Windows Key Mapping
Hi guys, I used to use the Windows key as one key but with the recent upgrade, that has changed. If I recall correctly, both of these keys were mapped to Mod_4. Now in the GNOME 2.8, it is mapped to a Super_L and Super_R. Can anyone help me on how I can get my old keys back? bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using Debian as an Access Point?
At Sat, 18 Dec 2004 04:03:30 +0100, Frederik Dannemare wrote: On Friday 17 December 2004 15:10, Bruce Park wrote: Hey guys, Is there anyway to use Debian as an access point? Yes, it's certainly possible. Get a card which supports the hostap driver. I have some notes which you may be able to use. http://www.sentinel.dk/cookbook/?Wireless_cards_%2F_access_points Don't mind the first half of the recipe where I absolutely feel like using the hostap driver for the non-AP nodes. Today I simply use the orinoco driver for new nodes since this works out-of-the-box with the Sarge installer, anyway. Best regards, -- I would like to use my router (Linux machine) to act as an AP. It looks like this can be done according to the link above. Now, can anyone recommend a card that will work in Linux? Furthermore, the link only shows WEP encryption. I want to be able to do WPA. Is this possible using a Debian machine? bp Frederik Dannemare | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Frederik+Dannemare http://frederik.dannemare.net | http://www.linuxworlddomination.dk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using Debian as an Access Point?
What kind of encryption (WEP, WPA) will it be able to do? Would the card control this? bp At Sat, 18 Dec 2004 04:03:30 +0100, Frederik Dannemare wrote: On Friday 17 December 2004 15:10, Bruce Park wrote: Hey guys, Is there anyway to use Debian as an access point? Yes, it's certainly possible. Get a card which supports the hostap driver. I have some notes which you may be able to use. http://www.sentinel.dk/cookbook/?Wireless_cards_%2F_access_points Don't mind the first half of the recipe where I absolutely feel like using the hostap driver for the non-AP nodes. Today I simply use the orinoco driver for new nodes since this works out-of-the-box with the Sarge installer, anyway. Best regards, -- Frederik Dannemare | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Frederik+Dannemare http://frederik.dannemare.net | http://www.linuxworlddomination.dk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Using Debian as an Access Point?
Hey guys, Is there anyway to use Debian as an access point? bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printscreen with Eterm
Fellow Debian Users, Do any of you have a problem when you hit the Print Screen key inside Eterm? It seems to freeze the terminal for me. I'm using Sid. Any help is appreciated. bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GNOME File Association
Tim wrote: It did for me (after doing that, nautilus reported, e.g., .gnumeric as the proper type instead of unknown). One of the packages mentioned says something about freedesktop.org (in one of the files I read under /usr/share/mime). - Tim I see. I'll have to try this out. What by the way, is postint? bp On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:26:43 -0500, Bruce Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim wrote: I experienced the same problem recently while updating unstable (I've been running unstable for a while; it's possible I accidentally corrupted some file). Anyway, I solved my problem by running apt-get install --reinstall [all the programs Ron mentioned above]. All the programs were already installed on the system except mimedecode (which, as Bruce mentioned, doesn't directly solve the problem). That's the easy way to do it. I'm pretty sure the reason it works is because one of the postinst scripts rebuilds whatever file it was I lost. One interesting postinst runs 'update-mime-database /usr/share/mime'. Good luck. - Tim Tim, Did that acutally rebuild the database? I was told that the application responsible is gone to better integrated different desktops. bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux Router
Ken Gilmour wrote: Captain's Log, stardate Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:11:46 -0600, from the fingers of Michael Madden came the words: Does anyone know of a decent Linux based router project out there? In the past I've used LRP (http://www.linuxrouter.org), but it looks like the project isn't maintained anymore. My requirements are pretty simple. I want to route traffic from network A to network B and route traffice from network B to A. I don't need firewalling, but would like IP forwarding and NAT. Any recommendations? Linux is capable of routing by default almost. All you need are two interfaces and linux. You can use iptables (or ipchains if you're using an old distro) to do this. Personally i prefer OpenBSD to do this because it's very compact etc but I've also used Debian Woody to do the same task. The only problem i have with Linux's iptables as opposed to OpenBSD's PF is that iptables has an overwhelming amount of stuff it can do and you can easily break it. But it is, however, much more configurable. You can set them to just allow everything through and use NAT and IP Forwarding in the process. Ken, Can you explain this in further detail? I've used iptables on Woody for almost two years without any problems. Thanks. bp HTH Regards, Ken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Chaning GNOME Icon Size
Eric Gaumer wrote: On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 19:19 -0500, Bruce Park wrote: In attempt to change the GNOME icon size, I did the following, Applications-Desktop Preferences-File Management Preferences. Under the Icon View Defaults I change this to 75%. Both of the checkboxes right below are unchecked. Now, desktop and Nautilus seem to be fine but when I use the Run Application most of the icons are big again. Is this a Debian problem or GNOME problem? Any help is greatly appreciated. You can adjust the size of icons in the gtkrc file under the theme you are currently using and/or the index.theme file under the icon theme itself. I don't have any files other than .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2. Inside this, it just links to : include /home/bpark/.gtkrc.mine I guess GNOME really wanted to make this modular? I don't have this file either. Can you tell me what man page to look up for the syntax for the gtkrc files? By the way, what is up with all these broken up things in GNOME. Eversince I did an upgrade, it's been a nightmare when it comes to small things like this. I really like Debian but it seems like I'm spendin a lot more time trying to fix minor and major issues rather than enjoying them. bp I'm working on an application that creates gnome icon themes. It is called GiB (Gnome Iconset Builder). It's still in its infancy but does currently work. It will automatically resize icons and build the supporting index.theme file for you. deb ftp://corp.primenetwork.net/debian/ prime contrib deb-src ftp://corp.primenetwork.net/debian prime contrib ]$ apt-get update ]$ apt-get install gib http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=385 I'd be interested in any feedback from you artists out there. I have packages for both x86 and PPC. GiB is written in GTK# and requires mono. The package should pull down all the required dependencies from Debian mirrors. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Chaning GNOME Icon Size
William Ballard wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 11:31:05PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: By the way, what is up with all these broken up things in GNOME. Eversince I did an upgrade, it's been a nightmare when it comes to small things like this. I really like Debian but it seems like I'm spendin a lot more time trying to fix minor and major issues rather than enjoying them. That's why they call it unstable. The change from 2.0 to 2.2 was a lot worse. Used to cuss at them a lot. Yes. Unfortunately, this is exactly why I was using testing. The bad thing is testing was affected by this as well when I ran that update. FWIW, my .gtk*, .gnome* files are cached from at least last spring, and I've been running Sid the whole time, and it hasn't barfed. Hmm, that's odd. I wonder what's causing mine to behave weird. If it's totally horked just backup your files in your home dir, delete that user, delete that homedir, add your user back, and start over clean. I actually tried this approach. Nothing's changed. Thanks for your help though. I appreciated it. bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chaning GNOME Icon Size
In attempt to change the GNOME icon size, I did the following, Applications-Desktop Preferences-File Management Preferences. Under the Icon View Defaults I change this to 75%. Both of the checkboxes right below are unchecked. Now, desktop and Nautilus seem to be fine but when I use the Run Application most of the icons are big again. Is this a Debian problem or GNOME problem? Any help is greatly appreciated. bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GNOME File Association
Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 22:40 -0500, Bruce Park wrote: Hello Debian Users, I am currently using the unstable version of Debian. Prior to this, I was using testing (Sarge) and I noticed that a serious problem had occurred after an dist-upgrade. Basically, all my file associations seem to have dissapeared. While using testing, I was able to at least open a application with this information but in Sid, I can't even find this application anymore. It would appear that it is no longer in it's proper menu. An annoying side effect to this is that I cannot double click files and have them automatically launch with the approrpriate application. When I try this, the message I usually get is: Couldn't display filename. Can anyone tell me how I can get that application back into the menu? I don't know the exact name of the program but it allowed me to associate files by the suffix to an application. Any help will be appreciated. See if these are installed properly: ii gnome-mime-data 2.4.1-2 ii mime-support 3.28-1 ii mimedecode 1.9-2 ii shared-mime-info 0.15-1 The third pacakage mimedecode was missing. After installing it, the only improvement I see is after right clicking a file, it gives me one more option which is to open it with an associated appplication. Is it possible that GNOME 2.8 (or Debian for that matter) did away with the File Association application found on the Applications - Desktop Preferences menu? Thanks for the help. bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GNOME File Association
René Seindal wrote: Bruce Park wrote (11-12-2004 16:14): Is it possible that GNOME 2.8 (or Debian for that matter) did away with the File Association application found on the Applications - Desktop Preferences menu? Yes it did, Use Open with other application and type in the application you want to use. It will be remembered for that file type afterwards. I wonder, why was it removed? I do realize that once you associated an file to an application, it works fine but most of my original settings have been removed. bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GNOME File Association
Hello Debian Users, I am currently using the unstable version of Debian. Prior to this, I was using testing (Sarge) and I noticed that a serious problem had occurred after an dist-upgrade. Basically, all my file associations seem to have dissapeared. While using testing, I was able to at least open a application with this information but in Sid, I can't even find this application anymore. It would appear that it is no longer in it's proper menu. An annoying side effect to this is that I cannot double click files and have them automatically launch with the approrpriate application. When I try this, the message I usually get is: Couldn't display filename. Can anyone tell me how I can get that application back into the menu? I don't know the exact name of the program but it allowed me to associate files by the suffix to an application. Any help will be appreciated. bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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/cdrom directory
Debian users, I'm having some difficulty regarding accessing an audio cdrom through /cdrom directory. I was hoping that someone could help me with this problem. Currently, I can access the audio cd through /dev/cdrom. Here are some info about the files. bash$ ls -l /cdrom drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Feb 11 16:46 cdrom bash$ ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx1 root cdrom 3 Feb 11 16:46 /dev/cdrom - hdc bash$ ls -l /dev/hdc rw-rw 1 root cdrom 22, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/hdc bash$ id uid=1000(brock) gid=1000(brock) groups=1000(brock),24(cdrom),29(audio) Here's my /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # file system mount point type options dump pass /dev/hda4 / ext3errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda3 noneswapsw 0 0 proc/proc procdefaults0 0 /dev/fd0/floppy autouser,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 Data cds mount to /cdrom withouth any problem. Of course I'm not trying to mount audio cds but I was able to go to /cdrom using xmms and play the appropriate files. bp _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/cdrom -vs- /dev/hdc
Dear debian users, I'm having some trouble loading my audio cd through /cdrom directory. Before I start talking about the problem, here are the files that are of use to this problem. == [brock@parker brock]$ ls -l / | grep 'cdrom' dr-xr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Jul 18 2002 cdrom [brock@parker brock]$ ls -l /dev/hdc brw-rw1 root cdrom 22, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/hdc [brock@parker brock]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx1 root root3 Feb 11 16:46 /dev/cdrom - hdc [brock@parker brock]$ cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # file system mount point type options dump pass /dev/hda4 / ext3errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda3 noneswapsw 0 0 proc/proc procdefaults0 0 /dev/fd0/floppy autouser,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 [brock@parker brock]$ groups brock cdrom audio I can actually load audio files through /dev/hdc and /dev/cdrom but I cannot load them through /cdrom. I can mount and run data cds perfectly through /cdrom but the audio files don't show up there for some reason. Does anyone have an idea why this doesn't work? I'm looking to solve this problem rather than to ignore it and use /dev/hdc or /dev/cdrom to load audio files. Any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated. bp _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
emacs and X
Hello debian users, I'm reposting this problem again in hope that someone can help me out. I really need to solve this since it's a real annoying bug. When I use emacs(emacs20-7), the window and the fonts are distorted at times. After running some tests, I have figured out that this will occur only after launching applications that use X. Some examples are launching gkrellm and a java applet. Normal pic: http://rplaca.cs.qc.edu/~bpark/normal.jpg Bug pic: http://rplaca.cs.qc.edu/~bpark/weird.jpg I haven't done anything to tweak X except for installing ttf and removing xfonts100-dpi. Would reinstalling X solve this problem? If so, what specific package(s) do I need to reinstall? Any help or suggestion is very much appreciated. bp _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
emacs problems due to X
I've been experiencing this weird emacs problem regarding X. I'm hoping that someone can help me to resolve this situation. Before I go on any further, I'm currently using version 4.1.0-16 in the debian distribution under KDE desktop. Here is the normal pic: http://rplaca.cs.qc.edu/~bpark/normal.jpg The weird pic: http://rplaca.cs.qc.edu/~bpark/weird.jpg If you take a look at the weird picture, it seems like the height(of fonts, cursor, the bottom row) is double spaced. This happens right after another application is launched using X. Some exmaples are Java applets and gkrellm. Anytime I use emacs after this, emacs is distorted. There are other things that trigger this effect but I have not been able to find a perfect example besides the Java applet example. I've noticed that this problem will go away when I re-login to the system. The only thing that I've done to tweak X windows is by adding true type fonts and taking out xfonts-100dpi. Other than that, there's nothing that I've done. bp _ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NTFS mounting
How safe is NTFS read-only mounting? I know that writing to it is very dangerous. bp _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmailxAPID=42PS=47575PI=7324DI=7474SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsgHL=1216hotmailtaglines_smartspamprotection_3mf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bash revisited
Hello users, I posted a message regarding bash and what files it executes. Some replied that I should read the invocation section of the bash man page. I've done just that and while some questions are answered, others are not. As far as I understand this, there are two ways of invoking bash. 1. interactive login shell or non-interactive with '--login' option This will execute /etc/profile - ~/.bash_profile - ~/.bash_login - ~/.profile 2. non-interactive login shell This will execute ~/.bashrc Now according to these rules and by using 'echo' statements in some files, it was obvious that I was using the non-interactive login shell. My .bashrc file does NOT contain anything that sets up a new PATH. So how is the PATH env set? Is KDM somehow executing something that I'm not seeing? bp _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE window decor
Hello all, I recall using KDE2 for a short time but I remember that there was window decoration called CDE. I'm now using KDE3 and I don't see this anymore. Does anyone know if I can find this window theme? If I do find it, what directory should I put this in? Any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated. bp _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bash
Dear debian users, My understanding with the original Bourne shell was that when it starts up, it will execute .profile in the users home directory. How does this work in bash? I have a .bash_profile but I know that it isn't executed since my PATH variable isn't updated everytime I log on. bp _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt error
Hello debian users, I'm currenty experiencing some difficulty in trying to install 'aktion' from KDE. Here's what happens: bash$ apt-get install aktion Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Package aktion has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of sources.list E: Packagae aktion has no installation candidate I'd install the entire multimedia package but I despise having software that I never use. I picked aktion for a movie player. Any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated. bp _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: quick shell questions
