Linux-Misc Digest #591, Volume #19 Wed, 24 Mar 99 18:13:14 EST
Contents:
Re: Sound card probleme ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HELP! Need data from BAD Floopy! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to change date BE CAREFUL!!! (James Knowles)
Re: Red Hat questions ("Karl Bengtsson")
Rant: suse linux - POS worse than windows ("Luck IT consulting (Sascha Luck)")
Re: What is the best Linux to install? (Andrew Comech)
Re: Setting up a special proxy/router ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Run level 4 without killing connection
cannot add packages using glint ("yft")
Re: L I N U X + 8 0 8 8 (Tom Fawcett)
Re: Which X11Amp is stable ("Michael Schmeing")
IP-Masquerade and NetMeeting (Michael W. Lurie)
Re: Encyclopedia Brittanica (Allen Ashley)
Re: Linux/Apache performance question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Accidently deleted ld library archive file.... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DHCP and name resolving ("Mikael Ostensson")
GNOME compliant window manager - not (lisa)
Re: Hard drive space? (steve mcadams)
large ide-hdd woes (Jonathan Koren)
printer not detected with new kernel (Benjamin HERZOG)
Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sound card probleme
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 22:51:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
derriedo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a compatible sound card, i can read 8 bit audio but
you mean cat audiofile > /dev/audio ? if so, the only problem is to install
some players for mp3 I use x11amp and for wav - bplay ( which is included
into standard distribution ). For x11amp to work correct you also must
specify SYSTEM V IPC = ON when modifying kernel config.
> i can't read mp3 or other wav file what is the problem ?
>
> - i need a new driver for my sound card
> - i need a new kernel (best as 2.0.36 or RedHat5.2)
> - i need new music player
> - i need to change my sound card !
>
> Please answer me
> Thanks,
>
> Dominique
If this doesn't help, look through Sound-HOWTO ( I have it in /usr/doc/HOWTO
). This should me of a real help
Sergey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc,alt.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: HELP! Need data from BAD Floopy!
Date: 24 Mar 1999 13:39:53 PST
In comp.unix.sco.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I wrote a huge amount of code some years back (like over 5) under SCO UNIX and
> backed it up using tar (the file stored was a cpio file that was then
> compressed).
> Now years later I pulled out my backup disks (I had two sets) and tried to
> restore them to Redhat 5.2 Linux. But I got disk errors on both sets disk #1
> and it aborted. I tried just for the heck of it to restore disk #2 and it
> seemed to work.
> So I'm faced with loosing TONS of work if I can't get a recovery program for
> this floppy. The file that was backed up was one large .Z file so I probably
> need to get ALL of the file or none. :(
> Questions:
> Is there a floppy disk recovery program for unix/linux? Is there a
> compatibility issue between SCO UNIX and Linux tar'ed floppies? Is there a
> way/utility to sift though what parts of the .Z I can recover to try to pull
> out at least some of the files (C and SQL files)?
> CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE? Please email be back at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've used dd to dump a tape/floppy to disk so I could then hack away at it.
something like dd if=/dev/rfd0135ds18 of=outputfilename
This dumps the data to disk but is 0 help in reconstructing the data.
If the disk is really whacked this probably won't work. luck
> Thanks,
> James
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to change date BE CAREFUL!!!
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:48:42 +0000
I hedge my bets and synch up to one of the NIST clocks in a cron job.
/usr/sbin/netdate time_a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
I don't have bad clock drift (no worse than the average PC), but this
cron job kicks it back into alignment periodically.
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From: "Karl Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat questions
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:07:05 GMT
Thanks for your help. I managed to figure out the netscape issue, and I
even got a file manager running (tkdesk)
I'm still having trouble with the pppd, it simply won't do a thing, but I
guess I'll just have to read the HOWTOs again....
thanks anyways,
/Karl
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:51:31 +0100
From: "Luck IT consulting (Sascha Luck)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]!spam>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]!spam
Subject: Rant: suse linux - POS worse than windows
Hi,
SuSE - Linux is a POS worse than (almost) anything by MS! Anyone ever
tried to compile non-suse-adapted code on it [1] or install non-suse
RPMs[2]? Everything is so much "adapted" that nothing runs w/o a major
rewrite. At least windows allows you to install non-MS software on
it...
