Re: [techtalk] Unsubscribe????

2000-05-16 Thread Michelle Konzack
At 22:54 15.05.2000 EDT, you wrote > This was the original Message: >Hello: >Would somebody please direct me to the website where I can ubsubcribe to this list? >I tried going to the linuxchix website but could not get to the account information... >Thanks in advance >Sri You can not unsu

Re: [techtalk] cgi scripts & html output

2000-05-16 Thread eito
On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 10:35:33PM -0400, Shelly L. Hokanson wrote: > but for some reason, this script omits one entire line of the html, where it > would send the input text to the final post output process. on screen, i see > everything correctly except where that line would be, it shows > ">

Re: [techtalk] laptops

2000-05-16 Thread Helena Verrill
Thanks very much for all the comments, they are very useful. I am looking into getting a Dell now, maybe a Latitude. I may try getting a refurbished one; though I had a friend who got a refurbished laptop (not a dell though) and had lots of trouble with it, so I hope it's not too risky. I will pr

Re: [techtalk] laptops

2000-05-16 Thread Patricia Jung
Hi Helena, Du hast am Tue, May 16, 2000 at 01:40:45PM +0200 folgendes geschrieben: > I am looking into getting a Dell now, maybe a Latitude. [...] > I will probably have to get it shipped from UK, since I don't > know where any Dell dealers are locally to Copenhagen (where I I'm quite sure there

RE: [techtalk] laptops

2000-05-16 Thread Lynette Quinn
I work for Prima Publishing. If you can wait a month, Prima has a Linux for the Laptop book coming out. It's written by an excellent author - Bill Ball - who has written numerous Linux books. It should be available toward the end of June. He's been using Linux on a laptop for more than 4 years and

RE: [techtalk] laptops

2000-05-16 Thread Samantha Jo Moore
> I will probably have to get it shipped from UK, since I don't > know where any Dell dealers are locally to Copenhagen (where I > am now) - so maybe that makes it more risky to get a refurbished > one, as sending off for repairs is more trouble. Dell does not have retail dealers. Dell machines

[techtalk] dual graphics cards and X on linux?

2000-05-16 Thread Connie Waring
does anyone know how (if?) I can put 2 graphics cards in a linux machine and have 2 X displays? I looked at the XFree86 4.0 documentation and it says it supports some multi-head configurations, but it doesn't describe how to do it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Connie

Re: [techtalk] dual graphics cards and X on linux?

2000-05-16 Thread Snarfblat
Connie Waring wrote: > > does anyone know how (if?) I can put 2 graphics cards in a linux machine and > have 2 X displays? > I looked at the XFree86 4.0 documentation and it says it supports some > multi-head configurations, but it doesn't describe how to do it. > > Any help would be greatly app

Re: [techtalk] cgi scripts & html output

2000-05-16 Thread Shelly L. Hokanson
ahhh you got the not found error because in my exhaustion i left out part of the URL! http://jove.prohosting.com/~tchron/cgi-bin/dforum/forum.pl i was using input similar to what you typed (sean) - upon clicking "preview message", here's a snippet of the source of the resulting preview page (im

[techtalk] this looks like a good place to ask(:

2000-05-16 Thread wirren
Hey there, my name is Melanie, and I run the Kitchener-Waterloo chapter. I'm also a volunteer writer for linux.com/jobs. I do interviews of ppl. who have jobs using linux. I'd like to find some women out there who use linux for their jobs too! Pretty much every person I've found has been a guy

Re: [techtalk] cgi scripts & html output

2000-05-16 Thread Jenn V.
"Shelly L. Hokanson" wrote: > > > > > > > "> > > > > > The line of perl that produces the 7th line down (the "> line) is producing the extraneous "> in the output. Of course, this is obvious and not necessarily helpful - but it gives an idea of where to start debugg

Re: [techtalk] network speeds...

2000-05-16 Thread Beverly Guillermo
There are other factors to consider in doing a network speed benchmark, not just the card itself. It depends also on the connection to the network, whether you are using a hub or a router. Now as I recall, if you're using hubs, the lower transfer rates could be interference from other concurrent

Re: [techtalk] dual graphics cards and X on linux?

2000-05-16 Thread Beverly Guillermo
Yes it's supported but the problem is that the window managers haven't implemented it into their code yet. Of course, I haven't looked into the multi-monitor problem in two months and things could be different now. I think I'll look into it again. Beverly > does anyone know how (if?) I can put

Re: [techtalk] network speeds...

2000-05-16 Thread Walt
At 01:53 AM 5/17/00 -0400, you wrote: >For the software, are you using Windows or Linux? In other words, what OS >do you need the net statistics software to run on? I have software for windows already, though it's nice, it's rather simple. I would much prefer to have something for my (linux) ser