RE: Failures on rpm -Fv updates

2003-07-10 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Failures on rpm -Fv updates -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:50:07 -0400, Mitchell K. Smith wrote: > You can't (shouldn't) do it that way. What way? Ah, quote at the bottom. ;) > Put all your update files into /va

RE: Failures on rpm -Fv updates

2003-07-10 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
I've never used apt before. Is this really safe? For beginners especially I would say to stick with the updates that up2date grabs or that you DL from the Red Hat updates ftp server. But to each his own Mitch > Or rpm -Uvh apt*.rpm apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade http:/

RE: Failures on rpm -Fv updates

2003-07-10 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
You can't (shouldn't) do it that way. Put all your update files into /var/spool/up2date This is the way I do the updates manually. Maybe someone else has a better way but this has worked for me for several years. 1. determine which kernel rpm you need and get it from the appropriate directory.

RE: installing java plugin for Mozilla

2003-07-08 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
datory" to install. Mitch Smith -Original Message- From: Edward Croft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:50 AM To: Red Hat List Subject: RE: installing java plugin for Mozilla On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 10:40, Mitchell K. Smith wrote: > You can start here: > h

RE: installing java plugin for Mozilla

2003-07-08 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
You can start here: http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Here are the docs to the manual install of the plugin. I have used the ns610 library with Mozilla in the past. I have been having some problems getting it to work with mozilla 1.4 though but I have not spent too much time on it yet.

RE: Synchronising the time on RH9

2003-07-01 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
Christy, Can you please post your /etc/ntp.conf from your time server and one of the clients. Mitch Smith -Original Message- From: Christy Mahon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Synchronising the time on RH9 One server syncs w

RE: RHN updates are very large in volume.

2003-06-27 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
Once upon a time Red Hat was producing an update CD about every quarter. Not sure if they still do but that would certainly be an option. Mitch Smith -Original Message- From: Panos Tsapralis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 4:53 AM To: RedHat Subject: RHN updates ar

RE: Problems mounting Netware-volumes

2001-03-29 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
, I think once you have IPX running it should work fine. Does on mine. I hope this helps. Mitchell K. Smith Service and Information Systems Manager ePlus Technology of PA 130 Futura Drive Pottstown, PA 19464 610-495-7800 Ext. 264 610-495-1264 direct 610-495-2800 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Origi

repeat messages

2001-03-23 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
Why does the message I sent to this list RE X sessions keep repeating?? Mitchell K. Smith Service and Information Systems Manager ePlus Technology of PA 130 Futura Drive Pottstown, PA 19464 610-495-7800 Ext. 264 610-495-1264 direct 610-495-2800 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: XFree86 and Dell C600

2001-03-22 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
Tom, You can start here. http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/XFree86-upgrade/XFree86-upgrade.htm l Although this is for older versions, I believe the idea is the same. These are docs for version 4.0.2. http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.2/index.html Hope this helps. Mitch Smith -Original Me

RE: disk activity

2001-03-21 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
Lee, When I see unusual disk activity, I just run top. Then I sort by CPU usage (P) and it shows the process that is running. Mostly I have seen this as updatedb running. Mitch Smith -Original Message- From: lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 10:29 AM To: [E

Duplicate messages

2001-03-21 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
I sent a message to this list with the subject of "X sessions" The message keeps appearing on the list and I am NOT resending it. Why? Thanks. Mitchell K. Smith Service and Information Systems Manager ePlus Technology of PA 130 Futura Drive Pottstown, PA 19464 610-495-7800 Ext. 2

RE: X sessions

2001-03-20 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
2001 1:33 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: X sessions Try X Manager at www.download.com. This should get you started. You will pull up a xterm window and you can launch x apps from there. -Original Message----- From: Mitchell K. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesd

X sessions

2001-03-20 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
don't need exclusive control of the desktop. Can someone tell me where to begin? Thanks. Mitchell K. Smith Service and Information Systems Manager ePlus Technology of PA 130 Futura Drive Pottstown, PA 19464 610-495-7800 Ext. 264 610-495-1264 direct 610-495-2800 fax [EMAIL PROT

bash alias problem

2001-01-22 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
adding the alias to the user profile as well but this has no effect. Thanks for your help. Mitchell K. Smith Service and Information Systems Manager ePlus Technology of PA 130 Futura Drive Pottstown, PA 19464 610-495-7800 Ext. 264 610-495-1264 direct 610-495-2800 fax [EMAIL

RE: 3c905 problem:

2001-01-18 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
Here is some additional information for you. 3Com driver library. http://infodeli.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/index.htm Specifically for the 3c905c http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c905c.htm Linux drivers are listed here as well as the Win drivers. The diagnostics are contained in th

error on ping

2001-01-17 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
usec What does this mean and how can I fix it? Thanks for your help. Mitchell K. Smith Service and Information Systems Manager ePlus Technology of PA 610-495-7800 Ext. 264 610-495-1264 direct 610-495-2800 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list

RE: NIC's stuck at 10Meg

2001-01-17 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
start. If you are going to a switch, you MUST force the NIC to 100Mbps and Full duplex. Otherwise the switch can get confused. Make sure also that the switch is set to 100Mbps and Full duplex. If that doesn't help you let me know. Mitchell K. Smith Service and Information Systems Man

RE: Firewall

2001-01-03 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
Try FireStarter. http://firestarter.sourceforge.net/ I would also be interested in any additional thoughts on FireStarter. Mitch Smith -Original Message- From: Harry Putnam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 6:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Firewall

disk partitioning for big drives

2000-12-18 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
thinking something like this: / root /webweb server data /ftpftp storage I would appreciate any other comments on doing this as well. Thank you. Mitchell K. Smith Service and Information Systems Manager ePlus Technology of PA 610-495-7800 Ext. 246 610-495-1264 direct 610-495-2800 fax

RE: Looking for a good sniffer

2000-12-18 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
I would suggest Ethereal 0.8.14 It will run under Gnome. see ethereal.zing.org Mitch Smith -Original Message- From: Jason Holland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Looking for a good sniffer dsniff is pretty good too

PCMCIA driver disk

2000-12-14 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
I have a Compaq Armada 1130T laptop that I am trying to setup with Linux 7.0. It does not have an internal CDROM drive. I do have an Panasonic external CD attached via a pcmcia card. When I boot from the install floppy and start setup, it prompts me for a driver disk. Is it possible to create

RE: controlling static buildup

2000-12-13 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
ports, etc. One good heavy spray should last about a month depending on the environment. Mitchell K. Smith Service Manager ePlus Technology 610-495-7800 Ext. 264 or 201 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/ma

Printer Tool in Gnome

2000-12-05 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
erver name and HP_5SI as the print queue name. This sends lpd into an endless loop doing something when I try to print. Not sure what it's doing and it never prints. If you know of a web site that discusses this in detail I would appreciate that as well. Thanks for your help. Mitchell K

RE: RH Notebooks

2000-12-04 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
I believe that Dell has Notebooks that come with Linux pre-installed. There service is pretty good but sometimes delivery on notebooks is slow. Good luck. Mitch Smith -Original Message- From: Tundra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

screen blanking

2000-12-04 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
I am using Red Har 7.0. When working at the command line (without X) I can turn off screen blanking by doing a setterm -blank off I have two questions. Does the setterm option "stick" upon rebooting? Can I turn off screen blanking when using Gnome? Thanks for your help. Mitchel

printing to NetWare print queue

2000-12-04 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
sure what it's doing and it never prints. If you know of a web site that discusses this in detail I would appreciate that as well. Thanks for your help. Mitchell K. Smith Service Manager ePlus Technology 610-495-7800 Ext. 264 or 201 ___ Redhat

Printing to NetWare print queue

2000-12-04 Thread Mitchell K. Smith
s lpd into an endless loop doing something > when I try to print. Not sure what it's doing and it never prints. > If you know of a web site that discusses this in detail I would appreciate > that as well. > Thanks for your help. > > Mitchell K. Smith &g