Linux-Misc Digest #747, Volume #18 Sun, 24 Jan 99 10:13:15 EST
Contents:
Re: Reasons for me to toss Linux (gregory s trouw)
Re: Selecting a Printer for Linux (David Efflandt)
Re: LS-120 SuperDisk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 84 key keyboard + X question (Bruce Stephens)
Problem (Jeff Grossman)
Re: Netscape 4.5 & fonts ("Michael S. Briggs")
MusiXTeX (Henrique)
Corel WP8.0 Personal Edition is Out! (Peter D. pawelek)
fun, fun fun
Re: libm.so.4? (Loren Brookes)
Re: Modem Compatibility Questions (Doug)
Re: StarDiv's StarOffice Freezes on Setup (Stefan Meier)
RH5.0: control-panel: CSLIP ??? (Neil Zanella)
Deleting Directories (Jeff Grossman)
tgz file (Jeff Grossman)
Re: How To Turn Off Console Terminal Screen Saver? (Carl Fink)
RH5.2 console problem ("Jacek M. Holeczek")
Re: Redhat vs Slackware (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Deleting Directories (Dan Nguyen)
Re: tgz file (Dan Nguyen)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (gregory s trouw)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Reasons for me to toss Linux
Date: 23 Jan 1999 23:05:43 GMT
Here's my take on what has been discussed thus far. As far as
having to make boot disks, this doesn't really bother me on my computer,
because I have a bootable CD drive. As the Redhat CD is bootable, I can
just pop it either into the first drive on my CD changer or into my other
CD drive and the installer boots right up. However to mention anything
more about Linux specifically (as opposed to what I've noticed in other
flavors of UNIX) wouldn't be possible as various versions of Linux I've
tried won't recognize my SCSI adapter (and I have a 100% SCSI disk
system). I also wouldn't want to change my SCSI card to anything slower
(and lose use of my Ultra2 Wide Seagate Cheetah hard drive, unless it was
an upgrade to a faster HD, as I don't like downgrading hardware). The
SCSI adapter is the Adaptec AHA-2940u2w and the hard drive is what I
mentioned in 9.1 GB size. Reasons I wouldn't want to go to another
considering it would be slower could be found on the specs for the drive
and also the drive to make use of all its benefits has to run in LVD (low
voltage differential) mode on an Ultra2 SCSI bus.
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/st39102lw.shtml
http://www.seagate.com/disc/cheetah/cheetah9_18.shtml
I suppose that Ultra2 SCSI will be supported at some time in the future,
so can't say more on this until that time.
However I have used other flavors of UNIX including AIX off of IBM
RS6000 servers, IRIX off of SGI Workstations, and Sun OS off of a Sun
SPARC server. As relates to the backspace vs delete key it wouldn't
bother me so much if a given OS and its programs had a consistent way of
dealing with this, but what I don't like is the inconsistencies between
programs or different parts of the same OS. For instance if one is in one
program and hit the del key wierd characters appear on the screen and they
need to hit backsape to get rid of them and what they wanted to get rid
of. On the other hand, now somewhere else in another program or different
part of the system and hit backspace and one gets other wierd characters.
Need to type del to get rid of them and what one wanted. Which key
sequence they cared to use wouldn't be so bad, if there was just some
consistency accross the interface. This would make it easier even for a
more knowledgable user (of the system) because it wouldn't mean that one
would need to learn a new way of doing things for each new piece of
software one might start using. One can become familiar with using AIX
for instance, come accross a new piece of software where things were
defined differently, and then have to relearn some standard things (not
anything really involved with the program either, just deleting previous
chars for instance) just to use that 1 program on a system one is already
familiar with.
