Re: KDE help?

2002-11-27 Thread ronnie gauthier
Its not the files itself but the default you must have set. go to... K menu>Preferences>Personalization>Session Manager >From there you can set the default action on logoff. What file it tickles I have no idea. On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 01:15:04 -0600 RBE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGN

KDE help?

2002-11-27 Thread RBE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've got a problem with KDE apparently caused by an attempted install of KDE 3.05 over an older 2.2.2 that didn't go right. When I got rid of KDE (well, "deactivated" would be a better term -- restored rc.gui and startkde and ld.so.conf to the orig

Re: mozilla-1.2 is out

2002-11-27 Thread Tim Wunder
Ahh, but the real fun is trying the latest trunk builds with new features such as news filters and bayseian(sp?) spam filtering :-) On Thursday 28 November 2002 12:50 am, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: > Yup, i've been using it most of the day today. Looks nice, and has type > ahead s

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread RBE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 27 November 2002 11:16 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > On 11/27/02 20:58, RBE wrote: > > On Wednesday 27 November 2002 12:29 pm, Alan Jackson wrote: > >>You know, I've been using Unix and/or Linux for 14 years, and I > >> just learned something. T

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-27 Thread ronnie gauthier
Lutsen is only what, three hours from you? Thats an awesome area with some nasty stuff if a bit icy at times which I kinda like as it keeps the better stuff less crowded so yo can increase the speed quotient. Do you still ski? People dont really know it but the UP has some of the best back country

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-27 Thread Ted Ozolins
On Wednesday 27 November 2002 08:37, Robert Hemus wrote: - My Mom went to school in Escanaba in the 20's. It got so cold there then - people garaged their cars. Little different technology then. She talked - about walking to school in -20 degrees or more. I'm a native So Californian - living r

Re: mozilla-1.2 is out

2002-11-27 Thread Ted Ozolins
On Wednesday 27 November 2002 21:50, Net Llama! wrote: - Yup, i've been using it most of the day today. Looks nice, and has type - ahead searches for text. - Dang and I just did 1.1, -- Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C. Powered by Slackware 8.1 sent with Kmail 1.4.1

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Jack Berger
That's the most reliable, and in some cases the only method of resolving these. If anyone has a better way, I'd be glad to hear it. Sometimes stopping/starting rpc, nfs client and server, cachefs, and automounter clears it. But a reboot is the surest solution. -jhb- From: Collins <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: mozilla-1.2 is out

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
Yup, i've been using it most of the day today. Looks nice, and has type ahead searches for text. On 11/27/02 21:41, m.w.chang wrote: http://www.mozilla.org/release -- ~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTEC

mozilla-1.2 is out

2002-11-27 Thread m.w.chang
http://www.mozilla.org/release -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~.in Linux we trust. news://news.linux-sxs.org / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.hkpcug.org ^ ^http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-27 Thread Jack Berger
From: ronnie gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well, guess your memory is about as old as you are, its all downhill > around here. ;-) Well, yes it probably is, and from that perspective it's going downhill faster than I would like. On the other hand, downhill as in skiing, is a good thing. Skied

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/27/02 20:58, RBE wrote: On Wednesday 27 November 2002 12:29 pm, Alan Jackson wrote: You know, I've been using Unix and/or Linux for 14 years, and I just learned something. Thank you guys!! After reading everything, I decided I probably needed to fsck at minimum, so I just rebooted. Turned

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread RBE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 27 November 2002 12:29 pm, Alan Jackson wrote: > You know, I've been using Unix and/or Linux for 14 years, and I just > learned something. Thank you guys!! > > After reading everything, I decided I probably needed to fsck at > minimum, so

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Jack Berger
And a host of other niggling little things users and applications do to an otherwise pristine system. ;) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 06:22:02PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: > > Care to elaborate on what kinds of annoyances get cleared up by rebooting? > > Memory leaks.

