KDE2 Themes

2000-11-02 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I am running Debian Woody with the latest KDE2 packages. I have been trying to install some themes I downloaded from kde.themes.org. One of the themes is a 1.1.2 theme and one is a KDE2 theme. However, I can't find out how to install the themes. From my searching on the 'net it seems that

Re: Gnome Problem

2000-05-28 Thread Joseph A. Martin The LaterDude
Jay Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello Group, I am running Potato and have just install Gnome using apt-get install gdm. I have two question. 1, When the gnome login screen appears I select gnome for my session from the drop down mune and enter my login and pass and hit enter. The

Re: Building my own apt archive

2000-05-24 Thread Joseph A. Martin The LaterDude
Actually I use dpkg-scanpackage with great success. apt-move can also move packages from /var/cache/apt into a directory structure. Check the man page for dpkg-scanpackage, if you need more help ask me and I will provide examples. Ron Rademaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess you should check

Re: samba drive mapped on Win2000

2000-04-19 Thread Joseph A. Martin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi I cannot map some debian samba shared drives on Win2000 although some i can map. Has anyone else experienced the same problem?? You don't mention whether you are using potato, slink, or woody, but my comment applies regardless. Samba 2.0.6 and below have

Re: AMD PCNET PCI Ethernet question

2000-04-01 Thread Joseph A. Martin
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, syed huq wrote: I looked under /lib/modules/2.0.36/ and found pcnet32.o which is what the HOW-TO says as being the correct driver for AMD PCNET PCI. if I do a ifconfig as root, I still do not see the eth0. if I do a modprobe eth0, I don't get anything. eth0 is a

Weird problem with Netscape and X

2000-03-17 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I am running an up to date Potato system. I am using the GNOME desktop and a locally installed copy of Netscape Navigator. Netscape lives in /usr/local/netscape. I have a symlink from /usr/bin/netscape to /usr/local/netscape/netscape. When I try to run Netscape from a menu

XEmacs use 'Alt' as 'Meta'

2000-03-16 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I feel like this should be a simple thing to do, but I haven't been able to figure it out so far. I want XEmacs to my Left Alt key as the Meta key. It works like that when I am running XEmacs from the console. However, if I run XEmacs from XWindows ESC is my meta key and Left-Alt is

Re: Can no-one help? Gnome has lost all but the basic icons on desktop

2000-03-07 Thread Joseph A. Martin
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, Phillip Deackes wrote: I think that upgrading from Storm Rain (=Slink) to Potato (and hence upgrading to Potato Gnome apps and libs) caused the problem. I understand it is part of Debian received wisdom that no file in ~/ is tampered with during an install or upgrade. Is

Re: Correct PAM settings for login

2000-02-17 Thread Joseph A. Martin
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Ben Collins wrote: But did you configure /etc/libnss-ldap.conf? Yes, I configured the host and base parameters. I didn't think I needed to configure any of the other options. If so, does an ls -l /home show the correct owners (even if they are gone from /etc/passwd)?

Re: Correct PAM settings for login

2000-02-17 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Okay, I am having more problems. I decided to enable logging for slapd so I can see when connections are made, what is being searched for, and be better able to determine what is and isn't working with my setup. No luck. I can't get logging to work. I have set 'loglevel 1', 'loglevel 256', and

Correct PAM settings for login

2000-02-16 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I have an LDAP database setup to authenticate users. I want to be able to use LDAP as the sole source of the users' info. With my current pam settings for login I cannot remove the user from the /etc/passwd file. When I do I receive the following message after a login attempt: 'User

XEmacs21 and Lisp packages

2000-02-15 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I installed xemacs21 this evening and wanted to deinstall xemacs20. Apparently I can't. Several packages such as python-elisp depend on emacs19 OR xemacs 19 OR xemacs20. Is it a bug that this, and other packages, won't install with xemacs21 or is there a valid reason? I would really

New versions of packages

2000-02-05 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I noticed recently that AbiWord, ssh, and alsa all have newer versions released than what is in potato. Is this normal? Are newer versions of packages not uploaded once a distribution is frozen? later, joseph -- the LaterDude ICQ: 52640402 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Remote printing with lprng

