Linux-Misc Digest #800, Volume #18 Thu, 28 Jan 99 20:13:13 EST
Contents:
KDE on AlphaLinux - Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Loading onto SPARCS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: rpm for 2.2.0? (David Fox)
Star office 5 problem (Gordon)
how do you dial a modem from the server prompt (Daddy Rabbit)
Re: Looking for software on the Net (Michael Powe)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (pdohert)
Mapping of backspace and delete in XFree86 (Matt Grapenthien)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Dan Star)
Re: PPP is driving me crazy !!!! Plese help me (Bill Unruh)
Re: 2.2.0 and no sound / esstype-2.2.0.diff patch (Michael Meissner)
Re: Telnet wont work... (Mr Mutalisk)
Help with nas. . . (Norvell Spearman)
Re: Selecting a Printer for Linux ("Dr A Medina S]")
Re: Database for LINUX (Redhat 5.0 or up) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LINUX PPP on a SPARC10 (Moe)
HELP!! Parallel tape drive setup question (Dennis Putnam)
Command to switch tasks! (daniel gowans)
Help - clashes between /usr/include and /usr/include/linux ("Liron Lightwood")
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Michael Powe)
Re: (Symbolic) Links Again (Johan Kullstam)
rpm problem (ty)
Re: [Q] Bogo mips shrinked!? (Karl Heinz Kremer)
WP8 can't find my printer (Jean-Louis Botcazou)
Re: Whats Linux's equiv. of WIN98 Registry?
Looking for file recovery utility (Megan)
Re: How do I load GUI? (Rodolfo Gallego)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: KDE on AlphaLinux - Problem
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 05:18:56 GMT
I've been successful in installing KDE on my Intel-based RedHat box (rh5.2 -
2.0.36). However, I'm having trouble installing it on my DEC Alpha (rh5.2 -
2.0.35). I was able to install the rpms on the Alpha, but I can't get
"startkde" or "kdm" to run. All of the KDE apps give me "Illegal
Instruction" (yes, I am using the Alpha pre-built binaries in RPM format -
the "file" command also shows them as 64-bit Alpha executables ...). Also,
the number of files in "/opt/kde/bin" is significantly less on the Alpha than
on the intel. I've installed everything in the correct order (including qt).
I would appreciate any solution as a post or an email.
Thanks,
Brian Parks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Loading onto SPARCS
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:18:17 GMT
OK,
it looks like I need the Red Hat CD for SPARCs. Either that or
a working system with NFS running (which I don't have).
Thanks again for your help.
Ciao,
James.
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: rpm for 2.2.0?
Date: 27 Jan 1999 21:22:34 -0800
Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In comp.os.linux.misc David Fox <d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u> wrote:
>
> : In answer to the first question, there are 2.2.0 RPMs in the current
> : Redhat Rawhide distribution. In answer to the second, there are
> : significant advantages in ease of building a modified version (say,
> : with APM and SMP enabled) -- you can build the kernel, all the
> : modules, the pcmcia modules with a single command and then install the
> : resulting RPMs on several different machines. And you can
> : cryptographically verify that none of the kernel files on your machine
> : have been modified by intruders. Finally, you can easily back them
> : out and reinstall the old ones if you so desire.
>
> If all your machines are identical. If they aren't you get one that
> is perfect for one machine and bloated for others. Modules do help,
> but not everything can be a module.
I haven't lost any sleep over it. :)
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Star office 5 problem
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:13:45 -0800
Hello,
I just got redhat 5.2 up and running. I installed Star Office 5.2 with
the setup /net option into the
directory /usr/Office50. The install worked fine. I then tried to run
the application in the
directory it was installed /usr/Office50/bin/soffice, what happens next
is that it tries to reinstall the
_whole_ StarOffice application again into the directory /root where I
have very little room.
I then run out of disk space, get errors, have to do a lilo -l, extract
my bootsector and copy
it to my root NT drive to get linux to boot again.
I checked my path and also tried to include the office directory with
the command:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/Office50/bin
The same problem occurs. Anyone have any idea what may be going on?
Also I was wondering where I should edit my path in Redhat5.2 to get it
to include
Office automatically for all the users at login?
