Re: Monitor display fubarred

2002-03-14 Thread BOF
settings. With mine, I can store one setting for DOS and another for each OS. Perhaps you could try this and see. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests

Re: RedHat 7.2 codename

2002-03-14 Thread BOF
If this is what you want, their monthly newsletter is called Under the Brim, and there's a link to subscribe on their home page www.redhat.com Glenn Williams wrote: I still haven't found their mailing list. Maybe they haven't migrated from their last one, yet. Anyone know how/where to

Re: AOL on linux w/o win4lin or vmware

2002-04-18 Thread BOF
), if this would help. Additionally, some of AOL's sections are accessible using any web browser. So, while you might not be able to run AOL and have its convenience, you could achieve the functional equivalent of much of it under Linux, while avoiding ALL of its problems. BOF

Re: Sick RedHat strategy or really 3 iso bloatware?

2002-05-10 Thread BOF
and sizes. This compares on the same system with 6.2, which was about 900 MB and 15 minutes, and 7.2 which was about 1.4 GB and 25 minutes. So the installation time makes a nice lunch break ... BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org

Directory write permissions -- fail

2002-05-23 Thread bof
changed the directory permissions to -w--w--w-, I could not add a new file or delete any of the existing files, getting a permission denied message. This is not as I understand it: I should be able to do this. Could anyone explain why? Thanx. BOF

Re: Directory write permissions -- fail

2002-05-23 Thread bof
wrote: On Thu, 23 May 2002 06:32:47 -0600 begin bof [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: I've been trying to understand permissions on directories, but am having trouble with the write permission. As I understand it, read permission (r--r--r--) on a directory allows the contents to be listed, write

Re: database setup on win98

2002-05-24 Thread bof
Have you considered an older version of MS Access --- say 97? Keith Antoine wrote: So do you want the frontend to run on windoze, or the entire DB? It will all have to run on windows. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org

Re: Small mini poll

2002-06-03 Thread bof
satisfied with it: if all the other 200+ Linux distributions were to disappear, leaving only Slackware, I wouldn't complain. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives

Re: Adobe Acroread default installs is in Chinese

2002-06-06 Thread bof
Yes. I just downloaded and installed it again, with the same problem. Myles Green wrote: Are you sure you grabbed the english version? I have version 5.0.5 installed and it's in english... ___ Linux-users mailing list -

Re: Adobe Acroread default installs is in Chinese

2002-06-06 Thread bof
at every file in the Acrobat directory and do not see anything that has squat to do with fonts. BOF Net Llama! wrote: Its a binary, they are the same in both. When I run it, here's the error messages: Warning: Cannot convert string -*-fixed-medium-i-normal-*-*-120-72-72-*-*-*-* to type

Re: Adobe Acroread default installs is in Chinese

2002-06-06 Thread bof
Because everything else is working, and I did not have a problem until I installed Acroread. Net Llama! wrote: Why are you assuming its *acrobat* that's horked, when the problem is with your box? Youv'e prolly got some fonts missing, or a default font set somewhere to some kind of japanese

Adobe Acroread default installs is in Chinese --- Solution

2002-06-06 Thread bof
help, and led to another several hours wasted playing with the computer g. To those of you who took time to answer, thanx. BOF bof wrote: I posted this on the Adobe site, but have not gotten an answer. I'm posting it here in hopes that someone else might have encountered and solved

Sharing Windows 98 files with Samba-lite under VMware 3.1.1 and RH7.2

2002-06-14 Thread bof
Hello, I trying to share some of the files on my Linux system using Samba and VMware. I'm running RH 7.2 as the host and Windows 98 as the guest under VMware-workstation 3.1.1. My computer name is Bill and the directory containing the files I want to share is /home/bof/files. When Windows 98

Re: Sharing Windows 98 files with Samba-lite under VMware 3.1.1 andRH 7.2

2002-06-15 Thread bof
. I'd like to see it. Thanx. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.

