Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Ric Tibbetts
MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; I installed 9.1rc2 last night, and it has an annoying problem. It won't let me set the hostname. It defaults it to some, very long, strange thing. In the past, I've always gotten round this, by forcing the hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network. But that trick isn't working in 9.1rc2. The

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 06:51:08PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I installed 9.1rc2 last night, and it has an annoying problem. It won't let me set the hostname. It defaults it to some, very long, strange thing. In the past, I've always gotten round this, by forcing

[expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
I'm making a statement of personal/political basis. I'm personally boycotting Mandrake Linux. When the French remember who their firends are, and support them, then perhaps this American will return, and support the French again. Until then, you can kiss my American dollars good-bye. Ric Want

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 01:08:37PM -0600, Paul Cox wrote: On Thursday 13 March 2003 12:06 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I installed 9.1rc2 last night, and it has an annoying problem. It won't let me set the hostname. It defaults it to some, very long, strange thing. In the past, I've

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:10:08PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: I didn't know if it was a bug, or a feature. Which is why I asked the question, and not filed a bug report. This is not at all uncommon on this list. But thank you for being yet another, self appointed

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:16:24PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: I'm making a statement of personal/political basis. I'm personally boycotting Mandrake Linux. When the French remember who their firends are, and support them, then perhaps this American will return

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:34:10PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: My two posts are totally dis-related. So you ask for help/advice about 9.1RC2, and five minutes later you decide to declare publicly that you want to boycott Mandrake ? This sounds very logical

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:32:09PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 6:57 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 06:51:08PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: ya know what? I've had so many problems with MDL since 9.0, that I'm just going to take

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 08:08:52PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 7:52 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:34:10PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: Ric you have been reading the lists long enough to know that we have asked/requested

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 01:59:03PM -0600, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday March 13 2003 12:57 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Do not report RC2 here, but on cooker list (or bugzilla). DHCP has been debugged since RC2, update to latest cooker. I didn't know if it was a bug, or a feature. Which

Re: [expert] New list Moderator (was) 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 02:49:33PM -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: All you's guys! I'm appointing myself a moderator and I'm also appointing Et, as my leu-ten-ant. My first action as moderator is to demand that Ric drink some guiness until he's sh^t-faced and all the tension drains out.

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:01:04PM -0800, James Sparenberg wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 11:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: I'm making a statement of personal/political basis. I'm personally boycotting Mandrake Linux. When the French remember who their firends are, and support them, then perhaps

Re: Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:02:22PM -0600, Joe Braddock wrote: ---Original Message--- From: Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03/13/03 01:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:34:10PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: Ric

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 08:25:02PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 8:08 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:32:09PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 6:57 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: FWIW: I have 9.1rc2 installed, and with the exception

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
fought long and hard to have that right. And like so many before me, I'll continue to protect that right. Something many on this list cannot know, because they've never experienced human rights in thier older, more experienced countries. Ric Ric Tibbetts wrote: I'm making a statement of personal

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ya know people, There used to be a time with Linux, that what you get was really bare bones. It was the kernel, some gnu utilities, and a basic installer. Then we the Linux community would scurry about, and find the bits that we liked, and wanted, and we spent some time, getting to know them,

Re: [expert] Mandrake's Golden Opportunity

2003-03-06 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Vincent Danen wrote: On Wed Mar 05, 2003 at 12:29:42PM -0800, James Sparenberg wrote: I think part of Redhats motivation was the far too numerious requests for requests like: When will redhat make rpms for kde3.1 for Redhat 7.3? And such. Truth is, they won't. But people don't seem to get

Re: [expert] OT - Not ready while 123 runs

2003-03-06 Thread Ric Tibbetts
And just what does any of this have to do with MDK? I don't particularly care what will, or will not install on XP. This isn't the place for it. Ric On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:53:05PM -0400, Adolfo Bello wrote: Today, I tried to install Netscape 7 in a XP-SP1 box. After answering the

Re: [expert] Mandrake's Golden Opportunity

2003-03-05 Thread Ric Tibbetts
I think part of Redhats motivation was the far too numerious requests for requests like: When will redhat make rpms for kde3.1 for Redhat 7.3? And such. Truth is, they won't. But people don't seem to get the picture. So they had to put an eol on there. I know, there are plentyof other reasons,

Re: [expert] No reboot fixed--but why?

