Re: [techtalk] For the not so techie Linux users

1999-10-14 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
There is an older MS hardware information utility called MSD that you can run in DOS mode to find the answer to your question about IRQs. I *think* you can find it under the "other" directory on WIN95 cd-rom. I have it here, and can email it to you if you'd like. Naomi >That's what windo

[techtalk] storm linux

1999-10-15 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Has anyone fiddled around with this distro? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] storm linux

1999-10-18 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
sorry 'bout that, I'd meant to include one: http://www.stormix.com It is based on the Debian distro, but they've added some nifty-looking utilities for administration etc. Check it out. I downloaded the image of their software and am going to try it on a machine here at work. Let me know if yo

RE: [techtalk] Would like advice on building system

1999-10-25 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
As a matter of personal preference, I've been very happy with the Memorex CD-482E drive as it is able to read re-writeable cdroms that I've burned with my HP cd-rom burner. They are also pretty cheap. Additionally, I've been very happy with Fujitsu hard disks, while every drive I've ever seen c

Re: [techtalk] cheap shell/web accounts?

1999-01-03 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
I use http://www.jumpline.com for hosting and their service/access is great. I believe they support most of what you are looking for. :) >-virtual domain hosting for a smallish personal site >-mySQL >-PHP >-mod_perl >-gcc/g++/javac (not essential, but would be nice) >-support for Zope, either us

Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .

1999-11-08 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Hi Walt, There is a utility called "ghost" that is put out by symantec that you can use to copy your redhat partition from one drive to another. The thing is, since ghost doesn't recognize non-dos partitions, (at least with version 5.0 which we use) it will copy the whole thing block for block

RE: [techtalk] Parallel port mode

1999-11-09 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
    Let me add to that my own plea; could someone explain what all these parallel port modes mean?  SPP and ECP and... EPP/ECP (Enhanced Parallel Port/Enhanced Capability Port) is a standard method for bi-directional parallel communication between a computer and peripheral devices that

RE: [techtalk] swaping & upgrading

1999-11-23 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
One thing that comes to mind is: What other processes do you have running that could be sucking up resources? You can open a terminal window,type: top and it'll show you a continually refreshing list of the running processes, how much memory they are utilizing and how much CPU time they are using.

Re: [techtalk] Newbie: Apache question

1999-12-08 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
I have Apache web server running on Debian 2.2.9 and my web pages are located under /var/www/username for example, if you go to: http://dsp73.dsp.uiowa.edu you are looking at the index.html under my /var/www directory. If you go to: http://dsp73.dsp.uiowa.edu/couch you will see my buddy's homepa

[techtalk] .diff

2000-01-27 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Hello all, I have what seems like a simple question what do I do with a .diff file? It is a software patch, but I'm not sure how to apply it. Any suggestions? Thanks everybody, Naomi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] .diff

2000-01-27 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Thanks, Kelly, that worked. >"patch < file.diff" usually works. If not, try >"patch -p0 < file.diff". Often there are instructions at the start of >the file. > >Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] remote xwin?

2000-04-21 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Check out: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ small, free, and multi-platform friendly. At 11:21 AM 4/21/2000 , you wrote: >Hello again! > >First off, thanks to everyone for answering my permissions/users questions >about creating admins and root users. I was amazed at how quickly I got a >res

Re: [techtalk] blank screen at boot

2000-05-08 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Having built a number of boxes myself, I have found that this type of behavior can be one of several things. In addition to trying what Nicci suggested, you may also want to see if the motherboard is shorting out. Lots of times I find that the metal standoffs used to support the mainboard in

[techtalk] sshd2 disconnects

2000-10-13 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Hello all, I've got a server running rh 6.2 with sshd2 v. 2.3.0. I and my comrades connect remotely using the secureCRT client (version 3.1) Anyway, the darn thing disconnects us at seemingly random intervals (usually in the middle of typing some long command) with the following error: The SS

Re: [techtalk] Apache on RedHat 6.2 question

2000-10-19 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
what program are you trying to ./ configure? Just as a guess, if you are trying to install Apache, then maybe the command you want is: ./configure --prefix=/etc/httpdor wherever you want Apache to install to HTH, Naomi At 03:22 PM 10/19/2000 -0400, you wrote: >When I do execute a ./c

Re: [techtalk] windoze-based distros

2000-10-25 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Looked at Peanut yet? It gets good reviews. I've no idea about mixing it with NT tho: http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/ > > > Has anyone played with any of the distros like Phatlinux that install > > within > > > a widows file system? I have a situation where I can't dual boot, > but I'd > >

[techtalk] installing RAID controller on existing RedHat 6.2 system

2000-11-20 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
hey folks, Anyone have any tips regarding taking an existing RedHat 6.2 server and adding a RAID controller to it? I've got the driver loading (I think) but when I boot, I only see my original disk. How do I tell RH that there's a whole new giant space that it can use now? I can't seem to find

[techtalk] default umask

2000-12-28 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
What can anyone tell me about umask, and how it can work for me as an administrator of usersjust looking for simple tips, personal situations, etc, if there are any. Thanks, Naomi ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org

[techtalk] umask: thanks

2000-12-29 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Just wanted to express thanks for everyone who answered my question about default umask. Everyone's answers coupled with picking through man pages and the Web really helped out. Thanks all! :) Naomi ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:

Re: [techtalk] Apache Question

2001-03-21 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
are you trying to have it so that at a higher level, you _can_see directories, and then turn the ability off for vhosts? My guess is that the global option where you are allowing Indexes is overriding the vhost optionTry turning it off in the global option, and see what happens. At 11:51

Re: [techtalk] apache-ssl

2001-05-21 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
hey Michelle, I just went through this process myself with Redhat. Check your error_log, and it should give more information as to why the daemon isn't starting...then we can work from there. Naomi At 09:19 AM 5/21/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I've been trying to get apache-ssl to

Re: [techtalk] apache-ssl

2001-05-21 Thread Naomi Hospodarsky
Hmmm, odd. You can also check the ssl_engine_log, if you have one. This assumes Openssl with mod_ssl, of course. If you have it, see what it says. Naomi At 09:43 AM 5/21/2001 -0400, you wrote: >On Monday 21 May 2001 09:29 am, Naomi Hospodarsky wrote: > > hey Michelle, > > I ju