Linux-Misc Digest #610, Volume #19 Fri, 26 Mar 99 11:13:15 EST
Contents:
GPL and LGPL (jik-)
Re: tcpip s/w pkg source? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Redirecting DNS to a port (Kalle Olavi Niemitalo)
Re: IE5 under Linux (Charles H. Chapman)
Re: HELP! cdda2cdr (Arie Maaskant)
Re: Restricting to home directory in telnet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux and Exchange Server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: IE5 under Linux ("Jan Johansson")
Re: Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status? (**Nick Brown)
Re: Linking with libc5 using RedHat 5.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do I include Linux in the NT boot loader on a triple boot system (**Nick
Brown)
Re: HELP: netscape 451 crashes on startup (Mark Tranchant)
Re: IE5 under Linux ("Stig S. Nielsen")
Re: newbie modem (Andrew Comech)
Re: Linux on Packard-Bell DX250 "Force 53CD" system? (Mark Tranchant)
Re: Help!! Keyboard map problem (newbie). (**Nick Brown)
Multicast X windows under Linux (Lars Silen)
Re: Tar __It won't!?!?! (Mark Tranchant)
Re: IE5 under Linux (Mark Tranchant)
Re: Please Help an Newbie (Mark Tranchant)
Re: Help with X-Windows (Terry Fader)
Re: Reboot Schedule ("Jorge Padron")
Re: Help!! Keyboard map problem (newbie). (Mark Tranchant)
Re: Linuxers play dirty? (Steve Gage)
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 02:08:56 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GPL and LGPL
I was reading something about GPL needing work and thought "You know
what, GPL says the whole program has to be GPLed which is why RMS wants
libraries to be GPLed and not LGPLed,...so how can a GPLed program use
the LGPL which is not the GPL???"
I came to the distinct conclusion that either it cannot, or since
libraries would fall into the catagory of being "reasonably considered
independent and separate works in
themselves" then GPLing the library would make absolutely no difference
whatsoever, and also that the whole anti-KDE bullshit is a bunch of hot
air (which I always considered it to be, but this would make it proven).
So, which is it? Does the WHOLE and ENTIRE program need to be GPLed to
not violate the GPL, or are libraries seperate items? Also, remember
that the LGPLed libraries cannot be GPLed because they also are required
to be placed under the LGPL (as stiplulated by the GPL, only talking
about a different licence).
Course, you can't have it both ways, either the library is a part of the
program or it is seperate...you can't say "Well you can link with LGPLed
libraries because it is 'sorta' the same as the GPL, but not proprietery
works because its obviously not"...the LGPL is an entirely different
licence and has less restrictions on the work then the GPL,...and BOTH
stipulate that future modifications must be released "Under the terms of
THIS licence",...and GPL says this about the entire program as a
whole...you cannot alter the licence at all when you rerelease.
Doing a search in GPL version 2 for "LGPL" gets no hits....so in other
words there are no provisions in the GPL to provide for linking with the
LGPL explicetly. The GPL is were these permissions would HAVE to be.
Also, the GPL cannot be altered in any way, it is stipulated in the
copyright of the licence (I just say this because people have told me
you could make provisions in the GPL to make certain things ok if you
needed to for your own work...this is not true)
This is a big issue, I am surprised I haven't seen it brought up
before. NO binaries would be able to be released if the LGPLed library
causes a violation, only source for everything. All programs eventually
link to either libc or libg++ on Linux, both libraries are covered by
the LGPL. The entire structure of the licence situation would have to
be adjusted if the GPL program linking to an LGPL library being
distributed as a binary violates the GPL. Course, any library which the
FSF owns the copyright on could be easily GPLed,..but then I would have
a problem because I won't GPL my programs (I have philosophical reasons
for using some other free licence).
Anyone care to shed some light and say it ain't so? I am worried here.
Regardless of how this turns out, the GPL needs work for sure...there
should be no questions like this.
What would happen if FSF suddenly relicenced all the LGPLed libraries it
owns the copyrights for to the GPL? Would we still be able to use the
libraries we have which are LGPLed? Would we be able to work from there
and redistribute modified forms of the LGPLed library under the LGPL?
This would be messy, especially since I think RMS and the FSF is extreem
enough to do this if the issue I am bringing up is actually an issue.
