Re: [newbie] Apache/public_html

1999-11-22 Thread Ben
check your .conf file for apache. in /httpd ( i think?). there should be a line in the file the specifies what the public directory is named. Although I think public_html is the default. Also check your folder permissions. > I suspect that there is some configuration step that needs to be do

Re: [newbie] REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE

1999-11-22 Thread Ron Marriage
Why not send this about 200 times to the idiots that sent those posts. That way they will know how to get off the list for sure. Ron > Thomas Cox wrote: > > Hi, > > For all those who can't figure out how to get removed, > here is some clipped info from the email that was sent to > everyone w

Re: [newbie] aol

1999-11-22 Thread Josh McCaffrey
Yeah, they suck, and they're overpriced, but for some reason or another people think there's more to do on AOL. Call me crazy, but all I need is a number to dial in to, an e-mail box, a browser with which to view HTML documents, maybe some graphics and JAVA and I'm happy. Their software is stup

RE: [newbie] REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE

1999-11-22 Thread Thomas Cox
Hi,   For all those who can't figure out how to get removed, here is some clipped info from the email that was sent to everyone when they signed up to this newsgroup: If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list,you can send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the following com

Re: [newbie] need help

1999-11-22 Thread hugahog
-Original Message- From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] need help >On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: >> To append the directly above: >> I co

RE: [newbie] eth0

1999-11-22 Thread Chip Wiegand
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Its plugged in from my 'puter to a 4-port hub > > > *shrug* I think the answer given yesterday was to turn OFF DHCP. I > never have any problems 'cause I *always* use a static IP for my > system 'course I'm using an ISDN ro

Re: [newbie] /home partition -- how?

1999-11-22 Thread Ronald J. Yacketta
Benjamin wrote: > > Dear friends: > > I will be reinstalling my Mandrake 6.1 from CD in a day or two. I would > appreciate advice on how to make a /home partition. > > [Specs: AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz, 128 megs of RAM] > > Currently, I have an all-Linux system consisting of two hard drives: hda > (4

Re: [newbie] /home partition -- how?

1999-11-22 Thread Ken Archer
I usually run two distrobutions on a 8.4 meg hd. An even split gives 2.5 gig to / 1.5 gig to /home and the balance in swap. When you reinstall or upgrade you only have to worry about / Benjamin wrote: > > Dear friends: > > I will be reinstalling my Mandrake 6.1 from CD in a day or two. I wou

Re: [newbie] Quake

1999-11-22 Thread Seth Gibson
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Well, I feel like emailing them and complaining about the > delay in *SHIPPING* the Linux version to the store shelves! > THAT sucks, as it means there probably won't be a Linux > version before Christmas! We. . .that again is not id's decision. . .it has

[newbie] Install

1999-11-22 Thread Jonathan Heizer
If you look at http://www.linux-mandrake.com/userguide/en/000.html installation guide I can get through step 8 but on step 9 I get a blue screen that says "Welcome to Linux Mandrake" And a command line on the bottom. What do I do to install? I am installing off a cd using a boot disk. Jonathan

Re: [[newbie] REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE]

1999-11-22 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Wayne Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - > Attachment: > MIME Type: multipart/alternative > - > REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE > > ! PLEASE REMOVE MY ADDRESS FROM YOUR MAILI

RE: [newbie] eth0

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Its plugged in from my 'puter to a 4-port hub > *shrug* I think the answer given yesterday was to turn OFF DHCP. I never have any problems 'cause I *always* use a static IP for my system 'course I'm using an ISDN router and not a cable modem or ADSL which req

[newbie] REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE

1999-11-22 Thread Wayne Collins
REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE ! PLEASE REMOVE MY ADDRESS FROM YOUR MAILING LIST !! ! PLEASE REMOVE MY ADDRESS FROM YOUR MAILING LIST !! ! PLEASE REMOVE MY ADDRESS FROM YOUR MAILING LIST !! ! PLEASE REMOVE MY ADDRESS FROM YOUR MA

Re: [newbie] Memory - what a hoot!

