Linux-Misc Digest #766, Volume #19 Tue, 6 Apr 99 19:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: startx monitor shutdown ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Anyone tried compiling LinCity? (Christian Cabal)
Re: Broken MBR ("Antti Iivanainen")
Re: netscape is ugly (Timothy Riehle)
netscape is ugly (Princess Confusion)
procmail-rhcn 3.13.1 Red Hat 5.2, 5.1, 5.0 RPM and SRPM (James Bourne)
Help.....please ! ("Steve Merry")
Re: Playmidi problem (Tea Leaf)
Re: Baby-sitting Mum and Dad over a telephone line (Mike McEwan)
Re: IRQ's (Hans Wolters)
parallel port (Edward A. Baron)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (Michael Powe)
Re: monitoring ppp link (Michael Powe)
WARNING!! (G�ran Philipson)
Netscape Mail Sound (Pankil Richards)
Re: stupid newbie question about mount (Yan Seiner)
Re: Newbie..Hard Drive Question ("Scott A. Vigil")
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs? (Harry)
Re: Questions for the gurus... (Michael Yuan)
Re: What files to backup - and what not in RedHat 5.2 (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: Questions for the gurus... (Ken Nagorski)
Re: VFAT is not supported by the kernel 2.2.5 ? (Michael Fleming)
Re: Help! Problems with PPP Conection to Net (Tony Lambley)
Re: How do I install/use Ghostscript to print on my unsupported printer? (Bob
Tennent)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: startx monitor shutdown
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 19:33:49 GMT
For some reason my posting via my ISP isn't being sent to the newsgroups, so
I'm sending my solution via dejanews, anyway...
Yes! I sloved the problem, by installing the very latest XFree86, Xconfig
and fvm2 packages I get startx working! The latest XFree86 has the 'drivers'
for the Permedia 2 cjipset in my video card.
-Mark.
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From: Christian Cabal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone tried compiling LinCity?
Date: 6 Apr 1999 19:32:06 GMT
I got it to compile, then when I ran it, it
first asks me for my mouse type, then crashes with a message like:
IOCTL error, and i have to reboot
Any ideas what's wrong? Could it be my video card?
I have a ATI 3D Rage Pro.
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From: "Antti Iivanainen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: Broken MBR
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 19:04:22 +0300
Moving everything down by two bytes will not work. The partition table
itself at 0x1be-0x1fd seems to be ok with the exception of 2 bytes at
0x1c0-0x1c1. However, MBR is loaded with 2-byte dublications which might
relect a two-byte move upwords at some point. What is in the beginning of
MBR before the partition table? I have tried to look for pointers to the
contents of the first part of MBR but have not found any.
**Nick Brown wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Eeek ! At first sight, it looks like your whole partition table has
>been moved up by two bytes. What might work is to move them down by two
>bytes
To start using the NT again, could I:
- zero everything before 0x1be ?
- correct the two bytes at 0x1c0-0x1c1 ?
- zero the extra magic bytes at the end of the sector ?
- let NT repair diskettes correct the beginning of MBR (before 0x1be) ?
And finally, any clues to the original cause of this problem ?
Thanks,
--Antti
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From: Timothy Riehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape is ugly
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 15:49:55 -0500
Hi Alicia,
Good chance you're running with only 256 colors (or less?)
Try starting up X with the command:
% startx -- -bpp 16
If your machine balks at this you may need to tweak your
X configuration - try running Xconfigurator (if you're running
RedHat) and choosing a setting with more colors or bits per/pixel.
T
On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Princess Confusion wrote:
> hello, this may seem like kind of a weird question, but why are my
> netscape widgets so ugly? they're just black and white, not pretty and
> colorful like in the windows netscape. is the linux version of netscape
> just like this or is there something i can do to fix it? i'm pretty
> sure it's not my video settings because everything else looks fine. it
> is just netscape that's not pretty. can anyone tell me why it is
> like this?
>
> thanks,
> Alicia
>
>
>
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From: Princess Confusion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: netscape is ugly
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 15:14:51 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hello, this may seem like kind of a weird question, but why are my
netscape widgets so ugly? they're just black and white, not pretty and
colorful like in the windows netscape. is the linux version of netscape
just like this or is there something i can do to fix it? i'm pretty
sure it's not my video settings because everything else looks fine. it
is just netscape that's not pretty. can anyone tell me why it is
like this?
thanks,
Alicia
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Bourne)
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: procmail-rhcn 3.13.1 Red Hat 5.2, 5.1, 5.0 RPM and SRPM
Date: 6 Apr 1999 20:24:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have posted the i386.rpm and src.rpm on our WWW site at
http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/ for procmail-rhcn-3.13.1. These
should work on Red Hat 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 but were compiled under Red Hat 5.2
and kernel 2.2.X
Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is information on the package:
cafe:bash$ rpm -qi procmail-rhcn
Name : procmail-rhcn Distribution: Red Hat Contrib|Net
Version : 3.13.1 Vendor: Affinity Systems Inc.
