Re: [expert] local fat 32 partition help ...

2002-04-08 Thread Randy Kramer
The real reason I wrote though is to say that I'd like http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn to become such a site (with other useful things as well). Anybody can help as it is a wiki. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] A little vi help

2002-04-08 Thread Randy Kramer
ver. You know the tags I mean, things like: There are ways to run arbitrary Linux or other commands on a (remote) web server from your browser by: creating a cgi script with the desired commands using a tool like CGI-Telnet To me, this is not a fun approach. Randy Kramer Want to buy your

Re: [expert] A little vi help

2002-04-06 Thread Randy Kramer
J. Craig Woods, I presume you saw the response from Mike. Also, I guess I was in vim and not vi. Randy Kramer J. Craig Woods wrote: > OK, I'll bite. I can always learn something new, and enjoy it. What is > "recording mode" in vi? I know you don't mean insert mod

Re: [expert] A little vi help

2002-04-06 Thread Randy Kramer
Mike, Thanks! Randy Kramer mike wrote: > According to http://www.vim.org/html/repeat.html#q > > q{0-9a-zA-Z"} Record typed characters into register {0-9a-zA-Z"} > (uppercase to append). The 'q' command is disabled > while executing a register, and it do

Re: [expert] A little vi help

2002-04-06 Thread Randy Kramer
hings that I know I tried). Sometimes when I was in recording *and* insert mode, one or more s got me back to recording mode only, but did not cancel recording mode. Guess I'll have to try it again next time, except I hope there is no next time. ;-) regards, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] A little vi help

2002-04-06 Thread Randy Kramer
nto vi (or maybe it was vim?) to do a quick edit and accidentally got into "recording" mode (I presume to record a macro). Took me quite a while to get out by almost randomly pressing keys. Not sure how I finally accomplished it. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Se

Re: [expert] Open Off ice and anti-aliased fonts

2002-03-28 Thread Randy Kramer
Dave Sherman wrote: > They were imported from Windows, thus MS TrueType fonts. Dave, Thanks! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-28 Thread Randy Kramer
it is a wiki, you can expect further modification by me or others (even yourself). Good job, Randy, and thanks. Thank you, I hope it turns out to be helpful! Well, I know it will -- it will be helpful to me if no one else. regards, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Open Off ice and anti-aliased fonts

2002-03-28 Thread Randy Kramer
Dave Sherman wrote: > They work fine for me. I use both Times New Roman and Arial, and both > are perfectly anti-aliased. I am running OpenOffice build 641C. Dave, Are these fonts "native" Linux fonts, from OpenOffice, or perhaps Microsoft TrueType? Randy Kramer Want to

Re: [expert] Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-28 Thread Randy Kramer
am "proofed" on twiki.org), and your home country -- a very onerous set of requirements ;-) regards, Randy Kramer J. Craig Woods wrote: > Like so many different variations on your machine, filesytems should be > made with reference to as many criteria as possible. Yes, speed is good

Re: [expert] Problem with a Dell Pentium Pro

2002-03-23 Thread Randy Kramer
d echo what civileme says about high speed and variable speed drives -- for me they tend to be unreliable and slower than a good 8, 10, 12, or 16x. Randy Kramer civileme wrote: > "BAD" and "GOOD" images from home burners is starting to be a pet peeve. > > I have thre

Re: [expert] ascii to ps

2002-03-18 Thread Randy Kramer
Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > I´m looking for a command, if exists, to convert my texts in ascii > format to post script format. >From http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/TextMarkupInLinux, try a2ps. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSof

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-12 Thread Randy Kramer
rs, it still takes far longer to configure than a Mandrake box, as > everything just doesn't "flow" as well. Ashley, Thanks for your response! I'm not sure how well it flows for me yet, but I guess I'm getting there. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Re: The next step? Re: non-posting problem to Linux-Mandrake

2002-03-12 Thread Randy Kramer
are on both, and, in any case there are probably others who can help.) Randy Kramer Here is a quote from Pierre Fortin's earlier response: > The problem is that your friend is trying to send directly from a > dialup... this is one of the worst sources of spam, hence why Mandrake i

