Re: [techtalk] problem

1999-10-06 Thread Lindsay Walker
Is this still happening after you rebooted? I've never known a reboot to not solve this type of problem (except in the case that you had a virus). Lindsay - > Ok this problem doesn't directly relate to Linux, but... > > Evidently while I was at work, my roommate was on my computer at

Re: [techtalk] problem

1999-10-06 Thread MGreen
Sounds like one or more keys is jammed causing major key repeat! Is your keyboard still causing the problem even when you shut down and restart? Turn your PC off, disconnect the keyboard and have a good look at the keys, testing them out, etc...it may be a good time to clean your keyboard. (A

Re: [techtalk] problem

1999-10-06 Thread Di Gregory
Well rebooting is the first thing you do to try to fix a windoz machine :) It was doing it even when it was going through the memory test. I unplugged teh keyboard and when windoz came up, it didn't do it, so it appears to be a problem with the keyboard. > Sounds like one or more keys is ja

[jobposts] [admin] timing test

1999-10-06 Thread Deb Richardson
Hi all. As many of you may have noticed, there's a bit of lag with the mailing lists every so often. This is just a test message for diagnostic purposes. Sorry for the spam. 10:32 - deb -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] parallel zip drive

1999-10-06 Thread Caitlyn Martin
Hi, Yukiko, > > I use a parallel zip drive, and I have no trouble about it. > > I think you could config, but, > Do you use a parallel printer or some other paralleled hard devices? > > if so, you have to do: > > # rmmod lp > # insmod ppa > # mount -t vfat /dev/sda4/zip (or, your setting Actuall

Re: [techtalk] PalmPilot

1999-10-06 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm after PalmPilot backup software for linux. The equivalent of the one > that comes with the PalmPilot and runs on Windows - ie, not JUST backing > up the calender, but also the appointment book, notepads, other databases, > etc etc etc. > Anyone k

Re: [techtalk] PalmPilot

1999-10-06 Thread Nico Hailey
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok. I must be blind - I CANNOT possibly IMAGINE that this doesn't exist. > > I'm after PalmPilot backup software for linux. The equivalent of the one > that comes with the PalmPilot and runs on Windows - ie, not JUST backing > up the calender, bu

[techtalk] Does anybody know an option for od to do binary?

1999-10-06 Thread Clare R. Smith
I need to read the bits (not bytes) in a file. While the od -h will do hex I haven't found anything to let me traverse through the bits. i.e. the first 14 bits of field 3 are the sequence number and the last 2 are something else. Any help woudl be greatly appreciated.   Clare [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: [techtalk] Does anybody know an option for od to do binary?

1999-10-06 Thread Samantha Jo Moore
Clare, > I need to read the bits (not bytes) in a file. While the od -h will do hex I haven't > found anything to let me traverse through the bits. i.e. the first 14 bits of field >3 > are the sequence number and the last 2 are something else. > Any help woudl be greatly appreciated. Hex is t

Re: [techtalk] problem

1999-10-06 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 07:43:35 -0500 (CDT), Di Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >(I don't >really want to buy a new keyboard) Keyboards are cheap. I've had to buy four replacement keyboards in the past three years, and I can generally get them for under $30. Kelly [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [techtalk] problem

1999-10-06 Thread Just This Girl
I have seen them as low as $10 if you aren't looking for something fancy or extravagant, and sometimes stores offer specials and rebates that all but make them free. Best Buy, CompUSA, Office Depot, Office Max... keep an eye on their circulars. Granted, they are just your average 102-key keyboards

[techtalk] Building ADSL - LAN

1999-10-06 Thread Just This Girl
I have been trying to find a source of detailed instructions on setting up a small home LAN attached to the Internet through ADSL. I have read the ADSL Mini How-To, but its examples did not seem to clearly apply to my situation. I am, admittedly, new to the LAN/network game. I have successfully i

Re: [techtalk] Building ADSL - LAN

1999-10-06 Thread Amos Hayes
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Just This Girl wrote: > I have been trying to find a source of detailed instructions on setting > up a small home LAN attached to the Internet through ADSL. > > I have read the ADSL Mini How-To, but its examples did not seem to > clearly apply to my situation. I am, admittedl

RE: [techtalk] Does anybody know an option for od to do binary?