Not quite so bad as above but definitely a surprise when I had to
go from using AIX to Sun OS for the first time, some of the commands are
the same, but some are different and the switches. For instance ls is
standard and will work on both, but the 2 flavors of UNIX use different
switches. For instance on AIX if you want extended file information you
can type ls -e to get this. However this command line won't work on Sun
OS, it took me a little while to find out that what I wanted on this other
flavor of UNIX could be found with ls -l instead. This can be a bit
annoying for one who either works on multiple networks, on a mixed network
(where many OSes are present including multiple flavors of UNIX on
different servers) or works with networking where guess who has to support
all of this and hence has to go back and forth between them. It is not as
bad as inconsistencies WITHIN THE SAME OS however, as most people probably
aren't needing to use a variety of different OSes accross multiple
networks however. For me I'm currently needing to switch between
computers that run AIX, Sun OS, sometimes IRIX, Dos 6.22, (presently
win3.1 but not typically as I'm doing things with networking and some
people won't upgrade from their 286s or whatever), win95 (I really don't
like win9x problems but some software refuses to run elsewhere and some
want to run this OS) both upgrade and OSR2, win98, winNT (which I'm
running, and though it uses more resources which I have, prefer it to
buggy win9x, except that some programs refuse to run on it), and Novell
Netware 3.12 on certain file servers. After realizing what systems I need
to deal with accross multiple networks one could easily realize why I'd
like more consistency within each, as I already have a lot to support and
keep straight at one time as it is.
Though software can have a choir going through different versions
of MS OSes, (worse if one upgrades the OS, instead of doing a format c: /u
/s and installing from scratch without the previous version of the OS by
giving the previous systems install disk 1 in the floppy and telling the
upgrade installer that the older version which gives one writes to the
upgrade was "installed" in the floppy drive letter (or CD drive letter) as
the case might be). And of course getting some software to port to winNT
(when the software was designed specifically for win9x because the
software developer wanted to directly access the hard drive, violate
security procedures, take over the entire machine from other programs, or
had a program that runs fine in winNT, but the installer is a different
story) can be a choire, but after my previous experience with win95 and
now win98 which can take this PII 333 which runs winNT fine, but win98
runs like the dog and still not best after a SCSI BIOS update, video BIOS
update, new video, SCSI card, ethernet card, and modem drivers were
installed, really don't want to use win9x (if only I could get the
programs to run elsewhere). I'll run winNT, but if ever software doesn't
need win9x, win9x is going to the trash can, until them I'm stuck as long
as I need to run certain programs.
But then there is another reason for me not to like win9x now (due
to the fact that Microsoft has mixed 16/32-bit code, it can only run on an
x86 machine, and I've just about had it with Intel and with their way of
doing business, as well as Intel's poor engineering. If only I could get
all the programs over to a DEC Alpha system, I'd say by by to the Intel
based computer, at least until Intel makes a better computer and with
better quality. If anyone has read many of the errata sheets on Intel's
processors, chipsets, and so forth, heard Intel's replies and excuses for
themselves, as well as pointing fingers (either your software [forget that
it ran just fine for 120 days straight on a former computer] or that
you're a dumb computer user, because when the computer heats up the room
by about 10 degrees (the Intel Space Heaters) the computer starts acting a
bit flakey. Forget that you have 5 fans in there, and the best cooling
configuration that 60 hours of thermal analysis with a thermocouple can
give, this possible could't be our fault in that realizing that the 333
should run cooler so "we don't have to put as much cooling in the slot 1
cartridge, hence we can lower the maximum rated temperature by 10 degrees
C with using a less effective thermal plate" well at least on my S-number
processor). The tech support guy from Intel even told someone else on the
forum that it was only my S-number processor (or was it the 333 with my
core stepping) that had a problem, and when replying "hey that's my
processor and I've been having problems and detailing it" the finger
pointing returns, and latter I was flamed for "daring to say anything that
doesn't hold Intel in the best of light". So now as I'm sure not to get
any warranty coverage for this (and their decision on i440BX based
motherboards to cut the transmission lines by putting this CPU, the
chipset, the AGP port, and memory all in close proximity via Intel
standards forced on the industry, so there is less space for the heat of
each to radiate out to before hitting another heat sorce; I'll need to buy
a new CPU or have a problem every summer, unless I can completely blast
the air conditioner at maximum. Basically fans only do good, until the
computer has managed to ellevate the ambient room temperature, which it
has by quite a bit. If things change with software compatibility (and
Intel doesn't clean up their act) this might be the last Intel based
computer I buy, and I'll get a RISC based system like the Alpha instead.
