Re: [OT]: Stupid question: How to stop MRTG?

2003-03-19 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
mrtg simply creates html files with refresh rate=300s i.e. 5minutes.. if you take a look into it's source you'll find it there.. another point, edit your /etc/crontab file.. there mrtg is mentioned to be executed every 5 minutes. cheers! ritesh Quoting Budi Febrianto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm

Re: [OT]: Stupid question: How to stop MRTG?

2003-03-16 Thread nate
Budi Febrianto said: > I'm playing around with MRTG, installed it, setup and run it. And it > doesn't works :)). So, I decided to disabled it. And try it again later. > > I run ps -A, and I can't find any MRTG in the list. > Check the services, can't find one. it is called from /etc/crontab on my

Re: [OT]: Stupid question: How to stop MRTG?

2003-03-16 Thread Michael Wardle
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:01:29 +0700 "Budi Febrianto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm playing around with MRTG, installed it, setup and run it. And it doesn't > works :)). So, I decided to disabled it. And try it again later. > > I run ps -A, and I can't find any MRTG in the list. > Check the servi

Re: [OT]: Stupid question: How to stop MRTG?

2003-03-16 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 10:01:29AM +0700, Budi Febrianto wrote: > I'm playing around with MRTG, installed it, setup and run it. And it > doesn't works :)). Yes it does :) > I run ps -A, and I can't find any MRTG in the list. Probably running as a cron job every so many minutes. -- Hal Burgi

[OT]: Stupid question: How to stop MRTG?

2003-03-16 Thread Budi Febrianto
I'm playing around with MRTG, installed it, setup and run it. And it doesn't works :)). So, I decided to disabled it. And try it again later. I run ps -A, and I can't find any MRTG in the list. Check the services, can't find one. But, I can see that in the /var/www/html/mrtg/stats (where I put al

Re: LinNeighborhood - NEXT Stupid Question...

2003-03-08 Thread Irv Cobb
This is a Redhat issue, not LinNeighborhood. IIRC, you need to change the permissions of /usr/bin/smbmnt and /usr/bin/smbumount to allow execution by a user. This has security implications, though, so be aware. Irv Jim Hale wrote: Thanks Irv! I have it working great if I'm logged in as root -

RE: LinNeighborhood - NEXT Stupid Question...

2003-03-08 Thread Jim Hale
g: http://halelearning.no-ip.info Ya'll Come Visit Us Ya Hear? :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Irv Cobb Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LinNeighborhood - NEXT Stupid Question... Jim

RE: LinNeighborhood - NEXT Stupid Question...

2003-03-08 Thread Jim Hale
half Of Patrick Nelson Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:45 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: LinNeighborhood - NEXT Stupid Question... someone wrote: ->>>> > Found the RPM for Redhat 8.0 and it installed with no errors. :) > > Now - how to

RE: LinNeighborhood - NEXT Stupid Question...

2003-03-07 Thread Patrick Nelson
someone wrote: - > Found the RPM for Redhat 8.0 and it installed with no errors. :) > > Now - how to I run/access it? I don't know where the RPM put it and it's > not showing up in any of the (KDE) menus. :/ > > Thanks! :) > > Jim Hale - where did you fin

Re: LinNeighborhood - NEXT Stupid Question...

2003-03-07 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 11:31, Jim Hale wrote: > Found the RPM for Redhat 8.0 and it installed with no errors. :) > > Now - how to I run/access it? I don't know where the RPM put it and it's > not showing up in any of the (KDE) menus. :/ > > Thanks! :) > > Jim Hale You should be able to either ma

Re: LinNeighborhood - NEXT Stupid Question...

2003-03-07 Thread Irv Cobb
Jim Hale wrote: Found the RPM for Redhat 8.0 and it installed with no errors. :) Now - how to I run/access it? I don't know where the RPM put it and it's not showing up in any of the (KDE) menus. :/ Thanks! :) From a terminal, "LinNeighborhood" works for me. Or you can right click/create new

LinNeighborhood - NEXT Stupid Question...

