Re: Which file system am I using?

2003-11-19 Thread Ken Moffat
Joel Hammer wrote: What command can I issue to see what file system I am running on a linux partition? Thanks, Joel ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users cfdis

Re: Apache log probe?

2003-11-19 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:37:56 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/19/03 17:07, Ken Moffat wrote: Anyone have a clue ? What is this, from my apache/access.log? 217.210.77.107 - - [19/Nov/2003:02:07:29 -0800] "SEARCH /\x90\x0

Apache log probe?

2003-11-19 Thread Ken Moffat
Anyone have a clue ? What is this, from my apache/access.log? 217.210.77.107 - - [19/Nov/2003:02:07:29 -0800] "SEARCH /\x90\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02 \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\ xb1

Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop

2003-11-19 Thread Ken Moffat
James McDonald wrote: I had to reboot g. Now if I had linux on the laptop Why do you not have linux on that laptop? -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [InterLUG] AOL now in the Linux PC business

2003-11-19 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:11:35 -0800 Tony Alfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 19 November 2003 02:00 pm, Kurt Wall wrote: Consuming 0.7K bytes, Henry Keultjes blathered: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 http://www.aolcheckout.com/aol-pc/a

Re: html and web application

2003-11-17 Thread Ken Moffat
dep wrote: a couple of weeks ago, when the textmaker sale was coming up, there was some discussion here of a wysiwig program to make html editing easier. while poking around today, i found this, which looks promising, and which appears to be free: http://www.nvu.com/ from download link: Cu

Re: Love on board

2003-11-11 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:48:30 -0500 Chris Kassopulo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Former Caldera CEO Ransom Love joins Progeny board http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/11/11/0333248 I haven't kept track of Progeny, but after visiting their website, one thing is

Re: icewm anyone

2003-11-07 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: Does anyone else use icewm? I've been trying it out for a few weeks, and I like it a lot. One thing I have been unsuccessful (after much googling) in finding out. I have utilities installed that allow you to specify sounds for events, and the information gets saved, but I c

Re: backup windows partition (fat)

2003-11-04 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:48:16 -0800 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mike Reinehr wrote: Rather than purchase commercial software, why not just use tar, cp, dd, or partimage? Partimage will back up to a file, and restore a partition. Don&

Re: backup windows partition (fat)

2003-11-03 Thread Ken Moffat
Mike Reinehr wrote: Rather than purchase commercial software, why not just use tar, cp, dd, or partimage? Partimage will back up to a file, and restore a partition. Don't know about 'fat' partition support. I assume it's in there. http://www.sysresccd.org/systools.en.php looks like a nic

Re: linux-2.6.0-test8 compile - How do I change the default compiler?

2003-10-28 Thread Ken Moffat
James McDonald wrote: Net Llama! wrote: Set the environment variable CC equal to the path to the gcc that you want to use. I did an export CC=/usr/bin/gcc296 and then ran make bzImage modules but when I did a ps -ef to check for which binary was executing it showed up as gcc (the version 3.2

Re: Irritating Spam/Worm(?)

2003-10-18 Thread Ken Moffat
Chong Yu Meng wrote: Hi All, Ever since I posted a message to the Smallville newsgroup ... I've been getting a lot of spam mail. As I am on a Linux machine, the attachment (Content type is audio/x-midi; name="henn.exe", but the filename varies, though the EXE extension does not) does nothing.

Re: I need a distro recommendation!

2003-10-17 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: Thanks for the additional info. If you get the paid-up version, does libranet provide updates from time to time to keep you up to date, or do you have to monitor the debian sites to find out what's going on? They do provide some packages, but mostly the available updates are

Re: I need a distro recommendation!

2003-10-17 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: One final shot on this. Leon, I know you have used libranet for a long time. Does libranet get around the "debian stable = hopelessly antequated" problem pretty well, i.e. relatively current packages are available? I'll second Leon's Libranet recommendation. And Yes, th

Re: Nvidia and kernel 2.4.6?

