Linux-Misc Digest #388, Volume #18 Tue, 29 Dec 98 00:13:18 EST
Contents:
Powerpoint/slideshow (Teodoro Sorgo)
Re: Netscape 4.5 problem (mvrao)
Re: Linux Autoexec.bat (Mohammed Zahirul Islam)
Re: Need help or info on SAMBA (Philip Brown)
Re: ln: Musty smell to its man page ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cloning Linux Systems (Gary Momarison)
Re: Can not play music cd's (Jack and Sharon Samuelson)
Re: good office package for linux (Mark Worsdall)
Re: Infringement of the GPL (Rod Smith)
100s of FREE catalogs! 7028 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Easy UNIX editor (Kevin Martin)
Re: spreadsheet? (Christopher Browne)
Re: Real Player Plugin and Netscape (Gary Momarison)
Re: Stuck creating boot floppy for system restore (Nick Dreyer)
Re: AOL as ISP? (LinuxCyrix)
Wordperfect 8 install problem (William Wueppelmann)
StarOffice and HP Deskjet 320 and scanner (Klaus Bernpaintner)
Re: Irritating problem with Drag and Drop in SO5 (Sascha)
Re: XFree86 and Intel i740 graphics card (Staf Wagemakers)
Re: My MEMORY GOBBLER Redhat (5.1/5.2) setup! Help requested!! (brian moore)
Re: ln: Musty smell to its man page (Barry Margolin)
Re: Slackware screen clear on logout ("Adam P. Whitney")
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Steve Mading)
Modem Software ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Steve Mading)
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From: Teodoro Sorgo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Powerpoint/slideshow
Date: 28 Dec 1998 18:22:02 -0600
I was recently sent a document with the instructions "please view this
using Powerpoint with slideshow". Are there any linux utilities, free or
otherwise, available for this?
-Teodoro Sorgo
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From: mvrao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.5 problem
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:59:31 +0000
David Harris wrote:
> I'm getting a weird thing to, if I don't call for the window to refresh
> itself, it will freeze after a few seconds and sit there. I've use netscape
> 4.5 with that 1.2 or whatever library. I use WindowMaker (but I'm going to
> install enlightment I think). Also the damn thing is slow as christmas. I'll
> get on this windows machine and I'll use my grandmother's AOL account and it
> just zips on by with a 56K connection. On my linux machine, it takes for
> goddamn ever. I'm starting to think that I should go back to windows (I made
> the change in 1992). I know I won't, but the thought has crossed my mind. Is
> there an optimization howto for linux?
>
> Two other things - I still want to do that Tux game. I'm still writing
> routines. Anybody know where a good source of information is for simple 3D
> engines. I've got the math done and a few other things done, but I need a
> fast textured polygon routine (and that's really all I want right now, I
> don't think I'll need any light sourcing at the moment). I've got the basics
> of collision detection down (bounding sphere style) but there's got to be a
> faster way. When I get the engine done I'll post it and ask for ideas but for
> right now I need these algorithms. Any suggestions?
>
> Also, is there a central version control program? Like, I have to much to
> look after right now, with new releases coming out every two days of my
> favorite programs. I can subsribe to the mailing list, but then I've still
> got to do the install. I want for there to be a deamon of some sort that
> keeps track of all this for me. I will write it myself if neccessary. I
> suppose it would be simply a bunch of scripts tied to directories and ftp
> sites signaled by an e-mail of somesort. Suggestions here? Is it worth it?
Through edit->preferences->advanced->cache verify the cache size. If the memory
cache is large, it does take time.
Netscape 4.5 is a 12 M executable; I am surprised it loads as fast as it does.
After starting however, it runs pretty good. I use RH 5.2 and KDE/KWM.
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From: Mohammed Zahirul Islam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux Autoexec.bat
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 16:23:26 -0800
According to NET-3-HOWTO, /etc/init.d/boot is somewhat linux equivalent to
AUTOEXEC.BAT file in MSDOS (?).
Codifex Maximus wrote:
> JMV wrote:
>
> > This should be an easy question to answer. Unfortunately I have been unable
> > to find the answer in any of the Linux books I have.
