RE: [Eug-lug]Lovearth Network Hacked Down

2003-01-06 Thread Dexter Graphic
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jacob Meuser Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 12:28 To: EUGLUG Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]Lovearth Network Hacked Down On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 11:40:49AM -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote: I thought this was interesting because

RE: [Eug-lug]Lovearth Network Hacked Down

2003-01-06 Thread Dexter Graphic
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cory Petkovsek Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 14:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]Lovearth Network Hacked Down Dex, before making conclusions, let's re-read what he says: The entire Lovearth Network of 1000+

[Eug-lug]Is there anybody besides me who doesn't smoke pot!

2003-01-06 Thread Dexter Graphic
On this mailing list? In the Eugene Unix GNU-Linux User Group? In the free software movement? I'm beginning to wonder if this whole movement is, for the most part, just a drug-induced mass-hallucination. Dexter Graphic ___ Eug-LUG mailing list

RE: [Eug-lug]Is there anybody besides me who doesn't smoke pot!

2003-01-06 Thread Dexter Graphic
, reforms corrupt governments, and revitalizes democracy around the globe. I am beginning to think I'm in the wrong movement. Dexter Graphic ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

[Eug-lug]Lovearth Network Hacked Down

2003-01-05 Thread Dexter Graphic
I thought this was interesting because of the Linux technical implications. Is it really possible that some group of secret government operatives are forcing 1000+ Linux web sites down? Dex -Original Message- From: Larry Morningstar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 05,

[Eug-lug]Received date errors

2003-01-01 Thread Dexter Graphic
All the messages I've received for about the last day have been dated 2003 December 31. Apparently my isp (Prodigy/Yahoo/SBC) has something set-up wrong. Here is the header from a recent EUGLUG post. -Dex X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] via web80212.mail.yahoo.com; 31 Dec 2003 20:22:25 -0800

RE: [Eug-lug]] dma errors on dd // swap Qs

2002-12-31 Thread Dexter Graphic
/proc/swaps' or 'swapon -s'. Look at mkswap to create a swap partion or file on another drive. snip On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Ralph Zeller wrote: swapoff -a On 12/31/02 09am, Dexter Graphic wrote: I just tried copying my partitions one at a time with DMA support turned

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]Failure analysis (Dan's mail system)

2002-12-29 Thread Dexter Graphic
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 ever working. Just trying to help. Dexter

RE: [Eug-lug]] dma errors on dd

2002-12-29 Thread Dexter Graphic
Kbob wrote: I can't answer all your questions, but I can tell you how to learn what DMA mode Linux is using. Use the dmesg command to display your console boot messages, and search for UDMA in those messages. For example, I see this on tivopc. [bmiller@tivopc latest]$ dmesg | grep ^hd.:

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

2002-12-28 Thread Dexter Graphic
Dan As fellow engineers interested in the success of open source technology I think we should undertake an analysis of why your text-based Linux mail system is not functional. Is the problem with hardware, software, training, cost, usability, reliability, technical support, or what? I am severely

[Eug-lug]] dma errors on dd

2002-12-28 Thread Dexter Graphic
I recently tried backing up my hard disk using Red Hat 8.0 instead of Debian 3.0 just to see if there were any settings or optimizations that made any difference in the time it took. What I found out was that dd would crash (after about 20 minutes) without reporting any errors and with all

[Eug-lug]The True Believer

2002-12-27 Thread Dexter Graphic
Can Mike Doyle Do to Microsoft What the Rest of the Computer Industry and the Department of Justice Couldn't Do? http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20021107.html ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Eug-lug]Mirroring a drive (all partitions and the MBR)

2002-12-26 Thread Dexter Graphic
Correction: On 2002 December 23 at 14:58 I wrote: 32-bit I/O [...] made no difference in speed whether it was on or off. The Debian hdparm readme said the same thing: that 32bit-I/O usually does nothing for drive performance. I looked again and it turns out that this information came

RE: [Eug-lug]Mirroring a drive (all partitions and the MBR)

2002-12-24 Thread Dexter Graphic
I will try it again tonight before bedtime. I figure it will take several hours to duplicate my 40 GB drive. Which block size do you think I should use to improve the speed? Is bigger better? It should take 1-2 hours, if you have all the right hdparm settings. Using Debian's

RE: [Eug-lug]Mirroring a drive (all partitions and the MBR)

