Re: How to mount a filesystem with ownership rights

2002-12-15 Thread stayler
wouldn't chown celia.users /home/celia -r with a user=celia in fstab do it? stayler On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:50:26 +, Collins wrote: >I've created a separate partition for my daughter's mp3 collection, >and this is mounted via fstab to /home/cecilia/mp3. > >The only problem is, she can't crea

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Bob Raymond
On Monday 16 December 2002 04:29 am, Net Llama! wrote: > On 12/15/02 20:24, Bob Raymond wrote: > > On Monday 16 December 2002 04:16 am, Net Llama! wrote: > >> I've had very good experiences with both Tyan & Intel for mobos. > > > > Could you name a decent Athlon option from either one that supports

DirectWay/Linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Keith Morse
Sorry to mess up the threading, all the mails for this topic had been deployed from my inbox. In a somewhat related update to the subject. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 06:59:52 -0800 From: Don Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EM

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/15/02 20:24, Bob Raymond wrote: On Monday 16 December 2002 04:16 am, Net Llama! wrote: On 12/15/02 18:42, Bob Raymond wrote: > On Monday 16 December 2002 02:31 am, Net Llama! wrote: >> My experiences with Asus haven't been all that stellar. They tend to >> cut corners with specs which resu

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Jim Bonnet
I've had very good experiences with both Tyan & Intel for mobos. ditto, on INTEL and TYAN.. although right now I'm running 2 different ASUS boards at home and they are rock solid.. --jim ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/S

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Bob Raymond
On Monday 16 December 2002 04:16 am, Net Llama! wrote: > On 12/15/02 18:42, Bob Raymond wrote: > > On Monday 16 December 2002 02:31 am, Net Llama! wrote: > >> My experiences with Asus haven't been all that stellar. They tend to > >> cut corners with specs which results in unreliable hardware when

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/15/02 18:42, Bob Raymond wrote: On Monday 16 December 2002 02:31 am, Net Llama! wrote: My experiences with Asus haven't been all that stellar. They tend to cut corners with specs which results in unreliable hardware when pushed to its limits. Also SiS makes hardware that is notiriously in

Re: Compiling gcc

2002-12-15 Thread m.w.chang
copy that... > % >http://hunley.homeip.net/linux_sources/utils/gcc_notes > > use a seperate build dir (gcc_build) > > gcc >= 3.0: > ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-system-zlib --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix >--with-slibdir=/lib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu > make bootstra

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread m.w.chang
that's because most linux games hadn't pushed the limit. Try soemthing like Ghost Recon or Battlefield 1942 (if not the upcoming DOOM3). Nayway, if you don't allow games in computers, P4 is an overkill at its current price. > Should be fine with recent 2.4.x kernels (EHCI), not the box on the > w

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Ted Ozolins
Bob Raymond wrote: On Monday 16 December 2002 02:31 am, Net Llama! wrote: My experiences with Asus haven't been all that stellar. They tend to cut corners with specs which results in unreliable hardware when pushed to its limits. Also SiS makes hardware that is notiriously incompatible with

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Ted Ozolins
Net Llama! wrote: On 12/15/02 17:59, Bob Raymond wrote: ==New fancy computer specifications= Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz He doesn't really need something that fast unless he's doing some really high powered stuff like video editing. Or nuclear simulations. Quite honestly,

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
I guess I'm lucky - I've used them on many systems (several Linux) with no problems whatsoever! The SI stuff looks like junk though - it doesn't even work well in Windows. > On Sunday 15 December 2002 21:31 pm, Net Llama! wrote: >> > I'm guessing that's Asus because their model names look somet

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Sunday 15 December 2002 21:31 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > > I'm guessing that's Asus because their model names look something > > like that. Asus is known to be quite reliable. > > My experiences with Asus haven't been all that stellar. They tend to > cut corners with specs which results in unrel

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Bob Raymond
On Monday 16 December 2002 02:31 am, Net Llama! wrote: > My experiences with Asus haven't been all that stellar. They tend to > cut corners with specs which results in unreliable hardware when pushed > to its limits. Also SiS makes hardware that is notiriously incompatible > with Linux. I really

