Re: [newbie] Help me out

2003-07-23 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Wednesday 23 July 2003 08:42 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:16, Gene Barker wrote: Hi Harv, I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat most of them except the "A" veggies. Thanks for the welcome Gene Barker I hate

Re: [newbie] Help me out

2003-07-23 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 10:42, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: I hate eating vegetables. They just lay there. That was horrible. :-) Yeah, but ya laughed, didn't ya? Yes, I did. :-D -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [newbie] -24mdk Update kernel for 9.1 is not safe.

2003-07-23 Thread Sharrea
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:30, Greg Meyer wrote: > http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7257&; >mode=thread&order=0&thold=-1 What?! Do we have a Micro$oft troll working on our kernels?... making files world writable... Hehe... just kidding... ;) Sharrea -- Help Micr

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 08:31 pm, Cody Harris wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Stephen Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mandrake Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:25 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures > > > On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 11:0

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again... Now Really OT!!!

2003-07-23 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 11:00 pm, Cornerstone Community Farm wrote: > Carroll, You MISSED the point! > The point is in the course of REAL life, with real people > (versus robots or machines), issues involving philosophy and other non-list > discussions come up. (boats, beer, politics, you name i

Re: [newbie] Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Aron Smith
On Tuesday 22 July 2003 11:13 pm, Cody Harris wrote: > I know theres a command for this, but how to i get a list of all the logged > in users and what they are running (and what term they are on). > > Thanks! > > -Cody Harris > > Linux Rox My Sox! > Check out HCHS! > http://vectec.net > > Proud to

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again... Now Really OT!!!

2003-07-23 Thread Cornerstone Community Farm
Carroll, You MISSED the point! The point is in the course of REAL life, with real people (versus robots or machines), issues involving philosophy and other non-list discussions come up. (boats, beer, politics, you name it) It seems odd to me that you could miss such an obvious point, as just the

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again... Now Really OT!!!

2003-07-23 Thread Todd Slater
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 21:02:49 -0400 Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 11:23 am, Cornerstone Community Farm wrote: > > > snip > > > > This list (and life in general) are not for you if you can not make > > brief excusions into philosophy (real life). > > Kei

Re: [newbie] Audacity problems

2003-07-23 Thread David E Fox
> First, no sound. I have SiS7012 working OK using module i810 - sound out > in (e.g.) xmms and play but in audacity get 'error opening audio device This might be arts related. Occasionally an arts program will want to use the sound card and not be able to - usually when that happens I just use x

Re: [newbie] ip tables and ip masq

2003-07-23 Thread Sharrea
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:31, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 4:24 am, Sharrea wrote: > > Disclaimer: I'm NO expert on iptables but I've been playing around with > > these scripts lately too. If my advice here is incorrect, someone > > please correct me. > > I was using IP-masquerading H

Re: [newbie] Learning Linux on a Pentium ?

2003-07-23 Thread Erylon Hines
>From experience, the only distros that will work well on these machines are old (meaning less eye-candy) and out-of-date. I have a P75 with 32 meg that does fine on the 486 (Yes, 486) version of Mandrake 7.01. Those machines were tedious with any version (even 7.x) optimized for the Penium.

Re: [newbie] Help me out

2003-07-23 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 09:29 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 08:42 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > >On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:16, Gene Barker wrote: > > >>Hi Harv, > > >> > > >>I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat most of them except the "A" veggies. >

Re: [newbie] Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 08:24 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > Whats the difference? I notice you uptime shows 5 users and 5 > > are reported with 'w'. > > > > Chris > > I wasn't sure from your original question just what you were > lookin for. 'w' shows the users processes in progress, which

[newbie] -24mdk Update kernel for 9.1 is not safe.

