From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HWLHh-000137-00 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:41:01 -0400 Received: (qmail 32379 invoked by uid 1000); 27 Mar 2007 16:40:29 -0700 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:40:28 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: newby mail problems Message-ID: <20070327234028.GA32350@localhost.localdomain> References: <4609BD38.3797.210EA5@lists.barrettpianos.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4609BD38.3797.210EA5@lists.barrettpianos.co.uk> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:41:01 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:56:24AM +0100, lists@barrettpianos.co.uk wrote: > I have downloaded and installed the iso from Shane. This > is the speakup enabled version so not sure how up to date I am? > Most likely, very much out of date when it comes to the latest and greatest, but if you don't care about that, you should still be fine if you periodically check for security updates. > Just wondering which file I should be putting the default editor in as I have > found both .bashrc and .bash_profile mentioned. > You probably want to put it into $HOME/.bash_profile, since that's used for login shells, like the comments in that file say. If you want to have nano be the default for all users on your system, (not recommended), then you can put it into /etc/profile instead. > Also, should there be a colon at the beginning of the lines? > No. > Also, I am trying to use exim4 to send mail. The messages appear to be > sent but are not delivered. > Without seeing the tale end of your /var/log/mail.log, I'm not sure anybody can be of much help here. > Perhaps someone could point me to a debian for dummies or something > similar? > > Many thanks I would suggest installing the debian-reference-en package, assuming you haven't done so already, and that English is your preferred language: apt-get install debian-reference-en and then typing debian-reference at the prompt will open the main page in your default web browser. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGCats7s9z/XlyUyARArRxAJ0b8vtOLq4uzwbPY20QMtx4trjn+gCggnni dXtL70CIFj7w6RCAGAu+Y74= =32b5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----