Linux-Misc Digest #644, Volume #18 Sat, 16 Jan 99 19:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: R/W CD as backup option? (steve mcadams)
Re: R/W CD as backup option? (steve mcadams)
Re: [Root@localhost /root#] stuck. (Johan Kullstam)
Re: AutoPPP and pppd server (Clifford Kite)
Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND idiot-friendly?
(brian moore)
loading zipdrive support: parport , parport_pc,sd_mod, ppa (Onion Ok)
Re: kernel 2.2.0pre7 can't find map file (Gary Momarison)
Re: /dev/dsp What the.... (Ivo Naninck)
XFree86 and my Cirrus Logic GD5434 ("Steven")
Re: Linux Free (Robert Barnes)
Re: Netscape, date and current URL on printed page (Gary Momarison)
Re: Relocate '/' after replacing HDD (Paul Hughett)
Re: Dell Latitude CPi300XT + Linux (RedHat 5.2) (Steve Dunham)
Lilo Config ("User")
Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march? (Brian Newman)
Partitions (Mark Robinson)
How do I keep junk out of message log? (Thomas Boggs)
Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND idiot-friendly?
(Peter Sch�ller)
Re: Help with printer woes (Geoff Allsup)
Re: Are conditional symbolic links possible? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cannot talk to /dev/cua1, which is a modem (and NOT a winmodem). (zentara)
Modem question? (Turgut Durduran)
Re: 2.2.0pre7 boot error that won't go away (Frank Hale)
Re: SpreadSheets (Matthias Warkus)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve mcadams)
Subject: Re: R/W CD as backup option?
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:13:51 GMT
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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 15:17:58 +0000, "Kerry J. Cox"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Has anyone else tried this? Any input on what might be involved in
>getting somethig like this to function?
I use a similar strategy to back up my NT-server installation. I use
PowerQuest's DriveImage to compress it one drive at a time, then I
burn each onto a CDR.
Norton's Ghost provides a similar drive-compression function and it
also understands Ext2 and other Linux partitions. I tried to buy a
copy of Ghost last month and they only had multi-user licenses, but
the guy said they would probably offer a single-user version after the
first of the year (I need to call them again one of these days).
The nice thing about this whole strategy is that you can make the
CDR's bootable. I have a set of bootable CDR backups in my
safe-deposit box at the bank, with which I can restore my system from
naked drives in less than an hour.
Be aware that there is a definite minimum rate at which you can
deliver data to a device that is burning a CDR. If you don't supply
data fast enough, you'll have underruns and will have to do the job
over again. If you're going to do backups on the fly, you'll probably
need to use a staging drive strategy unless you want to risk
underruns. -steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve mcadams)
Subject: Re: R/W CD as backup option?
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:13:53 GMT
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On 15 Jan 1999 00:53:56 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell) wrote:
>It is hard to beat tapes for full system backups
I disagree, try the following experiment to see why.
1. Record the same data on 2 tapes and 2 CDRs.
2. Take 1 tape and 1 CDR and place them both in an oven at. say, 300
degrees farenheight.
3. Next take 1 tape and 1 CDR and place them both in close proximity
with a strong magnetic field.
4. Now see how many of the 4 you can get your data from.
My guess is either 1 (CDR not cooked) or 2 (CDR either way), but you
might get lucky with your tape if you keep the temp low enough in the
oven.
If you're just going through a restoration-of-faith ritual by loading
a mag tape, waiting for it to spin, then blessing it and calling your
data secure, then I guess I'd have to agree that nothing is quite as
good as mag tape. <G> -steve
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Tools for programmers: http://www.codetools.com/showcase
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Subject: Re: [Root@localhost /root#] stuck.
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16 Jan 1999 17:43:41 -0500
cyberbabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi..
> Got Linux installed...however during the install it only asked me my
> password and had to re-enter it again. Now it's installed and
> booting...it's asking for Login..reading posts I figured out I can type
> Root and then the password that I initally used during installation.
