Re: Threading in linux

2007-04-24 Thread Mike Frysinger
eads works fine on 2.6 ... linux has forward binary compatibility, thus things that work in 2.4 (like linuxthreads) continue to work in 2.6 -mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: Threading in linux

2007-04-24 Thread Mike Frysinger
7;s no such thing as "pthreads" with respect to a specific code base. NPTL is one implementation of the POSIX threads specification while LinuxThreads is another. -mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL P

Re: query related to different architectures

2007-03-20 Thread Mike Frysinger
processors work normally on registers that are 32bits in size -mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: Fwd: a simple way to burn DVDs

2005-07-19 Thread Mr Mike
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:11:57 +0730, Yawar Amin wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Yawar Amin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Jul 20, 2005 9:07 AM > Subject: Re: a simple way to burn DVDs > To: Mr Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On 7/20/0

Re: a simple way to burn DVDs

2005-07-19 Thread Mr Mike
ation but I didn't want to do that and didn't think I should have to. If I have to make concessions just to use it, then I'll go somewhere else.. :-) Hope this helps.. mr mike.. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"

Re: Ethernet Hub UTP + BNC??

2005-04-21 Thread Mike Turcotte
Hal MacArgle wrote: Greetings: We run a hobby ethernet LAN in our home with four machines connected via 10Base2, BNC coax, cabling.. It works fine but we're looking ahead when UTP will be "standard" as we see no new MBs without the RJ45, cat 3-5 cable, sockets.. We're not interested in any but the

RE: Partitioning

2005-04-07 Thread Mike Turcotte
Many new Serial ATA controllers have their modules listed as SCSI devices, I am not sure why, I think it has to do with their standards or something. This is normal. Also, what the auto partitioning did was create a 100 Mbyte partition for use as /boot, and the rest of the drive allocated as LVM (L

RE: Linux Backup

2005-04-07 Thread Mike Turcotte
I recently tried using DAR on my Gentoo machine. This program works great as it has a $#!7 load of options including compression. One of the greatest features of this program is that it can split up its output file into user definable sized chunks so you can easily put it onto your choice of media.

RE: Simple script to set permissions on folders daily - write script and cron it?

2005-03-29 Thread Mike Turcotte
07:02 PM 3/29/2005 +0200, J. wrote: > >On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Mike Turcotte wrote: > > > > > That would be great if someone knew and could tell us how to set > default > > > permissions on a specific directory. > > > >In the case if the directory is NOT a moun

RE: Simple script to set permissions on folders daily - write script and cron it?

2005-03-29 Thread Mike Turcotte
ubject: RE: Simple script to set permissions on folders daily - write > script and cron it? > > At 09:31 AM 3/29/2005 -0500, Mike Turcotte wrote: > >I am fairly new to the linux scene, and I am currently using Gentoo > >Linux. How exactly do I go about setting a global default uma

RE: Simple script to set permissions on folders daily - write script and cron it?

2005-03-29 Thread Mike Turcotte
I am fairly new to the linux scene, and I am currently using Gentoo Linux. How exactly do I go about setting a global default umask value to set 777 permissions on a particular folder and its contents? Michael Turcotte Information Systems City of North Bay 200 McIntyre St. E PO Box 360 North Bay,

Re: Kernel 2.6.10 Can't Open Initial Console on FC3

2004-12-31 Thread Mike Houston
ht need an initrd. Your mkinitrd script in FC3 will take care of these matters for you. Mike On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:00:14 -0600 "Joseph D. Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The newly compiled kernel gets through everything OK including > mounting the root file system as read-o

translating web pages

2004-11-21 Thread mike
help would be appreciated. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: partitons and proper order

2004-10-31 Thread mike
simon wrote: > hello > > mike wrote: > >> Hello, >> I have installed linux a few times no real problems with my >> installs. But going to move some drives around and do a fresh >> install. I usually install with the below >> >> / >> swap >

Re: partitons and proper order

2004-10-31 Thread mike
Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 03:14 PM 10/31/2004 -0700, mike wrote: > >> [...] >> I do use lilo. I have also been running a dual boot box with M$ and >> lilo has been writing to the master boot record. But this time it's >> all going to be Linux. I have a 3

Re: partitons and proper order

2004-10-31 Thread mike
Thorsten Alge wrote: > Hi Mike, > > the order of the partitions doesnt really matter. Only if you want to > use lilo as your bootloader you should have your /boot partition under > cylinder 1024 - if you use grub you do not need an /boot partition. > > Am So, den 31.10.2004

partitons and proper order

2004-10-31 Thread mike
with ide drives. My question is does the order I create the partitions matter and if so what would be the proper order, if there is one? Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo inf

Re: changing refresh rate.

