RE: Building computers

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
I too am a big fan of Asus (one I currently am using), but you can't beat the prices for those Abit boards... always cheaper, no matter where you look and not to mention "soft menus". Now, I'd go for one of those and get one of three brands of cases "In-win", "Enlight" or "SuperMicro". If you're b

Re: Building computers

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
> Hey, checkout www.linuxhouse.com .. its run by a guy on the list. They > sell computers and computer parts .. It looks a like a cool place. quality but extremely expensive, their name brand memory looks like it is a _lot_ higher than mail order (50% or so). maybe a mistype on their website, o

Re: building computer

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Chien-Yu Chen wrote: > while we are on the topic of building computer, does anyone know where I > can get a cheap 486, or low end Pentium for a cheap price in town? I just > need a motherboard and a CPU. this is for a BBS that I am setting up, do > doesn't really need a fast

omar: re: OO perl

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
After you left I recalled that the camel book (programming perl) has a whole chapter on OO in perl: chapter 6 iirc. I'd recommend reading the camel book before the tiger book. I've been doing perl for like 2 years now and there are still parts of that book that are beyond me. :^) If you want t

building computer

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
while we are on the topic of building computer, does anyone know where I can get a cheap 486, or low end Pentium for a cheap price in town? I just need a motherboard and a CPU. this is for a BBS that I am setting up, do doesn't really need a fast CPU or any fancy stuff...thanks Momma always said

Re: PostgreSQL and CGI

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, you wrote: >Hello . I am trying to learn how to use postgreSQL and how to create >a Web-based database. Where can I get some info? I am still trying to >figure out how postgreSQL works, so any clues here will also help. I use MetaHTML with MySQL, works really nicely. Met

Re: Building computers

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, you wrote: >intended), is there somewhere where I can locally buy just a case and >motherboard? Do any of these places feature on-line shopping? Even >though I'm local, I'm in a job that requires me to be around all day, >so I wouldn't be able to shop around. Are there any ad

Re: Building computers

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
> Current boards are typically 5/2/1 (4 PCI, 1 ISA, 1 PCI/ISA, 1 > PCI/AGP). I think. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. you'll find a whole range of choices, from a baby board with 3 PCI 2ISA (1 shared) to monster boards with 1AGP, 6PCI, 6ISA (1PCI/ISA, and to get this many slots you have t

Re: ppp to ut

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
You would most likely use pppd (the ppp daemon). It manages ppp connections. Look in the documentation, you basically specify a device (ie /dev/modem) and some other stuff and tell if how to connect (ie some program like chat or dip, I use chat). Chat will do all the dirty work of logging you o

Re: Building computers

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
On 27 Jun 1999, Nolan Darilek wrote: > available. I just purchased a DVD drive with an MPEG decoder card, and > I've removed my TV tuner to make room. (I had to choose between the > video card, ethernet, TV tuner and SBLive. Not a very easy decision.) Current boards are typically 5/2/1 (4

Re: Bob Metcalfe's June 19th Article (No flames here)

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
Greetings from Austin, Texas - I just read Bob Metcalfe's none-too-flattering opinion of Linux and Open Source. In some areas I believe he is right, but I must disagree with him on several points. His statement that Open Source is Utopian balderdash is completely off the mark. To subscribe to

Re: Building computers

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
At 05:13 PM 6/27/99 -, Nolan Darilek wrote: >I realize that this isn't directly Linux-related, but I figured some >of you would be able to help me with this one. Feel free to reply to >me specifically if you don't think the list would be interested. For anyone who replies, I would very much a

Re: Building computers

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
Nolan Darilek wrote: > > I realize that this isn't directly Linux-related, but I figured some > of you would be able to help me with this one. Feel free to reply to > me specifically if you don't think the list would be interested. > > > > So, I have a few questions. What would I need to buy t

Re: Building computers

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
hi nolan, ok i am not going to answer all your questionsheh, it's just too early, sorry... yes, there are definitely places where can just buy a case and a cpu. there are many that are local even, but i would only go there if you needed something NOW. else i would shop around online. i am a

Re: PostgreSQL and CGI

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
> Hello . I am trying to learn how to use postgreSQL and how to create > a Web-based database. Where can I get some info? I am still trying to > figure out how postgreSQL works, so any clues here will also help. One quick way (worked for me) was to visit the php home page (www.php.net) and lo

help needed for gimp ...