2003-03-07 Thread Jim Hale
Found the RPM for Redhat 8.0 and it installed with no errors. :) Now - how to I run/access it? I don't know where the RPM put it and it's not showing up in any of the (KDE) menus. :/ Thanks! :) Jim Hale --- 'Man Cannot Live By Bread Alone - He Must Also Have Peanut Butter' - Duffey,1986 --- The

Re: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-14 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On 13 Oct 2002, Peter Kiem wrote: > I have rsa2 SSH logins running now. I can see this is a great idea as > even if the attacker KNOWS your root password they STILL cannot get in > without your private rsa key, right? That's sort of correct. Root can, in fact, connect to an existing ssh-agent s

Re: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Kiem
Hi all, I have rsa2 SSH logins running now. I can see this is a great idea as even if the attacker KNOWS your root password they STILL cannot get in without your private rsa key, right? Is there some way to make it easier to run ssh-agent? I was trying to put the eval `ssh-agent'; ssh-add into

Re: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-13 Thread Thornton Prime
> wrong ! With the public key and the root password known, > and files appropriately configured, the "attacker" won't > be prompted for a password. > > If the root password is known in any senario then "is all over" ! Can you clarify what you mean here? If you force key

Re: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-13 Thread Thornton Prime
> If you have it set up like A -> B where A is your workstation and B is > your server so that A has your private key and B has your public key > what happens if you now want to log into another remote server C (A -> B > -> C)? Use agent forwarding. It will forward your key authentication-challe

Re: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-13 Thread K Hargraves
On 13 Oct 2002, Peter Kiem wrote: > Hi all, > > I have rsa2 SSH logins running now. I can see this is a great idea as > even if the attacker KNOWS your root password they STILL cannot get in > without your private rsa key, right? wrong ! With the public key and the root password known

Re: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-10 Thread Peter Kiem
> > Again, only if you create keys that have no passphrase. > > If you are using keys, you only need to fully trust your local SSH client. A > remote server can't compromise your public key or your passphrase, even if > you are using the compromised server to log into other servers (and are u

Re: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-10 Thread Redhat Simon
they need the key and then to guess the password Simon On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 02:31, Peter Kiem wrote: > Hi, > > This might seem a stupid question but I often see people recommending that > you never log into SSH with password but rather use keys. > > Doesn't this create

Re: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-10 Thread Thornton Prime
> > At least if you are using passwords they need to work out the other > > computer's passwords before they can SSH into them? > > Again, only if you create keys that have no passphrase. Also, if you are using a password to log into a server that's been compromised, they don't need to work out

Re: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-10 Thread Jason Costomiris
On 10/10/02 9:31 PM, "Peter Kiem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > This might seem a stupid question but I often see people recommending that > you never log into SSH with password but rather use keys. > > Doesn't this create a security issue

RE: Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-10 Thread Cameron . Davidson
key file then your system has probably been horribly compromised anyway. Cameron. > -Original Message- > From: Peter Kiem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 11 October 2002 11:31 > To: Red Hat Mailing List > Subject: Stupid question about SSH keys and security >

Stupid question about SSH keys and security

2002-10-10 Thread Peter Kiem
Hi, This might seem a stupid question but I often see people recommending that you never log into SSH with password but rather use keys. Doesn't this create a security issue as if someone manages to break into one computer you own they can simply SSH straight into the other systems wi

Re: re: red hat 8 -> maybe a stupid question?

2002-07-14 Thread Bobby Treaster
But unlike mandrake RH7.1 and newer won't boot from cd on older machines where mandrake still will cuz they haven't gone to the 2.88FD format in their iso. If their was a way for me to bypass that in a laptop that doesn't have a floppy drive (external or internal) or the money to buy a new one

Re: red hat 8 -> maybe a stupid question?

2002-07-12 Thread Eric Wood
And incomplete gui tools at that -eric - Original Message - From: "loophole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > And to think of it > -they are replacing some great text based tools with > gui based ones. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTE

re: red hat 8 -> maybe a stupid question?

