With newer chipsets, is ECC memory slower ? Worth the penalty ?

2003-09-19 Thread Paul McHale
ce is. Any recommendations or empirical performance data ? BTW. The system is a DELL 3.2GHz server with no OS. I saw it on thedailydeals.com for $500. With no OS, maybe others are interested. Dell offers it every other month. Thanks in advance, Paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320

RE: With newer chipsets, is ECC memory slower ? Worth the penalty ?

2003-09-20 Thread Paul McHale
Hi Bob, > Negative. My own memory test benchmarks using a (cough) windows based > test program shows only a 1%-2% speed degradation. Of course that > depends upon the chipset used. But I wouldn't expect anything above > 5% in the worst case for anything reasonable. Thanks for the info. It

RE: With newer chipsets, is ECC memory slower ? Worth the penalty ?

2003-09-21 Thread Paul McHale
2.5 would perform at CL rate of 3. Is the above any faster than: http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Dell%2BPowerEdg e&mfr=Dell&cat=RAM&model=PowerEdge+400SC&submit=Go I think the answer is yes, but I would appreciate the sanity check. Many thanks, Pau

Starting debian servers/Samba Newbie - help

1999-09-01 Thread Paul McHale
I need a POP3, FTP, Print and Web server. I would use NT server, but then I have to buy an expensive POP3 server. To save money and have a more reliable server, I would like to use debian. Here are the plans: Goals are: 1. Simple setup 2. Secure 3. Good available documen

RE: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?

1999-09-03 Thread Paul McHale
One reason is pretty installation. IMHO, RedHat has more eye candy. It starts up with a more intuitive install and gives a general user what they are looking for. Apps, X/MS like interface. Some networking stuff. Great book in every store, most with CDs. Great documentation on getting Samba r

RE: Good books

1999-09-03 Thread Paul McHale
You must run dselect. Same thing happened to me. Installation is a two parter. Part two is dselect. paul > -Original Message- > From: ... [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 4:40 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Good books > > > I'm a total

RE: boot from hd (was RE: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?)

1999-09-03 Thread Paul McHale
, September 03, 1999 6:02 PM > To: Paul McHale > Cc: debian-user > Subject: boot from hd (was RE: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?) > > > > > 2. Said it would make my HD bootable, didn't. I still boot > from floppies so > > if anyone can tell me where to look to

RE: boot from hd (was RE: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?)

1999-09-03 Thread Paul McHale
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 6:18 PM > To: Paul McHale; Patrick Olson > Cc: debian-user > Subject: RE: boot from hd (was RE: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?) > > > On Fri, 03 Sep 1999, Paul McHale wrote: > > Thanks for the help ! I'll give this a try. When I

RE: boot from hd (was RE: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?)

1999-09-03 Thread Paul McHale
since 1,2,3 and 4 don't work ... I guess I'll try LILO tonight. thanks paul > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wim > Kerkhoff > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 12:26 PM > To: Paul McHale > Cc: debian-user >

RE: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?

1999-09-05 Thread Paul McHale
nyone else ? If I am wrong, please tell me ! > -Original Message- > From: David Teague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 8:40 AM > To: Paul McHale > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat? > > > &g

FTP servers and security help

1999-09-05 Thread Paul McHale
I have debian installed and am very impressed. Apache is running. WU_FTP is running. Mostly through no fault of my own :). The installation did an excellent job ! My question regards previous mailings to this group discussing PRO_FTP and security issues. Which FTP server do you recommend ? I

RE: FTP servers and security help

1999-09-06 Thread Paul McHale
A security hole was found in proftpd > recently, but the patch (on bugtraq) is a one-line fix -- so I imagine the > debian maintainer will have a patch out soon, if not already -- > if you don't > want to deal with compiling your own server. > > proftpd just seems nicer. :

RE: FTP servers and security help

1999-09-06 Thread Paul McHale
That was fast, thanks for the response !!! > -Original Message- > From: Brad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 9:49 PM > To: Seth R Arnold > Cc: Debian-User > Subject: Re: FTP servers and security help > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Sun, 5 Sep

