Linux-Development-Sys Digest #199, Volume #6 Sat, 2 Jan 99 03:16:22 EST
Contents:
Driver for Diamond Sound cards (Hans-Joachim Baader)
Re: small fonts on tty ("James A. Cleland")
Re: silly question (Taso Hatzi)
Re: silly question (Evan Pedro Greenberg)
Re: How to run Windows Applications on Linux ("Trekkie")
Progetto (Pegasus)
Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows (Olaf Walkowiak)
Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows
Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows (Ross Levis)
Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows (Mark Tranchant)
Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows ("William Coleman")
Re: Virtual PC (Philippe Rochat)
Re: Registry for Linux - Bad idea (Todd Ostermeier)
Re: Virtual PC (Clifford Kite)
Linux Developers in Illinois ("Linux User")
Re: Poor NFS performance from Solaris to Linux (James Hewitt)
Communication with Modem (Anthony Richard Lambert)
Re: CDROM Warning: (don't try this) (H. Peter Anvin)
Re: Virtual PC (David T. Blake)
Re: Virtual PC (Gordon Scott)
HELP w/ Yamaha OPL3-Sa Sound ("Ralph")
Re: Programming CDROM (Frank Sweetser)
Re: Much easier way to crash X (Nathan Myers)
Re: Intellectual Property DANGER! (Re: DVD driver) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can UMSDOS run over non-MSDOS fs? (Ulf Bartelt)
Re: Much easier way to crash X (David T. Blake)
Re: Linux + X + TCP/IP + Netscape in Flash? ("Jon Plews")
Re: Can UMSDOS run over non-MSDOS fs? (Erik Westlin)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans-Joachim Baader)
Subject: Driver for Diamond Sound cards
Date: 2 Jan 1999 00:23:51 +0100
Hi,
does anybody know of a driver for the Diamond Sonic Impact S90, or is
working on it? I couldn't find any information on it.
Thanks,
hjb
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-- John "Maddog" Hall, Keynote at the Linux
Kongress in Cologne
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From: "James A. Cleland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: small fonts on tty
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 23:22:11 -0500
"D. Stimtis" wrote:
> Helge Stahlmann wrote:
> >
> > Does anybody know how to set up smaller vga fonts on a linux terminal?
> > The standard 16*8 fonts are much too big on my 19" display.
>
> The command "setfont" will install a new console font. Typically, use it in
>rc.local. The fonts
> which are available by default should be in /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/. I like
>cp850-8x8 for 132x44
> mode.
Or, both of you could try adding a line in your lilo.conf file:
vga=ask
within the block that boots the linux kernel. For instance:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34
label=linux
root=/dev/hdb2
append="mem=256M"
read-only
vga=ask
It will ask you to pick a text mode from a list of available modes. Once you decide
you like a mode,
just change the line to
vga=[mode]
and it will use that text mode by default.
Good luck,
James
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From: Taso Hatzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: silly question
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:31:09 +1100
ebatchelor wrote:
>
> Why the convoluted, hard to recall, someone thought it was funny in 1975
> utility names? It seems to me that BASH could be easily recoded to
> include easy to use and remember identifiers without giving up ANY
Recoding bash or any existing shell is not on, but if there are enough
DOS-ophiles out there, why not produce a DOS COMMAND shell for Linux?
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From: Evan Pedro Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: silly question
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 22:29:31 -0500
Bob Taylor wrote:
> Read some history of Unix and maybe you will understand why Unix
> commands are named the way they are.
And if we do not learn from the mistakes others have made, then
history is doomed to repeat itself.
I believe the problem is that 2 and 3 letter mnemonics are MUCH
faster to type than long descriptive phrases...and kernel hackers
love speed =). But you have a good point - there's no reason the
popular distributions shouldn't automatically add some useful
aliases to the more common operations. I know it took me _forever_
just to figure out that you had to type "man" instead of "help" --
and although I now appreciate the shorter command names, it would
make the curve a little less steep at the beginning.
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From: "Trekkie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,linux.dev.c-programming,linux.dev.kernel,linux.sources.kernel
Subject: Re: How to run Windows Applications on Linux
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 20:27:21 -0800
Dual booting works much better than wine. and lilo isn't as hard as some
claim to setup. you get and you just reboot hold down shift and hit the
partition to boot. but i have gotten works 3 to run on a 486sx33 with 12 Mb
of ram through wine. sloooowly. and not quite right but it's getting there.
