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

2003-01-06 Thread Mike O
Generally speaking, marijuana smokers don't normally hallucinate unless it's some really good stuff or smoked in large quanities. :) Not that I do that stuff or anything (anymore). I do this because I like it. Free software isn't about politics to me. I like having options. I like playing with my

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]Mirroring a drive (all partitions and the MBR)

2002-12-24 Thread Mike O
For those of you who don't mind something a tad proprietary, Symantec's Ghost works rather well with ext2/3 partitions and I ghosted my 20 to a 60 and a few days later to an 80 and all I had to do each time was use my Linuxcare CD to run lilo and I could be up and running again. Total time for the

Re: [Eug-lug]Two Towers

2002-12-22 Thread Mike O
I doubt there is any loss of quality when viewing the DVD. It just depends on your screen and DVD deck. Get yourself a nice 16:9 HDTV with a decent progressive scan DVD player and you'll not ever complain about the picture. As far as sound is concerned it's hard to tell if you're being sarcastic

Re: [Eug-lug]Something to think about during the holidaze...

2002-12-18 Thread Mike O
That whole 'spoken song' had air time a few years back on the local radio stations in AZ. I'm sure others have heard it too. Another point though is; who the heck needs sunscreen in Eugene?! Most days there is not a sky in the cloud. __ Do you

Re: [Eug-lug]slooow cable modem connection on 'nix

2002-12-18 Thread Mike O
How about recompiling your kernel to get rid of any extra crud RH tends to add to the system. Aren't kernel compiles the answer to all of life's questions? :) Otherwise if the card is not onboard, try a different slot. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail

Re: [Eug-lug]Meeting on the 26th?

2002-12-18 Thread Mike O
PROTECTED] wrote: Mike O wrote: Somebody buying you new toys? I can hardly afford to get myself anything cool right now. You don't have to get yourself anything. You just have to let your adoring fans know what you'd like. __ Do you Yahoo

Re: [Eug-lug]Meeting on the 26th?

2002-12-17 Thread Mike O
Somebody buying you new toys? I can hardly afford to get myself anything cool right now. Although, I already have plenty of toys. Nothing will be new this month. --- Patrick R. Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are we having a meeting on Dec 26th to show off our new toys?

[Eug-lug]free chair :)

2002-12-17 Thread Mike O
Anybody need a piece of furniture? I have an older swiveling chair with a beautiful duct tape job on the arm rests. The chair is actually in good condition and very sturdy. Perfect for any bachelor's living room. Just speak up and I'd even be willing to drop it off.

Re: [Eug-lug]Slackware current...

2002-12-10 Thread Mike O
Find a link to an ISO and I'd grab it. Otherwise I need to copy the entire directory and figure out how to make a bootable CD out of it. On a related issue... What are the minumum files needed to make a bootable CD for an FTP install. I'd like to try the current Slack and would willingly do an

Re: [Eug-lug]Grabbing a frame of video - am I on the right track?

2002-12-08 Thread Mike O
If only that were true. It's not the CPU, it's the BIOS. Many socket 7 boards have that capability too. Your BIOS is your first important part, then your CDROM. Your CPU makes not a drop of difference. --- mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just about any cd-rom over 16x should be able to boot from

Re: [Eug-lug]Dynamic Ip

2002-12-07 Thread Mike O
So you have people that need to point and click but you want to do 'scp'? Why not say so in the first place? Just kidding. Go to www.ssh.com and download their client for Windows boxes. Included is a Secure FTP clients that allows dragging and dropping of files to the box. I have my girlfriend

Re: [Eug-lug]Big brother is a Motor Head!

2002-12-06 Thread Mike O
Wait a minute. You want to avoid pedestrians? Cyclists maybe but pedestrians?!! I'm sure the majority of entries are going to be solar powered unless that's out of the rule books. We are talking LA to LV here. Lots and lots of sunshine. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Access to

Re: [Eug-lug]lookig for a good sound card

2002-12-06 Thread Mike O
SB Live. The only way to go. :) --- Jason Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I searching around for a sound card that I can use with Net2phone. I need one that's full duplex. My current sound card is AC '97 intel and it doesn't do full duplex. Do you guys know of one that works with Mandrake

Re: [Eug-lug]Thiz Linux

2002-11-20 Thread Mike O
Fry's Electronics frequently sells budget (cheap crap) PC's with Thiz Linux preinstalled. I think it's just a way to get around the OS barrier and sell systems. Of course they aren't going to take the time to do a better distro because it's numbers that are more important to them. I really don't

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

2002-11-19 Thread Mike O
If they all shared then none of them could claim they were better than the other or had slicker features. That's half the fun of distro wars. --- Dexter Graphic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Between Red Hat, Mandrake, SUSE, Debian, and all the rest, you'd figure that they could get the hardware

[Eug-lug]Any Key!!