From: Drew Cohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: quick shell questions Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:00:51 -0500 1. How do I combine these two (JPG vs jpg): for f in /path/to/*.JPG; do mv $f `date +%N`.jpg; done for f in /path/to/*.jpg; do mv $f `date +%N`.jpg; done I gotta re read my shell book for this one. I'd recommend UNIX shells by Example by Ellie Quigley. It's a well written book. I'm trying to avoid duplicate filenames during my renaming sessions. 2. What does the 2/dev/null1 mean that I see in a lot of examples (eg ls 2/dev/null/1). I believe this is redirecting the standard error(2) to where the standard output(1) is going. Since standard ouput is redirected to /dev/null, the standard output will go there too. To make a long story short, they'll both end at /dev/null which is really nothing. You do this when you generate messages or return values that you don't need. I really should take a shell scripting class. :) Thanks, Drew Cohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mozilla mail reader
Hello debian users, I am currently using Mozilla 1.0.0 and I noticed a strange effect in the mail reader. The mail reader has fields such as subject, date, etc. In the date field, I get the time when the mail was sent or received instead of the date. Is this field configurable? I already e-mailed the admin and asked. He told me that it was working well for others and himself. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. bp _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mozilla mail reader
From: nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mozilla mail reader Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:59:51 -0800 (PST) Bruce Park said: Hello debian users, I am currently using Mozilla 1.0.0 and I noticed a strange effect in the mail reader. The mail reader has fields such as subject, date, etc. In the date field, I get the time when the mail was sent or received instead of the date. Is this field configurable? I already e-mailed the admin and asked. He told me that it was working well for others and himself. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. what? you talkin about when you open an email it shows the data inside the email that was when it was sent ? instead of your 'current' date? I'm lost, because this sounds perfectly normal. Have you looked at the raw email itself? can you post a screenshot to a web/ftp site so it's more clear? The keyword here is DATE not DATA. Here is the pic: http://rplaca.cs.qc.edu/~bpark/mozilla-mail.jpg nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mozilla mail reader
From: Travis Crump [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian User List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mozilla mail reader Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:42:49 -0500 Bruce Park wrote: From: Travis Crump [EMAIL PROTECTED] It shows just the time of all mails sent today because it assumes that you know what day it is. OK... but wouldn't it make more sense to list the date? I can understand TODAY's things not being dated. With that being said, will the date field change tomorrow? If it didn't, you'd have no way of when the mail was received. Yes the date field will change tomorrow to some format determined by your locale which includes the date. Whenever I 'find' a 'bug' like this, I think to myself, Would the programmers really have made this big of an error and not noticed it? The answer is usually no and I figure out my misunderstanding or what I am doing wrong/unusual. Especially in this instance where Netscape uses the Mozilla code base for its mail client and has been in this business for a while. You are absolutely right Travis. Who am I to think that developers at Mozilla would make such an error. Well, all I have to say is that it's been a while since I configured anything like this and basically, I panicked. I'll be more cautious next time. In the meantime, thanks for the help. I really appreciate it. bp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
woody and TTF
Hello debian users, Is true type fonts already installed in woody? I was looking at some screen shots and I see no differences from my fonts and theirs. bp _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: grub question - SOVLED
Shyamal, Thanks to your help I finally figured out what was wrong. menu.lst was correct after all. title Linux root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro My boot partition was NEVER redone when I installed Debian. When I was installing Debian, I assumed that when Lilo was configured, it took care of the the boot partition. This was the problem. After mounting /dev/hda2, I looked at it and realized that this was from Redhat linux. I deleted everything and copied the correct directories and files from /boot. Thanks Shyamal. If you didn't tell me to go into grub shell at boot, I may never have figured this out. bp From: Shyamal Prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: grub question - please help Date: 07 Dec 2002 13:37:27 -0600 Bruce == Bruce Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The leading '/' on the vmlinuz kernel name was probably his problem. Bruce OK, I edited the it to: Bruce kernel vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro Sorry, I mis-spoke. Bruce which results in: Error 1: Filename must be either an Bruce absolute pathanme or blocklist Bruce On my system: bash$ ls -l /boot | grep Bruce 'vmlinuz' -rw-r--r-- root root ... vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 Bruce I still can't solve this problem. When you get the grub boot screen hit the 'c' key. You should get a 'grub' prompt from the grub shell. Now set your grub root to your boot partition. Your mail has lost references, so I can no longer find your original post, but perhaps you have to type something like 'root (hd0,1)' if your /boot partition is on /dev/hda2. Press enter and grub should tell you what type of file system is on /dev/hda2 (or whatever you selected). Now type 'kernel /' and hit the tab key. See what it says. If it does not list vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 then look for the right kernel name. Go ahead and fill out the root and ro parameters. Hit enter. Then boot. I'm sorry if I'm not helping much hereI've lost track since I can't find your original post. Best regards, Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GRUB - splashimage
Hello debian users, Does anyone have any info on how I can splashimage to work in GRUB for debian? I just realized that this is not included in the original GRUB package. bp _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: grub question - please help
Martin, vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 resides in /boot vmlinuz resides in / but is a symlink to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 bp From: martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: grub question - please help Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 23:03:20 +0100 also sprach Bruce Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002.12.06.0647 +0100]: X because kernel 2.4.-18-3 is running instead of 2.4.18-bf2.4. When I edit ^ can you find the corresponding kernel file on the harddrive? -- .''`. martin f. krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The public PGP keyservers are broken! Get my key here: http://people.debian.org/~madduck/gpg/330c4a75.asc attach3 _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
True Type Font
Hello Debian users, How can I see if I have ttf installed on my machine? If I don't have it installed, is there a simple package that I can install or does it need configuration? bp _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: grub question - please help
From: Shyamal Prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: grub question - please help Date: 06 Dec 2002 18:33:09 -0600 David == David P James David writes: David initrd /initrd.img-2.4.18-bf2.4 David Come to think of it, the leading '/' should probably be David dropped for both. The bf2.4 kernel does not use an initrd image unlike the other 2.4.18 kernel packages. So the poster does not need this. I too made the mistake of assuming there was an initrd file with bf2.4 recently. Hmm., that's interesting. The leading '/' on the vmlinuz kernel name was probably his problem. OK, I edited the it to: kernel vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro which results in: Error 1: Filename must be either an absolute pathanme or blocklist On my system: bash$ ls -l /boot | grep 'vmlinuz' -rw-r--r-- root root some other info vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 I still can't solve this problem. David You can also try absolute paths rather than relative ones; David eg: David kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro David initrd (hd0,1)/initrd.img-2.4.18-bf2.4 Yup, and going one step further, she/he could experiment and find the best option by getting to the grub prompt and using the 'find' command or otherwise interactively attempting to boot the system until it worked ;-) Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
file system
Hello Debian users, I need some help regarding file system in Linux. Currently, I have four partitions on my hard drive. I will use Grub's notation for representing an IDE primary-master hard drive hd0,0 - Windows (NTFS) hd0,1 - boot (ext 2) hd0,2 - swap (swap) hd0,3 - root (ext 3) When I boot using Grub, I'm having problems loading the linux portion. Here's what I have in /boot/grub/menu.lst title Debian GNU/Linux root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2-4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro I keep getting an error stating that it wants an ext 2 file type. I'm thinking that since boot is ext2 and root is ext3, this is causing this problem. I would like to solve this problem by converting the boot partition to ext 3. Would this solve the problem? If so, how can I perform such file conversion without losing data in that partition? bp _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
