Re: [expert] Vi

2002-03-17 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 22:21 -0800, James wrote: > > SEE! I told you the next discussion would be VI vs Emacs and no one > believed me.*GRIN* (then duck and run for cover) (referencing the long > discussion on Mandrake's club) No, sorry, it was just an automatic reaction on the pattern 'v

[expert] Vi, emacs, and editors

2002-03-17 Thread civileme
Gee, folks, we have joe, which can act like most editors, jed (an emacs clone that runs fast and light), nedit (arguably the best for some apps), nano (pico, less the licensing problems), yudit for unicode fans, and of course emacs. I use whichever one comes to mind, and I have been known to c

Re: [expert] Vi

2002-03-17 Thread James
SEE! I told you the next discussion would be VI vs Emacs and no one believed me.*GRIN* (then duck and run for cover) (referencing the long discussion on Mandrake's club) On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 01:02:12 +0100 Wolfgang Bornath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's why I use emacs! > Ok, I apolog

Re: [expert] Java on Mandrake 8.1

2002-03-17 Thread newbie
Yes. I uninstalled Mozilla long time ago, then I went to mozilla.org to download verion 0.98, it works fine under Mandrake + KDE. Cheers, J. Grant wrote: > Hi > > Does www.sodaplay.com work for you? > > It crashes my mozilla even though other java sites work ok > > JG > Want to buy yo

[expert] FreeBSD

2002-03-17 Thread David
Hello all, Can someone compare/contrast FreeBSD and Linux for me? -- °°° Mandrake Linux 8.1 Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk David L. Steiner Registered Linux User #262493 Homepagewww.davidlsteiner.com Email

Re: [expert] GNU coding style

2002-03-17 Thread J. Grant
Just call indent myprog.c Sven Heinicke wrote: > typing: > > info standards > > shows the info file for this. > > > ngn wrote: > >> Hello >> >> I'd be very interested to find any place where I can find the style of >> coding of most GPL projects. >> Also, Although I'mm a programmer I have

[expert] Thread editor for Mutt

2002-03-17 Thread Ikhlasul Amal
I have ever told that there is a thread editor (esp. for moving thread structure) for Mutt. I have searched in some Mutt related sites, but still find nothing. Anybody knows? Thanks. -- amal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestor

Re: [expert] Gphoto 2 on 8.1

2002-03-17 Thread Ross
On Sunday 17 March 2002 10:10 am, you wrote: > Hello > > Could someone tell me the steps for using gphoto 2 on 8.1? It needs the > lastest usb lib but I am not sure what to do. > > Many thanks > > Ed gphoto2-2.0-0.beta1.2mdk works fine on my 8.1 system with libusb0.1-0.1.3b-1mdk. The GTKam p

Re: [expert] Multi-Boot CD's in Linux

2002-03-17 Thread Lorne Shantz
I've been using coyote-linux for 3 years now. Works like a champ! Jason Guidry wrote: > So, in the last week there have been a few stories about mini-linux and > *bsd distros that fit on a floppy. Maybe it's because I don't even > trust my beer on a floppy or maybe it's because i'm on vacation,

[expert] Multi-Boot CD's in Linux

2002-03-17 Thread Jason Guidry
So, in the last week there have been a few stories about mini-linux and *bsd distros that fit on a floppy. Maybe it's because I don't even trust my beer on a floppy or maybe it's because i'm on vacation, but I was thinking it sure would be kewl if you could put all of these on a cd and multi

Re: [expert] USB Storage Devices

2002-03-17 Thread Jason Peacre
Hi Dalton , I have a usb camera that I have set up using the usb storage module. 1 su to root 2ps x | grep usb this will check that that the usdb deamon is running on your system. 3 modprobe usb-storage this will start the storage module 4 if you now open harddrake your usb device shoul

Re: [expert] Vi

2002-03-17 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
That's why I use emacs! Ok, I apologize, I just got carried away. :) On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 09:02 +1030, Brian Schroeder wrote: > For a long time I have used ZZ (ie. without the ":"). > > >From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Maybe this is why my mentor in unix insisted I use :wq instead of

Re: [expert] Vi

2002-03-17 Thread Brian Schroeder
For a long time I have used ZZ (ie. without the ":"). >From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Maybe this is why my mentor in unix insisted I use :wq instead of :x to >write and exit? > >James > > >On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:31:32 + >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am so glad I am not the only

Re: [expert] geforce go

2002-03-17 Thread Mark Dvoo
I was actually hoping someone would tell me how this card preformed under linux. I know it uses the closed source nvidia drivers which I know how to setup already. Any good, bad comments? mark On Saturday 16 March 2002 09:53 pm, you wrote: > Look at LM's Doc section on their main site under

Re: [expert] getting agpgart module to load

2002-03-17 Thread Rob
Chuck Shirley wrote: > > On Sunday 17 March 2002 12:36, you wrote: > >I have a Sony Viao FX290 with i815 graphics, so it requires the agpgart > >module. For some reason it won't load automatically. It is in > >modules.devfs. I can load it manually with insmod. What do I have to > >do to get i

