Re: [techtalk] logins

1999-10-28 Thread Amanda Owens
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Nicole wrote: > > I think Nicole was talking about the login being all numbers, and not the > > password. The only reason I can see this causing problems is because of > > the fact that UIDs are based on numbers...who knows...aaron doesn't ;) > > Yup, it was the login that

RE: [techtalk] logins

1999-10-28 Thread Cathy James
Title: RE: [techtalk] logins >Reminds me of the time I saw someone telneting to their account >somewhere else when using a rather dodgy terminal. They became >most perplexed as they couldn't log in. I suddenly realised what >was going on. "Is there a number three in that password?" "Yeah, >

[techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

1999-10-28 Thread Caitlyn Martin
Hi, everyone, It is really bad netiquette, particularly on a UNIX list, to send messages in HTML or RTF format. *Please* use plain text. At work, where I have to use Microsoft software I can read them, but have you ever seen what HTML looks like in KMail? Most text-based e-mail programs? Many

Re: [techtalk] Would like advice on building system

1999-10-28 Thread Jennifer M. Woodard
If you want to purchase the license yourself you can. :) I never said I would give it registered. I can suggest that you purchase it because its a good X server, none of the Xfree86's *accelerated* X servers work, well good anyways. Matrox cards are supported the most and the support for them is

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

1999-10-28 Thread Steve Kudlak
Caitlyn Martin wrote: > Hi, everyone, > > It is really bad netiquette, particularly on a UNIX list, to send messages > in HTML or RTF format. *Please* use plain text. At work, where I have to > use Microsoft software I can read them, but have you ever seen what HTML > looks like in KMail? Mo

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF - What Browser...

1999-10-28 Thread Erin Clarke
Steve Kudlak wrote: > Thanks for info. Hence this why I use Netwcapes mailed, not Neoplanet's > Would like to ask a general question of what browser people use and why. > Netscape and its mailer behave nicely to me. Eudor was a bit of a pain. I didn't realize Eudora had ported their mailer to Lin

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF - What Browser...

1999-10-28 Thread Steve Kudlak
Erin Clarke wrote: > Steve Kudlak wrote: > > Thanks for info. Hence this why I use Netwcapes mailed, not Neoplanet's > > Would like to ask a general question of what browser people use and why. > > Netscape and its mailer behave nicely to me. Eudor was a bit of a pain. > > I didn't realize Eudo

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

1999-10-28 Thread Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun
On Oct 28, Caitlyn Martin conjectured: > It is really bad netiquette, particularly on a UNIX list, to send messages > in HTML or RTF format. *Please* use plain text. At work, where I have to > use Microsoft software I can read them, but have you ever seen what HTML > looks like in KMail? Most

Re: [techtalk] ISA / PCI

1999-10-28 Thread Nils Philippsen
> On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:06:52 +0200 (CEST), Xavier Gutierrez Munoz > wrote: > > >I don't have any idea of doin' it from software. If you decide to open the As I said before, it's as simple as looking for the PCI-to-ISA bridge in /proc/pci. No magic. Nils -- Nils Philippsen / Vogelsangstrasse

Re: [techtalk] Okay so I recompiled my kernel under Re

1999-10-28 Thread Norma
First of all in interest of reducing traffic on this busy group I'm sending a big thanks to all who have replied to my message. After reading all the tips I decided on going to the ppa driver page and going ahead and use the modules there for my zip drive. For some strange reason my compile this t

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

1999-10-28 Thread Julia Frizzell
At 8:37 AM -0700 10/28/99, Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote: >On Oct 28, Caitlyn Martin conjectured: > > > It is really bad netiquette, particularly on a UNIX list, to send messages > > in HTML or RTF format. *Please* use plain text. At work, where I have to > > use Microsoft software I

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

1999-10-28 Thread J B
I have noticed that ocasionally Homail will insert a small HTML tab in the messages. I have yet to determine what causes this, but the portability of the website appeals to me (I can have my linuxchix wherever I go) I apologize if any of my messages are skrewy... Hi, everyone, It is r

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

1999-10-28 Thread Michelle
>The main problem with this might be that the person who is sending >the formatted email may not realize they are doing it. Outlook users >(hint, hint!) especially have no idea that they're sending formatted >email. As a sidenote to this, Outlook (and other windows apps) settings are often chang

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

1999-10-28 Thread Norma
Tips for Outlook Express users. When you click on New Mail to send your message, also click on 'Format' (when the new window pops up) and then click on 'Plain Text'. Outlook may be set up the same way (I can't remember since I no longer have it on my system due to getting sick of a stupid error th

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

1999-10-28 Thread Deidre L. Calarco
> At 8:37 AM -0700 10/28/99, Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote: >>On Oct 28, Caitlyn Martin conjectured: >> >> > It is really bad netiquette, particularly on a UNIX list, to send messages >> > in HTML or RTF format. *Please* use plain text. At work, where I have to >> > use Microsoft sof

Re: [techtalk] Okay so I recompiled my kernel under Re

1999-10-28 Thread The Cat In The Hat
Your getting that error because you also need to compile SCSI support into the kernel, it relies on some code in those drivers and needs that to be compiled in, it will not work if you try to load it as a module. CatNTHat >Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 08:52:31 -0700 >From: "Norma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

1999-10-28 Thread Janus
and I would be interested in your feedback: cable or ASDL? Since I do not have cable, or even TV, I would have to get it installed, and I have heard that it can slow down a lot in the evening. Also, to tell the truth, the teenage-oriented, speed is all, if you want information "use the Encycl

Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

1999-10-28 Thread Janus
At 09:27 AM 10/28/1999 -0400, Steve wrote: > >Thanks for info. Hence this why I use Netwcapes mailed, not Neoplanet's >Would like to ask a general question of what browser people use and why. >Netscape and its mailer behave nicely to me. Eudor was a bit of a pain. > Since I do web design, I use a

Re: [techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

1999-10-28 Thread Walt
At 03:19 PM 10/28/99 -0400, you wrote: >and I would be interested in your feedback: cable or ASDL? We have cable ($800 setup, $50/mo. 512k both directions) that we are very happy with. There is no noticeable slowdown in the evenings (i.e., certain sites get slow in the evenings, but the sites

RE: [techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

1999-10-28 Thread Clare Smith
I've had DSL since June and consistently get speeds of above 400K. Not bad for 256K plan($30/month). US Worst even has a cheaper plan, it's not guaranteed to be 'up' all the time, but it's still 256K @ $20/month. They (USW) have actually been very responsive to problems I've had with the copper l

Re: [techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

1999-10-28 Thread Di Gregory
Holy moly, $800 for setup... I guess if that's what it takes to get cable in a rural area. I also didn'tknow that youc ould get cable connections at 512k both ways... mine goes extremely fast for dl, and is something like 56k for upload (it is NOT using a phone line)... I didn't pay anything

[techtalk] linux 6.1 install

1999-10-28 Thread Sharon Kisel
I'm having trouble going through with an update from Redhat 5.2 to 6.1. I have a bootdisk, which goes through to the choice of update from Cdrom or Hdd. when i choose cdrom, and put the cd in, the drive light comes on and the screen changes to "welcome to redhat linux" on a blue screen; then not

Re: [techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

1999-10-28 Thread Walt
At 03:44 PM 10/28/99 -0500, you wrote: >Holy moly, $800 for setup... I guess if that's what it takes to get cable >in a rural area. I also didn'tknow that youc ould get cable connections >at 512k both ways... mine goes extremely fast for dl, and is something Clarification: $200 install, $600

Re: [techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

1999-10-28 Thread Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun
On Oct 28, Walt conjectured: > At 03:44 PM 10/28/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Holy moly, $800 for setup... I guess if that's what it takes to get cable > >in a rural area. I also didn'tknow that youc ould get cable connections > >at 512k both ways... mine goes extremely fast for dl, and is somethin

Re: [techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

1999-10-28 Thread Walt
At 03:10 PM 10/28/99 -0700, Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote: >On Oct 28, Walt conjectured: > >> At 03:44 PM 10/28/99 -0500, you wrote: >> >Holy moly, $800 for setup... I guess if that's what it takes to get cable >> >in a rural area. I also didn'tknow that youc ould get cable connectio

Re: [techtalk] High speed access AND browsers AND email

1999-10-28 Thread Ingrid Schupbach
Hullo again. In our household we use a cable modem; we get a package deal from our cable company (MediaOne) for both TV cable and internet access. We pay a total of $75 per month for both. The cable company also provided us with a cable modem which we "rent" for a nominal fee that's included in

[techtalk] A couple of questions...

1999-10-28 Thread Norma
Okay I did a silly thing while messing with my modules I overwrote modules.dep with my new one that was supposed to go in the 2.2.13 directory. How do I recreate that? Another thing there are no sr* devices under /dev/ however upon bootup my cdwriter is assigned sr1 (and the regular cdrom drive is

Re: [techtalk] linux 6.1 install

1999-10-28 Thread Kir Kolyshkin
Sharon Kisel wrote: > I'm having trouble going through with an update from Redhat 5.2 to 6.1. I > have a bootdisk, which goes through to the choice of update from Cdrom or > Hdd. when i choose cdrom, and put the cd in, the drive light comes on and > the screen changes to "welcome to redhat linu

Re: [techtalk] linux 6.1 install

1999-10-28 Thread Tonya Winter
I have the same problem Sharon describes. I tried it again and this is what I found when I pressed Alt F3: mounting hdc on /tmp/rhimage as type iso9660 creating directory /tmp/rhimage rc=0 calling mount (/tmp/hdc, /tmp/rhimage, iso9660, -1058209791, (nil)) removing decide file /tmp/hdc done her

Re: [techtalk] linux 6.1 install

1999-10-28 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 28-Oct-99 Re: [techtalk] linux 6.1 in.. by "Tonya Winter"@hotmail.c > Is it possible for me to create a disk online in windows? Yes. Have you tried looking at your 6.1 cd in windows? Most linux distribution CDs come with floppy images and directions/programs to create b

Re: [techtalk] linux 6.1 install

1999-10-28 Thread Karl-Heinz Zimmer
On 10/28/99, 10:58:23 PM, Sharon Kisel wrote: > I'm having trouble going through with an update from > Redhat 5.2 to 6.1. [...] Hi Sharon, i am sorry but the problems you encountered are part of a larger problem that's being discussed on the usenet since quite a while. Especially on "linux.re

Re: [techtalk] linux 6.1 install

1999-10-28 Thread Kir Kolyshkin
Tonya Winter wrote: > I have the same problem Sharon describes. I tried it again and this is what > I found when I pressed Alt F3: > > mounting hdc on /tmp/rhimage as type iso9660 > creating directory /tmp/rhimage rc=0 > calling mount (/tmp/hdc, /tmp/rhimage, iso9660, -1058209791, (nil)) > removi