2002-07-11 Thread loophole
i agree. what rh is doing is driving users craze. every release they add new programs and exludes some (like linuxconf, rp3-config etc.). And to think of it -they are replacing some great text based tools with gui based ones. they are beginning to look like mandrake :) = --

re: red hat 8 -> maybe a stupid question?

2002-07-11 Thread Steve Borho
On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 17:58, daniel wrote: > this may sound like a stupid question > but why are there releases at all? > isn't linux an evolving thing? > if each release just includes new software packages > why not just release them as updates to older versions? > w

re: red hat 8 -> maybe a stupid question?

2002-07-11 Thread daniel
this may sound like a stupid question but why are there releases at all? isn't linux an evolving thing? if each release just includes new software packages why not just release them as updates to older versions? what exactly requires an upgrade if everything, including the kernel c

RE: Stupid question ?????

2002-06-08 Thread patrick1
> >Regards, Hugh > >-- >Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com > >> -Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 7:49 AM >> >> Hello people, >> >> Maybe a stupid questi

Re: Stupid question ?????

2002-06-07 Thread Karl O . Pinc
On 2002.06.07 09:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello people, > > Maybe a stupid question but can anybody tell me clearly what the > difference(s) > is (are) between functions and library routines ?? See http://www.foldoc.org. Functions are components of a structured program.

RE: Stupid question ?????

2002-06-07 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
e, > > Maybe a stupid question but can anybody tell me clearly what the > difference(s) > is (are) between functions and library routines ?? > > Thanx > > > patrick > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft

Stupid question ?????

2002-06-07 Thread patrick1
Hello people, Maybe a stupid question but can anybody tell me clearly what the difference(s) is (are) between functions and library routines ?? Thanx patrick ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman

thanks Re: [redhat-list] ftpd (incredibly stupid question)

2002-05-27 Thread Mark Gallagher
/* To everyone: not sure what this list's policy is on "thank you" posts, but I'd rather be thought a rude fool who didn't bother to find out than a rude fool who didn't bother to find out and didn't say thank you :o). So, thanks for your help. There's some stuff I need to iron out, but it's

Re: [redhat-list] ftpd (incredibly stupid question)

2002-05-27 Thread rpjday
On Mon, 27 May 2002, Joachim Breuer wrote: > Or you have the "new" xinetd: > - 'man xinetd' > - configuration is a collection of files (one per service) in >/etc/xinetd.d > - services are turned on/off by the configuration statement >'disable = yes'/'disable = no' in their respective f

Re: [redhat-list] ftpd (incredibly stupid question)

2002-05-27 Thread Joachim Breuer
Mark Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How on earth do you start ftpd? Simply typing "ftpd" into a shell > comes up with "ftpd: command not found" - the same occurs with > variations of capitalisation like "Ftpd" and "FTPD". Various guesses > like "start ftpd" and "init ftpd" don't work e

Re: [redhat-list] ftpd (incredibly stupid question)

2002-05-27 Thread rpjday
On Mon, 27 May 2002, Mark Gallagher wrote: > I feel a right dolt for asking this, but I can't think of anything. > > My knowledge of Linux (indeed, UNIX in general) is suficient for me to > use it for day-to-day stuff, but more detailed things leave me far behind. > > Things like starting ftpd

RE: [redhat-list] ftpd (incredibly stupid question)

2002-05-27 Thread Banze, Andreas
> How on earth do you start ftpd? Simply typing "ftpd" into a > shell comes > up with "ftpd: command not found" - the same occurs with > variations of > capitalisation like "Ftpd" and "FTPD". Various guesses like "start > ftpd" and "init ftpd" don't work either. > > Any ideas? depends on

[redhat-list] ftpd (incredibly stupid question)

2002-05-27 Thread Mark Gallagher
I feel a right dolt for asking this, but I can't think of anything. My knowledge of Linux (indeed, UNIX in general) is suficient for me to use it for day-to-day stuff, but more detailed things leave me far behind. Things like starting ftpd. That's right. How on earth do you start ftpd? Simpl

Re: a personal up2date (stupid question?)

