Re: (no subject)

2002-04-16 Thread Eng. Manuel A. Camacho Q.
There are many good ones. You may want to take a look at twm, blackbox, and my favorite, xfce. -Manuel. Yohann DESQUERRE (DSI NOISIEL) wrote: > Hi, > > > I've got a small configuration(2MO Video RAM), which window manager is > better to use in that case !!! > > > thanks > > > > ___

Re: Help controlling spam

2002-04-02 Thread Eng. Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Thanks for all the replies. Best regards, -Manuel. Anthony E. Greene wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Eng. Manuel A. Camacho Q. wrote: > >>I have serious trouble with spam comming from Korea. It apparently comes >> >

Help controlling spam

2002-04-01 Thread Eng. Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Dear Friends: I have serious trouble with spam comming from Korea. It apparently comes from different addresses and servers. Right now, I have a modem connection to the net, and I am connecting via rp3, and readinm my mail with Mozilla 0.9.2.1. Is there anyway I can just send this messages to

Re: rpm question

2002-03-30 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Try rpm --rebuilddb first. -Manuel. ann kok wrote: > Hi all > > After upgrade db3, I used rpm -qa but got > Segmentation fault > > How do I do it? > > Thank you > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Ea

Re: What is the difference on Ix86

2002-03-25 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
i386 means that the package is compiled for a 386 processor. RedHat comes this way by default so you can install and run it on any intel architechture equal or better than a 386 processor. You can recompile your packages so you get them optimized for your processor (for instance, a PIII would

Re: Pensacola

2002-03-19 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Well, I can't tell anything you don't already know: Beta is better than Alpha, but it is still unpredictable. I would not try it on production machines. -Manuel. Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > The new beta... is it one of those polishing versions that makes things > a little better, or is it a rem

Re: XFree at 800x600

2002-03-15 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
On my Toshiba ( a lot older than yours ) I select a VGA card and a generic LCD monitor and works fine. I read somewhere on the net that IBM LCD monitors may work. You can also try SVGA with this combinations and one may work.. -Manuel. Fernando Lozano wrote: > Hi, > > >>if you'r sure of th

Re: how to access /etc/profile

2002-03-15 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
You may try booting from a tomsrbt diskette. -Manuel. Jianping Zhu wrote: > I did something wrong to file /etc/profile, no pico vi does not work at > all. How can i edit the file from root to correct the mistake i have made. > > Thanks. > > > > Jianping Zhu >

Re: Ho do you unpack compile a src.rpm

2002-03-14 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Well, I have a nice script that works. I called it rpmrb: time rpm --rebuild --target i686 $1 so you just run rpmrb filename.src.rpm (you can perfectly omitt "time" in the script) -Manuel. Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 13:04, Kjetil Tjensvold wrote: > >>How do you compile unp

Re: sun sparc station 5

2002-03-12 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
What to be done? Well, it depends on what you need. Personally, I would enjoy trying to build a cluster with them and use it for statistical analysis =) -Manuel. Thierry ITTY wrote: > I have the opportunity to be given some sun sparc station 5 > > I know it is possible to run linux on them,

Re: Dialer

2002-03-07 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
There are many graphical interfaces to dial to Internet. If you installed GNOME, more than probably you are using rp3 for connection. So, start rp3. Then right click over the interface, and choose Configure ppp. Edit the connection you want to use as a regular user.Check for the Advanced ta

Re: [OT]Basic to Matlab

2002-03-07 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
You may try looking for some sort of BASIC to C or FORTRAN translator, and then you can use them in Matlab (or Octave =) ). -Manuel. Julian Niño wrote: > Hello: > > > > I need information about some "compiler " from Basic to Matlab files. > > > > thanks. >

Re: Keyboard and mouse die

2002-03-05 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Does it happen when the screensaver is on? I had similar problems that dissapeared deselecting some screensavers from the list of xscreensaver. Hope this helps. -Manuel. Chet Nichols wrote: > Hey there, > > I'm running Redhat 7.2 on an IBM Thinkpad i1300 series laptop, and for > some rea

Re: RedHat 7.2 Freezing up

2002-03-03 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
. -Manuel. Manuel A. Camacho Q. wrote: > Same behaviour in my box. It goes into "sleeping beauty" mode, but seems > I am no prince to wake it up =) > > Same solution: turned off the screen saver and machine keeps working fine. > > -Manuel. > > [EMAIL PROTECTE

