Re: [techtalk] How to point whatever.domain.com to ip?

2001-01-28 Thread GeekGrrl
Run, don't walk, to your nearest bookstore and get "DNS & BIND" by Cricket Liu et al, or SAM's "Teach Yourself DNS/BIND in 24 Hours". The second book is less intense and geared more towards someone who hasn't learned anything about DNS yet. Every domain owner should at least borrow one of these b

Re: [techtalk] Bind gui frontend?

2001-01-24 Thread GeekGrrl
I have tested it. It's... okay. It does everything you need, and leaves the zonefiles in ascii which is good if webmin dies and you ever need to edit them manually. It's a little on the arcane side if you are not familiar with DNS terminology... but if you don't know at least the basic terminology

Re: [techtalk] Using AOL with Linux???

2000-08-13 Thread GeekGrrl
Does AOL demand to use a custom dialer, or does it use Windows' Dial-Up Networking? If it uses dial-up networking, you should be able to make your connection through Linux. This might, however, bar you from certain aspects of their service that you may need their custom software for. If it uses

Re: [techtalk] Weird Problem (KDE/X/Netscape)

2000-07-03 Thread GeekGrrl
Slackware does not release 'compiles' or 'packages' of Netscape other then what comes on their official releases. I am using the glibc Netscape. On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Caitlyn M. Martin wrote: > On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am using 4.73 as well but Mandrake 7.1 with kde and I

[techtalk] Weird Problem (KDE/X/Netscape)

2000-07-03 Thread geekgrrl
I have the versions of KDE and X which came with the Slackware 7.0 CD. I have 7.1 on order, but I need to fix this problem now. I recently upgraded to Netscape 4.73 and have found that when I am typing in a URL, I cannot backspace or delete. Hitting these keys causes an additional space to app

Re: [techtalk] DNS & Linux

2000-06-02 Thread GeekGrrl
nsswitch.conf seems to be mostly used for NIS situations from what I have found. It is a slightly different critter then host.conf. You will probably have to ask someone else for more details on that as I do not run NIS. On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Stephanie Alarcon wrote: > > You can do this on all Un

Re: [techtalk] DNS and Apache Server

2000-06-02 Thread GeekGrrl
You can do this on all Unices and Linux distros. Whether your host table or dns is looked at for resolution is specified in /etc/host.conf. It could be one, or the other, or both in various orders. Example: order hosts, bind This will look to your hosts file first, then to DNS. On Sat, 3 Jun 2

Re: [techtalk] source vs. rpm?

2000-06-02 Thread GeekGrrl
Source: configurable and alterable to your system. Can be used on distributions that do not have RPM or RPM2TGZ type utilities, and any system that -does-. RPM: precompiled source geared towards systems following standards compatible with the RPM utility. I, personally, amd leery of RPMs because

Re: [techtalk] DNS and Apache Server

2000-06-02 Thread GeekGrrl
The only thing I can see wrong is that you neglected to tell the nameserver which sort of network this record is a part of. The only one that really matters these days is IN, which stands for Internet, which is appropriate in this case. Your record should look like this: www IN A 1

Re: [techtalk] Linux DNS solution?

2000-06-02 Thread GeekGrrl
Whether or not you need to contact a registrar (It's not just the Internic any more) to register your Linux DNS server as a nameserver or not depends on whether you will actually be hosting any domain names or not. If you are just setting up to be a caching nameserver, this is not necessary. Cach

Re: [techtalk] cgi scripts & html output

2000-05-15 Thread GeekGrrl
Okay, the EOF comes from these statements: print <<"EOF"; html blablahblaah EOF This means print all text from the print statement until the text matchs "EOF" If you are seeing EOF in the html, you need to be sure that the print statement is in place referencing the EOF. If it is, run the scrip

Re: [techtalk] warm/fuzzy alternatives to outlook?

2000-05-05 Thread GeekGrrl
Unfortunately, that's not necessarily the only factor considered in the corporate world. I would that it was... There is still the 'learn new software' factor, the 'convert data from old software' factor, and the 'how to we explain up the ladder that we wasted all these resources on M$' factor.

Re: [techtalk] warm/fuzzy alternatives to outlook?

2000-05-05 Thread GeekGrrl
A lot of places pressure one to use Outlook/MS Office because of the calendaring features. While StarOffice has this too, it's pretty difficult to convince the Execs to convert after they spent all this money on licensing, installation, maintenance, personnel, updates... Not to mention they'd hav

Re: [techtalk] Linux with ISDN

2000-04-26 Thread GeekGrrl
wrote: > On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, GeekGrrl wrote: > > > There are other solutions than internal cards, also. I use a 3Com ImpactIQ > > external ISDN adapter, and it is no more difficult then adding in a bit to > > the INIT string to bond and use both channels. It connects

Re: [techtalk] Linux with ISDN

2000-04-26 Thread GeekGrrl
There are other solutions than internal cards, also. I use a 3Com ImpactIQ external ISDN adapter, and it is no more difficult then adding in a bit to the INIT string to bond and use both channels. It connects to the machine physically though the serial port. On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Matjaz Godec wrot

Re: [techtalk] Sending pictures from cron

2000-03-24 Thread GeekGrrl
After trying uuencode and trying mpack (after digging it up), mpack works better for me. :) Thank you, everyone, for your time and suggestions! On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Jeramia Ory wrote: > > Is there any way to send this as an attachment so it does not get so > > garbled? Can pine work in a one-li

[techtalk] Sending pictures from cron

2000-03-24 Thread GeekGrrl
I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to email a webcam snapshot via a crontab entry. I have the entry done and it works, but 'mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] < webcam.jpg' results that account receiving a garbled mess instead of an image. (Yes, I know the mess -is- the image). Is there any way to s

Re: [techtalk] Speaking of Webcam's for Linux,...

2000-03-23 Thread GeekGrrl
Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Storm wrote: > Is there a program that can support a USB webcam?? (I have a kodak dvc 325) > And will any webcam work? or only the CVideo-Mail Express that GeekGrrl > mentioned? > (Apologies if this has already been covered,.. I caught this thr

RE: [techtalk] Linux Webcam

2000-03-23 Thread GeekGrrl
work for any cpia webcam. > -Original Message- > From: GeekGrrl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 3:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [techtalk] Linux Webcam > > > So... after searching the web and auctions in vain, and ransacking

RE: [techtalk] Linux Webcam

2000-03-23 Thread GeekGrrl
oner than that. > > Hope this helps, > Lynette Quinn > Prima Tech > > > -Original Message- > From: GeekGrrl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 3:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [techtalk] Linux Webcam > > > So... after searching

[techtalk] Linux Webcam

2000-03-23 Thread GeekGrrl
So... after searching the web and auctions in vain, and ransacking the local second-hand stores, I finally come up with a CVideo-Mail Express Parallel webcam. Great... this is supported under the cpia driver. The driver installs, and loads just fun. No problems there. That I need advice/pointers