Re: Infrared?

2003-02-02 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 23:11:52 -0500 Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Feigning erudition, Ted Ozolins wrote: > % Kurt Wall wrote: > % > % >Hello, list, > % > > % >Using Alan Cox's dmidecode utility, I discovered that one of my > % >boxen apparently has an IR connector: > % > > % >Handle 0x001

Re: Well known port number quesation ...

2003-02-02 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
While on the topic, I have a box that I thought I had turned off all unused ports. However, I see a listener on TCP port 587. This seems to be some sendmail port. Do I need it if all sendmail is doing is accepting smtp connections? -- ++

Re: sendmail woes

2003-02-02 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
Back at the office and time to get back to the pending sendmail question, I have done all except the sendmail.cf rules. I was looking at those, and decided it was going to be one language too much. As in, my brain began to hurt. I will see what you have suggested below and see if it helps. Thanks

Re: read-only mode linux

2003-02-02 Thread Klaus-Peter Schrage
m.w.chang wrote: is there a mod or patch or something that could make linux to stop ALL applications from writing to the harddisk except on a specified set of partitions? I meant, can linux kernel guaratee such a thing? Try Knoppix Klaus ___ Linux-u

Re: Playing my first DVD...

2003-02-02 Thread Net Llama!
On 02/02/03 19:38, Jerry McBride wrote: I just played my first DVD on my linux box tonight. Beautiful. I'm running XINE and the only thing I had to add was the libdvdcss library and it all came into place. My first DVD was RED PLANET... excellent. Thanks for the SXS, Llama. It really saved me so

What If?

2003-02-02 Thread Wall, Kurt
Yeah, it's OT. It rings true, however. % If Microsoft had been the first to invent books: We'd all be illiterate. % 1. Before you can open the cover of your new book, you must obtain % a book activation code by phoning Microsoft. % 2. Sorry, only one person may ever read your book. % 3.

Re: Playing my first DVD...

2003-02-02 Thread Kurt Wall
Feigning erudition, Jerry McBride wrote: % % I just played my first DVD on my linux box tonight. Beautiful. I'm running % XINE and the only thing I had to add was the libdvdcss library and it all came % into place. % % My first DVD was RED PLANET... excellent. % % Thanks for the SXS, Llama. It r

Playing my first DVD...

2003-02-02 Thread Jerry McBride
I just played my first DVD on my linux box tonight. Beautiful. I'm running XINE and the only thing I had to add was the libdvdcss library and it all came into place. My first DVD was RED PLANET... excellent. Thanks for the SXS, Llama. It really saved me some time. Now a question... What is the

Re: libpng.so.3 problem

2003-02-02 Thread Ken Moffat
Keith Antoine wrote: As it would not see it I cpied it to at least two other locations to see if it would pick it up ldconfig ? -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.li

Re: read-only mode linux

2003-02-02 Thread Jerry McBride
On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 08:42:26 +0800 "m.w.chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > is there a mod or patch or something that could make linux to stop ALL > applications from writing to the harddisk except on a specified set of > partitions? I meant, can linux kernel guaratee such a thing? > Just r

Re: networking hardware

2003-02-02 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
In the PC world you get none of these - but you pay as if you do . Bill Campbell wrote: > On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 08:56:01AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: >>computer, both hardware and software, is a life-and-death business. >>couldn't these guys in the world be a little bit serious? > > Good, Fast, C

Re: networking hardware

2003-02-02 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 08:56:01AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: >computer, both hardware and software, is a life-and-death business. >couldn't these guys in the world be a little bit serious? Good, Fast, Cheap, pick two. Very rarely can you get all three. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill C

Re: read-only mode linux

2003-02-02 Thread Andrew Mathews
m.w.chang wrote: is there a mod or patch or something that could make linux to stop ALL applications from writing to the harddisk except on a specified set of partitions? I meant, can linux kernel guaratee such a thing? Why? to check whether the application programs are not lying. :) Yes, it

Re: networking hardware

2003-02-02 Thread Ted Ozolins
m.w.chang wrote: I don't understand. why the BNC connectors I bought these days are so loosed (compared to the ones I used back 15 years ago)? Is making a circle at the right diameter so difficult?? dam The same problem can happen to 10BaseT if those plug manufacturers are not careful

Re: networking hardware

2003-02-02 Thread m.w.chang
computer, both hardware and software, is a life-and-death business. couldn't these guys in the world be a little bit serious? m.w.chang wrote: > I don't understand. why the BNC connectors I bought these days are so > loosed (compared to the ones I used back 15 years ago)? > > Is making a circle

Re: networking hardware

2003-02-02 Thread m.w.chang
yes, plastic is cheap to replace and easy to find and synthesis, but do you want a US$0.01 plug to mis-informated your whole battlion when a netowrk failure happens in the course of a fierce battle? silly m.w.chang wrote: > I don't understand. why the BNC connectors I bought these days are so

networking hardware

2003-02-02 Thread m.w.chang
I don't understand. why the BNC connectors I bought these days are so loosed (compared to the ones I used back 15 years ago)? Is making a circle at the right diameter so difficult?? dam The same problem can happen to 10BaseT if those plug manufacturers are not careful about the product qua

samba-2.2.7a

2003-02-02 Thread m.w.chang
i was trying to backup the MP3 off the linux server onto the Win$ partition and I got this: AngLAttack: the Network name is No Longer available. (AnglAttk is a MP3 song "Angel Attack") is it a networking hardware problem or samba config problem? -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We

