Re: Don't forget the USENET newsgroups.

2002-03-27 Thread Michael O'Donnell
I got my first NH-based sysadmin job off of nh.jobs (though damn if I can find it on Google...) This URL worked for me when I went looking for nh.jobs - http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=engroup=nh.jobs * To unsubscribe

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 23:00:38 EST Derek D. Martin said: I also wonder if someone can explain to me how one becomes an experienced programmer when employers all want someone who has 7+ years of experience... sigh The same way we got 7+ years of sysadmin experience. Someone,

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Derek D. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, in trolling the various sources of job listings, it looks to me like one of the hottest skills in demand is Java development. I was wondering if anyone can recommend GOOD sources of information about learning Java. Free ones (like web sites)

NIS stuff

2002-03-27 Thread Robert Casey
Hello again, I'm still working on getting NIS tuned the way we want it but I'm having trouble finding the info. I need. Once again I'm fairly new to Unix and brand new to Redhat linux. Basically, I get documentation concerning the configuration of NIS on line but everything seems to

Re: NIS stuff

2002-03-27 Thread Rich Payne
It's not RedHat specific, but O'Reilly has an NFS and NIS book. That's how I got started (it also helps to have a few machines you can set it up on). --rdp On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Robert Casey wrote: Hello again, I'm still working on getting NIS tuned the way we want it but I'm having

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread Bill Studley
Derek D. Martin wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 So, in trolling the various sources of job listings, it looks to me like one of the hottest skills in demand is Java development. I was wondering if anyone can recommend GOOD sources of information about learning

Re: NIS stuff

2002-03-27 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:57:32 EST Rich Payne said: It's not RedHat specific, but O'Reilly has an NFS and NIS book. That's how I got started (it also helps to have a few machines you can set it up on). I have to agree with Rich, the only decent book out there on NFS/NIS is the

Re: RAID Problems

2002-03-27 Thread Angus D Madden
Kurth Bemis, Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 09:06:14AM -0500: I got the configure utility from adaptec's site...found the array and formatted it with all 0's. Then I figured that debian 22r4 would find it ok. nope it only finds the 3 drives and asks me which one would I like to partition and use.

Re: NIS stuff

2002-03-27 Thread Angus D Madden
Robert Casey, Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 08:49:11AM -0500: Hello again, I'm still working on getting NIS tuned the way we want it but I'm having trouble finding the info. I need. Once again I'm fairly new to Unix and brand new to Redhat linux. Basically, I get documentation

Re: RAID Problems

2002-03-27 Thread Angus D Madden
Kurth Bemis, Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:14:14AM -0500: but if the card is a hardware RAID card then the kernel shouldn't care or see the individual drives, right? It should see one large volume. am i correct in assuming that? No, you will still need the driver support in the kernel. Once

Re: RAID Problems

2002-03-27 Thread Angus D Madden
Kurth Bemis, Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:21:17AM -0500: hrm.maybe I should look at another card. any suggestions? What distro do you want to use? If you want to use Debian (which I highly recommend), I would go for woody instead of potato. Debian potato is too dated right now. You'll

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread Mark Komarinski
I'm reading through Learn Java in 21 days that I picked up at Softpro. That was two months ago, and I'm on day 12. There's a lot of good information in there, but does assume you know a bit about coding and all. I've been doing all the examples on my RH 7.2 laptop without any problems, and

Re: RAID Problems

2002-03-27 Thread Matthew J. Brodeur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Kurth Bemis wrote: but if the card is a hardware RAID card then the kernel shouldn't care or see the individual drives, right? It should see one large volume. am i correct in assuming that? In this case, no. The AAA

RH7.2 install question

2002-03-27 Thread plussier
Anyone install RH7.2, have the X config go smoothly, have it tell you that GNOME would be your desktop, choose a graphical login, and still have it present you with a text login? I know there are probably a bunch of errata packages available for 7.2, and I don't really care about that right

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread Tom Rauschenbach
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 08:18, Kevin D. Clark wrote: Derek D. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, in trolling the various sources of job listings, it looks to me like one of the hottest skills in demand is Java development. I was wondering if anyone can recommend GOOD sources of

Re: Java Resources

2002-03-27 Thread Paul Courchene
Derek Martin recently said: I was wondering if anyone can recommend GOOD sources of information about learning Java. Free ones (like web sites) are preferable, but not necessarily required. :) I'll leave the books and Web Sites for others to reference, but a best kept secret is the very

