[techtalk] Re: [issues] Desktop OS?

2001-06-05 Thread J.
Check out GNOME. It has a wide range of things available and Ximian's new set up tools and Red Carpet make installation easy. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk

RE: [techtalk] Rising RAM prices (was: Would like advice on building system)

1999-10-20 Thread J B
I've heard theories saying that everyone is upgrading their old PCs to get ready for y2k, and of course, they're upgrading to the most modern stuff, K6-2, P2 and P3 processors, which require PC100 ram, so if the people are willing to pay twice what the ram normally costs, why not raise the pr

Re: [techtalk] Rising RAM Prices

1999-10-20 Thread J B
The real reason, the bottom line is, THE BOTTOM LINE. They raised prices because they thought that the market would stand it. It is obvious that the market will not. >I heard that memory prices were going up in the US because companies were >saying that the earthquake in Taiwan cut the suppl

Re: ethernet cable length [techtalk]

1999-10-26 Thread J B
IIRC, the IEEE standard is max 100 meters (328 feet). That is correct...if you need to go further than that, you can add another segment, using either a bridge, a router or a hub. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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] Gimp...

1999-11-03 Thread J B
I am running GIMP/Win on a Windows 2000 box. Runs great. The only problem I have found is that if I try to manipulate more than one graphic, whether concurrently or not, in the same session, that I get memory errors. Do not know if it is not interacting with Windows memory manager properly,

Re: [techtalk] Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:19:57 -0500

1999-11-07 Thread J B
I remember having a modem discussion a few years ago (95?) before I ever bought my first computer, and I was told that Hayes was the way to go...I am not sure if this information is still current/relevant. Hayes has (since almost a year ago) been liquidated for debts. The pieces ent to basi

Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .

1999-11-08 Thread J B
You can download a full-featured trial of GHOST...and use it for free for like 30-days. This might be the way to go if you will only use it once. Sorry, I'm a real cheapo! would rather reinstall than spend $63, esp. since I'll probably only use it once :-) Thanks though! Walt -~ Man

Re: [techtalk] dual boot NT/linux

1999-11-09 Thread J B
What was the problem with NT partition? It holds a Microsoft product...and only a Microsoft product... [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL

Re: [techtalk] resolution

1999-11-14 Thread J B
The only thing that I notice is it looks a bit 'watery' when i scroll through a page quicklybut at least i can fit a decent number of windows on my desktop now. YAY! Do you have a Trinitron monitor? I have noticed that the Trinitron technology tends to appear wavery when you scroll fas

[techtalk] Install from floppies

1999-11-17 Thread J B
Have been following the thread on splitting files to floppy. Would this work to split the installation files? Or, is there a specific way to create floppy disks to do an install on a machine wihtout a CD-Rom? I have an old 486 that I am considering setting up, and it does not have a CD, and

Re: [techtalk] winmodem sound driver

1999-12-14 Thread J B
Ran a Lucent Winmodem on my Windoze system at home. Did not noticeably slowdown my system (PIII/500, 292MB)...but when I fried that modem and replaced with a USR hardware modem (old 56K, NOT V.90), I noticed that my connection speeds increased, and I have had less problems with some of my toy

RE: [techtalk] winmodem sound driver

1999-12-15 Thread J B
why in lapttops...processor power and battery power are more scarce in a laptop than they are on a desktop machine...the average new desktop machine has processor to spare... Ian wrote: Possibly in laptops? But other that that I'd agree. __

Re: [techtalk] Rendering

1999-12-15 Thread J B
That's a great idea. I'd give up some CPU for that, and my room mate would drool also, because he just got an SGI and is starting to get into graphics. I guess anyone who's ever waited for something to be rendered would appreciate that project. (: Wait for the playstation 2 to come out...s

[techtalk] Fwd: jokes!

1999-12-15 Thread J B
> A Brunette, a Redhead, and a Blonde escape a burning building > by > climbing to the roof. Firemen are on the street below, holding a > blanket for them to jump in. > The firemen yell to the Brunette, "Jump! Jump! It's your only > chance to > survive!" The Brunette jumps and SWISH!

Re: [techtalk] Fwd: jokes!

1999-12-15 Thread J B
i must apologize for this posti accidentally hit the wrong button... __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Fwd: jokes!

