Re: [expert] off topic question about sparc

2001-02-06 Thread Steven W. Laird

On Wednesday 07 February 2001 13:59, Pupeno wrote:
> Do you know where can I buy used/old/cheap sparcs on Miami or Orlando... on
> Florida ?
> Thank you. and sorry for the off topic.

Did you check ebay?? They usually have a few for auction...
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Re: [expert] Wireless LAN on Linux

2001-01-27 Thread Steven W. Laird

On Saturday 27 January 2001 03:58, Luis Chardon wrote:
> I recently got the idea to setup a 11Mbps wireless lan at home and I
> wanted to get something that I can use both on winblows and Linux, for
> less than $500. I was looking in the pcmcia-cs's SUPPORTED.CARDS file and
> I was wandering if any of you are using any of these cards under Linux. I
> have already tried the CISCO 340 and the Raylink/BreezeCOM and both work
> fine but CISCO is way too expensive and Raylink is only 2Mbps. I'm
> considering buying a Linksys accespoint and PCMCIA card which adds up
> arond the $400, but on the pcmcia-cs's documentation says that some
> features are missing, but don't say which. I'm also considering the D-Link
> and SMC systems, which of course are the most afordable ones.
>
> Please let me know if you have had any experience with these guys, or if
> you alredy have something similar with any other products.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luis

I've already got an Apple Airport base station (For my wife's ibook, $299 
BTW) so I purchased an Orinoco (Lucent) Wavelan Silver card for my laptop 
which runs L-M 7.2 and Win ME. This card is so Linux compatible, they have 
drivers on the CD, along with Windows and MAC drivers. That's still pretty 
rare. The card that Apple uses for all their wireless devices is simply a 
relabled Lucent silver, without an antenna.
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Re: [expert] hdparm permanent settings?

2001-01-22 Thread Steven W. Laird

On Monday 22 January 2001 17:28, Tim Lee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to make settings with the utility
> hdparm become permanent?  I can set them in one of the
> init scripts but I would like my settings enabled as
> soon as possible in the boot process since they might
> affect boot performance.
>
> Regards,

Append the commands you want to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. Boot 
performance?? You must be a dual booter? I was worried about this too, but I 
realized I only rebooted about once a week or so...
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Re: [expert] Firewall....

2000-12-31 Thread Steven W . Laird

On Friday 29 December 2000 14:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> > hi,
>
> can anyone recommand a firewall application with a web administration
> interface?
>
> thank's.

Take a look at http://www.e-smith.com

RH based gateway/router/firewall/samba solution that ANYONE can install and 
configure. (Yes, browser based administration as well...)
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Steve




[expert] Mandrake 7.2 on Compaq 17XL360

2000-12-28 Thread Steven W. Laird

Mandrake 7.2 installed easily on my new Compaq 17XL360. One reason I bought 
this model is that older 1700/1800 models had Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 
built in.

Of course, this new version have something called "Compaq 10_100 MiniPCI 
Ethernet NIC" instead. Has anyone had any luck finding any information about 
the chip used and which driver <> work?? I've searched deja.com, Linux 
on Laptops and the web in general...  No luck, yet.
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Re: [expert] What is this

2000-12-26 Thread Steven W. Laird

On Tuesday 26 December 2000 23:11, Steve Hagerman wrote:
> Hello I was given some code by someone and I was curious what it meant: (
> This was sent in response to my asking about hard drive optimization )
> hard drive optimization :
> hdparm -A1 -d1 -X34 /dev/hda
>
> I was told that hdparm was about adjusting the HD and I know that the
> /dev/hda is referring to device hda which is the hard drive but those lines
> in between got me totally stumped.
> Steve Hagerman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.advancedisp.com

Try "man hdparm" or as root (or su) try "hdparm --help"
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Re: [expert] distorted sound in LM72?