2004-10-03 Thread mike
warnings I have seen. You can do a google search for linux and your monitor/display and see if others have dealt with your hardware. Keep an open mind on what hardware can do in windows and what it can do in Linux. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-n

Re: keyword for rivafb in XF86Confige file

2004-09-29 Thread mike
r has more functionality implemented in it than > a generic fb driver. You are correct a specific driver would have more functionality than a generic like say the vesafb. As long as they are maintained anyways. The only thing is as you eluded to before there is not much documentation for riv

Re: keyword for rivafb in XF86Confige file

2004-09-29 Thread mike
Mukund JB. wrote: > > >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-newbie- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike >>Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:20 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: keyword for rivafb in XF86Con

Re: keyword for rivafb in XF86Confige file

2004-09-24 Thread mike
What video card do you have? Mike Mukund JB. wrote: > Hello All, > > I am not able to make my X server work on rivafb (framebuffer module) which is > loaded as a module on system. > > I edited "XF86Config-4" file > Driver "nvidia" . > Is it the

Re: Is this list active ?

2004-09-17 Thread mike
Yes, just not much traffic. Mike Manish Kathuria wrote: > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read th

Re: long resolve

2004-09-09 Thread mike
/var/log/messages should give you some information. Mike dave wrote: > I'm having a problem with my network access. It takes a long time to > resolve internet addresses. I have a wireless bridge D-Link > DWL 810+. Its been working fine but the last week trouble. If I boot

Re: long resolve

2004-09-09 Thread mike
Dave, you should be able to disable a dns server address in the /etc/resolv.conf file. As root open up an editor and comment it out or remove it. You may have to do a "service network restart" without quotes as root. Mike dave wrote: > I pinged the 2 ip addresses in the network c

Re: faulty screen resolution

2004-08-31 Thread mike
the version number? > > Bill Stanard > Academic Computing > Palmer Trinity School While you are in X tryCtrl+Alt+(-)or(+) The - and + will move the resolutions up and down. Which may allow you see the whole screen to configure your resolution. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: i am not getting mail ur list

2004-08-24 Thread mike
a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > Your email showed up ok. There is not much traffic on the list tonite. You should see this. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send t

Re: hang on shutdown

2004-06-30 Thread mike
Andrew does your motherboard have a via chipset? If so take a look at the Mandrake errata page. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3 Mike Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote: > Good day, > > Mandrake 10, 2.6.3; PIV > > When shutting down or rebooting, the machine hangs afte

Re: pam.d query

2004-06-27 Thread mike
mike wrote: > > Nasir Hossain wrote: > >>hi all, >> >>I have a couple of query's which (till now) I have failed to > > answer/solve. > >>1) How do I log in directly as root ? Is there some place where I can >>give the password for ro

Re: Fatal Server Error: no screens found

2004-06-19 Thread mike
un level 3) and start the gui with "startx" or an excellent little script "Xtart" (it should be on your cd's if you have mandrake) That would be the less painful way to get you going. Mike Steven Ackerman wrote: > Greetings yet again. I feel I'm making progress, but

Re: Wireless Mouse/ USB selection

2004-06-19 Thread mike
on the mouse. 4) make sure the infared reciever on front panel of computer is not obstucted. I would check the above first, since it had been picked up and installed on previous installs. Mike Steven Ackerman wrote: > Please see inline comments: > > --- pa3gcu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

(no subject)

2004-02-22 Thread mike
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Re: Java and Mozilla problem

2004-02-12 Thread mike
Dave & Kim Howe wrote: Thanks for the reply Mike. I checked an I have a link from the libjavaplugin_oji.so file to the mozilla/plugins directory. I changed the permissions from root to Dave (user) and from root to users (group). I have RWX permissions. I made these permission change

