Linux-Misc Digest #558, Volume #19 Mon, 22 Mar 99 05:13:14 EST
Contents:
Re: what "rc" scripts exist for linux? (david parsons)
Problems with dosemu ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: IE5 under Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Converting MSWORD Document WP8 (fred smith)
Pesky XTERM (**Nick Brown)
Re: what "rc" scripts exist for linux? (Alexander Viro)
DHCP and name resolving ("Marc Teutelink")
DHCP and name resolving ("Marc Teutelink")
mozilla.party reminder -- 1-april-1999! (Jamie Zawinski)
Re: Removing Ontrack Disk Manager (Harry)
Re: lex/yacc problem ("Jonas B. Nielsen")
Sybase ASE on Slackware ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DAT drive initialisation on Linux system (kernel 2.2.3) (Rainer Krienke)
Re: What is the best Linux to install? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s (david parsons)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: what "rc" scripts exist for linux?
Date: 21 Mar 1999 23:44:37 -0800
In article <7cicv6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alexander Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <7ci5vq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>david parsons <o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s> wrote:
>> There are other schemes that try to get around this disadvantage of
>> SysV rc services, though they are pretty much experimental. One
>> of these -- the rc scheme that my research distribution Mastodon[1]
>> uses has a bunch of rc directories containing rc files, just like
>> SysV, but instead of ordering them by name, the rc files call in
>> the prerequisites they need (cf: UCSD Pascal `uses' statement) at
>> runtime, and remembers the order that each services was started so
>> it can shut those services down in order later.
>
>Interesting... What you are describing distinctly resembles make. Why not
>use it?
Basically because of the registry; it's an interesting idea to use
make, though, and the only problem I could see with doing that is
that the current rc setup has each file call in its prerequisites,
while make puts the prerequisites elsewhere -- for additional
packages, like syslog, dhcpd, and xdm/xterm, all I need to do is
drop the rc files into /etc/rc.d/init.d/ and build the symlinks
into /etc/rc.d/rc.m, while a makefile based system would require
that I also tweak the makefile.
____
david parsons \bi/ And eventually I'll make rc into a C program
\/ to I can spit up a little window and show
initialization progress. The purists can
got and throw up now.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problems with dosemu
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 15:59:59 GMT
Hello,
I've installed the dosemu package (version 0.98.1) that comes with RedHat 5.2
(I'm also using the freedos image included) and I have been not successful
trying to use lredir to redirect my dos partition. It's mounted at /windows on
linux (full rwx permissions). Every time I try to use "lredir d:
LINUX\FS/windows" I get the message: "Error f0c0 redirecting drive D: to
LINUX\FS/WINDOWS".
Could anyone help me?
--
Sergio Queiroz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IE5 under Linux
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:20:51 GMT
In comp.os.linux.questions WARGY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: M$ IE5 is out and it can run on Solaris Unix. Can that Solaris package
: be installed in Linux? (especially Slackware 3.6 distro)
: WARGY
Nope.
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Metaphysics is the ferris wheel of the mind. A
place where young men go, and come back ruined.
--Unknown interlocutor, speach by Susan Haack
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (fred smith)
Subject: Re: Converting MSWORD Document WP8
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 02:26:09 GMT
Alan Fried ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I have been using wp8 for Linux for some time and I am very distressed
: that it has difficulty converting my word 97 documents from dos.
: When I try to read a document from dos, word perfect goes through the
: conversion process and displays the document but only the first line.
: When I use Star Office I do not have this problem,
: Can anyone shed any light on this issue?
A guess:
You could try re-saving the documents from Word, but first turning OFF
the quick save "feature" (It's more like a bug than a feature).
You could try saving them in some format other than a Word file, perhaps
an RTF, or a Word(im)Perfect file.
Eventually you may find a file format that works and which preserves
most of the document's structure and other attributes.
--
---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------
I can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me.
============================== Philippians 4:13 ===============================
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pesky XTERM
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:50:15 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Using KDE 1.1 on Debian 2.1. Can anyone explain why I always get an
XTERM ? It's not in .xsession (which just contains "kde &") and it's
not in KDE's autostart.
