Re: [luau] vnc for UNIX/Linux?

2002-10-10 Thread Jeff Mings
I use TridiaVNC a LOT to control Windoze PCs from my Linux boxen, and it's faster than "plain" VNC. Also, there is now a new project called RealVNC, I believe. I have used it to control other Linux boxen, but prefer to use SSH and various CLI tools rather than the TWM based X environment that

Re: [luau] Linux newbie seeks easy transition

2002-10-24 Thread Jeff Mings
If you have the original install software for MYM, there's a good chance that you can run it under Linux using Wine. I have run a few windoze apps flawlessly under Wine, and the earlier simpler stuff (no activex, directx or ODBC dependencies) seem to run with fewer complications. -Jeff On Wed

Re: [luau] X keys

2002-11-05 Thread Jeff Mings
Deanmeister, are you referring to the Ctrl-Alt- (minus on keypad) and Ctrl-Alt-(plus on keypad) sequences? -Jeff On Tuesday 05 November 2002 03:43 pm, you wrote: > On Monday 04 November 2002 10:10 pm, you wrote: > > 2. The new generations of Linux distributions (e.g., Red Hat 8.0, >

Re: [luau] best 404 page ever?

2002-11-08 Thread Jeff Mings
You're right. There is no greater 404 page than this. -Jeff Ho'ala Greevy wrote: thought some of you mind enjoy this. http://homokaasu.org/404.html -ho'ala ___ LUAU mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/lu

Re: [luau] Creative DVD-Rom and Ogle

2002-11-24 Thread Jeff Mings
With all due respect to a Linux guru who knows much more than I, the problem is probably due to DMA being turned off by default. On my first RH 8.0 machine, I was frustrated with the very same problem for several hours until I found instructions for turning on DVD DMA on freshrpms.net at http:

Re: [luau] Creative DVD-Rom and Ogle - Oops

2002-11-24 Thread Jeff Mings
Errr... Yes you did - I should refrain from skimming over other people's email when terribly sleep deprived. ;) -Jeff MonMotha wrote: Isn't that what I said? :) There's an option in the kernel to only enable DMA for hard drives, but not removable media. RedHat turned this on in their k

[luau] Tried a USB to serial adapter?

2002-11-28 Thread Jeff Mings
Hi Gang, This is a bit off-topic, but others may also find it interesting: Has anyone tried one of the USB to serial port adapters? I just purchased a Dell Poweredge server that has PCI 2.2 slots that are only keyed for 3.3v operation. This means that the 4 serial port RocketPort card I h

Re: [luau] ALSA & Nvidia Drivers on Red Hat 8.0

2002-12-03 Thread Jeff Mings
I've installed ALSA for RH 8.0 on my Dell Laptop - the "regular" drivers were fairly dysfunctional with that finicky sound chip. I believe I just grabbed the packages from freshrpms.net, which also had a nice tutorial as well - it was pretty easy. -Jeff W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Has anyone ev

Re: [luau] ALSA & Nvidia Drivers on Red Hat 8.0

2002-12-03 Thread Jeff Mings
Not sure about ready made packages for other kernels. Have you tried using the source RPM? It's on the same site/page , and a simple rpm --rebuild will probably produce a tailor-made RPM for your kernel (if I got the syntax right). -Jeff W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Thanx. The question I had w

Re: [luau] Leaving... On a submarine

2002-12-05 Thread Jeff Mings
Enjoy the ride! ;) -Jeff Brandon Jasper wrote: Hey, just giving notice that I'll be away for six months or so. I'm getting off the list so I won't have a gig of mail when I come back :P Reguards, Brandon Jasper

Re: [luau] Injury

2002-12-13 Thread Jeff Mings
Ouch! Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery! Dan George wrote: I havent contributed to much lately and plan to give some information on using the latest D-Link 22mbps wireless under Linux as soon as I complete the configuration. I was struck by a car while walking toward downtown cros

Re: [luau] Bye Bye

2003-01-12 Thread Jeff Mings
Dean, It's been a pleasure knowing and working with you. My best wishes go with the two of you and I hope to see you again some day. Take care, -Jeff dean wrote: I would like to thank all of you that participate--silently or otherwise--for contributing to our island's Open Source advo