2003-03-05 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Jack Coates wrote: On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 10:29, Miark wrote: I have an old backup machine that doesn't reboot or powerdown in Linux, but yesterday I got the idea to try apm=off at bootup. The machine now reboots and powers down perfectly. I'd like to know why, but the only anomaly I noticed is

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Todd; Thank you for the objective reply. I realize I've been on a tangent today. And it's mostly caused by outside influences. However, since the conversation is open: ;) Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tibbetts, Ric wrote on Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:15:56PM -0500

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Joe Braddock wrote: I didn't make the claim that Windows had better performance than Mandrake, I was responding to that claim. Actually, Windows 95 does perform quicker than Mandrake 9.0, but that's not a fair comparison (it also out performs Windows NT/2000/XP). A fair Windows vs Mandrake

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 attempt #2

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
, they won't fix it. ;) Ric Ken Thompson wrote: On Sunday 23 February 2003 12:34 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Well, that was fun. Per the suggestions here, and on the errata, I unplugged the printer, and tried it again. And as expected, it made it past that. So, with the load finished, I logged in as a regular

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 attempt #2

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
, they won't fix it. ;) Ric Ken Thompson wrote: On Sunday 23 February 2003 12:34 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Well, that was fun. Per the suggestions here, and on the errata, I unplugged the printer, and tried it again. And as expected, it made it past that. So, with the load finished, I logged in as a regular

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 attempt #2

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
David McGlone wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 February 2003 12:32 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: We have similar machines. ;) I'm still running my old PII-400 as well. It's been a solid performer. For what I do, it still does the job just fine. Anyway. I should

[expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 Take 3

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ok, re-loaded the box. Same result. On the first boot, all goes well. On the second boot, all goes to hell. It won't boot the second time. It fails (or more accurately hangs) at: Setting up Logical Volume Management. But here's the interesting part: The boot sequence at the time of the failure

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 Take 3

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 February 2003 03:48 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: That's as far as it gets. I suppose I could re-load it (again), and look through the startup scripts while it's booted the first time, and find the culprit. But, I think

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 Take 3

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 19:29, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 February 2003 03:48 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: That's as far as it gets. I suppose I could re-load it (again), and look through the startup

[expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 install failure

2003-02-22 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; Thought I'd take a shot at 9.1 rc1. No go. The install went ok up to the end. At the summary stage, it was installing the printer, and died, horribly. It correctly identified the printer, then failed with the error: panic: swash_fetch When I hit ok, it went back to try to install the

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 install failure

2003-02-22 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 February 2003 07:50 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; Thought I'd take a shot at 9.1 rc1. No go. The install went ok up to the end. At the summary stage, it was installing the printer, and died, horribly. You obviously

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 install failure

2003-02-22 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 February 2003 07:50 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; Thought I'd take a shot at 9.1 rc1. No go. The install went ok up to the end. At the summary stage, it was installing the printer, and died, horribly. You obviously

[expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 attempt #2

2003-02-22 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Well, that was fun. Per the suggestions here, and on the errata, I unplugged the printer, and tried it again. And as expected, it made it past that. So, with the load finished, I logged in as a regular user. Yup. Worked fine. So, then do the cursory reboot, just to be sure all is well, and ..

Re: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!

2003-02-01 Thread Ric Tibbetts
I just installed it today. First observations: 1) On install, I checked select individual packages , but it blew past that, and ran the install, minus a few packages I wanted to install 2) The cdrom mounting in /etc/fstab was wrong: Neither of my CD roms would mount. I had to change /etc/fstab

Re: [expert] password change script

2003-01-31 Thread Ric Tibbetts
7 systems is plenty for NIS. I've done it for as few as 3. Save yourself some headaches, put in NIS. It's easy! Ric Brian York wrote: Does anyone have or know of a script/program (preferably perl) that could be configured to change a users password on all linux machines on a network. I

Re: [expert] password change script

2003-01-31 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Jan Wilson wrote: * Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030131 16:14]: 7 systems is plenty for NIS. I've done it for as few as 3. Save yourself some headaches, put in NIS. It's easy! Brian York wrote: Does anyone have or know of a script/program (preferably perl) that could be configured

