Re: Lexmark printer setup

2001-03-26 Thread Stew Benedict
Many times you can get away with just a symlink. Say you have libncurses.so.5, you could do the following (assuming it's in /lib) ln -s /lib/libncurses.so.5 /lib/libncurses.so.4 Stew Benedict > On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Drew Hunt wrote: > > > I just got a lexmark Optra E+ that I

Re: Centralized X server

2001-03-22 Thread Stew Benedict
I'm using rplay for local sound on a hacked up Iopener and using LTSP. If you want details on the setup, check here: http://home.centurytel.net/stewb/io_sound.html Should work on a conventional machine too. Stew Benedict On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On Thu, 22

Re: mac zipdisks

2001-03-01 Thread Stew Benedict
If they (the Mac users) format the zip HFS, rather than HFS+, you should be able to mount/read it. Stew Benedict On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Bret Hughes wrote: > If I were to buy a zip drive for a redhat 6.2 system would I be able to > configure it to read zip disks formatted for mac and windo

Re: fax send/receive

2001-02-08 Thread Stew Benedict
es. I only use data/voice, and mgetty watches the line on the computer and knows how to deal with fax vs. data calls. Stew Benedict On 7 Feb 2001, Harry Putnam wrote: > > A little different focus here: > > If I were to get a fax, sent to me on my normal phone line, is there > some

Re: Linux with Windows 95and windows NT??

2001-01-18 Thread Stew Benedict
Sure why not. I just recently setup 95, DOS/Win3,1 - (Don't ask), Win2K, and 8 different Linux distributions on 1 machine. (I was writing a roundup review). Win2K is about the same as NT. Stew Benedict On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Vineeta wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to have all 3-

Re: auto switch depth in XFree86-4.0?

2001-01-17 Thread Stew Benedict
I was under the impression that using those keys switches only resolutions, not color depth. I thought you needed to resatrt X to change depths. Stew Benedict On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Luke C Gavel wrote: > > Hi, > > Redhat traditionally provides an ncurses-based configuration >

Re: Problem with syslogd, high cpu usage and huge logfile

2001-01-17 Thread Stew Benedict
You didn't happen to turn on kdebug in your ppp dialer or /etc/ppp/optins did you? Stew Benedict > syslog. The kernel log has lots of entries such as: > > Jan 15 21:04:19 localhost kernel: ppp: write frame, count = 64 > Jan 15 21:04:19 localhost kernel: FF 03 00 21 45 00 00

Re: [OT] QNX and i-opener

2001-01-15 Thread Stew Benedict
ture I may move it to my workshop to replace the VT52 I've got out there ;^). Stew Benedict At 12:50 PM 1/15/01 -0500, you wrote: >yup, been there. That is in fact what I intend to use. Unfortuantely when >those pages were written (the good old days :) ), you could simply hook up >a hard

Re: [OT] QNX and i-opener

2001-01-15 Thread Stew Benedict
initially set things up.) Stew Benedict ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: No ATAPE CDR or SCSI Tape after RH 7 reinstall _ideas?????

2001-01-11 Thread Stew Benedict
to continue:" echo "recording copy" cdrecord -v -speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -eject -data /mnt/cdscratch/$1 echo "deleting disk image..." rm /mnt/cdsratch/$1 echo "all done!" - cut Stew Benedict ___

Re: Problems setting up (connecting to) a PPP server, please help (contains log file entries)

2001-01-09 Thread Stew Benedict
re pap. That's it. Stew Benedict ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: how to tell which fs on a cdrom?

2001-01-04 Thread Stew Benedict
uired the CD to run, and it would not run with the mkisofs created copy. Stew At 08:28 PM 1/4/01 +0200, you wrote: >Stew Benedict wrote: >> >> Sure can. I hit the problem on a dual OS CD - Windoze and Mac. Using >> mkisofs, I ended up with a usable Windows version, but the

Re: how to tell which fs on a cdrom?

2001-01-04 Thread Stew Benedict
Sure can. I hit the problem on a dual OS CD - Windoze and Mac. Using mkisofs, I ended up with a usable Windows version, but the Mac would read it, but not recognize it by name. You are just doing a raw copy of the CD with dd, the Mac was able to use the resulting copy fine. Stew Benedict At

Re: how to tell which fs on a cdrom?

2001-01-04 Thread Stew Benedict
I just hit the same problem. Bypass mkisofs alltogether and use dd to make an iso image. dd of=/mnt/cdscratch/somecd.iso if=/dev/cdrom Don't mount the CD. Someone else posted this yesterday, I don't remember if it was this list or another, but it worked well for me last night. Ste

Re: Powerpoint viewer

2001-01-02 Thread Stew Benedict
There is an MS based Powerpoint viewer, if were going to go the emulator route. Stew Benedict At 12:40 PM 1/2/01 -0800, you wrote: >> I was afraid of that. I am not a fan of StatOffice. >> > >I'm not aware of any other package that will do anything >with Power

Re: Graphics Art

2000-12-24 Thread Stew Benedict
In a word - Gimp (or The Gimp for 2 words) Stew Benedict ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: network install problems

2000-12-21 Thread Stew Benedict
Nah, you don't need DNS if you are specifying IP's. It's probably an issue with the NFS setup. Stew Benedict At 09:29 AM 12/21/00 -0600, you wrote: >Justin Zygmont wrote: > >> it didn't work at all, said it couldn't find a server. If you got to the >

RE: Determining who ran a program and when

2000-12-21 Thread Stew Benedict
e or pipe it to more. (This is assuming your users are using bash - generally a given in Linux.) You could get an idea of when perhaps by looking at the timestamp of .bash_history, when you find the offending users, and then the relative placement of the command in .bash_history Stew Benedict At 09

Re: XFonts

2000-12-19 Thread Stew Benedict
Not to fret - I was just reading the schedule of events for LinuxWorld and Carsten "Raster" Heitzen is going to be giving a talk on "Hardware Accelerated Image Blending, Scaling, Anti-Aliased Text", that sounds very promising. Stew Benedict At 09:41 AM 12/19/00 -0500, Dav

Re: why linux gets such a bad rap ...

2000-12-09 Thread Stew Benedict
Do you use the W2K boot loader or LILO? I've just setup W2K, and haven't been able to get my lilo on another drive to load it. Of course it insisted I remove my SuSE7.0 install before I could install W2K. Thanks, Stew Benedict > it was on this mailing list), regardless of wha

Re: genericstable

2000-12-06 Thread Stew Benedict
hose correspondants that can't get the address book entry right, I just hard-code the sender in the procmailrc file to a user. Stew Benedict On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Steve Lee wrote: > in sendmail setup > what is genericstable used for? > > Thanks. > > > > __

Re: how do the ip of a PPP connection?

2000-12-05 Thread Stew Benedict
Here's one way, I'm sure there are 100 more: /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 | grep 'inet addr' | awk -F':' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}' Stew Benedict At 08:22 AM 12/05/2000 -0800, you wrote: >i am trying to write a little shell script that wil

Re: ALSA

2000-12-01 Thread Stew Benedict
an optical out that can go straight to my minidisk etc. The only limitation with the Trident that I know of is midi, it actually uses timidity to simulate true midi - although I haven't upgraded my initial setup, so this may have been resolved. Stew Benedict On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Wayne D

Re: AppleTalk

2000-11-24 Thread Stew Benedict
Here's an article I wrote up which may help: http://redesign.earthweb.com/dlink.resource-jhtml.72.1083.|repository||networking|content|article|2000|10|07|NTBenedictNetatalk|NTBenedictNetatalk~xml.0.jhtml?cda=true Sorry about the long link ;^) Stew Benedict On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Rob Yale

Re: Groupware?

2000-11-22 Thread Stew Benedict
Hape you looked at PHPGroupware? Stew Benedict On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Michael Jinks wrote: > Thanks, but I think I phrased my question poorly. We're set for mail; > what we really need is the knowledge-sharing parts of the picture; > common calendar/scheduling, project management

Re: printing directly to port 9100

2000-11-09 Thread Stew Benedict
etation of port? I have a 3 port at home, and the ports are referenced by raw0, raw1, raw2. (or just raw for raw0). Stew Benedict At 04:07 PM 11/09/2000 -0500, you wrote: >I am having the same problem. I am trying to print to a hp printer with a >jetDirect card. > >Here is the p

Re: How to listen on ttyS0

2000-11-09 Thread Stew Benedict
getty is the tool you want here. There generally is a line already in /etc/inittab that is commented out: #s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS1 vt100 remove the '#", set the appropriate baud rate, and then save then run 'telinit q' HTH, Stew Benedict On Wed, 8

Re: RedHat and HP JetDirect 300X

2000-11-05 Thread Stew Benedict
:rm=pserver:\ :rp=raw2: Stew Benedict On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Vidiot wrote: > Does anyone have the Jet Direct 300X working in their setup, with RedHat > 6.x and other PeeCees? > > Now that I am finally getting an internal network set up, I want to move > the printer off the

Re: Serial connection to another box

2000-11-01 Thread Stew Benedict
o your thing and do a CTRL-] to get back to the DIP prompt DIP>quit Hope this helps, Stew Benedict At 09:42 AM 11/01/2000 -0600, you wrote: >On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > >> I need to use a null-modem cable to connect my Linux box as a terminal to >> a

Re: Making animations in Linux

2000-10-25 Thread Stew Benedict
see animate, part of the ImageMagik program. This suite of programs is very powerful for doing graphics manipulation from the command line. Also see monatge, convert, display. Stew Benedict The power in technology lies in getting it to work the way you do, we can help. Stew

Re: date & time

2000-10-24 Thread Stew Benedict
telnet to the machine and do: rdate -s your-server or: date -s "correct date and time" then: clock -w Stew Benedict On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a server standing in a remote office > and I need to adjust the time on that machine.