Re: RH7.2 install question

2002-03-27 Thread Ken Ambrose
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone install RH7.2, have the X config go smoothly, have it tell you that GNOME would be your desktop, choose a graphical login, and still have it present you with a text login? Well, I've never had a problem with it, but then, I usually select

FW: Opportunity to Offer Input on US Cybersecurity

2002-03-27 Thread Mansur, Warren
-Original Message- From: Donna Baglio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Opportunity to Offer Input on US Cybersecurity Opportunity to Offer Input on US Cybersecurity The President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board

Re: RH7.2 install question

2002-03-27 Thread Rich C
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 4:55 PM Subject: RH7.2 install question Anyone install RH7.2, have the X config go smoothly, have it tell you that GNOME would be your desktop, choose a graphical login, and still have

Re: NIS stuff

2002-03-27 Thread Tom Buskey
O'Reilly just came out with the 2nd edition of NFS and NIS. The 1st edition is 1991 SunOS specific. I haven't looked at the new one as I don't do NIS nowadays, but I sure prayed for it to cover something other then SunOS in the days of Solaris 2.5.1. I'd grab it in a second if I was

Re: RH7.2 install question

2002-03-27 Thread Mark Polhamus
Unless things have changed a lot from 7.0 (or I am mistaken - I haven't messed with it for a long time) the entry: id:5:initdefault: is what you need. Yours probably says: id:3:initdefault: My guess is that the installer choses runlevel (3 -- or not 5 at least)because it might be a good

Re: RH7.2 install question

2002-03-27 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:28:31 PST Ken Ambrose said: On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone install RH7.2, have the X config go smoothly, have it tell you that GNOME would be your desktop, choose a graphical login, and still have it present you with a text login?

Re: NIS stuff

2002-03-27 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:03:20 EST Tom Buskey said: O'Reilly just came out with the 2nd edition of NFS and NIS. The 1st edition is 1991 SunOS specific. I haven't looked at the new one as I don't do NIS nowadays, but I sure prayed for it to cover something other then SunOS in

Re: NIS stuff

2002-03-27 Thread plussier
In a message dated: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:08:47 EST Tom Buskey said: Just did. Finally! 'bout time :) Direct maps really can't be admin'd from NIS. SunOS won't umount direct maps w/o rebooting. It will with indirect maps. And they're slower then indirect maps. You have to create the mount

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Tom Rauschenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wednesday 27 March 2002 08:18, Kevin D. Clark wrote: Derek D. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, in trolling the various sources of job listings, it looks to me like one of the hottest skills in demand is Java development. I was

Re: RH7.2 install question

2002-03-27 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:37:27 GMT Rich C said: Anyone install RH7.2, have the X config go smoothly, have it tell you that GNOME would be your desktop, choose a graphical login, and still have it present you with a text login? I think you may have missed a tiny little check

Re: RAID Problems

2002-03-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, at 12:23pm, Kurth Bemis wrote: what version of megaraid do you have? We have used everything from the single-channel, 16MB Express 100 model to the quad-channel, 128MB Enterprise 1500 model. All have used the same drivers and software; they just have different

RH7.2 install

2002-03-27 Thread plussier
Okay, I've installed RH7.2 (no erratas) 4 times today. Not once has it come up with X running, yet each time I specifically stated that I wanted to use GNOME and wanted it to be started at boot time. This *seems* to be a thing with them, and as Ben stated, broken and misbehaving software

Job posting

2002-03-27 Thread plussier
I received the following job posting from a recruiter interested in posting on the GNHLUG web page. Since all she had was word doc, I requested a plain text document. Her contact information is below. (this looks like a great deal if you want to play with IBM mainframes and Linux :) Seeya,

OpenOffice?

2002-03-27 Thread plussier
Hi, Is there anyone who: A. is coming to the meeting tonight B. has a fast connection at home C. Could download the lasted Intel/Linux version of OpenOffice D. Can burn it to CD? E. Give it to me at the meeting :) On a 56K dial-up connection, the

Re: OpenOffice?

2002-03-27 Thread Roger H. Goun
I'll do it. But now I'm going to be late for dinner. :-) -- R. On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 16:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there anyone who: A. is coming to the meeting tonight B. has a fast connection at home C. Could download the lasted Intel/Linux version of

Re: OpenOffice?

