Re: ELX linux

2002-01-08 Thread rplummer
I thought it was a bit sluggish too. But not as sluggish as Mandrake 8.1 Was running on AMD K6 2-500 with 256MB ram on its own HD. Ray On 8 Jan 2002, at 19:19, Ken Moffat wrote: Date sent: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:19:11 -0800 > Anyone trying ELX think it's a bit sluggish? > (maybe it

Re: Switching to DHCPDC on Comcast:SOLVED, so far

2002-01-08 Thread Joel Hammer
Thanks. That did the trick. @HOME was expecting a hostname. I am a bit puzzled by the startup scripts. I don't know what to put into the ifcfg-eth1 script for the dynamic parameter. So, in my usual style, I just ripped out all the fancy garbage (That is, stuff I can't understand) in the network st

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread Net Llama
--- Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:29, Robert L. Hemus wrote: > > Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add > > "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." > > the ? means use the letter b,c or d. Ie whichever is your cd

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread Net Llama
--- "R. Quenett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > from Robert L. Hemus: > > " Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add > " "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." > Showing us what your menu.lst file looks like might help. > " then reboot. > " When

Re: Fwd: IMAP4

2002-01-08 Thread Rick Sivernell
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 20:24:45 -0500 Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Forwarded for Rick... (it's users@ not steps@) > Doug Thanks, made proper correction here, cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Reg

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread Robert L. Hemus
Mike Andrew wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:29, Robert L. Hemus wrote: > > Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add > > "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." > > the ? means, got that, OK...OL e2.4, of course.. > > PS: > IF you are running

ELX linux

2002-01-08 Thread Ken Moffat
Anyone trying ELX think it's a bit sluggish? (maybe it's because I have it about 40 gigs in to a 60 gig drive?) -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread Robert L. Hemus
Hemo wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:29:03 -0800, you wrote: > > >On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 04:59:40PM -0800, Robert L. Hemus wrote: > >> Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add > >> "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." > >> then reboot. > >> W

Re: Fwd: IMAP4

2002-01-08 Thread David Aikema
On January 8, 2002 05:24 pm, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > Quick question here. I am using pop3 for my normal mail devilery. > I have a new email address from the University of North Texas. They > are using IMAP. Sylpheed has a setting for IMAP4. > > 1 is IMAP4 same as imap AFAIK IMAP4 is IMAP ver

Re: Really handy but unsolicted tips for vi (vim)

2002-01-08 Thread Alan Jackson
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:57:53 -0500 Joel Hammer wrote: > The more I learn about vi the better it becomes. > > Just to pass along a couple of tricks I recently learned about vi (vim) > which have made a huge difference in my use of it. > > A big problem with vi is fixing up those ragged lines afte

Re: Linux Tutorials On-line or downloadable

2002-01-08 Thread Alan Jackson
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 21:02:43 +1000 "Shane Broomhall" wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --=_NextPart_000_000F_01C197BE.A6961A80 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > Hi all , > > I am planning on moving from

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:29, Robert L. Hemus wrote: > Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add > "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." the ? means use the letter b,c or d. Ie whichever is your cd ide drive. PS: IF you are running a 2.4 kernel the

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread Hemo
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:29:03 -0800, you wrote: >On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 04:59:40PM -0800, Robert L. Hemus wrote: >> Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add >> "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." >> then reboot. >> When I do this it won't reboot

Re: internal modem

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:20, Declan Moriarty wrote: > > > > using COM3 for about 9 months. > > > > > > I won't. I imagine that it can also be configured as com 1 or com 2; > > > > Trust me, i tried every bit of setserial magic that i could find. It [snip] The point behind the original post(er) wa

Re: writeable vfat

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:51, R. Quenett wrote: > Suggestions to correct the following fstab entry so any > user can write to /mnt/hda14 would be appreciated. > > /dev/hda14 /mnt/hda14 vfat rw,users,dev,exec,suid,check=n,uid=503,gid=100 0 [snip] vfat defaults, users, umask=0 0 0 -- http://li

Re: Sendmail question

2002-01-08 Thread Stuart Biggerstaff
Thanks to the people who responded for their ideas. Where I think we will go with this is indeed using tools for virtual domains. In particular, if we can be sure doing so will leave mail to valid addresses untouched, making an entry to virtusertable sounds like the approach that will have l

Re: Sendmail question

2002-01-08 Thread Zoran
On Jan 8 Stuart Biggerstaff was heard saying: ->Is there a straightforward way to have e-mail sent to nonexistent addresses ->forwarded to root or another account? We would like to be able to collect ->these to possibly forward to the users. *** Yes there is: Use the /etc/mail/virtusertable a

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread R. Quenett
from Robert L. Hemus: " Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add " "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." Is your kernel compiled with ide-scsi support? If yes try 'hdx=scsi'. The kernel configuration help for the relevant item mentions that

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 04:59:40PM -0800, Robert L. Hemus wrote: > Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add > "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." > then reboot. > When I do this it won't reboot. Need to use the rescue disk. Is the > file I nee

