Re: 2nd post - SETSERIAL? - WAS Syncing a Palm in Redhat73

2002-12-31 Thread fred smith
un setserial. The purpose in setserial is to tell the OS about the actual settings of the hardware. So if your serial port is config'd to IRQ3 (say), and you tell the OS it's some other value (with setserial) then I'd expect potential "bad things" to happen when the port

Re: Video Card

2002-12-27 Thread fred smith
On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 08:15:46PM -0800, Amit Mhatre wrote: > Ur Video Card must be either Located on com1 or com2. You're joking, right? -- --- . Fr

USB mouse problem

2002-12-24 Thread fred smith
ow I hate to do that). Anybody got a clue? BTW, this is RH7.2 fully updated except for the kernel. I can't run the later errata kernels because my promise Ultra-66 doesn't work with them, so I'm running the 2.4.9-34 errata kernel. --

Re: Configuring modem

2002-12-19 Thread fred smith
I prefer a real external serial modem. Worth the extra cost, because they simply work. -- --- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__

Re: Linux and Older Computers

2002-12-15 Thread fred smith
ibe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Lexmark Z11 printer

2002-12-14 Thread fred smith
ith the job stagnating in the queue, eventually timed out and purged), or I get a page with squiggly lines on it. Has anyone here had any luck with the "lz11" (or the cz11 variants) listed on linuxprinting.org and a Z11 printer? TIA -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: mounting CDrom

2002-12-12 Thread fred smith
> Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners,

Re: In need of a UPS

2002-12-10 Thread fred smith
fun, > -- > _ > Brian Ashe CTO > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. > http://www.dee-web.com/ > ----- >

Re: Switching screens brings me back to login?!?

2002-12-05 Thread fred smith
en you switch away from X by ctrl-alt-F1, to return to X you need to do ALT-F7. Is that what you're doing? -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righte

Re: serial config

2002-12-03 Thread fred smith
c.local. Also take a look at 'man setserial'. If you don't have a /etc/rc.d/rc.serial, just add the appropriate command (gleaned from the above reading) to /etc/rc.d/rc.local -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: making a 15MB file (for test)

2002-12-03 Thread fred smith
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 12:03:17PM +0100, Nick Wilson wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to create a 15mb file for a test. Is there a way to do this? > > Many thanks > something like: dd if=/dev/zero of=mytestfile bs=1048576 count=15 (untested, so YMMV....) -

Re: System Requirements

2002-11-28 Thread fred smith
tle brains out. YOu won't even be able to do 'ls' in a text console without a swap storm. Unless you're a serious masochist, you'll want to skip installation of all GUI-related stuff and just use it as a text-mode unix clone. Does this 386 by any chance have 30-pin SIMM socke

Re: tip equivalent

2002-11-26 Thread fred smith
some kind of terminal program there are many better answers, including: minicom, ckermit. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the

Re: System restore

2002-11-18 Thread fred smith
mount and access your partitions. Another tool I've used many times is TomsRTBT, a single floppy Linux system that crams an amazing amount of useful stuff on a single 3.5" diskette. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "And he will be called Won

Re: The new Kernel

2002-11-18 Thread fred smith
ot;go back to the old ones", can you be specific about which version you are using, please? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners,

Re: The new Kernel

2002-11-17 Thread fred smith
irmware in the ultra66, how about you? (from memory, I think it's verson 2.0 build 18 (2.00b18). Fred > > -Rick > -- > Rick Johnson, RHCE - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux/WAN Administrator - Medata, Inc. (from home) > PGP Key: https://mail.medata.com/pgp/rjohnson.asc > > -

The new Kernel

2002-11-17 Thread fred smith
itional comment). -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -

[OT] Sound pitch change in software

2002-11-16 Thread fred smith
the pitch without changing the speed? I'd love to drop thhese things a couple of whole steps then burn a replacement CD of it. Advice (useful advice, that is) welcome. thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord detests the wa

Re: C- fork question

2002-11-15 Thread fred smith
m? It's the return value from fork(). I refer you to the man page for fork: man fork -- ------- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // /

Re: Printing Delay Problem

2002-11-14 Thread fred smith
hics commands it takes to draw it on your printer. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv)

Re: Cron not running? RedHat 6.2

2002-11-12 Thread fred smith
er output for failed cron jobs. Also, note that the environment expected by the intended user may not (usually is not) present when run via cron, so you may need to ensure that suitable environment variables are forced to desired values when running the cron job. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PRO

Re: opinions on programming books

2002-11-09 Thread fred smith
Edition)" I have no experience with these other books, sorry. -- --- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__

Re: printing question

2002-11-08 Thread fred smith
rinter's IP address, make up a queue name for it, choose printer type and drive, and voila. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousn

Re: com port irq setting?