2002-05-10 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 10 May 2002 02:14 pm, daniel wrote: > wanting to keep my conscience happy, i'm trying to set a up a personal > up2date server that i can access from a single location to keep all of > my linux boxes current. here are the steps that i've wor

Re: a personal up2date (stupid question?)

2002-05-10 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 11:14, daniel wrote: > wanting to keep my conscience happy, i'm trying to set a up a personal > up2date server that i can access from a single location to keep all of my > linux boxes current. ... > 1. set up an ftp server on one box that's visible to the world. Any FTP serv

a personal up2date (stupid question?)

2002-05-10 Thread daniel
wanting to keep my conscience happy, i'm trying to set a up a personal up2date server that i can access from a single location to keep all of my linux boxes current. here are the steps that i've worked out in my brain that i *think* should do what i want... if anyone can fill me in on any gaps i

Re: A Stupid question about 7.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2001-11-19 Thread Mike Burger
You don't necessarily need the ones marked SRPM...those are all the source file RPMs. You do need the other two. On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Geoffrey Lane wrote: > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/iso/i386 > > Sorry for the stupid question, there are 4 files here to downlo

Re: A Stupid question about 7.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2001-11-19 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Geoffrey Lane wrote: > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/iso/i386 > > Sorry for the stupid question, there are 4 files here to download. What > are they? I know they are all CD images but do I need all 4 to install > Redhat? What do they all contain? MD5SUM enigma-

A Stupid question about 7.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2001-11-19 Thread Geoffrey Lane
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/iso/i386 Sorry for the stupid question, there are 4 files here to download. What are they? I know they are all CD images but do I need all 4 to install Redhat? What do they all contain? ___ Redhat-list

RE: stupid question about upgrading rpm

2000-12-24 Thread Greg Wright
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 23/12/00 at 10:07 Charles Galpin wrote: >Philippe > >This is an FAQ. It has been covered before on this list several times. and >I believe is also on the Red Hat site as well. > >You need to first upgrade to rpm-3.05.* > >Then it can install rpm-4.0.

RE: stupid question about upgrading rpm

2000-12-23 Thread Drew Hunt
]]On Behalf Of Philippe Moutarlier Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 5:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: stupid question about upgrading rpm Well, this is where the problem is : to install rpm-4.0*.rpm using rpm 3.* does not work. Basically it reports that my version of rpm (3.*) is not able

RE: stupid question about upgrading rpm

2000-12-23 Thread Charles Galpin
Philippe This is an FAQ. It has been covered before on this list several times. and I believe is also on the Red Hat site as well. You need to first upgrade to rpm-3.05.* Then it can install rpm-4.0.* just fine BTW, this is *not* a stupid question, and is clearly a sticky problem that would

RE: stupid question about upgrading rpm

2000-12-22 Thread Philippe Moutarlier
EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael R. Jinks Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 2:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: stupid question about upgrading rpm I haven't been able to figure this out either. I think the only choices are to compile from scratch, or to do something like what

stupid question about upgrading rpm

2000-12-22 Thread Philippe Moutarlier
I am trying to install the new rpm as the old one doesn't install most of the new packages. So now I am trying to install the rpm for "rpm" and guess what : I need the new rpm to install it :=( What is the right way to make the transition (I guess I could always recompile ..) Thanks Philippe

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-03 Thread Charles Galpin
hehe. stupid me answers this (supposedly) stupid question, then realizes someone else has already provided the correct answer. doh! So don't feel bad - this is the kind of effort the list needs. Lately it seems the quality/volume of responses has dropped (but this is only my opinion,

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-03 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 03:35:11PM -0500, Charles Galpin wrote: > close - it's /etc/redhat-release That's what you get when trying to answer Linux questions while sitting on front of a Solaris box... ;-) Cheerio, Thomas -- "Look, Ma, no obsolete quotes and plain text only!"

