Linux-Misc Digest #637, Volume #18 Sat, 16 Jan 99 07:13:24 EST
Contents:
Disk accessing (Andrew Harris)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (David Kastrup)
Re: Netscape 4.5 & Acroread 3.02. . . (Robert Lynch)
Re: FoxPro for SCO UNIX & linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (Colin Day)
Re: need better info on settting up SAMBA (Omegaman)
FoxPro for SCO UNIX & linux
Netscape, print current page errors (Michael Gens)
Samba / smbfs (Stefan Meier)
Re: Oracle/Linux connect internal question (Philippe Nave)
Does XFree support AGP chipsets? ("Bruce Merry (Entropy)")
Linux USENET Groups At COMPUTERCRAFT (COMPUTERCRAFT)
The most threads I've seen... ("Joseph M. Linington")
kernel and loadlin... (Umberto Michelucci)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (John Thompson)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (John Thompson)
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From: Andrew Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disk accessing
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:26:03 +0000
I don't know if this is a good place to be posting this message but you
should all be pretty up on this kind of information.
For some work I am doing into designing a filestore from scratch I need
to be able to write my own device driver for the disk, since all the
Linux source code was available on line and well documented I thought
that this might be a good place to start, to get some ideas for how I
might do this. Unfortunately my feeble grasp of coding is not up to the
task of just reading it. So I wondered if any of you lot might be able
to point me in the direction of some good texts on the subject, or even
be able to give me some names of people I might contact for this kind of
work.
What I would like to do is just take the parts of the source code that I
need and re-use it for my own purposes, but, as I say, its all a bit
beyond me.
Anyway, thanks in advance for any help and if any of you would like more
information then don't hesitate to e-mail me.
Cheers
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From: David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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: 12 Jan 1999 13:58:18 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree) writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] allegedly wrote:
>
> [SNIP]
>
> >man, these Linux geeks have to get out more and learn about the real world
> >to find what people use computers for!
>
> YOU mean to tell ME that /I/ am the /ONLY/ one who bought for heating
> purposes?!?! <G>
Linux sucks for heating purposes as it puts the processor into "HALT"
state whenever it has nothing to do.
For heating purposes, Windows 95 is the much more useful platform (as
opposed to NT which also HALTs the processor). Does anybody know
whether a system crash can accidetally put Windows 95 into HALT mode,
or does it heat reliably also in that situation?
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Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +49-234-709-4209
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:57:54 -0800
From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.5 & Acroread 3.02. . .
Norvell Spearman wrote:
>
> Has anyone gotten the acroread plugin to work with Netscape 4.5? Every
> time I try viewing a pdf file using Netscape 4.5 and the plugin supplied
> by acroread, Communicator pukes on the rug and I get a core dump.
> Thanks for any help with this.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To reply, remove my opinion about
> unwanted e-mail from my address.
I had a problem with NS 3.01 and the plugin. No core dumps, it just
didn't work. I believe it is a library problem, because when I used the
NS fix at:
http://members.eunet.at/theofilu/
to make NS more stable on Java pages, to my surprise, suddenly the
plug-in started working.
YMMV. Bob L.
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Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.best.com/~rmlynch/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FoxPro for SCO UNIX & linux
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 08:21:21 GMT
On 15 Jan 1999 08:31:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
> it's possible (using iBCS)? i can't get it work :( but badly needed..
>
> (MS FoxPro 2.6 for SCO Xenix/UNIX & RH 5.2 2.0.36)
>
> thnx
> al
You may also try FlagShip which produces native executables for Linux (and
dozens other Unices). Free test drives are on http://www.fship.com
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From: Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 04:20:50 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> JAD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Whether Bill Gates is the ultimate businessman or not I don't know -
> > maybe
> > this Microsoft show isn't really his doing, but rather the work of his
> > adviser. I don't think you and I are in a position to determine this. He
> > has had success in his business, obviously, at least if success is
> > limited
> > to mean 'hoarding a lot of money'. But this may be like saying that
> > 'Hitler
> > was the ultimate war lord' because he had a lot of military success -
> > now
> > we know something about that ended, and what is really left of his
> > success?
> > (NB: I'm not here comparing the person Hitler with the person Bill
> > Gates!)
> >
> > And I don't think Gates is a genius either. Genius is more than just
> > being
> > an intelligent opportunist - think about eg Einstein. He was obviously
> > very
> > intelligent, but maybe not as much as eg. Bohr or a lot of others - but
> > he
> > was able to edge his way past the limitations in the model of the world
> > that
> > he had learned and accepted as true, to find a solution that in fact is
> > surprisingly simple, even if most of us find it difficult to understand.
> >
> > Gates, on the other hand, has not achieved his success by other means
> > than
> > the traditional - after all, his trick is just to sell SW in the same
> > way
> > you sell shampoo and other luxury items. This is not genius, just bad
> > moral.
