Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 and aic7xxx

2001-06-12 Thread Chubby Vic
Hey fellas, I wonder, since I am having trouble with my zip250 scsi drive, (slow to mount and umount) is this related?? Can I get a newer (or older) version of the aic7xxx module? Thanks On Tuesday 12 June 2001 08:10 am, so spoke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I did, sort of. It turns out that the versi

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-26 Thread Chubby Vic
Whoa, do you think I should move to IBM drives now? I hear that they are good but I did not know that about the Quantum ones!---Whoa. On Thursday 26 April 2001 05:02 am, so spoke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Quantum and Maxtor are now one, though you can still differentiate which > drive line belongs

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 Success

2001-04-26 Thread Chubby Vic
For me Mandrake 8 performs good for the most part, I have been testing the poop out of it to get it to misbehave, and the only fatal thing that I found that happens, is that when you try to set up your /usr/bin/ktalkdlg in the control center under Network and then Talk configuration, the whole mac

Re: [expert] 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list)

2001-04-25 Thread Chubby Vic
I personally prefer Quantum hard drives, although I have not had any maxtors or WD, I know about IBM and Quantums being good linux drives. On Tuesday 24 April 2001 11:11 pm, so spoke Dan Swartzendruber: > On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: > > Todd... > > > > What's wrong with Maxtor? Thats

Re: [expert] 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications

2001-04-22 Thread Chubby Vic
I agree, I can't even burn the dang iso image, this sucks, Beavis uhh huh huh. both xcdroast and eroaster said: Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660. Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '1,0,0' scsib

[expert] getting rm files off of the server

2001-04-20 Thread Chubby Vic
Hello all Does anyone know of a way to download and save files in the rtsp or pnm:// type scheme? Lynx can't do it, netscape nor konq, I wish to know of a way to just download and save files from these tyupes of servers. Thank you rtsp://a659.r.akareal.net/ondemand/7/659/2963/v0001/nick.downlo

Re: [expert] 8.0 Final

2001-04-19 Thread Chubby Vic
Cool, hey if anyone tries it out, would someone tell me if its worth upgrading to or not and why? Thanks On Thursday 19 April 2001 01:45 pm, so spoke Charles A Edwards: > 8.0 has been uploaded to many of the ftp mirrors, though not all as of yet. > 2 sites that do have it are: > > ftp://ftp.sune

Re: [expert] Lost sight of point (was: WAIT!! STOP!!...)

2001-03-30 Thread Chubby Vic
Its ok to have the i686 rpms in the version, just don't (whoever) remove the i586 ones, just add the i686 and leave the i586 IN there so one can install it on either machine and then everyone will be happy and the version won't give you any poop about installing, it will just install with no probl

Re: [expert] Lost sight of point (was: WAIT!! STOP!!...)

2001-03-30 Thread Chubby Vic
So does this mean that the next ver of Mandrake will install on my AMDK6-400 without any trouble just like 7.2 ? If not I will be VERY upset On Friday 30 March 2001 12:51 am, so spoke David Rankin: > "Jose M. Sanchez" wrote: > > To begin with, this is not a Mandrake issue, it's a Linux issue

Re: [expert] Lost sight of point (was: WAIT!! STOP!!...)

2001-03-29 Thread Chubby Vic
HEAR!! HEAR!!! Well spoken! On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:39 pm, so spoke Digital Wokan: > We've lost sight of one of my original points in similar discussions. > If Mandrake is a Pentium optimized distro and NOT a P2+ optimized > distro, then i686 RPM's HAVE NO PLACE in the distro. Period. T

WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Chubby Vic
Stop, Mandrake!!! You can't do that!! I still have a AMD K6 I need you guys to leave the i586 rpms IN the installation!! and I don't have the money to just go get a new i686 machine. Please do not exclude the i586 rpms from newer versions. I want to stay with Mandrake, I would hate to change

[expert] any opinions on SBlive Platinum?

