Re: Samba & Nautilus

2003-01-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
e and it worked. So check your firewall. -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Happiness is twin floppies. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Samba & Nautilus

2003-01-22 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 07:07, antonio montagnani wrote: > Iain Buchanan wrote: > >On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 23:42, antonio montagnani wrote: > > > If I digit smb: in the command line I get the message: > > > > > > Nautilus can't display smb:/// > > > &g

Re: Iptables

2003-01-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
hen connect the firewall (from outside) but depending on which port you would get redirected to ssh on an internal machine. -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I have just one word for you, my boy...plastics." - from "The Graduate" signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: How to turn off Gnome control of desktop background ?

2003-01-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
in psyche. Open a Nautilus window, Edit->Preferences->Desktop & Trash->Use Nautilus to draw the desktop. hope this helps, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Life's the same, except for the shoes. - The Cars signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Kernel Update

2003-01-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
and if you use vmware, you will have to recompile some modules for that too (Unless you download the kernel-specific binaries). -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Compliment, n.: When you say something to another which everyone knows isn't true. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Excellent signature

2003-01-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
nt, but if the virus is sent via HTML, thats OK. > > Bill G must have laughed himself to sleep after reading that. > > The FSF will get no support from me on this one. > "Please send comments on these web pages to [EMAIL PROTECTED]" don't just complain, do something.

Re: Samba and Server Access

2003-01-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
p and 'graphical' interface have been invaluable to me in setting it up. > Thank you all for your help. no worries :) hope I haven't made any mistakes... ciao, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Forty two. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Intel SE7500 CW2 and RedHat 8.0

2003-02-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
uess is because you've turned off APM _and_ ACPI RH can't tell the computer to switch off, so it just goes in the old windows state 'its now safe to turn off your computer'. You need at least one of these to do things shutdown and power save functions. If you're goin

Re: installing Red Hat 8.0 on a system with 2 processors and 3SCSI hard drives...

2003-02-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
ou installed everything on one drive, you may just have to fdisk and mount the others... Also, you could create a boot disk (mkbootdisk) to skip the boot loader. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Experiments must be reproducible; they should all fail in the same way. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: rp-pppoe and firewall scripts

2003-02-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
ldp.org/HOWTO/Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO/index.html HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Do more than anyone expects, and pretty soon everyone will expect more. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

(OT) what os are you?

2003-02-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
http://bbspot.com/News/2003/01/os_quiz.php heh heh -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have become me without my consent. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Upgrade from 7.3 to 8.0

2003-02-17 Thread Iain Buchanan
checked and they say spring this year. I guess thats a northern hemisphere spring, so it should be the next couple of months? > This is effectively a production box so any scare stories out there > would be greatly appreciated before I kick it off. Just back up everything first. I don't usu

Re: Iptables rules for SAMBA

2003-02-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
lowing REJECT rule, then you can watch your logs while you try to connect and see why its failing. Also, your default rules all seem to be ACCEPT, which isn't very secure. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As he had feared, his orders had been forgotten and everyone

re: this is the subject line that never ends, it is very very longmy friend, it is so long it cannot be read, because its the subject linethat never ends (was Re: OT: RE: Psyche-list digest)

2003-02-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
ts to the list as you like, you don't even have to say TESTING. Even though your first real post to the list will be as good as a test post, you want to make real sure don't you? but seriously, http://learn.to/edit_messages http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml http://www.enablin

Re: IPTABLES question

2003-02-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
CCEPT [0:0] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] COMMIT *nat :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :PREROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] COMMIT # Completed HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In this world, truth can wait; she's used to it. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Accessing Red Hat Network from a computer in a LAN

2003-02-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
e up2date "process" uses some other ports I think, but again if you can surf, then this should work. What command precisely is giving the Network Error? HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. -- Alexander Pope signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Kernel 2.4.20

2003-02-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y CONFIG_ACPI_CMBATT=y CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y CONFIG_APM=m If you compile ACPI as a module, I think you have to add the modules to your initrd image, so I just compiled them into the kernel (I'm lazy!). HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Man has never r

