Re: woody: xterm "clients" (mc, lynx) do not use the xtrem* from Xresources?

2000-08-09 Thread Shaul Karl
I was not explaining myself well. Allow me to try once more: I have a 14" screen. When I am using Debian's menu system and issue XShells->Xterm I am getting an xterm whose width is roughly the width of my screen. I believe that this is due to my use of xterm*Font: 10x20

Re: Historic X.

2000-08-09 Thread guy keren
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Ira Abramov wrote: > hold on a sec... I don't know much about NeWS, but fromthe little I > gathered it was a competing technology predecessing the X11 initiative > (and technicly better btw). you describe NeWS as an added feature for > X... NeWS was indeed a seperate system

Historic X.

2000-08-09 Thread Ira Abramov
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Nadav Har'El wrote: > MIT's source, and added their own stuff (mainly straightforward porting to > new graphic systems, but also some new features like Sun's NeWS, Display hold on a sec... I don't know much about NeWS, but from the little I gathered it was a competing techno

Re: Stupid X Q.

2000-08-09 Thread Ira Abramov
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > X11R6 is the spec, thre protocols, the APIs. > > > > xfree86 is an xserver project, an implementation of that standard (viva > > Several people said roughly the same thing, and I beg to differ. X11 was I just wanted to give a quick simplistic answer

Re: Stupid X Q.

2000-08-09 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000, Ira Abramov wrote about "Re: Stupid X Q.": > On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Y. Benado wrote: > > > > What is the difference between X11R6 & XFree86 ? > > X11R6 is Xfree86 Release 6 AFAIK > > ASCII silly question, get a stupid ANSI. :) > > X11R6 is the spec, thre protocols, the APIs

Re: You ruled me out as a potential customer (was: Re: 4 sale...)

2000-08-09 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Matan, The problem is that the sender left me with no legitimate way to contact him in private. His E-mail address looked suspect to me. He left no contact information except for his voice phone number. I'm copying also the list with this information. I want people to remember that conta

Re: Stupid X Q.

2000-08-09 Thread Ira Abramov
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Y. Benado wrote: > > What is the difference between X11R6 & XFree86 ? > X11R6 is Xfree86 Release 6 AFAIK ASCII silly question, get a stupid ANSI. X11R6 is the spec, thre protocols, the APIs. xfree86 is an xserver project, an implementation of that standard (viva standards!)

You ruled me out as a potential customer (was: Re: 4 sale...)

2000-08-09 Thread Omer Zak
.. because you are available only on voice phone, not via FAX or E-mail and I happen to be deaf. By the way, the first item looks like a new PC. Is it legitimate??? On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, tal wrote: > hey gang ! > > the following items are for sale.. if anyone is interested, please contact > me

Re: Optimise your HD (IDE only)

2000-08-09 Thread Omer Musaev
Eli Marmor wrote: > Evgeny Zemlerub wrote: > > > Since most of the new IDE controllers doesn't present in the 2.2.x > > series "natively" it's possible to download patch for the kernel > > that adds support for most of them (VIA,Promise, etc...) from > > http://www.linux-ide.org/. > > And if you

Re: ISDN 128k

2000-08-09 Thread Nimrod S. Carmi
Hey, On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Alex Rier wrote: > What Islaeli ISPs provide Dial-Up ISDN 128k via MPPP Channels Bundling? > Did somebody succede to configure Linux ISDN 128k? How? I got it to work with BezeqInt (It wasn't that @pashut) And next one who asks about it here I'm writing a HowTo ;) =---

Re: Optimise your HD (IDE only)

2000-08-09 Thread Eli Marmor
Evgeny Zemlerub wrote: > Since most of the new IDE controllers doesn't present in the 2.2.x > series "natively" it's possible to download patch for the kernel > that adds support for most of them (VIA,Promise, etc...) from > http://www.linux-ide.org/. And if you are too lazy to patch your kernel

mount problem

2000-08-09 Thread Ben-Nes Michael
Hi Again :) sometimes when i mount a cdrom the mount process don't end and stay stuck. the problem is that whatever I do (kill, unmount ... ) it don't kill or finish the mount process. I have two cdorm on the same machine. one scsi second ide with same symptom -- -- Can

Re: Stupid X Q.

2000-08-09 Thread Herouth Maoz
Ben-Nes Michael wrote: > > Hi All > > What is the difference between X11R6 & XFree86 ? > One is a standard, the other is an implementation of that standard. Like HTTP is a standard, and apache is an implementation of its server side. Was that your question? Or did you ask what the differences

Re: Stupid X Q.

2000-08-09 Thread Alex Shnitman
Hi, Ben-Nes! On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:12:13AM +0300, you wrote the following: > What is the difference between X11R6 & XFree86 ? X.org releases a reference implementation of the X protocol and the standard X libraries. Their latest release of that code is X11R6.4. Of course this code is far f

4 sale...