Re: [expert] 9.1b2 observation/opinioin

2003-01-26 Thread Ric Tibbetts
snip | | | Oh come on! If we can't argue about it, what's the point? | *pokes* Come on! | *sticks his tongue out* Weirdo! | *throws a squeezy stress relieving computer shaped foam thing at you* | Let's argue? Plase? ;) | | I think 9.1b2 is looking good :) Azrael, I would have to

Re: [expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-21 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 08:30:30AM +0100, Martin Fahrendorf wrote: Content-Description: signed data Am Dienstag, 21. Januar 2003 02:58 schrieb bascule: i've been doing some reading with the intention of setting up a box to collect all my mail so that i can use imap to look at mail from any

Re: [expert] hostname and postfix

2003-01-21 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Bascule; Check the settings in /etc/sysconfig/network. I've found differences in that file that will produce what you're seeing. Mine is set: HOSTNAME=aurora DOMAIN=mlb.esid.northgrum.com As such the hostname commands produce: $ hostname aurora $ hostname -f aurora.mlb.esid.northgrum.com $

Re: [expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-21 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:44:52AM -0600, Chuck Burns wrote: On Tue, January 21 2003 9:26 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: *snip* You can't possibly be suggesting to add filters directly into imap, for every user... If you had a system with 1000 users, and they had 20 filters each... That's hardly

Re: [expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-21 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 05:44:38PM +0100, Martin Fahrendorf wrote: Content-Description: signed data Am Dienstag, 21. Januar 2003 17:08 schrieb Ric Tibbetts: On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:44:52AM -0600, Chuck Burns wrote: On Tue, January 21 2003 9:26 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: *snip* You

Re: [expert] O Yyyyyyyyyyummy!!

2003-01-18 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 10:42:37AM -0500, Pierre Fortin wrote: On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 07:40:48 -0600 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday January 18 2003 05:16 am, Mark Weaver wrote: Mandrake 9.1beta2 is out...Just in case no one else knew. Just found it on one of the french

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-18 Thread Ric Tibbetts
LiteOn and Sony IDE both went in without any problems. The system sees them as scsi devices. Mike On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 08:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability

[expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Thanks! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 11:04:28AM -0500, et wrote: On Friday 17 January 2003 11:00 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Thanks

Re: [expert] evolution 1.2

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
How did you install Evolution 1.2? (Redcarpet, or ...?) I'd like to take a look at it, but I'm not sure I want to do it via RedCarpet.. Thanks! Ric Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aaron Matteson wrote on Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:02:21PM -0800 : Tools menu -

Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's deadagain)

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Derek Simkowiak wrote: I'm getting these. I'm using my work address for this discussion. I agree that port 25 is dead. The question is: Why How? I haven't been following this thread, so I apologize if this is out of context, but could it be the Shorewall firewall causing a problem?

Re: [expert] evolution 1.2

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Thanks! I'll have a look at that. I'm not quite ready to install 9.1b yet... Ric David Robertson wrote: On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:47:22 -0500 Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How did you install Evolution 1.2? (Redcarpet, or ...?) I'd like to take a look at it, but I'm not sure I want

[expert] rpmdrake: cannot open archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.main.cz

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Subject says it. I cannot update an 8.1 box. When I try, it just comes back with no list, and I get the (subject) error on the command line. MandrakeUpdate used to work on this box. But something has happened to it. Any suggestions on how to repair the damage would be appreciated. Ric Want

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
snip Just a little note, Mandrake generally does not install does not setup the CD-writer automatically on a current system running Mandrake system.. (It does setup the CD-writer if you reinstall your Mandrake, but that's not necessary)The Instructions on

[expert] Anybody Home?

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
It got awfully quiet. Are my spam filters choking the list, or is it just a really quiet night? Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] friggin test message

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Mark; That made it! But, the list has been really quiet! It's not you! Ric Mark Weaver wrote: cause nuttin is getting through...I'm gonna shoot dis damn thing! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] Spam Filtering with postfix

2003-01-16 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Thanks; I may take a look at that later. Right now, I'd just have to consider it yet another piece of software to keep track of. If I can get an acceptable result out of postfix, I'm better off. After being down all day yesterday, I'm not too excited about adding anything to that server. Just a