And I wasn't too happy about Intel's treatment of their errata either.
Case in point, one can look at these documents
ftp://download.intel.com/design/PentiumII/specupdt/24333722.pdf
ftp://download.intel.com/design/intarch/specupdt/29063505.pdf
and for another Intel excuse
http://www.x86.org/Errata/Feb98/Bugs.html
Well in any case back to what I was talking about (I just had to
make some mention of that dratted Intel), some other things that would be
nice to see (at least in the flavors of UNIX I've used) is some way to get
a table of installer programs so one knows what to type at the command
prompt from these network servers (which the user doesn't own and hence
has nothing to do with installing programs onto or setting up) so that
when a tool or app for what one needs is out there, one can know this and
know what command line to type for an app they are currently unaware of as
being installed. (This could also reduce calls to the help desk, if one
really wants to ask about a program "I don't know of any names however for
this OS" that can just do a given task, "can you tell me if you have any
installed and if so what to type to get to it". Also to go from man pages
to an indexed (and the equivalent of the find tab on a Windows help file)
so that opening up online documentation for a given program, one can just
type what they want, and have the system do a computerized search for the
requested piece of info without having to look through lots of
documentation manually would be nice. For instance if I'm compiling a
program and want to know about what parameters I need for a given function
(or overloaded function that I need to use in a different way) or perhaps
am not positive or don't remember what header file it is in, I could just
tell the compiler help documentation what function I want info on, it
would search and give me that, rather then my having to look through all
the haader files (not sure which one it is off the top of my head) and all
the functions, (there are a lot of C and C++ functions in its library of
functions accross all the headers). Then instead of taking a long time to
look this up, I could just go to the compiler documentation for instance
(in other programs could be useful as well) tell it the name of the
function, and get the info on needed parameters for instance, that I need.
Currently when compiling accross UNIX (I have an X-server for winNT
installed to allow me to run X frum within a winNT program) I end up
opening up BC++ and do a search on the function I need there, as I can
find it quicker, and apply that info over, sometimes having to make slight
changes nonetheless due to compiler specific differences.
Whoever wrote xlC could get a piece of my mind for not following
ANSI standards. I much prefer g++ to the "evil twin brother" as one
called xlC. On a given program I over a year ago, we needed to read in
whitespace from an input file as well as other text (hence over-riding the
default for cin [or actually fin here]) and after xlC (we were required to
use this compiler at the time) read eof it didn't end here. An easy
answer was to have it get the stuff out of the input file //while
(!infile.eof()) but it got itself into an infinite loop. Checked every
programming reference I could find and found nothing wrong throughout my
code, tried multiple ways of doing things based on each references mention
of a given way, and nothing would help. It wasn't until latter that
someone decided to tell me that xlC isn't ANSI standard compliant (though
thought it was my fault for making a program that wouldn't compile right
over every single iteration of a non-standard compiler that someone could
think up of, that if things are done correctly every standard in the book
should be able to be violated from everyone, and it should never be
possible for any standard that could conceavably be violated from anyone
to ever effect what you're doing). Well someone else said, that's a load
of BS, it wasn't your doing, the people who wrote the compiler just didn't
follow standards, and as such I'll never use that one, I'll use g++
instead. The consensus of almost everyone said this. What xlC would do
is that when it read eof it would have the program insert a \n into the
input stream after the last char in the file. (Other compilers didn't do
this, but eof() really meant eof() with them.) It would then "forget"
that eof was ever detected, pring the \n to the screen, and re-read eof()
again, and again, etc. Compile the same code on just about any other
compiler accross multiple computers, and this odd behaviour never came up.