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread Randy Kramer
27;s apt get feature sounds good, but in my brief tries, I did not get Debian installed. I think Mandrake has been commonly recognized as an easy to install distro for newbies, but still very up-to-date. YMMV. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread Randy Kramer
rather than play with the install. I think Debian's apt get feature sounds good, but in my brief tries, I did not get Debian installed. YMMV. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] For Civileme (or anyone else who can help)

2002-03-08 Thread Randy Kramer
be led to create it. Edit an existing page to get an idea of the simple TWiki markup language that can be used. (Until you need the markup, you can just type plain text, which will appear just fine.) Randy Kramer > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > > On Wed, 06 Mar 2002 13:28:13 -0500 &

Re: [expert] Eudora Mail

2002-03-07 Thread Randy Kramer
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > Thanks for the trouble Oscar and Randy, You're welcome! > Actually I was reffering to the slow GSM connection. Using the IMAP protocol > requieres me to browse online taking even more time. Staroffice worked in the > same fashion out the box but isn't really a gain. Filteri

Re: [expert] Eudora Mail

2002-03-06 Thread Randy Kramer
;KShowmail is a KDE utility to show headers or the complete mails on pop3 servers without transfering them to the local mail client. Unpleasant mails can be deleted on the server. The information can be refreshed via timers." hope this helps, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] For Civileme (or anyone else who can help)

2002-03-06 Thread Randy Kramer
nserting my own words. I will still leave your name as a contributor. regards, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] For Civileme (or anyone else who can help)

2002-03-06 Thread Randy Kramer
o the EuropeNetherlands page on a temporary basis -- I was too lazy to start a new page, I guessed that you might be from the Netherlands, and I don't really know where the rate you quote applies -- is it a worldwide rate, European, or ?? If you have any comments or objections, please let me know. rega

Re: [expert] For Civileme (or anyone else who can help) -- [Fwd: [Fwd: Undeliverable Mail]]

2002-03-06 Thread Randy Kramer
Pierre, Thanks very much! I'm forwarding this to Mick, although I think he reads the list. Randy Kramer Mick, If you have questions write back to me -- I (think I) understand what you must do -- which mail client are you using? Randy Kramer Pierre Fortin wrote: > > On Tue, 05

[expert] For Civileme (or anyone else who can help) -- [Fwd: [Fwd: Undeliverable Mail]]

2002-03-05 Thread Randy Kramer
Civileme -- can you help? Mick -- sorry for the delay, I was away for a few days. Randy Kramer --- Begin Message --- Hello again Randy, I appear to be still out in the cold. Are you familiar with the Mandrake tech/tester Civileme? I don't have his email address, but I would like to ge

Re: [expert] Re: [Cooker] Mandrake Debian? - Hoyt's proposal

2002-02-28 Thread Randy Kramer
James wrote: > True enough that a 486 isn't a speed deamon. However my 486 amd running > at 100mhz can run win98 and win2000 so why not kde? or Gnome. (in fact it > does it rather well I might add) Amen! My 50 Mhz. 486 with 8 MB (Gateway Colorbook) runs Word 97 on Win95 acce

Re: [expert] Can you block out entire netblocks?

2002-02-27 Thread Randy Kramer
ubmit the IP to someone like ordb, it is quickly removed from the list of open relays, thus ready to be used again. (Of course, there is a lot here I don't understand, so I could be way off base.) regards, Randy Kramer Pierre Fortin wrote: > This will prevent your mailhost (open relay) f

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2 BETA3

2002-02-26 Thread Randy Kramer
page listed above yourself.) I currently believe my burned CDs are OK, and the md5sums I list on the page are correct, at least for burning in Windows using EZ CD Creator, ver. 3.5c. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2 BETA3

2002-02-26 Thread Randy Kramer
PS: Rather than redownloading, why don't you try rsync -- see http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/RsyncingALargeFile. Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > Dave wrote: > > I'm having somewhat the same problem. > > CD1 is fine. (btw I'm using 700 megs CDs) > &g

Re: [expert] Can you block out entire netblocks?

