Re: I wanna know

2002-02-12 Thread Mike Andrew
> > On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 22:31, Peter Ruskin wrote: > .Xmodmap:0 contains (alter it to suit) ... [snip] thank you. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com __

Re: MySQL front ends, was: Re: no printing from kmail

2002-02-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 21:16, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > By "Front End" do you mean something like Access has for it's own > databases? I'm floundering with databases, so 'yes', that type of thing would be what I'm looking for. (but I don't know too much about Access either) Although I think I un

More Steps: Feb 9

2002-02-09 Thread Mike Andrew
KDE ->KDE3 (On SuSE 7.3) (Iraj) Mail->Fortune Sig files (Andrew Mathews / Myles Green) Mail->Kmail Mail->Kmail Signature script (Johannes Findeisen) Printers->USB->Quick Tip for Col3 (Federico Voges) Lilo-> Dual Boot Win2k example(Nate Cole) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: Header include question

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 06:04, Kurt Wall wrote: > On, Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:34:03 -0600, Rick Sivernell typed: > > [mondo snippage] >Kurt > > I understand, I have a handle on it now. > > I just knew you were the one to ask. I really > > appreciate your help Thank you. > Or, you could try the Kurtwerks(tm

I wanna know

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 22:31, Peter Ruskin wrote: > I have to say I haven't studied any manuals about this (because "it works > for me®") - it came from a tip by a guru on kde-linux list. Okay okay, how'd you get the ® symbol. Don't tell me to use fourteen keystrokes please. I'm ready with the supe

Re: Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 20:43, Joshua Lee wrote: > The S-100 bus existed as a standard bus on many CP/M boxes long before > the Apple II, though Apple is to be commended for it's open specs for The reference was in context to the Apple, and the demise of Mrola, which is directly related. The S100 (o

Re: Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 05:21, Bill Campbell wrote: > I learned a long time ago (1) to always ``cd'' to a directory before doing > an ``rm *'' in that directory instead of ``rm dir/*'' since a space after > the slash does nasty things, and (2) to think really hard before using the > ``*'' to make sure

Re: MySQL front ends, was: Re: no printing from kmail

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:31, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Monday 04 Feb 2002 21:08, David A. Bandel wrote: > > xmysql, webmin mysql module, phpmysqladmin, and there are others (tk > > module, ...) afaik, none of these are user front ends. Again, afaik, none of them allow you to design a dbase, then ent

Re: Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 04:34, Bill Campbell wrote: > It's a lot easier to copy all the text files in a directory to a > floppy by typing ``cp *.txt /auto/floppy'' than it is to select them with a > GUI, right-click copy, go find the floppy in another file manager, then It's a lot easier to make a typ

Re: Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 03:10, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > They are relatively insecure and bloated in their use of bandwidth when > compared with the their slick cousin, SSH. agreed. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: Wierd mail problem...

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:06, Bill Day wrote: > downloads. Gets approximately 3/4 way through the dl of mail (135 of 195 [snip] absolutely unqualified here, but this is typical of an isp who has set the keep-alive wrong. I'ts not retriggering on icmp requests to port 110, just ignoring them. try

Re: Fwd: SuSE noshow at LWCE NY 2002

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:41, Burns MacDonald wrote: > frontal lobotomy can produce a Windows OS clone. You're opinion is always worth respecting Burns but that's a cheap throway shot at explaining away the need to make an OS user friendly. A killer line to knock out opposition. (anyway, it takes

Re: no printing from kmail

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 23:18, Ted Ozolins wrote: > Aside from tutorials on the > web, and help from some local programmers, I'll be attempting to set up > Mysql for this. sometimes I practice really really hard to be an idiot. This is one where I went the extra mile and outdid myself. I cannot find

Re: no printing from kmail

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
> On Tuesday 29 January 2002 09:15 pm, Ted Ozolins warbled: > > I better hurry up and settle on a distro soon as I have a neet to set up > > a data base for cross refferencing partnumbers. no sarcasm intended. How are you going to do that? What database? I've found nothing 'out there' that's u

Re: Hidden directory contents in fstab-mounted Windows partition

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
> Interesting hypothesis but no - there was nothing there. I've just > booted into native win98 in DOS mode and removed the system flags from > Program Files and win, but that hasn't made any difference either. here's my ordinary uninteresting fstab /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults,users,umas

