Re: [techtalk] Memory Usage

2000-05-23 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Tue, 23 May 2000 21:36:27 -0400 (EDT), Beverly Guillermo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Here's my scenario -- I start my linux box and check my available >memory space with 'free' and get the following: >- > total

[techtalk] Memory Usage

2000-05-23 Thread Beverly Guillermo
Here's my scenario -- I start my linux box and check my available memory space with 'free' and get the following: - total used free sharedbufferscached Mem:258104 38564 2

Re: [techtalk] Security techniques ( Redhat 6.2 question)

2000-05-23 Thread Beverly Guillermo
On Tue, 23 May 2000, Alex Yan wrote: > I think that the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files are both used by > tcpd, and if she's not running inetd, then she's probably not running > anything with the tcpd wrapper, in which case, whatever remaining > services she has won't use those files for keepin

Re: [techtalk] Security techniques ( Redhat 6.2 question)

2000-05-23 Thread Alex Yan
Hi Beverly, I think that the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files are both used by tcpd, and if she's not running inetd, then she's probably not running anything with the tcpd wrapper, in which case, whatever remaining services she has won't use those files for keeping out intruders. This is the wa

Re: [techtalk] Security techniques ( Redhat 6.2 question)

2000-05-23 Thread Beverly Guillermo
> I have been reading up security issues, but what I installed doesn't > even have the /etc/inetd.conf file. If I am reading this correctly, What did you install? Or better yet, what type of services do you want available remotely or via network? Here's what I did for general all purpose secu

Re: [techtalk] Screen problems in Xwindows

2000-05-23 Thread Beverly Guillermo
xf86setup is the program that comes with XFree86. XConfigurator comes with Redhat. Have you tried changing your vertical and horizontal sync rates? Look at Toshiba's website for the specs on this though or else you may damage your screen. Another thing you might want to try is looking for other

Re: [techtalk] Redhat 6.2 question

2000-05-23 Thread Jeff Frasca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If there is no /etc/inetd.conf file there should be no inetd running. This is a good thing, it means all those services are turned *off* and you don't have to worry about it because the potential security problem just isn't there. Now, I haven't in

[techtalk] Redhat 6.2 question

2000-05-23 Thread Amy
I just installed RH 6.2 on my machine. I had RH 6.1 on it before. Trying to get 'experience', I just wiped our 6.1 and did a scratch install of 6.2, since this is my 'learnin' box. not my main machine. My problem is this: I edited the inetd.conf file on my RH 6.1 machine to comment out certain

RE: [techtalk] Screen problems in Xwindows

2000-05-23 Thread glen
I am starting to get confused with all these different names... I installed XFree86-3.3.5 is this the XFree86Setup program? I do not see XFree86_VGA 16 on my Redhat CD. Is there a way to seach for it? Where else might it be? --- Davida Schiff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There should be a RPM ca

[techtalk] Re: Screen problems in Xwindows

2000-05-23 Thread glen
I´ve been there, and to the links. I found the satallite 2595DVD pages more useful, but I guess I´ll go back and look at the CDS also. I tried that stuff, and that is why I have gotten as far as I have. Those people used another XF86Config file that does not seem to be working for me. How might I

[techtalk] Re: Screen problems in Xwindows

2000-05-23 Thread Caitlyn Máire Martin
Hi, Glen, > I am running a toshiba satallite 2595CDS. That's good news, I think. > My chip is a trident cyber 9525 DVD PCI/AGPw98 according to windows. ...and we all know how reliable Windows is. That's why we all run it and would never touch some amateur operating system with an Antarctic w

Re: [techtalk] Need help finding scanner to use w/Linux

2000-05-23 Thread Nils Philippsen
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Nancy Corbett wrote: > I'm not very knowledgable about how to research which scanners have > drivers which work well with Linux. I need to order a fairly good scanner > (at least a 600dpi capability, able to handle grayscale & color). I've > poked around on the web a bit bu

[techtalk] Re: Screen problems in Xwindows

2000-05-23 Thread glen
I am running a toshiba satallite 2595CDS. My chip is a trident cyber 9525 DVD PCI/AGPw98 according to windows. I have downloaded XFree86 3.3.5-1.6.0 to add my video chip, and then installed the rpm (I think I did this right, but I´m not sure). Then I tried to run the Xconfigurator. My Chip was the

Re: [techtalk] Screen problems in Xwindows

2000-05-23 Thread Caitlyn Máire Martin
Hi, Glen, It is probably the video card/chip you selected in X. The information on the Toshiba web page for my Portégé 610CT listed the wrong Chips & Technology chipset. I checked the Toshiba Europe Service Centre page on Linux, got the right info, reconfigured X, and got my problems solved. I

RE: [techtalk] Screen problems in Xwindows

2000-05-23 Thread Davida Schiff
Hi Glen, I have but X on many different Toshiba Notebooks. This is how I do it: I first install the XF86Setup RPM (you may have to install the VGA server RPM (first)as well) Then run XF86Setup. Put in the proper video card in the card section. Under monitor...I use the following parameters: for

[techtalk] Screen problems in Xwindows

2000-05-23 Thread glen
I am in the midst of trying to get my first system working. Unfortually it is on a Toshiba Laptop which has issues with Redhat 6.0. I have been fixing problems with help from the Laptop pages, and mostly I seem to be working my way though, but the one thing I am lost on is my screen in Xwindows. T

[techtalk] Adding Solaris 8 to Linux

2000-05-23 Thread Moon, Shannon
Title: Adding Solaris 8 to Linux I've got a Intel box up and running RH 6.2 that I need to be able to dual boot with Solaris. I've set something like this up several years ago (before I got sucked into the evil world of Window development and rotted my brain ) but it was adding Linux to an ex