2002-12-24 Thread Dexter Graphic
Dexter, Your drive is still taking way too long. Use hdparm if necessary to set (turn on) the speedier features of your drive. You should be able to read and write your drive a whole lot faster than 4 hours. Ralph Well, that would be nice but I tested all the options you suggested

[Eug-lug]Hard Disk Performance Optimization with hdparm

2002-12-24 Thread Dexter Graphic
Here are some tests I just ran to see how various hdparm options affected my system's hard drive throughput (aka data copy speed or drive performance). Note: hdparm can do terrible things to your hard drive and your data so read the manual and be very careful what you type when you use this

RE: [Eug-lug]Mirroring a drive (all partitions and the MBR)

2002-12-23 Thread Dexter Graphic
. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Miller Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 15:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]Mirroring a drive (all partitions and the MBR) Dexter Graphic wrote: I will try it again tonight before bedtime. I figure

[Eug-lug]MandrakeSoft's Future

2002-12-20 Thread Dexter Graphic
Read A bit of history at the link below. It explains a lot, I think. -Dexter From: Mandrake Team Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 09:31 Flash: MandrakeSoft's Future Many of you have followed the evolution of MandrakeSoft throughout the past few years. Everyone who

RE: [Eug-lug]Dan's text based computer system

2002-12-16 Thread Dexter Graphic
of fact, and Dan said that he wanted to download his mail and work off-line so that he could free up his phone while he was reading and responding to messages. Dexter Graphic -- Always trying to present things as clearly as possible. ___ Eug-LUG mailing

RE: [Eug-lug]Dan's text based computer system

2002-12-16 Thread Dexter Graphic
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joseph Carter Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 00:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: EUGLUG; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]Dan's text based computer system On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 09:03:47AM -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote

[Eug-lug]Dan's text based computer system

2002-12-15 Thread Dexter Graphic
at least 25 hours and possibly as many as 50 to get Dan's mail system working. This means it would cost Dan $250 to $500 to solve his problem. If anyone else with more expertise than me is willing to do it for less, then please submit your own proposals. Dexter Graphic -- Always trying to present

RE: [Eug-lug]Dan's text based computer system

2002-12-15 Thread Dexter Graphic
*Reality Check!* Dan sounds like a bundle of contradictions and perhaps _should_ stick with Windows. Why should anyone help someone for free if they aren't willing to invest at least an equal amount of time themselves. Since Dan is no longer subscribed to this list and I know him pretty

RE: [Eug-lug]Dan's text based computer system

2002-12-15 Thread Dexter Graphic
it in a few days. I don't have a car though. I have installed Mandrake before and I actually have a BSD system up and running text only configured for efn. I could probably copy settings from that. This would be a valuable learning experience for me. Dexter Graphic wrote: Since

[Eug-lug]Dexter's dd block size speed test

2002-12-14 Thread Dexter Graphic
than 512 bytes (since this seems to be the default block size on modern hard disks and it results in doubling of the copy speed. Dexter Graphic ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

RE: [Eug-lug]Mirroring a drive (all partitions and the MBR)

2002-12-13 Thread Dexter Graphic
Thanks for the tips, Horst and KBob. I tried running a disk duplication last night before I went to bed but this morning I was disappointed to find it hadn't worked. I had mistakenly issued the command dd if=/dev/hda of=/hdb and ended up filling my root partition completely so that dd aborted

[Eug-lug]Mirroring a drive (all partitions and the MBR)

2002-12-12 Thread Dexter Graphic
Any suggestions on how I can mirror (duplicate onto an identical drive) my fancy 3 distribution and 8 partition GNU/Linux system? Would dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb work? If so, do I have to run it from a boot floppy so that no partitions are mounted? Also, it's not exactly what I'm looking for,

RE: [Eug-lug]OT: Esperanto

2002-12-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
I was excited about Esperanto for a while but then I gave it up. I was put off by all the strange, non-Latin, characters it uses. They're not on my keyboard. Where does this email course come from? I might try it. Dex From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tim Howe

RE: [Eug-lug]A networking question

2002-12-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
is that it reduces the traffic over your internet connection. Dexter Graphic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: If set up a DHCP server on my network, I assume that means I can no longer use a hosts file for resolving machine names, so does that mean I need a DNS server to perform this function

