Re: I wanna know

2002-02-12 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 22:31, Peter Ruskin wrote: .Xmodmap:0 contains (alter it to suit) ... [snip] thank you. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

More Steps: Feb 9

2002-02-09 Thread Mike Andrew
KDE -KDE3 (On SuSE 7.3) (Iraj) Mail-Fortune Sig files (Andrew Mathews / Myles Green) Mail-Kmail Mail-Kmail Signature script (Johannes Findeisen) Printers-USB-Quick Tip for Col3 (Federico Voges) Lilo- Dual Boot Win2k example(Nate Cole) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MySQL front ends, was: Re: no printing from kmail

2002-02-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 21:16, Matthew Carpenter wrote: By Front End do you mean something like Access has for it's own databases? I'm floundering with databases, so 'yes', that type of thing would be what I'm looking for. (but I don't know too much about Access either) Although I think I

Re: MySQL front ends, was: Re: no printing from kmail

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:31, Peter Ruskin wrote: On Monday 04 Feb 2002 21:08, David A. Bandel wrote: xmysql, webmin mysql module, phpmysqladmin, and there are others (tk module, ...) afaik, none of these are user front ends. Again, afaik, none of them allow you to design a dbase, then enter

Re: OT Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 05:21, Bill Campbell wrote: I learned a long time ago (1) to always ``cd'' to a directory before doing an ``rm *'' in that directory instead of ``rm dir/*'' since a space after the slash does nasty things, and (2) to think really hard before using the ``*'' to make sure

Re: OT Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 20:43, Joshua Lee wrote: The S-100 bus existed as a standard bus on many CP/M boxes long before the Apple II, though Apple is to be commended for it's open specs for The reference was in context to the Apple, and the demise of Mrola, which is directly related. The S100 (or

I wanna know

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 22:31, Peter Ruskin wrote: I have to say I haven't studied any manuals about this (because it works for me®) - it came from a tip by a guru on kde-linux list. Okay okay, how'd you get the ® symbol. Don't tell me to use fourteen keystrokes please. I'm ready with the

Re: Header include question

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 06:04, Kurt Wall wrote: On, Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:34:03 -0600, Rick Sivernell typed: [mondo snippage] Kurt I understand, I have a handle on it now. I just knew you were the one to ask. I really appreciate your help Thank you. Or, you could try the Kurtwerks(tm) all

Re: OT MS product placement

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:47, David A. Bandel wrote: The stunning success of the U.S. tech-powered boom in the 1990s drew some 500,000 highly skilled H1-B visa holders from around the world and Yeah, the H1-B's worked cheap, while the highly skilled, highly paid US workers went unemployed.

Re: Hidden directory contents in fstab-mounted Windows partition

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
Interesting hypothesis but no - there was nothing there. I've just booted into native win98 in DOS mode and removed the system flags from Program Files and win, but that hasn't made any difference either. here's my ordinary uninteresting fstab /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat

Re: no printing from kmail

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tuesday 29 January 2002 09:15 pm, Ted Ozolins warbled: I better hurry up and settle on a distro soon as I have a neet to set up a data base for cross refferencing partnumbers. no sarcasm intended. How are you going to do that? What database? I've found nothing 'out there' that's

Re: no printing from kmail

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 23:18, Ted Ozolins wrote: Aside from tutorials on the web, and help from some local programmers, I'll be attempting to set up Mysql for this. sometimes I practice really really hard to be an idiot. This is one where I went the extra mile and outdid myself. I cannot find

Re: OT Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:41, Burns MacDonald wrote: frontal lobotomy can produce a Windows OS clone. You're opinion is always worth respecting Burns but that's a cheap throway shot at explaining away the need to make an OS user friendly. A killer line to knock out opposition. (anyway, it takes

Re: Wierd mail problem...

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:06, Bill Day wrote: downloads. Gets approximately 3/4 way through the dl of mail (135 of 195 [snip] absolutely unqualified here, but this is typical of an isp who has set the keep-alive wrong. I'ts not retriggering on icmp requests to port 110, just ignoring them. try

Re: OT Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 03:10, Matthew Carpenter wrote: They are relatively insecure and bloated in their use of bandwidth when compared with the their slick cousin, SSH. agreed. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: OT Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 04:34, Bill Campbell wrote: It's a lot easier to copy all the text files in a directory to a floppy by typing ``cp *.txt /auto/floppy'' than it is to select them with a GUI, right-click copy, go find the floppy in another file manager, then It's a lot easier to make a typo,

Re: Intel compiler

2002-01-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:42, Ken Moffat wrote: Another one to keep in mind is Borland, with the kylix thing being updated to c++. Shouldn't be too long, and I've used C++Builder on Windows with great pleasure. I don't know C++Builder is it Borland? And are you saying kylix is being ported out

Re: Modems

2002-01-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:59, Dallam Wych wrote: In what context are you saying that winmodems cannot respond to AT commands? Certainly they must respond to AT commands if they communicate through wvdial as there are several commands involved in the process. Ooops. When I'm wrong, I like to be

Re: OTinterest in an annual SxS get-together?