Re: xppro-ntfs

2003-03-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
=/boot /dev/hda if you have a /boot partition with all your files in it. Then you may need to modify /boot/grub/grub.conf and add an option to boot windows if its not alread there. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobius strippers never show you their back side. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: print pdf files

2003-03-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
robat Reader prints ok, converting and printing ps's works ok, from commond line lpr or from programs :) Sorry I can't be of any more help than that, but at least you know there's nothing you're missing (if general printing works). -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: Ximian Evolution funny( not too much) behavior

2003-03-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
eople.redhat.com/~katzj/evolution/RPMS/ Start with the evolution rpm and then download others as rpm tells you it needs them. I didn't need them all, some did... HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One has to look out for engineers -- they begin with sewing machines and end up with

Re: nameserver host finding

2003-03-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
sp server names, nameserver, dns, ip address > etc. etc. I see the first part has already been answered, but to get 'lots of information' just type tail -f /var/log/messages | grep wvdial before you connect (in a different terminal) and you will see all sorts of messages! -- Iain Buchanan

Re: kernel config

2003-03-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
nges as you like (but don't touch the sound options!) If you want to use one of your config files from an older kernel, replace make xconfig with make oldconfig. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously; and do not take

RE: nameserver host finding

2003-03-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
sysconfig/network-scripts you could say BOOTPROTO=dialup HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reporter: "What would you do if you found a million dollars?" Yogi Berra: "If the guy was poor, I would give it back." signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: print pdf files

2003-03-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
rs. You didn't transfer it from an ftp server in ASCII mode by any chance did you? Regards, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen have for life. -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Can't surf and email

2003-03-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
got something to do with it. Most likely, if you used redhat-config-network or neat then you have to chmod +r /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf as the tool nicely makes the readable only by root. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Asynchronous inputs are at the root of our race problems

RE: nameserver host finding

2003-03-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
ation when you start a dial up connection. ifup-ppp0 and ifdown-ppp0 are scripts that do whatever needs to be done when you start and stop this connection. The `ifup ppp0' shorthand for saying `ifconfig ppp0 up'. If you don't have a graphical tool to start you off, then get back

Re: print pdf files

2003-03-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 09:48, Keith Winston wrote: > Iain Buchanan wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 23:34, Margaret_Doll wrote: > It is definately NOT a proprietary format. Adobe publishes the complete > PDF spec on their FTP site. I don't have the link handy, but I've

Re: Taskbar size

2003-03-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
xt applet. You will probably notice with <3 windows the applet may not take up all available space, but >3 windows and it probably will. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quatnum decoherence signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Kernel rebuild

2003-03-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
es you've installed, and /configs for all the others. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't want people to love me. It makes for obligations. -- Jean Anouilh signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Once I build a modularized kernel to get HPFS, how does thisaffect updates via up2date?

2003-03-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
options and add modules (HPFS for example). This step should be short, so long as you don't do a make clean. This is just a pointer to get you going. You'll have to look into readmes and so on for more exact steps, but thats half the fun isn't it :) HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL P

Re: Once I build a modularized kernel to get HPFS, how does thisaffect updates via up2date?

2003-03-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
you know what I always say: If it ain't broke, don't fix it! As a side note, sometimes you "can" use a module built for an earlier kernel in a newer kernel. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Twenty Percent of Zero is Better than Nothing. -- Walt Kelly signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: partition table help

2003-03-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
You have to remember which one it was though, and it probably won't work if you've since added partitions after you removed them. If that step works, I suggest you boot to your XP cd and run the most detailed scandisk it offers. Don't know about fips. HTH, -- Iain Buc

Re: script to check before 2nd process executes

2003-03-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
ld happen, then you could make a little cron script that checked for users, and killed everything not belonging to a current logged on user. You might be able to use 'users' for this. Just a thought. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Never be afraid to tell the world who you

Re: Mounting of vfat

2003-03-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
ead /proc/filesystems afterwards." That is provided you have a module / builtin support for that type. Note that vfat is not listed above, but you'll most likely see it in /etc/filesystems. -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q: What's the difference betweeen USL and the G

Re: Samba

2003-04-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
would be appreciated. Also try posting relevent sections from /var/log/.log -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q: What do you say to a Puerto Rican in a three-piece suit? A: Will the defendant please rise? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: simple firewall