Fwd: IMAP4

2002-01-08 Thread Douglas J Hunley
Forwarded for Rick... (it's users@ not steps@) -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: IMAP4 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:27:07 -0600 From: Rick Sivernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linux StepByStep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List Quick question here. I am using pop3 for my normal mail devilery

Re: writeable vfat

2002-01-08 Thread R. Quenett
Thanks to Dave Anselmi and Ronnie Gauthier for your 'right on' replies. I also figured it out shortly after I hit send. How many times does that happen? Anyway, /dev/hda14 /mnt/hda14 vfat defaults,umask=002,gid=100 0 0 works fine. I musta read man umount three gadzillion times without not

printing and antialias

2002-01-08 Thread Keith Antoine
Had a brush with Mandrake 8.1 and very quickly re-installed Suse 7.3 for now. I have a problem I had before with Suse in that the print job I gave it seems to be looping and just going on and on, its CUPs which mandrake does not install by default. AFAIC it should use cups but does not and I ha

StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-08 Thread Robert L. Hemus
Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." then reboot. When I do this it won't reboot. Need to use the rescue disk. Is the file I need to work on in /root/boot/grub/menu.lst? If so, what have I done, am doin

Re: writeable vfat

2002-01-08 Thread Dave Anselmi
"R. Quenett" wrote: > Suggestions to correct the following fstab entry so any > user can write to /mnt/hda14 would be appreciated. > > /dev/hda14 /mnt/hda14 vfat rw,users,dev,exec,suid,check=n,uid=503,gid=100 0 0 What are the permissions on /mnt/hda14 when it is mounted? You might have to make

Re: re snapshots

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 01:50, Kurt Wall wrote: > Are you still wearing your KurtWerks (tm) Hat? Sadly, no, one of Les Bell's goats took an unfortunate liking to it. I have tried banana leaves instead, but have to say 'they' are still speaking to me, while my friends are not. -- http://linux.nf

Re: I'm impressed with ATI!

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:14, Ted Ozolins wrote: > The All in Wonder card is basically a Mach64 card, what driver did you use? Wooo! I didn't know that. Skippy, that's an 'unusual' driver for Xfree did you try that? -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: Maxtor 80 meg drive

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 13:03, Collins Richey wrote: > I've experimented > with various partitionings, but I always come back to a single partition > per distro or a separate /home partition as second choice Unless you plan > to download tons of MP3/OGG files, movie clips, iso images, etc. ... I > nev

Re: Sendmail question

2002-01-08 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 04:34:42PM -0600, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote: >Is there a straightforward way to have e-mail sent to nonexistent addresses >forwarded to root or another account? We would like to be able to collect >these to possibly forward to the users. I don't do sendmail, but did see a

Re: writeable vfat

2002-01-08 Thread Ronnie Gauthier
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 works for me On Tuesday 08 January 2002 22:21, R. Quenett wrote: > Suggestions to correct the following fstab entry so any > user can write to /mnt/hda14 would be appreciated. > > /dev/hda14 /mnt/hda14 vfat rw,users,dev,exec,suid,check=n,uid=503,gid

Re: Sendmail question

2002-01-08 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 17:34 pm, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote: > Is there a straightforward way to have e-mail sent to nonexistent addresses > forwarded to root or another account? We would like to be able to collect > these to possibly forward to the users. > > I know we could set up aliases for

Sendmail question

2002-01-08 Thread Stuart Biggerstaff
Is there a straightforward way to have e-mail sent to nonexistent addresses forwarded to root or another account? We would like to be able to collect these to possibly forward to the users. I know we could set up aliases for deleted former users and maybe for incorrect spellings we could antic

writeable vfat

2002-01-08 Thread R. Quenett
Suggestions to correct the following fstab entry so any user can write to /mnt/hda14 would be appreciated. /dev/hda14 /mnt/hda14 vfat rw,users,dev,exec,suid,check=n,uid=503,gid=100 0 0 As it is, root can write and any user can read (always), but a user can write only if logged in as uid 503. If

Re: Maxtor 80 meg drive

2002-01-08 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:30:02AM -0800, Net Llama wrote: >Still about $20 above its value. No. Several hundred dollars above its value considering the damage it can do. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 664

RE: Searching for a distro...

2002-01-08 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Look at this: http://www.shockley.net/obsd-bootcd.asp Roger -Original Message- From: Condon Thomas A KPWA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:25 PM To: Linux Users (E-mail) Subject: Searching for a distro... I'm looking for a distro that will boot from either

Re: Windows (OT)

2002-01-08 Thread Randy
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 04:18 pm, you wrote: > >Is it possible to get Windows NT and 2000 to coexist on the same > > hard drive? I've heard that NT won't reside with another OS. > > That is not true. I have sit up triple boot systems running NT > workstation, win2k and Linux. > You just have in

Re: Windows (OT)

2002-01-08 Thread Randy
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 04:04 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday 08 January 2002 02:58 pm, Randy wrote : > > Is it possible to get Windows NT and 2000 to coexist on the same > > hard drive? I've heard that NT won't reside with another OS. > > TIA, > > Randy Donohoe > > well, I have a cd of Windows NT4

Searching for a distro...