> Everything worked except after typing the password, the "prompt" says
> [root@localhost /root#] . I'm stuck I dont know what number to type..I
> think I've tried entering everything in the book by que I bought..Please
> help..
yes. this is the infamous command line prompt. you can type commands
here. the first thing to do would be to make yourself a normal user
account. use adduser or useradd or whatever they are calling it these
days. most of your time will be spent as a normal user. you don't
want to run around as superuser all the time.
--
Johan Kullstam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clifford Kite)
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.comp.linux.isp
Subject: Re: AutoPPP and pppd server
Date: 16 Jan 1999 16:26:41 -0600
Alan Baker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I've installed Redhat 5.1 for use as a small dialup PPP server. Dialout
: PPP works fine, but inbound /AutoPPP/ calls will not stay connected. A
: Win95/Win98 caller can connect and log in, but immediately gets the
: dreaded "cannot negotiate a set of protocols" message. An OS/2 dialer
: gets similar results without the message.
:
: On the dialer side, TCP/IP is the only protocol requested. On the Linux
: side, mgetty takes the call and PAP validates the user successfully, but
: then the caller drops the session almost immediately. The Linux box is a
: standalone, not networked to anything else currently.
:
: /var/logs/messages isn't very revealing even with debug and kdebug 7. How
: can I determine what's going on here and why the negotiation fails?
I would try looking in /var/log/debug where the pppd negotiation
messages usually go, unless RedHat has it's own ideas in that regard.
You can check on this by looking in /etc/syslog.conf for something like
"*.=debug /var/log/debug" and reading "man syslog.conf" to get details.
--
Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not a guru. (tm)
/* Those who can't write, write manuals. */
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND
idiot-friendly?
Date: 15 Jan 1999 19:14:23 GMT
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 07:34:24 GMT,
MalkContent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Since the demise of commercially available Dos - based software,
> I have been stuck with adjusting to Windoze.
Ick.
> I don`t have a really snazzy job, I work in a warehouse.
> I however am a consumer. I buy things I can use.
That's good.
> Having just bought RedHat 5.2, I thought I was going to shit a horse!
Sounds painful.
> This stuff is user tolerant. That's it.
No, it's actually userfriendly but picky about who its friends are.
> (unless of course you're one of the tech-elite...cos this discussion keeps
> degrading into elitist convo.)
By some. Linux is in many ways a People's OS. It's not controlled by
a bunch of programmers making millions in stock options. It's
controlled by anyone and everyone. This leads to equality.
Certainly not everyone is born knowing their way around IRQs and DMA
channels and other junk. For those who don't, though, that's why the
Linux newsgroups and mailing lists exist: education is free and good. :)
For those that don't want to learn, well, they'll have to find someone
to set up their system for them. This will get easier as it becomes
easier to buy Linux preinstalled.
> aIts a pain in the backside to mount then unmount a CDROM.
> even though it looks like :
> mount dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/blahblahblah
That's only because mount doesn't know anything about it.
If you train mount to know about it, it's as easy as "mount /cdrom".
I have in my /etc/fstab:
/dev/hdd /cdrom iso9660 user,auto,ro,nosuid,nodev 1 1
> Most users probably agree that that's a whole bunch of extra effort.
> If Linux is so great as described, why's it so painful for the john doe to use?
>
> Windoze is a necessary evil - access for the uninformed, or unwilling
>
> Masochists (like myself) grab Linux out of a box, and find there's a whole
> boatload of tweaking we need to do to use it. john doe won't.
A lot of those John Does, though, are in business settings: they don't
do any of the needed tweaking or maintainance that Windows requires
there, but instead rely on IS types to do their installs and periodic
format/reinstalls, etc.
The 'total cost of ownership' of Windows is insane for a business. The
constant maintainance that is needed is expensive.
