Trying to recover data from messed up MSDOS floppy

1998-10-23 Thread Paul Rightley
in the FAT region of the disk). I was wondering if there is a disk editor in Linux (which I would probably trust more than letting Norton mess with my disk)? Any suggestions? Thanks for any assistance, Paul Rightley

Do I have a win-sound card?

1998-10-08 Thread Paul Rightley
with such a motherboard? Thanks for any assistance, Paul Rightley

RE: LS-120

1998-06-07 Thread Paul Rightley
The hamm installation disks work perfectly with an LS-120. I wrote a message to debian-user a while ago regarding the installation - check the archives if you are interested - or email me (assuming I can remember). A coworker of mine is using this machine currently and has experineced no

A tough file to delete

1998-05-22 Thread Paul Rightley
I have a file (actually a few files - all on the same drive) that I cannot delete. They all report in at about 3.3GB in size (all on a 2.1GB partition). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.33/arch/m68k# rm console rm: remove `console', overriding mode 6467? y rm: console: Operation not

Re: setting up ethernet 3com 3509b card

1998-04-29 Thread Paul Rightley
I have run the 3509b successfully with both Debian and W95. I configured the card out of PnP mode and specified the port (i.e. coax or 10base-T). When configured this way, Linux sees my card without trouble, and I just had to delete and install the card's driver in W95 to get it to work there.

Re: possible intrusion in my box ??????

1998-04-21 Thread Paul Rightley
On 14-Apr-98 Ossama Othman wrote: On the systems that I run, I have disabled all incoming telnets, ftps, rsh/rlogin/rexec/etc, finger, rusers, ident, etc. The only way in is via Secure Shell. Note that outgoing telnets and ftps would still work. If -Ossama I already use ssh, but

Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-17 Thread Paul Rightley
I have been using gimp to produce some overheads lately (in the hope that I can finally rid myself of the necessity of booting into and Windows product). However, when I create large text (like 50 pixels high), it looks pretty pixelated - even if the image itself has a much higher resolution. Is

Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-17 Thread Paul Rightley
I am sorry if I am clueless... I installed xfntscl and looked in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo and Type1 for the fonts listed in fonts.scale (I assume that this is how one determines if a font is scalable). I then tried using these fonts in gimp. This worked the same way as before (strong

Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-17 Thread Paul Rightley
would prefer)? Paul On 17-Apr-98 Remco Blaakmeer wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Paul Rightley wrote: I don't know where GIMP gets it fonts, but if it gets them from the X server I think I have a solution for you. Take a look at the xfstt package. This is a font server for X that handles TTF

Re: desperately seeking installation

1998-04-02 Thread Paul Rightley
On 25-Mar-98 Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 1998 at 10:48:40PM -0600, Ender Wigin wrote: Through long practice and much patience, I was able to see the word Calibrating on the display before it reboots, so if there's a stage during ... I just compiled 2.0.33. (I had been using

How do I create /proc???

1998-04-02 Thread Paul Rightley
I am trying to backup my Debian 1.3.1 system and make it bootable from a Jaz drive. I have copied the essential directories (cp -a) from my system to the Jaz. If I create an empty /proc directory on the Jaz and boot from a floppy with the Jaz as root, the boot fails just before I get a prompt -

Trouble with /var/spool/mail/????

1998-03-17 Thread Paul Rightley
Out of necessity, I have recently moved /var to another partition. I tar'ed up the directory and then untar'ed it on the new partition. This morning, I cannot get xfmail to open /var/spool/mail/user saying that it cannot lock the file. I figure the problem results from the movement of /var.

Posting to the mailinglist...

