Re: [expert] VNC Server

1999-11-13 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> The Xclient file on my X11 dir is looking for etc/sysconfig/desktop file. I > don't seem to have that file. > > Can anyone tell me what it contains, and if it is not critical can some > email me the file. I consider this a bug in Mandrake, but I am too lazy to report it. It is a "missi

[expert] Re: Mozilla/Netscape 5.0

1999-11-13 Thread Ramon Gandia
Hi Ben, I thought I would share my answer to your messages with the Mandrake crowd and see what they make of it. Here it goes. Bear in mind that Mozilla is not Netscape 5.0. I am not sure if they share much if any code at all. I suspect that Netscape 5.0 will have SOME of Mozilla's work on

Re: [expert] lp0 - no such device

1999-11-13 Thread Sridhar G
Hi guys, As suggested I included modprobe to my rc.local and it worked. I am now wondering how it worked without these lines, before. Thanks Sridhar - Original Message - From: Derek Simkowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 6:19 PM Subject: Re

[expert] VNC Server

1999-11-13 Thread Sridhar G
I am using VNC Server on my Linux box. Till yesterday I was able to use VNC Viewer on my WIn95 machine. Now, all I get is a semi refreshed screen and it hangs. The Xclient file on my X11 dir is looking for etc/sysconfig/desktop file. I don't seem to have that file. Can anyone tell me what it con

RE: [expert] Looking for module for Turtle Beach Mentego A3D sound card.

1999-11-13 Thread S. Newhouse
If you don't have permission to access the server, ask your ISP why? -sen nixien writes: > Hi Sen and all > Thank you for taking time replying my email. Having read your email, I tried > to browse www.opensound.com, unfortunately, I don't have permission to > access the server. Do you why or

RE: [expert] funny - www.redhat.org - Why Resolve to Localhost?

1999-11-13 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> I was not avare that one can put "private" IP - addresses in "public" DNS. > Actually the fact that 127.0.0.1 address gets resolved over "public" DNS > at all sounds completely weird to me. I have always thought > all the internet infrastructure ignores non-routable IP-addreses. You're

RE: [expert] funny - www.redhat.org - Why Resolve to Localhost?

1999-11-13 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> Because that is how someone has set it up on their dns server. Oops, I wasn't thinking before when I said someone submitted it to Internic with that address. They just configured their bind server that way. I guess it's time for a cup of coffee... --Derek

Re: [expert] funny

1999-11-13 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> Hi Ron, > > You didn't look did you...:-) > > www.redhat.org is a Microsoft Frontpage Personal Web Server ad. > > > Pretty low IMHO. > > Regards > > Christopher Cox Hahahaha this is hilarious. Now we know who's actually running Mandrake and who's running that "other" O.S.

Re: [expert] funny

1999-11-13 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> :>...hehehe, it took me a while to figure out what was going on. > :>www.redhat.org resolves to 127.0.0.1. CLASSIC! > :> > Hey, you are right on that one! Where does that come from? Certainly not > from my "hosts" file... A RH easter egg in a Mandrake. ccc... They must have submitt

Re: [expert] funny

1999-11-13 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> :>Try > :>http://www.redhat.com > :> > :>Many organizations when they get their domain names get com, > :>org and net, to prevent others from using too similiar a > :>name. Check out whitehouse or nasa if you don't believe the > :>problems not doing so can cause. > ... > > i know that, but r

RE: [expert] Looking for module for Turtle Beach Mentego A3D sound card.

1999-11-13 Thread nixien
Hi Sen and all Thank you for taking time replying my email. Having read your email, I tried to browse www.opensound.com, unfortunately, I don't have permission to access the server. Do you why or where else I can get the same thing. ? Thanks again Sen. Appreciate any suggestions. Rgds, Nixien

RE: [expert] funny - www.redhat.org - Why Resolve to Localhost?

1999-11-13 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 01:16 AM 11/14/99 +0100, Denis Havlik wrote: >:>Because that is how someone has set it up on their dns server. I did check >:>and it is not owned by RedHat at all. >:>Most likely just someone that was wanting the domain for email only and >:>wanted to play a joke on everyone else. > >This is t

RE: [expert] funny - www.redhat.org - Why Resolve to Localhost?