grub question - please help
Hello folks, I'm having a difficult time loading the linux partition in grub. I'm going to do the best that I can to explain what I understand and what I don't. I'm currenty using 2.4.-18-bf2.4 kernel. I am also using a floppy to test this. I have NOT loaded this into the MBR. Instead, the Lilo is in the MBR. My partition consits of: hd0,0 /dev/hda1WindowsNTFS hd0,1 /dev/hda2bootext2 hd0,2. /dev/hda3Swap Swap hd0,3 /dev/hda4Linux root ext3 Now, I got the Windows part down but I cannot get the linux part. I'm going to add line numbers to make this easier to read. Here's what I have so far: 1 title Linux 2 # load the boot partition to Grub 3 root (hd0,1) 4 load the kernel 5 kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 ro 6 # this DOES NOT WORK 7 # kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro Line 3 loads the boot partition into GRUB's root partition. In the boot partition there is NO kernel vmlinuz. There is ONLY vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4. For ex: bash$ ls -l /boot | grep 'vmlinuz' -rw-r--r-- 1 rootroot not important vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 File vmlinuz exists at the Linux root partition. I did NOT load hd0,3 into Grub's root. bash$ ls -l / | grep 'vmlinuz' lrwxrwxrwx 1 rootroot not important vmlinuz-/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 If vmlinuz doesn't exist in the boot partition, why does that work? When I run this, it actually is executed but runs the WRONG kernel. I cannot start X because kernel 2.4.-18-3 is running instead of 2.4.18-bf2.4. When I edit line 5 to line 7, Grub states that the file cannot be found. Can someone please help me? bp _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: .Xresources file
Sean, I too always thought the .Xdefaults was the deprecated version. Regardless, creating the symlink definetly solved the problem. Thank you. bp From: sean finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: .Xresources file Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 00:39:08 -0500 On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 02:31:12PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: iirc, .Xresources is deprecated in favor of .Xdefaults. shnipo Hmm, I thought it was the other way around .Xdefaults deprecated... anyway I always make one a symlink to the other. yeah, right you are. likewise i symlink one to the other because i always seem to forget :) sean attach3 _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: audio cd
Nick, It seems you are absolutely correct about using cdplay. It's better to concentrate on the initial source of the problem rather than use XMMS and see if that's the problem. Anyhow, I installed the cdtool package as you said and tried cdplay. Originally, I had more error than what I'm about to show you but I took care of that error by adding myself to the group cdrom. Here is the error now: bash$ cdplay cdplay: can't open cdrom (/dev/cdrom) cdplay: error opening /dev/cdrom /dev/cdrom is owned by group disk Try , as root: chgrp --dereference cdrom /dev/cdrom cdplay: CD Status is no_disc Here is what my directories and files look like: === bash$ ls -l / | grep cdrom$ drwxr-xr-x 1 root root4096 Dec 2 13:07 cdrom bash$ ls -l /dev | grep hdc$ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root3 Dec 2 13:07 cdrom - hdc brw--rw 1 root disk 22, 0 Mar 14 2002 hdc I actually was listed in group disk but realized the danger of that. What should I do now? bp From: Nick Hastings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: audio cd Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 14:13:28 +0900 Hi, * Bruce Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] [021204 14:04]: Nick, I took myself off the disk group. I see your point in how dangerous that can become. You stated you have this: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root8 2000-11-08 18:13 /dev/cdrom - /dev/hdc brw-rw-rw-1 root disk 22, 0 2002-05-13 18:06 /dev/hdc Guess what? That' exactly what I have. Ok good. I have the xmms cd-read plugin as well and nothing is working. My question is, what exactly happens when this works? Does konqueror pop up with the audio files? Next step. As so many other posters have already stated, for now forget about xmms, forget about konqueror or whatever gui. You need to simplify the situation to work out where there problem is. For now use a command line cd player. One that springs to mind is cdplay from the cdtool package. Put in a cd and type cdplay on the command line. Then tell us what happens. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: audio problem restated
Adam, Thanks. I took care of that error. I could have really installed this already but I just wanted to see if this was the source regarding the audio cd problem. bp From: Adam Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: audio problem restated Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 20:06:46 +1300 Hi Bruce Park, When I run XMMS from the shell, I get this error: libmikmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Bruce, head off to http://packages.debian.org and type libmikmod.so.2 in Search the contents of packages. Click search and you'll find the library is supplied by libmikmod2. apt-get install libmikmod2 and the annoying error message will go away. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: audio cd
From: Nick Hastings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: audio cd Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:20:29 +0900 HI Bruce, * Bruce Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] [021205 11:03]: Nick, It seems you are absolutely correct about using cdplay. It's better to concentrate on the initial source of the problem rather than use XMMS and see if that's the problem. This is how you should approach most problems, not just computer ones. Yes indeed. When I code, this is the easiest solution. Being new to debian, I didn't know which program would be the easiest to test this with. Obviously I should have seen this. Anyhow, I installed the cdtool package as you said and tried cdplay. Originally, I had more error than what I'm about to show you but I took care of that error by adding myself to the group cdrom. Here is the error now: bash$ cdplay cdplay: can't open cdrom (/dev/cdrom) cdplay: error opening /dev/cdrom /dev/cdrom is owned by group disk Try , as root: chgrp --dereference cdrom /dev/cdrom cdplay: CD Status is no_disc Here is what my directories and files look like: === bash$ ls -l / | grep cdrom$ drwxr-xr-x 1 root root4096 Dec 2 13:07 cdrom bash$ ls -l /dev | grep hdc$ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root3 Dec 2 13:07 cdrom - hdc brw--rw 1 root disk 22, 0 Mar 14 2002 hdc OK, I think you are almost there. What you show above is almost what you need. The thing is that you are now out of the disk group so you don't have permission so read or write /dev/hdc. Use chmod to fix this the prblem for /dev/hdc. chmod o+rw /dev/hdc Now try and run cdplay again. Ahhh, I can't believe I missed this. I forget that UNIX/LINUX trates devices as files. It's rather embarrassing that I missed this but thanks Nick. I'm very grateful for your help. I actually was listed in group disk but realized the danger of that. What should I do now? See above. It makes the /dev/hdc readable and writable by everyone. Email the list with the results (and please _don't_ cc me, I only need the email once). Sorry about that. Won't happen again. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE sound
Hello Debian users, I'm using KDE3 and I had a few questions regarding the sound server aRts. I need to edit the system volume but when I go into sounds in the control system, I don't see anything that pertains to volume. It states something about using a sound server at start up and I'm thinking that this should be arts. I do NOT have the arts plugin for XMMS nor do I really want to run a useless process and hog memory. Can someone recommend a way to manipulate the system volume? As always, any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated. bp _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SB Live
It looks like Michael is absolutely correct about this. I too had a problem loading it and although I had emu10k1 already loaded, I wasn't added to the 'audio' group. Make sure to do that and restart. bp From: Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SB Live Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:34:06 -0500 On 03/12/02 Peter van Oene did speaketh: Can anyone point me to a decent FAQ or HOWTO describing how to enable support for my SB Live? I'm pretty noobed, and can't seem to get it going. It's quite simple, as far as soundcards go. Try the following: modprobe emu10k1 Check the last lines of dmesg to see if it was recognized, and then add yourself to the audio group. ie. adduser me audio Logout and back in, and try an audio app. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED], GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 ...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort. -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix HTML Email Considered Harmful: http://expita.com/nomime.html attach3 _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get update, upgrade and install not success, please help
