Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-18 Thread Charlie
Friday 17 May 2002 09:43 pm,Wolfgang Bornath wrote: snip If there wasn't this last sentence about 'thoughtful responses' I would not have bothered to jump in. ;-) IMHO the lists were just what they were, a list for expert probs and issues and a list for newbie Q's As. But this has changed

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 00:16, Charlie wrote: From the perspective of a true newbie (myself); I subscribed to both lists as well as various others to learn. I don't often post a response because I don't really know or am unsure of the answer that I think I do have. I haven't even had to ask

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-18 Thread Damian G
On 18 May 2002 01:46:00 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 18:29, J. Craig Woods wrote: Randy, Your comments are most germane, and tastefully inserted as an addendum in your reply. Unfortunately, the distinction you delineated between newbie and

Re: [expert] New Mobo Roundup--Dr Tom

2002-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 09:25, Tom Brinkman wrote: I'm with you. It's not just motherboard revisions, bios updates either. Chipsets and cpu steppings (production runs) get fixes usually within the first several months. A good example is the VIA kt133a. The ide bug surfaced during the

Re: [expert] Edditing the 8.2 KDE Aplication Menu?

2002-05-18 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 17 May 2002 4:10 pm, andyjn wrote: Maybe I'm missing something, but I cant seem to edit the whole Application Menu using MenuDrake. [snip] Or does anyone know how to manually edit the existing menu entries? Type 'kmenuedit' ... it's

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-18 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 18 May 2002 7:41 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: One thing that the veteran lists and IRC channels lacked was civility. This was something I ran into that ran rampant on the IRC channels; the problem is still out there; and I think it stems

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-18 Thread Andrew George
On Sat, 18 May 2002 19:01, you wrote: Now I'm back and things are better (although not perfect), but I wonder how many people vowed _never_ to go back after that sort of treatment? Yeah, thats pretty much why I'm happy to install and use just about any form of Linux except Debian...the

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-18 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 18 May 2002 10:25 am, Andrew George wrote: On Sat, 18 May 2002 19:01, you wrote: Now I'm back and things are better (although not perfect), but I wonder how many people vowed _never_ to go back after that sort of treatment?

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-18 Thread Andrew George
On Sat, 18 May 2002 19:48, Alastair Scott wrote:  On Sat, 18 May 2002 19:01, you wrote:   Now I'm back and things are better (although not perfect), but I   wonder how many people vowed _never_ to go back after that sort of   treatment?  Yeah, thats pretty much why I'm happy to install and

Re: [expert] tar file size limit???

2002-05-18 Thread David
dfox said onto me: -- | kernels 2.4.0 file sizes were limited to 2 Gigabytes. | kernels = 2.4.0 file sizes are limited to 4 Terabytes. | |Ah ha so that's it. :) I'm running a newer kernel, but so far haven't |needed

[expert] ssh and X

2002-05-18 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! After having logged in my remote computer via ssh I can run text based programs but I get Remote host denied X11 forwarding when trying to run graphical apps... Any idea?? 8-? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux:

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-18 Thread Hoyt
On Friday 17 May 2002 11:43 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: What I do not like are those list nazis (while, being a german, I don't really appreciate the term) you mentioned. I agree -- using that term for these people does a disservice to the real Nazis. Perhaps we should call them List

Re: [expert] ssh and X

2002-05-18 Thread kwan
On Sat, 18 May 2002, Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! After having logged in my remote computer via ssh I can run text based programs but I get Remote host denied X11 forwarding when trying to run graphical apps... Look for the system sshd_config file, usually located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-18 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 09:05 -0400, Hoyt wrote: On Friday 17 May 2002 11:43 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: What I do not like are those list nazis (while, being a german, I don't really appreciate the term) you mentioned. I agree -- using that term for these people does a disservice to the

[expert] removing applets

2002-05-18 Thread mike
Hi a have the runaway process catcher applet in the system tray. How can I remove it? I am running LM 8.0 Thanks Mike McNeese P.S. I have tried different things to remove it but to no avail. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] ssh and X

