Re: KDE & system like cold molasses

2000-05-03 Thread fred smith
own hit. If you get desperate you could try pulling 16 megs of RAM out of the system to see if that helps. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can do all things through Christ

Re: How to copy floppy disks.

2000-04-20 Thread fred smith
s somewhat better. Larger than that didn't make any real difference. 18 wasn't bad. The default of many programs of 20 is, OTOH, **horrid**. I don't know how to test this, but my guess has been that it has to do with disk rotation latency. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Hard Disk diagnostics

2000-04-20 Thread fred smith
e > is bad as I have not had any noticable problems and They think I am > crazy since I load Linux on everything they build for me. > Linda e2fsck -cfv /dev/ The filesystem(s) should be either not mounted, or mounted read-only at the time this is

Re: Elink III (short version)

2000-04-18 Thread fred smith
e utility (you can get it from www.3com.com if you don't have it) to turn OFF the plug'n'pray nonsense and set the card "hardwired" to suitable address and IRQ. Good luck! Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] B

Re: vi munges the command prompt ...

2000-04-12 Thread fred smith
stead of performing some function. Most likely that's because there's a command being sent to the terminal that it doesn't recognize, and THAT's most likely because of one of the two above items. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: downloading zoot iso images

2000-04-07 Thread fred smith
On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 10:03:34PM -0400, John P. Verel wrote: > On 04/06/00, 09:44:36PM -0400, fred smith wrote: > > > > How do I either: > > 1. convince one of those idiot browsers to do a BINARY mode ftp > transfer > > Have you tried right clicking on the url

downloading zoot iso images

2000-04-06 Thread fred smith
surprise me if it's the latter, I'm no guru on this stuff). Suggestions welcome! Fred -- 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 j

New floppy problem on RH 5.2

2000-03-26 Thread fred smith
t. What do you all think? Fred -- --- .---

Re: kermit

2000-03-24 Thread fred smith
On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 01:36:34PM +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > Where can I find the kermit RPM? I dunno, but you can find a c-kermit binary at www.columbia.edu/kermit. Not to mention, the source from which you can build your own binary. Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTEC

freewwweb question

2000-03-21 Thread fred smith
le at all, so when ppp starts it still dials the same way I had it hand-configured. I'm really stumped! TIA Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fa

Re: UUCP file size limit

2000-03-13 Thread fred smith
psons - 12/18/99] > Visit - URL:http://www.vidiot.com/ (Your link to Star Trek and UPN) > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For the wo

Re: more modem blues

2000-03-10 Thread fred smith
09 > > if anyone has any ideas as to what's going on or how to force a > reliable (and reasonable speed) link - or what these modprobe errors > relate to then I'd love to hear from you! :) > > - > Nitro - 3D Visualisation, Graphics & Animation >

Re: OT: tell() function in Linux

2000-03-03 Thread fred smith
rnet Services > WWW http://www.aturna.net > _ > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. --

Re: [RedHat-List] Re: OT: C program problem, core dumps in linux but not unix.

2000-02-29 Thread fred smith
meaningful diagnostic. Given that some string implementations tolerate null pointers could be viewed as transforming it into a portability-thing, but I'd go, myself, for the robustiness-thing. It's not a good idea to lean on such checking merely because some im

Re: [OT] Processor Recommendation

2000-02-24 Thread fred smith
ad the K7's FPU outperforms a P2 or p3. You are right about the K6, however, its FPU is relatively anemic. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can do all things through Christ

Re: Linux Newbie...what's rooting ?!!1

2000-02-18 Thread fred smith
oot. if so, it refers to how the network layer knows where/how to send packets it encounters. See the "route" command: man route -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,

Re: [OT] AMD 5x86 on a Gateway2000 486??

2000-02-09 Thread fred smith
fely connect the AMD, but I don't know how to set the jumpers on > the board. Fred -- 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--

Re: Strange errors that I need to have explained.

