Linux-Misc Digest #533, Volume #19 Sat, 20 Mar 99 15:13:08 EST
Contents:
Linux SLEUTHS! HELP! (kj0)
PPPD kernel support? ("Karl Bengtsson")
Re: Is there a simple way of installing Linux on a laptop not as a (Christopher)
Linux SLEUTHS! HELP! (kj0)
Re: Why APM is not good with SMP (Sasa Ostrouska)
Re: Serial crack for mathcad ver.8.0 ("Jean Paul")
Web Hosting Questions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Microsoft and Linux (Tom Betz)
MPEG TV and sound device (Hann Wei Toh)
Re: making PostGreSql got message cc1plus missing (NF Stevens)
newbie needs help installing 2.2.3 kernel (Michael)
HELP: Problem with HUGE HD (2 Gigs missing) (Jan Buckow)
Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix (Guus Zijlstra)
Re: Linux Emulator for Windows? (William Wueppelmann)
Re: Help with remote session (Roland Latour)
What's going on with comp.os.linux.announce? ("Christopher R. Carlen")
Re: linux on < 386 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 5.2 and ppp script for concentric.net ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Create *.tar.gz (Tina)
Test, please ignore ("Christopher R. Carlen")
Re: MPEG TV and sound device (Tina)
Re: Newbie seeks help running apps (William Wueppelmann)
Re: vesaFB launching X gives me a NO VALID MODES FOUND error (David Henry)
Re: linux on < 386 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
StarOffice 5.01 setup dies (A Chris Long)
Re: Linux <---- > Win95 (scientific DATA files rd/wrt able by both OS) ??
(Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
linux on < 386 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: linux on < 386 (Raj Rijhwani)
Re: Create *.tar.gz (Aron Felix Gurski)
Re: C/C++ Programming on Linux: Good Books? (Claudius Proculus)
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From: kj0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Linux SLEUTHS! HELP!
Date: 20 Mar 1999 18:14:40 GMT
I'm the acting (and *not* *terribly* *knowledgeable*) sysadmin in an
academic lab. We have a small farm of linux boxes for running long
(usually overnight, but often multi-day) computation jobs.
We're having a truly bizarre problem. Quite frequently, this one of
our linux boxes, call it A, mysteriously dies in the middle of the
night (we know the approximate time when this happens because one of
us has a demon that periodically checks the status of all the machines
on the network and reports when machines go down). Looking at the
times on A's '/var/log/messages' file after the "crashes", we notice
that invariably it is the same one user (we'll call him X) who shows
up as doing stuff on A, although there is typically a lag of 2-3 hours
between the crash times and the time of first activity, at least as
recorded in '/var/log/messages'. X has a history of resenting sharing
equipment, and resorting to passive-aggressive methods to discourage
others from using his favorite pieces of equipment. But he's sneaky,
and always leaves himself room for deniability. We think that this
time he wants to discourage others from running long jobs on "his"
machine by making it effectively unstable.
We really don't have much recourse (other than installing secret video
cameras to catch him red-handed), but we would like to collect the
strongest circumstantial evidence that we can about this, in case we
have to present formal charges against X.
Any advice on how to do this would be most appreciated.
(Can the system record when someone presses the off or reset button?
I realize this is unlikely, but I thought I'd ask anyway.)
Regards,
KJ
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From: "Karl Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPPD kernel support?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:11:29 GMT
I'm having some trouble with PPPD scripts. When I run the script I've
written, I get a message saying that PPP support isn't compiled into the
kernel, though I _know_ that it is. I can run the network configurator (in
Redhat) and log on using ppp just fine.
I've had this problem before, and fixed it. But I can't remember how I did
it. Could someone drop me a hint?
thanks,
/Karl
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From: Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Is there a simple way of installing Linux on a laptop not as a
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:26:10 -0600
Ron wrote:
>
> Is there a simple way of installing Linux on a laptop not as a
> separated OS partition?
>
> I have Hebrew Win 95, a problematic version of Win95 and it is stable
> now, so I will not risk adding partitions and OS, but I want to
> exercise UNIX using Linux.
>
> I have heard of such tools but need to know if any one experienced an
> easy and smooth installation, before I jump into the water.
>
> Roni
Look into the Linux UMSDOS How-To. I know alot off the diehards don't like this
approach but you can give
Linux a try and you don't have to destroy anything on your HD. I did this myself
because I had DOS6.22,
WFW3.11, Win95, WinNT on my machine. I have to use all of the operating systems for
work for testing
problems. And I surely didn't want to accidently destroy propably 200+ hours of work
installing all of
that. But now I have another machine dedicated to that task and this one now runs
Linux only.