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 14:46, Keith Antoine wrote: I do nopt look bad in a pair of thongs! Liar. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: OTinterest in an annual SxS get-together?

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:38, burns wrote: Yes. Keef had polished his crystal balls, tuned up his magic wand and I had gotten new dentures for the occaision (I hate borrowing Mike's). Hmmph, you never complain at the time, do you. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

background splash-screen, RH72 was Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:21, Myles Green wrote: OK, this was pretty simple actually, /etc/X11/prefdm points the way. In Ok, wizards. Since this is still all fresh in your mind, i have an annoying problem with the KDE user login screen (RH72) I've set the background to something I want and it

Re: an interesting experience

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 04:34, Net Llama wrote: Oh gawd no. Kudzu is the biggest flaming POS i've come across in all of Linux. I've stopped counting the number of boxes that its locked up, fubarred or othewise rendered useless. The part of kudzu I am impressed with is it's auto-detection of

Re: length of command-line

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 03:46, Tom Wilson wrote: 2048 characters, but this can be configured. I'm not sure where. Where can you find this info? (Not about configing but about the length?) Bedtime reading-Bash- (and of course, man bash) (not stated in either, is this limit is known as the

Re: Modems

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 18:45, zohar wrote: I want to know how to distinguish between [snippety hack] system) and AT commands of it to use for that. There's the rub. Winmodems of any kind CANNOT respond to AT commands. They don't have an embedded controller (or any other controller) in them to

Re: background splash-screen, RH72 was Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 04:08, Net Llama wrote: Where did you change it? My guess is that whatevr you did was just a hack that gets called before the actual 'official' call to display a logog. Thus its getting squashed in the general order of things. Big Green Button - stuff I've chased down

Re: Intel compiler

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 03:33, Jerry McBride wrote: My take on the whole affair is that Intel is making sure it's new P4 is properly supported... in that its' new optimizaions are being exploited by this compiler. That said... I'll find out shortly if its' worth the salt. The curious thing is...

Re: FreeBSD again ot

2002-01-15 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 00:59, Kurt Wall wrote: I'm a Ammurrican. Troglodyte's don't have nationalities. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: How trashed is it?

2002-01-15 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:03, Tim Wunder wrote: My installation of RedHat 7.0 requires 'su -' to get root's path. Every Caldera distro I've used (2.3, 2.4, 3.1) didn't require that, It's annoying. The technical difference is that the existing environment is retained (not another shell) without

Re: FreeBSD again ot

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:35, Myles Green wrote: moi aussie? non, vous et norfolker, n'est pas? d'accordo! qaunto anche io? -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 04:15, Tim Wunder wrote: Upon investigation, I made a WAG that the reason I needed to load ide-scsi during boot was that I had IDE CDROM support compiled into the kernel. Bugger, bugger, bugger. I *forgot* all about that wrinkle. You are right sir. -- http://linux.nf --

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:30, Ken Moffat wrote: ln -s /dev/srX /dev/scdX PMFJI .. I have /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 for cd-rw and dvd. Should I do step 3 above? Yes. It does no harm. Jan 13 07:23:05 localhost kernel: sr1: CDROM not ready. Make sure there a symlink will fix that. I assume

devfs was Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:57, David A. Bandel wrote: If you have something better (than devfs), I know lots of folks who would like to hear your idea of how to do it. We have no argument about the 'goodness' of devfs. devfs is going to happen, because it has to. I have run devfs (past

Re: FreeBSD - Part I (Planning)

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 05:43, Collins Richey wrote: Ok, there does appear to be some level of interest for FreeBSD, and no one seems to be mightily offended, so I'll do a few posts. [snip] Collins, rather than me hacking and slashing this text into an SxS and doing it a disservice, please most

Re: IDE ZIP drive problems (SOLVED!)

