Re: disk partition

2003-02-07 Thread Thomas Molina
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Mike Vanecek wrote: > I guess one could always go with a 500MB /boot, a 1 GB sway, and whatever is > left over goes to /. The suggestion that separate partitions are need to > protect from run-away programs, security, and so on may be valid. However, > guessing the incorrect s

Re: RH8.0 on Dell Dimension 4300S - Linux compatible??

2003-02-13 Thread Thomas Molina
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, John Nall wrote: > OK. Did that, and one problem has to do with the modem, which I have now > ascertained to be a WinModem (Conexant HCF) and I know those don't work on > Linux, or at least not without some extra effort. So the modem is put > aside for now (may come bac

Re: Installing rpm's and dependants from web

2003-02-13 Thread Thomas Molina
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Nick Urbanik wrote: > Neil Marjoram wrote: > > > I am having trouble tracking down information on installing RPM's from > > the web. > > > > 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 > > d

Re: printer setup

2003-02-15 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Kevin Waterson wrote: > What tools are available for setting up printers from a terminal? redhat-config-printer-tui works well for me. -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Re: after upgrading how do I??

2003-02-16 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Rigoberto de la Cruz wrote: > after upgradig how do I erase the other kernels I do > not need anymor? including the source files?? or this > is not advisable (sp?) ?? You remove kernel rpms the same way you remove other rpms. rpm -e kernel-2.4.18-14.8.0 for example. Make s

Re: External email on RH 8

2003-02-17 Thread Thomas Molina
On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Jason Dale wrote: > Hi all: > > OK, here is the situation. I have an Old Red hat Linux 7 machine which > is running exim as a mail server. This machine also acts as out firewall. > I am moving the mail services from that firewall machine onto a new > Red Hat 8 machine runni

Re: Lilo and mounted boot partition

2003-03-30 Thread Thomas Molina
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, MW Mike Weiner (5028) wrote: > Dear list readers - > > I have a question, one which I have never really done or thought of doing > before, though I am sure there is some way to do it. Where I am at is as > follows, I have a server with a "cloned" disk that I have mounted > t

Re: Recovering a Damaged RH 8.0 System

2003-03-30 Thread Thomas Molina
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Robert Styma wrote: > After recharging the battery, the machine would not > boot. After digging around after booting with the CD, > we found the problem was the soft links in /lib were > corrupted. The link contents were corrupted differently > on each link, but letters were

Re: Installing RH8.0

2002-10-27 Thread Thomas Molina
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 01:04:49PM -0600, John Weber wrote: > > I was able to install Psyche on an Athlon 233 with 64 MB Ram without X > > and it seems to run fine. I tried graphic install, but it would always > > lock up part way through the install. Text mo

Re: Installing RH8.0

2002-10-27 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, M A Young wrote: > On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Thomas Molina wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Ed Wilts wrote: > > > > > Perhaps you need to re-read the MINIMUM requirements: > > > http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/technical/ > >

Re: recompile kernel 2.2.18-3

2002-11-17 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Ha Tu wrote: > Thank you very much > > By the way, I have another question. > where is the Ncurses library ? > While trying "make menuconfig", I received message: You need to install the ncurses-devel rpm. -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.red

Re: internet connection

2002-11-20 Thread Thomas Molina
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Eric Potvin wrote: > What settings should I check to solve this problem?? > When I was using 7.3, it connected easily, never had anything to do, does > 8.0 do something different?? If it worked automaticaly in 7.3, it shouldn't be a problem with 8.0. >From the description o

Re: internet connection

2002-11-20 Thread Thomas Molina
On 20 Nov 2002, Mr. Adam ALLEN wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 21:13, Eric Potvin wrote: > > Here are all the answers to the commands shown earlier. > > I notice that there is no Gateway in "route" and this might possibly be a > > DNS problem. > > Whatever you guys can make of this is greatly appre

Re: D-Link AirPro support (was Re: PC Card problems.)

2002-11-20 Thread Thomas Molina
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Brett Russ wrote: > Anyway, I called D-Link and asked about Linux support. They told me > that in order to get internal specs for driver development I would need > to submit a request on behalf of a company sponsored development > project. I guess the key was it had to be

Re: A thought about psyche

2002-11-20 Thread Thomas Molina
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > Red Hat expicitly claims 8.0 to be a desktop for the enterprise. Almost > > nothing you mention above has to do with a work environment unless > > you're a programmer. In which case you can easily configure it to work. > > In fact, it might be a plu

Re: newbie having problems editing files

2002-11-30 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, David Mascot wrote: > As an example to my editing problems, > the following is a file I think I should > have access to but I can't seem to get in. > > [dmascot@localhost dmascot]$ su > Password: > [root@localhost dmascot]# /etc/fonts/fonts.conf > bash: /etc/fonts/fonts.con

Re: Unremovable File

2002-12-01 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, LaJchon McRight wrote: > I am trying to reinstall kernel-pcmcia-cs. I was able to remove the rpm > package but when I reinstall it I am unable to replace /sbin/cardctl. I > check the permissions and the user and group permissions aren't root but > a bunch of numbers. > >

Re: Unremovable File

2002-12-01 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, LaJchon McRight wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. Gave chattr a try but still unable to delete > the file. Is there any other possible way to delete a file when the > permissions have ben scrambled? I've not heard that before. What does ls -l show? -- Psyche

Re: Unremovable File

2002-12-01 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, LaJchon McRight wrote: > I tried changing with chmod. I'm logged in as root and it still gives > me Operation not permitted when I try anything on this file. > The inode looks severely bollixed. If chattr doesn't allow you to remove it I don't know what to say. The only