Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-12-03 Thread Kurt Wall
Keith Antoine wrote: [...] % No you did not, hopefully at my age I am thick skinned anyway. As I have been % in this list and the Caldera list for many years, I have been insulted and % roasted by some experts; Right Kurt ? g [groan] I think I sold you your asbestos thong. Kurt -- I used

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-12-02 Thread Keith Antoine
On Saturday 01 December 2001 23:18, Peter Ruskin enunciated: Me too - I started my apprenticeship in 1953. That means then we are both 21 this year ?? I put in time with G.E.C at Wembley fooling around with 'bombes' for Bletchley Heath after coming out of the RAF. My MI was in 91. Mine

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-12-02 Thread Keith Antoine
On Sunday 02 December 2001 19:26, Keith Antoine enunciated: On Saturday 01 December 2001 23:18, Peter Ruskin enunciated: My MI was in 91. Mine was an MI6, they did 43 resusitations, wonder I was not brain damaged after 1hr 20min, wife says I always was though. Geez that was stupid typo it

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-12-02 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Sunday 02 Dec 2001 20:28, Keith Antoine wrote: On Sunday 02 December 2001 19:26, Keith Antoine enunciated: On Saturday 01 December 2001 23:18, Peter Ruskin enunciated: My MI was in 91. Mine was an MI6, they did 43 resusitations, wonder I was not brain damaged after 1hr 20min, wife

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-12-01 Thread Richard R. Sivernell
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:13:44 +1000 Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 30 November 2001 14:11, Dave Anselmi enunciated: Gee, if you don't edit much, you aren't coding or configuring. Poor guy ;-) (Unless you code or configure Windows - then I'm really sorry for you.) I hav

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-12-01 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Saturday 01 Dec 2001 03:13, Keith Antoine wrote: On Friday 30 November 2001 14:11, Dave Anselmi enunciated: Gee, if you don't edit much, you aren't coding or configuring. Poor guy ;-) (Unless you code or configure Windows - then I'm really sorry for you.) I hav ebeen a hardware guy

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-12-01 Thread Andrew Mathews
Dave Anselmi wrote: snip Keith, if I have offended, I appologize. I was attempting a good-natured jest. As to my contributions, look at what I have posted. The volume will not match most on this list. If the quality is inadequate as well, I will gladly sign off. Dave snip None of us

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-12-01 Thread Keith Antoine
On Sunday 02 December 2001 10:10, Dave Anselmi enunciated: Did everyone miss the smiley after my second sentence? I am not critical of Keith for not being a programmer, or the type who builds and rebuilds and constantly tweaks his system. I do, and I love it. I feel sorry for those who

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-11-30 Thread Declan Moriarty
On Friday 30 November 2001 04:11, you wrote: Keith Antoine wrote: The real problem is that I _Cannot_ remember the commands to type in as i do not use an editor enough to remember. I can read however and click the mouse button, also joe/jove have a commands reminder key sequence that I

Re: new install init

2001-11-30 Thread Stew Benedict
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Bill Day wrote: Pico (comes with PINE console mailer), has its limitations, but if you ahve problems rembering vi commands, and arent worried about line length then you should be ok... However, there is something to a 'limit' on a single line for pico.. can not

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-11-30 Thread Chris Kassopulo
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:45:55 + Declan Moriarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 30 November 2001 04:11, you wrote: Keith Antoine wrote: The real problem is that I _Cannot_ remember the commands to type in as i do not use an editor enough to remember. I can read however and click

Re: [TID] Re: new install init

2001-11-30 Thread Keith Antoine
On Friday 30 November 2001 14:11, Dave Anselmi enunciated: Gee, if you don't edit much, you aren't coding or configuring. Poor guy ;-) (Unless you code or configure Windows - then I'm really sorry for you.) I hav ebeen a hardware guy since 1956 when the word computer was unknown. I have

Re: new install init

2001-11-29 Thread Keith Antoine
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 19:52, Declan Moriarty enunciated: I would like to thank those who answered my appeal, however it was not the fault of Mandrake I am sorry to say. It was entirely my fault insofar as I installed the video card with 3D accel near the end of the install. It was

Re: new install init

2001-11-29 Thread Matthew Carpenter
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:49:46 +1000 Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must also admit that to me vi is an editor that I thouroughly hate, it was as AFAIAC written by a certifiable geek, on a bad trip with drugs. So I would not have got far here, joe, jove are my limits. VI was

Re: new install init

2001-11-29 Thread Kurt Wall
Matthew Carpenter wrote: % On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:49:46 +1000 % Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % I must also admit that to me vi is an editor that I thouroughly hate, it % was as AFAIAC written by a certifiable geek, on a bad trip with drugs. So I % would not have got far here, joe,

Re: new install init

2001-11-29 Thread Keith Antoine
On Friday 30 November 2001 10:27, Matthew Carpenter enunciated: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:49:46 +1000 Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must also admit that to me vi is an editor that I thouroughly hate, it was as AFAIAC written by a certifiable geek, on a bad trip with drugs. So I

Re: new install init

2001-11-29 Thread Bill Day
Pico (comes with PINE console mailer), has its limitations, but if you ahve problems rembering vi commands, and arent worried about line length then you should be ok... However, there is something to a 'limit' on a single line for pico.. can not remember what that was dealing with... HTH,

Re: new install init

2001-11-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Keith Antoine wrote: % I have just installed Mandrake 8.1 on a server for someone, but for the first % time I have had init problems on a clean install. It will not boot to kde and % in a console it stops with a flashing console login screen, the its stosp and % says:: % init id x respawning

Re: new install init

2001-11-28 Thread Lee
Keith Antoine wrote: I have just installed Mandrake 8.1 on a server for someone, but for the first time I have had init problems on a clean install. It will not boot to kde and in a console it stops with a flashing console login screen, the its stosp and says:: init id x respawning too

OT Re: new install init

2001-11-28 Thread Tim Wunder
Lee wrote: implement was go back to using 7.1. I think Mandrake, like Caldera and Red Hat have adopted the M$ new distro development model. After releasing a really good distro (Win 95, COL 2.2, Mandrake 7.1) follow it with one not quite so good and degrade the overall quality with each new

Re: new install init

2001-11-28 Thread Dave Anselmi
Keith Antoine wrote: I have just installed Mandrake 8.1 on a server for someone, but for the first time I have had init problems on a clean install. It will not boot to kde and in a console it stops with a flashing console login screen, the its stosp and says:: init id x respawning too

Re: OT Re: new install init

2001-11-28 Thread Lee
Tim Wunder wrote: Lee wrote: implement was go back to using 7.1. I think Mandrake, like Caldera and Red Hat have adopted the M$ new distro development model. After releasing a really good distro (Win 95, COL 2.2, Mandrake 7.1) follow it with one not quite so good and degrade the

Re: OT Re: new install init

2001-11-28 Thread Collins Richey
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:13:34 -0500 Tim Wunder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lee wrote: implement was go back to using 7.1. I think Mandrake, like Caldera and Red Hat have adopted the M$ new distro development model. After releasing a really good distro (Win 95, COL 2.2, Mandrake 7.1)