I'll be moving to RedHat. I just hope _that_ behaves like a true linux.
regards,
lucky
[1] watch egcs or gcc freak out! (KDE 1.1 and several versions of glibc)
[2] tried to install RedHat RPMs. No such luck.[3]
[3] So, why is it called _RedHat_ package manager then?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
Date: 24 Mar 1999 16:53:13 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jon-o Addleman wrote:
>Just for the record, I've attempted several times to use redhat and
>found it unintuitive, confusing, and generally really annoying. On the
>other hand, Debian has been simple and user-friendly from the start,
>except for a few minor things (default pagersetup in 2.0, etc...). I
>don't see where these ideas appear about redhat being the easiest, and
>Debian the hardest to install - I find it's just the opposite!
Exactly so.
But I am thinking what I should recommend to my students... and I am
still not sure if they better start with the "most popular"
or with Debian.
Hmmmm...
You know what -- I will mention Debian as the better one, even for
beginners.
a.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Setting up a special proxy/router
Date: 24 Mar 1999 20:39:19 GMT
In linux.redhat.misc Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
# I want all the clients to be able to connect through the server. The only
# way I know to do this is in NT in which case we'd use a product like
# WinGate. Please tell me there is a way to do this in Linux, I'd rather go
# with it for security and stability reasons. Thanks for any help.
are you talking full network connectivity (ie: masquerading), or do you just
want a web/ftp/etc proxy server?
I don't know what WinGate is, so I'm not sure which you want to do.
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From: [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 20:38:03 GMT
In linux.redhat.misc Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
# Windows, it works (after the notorious reboot). When I setup a program
# in Linux, I have to edit config files and who knows what else. So far, I
which programs are you talking about? Netscape -- install netscape, up and
running. Applixware, install, up and running. No problems.
# screen. Still, Netscape doesn't work and needs to be configured, hours
how so?
# of testing and reading manpages and error reports ahead. In Windows, my
# Netscape automatically calls the DUN, I hack in the provider #, login,
# password and there you go. In Linux, you have to become an expert first.
so you have to setup PPP ... there's no magic here.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Run level 4 without killing connection
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:46:47 GMT
Hello,
I am running slackware 3.5 I setup my inittab for runlevel 4 so it boots to
X-window directly. I use ez-ppp to connect to the net and -as expected- when
I logoff root, the connection is killed. Is there a way to keep the connection
alive when I logout? (Without having to do that from the boot files). I mean
this is my own PC after all so, I don't expect to start the internet connection
everytime even though I am currently running it as a webserver (for demo purposes).
Thank you for your help.
Your reply is welcome at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "yft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cannot add packages using glint
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:48:46 -0000
Hi
I am trying to add packages using glint but I get an error:
"cannot get exclusive lock on database"
"cannot open //var/lib/rmp/packages.rpm"
What does this mean and how can I get around this?
Thanks in advance.
Jon
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From: Tom Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: L I N U X + 8 0 8 8
Date: 13 Mar 1999 21:39:08 -0500
>Is it possibel to run Linux on a 8088 or 8086????
>I have already heard of the Elks project
No.
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From: "Michael Schmeing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which X11Amp is stable
Date: 24 Mar 1999 14:11:20 +0100
Michael Schmeing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [...]
> I once tried to compile 0.9 but it complained that my X-libraries are
> not thread-save (do not mention thread-aware). I have installed the
> original rpm's from SuSE 6.0. Maybe anybody knows how to compile 0.9
> without having to recompile X? Are there SuSE-rpm's out that are
> thread-save?
Well I have recieved some responses via e-mail to this posting, all of
them stating that I need at least versions 1.1.12 of gtk and
glib. I have 1.1.16 of both so there should be no problem. What's more,
with older versions of these libraries configure did not even reach
the test for thread-save X-lib stopping when it tested the versions of
glib and gtk telling me that I need at least version 1.1.12. So this
can't be the sollution of my problem.
Sorry I forgot to mention that in the original posting. To avoid
further confusions I maybe should tell as well that I am using kernel
2.2.x (currently 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 for testing) and egcs-1.1.1 from SuSE
6.0. I don NOT have any gtk- and glib-developer-support installed from
SuSE as they are all to old (so the only developer-support installed
is for gtk and glib 1.1.16).
I hope someone can find the real sollution for my problem now,
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael W. Lurie)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IP-Masquerade and NetMeeting
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:08:23 GMT
Argggh! I've been reading posts and searching dejanews until I'm blue in
the face. Some folk seem to swear that you cannot get NetMeeting to work,
others say that they've GOT it working (but leave out some all-important
details!) I am using 2.0.36 kernel and IP-Masquerading working everywhere
else, and really do not want to "upgrade" to IP-Chains or 2.2.x yet. If
this can be solved using the tools I already have which come with Red Hat
5.2, that would be the prefered method. The most detailed info yet comes
from the following source - http://users.nais.com/~nevo/masq/index.html...