2003-10-10 Thread Ken Moffat
Matthew Carpenter wrote: No but I'm using them with 2.4.20 from SuSE. On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 19:33:21 -0700 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone using kernel 2.4.6 with Nvidia drivers? Just wonder if it works Thanks. Ah! I see the problems! What I mean is 2.5.n or 2.6

Re: Nvidia and kernel 2.4.6?

2003-10-10 Thread Ken Moffat
Matthew Carpenter wrote: No but I'm using them with 2.4.20 from SuSE. They're pretty good, but it took a while for them to get a good version, and there are still some tradeoffs (like switching to console mode doesn't scroll lines correctly for me). On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 19:33:21 -

Nvidia and kernel 2.4.6?

2003-10-09 Thread Ken Moffat
Anyone using kernel 2.4.6 with Nvidia drivers? Just wonder if it works Thanks. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Ricoh Caplio G3 Digital Camera and Linux

2003-10-08 Thread Ken Moffat
James McDonald wrote: What kernel are you running? [EMAIL PROTECTED] boot]$ uname -r 2.4.22 Pretty new. Thought you might have an old one and could update. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smt

Re: Ricoh Caplio G3 Digital Camera and Linux

2003-10-08 Thread Ken Moffat
http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/linux/digicam.html states "seems to not work as is" You might try a very new kernel. 2.5. or 2.6.0 -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/lis

Re: Ricoh Caplio G3 Digital Camera and Linux

2003-10-08 Thread Ken Moffat
James McDonald wrote: Folks, I have a Ricoh Caplio G3 and when I plug it in I get the following in /var/log/messages. Oct 8 20:57:43 amd kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.0-2, assigned address 2 Oct 8 20:57:43 amd kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x5ca/0x2204) is not claimed by any

Re: Ricoh Caplio G3 Digital Camera and Linux

2003-10-08 Thread Ken Moffat
James McDonald wrote: "Could you guys recommend a website for all things Linux and digital camera wise?" Thanks. http://www.linux-usb.org/ -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/ma

Re: question

2003-10-07 Thread Ken Moffat
Rick Sivernell wrote: What is there for scanner software? xsane gimp should have the ability under the "File/Acquire" menu. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listi

Re: from an sco press release today

2003-09-29 Thread Ken Moffat
Joel Hammer wrote: How soon they forget. Don't get me started! but, dear me, this is getting OT. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: SUSE vs Knoppix

2003-09-29 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: Debian zealot griping - "How dare Knoppix call itself a Debian distro when Knoppix packages some closed software packages with its distro!" I don't usually reply to these things, but I felt much better after registering for the service and letting the Debian guy know where he

Re: SUSE vs Knoppix

2003-09-29 Thread Ken Moffat
Net Llama! wrote: unpack it, then: ./configure make checkinstall -D This makes a .deb file for easy uninstalling later. Sure, but if you're going to go that route, then you're not really getting the 'advantage' of debian any longer. its just as simple to do that on a redhat box to give me t

Re: SUSE vs Knoppix

2003-09-29 Thread Ken Moffat
Net Llama! wrote: Gotta ask. What is so stupid about what I consider the best packaging/updating scheme out there. (sorry, haven't tried gentoo) You can keep debian updated using only a couple of commands once in a while. (apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade) Not if you want to compile fro

Re: SUSE vs Knoppix

2003-09-29 Thread Ken Moffat
Net Llama! wrote: On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Squabsy wrote: I am currently using SuSE 8.2 personal and apart from the now well documented problem I am havving recording Wavs I am getting on reasonably ok with it. I have read a lot of favourable press recently about knoppix and wondered if anyone wou

Re: cablemodem and wireless network

2003-09-28 Thread Ken Moffat
Ted Ozolins wrote: A router would only be used if more than one computer is hooked up to the cable modem. ( hopefully with some kind of a firewall) Although I have a linksys 4 port which does make an excellent firewall, with port forwarding and stuff like that. Quite useful, and setup is acces

Re: xfce 4.0.0

2003-09-26 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: Unfortunately I can't post to the xfce list, so I will ask my question here, since I know that several of you are xfce users. I've downloaded the 4.0.0 final version, but there are no instructions (that I can find) about the order of making the various components. Does anyon

Re: problem e-mail

2003-09-21 Thread Ken Moffat
Roger Oberholtzer wrote: Anyone getting e-mails about a MS critical update? I am getting this over 300 times per day. It has a 156K exe attachment. They all seem to come from different addresses. Damn but I must find the time to set up spam filtering... Yes. over and over. it is, of course, a

got MS Mailing?

