Re: [SLUG] dependencies

2002-05-12 Thread Mick Howe
On Sun, 12 May 2002 10:49, Ian Nicoll shouted from the roof tops: Yeah, it makes sense, it just isn't working. A thought Is the file that should satisfy the `malicious dependency' the correct version? Is it a mandrake rpm not redhat /\/\ik -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group -

Re: [SLUG] dependencies

2002-05-11 Thread Mick Howe
On Sun, 12 May 2002 09:35, Ian Nicoll shouted from the roof tops: Hi, Still having problems with the dependencies. In answer to various questions, I'm using: rpm -Uvh xchatblahblahblah as my command to execute the program. I believe this is 'verbose' mode, as has been questioned of me a

Re: [SLUG] dependencies

2002-05-11 Thread Mick Howe
On Sun, 12 May 2002 10:05, Ian Nicoll shouted from the roof tops: Why do you want to copy it from the CD. try using rpm -Uvh /path/to/file/on/cdrom/xchatblahblahblah to install it from the CD Hi Mick, I think you misunderstood what I was saying, or I misunderstood what you are

Re: [SLUG] Need??

2002-05-09 Thread Mick Howe
On Fri, 10 May 2002 07:08, D. Babbage shouted from the roof tops: I want to be able to test a php script which requires MySQL. Since my web hosting package doesn't include that capability, I want to test it from my Linux machine. My XP machine that I am using here is networked via a crossover

Re: [SLUG] harddrive setup

2002-05-04 Thread Mick Howe
On Sun, 5 May 2002 19:30, Ken Foskey shouted from the roof tops: I am about to embark on HD recovery (the disk is in the mail literally). I want to restructure my HD to multiple partitions, so I wanted to throw out how you would set up a harddisk. Current: / /boot /data (my scrap

[SLUG] hack attack

2002-04-26 Thread Mick Howe
After replying to henry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on thursday I have been subjected to to a barrage of windows kiddie-script attacks. all messages that I sent to postmaster were auto-deleted /\/\ick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: [SLUG] How to get src from *.src.rpm ? Difference between *.i386.rpm *.devel.i386.rpm ?

2002-04-25 Thread Mick Howe
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:23, you whispered in my shell like: Dear List : It's seem 2 common questions, but I just cant find answers . 1 .How could I get source file from *.src.rpm ? I'm having a look at this _SLOWLY_ (not feeling the best lately) so I'll get back to you when I know

Re: [SLUG] printer.o in modules.conf rh7.2

2002-04-23 Thread Mick Howe
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:18, Steve Downing shouted from the rooftops: On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 10:53, Mick Howe wrote: Not really positive this will work, but you could try:- depmod -ae (or maybe -av) or maybe even try putting :- modprobe printer at the end of /etc/bashrc

[SLUG] run levels

2002-04-23 Thread Mick Howe
I need to change the default run level in redhat 7.1 for a while. how do I do it? /\/\ick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Re: run levels

2002-04-23 Thread Mick Howe
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:11, Mick Howe shouted from the rooftops: I need to change the default run level in redhat 7.1 for a while. how do I do it? /\/\ick Many thanks for the replies /\/\ick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au

[SLUG] Re: run levels

2002-04-23 Thread Mick Howe
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:35, Mick Howe shouted from the rooftops: On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:11, Mick Howe shouted from the rooftops: I need to change the default run level in redhat 7.1 for a while. how do I do it? /\/\ick Many thanks for the replies /\/\ick Just for the record, if you

Re: [SLUG] printer.o in modules.conf rh7.2

2002-04-22 Thread Mick Howe
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:29, Peter Rundle shouted from the rooftops: Sluggers, Trying to setup a USB printer, Googled around and found out that I need to insmod /lib/modules/kernel/usb/printer.o, (I guess that enables the device /dev/usb/lp0 in the kernal. Ok sounds reasonable no probs. Not

Re: [SLUG] ask rpm

2002-04-10 Thread Mick Howe
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 03:00, henry shouted from the rooftops: Dear List: I rpm -ivh SDL-1.2.3-1.i386.rpm under Slackware I got a list of *.lib.so that rpm cant find for installation. but I can find those library by locate *.lib.so Is there any config-file(like profile to change $PATH) to

