Around about 16/01/2003 20:54, Patrick typed ...
I normally drive my monitor on 1280x1024 but when I want to watch a
movie I tune it down to 800x600 or 640x480. Now I have not figured out
how to make the virtual screen the exact same size as the resolution
defined in Modes in XF86Config. Anyone ha
Around about 16/01/2003 20:40, Lucas Albers typed ...
I am currently setting up my lab to use Redhat-8.0.
Students like to change the resolution on the display monitor; as ever user
prefers different resolutions.
I would like to put a link on the desktop or on the start menu to the
application to
Around about 16/01/2003 19:33, Keith Winston typed ...
I think the gimp also has it's own print interface and drivers, which
may be important if you need very high quality color output. I just
print to the system defined (CUPS) printers with the gimp, but I don't
have a color printer.
I hav
Around about 20/01/2003 18:02, Mark C typed ...
In evo, I can create several accounts, but just disable them, so when I
go to compose a mail, I can choose who it will come from, in Mozilla you
cannot seem to do this.
'Tis exactly the same in Moz - from the mail window, open mail &
account set
I've been struggling to make NTP actually set my clock on 8.0 (first
time I've used it). I've done a whole ream of different things after
asking for help on comp.protocols.time.ntp, but no joy.
Even simplistically, with the RH-shipped ntp.conf, in the RH date
config. utility, when I try to t
Around about 22/01/2003 22:09, Stephen Carville typed ...
Looks like the server is just not responding to your request. Try:
Odd, though, that I can see UDP NTP packets turning up from these
servers directly after I post some to them every cycle.
I know these servers work.
OK, will do,
Around about 05/02/2003 14:36, Ryan McDougall typed ...
I got all excited cuz that sounded like that could have been the problem but I
have the same output, including the '.' :-( But thanx for the suggestion
though.
'.' may not (prob. doesn't) equal the dir. of script, but the dir.
that the s
Around about 06/02/2003 17:12, Marek typed ...
One of my logs seems to be growing daily by 10 Megs or so. I presume it
is a log as it happens in the / dir. How can i see which file is the
culprit ?
'fuser file' should tell you the proc. ID of any process that's got
it open.
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Around about 10/02/2003 13:36, Robert P. J. Day typed ...
if you want to use the "root=LABEL=/" label notation, then you need
to use the initrd, or build ext3 support right into the kernel.
if you're happy with the /dev notation, you're fine without it.
What *is* the LABEL notation all about?
Around about 13/02/2003 10:45, Neil Marjoram typed ...
Somewhere in the not to distant past I came across a method of
installing a package from a web source, and if the package had
dependants it would also install these automatically for you.
You thinking of apt? (freshrpms.net)
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OK - if I have a number of TrueType fonts that I believe to be OK,
but they refuse to render ... where do I look?
E.g., http://www.downloadfreefonts.com/fontsb2/blobs.zip
I've put it in a valid dir, set that up correctly (AFAIK) with
tt1mkdir [or whatever it is], it shows up in xlsfonts,
I've mentioned this before but not had any feedback; here's some
further info. I get the feeling that this may be related to the default
use of UTF-8 in Psyche, but the LANG=C fix mentioned in the release
notes doesn't help.
Simply, a TrueType font that I've correctly installed won't work
Around about 13/03/2003 12:30, Alessandro Oliveira typed ...
I know that this is not psyche specific, but I have a user that has an
address book corrupted, is there any way to recover at least part of it ?
The .mab files /are/ text, but not exactly friendly! Your best bet
is probably the moz n
Around about 13/03/2003 14:46, Jason Dale typed ...
You can get many types of MUA's of which Mozilla can be one,
and you also get other programs like evolution, etc.
Eh? One of us is confused :-) Where does sendmail mbox file format
come into it?
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rm -f .signature
[EMA
I did a fresh install of Psyche on my brother's PC over the W/E
(blatting his old 7.x).
I hit what appears to be a common problem initially in that the CD
install program wouldn't accept keypresses on the first menu ("install
or media check"). I bit of fiddling and I managed to get that wo
Around about 20/03/2003 09:21, Michael Kuss typed ...
please guide me to install red hat linux 8on my system & help me explore the world of Linux
nothing easier than that:
cdrecord -v psyche-i386-disc1.iso
same for the other two.
... 'cept he doesn't yet /have/ Linux, and hence has no cdrecord ye
I started using RH with 6.1; since then, I've upgraded to every
release version with minimal effort (just a few of the obligatory
cutomisations to re-aaply).
RH8 has ended all of this :-( I have a list of WTFs too long to put
in one posting, so I'll attack the most important ones first:
I expected some changes moving from Gnome/GTK 1 to 2, but I didn't
expect to see my login session wiped!
I don't know what to expect from Gnome 2, so my question is really:
have we got what's available, or have RedHat dropped/changed a number of
things in this drive to standardise to GUI?
Around about 02/12/2002 16:33, Jesse Keating typed ...
Almost all of it. Are you sure you're looking at sawfish, and not Metacity?
Metacity is the default window manager for Gnome2 now, and one of it's goals
was simplicity.
Ah, I'll check. Guess there's no Bluecurve for sawfish?
Actual
Around about 02/12/2002 16:47, Markku Kolkka typed ...
The binary-only part of the driver _is_ compiled with gcc 2.* and that causes
the problem.
Ah - I hadn't noticed there was one.
You could put the insmod -f command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
That was my next step :) Is there a more 'for
Around about 02/12/2002 16:57, Havoc Pennington typed ...
It's cddb aware as far as I remember. The source code definitely
contains a lot of CDDB-related stuff. I feel almost sure I've seen it
magically come up with album titles.
I have to admit I didn't actually *try* it, I just went to the a
Something is trapping my first keypress but I sure cannot figure
out what. I do notice that If I just press and release the key I get
a diamond on the screen wherever the mouse pointer that explodes and then
disappears. Does anyone have a clue wtf that is?? I think that is what is
trapping my
Seems rp3's now finally disappeared - what are we supposed to use now
(don't say ifup!)? modemlights is the closest I could find, but it
seems a bit pants (no error timeouts or anything).
Have I missed the rp3 replacement?
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[neil@fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
[neil@fnx ~]# ls -l .signature
l
Around about 03/12/2002 17:20, Aaron Konstam typed ...
What is wrong with kppp. Works well for me.
I'd need to set up all my ISPs again ... it doesn't seem to recognise
the current list I have.
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[neil@fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
[neil@fnx ~]# ls -l .signature
ls: .signature: No such file or d
Around about 03/12/2002 18:16, Pavel Rozenboim typed ...
You can use modemlights to control the connection. In preferences change
ifup/ifdown commands to /sbin/ifup and /sbin/ifdown, and in advanced tab,
change modem lock file to match serial port you are using.
I do, in fact, have modemlights
Around about 03/12/2002 17:40, Oeystein Olsen typed ...
"neat" to set up the modem-connection, and "redhat-control-network" (or
"neat") to start the connection. You don't have to be root to run
"redhat-control-network". Just make sure that all users can activate the
modem when you configure it
ISTR reading (docs. and/or install) of an RPM that contained a
database of all RH8 RPMs (as used by rpm for suggesting dependancies/the
redhatprovides option I'd never heard of).
Am I imagining things? Where is it? What is it? How do I use it?
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[neil@fnx
Around about 04/12/2002 17:27, Oisin C. Feeley typed ...
I saw this behaviour when I did not have the "LOCK" set properly in the
preferences configuration as Pavel suggested in his first email. Are
you sure that you have the correct "/var/lock/LCK...ttySX" set and that
the "verify owner" is check
Around about 04/12/2002 19:03, Kent Nyberg typed ...
Is it possible to make it so that when i plug in my camera in the
usb-slot then it automounts?
Now i have to mount it (mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera) by hand. It would
be better if it automounts just like the cdroms does in gnome.
Well, I'd no
Around about 05/12/02 11:03, Neil Bird scribbled ...
I'll try to get a copy of my fujicam script, as there's a bit I can't
remember the details for: you can set up a 'remove' script that does a
umount when you unplug the thing. Works a treat.
Here 'tis (/et
I mentioned this in passing a couple of days ago, but no-one
commented. I've just checked with my new RH8 and it's suffering the
same problem as I had with 7.3.
If I plug in & unplug my USB [smart-media] card-reader, a new 'scsi'
device gets allocated by the kernel every time (I think it'
Around about 10/12/2002 14:02, Keith Winston typed ...
