Linux-Misc Digest #542, Volume #19 Sun, 21 Mar 99 08:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Slow system ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IE 5.0 on Unix Solaris -- What does this mean? ("Benjamin Sher")
Re: Incredibly STUPID linux question - How do I format a floppy disk? (Bill Unruh)
Re: linux x-window screen settings???? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment? ("John M. Janney")
Anyone using Bochs x86 emulator? (root)
Re: Problem with windows telnet ("Robert J. Hansen")
Re: multi-boot machine (Alejandro Blanca)
NATIVE STREAMING MEDIA FOR LINUX? ("Benjamin Sher")
Q: How to get Apache to interpretate PHP3 output from a CGI-program? ("Johan
Persson")
Re: Create *.tar.gz (Desmond Coughlan)
Re: How to wipe drive after install deleted ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help: root passwd not accepted ("asdf")
Re: X terminal, rxvt terminal (Stan Barr)
Re: installing linux ("Colovic Igor")
Re: thread-safe-xlibs ("Michael Schmeing")
Re: Create *.tar.gz ("Michael Schmeing")
Re: What's going on with comp.os.linux.announce? (Tina)
Re: HELP: Problem with HUGE HD (2 Gigs missing) (Jan Buckow)
Re: Some questions (NF Stevens)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Slow system
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 09:56:12 GMT
You should check to see that your machine sees your swap space. The grinding
sound is called "thrashing" I believe, and it shouldn't be happening that much
unless you have 8 or 16 MB of ram alongside that 100 MB swap partition.
Also, Linux is an inherently slimmer system than Windows (any version). But:
It can be slowed down by bulk, too. (KDE, for example, looks nice, but it has
got a largish memory footprint. If you configure your machine without a DE,
it will go faster.) The difference is that you can tune your machine for
performance with Linux, but Windows is *always* slow.
>
> MIBO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have just installed LINUX and most of it seem to run quite well.
> > However, I have been told that the system would be as fast or faster
> > than Windows 95 (on the same PC). ALthough I accept that starting up
> may
> > take a little longer than windows, I was surprised that any program
> > would take much more time than expected. Netscape would e.g. take as
> > long as 1 minute and StarOffice 5 nearly two.
> > During loading the program, the HD is making noises like an old coffee
> > grinder. I checked the memory usage, which showed that most of the
> 40MB
> > is allocated to 'shared'. The 100 MB of swap is nearly unused (result
> of
> > 'free' command).
> >
> > What could be the problem? Or do I just have to accept that with LINUX
> > the days are shorter than with Windows?
> >
> > Mike Bosschaert
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IE 5.0 on Unix Solaris -- What does this mean?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:16:01 GMT
Dear friends:
I will be installing Red Hat Linux 5.2 on Monday and have been doing my
preliminary reading and research as best I can. I just ran across a
puzzling item:
I typed in the word "Unix" on the Microsoft site to see what would come up.
I came up with the announcement that Microsoft has issued Internet Explorer
4 and 5 for Unix Solaris and Unix HP.
Since Linux, as I understand it, is 95 percent Unix, would it not be
possible to, theoretically at least, port it to Linux? Would the reason for
not doing so be a) Microsoft's proprietary code, b) the desire not to
pollute Linux with a Microsoft application, even one specifically designed
for a flavor of Unix or c) because of the inherent weaknesses or problems
or other unacceptable features of IE's architecture, design or
implementation? or d) obviously, all of the above?
Thank you very much.
Please keep it simple. I am just a layman.
Benjamin
Benjamin Sher
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web & Index
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Incredibly STUPID linux question - How do I format a floppy disk?
Date: 20 Mar 1999 22:39:40 GMT
In <7d06se$sok$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange) writes:
>: I need to format a 3.5" floppy disk under RHLinux 5.2, then I'm gonna
>: copy a *.tgz file on it for transport to another linux system.
mformat a: for a dos format.
then mcopy *.tgz a:
or mcopy a: *.tgz
(can you even buy unformatted disks these days?)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux x-window screen settings????