[OT] Problem with xfce (xfterminal) in RH7.2

2002-03-03 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi! I installed RH7.2 and compiled xfce 3.8.14c from SRPM. When I start xfterm, ls works colorless by default (it should run in color mode by default). If I run ls --color, it works. Logging in text mode, ls works with colors. And, if I start another terminal from the colorless xfterm, ls wor

Re: RedHat 7.2 Freezing up

2002-03-03 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Same behaviour in my box. It goes into "sleeping beauty" mode, but seems I am no prince to wake it up =) Same solution: turned off the screen saver and machine keeps working fine. -Manuel. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > I don't have apmd running but if my kids left xwindows logged in > and t

Re: Trouble upgrading from 7.0 to 7.2

2002-03-02 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Due to my prioe experiences (mostly unsuccessful) doing upgrades, now I have a separate /home partition, and I preffer doing fresh installs. Two days ago I installed RH7.2 and now I have an ext3 partitions and keep /home as ext2 (just in case...). -Manuel. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey ever

Re: fortune

2002-03-01 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hey guys, I just found an issue with fortune under RH7.2 I included /usr/games/fortune in my .bashrc. Then I su to root to compile xsysinfo with rpm --rebuild --targer i686, and then tried to install the compiled RPM with rpm -Uvh.BUT, I got dependency error messages with single words that mad

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-03-01 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Not a single error. Well, my laptop does not have a good sound system, so I don't load music CDs on it, but I have been installing software from various CDs, and everything is working fine. -Manuel. jmraz wrote: > * After the successful mount, and reboot, did you come across this > error ?

Re: HOW TO MAKE INSTALLABLE FLOPPY???

2002-02-17 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
"This is not Mission Difficult, Mr. Hunt... It is Mission Impossible" ;) -Manuel Statux wrote: > > The question was how to do such a thing with what was listed. Hence my > answer :) > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Manuel A. Camacho Q. wrote: > > > Statux wrote:

Re: HOW TO MAKE INSTALLABLE FLOPPY???

2002-02-17 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Statux wrote: > > > QS:: > > HOW TO MAKE INSTALLABLE FLOPPY NOT BOOTABLE DISK , > > WITH MININUM PACKAGES??? > > You won't get any recent version of RedHat to install on a system like > that, especially with such little memory. Floppy installation is out of Yes, it will. Just add some more RAM.

Re: System Recovery Question

2002-02-13 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
What about simply loading the installation CD and running the installation in the upgrade mode? -Manuel. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Have a server that is being messed around with in order to learn the > server. Someone deleted the /dev fs and we think it is a good > learning experience. What

Micromismatch?

2002-02-05 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I am having a problem with applications such as xmms and gtv. As user, I get the error message: Gtk-WARNING **: GModule initialization check failed: Gtk+ version too old (micro mismatch) This would lead to think about a problem with Gtk, BUT, as root, the same programs give no warning. Besides

Re: Looking for redhat LUG in spanish

2002-01-31 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
www.linux.or.cr LuisMi wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Do you know about any redhat LUG where the people talk in spanish? > > - -- > +-- > | Luis Miguel Cruz. > | | > Public K

Re: issues replacing win2k as my desktop

2002-01-23 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> > > >2) I do a lot of work with network diagrams, etc. in Visio. While there > >are graphing programs available on linux, to my knowledge none of them can > >use Visio templates or read/write visio files > > Take a look at VariCAD. I recall it could load Visio files, but I am not quite sur

Re: command completion / spelling errors

2002-01-23 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
David Talkington wrote: > consistently transposes the last two letters in /usr/locla. > In which case it would be safer to create an alias... ;) -Manuel. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/r

Re: Overriding original directory structure

2002-01-21 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Matthew Melvin wrote: > I think just leave off the second {} so you give it the target dir and the > target name is infered. So... > > find /mnt/cdrom -type f -exec cp {} /home/BigDog/files/source/ \; It is doing great. I just added an extra redirection of standard error to an errorfile. Than

Re: Changing from Red Hat to another distro: try freebsd or openbsd

2002-01-21 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I bought FreeBSD 3.2 in 1999. Still have not found any hardware capable of running it. It was really frustrating... -Manuel. adrian kok wrote: > > Try Freebsd or openbsd > > They are stable and secure > > > If one were to move from, say, Red Hat to another > distro, what would be > the most

Re: Changing from Red Hat to another distro: recommendations?