Dumb package install question

1999-09-06 Thread Paul McHale
Hi, I have downloaded the latest proftp with the root patch (I believe) from debian. I have it on floppy and can copy the file proftpd_1.2.0pre4-2.deb to wherever. Question is how do I install it ? When I run dselect, it looks for directories which don't exist on the floppy. I looked at dpkg

RE: Dumb package install question

1999-09-06 Thread Paul McHale
package install question > > > Hello paul > > On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 11:35:13PM -0400, Paul McHale wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have downloaded the latest proftp with the root patch (I believe) from > > debian. I have it on floppy and can copy the file &g

RE: Why can't I run my program (how do i set ./ on the path permanently)

1999-09-06 Thread Paul McHale
For security reasons, please don't do this on your root account. Users can add another ls or commonly used program to their own directory. This program doesn't have the ability to perform some insidious task when run by a user. When root changes into their directory and innocently types ls, thei

RE: qpopper

1999-09-06 Thread Paul McHale
use dselect. I think it comes with the distribution. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 5:16 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: qpopper > > > Hi > > Where can i find the debian compiled package qpopp

PERL 5.005 install (was: RE: Dumb package install question)

1999-09-06 Thread Paul McHale
ly. Can I tell apt-get to get unstable versions ? How do I tell it to overwrite an older version of a package ? Should I??? thanks much for all the support, paul > -Original Message- > From: Paul McHale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 11:35 P

RE: Server

1999-09-07 Thread Paul McHale
Dan, Not sure what remote means. Telnet works pretty good. All windows platforms ship with a passable telnet client. Debian starts telnet on it's own. One windows, start -> run and type "telnet IP_Number". Do note your password is cleartext. I recommend upgrading to Teraterm and SSH for debi

Console screen blanking time ?

1999-09-11 Thread Paul McHale
Hi, Does anyone know how to change/disable the console screen blanking time when in text mode ? thanks, paul Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610

Test - delete me

1999-09-14 Thread Paul McHale
Please delete, a test of my mailer ! thank Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610 Mobile: 937-371-2828 Fax:937-253-7513 Home: 937-253-6260

RE: Minor inittab/serial console question...

1999-09-15 Thread Paul McHale
Can you boot Linux without a video card installed ? I would have thought the BIOS would have had a problem with that ... paul -Original Message- From: Rob Browning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 1:02 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Minor in

RE: Kicstart in Debian-Linux

1999-09-19 Thread Paul McHale
If the PCs are identical, you might try drive image. It will just copy the hard drives ... -Original Message- From: Jan Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 2:47 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Kicstart in Debian-Linux I've been looking around fo

RE: /dev/lp1 bad configured

1999-09-20 Thread Paul McHale
Lorenz, This may be an erroneous answer, but on my system it is lp0. As I understand it, /dev/lp0 translates to LPT1:. Unless you have two parallel ports, you might not have a valid /dev/lp1 (LPT2:). Could this be the problem ? I think mine gave the same error when I tried to print to it ...

RE: To the Debian Project, IMHO [long]

1999-09-21 Thread Paul McHale
You Wrote: If you present someone with a challenge they will usually rise to it (as long as it is within their sphere of competence). So let's make life easier, not more difficult. Reply: This is an interesting way to lead into the following ... You wrote: Let's tell the truth "Linux is like Unix

RE: proftp where to I find it

1999-09-21 Thread Paul McHale
Seth, Here is what I found at Linux weekly news: http://www.lwn.net/1999/0218/a/deb-ftpd.html paul -Original Message- From: Seth R Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 1:46 PM To: debian user list Subject: Re: proftp where to I find it Look for proftpd.

RE: Language of www.debian.org.....

1999-09-28 Thread Paul McHale
Just tried it myself, wrong language ! IE 5.0 wants to load a european language font ? -Original Message- From: Bruce Z. Lysik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 9:52 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Language of www.debian.org. > "M" == M

RE: Language of www.debian.org.....

