RE: Linux Newbie - what's the point of newsgroups?

2003-02-03 Thread Victor
I wasn't asking anything I was making a remark after seeing one too many "go here first" comments. Yes, rudely, in retrospect. - Vic -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:23 AM To: [EMAIL PRO

RE: Linux Newbie - what's the point of newsgroups?

2003-02-03 Thread Victor
ch. - Vic -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Linux Newbie - what's the point of newsgroups? On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 18:11, Victor wrote: > Ok, I

RE: Linux Newbie - what's the point of newsgroups?

2003-02-03 Thread Victor
Ok, I see this shit all the time, go search Google go do this go do that What the hell is the point of mailing lists if the people that know how to fix the problems are too lazy to help those in need? Why should one even come to the mailing list in the future when one is told to basically "get

RE: Redhat 8.0, KDE, no Bluecurve

2003-01-21 Thread Victor
How could you not? You look under the kde configuration utility and in the look&feel section or something like that, then you ca choose the icon sets you want, you can choose the borders of the windows, and you can change the colors and theme of the buttons etc, and if you want to get fancy you can

Re: UDMA-33 on FIC VA503+

2000-06-05 Thread Victor R. Cardona
irreparable). > > All reasonable advice would be appreciated. Well, I cannot comment on the safety. I can say that I have done it before on the same motherboard and processor combo. hdparm will do the trick. You can read up on it at http://www.linux.com. They have in their tune up section a couple of posts about it. Victor -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: init level 4

2000-06-04 Thread Victor R. Cardona
he Linux Standards Base, however, you can always create more run leveles to suit your needs. There should be no problem with what you want to do. Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign."

Re: Saving screen content

2000-06-04 Thread Victor R. Cardona
On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 08:02:15AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > Kindly advise how to copy/save the content on Xwindow screen to a file? > (commands used - similar to snapshot) Gimp has a function that will do that. Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynici

Burning audio cds

2000-06-03 Thread Victor R. Cardona
. Thanks, Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign." --George W. Bush -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Listing for WINE

2000-06-03 Thread Victor R. Cardona
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 03:57:59PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Kindly advise is there a listing for WINE where people can list for > assistance in case of difficulty. I am not sure, but you might try looking at www.winehq.com. They have a lot of documentation th

Re: [OT] email style hint

2000-06-02 Thread Victor R. Cardona
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 07:13:29AM +0200, Zoki wrote: > On Sat, 27 May 2000, Victor R. Cardona wrote: > > > > ->In the name of bandwidth conservation, can we please let this thread end?!? > > > *** These kind of subjects are sometimes necessary and useful. It hel

Re: motherbroad.

2000-06-02 Thread Victor R. Cardona
nk the chipset isn't at > fault, but the way the motherboard utilises it. > > Like I said, I do not want a flame war, but I would like to hear why VIA is > such a bad beast for you. I am forced to agree. I use an FIC VA-503+ and an FIC PA-2013 here. They both have VIA chipsets and

Re: IP masquerading

2000-05-31 Thread Victor R. Cardona
; > Martin Reiser I thought that IPTABLES wasn't going to be used until the 2.4 kernels came out. Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign." --George W. Bush -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Linux Security

2000-05-31 Thread Victor R. Cardona
ux. Any facts? > > CH I think his sys admin is full of c***. Ipchains in a good firewall, and if you take the time to secure your system, then Linux can be very secure. The only problem is that most distributions have lax security out of the box. However, even this is improving. Victor

Re: parport CD writer

2000-05-28 Thread Victor R. Cardona
eful information for parellel port CD burners. Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign." --George W. Bush -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: [OT] email style hint

2000-05-27 Thread Victor R. Cardona
he name of bandwidth conservation, can we please let this thread end?!? Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign." --George W. Bush -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Log files....

2000-05-25 Thread Victor R. Cardona
t; Uk /var/log/messages will contain most of that information. Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign." --George W. Bush -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: kernel upgrades missing options

2000-05-25 Thread Victor R. Cardona
ere all based in Red Hat at one point > or another). SuSE was never based on Red Hat. It is based on Slackware. It does however use rpms. Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign."

Re: AT&T Anyone?

2000-05-23 Thread Victor R. Cardona
Their system is very Linux friendly. I used them for years. Basically, they use chap to authenicate you. They have instructions for linux at http:??www.wurd.com Victor On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 02:05:59PM -0500, Ahbaid Gaffoor wrote: > Anyone connecting to AT&T Worldnet out there? I real

Re: kernel upgrades missing options

2000-05-21 Thread Victor R. Cardona
Where you got the kernel really shouldn't matter. I too noticed that there are some options missing. The Power down on shutdown option is no longer included for some reason. Oh wel, as long as you don't have a dire need to upgrade, I guess it's ok. Victor On Sun, May 21, 200

Re: i586 & i686 Kernel configuration

2000-05-21 Thread Victor R. Cardona
I believe that the K6 -2 3D-Now does identify itself as a 586. Victor On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 11:20:13PM -0700, Krikofer wrote: > Hello, > Would anyone know if K6-2 3D cpu is considered i586 class cpu? When I install >RH 6.0 and later RH 6.2(which took me 4 days to download

Re: Forwarding not working

2000-05-21 Thread Victor R. Cardona
I use 6.1, but I'm guessing it is the same. If you go into /etc/sysconfig/network, you can change: FORWARD_IPV4=false to FORWARD_IPV4=true That should allow IP-forwarding to start automatically. Victor On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 06:08:58PM -0700, Tom Williamson wrote: > Anybody els

Re: licences

2000-05-20 Thread Victor R. Cardona
As far as I know Red Hat does not require you to buy licences for its products. Victor On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 02:30:38PM +0800, Mark Lo wrote: > Hi, > > I have two server that is using RedHat Linux 6.2 as the Platform, > I wonder how many licences do i need in this case ?