2000-02-09 Thread fred smith
my head. Fred > Obviously I'm getting some kind of warning on one of my SCSI drives. > I'd like to know how to tell which one. 8,53 makes no sense. I don't > have a drive that's ID #8, and ID 53, well, we all know that's not > possible at this point except for f

Re: Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card

2000-02-07 Thread fred smith
On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 07:22:36PM -0500, fred smith wrote: > I bought a Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card for my son's (Windoze) > computer and for various reasons he's not sure he likes it. Before I > try to take it back for a refund I was wondering if it can be made to

Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card

2000-01-30 Thread fred smith
can anyone tell me if thie es1371 driver in Linux will work with the Creative version of the card or not? I looked at the OSS site and it lists this card as unsupported, as does the ALSA page. bummer. Thanks! Fred -- ---

Re: Re: Athlon processor

2000-01-26 Thread fred smith
l you can find and install the patch, you'll find it less painful to underclock the machine to 300 Mhz or so. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -

Re: Re: Athlon processor

2000-01-25 Thread fred smith
t bases its (in)operating > systems on the Intel chips and have been known to do dumb things in the > past like base I/O tests on Intel hard coded timings...witness the > Windowsw 95SR2.0 & AMD-K6 disasters... [OT] ...for which there IS a patch available from MS's

Re: "broken" print spooler - are you on crac

2000-01-24 Thread fred smith
.lpd > > > Yes, > > > I have all hosts listed in /etc/hosts.lpd. Like this: > > > 192.168.1.11weaver weaver.emeraldbiostructures.com > > > 192.168.1.12ripley ripley.emeraldbiostructures.com > > > 192.168.1.13jonesy jonesy.emeraldbiostructures.c

Re: high-speed serial port (230400)

2000-01-19 Thread fred smith
yterunner, 2 ports, 16c550 uart chips) which > >has jumpers to double or quaduple the clock rate so that the speeds you > >choose will be multiplied by either two or four. I've got a modem that > >claims to work at 230400. But when i set the board to double speed last &g

Re: Memory check utility

2000-01-19 Thread fred smith
e I looked. The author's own page, where you can get the latest one is: http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86 It's a standalone bootable floppy, and can be compiled on Linux, but does not require Linux to run. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Is there a Linux version of AOL Instant messenger??

2000-01-19 Thread fred smith
OL withdrew it a while back when they were having their messaging-war with MS. There's something named 'gaim' I've seen on freshmeat, but haven't looked at it myself. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For him who is ab

Re: Root doesn't accept password

2000-01-14 Thread fred smith
quot;linux single". When finished in single-user mode, hit CTRL-D, or shutdown and reboot. -- ------- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : /

high-speed serial port (230400)

2000-01-14 Thread fred smith
to work at 230400. But when i set the board to double speed last night could not get reliable communications with the modem. If anyone has knowledge of how to do this I'd appreciate pointers. Thanx! Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: viewing of /var/logs

2000-01-06 Thread fred smith
OTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Getting a copy of RedHat 4.2 / InterBase open-source release

2000-01-05 Thread fred smith
RH 4.1 sitting here, in case that would be of any help. I wonder if the distributors, such as CheapBytes, might still have some of the old ones lying around? Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The eyes of the Lord are everywhe

Notes Client, was: Re: PC Anwhere for Linux?

2000-01-04 Thread fred smith
Some things don't work, some things don't look quite right, but it works well enough to read/compose/send/forward/reply-to mail. What I've not gotten to work (though I've not dug very deeply to try) are things like printing a document, or importing/exporting files. --

Re: hwclock has a Y2K bug?

2000-01-03 Thread fred smith
g the Windoze version, though I've not yet needed the Linux version. It's named y2kwa22, and the Linux version is available as: Linux_Y2KWA22.zip. Don't have the URL right in front of me, but if you visit freshmeat and search there for y2kwa22 you'll find it (that's where

Re: Y2K [vs Award BIOS]

2000-01-01 Thread fred smith
ot;Remove Win95." I can't do this as it is a family > computer and my little boy would be sorely disappointed if he can't > play "Reader Rabbit," etc. > > If I reboot, I will have to manually set the time in the bios setup. > Not an optimal option. > >

Re: hardware testing

1999-12-29 Thread fred smith
sk, I don't see how it could do a good job since it won't have full access to the entire machine. I'd recommend memtest86 (see above) or other stand-alone RAM test tool. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "And he will be called Wonderf

Re: AMD K6-III @ 450MHZ

1999-12-27 Thread fred smith
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 10:52:36PM -0700, Clint Tinsley wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > > I've only the one example (previously described), but in my case (the old > > MB was an ASUS with a P90, the new one is a FIC VA503+ with a K6-II/350) > > Linux came up with out

Re: AMD K6-III @ 450MHZ

1999-12-26 Thread fred smith
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 06:28:47PM -0700, Clint Tinsley wrote: > My original response was to one Fred Smith, who had had a skirmish > with Win9x after changing out his system board, and I was simply > submitting that he had a deeper problem and I was only trying to make > the poin

Python 1.5.2 for RH 5.2

1999-12-25 Thread fred smith
t it? Thanks! Fred -- --- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+

Re: AMD K6-III @ 450MHZ

1999-12-24 Thread fred smith
at technique. Thank goodness I rarely boot windoze on that system (I've got an old 486 on which I run Windoze when I absolutely have to) so it's not much of a problem anymore. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] But God demonstrates his

Re: Tar questions

1999-12-24 Thread fred smith
ot;, write it to standard out which will then be redirected (by the shell) to a file in the current directory named "member.file". With that you should be able to do what you want. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For him who is able to ke

Re: UNIX TCP/IP

1999-12-21 Thread fred smith
preferred, all resumes are confidential, and no contacts will be > > made initially other than to yourself. > > > > > > chris > > -- > > "The fastest way to succeed is to double your failure rate" > >t.j.watson sr. > > > > > >

Re: Diamond Supra 56K V.90 trouble

1999-12-20 Thread fred smith
gt; > > -- > > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > > as the Subject. > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: [OT] Linux-like shell/commands for Windows

1999-12-16 Thread fred smith
the DOS fs and I also need to be able to > access a Novell 3.12 (soon 5.x) share. > There is a bash port to DOS, check out the DJGPP archives. See www.delorie.com for pointers. There's also a huge pile of GNU tools in the same collection. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lotus notes client

1999-12-12 Thread fred smith
all, much less as well as it does. You may find it helpful to check out "The Lotus Notes for Linux Resource Page" at http://www.brooklinesw.com/linux/linuxnotes.html. Good luck! Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "And he will be called Wo

Re: How to get the name of the cdrom media

1999-12-03 Thread fred smith
} close (fd); printf ("Volume name in device %s: %s\n", argv[1], buf); return (0); } -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can do all things through Christ who strengthen

Re: Which Modem?

1999-12-02 Thread fred smith
cribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > > as the Subject. > > > > Jack Wallen, Jr. > Editor in Chief of Linux Content > www.techrepublic.com > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Su

Re: Automatically strip when compiling?

1999-11-30 Thread fred smith
add "-s" to the compiler command line. Fred -- -------

Re: question about linux and c

1999-11-25 Thread fred smith
uot;whatever you wanna put here". The OO paradigm has its value, but I can't see that writing a Unix clone using it is one of those valuable points. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord d

Re: newbie question

1999-11-25 Thread fred smith
if you want to use either Gnome, KDE or the other Graphical user Interfaces > (GUI) you should have at least 1 Gig. =) > > Just start researching and reading up on Linux and you'll do fine. This > mail-list is the best! Try to follow the posts. I have learned a lot from it.