> >
> > What is the Linux equivalent of the autoexec.bat file.?
> >
> > I need to have the command " insmod advansys" run at startup but I'm not
> > sure in which file I should put such a command.
> >
> > I realize if I had chosen to have the RH install program search and install
> > my SCSI adapter I wouldn't need to do this. When I did this however my
> > ethernet card would not work. I have since reinstalled using "expert" mode
> > and skipped the SCSI adpater install portion of setup. My ethernet adapter
> > works fine now. Moreover using "insmod advansys" activates my SCSI card
> > without effecting my ethernet card at all. Maybe it has to do with the order
> > modules are attached to the kernel. I only offer this in case any one else
> > had trouble with their ethernet card and scsi controller.
> >
> > Also i would like to have other commands run automatically, such as:
> >
> > "mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/jaz"
> >
> > Is there a file (in redhat 5.2) that if I put these commands in, they will
> > be run like autoexec.bat commands?
> >
> > Also can this be done on a per user basis?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > JMV
>
> Also, things that are system wide, like environment settings, should go in
> /etc/profile. Those things that are specific to bash should go in /etc/bashrc.
> Those things that are specific to bash AND the user should go in ~/.bashrc
> (period is significant - indicates hidden file... ls -a to see hidden files).
>
> You should explore your /etc directory in depth!
> --
>
> =======================================
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> =======================================
> My opinions are mine alone - though others may borrow...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Subject: Re: Need help or info on SAMBA
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 29 Dec 1998 00:24:53 GMT
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 23:05:58 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
>I double click on the hostname in network neighborhood. I get prompted for a
>password.
>The dialog box reads:
> \\BUSH\IPC$
>I enter my password, and I get a dialog box "Password is incorrect. Try
>Again.
>I do not understand why this works great on 5.1 and not on 5.2.
you probably need to
#1 make sure the "guest account" is set to whatyou want in smb.conf
#2 set no password for that account.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: ln: Musty smell to its man page
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:45:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore) wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Dec 1998 03:45:41 GMT,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > quota enforcement is very elementary in unix. You can cheat by
> > storing data in file name (use multiple file since there are no limit
> > in the files you own, if the data is large)
>
> Um, you can have a quota on the number of files. (And for storing data,
> it's rather useless, with each filename limited to 255 bytes. Try
> hiding 30M or so like that.... then try getting it back.)
>
> > There is also an exploit in http://www.rootshell.com which allow you
> > to store data in syslog.
>
> Only works if your admin is an idiot that never reads logs and you feel
> like making your abuse known to other users on the system.
>
> (Hardly an exploit: man logger.)
>
> --
> Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
> Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
> Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
> Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
>
My point is that quota system is very difficult to implement cleanly. And
there will be ways to cheat them How about creating fifo and storing the data
? If your system has uptime in years then you can safely store mega bytes
--
cheers
- Yendor
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cloning Linux Systems
Date: 28 Dec 1998 17:22:56 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I am having a problem in cloning a Linux installation to other computers. I
There might be some clues in
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.html
IIRC, Red Hat has some way of installing easily to many systems,
but not after you've customized your system.
I agree with the "boot from floppy and run LILO" poster.
And of course if the hard disks are not in the same
"position" (hda, hdb, etc.), you need to edit /etc/fstab.
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From: Jack and Sharon Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can not play music cd's
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:50:07 -0600
Eric Hesselberg wrote:
> When I run cdp I do not get any sound. It shows it is playing. I have run
> sndconfig and it does play the test sound. Have not tried to play any other
> type of sounds yet. I have tried this as root and a normal user. What might
> be causing this problem?
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Eric Hesselberg
Have you tried listening for sound from the head phone port on the
CDplayer?
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From: Mark Worsdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,pl.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: good office package for linux
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 03:39:26 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christian Huebner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>David wrote:
>>
>> Applixware is a great office suite. The recommend 32M.
>>
>> Thomas F. Ewald wrote in message
>> <01be2d20$90bf1d80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >128 MB of RAM? Are you serious? Sure that isn't just hard drive space?
