[Eug-lug]Boot from ATAPI CD Rom

2002-12-30 Thread James
I'm pulling my hair out trying to install *anything* on this new parts is parts system, much less install linux. I've put together a system on a shoestring budget. I have an 8 gig drive master, and a 4 gig slave. I downloaded Mandrake 9.0 in October and was able to get in running back then, but

Re: [Eug-lug]Boot from ATAPI CD Rom

2002-12-30 Thread dsoper
On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 03:48:35AM -0800, James wrote: I've put together a system on a shoestring budget. I have an 8 gig drive master, and a 4 gig slave. I downloaded Mandrake 9.0 in October and was able to get in running back then, but was not able to get XWindows running. I've since

Re: [Eug-lug]Boot from ATAPI CD Rom

2002-12-30 Thread Mike O
It's all really a matter of getting a new CD-ROM. If it won't boot from even an OEM CD such as a Windows CD then it'll have a harder time booting from a CD-R. Other than a new drive, check that the cables are secure and perhaps replace the IDE cable on the CD-ROM. That 'could' help but not as

Re: [Eug-lug]Failure analysis (Dan's mail system)

2002-12-30 Thread dsoper
On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 06:35:15PM -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote: Thanks, Dan and Joseph, for explaining. I mistakenly assumed that 10 days was enough time to get a Linux mail system up and running. And from some of Dan's comments on the activism list, I thought he'd given up all hope of it

[Eug-lug]Seek minispeakers for Jan 2, 2003 PLUG Meeting - Special PurposeDistributions

2002-12-30 Thread David Mandel
So far, we have KnoppixDavid Mandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Floppyfw Jeme A Brelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Smoothwall Dale Zeutenhorst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Still need more volunteers. Dave Mandel --

[Eug-lug]ANNOUNCEMENT: January PLUG Meeting

2002-12-30 Thread David Mandel
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The Portland Linux/Unix Group will meet 7 PM Thursday Jan 2, 2003 at Portland State University

Re: [Eug-lug]MoTV or XawTV

2002-12-30 Thread Kent Loobey
On Monday 30 December 2002 11:35 am, you wrote: Does anyone know how to configure either MoTV or XawTV? I can't fined anyway to tell it what the local broadcast stations are around here. Maybe I should be more specific. It seems to find the channels but the numbers are off by one, e.g., 10

Re: [Eug-lug]Boot from ATAPI CD Rom

2002-12-30 Thread Linux Rocks !
On Monday 30 December 2002 03:48 am, James wrote: I might be able to put something together, however walmat sells lindows computers ( I went to the local one, but didnt see any... I did find them online though) for $200 you can get a nice 800mhz system running lindows, I have some old p-100

Re: [Eug-lug]MoTV or XawTV

2002-12-30 Thread Bob Crandell
Hi, I'm using XawTV. Here is my ~/.xawtv [global] freqtab = us-bcast pixsize = 128 x 96 pixcols = 10 jpeg-quality = 10 mjpeg-quality = 50 #keypad-ntsc = no #keypad-partial = yes mov-driver = avi mov-audio = stereo #mixer = vol osd = yes [defaults] norm = ntsc input = tuner capture = overlay

RE: [Eug-lug]Boot from ATAPI CD Rom

2002-12-30 Thread Dexter Graphic
I have an older CD ROM drive that won't read CD-R disks that have a bluish dye layer (like Imation's) but will read other brands (that are more clearish) just fine. Dex ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Eug-lug]MoTV or XawTV

2002-12-30 Thread Linux Rocks !
On Monday 30 December 2002 12:00 pm, Kent Loobey wrote: Kent, It sounds like your using PAL instead of NTSC, or that youve loaded the module improperly... I had a simular issue and it was becuase I was using PAL. There is an frequency offset option in your xawtv, I have an offset of +6

Re: [Eug-lug]Failure analysis (Dan's mail system)

2002-12-30 Thread Joseph Carter
On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 06:08:06AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The best way I have figured out to get a Linux mail system up and running is the following. 1) Don't use sendmail-- use postfix instead. Postfix is much easier to configure, especially if you have an intermittent dial-up

[Eug-lug]finding ip from mac address

2002-12-30 Thread Cory Petkovsek
How can I find the ip address given a mac address on a lan. The machine has not connected to me. When using tcpdump, I often see an arp request: arp who-has 10.0.0.20 tell 10.0.0.1 arp reply 10.0.0.20 is-at 0:d0:59:18:2:c2 How can I go the other way? I'm looking for something like: $arp

Re: [Eug-lug]finding ip from mac address

2002-12-30 Thread Linux Rocks !
If the machine has gotten an IP address from your dhcp server you could find it in: cat /var/state/dhcp/dhcpd.leases but if it hasnt tried to conect to you, you would have to scan for it. this might be a good start... http://www.google.com/search?q=scan,%20mac%20address You might throw in nmap

Re: [Eug-lug]finding ip from mac address

2002-12-30 Thread Bob Miller
Cory Petkovsek wrote: How can I find the ip address given a mac address on a lan. The machine has not connected to me. First, remember the mapping from MAC address to IP address is one to many, not one to one. Second, your best bet is to sniff packets going to/from that MAC address.