Linux-Misc Digest #583, Volume #19 Wed, 24 Mar 99 01:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Netshow and Linux Multimedia ("Benjamin Sher")
Re: KDE: server already active SOLVED (alessandro)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (Dan Nguyen)
Re: Is there a "modem activity light" for X (Matthew Bafford)
Re: Options for a script (Matthew Bafford)
Any way to tell what cards XF8686-SVGA supports? ("Andrew")
Uninstall Linux ("Elizabeth Hincks")
Re: Linux setup (Phil)
Re: Epson Stylus 640 : RH5.2 okay here (doug)
Re: COBOL compiler for Linux? (David M. Cook)
JMF on Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Netshow (Ewan Dunbar)
DiamondMM Sonic Impact S90 question. ("Runt")
Re: view postscript format file (Ian Hay)
Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix ("Norm Dresner")
EGCS and KDE/Qt (Jeffrey L Straszheim)
Re: Re: DDS-3 SCSI-2 Tape drive problems... (Robert Heller)
Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Names to call Windows... (Chris Hill)
Re: DDS-3 SCSI-2 Tape drive problems... (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Re: SANE is Making Me In---- (CITIZENAL)
Re: SANE is Making Me In---- (CITIZENAL)
Re: XFree86-3.3.3 + CTX monitor? (Michael McConnell)
Re: lp device question (Ernesto =?US-ASCII?Q?Hern=E1ndez-Novich?=)
Re: SANE is Making Me In---- (CITIZENAL)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:06:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony D. Tribelli) wrote:
> bp jendrissek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : Anthony D. Tribelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : : I'm still highly skeptical of such an instruction existing. I'd love to
> : : see a URL, I suspect info got 'mutated' as it passed from one person to
> : : the next.
> :
> : I doubt entries in Ralf Brown's list count as "mutated" - but then, who am
> : I to decide? Maybe I'll just fire up the old (Siemens cpu) 286 and see if I
> : can get loadall not to #UD.
>
> The 'info' I question is that there is an undocumented user-mode processor
> reset instruction in the x86 family from 286 through Pentium-III. I
> believe that things like OS/2 1.x quiet resets are done through the
> keyboard controller, fast reset, or multiple faults. All of which are
> preventable by a protected mode OS if it so chooses. Basically I believe
> an OS can prevent a quiet reset if it wants to, OS/2 and Win9x may choose
> not to do so for compatibility reasons.
>
> I don't question the exisitence of undocumented instruction like loadall
> that come and go.
The other question is whether or not these resets will assert the RESET line
to the processor or just the INIT line (the INIT line is asserted in the case
of a fast/hot reset). To disable this feature, the RESET line needs to be
asserted, not the INIT line.
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From: "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netshow and Linux Multimedia
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 03:43:17 GMT
Dear friends:
I wholeheartedly agree with the person who complaind that I had posted too
many messages concerning Netshow, etc. First and foremost, he is right
because Netshow for Linux, if such exists (as appears to be the case -- see
the sites in Taiwan and Italy referred to in my earlier posts here and on
the "misc" newsgroup) is already Linux and so would, if it really worked,
not need Wine. I think got the issue a little confused. However, I have
posted another message or two asking if there is a native Linux counterpart
to Netshow that could play their asf or is it asx files. I think Multimedia
is important enough to us to justify such a request. Most of my Russian
multimedia (audio and video) comes, thank God, from RealPlayer and I am
awaiting with great anticipation the arrival of Real G-2 for Linux, which,
I have been told by an official at RealPlayer, will be "soon" (that was two
weeks ago). I am also thrilled to see that there is a native Linux player
that will play QuickTime and AVI and other audio and video files, though
not necessarily streaming audio and video.
I will finally receive my Red Hat Linux 5.2 from Cosmos Engineering (LOAD)
tomorrow by UPS (it was shipped out Friday). I am very much looking forward
to an all-Linux system. The many wonderful and very generous reports from
so many splendid Linux specialists that I have received make me feel very
excited about crash-free computer life.