1999-09-28 Thread Paul McHale
Thanks for the info. Yngilizce from English ... Glad you knew that ! -Original Message- From: E.L. Meijer (Eric) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 9:31 AM To: debian Subject: Re: Language of www.debian.org. On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 06:11:15AM -0700, Martin

FTP server recommendation ???

1999-09-29 Thread Paul McHale
are appreciated. paul Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610 Mobile: 937-371-2828 Fax:408-351-8803 Home: 937-253-6260 (anytime)

RE: recommended partitioning

1999-10-03 Thread Paul McHale
Hi Jeff, I would try a simple approach. You only "need" two partitions, root and swap. If I remember correctly, swap should be equal to installed memory. 32MB RAM means 32MB swap. Use the rest for the root partition. I assigned root first, then swap as the last partition. You could partition

RE: simple mail question

1999-10-04 Thread Paul McHale
You can ... If you are debugging this, I would just use straight IP numbers. Otherwise you have to resolve the name. Just make sure you can ping your pop.server.com and smtp.server.com before trying to access them via mail client. This proves propper name resolution. Don't forget to load cucip

RE: Making a bootable rescue CD

1999-10-05 Thread Paul McHale
This is just another crazy thought on the subject. My backup strategy is a little different. I run both NT server and Linux. Both are Internet servers where data changes very rarely. I am using PowerQuest drive image to make images of both hard drives in both servers. Neither server takes up m

RE: HELP: possible to have answering machine over ISDN?

1999-10-05 Thread Paul McHale
I assume your current method uses the analog phone line... If it does, ISDN has two B channels which can be used for voice or data. Each is 64Kb. I use one for dedicated access. The other stays data until a voice call comes in and then converts to voice. On the back of the ISDN device there ar

RE: HELP: possible to have answering machine over ISDN?

1999-10-05 Thread Paul McHale
#x27;s router. Both were *very* poor. I would go with ascend or cisco. I've heard cicso doesn't have menus. Ascend offers serial port menus or telnet menus. Personal preference. Anything else I can help with ? paul -Original Message- From: Bruno Boettcher [mailto:[EMAIL P

RE: problem with /dev/lp0

1999-10-06 Thread Paul McHale
I believe it is /dev/lp1=lpt1:. Are you sure you are using the correct device ? -Original Message- From: Debian Mail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 10:11 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: problem with /dev/lp0 I use Debian with kernel 2.0.36. All

Linux/GDI printers/Samba

1999-10-06 Thread Paul McHale
in advance, paul - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610 Mobile: 937-371-2828 Fax:408-351-8803 Home: 937-253-6260 (anytime) -

RE: minicom lockup

1999-10-07 Thread Paul McHale
Bart, I had the same issue with minicom. It didn't exactly lockup for me, it would refuse to access the port. Or the port (device) would be unresponsive. I switched to ckermit and had no problems. Might want to try that ... paul -Original Message- From: Bart Raatgerink [mailto:[EMAIL

Congradulations Debian - Comercial product coming ! [Long]

1999-10-13 Thread Paul McHale
r them to give back to their audience.'' The Debian Project, which started in the mid-1990s, is central to the open source community. - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610 Mobile: 937-371-2828 Fax:408-351-8803 Home: 937-253-6260 (anytime) -

Commercial Debian - For those that requested a link

1999-10-13 Thread Paul McHale
did find this one: http://linuxtoday.com/stories/11071.html - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610 Mobile: 937-371-2828 Fax:408-351-8803 Home: 937-253-6260 (anytime) -

RE: OT: MS Security not centralized at all

1999-10-14 Thread Paul McHale
(sorry it is long and ends a bit opinionated ) (first part may be useful for NT users ! ) > I'm getting weary of looking in a dozen or more locations for the > patches I need to keep my Windows NT systems up to date. As you know, > Microsoft locates patches in various directories on its FTP site a

RE: Smail help needed from newbie

1999-10-17 Thread Paul McHale
Abdul, I had a similar problem with exim. It complained about relaying mail when I tried to send mail through it using Outlook on a networked PC. I would recommend re-running exim.conf. Try selecting another option at the first question, server type. This took care of the problem for me. -pau

RE: 100Mbit/10Mbit, Network Interface Card (NIC)

