How to give users (other than root) permission to write to aCDR/W device.

2003-01-27 Thread Hal Watson
Hi all, I'm fairly new to linux and Red Hat, so bear with me if this is obvious... Right now I have to log in as root (or supply the root password) in order to be able to write CDs (I'm using Gnome Toaster). As far as I can tell this is the default mode, as I haven't made any changes to my user

Re: Psyche-list digest, Vol 1 #1160 - 16 msgs (I'm out of theoffice... (auto reply))

2003-03-21 Thread Hal Watson
Thanks for contacting me, your email has been received. Unfortunately I am out of the office and won't be returning until April 1. I will respond to your note as soon as possible when I get back. Thanks for your patience. If you need immediate assistance please contact Tim Loesch or Robert Maki

RE: shut down problem

2003-08-27 Thread Hal Watson
Nick - I have a Gateway PII-350 with the same issue. I think it is a bios related problem with these particular systems. I have seen this problem brought up before on this list and no solution has been posted yet. I don't know if this same problem exists with redhat version 9 or not. If you fin

Suggestions for increasing speed on an older (but not ancient)machine.

2002-11-21 Thread Hal Watson
Hi all, I'm new to linux. I thought I would install Redhat 8.0 on my windows PC and see what all the fuss was about. I'm thinking maybe I can eventually replace my aging Windows 98 setup. So I threw in a second hard drive and am now dual-booting with Win 98. So far so good, my family is not af

Summary: Speeding up Redhat 8.0 on an older machine

2002-12-09 Thread Hal Watson
nce improves (in the same session). If so then remove the magicdev rpm- (rpm -e magicdev).' 9. Finally, here is the link to "Building a lo-fat linux desktop" which has some great tips. http://users.netwit.net.au/~pursang/lofat.html Thanks for all of the help folks