[expert] Linux webcam using camsteam

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Beauchemin
If you want to see how linux works with a webcam and camsteam check out pupcam.beautiegoldens.com Im running this off a laptop. it is the whelping of puppies from my champion golden retriever.we are now working on number 4 of 9 that are due -- Bill Beauchemin www.billbeau.net Home

Re: [expert] Linux webcam using camsteam

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Beauchemin
a Compaq dual 400 with 6 20 gig scsi drives but the fans in this beast are way to loud for around the puppies. So im stuck running it off my laptop. On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 12:49, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 10 July 2003 02:23 pm, Bill Beauchemin wrote: pupcam.beautiegoldens.com Bill, may

Re: [expert] Linux webcam using camsteam

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I dont think there ios another site out there that has this. So I made it the home of the puppy cam. Is there anyway to protect it from someone else getting the idea and saying the same thing. On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 15:25, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Bill Beauchemin wrote: If you want to see how

Re: [expert] Linux webcam using camsteam

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Well my bad I just looked it up and there are 56,000 refrences to puppy cam on Yahoo. Nothing for a live birth though. On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 15:25, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Bill Beauchemin wrote: If you want to see how linux works with a webcam and camsteam check out pupcam.beautiegoldens.com

[expert] Compaq Proliant 3000 problem

2003-04-05 Thread Bill Beauchemin
. If I check using TOP it shows only 1 processor is running. When I go and reboot those errors show up again. This is a dual 400MHz PII machine with 512 Mb of RAM -- Bill Beauchemin www.billbeau.net Home Of Beau's Bullet PSCA R/S 29 and Beautie Goldens Want to buy your Pack

Re: [expert] Compaq Proliant 3000 problem

2003-04-05 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Yep. The problem isnt that it shows up as 1 cpu using top but that it is causing one cpu to be disabled and showing as a failure during bootup or I should say during the POST pahse of the bootup. On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 06:26, et wrote: On Saturday 05 April 2003 09:09 am, Bill Beauchemin wrote

[expert] mdk9.1 rc2 problem

2003-03-23 Thread Bill Beauchemin
connection refused. Nestat does not show a pop3 listening. HELP -- Bill Beauchemin www.billbeau.net Home Of Beau's Bullet PSCA R/S 29 and Beautie Goldens Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Somewhat OT - Strange action from Road Runner -scanning mail servers

2002-12-30 Thread Bill Beauchemin
. I hope it is something we all think about before *just* turning on sendmail or postfix. drjung -- Bill Beauchemin www.billbeau.net Home of Beau's Bullet and Beautie Goldens Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Somewhat OT - Strange action from Road Runner -scanning mail servers

2002-12-30 Thread Bill Beauchemin
and just search for the word relay and you'll see 2 or 3 different methods described for doing mail relaying that you can activate...but they are inactive by default. Vox -- Bill Beauchemin www.billbeau.net Home of Beau's Bullet and Beautie Goldens Want to buy your Pack

Re: [expert] Increase of Capital for Mandrakesoft

2002-12-24 Thread Bill Beauchemin
downloaded my fare share of iso's it's time I paid my dues. Maybe after I have my carpal tunnel surgery I can get employed as a Linux Admin :) Merry Xmas Mandrake -- Bill Beauchemin www.billbeau.net Home of Beau's Bullet and Beautie Goldens Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [expert] telnet Dlink DSL-504 router, com1.

2002-11-28 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Youll have to use tftp to upload the new software.I forget exactly how to upload the programe and install it but im sure you can find it on the web. On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 03:01, Franki wrote: Hi guys, have any of you had need to use the cli interface of a dlink router?? I followed the

Re: [expert] Xineramia extensions with kde

2002-11-27 Thread Bill Beauchemin
How did you get KDE to see it as two seperate desktops? Mine sees it as one desktop spreed over two displays I would like it to be two desktops on two displays On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 10:49, ddc_prueba wrote: No idea about it indeed, but... if you are using NVIDIA, how did you get it? I only got

[expert] scanning ip addys

2002-11-06 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Is there a program out there that is like the old war dialers that can scan for ip's that are up and running. Something where I can put in a beginning addy and a ending addy and it will scan all the ips for a response? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[expert] portscans

2002-11-01 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I went and applied evry single security patch that mandrake had using MasndrakeUpdate and remembered I had Snort running. I found a huge portscan.log file and tooka look to find that the day before my system was hacked it was portscaned by one ip from Roadrunner. I sent them a nice email but my

Re: [expert] portscans

2002-11-01 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I run my own dns and email so blocking these ip's that are scanning me are no problem. On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 11:16, Todd Lyons wrote: Chad wrote on Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 01:49:41PM -0500 : I remember reading an article in Linux Journal or something like that that explained how to setup snort

[expert] Ive been hacked!

