[luau] hawaii political sites

2002-08-12 Thread Eric Hattemer
Anyone been to www.gophawaii.com or www.lindalingle.com lately? Both of them beep and talk to you and things like that. I mean the sites are laid out pretty well otherwise, but I thought the sounds were a little excessive. Has anyone ever found that sounds actually made a website better? Sorry t

[luau] hawaii political sites

2002-08-12 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
I am a life-long Republican, but I found it extremely bad taste for both sites to run on IIS under Win2K. Even the Whilehouse webpage is running on Linux.

RE: [luau] Brian

2002-08-12 Thread Brian Low
Aloha Dan, I do not have your Phone number. Can you give me a call? My contact is below. Thanks, Brian Brian Low Security X 1515 Nuuanu Ave. #555 Honolulu, HI 96817 Phone: (808) 371-3571 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dan George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Su

Re: [luau] Needed - Compaq Presario 700 series or ProSavage video

2002-08-12 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Sunday 11 August 2002 23:56, you wrote: > Should I schedule a time to go to the store and work on the laptop(s)? > I can use my license of PartitionMagic to resize the existing Windows > partition, install, test and un-install if necessary. Would sometime > Tuesday be possible? Anytime that y

[luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
I installed Red Hat (both 7.3 and Limbo) in one of my machines with a Linksys LNE100TX card. This is the only distro that couldn't recognize my Linksys card. (Based on the difference b/t 7.3 and Limbo, it is apparent that Red Hat is trying to expand into the desktop territory. But, all things

Re: [luau] hawaii political sites

2002-08-12 Thread Ben Beeson
OK, Question for teh web wizards out there. How did you figure this out??? both sites to run on IIS under Win2K. Even the Whilehouse webpage is running on Linux. Thanks, Ben

[luau] hawaii political sites

2002-08-12 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Actually both White House (whitehouse.gov) and Kremlin run their webpages on Linux.

Re: [luau] hawaii political sites

2002-08-12 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Monday 12 August 2002 10:04, you wrote: > OK, > > Question for teh web wizards out there. How did you figure this out??? > > > both sites to run on IIS under Win2K. Even the Whilehouse webpage is > running on Linux. > While no web wizard, I can tell you that netcraft.com will tell you

[luau] Massive Flash Plugin Security Hole

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
I usually don't post about Windows security holes on this list, but this is a massive one that can potentially wreak havoc to desktop clients should your users visit the wrong websites or receive the wrong e-mail attachment. Please be sure to upgrade your Flash plugin. It appears that Macromedia

Re: [luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 10:08, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > I installed Red Hat (both 7.3 and Limbo) in one of my machines with a > Linksys LNE100TX card. This is the only distro that couldn't recognize > my Linksys card. (Based on the difference b/t 7.3 and Limbo, it is > apparent that Red Hat is tr

Re: [luau] hawaii political sites

2002-08-12 Thread MonMotha
R. Scott Belford wrote: On Monday 12 August 2002 10:04, you wrote: OK, Question for teh web wizards out there. How did you figure this out??? both sites to run on IIS under Win2K. Even the Whilehouse webpage is running on Linux. While no web wizard, I can tell you that netcraft.

Re: [luau] hawaii political sites

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 12:56, MonMotha wrote: > Netcraft uses the HTTP headers to determine the server. > > telnet www.example.net 80 > HEAD / HTTP/1.0 > > > The HTTP server will be listed. > > --Monmotha They also use TCP analysis in order to attempt to detect the operating system of the serve

Re: [luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread Ray Strode
I do not appreciate overbroad comments along the lines of "Because card X doesn't work in distro Y, distro Y is negligent to desktop Linux." Red Hat is negligent toward desktop Linux for other reasons. =) Easy now You misread what he said. He said something along the lines of.: Well,

Re: [luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 13:57, Ray Strode wrote: > Easy now You misread what he said. He said something along the > lines of.: > > Well, the new beta of RedHat obviously has a more improved setup for > desktop users > than 7.3 did, but I still want to support Mandrake, instead, because > the