Re: Java and Mozilla problem

2004-02-11 Thread mike
javaplugin_oji.so on your system then restart mozilla and it should be there when you type about:plugins You may have to be root to make the link, I forget. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: devfs

2004-02-04 Thread mike
mike wrote: Ken Moffat wrote: Based on past experience with mdk8.2, which used devfs and worked extremely badly for me, I'd recommend doing without. However, that's a lot easier said than done. You'll need to create static devices, and you won't be able to do this whi

Re: devfs

2004-02-04 Thread mike
mike wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for the length of this reply, I was bored and felt like writing a novel. Thats quite alright, I need to have things spelled out to me. And your explanation helped me understand quite abit more of whats going on. Well, no you don't *need* to

devfs

2004-02-02 Thread mike
/part5 380M 115M 246M 32% / Someone told me that was because I had "devfs" I did some reading and I think I can change that part on my system with /etc/devfsd.conf but my question is do I really need "devfs" and if not how can I remove it or disable it

devfs

2004-02-02 Thread mike
Forgot some more info. ext3 file system no scsi drives -- Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http:/

Re: Linux for Dummies?

2004-01-12 Thread mike
Dave & Kim Howe wrote: Thanks Mike. I'll look into the Nutshell book. Dave mike wrote: Dave wrote: Is there a good book out there to get me started with Linux? Something like Linux for Dummies? I'm an old DOS and Windows guy and I need to learn the basics. Even all the term

Re: writing disk image to file

2003-06-10 Thread Mike Dresser
of it is marketting, that they don't _ever_ get 20 gig out of them for various reasons. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-in

RE: The best way to backup a Linux workstation?

2003-03-18 Thread Mike Dresser
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Ola Theander wrote: > Hi Mike. > > My tar line looks like this: tar zcvf dest-file source-dirs > > /Ola > That's rather strange, because when i do a: tar zcvf test.tar /home/mdresser, I get all my dot files in the tar file Sounds like som

Re: The best way to backup a Linux workstation?

2003-03-18 Thread Mike Dresser
reatly appreciated. > > Kind regards, Ola Theander > What does your tar line look like? My tar backs up anything starting with a ., it's just a matter of having the right syntax. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"

Re: Samba issues

2003-03-17 Thread Mike Dresser
est results, as I suspect there are major differences between the two test beds. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: File names with spaces

2003-02-28 Thread Mike Castle
`././- -' -> `././-_-' [EMAIL PROTECTED]:45pm]~/foo(795) cat ns #!/bin/bash find -name '* *' -maxdepth 1 | while read name; do newname=$(echo $name | tr ' ' '_') mv -iv "./$name" ./$newname done Heh... forgot that find will a

Question about TCP/IP

2003-02-24 Thread Mike Ni
Hi Everyone, I have a program running over the TCP/IP network. Yet, sometimes it would deliver slow response time. Is there any good way to isolate/identify what is causing this? What would happen when the line is cut during transmission? IS there any particular timeout error need to be looked fo

Performance measurement tool

2003-02-19 Thread Mike Ni
Good morning everyone, I am looking for a commercial package tool/ share ware that is capable to monitor and isolate performance issue. I have heard some good things about solution from BMC software, CA, NetIQ & compuware. Does anyone out there can give me some feedback or suggestion? Thank

Re: Samba mount not as root

2002-11-29 Thread Mike Dresser
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > > > mdresser@monitor:~$ smbmount //mike/c test > Hmmm , My smbmount tool screams at me to use ... This is with > version 2.2.7 . Which is highly recomended due to a Security > issue . Don't know h

Re: Samba mount not as root

2002-11-29 Thread Mike Dresser
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: > > > Have written some scripts that perform network backups. However I am > > only able to run them as root. How can give mount permissions to another > > user. > > Just a side note, h

Re: Samba mount not as root

2002-11-29 Thread Mike Dresser
g it, and then unmounting it. mdresser@monitor:~$ smbmount //mike/c test Password: mdresser@monitor:~$ df /home/mdresser/test Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on //mike/c 15498752 7959040 7539712 52% /home/mdresser/test Not sure where you're

Re: grep for ip address on boot

2002-11-19 Thread Mike Dresser
_ work, it worked with ifconfig ppp0 here, which is what that adsl-status seems to be calling. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: Passing the entire command line

