Linux-Misc Digest #506, Volume #19 Thu, 18 Mar 99 19:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: LINUX on an iMac (Jeff Shern)
Is there a previewer for Exell and other MS files for Linux? (Miernik)
Re: Solaris 7 partition (Philip Brown)
Re: Linux vs. Windows (Jeff Shern)
Re: Floppy Drive Mounting Problem (Deepak Gursahaney)
Re: acitivating pppd as a non-root user (Steve Emms)
How do you hang up pppd? (Jet)
Re: Fax solution for network w/ Linux server?? (Steve Emms)
Re: realplayer 5.0 and RH 5.2 (Jason Bowen)
Re: HP laserjet 6L (Andi Vontobel)
Is there free Net2phone? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Althought ping is real fast, Telnet is long to accept connection.... ("DUGRES
Hugues")
Re: Is Red Hat 5.2 worth fifty notes? (Harry Lewis)
Re: CD-I ("Jac Goudsmit")
Re: Kernel Panic! (heLP! please URGENT!) ("Zoran Davidovac")
Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment? ("David C. Oshel")
Re: Are screen savers necessary? (dc)
REDHAT 5.9?!!!!!!!!!!!!! ("Hey")
Re: Public license question ("PC PRO")
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From: Jeff Shern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.religion.kibology
Subject: Re: LINUX on an iMac
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:46:49 -0700
> Don Saklad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can LINUX be run on an iMac?...
> I don't know if the Boston Public Library wants you sneaking
> around trying to install LINUX on their iMac. I think you
> should ask a librarian first.
I'm sure they wouldn't mind, you just helping a public service after all :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miernik)
Subject: Is there a previewer for Exell and other MS files for Linux?
Date: 18 Mar 1999 21:20:25 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Subject: Re: Solaris 7 partition
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 18 Mar 1999 23:00:36 GMT
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:50:11 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Good morning all
>
>I would like to know which FS type to out into my FSTAB
>so I can mount a partition created by Solaris 7.
ufs
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From: Jeff Shern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux vs. Windows
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:42:13 -0700
> well, open source to me means free, so if you had #1
> then #2 would be 100% drop in price (or, _no cost_).
> and if you had #1, eventually you'd get #3, becuase
> some non-microsoft people would probably fix what's wrong.
> I use Win98 because some programs I like only run on Win98,
> I use Linux to learn about OS system.
Give us a chance and we'd redesign windows into Linux :)
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:20:18 +0000
From: Deepak Gursahaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Floppy Drive Mounting Problem
"Anthony E. Glover" wrote:
>
> You might try specifying the file type with the mount command. For
> example, if
> you inserted a PC disk, it would look like:
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> For other disk types check man on mount.
Definitely not the problem. I probably should have specified that I'm not a
real novice when it comes to Unix, but then again, I'm also not a real expert
when it comes to RH Linux. :-)
I have a feeling it's some sort of driver/hardware incompatability problem as
this server has everything built right onto the motherboard (which is causing
all sorts of IRQ problems with my pci cards), and also has an unsupported Mylex
RAID controller (well it's unsupported as far as Mylex is concerned).
Anyone have any experience with Micron servers?
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Active Edge New Media, Inc.
http://www.ActiveEdge.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Emms)
Subject: Re: acitivating pppd as a non-root user
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:32:19 GMT
On 17 Mar 99 11:12:42 CST, "Hugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks to those who responded to someone else about being able to activate
>pppd as a user. I can activate by typing /usr/sbin/ppp-on. I would like to
>be able to type ppp-on only. Any help appreciated.
You just need to put the /usr/sbin in your path.
Regards
Steve Emms
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxlinks.com
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From: Jet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do you hang up pppd?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:04:06 -0800
I have Red Hat 5.2. I can connect just fine, but haven't figured out how
to hang up. So I just pull the cord out of the back. :)
Thanks
J
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Emms)
Subject: Re: Fax solution for network w/ Linux server??
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:33:58 GMT
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:14:49 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Depuydt)
wrote:
>Hya,
>
>I'm looking for a working fax-solution on a linux server, that works
>with Win9x clients ???
>
>Any light shed, is welcome.
One piece of software springs to mind instantly.
Try http://www.faximum.com/
Regards
Steve Emms
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxlinks.com
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From: Jason Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: realplayer 5.0 and RH 5.2
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:25:55 -0700
Damn I feel stupid, I didn't even notice the RH 5.x download option. I
downloaded it and installed it and it works fine but for some reason
suffixes won't change. I have gone into
edit->preferences->navigator->applications and changed the suffixes
their but in about plugins it only shows the rpm suffix.