Re: [luau] R.H. 8.0 notebook install question

2003-01-17 Thread Jeff Mings
I've always used the fairly generic 1024 x 768 laptop display selection for these situations - never had a problem there. -Jeff F. Hines wrote: Ok im in the middle of installing RH8.0 on a Dell 200N Notebook Everything is fine no problems (yet), im in the middle of doing the Monitor Config,

Re: [luau] a little script question

2003-02-03 Thread Jeff Mings
The easiest way is probably a couple of scripts. If your current script is callvv.run, then you could probably write something like: !#/bin/bash su - root -c callvv.run in another file with the necessary permissions, e.g. rootvv . Then, when you run rootvv, it would prompt for pass and start

Re: [luau] ext3 fsck question

2003-02-05 Thread Jeff Mings
I've noticed that fsck.ext2 and fsck.ext3 are identical - try checking them with the cmp command if you're really bored. I've fixed messed up ext3 volumes with e2fsck -cfv a few times - I don't believe that you really have to worry about the journal. Good luck, -Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrot

Re: [luau] Hello Again!!!

2003-02-25 Thread Jeff Mings
Welcome Back Deven! Hope you're still making movies with Linux and doing other cool stuff with the penguin! -Jeff Mings Deven Phillips wrote: Hello all, I have finally returned to the group after a long sojourn. I've been a away too long, so if someone wouldn't mind

Re: [luau] Earthlink vs RoadRunner cable

2003-05-24 Thread Jeff Mings
Hi Warren, I selected Earthlink over "regular" RoadRunner because the terms of service didn't forbid using the connection with more than one computer, and were free from various other onerous restrictions that Oceanic's TOS included. The service was installed, billed, and setup through Ocean

Re: [luau] Finally working again... At HCC nonetheless.

2003-06-09 Thread Jeff Mings
Congratulations, Deven, It's very good to be employed, even if it's not quite what you want to be doing. Hang in there, -Jeff Mings Deven Phillips wrote: Hello All, Well, I finally got a job!!! Here I am at my desk writing you guys this e-mail with a real job for the

Re: [luau] Linux Gaming Today

2003-08-24 Thread Jeff Mings
Hi All, Just FYI, there is a group of guys trying to organize local gamers so that LAN parties and similar events can be announced and "marketed". Their site is at http://hawaiigamingheadquarters.com/ . I spoke to Earl, who runs the site, and he seems like a nice guy - fairly positive

[luau] Great palm desktop

2003-09-27 Thread Jeff Mings
Sometimes you run across a great Linux app that you wish someone else had told you about long before. Jpilot is an excellent way to use your Palm OS PDA. I use RH9, and tried using the included KPilot and conduits for Evolution, but they were incomplete. Jpilot has all of the functionality

Re: [luau] Bizarre request

2004-02-09 Thread Jeff Mings
If you can't burn a Knoppix disk, perhaps you should just use a simple bootable floppy distro like Tom's Root and Boot at http://www.toms.net/rb/ -Jeff Karen Lofstrom wrote: I've gotten in WAY over my head in an attempt to cobble together a working system unit out of bits and pieces. Combin

Re: [luau] IIIMF in Fedora

2004-02-20 Thread Jeff Mings
IIMF looks _very_ cool. I often type Japanese in my email and setting up Japanese as an alternative language has always been a major pain. I am very interested in seeing how IIIMF turns out. -Jeff Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: >One of the most attractive features of Fedora/Red Hat, as far as o

[luau] The lowdown on SCO

2004-02-28 Thread Jeff Mings
Just ran across a new site that reveals The Truth about SCO! Surf to http://spunky.reallysucks.com/ Best viewed with satirical sunglasses. -Jeff

Re: [LUAU] Laserjet 1000 help -- mechanical, not OSS

2004-06-30 Thread Jeff Mings
Best suggestion I can make is to try Pacific Business Machines at 946-5059. They're a very helpful Mom & Pop repair shop by the corner of King and Punahou. They're great at fixing lasers & inkjets. -Jeff Robert Green wrote: Since this list bhas the best collection of techies, I'm hoping

[LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic

2004-07-06 Thread Jeff Mings
SATA drives are supposed to be hot-swappable, but I've never actually tried this. Has anyone here tried this with Linux and then run fsck or other tests to check for integrity? Thanks, -Jeff

Re: [LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic

2004-07-07 Thread Jeff Mings
Thanks for the suggestion. What I'd really like to be able to do is just switch out backup hard drives once a month. The goal is simple data redundancy, not hardware fail-over. I'm planning on colocating a server, and I was hoping I could just umount /dev/whichever , unlock a drive tray, an

Re: [LUAU] Does this shock you?

