No, it stands for "switch user". If you look at the man or info page, you shall
see that it allows you to switch to _any_ user, not only the superuser.
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:40:08 -0400 (EDT), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> su stands for Super User;
>
> David Charles
>
>
> On Wed, 19 S
You may have to specify the config file for WWWoflle.
The default lines should be:
# ADDED FOR WWWOFFLE CONFIG
/usr/local/bin/wwwoffle -online -c /var/spool/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.conf
/usr/local/bin/wwwoffle -fetch -c /var/spool/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.conf &
# end additions by dgs 24/08/2001
Hope this h
I would leave them in place personally. They don't take much space, and
they can be useful for those that write scripts with a certain shell
because of the pros that shell can offer.
It's also good to go and learn each of the shells if you're all about
learning any and everything about Linux tha
i got one. First, make a bootable Linux Diskette.
2- make a batch file that:
-formats an ext2 partition
( i don't know if you can make a batch for creating the swap, and i don't
think so..)
-decompresses the files, opening the archive from CDROM, directly to the
drive.
-this script should be
> On my system I have ash, sash, tcsh, zsh... Do I need these if I always
> use bash???
No, you shouldn't need them. Traditionally root users use csh/tcsh, but
that didn't originate with Linux, and I don't see any real advantage to
it. zsh is a nice shell, with loads of extra features, the 'kit
On Thursday 20 September 2001 09:32 pm, Dale & Jennifer Favero wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed mandrake 8.0 on a AMD 1.4ghz Abit KG7 with a soundblaster
> 128 sound card. I was able to configure the sound card to work and play
> the voice. I was then able to get the cdplayer software in KDE t
> So, energy consumption wise, it is far better to turn the computer off
> and back on twice a day. That may result in an early failure of your
> computer or some part of it.Whether the increased cost for
Well, electricity is pretty expensive here in California. (Tip: move to
Oregon :)
Neve
You would definitely notice some difference, if Ximian were installed.
For one thing, when you login the first time there is a setup screen.
Until Ximian, I was still just flirting with GNOME and flipping back and
forth from KDE. Now I haven't used KDE at all in over a week. I did the
automati
> Most servers on the Internet or serving industries that need 24/7
> service must run 24/7. I don't know if Linus originally was aiming for
> the server market, or what his intent was. ;-)
Well, he wanted a way to run Unix cheaply using a desktop environment, and
one of the features of Unix is
I managed to run samba and to see the linux machine on my windows explore,
but when I click on the linux machine .. it prompts me for a password, I had
tried all the passwords used in the linux box and windows machine, but still
without success.
I had try to tweak directly with the /etc/smb.co
Hi,
I just installed mandrake 8.0 on a AMD 1.4ghz Abit KG7 with a soundblaster
128 sound card. I was able to configure the sound card to work and play the
voice. I was then able to get the cdplayer software in KDE to play my music
CD when I was logged on as root. However I am having trouble ge
Anybody know of a "cheap" PCI non-winmodem supported by kernel
2.2.?
While I'm at it, how about for 2.4.xxx?
I've been to http://./~gromitkrc and linmodems, but can't make
a suitable choice.
I want one that configures itself...doesn't make me have to l
I have a perl cgi script in cgi bin which generates a page with pointer to a
stylesheet. When I had the stylesheet pointed to the stylesheet in the same
cgi-bin i got error couldnot be executed. But when I copied to html folder
and pointing to same I avoided that error. But effect of style shee
I have pixelview play TV Pak TV tuner card and camera that came along with
it. Though TV works I couldn't get an option to view through camera. I could
do it in winme and do video conferencing. But I couldn't see camera source in
linux . If anybody has utilized it in linux, kindly give me the d
I have the following lines as default in /etc/ppp/ip-up
LOGDEVICE=$6
REALDEVICE=$1
export PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
[ -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${LOGDEVICE} ] &&
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post ifcfg-${LOGDEVICE}
[ -x /etc/ppp/ip-up.local ] && /etc/ppp/
I have a line in my ~/.muttrc that goes in and adds that to the end of
my signature. There are various ways to do this, but here's how I do
it.
