Re: It seems there is no end to greed!

2002-12-21 Thread davidaikema
IIRC, about 90% live within 100km of the border. David Aikema - Original Message - From: Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, December 20, 2002 4:12 pm Subject: Re: It seems there is no end to greed! Are most Canadians within about an hour's drive of the US border? Joel On

Re: Cups help?

2002-12-21 Thread Ted Ozolins
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I've got two systems running CUPS and I'm having trouble getting them to share a printer. Print server: RH7.3, printer is on parallel:/dev/lp0, called HPLJ4M, configured as HP LaserJet 4M, Foomatic + Postscript (because that's what it is). It works fine. CUPS:

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread Aaron Grewell
If you're going to do that you'll need to get ACPID and set it up in place of APMD. Otherwise ACPI isn't going to do much for you. There may also be kernel patches involved. ACPI has been under very heavy development as it is one of the subsystems being enhanced in 2.5.x.

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % Thank you! So I should choose ACPI when I build a kernel since my board % supports it and disable APM. Actually, if you compile in both, the kernel will use ACPI by default and disable APM, otherwise it will use APM. You can have both at the same

Re: Cups help?

2002-12-21 Thread David A. Bandel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On the COL box, you should use: http://localhost:631/ In manage printers, if you don't see the printer on your RH box already, you need to do one of two things: on both systems, check /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to make sure there are no restrictions from

Re: Knoppix: Any caveats?

2002-12-21 Thread Joel Hammer
Knoppix worked as advertised. A really nice piece of work. Everyone should own one of these. This would be a great way to try out new, upgraded linux thingees like KDE 3 and the like, before actually going through the work of installing them. I hope the Knoppix people keep this up! Joel On

[patch] ext3 deadlock fix

2002-12-21 Thread Andrew Morton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My recent fix for the ext3 data=journal umount data loss problem has a bug. The filesystem can deadlock if someone runs `mount -o remount' while the filesystem is under load. Everything which writes to that filesystem gets stuck in `D' state. This

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % Okay, I see now. Thank you (I don't have much erudition on this subject % G). % % Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % % Thank you! So I should choose ACPI when I build a kernel since my board % % supports it and disable APM. % %

Re: killing viruses in kmail

2002-12-21 Thread Douglas J Hunley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Alfrey spewed electrons into the ether that resembled: Hi. I use kmail. Periodically I get things that look like some nasty html-based script that is some sort of Windowsy virus. I can usually tell what they are by the title of the mail or

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Thank you! I'll save this and check this out. I assume we put these on the LILO command line? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: Good discussion on this topic.. I'd like to add that during some of my testing on UnitedLinux 1.0 w/2.4.19 kernel, which has

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Right! Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % Okay, I see now. Thank you (I don't have much erudition on this subject % G). % % Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % % Thank you! So I should choose ACPI when I build a kernel since my board % % supports it and disable

wget: A good download manager?

2002-12-21 Thread Joel Hammer
Just a question for my own information. wget in info wget claims to be a good download manager. That is to say, it can restart the download if the connection is lost. Does someone have experience who can verify this? And, if you have experience with wget, do you have any experiences with wget

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread Marvin Dickens
In my opinion, the best thing about acpi, at least from the standpoint of an AMD user is the ability to throttle the speed of the processor in real time (Using autospeedstep http://gpsdrive.kraftvoll.at/speedstep.shtml ). Best Peck ___ Linux-users

Re: wget: A good download manager?

2002-12-21 Thread Net Llama!
Yes wget can resume failed downloads. I don't know that i'd call wget a download manager. If you're looking for a good download manager, i'd recommend a GUI known as Downloader for X. Check freshmeat. On 12/21/02 08:03, Joel Hammer wrote: Just a question for my own information. wget in

Updated Step

2002-12-21 Thread Nobody
Doug Hunley has just updated http://www.linux-sxs.org/openssl.html to incorporate the following: Updated to fix the assumed path to perl interpreter ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

printing problem

2002-12-21 Thread Bonez
I have an HP iii printer attached to my system which is running caldera 2.4.2. Printing works, but often when printing from a linux app, a la OpenOffice, I select the US LETTER paper size, hit print and the OnLine light goes off, requiring me to hit the Continue button, which then motivates the

Re: printing problem

2002-12-21 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Saturday 21 December 2002 13:31 pm, Bonez wrote: I have an HP iii printer attached to my system which is running caldera 2.4.2. Printing works, but often when printing from a linux app, a la OpenOffice, I select the US LETTER paper size, hit print and the OnLine light goes off, requiring me

Updated Step

2002-12-21 Thread Nobody
Doug Hunley has just updated http://www.linux-sxs.org/sendm2.html to incorporate the following: kill the damn help file by using site.config.m4 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Xfree CVS and Qt issues...

2002-12-21 Thread Jerry McBride
Anyone here playing with the Xfree CVS sources? I've got version 4.2.99.2 dated december 17. I've got it here, compiles no problems and it runs very fast... The only hitch I have is compiling QT. During make, the compile terminates with complaints of parsing problems... Xft.h. I've been to

Re: killing viruses in kmail

2002-12-21 Thread Tony Alfrey
On Saturday 21 December 2002 07:57 am, Douglas J Hunley wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Alfrey spewed electrons into the ether that resembled: Hi. I use kmail. Periodically I get things that look like some nasty html-based script that is some sort of Windowsy

Re: (no subject)

2002-12-21 Thread Net Llama!
Hello to you too. Care to introduce yourself? On 12/21/02 12:06, Skynet wrote: hi -- ~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com

Re: Xfree CVS and Qt issues...