2003-07-23 Thread Greg Meyer
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7257&mode=thread&order=0&thold=-1 Also, look up the thread inthe expert list archives of you are interested. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-expert&m=105900387529845&w=2 -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 11:01, Cody Harris wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:56 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures > > > > Cody, do a "locate lm_sensors" in a term and see

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Cody Harris
- Original Message - From: "Stephen Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mandrake Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures > On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 11:01, Cody Harris wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From:

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Cody Harris
- Original Message - From: "Stephen Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mandrake Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures > On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 11:01, Cody Harris wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From:

Re: [newbie] Help me out

2003-07-23 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 08:42 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > >On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:16, Gene Barker wrote: > >>Hi Harv, > >> > >>I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat most of them except the "A" veggies. > >>Thanks for the welcome > >> > >>Gene Barker > > > >I hate eating veg

Re: [newbie] Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday July 23 2003 05:34 pm, Chris wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 11:14 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > >Using bash, simply type 'w' (w/o the quotes) EG, > > > > [tom /tom] $ w > > 11:13:22 up 17:07, 5 users, load average: 0.16, 0.22, 0.22 > > USER TTYLOGIN@ IDLE JCPU

Re: [newbie] Help me out

2003-07-23 Thread Lanman
Man's got a point there! Even I chuckled on that one! Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 7/24/2003 at 11:05 AM Stephen Kuhn wrote: >> That was horrible. :-) > >Yeah, but ya laughed, didn't ya? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestor

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Cody Harris
- Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:56 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures > > Cody, do a "locate lm_sensors" in a term and see where your system put them, > if they don't show up do it as

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again... Now Really OT!!!

2003-07-23 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 11:23 am, Cornerstone Community Farm wrote: > snip > > This list (and life in general) are not for you if you can not make brief > excusions into philosophy (real life). > Keith (living a joy filled life) :) Whoa, tiger. You're way off base. Who chose you to define

Re: [newbie] Help me out

2003-07-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 10:42, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > >I hate eating vegetables. They just lay there. > > > That was horrible. :-) Yeah, but ya laughed, didn't ya? -- Thu Jul 24 11:00:00 EST 2003 11:00:00 up 10 days, 3:03, 2 users, load average: 0.31, 0.33, 0.33 --

Re: [newbie] ip tables and ip masq

2003-07-23 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 4:24 am, Sharrea wrote: > Disclaimer: I'm NO expert on iptables but I've been playing around with > these scripts lately too. If my advice here is incorrect, someone please > correct me. > > On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:29, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > Slightly I want to modify my yest

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 07:31 pm, Cody Harris wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Stephen Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mandake Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:28 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures > > > On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 07:39,

Re: [newbie] Help me out

2003-07-23 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:16, Gene Barker wrote: Hi Harv, I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat most of them except the "A" veggies. Thanks for the welcome Gene Barker I hate eating vegetables. They just lay there. That was horrible. :-) -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [newbie] Re: Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 07:27 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > > OK where can I get chkrootkit et aL > > Tripwire is on the d/l'd CDs, CD 3 to be exact but you can just do an urpmi > tripwire and get it. Watchdog I think you will need to google for. luck Thanks Dennis, appreciate it. Chris --

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Cody Harris
- Original Message - From: "Stephen Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mandake Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures > On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 07:39, Cody Harris wrote: > > If i'm in C, how can i grab the system te

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 07:39, Cody Harris wrote: > If i'm in C, how can i grab the system temperatures? Or how about the load > and all that jazz? Do i make a pointer? If so, to where? > > -Cody Harris Open side of case -> tape thermometer to CPU, another to system board and another to your hard d

Re: [newbie] Re: Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 06:51 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 07:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 05:35 pm, Chris wrote: > > > On Tuesday 22 July 2003 11:42 pm, SoloCDM wrote: > > > > If used correctly, you'll find an abundant list of information. Some >

RE: [newbie] Help me out

2003-07-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:16, Gene Barker wrote: > Hi Harv, > > I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat most of them except the "A" veggies. > Thanks for the welcome > > Gene Barker I hate eating vegetables. They just lay there. -- Thu Jul 24 10:20:01 EST 2003 10:20:01 up 10 days, 2:23, 2 users,

[newbie] Learning Linux on a Pentium ?