Finally just to make xlC's rather non-standard way of things happy (lots
of time spent already trying to figure this out) I had to change from a
very standard, (textbook like way) of writting the loop to what to me
sounds like a horrible cludge, but is what xlC should have had it do
anyway. That is to set an eofFlag variable == 1, then test for eof() not
in the loop as normally would be detected, but in an if statement, so that
if (infile.eof())
eofFlag=1;
then have the loop run only if eofFlag was == 0. There are other stories
with that non-standard compiler and I would have a piece of my mind to
give, if I knew who wrote that one. Who ever goes to do any programming,
use g++ instead if you can.
Finally, though it can sometimes be a choire to port programs in
an x86 environment, not all flavors of UNIX do make this easy. Not sure
about Linux specifically (I can't even get it onto my computer), but with
AIX there was a bit of a hassle last year as the version of AIX was
upgraded. The network admins decided to upgrade it accross all AIX
servers, and it seems that software compiled to one version of AIX say 4.1
couldn't just port to version of AIX (4.5 I think it is now). The
programs aren't executable level compatible accross the 2 versions of AIX.
So those of us using the network had to wait for them to recompile ALL of
the source code to ALL of the programs before things would work right
again. In addition to programs acting buggy, and programs needed not
being available, we also had servers becoming rather unstable and crashing
on a regular basis, until all the programs were finally recompiled
(including the compilers too) to the new version of AIX.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Selecting a Printer for Linux
Date: 23 Jan 1999 23:16:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 17:18:03 -0600,
Dr A Medina S] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm going to buy a new ink jet printer for my computer. Since I'm low on
>cash, I'm selecting between a Canon BJC4300, Hewlett Packard 695C and
>Epson 440. Which of this printers is better with Linux? Maybe is a dumb
>question, but I'm a newbie. Thanks
Just avoid Lexmark. My 5700 prints great under Win95, but is totally
brain dead and will not even print from DOS much less Linux.
FortunatelyI also have an HP4L.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.xnet.com/~efflandt/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LS-120 SuperDisk
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:49:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Knebel) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know if the LS-120 SuperDisc is supported in Linux.
> This would be an internal ide model?
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
> --
> Rick Knebel
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
It is in Caldera Open Linux 1.3, and the info sounds like it's std. equip w/
generic Linux.
.b.
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From: Bruce Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 84 key keyboard + X question
Date: 23 Jan 1999 23:20:27 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann) writes:
> Could anyone give me any instruction or pointers on the matter of
> making the cursor keys on the numeric keypad behave as such? I
> assume it's got something to do with how X is mapping scan codes as
> opposed to the way termcap is doing it, but if someone could point
> me to a good place to start working on the problem (or give me a
> quick solution), I'd very much appreciate it.
xkeycaps, although it may not know about your keyboard. The
belt-and-braces way of doing this is xmodmap (xkeycaps is a nice way
of producing scripts for xmodmap).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Grossman)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 23:57:01 GMT
Hello,
I am having a problem. Let me first explain my situation.
I have a small lan with about 5 computers. I have DSL service through
PacBell which gives me one static IP address. I have a Sonic Systems
SonicWall acting as my firewall with NAT enabled so each computer can
access the internet. I have one Linux machine which is set to accept
all incoming traffic to the IP address through the SonicWall. I have
a domain name which points to this one statis IP address. Each
machine on the network is using a 192.168.168.* IP address.
Here is my problem. I have set up a mail server on the Linux machine.
If I am on one of my other machines and set up an account to access my
mail through POP, I just put in the 192.168.168.* IP address for the
Linux machine and it works fine. But it does not work when I am
dialed into an ISP through Dialup networking on one of the machines on
the local network. If I put in either the static IP or the domain
name, it just hangs there. How shall I setup the other machines, so
it does not matter if I am using the local network or a dialup to gain
access to my mail server?
