Re: Desktop installation of Gnome

Need more info. What utility are you using to install it with, synaptic, apt-get, dpkg, raw tar.gz files? What error message(s) are you getting? What have you tried? Jim. Matt Allen wrote: Dear Madam or Sir, I am have trouble installing the desktop on Debian version 3.1. I had first

Re: A page that causes Firefox (Sarge) to close

Debian sarge 1.0.4-2sarge5 Works fine with that web site for me. Jim. Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 23:37 +1100, James Foster wrote: Hello, I'm using the latest mozilla-firefox (1.0.4-2sarge5) on Debian Sarge, and whenever I attempt to visit a particular page, I'm finding that it

What to do with all the doc files in /usr/share/doc?

For years now, I've been seeing the vast quantities of files in that directory and other than going in and zmoreing them, I haven't figured out how to read them. By now I'm sure someone has developed a browser or other means of indexing them, searching them and displaying them. I just can't

Re: What to do with all the doc files in /usr/share/doc?

at 04:47:11PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: For years now, I've been seeing the vast quantities of files in that directory and other than going in and zmoreing them, I haven't figured out how to read them. By now I'm sure someone has developed a browser or other means of indexing them, searching

Re: How to install R 2.2.0 Debian 'unstable' package in otherwise 'sarge' system

Sometimes newer versions of programs can be found as backports. I've never had any luck finding them, however. I think these are versions that have been put in unstable or testing and someone kindly generates a .deb for the stable environment. See what you can find about backports. Jim.

Re: Can't install Sarge on an HP NetServer

Look at the output of dmesg. You should find what device the CD rom the kernel assigned. On my system, these two lines are informative. hdc: CW099D ATAPI CD-R/RW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R5002, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive Do a dmesg|grep CD and see if you don't find something

Problem with phpmyadmin

I installed apache2, phpmyadmin, php4 and various other packages that came along with the install but when I attempt to access phpmyadmin with http://localhost/phpmyadmin I get a popup box with the following message You have chosend to open which is a phtml file from http://localhost. What

Originating mail problem

I'm trying to get mail working through my isp and have a basic problem. My isp, bellsouth, requires a username and password to permit mail being relayed through them. Firefox and Mozilla have sections in the SMTP server options to put that. However I cannot find where I need to place them when

Mail relay question.

I'm trying to get mail working through my isp and have a basic problem. My isp, bellsouth, requires a username and password to permit mail being relayed through them. Firefox and Mozilla have sections in the SMTP server options to put that. However I cannot find where I need to place them when

Re: Help with java in firefox

Andrea Vettorello wrote: On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:56:55 -0400, Jim Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same thing with testing. I installed the plugin three different ways and firefox still doesn't know about them. 1. I clicked on the window that said to install plugin click here or words

Re: VIA sound problem

I've been completely unable to get sound to work with Debian and any sound card, ever and I've been running Debian for years. My last attempt was the testing distro and 2.6.8 on a box with the via 82xxx card build into the MB. I fiinally got it to actually install so the /dev/dsp device was

Re: VIA sound problem

Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya jim On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Jim Lynch wrote: I've been completely unable to get sound to work with Debian and any sound card, ever and I've been running Debian for years. My last attempt was the testing distro and 2.6.8 on a box with the via 82xxx card build into the MB

Re: Help with java in firefox

Same thing with testing. I installed the plugin three different ways and firefox still doesn't know about them. 1. I clicked on the window that said to install plugin click here or words to that effect. That put the .so file in /usr/local/xxx somewhere I believe. 2. I got the jre14 from Sun

Re: 2.4.18 doesn't find my root device.

, Jim. Jerome Acks Jr wrote: On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 02:30:06PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: Simple description: 2.4.18 kernel panics and says it can't find the root device on 03:06. 2.2.19 finds it fine. I had a root=/dev/hda6 on the loadlin line, and it failed, so I took it off. Rdev

2.4.18 doesn't find my root device.