2003-09-21 Thread Ken Moffat
I have received this thing a few times. Seems genuine, but has an attachment that is called "installer.exe" that i would bet is a virus/trojan/whatever: = MS Customer this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminate

Re: OT: Here we go again ...

2003-09-20 Thread Ken Moffat
Alma J Wetzker wrote: My concern is the steady encroachment of law against liberties that has taken place over the past decade. With people afraid, our liberties can dwindle faster, if we let them. The concern should not be ashcroft or bush or the present, but rather the possibilities for th

Re: OT: Here we go again ...

2003-09-18 Thread Ken Moffat
Michael Hipp wrote: the Edsel of software companies. implies a lack of popularity as well as quality. Maybe a closer comparison could be made to the Explorer with Firestone tires. However, the scale is worldwide and permeates everywhere. -- Ken ___

Re: Backing up a windows disk

2003-09-16 Thread Ken Moffat
Myles Green wrote: Hi Collins, This one seems to work just fine: Make CD-ROM Recovery http://mkcdrec.ota.be/project/introduction.html HTH, Does it do ntfs? -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://

Re: Backing up a windows disk

2003-09-16 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: I'm thinking of something like Norton ghost that backup/restore at the partition level. This would work, but the [EMAIL PROTECTED] Norton folks didn't build in standard support for CD writers. You can only use a very few brands of CD writers. Partimage backs up an umoun

Re: Backing up a windows disk

2003-09-15 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: I would like to carve out 10 gig of the drive using parted to put a linux system on the box, but I daren't do this without proper backup. It's one of those accursed pre-installed WinXP beasts with no system install disks. Bootit NG will resize the ntfs partition. Sort of

Re: Burning bootable CDs with XCDRoast

2003-09-13 Thread Ken Moffat
Brett I. Holcomb wrote: No - I have it handy and am most familiar with it but I'm not afraid of the command line . I'll check that out and see how to tell it to make it bootable. Ken Moffat wrote: > incorrect answer I should have read the rest of the postings. here'

Re: Burning bootable CDs with XCDRoast

2003-09-12 Thread Ken Moffat
Brett I. Holcomb wrote: I'm attempting to burn a bootable CD with XCDRoast (.98alpha10) and it's not working. I have an iso that I need to make into a bootable CD. I follow the docs at the xcdroast.org site and set up the iso under the Write tracks section - it's selected, the layout is accep

Re: net radio

2003-09-11 Thread Ken Moffat
Bruce Marshall wrote: On Thursday 11 September 2003 16:30 pm, Ken Moffat 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 that work in mozilla? Many that I have tried use

Re: net radio

2003-09-11 Thread Ken Moffat
Bill Davidson wrote: 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

Re: Netscape help

2003-09-09 Thread Ken Moffat
Ian Stephen wrote: Would like to get this as a local school district site that a couple of days ago would only allow IE not allows Netscape 7.1. Have you tried Opera? -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc

gpl article

2003-09-08 Thread Ken Moffat
Interesting article on the GPL: http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/09/03/2053203.shtml?tid=51 -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Linux now avaible in stores

2003-09-08 Thread Ken Moffat
Net Llama! wrote: On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Joel Hammer wrote: On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 07:42:22AM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or anything. Yes, of course it is mozilla, but, it is configured to work. For example, no font problems,

Re: can't mail list from kmail

2003-09-07 Thread Ken Moffat
Marianne Taylor wrote: Anybody have any idea why I can't mail the list from kmail, but can from Mozilla? kmail is set up properly and I can e-mail my work account. Does kmail work with other subscribed mailing lists? Maybe the from header in kmail is showing an unsubscribed email address? ju

net radio

2003-09-07 Thread Ken Moffat
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. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.lin