1999-11-22 Thread Eric Mings
>Sure, call me lazy, but do you happen to have an URL for Access Micro? >I'd like to pick up another 128 for this machine and that's the best >price I've seen since I bought this stick 6 months ago. U http://www.accessmicro.com/ ;-) Actually the price they quoted me on the phone was b

Re: [newbie] kmail won't load, tool bars mangled

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Hi all, > > I wrote to kde-users with my woes and they haven't been able to help (thus > far, anyway) other than to suggest a reinstall. > > Just installed my fresh new mandrake 6.1 with k. > > when I run kmail for the first time it set up its new mail folder i

Re: [newbie] Memory - what a hoot!

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Eric Mings wrote: > > > > I originally posed the question about where to find good prices on > > memory. Thanks to everyone who responded! > > > > Anyways, as a comparison, the local CompUSA quoted me a price close to > > $500 for 128 meg PC 100 memory. I just o

RE: [newbie] Apache/public_html

1999-11-22 Thread Ken Wilson
Are the permissions for the directories you want people to be able to access world readable? This is necessary otherwise only the owner of the parent directory will be able to see anything in it. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is irrelevant (Steve Heller

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] need help

1999-11-22 Thread hugahog
-Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] need help >On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > >> On Mon,

Re: [newbie] O.T. the billy dance

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > > > Sorry about this but I had to send this through. Enjoy > > > > http://halloweendance.com/billy/ > snip > > Crashed Netscape trying to play it, any suggestions? > KFM. ;-) I used plain old KFM to view the site! :-) Jo

Re: [newbie] amd question

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Can someone please tell me what this means in the syslog and what needs > to be done about it? Thanks! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Unknown host: .directory > Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Using NFS version 0, protocol udp on hos

[newbie] /home partition -- how?

1999-11-22 Thread Benjamin
Dear friends: I will be reinstalling my Mandrake 6.1 from CD in a day or two. I would appreciate advice on how to make a /home partition. [Specs: AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz, 128 megs of RAM] Currently, I have an all-Linux system consisting of two hard drives: hda (4.3 gig) for the Linux system and hdb

Re: [newbie] Here's the latest info on Opera for Linux...

1999-11-22 Thread Ken Archer
Some people would complain if you hung them with a new rope!!! Steve Philp wrote: > > M Thompson wrote: > > > > This story was copied from: http://www.opera.com/interviews/linux.html > > > > [SNIP] > > > > DS I'm thinking before Christmas because I get a bonus! The test group is > > quite please

Re: [newbie] audio in K

1999-11-22 Thread PadLocke
have you run sndconfig? On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > HI, > > Can anyone point me to a help file on setting up sound for XWindows. I'm > basically just taking a stab in the dark at those settings it asks for, but to > no avail. Thanks! > > Gregg -- PadLocke the Ogre There are three types o

Re: [newbie] remove from mailing list

1999-11-22 Thread PadLocke
Why noo... No I don't. BUT I have Yoohooed on occasion, does that count? On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Please remove my name from the mailing list. > > Thank You > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com --

RE: [newbie] aol

1999-11-22 Thread Donny
AOL has no dial-up or pop access. Linux people are outta luck. I just switched from AOL to mindspring a few months back. Im much happier now. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 7:22 PM To

Re: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings

1999-11-22 Thread Jim Vaughan
> Gilles Lahaie wrote: > > Help! > > I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768. > Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default > resolution to something around 1280x1024. > When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with > the scr

RE: [newbie] eth0

1999-11-22 Thread Donny
Its plugged in from my 'puter to a 4-port hub -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 11:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] eth0 On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Hey everyone. When boo

Re: [Re: [newbie] Install problems...]

1999-11-22 Thread Steve Philp
Simon Norris wrote: > > No, my Linux box is also a desktop, and it doesn't support ATAPI devices, > which is why I do what I do! > > BTW, I have actually researched connectivity for my laptop IDE interface, > apart from the size, my laptop IDE interface is the same as standard!! I'm > tempted to

Re: [newbie] Here's the latest info on Opera for Linux...

