Linux-Misc Digest #576, Volume #19 Tue, 23 Mar 99 11:13:14 EST
Contents:
Re: IE5 under Linux (Richard Steiner)
Re: RH Linux: Bizarre wtmp/utmp, log file, and file date problems (Olaf Schreck)
Re: csh scripts won't run (Jaze)
Kernel != Kernel ? (Christoph Terhechte)
Re: Win95 X-software suggestion (Dr Paul Kinsler)
/tmp ram drive: Any problem with 8 meg /tmp ram drive? (oak)
Re: Help on PPP dial-up (Farid)
Re: Linux Emulator for Windows? (Luis Paulo)
Fortran on Linux (f2c): NARG() and GETARG() (Guus Zijlstra)
Re: What is the best Linux to install? - Consider Freebsd instead (Lee Blevins)
Re: Linux Emulator for Windows? (Justin The Cynical)
Re: SANE is Making Me In---- ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do I find out the story behind the /etc/rc.d directory? (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: Staroffice New Documents? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do I find out the story behind the /etc/rc.d directory?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Porting Com from NT to Linux (Eduardo Alperin)
Re: kde 'died' (Rob Fisher)
Re: HELP: Win95/WinNT/Linux partitioning ??? (Geoff Allsup)
Re: Step on the Gnome? (Matthias Warkus)
Re: Step on the Gnome? (Matthew Faupel)
Re: Assembler for Linux? (jik-)
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info (Hugh McCurdy)
nt/iis/asp vs. Linux/Apache/??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: IE5 under Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 02:43:22 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
spake unto us, saying:
>They probably prefer to keep selling their own OS... But, it looks
>like the new toy from www.vmware.com will let you run any flavor of
>MS windows (including NT) as a guest under Linux. I'm impressed
>with the beta after one day of playing... Too bad it's not free, but
>it beats having several PCs on your desk or losing access to Linux
>while you reboot to windows.
Unless VMWare supports OS/2 as a client OS, it'll probably be something
I'll play with but won't use beyond the beta period. I'll use VNC to
show NT and Linux stuff on my OS/2 desktop instead. :-)
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
I'm not worthless! I can always serve as a bad example!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Olaf Schreck)
Crossposted-To: comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: RH Linux: Bizarre wtmp/utmp, log file, and file date problems
Date: 23 Mar 1999 10:46:23 +0100
Doug Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In all my years of UNIX sys admin experience I have never seen something
>so bizarre as this happen, first seen this morning on my Red Hat 5.2
>Linux system:
These are strong indications that your system has found an additional
remote administrator..
Looks like modified binaries have been put in place (rootkit), your
/etc/syslog.conf has been slightly modified, and the intruder
temporarily changed your system date (to get the timestamps for the
modified binaries right), then mistakenly reset the system date to
localtime instead of GMT or vice versa.
REDHAT 5.2 USERS PLEASE NOTE: If you run an out-of-the-box RH 5.2
system, you are at *high risk* of getting remote rooted via a buffer
overun in wu-ftpd. Have a look at
http://www.netect.com/advisory_0209.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/rh52-errata-general.html#wu-ftpd
ciao,
chakl
>- New logins are no longer being reported with 'w', 'who', and 'last'
>commands. Entries are being made to utmp/wtmp but I haven't verified if
>they're correct. Rotating/removing these files doesn't help either.
>
>- /var/log/secure is no longer being logged to (scary).
>
>- The system date as reported by 'date' and last mod dates on new files
>on all filesystems differ by exactly 5 hours, the file being 5 hours in
>the future. Maybe this has something to do with EST timezone?
>
>- The MAIL env var is being set to /spool/mail/login instead of the
>proper /var/spool/mail/login. This causes mail apps to fail to find the
>users incoming mail spool. Resetting this variable manually fixes
>things.
--
Olaf Schreck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Syscall() Network Solutions, Berlin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jaze)
Subject: Re: csh scripts won't run
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 01:04:13 -0700
After transferring the script to your Linux box, did you set the
permissions so that it is executable? If not, then you need to use chmod.