Re: [expert] Spam Filtering with postfix

2003-01-16 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:33:51AM -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: Thanks; I may take a look at that later. Right now, I'd just have to consider it yet another piece of software to keep track of. If I can get an acceptable result out of postfix, I'm better off. After being down

Re: [expert] Spam Filtering with postfix

2003-01-16 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:50:32AM -0500, Pierre Fortin wrote: On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:57:18 -0500 Tibbetts, Ric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: On Tuesday 14 January 2003 09:59 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: All; Ok, I've had enough spam for one lifetime.. ;) I'm trying

Re: [expert] Spam Filtering with postfix

2003-01-16 Thread Ric Tibbetts
boxes (personal). James 3. Congrats on the success!!! On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 09:16, Ric Tibbetts wrote: On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:33:51AM -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: Thanks; I may take a look at that later. Right now, I'd just have to consider it yet another

Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's d ead again)

2003-01-15 Thread Ric Tibbetts
, if you're out there, semd 'em back!!! Thanks! -- Ric Tibbetts ISOMEDIA.COM - Premium Internet Services. http://www.isomedia.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] It's up!

2003-01-15 Thread Ric Tibbetts
My mail server is back up. To fix it, I totally uninstalled postfix, and mutt (had to uninstall mutt to satisfy a dependency). Then I cleaned out /etc/postfix, and did a clean install, then laid my config files back in. It's up now (in fact, I 'm sending this on it). I still have no clear idea

[expert] Test

2003-01-14 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ignore this! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Test

2003-01-14 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:43:55AM -0800, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Ignore this! Sorry about the test. I was checking the mutt config. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Test

2003-01-14 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:30:29AM -0800, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ric Tibbetts wrote on Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:45:38AM -0800 : Sorry about the test. I was checking the mutt config. Couple of resources concerning mutt if you're interested: 1

Re: [expert] 9.1 impressions on expert

2003-01-12 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 11:28, Jack Coates wrote: Steffen Barszus wrote: Hi! 9.1 is the upcoming release and good you are testing it, but reporting here on expert is not the right place it should be done : in case all is good: on cooker in case there are drawbacks/bugs: on bugzilla

Re: [expert] 9.1 beta 1 first impressions

2003-01-12 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 13:48, Mark Weaver wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 12 January 2003 01:34 pm, Tom Brinkman scribbled incoherently: On Sunday January 12 2003 10:15 am, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: On Sunday 12 January 2003 10:55 am, Tom Brinkman

Re: [expert] msec madness continues

2003-01-12 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 21:36, Mark Weaver wrote: On Sunday 12 January 2003 09:25 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled incoherently: Hi Ric, The very first thing I'd do is turn PS completely off. Better yet...just take the little bugger outa there cause in the long run that app is more

[expert] Continued Problems Solved

2003-01-11 Thread Ric Tibbetts
After much head scratching, and digging, I think (hope) that I've found all the gremlins that infected that server. Thank you for all the suggestions. They all helped! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Who Broke Sort?

2002-09-05 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ok, it's been a long time since I've needed to do this, and maybe I just forgot how. But: To sort out duplicate lines in a text file, didn't sort -u do the trick? Or am I getting fuzzy old? I have a large text file that I receive on a regular basis ( a couple times a week). I need to clean it

Re: [expert] Who Broke Sort?

2002-09-05 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 19:06, David Relson wrote: At 06:50 PM 9/5/02, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Ok, it's been a long time since I've needed to do this, and maybe I just forgot how. But: To sort out duplicate lines in a text file, didn't sort -u do the trick? Or am I getting fuzzy old? I

[expert] OT: mysql problem

2002-09-05 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ok, since I'm on a roll with the off topic dumb questions today. I have another one. I am just starting to work with mysql. It was going ok, until the daemon died. I have no idea what caused it, but it won't restart. The log file gives the error: 020905 20:03:48 mysqld started 020905 20:03:48

Re: [expert] OT: mysql problem

2002-09-05 Thread Ric Tibbetts
. Then, right between queries, it just died. BTW: It's running on Mandrake 8.2 STill hoping for an answer. :) Ok, I know, it's the middle of the night... Thanks. Ric On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 23:11, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Ok, since I'm on a roll with the off topic dumb questions today. I have another one

Re: [expert] OT: mysql problem

2002-09-05 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 23:11, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Ok, since I'm on a roll with the off topic dumb questions today. I have another one. I am just starting to work with mysql. It was going ok, until the daemon died. I have no idea what caused it, but it won't restart. The log file gives the error

[expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-02 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; Ok, this is WAAAY off topic, but I figured that if anyone in the world would have an opinion on this, it would you you. ;) I've finally hit the point that I can't remember everything. I need a portable way to carry information around with me. In short, I need a PDA (gasp.. sob... I

[expert] PHP vs MYSQL

2002-07-28 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Well, I guess it had to happen. If you hang around this stuff long enough, eventually you're going to need a database. I know, this may be a really subjective question, but what's the comparison between php mysql? Is one better/worse, easier/harder than the other? Or are they just different?

Re: [expert] PHP vs MYSQL

2002-07-28 Thread Ric Tibbetts
something else for the site scripting (Perl) On 28 Jul 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Well, I guess it had to happen. If you hang around this stuff long enough, eventually you're going to need a database. I know, this may be a really subjective question, but what's the comparison between php

Re: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-09 Thread Ric Tibbetts
on client systems? Again, in my case, it's not limited to just my home address. Let's face it.. It's on the Mandrake side. It's happening to a lot of people. -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http://counter.li.org/ Want

RE: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ok, if it's msec, then it's extremely inconsistent. I just checked my home box. It was built from the same CDs as the one I just built today at work. Both systems were built from the same CDs. Both systems are running msec level 2 X works normally on one (I can log into a remote machine, and

Re: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-06 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 12:59, s wrote: On Thursday 06 June 2002 11:52 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Looks like this one made it. Now I'll try the one that counts (the one with the question in it). Ric Yeah, the test ones always make it. :D Don't feel like the lone ranger, 2/3 of mine

Re: [expert] msec changes Mailman perms

2002-06-02 Thread Ric Tibbetts
I'm not sure of the exact file, since I'm not running a mailing list, and don't have a /home/mailman. However, if I were you, I'd look at the msec config files in /usr/share/msec Just a thought. I may be wrong. Ric On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 08:49, Albert E. Whale wrote: I'm using LM 8.2 (new

Re: [expert] Apache SERVER_NAME quick Q

2002-05-09 Thread Ric Tibbetts
fax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http

Re: [expert] Apache SERVER_NAME quick Q

2002-05-09 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Then I screwed my eyes back in, and re-read the question. You're right, you have aDNS problem. What's in /etc/hosts ? Ric Tibbetts wrote: On mine, I have a server with multiple hostnames. So Apache was getting soem strange results. I set mine in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf (on LM 8.1

[expert] smtp(s) from outside the network...

2002-04-28 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; I'm currently away from my home system. Before I left, I set up imap, and pop so that I could receive my e-Mail, even though I'm not on the network. Now that I'm out here, I've noticed that I cannot send mail, via smtp through my home server. It's not a major problem, since I can route

Re: [expert] kdm wierdness in 8.2

2002-04-07 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 06:47, Thomas Gamble wrote: On Friday 05 April 2002 11:28 pm, Damian wrote: El vie, 05-04-2002 a las 02:51, Ric Tibbetts escribió: On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 16:07, Thomas Gamble wrote: Since upgrading to 8.2 I have noticed that changes to the login manager don't

[expert] [OT] Xine problem with 8.2

2002-04-07 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; Ok, not exactly on topic, but I'm hoping that someone here will know this one. I'm trying to play DVD's with xine. It plays mpegs ok, but I get the following error on DVDs: There is no available plugin to handle dvd://video_ts.vob I've checked the home page for xine looking for

Re: [expert] [OT] Xine problem with 8.2 (Never Mind)

2002-04-07 Thread Ric Tibbetts
I got it figured out. Thanks anyway. Ric On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 12:57, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; Ok, not exactly on topic, but I'm hoping that someone here will know this one. I'm trying to play DVD's with xine. It plays mpegs ok, but I get the following error on DVDs

Re: [expert] KDE screen Saver Location

2002-04-06 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ok, you're not going to believe how easy this actually is. 1) Go into the KDE configuration panel, and shut off the default screensaver 2) Run xscreensaver-demo to select the screensaver(s) that you want to use. It will present a list of them. It will also create a ~/.xscreensaver file with your