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
Hi folks, Please help me with this since I do not have time to read through the gimp mannual before my thesis deadline ... Thanks! I have two grey scale images (might be converted to B/W if have to) and all I need is to overlay one at the top the other and generate a combined image. The grey sc

PostgreSQL and CGI

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
Hello . I am trying to learn how to use postgreSQL and how to create a Web-based database. Where can I get some info? I am still trying to figure out how postgreSQL works, so any clues here will also help. thanks --- Sen

Yet another view on Linux...

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi? allowFeedback=false&referer=&outside_source=cnn& url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2elinuxworld%2ecom%2f%3fCNN&doc_id=35638 After some of the discussion about Metcalfe's article, I thought that some of you might be interested in this article. I'm sure Sta

Re: Command Line Screenshots

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 11:07:45PM +, M. Ray wrote: | I've written a command-line fractal generator with Mesa (openGL), and | I need to create graphics of each fractal generated (nearly 1000). Is | anyone familiar with a way to grab a window from the command line or | an area of the screen (

Re: Another View About Linux

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
What I still don't get is this. When did Linux go into competition with Microsoft? Who CARES if we get their market? And WHY? A year ago, taking NT's market share (or Win9x) was not an issue. It wasn't that it seemed impossible, but that Linux and Windows/NT are entirely different creatures.

Re: Command Line Screenshots

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
The best option would be to use "import", with the command "import -window root root.jpg" for the entire screen, or just "import window.jpg" and then just click the window to capture. import is part of ImageMagick, a collection of a lot of good comand-line image utilities, and it's included with

Re: Command Line Screenshots

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, M. Ray wrote: > I've written a command-line fractal generator with Mesa (openGL), and > I need to create graphics of each fractal generated (nearly 1000). Is > anyone familiar with a way to grab a window from the command line or > an area of the screen (given the coordinates

Re: Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
>metcalfe invented ethernet.. he founded 3com.. he's wrong.. :) He's also the guy who predicted that the Internet would collapse three years ago... He went off the deep end a lng time ago. -tom --- Send administrative

Re: Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
This reminds me... How old is the Ethernet (What Mr Metcalfe is known for)? namaste, Mark On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Norman Richards wrote: > > > Also, claiming that unix is 30 years old doesn't say anything about > > weather it's the better solution. Windows is considerably > > younger. But I sus

Re: Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
At 04:16 PM 6/25/99 -0500, Norman Richards wrote: > >> I like Linux for the power and price but an OS's responsibility is to >> interface between the raw power of the machine and the user. Linux >> currently does not make this an easy proposition. (what is most of the >> conversation on this lis

Re: Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
> You have to admit guys that no one has come up with a new OS in many years. > All current OS's are based on old ideas. Well, wasn't that the whole premise for BeOS? Forget the old and write a modern OS completely from scratch, rethinking everything. Of course, I do not know whether the e

Re: Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
> Also, claiming that unix is 30 years old doesn't say anything about > weather it's the better solution. Windows is considerably > younger. But I suspect it will be the "what not to do when you make > an operating system" example for OS professors for many more years. Well, let us examine th

Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
>From the article: "NT and NetWare constitute 60 percent of server software shipments. All Unixes make up 17 percent, and Linux is a small fraction of that. When W2K gets here, goodbye Linux." To me that sounds like Microsoft's Monopoly speaking. This fact is based on shipping of servers. Ever

Re: Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
You have to admit guys that no one has come up with a new OS in many years. All current OS's are based on old ideas. I like Linux for the power and price but an OS's responsibility is to interface between the raw power of the machine and the user. Linux currently does not make this an easy pro

another view......

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Sometimes people need attention. Sometimes they attempt to get attention by taking a radical view or stand, or just by Saying Bad Things. Nice that he invented ethernet. What has he done lately? And where is HIS idea for an operaing system? Maybe this whole software/protocol genius story has a ha

Re: Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
metcalfe invented ethernet.. he founded 3com.. he's wrong.. :) On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Brandon W. Beasley wrote: > Would like to get people's response to the following Linux attack: > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/990621opmetcalfe.xml > > > > -

Re: Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
not terribly substantive. At 11:33 AM 6/25/99 -0500, Brandon W. Beasley wrote: >Would like to get people's response to the following Linux attack: > > > >http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/990621opmetcalfe.xml > > > >

Another View About Linux

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Would like to get people's response to the following Linux attack: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/990621opmetcalfe.xml --- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: compiling the whole samba into the kernel

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Justin Ryan [PHT] wrote: > > Yeah, but that's different, and has to be there. But I imagine > > most linux people don't use smbfs at all. (Which way does Windows look at > > smb? As "ftp" or as "nfs"?) > neither.. it looks at is as smb.. :) No! :) What I meant

Re: compiling the whole samba into the kernel

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
IMHO, the samba war comes down to total cost of ownership. I think Linux is roughly comparable to NT serving a mix of win9x and nt clients. NT's advantage is that it is very easy to configure if you don't know much about computers (the famous click-and-drool ui) meaning that admins should be cheap

Re: compiling the whole samba into the kernel

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
> Yeah, but that's different, and has to be there. But I imagine > most linux people don't use smbfs at all. (Which way does Windows look at > smb? As "ftp" or as "nfs"?) neither.. it looks at is as smb.. :) > > A long time ago I heard that samba was known to beat NT on the > same h

Re: compiling the whole samba into the kernel

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Justin Ryan [PHT] wrote: > > Windows NT has SMB compiled into the kernel. > > SMB is outside the kernel in linux. > there is smb filesystem support in the kernel Yeah, but that's different, and has to be there. But I imagine most linux people don't use smbfs at all.

Re: compiling the whole samba into the kernel

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
> Windows NT has SMB compiled into the kernel. > > SMB is outside the kernel in linux. there is smb filesystem support in the kernel > Would it be possible to hack together a samba/linux kernel that > implements smb at the kernel level? possible? maybe.. a good idea? probably not :) the guys w

Eric Raymond Speaks!

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
PRESS RELEASE Eric Raymond Speaks! On Wednesday, June 30th, at 7pm, Eric Raymond, president of the Open Source Initiative and author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, will be speaking at the Holiday Inn Northwest Plaza. Seating is limited to 300 so get there early. The Holiday Inn is at 8901 Bu

Re: compiling the whole samba into the kernel

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
It would increase the performance quite a bit just like people are thinking about adding khttpd which is sor tof a html server to the kernel. You can check out some discussion of that at lwn.net. I think the big reason that it's not in the kernel and I may be wrong, is that Linus and Alan Cox wan

compiling the whole samba into the kernel

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
Windows NT has SMB compiled into the kernel. SMB is outside the kernel in linux. Would it be possible to hack together a samba/linux kernel that implements smb at the kernel level? Wouldn't that increase performance? Later --

Re: gimp file format

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
xcf is the gimp's native file format. it preserves layers etc. very well. png also preserves layers. you can set gif to preserve layers too, the image will be indexed and the "layers" will be animation frames, but it's an option. i'd stick with xcf though, XCF stands for some cs lab at berkley w

gimp file format

1999-06-24 Thread Anonymous
In what file format can I save multi-layer images in the gimp and retain the layers? I'm sick of guessing-and-checking the 20 odd formats ;) --- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Eric Raymond's visit

1999-06-23 Thread Anonymous
Hey Guys, I just got the posters and flyers for the ESR event. Come by the store if you need any. Hope to see you there. Lynn Bender Desert Books www.desertbooks.com --- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

automount a novell netware share

1999-06-23 Thread Anonymous
Anybody out there using autofs to automount novell netware? Any success? Thanks --- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

re: need high speed internet access in Austin

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
I know this isn't really a linux question, but I'm getting desperate trying to find an ISP in Austin that will provide some form of high speed connection. I live 18,214 ft (19,000 according to ma bell) from the SWB central office, therefore I am not eligable for adsl. I went to jumppoint communica

Re: C'mon Mozilla/Opera...

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Joshua W. Scott wrote: > Been playing with Netscape 4.61...bigger hog and crashes more than > 4.6...this just isn't right...none of the past four etscape releases for > linux have been ale to handle Java...I need a bloody viable alternative > for multimedia web stuff, dag-nab

C'mon Mozilla/Opera...

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Been playing with Netscape 4.61...bigger hog and crashes more than 4.6...this just isn't right...none of the past four etscape releases for linux have been ale to handle Java...I need a bloody viable alternative for multimedia web stuff, dag-nabit. jws -- "You may be able to fool people, but you

Re: QT compile errors. (fwd)

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Passing this along. I recieved answers within five minutes after the post. Open-source tech support is the best! For those of you that didn't read slashdot today, there is a review of the new O'Reilly book "Programming with Qt." I just went to http://www.troll.no/qt/ and downloaded the .ps manual

Re: initrd images

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
> Is there a way to mount an initrd image as a loop-back file system? Yes, exactly as you say: mount -o loop /tmp/initrd /mnt/image _ __ _ Michael Rice |_|Collective|_| http://www.colltech.com [EMAIL PROTE

Re: probs with PPP dialup /dev/modem

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
You might want to try installing minicom or another equivalent modem terminal package to see if the problem is with the modem or with ppp. -Paul Johnson Christopher wrote: > > I am trying to configure my dialip PPP on my Slackware 3.6 > 2.0.34 kernel-upgraded (only kernel!) to 2.2.5 or so, and >

Re: logfiles

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
> Here are the logfiles from my attempt to compile mod_perl into httpd > (apache server) Ok, I tried this myself, and basically the problem is the way perl is set up at this location (ARL). If you look at the mod_perl Makefile, it says where it is looking for Config.pm, which is what it will quer

probs with PPP dialup /dev/modem

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
I am trying to configure my dialip PPP on my Slackware 3.6 2.0.34 kernel-upgraded (only kernel!) to 2.2.5 or so, and the problem is that (even with the updated pppd 2.3.8) running ppp-go and so on causes a cryptic message: device or resource busy for /dev/modem. My modem is a 28.8 USR Sports

logfiles

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Here are the logfiles from my attempt to compile mod_perl into httpd (apache server) makefile.pl.txt (output from 'perl Makefile.PL'): ##Begin makefile.pl.txt Enter `q' to stop search Please tell me where I can find your apache src [/opt/depot/apache/src] Configure mod_perl with /op

Re: mod_perl and apache -- calling all gurus -- test your might

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Michael Rice wrote: > > > I don't have permission to do > > anything in /opt/depot/perl-5.004/ because it is mounted to an NFS > > filesystem which I don't have root on. There is a "perl5" binary in > > that directory that works, but I'd much rather it simply use the > > /opt/bin/perl that my sh

Re: mod_perl and apache -- calling all gurus -- test your might

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
I may not completely understand your problem. But could it be that the version of Perl it wants is just a bit newer than the one installed on that NFS system you don't have access to? George Winn wrote: > Hi everyone. This one's been buggin me for a while. I'm trying to > compile the newest m

QT compile errors.

