Re: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread Haines Brown
Steven, I reply not to disagree, but to flesh out some of the specifics. First, I'm running 1.9GHz with 1 Gb RAM. While that would perhaps run apps a little faster, I don't see how it would cause us to have quite opposite experience in comparing Opera and Galeon speed. Let me give an example of

Re: Oversized kernel

2003-03-12 Thread Eric
Go through it item by item and remove any drivers you dont need. Old ide drivers, networking, scsi, sound, bluetooth. Find out what hardware your machine has and recompile it with only those options. Play around and read the help thats available when compiling the kernel. Worst case scenario, s

Re: ssh or samba causing network problems?

2003-03-12 Thread Yoni Kallay
Ray, Thanks for the response, you are always very helpful and prompt. However, you misread the "judgment passing" portion of my post in quite a severe light. You should observe that, bitching aside, the post indicated genuine concern about whether or not my host was causing problems for the

Re: fan not coming on.

2003-03-12 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 08:55 PM 3/12/2003 +0100, Gabe Schenz wrote: Hello all. I am running SuSE 8.1 professional and it seems that the fan will not turn on. The details: PIII 1.26 GHz 512 MB RAM Sager Laptop If more info is needed, please specify. It's hard to know where to begin. Fan activity is *usually* a BIOS i

fan not coming on.

2003-03-12 Thread Gabe Schenz
Hello all. I am running SuSE 8.1 professional and it seems that the fan will not turn on. The details: PIII 1.26 GHz 512 MB RAM Sager Laptop If more info is needed, please specify. Thanks for your help. -Gabe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the bo

Re: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread ichi
Haines Brown wrote: > > I'm slowly migrating to Galeon, which is also a full > featured browser, but is faster than Opera Really? That is not my experience (on a P166 with 64mb RAM). I found Galeon slower and larger (much larger) than Opera. Cheers, Steven __ htt

Re: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread Haines Brown
> Try opera, I think at www.opera.com Yes, I was until now an Opera enthusiast. But with the upgrade to RH 8.0, it performs very badly. I'm slowly migrating to Galeon, which is also a full featured browser, but is faster than Opera and so far has spared me some pain. So I suggest you consider it

RE: stopping diald

2003-03-12 Thread James Miller
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > Actually, it depends, but the likely answer in *your* case is YES. iptables > (and ipchains) does firewalling, not routing as such. For *simple* routing, > all you need to do is turn routing on in the kernel and provide a suitable > routing table, neith

RE: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread James Miller
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Carl wrote: > > You can stop Opera downloading the ads by blocking with ad blocking software or > carefully configured > firewall. > Could you please elaborate? Like, what kind of ad blocking software (name of the package) or tips on firewall configuration. Are you talking abo

Re: ssh or samba causing network problems?

2003-03-12 Thread Ray Olszewski
OK. The symptom that was described to you is "something creating so much network traffic as to bring the network down". You ask: "if there is some possibility that [your Linux] computer is responsible for the network problems". Well, of course there is *some* possibility that it is the cause ..

ssh or samba causing network problems?

2003-03-12 Thread Yoni Kallay
Hi all, I was just asked by the "system administrator" at the school where I work to take down my Linux box and I'm looking for vindication: I put the words "system administrator" in quotes because the man unfortunately isn't even given the authority to create NT trust accounts for our NT do

Re: Hiyas

2003-03-12 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 11:09 PM 3/11/2003 -0800, pshook wrote: Give this one a try if y wanna help!! Not sure if this is the correct newsgroup, if not can you direct me to the right one? This is a mailing list, not a newsgroup ... but other than that, it is a god place to pose beginner questions. Others have already

Re: Oversized kernel

2003-03-12 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 05:59 PM 3/12/2003 +0800, Eng Se-Hsieng wrote: Dear all, I've just compiled a new kernel and the vmlinuz is over 2Mb in size. Since mkbootdisk returns : Not enough space and I don't have a CD writer on my system, I'm unable to create a boot disk and am a little wary about not having one. Is thi

Re: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread Mateusz Łoskot
Użytkownik Carl napisał: > At 15:54 12/03/2003 +0100, =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Mateusz_=A3oskot?= wrote: > >>Opera may be faster, but I like mozilla-style of HTML rendering, and >>it is free, what is important for me, no adds, etc. > > You can stop Opera downloading the ads by blocking with ad blocking sof