1998-03-17 Thread Paul Rightley
I use xfmail to read debian-user. When xfmail lists a folder, one column displays the name of the sender of each message. However, when I send a message to the list, the column displays To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] What am I doing differently than everyone else? Does this bug people? Thanks for any

Re: Installing with LS-120 drive

1998-03-17 Thread Paul Rightley
Actually, I got the installation to work with the LS-120 drive. After installing debian and creating a boot floppy, upon reboot I get 'Loading...' and then the machine reboots... Thanks for the suggestions, Paul On 10-Mar-98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that I did not

Re: Installing with LS-120 drive

1998-03-09 Thread Paul Rightley
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to this... The big problem with the machine we are installing Debian on is the fact that it does not have a normal floppy drive. I have not looked into using the LS-120 as the root partition, but I will try it one of these days. Paul On 01-Mar-98

Re: Installing with LS-120 drive

1998-03-09 Thread Paul Rightley
drive to the HD, toghether with loadlin; And running loadlin to boot into Linux ? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Paul Rightley DX

Re: Where did /usr/tmp go?

1998-03-02 Thread Paul Rightley
Thanks for the information. I edited the appropriate tripwire config file and had it use /var/tmp instead. Everything is working fine again. Should this behavior be filed as a bug against tripwire (if it hasn't already been done). Paul On 25-Feb-98 Behan Webster wrote: Paul Rightley wrote

Re: Installing with LS-120 drive

1998-03-02 Thread Paul Rightley
, but have not had a chance to go through the lists archives yet... Thanks for any assistance, Paul Rightley On 02-Mar-98 Ben Pfaff wrote: Thank you for your suggestion. I managed to get the installation to go (the kernel in the hamm boot floppies recognized the LS120 as /dev/hdc

What is /var/log/messages telling me???

1998-02-27 Thread Paul Rightley
logs. I know, I know, I should go out and write something like this (Now, if I would just learn a language other that Fortran...) Thanks for any assistance, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Remote OpenGL applications

1998-02-26 Thread Paul Rightley
missing on display shroom.lanl.gov:0.0. errors. I do have the mesa2g package installed, but I am not sure that has anything to do with the solution to this problem. Can such a thing be done? Thanks very much for any assistance, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

Installing with LS-120 drive

1998-02-26 Thread Paul Rightley
. The problem is when it comes to install the kernel and modules on the HDD, the system cannot mount the floppy drive. I am trying to install Debian on /dev/hdb (an IDE drive), and /dev/hda has a NT installation. Any ideas how to overcome this? Thanks for any assistance, Paul Rightley

Re: 'LaTeX' mode in xemacs

1998-02-26 Thread Paul Rightley
Thanks for the information. I found out that auctex is included in the xemacs packages in hamm. All I needed was to get my .emacs file correct. Thanks again, PAul Rightley On 25-Feb-98 Martin Bialasinski wrote: Paul Huygen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul Rightley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Does eiffel make a good laptop for debian

1998-02-25 Thread Paul Rightley
? Thanks for any assistance, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

'LaTeX' mode in xemacs

1998-02-25 Thread Paul Rightley
and still am not a big fan of 'info'.) Thanks for any assistance, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Where did /usr/tmp go?

1998-02-25 Thread Paul Rightley
Last night, tripwire -initialize failed on me because I (suddenly?) had no /usr/tmp directory. I swear I had one before. I made a new one and chmod'ed it to 1777, but what happened to the old directory? Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any information, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Compute Farm

1998-02-11 Thread Paul Rightley
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RE: xfmail 1.2p0-1 seg-faults

1998-02-09 Thread Paul Rightley
with a Segmentation fault. When I restart it, the new mail is no longer considered new (and not pink anymore) and xfmail works fine (until the next new mail arrives, that is). Could this even be an upstream problem? Have a nice day, Stefan -- Paul Rightley

RE: MANPATH etc

1998-02-06 Thread Paul Rightley
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RE: Matrox Mystique or Diamond 3d 3000?

