nuts. please help. -gnana about 2 megs --dave On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote: Hi, Thanks for the reply. Yes, it has changed. The free version allows multiple users to use it now. Install it as root with ./setup /net

Re: staroffice - multiuser? [SOLVED!]

Hello all, I removed the installation and re-installed as root. Then logged in as normal user and I am now able to install as many workstation installs as I need (depending on users' numbers). Thanks all. -gnana

ensonique?

Hi all, can i purchase ensonique cards? are they supported very well in 2.2.x kernels? what other 32-bit cards are very well supported and cheap. ;) -gnana

Re: boot messages (where are they?)

/var/log/messages -gnana

ide for perl

Hi all, I use vi or xemacs for all my editing/coding purposes. Some windoze user of mine asked me if there is any IDE for PERL like solution soft's perlbuilder. can anyone quote any perl compatible IDEs? I am going to search freshmeat too. -gnana

gimp

Hi all, how do i install new ttf fonts? apart from websites about gimp, is there any mailing list dedicated to gimp on which users' discuss on tips and tricks etc? -gnana

WindowMaker 0.61 breaks

Hi, I compiled and installed latest windowmaker version 0.61. When I create a new workspace, it crashes! and comes back to xdm login! why? known bug? I just can't stick on one workspace, gimme more. -gnana

Re: java for Office51 (was Re: installing StarOffice 5.1a for Linux)

hi what about the JDK1.2? will it work? jre_1.1.7-v1a-glibc-x86.tgz jre_1.1.7-v1a-glibc-x86-native.tgz -gnana

dpkg problems

Hi, I am new to debian. I recently compiled and upgraded gtk. After that, whenever I install any package using apt-get it says: # apt-get install xfstt Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: Sorry, but the

Re: gimp [SOLVED!]

Hi Martin! Basically: install the xfstt package, put the fonts you want to use in /usr/share/fonts/truetype, run a xfstt --sync and tell the xserver where it can find the font server with xset fp+ unix/:7101 (I have put this line into the /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 file (as I use xdm) ... gimp

32bit yamaha soundcard support

is 32-bit yamaha sound card supported? -gnana

ipchains

I am running 2.2.12 kernel with ipforwarding compiled into the kernel. I want to masq 192.168.1.0/24 but when I used ipchains command: /sbin/ipchains -A forward -j MASQ -s 192.168.1.0/24 it returned: no chain by that name. why? what is the problem? -gnana

windowmaker and gnome

hello, I want to use windowmaker with gnome panel. can anybody share their configs with me? I would like to use gnone panel for all my buttons and windowmaker as windowmanager instead of enlightenment. -gnana

windowmaker and gnome

hello, I want to use windowmaker with gnome panel. can anybody share their configs with me? I would like to use gnone panel for all my buttons and windowmaker as windowmanager instead of enlightenment. -gnana

matrox - openGL?

is matrox g200 3d accelerated card? if yes, is the support in linux is for the 3d accelaration? can i run openGL apps like quake3d? i have a matrox mystique g200 8mb video ram. -gnana

Re: Using dselect thru a firewall

Hi Tim, Tim Ayers wrote: Is there a way to set up dselect to do FTP access thru a proxy? Thank you. YES!! look into /etc/apt/apt.conf config file. There is proxy settings for http, ftp apt-get methods. Hope you have a very nice day, :-) same to you! -gnana

Re: gz file??

Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am new to Unix. Please tell me what is the difference between unix and window 98? There are a LOT of differences. However, I leave to other expert users to explain in briefly. Can i use gz file in window 98? where I could download the file to unzip gz

read-only file system

Hi, I upgraded to potato from slink 4-5 days ago. I can't create dir in /usr/doc area. I get: genome:/usr/doc# mkdir test mkdir: cannot make directory `test': Read-only file system genome:/usr/doc# any idea why this behavior? -gnana

Re: read-only file system

Hi Jean, mount /dev/sda11 on /usr type ext2 (ro) and see if this is true. yes it is! To change to read/write see the man page for mount. did it, now i have remounted. I should check fstab file before I down the machine just to make sure it is not mounted with 'ro' again. thanks.

quicktime4 player for linux?

any player that can play qt4 and the qt4 streaming media? -gnana 2.2.13|potato

Re: quicktime4 player for linux?

Hi again, Does xanim not do this? that's for stored qt files. what about streaming qt like the one at www.bbcworld.com? -gnana

ymf724

anybody using yamaha YMF724 PCI sound card? I can't seem to use opl3, opl3sa or opl3sa2 modules. -gnana

stdio.h: no such file or directory

hi, i upgraded to potato from slink thru apt-get method. when i try to compile my kernel, i get stdio.h: no such file or directory and other header files are missing. I thoroughly searched the disk using locate as well as find but these devel lib header files seem to be missing. which package

mounting macintosh floppy?

how do i mount a mac format floppy? -gnana

fetchmail

i upgraded recently to potato. I was using fetchmail (that came with slink) to fetch from my multidrop pop box at my isp and was redistributing without any problems. But after upgraded to potato (fetchmail 5.1) my .fetchmailrc doesn;t work anymore! My pop3 box at isp (multidrop box) name is

Xdselect?

Is there any X interface for dselect? -gnana

Xdselect?

Is there any X interface for dselect? -gnana

Xdselect?

Is there any X interface for dselect? -gnana

Re: fetchmail and deleting read mail

hi, Yes there is! Add this option in your .fetchmailrc file -K, --nokeep delete new messages after retrieval -gnana Anthony Campbell wrote: Is there any way to make fetchmail delete each mail at source as soon as it's fetched?

Re: Beginners How-To use Debian as a LAN

Hi Brian, Brian Burnes wrote: Hello: I am a microbiology laboratory manager with limited computer literacy, but I am also a *biology student specialising in Bioinformatics!! I am interested in the capabilities of Debian. Endless capabilities, with proper setup. I primarily use debian

anyone using USB devices?

Hi, I know USB support is not available in 2.2.* kernels and the support is very feasible in the 2.3.x development kernels. But I am just asking how the USB support is getting into 2.3.x kernels. I have a HP USB scanner which I would like to use with 2.3.x kernel, if you all suggest. -gnana

Re: single-user

Hi, 2 ways to do. 1. When booting, at LILO: enter linux single assuming that your favourite kernel is labelled linux, if not replace the correct kernel label. 2. at shell prompt type init 1 to go to single user mode. -gnana Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink)

good GPLed backup program

Hi, Looking for good reliable backup program under linux. I know BRU is good but it is priced. I want a free product. -gnana

Re: Compatible notebook

Hi Rajesh Mittal wrote: I am trying to buy a notebook , and I will be installing debian or free bsd on that. Has anybody got a suggestion about processor type , graphics card or n/w card. or as a whole . Try the latest IBM thinkpad. I think it is also certified by RedHat though you