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:17:45 GMT
What probably happened is that during setup you accepted some default that set
you to the lowest available resolution in order to prevent damage to your
monitor.
Two ways to fix this:
1) Run XConfigurator ( I think that is RH's version) or XF86Config. Either of
those should have a tab/step that allows you to set your screen resolution.
2) Edit the configuration file (xf86.conf, I think, someone correct me if I'm
wrong) to include your desired screen resolution and timing refresh rates.
+, Have you checked the XFree86 howto?
In article <7d1j6i$cnf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi there all...
>
> I am using redhat 5.2 and needed to now how the heck configure x-windows to
> run on my machine by with my screen at 800 by 600 at least, because now i am
> using it at 600 by 480 (i think)and evrything is to big, it is quiet
> difficult to work with that resolution.
>
> I'd appreciate very much if someone could help me with this.
>
> YAYO
>
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From: "John M. Janney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 05:23:34 -0600
Reply-To: "John M. Janney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Well... I went out and grabbed me a copy of Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 and
PartitionMagic and installed everything
I can't get my net card to work... it took me several hours just to get
Linux to recognize that it existed... I don't know our broadcast
something-or-another-thingy-number...
I like KDE... it's pretty stable... if something hangs, I just go to term
and kill it! :o)
can't get my sound card to work, though... real bummer.
It looks as though the day I go out and get Caldera, Red Hat releases 5.9!
What timing! :o(
anyway... thanks to all you guys who helped me decide...
john
John M. Janney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7cotjo$u8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> From all my reading, I get the impression that KDE (for now) is a better,
> more stable choice for the average user (I want to use my Linux box for a
> variety of tasks, to include using WordPerfect and other apps).
>
> Does anyone have opinions, experiences, ect. regarding these two competing
> desktop environments?
>
> And what about Enlightenment? Where does this come into the picture?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (root)
Subject: Anyone using Bochs x86 emulator?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 11:43:55 GMT
Bochs is an in-development x86 emulator that runs a variety of
OSes (FreeDOS, Windows, Linux, BSD, etc.) at (currently)
spectacularly slow speeds. Anyway, I have a RedHat Linux
box which, when running this emulator, accesses an image of
a 200M hard drive holding a Debian distribution -- not an
actual HD, but a .img file that looks like one. Is there a way
to use the loop interface to mount this filesystem (under
RedHat) and access it from there? Presently I get an error
like "Can't find a ext2 filesystem on dev 07:02." Which leads
me to believe that I need some kind offset in my losetup, perhaps?
Please advise...
Daniel M.Debertin
katdan at mninter dot net
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From: "Robert J. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Problem with windows telnet
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:02:36 -0600
> I'm having telnetting to my linux box with MS telnet (from 95). It's
> kinda bizzare in that it connects to the linux box but doesn't show any
Edit the 'Preferences' to 'Local echo ON'. Alt-T, p, e will toggle it.
Or better yet, avoid Windows Telnet altogether. It's an abhorrently bad
piece of crap. HyperTerminal Private Edition is available for free to
Win95 users and is considerably better. Then again, a boiled rutabaga
thrown violently in your face is considerably better than generic
Windows Telnet, too, so that may not be saying much.
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From: Alejandro Blanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.unixware.misc,alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Re: multi-boot machine
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 17:50:08 -0600
Hi there. I have put Win95/98, NT 4 and Red Hat Linux 5.1 in the same machine.
The order of installation I followed is as follows:
1. Win95/98.
2. Linux.
3. NT 4.
The tricky part comes when you install Linux. When you are asked were to put
Lilo, choose to put it in the root of your linux partition. Make a boot disk, and
then install NT.
When you have got NT 4 up and running. boot into linux and do the following:
# dd if=/dev/hdaX of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
where X is the number of the linux partition.
Then copy this file to wherever you got your boot.ini file (which has got NT`s
boot loader information) and add the following line to it:
X:\BOOTSECT.lnx="Linux"
where X is the letter of the drive where you just put the bootsect.lnx file.