1998-02-05 Thread Paul Rightley
I cannot startx X more than once (per reboot) with my Diamond 3D 3000 card. If I do, the machine locks up hard. Another person mentioned this same problem when I last commented upon it. I am running the latest hamm. Maybe go with the Matrox (but I am ignorant if it is supported at all). Paul

Re: Clean hamm installation

1998-01-21 Thread Paul Rightley
would have had no troubles. I am just wondering about those people out there who are not reading the mailing list... Paul On 16-Jan-98 Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 03:15:14PM -0700, Paul Rightley wrote: Yes, I understand very well NOW that there are no hamm disks yet. My point

Re: Clean hamm installation

1998-01-16 Thread Paul Rightley
On 15-Jan-98 Ben Pfaff wrote: Is it already possible to install a new system directly with hamm? I need to do an install tonight, and want it to be hamm. There aren't an hamm boot disks yet. You have to install bo, then upgrade. I wish that this were the case... Unfortunately,

Re: Clean hamm installation

1998-01-16 Thread Paul Rightley
wrote: On Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 10:07:33AM -0700, Paul Rightley wrote: On 15-Jan-98 Ben Pfaff wrote: Is it already possible to install a new system directly with hamm? I need to do an install tonight, and want it to be hamm. There aren't an hamm boot disks yet. You have

Is e2fsprogs OK now?

1998-01-14 Thread Paul Rightley
? Thanks for any information, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: ThinkPad 560

1997-12-09 Thread Paul Rightley
I have been led to believe that the 'tecra' disks had the kernel patch AND were compiled as zImages. I may very well be wrong on this account. However, I have yet to see a bzImage (that I have compiled) boot my Thinkpad. Paul On 08-Dec-97 Kirk Hilliard wrote: Hi Paul! Paul Rightley [EMAIL

Re: Bash 2.01 Upgrade/Libc6

1997-12-08 Thread Paul Rightley
Thanks for the idea. I have already suggested to Scott Ellis to put the locations of the packages mentioned in the Mini-HOWTO for other brain-dead people like me. Paul On 07-Dec-97 Christopher Jason Morrone wrote: On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Paul Rightley

RE: ssh and shosts file

1997-12-08 Thread Paul Rightley
.rhosts files many years ago and they always worked fine). Anybody have any ideas? - Jay -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Paul Rightley DX

RE: Debian Problem after Compiling Kernel

1997-12-08 Thread Paul Rightley
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RE: ThinkPad 560

1997-12-08 Thread Paul Rightley
On 08-Dec-97 Matt Thompson wrote: Paul, Thanks for your reply. I found that, for some reason, my TPad didn't want to boot any 'bzImage', but that any 'zImage' was fine. ??? All is well, now. I have a tendency to do things manually with regards to the kernel. :) Cheers, Matt Matt, Good

Bash 2.01 Upgrade/Libc6

1997-12-07 Thread Paul Rightley
I am trying to follow Scott Ellis' Libc5/6 upgrade mini-HOWTO to the letter (fearing for my system if I do not). It says that, in order to upgrade bash to 2.01, I must first install ncurses3.0_1.9.9e-2. However, I cannot find this package anywhere (stable has ncurses3.0_1.9.9e-1 and it does not

RE: ThinkPad 560

1997-12-04 Thread Paul Rightley
On 30-Nov-97 Matt Thompson wrote: I seem to be having trouble configuring a custom kernel. The only kernels that work are on the 'tecra' rescue disk, and the one I got from Valery Petrov's site, but those don't support fat32 and when I make a boot floppy from the rescue disk, it loads the kernel

An X problem

1997-12-04 Thread Paul Rightley
on these matters, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Another X problem

1997-12-04 Thread Paul Rightley
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Re: thinkpad install

1997-11-03 Thread Paul Rightley
The tecra rescue disk worked fine for me to install on my THinkpad 365XD. I would recommend that it be called something other than 'tecra' since - at least to me - its biggest seeling point is the zImage kernel (at least I think that that is the case). Thanks for such a great distribution, Paul