[Eug-lug]] Getting 3 Linuxen into 1 box

2002-12-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
I'm trying to consolidate three different Linux systems I've got going (Debian 3.0, Mandrake 8.2, and RedHat 8.0) so they will all boot from the same harddrive using Lilo to pick which one. Previously each distributions was on its own hard disk (which I swapped out when I wanted to switch

RE: [Eug-lug]A networking question

2002-12-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
A DNS server running in this fashion is termed a caching dns server. ...This means the first lookup goes over the internet connection, all subsequent lookups are made either on the local machine or over a lan depending on the setup. When, if ever, does the DNS server check to see if an

RE: [Eug-lug]] Getting 3 Linuxen into 1 box

2002-12-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
The problem is really simple, looking at your config image=/boot/vmlinuz label=Mandrake root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi read-only so /boot/vmlinuz is the Mandrake kernel, got it. image=/boot/vmlinuz #

RE: [Eug-lug]] Getting 3 Linuxen into 1 box

2002-12-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
You will also want to edit your /etc/fstab to reflect the proper mount points for each system (and swap file) since they likely have changed (well.. at least on 2 of the systems). I already did this part, I just forgot to mention it in my post. Sorry. Dex

RE: [Eug-lug]] Getting 3 Linuxen into 1 box

2002-12-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
You can have three separate /boot folders, one on each partition. Then you'd setup lilo from mandrake (ie the first). You'd make changes to lilo only in mandrake. You would then have only one image: image=/boot/vmlinuz -- mandrake kernel options... other=/dev/hda7

RE: [Eug-lug]] Getting 3 Linuxen into 1 box

2002-12-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
Please disregard this duplicate message. My send address was wrong so I did not expect that my ISP would let it through. Apparently it did after some delay. -Dex From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dexter Graphic [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002

[Eug-lug]It worked! (was: Getting 3 linuxen into 1 box)

2002-12-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
I got Debian to boot from its own partition using lilo. Hurray! Without your help I don't think I would have ever figured it out. Regards, Dexter ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

[Eug-lug]A networking question

2002-12-07 Thread Dexter Graphic
If set up a DHCP server on my network, I assume that means I can no longer use a hosts file for resolving machine names, so does that mean I need a DNS server to perform this function? Dexter ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Eug-lug]No future in proprietary software

2002-12-05 Thread Dexter Graphic
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2127047,00.html Richard Stallman, the free-software nut who became a genius, is on a mission to completely reject proprietary software - and make it easy for others to reject it, too. I thought this article had something for everyone, so I posted it to

[Eug-lug]Bug reporting in Debian

2002-12-04 Thread Dexter Graphic
What is the procedure for bug reporting in Debian? Seth told me once about a program that e-mails a report to the appropriate maintainer, but I don't remember how to do it. ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Eug-lug]Re: Regarding the RH-8.0 Eval CD Packs...

2002-12-01 Thread Dexter Graphic
Is there some way to make the evaluation CDs you gave out work on a computer without a bootable CD ROM drive? snip Unfortunately the answer will have to be no on that one. I argued with people when I returned about that because I encountered the issue or more than one occasion while on

RE: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-29 Thread Dexter Graphic
Netgear makes a 2 port and a 3 port 10/100 printserver. http://www.buynetgear.com/product.asp?sku=1015044 http://www.buynetgear.com/product.asp?sku=1634663 They sell for around $100 and $125 respectively. http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buyer/outpdir.jsp?doSearch=ysearch=netgear_print_server I

RE: [Eug-lug]Re: Regarding the RH-8.0 Eval CD Packs...

2002-11-29 Thread Dexter Graphic
I just downloaded the floppy boot (boot.img) as per the instructions in the online installation manual. It is 1.4MB not 2.88. I used rawrite to put it on a floppy and booted my 'puter with the evaluation CD in the CD ROM drive; after some sputtering and searching it said wrong version of disk

[Eug-lug]Computer Pioneer Alan Kay Joins HP Labs

2002-11-27 Thread Dexter Graphic
from http://apnews.myway.com//article/20021126/D7NHG9IO0.html Computer Pioneer Alan Kay Joins HP Labs Nov 26, 12:21 AM (ET) By MATTHEW FORDAHL SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Computing pioneer Alan Kay, who was instrumental in the development of modern programming languages and graphics-based computer

[Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Dexter Graphic
Does anyone have experience running an HP DeskJet off a network printserver device from a Linux workstation? I'm wondering if it works and how well. What brand of print server would you recommend? Does it need to be an HP model to work with the DeskJet? My objective is to be able to print from

RE: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Dexter Graphic
If I go the hp jetdirect route, it looks like the 300x is the model I would get. Here are the specs: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/un/WF06/18972-236253-64302-34214-27316-13138-13139.html I checked around, and the jetdirect 300x sells for around $250 plus shipping. Here are two suppliers

RE: [Eug-lug]Linux conversion path.....I need suggestions

2002-11-21 Thread Dexter Graphic
Pagemaker What Linux Program? http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/about.html Scribus is a Layout program for Linux, similar to Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign, except that it is published under the GNU GPL. ___ Eug-LUG

RE: [Eug-lug]RH8 and X-configuration

2002-11-19 Thread Dexter Graphic
Between Red Hat, Mandrake, SUSE, Debian, and all the rest, you'd figure that they could get the hardware detection and GUI interface (X install) to just work right out of the box using a universal hardware database. Isn't the whole point behind open source that if one person figures out how to

[Eug-lug]How to Start a Sustainable Business or Cooperative

2002-11-07 Thread Dexter Graphic
There will be a free workshop Friday from 13:00 to 16:15 at the Fir room in the EMU at the U of O. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sbs/program.html I would like to invite all of you who are interested in pursuing the creation of a Computer Consultants' Cooperative based on sustainable

[Eug-lug]What time?

2002-11-06 Thread Dexter Graphic
Is there a command you can type at the Linux command line to tell you what time it is (or at least what time the computer thinks it is)? ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

Re: [Eug-lug]extract to here

2002-11-06 Thread Dexter Graphic
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 15:30, Mike O wrote: gunzip filename.gz tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz couldn't resist. The gunzip worked but it deleted the original file.Is there some way to stop it from doing this? ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Eug-lug] Modem

2002-11-06 Thread Dexter Graphic
...I have a hsp56mr modem and I don't know how to set it up... How do you know it's an hsp56mr modem? Are you getting this from the Windows Device Manager? My experience is that hsp refers to a type of driver, a host signal processor, meaning only that the modem depends on the host CPU for

[Eug-lug]Thanks! But what about doing it in KDE?

2002-11-06 Thread Dexter Graphic
Thanks for all the command line help (determining the time and extracting archives). But doesn't anyone ever use KDE? Like for browsing through the compressed help files in /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en/ ? I thought maybe if I entered . as the default directory in ark's preferences that it might

RE: [Eug-lug]scary meeting

2002-10-31 Thread Dexter Graphic
Larry, I truly appreciate your sharp witted humor. -Dexter ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

RE: [Eug-lug]apt-get stop!

2002-10-19 Thread Dexter Graphic
On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 22:01, Larry Price wrote: What problem are you trying to solve, is it that you don't have the bandwidth and don't want to get stuck with your phone line occupied, or is it that don't have the disk space? I want to apply any system security updates that have come out

[Eug-lug]Debian CDs

2002-10-19 Thread Dexter Graphic
A note to Bob Miller and other interested persons: The ISO for disk 7 was good (confirmed with md5sum) so I burned it onto a CD and ran apt-cdrom add to get it into my sources list. And it turned out that that's where Jigdo was located, as well as a couple other packages I was looking for. I

[Eug-lug]apt-get stop!

2002-10-18 Thread Dexter Graphic
Let's say I ran apt-get upgrade to fetch any new security updates for Woody, but when I saw how much stuff it was going to download I told it no to cancel. However, every time I run dselect now it still wants to get and install all of those packages. How do I get apt-get to stop trying to

RE: [Eug-lug]apt-get stop!

2002-10-18 Thread Dexter Graphic
Joseph Carter wrote: apt-get install the-one-thing-I-need I don't know what the one thing I need is; I'm looking for all the security updates to date. Kbob wrote: I think you want to set the packages' hold flags. You do that in dselect with the H command. How would I even find the 96

RE: [Eug-lug]apt-get stop!