2002-05-18 Thread Joan Tur
Es Dissabte 18 Maig 2002 15:04, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: On Sat, 18 May 2002, Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! After having logged in my remote computer via ssh I can run text based programs but I get Remote host denied X11 forwarding when trying to run graphical apps... Look for the

[expert] Test message - Please ignore

2002-05-18 Thread Paul
-- This message was sent using Mandrake Linux 8.2 and Kmail using KDE3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] removing applets

2002-05-18 Thread D. Olson
On Saturday 18 May 2002 09:17 pm, you wrote: Hi a have the runaway process catcher applet in the system tray. How can I remove it? I am running LM 8.0 Thanks Mike McNeese P.S. I have tried different things to remove it but to no avail. Umm... Right-click on it, then click on

[expert] kde3 upgrade?

2002-05-18 Thread Darren King
Is there any doc on how to upgrade to kde3? I'm using 8.2. Darren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] kde3 upgrade?

2002-05-18 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 08:20 +1000, Darren King wrote: Is there any doc on how to upgrade to kde3? I'm using 8.2. Darren How about looking at http://www.linuxmandrake.com ? It's there, right on the frontside in the news section. Or if you prefer not to look at the Mandrake website, here

Re: [expert] postfix and aliases

2002-05-18 Thread David Relson
At 05:58 PM 5/17/02, you wrote: On Fri, 17 May 2002 15:51:14 -0400 David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem with postfix and /etc/aliases. I want mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I add admin: user to /etc/aliases and then run

Re: [expert] kde3 upgrade?

2002-05-18 Thread Jerry
if you go to the kde ftp site and look for the README in the (er.. i think) top level folder for kde3/mandrake it tells you how there. basically, d/l all the rpms to a folder by themselves (i used /root/rpms/kde3) then shell to that dir and urpmi -v * be ready though, for it to take some time

[expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-18 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
I've been looking at the hard drive scene over the last few months in preparation for purchasing a new system. I've got most of the hardware details sorted out, but there is one area that I'm not quite settled on: hard drives. I am basically looking for an affordable 80GB IDE drive that can

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-18 Thread KevinO
IBM I just bought 4 more from : http://www.mwave.com I currently have at least a dozen modern IBM HDs spinning 24x7 here. I've never had a problem with any of them. They're real fast with or without raid. hdparm reported 35MB/s throughput with Mandrake 8.2, 40 GB IBM 7200RPM, stock kernel

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-18 Thread Kenneth Marcy
Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent Saturday, May 18, 2002 6:40 PM: : Any thoughts, people? Thx. Yes. My thought is that it would be nice to know of a motherboard chipset that supports Firewire hard drives, and that is supported by a stable kernel version. If these exist, decisions about

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:11, KevinO wrote: IBM I heartily second this. I set up a web company on IBM's over three years ago, and they've been running 24/7 ever since. Last week the technical director told me it was one of the best things I ever did; he's sold on the hardware. First time I've

[expert] 8.1 bug: /etc/X11/xinit.d/Mod_Meta_L_Disable broken

2002-05-18 Thread Nathaniel Gray
Hi there, There's an annoying bug in /etc/X11/xinit.d/Mod_Meta_L_Disable Namely, it does the exact opposite of what it's supposed to do. It also greps /etc/sysconfig/keyboard instead of sourcing it, which means that #WHATEVER=yes is treated the same as WHATEVER=yes which has some

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-18 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Have you used any IBM drives made in the past year? Until about a year ago IBM drives were renowned for their reliability, and I used to recommend IBM to all my friends. Since then, they have suffered reliability problems, and the return rate for IBM drives has been high. There was even a

Re: [expert] 8.1 bug: /etc/X11/xinit.d/Mod_Meta_L_Disable broken

2002-05-18 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 18 May 2002 22:38:22 -0700, Nathaniel Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, There's an annoying bug in /etc/X11/xinit.d/Mod_Meta_L_Disable Namely, it does the exact opposite of what it's supposed to do. It also greps /etc/sysconfig/keyboard instead of sourcing it, which