Jeremy Nickolet wrote:
>
> Jason Bowen wrote:
>
> > I downloaded it, untarred and unzipped it, followed the directions and
> > when I go to install it as a plugin I get the following message when I go
> > to about plugins: libm.so.5 : cannot open shared object file: now such
> > file or directory. It will replace the filename with librvcore.so
> > sometimes. I checked /etc/ld.so.conf and made sure that /usr/i486../lib
> > was the first line, nothing seems to help. I can run it from the shell
> > but sometimes if gives me a wrong codec error even if I have played the
> > file before with no problem. Hints? I have /usr/local/rvplayer5.0 in the
> > path and LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/rvplayer5.0. I am frustrated because
> > everything looks like it should. Why would it be having trouble loading
> > the libc5 libraries? I am assuming that this is the problem.
> > Thanks in advance
> > Jason
>
> I downloaded the RPM from Real Networks and installed that without any
> problems. I didn't need to make any other changes (I'm using Red Hat 5.2)
> except to tell Netscape how to use it.
>
> Jeremy
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From: Andi Vontobel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP laserjet 6L
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:18:40 +0100
Hi Remi.
As I remember ... in my old Laserjet 3 is an entry in the menu
to generate a form-feed at the end of a print-job.
Is there a similar point in the 6L - menu?
cu, Andy.
Remi Dumont 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Is there free Net2phone?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:25:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi! All. Is there any software which can let me dial to friends'
phones from my computer directly? Netmeeting and Ipphone could only talk to
other computers and Net2phone charges me a lot for this service when I dial
to other countries.
Could I find such a free software(both the server and client parts)?
With the client part installed in my machine and the server
installed in machines near my friends's location, i only need to pay for the
internet fee and local call.
I think such a freeware will surely make Linux attracting to home users.
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From: "DUGRES Hugues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Althought ping is real fast, Telnet is long to accept connection....
Date: 18 Mar 1999 08:36:28 GMT
Hi guys,
I have setup a Linux server with a redhat 5.2 distribution package...
Everything worked ok for a couple of days, but now, I meet an odd problem !
If a ping the Linux box from the network, it replys within less than 1ms...
If I try a telnet on it, whatever the port (25, 110, telnet,...) it replies
instantly 'connected' and then I have to way for 10 seconds before I am
allowed to enter any username...
Does anybody know why it behaves in such a way ?
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From: Harry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Red Hat 5.2 worth fifty notes?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:44:52 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm ... er ... in it for the money. As I read a lot about Red Hat, I'm
kinda banking that's the one that companies will want. Is Suse
commercial enough?
Harry
Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam wrote:
> ed lepley schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >In a word that we have learned over and over -- "NO"
> <snip>
> >
> >I really like Linux because it's a challenge but I like support and
> >RedHat offered me none in the manuals and their support line.
> >
> >There are only two ways people learn -- "Pain" and "Money".........
> >
> >Good Luck
> >
> >ed
> >
>
> Hello,
>
> you should try the S.u.S.E - distribution. Their Manal is quit good!
> About the hotline, I can't tell anything, because til now, there was
> no need for it. :))
>
> Bernd
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From: "Jac Goudsmit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.publish.cdrom.software,alt.comp.periphs.cdr
Subject: Re: CD-I
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:33:50 +0100
>I would like to know if anyone has successfully ripped the MPEG video
>stream from a CD-I disk and copied it to a recordable disk. Will any
>software available make an image copy of a CD-I movie to hard drive so
>it can be edited?
It shouldn't be very difficult to take the video tracks off a VideoCD but if
you're talking about a CD-i (or CD-i/Digital Video for that matter) it's an
entirely different story.
First you need a CD-ROM drive or recorder that's able to grab the CD-i's
data. Sounds easy but it isn't. Like most users, manufacturers usually also
don't know the difference between VideoCD and CD-i and will happily put
"CD-i compatible" on the box even if it isn't.
But that's not all. With VideoCD it's easy because you know you need
everything except track 1 and you need to grab the sectors in Mode 2 Form 2
format (2336 bytes per sector if memory serves me). On a CD-i you need to
find the MPEG data yourself, and basically it could be anywhere. The only
thing you know is that the MPEG streams are stored in Green mode which is
the same as Mode 2 Form 2.
===Jac
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From: "Zoran Davidovac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic! (heLP! please URGENT!)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:47:32 +0100
eric malloy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I successfully installed Kernel 2.2.3 and well when i boot with it.. it
>
> says this:
>
> Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:04
>
> Can anyone tell me how to fix this? please ..
>
> Thank you,
> eric
>
>
>
in one of previous messages he also wrote...
where can i obtain gcc-2.7.2 or later?
and how do i install it
i need it to make zImage for 2.2.3 kernel
Please respond
eric
2.2.X can be compiled with any gcc-2.7.2; gcc 2.8.1; egcs
100% tested
but what newbies dont know
cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig (configure it)
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
wait a while
copy bzImage to /vmlinuz
and type
lilo !
if you don't type lilo you get KERNAL PANIC :)
Zoran
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From: "David C. Oshel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:47:18 -0600
In article <7cr5c9$d0o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John M. Janney
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From what I've seen (screenshots), I also prefer the look of GNOME.
... whack ...
> I am really looking to get a full fledge Linux system soon (I use Linux only
> for web servers now) to migrate my desktop operations, but am looking at Red
> Hat 5.3 (coming soon, so I hear) with GNOME support (and drag-n-drop) or
> Caldera with KDE.
>
> I've been impressed with the GNOME hype, but pretty much warned away by all
> the negative reviews (system unstable, crashes every hour, etc.). I
> understand Red Hat is working hard on bug fixes and GNOME stability... but
> any help is very much apreciated in terms of comments from first-hand
> experience with both KDE and GNOME.
I use Corel WordPerfect 8 (PE), which means I sort of use Linux. I
have KDE because it's ALMOST a true desktop with a long asymptotic way
to go (professional Macintosh programmer here, sorry). There is no
longer any Microsoft software AT ALL in this shop, except for MFC and
Visual C++ 5.0 residing on the archive shelves.
I don't use Gnome because trying to install it raises more questions
about how installing glibc_whatchacallit versions over what I've
already got may/might/has/probably_will mess up my system than I'm
willing to try to answer in my busy work day.
In other words, I'm now ALMOST a Linux * u s e r * instead of a Linux
religionist (which I've quietly been for some time).
I don't intend to use Gnome 1.x until and unless RedHat bundles it as a
fully-fledged desktop system. I wish KDE 1.1 was as good as its hype,
but it's not. Close, though.
MHO,
Dave Oshel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dc)
Subject: Re: Are screen savers necessary?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Cornelius)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:19:36 GMT
I'm not a hardware tech person, but here's my 2cents worth from my own
experience...
The old monochrome monitors "burned in" images fairly quickly. I can't
tell you how many times I've seen WordPerfect 5.1 on the screen when
the computer is off! Or seen a billing program menu forever etched in
a medical clinic's terminal.
However, today's color monitors are much better and screen savers are
now more of a fad or personal statement than anything necessary.
Having said that, I have to relate an exception:
My boss has a Windows 95 background picture of a train station. His
screen saver is the magnifying bubble that wanders around the
screen--basically, his background picture is visible at all times his
screen saver is going (which is quite often since he's always in
meetings and he leaves his computer on 24x7). After two years with the
same background picture, same screen saver, and same 17" digital color
monitor, I can see parts of the train station when Word is opened with
a new document (large, blank, white screen). The image at first looks
like dust on the monitor and I've caught myself trying to wipe it off
until I realized the pattern. :-)
Anyway, for the most part, I'd say no, screen savers are not all that
necessary anymore--especially if you change your background
periodically or have your screen saver blank the screen or change the
display. Some people use them to password-protect their computers
while they're away. That works for Linux and Windows NT, but is
easily circumnavigated by rebooting in Win 95.
Of course, letting it power-down after a long period of time is
probably the best solution.
FWIW
--david.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi) wrote the following on 18
Mar 1999 04:52:35 GMT:
>On 14 Mar 1999 17:29:51 -0500, Marc D. Bumble wrote:
>>
>>Someone at work mentioned that monitor screen phosphors have been
>>re-designed so that screen savers are no longer necessary. Is this
>>true? For instance, If I run xdm 24 hrs per day, will the login
>
>Screen savers are un necessary, but DPMS ( auto shutdown of your monitor )
>is good , because it saves a lot of power.
>
>If you run xdm, you can put
>
>xset dpms 600 1200 1800
>
>in the file /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 or
>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
>or whatever it is on your system.
>
>This will auto-power down your monitor when no one is using the machine.
>
>cheers,
>--
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From: "Hey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: REDHAT 5.9?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00:51 GMT
Anyone have any mirrors for Starbuck?!
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From: "PC PRO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Public license question
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:05:23 GMT
Boy are you guys some law-spouting Jeopardy whiz-kids. Does the L in Linux
stand for lawyers, or what? ......
Meantime, let's get back to the OS.
Matthias Warkus wrote in message ...
>It was the 17 Mar 1999 12:11:42 -0600...
>..and Richard E. Hawkins Esq. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In article <7cmo28$1kl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> Lynn Winebarger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Europe as a whole is under a different regime when it comes to civil
>> >matters. I believe, in fact, it's called a "civil law regime". I can't
>> >remember what the US's system is called, but it's on different footing.
>>
>> "Common Law," as in "The Common Law of England," to which all, including
>> the King, were subject. While (most of?) the rest of Europe is "Civil
>> Code," tracing to the Napoleanic Code, which traces to codes
>> published by Roman Emperors,
>
>In Germany, it's even more complicated; the civil law was largely
>based on the _Sachsenspiegel_ ("Saxon Mirror"), a codified law from
>~1200 (?). Roman law was merged in with the BGB (B�rgerliches
>Gesetzbuch, Civil Law Code) around 1890.
>
>mawa
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