2002-11-19 Thread Mike O
So I'm searching for frequencies for Larry's monitor and I come across this FAQ: http://web14.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859 I just want to know how often it's asked. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site

Re: [Eug-lug]RH8

2002-11-18 Thread Mike O
Wait a minute. That can't be right. Larry, you want RH8? A poweruser like yourself wouldn't rather have Slack 8.1 for a current distro? I'm telling you man, 8.0 is sickening. I'd go for for 7.3 first :) --- Larry Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OOOoo, can I get one, I've been having this

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

2002-11-18 Thread Mike O
Is it not a full install CD? Did they remove the dosutils folder they used to put on the disc? It was that you could start with a boot floppy (DOS based) with CDrom support and change over to the dosutils folder on the CD and run loadlin. --- Beaker (aka Jeff W) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm

Re: [Eug-lug]Vid Cam

2002-11-11 Thread Mike O
You won't find a DV cam with USB except for transfering still photos maybe. USB is also freakin' slow!! DV cams aren't likely to have USB2.0 support yet and Firewire will actually be easier to get going under your OS of choice. Sony cams also allow you to capture small clips to a very proprietary

[Eug-lug]free parts

2002-11-07 Thread Mike O
as long as I don't forget I'll be bringing along some older parts to get rid of. Free for the taking. Just a couple socket 7 boards, a slot 1 board and other small parts. Otherwise they will be donated to EFN since I no longer desire to futz with old parts.

Re: [Eug-lug]extract to here

2002-11-06 Thread Mike O
gunzip filename.gz tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz couldn't resist. __ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Eug-lug]What time?

2002-11-06 Thread Mike O
date What about setting the time in the BIOS? Will both OS's recognize that properly? --- Dexter Graphic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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]social event

2002-11-06 Thread Mike O
I don't know how many of you give a Fark about this but just to get the geeks out The people have spoken... The Fark MEETUP in Eugene, OR will be Saturday, Nov 9 @ 6PM Espresso Roma 825 E.13th Ave. Eugene, OR 97402 If you don't know what I'm Farking talking about then go to

Re: [Eug-lug]still dead

2002-11-03 Thread Mike O
Toss the CD. Your .cab files are on the hard drive. Simply boot the computer, press F8 repeatedly until you get the menu of start up options. Drop down to command prompt only, type cd win95, Enter Now from C:\win95 type setup and be on your merry way. Have fun. Mr O --- Scott MacWilliams [EMAIL

Re: [Eug-lug]X fonts

2002-10-31 Thread Mike O
To which I shall reply... Go here: http://www.theregus.com/content/4/26770.html I myself have not read the article yet since I just stumbled upon it abou 10 minutes ago. Plenty of other news too at www.theregus.com but that's beside the point. Good luck. --- Cory Petkovsek [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Eug-lug]scary meeting

2002-10-31 Thread Mike O
Will there be a meeting tonight? Do we dress up so we're not so ugly? Is there going to be chocolate? Is Eugene full of more freaks? Break loose with some news. Thanks. Mr O __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site

Re: [Eug-lug]restart X

2002-10-30 Thread Mike O
Due out in the next release. What I do know will be available in the next release of XFree86 is the ability to resize your desktop on the fly. We're not talking Ctrl+Alt+(+/-) here either. As far as changing the drivers I believe you'll still have to restart X for that to happen. But it sure beats

Re: [Eug-lug]Fwd: My first Debian box...help!

2002-10-29 Thread Mike O
PSM, personal security manager. Grab the latest Mozilla and make sure to include it in the intsall. Just do a full install to be on the safe side and make it easy and do mozilla mail. Eh? - Forwarded message from Shawn Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Anyway, the other issue has to do with

Re: [Eug-lug]Too Hot (baby)?