1999-11-13 Thread Denis Havlik
:>Because that is how someone has set it up on their dns server. I did check :>and it is not owned by RedHat at all. :>Most likely just someone that was wanting the domain for email only and :>wanted to play a joke on everyone else. This is the best practical joke I have seen in the long time...

RE: [expert] funny - www.redhat.org - Why Resolve to Localhost?

1999-11-13 Thread Andy Abshagen
Because that is how someone has set it up on their dns server. I did check and it is not owned by RedHat at all. Most likely just someone that was wanting the domain for email only and wanted to play a joke on everyone else. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL

[expert] Looking for module for Turtle Beach Mentego A3D sound card.

1999-11-13 Thread S. Newhouse
It does not exist. You can find a beta version of a driver (Vortex chipset driver) at www.opensound.com. At this time it only supports playback and it costs $10 (not much if you want to support opensound IMHO) unless you want to keep restarting the evaluation version. But the playback is quite

[expert] funny - www.redhat.org - Why Resolve to Localhost?

1999-11-13 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Why does http://www.redhat.org resolve to 127.0.0.1? I'm using Windurs 98 with IE. Seve

Re: [expert] funny

1999-11-13 Thread Tim & Val Litwiller
it's not just in Linux that it resolves to 127.0.0.1, I tried it in MSIE5. Christopher Cox wrote: > Ah. > > Do I feel foolish. How did they do that!

[expert] remove

1999-11-13 Thread terry
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Re: [expert] funny

1999-11-13 Thread Christopher Cox
Ah. Do I feel foolish. How did they do that!

Re: [expert] funny

1999-11-13 Thread Christopher Cox
Hi Ron, You didn't look did you...:-) www.redhat.org is a Microsoft Frontpage Personal Web Server ad. Pretty low IMHO. Regards Christopher Cox

Re: [expert] A script to discover IP?

1999-11-13 Thread Ramon Gandia
On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Tim Howell wrote: > Thanks for your help, Ramon. I now have a script that emails me only the > assigned IP address - took a while to get the parsing right! A couple > more questions, if you don't mind: > > 1. Is there a way to pipe the contents of a file into the subject

[expert] Looking for module for Turtle Beach Mentego A3D sound card.

1999-11-13 Thread nixien
Hi all, In need to install sound module. I'm using Dell Dimension XpS R400 which came with Turtle Beach Mentego A3D sound card, PCI. I have no idea what sound module suitable for it and where to get it. I tried to recompile the kernel and gone through the sound module list in menuconfig. There ar

[expert] PlayStation Emulator for Linux

1999-11-13 Thread koko
Hi, After long time not updated, now SOPE has release ver. 0.03.1 in source code. Anyone interested to try ? goto http://www.emuhq/sope/ I hope with the open source, SOPE will then beating the 'Bleem! for win9x' Luqman Registered User #140544 LiNUX Mandrake

Re: [expert] A script to discover IP?

1999-11-13 Thread Tim Howell
Thanks for your help, Ramon. I now have a script that emails me only the assigned IP address - took a while to get the parsing right! A couple more questions, if you don't mind: 1. Is there a way to pipe the contents of a file into the subject line when using the "mail" command? I would like

Re: [expert] funny

1999-11-13 Thread Denis Havlik
:>> Take a look at this: :>> :>> http://www.redhat.org :> :> ...hehehe, it took me a while to figure out what was going on. :>www.redhat.org resolves to 127.0.0.1. CLASSIC! :> Hey, you are right on that one! Where does that come from? Certainly not from my "hosts" file... A RH easter eg

Re: [expert] funny

1999-11-13 Thread Denis Havlik
:>Try :>http://www.redhat.com :> :>Many organizations when they get their domain names get com, :>org and net, to prevent others from using too similiar a :>name. Check out whitehouse or nasa if you don't believe the :>problems not doing so can cause. ... i know that, but redhat.org is running

Re: [expert] performance - emacs?

1999-11-13 Thread Denis Havlik
:>I played a bit with hdparm utility to tune my HD, and found that :>enabling DMA allowed me to boost HD read performance from 4Mb/s to :>11.2 Mb/s (as reported by hdparm -t). Now my emacs loads in about 2 :>secs, but xemacs still takes forever - looks like I'll have to play :>with hdparm some mor