--
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: Onion Ok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.dev.kernel,linux.redhat.misc,nl.comp.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux,redhat.kernel.general,redhat.general,linux.redhat
Subject: loading zipdrive support: parport , parport_pc,sd_mod, ppa
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:30:22 +0000
Hi,
I'm trying to get my zipdrive running and also being able to print, so
in make xconfig I configured to load as modules: parport, parport_pc,
sd_mod, ppa and lp . But when I do this I need to do insmod driver
everytime I startup. If I configure these devices as "y" in make xconfig
then when I startup I can't use the zipdirve and printer at all and the
sdax support isn't there either. So now I compiled the kernel with the
devices as modules and I made file which does insmod for all the
devices, that file is in my /etc/profile.
My question is: It must be possible that the kernel can load these
devices him self, but how?
Can anyone tell me what to do?
Thank you!
Greetings,
Jurrien
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.2.0pre7 can't find map file
Date: 15 Jan 1999 12:13:53 -0800
Frank Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have 2.2.0pre7 loaded on my RedHat 5.2 box and everything is good. I
> upgraded my modutils package to modutils-2.1.121. I also recompiled it
> for my glibc version.
>
> I get the following errors on boot
>
> Jan 15 00:29:16 FranksPC kernel: Cannot find map file.
> Jan 15 00:29:16 FranksPC kernel: Error seeking in /dev/kmem
> Jan 15 00:29:16 FranksPC kernel: Error adding kernel module table entry.
>
>
> But the system is fine. All my modules load. PPP works, I can dial up to
> my ISP, mount drives, use my sound card. No other error but that.
>
> I copied the System.map to the /boot directory after I compiled
> 2.2.0-pre7 and I created the symlink. But I can't get rid of that error.
You didn't say you reran "lilo". Do it so the boot record knows where
the new map file is located.
I was wondering about that myself. After installing 2.2.0-pre6, I almost
did "rpm -e kernel", but that probably would have removed the map files.
So where are they supposed to come from. The kernel tarball I think has
one (or makes one), but it doesn't install it. What gives? I'm still
using this: /boot/System.map -> System.map-2.0.31 and it seems OK.
--
Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: Ivo Naninck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/dsp What the....
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:33:13 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Same sound-card in both machines too?
SB-compatibles are not always SB-compatible, see
/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/Readme.cards
I just (this afternoon) installed a true SB16 and it worked within half
an hour. Found DAP on the Internet and played .wav files succesfully.
Be aware, SB16 != SB16-compatibles on every occasion!
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have a slight problem with my wifes computer.
> I rebuilt the kernel so I would have sound with my
> soundblaster compatible card but I still get no sound.
>
> I have built the same thing into the kernel on my own
> machine and everything works fine. But not hers.
>
> I tried sending a .wav file to the card using:
> cat sound.wav > /dev/dsp
> and am told that there is no such device or address.
>
> I checked the /dev directory and dsp is there with
> the 666 permissions.
>
> Does anyone have an idea what may be going on here?
>
> Thanks
--
Best regards, and don't let the bits byte!
Ivo Naninck.
~
~
:wq!
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From: "Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree86 and my Cirrus Logic GD5434
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:54:30 -0800
I am having a problem with my resolutions. I would put my resolution into
800 x 600 and it would look like 640 x 480 in windows and then 1024 x 768
interlaced (only option I can use that will work) everything is really
small, and with 800 x 600 everything is huge. Can some one please help me?
Thanx
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From: Robert Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Free
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 17:53:13 -0500
Actually,
If you have a great big network pipe and alot of time, you
can download the entire RedHat distribution for free.
www.redhat.com
-bob
Ivo Naninck wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The short answer here is:
> Yes, Linux is free, as in "no money to pay for Linux, but for the
> distribution"...
> Try www.altavista.com, search for Linux.
> :-)))
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Is there anyone who can help me to find a free Linux Operational system? Is
> > that true its a freeware soff?