If the libraries became GPLed I would have to stop using them or stick
with the old releases.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: tcpip s/w pkg source?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:01:11 GMT
In comp.os.linux.development.system M Sweger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where and by what tgz package name does it go by? Or whoever creates
> the tcpip.tgz package, do they build it from various s/w packages such as,
They must do - RedHat delivers seperate packages such as:
netkit-base-0.10-13
telnet-0.10-5
net-tools-1.49-1
etc...
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From: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking
Subject: Re: Redirecting DNS to a port
Date: 26 Mar 1999 14:28:58 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I don't think that InterNIC allows you to remember port numbers in
> its names.
There is an experimental DNS extension for this. See RFC 2052:
A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV).
But I don't think any browser supports it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles H. Chapman)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: IE5 under Linux
Date: 26 Mar 1999 13:15:27 GMT
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:40:32 -0800, jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Timebandit wrote:
>>
>> ie 5 is having massive problems on Linux 5.2 -
>
>Hey! Were did you get this Linux 5.2???? Last I heard the version was
>2.2.x, did I enter a time jump unknowingly?
Even more significantly, where did he get any version of IE for any
version of Linux???
Chuck
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arie Maaskant)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP! cdda2cdr
Date: 26 Mar 1999 13:41:52 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Hi,
>I'm having problems reading audio CDs with cdda2cdr 0.3
>and the Eberhard Moenkeberg sbpcd module:
You should have a look at
http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/xiphmont/cdparanoia/index.html
It is about cdparanoia , it is much better then cdda2cdr
--
Arie Maaskant University of Amsterdam
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Mathematics, Computer Science,
Physics and Astronomy
Phone: +31 20 525 6438 Plantage Muidergracht 24
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Restricting to home directory in telnet
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:28:52 GMT
Zenno Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to give telnet account to my users. How can I restrict them to
> their home directory? I have made this in FTPD but not in telnet.
Some shells can be run in a restricted mode, though this isn't always
fully satisfactory.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux and Exchange Server
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:36:20 GMT
**Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, given how many 3rd-party mail clients there already are for
> Exchange, I would expect somebody, somewhere is working on a MAPI client
> for Linux.
The last time I looked, the 'development' environment for MAPI gave you
a mapi.dll and an API for it. hardly useful. Maybe things have changed
since then, but I'm not holding my breath.
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From: "Jan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: IE5 under Linux
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:11:21 +0100
Uhm.. like *doh* ;)
2.2.x = kernel rev
5.2 = redhat ver.
two very diff things..
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status?
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:46:53 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Note that you don't get a refund from Microsoft - they have even managed
to outsource the refund business to their OEMs. You get a refund (if
you get one at all) from your PC vendor. This is actually (choke
splutter) quite reasonable, partly because I suspect that most of us, if
we got a cheque from M$, would frame it rather than cashing it.
I think M$'s price for Win98 price to OEMs is about $50. So you might
expect to get $50 back, or maybe the (presumably higher) amount which
the company includes in the retail price. Good luck.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linking with libc5 using RedHat 5.2
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:38:00 GMT
Michael Stolnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have RedHat Linux 5.2. I need to link an application program
> against libc5 and not glib. I thought as an experiment I would first
> The dir /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib contains all the llibc5 libraries
> that RedHat supplied. I don't think I have any include files
> specifically for libc5.
RedHat only supply a libc5 runtime environment. You'll have to look
beyond the standard distro. if you wish to build new libc5 programs.
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: How do I include Linux in the NT boot loader on a triple boot system
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:52:07 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you then have to rebuild BOOTSECT.LNX every time you rebuild the
kernel ? I guess not, but just checking.
> X:\BOOTSECT.lnx="Linux"
>
> where X is the letter of the drive where you just put the bootsect.lnx file.
> After this is done and after you reboot, you should be able to boot into
> Linux if
> you choose the option "linux".
> Greetings,
> Alejandro Blanca
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.netscape.buggy-products
Subject: Re: HELP: netscape 451 crashes on startup
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:35:26 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
libc5 or glibc2? If you have the wrong version, it will fail. Run "ldd
/full/path/to/netscape4.5" and "ldd /full/path/to/netscape4.51" and post
the results unless you understand the answer.
Obviously, replace /full/path/to/netscape with whatever the path really
is, such as /usr/local/netscape/netscape.
Mark.
Guus Zijlstra wrote:
>
> I've installed netscape 4.51 on a recent i386 debian linux installation
>
> running the 2.0.34 and 2.2.3 kernels.
