[tslug] Re: Mandrake Linux

2004-04-21 Thread Ian Monroe
Marc Becker wrote: I've recently rejoined this list, so please excuse me if this has been recently discussed. I've been playing around w/ linux on and off on a test machine and when the semester is out I want to do a fresh install with the new kernel. I've been playing around w/ Mandrake, but

[tslug] Re: sendmail

2004-04-13 Thread Ian Monroe
Yea, the one I use is called ssmtp ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/mail/mta/ and it works fine. Having a working sendmail makes lots of things work better/easier in linux, ssmtp is an easy way to do it. Caleb Jorden wrote: For this to work on Truman's Campus, you need to relay your mail

[tslug] Re: DVDs

2004-04-05 Thread Ian Monroe
DVDs don't need that fast of a DVD player, but it could be the problem. Minko Minkov wrote: Ian Monroe wrote: Well, the distribution is SuSE 9.0 with KDE 3.2.1 I tried Kaffeine 0.4.2, it was running really good except the same problem. mp

[tslug] Re: DVDs

2004-04-04 Thread Ian Monroe
one of the encrypted DVD plugins) and see if that works. Ian Monroe - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: Meeting Tomorrow 2-24 VH1232

2004-03-24 Thread Ian Monroe
as Ruby 1.8.1 (the newest) installed on it. You can use the ruby shell irb to play around with it easily. Send me a message if anyone wants other ruby libraries installed, currently it just has the various standard and the mysql libraries. Kronos has the Debian Woody package of Ruby, so its version 1.6. Ian Monroe - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Meeting Tomorrow 2-24 VH1232

2004-03-23 Thread Ian Monroe
as well. Ian Monroe - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: Knoppix

2004-03-04 Thread Ian Monroe
Ross Day wrote: \\vh224401\pub\linux\knoppix Justin West wrote: Does someone on campus have a v3.3 Knoppix CD? -Justin That version is several months old. A new version has come out recently, I would recommend downloading it. A version a week older then the most recent is available at: ftp://g

[tslug] Re: Gentoo is b0rken

2004-02-28 Thread Ian Monroe
I guess my first suggestion is to see if someone is having a similar problem at forums.gentoo.org, and if you can't find someone, post your message there. So many people read those forums, occasionally you can get some good help. Try reemerging python to fix your emerge issues. Um, wait. Scratc

[tslug] Re: Ftp

2004-02-28 Thread Ian Monroe
Nathaniel Green wrote: Is ftp one of the limited services on campus? I'm getting < 10 KB/s from a server which claims d/l speeds of over 400 KB/s. Bleh. Nate Not in my experience. I don't have more or less success with FTP then I do HTTP, which is to say, sometimes I get pretty slow speeds but th

[tslug] Re: Ethernet card not working on new Moodle server

2004-02-24 Thread Ian Monroe
The 2.6 kernel has issues with the IBM 300GL and the 3com cards. You have to do a cold boot or reboot from a 2.4 kernel (or any other OS actually). I imagine this is what your probably doing anyways, since you obviously had to a cold boot when you returned. Running the command `dmesg | less` wi

[tslug] Post-Installfest Meeting this Wednesday

2004-02-22 Thread Ian Monroe
te to post questions with the necessary information to this TSLUG list. Ian Monroe - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: installfest

2004-02-19 Thread Ian Monroe
h a boot-loader that can easily handle > ms-dos? pre- or -post gnu/linux install? > i > - > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > -------

[tslug] Re: IM poll

2004-02-19 Thread Ian Monroe
e > worth the tradeoff. > > Anyway, I use gaim with aol and msn accounts. > What are your favorite flavors? > > Nate -- Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: Meeting tomorrow!

2004-02-10 Thread Ian Monroe
You must be thinking of Ark-as-in-Noah Linux. This is Arch-as-in-Saint-Louis Linux. Arch is more or less from scratch, Ark is based on Redhat I think. The two distros probably started at around the same time so the name conflict wasn't apparent. On that note, the new version of Mozilla Firebird

[tslug] Re: firewall

2004-02-05 Thread Ian Monroe
A better keyword would be iptables. Its the name of the part of the kernel which does the firewall. So you may have to recompile your kernel to get it to work. Really a firewall is only necessary if you have ports open that you would like to close to the outside world (but would like to keep th

[tslug] Re: Debian

2004-02-03 Thread Ian Monroe
leisure. Woo indeed. Nate On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 03:00, Ian Monroe wrote: When I used Debian on my computer I always found dselect to be a bother and started using apt-get exclusively. This was back in the day when woody had just been released. So long long ago. My opinion is that you shouldn'

[tslug] Re: Debian

2004-02-03 Thread Ian Monroe
When I used Debian on my computer I always found dselect to be a bother and started using apt-get exclusively. This was back in the day when woody had just been released. So long long ago. My opinion is that you shouldn't mix default testing and unstable. At the KDE website they have packages f

[tslug] Re: Printer troubles

2004-01-27 Thread Ian Monroe
I would recommend installing Cups. Its the more modern of the print systems and its fairly easy to use. You should be able to configure it using the web interface or KDE (though I would stick to former.) The drivers all come with Cups. Christopher Gordon wrote: I tried to install my printer on

[tslug] First Meeting of Semester; Maestro; Beep

2004-01-09 Thread Ian Monroe
e dialog boxes. The XMMS open directory dialog would hang for a few seconds before opening, Beep's dialog opens fine. http://beepmp.sourceforge.net/ Ian Monroe Co-President http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email

[tslug] Re: Kernel 2.6.0

2003-12-17 Thread Ian Monroe
Just downloaded. As was pointed out on Slashdot, 2.6 kernel and Lord of the Rings on the same day (yes, its good and you should see it). And for us, the end of the semester. What could make the day better. Guess it would have to be World Peace or something. I've been using 2.6-test11 primarily

[tslug] Re: New Distro Suggestions

2003-11-03 Thread Ian Monroe
irectly from the grub command line if you read up a little bit). > > Andy Linsenbardt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://andyl.homelinux.net/ > > "No matter where you go, there you are." > -- U.S.S. Excelsior slogan -- Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: Meeting October 29: Linux Games

2003-10-28 Thread Ian Monroe
g > Vega Strike install: > http://wcuniverse.sourceforge.net/vegatrek/ > > ~Jordan -- Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Meeting October 29: Linux Games

2003-10-27 Thread Ian Monroe
easily for Gentoo Linux. And as usual, bring any Linux questions and SCO-bashing. -- Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: help--first time upgrading my kernel

2003-10-26 Thread Ian Monroe
to go from 2.4.20-8 to 2.4.22, btw) > > = > "God is bigger than the boogey-man." >--Jr. Asparagus -- Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: help--first time upgrading my kernel

2003-10-26 Thread Ian Monroe
. This will give you choices on the new features in the kernel. Do a make xconfig or make menuconfig if you want to make other changes. -- Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: Gaim Messenger

2003-10-24 Thread Ian Monroe
to fix it :( If anyone could help in > any way I'd appreciate it!!! > Ashley Murdock > -- Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: Redcode/CoreWars

2003-10-12 Thread Ian Monroe
one wants to claim ultimate superiority in Lisp > >wars or Modula 2 wars; or given our recent thread Cobol wars. > >The whole point of core wars is the crudeness, that sense of > >getting down to the nitty gritty. If

[tslug] Inspiration: Fwd: [MLUG] Free Linux stuff coming for next meeting!