Well except when I switch over to the N64 os for games.
Good luck
Chris
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/UMSDOS-HOWTO
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Loadlin+Win95
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From: kj0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux SLEUTHS! HELP!
Date: 20 Mar 1999 18:18:47 GMT
I'm the acting (and *not* *terribly* *knowledgeable*) sysadmin in an
academic lab. We have a small farm of linux boxes for running long
(usually overnight, but often multi-day) computation jobs.
We're having a truly bizarre problem. Quite frequently, this one of
our linux boxes, call it A, mysteriously dies in the middle of the
night (we know the approximate time when this happens because one of
us has a demon that periodically checks the status of all the machines
on the network and reports when machines go down). Looking at the
times on A's '/var/log/messages' file after the "crashes", we notice
that invariably it is the same one user (we'll call him X) who shows
up as doing stuff on A, although there is typically a lag of 2-3 hours
between the crash times and the time of first activity, at least as
recorded in '/var/log/messages'. X has a history of resenting sharing
equipment, and resorting to passive-aggressive methods to discourage
others from using his favorite pieces of equipment. But he's sneaky,
and always leaves himself room for deniability. We think that this
time he wants to discourage others from running long jobs on "his"
machine by making it effectively unstable.
We really don't have much recourse (other than installing secret video
cameras to catch him red-handed), but we would like to collect the
strongest circumstantial evidence that we can about this, in case we
have to present formal charges against X.
Any advice on how to do this would be most appreciated.
(Can the system record when someone presses the off or reset button?
I realize this is unlikely, but I thought I'd ask anyway.)
Regards,
KJ
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From: Sasa Ostrouska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why APM is not good with SMP
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 19:11:33 +0100
Mike !
This is what I was looking for.
Thank you.
Sasa
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From: "Jean Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: hk.comp.hacker,hk.comp.pc,hk.comp.software,hk.general
Subject: Re: Serial crack for mathcad ver.8.0
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 00:21:08 +0800
VN800809DH0697
Chan, Siu-Kei ���g��峹 <7c2lno$7l0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Do anyone have the serial number of the Mathcad 8.0?
>
>--
>Chan, Siu-Kei
>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Web Hosting Questions
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:17:13 GMT
Hi all,
I am planning to get a domain name registered with InterNIC which asks for a
DNS as a part of registration. Could someone advise how to get a DNS? I don't
want to have to sign-up with a hosting service and start paying them, as I am
not ready to start hosting the site right away.
Is it possible to get a free DNS? Does the "technical contact" always have to
be from the DNS provider? Or, can I be the admin/billing/tech contact?
Is there any inexpensive solution for me to host a site on my Linux box at
home without having to pay a professional hosting service?
Please advise. Thanks.
BOB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Betz)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Microsoft and Linux
Date: 20 Mar 1999 13:37:58 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoth Robert Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
|I wish there was a single OS which had emulators for all the others (MacOS,
|Windows, Linux, BSDs). That would be heavenly...
Well, VMWare for Linux is pretty close...
<http://www.vmware.com/products/detailedlinux.html>
I'm trying to figure out a way to squeeze it into my budget.
--
|We have tried ignorance | Tom Betz, Generalist |
|for a very long time, and | Want to send me email? FIRST, READ THIS PAGE: |
|it's time we tried education. | <http://www.panix.com/~tbetz/mailterms.shtml> |
|<http://www.pobox.com/~tbetz> | YO! MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS HEAVILY SPAM-ARMORED! |
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From: Hann Wei Toh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MPEG TV and sound device
Date: 20 Mar 1999 18:29:25 GMT
Hi,
Does anyone know if I need to have a sound card on my
Linux machine in order for it to deliver audio when
running MPEG TV (http://www.mpeg.org/)? The machine
has a 4x speed CD-ROM drive, which contains an audio
output socket that allows me to listen to audio CDs.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Hann Wei
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: making PostGreSql got message cc1plus missing
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:34:24 GMT
Philippe Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Linuxer's,
>
>Making a PostgresSql 6.4 installation I've got the message:
>checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no
>configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler
>cannot create executables.
>
>In fact, doing the following test: gcc -o conftest conftest.C the
>message is
>gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': this file or directory
>doesn't exist
>(I'm often using gcc with standard c programs and it works perfectly)
>:-)
>I did "find / -name '*cc1plus*' -print" but cc1plus was not found.
>
>I'm not familiar with C++ and I believed that it was a build as a
>feature of gcc. So I re-installed gcc (2.7.2.3-11) and libg++
>(2.7.2.8-9). Running again my test gave the same error.