2002-10-28 Thread Mike O
I'd reconsider the drive cooler. You'd be amazed how much cooler your drive will be and you'll hardly notice it running in comparison to the whine of the SCSI drive. I have one in my fileserver and it makes almost no audible difference because my CPU fan is actually a little louder and the drive

Re: [Eug-lug]Touchpad

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
One thing for sure, IMPS/2 probably won't work correctly. Why not backup your XF86Config and run through a manual config to see if touchpad or tablet is available as an option. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is this supposed to say? Option Protocol IMPs/2 Thanks

Re: [Eug-lug]Touchpad

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
-1 Offtopic Can it not be handled through SSH? SSH in, grab lynx, and go from there I say. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been working on a remote Mandrake server. I don't have physical access to it 'cause it too far away. I have been trying to get rpmdrake to

Re: [Eug-lug]rpmdrake

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
rpmdrake in not available in a command line flavor? Maybe it's time to for a little TightVNC. Where there's a problem there's a solution. Unless it's an MS problem. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I learn rpmdrake if I do it that way? Mike O ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote

Re: [Eug-lug]rpmdrake

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
http://www.linuxpub.pl/man/user_mk/index.php?op=softwaremanager.html Hope that helps. It was the first thing I could find in English. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not having truoble *running* rpmdrake. I don't know how to configure it so will pull RPMs from and FTP server

Re: [Eug-lug]Too Hot (baby)?

2002-10-27 Thread Mike O
Get yerself one of these... http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/van502ahdcoo.html You'll amazed how much cooler and better your drive will run. Especailly under load. Good company to deal with. I've gotten a few things from them. --- Beaker (aka Jeff W.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a

Re: [Eug-lug]Another fine waste of time

2002-10-25 Thread Mike O
Thanks Bob. I just got my reminder about that too. My registered box had moved on so I updated with my other two boxen. Now the rest of y'all get yerselves counted already. :) --- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to draw everyone's attention to the Linux Counter.

Re: [Eug-lug]PGI Woody CD tonight?

2002-10-24 Thread Mike O
I amaze myself sometimes. I just SSH'd home, launched lynx so I could grab Prozilla, downloaded and installed it, and am now grabbing the ISO. So... you should have it tonight from somebody. :) --- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could I prevail upon someone to burn me a copy of the PGI

Re: [Eug-lug]Networking question from a novice

2002-10-24 Thread Mike O
Samba!! Or SSH. Plenty of ways. --- Master O Planets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to know if this is a workable problem. I want to setup three computers on a network using a SMC Barricade router so that the final outcome is WinME, Red Hat 7.2, and Mandrake 8.2. Right now I have a

RE: [Eug-lug]Networking question from a novice

2002-10-24 Thread Mike O
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:eug-lug-admin;efn.org]On Behalf Of Mike O Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 3:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]Networking question from a novice Samba!! Or SSH. Plenty of ways. __ Do you Yahoo

[Eug-lug]Color konsoles

2002-10-19 Thread Mike O
I think this was a discussion last year sometime but I want color in my konsole. RedHat does it by default with the KDE konsole. Slackware does not do it. Anybody know what I need to add/copy/find to get color so I can distinguish between directories and such with greater ease? Thanks for any

Re: [Eug-lug]Fwd: [PLUG] Red Hat Road Tour coming to Portland

2002-10-16 Thread Mike O
You're just jealous that your distro is old and stale and not so loaded with eye candy that your poor pentium133 would barely run. :)) The one good thing RedHat and Mandrake have done recently though is to conform to the LSB which does allow easier maintenance with source packages and such.

Re: [Eug-lug]Support opportunity in Portland area

2002-10-16 Thread Mike O
Dude, I am the hardware geek. What she have happenin'? I even make my way towards Portland every couple weeks. Support is limited to what OS, hardware, etc... but I can be of help. Catch me off list for more info. Later. --- Patrick R. Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An acquaintance of mine in

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

2002-10-11 Thread Mike O
I think Einstein just rolled over in his grave. I've never seen that level of ingenuity applied to a 'simple' logic puzzle. This would have to be classified as genius just because of the route taken to find a solution. Thanks for the bit of amusement Bob. --- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Eug-lug]101002 Matrox G550 video card for Mandrake 8.2

2002-10-10 Thread Mike O
Either a G550 or a GeForce 4 MX440 Dual-Head. --- Master O Planets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have input on the Matrox G550 video card. I am looking to upgrade video on my dual-boot (millenium and Mandrake) Frankenstein Box. If you know better, stop me before I create a monster.