2000-02-02 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I have a system set up for my family that is networked with the rest of my systems. I want their machine to be able to print to my machine. I have lprng installed on their system and a printcap entry setup. This printcap entry works for network printing from my laptop also running

Re: Remote printing with lprng

2000-02-02 Thread Joseph A. Martin
try telneting to port 515 on the machine to see if you get connected. Joseph A. Martin wrote: Hello, I have a system set up for my family that is networked with the rest of my systems. I want their machine to be able to print to my machine. I have lprng installed

forwarding X11 over ssh

2000-02-01 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I maintain a Linux system at our office. Quite frequently I administer this system remotely via ssh. Today I wanted to try running an X app over the SSH link. I passed the '-X' option to ssh which the man page claims will forward X connections. However when I try to launch an X

Install on Loopback device

2000-01-28 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I am interested in helping a friend install Debian. His father is unsure of repartioning and trying Linux. I thought about using distro's like PhatLinux or WinLinux, which install to a disk image instead of a raw partition, but they just aren't debian. Is there already boot

Re: dhcpcd configuration

2000-01-27 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, Thanks for all the help. For the moment, I have linked /etc/resolv.conf to /etc/dhcpcd/resolv.conf. It is a kludgy situation and I will probably look into other dhcp client packages, but for now it works. later, joseph -- the LaterDude ICQ: 52640402 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sgml-tools, LinuxDoc, and customization

2000-01-27 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, Thanks for all of the replies. Last I check out the LDP ( about a week ago ) they said that all HOWTO's still needed to be in LinuxDoc format instead of DocBook. I have not found any information about customizing LinuxDoc though I have found plenty about DocBook. My intention now

lpd configuration problems

2000-01-25 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I have two machines I am working with. Odeen is a desktop server with an Epson ActionPrinter attached to it. I can print from odeen's command line without any problems. I have magicfilter installed and it converts whatever I print into printer-specific instructions through

Allowing users to shutdown

2000-01-25 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I have set up a Linux workstation for my family's use. They only need to keep the system on for short periods. (For various reasons I don't want to leave it on full time.) They are using the icewm window manager, which, when they hit ctrl-alt-del, gives them the option of shutting

Re: Make menuconfig dependency not met

2000-01-23 Thread Joseph A. Martin
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Patrick wrote: dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory That line is the crucial line. 'make menuconfig' uses the ncurses library to build the menu interface. Installing the libncurses5-dev package should solve your problem. later, joseph -- the LaterDude ICQ:

LDAP Authentication Howto

2000-01-21 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, Just a little note to everyone who is interested in my upcoming LDAP Authentication HOWTO. I have finally created a personal website - all skeleton pages right now - and there is a link where the HOWTO will sit eventually. The link to my website is

dhcpcd configuration

2000-01-21 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I have a laptop with PCMCIA networking running Debian. The pcmcia stuff and the networking stuff both work great. I am using dhcpcd to get my 'net configuration as I move the laptop between home and work. dhcpcd works great also, except for one issue: /etc/resolv.conf is not

sgml-tools, LinuxDoc, and customization

2000-01-21 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I am not sure exactly where to ask this question, but the README.Debian file for sgml-tools says that version 1 is orphaned upstream. I take that to mean that I might not get help from the upstream authors. Anyway my problem is this: I am writing a HOWTO in LinuxDoc format.

Using an LDAP backend for XDM logins

2000-01-20 Thread Joseph A. Martin
[ My apologies to everyone if this message appears twice. The first time I sent it I had not recieved confirmation of subscription to debiian-user. I retried subscribing 7 hours later and did recieve confirmation. I am resending the message in case it did not make it through the first time. ]

Re: Question: how to use an LDAP backend for logins

2000-01-20 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Well, I'm not answering your question but asking you: How to use an LDAP backend for logins? I can answer this question, but not super quickly. I am planning on writing a Debian specific HOWTO with example config files, explanations, etc. Of course the explanations will require that I go

Re: Question: how to use an LDAP backend for logins

2000-01-20 Thread Joseph A. Martin
On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Konrad Mierendorff wrote: Could you please send me the HOWTO as well. (Or an URL if it is online) I'm planning to do a similar setup soon, for twenty machines though. If you know any webpages on the topic you could also send them to me. I will collect some links this