Re: Linux now avaible in stores

2003-09-07 Thread Ken Moffat
Net Llama! wrote: Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or anything. I was going to ask what hot new fricking browser they found. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux

Re: Linux now avaible in stores

2003-09-07 Thread Ken Moffat
burns wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 09:38, Joel Hammer wrote: Michael's Minute: Tipping Point - PC Club Today, we announced that PC Club is now stocking LindowsOS computers on store shelves in more than 50 stores. This marks the first time that a retail chain has committed to desktop Linux by

O'Reilly Network: A SCO-Fighting Press Kit [Aug. 31, 2003]

2003-09-02 Thread Ken Moffat
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3702 worth a look. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Redhat 9.0 /usr/src/linux-2.4.x won't compile

2003-09-02 Thread Ken Moffat
James McDonald wrote: RedHatters, I have installed RH9.0 and the kernel-source*.rpm When I cd into /usr/src/linux-2.4.x and run make oldconfig or cp /boot/config-2.4.x to /usr/src/linux-2.4.x/.config use `make xconfig' to add ntfs filesystem support and run `make dep bzImage modules' It fails e

Re: insmod error: Couldn't find kernel version module was compiledfor:SOLVED

2003-09-01 Thread Ken Moffat
Joel Hammer wrote: Fudgettaboutit. I hunted around a bit and found a module in /lib/modules/.../video that was placed there by the nvidia installer script. I insmod'ed that one and it worked. I had been trying to insmod a likely sounding module placed in the target directory by the installer.

external cd-rw

2003-09-01 Thread Ken Moffat
I have an old hp7200e external parallel-port cd-rw that I'd like to try. Anyone have any info on this thing? I've tried to hook it up using some instructions from the web, but it won't mount. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsu

Re: Video card

2003-09-01 Thread Ken Moffat
joel wrote: Yes, I wouldn't lie about something like this. The nvidia install script has its own ideas about which compiler it is using. Are there any other names for the compiler except gcc? I have searched my box for gcc and cc and all I get is /usr/bin/gcc. Nothing else. Joel Generally gcc i

Re: Video card

2003-09-01 Thread Ken Moffat
Joel Hammer wrote: Unless I can find the Makefile for this thing and tell it to ignore the compiler difference, it looks like I will have to find an older video card for this box. Maybe ebay. Joel Are all these problems from the nvidia*.run script? I had no problems on a couple of machines

Re: More SCO Humor

2003-08-31 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: Here: http://www.kurtwerks.com/humor/index.html Kurt Yes! -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Video card

2003-08-31 Thread Ken Moffat
joel wrote: Any recommendations for a video card. I play games occasionally. Thanks, Joel I like nvidia because they provide linux drivers. (very easy installation.) I feel they deserve support for that. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PR

moz 5

2003-08-28 Thread Ken Moffat
I sea a beta of Mozilla 5 is out, but it's compiled wit gcc3.2, whitch means sum plugins (realplayer) won't wurk, at leest until they come out with a gnew compile. At last thay will have spel chek for male/gnus. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [

Re: WeLoveTheSCOInformationMinister

2003-08-26 Thread Ken Moffat
Tony Alfrey wrote: Why, send in your licensing fee to SCO for all the stolen IP stuff you have in your linux boxen, and I'm sure they'll get right back to you. Jeeze (slap to head), why didn't I think of that? I'll get my checkbook out right now. I guess I just don't see how sco can ev

Re: 2.4.22 kernel is out

2003-08-26 Thread Ken Moffat
Sys Admin wrote: After 72 days, Marcelo seems to have released 2.4.22 final: - 2.4.22-rc4 was released as 2.4.22 with no changes. ARghh, I just upgraded slack to 2.4.21! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> htt

Re: Anyone using Moz Thunderbird?