Re: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread Carl
At 15:54 12/03/2003 +0100, =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Mateusz_=A3oskot?= wrote: >Opera may be faster, but I like mozilla-style of HTML rendering, and >it is free, what is important for me, no adds, etc. You can stop Opera downloading the ads by blocking with ad blocking software or carefully configured fire

Re: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread Mateusz Łoskot
Użytkownik James Miller napisał: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Hello, >>I may suggest to use Mozilla-based browser, but very small, without any >>other Mozilla components. >>It is called Phoenix, and installation is very easy. >> > > Be aware that "very small" in this case is a

RE: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread James Miller
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I may suggest to use Mozilla-based browser, but very small, without any > other Mozilla components. > It is called Phoenix, and installation is very easy. > Be aware that "very small" in this case is a relative characterization (relative to t

Re: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread Mateusz Łoskot
Hello, I may suggest to use Mozilla-based browser, but very small, without any other Mozilla components. It is called Phoenix, and installation is very easy. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/ Best regards -- Mateusz Łoskot E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: +48 (0) 693456131 GNU/Lin

Re: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread Rodrigo Gesswein
Hi! Also try Dillo! at http://dillo.auriga.wearlab.de/ Regards! Rodrigo... -- On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, pshook wrote: > Try opera, I think at www.opera.com > > G Anna wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > Can anybody suggest a good and simple browser? Netscape core dumps > > very often, Mozilla is

Re: Hiyas

2003-03-12 Thread Amin
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 11:09:54PM -0800, pshook wrote: [...] > Is there a way to set the make xconfig back to a default or what the > original kernel on my system is? I can still boot with the original [...] I just read the documentation myself, in fact, and discovered that one command will do

Re: Hiyas

2003-03-12 Thread Amin
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 11:09:54PM -0800, pshook wrote: [...] > Is there a way to set the make xconfig back to a default > or what the original kernel on my system is? I can still > boot with the original [...] Try looking in /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs (I'm assuming you're using the 2.4-kernel

Re: Oversized kernel

2003-03-12 Thread 1stFlight
Are you using "make bzImage:" when you compile? It makes for a smaller kernel Eng Se-Hsieng wrote: Dear all, I've just compiled a new kernel and the vmlinuz is over 2Mb in size. Since mkbootdisk returns : Not enough space and I don't have a CD writer on my system, I'm unable to create a boot di

Re: Oversized kernel

2003-03-12 Thread Eckhardt, Rodolpho H. O.
Hi, Check for things that you added and you don't need, like smp, math-emu, scsi, old drivers, net routing, net drivers etc... I don't know you machine very well so I can't tell you what you need or don't. Best regards, Rodolpho mensagem original assunto: Oversized kernel de:

Oversized kernel

2003-03-12 Thread Eng Se-Hsieng
Dear all, I've just compiled a new kernel and the vmlinuz is over 2Mb in size. Since mkbootdisk returns : Not enough space and I don't have a CD writer on my system, I'm unable to create a boot disk and am a little wary about not having one. How does one know what are the minimum options to choos

Re: a simple browser

2003-03-12 Thread pshook
Try opera, I think at www.opera.com G Anna wrote: > Dear All, > > Can anybody suggest a good and simple browser? Netscape core dumps > very often, Mozilla is very very slow and I do not know of any other > browser. (Most of the websites nowadays doesn't care about Lynx :-( > > Thanks for your

Re: Can Listen; Cannot Talk

2003-03-12 Thread pshook
Might wanna make sure 1) that your modem is full-duplex capable adn 2) that it is set up in that mode. G Anna wrote: > Dear All, > > I have an external modem. It has, apart from the telepone plug and > the power plug, two plugs - one for speaker and the other for a mike. > I have connected my he

Re: register_exec_domain

2003-03-12 Thread pshook
Anna, What is "make mrproper"? What does it do? Thanks, p G Anna wrote: > > Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:49:01 -0400 > > From: Jeremy Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subj: register_exec_domain > > (snip) > > > I've been unable to compile the kernel for a while now. When I do > > a 'make bzI

Re: Hiyas

2003-03-12 Thread pshook
Give this one a try if y wanna help!! Not sure if this is the correct newsgroup, if not can you direct me to the right one? I am trying to compile my kernel for RH7.3. It doesn't generate any errors, but it fails to find/load eth0 and vfat. It won't go past starting system logger and has many no