Bottom line:
INtel made the P-III to sell new computer chips so manufacturers could
sell new computers. Their marketing department is extremely smart.
Fact is, they're working on a new 64-bit processor called the Merced
which they will NEED to keep up with that fire-breathing Athlon, a
Buy the PII
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 10:04 PM
Subject: [newbie] PIII performance
I am upgrading my computer from a PII 266 to something faster. I am
considering a PIII 450 for 319$ or i can go for a PII 400 for
hi,
if i'm not mistaken whenever u slot in an internal modem as either com 3/4
u'll have to disable also either com1/2. Take a look at the serial howto.
The Postman [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/20/99 02:07:16 AM
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:(bcc:
Hi, everybody,
When I partitioned my disk, I assumed that the basic installation from
CDROM #1 would go to /bin, /lib, /usr/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/man, and
that additional "optional" packages (from CD #2-5 and from the web)
could go to /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib,
So I made three
Original Message Follows
From: Rick Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
it is. So, forget all these .config files we seem to have to manually
edit with wonderful devices such as VI. [BLEAH!!]
You know, there _are_ more intuitive editors out there--lots of
them, in fact. I like pico, but
I'll be the first to admit that the monitor that I use is a $200 special at
Sears. And, I too am getting the black on black menus and background until I
put a graphic back there. Then the labels are black on black and so are the
menus until I highlight them. Right now, I'm using Windows 2000
I'd go with the AMD K6-3. even the K6-2's are a good bet. Just add RAM and sit
back and enjoy. 8-)
"up@3am" wrote:
Buy the PII
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 10:04 PM
Subject: [newbie] PIII performance
I am
jeanette russo wrote:
From: "jeanette russo" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fw: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:25:35 PDT
From: "Jeanette Russo" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Fw: [newbie]
I think that this is due a video card driver limitation in XFree86. Bad
settings for the monitor would produce different results. I know that my
card (Diamond Stealth 3D 4000) works fine at 32bpp in Windows, but in
Linux, I can't use 32bpp without running into what you're describing. You
might
What is the easiest way to configure dial up networking
to
connect to an ISP using 6.0. I still haven't
figured out
where the display properties are to change the size of
the screen.
Thanks for your help,
Jason
In some of the messages I have been reading there is mention
of determining which OS to boot with. Mine will only boot
on Linux. There is no choice. I did not partition the
whole
hard drive to Linux. I believe
windows is still there.
Jason
Title: RE: [newbie] StarOffice Installation
Is there a way to automate this so that each user does not have to install it?
-Original Message-
From: Ty Mixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 5:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] StarOffice
Can anyone tell me if a soho basic network card is supported by linux??
Also, how do I get my computer hooked up to a network? What command(s) do I
use??? Thanks in advance!
I'm guessing you want the choice to boot between Linux Windows? Well,
you just need to setup lilo a little differently.
First, you need to know which partition your Windows C: drive is. If
you're not sure, run `fdisk -l /dev/hda` (assuming Windows is on hda) and
look for a FAT partition.
Flame thrower locked and loaded. hehehe
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick Fry
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 7:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Not getting anywhere
I give up on this stupid fucking so-called
I found a tidbit of information that may pertain to your situation. Here is
the URL for the info: http://www.patoche.org/LTT/kernel/0153.html
Basically, the info says that these modules aren't needed. You can safely
comment these out in /etc/conf.modules. They are just some compression
I don't know. I would suppose you could write a script or something,
but that's beyond my current capabilities. RTFM?
Ty
Original Message dated 8/20/99, 6:43:21 AM
Author: Stephan Schutter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RE: [newbie] StarOffice Installation:
Is there a way to automate this so that
Hmmm,
Ever try Accelerated-X? surf on over to CheapBytes or GatorOnline
or linuxmall and BUY it. Read the fine print first and make sure
the package they're selling is the one that supports your hardware.
Contact the manufacturer if in doubt.