Gordon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daddy Rabbit)
Subject: how do you dial a modem from the server prompt
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 23:03:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In my DOS days I use to dial the modem from the prompt. I have tried
that from the linux prompt but other than the modem light flickering,
nothing happens. Is there a secret to dialing out from the server
prompt? Here is the command line entry I used.
echo atdt1234567 >/dev/ttyS1
Note: mgetty is living and working well on this same system.
Any suggestions?
Jim
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: Looking for software on the Net
Date: 28 Jan 1999 13:05:55 -0800
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>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Wittek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mike> All; Where are some good places on the Internet to find
Mike> software for Linux and its RPM, free or not? This can be a
Mike> directory of places too.
http://freshmeat.net
mp
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Portland, Oregon USA
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From: pdohert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:07:23 -0600
Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus wrote:
> <Excellent salient points snipped for brevity>
>
> >From my experience (and I'm sure most would agree), US citizens hold a
> great
> deal of national pride and patriotism - which is a *great* thing! =)
> However,
> it is important that you do not let this limit your vision such that
> anything
> external is lesser, inferior or of diminished importance.
I totally agree and wouldn't even have brought up the nationality
situation were it not for some individuals attacking of the "average"
American. I was merely defending myself and my countrymen.
>
> All the best...
And to you...
--
Paul Doherty
Systems Analyst/Programmer
http://www.dfw.net/~pdoherty
Home of PC DiskMaster
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From: Matt Grapenthien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mapping of backspace and delete in XFree86
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 23:36:55 -0600
I'm running RedHat 5.1 and I'm trying to change the mapping of the
backspace key (in X) to remove the previous typed character, like it's
supposed to. I've read and heard from several people that the command
xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
will fix this problem, but when I do that the backspace key functions
identically to the space bar... please help!
Thanks,
-grapes
Please reply via email
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From: Dan Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:30:34 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In fact it is being built right now in Europe somewhere. Read about it
in the Economist magazine.
-Dan
William Wueppelmann wrote:
> Some consider Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine to be
> the first computer (England, c.1870), though I don't think it was ever built.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PPP is driving me crazy !!!! Plese help me
Date: 28 Jan 1999 05:43:29 GMT
Well, reading the error messages you got would help
In <Z1Qr2.866$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Neil D. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Jan 27 12:01:59 localhost chat[1770]: send (^M)
>Jan 27 12:01:59 localhost chat[1770]: expect (ogin:)
>Jan 27 12:01:59 localhost chat[1770]: 48000/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS^M
>Jan 27 12:02:01 localhost chat[1770]: ^M
After you connected you sent a carriage return (^M) and were waiting for
the word login: However the remote computer never sent anything.
>Jan 27 12:02:29 localhost chat[1770]: alarm
So finally after 30 sec, the chat script gave up. and sent an error
message to tehpppd that called it. pppd then gave up.
Your isp does ot expect you to log on apparently. So instead why not
terminate your chat script just before the '' ogin: part, and see if
yourISP wants you to run ppp immediately after connecing. If so he w
probably wants you to use PAP or CHAP for authentication
>Jan 27 12:02:29 localhost pppd[1769]: Connect script failed
>Jan 27 12:02:29 localhost chat[1770]: Failed
>Jan 27 12:02:30 localhost pppd[1769]: Exit.
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From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.2.0 and no sound / esstype-2.2.0.diff patch
Date: 28 Jan 1999 11:10:06 -0500
Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I, too, must question why this was released with such a glaring error,
> when no such error existed at least up through -pre8. I compiled
> - -pre1, -pre2, -pre4, -pre6 and -pre8 with the same parameters and
> without problems. How could they have been messing around with it and
> not tested the end result?
Because most people now compile sound as a module, would be my guess, and the
fact that Linus tends to not build with sound would be my second guess.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions (Massachusetts office)
4th floor, 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 617-354-5416 (office), 617-354-7161 (fax)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mr Mutalisk)
Crossposted-To: be.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Telnet wont work...
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:50:15 GMT
>
>What can be the problem here??
Poorly setup DNS .