2000-12-07 Thread Steven W. Laird

On Thursday 07 December 2000 14:47, you wrote:

>
> Ultimately, I dumped my AudioPCI and the 128 and went with the built-in
> ac97 sound system on my motherboard.  Not the best option, and not always
> an option for others, but that was the quickest and easiest fix for me.  It
> works fine for my limited sound needs, at least.
>

> praedor

And I did just the opposite. My Soyo MB has VIA VT82C686 [Apollo Super 
AC97/Audio] onboard and it sounded "garbled" as well. I disabled the onboard 
sound, installed my old PNP ISA SB16, ran sndconfig and I was in business.
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Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: KDE 2.0.1 released (fwd)

2000-12-05 Thread Steven W. Laird

On Tuesday 05 December 2000 21:41, you wrote:


> Check here - Seems to be a bunch of 2.0.1 RPM's
>
> ftp://ftp.twoguys.org/mandrake/current/i586/Mandrake/RPMS
>
> --

I know, bad manners to reply to my own post, but save your time. They aren't 
2.0.1 RPM's... Sorry
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Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: KDE 2.0.1 released (fwd)

2000-12-05 Thread Steven W. Laird

On Wednesday 06 December 2000 00:45, you wrote:

> > I see Mandrake 7.2 is mentioned, is KDE 2.0.1 available via Mandrake
> Update?

Check here - Seems to be a bunch of 2.0.1 RPM's

ftp://ftp.twoguys.org/mandrake/current/i586/Mandrake/RPMS 

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Re: [expert] Tighten security on firewall

2000-02-17 Thread Steven W. Laird

> Russ Johnson wrote:
> 
> I want to tighten security on our firewall.
> 
> 
> I'm using Ipchains with ipmasqadm for port redirection.  When I run a
> port scan I get alot of unfiltered ports.
> 
> Does anyone know of a product to control filtering on these ports??

Try e-smith. Find for free (.iso image) at www.e-smith.net

I've used it for about a year.
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Re: [expert] samba

1999-11-23 Thread Steven W. Laird

jack malone wrote:
> 
> Hi all. I think that i have samba running on my linux box for i see a
> share iin the win98 network neighborhood but can not access it for it says
> i need a password. What do I need to do to get it work so that the win98
> boxes can access the linux samba server, thanks in advance.

Here is the easiest way:
1.  The workgroup name should be the same as your windows box. Default
in win98 is WORKGROUP, you'll have to change the name in the
/etc/sbm.conf file from MYGROUP to WORKGROUP. (Or whatever you want it
to be...)
2.  It's easiest if the user name and password are EXACTLY the same on
both the linux and win98 boxes.
3.  If you're using Mandrake 6.1, encrypted passwords are enabled by
default. If you're using 6.0 you can either enable encryption in
smb.conf or turn encryption off on the win98 box. (See Samba docs for
more info)



Re: [expert] Recommendations on Network System Activity monitor for local network

1999-10-31 Thread Steven W. Laird

Mike Hill wrote:
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> I am looking for suggestions on a program to run on a Linux Mandrake system
> that is the gateway for numerous local clients to get to the internet.
> (I.P. Masquerading).
> 

Check out http://www.e-smith.net (no I don't represent them, I just
think this is the best server/gateway/firewall out there...)

Steve



Re: [expert] Email system

1999-10-06 Thread Steven W. Laird

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Sorry sending to both newbie and expert mailing lists, but it is a bit urgent for 
>me.  Does anyone have experience in using qmail, sendmail, fetchmail, twig, postmail 
>etc?  Would you please share your experience, good or bad, whether it is reliable and 
>easy to manage?  I have to implement an email system, preferably with web-based 
>frontend, in the company.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Ken
> 
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Re: [expert] "fixing" the Mandrake CD

1999-08-17 Thread Steven W. Laird

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Hoyt wrote:
> Before I burn a copy of Mandrake 6.0 for my brother, I would like to integrate the 
>updates and add some additional programs for him.
Download the new  mandrake60-2.iso image file... It includes all the latest
updates.
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Re: [expert] Switch default Windows Manager

1999-08-04 Thread Steven W. Laird

If you are using Linux-Madrake 6.0 do either of the following:
1.   Go to "K" , System, Desktop Switching Tool or
2.   From a term window type "switchdesk"

another hint... Create another user and do your window manager experimenting
without the fear of messing up your customized desktop!

<<<>>>

On Wed, 04 Aug 1999, Lang Zhi wrote:
> Hi,
> How to change the default Windows Manager from KDE to other like
> Gnome, AnotherLevel etc ?
> 
> which file to edit ?
> 
> BTW, i still love KDE, but this just for fun :P
> 
> -lz
> 
> 
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