Linux-Misc Digest #566, Volume #19 Mon, 22 Mar 99 14:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux Emulator for Windows? (Mark Tranchant)
Re: Make new swap file. ("J�rgen Exner")
OT: MS wanting to settle ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
gnome and books (Iztok Polanic)
Re: installing linux (Rod Smith)
Re: Converting MSWORD Document WP8 (Rod Smith)
Re: AppleTalk/Netatalk (Rod Smith)
Re: What is the best Linux to install? (WhiteFox)
Re: Names to call Windows... (Alexander Viro)
Re: SuSE6 & Kernel 2.2.3 (gus)
Re: External Zip drives (Frank Sweetser)
Re: Public license question (Richard E. Hawkins Esq.)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the (Chris Leahy)
Re: Redhat 5.9: Dogfood Ho! (Mircea)
Re: How to install Asus V3400-AGP TNT Display Card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status? (Kenny McCormack)
Re: Ontrack DDO and LILO (Scott)
Re: Enough!! What is the best Linux to install? (WhiteFox)
Re: SUSE6.0 + PAM (zentara)
Re: Assigning variables from text files (Roland Latour)
Re: [Q] Swap file not working. ("J�rgen Exner")
Re: Solaris 7 partition ("Walter L. Williams")
Re: Running X by remote ("Lee Sharp")
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Emulator for Windows?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:40:36 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Read the question: it was "Linux under Windows?" not "Windows under
Linux?".
Quite a few apps (such as the GIMP) do have experimental Windows ports
of varying quality. With an X server, you can run apps from a remote
Linux box, if you have one available.
But to answer the question, no. Although look at bochs...
Mark.
Moribund wrote:
>
> Steve D. Perkins wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > 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....
> >
>
> Check out www.vmware.com. They arn't nessecarily coding a MSWindows
> emulator but software which allows you to run Windows 95/NT in a window
> under X. They have screenshots showing NT loading up in a window under X.
> Looks pretty cool and they have a beta available now. I'm guessing they'll
> go commercial with it when they're done with the beta -- probably cost a
> million bucks to boot. :(
>
> Damond
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Make new swap file.
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:41:00 -0800
Reply-To: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tom Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8LhJ2.6385$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi, I am a Linux newbie, but I have done extremely well in using it (if I
do
> say so myself).
>
> After I added a new 8.4gb hard drive as a slave, I made 2 partitions on
it:
>
> /dev/hdb1 is a 72MB swap file even though I did tell fdisk to use +64M
which
> I thought was 64 megs. (or partition 1
Probably fdisk aligned the partition to the next cylinder, nothing to worry
about.
> /dev/hdb2 which is my data partition (or partition 2).
>
> No one told me and no place I have read in books or on the net have said
> that the
> partition can't be an Etended, it must be a partition (1-4) which then
> defaults it as Linux Native.
That's not exactly true. Extended partitions can not contain any data (for
any OS) because they are simply containers for logical partitions. But Linux
does not care if it's partitions are primary or logical. So you could create
logical partitions in the extended partition and then use the logical
partitions for whatever you want.
> I tried to use 'mkswap /dev/hdb1' to make this a swap file on this new
> drive. The x-windows linuxconf says that this has no mounting point, is
of
> type swap, but then it still says Linux Extended (type 83 not 82) at the
> end. How can I correct this, and make this a true Linux swap
> file/partition? Or how do I confirm this is set correctly?
Use fdisk to change to change a partition type.
BTW: I suggest to use the partition as a swap partition instead of first
creating a file system and then using a swap file. Swap partitions are
faster than swap files.
jue
--
J�rgen Exner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT: MS wanting to settle
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:58:16 GMT
Dear all,
As it's not strictly Linux news, we cannot post it on our Linux news service,
but due to it's special interest to the Linux community, we thought that a
newsgroup posting would be appropriate.
It looks like M$ is seeking to settle its DOJ case out of court. Read the
announcement here:
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,34064,00.html
We have a public message board on our news service for those wishing to post
their comments called "M$ on the ropes?". Please go to
http://www.kieser.net/linux.html if you would like to express an option
on the web.
Brad
Kieser.net
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From: Iztok Polanic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gnome and books
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:58:20 GMT
Hello !!!