1999-11-22 Thread Steve Philp
M Thompson wrote: > > This story was copied from: http://www.opera.com/interviews/linux.html > > [SNIP] > > DS I'm thinking before Christmas because I get a bonus! The test group is > quite pleased with what we've sent out and I've gotten a lot of positive > feedback. Great, we get fed crap bec

[newbie] kmail won't load, tool bars mangled

1999-11-22 Thread Keith Robinson
Hi all, I wrote to kde-users with my woes and they haven't been able to help (thus far, anyway) other than to suggest a reinstall. Just installed my fresh new mandrake 6.1 with k. when I run kmail for the first time it set up its new mail folder in my user folder and then fails to do anything e

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] need help

1999-11-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > To append the directly above: > > I copied the bootup screen messages and the relative part > > is as follows. > > > > Checking filesystems > > fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-

Re: [newbie] Is Mutt restricted to 80x24 Screen?

1999-11-22 Thread Steve Philp
Peter Heckert wrote: > > Hello Steve, > > On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 11:02:51PM -0500, Steve Philp wrote: > > Peter Heckert wrote: > > > > > > Steve Philp wrote: > > > > Did you try resizing while running mutt or before starting it? Maybe > > xterm isn't reporting the change in window size correct

Re: [newbie] Memory - what a hoot!

1999-11-22 Thread Steve Philp
Eric Mings wrote: > > I originally posed the question about where to find good prices on > memory. Thanks to everyone who responded! > > Anyways, as a comparison, the local CompUSA quoted me a price close to > $500 for 128 meg PC 100 memory. I just ordered it from Access Micro for > $140! I repe

Re: [newbie] Memory - what a hoot!

1999-11-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Eric Mings wrote: > I originally posed the question about where to find good prices on > memory. Thanks to everyone who responded! > > Anyways, as a comparison, the local CompUSA quoted me a price close to > $500 for 128 meg PC 100 memory. I just ordered it from Access Mi

Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)

1999-11-22 Thread PadLocke
42... The answer is 42 :) For those who don't know that was an allusion to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Very true, but ground is not always zero voltage. It depends on the point of > reference that you measure it against. > > > - Original Message -

Re: [newbie] O.T. the billy dance

1999-11-22 Thread James Mellema
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Sorry about this but I had to send this through. Enjoy > > http://halloweendance.com/billy/ snip Crashed Netscape trying to play it, any suggestions? -- James Mellema, CRNA MA --- Linux User #71650

[newbie] amd question

1999-11-22 Thread Eric Mings
Can someone please tell me what this means in the syslog and what needs to be done about it? Thanks! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Unknown host: .directory Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Using NFS version 0, protocol udp on host .directory Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.

Re: [newbie] need help

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > To append the directly above: > I copied the bootup screen messages and the relative part > is as follows. > > Checking filesystems > fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb1 > (null): > The sup

[newbie] remove

1999-11-22 Thread NL4mrk

[newbie] Memory - what a hoot!

1999-11-22 Thread Eric Mings
I originally posed the question about where to find good prices on memory. Thanks to everyone who responded! Anyways, as a comparison, the local CompUSA quoted me a price close to $500 for 128 meg PC 100 memory. I just ordered it from Access Micro for $140! I repeatedly asked to make _sure_ t

Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards

1999-11-22 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999,Martin White wrote: | - Original Message - | From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 10:44 PM | Subject: Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards | | | > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Lionel Barrow w

Re: [newbie] need help

1999-11-22 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999,hugahog wrote: | -Original Message- | From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 10:00 AM | Subject: Re: [newbie] need help | | | >On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: | >> Hi Gurus

[newbie] Test

1999-11-22 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
This is a test. It is only a test. Please Ignore -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...

[newbie] Apache/public_html

1999-11-22 Thread Pete Clapham
Hi, all -- I am the one who needed to allow users to ftp various web documents to their home directories and then have them visible on the web. Several of you answered me that one should put these web documents into the public_html directory and to be sure that the UserDir public_html statem

re: [newbie] O.T. the billy dance

1999-11-22 Thread nadger
Just got the same one from Radio news group I belong to in UK. Penguins Rule! John The Nadger > ** Original Subject: [newbie] O.T. the billy dance > ** Original Sender: "Joseph S. Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ** Original Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:19:34 -0500 > ** Original Message follows...

