Re: FreeBSD vs Linux vs Windows 2000

2002-12-14 Thread Max K.
taments, and linux, in each distro has... don't you think that if (although all the marketing effort of linux) FreeBSD still is alive, advances and kicking...it is a warning sign for linux ? i think it is. i hope you know that Apple's Mac OS 10 (or OS X) - is FreeBSD kernel wi

Re: Payed Linux installers wanted

2002-12-04 Thread Max K.
On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Hi all, > > During last Linux instaparty, one of the (only) people who came took the > RedHat 8.0 CDs, but did not have a computer ready. She asked whether we if it's a she, i think there won't be a problem to find a hundred of volunteers. say no more.

Re: Ultra 5

2002-11-27 Thread Max K.
4/athlon - this is another type of cpu, and it's many years old. > Can I install linux on it easy as on any other i386 ? yes, but make sure u read the notes about the fdsik and partitioning it - there's some things u should know. after the installation, it's a linu

Re: root password lost

2002-10-16 Thread Max K.
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Toros Yosi wrote: > Hi, > I have computer that has RH7.3 on it and I don't know the root and any other > users password ,can someone please tell me waht is the bestway to login > :) > if nothing above helps: boot from the cd switch to the console (Ctl+F1/2/3/4/5 - i don't k

Re: Netvision, or I need a new ISP

2002-09-19 Thread Max K.
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > >You all brought here stories where this was necessary, but nobody bothered > >telling a story where the support person (acting methodically with a > >checklist) got to a point which they ignored. > > > > > fine. > > My pa

Re: system replicator

2002-09-17 Thread Max K.
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Oded Arbel wrote: > áéåí ùìéùé, 17 áñôèîáø 2002, 02:48, Tzafrir Cohen ëúá: > > On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Max K. wrote: > > > > complete packages replication > > > complete /etc replication (except hostname, network id etc.) > > > part

hebrew in console

2002-09-12 Thread Max K.
? specs: woody. Thanx. Max. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gamatronic UPS software or compatible

2002-09-11 Thread Max K.
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Ariel Biener wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > >I need such for a Gamatronic UPS (I don't know what make, it's owned by > a TAU proffessor). It has serial port, and I need it on RedHat 7.3. the Gamatronic guys say u need to pay for linux software for this UPS. > >Anyone has

Re: Run Level 5

2002-03-05 Thread Max Kovgan
-=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought." [L.Carrol "Jabberwacky"] On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Christoph Bugel wrote: > > [1] "run

Re: Forms? DB?

2002-02-21 Thread Max Kovgan
-=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought." [L.Carrol "Jabberwacky"] On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Amichai Rotman wrote: > Hi Gang, >

Re: X Forwarding question

2002-02-21 Thread Max Kovgan
and "doesn't give me anything"? general question: what if the gateway has no X on it and therefore its ssh doesn't support X fowarding? Max. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word &qu

Re: Wheel mouse and Mandrake-8.1

2002-02-19 Thread Max Kovgan
thiere are a few options in the protocol sections: 1) PS/2 2) imPS/2 3) MouseManPlusPS/2 and of course don't forget to add ZAxisMapping thingie... good luck! Max. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe

Re: Sharing a printer with samba

2002-02-19 Thread Max Kovgan
can you be more specific about your: samba version, smb.conf dump, your general printing configuration ? thanks Max. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree.

strange fatal error

2002-02-08 Thread Max Kovgan
on environment variables number problem ? where are the limits set ? i love this zsh... but shall i look for another shell ? A: ??? thanks ahead! Max. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he

Re: can not remove file

2002-02-07 Thread Max Kovgan
maybe it's in use: try: lsof maybe it's immutable: lsattr, chattr bye -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought." [L.Carrol

Re: can't get the mouse wheel to work

2002-01-23 Thread Max Kovgan
-=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought." [L.Carrol "Jabberwacky"] On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Ariel Biener wrote: > > > Plea

Re: Seagate Barracuda.