Eric, Are your sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list valid? Just run the update command and see what happens first. Then run upgrade afterwards. bp From: eric lin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: apt-get update, upgrade and install not success, please help Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 03:43:40 -0700 Dear debain users: When i use apt-get update; apt-get upgrade I meet the error You might want to rYou might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: libgtk1.2: Depends: gconv-modules but it is not installable locales: Depends: glibc2.2 but it is not installable E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. un `apt-get -f install' to correct these. then I use apt-get update; apt-get upgrade -f I meet following problem: Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Release Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libart-dev locales The following NEW packages will be installed: docbook-xml libdb3 libgtk1.2-common libscrollkeeper0 libxslt1 scrollkeeper symlinks The following packages have been kept back abiword apache apache-common apmd apt ash autoinstall balsa base-config bzip2 communicator console-data console-tools console-tools-libs cvs debhelper debian-policy dh-make dia discover dnsutils dpkg elm-me+ eog eperl eterm fileutils freetype2 gabber gedit gftp glade-gnome glimmer gmc gnome-applets gnome-control-center gnome-core gnome-help gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-utils gnomeicu gnucash gnumeric gnupg gnus groff gs gsfonts imagemagick libaudiofile-dev libbz2 libcapplet-dev libcapplet0 libdps-dev libglib1.2 libglib1.2-dev libmagick5 libnspr4 libpam-modules libpanel-applet-dev libpanel-applet0 librep9 libwww-perl lprng mc-common mozilla netpbm netscape ntp openssl parted perl-5.005-doc psgml python-dev python-doc python-gdk-imlib python-glade python-gnome python-gtk python-numeric rep rep-gtk rep-gtk-gnome samba samba-common sawfish-gnome shellutils slrn smbclient sox squid ssh swig sysklogd tetex-bin textutils util-linux vflib2 vim-gtk vm w3-el-e20 wget xchat-gnome xemacs21 xemacs21-bin xemacs21-mule xemacs21-support xemacs21-supportel xlibmesa-dev xlibosmesa-dev xpdf xscreensaver xserver-8514 xserver-agx xserver-common xserver-common-v3 xserver-mach32 xserver-mach8 xserver-p9000 xserver-s3 xserver-svga xserver-xfree86 321 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 2 to remove and 124 not upgraded. 24 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/175MB of archives. After unpacking 99.7MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Calling dpkg with the following arguments... /usr/bin/dpkg --unpack /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_1.2.14_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb2-dev_2%3a2.7.7.0-8_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb2-util_2%3a2.7.7.0-8_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb2_2%3a2.7.7.0-8_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libpopt0_1.6.4-2_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/mount_2.11n-4_i386.deb Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg requires resequencing. highly appreciate your tech help and time sincere Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X problem
Hello Debian users, I was wondering how I can fix this problem regarding the root user and X. Normally, I log into the machine as a regular user then use the su command to become root. Whenever I need to utilize X(xmms, emacs), I get an error stating the following: == Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by the server Xlib: client is not authorized to connect to Server emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0 Check the DISPLAT environment variable or use `-d' Also use the xhost program to verify that it is set to permit connections fro your machine == I'm thinking that I need to add the root user to the Xlib somehow. Unfortunately, I'm a newbie when it comes to linux so bp _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SB Live
Peter, Hmm, which kernel are you using? I am using 2.4.18.bf24. It was only loaded because I chose to install it when I first installed the system. In anycase, I don't think the creative website will have this module. Your best bet is search google and find it at a linux site. bp From: Peter van Oene [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SB Live Date: 03 Dec 2002 09:40:11 -0500 When modprobe tells me i'm missing emu10k1, do I just go to creative and download it? almo:~# modprobe emu10k1 modprobe: Can't locate module emu10k1 tx pete On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 08:34, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 03/12/02 Peter van Oene did speaketh: Can anyone point me to a decent FAQ or HOWTO describing how to enable support for my SB Live? I'm pretty noobed, and can't seem to get it going. It's quite simple, as far as soundcards go. Try the following: modprobe emu10k1 Check the last lines of dmesg to see if it was recognized, and then add yourself to the audio group. ie. adduser me audio Logout and back in, and try an audio app. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED], GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 ...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort. -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix HTML Email Considered Harmful: http://expita.com/nomime.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
audio cd
Hello Debian users, I'm having a problem loading any audio cds. I currently have KDE as a desktop and I can run mp3 and ogg files. I know the cables are plugged from the CDRW to the sound card because they work in Windows2000. Is there something speical I need to do because this is a CDRW? bp _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
blackdown java
Hello all, Just exactly what is blackdown java? Is this java2 from sun? I installed j2sdk1.3 when I was in Redhat but since I converted, I'll need to install the appropriate software. Any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated. bp _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: audio cd
Dennis, I'm thinking that I should at least able to see the files in the cdrom directory. When I use konqueor to go in there, I see nothing. I also try to open the files using xmms. I have the audio plugin and it seems to be doing nothing. Data cds work fine and that's great but I'm one of those people that believe mp3 lose sound quality. I could convert them to ogg-vorbis because its really just so much better but at the same time, I have many many cds. bp From: Dennis Stosberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: audio cd Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 22:34:01 +0100 Am 03.12.2002 um 16:21 schrieb Bruce Park: I'm having a problem loading any audio cds. I currently have KDE as a desktop and I can run mp3 and ogg files. I know the cables are plugged from the CDRW to the sound card because they work in Windows2000. Is there something speical I need to do because this is a CDRW? CDRW is not different from CD-ROM as long as you don't try to write something. Are you sure that your mixer channels are not muted? Do other sound sources work and/or respond to the mixer controls? Regards, Dennis attach3 _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
blackdown java
Darryl, So which one is more compliant? I know that there is an ANSI C/C++ but as far as JAVA is considered, I believe there isn't one. I think I'm leaning more towards the Sun side of JAVA since I've learned that Sun implemented JAVA. bp From: Darryl L. Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bruce Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: blackdown java Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:43:26 -0500 On 2002.12.03 16:35 Bruce Park wrote: Just exactly what is blackdown java? Is this java2 from sun? I installed j2sdk1.3 when I was in Redhat but since I converted, I'll need to install the appropriate software. Any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated. Sun has their implementation of the JDK/JRE for Linux. In addition, there's an implementation available from blackdown.org which was available before Sun's. -- Darryl L. Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Infobahn Offramp - http://welcome.to/mcpierce What do you care what other people think, Mr. Feynman? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: audio cd
Matthew, Thanks for posting suggestions. I see that a lot of Debian users are very friendly when it comes to helping out others unlike the Redhat mailing lists. With that being said, I think Redhat is going to ban me because I've been bad mouthing them eversince I installed Debian. Anyhow, getting back to the point, I do NOT try to mount the audio cd. That would be disastrous. My /cdrom directory is also just pointing at /dev/cdrom. This in turn is pointing at /dev/hdc. How are your groups set up for these files? I think that this may be the problem. bp From: Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: audio cd Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:43:28 -0500 -- Bruce Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (on Tuesday, 03 December 2002, 04:21 PM -0500): I'm having a problem loading any audio cds. I currently have KDE as a desktop and I can run mp3 and ogg files. I know the cables are plugged from the CDRW to the sound card because they work in Windows2000. What program(s) are you using to listen to audio CDs? Are you trying to mount them first? (you shouldn't) What device have you specified in your audio cd player program for your CDRW? is it correct? I don't use KDE, personally. I do use XMMS on a fairly regular basis, however, and it is capable of playing audio cds. When I use it, I press Ctrl-L (to load a Location), and type /cdrom. /cdrom is mapped in my /etc/fstab to /dev/cdrom. This in turn is mapped to /dev/sr0, which in turn is mapped to /dev/scd0. So, what I'm getting at is for you to figure out what the device is, and make sure your cd playing software is configured to grab that device. Most likely, if your CDRW is the only CD drive you have, it should be /dev/cdrom, which will symlink to the appropriate device. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