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Charles Galpin
close - it's /etc/redhat-release On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Thomas Ribbrock wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:40:13AM -0600, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > > machine? > > There is a file in /etc: > > cat /etc/rh-release > (no guarant

RE: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Paul Garcia
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Stupid question When you log in usually the version comes up. - Original Message - From: "Scott Skrogstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Red Hat Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:40 AM Subject:

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
When you log in usually the version comes up. - Original Message - From: "Scott Skrogstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Red Hat Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:40 AM Subject: Stupid question > How the heck to I

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Burger
If you haven't changed your /etc/issue file, the information is usually present on the console screen (text console) prior to login, and if you haven't changed your /etc/issue.net file, it'll be presented prior to login when you telnet to the box. On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Scott Skrogstad wrote: >

RE: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
uname -a? > -Original Message- > From: Scott Skrogstad [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:40 AM > To: Red Hat Mailing list > Subject: Stupid question > > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:40:13AM -0600, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > machine? There is a file in /etc: cat /etc/rh-release (no guarantee with regard to correct spelling...) HTH, Thomas -- "Look, Ma, no obsolete q

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Steve Dixon
Look at the file /etc/issue. Scott Skrogstad wrote: > > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > machine? > > Scott Skrogstad > Computer Integration Inc, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 800-522-3475 Phone > > ___ > Redhat-list mail

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > machine? cat /etc/redhat-release rpm -ql redhat-release LLaP bero ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.re

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Rick Forrister
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > machine? "cat /etc/redhat-release" best rickf -- Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Definition: Honest Politician: Once bought, stays bought."

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Scott Skrogstad
Thanxs Rick I knew it was easy. But that is really easy... Scott Skrogstad Computer Integration Inc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-522-3475 Phone On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Rick Forrister wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > > machine?

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Larry Grover
cat /etc/issue or cat /etc/redhat-release for example: # cat /etc/issue Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot) Kernel 2.2.16-3 on an i586 /etc/issue gets written by rc.local every time the system boots. __ Larry Grover, PhD Assoc Prof of Physiology Marshall Univ Sch of Med On Thu, 02 Nov 2000

Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Scott Skrogstad
How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a machine? Scott Skrogstad Computer Integration Inc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-522-3475 Phone ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/red

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-10 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 08:19:21AM -0400, Ward William E PHDN wrote: [...] > That said, there is nothing that says a Winmodem can't run under > Linux... except that you need to have knowledge of how the hardware > hooks into the software DSP. And that tends to be proprietary. [...] > And what m

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-10 Thread Jerry Winegarden
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, rpjday wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > > > On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Stephen King wrote: > > > Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a regular > > > modem? > > > > > WinModem is missing most of the hardware that makes a modem. It's >

RE: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Peter Massey wrote: > >On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Stephen King wrote: > >> Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a > regular > >> modem? > >> > >WinModem is missing most of the hardware that makes a modem. It's > >replaced by software that EMULATES the mi

Re: Stupid question about winmodems NOT

2000-07-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This describes Plug 'n Play not "soft" modems > > Linux supports Plug 'n Play > True. Howeve,r it's also true of "soft" modems. :-) John -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Steve Dixon wrote: > Actually our Lexmark that we have isn't. > Hmm...last I heard most of them were WinPrinters -- they are / were very limited under Linux. John -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

RE: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-07 Thread Ward William E PHDN
ing to interface with a moving target, in terms of what kernel to use. Oh well. Bill Ward -Original Message- From: Peter Massey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: recipient.list.not.shown; @nswcphdn.navy.mil Subject: RE: Stupid que

RE: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-07 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
ace, thus making it impossible to develop a single LINUX driver. That's why only one or two have been made to work... > -Original Message- > From: Jake McHenry [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 3:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re:

RE: Stupid question about winmodems (for rday)

2000-07-06 Thread brandond
But VMware is awesome! -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread Steven W. Orr
I know! Winabagels! They're wheels that only work on Winnebagos. :-) -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Stranger things have happened but none stranger than this. Steven W. Orr- Does your driver's license say Organ Donor?Black holes are where God \ --

RE: Stupid question about winmodems (for rday)