>> >I'm new to Linux, but that sounds pretty serious!
>> >
>
>Applixware is not quite my favourite. Try Star Office.
>Its free for personal use and it can fully replace M$ Office.
>It also is much more reliable than M$ Office
>
Where does one get it from ftp wise or is it one the Application CD from
RedHat?
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Infringement of the GPL
Date: 29 Dec 1998 01:25:07 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve mcadams) writes:
> On 28 Dec 1998 01:17:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
> wrote:
>
>>From your postings to date, I'm amazed that you're considering either the
>>GPL or the LGPL. It sounds like you want to earn money by selling your
>>software, which is fine, but it's not something you'll do well at with the
>>GPL. So do you have an actual reason for considering the GPL?
>
> Not the GPL, but perhaps the LGPL. It could be appropriate for a
> general purpose cross-system library that would "replace" MFC, which
> would subsequently be used in commercial apps. Although the more I
> read about the GPL and the FSF, the less I like the idea.
Unless I'm mistaken, the LGPL contains the same characteristics that make
the GPL unattractive to you -- namely, that it allows anybody to modify
and give away the code, so long as it's still under the LGPL. It's more
"commercial-friendly" than the GPL in that programs can LINK AGAINST an
LGPL product and still be commercial. If you want to sell your libraries,
the LGPL just won't do for you, unless you intend to sell documentation or
support rather than the libraries per se. (This approach may actually be
quite workable for a complex set of libraries, actually -- write a nice
hefty set of documentation and sell it as a book along with the LGPLed
code. Of course, somebody could use the code itself as documentation, or
write another book and sell it, so you wouldn't have the sort of "lock" on
the marketplace I suspect you want.)
>> GPL probably isn't right for you. It is for others. End of story.
>
> Probably. The more I learn about GPL and Stallman's philosophy, the
> less I like it.
Don't worry too much about Stallman's philosophy, except insofar as it's
manifested in the GPL/LGPL. People use the GPL who don't agree with
Stallman 100%. Linus Torvalds, for instance, is far less critical of
commercial software than is Stallman, from what I gather.
>>Again, you're mis-reading my post, and I don't appreciate the implied
>>comparison of myself with Hitler.
>
> Apologies. Whenever someone says the individual should suffer so
> mankind can benefit, that's who comes to mind. I regret that you were
> offended. -steve
I didn't say SHOULD. I said DOES. To say it's a rainy day doesn't imply
that's the ideal. OTOH, rainy days, though not often appealing to city
dwellers, are necessary for crops to grow. There are always tradeoffs
involved, in weather and in society at large. Casting aspersions of
Naziism on those who acknowledge this fact is hardly helpful.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the digit and following word from my address to mail me
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Subject: 100s of FREE catalogs! 7028
Date: 28 Dec 1998 00:00:03 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Martin)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Easy UNIX editor
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 03:55:05 GMT
In article <768nf5$br4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, it says [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
[NOT A BLOODY DAMNED THING ABOUT NOTEBOOKS, NETWORKING, OR THE POWER PC
CHIP.]
I can understand making the same stupid mistake in this idiot thread from
hell, but I cannot understand why his post included a "Followup-to" header
pointing to ALL THE SAME DAMNED GROUPS!
Either your newsreader is a broken piece of crap, or you are an
inconsiderate MORON.
Or both. Very likely both. If this is your idea of "giving back" to the
Linux community, do us all a favor and go install Windows 98 on all your
machines.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: spreadsheet?
Date: 29 Dec 1998 04:03:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998 12:52:04 GMT, John Overton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm looking for a good spreadsheet? Does a FAQ exist? Or can someone
>point me at something?
See the URL below.
--
"Even in the area of anticompetitive conduct, Microsoft is mainly an
imitator." -- Ralph Nader (1998/11/11)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/spreadsheets.html>
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Real Player Plugin and Netscape
Date: 28 Dec 1998 17:11:13 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I am trying to get RealPlayer 5.0 to work as a plugin with Netscape 4.5. I
> followed the plugin instructions for realplayer. RP works fine stand alone.
> When I click on a RP link, realplayer starts but that is all. The video/audio
> doesn't stream. If RP is active and I click on a link, I get a message saying
> it can't open another instance of RP. Any suggestions? Should the "download to
> directory" be specified in the dialog window? Thanks.
In the Preferences/Navigator/Applications window, next to "Real Audio", I
have "/usr/bin/rvplayer %s". Do you have this? Or without the "%s"?
And do you have "~/.netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so" ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Dreyer)
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user,compos.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Stuck creating boot floppy for system restore
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 04:43:38 GMT
On 28 Dec 1998 18:43:31 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Potter) wroth:
>[Posted and mailed]
>
>Nick Dreyer enlightened this group thus:
>> I have created a boot floppy with a kernel that loads and recognizes all
>> desired system devices
<snip>
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
>Why don't you just save yourself some time and aggravation, and download a
>program called "yard." It will help you create your bootdisks, and it makes
>sure that they will work.
Great suggestion, and great program too! This will help a lot. First quick
pass makes an image about 2 times the size of a floppy, but I am sure I'll be
able to pare it down later when I have more time.
I can see from the stuff that yard is required to do that I could have been
fumbling around for months trying to figure out all the dependencies on my
own; not to mention that there is in fact no way that the necessary files
would fit uncompressed on one disk!
Thanks,
|\|.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (LinuxCyrix)
Subject: Re: AOL as ISP?
Date: 29 Dec 1998 04:37:28 GMT
IT IS POSSIBLE. Try looking toward freshmeat.(org?). DL Wine, the windows
emulator. It's still in funny testing, but I got my AOL software to *run* under
Linux with it. The only reason I still have Win98 is because AOL is my ISP, and
I haven't been able to get the AOL software to recognize the COM port my modem
is on under Linux yet. Lemme know if you can get it to go...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Wordperfect 8 install problem
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 04:36:04 GMT
I'm having a problem installing WP8 that's similar but a little different from
the ones that I've seen. I was hoping someone would be able to offer me some
insight.
There are two problems, the first of which seems to be a linker problem:
neither the GUI install nor the xwp binary can find the following libraries:
libXt.so.6
libX11.so.6
libXpm.so.4
These are all located in the directory /usr/X11R6/lib. I've tried running
ldconfig, and there is an entry for /usr/X11R6/lib in my /etc/ld.so.conf file,
but still no go.
I tried manually creating symlinks to these files in /usr/lib, and when I do
this for these and a few other libraries that it then complains about not
being able to find, I can run xwp, but when I do, it immediately gives me a
segmentation fault (with no other explanation or message) and dies.
I'm running Debian 2.0 with kernel 2.0.34. I downloaded and installed the one
big file, and the install itself seemed to go without any problems, aside from
the fact that the GUI installer was unavailable because of the dynamic linking
problem. Any help with this would be appreciated.
cheers
--
William
*** It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. ***
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From: Klaus Bernpaintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: StarOffice and HP Deskjet 320 and scanner
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 22:53:22 -0500
I am working hard to rid myself of the Windoze curse. So for this noble
cause, please tell me how I can get StarOffice 5 to print to a HP
Deskjet 320. (No driver is included in SO5 for that printer.)
Also, anybody know how to scan using a Visioneer PaperPort 3100 from
Linux?
And then the final thing I need is a way to sync my Palm III with a good
Linux app.
Thanx
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From: Sascha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Irritating problem with Drag and Drop in SO5
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:09:40 +0000
Hallo Eusebio,
to get an answer, maybe you should post your problem to a staroffice
newsgroup, or to a mailing list at staroffice. Just visit the
staroffice-website. If you are a registrated user, you can post there.
CU
Sascha
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Staf Wagemakers)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.dev.newbie
Subject: Re: XFree86 and Intel i740 graphics card
Date: 27 Dec 1998 20:40:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 26 Dec 1998 20:31:06 -0800, John Minear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sol Swords wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know how to get this combination to work? I'm assuming this
>> is the reason my new intstall isn't working; Linux works fine but I
>> can't startX; it gives me an error about "no screens found." I say this
>> is probably my problem because I have tried many different options and
>> get slightly different results with each, but none actually work.
>>
>> Thanks very very much for any help
>>
>> - Sol
>
>I had the some proplem. I have a "Diamond Viper AGP v-500" What I did to
>fix the problem was to upgrade to Xfree86 3.3.3 then run xconf.
>
>
The i740 chipset isn't supported by Xfree86 3.3.3, however there is a Xserver
availible at the Red Hat web site... Below you'll find a part of Xfree86 faq
(www.Xfree86.org).
Q.F22- Is a server for the Intel i740 chipset available?
Boards based on Intel i740 chips are not supported in XFree86, as
programming documentation is not available. For users of Linux based
machines, Red Hat has made a binary only server XBF_i740 available at
their ftp server. Check ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XBF for details.
cheers,
--
Staf Wagemakers
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
homepage: www.bewoner.dma.be/StafWag "see gives your man-pages more colors"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.ilnux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: My MEMORY GOBBLER Redhat (5.1/5.2) setup! Help requested!!
Date: 29 Dec 1998 03:07:41 GMT
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998 12:46:13 -0500,
Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Unlike Solaris and HP-UX and other UNIX's. Linux dynamically
> manages memory to keep system performance high. All memory not
> being used for process code, or process data, will be used FIFO for
> disk cacheing and buffering.
Um, Solaris behaves in the same way. HP-UX and most other Unix
derivatives should as well.
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: Barry Margolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: ln: Musty smell to its man page
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 04:13:06 GMT
In article <756533$k04$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There are real nasty directory traversal problems inherent in
>hard linking directories. It's not really a security issue,
>it's no more useful than symbolically linking, more dangerous.
>Root has to be able to do it or mkdir would fail (linking .
>and .. takes place in kernel space). Symbolic links don't
>even require that the name the link points to even exist.
Root doesn't really need to be able to do it any more. In old versions of
Unix, there was no mkdir(2) system call, so mkdir(1) was setuid and
depended on root being able to create the "." and ".." links. Modern
Unixes all have this system call, so the command is no longer setuid. I
doubt that much would break if root lost the ability to create hard links
to directories.
--
Barry Margolin, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GTE Internetworking, Powered by BBN, Burlington, MA
*** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups.
Don't bother cc'ing followups to me.
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From: "Adam P. Whitney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slackware screen clear on logout
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:07:22 -0600
Put the following line in your /etc/profile file.
trap /usr/bin/clear EXIT
Barry Grussling wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is their a way to make Slackware clear
> it's screen efficiently such as is done in RedHat
> when the exit or logout command is issued?
>
> Thanks.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Mading)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: 28 Dec 1998 23:08:49 -0600
Floyd Davidson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: David M. Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >On 25 Dec 1998 12:27:51 GMT, Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >
: >>It probably should be mentioned that normal users do not
: >>need the sbin directories in their PATH.
: >
: >If you use things like traceroute a lot it's nice to have these in your path.
: As I mentioned in another article, put it where it belongs.
The next time I'm actually creating an entire distribution (never),
I'll keep that in mind. Until then, we need to live with the distributions
as they are designed, because too much twiddling breaks upgradability and
compatability. If I am just adminning one machine, I don't mind pulling
tricks like that, but I don't want the hassle of trying to tweak lots of
machines that way.
--
Steve Mading: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.execpc.com/~madings
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Modem Software
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 03:10:57 GMT
Is there any software be it commercial or freeware that you can run under
Linux to use the modem as an answering machine, recieve faxes, forward
messages, call into to retrieve messages etc?? Thanks.. gkg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Mading)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: 28 Dec 1998 23:11:16 -0600
Martin Skj�ldebrand ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I don't think the argument holds really. Why can't you simply install
: a linked file in, say, /usr/local/bin that says "/opt/yadda/app &"?
: Then you only add /usr/local/bin to $PATH.
: Or am I missing something?
The fact that I can't be bothered to 'clean up' after every single program
installed like that. If we're talking thousands of programs, and the de
facto standard was already in place so that things install themselves
that way, then I'd have no problem. If I have to do it myself, then
forget it.
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Steve Mading: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.execpc.com/~madings
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