2002-11-15 Thread Mike Dresser
es, and I want the script to pass > through command line options at the end (for connecting to servers, etc). mdresser@router:~$ cat testingforadam echo $* mdresser@router:~$ ./testingforadam hello adam how are you today hello adam how are you today =) Mike - To unsubscribe from thi

Re: ftp issues

2002-11-14 Thread Mike Dresser
> ftp: expKIDSaa.20021110.dmp: short write > 6% |* disk full? Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read

RE: Tar Exclude

2002-11-13 Thread Mike Dresser
the idea of excludes not working, when in fact they were in the first place I don't know what the problem is, unfortunately. Sorry, Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at htt

RE: Tar Exclude

2002-11-13 Thread Mike Dresser
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: > Also I just noticed I get an error about removing leading / from member > names. > > Here is my archive.exclude > /backup/advserver > /backup/logs > /backup/lost+found > /backup/scripts > /backup/tar.archive > Try putting backup/advserver backup/logs ba

Re: Tar Exclude

2002-11-13 Thread Mike Dresser
kip some of the folders I don't want tarred. This works but > it creates the empty tar files. Is this normal? Can it be set not to do > this? How about showing us the line out of the script that calls tar, and a sample of your exclude line. Tar can be... tempermental when it comes to exclude&

Message delivery

2002-11-12 Thread Mike Ni
TIBCO" has some products that is designed to provide high performance message system. Does anyone have any thoughts/feeedback about Tibco's product? Or any other similira product? Thanks MIke __ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive great

Page swap

2002-11-07 Thread Mike Ni
Folks, I am having performance issue with one of the application. It looks like it is running low on the memory. In addition to add new memory to the system, is there anything can be done while we are waiting for the memory upgrade? Thanks in advance MIke

RE: How to make Linux/SOlaris talk to Window

2002-11-06 Thread Mike Ni
manage the objects or application programming. (I know there is CORBA. What are out there in addition to CORBA?) Thanks Mike --- Paul Kraus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How you checked out Samba? www.samba.org. I believe > it can be complied > on a Solaris box and I know it

How to make Linux/SOlaris talk to Window

2002-11-05 Thread Mike Ni
use Thanks in advance MIke __ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordo

Firewall's performance

2002-10-31 Thread Mike Ni
short, the question we are working on are: (1) Whether there is a need to allocate a dedicated firewall to protect the website rather than the entire enterprise network due to performance concern. Is it common to see a firewall get overrun by the Internet traffic? Thanks in advance

Re: Is there a way to "test" a serial

2002-10-14 Thread Mike Ricketts
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Alan Womack wrote: > What I'd like is a console app that would pick up any gibberesh the > mouse would generate while I scroll it 's test wheel. > minicom, maybe? Or possibly a simple cat /dev/ttyS0 might work? -- Mike Rickett

Re: defrag

2002-10-01 Thread Mike Dresser
al story on those. =) I don't know of any on-line defragmenters, only one that you have to unmount the partition to be checked. Depending on which distribution you use, it may be already packaged for you. Which are you using? Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubsc

Re: Tar Extract from Tape

2002-10-01 Thread Mike Dresser
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: > I am trying to extract the file P723.ind. Now this is on a Sco Box so I > am crossing my fingers that the syntax is similar to Linux. Here is the > sniped results for tar tvf /dev/rStp0. > > rw-r--r-- 0/0 614400 Aug 08 16:39 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee

Re: driver via97

2002-09-03 Thread Mike Miller
As a wild guess I'm assuming that it AC97 sound and a VIA chipset mother board. Try here: http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=60 If I guessed wrong, sorry about that. On 2 Sep 02, at 7:52, Ramzez wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi... > I have installed a sound

Cron

2002-08-20 Thread Mike Keithley
How does one get started using cron? Thanks - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: Question about "find -exec"

2002-07-23 Thread Mike Castle
g like: find /mnt/c -name '*.snm' | xargs -r ls -l to be significantly faster. If you expect that there will be any spaces involved, consider using -print0/-0 in addition: find /mnt/c -name '*.snm' -print0 | xargs -0 -r ls -l mrc -- Mike Castle [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: OGG vs. MP3