2000-08-09 Thread tal
hey gang ! the following items are for sale.. if anyone is interested, please contact me to the phone number listed at the bottom of this Email. A)a desktop pc , including : Bord - pc partner bx440 Cpu - Amd athlon 700Mhz Ram - 294Mb 133 Mhz Hd - ibm 27gb 7200 rpm Vga card - Bunshee 16Mb Agp So

Re: Stupid X Q.

2000-08-09 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000, Y. Benado wrote about "Re: Stupid X Q.": >> From: Ben-Nes Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> What is the difference between X11R6 & XFree86 ? > > X11R6 is Xfree86 Release 6 AFAIK Not quite... Sic transit gloria mundi :) And now for a short history lesson: "The X Window Syste

Re: Stupid X Q.

2000-08-09 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
Ben-Nes Michael wrote: > What is the difference between X11R6 & XFree86 ? X11R6 is revision 6 of X11, the communication protocol. XFree86 is an implementation of an X server (supporting the X11R6 protocol) for x86 machines and their videocards. Having a unified protocol means other clients on dif

Re: Stupid X Q.

2000-08-09 Thread Y. Benado
X11R6 is Xfree86 Release 6 AFAIK Yarin Benado - Original Message - From: Ben-Nes Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ILUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:12 AM Subject: Stupid X Q. > Hi All > > What is the difference between X11R6 & XFree86 ? > > -- > -

Stupid X Q.

2000-08-09 Thread Ben-Nes Michael
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Re: Optimise your HD (IDE only)

2000-08-09 Thread Evgeny Zemlerub
Since most of the new IDE controllers doesn't present in the 2.2.x series "natively" it's possible to download patch for the kernel that adds support for most of them (VIA,Promise, etc...) from http://www.linux-ide.org/. Omer Musaev wrote: > > some notes: > > * in case you can not get your hdd

Bezeq ADSL Pilot and Linux

2000-08-09 Thread Dani Arbel
Hi! Does anyone have the solution to connect Linux system with Bezeq's ADSL (Orkit version). Thanks, Dani = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo

Re: Optimise your HD (IDE only)

2000-08-09 Thread Omer Musaev
Boaz Rymland wrote: > Hi there, > > Just check out the link below. It's for optimising your IDE drives. > > BUT, be very carefull with that: obvious disclaimers apply... > some notes: * in case you can not get your hdd running with udma under 2.2.x , there is a possibility that the IDE controll

Optimise your HD (IDE only)

2000-08-09 Thread Boaz Rymland
Hi there, Just check out the link below. It's for optimising your IDE drives. BUT, be very carefull with that: obvious disclaimers apply... http://www.linux.com/tuneup/database.phtml/Hardware/000788.html Boaz. = To unsubscribe,

Bezeq ADSL Pilot and Linux

2000-08-09 Thread Dani Arbel
Hi! Does anyone have the solution to connect Linux system with Bezeq's ADSL (Orkit version). Thanks, Dani = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo u

solved ( was: urgent, can not 'save as' to samba share )

2000-08-09 Thread erez
though nither '/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb retart' nor '/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop;/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start' didn't solve it, 'init 6' (reboot of the samba server ) did !!! go figure ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HI > > I have found the strangest problem ... > > a clinet from windows, can create,

ISDN 128k

2000-08-09 Thread Alex Rier
Hi, What Islaeli ISPs provide Dial-Up ISDN 128k via MPPP Channels Bundling? Did somebody succede to configure Linux ISDN 128k? How? Thanks, Alex Rier| Linux Consultant | Tel: +972-52-442549 Breakthrough Ltd.| FAX: +972-3-5364060 http://www.breakt.co.i

Re: urgent, can not 'save as' to samba share

2000-08-09 Thread erez
Thanks, but i had 'locking=yes' for two years now and had no problem, why now? the man page says: Be careful about disabling locking either globally or in a specific service, as lack of locking may result in data corruption. You should never need to

Re: urgent, can not 'save as' to samba share

2000-08-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > a clinet from windows, can create, erase, rename or modify a file on the > samba share > but it can not 'save as' on the samba share from word/excell > ( one of the clients even doesn't tell me it was unable to save ... ) > there is no such problem on local drives or ot

urgent, can not 'save as' to samba share

2000-08-09 Thread erez
HI I have found the strangest problem ... a clinet from windows, can create, erase, rename or modify a file on the samba share but it can not 'save as' on the samba share from word/excell ( one of the clients even doesn't tell me it was unable to save ... ) there is no such problem on local driv

rpmfind - is there a better solution ?

2000-08-09 Thread Michael Levinger
Hi there. I think that the policy of rpmfind - namely to store all versions of a software RPM - is becoming unpractical. Say you have about 100 rpms that start with letter g, and about 20 entries for each. You end up with this huge list (700k pages) that take forever to d/l on a 56k link. Is there