2003-04-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
ot; > > # IP of the web machine > WWW_IP="192.168.0.3" > > # Turn on ipforwarding > echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward Are you running this last command on the gateway? It doesn't look like thats what you're doing... You don't have to run it on

re: mysterious routes appearing

2003-06-22 Thread Iain Buchanan
es using redhat-config-network but when I run redhat-config-network again, the routes are back. Any ideas? Thanks, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE GREAT ANSWERS: #15 A: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Q: What was the greatest ach

re: mysterious routes appearing

2003-06-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 02:59, Keith Morse wrote: > On 23 Jun 2003, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > Where are these routes coming from? I can't find any file in > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts that has the information. I delete the > > rout

Re: mysterious routes appearing

2003-06-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
m not :) except for the routes that I can't get rid of > it is because you > are not using "publicly routable" ip addresses. > [snip] The ip addresses are fine :) -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Remind me not to fix mtrr.c after half a litre of wine in future." - Alan Cox signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

re: mysterious routes appearing

2003-06-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
eth0 Thanks for your help, now how would you analyze this? -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q: What's the difference between USL and the Titanic? A: The Titanic had a band. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: mysterious routes appearing

2003-06-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
y not, unless they get through the firewall. The only icmp packets I'm allowing are echoes, although you might be able to tell me more... Thanks, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "The 'C' language can order structure members anyway it wants." - Richard B

Re: mysterious routes appearing

2003-06-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
e ideas? I might try the shrike list too. -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q: Why is it that the more accuracy you demand from an interpolation function, the more expensive it becomes to compute? A: That's the Law of Spline Demand. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

RE: mysterious routes appearing

2003-06-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 16:08, Hattie Rouge wrote: > Anybody mention rdisc yet? no... but my routes don't change before and after running this manually. Does that mean anything? Thanks, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I couldn't very well chop your hand off and br

RE: A simple question on mouse AGAIN

2003-06-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
d when X starts, not when its running. Logging off and then on again will automatically restart X for you. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q: What's the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead lawyer in the road? A: There are skid marks

Re: newbie

2003-06-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
: down arrow until you get just under the section # User privilege specification rootALL=(ALL) ALL then type 'i' (no quotes) then copy the above line but use your username instead of root. eg iainALL=(ALL) ALL then type ESC ':wq', thats escape, colon, w, q. If something screws up, just hit escape a few times, then :q! which means quit without saving. see how that goes for now :) hope its enough to keep you busy for a while... -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If food is not reasonably clean, return uneaten portion for partial refund signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: still unsolved: mysterious routes appearing

2003-06-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 21:42, Steve McQ wrote: > Do these mysterious routes appear on boot up? If so, have you > checked the content of > > /etc/sysconfig/static-routes ? empty -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If it'll make you feel any better, I've learned that

Re: mysterious routes appearing

2003-06-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 06:55, Keith Morse wrote: > On 26 Jun 2003, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > Thanks for your help so far. Any more ideas? I might try the shrike > > list too. > > > One more thing to take a look at is /etc/sysconfig/networking/* and take a > loo

Re: newbie

2003-06-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 13:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ctl-alt-bspace > > Good joke, makes one feel welcomed and helped what? did I tell you to do that? -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I man

Re: newbie

2003-06-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
rom "h.breimer" Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:24:16 +0200 http://www.redhat.com/archives/psyche-list/2003-June/msg00213.html not me. He was showing you how to get out of gnome/X if it locks up or something like that. -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q: How many Oregonians do

Re: lucent agere modem (was Re: newbie)

2003-06-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
to your home dir first. Then you can install the rpm you got from the web: rpm -ivh name.rpm And see what happens!! sorry I can't be more helpful now, I really hafta go! I might be able to hop on the weekend and see how you've gone, but it might have to wait till monday. In the mea

Re: Help-Not able to login to linux system through telnet,FTP fromwindows workstation

2003-08-17 Thread Iain Buchanan
then run /etc/init.d/iptables stop as root, then run /etc/init.d/sshd start Then use ssh from windows (NOT telnet!) to connect to your linux box. Then once you are sure this works, you can start playing with your firewall. For a free ssh client for windows, try either cygwin or putty (there ar