2002-01-22 Thread Max Kovgan
roller position matters. if your barracuda is not single on its IDE bus, then you get less speed. numbers show difference of about 50% ... so i think you should check my assumption. > Thanks > > Max. > You welcome. Max. ===

[FU]kernel mem use -> user cpu/mem/proc. stack etc. usage limitations

2002-01-21 Thread Max Kovgan
hello! can somebody also point me to answers to this subject? i mean how do i exactly limit users in: 1) % of CPU usage 2) in memory usage, 3) in number of processes the user can create [it must be something with process stack size] 4) number of open files ? thanks ! Max. -=O0

Re: XFree86 4.1.99.6

2002-01-20 Thread Max Kovgan
here comes the enlightenment . . . -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought." [L.Carrol "Jabberwacky"] On Sun, 20 Jan 2002,

Re: XFree86 4.1.99.6

2002-01-20 Thread Max Kovgan
i hope you did not to forget to support PCMCIA or something like that ... -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought." [L.Ca

Re: forward on command line

2002-01-16 Thread Max Kovgan
it sometimes is done via .forward too. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought." [L.Carrol "Jabberwacky"] On Wed, 16 Jan

Re: StarOffice - Israeli mirror? RPM?

2002-01-09 Thread Max Kovgan
ed "Open Office", which is distributed as source or binary in many formats, so this one can be downloaded from www.openoffice.org be well. Max. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested

Re: Samba

2002-01-09 Thread Max Kovgan
sources ... > this is the smb.conf (server): > > >--- > # Global parameters > [global] > workgroup = MDKGROUP > server string = Samba Server %v > security = SHARE > encrypt passwords = Yes > log file

Re: Writing hebrew documents

2001-12-20 Thread Max Kovgan
if you simply need to write text files - use vi/vim for word-like word processor - use KOfiice with biditext patch. if you need to write hebrew text with many formulae, simply use the good old Latex, and then compress it into postscript. if you want to create compatibile *.doc files - use Koffice.

Re: (OT) ISP's that don't allow relaying

2001-12-16 Thread Max Kovgan
-=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought." [L.Carrol "Jabberwacky"] On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Refael Ackermann wrote: > I'm usi

Re: cron question

2001-12-16 Thread Max Kovgan
another thing ... you have cron.hourly when you run it, check with a counter if this is a 3rd hour - if so - run it, and set the counter to 1 , if not, increment the counter and exit. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome

Re: cron question

2001-12-16 Thread Max Kovgan
anacron -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought." [L.Carrol "Jabberwacky"] On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Ishai Parasol wrote: > H

Re: Making linux look harder than it is, Response

2001-12-10 Thread Max Kovgan
ed it custom - you can install a base system of any distro and then to build any set of packages you like to fit your needs. And don't forget, GUI is just interface. the implementation is what matters. another light on the subject. Max. sorry if i repeat something that was said.just had t

Re: Explanation for how to edit /etc/fstab

2001-12-03 Thread Max Kovgan
,inconcideration. so please don't think we're nasty, because we're linux-gurus, we're nasty because we are nasty people sometimes. it is a very convenient way of living. so forgive us. max. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand:

SBLive 4 output

2001-12-03 Thread Max Kovgan
i remember somebody posted about this issue, and had no reply. i've not fully read this link, but there's some info for all the interested: http://how.to/sblive it's linux SBLive page. bye. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manx

Re: how to edit /etc/fstab

2001-12-03 Thread Max Kovgan
use one of the many editors that are available in your box: vi or emacs or pico or vim read the manual before you use the editors, because it maybe will be not so intuitive to use them. good luck. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time

Re: ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/mirror/GNU and Konqueror

2001-12-03 Thread Max Kovgan
check your proxy settings. probably there's difference between the FTP proxy settings in Netscape and Konqueror. byebye -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stoo

Re: checking the functioning of an ipchains module

2001-11-30 Thread Max Kovgan
the modules should be avail. in lsmod besides you can check if it's functioning by network analysis: try to connect to/from a forbidden area, and see it doesn't work try to connect to/from an allowed area - an see it works. besides there's logging. bye -=O0

Re: ftp://iglu.actcom.co.il

2001-11-30 Thread Max Kovgan
ct, and log in, let me the best bandwidth while i'm here, even if i'm trying to get many files simultaneously. if you can't do this, simply tell me too many users connected to this server, and i'll look for another fast mirror. anyway you don't get promotio

Re: a cfdisk usage question.