Re: Sharing Windows 98 files with Samba-lite under VMware 3.1.1 andRH7.2

2002-06-15 Thread bof
of the VMware Samba setup. It's not. I even went in and added browsable = yes to the [homes] section without success. So how do I set up shares for my home directory so that I can see it -- seeing it is all I want anyway, as that is where the files that I need to access under Win98 are. BOF

Re: Sharing Windows 98 files with Samba-lite under VMware 3.1.1 andRH 7.2

2002-06-15 Thread bof
. Networking is set up, and I can access the Internet. I just can't see my home directory. The computer icon is there, but there is nothing in it. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info

Re: diff OpenOffice StarOffice

2002-07-02 Thread bof
Michael Hipp wrote: Does anyone know what the certain file filters is? Specifically, will SO be a better drop-in replacement for MSOfc than OO? For one, SO has a filter to import WordPerfect documents, while OpenOffice does not (altho it is being worked on). BOF

Re: United Linux: why MandrakeSoft will not join

2002-07-03 Thread bof
Lee wrote: Then there is this great bug-a-boo of splintering. So what? That's what Linux is all about. The only unsplintered OS around is M$. And just how unsplintered is a company that offers DOS Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows NT Windows

Re: Anyone try Lindows yet?

2002-07-05 Thread bof
Jay Nugent wrote: Do you feel that dumping a Lindows box on my 76 year-old Dad From some of the reviews, I wonder if you wouldn't be better off with one of the Mandrake-powered systems. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org

Re: Console program

2002-07-16 Thread bof
Richard R. Sivernell wrote: Looking for a replacement to xfterm. No kde x.x on system. Have eterm now and do not like it much. Would like something like kde konsole, but I am kde free. Any ideas out there? I rather like multi-gnome-terminal (http://multignometerm.sourceforge.net/). BOF

Re: tabbed text editor

2002-10-07 Thread bof
ronnie gauthier wrote: Anyone know of a decent tabbed text editor? Glimmer is nice, if/when you can get it to compile. See http://glimmer.sourceforge.net/ ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: Hard drive upgrades

2002-10-22 Thread bof
keeping one or the other one its own drive, depending upon which one you want to have the most space. Most larger drives come with a DOS-bootable disk with a utility on it that allows you set up the drive to insure that whole thing is usable when you install it --- its a one-time operation. BOF

Re: [ot] pronoun for countries

2002-11-21 Thread bof
., etc.. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Server Distros

2002-12-24 Thread bof
about 450 MB in size. See www.tummy.com for more information. And of course, there's always Slackware or Debian for a very stable, minimal installation. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org

Re: Server Distros

2002-12-24 Thread bof
version for about a year now and their server for about six months.and am very pleased with them. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

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

2003-02-03 Thread bof
Jerry McBride wrote: Bill Gates, a classic example of a successful american capitalist. The term robber baron, an appelation applied to 19th-century railroad and oil tycoons of incredible wealth and no scruples whatsoever, might be a better description. BOF

Re: Slackware 9.0

2003-03-27 Thread bof
, adjust it for the speed you can burn at and for your burner placement. Good luck. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Slackware 9.0

2003-03-28 Thread bof
Collins Richey wrote: OK, I've freed up a partition to experiment with this, but how do I download and burn a CD? There are now Slackware 9.0 .iso's out. See http://www.abnormalpenguin.com/slackware-mirrors.php If you can get onto any of the sites, that is. ;-) BOF

Re: OT anyone looking to sell their laptop?

2003-04-01 Thread bof
one and had great service from it. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: [OT] Slackware List

2003-04-01 Thread bof
. This updated all the KDE packages and so far it has been working without problems. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: bootable Redhat based CD?

