Re: tar + bunzip2

2003-11-14 Thread Bill Davidson
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:20:53 +0100 Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:08:55 -0500 > John Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You can also use the -j option to tar: > > > > # tar -xjvf file.tar.bz2 > > My tar does not list this. If the file is gzip'd, the

Re: Has open software gone nuts?

2003-10-14 Thread Bill Davidson
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:59:18 -0600 Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:10:36 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Collins Richey wrote: > > > http://www.forbes.com/2003/10/14/cz_dl_1014linksys.html > > > > > > This type of l

Re: net radio

2003-09-11 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:30:38 -0700 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Davidson wrote: > > >On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 09:42:13 -0700 > >Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Anyone found good sources of internet radio

Re: net radio

2003-09-11 Thread Bill Davidson
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:09:23 +1000 Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 05:59 am, Bill Davidson wrote: > > On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 09:42:13 -0700 > > > > Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone found good sources of inter

Re: net radio

2003-09-11 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 09:42:13 -0700 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone found good sources of internet radio that work in mozilla? Many > > that I have tried use a url including "playlist=..." which opens to a > blank window. http://www.shoutcast.com Bill ___

Re: HP scanners on Linux.

2003-08-29 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:27:40 -0700 Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That said, can anybody recommend current scanners that are well > supported under Linux? My current need is for a pretty vanilla flat > bed scanner, but we will also need ones with automatic document > feeders. Check t

Re: spam issues

2003-07-30 Thread Bill Davidson
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:03:09 -0400 Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From an end user perspective, I've found Mozilla's junk mail > filtering > to be fantastic at determining what's junk and what's not. Much better > > than plain SpamAssassin. Although, current SpamAssassin is supposed

Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-13 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:17:38 -0700 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If only the cylinders differ, then its most likely an lba32 scheme of > some sort. If i were a betting man, i'd say that you're safe to let > freebsd muck around. Well, if you were a betting man, you'd be a winner. I de

Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:36:22 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:37:44 -0400 (EDT) > > Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Da

Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:37:44 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote: > > I decided to install FreeBSD and give it a try. My drive geometry is > > set to 193821 cyls/63 sectors/16 heads. FreeBSD's fdisk says that&#x

[OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Davidson
I decided to install FreeBSD and give it a try. My drive geometry is set to 193821 cyls/63 sectors/16 heads. FreeBSD's fdisk says that's incorrect and wants to use 12161 cyls/63 sectors/ 255 heads. Is it safe to go ahead and create a FreeBSD partition with this drive geometry? I would prefer not to

Re: Can't read CD in linux, can in xp

2003-07-07 Thread Bill Davidson
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:37:48 -0400 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At work I created a data cd with images, large and small (300kb up to > 33 megs), with easy CD creator or some such. I ran the option to make > the cd readable by all cd readers. This was on windows 2000. > > At home, thi

Re: Strange Reboot problem ...

2003-06-15 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 08:11:57 +0200 (CEST) Javier Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am having a strange problem with one of my computers and I > am not able to discover where is the problem. Maybe someone > on the list have had a similar experience... > > The computer aparently

Re: Hosed my system. Knoppix won't fix it.

2003-04-12 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 15:30:51 -0400 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I seem to have hosed my system. > > After rebuilding the kernel, I guess I ought to have run lilo again, > for the umpteemth time, which I didn't bother doing. > > Now when I try to boot, no matter which image I use, it

Re: I need some Gentoo tips...

2003-04-02 Thread Bill Davidson
On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 19:05:34 -0500 Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey list. > > As a new gentoo bigot... How does one re-arrange the startup scripts? > On the laptop thta I'm testing gentoo on, during shutdown pcmcia goes > down and takes eth0 with it... before the net-eth0 script

Re: how to direct select output to insert input

2003-03-27 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:44:50 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/27/03 19:37, Bill Davidson wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:11:37 -0800 > > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On 03/27/03 19:10,

Re: how to direct select output to insert input

2003-03-27 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:11:37 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/27/03 19:10, Bill Davidson wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:45:33 -0800 > > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> i've got an Oracle

Re: how to direct select output to insert input

2003-03-27 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:45:33 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i've got an Oracle (9i, if that matters) problem. i need to > essentially copy all the data from a single column (call it a) in a > table into a different column (call it b) in the same table. both a > and b are the sam

Re: /. down?

2003-03-26 Thread Bill Davidson
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 23:09:43 -0500 Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An unnamed Administration source, dep, wrote: > % begin Net Llama!'s quote: > % > % | mind sharing how you were 0wn3d ? > % > % apparently an exploit in php-nuke or, possibly, php. they didn't get > > % the whole thing

Re: User login hangs system

2003-03-12 Thread Bill Davidson
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:44:38 -0800 Aaron Grewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for > > device 0x81Kernel: 62749 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors > > BIOS: 1023 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors > > > > Lilo still finishes

Re: User login hangs system

2003-03-12 Thread Bill Davidson
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:29:27 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/12/03 17:22, Bill Davidson wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:57:41 -0800 > > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On 03/11/03 18:17, Bill

Re: User login hangs system

2003-03-12 Thread Bill Davidson
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:57:41 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/11/03 18:17, Bill Davidson wrote: > > I decided to give gentoo a try recently, and also decided to play > > around with alsa. I couldn't get alsa working, but that's a prob

User login hangs system

2003-03-12 Thread Bill Davidson
I decided to give gentoo a try recently, and also decided to play around with alsa. I couldn't get alsa working, but that's a problem for another day. In trying to get the alsa modules to load, my system would hang, taking out everything(keyboard, network), requiring a manual reset. Now my system

Re: Sending stardard error only to a pipe

2002-10-31 Thread Bill Davidson
Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand how to send std out to a pipe ( | ), and how to send std > out and std error to a pipe, ( 2>&1 | ), but how to send just std > error to a pipe? Thanks, > Joel 2> | Bill ___ Linux-users mailing list

Re: NEw Arrival

2002-10-24 Thread Bill Davidson
"stayler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gentlemen and Ladies, > > I am pleased to announce the arrival of our new daughter, Madison > Tayler > > 6lb 6oz and 20in. > > Now I need to start planning her first PC! Congrats!! And hurry up on that PC, you don't want her to fall behind. ;) Bill ___

Re: dhclient

2002-07-09 Thread Bill Davidson
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 19:41:31 -0400 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought for sure there would be a howto on dhcp, but I can't find > one of those, either. > > Joel It's a bit dated, but... http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/DHCP/index.html Bill

Re: Error installing freetype-1.3.1

2002-07-07 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sun, 07 Jul 2002 12:50:26 -0700 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Davidson wrote: > > I'm following the sxs on installing XFree86 with truetype and > > anti-aliased fonts. I get the follwing error when doing make install > > on freety

Error installing freetype-1.3.1

2002-07-07 Thread Bill Davidson
I'm following the sxs on installing XFree86 with truetype and anti-aliased fonts. I get the follwing error when doing make install on freetype-1.3.1: /usr/src/XFree/freetype-1.3.1/test/arch/unix/../../arch/unix/gwin_x11.c:22: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory /usr/src/XFree/freetype-1.3.1/te

Re: Acrobat basic tool bar

2002-07-07 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sat, 6 Jul 2002 21:14:26 -0400 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been happily using acrobat 5.05 on my linux box. > > (I am impressed it didn't need an updated anything to install on my > caldera 2.4 boxes with the 2.2 kernel. Those guys at adobe must know > something a lot of

Re: dep, FHS, Slackware

2002-07-01 Thread Bill Davidson
On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 17:25:05 -0600 Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:44:24 -0500 "David A. Bandel" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can use either checkinstall (not installwatch) for stuff from > > source, or use alien to take stuff from RPM and/or DEB. > > > > And d

Re: slack 8.1

2002-06-22 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 17:32:14 -0700 Ted Ozolins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On June 22, 2002 04:42 pm, Bill Davidson wrote: > > > You need to add a line in the screen section where it says: > > 'ViewPort0 0' There's more than 1 so I guess add i

Re: slack 8.1

2002-06-22 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 14:59:10 -0700 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed Slack 8.1 from the iso, ran xf86config and startx, but > the(virtual?) screen is too large for my monitor, and scrolls to the > bottom and right when I move my mouse pointer to the edge. I'm > pretty su

Re: kernel modules

2002-06-21 Thread Bill Davidson
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:20:40 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Bill Davidson wrote: > > Alright. Now I've done it. I needed to rebuild my kernel after-all, > > and I > > didn't make a backup of my working kernel(1 of my

Re: kernel modules

2002-06-21 Thread Bill Davidson
Alright. Now I've done it. I needed to rebuild my kernel after-all, and I didn't make a backup of my working kernel(1 of my finer brain-dead moments). I ran 'make modules install' instead of 'make modules_install'. I ran make modules_install afterward. Now I can't boot. It just says 'loading kerne

Re: kernel modules

2002-06-21 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 21:36:56 -0500 "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:51:39 -0400 > begin Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > > > I've compiled a kernel and I realize I want to compile 2 more modules.