My Panasonic CF-62 didn't work on one linux for
There is one advantage to buying an Intel chip that I've found. All
the dual processor boards (except one I'm told (by The Computer
Underground Pres)) only support Intel chips. So I'm stuck buying an
Intel chip when I start building my new machine.
Sigh . . .
--
Ty Mixon
e-mail: [EMAIL
This guy is trolling you all.
(for the newbies a troll is someone
who instigates flamewars by using
inflammatory language)
Please don't pander to his wishes by responding.
(Ithought I sniffed a troll the other day ; )
ttfn
nick
Two different connectors one for t-base other for DSL
I do have both working now, however I can only ping to the server, not
going out to the intranet or proxy
it will ping to either a ip or host name or localhost, but no futher.
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 19:21:05 +
Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question: Can or should Mandrake 6.0 users install security patches from
Red Hat, such as the one that was released this morning? The notice
follows:
Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Package
in.telnetd
Synopsis
Denial
I am not an expert but my initial thoughts would be that you might
want to get the source files rather than the RPM's. My line on this
one is that the RedHat RPM is compiled for the i386. I am assumming
that there would be something in the configuration setup of the
source for compiling it with
Moron from Univ of Waikato trying to hide behind a hotmail address. How sad.
At 03:50 PM 8/20/99 +0100, you wrote:
I give up on this stupid fucking so-called operating system!
It's totally FUCKING USELESS
Windows is FAR superior and you bunch of sad
losers are just wasting your lives.
www.linux-mandrake.com
left side of page "Updates"
Civileme
Joe Brault wrote:
HELP!!! my linux system is failing to unmount the
file system. How can I
have the system unmount correctly??? Help!!!
Thanks
--
Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over!
http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
C:\fdisk /mbr
Use a dos disk to boot into dos. This is the only method to clean lilo out
of the master boot record. (..or re-install Windows.)
See ya,
SA
From: "Joe Brault" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] wierd lilo thing...
Date: Thu, 19
- Original Message -
From: Rick Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem difficulties
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From: Rick Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
it is. So, forget all these .config files we seem to
- Original Message -
From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation
Well, if you do a network install, you do single user SETUPs with just a
few files each.
Why would you want to automate
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, you wrote:
Thanks for all the help guys, I checkout that Kvideo list, looks good,
but I think it's in German only...G Will take a closer look when I'm
not so rushed...
Building one myself is outta the question, not my style...G Not a very
good programmer at all..G
In my opinion you should stick with the PII, The PIII doesn't worth the extra
money.
El jue, 19 ago 1999, escribiste:
I am upgrading my computer from a PII 266 to something faster. I am
considering a PIII 450 for 319$ or i can go for a PII 400 for 100 less. Does
Linux (and future apps) use
Do you put this in /etc/hosts.deny?
Thanks,
Bryan
"Ken Wilson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/20/99 12:19:24 PM
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings)
Subject: RE: [newbie] Not getting anywhere - IGNORE THIS TROLL!
hahhahaa, FUCKING USELESS so-called operating system?
I just laugh at how windows makes it's USERS useless.
El vie, 20 ago 1999, escribiste:
Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but this just looks like
flamebait to me.
I give up on this stupid fucking so-called operating system!
I have recently installed RealPlayer G2, but when I play a RealMedia file
(on my harddrive), garbled sound. I also get the same audio with MP2 and 3
files Also, RealMedia files don't automatically open in G2. Any assistance
would be helpful in both areas.
Manny Styles
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On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, you wrote:
%_In some of the messages I have been reading there is mention
of determining which OS to boot with. Mine will only boot
on Linux. There is no choice. I did not partition the whole
hard drive to Linux. I believe windows is still there.
Did you select
Rick Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I give up on this stupid fucking so-called operating system!
It's totally FUCKING USELESS
Windows is FAR superior and you bunch of sad
losers are just wasting your lives.
==
OK, Rick. We'll put you down as
hmmm,
Glad I dropped the sendername in a kill folder. Looks like he
is ready to distract us from our purposes.
Civileme
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Moron from Univ of Waikato trying to hide behind
a hotmail address. How sad.
At 03:50 PM 8/20/99 +0100, you wrote:
>I give up on this stupid fucking
I'm actually using Outlook98 as my mail reader so the comment about
/dev/null was actually more tongue-in-cheek. It comes with a
configurable junk mail filter.
Now, to answer your question.
There is an anti-spam filter, I believe it is called clean, available
on your Mandrake distribution. I
I believe that if you download the initscripts update RPM, the umount
problem will be fixed. If you can connect to the internet from Mandrake,
click the "updates" icon on the KDE desktop. Choose a nearby mirror, and
away you go!
If you can't get online from Linux, you can surf to
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, you wrote:
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, you wrote:
What's the sence to set up different mount points for / , /usr , /home ,
/anything_else if all of them are located on a single harddrive. I can
understand this steps for /boot 'cause it must be located in first 1023
cyls,
"I'm to lame to make it work therefore it sucks and Windows is better." The
same kind of people think the MacOS sucks because they can't find the start
button anywhere on the desktop. Feed a small mind enough shit and after a
while he'll claim shit is the best thing on earth.
On Fri, 20 Aug
Any idea where to get that card? AMD's are sooo much cheaper
(usually).
--
Ty Mixon
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ:26147713
Original Message
On 8/20/99, 11:11:24 AM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
regarding Re: [newbie] PIII performance:
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, you wrote:
I would get the PIII 450. You can actually get the cpu for around $250. The
temperatures in the PIII is much better then the PII's . Thats my .02
Gavin
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, you wrote:
In my opinion you should stick with the PII, The PIII doesn't worth the extra
money.
El jue, 19 ago
civileme,
All I want to do is connect my linux box to the
internet via my network card and the ethernet connection I have here at college,
i'm not into much yet, just want to get it up and running :)
Nighthawk
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From:
Civileme
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Errrk!
U, where do we draw the imaginary line? Iown a domain,
civileme.com which is at present not residing on a host but merely forwarded.
At one time, I had it forwarded to usa.net, and I sentr my mail out from
that address.
Then there is yi.org, the poor man's self-hosting aid. Ihave
The abnormal terminatio is from the defective data in the installation--Which
may be the CD or your CDdrive Or dirt or scratches or fingerprints.
Civileme
Manny Styles wrote:
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From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999
Definitely try sndconfig again. Your sound card has not been properly
recognized/installed/drivered, unless you have a cracked speakerg>.
Civileme
Manny Styles wrote:
I have recently installed RealPlayer G2, but when
I play a RealMedia file
(on my harddrive), garbled sound. I also get the same
The dumb question is the one you DON'T ask.
AFAIK, the easiest way to do this is edit /etc/inittab
On or about line 18, you'll run into
id:3:initdefault:
change the 3 to a 5 and save it.
Now when you startup a screen will appear that allows you to boot into
any windows manager you've installed.
- Original Message -
From: Rick Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 10:50 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Not getting anywhere
I give up on this stupid fucking so-called operating system!
It's totally FUCKING USELESS
Windows is FAR superior and you
- Original Message -
From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 and MP# problems
Definitely try sndconfig again. Your sound card has not been properly
recognized/installed/drivered, unless you have
I have a question.
If I get a book with a CD rom in.. say 1.3 of Open linux or 5.0 or 5.1 of
Redhat.
Is it not worth my while to get that up and running at all??
If all I am using the machine for it personal use .. internet etc.. with
these distros work fine for what a personal user needs??
ok, I have one more question along this thread.
I have a 520 meg harddrive on my NEC laptop..
I am going to run Slackware 4 on it.. because I can do a Floppy install
with it.
Can you do a FTP install of Mandrake??
Anyway.. how do you think I should partition my harddrive for a basic X
As I have said elsewhere, keep your vitriol to yourself. Ask a decent
question and you may get the proper answer given the proper experience of
this crew with that hardware.
-Original Message-
From: Rick Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I give up on this stupid fucking so-called operating
- Original Message -
From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing the Window Manager
The dumb question is the one you DON'T ask.
AFAIK, the easiest way to do this is edit /etc/inittab
On or about line
If you want to use WindowMaker you have to choose AfterStep, using the method
below and then in AfterStep you can swith to WindowMaker from the menu at the
bottom left corner. I think it says something like "switch to..."
You can run `desktopcfg` from the command-line, or (from KDE) click on
Give the distribution that comes with the book a try. If you find you
like Linux then look at getting a newer version. The advantage of the
newer versions is that a lot of the setup has been simplified and the
usual bug fixes are in place.
You might want to aim your book purchase at one that
Erikthere's no need as that update (specifically for mdk 6.0) was on the
mirror server I use this morning, see below:
08/20/99 01:03AM 56,757 telnet-0.12-10mdk.i586.rpm
08/20/99 01:03AM 26,002 telnet-server-0.12-10mdk.i586.rpm
Just use the update icon on your KDE desktop and
FWIW. I've done that and I still get umount - Failed when I shut down...
Wayne
- Original Message -
From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] failing to unmount
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, you wrote:
HELP!!! my
I have 128 megs of RAM
I dont need/want anymore :)
jerrud
- Original Message -
From: Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing the Window Manager
Steve wants to know how to start a different window manager from the
command
line, not from within KDE (or booting
How about moving the /home partition to the empty space and creating a
sym/hard link to the new area?
John
- Original Message -
From: Michael Chopek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] /home partition/mount troubles
I've been reading this list from afar for a few weeks now, but it is time to
jump in the pool. The manner in which all of you have handled the "Hotmail
guy" is exemplary. You know, in elementary school it was "my dad's bigger than
your dad". In high school it was "my Ford's better than your
Ken Wilson wrote:
I stand to be corrected but I believe SMP is actually implemented on the
motherboard and not within the CPU so the type of processor is not as
critical as what processors the board will accept, within reason of
course. i.e. Don't try this with a pair of 8086 chips. :)
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, James Schofield wrote:
This guy is trolling you all.
(for the newbies a troll is someone
who instigates flamewars by using
inflammatory language)
I will admit that I am getting very frustrated with the hardware setup
portion of linux.. but I am learning.. and
Now that I know about AutoMount and Sticky, how do I tell Linux to use
AutoMount? Which one of those wonderful .config files do I have to edit?
Also, how do I change from that KDE back to Gnome? I think I prefer that to
KDE. Thanks.
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Sevatio Octavio wrote:
Rick Fry wrote:
I'm only going to say that I never heard of Accelerated-X. I never said that
Windows was "great" or any other descriptive adjective. Hell, it doesn't
properly multi-task and there are a lot of other problems. I'm just saying
that I've never come across any of the problems
- Original Message -
From: Michael Chopek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] /home partition/mount troubles
At 04:28 PM 8/20/99 -0400, I wrote:
Do you have any free space on the drive?
Yes I do...995mb left on the
OK, lots of people have had a say.
Ask yourself, "Why do I want to upgrade?"
If your answer is "to build a fire-breathing behemoth", then go for the
best you can get.
If your answer is "to eliminate some perceived slowness", then get
something better than you have.
Since you say you have a
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Michael Chopek wrote:
At 04:28 PM 8/20/99 -0400, I wrote:
Do you have any free space on the drive?
Yes I do...995mb left on the Linux partition..
Why could I not set it to something other than 7mb for the /home partion??
If so, you could use Disk Druid to
set
I know it's kind of fast and hard to catch, but did you catch what's not
unmounting? also check ps ax|grep defunct before you shutdown.
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
Hmm..don't know what to tell you then. Last I had heard, BeRo said that's
all that needed to be done...did you
MSI adaptors on a Slot 1 motherboard (not socket 7). I'm running a supermicro
board, 2 MSI adaptor and a pair of celery 300a's over clocked to 450. That and
the 256 megs of ram, a Tekram u2w scsi card and a 4.5 gig ibm u2w drive, makes
it run rather speedy.