2000-07-06 Thread Juha Saarinen
%-> How about the WinPC? It would have no hardware at all, just %-> software that %-> emulates all the hardware. Now wouldn't that upset Intel? And %-> that might %-> lead to WinMicrosoft .. . A.k.a. VMWare ;-) -- Juha -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubs

RE: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread Juha Saarinen
%-> one wonders what the next world's dumbest invention will be. %-> winmonitors? %-> winkeyboards? wincd-roms? winhard-drives? god, i wish i was being %-> facetious. sigh. Well, hrrmm... I'm reasonably certain that the next generation of external modems which utilise the V.92 standard will b

RE: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread Peter Massey
>On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Stephen King wrote: >> Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a regular >> modem? >> >WinModem is missing most of the hardware that makes a modem. It's >replaced by software that EMULATES the missing hardware, thus making >the processor do all the

Re: Stupid question about winmodems NOT

2000-07-06 Thread tcurl
This describes Plug 'n Play not "soft" modems Linux supports Plug 'n Play Jake McHenry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/06/2000 03:23:27 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Stupid question about winmodems A regular mo

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread Steve Dixon
Actually our Lexmark that we have isn't. John Aldrich wrote: > > On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, rpjday wrote: > > > > one wonders what the next world's dumbest invention will be. winmonitors? > > winkeyboards? wincd-roms? winhard-drives? god, i wish i was being > > facetious. sigh. > > > They've alre

Re: Stupid question about winmodems (for rday)

2000-07-06 Thread tcurl
o: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Stupid question about winmodems On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Stephen King wrote: > > Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a regular > > modem? > > > WinModem is missin

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, rpjday wrote: > > one wonders what the next world's dumbest invention will be. winmonitors? > winkeyboards? wincd-roms? winhard-drives? god, i wish i was being > facetious. sigh. > They've already got WinPrinters. What do you think the Lexmark printers are? :-/

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread Stephen King
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Stephen King wrote: > Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a regular > modem? > SK >From one Stephen King to another (imagine that!) winmodems are missing hardware that the windows OS makes up for. Thus winmodems need windows to operate and don

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread Jake McHenry
A regular modem has hard set com ports and IRQ's, usually set by jumpers or not adjustable at all. A winmodem rely's on the windows operating system to determine what com port it uses when you install the modem, and it get's set temporaroly in a type of flash memory on the modem. This is why win

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread rpjday
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Stephen King wrote: > > Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a regular > > modem? > > > WinModem is missing most of the hardware that makes a modem. It's > replaced by software that EMULATES the missing ha

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Stephen King wrote: > Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a regular > modem? > WinModem is missing most of the hardware that makes a modem. It's replaced by software that EMULATES the missing hardware, thus making the processor do all the work tha

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread Juan Martinez
s On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Stephen King wrote: > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 08:04:35 -0700 > From: Stephen King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Stupid question about winmodems > Resent-Date: 6 Jul 2000 15:06:45 - > Resent-Fro

Re: Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread tcurl
"Stephen King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/06/2000 11:04:35 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Stupid question about winmodems Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a regular modem? SK -- To unsu

Stupid question about winmodems

2000-07-06 Thread Stephen King
Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a regular modem? SK -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

stupid question

2000-01-28 Thread Adrian Walters
when i use emacs to edit a file it creates a backup file with the same name and a '~' at the end of it. the original file is the one with the '~'. my question now is, is there anywasy to force emacs to create more files with '~' at the end. say for instance i do: emacs test, edit that file and th

RE: just a stupid question

1998-05-22 Thread Dave Wreski
n these two events. :-) > > Sorry for stupid question, Its not a stupid question -- its these types of questions that lead to investigation of something that _is_ important. Anyway, the first one is printed by the shutdown shell script routine, and the second is actually printed by the /sb

just a stupid question

1998-05-22 Thread Alexei Nefediev
Hi everybody, when I halt my Linux box the last two strings are 'The system is halted' and 'System halted'. They mean quite the same to my mind, so I am very curious what is going on in my system between these two events. :-) Sorry for stupid question, thanks in advance, A