>Tested with NetMeeting 2.0
>
>Primary TCP connections:
>This will allow what microsoft calls the 'Primary TCP Connections' to
>work. This will allow such features as: application sharing,
>whiteboard, chat, file transfer, and directory lookups.
>
>ipautofw -A -r tcp 389 389
>ipautofw -A -r tcp 522 522
>ipautofw -A -r tcp 1503 1503
>ipautofw -A -r tcp 1720 1720
>ipautofw -A -r tcp 1731 1731
>
>You can make only outgoing calls. I have not tried incomming calls but
>it may work if you have previously connected to the same user.
>
>Secondary TCP/UDP connections:
>This will allow what microsoft calls the 'Secondary TCP and UDP
>Connections' to work. This will allow such features as: audio and
>video conferencing using the H.323 protocol.
>
>ipautofw -A -r tcp 1024 65535
>ipautofw -A -r udp 1024 65535
With just 2 lines of ipfwadm (from the IP-Masq HOWTO) I have whiteboard,
chat, etc. in NetMeeting working - and OUTGOING audio and video are fine.
It's the incoming audio and video only that aren't making it...and I would
hate to have to think that ALL the ports above 1024 need redirection for
this to work...and I really don't want to have to purchase a commercial
H.323 proxy either. If someone would help me translate these ipautofw
commands into ipfwadm commands (or otherwise explain how to make
NetMeeting work with IP-Masquerading) I would be most grateful.
--- my ipfwadm rules as they look now ---
ipfwadm -F -p deny
ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
Thank you in advance for any real assistance in solving this problem.
---
Michael W. Lurie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen Ashley)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Encyclopedia Brittanica
Date: 14 Mar 1999 03:12:01 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Has anyone managed to run the EB CD from Linux? I hear that it runs through
>a modified Netscape browser, which leads me to believe that it should be
>feasible to access the info on CD from within Linux.
The latest EB runs under Intenet Explorer, but the previous version
used Netscape. I couldn't ever figure out how to access the
files under linux. The date isn't a simple html file. Someone
told my wife they were able to read the EB under linux, but
we never found out the details.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux/Apache performance question
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:23:49 GMT
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 02:58:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Burrell)
wrote:
>Hi Everybody,
>
> I'm trying out a Linux/Apache combination as a web server. Our
>test model uses a lot of files (160,000) so we've tried both software and
>hardware RAID at level 0.
>
>The odd thing is that the Linux software RAID outperforms the hardware
>RAID.
not to surprising. Using the software RAID driver in linux use more
buffers for IO that the hardware raid. The soft raid has a buffer
that passes the data from it the the individual devices which are
again buffered before they go to the respective disks. the hardware
RAID only has the raid buffer.
the softraid doesn't wait for one device to finish it's write cycle
before issueing a write on another. this is probably the biggest
performance boost. haveing no experience with hardraid, I can't say
weather the hardraid waits for one drive to finish before useing
another. I know in times past a hard raid would simply make all
atached drives act as one which did cause waits like this. I don't
know if they are still like this or not.
>I suspect the megaraid driver just isn't very good. There's plenty
>of unused memory and CPU on the system, I don't know where the bottleneck
>is. Perhaps I'm missing something? (So far the only suggestion I've
>recieved is to switch to FreeBSD but I'll stick with Linux for now.)
>
>The system is a 1-CPU 450MHz HP box, 1GB RAM, and a NetRAID 3Si controller
>with 6 10,000 RPM SCSI disks. We've tried the 2.0.36 and 2.2.3 kernels as
>well as the .92 and .96 megaraid drivers. I also upped the max number of
>files, inodes, and percentage of memory used for file system cache in /proc.
>Apache has plenty of servers configured (MaxClients, MaxSpareServers,
>StartServers, etc) and doesn't appear to be a problem here.
>
>Thanks for any help, ideas, or pointers you all can give.
>
>-Greg
other than RAID performance, what problems are you experienceing that
calls to switch to FreeBSD? (im not bashing BSD, just a question. I
know we use nothing but linux on all our servers, including out file
server for our windows workstations)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Accidently deleted ld library archive file....
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:43:09 GMT
On 19 Mar 1999 05:45:34 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas (Aalim
Zakee) Fevens) wrote:
if you can get/make/have somebody e-mail you a root filesystem on
floppy, you can copy the ld programs to the hd and life will continue
on. I, unfortunately for you, use slakware which is libc 5 based and
used a different ld version than will work for you.
>Hmmm, I need some help here... I just accidently deleted the
>ld library archive file in /lib (if I remember correctly).