> The program crashes at startup on a segmentation fault.
>
> Installation is done same as 4.5, simply by downloading from the
> netscape site, and running ns-install
>
> My netscape 4.5 runs ok, except that it crashes regularly.
> That's the reason for upgrading.
>
> I ran 4.51 under strace, to see what was going on, but the log
> gives no indication of the cause. Suppose it could be a child
> process that screws up.
>
> Can anybody help?
>
> Thanks,
> Guus.
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From: "Stig S. Nielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: IE5 under Linux
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:29:51 +0100
IE5 is having massive problems on Windoze...
> On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:40:32 -0800, jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Timebandit wrote:
> >>
> >> ie 5 is having massive problems on Linux 5.2 -
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: newbie modem
Date: 26 Mar 1999 09:18:38 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Patricio Ortiz wrote:
>i don't know how to configure my modem is a genius internal 33.6 pnp
>
That's pretty bad...
Did you try to go to AltaVista and/or DejaNews and search:
+modem +configure +linux +pnp
Please let me know if the problem persists.
Best,
Andrew
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Packard-Bell DX250 "Force 53CD" system?
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:46:44 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Older non-IDE/SCSI CD-ROMs always used to connect to an adaptor card,
which was often integrated on the soundcard. Post the make of CD /
soundcard with a more appropriate title (e.g. "HELP: Installing SuSE
with non-IDE/SCSI CD-ROM") and I'm sure a SuSE expert will help if you
can't figure it out with the SuSE docs.
Basically, your boot kernel has to include support for whatever CD-ROM
interface that system uses.
Mark.
Tad Pary wrote:
>
> I also used an older PB system for my linux box, and it has a sound blaster
> multimedia upgrade with the cd connected to the soundcard. I bought Red Hat
> 5.2, and it installed just fine.
> tad
>
> steve mcadams wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Hi folks. Finally got around to starting Linux install on my new(ly
> >scavenged) test system. It's an older Packard-Bell multimedia system
> >they called the "Force 53CD". Comes with 4m onboard ram, and a cdrom
> >that is (believe it or not!) connected to the sound card of all
> >places.
> >
> >Anyway, I tried installing SuSE 5.3 and it couldn't find/use the
> >cdrom, so my install is halted for the moment. Guess I could try a
> >couple different distributions, but I thought I'd see if anyone else
> >had contended with this particular wierdness first. Takers anyone?
> >tia.
> >___________________________________________________________________________
> ____
> >"profanity offends inanity. *****n rock on." -steve,
> http://www.codetools.com/showcase
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help!! Keyboard map problem (newbie).
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:36:12 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Run XF86Setup.
Or, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and change the XkbLayout line to "pt".
Marco Santos wrote:
>
> During the installation i chose the pt2 keyboard. How do i set X to
> use that same keyboard??
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From: Lars Silen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multicast X windows under Linux
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 16:29:28 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi!
I am looking for information on how to broadcast
a single X window to many clients over a network.
Background:
I am trying to find out how to build an efficient
Linux based computer class with the ability for
pupils to ask for help interactively (trivial) and
for the teacher to display his active window to all
pupils at the same time (no information found so far).
Any pointers to information on how this could be done
would be very appreciated.
This is a hobby project and so far I have the following
working sorftware:
- A query program allows a pupil to pop up a window on the
teacher's screen. The teacher can accept or reject
the query. If the query is accepted the pupil can show
a window selectable by the pupil to the teacher.
(Written in Tcl/tk)
- A very light weight chat client/server with different
filtering options and the ability to define chat groups.
It is for example possible to filter out messages belonging
only to me and the teacher, my own group or all chatters.
The idea has been to build a system requiring much less
resources than for example Netscape + a chat server based
on CGI scripts (client machines are 486 DX266).
(Written in c using Xforms for the GUI)
Planned further functionality:
- Broadcast a window to the whole class.
(Looking for necessary technical info)
- Language studio allowing broadcast of teachers example
speech data. Allowing the teacher to listen to any
pupil doing local training. Possibly training
pronounciation using for example waveform display.
(No research is yet done on this application)
Ideas etc. regarding any of the topics above are welcome.