> >
> > Please help me!!!
>
> --
> Best regards, and don't let the bits byte!
> Ivo Naninck.
> ~
> ~
> :wq!
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape, date and current URL on printed page
Date: 15 Jan 1999 11:58:05 -0800
Michael Gens <"Michael.Gens"@TU- Berlin.DE> writes:
> Hi there!
>
> Formerly I used Netscape on MS OS. Than I' ve got current date, URL and
> page number on printed pages
> (upper or/and lower areas on pages).
> I 've been changing to Linux and these informations doesn't appear
> anymore!
> Use Communicator 4.5 and Linux 2.0.35 , S.u.S.E. - Distribution.
>
> Can I adjust this (formerly) behavior? ... how?
Probably not easily. You can get a date and page number by hacking
your print (lpr) setup (filters), but you'll have to do some reading.
I wouldn't be suprised if Netscape has a "%x" (where "x" is unknown)
gizmo that you could pass a URL to a custom print command in the NS
print form, but I don't know where the "%x"s are documented. You
could look in the Mozzila source and let us know. Ha Ha.
--
Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Hughett)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Relocate '/' after replacing HDD
Date: 15 Jan 1999 19:57:10 GMT
Howard Arons ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I am planning to replace the small HDD where my / partition and swap
: partition are located (along with a Win95 FAT-16 partition for Win swap
: and misc stuff) with a bigger HDD. Here is how I plan to do it.
If your hardware will permit it, I would recommend installing both
disks simultaneously, using the old system to set up the new system,
booting up the new system, figuring why it doesn't boot, booting the
old system and using it to fix whatever you did wrong, and repeating
as necessary. As I've hinted, having a known good old system makes it
much easier to recover after shooting yourself in the foot.
: Does anyone see any (hidden) danger here?
: 1. Tar the / filesystem to my /opt partition on a 2nd HDD. "Mount"
: shows 49041 blocks used for / and 79838 blocks available on /opt. I
: will exclude /proc from the tar file. I do not have access to a tape
: unit.
I don't think that tar will correctly handle /dev either; at least, it
never seems to have worked for me. Either use MAKDEV to recreate the
/dev directory or (rumor says) use cpio to copy the /dev directory.
: 2. Remove old HDD, install new HDD, set up Linux ext2 partition and
: Linux swap partition with Linux fdisk.
: 3. Using boot/rescue disks, untar to the new / partition. Modify
: fstab to reflect the new partition /dev names where necessary. Add a
: /proc directory under / with mkdir.
Use MAKDEV to create /dev.
: 4. Boot Linux with loadlin as usual.
: Where can I go wrong?
I'm sure there's something that both of us have overlooked, so make
sure you always have a way of backing out to a working system. Good
luck!
Paul Hughett
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From: Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Dell Latitude CPi300XT + Linux (RedHat 5.2)
Date: 16 Jan 1999 18:14:33 -0500
Michael Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Glad to hear it wasn't impossible. I had endless trouble (not) getting
> redhat 5.2 to run on a Dell Xpi p90. The display split and switched
> sides, the cd was not recognizable and nothing (win95, that is) worked
> right for days afterward. Couldn't even get far enough along to see what
> else didn't work. I'm waiting until I get a new machine which I know
> will be compatible before I try it again.
Add "no-scroll" to the kernel options when you boot. (I believe this
problem goes away with the 2.2.x kernels.)
I've used RedHat and Debian on my XPi p75 laptop. (Debian is a bit
trickier to install - you'll have to use the "tecra" disk images or
wait for Debian 2.1 to come out.)
Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo Config
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 11:13:34 -0800
Hi folks:
I installed win95 and RedHat Linux on my machine. It works great, except
when I boot up the computer, I have to type win95 to load windoz. How do I
change it to something else? Tried /etc/lilo.conf, but didn't work.
Any hints?
Thanks,
Franklin
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From: Brian Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march?