2004-07-07 Thread Jeff Mings
While there are viruses and spyware listed, a number of these are legitimate programs. I recognized many of these background tasks and checked my favorite task list at http://answersthatwork.com/ . E.g., ctfmon.exe is an ordinary part of Microsoft Office XP and Windows XP – it activates the Alte

[LUAU] Did you call?

2004-09-28 Thread Jeff Mings
If you enjoy your iPod, your VHS player, your Tivo, and a whole slew of other products and conveniences that rely on fair use, or the freedom to use your purchased content in the manner you prefer, you _have_ to call your legislators and demand they oppose the Induce Act. It's coming up for a

[LUAU] backup modem daemon?

2005-07-22 Thread Jeff Mings
Hi all, I've been looking for a an existing solution that will monitor a network pipe/route, like a roadrunner connection, and dial and set routing & firewall settings for a backup modem connection when the first pipe goes down. Of course, I'd like it to restore original routing when the

[LUAU] RR DNS servers changing

2005-10-19 Thread Jeff Mings
avoid a service interruption please verify that your DNS IP addresses are updated to the following addresses: Primary DNS: 66.75.160.15 Secondary DNS: 66.75.160.16 -Jeff Mings

[LUAU] Nokia 770 review?

2006-10-22 Thread Jeff Mings
Hello all, I've been considering getting a Nokia 770 internet tablet for quite some time after seeing the newer firmware and the development for it. Surf to: http://planet.maemo.org/ to get an idea of the activity there. I specifically want to use it more as a PDA to track / sync schedul

[LUAU] Nokia 770 questions

2006-10-23 Thread Jeff Mings
I'd like to know if the GPE apps are stable, and if you've been able to import contacts and schedule info. Also, have you tried the optional BASH shell? Aloha, -Jeff Jim Thompson wrote: Yep. Wanna borrow one for a day or two? Jim On Oct 22, 2006, at 4:42 PM, Jeff Mings wrote:

[luau] The lizard is almost there!

2002-04-18 Thread Jeff Mings
Mozilla is now at 1.0 Release Candidate 1 - go to http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ for more info. The real 1.0 that I've been looking forward to for almost 3 years is almost here! -Jeff

[luau] Dazzle me with your C programming prowess

2002-04-20 Thread Jeff Mings
This one's been stumping me for a while. I'm trying to work with the IEEE1394 (firewire sounds nicer) libraries, and I'm unable to compile any of the example programs. E.g., when I try gcc grab_partial_image.c , I receive a long list of errors: /tmp/ccWnmLby.o: In function `main': /tmp/c

[luau] Makefile? What makefile?

2002-04-20 Thread Jeff Mings
Hi Charles, I've been meaning to ask: are you the same Charles who was setting up wireless internet access for us at the Linux booth in the Convention Center? I'm not using a makefile, which may be an indication of how rusty my C skills are - I learned C on DOS/Windoze 3.1 machines, and

[luau] Linking explained and fixed!

2002-04-21 Thread Jeff Mings
hing wrote: On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Jeff Mings wrote: E.g., when I try gcc grab_partial_image.c , I receive a long list of errors: /tmp/ccWnmLby.o: In function `main': /tmp/ccWnmLby.o(.text+0x21): undefined reference to `dc1394_create_handle' /tmp/ccWnmLby.o(.text+0x5b): un

Re: [luau] funny techie way of thinking.....

2002-04-24 Thread Jeff Mings
Hmmm. This must be the female corollary to the girlfriend 2.0 joke that was circulating a while back. -Jeff Elizabeth Long wrote: Subject: Fw: Boyfriend 5.0 Dear Tech Support: Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a slowdown in the performance of flowe

[luau] Saving your /home (was Gnomba Connection)

2002-04-26 Thread Jeff Mings
Ralph, if you just want to save your home directory when you install RH7.2, just don't format it when you're installing. I.e., use RH's disk druid when setting up the partitions, and make _very_ certain that you don't check the format/test for bad blocks selection for /home. Then, your /home d

[luau] Gentoo Linux?

