ID: 4166
Device ID: 26260
Misc
Module: unknown
I would be really greatful if anyone could help me get this set up.
Thanks
Lloyd Heys
Cape Town
South Africa
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db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
Am I barking up the wrong tree?
Cheers,
Lloyd
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Hi
I am working to make my unix machine to dial on demand. I came across some
docs that mention peer-files. It doesn't go in to details to what a
peer-file is.
HELP!
Hello,
Is it possible for Linux and Windows to share a modem connections?
if so, how do I do it?
Hi,
I am having trouble getting my Linux and Windows machines to see each
other on a LAN. I have tried pinging but all I get is " host unreachable".
Any ideas to what I may have missed in configuring the LAN?
Hi, All
I am having trouble getting my Linux and windows machine to "see" each
other on a network. I have done everything that has come to mind. Tried
pinging..nothing! Any ideas would be appreciated!
thanks,
Curtis
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>
> Howdy all,
>
> I was just trying to download the latest Mandrake (6.0) from one of
> the FTP mirrors (500+ Meggers, but I figure I might as well put my new
> DSL to work). Everything's great, except my FTP programs seem to be
> choking on some directories. There are
Joel Doucet wrote:
>
> hello,
> I keep trying to contact someone from linuxmandrake but nobody wants to
> responce to my e-mails, i hope a human can read this message and tell me
> what to do. I just purshased "The Complete Linux operating system"
> and i am having trouble with it. When i configu
John Brack wrote:
>
> could someone tell me why anonftp is not working
> when the system starts up and how to "turn it on".
>
> Thanks.
I'm going to assume that you actually installed the "anonftp" package (I
don't know the exact name) I installed it during Mandrake installation
and it works ju
Bob Schmidt wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm pretty new at this stuff, I'm trying to install kxicq on my machine. But
> it says that I need a compiler, well I looked through my mandrake 6 box and
> installed colorgcc. But when I run ./configure it says that the gcc can't
> create an excutable. Any
Richard Myers wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Richard Myers wrote:
> > > Neat stuff, huh? This is Unix.
> > > best wishes,
> > > richard myers
>
> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, darkknight wrote:
> > : ) Ever thought about teaching?
>
> We, I taught an online college-level Intro to Unix course for
Andy Goth wrote:
>
> > Well, I'm no programmer, but it must not be terribly difficult as I have a
> > couple of programs that do similar things. But Partition Magic is still the
> > best, and comes with more than just the partition creator and resizer. I
> > have Partition Magic 4.0 which has a
While cruising through fdisk, I noticed there are four partition
types relating to Ontrack Disk Manager.It might be helpful to whoever
was using it to set their partition types to one of these.
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ar.
>
> They'll change their mind, when we stop buying them...
I own a Winmodem. It's sitting in a non-functional computer
collecting dust. Which is what Winmodems excel at:-)
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tivity? Thank you for your
> > assistance.
afaik, pretty much ALL PCI modems (I think there's one exception, but
I don't know what it is) are Winmodems. Either get an external modem
or an ISA modem.
Lloyd Osten
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x27;fips" which is another FREE partition resizer.It's
probably on your Mandrake disk. But be sure to READ THE DOCS FIRST!!
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ing but Windows.Unfortunately, the computer was
too wimpy to handle a Winmodem. I would never buy another.
My advice to you would be to buy either an external modem or an ISA
REAL modem.
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complete reinstallation of Windows 95. Isn't
> that the usual method of fixing problems with it?
the BEST method is just to delete it permanently...:-)
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long, but it's plenty
> of time for me to type "dos" and start Win98 or just hit
> "enter" for Linux. :-)
the timeout can be changed to. I thing the default is 50 1/10 of a
second.
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On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Did anyone else just get 5 posts from 7-8-99?
A couple of days ago, I got some from 9 days earlier...
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gt; I have repeated the exercise and the following again:
>
> make xconfig
> make: *** No rule to make target `xconfig'. Stop.
>
>
> One more info, I am running the Mandrake 6.0
>
>
> Thanks
Did you install the kernel headers AND sources?
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u must get
the utility from the drive manufacturer. Apparently, all drives have
slightly different controllers, so there is no generic low-level
format program.
>
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ent times, but if it doesn't work, then there's no
> point.
>
> I wonder if AST still supports an old Adventure! computer...
>
> By the way, I got it for $1500.
Modern hardware is much nicer and faster. Much cheaper, too. When I
bought my Pentium motherboard in '95
iles
>
> What about /usr and all those other directories I am forgetting?
>
> So, what if I install some great package and then have to reformat and
> reinstall the OS? How can I salvage that great package?
just copy the package to a partition you aren't going to format. You
can copy it back later.
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>
> I like learning about the internals of my computer. I try to learn all
> I can about everything I use. What is Linux's answer to the FAT?
as far as I know, it's EXT2, which is far superior to FAT.
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ere so deep in conversation with other
> nerds, having a war about which Linux was best.
yes, there are some versions that run on a Mac, like LinuxPPc,
Mklinux, and Yellow Dog Linux
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Subject: [newbie] Extracting GZ File
>
>
> How do I extract or decompress a gz file?
> For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be
> looked like?
> thanx
Actually, you can uzip and untar the file all at once. I think the
command is tar zxvf
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On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Lloyd Osten wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> > > Andy Goth wrote:
> > >
> > > > mind. If only I could map "\Program Files" to be on a different
> > > > partition...
> > &g
hentication) At least that
seems logical to me. You might want to check it out.
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ethod of drive management...
Because they're Microsoft and want to make things as easy as possible
for the computer illiterate. Just another reason we use something
superior. We basically have total control over where stuff goes.
I personally don't put my programs in there.
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MENDED that you use a swap partition.
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computer.
Mine is 1994.LBA is Logical (or Linear) Block Addressing. All new
IDE HDs support it. My 1995 WD does. It's just a different way of
numbering the heads, sectors and tracks. I'm pretty sure it does
translation, too. Maybe there's a BIOS update for your
motherboard-assuming it has a flash rom on it (but from that era, I
kinda doubt it.
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>Commander out of the KDE konsole and edit a file and press Home
>a 'H' appears, pressing End show a 'F' .
>
> 2. XMan doesn't show the man-pages. Only garbage...
>
> Bye... Andre
I think the default key bindings can be changed.
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Today I received two messages from this list dated July 12 (today is
the 21st)
Strange.anyone else have that happen?
Lloyd Osten
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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Lloyd Osten wrote:
> >
> > I have two computers, one running LM6.0 (this one) and the other one
> > is running Win98. They are both connected to a cablemodem via a
> > 10BaseT hub. They both have their own separate static IP addre
as to how to install them. They are in "RPM" format and if anyone
> can provide pointers as to how to install them I'll be forever grateful.
>
> TIA,
>
> Ben
usually, yiu just install the RPM, such as rpm -ivh .rpm
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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Lloyd Osten wrote:
>
> > I have two computers, one running LM6.0 (this one) and the other one
> > is running Win98. They are both connected to a cablemodem via a
> > 10BaseT hub. They both have their own sepa
re, I had problems with it, but
usually it it very easy to install. The only thing you might have
trouble with is the disk partitioning. Please read the install guide
BEFORE you try to install it. You could end up saving yourself a lot
of frustration.
Lloyd Osten
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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Is there a way i can run X (startx) even i'm not using the root account.
>
> Bobby
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s) at all costs.
Lloyd Osten
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) and conversely, how do I get the Win 98 box to talk
to my Linux box.
I'm a total networking newbie, so you will have to be simple, clear
and very specific...:-) (good luck with THAT combination..:-))
Lloyd Osten
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just copy them
into the ttfonts directory?
Lloyd Osten
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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> > > Ken Wilson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > for Xwindows type 'startx &'
> > > >
> > >
> > > Excuse me but...
> > > (showing glaringly my newbie status :-))
> > > What's the ampersand for? I normally just type
On Thu, 08 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Matt Milano wrote:
>
>
> > Also, when I try to send mail from Kmail, I get a 550 error message,
> > saying that my user, name and e-mail address, doesn't exist. It just
> > worked last night too. I can receive mail with it, just not send. Do
On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> begin 644 Happy99.exe
I'm not sure whether you know this, but this attached file is either
a virus or trojan horse.Please don't attempt to open it, especially
if you are using Microsoft Windows. Under Linux, it's probably pretty
harmless.
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> I suppose I was unclear regarding my posting earlier.
>
> I am the only person I know who has ventured into linux and therefor have no way to
>compare graphics adapters / monitors. I have the STB Lightspeed 128 adapter
>installed and it gives what I would cons
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Hello.
>
> By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little
> logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight
> to a command prompt?
you are SUPPOSED tolog in so it knows who you are..it's a security
thing require
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> how do i shut down properly when i see Tux right when i boot?
>
>
> thanks
> j
login as root, type your password and then type
shutdown -h now. If you want to reboot, the change the -h
to -r.
Lloyd Osten
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On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Is there a way i can run X (startx) even i'm not using the root account.
>
> Bobby
just type in startx.
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ets very angry if you try to "permenantly borrow" an IP
> address.
>
> I wish I'd had the foresight to write down the exact error message from
> the eth0 module. I doubt it would help much, though- it just says that it
> failed to get the IP address for the card.
n big
letters. Anyway, I set it up as a static IP and DNS. I've
had no problems with getting mail with either Kmail or
Netscape. However , I'm now leaning towards Kmail because
it seems much faster on this woefully underpowered Linux
box...:=)
Lloyd Osten
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John Aldrich wrote:
>
> Sure... its' called "rescue.img." :-) Download it from your favorite FTP
> site (i.e. one of the RedHat or other distro mirror sites) or get it off
> your CD if you have one and load it onto a disk with rawrite and use it in
> conjunction with the disk made from the "boot.
Thanks to everyone who replied. I guess my mailer IS
working
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I seem to be having trouble posting to this list. As a
result, I never get to see the messages *I* post (or the
answers I might get) although I can easily reply to
messages. Please e-mail me directly (address shown below) if
you get this.
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. I'm lucky if I can get Venus to
boot, and I've installed it at least 5 times.
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I think the new lernel in Mandrake 6 will be 2.2.7 at least.
s KDE (as per RH)
>
> Sure - the difference between our Gnome and RedHat's is that we've got a
> newer version and our version is optimized for i586+.
>
> LLaP
> bero
What is the timeframe for a final release of Mandrake 6.0?
How long do you expect the beta test t
6.0 CD. You can also get the latest version at
www.winehq.com (org?)
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x27;s
very new, so there might not be too much info on it yet.
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.
>
> -soco
I don't think you could go wrong by buying a 3Com modem
(formerly US Robotics) I have a really old one (28.8) that
needed (and got) firmware upgrades, and it has worked
perfectly ever since. It's now collecting dust as I access
the Net with a cable modem.
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cludes Gnome as a standard desktop should you choose to
> >use it.
> >--
> >Lloyd Osten
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I think in the new RH6.0 you can specify either Gnome or KDE
as your default. I saw an annoucement on the RH web site
that they have new, updated RPMs for Gnome that have
hundreds of bug fixes.
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> having
> >> problems dialing up to my ISP with all the "right" setting.
> >> > If it's what is generically referred to as a "winmodem",
> >> > then I'm afraid you are out of luck.
> >> > Linux only supports "real"
earing on the highest ftp mirrors.
> >(I got mine down yesterday)
>
> Nick, what mirror did you use?
>
> MB
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> Industrial Informatics & Instrumentation, Inc.
I saw RH6.0 on the RedHat website. (ftp.redhat.com) Good
luck, as their server is extremely busy.
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ram to use the files from the dos disk for the
> install?
> Thanks
> Jerry
You will also need to make a supplemental diskette, if you
don't already have one.
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t; card and/or knows of any way to make it work with X. I know that there are
> commercial Xservers that support it but I can't really afford to buy one
> right now.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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Try using the generic X SVGA server.
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st re-ran Xconfigurator from a terminal window ad
selected ONLY 800 x 600.
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>
> Thanks in advance.
> Jerry
Yes, it can be done with only one hard drive. Basically, you
need to create an empty space on your drive so you can make
Linux partitions. You then install Linux to these
partitions. LILO
(LInux LOader) should take care of which OS you want to boot
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gt;
> Greetings from Jarl Gaute, Norway.
> Sorry bout my bad english.
The boot image for Mandrake is different from RH5.2. I've
tried both of them. So you make the bootdisk exactly the
same way you made the RH5.2 disk. I think there is also a
command called mkbootdsk. The true bootdisk
rd.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike
You could try the generic X server (XSVGA) There's also Xvfb
which might help.
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ith KDE is supposed to be
released on Monday. Why not just download the new updates?
Or just download KDE 1.1.
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llic fonts included on the
Mandrake CD. Also, you will want
to install the cyrillic font package.
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e to be able to grab/play npr radio programs and other
> rvplayer .ram, .rm,... files.
>
> Help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> gerry, York, PA
I saw a while back on this list that someone had gotten
RP5.0 to work after much experimenting. I'm not sure who it
was, but I thought it was either Jeanette or Denise.
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This isn't specifically related to Mandrake, but I noticed
at Netscape's web site that there are two versions of
Communicator for Linux. One is supported and one isn't. Does
anyone know what the difference is?
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help???
>
> Rgds
>
> Martin
>
check this out.
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/RedHat-FAQ/RedHat-FAQ-6.html#ss6.22
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ed to toggle over to
that field and use the Page Up/Page Down keys. However, you
need to be aware that making that change will probably make
your drive unreadable. The data isn't lost; you just have to
change it back to what the setting originally was.
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it's definitely on the RH5.2 CD).
As you might guess, it's a tape backup program. I think
there's aother program called BRU2000. but I think it's a
commercial program. It does come in some Liux distributions,
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Linda
I'm not sure. I'm in the same situation. It's possible that
only the root operatoris allowed to run the tar program.
Create an account for yourself (non root) if you have't
already done so, and try it out.
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can access a file locally on my hard drive and everything works great.
> Hope someone out there has a solution, especially for Adobe.
>
I had problems with Acrobat, (V3) too, but I got it to work
(sort of) It displays kinda ugly fonts, but I was told how I
might fix it. Drop me an e-mail a
Jeanette Russo wrote:
>
> There seems to be two RPMS for KICQ one is for KDE 1.1 and one for KDE 1.0
> which does Mandrake 5.3 use? Also there is some kind of Library RPM that
> comes with it do we install that also?
> Thanks Jeanette
I believe Mandrake ships with KDE 1.1.
could get VMware
(http://www.vmware.com) and run ICQ
under Windows and have Linux running on your computer
simultaneously!
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ftp where you
can specify binary or ascii.
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tp://www.mcp.com and search for e-books. I think they have
some Linux books you can read online. There's also some
basic stuff on your CD-ROM (although you have to look for
it;I'm not sure where it is) I bought the Macmillan edition
of RedHat 5.2 (Mandrake is pretty much the same but with KDE
added) because it includes a CDROM with 3 useful electronic
books which you can view with Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux
(also included on the CD) or other programs.
Good luck using Linux! Have fun with it;don't be afraid to
experiment;that's how you learn.
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oint about disk
partioning, use fdisk instead of Disk Druid. In fdisk, type
"p" (without quotes) (for example,
fdisk p) which will display your partition numbers. Remove
the partitions with the "d" command. (fdisk d) The you need
to write to the partition table using the "w"
efore deleting the old one. You simply 'cd'
> to the new directory, do ./netscape, and it'll run that copy. If you just
> typed 'netscape', it would probably run the old copy in /usr/bin or
> /usr/X11R6/bin.
>
> Hope that explanation helps!
It does! I've been wondering about that myself. What does
rc.d and init.d mean
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Steve Philp wrote:
>
> Lloyd wrote:
> >
> > Robert Sheskin wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a web browser that works with KDE. I have Nutscrape which
> > > crashes more than it runs. I tried to download Star Office and after
> > > 40Mb+ of the
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>
> On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 08:23:31PM -0500, Lloyd wrote:
> > "Jorgensen - N532D, DP2" wrote:
> > >
> > > I got something interesting. Is anyone else having a problem in 1.1 whenever
> > > "well accidentaly&qu
t; > about 110 mb of disk space. I'm not sure about an RPM
> > version...
>
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You can download all versions of StarOffice from
http://www.stardivision.com
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o stop, type kill . Type the
actual number with no quotes, like kill 247.
Hope this helps.
Lloyd Osten
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__
> Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today
> at http://webmail.netscape.com.
All versions of StarOffice can be downloaded from
http://www.stardivision.com
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he World Wide Web consortium, so it SHOULD be
up to standard :-) Check their site at http://www.w3c.org
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Nicholas Barnard wrote:
>
> At 06:57 PM 4/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >Microsoft Announces MS-Linux
>
> I may be gullable.. but somebody please assure me that this is only an
> April fools joke... PLEASE!
>
> Nick Barnard
I saw this article posted on the linuxtoday.com site. I'm pretty sure
as get an introductory book on Unix concepts. Then I
studied the Red Hat installation manual. Try these things BEFORE you try
to install Linux, just so you aren't totally clued out.
Lloyd Osten
lloyd.osten2cableregina.com
gh
it used a standard
IDE hard drive cable, it wasn't a true IDE cdrom. Apparently, the setup
I had used a kind of "proprietary IDE."
Lloyd Osten
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the speaker always turned off. You
could also write that command to your modem's NVRAM if you prefer. Hope
I helped...:-)
Lloyd Osten
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ew to
> all this I have no idea where to begin.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>
> -Mike
I was told to go to http://www.looksmart.com (A search engine) and type
in "truetype Linux."
There's supposed to be a HOWTO (possibly incomplete) on how to use TT
fonts with Linux.
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