[NTLUG:Discuss] Hello

Tue Aug 14 21:34:50 CDT 2001

well, I sent a message to the list, with my /var/logs/messages pasted into
the e-mail, but apperantly it is too big for the server. I got this message
from the server:

Your mail to 'Discuss' with the subject

    RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Hello

Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval.

The reason it is being held:

    Message body is too big: 83960 bytes but there's a limit of 40 KB

Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive
notification of the moderator's decision.

So I guess I will wait to see if it goes through :) Anyhoot, I saw a couple
of questionable things in the messages, but I really dont know what I am
looking at, so I would feel more comfortable with someone who knows looking
at it. I do have another question though. I downloaded Star Office 5.2, and
it is a bin file, how would I go about installing this? Is there some
documentation or something someone could point me to on how to install a bin
file? I have done rpm, reallyu easy, and tar.gz with the make before, but
never a bin file. Thanks, and I will be at the meeting saturday wioth my
laptop :)

P.S. I tried to fill out the membership form on the NTLUG website, and when
I hit the submit button, it took me to a page can not be found page. I tried
the feedback to let the admin know about it, but the feedback form did the
same thing.

Patrick Parks
www.patrickparks.com
patrick at patrickparks.com
(972) 416-8377 (Home)
(504) 723-6460 (PCS)
(972) 354-7712 (Fax)
"May the SOURCE be with GNU"

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of George Lass
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 3:19 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Hello

2 things to check:

is there any info in /var/log/messages concerning the connection
failure?

try doing an ifconfig before you start a download and then again
once it fails.  Check to see if you are getting a lot of errors.

George

Patrick Parks wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone for the responses! Ok, now on to the @home problem. It is
a
> weird one.
>
> For some reason, when I download large amounts of data, or
> do just about anything on my linux box it works for about 5 minutes,
> then I totally lose my connection. I have been running linux for a while
> now, and never had this problem until I loaded Redhat 7.1. I am sure I
> have my DNS and Gateway and all of the settings correct. My NIC is a
> Linksys 10/100 + 56k modem. I am using the module redhat suggests for
> it. Like I said, I have never had this problem before, and Linux always
> ran the net faster than windows until now. When I lose the connection, I
> actually have to reset the modem. Any ideas on this one?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> Of MadHat
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:34 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Hello
>
> http://www.ntlug.org
> has info about meetings, check the calendar.
>
> Lots of @home users here, so ask away on the problem.
>
> At 01:52 PM 8/14/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Everyone,
> >         I want to introduce myself, I am new to NTLUG and would like to
> say
> >hello to everyone on the list. My name is Patrick, and I live in
> Carrollton.
> >I consider myself a beginner in Linux (running Redhat 7.1 on 2 desktops
and
> >1 laptop), and will have lots of questions :) I was currently subscribed
to
> >SATLUG, which was a great resource for me. Someone on the list told me
> about
> >NTLUG, so I devided to give it a shot. If there are any installfests or
> >meetings, I would like to take part, and help others with what I know.
All
> >three of my machines are on a cable modem, so I have a little knowledge
of
> >networking in linux. I will definately be following this intro with a
> >problem I am currently having, hopefully @home users here can help me
out.
> >Thanks for your time, and look forward to being part of the group!
> >
> >Patrick Parks
> >Radio Frequency Engineer
> >Berliner Communications
> >www.bcisites.com
> >parksp at bcisites.com
> >(201) 832-0819
> >(972) 354-7712 (Fax)
> >
>
> --
> MadHat at unspecific.com
>
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