Re: [expert] Beginning Programming For Linux

2000-09-29 Thread lselinger
Hi, Files in *nix are not dependant on file extentions to know how the file should be dealt with, or what is reqired to work with it. Putting a "#" at the beginning of a text file is *normally* just a comment however ... UNIX looks at the first two bytes of a file to know what to do with it

Re: [expert] SBLive! sound quality

2000-09-25 Thread lselinger
Hi Barry, I have two machines with Cambridge speakers and SoundBlaster Live soundcards using the last driver released with LM 7.1 (emu10k1) One set of speakers is just the 4 point and the other is FPS2000 Digital. Everything sounds better under Linux to me =o\ I noticed when I first

Re: [expert] I hang up my linux box

2000-09-18 Thread lselinger
Thanks for the answer. The question is that when I say hang up, I'm saying the I cannot do anything. I have tested the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X, but the answer was nothing. However, I have to admit that I didn't test the Ctrl-Alt-F1 option. I would try the next time. But, I think

Re: [expert] enrcyption

2000-09-15 Thread lselinger
I have a web page I created I want to use sendmail but I want to encrypt the email for security. Can this be done if so how. thanks robert Hrmmm ... ok I think I need a little clarification . what does the email have to do with your web page? For encrypting *known* email the best

Re: [expert] Xwindow

2000-09-13 Thread lselinger
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Re: [expert] /sbin/route: delete problem

2000-08-31 Thread lselinger
On newer versions of Linux I've noticed I had to actually specify the entire (almost) field of the entry in the routing table I wanted to remove : ie: route del -host IP netmask mask .. check the exact syntax for route in the man page. Also ... portsentry allows you to select specific

Re: [expert] BSD install

2000-08-23 Thread lselinger
Is it just me or are there a lot more duplicate messages being produced lately =o) Lonny Selinger Daniel Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/23/2000 11:36:16 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread lselinger
If you are looking for the latest release I'm not sure if there have been any significant changes *but* if you are just looking for both versions there is a great site .. http://www.kde.org/kde1-and-kde2.html ... which explains the process for installing both. Also the page that this is a

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

2000-08-21 Thread lselinger
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Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-21 Thread lselinger
Just out of curiosity have you contacted IBM at all? They support Linux on thier laptops I'm juts not sure to what extent or if its only for specific models. Currently I am running Mandrake 7.1 on a Compaq Armada and it was less than fun getting it installed as well but eventually I got it

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

2000-08-17 Thread lselinger
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Re: [expert] Weird Installation

2000-08-17 Thread lselinger
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[expert] Serial Connections

2000-08-01 Thread lselinger
I was just wondering if anyone has ever attempted to make a serial connection to a device using a Linux machine. I have a Cabletron hub I would like to configure using my linux box but am not sure how exactly to get the connection or how to set a serial port up to receive properly. I grabbed

Re: [expert] OpenSSH won't accept connections?

2000-07-21 Thread lselinger
You probably have already tried this however.. I didn't use an actual init script to execute ssh. See if you can start the daemon manually (usually something like /usr/local/sbin/sshd) just do a whereis sshd and execute it...run nmap afterwards and see if it shows he daemon listening on the

[expert] Lap Top

2000-07-20 Thread lselinger
-- Forwarded by Lonny Selinger/SaskPower on 07/20/2000 10:47 AM --- Lonny Selinger 07/20/2000 09:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Lap Top I was just wondering if anyone has installed 7.1 on anything closely resembling a Compaq Armada

Re: [expert] Lap Top

2000-07-20 Thread lselinger
Actually I've checked a couple and even Compaq has a listing for the 7400 and 7800 models. So far all I'vefound is which actual server to use (although there is conflicting information as to wether it is the SVGA or S3 server I should try) but I am still trying to find what the chipset

RE: [expert] Lap Top

2000-07-20 Thread lselinger
This is one of the ones I managed to hit http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ =) Lonny

RE: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install problem help

2000-07-17 Thread lselinger
Maybe I missed this but what version of XFree86 server are you running? I had a 1 day nightmare trying to use XFree 4 I un-installed the RPM and dove for 3.3.6 (or which ever version the other one was) and had no problems with it. Lonny Selinger Systems Adminstration EDS Canada -- Linux

[expert] Lap-top

2000-07-17 Thread lselinger
I was just wondering if anyone has successfully done an ftp install of mandrake 7.1 on a laptop. The only version of anything I have been acle to install was RedHat 5.2 (via ftp) but for somereason it dies on me after retrieving the second stage. I am using a Linksys combo PCMCIA card and was

[expert] PCMCIA Install (ftp) Mandrake 7.1

2000-07-08 Thread lselinger
I was wondering if anyone has run any into problems installing via FTP. I am using a Linksys Combo card (ec2t I think). I'm working with an unparitioned HD and ran fdisk mbr on the drive prior to installation. When I boot of the pcmcia.img image disk for Mandrake 7.1 pcmcia services start and I