set signature='cat /home/timh/.signature ; echo "Uptime: " ; echo
""
;uptime; echo
Last week I downloaded about 10 gnome RPMs from
Ximian, including the gnome-core ximian file. Today I
decided that I would install them, but the message
that I got back from each attempt was that they were
already installed. So, I assumed that what I thought
was a download was actually a download-
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:50:50 +0100
ai4a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted:
> Thanks Michael. Yes my ISP had changed their DNS. They gave me the new
> DNS numbers to put into windo$es which fixed windo$es. I put the same
> numbers into KPPP. That helped for a while and then I could not get i
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:40:08 -0400 (EDT)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted:
> Hi,
>
> su stands for Super User;
>
> David Charles
==
Isn't is "switch user"? If you su and give that user's
password, you go to that users account rather than root. If you simply
su,
From: David E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>The closing sentence of a San Francisco Chronicle writeup on the virus
> said that server users should contact Microsoft for patches :).
>
>It's yet another instance of the Outlook Virus Transmission software.
Not quite.
Nimda can and does propogate vi
hello,
i was just wondering if anyone knew of any linux software for writing to a DVD-r and (or) DVD-RAM. if anyone could help or point me in the right direction, i would be much appreciated.
thank you in advance.
( i would also like to thank all of the people on this list, it has been a g
Flash
Pre-orders for all Packs for Mandrake 8.1 are now being accepted at
http://mandrakestore.com:
I just ordered the PowerPack.
Charles (-:
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
And for to many there are now no tomorrows.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to ht
On Thursday 20 September 2001 04:42 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
> "In the year of the new century and nine months, some wanker will make
> up stuff that I didn't actually say" - Nostradamus 1654
-s
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.
If you are using mdk 7.2 or later you could try using DrakConf to configure
it. Also at the console "sndconfig".
HTH,
John
On Thursday 20 September 2001 16:13, you wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I want to configure my sound card. Actually I'm very, very newbie.
> Any ideas ?
>
> AOpen 3D Audio Phantom
I assume that by "localhost" you mean the login prompt. If so, you need to log
in as "root", not su. su is a console command which stands for "switch user"; it
is not a user in itself.
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:36:15 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You answered all my questions and It hinders on
>
On Thursday 20 September 2001 03:09 am, you wrote:
>
> Has anyone of you successfully installed Kylix on his box with Mandrake
> 8.0 and should I expect any problems if I start running Borland scripts
> and patches?
I have the open edition on my Mandrake 8.0 machine, it installed without
any pr
What programs is the Mandrake Control Center controlling to share you
internet connection??
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
To install Kylix in your ML8.0, Please read the file
Readme.txt in Kylix Cd. You need some files and I
don't know the right names. After this execute the
./install.pl
I'm not a Expert, in fact, I'm a Newbie..
So, You can do It !
Lucio Costa
_
On Thursday 20 September 2001 10:33 am, s escribió:
> > I was considering getting a ups and was wondering if you could share
> > some of your experiences with them? Anything I need to know before
> > shopping?
On Friday 21 September 2001 05:01, Tom Brinkman wrote:
>My opinion, buy nothin but
etharp wrote:
> it has been my understanding for some long time that Linux (as a server OS
> first) was designed to run 24/7
Most servers on the Internet or serving industries that need 24/7
service must run 24/7. I don't know if Linus originally was aiming for
the server market, or what his i
Matt Greer wrote:
> This is what I've always wondered about. Does leaving a computer on all the
> time save or cost more energy than just having it on when needed? Doesn't
> starting a computer require a lot of energy?
Starting a computer does require (or create) a surge in power usage. In
terms
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 15:41, Jim Dawson wrote:
> > It's such a problem that
> > evidently XP has given up on the shared DLLs and each app will now have
> > them in their own folder.