2002-04-27 Thread Jeff Mings
I've heard some very cool things about Gentoo Linux. Anyone out there tried it? The promise of a _completely_ optimized build that you tailor to what you want sounds fairly appealing. However, I've become attached to using RPMs, mostly with RH, but also with Mandrake. Anyone know if Gent

[luau] WineX rocks

2002-04-27 Thread Jeff Mings
    While waiting for various lengthy disk and memory tests to finish on a client's unruly PC, I decided to take Warren's advice and subscribe to WineX rather than buy it shrink-wrapped.  I am rather amazed and excited at the results.  Various Windoze software is rated on the Transgaming site a

Re: [luau] WineX rocks

2002-04-27 Thread Jeff Mings
I've been playing Unreal Tournament on my Linux box for quite some time now without WineX - I am fairly confident that the native Linux build would be noticeably faster than running the Windoze version under WineX. The ability to turn off any process I don't _absolutely_ need and use a bare

[luau] Comparative Nvidia speeds

2002-04-28 Thread Jeff Mings
Actually, after Nvidia implemented page flipping in the Linux drivers like the Windoze drivers have all along, one of the hardware sites (tom'shardware or someone like that) ran speed tests and found that Linux (I believe with RH7.2) was almost always faster than Windoze XP on the same machi

Re: [luau] kernel problem???

2002-04-29 Thread Jeff Mings
Does it boot "completely" when you use a startup floppy? That is, when you boot with floppy and then type the mount command, do you see /dev/hda8 mounted? -Jeff On Monday 29 April 2002 02:17 pm, you wrote: > Hi, my linux server started making strange beeps when I started it > recently and it w

Re: [luau] WineX Question

2002-04-29 Thread Jeff Mings
Dusty, I forget the exact wording, but you CAN download the source and build it yourself - I haven't tried personally, as this sort of thing would be very messy. Transgaming claims to have provided new version of certain libraries. They also include versions of copyrighted software li

Re: [luau] the LUAU download mirror server

2002-04-29 Thread Jeff Mings
I'm guessing you mean connecting to: ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/ -Jeff On Monday 29 April 2002 05:58 pm, you wrote: > How do we get to our download mirror for the Linux and Unix > distros? > > > > Aloha! Al Plant -Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com > Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.80/mo.

Re: [luau] KDE3 w/ Mosfet Liquid screenshot

2002-04-30 Thread Jeff Mings
Warren, that's gorgeous... colors are a little bit on the WinXP side, but gorgeous nonetheless. Thanks also for the very rich deconstruction of the Wine-related licensing conflicts. I had read about bits and pieces of the turmoil, but wasn't aware of the entire story. -Jeff Warren Togami

[luau] Join the EFF

2002-04-30 Thread Jeff Mings
I just joined the EFF and noticed that the lowest annual fee is $25, which is pretty darn cheap. I joined at the $65 rate, so I'll get a t-shirt sent to me, but more importantly, I wanted to do a little more to support an organization that is becoming more and more the best chance to keep truly

Re: [luau] First Hawaiian Bank Online?-works with Konqueror

2002-05-01 Thread Jeff Mings
I get in all the time with Konqueror lying about being IE. You may have to hit the enter button after entering your name/password instead of clicking login with the mouse. I have used Konqueror's subversion many times with sites run by troglodyte M$ minions. They're not trying to be Micr

Re: [luau] First Hawaiian Bank Online?-works with Konqueror

2002-05-01 Thread Jeff Mings
Hmmm I use the " Internet Explorer 5.5 on Windows 98" setting. Running Konqueror 2.2.1 with a very vanilla but somewhat updated RH 7.2 - nothing special. -Jeff Warren Togami wrote: I just tried that. I set my user agent when connecting to fhbonline.fhb.com to Internet Explorer. I still

[luau] Linuxconf's replacement in RH 7.3?

2002-05-06 Thread Jeff Mings
I just checked a Rawhide mirror and noticed that linuxconf is still not there. Anyone know if a unified cli-mode configuration tool has been selected to replace Linuxconf in RH 7.3? We discussed this previously, but I keep hoping that something will show up for the command line. -Jeff

[luau] super-secret netconfig parameters?