2002-11-04 Thread fred smith
4 to something other than irq 4 or 3 Check out the man page for 'setserial'. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. ---

Re: Masquerade hacking problem.

2002-11-02 Thread fred smith
hat is infected with some worm/virus, possibly BUGBEAR, possibly others. You ought to see the number of hits my firewall gets from people trying to get IN through it on port 137 I get several dozen a day, all from either script-kiddies, or innocents who are infected and don'

Re: changing date stamp on a file

2002-11-02 Thread fred smith
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 06:03:47AM -0600, Sudhaker P wrote: > > > Hi, > Is there any way we can change the date stamp on a file to a specific time? > Please forgive my dumb question. > Yes, look at the man page for 'touch'. -- Fr

[OT] public news server?

2002-10-31 Thread fred smith
couple of dozen groups (comp.lang.c, comp.os.unix.*, linux groups, etc.) ?? Preferably using suck or leafnode or similar to bring them down here for offline reading? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - But God demonstrates his own love

Re: Red Hat License?

2002-10-31 Thread fred smith
it). 2. morally you ought to buy it from Red Hat. they put a lot of time into building the distribution and making it available. If you're selling systems containing their distribution the very least you can do is let Red hat have the few bucks they earn from a copy. Is $59 additional p

Re: Getting data off an old hard drive

2002-10-30 Thread fred smith
and hose your file system) when there is a command specifically for this: e2label -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will

Re: Scanning unlimited ...?

2002-10-27 Thread fred smith
wice per hour when being > online, now (as I said previosly) the scans come extremlely shortly > after having connected my machine to the Internet (this is new, IIRC), > and extremely often to port 137, and the whole scanning activity > against my machine seems to have increased about

Re: risc 6000/350

2002-10-25 Thread fred smith
friend > http://www.google.com/search?q=ibm+risc+6000 -- --- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__

Re: CD burner recommendation.

2002-10-19 Thread fred smith
eat, but when it spins up to 48x it whines like a jet engine. It replaced an old Ricoh ATAPI drive (6x read, 2x write) which still works fine, its just too pokey for words. -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I can do all things thro

Re: Convert files via Commandline

2002-10-14 Thread fred smith
ted The ImageMagick packge includes a program named convert: convert foo.tif foo.gif ImageMagick is a standard part of 7.2, I would assume it also comes with 7.3 and other releases too. -- -----

Re: which usb devices are plugged in?

2002-10-14 Thread fred smith
Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=hid E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 4 Ivl= 10ms Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prin

Re: Adobe Premier like program for Linux?

2002-10-09 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 02:54:22PM -0500, Apollo @ Carmel wrote: > Anyone know of a good replacement for Adobe Premier so it works Linux? Not knowing what Adobe Premier is/does, it's hard to advise you. -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Fo

Re: pipes , redirections , ... problem

2002-10-04 Thread fred smith
racter: ` It's NOT the apostrophe ('), but its approximate mirror image. This takes the standard output of whatever is enclosed inside it and substitutes it into the commandline of the preceding command. So, to do what you want, you should do: touch `date +%m_%b_%y.out` -- Fred

Re: HowTo : Launch a program from a C program

2002-09-25 Thread fred smith
uot; > Thanks > Canarich > There's more than one way to do it, depending on exactly what you are wanting to do. Check the man pages on: fork() the execxx() family (execlp, execve, etc., etc.) also check wait(), waitpid(), etc. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Galeon 1.2.6 trouble

2002-09-23 Thread fred smith
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 09:00:55PM -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote: > > fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > So, I can't install Mozilla and Galeon without the gdk-pixbuf. I've built > > gdk-pixbuf 0.19 but it won't install because it conflicts with

Galeon 1.2.6 trouble

2002-09-22 Thread fred smith
I can solve this little gotcha ?? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv)

Re: Printing Man Pages

2002-09-21 Thread fred smith
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 09:47:31PM -0400, fred smith wrote: > On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 09:05:21AM +1200, Linux wrote: > > > > >From time to time it is good to have printed copies of man pages. > > when I issue the command "man binary > /path > > When I do t

Re: Printing Man Pages

2002-09-21 Thread fred smith
man -t foobar and voila! a nicely formatted page for foobar! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or

Re: HowTo : make a serial port communication

2002-09-10 Thread fred smith
rammingon LInux is pretty much like serial port programming on any other Unix(-like) system. There is (or used to be, I don't know if it's been kept up to date) a HOWTO (or maybe a mini-HOWTO) on LInux serial port programming. Not sure where you can find it online, but if you are unable to fin

Re: Turn on ´num lock´ during boot..