drivers
Hello Debian users, I am currently looking for two drivers for a microsoft sidewinder joystick. Currently, I'm using kernel 2.4.18.bf24. I found some drivers for earlier kernels but I'm afraid that I won't be able to use these in my kernel. Is there a site where all update drivers downloadable? bp _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.Xresources file
Hello Debian users, I just recently realized that my .Xresources file is not being run everytime I log into my account. While I can easily put this in my .bashrc file and execute it with the xrdb command, I am trying to understand what's going on here. Can anyone tell me why this doesn't get executed everytime I log into my machine? bp _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new installation -- install lilo after making boot floppy
John, From what I can see it looks like you should install it in the MBR. When you initially installed Lilo, it should have prompted you for that. It also should have prompted you to put everything into a menu so that you can easily choose which OS to boot without having to formally type the parameter. My real suggestion is for you to use Grub. It's a newer bootloader and I personally think it serves a better function. I myself actually need to install it since I too just installed debian on my system. HTH bp From: John Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: new installation -- install lilo after making boot floppy Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:16:11 -0700 Hi, I just installed GNU/Linux using the compact boot floppies onto my boss's windows 98 computer. He has 2 hard drives, the first, hda devoted to windows 98, and the second drive hdb devoted to linux. At the end of the installation, when it says make the system bootable, I decided to go ahead and make a boot floppy instead of overwriting the MBR with lilo (if that is the right terminology). I was afraid of making his machine unbootable with windows 98 and the boot floppy approach seemed to be the safe route. After making the boot floppy, I rebooted and finished the installation (I should note that booting from the floppy was painfully slow, is this normal?), and everything seemed fine. However, I would like to go ahead and use lilo and install things in the MBR of the first hard drive hda (now used by windows 98) and let lilo control the booting of either windows or linux. Is there an easy way to get lilo set up so that it can boot up either windows 98 or linux? Do I need to run just lilo or do I also have to run mbr-activate? I have read through the installation guide and have taken a look at the Manual.txt.gz in the lilo documentation. It seems that the install program makes setting up lilo fairly easy (during installation) and wondered if I should go back to the installer to make the system bootable, or do it from the command line after editing /etc/lilo.conf. Note, I have installed the compact flavor (i386) on a single drive system that was just running Debian and on a mac 68K and powerpc, but don't have any experience with lilo in a dual boot situation. I don't want to render my bosses windows 98 setup unusable if I can certainly help it. Any guidance would be very much appreciated. Thanks, John Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
audio problem restated
Hello Debian users, I'm going to restate my problem regarding this audio cd problem that I'm having. But first, I would like to thank all those that have contributed in this matter. I am currently running kernel 2.4.18-bf24. I have a IDE-CDRW from LG. I'm running KDE3.0.5 and I have XMMS with the cd-read plugin. I have absolutely no trouble at all reading data cds as a normal user. With this being said, I don't think it's a group related problem. When I run XMMS from the shell, I get this error: libmikmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Would that error possible cause all this nuisance? If indeed when it does read an audio-cd, what exactly happens? Does a new window pop open with the cd tracks? If I were to browse /cdrom with konqueror, would I see such audio files? bp _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: weird X effect
Rob, I am currently using this in my .Xresources: lucidasanstypewriter-12 (xfonts-75dpi). It worked fine in twm and this is the default font I've always been using. I'm very picky about fonts in my system. What's weird is this started happening when I installed sawfish-gnome and when I was running kde. In fact, that picture was taken in KDE. There are lots of things wrong in KDE right now as far as I'm concerned so I'll have to fool around with it some more. I hope to resolve this problem soon for I cannot code in this font. bp From: Rob Weir [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: weird X effect Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:03:29 +1100 On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:30:07PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: Hello all, Thanks to many generouse people's advise, I now removed xfonts-100dpi and am using xfonts-75dpi. Now one of the main reasons for this transition was to make emacs look nice but now it looks like there is a problem with graphics. Please look at the file attatchment and tell me what I can do to solve this problem. My assumption is that this has to do with ttf but since I'm a noob, I really can't say. As always, all help is greatly appreciated. Ouch. That's pretty ugly. You can select a font using 'xfontsel', then set it in ~/.Xresources with a line like this: Emacs.font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-* Choose any font you like for the above, but emacs will not like a non-fixed width font, iirc. You might need to run 'xrdb -load ~/.Xresources' in your ~/.xsession. Also, make sure you disable 'make my apps pretend to look like KDE ones' in the KDE Control Centre under Themes, IIRC. It just looks crap. -rob attach3 _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
stability in KDE3 and Gnome2
Hello all, Exactly how stable is KDE3 and Gnome2? It seems to me that Gnome2 still is having a lot of problems but I'm really not sure about KDE3. bp _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
audio problems
Hello all, I have a sound blaster live value card and it seems that I cannot get this to work. I have this driver 'EMU10k1' for this card. When I try to play an mp3 using xmms, at the prompt it tells me that it cannot access /dev/dsp. Then xmms pops open a window with three things basically asking me it cannot access sound, to check if I'm blocking the audio device. I'm running KDE 2.2 and have the appropriate audio library already in place. Can anyone help me figure out this mistery? bp _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: audio problems
Dennis, I killed the arts daemon and I'm still getting erros. These are the two erros on the shlle prompt: libkimod.so.2: cannot open object file: No such file or directory. Then when I hit the play button: ** warning **: oss_open() failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): Permission denied. As for the other window, it's just tellin me to check that everything is correct. I'm currenty using OSS driver or esound. They both don't work. What else should I check out? bp From: Dennis Stosberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: audio problems Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:27:50 +0100 Am 02.12.2002 um 13:09 schrieb Bruce Park: I have a sound blaster live value card and it seems that I cannot get this to work. I have this driver 'EMU10k1' for this card. When I try to play an mp3 using xmms, at the prompt it tells me that it cannot access /dev/dsp. Then xmms pops open a window with three things basically asking me it cannot access sound, to check if I'm blocking the audio device. I'm running KDE 2.2 and have the appropriate audio library already in place. Can anyone help me figure out this mistery? KDE uses a sound daemon named artsd, which opens the dsp device when you start KDE. Every program that wants to play sound has to use this sound server. You have several options (in order of preference): - Use the arts output plugin for xmms - Use the artsdsp command - Kill artsd Regards, Dennis attach3 _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: where to download KDE
Alan, I just ran updates these and tried to run apt-get kdebase. Somewhere down the line, files can't open and it finally failes. Do you have this problem too or is it just me? bp From: Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: where to download KDE Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:36:00 + -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 December 2002 3:35 am, Bruce Park wrote: Hello all, I read that I should use: http://kde.tdyc.com/ stable kde2 as the source for my kde packages however, when I run 'apt-get update', I get errors regarding 'Packages' not being found. I got this from the KDE website so I'm thinking, what should I do? These are the best I have found (change sid to woody if you are running woody in the first line here). The first line is the core of kde, the other two are extras, like kdevelop etc deb ftp://download.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/Debian/ sid/ deb http://people.debian.org/~bab/ kde3/ deb http://people.debian.org/~njordan/ kde3.0/ Apologies if these are SLIGHTLY wrong - I had to manually reconstruct them from my apt-proxy.conf and sources.list lines. - -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE967YguFHxcV2FFoIRAv+wAJ99Q7Iy4bGTDIUQnPjEJkycjhNV8QCePAZl lhOocCpKU9hpm5irzHUyo9k= =CMX/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: audio problems
