Re: rms: "i'm clueless, dammit!"

2003-11-13 Thread Jack Berger
Good analogy on the sears tools bit, but we do use a lot of the gnu tools on our solaris systems. And yes, rms does exhibit that "far away look" as dep describes. -jhb- From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I guess he doesn't recognize that Linus had much to do with it. If it > weren'

RE: another warm fuzzy from M$

2003-11-13 Thread Jack Berger
Well, now that you ask, yes they do as a matter of fact ;) (But it can be from the same copy, or ghosted.) -Original Message- From: Bob Hemus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: another warm fuzzy from M$ Collins Richey

RE: Star Office 7

2003-11-06 Thread Jack Berger
Wed, 5 Nov 2003 23:46:26 -0500 > > Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoth Collins Richey: > > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:31:26 -0600 "Jack Berger" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > Indeed so...

RE: Star Office 7

2003-11-05 Thread Jack Berger
Indeed so... -jhb- -Original Message- From: Rick Sivernell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Star Office 7 >> Oh, I just turned 57 here >> in Sept. Hope to die doing two things, ... Sex & Computers ___

Novell Announces Agreement to Acquire SUSE

2003-11-04 Thread Jack Berger
in'eresting http://www.suse.com/us/company/press/press_releases/archive03/novell_suse.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

RE: test message

2003-10-24 Thread Jack Berger
Yes, he is. Always. -jhb- >-Original Message- >From: Collins Richey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:23 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: test message > > >On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:08:14 -0400 dep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> quoth Kurt Wall: >> | Quot

RE: The SCO Group Closes $50 Million Equity Financing

2003-10-17 Thread Jack Berger
I read somewhere else that Baystar has a history of investing in companies whose prime focus is suing other companies over IP rights. So this must be a lucrative business. Afterall, it is driving up SCO stock prices. >-Original Message- >From: burns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Frida

Re: OT: Here we go again ...

2003-09-21 Thread Jack Berger
I know this is a late reply - been gone for a week, but.. Dep, No offense, but you're starting to sound like John Ashcroft or Richard Clarke. Both have an agenda w/this, and are using this line as an excuse for more govt. controls, snooping and imposing a police state mentality on us, (as in US).

Re: Related to sendmail "gethostbyaddr" error

2003-09-08 Thread Jack Berger
I don't believe that the sendmail.cf file points to a dns server. I could be totally wrong on this though. The first thing I would check is where the mailserver gets its dns info. What do you get when you do an nslookup from the mail server? It should tell you what nameserver it is using. as in:

RE: Related to sendmail "gethostbyaddr" error

2003-09-08 Thread Jack Berger
Have you pointed your mailserver to the new dns server? Seems to me that should fix things, since you say that if you put the IP in hosts it works ok. > -Original Message- > From: Swapana Ghosh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: Some errors in /var/log/maillog

2003-09-05 Thread Jack Berger
Same here. We were getting a ton of spam on our server. Implemented these types of rules and it virtually dropped to zero. Problem was many of our member companies have misconfigured dns and mail servers and we were bouncing vaidi mail. Pleas w/them to fix THEIR stuff, even help them do it, only re

RE: Did you ever find out about Portsentry?

2003-09-03 Thread Jack Berger
Doug had a link to it somewhere on the SxS server at one time. I know the psionic links are dead. I have a copy of the software if you can't find it anywhere else. Contact me off-list via my email if you need it.   -jhb- -Original Message-From: Linda McKinnon [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

RE: Why all this- Undeliverable Mail

2003-09-02 Thread Jack Berger
just the notices - > -Original Message- > From: Douglas J Hunley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Why all this- Undeliverable Mail > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tim Wunder shocked a

Re: linux-users list passing on virii

2003-09-02 Thread Jack Berger
For what it's worth - I haven't got one from the list. And I don't think I missed any messages. -jhb- From: Gerry Doris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For what it's worth I sent a virus passed to me through this mailing list >> to Antony Stone on the MailScanner list. ___

RE: Name your poison

2003-08-26 Thread Jack Berger
We use solaris (v5 thru v8) in daily production at this site. Not being phased out. Our home office is in the process of converting from HP/Compaq/DEC tru64 to solaris as well. Just got rid of our last AIX box 2-3 mos ago. (I liked it, but it was an orphan.) Preferences - Solaris, because that's

Re: [GWAVA:b1cvwn12] Subject filter message notification

2003-08-18 Thread Jack Berger
Automotons at their finest... Computers are wonderful things!! From: Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The message was blocked because it triggered the ... > > Block... > > Don't you just love it! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsu

Re: Linux running IIs?