2002-10-18 Thread Dexter Graphic
Comment all lines except for the ones that reference security.debian.org. This will give you the security updates and not the upgrades. That's the only place I was pointed. apt-get upgrade -u Shows all packages that will be upgraded. Running this returned 96 packages, 28 MB, most of them

RE: [Eug-lug] Thursday night's organizational meeting

2002-10-12 Thread Dexter Graphic
and never say you're sorry. Selfishness and greed really is the only thing worth fighting for! Dexter Graphic ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

RE: [Eug-lug]Re: [EUG-LUG:1555] for the logical geeks

2002-10-11 Thread Dexter Graphic
This same puzzle was posted about a year ago. I figured it out by making notes on a piece of paper, although it took me about an hour. I don't remember what the answer was but I remember that it was fun and challenging to figure out. Dexter ___

[Eug-lug]] Colleges Slow Computer Networks

2002-10-11 Thread Dexter Graphic
Bandwidth throttling to stop music and video swapping. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021010/D7MIIBVO0.html ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

[Eug-lug]] Microsoft Backs Off Copyright Scheme

2002-10-11 Thread Dexter Graphic
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021009/D7MIB1400.html Bowing to criticism, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday backed off a copyright protection scheme that would have restricted the use of TV programs recorded on computers that run an upcoming version of the Windows XP operating system. Windows

[Eug-lug]] Microsoft Wins Software Case

2002-10-11 Thread Dexter Graphic
Microsoft Wins Software Case http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021011/D7MJERD81.html Oct 11, 11:26 AM (ET) HONG KONG (AP) - A judge ordered a computer retailer to pay Microsoft the equivalent of $4.5 million in damages for the retailer's unlicensed use of the software giant's products. High

[Eug-lug]] FCC Approves Plan for Digital Radio

2002-10-11 Thread Dexter Graphic
Radio stations can now broadcast CD-quality music. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021010/D7MIU0G83.html ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

RE: [Eug-lug]Lawrence Lessig, The New New Old War

2002-10-09 Thread Dexter Graphic
Lawrence Lessig's presentation at LinuxWorld, The New New Old War. He discusses the future of the internet and how developing intellectual property laws threaten it. (Is that accurate, Dexter?) Looking at the awkward title of the talk, I realize that the meaning would be clearer if it were

RE: [Eug-lug]Why is OpenOffice.org not part of Debian?

2002-10-09 Thread Dexter Graphic
Bob Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: Why is OpenOffice.org not included in the Debian distributions? It's available from http://www.linux-debian.de/openoffice/, but not on the regular Debian mirrors. On 2002 October 08, Seth Cohn wrote: Debian politics mostly. See below. Your use

[Eug-lug][ My ISP search continues ]

2002-10-08 Thread Dexter Graphic
Well, I finally found an ISP I liked. Check out this great setup instructions page: http://www.express56.com/dun.shtml It's the best I've seen. It includes instructions for Linux and Free BSD. The service requires no special software and it costs only $6.95 per month--with no yearly

[Eug-lug]Free/Open ISP

2002-10-07 Thread Dexter Graphic
Does any one have a nationwide ISP they would recommend that supports GNU/Linux? ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

[Eug-lug]Why 32 Bits Per Channel?

2002-10-05 Thread Dexter Graphic
Check out these amazing examples of the powerful versatility of 32 bit per channel images! http://www.idruna.com/photogenicshdr.html Why 32 Bits Per Channel? Regular 8 and 16 bit per channel applications are simply not capable of realistically or accurately processing real world levels of

[Eug-lug]ox, box, fox, sox

2002-09-26 Thread Dexter Graphic
ox oxen box boxes boxen? fox foxes foxen? vixen (one female fox) sock socks sox ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

RE: [Eug-lug]PHP rocks!

2002-09-19 Thread Dexter Graphic
A language's suckatude (or rockatude) is its relative count of web pages that mention the language's name along with sucks and rules, measured by searches on AltaVista. I'm sure there are a lot of happy programmers who never put up a web page declaring that their favorite language

[Eug-lug]Debian Jigsaw Download at EUGLUG meeting

2002-09-12 Thread Dexter Graphic
If I bring my 'puter in tonight can I connect to you're network and download Debian ISOs using Jigsaw? -Dexter ___ Eug-lug mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

RE: [Eug-lug]A WinXP patch

2002-09-06 Thread Dexter Graphic
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 07:34:05PM -0700, Edward Craig wrote: Looks as though I managed to spread klez (or something like it) out there, judging by feedback to lane-greens-administrator. Hope nobody actually applied it. It looks to me like the server stripped out the virus, so the message

RE: [Eug-lug]So who wants a meeting this week?