Try /etc/rc.d/init/named stop
bye
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From: Norvell Spearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with nas. . .
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:04:23 -0600
I'm a Linux novice trying to get nas to work. The parts I don't
understand is invoking the audio server, and specifying a listen port
offset. I can issue the command ``au :0'' and the audio server works
for a few sound files (I tried ``auplay -audio :0 sound_file.au''). But
after playing a few sounds, it seems to just quit working.
If it helps, I'm running Red Hat Linux 5.1 with nas-1.2p5-3.
Thanks for any help with this.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To reply, please remove my opinion about
unwanted e-mails from the above address.
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:40:12 -0600
From: "Dr A Medina S]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Selecting a Printer for Linux
David Efflandt wrote:
>
> 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/
Thank you, that explains why it's a lot cheaper.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Database for LINUX (Redhat 5.0 or up)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:53:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am looking for a database application that will be used for running
> small business. It will run under x86 Red Hat Linux, and I don't know
> which database is good for keeping customer/client records and for
> accounting (bookeeping, acct recv., acct payable, etc). Anybody with
> knowledge and could give input will be greatly appreciatd!
I have tried ...
o PostgreSQL
Well-rounded open-source database. Some performance and stability issues.
o MySQL
Fast and open-source (though I think there is a charge for some commercial
use). Supports only a subset of SQL, but covers all the essentials.
o Sybase
Excellent, multithreaded, free without restrictions, solid, easy to install
and administer. For a commercial DB server, I don't think the Sybase-Linux
combo can be beat in terms of price-performance. No commercial support, but
Usenet support is excellent. Closed source makes the tiny quirks annoying.
o Oracle Big, full-featured, probably more complex than you will want, but
has lots of room to grow. Costs money, but is commercially supported.
o IBM DB2 I couldn't get this to install right. From what I have heard,
though, this is a serious contender.
o Informix SE
I ran into some serious limitations with this one. I believe it doesn't
support VARCHAR which really stinks. I found it unstable and overly complex
and large, especially when compared to Sybase.
Haven't tried but heard good things about ...
o Informix DS
Looks promising. I haven't gotten around to installing it yet, though.
o CAI Ingres
It's out there.
o YARD
o SOLID
o InterBase
These are smaller (either in terms of company size or in terms of Linux-
developer-mindshare), but seem to have good niche markets for well-supported
products. All three have been supporting Linux for a while.
In all, I'd recommend giving the first three (PostgreSQL, mySQL, and Sybase) a
look. All three are free, and fairly easy to install and try out.
thornton
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moe)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux,comp.protocols.ppp,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: LINUX PPP on a SPARC10
Date: 28 Jan 1999 23:37:54 GMT
>[stuff snipped]
[still more snipped]
>Chat script that fails is:
>> wait Password? 15
>[...]
>
>Most ISPs do NOT want you to do that if you're using PPP. Instead,
>they want you to just dial in and start using PPP, since that's what
>Windoze does. If you start chatting a user name at them, then they'll
>usually assume you don't speak PPP.
Maybe is my problem. (I posted a question titled "Strange chars <something>")
I'm trying to connect via PPP to the University of Wisc PPP server. The modem
connects and then I see garbage chars (in /var/log/messages that is).
What would I see if they're assuming I'm going to start using PPP right away?
And how do I login?
--
JGH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Putnam)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: HELP!! Parallel tape drive setup question
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:08:45 GMT
Howdo I find the right protocol and driver for a Conner QIC-80 tape
drive? I loaded 'paride' and tried the 'epat' protocol with both the
'pt' and 'pg' drivers but neither worked. Also, and this may be the
cruix of the problem, what 'mknod' parameters do I use for creating
the device file. Or at least where do I look to find out? TIA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (daniel gowans)
Subject: Command to switch tasks!
Date: 29 Jan 1999 00:12:04 GMT
I have been using Linux for a while, but I just forgot how, once you
suspend a task, to resume it. What is the command for this?
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From: "Liron Lightwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Help - clashes between /usr/include and /usr/include/linux
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:46:01 +1100
I've been trying to compile a number of different mobile IP implementations
on Red Hat Linux 5.2 on Intel, but every time I get compiler errors warning
me that many differrent things are redefined in some /usr/include/linux
file, (first difinition in a /usr/include file) and I also get messages that
that there are conflicts between the definitions in each set of files.
I've tried replacing all the /usr/include files included in the program with
the equivalent /usr/include/linux files, and I've tried the vice versa
approcah, but neither approach solves the problem all the time.
I realise that Red Hat Linux 5.2 uses Glibc (libc v6) as opposed to libC
version 5, hence the definitions for various structs and typedefs, etc. for
user space software can differ to the definitions for kernel space software.
However, I still have this problem even if I compile software which is
supposed to be completely user space software.
If anyone knows how i can fix these problems please let me know.
Here is an example of output.
----
file included from /usr/include/linux/if.h:23,
from /usr/include/linux/route.h:23,
from includes_mn.h:23,
from mymnode.c:18:
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:38: warning: `SCM_RIGHTS' redefined
/usr/include/socketbits.h:222: warning: this is the location of the previous
definition
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:41: warning: `SOCK_STREAM' redefined
/usr/include/socketbits.h:40: warning: this is the location of the previous
definition
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:42: warning: `SOCK_DGRAM' redefined
/usr/include/socketbits.h:43: warning: this is the location of the previous
definition
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:43: warning: `SOCK_RAW' redefined
/usr/include/socketbits.h:45: warning: this is the location of the previous
definition
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:44: warning: `SOCK_RDM' redefined
/usr/include/socketbits.h:47: warning: this is the location of the previous
definition
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:45: warning: `SOCK_SEQPACKET' redefined
/usr/include/socketbits.h:50: warning: this is the location of the previous
definition
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:46: warning: `SOCK_PACKET' redefined
....
In file included from /usr/include/linux/if.h:23,
from /usr/include/linux/route.h:23,
from includes_mn.h:23,
from mymnode.c:18:
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:9: redefinition of `struct sockaddr'
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:14: redefinition of `struct linger'
/usr/include/linux/socket.h:26: redefinition of `struct msghdr'
In file included from includes_mn.h:24,
from mymnode.c:18:
/usr/include/linux/if_arp.h:67: redefinition of `struct arpreq'
/usr/include/linux/if_arp.h:75: redefinition of `struct arpreq_old'
/usr/include/linux/if_arp.h:95: redefinition of `struct arphdr'
/usr/include/linux/if_arp.h:121: redefinition of `struct arpd_request'
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Liron Lightwood
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: 28 Jan 1999 15:15:11 -0800
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>>>>> "Chris" == Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chris> I'm sorry but the only reason asia has the technology is
Chris> because we sent it over there because labor was
Chris> cheaper. And yes it did help modern computing leap
Hmm, well, improvements in manufacturing technology were made over
there as well as over here.
The whole argument is stupid, anyway. A lot of Americans are so
weak-minded that they can't stand the thought of being "just folks."
Everywhere I go, some chest-thumping moron is bound to be declaring
"America is the greatest country in the world."
Cock-a-doodle-do.
mp
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
Portland, Oregon USA
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Subject: Re: (Symbolic) Links Again
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 28 Jan 1999 18:51:27 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alistair Hamilton) writes:
> Hello Folks.
>
> Thanks for all of the discussion on this topic. However, I am still a
> bit puzzled about the nature (as opposed to the nomenclature) that now
> attaches to links.
>
> We used to have i-nodes that were controlled in kernel land. The
> kernel kept a count of links to an i-node and deleted anything that
> had zero (or less ;-) links to it.
this is still the case.
> Now, in modern-day Unix/Linux, what happens if there are zero (or
> less) hard links to an i-node but one (or more) soft links to it? Does
> the kernel zap the node, leaving some rather useless soft links, or
> does it keep the node?
yes.
> I suppose that my real problem is in understanding why anyone thought
> that another type of link might be useful at all. I just cannot get
> why one might want to create a soft or a hard link to a node (in
> preference to the other type) at all. Just what do they offer and how
> are they different from hard links (or what I would just call
> links)?
soft-links allow pointing to directories. soft-links can cross
filesystem boundries. multiple hardlinks to a directory are dangerous
(and except for standard dir making tools like mkdir disallowed by the
kernel) for directories. hardlinks cannot cross filesystem
boundaries. and sometimes you want the behavior you described above.
> From my present aspect, the idea of soft links seems to have dragged
> the uniform and logical file (and other things) system I used to deal
> with years ago towards the rather ragged "real file and aliases"
> system that originated in MP/M and lives on in Win98/VFAT. Now,
> please, someone tell me why this is progress in the uniXverse!
microsoft operating systems have an extremely limited version of
soft-link.
yes, soft-links are bad if over-used but often can be of utility.
--
Johan Kullstam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: ty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rpm problem
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:38:16 -0600
Hi, there,
I use "rpm -Uvh ...." to upgrade a certain package, and got the
following message, can someone kindly tell me what's the problem?
cannot get exclusive lock on database
error: cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Heinz Kremer)
Subject: Re: [Q] Bogo mips shrinked!?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:42:50 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jinhyok Heo) writes:
> Hi~ all.
>
> I'm running RedHat 5.1 on the IBM Thinkpad 560.
> My TP560 is pentium 133.
>
[ ... ]
>
> My bogo mips is about half of what it should be. :-(
> I feel it has become a bit slow.
>
> Well, I remember that my bogo mips *was* around `53'.
> But I don't know when it changed.
> New kernel configuration, old `vmlinuz', or things like that
> doesn't help.
>
> Could you tell me what kinds of possibility I have?
>
Did nobody tell you that you have to clean your CPU from time to time
in order to maintain the same BogoMips level? ... just kidding, don't
touch your CPU, this could bring down the BogoMips level to about 0!
Does your laptop use some kind of power saving mode that slows down
the CPU? Did you ever boot Windows and use any APM tools that could have
changed the BIOS settings?
On my Sony VAIO-505FX I can control the power saving modes from within
the BIOS, and when I am not using 100% CPU then my BogoMips factor is
lower. Don't use any "Auto" mode if you need the best possible performance
of your machine. Auto (at least on my computer) means that it starts out
with 75% CPU and goes down if I don't use it for a certain time.
Does this make any sense to you?
Karl Heinz
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From: Jean-Louis Botcazou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WP8 can't find my printer
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:25:30 +0100
Hello,
I downloaded WordPerfect 8 for Linux last week. Everything works
wordperfectly but I just can't print my work because WordPerfect doesn't
known where to find it (nether do I) Is there someone able to help me
configure my printer with WP8 Linux ? My printer is an Epson Stylus
Color 800 drived by Ghostscript 5.50.
Thanks a lot.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Whats Linux's equiv. of WIN98 Registry?
Date: 28 Jan 1999 07:49:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <78p30b$jd6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've been mucking around in the Win98 registry lately, and I wondered what is
>the Linux equivilant of the registry (or if there even is one)?
>
>I'm pre-newbie as I don't have a machine yet that I can install Linux on...
>
>Curious,
>
>Mark
/etc/* for the most part.
In general there is no registry for Linux.
But there are a few configuration files for the system and each program that you
install.
Do yourself a favor and read some Unix/Linux books before you install.
Vance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Megan)
Subject: Looking for file recovery utility
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:49:05 GMT
Say someone has done something incredibly foolish (by accident), such
as the equivalent of an rm -rf * on a mounted volume... Let's also
say that the backup was too out of date to be useful.
Does anyone have a pointer to a utility which will examine a linux
ext2 volume looking for former files?
Thanks in advance...
(Hoping to find one and not have to write it due to my 'copious'
free time)...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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From: Rodolfo Gallego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat
Subject: Re: How do I load GUI?
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:02:23 +0000
first you must run XF86Setup or xf86config (case sensitive) then run X
or startx!
"St. Aaron Thomas Pierce" wrote:
> Hello... I just installed RedHat V5.0 and after I enter
> "root" at the "localhost login:" and my password I get a
> prompt... how can I load the GUI, "Windows" or whatever?
> sorry... I know nothing regarding this... please CC: me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks!
>
> Aaron.
>
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