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-27 Thread ronnie gauthier
Well, guess your memory is about as old as you are, its all downhill around here. ;-) We get on averge two cold spells a winter. Usualy about -15 to -25, but there are times that it gets down to -35 to -45 for a few nights and then every five years or so we get a -45 for two or three weeks. The pr

Re: RH upgrades (was new Flash player available)

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/27/02 20:21, Collins wrote: Tarballs I know and love, it's just that they require a lot of on the side accounting to know what your mix-and-match system now consists of. That's kinda what /opt is for. I'm looking for an easy way for anything new that comes out. I'm still evaluating redh

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Collins
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:26:24 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 06:22:02PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: > > Care to elaborate on what kinds of annoyances get cleared up by > > rebooting? > > Memory leaks. > Stale file handles for NFS appear to be the biggest requirement for reb

Re: RH upgrades (was new Flash player available)

2002-11-27 Thread Collins
Subject altered for more general questions. On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 17:21:59 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/27/02 18:15, Collins wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:13:56 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Alan Jackson
Simpler than doing it by itself. That and in case the offending process was still hanging out - which it may have been. The system had trouble unmounting /home as it was. It probably cleaned up a few stray zombies and other trash as well. On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:52:20 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL P

Re: new Flash player available

2002-11-27 Thread Michael Fakaro
After upgrading!! never did get it to work before. With the new files NO PROBLEM!! Regards Mike On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 16:50, Net Llama! wrote: > After upgrading, or just in general?? > > On 11/27/02 16:04, Michael Fakaro wrote: > > Thanks for the heads up. flash finally works as a user a

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Jack Berger
It also cleans various cache areas. Removes orphaned processes. Cleans up lost files (large and small) which may be left over from killed processes. Fixes stale NFS mounts (probably related to cache area problems), Nothing serious or show stoppers, but it does tend to tidy things up and make i

Re: new Flash player available

2002-11-27 Thread Joel Hammer
Do you know if this fixes the problem of running flash from a remote xterminal? Joel On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:13:56PM -0500, Net Llama! wrote: > http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/special/beta/ ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread kwall
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 06:22:02PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: > Care to elaborate on what kinds of annoyances get cleared up by rebooting? Memory leaks. Kurt -- "Here at the Phone Company, we serve all kinds of people; from Presidents and Kings to the scum of the earth ..." ___

Re: new Flash player available

2002-11-27 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Look at apt-rpm. It is supposed to help keeping updated. I downloaded it but haven't had time to check it out. > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:13:56 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/special/beta/ >> > > Looks interesting, but I no

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
Care to elaborate on what kinds of annoyances get cleared up by rebooting? On 11/27/02 18:08, Jack Berger wrote: Well, I think uptime is over rated as a system quality measure in any event. We run a slew of Solaris servers and rebooting seems to clean up a lot of little annoyances. I'm of the op

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Jack Berger
Well, I think uptime is over rated as a system quality measure in any event. We run a slew of Solaris servers and rebooting seems to clean up a lot of little annoyances. I'm of the opinion that most systems regardless of OS should be restarted on a regular basis, say monthly. Of course some of the

Re: Red Hat 7.3

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/27/02 05:58, zohar wrote: I want to install Red Hat 7.3 on my HDD which has Suse Linux 7.1 RH 7.3 is given in CDs of the book Red Hat Linux 7.3 Bible by Christopher Negus. For Partitioning it gives me option of (1)Remove all Linux Partitions on this system (2)Remove all partitions on this s

Red Hat 7.3

2002-11-27 Thread zohar
I want to install Red Hat 7.3 on my HDD which has Suse Linux 7.1 RH 7.3 is given in CDs of the book Red Hat Linux 7.3 Bible by Christopher Negus. For Partitioning it gives me option of (1)Remove all Linux Partitions on this system (2)Remove all partitions on this system (3)Keep all partitions and

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-27 Thread Jack Berger
Yeah, and as I recall it was up hill both ways!!! -jhb- From: Robert Hemus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My Mom went to school in Escanaba in the 20's. It got so cold there then > people garaged their cars. Little different technology then. She talked > about walking to school in -20 degrees or mo

Re: new Flash player available

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/27/02 18:15, Collins wrote: On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:13:56 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/special/beta/ Looks interesting, but I note on the download page that the latest requires Mozilla 1.1. Most likely, that's what th