2003-08-16 Thread Jack Berger
Yes it can. In fact we run an appache server on a Sun box. The web signature is IIs, and we spoof some netbui traffic on the network connection as well. My sysadmin enjoys watching all the script kiddies try all the known MS hacks against the box. He's kind of a sicko that way ;) From: "Net Llama

Re: northeast power outage

2003-08-16 Thread Jack Berger
No, I don't think we disagree on this. I just didn't expound on the underlying reason for the current mess in the power system. That is DE-REGULATION of the industry. -jhb- From: Tom Marinis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Jack Berger wrote: >> >> The truth is

RE: northeast power outage

2003-08-15 Thread Jack Berger
erstand it, make the grid more unstable, > not less. > > So, as we decline as a great power and evolve into a third > world country > (California is just the beginning, and things will pick up speed), > occasional power outages will be a minor inconvenience. > > Joel > >

northeast power outage

2003-08-14 Thread Jack Berger
Tom Marinis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beside, nothing more will happen today, since the NORTHEAST > power outage occured around 2:00pm PST, 5:00pm EST. > > [ Probably a power generator being controlled by > POWER MANAGER, and that computer suffered a > MS windows BSOD fault

RE: Trip to Maine

2003-08-14 Thread Jack Berger
Nice Pix. The pix of the stream remind me of my recent trip to the Big Horn Mts. in Wyoming. -jhb- > -Original Message- > From: Joel Hammer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Trip to Maine > > > C'est moi. > Actually

Re: More on the SCO pooch-screwing

2003-08-09 Thread Jack Berger
Interesting, but sorta long winded... From: Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://lamlaw.com/ ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: [OT] I can't belive this can be happen ????????

2003-07-21 Thread Jack Berger
Well, you know, it's only 99% of the lawyers that give all the rest of them a bad name!! From: Harry Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This is caused by the fact we have WAY too many lawyers in this country > trying to generate inane cases to make a buck. > > What do you call a bus half filled with l

RE: Shane B. did it !!

2003-07-17 Thread Jack Berger
Keith, Good to hear your are ok. I think you've earned the right to do what ever you want at this point in life. If lurking is it, then do it. Best wishes, -jhb- > -Original Message- > From: Keith Antoine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: Transferring Mozilla Mail filter rules between installations

2003-04-04 Thread Jack Berger
On an windows box it should go into: \Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla \Profiles\name\xxx.slt\Imapmail\servername\rules.dat -jhb- > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Mathews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 8:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cookies

2003-04-02 Thread Jack Berger
From: Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On 4/2/2003 12:19 PM, someone claiming to be Bob Hemus wrote: >> Probably everybody on the list but I knows this. Where are the cookies >> placed when I click . whereis cookie or cookies gets me >> nuttin. A Granddaughter who works for an outfit in LA was

imap

2003-04-01 Thread Jack Berger
I'm painfully aware of the fact that I don't know all that I don't know about imap (among other things). Anyway, the problem is that since we moved our mail server from solaris/sendmail to msexchange, I don't see all of the mail in my inbox from an imap client. Using mslookout I can see all messag

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Jack Berger
I've looked at them as well. Samsung and Sony have some that are pretty good, but still have problems w/text. Graphics are great. And for $1200 for these models I'll stick with a crt for now. The best ones I've seen are 19-20 inch models on a MAC. Very good even in text work. Exceed anything I've

RE: Submissions and absence

2003-03-20 Thread Jack Berger
Take care of yerslef there. See you when you get back. -jhb- > -Original Message- > From: Chong Yu Meng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 5:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Submissions and absence > > > Hello List ! > > I have just managed to finish my

Re: CONSIDER IT

2003-03-16 Thread Jack Berger
WHAT - are you implying this is a joke??!!! I thought maybe I could use this to recoup my 401k losses... -jhb- From: Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Of course nobody on _THIS_ list would be stupid enough to fall for these > would they. I'm always amazed when I read of somebody who does.

netscape 7.02

2003-03-14 Thread Jack Berger
Just an fyi for anyone interested... Just loaded netscape 7.02. On the face of it, it is a very big improvement performancewise over 7.0/7.01. Startup times are noticeably improved (on both linux and windows). Unfortunately I have no benchmarks for memory usage. -jhb-

Re: solaris questions

2003-03-04 Thread Jack Berger
Doug - 2 quick answers... 1. The stuff in /platform for the different platforms "could" be removed. By tradition, we don't. Other places I've been have left them as well but it shouldn't be a problem to remove them. Just be sure you know for sure what your platform is :) 2. The short ans

Re: linux like Alpha4 relational database?