2003-07-23 Thread ThinKer
Hello All, I've just inherited two very old machines (Original Pentium with 16MB RAM each). I was wondering if there was anything I can download and install on these machines. They are currently running Windows 95 and they have Network cards already installed. I can put them on my network and bro

Re: [newbie] Re: Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 06:51 pm, Aron Smith wrote: I just ran # urpmi chkrootkit and it was installed. I believe it comes from the contrib mirrior I have setup. The others I don't know about, I'm sure someone else has the answer though. > > Tripwire and watchdog are intrusion detection prog

RE: [newbie] WE R @ it again.......my humblest apologies..

2003-07-23 Thread Michael Viron
Frank, I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. I figure that I'm relatively accomplished at Linux / Unix related stuff, but I don't know everything there is know (and so therefore still have much to learn). I've been on several linux related mailing lists. I can proudly trace my involvement (albeit

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 Beta1

2003-07-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday July 23 2003 04:46 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 03:39 pm, Grant wrote: > > > Hey guys. Its feeding frenzy time again. > > > Mandrake 9.2 Beta1 is on the servers > > > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/wiki/ > > > > > > derek > > > > Would that be updated via grpmi? > >

Re: [newbie] Re: Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 07:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 05:35 pm, Chris wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 July 2003 11:42 pm, SoloCDM wrote: > > > If used correctly, you'll find an abundant list of information. Some > > > of them will need to be activated. The accounting files

Re: [newbie] Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Chris wrote: On Wednesday 23 July 2003 11:14 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: Using bash, simply type 'w' (w/o the quotes) EG, [tom /tom] $ w 11:13:22 up 17:07, 5 users, load average: 0.16, 0.22, 0.22 USER TTYLOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT tom pts/0 Tue18 17:01m 0.00s 0

Re: [newbie] Re: Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 05:35 pm, Chris wrote: > On Tuesday 22 July 2003 11:42 pm, SoloCDM wrote: > > If used correctly, you'll find an abundant list of information. Some > > of them will need to be activated. The accounting files require hard > > drive space and will need to be controlled by l

Re: [newbie] Audacity problems

2003-07-23 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 05:36 pm, Paul wrote: > I'm running 9.1 and have 2 problems with Audacity, on 1300 Duron with > 512 Mb memory. > > First, no sound. I have SiS7012 working OK using module i810 - sound out > in (e.g.) xmms and play but in audacity get 'error opening audio device > (change t

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Troy Davidson
You'll probably get better help with that question if you asked it on a C progamming list or maybe if you Googled around for some info. Just a suggestion. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Quoting Cody Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [newbie] Re: Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Chris
On Tuesday 22 July 2003 11:42 pm, SoloCDM wrote: > If used correctly, you'll find an abundant list of information. Some > of them will need to be activated. The accounting files require hard > drive space and will need to be controlled by logrotate. Also, Some > programs hide information, becau

Re: [newbie] C++ Compiler?

2003-07-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday July 23 2003 04:10 pm, Cody Harris wrote: > Maybe...it says all messages have an attachment...but it won't > let me see it. I believe Anne already surmised your bigger problem. Your 'X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158' is the problem. > > Possibly Outlook Expres

Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures

2003-07-23 Thread Cody Harris
I googled, but i didn't find anything. Know of any C lists? - Original Message - From: "Troy Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting System Temperatures > You'll probably get better help with that questio

Re: [newbie] grpmi updating

2003-07-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 9:39 pm, Grant wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 7:43 pm, Grant wrote: > > > I just finished downloading 97 packages through the Mandrake CC Update > > > utility and it told me there were three conflicts during the > > > > installation > > > > > and it aborted. I did cho

[newbie] Audacity problems

2003-07-23 Thread Paul
I'm running 9.1 and have 2 problems with Audacity, on 1300 Duron with 512 Mb memory. First, no sound. I have SiS7012 working OK using module i810 - sound out in (e.g.) xmms and play but in audacity get 'error opening audio device (change the device in preferences dialogue). In preferences the drop

Re: [newbie] Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 11:14 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: >Using bash, simply type 'w' (w/o the quotes) EG, > > [tom /tom] $ w > 11:13:22 up 17:07, 5 users, load average: 0.16, 0.22, 0.22 > USER TTYLOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT > tom pts/0 Tue18 17:01m 0.00s 0.22s

RE: [newbie] best way to update apps in Linux?

