On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/30/2020 10:16 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
(Intentionally cross posted)
This reply is to Debian List
with BCC to OP so he would have my email address
The following quotes are from an email to a rosegarden mail list --
Rosegarden is a music
On Tuesday, June 30, 2020 01:00:41 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/30/2020 10:16 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> For us non-musical Debian users, we need:
>1. informational links to Rosegarden and mcow
Sorry, mcow is an acronym that I use, not sure how widely it might be used, it
stands for
On 06/30/2020 10:16 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
(Intentionally cross posted)
This reply is to Debian List
with BCC to OP so he would have my email address
The following quotes are from an email to a rosegarden mail list -- Rosegarden
is a music notation (mcow) program.
A user is
(Intentionally cross posted)
The following quotes are from an email to a rosegarden mail list -- Rosegarden
is a music notation (mcow) program.
A user is describing a problem in which it appears the MIDI ports (connected
via USB ports) change on each boot (or maybe even each start of the
on 10:22 Wed 13 Apr, Freeman (hew...@gmail.com) wrote:
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 03:45:10PM -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 13:03 Tue 12 Apr, Freeman (hew...@gmail.com) wrote:
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:38:47PM -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com)
On 04/11/2011 03:38 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote:
I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I
had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared
computer. Well, I have another hand-me-down (laptop) that
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:38:47PM -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote:
I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I
had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared
computer. Well, I have another
on 13:03 Tue 12 Apr, Freeman (hew...@gmail.com) wrote:
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:38:47PM -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote:
I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I
had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me
On 04/11/2011 10:15 AM, Michael wrote:
I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I had it
on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared computer. Well,
I have another hand-me-down (laptop) that I've put Debian on but am
having some issues.
First, is this the
on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote:
I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I
had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared
computer. Well, I have another hand-me-down (laptop) that I've put
Debian on but am having some issues.
On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 13:38 -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote:
I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I
had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared
computer. Well, I have another hand-me-down
on 09:53 Tue 12 Apr, chris (che...@gmail.com) wrote:
On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 13:38 -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote:
I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I
had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on
On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 15:23 -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 09:53 Tue 12 Apr, chris (che...@gmail.com) wrote:
On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 13:38 -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote:
I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The
I have installed Woody and got up a minimal GUI interface using wmaker.
I installed with the bf24 kernel.
I need answers to a couple of questions:
1. How do I create /dev/usb/lp1 for use with Cups?
2. X is displaying some rather large fonts than would be normal. How
would I change the font
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 09:38:54AM +, Martin Hooper wrote:
I have installed Woody and got up a minimal GUI interface using wmaker.
I installed with the bf24 kernel.
I need answers to a couple of questions:
1. How do I create /dev/usb/lp1 for use with Cups?
John Scroggins writes:
the discussion on help for novice users of Debian is of great importance
to me, as I am a
that person .
John, everyone has to start somewhere 8-)
i have monitored this user list and have to say there IS a lot of
assistance out there i have well over 900
Sten Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A third proposal:
3) Write a Debian Novice Guide (lets get rid of that ugly
n... word!), and make this guide a frequent posting to this list.
Take a look at
http://www.linuxpress.com/debuser.htm
I havn't read the document yet but it
Torsten Hilbrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sten Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A third proposal:
3) Write a Debian Novice Guide (lets get rid of that ugly
n... word!), and make this guide a frequent posting to this list.
Take a look at
On 16 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sten Anderson writes:
A list only for us newbies would result in a lot of questions and no
answers. We need a list that is read both by newbies and experienced
users.
As I recall, the idea was that experienced users would explicitly assign
Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, I like to read and answer questions on both -devel and -user. But
since (i think) most newbie questions have been answered 500 times already
(why else would we call them newbie questions?) what we need is a way to
direct people to these answers
in
the flood of other messages. This becomes increasingly difficult when
there is a volumous, irrelevant, thread (or two) going on at the same time
that you post your request for help. Even though I work harder at those
times to look for user questions, I know I miss some in all the chaff
On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
folks go away with an answer, but an unsatisfied feeling. I suspect for
some the name debian-user implies that only users subscribe to the list,
making it a 'chat room'.