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Nick Brown, Strasbourg, France (Nick(dot)Brown(at)coe(dot)fr)
Protect yourself against Word 95/97 viruses, free - check out
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/Vineyard/1446/atlas-t.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: what "rc" scripts exist for linux?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 03:45:22 -0500
In article <7d4sd5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
david parsons <o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s> wrote:
> Basically because of the registry; it's an interesting idea to use
> make, though, and the only problem I could see with doing that is
> that the current rc setup has each file call in its prerequisites,
> while make puts the prerequisites elsewhere -- for additional
> packages, like syslog, dhcpd, and xdm/xterm, all I need to do is
> drop the rc files into /etc/rc.d/init.d/ and build the symlinks
> into /etc/rc.d/rc.m, while a makefile based system would require
> that I also tweak the makefile.
include /etc/rc.d/rc.m/*.mk
or
FOO = $(wildcard /etc/rc.d/rc.m/*.mk)
include ${FOO}
HTH. Make can handle wildcards quite nice.
--
"You're one of those condescending Unix computer users!"
"Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer" - Dilbert.
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From: "Marc Teutelink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.samba
Subject: DHCP and name resolving
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:57:20 +0100
Hello,
I'm currently running linux 2.2.1 and I want this machine to act as a NT
server for all mij other machines. I set up DHCP, and all these computers
retrieve new IP-addresses fromt he server. That works, but now I want these
IP-addresses to be available for DNS purposes.
How does my nameserver know which IP-address (assigned through DHCP) belongs
to which computer. How does DHCP and DNS work together.
ps: maybe somebody has some valid named.* files for this minimal DNS. My
range is 192.168.1.*. Everything else should be looked up on another
secundairy nameserver.
Kind regards,
Marc Teutelink (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Marc Teutelink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DHCP and name resolving
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:53:43 +0100
Hello,
I'm currently running linux 2.2.1 and I want this machine to act as a NT
server for all mij other machines. I set up DHCP, and all these computers
retrieve new IP-addresses fromt he server. That works, but now I want these
IP-addresses to be available for DNS purposes.
How does my nameserver know which IP-address (assigned through DHCP) belongs
to which computer. How does DHCP and DNS work together.
ps: maybe somebody has some valid named.* files for this minimal DNS. My
range is 192.168.1.*. Everything else should be looked up on another
secundairy nameserver.
Kind regards,
Marc Teutelink (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 01:12:53 -0800
From: Jamie Zawinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.fan.mozilla,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,alt.religion.emacs,rec.music.industrial,alt.gothic
Subject: mozilla.party reminder -- 1-april-1999!
UNCLASSIFIED memo follows:
Word has reached the Mozilla Central Party Planning Committee that
there exist people who have not yet received this invitation. Our
network of spies further reports that of those who have heard of this
event, some have assumed that this invitation does not apply to them.
Allow us to correct this misapprehension: it does, in fact, apply to
you. All are invited. Two excellent bands. Free admission.
You are hereby directed to re-transmit this invitation to all
associates, past and present. Failure to comply will be considered a
counterrevolutionary act, and will be subject to standard punitive
measures.
Memo ends. Enclosures follow: (Invitation [1/1]; FAQ [1/1]).
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http://www.mozilla.org/party/1999/
open source open party
your presence
is requested at
mozilla dot party
two dot oh
in celebration
of the first anniversary
of the release
of the mozilla source
-----------------------------------
with live performances by
EMERGENCY BROADCAST NETWORK
and
AWD
-----------------------------------
six rooms
three dance floors
two sound systems
four full bars
thursday sound factory
the first of april, 1999 525 harrison at 1st
8pm to 3am san francisco
free admission
21+
for more info:
http://www.mozilla.org/party/1999/
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1. Party? What party?
Read the flyer: http://www.mozilla.org/party/1999/
2. So you're throwing a party, and there will be two cool
bands there, and you're not charging admission, and in
attendance will be many attractive members of the
appropriate sex for whatever my perverted taste is,
and the drinks are free?
You have to pay for the drinks. Don't be a cheapskate.
3. What's so great about open source code that it
deserves a party?
Don't worry about that. It's a party. If you need to
know the answer to that question, ask someone there.
4. You say the bands are cool, but I have... uh... been
inside for a while, and I haven't heard of them yet.
What are they like?
In their own words:
EBN: ``As ordered by the 1994 Telecommunication
Breakdown Act, Emergency Broadcast Network
(EBN), a Fortune 1000 software corporation,
is demonstrating the EBN VideoSampler(TM), a
computer-based video music jamming technology
for creating live, DJ-style performance art.''
(http://www.waxtrax.com/bands/ebn.html)
AWD: ``AWD is a multi-dimensional sensory
experience fusing explosive dance, sirenic
vocals, primal rhythms, and fireplay in an
interactive dreamscape.''