2002-01-21 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Trond, if I were a RH employee, I would take this chance to understand not only how the AOL aquisition of RH would affect the customers we *already* have, but also what is the real competitive advantage of the company and/or product. Haven't anyone wondered yet why, if so many ppl in this thread

Overriding original directory structure

2002-01-21 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I need to copy files from different directories in a CD-ROM to a single directory in my hard drive. So far, I tried with: find /mnt/cdrom/ -name * -type f -exec cp {} /home/BigDog/files/source/{} \; but I get errors as this try to create /home/.../source//mnt/cdrom/.../filename (yes, it trie

Re: Dell Laptop 8100

2002-01-20 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
There is a list on running Linux on Dell laptops on yahoogroups. These laptop works, but you have to take care of some details. -Manuel. Steve Lee wrote: > > I'm looking into buying a new laptop. > I have looked at the Dell Inspiron 8100 with > the 64 megs Radion Video card. How well does it

Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat

2002-01-19 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> Why is it that everything I decide I like and make a commitment to, gets > destroyed? Decent jazz stations, ICQ, maple syrup so thick you had to nuke Can we convince you of liking Winblows and Micro$oft??? ;) -Manuel. ___ Redhat-list mailing lis

Re: Does linux have any Autocad like software?

2002-01-13 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Dave Lopez wrote: > > Im just wondering if there are any autocad-like in linux? thanks.. > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list VariCAD, LinuxCAD. They are not OpenSource, but t

Re: I hate Gnome

2002-01-12 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> >How do I get rid of this disgusting thing that Red Hat put on my > >desktop? I want my old (fast) desktop from 5.2 back. The one with fast > >opening xterms, and a slimmed down and simple taskbar. > >robert canary I changed from gnome and twm to xfce. I tried it and just felt in love with i

Re: OT: Gone with the monsoon wind :-)

2002-01-08 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I wish you the best of luck. Have a wonderful time! -Manuel. Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I just wanted to let you all know that I will be travelling through South > East Asia for a couple of months :-). I'll be leaving to Bangkok this Friday. > I'll

Re: Missing RH7.2 CD - 2

2002-01-06 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I believe the basic Workstation install does not require the second CD. If you can access the second CD, you can copy both CDs to a fat32 partition and perform a hard disk installation. -Manuel. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > I had RH7.2 in 2 CD disto... Now the second CD is corru

Re: Dictation software

2001-12-18 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
You may want to read EmacSpeak. There is a HOWTO on the subject. -Manuel. Ian Truelsen wrote: > > Has anyone had any success with dictation software for Linux. I am looking > into ViaVoice. Has anyone used this? Does it work well? Are there any other > ones that I should be looking into? > > I

Virus was sent from the list!!!!

2001-12-11 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Take a look at what I got! -Manuel. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The attachment(s) that came with the following mail > received by you had Viruses in it. > > = > The Mail came from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Mail recipient: [EM

Dell Inspiron or Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook?

2001-11-16 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Santa is bringing me a new notebook, obviously linux compatible, but can't choose between a Dell Inspiron 8100 and a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook series C. Same processor, speed, graphics, hard disk, etc. Any recommendation would be highly appreciated. TIA, -Manuel. _

[OT] Read up to #1 !!!!

2001-05-03 Thread Eng. Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> TOP 43 OXYMORON'S: > > 43. Act naturally > 42. Found missing > 41. Resident alien > 40. Advanced BASIC > 39. Genuine imitation > 38. Airline Food > 37. Good grief > 36. Same difference > 35. Almost exactly > 34. Government organization > 33. Sanitary landfill > 32. Alone together > 31. Alone

RE: Why bash1 and not bash2?

2001-01-19 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I have the same feeling of 6.2 being more stable than 7.0. 7.0 crashes my workstation, sooner or later, but 6.2 stays rock solid. I will wait and upgrade to 7.2. -Manuel. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mai

Re: Powerpoint viewer

2001-01-04 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
How do you install it? Do you require to have a fat partition to use it, or can it just be copied in an ext2??? TIA, -Manuel. Justin Ballou wrote: > > I use WINE to run the free MS PowerPoint viewer. It's worked quite nicely. > > -- > Justin Ballou > The Physician's Computer Company > [EMAIL