RE: 3C509 acting strangely on Win95/Debian dual boot system

1997-10-30 Thread Paul Rightley
with that (except that I have never played around with isapnp before). I do not know if this would influence the situation. Does anyone alse have any helpful ideas? Paul Rightley On 29-Oct-97 kevin havener wrote: The problem began when the network guys switched from Novell server to NT Server

Re: Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

1997-10-07 Thread Paul Rightley
available, KRI (the company that created Khoros) reserves the right to distribute Khoros to itself. Also, if this beast were packaged for Debian, everybody would be repartitioning their systems to fit it (this application is why my /usr/local is 500M)! Paul Rightley It was one of the systems I

Re: losing keys in fvwm2

1997-10-01 Thread Paul Rightley
I have found that, whenever I exit Netscape (3.01 in my case), I cannot alt-arrow to shift virtual screens. However, if I user the page and click into another virtual screen, the alt-arrow keys will again work. I have not tried other fvwm2 keystrokes and I am sure that I only see this happen when

RE: IBM THINKPAD

1997-09-28 Thread Paul Rightley
The problem arises from the fact that the 365xd cannot boot Linux bzImages. These kernel images have been used by Debian since 1.2. I solved the problem by installing Debian 1.1 and then upgrading to 1.2 and later to 1.3. I do think that there is a better solution, but it may require compiling a

Re: xrsh?

1997-09-10 Thread Paul Rightley
I had problems with broken ssh connections (modem to home) when sending X applications through the connection. It went away when I turned on the compression flag to ssh. I have not tried xv, though. Otherwise, I have no troubles with ssh (and it makes life so much easier). I would emphatically

Re: Problem with ppp

1997-09-08 Thread Paul Rightley
On 02-Sep-97 Magossa'nyi A'rpa'd wrote: On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Paul Rightley wrote: [Snipped] [It is an item in the Hungarian linux lists' FAQ, so please learn Hungarian :)] It seems that the problem is really with the IDE driver disabling interrupts while handling the hard drive. You have two

Problem with ppp

1997-09-02 Thread Paul Rightley
Over the weekend I tried out a new external 33.6 modem (as an upgrade to my old 14.4 internal). It didn't take me long, before I had it working with my Debian 1.3.1 box - thanks Debian. The one major problem is that - when I down/up load relatively large things (like most web pages) - the modem

Possible security troubles and the 'new' Debian way...

1997-07-28 Thread Paul Rightley
such as this out of stable. One of the reasons that I chose Debian was Bruce's strong commitment (in my perception) to security. Just my $0.02 Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

RE: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD

1997-07-14 Thread Paul Rightley
Thinkpad. Paul Rightley - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: bash won't see existing binaries/Upgrade Troubles

1997-07-09 Thread Paul Rightley
is there... Let me check... Doing a dpkg -s ldso says that I have version: 1.8.10-2! So why would dpkg -i ldso_1.8.10-2.deb even try to install the package??? What can I do to save my system? Thanks for any help, Paul Rightley After installing the 'unstable' package wn_1.17.11-1.deb

Upgrade Troubles on Thinkpad 365XD

1997-07-08 Thread Paul Rightley
with this distribution on this machine, because it cannot boot bzImages. Here is one place that my old (nonupgradable) Slackware has outshone Debian - it ran very well on this machine. I hope to never have to go back to Slackware, however...) Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

RE: dosemu comes w/o conf file

1997-06-29 Thread Paul Rightley
? (Sorry, but I cannot volunteer to do this at the moment...) Paul Rightley On 27-Jun-97 Paul Rightley wrote: I just install dosemu 0.66.3-1 (the version in stable). It manages to install perfectly, but 'dos' gives the error 'can't open /etc/dosemu/conf' or something similar. When I look in /etc

dosemu comes w/o conf file

1997-06-27 Thread Paul Rightley
. This leaves dosemu unusable (at least as far as I know and as far as I have RTFM). Has this been seen before? Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Where is make-kpkg

