What are 'Nice' values in relation to processes

2003-07-09 Thread James McDonald
Folks, I have been noticing words such as 'nice values' and 're-nicing' and am wondering what it means. Anyone explain it for me? James McDonald ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: What are 'Nice' values in relation to processes

2003-07-09 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:45:59 +1000 James McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: Folks, I have been noticing words such as 'nice values' and 're-nicing' and am wondering what it means. Anyone explain it for me? James McDonald = nice has to do with the

Re: Can't read CD in linux, can in xp

2003-07-09 Thread Gary Wilson
At work I created a data cd with images, large and small (300kb up to 33 megs), with easy CD creator or some such. I ran the option to make the cd readable by all cd readers. This was on windows 2000. I think that your problem may be with CD Creator, which is a packet writer and

Re: Mozilla 1.4 - No AA Font Goodness?

2003-07-09 Thread Douglas J Hunley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kurt Wall shocked and awed us all by speaking: I've pretty much concluded that my issues were self-inflicted, at least where the bookmarks were concerned. It's too bad about the AA fonts, though. They are much nicer than the standard issue, ugly

Re: Mozilla Howto Question

2003-07-09 Thread Douglas J Hunley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kurt Wall shocked and awed us all by speaking: Hey, Doug, In http://linux-sxs.org/internet_browsing/mozilla.html, you say: find font.directory.truetype.2 and set it to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype (or wherever your TrueType fonts are) Why

Re: Can't read CD in linux, can in xp

2003-07-09 Thread Joel Hammer
I'll give that a try, but, the program gave some options when I was all done with it. One, which I chose, specifically stated that it would create a CD readable by any CD reader. Joel On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 06:13:21AM -0700, Gary Wilson wrote: At work I created a data cd with images, large

Re: Can't read CD in linux, can in xp

2003-07-09 Thread Net Llama!
On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Joel Hammer wrote: I'll give that a try, but, the program gave some options when I was all done with it. One, which I chose, specifically stated that it would create a CD readable by any CD reader. Yea, but that has nothing to do with the OS that is controlling the CD

Updated Step

2003-07-09 Thread Nobody
Net Llama! has just updated http://www.linux-sxs.org/upgrading/glibc.html to incorporate the following: Updated for glibc-2.3.x ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: Can't read CD in linux, can in xp

2003-07-09 Thread Aaron Grewell
On Wednesday 09 July 2003 01:24 pm, Joel Hammer wrote: I'll give that a try, but, the program gave some options when I was all done with it. One, which I chose, specifically stated that it would create a CD readable by any CD reader. Joel By which they mean that a non-burning CD drive will

Re: HELP: Someone is using my domain name to send spam

2003-07-09 Thread dep
quoth Kurt Wall: | Quoth Federico Voges: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | Hi, | | I was hoping to get the spammer to stop using my domain name. | But... | | Have you made sure you aren't an open relay? it doesn't matter this time round. they're using email addresses

oh, boy. more fun. can't somebody just execute these bozos?

2003-07-09 Thread dep
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/hacking/story/0,10801,82730,00.html?nas=PM-82730 An international hacking contest scheduled to begin this weekend could cause headaches for organizations worldwide and disrupt the Internet, according to a warning from Internet Security

Re: Blame [OT]

2003-07-09 Thread dep
quoth Tony Alfrey: | Q. What do you call three lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? dead moe, dead larry, and dead curly. actually, i made up a joke yesterday: in the civilized world, mothers tell their children always to wear clean underwear because they might get into an accident. in

Re: HELP: Someone is using my domain name to send spam

2003-07-09 Thread dep
quoth Kurt Wall: | Quoth Federico Voges: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | Hi, | | I was hoping to get the spammer to stop using my domain name. | But... | | Have you made sure you aren't an open relay? it doesn't matter this time round. they're using email addresses