Re: Canon Bubble Jet Printers under Linux

1999-11-24 Thread fred smith
7;ll do color. For this printer I use the BJC-600 driver of GhostScript and can get either B&W or color. It seems to be somewhat sensitive to Ghostscript versions, if yours doesn't quite work, you may wish to get a newer GhostScript. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: AHA 1542

1999-11-23 Thread fred smith
it gets good ventilation). Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and o

Re: Modems

1999-11-20 Thread fred smith
der are Plug'n'Pray which while they could be made to work (isapnptools) are a pain in the rear. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:

Re: My new hd seems to give linux fits

1999-11-08 Thread fred smith
ce BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 1 262 2104483+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdb2 263 326514080 83 Linux > /dev/hdb3 327 588 2104515 83 Linux > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PR

Re: To Power down or not to Power down, that is the question...

1999-01-02 Thread fred smith
don't want to have to go thru a more lengthy restart whenever I use it. Fred -- 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

Re: find-command

1999-01-02 Thread fred smith
There are several ways to do this, the one I commonly use is: find / -iname j\* -print The '\' tells the shell to pass following character literally to the program, to not do anything else with it. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Random number generation

1998-07-02 Thread Fred Smith
else/* if NOT unqiue */ numrand--; } for ( j = 0 ; j < NUMRAND ; j++ ) printf ("item %d: %04d\n", j, randstor[j]); } -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Sony cdu33a CD-ROM.

1998-06-29 Thread Fred Smith
n in lilo.conf : append="cdu31a=0xXXX"etc, etc. Dunno if its been changed in RH 5.x, but in the 4.x series you had to say: append="cdu31a_port=0xXXX"etc, etc. ^^^^^ despite what the manual s

Re: more or less that allows horizontal scrolling?

1998-06-29 Thread Fred Smith
On Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 12:40:03PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > On Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 11:00:30PM +0900, Richard Sharpe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > what I am seeking is a program, more or less :-), that allows the user to > > scroll left or right in a document as well a

Re: changing default console color

1998-06-29 Thread Fred Smith
ry since I use tcsh). Fred -- ------- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+'

Re: more or less that allows horizontal scrolling?

1998-06-28 Thread Fred Smith
using version 332 (type the 'V' command while in less) and it uses left and right arrows to do horizontal scrolling. Older commands will also do it but I think it required some slightly more arcane command, i.e., did not use the arrows. Fred -- --

Re: hardlink vs. symlink

1998-06-27 Thread Fred Smith
at defines what other item on this (or another) filesystem it points to. A symbolic link may reside on a filesystem other than the one pointed to. A symbolic link may also point to a directory. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Harddrive re-org..

1998-06-26 Thread Fred Smith
e new root partition. If you've already fixed up the fstab and /etc/lilo files, then all you should need to do once you've booted the floppy is to rerun lilo, shut down and let it boot from the hard drive. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Make a library?

1998-06-25 Thread Fred Smith
memorized the procedure but do recall having found it in the online docs once when I did need to know. Likely someone else here can tell you the way to do it if you need, also. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For the word of God is living and act

Re: connection speeds

1998-06-20 Thread Fred Smith
your modem to do this varies. On some modems, setting S95=1 will do it, on others not. Best to see your modem's reference manual. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord detests the way of the wicked bu

Re: Win95 to Linux

1998-06-19 Thread Fred Smith
ven't tried this yet, but may some day in the future now that my wife has W95 on her system) bringing up a PPP connection from Windoze to Linux on a null modem cable, which would give you the best of both worlds. Good luck! Fred -- Fred

Re: drop from x server to console screen

1998-06-19 Thread Fred Smith
r one it actually is using for display. Usually this will be the first one that does not have a login: prompt. On my system it is F9, but YMMV. Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can do all things through Christ

Re: Space problem?