Darren R. C. KELLY wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Woody wrote:
>
>> Why bother running M$ applications? Just run applications that are
>> native to UN*X.
>
>There are MANY reasons to want to run applications for M$, like it or not.
>For example, the finance software for Linux is still very limited. I have
to
>maintain a DOS partition
>to run that software. The original question is a good one. It would indeed
>be nice to be able run many
>Win applications as well as the excellent Linux applications. but not all
>Linux applications are excellent.
>Some are shocking.
>
>Happy New Year,
>
>And avoid the trap of becoming a Linux zealot. When Linux fans close their
>eyes they will suffer
>from pride before the fall. Linux need a lot of work yet...
>
>Darren
>
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From: Pegasus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Progetto
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 06:48:25 GMT
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PROGETTO!
LEGGIMI CON ATTENZIONE SENZA SALTARE NEMMENO UNA PAROLA E…
E’ sufficiente trovare 10 / 15 persone (ti spiegherò poi come) che
abbiano una buona apertura mentale e l’intelligenza di
comprendere un metodo matematico infallibile. Di primo acchito si
potrebbe avere l’impressione di avventurarsi in un progetto
impossibile. Io ti garantisco che lavorando poche ore al computer si
raggiungono risultati inimmaginabili, io sono un’agente di
commercio da vent’anni, negli ultimi mesi ho dedicato moltissimo tempo a
questo progetto - all’inizio ero scettico ma i risultati
mi hanno fatto cambiare opinione – oggi, comodamente seduto a casa mia,
raggiungo risultati di reddito migliori di quelli che
ottenevo lavorando 12-14 ore al giorno sempre in auto e alle prese con
clienti che…
In Internet ci sono ogni giorno migliaia di nuovi ingressi, migliaia di
persone che come noi navigano alla ricerca di informazioni,
contatti, amicizie e a volte ci sfiorano opportunità che non cogliamo
perché presi dalle mille preoccupazioni e attività quotidiane.
Questo progetto funziona benissimo per tutti ma più ancora a chi
lavorando in ufficio ha modo di usare il computer e conosce
molte persone anche al di fuori dell’azienda per cui lavora e il
passaparola è la migliore pubblicità. Io lo faccio da casa.
Avventurarti in questo progetto non ti costerà nulla e ti farà
guadagnare moltissimo, con i primi risultati ti accorgerai che
diventerà per te una “droga” e impegnerai sempre più tempo in modo
piacevole e autonomo, non dovrai MAI rendere conto (se
non a te stesso) del tuo operato a NESSUNO! Se questo mio messaggio ti
ha incuriosito scrivimi e ti darò le necessarie
istruzioni per iniziare il progetto.
Nella richiesta di informazioni come oggetto metti PROGETTO
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<B><FONT COLOR="#3333FF">PROGETTO!</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#3333FF">LEGGIMI CON ATTENZIONE SENZA SALTARE NEMMENO
UNA PAROLA E…</FONT></B>
<BR>E’ sufficiente trovare 10 / 15 persone (ti spiegherò poi come)
che abbiano una buona apertura mentale e l’intelligenza di
<BR>comprendere un metodo matematico infallibile. Di primo acchito si potrebbe
avere l’impressione di avventurarsi in un progetto
<BR>impossibile. Io ti garantisco che lavorando poche ore al computer si
raggiungono risultati inimmaginabili, io sono un’agente di
<BR>commercio da vent’anni, negli ultimi mesi ho dedicato moltissimo tempo
a questo progetto - all’inizio ero scettico ma i risultati
<BR>mi hanno fatto cambiare opinione – oggi, comodamente seduto a casa
mia, raggiungo risultati di reddito migliori di quelli che
<BR>ottenevo lavorando 12-14 ore al giorno sempre in auto e alle prese
con clienti che…
<BR>In Internet ci sono ogni giorno migliaia di nuovi ingressi, migliaia
di persone che come noi navigano alla ricerca di informazioni,
<BR>contatti, amicizie e a volte ci sfiorano opportunità che non
cogliamo perché presi dalle mille preoccupazioni e attività
quotidiane.