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, you wrote:
Can
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Manny Styles wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing the Window Manager
Steve wants to know how to start a different window manager from
Rick Fry wrote:
I did NOT write that. As I said in a previous post, I don't resort
to writing these types of messages. I gave up on that years ago when I
realized that there are more effective ways to get a point across. And I
resent the implication that I'm a moron. I'm only 56 years old
My sound configuration is fine as far as I can tell. Audio CD's and wav
files play clearly, it's just the .rm, .ram, .mp2, and .mp3 formats that are
garbled to the point of incomprehension.
In that case, it sounds like the software decoder you're using has bugs
in it. What software do you
what is AutoMount? and Sticky?
:P
Rick Fry wrote:
Now that I know about AutoMount and Sticky, how do I tell Linux to use
AutoMount? Which one of those wonderful .config files do I have to edit?
Also, how do I change from that KDE back to Gnome? I think I prefer that to
KDE. Thanks.
I have a 520 meg harddrive on my NEC laptop..
I am going to run Slackware 4 on it.. because I can do a Floppy install
with it.
Can you do a FTP install of Mandrake??
Yes, you can. Get the bootnet.img file from /updates/6.0/images off your
local mirror
Anyway.. how do you think I
Yes, I do log in and out of the separate accounts. It does not take
long, and in fact, I find it to be more difficult than what I do in
Outlook -- show properties and select the profile I want to use. I know
that I can check into the other accounts without doing that, but the
problem then is
How come my posts never seem to reach this list? Even if they hit my
mailbox, I never get replies.
Could someone please reply privately to this message?
And what about the PS/2 port problem? The pppd problem?
Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth ICQ: 35256413
Hi everyone,
I am trying to learn about Linux and got myself a copy of Mandrake
Linux 6.0.
Unfortunately, I don't have the right CD-ROM for it. I have a ACER
ATAPI 40X CD-ROM and when installing, it is not in the list.
Can anyone advise how to
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
Only a little, ;) try the enlightenment from cooker 0.16 will implement /
does implement, the ability to drag apps around in the pager from desktop
to desktop, aswell as around the virtual desktop. Just don't drop them
between pagers, they
you can find it here ftp://ftp.freshmeat.net/pub/rpms/kxicq/ or in linuxberg
www.linuxberg.com
El sáb, 21 ago 1999, escribiste:
Hello
Anyone have a url/ftp for a kxicq rpm?
Original Message Follows
Rick Fry wrote:
If you're happy being a user, that's fine. There are plenty of people
in the world that just want things to work when they sit down at them.
My parents are those kinds of people. I have no problem with it, just
don't shit on the parade of
Make it a shell script by burying it in a file called 'othernet.sh', or
any name of your choice. The text you want to type into the file goes
like this
#!/bin/sh
telnet other.net.com
Store the file in /usr/local/bin and then cd to /usr/local/bin and type
'chmod 766 othernet.sh'
Now
I can fake email addresses, too. When I used to write messages in the adult
newsgroups, I was [EMAIL PROTECTED] That doesn't mean the
domain actually exists. I don't care what the header said, this Rick Fry at
hotmail.com did NOT write that.
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Rick Fry wrote:
DJ wrote:
Hello
Anyone have a url/ftp for a kxicq rpm?
Try
http://rufus.w3.org
Alan
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Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0
Sorry for the confushion,
the DSL eithernet card is for future a connection
right now I am trying to connect thru a eithernet card with tbase
connector to the ms win98 network which goes to the internet thru a
proxy server.
I had it working and I made a change and now it does not work and I can
Mahogany is an x based e-mail program that supports multiple e-mail
accounts within the same user account. It makes life so much simpler
than all the logging out and logging in all the time.
Traci
Murray Strome wrote:
Yes, I do log in and out of the separate accounts. It does not take
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