Linux-Misc Digest #567, Volume #19 Mon, 22 Mar 99 15:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status? (Timothy J.
Lee)
Re: External Zip drives (Robin Becker)
Re: gtk+ wont install because of glib (Hans Koch)
Re: Enough!! What is the best Linux to install? ("Lee Sharp")
Re: Web Hosting Questions (Kevin Becker)
Networking HP855c w/ Ghostscript filter problem... (Jon Slater)
Re: Framebuffer XFree server (Matthias Warkus)
Re: Only 2 more _minor_ PPP problems! (Markus Wandel)
Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows (Frank Crary)
Re: Soundblaser hisses under Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: what "rc" scripts exist for linux? (Nix)
Re: Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status? (Kenny
McCormack)
Help!-Debian 2.0 dselect always say need libc6 install- but shows already installed!
("Kevin Traub")
Step on the Gnome? (Matthew Faupel)
Re: FS: LinuxRules.com (Paul Anderson)
How do I find out the story behind the /etc/rc.d directory? (Anubis)
problem with ALPS Glidepoint support in RedHat 5.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: External Zip drives (Robin Becker)
Linux 2.0.36, Netscape Comm. 4.5 -- hangs when sending mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee)
Subject: Re: Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status?
Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:52:01 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
|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?
Laptop or desktop? It is very hard to find laptops without paying for
a Microsoft OS license, but many smaller retailers will build you a
desktop with no OS, or preloaded non-Microsoft OS, without requiring
you to pay for a Microsoft OS license.
--
========================================================================
Timothy J. Lee timlee@
Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com
No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
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From: Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: External Zip drives
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:05:57 +0000
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
--
Robin Becker
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From: Hans Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gtk+ wont install because of glib
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:46:12 -0600
>Hi,
>I installed glib 1.2.0 successfully, but now gtk+ won't install. When I
run
>configure, the error is:
> .........
I managed to install gtk+, but compiling imlib afterwards was a
problem.
As it turned out, there was a /usr/local/include/glibconfig.h
from an earlier version of glib, which was read
instead of /usr/local/glib/include/glibconfig.h
Maybe you problem has a similar origin.
Hans Koch
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:00:38 -0600
Bud Z wrote in message ...
|I have read through these post's and still don't know which I should
|install!!!
|I am a Newbie, Home PC, used to using Win98 with a browser, e-mail, backup,
|cdrom, etc.
|I'm just so tired of MS that I could scream!!! so I've ordered RH 5.2 after
|doing a little research but there is so much out there that a guy just
|doesn't know where to start.
|I need suggestions for a "newbie, first time user, home pc".
Project Independence. www.independence.seul.org It is designed for the
new user from another OS. A lot more documentation laid out in a sensible
way. It is just as powerful as any other, but with a nicer delivery. How
is that...
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an individual,
not as a representative of any company, organization or other entity. I am
solely responsible for my words.
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From: Kevin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Web Hosting Questions
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:57:54 -0500
http://soa.granitecanyon.com provides free DNS service. Unfortunately
they are already under a very heavy load, so they can be unreliable. I
ended up setting up my own primary DNS server on the same box as my
webserver and I just use Granite Canyon for my secondary server.
/Kevin
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From: Jon Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Networking HP855c w/ Ghostscript filter problem...
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:02:00 -0700
Hi,
I am trying to print PS to a non-Postscript printer on my home network.
The network is working fine! I can print plain ascii to the 855c and it
works!
I set up the remote printer using the RedHat 5.2 printer setup utility.
Of all the choices listed for filter types, "Deskjet 550C/560C/6xxC
series" looked the best, because it supports both black and color
cartridges in the printer at the same time.