Release : 1 Build Date: Tue Apr 6 13:44:32 1999
Install date: Tue Apr 6 14:19:42 1999 Build Host: cafe.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Group : Daemons Source RPM: procmail-rhcn-3.13.1-1.src.rpm
Size : 308623 License: GPL
Packager : Red Hat Contrib|Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
URL : http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/
Summary : procmail mail delivery agent
Description :
Most mail servers such as sendmail need to have a local delivery agent.
Procmail can be used as the local delivery agent for you mail server. It
supports a rich command set that allows you to pre-sort, archive, or re-mail
incoming mail automatically. SmartList also needs procmail to operate.
and the changelog:
cafe:bash$ rpm -q --changelog procmail-rhcn
* Tue Apr 06 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- updated to procmail 3.13.1
* Mon Apr 05 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- updated to procmail 3.13
* Tue Jan 12 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- added attr's to files section
* Thu Jan 07 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- Rebuilt RPM and SRPM with pgp signature and proper spec file for rhcn.
* Thu Dec 17 1998 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- built RPM and SRPM. only changes are that the spec file uses it's own
install section and does not use the procmail install methods.
Regards,
Jim
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From: "Steve Merry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help.....please !
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 21:17:54 GMT
hi,
i'm (very)new to Linux, and have just 'installed' Red Hat 5.2 on my pc (dual
boot with Win'98).
when i try to login, all works well, until i type 'startx' !
i get the following errors :
Could not find config file!
Tried:
/root/XF86Config
/etc/XF86Config
/usr/X11R6/lib/XH/XF86Config.localhost.localdomain
/usr/X11R6/lib/XH/XF86Config
(OTHER MESSAGES.....THEN>>>>>)
Fatal Server error:
No Config file found!
(includes 'errno 111' and 'errno 3' )
Can anyone please help me with this ?? it seems like i can get to a 'prompt'
in 'root', but can't
start the XWindows manager.
If you can help, please email me at either :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your time, and (hopefully) you're help.
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tea Leaf)
Subject: Re: Playmidi problem
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 21:21:12 GMT
No-one answered so I'll answer it myself!
Kernel 2.2.2 does support for AWE 32 so I was okay there.
The problem was that playmidi requires extra arguments to run with AWE
device
# playmidi -a "file.mid"
or
# playmidi -e -D0 "file.mid"
(do cat /dev/sndstat to see sndcard details - you might require D1 or
D2 or ...in the above)
works!
On Mon, 05 Apr 1999 14:39:56 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tea Leaf) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just installed RedHat 5.2 and upgraded kernel to 2.2.2
>I successfully ran sndconfig and heard Linus's voice!
>My soundcard is SB64 AWE Gold
>
>But when i run playmidi i get error "no playback device found"
>(this may not be 100% word for word - i'm in Windows now)
>
>Any advice on this one.
>
>tia,
>Darrell.
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From: Mike McEwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Baby-sitting Mum and Dad over a telephone line
Date: 06 Apr 1999 21:52:20 +0100
Andy Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The other alternative is to set the system up as a purely Windows95
> machine but install a telnetd daemon that would allow you to log in
> remotely via the serial port and attached modem. Then you could install
> a VNC (Virtual Network Computing - see http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/)
> server on this system with a VNC viewer on your system to interactively
> monitor the syste. In fact, with VNC you could both operate the machine
> simultaneously - you can both type on the keyboard and move the mouse and
> you'd both see the results at the same time!
>
> I've had a lot of experience with VNC and use it extensively at work and
> at home - mail me if you want more help.
Yep, I think I'll be giving VNC a go - looks to be just what I want.
> You certainly won't need this cable at all - if your modem is an external
> desktop model, you'll simply need a plain straight-through cable to
> connect your PC's serial port to the modem.
I'm not quite with you here. I do have an external modem, but don't
see how I can connect one PC's serial port to the other PC's modem if
the other PC already has the serial port of the modem connecting it to
its serial port? The modem only has one serial port right?
