Linux-Announce Digest #396, Volume #3 Sun, 14 Mar 99 17:13:21 EST
Contents:
OPP-0.2 - C++ class library for Linux (like Rogue Wave) (Joel Peterson)
Dev3Dfx-2.6 - 3dfx kernel module (Carlo Wood)
LOCAL: L/UUG of Va. Tech Spring '99 InstallFest! (Clemmitt Sigler)
Mtools-3.9.2 - use MS-DOS disks without mounting them (Alain Knaff)
Kibble 0.7.3 - A knowledge-base program
VA Research Linux Systems offering free hosting to oss projects. (Chris DiBona)
New 2.2.3 kernel RPM packages available (Gael Duval)
use Lyx-1.0.1 to write Chinese article ("zhao.jia.wei")
COMMERCIAL: SciTech Display Doctor 1.0 for Linux BETA 4 (Kendall Bennett)
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From: Joel Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OPP-0.2 - C++ class library for Linux (like Rogue Wave)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 18:04:13 GMT
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Announcing OPP Version 0.2 available now at
http://www.odin-consulting.com/OPP/
OPP is a C++ class library freely available under the terms of the GNU
LGPL (Library GNU Public License). OPP is in a very early stage of
development and is released in the hope that people will find it a
useful and a worthy project to which to contribute. With or without
community interest, Odin Properties will continue to use and develop OPP
and make new versions available.
OPP has template classes with automatic memory management for pointers,
thread support, object serialization, network classes including EMail
and HTTP classes, string classes and an embedded object database system
(currently only stores and retrieves unindexed blobs).
OPP is intended as both a stable platform for applications and as a test
bed for new ideas. The early versions of OPP may not work entirely as
advertised - that's why the version number begins with '0'. If you're
brave and have some free time, check it out! See the OPP home page
<http://www.odin-consulting.com/OPP/> for more information.
OPP Version 0.2 features an HTTP class for retrieving web sites, an
EMail class for reading and sending electronic mail, fully rewritten
template classes, extended test cases which ensure that the template
classes work correctly, a StringStream IO class, many bug fixes and a
new copyright date. It also has enhancements to the String classes
(esp. overwrite and insert methods) and the Database/SpaceManager
(extended interface, improved test suite, correctly loads database files
following an application crash).
OPP is being used by the Index of Alternative Operating Systems
<http://www.indexos.com> for a multithreaded news, discussion and web
site directory server as well as for the internet spider and search
engine.
The OPP home page is at <http://www.odin-consulting.com/OPP/>. OPP
Version 0.2 is available on the Odin Consulting ftp site at
<ftp://ftp.odin-consulting.com/pub/opp-0.2.tar.gz>. No patches from
opp-0.1 or opp-0.1a are being made available as the gzipped patch files
are almost as big as the full tar file.
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Index of Alternative Operating Systems http://www.indexos.com
Joel Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
President
Odin Consulting, Inc. http://www.odin-consulting.com
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From: Carlo Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dev3Dfx-2.6 - 3dfx kernel module
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 17:09:09 GMT
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Dev3Dfx-2.6, a kernel module (3dfx.o) to access your 3D graphics card
as non-root. Automatically sets MTRR. This is a MUST HAVE when you
want to run Quake II with a 3D graphics card.
This is an upgrade of version 2.5. Version 2.6 is needed for
kernel 2.2.3 and higher.
The Primary-site also contains a QuakeII/VooDoo2 HOWTO.
Begin3
Title: Dev3Dfx
Version: 2.6
Entered-date: 19990313
Description: Kernel module 3dfx.o, /dev/3dfx and auto MTRR settings
functional for all 2.0, 2.1 AND 2.2 kernels.
Keywords: 3dfx kernel module Quake VooDoo
Author: Daryll Straus, Jon Taylor, Jens Axboe, Carlo Wood
Maintained-by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlo Wood)
Primary-site: http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlo17/3dfx/
Alternate-site:
Original-site:
Platforms: linux
Copying-policy: GPL
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From: Clemmitt Sigler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LOCAL: L/UUG of Va. Tech Spring '99 InstallFest!