-J
In article <7d790b$6l7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rey Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I just installed Caldera 1.3 and I have not been able to run a csh script.
>
> The script runs fine on SunOS. If I run it on Linux, it gives me Command
>
> not found even if I do ./ If I take out the /!#/bin/csh, I get a few
>
> errors when it tries to run if else and while do statements.
>
>
>
> My user account is setup right. What could be wrong? Can I run csh
>
> scripts on Linux? Caldera 1.3?
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Christoph Terhechte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel != Kernel ?
Date: 23 Mar 1999 07:54:12 GMT
Hello there.
I've made an interesting discovery a few days ago. I've recompiled my
kernel without changing /usr/src/linux/.config - and the new kernel
binary differs significantly from the old one. I'm not talking about
the timestamp which is placed somewhere in the beginning of the
binary, rather I've noticed that the binaries differ completely in
their last sixth or so. I guess there must be some randomness to the
compilation process, but I don't know why. Is anyone able to explain
this?
--
Christoph Terhechte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Toto? - I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr Paul Kinsler)
Subject: Re: Win95 X-software suggestion
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:34:53 +0000 (GMT)
In comp.os.linux.misc Jon Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to be able to run X on my Win95 box. I am connecting to a RedHat
> Linux 5.2 box.
I've used eXceed in the past, it seemed to do the job ok.
--
==============================+==============================
Dr. Paul Kinsler
Institute of Microwaves and Photonics
University of Leeds (ph) +44-113-2332089
Leeds LS2 9JT (fax)+44-113-2332032
United Kingdom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WEB: http://www.ee.leeds.ac.uk/staff/pk/P.Kinsler.html
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From: oak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /tmp ram drive: Any problem with 8 meg /tmp ram drive?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:32:06 GMT
For some reason the kernel defaults to an 8 meg or so ram drive which
I'd like to use as my /tmp directory. The only reservation I have is
what problems, if any, I might have with a /tmp directory of that
size.
Thanks,
-Tony
========================================================
Power User Page http://www.eskimo.com/~oak/pwr/
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From: Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help on PPP dial-up
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:20:18 -0500
Well,
I did as David said, and it seems that the chat failed because the
chat-script failed. And then I went on with "more chat-ppp1" (at the
/etc/sysconfig/network-script, which I get from the /var/log/messages)
to check the chat-script (mine is named chat-ppp1) and there something
like this:
'ABORT' 'KILL'
'ABORT' 'ERROR'
'ABORT' 'ETC'
'ABORT'.....
'ABORT'.....
'ABORT'.....
'ABORT'......
" " OK
...................
the contents of what I think is the chat-script begins with a lot of
'ABORT' for 5 or 6 lines, before something that looks make sense a bit
to me begins, at line 6 or 7 after the last 'ABORT' line (beginning with
the " " OK line).
Is there something wrong with my chat-script or is there something else.
All that I know (from looking at the /var/log/messages) is that the
connection failed because chat program failed, and the log messages is
something like this:
pppd (789): kernel 2.2.3 .....
chat (790): failed
ppp(792): exit
anybody? help me please. Thanks.
David Pace wrote:
> Farid wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need help in installing the PPP dial-up. I tried to setup PPP
> dial-up
> > through XWindow, but it seems that I cannot connect, although the
> line
> > to the ISP isn't busy.
> >
> > I configured the modem ok, and can dial to the ISP, the modem ring
> ok I
> > can hear the tone and the ISP server receive connection, but no
> > connection is established. I don't know which part isn't right. I
> got
> > the hostname, the domain, DNS server, phone number. Which part is
> still
> > wrong.
> >
> > Actually, I'm not that good with Linux or PC...I got the XWindow
> install
> > because I am using redhat 5.1 (installation set the XWindow for
> me)...I
> > try reading the documentation, but became worse, I don't understand
> a
> > thing. Tension...
> >
> > Huh, hope somebody can help to clear the things up to me. Thanks.