2002-10-31 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Some idiot hacked my system using either the chunked-encoding bug in Apache or the OpenSSL vulnerability to gain access. He ised a rootkit called tc6. The file is called tc6b.tgz this kit will send out all your passwords used on the system hacked. There is a hidden directory /usr/bin/util that

Re: [expert] Ive been hacked!

2002-10-31 Thread Bill Beauchemin
the apache, openssl, and the modssl patches. On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 12:13, Vincent Danen wrote: On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 12:52 PM, Bill Beauchemin wrote: Some idiot hacked my system using either the chunked-encoding bug in Apache or the OpenSSL vulnerability to gain access. He ised

Re: [expert] Writing blank CDs...

2002-10-17 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I dont have a problem using ERoaster. I burned MDK 9.0 just fine and have burned a few audio cd's also. Bottom line: GUI frontends generally suck! Absolutely true - all of them that I have tried get it wrong. Every one!I do not know why Mandrake perseveres or distributes them

Re: [expert] autoresponder program

2001-12-10 Thread Bill Beauchemin
If your running your own email server there should be a config for vacation autoresponders. I know Postfix has that. If your not running your own server your isp or network admin can do this for you. On Monday 10 December 2001 18:10, you wrote: Can anyone give tell me what they use with

[expert] Xserver question

2001-12-10 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Is thewre an easy way like an RPM to upgrade the xserver from 4.01 to 4.10 or even 4.03? Im using a Mtrox G400 and to use the mga desk to configure the two heads you must be running 4.03 or newer. Im currently runing 4.01. I tried following the directions at xfree86.org and downloaded all the

[expert] Kmail Question

2001-12-07 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I just setup a new workstation and need to transfer all my mail settings and emails from my old workstation to the new. What files do I need to transfer over? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Parallel printer over Ethernet?

2001-12-06 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Try looking at Linksys 2 port print server or the HP printservers. Plug them into the network do some configurations and boom ya got a printer on the network. Now go and install cups on your linux machines and configure it and for your windblows install the drivers for the printserver select

[expert] difficulties with installs was Is there a way...

2001-12-05 Thread Bill Beauchemin
monitoring utility gkrellm (http://gkrellm.net) to watch a graph of the load across my CPU's. On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 09:45, Bill Beauchemin wrote: Is there a way to tell if Linux sees both cpu's on a dual cpu mobo and if they are both being used? Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[expert] difficulties with installs

2001-12-05 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Im really having some diffaculties loading MDK 8.0. Here is the system. ASUS P2B-DS mobo w/1024mb sdram Two 450MHz Intel PII cpu's Matrox G400 dual head video card Intel 10/100 NIC 24X10X40 IDE CD-RW Seagate ST32171W SCSI UW /dev/sdc Two Seagate ST34371WC SCSI SCA Drives /dev/sda and

[expert] how do I?

2001-12-01 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Is there a way to make several hard drives look like one big drive? Something like spanning over several drives. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] how do I?

2001-12-01 Thread Bill Beauchemin
LVM is exactly what I want! Thanks! One thing though whay hasnt someone written a graphical version like what MDK has for partioning. No big deal I do enjoy hackin on the keyboard more than most. I miss DOS for that when admins were admins not mouse clickers. On Saturday 01 Dec 2001 1:29

Re: [expert] problem with linux

2001-11-27 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Care to give a newbie/novice programmer an insite as to how to do this. (and you can learn C in about 2 hours anyway ;) ) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Server

2001-11-27 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Why NetBui? Why not change your winblows machines to tcp/ip? Seems a heck of alot easier. On Tuesday 27 November 2001 19:02, you wrote: I have a small network using netbui, and I would like to make it work in linux. My wife has to use windows, because she is blind, and so far, no program

[expert] Hows about a little fun?