Re: MS product placement

2002-02-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:47, David A. Bandel wrote: > > "The stunning success of the U.S. tech-powered boom in the 1990s drew > > some 500,000 highly skilled H1-B visa holders from around the world and > Yeah, the H1-B's worked cheap, while the highly skilled, highly paid US > workers went unemploy

Re: Hidden directory contents in fstab-mounted Windows partition

2002-01-29 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:16, Peter Ruskin wrote: >> I mount my Win partitions in fstab like this: > /dev/hde1 /mnt/win/c vfat \ >user,exec,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 Hmm, codepage 850 is multinational ebcidic, is that what you intended? > Now /mnt/win/c/Program Fil

Re: Modems

2002-01-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:59, Dallam Wych wrote: > In what context are you saying that winmodems cannot respond to AT > commands? Certainly they must respond to AT commands if they > communicate through wvdial as there are several commands involved in > the process. Ooops. When I'm wrong, I like to

Re: Intel compiler

2002-01-28 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:42, Ken Moffat wrote: > Another one to keep in mind is Borland, with the kylix thing being updated > to c++. Shouldn't be too long, and I've used C++Builder on Windows with > great pleasure. I don't know C++Builder is it Borland? And are you saying kylix is being ported o

Re: Intel compiler

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 03:33, Jerry McBride wrote: > My take on the whole affair is that Intel is making sure it's new P4 is > properly supported... in that its' new optimizaions are being exploited by > this compiler. That said... I'll find out shortly if its' worth the salt. > The curious thing is

Re: background splash-screen, RH72 was Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 04:08, Net Llama wrote: > Where did you change it? My guess is that whatevr you did was just a > hack that gets called before the actual 'official' call to display a > logog. Thus its getting squashed in the general order of things. Big Green Button -> stuff I've chased dow

Re: Modems

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 18:45, zohar wrote: > I want to know how to distinguish between [snippety hack] > system) and AT commands of it to use for that. There's the rub. Winmodems of any kind CANNOT respond to AT commands. They don't have an embedded controller (or any other controller) in them to

Re: length of command-line

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 03:46, Tom Wilson wrote: > > 2048 characters, but this can be configured. I'm not sure where. > > Where can you find this info? (Not about configing but about the length?) Bedtime reading->Bash-> (and of course, man bash) (not stated in either, is this limit is known as the

Re: an interesting experience

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 04:34, Net Llama wrote: > Oh gawd no. Kudzu is the biggest flaming POS i've come across in all of > Linux. I've stopped counting the number of boxes that its locked up, > fubarred or othewise rendered useless. The part of kudzu I am impressed with is it's auto-detection of

background splash-screen, RH72 was Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:21, Myles Green wrote: > OK, this was pretty simple actually, /etc/X11/prefdm points the way. In Ok, wizards. Since this is still all fresh in your mind, i have an annoying problem with the KDE user login screen (RH72) I've set the background to something I want and it f

Re: interest in an annual SxS get-together?

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:38, burns wrote: > Yes. Keef had polished his crystal balls, tuned up his magic wand and I had > gotten new dentures for the occaision (I hate borrowing Mike's). Hmmph, you never complain at the time, do you. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: interest in an annual SxS get-together?

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 14:46, Keith Antoine wrote: > I do nopt look bad in a pair of thongs! Liar. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Large cracks in the Windoze, a fud warning.

2002-01-19 Thread Mike Andrew
Our dear friend Big Bill has a fearsome reputation for discerning the "next big direction" in computing, and thus keeping his Company afloat. Unlike all others in the game (except notably IBM), all others made the mistake of living off their killer app, and consequently being consigned to hist

Re: ext2/ext3

2002-01-19 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:29, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > using tune2fs is the only way to convert existing partitions. > simply unmount the partition, 'tune2fs -j /dev/xxx' > and then edit /etc/fstab to say ext3 instead of ext2. remount the > partition, good to go This might seem *really dumb* but h

Re: More Steps Jan16

2002-01-17 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 04:27, Tim Wunder wrote: >ide-scsi does NOT cover them with *the exact same* /dev/names. Thanx for that Tim, I have crib notes that state otherwise, they're wrong. I do know that ide-scsi will take over the ls120/zip ide-internal if allowed to, so I'll investigate which is

Re: How trashed is it?#2

2002-01-15 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:03, Tim Wunder wrote: > I haven't seen where including 'root' in the su command is required, on > either AIX or linux. OOOh sorry, didn't see the AIX line. . All bets are off. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: How trashed is it?