1997-06-27 Thread Paul Rightley
I have finally decided to try to compile my kernel 'the Debian way.' Until now, I have always done it 'manually.' In /usr/dos/kernel-source-###/ debian.README it says to use make-kpkg. I cannot find this command on my system or by a search under dselect. I am 'up-to-date' with stable and have

Re: Big problem with TeX/LaTeX

1997-06-23 Thread Paul Rightley
scripts? It has apparently bitten several people other then myself. Thanks for such a great distribution, Paul On 23-Jun-97 Christoph Martin wrote: Paul Rightley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What about TEX specific environment variables as sugested in the output? Unset all of them for installation

Big problem with TeX/LaTeX

1997-06-20 Thread Paul Rightley
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RE: xforms, offix: what are they?

1997-06-12 Thread Paul Rightley
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base is still obsolete

1997-06-09 Thread Paul Rightley
I have been using Debian on my machine at work for quite some time. When the box was upgraded to Debian 1.2, it was left with one obsolete package - base. Just as a matter of compulsive cleanliness - will we ever be able to purge base or will there always be one obsolete package popping up in

Re: Debian as a server.

1997-05-20 Thread Paul Rightley
On 01-May-97 Kevin Traas wrote: The only people who have reasonably stable Windows machines are the tech heads and geeks who have the time, ability, and the inclination to mess about it with it for days and weeks on end. Funny. Sounds like most Linux people I know However, I resent

Re: failed installation of 1.2 on thinkpad. Tips?

1997-05-12 Thread Paul Rightley
I have had this very same problem. I solved it by using the old Debian 1.1 boot/base disks. Then I pointed dselect to Debian 1.2. This worked well and was the only way (short of possibly creating a custom boot disk) that I found. I also had no problem installing Slackware on my Thinkpad...

Re: mouse problem

1997-05-07 Thread Paul Rightley
On my laptop which has a PS/2 compatible pointing device, the device I use is /dev/psaux. I had to compile support into the kernel. HTH. Paul Rightley On 07-May-97 Klaus Hergerschiemer wrote: If you have ps/2 mouse support compiled in the kernel it's /dev/psmouse

Re: Critical Times article

1997-04-23 Thread Paul Rightley
On 23-Apr-97 Matthew Tebbens wrote: I'll have to agree with Rick. I cannot believe that this person is a journalist !?!? I could tell right away that he did alot of research on the subject ! :) On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Rick Jones wrote: All I have to say is...what a fu**ing maroon. He has

Re: The ultimate fate of Debian

1997-04-02 Thread Paul Rightley
-97 Jason Costomiris wrote: On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Paul Rightley wrote: Now, the leader of this group was/is (depending upon your beliefs) a man who at one time called himself 'Bo'. Uh He called himself Do. Not Bo. Run, do not walk to the closet, put on your Nike's, get your shroud

The ultimate fate of Debian

1997-04-02 Thread Paul Rightley
I know that there is great debate over the future of the various Linux distributions. Now I am seriously concerned for the future of Debian. As we all know (or at least those of us up-to-date with the current news of the US), a group of computer-literate people just killed themselves so that

RE: X server not working

1997-03-26 Thread Paul Rightley
Rightley DX-3 Hydrodynamics, MS P940 Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos, NM 87545 Phone: (505)667-0460 Fax: (505)665-3359 Email: Paul Rightley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Received: (qmail 8894 invoked by uid 888); 26 Mar 1997 15:33:45

fvwmrc -- fvwmrc2

1997-03-13 Thread Paul Rightley
I have heard a mention here of a (Debian?) install script that might convert a .fvwmrc file to a .fvwmrc2 file. Where can I find such a utility? I have Debian 1.2 going well, and I want to transition to fvwm2, but don't have the time to recreate the whole rc file. Thank you for any help, Paul

RE: permanently running syslogd

1997-03-06 Thread Paul Rightley
, Karlheinz. -- Karlheinz Nolte, VS/ETB5, ALCATEL SEL AG D-70430 Stuttgart, Germany Tel.: +49-711-821-41834 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Paul Rightley DX-3 Hydrodynamics, MS P940 Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos, NM 87545 Phone: (505)667