Re: new Flash player available

2002-11-27 Thread Collins
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:13:56 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/special/beta/ > Looks interesting, but I note on the download page that the latest requires Mozilla 1.1. Does anyone know the answers to a few questions: 1> I current

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/27/02 10:29, Alan Jackson wrote: You know, I've been using Unix and/or Linux for 14 years, and I just learned something. Thank you guys!! After reading everything, I decided I probably needed to fsck at minimum, so I just rebooted. Turned out the fsck ran automatically, the disk was corrupt

Re: this is pretty cool

2002-11-27 Thread Collins
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:16:14 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Tim Wunder wrote: > > On 11/27/2002 9:39 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: > > > ...i'm not in the picture... > > > > Yeah, you'll have to find that here: > > http://www.linux-sxs.org/bi

Re: new Flash player available

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
After upgrading, or just in general?? On 11/27/02 16:04, Michael Fakaro wrote: Thanks for the heads up. flash finally works as a user and not just as root. Regards Mike F On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 13:13, Net Llama! wrote: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/special/beta/ -- ~~~

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-27 Thread Robert Hemus
My Mom went to school in Escanaba in the 20's. It got so cold there then people garaged their cars. Little different technology then. She talked about walking to school in -20 degrees or more. I'm a native So Californian living right next to Oregon. Bob --

Re: this is pretty cool

2002-11-27 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Even some of them can make it where I worked . > Maybe, accept, this is what Rick Moen looks like: > http://marc.merlins.org/linux/linux10/207_BBQ_disp640.jpg > > (yes, that's him in the EFF cap). When's the last time you saw anyone > in a managerial or CEO role that looked like that? > > On 1

Re: new Flash player available

2002-11-27 Thread Michael Fakaro
Thanks for the heads up. flash finally works as a user and not just as root. Regards Mike F On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 13:13, Net Llama! wrote: > http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/special/beta/ -- Michael Fakaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ L

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread kwall
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 12:29:22PM -0600, Alan Jackson wrote: > You know, I've been using Unix and/or Linux for 14 years, and I just learned > something. Thank you guys!! > > After reading everything, I decided I probably needed to fsck at minimum, so > I just rebooted. Turned out the fsck ran aut

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Alan Jackson
You know, I've been using Unix and/or Linux for 14 years, and I just learned something. Thank you guys!! After reading everything, I decided I probably needed to fsck at minimum, so I just rebooted. Turned out the fsck ran automatically, the disk was corrupted, and now, instead of 100% full at 36

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Alan Jackson
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:48:46 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 08:56:26PM -0600, Alan Jackson wrote: > > > I'm at my wit's end. A runaway vim process filled up my disk, and I can't > > > figure out *where*.

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Alan Jackson
No. I guess I could On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:04:48 -0600 RBE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Have you tried umount /dev/hdb1 and running fsck on it? > > On Tuesday 26 November 2002 10:21 pm, Alan Jackson wrote: > > I did. (I'm the only user). B

new Flash player available

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/special/beta/ -- ~~ Lonni J Friedman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com

Re: nasty penguin

2002-11-27 Thread Bill Campbell
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 08:02:57AM -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote: >I don't know if you people have seen this, but it is a hoot. >Watch closely the penguin on the left. > >http://www.yip.org/~superboi/stuff/NastyPenguin.mpg That one showed up back in March as evilpenguin1.mpg. It was funny then too :-)

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-27 Thread Bill Campbell
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 09:43:40AM -0500, Net Llama! wrote: >I spent my college years in upstate NY. I'd imagine its quite similar >weather in the winter. Lots & lots of snow, and bitter cold for about 7 >months of the year. My favorite line from ``Chorus Line'': ``Suicide in Buffalo is

Updated Step

2002-11-27 Thread Nobody
Doug Hunley has just updated http://www.linux-sxs.org/bind9.html to incorporate the following: Updated to include testing the name server and some minor cleanups ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-s