Re: [Eug-lug]LinTV

2002-10-09 Thread Mike O
Hauppauge is all I use. And an older AIMS Lab card that only had working back on Calder 2.4. Mr O. --- Kent Loobey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone, here, used a Linux Media Labs' LinTV pci card? ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Eug-lug]Thursday clinic

2002-10-09 Thread Mike O
You'll have CD's as in you have Mandrake 9 or as in you'll be bringing blanks? I have RH8.0 and can grab Mdk9.0 tonight since my fileserver is nearly finished. Let me know so I can grab the images if necessary. Mr O --- Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Around Wed,Oct 09 2002, at 09:23, Jim

Re: [Eug-lug]our LANL friend finds more fun

2002-10-08 Thread Mike O
Got to beat BobC to this one... Maybe it can help us regain our Folding glory we enjoyed for a short time. Eh? --- Ben Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dubbed “The Science Appliance” by the Laboratory’s researchers, the cluster is a model for future supercomputing systems that will

Re: [Eug-lug]Linux From Scratch:

2002-10-07 Thread Mike O
Just so you know... LFS 4.0 was just released as well. If you have the bandwidth for a source distro then Gentoo is nifty too. I'd rather go Slackware before a roll your own though. Saves lots of time. Mr O. __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill -

Re: [Eug-lug]P2P, changing the landscape...

2002-09-29 Thread Mike O
Dude, gtk-gnutella is the ONLY file sharing program I use. --- Tim Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody besides myself use gtk-gnutella here? TimH __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

[Eug-lug]BSD's

2002-09-27 Thread Mike O
Since nobody has mentioned it yet and it was a partially heated discussion last night Here is an article with more detail on the BSD family. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,555451,00.asp __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access

Re: [Eug-lug]P2P, changing the landscape...

2002-09-27 Thread Mike O
Oh boy, this almost leans toward activism but I'm not up for subbing to that list so I'll just add to this. :) Yes, support your favorite local or obscure band BUT maybe go about it this way Receive permission from the artist to distribute just a few of their songs. Each artist or group

Re: [Eug-lug]RedHat 8.0

2002-09-26 Thread Mike O
is only 4 days away. Yeah, is there a meeting? Wanted to bring my fileserver so I could break everything :P --- Jim K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mandrake 9.0 is out. Is there a meeting tonight at efn. Jim K ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL

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

2002-09-26 Thread Mike O
I am Sam Sam I am Uh, never mind. :) Dexter Graphic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: ox oxen box boxes boxen? fox foxes foxen? vixen (one female fox) sock socks sox ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Eug-lug]EUGLUG web server unavailable this afternoon

2002-09-24 Thread Mike O
Wish I were free to help out there. I'm sure Paul enjoys all the work though :) --- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're curious, the server is currently in a tower-style case, and the folks at Willamette.NET want it moved into a rack case, so it will take up less floor space.

Re: [Eug-lug]CD burning evening?

2002-09-19 Thread Mike O
spiffy. consider it and me there in less than 30 __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ___ Eug-lug mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Eug-lug]Celebration...

2002-09-19 Thread Mike O
Planned and formal? That's a foreign phrase to the euglug. Are we not just a loosely affiliated bunch of geeks? You have to love fast burners. I did about a dozen discs while I was there. Hope it goes well. If time allows I'll swing down there. On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Tim Howe wrote: Is there

[Eug-lug]ppc people

2002-09-19 Thread Mike O
Mr O has just written: Yellow Dog linux is about an hour away from my drive. Any other PPC distros that would be handy for them mac type people? __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

[Eug-lug]mail strippers

2002-09-18 Thread Mike O
Okay, no wisecracks or stupid jokes on that one though I'm sure somebody won't be able to help themselves. Here's what I'm looking for. Anybody know of a program that'll go through all the headers in an email and output all of the email addresses in it to a file or address book?

Re: [Eug-lug]Euglug clinic tomorrow

2002-09-18 Thread Mike O
BYOL? Is there a list of acceptable larts? What happens if someone mentions /. before 8:35? Is that an auto-larting? I won't have my next new toy to bring until next month hopefully. Maybe I'll take down the fileserver and bring it with to reconfigure. Or maybe not. Still need to get a RAID card

Re: [Eug-lug]FTP server

2002-09-12 Thread Mike O
I can make that fan work. :) What is it, a 40 or 60mm? Won't be there tonight but can make arrangements if you want it looked at. Mr O --- Jacob Meuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assuming I can find a fan for the mini power supply before then :(.