<BR>Questo progetto funziona benissimo per tutti ma più ancora a
chi lavorando in ufficio ha modo di usare il computer e conosce
<BR>molte persone anche al di fuori dell’azienda per cui lavora e il passaparola
è la migliore pubblicità. Io lo faccio da casa.
<BR>Avventurarti in questo progetto non ti costerà nulla e ti farà
guadagnare moltissimo, con i primi risultati ti accorgerai che
<BR>diventerà per te una “droga” e impegnerai sempre più
tempo in modo piacevole e autonomo, non dovrai MAI rendere conto (se
<BR>non a te stesso) del tuo operato a NESSUNO! Se questo mio messaggio
ti ha incuriosito scrivimi e ti darò le necessarie
<BR>istruzioni per iniziare il progetto.
<P>Nella richiesta di informazioni come oggetto metti PROGETTO
<BR><A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>
<P><I>Ciao a presto. PEGASUS</I>
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From: Olaf Walkowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:22:07 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Ross Levis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >> Compared to some GUI's, a sensibly formated self-documenting
> >> plaintext configuration file can be quite nicer, especially
> >> in certain situations.
> >
> >That's fine if you know the filename and where the hell it's located.
>
> I usually think it is harder to find the command/mouse combo to get to
> the right place in a GUI than it is to find a config file and edit
> it with a familiar editor. 'Man command' will normally tell you where
> the related files live, and most of them are under /etc with obvious
> names (compared to, say, MS-windows registry keys...).
And in case you can't find it there, try
strings filename_of_the_execuable
CU
Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:22:11 GMT
On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 22:57:42 +1300, Ross Levis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Compared to some GUI's, a sensibly formated self-documenting
>> plaintext configuration file can be quite nicer, especially
>> in certain situations.
>
>That's fine if you know the filename and where the hell it's located.
>
You just use the same amount of minimal information that
one would have to be exposed to under Win(whatever).
Wake me when windows (or even MacOS) allows you do do
context searches on dialog box contents...
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From: Ross Levis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:22:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Compared to some GUI's, a sensibly formated self-documenting
> plaintext configuration file can be quite nicer, especially
> in certain situations.
That's fine if you know the filename and where the hell it's located.
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:23:14 GMT
Search for tomsrtbt (Tom's Root and Boot).
Don't expect X, gcc, LaTeX or anything like that.
Mark.
William Coleman wrote:
>
> Where can you get a linux installation to put on to floppy for a: booting
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From: "William Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why I'm dumping Linux, going back to Windblows
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:22:37 GMT
Where can you get a linux installation to put on to floppy for a: booting
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From: Philippe Rochat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Virtual PC
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:37:45 GMT
Phil Hunt wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Philippe Rochat" writes:
>
> > Does it exist on Linux something similar to Virtual PC (On Mac OS) ?
> >
> > With such a sys, it would be possible to install Linux everywhere, and then
> > install win or NT on top of it if really needed by users ... it would also
> > provide a smooth way to migrate from monopolistic world to freedom !
> >
> > On x86 architecture the performances shouldn't be affected by a probably really
> > small overhead. On other hardware, an additional layer would be needed and more
> > CPU consuming ...
> >
> > Anyone has heard then about something like this or such a project ?
>
> Yes, it is called WINE.
>
> WINE ("WINE Is Not an Emulator") is a Windows emulator for Linux.
>
Hmmm ... this is not as strong as VirtualPC strategy (and especially doesn't let
you install NT which is possible on Virtual PC). Does it support games for
example ?
Ph.R.
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From: Todd Ostermeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Registry for Linux - Bad idea
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:23:10 GMT
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Richard RUDEK wrote:
: "Frederick W. Reimer,Sr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
: >It's the same effect (as a registry). The point is that all
: >configuration data is stored through the same mechanism, if not in the
: >same file/database/registry. This stifles innovation and creativity.
:
: You mean like not changing the way a program configures itself (if it aint
: broke, don fix it) ; having to cut and paste code from another program
: which already parses a text configuration file, worrying about stuff that
: should be available in a standard library instead of getting on with the
: program...
Then write a library to do this for you (generally abstracted, of course),
and distribute it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: Virtual PC
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:28 GMT
Philippe Rochat ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Does it exist on Linux something similar to Virtual PC (On Mac OS) ?