I'm probably missing the point entirely eh?
Thanks for the response.
--
Mike.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Wolters)
Subject: Re: IRQ's
Date: 6 Apr 1999 21:20:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> found a keyboard
and wrote the following ....
>hmm. i have video cards which also claim an irq. since linux doesn't
>use the irq, is there any way to get them to stop taking it?
>
>btw what would the irq be used for anyhow? is not using it an
>oversight and a potential for performance gains, or is it provided for
>the benefit of less capable operating systems such as ms-dos?
Hi,
Check your BIOS. On my BIOS. It is possible to dissable/enable the irq's in
modern BIOS-ses.
Regards Hans
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http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/linux.htm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward A. Baron)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: parallel port
Date: 6 Apr 1999 20:31:00 GMT
I'm trying to get my version of RH 5.2 kernel 2.2.5
to recognize my parallel port and need some help.
I've compiled the kernel with parport, parport_pc
and parport_probe as modules
I assume when I do a modprobe lp
everything gets loaded
I've read parport.txt and edited conf.modules
with
io=0x3f8 irq=auto
and also tried irq=7
to no avail.
any hints?
please email replies.
thanks,
-ed baron
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: 06 Apr 1999 13:14:57 -0700
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>>>>> "Harry" == Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The fact that he was claiming that having the <home> key go to
>> the beginning of the line was `intuitive' -- which it
>> manifestly is not. I personally don't have a problem with
>> switching key bindings among programs. I do have a problem
>> with switching key bindings between OSs. That's primarily
>> because [snip]
Harry> The argument is for a consistent set of conventions in an
Harry> application, GUI, OS, and even across platforms; it isn't
Harry> about the specific meaning of a key - I think you need to
Harry> look at the bigger picture here. I remember how pleased I
And your idea means the end of all innovation in design, since you're
arguing that everybody should get together, decide to do things all
the same way, and then leave it that way -- regardless of how well or
poorly it works. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little
minds," to borrow from Emerson.
Windows 95/98 is a perfect example of the push for consistency at the
expense of efficiency. It makes far more sense to me to allow people
to choose designs that work best for them. I use emacs and not vi
because I like the emacs operational design and I don't like the vi
operational design. In the WinDOS environment, I have almost no
choice among editors because they're all designed to work the same way
- -- the fact that it's a crappy & inefficient way of working was not
allowed to get in the way of the push for `consistency.' So, you can
do your work the same inefficient way in about 14 different programs.
Whoopee.
mp
powered by GNU/linux since Sept 1997
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"Would John the Baptist have lost his head if his name was Steve?"
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: monitoring ppp link
Date: 06 Apr 1999 13:29:38 -0700
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>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ben> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ben> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> Is there any utility,as in Windows, that will report the real
>> time information (speed, connected time, bytes send/rcv'ed) of
>> the ppp link?
Ben> Theres a program called IPTraf floating around somewhere, but
Ben> that will do what you want ;) --
http://cebu.mozcom.com/riker/iptraf
mp
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From: G�ran Philipson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WARNING!!
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 19:53:51 +0200
Hi there!
If you have a DOS mounted filesystem beware to use the move
command (mv) from Linux to DOS, that can destroy the DOS file
system, especially if the receiving system is NT.
Hope my message don't get drowned with all other news.
Regards G�ran
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From: Pankil Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Netscape Mail Sound
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 21:24:17 +0000
Has anyone been able to make Netscape Communicator play a sound file
when new mail arrives? (Something like what happens in the Win
version(s) of Netscape.)
I'm running Mandrake 5.3 w/Net Comm 4.51.
Thanks.
-Pankil
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: stupid newbie question about mount
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 12:42:57 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Makes perfect sense. When you mount a filesystem on a directory,
whatever is in that directory disappears - it's hidden under the mounted
filesystem. When you umount that filesystem, the directory magically
appears. The root of the filesystem gets plugged in where the directory
"used to be".
If you're using a hd as a backup, you should keep umounted to prevent
accidents except when you're doing the backup.
HTH,
Yan
lisa wrote:
>
> Stupid question about mount, not stupid newbie (although sometimes....)
>
> I have a directory in /mnt set aside for hdc1 (/mnt/backup),a second
> harddrive. When running cron to perform a backup, should I mount the
> harddrive, copy my folders, etc, then umount? When I mount and unmount, does
> the directory look the same? I guess what I'm really asking is: Why I can
> copy files to the specific directory even tho' /dev/hdc1 isn't mounted? When
> I do and ls -al on the /mnt/backup (hdc1) I can see things in there that
> aren't there when I mount it. (and vice-versa).
