Re: samba / smbmount problems

2000-09-05 Thread Morgan Terry
Mathew Johnston wrote: > > I have a mixed windows/linux network, and am looking to do file sharing > over my LAN. Samba seems pretty good, except that mounted smb shares > (in linux) sometimes lose connectivity. It really liked to do it when > xmms crashed as I tried to add a directory to my pla

Re: OT: subscribing to linux-kernel

2000-09-15 Thread Morgan Terry
Britton wrote: > > I seem to have gotten unsubscribed and it appears that the host has > changed as all the instructions I can find do not work. Anyone know the > routine? > Same procedure except you need to send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Morgan He who

OT: Which PCMCIA modem to get?

2000-09-22 Thread Morgan Terry
I'm going to be getting a PCMCIA modem this weekend, and wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions on which ones are good/bad. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. -- Morgan A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. -- Baltasar Gracian

Re: #!/usr/bin/tclsh not working

2001-02-21 Thread Morgan Terry
ped . hello >and I get the error bash: puts: command not found. > <...> try this: $ ./hello when you do: '. hello', you are telling your shell (bash in this case) to source the file 'hello'. In other words, you are trying to run tcl commands directly

Re: Optical mice

2001-03-01 Thread Morgan Terry
Lee Elliott wrote: > > Hello List, > > Would anyone care to recommend any optical wheel mice for use with > Debian - that is, optical mice with a wheel 3rd button? > > TIA > > LeeE I have a M$ Optical Wheel Mouse that I really like. I have it working on my Laptop (running Debian) and also on

Re: size of a directory

2001-03-05 Thread Morgan Terry
Gregor Kaleta wrote: > > How can I view the size of a spezial directory e.g. /usr? `du -s /usr` should do it. `man du` for details... -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 567-5306

Re: PCMCIA modem card recommendation

2001-03-21 Thread Morgan Terry
/products/56pc.cfm) that has worked quite well for me. I bought it at the local CompUSA (don't remember how much, sorry) -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help

2000-03-31 Thread Morgan Terry
"Brooks R. Robinson" wrote: > > Start of Soap Box > > I agree wholeheartedly. If I want Microsoft Linux, I'll buy Redhat. Truly, > that is the standard that must be met for "ease" of installation. If you > want to simply follow instructions to set up an OS, install a Microsoft OS; > in the sam

Annoying 'unexpected interrupt' problem

2000-04-05 Thread Morgan Terry
I've been getting the message "ide1: unexpected interrupt, status=0x51, count=1" on my laptop since installing potato (I had no such problems before, when I had Slackware 7.0). It only does this occasionally, and it never seems to do it when I have a CD in the the drive (ide1 is the CD-ROM). Any

Mouse doesn't work right in X

2000-04-05 Thread Morgan Terry
I have potato installed on my laptop, with X (version 3.3.6, i think), and have everything set up for my display, but when I start X & move my mouse, the cursor goes right to the bottom of the screen (well, off the screen, actually) and apparently it thinks i'm clicking the mouse buttons too since

Re: Sid- or Woody- CD-images

2001-01-18 Thread Morgan Terry
rsync against) so you can use the pseudo-image-kit. I am rsync'ing my (woody) images right now. You may also want to check out http://cdimage.debian.org -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 567-5306

Re: problem playing audio CD's

2001-01-24 Thread Morgan Terry
g! > > What am I missing, or what am I doing wrong? Any ideas for a good > cd-player? > > TIA!! > Philipp You need to add yourself to the cdrom group. -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 567-5306

Re: need to add 255.255.255.255 to route table

2001-01-29 Thread Morgan Terry
c/network/interfaces for the interface in question: up route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth1 -- Morgan Terry

Re: help making debian ISO's

2001-06-19 Thread Morgan Terry
ot;. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] you can get unofficial woody and/or sid images from ftp.fsn.hu/ftp/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/ it is available by http/ftp/rsync. I rsync my woody images against the ones there every once in a while. -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: help making debian ISO's

2001-06-21 Thread Morgan Terry
obably run rsync again. Also, you may want to check the archives for the debian-cd list. Maybe there is more info there, but here is the last announcement I saw concerning this particular site on debian-cd: http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd-0010/msg00018.html HTH & Good Luck -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] update-images.sh Description: Bourne shell script

Re: URGENT! help w/ Linux@work

2001-04-09 Thread Morgan Terry
> > PS (please CC, I'm only subscribed to list @home) Try putting this in your /etc/networ/interfaces file in the section for your interface: up route add default gw 192.168.0.1 This will add a default route after the interface comes up. Hope this helps... -- Morgan Terry [EMAI

Re: New to Debian....compilation problems

2001-04-10 Thread Morgan Terry
and haven't had any problems since. -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is easier to move a problem around (for example, by moving the problem to a different part of the overall network architecture) than it is to solve it. --RFC 1925

Re: custom kernel

2001-04-12 Thread Morgan Terry
nuz.old should point to it automatically), you can type "linux.old" instead. Every time you install a new kernel-image package, it will automatically rotate these links (/vmlinuz will point to the newly installed kernel, and /vmlinuz.old will point to the previous kernel), so this will g

Re: custom kernel

2001-04-12 Thread Morgan Terry
eady exists. If you are installing a new kernel with a different version (eg. you are installing 2.2.18 and you had 2.2.17 installed) then you don't need to worry about it. It will create the new directory. -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is easier to move a problem around (for exa

Re: what i've learned, and explanation.

2001-04-17 Thread Morgan Terry
slots, > so I need to get some relatively large SIMMS. > > -D I bought 32MB for my 486DX4 at Office Max a few months ago. I think I paid something like $40-$50 for the 32MB SIMM. It's currently running FreeBSD very well. -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is easier to move a

Re: server ID

2001-04-17 Thread Morgan Terry
your favorite editor. -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: good laptops

2001-04-18 Thread Morgan Terry
xmission.com/~mt/2100cdt_slackware.html for details on my Slackware installation (hmmm...maybe I ought to put something up for my Debian experiences with it...). I did have some trouble with that install though... -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is easier to move a problem around (for exampl

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread Morgan Terry
. I, too, have a couple old USR > internal modems (pre-winmodem days) that can still work quite well. That > doesn't mean that were I to buy a modem today that I would buy an internal... My opinion is that internal modems make up in convenience what they give in ease of troubleshooting.

Re: backup strategies

2001-05-01 Thread Morgan Terry
is smart enough to not try to add to the archive to itself. `man tar` or `info tar` for details... -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is easier to move a problem around (for example, by moving the problem to a different part of the overall network architecture) than it is to solve it. --RFC 1925

Lock ups with kernel 2.4.10 & 2.4.12

2001-10-13 Thread Morgan Terry
am running 2.4.8 right now, and I don't get the lockups with this kernel. I haven't tried 2.4.9. I've searched google (web and groups) with no success. Anyone know what's up with this? [Please Cc: me replies] -- Morgan Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xmission.com/~mt Encry

Re: syntax error in backup script

2001-05-08 Thread Morgan Terry
+%A` = "Sunday" && ! -f "/backup/$directoryname" ] then into if [ `date +%A` = "Sunday" && ! -f "/backup/$directoryname" ]; then ^ Do the same for the elif part. HTH > jason > > jason.pepas.c