2002-01-08 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
I'm looking for a distro that will boot from either a floppy or CD, recognize a SCSI raid system, allow me to mount the partitions thereof, r/w to NTFS (NT4 version) and burn CDs on an IDE CDRW. I'd be quite happy with a command line interface instead of GUI. The purpose is to copy some file sy

RE: Windows (OT)

2002-01-08 Thread Schmeits, Roger
>Is it possible to get Windows NT and 2000 to coexist on the same hard >drive? I've heard that NT won't reside with another OS. That is not true. I have sit up triple boot systems running NT workstation, win2k and Linux. You just have install windows first which make it easier down the road to

Re: Windows (OT)

2002-01-08 Thread John Hiemenz
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 02:58 pm, Randy wrote : > Is it possible to get Windows NT and 2000 to coexist on the same hard > drive? I've heard that NT won't reside with another OS. > TIA, > Randy Donohoe well, I have a cd of Windows NT4 and a CD of Windows 2000 Pro sitting right here and they ar

Windows (OT)

2002-01-08 Thread Randy
Is it possible to get Windows NT and 2000 to coexist on the same hard drive? I've heard that NT won't reside with another OS. TIA, Randy Donohoe ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: too many fscking kernel patches!

2002-01-08 Thread Douglas J Hunley
Net Llama babbled on about: > Perhaps i'm naive, but i always thought that if a patch applies cleanly, > then it works. At least that has been my limited experience. nope. you can have two different memory-tweaking patches that apply cleanly to your tre, but effectively cancel each other out. t

Re: Maxtor 80 meg drive

2002-01-08 Thread Net Llama
Still about $20 above its value. --- Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My son just got a copy of XP professional for $20 from his school. > Student > discount. That is the kind of price I am trying to get. > > Joel > > > > Take a look at: > > > > www.bcd2000.com > > > > Th

Re: Maxtor 80 meg drive

2002-01-08 Thread Joel Hammer
My son just got a copy of XP professional for $20 from his school. Student discount. That is the kind of price I am trying to get. Joel > Take a look at: > > www.bcd2000.com > > They have XP Home (full version) for 99 bux, but their XP Pro is priced at > $159. > > FWIW > > Regar

Re: too many fscking kernel patches!

2002-01-08 Thread Net Llama
Perhaps i'm naive, but i always thought that if a patch applies cleanly, then it works. At least that has been my limited experience. --- Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is anyone besides me trying to keep up with the flurry of kernel > patches on > lkml concerning scheduling, mem

Re: Maxtor 80 meg drive

2002-01-08 Thread Glenn Williams
- Original Message - From: "Joel Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 7:08 PM Subject: Re: Maxtor 80 meg drive > I want to use this drive to boot several versions of linux. If I can > get a cheap copy of XP, I will want to put that on there,

too many fscking kernel patches!

2002-01-08 Thread Douglas J Hunley
Is anyone besides me trying to keep up with the flurry of kernel patches on lkml concerning scheduling, memory-mapping, pre-epmtion, etc.? If so, does anyone have a good idea of what works, what works together, and what don't? I'm currently running 2.4.17 with the preempt patch from rml and grs

RE: The dangers of surfing with windoze

2002-01-08 Thread Schmeits, Roger
I took a security class from www.sans.org couple of months ago and found out the thin layer of protection that people when they surf the net. It is very scary and frighting on the differnt tools that are out there. Alot of those tools are for script kiddies which is not rocket science to run. T

RE: question for security gurus

2002-01-08 Thread Schmeits, Roger
got try www.sans.org. They often list the most common security holes in companies and weaknesses in desktops, poliocies, and a whole bunch of stuff. I took a security class with company (online courses that is) and this is a top notch site with excellent classes if you are serious. there prices

Re: Switching to DHCPDC on Comcast

2002-01-08 Thread Ian
Joel Hammer wrote: > > Still trying to get connected with dhcpcd -d eth1 to the new or old > @HOME service. My cable modem is on eth1. > > This command, dhcpcd -d eth0, talking to my intranet dhcpd linux server, > gets assigned an IP address without trouble. > > Here is what I see with tcpdump

Re: receiving my own mail using sendmail

2002-01-08 Thread Chang
I kind of solved the problem. I am using pppoe to connect to my BB provider over eth1 with an IP address 192.168.3.1. when sendmail starts, it binded itsefl to eth1 rather than the pppoe interface. My named's MX on the other hands pointed at my eth0 (the internal network card) that had an IP of

The dangers of surfing with windoze

2002-01-08 Thread Declan Moriarty
I got an insight into this recently from my son. (Tip: If you really want to find out about the 'net - ask a teenager) This guy has to deal with 'lamers' who try to use the myriad of tools for hacking under Dos/Win. For the unwary, they're impressive. To the networking type, they're eas

Re: internal modem

2002-01-08 Thread Declan Moriarty
Was it Net Llama who wrote on Monday 07 January 2002 15:58: > > > > Please don't tell that to the real modem in my box that has been > > > > happily > > > > > using COM3 for about 9 months. > > > > I won't. I imagine that it can also be configured as com 1 or com 2; > > Trust me, i tried every bit