>
> Take a look at:
> cat /var/log/messages
>
> after you do the dial up.
> It will help show where the call is getting stuck.
> You could also post the tail end of the file to this newsgroup
> and somebody might offer more help.
>
> --
> David Pace Free Trading software: http://www.daveware.com
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From: Luis Paulo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Emulator for Windows?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:09:08 +0000
I have tried the vmware product (www.vmware.com). My first impression is
it�s a fantastic product.
I have already installed a DOS6/WIN31, a W95 and a W98, and I�n
continuing to experiment with it.
The only problem is the hardware demand, but apart from that it works
almost 100% fine.
Luis Paulo
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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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:40:53 +0000
From: Guus Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Fortran on Linux (f2c): NARG() and GETARG()
I'm porting some fortran programs to linux, using f2c
to convert to the fortran sources to C.
My problem is that the fortran sources rely on microsoft
extensions.
Most extensions, like GETDAT() are easily handled
through f2c.h, but NARGS() and GETARG() are
more difficult.
They are used to get command line info.
Unfortunately, argc and argv are not even passed
as arguments to main(), so I cannot get to these
values at all.
My only option is to get the f2c sources and extend
the call to main(), etc, but this takes a lot of time.
Has anybody else solved this one already?
Thanks,
Guus.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Blevins)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install? - Consider Freebsd instead
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:12:06 -0500
You may want to consider freebsd instead.
Better docs. Easier more intuitive install. Alltogether better system.
urgrue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <7d6822$6u1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> says...
> >What's the best tasting fruit: Apples, Pears, Oranges, or Bananas?
> >
> >If it's not in the FAQ's, it should be added.
> >
> >Maybe we should all answer: Best? In What Way?
> >
> >Or maybe someone should just set up a "Best" distro of Linux, maybe
> >at www.BestLinux.com and we could send them all there.
> >
> >Then hire a guy name Best to be the webmaster.
>
> Which Linux distro suits a certain user is not only a matter of taste. If the
> poster describes himself as a home pc user, used to win98, with little to no
> linux experience who just want to get the thing running, he is NOT going
> to enjoy slackware. I'd recommend red hat or suse. If he's a coder who wants
> to start coding on the linux platform then i'd recommend he keep away from the
> likes of RPM and YaST. Which linux you choose has a lot more to do with your
> needs, experience, and how much time you are willing to invest than just
> taste. so i see nothing wrong with a newbie describing his needs and asking
> experienced users for advice. And I wish people who did (find something wrong
> with it) would just skip that message and not turn the thread into an
> argument.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin The Cynical)
Subject: Re: Linux Emulator for Windows?
Date: 23 Mar 1999 11:59:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:00:15 -0500, Moribund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
You forget OpenNT. At least I think that is it's name. It might
have changed it's name again. It is supposed to impliment a *NIX-style
enviroment under NT. Or, there is NuTCracker. Another *NIX-addon for NT.
->go commercial with it when they're done with the beta -- probably cost a
->million bucks to boot. :(
Yes and no. They are going to release it commercially, but it's not
going to be a million bucks. Just $299, according to the web page.
Still a bit rich for my blood. :-/ But I sure wouldn't mind having
a copy regardless. Looks like a real neat piece of software.
--
"NT disk, meet Mr. Microwave."
David Parsons in comp.os.linux.advocacy (e-mail addy deleted for spam reasons)
Justin The Cynical - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SANE is Making Me In----
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:53:42 GMT
Al Tourlakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could someone tell me, in dumbed-down terms, exactly what I should do
> next in order to embark on the road to sane use of SANE.? I simply
What have you done so far ?
Have you tried to start xscanimage ? What happens ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How do I find out the story behind the /etc/rc.d directory?
Date: 23 Mar 1999 08:43:23 GMT
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 01:21:13 GMT, Jim Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anubis wrote:
>
>> 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
<snip>
>The biblical version goes something like this: In the beginning there was
>init. Init moved upon the surface of the process pool, and it was good.
>Thus endeth the first day. On the second day, Init decided to check out
>/etc/inittab. In there, init compared the run level to the processes listed
>and figure out which to crank up and, essentially, in what order. And this
>was good. On the third day. Yeah, this is getting boring.
BTW, I just got a slackware installation, I'm used to redhat. The rc.d
structure is much simpler in slackware (BSD style), and I can see no
obvious drawback. Well, I did hack a couple files to provide "start" and
"stop" capabilities, but didn't need to change the structure.
Any thoughts?
--
Stefano Ghirlanda, Zoologiska Institutionen, Stockholms Universitet
Office: D554, Arrheniusv. 14, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 164055, Fax: +46 8 167715, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Support Free Science, look at: http://rerumnatura.zool.su.se
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Staroffice New Documents?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:06:34 GMT
Gazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just got staroffice installed. Soffice runs o.k, but I seem to be missing
> something. When I select File, New.. there are no options for document
Did you do a multiple user install (setup /net) or a single user install (setup) ?
Jason.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How do I find out the story behind the /etc/rc.d directory?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:59:07 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BTW, I just got a slackware installation, I'm used to redhat. The rc.d
> structure is much simpler in slackware (BSD style), and I can see no
> obvious drawback. Well, I did hack a couple files to provide "start" and
No clean way to drop in start/stop capabilities for new packages.
No clean way to start/stop a subsystem on the fly
No clean way to invoke a controlled shutdown (killall -15 isn't nice)
etc...
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From: Eduardo Alperin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Porting Com from NT to Linux
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:34:00 +0200
Does anyone know a fast and practical way to port
COM applications from NT to Linux or any other Unix on PC?
Thanks in advance!
Eduardo
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From: Rob Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kde 'died'
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:37:27 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> i couldn't properly shut down so i had to
> shut my machine off.
> regardless, now x won't start.
> after i type 'xstart' the grey screen pops up w/ the x, but it doesn't get
> any further. i don't know where to begin troubleshooting this as i'm to x
> and kde. anyone have any suggestions?
Have you fsck'ed your filesystems properly? Check that xinit, startkde,
$HOME/.xinitrc are present and correct. Can you move the X cursor
around? Try running xinit, then type /usr/local/kde/bin/startkde into
the shell you get. I'm really only guessing here, but you did ask for
any suggestions!
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Allsup)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP: Win95/WinNT/Linux partitioning ???
Date: 23 Mar 1999 14:11:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:46:04 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
> I read all the linux groups for two days insearch of answers to my
> questions. Some are close but not exactly what I wanted. Here is my
> problem.
>
> I have 12 GB HD and installed Win95 (~2GB, C:\) and WinNT (~2GB,D:\).
> Now I want to install RedHat5.2 linux on the remaining part of HD.
> I already have a boot manager(select-it) to boot Win95 and WinNT.
> When I tried to install Linux, Disk druid can't create more than 4
> partitions including the 2 I already have. How can I go about installing
> Linux with partitions for swap, root, user and home etc.. ??
> Can you give me a guide line of the partitions I should create and what
> kind of partitions they should be ??
>
well, strictly speaking, you only need 2 partitions, so you could make one
very large root partition, and one swap partition (128MB max per swap).
If you could make one of the remaining partitions an extended partition,
then you could break that partition up into a number of logical partitions,
which might be nicer. If that WinNT partition is already an extended
partition, you could use a tool like Partition MAgic to increase it's size
and then add some logical drives for Linux use.
Hope this helps...
geoff
--
******************************************************************
Geoff Allsup Upper Ocean Processes Group
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA, USA
******************************************************************
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: Step on the Gnome?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:12:35 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 22 Mar 1999 18:41:41 +0000...
..and Matthew Faupel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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?
Of course. The panel is just another Gnome application. If you choose
not to run it, well, more power to you - you don't need to.
Gnome is just a set of libraries. You don't need to have the panel
running to use them.
mawa
--
"USENet Miranda Rights: You have the right to remain a silent reader.