After this is done and after you reboot, you should be able to boot into Linux if
you choose the option "linux".
Now, although I have got my personal copy of Solaris 2.7, I haven�t yet found the
way to make it boot this other operating systems with its boot loader. If you
have got any suggestions, I would really appreciate it.
Greetings,
Alejandro Blanca
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Just out of curiosity, I wonder whether anyone has put Win95/98, NT 4, Linux,
> UnixWare 7 and Solaris 2.7 on the same machine. What is the order of
> installation? What is the hardware spec that is compatible with all these
> OS's? Any gotcha in making them work together?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Huayong
>
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From: "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NATIVE STREAMING MEDIA FOR LINUX?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:32:49 GMT
Dear friends:
Simple question:
Is there at present, other than RealPlayer, of course, a native STREAMING
AUDIO-VIDEO player for Linux? RealPlayer can play most streaming media
formats, of course, and God bless them, but there are some streaming media
formats, especially the ones produced by the folks in Redmond, that are
inaccessible through RealPlayer .
What is the Linux community doing about this:
For example, if you go to Broadcast.com, you usually have a choice between
RealPlayer and Windows Media Player, but often you don't, and if you don't
have WMP, you are out of luck. I am about to install Linux on Monday or
Tuesday and I'd like to have a pure 100% Microsoft-free system. So, while I
can live without most of Microsoft's products, I wonder if Linux is
creating alternatives to WMP as it is or has already created alternatives
for other Microsoft products.
Finally, I have been told that any products made by MS will not work
properly on WINE (even when WINE has matured) because MS uses undocumented
system calls. So, what if anything is the Linux community doing about the
WMP challenge?
Thank you so much.
Benjamin
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From: "Johan Persson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: How to get Apache to interpretate PHP3 output from a CGI-program?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:08:56 GMT
Does anyone know how to get the output (which
includes server-side PHP3 scripting) from a standard
CGI-program to be interpretated by the server
(Apache in my case) instead of just beeing
sent back to the browser directly?
What I would like to do is to have a bunch of PHP3
enhanced html documents work together with a "front-end"
CGI-program which I use to keep track of
a session id from a mySQL database.
/Johan
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From: Desmond Coughlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Create *.tar.gz
Date: 21 Mar 1999 13:07:27 +0100
Enkidu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 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 ;)
> You should try "man tar". It will give you a lot more information!
The general rule is :
tar <options> <file_to_be_created.tar> <files_to_tar>
Thus ...
tar cv document.tar document.txt
Like the poster said, however, it's best to check out man tar ...
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to wipe drive after install deleted
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:29:09 GMT
Also try Ranish Partition Manager's new beta. (shareware, look it up on the
web) I had great results with it, after both dos fdisk and linux fdisk
failed.
VanL
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have had the same problem using Maxtor drives and Dell Gx1's
> on my home PS's MS-DOS fdisk does the job!
>
> Jeff Borders wrote:
> >
> > I've got a couple of drives that I was practicing Linux installs on. After
> > I decided to use bigger drives, I can't seem to get rid of the partitions
> > for other use.
> >
> > Any ideas? -Jeff Borders.
>
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Reply-To: "asdf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "asdf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: root passwd not accepted
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 04:24:03 -0800
One way to bypass root passwd is:
1. boot up with floppies (don't boot up the HD partition.) if it's
floppyless and you have a CD-ROM, try a bootable Linux CD
2. mount linux partition (mount /dev/???? /mnt)
3. edit /etc/passwd (if it has an "x" or "*" after "root:" edit
/etc/shadow)
4. delete the characters between "root:" and the next ":"
5. reboot
If I'm wrong please correct people.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stan Barr)
Subject: Re: X terminal, rxvt terminal
Date: 21 Mar 1999 11:02:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 20 Mar 1999 22:40:58 -0800, Jet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know this is a stupid question, but what is the difference between the
>two?
>
>
rxvt doesnt include Tek 4014 emulation or toolkit-style configurability,
so it is smaller than xterm. "man rxvt" for details....