Re: [expert] info on pine

2002-03-17 Thread Michael Holt
Yesterday... Craig Woods ran for the door shrieking: >Having not used pine, would some kind soul impart how it stacks up against mutt. >Is pine a command line program or is it GUI? > >Thanks, >Dr John, >The Night Tripper Well, I've only tried some of the others a couple of times, so I can't tell

[expert] Re: [discuss] openldap for login authentication... help needed

2002-03-17 Thread Buchan Milne
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Sat Mar 16, 2002 at 10:16:38AM +0100, Antonio Galea wrote: >[...] >> > Not having done too much with pam before, I'm really not sure where to >> > go with this. >> > >>=20 >> I've found this reference, which applies to your case: >>=20 >> http://

Re: [expert] new SOHO setup - suggestions? (OT?)

2002-03-17 Thread James
Ken, If I could ask a favor. Could you reply to me offline about how in the devil you get Win2k machines to use network neighborhood? I've got samba up and running so that the win98 box and the win4lin boxes can see all the linux boxes, but danged if I can get the win2k to see anything (th

Re: [expert] Mozilla 0.9.9 and TrueType fonts

2002-03-17 Thread Praedor Tempus
What I would like is to get antialiasing working with mozilla...and in such a way as to NOT dick up antialiasing in KDE. Last attempt I made at getting system-wide antialiasing working turned the antialiasing in KDE into a horrible astigmatic mess. praedor On Saturday 16 March 2002 11:28 a

Re: [expert] getting agpgart module to load

2002-03-17 Thread Chuck Shirley
On Sunday 17 March 2002 12:36, you wrote: >I have a Sony Viao FX290 with i815 graphics, so it requires the agpgart >module. For some reason it won't load automatically. It is in >modules.devfs. I can load it manually with insmod. What do I have to >do to get it loading automagically? Thanks,

[expert] getting agpgart module to load

2002-03-17 Thread Rob
I have a Sony Viao FX290 with i815 graphics, so it requires the agpgart module. For some reason it won't load automatically. It is in modules.devfs. I can load it manually with insmod. What do I have to do to get it loading automagically? Thanks, Rob. Want to buy your Pack or Services fro

Re: [expert] Mandrake Club didn't charge me

2002-03-17 Thread Sevatio
Brandon Dorman wrote: > I know this is a billing question, but was wondering if anyone has paid > for their mandrake club thing but not have it charge your credit card? > I paid the 12th, figured it take a day or something but it still hasn't > shown up? Hmmm. I still have the transaction numbe

Re: [expert] new SOHO setup - suggestions? (OT?)

2002-03-17 Thread Ken Nowack
Hi Ashley, I run a small network similar to the one you described on LM as well. For the server itself I'm using an amd 900 mhz chip with 256megs of ram and the entire system on one IDE disk. It's not the way it should be set up for the long run, however, it works for now and we're on a tight bud

Re: [expert] Gphoto 2 on 8.1

2002-03-17 Thread kwan
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > Hello > > Could someone tell me the steps for using gphoto 2 on 8.1? It needs the > lastest usb lib but I am not sure what to do. > You'll need to grab the latest libusb from CVS then compile and install it. To do this: Browse to libusb.so

[expert] Gphoto 2 on 8.1

2002-03-17 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello Could someone tell me the steps for using gphoto 2 on 8.1? It needs the lastest usb lib but I am not sure what to do. Many thanks Ed Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] pasting into email?

2002-03-17 Thread Pierre Fortin
Ken, I have just one word for you... Thanks!! Pierre > There is a little trick you have to apply: use the standard X mouse > actions as usual, but hold down the shift key while pasting the text to > Pine or while selecting text for copy from Pine. > > Ken Want to buy your Pack or Ser

Re: [expert] pasting into email?

2002-03-17 Thread Michael Holt
Tomorrow... Ron Stodden ran for the door shrieking: >Surely just select the source string with your mouse, then go to the >destination place and click your middle button (if you have a wheel >mouse click the wheel, if you only have a two button mouse click both at >once). > >This method is applic

[expert] Mandrake Club didn't charge me

2002-03-17 Thread Brandon Dorman
I know this is a billing question, but was wondering if anyone has paid for their mandrake club thing but not have it charge your credit card? I paid the 12th, figured it take a day or something but it still hasn't shown up? Hmmm. I still have the transaction number and stuff, I'll e-mail or ca

Re: [expert] Forte for Java on Mandrake 8.1

2002-03-17 Thread James
On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 09:06:06 -0800 (PST) Dianne Marie Montesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi list > > it just so happen that i am currently researching > about threads-max when i saw this thread on my mails. > the internet sources say the computation for > thread-max is > > ((RAM * 1024 * 102