Re: [techtalk] KDE license?

2000-02-12 Thread Karl-Heinz Zimmer
On 11.02.00, 02:59:29, Sunnanvind wrote: > Could you or anyone else please explain > why the KDE license is not bad? > Including QT etc. Hmm, might it be that I don't understand you correctly? You want to know why something is NOT bad? So, do you think it *is* bad? If yes please tell me why an

Re: [techtalk] KDE license?

2000-02-12 Thread Tami Friedman
I think rms' explanation of the differences between Free Software and 'open source' software is apropos here. ALL FSF software is GPL. (See www.gnu.org) Why ``Free Software'' is better than ``Open Source'' by Richard Stallman

[techtalk] GMC won't open files

2000-02-12 Thread Stephan Zaniolo
I'm running Red Hat 6.0, October Gnome, kernel 2.2.14. For some reason, when I double click on a file (say a .txt file) in gmc (gmc-4.5.42-2) that file doesn't open in the program it's setup for (xemacs). If I go to the command line and type "xemacs file.txt" it works fine. Note, this i

[techtalk] /dev/dsp problem

2000-02-12 Thread JLG
I've finally gotten around to setting up sound on my laptop but i've hit a little problem. After rebuilding kernel( 2.2.1) & MAKEDEV'ing audio i was a psyched girl when cd's played fine. After confirming that a standard audio cd worked, I popped in a CDR with some MP3's on it-fired up mpg123

[techtalk] No answers?

2000-02-12 Thread Shad Young
Heh heh. I take it I am not he only one without a solution to my server tunings? Regards Shad Original Message: / Robert Siemer wrote: > > Hi Shad! > > From: Shad Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Are there any networking guru's on this list? I have some techinal

[techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites

2000-02-12 Thread Adriana Gonzalez
Hi all, I am in need of some recommendations on version control software for linux, that make it easy to update/commit/rollback text and image files of a particular project between development/staging/live servers. I want to be able to define the files that belong to a project, and to map them

Re: [adriana@hq.mycity.com: [techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites]

2000-02-12 Thread Tami Friedman
The geeks at Project GNU swear by CVS. .Tami .signature: syntax error at line 1: `(' unexpected --- Start of forwarded message --- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:32:52 -0500 From: Adriana Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Accept-Language: en To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subje

Re: [techtalk] /dev/dsp problem

2000-02-12 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if JLG > After rebuilding kernel( 2.2.1) & MAKEDEV'ing audio i was > a psyched girl when cd's played fine. After confirming that a > standard audio cd worked, I > popped in a CDR with some MP3's on it-fired up mpg123 and got the > following message: > Can't open /dev/dsp! CDs will work because

Re: [techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites

2000-02-12 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if Adriana Gonzalez > Hi all, > > I am in need of some recommendations on version control software for > linux, that make it easy to update/commit/rollback text and image files > of a particular project between development/staging/live servers. > > I want to be able to define the files that be

Re: [techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites

2000-02-12 Thread Nicci Tynen
Hi Adriana, I use CVS on my development linux boxes (in fact I make my users on NT use CVS for Windows to check out the source from a linux drive mounted using SAMBA).  It's a great tool and can merge changes from multiple users working on the same file pretty intelligently. Check out http://www.

[techtalk] Modem

2000-02-12 Thread Ji Lee
Hi all, I ran into a weird problem while I was upgrading a system. The system previously had P133 with win95/rh6.0 dual boot. It had a 33.6k modem which worked fine in both windows and linux without any trouble at all. After I upgraded the system to P3-550 with winnt/rh6.1 dual boot, the modem sto

Re: [techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites

2000-02-12 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Feb-100 Re: [techtalk] Version Cont.. by Rik [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can use CVS, like most of us :) I don't know if there is > a web interface to it though. Check out cvsweb. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Modem

2000-02-12 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if Ji Lee > [...] > Any more thoughts and possible things I could try before I go ahead and > buy a new modem? I tried to use minicom, but modem wasn't responding > through minicom either. Try poking around to see which irq your modem has. Use setserial to set the irq assigned to the port your

Re: [techtalk] /dev/dsp problem

2000-02-12 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> I also tried 'saytime', which is just supposed to recite the time aloud > and got the following message: > opening /dev/audio: Operation not supported by device > (it's not exactly crucial that this program work, i was just looking for > another method to test the sound devices) There is a soun

Re: [techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites

2000-02-12 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if Laurel Fan > Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Feb-100 Re: [techtalk] Version Cont.. by Rik > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can use CVS, like most of us :) I don't know if there is > > a web interface to it though. > > Check out cvsweb. Ok but it's got to allow managing, not just browsing. cvsweb is

Re: [techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites

2000-02-12 Thread Adriana Gonzalez
We have already considered CVS, and in fact we use it for version control of our scripts. I agree it's an excellent tool. The problem though, is that cvs excels when you are manipulating text files, but it's not that good when you want to handle a lot of images. I find the repository model, tha

[techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.

2000-02-12 Thread Tania M. Morell
Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone can help w/ my modem problems. I have a creative labs modemblaster flash pci dl5630 and I've installed linux on the computer which is already running win98. Win98 had the modem on com3 irq 9 (it's pnp). I thought linux didn't like irq9 for a modem so i switched

Re: [techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.