1999-10-18 Thread Paul McHale
Christian, 3Com 3C905 series seems well supported. This card is actually flaky during install under windows, but runs very well with Linux. The 3Com Etherlink (ISA) works well also. Either one has been trouble free. I think any NE2000 card will do as well. -paul -Original Message- Fr

syslog configuration trouble

1999-10-20 Thread Paul McHale
local7.info "this is a test" I get this in the /etc/log/router/router.log file: Oct 20 09:11:41 debian root: this is a test The router messages never show up. Any ideas ? -paul - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHa

Stateful Packet - Firewall

1999-10-23 Thread Paul McHale
Does anyone know of a Stateful packet inspection firewall for Linux (preferably debian) ? thanks, paul - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610

RE: gnu-pop3d

1999-10-26 Thread Paul McHale
Richard, I would make sure your winbox mail client is configured to use a valid account/password on the linux box. If it is, I am not sure what the problem is. With my setup, Linux is where the mail is actual sent. My account [EMAIL PROTECTED] is [EMAIL PROTECTED] My mail client (outlook89) i

RE: just curious about Debian vs Redhat

1999-10-27 Thread Paul McHale
Charlie,   I am not sure what you mean by upgrade.  Debian offers a unique program called apt-get which will download and install any package in .deb format.  It also scans for packages which have been updated.  It then downloads and updates them automatically.  I haven't seen this in any ot

RE: Compact version for running on 486/33 or /66 with 8->32 Mb ram

1999-10-27 Thread Paul McHale
I also use a 486-DX2-66 with Slink. It works awesome. I don't use X as I only have 20MB RAM. It was enough to run apache, FTP and Exim/Cucipop (mail server). So far it has been *very* reliable. I removed apache because I use IIS under NT to get easy support for frontpage. It is capable though

RE: Utilities for keeping time sync for a machine behind a firewall ?

1999-10-28 Thread Paul McHale
I added the following command to my root crontab (type: crontab -e): 1 0 * * * /usr/sbin/rdate ntp2.usno.navy.mil >> $HOME/tmp/out 2>&1 This updates the local clock once a day which is more than is probably needed ... Take out the ">> $HOME/tmp/out 2>&1" and root will get a mail message whe

Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-28 Thread Paul McHale
Debian ? -paul - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610 Mobile: 937-371-2828 Fax:413-215-3232 Home: 937-253-6260 (anytime) -

RE: Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-28 Thread Paul McHale
ears to be older than the bug version(s). Is there something inherently different about BSD that it was not affected by the bug ? thanks again, -paul -Original Message- From: Onno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 7:58 AM To: Paul McHale Cc: debian-user Subject:

RE: YourDomain setup

1999-10-29 Thread Paul McHale
You don't need more than one computer for domain name registration.  As cyber-#$#$# have shown, you don't need any computer to register a domain.  If you are going to run your own DNS server, you may want to have a backup server or secondary server.  When I registered mine, I went to http://

apt-get not updating

1999-10-29 Thread Paul McHale
list file: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US Should I have other paths? -paul - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431

RE: apt-get not updating

1999-10-29 Thread Paul McHale
Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 8:13 AM To: Paul McHale Cc: Debian-User Subject: Re: apt-get not updating On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Paul McHale wrote: > Looking at the debian security page, I see the cron utility has been upgrade > to fix a security problem. This was in august. When I run "apt-

RE: Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-30 Thread Paul McHale
... -paul -Original Message- From: Matthew Gregan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 7:54 AM To: debian-user Subject: Re: Debian Linux vs BSD On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 01:30:19PM -0400, Paul McHale wrote: > There is one question. They announce openBSD ships with a secure

RE: BUG

1999-11-01 Thread Paul McHale
My experience with debian was identical. I started with slackware beta way back when (20 something floppies). Then went Redhat. Haven't used either in a long time. I don't think it would have mattered much. The Debian install is unique. I had a working system and re-installed anyway when I re

RE: GUI for Samba

1999-11-03 Thread Paul McHale
See this page: http://us1.samba.org/samba/GUI/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Foster Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 6:57 PM To: Brant Wells Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: GUI for Samba Brant Wells wrote: > > Hi all.

RE: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup/restore their system? How?

1999-11-03 Thread Paul McHale
Yet another recommendation for backing up system configuration only. I guess we should be keeping root log files which we use to describe when and what we changed. That way, when we break something, it is easier to backtrack. Use this to tell changed files in the OS and back those up only. Anoth

RE: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup/restore their system? How?

1999-11-03 Thread Paul McHale
I would definitely be interested in the web page ! Something else I use Disk Image. It creates a complete image of your HD saving all partitions to a file on another hard drive. This file can be restored later and presto, you have a complete system the way you left it :) This was intended for c

RE: telnet not working on home LAN

1999-11-03 Thread Paul McHale
10.0.0.0 is what is called a private IP. It sounds like you have a DSL router or something similar. It is using network address translation. The only public IP is assigned to the router by your ISP. When a machine on your LAN talks through your router, the router strips off the IP of the local

RE: Auto blanking of xscreensaver

1999-11-15 Thread Paul McHale
You might try: setterm -blank 0 This works in text mode and may work with X since X runs on the term. This will prevent the screen from ever blanking ! paul -Original Message- From: Clyde Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 1:26 PM To: debian-user@lists.deb

test

1999-11-16 Thread Paul McHale
test Sorry for the test message, ISP problems ... - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610 Mobile: 937-371-2828 Fax:413-215-3232 Home: 937

server reliability tools

1999-11-17 Thread Paul McHale
What IP server reliability tools are there ? The only one I can find is nsmon. Are there any others ? thanks, paul - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253

SLINK and SMP

1999-11-18 Thread Paul McHale
Does anyone know if Slink (2.1 on CD) has SMP support ? paul - Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610 Mobile: 937-371-2828 Fax:413-215-3232

RE: dselect vs apt

1999-11-19 Thread Paul McHale
It appears Corel/Debian Linux offers some X graphical interface to deslect. Check out: http://linux.corel.com/products/linux_os/highlights.htm paul -Original Message- From: Oki DZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 7:23 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject

RE: upgrading from corel linux to potato

1999-11-21 Thread Paul McHale
Maybe the more important question is how will Corel offer an upgrade to Corel Linux? Corel is clearly a polished distribution for end users similar in nature to windows users. As long as Corel offers a timely update when potato becomes available, I think their objective is met. For the more typi

RE: Problems with Asus P2B-DS/350 and double PIII 450

1999-12-01 Thread Paul McHale
I am pretty sure the Asus uses the standard Adaptec chipset which other have reported as problematic with Debian. Here is an excerpt from a previous post I saved: - I've got an unofficial installation diskset for slink that's setup specifically for the Adaptec SCSI controllers. You c

OT: MS C++.net vs Borland Builder (with Linux support in future)

2002-09-04 Thread Paul McHale
Hi, I have to decide between Borland C++ builder and MS.NET for a relatively simple windows GUI development. Given there are quite a few very experienced developers here, I thought some of you may have preferences. I am new to C++ and builder looks much simpler to develop for. Any recommendati

Heard there was a problem with potato first release

2000-08-23 Thread Paul McHale
I am going to a computer show this weekend and would like to buy the CDs for potato. I heard the initial images were flawed. What is the old/new release numbers so I know what to ask for? paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828

TCP/IP Receive Window

2000-09-06 Thread Paul McHale
emerged. I wonder if TCP/IP uses any sliding window technology. Probably not since the parameters of the exchange are not rigidly defined as in zmodem. I don't believe it does use sliding window but would love to hear if it does or will. Regards, Paul -- Paul McHale Work: 93

RE: Debian vs. Red Hat

2000-09-06 Thread Paul McHale
. Ironically, I was very happy with NT server. It was stable enough for my needs. I couldn't get Frontpage server extensions to work properly under IIS with multiple domains. It started costing me money to play with it. I always had a debian mail server. I installed Apache/frontpage and have

RE: Debian VS. Red Hat

2000-09-09 Thread Paul McHale
> > and (getting back to the original question of red hat vs. debian) > > does red-hat have anything comparable? > > The big difference, AFAIK, is that Debian store a lot more packages. > With Redhat, you can get the base install (that comes with the CD), > but for the rest, you would have to go f

RE: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-11 Thread Paul McHale
s. Come to think of it, that log would make an awesome learning tool. Does Redhat do this??? -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 1435 Edenwood Dr Fax:413-215-3232 Beavercreek, Ohio 45434 -- > > > -

Quake II server with debian

2000-09-13 Thread Paul McHale
input or tips are appreciated. I figure I am going to run a server anyway. I might as well get a $10/mo rebate for adding a game to the server. Just so long as QII doesn't bring the server to a crawl. If it helps, I will be running Storm/Hail (potato). Many thanks, Paul -- Paul McHale

SMP and potato

2000-09-15 Thread Paul McHale
I seem to remember linux not having very robust SMP support. I had heard it was improving. Does anyone know what the state of it is? Is potato's SMP better than slink? I would think it is a function of the kernel, not the distro, but I could be wrong. -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320

RE: ABIT BP6 & UDMA-66: Support for Debian Linux

2000-06-14 Thread Paul McHale
(based on debian) using 2.2.16 kernel. Maybe debian has an older kernel? paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham Fax:413-215-3232 Dayton, Ohio 45431 -- > -Original Message- > From: wilso

Upgrading Storm (slink) to Potato

2000-06-18 Thread Paul McHale
Has anyone done this yet? Could you give details including sources.list lines used? I want to run potato due to increased apps support. I might just wait for Storm to release a new distro based on potato. Thanks in advance, Paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E

Storm vs Slink syslog problem

2000-06-20 Thread Paul McHale
ocal7.*-/var/log/router/router.log Does any know if storm has a modified syslog? Other changes made for Sendmail logging work fine. Thanks in advance, Paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham

Telnet to mail host replies connection refused

2000-10-11 Thread Paul McHale
When I type: telnet IP_NUM 25 I get: telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection Refused Any ideas ? Regards, Paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 1435 Edenwood Dr Fax:413-215-3232

RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused

2000-10-11 Thread Paul McHale
dmail: Rejecting connection on port 25 : min free: 100 hosts.allow has "sendmail: all". IP filtering I'm not sure about. -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 1435 Edenwood Dr Fax:413-215-3232 Beavercree

RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused

2000-10-11 Thread Paul McHale
another machine, that is. Can telnet be blocked to certain ports? PS indicates sendmail is refusing connections which is probably a bad sign. I am not sure how to fix it... -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 1435 Edenwood Dr

RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused

2000-10-11 Thread Paul McHale
> Have you tried typing > > telnet 127.0.0.1 25 > > ? Maybe the IP is wrong? Another good idea! Unfortunately, it gave the same results. -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 1435 Edenwood Dr Fax:

RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused

2000-10-12 Thread Paul McHale
telnet from the command line. As far as network configuration, I am not sure what information would be important here. I am running the telnet from the command line of the server. I can ping out and have functionality in ftp. I see the same error when using localhost. Can you be specific when

RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused

2000-10-12 Thread Paul McHale
est cure, but I am interested in testing the new storm release anyway. Thanks for the help everyone! -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 1435 Edenwood Dr Fax:413-215-3232 Beavercreek, Ohio 45434 -- > > -- > Unsubs

RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused

2000-10-12 Thread Paul McHale
free disk space. This resolved the problem. Is there an easy way to tell what files are taking up the space? Paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 1435 Edenwood Dr Fax:413-215-3232 Beavercreek, Ohio

Apache support for multiple domains

2000-04-14 Thread Paul McHale
e I'm at it :) Best Regards, paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham Fax:413-215-3232 Dayton, Ohio 45431 --

sources.list line to support retrieval of apache source

2000-04-28 Thread Paul McHale
Does anyone know the line in sources.list for retrieving apache source? In the man page, it mentions adding deb-src to the line. I can't seem to get the syntax correct. Does anyone have an example line? many thanks, paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solu