2002-01-15 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:03, Tim Wunder wrote: > My installation of RedHat 7.0 requires 'su -' to get root's path. > Every Caldera distro I've used (2.3, 2.4, 3.1) didn't require that, It's annoying. The technical difference is that the existing environment is retained (not another shell) withou

Re: FreeBSD again

2002-01-15 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 00:59, Kurt Wall wrote: > I'm a Ammurrican. Troglodyte's don't have nationalities. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _

Re: Kylix Licensing

2002-01-15 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 02:06, Kurt Wall wrote: > Yow! Guess I won't be using Kylix: I was dissapointed with it for different reasons . It uses a (hidden)version of wine, and I just don't like that emulator and a 48 meg trial download is huge, in my book. database apps seem to be one of the last g

Re: kde fails to shutdown/restart

2002-01-15 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 23:25, Collins Richey wrote: > kde does not usually shutdown completely and, as a result, frequently fails > to start (dcop server unable to establish communications). I start kde > from my normal user with 'startx'. Most of the time I do not get a command > prompt back afte

More Steps Jan16

2002-01-15 Thread Mike Andrew
Programming->kbhit() revised (Anders Brander / Mike A) a nice C++ example of this thorn Bedtime -> ide cd burning (revised) updates based on "conversations" in this mailer. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: IDE ZIP drive problems (SOLVED!)

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 06:36, Tim Wunder wrote: > Previously, Tim Wunder chose to write: > [slash] [snippety] [hack] 1) network issues are irrelevant, look elsewhere. 2) paride is required for any parallel connected zip, ls120 or backpack device. It, and all it's associated drivers (pf, epat e

devfs was Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:57, David A. Bandel wrote: > If you have something better (than devfs), I know lots of folks who > would like to hear your idea of how to do it. We have no argument about the 'goodness' of devfs. devfs is going to happen, because it has to. I have run devfs (past ten

Re: FreeBSD - Part I (Planning)

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 05:43, Collins Richey wrote: > Ok, there does appear to be some level of interest for FreeBSD, and no one > seems to be mightily offended, so I'll do a few posts. [snip] Collins, rather than me hacking and slashing this text into an SxS and doing it a disservice, please most

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:30, Ken Moffat wrote: >> ln -s /dev/srX /dev/scdX > PMFJI .. I have /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 for cd-rw and dvd. > Should I do step 3 above? Yes. It does no harm. > Jan 13 07:23:05 localhost kernel: sr1: CDROM not ready. Make sure there a symlink will fix that. > I ass

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 04:15, Tim Wunder wrote: > Upon investigation, I made a WAG that the reason I needed to load ide-scsi > during boot was that I had IDE CDROM support compiled into the kernel. Bugger, bugger, bugger. I *forgot* all about that wrinkle. You are right sir. -- http://linux.nf -

Re: FreeBSD again

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:35, Myles Green wrote: > > moi aussie? > > non, vous et norfolker, n'est pas? d'accordo! qaunto anche io? -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.ya

Re: second dvd (cdrom) not seen as

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:12, Gerry Doris wrote: > I have the following lines in modules.conf > options ide-cd ignore=hda > options ide-cd igorne=hdb not required (but quite safe). hda/b are pre-registered in the kernel because ide-hd is monolithic > pre-install ide-scsi modprobe ide-cd not a go

Re: FreeBSD again

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:46, David A. Bandel wrote: > I may be mistaken (often am), but I believe "me too" is trademarked > AOLusers. ;-) moi aussie? -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address

Re: Re: second dvd (cdrom) not seen as

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > /dev/hdb->/dev/cdrom > /dev/hdd->/dev/dvd > > I have no ide-scsi lines in my lilo.conf. Both work flawlessly. Neither device is burnable. That's why. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:36, David A. Bandel wrote: > > modern distros deprecate the use of srX, get rid of them, literally. > > Promise from me that you can do no harm by deleting them. > > What's your source for this? /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt plus latest releases of most Distr