2001-11-26 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Im curently in the mood to change my entire network because i have a new computer comming that I bid for all the parts on ebay for. I paid like 603.00 for the following Asus P2B DS Mother board dual PII 450Mhz cpu's Matrox G400 32mb dual head video card 1024 MB Ram A very nice new case that

[expert] How to convert

2001-11-18 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Hello All Now that I have downloaded the corp. server how do I convert from the .iso to the actual installable files. Bill Let The Bodies Hit The Floor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] cable modem question

2001-11-03 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I user all linksys stuff. I have 2 switched 10/100 hubs the wireless network access point a laptop using the wireless pcmcia nic. I am also using the Linksys cable/dsl router for a IDSL line. The piece I am having a hell of a time with is there 2 port print server. all I get out out of it is

Re: [expert] Serious bug in linux (I think)

2001-10-26 Thread Bill Beauchemin
OK I understand why you can overwrite a file but on the reverse side of the coin. How would an admin write a file to your home directory that the user could not change or overwrite. As a user one would need write privy's for there home directory. Ta Ta On Friday 26 October 2001 12:45, you

Re: [expert] Cameras

2001-10-24 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I run a Kodak DC210 Zoom its listed in the Gphoto setup. I have had no problems with it. I even managed to have it fall off the roof of a car and it held up. Kinda like a Timex. Takes a lickin and keeps on tickin. LOL Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] Free Web mail

2001-10-22 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I like neomail also its extremly easy to setup and works like a charm! On Monday 22 October 2001 08:43, you wrote: I like this one: http://neomail.sourceforge.net orlando Julio Rodriguez wrote: Does anyone knows a free web mail for linux ?? Julio Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] adjusting the rmem_default

2001-10-20 Thread Bill Beauchemin
what would adjusting the rmem_default and rmem_max size do for my system? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] playapp key

2001-08-07 Thread Bill Beauchemin
That type of key has been artound for a long time. It is used alot in the oem industry to prevent copying software. We used it to run wafer polishers. Without the key the system wouldnt work thus preventing copying the software to run a reverse engineered polisher. We sold to country's that

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread Bill Beauchemin
on mandrake 8. i have also just installed 2.4.7 and it went fine. could you give a snap shot of the 'few lines' you are referring to? maybe that will give us a clue. dm --- Pete Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill Beauchemin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is nice but i am still unable

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread Bill Beauchemin
How do I mount ther root device to another system and what will this do for me? I looked at all the logs and the one I want is dmesg. The only problem is that as soon as it reboots it overwrites it with new data from the good bootup. On Thursday 26 July 2001 00:18, you wrote: if you can

[expert] HP jetdirect 170X Printserver

2001-07-24 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I have looked high and low on how to configure the HP 170X Jetdirect printserver. Anyone have any ideas on how to configure a print qeue using a networked printserver with a hp deskjet 500 connected to it. the ip is 66.47.48.52 for the printserver.

Re: [expert] HP jetdirect 170X Printserver

2001-07-24 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Is the IP address hard coded, or just the default? I believe that I used arp and my print server's MAC address to forcibly set it's IP address to the one I desired. Then I telneted to it to complete the confiuration. Even though it's a D-Link, maybe the HP also has similar features. I

Re: [expert] HP jetdirect 170X Printserver

2001-07-24 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Ive tried finding the admin software but hp only has it for win 2000 :( Never used cups before How do i call it up ? On Monday 23 July 2001 13:23, you wrote: I have looked high and low on how to configure the HP 170X Jetdirect printserver. Anyone have any ideas on how to configure a print

Re: [expert] linux/unix administrator

2001-07-19 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Speaking of Linux Administrator. Is there anyway to get a position as an entry/mid level position as a Linux Admin. I would love a position like that. On Thursday 19 July 2001 21:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well Although i am a Windows NT/2000 Administrator but i have learn quiet a few

Re: [expert] linux distribution

2001-07-18 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Angus and Robert are right on the money. Run Mandrake as your first linux experiance and youll never go back to winblows. I started on RH years ago and stoped because of how hard it was to instal things. I finally tried again with Mandrake 6.1 and it was great. Load and go preety much. I also

Re: [expert] Running two monitors

2001-07-15 Thread Bill Beauchemin
On Sunday 15 July 2001 14:13, you wrote: On Saturday 14 July 2001 04:08 pm, Bill Beauchemin may or may not have written: Well that worked except for one thing I cnat get anything to run. I click on something like xterm and it wont come up. Do you get a window manager? Which one do you

Re: [expert] Bind, DNS, Named - Where's A Good Place For Setup Information?

2001-06-11 Thread Bill Beauchemin
The easiest way to setup Bind 8 is let lm8 set it up when you do the install. once installed use webmin to configure your zone files its very easy. I use webmin for all my admin jobs it makes life so much easier. On Sunday 10 June 2001 23:42, you wrote: I'm trying to set up the Bind DNS

[expert] dual proccesor problems in LM8.0

2001-06-05 Thread Bill Beauchemin
When I try to boot in smp mode my system starts loading the kernel but then immediatly reboots itself. Im using 2.4.5 as 2.4.3 does the same thing. I get these errors in my /var/log/kernel/errors file Jun 5 07:08:56 firebird kernel: PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 00:0e.0

[expert] compiling new kernel in lm 8.0

2001-05-31 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Im running 2.4.3 and need to try an earlier kernel like 2.2.19 because the newer kernel reboots in smp mode. The problem im having is that when I do a make bzImage I get this at the end of compiling and it dumps out. cheecksum.S:231: badly punctuated list in #define cheecksum.S:237: badly

[expert] LM 9.0 and dual cpu's

2001-05-30 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Im having a strang problem. After installing LM 8.0 it will not boot to smp. It sets up a linus-smp boot for lilo but when booting it starts to go through the boot sequence but just reboots the computer. it works fine in uniproccesor mode. Slakware 7.1 worked fine in smp mode. I cant see

[expert] LM 9.0 and dual cpu's

2001-05-29 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Im having a strang problem. After installing LM 8.0 it will not boot to smp. It sets up a linus-smp boot for lilo but when booting it starts to go through the boot sequence but just reboots the computer. it works fine in uniproccesor mode. Slakware 7.1 worked fine in smp mode. I cant see where

[expert] What happened?

2001-05-16 Thread Bill Beauchemin
What Happened to the /etc/inetd.conf file in LM8.0? I went to edit it to install Qpopper after setting up LM8.0 for the first time and no can find.

[expert] Matrox G400 32 meg Vid Card

2000-10-06 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Anyone have any sugestions as to where to look for info on how to get this card to use all its bells and whistles in Linux? Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[

[expert] listing all ip addys in a domain?

2000-09-19 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Is there a way to list all the ip addresses or dns records for a domain or zone? Bill Beauchemin Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-24 Thread Bill Beauchemin
. There isnt a driver out for it yet. Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888

[expert] External SCSI Tape Library

2000-08-09 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I need help installing a external SCSI Tape Library. Im using a Exabyte library and a Adaptec 2940 SCSI card. Whats the procedure for adding this to an existing server running Mandrake 6.0 Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888

RE: [expert] External SCSI Tape Library

2000-08-09 Thread Bill Beauchemin
/installed during the initial installation). Check out http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hremov5.html and the pages it refers to for more information. -Original Message- From: Bill Beauchemin To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 8/9/00 12:26 PM Subject: [expert] External SCSI Tape Library

[expert] Exabyte Tape Library install?

2000-08-06 Thread Bill Beauchemin
How do I get Mandrake to see a exabyte tape library attached to a 2940 scsi card? What is a good free server/client software package to use? Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888

RE: [expert] Help! Need Best web page uploading technique!

2000-05-22 Thread Bill Beauchemin
work every time, providing a) the "newdir" is set up as the "home" directory for that user and b) you have FTP enabled. John ** - End Original Message --- ** Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888

Re: [expert] IP Masquerading, The ABCs of

2000-04-16 Thread Bill Beauchemin
private IP packets onto the local subnet! Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888

Re: [expert] Wine Is Not an Emulator

2000-04-10 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Who cares if WINE is an emulator or not. I run Linux to get away from those crappy Winblows apps that MicroSnot shoves at ya with all there bugs. Why would I want to go backwards. Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888

[expert] ssh problems

2000-03-12 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I can ssh into my box but when I try to ssh out I get Disconnected; protocol version not supported (Illegal protocol version.). Any answers as to why? Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888

Re: [expert] what is initrd in lilo.conf ?

2000-03-08 Thread Bill Beauchemin
This is mainly for scsi startup. Open the file you should see your scsi adapter. On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Harald Wolf wrote: Hi, what for is the line: initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img in the lilo.conf file and what is initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control

Re: [expert] enable SMP

2000-03-06 Thread Bill Beauchemin
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, John D. Kim wrote: Make sure you have RTC option enabled and APMD disabled. On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Bill Beauchemin wrote: Yep been there done that. Im having a bit of a problem trying to compile 2.2.13 for smp. My machine is a dual 166 ppro w/160m ram on a intel

Re: [expert] enable SMP

2000-03-06 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Oh just ot add I useed 2.2.14 this morning with the same results. Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888

[expert] enable SMP

2000-03-05 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Im having a bit of a problem trying to compile 2.2.13 for smp. My machine is a dual 166 ppro w/160m ram on a intel mother board that has the AIC7870 controller on board. I also am running a Intel EE pro100 nic. The problem is as soon as it shows both cpu's during startup it crashes. Bill

[expert] Mylex DAC960

2000-02-28 Thread Bill Beauchemin
there is a module for the 960 but I need the os on before I can rebuild the kernel... Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888