RedHat uses Ghostscript to filter PS to non-PS printers. When I print
the ascii test page, it prints fine. When I print the Postscript test
page, it prints:
Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdevicesprops
(1488)op_array(486)ox817bod4:Execution stack at 0x813ccc8:
0x8145fdc: 0x0f oper --F---e-- 0x0000 0x08071650
0x8145fdc: 0x03 file --G-rxe-- 0x0001 0x0817b620
0x8145fdc: 0x05 mpry --G-rxe-- 0x0002 0x0817c200
0x8145fdc: 0x05 mpry --G-rxe-- 0x0039 0x0817ca72
Dictionary stack at 0x813cbf0:
0x8145fdc: 0x02 dict --Gwrx--- 0x0000 0x0814695c
0x8145fdc: 0x02 dict --Gwrx--- 0xbfff 0x0818b66c
0x8145fdc: 0x02 dict --Lwrx--- 0x0000 0x0814b864
0x8145fdc: 0x02 dict --Gwrx--- 0x0000 0x0814695c
I've traced the error down to Ghostscript. If I select either "Deskjet
500" or "HP Deskjet" filters, the PostScript prints correctly, but only
in B&W.
Does anyone have any ideas what's going wrong? Is there some command
line option that I've missed? Has anyone had success printing to the
HP855c in color?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
--
Jon D. Slater QualComm Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 6150 Lookout Road
Phone: (303) 247-5037 Boulder, Colorado
Fax: (303) 247-5167 80301
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: Framebuffer XFree server
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:35:03 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 19 Mar 1999 15:15:04 GMT...
..and Philip Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, it comes with ggi, if you get the ggi sources. But I don't
> know where it resides originally.
GGI sure is interesting, I think I will get the sources and perhaps
this will help me.
> incidentally, which X were you trying to run? If you weren't
> running the framebuffer X server, then problems are inevitable :)
I am running the framebuffer X server.
--
I think that doubling the dosages does not give me dilithium, but
let's have warp speed anyway. -- Andrew Hampe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Wandel)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Only 2 more _minor_ PPP problems!
Date: 22 Mar 1999 19:07:25 GMT
In article <b3vJ2.24$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Brian E. Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The other thing is getting the DNS
>entries out to my clients. On my Win '9x box, I can put the DNS numbers in
>for our campus by hand, but I'd rather the server deliver them to the
>client. It's delivering the IP from the options (options.ttyS#) and the
>netmask (not really...), but I don't know how to make the options files(s)
>send the client the DNS information. Maybe this isn't possible; I don't
>know.
"man pppd". It's in there. Can't quote because the Linux box is at home.
Markus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Crary)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows
Date: 20 Mar 1999 05:27:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Matthias Buelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Take a typical office with 16+ PCs. How much computational power is
>> available to that office verses how much is actually used? A Windows
>> machine spends virtually all of its time waiting for the user to do
>> something.
>> When these machines are all networked together, they should be able to
>> share their cpu power so that jobs that can be parallelized can take
>> advantage of the computing power available.
>How often is this done with Unix workstations in a larger pool?
>To accomplish this goal, we'd need some distributed operating system,
>like Plan9.
Actually, we do this fairly often without a distributed operating
system, although we do it by hand. If a user on machine X needs
lots of CPU time, and machine Y is only being used as a terminal,
for text editing, etc. this week, the user can remotely log on to
machine Y and start their code running in the background. That
gives the user access to the CPU time on their machine, plus
another machine which would otherwise be idle most of the time.
Since this is done by hand, we naturally don't get 100% usage
of available CPU time. But under unix, this sort of thing is
quite easy, while under windows it appears to be either impossible,
difficult or expensive.
Frank Crary
CU Boulder
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Soundblaser hisses under Linux
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:23:33 +0000
When I start a mixer I get 3 sliders on the right hand side (sorry, can't
remember what they are labelled) which don't seem to do anything useful.
However, if I mute them it greatly reduces the hiss.
--
============================================================================
Richard Simpson
Farnborough, Hants, Uk Fax: 01252 392118
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am not aware of any views shared by myself and my employers.
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From: Nix <$}xin{[email protected]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: what "rc" scripts exist for linux?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 16:22:18 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro) writes:
> In article <7d4sd5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> david parsons <o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s> wrote:
> > Basically because of the registry; it's an interesting idea to use
> > make, though, and the only problem I could see with doing that is
> > that the current rc setup has each file call in its prerequisites,
> > while make puts the prerequisites elsewhere -- for additional
> > packages, like syslog, dhcpd, and xdm/xterm, all I need to do is
> > drop the rc files into /etc/rc.d/init.d/ and build the symlinks
> > into /etc/rc.d/rc.m, while a makefile based system would require
> > that I also tweak the makefile.