Thanks,
Jeff
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Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Michael S. Briggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.5 & fonts
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 23:57:21 GMT
Leon Valdes wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm a beginner user of Linux. The Netscape 4.5 run ok, but some fonts
> are unredeable.
> How can I add more fonts for Netscape?
>
Here are two easy things that MIGHT help.
First, you can set font sizes in Netscape via Edit -- Preferences --
Appearence -- Fonts.
Second, changing the order that font files are listed in your XF86Config
file will change which fonts are found first by X-windows. A different
set might work better. This file is in directory /etc or a
sub-directory of that. My files section from XF86Config is:
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
EndSection
For more info, see the new X-Windows HOWTO, available at
http://www.croftj.net/~ray/howto/index.html or at the Linux
Documentation Project.
--Michael
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:27:03 -0200
From: Henrique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MusiXTeX
- Where can I ask questions about: TeX, MusiXTeX, postscript, printers,
EPSON LQ-1170/ESCP2, ghostscript ?
- How can I use a \leftrightrepeat that draws two dots, thin line,
thick line, thin line, two dots,
instead of two dots, thick line, thick line, two dots ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter D. pawelek)
Subject: Corel WP8.0 Personal Edition is Out!
Date: 23 Jan 1999 23:45:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just wanted to announce that Corel's Wordperfect 8.0
Personal Edition for Linux is out in the stores. I picked
mine up here in Montreal for $89.00 (Canadian). Glad to
see that it finally arrived!! Oh, and it has a manual...
a big thick one at that. Kudos to Corel for bucking the
trend and providing good paper documentation!
Peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: <@maine.rr.com>
Subject: fun, fun fun
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:44:39 -0500
hey guys there a box up at 204.210.86.79 i've setup a user test/test to
assit your tasks... telnet in see what u can do .. root it whatever
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From: Loren Brookes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: libm.so.4?
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:57:00 +1300
Jeffery Chow wrote:
>
> Hi, where can I get a copy of libm.so.4.?.o? I installed an
> app that needs this old (math??)library and I can't seem to
> find it anywhere on the net. Is there a site out there that
> keeps these old files around?
>
> TIA,
> Jeff
This is part of the glibc package
Description :
Contains the standard libraries that are used by multiple programs on
the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to
ease upgrades, common system code is kept in one place and shared
between
programs. This package contains the most important sets of shared
libraries,
the standard C library and the standard math library. Without these, a
Linux system will not function. It also contains national language
(locale)
support and timezone databases.
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From: Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem Compatibility Questions
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:33:10 +0000
I am not running that model but a similar Packard Bell. I am using a
Zoom ,model #2949.
Also I have no problem with a US Roibotics external.
James Barcelona wrote:
> System: Packard Bell C110 running RH Linux 5.2
>
> Question: Is there anyone out there who has installed Linux on this
> machine, and is using a modem with it? If so, what brand name and
> model of modem are you using?
>
> --
> Con quidado.
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From: Stefan Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StarDiv's StarOffice Freezes on Setup
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 09:42:17 GMT
Hi Jordan,
I suppose you are using the X-Server for the S3Virge chip? This server=20
is buggy ... but there is a patch on the StarDivision Website (support=20
area) ... with this patch, everything works fine!
Stefan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 18.01.99, 02:21:29, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] zum Thema StarDiv's=20
StarOffice Freezes on Setup:
> I'm trying to install Star Office under RedHat 5.1 without any=20
success.
> I've downloaded and uncompressed the program, but when I go to run=20
setup it
> freezes on the very first screen before anything has appeared. It=20
freezes so
> much that I actually have to hard-reboot the machine.
> I've tried the install under the admin account as well as my normal =
user
> account with and both had the same effect.
> Suggestions?
> Jordan
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH5.0: control-panel: CSLIP ???
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:24:25 -0330
Hello,
I am unable to select CSLIP mode with the control-panel that comes
with Red Hat Linux 5.0.
Is there a bugfix like there was for Red Hat's UserNet utility?
Is anyone experiencing the same problem?
Thanks,
Neil Zanella
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Grossman)
Subject: Deleting Directories
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 02:56:24 GMT
Hello,
Is it possible to delete directories that are not empty? rmdir will
only delete empty directories.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Grossman)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: tgz file
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 02:59:07 GMT
What is a tgz file? And how do I uncompress it?
Thanks,
Jeff
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Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: How To Turn Off Console Terminal Screen Saver?
Date: 24 Jan 1999 01:50:16 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:01:40 GMT, Scott Gravenhorst (remove _ for reply)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a monochrome monitor on a hercules card, no X support. I'd
>like it to constantly display "top", but it will blank the screen
>after a certain amount of non-use time. Is there a way to disable the
>screen saver on this device?
Look at 'man setterm'.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Your brain is actually a fabulously complex computer, which means that
on Jan. 1, 2000, it will stop working and your body will flop around
like a recently caught perch." (Dave Barry, slightly paraphrased.)
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From: "Jacek M. Holeczek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH5.2 console problem
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:17:55 +0100
Hi,
I recently upgraded to RH5.2 and I suffer from the following problem.
My /etc/lilo.conf sets "vga=extended" and this works up to the moment when
from inside of the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
# set the console font
...
/sbin/setsysfont
...
is executed. In that moment the console is restored to 80x25 ( the
/sbin/setsysfont is a small shell script which internally calls
/usr/bin/setfont ).
I could simply comment this call to /sbin/setsysfont in the
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, but maybe it is needed ? Or maybe there is a more
sophisticated way to deal with this problem.
Thanks in advance,
Jacek.
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Subject: Re: Redhat vs Slackware
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 23 Jan 1999 22:12:17 -0500
Iven Connary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Greetings -
>
> I'm looking to set up a firewall/NAT linux box for my network, and need
> to pick a distribution.
> This is going to be a production box, and must be up at all times. I
> don't want something that I'll have to putz around with for weeks to get
>
> running and keep running.
>
> Any recommendation for a distribution? I'm guessing it'll be either
> Redhat or Slackware, my question is which which is more tried and
> tested
both distributions have essentially the same set of applications and
they both have the exact same kernel. properly set up, you should not
see any difference.
the main difference is that slackware uses libc5, redhat 4.x uses
libc5 and redhat 5.x uses the newer libc6. this shouldn't be a big
deal.
> - and more suitable for this application?
i think redhat is easier to get up and running. slackware requires
more fiddling with config files and it's more difficult to drop in
replacement packages.
there are other distributions of note, suse and debian should also be
looked at.
everything but slackware has a decent package management facility.
none prevent you from running things `the slackware way' by hand
editing configs and making and installing from source.
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Johan Kullstam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Deleting Directories
Date: 24 Jan 1999 04:28:36 GMT
Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Is it possible to delete directories that are not empty? rmdir will
: only delete empty directories.
rm -r directory
Will recursively delete everything.
I usually do a
rm -rf directory
so it doesn't ask me any questions.
--
Dan Nguyen | There is only one happiness in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | life, to love and be loved.
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: tgz file
Date: 24 Jan 1999 04:26:20 GMT
Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: What is a tgz file? And how do I uncompress it?
*.tgz usually also listed as *.tar.gz
Its also the extension for Slackware's packages.
The simple way of doing it is: tar -xzvf whatever.tgz
tar options:
x: eXtract
z: gZip or gunZip
v: Verbose info
f: use the following File
other options:
c: Create
t: lisT
I: bzIp2 or bunzIp2
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Dan Nguyen | There is only one happiness in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | life, to love and be loved.
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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