Are there any programming books available for GNOME?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: installing linux
Date: 21 Mar 1999 15:29:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <7d2hvv$kjg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Colovic Igor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> 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.
This is inaccurate, on two counts:
1) Joliet *DOES* preserve case. Windows treats it in a case-insensitive
way, but the case *IS* preserved, and Linux will treat Joliet in a
case-sensitive manner.
2) Red Hat Linux *CAN* be installed from Joliet. The problem lies
elsewhere, not in Joliet per se.
For more details on this topic, see my web page:
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith/rhjol.html
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Converting MSWORD Document WP8
Date: 21 Mar 1999 15:40:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Fried) writes:
> 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?
File format conversion features in word processors are invariably
imperfect. A couple of tips:
1) Turn *OFF* the MS Word "Fast Save" feature. This feature makes it
harder for the importing software to interpret the file, and it also
increases the size of the file.
2) When you save the file you intend to import into another program, save
it in several different formats. Use the programs' native format, the
native format of the intended recipient program, RTF, and possibly
others, if anything else looks promising (e.g., earlier versions of the
originator and/or recipient programs, other "big name" programs, etc.).
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: AppleTalk/Netatalk
Date: 22 Mar 1999 14:28:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (rufus) writes:
> hi. having a little bit of trouble with my netatalk setup. I can't seem to
> login as a user via AppleTalk. It recognizes the user name, and apparently
> the password because it give me the "password incorrect" message when I
> enter the wrong password, BUT when I enter the correct password, all I get
> is nothing for a few minutes, then I get "service has unexpectantly closed
> connection" (or something to that effect). The option to login as a guest
> isn't available.
I had the same problem with the first netatalk RPM I tried on my Red Hat
5.2 system. A different RPM fixed the problem. rpm -q netatalk reports
that I've now got netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.2-2. I think I got this from the
Red Hat contrib directory, but I'm not positive of that.
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (WhiteFox)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 15:47:31 GMT
I think I'll throw up if I read one more post like this: What is the best
XXX to install?. As the original poster might be able to discern from the
eager replies, what's stopping you from testing the stuff and forming your
own opinion?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Names to call Windows...
Date: 22 Mar 1999 12:23:59 -0500
In article <7d5ltq$14a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dominik Behr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Marc Sira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> A floppy drive is ultimately just a slow serial device, and using one will be
>> CPU-intensive on any OS. The difference you observe is just due to the
>BULLSHIT
>amiga uses cpu to read AND decode floppy data, yet it doesnt block other tasks
>pc FDC has two modes of operation: polled and interrupt, unfortunately BIOS
>uses POLLED mode and windows seems to do the same
>PC FDC supports interrupt on disk change but no OS supports it, why ?
Let me repeat after you - bullshit. Read the fscking source.
Yes, floppy driver is not the most pleasant part of kernel (both in Linux
and FreeBSD), but it's readable. Hint: your last statement is simply wrong.
Anyway, WTF does interrupt-on-disk-change stuff have to polling vs. IRQ-driven
IO? BTW, serial devices *are* IRQ-driven.
Another detail: CPU-intensive!=killing interactive performance. Not
that FDC work was that CPU-intensive, anyway.
ObAmiga: I always thought that it had *more* intelligent FDC. Do you
really mean that it does raw MFM on CPU? It's a fscking realtime work, damnit!
<looking at the drivers/block/amiflop.c - I don't have NetBSD source at hand>
Oh, I see... *That* is not terrible - FDC does the timing-related stuff itself.
Your point being? Yup, it means extra copy, but it's not a fscking SCSI, so
it's not a problem for anything remotely reasonable. IO will be the bottleneck.
--
"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: gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE6 & Kernel 2.2.3
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:04:08 +0000
Crew, it seems you have a bit of a situation ...
First thing to do is to have a clean start. What you have at the moment
is a mess because your 2.0.36 directory is chaos. For the moment though,
let's assume that we will not need 2.0.36 again, but to be careful, you
should backup the linux-2.0.36.SuSE as it is, and restore the backup you
took of it before you unzipped 2.2.3 (yes, right, you say, what backup
... ;-) OK, so there is no backup.