1999-12-15 Thread J B
nopeon my address list... The 'Send' button? ;) -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [techtalk] Fwd: jokes!

1999-12-16 Thread J B
You must be blondeno offense, but did we hit a nerve?? DO NOT DO THIS --- techtalk is not for jokes -- PARTICULARLY STUPID BLONDE JOKES !!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http

Re: [techtalk] Re: DVD-ROM on Linux?

1999-12-18 Thread J B
The only benefit, I see with this device, is entertainment. There is nothing else to it. If it is entertainment only, then it is better off with Microsoft platform. Subba- So basically you are saying that the ppl out there who do not run a M$ os do not have the right or the desire to watch

Re: [techtalk] Generic Question

1999-12-27 Thread J B
I have just started off learning something on Linux. Any clues as to where I start, how I start, hours of work the experts here have put in to to reach that kind of techno. status? You could try O'reilly's Running Linux and and Administrator's Guide Both are invaluable books for the newbie an

Re: [techtalk] missing posts

2000-01-01 Thread J B
>I've recently sent a few posts that have not shown up, does anyone >else >have this problem ever?? Should I be concerned/? How long has it been since these posts were sent? Occasionally when I send a post I get responses before I even get the post backsomething to do with the way the

Re: [techtalk] missing posts

2000-01-02 Thread J B
Heh. depends on your experience level. I remember when I was first learning linux (redhat 2.something, I think), there were a couple of times when I screwed something badly enough that it was easier (and faster) to reinstall than to learn enough (on an unusable system) to make the system us

Re: [techtalk] missing posts

2000-01-03 Thread J B
>Well, while you'll encounter it a lot more in the Windows world, >it's >still valid for any OS when you're not entirely sure what >you're doing. :) True...but my point was...it is much easier to repair a component in Linux than it is in Windows. ___

Re: [techtalk] Other OSes on a Linux box

2000-01-03 Thread J B
>We bought one of their boxes, and except for a video card which >seems to >like coming loose, it's a nice box. Must be an earlier AGP mobodamn contact sensitive things...have seen boards that the vibrations from the power supply and processor fan will work the VC out...and system loses

Re: [techtalk] servers: Dell vs Compaq [was:Other OSes on a Linux box]

2000-01-04 Thread J B
>We stopped buying Dell servers because their hard drives pop out >randomly Have never heard of anything like this. We have two Dell servers...4300 Poweredge, and they are pretty good machines...got another 128 MB PC100 to put in them, but Dell sold us buffered RAM, and the boards do not suppo

Re: [techtalk] TNT/TNT2 drivers / X server

2000-01-06 Thread J B
So, in short, I need the riva drivers, but they are not available. I had hoped someone else might have an Xserver for TNT2 3D acceleration, or know where one might be located. Also, any sticky issues concerning configuration of the server or OpenGL with the server would be helpful. I also have

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread J B
RTFM is a rude way of telling someone to check the documentation What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? Kelly -- = http://www.MAILPUPPY.com == 10MB, Auto-Reply, Address Book, & more FREE! Your FREE E-Mail Retriever! powered by OutBlaze [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [techtalk] Monitor Size

2000-01-13 Thread J B
If you are going to buy a new monitor, go ahead and shell out the small extra amount to go up to a 21"...you can find good ones at good prices...look through the archives, we had a discussion on prices and quality early on in the life of techtalk...

Re: [techtalk] Monitor Size

2000-01-13 Thread J B
Also...most of the larger monitors will tell you exactly wht the viewable area of the CRT is. (I have yet to figure out why a 15" LCD has a 14" viewable) Average is...21"- from 18.5"-19", 19" has 18", 17" has 15.7-16", 15" has 13.4-14" Hope this helps... But, as stated, you are the one tha

Re: [techtalk] Monitor Size

2000-01-13 Thread J B
But, you have to be careful of the trinitron anywhere where there might be electrical interference, or vibration. The type of mask that Sony uses on the tubes is highly susceptible to said interference. I've noticed the skew and fuzz less on Trinitron-based monitors. I forget the technical d

Re: [techtalk] Monitor Size

2000-01-14 Thread J B
trueand the resolutions on those screens are comparable to the resolution on a TVpretty sucky, not adaquate for AutoCAD at all. - Objections :-). I once read a test of a CAD workstation (PC hardware) which had a monitor with an