2003-08-25 Thread Ken Moffat
Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:33:08 +1000 James McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael Hipp wrote: Is it stable enough for everyday use? Michael I went back to mozilla because thunderbird didn't launch links in email... Go to the tools window in MT, and

Re: Email from 'Microsoft'

2003-08-25 Thread Ken Moffat
Bill Campbell wrote: the BSA extortionists hit them with about 80 grand in licensing charges. This was the straw that broke them, and the company went out of business. ouch! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> h

Re: backing up windows

2003-08-23 Thread Ken Moffat
Tim Wunder wrote: If the user clicks on the executable file attachment, regardless of mail client, they can get infected. Although, I think it'll only mail itself out if the user has an Outlook, or Outlook Express address book.; or possibly a text file containing addresses. Check http://www.s

Re: I've hosed my clock setup

2003-08-23 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Kevin O'Gorman: I don't know what I did the last time I went to adjust my machine's clock, but it seems Linux no longer talks nice to the hardware clock. Every time I boot, the clock is off by 7 hours, and for my setup thats usually once a day (no fault of Linux, I just h

Re: backing up windows

2003-08-23 Thread Ken Moffat
Alma J Wetzker wrote: If you open the message while in windoze, then you are infected. The virus NEEDS the OS to respond before it can do it's thing. If the OS doesn't respond, and linux will not respond to a windoze targetted attack unles wine responds, the virus never starts. -- Alma

Re: To all New Zealand SxS members

2003-08-23 Thread Ken Moffat
burns wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 07:49, Kurt Wall wrote: It's reassuring, in a sad sort of way, that in this case Americans and Canadians still share this in common. ;-) I'm all for one of us annexing the other. I like to think we have more in common than that. Let's both give up an

Re: The complete reference ?

2003-08-20 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Ken Moffat: Anyone have an opinion on the book: The Complete Reference - Linux. 5th edition ? Found it cheap combined with 'Linux desk reference', and wondered if it's worthwhile having. There are many of these 'complete ref' books, which ca

The complete reference ?

2003-08-20 Thread Ken Moffat
Anyone have an opinion on the book: The Complete Reference - Linux. 5th edition ? Found it cheap combined with 'Linux desk reference', and wondered if it's worthwhile having. There are many of these 'complete ref' books, which can be a good sign or a bad sign ;-) -- Ken ___

Re: northeast power outage

2003-08-16 Thread Ken Moffat
burns wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 22:32, Ken Moffat wrote: And if deregulated, what company will fix the lines that lead to Antler, Minnesota, or Carnduff, Saskatchewan? Well there's deregulation and there's privatization. Ma Bell services areas that are not commercially viab

Re: northeast power outage

2003-08-16 Thread Ken Moffat
Alma J Wetzker wrote: I am not sure that regulation or de-regulation is really the problem. It seems to me to be this strange, hybrid, government solution that is both and neither. If we want competition, deregulate the WHOLE thing and allow competition. If we want regulation, stop pretending

Re: For some reason I would like to say XFCE rocks.

2003-08-14 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth James McDonald: Um, I have been trying to lighten the load on my PIII 600MHz w/ 512MB RAM. So for starters I went back from KDM to XDM. From kwrite to nedit From OpenOffice 1.0.3 to OpenOffice 1.1 and From Mozilla to Thunderbird and Firebird But the best improvement cam

Re: Best LAN browser for Linux?

2003-08-14 Thread Ken Moffat
Michael Hipp wrote: What is the best browser for SMB shares under Linux? Unfortunately, I'm looking for something comparable to 'Network Neighborhood' or 'My Network Places'. Haven't been particularly happy with using Konq or Nautilus for such (they're a "look but don't touch" browser)? Any r

Re: Spam redux

2003-08-12 Thread Ken Moffat
Alan Jackson wrote: I came in late to the spam discussion. Just let me add 2 things: - if you are really interested in spam fighting there are 2 e-mail lists I would recommend, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.claws-and-paws.com/spam-l/ and for sys admins : [EMAIL PROTECTED] , [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: For some reason I would like to say XFCE rocks.

