Re: [techtalk] SuSE -> Mandrake?

2000-02-15 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> If you really want a more correct distro, perhaps you should > look at the latest Debian when it comes out. I intend to. Maybe > then those howto's will work for me. I switched (from redhat) and am hereby converted to debian (until I find something better). I should have listened to a good frie

Re: [techtalk] SuSE -> Mandrake?

2000-02-15 Thread Wendt,Andrew
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, you wrote: > 686 optimized binaries would take up less space -- libraries >would be smaller -- fewer instructions to accomplish the same task. The >analogy with energy is flawed. We are talking space. Space can be >conserved using more efficient instructions to accom

[techtalk] Squid config

2000-02-15 Thread Subba Rao
I am trying to configure Squid to work on my system for web caching. I followed the document QUICKSTART that came with the source. My domainname is a private domain name. When I try to start squid I get the following error message: -- (0)root@m

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Tania Morell
:) Strange topic for techtalk but... --- Rik Hemsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > #if Tania M. Morell > > used to that in no time at all. As it is, I wish > I could afford that > > now for myself. I'm a Unix SysAdmin now, and with > all the learning and > > work I have ahead of me, I hate

[techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread siobhan
Anybody know of a good ICQ client to use with RedHat? Siobhan ...Normal is what cuts off your sixth finger and your tail... http://www.virulent.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lin

Re: [techtalk] SuSE -> Mandrake?

2000-02-15 Thread moebius
Hey Glen, On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, GJS wrote: > I don't think you'll find Mandrake's file system any more > "correct" than what you already have. I base that on the fact > that, 9 times out of 10, when I try to do something from a > howto, it doesn't work. (I'm sure it's nothing *I'm* doing > wrong.

Re: [techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread David Elliott
- Original Message - From: "siobhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 4:31 PM Subject: [techtalk] ICQ client >Anybody know of a good ICQ client to use with RedHat? My favourite is GnomeICU (http://gnomeicu.gdev.net/)...you have to have the

Re: [techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> My favourite is GnomeICU (http://gnomeicu.gdev.net/)...you have to have the > GTK stuff installed for it, but it's pretty good. There is a KDE one called > kicq, which looks startlingly like the Windows client. > > There is review of Linux ICQ clients at http://www.portup.com/~gyandl/icq/ > whi

RE: [techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread Sally_Hutchinson
licq :) you can snag it at http://www.licq.com -Sally -Original Message- From: siobhan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [techtalk] ICQ client Anybody know of a good ICQ client to use with RedHat? Siobhan ...Nor

Re: [techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread Snarfblat
siobhan wrote: > >Anybody know of a good ICQ client to use with RedHat? > My personal preference is gtkicq. I love a good gtk theme with custom icons. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] SuSE -> Mandrake?

2000-02-15 Thread Linda Walsh
> My gcc doesn't seem to support pentium optimisations, but compiling a small > test program for a 486 versus 386 increased the size slightly. Are you sure > 686 optimized binaries get smaller? --- I picked the /usr/X11R6/bin directory for my test. There were 384 files that both distros h

Re: [techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread Raven Brooke
there is an rpm available at rpmfind. rav3n On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Nicole Zimmerman wrote: > > at if you try to follow their documentation from licq.org (com?) ;o) > > I use licq, I like it once it's installed and configured ok. I think the > latest version makes it a little easier to get goin

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if Tania Morell > :) Strange topic for techtalk but... [...] > :( Not so happy to admit... sometimes I do sleep in > my clothes. And I think I've taken out the ironing > board 3 times in the last 10 months and that was for > job interviews. ..(It was a programmers habit too, I > guess) T

Re: [techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread Laurel Fan
I like everybuddy (http://www.everybuddy.com). It does AIM and Yahoo also. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] SuSE -> Mandrake?

2000-02-15 Thread moebius
You know Linda, You're absolutely right. I did not make an attempt to answer the question which defeated the purpose of asking. Sorry about that. I guess that one of the most important things to start with is the general differences in configs. Where are they stored. Ie -> is something like mget

Re: [techtalk] SuSE -> Mandrake?

2000-02-15 Thread Stewart Larsen
actuall, I downlaoded the source from apache and rebuilt it from scratch for our webserver at work and it generates one httpd.conf file. Maybe apache uses one file, not just redhat's apache. Stewart - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, Feb

Re: [techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread Amy Clayborn
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, David Elliott wrote: > > >Anybody know of a good ICQ client to use with RedHat? > > My favourite is GnomeICU (http://gnomeicu.gdev.net/)...you have to have the > GTK stuff installed for it, but it's pretty good. There is a KDE one called > kicq, which looks startlingly

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Tania Morell
> > > 4) Learning that 'killall' works differently on > Real > > > Unices. > > > > > > > huh? > > Ok, we're back to techtalk :) > > 'huh' is what I said when I become one of the elite > club > known as 'Those Who Accidentally Typed killall.' > (guess > what that is as an acronym ;) > > My fi

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread srl
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Tania Morell wrote: > > Rik > > > > It really is very hard to decipher who is male and > female by their name. Some names are not so obvious. > Sorry about this but if you had spelled your name with > a 'c', I may have assumed one thing. why does it matter who's male, fem

Re: [techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread kait mahar
Hi! I just downloaded everybuddy yesterday... I haven't messed with it enough yet to have exhausted all options, but is there some special way to add icq contacts? I've tried just typing in numbers, but it doesn't seem to work -- people i know are online don't show up. Thanks, kait >From: L

Re: [techtalk] SuSE -> Mandrake?

2000-02-15 Thread moebius
Hey Stewart, RH just started using the one config file (apache has been using it for the past 2 releases), it was recently updated on their ftp server. Before then they used the 3 file schema (httpd.conf,srm.conf, access.conf). This was one of the first things that came to mind. Over on the IMP

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Bad Mojo
Some of us could be complex computer programs living on a kick ass server connected to an OC-12. Woo hoo! AIs make the best h4X0rs! ;) On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, srl wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Tania Morell wrote: > > > > Rik > > > > > > > It really is very hard to decipher who is male and > > f

Re: [techtalk] ICQ client

2000-02-15 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 15-Feb-100 Re: [techtalk] ICQ client by "kait mahar"@hotmail.com > Hi! I just downloaded everybuddy yesterday... I haven't messed with it > enough yet to have exhausted all options, but is there some special > way to add icq contacts? I've tried just typing in numbers,

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread J B
This is more a topic for grrltalk or issues, but it matters not whether (as someone stated not too long ago, and I must steal now) your gentalia points inward or outward. On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Tania Morell wrote: > > Rik > > > > It really is very hard to decipher who is male and > female b

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if Tania Morell > It really is very hard to decipher who is male and > female by their name. Some names are not so obvious. > Sorry about this but if you had spelled your name with > a 'c', I may have assumed one thing. The name on my birth certificate is 'Richard Mark', but I've been Rik since

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread J B
Hey everyone, this needs to be moved to either issues or grrltalk... Thanks! Some of us could be complex computer programs living on a kick ass server connected to an OC-12. Woo hoo! AIs make the best h4X0rs! ;) On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, srl wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Tania Morell wrote: > > >

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread moebius
Hey Shane, Tania, I would have to be in agreement with you both. Gender has almost nothing to do with anything. Especially on a mailing list. I always try to stick with a first name, make's it feel a little more personal, and also try to address the audience as 'all' instead of "Mr., Mrs., Ms.,

[techtalk] reading cookies in IE5 w/ python

2000-02-15 Thread Tricia Bowen
help! is there anyone out there that knows how to read IE5 cookies using python. i tried this approach but IE5 does not appear to have an environment variable called HTTP_COOKIE. --code-- import os, cgi, Cookie c = Cookie.Cookie() try: c.load(os.environ["HTTP_COOKIE"]) except Ke