2002-09-09 Thread fred smith
See 'man terminfo' and the other pages it refers you to. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in

Re: HowTo : make a serial port communication

2002-09-05 Thread fred smith
serial port? or are you wanting to do file transfers via a serial port? If so, using what protocol, to/from what sort of system and software? Or something else? If so, what? -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you not know? Have you not

Re: Want to upgrade to Mozilla 1.1

2002-09-04 Thread fred smith
it on my RH72 system. But then I see the name 'ximian' on those, so I guess you've hacked your system with Ximian RPMs, so all bets are off. You may find it helpful to inquire on a ximian list, if there is one. > Is it possible to install Mozilla 1.1 without doing major work to >

Re: can't use a system with two hard disks, both with a linux installation?

2002-09-01 Thread fred smith
g your lilo.conf or grub.conf is set up right. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --

Re: Hard Drive Help

2002-08-27 Thread fred smith
nce it without a lot of headache. less /var/log/dmesg appears to be the original boot log. it is NOT the same thing you see (days or weeks later) when doing "dmesg | less". > > 2. When the drive is detected and I partition it, is there a way to get > linux to see

Re: Photo-quality printer and software?

2002-08-27 Thread fred smith
y software for Linux corresponding to the various Windows > programs for managing photo albums and printing photos from them? probably I'm not familiar with them, though. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, '

Re: Newbie: Media Player

2002-08-12 Thread fred smith
l play all the rest of them. Was watching an avi video myself just the other day with mplayer. -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will

Re: UUCP

2002-08-12 Thread fred smith
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 08:23:41AM -0400, Michael Tiernan wrote: > On Monday 12 August 2002 07:17, fred smith said: > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 02:38:16PM +1000, Bruce Conmee wrote: > > > "retry time out not reached" > > or you may be able to do a quic

Re: UUCP

2002-08-12 Thread fred smith
ile=uucp.info-1 or you may be able to do a quick rerun by first removing the file: /var/spool/uucp/./Status/ Good luck! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heave

Re: Adding an additional drive...

2002-08-08 Thread fred smith
option to the mke2fs commandline. > Then > "mount /dev/hdb1 " > where is a directory you made to mount the filesystem on. > -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Fathe

Re: Hardware Modem needed

2002-08-03 Thread fred smith
t have no detailed knowledge or direct experience. Good luck! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savio

Re: Terminal Program(s)

2002-07-13 Thread fred smith
Then there's minicom for serial dialup > > connections. All are included in Red Hat distros. > > > > Tony -- --- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PRO

Re: How many files can be created in one directory

2002-07-11 Thread fred smith
paying a performance price when the numbers get large. And No, I don't think we can be specific about what "large" means. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of

Re: spurious 8259A interrupt irq 7

2002-06-29 Thread fred smith
you may be able to suppress it (I'm talking thru my hat here, not having encountered this particular issue) by entering the BIOS SETUP utility and seeing if there are any choices for disabling the printer port's interrupt. Or perhaps by

Re: Installing Oracle 8i for Linux

2002-06-26 Thread fred smith
And then it sits and there is no action on the Cdrom and nothing happens. > > I would appreciate any suggestions as to what I could do to resolve the > problem. See above. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I can

Re: Newbie kernel question

2002-06-23 Thread fred smith
en to a "make modules" or whatever the correct incantation is this week. followed by a "make modules-install" or maybe it's "make modules_install" or similar. Not having done _exactly_ that it's possible

suggestions for public news server???

2002-06-10 Thread fred smith
pset and cut us off after a while. Suggestions welcome. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. - Pro

Re: Darn you Tux Racer!

2002-06-07 Thread fred smith
e2 card on a K6-2/400 (with nvidia's drivers) it screams. But I must admit I've never tried it via remote X or VNC, so maybe I'm all wet. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any d

Re: Terminal Services

2002-06-03 Thread fred smith
ECTED] > > > > > > > > ___ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > >

Re: minimum ram required for install?