Re: LMSensors package

2000-05-20 Thread Victor R. Cardona
The actual sensors are in the motherboard. If you know what motherboard you have, then you could probably find out the answer from the manufacturer's web site. If you have a brand name system, then I don't know how you could find out. Victor On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:45:20AM -

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2000-05-19 Thread Victor R. Cardona
Sorry for the test. I have not been able to post and wanted to check all of my subscriptions. Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign." --George W. Bush -- To unsubscribe: mail [

Re: WP 8 installation & RedHat

2000-05-19 Thread Victor R. Cardona
Yes you can. Victor On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 10:42:47PM +0200, Andreas Müller wrote: > Hi all, > > I've downloaded WP8 from Corel's site and want to install it. > Now Corel mentions a security problem on their page, which could compromise the > system, when installi

remote printing fails

2000-05-19 Thread Victor R. Cardona
an provide. Victor -- "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign." --George W. Bush -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Using a parellel-port IDE CD burner?

2000-05-18 Thread Victor R. Cardona
as to how I can get this to work? Victor -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: rpm file not keeping accurate records of installed rpms

2000-05-14 Thread Victor R. Cardona
Do not put the rpm extension on the file. Try this: rpm -e mod_ssl-2.6.0_1.3.12-1 That should work. Victor On Tue, 9 May 2000, Glen Lee Edwards wrote: > I recently re-installed 6.1, and now the system isn't keeping accurate > track of installed rpms. Yesterday I installed mod_s

Posting with tin??

2000-05-14 Thread Victor R. Cardona
has helped yet. Thanks, Victor -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: RH on a 386?

2000-05-13 Thread Victor R. Cardona
If he can get everything he needs to fit in 40mb, then I would guess yes. It should run on a 386 with 32mb. Victor On Tue, 9 May 2000, Jim Baxter wrote: > Hi Gang > > I have been asked if RH 6.2 ( or 5.2 even) will run on a 386 with 32 mb > memory and 40mb hard disk. > Can

Re: Linux with worldnet.att.net?

2000-05-10 Thread Victor R. Cardona
I used them for a couple of years. They use CHAP, and actually have instructions available for configuring Linux. Basically, just dial/log-in as you would normally. Victor On Tue, 9 May 2000, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > I'm looking at changing providers and want to know if anyone has ex

Re: redhat is not linux?

2000-05-09 Thread Victor R. Cardona
available. Victor On Mon, 8 May 2000, int27h wrote: > Well, Long time ago I heard that rh don't have the same kernel like the rest > linux distro, and just days ago i got a www.redhatisnotlinux.org > mentioning that rh has gone to be an independent os using gnu distro? > >

Re: OK, I think I'm ready.

2000-05-05 Thread Victor R. Cardona
I believe that the C compiler is standard. The development package group under Red Hat mainly installs development libraries I believe. Victor On Sat, 6 May 2000, Danny wrote: > A C compiler is such a important tool. " you can't do anything" without a C > compiler. I can&#

Re: OK, I think I'm ready.

2000-05-04 Thread Victor R. Cardona
and make sure that the proper libraries are installed, as well as the needed compilers. I'm sorry I cannot be more specific, but hopefully this will start you off in the right direction. Victor On Thu, 4 May 2000, Jerry Human wrote: > Hello Ladies and Gentlemen of the Redhat List. I t

Newbies KDE question

2000-03-17 Thread Bernard Victor
I have recently installed Red Hat 6.00, and have been unable to open up KDE. At the login screen, there is an option to use KDE but clicking on this before or after putting in my user info, just brings up the log in screen, and then defaults to Gnome. If I try to switch to KDE from Gnome using she

New users boot up query

2000-03-17 Thread Bernard Victor
I get one error message when Linux is loading 'No APM support in Kernel'. Does this have any significance or can it be ignored or corrected. Finally can I upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1, or do you have to re-load, and anyway is 6.0 is more stable. Victors [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: mail [

Help in Setup & Configuring Intel NetportExpress XL Print Server.

1998-06-25 Thread Victor Pang
Solaris, HP-UX, etc...no Linux). Is there any documention on using on a Linux system? Thanks & Best Regards, Victor Pang -- 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 unsubsc

using PCI network cards

1998-05-31 Thread Perez, Victor
I've hear about problem using PCI network cards with Linux. I want to know if I'm going to have problems if I try to use a cheap NE2000 compatible PCI network card with Linux. Thanks for your support, Victor Perez Muena -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MA

RE: linux as a RAS server

1998-05-28 Thread Perez, Victor
Thanks a lot, now it's working. The only think not working was the "ms-dns" directive on the /etc/ppp/options file. Saludos, Victor Perez Muena -Original Message- From: Arisandy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 9:3

linux as a RAS server

1998-05-27 Thread Perez, Victor
Hi all: Does somebody knows how to setup linux to provide RAS dial-up access just like Windows NT? Right know AutoPPP doesn't work for me and I have to setup an IP address on the Windows 95 dial-up networking properties. Thanks for your help. Victor Perez Muena IS&T analyst Los

RedHat Cdrom problems !! (fwd)

1998-04-03 Thread Victor Plugaru
lease reply on my personal e-mail adress! Thank you ! Victor * * * * LINUX ? A reason to