You
might want to post your question on the usb-linux mailing list if you
really want to dig into it.
I was hoping to avoid that - last time I did, I couldn't understand
most of it :-)
I'll sign up & post 'em my messages snippet wh
Trying to build sawfish from SRPM fails as it can't find
/usr/lib/libaudiofile.la (as req. by libtool) - is that not normally
supposed to be there, or is it missing from the audiofile-devel RPM?
At least, OTTOMH, I think it was 'audiofile' :-/
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Around about 11/12/2002 15:51, Aaron Konstam typed ...
I simply do not understand the working of modem lights.
I'm off home now, but have a llok back through the archives a week or
so & my thread about 'what to use now rp3's gone'. All pointers you
should need are there.
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Around about 12/12/2002 00:30, Aaron Konstam typed ...
Checking the psyche-list as well as the hints in Tom Georgoulias
message got me going. But I am left with the mystery how anyone would
guess to change the name of tbe lock file and change ifup to
/sbin/ifup, etc? Thanks for the responses.
Around about 11/12/2002 20:01, Ben Brown typed ...
I have upgraded three machines from RedHat 7.1 to 8.0 in the last week,
and in all three cases, LILO persists, even though I instruct the
installer to upgrade the bootloader. Normally, I would just post that to
bugzilla or whatever, but even wh
Around about 12/12/2002 22:45, Ronald W. Heiby typed ...
I got a quick response to a bugzilla report on this that I filed. In
the response, it said that the fix would be showing up in "rawhide". I
have a vague knowledge that it is a quasi-beta test bed.
Can someone point me to where I need to go t
Around about 15/12/2002 20:53, Havoc Pennington typed ...
It's not missing a lot of features. I had some trouble with some
1.2/Xft builds that over time they would get very slow, and you'd have
to quit and restart. I haven't had that problem so far with the 1.3a
Xft build (though 1.3 is also an al
Around about 31/12/2002 13:55, Javier Gostling typed ...
It seems that your best shot would be to move some part from /usr to
another filesystem and symlink it. Good candidates for this are
/usr/local, /usr/share and /usr/X11R6.
Just thought I'd mention, as I had to do this temporarily a while
Around about 03/01/2003 08:18, Jason Dale typed ...
Does anyone know of a command set that can be used to convert
Linux format files into DOS/Windows format , and visa versa ?
On UnixWare 7 there were commands called 'dtox' and 'xtod' ,
but I cannot find the equivalent commands on Linux
Do you
Around about 05/01/2003 21:39, Tommy McNeely typed ...
[root@cookies root]# grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
Hmm. I had a problem when I first set up grub under RH8 in that I
boot my ABit mobo from an ATA66 I/F (IDE 3 of 4).
When I boot from CD (to install/rescue), /dev/hda -> (hd0) and my
Around about 06/01/2003 11:29, Patrick typed ...
You can define device swaps in grub.conf with the map command. Check
info grub, the manpages etc. A quick Google gave e.g. this link:
https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/valhalla-list/2002-June/003173.html
I'm not certain that that could help m
Around about 06/01/2003 12:11, Justin Johnson typed ...
I recently downloaded the Xft enabled version of Mozilla, and wow! does
that ever look nice. I dare say Mozilla looked better than IE does on mac
os x. Super nice font rendering. It appears to be a little bit slower
response time than norm
Around about 07/01/2003 05:48, Tommy McNeely typed ...
who keeps taking away my /dev/dvd link.. its driving me insane :p
I think its another side effect of kudzu's updfstab. I disabled
kudzu at startup, and only run it when I know I've changed something.
I've seen updfstab delete cdrom entr
Around about 09/01/2003 21:06, Steven W. Orr typed ...
514 > echo $XUSERFILESEARCHPATH
/home/steveo/.app-defaults/%N%C
I've always used XAPPLRESDIR for my ~/.../app-defaults - what's the diff?
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[neil@fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
[neil@fnx ~]# ls -l .signature
ls: .signature: No such file or dir
Around about 13/01/2003 09:24, Jason Dale typed ...
I have been searching for documentation for how to configure
a Red Hat Linux server to dial-out to a MAIL server. I found
a program called 'wvdial' , but it seems as though this deals with
modem connections to your ISP.
Not sure what you're t
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