kernel modules

2002-06-20 Thread Bill Davidson
I've compiled a kernel and I realize I want to compile 2 more modules. If I run make menuconfig, without make mrproper, will all the selections that I had previouly chosen stay that way? Is that the way I should do it? Then I could run make modules and make modules_install. And if that's the way i

M$ at it again - funny

2002-06-15 Thread Bill Davidson
I got this link from another list. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-935994.html?legacy=cnet&tag=lthd Bill ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the a

Re: Analogies & Metaphors

2002-06-12 Thread Bill Davidson
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:33:32 -0500 Ronnie Gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got this from another list I'm on. Enjoy...makes yoiu wonder just what > experience they went through to come up with these. ROFL... Are these high school essays, or Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy? _

Re: Mandrake Update Problem

2002-06-03 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sun, 02 Jun 2002 20:46:32 -0600 Tyler Regas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I honestly think that most Linux advocates believe that if it becomes > easy to use it will fall into the maw of M$ and be swallowed up whole. > Nothing could be further from the truth. Linux has proven its > marketabilit

Re: Mandrake Update Problem

2002-06-02 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sun, 02 Jun 2002 19:04:16 -0600 Tyler Regas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all! > > Good news! My proposal for a Mandrake book has been accepted by Que > Publishing, so I'll be a Linux author soon :) I have a question for > you all that has been pestering me and popped up again last night.

Re: I'm a dad!!

2002-05-16 Thread Bill Davidson
On Wed, 15 May 2002 19:43:00 -0700 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm incredibly pleased to announce that I became the father of a 8lb, > 12oz boy today. Being my > first child, he'll be spoiled every which way possible. > Pictures of the little guy can be found here: > http://linux-

Re: need more of your opinion (site redesign)

2002-04-25 Thread Bill Davidson
On Wednesday 24 April 2002 09:43 pm, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > Kurt Wall spewed electrons into the ether that resembled: > > Just a suggestion. Feel free to disregard it. > > ok! j/k > > anyone else care to chime in? There doesn't appear to be a lot of room for that on my screen. My resolution i

Re: your opinion needed (site redesign)

2002-04-23 Thread Bill Davidson
> Yeah, the left side. The blue tables are perfect. Why not make em the > same blue as the links on top? Wow! That was quite badly worded. Lemme try that again. Why not make the links on the left the same colour blue as the links on top which are darker and easier to read. Bill ___

Re: your opinion needed (site redesign)

2002-04-23 Thread Bill Davidson
On Tuesday 23 April 2002 07:08 pm, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > Bill Davidson spewed electrons into the ether that resembled: > > I wish the links were a darker colour. That's the only thing I'd like > > to see changed. Other than that, it looks great. > > which? the

Re: your opinion needed (site redesign)

2002-04-23 Thread Bill Davidson
On Monday 22 April 2002 04:16 pm, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > I've reworked the left-hand menu taking all prior suggestions into > account. It resembles the one Klaus suggested, with slight changes. > Feedback? Url is http://hunley.homeip.net/sxs/ I wish the links were a darker colour. That's the o

Re: no sound on kde

2002-04-21 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 18:19:55 +1000 Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not have sound on kde of any sort 2.2.1, 2.2.2 and 3.0it comes up with > this on boot > > Sound server informational message: > Error while initializing the sound driver: > couldn't auto detect which audio I/O me

Re: success story posted by linux.org

2002-04-12 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thursday 11 April 2002 10:26 pm, Joel Hammer wrote: > I have seen this same success story multiple times on the internet. I > wonder why we don't see more success stories like this? > Joel Mandrake documents business cases. http://www.mandrakebizcases.com/ Bill ___

Re: JAVA RAD

2002-04-09 Thread Bill Davidson
On Tuesday 09 April 2002 01:17 pm, zohar wrote: > Is there some application which make the code of Java language for the > controls(command buttons. option buttons, list box, combo box, etc) that > are in the screen using AWT library and JDBC as I have connect it to > database (particularly of mys

Re: xfree-lite

2002-04-09 Thread Bill Davidson
On Monday 08 April 2002 11:39 pm, m.w.Chang wrote: > Is it do-able after full/partial installation? > To avoid missing some crucial modules, > I always install all packages. > > Now i want to try building Xfree86 from scratch rather > paying extra for an product upgrade. SO is there a > dummy's gu

Linux tips

2002-04-03 Thread Bill Davidson
http://www.linux-tips.net/ Enjoy, Bill ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.