Simple description: 2.4.18 kernel panics and says it can't find the root device on 03:06. 2.2.19 finds it fine. I had a root=/dev/hda6 on the loadlin line, and it failed, so I took it off. Rdev of the kernel also says root on /dev/hda6. Background: I upgraded to woody and found that my cdrom

ssh not working

I've never been able to get ssh to work on a Linux box. I just upgraded to Woody and have tried again. I'm trying to connect to a Red Hat box with ssh. I generated a key and I have the identity and identity.pub files in .ssh on the Debian system. I logged in to the RedHat system and placed

keyboard question

I had such good luck with ssh, I'll try again. 8) All of a sudden, starting with the installation of woody, my backspace key is sending a delete, not a backspace. Even when I log in via vnc it thinks my backspace key is a delete. What did I do? Better yet what do I do to fix it.I noticed

Re: eth0 no such device

You need to have the drivers for your card either in the kernel or in a module and load that module. I suggest you generate a custom kernel by installing the source and following the directions in the README. You will be able to configure it to support your network card specifically that way.

GIMP and gif files

Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Thanks, Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How can I use ftp to access distribution through a firewall?

I'd like to upgrade using the ftp access method of dpkg/apt, etc. I am on the other side of a firewall but there is a socks proxy to get through it. On other systems on this side of the firewall, I can use the r commands, rcp, rftp, rsh etc. but I haven't seen them for Linux. I did a google

Re: minicom

Run as root and run minicom -s. From there you can change the settings and save the configuration as default and/or as some other name. There isn't really a configuration file like you'd normally use an editor to configure. You do that via the program with the -s switch. Man minicom works for

Re: Looking for a driver for a sound card

OK, I see three devices connected to IRQ 9. No I/O addresses overlap. THe USB port, my Ethernet controller and the audio board are all IRQ 9. I though sharing of IRQs is OK these days. Is Linux different in that respect from Win9x? Everything works on Win95, or at least the audio and ethernet

Looking for a driver for a sound card

I recently purchased a pci sound card for my system and haven't been able to make it work. I tried a generic Yamaha driver, based on things I read when I did a search, and when I try to insmod sb.o, I get a message saying Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/sb.o Device or resource busy Hint: this

Re: One more question

Guess I am stuck in the past. 8) I've always had one. Thanks, Jim. Nathan E Norman wrote: On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 03:43:55PM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: Jim Lynch wrote: What ever happened to /usr/tmp? It wasn't created on this system. is that abnormal? i dont have /usr/tmp

Re: apache again

to list the modules that are eligible for installation? How do you go about finding out what the name of the module is that relates to what you selected in the config? Most are obvious, but some aren't. Such as Packet Socket or Unix domain socket. Thanks, Jim. Jim Lynch wrote: Well, I gave up

apache again

Well, I gave up, trashed the disk and installed 2.2 from scratch. Now I've been installing/configuring Linux since 0.12. This release really takes me back to the good old days. I installed about everything under the sun including networking but when I look at the /etc/init.d/networking file,

One more question

What ever happened to /usr/tmp? It wasn't created on this system. THanks, Jim.

Problems with apache.

I looked at the bugs on www.debian.org and didn't see mine described, so I thought I bounce it off of this group. I installed potato. That was my first mistake. I haven't been able to get samba working nor will apache work. Nothing seems wrong with the install, but I can't get pages to display

apache woes.

I looked at the bugs on www.debian.org and didn't see mine described, so I thought I bounce it off of this group. I installed potato. That was my first mistake. I haven't been able to get samba working nor will apache work. Nothing seems wrong with the install, but I can't get pages to display

Re: Getting an Internal Error trying to install 2.2

Thanks, but that didn't help. Something is screwed up. I manually installed everything in the list with an apt-get install package and went back and attempted it again and got the same message. Oh well, I think everything is installed, but the auto upgrade is still hosed. Thanks, Jim. -- To

Getting an Internal Error trying to install 2.2

Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration No packages on hold. Nothing suspicious that I could see. I'm currently running a 2.1 debian system, or mostly 2.1. Kernel at 2.0.36. Here are the messages from the command that was executing: bash-2.01# apt-get --fix-broken

Re: Getting an Internal Error trying to install 2.2

Forgot to mention I'm upgrading, in case that wasn't obvious. I upgrade my system at work just fine. It is similar to this one. Mostly 2.1, kernel 2.0.36. Thanks, Jim. -- To see my .signature file, go to http://reality.sgi.com/jwl/signature/

lprng problem, I need help! Thanks.

I didn't see an answer, but since this list is producing over 200 emails a day, I might have missed it, but I searched the archives and didn't see a reply. Can anyone suggest where else I might go to get an answer? I reinstalled my system from hamm a while back and am having trouble with

Printer problem.

I reinstalled my system from hamm a while back and am having trouble with remote printing. I've run magicfilterconfig and set my old laserjet series II printer up to work locally. When I print files from the Linux machine all is well. I'm trying to print from a remote machine and things

strange messages at boot.

Any idea what is causing this? I put a new hard drive in and installed hamm from scratch. I am booting a 2.0.34 kernel that used to work fine on the old drive. I had to rdev the kernel to point to the new root device. The system seems to be running fine, except that /var/log/messages doesn't

Re: what cd-writer ?

- Received message begins Here - On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 04:57:08PM -0500, Odin wrote: I want to buy a cd-writer. I don't need rewritable support at present time, but it would be a plus. I've seen a new Yamaha model that's affordable. Are they good and well

Re: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]

- Received message begins Here - Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: (snip) with something more Linux, like a penguin ... (snip) Replacing it with a penguin is an entirely different matter, though. :-) -- Ed C. Really it isn't that big a deal. replace

Re: Modem stopped working when I upgraded to hamm

- Received message begins Here - - Received message begins Here - Tonight I'm going to install bo from Cd and make sure the modem still works. If it does then I'll install things one at a time and see what happens. OK, here's the story. I removed

Re: Modem stopped working when I upgraded to hamm

- Received message begins Here - After listening to a number of suggestions, I installed a clean copy of hamm from the CD to a spare SCSI disk. The modem still doesn't work. I removed the sound card and disabled all serial ports except for the modem. Tonight I'm going to

Modem stopped working when I upgraded to hamm

I'm tearing my hair out. Here's the story. I upgraded to hamm vi the autosh script and grabbed the 2.0.34 kernel and recompiled it. As far as I can tell, the modem worked OK after those steps. I then reviewed my installed packages and upgraded a bunch of them. I also installed diald and tried

Problems with hamm and X11 stuff.

See the following? chinaberry 139 ldd `which xlogo` libXaw.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6 (0x4000e000) libXmu.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x40046000) libXt.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x40058000) libSM.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x400a2000)

Re: Problems with hamm and X11 stuff.

- Received message begins Here - I figured out the netscape problem, but this one is still bugging me. Second question. What is this telling me? dpkg --install x11/fvwm95_2.0.43b-5.deb Selecting previously deselected package fvwm95. (Reading database ... 21675 files

Re: Netscape Communicator v.5 won't run ?

- Received message begins Here - I just solved this one. You need the libc5 libraries from the oldlibs directory. I assume you are running hamm. dpkg --install oldlibs/xpm4.7_3.4j-0.6.deb dpkg --install oldlibs/libg++27_2.7.2.1-14.4.deb will probably fix it. Regards, Jim.

Re: How to boot single user with loadlin?

- Received message begins Here - Perhaps you used the wrong way to go to single user mode. The only correct way to switch to single user from multi user is: shutdown now I used init s. I thought that was the same. Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. Jim. To

How to boot single user with loadlin?

I'm not using LILO and boot into Linux from a config.sys menu option under Win95. I use loadlin to boot Linux. I needed to do some maintenance the other day and found that booting single from a running system doesn't work very well. It keeps /usr mounted because it doesn't kill off the process

Bash question/problem.

I'v been fighting a bash problem since I first installed bo. I figured it was a bug in bash, but I've now upgraded (partially) to hamm and I've still got it. I'm running ii bash2.01.1-4 The GNU Bourne Again SHell I'm trying to get my command recall to work in vi mode for

Trying to get a 1542C working.

with it in the vlb box. Thanks, Jim. -- Jim Lynch, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 270, 200 Westpark Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Laptop install

can't boot from the CDROM. Not supported in the bios. Thanks, Jim. -- Jim Lynch, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 270, 200 Westpark Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269

Netscape doesn't save ftp messages

of netscape it brings up a save file dialog. I'm running Netscape 3.01, and Debian 1.3. How do I fix this? Thanks, Jim. Jim Lynch, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 270

Re: Partitioning (fwd)

partition you will need something like partition magic to repartition your drive with out losing any of your data. Hope this helps. Paul Jim Lynch, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL

Cheap bytes CDROM

, in at least one case without error. Jim. -- Jim Lynch, System Engineer, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Federal Business Systems, Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 270, 200 Westpark Drive, Peachtree City

Re: PEX Extension to X

bits changing continuously and allow different viewing positions/magnification. I am open to suggestions for other methods of achieving this under any _free_ 3D X library if anyone knows of one. Thanks, Ed -- Jim

Re: Seem to be hitting a snag.

. -- Jim Lynch, System Engineer, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Federal Business Systems, Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 270, 200 Westpark Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269