need help, pointers, etc

2000-02-21 Thread Bruce McCulley
I need help solving a problem, pointers to existing solutions will be most appreciated. Suggestions about developing a "roll your own" solution should consider that there is an existing commercial product that addresses this particular problem, and my desire is the solution not the exercise of de

Re: Request for weekend Linux training

2000-02-21 Thread Bruce McCulley
(sorry to chime in so late, haven't kept up with email while I've been traveling to attend some training seminars :-) When I used to teach training courses for Digital, it initially baffled me why customers would pay significant prices to send employees to the courses I taught, when I'd learned w

RedHat 6.2 Beta

2000-02-21 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
All, I just did an ftp install of RH6.2beta to see if it has any major advances. There are a few new things. It's based on kernel 2.2.15. Also, if you do a custom install, they have added "clustering" as one of the package groups (I think the clustering package is pvm). The MESA drivers ar

Re: Free stuff

2000-02-21 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 06:50 PM 2/21/2000 , you wrote: i'll take them!!! shoot me your email addy ~kurth >Hi all, > >I'm about to get a new system here at home (that only brings me up to 3, 4 if >you cound my wifes :) However, the concession I had to make was to agree to >get rid of some of the stuff I have

Re: Free stuff

2000-02-21 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Dave Seidel wrote: > Even worse, it's spelled "polygamy"!!! Polygamy: Too many wives. Monogamy: The same. (Had to be said... ;) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "...it is important to realize that any lock can be picked with a big | | enough hammer" -- Su

Re: Free stuff

2000-02-21 Thread Dave Seidel
> > I'm about to get a new system here at home (that only brings me up to 3, 4 if > > you cound my wifes :) However, the concession I had to make was to agree to >^ > > That's terrible!! First of all, it's spelled "wives". Second, poligamy is > illegal here. Third, they hav

Re: Free stuff

2000-02-21 Thread Bill Freeman
Paul Lussier wrote: > I'm about to get a new system here at home (that only brings me up to 3, 4 if > you cound my wifes :) However, the concession I had to make was to agree to ^ That's terrible!! First of all, it's spelled "wives". Second, poligamy is illegal here. Thir

Re: devices

2000-02-21 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, tom r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Oh yeah, > > In addition to the minor device number for the 16 bit audio device. I can't > remember the command to create a device. Could anyone clue me in ? mknod(1) See also /dev/MAKEDEV and /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devic

Re: devices

2000-02-21 Thread Jeffry Smith
MAKEDEV (all caps). jeff smith tom r wrote: > > Oh yeah, > > In addition to the minor device number for the 16 bit audio device. I can't > remember the command to create a device. Could anyone clue me in ? > > -- > email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Approach love and cooking with reckless ab

devices

2000-02-21 Thread tom r
Oh yeah, In addition to the minor device number for the 16 bit audio device. I can't remember the command to create a device. Could anyone clue me in ? -- email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon. (Isn't that a cool thought ?) *

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The second option would be to copy the Linux kernel to the Windows > filesystem, and use LOADLIN.EXE to boot it from MS-DOS. You can even set it > up with an MS-DOS CONFIG.SYS Boot Menu. This is simple and non-invasive. If

No Subject

2000-02-21 Thread tom r
Could someone with a working 16 bit /dev/dspW device send me the minor number ? Thanks TomR -- email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon. (Isn't that a cool thought ?) ** To unsubscribe from this l

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Matt Herbert wrote: > I excitedly agreed to help him install Red Hat 6.1. To my surprise and > disappointment, I couldn't get it installed to save my life. He has a new > system with a 27 GIG IDE hard drive. When he set the system up, he > formatted a ~24 GIG Windows partio

Free stuff

2000-02-21 Thread Paul Lussier
Hi all, I'm about to get a new system here at home (that only brings me up to 3, 4 if you cound my wifes :) However, the concession I had to make was to agree to get rid of some of the stuff I have in the basement. It's old, and not even guaranteed to work :) What I have is a few old SCSI

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Jerry Feldman wrote: > I would love to see a full-featured Partition Magic for Linux. On the + > side, some distributions like Mandrake do use Partition magic. It is the > one program that I keep windows around for. FYI, if you have Partition Magic 4 (or probably 5, too, b

