uh, how to create a mailbox in mutt?

uh, I keep getting this error /var/spool/mail/han: no such file or directory (errno 2) plus all my mails from an imap server (via fetchmail) disappeared...are they unrecoverable now? TIA -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

silence of the alsa-lambs

I am sooo very close... I have a sb16 pci pnp card...and managed to install the alsa drivers completely with no errors... lsmod shows all drivers being correctly loaded, so does cat /proc/asound/cards... I have also unmuted the cards via the command amixer set Master 100 unmute (don't know if

converting *.hqx into ttf how?

Hi, I have downloaded a font packaged in hqx (cmps-macintosh.hqx-computer modern fonts, actually) and would like to know how can I (unzip?)/convert it into true type font format so that I can use it with my xfs font server. Thank you so much -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

xfree86-4 depth question (s3virge)

My system configuration: debian running unstable, xfree86 version 4, s3virge chipset.. the FAQ in xfree86 docs say that my chipset (s3virge) is fully supported in xfree86-4 in color depths of 1,4,5,8,16,24. I am currently running at 8 bit mode. I want to run at 16 or 24 bit but when I do that my

modem connection error (not 7-bit clean)

Hello. I have configured my modem and when I connect use to connect I get an error (in var/log/syslog) about my modem is not 7-bit clean and then it terminates the connection. Any ideas on how to solve this problem? Thanks, -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: GPM + X

yes, installing gpm pointing to psaux and editing XF86config file to point to gpmdata does make the mouse work in console (great!) and X (useless) since I can't even control the mouse pointer/buttons (moves to fast and does strange things..) editing gpmconfig doesn't help since I don't know

procmail

if I use procmail, do I still need fetchmail? or exim/qmail? or procmail can do the filtering, sending and receiving mail... -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: xWindows

if you have gnome installed you could use gnome_dialup. gnome_dialup-This GNOME applet is a graphical replacement of the pon/poff script. To use this program, you need to use pppconfig to configure the PPP connection first. Gnome dialup will automatically detect what account is available for

Re: Packages

or you can use apt's excellent search capability ~$apt-cache search window maker snipped-too many wmacpi - An ACPI battery monitor for WindowMaker (alpha) wmaker - NeXTSTEP-like window manager for X wmaker-data - Several free icons for use with WindowMaker and others. wmaker-usersguide-ps -

Re: IPChains

sure...is it well-commented? -- *lol* Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: Prepare to upgrade

your debian cd is probably busted if your other cds can be read... maybe it's too old? I don't remember if there was ever a debian cd 1.3 -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: Heya..modem problem..

first take note your of what your modem's IRQ,I/O settings, dma channels,etc in windows..then install isapnptools and then run 'pnpdump/etc/isapnp.conf'(w/o the quotes of course) modify isapnp.conf using your favorite editor (this is where your taking notes gets handy ;)) to configure your

Re: Heya..modem problem..

aha! so it is a winmodem...don't despair maybe it can work...haven't tried one though...anyway,don't mess around with serial.confthe problem's not there... I believe you forgot to uncomment the line which reads (INT 0 (IRQ 3 (MODE +E))) change the IRQ if 3 is being used to 4,5,7 or 9

Re: My modem..and logs..!!

don't disable uart thingies those are your true serial ports...uart 16550A is the standard serial port. what you may want to do is compile isapnp support in your kernel if your modem is plug pray. that way, you won't need to use isapnptools. now for the next step, read the kernel-HOWTO to learn

Re: another question

press cntrl+c to freeze it and cntrl+q to unfreeze it -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

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/etc/aliases file

Hi, I want mail delivered to my username different from my username at the mail server. so I set up /etc/aliases file to point any mail that is sent bob should go to username cat instead. bob:cat however, it doesnt work. I can see mail being downloaded for bob but it doesn't get forwarded to