Re: [techtalk] Squid config

2000-02-15 Thread Jenn V.
Subba Rao wrote: > The cache_peer values have the following settings. > > cache_peer myhost.mydomain.com parent3128 3130 [proxy-only] > cache_peer myhost1.mydomain.com sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only] > cache_peer myhost2.mydomain.com sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only] > cach

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Cynthia Dale
Is curiosity a good enough reason? (: And if gender doesn't matter, what fun would going to a swimming pool be? heh. C Dale On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, srl wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Tania Morell wrote: > > > > Rik > > > > > > > It really is very hard to decipher who is male and > > female by

Re: [techtalk] reading cookies in IE5 w/ python

2000-02-15 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 15-Feb-100 [techtalk] reading cookies .. by Tricia [EMAIL PROTECTED] > is there anyone out there that knows how to read IE5 cookies using python. > i tried this approach but IE5 does not appear to have an environment > variable called HTTP_COOKIE. I don't know the answer

RE: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Davida Schiff
Unfortunately gender does matter. In 1972 I received a draft notice to go to Viet Nam (lucky lottery winner...lol). Seems they misspelled my name. Being (obviously) female did not matter and I had to have a genetic work up done to prove that I was indeed a female. My birth certificate was not ac

RE: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Karl-Heinz Zimmer
Davida, I don't want to understand you wrong: are you just kidding? Or did it *really* happen like this? Karl-Heinz >> Original Message << On 15.02.00, 23:51:07, Davida Schiff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding RE: [techtalk] career/family question: > Unfortu

Re: [techtalk] Squid config

2000-02-15 Thread Subba Rao
On 0, "Jenn V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Subba Rao wrote: > > > The cache_peer values have the following settings. > > > > cache_peer myhost.mydomain.com parent3128 3130 [proxy-only] > > cache_peer myhost1.mydomain.com sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only] > > cache_peer my

RE: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Davida Schiff
Karl, It is all true. I was #8 in the lottery that no one wanted to win .My name was listed as David A versus Davida. It was one big pain. BTW...while in college when all my girl-friends were burning their bras (1972) I burnt my draft notice. Lol Davida -Original Message---

RE: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread moebius
Hey All, Even if you could dispose of gender why would you want to? It seems to me that in terms of dealing with each other as human beings that gender plays an important part. Men and women have different ways of communicating their points. It has often been my experience that getting a 'women'

RE: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Davida Schiff
Harry, The question still remains: If your name was misspelled and the government thought you were female...Would you have to go through genetic testing (like I had to) in order to prove you were male...or would your word be enough...hmmm Davida -Original Message-

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Tania M. Morell
srl wrote: > > why does it matter who's male, female, or other? I'd have to say > that one of my personal goals as a feminist is to have gender > not matter at all... but some of you seem to feel differently. > can you explain why? > > shane > Well, I was merely pointing out how difficult it i

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Tania M. Morell
> > why does it matter who's male, female, or other? I'd have to say > that one of my personal goals as a feminist is to have gender > not matter at all... but some of you seem to feel differently. > can you explain why? > > shane I've also got to say that this goal is going to be very difficu

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

2000-02-15 Thread Tania M. Morell
Hi again, I read through all those sites you guys suggested I go to and found this: Incompatible modems include those that are ~Rockwell SoftK56 My modem is a K56 flex. Bios tells me the modem's vendor number is 127A.. and an online PCI id list I went to says that this vendor number implies tha

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if Davida Schiff > Karl, > > It is all true. I was #8 in the lottery that no one wanted to win .My name > was listed as David A versus Davida. It was one big pain. BTW...while in > college when all my girl-friends were burning their bras (1972) I burnt my > draft notice. Lol > > Davida I know

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Linda Walsh
"Tania M. Morell" wrote: > > why does it matter who's male, female, or other? I'd have to say > that one of my personal goals as a feminist is to have gender > not matter at all... but some of you seem to feel differently. > can you explain why? > > shane > I've also got to say that t

RE: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Harry Hoffman
Hey Davida, You are absolutely correct. The idea of having to go thru genetic testing is absurd. Especially considering if you trigger finger was missing you were sufficently disabled not to have to go. Harry Quoting Davida Schiff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Harry, > > The question still remains:

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

2000-02-15 Thread Harry Hoffman
Hey Tania, Linux stores boot msgs by default. They are usually in /var/log/messages. I don't want to be a pesimist but you might just want to return or get a new modem. The challenge can be fun but if it's an impossible task then there is no reward. Regards, Harry Quoting "Tania M. Morell" <[EMA

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

2000-02-15 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 15-Feb-100 Re: [techtalk] 1st time add.. by "Tania M. Morell"@shadow > Well, being the stubborn person that I am, I'll probably still keep on > trying to get this modem to run. I've heard rumors of people getting linux drivers for winmodems from the manufacturer... > Do

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 16-Feb-100 Re: [techtalk] career/famil.. by Rik [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I know someone called Rachel Hoare. There's a synchronization construct called a Hoare monitor. Endless amusement for a class of OS students who have been up too late. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread coder
Linda Walsh wrote: > > No one is "equal" in every way with everyone else -- well, maybe genetic twins, > but the difference between queen elizabeth and prince charles is probably less than >the > difference between the queen and a pygmy woman in africa. I was going to say the same thing. G

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

2000-02-15 Thread Jamie Walker
Laurel Fan wrote: > > Does anyone know how to make linux store a copy of the boot messages? > > try the dmesg command for the kernel boot messages. you can > that to a > file if you want. Redhat stores the boottime output to /var/log/dmesg. -- Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread J B
Welcome to the joys of beauracracy. I think the only better one is when the system decides that you are deceased. Try convincing the US government that you are, indeed, NOT dead. Original Message Follows From: Davida Schiff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Arjuna
Coder wrote: > There are 4 billion people on this planet, all unique. Try 6 billion people, with around 4 billion in poverty. -- Arjuna [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread Rik Hemsley
#if Linda Walsh > Dunno if I want to do this...but... > > No one is "equal" in every way with everyone else [...] Misquote from Python: "You are ALL INDIVIDUALS !" (moment's pause) "I'm not ! ... and neither's my wife !" [...] > It'd by like rating on congeniality -- have you ever hear

[techtalk] offtopic pc support job opening, please spread the word

2000-02-15 Thread Tamara Thompson
Hi, sorry to be off topic. My company has an opening for at least 2 pc support persons and I am disillusioned to hear that no women have applied so far. The job is primarily NT/Windows/pc apps support, dealing with in-house clients and their pc upgrades or problems. The PC Support group does

Re: [techtalk] career/family question

2000-02-15 Thread srl
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Tania M. Morell wrote: > > why does it matter who's male, female, or other? I'd have to say > > that one of my personal goals as a feminist is to have gender > > not matter at all... but some of you seem to feel differently. > > can you explain why? > > > > shane > > I've a

[techtalk] Direct 3d acceleration

2000-02-15 Thread coder
Allright, ive got something on topic for once... *grin* ive been playing with OpenGL support under Linux/X with drivers for the TNT/TNT2 working fine. However, I noticed that currently these drivers do not support direct access to the acceleration hardware, so performance is incredibly low from

Re: [techtalk] Direct 3d acceleration

2000-02-15 Thread Kir Kolyshkin
coder wrote: > So, my questions is this: Does anyone have OpenGL support for direct > hardware > access in XFree86 or even a commercial product? As far as I know, hardware 3D acceleration support will be included in XFree86-4.0. -- |< () http://kir.sever.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [techtalk] Squid config

2000-02-15 Thread Jenn V.
Subba Rao wrote: > > Thanks for replying. Since I do not have caching peers, I deleted these > tags from the config file and squid starts fine now. There are other config > errors which can be tweaked as I go along. Glad I could help. :) > How does Squid keep track of the files being cached? H

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

2000-02-15 Thread Nick Green
Just wanted to say that I was reminded the hard way tonight that its not always configuration that stops you from being able to setup devices on your computer. I have been struggling for a month with an external 56.6 modem, and could not get it. Minicom would let me dial out with it as a 56.6 m