Anything you mail or post may and will be used to flame you."
-- Chedley Aouririk
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From: Matthew Faupel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Step on the Gnome?
Date: 23 Mar 1999 14:10:14 +0000
I wrote:
> I'm currently running AfterStep on RH 5.2 and am very happy with the look
> and feel. [...] 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?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus) replied:
> Of course. The panel is just another Gnome application. If you choose
> not to run it, well, more power to you - you don't need to.
>
> Gnome is just a set of libraries. You don't need to have the panel
> running to use them.
I tried (with the version of AfterStep shipped with RH5.2) and had at least
the following problems before I gave up on it:
- The menus generated by right click are completely different from those
got by pressing the GNOME button; I'd like them to be the same.
- AfterStep added unwanted title bars to the icon that the graphical
version of Midnight Commander puts on the desktop.
- I wanted the GNOME panel applets to run in the Wharf, not the Panel and
saw no obvious way of doing this.
So if anyone has actually got all this working for AfterStep or Window
Maker, I'd be interested to hear. Alternatively, is it possible to make
Enlightenment and the GNOME panel look like AfterStep and the Wharf
respectively?
Cheers,
Matthew
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 00:46:05 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Assembler for Linux?
Vincent Ma wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> Is there good Assembler for Linux out there?
gas or nasm and others,.
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From: Hugh McCurdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:40:20 +0000
Intel no one wrote:
>
> Pentium III chip with the individual serial number that can
> track your web surfing and buying habits can now have the ID number
> turned on and off by software. Following some links I found the
> www.fightdivx.com website and noticed that they have a Intel Boycott
> page with links, quotes and info on why you should boycott the
> invasion of privacy Pentium III chips. Just like everyone suspected,
> the ID number can be taken without a customers knowledge. Just like
> cellular phone fraud, once someone has your unique ID number, they
> could pose as you on the internet. Do not be fooled by reports that
> this problem is fixed because Intel disabled this feature by software
> on their up coming chips. Information is power. They want to know
> your surfing and buying habits. That is what this is all about. Here
> is the link to the page with the boycott info and links.
>
> http://www.fightdivx.com/intelboycott.htm
> http://www.bigbrotherinside.com/
>
> Also you will find a Boycott Intel screen saver and banner on their
> page above. Spread it around.
>
> Take the Pentium III Boycott Survey
> http://mail.infotrieve.com/isurvey/index.cfm?vendorid=6045&formid=F0006045
I have some questions about the timing of the boycott.
Here's the facts as I understand them. If in error, please let me know.
Many months ago, Intel announces the PIII ID feature.
Then after many months pass, Intel announces it is ready to ship.
Then the boycott is announced.
Why is this reasonable? Why wasn't the boycott announced when Intel
made the original announcement?
The US law is based on English Common Law. As I understand ECL, people
have a *responsibility* to mitigate damages. By not notifying Intel
right away, the people who object to the PIII ID feature failed to
mitigate Intel's damages. Could someone please explain justify the
boycott in light of failure to mitigate damages?
These questions only apply to citizens of countries that are based on
ECL or have laws that require mitigation of damages.
(I'm not saying you are wrong; I'm asking for an explaination.)
--
Hugh McCurdy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: nt/iis/asp vs. Linux/Apache/???
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:35:11 GMT
I need to make a decision in the very near future. I have to setup a website
from scratch. The goal is to have a site that is commerce enabled with SSL.
There is one NT server on site that is running MS-SQL Server v6.5. The
website needs access to the data in the SQL server to publish. In NT4/IIS4
using ASP, this is simple, BUT I prefer Linux. Is there a way to connect to
a MS-SQL server from Linux/Apache and what technology should be used in
publishing the data? On NT it's Active Server Pages, on Linux it's ??? (I
have heard a little about php3, but know nothing about it.)
Any help/comments/opinions are welcome.
I would prefer they be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If not, I will still hunt them down on DejaNews
Thanks all,
Erick
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