Re: [Eug-lug]Merhaba!

2002-09-11 Thread Mike O
somebody opened up a can of spam!! __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ___ Eug-lug mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

[Eug-lug]beta testing time

2002-09-10 Thread Mike O
If anyone is the least bit interested I will have the latest RedHat (Null) and Mandrake (9.0rc2) betas available for burning as of today. I'm really only getting the betas to play with my P4 with an intel 845 Graphics chipset and see who's got what to offer in their full installs. The RedHat

Re: [Eug-lug]A WinXP patch

2002-09-06 Thread Mike O
Was that an HTML message? Was there an attachment? I got it in my Bulk Mail box. Rather lacking in substance. Quite amusing though. Funny thing is I installed my XP patch before XP came out. It all started with RedHat. --- Linux Rocks ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know how that one made it

Re: [Eug-lug]eugene high speed internet access, or lack of it.

2002-09-06 Thread Mike O
What about 2 way satellite? Heard it's down to about $70 a month now. Not sure on hardware costs though. I think Earthlink is offering it through the Hughes network. My experience with Earthlink was positive a couple years back. Might try calling them.

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

2002-09-05 Thread Mike O
Must've been a Windows box. --- Dexter Graphic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry. I went to fix somebody's computer at 13:30 and figured I'd be done in time for the meeting. Wrong! It's 20:20 and I just finished. Dex __ Do You Yahoo!?

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

2002-09-04 Thread Mike O
Another vote for Thursday. Works for me. --- Neil Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanna meet. Thursday would be OK. - Neil Parker, [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes

Re: [Eug-lug]xconfig--mdk 8.1 (2.4.8-26 )

2002-09-04 Thread Mike O
cd /usr/src ls -l if you have a 'linux' directory it most likely points to Mandrake custom kernel which would be something like 2.4.18-mdk. If you don't have a linux directory pointing to something like that then create a link to do so. ln -s linux-2.4.18.mdk linux Then try your 'make menuconfig'

Re: [Eug-lug]En Ateþli Siteler

2002-09-02 Thread Mike O
Then again, maybe some of us can't. :) Evil am I? --- Neil Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and you can probably guess what sex means. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com

Re: [Eug-lug]2.4.19 yeah... booo!

2002-09-02 Thread Mike O
Read the help for bttv in the kernel config. It'll tell you to make sure to have i2c and 'bit banging' or something like that. Then you can build bttv into the kernel too. Sometimes you have to link /dev/video - /dev/video0 to get the TV working. Depends on the system. --- Linux Rocks ! [EMAIL

Re: [Eug-lug]2.4.19 yeah... booo!

2002-09-02 Thread Mike O
Eh? I'm using 2.4.19 right now and I've got it in /usr/src. Really, where else would you put it without screwing things up? As far as that one hour compile time... ouch. I could recompile about 15 times an hour. --- Linux Rocks ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had to remove the 2.4.19

[EUG-LUG:3825] Re: Bundling OS with WordPerfect ,..hey, ain't WP 9.0 on Linux Darwin cleared?

2002-08-30 Thread Mike O
Eh? What about OpenOffice? Works like a charm if you need to be productive. Last I tried to play with WP it had to use Wine which just sucks your resources dry. --- Harald Sundt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HAS ANYONE run WordPerfect Linux on Darwin,..i.e.: MAc OS 10? --

[EUG-LUG:3802] Re: Image viewers

2002-08-27 Thread Mike O
I've found GQview to be much likeable of the few I've tried. For that other OS there's a nice little freeware called IrfanView which is flat out fast and awesome. But since this is linux, grab yourself GQview. No disappointment for you. :) Mr O --- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've

[EUG-LUG:3758] Re: ISO 300-500' of CAT5e

2002-08-20 Thread Mike O
Home Depot is $59 I think. Should be Cat5E. Who needs a tester when you have skill? :) --- Beaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know where I might pick up several hundred feet of Cat-5e cable on the cheap (a local source is prefered)? Also interested in an inexpensive tester (a two part