Re: kernel rebuild - .config

2003-08-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
ed. Copy one of these to /.config HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux vs. Windows is a no-WIN situation. -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Re: Localhost is bad

2003-09-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 20:23, Greg Goldstein wrote: [snip] > I have done that (added the one line localhost.localdomain), however the > above messages persist. [snip] Could you post your /etc/hosts file? Also the output from `ls -al /etc/hosts` and `hostname`. This might help in determining the

Re: what settings to do on linux box to enable login from any network node using telnet

2003-09-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 14:24, valeed wrote: > hi all , > I am new to linux , welcome! > I have installed redhat 8 on a p4 2.4 ghz , > would like to know how do i login to my linux box from any network pc > using telnet, You should use ssh instead of telnet. Its just as easy to set up and pro

Re: Shared user questions.....

2003-10-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
. > If you have experience building/developing this kind of system, we'd like to > talk with you as well... HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Re: Request for recommended Utilization Monitoring Tool

2003-10-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
with age. However, if you don't feel like putting in the effort required to get started, _Many_ people have used it already as a system/net monitor, and there are various scripts available, which you could monitor to get absolutely any information you wanted... HTH, -- Iain Buchanan

Re: Request for recommended Utilization Monitoring Tool

2003-10-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 08:02, Iain Buchanan wrote: [whoops] > there are various scripts available, which you could monitor to get ^ modify :) -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems with new glibc

2003-11-17 Thread Iain Buchanan
web pages, so do some searches for work araounds. The options are (from memory) set ASSUME_LD_KERNEL or something (can't remember); use an official RH kernel; upgrade glibc (again!). HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This will be a memorable month -- no matter how hard you tr

Re: Digital output on LCD display

2003-11-17 Thread Iain Buchanan
eo > driver? The X server? Given that there have been two major releases of RedHat since psyche, this list is a little quiet of late. You could always try fedora (ducking for cover :) It seems to have quite an advanced XFree86. > Thanks in advance. Hope I was of some assistance :) --

Re: Problems with new glibc

2003-11-18 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 23:23, John Ketchum wrote: > At 08:49 AM 11/18/2003 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > >On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 02:36, John Ketchum wrote: > > > I went away for a week, and while I was away, apt-get upgraded glibc > > > packages to 2.3.2-4.80.8 on my RH

re: goodbye!

2003-11-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
See you in another list :) -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Weinberg's Second Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] h

Re: evolution 1.2 rpm for 8.0

2002-11-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
you're trying to install something with a dependency. -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in. -- Evan Davis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Psyche-list digest, Vol 1 #239 - 18 msgs

2002-10-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
and under 'Icon View Defaults' change your default zoom level (to eg 75%). You should see the icon sizes on the desktop change right away. (I do!) Iain Buchanan signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: How should i makeĀ  my computer with another OS make my Linux-box connect to internet with ppp? (dTd)

2002-10-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
gup' by timeouts, and if you have any background task running which uses the internet (pop-mail applets, rhn applet etc) your link will be going up and down, which could get expensive if you pay $ for each call. Iain Buchanan signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Monitor root or normal user program.

2002-10-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
gtop from 7.3 (and not so well in my opinion) so you can install gtop from a 7.3 dist if you want more functionality. Iain Buchanan signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Creating ones own keyboard shortcuts

2002-10-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 23:12, Havoc Pennington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > How about extended keyboards, or 'internet keyboards'. Is there any > > support for these extra keys? Searches on archives and internet

Re: Gnome-terminal font frustrations

2002-10-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
y /usr/bin/fc-cache -fv /path/to/fonts (-f force, -v verbose) All you have to do is restart X. I tried the same thing (make ~/.fonts and unzip some x fonts into there). Perhaps you don't even need to restart X, but logging off and back on is a good start. -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Gnome-terminal font frustrations

2002-10-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
D]> wrote: > On Friday 25 October 2002 12:43 am, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 23:20, Michael Fratoni > > > Shot in the dark, as I haven't tried this (and I don't use Gnome), > > > but did you run fc-cache? > > > You might try /usr/bin/

