Linux-Misc Digest #492, Volume #19 Wed, 17 Mar 99 17:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: downloaded some SUSE disk sets , so how do i install them ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What is a Gui (was: More bad news for NT) (Harry)
Re: CR/LF Question (Pete)
Re: self extracting .exe on linux? ("Micah Webner")
I've got the 3DFX Drivers installed and tested - So what's there to try ? (Paul-S)
OS spec's and limits ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Are there any "ticker" programs that run under linux/Xwindows ? (Tom Evans)
Re: SuSE 6.0 feelings please. (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Re: HP laserjet 6L (Ajit Krishnan)
Re: Help a newbie (Paul Richards)
Re: How many $$$ does Linux save? (Nathan Cuka)
Assembler for Linux ("Fred Donnelly")
Some RPMs to play with (COL 1.3) ("Marc E. Christensen")
How do I Install drivers for my video card that Linux does not support? (Valerie
Bull)
Re: LINUX on an iMac (benjamin j snyder)
HELP! how do I undelete a file!?? ("Alan W. Jurgensen")
Re: Help a newbie (benjamin j snyder)
xanim 2800 and the new indeo codecs (zentara)
Re: -12zt**-17.7354.9uy ("Anders G. Olstad")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: downloaded some SUSE disk sets , so how do i install them
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:53:16 GMT
hi
well no it doesnt help, i guess i wasnt clear either, the disksets
i have are sitting on my win98 partition, i have my hd partitioned
with a linux part and swap part, now i need to install the disksets to
the linux partition. is there a setup or install routine i can run
from a diskette or windows or os2? to install this stuff?
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 12:25:08, Andre Hinrichs
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > hi there
> >
> > i've downloaded a couple of the disksets from suse
> > ftp site
> >
> > a1
> > ap1
> > ap2
> > beo1
> > contents
> > d1
> > d2
> > x1
> >
> > they are big so itll take a while to get them all, anyway how do i
> > install them i dont see a setup or install routine?
>
> You can install rpm-Packages with rpm:
> rpm -i --force filename
>
> You can check whether you already installed the package (an older one):
> rpm -q package
> The package name is without suffix .rpm and without version number.
>
> For more information see manual pages for rpm.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Andre
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From: Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is a Gui (was: More bad news for NT)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:44:20 -0500
> What is being asserted is that in Unix, you only need the first
> two layers to get a working server, while in NT, the GDI is
> unavoidable loaded, adding its memory overhead to the amount of
> memory required for the server
Great - now I have to check out what this load is!!! And just when I
thought I could forget the whole thing. <s>
Harry
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From: Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: CR/LF Question
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 16:59:05 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In his obvious haste, Stressed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
> : If I get a script file from the net using a DOS or Win9x machine, how can I
> : get it into Linux so that I can use it. The CR/LF problem produces nothing
> : but errors on scripts, and unreadable text sometimes.
>
> You could load it into a standard editor (such as joe, which is the one I
> use).
>
> Then all you have to do is perform a search/replace for ^M characters,
> replacing them with nothing.
>
> Should work fine...
> --
>
Could also look at using dos2unix command that automatically strips
these out.
Pete
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From: "Micah Webner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: self extracting .exe on linux?
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:27:40 -0500
Since sfx exe's can usually be unzipped with PKUNZIP or WinZip, it stands to
reason that unzip (from the RedHat unzip package) will work, too...
>In article <7c3qtg$jgu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I have a self extracting zip file (.exe). Is
>> there a way to expand it under Linux without
>> going to a windows machine running it and bringing
>> it back to my linux box?
>>
>> I am running RedHat 5.2 so an rpm would be nice
>> if available.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> am
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul-S)
Subject: I've got the 3DFX Drivers installed and tested - So what's there to try ?
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:58:43 GMT
Fresh system:
RedHat 5.2
KDE 1.1
Kernal 2.2.3
3DFX Drivers for my Voodoo2
So, what's out there for me to try with the 3DFX card ?