1998-06-17 Thread Fred Smith
till in use the OS will not actually free the space until it is no longer in use. Fred -- 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, join

Re: Best Upgrade (smp or ram)

1998-06-14 Thread Fred Smith
m a few weeks ago, noticed that a 233MHz K6 was under a hundred bucks. Fred -- 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 G

Re: HTML-formatted mail

1998-06-14 Thread Fred Smith
it as a mime-type document and interprets it as such when reading the document. Any other mail tool that correctly implements all the mime types should also do so. enriched/text supports colors, bold, dim, underline, etc., so what more do you need for e

Re: ppp nightmare

1998-06-13 Thread Fred Smith
y or may not need to do that, replace it with whatever magic incantation it takes to get the first login prompt from your host. The "mru 296 mtu 296" is unnecessary, it is there for reasons of my own that have nothing to do with whether or not it'll work, you won't need &#

Re: Getting a 'Memory Exhasted' Error running who...

1998-06-13 Thread Fred Smith
. The only way I've > personally 'fixed' the problem is waiting for a power outage to take > down the system and bring it back up (i.e., reboot). Seems harmless, > and of course finger is always available as a 'who' substitute. Is it possibly a corruption in the utmp

Re: sample procmailrc files

1998-06-10 Thread Fred Smith
regularly updated) for spam filtering. Not only will you not need to write your own, it is probably a good example you can study. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he

Re: 2 controllers - Motherboard limitations.

1998-06-10 Thread Fred Smith
g only, that as long as you want to use the 3rd and 4th drives only for Linux (and do not boot from them) it is not a problem, it should work. It MAY be possible that you need to tell the kernel about them with a lilo boot prompt parameter, but I'm only guessing on that. Fred -- Fred Smit

Re: cdrom

1998-06-09 Thread Fred Smith
de-cd". If you haven't read those, I'd suggest you do,... when I first brought up an IDE cdrom drive here they helped immensely. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any doub

Re: corrupt /var/run/utmp ???

1998-06-07 Thread Fred Smith
it all the way down and reboot. Fred -- --- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__

Re: Vt bloking after doing init 3

1998-06-03 Thread Fred Smith
that happens, instead of pressing the ENTER key, try CTRL-J INSTEAD of ENTER. If that works and lets you log in, then issue the command: stty sane and follow it with ^J instead of ENTER. Having done that the problem OUGHT to be cleared up. Fred -- Fred

Re: inb/outb use

1998-06-02 Thread Fred Smith
e( fd ); I've not experimented with this much, don't know if you need to be root to make this work, or not. Good luck! Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of

Re: can someone explain cronjobs

1998-06-01 Thread Fred Smith
uucp transfer via that connection. I can send you (sanitized) versions of that stuff if you want to send me private e-mail requesting it. You can probably modify it to do what you're wanting. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For the word

Re: simple question-how to login as root.

1998-05-28 Thread Fred Smith
." is NOT in your PATH environment. This is done on purpose, as a (sort of weak) security measure against trojans. It's a good idea to not change it, but to get in the habit of using ./ if you want to run something from your current directory. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Dumb Terminal Software

1998-05-28 Thread Fred Smith
my modem is on COM4/IRQ5). Some people advocate abandoning the cua devices, but all I know is it works for me. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he

Re: 2nd ide hdd?

1998-05-26 Thread Fred Smith
). But it's not hard to do anyway. Fred -- --- .Fred Smith/ ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_

Re: Changing case of filenames

1998-05-22 Thread Fred Smith
if they can you could wrap this inside such a function, include the test for file type (see "man test") and if it is a directory cd to it and invoke the shell function recursively instead of changing it. Note that I haven't actually WRITTEn such a shell function,... that is left as an exe

Re: Newbe: Whats USR stand for?

1998-05-22 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 09:35:47PM -0400, DGM wrote: > I am new to the Unix world and was wondering what (if anything) the > following directory names actually stand for: > > usr user > opt > etc etc (as in the latin words "et cetera") -- Fr

Re: how to add my own library

1998-05-21 Thread Fred Smith
ibrary, you'll have to read up a bit. One place to start is the 'gcc' man pages. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven,

Re: mupack??