>
> Is anyone actually following this?
>
> thanks for any explanations!
> lisa
>
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From: "Scott A. Vigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.help
Subject: Re: Newbie..Hard Drive Question
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 19:16:09 GMT
slick7 wrote:
[snip]
> By the way, I have recently become handicapped and I am
> wondering if there are jobs out there for people with Linux knowledge, like
> a help desk tech.
[snip]
Bang away at Linux for a while and do things with it which you think others will
want to do. Once you've solved these problems for yourself, you'll be able to
help others with the same sorts of problems. Admittedly, you may have better
luck finding help desk work in the Windows world.
Check out IBM, they're getting into Linux.
Persevere and pray--all will turn out OK.
Scott Vigil
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Primex Aerospace Company
425-885-5010 ext. 4840
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Personal:
425-485-5083
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From: Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 15:03:54 -0400
>>> Well, this is general lack of either luck or brains.
>>
>>I call your bluff. What Object-Oriented features does vi
>>have?
>
>Not necessarily object-oriented in the strictest OOP sense
Never play poker - when you kept making the assertions but
refused to be drawn on details, you pretty well telegraphed
that you had no more than a pair of sixes. ;^>
Harry
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From: Michael Yuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Questions for the gurus...
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 15:20:57 -0500
> - When I try to install splay, I get thus:
>
> [root@localhost dump]# ls
> splay-~1.rpm
> [root@localhost dump]# rpm -ivh splay-~1.rpm
> failed dependencies:
> libqt.so.1 is needed by splay-0.8-1
>
> When I find this "libqt.so.1", what do I do with it?
If your libqt.so.1 was not installed by RPM, your RPM database would not
have record for it and it would complain although you do have the file.
You can install your splay without checking the database for dependence
i.e. rpm -i --force splay.rpm
> - Can anyone explain the correct sytax for tar? I try tar -x <filename> and
> that does *not* seem to work. My system just hangs.
You should do "tar xvf <filename>". The "f" is important since it tells
tar that the next argument is your file name. Otherwise, tar just waits
there for your keybroad inputs.
> - I'm having problems sometimes umounting items. I'll do it, it will
> tell me that the item is busy yet no processes show it being used. All
> I have to do is drop out of X and do it in text mode (rather than
> graphic shell) and it umounts without issue. Bleh.
Do not know this ...
> - I want to run something like xload and ical, but when I do it grabs
> the command prompt and the only way to get it back is to kill the ap.
> What am I doing wrong?
Did you remember the "&" to make them running in background? You shouls
say
xload &
ical &
Sorry if I said something very obvious.
> - Why does it seem that I install an RPM (I use rpm -ivh <filename>) and even
> though I don't have any errors and it SHOWS as being installed, it's not in
> any of my AfterStep windows to execute?
Do not know ...
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: What files to backup - and what not in RedHat 5.2
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 19:15:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Juhani Jaakola wrote:
>Is there a FAQ or HOWTO on what files should I backup and what files
>must not be included in a backup?
I am afraid not really.
>I'd like to hear real experiences from people who actually had to
>*restore* a backup.
You mean like after writing the partition table dump to /dev/sda
instead of /tmp/sda ...
[...]
>For example, you should *not* backup /proc. What about /dev? /tmp
>shouldn't be backed up, but what about /var? At least /var/lib/rpm is
>very important!
It cannot hurt to have complete dump around and yes, this includes
/dev. As far as /var is concerned, you might include the directories
since to get the ownerships and permissions right can be a pain
but exclude the logfiles and all that is in spool like /var/spool/smail
or /var/mqueue, /var/spool/lp or /var/mail.
You can skip /tmp altogether, its permissions and ownership are
clear enough and I do not backup stuff that can be easily restored
by other means like /usr/src/linux.
Some things that can cause trouble ... /etc/mtab, you do not want
to overwrite that one for instance.
For the rest ... it depends whether you want to make incremental
backups or just brute force save it all for instance and on your
backup medium. A SCSI DAT for example is fast enough and has enough
capacity to make a full dump of my home machine in << than 10
minutes. It depends too on what programme you are going to use
and so how easy (or not) it is to exclude specific files or to
set up backup schemes.
In any case, note down your partitions and such. See above, I was
in a hurry (off on holidays already) and *BOOM* ... system up and
running again 15 minutes later, phew.
