Linux-Misc Digest #566, Volume #18 Mon, 11 Jan 99 05:13:09 EST
Contents:
Is StarOffice available in .rpm format? [Red Hat Linux] (Mohammed Rezdwan)
Apache 1.3.3 - multiple cgi-bin/ dir's without ScriptAlias? (Chris)
Re: How do I partition a large HD under Redhat 5.2? (Thomas L|fgren)
listing all processes with "ps" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: window colors in X. . . (Janet)
Re: [Fwd: >>>matrox millinium g200 & Xconfigurator<<<] ("brent stone")
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Robato Yao)
linux: adabas oci linking error (Adam Caban)
What happened to blackdown.org (Java-Linux porting project?) ("Jesus M. Salvo Jr.")
Shouldn't fdisk know the size of the hard drive? ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Newbie Needs Linux Help [was: nasty comment about Linus] (Chris Wolfe)
Re: Help needed: corrupt mbr (Alister Forbes)
Help needed: corrupt mbr ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Upper case user name login with RH 5.1 ("Stephen M. Waite")
KDE and Keymappings HELP!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: XF68_FBDev fails to start (Nick Dreyer)
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From: Mohammed Rezdwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is StarOffice available in .rpm format? [Red Hat Linux]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:13:24 +0800
Hello there,
I'm interested in StarOffice 5.0, but I can't seem to
find it in .rpm format. Is there by any chance that
I can find it in .rpm format somewhere? Just tell me
the URL. Thanxx in advance.
F.Y.I.
Operating system: Red Hat Linux 5.2
Architechture: i386
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Apache 1.3.3 - multiple cgi-bin/ dir's without ScriptAlias?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 07:00:35 GMT
Thanks for bothering with me on this one...I think it's rather simple
but none of my attempts have worked.
I am running Apache 1.3.3 on RedHat Linux 5.1 (Manhattan) with kernel
2.0.35. I have successfully setup several user directories, and I
want each to have its own /cgi-bin/. Do I put a dir called "cgi-bin"
in the UserDir (for me it's /home/user/html) and put a ScriptAlias in
srm.conf. My question is this: can I setup a "directory mask" such as
/home/*/html/cgi-bin/ somewhere in the conf files for all user
cgi-bin/ directories? I plan on having MANY users on this system and
I do not want to overload my srm file with that many ScriptAlias
lines. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Chris
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How do I partition a large HD under Redhat 5.2?
From: Thomas L|fgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 11 Jan 1999 09:27:03 +0100
>>>>> "FD" == Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
FD> Typically the more RAM you have the less swap you need for any
FD> given set of processes to be run. A machine that typically
FD> runs 50Mb of processes but occasionally needs 200Mb (image
FD> editing is an example where that can happen) will crash if it
FD> has 64Mb of RAM and only 128Mb of swap. If it has 128Mb of
FD> RAM and 128MB of swap, or even 32Mb of RAM and 196Mb of swap,
FD> it will not crash.
According to my limited experience with running out of virtual memory,
nothing will "crash". What happens is that the malloc() calls fail,
and so any process that tries to allocate more memory will either
1) Avoid allocating more memory
2) Exit gracefully when it realizes no more memory can be allocated.
3) Crash and burn horribly
Note that 2 and 3 will free up all the memory that process has been
using, which means other processes will probably succeed in their
mallocs. 3 will only happen if the programmer didn't bother with good
programming style. GNU utilities will do 1 if possible (in
interactive programs), and 2 otherwise.
Tom
--
Wherever I lay my .emacs, that's my ${HOME}
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: listing all processes with "ps"
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 15:02:44 GMT
I'm coming from a SCO OpenServer background, and am trying to find an
equivalent for SCO's PS.
The main difference I've seen is that SCO's ps -e gives a list of every
process running. I've only been able to get the user-initiated processes
under Linux.
I've read the man page, but am wondering if I'm overlooking something.
Suggestions?
Thanks for your help,
Aaron Propes
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From: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: window colors in X. . .
Date: 11 Jan 1999 00:23:34 -0800
For fvwm, there is a file called system.fvwmrc (usually in /etc/X11/fvwm)
that specifies border colors for active and inactive windows, fonts, etc.
There is an analagous file (It may be called system.fvwm2rc) for fvwm2.
The .Xdefaults file in your home directory lets you edit the foreground
and background colors within the windows (you can set it up for xterm,
emacs, etc.).
Hope this helps...
Norvell Spearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This may be a stupidly trivial question, but here goes. . .
