[juneau-lug] Re: Fixed flash drive, new problems with Ubuntu
- From: "Nels Tomlinson" <nels.tomlinson@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:43:49 -0800
Stephen, I think that most of my install problems are on the server end;
when I try to do apt-get update, the universe package file, in particular,
arrives corrupted, and I've learned that emacs is in universe. So, once I
can successfully do apt-get update, most of my problems will be solved.
Nels
On 6/15/07, Stephen E. Bodnar <sbodnar@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Nels:
>
> Maybe no one has built the .deb yet. Hard to believe, but
> stranger things have happened! Maybe it's your turn...
>
> As to install, I'm on the server version so there is no X
> let alone Nautilus, so install is just sudo apt-get install whatever
> and I'm doing all the configuration I need through webmin from
> a remote desktop - the server is down in the "hole" and I
> hate listening to all that fan whine when I'm working.
>
> Stephen
>
> Nels Tomlinson wrote:
> > Chris, I'm also really inpressed by Feisty. I plugged in my ancient
> Palm
> > Pilot, and there was a daemon listening when I hit the sync button. It
> was
> > never that easy when I was using Sarge. I think I might like Evolution,
> if
> > I can figure out what's happening to the email messages it downloads (I
> > think that's a problem with Evolution), and why it can't find some of my
> > accounts (that's probably my fault).
> > Stephen, this was by far the easiest install, with the least
> configuration,
> > ever. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any way to do much
> additional
> > configuration afterwards, either. I was hoping that I could find emacs
> as a
> > deb for Feisty and point apt at it, but I've installed from a tarball
> > before. It sucks, but it's sort of do-able.
> >
> > I found where to get sloppy focus: it was in the windows section of the
> > preferences menu. I still haven't found where to tell it to open a file
> > with a single click rather than a double click.
> >
> > Nels
> >
> >
> > On 6/15/07, Stephen E. Bodnar <sbodnar@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Nels:
> >>
> >> There's a brand new version of Emacs stable out, June 2, 2007.
> >> It's listed here: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/
> >> so you can download it directly from the Gnu.
> >>
> >> I have Fiesty Fawn running on a server too and I'm
> >> amazed how simple it is to install and configure.
> >> At last!
> >>
> >> Stephen
> >>
> >> Nels Tomlinson wrote:
> >>> Hello, All,
> >>> I fixed that problem I was having with not being able to mount the
> flash
> >>> drive on Debian by installing Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. The flash drive now
> >>> auto-mounts. I do have some new problems, though, and I'd surely
> >> appreciate
> >>> some insights.
> >>>
> >>> First, there seems to be no install candidate for emacs? I've tried
> the
> >>> main and U.S. repositories. Any ideas on where to find emacs? I'm
> kind
> >> of
> >>> lost without it.
> >>>
> >>> Second, in KDE and Debian, I was able to use sloppy focus and single
> >> clicks
> >>> rather than double. Can I do that with Gnome and Ubuntu? Without
> >> single
> >>> clicks and sloppy focus, Gnome is too much like Windows for comfort.
> >>>
> >>> I do like having more modern versions of everything.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Nels
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