I haven't received any emails from the Debian list today. If you get this
message, could someone confirm that it is indeed working? All my other
lists are coming in fine.
thanks,
Brian
Brian Morganhttp
I'd like to be able to change my default login manager to KDM instead of
XDM, now that I have KDE up and running. What do I need to do to make this
happen?
Brian
Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu
Computer Support
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Brian Morgan wrote:
I'd like to be able to change my default login manager to KDM instead of
XDM, now that I have KDE up and running. What do I need to do
to make this
happen?
H C Pumphrey wrote:
You should find a command called switchdm (I think it is in
/usr
You should find a command called switchdm (I think it is in
/usr/sbin/switchdm but my Debian/KDE box is at home). Run
this as root
and
it will ask you if you want [1] xdm, [2] kdm or [3] Neither.
Press 2 and
you should have kdm next time you restart X.
Ran switchdm but I do
?
Thanks for your help.
Brian
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such that it
requires working in conjuction with another WM, or is it a self contained
WM?
Thanks for all the help you can give.
Brian
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Brian Morgan writes:
It's been a while since I've tried a kde install. I'm running
Debian 2.1 stable and would like the most current working version of kde.
What's the best way to get it (are there deb files?) and what
configuration do I need to do once I get it? I can't remember
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Brian Morgan wrote:
OK, I've been through this at least 2x before, but didn't write it down.
I'm getting a can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' error when
trying to run my
newly installed netscape 4.51. If I remember right, I need to
have libc6
installed, but I
, and
I have to do a hard reboot. I've tried 3 different mice this way (2
generics, and 1 Logitech - tried the mouse man protocol on the logitech) all
with no results.
Any suggestions?
Brian Morganhttp://brian.greenville.edu
the 2.0 version on identical machines (Digital
DECpc LPv+ 433 sx) with no problems like this.
Any suggestions?
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Brian directory, they get the default file permissions of: -rw-r-
Brian I would like them to be: -rw-r--r-- How do I change this as
Brian default? Is it something in the proftpd package? Apache?
Brian Debian? The specific user?
johnie
's).
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Brian
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: No such file or directory
bash: mesg: command not found
I can't execute any programs after that (emacs, startx, anything!)
Any suggestions here? Could I possible have run into a bad hard drive or
something?
Brian morgan
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It went by quickly, but yes:
Mounting local file systems . .
not mounted anything
appeared in there somewhere.
Would booting from the rescue disk to change the IP address cause this?
I've done this before and not had a problem with it. What should I do now?
Brian Morgan
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But I don't think this is right. If I remember, I partitioned my drive like
this:
hda1 = swap
hda2 = root
hda3 = usr
hda4 = var
Any more suggestions?
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To: Brian Morgan
these FOLDER
INTERNAL DATA messages? Our POP users get really confused about such
cryptic messages, and often swarm the help-line with fears of viruses and
other nonsense! Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
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to once
again retrieve mail with their POP client.
Any suggestions that might help allow users to retrieve these attachments?
thanks in advance,
Brian Morgan
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Our users are using newest version of Outlook 98 and netscape mail on win95
/ 98 stations. Thanks.
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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 2:14 PM
To: Brian Morgan
Cc: Debian User Group; recipient list not shown:
Subject: Re: 1
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Brian Morgan
fairly new at Linux and haven't
touched my box in about a month.
Brian Morgan
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From: Lawrence Walton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
Of Lawrence Walton
Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 12:34 PM
To: Brian Morgan
Cc: Debian User Group
Subject: Re: Setting up FTP
I
can run the Runme script again?
BTW, I'm running slink, and have downloaded the full package for wp, not the
smaller divided-up packages.
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
thoughts?
BTW: Running slink.
Brian Morgan
? Is there another switch I need to add to the
gunzip command?
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
I've successfully unzipped and installed WordPerfect 8 onto /usr/local/wp8.
Now what? What's the name of the executable and where is it? Readme's
aren't helping.
Brian Morgan
ran the installer, I chose /usr/local/wp8. Is that a problem? I can
install into a different directory than I downloaded to, can't I?
Running slink.
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
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returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/tmp/L231-13TMP.deb
I'm tying to install this as it seems that it's required for this new KDE,
but keep getting this error. Am I doing something wrong here?
Brian Morgan
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early on. I don't want to proceed without some direction here. Any
suggestions? Any package dependencies I need to be aware of?
I'm running slink, X is running (using icewm).