Re: /etc/aliases file

dunno whereah...i've never thought about that.how do I find out where? -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: ALSA loaded, but not playing sound

did you forgot to unmute the card? under WARNING you should have read WARNING!!! The mixer channels for the ALSA driver are muted by default!!! ** You would use some ALSA or OSS mixer to set the appropriate volume. you can

gotmail

Hello, I gotmail installed and tested it. the message was there (on the hotmail server) but when I run gotmail in the terminal it does retrieve the message but doesn't forward it to my mailbox (i.e. bash still reports no mail for me) my [EMAIL PROTECTED] is different from my u [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gotmail

what did you mean gotmail can deliver the message locally? when I run gotmail from the terminal it does go and get the message. however, I can't find it anywhere in my local machine.. what is also missing in my .procmailrc file? thanks -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: gotmail

yep. that's my whole .procmailrc...if it's that incomplete maybe you can send me yours so I can figure out what's wrong with mine. user cat does exist on the local machine. mta used is exim/formail? -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: QuickTime

crossover's quicktime is nice but too expensive...:I can't pay for M$ products that's why i'm using linux... for me, it would be crazy to have an an application more expensive than the OS. at least not in the windows world. -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: How-to

in ie...when you have trouble displaying the page try clearing the cache..this usually works...if you want to know if what's happening to your network's connection to the internet you can try pinging computers outside your network. windows has a built-in ping program appropriately called

Re: configuration startx

use xf86cfg to configure xfree86.. instead of xf86config...that's obsolete now... -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: just remove me

you'd just have to do it the old-fashioned way..unsubscribe -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: How to apply a patch?

even if you don't redirect it using or |..it *still* gets patched right? that was what happened to me when I tried to reapply the patch using the | operator telling me that there was already a previous patch detected... on a side note, how do you unpatch a wrong patch? using patch -R does work?

Re: how to use true type fonts in X 3.3.6

read the debian-mini ttf-HOWTO. on a side note, why use staroffice? it'a a memory hog...use LaTeX instead if you really want to impress. -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: How to apply a patch?

what...say again? actually this is what happens when I try to apply the patchperhaps it's bec. a wrong patch was applied? RRR:/usr/src# patch ext3-2.4-0.9.5-247ac3 can't find file to patch at input line 3 Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this

Re: How to apply a patch?

yep i tried that too. patch -p0 ext3-2.4-0.9.5-247ac3, with the -p1 option but still to no availI think I messed up somewhere... -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

changing default text color in console xterm

I'd like to change the default console text from white to blue on blackground ;). also xterm (from black over white to blue on blackground) thanks -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

changing default text color in console xterm

I'd like to change the default console text from white to blue on blackground ;). also xterm (from black over white to blue on blackground) thanks -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

changing the default text color for console xterm

I need to change the default console text color from white on blackground ;) to blue. I also want to do this to xterm (from white on black to blue on black also) thanks -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: [ot] Gimp filetypes...

what did you mean can't open? is it grayed out or something? try rerunning the app after you apt-get the gif and tiff support files.. -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: X can't init font path elements?

just add the 'fixed' font in your default path i.e. FontPath/path/to/your/fixed/font hth -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: X can't init font path elements?

yes.just edit the file in XF86Config-4 and add the fixed font in your fontpath lists. actually, xf86 always falls back to the default font 'fixed' if it's having problems rendering your fonts -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

.Xdefaults downloading problem

Hi All, I have a logitech first wheel mouse and I can scroll but cannot download files. I used to be able to do that with shift+click now I am unable to. this is what my .Xdefaults look like this: -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net!## NETSCAPE Netscape*drawingArea.translations:

offtopic:gimp script-fu

Hi! I know this is offtopic but maybe someone knows about gimp here... I want to use script-fu to create a quick logo but everytime I try to save it (as a jpeg or bmp) the image is grayscale and not the original color in script-fu. Anybody knows how I can save whatever I create logo in script-fu

i made a boo-boo

Hi, I have made a boo-boo. I recompiled my kernel (after 5 months doing make dep,make clean, make modules and make modules_install) then make bzImage then copied bzImage to vmlinuz and backed up vmlinuz (just in case something goes wrong) then issued the command lilo to update my changes then