Re: [luau] switch

2002-07-29 Thread Elayne Man
Randall- Yes, along with active hubs, switches and routers will also act as a repeater by regenerating the signal, and it only sends data to its correct destination. (This minimizes collisions.) Some hubs will amplify the signal and send it out to ALL ports... not good :] -Elayne From:

Re: [luau] processor opinion

2002-07-29 Thread Rodney
cool...thanks for the info! yeah we gotta go ride! Thanks, Rodney - Original Message - From: Randall Oshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:38 AM Subject: RE: [luau] processor opinion > Rod! > > Dude the P4s are fast esp. with PC1066, th

[luau] New IBM Linux commercial

2002-07-29 Thread MonMotha
I just saw a new IBM linux commercial. Gal sitting at what would appear to be a board meeting then fakign an excuse to get out. Something about the networks being bullet proof. Unfortunately, I don't have a TV card hooked up right now to capture it. Maybe someone else does? --MonMotha

Re: [luau] Linux Console

2002-07-29 Thread MonMotha
Daniel J Nishimura wrote: Thanks Brian and Monmotha I hooked up my workstation to my linux box with a null-modem cable, but as Brian said, it still isn't a true console. The boot messages don't show up and the login prompt is the first thing to pop up. Brian, do you recommend any motherboard

[luau] NetLoad Monitor Appelet

2002-07-29 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
How do I get the NetLoad monitor applet (from GNOME) to run at KDE tool bar?

[luau] Login Screen in Red Hat

2002-07-29 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
That did the trick. (To play it safe, I manually editted the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file.) But I was really wondering why GDM Configurator didn't work. Also interestingly, changing the sysconfig/desktop file did not change the desktop; it only changed the login screen. But this is exactly wh

Re: [luau] Linux Console

2002-07-29 Thread Daniel J Nishimura
Thanks Brian and Monmotha I hooked up my workstation to my linux box with a null-modem cable, but as Brian said, it still isn't a true console. The boot messages don't show up and the login prompt is the first thing to pop up. Brian, do you recommend any motherboards with a true console port?

Re: [luau] Login Screen in Red Hat

2002-07-29 Thread Ray Strode
W. Wayne Liauh wrote: When I first installed RH 7.3, I chose GNOME as default desktop. During my second installation, I chose KDE and I got a different login screen. How can I get back to my GNOME login screen? type as root: echo 'DESKTOP="GNOME"' > /etc/sysconfig/desktop then switch to in

Re: [luau] switch

2002-07-29 Thread Daniel J Nishimura
An active hub is a multiport repeater. You can usually tell an active hub from a passive hub by whether or not it uses its own power supply. -dan On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Kevin Goad wrote: > It depends on what kind it is. Intelligent hubs or repeaters will > retransmit a signal, but the cheap home

Re: [luau] Login Screen in Red Hat

2002-07-29 Thread Dan George
On Monday 29 July 2002 09:29, you wrote: > On Monday 29 July 2002 08:33, you wrote: > > When I first installed RH 7.3, I chose GNOME as default desktop. During > > my second installation, I chose KDE and I got a different login screen. > > How can I get back to my GNOME login screen? > > > >

[luau] Red Hat Beta Limbo 2 released

2002-07-29 Thread Warren Togami
Red Hat Limbo 2 beta released. Some of the extremely broken things from Limbo 1 are now fixed (like OpenOffice). Limbo has radical changes and improvements over the 7.x series of Red Hat, so much testing is still needed on various hardware configurations. Just like Mandrake 9.0 beta, if the fina

Re: [luau] Login Screen in Red Hat

2002-07-29 Thread Dan George
On Monday 29 July 2002 08:33, you wrote: > When I first installed RH 7.3, I chose GNOME as default desktop. During > my second installation, I chose KDE and I got a different login screen. > How can I get back to my GNOME login screen? > > ___ > LUAU ma

Re: [luau] Login Screen in Red Hat

2002-07-29 Thread Dean Fujioka
man switchdesk it changes your default desktop I know it works when you have a default runlevel of 3, but think you may need to restart X if you by default boot into the GUI dean W. Wayne Liauh wrote: A GNOME "login" screen (the very first screen after completion of the boot-up process to

[luau] Login Screen in Red Hat

2002-07-29 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
A GNOME "login" screen (the very first screen after completion of the boot-up process to enter userid and password) has a tool bar at the top of the dialog window that allows me to select language, etc. The KDE login screen does not have this tool bar. But what does switchdesk do?