>
> My guess is that Bill Gates owns quite a bit of stock in companies that
> make hard drives.
and RAM c
On Thursday 20 September 2001 19:34, Kevin Fonner wrote:
> On my system I have ash, sash, tcsh, zsh... Do I need these if I always
> use bash???
They shouldn't take up a lot of disk space and *one day* you just know
you will download a shell script from that eccentric programmer in Upper
Tajik
I do have a linksys router... however I am trying out some software
that works on a linux gateway.
I configured the Internet Sharing under the Mandrake Control Center. Is
this controlling bastille?
Also... I noticed it is handing ip addresses to the cliants on my home
network. What program
Hello,
Can anyone recommend good IP accounting software to monitor network
usage through my machine that is acting as a MASQing server? I would like
to keep track of how much bandwidth is used by which protocols users, and
subnets.
-Keith
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeS
> But at the same time if the extra cost isn't that much, it'd be great to be
> able to ssh into my computer from work, schedule stuff with cron, etc etc.
I got cable to have a *constant* connection to the net, what's the point
of having to wait for a PC to boot.
I've got two (well, now three) l
The bottom line is that unless your computer (and Linux) gets kicked
into APM or sleep mode (which linux does support to a degree) you get no
savings.
With the monitor off, your machine consumes about 120 watts of energy
per hour. About the same as a strong light bulb.
In the grand scheme of th
What is the difference between these two? Are the MandrakeFreq's just an
interim between versions? Or are they something completely different?
--
Terry Sheltra
PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator
University of Virginia
School of Architecture
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
434.982.3047
---
Re
it has been my understanding for some long time that Linux (as a server OS
first) was designed to run 24/7 and infact will run some services in the
middle of the night (3AM or so) that speed it up the rest of the time, like
updating the locate data so it can find files faster
On Thursday 20
on 9/20/01 8:09 AM, Randy Kramer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Energy Consumption:
This is what I've always wondered about. Does leaving a computer on all the
time save or cost more energy than just having it on when needed? Doesn't
starting a computer require a lot of energy?
My energy bill is
SAMBA is the key to all this, and probably worthwhile to join that
mailinglist as the instructions probably go beyond the scope here.
If you go it alone, here's a good troubleshooter:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/samba.htm
I've got Samba happily connecting 98/95 and linux, and although
Why not switch the monitor off as soon as you leave the PC - even in standby
mode monitors use more power than when they are switched off!
> -Original Message-
> From: FLYNN, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:45 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject:
Does anyone knows it there any possibility to write in russian (cirilic -
KOI8-R) when you have your Mandrake installed on English?
X- A - W - K
--
r e k l a m a
Lista Plac [ http://listaplac.onet.pl ]
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.c
I also speek russian, I understand it very well Alex...
but I can't write it.
X - A - W - K
- Original Message -
From:
Oleksiy
Dushyn
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:47
PM
Subject: [newbie] Re: [newbie] Re:
[newbie] åÓÔØ ÔÕÔ ËÔÏ,
As many of the people here have said, as long as you have good temp
monitors on the motherboard (which most newer models do have) and your
fan is working you'll be fine.
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ uptime
12:30pm up 57 days, 16:02, 27 users, load average: 0.03, 0.01, 0.00
That machine doesn't even have
On Thursday 20 September 2001 12:10 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> Anyone that uses his/her PC computer every day should leave it on
> 24/7. The added benefit for Linux users is that cron jobs will be run
> overnight, usually 4am. I run a Tbird at 1.55 gig and I never shutdown
> 'cept about 15 m
I got to the list too late! (See what happens when you actually work
for an hour! :0)
I've had this happen to be before with other settings. Where I'd try
and change the settings with a GUI, and instead of overwritting the
settings, it just kept adding to them!
In a lot of cases, what happens,
> I had this problem pop up from out of nowhere when I was using the GNOME from
> Mandrake 8.0. The problem went away after upgrading to Ximian GNOME.
Ha, great. I'd love a solution now and again that wouldn't force me to
upgrade though!!
Currently I'm looking at a forced upgrade of XFree.
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 11:48 pm, Eric Lin escribió:
> hi, I should ask my pc vender about this, but everyone here knows so
> much more, I just couldn't help but to ask here.
> I have a pc with celeron 633 mhz processor with intel 810e
> motherboard, will it be safe if I try to let it on ov
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:08:24 +, hp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone know of Linux software packages to burn SVCDs?
>
> - Harry
http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
It's an official GNU project as well!!!
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Ber
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 17:02, you wrote:
> In reply to ëíó's words, written Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:35:08 +0600
>
> >åÓÔØ ÔÕÔ ËÔÏ, ÇÏ×ÏÒÑÝÉÊ ÐÏ ÒÕÓÓËÉ!
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I could not agree more.
> Paul
>
That reminds me of another good one:
What do you get when you cross a ÝÉÊ ÐÏ w
Anyone know of Linux software packages to burn SVCDs?
- Harry
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Best sign I've seen since the tragedy last Tuesday (and its nice to see a
little humor!) (this was on our local Subway's billboard)
1st side - "God Bless America"
Flip side - "Let's Bush-whack 'em!"
--
Eric Lin wrote:
> Most computers in school are ran 24/7, but they are mostly all air
> conditioned and mostly are not placed near books. Does anyone know if it is
> safe for a home user to leave his/her computer on continuously?
It can be safe, presuming you take suitable precautions and underst
if u r using lm7.2 the extended partion will be removed from the partition
table. the fix for that was availalbe on the mandrake site ..a small perl
script.
- Original Message -
From: "Møller Andreas Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001
> I have a pc with celeron 633 mhz processor with intel 810e
> motherboard, will
> it be safe if I try to let it on overnight? I love Mandrake
> and have been
> using it forever since 7.2, but it takes so long to boot up
> whenever I want
> to use it and I couldn't use the built in Standby
> >Now my question is: Does anybody know how to install LiLo
> without harming
> >the partitiontable information NT requires? I would
> appreciate any hint on
> >how to do this. Couldn't really find anything...
> >
> >Andreas
> >
> >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> >Go to h
Providing your heatsink fans are working OK, it'll be fine. My machine
hasn't been switch off for over 3 years. It runs at 100% CPU utilisation
24/7 either rendering or running the Dnet client. You machine will idle
overnight, providing you aren't doing the same as me, so HD's will spin down
- thi
"In the year of the new century and nine months, some wanker will make
up stuff that I didn't actually say" - Nostradamus 1654
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
What i would like to do is to set postfix to send non-local emails through
an email gateway unless the message is sent from a particular IP address.
I've basically setup a linux box as our intranet server. If it needs to send
an email to any of our exchange email users it uses the exchange smtp
At 10:54 20.09.2001 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi there!
>
>I recently tried to install Mandrake on the very same HD (3GB for WinNT
>boot(C:), 20 GB for NT (D:), 18GB for Mandrake) like my current Win NT.
>Everything worked fine, until I tried to start NT again. NT could not find
>Disk D, where all the ap
I agree more or less. I treat my Windows box as a "reliable" for lack of a
better word. Linux is the hot rod I tweak and play with. I am told,
repeatedly by hardcore Linux users, that their Linux box is their mainstain
over Windows. To each their own but so far as work goes I am still chained
to W
Hi there!
I recently tried to install Mandrake on the very same HD (3GB for WinNT
boot(C:), 20 GB for NT (D:), 18GB for Mandrake) like my current Win NT.
Everything worked fine, until I tried to start NT again. NT could not find
Disk D, where all the applications are stored. The Diskmanager told
I installed Kylix Open Edition without a problem on M8. In fact it has
been one of the easiest things to install on linux ever. it also runs
like a dream.
There is a script that comes with kylix that checks your machine to
make sure you have everything correct before you install and tells you
what
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