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 17:03:00 GMT
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The Linux/Unix Users' Group of Virginia Tech, located in Blacksburg, Va.,
is holding a Linux/BSD InstallFest. We'll be installing from 11 AM
till 5 PM on Saturday, March 27th, 1999. The InstallFest will be
located in Rooms 341 and 345 of Squires Student Center (the university
student union building, a.k.a. SUB) on the campus of Virginia Tech.
We're proud to announce that at least one Debian developer will be
attending our IF, so this is your chance to meet an official developer!
An InstallFest is a one day event where PC owners can bring their
systems in to a central location to have an alternate operating system
installed for a "test-drive." In most cases, Linux, FreeBSD, etc., can be
installed on a user's hard drive and the system configured so that s/he can
"dual-boot" to both Windows(TM) and the new OS. That way you can try out
Linux or BSD without losing the ability to run Windows(TM) while you're
still learning about your new OS.
We plan to install the Debian, Red Hat, and Slackware Linux distributions
and also FreeBSD. We expect to perform about 15 installations in six
hours. In addition, we'll also have a special "Fix-It Corner" where
we'll have several Linux hardware and software gurus available. They'll
try to solve your most vexing Linux problems ranging from problematic
hardware to broken software and configurations.
Pre-registration is *mandatory* and can be done in person or on-line at
http://corvette.me.vt.edu/installfest.perl. The application contacts are
Parris Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Lally Singy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. No
pre-registration, no installation, no exceptions. We have to know what
hardware and how many installs and system repairs to expect. Note that
installation availability is on a first-come, first-served basis, so
please apply early! We will turn away overflow crowds and point them to
our next InstallFest.
You should plan to present identification at the door and check in and out
of the InstallFest rooms because we want to ensure security for people who
bring their PCs to the InstallFest. Our two main goals are professional,
easy-to-use OS installations and protection of the hardware people bring
to the event for an installation or loan to L/UUG of VT for our use.
For directions, e-mail us. Generally, we're located about 35 miles WSW of
Roanoke, Virginia, about 50 miles east of Bluefield, West Virginia, and about
200 miles ENE of Knoxville, Tennessee. We're located conveniently close
to US Interstate 81, on US Route 460. Check out http://www.mapsonus.com/
to pull up maps of the region around Blacksburg, Va. We hope to see you
there!
Linux/Unix Users' Group
of Virginia Tech
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From: Alain Knaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mtools-3.9.2 - use MS-DOS disks without mounting them
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:02:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I would like to announce a new release of mtools, a collection of
utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them.
Mtools supports Win'95 style long file names, FAT32, OS/2 Xdf disks
and 2m disks (store up to 1992k on a high density 3 1/2 disk). Mtools
also includes mpartition, a simple partitioning programing to setup
Zip and Jaz media on non-PC machines (SunOs, Solaris and HP/UX).
Mtools can currently be found at the following places:
http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools
http://mtools.ltnb.lu/mtools
and soon at:
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/mtools-3.9.2.tar.gz
(will be moved to
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/mtools-3.9.2.tar.gz)
The md5sum is:
456aea99b505441b72bbeeabb057e9e1 /home/aknaff/web/mtools/mtools-3.9.2.tar.gz
Mtools-3.9.2 introduces the following new features:
* It correctly handles disks bigger than 2GB.
* Mtools can now be used to create DOS/Windows installations on a
virgin hard disk (useful for example for schools, which need to reinstall
their computers frequently):
- Mformat's -B option (to create bootable partitions) now works
correctly
- Mpartition now has a similar -B option to make a bootable hard
disk, by installing a master boot record
- Mattrib has a "replay" option, which allows to take a snapshot
of the attributes of all files of a template installation. This
snapshot is a list of mattrib commands that can be run to restore
the same attributes on the copied installation
* Floppyd daemon to remotely access floppy disks attached to a remote
X workstation
* Experimental support for Raw SCSI devices on BSD
There is an mtools mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] To
subscribe to it, send a message containing 'subscribe mtools' in its
body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing list archives are at
http://www.tux.org/hypermail/mtools
Before submitting a bug report, check whether your problem has not
yet been fixed in one of the Alpha patches at:
http://www.ltnb.lu/Alain.Knaff/mtools or
http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Kibble 0.7.3 - A knowledge-base program
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:46:14 GMT
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We are pleased to announce a new release of Kibble, version 0.7.2. Kibble
is a GTK-based knowledge base program. It is used to organize seemingly
discursive thoughts into a cohesive engine. Basically, it is used to
keep track of random ideas that may prove useful.