Re: Creating ones own keyboard shortcuts

2002-10-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sat, 2002-10-25 at 10:36, Kevin McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hmm xev looks good, but it doesn't register anything > > at all for 7 out of > > 8 of my 'extra' keys on the keyboard. Fo

Re: key repeat stops on Psyche

2002-10-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
it usually works fine. I also notice that I had this problem on 7.3, on a dell _desktop_. Don't know if its related to your laptop problem, and it hasn't yet surfaced on 8.0... -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What good is a ticket to the good life, if you can't find the entrance? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

re: fetchmailconf

2002-10-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
Is fetchmailconf included in psyche? I couldn't find it on the discs... Thanks -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> work, n.: The blessed respite from screaming kids and soap operas for which you actually get paid. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally sig

re: chm format

2002-10-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
does anyone know what can read chm/hlp files on linux? (compressed html / windows help file). Many thanks -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An evil mind is a great comfort. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: New HD

2002-10-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
ally /root should be 1 and others 2. 6) you can now call 'mount -a' to mount all filesystems in fstab. You should now be able to cd to the particular mount point. *** WARNING *** DON'T DELETE /home at this stage or you'll be deleting your new home, not your old one! This information co

Re: New HD Revised!?!

2002-10-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
; > #./fdisk /dev/hdb > > Unable to open /dev/hdb you need to 'sudo fdisk /dev/hdb'. Oops, I just remembered you can only run sudo if you edit /etc/sudoers... If you feel comfortable with this just _copy_ the root entry, and replace with your username. Otherwise 'su -l&#

Re: New HD Revised!?!

2002-10-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
t use the partition > number itself instead of the drive? Like /dev/hdb1 and so on? nope :) see my original post on the subject! -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Richard B. Johnson wrote: > It's a "tomorrow" thing. Ten hours is too long to stare at a > screen.

Re: Resolution Help

2002-11-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
1048 1184 1344768 771 777 806 -hsync > -vsync Try xvidtune. Play around, and then click 'show' to print to stdout the line that can be used as a modeline in XF86Config. This is useful if you have to move your display left/right everytime you change from windows to linux on t

re: gnome2 orrible panels

2002-11-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
ammer-0029ddb35f.desktop. Is this just because no one's got around to better configuration programs or is this what I have to live with from now on? Because thats enough to send me back to 7.3. -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The world is coming to an end ... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!!!

Re: Unable to get vim to read the .vimrc file

2002-11-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 12:12, Roger wrote: > Around Tue,Nov 05 2002, at 02:08, Mark C, wrote: > > I have created a $HOME/.vimrc and just put the following in: > Try putting it in $HOME/.vimrc :) -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If I don't see you in the future, I&#x

Re: How do I get off this email list!!

2002-11-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
Philosopher's Stone" to "the Sorcerer's stone", and "007, licence revoked" to "licence to kill" (license being your alternative to the original licence :) but this is for another list... -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

re: vmware support

2002-11-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
This was my reply from vmware support. On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 05:15, WebForm wrote: > Dear Iain Buchanan, > VMware Workstation 3.2 was released before RedHat 8.0 so it is not > supported either as guest or host. Use RedHat 7.3 instead. I especially like that 'fix'. > We w

Re: vmware support

2002-11-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
ng corrupt (which > is not true). The OS is up and running as I can access it by smb but not > the gui. This worked fine for me on 7.3. I can't try it on 8.0 (crashes). -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands

Re: OT:UK/US spelling [was: How do I get off this email list!!]

2002-11-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
. or something else?? > Simple: your 2nd choise is the best (Linus pronounces it "leenucks") If you want proof of this, just run sndconfig and listen to the sample (not redhat-config-soundcard). On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 09:11, Oisin C. Feeley wrote: > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Andrew Smith wr

Re: OT:UK/US spelling [was: How do I get off this email list!!]

2002-11-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 09:45, Michael Knepher wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 15:57, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > The same could be said for the pronunciation of many sets _within_ each > > 'variation', but before we delve

Re: Removal of rp3 applet gripe

2002-11-07 Thread Iain Buchanan
enient. Also, the 'replacement' (modem lights?) that I found in RH8 doesn't let you control more than one device, because each instance in the panel seems to change the same configuration file. I had two instances in the panel, and each setting I changed in one, I found had changed

Re: Lost mail & mail spool file locks

2002-11-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
x27;. Provided 1. kmail / fetcmail / whatever use the same lock file, and 2. you don't use symbolic links. If you are using symbolic links anywhere, I don't think you can lock them properly / at all. -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Death rays don't kill people, people

Re: optical mice?