2002-07-23 Thread Mike Castle
t replace your mp3 encoder with the ogg encoder. Personally, I use mp3c to drive my ripping, and in the config file, I replaced lame with the appropriate ogg tools and went from there. mrc -- Mike Castle [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ We are all of us livin

Re: Check mobo for ATA/66 support

2002-07-22 Thread Mike Dresser
being complete, I plugged the BIOS Id into google, and from there It's a ProComp B581, www.procomp.com.tw/procomp/usa for their homepage(if you want English :D) Unfortunately, they're one of those that remove drivers once they think no one uses that board anymore. Hope this helps, Mike

Re: CDDA ->MP3 Conversion

2002-07-14 Thread Mike Castle
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >cdda2wav and BladeEnc seemed to work well for me. You may also consider lame and also switching from mp3 to ogg. mrc -- Mike Castle [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ W

Re: 1024x768 SVGA Shell - won't work

2002-06-08 Thread Mike Deuce
- Original Message - From: "Steven Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:51 AM Subject: Re: 1024x768 SVGA Shell - won't work Not entirely sure what you mean by dependency map, but there is something to look at: http://www.thinkgeek.com/image

Re: Network and Apache Question

2002-05-21 Thread mike
d "no route to host", which means its being dropped on the border routers. Mike - Original Message - From: "Jim Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 9:56 PM Subject: Network and Apache Question > Hello Every

Re: Can't get Sound Blaster Live card to work

2001-07-09 Thread Mike keithley
Didn't know about the play command--it works--can't beleive it--going round and round and so simple! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: Can't get Sound Blaster Live card to work

2001-07-08 Thread Mike keithley
-Just how do you try and play the file.? I downloaded a script and .au package called saytime.tgz that copies the appropriate string if .au files to say the system time. This works fine on another machine with an SB16 card. They are copied to /dev/audio. There is also an audio test file in t

Can't get Sound Blaster Live card to work

2001-07-08 Thread Mike keithley
I'm trying to get my Sound Blaster Live card to work on Linux. The card is found at boot time and there are no errors. The problem is that though I get output from a .au file, sound is very distorted with a lot of high-frequency noise. I am running Slackware 7.1 on a Dell Optiplex 800 MHZ penti

Re: swap relocation

2001-07-05 Thread Mike Castle
efore doing any of this, read and understand the swapon/swapoff man page. mrc -- Mike Castle [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen fatal ("You are in a maze of twisty compiler features, all diff

Re: ? How: DSL + linux + Earthlink

2001-06-21 Thread Mike Castle
f are fighting it. mrc -- Mike Castle [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen fatal ("You are in a maze of twisty compiler features, all different"); -- gcc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: Prblm: "GTK-config" not in PATH.

2001-06-11 Thread Mike Castle
new version of gtk+ installed (i.e., probably 1.3.x) then gtk-config isn't going to be found. It *appears* to me that you can install both the latest 1.2.* and 1.3.* of glib/gtk, but I haven't verified that there are no other conflicts. mrc -- Mike Castle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: serial board irq wierdness

2001-06-08 Thread Mike Dresser
ated, thank you. > > rick > That is correct, irq2/9 are shared. 2 cascades to 9. It's a hardware thing =) mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: Linux 2.4

2001-05-29 Thread Mike Castle
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 09:08:08PM +, Richard Adams wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Mike Castle wrote: > > Well, Linus has been saying for _years_ that there should be no symlink from > > /usr/include into the /usr/src/linux/include stuff. And since I don't > > think

Re: Linux 2.4

2001-05-29 Thread Mike Castle
e been made, all i have done is show that many distro's > still do it the linux traditional way. If distributions would still using onlyt the "traditional" libc5 or libc4 libraries, would you be as tolerant of them? If they broke from those traditions, they should break from the

Re: Linux 2.4

2001-05-29 Thread Mike Castle
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 06:40:34PM +, Richard Adams wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Mike Castle wrote: > > The problem is libc. > > As far as i see it, it is NOT a lib problem, anyway how could it be a libc > problem when in this day and age we use "glibc". libc I

Re: Linux 2.4

2001-05-29 Thread Mike Castle
hen you may run into these types of issues. mrc -- Mike Castle Life is like a clock: You can work constantly [EMAIL PROTECTED] and be right all the time, or not work at all www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ and be right at least twice a day. -- mrc We are all of us living in the

Re: SCSI Tape drive....