2000-02-12 Thread Nick Green
have you tried dialing using minicom? its fairly easy to setup and will tell you if your modem is even set correctly. (of course, that doesn't mean kde will like your modem...it doesn't like mine, apparently...minicom will recognize it, but kde just hangs on "initializing modem".) nick - Or

Re: [techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites

2000-02-12 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Feb-100 Re: [techtalk] Version Cont.. by Rik [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ok but it's got to allow managing, not just browsing. cvsweb > is a browser only. Sorry. There are a lot of versons of cvsweb out there. Martin Cleaver's version allows editing, and it is at http://www.m

[techtalk] Junkbuster NT -> Linux (GW)

2000-02-12 Thread Subba Rao
I have Junkbuster running on my Linux which is the gateway. My browser on the NT box has been configured to point to the Linux at port 8000. The browsers on Linux have been configured in a similar fashion. The browser on Linux works fine whereas the NT browser fails to connect to Junkbuster port.

Re: [techtalk] No answers?

2000-02-12 Thread Jenn V.
Shad Young wrote: > > Heh heh. I take it I am not he only one without a solution to my server > tunings? Speaking only for myself, I don't know the answers nor do I have any specific places to look, for the questions you asked. Sorry. Not ignoring you, just ignorant. :) Jenn V. -- "We'r

Re: [techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites

2000-02-12 Thread Andy Davidoff
You may want to look at CFengine, here's a mirror: http://www.ikke.net/mirrors/cfengine/cfengine.html Rsync is also good for synchronizing binary files across a network. ,- Adriana @ Feb 12, 18:43 | We have already considered CVS, and in fact we use it for version | control of our scrip

Re: [techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.

2000-02-12 Thread Tania M. Morell
Nick Green wrote: > > have you tried dialing using minicom? > its fairly easy to setup and will tell you if your modem is even > set correctly. > > (of course, that doesn't mean kde will like your modem...it doesn't > like mine, apparently...minicom will recognize it, but kde just hangs > on "in

Re: [techtalk] KDE license?

2000-02-12 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 11-Feb-100 Re: [techtalk] KDE license? by Rik [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This talk of adding a clause to the GPL just looks like it's something > that someone came up with and no-one bothered to check whether it > was actually a correct statement. It seems that many people have

Re: [techtalk] KDE license?

2000-02-12 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 10-Feb-100 RE: [techtalk] KDE license? by Ji [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Does that mean that no GPLed programs can be linked to commecial libraries > such as Oracle because Oracle library doesn't ship as a part of "the > system"? > I saw a few programs that will let you access Or

Re: [techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.

2000-02-12 Thread Tania M. Morell
"Tania M. Morell" wrote: > > Nick Green wrote: > > > > have you tried dialing using minicom? > > its fairly easy to setup and will tell you if your modem is even > > set correctly. > > > > (of course, that doesn't mean kde will like your modem...it doesn't > > like mine, apparently...minicom will

Re: [techtalk] Junkbuster NT -> Linux (GW)

2000-02-12 Thread Laurel Fan
Newer junkbusters default to only allowing connections from localhost. Could that be the problem? Also, will the linux box allow you to telnet to it at port 8000 from the NT box? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Version Control for Web Sites

2000-02-12 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if Laurel Fan > Sorry. There are a lot of versons of cvsweb out there. Martin Cleaver's > version allows editing, [...] I stand corrected. Thanks for the link :) Cheers, Rik -- 135. Displace the canon with attitude. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.

2000-02-12 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if Tania M. Morell > Hello everyone, > > I'm hoping someone can help w/ my modem problems. > I have a creative labs modemblaster flash pci dl5630 and I've installed > linux on the computer which is already running win98. Win98 had the > modem on com3 irq 9 (it's pnp). I thought linux didn't lik

Re: [techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.

2000-02-12 Thread Andy Davidoff
,- Rik @ Feb 13, 01:43 | There is, of course, the possibility it's a 'winmodem' but I don't | know which modems are and aren't. I have been told that most PCI | modems are winmodems but there are some out now that aren't -- which | is quite possibly what yours is. `- (rik) I'm sure Rik meant to p

Re: [techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.

2000-02-12 Thread Harry Hoffman
Hey Tania, Why don't you try '%cat /proc/pci | less' and see what it reports about your modem. You will be able to find the IRQ and IO. Then try linking it to COM 1-4, /dev/ttyS0-3. Definetly use minicom to see what's going on. And if it is indeed a WinModem that you are SOL. They are completely

Re: [techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.

2000-02-12 Thread Harry Hoffman
Hey Tania, cua refers to a callout device. This is not depreciated in Linux and all call in/out goes thru ttyS(x). The main reasons for this were compatibility with other *nixes, and a single lock file for a device. HTH, Harry Quoting "Tania M. Morell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Also, I've noticed

Re: [techtalk] KDE license?

2000-02-12 Thread Sunnanvind
On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote: > You are as able to read the license as I am, it is published > on the well known qt and kde web pages so I (in my *humble* > opinion) consider it kind of unpolite to ask somebody for > an explanation why it is NOT BAD, eh? I was quite happy with th

Re: [techtalk] /dev/dsp problem

2000-02-12 Thread Dan Nguyen
On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 02:10:17PM -0600, JLG wrote: > > After rebuilding kernel( 2.2.1) & MAKEDEV'ing audio i was > a psyched girl when cd's played fine. After confirming that a > standard audio cd worked, I > popped in a CDR with some MP3's on it-fired up mpg123 and got the > following messag