[techtalk] modem/PPP problems

2000-05-12 Thread Sarah Hollings
hiya, A while ago some very helpful types on this list gave me some clues that resulted in fixing the sound problems I had with my Linux machine at home. I am a newbie, I guess, but I have learnt heaps about Linux, and in particular modules, and dependencies thru that exercise. Now I have a rea

Re: [techtalk] Two questions:

2000-05-12 Thread Shad Young
"Caitlyn M. Martin" wrote: > > Sorry my answers aren't more useful :( > > Regards, > Caity Actually Caity, you have been more help than you know. I think I saw an RPM for RH 6.2 when I installed it. Duh, sometimes I just don't use the brain God gave me... I;ll take a look. Thanks for triggerin

Re: [techtalk] Two questions:

2000-05-12 Thread Caitlyn M. Martin
Hi, Shad, I can answer your questions, but not in any way that is useful, I'm afraid. > 1. Samba: is it possible to have smbmount mount a NT share as a user so > users can read/write to the NT drive. Currently smbmount complanes that > it need suid set if you want to have users mount drives. Thi

Re: [techtalk] help with sorting text in a file

2000-05-12 Thread Gene Dolgner
alissa bader wrote: > > --- srl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > what part of the line do you need to grab, other > > than QAA? > > got some sample data? > > actually I needed to grab a particular string. For > example, all patterns matching QAA: > > May 11 23:59:57 smtp-out sendmail[7569]:

[techtalk] Two questions:

2000-05-12 Thread Shad Young
1. Samba: is it possible to have smbmount mount a NT share as a user so users can read/write to the NT drive. Currently smbmount complanes that it need suid set if you want to have users mount drives. This is set and the mount script has bth uid and gid set. But it still refuses to mount the dir.

Re: [techtalk] how to find prior art/software?

2000-05-12 Thread srl
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Laurel Fan wrote: > Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-May-100 [techtalk] how to find prio.. by > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The project in question: a generic ratings and comments engine for > > a website. The things being rated could be anything, but site > > visitors should be able t

Re: [techtalk] how to find prior art/software?

2000-05-12 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-May-100 [techtalk] how to find prio.. by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The project in question: a generic ratings and comments engine for > a website. The things being rated could be anything, but site > visitors should be able to vote on various survey questions for each > (boo

Re: [techtalk] help with sorting text in a file

2000-05-12 Thread alissa bader
--- srl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what part of the line do you need to grab, other > than QAA? > got some sample data? actually I needed to grab a particular string. For example, all patterns matching QAA: May 11 23:59:57 smtp-out sendmail[7569]: QAA14179: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=

Re: [techtalk] how to find prior art/software?

2000-05-12 Thread srl
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Jeff Dike wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > The project in question: a generic ratings and comments engine for a > > website. The things being rated could be anything, but site visitors > > should be able to vote on various survey questions for each > > (book|movie|restaur

Re: [techtalk] how to find prior art/software?

2000-05-12 Thread Jeff Dike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > The project in question: a generic ratings and comments engine for a > website. The things being rated could be anything, but site visitors > should be able to vote on various survey questions for each > (book|movie|restaurant), and add their comments. Visitors should als

Re: [techtalk] help with sorting text in a file

2000-05-12 Thread Jeff Dike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > On Fri, 12 May 2000, alissa bader wrote: > > Specifically, anything containing the > > string "QAA." Tried doing a grep, but I got the > > entire line again, not just the portion of it that > > contained "QAA." > what part of the line do you need to grab, other than QAA

Re: [techtalk] help with sorting text in a file

2000-05-12 Thread srl
On Fri, 12 May 2000, alissa bader wrote: > I need to grab a list of stuff with a matching pattern > in a log file. Specifically, anything containing the > string "QAA." Tried doing a grep, but I got the > entire line again, not just the portion of it that > contained "QAA." Argh. The frustrat

[techtalk] how to find prior art/software?

2000-05-12 Thread srl
So I had this idea this morning for a piece of software that should exist, if it doesn't already. Well, more specifically, it exists already, but not AFAIK as open-source; the online bookstores all have something like it. How do I find out if anyone's already had the same idea and/or is working on

[techtalk] help with sorting text in a file

2000-05-12 Thread alissa bader
or, duh. I need to grab a list of stuff with a matching pattern in a log file. Specifically, anything containing the string "QAA." Tried doing a grep, but I got the entire line again, not just the portion of it that contained "QAA." Argh. The frustrating thing is I know I did something like t

RE: [techtalk] does windoze insist on being on first drive?

2000-05-12 Thread Stacie Turner
I think so. When I tried to make windows 2000 play with red hat windows wouldn't let me NOT put it as the first OS on the primary drive. However, I am so new at this it's scary. I could have been doing something wrong. * Stacie Turner Web Coordinator Marketi

[techtalk] does windoze insist on being on first drive?

2000-05-12 Thread Kathy Hargreaves
Hi, Does Windoze have to be on the master drive on the primary EIDE interface? Thanks, Kathy ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk

Re: [techtalk] Starting programs at boot -- various questions

2000-05-12 Thread Marie Fischer
On Thu, 11 May 2000, Alex Yan wrote: > On Thu, 11 May 2000, Darren wrote: > > 1. I recently installed a true type font server, xfstt, primarily because > > I miss Verdana, et al, when web browsing. I'd like this to start at boot; > > what's the best way of doing this? > > There are a number of w

Re: [techtalk] RedHat6.2 compatible printer

2000-05-12 Thread Ian Phillips
Hi, I have another printer question for you, I'm using RH6.2 and printing to a network attatched HP LaserJet 4050. The printer works fine (since it's postscript enabled) but... I have no idea how to tell it to use the duplex unit from linux, is there some kind of control sequence I can send to te