2001-03-25 Thread Chubby Vic
Hello. I am considering upgrading my sound card from AWE64 ISA to the SBLive Platinum. Does the wavetable midi still sound as good (or better) than the old awe64 or does it even use the same kind of synth? I should have asked if it works with linux to begin with in the first place sorry. If so

Re: [expert] Civilme: inquiring minds want to know

2001-03-25 Thread Chubby Vic
I have always thought it was "civil-me" as well and until I read how it was pronounced, the Turkish way and all. Good to know, I like learning new languages. I guess I just accepted it as I saw it, I know kind of childish, but thats how I am. hehe Cool On Sunday 25 March 2001 07:43 am, so s

Re: [expert] RPM -src

2001-03-25 Thread Chubby Vic
O COOL So there are two ways to do it, that rocks thanx for the extra info. On Saturday 24 March 2001 09:26 pm, so spoke Jerry Sternesky: > You can do an rpm -Uvh on the package and it will install the source to > /usr/source/RPMS. Then to build it go into /usr/source/RPMS/SPECS > Then rpm

Re: [expert] I just don't "grep" this...

2001-03-24 Thread Chubby Vic
Boy that reply took more thought than the posters question. On Saturday 24 March 2001 04:47 am, so spoke Adam Litke: > RTFM > - Original Message - > From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Expert List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 1:14 PM > Subject: [expert

Re: [expert] sorry if OT, hardware experts anyone??

2001-03-07 Thread Vic
On Tuesday 06 March 2001 11:49 am, Vic wrote: > Hello list. > > I seem to be having great difficulty with my serial ports > being engaged. > > I have a motherboard from JDR Microdevices with > the VIA chipset on it, (Host bridge: VIA technologies VT 82C598 Apollo > MVP

[expert] sorry if OT, hardware experts anyone??

2001-03-06 Thread Vic
Hello list. I seem to be having great difficulty with my serial ports being engaged. I have a motherboard from JDR Microdevices with the VIA chipset on it, (Host bridge: VIA technologies VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3 (rev 4) PCI Bridge same as Host Bridge. ISA Bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apol

Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 final

2001-03-04 Thread Vic
Another reason I love linux, I can have my point and click environment, and my commandline too. On Sunday 04 March 2001 06:55 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > you use gFTP to grab'em from the mirror then put them in their own dir > on your hard drive, when they're all done open a terminal window and

Re: [expert] MP3's are not working

2001-03-03 Thread Vic
Uh oh dude sounds like somehow the diskwriter plugin got activated instead of it just playing mp3s it is now converting them back to a wav fle. I think one has to open uip the options thing again and turn off the diskwriter plugin, if you neec more ito, please aks On Sunday 04 March 2001 01:18

Re: [expert] cd-rw install help

2001-03-03 Thread Vic
Whoa, weird, now I am sure I missed something. I wonder, how would I make cdrecord do an exact copy of a regular pressed music CD? I snooped around and I can't seem to find anything on it that I can splice together. I have both cd devices on scsi emulation, the reader, and the recorder. Hm

Re: [expert] cd-rw install help

2001-03-03 Thread Vic
Why did cdrecord screw up a cd that I tried to make and xcdroast did not? On Saturday 03 March 2001 06:07 am, Ron Stodden wrote: > Sorry, but my advice is not to use xcdroast (or any other of the GUI > attempts). While xcdroast appears to work, it will not verify any > CDs it writes. Further,

Re: [expert] CONNECTION EMGERGENCY HELP

2001-02-27 Thread Vic
u might try another > network card. > > But like i said, i don't really know. It appears that some of your packets > are corrupt, or the responses are. > > ?, > j > > --- Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Before my connection fails again and I end

[expert] CONNECTION EMGERGENCY HELP

2001-02-26 Thread Vic
Before my connection fails again and I end up having to re-install again, please help before I disapear again. I am getting [root@kittypuss Napster]# ping rmci.net PING rmci.net (205.162.184.20): 56 octets data 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=1264.0 ms wrong data byte #0 s

[expert] Really bad network problem -- ipv4 ??

