Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Eric McClure
try www.eskimo.com I love them, eric On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Charlie wrote: On December 19, 2002 02:23 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Dear friends, I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main internet address provider (I use Hotmail, alas, only for my public

Re: [newbie] Civilme petition.

2002-07-30 Thread Eric McClure
I'll sign it also. On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 08:29 AM, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: Me Too. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony S. Sykes Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Civilme

[newbie] ppc 8.2

2002-05-21 Thread Eric McClure
I have an ibook that specs out as: 600mhz 640mb of ram 40gb of hard drive a firewire 20gb hard drive airport card I would like to install 8.2 to the 20gb firewire hard drive. Where would I find information on this and is there a ppc mailing list? os x is great, but I miss my window managers,

Re: [newbie] LAN and COX cable modem

2002-05-17 Thread Eric McClure
Yes, an old 266mhz machine with Mandrake 8.1 on it. Currently I'm playing with different firewall software on it. Haven't really deceided which one I like though... On Fri, 17 May 2002, Gerald Waugh wrote: On Friday 17 May 2002 12:19 am, Eric McClure wrote: It is a very easy setup. I

RE: [newbie] LAN and COX cable modem

2002-05-16 Thread Eric McClure
It is a very easy setup. I live in Phoenix and currently have four machines on three different platforms running on it using a router I picked up and a hub for about $150.00 if I remember right. Cox told me to run a firewall and I said that was no problem since I run linux. take care, eric l.

Re: [newbie] mail in kmail

2002-02-07 Thread Eric McClure
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Oder wrote: Make sure by calling your isp that your mail settings are correct. Such as pop3 that is reads 'pop3.mail.com' and for outgoing mail such as smtp it reads 'smtp.mail.com' or whatever your isp says. My eskimo account uses star for incoming mail and for smtp is uses

RE: [newbie] New kernel .. tips?

2002-02-07 Thread Eric McClure
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Hanan Z. Shargi wrote: Same here Charles, i think the command to remove the old kernel is rpm -e kernel.whatever.rpm and do a lilo # thanks, eric l. mcclure If you need additional help in this area I will tell you how I did it. It is very easy to do. Also if you want to

Re: [newbie] Another web site crash with konqueror

2002-02-02 Thread Eric McClure
On Friday 01 February 2002 22:30, you wrote: crashed on me too. eric l. mcclure http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.html enter a state and city Press the back arrow to go back to the previous page. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] java 1.4.0

2002-02-01 Thread Eric McClure
Java 1.4.0 final or release candidate as they call it is out. Just a note for anyone who's interested. take care, eric l. mcclure Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] kernel

2002-01-30 Thread Eric McClure
Well my kernel is name 2.4.17-10 using 'uname -r' to check. But when I used 'rpm -ivh kernel*' it updated the kernel no problem. I tried to update the source, headers, docs but gave me an error on the headers. so with uname -r it shows the new kernel but with the command 'rpm -qa kernel*' it

Re: [newbie] kernel

2002-01-26 Thread Eric McClure
On Friday 25 January 2002 09:48, you wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:04:26 -0500 I've done a lot of searching but upgrading, while keeping lilo, kppp, and others happy seems like a daunting task. I wish it was easier. Thanks for your time, eric l. mcclure try the mandrakesecure site.

Re: [newbie] Star Office

2002-01-24 Thread Eric McClure
On Thursday 24 January 2002 15:48, you wrote: Commercial Applications CD 1 There is a web site that lists all the packages on the assorted cd's, but I need to search the newbie archives to find it. Hope this helps, eric Someone posted earlier that star office was on the mdk8.1 cd's. Where

[newbie] kernel

2002-01-24 Thread Eric McClure
Where on the linux site is the howto for upgrading the kernel? I think I would rather use rpm format than the tar.gz so what is the latest rpm? I've done a lot of searching but upgrading, while keeping lilo, kppp, and others happy seems like a daunting task. I wish it was easier. Thanks for

Re: [newbie] java again

2002-01-06 Thread Eric McClure
On Saturday 05 January 2002 11:06, you wrote: I uninstalled kaffe and now it works. I didn't have to do this before. I thought there might be a way of setting a hard pointer to a directory or symlink but as they say, you can't have two java versions running on the same computer. The major

[newbie] staroffice

2002-01-06 Thread Eric McClure
I found staroffice on disc 4 Commercial applications cd 1 I though I seen this on 8.1 and it doesn't have you do an install when I preloaded all my disks unlike 8.0, I just click it and go to work, it does ask for registration though. take care, eric l. mcclure Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] java again

2002-01-06 Thread Eric McClure
On Sunday 06 January 2002 15:30, you wrote: you almost had the path, try: /usr/local/j2re1.3/bin/java let me know, eric also check the box enable java globally, and there is a java console checkbox to check if you want On Sunday 06 January 2002 09:29 am, Eric McClure wrote: On Saturday 05

Re: [newbie] java again

2002-01-06 Thread Eric McClure
On Sunday 06 January 2002 15:30, you wrote: /usr/java/j2re1.4.0/bin/java this is where mine is located, and I just noticed that you said usr/local make sure that's where the jre is by typing whereis j2re. take care, Eric L. McClure On Sunday 06 January 2002 09:29 am, Eric McClure wrote

Re: [newbie] java again

2002-01-06 Thread Eric McClure
On Monday 07 January 2002 09:43, you wrote: Thanks Anuerin! I knew I wasn't crazy about it working fine before. It makes sense now that you explained it. take care, eric l. mcclure On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 09:29:41 -0500 Eric McClure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 05 January 2002 11:06

[newbie] java again

2002-01-05 Thread Eric McClure
For some reason I had to install jre to get konqueror to see my apps. but when i type in 'java -version' kaffe comes up! it use to read j2sdk1.4.0 what gives? also I've tried to modify my .bashrc but it seems the changes don't take affect. what is the permissions for .bashrc? Is it 755?

Re: [newbie] Update problem in 8.0

2002-01-02 Thread Eric McClure
On Wednesday 02 January 2002 11:58, you wrote: Try urpmi.removemedia ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu without the quotes of course and fill in the ftp where you where ftp. take care, Eric L. McClure I have Mandrake 8.0 installed on a Dell Inspiron 2500. I run Mandrake Update, and setup a security

Re: [newbie] java applets on konqueror

2002-01-01 Thread Eric McClure
On Monday 31 December 2001 14:11, you wrote: Fixed it! Man that was some work! The second download worked and was the same file! Cool, now konqueror can do applets plus a neat addition of a java console! All by using sdk1.4.0 beta 3. take care, eric l. mcclure Ok I think I've tried

[newbie] java applets on konqueror

2001-12-31 Thread Eric McClure
Ok I think I've tried everything to get the browser to see the applets. Even sun's site doesn't load the applet. Pointed Konqueror where the java is and nothing. I'm using sdk1.4.0beta3 and I know Kaffe doesn't work with the browser since I viewed the help files and web site. The web site

[newbie] Thanks civileme!

2001-12-28 Thread Eric McClure
Thank you, I just did an upgrade to 8.1 and your trick with 8.0 worked fine getting the kernel back. I just want to say that you are the cat's meow for saving my information. Tell the boss you need a raise!!! Take care, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to