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
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Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 4:07 PM
To: Debian-Users
Subject: Re: netscape
Brian Morgan wrote:
I've run into this before, but can't remember how to solve it.
When I try to run netscape (downloaded from netscape's site -
v4.5
sources.list file for use with
apt. I'm just not sure what to do after that.
Brian Morgan
of straight dpkg!!! (much easier for us beginngers)
Any suggestions on how to make this work?
Brian Morgan
, but
not through gnome menu.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
in
the frozen dist. No luck.
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
select items will actually open programs (like calendar and the menu
editor). Even recently installed gnome packages do appear in the menu, but
they won't open. I can get to them using the standard icewm menu, though.
Any suggestions?
Brian Morgan
the
graphical xdm login?
2. If I do decide to keep xdm, what file do I modify to change my default
windows manager (similar to the .xinitrc file when using startx).
.3 Does xdm put any limitations on using gnome if I decide to use that in
the future?
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
it
automatically bringing back the xdm login screen (and hence starting X
again)?
Thanks for everyone's help.
Brian
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From: Colin Telmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 11:45 AM
To: Andrew Ivanov
Cc: Brian Morgan; Debian User Group; recipient list
Now trying to use a built in trackball from my laptop as the mouse, and
can't seem to make it work. A serial mouse attached to the back works just
fine. Is there another device name (other than /dev/ttyS0) that I need to
use from the XF86Setup? I haven't tried all of them, but is there a
There is no /etc/X11/config file on my machine. Is something wrong? I'm
running slink.
Brian
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debian-user@lists.debian.org
I'm trying to install gnome from one of it's mirrors, and having some
dependecy problems I can't figure out.
Dselect allows me to select all the required base files, except when I
select the orbit package, dselect gives me a dependency error saying that
liborbit0 is required by orbit. The only
I'm trying to get X up and running on a laptop, but I don't know the specs
for the video. I do know that it's capable of running 800x600 in 16bit
color (not sure about refresh rate). Isn't there a simpler way than running
the xf86config script to setup the Xserver? I seem to remember something
, 1999 2:42 PM
To: Brian Morgan
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: configuring X
On 21 Jan 1999q, Brian Morgan wrote:
I'm trying to get X up and running on a laptop, but I don't
know the specs
for the video. I do know that it's capable of running 800x600 in 16bit
color
, it seems to freeze on LILO.
Is there something I'm doing wrong? Could it be a bad disk in the mix of
things? It doesn't seem to report any bad disks, but who knows?
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
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not sure.
Brian Morgan
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From: Brian Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 12:17 PM
To: Debian User Group
Subject: trouble installing debian (any version)
I'm having trouble installing debian on my p75 generic brand
laptop (trying
slink
as to how to boot from hard disk?
Thanks again
Brian
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From: Brian Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 1:08 PM
To: Debian User Group
Subject: RE: trouble installing debian (any version)
I've now tried it again with a completely different
Thanks, Andrew. That took care of it. After that, I booted from the rescue
disk, configured pcmcia support, and I was on my way.
Brian
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From: Andrew Martin Adrian Cater
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To: Brian Morgan
Subject
as he thinks
it is, and I want to walk through a demo real quick with him.
Thanks again.
Brian Morgan
I'm currently running debian 2.0.34 (hamm) and would like to upgrade to
slink. How do I do this? I have seen the apt files in the
/dists/slink/main/upgrade-i386 section, but am not sure what to do with
them. Can someone help?
Brian Morgan
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Where do I get ahold of the slink CD image? I'd like to be able to burn one
or 2 of them, but can't find the image file that others have referred to.
Thanks
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printers, named by their host name. If I just click PRINT when taking the
defaults, it gives me an error: lpd: Fatal error - another print spooler
is using TCP printer port, possibly lpd process '139'
Any suggestions?
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netscape to print
specific frames?
Thanks
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I've read in the smb.conf man pages, this seems like I should be
allowed write access to these directories, but it's not working. Any
suggestions?
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, for a newbie. Can anyone
help?
Thanks for anyone who responds to any one of these.
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a network drive to one of my debian partitions.
Any help would be great.
Brian Morgan
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Brian Morgan wrote:
Here's a tricky one for ya. I'm using debian 2.0 / samba to connect
several jet direct box printers via ip addresses so that hundreds of
laptops on our campus can print via ip using MS networking. Works
great.
Ok. Can you explain your setup a bit more? I
,
and the boxes have all been restarted.
Any thoughts? Is this something anyone else has experienced, or is this
just another part of the ever growing list of problems associated with
the Bill Gates Virus?