For those of you who are Linux experts, may I ask that you take a serious
look at the Taiwan and/or Italian sites where Netshow for Linux is indeed
available (see my other posts for full details). I am very curious to know
if Microsoft has indeed produced a Netshow for Linux and then "buried" it
in nearly accessible sites overseas. I found them by accident while doing a
search on Copernic98. If this Linux Netshow is the real thing and works
without causing complications for Linux, then that would be another feather
in Linux's cap and would help expand the resources for multimedia
experience available to Linux users.
Thank you all once again for your truly "legendary help."
Benjamin
--
Benjamin Sher
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Lit
http://www.websher.net
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From: alessandro <"alpalmas$"@tin.it>
Subject: Re: KDE: server already active SOLVED
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:17:58 +0100
alessandro wrote:
>
> I installed KDE 1.1 on my slack 3.5
>
> It seemed to work all well, but when I tried to
> startx for the secon time, I got the error:
>
> Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
> If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
> and start again.
>
> In DejaNews nothing about.
<snip>
FOUND in DejaNews!
but not a simple query... and a very slow and frustrating connection!
I had a file on my $HOME which I named startkde ...
Silly. it was a memo file with the word "startx" in it.
Please excuse me for the bandwidth waste. I really Forgot startkde was
reserved... my shame. If only I had waited 10 minutes to post, the
search on DejaN. would arrive...
Thank to the people who answers questions! some day I will be able, too,
and I will remember the help received!
Bye.
Alessandro
--
===========
please, excuse my antispam: alpalmas, NOT alpalmas$
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From: Dan Nguyen <[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
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: 24 Mar 1999 00:53:33 GMT
In alt.os.linux Dave Philips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On 22 Mar 1999, Desmond Coughlan wrote:
: | Which would you rather have: an OS which is easy to use, with pretty
: | windows and icons, which crashes at least once a day, or an OS which
: | doesn't have the above, but which never crashes?
: My windows under AfterStep are very pretty.:) You hear all the time how
: linux looks bad and maybe it does out of the box. But linux gives you the
: ability to make it look anyway you can think up. I think this results in a
: much better interface then Windows.
I personally think AfterStep looks terrible. I'd take Window Maker or
Enlightenment any day.
--
Dan Nguyen | It is with true love as it is with ghosts;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | everyone talks of it, but few have seen it.
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -La Rochefocauld, Maxims
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Bafford)
Subject: Re: Is there a "modem activity light" for X
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 03:35:14 GMT
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:02:12 -0600 -- Runt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
-> Does anyone know if there is there a similar program for KDE?
If you use KDE's ppp program, it should dock some lights onto the panel.
I think it's kppp, but I won't promise.
--Matthew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Bafford)
Subject: Re: Options for a script
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 03:35:13 GMT
Jaze wrote:
-> what I'm trying to do is pipe
-> echo, date, and cat commands to sendmail to automate a certain message.
-> echo "Blah"; date -R | sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-> How can I pipe a full command line?
I missed the original message, so I don't know which shell you're using.
But, from bash (and possibly others, I dunno):
(echo "Blah"; date -R) | sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope This Helps!
--Matthew
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From: "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Any way to tell what cards XF8686-SVGA supports?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:02:50 -0500
I have a Diamond Viper V550 and I know it is not supported natively on
Linux, but I've heard that there is a version of XF86-SVGA that does support
the 2-D features of the card making it usable. Is there anywhere where I
can lookup what cards are supported by each version of this file?
Andrew
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From: "Elizabeth Hincks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Uninstall Linux
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:44:20 -0500
I put Linux on my laptop along with Win95. Now I need more room for the
Win95 junk and I need to uninstall Linux
Any ideas where I should start?
