Re: [newbie] Dumb question

2003-12-01 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 01 December 2003 06:34 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: >TK How do you start/stop a network connection (Internet mainly) from a > command line? >TK >TK Teilhard. I'll tell you what they always tell me on this list; the only dumb question is the one not asked... :-) Anyways, you can (as roo

Re: [newbie] Dumb question

2003-12-01 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 02 December 2003 00:34, Teilhard Knight wrote: > How do you start/stop a network connection (Internet mainly) from a command > line? > > Teilhard. As su/root: "ifconfig eth0 down" #depending on the ethernet card of course or "service network stop" to shut everything down. Good luck,

[newbie] Dumb question

2003-12-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
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Re: [newbie] Dumb question exporting sound

2003-04-02 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 00:45, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering; using "ssh -C -X IPadress_of.remote.host" works fine in > exporting the Xserver. > Problem is the sound..me and my teenage daughter decided we wanted to > play "tower toppler" downstairs, where the game itself

[newbie] Dumb question exporting sound

2003-04-01 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
Hi all, I was wondering; using "ssh -C -X IPadress_of.remote.host" works fine in exporting the Xserver. Problem is the sound..me and my teenage daughter decided we wanted to play "tower toppler" downstairs, where the game itself was installed on the PC upstairs. Consequence: My wife searc

Re: [newbie] Dumb question about running programs

2001-03-25 Thread Civileme
On Sunday 25 March 2001 12:58, you wrote: > I use a program called Kmud. If I open a konsole and change to > /kmud-1.0beta1-linux-i386 then type ./kmud the program runs. > > Here's the questions. First, why do I need to type ./ first? Kmud is > shown in kfm as a script file. This is probably a

[newbie] Dumb question about running programs

2001-03-25 Thread Barbara Pfieffer
I use a program called Kmud. If I open a konsole and change to /kmud-1.0beta1-linux-i386 then type ./kmud the program runs. Here's the questions. First, why do I need to type ./ first? Kmud is shown in kfm as a script file. This is probably a really basic thing, but I just know it works. But I

Re: [newbie] Newbie dumb question.....whats a kernel, whats an rpm - clarity mark answers only please

2000-12-31 Thread Vic
Hello, please disable html emailing, how to do that? Just ask me, I know how in Netscape. The kernel in Linux is kind of like the 'command.com' file in a dos/windows system, it contains the rudimentary code for a running operating system and also contains the 'internal commands' such as 'ls' (tha

RE: [newbie] Newbie dumb question.....whats a kernel, whats an rpm - clarity mark answers only please

2000-12-31 Thread David and Alicia
Definitely not a wind up question, I'm just new to all of this. Thanks for your reply Dev David and Alicia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dev Sen Sent: 31 December 2000 18:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Newbie

Re: [newbie] Newbie dumb question.....whats a kernel, whats an rpm - clarity mark answers only please

2000-12-31 Thread Dev Sen
At 20:25 30/12/2000, you wrote: > >I'd like to know, can somebody put me straight on why we should be >optimising our kernels? what is a kernel? > >David and Alicia Assuming this is not a wind-up. The kernel is the "guts" of the operating systems. This is the software that makes the computer co

Re: [newbie] Newbie dumb question.....whats a kernel, whats an rpm - clarity mark answers only please

2000-12-31 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 30 December 2000 02:25 pm, David and Alicia wrote: > I'd like to know, can somebody put me straight on why we should be > optimising our kernels? what is a kernel? What is a 'clarity mark answer'? Please post in plain ASCII text. It's the number one rule for this and most all ma

Re: [newbie] Newbie dumb question.....whats a kernel, whats an rpm

2000-12-31 Thread Paul
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, David and Alicia wrote: >I'd like to know, can somebody put me straight on why we should be >optimising our kernels? what is a kernel? >David and Alicia Hi David and Alicia, Let's see. The kernel. This is the heart of the operating system. It is a file you can find in the /

Re: [newbie] Newbie dumb question.....whats a kernel, whats an rpm - clarity mark answers only please

2000-12-31 Thread L. H. LOO
At 30-12-2000 +, you wrote: > >I'd like to know, can somebody put me straight on why we should be >optimising our kernels? >what is a kernel? >David and Alicia From OReilly Running Linux, page 10 : "The kernel is the guts of the operating system itself; it's the code that controls the int

Re: [newbie] Newbie dumb question.....whats a kernel, whats an rpm - clarity mark answers only please

2000-12-31 Thread Onur
Hello First of all, NO QUESTION IS DUMB, especially in the newbie list ! You are here to learn... :) RPM , redhat package management, a sort of automatic installation system. It contains the files, and info where the files will be put, and also some scripts, that can manage some configurations.

[newbie] Newbie dumb question.....whats a kernel, whats an rpm - clarity mark answers only please

2000-12-31 Thread David and Alicia
  I'd like to know, can somebody put me straight on why we should be optimising our kernels? what is a kernel? David and Alicia -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of john rigbySent: 30 December 2000 02:21To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subje