Re: FreeBSD again

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:30, Ken Moffat wrote: > I vote for it. (not that this is a democracy) > I'm curious about FreeBSD. me too. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.ya

Re: second dvd (cdrom) not seen as

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:45, Keith Antoine wrote: > Ralph you did not address my main point, that is its not being seen on boot > as a scsi device. The cdrecordrer is as I pointed out in the first mesage, [snip] Keith you did not mention *what* new dvd you are using. Is it scsi, or is it ide? I

Re: Testing: Ignore

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 05:15, Bruce Marshall wrote: > Yes, but how can it be an official test without the obligatory humor > attached... :o) Damn right, it's NOT a test, it's some bl**dy troll. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: ingenuity sought

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:43, dep wrote: > i am hoping that there is some utility that will do this as a batch, > and perhaps a script that will do it all on one pass. i have no idea > where to begin to look. Programming->Thumbnail maker. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 04:56, Rick Sivernell wrote: >I am having continual problems with cdroms. I have the following > scsi id 4 42x scsi cdrom > scsi id 5 Yamaha 6x4x16 cdwriter > hdc is a 52x ide cdrom drive [snippetty hack] Rick, your problem is your misunderstanding of srX and scdX

Re: More Steps Jan 12

2002-01-12 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 17:40, Ken Moffat wrote: > I wonder what you mean by "finishes off the @#$% append = statement"? Do > you mean 'explains it completely' or that you can't stand it? Actually both. I've done my best to explain how you do not have to use it, and, I hope I've explained how TO u

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-11 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:03, Robert L. Hemus wrote: > My local Windoze guru says you get a better copy from CDRW to hd? and > back to CDRW. Correct or incorrect? Windoze doesn't have a monopoly on this. That's a *general* observation. The reason is because of the danger of buffer under-run to the

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-11 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 09:49, Michael Scottaline wrote: > Ahhh..., but we knew *his eminence* would set him straight now, didn't we, > your lordship? ;o) Just curious about the genuflection bit. Woudl that be with a patented Skippy magic wand and will you go blind? -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL P

Alternate. was Re: Copying boot disk

2002-01-11 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 14:22, Glenn Williams wrote: [snip] > From: "Dave Anselmi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] I dont' have floppies, period, on any of my systems. (well ok, one ls120 external) this leaves me exposed to boot problems. the answer is, boot from *any* cd-bootable linux distro and type

More Steps Jan 12

2002-01-11 Thread Mike Andrew
KDE2->Soundbug (Mike Andrew) Bedtime Reading-> IDE CD Burners (Mike Andrew) CD BURNERS -> IDE Bedtime Reading I ***really** hope the above finally, permanently and at last finishes off the *&)(*&)(^%&$*&)( append = statement. I've done *everyth

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-11 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 05:10, zohar wrote: > I want this CDRW to work also with Linux as my ASUS CD-R is working. I > was asking from where I will find the STEP x STEP tutorial for this. CD BURNING ->IDE -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 04:35, Net Llama wrote: > Not really. I just spend my days buried in boxes where the *only* IDE > device is a CD drive, and everything else is SCSI. So its not the least > bit unusual for the CD drive to be /dev/hda. You've been so picky lately across a few posts, you exhib

Re: calling rz while in telnet

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:36, Chang wrote: > How could I recieve a file using zmodem over a telnet session? > I knew the easy way is to use a better terminal, but I just didn't > know whether I missed some good tricks > 1) fire up rz or sz (as appropriate) at the 'other' end 2) open up a separa

Re: Minor KDE2 sound bug

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 03:48, Myles Green wrote: > Heck, at one point I even scoured > my modules.conf over and over looking for the errant entry to no avail. Ego refuses to tell you how many times I rebooted the kernel testing my modules.conf before I realised the errors were appearing only *after

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:47, Keith Antoine wrote: > > *could* edit /etc/rc.local and type the magic words > > > > /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi > > Unfortunately this is distro dependent, or would seem so as in Suse the > cdrom drive I want as scsi is not seen as scsi until the append is > inserted. Also t

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 22:08, Ken Moffat wrote: > in Libranet linux I once tried > append="hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" > and locked up on reboot with a crc error > during a time of heavy experimenting. that's a completely legitimate 2.4.x syntax, and is a pretty sensible way of allowing cdrom -> cdr

Re: re snapshots

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:42, Keith Antoine wrote: > Maybe you should try the Licuala Palm leaf, as they get up to 2.5mt across > and would shade most of you...I think. When I ordered the original Kurtwerks tin hat, Mark 2, I requested the 3 metre optional accessory. This served me well

Re: I'm impressed with ATI!