1999-10-06 Thread Clare Smith
You rock! :) clare -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Samantha Jo Moore Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [techtalk] Does anybody know an option for od to do binary? Clare, > I need to read the b

Re: [techtalk] Building ADSL - LAN

1999-10-06 Thread Just This Girl
Thank you for the pointer, and I am certain that I might be interested in this later, but upon reading the document, I do have IP addresses of the public variety that I can assign to each card that I have on my network. I do not need to use the private network addresses, and I would rather refrain

[Fwd: [techtalk] parallel zip drive]

1999-10-06 Thread Just This Girl
Not certain if this one went through the first time. I found a weird error in my email this morning. Please desregard if duplicate :) Try http://www.torque.net/parport/ It has a link for ZIP drives that seems as though it leads some place a little more helpful. I don't have a zip drive, but I

Re: [techtalk] parallel zip drive

1999-10-06 Thread Deb Bassett
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > > On Tue, 05 Oct 1999 22:56:45 +, Deb Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >I followed the howtos but still haven't sorted it. The problem seems to > >be that kernel does not recognise sda4 as a block device. Any ideas??? > >maybe I missed something :) > > A

Re: [techtalk] Building ADSL - LAN

1999-10-06 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 6-Oct-99 [techtalk] Building ADSL - LAN by Just This [EMAIL PROTECTED] > assistance. I went and bought the Linux Network Administrators' Guide > from O'Reilly, but to my horror discovered that it hasn't been updated > since 1995!!! Stuff hasn't actually changed a whole l

Re: [techtalk] Building ADSL - LAN

1999-10-06 Thread Richard H. Fifarek
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Just This Girl wrote: > Here is a diagram of my LAN. ~ = twisted pair. > > (Internet) <-> (Alcatel 1000) <-> (Eth0 <-> Eth1) <~> (Windows) If you are trying to connect all the machines to the ADSL line WITHOUT using IP Masq then you need to place a network hub in the

Re: [techtalk] parallel zip drive

1999-10-06 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 21:14:20 +, Deb Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Apparently it is a block device... however looking in /proc/devices, the >kernel doesn't support the device though - so how do I change it so it >does?? I'm still have newbie status me thinks...!! Check to see if there's

Re: [techtalk] Building ADSL - LAN

1999-10-06 Thread Amos Hayes
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Just This Girl wrote: > Thank you for the pointer, and I am certain that I might be interested > in this later, but upon reading the document, I do have IP addresses of > the public variety that I can assign to each card that I have on my > network. I do not need to use the pr

Re: [techtalk] parallel zip drive

1999-10-06 Thread Amos Hayes
On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Deb Bassett wrote: > Has anyone had trouble with the configuration for a zip drive under > Linux?? I can't believe I didn't notice the subject before I posted a question about what flavour of zip. Duh! Anyway. Can you post more info? Which zip drive is it? Is it an original

Re: [techtalk] (keyboard) problem

1999-10-06 Thread jenn
I have had success fixing a keyboard by cleaning it - they can get jammed under the keytops somehow. It's a lot of work, though, and really annoying. And being in a two-geek household, it's usually easier to grab one of the spares that breed in the cupboard. :) (yes. Normal households breed co

Re: [techtalk] (keyboard) problem

1999-10-06 Thread Marlene E. Morley
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I have had success fixing a keyboard by cleaning it - they can get >jammed under the keytops somehow. It's a lot of work, though, and really >annoying. And being in a two-geek household, it's usually easier to >grab one of the spares that breed in

[techtalk] gcc supported platforms

1999-10-06 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
well, I've searched the howtos, searched the site and I can't seem to find a canonical 'list of gcc supported platforms' document...any ideas on where to find one? Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at http://george.he.net/~dra

Re: [techtalk] Building ADSL - LAN

1999-10-06 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Just This Girl wrote: > (Internet) <-> (Alcatel 1000) <-> (Eth0 <-> Eth1) <~> (Windows) > I am running Slackware 4.0 on the Linux box. I want to be able to run a > web server and a MUSH off of the box, so using private network numbers > is not an option, except possibly betwe

Re: [techtalk] (keyboard) problem

1999-10-06 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:19:03 -0500 (CDT), "Marlene E. Morley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Someone I know takes a shower with his keyboard (Get all of that >kinky stuff out of your head...:) he says that the steam and the heat >will help clean it, and as long as you let it dry long enough it'll >st

RE: [techtalk] gcc supported platforms

1999-10-06 Thread Henti Smith
Hi therre I found this on the egcs site ... so I would guess these are the supported architectures .. Host/Target specific installation notes for GCC Please read this document carefully before installing the GNU Compiler Collection on your machine. alpha*-dec-linux* alpha*-dec-osf

RE: [techtalk] gcc supported platforms

1999-10-06 Thread Henti Smith
don;t know if this will help .. Configurations Supported by GNU CC Here are the possible CPU types: 1750a, a29k, alpha, arm, cn, clipper, dsp16xx, elxsi, fr30, h8300, hppa1.0, hppa1.1, i370, i386, i486, i586, i686, i786, i860, i960, m32r, m68000, m68k, m88k, mips, mipsel, mips64, mips64el, mn