finishing touches

2005-10-06 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
I have windowmaker to my satisfaction, now. Finally, 1). What is the command to reset the desktop clock (I have lost it)? 2). How do I change my background (I deleted the shortcut)? 3). Is there a working logout/shutdown button for it? Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ssh on lan

2004-04-08 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hello, I have a lan set up at home, however I cannot use ssh on it. I am able to use ssh to log on to other machines at work. The sshd is running on all machines and it has createdthe keys for all systems however, when I try to logon the password I enter is always rejected. I have ensured it

unsubscribe

2004-04-08 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
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Re: Tape Question

2004-03-12 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hello, I don't know about the tape usage but the command to list the archive is tar -tf /dev/tape (assuming /dev/tape is your device. Further tar -ztf lists a compressed archive. Gavin. Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

knoppix/debian

2004-03-02 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hello, an anyone tell me if is possible to use apt to upgrade to sarge from knoppix? Thanks. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

new installer

2004-03-02 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
hardware will berelatively painless so I can revert back to debian? Thanks. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

knoppix slow

2004-02-26 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hello, A colleague of mine has installed knoppix 3.3 on his 350Mhz K2 machine and he has found it to be much slower than win 98. Can anyone suggest why this is so anmd how to fix the problem? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

ext3 why?

2004-02-25 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hi, A note to say it's worth scanning other peoples questions and not just delete them. I have been reading this thread as I have often wondered why ext3? This has anwsered a long standing q. Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

tar/tape

2004-02-25 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
of=/dev/nst0 ibs=1024 obs=1024 count=50 dd: writing to `/dev/nst0': Input/output error dd: closing output file `/dev/nst0': Input/output error This may be absurd be need I format the tape as it's been a long time since I used one? They are 150M ddsII tapes. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL

dqs

2004-02-24 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
to Host_has as an alias for genesis../SRC/dqs_add_del.c 204 qmaster genesis Can anyone help? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Fwd: Re: tar/tape]

2004-02-24 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
-- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester ---BeginMessage--- Hello, My tape drive is a hp 20 40 scsi drive. It will allow data to be written to it. The output of mt -f /dev/st0 is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/gseddon# mt -f /dev/st0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0

Re: tar/tape

2004-02-23 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
I have tried mt setblk 0 but now the error is: tar: /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Can anyone help? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

tar/tape

2004-02-22 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
should I use to do incremental backups with tar? Since the u argument only appeared to backup later copies of already exhisting files on the tape and the r argument appended everything again. I would use the N argument but I don't know the date format. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL

WOODY/SARGE

2004-02-04 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hello, I am having difficulty installing sarge due to hardware problems with its kernel. I can inst woody which will not 'recognise' the devices. Is it possible to use apt to install sarge? If so, how? I will worry about the kernel when sarge is running. Many thanks, Gavin. -- Dr Gavin

sarge

2004-01-28 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
to install the correct kernel and hence Sarge. Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

libs

2004-01-25 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Recently I have been troubled with missing libs. Is there a repository for Debian libs? Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

libs

2004-01-25 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
The prob. is, it may not find a so file that I apt-get. Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libs

2004-01-25 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Can you tell me of a repository that contains lbs, since apt-get finds nothing? On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 13:46, Thorsten Haude wrote: Hi, Please don't disturb the threading. * Dr Gavin Seddon wrote (2004-01-25 14:32): The prob. is, it may not find a so file that I apt-get. What are you

kernel

2004-01-19 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hi, I need to recompile my kernel so I can use my cdrw and scsi tape, however the dir cd /usr/src/linux Is not there to run make xconfig. Need I download a new kernel source? Gavin. Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

game

2004-01-09 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
a necessary distraction. Can anyone suggest a good game that isn't just mindlessly shooting stuff. Say a good adventure with nice graphics that requires some thought? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: devices

2004-01-07 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 18:21, Wayne Topa wrote: Dr Gavin Seddon([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hi, Ihave 2 devices that I cannot get working. Can not get working is very vague. You must be getting some error message which would assist someone in helping you

Re: devices

2004-01-07 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 17:48, Dean Allen Provins wrote: Gavin: On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 04:17:23PM +, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi, Ihave 2 devices that I cannot get working. a. A scsi tape drive. Here I have installed the mt-st kernel patch and made a ln -s between /dev/sto

Re: Debian Specific Books?

2004-01-06 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
of Debian, ie, roll-your-own deb's, kernel building, adding my own modules to the installation kernel, etc. Anyone have any good books that could get me up and running nice and quickly? TIA, -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

devices

2004-01-06 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
be linked. Can someone help pls? -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

gnutella

2003-12-21 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hi, I was recommended various peer networking software for debian. I have installed gnutella. Will someone give me instructions on setting it up and use pls. A brief note is great, eg. do I need to input connection urls and a dir on my machibne? Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED

dc gui

2003-12-21 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hello, I was recomended dc alond with gnutella. I cannot register with gnutella.com, so will dc allow use without registering? Also, how do I use dc-gui? Gavin -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: gnutella

2003-12-21 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
I am using gtk-gnutella 0.80 beta 2. I am new to peer to peer so I don't the fields that need filling in etc. Thanks. Gavin On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 16:09, Bob Underwood wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 21 December 2003 6:39 am, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi

kazaa

2003-12-20 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hello, Last night I was at a friends house and he showed me Kazaa lite. I found this morning it is possible to run it on my Debian machine using wine. Can anyone tell me how to do this, pls? Gavin. -- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: kazaa

2003-12-20 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 14:25, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Patrick Lesslie wrote: On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 10:41:50AM +, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hello, Last night I was at a friends house and he showed me Kazaa lite. I found this morning it is possible to run it on my Debian machine using

web browser

2003-12-17 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hello I have a new user on Kde after my previous account crashed. I can no longer use Mozilla, no matter. Can anyone suggest a better (best) browser that will open all graphics and doesn't keep giving a 'jigsaw'? Gavin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

mouse

2003-12-08 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
-- Dr Gavin Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Manchester Hi, I have Debian up-and-running, the mouse won,t work though. I have linked /dev/psaux and /dev/mouse this did not solve my prob. Pls help? Gavin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe