my networking problem is over

2003-07-24 Thread Keith Antoine
I do not know what i did differently, obviously something but I am now connected with both XP and linux, plus the secondary machine is now also online. So my major problem is now solved. What can I do next to keep everyone busy, I know i'll do a 2.6 compile. All jokes aside many thanks to all

Re: network problem: internet sharing

2003-07-24 Thread David A. Bandel
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 14:43:17 +1000 Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 05:24 PM 23/07/2003 -0500, you wrote: Well, all you did was buy another problem. If you still need/want help with anything Linux, let us know. Ciao, David A. Bandel Grimace! What i need to do is manage

Re: I get a lot from router

2003-07-24 Thread David A. Bandel
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 14:52:55 +1000 Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am getting mail from the router which I do not understand. The following IP's are being dropped. I can see they are local but why are they being generated at all and why are they not received. some from

Re: my networking problem is over

2003-07-24 Thread David A. Bandel
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:37:25 -0400 Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know what i did differently, obviously something but I am now connected with both XP and linux, plus the secondary machine is now also online. So my major problem is now solved. What can I do next to keep

Re: Process select for SuSE 8.2

2003-07-24 Thread John Voigt
On 07/23/2003 12:29 PM, Net Llama! wrote: On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 01:05:31PM -0400, Matthew Carpenter wrote: chkconfig seems to be becoming a CLI standard for checking/changing the startup status for services as well... Is that part of the UnitedLinux standard or RH? chkconfig is a Redhat

Re: Process select for SuSE 8.2

2003-07-24 Thread Net Llama!
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, John Voigt wrote: Chkconfig has been in SuSE at least since v7.3 when I started using it. It's kinda handy once you get used to it. chkconfig -L will give you a quick summary of your rulevel configurations. I think it was originally developed by SGI, as it is standard in

OT GM vs. MSoft vs. Apple

2003-07-24 Thread Harry Giles
Bill Gates wanted to look good and impress everyone with his success. He decided to measure Microsoft accomplishments against General Motors. His comparison went like this: If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades, you would now be driving a

Re: my networking problem is over

2003-07-24 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth David A. Bandel: [build 2.6 kernel] It's not the compilation that will get you, but the little things that you will forget to include or include as modules. In that respect, 2.6 is a nightmare. It's getting to the point that not just anyone can compile their own kernel and expect it

Re: my networking problem is over

2003-07-24 Thread Douglas J Hunley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kurt Wall shocked and awed us all by speaking: Quoth David A. Bandel: [build 2.6 kernel] It's not the compilation that will get you, but the little things that you will forget to include or include as modules. In that respect, 2.6 is a

Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
Folks, If you had to choose, with only a couple hours to decide, between Slackware and Mandrake for a laptop install, which would you choose? I don't know either of them well enough to make a logical decision, but I'm in the position of needing to make that decision. Any insights from the list

Re: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Net Llama!
I've never honestly used either, howeer I'd suggest Mandrake for a laptop. Its alot more user friendly for getting it installed in a rush. On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: Folks, If you had to choose, with only a couple hours to decide, between Slackware and Mandrake for a

Re: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Thursday 24 July 2003 16:04 pm, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: Folks, If you had to choose, with only a couple hours to decide, between Slackware and Mandrake for a laptop install, which would you choose? I don't know either of them well enough to make a logical decision, but I'm in the

Re: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Aaron Grewell
On Thursday 24 July 2003 01:04 pm, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: Folks, If you had to choose, with only a couple hours to decide, between Slackware and Mandrake for a laptop install, which would you choose? I don't know either of them well enough to make a logical decision, but I'm in the

RE: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
Aaron Grewell wrote: I'd choose whichever you are more familiar with. If you've never used either, start with Mandrake. Slack allows a much lower garbage quotient, but you have to spend more time on it. I see I wasn't clear enough. I don't have to do the install. Professionals will do

Re: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Aaron Grewell
I see I wasn't clear enough. I don't have to do the install. Professionals will do that. I only have to choose from the options of Slackware or Mandrake. I've never used either, so I have no familiarity. I have some reference texts on Red Hat, and I understand that Mandrake is closest

Re: gentoo news

2003-07-24 Thread Alan Jackson
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:46:09 -0600 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentoo will be joining the ranks of the boxed set of cd's distros on August 5, 2003. For those of you who don't have DSL/Cable or a CD burner, this will be your opportunity to avoid the slow downloads and, if you

Problem installing netcat under linux

2003-07-24 Thread Swapana Ghosh
Hi I am trying to install *netcat* . As per the README i did $make linux [ As i my servier is redhat 8.0 ] But the following errors are coming:: make -e nc XFLAGS='-DLINUX' STATIC=-static make[1]: Entering directory `/home/swapna/netcat' cc -O -s -DLINUX -static -o nc

Re: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Condon Thomas A KPWA: Folks, If you had to choose, with only a couple hours to decide, between Slackware and Mandrake for a laptop install, which would you choose? I don't know either of them well enough to make a logical decision, but I'm in the position of needing to make that