[EUG-LUG:3738] Re: Powerline Networking

2002-08-18 Thread Mike O
Just give me a coffee maker I can kick start from my desktop HomePNA is nothing new and broadband over electric lines has been available in Europe for some time now. Just a matter of when, where, and how much. --- Larry Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: check out

[EUG-LUG:3735] 32MB EDOs for sale

2002-08-17 Thread Mike O
Here's an oppurtunity to take your Pentium CPU to the max I have 4 32MB 72 pin EDO modules. $15 each sound reasonable? I thought so. All 4 for $50 if somebody wants them. Also have a P200 CPU with CDrom/4Gb/floppy/64MB/2MB video card/NIC... for $50 too. No sound card though. I'll throw in a

[EUG-LUG:3730] Re: Dual processors CPU's

2002-08-15 Thread Mike O
Dual processor CPU? Is that from the department of redundancy department? If you do a lot of resource intensive jobs then duals would suit you better. Most people that say they want a dual system don't need one. I personally would only make use of dual CPUs when ripping CDs otherwise they'd just

[EUG-LUG:3660] Re: meeting tonight?

2002-08-01 Thread Mike O
And Mr O now has female friend but I won't be a total stranger. :) --- Larry Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1 Aug 2002, Ben Barrett wrote: What's the frequency, Kenneth? ie, are we in outlaw-meeting mode and where are we meeting, when? Emerald Park, EFN, Mr.O's?? Wotan's day

[EUG-LUG:3650] Re: Outages at major sites

2002-07-31 Thread Mike O
Maybe Slashdot got slashdotted. :) Wouldn't that be ironic? --- Larry Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've notice this morning that both slashdot and newsforge are down and don't deliver anyting visible to lynx, it seems to be downloading something but it never reaches my computer. Anyone

[EUG-LUG:3618] Re: Question about an extension

2002-07-30 Thread Mike O
Have you tried using Gimp or ImageMagic? Of course you could always tell your friend to save in more universally acceptable formats such as JPEG. That'd be your easiest way if you don't have a program that'll open it. --- Nyal R. Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HR HTML Oh Great Gurus, PI 've

[EUG-LUG:3626] kernel patching

2002-07-30 Thread Mike O
Here's a quick one. I've never done it yet though so what's a quick command to patch a kernel. Just trying to merge 2.4.19rc3 with 2.4.18 source. First one with the answer gets a lollipop. :) Thanks. Mr O __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health -

[EUG-LUG:3629] Re: kernel patching

2002-07-30 Thread Mike O
Sorry Bob, Mark wins the lollipop. Thanks Mark. Mr O __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com

[EUG-LUG:3631] Re: kernel patching

2002-07-30 Thread Mike O
I did a 'man patch' to begin with and figured somebody knew something quick'n'easy so I posted instead. Thanks. --- Mark Bigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, the -p argument gives a bit of control over how file paths in the patch are treated, see man patch for more.

[EUG-LUG:3590] Re: OT: Can anyone tell me how this works?

2002-07-25 Thread Mike O
Certainly a matter of density. Yes, all of those cards are just another set of face cards. Forget not that there are 12 face cards and the first screen shot was 6 of them and of course the next shot was the other 6. So no matter what card you picked it's no longer there!! Eh? --- Beaker [EMAIL

[EUG-LUG:3595] geek meeting tonight

2002-07-25 Thread Mike O
Actually it's the Slasdot Meetup but it's still a bunch of geeks. We be raining down on Starbuck's Caffeine on 18th St at 7pm. Perhaps a good time for geek mingling. Come one, come all, and have fun. Later. Mr O. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health -

[EUG-LUG:3572] Re: Happy Anniversary!

2002-07-24 Thread Mike O
hitting 70 days for my orange box. I screw with the other boxes too much so not so much up time on them. Of course it's not like they NEED to be rebooted like other OS's, it's just that I play too much. Mr O --- Ronald LeVine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have 14 days on my linux server... Um,

[EUG-LUG:3548] Re: redhat 7.3

2002-07-22 Thread Mike O
May I suggest the latest beta from RH. It's 7.3.92. Perhaps better support for the 850 Chipset. Although the chip itself is well over 18 months old. I wonder how much difference there really is between the newest 850 and the original one. Also you might try a vanilla kernel. Simply boot the