2003-07-23 Thread Grant
> >I went to the page referenced above and followed all the directions and > >everything seemed to work perfectly. Then I went to the Mandrake Control > >Center Update utility, selected everything I could, and it's currently > >downloading the packages. So, from now on all I have to do is visit

RE: [newbie] grpmi updating

2003-07-23 Thread Grant
> On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 7:43 pm, Grant wrote: > > I just finished downloading 97 packages through the Mandrake CC Update > > utility and it told me there were three conflicts during the > installation > > and it aborted. I did choose to keep the downloaded rpms. > What do I do? > > > > - Grant

Re: [newbie] best way to update apps in Linux?

2003-07-23 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 06:43 pm, crak600 wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 10:15 am, Curt Tresenriter wrote: > > I'm also pretty new to Linux and (so far) have found urpmi > > to work very nicely. > > It will go to whatever source that has the RPM you want and > > install it along with dependen

Re: [newbie] samba security premissions.

2003-07-23 Thread Daniel Buchanan
ok that worked, I now know that i'm attaching as nobody even though i should be attaching with my id. I even went and maped the drive using the sign on as this user function in windoze. I was under the impression that this should work. No i don't have guest only selected but guest access al

RE: [newbie] grpmi updating

2003-07-23 Thread Grant
> >I just finished downloading 97 packages through the Mandrake CC Update > >utility and it told me there were three conflicts during the installation > >and it aborted. I did choose to keep the downloaded rpms. What do I do? > > > >- Grant > > > > It depends on what the conflicts are. What wer

Re: [newbie] C++ Compiler?

2003-07-23 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 8:43 pm, Cody Harris wrote: > Why is yout message blank? > Possibly Outlook Express doesn't display signed messages correctly? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] grpmi updating

2003-07-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 7:43 pm, Grant wrote: > I just finished downloading 97 packages through the Mandrake CC Update > utility and it told me there were three conflicts during the installation > and it aborted. I did choose to keep the downloaded rpms. What do I do? > > - Grant Open your Mand

Re: [newbie] C++ Compiler?

2003-07-23 Thread Paul
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 19:51, Cody Harris wrote: > Will gcc compile C++ code? Yes, no problem. Paul -- The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high. -Japanese Proverb http://nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Ximian Evolution Want to buy your Pack or Services from Man

Re: [newbie] C++ Compiler?

2003-07-23 Thread Cody Harris
Why is yout message blank? - Original Message - From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] C++ Compiler? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] It's that time again

2003-07-23 Thread Charles A Edwards
Mandrake-9.2 Beta1 was released today. Check your favorite mirror for its availability. Charles -- Charlie Brown: Why was I put on this earth? Linus: To make others happy. Charlie Brown: Why were others put on this earth? - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDr

Re: [newbie] C++ Compiler?

2003-07-23 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:51:50 -0300 "Cody Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will gcc compile C++ code? Yes, as long as you have gcc-c++ and its assoc. libs installed Charles -- You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard -- Murphy's Laws on Wor

Re: [newbie] grpmi updating

2003-07-23 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Grant wrote: I just finished downloading 97 packages through the Mandrake CC Update utility and it told me there were three conflicts during the installation and it aborted. I did choose to keep the downloaded rpms. What do I do? - Grant It depends on what the conflicts are. What were they? -

Re: [newbie] best way to update apps in Linux?

2003-07-23 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Grant wrote: I'm also pretty new to Linux and (so far) have found urpmi to work very nicely. It will go to whatever source that has the RPM you want and install it along with dependencies (usually). If you're using mdk 9.1 you can go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php to learn how to se

Re: [newbie] Beware the PD virus

2003-07-23 Thread Cornerstone Community Farm
Just do not read your email as "root" user! It helps to shut off your brain, morals, and conscience when booting also:) Actually, divorcing "meaning" from anything, including Linux, lead to a boring, meaningless life On Wednesday 23 July 2003 10:51 am, rikona wrote: > Unfortunately, it is a commo

[newbie] grpmi updating

2003-07-23 Thread Grant
I just finished downloading 97 packages through the Mandrake CC Update utility and it told me there were three conflicts during the installation and it aborted. I did choose to keep the downloaded rpms. What do I do? - Grant Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://ww

Re: [newbie] best way to update apps in Linux?

2003-07-23 Thread crak600
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 10:15 am, Curt Tresenriter wrote: > > I'm also pretty new to Linux and (so far) have found urpmi to work very > nicely. > It will go to whatever source that has the RPM you want and install it > along with dependencies (usually). > If you're using mdk 9.1 you can go to > h

Re: [newbie] Re: Robotics

2003-07-23 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 07:49 am, Marc O wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 12:00 am, SoloCDM wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Cody Harris wrote: > > > Hm...i can say i want to start into electronics/robotics. My techie > > > friend said that i should buy an 8 bit "controller" that i can downl

Re: [newbie] Reason # 9999 to use Linux.

2003-07-23 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 10:46 am, Sabin, Matthew wrote: > I'd lost count after #9346, > please repeat the list so that I may re-synchronize...;) yeh espc the part about the 3.2 Gb of p()rn still cain't find it :)> > > -Original Message- > From: Brant Fitzsimmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

[newbie] C++ Compiler?

2003-07-23 Thread Cody Harris
Will gcc compile C++ code? -Cody Harris Linux Rox My Sox! Check out HCHS! http://vectec.net Proud to use Mandrake Linux 8.1 as a server. Not proud to use Windows as a primary server. Registered Linux user #315598 Registered Linux Computer #200951 Wrote on a Windoze Computer :( Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Beware the PD virus

2003-07-23 Thread Cornerstone Community Farm
Just do not read your email as "root" user! It helps to shut off your brain, morals, and conscience when booting also:) Actually, divorcing "meaning" from anything, including Linux, lead to a boring, meaningless life On Wednesday 23 July 2003 10:51 am, rikona wrote: > Unfortunately, it is a commo

Re: [newbie] Re: Robotics

2003-07-23 Thread Cody Harris
- Original Message - From: "James Henry Maiewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:51 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: Robotics > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 07:49 am, Marc O wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 12:00 am, SoloCDM wrote: > > > On Tue

RE: [newbie] best way to update apps in Linux?

2003-07-23 Thread Grant
> I'm also pretty new to Linux and (so far) have found urpmi to work very > nicely. > It will go to whatever source that has the RPM you want and install it > along with dependencies (usually). > If you're using mdk 9.1 you can go to > http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php > to learn how to s

RE: [newbie] Help me out

2003-07-23 Thread Gene Barker
Hi Harv, I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat most of them except the "A" veggies. Thanks for the welcome Gene Barker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harv Nelson Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbi

RE: [newbie] Reason # 9999 to use Linux.

2003-07-23 Thread Sabin, Matthew
Title: RE: [newbie] Reason # to use Linux. I'd lost count after #9346, please repeat the list so that I may re-synchronize...;) -Original Message- From: Brant Fitzsimmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] samba security premissions.

2003-07-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 4:58 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 00:33, Daniel Buchanan wrote: > > couldn't find a log that lold me the login info. > > > > Greg Meyer wrote: > > >On Tuesday 22 July 2003 02:48 pm, Daniel Buchanan wrote: > > >>the share as well. I would really like to k

Re: [newbie] Beware the PD virus

2003-07-23 Thread Daniel Buchanan
Only problem is that this virus will spread by targeting the 'weak' among the population. These people get so infected that one starts to seriously consider removing them from the gene pool, for the good of the others. -p rikona wrote: Hello , There is a virus that goes around occasi

Re: [newbie] samba security premissions.