Re: [techtalk] MAC addr from Cable Modem

2000-01-18 Thread J B
Have you tried to finger it? Hey All, I'm using an RCA digital cable modem and was wondering if anyone knew how to retrieve the MAC addr from it. It has no IP associated to it like a CISCO would so I'm not quite sure what to do. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Harry Hoffman Product

Re: [techtalk] MAC addr from Cable Modem

2000-01-18 Thread J. Domboski
Harry, What does ifconfig report? Jane D. > >Hey All, > I'm using an RCA digital cable modem and was wondering >if anyone knew how to retrieve the MAC addr from it. It >has no IP associated to it like a CISCO would so I'm not >quite sure what to do. Any help is greatly appreciated. >Than

Re: [techtalk] MP3's and my laptop

2000-01-23 Thread J B
Why do you say Celerons suck? In side by side comparisons, the end user can only tell a difference between Celeron and Pentium II/III machines in FPU intensive applications. And even then, the difference is not extreme. MP3 decoding is more dependent on the decoder you use than it is in your

Re: [techtalk] weird laptop problem

2000-01-24 Thread J B
How would you use a USB keyboard in DOSDOS does not support USB, right?? >All that having been said though, I'd try to find out what type >of hardware is driving the keyboard. Can he boot into DOS? Guess >that >wouldn't really mean anything since there may be a standard >keyboard >interf

Re: [techtalk] sound probs

2000-01-25 Thread J B
Your soundcard is an Ensonic 1879. Creative Labs bought Ensonic...good luck finding a driver that worksCreative is not doing legacy support very well. My soundcard won't work in debian, not sure what kind of soundcard I have, when I boot into windows, all it says is ES1879 Plug and P

Re: [techtalk] Introduction, and Question

2000-01-26 Thread J B
Buying a Compaq "loaded" is kinda a misconception. Every Compaq server I have ever received comes in a box, with a box of software. (EZ-Load, they call it.) And Compaq's loads (in my experience), are anything but easy. >I heard today that Compaq was going to be putting FreeBSD on their >mach

Re: [techtalk] Computer clock way slow

2000-01-26 Thread J B
Internal clocks work by counting the cycles in electricity. If you look in the BIOS, there may be a setting for "clock cycles" or something similar. Make sure that it is set to the proper cycle speed for your area (Anybody remeber who uses what cycles?) Off the top of my head, I cannot reme

Re: [techtalk] Computer clock way slow

2000-01-26 Thread J B
OuchOk, then why does my BIOS, and a couple of other machines want to know what the cycle time is for power? You have a good point, thoughmakes sense, but cannot figure it out... *** On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:03:29 GMT, &quo

Re: [techtalk] Computer clock way slow

2000-01-26 Thread J B
Linux 2.0.34 i586) X-Accept-Language: en References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk J B wrote: > OuchOk, then why does my BIOS, and a couple of other machines want to > know what the cycle time is for power? > You have a good point, thoug

Re: [techtalk] Computer clock way slow

2000-01-26 Thread J B
What would you plug the machine into if you are using DC for distribution?? I do not know. ___ I have no idea. It's possible that one some systems, the clock switches to line frequency. Line frequency is not very stable (it's

Re: [techtalk] Newbie users' guide?

2000-01-30 Thread J B
The best Newbie guide I have found is the Linux Newbie Administrators Guide (NAG) it is at http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/ Can someone recommend a good online guide for a new Linux/Unix user? A couple of friends who have accounts on my system haven't had much (or any, in some cases)

[techtalk] Dual-boot Win2K and Linux

2000-01-31 Thread J B
Does anybody have any experienece dual-booting Windows 2000 and Linux? I have read there are some difficulties, but not been able to find any more info than that. Am looking for difficulties, experiences, advice, etc -JB __ Get Your Pr

Re: [techtalk] Dual-boot Win2K and Linux

2000-01-31 Thread J B
Rebecca- Thanks for the response. Was this with Windows 2000, or with NT 4.0? >I just followed directions for dual booting Linux & NT and didn't >have any >trouble (at least not related to the dual boot). I used >the Windows boot >manager so I don't know if LILO has issues. _

Re: [techtalk] Dual-boot Win2K and Linux

2000-01-31 Thread J B
Rebecca- That would be wonderful, thank you. >If you want I can point you to the pages I followed... __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