2001-05-17 Thread Mike Dresser
;t mount them.. you just set your destination as /dev/st0, and write to that. e.g. tar -cvpf /dev/st0 filetobackup mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: is this sufficient? (newbie q)

2001-04-04 Thread Mike Dresser
400 bucks each before, and 2 tecra 740cdt's with 32 meg but a 13" TFT screen and 3 gig hd, for the same sub 400 bucks apiece. As for speed, even my own omnibook 5500 CT (p133, 16 meg, 12" TFT, 1.3 gig hd), runs both win95 and debian quite nicely, if i stay out of X. mike - To unsub

Re: Internet with 2.4.2.

2001-04-03 Thread Mike Ricketts
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Ken Moffat wrote: > Thanks, Mike, for this quick reply. > > I'll give these aliases a try in a day or so. I have to say, though, that > I'm not that hopeful - I usually try to configure ppp support in to the > kernel, rather than using modules. Whe

Re: Internet with 2.4.2.

2001-04-03 Thread Mike Ricketts
.config looks fine What version of modutils? What version of pppd? Do you have /dev/ppp? Does it work if you insert the relevant ppp modules by hand first (ppp_generic, ppp_async)? On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Ken Moffat wrote: > Hi, Mike, > I've finally admitted defeat with ppp. I

Re: where Linus is posting latest kernel anounces?

2001-04-03 Thread Mike Ricketts
2.4.* are not development kernels. 2.4.*-pre* are development kernels. > > FYI - 2.4 is stable branch. > > I want to be up-to-date with stable branch. > > That is up to you, its your choise, AFAIK it does not concern this list. > Indeed. -- Mike Ricketts <[EM

Re: where Linus is posting latest kernel anounces?

2001-04-03 Thread Mike Ricketts
, and AFAIK never have been, announce anywhere. If you want to be that close to the bleeding edge, you are expected to notice. -- Mike Ricketts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: +44 7968 381810 Nothing is faster than the speed of light ... To prove this to yourself, try opening th

Re: Compressing a device ?

2001-04-01 Thread Mike keithley
Your gzip example worked--forgot the less-than sign. As to why I want to do this, /dev/sda is my Windows 98/dos drive and there are programs that use an authorization key to authorize their operation. If I tarred the partition, and then restored it, these programs won't work because the authoriz

Compressing a device ?

2001-03-30 Thread Mike keithley
How does one compress a an image on a device. Say I want to send a compressed image of /dev/sda to tape. Seems like gzip won't work as it won't handle a device. Thanks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Plea

Re: Internet with 2.4.2.

2001-03-25 Thread Mike Ricketts
is it that you want? If I have a local copy (and I proably do) I can mail it to you. > Fortunately, god's in its heaven and Mike Ricketts will be along > presently to demonstrate with ps that /Documentation/Changes is > worth reading. > Er. Yep :) Incidentally, I haven't

Re: Internet with 2.4.2.

2001-03-25 Thread Mike Ricketts
hat I only needed async ppp support. It's been a little while since I > played with a kernel on that box, but I'd like to give it another go > soon. Can anyone with a working pppd and 2.4 kernel clarify the ppp config > options for me, please ? > > Ken > Does this help

Re: Printing with syntax highlighting

2001-03-11 Thread Mike
Sanchet Surendra Dighe wrote: > Hi, > > How do I print a C-file with the syntax highlighting on a postscript > printer ? Is there any utility available for that ? There's a utility called a2ps that does that. It should be findable via freshmeat or any of the other common sites

Re: Changing from Upper case to Lower case -

2001-03-09 Thread Mike
print "$file -> ".$lcfile."\n"; } elsif($case eq "u") { rename($file, $ucfile) or die("Error renaming $file to $ucfile"); print "$file -> ".$ucfile."\n"; } } } print "\nFinished!\n"; exit(1); - Script

Re: The Big Change.

2001-03-02 Thread Mike Miller
I have done something similar, downloading Red Hat RPM files with Win95 and then installing them under Red Hat 6.1. I didn't have any problems. As to why do it that way, maybe he still has a win-modem that won't work from linux. On 2 Mar 01, at 10:08, Geoff Bagley wrote: > > I now have a du