Re: postscript question

2002-11-27 Thread Jorge Bravo Abad
Kurt Wall wrote: > Try ps2epsi or convert: > > $ p2epsi foo.ps > > or > > $ convert foo.ps foo.eps > > Thanks Kurt Wall, you have just solved my problem! Jorge. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linu

Re: postscript question

2002-11-27 Thread Kurt Wall
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:58:45PM +0200, Jorge Bravo Abad wrote: > Hi, I would like to know how to convert a plot save in a file .ps to a > file .eps in order to insert this plot in a latex2e file. > I have tried to open the file with gimp and xfig and after save it to > file.eps but the result ha

postscript question

2002-11-27 Thread Jorge Bravo Abad
Hi, I would like to know how to convert a plot save in a file .ps to a file .eps in order to insert this plot in a latex2e file. I have tried to open the file with gimp and xfig and after save it to file.eps but the result has a poor resolution, if you want the same resolution as in the original pl

nasty penguin

2002-11-27 Thread Tony Alfrey
I don't know if you people have seen this, but it is a hoot. Watch closely the penguin on the left. http://www.yip.org/~superboi/stuff/NastyPenguin.mpg -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'd Rather Be Sailing" ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-27 Thread Tony Alfrey
Hey lama dude! Just something to think about: The last time we had an earthquake swarm like the one we've had recently was just before the Loma Prieta quake in 1989. Then it calmed down markedly for several years after that. So enjoy the nice weather we've been having, make sure you've got a

Re: this is pretty cool

2002-11-27 Thread Kurt Wall
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 10:16:14AM -0500, Net Llama! wrote: > > Hey, at least i don't have a blond mane, hawaiian shirt, & short shorts > on. every day of the year. with a fine coating of dandruff on my > shoulders at all times. and BO strong enough to kill a muskox. > > oh, wait, did i say th

ANNOUNCE

2002-11-27 Thread Douglas J Hunley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm pleased to announce the launch of three new country-localized version of the Linux StepByStep job site. We are today launching the following: jobs.ca.linux-sxs.org jobs.it.linux-sxs.org jobs.se.linux-sxs.org Initial content is a little light, but

Re: this is pretty cool

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Tim Wunder wrote: > On 11/27/2002 9:39 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: > > ...i'm not in the picture... > > Yeah, you'll have to find that here: > http://www.linux-sxs.org/bio/lonni_friedman_bio.html > > :-) Hey, at least i don't have a blond mane, hawaiian shirt,

Re: this is pretty cool

2002-11-27 Thread Tim Wunder
On 11/27/2002 9:39 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: ...i'm not in the picture... Yeah, you'll have to find that here: http://www.linux-sxs.org/bio/lonni_friedman_bio.html :-) ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Sus

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 08:56:26PM -0600, Alan Jackson wrote: > > I'm at my wit's end. A runaway vim process filled up my disk, and I can't > > figure out *where*. I had cleared space a few days ago, and then it filled up > > again, when I found and ki

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
I spent my college years in upstate NY. I'd imagine its quite similar weather in the winter. Lots & lots of snow, and bitter cold for about 7 months of the year. On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, ronnie gauthier wrote: > A different breed of person lives in the upper great lakes. If you are > not an outdoor

Re: mount image and archive files

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
Final winner of what? a booby prize? Its all proprietary windoze garbage. I'll repeat, if you love this crap so much, then just use windoze. Stop trying to pollute a good OS with bad ideas. On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, m.w.chang wrote: > a cd burning software for Window$. last version was 4.0. haven'

Re: this is pretty cool

2002-11-27 Thread Net Llama!
That would be Josh Neal (i'm not in the picture). Josh still works with me at VA. On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Jack Berger wrote: > So then who's the dorky guy w/the kaboddle butt (back to > camera)??? ;0 > > From: "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Maybe, accept, this is what Rick Moen looks like:

Re: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-27 Thread kwall
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 08:56:26PM -0600, Alan Jackson wrote: > I'm at my wit's end. A runaway vim process filled up my disk, and I can't > figure out *where*. I had cleared space a few days ago, and then it filled up > again, when I found and killed the gvim zombie. I get quite different > answers