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[SLE] which for server, which for personal?
by doomx＠home.com 31 May '00

31 May '00

I currently use a PII333 with a mach64 (ATI Xpert@work) video card for my personal e-mail, web-surfing, etc. It also acts as my masq for the rest of my computers and a while back I started to use it as a file/print server. My set-up is not the best, so I plan to revamp everything. My background is graphics/video production, so this has been more of a side interest than anything, so, no doubt I'm a hack lacking in some fundamentals, splease excuse me if I say something that just sounds stupid. I have WinNT and Mac G4 computers that I use for my work, and I have been using SAMBA and netatalk with success. I want to build a dedicated file/print server, and use the other machine for e-mail/surfing/masq. The server will routinely move files of several hundred MB. For personal use, should I upgrade to a PII 400 or 450, or use that for the file and print server? I guess I mean would the extra processor muscle and bus speed be well utilized with the server, or would I be happier using it for my personal stuff. The LAN is very small, and supports 1 person normally, but 2 or 3 on occassion. So, yeah, light use. I figure the PII333 could serve without difficulty, and I'd probably be happier with the increased speed as my personal computer. I want a snappier personal machine, and a reliable server. I plan to upgrade the personal video card from the ATI to a Creative 32MB Savage4. So, I'd have either the ATI or an even crappier 4MB S3 for the server. I love how SuSE can put to good use hardware that I hate under Windows- like that ATI card, which sucked with windows but has been decent under SuSE. Or this Savage4 card which I don't like under Windows. Also, my personal computer is a bit of a thrasher. What are the things I could implement to make a snappier machine? Right now I'm all ATA drives for the obvious money reasons. Does SCSI make that much difference that I'd want to deal with the expense and set-up? Can I nullify the performance of the ATA drive by going to a PIII 500 or 600 processor for the personal machine? What the order of performance improvements for my personal machine? Processor? SCSI? Better video card? I'd like to avoid SCSI, since it's expensive and my demands are somewhat reasonable, but if it's the one thing keeping me from a nice, quick, personal machine, I'd consider it. The server will almost certainly be based on ATA IBM 7200rpm 60GB drives, hopefully two of them using a 3ware RAID card. Thanks, I know it's all over the place, but so is my thinking on this! -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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RE: [SLE] Text Based installation
by Sean.Richards＠guinness.com 31 May '00

31 May '00

Thanks again i'm going to try exactly that All SAX does is to create the /etc/XF86Config file. It is important that you have the appropriate drivers installed, in your case probably the VGA16 driver. That is done as part of the install process. You can run YAST at any time to do that. If SAX is able to recognize your video card, then that's a plus. If not, you are stil in luck because you can chose a vanilla generic VGA or SVGA. There is also XF86Setup in /usr/X11R6/bin (eg /usr/bin/X11). SAX gives you an opportunity to test your resolution. One problem that I had was that starting with 6.3, the kernel frame buffer code was causing some problems, so I removed that from the kernel. On 31 May 2000, at 19:31, Richards, Sean wrote: > Thanks for replying Jerry. What I now want to know, is do you think that > there should be a big problem other than that of it not recognising your > monitor. I'm planning on installing a full installation including x windows > systems and will be using it for a firewall. > Also the system in question is an old Compaq 466 BOX. > > > > >Yes. I installed SuSE 6.3 from YaST1. Actually, the main reason for > >installing 6.3 at the time was I wanted to look at the brand new YAST2 > >since my user group does periodic installfests in the Boston area. One > >problem is that SAX does not have my monitor in the database, so I need > >to enter the parameters manually. > > >On 31 May 2000, at 18:07, Richards, Sean wrote: > > ********************************************************************** > This e-mail and any attachment contains information which is private > and confidential and is intended for the addressee only. > If you are not an addressee, you are not authorised to read, copy or > use the e-mail or any attachment. > If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender > by return e-mail and then destroy it. > ********************************************************************** -- Jerry Feldman Contractor, eInfrastructure Partner Engineering 508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/ Compaq Computer Corp. 200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1 Marlboro, Ma. 01752 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ ********************************************************************** This e-mail and any attachment contains information which is private and confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you are not an addressee, you are not authorised to read, copy or use the e-mail or any attachment. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and then destroy it. ********************************************************************** -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] qmail busted?
by milanuk＠yahoo.com 31 May '00