Re: [newbie] Is Mutt restricted to 80x24 Screen?

1999-11-22 Thread Peter Heckert
Hello Steve, On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 11:02:51PM -0500, Steve Philp wrote: > Peter Heckert wrote: > > > > Steve Philp wrote: > > Did you try resizing while running mutt or before starting it? Maybe > xterm isn't reporting the change in window size correctly? Try a > 'resize' (it's a command) b

[newbie] REMOVAL from LISTS

1999-11-22 Thread David
Hello Everyone... Please excuse the second posting of this message, but it seems people r still having probs removing themselves from here. This taken from the intro letter after joining the list.. -- cut and pasted from welcome message --

Re: [newbie] Samba

1999-11-22 Thread Keith
Just a thanks to the people that responded,all is well now,Thanks again. -- Keith jeff wrote: > > Just a note. There is a bug in Windows 95-98 that sometimes makes it impossible to > log in. There is a fix .. goto > http://www.samba.org > > They have a area that list problems and fixes. > >

[newbie] remove

1999-11-22 Thread Jason L Bowne/BOWNJL/LMITCO/INEEL/US
remove

Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards

1999-11-22 Thread Martin White
- Original Message - From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Lionel Barrow wrote: > > um, line length needs a little fixeing :) > [SNIP] Um, i hate

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 Telnet problem

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > What changes were made between Mandrake 6.0 and 6.1 related to the > Telnet server? I installed 6.1 (from the downloaded ISO image) on a > computer (P200 with 32 megs RAM, 2 gig hard drive, WD ethernet card) > using the "server" choice and the machine won't accept

Re: [newbie] Quake

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Bummer! :-( Guess we need to email Id and complain! :-) > > John > I dunno actually. . .theyre reasoning wakes good sense. carmack stated that > the reason that he wants to hold off on downloadable linux binaries is so that

Re: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Help! > > I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768. > Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default resolution to >something around 1280x1024. > When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with

Re: [newbie] Scanner

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > The sane-mustek.5 notes say: "The only non-SCSI scanner that has some > support at this point is the 600 11N scanner which comes with its own > parallel port adapter (i.e., it does not attach to the printer port)." > I guess "some support"= not very much sinc

Re: [newbie] need help

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Hi Gurus, > > I have been running LM 6.1 on my ide drive c (hdc) and have it > somewhat configured enought to get online, print, etc. > > Today I installed another copy on a clean drive which is hdb. It > boots OK but I don't have it configured as yet. > > My p

Re: [newbie] Athlon & Linux

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > > > > instructions) recently. There's nothin on the market right now > > > that deserves going to ... or is ready yet 'specially in a U*ix > > > environment that lags behind the leading

[newbie] Beware this is OT!!!!!!!!

1999-11-22 Thread yacketta
From: Ronald A. Yacketta I have been doing a online tutorial of C++ and came acrost this little bit that gave me a good laugh. this came from a section regarding "friends" You should not use friends very often because they break . If you have to use friends very often it is always a sign that

Re: [newbie] Quake

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Negative, suffer the month and buy the linux version, it truely is the > only way others will get the hint. And as for complaining, make sure you > only whine about the shipping dates not all being the same, as they really > are only trying to help in shiping s

Re: [newbie] MVP3 chipset and L-M 6.0

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Hello, > > I've been happily using L-M 6.0 on a single-boot system for a couple months. > Now I'm in the process of assembling another system from spare parts and > would like to configure it as triple boot setup with 2 installs of Win98 > (one for games the oth

[newbie] Apologies Due

1999-11-22 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
To those who may have been offended by my reply to Mr. M. Kesow's "love mail" I must sincerely apologize. It was in bad taste and uncalled for, it was also very early Saturday morning (B.C. before coffee) and now that I read it with a clear head on Monday I am taken back by my own comments. Wh

Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)

1999-11-22 Thread Lyndon Lininger Sr.
The voltage at ground can fluxiate from moment to moment on a circuit board. It can be a positive or negative voltage. It is never a constant when referenced to a true ground like a grounding rod. And this too can very depending on ground and atmospheric conditions for the area you are in.