(http://www.awdspot.com/)
If you aren't familiar with them, then chances are
you haven't seen anything like either of them, so come
early and stay late if you know what's good for you!
(Consider this a 30% upgrade to your lame taste.)
5. The invitation says that the venue is 21+. I'm not
yet 21, but I *am* really cute and possibly sexually
promiscuous. Can I come?
If you're sexually promiscuous, then you presumably
know the answer to that question.
Seriously, what part of 21+ don't you understand?
6. Will you go out of your way to help me get to the
party? I live in Iceland and my rowboat has a hole
in it.
We'll help you from the sidewalk to the door (and the
reverse, should you become a drunken nuisance.)
Anything else is your responsibility.
7. Am I actually invited? I'm very insecure, and so
this isn't totally clear to me yet.
Yes, you're invited! And if you've contributed to the
Mozilla project, then you also get in for free! Oh
wait, I forgot, everyone gets in for free. Nevermind,
then.
8. I'm a member of the press, and I find the thought of
being surrounded by Netscape employees and other
members of the Open Source community intriguing,
especially considering that they will have had their
inhibitions quashed by alcohol.
Hi. I like your boots.
9. Who's DJing?
We will have two separate sound systems for your
listening and dancing pleasure, under the musical
guidance of:
o Sage of Bedlam and Slick;
o Fuzzboy of milk.com;
o Mephisto of Danse Macabre / Seventh Sin;
and I can promise you that you will not be hearing
that damned Prince song, if you know what I mean and
I think you do.
10. How do I get there?
By learning how to follow directions:
http://www.mozilla.org/party/1999/directions.html
11. Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
Bug [EMAIL PROTECTED], it's all his fault.
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From: Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Removing Ontrack Disk Manager
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 03:51:05 -0500
If you go to Quantum's Web site you can download Disk Manager, a DOS
utility that lets you do all kinds of things, including install and
remove Ontrack. (The utility seems to work fine with non-Quantum
disks.)
Harry
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From: "Jonas B. Nielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lex/yacc problem
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:14:16 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Shekhar Patkar wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to learn to use lex and yacc on a linux system, but when
> I try the examples in the O'Reilly book, I get a seg. fault core dumped
> problem for all of them. I've tried this on Red Hat 5.1 and 5.2 systems,
>
> same problem, but the examples go through fine on Solaris. Has
> anyone seen this problem, any insights?
>
> Thanks,
> Shekhar
What example is it?
And with which of the programs is it?
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Jonas B. Nielsen
Eml: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel: 45257449
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sybase ASE on Slackware
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:12:22 GMT
Has anyone gotten Sybase ASE to work on Slackware? I currently have a
somewhat dated Slackware installation (Linux 2.0.30) and would like to get
Sybase to work on it. I don't want to upgrade or switch to one of the
"supported" distributions (Caldera, SuSE or Red Hat) unless I absolutely have
to . I understand that I may have to upgrade to Glibc2, and probably the
kernel to 2.0.36 and that's OK.
(The machine is offline, so no need to tell me to upgrade my kernel to fix
security bugs, thanks)
So far, I still haven't decided which Sybase ASE for Linux distribution
(Caldera, SuSE or Red Hat) to download, so any advice as to which would be
best for my Slackware setup at this point would be helpful.
Kindly CC replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks in advance,
Brian Baquiran
http://www.evoserve.com/~brianb/
Keywords: sybase adaptive server enterprise linux slackware distribution
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rainer Krienke)
Subject: DAT drive initialisation on Linux system (kernel 2.2.3)
Date: 22 Mar 1999 11:08:41 +0100
Hello,
I run a DAT (DDS1) drive in my linux box (dual boot machine) which basically
works fine.
Problems arise only if I worked with the same DAT drive under Windows95
and then boot linux without turning the computer physically off before
booting linux. When
linux is up and I try to access data eg previously written eg by tar I
cannot get the it. All I get is an error in this case that tar thinks
there is no archive on the tape.
When I turn my machine off and on again and then start linux
there are no problems.
I guess that the windows backup software perhaps turns hardware
compression on in the DAT or something like this and the linux st driver
does not reinitialize the tape drive correctly. When I turn the machine off
and on the drive is reset to the default (no hardware compression)
set by jumpers in the drive and so it works.
Does anyone know a way how to reset the tape drive without turning the
machine off?
Thanks Rainer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:58:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Corn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> George Csahanin wrote:
> >
SuSe6.0 :))
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