2002-02-25 Thread Randy Kramer
elay, and how you determined that. (Aside, I don't know that this came from an open relay, I just wanted an example we could talk about.) regards, Randy Kramer Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 25565 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2002 20:10:18 -

Re: [expert] Can you block out entire netblocks?

2002-02-24 Thread Randy Kramer
#x27;m aware of tools like kshowmail that (and my ISP's webmail thingie), which let me look at the mail on my ISP's server and consider deleting stuff, but my ISP's webmail thingie is so slow it makes me believe I am not saving any bandwidth (and I know I'm not decreasing my conn

Re: [expert] procmail & qmail config

2002-02-24 Thread Randy Kramer
nDiScReEt wrote: > Randy Kramer wrote: > > There are at least two ways to do this: > > > > Assuming you only want to share mail among computer on your home LAN, > > and they are all Linux, I think the simplest way is via a shared > > directory. Simply pick one

Re: [expert] WineX (transgaming) and 8.1

2002-02-24 Thread Randy Kramer
the possibilities you might want to use kdcop. > Did you hear that BeOS has sued Microsoft? Yes, but there is too much news -- I have trouble remembering most of it. If they win, I think I'll remember that. regards, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] procmail & qmail config

2002-02-23 Thread Randy Kramer
o all the mail gets to and stays in that shared directory. (I do this in Windows, and I even (for a short period) read the mail on the Windows main computer using Netscape 3.0x on Linux.) The next way is somewhat similar, except set up an imap server on that "main" computer, then read yo

Re: [expert] Re: rsync problem (was beta2 to beta3)

2002-02-23 Thread Randy Kramer
M8.2beta3 Cooker. It works great on my other > computer with some caveates.HTH altoine, Thanks for the confirmation. I got some explanations and confirmation from Ron Stoddard and Bill Kenworthy and added their comments to the WikiLearn page. At some point I'll refactor them to make a mo

Re: [expert] Re: rsync problem (was beta2 to beta3)

2002-02-23 Thread Randy Kramer
f you have any comments, suggestions, or objections, let me know. Randy Kramer Ron Stodden wrote: > rsync modules are essentially very convenient path shortcuts. > > The modules available from any rsync server can easily be ascertained > thusly: > > rsync "rsync://"

Re: [expert] [OT] Burning iso's

2002-02-22 Thread Randy Kramer
David Oberbeck wrote: >Burning a 650 iso onto a 700 MB disk makes it unbootable... Hmm, not for me! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Re: rsync problem (was beta2 to beta3)

2002-02-22 Thread Randy Kramer
Bill, Thanks! The first part sounds very much like what I did, but it would have taken a while to remember it. I will add some (or all) of this to the same page I mentioned in my previous email. As before, if you have any comments let me know. regards, Randy Kramer Bill Kenworthy wrote

Re: [expert] Re: rsync problem (was beta2 to beta3)

2002-02-22 Thread Randy Kramer
27;ve taken the liberty of adding this to http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/RsyncingALargeFileBeginner, along with your name as a contributor. At some point, I will test it and then refactor the page, but maintain your name as a contributor. If you have any comments please advise. regards,

Re: [expert] Re: rsync problem (was beta2 to beta3)

2002-02-22 Thread Randy Kramer
arning. regards, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Re: rsync problem (was beta2 to beta3)

2002-02-22 Thread Randy Kramer
priate paragraphs on the WikiLearn page. (Or, since it is a wiki, you can register and revise them yourself.) regards, Randy Kramer Brandon Dorman wrote: > Ok, I got to 515mb this time on Beta3 CD 1 and it failed. So I went to > your page. I got stuck when it says about "must start with a

Re: [expert] Re: Beta2 to beta3

2002-02-21 Thread Randy Kramer
jobs for rsync -- see http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/RsyncingALargeFile. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] printer support

2002-02-21 Thread Randy Kramer
.) I'm not sure it's photo quality -- I never print pictures, but I'd look for a Canon with easy to refill cartridges (it does seem to be advertised as photo quality, perhaps with the addition of another cartridge). Randy Kramer richard wrote: > So I'm looking for recommenda