> >
> > /jan
> >
>
> Gasoline cars exists since the last century in Germany, but was Henry Ford
> that made it in a widely available thing with the production line.
>
> With milions of Model T on the streets the Oil industry grown up very fast,
> creating the richest man of this century, Rockfeller.
>
> The personal computer is the equivalent in our time to the Ford T, and Window$
> the �Gasoline� that makes them work. Any similarity between Micro$hit and
> Standard Oil is NOT coincidence.
>
> Bento
>
> "If you can't find on the 'Net...
> ... it doesn't exist."
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
Rockefeller was wealthy long before Ford massed produced cars. Standard Oil
was a huge 19th-century firm. Rockefeller was a billionaire before Ford was.
Colin Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Omegaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: need better info on settting up SAMBA
Date: 14 Jan 1999 21:59:08 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeffrey Greer) writes:
(courtesy copy mailed)
> I have the network card recognized and set to eth0, ip address
> 223.223.223.1. The nt box is set to ip 223.223.223.0. I have the
> netmasks on both machines set to 255.255.0.0. NT won't accept a
> netmask of 255.255.255.0. Do I need to change the netmasks or ip's?
No, but you should change the IP of the NT box. 223.223.223.0 is
the NETWORK address so it should not be used for an individual host
interface. That is why NT won't accept your netmask setting. The
BROADCAST address for the network is 223.223.223.255. These are
standard TCP/IP conventions. Some programs expect these settings to
be the case.
I know you don't want to hear this again, but read through the
Networking-Overview Howto and the NET3-Howto for more info on this.
Networking-Overview will give you an easy intro. NET3 introduces the
ifconfig and route commands to set up your NIC.
> Do I need to run ypserv for dns, what about ypbind?
Nope. these are for NIS, the Network information service. you need
only configure resolv.conf for simple name service.
/etc/resolv.conf
domain communique.net
nameserver 204.27.64.10
nameserver 204.27.64.11
namservers provided by my ISP. you probably already have this setup
though since you're utilizing PPP.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: FoxPro for SCO UNIX & linux
Date: 15 Jan 1999 08:31:23 GMT
it's possible (using iBCS)? i can't get it work :( but badly needed..
(MS FoxPro 2.6 for SCO Xenix/UNIX & RH 5.2 2.0.36)
thnx
al
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From: Michael Gens <"Michael.Gens"@TU- Berlin.DE>
Subject: Netscape, print current page errors
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:36:46 -0700
Hi there!
Almost every time I click print button to print a
certain page (with different contents) the following message window
appears:
Netscape: subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stderr)
lpr: stdin: empty input file
If I try this twice Netscape "shuts down" automatically so I have to
restart it.
On this "certain page" runs a java application with a graphical city
map to search for a certain street.
Use Communicator 4.5 and Linux 2.0.35 (S.u.S.E distribution).
Can somebody help?
Thanks in advance!
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-)
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From: Stefan Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Samba / smbfs
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:24:19 GMT
Hi folks,
I have the following prob using samba on a linux box (Kernel 2.0.36,=20
SuSE 6.0) ...
When I mount samba shares via network, the share gets mounted but the=20
directory is unreadable (access rights d--------) ...
When I try to smbumount the share, I get the error message=20
=BB=B4mount-point=B4 probably not smb-filesystem=AB ...
Where am I wrong?
Thx for your help,
Stefan
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From: Philippe Nave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Oracle/Linux connect internal question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 09:58:11 GMT
David Sisk wrote:
>
> Hi Unix Gurus:
>
> I've got Oracle8 for Linux installed and working (at least, most of
> it, anyway). I can connect internal using svrmgrl while logged into
> the O/S as the oracle user (the account owning the software), but if
> I try connecting internal while signed into the O/S as myself,
> svrmgrl asks for the internal password. The ORACLE_HOME/bin path
> and environment variables are set for both the oracle user and my
> own userid.
Hmmm... I'm relatively new to Linux, but I've been hammering away with
Oracle on Solaris for quite a while. The first thing I wonder is
whether you've got your Oracle instance set up for host authentication
(that is, using the Unix login name as your security mechanism and
just popping straight into Oracle without a password). If that is the
case, it may be that your personal account is not set up the same way
in the Oracle database as the 'oracle user' account. We tinkered
around with host authentication here for a while, but we don't use it
for production work because we don't want to screw with odd behaviors
like the one you describe (works under one account but not another,
etc. etc.)
The situation you describe doesn't sound like a simple Unix permission
problem or anything, since you say that svrmgrl actually wakes up and
then asks for the internal password. This, to me, points to something
subtle within the Oracle security enforcement mechanism (and that led
me immediately to ask about whether you're doing host authentication).
Reply by mail, if you want to.. I dip in and out of these groups on
a pretty irregular basis...
Philippe
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From: "Bruce Merry (Entropy)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Does XFree support AGP chipsets?
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:58:45 +0200
Hi
I'm going to be upgrading my video card RSN. I've noticed that all the
AGP cards seem to require Win95 OSR 2.1, not bad old 95a. I'm wondering
if XFree (I'm using 3.3.1, but I don't mind upgrading to 3.3.3.1) also
has a problem with AGP chipsets.
Thanks
Bruce
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From: COMPUTERCRAFT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux USENET Groups At COMPUTERCRAFT
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 06:24:40 -0500
A VAST number of Linux USENET groups can now be
read through the LINUX section at COMPUTERCRAFT.
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http://www.computercraft.com
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From: "Joseph M. Linington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: The most threads I've seen...
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 06:34:26 +0000
The message posted about public poles about microsoft really created
alot of threads and all to establish what? I Hate what M$ has imposed on
the user and devoloper alike and much prefer Linux on it's technical
merits and it's price but I have to concede to the fact that both
operating system have thier points (albeit few for microsoft). The only
point I can see for M$ that is still in the works for linux is the user
friendliness of the system. Linux is wonderful in that what has and is
happening with M$ and the controvercy surrounding it cannot happen to
Linux. Linux could be on every computer in the world and no single
company could control the market (theoretically speaking). This causes
the rapid fire development of Linux that we have experienced in the last
couple of years in both applications and the OS itself as each
distributor wants to gain an edge over others. If it matters to anyone I
believe that M$ will have to soon admit the existance of Linux and
support it to an extent if it plans to survive. Due to the migration of
applications over to from other large software firms the little OS that
could (and do it better than windoze) is starting to bite into the large
industries share of the market(albeit not a large bite yet). Together
with the continued and rapid development of free applications for Linux
and the large efforts to make Linux more user friendly (KDE etc.) I
believe that Linux will soon bite into the M$ share much more than M$
would like to admit. This will in turn force M$ to support Linux to
survive. Other factors that will contribute to this is the fact that
their is no main stream computer that I can think of that Linux will not
operate on. Linux is still young when it comes to standards but as
they're developed Linux will become an industry standard simply because
of it's ability to be a server, a client, and a standalone system all
with varying degrees of hardware (therefore being reachable and usable
in all computing areas). Microsoft made a grave mistake that will soon
be it's undoing in choosing to develop from single user up to server
OS's where Linux reverses the approach, making a very stable system that
is very robust. Linux also has the point of simple (compared to M$) and
very stremlined code. Believe it or not I am a developer that develops
code specificly and only for Windows but I am learning to adapt because
I see Linux as able to take over the lion's share of the computing
industry within the next 5-10 years and at least becoming a major player
that will need to be supported for me to remain competitive as a
developer. Corel has seen the light, Intel, Oracle, Netscape and several
other companies as well. One day M$ will either wake up or fade away.
Linux is here to stay. Linux is the next cycle in computing. (IBM being
the first and MS being the second) MS will simply have to adapt as IBM
has. All things must come to an end. Some sooner than others. Who is to
say whether it is right or better. I just have my opinions and views to
make choices on. I choose Linux.
Linux is the Operating System:
For the people,
By the people,
Of the people.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Umberto Michelucci)
Subject: kernel and loadlin...
Date: 16 Jan 1999 11:23:33 GMT
Hi to all and thanks in advance for your help.
I have a question. I have two hard drive on my system on on there is W95
and on the other Linux Slackware 3.6. I am using Loadlin now and I have a
question. I want to recompile the kernel to add sound support, when I will
have the newly compiled kernel is enough to put the image in the DOS
directory and call it with loadlin? Or is it necessary to put the image
also in the / directory in the root partition of Linux?
By the way is there someway a collection of precompiled kernels (I ama bit
lazy...) maybe with sound support on it?
Thanks in advance all the answer are welcome!
Umberto Michelucci
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Phone: (+49) 821 598 3711 Institut fuer Physik
Fax: (+49) 821 598 3725 D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/theo3
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Thompson)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 22:53:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Renate Meijer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>The Mac's GUI is *still* the GUI to beat.
Only with those who haven't seen or used the OS/2 Workplace
Shell...
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Thompson)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 22:52:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett W.
McCoy) writes:
>On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:51:17 GMT, Lou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Unix was (is) for serious computer users, an OS made for and by
>>scientists and engineers who don't have a ton of time to be blasting
>>space aliens.
>Actually, some of the earliest computer games were written under Unix.
Yes, indeed. I was amused to find that the Trek text game I
first played on PDP-11/20 teletype back in the mid 1970's was
still alive and well and virtually unchanged in linux. As is
Colossal Cave (Adventure) and others...
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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