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:37, Keith Antoine wrote: > Errm, what do you mean as I did not write whatever it was. I have never > used a ATI card. Earlier you stated that you couldn't install an ATI on a friend's machine over 3 distros. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: StepXStep CD BURNERS-IDE

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 15:03, Net Llama wrote: > > the ? means use the letter b,c or d. Ie whichever is your cd ide > > drive. > > Note: it could also be the letter 'a'. Yeah, right. and the boot hard drive *might* be d, or scsi. You're currently buried deep in programming aren't you. -- http://

Minor KDE2 sound bug

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Andrew
A minor bug exists in kde 2.2 when starting. the default mixer settings, for some inexplicable reason, probe for TWO sound devices and TWO mixers Control Centre (big green button) -> sound->Mixer->hardware settings change the default values of '2' to '1' The 'error' appears in /var/log/messag

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: 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: 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: Questions about moving from Win2k to SUSE 7.3 Pro (Long)

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:07, Shane Broomhall wrote: > My name is Shane Broomhall from Brisbane Australia. Australian is ok, but did you have to mention ? > IBM thinkpad A20m. They work fine under the penguin. Depending on model, you have some minor display issues to attend to. > It has an

Re: re snapshots

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 00:03, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > a compliment from Mikey. I think I'll print this! ;) Okay, Okay, *everyone* makes a slipup some times. Hell, I am part human. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: I'm impressed with ATI!

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:40, Jerry wrote: >ATI will either flounder this year or be taken over... I don't buy into flame wars, but I support that observation. My *ultra* limited experience of ATI is that they have neither of the two essentials, a 'wow' grafix processor, and hypermarketing. --

Re: I'm impressed with ATI!

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:55, Net Llama wrote: > ATI may have lost ground against NVidia, but they haven't lost anything > against Voodoo, which has become the has-been of the videocard world. In some ways they did. NVidia bought out Voodoo, lock, stock, barrel. *Had* Ati chosen to buy them instead

Re: government skill form

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 00:05, Chang wrote: > AIX5L is really Linux??? you aren't kidding? :) It is a transmigration of AIX (which is not, incidentally an exclusive IBM 'thing') into the Linux view of the world. It is AIX, with Linux added in. In reality, we are simply talking about moving to Linu

Re: KDE configuration

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 11:55, Clint Tevlin wrote: > I've installed eD2.4 on my intended gateway PC but KDE > appears stretched vertically, ie icons and menubar spacings. As a very bad guess you have the wrong card configured in the Xserver. Which video card are you using? -- http://linux.nf -- [EM

Re: ELX iso's...

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 15:52, lesley wrote: > What is an ELX iso ??? Just to be very clear on what Collin's has said, an iso is shorthand for an image.iso. It is the contents of an entire, existing, cd. You can replicate a cd by burning it directly. It is not exclusively connected with ELX, but ra

re snapshots

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 02:55, Linux StepByStep wrote: [snip] nicely presented Mr Doug. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com __

Re: in mandrake how does

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:59, John Hiemenz wrote: > I save initrd for things like emergency boot disks ... makes sense. But I just avoid it. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http:/

Re: IT jobs Florida

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
> On January 03, Randy enlightened our ignorance thusly: > > > The 70's were hell on brain cells, I think, it's all just a blur. The > > normal conversation went something like what are these I don't know > > just take a couple:). Backup a decade: If you can remember the 60's, you weren't there

Re: government skill form

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:17, Chang wrote: > I just grabbed a copy of a government skill form for Hongkong. > I didn't see Linux. It got UNIX, UNIX ADMIN, and IBM AIX though. IBM AIX5L is Linux, you can lie and cheat on your form quite successfully. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Internet Server Sanctions

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Okay. I stand corrected. Then stand re-corrected. All that any user on the 'internal' network has to do is pull from some other DNS. It's typical to access a dn server geographically close. but it makes little difference in reality. The is