RE: Current rescue disk will not boot a Thinkpad 365X

1997-02-24 Thread Paul Rightley
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Re: Filesystemsize

1997-02-24 Thread Paul Rightley
the 2GB limit. That says 'file' not 'filesystem.' Last I remember, no file could be over 2GB, but filesystems up to 4TB are possible. Paul -- Paul Rightley DX-3 Hydrodynamics, MS P940 Los

RE: Battery level monitor for Linux and X11?

1997-02-21 Thread Paul Rightley
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RE: load now pegs at 1

1997-02-20 Thread Paul Rightley
for any other problems that I might not be aware of? Rich M [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Paul Rightley DX-3 Hydrodynamics, MS

RE: What's the state of X in rex-fixed?

1997-02-18 Thread Paul Rightley
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Re: Where to point dselect for Iconnect CD ?

1997-02-18 Thread Paul Rightley
dselect to the top of the CD filesystem (in the case under consideration, /cdrom). Paul -- Paul Rightley DX-3 Hydrodynamics, MS P940 Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos, NM 87545 Phone: (505)667-0460 Fax: (505)665-3359

Re: How to rebuild available file ?

1997-02-18 Thread Paul Rightley
). It seems to be the consensus on debian-user to do something like a 'dpkg --clear-avail' and then upgrade dpkg to the one currently in stable. Paul -- Paul Rightley DX-3 Hydrodynamics, MS P940 Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos, NM 87545

Re: Need information from people who have had problems with boot

1997-01-16 Thread Paul Rightley
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RE: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-16 Thread Paul Rightley
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RE: Installation problem

1997-01-14 Thread Paul Rightley
, but the floppies have gone bad. Any suggestions? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Paul Rightley DX-3 Hydrodynamics, MS P940 Los Alamos National

RE: Need information from people who have had problems with boot

1997-01-14 Thread Paul Rightley
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Some help with X11

1997-01-14 Thread Paul Rightley
) to /etc/X11/XF86Config. Thank you for any help, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Ghostscript Version: 4.01-4

1997-01-10 Thread Paul Rightley
directory to look for fonts. PAul Rightley On 09-Jan-97 Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: Hi, I'm getting a error concerning fonts not found: Aladdin Ghostscript 4.01 (1996-7-10) Copyright (C) 1996 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved. This software comes

Help installing Debian on a Thinkpad

1997-01-09 Thread Paul Rightley
assistance on this problem. Thank you, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian Boot Problems on a Thinkpad

1996-12-23 Thread Paul Rightley
I hope that I am not missing a FAQ anywhere, but I am having trouble getting the Debian 1.2 floppies to work on my IBM THinkpad 365XD. Booting the rescue floppy just gets to 'Loading Linux' and then it hangs. I have been forced to install Slackware 3.0 on the machine in the interim (and

Large Harddrive Problems

1996-12-18 Thread Paul Rightley
, but will this solution work for Linux? Isn't there a work-around for this in Linux? I can no longer find the old Large-Harddrive HOWTO (although this may have addressed another problem). TIA, Paul Rightley -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: upgrading tips (was Re: Any pitfalls of upgrading to libc in

1996-12-10 Thread Paul Rightley
The only problem I had with upgrading debian was the information on how to do it. Now that I know, I see that it is VERY simple and straightforward, but maybe, it should be discussed somewhere in the install guide or some such (I could not find a description on the debian.org web site). I am

Re: How do I upgrade from 1.1 to 1.2?

1996-12-05 Thread Paul Rightley
Regarding this discussion... I still do not understand the mechanics of upgrading my 1.1 distribution to 1.2 Assuming I get dpkg-ftp to work, when I fire up dselect, what do I need to do to upgrade ALL of the various packages I have installed? I am concerned regarding all of the security updates