Re: SMP and kernel

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:40:22 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering why you're doing this in the first place. Why not just run a uniproc kernel? There are a few distros that deliver only SMP kernels. Our goal with a distro is to try and use it out-of-the-box, making

Re: SCO vs. ...

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:32:24 -0500 David A. Bandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone seen this in Cringley´s column? http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/16/24OPcringely_1.html Don't think I'd want to take on both IBM and ATT at the same time in different courtrooms, not even if I were

Re: SCO vs. ...

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:24:51 -0400 dep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: begin David A. Bandel's quote: | Don't think I'd want to take on both IBM and ATT at the same time | in different courtrooms, not even if I were M$. And SCO's not even | close to that big. my guess was that on about

SuSE upgrade

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
I have an SuSE 7.1 distro, which I am not using. It was bought for testing various distros but is not currently installed anywhere. I am looking to try SuSE 8.2. If I buy an upgrade, will it only install on an existing 7.1, or will it only ask for a CD to check that this is an upgrade? I don't

Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
I remember seeing that redhat did some wild integration of KDE and Gnome in their latest release. I never did get a feel for whether you could still run KDE with its own look. Is this possible? If so, is it so without hassle? -- ++···+ ·

Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread Myles Green
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 04:13, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: I remember seeing that redhat did some wild integration of KDE and Gnome in their latest release. I never did get a feel for whether you could still run KDE with its own look. Is this possible? If so, is it so without hassle? Yes it is,

Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:36:48 -0600 Myles Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 04:13, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: I remember seeing that redhat did some wild integration of KDE and Gnome in their latest release. I never did get a feel for whether you could still run KDE with

Re: SuSE upgrade

2003-06-17 Thread dep
begin Roger Oberholtzer's quote: | I have an SuSE 7.1 distro, which I am not using. It was bought for | testing various distros but is not currently installed anywhere. I | am looking to try SuSE 8.2. If I buy an upgrade, will it only | install on an existing 7.1, or will it only ask for a CD to

Re: SuSE upgrade

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:55:09 -0400 dep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: begin Roger Oberholtzer's quote: | I have an SuSE 7.1 distro, which I am not using. It was bought for | testing various distros but is not currently installed anywhere. I | am looking to try SuSE 8.2. If I buy an upgrade, will

Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread Myles Green
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 05:24, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:36:48 -0600 Myles Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 04:13, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: I remember seeing that redhat did some wild integration of KDE and Gnome in their latest release. I never

Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
We are trying to see how far we can go with a distro without changing things. Updates beyond the original CDs are avoided when possible. Then the answer is still yes, just look through the various settings under themes, icons etc. Great. RH9 arrives tomorrow. Let's see what it does.

Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread Tim Wunder
On 6/17/2003 8:36 AM, someone claiming to be Myles Green wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 05:24, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:36:48 -0600 Myles Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 04:13, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: I remember seeing that redhat did some wild

Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
Kinda off-thread, but there's also the kde-redhat project, http://kde-redhat.sf.net, which, when combined with apt for rpm, provides an easy way to keep kde up to date. The main reason we have tried not to rely on these types of things is that the systems are in vehicles out on the road. We

Re: SMP and kernel

2003-06-17 Thread Net Llama!
Which distros do this? It sounds like pure laziness on their part for not supplying two kernels. On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:40:22 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering why you're doing this in the first place. Why not just

OT Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread Tim Wunder
On 6/17/2003 8:56 AM, someone claiming to be Roger Oberholtzer wrote: Kinda off-thread, but there's also the kde-redhat project, http://kde-redhat.sf.net, which, when combined with apt for rpm, provides an easy way to keep kde up to date. The main reason we have tried not to rely on these

Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread bof
Roger Oberholtzer wrote: I remember seeing that redhat did some wild integration of KDE and Gnome in their latest release. I never did get a feel for whether you could still run KDE with its own look. Is this possible? If so, is it so without hassle? IIRC, there is an option under KDE to set it

Re: SMP and kernel

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:08:34 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which distros do this? It sounds like pure laziness on their part for not supplying two kernels. One is 'that distro which shall not be named', a.k.a. Caldera COL 3.1x. --

Re: SuSE upgrade

2003-06-17 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 17 June 2003 8:07 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:55:09 -0400 dep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: begin Roger Oberholtzer's quote: | I have an SuSE 7.1 distro, which I am not using. It was bought for | testing various distros but is not currently installed

Re: SMP and kernel

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:29:04 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:08:34 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which distros do this? It sounds like pure laziness on their part for not supplying

Re: bootable Redhat based CD?

2003-06-17 Thread Net Llama!
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Bruce Marshall wrote: Just a thought but have you looked at Bernard's bootable linux on freshmeat? freshmeat.net/projects/bblcd/?topic_id=147%2C866 It has all you need to build a bootable CD from your currently running distro. I did this once on an SuSE distro and it

Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:16:46 -0600 bof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roger Oberholtzer wrote: I remember seeing that redhat did some wild integration of KDE and Gnome intheir latest release. I never did get a feel for whether you could stillrun KDE with its own look. Is this possible? If so,

Re: SMP and kernel

2003-06-17 Thread Net Llama!
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:29:04 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:08:34 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which distros do this? It sounds

Re: bootable Redhat based CD?

2003-06-17 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 17 June 2003 12:17 pm, Net Llama! wrote: On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Bruce Marshall wrote: Just a thought but have you looked at Bernard's bootable linux on freshmeat? freshmeat.net/projects/bblcd/?topic_id=147%2C866 It has all you need to build a bootable CD from your currently

Linus to work full-time on Linux

2003-06-17 Thread Gary Wilson
June 17, 2003 Linus Torvalds Joins Development Group By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 3:30 p.m. ET SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The creator of the Linux operating system is joining a global development group to focus on further improving the open-source software. Linus Torvalds said Tuesday he is

cu: /dev/ttyS0: Line in use

2003-06-17 Thread listmail
At this point I think I've about run out of ideas as to what could be causing such an error, as a short while ago I was able to make a connection using the serial port. What I'm trying to do is configure a terminal server, and I need to get access to it through a serial port to configure its

OT Textmaker for Linux from Softmaker software

2003-06-17 Thread Harry Giles
Has anyone had any experience with these folks? How do you get them to respond? I purchased the Linux CD version, they send me registration info for Textmaker fro Windows and Pocket PC's. I email them 6 times in 2 weeks, no response. Today I get the CD for Textmaker for Windows and Pocket

Re: OT Textmaker for Linux from Softmaker software

2003-06-17 Thread Tony Alfrey
On Tuesday 17 June 2003 02:20 pm, Harry Giles wrote: Has anyone had any experience with these folks? How do you get them to respond? I purchased the Linux CD version, they send me registration info for Textmaker fro Windows and Pocket PC's. I email them 6 times in 2 weeks, no response.

Re: OT Textmaker for Linux from Softmaker software

2003-06-17 Thread dep
begin Harry Giles's quote: | Has anyone had any experience with these folks? How do you get | them to respond? tony's response is accurate. are you sure the linux version isn't on the cd also? (i have the download version and keep *numerous* backups, because after using it for six weeks or

Re: cu: /dev/ttyS0: Line in use

2003-06-17 Thread Keith Morse
Grasping at straws, an stale lock file perhaps? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: OT Textmaker for Linux from Softmaker software

2003-06-17 Thread Harry Giles
On Tue June 17 2003 06:49 pm, dep wrote: begin Harry Giles's quote: | Has anyone had any experience with these folks? How do you get | them to respond? tony's response is accurate. are you sure the linux version isn't on the cd also? snip I just checked, just a pdf file, and 2 .exe

Re: cu: /dev/ttyS0: Line in use

2003-06-17 Thread David Aikema
On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 04:13 PM, Keith Morse wrote: Grasping at straws, an stale lock file perhaps? Any idea how I'd go about locating something like that? David Aikema ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: cu: /dev/ttyS0: Line in use

2003-06-17 Thread Net Llama!
On 06/17/03 18:54, David Aikema wrote: On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 04:13 PM, Keith Morse wrote: Grasping at straws, an stale lock file perhaps? Any idea how I'd go about locating something like that? /var/lock ?? -- ~ L.

Re: cu: /dev/ttyS0: Line in use

2003-06-17 Thread David Aikema
On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 07:01 PM, Net Llama! wrote: On 06/17/03 18:54, David Aikema wrote: On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 04:13 PM, Keith Morse wrote: Grasping at straws, an stale lock file perhaps? Any idea how I'd go about locating something like that? /var/lock ?? Thanks. There was a

Re: cu: /dev/ttyS0: Line in use

2003-06-17 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth David Aikema: On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 04:13 PM, Keith Morse wrote: Grasping at straws, an stale lock file perhaps? Any idea how I'd go about locating something like that? /var/run or /var/lock? K -- It was a virgin forest, a place where the Hand of Man had never set foot.

Re: cu: /dev/ttyS0: Line in use

2003-06-17 Thread David Aikema
On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 07:38 PM, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth David Aikema: On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 04:13 PM, Keith Morse wrote: Grasping at straws, an stale lock file perhaps? Any idea how I'd go about locating something like that? /var/run or /var/lock? There's nothing that seems

Re: cu: /dev/ttyS0: Line in use

2003-06-17 Thread Net Llama!
On 06/17/03 20:03, David Aikema wrote: On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 07:38 PM, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth David Aikema: On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 04:13 PM, Keith Morse wrote: Grasping at straws, an stale lock file perhaps? Any idea how I'd go about locating something like that? /var/run