What's New:
* Showstopper bugs fixed.
* I18n support with an incomplete French translation.
* Code directory structure cleaned up.
Homepage: http://wish.student.harvard.edu/kibble/
Direct download:
ftp://wish.student.harvard.edu/pub/kibble/packages/kibble-0.7.3.tar.gz
Happy downloading! We appreciate all feedback/bug reports.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris DiBona)
Subject: VA Research Linux Systems offering free hosting to oss projects.
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:55:27 GMT
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Join the FSF, Debian, Themes.org , Stampede, OpenProjects and more and have
your open source and linux projects hosted, for free, on VA Researchs network.
With 100mbs upstream one hop to MAE-West and peered with PA-CIX, we have the
connectivity you need.
For more information, either email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call me at
650-934-3666 x 108. We have yet to saturate the T3, although Debian is
trying :-) If you are interested in bandwidth reports and more info without
calling or emailing, visit http://www.varesearch.com/outreach/index.html
Chris DiBona
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Webmaster & Grant Chair, Linux International. http://www.li.org
VA is hiring at all levels! whois cjd32 http://www.dibona.com
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From: Gael Duval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New 2.2.3 kernel RPM packages available
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:51:14 GMT
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We have integrated some new RPM with kernel2.2.3. It is available for
Linux-Mandrake 5.2/5.3 and RedHat 5.2. We have put all details for
clean installation. However, this is still for tests, not for
production use.
The packages are available for download on many mirrors from:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/kernel2.2-upgrade.html
Please report any bugs with those new packages to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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QPL : "With the release of this license, KDE and the Qt Free Edition
are truly Open Source(tm)". Bruce Perens, Opensource.org.
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From: "zhao.jia.wei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: use Lyx-1.0.1 to write Chinese article
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:52:16 GMT
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Get
http://hpws3.ihep.ac.cn/~zhaojw/chineselyxwrap.tgz
and try to make the Lyx a Chinese document composer.
( see http://www.ihep.ac.cn/~yumj to get the chinput package.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kendall Bennett)
Subject: COMMERCIAL: SciTech Display Doctor 1.0 for Linux BETA 4
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:58:33 GMT
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SciTech Display Doctor 1.0 for Linux
------------------------------------
PREVIEW RELEASE 4
-----------------
Where to get it?
- ----------------
You can download the beta 4 preview release from:
ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/linux/sdd-10b4-glibc.sh
for glibc based systems, or:
ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/linux/sdd-10b4-libc5.sh
for older libc5 based systems.
NOTE: We have removed all support for our legacy VBE/AF based drivers due
to compatibility problems. Hence we are now only supporting the new
SciTech Nucleus based drivers for Linux, so please check the list of
supported chipsets below to see if your graphics card is supported or
not. We will be adding lots more chipsets to the list of supported
hardware as the release matures.
About SciTech Display Doctor for Linux:
- ---------------------------------------
SciTech Display Doctor for Linux brings SciTech's proven DOS and Windows
device support technologies to the Linux Operating System. Although one
of the core features of our DOS and Windows products is the support for
the VESA VBE/Core standard, the Linux version has nothing at all to do
with VESA services. Rather SciTech Display Doctor for Linux incorporates
the new SciTech Nucleus, Graphics Architecture device driver technology
to bring SciTech's device support to the Linux platform.
SciTech Nucleus is a binary portable, OS neutral, device driver
architecture. As binary portable drivers, SciTech can fully develop and
test the core device drivers in the DOS and Windows environments, while
being able to target any Intel x86 based OS as the runtime environment
(such as Linux). This essentially allows the Linux product to utilise the
same SciTech binary device drivers as the DOS and Windows versions of the
product, improving the quality and performance of the drivers for all
supported operating systems.
Universal X11 Server:
- ---------------------
Although SciTech Nucleus drivers will be able to be used directly by
applications built with the free SciTech MGL Graphics Library for Linux,
SciTech Display Doctor for Linux also provides a Universal X11 driver
based on the XFree86 sources. All features of traditional XFree86 servers
are supported including:
. Full 2D acceleration
. XFree86 extensions such as VidMode and DGA for fullscreen
applications
. XAA (XFree Acceleration Architecture) support
. On-the-fly mode switching
. Full Monitor Power Management support via the VESA DPMS Standard.
The SciTech Display Doctor X11 server also provides the following
additional features not found in other servers:
. Plug and Play configuration of your hardware, including the
monitor for DDC2B-compliant monitors (Microsoft Plug and Play
compatible). This includes never having to create CRTC timings by
hand again!
. Single binary server than runs on every chipset supported by the
SciTech drivers (virtually any existing card), with hardware
acceleration.
. Both 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio display modes.
. Low resolution display modes such as 320x240, 400x300 and 512x384
for fullscreen games like Quake and Quake II.
Universal SVGALib Driver:
- -------------------------
SciTech Display Doctor for Linux also includes a new SVGAlib-compatible
library using the SciTech Nucleus device drivers. The new SVGALib shared
library provides support for full hardware acceleration and enables the
use of all your graphics hardwares capabilities for fullscreen games and
applications (including XMame, Quake, Snes9x and many more). Some of the
features of the SciTech Nucleus SVGALib driver are:
. Much better hardware support than regular SVGAlib (all Nucleus
supported cards can be used to full extent).
. Many more supported modes than regular SVGAlib, including 16:9
aspect ratio modes.
. Hardware acceleration through Nucleus.
. Joystick, mouse and keyboard support from the latest SVGAlib
libraries.
Universal Extended Text Mode Driver:
- ------------------------------------
SciTech Display Doctor for Linux also includes a new extended text mode
utility, based on our SciTech Nucleus drivers. This utility allows you to
change the Linux text mode console to any of the extended text mode
resolutions supported by SciTech Nucleus. The textmode utility also
includes full support for refresh control allowing you to set the maximum
refresh rate that your hardware can handle.
The textmode utility is installed along with other Nucleus binaries in
/usr/lib/nucleus/bin.
Software requirements:
- ----------------------
. Any Linux distribution, with kernel >= 2.0 (tested with a 2.0.35
and 2.2 kernels).
. XFree86 3.3.3 libraries and files (not provided in this package),
previous versions may work too but are not recommended.
SciTech Display Doctor for Linux is provided in two separate
distributions, one for GNU Libc 2.0 (a.k.a glibc) systems, and another
for older libc5 systems. Make sure you get the correct package for your
system, or the drivers will not work correctly.
If you do not have the above or later versions of the software installed
on your Linux system, you may want to upgrade your software before
attempting to install SciTech Display Doctor. Please also ensure that you
are using the latest versions of the above software before sending in any
bug reports.
Installation and configuration:
- -------------------------------
SciTech Display Doctor for Linux comes in self-extracting shell archives
(*.sh shell scripts). There are two packages available, depending on your
libc version:
sdd-10-glibc.sh for Glibc systems (RedHat 5.x, Debian 2.x ...)
sdd-10-libc5.sh for older libc5 systems (RedHat 4.x,
Slackware...)
You need to run the appropriate script *as root* on a text mode console.
Do *not* run the setup script from an XTerm or a remote login, as it
require direct access to the hardware to detect and configure the
software. For example, to install the glibc version of SciTech Display
Doctor:
sh sdd-10-glibc.sh
or you can give execution permissions to that file (chmod +x sdd-
glibc.sh), and then just run it that way:
./sdd-10-glibc.sh
Of course, the same applies to the sdd-10-libc5.sh package.
Please note that you may have to kill GPM before running the install
program, for certain non-serial mice (e.g. PS/2 mice).
Follow the instructions on the screen and answer the questions about the
installation paths, etc. After installing all the necessary files, the
setup script will then attempt to do automatic detection and analysis of
your graphics hardware. If this succeeds, the XF86Setup program should be
automatically started to allow you to configure the server. Once you get
to the XF86Setup stage, installation and configuration is similar to a
regular XFree86 setup with the following exceptions:
1. You don't have to choose your graphics hardware; it is detected
automatically for you.