Re: Problems with fetchmail..I think

2000-02-21 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Adam Wendt wrote: > Hm the plot thickens, if you notice that my last message says it was > from [EMAIL PROTECTED] which it shouldn't [EMAIL PROTECTED] is that > account and my user account on my computer is adam Seems you've fixed the fetchmail problem. Now yo

Re: Problems with fetchmail..I think

2000-02-21 Thread Derek Martin
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Adam Wendt wrote: > # Configuration created Mon Feb 21 13:49:11 2000 by fetchmailconf > set postmaster "adam" > set nobouncemail > set properties "" > set daemon 5 > poll pop.netzero.net with proto POP3 >user "billyjoeray" there with password "" is adam here > options

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
I would love to see a full-featured Partition Magic for Linux. On the + side, some distributions like Mandrake do use Partition magic. It is the one program that I keep windows around for. On 21 Feb 00, at 15:14, Joshua Flythe wrote: > > You could also Version 2 of fips which supports fat32.

Re: Feb 29th Meeting

2000-02-21 Thread Christopher M. Downs
ill be there with my brother-in law again, chris ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **

Re: Problems with fetchmail..I think

2000-02-21 Thread Adam Wendt
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Derek Martin wrote: > Maybe, but not without seeing your fetchmailrc and some of the error > messages! > > -- > Derek D. Martin | Senior UNIX Systems/Network Administrator Here's my .fetchmailrc # Configuration created Mon Feb 21 13:49:11 2000 by fetchmailconf set pos

Re: Feb 29th Meeting

2000-02-21 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Thanks Chris. It should be a good meeting. Jerry >ill be there with my brother-in law again, chris > >** >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the >*body* (*not* the subject line) of the

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Joshua Flythe
You could also Version 2 of fips which supports fat32. This is what I used to repartition my system. Although, after having used Partition Magic in the past and now fips, I like Partition Magic much more. Both utilities will do the job though. JDF Derek Martin wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, M

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Derek Martin
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Matt Herbert wrote: > > Hey everybody, > > After an awesome quake 3 LAN party this weekend :), one of my friends > decided he wanted to try linux on his system. I excitedly agreed to > help him install Red Hat 6.1. To my surprise and disappointment, I > couldn't get it in

Re: Problems with fetchmail..I think

2000-02-21 Thread Derek Martin
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Adam Wendt wrote: > Here's my minor problem I set up fetchmail to get my email from the > billyjoeray account on pop.netzero.net so that I could use pine instead of > some program like netscape mail that does it all itself. All was fine > until I logged in as root and found

Re: Associate file types with executables?

2000-02-21 Thread Derek Martin
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Jim Ryan wrote: > How can I associate a file type with a program? For example, I use > the KDE desktop in RH 6.1 and a .jpg file is associated with kview. > If I wanted associated with another program, how do I change it? This can be done from .mailcap in your home direct

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
I use SuSE, and did not have any trouble with either my 8.4GB when I got it or my 20GB. For LILO purposes, as mentioned, the kernel and friends need to be before the 1024th cylinder. For a while I had been advocating using one big root partition, but for fsck purposes that may not be a wise ch

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Adam Wendt
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Matt Herbert wrote: > > Hey everybody, > > After an awesome quake 3 LAN party this weekend :), one of my friends > decided he wanted to try linux on his system. I excitedly agreed to > help him install Red Hat 6.1. To my surprise and disappointment, I > couldn't get it in

Re: Problems with fetchmail..I think

2000-02-21 Thread Adam Wendt
Hm the plot thickens, if you notice that my last message says it was from [EMAIL PROTECTED] which it shouldn't [EMAIL PROTECTED] is that account and my user account on my computer is adam -Adam- On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Adam Wendt wrote: > Here's my minor problem I set up fetchmail t

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Joshua Flythe
I similarly installed RH 6.1 on my Athlon system at home this weekend. I experienced the same thing. What I found was that I had to create the / partition before the 1024 cylinder. On new systems that is before the first 8.4gb of disk space. Installing after that the Linux kernel can not boot up.

