[techtalk] A+ Certification

2001-02-02 Thread Mary P. Wood
Would anyone care to share their recommendations on favorite books/CDs/online courses/etc. to cram, train, and hopefully pass A+ Certification? Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard that it's supposed to say to the world, "Hey, I can fix PCs!" while many of the questions deal with obscure

Re: [techtalk] A+ Certification

2001-02-02 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Fri, 02 Feb 2001 04:23:20 -0600, Mary P. Wood wrote: >wrong, but I've heard that it's supposed to say to the world, >"Hey, I can fix PCs!" while many of the questions deal with But do you *want* the world to know that? As a friend of mine put it: "I got my first 'hi, I'm so-and-so, X's frie

[techtalk] Re; A+ certification

2001-02-02 Thread Mary P. Wood
Ian mentioned: > But do you *want* the world to know that [you can fix > computers]? Ha, ha! Good point. But I don't think getting my A+ will change the number of friends and family who know ... only the number of prospective employers. I'm currently part-time and am thinking it would be ni

Re: [techtalk] A+ Certification

2001-02-02 Thread ktb
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:23:20AM -0600, Mary P. Wood wrote: > Would anyone care to share their recommendations on > favorite books/CDs/online courses/etc. to cram, train, and > hopefully pass A+ Certification? Also, correct me if I'm > wrong, but I've heard that it's supposed to say to the worl

[techtalk] Tar memory issue?

2001-02-02 Thread Brian Sweeney
Hello all, Has anyone had memory problems with tar? I've noticed that when creating a decent size tar file (750M) that includes a whole BUNCH of files linux runs really low on memory, and it doesn't seem to come back. For instance, I ran a top on a computer, and it had approximately 68Meg "free

Re: [techtalk] Tar memory issue?

2001-02-02 Thread Jen Hamilton
Here's a good article talking about that. http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue3/2770.html Jen On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, ktb wrote: > On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:45:40PM -0500, Brian Sweeney wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > Has anyone had memory problems with tar? I've noticed that when creat

Re: [techtalk] Tar memory issue?

2001-02-02 Thread ktb
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:45:40PM -0500, Brian Sweeney wrote: > Hello all, > > Has anyone had memory problems with tar? I've noticed that when creating a > decent size tar file (750M) that includes a whole BUNCH of files linux runs > really low on memory, and it doesn't seem to come back. > >

Re: [techtalk] Tar memory issue?

2001-02-02 Thread Jamie Walker
Brian Sweeney wrote: > For instance, I ran a top on a computer, and it had approximately 68Meg > "free". During the tar process, I kept the top going, and the memory stayed > steady for a while, then the free memory suddenly went down to about 2Meg, > popped back up to about 3, and stayed there.

Re: [techtalk] HP Productivity Center 2001

2001-02-02 Thread Conor Daly
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 07:02:36PM -0600 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Kathryn Hogg thought: > Is this spammer really subscribed to the list or does the MLM allow > non-subscribers to post? > AFAIK the linuxchix lists are open for posting. -- Conor Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Domestic Sysadmin

[techtalk] disappearing mouse!!

2001-02-02 Thread I guess I'm an underwater thing
Hi folks - I'm new to the list, but an old timer in the unix world (solaris atleast). I recently installed linux to set up a web server, and when I changed the monitor resolution, I lost my mouse cursor! I've tried reconfiguring everything, but to no avail. I'm mouseless and one step short of

Re: [techtalk] disappearing mouse!!

2001-02-02 Thread ktb
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 03:24:33PM -0800, I guess I'm an underwater thing wrote: > > Hi folks - > I'm new to the list, but an old timer in the unix world (solaris atleast). > > I recently installed linux to set up a web server, and when I changed the > monitor resolution, I lost my mouse cursor!

Re: [techtalk] disappearing mouse!!

2001-02-02 Thread I guess I'm an underwater thing
> Not much info to go on. Is this a console mouse? If so take a look at > gpm. Is it in X that you lost the mouse? If so look at the backup > XF86Config file and compare it to your current file (pointer section) > see if there is a difference. The version of Linux your running would > help

Re: [techtalk] disappearing mouse!!

2001-02-02 Thread ktb
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:06:15PM -0800, I guess I'm an underwater thing wrote: > > > > Not much info to go on. Is this a console mouse? If so take a look at > > gpm. Is it in X that you lost the mouse? If so look at the backup > > XF86Config file and compare it to your current file (pointe

Re: [techtalk] A+ Certification

2001-02-02 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Mary P. Wood wrote: > Would anyone care to share their recommendations on > favorite books/CDs/online courses/etc. to cram, train, and > hopefully pass A+ Certification? Also, correct me if I'm > wrong, but I've heard that it's supposed to say to the world, > "Hey, I can fix