2002-05-06 Thread Jeff Mings
On Monday 06 May 2002 02:23 am, Warren wrote: [snip] > * The single greatest annoyance of the CLI tools are the network config > tools. There is currently no way of setting a secondary DNS, and the > only way to configure IP aliases or interfaces other than eth0 is to > know about a hidden comman

[luau] RH 7.3 is officially out...

2002-05-06 Thread Jeff Mings
and everyone is trying to snag it as we speak. I posted a message about the Linuxconf missing on /. and will post any interesting responses on the list. -Jeff

[luau] Ron Willis as a leftist commie?

2002-05-07 Thread Jeff Mings
Ron, The thought of you posing as a marxist zealot, perhaps in Fidel Castro fatigues, is almost too comical to consider ;) -Jeff On Tuesday 07 May 2002 12:48 pm, you wrote: > Hello Charles, > > Id be insterested if no one else is. My concern is the leftist-commi > impersenations, don't

[luau] Ron Willis as a leftist commie?

2002-05-07 Thread Jeff Mings
Ron, The thought of you posing as a marxist zealot, perhaps in Fidel Castro fatigues, is almost too comical to consider ;) -Jeff On Tuesday 07 May 2002 12:48 pm, you wrote: > Hello Charles, > > Id be insterested if no one else is. My concern is the leftist-commi > impersenations, don't th

Re: [luau] Speaking of Apple...

2002-05-14 Thread Jeff Mings
I am somewhat stunned to see a product like this from Apple. Guessing that this runs dual G4s? Quite slick, and not in the usual warm and fuzzy way - very tech. -Jeff On Tuesday 14 May 2002 08:59 am, you wrote: > http://www.apple.com/xserve/design.html > > I can sincerely say that this is the

Re: [luau] Aloha all

2002-05-23 Thread Jeff Mings
Hello Edward, In my experience, GRUB is a better bootloader for Win2K than LILO. WinXP is presumably similar. I was unable to get LILO to properly work with Win2K, even though the Win9x versions had always worked well in dual boot situations with LILO. Try GRUB and read the GRUB docs on

[luau] Not-so United Linux

2002-05-31 Thread Jeff Mings
Hmmm United Linux doesn't look like it will unite many geeks through its appeal - no desktop support? No downloadable binaries? I'll stick with Mandrake or Red Hat, thank you. Read the suit-speak at http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=81 -Jeff On Thursda

Re: [luau] Unsupported Sound Card RedHat

2002-06-02 Thread Jeff Mings
Al, what utility do you mean? Was it sndconfig? I think that's the most effective way to set up sound devices. -Jeff al plant wrote: Hi Gurus, I am trying to get the sound card up on the RedHat 7.2 box. In using the sound card install utility I got an error that after it found the Rockwe

Re: [luau] SRPMS for RedHat 7.3

2002-06-04 Thread Jeff Mings
I believe that the S stands for source. The SRPMs are useful if you want to compile your own packages. I have only used SRPMs when the regular RPMs aren't available. For instance, since I have a custom kernel, the nVidia RPMs aren't suitable. I get the related SRPM, do a rpm --rebuild to mat

Re: [luau] RELEASE: Mozilla 1.0

2002-06-05 Thread Jeff Mings
Wow. I'm writing this with Moz 1.0 , and it's thought-provoking to consider how long I've been waiting for this. Very Cool. Very gratifying to think of all of the folks who kept plugging away at getting from the first version I tried (it might have been .4 or something) to the big one. -J

Re: [luau] First Hawaiian Bank and Mozilla

2002-06-05 Thread Jeff Mings
Hi Warren, I've also been irritated that the FHB site will deny Mozilla and Konqueror for no real reason. You can't see the code that sniffs the browser - it's in a server-side script at https://fhbonline.fhb.com/site.fsp?Module=SignOn . Just tell them that the same browser that is reje

Re: [luau] First Hawaiian Bank and Mozilla

2002-06-06 Thread Jeff Mings
Konqueror 2.2.1 under RH 7.2 works on FHB when impersonating Exploder 5.5 under Windoze 98. The Lizard is still rejected using the same IE5.5/Win98 setting. Incidentally, the example for that setting seems to be missing a parentheses. -Jeff Warren Togami wrote: Strange. Changing my us