2003-08-09 Thread Ken Moffat
James McDonald wrote: Um, I have been trying to lighten the load on my PIII 600MHz w/ 512MB RAM. So for starters I went back from KDM to XDM. From kwrite to nedit From OpenOffice 1.0.3 to OpenOffice 1.1 and From Mozilla to Thunderbird and Firebird But the best improvement came from moving from K

debian/gentoo/mandrake comparison

2003-08-02 Thread Ken Moffat
Somewhat surprising results in this quick compare, with gentoo not showing well: http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=227&page=1

Re: bring back eD? (was Re: I am dissatisfied)

2003-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
Keith Antoine wrote: I was lucky and got retired before this all came in. The problem is that if you are over 25 your ratshit these days. The senior menu in nice at restaurants. ;-) ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend

Re: elx doing well in India

2003-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins Richey wrote: Yeah, me too. But I don't have to do quite as much tinkering as I used to since I have the tinkerers on the gentoo development staff backing me up. About 98% of the time, they tinker until it's done, then release it. The 2% is something that just slipped through the cracks

Re: elx doing well in India

2003-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
collins wrote: Having tried elx (not bad) in the past, I was intrigued to see this review: That's a helluva lot of new linux customers! I tried elx when they were in their first beta run, and it was impressive, but too friendly for my taste, being a tinkerer at heart. -- Ken _

Re: I am dissatisfied

2003-07-30 Thread Ken Moffat
Keith Antoine wrote: I am after 2 years or so still dissatisfied with Mandarke/SuSe, If you want a good community supported distro (great mailing list and web forum; extremely responsive customer service) that's easy to install and very functional, and if you don't have an objection to Debia

Re: [OT] Congrats

2003-07-27 Thread Ken Moffat
Net Llama! wrote: And as for famous & well known boxers, Mike Tyson seems to be internatinoally infamous. I hate the fact that (American?) people almost invariably put a huge price on the most outrageous among us. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EM

Re: [OT] Congrats

2003-07-27 Thread Ken Moffat
Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: ... to all Americans on this list for Lance Armstrong's fifth Tour de France victory. I hope you know what I'm talking about - cycling doesn't seem to be very popular in the US, in spite of Lance. For me, the TdF is the sports event of the year. Klaus Did you see the

Re: Mandrake or Slackware

2003-07-26 Thread Ken Moffat
Tom Condon wrote: Thanks for all the inputs. Slackware ordered. Make a note to have a look at "swaret", which is a package manager that will help with updates. It updated my slackware 9.0 system to current with 2 commands. Downloaded and updated a zillion packages without error. Better hav

Re: apache access.log question

2003-07-26 Thread Ken Moffat
Net Llama! wrote: On 07/26/03 08:03, Ken Moffat wrote: Interesting. I inadvertantly sent this message from my compuserve pop account, which is not subscribed, but it came through anyway. Sorry about the double post. This list does not require membership to allow postings. Thanks, twice, for

Re: apache access.log question

2003-07-26 Thread Ken Moffat
Interesting. I inadvertantly sent this message from my compuserve pop account, which is not subscribed, but it came through anyway. Sorry about the double post. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-

apache access.log question

2003-07-26 Thread Ken Moffat
Anyone know the meaning of this junk in my access.log? 216.252.226.94 - - [26/Jul/2003:07:34:28 -0700] "GET /default.ida?XX

apache access question

2003-07-26 Thread Ken Moffat
Anyone know the meaning of this junk in my access.log? 216.252.226.94 - - [26/Jul/2003:07:34:28 -0700] "GET /default.ida?XX

Re: poll: best pop3 and imap servers?

2003-07-22 Thread Ken Moffat
Gary Wilson wrote: subject about says it all. what pop3 and imap servers does everyone prefer? and why? thanks I like Courier-IMAP. The reason? It works well with Postfix. As a sendmail guy this may not be much help to you. But I prefer Postfix and I've found that Courier works well

Re: Home Network Connections

2003-07-14 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: http://www.infosyssec.org/infosyssec/linux2.htm Odd. I get the site, and the left column content, but the books are forbidden. Anyone else with problems? Works over here. Hate that f*ing scrolling banner at the bottom. Kurt You are able to access the books? not just tha

Re: Home Network Connections

2003-07-14 Thread Ken Moffat
ronnie gauthier wrote: google "linux books online" the link should show on the first page somewhere, see if you can access from there, if not your provider or some firewall is blocking it. http://www.infosyssec.org/infosyssec/linux2.htm Odd. I get the site, and the left column content, but the

Re: Home Network Connections

2003-07-14 Thread Ken Moffat
ronnie gauthier wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:12:48 -0700 - Tom Lombardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following Re: Re: Home Network Connections David, I just found out that you're a writer! This home network problem is really, really frustrating for me. I bet you could write an article fo

Re: Gui tool to compare 2 directories

2003-07-09 Thread Ken Moffat
Jean Sagi wrote: Hi all, I used Tkdiff to compare 2 files and I like it a lot, but it has no option to compare the files in 2 directories. Does any one knows of a Tkdiff similar gui-tool for comparing two directories? Any help would be very appreciated. mc (midnight commander), although not

Re: Moving Domain Registration

2003-07-09 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Ken Moffat: Kurt Wall wrote: The challenge, though, it to keep KurtWerks accessible through the transition, and I'm not quite sure how to handle that, or even if it possible. I'm open to suggestions I thought dyndns clients would do this aut

Re: Moving Domain Registration

2003-07-09 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: Hola, list, I need some advice. I'm moving from Comcast cable Internet service to Speakeasy's DSL service. The DSL just became active, but I'm not using it (much), yet. Meanwhile, my domain (Web site, email, other stuff) is hanging off the cable service and my DNS is currently

Re: Checking an HPFS/NTFS file system

2003-07-04 Thread Ken Moffat
Net Llama! wrote: dd is your best bet for cloning a drive exactly. tar would prolly work in a pinch. Can you mount the NTFS patition under linux? Can you read its contents? Are there any errors when you do that? In many cases, you shouldn't need any fancy vendor utilities to deterine that

Re: utterly OT -- the view here this morning

2003-06-29 Thread Ken Moffat
dep wrote: out the front door about half an hour ago. http://www.linuxandmain.com/artwork/allieandpal.jpg Peaceful co-existence? -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listin

GIF patent expiring?

2003-06-28 Thread Ken Moffat
Can someone verify this? or reveal the truth? Topic: It's Free GIF Day!, Section: The Penguin's Den [11] From: Ian Loxton / Australia 74777,3044, To: All 20 June 2003, marks the expiry of Unisys' patent on GIF LZW compression! Free GIF for everyone! Ian,

[Fwd: Fw: It's Free GIF Day!]

2003-06-28 Thread Ken Moffat
Can someone verify this? or reveal the truth? Topic: It's Free GIF Day!, Section: The Penguin's Den [11] From: Ian Loxton / Australia 74777,3044, To: All 20 June 2003, marks the expiry of Unisys' patent on GIF LZW compression! Free GIF for everyone! Ian,

Re: your_details

2003-06-27 Thread Ken Moffat
Michael Hipp wrote: Any chance you could invite her over to see what you do with Linux? Take knoppix 3.2 in and load it up. It does no harm, and is quite impressive for a 1 cd distro. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe

Re: $200 computer and video

2003-06-08 Thread Ken Moffat
An unnamed Administration source, Leon A. Goldstein, wrote: Joel Hammer wrote: I posted awhile back about my lindows box ($200, Debian distro). I noted that running xine froze the computer and required a reinstall of the whole dang thing. Since then, I have been leery of video, althoug

Re: new version of ms word out

2003-06-04 Thread Ken Moffat
dep wrote: http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/images/word2003.jpg gotta love it. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Novell says SCO doesn't own Unix

2003-05-30 Thread Ken Moffat
Ted Ozolins wrote: Kurt Wall wrote: Now I'm confused. Novell owns the copyrights and patents. They've not assigned rights to them to anyone. Kurt SCO had to know this before they started this whole FUD. I really can not believe that SCO thought for one second that they could get anywhere in

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

2003-04-12 Thread Ken Moffat
Joel Hammer wrote: How is that done? Right clicking on icons only helps for partitions. /dev/hda is the boot sector of the first hard drive. How can that be made r/w? Why do you want to write to the mbr? Don't you need to find your lilo.conf and edit it? Or is it that you need to run /sbin/l

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