So, delete the linux link with "cd /usr/src; rm linux"
then move the chaos to some place like follows:
mv linux-2.0.36.SuSE linux-2.0.36.SuSE.chaos
Then, go to yast and re-install the kernel source package, I think it is
in the "d" package set.
Anyway, the above is if you want to be careful, and preserve a 2.0.36
kernel source tree. You don't need to do this, but it could be useful if
you ever wish to re-compile the 2.0.36 kernel, which you should not want
to do once you are on the 2.2.x stream ... ;-)
So, now we have NO clean source directory.
create a directory as follows:
mkdir /usr/src/linux-2.2.3
then, link the "linux" to it with:
ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.2.3 /usr/src/linux
Then, unzip and untar the 2.2.3 source with:
cd /usr/src
tar xvzf linux-2.2.3.tar.gz #or whatever the file is called.
Now, we have a clean source tree (in linux-2.2.3).
then, you can "cd linux", and do your "make {menu|x}config" and "make
dep" and "make bzImage", and "make modules" and "make modules_install".
Try that
gus
Crew wrote:
>
> Can anyone help with the following errors I get when running bzImage
> to compile the kernel.
>
> gzipped file expanded from /usr/src into /usr/src/linux per readme
> (where linux is shown as linux->linux-2.0.36.SuSE Folder (Link)
>
> From the output of bzImage
>
> after the gcc command at the end of the makefile.
>
> checksum.c.200: redefinition of 'csum_partial_copy'
> checksum.c.105: 'csum_partial_copy' previously defined here.
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:188: Fatal error: symbol csum_partial_copy already
> defined.
>
> make[2]: ***[checksum.o] Error1
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.0.36.SuSE/arch/i386/lib'
> make[1]: ***[first_rule] Error 2
> make[1] Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.0.36.SuSE/arch/i386/lib'
> make *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error2
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: External Zip drives
Date: 22 Mar 1999 13:16:56 -0500
Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas B. Quillinan
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >Robin Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >: What kernel options do I need for a parallel port Iomega Zip drive?
> >: --
> >: Robin Becker
> >
> >Switch on SCSI Support
> >Go into SCSI Low-level drivers, enable IOMEGA parallel port (2 choices check the
> >help
> >in the kernel install...very clear), either as a
> >module or intergated into the kernel, recompile, reboot, etc....
> >very easy actually, and works very well...no probs here with it any way...
> >
> >rgds,
> >tom.
> >--
> >Thomas B. Quillinan
> >aka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> is it really SCSI I don't have any other SCSI things
yes, it is.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.3 i586 | at public servers
I already have too much problem with people thinking the efficiency of
a perl construct is related to its length. On the other hand, I'm
perfectly capable of changing my mind next week... :-) --lwall
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard E. Hawkins Esq.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Public license question
Date: 22 Mar 1999 12:10:43 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> >> Boy are you guys some law-spouting Jeopardy whiz-kids. Does
> >> the L in Linux stand for lawyers, or what? ......
> Lynn> For my own part, I've been reading some law books
> Lynn> recently because I want to be ready if a lawsuit comes my
> Lynn> way (for whatever reason). I don't trust (or really expect,
> Lynn> given a possible malpractice claim) a lawyer to give me good
> Lynn> advice for aggressively pursuing my rights when the law is
> Lynn> ambiguous about it.
>Hmm, thus giving credence to the old saw, `The man who represents
>himself has a fool for a lawyer.'
>Attorneys make money by winning cases. They don't give `good' advice
>that leads to lost cases. Personally, that's just the kind of
>attorney I'd prefer. I can't imagine why you'd want the other kind.
The better attorney makes money by avoiding the situation where he
needs to win :)
I'd been practicing for three or four years before I was truly
convinced of the fool for a client business (generally attributed
to Lincolnd). And the way it usually happens is (paraphrasing Twain)
that it's not what he doesn't know that's a problem, it's what he
knows that's just plain wrong . . .
And when the law is ambiguous, the legal advice will cover that . . .
rick, esq.
--
These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer.
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From: Chris Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:06:50 -0800
Linux User wrote:
> I've finally got RedHat 5.2 running with WindowMaker and an updated
> kernel to 2.2.3. And I find it it MUCH more beautiful than Win98
> (because of WinMaker?) and incredibly more faster and more reliable.
>
> But still, I don't standard bootup my computer with Linux. Why? Well,
> because, you can say what you want about Windoze, it got some pretty
> good programs written for it.
