Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Don Tyson
> Do you knpw if CDW has a build-to-order page? --These guys > have been around since before the Flood; I've never heard > anything about them until your email. So thanks. > > gary Sorry, I don't know that. But it shouldn't be hard to find out on their Web page, www.cd

Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Don Tyson
> Also, if anybody knows of a good online store, please let me > know. I found a website called "tigerdirect.com". Am I > tossing the dice? anybody dealt with this place? > CDW for hardware; Crucial for memory --- very mainstream and not particularly inexpensive, but very reli

Re: no flames, please.

2005-03-12 Thread Don Tyson
> Don Tyson wrote: > > >I am running XandrOS Linux on an old Digital PC box. It is almost > >scarily Windows-like, but installs in a snap and, if you buy the > >full edition, comes with Crossover Office for all the Windows > >applications you can't wait to ru

Re: no flames, please.

2005-03-11 Thread Don Tyson
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 05:49:24PM -0500, Don Tyson wrote: > > I am running XandrOS Linux on an old Digital PC box. It is almost > > scarily Windows-like, but installs in a snap and, if you buy the > > full edition, comes with Crossover Office for all the Windows > >

Re: no flames, please.

2005-03-11 Thread Don Tyson
I am running XandrOS Linux on an old Digital PC box. It is almost scarily Windows-like, but installs in a snap and, if you buy the full edition, comes with Crossover Office for all the Windows applications you can't wait to run. On another test box (a Dell), MS Office ran just fine under XandrOS L

Re: I quit

2005-01-09 Thread Don Tyson
> I have spent at least two weeks of my free time downloading 5.3 and trying to > get it to work. After figuring out There are a couple of other possibilities, too. One is to try 4.10, which still has the old X11 configuration tools, and does not load Xorg. The other is xandros linux --- www.x

Re: Sharing resources on LAN without NFS

2004-12-15 Thread Don Tyson
> The handbook section on NFS was great but having only 3 computers I > don't feel the need to set up a client/server system. Nevertheless I > would like to be able to share one printer and one cd-writer between > these 3 machines. I'll be grateful even for just a shove towards the > correct ha

Re: RedHat: Buffer Overflow in "ls" and "mkdir"

2004-10-25 Thread Don Tyson
> On Monday 25 October 2004 12:07, Dave Horsfall wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Matt Navarre wrote: > > > Isn't linux_base based on RedHat? There are ls and mkdir binaries in > > > /usr/compat/linux/bin, I suppose those could be affected by this. > > > > Over on Full-Disclosure they reckon it's a

Re: FreeBSD weakness.

2004-06-20 Thread Don Tyson
ew to Both FreeBSD and UNIX, found in the doc section of the FreeBSD website. Don Tyson ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: [samba] can't print from w2k to bsd printer

2004-05-09 Thread Don Tyson
on the Windows machines. Share the printer so all Windows users can use it. Hope this helps. Don Tyson /etc/printcap file: # APS1_BEGIN:printer1 # - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1 # - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL lp|ljet4;r=600x600;q=photo;c=full;p=le

Re: Website up, then down, then up, etc.

2003-10-24 Thread Don Tyson
> > Try it yourself: http://howse.homeunix.net I connected without any problem at 20:58 24 Oct (UTC -4:00). I am running the same 4.8 version you are. > Not working as of 19:05 this date, CDT (UTC -6:00). > > What in the world could be happening? > > The software setup: > Apache2 > vsftpd > Fr

Re: writing pdfs

2003-10-10 Thread Don Tyson
to pdf. I've never had any problem using the Computer Modern fonts. Don Tyson ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Newbi Question - Good console replacement for "mail" program?

2003-10-02 Thread Don Tyson
. Simple, stable, and easy to use, and very flexible. *Lots* of documentation on the web. Look for Jerry Peek's book. /usr/ports/mail/nmh Don Tyson ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: xv flag to not create ~/dir/dir/.xvpics/

2003-09-13 Thread Don Tyson
s directory. Using xv *some pattern* to open an individual image or r series of images from the command line, however, does not create the .xvpics directory. Don Tyson > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder, Video2Video Services > Box 1369

Opera 7.11 freezing in 4.8-STABLE?

2003-08-03 Thread Don Tyson
common or known problem and whether there's a fix. Archives are unavailable, and Google has only a reference to broken flash. Thanks. Don Tyson ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubs

Re: free?

2003-06-16 Thread Don Tyson
Linux Central (http://linuxcentral.com) will sell you an "install cd" (which I believe is the first cd of the four-cd set) for $2.95 plus shipping. I've bought from Linux Central and found them reliable and fast. http://linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=L000-160&id

Re: dvipdfm DVI - PDF converter

2003-03-06 Thread Don Tyson
with inserting eps stuff; don't know whether they will convert to PDF. Don Tyson > > > On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:15, Simon Barner wrote: > > > I am using this port to make PDFs for the Windoze people from my > > > LaTeX files... but it is not inserting the epsfig pictur