Hmm. Yes, it seems that some don't understand that debian-user is meant
for the
the discussion on help for novice users of Debian is of great importance
to me, as I am a
that person .
i have monitored this user list and have to say there IS a lot of
assistance out there i have well over 900 pieces of mail in my mail
folder. This is not a list which is used time to
One of the posters to this thread noted that even if a question has been
posted 500 times the 501 questioner is entitled to an answer. I agree
with this. However a lost opportunity occurs when the same people
reanswer the question. Answering questions is itself edifying. Ask anyone
who has
From a recent posting on comp.os.linux.setup:
Support from the Debian list was practically non-existant. One reply came
on the mailing list in response to a question: not very helpful.
This guy dumped Debian in favor of Red Hat.
When I see questions about Debian in the newsgroups I usually
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From a recent posting on comp.os.linux.setup:
Support from the Debian list was practically non-existant. One reply came
on the mailing list in response to a question: not very helpful.
This guy dumped Debian in favor of Red Hat.
When I see questions about
On 16 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I see questions about Debian in the newsgroups I usually email an
offer of help. Often the only help I can offer is the suggestion to ask on
debian-user. Often the response is I tried that but nobody answered me.
Posibility 1 : Noone knew the
Sten Anderson writes:
A list only for us newbies would result in a lot of questions and no
answers. We need a list that is read both by newbies and experienced
users.
As I recall, the idea was that experienced users would explicitly assign
themselves to read and answer questions on
Manoj Srivastava writes:
...as it stands, most packages arrange to invoke the configuration
utility/script out of the postconfig script anyway; so the config script
is run by dpkg with no assistace from Deity.
...
Any enhancements to configuring packages, thus, has to be implemented by
Hi,
Daniel Martin pointed out exactly what I wanted to say, but in better
words. Thanks.
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Daniel Martin wrote:
Having read the original post, I was under the impression that this would
be a desirable state, not necessarily an expression of the current state.
On 23 Oct
On 21 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lukas Eppler writes:
This is also better for debian, because every package comes with its own
config tool.
This is news to me. What config tool comes with cnews? with suck? with
pppd?
You're right, I should have said it the other way: every
Hi,
Daniel == Daniel Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Daniel So... Does diety attempt to integrate the configuration tools
Daniel that do come with some of the Debian packages? And what about
Daniel the question earlier of having the configuration menus that
Daniel appear during initial setup
On 22 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I'm fairly familiar with it, having used it to (among other things)
configure cnews since the early 1980's. However, I was responding to
someone who claimed that every Debian package includes a config tool.
Having read the original post, I was
Hi,
john == john [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
john Couldn't the postconfig script register the configuration utiliy
john with an admin tool so that the utility would appear in a menu
john when the admin tool is run?
When there is a standard admin tool, then the packages that do
have a
Hi,
Lukas == Lukas Eppler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lukas When the postconfig went wrong, there should be a standard
Lukas place/method to rerun the config, which should be as clear as
Lukas installing.
Lukas I would like to invoke dpkg --setup on a package to invoke the
Lukas script, or let
From: Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When there is a standard admin tool, then the packages that do
have a config script shall doubtless do so ;-)
I expect to be able to announce a tool pretty soon.
Bruce
--
Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it?
Linux - the
On Tue, Oct 21, 1997 at 07:32:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: This is news to me. What config tool comes with cnews? with suck? with
: pppd?
I've got this great one. It's flexible in its operation, and very
extensible.
vi.
--
Jason Costomiris | VMS is about as secure as a
I wrote:
What config tool comes with cnews? with suck? with pppd?
Jason Costomiris writes:
I've got this great one. It's flexible in its operation, and very
extensible.
vi.
Yes, I'm fairly familiar with it, having used it to (among other things)
configure cnews since the early 1980's.
Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'd argue, in the *nix fashion, that a bunch of little, specific,
WELL-DOCUMENTED admin tools is better -- one for net, smail, sendmail,
etc... A great example is the tzconfig script -- it's small, does it's
work well, and doesn't involve tremendous
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Ted Harding wrote:
...