RE: [techtalk] Need Notebook reccomendation

2000-02-01 Thread J B
I have messed with Dell, Gateway, Toshiba, Compaq, Micron and a couple of off-brand laptops. The most impressive laptop (and closest in performance to a desktop machine) is the Micron Transport (we have NX). Granted, they are a little more pricey than the Dell, etc...but IMHO, it is worth it

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

2000-02-13 Thread J B
...And if it is indeed a WinModem that you are SOL. They are completely incompatible with Linux This is not technically completely correct. There are a couple of programs out there that enable the software modems undr Linux. Then only problem with them is...1) they eat so much processing

Re: [techtalk] Mandrake 7.0 - Anon ftp

2000-02-24 Thread J B
Login to to anon with "anonymous" and no password...it will let you in and download...did it earlier in the week from one of the mirrors... __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.l

Re: [techtalk] lp0

2000-02-27 Thread J. Domboski
Raven, I have the same setup and I believe I had to edit my /etc/conf.modules to include the line: alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc There was something on RedHat's site about it, so I'll check to see if I have anything else about this problem. Jane D. > >Hello All, > >I am running redhat 6.1,

Re: [techtalk] lp0

2000-02-27 Thread J. Domboski
Raven, Sorry for the dyslexia on the file name. I'll attribute it to an early morning. The file is /etc/modules.conf. JD >I have the same setup and I believe I had to edit my >/etc/conf.modules >to include the line: >alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc _

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 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 J B
feminist is to have gender > not matter at all... but some of you seem to feel differently. > can you explain why? > > shane > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://w

[techtalk] Fwd: Blondes???

2000-02-16 Thread J B
1. Question: If you could live forever, would you and why? Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever."---Miss Alabama in the

[techtalk] Re: Blondes???

2000-02-16 Thread J B
Before I get flamed for it, that list of quotes was not intentionally sent to the techtalk list. Oopssorry! __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

RE: [techtalk] Fwd: Blondes???

2000-02-16 Thread J B
Actually, THAT was the reason I was apologizing. Were I to intentionally post, it would have been to grrltalk, not techtalk. >Not to mention...this is the techtalk list. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com **

[techtalk] Mandrake NFS install

2000-02-22 Thread J B
Ok...a friend is doing her first install on a Pentium Pro 200. She had a CD of Mandrake 6.5, but the burn was not good, so she FTP'd 7.0. Any suggestions as to how to do the NFS install (this is on a big, fast network (fiber backbone, 3Com NIC), so bandwidth will not be a problemJust need

Re: [techtalk] heads-up: M$ (e-mail) virus making rounds.

2000-05-04 Thread J B
We were not that lucky. It has propagated, and now the Texas DOT is infected. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___ techtalk mailing list

[techtalk] Firewall Problems <:-{

2000-05-11 Thread Sandy J
I tried to setup a Linux firewall box today to protect a SOHO @Home account.. I used the same script I use at home This script slows things down a little... but not to bad. Today I could not get the Lan to get through this machine at a comfortable speed in fact it was down rite pathetic...

Re: [techtalk] creating filesystems - using dd

2000-11-08 Thread J. Domboski
You can dd the image directly to the physical device using the following command: dd if=/home/'image' of=/dev/hdb As Jason stated previously, this is a bit copy procedure. So, if your image file is a good dd'd image of a Solaris (ufs) partition, then the same filesystem (ufs) will be laid do

Re: [techtalk] Networking Courses

2001-02-20 Thread J B
>they don't offer the actual certification tests however, but the >tests themselves run (i believe) $200 or so a pop... The tests are $100 each from Sylvan Prometric, and the schools usually do not include the tests, unless it is a special dealeven the $2000 per course schools usually do n

Re: [techtalk] netware vs. linux..?