Cheers,
Juergen
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From: Ken Nagorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Questions for the gurus...
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 17:33:25 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Some questions for the gurus...
Dude I'm not a guru, I'm on crack! But check it out. This libqt.so.1, it's part
of the qt libs, go to http://www.troll.no/ , don't ask me what .no is, I'm on
crack remember? anyway, I don't know what you are trying to install but I'll bet
it's based on the qt libs, (KDE runs off of them)
As far as the correct use of tar? I very often do $tar xvfz something.tar.gz
or whatever, you are probally missing an option or the tarball you got is
wacked. man tar for those switch options I just spoke of.
Umounting: Ok make SURE that no xterm or tty's are in the dir of the mounted
dev, example. If you have a cdrom mounted and you do a $cd /mnt/cdrom...then
switch to an xterm under xwindows and try to umount it, (insert buzzer) the dev
is busy?
The rpm thing, find the absolute path to it and then try to execute it! of
course it doesn't just pop-up in some little menu, that would be easy!
>
>
> - When I try to install splay, I get thus:
>
> [root@localhost dump]# ls
> splay-~1.rpm
> [root@localhost dump]# rpm -ivh splay-~1.rpm
> failed dependencies:
> libqt.so.1 is needed by splay-0.8-1
>
> When I find this "libqt.so.1", what do I do with it?
>
> - Can anyone explain the correct sytax for tar? I try tar -x <filename> and
> that does *not* seem to work. My system just hangs.
>
> - I'm having problems sometimes umounting items. I'll do it, it will
> tell me that the item is busy yet no processes show it being used. All
> I have to do is drop out of X and do it in text mode (rather than
> graphic shell) and it umounts without issue. Bleh.
>
> - I want to run something like xload and ical, but when I do it grabs
> the command prompt and the only way to get it back is to kill the ap.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> - Why does it seem that I install an RPM (I use rpm -ivh <filename>) and even
> though I don't have any errors and it SHOWS as being installed, it's not in
> any of my AfterStep windows to execute?
>
> I appreciate the help. I do read the docs and only post here when I don't
> graps them or when I simply don't know where to look.
>
> Thanks!
> Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Fleming)
Subject: Re: VFAT is not supported by the kernel 2.2.5 ?
Date: 6 Apr 1999 11:21:26 GMT
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> How to mount a 32 bits fat with the redhat 5.2 using the kernel 2.2.5 ?
mount -t vfat /dev/hdXX /mnt/mydospartition
You did remember to set vfat/msdos and the like to "y" or "m" when you
compiled the kernel, yes?
Michael Fleming.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Lambley)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up
Subject: Re: Help! Problems with PPP Conection to Net
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 22:14:27 GMT
>Got to the following URL (assuming you can use Windows or someone else's
>machine) and download the document, best to print it out.
>
>http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
>
>The above routine was taken from this document but there is much more in
>there.
Hi Bob, Thanks for posting this URL. I've been going mad with SuSE 5.3 and their
PPP. Gave up on YaST, used this document, bosh - no problem. Just got to find
some decent clients now (assuming those supplied aren't the best available).
Thanks again.
T.
ps couldn't e-mail you direct: unknown host error.
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: How do I install/use Ghostscript to print on my unsupported printer?
Date: 6 Apr 1999 19:17:56 GMT
On 06 Apr 1999 13:45:08 -0400, Grant Taylor wrote:
>Roy Malcomess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> In the quest to find a printer driver for my Canon BJC-7000 printer,
>> I found a reference to a Ghostscript device (Canon BJC-800) which
>> supposedly supports my printer.
>
>> I am completely in the dark about how to implement such support. Can
>> someone please direct me to a reference which tells me what I have
>> to do to install this Ghostscript support for my printer.
>
>The bjc800 driver is in the standard Ghostscript distribution. So it
>should be present in any reasonable prepackaged Ghostscript package.
>
>Install the Ghostscript package provided by your distribution.
>Alternatively, install a later model Ghostscript package from your
>distribution's "non-free" or contrib area. You'll also need an "lpd"
>package installed.
>
>For Red Hat, install also "rhs-printfilters" and "printtool". Then
>run "printtool" to set things up.
>
Unfortunately, the Redhat 5.2 rhs-printfilters doesn't support the
bjc800 driver. If you have that driver in your ghostscript, just add a
suitable entry in /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/printerdb.
Read file Devices.htm for information.
Bob T.
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