Try
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/emulators-faq/part1.html
http://www.bochs.com/
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From: "Linux User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,linux.dev.config
Subject: Linux Developers in Illinois
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:59 GMT
If there is any Linux Developers in IL please email me for development
projects.
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From: James Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Poor NFS performance from Solaris to Linux
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:39:05 GMT
Steve Linton wrote:
> The full story is the following:
>
> 1. NFS specifiies that a write transaction cannot complete until the
> data is physically on the disk
>
> 2. This is utterly inappropriate for modern network speeds
It should be optional, at least.
> 3. Sun get round this using a client-side daemon to hide the latency
This I don't quite understand. In the Solaris -> Solaris case, the
whole file appears to be available when the copy ends, and the
packets for the transfer stop as well. I don't see how a client-side
daemon could help, unless the transfer protocol is broken, which
doesn't seem to be the case.
> 4. Linux gets round this by ignoring the NFS spec on the server side
>
> 5 Hence Sun server and Linux client gets the worst of all possible
> worlds.
>
> The problem can be ameliorated by increasing the size of the NFS
> transfers, as suggested. Try also 4K and 16K sizes.
I tried 4k and 8k sizes, as recommended in the man pages (thanks to
all of you who suggested it). I'll try some larger sizes as well.
> On Solaris 2.6 it may be possible to set an option to the NFS server
> to make it work asynchronously.
I had heard about the sychronous/asynchronous issue before, but
the Solaris NFS server doesn't have an asynchronous option (which
figures since they wrote the standard :/ ). I tried setting the
sync option on Linux, but that made transfers very, very slow.
> Runnign Linux on the Sun file server is another option.
:) I have thought about this once or twice, but unfortunately
most of our servers are workstations as well, and the apps we
use are not available for Sparc Linux.
Thanks for the info. If the client-side daemon does the trick on
Solaris, I will probably try to write one for Linux.
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From: Anthony Richard Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Communication with Modem
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:37:48 GMT
I am trying to port over a small program written in C from an old Data
General Unix box to a Linux(RH5) box here at work. The program compiles
fine, but when run the program complains about mgetc when accessing the
modem. Basically I was wondering if someone could point me to a web
address that shows me how to right code to communicate with the modem.
Thanks,
Tony ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin)
Subject: Re: CDROM Warning: (don't try this)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin)
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:39:40 GMT
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
By author: Walter Lundby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: comp.os.linux.development.system
>
> I was testing a new cdrom drive: 36X DR special from ...
>
> Anyway, the drive I was replacing had a spin/up/down problem
> that would result in an ATAPI bus reset so I wanted to make
> sure that the new one didn't have the problem.
>
> So, I figured:
> "dd bs=32768 if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/null"
>
> Worked great to prove that the cd wouldn't spin down...
>
> BUT SMASHED THE READ HEAD after it finished reading the CD!
> The drive was a total loss.
> [Awful firmware: No range testing]
>
DETAILED specs please (i.e. manufacturer, model, etc...) this is the
worst I've ever heard of.
-hpa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David T. Blake)
Subject: Re: Virtual PC
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Hunt) writes:
>Yes, it is called WINE.
>
>WINE ("WINE Is Not an Emulator") is a Windows emulator for Linux.
It is not an emulator. It remaps API calls so that the binary
may run as an executable under linux.
As an analogy, linux is generally compiled as ELF. However,
a.out executables can run as normal executables under linux
if their required libraries are present. This allows one to run
Dec Alpha Netscape under alpha linux, and Sparc Netscape under
Sparc linux.
Generally, you would expect programs using WINE to function as
fast as they would work under Windows.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gordon Scott)
Subject: Re: Virtual PC
Reply-To: Gordon Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:05 GMT
Phil Hunt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Philippe Rochat" writes:
: > Does it exist on Linux something similar to Virtual PC (On Mac OS) ?
: Yes, it is called WINE.
Which supports Windoze apps
ditto WABI (www.caldera.com)
and DOSEMU, which is a PC emulator running under Linux.
G.
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From: "Ralph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP w/ Yamaha OPL3-Sa Sound
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:39:52 GMT
I have a Yamaha OPL3-Sa sound card that is supposed to be Sound Blaster
compatible. When i configure the card under sndconf I've tried regular,
16bit, and Pro settings w/ correct IRQ, DMA, and I/O settings. My specific
card is supposed to be Sound Blaster Pro Compatible, which I have never
gotten to work at all. NO Sound. I was wondering if anyone could suggest
anything to help my problem or tell me where i could download drivers.
