Re: [expert] StarOffice and Java -- Yes or No?

1999-01-03 Thread timothylewis
Benjamin, My immediate guess is 'Yes'. You would have to right a script that set up and re-exported all of your PATH and JAVA environment variables and then launch the respective application. Sort of 'overriding' the default variables setup in .bash_profile (or wherever you set them up), i.e.:

Re: [expert] Internet Mail?

1999-01-03 Thread David van Balen
I don't know very much about _web_ based mail programs but I believe IMP will run on Linux (horde.org/imp) On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Arandir wrote: > On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > > On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > > Does anybody know if linux has the ability to run internet based

[expert] SO51 and JRE -- My thanks!

1999-01-03 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My thanks to everyone who responded to my inquiry about Java and S051. I will now try some of the proposed solutions and let the list know which one works for me. Thank you again. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.ne

[expert] Remove "core" magically -- Opinion

1999-01-03 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: [Using Mandrake 6.1, AMD k6-2 400 Mhrtz, 128 megs of Ram] My friend Jose M. Sanchez, a frequent advisor to Red Hat and Mandrake lists and someone whom I have the highest professional respect for, suggested that I could get rid of the frequent "core" files by editing the /etc/profil

Re: [expert] Internet Mail?

1999-01-03 Thread Arandir
On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Does anybody know if linux has the ability to run internet based mail? > > If so how does it work? > > > HmmI guess I'll answer this straight. > YES! > ... I was also thinking of answering similarly. But t

[expert] Copying user accounts

1999-01-03 Thread Kari Suomela
What is the handiest way to copy user accounts (including homes) to another machine? KS

Re: [expert] Java -- TWO JRE's ?

1999-01-03 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Axalon: Thank you so much for your Java answer. Now that's what I call hitting the nail on the head. That's just what I needed to know, straight from MandrakeSoft itself. Thanks again, Axalon. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher

Re: [expert] Internet Mail?

1999-01-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Does anybody know if linux has the ability to run internet based mail? > If so how does it work? > HmmI guess I'll answer this straight. YES! I'm using KMail right now, which is a KDE/Linux mail reader. If you mean using linux to act as a mail server,

[expert] Ethernet Network issues

1999-01-03 Thread Tadghe Djin
Good Evening. I've been trying to setup a Ethernet Network for the last Month and am having a bit of rather strange trouble. The Basics: I'm not new to either Ethernet nor TCP/IP (I was the Team lead of a 18,750 Node M$ Network, in addition to prior experience so before sending me off to RTFM

[expert] Internet Mail?

1999-01-03 Thread Shannon M. Johnston
Does anybody know if linux has the ability to run internet based mail? If so how does it work? TIA, Nunar

[expert] Attempt to upgrade 6.0 ---> 6.1 was am unmitigated disaster

1999-01-03 Thread Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
The subject line says it all as far as my K6-2/300 is concerned. After two weeks of struggling I gave up and returned to 6.0 - which performs flawlessly. My problem currently lies within the compiler. I found the missing *.h files but now I get the following (as an example): [root@AbNormal w

Re: [expert] promise ultra66

1999-01-03 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Robert J Bartels wrote: > If it's not quiet supported as yet could I just plug the ata66 drives > into the ide controller > on board? Will the drives work this way but just not have the speed of > ata66? If this is > the case I will pull the controller until official suppo

Re: [expert] promise ultra66

1999-01-03 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > Robert J Bartels wrote: > > > > If it's not quiet supported as yet could I just plug the ata66 drives > > into the ide controller > > on board? Will the drives work this way but just not have the speed of > > ata66? If this is > > the case I will

Re: [expert] Where are the h files for gcc?

1999-01-03 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Denis Havlik wrote: > :>Most of the .h files should be in /usr/include. Not sure why the compiler > :>wouldn't find them (assuming they're there), it may need an environment > :>variable or text file containing the path for the include directory but > :>that's just my educated

Re: [expert] maximun ext2 size

1999-01-03 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > Robert J Bartels wrote: > >What is the maximun partition size that linux supports (ext2) ? > > None whatsoever ... or rather, the limit of an ext2 _filesystem_ > is very high, somewhere in the _tera_bytes. So the practical limit > will depend on

Re: [expert] Java -- TWO JRE's ?

1999-01-03 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > A simple question: if one application needs one version of JRE and > another a different version of JRE, is is possible to run TWO JRE's > simultaneously on Linux? > > Thank you so much. > > Benjamin You can run simultanious multipl

Re: [expert] Academia

1999-01-03 Thread Steve Philp
ibi wrote: > > if i were to recommend linux on the desktop tomorrow, i would be looking > for a new job the next day... that has nothing to do with my sense of > where linux is going and how fed up i am with microsoft." I've not often said it about college faculty and staff, but the guy's got hi

Re: [expert] StarOffice and Java -- Yes or No?

1999-01-03 Thread Sergio Korlowsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Benjamin, > Go to blackdown.org and get 1.1.7 v1a; it is the only one I know of that > works with StarOffice. I installed just the JRE (it's all you need unless > you want to develop java apps). Follow the instructions in the download > directory. Don't forget to get

[expert] Java -- TWO JRE's ?

1999-01-03 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: A simple question: if one application needs one version of JRE and another a different version of JRE, is is possible to run TWO JRE's simultaneously on Linux? Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [expert] fax

1999-01-03 Thread John J. LeMay Jr.
I would be more than willing to pay a couple of bucks - maybe $20 -$30 US - for a Winfax client for Linux that could handle most features, maybe $10 - $15 US for a client that could merely spool the docs to the queue and send them "as is" with no cever sheet. (That would allow me to handle the co

Re: [expert] Academia

1999-01-03 Thread ibi
Hi Denis, Thanks for thie input. You might find this interesting... .. Pj.. >From: "Martin & Associates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Linux Specialists needed >Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:34:37 -0400 > >Hi, my name is John Kalinowski, I'm a headhunter with Martin & >Assoc

Re: [expert] maximun ext2 size

1999-01-03 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Robert J Bartels wrote: >What is the maximun partition size that linux supports (ext2) ? None whatsoever ... or rather, the limit of an ext2 _filesystem_ is very high, somewhere in the _tera_bytes. So the practical limit will depend on your Bios and/or partitioning scheme. There is a current

Re: [expert] Academia

1999-01-03 Thread Alexander Kirillov
> ... our faculty are world class and select whatever >software they need to continue to produce worldclass publications and >research. Well, let me comment a bit about Linux in academia. I also work in a large teaching university (SUNY at Stony Brook), and I also worked in couple of

Re: [expert] Where are the h files for gcc?

1999-01-03 Thread Denis Havlik
:>Most of the .h files should be in /usr/include. Not sure why the compiler :>wouldn't find them (assuming they're there), it may need an environment :>variable or text file containing the path for the include directory but :>that's just my educated guess. If you really want to know in which pack

Re: [expert] fax

1999-01-03 Thread Denis Havlik
:>I have a request, since we are talking about fax solutions for Linux. I :>would like to see a fax client for Linux capable of working with a :>Winfax Pro 9 fax server. Since this works as the typical "print driver" :>format of fax client/server, I'm sure it wouldn't be too be of a chore :>for a

Re: [expert] Academia

1999-01-03 Thread Denis Havlik
:>I've been corresponding with an Assisant Dean at a large teaching :>university who is pulling hair out over NT and the fact that the latest :>required M$ patch fouled 600 machines. :> :>I suggested that since Linux is stable enough to run Hotmail and the UK :>perhaps thinking about Linux in te

[expert] maximun ext2 size

1999-01-03 Thread Robert J Bartels
All, What is the maximun partition size that linux supports (ext2) ? Thanks Bob

Re: [expert] PPD - Howto

1999-01-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 04 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Yes, > no manual entry for pppd > Then you didn't install the manual. 'Cause on my Mandrake 6.0 machine last night, I tested it and I had it. Try loading up your CDROM and go to the RPMS directory. From there, you should be able to type "rpm -Uvh man*.rpm. I'd

Re: [expert] promise ultra66

1999-01-03 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Robert J Bartels wrote: > > If it's not quiet supported as yet could I just plug the ata66 drives > into the ide controller > on board? Will the drives work this way but just not have the speed of > ata66? If this is > the case I will pull the controller until official support is here... Speed

Re: [expert] promise ultra66

1999-01-03 Thread Robert J Bartels
If it's not quiet supported as yet could I just plug the ata66 drives into the ide controller on board? Will the drives work this way but just not have the speed of ata66? If this is the case I will pull the controller until official support is here... Speed is not as important as access to t

Re: [expert] Two Questions...

1999-01-03 Thread jorge_carminati
Both of you were right, I didn%t had installed that library, ...then compiled perfect. Thanks, Jorge Carminati. MIME:[EMAIL PROTECTED] con fecha 04/11/99 22:19:14 Destinatarios: [EMAIL PROTECTED] @ INTERNET CC: (cci: Jorge Carminati/BNP) Asunto: Re: [expert] Two Questions... On Thu,

[expert] StarOffice and Java -- Yes or No?

1999-01-03 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Dovydas: Thank you so very much for your suggestion, namely, to add $ export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.1.6 $ export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH $ export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib/classes.zip to the profile file. However, may I, as a non-techie, please ask for more precise instructions. Ex

Re: [expert] StarOffice and Java -- Yes or No?

1999-01-03 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Timothy: Thank you so much for your help. Question: Can I run both JRE 1.1.6 AND JRE 1.1.7. I USE JRE 1.1.6 for the special web browser called Netomat (http://www.netomat.net). They say you can use any JRE above 1.1.6. I've tried but 1.1.7_v3 does not work with Netomat. But I would like to