2003-10-10 Thread Ian Monroe
Free swag == good. Even without all the IPOs, these companies have large marketing budgets, maybe they'll send us some stuff (though my favorite open source projects don't have any marketing budget, oh well). And I think the CSO (where Kronos lives) needs a poster or two. I'm thinking of doing

[tslug] Re: Cobol

2003-10-07 Thread Ian Monroe
ow you can combine the best of both worlds - COBOL *AND* Linux. :=) In what sick world is COBOL the best? > > Mike/ -- Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: Mathematica over SSH X-Forwarding

2003-09-22 Thread Ian Monroe
OK, I feel silly. That fixed it. No wonder I couldn't find anything on the web about my problem, its too simple. Thanks, Ian On Monday 22 September 2003 22:11, Donald J Bindner wrote: > Turn off your numlock key? - To get off this

[tslug] Mathematica over SSH X-Forwarding

2003-09-22 Thread Ian Monroe
I remember it having something to do with this. -- Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -

[tslug] Re: RedHat Linux

2003-09-13 Thread Ian Monroe
ransfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I'm trying to install RedHat 9 on my computer that already has an older > ver= sion of Linux on it. Can someone tell me how to do this? I have the > three= disks I just can't get them to run!! :( > Than

[tslug] Re: Hang on calculating module dependencies

2003-02-23 Thread Ian Monroe
actually was a pretty big difference between 1.2 and 1.4 because of the new compiler, but I bet in the future they won't be that noticable to existing users. Anyways, going on of a tanget. We just need to get this Mosix cluster up and running and then have it cross-compile for us Gentoo users. (-: Ian M

[tslug] Re: Hang on calculating module dependencies

2003-02-23 Thread Ian Monroe
ho knows what they're doing take a look at it. Maybe there's somethign wrong with a ribbon or some (cheap) problem like that (fingers crossed). Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Ian Monroe wrote: > > After doing some more repartitioning*, and the computer booted u

[tslug] Hang on calculating module dependencies

2003-02-22 Thread Ian Monroe
y lost and anime-less without it. (Windows XP works fine by the way). Ian Monroe *I shrunk my NTFS partitioned, and expanded my FAT32 data partition into it at the installfest. Using parted, I deleted another FAT32 partition that was at the end of the drive, and move/expanded some /home reiser

[tslug] Re: Meeting Tomorrow

2003-02-18 Thread Ian Monroe
I plan on coming. Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Nathaniel Green wrote: >[snip] > Also, I would like to get a bit of a preliminary head count for how > many people will be there tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at 6:30 in > VH1232. I'm planning on having f

[tslug] Re: Misc Questions

2002-05-18 Thread Ian Monroe
Well, Kirksville a bit far away, but here in Columbia we have a place called Personalized Computer which is the same idea, I may get my computer there. Their out-of-date site is at: http://www.personalized-computers.com/ Ian Monroe http://ian.webhop.org On Sat, 18 May 2002, C. A. Hilgartner

[tslug] Re: Misc Questions

2002-05-18 Thread Ian Monroe
d prefer to buy the computer from someplace else and then just buy the software academic. I've been looking around at Microsoft's website, and it looks like it has to be bought through a reseller. How does it work? Dell mentioned needing a student number. Ian Monroe http://ian.webhop.org O

[tslug] Misc Questions

2002-05-17 Thread Ian Monroe
or is Home good enough? Would prefer Home for the obvious matter of $100, but I understand that in some networks it's better to have Pro. Thanks, Ian Monroe http://mlug.missouri.edu/~eean

[tslug] esr's coming again. hmm. (fwd)

2002-03-11 Thread Ian Monroe
Thought you all might be interested... Ian -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:15:20 -0600 From: Rich Tollerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MLUG] esr's coming again. hmm. Dunno about whether or not this was supposed

[tslug] Dynamic and Static IPs was: Re: Re: Internet ConnectionSharing

2001-08-19 Thread Ian Monroe
, but static works find. I think my IP address changed once in the last year and so that I've had a cable modem, and it was only couple of months after I got my cable modem. *******Ian Monroe*** Bored? Check out the game Mandala (still in beta), a t