Cheers,
Stan Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Colovic Igor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: installing linux
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:39:51 +0100
>> I'm installing from CD-ROM which is written in Joliet format, and my hard
>> drive is already formatted for linux file format with the swap file
partition
>> already made. If anyone can help me, please e-mail me.
Joliet format is your problem. This M$ standard is for LonfFileNames but it
dose not save charcase witch is very important
for linux.
Find some other CD-ROM written with Rock Ridge extension.
_____________________________________________
Colovic Igor Linux Users Group of Yugoslavia
www.linux.org.yu
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From: "Michael Schmeing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: thread-safe-xlibs
Date: 21 Mar 1999 09:54:07 +0100
eric malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> does anyone know where i can get thread safe xlibs?.. x11amp needs
> it.. i cant find this anywhere
>
Does anyone know whether there exist SuSE6.0 rpm's with thread-save
X-libraries? If so please tell me.
Thanks,
Michael
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e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www: http://www.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE/~michae2
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From: "Michael Schmeing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Create *.tar.gz
Date: 21 Mar 1999 09:42:38 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tina wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >How do I create a tar archive?
> [...]
>
> tar -zcvf filename.tar.gz ./directory
> ... or ...
> tar -zcvf filename.tar.gz ./file1 ./file2 ./file3 ... ./file19283748
The above calls ONLY access files in the current directory. The
correct call is:
tar -czf filename.tar.gz <PATH>/file1 <PATH>/file2 ...
Each of the files may be a plain file or a directory of course. You
should note that the order of the c, z and v options is irrelevant and
the v option is optional for this purpose: It just creates more
detailed output.
Obviously the path . for the current directory is optional and needs
not be given. In this case you must not give the slash of course
because otherwise the files are searched in the root-directory (/).
Apropos paths: If the path is relative to . it is saved unchanged in
the archive, if it is an absolute path (starting with /) the leading
slash is removed from the pathname.
>
> You must use .gz since although -z means "create a compressed archive"
> tar does not append the .gz for you.
That is not quite correct: tar does not depend on the suffix .gz to be
able to handle that archive. It is just convenient to show to the user
that it is an gzip'ed archive. Another advantage of giving the .gz
suffix is, that it is possible to unpack the archive with gunzip
without extracting the files from it (although I don't see much use
for it save perhaps to change the packing algorithm say to compress or
(better) bzip2).
Bye,
Michael
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e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's going on with comp.os.linux.announce?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 21:21:27 +0100
"Christopher R. Carlen" wrote:
> I just looked at it, and every message is repeated four times. Do other
> people see this too?
Yep, I do. Wonder what's going on...?
--
/Tina
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From: Jan Buckow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: Problem with HUGE HD (2 Gigs missing)
Date: 21 Mar 1999 12:14:33 +0100
**Nick Brown wrote:
> Your BIOS probably can't detect it. Many BIOSes max out at 8 GB because
> they are limited to 1024 cylinders, and 64 logical heads.
Is there a way to somehow work around that limitation? Or can I get a
BIOS update somewhere?
Thanks,
Jan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens)
Subject: Re: Some questions
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:09:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam) wrote:
>
>NF Stevens schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>John Appleyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>A few easy ones
>>>
>>>(1) If I 'cat' a binary file by mistake, I often end up with a garbaged
>>>system - all messages and prompts are translated into Klingon - or
>>>something like it. How do I recover without rebooting? Even exit
>>>doesn't fix it.
>>
>><control-J>reset<control-J>.
>>
>>Norman
>
>Hello Norman,
>
>I saw the "reset" - advice several times in this newsgroup,
>but you are the first with <CTRL>J reset <CTRL>J !
>What does the <CTRL>J stands for ???
Hold down the control key and then press J. This generates
the new line character. When in normal mode the console
driver will convert the return character generated by
pressing the enter key to a new line character. If the
terminal has been put into raw mode then this conversion
is not done so the return key will be treated as an
ordinary character and will not cause the command to
be executed by the shell.
Norman
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