2001-03-21 Thread J B
Netware is an extremely stable and capable OS. I would bet that your friend is using Netware 4.x, which is known as a dog. I have used Netware products from 2.18 up to 6 (still in early beta) and they are very stable and extremely fast. Netware 6, upon its release will add some functionality

Re: [techtalk] mail format (was re: ftp for non users)

1999-11-29 Thread Chris J/#6
> This is hardly technical...but...it borders on rule-boundedness to me. > But still not that close to be unbearable. So either I mistimed > majordomo or it didn't go thru. So I am still here. And I will probably > always be leftie anti-authoritarian me. Same as you will be you. I spent > too mu

Re: [techtalk] Re: meta-stuff

1999-11-30 Thread Chris J/#6
> > But since this is techtalk, and since we seem to be discussing > > etiquette, is there any real reason why Reply-To is set to the > > list? There's an article detailing reasons why it can be a bad > > idea at http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html > > I have read the article at that

Re: [techtalk] HTML (and CDROM question)

1999-12-01 Thread Chris J/#6
Umm...blinking? I see no blink...and I've ran "less" of the email to make sure my mail program ain't masking it out... Chris... > Okay I've had it. This last email is blinking all over my console. > > I'm outta here. > -- @}-,'-- Chris Jo

Re: [techtalk] X Display

1999-12-09 Thread Chris J/#6
> > I use XDM on my system. When I login and try to "su - localuser" in > a xterm, I get the following message: > > /dev/ttypc: Operation not permitted > The 2nd part of your question seems to be answered by later mails - this first part however hasn't - but do not be alarmed, it's safe enou

Re: [techtalk] Code Snippit - Nifty.

1999-12-09 Thread Chris J/#6
I'm slowly decoding this - it's actually not too bad. It shows the power (and potential complexity) of the ?: operator. It's also showing recursion of main(). It's also showing main() to have non-standard arguments (ie, instead of: main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp) it uses:

Re: [techtalk] Re: X Display

1999-12-09 Thread Chris J/#6
> > The second problem is a little bit trickier. Although, the "xhost + name" > helped, the problem was with the DISPLAY number. I was using VNC server which > had a different display number. Once the SUed user exported the DISPLAY > number of VNC, then the user could start any X application. >

Re: [techtalk] Code Snippit - Nifty.

1999-12-10 Thread Chris J/#6
I got bored...there's nothing much to do in this neck of the woods :) Seemed like a good idea at the time, and anyhow - I've got a cold so I'm not thinking straight...[1] :) Chris... [1] and pigs might fly :) Ian wrote... > > *points* GEEK! > > :) > -- @}-,'-

Re: [techtalk] Broad techtalk question...Image processing and Digital Cameras

1999-12-10 Thread Chris J/#6
Well, using gphoto (www.gphoto.org), I can use my digi camera quite happily (Olympus Camedia C420L). With a little wrapper and patience, you cn turn your digi camera into a webcam as well using gphoto :) Chris... > > > Has anyone interfaced any sort of digital camera to linux. Are there pre

Re: [techtalk] Code Snippit - Nifty.

1999-12-10 Thread Chris J/#6
The Wiretap gopher (which I need to dig the address out for - used to me wiretap.spies.com, but it moved...can't remember where to though) has (or used to, last time I looked - two or more years ago!) a whole bunch of obsifucated (sp!) C code in relation to compettions years ago. If anyones i

[techtalk] RE: samba question

1999-12-13 Thread Yvonne J. Beever
> First thing, before you assume something is wrong -- try doing a > "Find" on > that computer. I've found that Windows 95 (and 98) do weird things > and > don't show up in Network Neighborhood -- often for days. While I couldn't "see" the servers in Network Neighborhood, I still had a drive to

Re: [techtalk] DVD-ROM on Linux?

1999-12-14 Thread Chris J/#6
> Hello, > > I was wondering if Linux has support drivers for DVD CD-ROM. I have the DVD-ROM, > but cannot use it for anything else other than data CDs and music CDs. > > Thank you in advance. > > Subba Rao > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ Check www.kernel.dk - I seem to

Re: [techtalk] winmodem sound driver

1999-12-14 Thread Chris J/#6
> A real waste of processor cycles?? How so?? you make it sound as if > running a driver for a winmodem is not a good thing to do, could you > please explain? > As Kelly has said, many winmodem's don't have a DSP...if you've not seen the maths for DSP, then you're lucky :) DSP can get *very*

Re: [techtalk] winmodem sound driver

1999-12-14 Thread Chris J/#6
> ewww, this really does sound bad, So you're saying I'd be better off to slap in >an old USR 28800, than i would be to install a driver for my 56k winmodem? > Not really...a 56k modem is better anyday :) But there may be slight performance loss on the machine. Of how much, I don't know,