1998-05-21 Thread Fred Smith
es encoded files, he should check out mutt: Mutt Home Page: http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~me/mutt/ Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -

Re: all of these emails

1998-05-20 Thread Fred Smith
List" >>$HOME/Mail/redhat-list Fred -- 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 heaven

Re: To format a floppy disk

1998-05-14 Thread Fred Smith
o. exec $0 $* ;; *) ;; esac -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners,

Re: What happens when you run out of swap? (load spike solved?)

1998-05-13 Thread Fred Smith
the only thing I ever do that causes it to swap is run Netscrape. If I'm browsing for a couple of hours, looking at a lot of sites, it'll go 10-20 megs into swap even though it may not be using ANY swap when it starts up. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: mail Id?

1998-05-13 Thread Fred Smith
rogram, its a newsreader. > and some others Two common ones in the Unix community are: Elm Mutt not to mention: mush mh and probably a dozen others. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can d

Re: ISA SCSI for Old 486?

1998-05-07 Thread Fred Smith
relatively new equipment.. > > Any ideas on how to get the old box to see all 2GB of an EIDE disk I > have would also do the trick. You can do it with IDE, don't need SCSI. There is a HOWTO (and/or perhaps also a mini-HOWTO) on the topic of large IDE drives that shows you how to m

Re: Shell scripting help.

1998-05-05 Thread Fred Smith
7; >I got one mention that I should try using a prinf > statement to print the hexidecimal value of tab, but I don't know much C > nor can I find the hexidecimal value of tab. Just to pick a nit, it's spelled "hexadecimal", not "hexidecimal".

Re: C/free() prob

1998-05-05 Thread Fred Smith
Some implementations are more forgiving and some aren't. Personally, I like the sort that core dump at the slightest such error cause they help to debug the program for me! I think its most likely a bug in your program. You don't very often find a bug of this nature in a system library

Re: WinModems

1998-04-24 Thread Fred Smith
or DOS. If you must get an internal modem make sure you can DISABLE by hardware settings (switches or jumpers) the Plug 'n Pray nonsense. Even better is an external modem. As far as I know they've not yet (!) produced a LoseModem that's not internal, so you should be safe. Fred --

Re: Linux "burn in" test ideas

1998-04-22 Thread Fred Smith
build via a NFS mount? Make a script that just keeps rerunning the make clean;make dep;make zlilo (or whichever) commands forever. Fred -- --- .----

Re: Intel Celeron Processor

1998-04-21 Thread Fred Smith
rform better. I would think that anything at 200Mhz orhigher that contains the on-board cache would outperform the stupid thing. Study after study has shown that the most important factor in CPU performance is cache size, the bigger the better. <\RANT> There, that's my $0.02,

Re: Powering Down

1998-04-19 Thread Fred Smith
machine, do: shutdown -h now or if you want to shut down Linux then boot the system again (perhaps to another OS) do: shutdown -r now which is essentially what the three-finger-salute does. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie question - adding ram

1998-04-15 Thread Fred Smith
On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 03:20:44AM -0700, Daniel Goldin wrote: > What do I have to do to add ram? Recompile? Generally, no. The only reason you might need to recompile is if your kernel was built with the answer of YES to the question about limiting memory to 16MB. Fred -- ---- Fred Sm

Re: setting TERM type

1998-04-15 Thread Fred Smith
csh or tcsh, try: setenv TERM vt100 Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign o

Re: directory size

1998-04-14 Thread Fred Smith
will show you that 'du -S' will probably give you what you want. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can do all things through Christ who strengthens m

Re: modem installation

1998-04-12 Thread Fred Smith
TO. These are both good places to start. If you get stuck with the procedures given there, or don't understand what you read there, or if it just doesn't do what you want, then it would be entirely appropriate to post a more specific question to this list. Good luck! F

Re: Best Data internal modem

1998-04-11 Thread Fred Smith
appear with the previous modem, and since I got a REAL modem (Microcom DeskPorte external) have not recurred since. So beware. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can do all things through Christ

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