Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-19 Thread donw
I'm joining the thread a bit late, but...whatthehell. On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 10:34:19AM +1100, Matthew Joyce wrote: > > The vendor will advocate Redhat, but Debian is the only linux I have > used so that would be my choice. > > I will be supporting the box and os, they will support the app. Tha

Re: OT: Re: Emergency braking and bird anatomy [was: Re: DVD copying and CSS]

2004-02-24 Thread donw
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 08:14:30PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 09:11:10AM -0500, Mike Dresser wrote: > > > > The Chevy Cavaliers of around 2001-2002 were the other way, and hyper > > sensitive. I've seen the ABS come on at 5kph at the end of a stop, > > completely removing any

Re: Old x486 as thin client

2004-02-11 Thread donw
Where could one find a stockpile of this paleolithic hardware? -- Don Werve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Unix System Administrator) Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn bork! bork! bork! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Better program than Putty?

2004-02-06 Thread donw
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 04:51:43PM -0800, Mike White wrote: > > SecureCRT[1] is the shiznit. It's also $99 a pop. Bit expensive for an SSH client. -- Don Werve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Unix System Administrator) Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn bork! bork!

Could someone boot the spamming asshat? (nt)

2003-12-15 Thread donw
(Yes, killfiles and all, but still...) -- Don Werve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Unix System Administrator) Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn bork! bork! bork! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: yet another NVIDIA problem (4496)

2003-12-15 Thread donw
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 06:03:03PM -0600, Stewart Jenkins wrote: > On Saturday 13 December 2003 02:05, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > That is the crap driver I'm talking about. BTW, you can get it easier > > with apt...the nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx packages are it. > > > > Interesting. I had l

Using procmail to auto-file messages.

2003-11-17 Thread donw
I've got a mail account on one of my servers which is accessed by a few individuals. Messages in this account are broken up by month; therefore, messages for each month live in their own folder. Is there a way I can rig up a .procmailrc, such that it will auto-file messages into the appropros fol

Re: freelance sysadmining - other thread went bonkers

2003-11-14 Thread donw
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:38:22AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..and, learn to say "no way!". An honest "_No!_" up front, earns you > respect for your spine and integrity. Everything else, you can learn. I'll drink to that; I've done independent small-time contracting before, and I'll likely be

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-14 Thread donw
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:13:21PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > 2. If drop-out rates increased exponentially, they'd "hit" 100% >very soon. Rather, say "ignorance rates are increasing at an >alarming rate". Good point. -- Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-14 Thread donw
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 01:35:20PM -0500, Alfredo Valles wrote: > On Friday 14 November 2003 1:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On the upside, those with the brains to move > > themselves up on the socioeconomic ladder will do quite well. > > I don't think they will do so well with the numbe

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-14 Thread donw
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:39:31AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Since the US hasn't ratified the ICJ treaty, it can't happen, unless > the Europeans come in (in force) and *take* GWB. (Ha ha ha ha ha.) First off, my advance apologies for a bit of rambling; I'm quite tired, overly caffeinated, an

Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-13 Thread donw
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:04:57PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:36:29AM -0800, Tom wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:35:39PM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > > > > I have mixed feelings. One the one hand, I read about China's opium > > wars in the 1800s, and see a fa

Re: Toy Story List

2003-03-31 Thread donw
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:59:46AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > Potatoe? No! Its Potato. Potato! potato!! > Sounds like a Harley. -- Don Werve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Unix System Administrator) Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn bork! bork! bork! -- T

Re: Toy Story List

2003-03-31 Thread donw
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 05:30:33AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 06:35:42PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Toy Story 2 ... > > Invader Zim? Please, no. All the systems on my network are named after Zim characters, and I don't feel like having to play "Who's on First." with

Re: [OT] Sacramento broadband ???

2003-03-27 Thread donw
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 06:09:45PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > Anybody reading this live in Sacramento, CA? > > My son is moving there from Chicago. He's hooked on good cablemodem > service from attbi. > > What is available in Sacramento? Comcast (formerly ATTBI) is available, as is both

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-03-24 Thread donw
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 08:06:12AM -0800, Larry wrote: > I must say, however, that compared to a number of > other systems I've worked with, Debian is difficult to > get installed and configured. I suspect the poor > fellow was ready to tear his hair out (assuming he had > some hair). > > On the

Re: [OT] user psychology

2003-03-24 Thread donw
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 12:32:19PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > 1) Rules. Make sure you have very simple, very precise, and very well > enforced rules. There should be no more than a dozen primary points > (backed up with "sub-rules" of course) because otherwise people won't > remember them. And

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-03-24 Thread donw
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 07:26:51PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Late last month. I think he posted twice out of a few dozen times > that he demonstrated he had a clue. I think his brain's signal to > noise ratio is too low for him to even be owning a computer. s/owning a computer/commanding a

Vim and Japanese.