Re: Internet Server Sanctions

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:12, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:23:10PM +, Ronnie Gauthier wrote: > >Not quite right. If I set up IBM.com in my dns anyone on my network would > > go where my records point to and nothing can supercede them except a > > lawsuit. Not internic, your IS

Re: in mandrake how does

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:48, Declan Moriarty wrote: > Was it Keith Antoine who wrote on Friday 04 January 2002 08:33: > > One call initrd after a recompile. > > Get the update files downloaded and installed. I can see the GUI for it > > but no idea how to use it. I don't knw Mandrake

Re: Hi there

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:09, Bill Parker wrote: > Thought I would check this list out Gerday Bill. Your SxS material is still being used. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mai

More Steps Jan 5

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
PALMPILOT->GUI INTERFACES (Susan/Alan) moved information CODE DEVELOPERS->PalmOS-> PALMPILOT->PROGRAMMING-> Rapid Development Tool Install ->EMULATOR ->SDK ->PILRC ->PRCTOOLS ->Putting it all together Enjoy (and if you make a bundle, throw muni) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

scp vs sftp was Re: ssh plus PATH

2002-01-03 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:32, Ian wrote: > But as the Llama pointed out, scp is pretty easy too. except and of course it is single target only meaning you can copy *.thing to/from a specific folder but not a series of different things. This makes it tedious when repetetively typing in the secure pa

Re: patches/updates

2002-01-03 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 04:57, Schmeits, Roger wrote: > How does one handle packages updates on Linux servers? I have noticed on > Redhat you pay a subscribition fee whereas Caldera it is a free service. this is not true of a *single* installation (but I note you use the word serverS) the up2date

More Steps #2 Jan 2

2002-01-01 Thread Mike Andrew
USB -> Epson Scanner Howto (Jeff/Eugene) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives,

Re: A Happy New Year to all

2002-01-01 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:19, Collins Richey wrote: > Some of you, of course, are already at next year. Yep, I'm still catching up with what I did do tomorrow, that I'll have to postpone till yesterday. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: christmas and its HOT!

2002-01-01 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 02:50, David A. Bandel wrote: > > a 'cable' is 200 yards > > a shackle is about 90 feet > > a fathom is 6 feet the speed of light is 123 million furlongs per fortnight. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You

More Steps Jan 2

2002-01-01 Thread Mike Andrew
-> change of url to linux-usb.org Bedtime Reading->Hardware driver API's and technical breifs (Mike Andrew) --->CDROM Kernel API --->CDROM Example C Code driver --->IEEE1284 Parallel Interface >LS120 Parallel Interface protocol >ZIP Parrallel Interface proto

More Steps Jan 1

2001-12-31 Thread Mike Andrew
Bedtime Reading -> Print Filters (Joel Hammer) FTP->Server (corrections) (Linuxism) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com __

Re: elx linux evaluation continued

2001-12-31 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 03:02, Ted Ozolins wrote: > On another note, I can not seem to be able (or programs) to use ttyS0 or > any serial port as a mere mortal. ttySX is owned by root and in the group [snip] temporarily (at least) cripple out GiveConsole and TakeConsole in /etc/X11/~ -- http://l

More Steps 30th Dec

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Andrew
BEDTIME READING ->Hardware Driver API's and Technical Briefs -> >CDROM API Kernel Driver Description (new)             Userland Driver source code > IEEE1284 Parallel Interface     The LS120 parallel Interface protocol .      The Zip parallel Interface protocols.

Re: Playing with a webcam

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 10:58, David Aikema wrote: > > echo "-noxv" >$HOME/(dot)xawtv > > Then when starting up I get: > /home/david/.xawtv:1: syntax error That was a fix provided for me by the immortal D Bandel. if it troubles you echo "" >$HOME/(dot)xawtv -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Request for Assistance - Consulting Opportunity For Pay

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:12, Collins Richey wrote: > > It would surely be nice if the compiler and library folks could make > progress without breaking old things. I still remember (not too fondly) > all the havoc that the current glibc generated when it was new. > THE problem with glibc is th

Re: Playing with a webcam

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 12:57, David Aikema wrote: > I'm not quite following what you're trying to suggest here. right click on the picture > I also keep getting a message box on startup telling me that I should save echo "-noxv" >$HOME/(dot)xawtv -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

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