RE: automation -- or, escaping the GUI -- SUMMARY so far

2000-01-24 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
med on page 999. : : At 12:15 PM 1/24/00 -0600, Fred W. Noltie Jr. wrote: [snipped] Can groff do tables, with horizontal and vertical ruled lines? I don't mean using the pipe character or '---' or underscores; I mean actual ruled lines. If it can, I'll put it into the bin for c

RE: automation -- or, escaping the GUI -- SUMMARY so far

2000-01-24 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
Thanks to all who have replied thus far! The suggestions so far: 1) HTML: I'll have to look at this html2ps app. I've never heard of it. This is a possibility and deserves some investigation. The HTML could be generated by Perl (possibly Python? dunno). This was suggested by private email and Th

Re: Postscript: convert to booklet signatures? SOLVED

1998-05-06 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
en take over to Linux to manipulate). Thanks again, Fred -Original Message- From: Rick Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Fred W. Noltie Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 12:13 Subject: Re: Postscript: conve

Postscript: convert to booklet signatures?

1998-05-05 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
Greetings, I have a Postscript document that is set up as regular-size portrait pages. Is there a utility that can take this document and format it for printing out as a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 booklet -- i.e., setting up the signatures properly so that when it's printed, all I have to do is fold & staple?

Re: ppp-on warning when connected?

1998-05-04 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
; myself. > I have never used a script, but if you're in X try using Usernet (and get the update from the RH site; it's an Intel-specific fix). Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Er

Re: setserial

1998-04-29 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Xun Cheng wrote: > Could anyone tell me in which package I can > find the program setserial? $ rpm -q setserial setserial-2.12-3 Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata a

Re: suid-root xterm

1998-04-28 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
so XFree86 will have to fix it, I suppose... Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To

Re: UseNet

1998-04-26 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
eck at www.findmail.com, where this list (and 16 other RedHat mailing lists) are archived and searchable. Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ

Re: Newbie problem: "Boot failure" when installing RH5

1998-04-24 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
-Original Message- From: Chris "Cranky Spice" Harshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, April 24, 1998 13:23 Subject: Re: Newbie problem: "Boot failure" when installing RH5 >One thing I've always found is that NT gets in the way of creating >bo

Re: Patented Free Software

1998-04-24 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
-Original Message- From: Trenton D. Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, April 24, 1998 03:23 Subject: RE: Patented Free Software >You can't expect everyone to make free software. People can't afford to do >this. For instance, how the heck

Re: cannot open file

1998-04-24 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
(4 for R + 2 for W + 1 for X); group & others get a 4 (for R). You can setuid with this too (involves adding a fourth digit). See man chmod. HTH Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING

Patented Free Software

1998-04-24 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
le solution: How would Red Hat (or some other organization?) feel about subsidizing this? Or am I just wrong in thinking that the patent problem seems a likely threat -- if not now, then someday when MS & Co. need it? Burning the midnight oil, Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA

Re: glibc-2.0.7

1998-04-23 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
I'd guess that the problem is either permissions -- as others have suggested -- or possibly disk space. Are you running low on space? -Original Message- From: ryo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, April 23, 1998 10:01 Subject: Re: glibc-2.0.7

Re: large 8.3GB drives?

1998-04-21 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
real hard within hours. > > Your mileage obviously varied. > [Jumping in...] So did yours :-) I have a Maxtor and a Western Digital and I've never had any trouble with either one in over 2 years... [Jumping out...] Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rap

Re: libgif needed by kde, where?

1998-04-20 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
From: Chris Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To install the graphics rpm of kde I need libgif.so.2...where can I get an >rpm for this? I looked in contrib at redhat but didn't see anything... I'm not in Linux at the moment :-( but I think you can get it either of two ways: check the libgr rpm, which

Re: how do I print postcript on HP LaserJet6p

1998-04-14 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
From: Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] >I wonder how you got a 6P printer, since the HP web site lists it as an >"outside USA" printer, with two other 6P printers listed for the US. Hunh? We have a 6P here in sunny Minnesota (granted, we are taxed enough to support a small foreign power...)

Re: Xlib.h

1998-04-14 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Paul Fontenot wrote: > Anybody know what package this is in? > > Xlib.h > > Any help would be appreciated. > [fred@localhost fred]$ rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h XFree86-devel-3.3.1-14 Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN

Re: Mysterious mouse prob isolated

1998-04-11 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
that the problem (in my case) is hardware. Glad you got it resolved though! Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHa

Re: Exporting resources to Win95 non-GUI?

1998-04-10 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
client. It *should* work in Win95's non-GUI DOS. Samba's site: http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/ And the link is to (yes, you'll have to visit the evil empire :-) : ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/Clients/MSCLIENT/ Hope this helps! Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids

Netware vs. Linux

1998-04-09 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
Hello, In the month or two I've been on this list (ditto when I was monitoring some comp.os.linux.* groups), I have yet to see (so far as I can recall) any comparisons of Linux to Netware. So if you're reasonably familiar with both: how do the two compare? Does Netware have any strong points in c

Re: Usernet on RH5.0

1998-04-06 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
From: David Masterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I'm using a plain RH5.0 system (no Metro-X or CDE). > >Anyone using the "Usernet" GUI program to start up and shutdown PPP? >How does it determine if the PPP connection is successfully started? > >I have two PPP connections configured on my system that

re: my rodent is still a swine

1998-04-05 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
t I can dig up) I have a P-120 (not overclocked) with 48MB of RAM. It's over two years old, but has been very solid for me.I'll check the BIOS version next time I boot; I know it is Phoenix, though (nothing odd there). Another couple of possibilities: do you have an Intellimouse like me? I

Re: my rodent is still a swine

1998-04-04 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
Sorry to have delayed in writing this, but if I understand your symptoms correctly I think I am experiencing the same odd PPP "lockups" with my mouse too! It is tremendously erratic, so far as I can tell (perhaps because I often continue mousing while downloading or websurfing?), but I have defini

Re: "selective" root priveleges?

1998-03-31 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
From: Michael Jinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >I've been trying for several days to get samba to mount a shared drive >from an NT server with something other than root permissions, and having >no luck. So I figure maybe there's another way around this. > >I need to give users access to the files on

Re: Sunsite Down ?

1998-03-19 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
12 Mar 06 14:01 ../ So it must be down. -- Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To un

Re: redhat help!!!!!!!

1998-03-15 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
se, it won't work. Then do this as root: rm /usr/X11R6/bin/X ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/ /usr/X11R6/bin/X And then try startx again. X must be a symbolic link to your X server. It sounds like you don't actually have that link set up. Good luck! -- Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting C

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
ach. 2) If you want to continue bickering about this, take it off the list. The noise/signal ratio you mention only deteriorates with this rubbish. -- Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILI

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
years their programmers have spent trying to make Windows look like an operating system. -- Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-E

Re: Navigator still crashes

1998-03-07 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
scrolling through a message (and I do that a *lot* on this list!) I gave it 15 minutes to think about it, and when the screen saver didn't come up I said my prayers and hit the button (no damage -- WHEW!). good luck. -- Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running

Re: EXT2-fs warning

1998-03-07 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
ssno to 1 (for root filesystem) or 2 (for other Linux filesystems). See man fstab. -- Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata

Re: compile errors

1998-03-06 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
elp...(not that I, a C++ greenhorn, would be much help even with them) cout is defined in iostream.h. If you didn't include it, you didn't include something you need. -- Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Running Linux 2.0.33 -- PLEASE read the Re

Re: Help!!! Funny broken bits???

1998-03-05 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
? Do you have the correct filesystem type listed for the partition in /etc/fstab? I don't know if it would matter, but how about the fsck order option in /etc/fstab (that last number in the entry)? Is it a 2? Good luck! -- Fred W. Noltie Jr. Criterion Consulting Coon Rapids, MN USA Runni