>Result being that none of my system commands would work (couldn't
>cp, rm, ls, etc.). I can't get LILO to boot the system either.
>IS there any way I can put another copy of this library file
>back without re-installing Linux?
>
>Specs. I have RH 4.1 Linux installed off of a CD. Since I
>couldn't get RPM working to my liking, I've upgraded a lot
>of the packages without using it. I'd rather not loose
>my system set-up if I can avoid it... Also, I have MS Win 95
>on the primary HD, and Linux on a secondary HD.
>
>Hope this is enough info... Thanks in advance...
>
>Thomas Fevens.
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From: "Mikael Ostensson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.samba
Subject: Re: DHCP and name resolving
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:14:30 GMT
Marc Teutelink wrote in message <7d50m6$hvn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>I'm currently running linux 2.2.1 and I want this machine to act as a NT
>server for all mij other machines. I set up DHCP, and all these computers
>retrieve new IP-addresses fromt he server. That works, but now I want these
>IP-addresses to be available for DNS purposes.
>
>How does my nameserver know which IP-address (assigned through DHCP)
belongs
>to which computer. How does DHCP and DNS work together.
>
they don't.... officially ;)
They are 2 systems developed at very different periods.
What I did was to write a little perlscript that reads and parses the
dhcpd.leases files and put the info in a file that makes sense as part of a
DNS conf file. then I have a standart header that also includes any static
mappings used and appends the dynamic part at the end.
it's ofcource little more complex thant that since the serial number on the
file needs to be incremented and in my case the DNS and the DHCP demons runs
on 2 different servers with a firewall in between.
but there are systems in development now that should incorporate there
things.
>ps: maybe somebody has some valid named.* files for this minimal DNS. My
>range is 192.168.1.*. Everything else should be looked up on another
>secundairy nameserver.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Marc Teutelink (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GNOME compliant window manager - not
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:22:10 GMT
Hello again,
Latest headache:
GNOME Pager Error (honest, i was only trying it out!)
You are not running a GNOME compliant Window Manager
Please run a GNOME compliant Window Manager (oh, if I only could)
For Example:
Enlightenment (DO-0.15)
Then start this applet again.
All (parenthesis) are my own comments
Okay, I was under the assumption that I WAS running a GNOME compliant Window
Manager. I am running Enlightenment (latest version as of last week) and the
latest version of GNOME also. I've added gnome-session to .Xclients,
.xinitrc. What have I missed? I understand the window manager takes care of
all the window stuff. (very technical, huh?) And I know it's just a matter of
something in the wrong place, or the wrong command in the wrong file. I am
wracking my brain here.
Another question: When I open GNOME, all windows open in the top left
corner, and I can't move them. does this have to do with the window manager
also? Ugh.
This linux is a real love/hate thing. When it's running and I UNDERSTAND IT
(that's a real laugh) I love it. When I can't figure something out and it
takes me three days just to find the documentation, nevermind trying to
figure out WTF it says, I hate it. So, spending about 5 hours a day on it,
how long do you figure it'll take me before I can start answering ?'s
here??!!! ha
thanks for any help
lisa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve mcadams)
Subject: Re: Hard drive space?
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:29:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted & mailed, snipped, quoted is ">"]
Paul Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How do I see how much space there is on a HD or partition?
try "df"
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From: Jonathan Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: large ide-hdd woes
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 16:36:58 -0600
first let me say that I'm sorry that I'm posting MIME and typing larger
than 80chars. I'm stuck using netscape as my newsreader.
Now, on with the problem...
I've got an 16gig IBM IDE HDD. It came as one big 16gig FAT32-LBA
partition. I've been trying for over a week now to partition the thing
so I can install Slackware. After much swearing, I managed to get the
the thing to apparently partition correctly. (Both win98 and linux,
both see the partitions, in the proper order, the proper sizes, and the
proper logical cylinders.) However something is still wrong. When I go
to format the win98 partition, `format` just blows right through the
partitions like they weren't even there (it formats all 16gig). I
really don't understand. I'm not a newbie, and I've installed linux
lots of times, but I just don't understand this.
Here's some more technical data on the drive, what I've done, and why it
hasn't worked:
The Drive: an IBM IDE 16gig drive. The sticker on top says its
geometery is: CHS=16383,16,63
The BIOS: Pheonix from 1997. It doesn't allow me to configure a
drive's geometrey. However, it does recognize it as a 16gig.
win98 `fdisk` Can partition the the thing anyway I want, but only if I
turn on "large-disk support" (LBA)
(I haven't tried creating a small win98 partition and
seeing how `format` likes it. However linux `fdisk` doesn't
like it if I create the win98 partition with win98
`fdisk` and then try to create the linux partitions with
linux `fdisk`)
`fips` 2.0: Complains that the partition doesn't end on a physical
boundry, but not to worry. Says it creates the partition, but
dies a horrible death on exit ("Partitioning Complete.
BYE! Memory Allocation Error, COMMAND not loaded. System Halted.")
Only `fips` can see the partition it created (linux and
win98 still see just one big 16gig partition). After a few reboots,
the phantom partition boundary goes away.
linux kernel: Booting off the Debian-2.1 rescue disk (kernel 2.0.36). At
start up, linux sees the drive as a 16gig with the true
physical geometry. Detects it as UDMA.
linux `fdisk`: If I don't pass the kernel the physical geometry as a
parameter (hda=16383,16,63), `fdisk` thinks the disk only is
CHS=1023,255,63. and complains about paritions not
ending on physical boundaries. If I try and create partitions
here, I hit an 8gig wall, in addition to having win98 see
them in the opposite order. (hda3 becomes win98 parition 1).
If I switch into expert mode and change the number of
cylinders to 2054 (what partition magic's `partinfo.exe` (I don't
have parition magic, and I'm not going out to buy it.)
implies is the LBA geometry is (LBA: CHS=2054,254,63)), I can
create partitions as I like, and win98 `fdisk` sees them
as the proper size. However if I create the win98 partition
as "win95-FAT32", win98 `fdisk` sees the paritions in the
opposite order. Changing the win98 parition to
"win95-FAT32 (LBA)" (what it is when the drive exists as
one big paritition), it sees them in the proper order.
Unfortunatly, neither way gets win98 `format` to respect
the partition boundaries.
Passing the geometry to the kernel doesn't help.
Target Partition Setup:
primary 1 bootable win98 11gigs starting at
cylinder 1
primary 2 swap 25megs
primary 3 bootable ext2 ~5gigs
I one time tried just a as a joke create a one logical cylinder
FAT32-LBA partition starting at cylinder 1 (for a total of 8megs) using
linux `fdisk`, and still win98 `format` just blew through it.
I look forward to any helpful suggestions. If I absolutely have to,
I'll go down to CompUSA and pick me up a second drive just for
linux (I really need it (linux, not the second drive)), however I really
don't think that this will solve my problem.
--
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idiot.
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From: Benjamin HERZOG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: printer not detected with new kernel
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 00:17:15 +0100
Hello ,
I am runing Linux Red Hat 5.1 , and i upgraded my kernel from 2.0.34 to
2.2.4 .
Now, i have a problem: my printer is not detected.
In printtool (X11 , RH 5.1), when i add a printer, i get a dialogbox
that tells if a printer is detected on the parallel ports.
My printer (HP 870 Cxi) used to be detected as /dev/lp1 when i installed
RH.
Now, its is not detected any more.
I tried to recompile the kernel twice. (with make xconfig )
First time, i added the parallel port supports in general setup.
Second time, i added an option in Plug and Play to detect devices
(there, i really thought that would work ! ... but nothing ! )
Thank you for helping.
Benjamin HERZOG
runing Linux 2.2.4
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment?
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:05:14 GMT
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:14:41 -0600, "John M. Janney"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From what I've seen (screenshots), I also prefer the look of GNOME.
>
>But does anyone have experience, in terms of everyday use (not as a
>programmer, but as someone who uses their system for daily tasks with tools
>like StarOffice)?
>
I've used a couple of different ones...KDE is the environment that
allowed me to "misplace" lots of my windows disks. Once I had KDE set
up I was able to get the rest of my family to move to linux over
windows. My wife finally decided that she likes KDE better than
windows. WP8 for linux acording to my wife has a better interface
than the windows version and looks right at home running under KDE.
KDE does every once in a while crash (or at least a componet of it)
but not as much as the windows crash.
KDE is free software. QT is free for personal use. KDE is based on QT
which is redhat's big biff. KDM (kde's replacement for xdm) is nice
and works pretty good. it displays a list of users you can log in as
and all you need to do it type the password. the list of visible user
is configureable. the background during login is configurable etc.
you can even configure KDM to launce your choice of window manager on
login.
KDE may be big, but for now, it's the closest thing to get easy of use
to the end user. during install, it even scanned for known
applications to put on the K menu (start).
I would like to see gnome developed and up to spec as well as possibly
other user fronts. personally, I like choice. (MS needs to take a
hint) I would like to see a MAC user front developed for X to
attracte more MAC os favored people. Make linux into what you want,
not what you are told it is to be.
tng
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