2001-02-24 Thread Vic
Hello list, I do not know when you will receive this mail, as my network is totally screwed right now, things go really slow and erratic. An attempt to ping an outside address results in the following: [root@kittypuss /root]# ping 64.217.130.94 PING 64.217.130.94 (64.217.130.94): 56 octets data

Re: [expert] Ok question

2001-02-13 Thread Vic
My guess its a server quirk or glitch in the network somewhere On Wednesday 14 February 2001 12:03 am, William wrote: > WHy am i get 3 copies of each message sent to this list?

Re: [expert] Alternative to postfix

2001-02-11 Thread Vic
Oops, you found out.. hehehehehehe On Sunday 11 February 2001 08:55 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > > > So, Sendmail is a very functional SMTP. > > Ah HA! another Sendmail enthusiast.

Re: [expert] Alternative to postfix

2001-02-10 Thread Vic
Amen BROTHER On Saturday 10 February 2001 11:56 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > > I have used both of the versions I've mentioned above on my mandrake 7.2 > system with success, but at present I am using 8.9.3-20 because it works > better with Majordomo then does 8.10. Not sure why...all I know a

Re: [expert] There is no net phone for linux, period

2001-02-06 Thread Vic
If I can help, I will give it a shot even tho I'm between newbie and expert somewhere. On Tuesday 06 February 2001 12:36 am, so spoke Altoine B.: > > Here I go again. Maybe my question is not getting through (the one > about, "What is this one doing that dialpad and net2phone are doing > differen

Re: [expert] Article about Mandrakesoft's "new direction"

2001-02-06 Thread Vic
12:28 am, so spoke Andreas J. Guelzow: > Vic wrote: > > If that is the case, then I pick RedHat, suse has no sound. > > Since we are just moving from SuSE to Mandrake, I obviously don't think > that SuSE is better than Mandrake, but saying that it has no sound is > utter nonsense. > > Andreas

Re: [expert] There is no net phone for linux, period

2001-02-06 Thread Vic
I second that On Monday 05 February 2001 11:42 pm, so spoke Altoine B.: > > Yes, that is correct. That is exactly what it does. Now, what is it that > the Quicknet PhoneJack cards do that these services do not do but get > the same job done? Hmmm... > That is why we want to either hack (program)

Re: [expert] Article about Mandrakesoft's "new direction"

2001-02-05 Thread Vic
If that is the case, then I pick RedHat, suse has no sound. On Monday 05 February 2001 05:12 pm, so spoke John J. LeMay Jr.: > ** Reply to message from "Michael O'Henly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 05 > Feb 2001 08:43:24 -0800 > > > This is interesting... > > > > http://linuxgram.com/newsite

Re: [expert] net to phone type app

2001-02-05 Thread Vic
Have you tested this? I think I have used that browser and it did not work, and even if I could fool it with netscape for winblows running on wine, my card is not full duplex so it did not work, maybe it is just the card I am using?? On Monday 05 February 2001 01:01 pm, so spoke Altoine B.: > I

Re: [expert] I was lucky I guess-- was: kcontrol STILL doesn't function

2001-02-04 Thread Vic
; Why? A very good question. Answer? I have no idea. > > BTW Chris, thanks for the KDE updates. > > > On Sunday 04 February 2001 13:25, Vic wrote: > > > I am a very literal person, concerning the don't read this file, > > > so I read the readme and not the other on

Re: [expert] I was lucky I guess-- was: kcontrol STILL doesn't function

2001-02-04 Thread Vic
ms and the step by steps. Vic is out. On Sunday 04 February 2001 11:30 am, so spoke Michael O'Henly: > I'm amazed at how far KDE 2 has come since the release version of 7.2. > Considering 2.0 was a milestone, I was kinda expecting the developers to > take a break -- but they&#

Re: [expert] Quoting in response to posts

2001-02-03 Thread Vic
I like to use the below response, I really like Kmails feature here. On Saturday 03 February 2001 03:01 pm, so spoke Collins Richey: > All of you who are already doing so, please ignore. > > It would be really helpful if everyone who responds to posts on the > list would setup their mailer to in

Re: [expert] Kmail printer settings

2001-01-28 Thread Vic
HEAR HEAR!! I second that. On Sunday 28 January 2001 11:56 am, so spoke Collins Richey: > How does one alter the default settings for printing from Kmail? > > There is no mention of this in the Kmail manual or FAQ. > > I get really tired of selecting "letter" each time instead of the > default "

Re: [expert] GNapster

2001-01-19 Thread Vic
Do you mean that the Gnapster project is dead??? Good thing there is still Knapster and GTK Napster. Gnapster was good. On Friday 19 January 2001 13:28, you wrote: > Hallo! > > For all of you who are interested in using gnapster: version 1.3.12 is > working fine in my computer, while i haven't

Re: [expert] (Dumb question time) to improve the yield from my sendmail

2001-01-15 Thread Vic
and make some improvements, and what would be a safe way to migrate from sendmail to postfix without losing any mails? Many thanks for your patience. Vic On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How? Replace it with Postfix. I believe 7.2 COMES with postfix, and if not, > its easy to c

RE: [expert] keeping a ram song

2001-01-12 Thread Vic
No fellas, its a bunch of bull, they lied to you I tried it, all I get is : (try: 6) => `index.html' Connecting to 7070:80... connect: Invalid argument Retrying. --15:59:24-- http://7070:80/ (try: 7) => `index.html' Connecting to 7070:80... connect: Invalid argument Retrying. --15:59:24--

[expert] I can't get users to have cgi access on their web pages

2001-01-10 Thread Vic
I did the linuxconf thing, checked suexec and cgi access and even made a path for one of the users on my web server, root can have it on /home/httpd/cgi-bin but none of my users can, why is it too hard? Need help

Re: [expert] PlexWriter 12/10/32A

2001-01-01 Thread Vic
O cool!! Thanx for the info On Mon, 01 Jan 2001, Anthony Russello wrote: > It will work, whether it's mentioned or not on Mandrake's site. > > A friend of mine is currently using it under mdk 7.2 > > Thanks > > > I believe the Plextors are liste

Re: [expert] PlexWriter 12/10/32A

2000-12-31 Thread Vic
By the way, if the cd recorder has problems, give this page a look. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ It should show how to correct a problem with it. On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Brian Hartman wrote: > Can anyone tell me if the PlexWriter 12/10/32A is supported in Linux? I'm

Re: [expert] PlexWriter 12/10/32A

2000-12-31 Thread Vic
I believe the Plextors are listed on the Mandrake web site www.linux-mandrake.org, but you might be right, this one may not be listed. I am ordering the Plextor 8X/4X/32X (PX-W8432TI) Any IDE atapi device should work with Mandrake I am told. Hope this helps. Vic On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Brian

RE: [expert] cups not working properly

2000-12-22 Thread Vic
Cool thanx! :)) On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, b5dave wrote: > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/ > > Read the text file. These are LM7.2 rpms are are supposed to work 'out of > the box". > > On 21-Dec-2000 Vic wrote: > > Cool,. where can I find the url

RE: [expert] cups not working properly

2000-12-21 Thread Vic
Cool,. where can I find the url of this site? On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, b5dave wrote: Also Till setup a site with upgraded > drivers which won't be part of Mandrake updates as they are not security > related. I've had no need to try these however. > > Dave > >

Re: [expert] Xine

2000-12-19 Thread Vic
I have a recent Toshiba DVD player that will not play VCDs, but my cdrom on my linux box will with Mtv and ZZplayer. I did not know that a DVD player could play VCDs, maybe mine is not designed for it. On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Al Baker wrote: > > VCD (video CD) was a brief moment between VHS and

[expert] Ack! apologies to list for old messages sent.

2000-12-09 Thread Vic
Sorry about those, I was going through some old e mails and cleaning out the boxes, and pressed the wrong dang button again! :(~~~ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] smtp users

2000-12-09 Thread Vic
Ok how do I get a pop-to-smtp thing to force users to auth? and what would it be called? Thanks On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Stephen Bosch wrote: > Hi, Vic: > > You need to get them to use an pop-to-smtp solution that forces them to > authenticate if they want to send e-mail. > >

Re: [expert] LANG???? whats this rot?

2000-12-08 Thread Vic
Many thanks. On Fri, 08 Dec 2000, Buchan Milne wrote: > > #export LANG=en_US > or add it to one of your dot files, so it does it automotically (see > .bashrc and .bash_profile, also /etc/profile) > > Buchan > > Vic wrote: > > > > Could not stat /mnt/fd0

[expert] LANG???? whats this rot?

2000-12-07 Thread Vic
Could not stat /mnt/fd0, ignoring drive A: For language 'en' several language ids were found: en_US - 0409; en_GB - 0809; en_AU - 0C09; en_CA - 1009; en_NZ - 1409; en_IE - 1809; en_ZA - 1C09; en_JM - 2009; en_ - 2409; en_BZ - 2809; en_TT - 2C09; Instead of using first in the list, suggest to defi

Re: [Re: [expert] A bit "afeared" of upgrading my laptop]

2000-12-06 Thread Vic
rvideo.org. > > Mike > > > > -- > Mike MacCana Support Consultant > C Y B E R S O U R C E >Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 > Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998 > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Vic wrote: > >

Re: [Re: [expert] A bit "afeared" of upgrading my laptop]

2000-12-06 Thread Vic
urne 3000 > Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998 > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Vic wrote: > > > On Sun, 11 Jan 2037, Viktor Lakics wrote: > > Your DVD works under linux?? > > > > >instantly, DVD-rom was OK, > > > > > > > > Work

Re: [Re: [expert] A bit "afeared" of upgrading my laptop]

2000-12-06 Thread Vic
On Sun, 11 Jan 2037, Viktor Lakics wrote: Your DVD works under linux?? >instantly, DVD-rom was OK, > > Works great! > > Good luck; Viktor > > > > > > bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Praedor Tempus wrote: > > > > > Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:11:47 -0700 >

Re: [expert] Second stage install hangs

2000-12-06 Thread Vic
I agree, when I ran windows, I had to make sure that the dang ol registry and the dynamic linking library files (.dll) were all in good shape and that there were no stray/unused ones laying about, otherwise---CRASH! I have an AMD K6-400 and it runs really nice, am I imagining things or do AMD pro

Re: [expert] Postfix or Sendmail

2000-12-02 Thread Vic
rs due to Spam > protection. BTW I prefer postfix. > > Andy > ----- Original Message - > From: "Vic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 7:21 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Postfix or Sendmail > >

Re: [expert] Postfix or Sendmail

2000-12-01 Thread Vic
s the domain name is so unusual that no Bob Normal would ever think of it, if this is the case you are safe. I hope I have helped. Vic On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Jarabe de Palo wrote: > > Ok, this is probably a dumb question for all you Experts, but I will ask > anyway. Ok I want to send an

Re: [expert] 7.2 menus bad mo-jo

2000-11-27 Thread Vic
Cool glad it worked and glad to help On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Armisis Aieoln wrote: > > Cool that worked thanx!! > dave > > > On Monday 27 November 2000 16:43, you wrote: > > > > I would type: > > > > find . -name "*.rpmorig" -exec rm -f {} \; > >^replace this dot with a / to get rid of al

Re: [expert] 7.2 menus bad mo-jo

2000-11-27 Thread Vic
I would type: find . -name "*.rpmorig" -exec rm -f {} \; ^replace this dot with a / to get rid of all .rpmorig files on the whole system, but leave it a dot to erase just the ones in the current directory you are in. then---To erase all the *.rpmorig in your system, replace the "." by

Re: [expert] 7.2 menus bad mo-jo

2000-11-26 Thread Vic
One must get rid of all the files that say .rpmorig after them. On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Armisis Aieoln wrote: > > look at this, and tell me why menudrake wont change anything. > > > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Linux - Cause I dont do windows > or ovens! > [EMA

Re: Re: [expert] I give up on linux

2000-11-22 Thread Vic
No way are you serious? Gates does not own Apple. On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, xylonite wrote: > > gates own mac now. > when you buy mac it's mean you support windowz too > > *grin* > > At 11/21/00 12:19:00 PM, you wrote: > >If you must give up linux, at least,- > > > >at least get a Macintosh,

Re: [expert] 7.2 Sound problems

2000-11-22 Thread Vic
Cool, I am thinking about getting a sblive in the future, how well does midi work and did it autoconfigure both sound and midi? Thankx On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Tom Berkley wrote: > > SB Live works wooonnderrrfuly combined with my > bose amp, this place rocks or tranquils dep

Re: [expert] I give up on linux

2000-11-21 Thread Vic
If you must give up linux, at least,- at least get a Macintosh, it would be better than windows. Or a silicon graphics workstation. Just not winblows. Please for your own good. On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Brent Timmer wrote: > > I give up on linux. Now I boot in and usb just decides not to wo

Re: [expert] KDE Sound

2000-11-12 Thread Vic
KK6WJ from N0VED text. My first qso on text On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, Don wrote: > > Where is the KDE sound menu that used to be in other versions? > I would like to turn sound on or off at my option, not KDE's > > Thanks, > > Don > > -- > 73 de KK6WJ > > -

Re: [expert] smtp users

2000-11-10 Thread Vic
l the messages. Thankx On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Stephen Bosch wrote: > > Vic wrote: > > > I'm using sendmail, its the only one I am capable of > > using, sorry. > > Sendmail 8.10 has a set of SMTP-AUTH features (smtp authentication > features). I don't use send

Re: [expert] smtp users

2000-11-10 Thread Vic
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Stephen Bosch wrote: > Hi, Vic: > You need to get them to use an pop-to-smtp solution that forces them to > authenticate if they want to send e-mail. > What MTA are you using? > -Stephen- I'm using sendmail, its the only one I am capable of using, sor

[expert] smtp users

2000-11-10 Thread Vic
Hello. I have my relay controls set to block unidentified relayers (mostly spammers) but I have a few pop users (I want to give a couple of my buddies an e mail account) but I do not wish to enable the whole domain to use my smtp to send mail as they are on one of those free isp things that spa

[expert] smtp users

2000-11-09 Thread Vic
Hello. I have my relay controls set to block unidentified relayers (mostly spammers) but I have a few pop users (I want to give a couple of my buddies an e mail account) but I do not wish to enable the whole domain to use my smtp to send mail as they are on one of those free isp things that spa

Re: [expert] Netscape 4.75 bus errors up the yingyang

2000-10-06 Thread Vic
Where can I download this? On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Already upgraded to 4.75-8mdk (the newest)? It's supposed to fix that bug. > See the changelog for details and bugzilla Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Netscape 4.75 bus errors up the yingyang

2000-10-05 Thread Vic
Uhhh is it somewhere near the armpits? On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, Matthew Persico wrote: > > And where exactly is the 'yingyang' on the human body? > > :-\ > > -- > Matthew O. Persico > > "If you were supposed to understand it, > we wouldn't call it code." - FedEx > > NetZero Free

Re: [expert] Where is all my memory going?

2000-10-01 Thread Vic
No problemmo dude, glad to help out however I can, LongLiveLinux!!! On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: > > Thank you very much > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Registered Linux user 183185 > > - Original Message - > From: Vic <[EMAIL PR

Re: [expert] Where is all my memory going?

2000-10-01 Thread Vic
going on in memory a little more in detail as far as colours go, it separates the different colours out to illustrate what it is doing, hope htis helps. Vic On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: > > I am running Mandrake 7.1 and KDE and being a newbie am just starting to look > at top

Re: [expert] FAQ

2000-09-29 Thread Vic
No objections from me. On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Mads Rasmussen wrote: > > > Would it not be a good idea with a monthly faq posted here on this list. > Some basic questions could be easily answered pointing to a faq. > There is a lot, "how do I install, how do I use bind...etc" on the list that > of

Re: [expert] Helix update & Mandrake update

2000-09-28 Thread Vic
I wonder, if using Slack-like tarballs instead of rpms and an installer, would clear it up? On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, BillK wrote: > > Same here - every 5 or so rpm's create problems that require manual > intervention - gcc, quota, and MandrakeUpdate/grpmi to mention some. > Its not reliable in that

Re: [expert] POP with Postfix

2000-09-26 Thread Vic
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Vic wrote: > > I do not know if you have tried cucipop from the Nederlands yet, > but I think it is pretty good, I beleive it runs with either postfix > or sendmail. > > For the English page visit: > http://www.cuci.nl/index.e.html > > Or for th

Re: [expert] vfat-files

2000-09-26 Thread Vic
>From the subject line I take it that you have already tried mounting the partition as vfat, oh boy. Just wanted to acknowledge your message and at least try to help, any other inputs are welcome please. I used to have some trouble with this awhile back but it was becaiuse I had not mount4ed th

Re: [expert] POP with Postfix

2000-09-26 Thread Vic
I do not know if you have tried cucipop from the Nederlands yet, but I think it is pretty good, I beleive it runs with either postfix or sendmail. For the English page visit: http://www.cuci.nl/index.e.html Or for the Nederlands language visit: http://www.cuci.nl/index.e.html I hope this helps,

Re: [expert] AMD K6-233 Overclocking (was Athlons?)

2000-09-24 Thread Vic
Speaking of building your own system, I have found that doing this is the best way, seems that pre-built systems do not work as well, because you can't choose the best hardware for you. On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, JASON SNYDER wrote: > . For some reason it was always much cooler when the system was

Re: [expert] SBLive! sound quality

2000-09-23 Thread Vic
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Vic wrote: > > > sorry for the dumb question, but does anyone think > > that these alsa things will ever be made easier to > > install? > > Sorry, man. I know how you feel. > > What I **can** tell you is how I installed my SB Live! via alsa. >

Re: [expert] SBLive! sound quality

2000-09-23 Thread Vic
sorry for the dumb question, but does anyone think that these alsa things will ever be made easier to install? I did a stupid thing awhile back and totally trashed my system, and was too p***ed off to know how to fix, so I cheated and re-installed and swore off of alsa forever, if it aint broke I

RE: [expert] Eating Crow with mandrake 7.2 beta and sound issues

2000-09-15 Thread Vic
Looked at man group and it did not tell me what to type to\ add my username to group audio On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Ken Wahl wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Vic wrote: > > > Well I don't know how to make myself a member of > > the audio group, kuser is broken so I jus

RE: [expert] Eating Crow with mandrake 7.2 beta and sound issues

2000-09-15 Thread Vic
its mime types - I am > >experimenting with esd and find that when the daemon is running kde > >sometimes locks up so I want to redirect the kde player (i.e., whatever > >it uses) > > > >BillK > > > > > >Vic wrote: > >> > >> At a root

Re: [expert] Eating Crow with mandrake 7.2 beta and sound issues

2000-09-14 Thread Vic
d find that when the daemon is running kde > sometimes locks up so I want to redirect the kde player (i.e., whatever > it uses) > > BillK > > > Vic wrote: > > > > At a root shell I type: > > > > ch

[newbie] Bad News, Napster is dead

2000-09-14 Thread Vic
Well I guess its official, I tried to commeckt (fuck typeos)\ to Napster and it would not connect, so its dead. the website is still up, but according to my connections, Napster servers are all dead. Guess there is always Gnutella

Re: [expert] Eating Crow with mandrake 7.2 beta and sound issues

2000-09-14 Thread Vic
that when the daemon is running kde > sometimes locks up so I want to redirect the kde player (i.e., whatever > it uses) > > BillK > > > Vic wrote: > > > > At a root shell I type: > > > > chmod a+rw /dev/sndstat; chmod a+rw /dev/audio; chmod a+rw /de

RE: [expert] Eating Crow with mandrake 7.2 beta and sound issues

2000-09-13 Thread Vic
At a root shell I type: chmod a+rw /dev/sndstat; chmod a+rw /dev/audio; chmod a+rw /dev/dsp Type this all on one line, just like this, you can even copy and paste from this mail if you want, be sure to put in all the semi colons :) I hope this helps, and if it ever resets back to the default, t

Re: [expert] mandrake 7.2 beta

2000-09-13 Thread Vic
As for StarOffice, did it run just as good as user and root out of the box or did it act the same as the demo does, "install as root, run as root"? Thanx. On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, you wrote: > The latest Opera beta works fine with KDE as does staroffice 5.2. A number of > the tools in the KDE c

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Vic
This ain't no flame, its just a poodle. Poodles are ok by me so you could say there is one dog I like, hehe. On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Vic wrote: > > > > Sorry, what is a scaled dog? > > Does it mean fast? > > > Sorry, hadn't had my 3 pots of co

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Vic
Sorry, what is a scaled dog? Does it mean fast? On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Vic wrote: > > > > Just curious > > > > I use an AMD K6-3 400. > > > > I know this is an older slower chip, but > > it appears to run decently with 7.0-2. &g

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-22 Thread Vic
Just curious I use an AMD K6-3 400. I know this is an older slower chip, but it appears to run decently with 7.0-2. Is K6-3 a cousin to the Pentium or Pentium3? Is the Athlon a totally new architecture or more related to the K6-3? Sorry for the 1000 questions. On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, y

Re: Re [expert] To the Powers That Be.

2000-08-21 Thread Vic
I was considering bouncing this guy's mail for awhile, but that would just make more poops on the list---doh! On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Paul Weber wrote: > > > > I will be out of the office from August 22 through August. 27. I will have >limited opportunity to respond to email until t

Re: [expert] wishing for a second machine

2000-08-21 Thread Vic
gt;>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 8/20/00, 1:15:55 PM, Ellick Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding > Re: [expert] wishing for a second machine: > > > > On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Vic wrote: > &g

[expert] wishing for a second machine

2000-08-20 Thread Vic
One day when I get a separate machine (for testing purposes only) I want to use it to test unstable releases of linux (any dist.) I feel like I am not quite enough help on these lists and I am always the one asking for help, but I wish there were a way I could give back, but due to limited finds,

Re: [expert] will sendmail ?

2000-08-20 Thread Vic
There is a package called cucipop that appears to work for me, might wish to go to http://freshmeat.net and so a search for cucipop and find the rpm for easier install. On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote: > will sendmail work as a pop3 server or do we have to install some other pop3 > deamon ? > also

[expert] Building rpm files

2000-08-18 Thread Vic
Hello, I compiled an app and wish to distribute it in binary form in an rpm file. Is there an easy way to build an rpm I cannot figure it out. Thanks.

[expert] info request dialpad OT sorry

2000-08-17 Thread Vic
Hi all you Linux users out there. I was wondering if any of you wish you could use dialpad.com, well if you have tried to setup an account there, I take it you noticed that they don't support linux, I wonder if someone can point me in the direction of a message board for this purpose. Maybe some

[expert] strange K mail oddity

2000-08-16 Thread Vic
Or did I press the wrong button??? I noticed that sometimes when I click reply on K mail (or at least I think I clicked it) it replies directly to the person's e mail instead of the list like if they ask a question and I want to reply to the list so others can benefit. Hm, did I click the wr

Re: [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! How do I set the default editor so I can TRASH IT?

2000-08-16 Thread Vic
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Oh, and another thing: > > This *is* an expert list. Experts usually know how to use a basic editor > and how to change the default editor when they need to. > > -Stephen- Sorry for the dumb question, but how does one who does not know about it learn about it i

Re: [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! How do I set thedefault editor so I can TRASH IT?

2000-08-16 Thread Vic
I like to use both (commandline and gui) who says you can't serve 2 masters :) When the gui skrooze up, I go in under the commandline and kick it in the butt with a kill command. On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, you wrote: > It seems everyone has put their 2 cents in so why not me? > > <2 cents> > While my

Re: [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! How do I set the default editor soI can TRASH IT?

2000-08-16 Thread Vic
Gee that was helpful-NOT. But at least somewhat sympathetic Ok I'm going to type something helpful when calling vi/vim up, first one needs to press the i key for insert, this will enable the user to start typing letters into the text file (or C or C++ or whatever its used for) and hit the

RE: [expert] OLDER HP printers Full permission to VFAT partitions

2000-08-03 Thread Vic
I have an old HP DeskJet, no numbers or anything after it, just Deskjet, since its an older one, and has both parallel and serial hookups, would it work in Linux? It is a black and white printer. On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote: > On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 08:39:37PM +0800, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote:

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