Re: (day two) - your opinion on the new design needed

2002-04-02 Thread Bill Davidson
Looks real nice. Much cleaner. And I must say the idea of the opinions page sounds great. Bill On Tuesday 02 April 2002 09:35 am, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > The new "snapshot" of the developing site redesign is up. The following > concerns have been addresses: > 1. the javascript windows resize

Re: Fwd: Your message to Editors awaits moderator approval

2002-04-01 Thread Bill Davidson
On Monday 01 April 2002 08:22 pm, burns wrote: > On April 1, 2002 07:12 pm, Bill Davidson wrote: > > Why would receive this now. I'm a member. Just got my monthly reminder > > today. I never had trouble posting before. Or is this an april fools &g

Re: Redesign of SxS site in the works

2002-04-01 Thread Bill Davidson
On Monday 01 April 2002 06:57 pm, Net Llama wrote: > --- Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use galeon. Not the latest. I should upgrade galeon and mozilla. > > Although I've been told that if I try the latest mozilla milestone, I > > wouldn'

Fwd: Your message to Editors awaits moderator approval

2002-04-01 Thread Bill Davidson
Why would receive this now. I'm a member. Just got my monthly reminder today. I never had trouble posting before. Or is this an april fools joke? Bill -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Your message to Editors awaits moderator approval Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 18:50:01 -0500 Fro

Re: Redesign of SxS site in the works

2002-04-01 Thread Bill Davidson
ma wrote: > The middle frame is supposed to be for each mirror to include any unique > content branding stuff. > > Just curious, which browser did you use (or do you prefer)? > > thanks for your feedback! > > -Net LLama! > > --- Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: Redesign of SxS site in the works

2002-04-01 Thread Bill Davidson
I don't care for that middle frame. What's it for? And it's resizable in case it's not supposed to be. You can shrink it upward. I think the mirror and the editor tables might look better with a white background. But that's minor. The big thing for me is that middle frame. Bill On Monday 01 A

Re: No GUI in Mandrake 7.2 installation

2002-03-30 Thread Bill Davidson
On Saturday 30 March 2002 01:48 pm, Glenn Williams wrote: > Hello, group: > > After my third attempt to install Mandrake 7.2 on my Pentium III 1Gig, > 1000M Intel machine, I still cannot satisfy the install script that I > have a viable monitor (Mag View / Pro View VM 700E) and and video > adapter

Re: gentoo news and ramblings

2002-03-16 Thread Bill Davidson
On Friday 15 March 2002 11:34 pm, Rick Sivernell wrote: > Collins > >Nice job, lots of good stuff. I love this xfce, and things made by > kde even work better. Sooner or later I will get around to building a > desceant IDE system for c++ java python & scripts. In the process of > some lower le

Re: Compiling avifile

2002-03-15 Thread Bill Davidson
Actually, it says on the website that binary packages don't work well. Apparently there's a lot of optimizations that have to be made when it's compiled. that's probly why most vendors don't include it. On another note, you need to run ./configure with --disable-gcc-checking as an option if y

Now Disney's whining

2002-03-15 Thread Bill Davidson
Disney wants to dictate how computers are made. When is someone gonna put these big companies in their place and tell to just shut up? I'd love to put M$, AOL, Disney and the record industry in a room together with Barney the dinosaur until they learn to show a little love. Oh, yeah, and here's

Re: Compiling avifile

2002-03-14 Thread Bill Davidson
I tried MPlayer first actually. ./configure didn't get any further than checking my compiler: gcc2.96. Is it really that bad? I tried it with a --no-debug option -or something like that- and it bombed. Maybe I'll try it again and try to find out what went wrong. One question though. Why replac

Compiling avifile

2002-03-14 Thread Bill Davidson
I'm trying to install avifile form source as per the SxS. But first, a general compile question. If I type in "./configure 2> dump" to redirect standard error, and than "make 2>> dump" to append to the file, will that give all the error messages that I need to find out why it failed? That's wh

Re: MD 8.1 shutdown hang

2002-03-14 Thread Bill Davidson
49 -0500 > Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Bill but that didn't do it > > > Try changing the line in your /etc/modules.conf that reads "alias > > usb-interface usb-uhci" to "alias usb-interface uhci". > > > > Bill

Re: MD 8.1 shutdown hang

2002-03-14 Thread Bill Davidson
On Wednesday 13 March 2002 09:46 pm, Roger Hawley wrote: > During shutdown it lists > > usb.c:USB disconnect on device 1 > usb.c:USB disconnect on device2 > usbaudio:unregister dsp 14,35 > usbaudio:unregister mixer 14,16 > > No "ok" listed on the right side for these items. Then it hangs. > Please