Re: [luau] Login Screen in Red Hat

2002-07-29 Thread Dean Fujioka
to change desktops, use switchdesk gnome or switchdesk kde I'm not sure that's what you're looking for though dean W. Wayne Liauh wrote: When I first installed RH 7.3, I chose GNOME as default desktop. During my second installation, I chose KDE and I got a different login screen. How c

[luau] Login Screen in Red Hat

2002-07-29 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
When I first installed RH 7.3, I chose GNOME as default desktop. During my second installation, I chose KDE and I got a different login screen. How can I get back to my GNOME login screen?

[luau] MS Office, WordPerfect, StarOffice

2002-07-29 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
When I was a student, I managed to buy a 2nd-hand Chevy Vega. To me, that was the most car I could have dreamed of. And Hello World, I am ready to conquer you! Fast forward in time. A friend of mine, who was smart to cash in his (now worthless) dot-com stocks, bought a pair of matching Lamb

Re: [luau] MS Office, WordPerfect, StarOffice

2002-07-29 Thread Joe Linux
In a nutshell, WP gives mush more control over the document than SO. Gary Sublett wrote: Wayne, I am somewhat familiar with your ongoing quest regarding WordPerfect and your opinion of potential substitutes. I find the included WSJ article interesting but it does little to explain, in detail

Re: [luau] processor opinion

2002-07-29 Thread MonMotha
Randall Oshita wrote: Rod! Dude the P4s are fast esp. with PC1066, that's 533FSB. Expensive though. And not supported by Intel. Bandwidth for video and stuff. Get RAID too and stripe ur HDs. Go to like www.anandtech.com to see benchmarks using apps you plan to use. Don't think 64bit Hammer go

RE: [luau] switch

2002-07-29 Thread Kevin Goad
On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 00:52, Kevin Goad wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 05:39, Randall Oshita wrote: > > What about a home switch like netgear or linksys. > I don't think they do since most people wouldn't have a home large > enough to warrant pushing the signal past its limits 100M or 380 Feet.

RE: [luau] switch

2002-07-29 Thread Kevin Goad
On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 05:39, Randall Oshita wrote: > What about a home switch like netgear or linksys. I don't think they do since most people wouldn't have a home large enough to warrant pushing the signal past its limits 100M or 380 Feet.

Re: [luau] Central Pacific Bank & web browsers

2002-07-29 Thread Jeff Mings
Hi Warren, It seems as though we went over this several weeks ago.  I am using Mozilla on RH 7.2 to access the cpbi site, and have done so for quite some time with a business checking account.  I haven't had problems, but they do give the following message: In order to maintain the h

RE: [luau] switch

2002-07-29 Thread Randall Oshita
What about a home switch like netgear or linksys. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Goad Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 6:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [luau] switch It depends on what kind it is. Intelligent hubs or repeaters

RE: [luau] processor opinion

2002-07-29 Thread Randall Oshita
Rod! Dude the P4s are fast esp. with PC1066, that's 533FSB. Expensive though. And not supported by Intel. Bandwidth for video and stuff. Get RAID too and stripe ur HDs. Go to like www.anandtech.com to see benchmarks using apps you plan to use. Don't think 64bit Hammer gonna help if your software

Re: [luau] switch

2002-07-29 Thread Kevin Goad
It depends on what kind it is. Intelligent hubs or repeaters will retransmit a signal, but the cheap home network hubs don't. On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 05:16, Randall Oshita wrote: > Will a switch or HUB act as a repeater? > Thanks > > Randall

[luau] switch

2002-07-29 Thread Randall Oshita
Will a switch or HUB act as a repeater? Thanks   Randall