2003-03-18 Thread donw
Is there any support for Japanese input (using canna/kinput) in newer versions of Vim? I'm currently using JVim, but it'd be nice to have something that is a bit more modern (with certain features like syntax hilighting). -- Don Werve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Unix System Administrator) Yorn desh bo

Re: Convincing someone to switch to Linux

2003-03-17 Thread donw
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 07:08:04AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > > Terminal Servers, not the workstations, take up more than the typical > amount of RAM. Remember, you are now running multiple users on this one > box and even with the efficiency of memory object sharing you can quickly > get int

Re: LAPTOPS

2003-03-10 Thread donw
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 04:32:36PM -0400, james leclair wrote: > Hello, you guys have been very helpful in the past so heres another one > for yus! > I'm about to take the plunge and pick up a laptop. My first laptop in a > number of years. > So, what, if any, suggestions comments or what have y

Re: Netgear MA311 Wireless PCI Works

2003-02-28 Thread donw
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:13:55AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > I tried adding iface wlan0 inet static and the known addresses in > /etc/network/interfaces but still must make the manual entries. Move the scripts that set up your wireless configuration (ssid, etc.) before the networking sc

Re: US Robotics 56K PCI winmodem + Woody

2003-02-27 Thread donw
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:13:40PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > >I've recently bought a US Robotics 56K PCI winmodem. I realized the last > >part (winmodem) just a few days ago. > > > >How do I install it in Woody? > > > >Currently I'm using Woody, unstable/testing and kernel 2.4.20. > > > >

Re: US Robotics 56K PCI winmodem + Woody

2003-02-27 Thread donw
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:22:05PM +0100, Aedificator wrote: > I've recently bought a US Robotics 56K PCI winmodem. I realized the last > part (winmodem) just a few days ago. > > How do I install it in Woody? You don't; if this has changed (with respect to USR winmodems), I'd like to know. -- D

Re: Japanese input

2003-02-26 Thread donw
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 10:52:41AM +0100, Robert Ewald wrote: > > How to enter japanes into kde application. I understand that qt applications > have an xim option, but I have not found any documentation for that option, > so I am a bit lost. Maybe someone here has some suggestions. > kinput2

Re: Newbie bull brings own china shop.

2003-02-25 Thread donw
My apologies for making this a list-wide post, but I'd prefer to be corrected if I'm wrong. On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 07:25:20PM +0700, Brian Durant wrote: > OK, due to a download problem with a couple of the large CD iso files, I > am trying the bootbf2.4.iso Andrew Bloch net install. When I get t

Re: I will never go back to RH

2003-02-18 Thread donw
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:51:42PM +0100, Jeff Elkins wrote: > After less than a week with Debian, I'm simply astounded at the power of the > apt pkg managment system. I'm in the middle of compiling KDE3.1 and when I > come up with a missing part, apt-cache search, apt-get install and BAM I'm in

Re: Windowmaker question

2003-02-13 Thread donw
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 03:37:56PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a Windowmaker question. When you launch a program (say xterm) > you get the program window and an icon. How do I get windowmaker to > not display the extra icon? I know that you can have the clip auto > attract them a

xlock+apm suspend -- how?

2003-02-11 Thread donw
Short version: I'm trying to get xlock to automatically launch whenever my machine (a laptop) goes into suspend mode. Slightly longer version: I've been using a symlink in /etc/apm/suspend.d (to a script in /etc/apm/scripts.d) to handle the starting and stopping of xlock; all

Re: Mixed platform network

2003-02-10 Thread donw
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 10:27:22PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > > Right now, when I run totally under a Windows XP Professional > environment, I have a Dell notebook which is the internet gateway, and > connected by a crossover cable, I have a Dell desktop sharing that > connection. Thus they ca

Framebuffer logo.

2003-02-07 Thread donw
Is there any way to *completely disable* the logo when using a framebuffered console, other than just hacking kernel to tell it not to show a logo (which works)? I didn't see anything along the lines of a useful pragma for telling Linux to boot sans logo. I'm not looking for a way to *replace* th

Re: Debian on Macintosh

2003-02-07 Thread donw
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:28:40PM +1100, David Pastern wrote: > Can't help you much there (gimme a break i'm use exchange and it doesn't do > the "so and so said...so i'm being lazy for editing this post since i post > few messages to the lists these days)...i work for Apple as a tier 1 tech, > so

Re: columbia -- what really happened

2003-02-04 Thread donw
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 08:18:42PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > > > I feel sorry for their families, kinda hard to feel sorry for astronauts. > > As for bravery, no I don't think they are brave either. > > Why not? There's always a chance that the shuttle will blow up at > some point (Challe

Nullmailer problems.

2003-01-24 Thread donw
I've been using nullmailer for quite some time with nary a hitch, but it looks like it's just sort-of stopped relaying messages; apparently this happened a few weeks ago, and I never noticed it as I usually end up using my work email address for everything. Whenever I try to flush the queue by han