2003-07-23 Thread Daniel Buchanan
doh, i should have see that. Too many 'trees' in that directory. Still need to figure out where i went wrong with the security setup, but hopefully seeing that log will help. Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 00:33, Daniel Buchanan wrote: couldn't find a log that lold me the login in

Re: [newbie] urpmi as a user and not root

2003-07-23 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 18:48, Frankie wrote: > I personally think he should use rsync to mirror the updates > dir on one of the FTP server > then add that rsync'd dir as an update source for urpmi... > > The whole lot could run from cron. That's the best option, I agree. It's sure to work. --

RE: [newbie] urpmi as a user and not root

2003-07-23 Thread Frankie
To be honest, I don't know with any certainty, but I doubt it Other ideas that occured to me was to setup a proxy on that internal machine and use iptables to transparently forward all port 21 stuff to the proxy, and have the proxy user registed with the winblows proxy... lol... I still think

[newbie] Reason # 9999 to use Linux.

2003-07-23 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5053063.html -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903)

Re: [newbie] urpmi as a user and not root

2003-07-23 Thread Robin Turner
Tony S. Sykes wrote: All, Is it possible to do urpmi as a user and not root. Reason being is I am behind a ms proxy which authenticates user id's. They will not create a root one for me so it will have to be my own user for the updates. How do I do this? Can I do this? You could try using rpm with

Re: [newbie] urpmi as a user and not root

2003-07-23 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:07:25 +0100 "Tony S. Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to do urpmi as a user and not root. Yes. You can do it using sudo. I have never used sudo so I only have a rough understanding of how to set it up. Perhaps others on this list or possibly the expert

Re: [newbie] Beware the PD virus

2003-07-23 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 4:51 pm, rikona wrote: > Hello , > > There is a virus that goes around occasionally and causes a lot of > trouble. Is is usually spread via email, and since it is sent as > plain text it seems to be able to get through all antivirus > programs. > Nice one, Rikona Anne Wan

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again... Now Really OT!!!

2003-07-23 Thread Curt Tresenriter
In spite of the resistance to move this topic to the proper forum, that's where you'll find my reply if you're interested. If not, enjoy the linux topics. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] samba security premissions.

2003-07-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 00:33, Daniel Buchanan wrote: > couldn't find a log that lold me the login info. > > Greg Meyer wrote: > > >On Tuesday 22 July 2003 02:48 pm, Daniel Buchanan wrote: > > > >>the share as well. I would really like to know where to look to see a > >>login/activity log. > >> >

Re: [newbie] Beware the PD virus

2003-07-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 01:51, rikona wrote: > Hello , > > There is a virus that goes around occasionally and causes a lot of > trouble. Is is usually spread via email, and since it is sent as plain > text it seems to be able to get through all antivirus programs. > > It is one of the few computer

Re: [newbie] best way to update apps in Linux?

2003-07-23 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
crak600 wrote: On Wednesday 23 July 2003 10:15 am, Curt Tresenriter wrote: If you're using mdk 9.1 you can go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php to learn how to set up your sources and begin using urpmi. ZS, that link will walk you through very nicely. i just did updates from

Re: [newbie] X sever

2003-07-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 00:59, drew martin wrote: > On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 3:34 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 23:42, drew martin wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > How do I turn off Xsever?So I can install some new video driver.I > > > have tied everything I can think off. > > >

Re: [newbie] Other Users Running?

2003-07-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday July 22 2003 10:13 pm, Cody Harris wrote: > I know theres a command for this, but how to i get a list of all > the logged in users and what they are running (and what term they > are on). Using bash, simply type 'w' (w/o the quotes) EG, [tom /tom] $ w 11:13:22 up 17:07, 5 users,

Re: [newbie] X sever

2003-07-23 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 3:59 pm, drew martin wrote: > On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 3:34 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 23:42, drew martin wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > How do I turn off Xsever?So I can install some new > > > video driver.I have tied everything I can think off.

Re: [newbie] urpmi as a user and not root

2003-07-23 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 17:20, Frankie wrote: > I had a thought on this that "might" be feasable.. Frankie how about softlinking a directory to a remote site and using that? Wouldn't that be feasible? I've never tried so I don't know. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from

RE: [newbie] urpmi as a user and not root

2003-07-23 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Dan, It is my works network which has the server. They don't want to create a root account as this is a possible security risk due to it being one of the most hacked accounts (as well as admin). So I can authenticate as my user through my Linux box, so I tried the old trick of changing my users gi

[newbie] Beware the PD virus

2003-07-23 Thread rikona
Hello , There is a virus that goes around occasionally and causes a lot of trouble. Is is usually spread via email, and since it is sent as plain text it seems to be able to get through all antivirus programs. It is one of the few computer viruses that seem to infect humans, and indeed, the sympt

Re: [newbie] urpmi as a user and not root

2003-07-23 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 17:08, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > HarM, > > I am able to use the account just not able to get out with it. I am > wanting to use urmpi as it resolves dependency problems, and I don't > have to much time at work to do all the searching. It would be bad > enough if they found ou

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again... Now Really OT!!!

2003-07-23 Thread Anders Lind
> When humanity is smart enough to live by the initial 10 rules laid down, > and do so without deviation, revision or amendment - and live by those > same rules honourably and inherently, there will no longer be a need for > politicians, religious leaders or any such nonsense. But those initial 10

RE: [newbie] X sever

2003-07-23 Thread Dennis . R . Myers
Title: RE: [newbie] X sever -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:34 AM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] X sever On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 23:42, drew martin wrote: > Hi All, > H

Re: [newbie] X sever

2003-07-23 Thread Eduardo Silva
drew martin wrote: Hi All, How do I turn off Xsever?So I can install some new video driver.I have tied everything I can think off. I'm running MDK 9.1,I've work out how to get to the folder in a Terminal,bu keep getting the error message"you apper to be running a X sever please,

Re: [newbie] best way to update apps in Linux?

2003-07-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 3:05 pm, Zlatko Savic wrote: > Hi, I am a newbie and I'd like to know what is the best way to update > applications in Linux? I've heard something about urpmi but I am not really > sure how it works or what it is. > > I've attempted to compile sources of newer versions of s

RE: [newbie] urpmi as a user and not root

2003-07-23 Thread Frankie
I had a thought on this that "might" be feasable.. Isn't there some command line switches that tell urpmi to only download not install??? Could not the download of updates be done as a user and then su to install them manually?? Another thought: I imagine that wget is not running as root when do

Re: [newbie] X sever

2003-07-23 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
drew martin wrote: Hi All, How do I turn off Xsever?So I can install some new video driver.I have tied everything I can think off. I'm running MDK 9.1,I've work out how to get to the folder in a Terminal,bu keep getting the error message"you apper to be running a X sever please,tu

Re: [newbie] best way to update apps in Linux?

2003-07-23 Thread crak600
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 10:15 am, Curt Tresenriter wrote: > If you're using mdk 9.1 you can go to > http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php > to learn how to set up your sources and begin using urpmi. > ZS, that link will walk you through very nicely. i just did updates from it last night,

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again... Now Really OT!!!

2003-07-23 Thread Cornerstone Community Farm
Because trying to live life believing and what we believe, do, etc. can be "put in a box" and some how separated from everything else is part of the reason the world is in such a mess. It is IMPOSSIBLE to completely isolate ethics from business (or ANY aspect of life). Situational ethics, or

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again... Now Really OT!!!

2003-07-23 Thread Cornerstone Community Farm
Anders, I AGREE! By the way, could you post your address and leave your house keys under the front door mat to make my "borrowing" easier? On Wednesday 23 July 2003 09:41 am, Anders Lind wrote: > > When humanity is smart enough to live by the initial 10 rules laid down, > > and do so without devi

RE: [newbie] urpmi as a user and not root

2003-07-23 Thread Tony S. Sykes
HarM, I am able to use the account just not able to get out with it. I am wanting to use urmpi as it resolves dependency problems, and I don't have to much time at work to do all the searching. It would be bad enough if they found out how much time I spend tinkering with my box as it is. Thanks,

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