2002-05-04 Thread fred smith
perhaps a search on freshmeat would help you find it. -- --- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (_

7.2 ISOs with all updates

2002-04-12 Thread fred smith
Dear RH gang: Does anyone have 7.2 ISO images complete with all the current errata? If not, can someone point me to documentation on how to create them? So far I've come up empty when looking for such info. Thanx! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

odd SMB behavior on 7.2

2002-04-12 Thread fred smith
hanks! -- --- .---- Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Ju

Re: Small network NTP server

2002-04-07 Thread fred smith
nd offset the clock appropriately on power up. so, not only does it deal with the clock drifting while the system is powered on, but also when powered off. Cool, eh? -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I can do all things through C

Re: Small network NTP server

2002-04-07 Thread fred smith
windoze machines. Since there are some of those thingsn on my home LAN, I've tried a few and have settled on 'automachron' which seems to work reliably and unobtrusively to keep in sync with the chrony server here. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: [LONG] Re: a little help for newbie in C

2002-04-07 Thread fred smith
- --- rm -rf /bin/laden --- > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8sGD9s4dF9gl05swRAgpdAJ9VaetqO3+wqgLZMFDH/OoqWT/CxQCeOMZV > 4YgbN4/uLZGtovN4v7SAzgM= > =rTXb > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > __

[LONG] Re: a little help for newbie in C

2002-04-06 Thread fred smith
ait indefinitely. `c_cc[VMIN] == 0, c_cc[VTIME] > 0' `read()' will return as soon as any input is available; if VTIME expires with no data arriving, it will return with no characters read. (This conflicts slightly with the end-of-file indication received in the even

Re: Help with scripts...URGENT

2002-03-28 Thread fred smith
mong other things) is an FTP client, and which has its own powerful scripting language. You can easily use it to write complex programs for doing such-like stuff. See www.columbia.edu/kermit. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - But God demo

Re: go to posicion on screen using C

2002-03-25 Thread fred smith
7; and look at all the other pages those refer you to. There's also probably a bunch of other info in /usr/doc or /usr/share/doc under either curses* or ncurses*. Plenty of tutorials or other info on the web, too. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: Problem with gcc

2002-03-20 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 12:22:27PM -0600, Saul Arias wrote: > Start here: > http://www.google.com/search?q=memtest86 > > On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 11:41, Fernando Costa de Almeida wrote: > > Where can I find memtest86? or directly at www.memtest86.com -- Fred Smith -

Re: RH 7.2 and dual processor motherboards

2002-03-20 Thread fred smith
OTOH, has a FPU at least a strong as Intel's, some would say it's even better. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety.

Re: [somewhat OT] pci ide card

2002-03-12 Thread fred smith
6 and it works nicely. If you can find out what chip is on the Promise card you can look in the kernel sources to see if it's supported. There is support for multiple Promise chipsets. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The e

Re: How to modify evironment variables in a C program

2002-03-08 Thread fred smith
our help. > > Regards, > Nemo Mai > > > > > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: video card for RH 7.2

2002-03-08 Thread fred smith
gt; > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord

Re: Simple printer setup

2002-03-05 Thread fred smith
t go to redhat.com and look at the errata list. there are several that affect the printing subsystem. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven

Re: Burning images to CD

2002-02-16 Thread fred smith
as installation disks to CD? Using whatever CD burning software you have, tell it you've got an ISO image and it should know what to do with it. DO NOT create a CD that contains one file, that file being the one you downloaded. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: stop a print job

2002-02-14 Thread fred smith
xt console) do: lpq and it will show you the jobs (if any) currently in the default print queue. if you have more than one print queue defined, you can do: lpq -Pprint-queue-name To flush a job from the print queue, do: lprm jobid where the jobid is the value shown in

Re: Problems with my printer

2002-02-13 Thread fred smith
hat-list > > - -- > Linux User > Registered #232544 > http://counter.li.org/ > my GnuPG-key at > www.keyserver.net > - --- rm -rf /bin/laden --- > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org >

Re: Problems with my printer

2002-02-11 Thread fred smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8aIUCs4dF9gl05swRAhyPAKCpB7uFa8O0tfaM0qosC8LguiczbwCfTOsx > Om7v0mFStRpPVRNahxsKk2E= > =F6Ks > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > _______ &

Re: Visioneer Scanner

2002-02-04 Thread fred smith
ything about support for Visioneer, please post it to this list as I also have one of 'em. I keep a windoze box going primarily so I can scan things once in a while. It'd be nice to not need to go to the dark side just for that. Fred -- Fred Smith --