Mildy [OT]; Highly Amusing

2003-07-09 Thread Kurt Wall
ROFL. I was reading this opinion piece: http://www.internetweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10700411 While I don't agree, I found it highly entertaining. My favorite quote from the editorial was this gem: Besides, many Linux supporters are a bunch of potty-mouthed

Re: Mildy [OT]; Highly Amusing

2003-07-09 Thread Michael Hipp
Kurt Wall wrote: See if you can guess which one *really* caught my eye: - Sun: Linux Users Don't Actually Want Linux That one? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

ftp server behind firewall

2003-07-09 Thread Joel Hammer
I want to be able to ftp to a linux box behind a firewall linux box from the outside. I need to configure the ftp server and the firewall. I assume, since the outside client is also behind a firewall, I may be using passive mode for the transfer. I am using ipchains and ipmasqadm. I am running an

Re: Mildy [OT]; Highly Amusing

2003-07-09 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Michael Hipp: Kurt Wall wrote: See if you can guess which one *really* caught my eye: - Sun: Linux Users Don't Actually Want Linux That one? No. That amused me, too, though. I should have said which two: - SCO Chief Says There's No Plan To Sue Linux Users - SCO Threatens

Re: ftp server behind firewall

2003-07-09 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Joel Hammer: I want to be able to ftp to a linux box behind a firewall linux box from the outside. I need to configure the ftp server and the firewall. I assume, since the outside client is also behind a firewall, I may be using passive mode for the transfer. I am using ipchains and

Moving Domain Registration

2003-07-09 Thread Kurt Wall
Hola, list, I need some advice. I'm moving from Comcast cable Internet service to Speakeasy's DSL service. The DSL just became active, but I'm not using it (much), yet. Meanwhile, my domain (Web site, email, other stuff) is hanging off the cable service and my DNS is currently using DynDNS to

Re: Moving Domain Registration

2003-07-09 Thread Bill Campbell
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 09:46:46PM -0400, Kurt Wall wrote: Hola, list, I need some advice. I'm moving from Comcast cable Internet service to Speakeasy's DSL service. The DSL just became active, but I'm not using it (much), yet. Meanwhile, my domain (Web site, email, other stuff) is hanging off

Re: Moving Domain Registration

2003-07-09 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: Hola, list, I need some advice. I'm moving from Comcast cable Internet service to Speakeasy's DSL service. The DSL just became active, but I'm not using it (much), yet. Meanwhile, my domain (Web site, email, other stuff) is hanging off the cable service and my DNS is currently

Acroread -toPostScript question

2003-07-09 Thread Joel Hammer
I tried using the toPostScript option on a pdf file acroread -toPostScript file.pdf It works almost perfectly except: 1. It generates postscript gv cannot read. 2. More annoyingly, it chops off the last couple of characters of long lines that wrap around in the text. #2 is the pain because I am

Re: Moving Domain Registration

2003-07-09 Thread ronnie gauthier
Get your new server running, point your DynDNS at the new IP. Change the nameservers at the registar to your new IP only after the new server is running stable. After a few weeks you can get rid of DynDNS as everything will be as propagated as it will get. Should keep you uninterupted. On Wed,

Re: Moving Domain Registration

2003-07-09 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Ken Moffat: Kurt Wall wrote: The challenge, though, it to keep KurtWerks accessible through the transition, and I'm not quite sure how to handle that, or even if it possible. I'm open to suggestions I thought dyndns clients would do this automatically.

Re: Moving Domain Registration

2003-07-09 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Ken Moffat: Kurt Wall wrote: The challenge, though, it to keep KurtWerks accessible through the transition, and I'm not quite sure how to handle that, or even if it possible. I'm open to suggestions I thought dyndns clients would do this automatically. (shows what I know.) Are you

Gui tool to compare 2 directories

2003-07-09 Thread Jean Sagi
Hi all, I used Tkdiff to compare 2 files and I like it a lot, but it has no option to compare the files in 2 directories. Does any one knows of a Tkdiff similar gui-tool for comparing two directories? Any help would be very appreciated. -- Atte, Jesús Antonio Santos Giraldo [EMAIL