Re: [techtalk] POP mail

1999-12-15 Thread Chris J/#6
> > I don't know exactly how it works, but secure pop provides for a secure > mechanism of transmitting these data items, and possibly the content of > the mail comming back to you. > I'm not sure if there is a totally encrypted POP session, but usernames and passwords can be hidden using AP

Re: [techtalk] Converting PMMail files to Maildir or mbox format

1999-12-21 Thread Chris J/#6
For Maildir (assuming you have a Maildir setup), just rename all the files .. and put them in Maildir/new. You may be able to get away with making up ; you can make up; is just you're machine name. So a good script may be: #!/bin/sh timestamp=945801478 for i in *.MSG do timestamp=`e

Re: [techtalk] POP mail security

2000-01-06 Thread Chris J/#6
Try looking up about APOP authentication. Not all POP servers support it though, and I don't know what mail client support for APOP is like, but I think fetchmail is quite happy with it. APOP takes your username and password, and creates and md5 hash of the password and a timestamp returned b

[techtalk] cak-handed mouse in X ?

2000-04-01 Thread Chris J/#6
Okay...still no joy with this after some searching through manpages and howto's...does anyone have an idea how to change a right handed mouse to a left handed mouse? (ie, reverse the left and right mosue buttons)...recently been able to reorganise my desk and move the mouse to my left hand (wh

[techtalk] cak-handed mice: resolved!

2000-04-01 Thread Chris J/#6
It's a case of RTFM... :) Found the answer in the FAQ...it says to plonk: xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1" in .xsession/.xinitrc (or type at a prompt)...and yep, it works :) woohoo :) Chris... -- @}-,'-- Chris Johnson --'-{@ / "(it i

[techtalk] BASH programming...

2000-04-20 Thread J Grant Boling
I took line 8 straight from a HOWTO on Shell Prompt Programming, and modified it slightly so that it left just the tty? part,  it works fine from the command prompt but when I go to login with the new /etc/profile it tells me I'm missing a trailing ' " '  ...  Any help would be greatly appre

[techtalk] Wine & CD-Roms ...

2000-04-25 Thread Chris J/#6
Okay - I've got to "head meets wall" stage with this - I have a copy of Microsoft Autoroute '98 ... I don't know if its known much outside the UK - it's essentially a route planning program when your driving. Microsoft bought the rights for Autoroute from the company that originally made it...

Re: [techtalk] Really lame question

2000-05-05 Thread Chris J/#6
> > Hi, grrls ;-) > > I have a really _basic_ and lame question! > I need to lauch two programs, and they need > to behave like this; > > * start program 1 > * start program 2 > * use program 2 > * exit program 2 manually > * program 1 should exit automatically > #!/bin/sh p

Re: [techtalk] help with sorting text in a file

2000-05-13 Thread Chris J/#6
Gene wrote: > > Try this ... > > cat file | grep 'QAA' | sed s/^.*QAA/QAA/ | sed s/:.*$// > > That's paraphrased, and I know there is a shorter way of doing it, > but that should get the job done. Basically, it gets all the lines > with QAA in them, then removes the text either side of the > QAA

Re: [techtalk] yet another solaris question ...

2000-07-07 Thread Chris J/#6
> Hi chix! > > While we're discussing the passwd file, i have a problem. I didn't > really know another way to set my PATH automatically other than > appending it to my shell line in my passwd file, like this: > > jellhead:x:100:1::/export/home/jellhead:/usr/local/bin/tcsh;setenv > PATH /usr/s

Re: [techtalk] Hello from a Newbie!

2000-07-07 Thread Chris J/#6
> Now for my Query > > I would like to restrict telnet access to my computer to only a few IP > addresses. In order to do this I edited the hosts.deny fill with ALL:ALL, > and the hosts.allow file with the IP adresses which I wanted to allow > access. Unfortunately this doesn't seem

Re: [techtalk] yet another solaris question ...

2000-07-08 Thread Chris J/#6
Magni wrote: > An alternative to start another shell when logging in, is to make an > alternative root-user, feks. roottsch with tcsh as shell. This means you > have to keep an eye on logins from two users (I presume you keep an eye > on when and from where root is logging in..), but the advantag

[techtalk] Network i/f bonding ... EQL ?