2001-11-29 Thread Max Kovgan
you can use the same tool (cfdisk) or fdisk. change the partition type to FAT32 (it's only an entry in some table) and then format it with the proper mkfs ciao. max -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe

Re: Linux compatible modem

2001-11-28 Thread Max Kovgan
dems that are supported by the latest kernels good luck. and ... when you're on your analog modem, never try to send a ping with this string: "++ATH0" :) max. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sou

Re: linux over win9x

2001-11-28 Thread Max Kovgan
like to try these shoes, and I want them to be very huge and comfortable from inside and little and compact from outside" it just doesn't work :-) simply backup data, repartition and install a full on distribution. Max. -=O0~O0=- "He took his vorpa

Re: ISA modem configuration

2001-11-28 Thread Max Kovgan
that your OS is not pnp compliant,and let BIOS configure this device - this is in case you don't want to play with the jumpers or you can't open your pc box but the best is to play with the jumpers - it's usually easy, the instructions are on modem

Re: C program segfaults when run, not under GDB

2001-11-25 Thread Max Kovgan
der this snippet, which produces a SIGSEGV as well: > > void foo(char s[]){ > s[0] = 'b'; > } > > int main() > { > foo("a"); > return 0; > } > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Max Kovgan wrote: > > > this line: > > if (fac

Re: C program segfaults when run, not under GDB

2001-11-25 Thread Max Kovgan
this line: if (factor!=0) s1[c1]=s1[c1+factor]; tries to see behind the s1's end after the index (length_of_s1 - factor) is reached. this causes SIGSEG it's not nice to ask people to debug your own homework :)) bye -=O0~~O0=- "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The j

Re: Can't see Hebrew fonts in KDE 2.1.1

2001-11-25 Thread Max Kovgan
this thing is covered by the instructions in hebrew kde2: besides what you did u need to choose the unicode encoding (10646-1), and choose fonts with this encoding (misc-fixed or clearyu) u better add hebrew fonts - truetype and others e.g. tahoma fonts, elmar fonts. good luck. -=O0~~

[OT] RE: ADSL problems (is it just us?)

2001-11-22 Thread Max Kovgan
i think that there is a little problem in solving the "nezek" problem in our country. so yes, there's an unknown number of incompetent tech supporters who work for this company and "bend" under pressure of the clients, and do give some kind of compensation for the nezek they provide. but actually

Re: ADSL problems (is it just me?)

2001-11-21 Thread Max Kovgan
when i tried to connect my friend's box with ADSL the connection died many times (5-6 months ago). this fact made me loose very much time on trying to debug what i did wrong. after every call to Bezeq they replied "we have a little temporarily problem" and that the solution deadline is indefinite.

Re: mount problems with kernel 2.4.X

2001-11-20 Thread Max Kovgan
i've tried to do what you said: it's Linux 2.4.9 and reserfs. undercat# mount --verbose /tmp mount: /dev/hda8 already mounted or /tmp busy mount: according to mtab, /dev/hda8 is already mounted on /tmp it is your particular kernel and/or filesystem and/or mount utility that is failing

Re: Bezeq's ADSL and FreeBSD

2001-11-17 Thread Max Kovgan
i did. just enable the neccessary features in the kernel (maybe recompile) and use mulix patch. -=O0~~O0=- "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!"

console fonts editing/remapping question.

2001-11-15 Thread Max Kovgan
heir mapping is correct, but this 972 is the most beautifull and readeable, and it is messed.i'm sure it's a matter of mapping, because i've seen the letter. thanx in advance. Max. -=O0~~O0=- "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite,

Re: ddd question (gdb graphic front-end)

2001-11-14 Thread Max Kovgan
another idea .. trap or signal for awakening the child after its birth. after forking - sleep until you send external intervention, in order to begin execution and examination ... etc. -=O0~~O0=- "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catc

Re: ddd question (gdb graphic front-end)

2001-11-14 Thread Max Kovgan
another problem with attaching to a child process can be: until the process is born it has no PID .. and to predict a PID may not be possible. -=O0~~O0=- "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The

Re: File size reporting

2001-04-04 Thread Max Kovgan
hi..jenya. > I would like to get a total file size reporting for multy-level > directory > structure, like right click-> Properties in Windows. > > Note, i don't need a disk usage ( du -sk ), just total file size. try: [else@where]#du -smL it will give u the size in megs. or [else@where]#du -

Re: Installing a PCI modem

2001-02-05 Thread Max
hi... as far as i know - HCF is a Software modem...look "linmodem" etc. in the internetsoftware modem can be by rockwell or what ever.it looks like a regular card, but usually is smaller than "hardware" modemsbecause the card has less chips on it ... so prepare to patient with this modem.  

strange problem i am having

2000-12-05 Thread Max
as u see i use now widoze... can't install linux on my drive :-[ hell, and i thought i knew how to deal with installation... here's the specs:i use cuv4x asus board,seagate (some st84x model) 8.4gb hd[connected as slave to primary, the hd is jumpered to be a slave]ata66/33 ide controller