Dennis, Exactly how do I add myself to the audio group? I feel rather embarrased that I have to ask this question after using UNIX for three years but I never had to admin stuff like this at school. I also fear that you are correct about this problem. When I run KDE as root, it works fine. bp From: Dennis Stosberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: audio problems Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:14:13 +0100 Am 02.12.2002 um 14:49 schrieb Bruce Park: ** warning **: oss_open() failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): Permission denied. As for the other window, it's just tellin me to check that everything is correct. I'm currenty using OSS driver or esound. They both don't work. What else should I check out? What information does ls -l /dev/dsp* give you? As Micheal said, check the permissions on /dev/dsp. It should be writable for the audio group. Also, make sure your user account is a member of that group. Regards, Dennis attach3 _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: audio problems
Mike, Adding myself to the user did the trick. Thanks to everyone that helped. bp From: Mike Strean [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bruce Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: audio problems Date: 02 Dec 2002 17:12:16 -0600 you can do this w/ adduser adduser (your username) audio Good Luck! On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 16:57, Bruce Park wrote: Dennis, Exactly how do I add myself to the audio group? I feel rather embarrased that I have to ask this question after using UNIX for three years but I never had to admin stuff like this at school. I also fear that you are correct about this problem. When I run KDE as root, it works fine. bp From: Dennis Stosberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: audio problems Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:14:13 +0100 Am 02.12.2002 um 14:49 schrieb Bruce Park: ** warning **: oss_open() failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): Permission denied. As for the other window, it's just tellin me to check that everything is correct. I'm currenty using OSS driver or esound. They both don't work. What else should I check out? What information does ls -l /dev/dsp* give you? As Micheal said, check the permissions on /dev/dsp. It should be writable for the audio group. Also, make sure your user account is a member of that group. Regards, Dennis attach3 _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- Michael Larry Strean _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kdm root login
Hello all, For security reasons, I'd rather the root user NOT be able to login through kdm. Currently in /etc/kde3/dkm/kdmrc, I have AllowRootLogin set to false. However, I can log in as root at kdm. What do I need to change in? bp _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
setting up USB
Hello all, I'm still having difficulty in setting up my USB mouse for woody. Since I am currently kernel 2.4.bf2.4, my assumption is that the USB drivers are already loaded. When I setup X, I chose /dev/input/mice for the my mouse path. Is there anyone that can help me getting this correct? As always, all help is greatly appreciated. bp _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
getting rid of xfonts-100dpi
Hello all, I'm trying to get rid of xfonts-100dpi and instead use xfonts-75dpi. However, when I try to remove that package: apt-get remove xfonts-100dpi apt states that it will also remove x-window-system and w-window-system-core. I know that these packages should not be removed so what can I do make xfonts-75dpi the default target? bp _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: usb mouse
Nate, I fixed the problem. I actually had to put mousedev in the file /etc/modules or X wouldn't start. Also, usbcore, hid, and usb-ohci aren't being used. I got rid of them and things still run fine. Just wanted to say, thanks for the help. bp From: nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: usb mouse Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 18:32:59 -0800 (PST) Bruce Park said: Hello all, I have a MS Wheel Mouse Optical plugged into the usb port in my pc. This mouse has two buttons and a scroller. It seems to me that my X-Server won't start because it doesn't recognize /dev/input/mice. I've read somewhere you need to load the usb modules before you can use them. Since I just finished installing debian(2.4.bf24), how can I install the usb modules? I would expect the bf24 kernel to have the modules. lookin at the config file it does. So, for me it was pretty easy, I migrated my laptop to 2.4.20 a couple days ago and usb was a snap(about as easy as with 2.2.x. what i did: modprobe hid modprobe mousedev that loaded the drivers for my logitech mouseman marble wheel. I already had my device, I use /dev/usbmouse: crw-rw1 root root 13, 63 Feb 17 2002 /dev/usbmouse that would be: mknod /dev/usbmouse c 13 63 then I configured X to use this device and it worked fine. I already had X configured since I had usb workin in 2.2.19 as well. I don't have my USB load on boot, it seems to conflict with my sound, so I only load it when I need it. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
configuring X
Hello all, I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to solve these problems. 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the x-window-system as well. So, can anyone please help me on how to configure this? 2. I currently have twm. I would like to get rid of this and use sawfish. If and when I install sawfish, do I need to reconfigure X again? All help is greatly appreciated. bp _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
correction USB mouse
Hello all, I previously wrote that all I need to do was add mousedev into /etc/modules. Although that actually worked, when I rebooted X, I couldn't move my mouse anymore. I apologize for the error. bp _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: configuring X
Colin, Actually, I did read the mail. What happened earlier was that I removed xterm and it removed x-window-system and x-window-system-core. Afterwars, mozilla was behaving weird so I decided to ignore your message. However, it seems to be running fine now. I don't know what I did but as far as I can remeber, that was the only thing that I did. As for twm, I'll get rid of it and see what happens. Thanks for the help. bp From: Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bruce Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: configuring X Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:12:42 + On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:53:11PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to solve these problems. 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the x-window-system as well. So, can anyone please help me on how to configure this? I answered your question on this earlier today. I guess you aren't subscribed to the list? If not, it would help if you requested to be copied on replies. My answer was Don't worry about removing those [x-window-system and x-window-system-core]. They're just convenience packages. 2. I currently have twm. I would like to get rid of this and use sawfish. If and when I install sawfish, do I need to reconfigure X again? No. You just need to use 'update-alternatives --config x-window-manager' to make sawfish the default, and/or change your .xsession script if you have one. (Actually, sawfish will probably become the default anyway once installed, if I remember the priorities correctly, but update-alternatives is a useful thing to be aware of anyway.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
weird X effect
Hello all, Thanks to many generouse people's advise, I now removed xfonts-100dpi and am using xfonts-75dpi. Now one of the main reasons for this transition was to make emacs look nice but now it looks like there is a problem with graphics. Please look at the file attatchment and tell me what I can do to solve this problem. My assumption is that this has to do with ttf but since I'm a noob, I really can't say. As always, all help is greatly appreciated. bp _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail attachment: emacs.jpg
where to download KDE
Hello all, I read that I should use: http://kde.tdyc.com/ stable kde2 as the source for my kde packages however, when I run 'apt-get update', I get errors regarding 'Packages' not being found. I got this from the KDE website so I'm thinking, what should I do? bp _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
different flavors
Hello all, I'm not sure which flavor to install on my system. After reading the manuals, it seems that most USB drivers are within b2f.4 flavor. Is this correct? Also, I only have cd1 one of the debian cds. The default boot prompt without any argument is designated for the idepci flavor. At the boot prompt, can I just type b2f.4 although I'm using disk1? bp _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cfdisk
Hello all, I'm fooling around with cfdisk and wanted to ask the superiors about something. I plan to dual boot this with windows 2000. On the first partition because I've had disatrous results when windows is NOT on the first partition. Anyhow, now I've created a boot partition and after I enter the size, a new menu pops up with Beginning, End, and Cancel. Since there is already a first partition, do I now choose End? I'll also need to create the swap and root partition. What do I choose when this menu pops out again? All help is greatly appreciated. bp _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cfdisk revisited