2002-09-05 Thread Dexter Graphic
Larry, So does it look like we're going to have a meeting at EFN tonight? If so would it be possible for me to download/copy the latest Debian distribution to my harddisk? I assume that the 7 CD images will be available somewhere/somehow either on one of your machines or from the Internet?

RE: [Eug-lug]So who wants a meeting this week? (Debian CDs)

2002-09-05 Thread Dexter Graphic
You really only need the first CD. Once you have the basic system installed you can pull in just what you need from a Debian mirror. With my 28.8 connection I'd rather install everything from the CD's. ___ Eug-lug mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Eug-lug]So who wants a meeting this week?

2002-09-05 Thread Dexter Graphic
: RE: [Eug-lug]So who wants a meeting this week? On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Dexter Graphic wrote: Larry, So does it look like we're going to have a meeting at EFN tonight? Yes, unless my head explodes If so would it be possible for me to download/copy the latest Debian distribution

RE: [Eug-lug] eug-lug now a mailman list (bwhahahaahahaa!)

2002-09-03 Thread Dexter Graphic
Larry, What is the password we are supposed to use to access our subscriber settings via the link at the bottom of your message? Dexter From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Larry Price Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 16:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Eug-lug]

[EUG-LUG:3798] Gamers on Edge of High-End PCs

2002-08-26 Thread Dexter Graphic
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20020825/D7LKINH80.html These 21st century hot rods have exotic electronic components, plastic windows, fancy lacquered paint jobs and neon lights that pulsate to music. http://www.falcon-nw.com/%5Cexotix.asp This $80,000 '99 Dodge Viper GTS and Mach V

[EUG-LUG:3728] Blender trying to go open source

2002-08-15 Thread Dexter Graphic
The Free Software Foundation supports the Blender Foundation in its campaign to raise funds so that Blender can be released under GNU GPL. http://www.blender3d.com/

[EUG-LUG:3622] Re: Question about an extension

2002-07-30 Thread Dexter Graphic
probably another proprietary M$ file... See if you can find something to open it, or just tell your friend to use real products instead of those fake M$ wanna-be-products :) Jamie Microsoft excels at making and marketing real products, what they have trouble with is abiding by real

[EUG-LUG:3494] RE: Linux Format install of KDE3 works,...but no ICONs! please advise...

2002-07-18 Thread Dexter Graphic
On my Mandrake 8.2 system all the KDE icons are located in /usr/share/icons. This seems to be the default location where KDE desktop shortcuts look for their associated icons. If you search for kcontrol.png (one of KDE's icons) on your system where does it show up? If it's not found or if it's

[EUG-LUG:3468] RE: How do you make Mandrake recognize new KDE3?

2002-07-17 Thread Dexter Graphic
I found the following suggestion at the MandrakeForum: http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=2205lang=en Open Control Center, Open Boot, Open Boot Config, Change Kde 3 to the default desktop, Click OK, Close Control Center, Next time you boot up kde3 should load. If that does not work

[EUG-LUG:3470] Re: Perhaps someone here can help me

2002-07-17 Thread Dexter Graphic
It's a big business of pushers. It supports it's own agenda. The abusers are the problem, and they control the system. They have twisted it to their will, so to speak. It's so effective and complete that people are unaware that it can be any other way... Tim, That's what capitalism

[EUG-LUG:3472] RE: [EUG-LUG] RE: Mandrake recognizes new KDE3, now, BUT NO Icons

2002-07-17 Thread Dexter Graphic
There has to be an easy fix for this, right? I don't know; did you try rebooting? That often works for MS Windows. (c:W

[EUG-LUG:3482] Re: Perhaps someone here can help me

2002-07-17 Thread Dexter Graphic
Have you ever considered therapy, Dexter? Sometimes just a simple supplement can help you. Regards, Jim Therapy assumes that the problem is primarily in my head, but here are lots of objective facts that support my view of capitalism. I guess you could make the argument that all socialists

[EUG-LUG:3484] Re: Perhaps someone here can help me

2002-07-17 Thread Dexter Graphic
Have you ever considered therapy, Dexter? Sometimes just a simple supplement can help you. Regards, Jim Therapy assumes that the problem is primarily in my head, but there are lots of objective facts that support my view of capitalism. I guess you could make the argument that all