>
> I'm running Red Hat Linux 5.1 and using fvwm2 with AnotherLevel in
> XWindows. I finally figured out---more or less---how to change the
> colors of window borders, title bars, et cetera by editing my Mwm file
> under /etc/X11/AnotherLevel/decors. But I still can't find where to
> change, for example, the border color for *inactive* windows, the
> default window background color (something besides light grey), the
> default window menu font.
>
> Like I said, this kind of question may come across as extremely
> unimportant, but I'm mainly asking because it's like ``I can change half
> the options for XWindows, but can't find where to change the other
> half---shouldn't they be in at least the same directory?''
>
> Thanks for any help with this.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To reply, remove my opinion about
> unwanted e-mail from my address.
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From: "brent stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: [Fwd: >>>matrox millinium g200 & Xconfigurator<<<]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 01:32:41 -0700
I got it working just by downloading the SVGA server
mgag200 is the chipset, I believe
Alan McLean wrote in message ...
>David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> jisong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > thanks for your input... i just went to
>> > ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/XFree86/3.3.3/binaries/ and it seems like alot
to download
>> > for modem connection so i got the patch 3.3.2==>3.3.3, would that work
(i'm
>> > running redhat 5.2)? if it does, how do i install it? do i just
replace a
>> > current dir with the new one? thanks again for your help =8]
>>
>> No, for a redhat-5.2 system you should go to updates.redhat.com and
>> get the XFree86 packages from there.
>
>For a trouble free installation do what David said.
>
>You don't need to download all of the X rpms. The
>following are all you should need
>
> XFree86-3.3.3-1
> XFree86-libs-3.3.3-1
> XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.3-1
> XFree86-devel-3.3.3-1
> XFree86-VGA16-3.3.3-1
> XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3-1
> XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3-1
>
>If you are fortunate to have a largish monitor you may also
>want the 100dpi fonts.
>
>To install do
>
> rpm -Uvh XFree*
>
>then run
>
> XF86Setup
>
>when you select the video card (Millennium G200 8M/16M), also click
>on the advanced button, and make sure "VideoRam 8192" is listed
>in the box (or VideoRam 16384 if you have 16M), if it is not
>click on 8M or 16M (i.e. specifically tell it you have 8M/16M).
>
>There is a problem with autodetecting the video ram for the
>G100/G200, so this is the crucial step. You can read all
>about this at http://www.xfree86.org/ or in
>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.MGA after the installation.
>
>After you have saved and tested the configuration you can delete
>
> XFree86-VGA16-3.3.3-1
> XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3-1
>
>if you like, as they are only necessary to create your
>XF86Config.
>
>Also, XFree86-devel-3.3.3-1 is only really necessary if you
>will be developing/compiling any X apps, but you should
>keep it, as you will no doubt want to compile some.
>
>-amcl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robato Yao)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: 11 Jan 1999 07:25:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robato Yao)
In <#nvtpZpO#[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Netnerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>The latest consumer poll shows that 81 percent of consumers think Microsoft
>has been good for consumers, and 52 percent think the case was brought to
>help Microsoft's rivals.
>
>The poll also shows that 76 percent of consumers think U.S. District Judge
>Thomas Penfield Jackson should find Microsoft not guilty of violating the
>Sherman Antitrust Act when the trial concludes sometime in the next two or
>three months.
>
>The consumer has spoken, but will this affect Penfield Jackson�s rulings?
>Of course not, a biased and angry Penfield will rule against Microsoft on
>every count and impose the most severe penalty he believes possible. But
>not to worry, there is a contingency plan in place regardless the DOJ trial
>and appeals outcome. Long live Microsoft.
>
>
>
Guess where this crap is coming from.
Rgds,
Chris
(counting down from top 50 oxymorons...)
10. Tight slacks
9. Definite maybe
8. Pretty ugly
7. Twelve-ounce pound cake
6. Diet ice cream
5. Rap music
4. Working vacation
3. Exact estimate
2. Religious tolerance
And the NUMBER ONE top oxy-MORON
1. Microsoft Works
---From the Top 50 Oxymorons (thanks to Richard Kennedy)
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From: Adam Caban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux: adabas oci linking error
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:57:57 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hello..
I try to retranslate a program that uses oracle call interface functions
but the linking step fails. (Adabas 10.0 d / SuSE 6.0)
The "ocilnk" script of adabas includes the ocilib.a and some more libs
to call the compiler.
the sample:
/* testOCI */
#include <ociapr.h>
int main()
{
ologof(0); // just one OCI function
}
compiling step:
gcc -c testOCI.c -I$DBROOT/incl // is OK !
linking step:
ocilnk testOCI // error ! unreferences symbol (or funcion)
ologof
have someone an idea why ?