Re: [luau] hawaii political sites

2002-08-12 Thread Ben Beeson
Thanks to all of you!! VR, Ben On Monday 12 August 2002 01:30 pm, you wrote: > On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 12:56, MonMotha wrote: > > Netcraft uses the HTTP headers to determine the server. > > > > telnet www.example.net 80 > > HEAD / HTTP/1.0 > > > > > > The HTTP server will be listed. > > > > --Mo

[luau] Access2000 Linux import

2002-08-12 Thread Brian Low
Aloha all, I current have a customer with a Microsoft Access2000 Database. I have 3 questions, 1) I there a way to create a SQL database in linux and import the Access2000 Database? 2) IF it is posible, is there a way to build a Web base front end for the Database, and 3) Are there any local con

Re: [luau] CD-ROM sized bay case covers

2002-08-12 Thread al plant
Warren Togami wrote: > > Does anyone have a source for CD-ROM sized front bay case covers? We > have many Dell computer cases with holes in the front, and Dell gave us > a quote of $4.95 each. =( > > These are for some of the computers that would go to schools for Linux > thin clients and server

Re: [luau] Access2000 Linux import

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 15:03, Brian Low wrote: > Aloha all, > I current have a customer with a Microsoft Access2000 Database. I > have 3 questions, 1) I there a way to create a SQL database in linux and > import the Access2000 Database? Probably the easiest way would be to export the data to Mic

Re: [luau] Access2000 Linux import

2002-08-12 Thread Don Brown
Probably the easiest way would be to register the access database as an odbc datasource. You can then either use the web scripting language of your choice to make a web front end, or use the scripting language of your choice to pull out the data and stuff it into a mysql db or something of that na

Re: [luau] Access2000 Linux import

2002-08-12 Thread Ray Strode
> 1) I there a way to create a SQL database in linux and import the Access2000 > Database? Yes, there are many ways. You could transfer it through ODBC, or export it to some text format. I don't if there are any utilities to fully automate it (Maybe gnome-db?), but it should be a pretty small j

[luau] Nic cards and Red Hat

2002-08-12 Thread al plant
Hi Warren, I found the problem with the cards in the RedHat 7.3 we were working on. I found three clashing IRQ's listed in the cmos of the motherboard. I changed the 3 and the nic card came up fine. I couldn't get the video card to work unless I put in an AGP card until I fixed this cmos proble

[luau] Font Suggestions

2002-08-12 Thread MonMotha
I'm looking for a couple things regarding fonts to make my life easier when reading text (which is of course very frequent) in X: An easy way (scripted) to set up truetype fonts. I've got CDs full of truetype fonts for windows. My X server has truetype support and I have Xft loaded, but sett

RE: [luau] Access2000 Linux import

2002-08-12 Thread Randall Oshita
>A few months ago I remember seeing an option in Microsoft SQL 2000's >Enterprise Manager that will easily import or export this type of data >between Access and MSSQL Server. I haven't used MSSQL for a few months >now, so I don't remember what this tool is called. You mean DTS? Data Transformati

Re: [luau] Access2000 Linux import

2002-08-12 Thread Ho'ala Greevy
Brian, might want to ping the folks at Indevtech Inc. Scott Cooley, former LUAU member, runs the show over there. They developed hawaiieventsonline.com www.indevtech.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 808-528-2740 -ho'ala Ray Strode said: >>

Re: [luau] Access2000 Linux import

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 16:52, Ho'ala Greevy wrote: > Brian, > > might want to ping the folks at Indevtech Inc. Scott Cooley, former LUAU > member, runs the show over there. They developed hawaiieventsonline.com > > www.indevtech.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 808-528-2

Re: [luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread Dan George
W. Wayne Liauh wrote: I installed Red Hat (both 7.3 and Limbo) in one of my machines with a Linksys LNE100TX card. This is the only distro that couldn't recognize my Linksys card. (Based on the difference b/t 7.3 and Limbo, it is apparent that Red Hat is trying to expand into the desktop te