2002-12-21 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/21/02 11:27, Jerry McBride wrote: Anyone here playing with the Xfree CVS sources? I've got version 4.2.99.2 dated december 17. I've got it here, compiles no problems and it runs very fast... Fast compared to what? -- ~

Re: wget: A good download manager?

2002-12-21 Thread R. Quenett
Konqueror also can resume failed downloads. R -- http://www.quen.net Fix reason firmly in her seat and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of

Re: Xfree CVS and Qt issues...

2002-12-21 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:59:55 -0800 Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/21/02 11:27, Jerry McBride wrote: Anyone here playing with the Xfree CVS sources? I've got version 4.2.99.2 dated december 17. I've got it here, compiles no problems and it runs very fast... Fast compared to

Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Joel Hammer
I went out and bought a digital camera, Nikon Coolpix 2500. They didn't have a card reader at BestBuy. The camera is designed to hook up to a USB port. Does anyone know if there is a linux app that supports this camera? Joel ___ Linux-users mailing

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Bill Day
off subject of your topic.. Do you like the camera..(I dont care if I have to use windows for it) Just want to find a good digital camera taht takes fair pictures in low light. Bill Day Linux 2.2.20-1tr i586 8:09am up 17 days, 23:11, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 We're still up

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Ken Moffat
Joel Hammer wrote: I went out and bought a digital camera, Nikon Coolpix 2500. They didn't have a card reader at BestBuy. The camera is designed to hook up to a USB port. Does anyone know if there is a linux app that supports this camera? Joel gphoto2 supports some nikons, but I don't see

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 17:00:12 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went out and bought a digital camera, Nikon Coolpix 2500. They didn't have a card reader at BestBuy. The camera is designed to hook up to a USB port. Does anyone know if there is a linux app that supports this camera?

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Joel Hammer
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 05:16:47PM -0600, Bill Day wrote: Don't know yet if I like it. I am still charging the battery before first use! Consumers Report gave it a top recommendation in the 2 meg pixel class. And, it was one of the cheaper ones. Since this is my first digital camera, I wasn't

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Marvin Dickens
Hi Joel! You can mount the camera using the USB file system that is now standard fair in all Linux distro's. I do it all the time with a Fuji FinePix as well as a Nikon CoolPix 2500 (Just like you have...). Once the camera is mounted (Should mount as /mnt/camera for security), you can use a GUI

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Marvin Dickens
One other thing: In the event you want a great photo printer, get an HP PhotoSmart 7350. The things are slick and work *great* in Linux (HP wrote the driver that is used in Linux) and all features are supported. The photo's that you can print are, in my opinion, excellent. Further, when just

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Joel Hammer
I am using a lexmarkz53. Its driver was written by lexmark, and seems to work well. I was having a problem with getting good photo prints, though. I took a sample to BestBuy, where most weekends a guy from Lexmark is in the printer section. He's an older guy who seems to really know these

Re: wget: A good download manager?

2002-12-21 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Joel Hammer wrote: % Just a question for my own information. % % wget in info wget claims to be a good download manager. That is to say, % it can restart the download if the connection is lost. Does someone have % experience who can verify this? Yes. wget can resume failed

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Joel Hammer
Thanks. I followed your suggestions and they worked perfectly. Dang, this is good. I just wish I knew why sda1 works. What this means is that I can automate picture taking at work, maybe. This may be really good. Joel On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 05:34:14PM -0500, Jerry McBride wrote: On Sat, 21

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Joel Hammer
I have taken about 20 pictures in the house tonight, in fairly low light. This camera is great. If you send me your email I address, I will send a couple of examples to you. The default (maybe the highest quality, don't know yet) is a 400,000 byte jpg file. They look really nice on my monitor

Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 07:48:42PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: I am using a lexmarkz53. Its driver was written by lexmark, and seems to work well. I was having a problem with getting good photo prints, though. I took a sample to BestBuy, where most weekends a guy from Lexmark is in the printer

bzImage and vmlinux files

2002-12-21 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
While building kernels I notice that I end up with a bzImage and a vmlinux files. The bzImage I copy to /boot as a vmlinuz-x and it is specified in lilo.conf. What is the vmlinux file for? Why is it generated. Is it the uncompressed version of bzImage? -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL

Re: bzImage and vmlinux files

2002-12-21 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/21/02 21:16, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: While building kernels I notice that I end up with a bzImage and a vmlinux files. The bzImage I copy to /boot as a vmlinuz-x and it is specified in lilo.conf. What is the vmlinux file for? Why is it generated. Is it the uncompressed version of

Re: bzImage and vmlinux files

2002-12-21 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Thank you! On 12/21/02 21:16, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: While building kernels I notice that I end up with a bzImage and a vmlinux files. The bzImage I copy to /boot as a vmlinuz-x and it is specified in lilo.conf. What is the vmlinux file for? Why is it generated. Is it the

Updated Step

2002-12-21 Thread Nobody
Scott Henderson has just updated http://www.linux-sxs.org/spamfilter.html to incorporate the following: Updated with minor corrections ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

RE: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-21 Thread Mike McKinlay
Bill: The cartridge your looking for is Lexmark High resolution Photo cartridge - 12A1990 it replaces the color cartridge, 12A1990 being the model number for the Z53 printer. I buy them at Best Buy here in Califronia, usa. you can order them from www.lexmark.com at