Thanks,
Liz
Elizabeth Hincks
617-234-0219
www.adaptiveoptics.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil)
Crossposted-To: ibmnet.general,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux setup
Date: 11 Mar 1999 22:05:25 GMT
Reply-To: /dev/null
John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Best thing is to use a script to update an html file
>> > at your ISP with your dynamic IP address whenever you
>> > connect and then when you are connected anyone who
>> > knows to look there can connect to your box. Voila!
>
>> Yep, that sound like a solution indeet, though not quite what I
>> imagined at the beginner, but it should work, right.
>
>But since ibm.net does not offer a service like that at this
>time (at least not for personal dial-up accounts) you may be
>SOL.
No, ibm.net does not offer this service. They don't have to.
The service is entirely managed by your own home linux installation.
all you need is a dialup connection. As long as you can upload
html files to some location which IS always accesible, you can do
what I describe.
Phil
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From: doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus 640 : RH5.2 okay here
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:14:47 -0500
Matt O'Toole wrote:
>
> Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote in message <7c70qe$bjh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >>What I *don't* know is how to really test the colors and resolutions. All
> >>three drivers seem to work fine. --- John
>
> >My testing with and correspondence about the Epson Stylus Color 800 is
> >that some colors are too dark and gray. Perhaps you'll notice the same
> >when you try to print something with dark blue in it. Mine comes out
> >looking like blue with a black haze over it.
>
> I've always had similar problems with my Color Stylus Pro, the predescessor
> to the 800. All the colors seem too dark, and blues are too purplish. This
> is true under Win 95, with the original driver that came with the printer;
> the newer driver included with Win 98; and whatever driver came with RH
> 5.2/Mandrake. So, I'm pretty sure this is a hardware problem. The text
> output looks a bit crisper under Linux, but the colors look the same.
>
> It went in for repair once, for another problem. I complained about the
> color problem at the time, and the colors looked a lot better when the
> printer came back. Now, it's back to where it was. So, I think the problem
> is with the nozzles becoming blocked or something. They probably did a
> thorough cleaning at the factory. Epson says to be sure to turn the printer
> off and on using its own power switch, so that it will go through its normal
> self-cleaning cycle each time. I do that, but... I think these printers
> are troublesome compared to HPs, and I wouldn't buy another. I wish HP
> still built non-Winprinters.
>
> One positive thing I can say about this printer is that the ink usage/cost
> is very low.
>
> Matt O.
I just picked up on this thread, and wanted to chime in about the 640.
I hope that is what is being discussed. Basically, I like it. I use the
stcolor & st800 & uniprint. I can get 180x180, 360x180, 360x360,720x720,
and 1440x720. The color thingie is most noticable for me with the
offshades,
or inbetween the basic colors. I notice this in both Linux and Win98.
The
ink cost is, I agree, very reasonable. Heck, I paid 170 bucks for mine
and
for that it is a good printer. Maybe the best for the price.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: COBOL compiler for Linux?
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:13:44 GMT
On 11 Mar 1999 22:07:11 GMT, Frank Riha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yes, I believe Acucobol runs under Linux, although I have not used it.
Here's another one announced recently:
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CnUnzubKbytaXnJu
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: JMF on Linux?
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:45:53 GMT
Hi,
does anyone knows whether JMF works on LINUX?
Thanks!
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From: Ewan Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netshow
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:06:23 -0500
I don't have any of the thread any more, but it's true. MS Netshow has
been ported to Linux -- this happened last year some time, actually, I
believe. But the page on their site is in disrepair -- its links are dead.
There are no references to it on their FTP site. But, in the ls-lR, I
found this:
-rwxrwxrwa 1 0 0 9330823 Dec 23 22:16 fp30.linux.tar.Z
In the frontpage directory. For running FrontPage server, I guess (I
hope! -- and not that godawful HTML authoring tool).
===========================================================================
Eastman: He came out of the east to do battle with The Amazing RANDO!