> And I doubt that I'll bootup with linux before I can get their
> Linux-equivalents.
>
> What I really want to know, are there linux eq- for these programs?
> (and I don't mean using Wine to open them. I mean real Linuxmade
> programs)
>
> A good and easy to use offline news-reader like Forte Agent, which is
> able to decode binaries with a single click of the mouse, sorting
> headers on subject, and launcing binaries with one click.
>
> A powerfull and versatile e-mail program, equal to Eudora Pro 4 or
> higher. Maintining mailboxes with drag-and-drop, filtering incoming
> message and put them in the appropiate mailbox, an windowssystem,
> which allows you to switch from one mailbox/message to another easily
> with a taskbar, save and launch attachment easily. But what's even
> more important, as a user you can backup the mails you received by
> just backupping the mailboxes.
>
> A good file manager, equal to Windows Explorer. you can say what you
> want, but the windows explorer is a good file manager. Drag-and drop
> is just very easy to use.
> So the linux-equal should be supporting drag-and-drop, keyboard
> commands (copy and move,etc), configurable with all kind of
> decorations, execute files with a double click and a configurable look
> of how you browse files (details, list or in Linux tems ls-l ls ls-a)
>
> A fast image viewer program, equal to ACDsee. It must be FAST,
> FAST,FAST, have a browser-option which allows you to maintain your
> image files easily, supports keyboard command (delete, move, copy) adn
> it must be fast.
>
> A good image program equal to Paint Shop Pro. With only one musthave
> option. Batch conversion. Convert a bunch of image files into another
> file system with only three clicks.
>
> (And Netscape, but I already got Netscape for Linux)
>
> If these programs exists, then please tell me where I can get them.
Well, looks as if you got plenty of info already, so I'll just say HI!
:-)
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 5.9: Dogfood Ho!
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:44:02 -0500
That's plainly saying that RH should be able to be installed by *most*
but not *all* users...
MST
> most modern bios' can boot off a cdrom. RedHat cd's come with a live
> filesystem on the CD, so you can install by shoving the CD in the
> thing + booting up.
>
> cheers,
>
> Phil
> --
> nosig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install Asus V3400-AGP TNT Display Card
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 15:33:59 GMT
In article <7curst$399$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"egghead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As titled. I have installed Redhat 5.2 already but have problems to
> configure the X-windows display part. Can anyone help me with this? This
> is all I know and I don't know which server should I start etc....
>
> egghead.
>
>
You must download and install XFree3.3.3 (I think it's part of RH5.2 errata
now). The server is the SVGA server. Performances are pretty good (1600x1200,
32 bits).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Subject: Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 12:26:32 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Am thinking of buying a new machine. What is the current status of the
refund business? I know one guy in Oz was successful - has anyone in the
states done it yet?
Related note: What is best place to get machine with Linux preloaded? How
do prices compare with getting a regular machine, deleting the WinTrash and
installing Linux oneself?
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From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Ontrack DDO and LILO
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:34:38 GMT
Ontrack is EVIL!!!!
Be VERY VERY careful using Ontrack with Linux. Both Linux and DDO like to
have complete control over your computer. I had some difficulties and lost
all the information on my 10.2G slave drive from Quantum.
The trouble you'll have is that linux has to have linux native partitions
available to boot to, and Ontrack won't create linux native/swap partitions.
If you try to partition the drive with software other than Ontrack, you will
screw up the DDO, thus rendering all other data on your drive unreadable.
Ontrack, as far as I know, will not support Linux partitions. What you ought
to do is upgrade your BIOS, if possible, to support the large drive size
without Ontrack (Ontrack can be removed without damaging the drive or
rendering the contents unreadable). I found my motherboard, even with the
latest BIOS, would not support larger than 8.4G drives, so I had to return my
10.2 and get a smaller one. YMMV.
To remove Ontrack, startup to the Ontrack floppy (just stick the disk in the
drive and boot; it loads it's own copy of the DDO). There's an option for
removing the DDO from the drive somewhere in the menu.
However -- if Ontrack is on your master drive and you're installing linux to
the slave, and you don't need ontrack for the slave drive, then you're all
set. You will, however, need to boot from a floppy, and you won't have
access to more than 8.4G of data on the master drive when booting to linux.