Re: i386.rpm vs src.rpm

2000-12-30 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> First, you "rpm --rebuild this-program-version.src.rpm" > > This will unpack the source code, and compile it into an i386.rpm, > usually located in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386. > > You then "rpm -ivh this-program-version.i386.rpm" or "rpm -Uvh > this-program-version.i386.rpm" if upgrading. An

Re: International keyboard and Gnome

2000-12-26 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> Do you happen to have a link to any online document on this issue? I'm Nop. But what I did is as follows. I used kbdconfig until I got the kbd set as I wanted in text mode. As my keyboard is a Happy Hacking one, it does not have Spanish keys "per se", such as "ñ" or accents. It is an English

Re: International keyboard and Gnome

2000-12-25 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Sorry for the delay, Gustav!! You will have to modify XF86config by hand. That is the unique way to make your graphic environment understand what you are talking about. I had the same experience making my Happy Hacking Kbd working in Spanish... -Manuel. ___

RE: ABC's of Linux Red Hat 5.0

2000-12-20 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I recommend you to get a book called "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux", from Ricart. It comes with a CD (Caldera's OpenLinux) and it explains everything you should want to know at this point. -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombr

Any issues with SCSI external ZIPs???

2000-12-19 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi! I am getting a new external SCSI ZIP (250 MB), but I want to know if there is any issue I should know or if I can make it work with Linux just "out of the box". I will use it for backup purposes (my file folders only) using RH 6.2 and 7.0. TIA, -Manuel.

Good PDA to use with Linux.

2000-12-08 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Dear Friends: I want a PDA for X-mas, but I would like your opinions on which one is the better price/performance option. I want to be able to connect to my Linux workstation, and download email, of course, doing all the other stuff PDA are intended for. TIA, -Manuel. __

RE: [Re: Can't change resolutions]

2000-12-07 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> But you can always adjust to the resolution you want with > CTRL+ALT+KPadPLUS. BTW, pretty difficult (I mean impossible) if you have a "Happy Hacking Keyboard". -Manuel. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/ma

RE: web browser

2000-11-24 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
You may also want to try Emacs or Xemacs with W3. You can configure text browsers (such as Lynx) to open pics with xv or other graphics tool. -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombre de Michele Baldessari > Enviado el: Viernes, 24 de N

Re: Mail Clients (was: no subject)

2000-11-20 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi, Tom! I would like to try pine. But, being honest, the unique reason I use Netscape Messenger is because connecting to the net with rp3, I just had to turn it on and it worked. What (and how) should I set my system to get pine to work??? TIA, -Manuel. _

[OT] Nice little tale about *security* on DOS/Win systems...

2000-11-15 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I got this little story today. I hope you enjoy it the same way I did. -Manuel. "My wife works in a business where each employee has a shared folder based on their position in the company. The receptionist has 'reception' and so on. This business went through a placement service for an ex

RE: rh7.0 and keyboard

2000-11-10 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Do they work in text mode? You may try kbdconfig in text mode and edit xf86config to get the keybd setup you require. -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombre de Wahid Belhaouane > Enviado el: Viernes, 10 de Noviembre de 2000 05:00 a.m

RE: Smart & Friendly CD-RW on Linux?

2000-11-10 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> Also,if I recall, S&F drives were strictly IDE...and my understanding > is that there's some finagling you need to do to get IDE drives to be > accessed via a SCSI kludge under Linux. Nop. Mine is SCSI, and actually I had to change to another SCSI adapter to make it work under Linux. -Manuel.

RE: Smart & Friendly CD-RW on Linux?

2000-11-10 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I have an S&F working with gcombust. It works fine. I had to change the original SCSI adapter for an AdvanSys, as I never got the original to work under Linux. I also had troubles with xcdroast recognizing the drive, but once I changed to gcombust, everything worked fine (why? no idea... AFAIK bot

Re: several linux [comments]

2000-11-08 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Statux wrote: > > No offense, but if you're knew to Linux, then why would you want more than > one installation of it? What makes you think you can handle more than > one? I'm like the common sense fairy around here now adays (or at least > I try to be) :) Well, I myself keep two boxes. One is m

RE: Upgrade to 7.0 from 6.2

2000-11-07 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I don't work with servers but with workstations. After doing the upgrade to 7.0, I had to *downgrade* back to 6.2, but for an 486 I am using to keep on testing 7.0. -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombre de Dan Browning > Enviado el:

RE: Upgrading from 5.1 to 7.0

2000-10-27 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
You may want to take a look at redhat store. They have an upgrading CD, but I *guess* it was meant for 5.2 up. -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombre de Marco Shaw > Enviado el: Viernes, 27 de Octubre de 2000 10:28 a.m. > Para: [EMAI

RE: dd = destroy data?

2000-10-25 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> Quick question... would a bulk tape eraser work to wipe a hard drive? > Would it have to be one of those "industrial" bulk erasers or would > one of the ones you buy at Radio Shack do the job? :-) > John I don't know if that would work. I just would not try that. Magnetic tapes are pretty

RE: APM under RH7

2000-10-25 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> If you like the old behavior better, you can always change > the `halt` script in /etc/rc/d/init.d. Of course, the next > time you update your initscript package, your changes will > get overwritten, so save a backup copy under a different name. Or you can add an alias to .bashrc. -Manuel.

RE: dd = destroy data?

2000-10-25 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Sorry: technical term here. "Short circuiting" does not mean "burning". It is an electronic procedure that just means making a temporary electrical connection between two (well defined) parts of the circuit (usually two connections of an integrated circuit or with jumper changes). Short circuiting

Re: Gnome running when it wasn't installed

2000-10-24 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
If you get a message "package not installed" and you know it is there, try rebuilding your rpm database. man rpm for more info. -Manuel. Glen Lee Edwards wrote: > > I just installed 6.1 on an old 486-66 I had been running windows95 on. I > didn't install Gnome because I don't like it. I want

RE: dd = destroy data?

2000-10-24 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> > My $.02 here. 1.) You may fdisk your drive and reformat all of it as > > FAT32. 2.) If you can find the manual of your hard disks, there is > > almost always a way of wiping them out electronically (either > > shortcircuiting an IC or applying power with a jumper switch). > > Does that change

RE: ver 7.0

2000-10-24 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I had some problems upgrading my P3 to RH7. Actually, X crashed in about five minutes, using the same settings it used to have in previous versions of RH. APM was another issue. And I believe using a new version of RPM was not good considering the beta software. I had to downgrade back to 6.2. On

Re: gnome panel hosed

2000-10-23 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
If you don't mind loosing your actual configuration, rm ~/.gnome* -Rf . When you restart gnome, it will recreate the configuration directories and files. -Manuel. Bret Hughes wrote: > > I screwed up the Gnome task panel at the bottom of my screen by letting > gimp fill up my home partition. I

Re: dd = destroy data?

2000-10-23 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi, Barry! My $.02 here. 1.) You may fdisk your drive and reformat all of it as FAT32. 2.) If you can find the manual of your hard disks, there is almost always a way of wiping them out electronically (either shortcircuiting an IC or applying power with a jumper switch). -Manuel. "Barry L. Klin

Re: BASIC (ugh) on RH 7

2000-10-22 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> > Can anyone suggest an alternative. I may have to find an actual DOS system! > > > DOSEMU, or Opendos, which ships with a lot of distros. :-) If you require to install DOS in a partition, try FreeDOS. It is available in the net for downloading. -Manuel. _

Re: XFree86 4.01 upgrade on RH 6.2

2000-10-22 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> I'm running RH 6.2 and I'm trying to upgrade to XFree86 4.01 with rpms I > got from RawHide. I am getting the following message: > > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by XFree86-4.0.1-1 > > Are RPMs available for glibc 2.2? I can't find them anywhere... Hi, Mark! You may like to get a RH 7.0

Re: Troubles with X on RH 7.0 (Non-Political)

2000-10-22 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi, Eddie! I would bet it is an XFree86 issue. I have a Gaphics Blaster Exxtreme (Permedia 2) with a NEC Multisync XP17 that works wonderfully under the XFree version that comes with 6.2, but crashes in less than five minutes with the XFree version that comes with 7.0. No idea how to solve this.

Re: US Elections

2000-10-21 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> Now, I've personally never understood how people who can understand > technical subjects cannot also understand and do mechanical things. I've I don't get your point here. Mechanical things are really technical stuff. -Manuel. ___ Redhat-list mail

RE: (off topic...not referring to linux...just a funny) Fw: Physics of Hell

2000-10-19 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Cool! =) > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombre de Michael S. Dunsavage > Enviado el: Miércoles, 18 de Octubre de 2000 11:06 p.m. > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Asunto: (off topic...not referring to linux...just a funny) > Fw: Physics > of He

Installing from sources.

2000-10-18 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Dear friends: I am not a computer scientist, so I have always done my installations with the binaries packaged with RH releases. I always get the source CDs, which I colect as esoteric objects in my closet. Now, I want to recompile as much software as possible to improve my system. I guess I sho

Re: 1st OS

2000-10-18 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> Prior to WWII the term computer actually referred to a human being. Well, then "prior" would be a long time ago. First computers were not electronical but mechanical (and electromechanical after that), and they were developed many years before ww2 (even before ww1 =) ). So, the first OS, as som

RH 7.0 Nightmare: Permedia2 & other stories.

2000-10-09 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi! I got my RH 7.0 boxed set on Friday, and had a whole bunch of problems. Hope someone can help. 1.) The new version of XFree crashes with my Creative Labs Blaster Exxtreme (Permedia2 with 4 MB of video memory). It did not happen with the 6.x version series. First, best resolution I could get

RE: graphing software question

2000-10-09 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Depends on the graph you want to get: -gnuplot & geg (an X front end). -scilab. Look for them in the installation CD & Powertools CD. -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombre de Michael Stack > Enviado el: Domingo, 08 de Octubre de

Re: Installing Redhat 7.0 on a Dell Inspiron 3200 Notebook

2000-10-05 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Make a printout and save /etc/X11/XF86Config, so you can configure X easily. -Manuel. "Smith, Jonathan" wrote: > > Installing Redhat 7.0 on a Dell Inspiron 3200 Notebook > > Did anyone try it yet?? > > I toke me over a year to get X working right and now I am thinking about installed >Redha

RE: Does any one know........

2000-10-04 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> I see this said a lot. Isn't there still a risk when > installing the src > rpm? In other words can't a src rpm also have a malicious > install script > run? Unless you check out those scripts first, I don't see > how this can be > considered safe. I guess to be totally safe, you should "rea

RE: Does any one know........

2000-10-04 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Virus are mostly not an issue under Linux. You may want to get a virus checker for e-mail servers, mostly to avoid problems on clients running Windows. Regarding defragmentation, well, that is done mostly automatically on Linux. Actually, the problem would be when you *do not* want to defrag (for

Re: HOWTO in RH6.2

2000-10-03 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> I am not getting Linux-HowTo in rh6.2 CD-ROM. Or if i i find the package for > howto i do not get it. But in rh6.0 I just copied the HOWTO dir to linuxPC. In 6.2, there is an additional Documentation CD where all the HOWTOs are. -Manuel. ___ Redh

RE: Rh/SuSE/Caldera co-exist

2000-10-03 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Yes! =) Just be careful to set accurately on what partitions to install what. You can share swap and /home. -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombre de Selim Jahangir > Enviado el: Martes, 03 de Octubre de 2000 12:27 a.m. > Para: [EMA

Re: Fonts illegible in netscape

2000-09-29 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi! Banners look fine. There are three selection buttons on top which are not readable (do they have any content?). The font in the list of articles is not clear/big enough. -Manuel. Robert Friberg wrote: > > Hi all, > > Anyone care to check out this site and comment > on the fonts and render

RE: The best web editor

2000-09-22 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
There was an article about that in Linux Journal a couple of months ago. You may want to make a search in their site ( www.linuxjournal.com ). -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombre de Jason Costomiris > Enviado el: Viernes, 22 de Se

Re: Linux PostScript Forms Processor?

2000-09-17 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
You can use LaTex for that, too. -Manuel. Adrian Hunt wrote: > > All, > > Are there any packages for Linux similar to JetForm in > the open source arena? What we're looking for is > something where we could define a template page with a > bunch of "blanks" in it and then "fill in the blanks"

Problem copying audio CDs.

2000-09-15 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi! I have no trouble on duplicating data CDs, but when try to copy audio CDs, I get error messages regarding the track size. The master disks are played fine, but it seems I am doing something wrong on copying them. I am using gcombust 0.1.25-1. BTW, I tried copying the CDs with Easy CD creator

Re: Is it possible?

2000-09-11 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi, Jerry! There are some small versions of Linux you may want to try. For instance, Peanut and MuLinux. Take a look at sunsite for them. -Manuel. Jerry Human wrote: > > I know you guys are going to have a field day with this one but I have a > need. > Is it possible to install just enough Li

Re: Ext2 filesize limitation

2000-09-03 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Craig Addleman wrote: > > What is a LFS patch? And can you give me any pointers towards implementing > the required patches? Linux File System (LFS) patch. Although I usually don't need to patch, I read how to do it in a book called Running Linux, by Matt Welsh. It is an excellent general purpo

Lynx and pics.