Re: [luau] Massive Flash Plugin Security Hole

2002-08-12 Thread Dan George
Warren Togami wrote: I usually don't post about Windows security holes on this list, but this is a massive one that can potentially wreak havoc to desktop clients should your users visit the wrong websites or receive the wrong e-mail attachment. Please be sure to upgrade your Flash plugin. It

Re: [luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread Dan George
Ray Strode wrote: I do not appreciate overbroad comments along the lines of "Because card X doesn't work in distro Y, distro Y is negligent to desktop Linux." Red Hat is negligent toward desktop Linux for other reasons. =) Easy now You misread what he said. He said something along the

Re: [luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread Dan George
Warren Togami wrote: On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 13:57, Ray Strode wrote: Easy now You misread what he said. He said something along the lines of.: Well, the new beta of RedHat obviously has a more improved setup for desktop users than 7.3 did, but I still want to support Mandrake, instead,

Re: [luau] Massive Flash Plugin Security Hole

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 20:19, Dan George wrote: > Warren > Can you tell me how to install flash on Linux 7.1 or > 7.3? Ive tried following the > directions but never could get them to work in Netscape Plugins. Red Hat 7.1, 7,2 and 7.3 actually come with the Flash plugin as part of

Re: [luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread MonMotha
Maybe somebody can post instructions on how to download the beta Linux and how to compile the kernel and set it up. I would appreciate it. I failed to get it right on four attempts. Yes Im in between newbie and novice. But probably closer to newbie. The kernel howto is a good place to

[luau] Sorry Folks

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 20:24, Dan George wrote: > > > >How dare you question me! > > > >j/j > Warren >Are you joking around? Ive never seen you peeved. > Okay I have to stop joking around. I'm not communicating very effectively, and it is evident that not everyone sees my feeble

Re: [luau] Massive Flash Plugin Security Hole

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 20:27, Warren Togami wrote: > > Can you tell me how to install flash on Linux 7.1 or > > 7.3? Ive tried following the > > directions but never could get them to work in Netscape Plugins. > > Red Hat 7.1, 7,2 and 7.3 actually come with the Flash plugin as par

Re: [luau] Font Suggestions

2002-08-12 Thread Jeff Mings
I think you might find ttmkfdir useful. It's like mkfontdir for truetype fonts. I have used an older version, and I don't know how well it's being maintained. It's now available at http://freshmeat.net/redir/ttmkfdir/10789/url_tgz/ttmkfdir.tar.gz . Hope this helps, -Jeff Mings MonMotha wr

[luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
buy one in order to test it myself and be sure it works in Limbo beta. Please let me know where you bought it, and the revision version #. After I figure out this card, I'll build you custom RPM's with kernel drivers that should work in Red Hat 7.3.> Thanks Warren. All what I need to know is,

[luau] Sound on web- Was political sites

2002-08-12 Thread aeg-inc
"Has anyone ever found that sounds actually made a website better?" Web pages can/should be developed to facilitate sound for disabled viewers. For example making sure there's alternate text tags for graphic buttons, so that text to speech readers can tell someone what the button text is. The

Re: [luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread Warren Togami
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 22:23, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > Thanks Warren. All what I need to know is, which of the NIC cards > supported by Red Hat also uses tulip chipset? As I am sure you're aware, > it's the chipset that matters. > > Actually, same NIC cards, even with the same model number, may us

[luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

2002-08-12 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Ray- It can be very frustrating if and when you take Linux seriously (e.g., running a Linux-based business, or even trying to make a living doing Linux). I always believe that if people appreciate your work, they will be willing to pay. There is enough money flying around but you must first

[luau] Access2000 Linux import

2002-08-12 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Brian- I am a minority owner of a company that does exactly what you described. They are developing and selling database packages (PostgreSQL + PHP) which can import Access 2000 files. If you couldn't find a local consultant, perhap you can give them a call. However, they can only take rela

[luau] Font Suggestions

2002-08-12 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
I have used Mandrake to install truetype fonts. It was quite straightforward. I am told that KDE also provides a similar, though perhaps not as versatile, font installation feature.