Re: Way off topic
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:18:44 + Terence McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just how is beer "Way Off Topic" on a Linux list? for a non-drinker? waaay out there ;) > Terence (CAMRA member) CAMRA? wha'sat? -- Myles Green Calgary AB Canada Linux Step by Step Mirror: http://linuxsteps.webjump.com/ ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: dying harddisk
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 02:49:43PM +0800, Auyeung at Technet Systems wrote: > Hi, everyone, > > My harddisk running RH7.0 is developing bad sectors. > What is the name of program that will run a surface scan on > a Linux system? > I man fsck and it seems that fsck is not the answer? badblocks Kurt ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 12:26:25AM -0600, Myles Green wrote: > [snippage] > > in fact, it was one of their dial-up help-desk people who first turned > me on to linux way back when - right after i said 'what do you mean > reformat the drive and reinstall !?! again !!? blah! blah! blah! there's > got to be *something* better than this!!'. all he said was 'do a search > on google.com for linux... but you didn't hear that from me' =) I downloaded my first few Slackware disks Way Back When (c) from, of all places, America Online. Talk about dripping with irony. ;-) Kurt ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Way off topic
On Thursday 26 July 2001 08:10, Myles Green wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:18:44 + > > Terence McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just how is beer "Way Off Topic" on a Linux list? > > for a non-drinker? waaay out there ;) Perhaps you not tried a really good beer? :-) > > > Terence (CAMRA member) > > CAMRA? wha'sat? Campaign for Real Ale- a group of people who prefer naturally brewed and barreled/bottled beers, and encourage the production of such tradtionally brewed beers. When it started, some thirty years ago, the big (national) brewers were destroying local pubs (PUBlic houses) wholesale, and making pasturised "beer" (that is beer that had the natural processes of fermentation killed). This was virtually all one could buy. This coloured alcoholic water was then pressured by CO2, and forced through a "sparklet" tap to make it froth and so appear alive. Cask beers on the other hand, were left alone, usually after dry hopping, and continued to ferment in cask. This produced natural CO2 in the cask, and a natural head, as well as a good flavour, and a great deal (usually) of individual character. Things have greatly improved since Camra started, and my "local" (local pub) always has three "real" beers on tap (actually there is an argument over whether these shoud be called "beers" or "ales"- the often expressed difference is that "ale" did not have hops added to it. Hops give longevity to the brew, as well as flavour). There are three annual "Beer Festivals" locally, where the dedicated man/woman can sample anything up to 100 or so brews from micro-breweries as well as from nationally distributed beers. Sorry- you only asked what Camra meant-- rant over. Terence ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More SxS Mirrors
Quoting David Aikema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Uh how accurate are these mirror locations anyway? Ian's is > listed as a Toronto mirror but my best attempts to track down the > @home servers handling personal webspace have them located in San > Francisco. I'm assuming similar issues would also apply with any > similar sized isp. > > Not that this issue is overly relevant to anything getting done... > > David Aikema Actually, my mirror is hosted on an IBM S70 in a Toronto area College. I use the @home address to redirect and abbreviate the otherwise very lengthy, unattractive link to my ~user dir. ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More SxS Mirrors
The watsonville locataion is hosted from my house which has a bunch of machines running, all of which are running 3.1Workstation or 3.1Server.. I do all my own DNS on 2 different boxes and run a mail server too.. oops- the mail server is 2.4 :) cheers-- Jim > Quoting David Aikema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Uh how accurate are these mirror locations anyway? Ian's is > > listed as a Toronto mirror but my best attempts to track down the > > @home servers handling personal webspace have them located in San > > Francisco. I'm assuming similar issues would also apply with any > > similar sized isp. > > > > Not that this issue is overly relevant to anything getting done... > > > > David Aikema > > Actually, my mirror is hosted on an IBM S70 in a Toronto area College. I use > the @home address to redirect and abbreviate the otherwise very lengthy, > unattractive link to my ~user dir. > > ___ > http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc >->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- 6:15am up 16 days, 16:01, 8 users, load average: 2.00, 2.07, 2.03 UNIX...because life is too short for reboots... ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: dying harddisk
Jim Conner wrote: > > I've been told that this works. Haven't used it. Please read appropriate > man pages. YMMV. You will need to add the correct /dev/hd?? to have it use > the correct drive/partition. Read the man pages for any other possible > missing options. > > Step 1: badblocks -o bad_blocks_file > Step 2: e2fsck -l bad_blocks_file > Note: the -l is a lower case L, doesn't show up nicely in some fonts. > In addtion to this, I've been told that when you start developing very many bad blocks on a drive it's time to make sure of your backups and investigate the cost of new drives. The drive may be failing. It would be a very good idea to re-run badblocks on the drive fairly often for a while. If you continue to get new badblocks occurring, the drive _IS_ failing. rickf ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: dying harddisk