2000-09-03 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I read somewhere that it is possible to surf with lynx under X and to set it in such a way that you can open pics with a viewing software (such as ee). Is this possible? If so, how do I set up lynx to do this? TIA, -Manuel. ___ Redhat-list mailing

Re: linux boot and root floppy

2000-09-01 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi! Have you tried tomsrtbt?? It is a one floppy linux startup disk already intended for recovery. It works great and is pretty easy to obtain and use. By the way, you may also want to check out an article about partition recovery that came on the last issue of Maximum Linux (I guess it is on lin

RE: X Server on Toshiba 440CDX Laptop

2000-08-30 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Take a look to the compatibility list on RedHat site, under Notebooks or Laptops. In one of the links I found the procedure to make X work with my Toshiba. Hope this helps. -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En > nombre de Mulcahy, Chris >

[OT] Real geeks...

2000-08-29 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
MORE OF YOU MAY BE A COMPUTER GEEK IF... You have your local computer store on speed dial. You can't carry on a conversation without talking about computers. Co-workers have to E-mail you about the fire alarm to get you out of the building. You've ever found "stray" diskettes when doing laundr

Re: Terminal Commands

2000-08-28 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Check out www.rea.com and www.quickstudycharts.com or www.barcharts.com -Manuel. " Manuel A. Camacho Q." wrote: > > I just came back from KSU, where I got some nice plastic coated sheets with > basic instructions for Linux, HTML, JAVA, etc.. I *guess* they have a web > pa

RE: Terminal Commands

2000-08-28 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
I just came back from KSU, where I got some nice plastic coated sheets with basic instructions for Linux, HTML, JAVA, etc.. I *guess* they have a web page where you can order them, but I will let know as soon as I get home (4 hours...). -Manuel. > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: Happyhacking keyboard

2000-08-28 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi! I asked about the same some months ago. I bought the Happy Hacking keyboard, and I would say it is very convenient if you work in a real UNIX like environment. Works excellent with Emacs, Lynx, and some other of the "real stuff". Cumbersome maneuvers? Well, trying to change to another virutal

Re: RH 5.0., RH 5.2 functionality

2000-08-27 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Depends on what you call "old". I am running even 6.2 in a 486 with 24 MB RAM. And 5.0 & 5.2 will definitely do. No problem with Y2K. -Manuel. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If I install RH 5.2 or 5.0 on an old box will it still run ? > Is 5.2 Y2K proof ? If not, which programs need updating?

RE: Names

2000-08-23 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Well, although we have been able to identify the procedence of the previous names (most of them related to TV series), the relationship between them is still a mistery... You may want to check the archives for a previous thread we had about the names. -Manuel. __

[OT] Have some fun!!!

2000-08-21 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Programming Constructs 1. Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. 2. Real programmers are those that can sleep in front of terminals with their eyes opened. 3. Real programmers don't work from 9 to 5. If any real programmer

RE: partionless install of RHL 6.2

2000-08-09 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> I was thinking of installing RHL on my laptop. First, try looking for compatibility information and hints on RedHat's site. When I could not configure my laptop screen, I got the answer there. > > Any hints? Anybody try a partionless install yet? Yes. I gave it a try. Linux works too slow. I

Re: Help figuring out a weird UPS problem

2000-07-21 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
> hog are internal modems. I know nothing about this. Would it be reasonable > or unreasonable to expect a Pentium III 600 with 2 internal hard drives, a > CD-RW drive, a modem and a monitor to exceed 420 watts? I did not know > that internal modems are notorious power hogs. Monitors need plenty

[OT] Sun MicroSystems Workstations.

2000-07-21 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Hi! I want to get a Sun Workstation (second hand). I plan using it as an engineering workstation, mostly CAD and math software. As I have never used one before, I have some basic questions. I looked some on the net, but I did not seem to see any with CD-ROM and/or floppy. Can this workstations w

Re: minimal install

2000-07-18 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Ok. Well, I got a wonderful 486/66, 24MB that runs X wonderfully with a small window manager (Icewm). I have another box that I assembled from old stuff in my closet: AMD 5x86 (100 MHz), 8MB of RAM, and 3.2 GB of hard disk (I was using a 541 with no trouble). RH 6.2 does not install on this mach

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