31 May '00

--- Bill Moseley <moseley(a)hank.org> wrote: > At 12:27 PM 05/30/00 -0700, you wrote: > >I don't think it is just a qmail problem. I have been > >having issues w/ people griping (justifiably) at me > because > >of this 'Sender' field. But I am not using qmail, or > >sendmail, or anything (yet) I have been using Netscape > >Messenger, and that's it. > > You know, I wonder if it's the list software. The mail > you just sent me > doesn't contain a Sender: header (otherwise I would have > only seen the > bounce ;). So maybe it's happening on the list only. No, it's not the list software. I sent that message (and this one) from the web interface for Yahoo! mail on my breaks at work. So the problem looks to be w/ Netscape, I think. Grrr! Yes, it sucks eggs. But it is fairly painless to set up, i.e. don't have to go thru man pages, config files, test that, tweak this, etc. But, that ease bites you in the behind at times like this. Kmail doesn't support threading in the stable release, so that's out. Neither does pine, and I would presume that Xpine doesn't either. XFMail and Mahogany and XEmacs are interesting, but if I'm going to use some thing that is not really integrated into the desktop environment (KDE), then I might as well use mutt. I really wish that pine supported threads. I would be using it so fast it's not even funny. Monte > > Next time you post to the list you can CC me or yourself > and look at the > headers. > > > > >As an aside, is there a good way (using procmail, or > >whatever) to recycle my old emails from ~/nsmail/ into > my > >new mailbox for mutt? > > Can't help there. What's the format of nsmail look like. > The unix format > is quite simple and maybe a quick perl script could > reformat it? > > > >Also, I believe I am not getting all the posts to this > >group. I see messages in GeoCrawler archives that I > >haven't seen in the mail I received, and I get followups > to > >posts that I never saw either. WTF? > > I wonder if yahoo is dropping it. Can you subscribe to > another address and > see if you get two copies of each? That would be a pain, > but one way to > check.\ > > Good luck, > > > > > Bill Moseley > mailto:moseley@hank.org ===== "Here, catch! Don't worry, it won't bite...BBZZZZAAAAPPP!!!...much <snicker>" What an unsuspecting mechanic hears as he learns to never, ever, play 'Catch' with a bored electrician ;) Monte Milanuk __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Comparing versions
by pinard＠IRO.UMontreal.CA 31 May '00

31 May '00

Hi, SuSE people. YaST has some code to compare versions, which it uses while upgrading a distribution from a previous one. I also have, in the Translation Project, code for comparing versions, but as new packages get poured int the TP, I keep hitting new versioning schemes. Would SuSE be kind enough to share with me the experience they gleaned in this area? That might speed up things on my side, maybe, I'm not sure! Thanks. -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] USB and /proc/bus/usb/devices
by egretlures＠kricket.net 31 May '00

31 May '00

I've just added 6.4 to my system and in the early morning hours tried to add the USB descriptors for my HP4100c scanner to /proc/bus/usb/devices. This file returns "0" bytes and shows no content even after it is written to. Any ideas to help my foggy mind find its way? TIA Henry -- When I discovered Linux I discovered something else. I discovered I didn't need Microsoft anymore. Linux User # 95851 SuSE 6.4 kernel 2.2 14 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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RE: [SLE] Text Based installation
by Sean.Richards＠guinness.com 31 May '00

31 May '00

Just a correction it is a compaq prolinea 466 BOX. >Yes. I installed SuSE 6.3 from YaST1. Actually, the main reason for >installing 6.3 at the time was I wanted to look at the brand new YAST2 >since my user group does periodic installfests in the Boston area. One >problem is that SAX does not have my monitor in the database, so I need >to enter the parameters manually. >On 31 May 2000, at 18:07, Richards, Sean wrote: ********************************************************************** This e-mail and any attachment contains information which is private and confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you are not an addressee, you are not authorised to read, copy or use the e-mail or any attachment. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and then destroy it. ********************************************************************** -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Text Based installation
by Sean.Richards＠guinness.com 31 May '00

31 May '00

has anyone tried installing SuSe Linux 6.3 without using the graphical method. Just asking because I have tried it and when I logged in as user root and then tried to did a StartX it gave me errors mostly with SAX. After I configured that it then told me that some files were not linked and that I should link them before starting X. The reason for all of this is that I don't have a MOBO that I can install from the CD-ROM drive with ********************************************************************** This e-mail and any attachment contains information which is private and confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you are not an addressee, you are not authorised to read, copy or use the e-mail or any attachment. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and then destroy it. ********************************************************************** -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] X Windows
by Chris.Smith＠raytheon.co.uk 31 May '00

31 May '00

Hi, Use Hummingbird Exceed if you can afford it. Check out http://www.hummingbird.com/ - Chris -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Antwort: WELCOME to suse-linux-e@suse.com
by Liane.Pirscher＠mannesmann-co.net 31 May '00

31 May '00

Hi Listers, have a problem with mounting my dos partition. in /etc/fstab: /dev/hda3 /dos ??? user 0 0 where ??? has contained all possible values for fs type. till i get the error message bad fs type. does anyone have a suggestion on how to solve the mounting problem? Would appreciate any help, thanks Liane -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Apache permissions
by chris.reeves＠iname.com 31 May '00

31 May '00

John Charls wrote: > > Thanks for your suggestion. I just loaded Squid, it works, and DOD works but > still "Access Denied". What do I check now. Right, make sure you switched the proxy settings in Netscape (or whatever browser you're using). See if you're running a firewall, for example using the SuSE firewall package - you check most easily by typing ipchains -L. If you are running a firewall, make sure that the port you're accessing your proxy through is not being blocked at all. I don't know if any of this is helpfull - where are you getting the "Access Denied" message from? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Reeves <chris.reeves(a)iname.com> > > > John Charls wrote: > > > > > > Can somebldy please give me some pointers. > > > I would like to use Apache as a proxy server. > > > I can access the local web pages but it can't browser the web. > > > I get the following error " client denied by server configuration" can > any > > > one point me in the right direction. > > > > Although Apache can be used as a proxy server, I would use Squid instead - > it's > > designed specifically for this task. Bye, Chris -- Unfortunately I'm back on V90 (yeah, right) dialup for the rest of my life, so I apologise in advance for any time delay in replies. Thanks. __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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