2. If your graphics card supports the VESA DDC2B services (see
below) and your monitor is Plug and Play compatible, the setup
program will automatically detect your monitor, it's frequency
range and capabilities. If not you may select your monitor from
extensive databse of known monitors.
3. You don't need to edit the XF86Config configuration script to add
mode tables, CRTC timings and refresh rates. This is all done
automatically for you using the VESA GTF timings and SciTech's
extensive Discrete Monitor Timing database.
4. Refresh rate control is currently provided by an extension to the
SDDConfig configuration script. You can change the global refresh
rate for all modes (default is 60Hz Non-Interlaced) by adding the
following to XF86Config:
RefreshRate freq Choose the vertical refresh rate in
hertz to be used (in the "scitech"
Screen section).
However if you do not specify a refresh rate in your SDDConfig
file, the defaults that have been set through the centering and
refresh control programs will be used.
5. Some additional command line parameters have been added to the
XF86_SDD server:
-vfreq <freq> Choose the refresh rate in Hertz
-device <dev> Choose the controller to use (0..n-1)
Please note that the SDDConfig file, along with all the SciTech Display
Doctor for Linux files, are all located in /usr/lib/nucleus. The XFree86
XF86Config file is not used, and as such you can have both a regular
configuration file for XFree86 servers, and a SDDConfig file for the
SciTech X11 server.
After the XFree86 server installation, you will be prompted to install
the SVGAlib wrapper library, which will enable you to use legacy SVGAlib
programs with the SciTech Nucleus drivers, providing enhanced performance
and many more display modes.
The Linux extend text mode utility program will also be installed
automatically for you.
Beta reports and bug reports:
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To send in bug reports, please use the web hosted bug report form located
on our web site at:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/t_reqsdd_linux.html
If you don't have access to the web, please send email bug reports to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please use the supplied bug report form
(bugrept.txt) to ensure that we have enough information to be able to
track down your problem.
You may also want to check out the SciTech Display Doctor beta newsgroup
on our news server at:
news://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.display.doctor.beta
List of all supported chips:
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This is a complete list of the various graphics cards that this version
of SciTech Display Doctor supports. Please note that this list refers to
the actual chips being used, not a board-level implementation. Thus you
will not see any products from Hercules or STB on the list, but their
products are supported because they use S3, Cirrus, Tseng, etc. chips.
Also, any card with less than 512KB of memory cannot be supported by
SciTech Display Doctor.
Please note that we are in the process of moving all our existing device
support code to our new SciTech Nucleus device driver architecture. If
you have a chipset that is not listed below that you would like to see
supported in SciTech Display Doctor for Linux, please send an email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] to let us know.
. Alliance ProMotion 6422, ProMotion AT24, ProMotion AT25
. Alliance ProMotion AT3D
. InteGraphics IGA1680, IGA1682, IGA1683, CyberPro 2000
. InteGraphics CyberPro 2010
. Intel i740
. Matrox MGA Millennium, MGA Millennium II, MGA Mystique
. Matrox MGA Mystique 220, MGA G100, MGA G200
. Cyrix Media GX, Media GXi, Media GXm
. Macronix 86250, 86251
. Philips 9710, 9712
. S3 Trio32, Trio64, Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Trio64V2/DX, Aurora64V+
. S3 Virge, Virge/DX/GX, S3 Virge/VX, Virge/GX2, Trio3D
. SiS 6202, 6205, 6215, 5595, 5597/5598, 6326
. Tseng Labs ET6000, ET6100, ET6300
. ATI Mach64 CT, Mach64 ET, Mach64 VT, 3D Rage, Mach64 VTB
. ATI 3D Rage II, 3D Rage II+, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro
. ATI 3D Rage LT Pro
. Cirrus Logic 5434, 5436, 5440, 5446, Laguna 5462, Laguna 5464
. Cirrus Logic Laguna 5465
SciTech Software, Inc.
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(530) 894-8400
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Web: http://www.scitechsoft.com
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