Date: 15 Jan 1999 10:52:26 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kryz says...
>
>Wrong! It was Motorola 6809, much more advanced cpu than 6502. There
>even was a unix-like (sort of) operating system for it called OS-9. I
>guess you had to buy an external floppy drive for the CoCo in order to
>use it.
>
>Unless you mean TRS-80 Micro Color Computer with chicklet keys and the
>Motorola 68C03 CPU which was a slightly updated Motorola 6800.
Yes, you and Carl are right, thanks for the correction. I did know it was the
6809; I even have the issue of Micro that discusses the new chip. I always
thought of it in the 6502 family even though it was a hybrid.
I never got to use OS-9, but I started to write a sort of weird stepchild of it
and GEM on my Atari XL. :)
====================
Shade and sweet water,
Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.aracnet.com/~bnewman
"A small bullet, a piece of glass /
And your heart just grows around it" -- Laurie Anderson, "Poison"
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From: Mark Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partitions
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 23:13:37 GMT
I ahve my sys setup like this:
Pri:
Linux
Extended:
DOS
Swap
Can I boot off the DOS partition? What about using Lilo? Could I delete
the extended and remake into
Pri:
Linux
DOS
Extended:
Swap
Would I have change system settings if keep the swap starting on the
same cyl?
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From: Thomas Boggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I keep junk out of message log?
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:19:55 -0500
I'm getting a lot of repetetive messages in /var/log/messages such as:
Jan 15 00:49:14 riemann innfeed[438]: decwrl can't resolve hostname:
news1.pa.dec.com : (Unknown host)
Jan 15 00:50:17 riemann innfeed[438]: uunet can't resolve hostname:
news.uunet.uu.net : (Unknown host)
Jan 15 00:52:54 riemann innd[417]: ME time 342240 idle 342240(2)
artwrite 0(0) artlink 0(0) hiswrite 0(0) hissync 0(2)
Jan 15 00:55:38 riemann innfeed[438]: decwrl checkpoint seconds 11400
spooled 0 on_close 0 sleeping 0
Jan 15 00:55:39 riemann innfeed[438]: uunet checkpoint seconds 11400
spooled 0 on_close 0 sleeping 0
...
Jan 15 01:45:31 riemann named[275]: NSTATS 916382731 916238727
Jan 15 01:45:31 riemann named[275]: XSTATS 916382731 916238727 RR=1
RNXD=0 RFwdR=0 RDupR=0 RFail=0 RFErr=0 RErr=0 RAXFR=0 RLame=0 ROpts=0
SSysQ=1 SAns=0 SFwdQ=0 SDupQ=0 SErr=0 RQ=0 RIQ=0 RFwdQ=0 RDupQ=0 RTCP=0
SFwdR=0 SFail=0 SFErr=0 SNaAns=0 SNXD=0
Could someone tell me why I'm getting these and how to make them go
away? I know that the two hosts mentioned don't exist but I don't know
what 'decwrl' and 'uunet' are or why they're trying to contact those
hosts.
Thanks
Thomas
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND
idiot-friendly?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Sch�ller)
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:41:09 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (MalkContent) writes:
> Most users probably agree that that's a whole bunch of extra effort.
> If Linux is so great as described, why's it so painful for the john doe to use?
A person used to Windows/MacOS will feel lost in Linux. A person used to Linux will
feel
lost in Windows. It's as simple as that.
The first time I ever used a computer, it was a Mac, running MacOS 6. After that, I
used
some DOS on an old portable. Guess what I ended up using? The latter. I hated Windows
3.x almost from the beginning. Then I tried OS/2 and switched immediately. Then I tried
Linux, and switched immediately. So, if MacOS/Windows is "really" more easy to use
then all
the rest, how come I prefered DOS? An OS cannot be "objectivelly easy to use".
The commonly held opnion seems to be that Windows/MacOS is user friendly, while the
rest are
for expoerts only. I couldn't disagree more.
/ Peter Schuller
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Allsup)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Help with printer woes
Date: 15 Jan 1999 20:38:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:35:30 -0500, Linus VanPelt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am currently Running Redhat 5.1 has anyone successfully gotten
>an HP DeskJet 712C to work with their system?
>I have one attached to mine through the parallel port, and even though
>printtool thinks it sees a printer and configures one on /dev/lp1,
>nothing ever prints. I have also been unsuccessful catting text to
>that port. Any
>help would be appreciated!!!
I think this may be a Windows printer - but don't give up; I believe there
is support for these PPA printers available now. Search on PPA or maybe
someone who happens to know a URL will jump in.
geoff
--
******************************************************************
Geoff Allsup Upper Ocean Processes Group
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA, USA
******************************************************************
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Are conditional symbolic links possible?
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 21:42:33 GMT
In article <77p1rb$2ef$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
> Sure That is what LD_LIBRARY_PATH is for
>
> #!/bin/bash
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/libc5oldversion
> netscape
>
> This shell script will cause the loader running netscape to look in the
> directory /usr/local/libc5oldversion first for any dynamic library
> files. After that it will look in the files defined in /etc/ld.so.conf.
> Note that this definition of LD_LIBRARY_PATH applies only to this
> invocation of netscape (and any program that netscape might load.)
Why will that only apply to this invocation of netscape? Is it because it's
in a script which executes a fresh copy of bash (with the first line
#!/bin/bash)? Also, I'm a bit confused as to what exactly happens once the
library is loaded for netscape to use. Is the entire library loaded into
memory? If not, then does the netscape process somehow keep a pointer to the
appropriate library?
And if the first line in the script above does indeed start a fresh copy of
bash, then what happens to that copy of bash after the script executes? Does
it wait until netscape terminates to exit?
Thanks a million...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (zentara)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Cannot talk to /dev/cua1, which is a modem (and NOT a winmodem).
Reply-To: ""
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:00:41 GMT
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:53:48 +0100, Christopher Bruce
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Problem of a major kind with my Compaq Presario 1805 in the sense that
>the pnpdump doesn't find the modem and the configuration tells me that
>the modem is busy when I set everything by hand!
Pnpdump will usually find a winmodem, but it gives an outlandish
isapnp.config file with about 20 registers listed.
If you are on Com 2, I would check to make sure your
onboard com2 is disabled in bios. If not, you
will get a conflict with your modem.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Turgut Durduran)
Subject: Modem question?
Date: 16 Jan 1999 23:33:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I am looking for a DELL system. I know I will immediately get rid of
windows or atleast go to a dual boot.. Anyways, many of the systems have this
3Com modems that say "winmodem" or "winmodem for win nt" etc.. Do these
modems work with linux? (for example red hat? )
Turgut
PS: please also e-mail me the reply. my e-mail is below
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From: Frank Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.2.0pre7 boot error that won't go away
Date: 16 Jan 1999 23:35:17 GMT
Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> no, i do not know why it won't find your System.map. i put my
> system.map in /boot along with the kernel (i'm running linux220p7
> too). i don't seem to get that error.
>
> --
> Johan Kullstam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Don't Fear the Penguin!
What upgrades did you make to your system? RH 5.2 will work without any
upgrades. Trying to figure it out I upgraded modutils ,initscripts,
sysklog, but it was no good I still get the problems and I also know one
other person who has the same problem, maybe this is a big problem
because everyone who responds to this question doesn't know the answer,
or they tell me stuff I have already done, and dejanews.com is a dead
end too.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: SpreadSheets
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 00:16:15 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Sat, 16 Jan 1999 18:30:04 GMT...
..and Mark Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are there any Spreadsheet programs out there for Linux?
Yes. Try SIAG, for example: <URL: http://www.edu.stockholm.se/siag/>
BTW, it's free.
mawa
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