Thanx for your time.
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Programming CDROM
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:07 GMT
"J.C Chuang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> In Linux, when inserting a CD to CDROM, is there any mechanism
> that system will notify me automatically that a CD is inserted or a CD is
> changed ? I don't think polling is suitable for me ?
nope. unfortunatelly, the hardware itself doesn't support any kind of
notification of media insertion. polling seems to be the only way to
go...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nathan Myers)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Much easier way to crash X
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:13 GMT
Jeffrey Tsao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I simply stayed logged in for a couple of days, ...
>on the 2nd day ... all the colors on the screen will suddenly change,
>Usually after another 10 min, the whole X server crashes.
>Any idea what's wrong?
>I'm using Pentium 166MHz, S3 video, RedHat 5.2 running on 8bpp.
I have only seen this reported on the S3 server.
Try running netscape etc. with "own color map" option.
E.g. add
Netscape*installColormap: True
to your .Xresources file, and similar options to your other
programs that are very demanding of color-map entries. It's
annoying to have the color map change as the mouse moves in
and out of their windows, but it's better than crashing your
display server.
I would like to see postings from anybody for whom this happens
on non-S3 servers. I haven't seen it myself, despite that I
run one, but I have netscape on its own color map. If it can
be demonstrated to be an S3 problem, that narrows the problem
space considerably. If it can be demonstrated to be closely
connected with the color map, that may narrow it enough so it
can be fixed.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.app
Subject: Re: Intellectual Property DANGER! (Re: DVD driver)
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:11 GMT
In article <737s1k$4j8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Frank T. Lofaro"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Implement an open-source MPEG2 alternative? Patent infringement of
> MPEG.
>
> See the www.mpegla.com site.
Well, of course it is in their interest to claim that they hold
"essential" patents for an implementation of MPEG2. However,
reality is likely to be a bit different and there are probably
workarounds. Note that a non-infringing decoder does
not need to claim standards compliance; it simply has
to produce good output. Furthermore, the patents don't
apply everywhere in the world.
Tom.
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From: Ulf Bartelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can UMSDOS run over non-MSDOS fs?
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:14 GMT
Maciek wrote:
: I just downloaded the 2.1.131 source and discovered this. Can you get
: NBD servers for NT, though?
The source looks not too complicated. Maybe it's easier to recode the
nbd-server in Python so it can be tested on Win95/NT and Linux (and other
OSes we've got Python for), but it should'NT ;-) be too hard...
...but I didn't try...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David T. Blake)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Much easier way to crash X
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:15 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fulko van Westrenen) writes:
>Netscape and 8bpp is a very poor combination.
>It seems like netscape is aggresively overwriting
>the colourmap and some other stuff.
>I'm sorry but I have no details.
netscape -ncols 128
This will allow netscape to use at most 128 colors
in the color map.
--
Dave Blake
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Jon Plews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux + X + TCP/IP + Netscape in Flash?
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:40:04 GMT
Area 51 Project wrote in message <74vj2j$npa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Anyone knows of any non-commercial packages that'd allow Linux + X + TCP/IP
>+ Netscape to work in say 8-16 MB Flash memory (plus RAM), on an i386
>without HD, on Ethernet?
>
>We'd appreciate any kind of help.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
Forget "8-16 MB Flash"--you can get away with <32k!
Netboot/Etherboot packages allow you to boot across
ethernet very easily.
Here's and (unchecked) URL:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot
Jon Plews.
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From: Erik Westlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can UMSDOS run over non-MSDOS fs?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 07:38:16 GMT
Matija Nalis wrote:
>
> On 8 Dec 1998 09:38:51 GMT, Maciek Nowacki <emailbelow> wrote:
> >Heya Linux folks! I've been wondering if its possible to run UMSDOS over a
> >non-fat FS, hypothetically like ROMFS, or as I'm interested in doing, NFS.
> >Why, you ask, would I want to do this?
>
> No, we do not ask, we can see its use immedeatly. :-)
>
The way to do it would be break out some stuff from umsdos and
put it in a userfs module. The module could negotiate with the
underlying fs what to emulate.
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Erik Westlin
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