2002-11-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
IG_USB_HIDDEV=m CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=m # CONFIG_USB_KBD is not set # CONFIG_USB_MOUSE is not set -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In any problem, if you find yourself doing an infinite amount of work, the answer may be obtained by inspection. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: ftp, telnet not working

2002-11-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
04 router. No such problems from > the Win2000 machine. >Thanks for any advice, > mk try looking at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html its very involved. You could also try browsing www.tldp.org for some 'quicker' howto's for the impatient! -- Iain

Re: Oval Screen With PNY Verto GeForce4 MX 420

2002-11-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 16:10, Robert L. Cochran wrote: just run xfishtank and it should look fine ;) -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other. -- Honore DeBalzac signature.asc Description: Thi

Re: CDROM / fstab question

2002-11-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
al with the link to the device. On checking I found > that "/dev/cdrom" was pointing to "/dev/hdc". This is reset each time > I reboot so I have to delete the old link and created a new link > "dev/cdrom" pointing to "/dev/scd0". [snip] why don't

Re: custom built kernel fails to mount root fs

2002-11-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 16:49, Marko Asplund wrote: > On 14 Nov 2002, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > what was the order of make commands you used to make the kernel? eg > > (from the /usr/src/linux- directory) you commands should look > > something like this > > ... >

Re: Sony Vaio, ACPI, suspend and me...

2002-11-17 Thread Iain Buchanan
is configurable in the bios) I know this doesn't answer your question, but it may make your reboots quicker :) -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> QOTD: All I want is more than my fair share. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Updating to Evo 1.2

2002-11-17 Thread Iain Buchanan
bly now see another password prompt on the terminal, but this can be ignored. Hit enter a few times, or try ctrl-z and 'bg'. I have no idea why it behaves like this, but I had to do some wierd things to get it to start... -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Earth -- mother of

Re: Problem with kernel ugrade & nVidia drivers

2002-11-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
stead of booting it, having to stop X from retrying, rebuilding, and then restarting X...) -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The worst is not so long as we can say "This is the worst." -- King Lear signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Problem with kernel ugrade & nVidia drivers

2002-11-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
Only once did this work for me (and I don't remember the particular versions no.s) all other times I've had to recompile nvidia. It's not really too hard once you've done it a couple of times, just annoying. Have you got it going yet? -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PRO

re: acpi /proc problems

2002-11-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
the kernel correctly." Theres no /proc/sys/acpi folder either. What have I done wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated. btw, this automatic random sig seems appropriate to me at this time! -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There has been an alarming increase in th

Re: acpi /proc problems

2002-11-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
d did you apply any related patches to it? Thanks, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kill Ugly Processor Architectures - Karl Lehenbauer signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

RE: All Redhat Disc in One Directory

2002-11-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
way as well? The README said: "Trees" are a complete Red Hat Linux installation tree with the RedHat directory as well as the .discinfo file. I've never seen .discinfo before. What is it? -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A penny saved is a penny taxed. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: DELL Optiplex GX260 / 1702FP monitor / Intel i845 video...

2002-11-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
ypadplus or ctrl-alt-keypadminus a few times (waiting a second or so in between) and see if a supported resolution appears. You might need to find the particular vertical and horizontal refresh rates and put these into XF86Config. You could also post the output from X when it tries to start up

Re: Problem with kernel ugrade & nVidia drivers

2002-11-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
hell. It tells me that it can't install the rebuilt > nvidia kernel (-18-18.8.0) because it's already installed. Of course I > can't rpm-e the so called installed nvidia kernel , because rpm says > it's NOT isntalled. you can get around the already installed message by u

Re: DELL Optiplex GX260 / 1702FP monitor / Intel i845 video... FIX

2002-11-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
you can get this effect from nvidia (read the readme!) by adding similar lines to your XF86Config file in section device: Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "64" Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4" Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2" Op

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