[EUG-LUG:3455] Re: Perhaps someone here can help me

2002-07-16 Thread Dexter Graphic
software if we want to set our fellows free and save the planet from further environmental destruction. Universal Family Love will be the new kernel of the Revolution OS. Let the greedy try to hack that! Dexter Graphic From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Linux Rocks

[EUG-LUG:3459] Re: Perhaps someone here can help me

2002-07-16 Thread Dexter Graphic
be overcome by the power of good: personal honesty, integrity, and creativity. I will stay and fight for the working people of this country and every other against the injustice, lies, and brutality of capitalism (legalized plunder.) So help me God, Dexter Graphic

[EUG-LUG:3336] Re: Dexter's boot troubles

2002-07-07 Thread Dexter Graphic
MAYBE you have different partitions, each of them having their own lost+found The lost+found in my other partition is empty also.

[EUG-LUG:3296] Firewall Roundup: Offerings from SuSe, Mandrake, and Coyote Linux

2002-07-04 Thread Dexter Graphic
I found this article comparing firewall solutions helpful. -Dexter http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=2424/uni1014152480113/0202i.htm

[EUG-LUG:3280] Re: Dexter's boot troubles

2002-07-03 Thread Dexter Graphic
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horst Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:00 Subject: [EUG-LUG:3266] Re: Dexter's boot troubles Dexter, Let me start by saying that I DO enjoy and appreciate your detailed problem descriptions --and sometimes success report, i.e. how you got the CD

[EUG-LUG:3239] Dexter's boot troubles

2002-07-02 Thread Dexter Graphic
My Mandrake 8.2 system recently stopped booting. After a couple of days of fiddling with it, I gave up and just reinstalled the system from CD. This didn't actually fix the problem but created others which somehow resulted in a solution. But I'm still curious what actually happened. I would

[EUG-LUG:3242] Re: Dexter's boot troubles

2002-07-02 Thread Dexter Graphic
Thanks for your analysis, Jamie. Below are some clarifications and more questions. My guess is your original boot block had an issue (not being properly linked?) and the fsck ran by the boot process probably re-linked to an alternate boot block What causes a boot block to become unlinked?

[EUG-LUG:3261] Re: Dexter's boot troubles

2002-07-02 Thread Dexter Graphic
: My guess is your original boot block had an issue (not being properly : linked?) and the fsck ran by the boot process probably re-linked to an : alternate boot block : : What causes a boot block to become unlinked? And wouldn't one of the : many filesystem checks I ran manually have

[EUG-LUG:2862] RE: Mandrake 8.2 Xwindows frustration

2002-06-07 Thread Dexter Graphic
James, did you ever get X working? -Dexter

[EUG-LUG:2754] Consulting work: mouse pointer schemes installation (Windows)

2002-05-29 Thread Dexter Graphic
Is anyone here interested in writing a Windows install program for mouse pointer schemes from a CD? I'm not into this but I have a customer who is asking for it. Dexter

[EUG-LUG:2731] Re: Mandrake 8.2 Xwindows frustration

2002-05-27 Thread Dexter Graphic
I just don't understand why the video card and system works well with 7.1, but freaks out with 8.2. My video card is so old, I have no idea what it is, really. Try using the version 3 Xserver instead of version 4; it's an option during X setup. You can also change it using the system

[EUG-LUG:2668] Xcdroast update for Mandrake 8.2

2002-05-17 Thread Dexter Graphic
is the only reason to do anything. Dexter Graphic Never be afraid to follow truth, beauty, and goodness wherever they may lead you. www.UniversalFamilyLove.net

[EUG-LUG:2588] Re: How does MandrakeUpdate work?

2002-05-10 Thread Dexter Graphic
of the Mandrake Linux Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM. If you use MandrakeUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you. On Sun, 5 May 2002, Dexter Graphic wrote: I encountered the following instructions on how

[EUG-LUG:2557] Re: Linux micro-distributions

2002-05-05 Thread Dexter Graphic
what about picoBSD http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ I tried two variants of pico: router and dialup (because it has the help files) but neither of them would boot on any of three machines I tried (an old Pentium 166, a Pentium II 333, and a Pentium III 850) they just started to load the os

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