Re: [luau] Abiword Insert Mode

2002-06-06 Thread Jeff Mings
Hit the insert key. On Thursday 06 June 2002 04:31 am, you wrote: > How do you toggle between "insert" and "overwrite" mode in Abiword? > > ___ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau

Re: [luau] linux/apache directories

2002-06-06 Thread Jeff Mings
I think you just need to change the directory permissions. For example, if you don't want people to directly read the contents of a directory, use chmod 0711, or rwx--x--x. Thus users can move into your directory as required by links, but they can't directly list its contents. -Jeff S Chou

Re: [luau] mutt

2002-06-15 Thread Jeff Mings
Never really used mutt, but I use pine all the time via ssh - whenever I need quick access to my email from a "foreign" PC - in lieu of webmail. Also good for reading mail from the system, like cronjob notification, etc. Pine rocks. -Jeff W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Has anyone ever used mutt? Wh

[luau] doing the Limbo

2002-07-03 Thread Jeff Mings
How is Limbo different from the usual latest and greatest in the rawhide cupboard? Is it simply a giant leap forward rather than the general evolutionary progress? Thanks, -Jeff Warren Togami wrote: You can grab it at our local mirror at this address. This represents a huge change in Red

Re: [luau] Mouse and touchpad on laptop

2002-07-05 Thread Jeff Mings
I had the same problem on my Dell Inspiron - with a ps2 mouse, the touchpad and trackpoint (it has both) worked fine. However, when I plugged in a USB mouse, the onboard rodents went dead. The answer appears to be simple - the onboard rodents are seen as ps2 devices, and as such, the same as

Re: [luau] Review - Laptops for Linux

2002-07-09 Thread Jeff Mings
Warren, I really like the direction of your review. Specifically, it addressed two of the things that most reviews omit- graphic performance under Linux, and the "installability" factor. E.g., I recently purchased two HP Athlons for a restaurant corporation that I work for. They didn

Re: [luau] Midnight Commander

2002-07-09 Thread Jeff Mings
The -d disables mouse support, which can cause error entries in the log file if you don't have gpm running. ;) Midnight Commander is surprisingly unknown. When I showed it to a hardened I-don't-need-no-steenking-GUI command line afficionado, he nearly wept with joy. It's the greatest thing

[luau] Midnight Commander

2002-07-09 Thread Jeff Mings
The -d disables mouse support, which can cause error entries in the log file if you don't have gpm running.   ;) Midnight Commander is surprisingly unknown.  When I showed it to a hardened I-don't-need-no-steenking-GUI  command line afficionado, he nearly wept with joy.  It's the greatest thing

[luau] Warren's review

2002-07-09 Thread Jeff Mings
Warren, I really like the direction of your review.  Specifically, it addressed two of the things that most reviews omit- graphic performance under Linux, and the "installability" factor.  E.g., I recently purchased two HP Athlons for a restaurant corporation that I work for.  They didn

[luau] Warren's Review

2002-07-09 Thread Jeff Mings
Warren, I really like the direction of your review.  Specifically, it addressed two of the things that most reviews omit- graphic performance under Linux, and the "installability" factor.  E.g., I recently purchased two HP Athlons for a restaurant corporation that I work for.  They didn

Re: [luau] Midnight Commander

2002-07-09 Thread Jeff Mings
Use the insert key to select a file/directory that is under the cursor. To customize viewer settings, I think you have to copy /usr/lib/mc/mc.ext to the user's home directory and edit it accordingly. -Jeff On Tuesday 09 July 2002 12:01 pm, you wrote: > I love MC.  But do you know how to "tag"

Re: [luau] Sharp Zaurus sl5000d

2002-07-16 Thread Jeff Mings
This could be a very cool thing, depending on what you need and want in a PDA. I have been coveting the new Zaurus with the pop-down keyboard, beautiful big screen, and real, built-in Linux. The potential to easily move stuff between my Linux boxen and PDA is very appealing, and not really po

[luau] The true evil of Microsoft's Palladium

2002-07-19 Thread Jeff Mings
This article is two links away from the corresponding Slashdot article, so most of you probably haven't read it yet. It is the most eye-opening article about M$ Palladium that I have seen to date. Read it. Grok it. Let others know. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020711.html -Jeff

