Re: System Commander overwrote my MBR:

1998-05-26 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Michael J. Yanowitz wrote: I used to boot with LILO without any problems, but I wanted to install System Commander so that I can also install Window's NT. LILO was installed in the MBR in /dev/hda, but my Linux partition is in /dev/hdb2. So I installed System

Installing GNU smalltalk on Redhat

1998-05-09 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
I downloaded the GNU version of smalltalk, but when I executed the make command, It came back with compilation errors. anyone succefully get smalltalk to work on Liinux? --- If a sound is made in the forest and there is no one

Re: Kernel 2.0.33 build

1998-04-24 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm new on the list, I've just purchased de RH 5.0, and I got some pb when trying to compile the kernel. gcc terminated with an internal error. My processor is a Cyrix 166, Perhaps should I try to build the kernel for a i386, instead of

Problem with Sound Blaster 16 PnP

1998-04-22 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
when I run sndconfig, it recognises my sound board, and even plays the sample correctly; however, when I crank up doom, it hangs, so that even ctrlaltdelete doesn't work, and when I crank up netscape, the MIDIs that automatically played under Win95 do not play at all under Linux. Any advice is

Installing with partitions using System Commander

1998-04-17 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
I purchased System Commander to make my life easier wry grin. Unfortunately, things aren't always as easy as they seem in the documentation. I want the following setup on my WD Caviar 1.2 G: 30M Dos Partition (with System Commander installed) 80M Linux Swap 80M Linux root / 50M /home

security measures

1998-04-17 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
Are there any other programs besides PGP and ssh that I should install before pulling my Linux box onto the internet? --- If a sound is made in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, does a tree fall down?

Re: I _WANT_ to damage my file system

1998-04-16 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to damage my file system. Not irreparably, but bad enough such that Install Windows95. This receives my nomination for funniest post of the week. Can it be added to the Linux humor section on the Red Hat Website?

Re: Quake II and Doom question.

1998-04-15 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Billy Bushong - Concord, NH wrote: gpm -k before running doom how come gpm -k helps to run doom? according to the man page, -k kills the mouse. Is this because doom has its own mouse driver? if so, is there a way to alter doom's configuration so that this doen't need

Re: Adding things to menus in XWindows (using Win95 thing)

1998-04-15 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Scott McDermott wrote: |Linux - The operating system for those whose IQ is above 95| This is insulting and offensive. Lighten up, it is a joke already. sheesh. if you don't want to see it, add his posts to your mail filters.

Re: Linux in general

1998-04-14 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Anthony E. Greene wrote: Use "mc" (Midnight Commander) to get around. It's a file viewer/manager that's a knockoff of Norton commander. It lets you view files (F3) even if they're compressed (filename.gz). Since a lot of the FAQS and HOWTOS are compressed, it comes in