Re: [expert] kdm wierdness in 8.2

2002-04-04 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 16:07, Thomas Gamble wrote: Since upgrading to 8.2 I have noticed that changes to the login manager don't stick. In particular, changing 'Show Users' to 'None'. After a couple of login cycles this reverts back to 'All but no show'. I've seen this same bahavior on

Re: [expert] KDE screen Saver Location

2002-04-02 Thread Ric Tibbetts
[ric@darkstar ric]$ locate xflame /usr/share/control-center/screensavers/xflame.xml /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/xflame /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xflame.1.bz2 Hint: It;s not the .xml, or th e.bz2 file. ;) All of the xscreensaver executables are located in /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver However, it's a

Re: [expert] KDE screen Saver Location

2002-04-02 Thread Ric Tibbetts
xscreensaver/kde integration 102 Sorry, I left off a piece on that last answer. If you fire up xscreensaver from startkde, it will by default cycle through al of them, at preselected intervals. You can pick a single one by running xscreensaver-demo, and configuring it from there. Just shut off

Re: [expert] a second different IP for the same net-card.

2002-03-28 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 02:38, civileme wrote: MdkXpertList wrote: On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:55:23 -0800 (PST) Dianne Marie Montesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the main config file for the NIC is on /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0... i havent found a way to put another ip on the

[expert] 8.2 Install

2002-03-28 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Just a quick one. I installed 8.2 on my crash burn box tonight. The install went exactly how an install should. Flawless. So far, I can't see any large differences from 8.1, except that it runs smoother, and some applications have newer versions, and run faster smoother. Exactly how a point

Re: [expert] 8.2 Install

2002-03-28 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 22:28, J. Craig Woods wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: Just a quick one. I installed 8.2 on my crash burn box tonight. The install went exactly how an install should. Flawless. So far, I can't see any large differences from 8.1, except that it runs smoother

Re: [expert] The little operating system that could

2002-03-27 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 00:22, J. Craig Woods wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: And yeah, I feel better now. Thanks. (gotta lay off that late night coffee...;) Ric Hey bud, have some brews, it'll help you deal with life's little shitty moments... LOL Yeah, maybe so.. maybe so

Re: [expert] The little operating system that could

2002-03-27 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ummm, _Either_ the boxed sets _OR_ the club will get you StarOffice and the non-free Apps. You do not need both. Thank you for clearing that one up. From a few comments made, there were others that were also confused about that one. It takes about $3-4 million to make one of these

[expert] The little operating system that could

2002-03-26 Thread Ric Tibbetts
The full title of this: The little operating system that could, and the little company that couldn't. Meaning of course Linux, and Mandrake. I'm a newly disgruntled user. Don't mis-read that. I'm not a new user by any means. I still have my RedHat 3.x disks on the shelf. I'm just newly

Re: [expert] The little operating system that could

2002-03-26 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 22:47, J. Craig Woods wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: Congratulations. For the home user, the cost of ownership of Mandrake has exceeded the cost of Win2k. And you can't even go down to the local software store and buy a game for it. Or a business accounting package

Re: [expert] The little operating system that could

2002-03-26 Thread Ric Tibbetts
. Changes my whole formula. Ok, so now it only costs as much as Win XP ;) Ric Brian On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 16:48, Ric Tibbetts wrote: The full title of this: The little operating system that could, and the little company that couldn't. Meaning of course Linux, and Mandrake

Re: [expert] What would cause system to just stop?

2002-03-19 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Just to throw my .02 into this: I have an IBM PC that does something similar. My wife kids use it. After it has been running a while, it just locks up, for no real reason. The keyboard mouse simply stop responding. The only way out is to throw the big red switch. It currently has Win98 on it.

Re: [expert] open office or star office.

2002-03-09 Thread Ric Tibbetts
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[expert] MOBO Question

2002-03-08 Thread Ric Tibbetts
any experience with it with Linux? Any input is greatly appreciated. TIA -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [expert] swap partitions on multiple hard drives - what to putin /etc/fstab?

2002-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[expert] Motherboards - again

2002-02-10 Thread Ric Tibbetts
? This is really just a curiosity question. Not everyone can afford to build a box based on the Soyo Dragon+, they may want something resulting in a box half that price. So drag out your calculators, and lets see what can be built on budget hardware (must be current stuff. No 486 boxes). Thanks! -- Ric

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