Re: [luau] Sony VAIO PCG-FX220 Laptop

2002-07-20 Thread Jeff Mings
Have you tried running kudzu? Alternatively, perhaps kudzu needs to rediscover the device anew. You could try backing up the kudzu file in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and then editing it to remove the network card entry. Mine looks like: class: NETWORK bus: PCI detached: 0 device: eth driver: tu

Re: [luau] Mozilla Chomp

2002-07-23 Thread Jeff Mings
Warren! That's hilarious! -Jeff On Monday 22 July 2002 11:17 pm, you wrote: > This was posted on Slashdot. Wallpaper time. > http://linux.darylstimm.com/mozilla1280.jpg > > > ___ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/m

[luau] Airgapped networks?

2002-07-25 Thread Jeff Mings
Airgapped? I'm curious - could you please explain this? -Jeff Brian Chee wrote: 5.Lastly, most motherboards do not have the capability of using a serial port as a true console device. (ala Sun sparcs) and thusly you don't get a console until the linux/bsd/etc is up and running. Some o

[luau] Review in Limbo

2002-07-27 Thread Jeff Mings
I hadn't seen this on list previously: A concise overview of Limbo, which will probably become RH 8.0 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,392848,00.asp -Jeff

Re: [luau] Central Pacific Bank & web browsers

2002-07-29 Thread Jeff Mings
Hi Warren, It seems as though we went over this several weeks ago.  I am using Mozilla on RH 7.2 to access the cpbi site, and have done so for quite some time with a business checking account.  I haven't had problems, but they do give the following message: In order to maintain the h

Re: [luau] video card woes... Or opportunity?

2002-07-31 Thread Jeff Mings
Look at the bright side. You now have the excuse to buy a new video card. You can get an older Nvidia Geforce2 for less than $50 at a lot of places (e.g., http://www.computergate.com/products/item.cfm?prodcd=AVGEMX4003 ) that will likely outperform your voodoo3. Also, Nvidia has _excellent_

Re: [luau] Warren's schedule - monitor info

2002-07-31 Thread Jeff Mings
On Wednesday 31 July 2002 10:54 am, you wrote: [snip] > * Broken monitors must be transported and given to the monitor repair guy. > Scott or Dean do you have this guy's address, phone number or e-mail? If this is Royal Data, they're at 524-2270 - on the East side of the Pali, opposite from Nuu

Re: [luau] Font Suggestions

2002-08-12 Thread Jeff Mings
I think you might find ttmkfdir useful. It's like mkfontdir for truetype fonts. I have used an older version, and I don't know how well it's being maintained. It's now available at http://freshmeat.net/redir/ttmkfdir/10789/url_tgz/ttmkfdir.tar.gz . Hope this helps, -J

Re: [luau] sorry off topic but important - CS port

2002-08-13 Thread Jeff Mings
The default port is 27015. I can't give details, because I've never really played CS, since no Linux client was ever developed, despite the deployment of an excellent Linux server. -Jeff ryuhei yokokawa wrote: does anyone by chance know which port the counter strike server uses? its for so

[luau] Linux games

2002-08-14 Thread Jeff Mings
Actually, WineX works surprisingly well - I have used it to play DiabloII. I haven't had time to try the latest build, which should allow me to play Black and White. I'm still enjoying Unreal Tournament and a surprisingly good new game, Cube. I've still got to get around to trying out the T

Re: [luau] Linux games

2002-08-14 Thread Jeff Mings
k on Linux software. Also, there are several things that require WineX, and won't run on Wine alone. -Jeff MonMotha wrote: Jeff Mings wrote: Actually, WineX works surprisingly well - I have used it to play DiabloII. I haven't had time to try the latest build, which should al

Re: [luau] School needs a Network PPTP server

2002-08-22 Thread Jeff Mings
Do you just need a Linux implementation of PPTP like poptop at http://www.poptop.org/ ? I have avoided PPTP in favor IPSEC because there are readily available cracks for PPTP, such as a tool produced by lopht, if I recall correctly. -Jeff Brian Low wrote: Aloha all, I have been worki

Re: [luau] 2 Bash Questions

2002-08-25 Thread Jeff Mings
Hi Matt, Can't you just redirect the output into a file with something like: make [your options go here] > outputfile.txt ? You probably want the very powerful and dangerous rm combo: rm -rf /directory-I-want-to-annihilate. -Jeff Matt Darnell wrote: Aloha all, 1. I am having trou

Re: [luau] IBM

2002-08-30 Thread Jeff Mings
Do tell a bit more about this meeting. -Jeff Dan wrote: Meeting with IBM who needs around 100 knowledgeable Linux people. Meeting on 16th and 17th. Dan

Re: [luau] routing- linksys

2002-08-31 Thread Jeff Mings
Why don't you just change the IP of the Linksys router? It's VERY easy to do with the browser interface. -Jeff Randall Oshita wrote: yes, but you have to be more specific on how you have your network setup, you have to tell the router how to get from one subnet to the other. what kind of ro

Re: [luau] NeverWinter Nights - was Nvidia X Server

2002-09-05 Thread Jeff Mings
I ordered the Linux version of NWN several weeks ago and am still waiting... My personal estimate for completion is still 4 - 8 weeks. I'll drop you an email when I get it installed - there are probably others on the list who are waiting to give it a test drive. -Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wr

Re: [luau] Digital Camera with Linux

2002-09-10 Thread Jeff Mings
I've been using jphoto with my kodak DX-3900 and love the speed and simplicity. It's much simpler to plug the USB cable into the camera and run jphoto than it is to remove the compact flash card, place it in an adapter and mount it as a device. Very quick and easy. -Jeff On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, W

Re: [luau] Capturing Postscript from Open Office

2002-09-11 Thread Jeff Mings
Ben, I do this all the time - I use the steps you mentioned, but I haven't had to set up a special printer driver. The printer is listed as "generic printer", but does have postscript-associated settings in its properties. After checking the Print To File box, I just select postscript as the

[luau] Congratulations to Brian Chee

2002-09-22 Thread Jeff Mings
I was at the Hawaii Flavors of Technology awards last night, and was pleasantly surprised to see Brian Chee, one of this list's regulars, receive an award for being a "Hawaii High Tech Leader". This is a commendable and bona-fide award - all of the local news stations were represented, and Duk

Re: [luau] Apache

2002-09-25 Thread Jeff Mings
I know that RH 7.2 keeps web pages in /var/www/html - try that. Of course, index.html is the default page to load first. -Jeff On Wednesday 25 September 2002 02:05 pm, you wrote: > This might sound like a dumb question, but... how do i publish webpages > to my apache-server on my linux box?

Re: [luau] Multiple E-Mail Accounts in KMail

2002-09-25 Thread Jeff Mings
Yes. I'm writing this with KMail. Go to Settings > Configure Kmail > Network to create additional identities. -Jeff On Wednesday 25 September 2002 02:44 pm, you wrote: > One of the main advantages of Mozilla Mail is that it is easy to set up > "true" multiple e-mail accounts. > > Does anyon

Re: [luau] First Hawaiian Bank fixed their website

2002-09-26 Thread Jeff Mings
Warren Togami wrote: Their redone site uses broken browser detection that redirects the user to either a welcomeie.asp or welcomenetscape.asp page. Both display a blank page in Konqueror 3.0.3. Can someone help me figure out why? The bank seems responsive to fix requests but I need solid tech

Re: [luau] Mandrake 9 and Presario 711

2002-09-28 Thread Jeff Mings
This may be of help: One of the less understood samba settings is the map to guest parameter. If you want to truly make a share public, you will want to set it browseable, and you will want to use map to guest = bad user so that a user with no password in /etc/passwd or /etc/smb/s

Re: [luau] Red Hat 8.0 release Monday

2002-09-29 Thread Jeff Mings
Warren, thanks again for all of the time you put into making Linux work much better in Hawaii. Do you feel that there's any validity to Bero's claim at http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=103293985032408 that RH 8.0 is crippling KDE? I haven't been able to find any references to specific ob

[luau] Harsh review of RH 8

2002-09-30 Thread Jeff Mings
I just read the OSNews review at http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1842 and am disappointed with many of its reported shortcomings. Mandrake 9 is looking more appealing all the time. -Jeff

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