2003-02-21 Thread Jack Berger
I think the Berkley database system is a couple of levels lower than what he's looking for. From a paper on that site: "It is also important to understand what Berkeley DB is not. It is not a database server that handles network requests. It is not an SQL engine that executes queries. It is not a

Re: mozilla 1.3b is out!

2003-02-12 Thread Jack Berger
Thanks to all who replied to this. uess I'll have to take a go at some (Boptions here. (B (B-jhb- (B (BI wrote: (B> I haven't looked at Mozilla, but have recently tried Netscape 7 (B> (skipped 6). It's almost enough to make one turn to IE for browser (B> preferences - aaaggghhh, that's

Re: mozilla 1.3b is out!

2003-02-11 Thread Jack Berger
I haven't looked at Mozilla, but have recently tried Netscape 7 (skipped 6). It's almost enough to make one turn to IE for browser preferences - aaaggghhh, that's a low point for sure. Anyway, Compared to the Netscape 4.x versions, v7 is a real case of bloatware, and slow (even on a 2 gh syste

Re: Greetings !

2003-02-09 Thread Jack Berger
Hey, Pasca, Good to see you made it over. But the big question is where ya been sleepin' all this time? Most people (and the others too) started migrating over to here quite some time ago. -jhb- From: Chong Yu Meng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I was wondering why the Caldera mailing list was so quiet

Re: a gd jb

2003-02-09 Thread Jack Berger
It's an old(*) programmers trick from when there were "reasonable" limits on the length of a variable name compilers would permit (6-8 chars.). In order to use a variable name that somewhat resembled the term you were modelling, you would drop the vowels from the word. There was also some efficienc

a gd jb

2003-02-08 Thread Jack Berger
Thanks, bt i thnk i alrdy gt 1. OR at lst i dd ystrd. From: Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/list

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-03 Thread Jack Berger
I vote w/Keith on this one - give the guy a break (or two). -jhb- From: Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > English is not Changs' first language. I believe that it was not supposed to > be taken as humerous, I did not. I believe he was comparing what came out of > NASA as being the truth

Re: question re Suse

2003-02-03 Thread Jack Berger
Well, and I MIGHT be totally wrong here... (probably really wrong in assuming it was directed at me in the first place!) >From what I can tell about SuSEconfig, it is run automatically after you update or change a system w/Yast or Yast2. Just installing an rpm doesn't necessarily trigger it, unle

Re: Re: Sco Linux 4 issue - SOLVED

2003-01-27 Thread Jack Berger
Suse 7.x has the same problem. It's due to Yast2 seeing Pentium 4 as an SMP installation. http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_noapic.html http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/disableapic.html http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/swiegra_delldimension8100.html I recall seeing something about windows

Re: Dual boot upgrade...

2003-01-08 Thread Jack Berger
My two cents: Unless you're really enamored with using lilo as the primary boot loader I'd use the NT boot loader to do the booting. This requires installing lilo in your primary linux partion (ie /dev/hda1 for example), and making a copy of the Bootsec.lin file for NT to use. The links below desc

Re: LAN*Assist on linux?

2003-01-06 Thread Jack Berger
Here's one possible candidate. Haven't tried it myself but the claim is that it can do what you want. Power Sessions with Screen http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6340 Another candidate is VNC, which we use quite a bit, mostly for remote admin sessions, but the effect is the same.

Re: FreeType2 2.1.3... Beautiful.

2002-12-31 Thread Jack Berger
Same thing here. Married in October, then off to Banff for the honeymoon. It was a bit on the cold side, but... We have traditionally taken our vacations in the fall, usually to the North Shore region of Lake Superior. Up to a few years ago it was pretty good, no crowds etc, then they started prom

Re: DSL Troubles Solved -- but not resolved...