Hello all, First, thanks for all those to that replied with the original question. OK, I have more question regarding cfdisk. I've successfully created the boot, swap, and root partition. Here are some questions that still linger in my head. 1. Should I make the /boot bootable? I'm dual booting with Windows2000 and the bootable flag is defaulted to /dev/hda1(w2k). I've been using redhat linux before with grub. Still it seems like I should make /boot bootable. Should I? Also, what file system type should this be? It is defaulted at ext3 2. The size of /boot is another question. From the previous installation of linux. it is at 49MB. I've read that this should be 10MB. I plan to install grub later when the installation is over. Which size is more desiarable? 3. File system type for the root paritition; I would like to use ext3 but I cannot find the corresponding number for it. Does woody support ext3? I'm thinking the only thing that I can use it 83 which is just Liunx. As always, all help is greatly appreciated. bp _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt after installation
Hello all, I have now succesfully installed debian a second time with DHCP. =) The first thing I wanted to install was emacs and I tried this command as root: apt-get install emacs And I got the follwing error: - E: Package emacs has no installation candidate Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Package emacs has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of sources.list -- The first thing I thought was that maybe the package name was wrong. Is there a simple way to view all the packages say via a file? If there were such a file, then I could pipe the result to grep and get the package name rather easily. Second, I was thinking of running like an apt-get upgrade or something along those lines. Because I just installed debian, I'm really new to this so I don't know what needs to be done in order for everything to work. As always, all help is greatly appreciated. bp _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
usb mouse
Hello all, I have a MS Wheel Mouse Optical plugged into the usb port in my pc. This mouse has two buttons and a scroller. It seems to me that my X-Server won't start because it doesn't recognize /dev/input/mice. I've read somewhere you need to load the usb modules before you can use them. Since I just finished installing debian(2.4.bf24), how can I install the usb modules? bp _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
setting up internet connection
Hello all, I just finished installing the base system for debian. Even though I don't have anything on it right now, it's still better than Redhat. OK, unlike what I thought would happen, when I was installing debian, it never prompted me if I wanted for internet configuration. I figure that this is the most important thing for me since I plan to get more software through this method. How can I set up dhcp so that it gets all the necessary information for my pc? I'm using road runner and I can also get info through ipconfig but I'd rather use dhcp unless someone can give me a good reason not to. All help is greatly appreciated. bp _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: UNIX shells - Bourne and C
Bob, After doing some research, I found out that ash is a clone of a bourne shell from BSD. I was using this last night and I really couldn't find anything that differs from the real shell. Now, what can I do about the C shell and the Korn shell? Are those also not free? I'm doing a lot of shell scripting and people are saying that C wasn't designed for it. I'm sure they are right because I'm reading about it and it says that bourne shell scripts are the best since they run faster than C. In reality, I problably would use Perl to do everything but right now, the focus is on learning each individual shell to see how and why they differ. bp _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
POSIX shell
What exactly is a POSIX shell? bp _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
UNIX shells - Bourne and C
Hello all, Just wanted to know, does debian linux include the Bourne and C shell? In redhat, they are a symbolic link to bash and tcsh respectively. bp _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: UNIX shells - Bourne and C
Josh, I plan to install bash and tcsh. I'm currently running bash under redhat(I'm waiting to for a new release for debian) and I use it all the time. The only reason why I want the original UNIX shells is to test some scripts that I'm writing. bp _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X - window manager - desktop
From: Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: X - window manager - desktop Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:06:00 -0800 On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:35:33AM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: the X? What exactly is a window manager? twm, enlightment, sawfish ... I The window manager handles things like window title bars, resizing, and other basic window elements. You can run X without a window manager, though you won't be able to manipulate windows easy or as extensively as you can with a window manager. So window manager is optional but not really necessary? Then there is the desktop like gnome or kde which are just desktops. Can anyone explain this to me? Desktop environments sit above the window manager similar to how window managers sit above X. The desktop environment provides things like iconic drag and drop representation of your filesystem, usually a Windows/Macish toolbelt, etc., oriented towards being a replacement to actually using the command line. Some people find desktop environments useful, I find them slow, bloated and a shiny, chrome waste of space. YMMV. Paul, I too find having a desktop unnecessary. I do prefer using the command line most of the time because it's quicker. By the time I reach for my mouse, I've already wasted a good second when I could have type 5 or more characters. The reason why I want a desktop is purely for its looks. other times, I may use nautilus to peek at a page with 2 files and I dont' know which is which. Sure I can use a UNIX command to do this but sometimes this is easier and neater. Another reason why I like to have it is because I love having multiple emacs windows open. I usually open 2 files in one window and have about 2 more windows open when I'm developing software. Here, the mouse comes in handy but thats because I haven't gotten used using the alt-tab key yet. Now for my next question, do desktops such as gnome and kde require a specific version of window manager? bp -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system attach3 _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sound enhancing software?
Hello all, I was wandering, what sound enhancing software are available for linux? I hate to make the comparison with Windows but one of the reasons why I keep it is because of soundblaster live's audio hq and sound mixer. bp _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gui c/c++ programming
I would really recommend using emacs to program in c or c++ because many companies require development work under unix/linux environment but I believe MS has some tools regarding GUI with c and c++. bp _ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
emacs-nox
Hello, Does anyone know where I can find the package for emacs-nox20.7-1? I looked on the main site for debian but I couldn't find it. bp _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
official debian cds
Hello, Can anyone tell me which cds I should download if I want to install gnome with workstation like environment? I know that there are seven cds including the non-us but I've read that you really don't need to download more the third cd. bp _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
installation cds
Hello, I was just wandering, it seems like the latest version has this thing called flavors where you decide what type of installation you want to do regarding your hardware. So, is it OK for me to JUST download disk 2 that contains the vanilla flavor? Will this include all the necessary kernel files and software packages such as gnome and gcc.. etc? bp _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt questions
Hello all, I'm a newbie in this debian world so please be patient with me. I'm trying to undestand everything about debian before I can install them and I was hoping that some one can answer my question. It seems that debian has three ways to install packages. 1) dpkg 2) apt 3) dselect My question is, when I first install the debian system, it scanned several cds to update it's database for apt. If I start using apt, will it know which cd to get the packages from? Will it also take care of any dependencies that it may have? For example, if I installed the apache webserver or the gnome desktop, will it install the appropritate packages that it needs for it to run? All help is greatly appreciated. bp _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
partioning for dual boot
Hello all, I didn't see a mail list for installation problems so I decided to try this group. If this is the wrong place for this, I apologize in advance. I'm trying to install a debian system but I need to have the partition set up correctly. I currently have Windows and Redhat linux on my hard drive. Linux partition this as follows: locationstart endfs - ----- /dev/hda /dev/hda1 1 2246 NTFS /dev/hda2 2247 2252 ext3 /dev/hda3 2253 3583 ext3 /dev/hda4 3589 3649 extended /dev/hda4 3589 3649 linux swap According to my theory, it looks like /dev/hda2 is the boot sector. Is this correct? I'd like to install debian on this existing partition. I'm assuming that I can leave this as is and debian will write to the appropriate sections of the hard drive. Can anyone tell me if I should change this or is it OK to leave this as is? All help is greatly appreciated. bp _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