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 06:36, Tim Wunder wrote: Previously, Tim Wunder chose to write: snip [slash] [snippety] [hack] 1) network issues are irrelevant, look elsewhere. 2) paride is required for any parallel connected zip, ls120 or backpack device. It, and all it's associated drivers (pf,

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 04:56, Rick Sivernell wrote: I am having continual problems with cdroms. I have the following scsi id 4 42x scsi cdrom scsi id 5 Yamaha 6x4x16 cdwriter hdc is a 52x ide cdrom drive [snippetty hack] Rick, your problem is your misunderstanding of srX and scdX

Re: ingenuity sought

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:43, dep wrote: i am hoping that there is some utility that will do this as a batch, and perhaps a script that will do it all on one pass. i have no idea where to begin to look. Programming-Thumbnail maker. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Testing: Ignore

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 05:15, Bruce Marshall wrote: Yes, but how can it be an official test without the obligatory humor attached... :o) Damn right, it's NOT a test, it's some bl**dy troll. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: Re: second dvd (cdrom) not seen as

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /dev/hdb-/dev/cdrom /dev/hdd-/dev/dvd I have no ide-scsi lines in my lilo.conf. Both work flawlessly. Neither device is burnable. That's why. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-11 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 05:10, zohar wrote: I want this CDRW to work also with Linux as my ASUS CD-R is working. I was asking from where I will find the STEP x STEP tutorial for this. CD BURNING -IDE -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

More Steps Jan 12

2002-01-11 Thread Mike Andrew
KDE2-Soundbug (Mike Andrew) Bedtime Reading- IDE CD Burners (Mike Andrew) CD BURNERS - IDE Bedtime Reading I ***really** hope the above finally, permanently and at last finishes off the *)(*)(^%$*)( append = statement. I've done *everything* I can think of to explain ide

Alternate. was Re: Copying boot disk

2002-01-11 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 14:22, Glenn Williams wrote: [snip] From: Dave Anselmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] I dont' have floppies, period, on any of my systems. (well ok, one ls120 external) this leaves me exposed to boot problems. the answer is, boot from *any* cd-bootable linux distro and type the

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-11 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 09:49, Michael Scottaline wrote: Ahhh..., but we knew *his eminence* would set him straight now, didn't we, your lordship? genuflects;o) Just curious about the genuflection bit. Woudl that be with a patented Skippy magic wand and will you go blind? -- http://linux.nf --

Minor KDE2 sound bug

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
A minor bug exists in kde 2.2 when starting. the default mixer settings, for some inexplicable reason, probe for TWO sound devices and TWO mixers Control Centre (big green button) - sound-Mixer-hardware settings change the default values of '2' to '1' The 'error' appears in /var/log/messages

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 15:03, Net Llama wrote: the ? means use the letter b,c or d. Ie whichever is your cd ide drive. Note: it could also be the letter 'a'. Yeah, right. and the boot hard drive *might* be d, or scsi. You're currently buried deep in programming aren't you. --

Re: I'm impressed with ATI!

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:37, Keith Antoine wrote: Errm, what do you mean as I did not write whatever it was. I have never used a ATI card. Earlier you stated that you couldn't install an ATI on a friend's machine over 3 distros. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: re snapshotsot

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:42, Keith Antoine wrote: Maybe you should try the Licuala Palm leaf, as they get up to 2.5mt across and would shade most of you...I think. When I ordered the original Kurtwerks tin hat, Mark 2, I requested the 3 metre optional accessory. This served me well,

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 22:08, Ken Moffat wrote: in Libranet linux I once tried append=hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi and locked up on reboot with a crc error during a time of heavy experimenting. that's a completely legitimate 2.4.x syntax, and is a pretty sensible way of allowing cdrom - cdr

Re: I'm impressed with ATI!

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:14, Ted Ozolins wrote: The All in Wonder card is basically a Mach64 card, what driver did you use? Wooo! I didn't know that. Skippy, that's an 'unusual' driver for Xfree did you try that? -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Maxtor 80 meg drive

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 13:03, Collins Richey wrote: I've experimented with various partitionings, but I always come back to a single partition per distro or a separate /home partition as second choice Unless you plan to download tons of MP3/OGG files, movie clips, iso images, etc. ... I never

Re: re snapshotsot

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 01:50, Kurt Wall wrote: Are you still wearing your KurtWerks (tm) Hat? Sadly, no, one of Les Bell's goats took an unfortunate liking to it. I have tried banana leaves instead, but have to say 'they' are still speaking to me, while my friends are not. -- http://linux.nf