Re: [expert] Mail server on home LAN

2002-02-21 Thread Randy Kramer
ually I'd like to put enough information on that and several related pages to allow a newbie (and an experienced user using perhaps different pages) can set up a mail server. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Remote backup

2002-02-20 Thread Randy Kramer
ing at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiRegistration and editing or creating pages yourself. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] File server

2002-02-19 Thread Randy Kramer
lient stuff: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/SambaMain Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Laptop/desktop synchronization

2002-02-18 Thread Randy Kramer
, but it may be something you want to dig into. (I think it's a problem for most backup tools.) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] WineX (transgaming) and 8.1

2002-02-14 Thread Randy Kramer
y I test AbiWord in Windows. I don't have the latest AbiWord installed, but when I get a chance I'll install it and try that, or I'll write to the AbiWord users mail list.) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] WineX (transgaming) and 8.1

2002-02-13 Thread Randy Kramer
st for information, AbiWord is more than just a gtk app, it is distributed as gtk and non-gtk, and for Windows and several other platforms (not sure which -- they are working on Mac, they stopped working on Beos). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] [kind of OT] Bug of the CD-RW, poor hardware problem or just a bad configuration?!?!?!?!?!?

2002-02-11 Thread Randy Kramer
d > the release of the latest Burner with a "buffer underrun" bug solved. > So, I am among three possibilities : Bug of the CD-RW, poor hardware problem > or bad configuration. Do you have a CD reader in the machine (in addition to the writer)? Are you copying the CD to the har

Re: [expert] fetchmail / sendmail -- still no love, i got more work to do

2002-02-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Skippi wrote: > I am running fetchmail as the user (skippi) not as root. I am running it > either by typing "fetchmail" at the prompt or via pygmy, which simply calls > fetchmail (if I start pygmy from an Eterm I can watch the fetchmail output > in that terminal. > Have you looked in your home d

Re: [expert] fetchmail problem - learning more, still not working

2002-02-09 Thread Randy Kramer
dress -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- this has to be possible, isn't it??) Thanks, Randy Kramer Franki wrote: > Install and setup postfix.. (the defaults are fine for most, and all you > need to is setup hostname and server name and stuff like that. piece of > cake..) > > then

Re: [expert] fetchmail problem - learning more, still not working

2002-02-09 Thread Randy Kramer
J. Craig Woods wrote: > Randy, you most definitely did miss the earlier part to this thread. The > conditions you enumerated above are exactly what he is trying to do Craig, Oops, sorry! ;-) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go t

Re: [expert] fetchmail problem - learning more, still not working

2002-02-09 Thread Randy Kramer
ome LAN), but if you don't have requirements like this you don't need fetchmail and sendmail. Randy Kramer J. Craig Woods wrote: > > Hi everyone. First, thanks for all the on list & off list replies. Thanks > > to your input I have managed to fix a few little things with my

[expert] How Does Mandrake Decide to Make a New Major Release?

2002-02-06 Thread Randy Kramer
or is there something about the content that will decide whether the next release is a major or point release? (Things like the kernel version, rpm version 3 vs. 4, glibc, or whatever.) Thanks, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Photo Printing

2002-02-05 Thread Randy Kramer
Ric Tibbetts wrote: > I hate to say this. BUT: If your post was a complaint about > documentation being too wordy, it was lost in your note, being too long > & wordy. Sorry.. I stopped reading about half way through, when you > atarted explaining the same thing.. again. OK. Rand

Re: [expert] Photo Printing

2002-02-05 Thread Randy Kramer
ing on (see http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/BeginnersManPages) was going to be adding a simple syntax example to many man pages, but it looks like the more practical short term approach is to create a new "beginners" man page with such simple syntax examples for several command

Re: [expert] kvm switch

2002-01-30 Thread Randy Kramer
James wrote: > Mines PS/2... honestly don't have any AT hardware still working... (by the > time I left Amiga my first PC was ps/2 and it's continued.) Only problem > I had with mechanical was that eventually it killed the ps/2 mouse port on > one box. James, Thanks! R

Re: [expert] AAAaaaargh!!! M$madness!!!

2002-01-30 Thread Randy Kramer
here cost is an important > consideration too. As a newly appointed member to the board committee > that reviews the syllabus, you can be sure that i'll have lots to say > about that in future meetings. Mario, Wonderful -- hang in there and make your voice heard! Randy Kramer

Re: [expert] kvm switch

2002-01-30 Thread Randy Kramer
output of the switch -- it works fine for the keyboard but did not work for the mouse.) I'm just wondering if, when I buy an electronic KVM, I'm better off buying an AT style, using PS/2 to AT converters for the keyboard, and sticking with serial mice? Randy Kramer Charles A Edwards wrote: &

Re: [expert] double list mails

2002-01-30 Thread Randy Kramer
part of the "charm" of Linux ;^). That sounds like the charm of Windows. I want to get away from that kind of charm. ;-) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2 Beta

2002-01-30 Thread Randy Kramer
Mario, Thanks for your response and support! Randy Kramer Mario Michael da Costa wrote: > I couldn't agree more. My MDK 7.2 cd's are still rated among my most > valuable. And while i personally never had a major problem with MDK > 8.1, I would like to see a good, ro

Re: [expert] AAAaaaargh!!! M$madness!!!

2002-01-29 Thread Randy Kramer
n one opinion here, but: * I hope, by the time my children are out of school, Linux will be what's used in the workplace (and I think that is a reasonable expectation) * Having children exposed to Microsoft software in the schools will tend to help perpetuate Microsoft's monopoly, so

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2 Beta

2002-01-29 Thread Randy Kramer
ase. At least, this is what I found with 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2 -- based on my experiences with 8.0 and 8.1, there is certainly room for 8.2 to be "better". Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] ISP setup

2002-01-24 Thread Randy Kramer
uld be great. We can make some assumptions, but you need to tell us more. Where will these 50 laptop users be -- at their homes or in the same building as the patients (and the computer storing the patient records)? Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [expert] /etc is for miscellaneous files?

2002-01-24 Thread Randy Kramer
ust guessing - i have no idea). My guess (absolutely just a guess) would be from etc. (et cetera). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Is this the expected behavior of the KDE taskbar in Mandrake 8.1?

2002-01-24 Thread Randy Kramer
TaskbarProblems. Others are welcome to add or improve notes (and use the site for reference). Randy Kramer Eric McRae wrote: > On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 10:22, Randy Kramer wrote: > > Question: On Mandrake 8.1, I see all the running applications (in the > > area to the right of the desk

[expert] Re: Is this the expected behavior of the KDE taskbar in Mandrake 8.1? Followup question

2002-01-23 Thread Randy Kramer
e box that display a "pop up" list of the windows within an instance of konqueror. Is this the expected behavior? Is there a way to change it back to the behavior under Mandrake 7.2 kde? Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > Background: I've installed Mandrake 8.1 and I know

Re: [expert] Re: Is this the expected behavior of the KDE taskbar in Mandrake 8.1? Followup question

2002-01-23 Thread Randy Kramer
d register at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiRegistration. http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/Kde221TaskbarProblems regards, Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > > David Joham wrote: > > In the KDE control center, choose LookNFeel->Taskbar and uncheck "Group

Re: [expert] Re: Is this the expected behavior of the KDE taskbar in Mandrake 8.1? Followup question

2002-01-23 Thread Randy Kramer
David Joham wrote: > In the KDE control center, choose LookNFeel->Taskbar and uncheck "Group > Similar Tasks". David, Wonderful, thanks! I also unchecked "Show all Windows" and that resolved both changed behaviors from Mandrake 7.2. regards, Randy Kramer Want

[expert] Is this the expected behavior of the KDE taskbar in Mandrake 8.1?

2002-01-23 Thread Randy Kramer
on that desktop. Question: On Mandrake 8.1, I see all the running applications (in the area to the right of the desktop) no matter which desktop I choose. Is this the expected behavior under kde on Mandrake 8.1? Thanks, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Re: keybindings - khotkeys stuff - volume control -a solution?

2002-01-22 Thread Randy Kramer
-- although I am taking the Best Linux Training course now, and may get more adventurous). Randy Kramer Lubos Lunak wrote: > > Hello, > > somebody pointed me to the article at > http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca/article.php?thold=0&mode=nested&order=0&sid=475 > and f

Re: [expert] NFS and DHCP

2002-01-21 Thread Randy Kramer
diately think of any real useful keywords -- IIRC, the subject was not explicity "internet connection sharing". Good luck, Randy Kramer > BUT there has to be a way to use the existing NFS > network and still get Internet connection sharing.. > Any thought's?? Want to

Re: [expert] X Windows, too heavy, isn't it?

2002-01-21 Thread Randy Kramer
deo card. Berlin is not ready for prime time yet (AFAIK), but, whenever I get a chance I like to mention Berlin so another way is recognized. (Of course, X may turn out to evolve just like Fortran -- I learned Algol before Fortran, and then wondered why they taught me Fortran -- over the years, Fort

Re: [expert] Disk Array ?

2002-01-21 Thread Randy Kramer
his may be a solution. (If you talk more about your requirements, someone more knowledgable can probably provide better advice than I can.) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] keybindings - khotkeys stuff - volume control -a solution?

2002-01-21 Thread Randy Kramer
Randy Kramer wrote: > I'm looking for something a little bit more -- I understand it is one of > the capabilities of khotkeys, but neither your article or the other one > referenced in this thread really addressed it -- that is the ability to > enter an arbitrary string of c

Re: [expert] keybindings - khotkeys stuff - volume control -a solution?

2002-01-21 Thread Randy Kramer
r. I'll try looking for my old notes -- hopefully I was clever enough to put them on my personal wiki.) Aside: I've linked to your article from WikiLearn, http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/KeyboardMacrosInLinux. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] X Windows, too heavy, isn't it?

2002-01-20 Thread Randy Kramer
Alexander Skwar wrote: > http://freshmeat.net/search?q=berlin > -> http://www.berlin-consortium.org/ Alexander, Thanks! (I was worried there for a minute.) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] X Windows, too heavy, isn't it?

2002-01-20 Thread Randy Kramer
au/r/article/jsp/sid/805730 Darn, I can't find the Berlin home page -- I hope it's not gone (I just did a brief search). Berlin has changed focus a few times -- I hope it's still on the right path. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] anyone else see this?

2002-01-20 Thread Randy Kramer
do or how to do it, just want to make sure you are aware of this possibility. How old is your monitor -- is it old enough that going south is a reasonable thing? The last thing you did was install a new XFree and now you have problems? Suspect the new XFree or its configuration. Randy Kramer

Re: [expert] keybindings - khotkeys stuff - volume control -a solution?

2002-01-18 Thread Randy Kramer
a nice example of how to manually edit this file to create a shortcut > for a command without having to create a menu item, bascule, Thanks for finding this information and the article -- looks real helpful! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Postfix can't send from one computer to another

2002-01-17 Thread Randy Kramer
he transaction? If you know, which ports are used? IIRC, ports 25 and 119 are relevant, does email go from port 25 on the sending computer to port 119 on the receiving computer, or what? * If postfix can exchange email between computers, under what circumstances do you need fetchmail? Thanks,

Re: [expert] oooops

2002-01-16 Thread Randy Kramer
Alexander Skwar wrote: > Thanks! Alexander, You're welcome! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1 is eating memory

2002-01-16 Thread Randy Kramer
ct to time to load new applications or new instances, like a new window in konqueror. Is this slowdown the expected behavior? If so, it would be nice to have a choice of strategies for a desktop machine. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread Randy Kramer
otKeys, see http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/khotkeys/, and the developer is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- if we could do anything to encourage him to complete it that would be great. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] oooops

2002-01-15 Thread Randy Kramer
ne was that a backup copy was stored somewhere on the hard disk (perhaps compressed). When I said "or damaged??" above, I really don't know if this was incorporated, but it could go so far as to do a checksum or similar on each file, and restore a file if the checksum was bad. regards

Re: [expert] oooops

2002-01-14 Thread Randy Kramer
doing? (I suspect OK, because presumably Microsoft paid them a bunch, but maybe, when the records are checked, it will turn out that Microsoft invented the feature?) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-13 Thread Randy Kramer
Oscar wrote: > Try gnome-toaster (last version). It will surprise you ;-) Oscar, OK, thanks! (When I switch my burner to Linux.) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] fat drive writable?

2002-01-12 Thread Randy Kramer
our whole windows drive :), > > but windows isn't on this drive. any ideas? I can't give you the precise details, but in the fstab (and / or mstab) table (/etc), I think you want to add "users" to the line for this drive. I bet if you look at the mstab or fstab table you

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-12 Thread Randy Kramer
want a bootable CD check the bootable option. Ken, Thanks for your response! I haven't had much burning CDs in Linux, and have had good luck with Easy CD Creator in Windows. Some occasional coasters, but no systemic problem. When I switch to Linux for burning, I'll try Gcombust. Randy K

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
roblem in the burner (which I don't suspect).) (I burn my disks with Easy CD Creator -- would not surprise me if they do some padding.) Thanks again, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
to choose an X other than what it offers -- I'll have to look a little closer. (But, I've also checked the XFree.org site with respect to drivers -- they indicate there are some problems with the SiS 630 driver for 4.x -- maybe I'll look for and try the "framebuffer" or gener

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
PS: Forgot to mention that, during the install I chose one of the lowest security ratings (I think it was low) to avoid any problems due to security things -- I was going to make this my experimental machine. Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > > > When I do press 1 (thru 6), the scre

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Jason Guidry wrote: > Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yup. works great. Thanks! > > When I do press 1 (thru 6), the screen blanks momentarily, > > then whatever was displayed on the X window appears, but as a dead > > screen -- mouse won't move

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Oops, left out the F in front of the various numbers (I am using the Fn keys). Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > Jason Guidry wrote: > > type Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is a number 1-6. this will bring you to one of the 6 >text only cosoles. hit Ctrl-Alt-F9 to get back to X. > >

Re: [expert] 8.1 install and aftermath

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
ood deal of extra work, which I don't appreciate. FWIW, I agree with you. I don't know whether any of the Mandrake people who might monitor the list will carry this to the appropriate decision maker, or if you need to carry the complaint somewhere else. Randy Kramer Want to buy your

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
a working mouse and keyboard). I'm looking for confirmation that the behavior I'm seeing is not intentional before I reinstall (or try to find a way to fix the problem without reinstalling -- any suggestions?). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: LinkSys problems -- Re: [expert] DSL Connection

2002-01-10 Thread Randy Kramer
rs of such products. Thanks! Randy Kramer Pierre Fortin wrote: > True; but for monitoring the Internet side on my DSL router, I need to see > all packets, not just broadcast/multicast packets. I described the > problems on my web pages (http://pfortin.com/Linux/LinkSys/) Want to bu

Re: LinkSys problems -- Re: [expert] DSL Connection

2002-01-09 Thread Randy Kramer
s better than a hub -- hmm, maybe unless you're trying to do some multicasting, but, even then, I'm not sure. What purpose do you need a hub rather than a switch for? Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] DSL Connection

2002-01-09 Thread Randy Kramer
Randy Kramer wrote: > Another choice is to pick up a good $20 computer (IIRC, you need at > least a 386, with 640kb of RAM and a 720 or better floppy -- no hard > drive, actually, I think the most recent versions of the software need a > 1.2 or 1.44 mB floppy -- bloatware ;-), add t

Re: [expert] DSL Connection

2002-01-09 Thread Randy Kramer
oute will work in a situation with one way cable modems.) I've used this setup for a lot of years, and it's been very reliable. Did lose a NIC about two years ago, on two machines at the same time so I presume it was due to a lightning strike / surge. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] peer to peer netwoking and linux - possible ?

2002-01-07 Thread Randy Kramer
ar, I have only used things like smbclient and smbmount, I have not set up a Samba server. I watched someone do it graphically on a RedHat 7.2 install and it seemed simple enough -- never tried it myself and didn't catch all the details of what he did. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or S

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