2002-03-27 Thread plussier
In a message dated: 27 Mar 2002 16:58:45 EST Roger H. Goun said: I'll do it. But now I'm going to be late for dinner. :-) I'm all set, 'maddog' has volunteered to get me the CD, thanks for all the offers though, I really appreciate it! -- Seeya, Paul

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread Tom Rauschenbach
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 13:18, Kevin D. Clark wrote: Tom Rauschenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wednesday 27 March 2002 08:18, Kevin D. Clark wrote: Derek D. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, in trolling the various sources of job listings, it looks to me like one of the

Re: RH7.2 install

2002-03-27 Thread Rich C
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:42 PM Subject: RH7.2 install Okay, I've installed RH7.2 (no erratas) 4 times today. Not once has it come up with X running, yet each time I specifically stated that I wanted to use

Re: FW: Opportunity to Offer Input on US Cybersecurity

2002-03-27 Thread Lowell Bruce McCulley
Did anyone else notice the amusing typo at the end of the next to last paragraph? (At least I *HOPE* they meant prescribed! :-) Mansur, Warren wrote: -Original Message- From: Donna Baglio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: RH7.2 install

2002-03-27 Thread Thomas M. Albright
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I've installed RH7.2 (no erratas) 4 times today. Not once has it come up with X running, yet each time I specifically stated that I wanted to use GNOME and wanted it to be started at boot time. This *seems* to be a thing with them,

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread Bill Sconce
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:58:11 -0500 Tom Rauschenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I meant that if I was looking to learn an OO language to write OO software I would choose C++. Looking to learn an OO language to get a job made me choose to learn Java. Better answer? Python. Bill

e-mail etiquette (again)

2002-03-27 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Friends and fellow Linux lovers, Please please please trim replies. The point of quoting messages is to provide context, and you completely defeat the purpose when you quote the entire message, not to mention waste bandwidth. It is also a

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread Tom Rauschenbach
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 20:27, you wrote: On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:58:11 -0500 Tom Rauschenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I meant that if I was looking to learn an OO language to write OO software I would choose C++. Looking to learn an OO language to get a job made me choose to learn

Re: RAID Problems

2002-03-27 Thread James R. Van Zandt
I ordered a Woody disk last night for $5.95. Only a single disk, but supposed to be enough to get started, and you can get the rest over the network. (The full woody distribution apparently will take 8 CDs!) - Jim Van Zandt

Mozilla suddenly died

2002-03-27 Thread Rich Cloutier
Any idea why Mozilla 0.9.whatever that comes with Mandrake 8.1 would suddenly stop working? When I run it from a terminal (/usr/bin/mozilla) I get the following message: Error sending command I've tried it from both my regular and the root login, and it does the same thing. I've checked the

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread ccb
So, in trolling the various sources of job listings, it looks to me like one of the hottest skills in demand is Java development. I was wondering if anyone can recommend GOOD sources of information about learning Java. Free ones (like web sites) are preferable, but not necessarily

Re: RAID Problems

2002-03-27 Thread Rich Cloutier
If the used controller you bought from some guy on eBay fails, or starts acting flakey, it doesn't matter what RAID level you're running, or how good your disks are, you'll probably lose data. With controllers available so cheaply new with a warranty, I can't imagine that the cost savings

Debian Woody (Was: Re: RAID Problems)

2002-03-27 Thread Angus D Madden
James R. Van Zandt, Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 09:10:53PM -0500: I ordered a Woody disk last night for $5.95. Only a single disk, but supposed to be enough to get started, and you can get the rest over the network. (The full woody distribution apparently will take 8 CDs!) If you have a fast

Re: Java resources

2002-03-27 Thread ccb
Better answer? Python. Better answer to which question ? It's like learning to play Oboe after your already know Flute. Learn Lisp (or Perl or Smalltalk) well and everything else is cake. ccb -- Charles C. Bennett, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] sub

Re: Mozilla suddenly died

2002-03-27 Thread Rich Cloutier
On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 23:15, mike ledoux wrote: I've seen that in the past, usually it indicated that I had a mozilla process or processes that had 'crashed' without actually going away. Finding and 'kill -9'ing those processes 'fixed' the problem for me every time. I don't think I've

Re: Mozilla suddenly died

2002-03-27 Thread John Abreau
Rich Cloutier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any idea why Mozilla 0.9.whatever that comes with Mandrake 8.1 would suddenly stop working? That's funny; I had a problem with it last night (0.9.9, installed from a tarball the day after it was released), the first time I had any problems with mozilla