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/15/02 17:59, Bob Raymond wrote: ==New fancy computer specifications= Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz He doesn't really need something that fast unless he's doing some really high powered stuff like video editing. Or nuclear simulations. Quite honestly, this thing is massive o

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Bob Raymond
On Monday 16 December 2002 02:14 am, Ted Ozolins wrote: > Bob Raymond wrote: > >>SiS® 645DX & SiS® 962L chipset > >>Integrated USB 2.0 > >>ATX P4S5A/DX Motherboard > > > >I'm guessing that's Asus because their model names look something like > > that. Asus is known to be quite reliable. > > Its mad

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Ted Ozolins
Bob Raymond wrote: SiS® 645DX & SiS® 962L chipset Integrated USB 2.0 ATX P4S5A/DX Motherboard I'm guessing that's Asus because their model names look something like that. Asus is known to be quite reliable. Its made by ECS who ever they might be. ( http://www.ecsusa.com ) -- Ted Ozol

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Bob Raymond
On Monday 16 December 2002 01:40 am, Joel Hammer wrote: > Well, I am buying a new computer for my college son, since he says it hurts > his back to carry his laptop back and forth to school (he has to walk 4 or > 5 city blocks). So, I am bidding on the following machine on eBay. It > sounds nice, b

Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread Joel Hammer
Well, I am buying a new computer for my college son, since he says it hurts his back to carry his laptop back and forth to school (he has to walk 4 or 5 city blocks). So, I am bidding on the following machine on eBay. It sounds nice, but I would like someone to explain a couple of items to me. ===

Re: How to mount a filesystem with ownership rights

2002-12-15 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Collins wrote: % I've created a separate partition for my daughter's mp3 collection, % and this is mounted via fstab to /home/cecilia/mp3. % % The only problem is, she can't created new directories. Each time I % have to su, mkdir, and chown. % % How can I automated the mount

Re: How to mount a filesystem with ownership rights

2002-12-15 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:50:26 + Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've created a separate partition for my daughter's mp3 collection, > and this is mounted via fstab to /home/cecilia/mp3. > > The only problem is, she can't created new directories. Each time I > have to su, mkdir, and chown

Re: How to mount a filesystem with ownership rights

2002-12-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sunday 15 December 2002 03:50 am, Collins wrote: > I've created a separate partition for my daughter's mp3 collection, > and this is mounted via fstab to /home/cecilia/mp3. > > The only problem is, she can't created new directories. Each time I > have to su, mkdir, and chown. > > How can I auto

Re: How to mount a filesystem with ownership rights

2002-12-15 Thread Net Llama!
Possibly add a 'uid=X' option to the entry in fstab? I know a 'gid=X' options works. Alternatively, you could add the 'umask=000' option, which would allow anyone to have 0777 perms. On 12/15/02 03:50, Collins wrote: I've created a separate partition for my daughter's mp3 collection, and this i

Re: How to mount a filesystem with ownership rights

2002-12-15 Thread Jim Bonnet
Collins wrote: I've created a separate partition for my daughter's mp3 collection, and this is mounted via fstab to /home/cecilia/mp3. The only problem is, she can't created new directories. Each time I have to su, mkdir, and chown. How can I automated the mount and get the correct permissions?

AVIFILE... compile tip...

2002-12-15 Thread Jerry McBride
I decided to upgrade my installed avifile (video player) and ran into a small hitch. Target platform is COL 3.1.1. During ./configure I found I was missing a decoder named: xvid After visiting the xvid homepage with a tarball... I was unable to compile it. The version of nasm that ships with col 3

How to mount a filesystem with ownership rights

2002-12-15 Thread Collins
I've created a separate partition for my daughter's mp3 collection, and this is mounted via fstab to /home/cecilia/mp3. The only problem is, she can't created new directories. Each time I have to su, mkdir, and chown. How can I automated the mount and get the correct permissions? -- Collins Ri

Re: Compiling gcc

2002-12-15 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, m.w.chang wrote: % is the notes accessible from the sidebar on the webpage? I culdn't quite % find it... % % Douglas J Hunley wrote: % >>Is there a howto or other easy to follow instructions for linux for % >>installing gcc? % > % >http://hunley.homeip.net/linux_sources/utils/