===========================================================================
Ewan Dunbar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://earl.thedunbars.com/pmah/index.html
===========================================================================
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From: "Runt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: DiamondMM Sonic Impact S90 question.
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:58:10 -0600
Does anyone know if a DiamondMM Sonic Impact S90 will work at all in Linux?
I don't need A3D support or anything like that. The Open Sound System
drivers don't support the Aureal Vortex Chipset yet, and I tried all the
options in sndconfig and couldn't get it to work. All I really need it for
is playing CD's, and I don't absolutely need that. I don't care if the
driver for the card is not supported at all, as long as it works. Thanx in
advance for any help.
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From: Ian Hay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: view postscript format file
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:44:43 GMT
Ying Hu wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> I am sure that the postscrit format can be viewed in Linux,
> but I did not know what script with the function, such as
> gs, ghostview or xv in Unix. In other words, I can not find
> gs, ghostview or xv in our Linux.
>
> Help please! Thanx!
Hi Ying. It's the middle one you want - ghostview. The reason you
can't find it is because the command is actually "gv".
Bye. :)
--
========================================================
Ian R. Hay <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Toronto, Canada <http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.hay/>
Linuxing about since June 21, 1998 <Redhat 5.1 - 2.0.35>
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From: "Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix
Date: 10 Mar 1999 21:01:25 GMT
Does nroff take a Word(Im)Perfect or WordForWindows file? I didn't think so
and that's why I wrote what I did!
Norm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article <7c6fv0$6kb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Ever hear of nroff?
>
> In article <01be6b02$57011d30$8aea689b@w784749>,
> "Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > All I'd have to do is to write a program to translate even a simple
word
> > processing file into a manpage. I'm sure that I could sell thousands.
> > Alternately, even a simple X-Window based editor would rake in the
dough.
> >
> > Why doesn't someone else do it?
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
>
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>
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From: Jeffrey L Straszheim
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: EGCS and KDE/Qt
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:32:43 -0500
Hello,
I want to upgrade my egcs from the ancient version
that Red Hat provides (why do they do that?); however,
I also want to do work in KDE/QT. The KDE RPM's for
Red Hat were build with an old libstdc++, the one that
Red Hat provides. I can't just upgrade the compiler.
Has anyone else gone through this? How did you do it?
I'd like a few pointers before I begin d/l'ing and
trying to rebuild KDE/Qt.
Current versions of egcs/libstdc++:
egcs 1.0.3, libstdc++ 2.8.0
Current version of QT:
libqt 1.42
Desired version of egcs/libstdc++
egcs 1.1.1, libstdc++ 2.9.x
Any pointers would be great. I already tried just upgrading the
compiler/libraries with some RPM's contributed to Red Hat, but
they bombed the existing c++ libs and KDE wouldn't load (fortunately
I had my Red Hat CD around to reload the RPM's).
Thanks for your help :)
{Now if only there were a good GUI library for Small Eiffel,
I would be in heaven.}
--
--Jeffrey Straszheim
---Systems Engineer, Programmer
----stimuli AT shadow DOT net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Heller)
Subject: Re: Re: DDS-3 SCSI-2 Tape drive problems...
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 01:36:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam),
In a message on Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:54:53 +0100, wrote :
BA> Robert Heller schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
BA> >We have a Dell server box with a Seagate/Archive DDS-3 DAT tape drive
BA> >we are having trouble with. I Just talked to the Dell tech., and he
BA> >is claiming we need a special device driver for the DDS-3 tape drive,
BA> >which is somehow different from a standard SCSI 2 tape drive. Now, this
BA> >guy admitted that he is not 'UNIX Certified', but was insisting we
BA> >needed a bleeding edge device driver for the tape drive. He also
BA> >suggested we might need a newer driver for the SCSI controller.
BA> >
BA> >We have RedHat 5.2 installed (stock kernel 2.0.36).