RE: sources.list line to support retrieval of apache source

2000-04-28 Thread Paul McHale
1.3.12. I assume my manually installing apache also means apt-get will no longer automatically update apache. This is a bummer. I happen to need 1.3.12 so I guess I'll take care of it manually. If there is a better way, I would love to hear it. -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253

Frontpage recommendations

2000-04-29 Thread Paul McHale
es of: AllowOverride X with AllowOverride All There are several of them. The rest works like a charm. If you need to support frontpage, it is really pretty easy! Good luck Regards, Paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Eff

RE: Learning Linux

2000-05-07 Thread Paul McHale
u can.   I would say stormix is as close to debian as you'll get with the added support for easier install and GUI(s).  Well worth it to me :)  Just get the latest version from their support department.   paul --Paul McHale   Work:   937-253-7610  Double E Solutions   Mobile

RE: Help with apachie

2000-05-07 Thread Paul McHale
nf/htpassword john Please note you apache is probably not in /usr/apache. Please substitute /usr/apache for the apache directory in the example above. Hope this helps. paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham Fax:

RE: Exim confiuration for virtual hosts

2000-05-07 Thread Paul McHale
Here is all I add to: local_domains = storm.doubleesolutions.com:doubleesolutions.com:desinc.com:signalpipe.com Just separate the domains by a colon. I can send the whole configuration file if you want it. BTW, I configured using eximconfig. At first menu select option 2. paul -- Paul

How to forward by default in exim

2000-05-09 Thread Paul McHale
I recently received the domain desinc.com from another company. Occasionally, exim reports that I have mail bound for someone at desinc.com for which I have no local account. Is there a way to forward all such mail to their new domain? Regards, Paul McHale -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253

Unknown error message in exim

2000-05-09 Thread Paul McHale
I remove the relay_domains_include_local_mx? Is the error indicating Spam? Would removing the second line alleviate this? Thanks for the help, Paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham Fax:413-215-3232 Dayton, Ohio 45431 --

RE: pop3 server w/ virtual domains

2000-05-12 Thread Paul McHale
com local_domains = localhost:doubleesolutions.com:desinc.com Mail to either domain goes to user pmchale. Otherwise, you might have to alias [EMAIL PROTECTED] to local user smith1 and [EMAIL PROTECTED] to local user smith2. How to do this in exim, I'm not sure. You might try http://www.exim.org. Regards,

RE: pop3 server w/ virtual domains

2000-05-12 Thread Paul McHale
Mario, I haven't looked at courier-imap, but i should support multiple domains. In fact, any pop3 server should be oblivious to the domain. It simply allows user access to their email account. This is independent of the domain. At least as far as I know ... paul -- Paul McHale

How to change log rotation schedule

2000-05-14 Thread Paul McHale
configuration. How do I change configuration to rotate mail.* daily? If there is a configuration file, I can't find the rascal anywhere. A book mentioned /etc/logrotate.d, but I think this only applies to Caldera. I would assume debian has a similar file ... -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253

Is Storm based on potato or slink ?

2000-05-16 Thread Paul McHale
aybe they just swapped out hte kernel ... paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham Fax:413-215-3232 Dayton, Ohio 45431 --

RE: sendmail/aliases.db error

2000-05-17 Thread Paul McHale
I use the command: makemap hash /etc/mail/access < /etc/mail/access to generate the access.db file. This might work for aliases as well. -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham Fax:413-215-3232 Day

RE: DSL and DEBIAN

2000-05-19 Thread Paul McHale
router.   --Paul McHale   Work:   937-253-7610  Double E Solutions   Mobile: 937-371-2828  4912 Effingham   Fax:    413-215-3232  Dayton, Ohio 45431--   -Original Message-From: Ben Babich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 10:24 AMTo

RE: X setup with SiS 6236

2000-05-25 Thread Paul McHale
on. There is a second step where you can manually select your video card. The PCI version was listed. I don't remember if the AGP version was. The latest storm release of 104 is supposed to be a lot better. I installed 101 and updated. paul -- Paul McHale Work: 937-253-7610

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