Re: [techtalk] Finding out the library versions

2000-09-01 Thread Jeff Dike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > How do I find out what version of library is on my system? On RH (and other rpm distros), you can do this: ~ 1009: rpm -q -f /lib/libc.so.6 glibc-2.1.1-6 You have to peel off the "1-6" to see that this is glibc 2.1. Something similar should work or whatever librarie

[techtalk] Re: Netscape problem

2000-09-01 Thread Caitlyn M. Martin
This thread should probably be on techtalk... On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, you wrote: > Unfortunately, I have a P100, 32Mb RAM & a 1GB harddrive. This is > going to be fun Not! > > I guess I will find out soon enough how it goes. Could some of the > problems with Netscape be because it is being us

Re: [techtalk] building a new linux mahine

2000-09-01 Thread jenn
> My problem today is that I plan to buy parts and build > a new machine strictly for Linux. I just want to make sure that > everything > will work by asking whther or not any of you have similar configurations. > If you could let me know if you foresee any problems with this, RedHat has a 'w

[techtalk] Finding out the library versions

2000-09-01 Thread Subba Rao
Hi, I am trying to upgrade some libraries and would like to find out what version is installed on my system. I have tried the "strings" command but am getting more confusing version numbers for each file. The "ldd" and "ldconfig" command did not help that much. How do I find out what version of

RE: [techtalk] which distro?

2000-09-01 Thread Angela Nash
First off...up until this week there was a group working on a linux distro similar to OpenBSD. It was http://www.kha0s.org. It looks like they stopped this week, which is too bad. The OpenBSD team puts a LOT of effort in to the security. Not only is the default install locked down pretty well,

[techtalk] which distro?

2000-09-01 Thread curious
I've seen alot of people suggest the "easyist" distro to people who are new.. I used to aswell... until I came across OpenBSD's philosophy which is: secure by default more specificly nothing is turned on unless the user chooses to do so... meaning you can plug the box into the wire while installi

Re: [techtalk] building a new linux mahine

2000-09-01 Thread Kath
Since your a newbie, I would recommend Mandrake. - Kathy - Original Message - From: "Lyric ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:28 PM Subject: [techtalk] building a new linux mahine > Hey everybody, > > I'm relatively new to Linux, ut I've f

Re: [techtalk] resolv.conf issues

2000-09-01 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Olivier Tharan wrote: > The search list is currently limited to six domains with a total > of 256 characters. > > The last line is important: check that you don't have more than 6 > domains listed and do not have more than 256 characters. Yup, already took that

[techtalk] building a new linux mahine

2000-09-01 Thread Lyric .
Hey everybody, I'm relatively new to Linux, ut I've found I've been able to pick up what I need fairly quickly. My problem today is that I plan to buy parts and build a new machine strictly for Linux. I just want to make sure that everything will work by asking whther or not any of you have

[techtalk] debian and X

2000-09-01 Thread Nick Green
I recently installed Debian on my Toshiba laptop (with a little help from a coworker).  Everything was working fine for a while, and then X started working kinda funky.  The mouse currently doesn't work, and the display will work sometimes, and sometimes it will just come up to a black scree

Re: [techtalk] second hard disk

2000-09-01 Thread Conor Daly
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 12:14:17PM +0200 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Helena Verrill thought: > On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Conor Daly wrote: > > ... > > We'll take /home as an example. > > Thanks, an example is really helpful. > I followed this, repartitioned a bit, moved home and usr, > and upgr

Re: [techtalk] second hard disk

2000-09-01 Thread Helena Verrill
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Conor Daly wrote: ... > We'll take /home as an example. Thanks, an example is really helpful. I followed this, repartitioned a bit, moved home and usr, and upgraded to 6.2.14-5.0 last night; all seemed to go pretty well. I guess it's all pretty straight forwards, but it's re