RE: DNS + SQL?...

2000-09-15 Thread J.T. Wenting
As it is dynamic, an automated process to regularly check and update it all is more than an option... Say update 1/7th every day, as well as any errors reported by the proxies immediately. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Max Lock Sent:

RE: sendmail reports I/O problem

2000-09-05 Thread J.T. Wenting
I mean, I pay for their service, regardless of how intensively I use it. Let me guess: unlimited (fair use) or friends somewhere in the contract? That´s a marketing gag, nothing else. Most, if not all, ISPs have a *very* clear idea what fair use is in GB/month...real flat rates are

RE: Debian vs. Red Hat

2000-09-05 Thread J.T. Wenting
That makes RedHat seem like Windows. redhat is a Windows clone built with GNU/Linux technology. always suspected as much... They even have a RedHat Certified Engineer program... MCSE for Linux, anyone? Jeroen T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Murphy was wrong, things that can't go wrong will

nVidia geForce + X == error?

2000-09-05 Thread J.T. Wenting
Is there an X server for geForce cards (specifically Asus V.6600)? Probing during Debian install did not detect a compatible card, it said... Jeroen T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Murphy was wrong, things that can't go wrong will anyway

RE: stupid question

2000-09-05 Thread J.T. Wenting
On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 10:01:34PM -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: Can you enlighten us on why you have such strong feelings about display managers? Some people really seem to dislike them and I can't see why. Useless eye candy? Wasteful of resources when unused? Potential security hole?

RE: stupid question

2000-09-05 Thread J.T. Wenting
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:51:54PM +0200, J.T. Wenting wrote: /etc/profile becomes useless with a display manager... Found that out last week... Added 'source /etc/profile' to .bashrc and it works again. This doesn't solve the problem from the viewpoint of a system administrator

RE: Why should I use Debian?

2000-09-05 Thread J.T. Wenting
Finally, I should reiterate about the learning curve. When I first installed Debian I really screwed up. So, after doing some research on past mailing lists and other documentation, I was able to piece together how Debian package management works (I'm no pro though). I remember reading that

RE: keyboardless operation

2000-09-03 Thread J.T. Wenting
correct. DIN style keyboards can be disabled in the BIOS, or else you can just unplug them after the keyboard test (this might work with ps/2 keyboards also). You just need it plugged in until the OS starts loading after the POST. After that, pull the plug (or cut the wire if you are hopeless with

RE: newbie question concerning linux install

2000-09-03 Thread J.T. Wenting
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 September 2000 21:42 To: debian-users Subject: Re: newbie question concerning linux install On 03-Sep-2000 Paul T.McNally wrote: Are you contemplating dual dooting between Windows NT and Linux?

RE: X login keeps repeating

2000-09-02 Thread J.T. Wenting
It commonly happens on VMWare as well. From observation it seems like the modeswitching to another graphics mode fails, causing the X server to crash. At that point XDM sees that there is no X server running and launches the login shell. If it started after upgrading Mozilla, it may (in your case)

RE: PPP problem, ppp8?!?

2000-09-01 Thread J.T. Wenting
couldn't get a connection myself using pon/poff and pppconfig. wvdial works like a breeze, though. Or rather, I could get a connection, but afterwards nothing (I never got a response to any request). Any idea what can cause that (my isp uses static ip, PAP, I have default gateway and 2 DNS servers

RE: PPP not going

2000-09-01 Thread J.T. Wenting
let's not get into that debate again... Some people prefer commenting after a post, some prefer doing it before the original text. Personally, I think the latter is better (the original will already be read by most readers), but the former can be useful (when offering comments to different parts

RE: Java compiler and Java Virtual Machine

2000-08-01 Thread J.T. Wenting
Sun (http://java.sun.com/j2se/) Blackdown (http://www.blackdown.org/) IBM (???) -Original Message- From: Goeman Stefan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 15:44 To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Subject: Java compiler and Java Virtual Machine Hello

RE: JDK1.2 debianised?

2000-08-01 Thread J.T. Wenting
not likely. It would require special licensing by Sun. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 10:05 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: JDK1.2 debianised? Hi! Does anybody know when/if JDK1.2 will be

RE: web server suggestions

2000-07-28 Thread J.T. Wenting
A good cross-platform webserver is Orion (www.orionserver.com). It's 100% pure java, so it runs on any Java2 platform. Forget Perl, forget ASP, do Servlets and JSP. Performance is excellent. -Original Message- From: frosty [mailto:frosty]On Behalf Of John Foster Sent: Friday, July 28,

RE: web server suggestions

2000-07-28 Thread J.T. Wenting
Tomcat is nice for testing and development, but performance is not good enough for live situations and it does not support the full Java2 EE platform. Also, there seem to be some annoying bugs in Tomcat, especially with JSP jsp:include / statements. J.T. Wenting http://www.hornet.demon.nl all

RE: Accton Cheetah PCI network card

2000-07-26 Thread J.T. Wenting
now). The error I get is something related to the PCI bus, followed by an interrupt error on the card. I thought it might be my mainboard (it is an old machine) but now that others seem to have similar trouble I begin to suspect the driver again. J.T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Murphy was wrong

RE: Is there OCR for Linux ?

2000-07-26 Thread J.T. Wenting
of the ASCII set. J.T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Murphy was wrong, things that can't go wrong will anyway -Original Message- From: Eric G . Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 11:52 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Is there OCR for Linux ? On Wed

RE: Command Line on logout

2000-07-25 Thread J.T. Wenting
a setup file, starts X, blank screen. Ctrl-Alt-BS, X closes, XDM sees X is down, XDM starts X, eternal loop (at the time the machine had no network card, so using telnet to kill XDM was not possible...). J.T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Murphy was wrong, things that can't go wrong will anyway P.S

RE: Mass instalation

2000-07-24 Thread J.T. Wenting
if they are all identical, set up one and create a disk-image. There are several tools to deploy a full image to a harddisk (though maybe not linux-based). I have no pointers, but searching the web might turn up something. -Original Message- From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: PGP question

1999-01-24 Thread J.T. Wenting
I believe you are allowed to use the US version yourself if you live in Canada, but any users who log in from outside the US or Canada will not be allowed to do so. I think that in your case it would be best to use the international version (www.pgpi.com). J.T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: XConfig

1998-12-20 Thread J.T. Wenting
You need (or at least I needed) to manually set the server to use (I think it is in the xserverrc file, or something like that), it took me quite a while before I had figured out why X would not start in a high-res mode :) J.T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar

RE: lp and Debian 2.0

1998-12-19 Thread J.T. Wenting
I had problems with a similar setup (HP660C i.s.o. 890C). Nothing worked until I used magicfilterconfig to create the printer while the Zip was disconnected. I can now print, but have not yet tried if the Zip still works. J.T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/9203

RE: Debian CDs.

1998-12-15 Thread J.T. Wenting
The correct address is www.datom.de, but from their list they are more expensive (even with shipping outside Germany) then ordering from linuxcentral.com from the USA. J.T. Wenting [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/9203 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED