Uploading from digital cameras and movie cameras

2003-03-31 Thread Art Ross
I'm planning to build a box for Linux. I want to be able to download pictures from a digital camera and movies from a digital movie camera. What types of hardware will I need for these capabilities? I'll be running a dual boot between RedHat and maybe Lindows. Thanks in advance, Art -- re

Re: xinetd won't restart

2003-03-14 Thread Art Ross
Michael, Thanks. I'm at home and will have to check this on one of the problem systems next week. Best Regards, Art Michael Schwendt wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:13:48 -0500, Art Ross wrote: > > > On anothe

Re: xinetd won't restart

2003-03-13 Thread Art Ross
Michael, Thank you for your response. I'm making my comments within your email. Michael Schwendt wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:52:37 -0500, Art Ross wrote: > > > Rick Johnson wrote: > > > > > Art Ro

Re: xinetd won't restart

2003-03-13 Thread Art Ross
Michael, Thank you for your response. I'm making my comments within your email. Michael Schwendt wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:52:37 -0500, Art Ross wrote: > > > Rick Johnson wrote: > > > > > Art Ro

Re: xinetd won't restart

2003-03-12 Thread Art Ross
Rick Johnson wrote: > Art Ross wrote: > > I run a Fundamentals of Linux class which is using RH7.3. I was > > teaching the installation and configuration of Samba last night and > > encountered a problem on some machines when the students restarted their > > super

xinetd won't restart

2003-03-11 Thread Art Ross
I run a Fundamentals of Linux class which is using RH7.3. I was teaching the installation and configuration of Samba last night and encountered a problem on some machines when the students restarted their super daemon 'xinetd'. This only occurs on a couple of machines and before I begin digging d

Linux Desktops

2003-02-27 Thread Art Ross
Does anyone know of a way to lock down Linux desktop? I have a friend who wanted to know if Linux could be locked down similar to Windows NT & Windows 2K. 1) Limit applications that they can run. 2) Standardize everything on the desktop. 3) Never allow them to load any applications. Can you for

Networking issues

2003-01-31 Thread Art Ross
I'm encountering an intriguing problem with a recent set of RH installs. The problem is occurring with the RH7.3 and RH8.0 platforms. Let me describe the situation. The machine I'm using for the RH7.3 and RH8.0 installs is a DELL Inspiron 8000. I've had no problems with this laptop when runni

DNS problem ?

2003-01-25 Thread Art Ross
I'm encountering an intriguing problem with a recent set of RH installs.  The problem is occurring with the RH7.3 and RH8.0 platforms.  Let me describe the situation.   The machine I'm using for the RH7.3 and RH8.0 installs is a DELL Inspiron 8000.  I've had no problems with this laptop when runn

DNS Problem! I think?

2003-01-20 Thread Art Ross
I have a laptop, Dell Inspiron 8000.  I've purchased two HDs for it.  Like all laptops I only have one HD in the laptop at a time.  I originally installed RH7.3 on one of these HDs and everything works fine.  Well, I had the need to install RH7.3 on the second HD. Upon completing the install, I c

Moving bookmarks to Mozilla

2002-05-13 Thread Art Ross
Does anyone know how to transfer bookmarks from Winodws to Linux for the Mozilla-based browsers? The bookmark files for Netscape & Mozilla appear to be the same format. I copied the bookmarks from Netscape 6 under windows to what I thought was the appropriate directory on my Linux box. I even u

Re: PCMCIA woes

2002-03-28 Thread Art Ross
Bill Crawford wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Art Ross wrote: > > > PCMCIA has problems when it tries to start at boot time. A review of > > the situation revealed that two modules were loaded; "yenta_socket.o" > > and "ds.o". If I manually insert

PCMCIA woes

2002-03-27 Thread Art Ross
I've just upgraded from RedHat 7.0 to 7.2 and all went very well except the pcmcia services. At the time I conducted the upgrade I had pcmcia services set not to start at boot because of system lockups that were occuring during the 7.0 boot process. Well, in a way it did. PCMCIA has problems

Re: Linux Training...

2002-02-28 Thread Art Ross
Mohammed Maeraj Hasbi wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been asked to do training on configuring and administrating Linux for > my company. Is there any link that's useful for me to check. I'm in the > process of aquiring some info for it... Any pointers and tips on what to > include? > > _

Gateway Solo 9500

2002-02-27 Thread Art Ross
I'm teaching a Fundamentals of Linux class this quarter and a student has brought a Gateway Solo 9500 to class. Things have gone well while teaching him how to build the system in an understanding fashion. A problem we are having is we are unable to identify the chipset for the modem/ethernet c

Re: *.bin extension

2002-02-19 Thread Art Ross
Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 21:56 18 Feb 2002, Art Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Lynne Lawrence wrote: > | > Art Ross wrote: > | > > I've used files with the .bin extension but it was a couple of years > | > > ago. How are they used in linux? ./

Re: *.bin extension

2002-02-18 Thread Art Ross
Lynne Lawrence wrote: > Art Ross wrote: > > > I've used files with the .bin extension but it was a couple of years > > ago. How are they used in linux? ./ or some other way. > > Try "file ./ > Lynn

*.bin extension

2002-02-18 Thread Art Ross
I've used files with the .bin extension but it was a couple of years ago. How are they used in linux? ./ or some other way. Best Regards, Art ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Wireless Hardware

2002-02-16 Thread Art Ross
Our department is researching wireless hardware and would like to hear from some experienced folks. Our study thus far has revealed the following hardware to work in Windows and Linux. Could I get some comments on this please ? Linksys Instant Wireless Network Access Point (alone or combo route

VNC problems

2002-02-15 Thread Art Ross
I've been working with VNC for awhile and haven't really encountered any difficulty this today. I have the full suite of vnc installed on two RedHat 7.1 boxes. Let me refer to these two boxes as Einstein and Newton. Einstein can start and access a user account on Newton just fine but Newton ha

Re: USB zips

2002-01-13 Thread Art Ross
Michael Scottaline wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:02:38 -0500 > Art Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: > > > I'm considering purchasing a USB zip but wanted to know how well it will > > work in Linux. After you install Linux how will it be moun

USB zips

2002-01-13 Thread Art Ross
I'm considering purchasing a USB zip but wanted to know how well it will work in Linux. After you install Linux how will it be mounted. The system that I have now uses an IDE zip on the Secondary Master, so when it's mounted I use the driver /dev/hdc4. How do you mount the USB zip if supporte

Re: How do you start the samba server

2002-01-12 Thread Art Ross
Enrique Bory Simon wrote: > hu, just drop & paste : > /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start > i bet it work fine !!! > > - Original Message - > From: "Kjetil Tjensvold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:21 AM > Subject: Re: How do you start the samb

Re: mounting win98 parttion issue

2002-01-12 Thread Art Ross
John P Verel wrote: > Hi. > > I do exactly what you want to do. Here's the germane entries from my /etc/fstab: > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/vfat vfat >user,owner,exec,dev,suid,rw,conv=auto,uid=500,gid=500,auto 0 0 > /dev/hdb1 /mnt/ddrive vfat >user,owner,exec,dev,suid,rw,co

HP Vectra's & Linux

2002-01-12 Thread Art Ross
Our department offers a "Fundamentals of Linux" course. In the future, we plan to add additional courses as the demand builds. This requires us to be very selective of the PC systems we chose for the Linux computer labs. At our community college, we have an ITS department that has strong input

Re: mounting win98 parttion issue

2002-01-11 Thread Art Ross
Dominic Mitchell wrote: > Hi, > > I have just configured a dual system. There are 2 win98 partition > one on /dev/hda1 and the other on /dev/hda10. I can mount the > /dev/hda1 no problem but it complains about mounting the second > one. It seems to have either problem with the size of the > pa

Re: Can't hear Audio CDs

2001-12-30 Thread Art Ross
Statux wrote: > I've been hearing several cases of audio CDs no longer working. Seems to > have started happening since the beginning of the kernel 2.4 branch. I'm > surprised I haven't heard more than I have, though. > > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Art Ross wrote: > &g

Can't hear Audio CDs

2001-12-29 Thread Art Ross
Once upon a time, I was able to listen to audio Cds on my RH6.2 system. Well over the holidays I tried for the first time in 6 months and I wasn't able to do it. My GNOME session has audio and it works fine. I'm also able to play .wav and .mp3 files but no audio CDs. Thanks in advance. Best R

Re: windows network

2001-12-29 Thread Art Ross
"free2air.com.au" wrote: > I have Installed Linux-Does anybody know of a program that will allow > windows to run under linux? or do I have to partition, would I use fips? > > The only reason I want to run windows at all is to play cossacks across our > 2 networked machines, maybe there is a bett

Re: IP forwarding problems

2001-12-29 Thread Art Ross
Devon wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 21 December 2001 03:38 pm, Art Ross wrote: > > > Thanks your answer worked just fine. Do you happen to know why that > > wasn't getting set by 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip

Re: IP forwarding problems

2001-12-21 Thread Art Ross
init is run at boot -- > inside that file, "sysctl -e -p /etc/sysctl.conf" is run...). > > -tcl. > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Art Ross wrote: > > > I've transfered my home network router from one RH6.2 box to a new RH6.2 > > box. The new box is just the ca

IP forwarding problems

2001-12-20 Thread Art Ross
I've transfered my home network router from one RH6.2 box to a new RH6.2 box. The new box is just the canned RedHat Server installation. I've managed to get the two interfaces working (eth0 and a modem) and ipchains up. There is a variable that must be set to the value of '1' to forward ip requ

Re: SSH install problems

2001-12-13 Thread Art Ross
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Art Ross wrote: > > > Well I did a check and found that glibc-devel was also installed. Why don't I > > give you some more accurate information. I've attached a log of the make > > process. Maybe this will give y

Re: Q's on Xircom NIC

2001-12-12 Thread Art Ross
e eth0 interface to > not start at boot time. When the pcmcia system initializes, it will still > bring up the interface for you. > > > > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Art Ross wrote: > > > > > I have a Dell Inspiron with a Xircom CBE2-100 NIC. Everthing has worked > &

Re: SSH install problems

2001-12-12 Thread Art Ross
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Art Ross wrote: > > > Gordon, > > I did an rpm -q kernel-headers and this package is installed. Do you have > > any other ideas? Thanks for your insight. > > Best Regards, > > Art > > The only

Re: SSH install problems

2001-12-11 Thread Art Ross
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Art Ross wrote: > > > When I repeated this process on another RH6.2 box on the home network, > > (Originally was a canned Gnome install for RH6.0 with a RH6.2 upgrade) I > > encountered some problems with the '

Re: Q's on Xircom NIC

2001-12-11 Thread Art Ross
> which point, they initialize eth0 for you. > > This is the correct and proper behavior for a laptop with a PCMCIA NIC. > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Art Ross wrote: > > > I have a Dell Inspiron with a Xircom CBE2-100 NIC. Everthing has worked > > fine except for one small pr

SSH install problems

2001-12-11 Thread Art Ross
I've successfully installed SSH 1.2.31 on a RH6.2 box that I'm going to use for my home network router and gateway. I conducted the canned Server install for this box. This box will have no peripherals connected to it, so I need to do remote adminstration with SSH. I had no problems with the th

Re: Wireless networking

2001-12-09 Thread Art Ross
/Wireless aP with integrated firewall (~$200). > Works fine and has an easy web-based interface. > > Drew > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Art Ross > > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:29 PM >

Re: Wireless networking

2001-12-09 Thread Art Ross
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Art Ross wrote: > > > Our department teaches a Fundamentals of Linux class. This class has > > grown in popularity to the point where our networked lab stations needs > > to be increased. In order to get the additiona

Wireless networking

2001-12-05 Thread Art Ross
idual items are less than $500. Thanks for the input, Art Ross ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Q's on Xircom NIC

2001-12-02 Thread Art Ross
I have a Dell Inspiron with a Xircom CBE2-100 NIC. Everthing has worked fine except for one small problem. When the laptop boots it has trouble bringing up the NIC and delays the systems eth0 initialization. It still manages to configure the NIC, it just seems that it doesn't happen the first t

System Locks after RH7.2 install

2001-11-23 Thread Art Ross
I'm having trouble on my system that has successfully operated RH6.2. When I placed a new removable HD in my system and installed RH7.2, I wasn't able to reboot without locking up. Not being discouraged, I tried again. Same problem! Still not being discouraged, I installed Mandrake 8.1 which al

Re: Printing doesn't work anymore!!!!!

2001-11-21 Thread Art Ross
fred smith wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 10:08:13PM -0500, Art Ross wrote: > > I'm running RH6.2 on a PC and for some reason after working for years, > > I'm unable to print. I can't recall conducting any changes to my > > system that may have caused

Re: printing on Windows' Printer

2001-11-21 Thread Art Ross
"Carlo Feliciano N. Aureus" wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I want to print on a Windows Printer. The printer is HP OfficeJet 45 and is > shared on the network. The Machine where the printer is connected is > running windows 2000 server and I have an account on this server. > > I want my RedHat 7.2 to b

Printing doesn't work anymore!!!!!

2001-11-20 Thread Art Ross
I'm running RH6.2 on a PC and for some reason after working for years, I'm unable to print. I can't recall conducting any changes to my system that may have caused this. In an attempt to fix it, I've deleted the entire configuration and the printer directory and files. Then, I reconfigured the

ppp woes solved

2001-11-13 Thread Art Ross
I posted an email a few weeks ago asking for help on setting up the ppp interface on RH7.0. It was at that time someone mentioned there were problems with ppp in this version of RH7.0. I'd like to share my solution even though it isn't a full fix. What I basically do is setup my ISP connection

Re: [Fwd: R: rh 6.1 3c509b]

1999-11-17 Thread Art Ross
t it just would not work, > even giving it the IRQ an I/O. > > Now everything just works fine. > > Art Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@mail.redhat.com on 11/16/99 07:16:02 PM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: "[EMAIL PROTE

[Fwd: R: rh 6.1 3c509b]

1999-11-16 Thread Art Ross
Johnie Stafford wrote: > >>> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:04:17 +0100, Nicola Lamarca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >said: > > nl> The Linux support for 3c509b is full you can try reading the Ethernet HOWTO > nl> in which there are some suggestions on 3c cards and, in particular, on > nl> 3c509b. Another

Problems with network card in 6.1

1999-11-16 Thread Art Ross
ticed that during the installation process that I was never asked to network the machine. What might be my problems? I've turned of PNP and manually set the base I/O and IRQ. Oh by the way this is a 3C509 NIC. Woes me!! What am I overlooking? Thanks in advance. Art Ross begin:vcard n:

Problems with a mouse in RH6.1

1999-11-15 Thread Art Ross
Can anyone help with this problem? I had it brought to my attention and have no idea of what to tell this guy. Any help would be appreciated. I'm running RH6.1 fine but don't have the depth to address this problem. Thanks in advance, Art Ross Hey Art, boy am I tired of reform

Re: Checking hardware resources

1999-11-08 Thread Art Ross
Steve, Thanks for the information. One more small piece of information to make me Linux wiser. Art Ross Steve Borho wrote: > On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 09:42:07PM -0500, Art Ross wrote: > > I'm aware of how to check the status of NIC's and > > serial ports, but i

Checking hardware resources

1999-11-08 Thread Art Ross
nflicts. Thanks in advance, Art Ross begin: vcard fn: Art Ross n: Ross;Art org:Sinclair Community College adr:444 West Third Street;;;Dayton;Ohio;45402;USA email;internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] title: Chairperson of Physics tel;w

StarOffice won't run as Super User

1999-01-17 Thread Art Ross
s that all file permissions are set to (755). If not, please let me know what I'm overlooking. I haven't been able to find anything in my documentation that gives me a clue. Thanks in advance, Art Ross begin:vcard n:Ross;Arthur tel;fax:937-512-2688 tel;work:937-512-2236

StarOffice won't run Super user

1999-01-17 Thread Art Ross
s that all file permissions are set to (755). If not, please let me know what I'm overlooking. I haven't been able to find anything in my documentation that gives me a clue. Thanks in advance, Art Ross begin:vcard n:Ross;Arthur tel;fax:937-512-2688 tel;work:937-512-2236

Can't start StarOffice as Super User

1999-01-16 Thread Art Ross
anything in my documentation that gives me a clue. Thanks in advance, Art Ross begin:vcard n:Ross;Arthur tel;fax:937-512-2688 tel;work:937-512-2236 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Sinclair Community College;Physics adr:;;444 West Third Street;Dayton;Ohio;45402;USA version:2.1 email;internet:[

Re: [Fwd: R: rh 6.1 3c509b]

1999-01-16 Thread Art Ross
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Not sure about RH 6.0, but after turning off PNP on the 3c509b, I > re-installed RH 6.1. I can't recall now if > the install found the NIC, or if I had to add it afterwards, but RH 6.1 > definitely has problems with this card. > > Art Ross <[