Re: Symbolic links

2002-02-02 Thread fred smith
if the linked-to item's path is short enough it may be stored directly in the inode occupied by the link. A hard link, OTOH, is nothing more than another directory entry, no more, no less. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For him who is able to keep y

reinstalling GRUB boot sector

2002-02-02 Thread fred smith
ub docs) is how do I reinstall the GRUB boot sector on the hard drive once the upgrade is done? If it were LILO I would just do /sbin/lilo, but I can't read between the lines of the GRUB docs well enough to find the answer. Advice will be appreciated! Thanks, Fred --

Re: Serial interrupt programming

2002-02-01 Thread fred smith
ing HOWTO (that name is from memory, it may be slightly different) for all the gory details. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to div

Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat

2002-01-19 Thread fred smith
nies that get swallowed up by a big fish, which then decides it doesn't know how to manage it, lets it go all to heck, then splits off the various bits (arms, legs, embedded stuff, Cygnus, Linux, enterprise systems, support, etc.) sells each of 'em at a loss and eventually

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread fred smith
ll 'em. I just did so about 3 days ago on a RH72 box and it runs fine. TuxRacer and Chromium run real nice now (instead of about 1 frame every 5 seconds as before). Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - But Go

Re: CDROM Not Mounting

2002-01-13 Thread fred smith
I did was get and install all the errata). good luck! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

ipfwadm

2002-01-13 Thread fred smith
re someone here who understands IPFWADM (rather than doing a cookbook thing like I'm forced to do in lieu of knowing what I'm doing) who can help enlighten me as to 1) what's the problem here, and 2) how to really do what I want to do? Thanks! Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PRO

Re: Error When Boot the Linux

2002-01-10 Thread fred smith
ng or to make changes, just answer 'y' or 'yes' to each question. When fsck is done, type CTRL-D (control key and the D key at the same time) and it should restart the system. Good luck, and Happy Linux Learning! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: Samba Question

2002-01-10 Thread fred smith
etworking and therefore I NEED a cookbook like this. -- ------- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__

Re: Clock Synchronizer

2002-01-06 Thread fred smith
ret I've been using automachron which syncs nicely with my ntp server on Linux. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit,

Re: mass file renaming

2002-01-03 Thread fred smith
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 10:45:44AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 05:41:18AM -0500, fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > | > No. It sort of works without the parens. His quoting problems (lack of) will > | > bite him as soon as he hits a less

Re: mass file renaming

2002-01-02 Thread fred smith
| tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"` evaluates to the TEXT result of the echo|tr command, so that the final command turns into: mv File.One file.one mv File.tWo file.two mv FILe.ThrEE file.three etc. Also, check out the man page on 'tr' to see all the

Re: where is word perfect ?

2001-12-29 Thread fred smith
libc5 stuff it needs. > >On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 16:48:16 -0500 > >fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > > > >>On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 11:33:15AM -0600, ABrady wrote: > >> > >>>On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 22:27:46 +0800 > >>>ethan

Re: where is word perfect ?

2001-12-28 Thread fred smith
or at least it didn't when I downloaded it (the first day it was available). -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righ

Re: recording sound with ES1371

2001-12-27 Thread fred smith
uiet parts fade into the (digital) mud. You ask "But can you hear the difference?" and my anser is "I haven't a clue". But it concerns me that I need to do that to make it work, and would seem to indicate something not working right. > > -Original Message

recording sound with ES1371

2001-12-27 Thread fred smith
e some trick to adjusting the mixer's controls? Or am I destined to have to buy a new sound card so I can accomplish this task? If I need a new card, I'm open to suggestions (but I'm not made out of money!) Thanks! Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: OT: Compiling multithreaded code

2001-12-25 Thread fred smith
want to do: gcc -O2 -pthread foo.c -o foo The -pthread flag forces both reentrancy, and linking of libpthread. You may find it helpful to start subscribing to comp.programming.threads. -- ----

Re: 7.2 on KT7a 1.3 MoBo, Duron, and Intellimouse Explorer USB

2001-12-21 Thread fred smith
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 08:55:37AM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 10:53:14AM -0600, Lucas wrote: > > > This did the trick. I didn't try it previously because I have a duron, but > > > I guess Red Hat als

Re: 7.2 on KT7a 1.3 MoBo, Duron, and Intellimouse Explorer USB

2001-12-21 Thread fred smith
dnesday, December 19, 2001 5:18 PM > Subject: Re: 7.2 on KT7a 1.3 MoBo, Duron, and Intellimouse Explorer USB > > > > try booting with "noathlon" as a kernal argument > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list &

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