Re: [SLUG] Dual Booting Windows 98SE/ Debian Potato/ Rehat Linux 7.2 using Grub

2002-04-02 Thread Mick Howe
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 13:40, kate shouted from the rooftops: I have the following OSes installed. /dev/hda1 win98SE /dev/hda3 Debian Potato 2.2r2 dev/hda5 Redhat linux 7.2 Grub happily dual boots Win and Redhat, but leaves Debain out in the cold. I found (and subsequently lost) an

Re: [SLUG] kde

2002-03-26 Thread Mick Howe
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:05, you wrote: Yeah, had to do a full system reboot due to new kernel etc The weird thing is that it is only the root user that has this problem. I can't seem to find any options lying around that say don't give me a windows manager? Groping at swraws but: have

Re: [SLUG] kde

2002-03-25 Thread Mick Howe
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 18:19, you wrote: anyone suggest why my kde has lost a window manager. I recently upgraded a lot of stuff courtesy of redhat's up2date (first mistake). the problem is that i can start anything up, I have a task bar at the bottom of the screen, but I can't move

Re: [SLUG] Telstra little pond cable and Linux

2002-03-20 Thread Mick Howe
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:22, you wrote: Sluggers, Just need some advice and opinions on a little job I've been offered. Question 1. Is it possible to connect to Telstra Cable from Linux? I'm not familiar with Telstra cable, I assume that there is some sort of cable modem that handles that

Re: [SLUG] cyclic depends on RH

2002-03-13 Thread Mick Howe
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:45, you wrote: I've got into one of those cyclic dependency treadmills on RH7.1 As I install each one, another previously undisclosed dependency appears. I've searched the slug archive.. but it seems there is no hope but to change to Debian. Someone tell me this

Re: [SLUG] Re: Family mail server

2002-03-12 Thread Mick Howe
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:55, you wrote: On Sun, 03 Mar 2002, Mick Howe wrote: What tools do I need for this? I've tried reading the sendmail how-tos but couldn't find any clarity in them. Welcome to sendmail ;-) You've learnt one reason many people run other MTA's instead. I have

Re: [SLUG] Was: Family mail server. Is now: Dons asbestos suit

2002-03-03 Thread Mick Howe
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 15:57, you wrote: BTW does this list complain if someone sends HTML formatted email? I complain, but only to myself. I just want to read the message not cut'n'paste it into an html file to see the poxy formatting. I can't see the point in posting encripted and/or signed

[SLUG] Family mail server

2002-03-02 Thread Mick Howe
For this weeks challange I would like to try to setup e-mail service for home. What I wish to do is collect mail for six different accounts and hold it on my RH7.1 box and hold it for collection/reading by users on my home network, comprising two Win98 boxen and the RedHat box. What tools do

[SLUG] smoothwall - dial on demand

2002-02-10 Thread Mick Howe
Just installed Smoothwall 0.9.9 se as per the docs and can't get it to dial on demand. If I tick the DoD box in the Dialup | ppp settings I can't dial at all. After clearing the tick, hitting the 'connect' button on the home page will start dialling and can surf away on my two w98se boxes

[SLUG] compiling kernels - built in v module

2002-02-01 Thread Mick Howe
I'm insterested I'm peoples opinions regarding what to build in to the kernel and what to make into modules I'm running RedHat 7.1 on a Celeron 533, 640MB ram, 44x IDE CDROM, 2x write/ 8x read IDE CDR, with two 4.3 SCSI HDDs, HP SureStor T4 SCSI tape, S3 virge agp video, realtek 8139 nic,

[SLUG] Good file system / Hdd layout for linux

2002-02-01 Thread Mick Howe
I'm insterested I'm peoples opinions regarding suitable file system / Hdd layout for linux. I'm running RedHat 7.1 on a Celeron 533, 640MB ram, 44x CDROM, 2x write/ 8x read CDR, with two 4.3 SCSI HDDs, currently partitioned as below:- sda1 - one primary partition 300MB - DOS 6/ Win2K boot -

Re: [SLUG] National Bank Internet Banking

2001-12-11 Thread Mick Howe
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:24, you wrote: On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, David Fitch wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 03:24:16PM +1100, David wrote: You could try changing to Westpac. Either accidentally or deliberately (?), they have managed to write a web based banking system that is supported by

Re: [SLUG] Internet Banking

2001-12-11 Thread Mick Howe
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:34, you wrote: Seeing as internet banking has yet come up again i thought that i would mention that suncorp metway's internet banking works flawlessly with linux. I've tried it in netscape 4, galeon, mozilla (these are kinda the same) and opera all with no problems at