Any demo's ?
Does Quake2 work, if so, is it easy to get running ?
Thank's for any news about things I can play with :-)
Paul.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OS spec's and limits
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:32:53 GMT
Can someone please answer the following questions about Redhat Linux 5.2
1. Is it a 64 or 32 bit operating system
2. What is the maxium filesystem limit
3. What is the maxium file size limit
4. What is the max file size tar can handle
5. what is the max process per user limit
For you info I am a software developer and we are looking to test and possibly
port to unix (we are currently on AIX, HP, and SUN). We will be converting an
intel box with 2 133 processor 128 Megs of RAM and 27 Gigs of Hard disk space.
I am hoping it will blow the doors off some of the other platforms.
Thanks
Jay
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From: Tom Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: misc.invest.stocks,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Are there any "ticker" programs that run under linux/Xwindows ?
Date: 17 Mar 1999 16:03:55 -0500
xquote, from the 1.1 README:
Primary Site -> http://sunsite.auc.dk/xinvest/
Alternate site
Source -> ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/xquote-1.1.tar.gz
Linux Static Binary
-> ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/xquote-1.1.bin.tar.gz
--
Tom Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All disclaimers apply...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.0 feelings please.
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 06:31:38 +0100
Sitaram Chamarty schrieb in Nachricht ...
<snip>
>Have they finally gotten around to making dhcpcd a part of the
>installation? That's what turned me completely off SuSE 5.2 - I
>could deal with it (install dhcpcd, patch a few files in /etc and
>/sbin), but it's impossible to evangelise Linux to Windoze folks
>in a DHCP environment without this support!
It's totaly easy to set up DHCP!
Start yast, choose administration, modify configuration-file, find
START_DHCPD, set it to "yes".
Edit /etc/dhcpd.conf and start dhcpd with
/sbin/init.d/dhcp start. Check /var/log/message and /var/log/warn for
messages.
That's all.
DHCPD will now be started automaticly with every reboot.
Bernd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ajit Krishnan)
Subject: Re: HP laserjet 6L
Date: 17 Mar 1999 21:10:48 GMT
Hi,
I don't know what your problem might be....but I can tell
you what my configuration is.....i'm using the 6L with the
old HP Laserjet 4/5/6 series, and everything seems to work fine
ajit
Remi Dumont ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi,
: I've got a HP laserjet 6L printer running under Debian 2.0. When I
: try to print a file (hitting the "print" button of netscape or lpr
: foo.ps, for example) the first pages are ok but not the last: the front
: panel leds stop blinking and...that's all. A push on the printer button
: and the last page is printed...but still a few lines are missing.
: I would be glad if someone had any idea.
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From: Paul Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help a newbie
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:19:12 +0000
Reply-To: Paul Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gerald Willmann writes,
>On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Paul Richards wrote:
>
>> Is there a sort of autoexec.bat equivalent so that it'll automatically
>> mount my Win95 partition each time or do I use some other method for
>> auto-mounting?
>
>you could put it in your fstab file and without the noauto option it
>should mount and umount automatically.
> Gerald
>
Thanks but...
I had a go at mounting it manually before I plonked it into that file
you mentioned but I get an error...
Unknown mount point /win95
Or something similar, I should've wrote it down.
--
Paul Richards (aka. Pauldoo)
EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HTTP www.dunvegan1.demon.co.uk/paul/
ICQ# 14106503
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From: Nathan Cuka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How many $$$ does Linux save?
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:31:53 -0600
Alan Gauld wrote:
>
> Paul Davies wrote:
> > I'm just trying to understand approximately how much I'd save using Linux
> > compared to say Solaris. Does anyone know how much Solaris costs per
> > license?
>
> Solaris for x86 was about $500-600 last time I looked
> (including compilers etc!)