Re: writeable vfat

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:51, R. Quenett wrote: Suggestions to correct the following fstab entry so any user can write to /mnt/hda14 would be appreciated. /dev/hda14 /mnt/hda14 vfat rw,users,dev,exec,suid,check=n,uid=503,gid=100 0 [snip] vfat defaults, users, umask=0 0 0 --

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:29, Robert L. Hemus wrote: Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file. the ? means use the letter b,c or d. Ie whichever is your cd ide drive. PS: IF you are running a 2.4 kernel the

Re: KDE configuration

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 11:55, Clint Tevlin wrote: I've installed eD2.4 on my intended gateway PC but KDE appears stretched vertically, ie icons and menubar spacings. As a very bad guess you have the wrong card configured in the Xserver. Which video card are you using? -- http://linux.nf --

Re: ELX iso's...ot

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 15:52, lesley wrote: What is an ELX iso ??? Just to be very clear on what Collin's has said, an iso is shorthand for an image.iso. It is the contents of an entire, existing, cd. You can replicate a cd by burning it directly. It is not exclusively connected with ELX, but

Re: I'm impressed with ATI!

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:55, Net Llama wrote: ATI may have lost ground against NVidia, but they haven't lost anything against Voodoo, which has become the has-been of the videocard world. In some ways they did. NVidia bought out Voodoo, lock, stock, barrel. *Had* Ati chosen to buy them instead,

Re: I'm impressed with ATI!

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:40, Jerry wrote: ATI will either flounder this year or be taken over... I don't buy into flame wars, but I support that observation. My *ultra* limited experience of ATI is that they have neither of the two essentials, a 'wow' grafix processor, and hypermarketing. --

Re: re snapshotsot

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 00:03, Douglas J Hunley wrote: a compliment from Mikey. I think I'll print this! ;) Okay, Okay, *everyone* makes a slipup some times. Hell, I am part human. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: Questions about moving from Win2k to SUSE 7.3 Pro (Long)

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:07, Shane Broomhall wrote: My name is Shane Broomhall from Brisbane Australia. Australian is ok, but did you have to mention ? IBM thinkpad A20m. They work fine under the penguin. Depending on model, you have some minor display issues to attend to. It has an

More Steps Jan 5

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
PALMPILOT-GUI INTERFACES (Susan/Alan) moved information CODE DEVELOPERS-PalmOS- PALMPILOT-PROGRAMMING- Rapid Development Tool Install -EMULATOR -SDK -PILRC -PRCTOOLS -Putting it all together Enjoy (and if you make a bundle, throw muni) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Hi thereot

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:09, Bill Parker wrote: Thought I would check this list out Gerday Bill. Your SxS material is still being used. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

Re: in mandrake how does

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:48, Declan Moriarty wrote: Was it Keith Antoine who wrote on Friday 04 January 2002 08:33: One call initrd after a recompile. Get the update files downloaded and installed. I can see the GUI for it but no idea how to use it. I don't knw Mandrake but

Re: Internet Server Sanctions

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:12, Bill Campbell wrote: On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:23:10PM +, Ronnie Gauthier wrote: Not quite right. If I set up IBM.com in my dns anyone on my network would go where my records point to and nothing can supercede them except a lawsuit. Not internic, your ISP, IBM

Re: Internet Server Sanctions

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay. I stand corrected. Then stand re-corrected. All that any user on the 'internal' network has to do is pull from some other DNS. It's typical to access a dn server geographically close. but it makes little difference in reality. The

Re: government skill form

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:17, Chang wrote: I just grabbed a copy of a government skill form for Hongkong. I didn't see Linux. It got UNIX, UNIX ADMIN, and IBM AIX though. IBM AIX5L is Linux, you can lie and cheat on your form quite successfully. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IT jobs Floridaot

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On January 03, Randy enlightened our ignorance thusly: The 70's were hell on brain cells, I think, it's all just a blur. The normal conversation went something like what are these I don't know just take a couple:). Backup a decade: If you can remember the 60's, you weren't there. --

Re: in mandrake how does

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:59, John Hiemenz wrote: I save initrd for things like emergency boot disks ... makes sense. But I just avoid it. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

re snapshots

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 02:55, Linux StepByStep wrote: [snip] nicely presented Mr Doug. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: patches/updates