>
>I don't know what package is missing and where I can find cc1plus.
You need to load the gpp package.
Norman
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From: Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie needs help installing 2.2.3 kernel
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 12:51:24 -0500
I downloaded the 2.2.3 kernel (linux-2.2.3.tar.gz). I followed the
instructions in the README. When I get to configuring the kernel (make
config), it says no rule to make target config. Am I doing something
wrong? I'm running RH Linux 5.0 with 2.0.32 kernel
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From: Jan Buckow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP: Problem with HUGE HD (2 Gigs missing)
Date: 20 Mar 1999 17:43:00 +0100
Hi,
I just bought an
IBM DTTA-351010 with 10.1 GByte
When I boot linux the HD is detected as
<4>hdb: IBM-DTTA-351010, 8063MB w/466kB Cache, CHS=16383/16/63, DMA
which is fine except for the fact that there are
2 GByte missing!!
What did happen? How can I get my 2 Gig back?
Any help is MUCH appreciated!
Jan
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:00:46 +0000
From: Guus Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix
Johan has a point. The word endemic may be better
suited to describe a population. In fact any population,
anywhere, anytime.
Guus.
Johan Kullstam wrote:
> Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > the native Britons weren't Keltae either they were also late
> > arrivals.
>
> wtf is a native really? doesn't it simply mean that you were born
> there? all you need to do is have lived there since birth... kelts,
> picts, angles, saxons, danes &c have all been in great britain long
> enough to have offspring.
>
> now for some real fun consider `native american'.
>
> and next i'd like to take up `african american'. what if you are of
> african decent yet not american? into what race would you place your
> native kennian or congolese? what if you are an arab or afrikaner and
> are a naturalized citizen of the united states, are you the wrong sort
> of african?
>
> --
> johan kullstam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: Linux Emulator for Windows?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:50:51 GMT
In our last episode (Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:38:49 -0500),
the artist formerly known as Steve D. Perkins said:
> This might sound like a really dumb question (and might earn a few
>flame replies!)... but does anyone know of any good (freeware or
>commercial) Linux emulators for MSWindows? I'm stuck having to use NT
>at work... and sure would love the ability to run some of my favorite
>Linux/X apps through it....
I don't think you'll find a Linux emulator as such, but you can get a
number of GNU programs for Win32 (emacs, sed, grep and others, as well as
ports of vim, perl and some other non-GNU stuff) which have been designed
to work in as Unix-like a way as WinDOS will allow. You can also get a
version of bash that will run ina Win32 console, though when I tried it, it
was very slow, and, of course, couldn't duplicate all of the functionality
you'd get on a *nix platform, but you might want to try it out. I
understand that there are commercial implementations of other Unix shells
for Win32. But I don't know if they're any better.
I've been told that you can get Litestep, which is an Afterstep-like window
manager for Win32 as well, though I don't know what that's like.
Unfortunately, I forget the URLs containing links to these programs, but a
search of the Web should bring something up.
--
It is pitch black.
You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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From: Roland Latour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with remote session
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 08:12:42 -0800
Keith E. Jennings wrote:
>
> David Z. Maze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : You have to be running an X server, but if your local xhost succeeded
> : than you must be. :-) Try running the program not in the background;
> : does it produce any error messages?
>
> actuallly I tried it again and the problem raised it head when I
> exported the DISPLAY variable. I got "scandalous:0.0 not a
> valid identifier" or some such nonsense. Now I know my machine
> won't be listed on any kind of DNS or whatever, but I still should
> be able to run remote sessions (shouldn't I???)
If the machine in question can't resolve the name 'scandalous' to an
IP address, then no, you can't use that name. You can still run remote
X sessions, though, by setting DISPLAY to YourIPaddress:0.
Basic test: 'ping scandalous', does the name resolve to an IPaddress?
If not, ping your box by IPaddress. If either works, you should be able
to run a remote X application (if there's nothing filtering out port
6000 traffic between you and the remote box) and (if there's no xauth
or xhost restriction on the X server you're running).
--
Retired Tech Support Engineer http://home.cdsnet.net/~rolandl
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Ben
Franklin
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From: "Christopher R. Carlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What's going on with comp.os.linux.announce?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:57:19 GMT
I just looked at it, and every message is repeated four times. Do other
people see this too?
--
_____________________________
Christopher R. Carlen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <-- Remove "bogus_field" to reply !!!