>
> include /etc/rc.d/rc.m/*.mk
Yep, this is basically what I am doing :)
Great minds think alike and all that.
--
`Anything else just amounts to repeatedly hitting yourself on the head
with a virtual icepick, and is just about as useful.' - Linus Torvalds
on linux-kernel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Subject: Re: Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 13:24:28 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Timothy J. Lee <see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>|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?
>
>Laptop or desktop? It is very hard to find laptops without paying for
>a Microsoft OS license, but many smaller retailers will build you a
>desktop with no OS, or preloaded non-Microsoft OS, without requiring
>you to pay for a Microsoft OS license.
Desktop. But I suppose the issue becomes sticky when they say:
1) You can buy pre-assembled system X - ready to go with Win98
for Y dollars out the door.
or
2) We can build you a system to your specifications, but essentially
the same as system X, w/o Win98, and it will cost Z dollars.
In practice, you will generally find that Z >= Y.
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From: "Kevin Traub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help!-Debian 2.0 dselect always say need libc6 install- but shows already
installed!
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:29:20 GMT
Hello All;
I'm having a problem with Debian 2.0 where dselect always complains that
libc6 needs to be installed whenever I try to install another package. the
problem is that dselect also shows libc6 is already installed. I've tried
de-installing and re-installing libc6 several times and get the same
messages afterward.
Any help would be appreciated!
-Kevin Traub
ARINC, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Matthew Faupel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Step on the Gnome?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 18:41:41 +0000
I'm currently running AfterStep on RH 5.2 and am very happy with the look
and feel. I particularly like the absence of the Windows-like task bar and
start button that many other window managers feel obliged provide. I
would like to have GNOME installed in order to make use of the common look
and feel and cut-and-paste features, but I have absolutely no desire to use
the GNOME panel and GNOME button.
Is there any way I can install GNOME on AfterStep (or maybe a lookalike such
as Window Maker), but still retain the "right click brings up main menu"
style of operation instead of having to use the GNOME button? Can GNOME
panel apps be run within the AfterStep/Window Maker Wharf instead of the
GNOME panel?
Cheers,
Matthew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Anderson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: FS: LinuxRules.com
Date: 22 Mar 1999 13:16:23 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Ross Peterson) writes:
>The domain linuxrules.com
>
Who'd be looney enough to pay $1,000 for a domain name?! Yife, if I was that
dedicated to having something like linuxrules.com, I'd register
linuxrules.net. Add a hyphen, and you've got free .org and .net domains that
you can register for $70 per.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anubis)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: How do I find out the story behind the /etc/rc.d directory?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:17:31 -0600
Is there a man entry or webpage which explains this? I need to know what
the directories inside rc.d do and how they operate.
Thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: problem with ALPS Glidepoint support in RedHat 5.2
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:12:00 GMT
Hi all,
I just upgraded to RedHat 5.2 in order to be able to run the new Gnome and
was pleased to find "tapping" support for my Alps Glidepoint. This works,
however each tap seems to register as several button clicks. Is there any
way to adjust the sensitivity or timing?
Thanks,
Neil
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From: Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: External Zip drives
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:21:25 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Frank Sweetser
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>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.
>
thanks; I'll give it a go
--
Robin Becker
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.netscape
Subject: Linux 2.0.36, Netscape Comm. 4.5 -- hangs when sending mail
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:02:24 GMT
We have a number of workstations running Linux with kernel 2.0.36 and
Netscape Communicator 4.5. The problem is that a few of the machines will
hang when sending mail in Communicator. When Netscape hangs, top reveals that
the CPU is 90%+ busy and that memory gets chewed up in an alarmingly
increasing rate. This behavior seems isolated to two machines while all the
others hum along fine. I've looked through Usenet and it seems that this has
been a problem for a few people (no resolution, however). If anyone has had
any luck fixing this, please let me know. I've tried upgrading to 4.51 with
the same dismal result.
Y.M. Lim
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