Re: Linux RPM installer question

2001-09-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
Were you root? I run SuSe, and install updates frequently, but I use YaST. I have never had a problem. Ted Grzesik wrote: > Hello folks, > > I was given this email by a co-worker (Mark Fearer) in hopes of answering my > Linux question. He said I was guaranteed to get a response. Whether any

Re: 1 Billion sec.s: What celebration? (Kmail bug)

2001-09-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
I still prefer using Fetchmail and mail clients such as mh and exmh. Farrell Woods wrote: > > > Mark Polhamus wrote: > > > > > > I really don't trust kmail, I think it might be losing messages. > > > Does anyone know a better client that supports multiple > > > POP3 accounts? > > Doesn't Mozill

Re: Need advise on a dead keyboard.

2001-09-10 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Steven W. Orr wrote: > [root@syslang SPECS]# rpm -ba XFree86.spec > Segmentation fault (core dumped) Try rpm --rebuilddb Then make sure your rpm package itself is current with the updates for whatever distro+release you are running, and then do it again. > I'm ru

Re: Need advise on a dead keyboard.

2001-09-10 Thread Derek Martin
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 05:53:10PM -0400, Steven W. Orr wrote: > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote: > > Sheesh! I get great adice from you guys and it just gets worse! > > I downloaded the XFree86 from rawhide (XFree86-4.1.0-0.20.0.src.rpm) and > did an rpm -bb after installing the src:

Re: Need advise on a dead keyboard.

2001-09-10 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote: Sheesh! I get great adice from you guys and it just gets worse! I downloaded the XFree86 from rawhide (XFree86-4.1.0-0.20.0.src.rpm) and did an rpm -bb after installing the src: [root@syslang SPECS]# rpm -ba XFree86.spec Segmentation fault (core dumped)

2nd notice - 10 yrs of Linux - CentraLUG Wed. sep 12, 7pm

2001-09-10 Thread Bobnhlinux
The subject this month will be: 10 years of Linux! Speakers: Bruce Dawson Greg Kettmann and, of course Jon "Maddog" Hall My original suggestion (back in June) was for lots of events. Each LUG should have something. The calendar I posted (from Linus' book) was: 1991 Jan 02:

Re: Effective activism (was: Political activism ...)

2001-09-10 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Lowell Bruce McCulley wrote: > I won't describe details, but there is a perception of GNHLUG as lunatic > fringe in some circles in Concord that does not help the cause at all. I don't want to press for details you don't want to give, but at the same time, is there somethin

Re: Political activism for Linux users/advocates

2001-09-10 Thread Karl J. Runge
Not that one should (that is, for optimal effect upon lawmakers) admit association with or act like RMS, but his "Right to Read" fictional piece seems to be getting less fictional as the years go by... http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html ***

Re: Effective activism (was: Political activism ...)

2001-09-10 Thread Lowell Bruce McCulley
Some good comments, Ben, but one I'd quibble with. First, my perspective: elected local official (Selectman, town of 2000 people) and volunteer active in state municipal association and affliated organizations. I just got back after spending this morning in a meeting of the NH Council of Applied

Linux RPM installer question

2001-09-10 Thread Ted Grzesik
Hello folks, I was given this email by a co-worker (Mark Fearer) in hopes of answering my Linux question. He said I was guaranteed to get a response. Whether any of those responses lead to a solution is not guaranteed. :-) Problem: I cannot run any of the RPM installer GUIs on RedHat 7.1 I

Effective activism (was: Political activism ...)

2001-09-10 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Jeffry Smith wrote: > 1. Write / call your congresscritters - both House and Senate. That's > write as in snail-mail, not write as in e-mail. Very important, because > it means you cared enough to take time and write. E-mails are too > quick. I would like to re-emphasiz

Re: Political activism for Linux users/advocates

2001-09-10 Thread Jeffry Smith
Some things I'll add about "Political Activism" 1. Write / call your congresscritters - both House and Senate. That's write as in snail-mail, not write as in e-mail. Very important, because it means you cared enough to take time and write. E-mails are too quick. 2. Be polite. 3. Remember,

Re: 1 Billion sec.s: What celebration? (Kmail bug)

2001-09-10 Thread Farrell Woods
> Mark Polhamus wrote: > > > > I really don't trust kmail, I think it might be losing messages. > > Does anyone know a better client that supports multiple > > POP3 accounts? Doesn't Mozilla/Netscrape 6.x support multiple pop accounts? "Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote: > > I can't really think of a

Re: Need advise on a dead keyboard.

2001-09-10 Thread Karl J. Runge
One thing to do in this case is to telnet in from the other machine, become root and run a command like: # switchto 2 which should switch you to VC #2. Hopefully that will give you a live keyboard. If the keyboard was working but the output missing (I've found running some games can do this),