[newbie] kppp wants module support ...

1999-11-22 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
Just installed the Kernel 2.2.13-22mdk from the /Updates folder of a Mandrake mirror. All works as before, except that when I start kppp as a regular user, I get a message that this kernel does not support ppp, and that I should consult the sysadmin (me) or recompile the kernel with ppp support or

[newbie] Here's the latest info on Opera for Linux...

1999-11-22 Thread M Thompson
This story was copied from: http://www.opera.com/interviews/linux.html Q&A with Darren Starr Lead programmer of the Opera for Linux port QT edition Darren, I know the first question on everyone's mind has got to be: when will a public beta be available? DS I'm thinking before Christmas because

[newbie] remove from mailing list

1999-11-22 Thread Peter Sadowski
Please remove my name from the mailing list. Thank You __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)

1999-11-22 Thread David P. Greenberg
Oh, now you've got my juices flowing. When is ground not zero volts? Of course this has nothing to do with Linux, but I'm really curious. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" **Rock on with glowing glass** -Original Message- From: Lyndon Lininger Sr.

Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards

1999-11-22 Thread Steve Philp
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote: > > > > Lionel Barrow wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone know if the demo of Quake 3 Arena that just came out > > > works with any other cards that those based on 3Dfx I really don't > > > wanna have to download this thing

[newbie] Monitor resolution settings

1999-11-22 Thread Gilles Lahaie
Help!   I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768. Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default resolution to something around 1280x1024. When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with the screen moved to the right... and scre

Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory

1999-11-22 Thread M Thompson
Check out: http://www.pricewatch.com or http://www.shopper.com HTH, Matt >From: Eric Mings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [newbie] A little OT- Memory >Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:24:53 -0500 > >If anyone has suggestions for places to find

Re: [newbie] OT: useless factoid part deux

1999-11-22 Thread PadLocke
That's a Gaaame??? I thought it was some nightmarish exercise in recurssion my old functional programming prof tortured us with *wink* > Take a look at the Towers of Hanoi game inside Emacs. The code should > be similar to what you're trying to solve. > > -- > Steve Philp > Network Administ

Re: [newbie] Modem settings.

1999-11-22 Thread Steve Philp
> Gilles Lahaie wrote: > > Help Again! > > My modem is ISA PnP. the Windows settings are COM 4, IRQ 11. > > When using Dialer and trying to interrogate the monitor, I receive > message saying that modem is occupied.. which is truly false.(I use > the right stty3) > > Is there a way to manually

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-11-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Mark E Hood wrote: > Dood, > I thought i told you to beat it? So scram. Get the hell on out of here. > You're clearly not interested in discussing Linux. Axalon? You with me here? > M H Don't you two make me come in there Sorry he doesn't appear tobe in my city you'll n

Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory

1999-11-22 Thread Simon Norris
I have to say the local (UK) version of pricewatch is woefully short on providing a decent comparison, it sometimes even quotes the wrong prices!! I find there's no substitute for doing the legwork. Having said that, I check Insight daily, as their 128M memory has been dropping over the last few w

RE: [newbie] Built in Soundcard....

1999-11-22 Thread Mike Perry
Actually, I just ordered this morning from CheapBytes Mandrake 6.1, which I believe is the latest version, haveing given up on that @#$ Soundcard in version 5.5. Anyway every time I want to install anything new I have to download heaps of additional libraries because of dependencies so I might as

Re: [Re: [newbie] Install problems...]

1999-11-22 Thread Simon Norris
No, my Linux box is also a desktop, and it doesn't support ATAPI devices, which is why I do what I do! BTW, I have actually researched connectivity for my laptop IDE interface, apart from the size, my laptop IDE interface is the same as standard!! I'm tempted to wire up a conector and give it a g

Re: [newbie] Modem settings.

1999-11-22 Thread bluebottle
I'm running dual boot Win98SE & MD6.1. I set my ISA 56K modem to non PNP. I then set dip switches to Com 4 IRQ 3. It connected first time under Linux. I then had to delete and re-install it under WIndows. That took longer than under linux. Regards John the Nadger On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote