Re: [newbie] MESSAGE TO EVERYONE...
Jose I could not agree with you more.. - Original Message - From: Jose Alberto Abreu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] MESSAGE TO EVERYONE... > Guillermo Belli shared some of his thoughts about the Spanish-speaking posts: > > > Some days ago I posted a message in spanish about a linux news site called > > SoloLinux (www.SoloLinux.com) in case that someone would be interested about it. > > Then came a couple of messages in spanish from other users, and I realyzed I > > wasn't the only spanish speaker here, and I answered these messages trying to > > help 'em. I thnik this was the beginning of all this "trouble". Sorry if I did > > wrong. > > > > Guillermo > > I am also guilty of some of the posts... Someone chided me for "this useless waste > of bandwith", but I believe that there are ethical and cultural issues to handle in > the "open software community", as well as technical issues. > > Some believe that the Internet is the ultimate freedom of speech tool... you can > communicate your ideas to the world, and also learn about what many people around > the world have to say... > > And that is mostly true... If you speak English > > The growth rate of the Internet (and its mighty son Linux) has skyrocketed. The > obvious advantages of sharing information with people thousands of kilometers away, > across continents and oceans, are enormous. > > But they will be ultimately limited without the contributions of the > Non-English-Speaking world if we do not start looking at different languages as > "waste of bandwith" > > Ok, maybe I was joking around on a couple of posts... Hey, forgive me! > This list needs some humor as any other and I don't believe this is a waste of > bandwith either... just look at all of the messages the "Microsoff Linux 98" thang > generated (very good joke, BTW). > > Mandrake is the distribution I chose because of its ease of use, its > you-don't-nead-to-be-a-nerd approach, and also because of the multilanguage support. > > I actually sent them a message volunteering to translate the Mandrake web-pages to > Spanish, along with a suggestion to change the flag language icons with something > more universal (Spanish is spoken in many, many countries). > > Please lets end this. I agree that English is the most spoken language in this list > (and on the web in general) so I think everyone on this list should post their > messages in English so that everyone can read them. > > But if someone has the time and inclination to post the message in English and in > another language, Why bother him/her? If you are a native English speaker and have > no inclination to learn another language, then I guess it's your loss. > > But I think that having a choice is a powerful thing, and I believe this is one of > the beliefs of the Open-Software community, as well. > > Jose Alberto Abreu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PD.- By the way... How do you write "Linux" in Mandarin Chinese, Steve? > I can send you a .gif file with "Linux" in Japanese (pronounced "Linuk-su") > > PPD.- Thanks again Guillermo for the help file in Spanish you mentioned in your > post. > (Gracias compadre por la ayuda en Español) > > -- > __ > "I happen to be very selective > about the reality I choose" > > -Calvin, from Waterson's "Calvin & Hobbes" > > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a > 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > >
Re: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!!!!!!
On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 10:13:03PM -0500, Lyndon Lininger Sr. wrote: > I remember those days well. Had a commodore 64 myself what a joy. > > > Heh. Filesystem GUIs were around long before OS/2 or MacOS, though they > > were significantly less complex. Anyone remember GeOS for the Commodore > > 64/128 by Berkeley Softworks? Shockingly similar to early versions of > > MacOS. This was even before the days of mice (mouses?) and you had to > > maneuver around your "desktop" with a joystick. Eventually Commodore > > mice came along, and unless my memory is fading they were among the very > > first on the market. IBM users were relegated to 286 and eventually 386 > > machines and old IBM and MS-Dos, usually with the now forgotten "green > > screen" monochrome displays or, if you were _really_ lucky an EGA or CGA > > display. Hehe... man, those were the days. > > > > Off topic? Well, yeah... sorry. I think I've still got my GeoProgrammer 5.25" disks and manuals at home somewhere. Might have to look those up one of these days. :) -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] MESSAGE TO EVERYONE...
Guillermo Belli shared some of his thoughts about the Spanish-speaking posts: > Some days ago I posted a message in spanish about a linux news site called > SoloLinux (www.SoloLinux.com) in case that someone would be interested about it. > Then came a couple of messages in spanish from other users, and I realyzed I > wasn't the only spanish speaker here, and I answered these messages trying to > help 'em. I thnik this was the beginning of all this "trouble". Sorry if I did > wrong. > > Guillermo I am also guilty of some of the posts... Someone chided me for "this useless waste of bandwith", but I believe that there are ethical and cultural issues to handle in the "open software community", as well as technical issues. Some believe that the Internet is the ultimate freedom of speech tool... you can communicate your ideas to the world, and also learn about what many people around the world have to say... And that is mostly true... If you speak English The growth rate of the Internet (and its mighty son Linux) has skyrocketed. The obvious advantages of sharing information with people thousands of kilometers away, across continents and oceans, are enormous. But they will be ultimately limited without the contributions of the Non-English-Speaking world if we do not start looking at different languages as "waste of bandwith" Ok, maybe I was joking around on a couple of posts... Hey, forgive me! This list needs some humor as any other and I don't believe this is a waste of bandwith either... just look at all of the messages the "Microsoff Linux 98" thang generated (very good joke, BTW). Mandrake is the distribution I chose because of its ease of use, its you-don't-nead-to-be-a-nerd approach, and also because of the multilanguage support. I actually sent them a message volunteering to translate the Mandrake web-pages to Spanish, along with a suggestion to change the flag language icons with something more universal (Spanish is spoken in many, many countries). Please lets end this. I agree that English is the most spoken language in this list (and on the web in general) so I think everyone on this list should post their messages in English so that everyone can read them. But if someone has the time and inclination to post the message in English and in another language, Why bother him/her? If you are a native English speaker and have no inclination to learn another language, then I guess it's your loss. But I think that having a choice is a powerful thing, and I believe this is one of the beliefs of the Open-Software community, as well. Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] PD.- By the way... How do you write "Linux" in Mandarin Chinese, Steve? I can send you a .gif file with "Linux" in Japanese (pronounced "Linuk-su") PPD.- Thanks again Guillermo for the help file in Spanish you mentioned in your post. (Gracias compadre por la ayuda en Español) -- __ "I happen to be very selective about the reality I choose" -Calvin, from Waterson's "Calvin & Hobbes" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
RE: [newbie] Lilo Boot and Login
Thanks for the Help all. I got it to work. just typed setup at the command line and it changed it to what I wanted. Also checked /sbin/Lilo to make sure it changed. Which it did. And ran Lilo and it worked. Again Thanks to all for the Help. James J. Capone Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com "The Only Person To Hear Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The Apartment Next To Yours!"
Re: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!!!!!!
I remember those days well. Had a commodore 64 myself what a joy. Lyndon Lininger Sr. - Original Message - From: Meanie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!! > Heh. Filesystem GUIs were around long before OS/2 or MacOS, though they > were significantly less complex. Anyone remember GeOS for the Commodore > 64/128 by Berkeley Softworks? Shockingly similar to early versions of > MacOS. This was even before the days of mice (mouses?) and you had to > maneuver around your "desktop" with a joystick. Eventually Commodore > mice came along, and unless my memory is fading they were among the very > first on the market. IBM users were relegated to 286 and eventually 386 > machines and old IBM and MS-Dos, usually with the now forgotten "green > screen" monochrome displays or, if you were _really_ lucky an EGA or CGA > display. Hehe... man, those were the days. > > Off topic? Well, yeah... sorry. > > -- > Meanie
Re: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!!!!!!
Heh. Filesystem GUIs were around long before OS/2 or MacOS, though they were significantly less complex. Anyone remember GeOS for the Commodore 64/128 by Berkeley Softworks? Shockingly similar to early versions of MacOS. This was even before the days of mice (mouses?) and you had to maneuver around your "desktop" with a joystick. Eventually Commodore mice came along, and unless my memory is fading they were among the very first on the market. IBM users were relegated to 286 and eventually 386 machines and old IBM and MS-Dos, usually with the now forgotten "green screen" monochrome displays or, if you were _really_ lucky an EGA or CGA display. Hehe... man, those were the days. Off topic? Well, yeah... sorry. -- Meanie
Re: [newbie] nfs problems
On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 03:05:57PM -0700, Hidong Kim wrote: > Hi, > > I have a network of three Linux machines named weaver, ripley, and > jonesy. I have them networked, and their disks were all nfs mounted. > But then today, all of the sudden, weaver is not seeing ripley's disks, > and jonesy is not seeing weaver's disks. ripley is seeing all of the > nfs mounted disks. I tried to re-export and re-mount all three > machines. When I try 'mount -a' on weaver, I get the error twice: > "mount: RPC: Program not registered". I was using these computers last > night and everything seemed fine. I didn't change any configuration > files since then. I can still ping, telnet, and ftp between all three > machines. What could be wrong? Thanks, Check to make sure portmap and the RPC daemons are still running on all three machines. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Different Resoltions, No Virtual Desktop Size
On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 07:50:55PM -0500, Matthew Stegman wrote:
> Original Message: from Birchall, Richard Subject - RE: [newbie] Different
>Resoltions, No Virtual Desktop Size
> > >She likes her screen resolution to be 1280x1024 (which
> > >operates at 60Hz on this monitor) while I like mine at 1024x768
> > >(about 72Hz here). This isn't a problem in itself, as I can easily
> > >change resolutions, using the Ctrl-Alt-+ (or -). However, then I
> > >get the desktop-larger-than-my-screen effect, of which I am not a
> > >big fan.
> >
> > Just disable the virtual desktop ?
> >
> > Open /etc/X11/XF86Config in a editor as root. At the end of this file there
> > is "Section Screen".
> >
> > Comment out the "Virtual" line with "#" (without the quotes).
>
> Excerpt from /etc/X11/XF86Config {
> Section "Screen"
> Driver "svga"
> # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
> #Device "Generic VGA"
> Device "Diamond Stealth 3D 4000"
> Monitor "My Monitor"
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
> ViewPort0 0
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
> }
>
> We have no "Virtual" section. Neither of us like that "scrolling desktop"
> effect, so we answered "no" during setup when it asked if we wanted a desktop
> larger than the screen resolution. The problem arises when X starts up in
> 1280x1024, and I use Ctrl-Alt-minus to change to 1024x768. Now the desktop is
> larger than the screen. It appears that X makes the desktop the size of the
> largest resolution in the list, and never bothers to recalculate the size of
> the desktop to match the size of the screen (but if you're using the largest
> size listed, you're in luck!).
> So is there a way I can specify that the X-server use my own XF86Config, one
> where 1024x768 is the largest size listed? Or somehow tell it to force the
> desktop size to 1024x768 (just for me)?
> -Matt Stegman
Maybe you guys can split the difference and run 1152x900? :)
It doesn't look like it's possible to do it... At least, not from my
experimentation. And not with XDM running. Without it, you would be able
to create a script that would move config files around before starting the X
server, but XDM sort of rules that out.
Hmmm... This sort of bums me out... Windows can do it...
--
Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Different Resoltions, No Virtual Desktop Size
Original Message: from Birchall, Richard Subject - RE: [newbie] Different Resoltions,
No Virtual Desktop Size
> >She likes her screen resolution to be 1280x1024 (which
> >operates at 60Hz on this monitor) while I like mine at 1024x768
> >(about 72Hz here). This isn't a problem in itself, as I can easily
> >change resolutions, using the Ctrl-Alt-+ (or -). However, then I
> >get the desktop-larger-than-my-screen effect, of which I am not a
> >big fan.
>
> Just disable the virtual desktop ?
>
> Open /etc/X11/XF86Config in a editor as root. At the end of this file there
> is "Section Screen".
>
> Comment out the "Virtual" line with "#" (without the quotes).
Excerpt from /etc/X11/XF86Config {
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
# Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
#Device "Generic VGA"
Device "Diamond Stealth 3D 4000"
Monitor "My Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
ViewPort0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
}
We have no "Virtual" section. Neither of us like that "scrolling desktop"
effect, so we answered "no" during setup when it asked if we wanted a desktop
larger than the screen resolution. The problem arises when X starts up in
1280x1024, and I use Ctrl-Alt-minus to change to 1024x768. Now the desktop is
larger than the screen. It appears that X makes the desktop the size of the
largest resolution in the list, and never bothers to recalculate the size of
the desktop to match the size of the screen (but if you're using the largest
size listed, you're in luck!).
So is there a way I can specify that the X-server use my own XF86Config, one
where 1024x768 is the largest size listed? Or somehow tell it to force the
desktop size to 1024x768 (just for me)?
-Matt Stegman
[newbie] linux on a laptop
Hi! I just got Linux Mandrake 5.3 Festen, and I put it on an old 486 laptop. The laptop has a docking station, which, although finicky, worked when it was running Dos and Windows 3.1. Now that the laptop has only linux on it, the station doesn't accept the laptop. If you have any thoughts on this, I'd love to hear them. Feel free to email me directly if you'd like. Thanks! Alex Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq# 31086186 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 312-371-7010
Re: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!!!!!!
Roberto Angelo wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: > > > As for code copying, I think you're more likely to see that flowing > in the > > opposite direction. I'd imagine that Microsoft programmers could find > > interesting ideas in the Linux source that could be made for use in > the > > Windows platforms. That's illegal without code release, of course, > but it > > didn't stop BeOS from using LILO or some of the device driver code. > > I didn't think about code but about logos: see the joke (I suppose, > I hope) >www.microsoff.com/linux > > I agree and appreciate your comments, thank you. Seems like it was only a couple weeks ago that a Linux site got a lawyer letter from Microsoft's attorneys about the slogan "Where do you want to go tomorrow." -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] nfs problems
Hi, I have a network of three Linux machines named weaver, ripley, and jonesy. I have them networked, and their disks were all nfs mounted. But then today, all of the sudden, weaver is not seeing ripley's disks, and jonesy is not seeing weaver's disks. ripley is seeing all of the nfs mounted disks. I tried to re-export and re-mount all three machines. When I try 'mount -a' on weaver, I get the error twice: "mount: RPC: Program not registered". I was using these computers last night and everything seemed fine. I didn't change any configuration files since then. I can still ping, telnet, and ftp between all three machines. What could be wrong? Thanks, Hidong
Re: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!!!!!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: > As for code copying, I think you're more likely to see that flowing in the > opposite direction. I'd imagine that Microsoft programmers could find > interesting ideas in the Linux source that could be made for use in the > Windows platforms. That's illegal without code release, of course, but it > didn't stop BeOS from using LILO or some of the device driver code. I didn't think about code but about logos: see the joke (I suppose, I hope) www.microsoff.com/linux I agree and appreciate your comments, thank you. > > -- > Steve Philp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
Re: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!!!!!!
Nicholas Barnard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scritto: > > At 03:51 PM 5/8/99 +, you wrote: > >On Sat, 8 May 1999, Roberto Angelo wrote: > >> in the future, at the > >> appropriate time, MS with its powerfull, legaly, may say: Linux have > >> copied me so end of Linux. > >No way - there's absolutely nothing we copied from M$. What do you think > >of? KDE resembles the Windoze 9x UI a bit? Yes, but M$ stole that from > >MacOS and OS/2. I didn't write about KDE but about the joke Microsoff Linux 98 (yes i write correct Microsoff) www.microsoff.com/linux > > Microsoft didn't steal the interface to OS/2 - they wrote it.. OS/2 Pre > version 2 was a joint project of Microsoft and IBM - Gates said once that > it would replace windows... > Mmmh the same thing that they have speak about Mac. I little collaboration was enought to copy or re-write (as you like) the same interface. Have you never see the halloween documents ? http://www.dislessici.org/opensource/halloween.html > Nicholas Barnard > _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
Re: [newbie] Voluntarios
Hy, I answered. In Spanish and English. Can do it in Mandarin, too, if you want. that's a lie. I can barely remember Mandarin anymore. adios, STeve W --- JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hum after the offer they never answered me (nunca > contestaron). > I guess you can e-mail them with your credentials. > Escribele pronto... > > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Batch commands
Hey thanks thats just what I was looking for, I had thatfile open, but didn't see that. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Batch commands > On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 02:52:28PM -0400, Luke Vandervort wrote: > > Is there an equivalent to the dos batch commands in linux? > > I would like to start x windows with the following command but do not want to type the whole thing everytime. > > > > startx -- -bpp 16 > > > > A couple ways to do this... > > First, if you want to use that for just your own user, create an alias in > ~/.profile like this: > > alias startx="startx -- -bpp 16" > > If you want to modify it for all users (really, just make it the default > startup condition for the X server), you'll want to add something to > /etc/X11/XF86Config. It goes in the Display Section (the last sections) of > the X server that you're using (there are probably three of them listed in > the file). Just add a line: > > DefaultColorDepth 16 > > so it'll look something like this: > > Section "Screen" > Driver "svga" > Device "My Video Card" > Monitor "My Monitor" > DefaultColorDepth 32 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1280x1024" > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1280x1024" > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 32 > Modes "1280x1024" > EndSubsection > EndSection > > Good luck! > -- > Steve Philp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!!!!!!
At 03:51 PM 5/8/99 +, you wrote: >On Sat, 8 May 1999, Roberto Angelo wrote: >> in the future, at the >> appropriate time, MS with its powerfull, legaly, may say: Linux have >> copied me so end of Linux. >No way - there's absolutely nothing we copied from M$. What do you think >of? KDE resembles the Windoze 9x UI a bit? Yes, but M$ stole that from >MacOS and OS/2. Microsoft didn't steal the interface to OS/2 - they wrote it.. OS/2 Pre version 2 was a joint project of Microsoft and IBM - Gates said once that it would replace windows... Nicholas Barnard
Re: [newbie] Batch commands
Luke Vandervort wrote: Is there an equivalent to the dos batch commands in linux?I would like to start x windows with the following command but do not want to type the whole thing everytime. startx -- -bpp 16 Thanks Luke & Tina Vandervort [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 13963194 Just make a file with the commands you like and execute it at the console like this: [this is the prompt]S bash file_commands Gilbert
Re: [newbie] Batch commands
On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 02:52:28PM -0400, Luke Vandervort wrote: > Is there an equivalent to the dos batch commands in linux? > I would like to start x windows with the following command but do not want to type >the whole thing everytime. > > startx -- -bpp 16 > A couple ways to do this... First, if you want to use that for just your own user, create an alias in ~/.profile like this: alias startx="startx -- -bpp 16" If you want to modify it for all users (really, just make it the default startup condition for the X server), you'll want to add something to /etc/X11/XF86Config. It goes in the Display Section (the last sections) of the X server that you're using (there are probably three of them listed in the file). Just add a line: DefaultColorDepth 16 so it'll look something like this: Section "Screen" Driver "svga" Device "My Video Card" Monitor "My Monitor" DefaultColorDepth 32 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubsection EndSection Good luck! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Batch commands
Is there an equivalent to the dos batch commands in linux? I would like to start x windows with the following command but do not want to type the whole thing everytime. startx -- -bpp 16 Thanks Luke & Tina Vandervort[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 13963194
Re: [newbie] Lilo Boot and Login
Try the linuconf command and go to the lilo default boot area. Should be self explanitory there. - Original Message - From: Gilbert Espinosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo Boot and Login > Gilbert Espinosa wrote: > > > "James J. Capone" wrote: > > > > > I know this question was asked a while back. How can you change it so the > > > Little Penguin doesn't show up on the boot during login. I want to use a > > > different pic. or not one at all. Also I tried to edit the lilo.conf file > > > so that If I hit tab when the Computer starts it will list the OS's on my > > > Box. I Run Mandrake 5.3 and Win98 <---For The Wife. I want to change it > > > because I have the MBR in the Linux Partition. So when It times out it > > > boots to Linux. I want to change it so she can enter her name and it will > > > load Windows. It sounds stupid, but little things like that make her happy. > > > I tried to change it but it wouldn't allow me, It kept reverting it back to > > > DOS. Please let me know. Thanks > > > > > > James J. Capone > > > Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux > > > Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com > > > > > > "The Only Person To Hear Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The > > > Apartment Next To Yours!" > > > > > > > > About the Penguin. Its a command called linux_logo that shows that graphic. I > > haven't really searched which file to change it but you can start by checking > > your initab and see what programs are run during startup. Maybe mgetty > > settings have something to do with it also. Let us know what you find out ok. > > You can change the /etc/issue file to change the graphic. Sorry forgot to put > that one earlier. > > > > > > > Gilbert > >
Re: [newbie] about spanish posts.......
Don't apologize for talking Spanish man!
Re: [newbie] Voluntarios
I meant the docs at their website
[newbie] xdm prob !
Hello all. I am new with Mandrake 5.3 and very happy of this distrib. :-) But I meet a little problem. With xdm, a console post allways and say: "stdin is not a tty". :-| I ad modify the file /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 and comment the xconsole line (#). The xconsole message disappear but I loose the xdm boot picture too and canot restore it with Kde. :-( How can I make a good xdm boot picture without xconsole request ?? Thanks and my encouragements for the future. ;-) PS: sorry for my english. Bye. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!!!!!!
OMG there *are* people who actually fall for this one. And I thought the joke itself was funny enuf. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Duke16 Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 10:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!! OMG those come bustards, you try to run away from them but they just pull you right back in. You no I'm going to laugh so hard when no one buys it. It could be the first linux that crashes on a regular bases. - Original Message - From: Guillermo Belli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 1:35 AM Subject: [newbie] MS Linux 98 is out!! > Hi all > > Did you know Microsoff Linux 98 has been relased?? Don't trust me?? then check > it out by yourself at www.microsoff.com/linux and you'll see. > > > PS: Before you get a heart attack or go crazy, take a close look at the > address. Don't panic :)
Re: [newbie] Lilo Boot and Login
Gilbert Espinosa wrote: > "James J. Capone" wrote: > > > I know this question was asked a while back. How can you change it so the > > Little Penguin doesn't show up on the boot during login. I want to use a > > different pic. or not one at all. Also I tried to edit the lilo.conf file > > so that If I hit tab when the Computer starts it will list the OS's on my > > Box. I Run Mandrake 5.3 and Win98 <---For The Wife. I want to change it > > because I have the MBR in the Linux Partition. So when It times out it > > boots to Linux. I want to change it so she can enter her name and it will > > load Windows. It sounds stupid, but little things like that make her happy. > > I tried to change it but it wouldn't allow me, It kept reverting it back to > > DOS. Please let me know. Thanks > > > > James J. Capone > > Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux > > Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com > > > > "The Only Person To Hear Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The > > Apartment Next To Yours!" > > > > About the Penguin. Its a command called linux_logo that shows that graphic. I > haven't really searched which file to change it but you can start by checking > your initab and see what programs are run during startup. Maybe mgetty > settings have something to do with it also. Let us know what you find out ok. You can change the /etc/issue file to change the graphic. Sorry forgot to put that one earlier. > > > Gilbert
[newbie] Lilo Boot and Login
I know this question was asked a while back. How can you change it so the Little Penguin doesn't show up on the boot during login. I want to use a different pic. or not one at all. Also I tried to edit the lilo.conf file so that If I hit tab when the Computer starts it will list the OS's on my Box. I Run Mandrake 5.3 and Win98 <---For The Wife. I want to change it because I have the MBR in the Linux Partition. So when It times out it boots to Linux. I want to change it so she can enter her name and it will load Windows. It sounds stupid, but little things like that make her happy. I tried to change it but it wouldn't allow me, It kept reverting it back to DOS. Please let me know. Thanks James J. Capone Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com "The Only Person To Hear Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The Apartment Next To Yours!"
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
At 09:18 PM 5/7/99 -0500, you wrote: >I used that Linux Conf to add the feature to shutdown as user but it does >not seem to work so I tried doing what you suggested but that does not work >either? >Jeanette Issue an ls -al /sbin/shutdown command and the attributes should look like this: -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root12932 Aug 23 1998 /sbin/shutdown Under Linuxconf/User Accounts I have the following: Base Info: user 'sdozier' group 'root' Priviledges: May Use Linuxconf May Shutdown May View system logs Superuser Equivalence "All Granted" Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] configuring Kernal
Lance DiBitetto wrote: > I am extreemly new at this and I was wondering how I can configure my > kernal. > I tried logging onn to usr/src/linux and then typing "make xconfig" but all > it say's is "no rule to make target 'menuconfig'Stop." > now in every web site I have went on and every news group posting I have > read states that what I am do'ing is correct, can someone please post the > proper syntax for me to configure the kernal. > I am running mandrake 5.3 festen with default "vannilla" settings. > > thank's ! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Lance DiBitetto If you installed Mandrake from the CD, its most likely that the kernel-source rpm is not installed in your system. The installation does not put it on your system by default to save space I presume. FYI the error message "no rule to..." means that the make files needed for recompiling are not found. They are in the kernel-source. If you really need to recompile the kernel you need to install that first. You can find it at the first CD (powerpack) or installation CD at /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS look for the file "kernel-source-2.036-3.i386.rpm". If you're using KDE use kpackage to install it or type "rpm -ivh kernel-source-2.0.36-3.i386.rpm" at the xterminal. Once you've done this just follow the documents that you have been reading for recompiling the kernel. Gilbert