Thanks, Rick, Jinm and Kurt, I have a backup and so dd to another hd. Put the new hd into another box ( totally different hardware ) and to my surprise, on boot up Anaconda detected the change and reinstalled the new modules correctly --- no more kernel panic --- I think I start to fall in love with this distro! :-) Auyeung - Original Message - From: "rickf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Jim Conner wrote: > > > > I've been told that this works. Haven't used it. Please read appropriate > > man pages. YMMV. You will need to add the correct /dev/hd?? to have it use > > the correct drive/partition. Read the man pages for any other possible > > missing options. > > > > Step 1: badblocks -o bad_blocks_file > > Step 2: e2fsck -l bad_blocks_file > > Note: the -l is a lower case L, doesn't show up nicely in some fonts. > > > > In addtion to this, I've been told that when you start developing > very many bad blocks on a drive it's time to make sure of your backups > and investigate the cost of new drives. The drive may be failing. > > It would be a very good idea to re-run badblocks on the drive fairly > often for a while. If you continue to get new badblocks occurring, the > drive _IS_ failing. > > rickf ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: dying harddisk
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 01:07:11AM +0800, Auyeung at Technet wrote: > Thanks, Rick, Jinm and Kurt, > > I have a backup and so dd to another hd. Put the new hd into another box ( > totally different > hardware ) and to my surprise, on boot up Anaconda detected the change and > reinstalled the new modules correctly --- no more kernel panic --- I think I > start to fall in love with this distro! I believe the critter that does this is named kudzu. Anaconda is the installer. Glad the problem is solved, however. K ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Test
Testing to see if this gets through. I've had some problems posting and responding in the last two days. Mike "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took [place there." --Baldasar Rusow, Estonia, mid 16th century _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Test
On Thursday 26 July 2001 11:24, you wrote: > Testing to see if this gets through. I've had some problems posting and > responding in the last two days. > Mike > > "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, > killing, and dreadful idolatry took [place there." > --Baldasar Rusow, Estonia, mid 16th century > > Got it fine. -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust! ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
3Com dropped packets fix
FYI, in case you, or anyone you know, are using a 3Com NIC in their Linux box and are seeing lots of dropped packets. If your driver is compiled static, the option has to be added to the boot args. At 12:01 PM 7/24/2001 +0200, you wrote: >Hi > >If I do a complete network scan (nmap: tcp connect)over my lan, my >bridge(kernel >2.2.19 + ipchains) gives a error message(see subject), if the scan gets to >x.x.x.184. This machine is not behind the bridge, but it is connected in the >same HUB. If it gets to x.x.x.191, wich is behind the bridge, I don't get > this message. >I have got two 3c905 and one 3c905b. >Could it be that my bridge(pentium 200) is to slow to handle that much >connection tries in that short time? If so, can it still handle the full >through >put (100MBit) if there are not that much connection tries? >Or Is the computer fast enough and it is another problem? > > Thanks Matze Hi! I had the same problem with 3Com cards at a previous job. Add this line to your /etc/conf.modules file, to add these options to the kernel driver: options 3c59x max_interrupt_work=1 It strangely defaults to 20, which is much too small. The driver fails if more than this number of packets arrive per interrupt. Increase this number to a huge value that will never be reached. Some say there might be a drawback to using such a large value, but I have never had problems with it in my experience. Josh -- Douglas J. Hunley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Linux User #174778 Admin: http://hunley.homeip.net/Admin: http://linux.nf/ Brainbench Linux Administration Certified ~~ Now offering Linux admin services for the home user ~~ It takes an uncommon mind to think of these things. --- Calvin ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Help
List KDE is so fxx bad. It now looses it self. Can not set configuration in Control center. Set config in kmail and logoff relogin you reset kmail configs. This is nonsense and is totally bad code. It can not have been tested by kde developers at all. I have copied .kde2 to .kde. Also kmail after running a while says it can not talk to klauncher. Any one have any ideas how how to fix this. Thanks -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust! ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Help