[EUG-LUG:3549] Re: gnu on windows

2002-07-22 Thread Mike O
Actually there is a live BSD image. NetBSD I do believe. I have the image. Darn thing only boots on an Intel system. I tried on two AMD systems and it wouldn't go. It be based on 1.5. Not sure all you can do with it. You'd have to ask Larry or Beaker. --- Jacob Meuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[EUG-LUG:3556] Re: gnu on windows

2002-07-22 Thread Mike O
The modular service pack won't work on 'certain' copies of XP. It's alrighty out in beta. --- Larry Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Psst How 'bout that modular XP that's supposed to come out of the trial, judge Kollar-Kottelly is being told to decide whether or not punishing Microsoft

[EUG-LUG:3491] Re: Help with loading modules

2002-07-18 Thread Mike O
Mandrake is an upgrade? Slackware would be understandable. I may give that another try sooner or later. Probably before I do Gentoo again. I really only know RedHat on the desktop. Of course I rarely ever have any real problems even with the strange toys I may get. Problems with the scsi card

[EUG-LUG:3493] Re: Help with loading modules

2002-07-18 Thread Mike O
That's what I usually do instead of loading modules for everything. I just recompile with what I have and take out everything I know I'll never have. Bon chance. --- Grigsby, Garl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. That is the frustrating part. kudzu says it configured the %^**^( thing. I think I

[EUG-LUG:3462] Re: Perhaps someone here can help me

2002-07-16 Thread Mike O
Bravo. Have a nice day/evening, and even lifetime. And dare I say, AMEN. --- Bob Crandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The answer? Change human nature. And there's only one way to do that. Have a nice day. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get

[EUG-LUG:3426] Re: The Code (film)

2002-07-13 Thread Mike O
Speaking of pizza... There will be cheese, dead pig, and veggie choices available at 5pm. Hurry, hurry, hurry (and bring a buck or two, thanks.) --- Larry Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if you're in town today and want to learn some more about linux their will be a few people doing installs

[EUG-LUG:3429] Re: Hurry, hurry, hurry

2002-07-13 Thread Mike O
Sure. I'll pack it up now and go get the pizza. Bring some blank CDs if you need anything. --- Beaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hurry, hurry, hurry ... Will Mr. O have his 32x burner with him today? ~Beaker __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos

[EUG-LUG:3402] Re: InstallFest dress rehearsal saturday

2002-07-12 Thread Mike O
That'll work. Come one, come all, or don't come at all. I made that up by myself. Really, I did. Mr O --- Larry Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *PIZZA***AIR**CONDITIONINGLINUX***BSDNAT you need: yourself a couple of bucks to reimburse Mr. O for pizza

[EUG-LUG:3418] Re: dangerous cd burners

2002-07-12 Thread Mike O
Come a little closer to my 32x burner. Hahaha... --- Benjamin Huot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the future I am going to put the cd burner under my laptop, turn it sideways and wear safety glasses when I burn. And I will burn at a slower speed 2x instead of 6x.

[EUG-LUG:3420] Re: dangerous cd burners

2002-07-12 Thread Mike O
, Mike O [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Come a little closer to my 32x burner. Hahaha... __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com

[EUG-LUG:3314] Pizza Saturday?

2002-07-06 Thread Mike O
Need some votes here. Who wants to meet up somewhere for some pizza or something. Currently I have a coupon for a free pizza and a buy one get one coupon too. If some geeks know of a place to hang out (park or somebody's place) we can grab some pizzas. There's a Papa John's on River Rd for the

[EUG-LUG:3316] Re: Pizza Saturday?

2002-07-06 Thread Mike O
actually late evening could work as well. 9pm or so isn't too late for most people. I'm free around that time too. We could alway freak the neighbors out and grub on the lawn if front of my place. :-) --- Larry Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Mike O wrote: would not long

[EUG-LUG:3324] Pizza thing

2002-07-06 Thread Mike O
I just realized my earlier reply was just to larry. Anyway, somebody mentioned Armitage park, out of range for most people and $3 a car just won't work. Kbob wants veggies. That wouldn't be the least bit of trouble. What time is considered dusk currently? Seeing as how there is daylight until

[EUG-LUG:3330] Re: Pizza Saturday?

2002-07-06 Thread Mike O
Alright wise guys. Let's put this off until next Saturday. No holidays that way and more time for preparation. So, figure Saturday the 13th around 4pm? How does that sound? Any conflicts to it? You aren't familiar with the Lawn Installer and LOader?

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