>
Actually, Sun charges nothing for Solaris 7 for non-commercial use
(see
http://www.sun.com/developers/developers.html;$sessionid$XGDWT5AAAVIM5AMUVFZE4GUBSSUXEUDO#free
)
=======================================================
| Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Neoglyphics Media Corporation.........http://www.neog.com
|
| I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed...
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From: "Fred Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.development
Subject: Assembler for Linux
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:44:19 -0500
What is the assembler program (is one exist) in Linux?
Fred
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From: "Marc E. Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.aps
Subject: Some RPMs to play with (COL 1.3)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:48:44 -0700
I have put some RPMs together of glib-1.2.0, gtk+-1.2.0 and apache
1.3.4. They are built on and for Caldera 1.3 systems. However, the
glib and gtk+ packages should work on almost any libc 5 (or 6 for that
matter) distribution. So, These are package betas (not betas of the
software but betas of the RPMs).
If you want to do some testing and install these, I'd be very
appreciative. If there are no problems, their packaging status will
silently move from 'beta' to 'released'. You've got to understand that
these have to potential to screw your system - he he he but I wouldn't
bet
on it. Everything works fine for me - YMMV.
I'd like some feedback on if the packages work correctly for you.
Especially the apache server. There were a lot of changes from the
Apache
server RPM that shipped with COL 1.3 to this one. First off, there were
a
few changes in file location. Next, I modularized every thing I could.
This makes for a completely flexible apache server that is highly
configurable and fast. Modularization wasn't available on the original
Apache 1.3.1 RPM that shipped with COL 1.3 - it was a new and somewhat
untested feature at the time.
You'll find everything here:
http://www.mecworks.com/software/
Some things to note:
* glib-1.2.0 is not 'libc 6'. It is a base library that provides low
level functions for data storage and manipulation used by several
programs, most notably gtk+ uses them. glib is required for
gtk+.
* gtk+-1.2.0 is the next stable version of gtk+ which is used for
gimp
and Gnome. This latest stable version of Gimp (1.0.2) does not use
gtk+-1.2.0, it must have a version from gtk+-1.0.1 to gtk+-1.0.6
(the
previous stable version of gtk+. You can have both runtime
libraries
on your system. You can only have the development packages from one
version though. That way, you can have the old libraries needed to
run gimp and the new libraries to run Gnome and/or develop/compile
newer gtk+ programs.
* glib-1.2.0 is multi-threaded and requires a good implementation of
linuxthreads. I have made an RPM of linuxthreads-0.71. You need
to
install this before you can install glib-1.2.0.
linuxthreads conflicts with the pthread.h header file
from the libc-devel package. The reason is that there is an older
version of a pthread library installed with Caldera's libc.
linuxthreads is intended to replace that older version. Because the
pthread.h header is in the libc-devel package and you need the
devel package to compile programs, you need to force an install
of linuxthreads. That way, you are forcing the linuxthreads
package to overwrite the libc-devel's version of pthread.h.
Install the RPM by doing this:
rpm -ivh --force linuxthreads-0.71-1.i386.rpm
If this bothers you. It shouldn't. I'll tell you how to change
back and put your system in it's original state. Simply remove the
linuxthreads rpm and force a reinstall of the libc-devel RPM:
rpm -e linuxthreads
rpm -ivh --force libc-devel-5.4.46-2.i386.rpm
Voila, your system is back to the state before lnuxthreads was
installed.
Once the Packages have all the quirks worked out of them I will upload
them to Caldera's incoming directory where they should eventually make
it
to the contrib directory.
Thanks!
--
Marc C.
http://www.mecworks.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Valerie Bull)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: How do I Install drivers for my video card that Linux does not support?
Date: 17 Mar 1999 18:50:15 GMT
I have a STB nVidea TNT 16 MB video card on my Dell that I have dual
booted w Win 98 & Linux 5.2. Someone gave me drivers to support this
card that I have e-mailed to myself. How do I get them to Linux and in
XFree86's configuration? I am a Mac person, so I don't know DOS or
Win98 or Linux. Info on my Dell: It is a Pentium ll minitower at
450MHZ, with 128MB of RAM. Any and all advise very much appreciated.
Valerie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (benjamin j snyder)
Subject: Re: LINUX on an iMac
Date: 17 Mar 1999 21:35:30 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Don Saklad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can LINUX be run on an iMac?...
Excuse me for asking, but why would you want to?
It's my knowledge that the iMac (I hardly even looked at them, so dont bother
flaming me if I'm wrong) is only expandable via USB. It's not a machine that
is 'upgradable' in anyway what-so-ever unless referring to adding stuff instead
of changing stuff (swapping video cards, NICs, etc).
With this in mind, I know myself (and a lot of other people I know) would NEVER
think of getting an iMac for this single reason. If you're gonna spend that
much (I know it's not an outrageous amount, but for someone who builds his own
computers for total hardware control and to not pay bloated rates to an OEM
it's a lot of $$) you'd better be sure you want it just the way it is for a few
years.
If an iMac is something you want, and are willing to keep it long enough to get
your money's worth, then go for it (I dont personally know anyone with linux
running on one, but I know it's possible). If you just want the look that all
anti-PC people around here at work are raving about, buy a can of spray paint
and some plexiglass and 'frost' it to your own desired color, cut sime slits or
drill some holes in it for ventilation, now put that on the case instead of the
cover...insta-Mac (well, the look anyway)!
=================================
This in no way is an attack on Mac users, or Mac hardware...just the way those
damned ugly things look.
--
Ben Snyder
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From: "Alan W. Jurgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.sco,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: HELP! how do I undelete a file!??
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:36:25 +0000
Help,
we've mistakenly deleted some SCO progress database files...
HOW CAN WE UNDELETE THESE, IS IT POSSIBLE?
yeah there is a backup, but that puts everything out of sync...
please respond to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Your help is greatly apprecitated!!!!
thankx alan
--
+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
Alan W. Jurgensen - Full Compass Systems
phone: (608) 831-7330 - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (benjamin j snyder)
Subject: Re: Help a newbie
Date: 17 Mar 1999 21:39:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Thanks but...
>I had a go at mounting it manually before I plonked it into that file
>you mentioned but I get an error...
> Unknown mount point /win95
>Or something similar, I should've wrote it down.
As root type 'cd /', then 'mkdir win95' now if you use /win95 (in a file, on
the command line, whereever) it will work.
What happens is that linux wants to address this new mount as a directory, and
it wants you to tell it which directory to use. so after you mount that sucker
you need to cd to /win95 (just like DOS...except the '/')...if you do a 'ls'
you should then see all of the files on C:\.
Hope this helps and isnt too confusing.
--
Ben Snyder
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (zentara)
Subject: xanim 2800 and the new indeo codecs
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:10:50 GMT
Reply-To: ""
Hi,
The new version of xanim was just released and is
supposed to support the indeo 4 and 5 codecs,
by using a dll.
Has anyone got this to work?
If so, can you detail, any tricks?
I'm using suse6, and I had to edit the makefile
to get it to run. Specifically I had to change the
CC=egcs to cc=gcc, but gcc is egcs in suse6.
It compiled, and produced all the .o files, but
indeo 4 and 5 don't run, and some 3.2 will
run and some won't.
I get sound only on the newer codecs.
Has anyone succeeded?
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From: "Anders G. Olstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: -12zt**-17.7354.9uy
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:46:48 +0100
Anonymous <Use-Author-Address-Header> wrote:
> Please study this article VERY carefully. Once you've read
> it, you'll understand that the evidence is conclusive that:
[snip]
I don't care about Jesus - unless he's GPL'ed...
--
Anders Gulden Olstad @ Brinkley | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RedHat 5.2 Linux kernel 2.0.36 | "Penguins are generally nice creatures"
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