BA> >
BA> >The SCSI controller is a Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra Wide controller:
BA> >
BA> >(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 15/0
BA> >(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
BA> >(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded
BA> >scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.2/3.2.4
BA> > <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
BA> >scsi : 1 host.
BA> >
BA> >
BA> >The tape drive claims to be an Archive Python:
BA> >
BA> > Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 04106-XXX Rev: 715G
BA> > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
BA> >Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
BA> >
BA> >
BA> >Does it make sense to upgrade the kernel? Or is the Dell guy just plain
BA> >ignorant?
BA> >
BA> >
BA> >
BA> >--
BA> > \/
BA> >Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BA> >http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BA> >http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153
BA>
BA> Hello Robert,
BA> you may first try to get into the ADAPTEC-Bios at boot-time (with <CTRL>A)
BA> and check the adapter setting, as TERMINATION, maximum transferspeed,
BA> disconnect/reconnect, ....
We plan on doing this (this was suggested by the Dell tech.).
BA>
BA> Do you have the EZSCSI-Package from Adaptec? Is it possible, to install
BA> WIN-NT
BA> onto a scratch disk and check the streamer with the NT- or
BA> EZSCSI-Backupsoftware?
We don't have NT nor a scratch disk available. We *probably* have the
EZSCSI-Package -- packed with the Adaptec manual packet.
BA>
BA> Did you check termination of the SCSI-bus (should be activ) and SCSI-cables.
BA> If possible,
BA> try changing terminator(s) and cable. At least
It is an internal drive, installed by Dell. I've not opened up the case
to see what the techs did. I'm assuming the techs at Dell have some
clue about cables and termination.
BA>
BA> What error-messages did you get, what tape did you use? Have you tried with
BA> a tape of a different vendor?
>From /var/log/messages*:
Mar 14 04:10:41 www kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current error st09:00: sense
key Hardware Error
The backup software (BRU2000 and later tar), both just say "Write Error"
or "Error Reading Tape". Nothing more specific. The drive's lights
flash (bad cartridge and/or hardware error).
We first tried the blank cartridge that came with the drive then one we
got from Global Computer Supply. We ran the cleaning tape between tapes.
BA>
BA> Bernd
BA>
BA>
BA>
\/
Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:05:40 GMT
NO, you export the file in ascii text format and usr nroff/troff to message
into Man pages. We used to do this back at AT&T. Doubt anyone would make
much money off of this (since it seems nobody reads MAN pages anymore)!
In article <01be6b39$242895a0$93ed4e0c@nilrem>,
"Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does nroff take a Word(Im)Perfect or WordForWindows file? I didn't think so
> and that's why I wrote what I did!
> Norm
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article <7c6fv0$6kb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > Ever hear of nroff?
> >
> > In article <01be6b02$57011d30$8aea689b@w784749>,
> > "Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > All I'd have to do is to write a program to translate even a simple
> word
> > > processing file into a manpage. I'm sure that I could sell thousands.
> > > Alternately, even a simple X-Window based editor would rake in the
> dough.
> > >
> > > Why doesn't someone else do it?
> > >
> > > Norm
> > >
> > >
> >
> > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
> >
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Hill)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Names to call Windows...
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:50:05 -0500
In article <7d6ad6$1rp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam) wrote:
> Donn Miller schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >People who use FreeBSD and Linux have a few clever nicknames for
> >Windows. Here are some that I've seen and used (that don't have
> >profanity):
> >
> >Windblows
> >Winblows
> >Winbloats
> >Winslow
> >Windoze
> >'Doze
> >WinHell --> instead of "Wintel"
> >No-Win-dows
> my nicknames (nickname sound much too nice to that gr...) are
>
> "senseless9x" ( in german : sinnlos9x )
> and
> "senseless NeanderTal" (you know the story about neandertal men ;-} )
My favorite - seen on this very newsgroup - is "Wintendo."
--
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmm... this "Spam-B-Gone" doesn't seem to work...
What would happen if I pulled the plug on the Reality Engine?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Subject: Re: DDS-3 SCSI-2 Tape drive problems...
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:54:53 +0100
Robert Heller schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>We have a Dell server box with a Seagate/Archive DDS-3 DAT tape drive
>we are having trouble with. I Just talked to the Dell tech., and he
>is claiming we need a special device driver for the DDS-3 tape drive,
>which is somehow different from a standard SCSI 2 tape drive. Now, this
>guy admitted that he is not 'UNIX Certified', but was insisting we
>needed a bleeding edge device driver for the tape drive. He also
>suggested we might need a newer driver for the SCSI controller.
>
>We have RedHat 5.2 installed (stock kernel 2.0.36).
>
>The SCSI controller is a Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra Wide controller:
>
>(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 15/0
>(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
>(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded
>scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.2/3.2.4
> <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
>scsi : 1 host.
>
>
>The tape drive claims to be an Archive Python:
>
> Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 04106-XXX Rev: 715G
> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
>
>
>Does it make sense to upgrade the kernel? Or is the Dell guy just plain
>ignorant?
>
>
>
>--
> \/
>Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello Robert,
you may first try to get into the ADAPTEC-Bios at boot-time (with <CTRL>A)
and check the adapter setting, as TERMINATION, maximum transferspeed,
disconnect/reconnect, ....
Do you have the EZSCSI-Package from Adaptec? Is it possible, to install
WIN-NT
onto a scratch disk and check the streamer with the NT- or
EZSCSI-Backupsoftware?
Did you check termination of the SCSI-bus (should be activ) and SCSI-cables.
If possible,
try changing terminator(s) and cable. At least
What error-messages did you get, what tape did you use? Have you tried with
a tape of a different vendor?
Bernd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CITIZENAL)
Subject: Re: SANE is Making Me In----
Date: 24 Mar 1999 05:11:12 GMT
Sorry for duplicate postings.
There's no mention of any sg* at all either during bootup or in
/var/log/messages. It appears that for some reason Linux is not seeing the
scanner or its proprietary HP card.
Al Tourlakes
Advertising Writing, Graphics & Design
http://members.aol.com/citizenal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CITIZENAL)
Subject: Re: SANE is Making Me In----
Date: 24 Mar 1999 05:14:39 GMT
Sorry for duplicate postings.
When I enter xscanimage in an Xterm,
I only get a choice of the two "fake" or "dumb" scanners; my scanner does not
show up as a choice.
As I mentioned to another poster, no scanner device shows up during boot or in
/var/log/messages.
Thanks for trying to help.
Al Tourlakes
Advertising Writing, Graphics & Design
http://members.aol.com/citizenal
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XFree86-3.3.3 + CTX monitor?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:05:27 +0000
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, ishwar rattan wrote:
> If you are using a CTX-17" color monitor (VL700) under X windows, what
> are the horizontal and vertical synch values set to?
30-70kHz Horizontal
50-120Hz Vertical
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Ernesto =?US-ASCII?Q?Hern=E1ndez-Novich?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lp device question
Date: 24 Mar 1999 01:18:39 GMT
Alexander Luchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Bob Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: : No, but do you see a line
: : 6 lp
: : in the character device list. If you do not see that, then likely no lp
: : ports were detected.
: No, I actually don't see that line. I have lp0, lp1 and lp2 in /dev
: directory though. Is there any way to "revive" the device?
Is the lp module loaded?
--
Ernesto Hern�ndez-Novich - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #9945705
Just another Unix/Perl/Java hacker running Linux 2.2.1
One thing is to be the most popular, and another is to be the best.
Unix: Live free or die! What would yo do without your freedom?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CITIZENAL)
Subject: Re: SANE is Making Me In----
Date: 24 Mar 1999 05:17:51 GMT
Duplicate message--please ignore and go to the "correct" message.
Al Tourlakes
Advertising Writing, Graphics & Design
http://members.aol.com/citizenal
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