Re: read-only mode linux

2003-02-02 Thread m.w.chang
ah.. a runlevel is the best. m.w.chang wrote: > is there a mod or patch or something that could make linux to stop ALL > applications from writing to the harddisk except on a specified set of > partitions? I meant, can linux kernel guaratee such a thing? > > Why? to check whether the applicatio

read-only mode linux

2003-02-02 Thread m.w.chang
is there a mod or patch or something that could make linux to stop ALL applications from writing to the harddisk except on a specified set of partitions? I meant, can linux kernel guaratee such a thing? Why? to check whether the application programs are not lying. :) -- .~.Might, Courage

Re: libpng.so.3 problem

2003-02-02 Thread Keith Antoine
On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:25, Tim Wunder wrote: > Are any of them part of an RPM? > $ rpm -qf /lib/libpng.so.3, etc... > > FWIW, RH8: > $ locate libpng.so.3 > /usr/lib/libpng.so.3.1.2.2 > /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 > $ rpm -qf /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 > libpng-1.2.2-8 > > HTH, > Tim Now that was an id

Re: libpng.so.3 problem

2003-02-02 Thread Keith Antoine
On Sunday 02 February 2003 13:37, Net Llama! wrote: > On 02/01/03 17:42, Keith Antoine wrote: > > I am trying to install 'dvr' from an rpm and no matter which way i try > > the install it falls over with libpng.so.3 not installed. However it is > > there: > > > > This is the result of a locate, its

Re: combining images

2003-02-02 Thread Kurt Wall
Feigning erudition, Rick Sivernell wrote: % List % % Is there away to convert MS type icons *.ico to png or some useable % format for programming? Quick & easy would be preferred & as a batch if % possible. ImageMagick will do this: $ convert some.ico some.png Kurt -- At no time is freedom of

Re: Windows client, linux X server

2003-02-02 Thread Brad De Vries
You are very close with the definitions you used. The only changes I would suggest is that the PC is actually running the X-server because it's serving up its screen, keyboard and mouse. The system running the X-windows system is actually called the X-client because it runs the applications. The

Re: libpng.so.3 problem

2003-02-02 Thread Keith Antoine
On Sunday 02 February 2003 13:35, Joel Hammer wrote: > Just guessing. > Maybe one or more of those are stale symbolic links, > Joel Unfortunately they are not links at all, I copied to various locations in the hope it would see at least one copy. -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'skippy' 18 Arkan

Re: Microsoft gets an *F* from CNN (and others...) in security

2003-02-02 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 09:35:26 -0700 Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 10:54:50 -0500 > Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 08:06:42 -0700 Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Q. What is sly like a fox, dumb as a box o

Re: Microsoft gets an *F* from CNN (and others...) in security

2003-02-02 Thread Collins Richey
On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 10:54:50 -0500 Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 08:06:42 -0700 Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Q. What is sly like a fox, dumb as a box of rocks, and incredibly > > wealthy? > > A. Bill Gates. > > > [ snips ] > Don't let it b

Re: Microsoft gets an *F* from CNN (and others...) in security

2003-02-02 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 08:06:42 -0700 Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q. What is sly like a fox, dumb as a box of rocks, and incredibly > wealthy? > A. Bill Gates. > It's because you are an honest man and Bill Gates is the biggest, in your face, thief there ever was. Something I could

Re: Microsoft gets an *F* from CNN (and others...) in security

2003-02-02 Thread Collins Richey
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 08:06:24 -0500 Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting link: > > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/02/01/microsoft.security.reut/index.html > Q. What is sly like a fox, dumb as a box of rocks, and incredibly wealthy? A. Bill Gates. -- Collins Richey -

Re: combining images

2003-02-02 Thread ronnie gauthier
Combine the smaller to the larger, use overlay to add your rulers, etc. On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 16:19:15 -0500 - Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following Re: Re: combining images >As a batch. > >I just got an inspiration. > >I am going to try this: >1. Make a black image as the background

Re: Microsoft gets an *F* from CNN (and others...) in security

2003-02-02 Thread Rick Sivernell
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 08:06:24 -0500 Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting link: > > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/02/01/microsoft.security.reut/index.html > > Mike > -- > 'Deserves [death]? I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. > And some that die deserve l

Re: combining images

2003-02-02 Thread Rick Sivernell
List good ones, I just knew the great knowledge base of LINUX was there. I lift a cold one, could be a large glass of fresh Milk, to you all. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1.1 Registered Linux User .~. /

Re: combining images

2003-02-02 Thread Joel Hammer
Good suggestion. That sounds a lot like what I am going to be trying to do. I am also looking at xv for the same thing. That is, use xv's visual schnauzer. To act on an image, drag it into a directory watched by a daemon, which will then carry out the appropriate action. Joel On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 a

Microsoft gets an *F* from CNN (and others...) in security

2003-02-02 Thread Michael Scottaline
Interesting link: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/02/01/microsoft.security.reut/index.html Mike -- 'Deserves [death]? I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even