Brian Morgan
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labs soundblaster awe64e. I installed all the sound files in
the debian setup (using the easy to use custom menu for setting up:
WORKS GREAT!!!), but it still isn't working.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
BTW, nice job to all you developers out there who made vast improvements
to the debian
previous password.
Anything else I can do to eliminate the Samba password?
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
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,
Brian
Brian Morgan wrote:
I've redone my printcap file to read:
lp1|12.10.35.3|Remote printer entry:\
:lp=:\
:rm=12.10.35.3:\
:rp=text:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/12.10.35.3:\
:mx#0:\
:sf:\
:sh:
Shouldn't that lp line read lp=/dev
Could someone walk a newbie through the process of installing gnome
v.20, step-by-step, according to your experience?
I'm running hamm, kernel 2.0.33. X is running with afterstep (but I
have several other WM's I could use if need be). Download the tarballs,
and now what?
Brian
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still
fairly new at this.
Thanks for your help,
Brian
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Shaleh wrote:
GNOME v.20 is sitting in Incoming (still). You can get debs of it from
www.jimpick.com and the imlib it needs from
www.livenet.net/~shaleh/software. You will find installing the debs
MUCH nicer than trying to compile it.
Brian Morgan wrote:
Could someone walk a newbie
if you only have one
or two servers/workstations (like a home network)...
I'm using lpr, not lprng, but they should work the same.
jim
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.) or is that
done somewhere else in a different package?
Any help I could get to get started would be great. If I need to give
more info. before any of you can formulate an answer, let me know that
as well.
EXTREMELY thankful already,
Brian Morgan
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I'm running the nmbd and smbd Samba daemons, and having trouble mapping
a network drive on my windows machine to any of my mounted drives. I've
tried the following ways of connecting using windows' map utility (i.e.
in explorer):
\\debian\hda# (where # = appropriate drive partition)
I've noticed the same thing about netscape's color problem. I believe it will
work in 16 and 32 bit, but 24 and 8 bit produce the black and white anomalies.
Brian
Chip Grandits wrote:
I've installed Netscape Communicator v4.05 on my bo system running Xwindows
with the FVWM manager. I
the
password correct, but now the message comes up
The share name was not found. Make sure you typed it correctly.
Thanks again,
Brian
dpk wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Brian Morgan wrote:
[snip]
In either case, the map utility prompts me for a password to connect to
these resources
simple question:
What's the command for removing a user? I've looked in all my manuals,
but can't find it.
hamm, 2.033 kernel
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Below is a story by ZDnet about Linux that just came out today. Thought
you might be interested in reading it. Coincidentally, another story
came out from ZDnet today about Microsoft winning one in the DOJ
battle. Sounds like a good time for MS-ers to switch!
Brian
I've posted this message a few times, but with no replies. Here it is
again:
When trying to get my mail (in netscape or anything else), I get the
following error:
Report from server
Err Maillock: 'var/spool/pop/bmorgan.pop'
I've gone in and renamed bmorgan.pop to something else, and it
When trying to get my mail (in netscape or anything else), I get the
following error:
Report from server
Err Maillock: 'var/spool/pop/bmorgan.pop'
I've gone in and renamed bmorgan.pop to something else, and it creates
another bmorgan.pop name and gives me the same error message. What can
I do
Are there any good mail notification programs available for Debian? I'm
especially interested in big flashy packages with lots of bells,
whistles, etc. One that could run as a screensaver would be cool.
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
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Anyone know of any updated info on the release of gnome v.20 for
debian? I'm anxiously awaiting it's arrival. Is it possible to simply
install it using the tarballs on the gnome site? Or will there be mucho
configuration I need to do?
Brian
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When trying to get my mail (in netscape or anything else), I get the
following error:
Report from server
Err Maillock: 'var/spool/pop/bmorgan.pop'
I've gone in and renamed bmorgan.pop to something else, and it creates
another bmorgan.pop name and gives me the same error message. What can
I do
Try reading the install instructions on the page listed below. This is for
Debian version 2.0 (or hamm), which is currently in its slightly unstable
distribution.
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.6_1998-05-12/install.html
There are also instructions for version 1.3 (bo) on
When trying to get my mail (in netscape or anything else), I get the
following error:
Report from server
Err Maillock: 'var/spool/pop/bmorgan.pop'
I've gone in and renamed bmorgan.pop to something else, and it creates
another bmorgan.pop name and gives me the same error message. What can
I do
Are there any good mail notification programs available for Debian? I'm
especially interested in big flashy packages with lots of bells,
whistles, etc. One that could run as a screensaver would be cool.
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
PS: I'm having trouble sending / receiving messages to this listserv
Where is that Staroffice4 that you're talking about? I can only find 3.1-8 in
hamm/contrib/binary-i386/editors.
Brian
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On Thu, 18 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at
All very helpful info. on Staroffice so far, but WHERE can I get it. What's the
address for their site. I've found version 3 on debian's ftp site, but I would
like to get version 4 to evaluate for myself.
Brian
Jeff Noxon wrote:
On Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 11:59:53AM -0700, Brian Weiss wrote:
is now available for download. As in the past
StarOffice 4.0 for OpenLinux (Linux) is free for private use.
If you visit their German site, it appears that version 5.0 is out.
Pat
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From: Brian Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 2:10
I can now send and receive mail on my Debian box, but only to addresses
within our local domain (greenville.edu). It doesn't seem to be sending
stuff off-site. Is there a sendmail or SMTP type package that I need to
install to get this going right?
Brian
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Yes, I can resolve outside names (pinging and "netscaping"). I'm
not familiar with a smarthost. Does that have to do with SMTP or
sendmail? Isn't there some other sort of SMTP services I need to
be running?
Brian Morgan
can you resolve names outside greenville.edu (try p
this problem a few days ago. Give
credit where it's due.
Brian Morgan
David Miner wrote:
I recently installed DEBIAN Linux and downloaded some packages.
My problem is when I try to start X it wont start and I get this message
back.
Fatal server error:
No valid modes found
Yes, I can resolve outside names (pinging and netscaping). I'm not
familiar with a smarthost. Does that have to do with SMTP or sendmail?
Isn't there some
other sort of SMTP services I need to be running? (read transcript
below)
Brian Morgan
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using Linux for
a week, and have learned a ton from replies to my questions and from
reading others' comments. Thanks everyone, for your help!
Brian Morgan
Brian Morgan wrote:
I've downloaded netscape into the /tmp directory with the proper
naming
convention. When I run dselect to configure
theses paths to point to the
correct netscape location?
Thanks in advance for all of your expertise!
Brian Morgan
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kinds of cookies do you
all like? I'll have my wife bake some for you!! :)
Brian Weiss wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Brian Morgan wrote:
Thanks to all who have helped me thusfar:
A few questions about netscape's settings:
1.I can send mail, using debian.greenville.edu as my
*
Am I doing this right, or is there another place where I need to setup
netscape?
Also, is there an easy way to configure XWindows so that programs you
setup in the .xinitrc file are run minimized or placed in a certain
location of the screen? Is this in the X man page?
Brian Morgan
? I downloaded professional version 4.05. Thanks for
your help.
Brian Morgan
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for all the help I've gotten so far in getting debian up and
going. I'm really enjoying the process so far.
Brian Morgan
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Can anyone tell me how to get gnome 2.0 installed on a Debian 2.0
machine? Is it even available for Debian yet? I keep hearing rumors
that it is, but haven't been able to find anything on Gnome's website
about how to get it installed.
Suggestions?
Brian Morgan
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Hi,
Is there a debian distribution for the macintosh. A friend is trying to
install redhat on his mac - I'd recommend debian except I'm not sure there
is a debian version for the mac?
If there is one, is it any good?
Try going to ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-powerpc/
After installing xwindows CORRECTLY this time, I'm now unable to start
it using startx. It gives me the following error message:
X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE failed
I've already gone through the XF86Setup interface, and everything seemed
to configure correctly there. It appears now that
Check where the symbolic link /usr/X11R6/bin/X points to. According
to your error, it looks as though it is pointing to XF86_NONE which
isn't a valid X server. It should be linked to an X server such as
XF86_SVGA, XF86_S3, etc...
What type of video card is installed in the machine?
This
Could anyone suggest some good windows manager packages and where to get
them? I'm using debian 2.0, kernel 2.0.33-9, x11R6. I'd like to be
able to use something that would be compatible with the upcoming release
of GNOME for debian. (Midnight Commander?) Is gmc available for
debian? (ref. to
I've just installed Debian 2.0 and successfully downloaded several
packages using the custom install and FTP method of access. Now, when I
reboot the system, it gives me several network errors, and FTP is gone
from dselect's Access menu. Any suggestions?
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be reading to figure this kind
of thing all out?
Thanks,
Brian Morgan
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