My OS is Linux 2.0.29
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux on < 386
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 00:32:46 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I remember hearing that there was a version of linux that would run on less
> then a 386, I can't seem to find any info on it. can somone point me in the
> right direction. thanks in advance
The ELKS-distibution claims it can run on a 8086.
http://www.uk.linux.org/ELKS-Home/index.html
Andreas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH 5.2 and ppp script for concentric.net
Date: 20 Mar 1999 11:12:38 PST
In article <7ch0ql$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"gifford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm using RH 5.2 and am able to dial my ISP using minicom. With ppp, I get
> disonnected shortly after dialing in. Does anyone have the correct script
> and connection procedure for concentric.net. Concentric tells me I do not
> need pap, but I'm beginning to doubt them.
I am using Concentric (CNC) with Linux (RH5.2, x86 kernel
2.2.2). Concentric does work with or without PAP.
If you don't mind PAP, it is very easy to connect to CNC using kppp
(comes with KDE 1.1).
Alternatively, without PAP, CNC works with the following
chat script that I use (which works great):
/usr/sbin/chat \
TIMEOUT 3 \
ABORT '\nBUSY\r' \
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' \
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r' \
'' \rAT \
'OK-+++\c-OK' ATH0 \
TIMEOUT 30 \
OK $MODEM_INIT_STRING \
OK ATDT$TELEPHONE_NUMBER \
CONNECT '' \
$LOGINPROMPT $CNC_USER_ID@ppp \
$PASSPROMPT $PASSWORD
Set appropriate values of
MODEM_INIT_STRING
TELEPHONE_NUMBER
ACCOUNT_USER_ID
PASSWORD
Note the "@ppp" thing in the chat script.
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From: Tina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Create *.tar.gz
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 20:00:09 +0100
Hi,
How do I create a tar archive? I have a heap of files I
would like to put into a single archive: filename.tar.gz.
How do I do that? I've read the tar --help screen but that
didn't make me any wiser ;)
TIA
--
/Tina
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www8.tripnet.se/~chjo/>
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From: "Christopher R. Carlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Test, please ignore
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:52:44 GMT
If you must know, I moved to a new ISP and something fishy appears to be
happening with particular newsgroups. So I need to test in this group
because I use this group. A "test" group may not exhibit the peculiar
behavior that this one exhibits.
If I had something to talk about re: Linux, I would have posted that,
but right now I don't.
Thanks.
--
_____________________________
Christopher R. Carlen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <-- Remove "bogus_field" to reply !!!
My OS is Linux 2.0.29
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From: Tina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MPEG TV and sound device
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 20:11:14 +0100
Hann Wei Toh wrote:
<--snip-->
> Does anyone know if I need to have a sound card on my
> Linux machine in order for it to deliver audio when
> running MPEG TV (http://www.mpeg.org/)?
<--snip-->
Yes, you need a sound card.
--
/Tina
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www8.tripnet.se/~chjo/>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: Newbie seeks help running apps
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:50:54 GMT
In our last episode (Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:34:20 -0400),
the artist formerly known as Jim McIntyre said:
>WP 80 is now isntalled, but how do I get it to run? The install told me
>it would create an icon for cde desktop, but there's no sign of it. I'm
>running AfterStep. Any help is appreciated.
$wp_insall_path/wpbin/xwp
e.g. I put the aforementioned piece of disk hogging junk in
/usr/local/wp8, so I would run /usr/local/wp8/wpbin/xwp.
For some reason, when I make a symlink to wp8 in /usr/local/bin, it didn't
work (couldn't find some resources I expect), but when I created the shell
script
#!/bin/bash
/usr/local/wp8/wpbin/xwp &
and saved it as /usr/local/bin/wp, it worked fine, so now I can run WP from
an xterm prompt by typing "wp", which is more convenient.
--
It is pitch black.
You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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From: David Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: vesaFB launching X gives me a NO VALID MODES FOUND error
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 19:51:44 +0300
marc* wrote:
> hi,
>
> i'm trying to get my fury to work through vesaFB. i've done the whole thing
> (last kernel,last xfree).
> i set the VGA=794 in my lilo.conf for 1280x1024 in 16bit
I'm not familiar with this parameter, but it's got nothing to do with Xfree86
>
> but when i "startx" it says:
> NO VALID MODES FOUND (as the fatal server error)
>
> (and then gives me an erno=111 error)
>
> ...must be a parameter in XF86Config but which?
>
> how can i fix this ?
>
> ps: i'm using redhat 5.2 and an ati 128 fury on a S-901GT iiyama 19"
>
> tks
You don't have a valid monitor definition for running the screen geometry that
you set up (e.g. 800x600 or 1024x768).
Go through xf86config again and set it up for the lowest common denominator
i.e. generic VGA monitor and VGA 640x480, 16 colours. Practically any video
card/monitor configuration will support that. Once that works go through
xf86config again, but make sure you are armed with exact knowledge of your
video card memory size and monitor characteristics (horizontal and vertical
refresh speeds).
Videp card memory size affects the resolution and colour depth possible i.e.
1024x768 at 24 bits colour depth needs 1024x768x3 bytes of memory. If you only
have 2MB then its not enough!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux on < 386
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 19:29:47 GMT
Its called elks (embeddable linux kernel subset) but it is still in fairly
early stages, IIRC. Try the webpage at <http://www.uk.linux.org/ELKS-Home/>
-VanL
In article <7d0lrb$km2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I remember hearing that there was a version of linux that would run on less
> then a 386, I can't seem to find any info on it. can somone point me in the
> right direction. thanks in advance
>
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From: A Chris Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: StarOffice 5.01 setup dies
Date: 20 Mar 1999 11:44:25 -0800
Hi,
I am trying to install StarOffice 5.01, but when I run the setup
program, it immediately dumps core. Here are the libraries it links
with:
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x40004000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4009a000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x4009d000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x400a9000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400c4000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00000000)
The original distribution installed was RedHat 4.2, but a lot of stuff
has been upgraded, so I don't know how closely it still resembles a
4.2 system. (The kernel is 2.0.31, FWIW.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I don't read these groups
regularly, so I'd prefer email replies. I'd be happy to followup to
the group with a summary of useful replies if there's interest.
Thanks.
- Chris
Chris Long <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~allanl
PGP key info: 1024/46BE8F69 4C ED AE 00 02 91 ED 52 02 EB BB DA 1F 69 57 ED
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take
into account Hofstadter's Law. - Douglas Hofstadter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Subject: Re: Linux <---- > Win95 (scientific DATA files rd/wrt able by both OS) ??
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 07:42:16 +0100
Hello Michael,
the answer is, it depends on your linux-kernel and your Win95-version!
If you have at least kernel 2.0.36 and Win95B, you can configure your kernel
with vfat-support for your Win95B-partitions. Then your can mount these
partitions easily under linux.
man mount, man fstab and read the doc-files in /usr/src/linux
Bernd
Michael Proto schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>rick wrote:
>>
>> Any know how to create a DATA partition that allows both Win95 & Linux to
>> view RD/wrt fits files ??
>> I have astronomy fits data to be collected in Win95 but must be analyzed
in
>> Linux (IRAF).
>> 4 GB HD is all FAT, LBA mode, using Partition Magic 4.01, but must be
more
>> to it...?
>> fits files are about 2MB & will collect 50 to 100 per night so wish to
>> smoothly & quickly go between Linux & Win95.
>> thanks
>> rick
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>For most of my operations that require both Win9X and Linux to access
>the same data, FAT works quite nicely.
>
>
>--
>-] Michael Proto [-
>-] MCP: Win95 [-
>-] Happy Linux user since 1997 [-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux on < 386
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 17:28:19 GMT
I remember hearing that there was a version of linux that would run on less
then a 386, I can't seem to find any info on it. can somone point me in the
right direction. thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raj Rijhwani)
Subject: Re: linux on < 386
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 99 19:45:32 GMT
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In article <7d0lrb$km2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I remember hearing that there was a version of linux that would run on less
> then a 386, I can't seem to find any info on it. can somone point me in the
> right direction. thanks in advance
Embedded Linux Kernel project (aka ELKS). Do a search on ELKS, or
I think there's a link on the Linux sub-page of my web site.
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From: Aron Felix Gurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Create *.tar.gz
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 20:42:06 +0100
Tina wrote:
> How do I create a tar archive? I have a heap of files I
> would like to put into a single archive: filename.tar.gz.
> How do I do that? I've read the tar --help screen but that
> didn't make me any wiser ;)
If you have a bunch of files in a directory called DIRECTORY, you can run:
tar czf filename.tar.gz DIRECTORY
or to deal with a list of files:
tar czf filename.tar.gz FILENAME1 FILENAME2 FILENAME3 ...
Does that help?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Claudius Proculus)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,alt.linux
Subject: Re: C/C++ Programming on Linux: Good Books?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 19:55:15 GMT
In article <7cuq1f$5qt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have used Visual C++ for C/C++ programming on Windows platform; now, I am
>planning to switch to Linux and want to do programming using the free GNU
>compilers that come with Linux.
>
>I am looking for a good book that describes the use of GNU C/C++ compilers
>(have they both been merged and now called gcc?), various command-line
>switches, GNU Debugger (gdb), etc. Anybody want to recommend a good and
>not-so-verbose book? Thanks.
There is a "Programing With GNU Software" book from O'Reilly.
John - N8086N
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