2002-01-03 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 04:57, Schmeits, Roger wrote: How does one handle packages updates on Linux servers? I have noticed on Redhat you pay a subscribition fee whereas Caldera it is a free service. this is not true of a *single* installation (but I note you use the word serverS) the up2date

scp vs sftp was Re: ssh plus PATH

2002-01-03 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:32, Ian wrote: But as the Llama pointed out, scp is pretty easy too. except and of course it is single target only meaning you can copy *.thing to/from a specific folder but not a series of different things. This makes it tedious when repetetively typing in the secure

More Steps Jan 2

2002-01-01 Thread Mike Andrew
Bedtime Reading-Hardware driver API's and technical breifs (Mike Andrew) ---CDROM Kernel API ---CDROM Example C Code driver ---IEEE1284 Parallel Interface LS120 Parallel Interface protocol ZIP Parrallel Interface protocols 1st Bedtime Reading - BASH Startup Process Scripts (Chris

Re: otchristmas and its HOT!

2002-01-01 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 02:50, David A. Bandel wrote: a 'cable' is 200 yards a shackle is about 90 feet a fathom is 6 feet the speed of light is 123 million furlongs per fortnight. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You

Re: A Happy New Year to all

2002-01-01 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:19, Collins Richey wrote: Some of you, of course, are already at next year. Yep, I'm still catching up with what I did do tomorrow, that I'll have to postpone till yesterday. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

More Steps #2 Jan 2

2002-01-01 Thread Mike Andrew
USB - Epson Scanner Howto (Jeff/Eugene) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives,

Re: elx linux evaluation continued

2001-12-31 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 03:02, Ted Ozolins wrote: On another note, I can not seem to be able (or programs) to use ttyS0 or any serial port as a mere mortal. ttySX is owned by root and in the group [snip] temporarily (at least) cripple out GiveConsole and TakeConsole in /etc/X11/~ --

More Steps Jan 1

2001-12-31 Thread Mike Andrew
Bedtime Reading - Print Filters (Joel Hammer) FTP-Server (corrections) (Linuxism) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: OTPalm pilots under linux (was: Re: More SxS Steps)

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:43, Alan Jackson wrote: Susan wrote Kurt Wrote Folks, this is good stuff and thank you, 75% of an SxS is not so much how to do it, but, in fact, confirmation that it can be done, even and especially when it's simple. I'll put a small blurb of collated material

Re: Request for Assistance - Consulting Opportunity For Pay

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:12, Collins Richey wrote: rant It would surely be nice if the compiler and library folks could make progress without breaking old things. I still remember (not too fondly) all the havoc that the current glibc generated when it was new. /rant double rant squared THE

Re: Playing with a webcam

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 10:58, David Aikema wrote: echo -noxv $HOME/(dot)xawtv Then when starting up I get: /home/david/.xawtv:1: syntax error That was a fix provided for me by the immortal D Bandel. if it troubles you echo $HOME/(dot)xawtv -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

More Steps 30th Dec

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Andrew
BEDTIME READING -Hardware Driver API's and Technical Briefs - CDROM API Kernel Driver Description (new)             Userland Driver source code IEEE1284 Parallel Interface     The LS120 parallel Interface protocol .      The Zip parallel Interface protocols.

Re: OTFree fix to Filtrix for WP8

2001-12-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:13, Jim Conner wrote: I remember this going around earlier this year. Just thought I'd pass along the info. It's about the filter for WP8 that expired and was never fixed or updated. It has been and here's the link.

More Steps Dec 28

2001-12-28 Thread Mike Andrew
distros-reviews-redmond ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) distros-reviews-beehive- (Peter King [EMAIL PROTECTED]) icq-licq (Erik Isaksson [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Databases-PostgreSQL and Pg-DBD(peck dickens) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do

Re: Playing with a webcam

2001-12-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 19:17, David Aikema wrote: Ok... I altered the parameters... and the first time I ran it it crashed my x-server I tried again and this time it opened properly, but I still have some of the fuzziness and half the image blinking green lines. You might find, as I did,

Re: Playing with a webcam

2001-12-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 18:26, David Aikema wrote: Apparently xawtv needs to be build from source, altering a few parameters from the looks of things. Might be something to add to the SxS if this works, although the author didn't mention encountering those problems. please re-edit this

Re: Question

2001-12-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:28, Jer Scanlon wrote: Very obviously a newby, waiting for parts to finish his new Box. Am going to start with Mandrake 8.1. welcome to this wonderful mailing list. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do