Do NOT install LILO on a disk with Ontrack.
Good luck. Remember, if you partition your data into non-existence, don't
format the partitions! Quantum can recover the data (for a modest $500-$1300
fee).
Scott
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Calum John Robertson) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got two drives on my machine. The master drive is running Win95
> and has the Ontrack Dynamic Drive Overlay software v.9.4.5 installed
> on it. The slave drive is currently blank and I intend installing
> Redhat 5.2 on it. I was intending to perform a workstation class
> installation but I see that this will automatically install LILO. Will
> installing LILO mess up my DDO? Is it better to do a Redhat custom
> installation and boot from a boot floppy disk?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help given.
>
> Calum.
> --
> ==
> Calum Robertson
>
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (WhiteFox)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Enough!! What is the best Linux to install?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 15:52:33 GMT
Wimp. If you can just refrain from making insipid postings for a week or
two, the answer to every possible question you have will scroll before
your eyes. How about trying some things out and forming your own
opinions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (zentara)
Subject: Re: SUSE6.0 + PAM
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:09:26 GMT
Reply-To: ""
On 20 Mar 1999 22:06:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Wickham) wrote:
>Does anyone know why SuSE doesn't use PAM in their distro?. Thats something
>I miss from RH. (They are quite powerful in a networked environment). Also,
>does anyone have any pointers on compiling 2.2.3 kernel on SuSE 6.0?
>
The 2.2.3 kernel compiles fine on suse6.
Just watch for the irqs being switched around
for /dev/lp0 and /dev/lp1. It can mess up your soundcard.
I don't know about pam.
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From: Roland Latour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Assigning variables from text files
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:41:54 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Is there any way to assign a particular "line" to a variable in bash? Ex:
> Let's say there is a text file with the following names:
>
> Marsha Brady
> Greg Brady
> Cindy Brady
>
> How can I assign the second line of this text file to a variable NAME?
> So "echo $NAME" would return "Greg Brady"?
NAME=`awk 'NR==2' textfile`;export NAME
Note those are backquotes before awk and after textfile, so that piece
gets evaluated first. Single-quotes surround the pattern for awk, in
this
case, NumberRecord is the 2nd record in the input file. This certainly
isn't the only way to do it.
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Q] Swap file not working.
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:54:08 -0800
Reply-To: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Miernik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...>
> Don't agree. It doesn't matter how much RAM you have.
> It matters how much RAM the system+apps need, but exactly
> the difference of that minus the RAM you have.
>
> If the system only needs 20 MB for example, what for it would
> be using the swap file, it just slows the system.
Even if you have more RAM than your system+applications would ever use at
any given time, it is still a good idea to setup at least some swap, maybe
8MB.
This swap can be used to swap out (temporarily) unused processes, e.g.
unused gettys for virtual consoles or tty lines, network damons, printer
damons, etc. Because those processes are used very rarely it is no
performance hit to swap them in when needed.
On the other hand this RAM can be used for HD caching instead, which will
increase overall performance.
jue
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J�rgen Exner
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From: "Walter L. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Solaris 7 partition
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:00:03 -0700
Philip Brown wrote:
> there is a special "read ufs" kernel module in linux somewheres you need to
> have.
>
> And remember, you need to be reading a ufs partition from the same
> architecture. (which I think you are trying to do).
> Only solaris x86 ufs, should be attempted on linux x86.
>
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Thansk for the help. I will go look for the "ufs" kernel module.
I am trying to a Solaris7 x86 partiton from x86 Linux. I am trying
to use this partition as a transfer point between th two.
Walter L. Williams
in Utah
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Running X by remote
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:54:32 -0600
Faheem Mitha wrote in message ...
|This is an addendum to my previous message. Apparently, when I dial in, I
|am connected to something called a terminal server, with "ports", one of
|which I am "stuck" into. So there is another machine between my home one
|and the one in my department that I am logging on to. Don't know if this
|makes things any clearer.
Most terminal servers allow PPP or SLIP. I remember on the Xyplex
servers at my old university, it was the case, but the network office didn't
know how to use it. You just had to type "set port internet slip enable"
and have an IP address on the network. Boom, you were on, and could run all
the normal IP protocols.
Lee
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