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From: "Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.help
Subject: What happened to blackdown.org (Java-Linux porting project?)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:47:21 +1100
Opening http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html says 'not found on this
server.'
While http://www.blackdown.org/ shows a discussion forum that is not
related to anything!
What happened?? I was suppose the download the VM for Linux from this
site.
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Shouldn't fdisk know the size of the hard drive?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 02:12:18 -0500
Before installing RH5.2 on my 10 Gb Hard Drive, I used Partition
Magic 4.0 to shrink the size of the original Win 98 partition down
to 7 Gb, intending to install RH5.2 on the upper 3 Gb.
During the RH5.2 installation, fdisk reported only 1024 cylinders
on this HD, which, with LBA, has 1240 cylinders, and I had to go
into fdisk's 'expert mode' and change the number to 1240 to
complete the installation.
Both Win 98 and Linux seem to boot and run satisfactorally,
but if I run either fdisk or cfdisk to read the partition info, I have
to specify the number of cylinders each time. I thought that
once I originally set up the partitions with fdisk this number would
be written somewhere on the disk. Partition Magic 4.0 seems to
have no trouble determining the actual size of the HD.
Is there something flaky about my partitions or do fdisk/cfdisk
exhibit this same behavior in all RH5.2 installations on large HDs ?
Regards,
Charles Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Chris Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newbie Needs Linux Help [was: nasty comment about Linus]
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:45:51 -0500
"Omni�" wrote:
>
> Chris Wolfe wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >He didn't say mouse, he said mouse driver. Windows will often (always?)
> >require a reboot to initialize a new mouse driver. A mouse is also not
> >Plug and Play: COM ports have always been hot swappable; though the old
>
> win 98 loads a generic mouse driver at boot up
> and when you auto detect for one
> it loads it without a re-boot
> try it and see for yourself
Then it is often, and not always. Will 98 switch from one third-party
driver to another without a reboot? Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, and NT4 all
have to be restarted before that will use the new driver.
> >MS GUIs had to be restarted before they would notice the change.
> >
> >>>LOL. Now here's a statement worth arguing about, but since you're so
> >hot in
> >>>programming, try recompiling the NT kernel to leave out support for
> >PCMCIA
> >>>cards. It can be a little tricky, but since you're such a programmer it
> >>>shouldn't be a problem.
> >> would you like some help in that dept?
> >> its not as hard as you think
>
> I didnt say that you needed to recompile anything to disable pcmcia support
> for NT , all I said was that it can be done , and I offered to help him do
> it
> if he wants it
He said "try recompiling the NT kernel to leave out support for PCMCIA
cards"
You said "would you like some help in that dept? its not as hard as you
think once your used to it. I guess the same argument goes for unix"
Two explanations I say for that answer:
1) You had no idea what a kernel is, and were trying to cover it.
2) You misread, misinterpreted, or downright ignored the question.
(see below)
> >> once your used to it
> >> I guess the same arguement goes for unix
> >
> >I think we are having a terminology conflict. For future reference: most
> >people will not flame you for asking what a word like kernel means.
> >
> >The kernel is the core of the operating system, like command.com is for
> >DOS and Windows. The term recompiling the kernel includes:
>
> fwiw I have written my own OS , command interpreter and all hardware
> drivers
> file handlers , mem manager as a self exersise in 1987.
> want a copy?
Then I apologize for guessing 1 above. And no I do not want your code. I
happen to have the full source to an operating system generated by the
legal, collective efforts of thousands of people; it's called Linux.
> >a) changing the Makefile, or other project file, to include the parts
> >you want
> >b) compiling the source code into binary format
> >c) installing the compiled kernel to the existing system
> >
> >Please give me the directory, on the public distribution of Windows,
>
> I think we are having a terminology conflict. For future reference: we will
> not post anything with the word NT in it
NT: "New Technology" commonly employed by MS to refer to anything that
is new to Windows.
> actually DOS source is available , and so is win 3.0 source
> if you know where to look
Pay, Borrow, or Steal. The first is expensive, the second two are
illegal. I did say public, and from there you can infer free and legal.
Come to think of it, never mind, I can work from the Linux sources
anyway.
> >where I can get the source code for the system. I would like to remove
> >loadable module support and compile in the drivers I need for my system;
>
> write your own drivers , I do
> most hardware manufacturers are more than willing to supply specs ,
> if not start from the end and work ur way to the beginning
> heard of reverse engineering?
My point is: everything under Windows is a loadable module. There is no
support for building anything into any sort of kernel, be they the
commercial drivers or ones you write yourself.
Yes reverse engineering; I think it is mentioned in most license
agreements in the context of "I will not" Right next to the point where
you agree that you will not redistribute the product, and will not make
more than one copy, which is to be used for backup purposes only.
> >P.S. No one asked for a Ph.D. in english, but try to avoid offending
> >people that can help you.
>
> I only offend dickheads like yourself
> arrrogant know_ it_ alls
> self proffessed kings of the NG like yourself
I don't mean to steal your thunder, but there are a lot of people you
offended with your first post and your later language. There are kids
reading these posts whose parents would be very worried by the language
you insist in employing in your messages.
One major advantage to writing in correct english is that people will:
A) not complain about it
B) not flame you for it
C) not laugh at you for it
D) respect your opinion
E) pick option 2 way, way above
And so far, I have noticed that none of A through E have happened to you
in the responses to your messages.
Chris
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From: Alister Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help needed: corrupt mbr
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:29:22 +0000
run fdisk /mbr from a boot disk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi, I have a Dell XPi Laptop with 800Mb hard drive, I had SuSe 5.3 running
> with LILO. On a rebuild to install NT so a friend could use it while his NT
> box was u/s I fdisked and formatted using win95 boot disk, a Win 98 Boot disk
> and Partition Magic. But on boot it does not load into the C: drive , it
> hangs with 'LI' on the screen.
>
> Is there a way to recover the MBR or a utility availabe?
>
> Regards
>
> Simon
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Help needed: corrupt mbr
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:06:57 GMT
Hi, I have a Dell XPi Laptop with 800Mb hard drive, I had SuSe 5.3 running
with LILO. On a rebuild to install NT so a friend could use it while his NT
box was u/s I fdisked and formatted using win95 boot disk, a Win 98 Boot disk
and Partition Magic. But on boot it does not load into the C: drive , it
hangs with 'LI' on the screen.
Is there a way to recover the MBR or a utility availabe?
Regards
Simon
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From: "Stephen M. Waite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Upper case user name login with RH 5.1
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 10:12:26 -0500
RH 5.1 has stumped me. When I sign on at the console with a user name
that is all upper case there is no problem. However, when I do the same
at a terminal RH 5.1 spits out a warning to please use lower case. Is
this a gettydefs problem?
"If your terminal supports lower case letters please use them. Please
login with lower case letters if possible."
If I ignore the warning I can sign on.
So there is really no major problem except for letting the users on my
system know that I am far from the realm of Linus Torvalds.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: KDE and Keymappings HELP!!!
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:31:59 GMT
I have a gateway 2150 notebook and it does not have a standard key map under
the linux conf so I was tring to use modkey to change this although when I
restarted my machine the keys initially had swapped around yet when KDE
starts the old keys come back into force. Please help any suggestions greatly
received
Thanks
Toby Coleridge
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Dreyer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: XF68_FBDev fails to start
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:52:19 GMT
On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:32:17 -0400, "Grant Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wroth:
>Make sure that XF68_FBDev is set as executable
>chmod +x /usr/lib/X11/XF68_FBdev
>
Oh -- That certainly helps :)
Thanks for pointing out such a simple, but easy to overlook problem!
Now at least the XF68_FBdev server starts . . . but fails soon after with
following message:
Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/fb0 (Operation not supported by device)
http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee/bansheeFAQS.html#number10
makes some suggestions for overcoming this very error, however I have
everything set up as it says I should.
Could it be that my Paradise Pipeline 64 card with Westrn Digital 9710 Chip is
not adequately VESA compliant, or is there something else on the software side
I can try before goving up on this card and going for a more reputable piece
of hardware?
>Nick Dreyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>Video Chip is WD9710 (on Paradise Pipeline 64 card with 1MB RAM).
>>
>>Installed Linux 2.1.132 (on top of a Debian 2.0.34 system), created Frame
>>Buffer device /dev/fb0 as described in
>http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee/,
>>but xinit comes back with message:
>>
>>exec of /usr/lib/X11/XF68_FBdev failed.
>>
>>The executable is there, extracted from
>>http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee/XF68_FBDev.libc6.tar.gz.
>>
>>I have no idea what to look for now. Any and all suggestions will be
>greatly
>>appreciated.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>|\|.
>
>
|\|.
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I'm not black, but there's a whole lotsa times Great Midwestern hardware store
I wish I could say I'm not white. Philosophy that turns away
(1965, Frank Zappa in Trouble Every Day From those who aren't afraid to say
-> Freak Out) What's on their mind -- The left
behinds
Of The Great Society.
(1965, Frank Zappa in Hungry
Freaks, Daddy
-> Freak Out)
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