2002-12-24 Thread Jack Berger
Just an fyi on your last comment. While knowing how to do whatever you did to fix your problem from a command line is a good thing, keep in mind that if it wasn't what Yast2 set up originally, the next time you reboot, Yast2 will reset it to what it thinks is right, and you'll be right back where y

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-28 Thread Jack Berger
More like 4 hrs from here. Never have skied it. Hiked it in the fall recently. Used to ski quite a bit (more than my ma and my wife could tolerate), now it's about twice a year. Guess I used it all up when I was younger. From: ronnie gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Lutsen is only what, three hou

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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: Where did my diskspace go?

2002-11-26 Thread Jack Berger
On 11/26/02 18:56, 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 from different tools a

Re: this is pretty cool

2002-11-26 Thread Jack Berger
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: > 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 anyon

Re: earthquake!

2002-11-26 Thread Jack Berger
Well, at least you YUppers get some decent snow off the lakes w/the cold weather. All we've got on the ski hills here is that snow (and ice) machine stuff they try to pass off for snow around here. It's 18 F in Mpls now, going to 10 F tonite. Greatful for my Volvo w/the heated seats. -jhb- From:

Re: OT:Fw: Run Old Versions of Microsoft with Windows XP Pro!

2002-11-13 Thread Jack Berger
I've heard you can possibly damage your chip set by doing this. -jhb- From: Chris Kassopulo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Microsoft has something new -- "downgrade rights" > What's next ?... ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/

RE: Anyone use CodeWeaver's Crossover?

2002-11-08 Thread Jack Berger
an you try other apps as well? > No support, but > can you try them? I would almost kill to get FrameMaker... > > > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:45:59 -0600 > "Jack Berger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been using it for a couple of months. I think it

RE: Re: Anyone use CodeWeaver's Crossover?

2002-11-08 Thread Jack Berger
I have been using it for a couple of months. I think it does the job. Installation is easy, and the ms package installation is the same as on a windows box. If you need to work w/people who do everything in ms word etc it works fine. Staroffice etc are ok, but somethings don't import/export quit

autocad viewer

2002-11-06 Thread Jack Berger
Autocad has a browser plugin called whip that lets an autocad dwf drawing file be viewed in a browser window. It works w/Netscape and IE on mswindows. Does anyone know of a similar application for linux/unix? -jhb- ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PR

Re: usernames

2002-10-30 Thread Jack Berger
Kurt is correct here. A simple solution, unless you're locked in on this approach is to use non-punctuated usernames, and then alias them for mail purposes, as in: jh.berger: jhb in an alias file that your mta reads. This is the way I've usually seen it done. -jhb- =

Re: Suse's YOU and package versions

2002-10-30 Thread Jack Berger
You'll soon develop a love/hate relationship w/YaST2. It's good at setting things up for you, but it really doesn't want you to set anything up manually outside of it. If you manually reconfigure something that YaST2 originally setup for you, it will change it back to what it "knows" or "thinks" is

Re: Photo quality printing with linux

2002-10-30 Thread Jack Berger
I've had very good results w/turboprint for both text and image printing. One of the features of this package is the setup and test utilities. These are similar to the HP utilities that come w/HP inkjet models in quality and functionality. http://www.turboprint.de/english.html -jhb- ==

Re: Kinda OT: "valid mail server"?

2002-10-22 Thread Jack Berger
Requiring a reverse lookup of the sending MTA is a form of spam blocking. We put the rule in place for about a week and a half on our server. Kept out an amazing amount of stuff, but also blocked a good number of our members and friendlies. Finally had to remove it because we didn't want to play ma

Re: Re: Noteworthy News Item

2002-06-26 Thread Jack Berger
HITLER AND TO THINK I LEFT THE CALDERA LIST FOR THIS! From: Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (AND NUMEROUS OTHERS) > On Tuesday 25 June 2002 14:43, you wrote: > > Nicely put. I can't believe the number of people willing to hang their > > hat on chucking the Bible...1. Book of Genesis: Two creation m

Re: Re: Noteworthy News Item

2002-06-24 Thread Jack Berger
I like the 9:30 am service better, easier to stay awake. Saved?? - probably not... -jhb- From: Ronnie Gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > you mean you dont attend 8am mass each morning?!? > how ever do you expect to be saved? > > On Monday 24 June 2002 09:42 pm, Mike Chambers wrote: > > Enough of t

Re: Overriding SuSe Defaults.

2002-06-21 Thread Jack Berger
Another one of YAST2's favorites is to re-write /etc/hosts to what it thinks it should be each time it runs. This caused me no end of frustration in trying to figure out how to get pppd running on a system set up w/a nic. YAST 2 insists on writing the hostname/IP address into the hosts file if i