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Hello, I'm trying to learn to develop software using the QT libraries from our friends at Troll Tech. However, I'm having trouble getting even the first demo to compile. System is a P200 running Redhat 6.0, qt-1.44, qt-devel-1.44. /usr/include/qt is in my /etc/ld.so.conf. Here's the source: #in

Re: hardware recommendation

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Someone just mentioned on another list that there's now a dual PPGA Celeron board -- has the hardware hacks to make SMP capable the celeron chips. It was mentioned he found it on pricewatch for around $150, which means you can get into the SMP arena for pretty cheap. Tyan makes a very very nic

Re: hardware recommendation

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
> I am thinking about assembling a dual cpu machine for myself. and was > wondering if anyone have any suggestion on the hardware. especially the > motherboard and video card. I am looking at one right now what kind of chips are you gonna use? p2? celeron? If I just wanted to play with a dual

hardware recommendation

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
I am thinking about assembling a dual cpu machine for myself. and was wondering if anyone have any suggestion on the hardware. especially the motherboard and video card. I am looking at one right now PCchips M750i it has onboard intel i740 AGP video. I know there is a i740 Xserver. If you h

Re: mod_perl and apache -- calling all gurus -- test your might

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
> I don't have permission to do > anything in /opt/depot/perl-5.004/ because it is mounted to an NFS > filesystem which I don't have root on. There is a "perl5" binary in > that directory that works, but I'd much rather it simply use the > /opt/bin/perl that my shell finds ok when i invoke the 'w

mod_perl and apache -- calling all gurus -- test your might

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Hi everyone. This one's been buggin me for a while. I'm trying to compile the newest mod_perl into what i believe to be the newest apache. The error seems to stem from something called from make looking for the perl binary in the wrong place. I don't have permission to do anything in /opt/depo

Re: Where to set BOOTPROTO?

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Robert Kennedy wrote: > > Quick RH6 question: Where is the *appropiate* place to set > BOOTPROTO=dhcp? I'm guessing either /etc/sysconfig/network or > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. The BOOTPROTO should be specific to the interface, so ...scripts/ifcfg-eth0. > Also, what needs to

Where to set BOOTPROTO?

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Quick RH6 question: Where is the *appropiate* place to set BOOTPROTO=dhcp? I'm guessing either /etc/sysconfig/network or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. Also, what needs to be set so that 'usernetctl' can do it's thing (ie let non-root users have some control over the interface)? T

Re: startx from other/for console

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
That's dog-pecker FLIES...as in the insect...i.e., you can put up a facade to fool people, but you're still who you are undereath that...and it can always seep through your clothes...it's one of those things that my Grand-dad used to say before he pickled his liver on cheap whiskey...;) jws On T

Re: startx from other/for console

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
OK, I'll bite. I can't stand it anymore. What's a "dog-pecker" file? -- Doc Shipley Network Guy TARL Labs, UT --- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: startx from other/for console

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
GROOVY!!! -- Doc Shipley Network Guy TARL Labs, UT > On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, christ wrote: > > Actually, you can start X from another virtual console even if X is > already running. For example, you can run 2 xservers at the same time and > toggle between them using -- and --. (This >

Re: useradd

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Are you getting a file "nologin" in /etc? Jacob "Yasin A. Vohra" wrote: > Hi! > > I created some users on my linux box using useradd username. Then > I added their passwords using the command passwd username. I can log in > as console after I create them. I do my normal work. Everythi

useradd

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Hi! I created some users on my linux box using useradd username. Then I added their passwords using the command passwd username. I can log in as console after I create them. I do my normal work. Everything works fine. When I rebooted my machine I cannot log back in as console

Re: startx from other/for console (fwd)

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Hi! Some minor changes in the end to be specific. I tried this by switching the console to virtual twice. Case 1: Cntl + Atl + F2 --- startx -- :1 -bpp 8 Fatal server error. No "Display" subsection for -bpp depth 8 When rep

Re: startx from other/for console

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
First of all, you shouldn't be working as root, Yasin. Especially since you're using Gnome; having a GUI file manager makes it that much easier to fsck something up on your filesystem (which gnome-session reminds you of on start-up.) On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Yasin A. Vohra wrote: > Hi! > > I

Re: startx from other/for console

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Hi! I tried this by switching the console to virtual twice. Case 1: Cntl + Atl + F2 --- startx -- :1 -bpp 8 Fatal server error. No "Display" subsection for -bpp depth 8 When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send

problem compiling kde apps

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
I compiled and installed the kde libs and this problem happened with 2 programs, WebMaker and KDevelop. I have since installed kde-base, kde-libs, and kde-support. still doesn't work. the problem isn't qt... I am running a qt app and it works. I ran some of the programs from kde-base in /opt/kde/b

on the road ;p

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Hey guys, just wanted to drop a line because I've been out of it since wednesday night.. If anyone needed to get in touch w/ me and I haven't replied to their e-mail, send it again.. I've got about 1,000 messages to sift through and it's hard to pick the important ones :) I'm in frisco right now,

Re: DVD's?

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
On 20 Jun 1999, Nolan Darilek wrote: > So I'm currently debating whether or not to spend my hard-earned > paycheck on a DVD player. Actually it isn't much of a debate; I'm > pretty sure I will, though I'm still doing research. I was wondering > if anyone here could answer any of these questions.

Re: startx from other/for console

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, christ wrote: > > > I would like to know if you can start xwindows from other virtual > >consoles. (other than default consoles) > > you can start X from anywhere, even telnetted in. just try it (and make > sure you dont already have X running). > Actually, you can s

Re: initrd images

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Justin Georgeson wrote: > > Is there a way to mount an initrd image as a loop-back file system? In case anyone else is wondering, it's in the Kickstart HOWTO, page 19. This also takes care of my previous question about making custom install disks. -- ___

Re: smbmount problem

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Ok, I got it after fiddling for a minute. Thanks anyhow :) Aprile -Original Message- From: April Escamilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, June 21, 1999 10:16 AM Subject: smbmount problem >Hey everyone, > >I have used smbmount in the

smbmount problem

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Hey everyone, I have used smbmount in the past with RH5.2, and am now trying to use it with RH6.0. In Rh5.2, the following command mounted a windows NT machine for backup purposes with no problems: smbmount //servername/sharename /where/to/mount/files -I xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -P mypassword -c

initrd images

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Is there a way to mount an initrd image as a loop-back file system? -- Justin Georgeson Institute for Advanced Technology -- System Administrator University of Texas at Austin -- Dept. of Computer Science http://

re: newbie question

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
arif: i got mine at cheapbytes.com for 1.99 =) ada hello guys, does anybody know where i can get a copy of redhat 6.0? thanks, arif _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: newbie question

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
You can borrow one from the ACM office. Or purchase your own from www.cheapbytes.com for about $5 I think. weston Arif Siddiqui wrote: > hello guys, > does anybody know where i can get a copy of redhat 6.0? > > thanks, > arif > > ___

Re: Mandrake 6 Sound

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
did you run the basic sound config tool. just type setup and its in there - my sound card didnt work till i ran that, it detected it almost perfectly. you're probably running kernel 2.2.9-19 which has the 2.2.x security flaw in it - you should promptly upgrade if nothing else than for that. At 0

No Subject

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
is it possible have x running and log in as different users on the same console? if not...how do i config the startup so that it does not start in x? newbie here...my grasp on linux lingo is shaky. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com a

Re: startx from other/for console

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
> I would like to know if you can start xwindows from other virtual >consoles. (other than default consoles) you can start X from anywhere, even telnetted in. just try it (and make sure you dont already have X running). it will always run on the console after the last one that has anythi

startx from other/for console

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
Hi! I would like to know if you can start xwindows from other virtual consoles. (other than default consoles) Thanks. Sincerely, Yasin http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/yasin --- Junior Officer The Ass

newbie question

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
hello guys, does anybody know where i can get a copy of redhat 6.0? thanks, arif ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com --- Send admin

Mandrake 6 Sound

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
I just installed Mandrake 6 (RH 6 + pretty stuff) and I'm having a weird thing happen with my Sound Blaster AWE 64 PnP (not Gold just normal PnP) I had it working under RH 5.2, and got it to work under 6, but it buzzes and hisses in my speakers. Also, Mandrake thinks it actually is just a SB 16

boldface and underline

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
Hi! Does anyone know how to underline and boldface in vi or pico. Sincerely, Yasin http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/yasin --- Junior Officer The Association for Computing Machinery (UTACM) http://acm.csres.utexas.edu D

DVD's?

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
So I'm currently debating whether or not to spend my hard-earned paycheck on a DVD player. Actually it isn't much of a debate; I'm pretty sure I will, though I'm still doing research. I was wondering if anyone here could answer any of these questions. I've spent some time trying to read between t

custom install disks?

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
Anyone know how to do this? I have some machines with NICs that use the DEC 21141 (or maybe 3) that the tulip.o on the disk doesn't work with. The compat list says the de4x5.o module supports the card, but I can't manually pick the module for installation. I'd like to put a more recent version of

Re: POP3 Mail

1999-06-19 Thread Anonymous
I got it to work. In my inetd.conf file, the line for pop3 was commented out. As soon as I uncommented it, and did a killall -HUP inetd it worked. Thank you everyone... steven westbrook sends. On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Joshua W. Scott wrote: > Do a search on freshmeat.net for qpopper. ---

Re: POP3 Mail

1999-06-19 Thread Anonymous
Do a search on freshmeat.net for qpopper. jws On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Steven Westbrook wrote: > > Hello everyone... I've got a question that's been stumping me for the > last couple of days. I'm finally trying to get away from exhange server > and go to a sendmail mail server since I've finally

Re: POP3 Mail

1999-06-19 Thread Anonymous
Steven Westbrook wrote: > > Hello everyone... I've got a question that's been stumping me for the > last couple of days. I'm finally trying to get away from exhange server > and go to a sendmail mail server since I've finally registered my domain > name and all that good stuff. I've got sendmai

POP3 Mail

1999-06-19 Thread Anonymous
Hello everyone... I've got a question that's been stumping me for the last couple of days. I'm finally trying to get away from exhange server and go to a sendmail mail server since I've finally registered my domain name and all that good stuff. I've got sendmail working correctly on my Redhat 6

Re: /etc/exports

1999-06-17 Thread Anonymous
> So, I read in `man exports` you can use "network/netmask" for allowed > hosts in /etc/exports. Unfortunately, it doesn't have an example of this > convention in use, so I want to make sure I get it right w/o trial and > error...anybody? > Doomo, / 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw) would be

winbond!

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Has anyone had any luck with winbond pci ethernet cards? I got the winbond-840.c module from cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov and it compiled, but I don't see the message indicating that it has been loaded. If I manually load it with modprobe winbond-840, it loads it and I can "ifconfig eth0 up" but "route

Windows question (SORRY)

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Okay, I'm putting on the asbestos suit as I type... My friend just bought a computer from an auction site. It has a pc-100 M598 motherboard, 100mhz bus, K6-450, etc. onboard video, sound, modem, everything. it's ide. windows installs and then when it reboots for the first time it says "IOS error.

Re: /etc/exports

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
/export_dir 128.83.133.0/255.255.255.0 or /export_dir 128.83.133.0/24 I believe . . . "Joshua W. Scott" wrote: > > Thanks, but not what I'm looking for. The man page refers > to the use of an address/netmask pair. I'm assuming it's something like: > /export_dir 128.83.13

Re: /etc/exports

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Thanks, but not what I'm looking for. The man page refers to the use of an address/netmask pair. I'm assuming it's something like: /export_dir 128.83.133.0/255.255.255.0(options) But I want to make sure... jws On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Nathan Sportsman wrote: > > This is the export file on knig

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