2000-07-12 Thread Chris J/#6
Hiya, At work, we have this nice shiny 4-port network card (Phobos P430), which *does* come with drivers, but damned if I can get them working (a mix of undefined symbols and wrong kernel versions - build for 2.2.5 uni-processor, and we have a 2.2.14 2-proc SMP system). So I've given up tryin

[techtalk] Ethernet bonding [Resolved]

2000-07-12 Thread Chris J/#6
Okay - a few minutes searching with google (gotta live that search engine) found a patch bonding-0.2.tar.gz which looks like it'll do the job quite nicely. If anyone is interested, http://pdsf.nersc.gov/linux/ It also looks like its standard in 2.2.15 and higher. Chris... -- @}-,'

[techtalk] Netscape - Illegal Instruction

2000-07-16 Thread Chris J/#6
Hiya, On a friends machine, Netscape (various versions of 4.x have been used) always crashes with an Illegal Instruction...and a core dump. It happened on with SuSE 6.1, so lasy night, he blew it away and stuck RedHat 6.2 on - and its still crashing with illegal instruction whenever the netsc

[techtalk] Debianaut Loses WindowMaker Menus!

2000-08-06 Thread J-Mag Guthrie
en that particular can of worms. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. -- J-Mag Guthrie/"\ Brokersys WWTD? \ / 281-580-3358 (voice) X Now offering DSL in Houston. 281-586-0628 (fax)

Re: [techtalk] *nix comparisons?

2000-08-07 Thread J-Mag Guthrie
;ve asked someone else about something remotely technical, he's all bothered because he sees it as an indication that I think he's incompetent. Feh!) -- J-Mag Guthrie WWTD? ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk

Re: [techtalk] Debianaut Loses WindowMaker Menus!

2000-08-07 Thread J-Mag Guthrie
tions"). I killed it again. > If not, I'd try the wmakerconf/wmprefs way of copying over a default menu > and then maybe restarting. Yup, this is my next step, as it were. - J-Mag WWTD? ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk

Re: [techtalk] Debian/proftpd problems... AGAIN

2000-08-16 Thread J-Mag Guthrie
guess the connection timesout or is > > > dropped. But when the Win98/Mandrake box is in Mandrake and running ipmasq, I > > > can ftp/ssh/www. > > > > > > Any ideas? This is really bugging me. This problem does not occur when the > > > Debian box wa

Re: [techtalk] Debian/proftpd problems... AGAIN

2000-08-16 Thread J-Mag Guthrie
at does tracert tell you? -- J-Mag Guthrie/"\ Brokersys WWTD? \ / 281-580-3358 (voice) X Now offering DSL in Houston. 281-586-0628 (fax) / \ http://www.brokersys.com ___ techtalk mailing list [E

[techtalk] I asked my resident alphageek...

2000-08-17 Thread J-Mag Guthrie
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:56:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: J-Mag Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Check this out On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, J-Mag Guthrie wrote: > http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody.html Oh, okay. He's

[techtalk] The general case of installing a non-Debian thingie on a Debiansystem

2000-09-19 Thread J-Mag Guthrie
do this sort of thing? -- J-Mag Guthrie/"\ "Even Microsoft's product managers privately Brokersys\ / concede that this new version, with its 281-580-3358 (voice) Xwarm-and-fuzzy nickname of Windows Me, 281-586-0628 (fax) / \ is not for

Re: Not using Netscape (was Re: [techtalk] Re: SMP on Linux (lock ups))

2000-10-04 Thread Chris J/#6
> The new builds of Mozilla are getting very good. I've switched to it as my > standard browser now. Check out a new nightly build. It also has a full > featured IMAP mail client. > > Jason I've found Mozilla to run dog slow on my machine (P200MMX; 64MB RAM) ... has its speed improved in th

Re: Not using Netscape (was Re: [techtalk] Re: SMP on Linux (lock ups))

2000-10-05 Thread Chris J/#6
> Depends what 'slow' you mean. We have just graduated from a 28.8k modem > to cablemodem (woo!). So everything on the net seems incredibly fast now! > (Except sourceforge, but that's now usable rather than impossible.) > It now takes me a few minutes to download a nightly mozilla instead of >

[techtalk] .xls in Debian

2000-11-06 Thread J-Mag Guthrie
What do y'all use to read Excel files? I might want to write them, too, but not yet. There are a number of commercial products that I've found, but I don't want to waste time to download/iinstall/learn something I'm not going to use. So, I'm looking for recommendati

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