As much as I'd love to blame this on KDE, i think you caused this mess. You can't copy .kde2 to .kde. The configuration file layout changed in a huge way. So basically what is occuring is that KDE2 is looking for the appropriate config file to write the changes you are making, isn't finding it, and is unable to write them to disk. So, you logout, and log back in and you're back to ground zero. S..this begs the question on why you copied .kde2 to .kde ? --- Rick Sivernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > List > > KDE is so fxx bad. It now looses it self. Can not set > configuration > in Control center. Set config in kmail and logoff relogin you reset > kmail > configs. This is nonsense and is totally bad code. It can not have > been > tested by kde developers at all. I have copied .kde2 to .kde. Also > kmail > after running a while says it can not talk to klauncher. Any one have > any > ideas how how to fix this. = Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ & Step-by-step help:http://netllama.ipfox.com . __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Help
On Thursday 26 July 2001 08:29, Rick Sivernell wrote: > List > > KDE is so fxx bad. It now looses it self. Can not set configuration > in Control center. Set config in kmail and logoff relogin you reset kmail > configs. This is nonsense and is totally bad code. It can not have been > tested by kde developers at all. I have copied .kde2 to .kde. Also kmail > after running a while says it can not talk to klauncher. Any one have any > ideas how how to fix this. > > Thanks So just what version of KDE are you running? 2.1.2 runs fine on SuSE 7.2. -- ++ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 07/26/01 18:34 + ++ "I've learned- that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon. And all the less important ones just never go away." ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Reply
On Thursday 26 July 2001 17:35, you wrote: > On Thursday 26 July 2001 08:29, Rick Sivernell wrote: > > List > > > > KDE is so fxx bad. It now looses it self. Can not set > > configuration in Control center. Set config in kmail and logoff relogin > > you reset kmail configs. This is nonsense and is totally bad code. It can > > not have been tested by kde developers at all. I have copied .kde2 to > > .kde. Also kmail after running a while says it can not talk to klauncher. > > Any one have any ideas how how to fix this. > > > > Thanks > > So just what version of KDE are you running? > > 2.1.2 runs fine on SuSE 7.2. KDE 2.1.1 stock eW3.1. I have copiled the 2.2 tar file but does not seem to see it. -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Registered Linux User ? ? ? ? .~. ? ? ? ?/ v \ ? ? ? /( _ )\ ? ? ? ? ^ ^ In Linux we trust! ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Help
KDE2.1.1 runs fine here on caldera 2.4 On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:29:43 -0500 Rick Sivernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > List > > KDE is so fxx bad. It now looses it self. Can not set configuration > in Control center. Set config in kmail and logoff relogin you reset kmail > configs. This is nonsense and is totally bad code. It can not have been > tested by kde developers at all. I have copied .kde2 to .kde. Also kmail > after running a while says it can not talk to klauncher. Any one have any > ideas how how to fix this. > > Thanks > -- > Rick Sivernell > Dallas, Texas 75287 > 972 306-2296 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 > Registered Linux User > > .~. > / v \ > /( _ )\ > ^ ^ > In Linux we trust! > ___ > http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Help
What you probably need to do is move $HOME/.kde2 to $HOME/.kde_backup. Log out of the user and log back in. This will reset all the settings and stuff for kde. The config files for kde and various apps are in $HOME/.kde2/share/config/*. Be careful what config files you move back because one of the files in $HOME/.kde2 is your problem. Jim On Thursday July 26, 2001 5:35 pm, Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Thursday 26 July 2001 08:29, Rick Sivernell wrote: > > List > > > > KDE is so fxx bad. It now looses it self. Can not set > > configuration in Control center. Set config in kmail and logoff relogin > > you reset kmail configs. This is nonsense and is totally bad code. It can > > not have been tested by kde developers at all. I have copied .kde2 to > > .kde. Also kmail after running a while says it can not talk to klauncher. > > Any one have any ideas how how to fix this. > > > > Thanks > > So just what version of KDE are you running? > > 2.1.2 runs fine on SuSE 7.2. -- 5:42pm up 2 days, 18:16, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Running Caldera eD2.4 - Linux - because life is too short for reboots... _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Help
On Thursday 26 July 2001 18:27, you wrote: > What you probably need to do is move $HOME/.kde2 to $HOME/.kde_backup. Log > out of the user and log back in. This will reset all the settings and > stuff for kde. The config files for kde and various apps are in > $HOME/.kde2/share/config/*. Be careful what config files you move back > because one of the files in $HOME/.kde2 is your problem. > > Jim > Jim Followed your suggestion Well I am happy to say Thank YOU. Will reset all Configs. -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust! ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!
On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:47, dep wrote: > or you have a clue-enabled isp who knows his way around filters. i've > gotten scads of 'em on the earthlink account, but nothing on any of [snip] we updated ami-virus (as we do, do) every 2 days. It picked this one and consigns it to /dev/null. I had recieved close to 20 x 2 meg of these things over previous days, it was a relief to recieve an email from postmaster@ saying it had been killed. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [Xpert]Fwd: i810 and i810e display corruption problem!
On Thursday 26 July 2001 14:00, David Aikema wrote: > I finally completed the kde2.2beta1 build yesterday and having been > using it a fair bit today (6.5 hours). Thus far I have not seen a > single trace of screen corruption (normally starts to appear within curiosity. have you also crippled the accel options in XF86Config as first suggested for a temporary fix? --- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Help
You're welcome. I ran into an empty Control Center once while updating kde2.x, also some of the apps didn't be have quite correctly. I was told then(not sure from where) to do this and it worked for me. Glad it worked for you. Jim On Thursday July 26, 2001 6:35 pm, Rick Sivernell wrote: > On Thursday 26 July 2001 18:27, you wrote: > > What you probably need to do is move $HOME/.kde2 to $HOME/.kde_backup. > > Log out of the user and log back in. This will reset all the settings > > and stuff for kde. The config files for kde and various apps are in > > $HOME/.kde2/share/config/*. Be careful what config files you move back > > because one of the files in $HOME/.kde2 is your problem. > > > > Jim > > Jim > > Followed your suggestion Well I am happy to say Thank YOU. Will reset all > Configs. -- 6:42pm up 2 days, 19:16, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.15, 0.08 Running Caldera eD2.4 - Linux - because life is too short for reboots... _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [Xpert]Fwd: i810 and i810e display corruption problem!
- Original Message - From: Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [Xpert]Fwd: i810 and i810e display corruption problem! > On Thursday 26 July 2001 14:00, David Aikema wrote: > > I finally completed the kde2.2beta1 build yesterday and having been > > using it a fair bit today (6.5 hours). Thus far I have not seen a > > single trace of screen corruption (normally starts to appear within > > curiosity. have you also crippled the accel options in XF86Config as first > suggested for a temporary fix? Nope didn't do that. David Aikema ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: dying harddisk
On Friday 27 July 2001 04:37, Auyeung at Technet wrote: > Thanks, Rick, Jinm and Kurt, > > I have a backup and so dd to another hd. Put the new hd into another box ( > totally different > hardware ) and to my surprise, on boot up Anaconda detected the change and > reinstalled the new modules correctly --- no more kernel panic --- I think > I start to fall in love with this distro! It's been a joy ride for me too, as I tend to change hardware devices quite frequently. The one glitch I have had so far is loading the zip drive (ppa.o) too early in the VARS script (/etc/rc.d/rc.modules). If i do this, the system removes my scsi card controller module and the disks (on it) are innacessible. I have to resort to using rc.local. I am still confused in RH _where_ you are supposed to place extra modules at boot time. I just finished a kernel 2.4.7 upgrade and on reboot, voila! the program(s) you refer to above instantly detected my usb camera and loaded all necessary modules. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 02:37:20 -0600 Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 12:26:25AM -0600, Myles Green wrote: > > > [snippage] > > > > in fact, it was one of their dial-up help-desk people who first > turned > > me on to linux way back when - right after i said 'what do you mean > > reformat the drive and reinstall !?! again !!? blah! blah! blah! > there's > > got to be *something* better than this!!'. all he said was 'do a > search > > on google.com for linux... but you didn't hear that from me' =) > > I downloaded my first few Slackware disks Way Back When (c) from, of > all places, America Online. Talk about dripping with irony. ;-) Wow, I'll say!! Betcha couldn't find it there now tho ;-) -- Myles Green Calgary AB Canada Linux Step by Step Mirror: http://linuxsteps.webjump.com/ ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
mailcap for octet-stream
I use mutt. I would like mutt to be able to start abiword for .doc attachments (word documents) and acrobat reader to display pdf document attachments. However, mutt's viewer lists both of these attachments as octet-stream. I believe that this means that mutt can't tell what these files really are, just that they are binary files. So, how do I get mailcap configured so it can distinguish these two file types? I guess my real question is, how does mutt figure out what these two file types are? There must be a way to configure mutt to distinguish .doc from .pdf so mailcap can be configured to run the proper viewer programs. I have read the mutt documentation but it just is not simple enuf for me to understand. Naturally, I suspect I could write my own bash script to do this, that is, have a bash script handle all octet-stream attachments and start up the proper viewer, but there must be a built in way of doing this. Joel ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Help
btw, there is nothing wrong with telnet.. :) Jim Conner wrote: > You're welcome. I ran into an empty Control Center once while updating > kde2.x, also some of the apps didn't be have quite correctly. I was told > then(not sure from where) to do this and it worked for me. Glad it worked > for you. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: another helpful feature from microsoft corp.
There was an article around that could totally kill that feature. It involves the use a file named _RESTORE in C:\ or the directory that contains _RESTORE after removing the folder _RESTORE. Then WinME would never be able to create the folder again. > 1. Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop. > 2. Click on the Performance Tab. > 3. Click on the File System button. > 4. Click on the Troubleshooting Tab. > 5. Put a check mark next to "Disable System Restore". > 6. Click the Apply button. > 7. Click the Close button. > 8. Click the Close button again. > 9. You will be prompted to restart the computer. Click Yes. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Help
--- Linuxism Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > btw, there is nothing wrong with telnet.. :) Other than the fact that its a huge gaping security risk. = Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ & Step-by-step help:http://netllama.ipfox.com . __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