Re: Playing with a webcam

2001-12-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:09, David Aikema wrote: Can I build just one module w/o rebuilding my kernel? yes. PROVIDING, you have built that kernel at least once before. Whether you compiled an ov511 kernel module is not relevant. (this is the short answer) the ov511 source package includes

Re: OTPalm pilots under linux (was: Re: More SxS Steps)

2001-12-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 05:00, Susan Macchia wrote: I second the motion on that. I use Jpilot with my palm as well, but have yet to figure out how to get address labels from the address book. Santa Klaus gave me a palm for Xmas, even though I didn't ask for one in the letter I wrote him. So,,

Re: Ok... so its a stupid question

2001-12-27 Thread Mike Andrew
Previously, David Aikema chose to write: mouse usb-ps2 ps2-serial No cigar. The fly in this ointment is that no two ps2-serial adaptors are born equal. They are married to the mouse that they came with. There is no such thing as a 'generic' ps2-serial adaptor. The ps2-serial adaptor

Re: removal of original kernel in RH 7.2

2001-12-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 00:52, Anita Lewis wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 17:21:19 +1100, James McDonald wrote: Hello All, I don't know if this is a dumb question or not but I have recompiled my RH7.2 Kernel to include support for ntfs and dynamic disk volumes (It's living on the same disk as

Re: Which kernel?

2001-12-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 15:28, Net Llama wrote: I'd recommend rebuilding the 2.2.12 kernel that you have so that it has the same exact functionality that you're using now. That's really, really *good* advice. *ALOT* of packages will need to be upgraded to get a working 2.4.x kernel. a

Re: Which kernel?

2001-12-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 21:18, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: As for USB support, 2.2.19 seem to be appropriate - worked fine for me with an USB scanner. Yep, it's a good road to take vs the rather large upgrade to 2.4, it's not the kernel that's the problem, it's the revised ancilliary packages

Re: cdrw woes

2001-12-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 02:33, Net Llama wrote: 1) What's the deal with the wacky chained symlinks? Symlinks are a truly horrible idea when it comes to block devices, because most people have no clue what they're trying to do with them (the infamous /dev/cdrom thing on RedHat boxes comes

Re: questions

2001-12-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 04:28, zohar wrote: What is UPX file compressor of Visual Basic. What's Visual Basic? -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Printer Recommendations

2001-12-19 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 00:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the inkjet drivers are binary only -- BFD); combine support with price and features, and Lexmark won hands down over Epson. Your comment has to be respected. A week is a long time in Linux? My comments are about 6 months stale. --

Re: TID Re: ssh public key

2001-12-19 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 03:23, Net Llama wrote: What if I have a dish washer? That's ok. If you're a Mormon or Muslim. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Linux takeup

2001-12-19 Thread Mike Andrew
Folks, I've just come back from the Netherlands and I think many of you would be interested in the following (mercifully brief) observations I made while there. Europeans on this list would correct me, but these are impressions from an outsider. RS6000's are the name of the game. IBM have a

Re: mystery with mke2fs -j

2001-12-16 Thread Mike Andrew
everyone wrote about ext3 [snip] It's time for an SxS folks, these questions are becoming very Faq, a simple write up will answer 90% of them. Contribs please. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Linux Dial-up Server

2001-12-16 Thread Mike Andrew
Does Digiboard work with Linux and is it the best for Linux like it is for Win? digiboard is just fine as are stallion cards. However, going down that particular tunnel will involve you in knowing a fair bit about linux, particularly ppp, and secondary, how to ensure the stallion module (eg)

Re: Linux Dial-up Server

2001-12-16 Thread Mike Andrew
Van: Stew Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] such. If you want something more at the ISP level, a lot of folks use Livingston Portmaster 2E, but I see now there's radius software out there I've had nothing but solid performance for nearly 2 years now from the above combination. Prior to that it was

Re: USB Zip drive on RH 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Mike Andrew
- Oorspronkelijk bericht - Van: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] shutdown that I notice a difficulty. BTW, the device will not work if connected at boot-up. It must be connected (or unplugged and re-connected) following boot up to work. would you mind posting output of lsmod

Re: Netscape mail

2001-12-12 Thread Mike Andrew
- Oorspronkelijk bericht - Van: Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] How about using IMAP instead of POP3? Or even something simpler for everyone like web-served email. I use neomail when I am traveling. neomail.sourceforge.net did I lose the plot here? What's wrong with a yahoo

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