Re: my networking problem is over

2003-07-24 Thread Keith Antoine
On Thursday 24 July 2003 07:56 am, David A. Bandel wrote: It's not the compilation that will get you, but the little things that you will forget to include or include as modules. In that respect, 2.6 is a nightmare. It's getting to the point that not just anyone can compile their own kernel

Re: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Keith Antoine
On Thursday 24 July 2003 04:04 pm, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: Folks, If you had to choose, with only a couple hours to decide, between Slackware and Mandrake for a laptop install, which would you choose? I don't know either of them well enough to make a logical decision, but I'm in the

Re: Problem installing netcat under linux

2003-07-24 Thread Net Llama!
What version of netcat? On 07/24/03 14:39, Swapana Ghosh wrote: Hi I am trying to install *netcat* . As per the README i did $make linux [ As i my servier is redhat 8.0 ] But the following errors are coming:: make -e nc XFLAGS='-DLINUX' STATIC=-static make[1]: Entering directory

Re: my networking problem is over

2003-07-24 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 06:56:37 -0500 David A. Bandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:37:25 -0400 Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know what i did differently, obviously something but I am now connected with both XP and linux, plus the secondary machine is

OT Oracle on Linux....

2003-07-24 Thread Jerry McBride
Oracle on linux... fast! http://www.interealm.com/technotes/roby/pentmark.html -- ** Registered Linux User Number 185956 http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=ensafe=offgroup=linux This

Re: OT Oracle on Linux....

2003-07-24 Thread Net Llama!
On 07/24/03 17:49, Jerry McBride wrote: Oracle on linux... fast! http://www.interealm.com/technotes/roby/pentmark.html Only when compared to on winders. Its still a huge, buggy, bloated pig, even if its got racing strips painted on it. --

Re: gentoo news

2003-07-24 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:58:27 -0500 Alan Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:46:09 -0600 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentoo will be joining the ranks of the boxed set of cd's distros on August 5, 2003. I've been putting off downloading it - now this I

Re: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:40:09 -0700 Condon Thomas A KPWA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaron Grewell wrote: I'd choose whichever you are more familiar with. If you've never used either, start with Mandrake. Slack allows a much lower garbage quotient, but you have to spend more time on it.

Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink..

2003-07-24 Thread Philip J. Koenig
OK, I've been on the list awhile without reading/posting much - re-hi to everyone. I've been doing a lot of BSD lately but for various reasons due to hardware/software restrictions I need to build a new Linux box to test out an email product I'm thinking about deploying. Problem is Compaq,

Video4Linux - Which cameras work?

2003-07-24 Thread Michael Hipp
Anyone know where to find a list of web cams that work with video4linux? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Video4Linux - Which cameras work?

2003-07-24 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Michael Hipp: Anyone know where to find a list of web cams that work with video4linux? Start here: http://www.exploits.org/v4l/ http://www.thedirks.org/v4l2/ http://www.video4linux.net/ Kurt -- Why be a man when you can be a success? -- Bertold Brecht

Re: Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink..

2003-07-24 Thread Andrew Mathews
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Philip J. Koenig wrote: snip ~ If anyone can point me to a source for | RedHat 8.0 ISOs, or have another suggestion, I would greatly | appreciate it. http://www.linux-works.org/iso/ I try to keep iso's for most current releases (though Mandrake and

Re: Video4Linux - Which cameras work?

2003-07-24 Thread Net Llama!
On 07/24/03 18:39, Federico Voges wrote: On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:32:56 -0500, Michael Hipp wrote: Anyone know where to find a list of web cams that work with video4linux? I have a Philips PVC680K (discontinued) and it works. I used this page to choose a linux compatible camera:

stupid knoppix/debian question

2003-07-24 Thread Douglas J Hunley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I just installed Knoppix to hard disk on one of the kids' pcs.. and I need to know the 'must haves' for inclusion in the apt-sources(?) file? What URIs do I have to have to stay up-to-date on all the latest bug fixes and the latest kewl new

Re: Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink..]

2003-07-24 Thread Andrew Mathews
Sorry for the spamassassin tag, I needed a score readjustment on my end for the list's mail. Original Message Subject: *[SPAM]* Re: Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.. Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 19:59:19 -0600 From: Andrew Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-24 Thread Bill Campbell
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 01:04:06PM -0700, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: Folks, If you had to choose, with only a couple hours to decide, between Slackware and Mandrake for a laptop install, which would you choose? I don't know either of them well enough to make a logical decision, but I'm in the

Re: OT Oracle on Linux....

2003-07-24 Thread Bill Campbell
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 05:58:52PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: On 07/24/03 17:49, Jerry McBride wrote: Oracle on linux... fast! http://www.interealm.com/technotes/roby/pentmark.html Only when compared to on winders. Its still a huge, buggy, bloated pig, even if its got racing strips painted

Problem installing netcat under linux

2003-07-24 Thread Swapana Ghosh
Hi Net Llama! netllama at linux-sxs.org Thu Jul 24 16:45:26 EDT 2003 What version of netcat? netcat version 1.10 Thanks for your response. But i could able to install - there was a faq and i found that the solution they are giving as follows: - Make an entry #include resolv.h in the