GNHLUG logos

2000-02-21 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Here is where you can go and look at the two logos. http://jflythe.ne.mediaone.net/gnhlug/ You can order either one. I need 25 of each to make it cost effective. We can also do them on front or back, but I forgot to ask the printer if there was an extra charge if we did some of each (I doubt i

Re: tux images

2000-02-21 Thread Jeff Dike
> Anyone remember the URL for that cool page full of tux images? http://lwn.net/Gallery/ Be sure to notice that my project's logo occupies the #2 spot :-) Jeff ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail

Re: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Jerry Eckert
Did you have a /boot partition near the beginning of the drive? Jerry -Original Message- From: Matt Herbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, February 21, 2000 2:00 PM Subject: Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE > >Hey everybody, > >After an awesome

Redhat Install on 27 GIG IDE

2000-02-21 Thread Matt Herbert
Hey everybody, After an awesome quake 3 LAN party this weekend :), one of my friends decided he wanted to try linux on his system. I excitedly agreed to help him install Red Hat 6.1. To my surprise and disappointment, I couldn't get it installed to save my life. He has a new system with a 27

Problems with fetchmail..I think

2000-02-21 Thread Adam Wendt
Here's my minor problem I set up fetchmail to get my email from the billyjoeray account on pop.netzero.net so that I could use pine instead of some program like netscape mail that does it all itself. All was fine until I logged in as root and found that I had 300 and some odd messages from [EMAIL

Associate file types with executables?

2000-02-21 Thread Jim Ryan
How can I associate a file type with a program? For example, I use the KDE desktop in RH 6.1 and a .jpg file is associated with kview. If I wanted associated with another program, how do I change it? -- Thanks, Jim Please CC: by mail **

Re: subscribe gnhlug

2000-02-21 Thread Suzanne Hillman
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote: > subscribe gnhlug AFAIK, you *are* subbed. And this isn't the right address for subscription anyway. Suzanne -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pubpages.unh.edu/~shillman Student Engineer University of

Possible means of enhancing GNHLUG S/N ratio

2000-02-21 Thread Michael O'Donnell
While cleaning out some old email I ran across this October TBTF newsletter (always worthwhile in its own right) that had an article about takeitoffline.com - I provide relevant excerpts below. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: off-topic threads can be pursued via a URL trivially created for the purpose, rathe

tux images

2000-02-21 Thread Joseph L. Hill
Greetings, Anyone remember the URL for that cool page full of tux images? I want to put up a few posters for the installfest here at Dart this coming saturday. Actually, if anyone that has artistic talent wanted to take a tux image and put a green "D" on his tummy for the poster that would be

Linux Event at Softpro Books/ Marlboro Tomorrow

2000-02-21 Thread chas bennett
FYI - Softpro Books, O'Reilly, VA Linux Systems, the Worcester LUG and the Boston UNIX & Linux UG are doing Linux Day at the new Softpro in Marlboro, MA. Saturday, Feb 19. All are welcome. Details below. http://www.softpro.com/events.html ccb *

Re: Shirts

2000-02-21 Thread Dave Cherkus
Jerry Kubeck writes: |> |> For those who haven't seen or don't remember the logos, Let me know and I |> will tell you where to go look at them. |> |> Jerry |> Please tell me where the logo is. Dave ** To unsubscribe from this list, send

Feb 29th Meeting

2000-02-21 Thread Jerry Kubeck
The research on the Stark Mill Brewery went well Saturday. Easy to get to and the food is good. The room is the Riverview Room, 3rd floor (I don't know where I got Skyview). If enough of us say we are going to eat there, then the owner will provide a little extra ( I think this is what he was ind

Re: Shirts

2000-02-21 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 10:05 AM 2/21/2000 , you wrote: what do the logos look like? ~kurth >Here's the deal on the T-shirts, sweatshirts, & mugs. > >The printer I went to can't do more than 4 colors so she has recommended >another printer who can do up to 8 colors (ours has 6). I am getting final >prices and time

Shirts

2000-02-21 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Here's the deal on the T-shirts, sweatshirts, & mugs. The printer I went to can't do more than 4 colors so she has recommended another printer who can do up to 8 colors (ours has 6). I am getting final prices and time frames, but they won't be ready by Feb 29th. In order to keep the price reason

subscribe gnhlug

2000-02-21 Thread Kurth Bemis
subscribe gnhlug ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **