Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Ric Tibbetts
e. This one has never failed me. Ric On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 12:28:34PM +, Christopher Joseph wrote: > First apologies. I have had some problems getting the search function on > the mail archives to function properly this morning so I have not been > able to trawl for past ques

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD >= 8.1?

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
dule, AND go find evey piece of software, and make it work with every release they've ever put out. I fall back on my original statement: Do it yourself, and share. That's what it's all about. Ric OR: Go get KDE x.xx and install it yourself! Yes, lets t

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
". What a marvelous thing that is! We've fought long and hard to have that right. And like so many before me, I'll continue to protect that right. Something many on this list cannot know, because they've never experienced "human rights" in thier "older, more experie

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 08:25:02PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 8:08 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:32:09PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 6:57 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > FWIW: > > I have

Re: Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:02:22PM -0600, Joe Braddock wrote: > > ---Original Message--- > From: Ric Tibbetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 03/13/03 01:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:01:04PM -0800, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 11:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > I'm making a statement of personal/political basis. > > > > I'm personally boycotting Mandrake Linux. When the French remember who > > thei

Re: [expert] New list Moderator (was) 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 02:49:33PM -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: > All you's guys! I'm appointing myself a moderator and I'm also > appointing Et, as my leu-ten-ant. > > My first action as moderator is to demand that Ric drink some guiness > until he's sh^t-f

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 01:59:03PM -0600, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Thursday March 13 2003 12:57 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > Do not report RC2 here, but on cooker list (or bugzilla). DHCP > > > has been debugged since RC2, update to latest cooker. > > > I did

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 08:08:52PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 7:52 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:34:10PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: > > > Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > Ric you have been reading the lists long enough to kn

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:32:09PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 6:57 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 06:51:08PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: > > > Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > ya know what? I've had so many problems with

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:34:10PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: > Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > > >My two posts are totally dis-related. > > > So you ask for help/advice about 9.1RC2, and five minutes later you > decide to declare publicly that you want to boycott

Re: [expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:16:24PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: > Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > >I'm making a statement of personal/political basis. > > > >I'm personally boycotting Mandrake Linux. When the French remember who > >their firends are, and suppo

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:10:08PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: > Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > > >I didn't know if it was a bug, or a feature. Which is why I asked the > >question, and not filed a bug report. This is not at all uncommon on > >this list. > &g

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 01:08:37PM -0600, Paul Cox wrote: > On Thursday 13 March 2003 12:06 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > All; > > I installed 9.1rc2 last night, and it has an annoying problem. It won't > > let me set the hostname. It defaults it to some, very long, s

[expert] Boycotting MDL

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
I'm making a statement of personal/political basis. I'm personally boycotting Mandrake Linux. When the French remember who their firends are, and support them, then perhaps this American will return, and support the French again. Until then, you can kiss "my" American do

Re: [expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 06:51:08PM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: > Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > >All; > >I installed 9.1rc2 last night, and it has an annoying problem. It won't > >let me set the hostname. It defaults it to some, very long, strange > >thing. In the

[expert] 9.1rc2 Hostname problem

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
in 9.1rc2. The workstation is running undder DHCP, and I suspect that's where the name is coming from. But I've always been able to change it before. Any suggestions? Or did I miss a big one "again"? :) Thanks! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] OT - Not ready while 123 runs

2003-03-06 Thread Ric Tibbetts
And just what does any of this have to do with MDK? I don't particularly care what will, or will not install on XP. This isn't the place for it. Ric On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:53:05PM -0400, Adolfo Bello wrote: > Today, I tried to install Netscape 7 in a XP-SP1 box. After answering

Re: [expert] Mandrake's Golden Opportunity

2003-03-06 Thread Ric Tibbetts
a kernel on 8.0 grin I have built kernels on 8.0... what's the problem with building kernels on 8.0? Ditto: I have an 8.0 box on my desk at work. I've not had any problems building kernels on it. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] No reboot fixed--but why?

2003-03-05 Thread Ric Tibbetts
d to force unload of the APM modules. However, something about your laptop could be making the APM stuff hang up? I've noticed the same on other systems (non-laptops). That is apm was running, they wouldn't shut down. But turning that off would fix the problem. Ric Want to

Re: [expert] Mandrake's Golden Opportunity

2003-03-05 Thread Ric Tibbetts
er reasons, but that's one of them. Ric synrat wrote: I'm pretty sure there was a good reason for redhat to make life shorter for their releases. After all it is the only commercially successful distro. They wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot or in the head like that I&

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-26 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
e outside the company with experience in these matters can actually offer suggestions that just could help a company that is faltering. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-26 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 26 Feb 2003 12:53 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Mandrake releases X.0, X.1, X.2. Then it jumps to Y.0, Y.1, Y.2. It has nothing to do with "point" releases or "version" releases. Technically, they are ALL "version" releases. Which was ex

Re: [expert] Enterprise OS, was "Mandrake Out of Control?"

2003-02-26 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Jack Coates wrote: On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 16:55, Ric Tibbetts wrote: ... Actually, I have XP running at home on a PII-333 My kids use it as their game machine. But my oldest is only 7. Their demands are low. :) Ric yeah, I was kind of annoyed when I had to replace Win98 with Win2K on the kids

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?/Is Windows faster on same machine?

2003-02-26 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
e track of the fact that speed isn't everything! How about stability, and reliabiltiy. How about security, and ease of maintenance. Yup, a race car is faster than the family mini-van. But I wouldn't drive the family to church in one. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandr

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-26 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
doesn't have the wall full of games available at the local CompUSA. So there's nothing to force the developers to push on it. Until that happens, it's only going to get worse. There's just no "commercial" push behind it. Without that, developers will develop what

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-26 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Which goes right back to my original statement (that no one wants to understand): Mandrake needs to control the amount of change in the point releases. I've said it as many ways as I can. Ric flacycads wrote: Miark, According to Distrowatch, 9.0 uses glibc 2.2.5, and 9.1rc1 uses glibc

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Ric Tibbetts
s anyone really expect to run XP on that platform? No but that fact that it can run on that platform means it can't be optimized for the later Intel and AMD chips. Actually, I have XP running at home on a PII-333 My kids use it as their game machine. But my oldest is only 7. Their dema

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Todd; Thank you for the objective reply. I realize I've been on a tangent today. And it's mostly caused by outside influences. However, since the conversation is open: ;) Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tibbetts, Ric wrote on Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:15:

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 8:51 pm, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Anne... Club subscriptions are 100% revenue. Boxed sets aren't due to the printing, boxes, media, etc. The subscription, bringing in the higher revenue, is much more helpful. Boxed sets are great for those who

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
siness of making money. So am I. If they're short on revenue, they need to increase their market. It's just simple business sense. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
t you resort to some logic on this topic. For instance, let's consult the dictionary on begging: Sorry, it was long. I'll just say: "Thank you Mr. Clinton once again for providing us with the 'real' definition of sex." Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Steffen Barszus wrote: On Tuesday 25 February 2003 20:42, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 01:27 pm, flacycads wrote: really, how hard can it be to recompile the entire distro for different architectures like

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 01:27 pm, flacycads wrote: really, how hard can it be to recompile the entire distro for different architectures like Gentoo does, and post the iso's with an "unsupported" disclaimer, if need be? IMO, th

Re: [expert] question about df

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
he already allocated inodes first. That's a very simplistic reply. But it "could" be what you're seeing. Ric Miark wrote: I experienced something like that recently too, but I thought it was just my imagination. I think I tried using a variation on the command to pull up fresh number

Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
throw at it. How about some community support? How about forming a community project to recompile the distro with Athlon XP, and Athlon MP optimizations? Why not another community project to build an i686 optomized verion? etc... Just a suggestion. Ric flacycads wrote: My main complaint (really

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD >= 8.1?

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
bleeding edge, either run cooker, upgrade, or, install it yourself. Enough ranting. I have work to do. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
needs to learn when to say no. The general feel about Mandrake around the people, and companies I work around is not good. If a Linux box is built, it's Redhat. Why? Stable releases, Stable company. JMHO. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 Take 3

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 19:29, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 February 2003 03:48 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: That's as far as it gets. I "suppose" I could re-load it (again), and look thro

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 Take 3

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 February 2003 03:48 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: That's as far as it gets. I "suppose" I could re-load it (again), and look through the startup scripts while it's booted the first time, and find the c

[expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 Take 3

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
he first time, and find the culprit. But, I think this one needs to be a bugzilla report (guess it's time to sign up for an account). Tis broken. Tis repeatable. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 attempt #2

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
David McGlone wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 February 2003 12:32 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: We have similar machines. ;) I'm still running my "old" PII-400 as well. It's been a solid performer. For what I do, it still does the job just fi

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 attempt #2

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
7;t work, I'll report it to bugzilla. As was said, If they don't know, they won't fix it. ;) Ric Ken Thompson wrote: On Sunday 23 February 2003 12:34 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Well, that was fun. Per the suggestions here, and on the errata, I unplugged the printer, and tried it again

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 attempt #2

2003-02-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
7;t work, I'll report it to bugzilla. As was said, If they don't know, they won't fix it. ;) Ric Ken Thompson wrote: On Sunday 23 February 2003 12:34 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Well, that was fun. Per the suggestions here, and on the errata, I unplugged the printer, and tried it again

[expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 attempt #2

2003-02-22 Thread Ric Tibbetts
.. Klank.. klunk.. ppffft nada I dies on starting up logical volume management... It just hangs there. So, time to put a reliable system back on it. Maybe rc2. ;) Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 install failure

2003-02-22 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 February 2003 07:50 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; Thought I'd take a shot at 9.1 rc1. No go. The install went "ok" up to the end. At the "summary" stage, it was installing the printer

Re: [expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 install failure

2003-02-22 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 February 2003 07:50 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; Thought I'd take a shot at 9.1 rc1. No go. The install went "ok" up to the end. At the "summary" stage, it was installing the printer

[expert] MDK 9.1 rc1 install failure

2003-02-22 Thread Ric Tibbetts
ot;, it went back to try to install the printer, resulting in the same error, etc... I tried re-loading it a couple times, with the same result. If I crashed it out of that, and rebooted the PC, it failed to boot fully, with a crash (didn't note the error message). Sigh... Ok, I'll try

Re: [expert] drakbackup

2003-02-06 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
make perminant backups to CD-R of data that changes regularly, it's just wasteful. Besides, there is no way, I can backup my multi-T-Byte systems (at work) to CD! Tapes are not perfect, but they're the only option when you have large amounts of data. But they're only as good

Re: [expert] drakbackup

2003-02-06 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
7;s just nothing else out there with the necessary capacity. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] drakbackup

2003-02-05 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Sadly, it's in my server in Seattle, and I'm "STILL" stuck in Florida... sigh... Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!

2003-02-01 Thread Ric Tibbetts
t I need to find a way to install OpenOffice... It did not install originally. I deslected "office workstation" at install time, to save space. Also, I didn't want KOffice & some of the junk. I was going to grab it under "select individula packages".. But didn&

Re: [expert] password change script

2003-01-31 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Jan Wilson wrote: * Ric Tibbetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030131 16:14]: 7 systems is plenty for NIS. I've done it for as few as 3. Save yourself some headaches, put in NIS. It's easy! Brian York wrote: Does anyone have or know of a script/program (preferably perl) that cou

Re: [expert] password change script

2003-01-31 Thread Ric Tibbetts
7 systems is plenty for NIS. I've done it for as few as 3. Save yourself some headaches, put in NIS. It's easy! Ric Brian York wrote: Does anyone have or know of a script/program (preferably perl) that could be configured to change a users password on all linux machines on a

Re: [expert] OT Will there be a tomorrow?

2003-01-30 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
With all the Anit-American inflamitory comments that have been generated on this thread, I couldn't help but to break down, and add my piece to this. This is an article from London's Daily Mirror Surprise! Surprise! When one of the world's most liberal left wing newspapers writes a great article

Re: [expert] 9.1b2 observation/opinioin

2003-01-28 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Mark Weaver wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: | | | Oh come on! If we can't argue about it, what's the point? | *pokes* Come on! | *sticks his tongue out* Weirdo! | *throws a squeezy stress relieving computer shaped foam thing at you* | Let's argue? Plase? ;) | | I

Re: [expert] 9.1b2 observation/opinioin

2003-01-26 Thread Ric Tibbetts
d have to agree with you. ;) Come on Ric!! - -- Mark LOL You guys are too much. I'll give it another whirl at the next release (RC1?). Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Houston Stands up to M$

2003-01-23 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
All; The article was forwarded to me by a co-worker. I merely thought it interesting that Houston had made the stand to go against M$, and their abusive licensing. I was not endorsing Houstons choice of sotware, nor did I have anthing to do it. Ric Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Check out this link

[expert] Houston Stands up to M$

2003-01-22 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Check out this link, detailing why Houston, TX sh*tcanned Microsoft. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-01-21-simdesk-cover_x.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] 9.1b2 observation/opinioin

2003-01-22 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
quot; Personally, I think it just made it hard to read, and harder to use. If that's the direction MDK is taking their distro, I'll go back to a serious distro, and return to RedHat. I'm not interested in XP-Linux. JMHO-YMMV Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] IMAP clients very slow

2003-01-22 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
;new" mail in any of the other folders until it's placed there by the current session. So you can save some time there. I've noticed that Evolution is much slower than Mozilla though. JMHO-YMMV Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: hardware requirements for mail server, was: Re: [expert] imapser ver and kmail features

2003-01-21 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
ill it with "killev".). Mozilla is the more stable of the two. Then set up your imap folders on the server (I'll give you a hand off list if you want). And you're on the road. Well, ok, it's not quite THAT easy, but almost! Ric bascule wrote: well ric has it right:) what i

Re: [expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-21 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 05:44:38PM +0100, Martin Fahrendorf wrote: Content-Description: signed data > Am Dienstag, 21. Januar 2003 17:08 schrieb Ric Tibbetts: > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:44:52AM -0600, Chuck Burns wrote: > > > On Tue, January 21 2003 9:26 am, Tibbetts, Ric

Re: [expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-21 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:44:52AM -0600, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Tue, January 21 2003 9:26 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > *snip* > > You can't possibly be suggesting to add filters directly into imap, for > > every user... If you had a system with 1000 users, and they

Re: [expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-21 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
tired of the POP thing a long time ago, when all my mail was on myh home desktop, and I was traveling with a laptop. IMAP is the way to go. Ric To state it clear, it is not the job of a E-Mail client to filter something on a imap-server. You can contact with a lot of different clients an it is

Re: [expert] hostname and postfix

2003-01-21 Thread Ric Tibbetts
id.northgrum.com $> hostname -d mlb.esid.northgrum.com Which is exactly as they should. It's very common to get this file wrong. The most common mistake I see is to set the fqdn as the hostname, and not enter the domain. This will cause some of the behaviour you're seeing. Cheers! Ric

Re: [expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-21 Thread Ric Tibbetts
my mail is there. I got tired of the POP thing a long time ago, when all my mail was on myh home desktop, and I was traveling with a laptop. IMAP is the way to go. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Fwd: Re: [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks

2003-01-20 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
ve just adopted the attitude with it, that it forces me to keep my bookmarks file in order, and keep thinks in folders, rather than let it run on as a long file. Not the best situation. Ric Rob On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 20:34, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Friday 17 January 2003 11:09 pm, stefmit wr

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-18 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
You can never have too much memory, or too much dasd. Ric et wrote: Suggestion... OK... find a burner with as much cache ram as possible (where have we heard that advice before,,, and not about CDburners only) On Saturday 18 January 2003 11:05 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; Thanks for all the

Re: [expert] O Yyyyyyyyyyummy!!

2003-01-18 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Ric Tibbetts wrote: On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 10:42:37AM -0500, Pierre Fortin wrote: On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 07:40:48 -0600 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday January 18 2003 05:16 am, Mark Weaver wrote: Mandrake 9.1beta2 is out...Just in case no one else knew. Just fo

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-18 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm feeling confident now that I can pretty much get what's on sale, and it will probably work. Although, I will probably stick with a name brand, just for my own piece of mind. Ric On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 09:16:23PM -0800, Michael Noble wrote: >

Re: [expert] rpmdrake: cannot open archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.main.cz

2003-01-18 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Ric Tibbetts wrote: Subject says it. I cannot update an 8.1 box. When I try, it just comes back with no list, and I get the (subject) error on the command line. MandrakeUpdate "used" to work on this box. But something has happened to it. Any suggestions on how to repair the damag

Re: [expert] O Yyyyyyyyyyummy!!

2003-01-18 Thread Ric Tibbetts
n when the md5sums didn't match > due to CD padding... BTW, did no-one notice that RH8.0 is *5* ISOs? > It's 5 iso's. But 2-1/2 of them are source. You only need the first 3 to do an install. Ric PS: Heard a rumor that RH 8.0 beta 1 is out... Just a rumor, I've not gone looking for it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] O Yyyyyyyyyyummy!!

2003-01-18 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Saturday 18 January 2003 12:38, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: Mandrake 9.1beta2 is out...Just in case no one else knew. Just found it on one of the french servers. Ooo! I feel like a little kid at Christmas. :) This'll help me feel better

Re: [expert] O Yyyyyyyyyyummy!!

2003-01-18 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
d the beater workstation at home. ;) Nuthin' like a new OS to make an old workstation look better. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] friggin test message

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Mark; That made it! But, the list has been really quiet! It's not you! Ric Mark Weaver wrote: cause nuttin is getting through...I'm gonna shoot dis damn thing! Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandrak

[expert] Anybody Home?

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
It got awfully quiet. Are my spam filters choking the list, or is it just a really quiet night? Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
/docs/hardware/hremov3.html#cdrw will help you with the install your CD on a running system.. Cheers Mark.. Ah... Just the kind of info I was hoping to get. Saved me a lot of frustration there. Thanks! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] rpmdrake: cannot open archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.main.cz

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Subject says it. I cannot update an 8.1 box. When I try, it just comes back with no list, and I get the (subject) error on the command line. MandrakeUpdate "used" to work on this box. But something has happened to it. Any suggestions on how to repair the damage would be appreciated.

Re: [expert] evolution 1.2

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Thanks! I'll have a look at that. I'm not quite ready to install 9.1b yet... Ric David Robertson wrote: On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:47:22 -0500 Ric Tibbetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How did you install Evolution 1.2? (Redcarpet, or ...?) I'd like to take a look at it, bu

Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's deadagain)

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
nothing to listen to port 25. The port wasn't "closed"... there was just nothing holding it open. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] evolution 1.2

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
How did you install Evolution 1.2? (Redcarpet, or ...?) I'd like to take a look at it, but I'm not sure I want to do it via RedCarpet.. Thanks! Ric Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aaron Matteson wrote on Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:02:21PM -0800 :

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 11:04:28AM -0500, et wrote: > On Friday 17 January 2003 11:00 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > All; > > I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any > > suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatabilit

[expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Thanks! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Spam Filtering with postfix

2003-01-16 Thread Ric Tibbetts
PUs, but the mobo only has one sux power connector. So I'll need to find (make) a "Y" adapter to power two fans (which is why it has fins now...). I may look into some of that while I'm there. It depends on how much time I have. Ric On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 09:41:51AM -0800, J

Re: [expert] Spam Filtering with postfix

2003-01-16 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:50:32AM -0500, Pierre Fortin wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:57:18 -0500 "Tibbetts, Ric" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > On Tuesday 14 January 2003 09:59 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > > >

Re: [expert] Spam Filtering with postfix

2003-01-16 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:33:51AM -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: > Ric Tibbetts wrote: > >Thanks; > >I may take a look at that later. Right now, I'd just have to consider it > >"yet another piece of software" to keep track of. If I can get an > >acceptable re

Re: [expert] Spam Filtering with postfix

2003-01-16 Thread Ric Tibbetts
g to that server. Just a little more tweaking, and my filters are doing ok. I still need to chase the occational spammer that sneakes through, but that's part of the fun. ;) Ric On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 10:23:51AM +0300, David Whiting wrote: > Have you taken a look at the Eric Raymo

Re: [expert] OT network backup solutions

2003-01-16 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
t they've just lost all their data is the cost of a backup system. Don't scrimp on this one. I've got the battle scars to back up that statement. Do it right, or stay home. JMHO-YMMV Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] It's up!

2003-01-15 Thread Ric Tibbetts
clear idea what went awry. Only that postfix became irretrievably corrupt. I'm going to go plug in my X-Box now, and blow things up! Again, to all who assisted today, and a special thanks to Mark Weaver for hanging in with me all day: THANK YOU!!! This is the greatest list in the world! Ric

Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's d ead again)

2003-01-15 Thread Ric Tibbetts
ow? > > > >The line in /etc/services is fine. It's uncommented. > >smtp IS included in bastille-firewall.cfg > >postfix "is" running. > > > >I have no clue as to what closed that port! And I've rebooted a couple > >of times. So what ever is

Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's d ead again)

2003-01-15 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: Chuck Burns wrote: On Wed, January 15 2003 1:53 pm, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: *snip* I agree that port 25 is dead. The question is: Why & How? The line in /etc/services is fine. It's uncommented. smtp IS included in bastille-firewall.cfg po

Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's d ead again)

2003-01-15 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Mark Weaver wrote: Chuck Burns wrote: On Wed, January 15 2003 1:53 pm, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: *snip* I agree that port 25 is dead. The question is: Why & How? The line in /etc/services is fine. It's uncommented. smtp IS included in bastille-firewall.cfg postfix "is" runni

Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it 'sd ead again)

2003-01-15 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Chuck Burns wrote: On Wed, January 15 2003 1:53 pm, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: *snip* I agree that port 25 is dead. The question is: Why & How? The line in /etc/services is fine. It's uncommented. smtp IS included in bastille-firewall.cfg postfix "is" running. I have no clue as

Re: [expert] And the fun continues (it's dead again)

2003-01-15 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
refuse a connection. the only other cause for the connection being refused is if the service itself isn't running. Ok, really dumb question, but I'm not leaving any stone unturned at this point "What service"? Which one? if you're refering to which service it would be in the /etc/

Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's dead again)

2003-01-15 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Mark Weaver wrote: Ric Um...a quick, sweet scan of your system proved to be very revealing. I know exactly why your messages and in fact all messages are being refuse...port 25 and your other ports you're using for email in and out are all closed. that would tend to explain a lot

Re: [expert] And the fun continues (it's dead again)

2003-01-15 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Mark Weaver wrote: Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > Mark Weaver wrote: > >> On Wednesday 15 January 2003 11:30 am, Tibbetts, Ric scribbled >> nervously: >> >>> Mark Weaver wrote: >>> >>>> On Wednesday 15 January 2003 10:57 am, Tibbetts, Ric scr

Re: [expert] And the fun continues (it's dead again)

2003-01-15 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Mark Weaver wrote: Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > Mark Weaver wrote: > >> On Wednesday 15 January 2003 11:30 am, Tibbetts, Ric scribbled >> nervously: >> >>> Mark Weaver wrote: >>> >>>> On Wednesday 15 January 2003 10:57 am, Tibbetts, Ric scr

Re: [expert] And the fun continues

2003-01-15 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Mark Weaver wrote: Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: On Wednesday 15 January 2003 10:57 am, Tibbetts, Ric scribbled nervously: Sheesh! NOW, the server (firewall side) is just bulk rejecting ALL connections (again!). It considers any incoming mail as a SYN attack, and rejects

[expert] Rejected Connections

2003-01-15 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
this morning, and has now stopped. Mysteriously. I'd sure appreciate any pointers on what could/would cause a server to suddenly stop accepting connections... Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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