On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 04:58, David Baron wrote: > 1. locate -- its database is old. How does one update it? updatedb Make sure you run it as root or else you'll miss quite a few things. > 2. Adobe acrobat reader -- installed is 4.05, yuk! I have a 5.08 but haven't > the foggiest on how to install it--documentation just says run the script > and that needs arguments. Apt-get lists 4.05 as up to date. Is the "yuk!" referring the whole product or just the GUI? If you're just interested in appearances, you might want to check out gpdf. I'm not really sure why 4.05 is showing as the most current. 5.08 should be the most current to show up. Have you tried "apt-get install acroread"? > 3. ADSL works great now. However I do get disconnects, sometimes often, > sometimes not. "persist" is set is the providers file (and elsewhere). What > else? No idea on this one, sorry. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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