2003-06-05 Thread bof
, but there is a rescue disk for 8.0 here ftp://ftp.redhat.de/pub/rh-addons/rescue-cd/ and for 7.3 here ftp://ftp.redhat.de/pub/rh-addons/rescue-cd/old These fit onto a business card-sized CD and I have found them to be useful. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list

Re: Redhat 9 and KDE

2003-06-17 Thread bof
it to the default KDE look. I can't provide more specific info as I no longer have access to a RH 9.0 system, but I do recall seeing it as an option somewhere. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux

Re: Morse

2003-07-01 Thread bof
for me. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: ksh93 on Caldera

2003-07-01 Thread bof
compliant with the KSH93 specs. Have you considered trying it? BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Zaire still won't connect

2003-07-14 Thread bof
Windows machine for supporting my NX60 --- a lot of the medical software I use has to have Windows to install or run and so I am stuck with it. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org

Re: RH and XP

2003-07-14 Thread bof
in the world? g BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: So do I need to start learning SuSE?

2003-07-22 Thread bof
certainly said as much over the past few months. Which will leave a HUGE gap (RH is about 50% of US distro usage) for someone to fill, maybe Mandrake. Or, unless the Linux community countersues SCO to offset its FUD and begins winning the war of public opinion, FreeBSD. BOF

Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

2003-08-01 Thread bof
Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt face 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 Can anyone help me figure out what is going on? BOF

Re: Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

2003-08-01 Thread bof
Yes. I can ping 216.229.33.250 and get a reply. But if I try and ping pcisys.net (216.229.33.250 is the nameserver for pcisys.net), I get the unknown host pcisys.net error message. So how do I correct this? BOF Net Llama! wrote: Can you ping the IPs in resolv.conf from the SuSE-8.2 box

Re: Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

2003-08-01 Thread bof
that's the right IP for the nameserver? What happens if you try to dig or nsloopkup? On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, bof wrote: Yes. I can ping 216.229.33.250 and get a reply. But if I try and ping pcisys.net (216.229.33.250 is the nameserver for pcisys.net), I get the unknown host pcisys.net error message. So

Re: Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

2003-08-01 Thread bof
host: pcisys.net BOF Tom Wilson wrote: On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 14:50, bof wrote: pcisys.net uses 216.229.32.173 as their mail server. Their DNS server is 216.229.33.250. If I try to dig or nslookup pcisys.net I get a connection timed out. no servers could be reached message. Here are the results

Re: Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

2003-08-01 Thread bof
, as it was working fine last week. So my thanks to all you who took the time to respond and when I find something out (I am tired of playing with computers today), I'll let y'all know. And, BTW, ain't computers grand? g BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list

Re: Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

2003-08-01 Thread bof
Kurt Wall wrote: How about: search pcisys.net local Kurt Yes, that was changed, but the problem still exists. I now believe that it is in my gateway machine, so I will have to take a look at it when the spirit inspires me. Thanx to all for your help. BOF

Re: Why all this- Undeliverable Mail

2003-09-02 Thread bof
Replies and notices --- lots and lots of them: probably 60 in the past two days. Douglas J Hunley wrote: Are you guys actually getting the virus or just notices that a virus was caught? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Kwrite is taking over my desktop

2003-09-03 Thread bof
in them that would autostart it. What need I do to stop this -- it is very annoying. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Kwrite is taking over my desktop

2003-09-03 Thread bof
file is the offender I forgot to mention that this problem is occuring under both RH 7.3 and RH 9.0. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Kwrite is taking over my desktop

2003-09-03 Thread bof
Bruce Marshall wrote: There also should be an 'Autostart' icon on your desktop. Click on it to see what's in there. No such icon. The Autostart directory under .kde is empty other than a file named .directory. Under .kde/share/config/session there is a file

Re: Netscape help

2003-09-10 Thread bof
for Mozilla, Firebird and Thunderbird. It is at http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/# There is a User Agent widget on it for mozilla. It is also at http://uabar.mozdev.org/ I'll try installing it an d letting you know how it works. BOF ___ Linux

Re: Kwrite is taking over my desktop

2003-09-12 Thread bof
directory. This worked although I did have to go back and reconfigure some of my desktop. So while I am at a loss to say what was going on, I did resolve the issue. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning]

2003-11-04 Thread BOF
. Fedora support itself will run for three months after the release of a new version, which should make its life about nine months. BOF ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux