[expert] Multiple Questions

1999-01-15 Thread Shannon M. Johnston
Alright please bear with me... I'm going to be doing a major reconfiguring of an ISP and there are some areas that I'm a bit shady. 1.) Any advice on the setup and use of qmail will be appreciated. (I heard it was better than sendmail.) 2.) I'm going to be reloading linux on a main server. Is ther

Re: [expert] Switch Hub

1999-01-15 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
1) diable autosenseing (as everybody else said, it can really screw it up) 2) disable full duplex (only makes sense if your not talking to the same computer, they weren't designed exactly for this) 3) How much shorter than 10' are the cables (100baseT spec says no less than 8 foot) I gave

Re: [expert] Sound changes permissions?

1999-01-15 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Geoff Croxson wrote: > At 04:34 16/11/99 -0900, you wrote: > >I don't know how to set things right again. > >I am very clueless concerning permissions so if someone could help me > >with this it would be appreciated. > chown root /dev/dsp > chown root /dev/audio may nee

Re: [expert] Sound changes permissions?

1999-01-15 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
I answered part of this already (yes i read email backwards), but i'll fill in some more here. On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, WH Bouterse wrote: > Well one of the things in 6.1 that didn't give me trouble was sound. > My AWE 32 was recognized and has worked for many apps with no prob, > until now. > > I

Re: [expert] Problème de configuration ALIAS IP

1999-01-15 Thread Jean-Charles RIPAULT
Hi, Mets tes initscripts a jour... J'ai envoye le correctif a ceux qui developpent la mandrake... c'est un bug dans le script ifup-aliases. Jean-Charles ---Reply to mail from Joseph S. Gardner about [expert] Problème de configuration ALIAS IP [...] >> Je suis passé sous Mandrake 6.1 (MAJ - pl

Re: [expert] Making a new kernel?

1999-01-15 Thread Charles Sellers
I had a similar problem after installing 6.1. I posted questions on here, but had very little success. Finally I just downloaded the latest source from ftp.kernel.org, untarred it, and built it myself (doesn't take long). This worked, and now I don't have the problem. Hope this helps.

[expert] Logitech Scanman Color

1999-01-15 Thread Sridhar G
Hi, Has anyone used a hand scanner - Logitech Scanman Color with any Linux. It is a handheld scanner which connects to a ISA board. Is there a standard for scanners in Linux like TWAIN in Windows? Thanks for your info Cheers Sridhar

[expert] lp doesn't delete jobs

1999-01-15 Thread Al Smith
I had the same problem. If you update your printtool to the latest from cooker it should resolve your problem. But I had to remove my existing printer first and delete it's entry in the /usr/spool/lpd area. Once I did that I updated printtool and re-added the printer and it's been good ever since.