I'd argue, in the *nix fashion, that a bunch of little, specific,
WELL-DOCUMENTED admin tools is better -- one for net, smail, sendmail,
etc... A great example is the tzconfig script -- it's small, does
Ted Harding writes:
I'd argue, in the *nix fashion, that a bunch of little, specific,
WELL-DOCUMENTED admin tools is better -- one for net, smail, sendmail,
etc...
I agree. The general admin tool would just provide centralized access to
these.
Lukas Eppler writes:
This is also better
There was an effort to outline a configuration (administration) tool on
debian-admintool, but the discussion was very hot and then cooled down to
silence.
However, the goal was much higher than expanding the install menu.
Marcus
--
Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.
Marcus Brinkmann
[EMAIL
At 04:37 PM 10/19/1997 -0700, George Bonser wrote:
There was an effort to outline a configuration (administration) tool on
debian-admintool, but the discussion was very hot and then cooled down to
silence.
However, the goal was much higher than expanding the install menu.
Still, it would be
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote:
For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within
minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No
LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net ---
network unreachable
cua1 is bad,
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote:
For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within
minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No
LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net ---
network unreachable
Hi Stuart,
I
For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within
minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No
LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net ---
network unreachable
cua1 is bad, don't use it. Not good with file
At 10:49 PM 19/10/97 -0400, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote:
For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within
minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No
LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping
On 20-Oct-97 A. M. Varon wrote:
Example, to change the hostname, you could do that with lisa. But the
truth is, you could easily edit /etc/HOSTNAME and it would give you the
same effect. Please note that this apply not only to linux but other
variants of unix as well. So knowing this is a very
At 09:19 PM 10/19/1997 -0700, George Bonser wrote:
On 20-Oct-97 A. M. Varon wrote:
Example, to change the hostname, you could do that with lisa. But the
truth is, you could easily edit /etc/HOSTNAME and it would give you the
same effect. Please note that this apply not only to linux but other
George Bonser writes:
I, for one, would much rather have some sort of a tool so I can get back
to enjoying my system and not spend as much time configuring it.
So would I. Can we get a project going to create one?
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
On Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 08:10:09AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
George Bonser writes:
I, for one, would much rather have some sort of a tool so I can get back
to enjoying my system and not spend as much time configuring it.
So would I. Can we get a project going to create one?
As I
On 20-Oct-97 Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
But perhaps it is just better (and more efficient) to write more and good
documentation, instead of more and bad code...
Just my 2 cent on this.
Marcus
This comment is spot-on. Linux is now so complicated (and varied) that, if
you don't know it already, it
On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Ted Harding wrote:
But perhaps it is just better (and more efficient) to write more and good
documentation, instead of more and bad code...
do even something simple correctly. This is why people call for software
admin tools: you can hope that the tool has the
I'm currently thinking about making the move to debian.
I've been using Caldera Network Desktop, and now Caldera Open Linux, for a
while now. It has shielded me from many of the nitty-gritty tasks that are
necessary to keep a unix system healthy. However, it has also let me get my
work done with
Hello Stuart!
On Sun, Oct 19, 1997 at 08:11:33AM -0400, Stuart Krivis wrote:
I'm currently thinking about making the move to debian.
Ok, let's talk about debian :)
I've been using Caldera Network Desktop, and now Caldera Open Linux, for a
while now. It has shielded me from many of the
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote:
[ Thinking of a Caldera - Debian switch ]
FreeBSD has an excellent package management system and it would be right up
my alley. The problem is that it's BSD and that's not the direction I want
to go in. So, I'm looking at the debian distribution. I've
On 19-Oct-97 Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
Now for the tough part. :-)
I want to be able to use some of the things I've grown used to with
Caldera. In particular, LISA (Linux Installation and System Adminstration)
is a life-saver. It allows me to easily change hardware and network
settings. I'm
On Sun, Oct 19, 1997 at 10:04:32AM -0700, George Bonser wrote:
On 19-Oct-97 Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
Now for the tough part. :-)
I want to be able to use some of the things I've grown used to with
Caldera. In particular, LISA (Linux Installation and System Adminstration)
is a
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