The idea is to try to build a FREE Linux based classroom
package allowing an extended life to a few years old
computer classes where upgrading to Win98 + suitable
Office programs would be unnecessary expensive. The idea
is to use Linux in combination with Applixware or
Staroffice because a site licence is affordable even under a
tight budget. I hope to be able to put out some information
regarding the project above on my home page in the near
future including example programs.
Regards
Lars Silen (FINLAND)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.kolumbus.fi/larsil
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tar __It won't!?!?!
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:49:54 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
jik- wrote:
>
> Richard, Sorak, Jr. wrote:
> >
> > I've got a stock Redhat 5.2 install on a Dell Pent Pro 200 and a SCSI
> > HD. I'm trying to get VMware going. I've dl'ed the software and am trying
> > to get it Untarred. From the Directory that it's in if I give the command
> > tar -x vmware.tar Nothing happes. Well it does go to the next line but I
> > have no prompt. To get a prompt back I have to type Crtl-C. I've waited
> > and still nothing. Help?
> > Thanks, Rick
>
> man tar
>
> Your using it wrong
>
> tar zxvf file.tgz
Or, in this case of an uncompressed file, tar xf vmware.tar is the
command.
The reason for this is historic - tar was mainly used with tape drives
in days of yore (hence the name - Tape ARchiver). If you don't specify a
file with f, it assumes you want to use a tape drive and probably fails
to find it.
Mark.
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: IE5 under Linux
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:52:14 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Charles H. Chapman wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:40:32 -0800, jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Timebandit wrote:
> >>
> >> ie 5 is having massive problems on Linux 5.2 -
> >
> >Hey! Were did you get this Linux 5.2???? Last I heard the version was
> >2.2.x, did I enter a time jump unknowingly?
>
Duh - he's not called Timebandit for nothing! ;-)
Mark.
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please Help an Newbie
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:32:41 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is very hard work, and may well be impossible. From now on, do as
little as possible on that machine involving disk accesses. Search
dejanews for "undelete" and "linux".
The locate command uses what is effectively a full index of your
filesystems, taken as a snapshot whenever you run updatedb, so it is out
of date as soon as you change anything.
The basic answer is that the files are unrecoverable, unless you get any
joy from the dejanews searches. rm really does mean remove...
Mark.
Trey wrote:
>
> I accidentally erased some very important files and don't know how or if
> i can recover them. "locate" still shows the files but the directories
> and file don't show up with the "ls" command. Can anyone help me get
> them back?
>
> Thanks,
> Trey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Fader)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.dev.svgalib,linux.redhat.
Subject: Re: Help with X-Windows
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:32:26 GMT
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:08:25 -0400, jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Very good suggestion. One other thing you might do is see if anyother
cards listed use the same chipset. That might take some research tho.
Just my $0.02 worth.
>Hi Jesse:
>X is one of the big stumbling blocks for newbies, but here are some
>tips.
>First, install and reinstall a lot. The more you do it, the more you are
>going to learn.
>Second, get a good book on Linux. I'm using the Que book "Using Linux".
>It comes with rh 5.1
>Next, join newsgroups, and read them as much as possible. I try to
>answer as many questions as I can, and it is making a difference.
> Now for your X problem.
>Run Xf86Config, and if your card is not listed, and I'm relatively sure
>it's not, then look for every card with the same as your card. This can
>be a slow process, but eventually you'll hit the right one.
>You might try to run your monitor as a "generic multisync", that's what
>I did and X now runs perfectly for me. I hope this helps.
>
>Jim McIntyre
>Webmaster Program
>Dalhousie University
>Halifax, Nova scotia
>Canada
>
>Now, just play with the OS. The worst thing that can is that you're
>wrong.
>
>Jesse Olson wrote:
>>
>> Hi, everybody! I may have posted this to some inappropriate ng's and for
>> that I am sorry. I am a newbie to the world of Linux. I obtained a copy of
>> Redhat Linux 5.1 the other day and finally got it coexisting with Win95 on
>> my system. So far all I have been able to do is some basic commands using
>> the 'bash' shell. I want to get X-Windows running but I am having some
>> problems. When I try to start it(startx) it does a bunch of stuff and then
>> says something like "Found graphics device - unable to establish mode".
>> That isn't nearly word for word but it's similar. My monitor is listed
>> correctly in the XF86Config file but my graphics card is listed as a generic
>> SVGA.
>>
>> I have a Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix PCI w/ 16MB SGRAM and 3Dfx Voodoo
>> Banshee chipset. My monitor is a 14" Optiquest V641. Does anbody have any
>> ideas that I can try?
>>
>> I am still very new to this so please respond with instructions as detailed
>> as possible.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>> Jesse Olson
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Jorge Padron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc
Subject: Re: Reboot Schedule
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:03:30 -0500
Artur is right,
In my experience, there is no real need to reboot NT server -- if a specific
NT "service" misbehaves, you have the option to "down" the specific services
and re-start them, and you can even do that remotely over a RAS modem line.
***About NT Server 4.0***
Our three NT servers (4.0 with SP3 ***we don't use SP4 on our NT servers***)
have been running for months now without rebooting. We have had problems
with some individual applications and services such as MS Exchange Server
5.5, IIS 3 and BackupExec (the old version) hogging and/or leaking memory or
becoming memory-bloated over time, but we have been able to reboot those
"services" without rebooting NT.
I have closely observed our NT server memory and CPU performance over time
using "NT Task Manager's Processes page" and "Performance Monitor", two
great performance maintenance and monitoring tools, and I can tell you that
our NT servers remain "solid" performance-wise even after months of
uninterrupted use.
***About NT Workstation 4.0***
I installed NT Workstation 4.0 with SP4 on my office machine about 3 weeks
ago, and I am starting to document my NT Workstation's performance over
time. The real difference here is that NT Workstation typical "usage" is
much more "GUI user-interactive" than NT Server which makes it more
vulnerable to GUI memory leaks. However, up until I installed McAfee 4.02
VirusScan a week ago, my memory usage was extremely stable -- with McAfee
VirusScan 4.2, my workstation's memory usage has increase in almost 12MB and
the logoff and shutdown process takes over 5 minutes to complete.
***About Novell NetWare 3.12***
Our fourth server, a Compaq ProLiant 3000 file server, runs Novell NetWare
3.12 and it has been up and running since November 1998, a "rock solid" file
server operating system!
***About Windows 95 and 98***
In our office environment, Windows 95 and Windows 98 overall performance
over extended periods of time has been quite poor -- the operating system
freezes very frequently and operating system resources go down over short
periods of time (I do have to say though that, in my experience, Windows 98
has been more reliable than its predecessor). The result, our Windows 95 and
98 workstations unavoidably need to be rebooted every 2 or 3 days at the
most. IMHO, Windows 95 and Windows 98 are just not solid enough for serious
enterprise/business computing. OTOH, Windows NT 4.0 has been very solid and
stable and continues to perform quite well over long boot cycles.
Regards,
Jorge Padron
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Artur Miller wrote in message ...
>Normally computers shouldn't be rebooted at all :)) My NT srv was up for
>more than month without any problems. I had to take it down for hardware
>upgrading. Now it is two weeks of uninterrupted hard work (fax, email, file
>server and PDC) :) No I don't see any reason why I should reboot it ...
>
>Artur
>
>
>Daniel Morse wrote in message ...
>>To anyone,
>> Is there any documentation on how often NT should be rebooted and
why?
>>My boss wants to setup some kind of reboot schedule of our servers, but
she
>>wants documentation to back it up. Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>
>
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help!! Keyboard map problem (newbie).
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:19:53 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you have XF86Setup, run that. Otherwise, see the man pages for
XF86Config, and edit the file to suit.
Mark.
Marco Santos wrote:
>
> Hello. I have a problem. When i logon in Linux the keyboard works
> fine, but once i start X the keyboard map changes and thats really
> upsetting me.
>
> During the installation i chose the pt2 keyboard. How do i set X to
> use that same keyboard??
>
> Thanks in advance.
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From: Steve Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linuxers play dirty?
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 16:09:53 +0000
Tommy Willoughby wrote:
>
> Bill Amsinux wrote:
> >
> > Hi !
> >
> > MS-IE does not work with the latest ipchains and linux masquerade, is
> > this intentional like MS did to Netscape with their Proxy server?
>
> Since the source code for Linux is freely available to anyone, you're
> free to have a look and see for yourself. Microsoft might get away with
> little hidden gadgets, but in Linux it's pretty tough to hide anything
> when the whole world can see into your pajamas.
>
> Your conspiricy theories just don't hold up in the world of Open Source
> Software.
Not to mention the fact that MS IE _does_ work via ipchains/ip masq. Oh
well, so much for that conspiracy theory.
- Steve
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