RE: [newbie] what's with all the dupes???

1999-12-14 Thread Bill Barnes
Yes, I, too, am slogging through these things for the 4th or 5th time. I would quit the list if I knew how. Does anybody know of a facility that routes mail to the bit bucket based on its senders address? Bill >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >Hey, all... >Anyone else not

[newbie] virtual consoles

1999-12-10 Thread Bill Barnes
Hello All: Is there a way to switch virtual consoles without logging out of x-server.? I'm starting KDE. Tried Ctl-Alt-Fn and wound up with all kinds of mess on the console in use. This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMai

RE: [newbie] OT - uptime

1999-12-10 Thread Bill Barnes
I haven't turned my computer off for 5 years except for when a M$ glitch requires it. Oh, maybe when a storm is REALLY threatening. Just walk away from it when I quit work. >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >I know this is off topic(at least some what), if you disprove don'

[newbie] unmounting cdrom

1999-12-03 Thread Bill Barnes
To all: what is required to unmount the cdrom. opened it from the desktop icon. scanned the directories and closed the window at file-exit. right click and selecting unmount triggers KFM error: umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy Thought this had worked in the past. Thanks Bill

[newbie] video card support

1999-12-03 Thread Bill Barnes
Hi y'all: The video card is S3 Virge GX 3d. It works with a SuSE installation. Copied their driver XF86_S3V to /usr/X11R6/bin/. How can I persuade LM to recognize this? Thanks Bill Barnes This e-mail has been sent to you cou

[newbie] Win95 modem connect to Linux

1999-12-02 Thread Bill Barnes
7; The modem reaches my ISP. The phone dials from Win95 and I can see it ringing on my other line but the Linux box never answers. I must be missing some configuration setting but can't determine where. Isn't PPP/SLIP/PLIP on the Linux box for

RE: [newbie] win vs. linux downloads

1999-12-01 Thread Bill Barnes
riginal long name, so -- mcopy d:/download/postgr~1.rpm /usr/local/rpm/postgresql-6.5.3-1.i386.rpm Now substitute your drive specifics and names. No offense intended in assuming limited acquaintance with the system, but it takes hours to dig out this stuff when you start from scratch. Good luck Bill Ba

[newbie] DNS documentation

1999-11-30 Thread Bill Barnes
I'm looking at the help screen for IP aliases configuration. At paragraph 5.2 Tell the DNS about this reference is made to "Configure domain name server" menu and 'IP allocation space". Where is this? Bill Barnes ---