Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-11 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > The right attitude is NOT just remove linuxconf and use Emacs :-) on > the config Did I say I use Emacs? I "rpm -e'd" that too;-) You use emacs if you like. I prefer vim. btw I don't recommend webmin either. I can't; never used it. The right attitude is for each

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-11 Thread JF Martinez
John Summerfield a écrit : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Interesting ... and what you suggest for a company like the one that I > > work > > If you like it, use it. > > Some of us don't and don't. > If Linuxconf is unadequate then the right attitude is either to suggest another tool like webmin

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-11 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Interesting ... and what you suggest for a company like the one that I > work If you like it, use it. Some of us don't and don't. To each his own choice. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://www2.ami.com.au/ for OS/2 & linux information. Configuration, networking, comb

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-11 Thread Thomas Dodd
Check the changelog for V1.23 at the linuxconf page, http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/ It appears someone has written a LPRng module for linuxconf and several other new modules. It was released Dec 5, while the version in RHL 7.0 is 1.19r2 from July 25, and patched by RedHat last on Aug 23 (

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-11 Thread Lars Nordin
On Saturday 09 December 2000 06:32, Tom Diehl wrote: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Daniel Roesen wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 08:55:32PM +1000, Tony Nugent wrote: > > > I know that this has been mentioned here before, but can I *beg* that > > > redhat developers seriously and urgently consider eithe

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-10 Thread Panu Matilainen
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, John Summerfield wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > is "rpm -e linuxconf" here. > > You too? Me too :) - Panu - ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-09 Thread Tom Diehl
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Daniel Roesen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 08:55:32PM +1000, Tony Nugent wrote: > > I know that this has been mentioned here before, but can I *beg* that > > redhat developers seriously and urgently consider either modifying > > printtool to allow it to work with a text/cu

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-07 Thread Levente Farkas
John Summerfield wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > is "rpm -e linuxconf" here. > > You too? like everybody, who rather edit an ascii file in /etc that destroy all readable config files... -- Leventehttp://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html "The only thing worse th

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-06 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Huh? Get real! :) One of the *classy* things about linux is that > it runs *really* well on low-end "old" legacy hardware. There is a > HUGE demand for cheap (second-hand) hardware (eg, in 3rd world > countries) BECAUSE linux is cheap, available, and it works on tha

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-06 Thread Tony Nugent
On Wed Dec 06 2000 at 19:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > There should be NO pre-requisite that a box have a working X server > > > just to be able to configure its printers. Or anything else. (which I originally wrote) > Fo my part I really beg RedHat developpers to remove any kind of tex

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-06 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Fo my part I really beg RedHat developpers to remove any kind of text > based config tool. In our days where a low end hard disk is 10 G, 100 > Nothing forces you to install them, or having installed them, to use them. Nobody's saying take awau the GUI tools; they w

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-06 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > is "rpm -e linuxconf" here. You too? ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-06 Thread jfm2
> > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 08:55:32PM +1000, Tony Nugent wrote: > > I know that this has been mentioned here before, but can I *beg* that > > redhat developers seriously and urgently consider either modifying > > printtool to allow it to work with a text/curses interface on a > > console or with

Re: [RH-Dev] Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-06 Thread Alvin Starr
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, herrold wrote: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Daniel Roesen wrote: > > > > There should be NO pre-requisite that a box have a working X server > > > just to be able to configure its printers. Or anything else. > > I certainly concur. > > ... netcfg and netconf are also a similar pa

Re: [RH-Dev] Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-06 Thread herrold
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Daniel Roesen wrote: > > There should be NO pre-requisite that a box have a working X server > > just to be able to configure its printers. Or anything else. I certainly concur. ... netcfg and netconf are also a similar pair of offenders. I just give up and install a very

Re: need printtool to work in non-gui environment

2000-12-06 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 08:55:32PM +1000, Tony Nugent wrote: > I know that this has been mentioned here before, but can I *beg* that > redhat developers seriously and urgently consider either modifying > printtool to allow it to work with a text/curses interface on a > console or within an X term,